It's party time!!

My exams just ended 3 days ago and I'm having so much fun!! I didn't get to enjoy since December before my attachment. Goodness! But finally, I can just laze around, reflect upon my life etc. Once the 3 weeks is up, I have a 3 week Polyclinic and IMH attachment followed by a 1 week holiday then it'll be year 3 already. TIME FLIES!! I still remember when I was a freshie, dreaming about the great things that are gonna happen in my Poly life.. Heh..

Anyway, Friday after cgm, I had the chance to hangout with SiShi, Carlos, Barry and ShengJie!! Carlos is always so nice, driving us and all. I must repay back his kindness in the future! Had supper at Upper Thompson Road. Ba Chor Mee... Oooo, mentioning it makes me drool already. Although I didnt eat with them because I had a stomachache :/ Then we had 2nd supper driving through KAP's Macdonalds. Settled at BB's Nature Reserve carpark.. Funny place to chill, I must say.

The amazing driver! :)

SiShi!!! Love herrrrr! I miss disturbing her daily in school :/

Cheeseburger!! Craving for one now :/

Yesterday after service, I rushed off to XiaoPing's house!! Took a bus outside Expo hall 1. Ended myself up in Tampines and just explored my way to her house!!! I thought I was lost but when I looked up, I realised that I was right under her block!! Wooo, I'm so street smart! (yeah right) When I arrived, they were majong-ing all the way. CNY mood indeed.

Today I served choir s4 :) Took some photos!! I realise I've been putting make up weekly and all for choir, but I don't take photos with my friends. Haha. So today I had the chance!! Sophia, the new batch but already so active in serving!

The coming week is gonna be a busy one!!!!!! But I like! :D

"So how was you paper?"

This time round, it feels REALLY different when the exams are over. Well, in the past, I woulden't feel any difference because I would be studying in front of the laptop. But this time round, YAY ME! :) Though I had breaks inbetween using the computer, I am sure I had 99.9% concentration. But for now, it's like wooo! I need not worry about those exam thingys anymore! :D

During the exam period, I have been so, so stressed!!! Ok, I feel kinda more stressed when people come up and ask me, "So how was your paper?" In particular, my Dad. I mean's it's ok if you ask once or twice. But he had to ask me ALWAYS. He will call me after my paper and ask, and when he gets back home from work, he will ask again. I mean, so what if I said that it was good or bad? Like will it amend the answers that I've done wrongly? No. I think I will talk to him about it tomorrow. Haha! And please, don't tell me you won't get irritated by it. Anyhow, they are OVER! And he won't ask me such questions anymore!!

I think I ought to be proud of myself :) I have never studied so hard for an exam before. Starting revision early(like 1 week before the musical), those long hours in the library, the amount of time I spent locked in my room... I know the results won't pay off, because I know I will deprove. But still, yeah! I'm proud of myself. It's an attitude I ought to keep!!

Recently, I've been strumming on my guitar as well!! Having a few gigs coming up! Woo, my love for guitar playing is back! Well, I hope I can do a nice one for March 7 and auditions for clubcrawl!! Heehee. And oh, I had a hair cut! :D

I have a list of the things I wanna do after my exams. Gonna complete one tomorrow, which is to donate blood! Well, let's hope I don't have low iron levels in my blood -__- Shopping! I need to do some shopping. Can you imagine? I have never bought a single new outfit for CNY :/ Hehe. And basically, just chilling out!! :D

I'm looking forward to that day...

This isn't a goodbye but I'll still miss you...

Listen to the song and read the post!

This song has been a distraction to me during my studies but I still choose to listen to it everytime because it reminds me of the time spent with me and my bestfriend :) The lyrics of this song is really meaningful and it's just in season with the parting session we have later at Changi Airport.

You can skip the lyrics if you want...

I'm limited, I'm limited
And just look at you
You can do all I couldn't do, Glinda
So now it's up to you
For both of us - now it's up to you...

I've heard it said
That people come into our lives for a reason
Bringing something we must learn
And we are led
To those who help us most to grow
If we let them
And we help them in return
Well, I don't know if I believe that's true
But I know I'm who I am today
Because I knew you


Like a comet pulled from orbit
As it passes a sun
Like a stream that meets a boulder
Halfway through the wood
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But because I knew you
I have been changed for good


It well may be
That we will never meet again
In this lifetime
So let me say before we part
So much of me
Is made of what I learned from you
You'll be with me
Like a handprint on my heart
And now whatever way our stories end
I know you have re-written mine
By being my friend...


