Christmas 2013

I was pretty occupied during Christmas this year. I won't say it's a good thing because it is my exam period! And I can still blog about it. OMG! MARIA WAKE UP YOUR IDEA! Ok, I seriously don't know why I am doing this... Sigh. Well, feeling kinda demoralised after the patho/pharmaco paper last week. Hope God can do a miracle. Heh heh. But anyways, I am studying :) But nothing is getting into my head :(

Ok, anyway that is MY problem... Went out with the KKH gals last Friday to celebrate the end of semester 1! :D I am really looking forward to semester 2 with all the field trips and attachments! Wheeeee!

Joined the 38club for Christmas party after rehearsal! I missed out good food but it's okay! Means I had one less meal means I can slim down! Wahahhaha :P

Had Christmas service in church on Saturday... Beautiful candlelight service. Here's a stage view :D

With the very awesome music team who never fails to create good music!

On Monday had a party at Christine's place!! Nice Christmas feel in this picture :) Slept over too! Yay! I love sleepovers but I seem to be getting too old for that :(

On Christmas eve, had a party at my place and all of them bunked in! Had so much fun with Andrew's fish eye lens!! :P

And oh, my voice pedal, which sadly isn't featured in any of the photos taken :(

I was super shagged already but had the final Christmas gathering at Val's place with the LifeGroup!

After the food and dinner, some of us gathered around the grand piano and started singing!!! My favourite part was to sing classical along with Val's mom! Oh man! I miss classical singing! It just takes one person to enjoy what I sing to feel good! Sadly I can't really find any accessible person around me who can appreciate classical singing as much as I can appreciate others singing :(

I am so going to start on my grade 5 theory after advanced dip! :DDD

Christmas is a time of gatherings, having fun, eating good food, etc etc... But I guess more to all these activities, Jesus is the reason for this season! Because of His existence in this world, we can experience mercy, grace and love :D Thank you Lord for all You've done!

Merry Christmas with <3 p="">

Maria

Looking Back: 2013

2013 has been cool... Experienced a fair bit of changes. And I'm always looking forward to a better year next year :) Anyway, here are some things worth remembering in 2013...

1) My grade 5 singing exam!!! I love the process and outcome! Really thank God for a great journey and topping off with a distinction :) Yes... Will continue one day :P Let me settle my own life and my theory first.

2) LifeUnited's moove to WedgeMount! Think we're all getting comfortable with our new home. God has always been faithful :)

3) BIG ACHIEVEMENT! Cycling 100km on a road bike with medical professionals! Wheeee! I hope I will really have the chance to cycle more in 2014! And to have a healthy lifestyle :D

4) Being part of Singhealth Nurses' Day as an emcee! Met different people from different departments and institutes. Really hope to be MORE involved in such events in the future :D

5) Getting 2nd for D&D (even though I really wanted to get 1st :P) It was leisure to me... Performing and earning the prize. Heeheehe..

6) Getting into my advanced diploma course... Learning things all over again, gaining new knowledge, having a new mindset in nursing etc etc. YAY! And oh, I signed my life away again...

7) My first appearance on TV :PPPPP (no elaboration required wahahahaha!)

So.... What to I look forward in 2014??? I will turn 24! Jeez!

1) Do well for school and get a GPA of 3.5... (I really need this)

2) Visit the dentist and put up braces :P

3) Get my bike license (I've been saying this for YEARS)

4) More opportunities in performing and being in productions

5) The Germany-London holiday with Vic!

6) More time to explore my voice pedal and do recording!!

7) To be a better nurse and worker when I return to work...

Alright! I'm gonna have a crazy christmas!(cos of exams in the midst of the festive season) Chiong ah!!!!

Oh no!

Tomorrow is my Health Assessment test and I have been enjoying myself instead. OOPS. I ought to be killed!!!

Watch Jing's choir concert on Friday! Love her gown! :)

I love the song choices (especially the 2nd half hehe). Ahhh. I really miss classical singing...

LiftUtd celebrated Christmas early! See how happy I'm feelin'!

