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My 2nd eulogy has arrived!

Look at the time.. It's freaking 6am in the morning!

I don't even wake up this early on normal school days. Damn the sleeping problems again.

Yesterday was great! Was stuffing myself in seoul garden. Literally stuffing.. I even had to un-hook my skirt! :)

Opening ceremony was really good too! Well, except for the speeches and this group of guys behind me. The speeches took darn long to finish and i was already close to sleeping when it ended. It didn't help that those guys behind me were very noisy and making me piss-er by the second. Very grand. I sooo love the dance performance. And i actually felt super proud and on. Stood up when the school song was sung. It was only fizah and me lol..

Anyway, my 2nd eulogy - this one's from fizah - has arrived!!!

Again, i'll type it all out word for word. :)

The front

The back

And the most important of all.. The eulogy! :)

TERESA...

Teresa Ng Shu Lian - the girl whom i will never forget in my entire life. She is the one who brings the smiles into the class and tries her very best to live her life to the fullest.

Firstly, I would like to say that I'm darn lucky to meet her and know her as my friend. I learn new things everyday whenever I'm with her (eg. standing in the bus burns more calories than sitting down esp after eating hor fun and carrot cake). Seriously speaking, she has a very interesting personality. I just don't know how to explain in details but trust me, when you get to know her, your life will be filled with colours and sounds instantaneously. She has an interesting way in getting to know others (eg. She will just come up to the person and said, "Hey! I have seen u before!"). I guess that's how pple love her. Her lame jokes and crap are continuously keeping me awake in school and that's what I will always look forward to every morning. Teresa is a trustworthy friend and a great (really great) listener. (for eg. she listens to my crap (lame stories etc)everyday but then she still hold on and listen to what i say) In the end, she will give constructive advices and helps me come back to my senses.

She's darn fun to be with and you will just wanna be with her everyday (eh.. no lesbian relationships here ah.. =P). Okok, enough e good side of her. now I'll shall talk about her "evil" side. Mmuahaha!! Hehe :P (Btw, everyone is not perfect what)

What I'm afraid of is her mood swings (well, I think mine is worst!). Anyway, when she's angry/pms-ey, she will keep all her pain and anger inside and hence, it can be quite difficult to talk her out then. So, when she's angry, all i have to do is to stay mum about it but then again, during her "angry" period, she still can be crappy. (See! what I told you about her interesting personality!) Overall, she's a faithful, trustworthy, funny, crappy, interesting, friendly, understanding friend. Hey Teresa, wherever you go after this [hell aka JC or heaven aka poly], I just hope that you'll stay the same and please do spread the smiles to others like what you've done in MJ. Thanks for being the one who stands by me and will always be there for you too!! Take care my friend and May God Bless You!

Loads of hugs & kisses, Fizah '05

Oh my gosh, fizah! You make me sound as though i'm this oh so great person haha.. Thanks loads!

Fizah's this person i've known ever since last year but only really started talking this year. It's funny how we are actually going through the same things together.. Family, boys and all. She's another darn crappy person. What with the 'jiggle, jiggle, jiggle'.. But when she gets quiet, it gets pretty scary. She used to be hardworking but got influenced by me and that i guess is pretty bad lol.. To be continued.

I won't write too much here since i'm gonna write a eulogy for ya pretty soon. Don't wanna let out too much! :)

Note: I started this entry at 6 but could only post it up now 'cause mom chased me off the computer. Boo!

Brain quiz

Too free.. Took a quiz. :)

Your Brain Usage Profile:

Auditory : 35%

Visual : 64%

Left : 44%

Right : 55%

Teresa, you possess an interesting balance of hemispheric and sensory characteristics, with a slight right-brain dominance and a slight preference for visual processing.

Since neither of these is completely centered, you lack the indecision and second-guessing associated with other patterns. You have a distinct preference for creativity and intuition with seemingly sufficient verbal skills to be able to translate in any meaningful way to yourself and others.
You tend to see things in "wholes" without surrendering the ability to attend to details. You can give them sufficient notice to be able to utitlize and incorporate them as part of an overall pattern.

In the same way, while you are active and process information simultaneously, you demonstrate a capacity for sequencing as well as reflection which allows for some "inner dialogue."

All in all, you are likely to be quite content with yourself and your style although at times it will not necessarily be appreciated by others. You have sufficient confidence to not second-guess yourself, but rather to use your critical faculties in a way that enhances, rather than limits, your creativity.

You can learn in either mode although far more efficiently within the visual mode. It is likely that in listening to conversations or lecture materials you simultaneously translate into pictures which enhance and elaborate on the meaning.