Like a ship blown from its mooring
By a wind off the sea
Like a seed dropped by a skybird
In a distant wood
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But because I knew you
I have been changed for good


And just to clear the air
I ask forgiveness
For the thing I've done you blame me for
But then, I guess we know
There's blame to share
And none of it seems to matter anymore


Like a comet pulled from orbit
As it passes a sun
Like a stream that meets a boulder
Halfway through the wood
Who can say if I've been
Changed for the better?
I do believe I have been
Changed for the better
And because I knew you...
Because I knew you...
Because I knew you...
I have been changed for good.

Time really flies!! I'm gonna miss her a lot. Nothing else to say already. LOL! Anyway, a cute video that she made! Pardon me for my poor acting skills.


Oh, I will actually miss her more than I miss Malcolm. Hahaha. So yeah, that's it...

Who can say if I've been changed for the better?

But because I knew you, I have been changed for good...

Whatever, who said that I can't blog during the exams?!

Ok, I was just being random and decided to view the musical photoshoot photos. Would like to share it here :) Seesh! Should have brought my sony alpha for the rehearsals! Oh well, better than nothing ;) We had so, so much fun during the photoshoot. Though we took hours to do the make up and try out the costumes, for the photographer to take 2-3 shots. Ahhh! Hope I can get the actual photoshoot shots!! Heh..

Hmmm, my make up was abit off. But nevermind!! It turned out alright in the programme booklet and the posters! Heh...

It was fun! You know like ANTM! If only I could give the right facial expression in photos :/ You know, not smiling but looking really great!!

I think we got carried away. Haha.

I like this!! So "natural"!! Hehe. This can be used for some girls' magazine :P

Ultimate! I love this!! Fadzly's expression is so genuine. But eh, it's because his left arm had problems ok!! He was ok when he tried to carry me the other way.

Ok, the last one from musical. I really have NO LIFE. Keep thinking about the musical and all (actually not really lah). I like this!! It captured my expression! Oh man, I'm looking forward to the day when I play a proper role in a musical production!!

Ok, enough already. Hahaha. Urgh, been studying and studying! But I hope all's fruitful! :) I was really proud of myself yesterday. Slept at 10pm and woke up at 6am. I think early sleeps are good! I like this photo of my cousin and me because it has the full shot of my top!! Hehe. Bought it at JayJay's in Melb. Woohoo!!

And lastly, how can I ever neglect my dear JingWei? :) Please don't think I'm such a person alright?! So sad lah! She's flying off in 3 days' time! Won't be able to see her for another good 9 months? I'm so, so tempted to fly over though! Hehe. We'll see :) Anyway, cute photo right? Took this in Mustafa when the salesperson took a photo of us to test the camera.

I'm starting to love Corrinne May's songs once again!! Her songs are all so study-ish!! Been listening it and studying. I love the way she brings out a story or an emotion through her songs. I mean, sometimes it takes a lot of thinking to come up with lyrics of a song. Wooo~ I wanna write a really good song one day too :)

Does anyone wanna go for any short holiday in March? :D

I am in love with Charlie!!

Ok, not love love him, but love love his videos!!!! Amazing dude! JingWei showed me one of his episodes and one led to another, to another and to another. I wish I had so much free time to make videos like that! Wahahaha!

About studying, I think it's alright? But urgh, I am totally not allowed to use the computer please! Maybe I shall stop it tomorrow. But yeah, been studying a couple of hours. I have not started memorising though, it's the tough part! :/ I have been taking too many naps! Ok, tomorrow, will be a better day!!!!!!!

I just blogged so that I could show Charlie's video. Hehehehe!

Great! This is great!

Please ignore the part where I mentioned in the previous post that I won't blog until after the exams? I just can't help it! I feel perfectly awake and I have totally no mood to study! Wished I was in RP man!! My uncle told me that all the students there finished their exams already :(

Anyway, I posted this on facebook: CNY 101: When eating Yu Sheng, take only what you like! Nobody is watching! Like for my case, I like abalone and salmon (they just happen to be expensive~), so I spammed them on my plate! If people blame you for taking too much, quickly put them in your mouth and say, "Where got?!"

I totally like it lah!! I mean, who's REALLY nice to let others eat the good stuff?! Muahahaha! We are all in a dog-eats-dog world.....