Light refreshments were made. Oooooo so cute! Raindeer cookies!

After that we celebrated Kat's birthday! I love the theme!!!

Ok, can't wait to play more after my tests/exams...

So, the last practical test I had was way back in March this year when I had my singing exam!!! At that time, I felt that I wasn't really in a panic mode, and not preparing myself well. I feel the same now! ARGH!! Maybe the peace of God is with me :) But I'm rather scared cos something unexpected might happen, then how?!?!?!

Oh well. I won't know anything until after tomorrow! HA!

2 months.

So it has been 2 months into my advanced diploma course. I am really very thankful to have the privilege to go through this crazy course. No doubt the projects and assignments set me thinking about work. I simply can't wait to go back to be a better nurse! I really want to contribute to my ward and ease the workload and burden of others. Not to give them extra. Hahaha...

Just saying, I think one's attitude can be determined by his or her willingness to change. Like if we encounter something that requires us to change, just change lah! Suck it up, adapt to changes quickly and live on...

Also, if you are a part of a team, please bring everyone up and don't push people down. I honestly don't think it's the right attitude if you don't wanna turn up because majority of the other members can't make it that day. You know, as a whole, it just brings everyone's morale down. And I'm hearing it from someone who didn't turn up a fair bit. It's like I can say, "Speak for yourself.".

I do feel pressured. As a "leader", I want things to turn out good with a positive spirit. Yet I have to say such things that might make people unhappy with me. It's like I'm torn between both ends. I guess, as a leader, you need to have a certain degree of assertiveness. But with that, some people might dislike you. I can't please everyone anyway. And maybe, I can't expect everyone to be as committed as me.

Yes, I do aspire to go to the manager pathway. Is this a test for me?

On a not so brighter note, HELL(health) assessment is coming up and my research proposal will be due on Monday! But all's well! I am enjoying this learning process as much as I can :)

I feel the Christmas Spirit!

Shopping centers are starting to have their Christmas decoration now, and I'm feeling the Christmas spirit! :D Had an impromptu meet up with the BBSS peeps! It's good to just let my hair down once in awhile :)

The lovely girls!!

The seowlangs and 38 club girls unite!!!

So it's back to yet another week of school! Today is the last day I can enjoy myself (except for Kat's party & Juicez's D&D)... Need to chiong!!!! Going to have Health Assessment test, pathophysiology test and research proposal submission coming up!! Of course I am happy that I am balancing fun and work :P

I find it so funny... When we were younger, we tend to boast about how hardworking or how smart/clever we are. But at advanced diploma level, we(not sure if i am included) love to boast about how lousy and stupid we are. We feel especially good if we tell everyone that we didn't do any work. Wahahaha.

Anyways, it's WEEK 8 tomorrow! The semester is coming to an end! The year is coming to an end!!!

My Life

I'm enjoying school while I can :) But just getting a little too tired, especially if I come home earlier! Been taking naps in between lectures and tutorials...

Btw this shot was self-taken xP Was caught napping like this when my lecturer(we know each other well... he taught me in my diploma days) came into the class. He told Hay Mahn that I must be really tired to sleep like this. Hehehe.

Well, the weekend is here and I don't care! I will have my fair share of sleep and fun!!!!

For now, I have something to look forward to... CHRISTMAS!!! :DDD And of course my bonus... I already thought of what to buy :D

Bracelet from Pandora! Pretty right! It won't be exactly these charms cos I won't bear to spend so much heehee. But they are so pretty! Yay!

Ok, it's back to my assignment D:

H.A.T.E.

I guess I have never hated anyone that much in my life, until I met the director of the upcoming musical I might or might not be involved. Well, if YOU or your dogs happen to chance upon this, TOO BAD! I didn't mention names! Lah lah lah. So you can't do anything about it!