It is most likely that you will gravitate towards those endeavors which are predominantly visual but include some logic or structuring. You may either work particularly hard at cultivating your auditory skills or risk "missing out" on being able to efficiently process what you learn. Your own intuitive skills will at times interfere with your capacity to listen to others, which is something else you may need to take into account.

Fun-filled days

Gosh! I'm so tired! Have been awake since 1.30am. And before that, i merely slept for 2 pathetic hours! Maybe i should just stay up and try to break my staying awake record - 32 hours. Supposed to go ecp but plan unsuccessful.

I ponned school yesterday. I bet my class seemed pretty wierd.. A total of 6 of us didn't go - sam, kent, cabby, jin rui, jazreel and me. I wonder what the teachers were thinking.. And so sam, kent and me met up at suntec for gelare. You know.. Tuesdays: all waffles 50% off. I didn't wanna be this super big and bright lamp post but impossible, sam dragged me along. Boo!

I think kent has a bigger punctuality problem than me. He was 1/2h late for the already delayed meeting time. Lol and i thought i'm the worse..

Sam and me had so much time to kill before our dinner appointments after kent left for school so we just decided to sit and chat at coffee bean. I'm quite amazed that we can actually chat about random stuff for 2 whole hours ha!

Dinner appointment was with another friend, also named samantha, and her family. I kinda miss her. The last we talked was during the december vacation for like 8 hours straight. She seemed kinda stressed over the release of the o'level results. Peeps! Don't get too stressed over it (i'm thinking cabby).. Chill! Relax! Take it easy man! :)

Party during first period today. It was gp. Mr ling is fantastic! I don't think i can ever find another teacher like him. I'm so hoping he'll be teaching me gp again. He made us do a passing-round-your-journal-for-everyone-to-write activity. So thrilling to know what your other classmates write about you. Maybe i'll put it up. Still undecided.

I'm gonna apply for poly courses. That's for sure. One choice is np business. Any more recommendations?

My activities for this week:
- ~~gelare~~
- ~~seoul garden~~
- srjc (cancelled)
- ~~sentosa (changed to ecp)~~
- ~~cousin's 21th birthday~~
- ~~mjc's official opening ceremony~~

Tribute to cabby

An entry dedicated to oh-so-dear cabby! :)

Cabby wanna strangle me if she doesn't get 17 points for o'levels. Apparently, i had already foreseen this. So i got her to write a eulogy on saturday. She's darn efficient! She was done with it on sunday! Here's it.

The handwritten eulogy by cabby! :)

I reckon it's a lil unclear so i've typed it out. Word for word ha!

EULOGY 4 TERESA...

Talented (in crapping :))
Elegant (not so sure about this one. wahaha)
Responsible (for all my nightmares about you and fizah's head attach to one body -.-''')
Everything nice (keeping lab apparatus for me... awwww... :))
Sunshine smile (that brightens up my day!)
Amiable (makes me feel comfortable when talking to her)

You are one great friend i'm telling you! This girl right here, is my fellow 'bridge-playing' mate! totally cool to talk to. very easy to communicate with. always with THAT smile... haha. don't know why you are always so CHEERFUL during lesson when the rest of the class is dozing off already. Especially during chemistry practical. totally hyper. :) and you can TITRATE fucking fast lor. *wait am i supposed to say this in an eulogy? hmm. oops.* anyway, though i seldom sit next to you except lab periods, i guess you are a person that one can easily understand! haha. believe it or not, i feel that you are the innocent type. *oops* after reading your blog. :) haha. definitely not the backstabbing type. that is what i call a trustworthy fren! A person that wouldn't mind spending a few more bucks to make the other party happy. *jin-rui's case: basketball* i wouldn't spend $30 on my mortal! *ahem* that is one sacrifice. totally. haha. ok! enough of the good stuff about teresa! now the bad points... WAHAHA.

Apparently, there isn't any! haha. but you do share one characteristic as me. LAZY! haha. sometimes i just feel that we are both big time slackers! wa kao. but the difference is, you are smart but i am not. so no matter how you slack, you can still score right? :) or else how to be a meridian right?! haha. score 12 pts for o levels! Sheesh. thats one hell of a good result man! Sheesh. :) smary pants

Ok lah. before i sign off. i wanna say, i'm really grateful to know you instead of any other teresa! You really brighten up my day! Thank you! i'll miss you and S226!

Really, so what if this is not some official eulogy! Cabby, a big thank you!

