Ok.. reached home abt an hour ago, bathed, den now my hair still too wet for me to go to bed so I'll do a long one now to recollect the year of 2003.
Quite an eventful year... In school, went on 2 expeditions with ODAC, March one being my best one, esp Gunung Panti. In class, sat beside Huishan, got to know her better, even went for a lawnbowling module! (never thought I'd survive learning a sport/game) Den Violet & I stopped talking for a very very long time (for dunno wat reason, she think she made me angry, I tot I made her angry, den we juz stopped talking. childish eh the both of us ? =P) Den thanks to Dexter our problem solved den we talking again! Den completed NYAA (like finally... seriously thought I wasn't going to finish it, since I kept procrastinating.) Oh and I started sticking to Delia from 2T28 too. This girl very sweet loh..last day of sch say she'll miss me, xmas send me card, everytime msg me say she miss me. (1,2,3...AWWwwWwww....)Den was the A's and was like freaking shit exams wish I never needed to see my results. Then grad nite and thanks to Huishan I spent less than $100 on it. Had my hair straightened, a little make-up, had a skirt (!!!), sandals with small heels(exclaims!!) den stayed over at the Oriental Hotel wif ODAC girls. Nxt day was NYAA presentation. 1st time wear blazer. Den dat was it wif school.
Outside of school, I took up capoeira! Den dat was the start of the mental dilemmas and physical tortures. Initially really interested, coz the moves still seemed 'do-able', den came the tough ones, and the impossibles, and stupid me with no foundation watsoever found it extremely hard to carry on. But still I hung on. From capoeira, got to know Melissa & Joe who helped me a great deal during my 1st few months when I was really REALLY STRUGGLING. Den came Devina who really brightened up my life a whole lot. She's like an angel who brought out the jovial part of me that I never thought I had. She also made me realise how lucky I am with the family that I have...Den I had to stop class for 3 months(?) den when I finally returned to class, there was Batizado! Oh my god dere I was freaking nervous about it coz yah although already 9months in the class I still know nuts abt lots of stuff. Oh den there were the 2 rodas at takashimaya that I went for that I did so horribly in. So now I'm a corda crua, but if by nxt month I'm still as lousy, it's byebye corda and harloo beginner.
KWSH played a big part in making 2003 a meaningful one for me. Coz of NYAA, had to do community service. So I chose KWSH, the hospital cum nursing home near my place, like juz downstairs across the road. There I got to know Ms Annie Ong, a polio patient with these growths all over her body. She told me abt her family (really sad story), den say the students who visit the hospital usually very afraid of her coz of her appearance, say if I don't visit her (coz I go down every Tuesday) den she tuesdays have no visitors. So she'll be waiting for me at the time I always go down and she'll know when I'm later than usual. Den came SARS and I had to stop going down. Den after the exams, I asked the volunteer coordinator whether need my help not. Since then I went down to KWSH's Day Rehabilitation Centre from 9.30am to 3.30pm whenever I can make it. Initially very difficult, coz I dun speak dialect, den so I very quiet. Den I slowly pick up abit, plus some lessons from my mother, I could continue a few conversations with the ahmahs and even had quite a bit of fun. Den dere was once I helped this "big" lady stroke patient to the toilet, and dat was quite a memorable experience. Den got the shuai ge incident too. Den played ball with the ah gongs and ah mahs, had them calling me ah kim, ah mui, and all sorts of other names, brought them out to the gardens, bursting balloons and getting complains from them (hehee..) den I stopped going already coz I now working night shift. Need to sleep to prepare myself for the night.
Yep, work. 1st time give tuition. Terror. 1st job interview. Fail. 1st day of successful job, disastrous. But I got a whole line of debts waiting for me to clear. So must jia you!
Oh den I moved house for the 1st time. Now sharing a room with my aunt only. Still in the master bedroom. Got my own computer, own study table, own wardrobe! Can wake up at 6.30am and still be in time for school! (but no longer in time for morning run)
Family wise, elder sis broke up with ex, got attached again, little sis got really adorable good guy friend for me to play with and bully together (so sweet of her rite share her friends with me). Aunt fell really sick, got hospitalised, den juz nice my mother fractured a toe on both feet so she cannot travel too much, so I had to go down to hospital after school for a period of time to take care of my aunt. Den at night had the whole master bedroom to myself!(that's the only good point) Den aunt came home and after some time we found ourselves quarrelling with each other again. Den dat's it larh. Den recently mother cut herself quite badly, so on that day itself she let me do the cooking for the family for the first time! She always complain say she very unlucky, but I tell her "eh if you never cut yourself, u'd never know that I who thought myself hopeless at cooking can actually cook!" So it was well worth the sacrifice. Yup, den I started learning cooking.. the chilli crabs were a success! Den sis went to Laos for 20days on OCIP and came home a changed person. Feel so happy for her.
Oh and I got to know a new friend, Siew Men. Really cheerful and sweet and smart and sporty. And really glad to know her. Worked with her on the 1st day we met and she's really easy-going. Was quite worried initially coz I very introvert one, but she made communication all so easy! =)
Oceanstar was where I had my first whisky soda in public. Ree-Ha got separated and I only could listen to Rosli and Zak who were the obviously good members left. Zali and the other bass guitarist joined another band. But on xmas eve I had the best surprise for Zali and his band were invited to play for the night and yup I wrote before, he had nice long hair but now botak but still looking as great! And he's still like a big bro to me. Oh and next to Oceanstar is this gay pub which I have been trying to get my father to bring me in for a drink but he has yet to do it.
Then myself... yep... 2003 found me falling deeply in love with a guy who never knew of my feelings for him. He got attached and I just stopped liking guys altogether. Den a guy who tried to like me asked me to be his girlfriend but I saw through him that he would go back to his ex-girlfriend so I just rejected him. Sure enough he went back to his girlfriend and I stopped contacting him altogether. Dat's abt the personal stuff. Den I went on my Solo adventures after my exams. Had fun, especially the day I walked from home to Labrador Park, getting lost and finding my way.
Well... dat's abt it. Gotta go sleep or at night will have red eyes den work even more slowly and even more easily confused and Violet will start laughing at me again. =P