Anyway, there are many reasons why I hate him... First impression counts. I think no matter what your status is, you need to be humble and modest. ESPECIALLY if you're meeting people for the first time. And you need to learn how to respect people before people can respect you. That means not being rude. Rude as in to apologise if you pronounce people's name wrongly, to at least recognise people if they are a singer or a dancer. A student or an alumni. You are working with these people. For heaven's sake please get to know them! And don't expect young adults to greet you like primary school kids greeting their primary school teacher. And please don't use whistles. It's bloody rude. Gosh! Do I need to teach you all these?

Next, as an ARTISTIC DIRECTOR(yes you like to emphasise so much on that), please know what on earth you are doing. Be realistic. Don't be ambitious. If you think a certain item is too complex in terms of setting up and collaborating, DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT INCLUDING IT IN THE FIRST PLACE! Hello! You should be professional enough to make such judgments. Don't just happily take the item out after people put in effort and time to practice!

Also, please know what you WANT TO DO. Don't come out with complex concepts of shit. Talk talk and talk. And then ask the dancers to choreograph the steps on their own, in the end asking them to scrape their idea and do something else. We don't have time! Do I even need to teach you time management?

I also find it very funny that you praise yourself if some new fusion is implemented. The fact is, we've done it before. So don't think that you're a genius because of your split second inspiration. In the end, I don't see that used in the musical. In fact, I can't see anything properly formed up yet in the musical!

I sincerely hope that you get kicked out. You have too much ego and you are really full of yourself. You need to wake up your idea. Don't say in the professional world, an item has to be taken out due to certain circumstances. YA, the circumstance of your POOR planning. Mister, in the real world, no one eliminates an item unless it sucks big time or it doesn't work out. But the fact is that you have never even heard it before. Hello. People practice hard for it okay. Other people have their dignity okay. In my professional world, if you are a lousy director, YOU SHOULD BE KICKED OUT.

I cannot be polite anymore! I will not be polite to you anymore. You offend me again, and I will knock sense into you. I don't care who you are. And it irritates me that you need to boast about going to Germany(i will ask Malcolm to snipe you down) or Europe over the weekend or whatever. Ha!! Europe is a continent! Want to hao lian, hao lian the city you are going to!!! Don't even know your Geography. Well, I hope with the flights you are having frequently, your plane will crash, all other passengers will survive but you will perish!

Don't tell me that my students can't commit. WE ACCOMMODATE TO YOUR TIME. There will never be perfect attendance unless we get paid for it. You get paid for it. That's why you and your dogs are present. I spotted one chi hwa hwa actually. You better watch your face :)

Enough said. Thinking of you already ruins my life!

Starlight Express!

Yay... After 16 years, I finally got to watch Starlight Express again! I thought the musical died and I could never watch it again but yay! The "magical" feeling when I watched the musical at 7 years old was gone... But I really love the scene where Rusty, the main character was motivated by the Starlight Express! The sound gave so much impact and the lights were so beautiful! And there.... Starlight Express seemed to portray God, who has been always there for us, especially in our darkest time :)

Before the show, with our 3D glasses! :DDD

The races were quite silly though. It was cool lah, having the 3D screen, watching the recorded version of the race. But the "bad guy(or rather trains)" kept fighting like little kids. Hahaha. And that was how my Rusty won the race :P

Sigh, unfortunately my favourite love song, "Next time you fall in love" was taken out :/ At the last part, we were allowed to take pictures so I screamed and quickly took my camera out :P

But the best thing today was that we got to have a picture WITH THE CAST!!!! ARGHHHHH!! I never had the chance before! Yeah, that made my day... Hehehe. Rusty is mine!!!! (shame on me... I don't know the actor's name and I'm too lazy to find out! Heh..) Jing Wei said she like Dinah the diner car so good for her... I wanted Pearl(the main female character) to come out though.. Ok, why am I complaining!

Roamed around MBS with Jing like I'm having a holiday! In actual fact, I have so much work to do! :(((

Christmas is coming! But will I be able to enjoy it? I don't know :(

I will probably blog about the most horrible "artistic director" I have ever met tomorrow. PUI PUI PUI!!!!

Dum dee dum!