Happy Valentine's Day to all also! Ok, I don't know why is everyone making a bug fuss out of this day. If you have a partner, do something special for them everyday, not just on 14 Feb. Ok, probably I talk too much. Let's see what I will do on 14 Feb in the future. HAHAHA!

Lastly, I finally got to see Yvonne! Yay! It's been AGES since I last saw her!! Hmmm, that was before she left for Texas for 6 months! Wow! Seriously I need more cousins like her :/

Oh oh! I like it when Channel 5 comes up with really nice movies to watch this season!! I hope they will show more!! So far, I've watched, My Super Ex-Girlfriend, White Chicks, Shanghai Noon and Just My Luck!

Jeez, I'm feeling guilty already!! Should study more!!!!!! Urgh! Amazing huh! Last time in primary or secondary school, our parents and teachers would drive us nuts to study hard and all. Now I no need them around to feel so, so guilty not studying!! (despite i made the effort to study 2 hours daily? heehee)

Ok, I better increase it to 4 hours (i hope its attainable) and 6 hours from Wednesday onwards!!! Discipline, I need discipline!! Internet, get out of my life!!!

Symbolic Interactionism

I had my sociology project presentation today and this theory of symbolic interactionism is still fresh in my mind. Basically it's something that we attach meanings to symbols. It may not mean something in the first place, but us humans begin to add a meaning to it.

Every year when Valentine's Day is around the corner, I would think about Istanbul. It seems that I have attached a meaning to that Europe-Asia state. Just 2 years ago, I had my V Day in that wonderful place visiting the mosques, experiencing the wet snow(super cold!) and shopping at the arcardes with Malcolm and his classmate, Jian Nong. Boy, I had a ball of a time!

Not forgetting the unsightly view of 2 Turkish cats mating in the middle of nowhere for all to see! Hehe.

Yes, all of us have attached a meaning to 14th Feb yearly. Some may be recalling their first love, some may be thinking about all those red roses and chocolates to be given away to their loved ones (friends and family). Well for me, I would just think of Istanbul and EXAMS :(  I guess my rate of studying is really slow for now, but at least something is happening :) And the reason why I am blogging now is because this would be the last time until the 25th!! Woo! A long time, I must say...

I was just wondering... "When will I attach another meaning to Valentine's Day?"

Post-Musical Syndrome

I guess everyone was having that... I popped by Rene's office and met the musical peeps. They were like, "4.30pm dinner will arrive", "It's already 3pm, why is your hair and make up not done?!", "6pm standby Footloose!" Hahaha. Those were the days :) Rene called it the Post-Musical Syndrome (PMS)...

And I had to meet Mr lizard in the kitchen just now! Grrrr! I should have brushed my teeth earlier on just now! Thankfully I have not seen any lizard for a few months in my room already :) It proves that my room is clean!! Haha. Oppsy, which reminds me that I need to change my bedsheet. CNY is coming, better make my room presentable.

Okay, I should not be even blogging or using the computer! Could not help it lah. So many people were posting the musical photos and I needed to do project stuff! Yup, it's back to serious work already! I've been reading through and trying to recall what ever the lecturer had taught us! I THINK I'm ok. Just that I need to be more focused and prepared :( Which is equals to NOT ok. Ahahahaha.

Having project presentations on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday!!! Wish me luck! ;)

Finally, it's over!

This dream started about 1 year ago, when Rene told the few of us SoundCard members to do up musical songs for club crawl. She wanted to attract the freshies to sign up for the audition. Of course, we were all encouraged to sign up as well! And after a year of waiting, it finally happened! :)

Though it may not be exactly what I dreamt of, at least I got to perform on that very auditorium stage! Before entering NYP, I was worried that being in a bigger insitution, I won't have a chance to perform like what I did for Metamorphosis in BBSS. Little did I know I "advanced" into the next level! I mean, I'm Maria right. It is SO not me to just go through school without getting involved in other non-academic thingys! I am very, very sure that THIS would be an event I would NEVER forget :) Thank you, NYP and in particular, Rene for giving me the chance to achieve my dream!

Other than just performing, I have made really good friends from the various dance groups and SU!! From the bottom of my heart, I hope that we will all mantain the friendship! I expect to wave at more people from Monday onwards! LOL!

Moving on, I just want to thank the people who came all the way down so support me! First on the list, Theresa and Marcus!! Urgh, my fringe is so flat!!

The lovely tutorial mates! Now you guys know why I had to always stay back and all. Hahaha. Oh, Amelia came in as a surprise!!!