Felt so sian while doing work so I did a selfie collage!!! All photos taken during my holiday!!! Ahhh. Very much dreaming of a holiday now :/

Hehehe... So the drama craze is over!! I always get affected psychologically when I follow the episoides of the drama... But I'm glad it came to an end even though the ending sucks cos it left me in suspense. Anyhow, it's OVER and I can concentrate on my work :DD

Of course, that summed up my first few appearance on TV! I mean, who would not be excited if he sees himself/herself on national TV?!

At the backgroud with Jer... Luckily we were not doing funny stuff xD

My 'act surprised' face. Wahahaha. Hmmm, I see a few familiar faces at the background too :P

The main lead is sho pretty!

Ok, it's time to slim down!!

Starlight Express TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAY!!

TGIF! :D

So after Wednesday's pathology test, I have been catching up with my channel 8 drama! Hehehe. Urgh, I always get so engrossed in the shows. But the current one is special to me because I played a very little part in it :P

It's just amazing how producers and directors just use camera or music effects to make a show so, so, so interesting and kan chiong! Trust me, in reality, it feels like nothing. But now, I am just so emotionally attached to the show! So yeah. That was my little experience in "acting" in a drama.

So yay! It's Friday. Went to the ward after school to settle some stuff and of course visit my colleagues! Gosh. You have no idea how much I miss working man!!! But it's okay... I will still continue to enjoy school life while I can :D

Time to finish up my assignment and start with the next one! :/

Eileen jiejie's Wedding!

Before that, a recent photo of little Charlotte! She's starting to walk with assistance now!! Sho cute! I think I prefer kids at this age as compared to infants...

 Presenting... a selfie with the bride!! Feel so happy for her :D

Nicole and her godma! Come to think of it. I can never imagine myself as a bride, wearing a bridal gown xP

Nicole and Mummy!

The dudes in matching outfits!

Ian is such a smart and handsome boy :) Can't wait for him to grown up!

So everyone is chionging their work, BUT ME. Sighh...

Inspiracion III

Yay! Another successful SoundCard Production! I think the yearly productions simply celebrates how much we have grown as a club and though that, showcasing what we've got to our friends and the whole world!!! This is the 3rd production and my 3rd time being part of it as an Alumni! And I can never be more proud of this club that brought my NYP experience to a whole new level.

Presenting the awesome alumni! Love this team a lot! :D

All who were involved!!

The awesome friends that came down to show support! It's my first time inviting friends to watch in 3 years. Heh.

US with Rene!!!! Who takes REALLY good care of SoundCard!!!!!!!

THIS is the reason why I am so happy to be back in NYP. And now, I'm really glad to be part of SoundCard once again. Hope time permits!! If only all those stoopid assessments and exams could vanish! Grrrrr..

Ok, enough of this. I need to complete my essay and study for my pathophysiology & pharmacology test! URGH URGH!!!!!!!!!

Hello November!

2 more months and 2013 will be over! Time seriously flies! :O Time to reflect this year and set goals for 2014! And after blogging, I better get to work! Hehehe :P

The last weekend was spent fliming Juicez Halloween video! Glad the video turned out good! Hehehe, played a little role as the "next victim" :D Please watch if you have not done so!!


I don't care! Next year I am so going to parties and dress up for Halloween!

Malcolm arrived on Wednesday, only knowing he needed to do so on Monday! So it's considered a surprise trip! He came for an "emergency" business trip but I bet most of the time he's just enjoying himself. We had Korean food as Korea is now his latest craze! Flying back today so yay! The house will be cleaner.

Burton sent me this pick a few weeks back and I think that's the exact situation I am in. Nevertheless, I am still going to have my fair share of FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What to look forward to in November:
1) SoundCard Production
2) Eileen jiejie's wedding!
3) More tests and ICAs! HOHOHO!
4) Starlight Express with Jing!

School's Cool!

Week 2 is over! So I guess I have been adjusting myself to the "hectic schedule" and increasing my expectations so I don't really feel that I'm lagging behind. I think the most stretching part is that I have to stay back in school almost everyday for rehearsals!!! But it should tone down over the next few weeks :) *fingers crossed*

As such, I kinda lost contact with facebook and instagram. Which is a good thing! :P

I think I'm starting to enjoy this school life ;) Till then!

Week 1

Ok, so I just ended the first week of my advanced diploma course. Well, I'm definitely glad to be back in NYP on a daily basis :) Finally the desire to attend lectures, tutorials and lab lessons are met. Just that this time, I am with a bunch of really hardworking & smart mature students. And me being a typical human being, I just get so pressured by this kia su culture around me.

As much as I can, I am trying VERY hard not to compare with others or let this stupid GPA thingy put me down. If you wanna know the background, my manager emphasised that I need to get at least a 3.5 for my GPA. And it's all for a better future blah blah blah. But... not everyone is born to be smart and excel right...

So now, I AM STRESSED OUT! After I graduate, I will CONSIDER if I want to take my degree. Anyway, I don't desire to be top here top there top everywhere. I just want to play my little small part to run my organisation and be contented with what ever things that come to me :) Making it my life motto!

At the same time, I am rather inspired by my course coordinator(form teacher, if you wanna put it that way). She spent most of her career life in the UK and did her masters there as well. Bet she mingled with all the British and some even had to address her as "sister". By looking at such people, I begin to realise that I am a nobody.

What's my plan after taking this course? I don't know. I seriously don't know. I just hope that I will fair reasonably well- Make myself proud at least.

Concerns aside, I am having my very first full weekend experience :) Woohoo!!! But it comes with a price... I will probably be catching up with my learning and be doing some homework.

Still, I THANK GOD FOR TODAY!

Ward 43

I just can't get enough of ward 43, can't I? :) I have officially stopped work on Thursday but I had a fun-filled weekend with my colleagues!!! There was a chalet followed by Thiri's wedding!!

As part of the welfare team, I helped to set up and get the food etc etc... Was satisfied with the attendance actually. Cos we were quite worried that not many people would turn up :/ But nevertheless, we all had fun!! Wheee!

Slept over at the chalet, returned home and started to get ready for Thiri's wedding!!! Ok, I am going broke by taking cab here and there :/

Presenting my godma!!!

Sat with Li Yan and little Hannah! She's such a sweetie pie and VERY clever in eating :P

The whole bunch of us! :D

Wooohoo! School is starting TOMORROW!!! Hopefully I will have more time to blog. Yeah, I will prolly be blogging about being stressed. Hiak hiak! I can do it, no matter what!!! :D

Birthday 2013!

I had an enjoyable birthday celebration with all my loved ones :) Though work is finally over, I have been busy enjoying my life before school starts!!!!!!!!!!! :P

Had lunch at Turf Club with Sheryne, Nat and Jing... Found this beautiful Sunday market kind of place!!! The feeling was good because I had a Sunday off after a LONG time! I am looking forward to more outings with them since life for me now is more "normal".

The usual pose with cake... Hehehe.

On my birthday itself, met up with 38club girls + Barry for dinner!!!!!!! My tired look after a morning shift. And we queued for AN HOUR before we had seats -___-

We had Nandos as I wanted to try Singapore's version.

Everyone wasn't very full so we trekked to Swee Choon for some dim sum!

Following the yearly tradition, of course we had to meet up!!!! Managed to catch up with one another at TCC. Yay to TCC because we had 50% OFF the whole receipt because of the birthday month! Heeheehe. I'm sure that we'll do this again and again and again :)

Lastly, hung out with the Juicez peeps!!! They actually planned everything just for me! *so touched* I met them in Serangoon after their rehearsal and I was brought to Kat's place without knowing anything. Apparently, we had steamboat!!! (it's Juicez's favourite past time. hehehe) Kat prepared all the food! Amazing babe! Love love!!

I don't know~ I'm not a dancer but I am still a part of them! I thank God that I'm part of this lovely family! :)

Recalling all these outings, once again I feel that I am so blessed!! I LOVE YOU GUYS! MUACK!