My 2nd family :P I was a must to invite my shi fu down. I hope I did improve some way!! Haha.

The closest people to me, my parents :) They have given me so much support and patience especially when I had to go home so late every night after rehearsals.

Someone who is also close to me, my best friend JingWei :) Thanks dear for your never ending support!

Not forgetting my cellgroup w325 and thanks for the lovely roses :)

Lastly, peeps from my secondary school!!! Oh, I just feel so happy that Carlos, ShaoYu and ShengJie were involved in it! As if it's like a small world! Hehe. Sishi, I think if you came to NYP, you would be part of this too! Wahahaha. probably my dresser? HAHAHA!

The musical singers! A talented bunch indeed! :D Glad to know new people for know some people more! I believe some of us will go far some way for some how!! Roxanne, Farhanah, Bernice, Fadzly, Joshua, Angel, Shikin, Pris and Azri!! Woohoo! Singers rock!!

My Mr Fadzly Suhaimi!! It was great working out that song together with you!! Also the often train rides home together! Hahaha. I'm sure you will go far!! We MUST go for graduation audition together! :P

And lastly, Rene!!! I think if not for her, SoundCard would not exist and I would not be so exposed to such things! And I believe that she was the one who did the most effort for this performance!! Cheers to Rene! Hooray! And oh, yay! So glad that she's staying in NYP for another year!! WOOHOO!

Yeah, I'm just so overwhelmed by everything!! And I believe this desire to perform for a musical just would not stop here! The next level would be being in a real musical cast ensemble and who knows, supporting cast and then, lead? Haha. Well, I am not sure what lies ahead of me but I know God has a better plan installed for me!

A Night On Broadway. Also, A Night To Remember...

I can do it!

Yesterday was AWESOME. But today will be 10x better compared to yesterday!!!!!!! I really have to thank God for such a supernatural substance. Most of the time, I was distracted by the mic as it had technical difficulties. But today, I promise that I will concentrate hard for today! Thankfully there are 2 shows! Hehehe.

I would like to thank the 29 people who will be coming down today. It's the first time performing in a concert in front of so many people I know!

I just can't wait to have my fingers on those McWings and durians! Wahahaha!

God will guide me through today!!! All glory goes to Him!! :)

Insanity (though, it's the kind of insainty I like)

At least, today all the performers were given a break! :D And you can see me blogging relatively early. Urgh, need to touch up on my project stuff and revise my lecture later!! Thank God I have the chance to at least do some academic stuff later. Whee.

Yesterday, was really a JOKE!!!!! Clara up-combed my hair and Ivy (i like to call her that even though that's not the real thing :P) was going to help me finish up but she had to do her own make up... By the time Clara was done with my hair, it was already 5pm. Just nice for the Adult Nursing lecture!! But the moment I stepped into the function room where all the performers had their dinner, everyone gave me the same face. And Azri HAD to give stupid comments and shout so loud. HAHA. There were the few nick names given to me during that short 10 minutes. Electricuted, explosion, monkey, lion, crazy etc..............

Ok, maybe it doesnt look THAT big in this photo but trust me, it was! And that was the joke of that day. I could not attend lecture because I am sure that would distract everyone :/ But still, thanks dears for doing my hair! Heehee. I of course looked great eventually lah! Wahahaha.

2 more days to the musical. And yesterday was quite a dramatic moment for me... You know, before the performance where we get cheered on. Our vocal instructor Shing Min told us to just visualise that we were putting on a really, really awesome performance! (She also told us that it was ok to eat bananas as it would calm us down. And we singers spammed bananas like monkeys) Like wow! Yeah, I'm gonna visualise what ever positive things! XinYe reminded me of what Miss Yee (our previous choral instructor) told us during performance periods...

Once you reach the peak, you can never go back there again...

And she made sure we didnt have rehearsals the day before the performance. But anyway, with all the adrenline pumping in my body, I'm sure something extraordinary will happen! Ok, for those who are watching, it may just be a few moments for you. But for sure its not easy! So many things to remember on stage! Of course, that's how a theatrical performer would feel. I'm preparing for my future! xD

I am pretty sure I will cry after Sat's performance :( Got to know many great friends! Like the singer alumini people like Farhanah and Pris! Also, the SA dancers! Those girls (and a few guys) are really awesome people with full of discipline! Ok, enough of being sedimental. I still have the whole of tomorrow, Friday and Saturday to be with them!! Heehee!

Ok enough said. I shall study now!!!