Davina's this really great girl whom i never knew could be sooo crappy. She's my also-so-on-about-playing-bridge mate and a definite pro at writing dedication letters to jamie yeo. Definitely a great friend; someone you can trust. Msn chats with her, fizah and me always gets so entertaining, i actually laugh retardedly in front of the computer. Unfortunately, i never really talked to her until recently. Blame my bad judgement. I remember when i first knew i was gonna sit beside her for chem pract, i was afraid i wouldn't have anything to talk to her. My bad. But somehow, we started talking and she's one hell of a fun person! What with all the jokes and riddles haha..

Don't get too stressed over results yea? You're as intelligent but even more dilligent than me. What does that say.. You'll definitely excel! Remember, you're the one and only born talent. :)

Come back to mjc next week? Or for the next 2 years?

Gosh! I'm so gonna miss you if you leave lah...

Kent and Sam!

Wahahaha! I just had such a hilarious chatting session with davina aka cabby the brat, joyce t, fizah and sam. Gosh it was one hell of a fun time! If only i could actually put up the conversation..

But i guess this will do fine as well. Pics of 05S226 on friday and pizza hut outing with 04S215 up here! Ok at this point, i'd like to state, please do look carefully at the last row of pics on page 1 and first row of pics of page 2. You'll see that we have indeed got a very good writer in the making.

Yes, Fizah? :)

05S226 rocks my world!

I can't believe how 05S226 has evolved in such a short time lol.. From my first impression of being a muggy class to it being one of the best class i've ever been in. All this in 1 1/2 months.. Wow!

05S226

The class again..

The peeps are super on!

Wednesday, we went late for chow lee lee's lesson. If you haven't guessed it, yes it was on purpose. :)

Thursday, some of us ponned last 2 periods to go watch hide and seek. By the way, that ain't too good a show. It only made me sit up and really watch the last 1/4 of the movie. I rate it 3 out of 5 stars.

Friday, we had a birthday party of sorts during class interaction for alvin and jiahao. Oh and the revealing of angels and mortals. My final mortal gift is pretty big i think. I bought jinrui a basketball. Sam definitely had a very nice surprise. It was kinda funny really when the whole class just announced kent's mortal. I didn't think everyone knew ha! Kent and sam is the couple of our class. Next is alicia aka aba and kevin lol..

Later today, we've got a mahjong session at ivy's house after flag day. Ivy's house is seriously becoming a gambling place for us. The last time it was cards, now it's mahjong.

Tuesday, a trip to gelare has been planned.

Thursday, a horror movie - white noise i think - has been planned.

Gosh! I wonder how i'm gonna get cash for all the activities - seoul garden, srjc visit included - being planned next week..

The worst body you could ever have

My body is screwed! By no one else but myself. Ahhhhhh!

Lost appetite yesterday so didn't eat much. Don't ask my why 'cause i don't know too. That resulted in gastric. But i thought since i had already 'gotten used' to not eating so much, i might as well go on a diet. You see, i'm such an eater that eating just a sandwich for more than 24 hours is a real feat that's extremely difficult to accomplish.

And i did! Feeling so happy and satisfied.

Big mistake!

To think i only realised during physics pract. That's about half the day gone by the way. I must have not been listening 'cause it suddenly dawned on me that this stupid diet that i was doing will actually result in my body going into starvation mode! If you don't know how bad it is, you can read about it here.

Crappy shit! So i ate a little of the egg sandwich i brought to school. And also a small bowl of porridge when i got home. Hopefully.. Hopefully, it will deny my body from entering starvation mode. Damn it!

Well of course that's not all!

I've been having sleeping problems too! Severe sleeping problems.. The previous night it was insomnia and last night it was interrupted sleep. Like what the hell?! I've had only 6 hours sleep for these 2 days. I thought the end of PW meant the end of it all but i guess not. Ahhhhh!

My body's jealous i think.

My body's being such an intolerable bitch!

Chinese New Year frenzy!

Chinese new year ~~was~~ is quite a blast! A late xin nian kuai le to you all!

This week has passed by very quickly. Ahhhhhhh!

Let me see..

A summary of my new year:

Tuesday:
New year eve.. Had the usuals for reunion dinner. 3 soups and 10 dishes altogether. It's the same every year. Pretty quiet. All went home early, didn't wait for countdown. Tried to stay up late - you know what they say about kids staying up late on new year's eve - but didn't managed to. What happened to my nocturnal-ness??

Wednesday:
I woke up not too early. Wore pants and a tee - the ones i bought oh so hurriedly on sunday. Went to ah ma's house to greet, eat and stay to hopefully get some hongbao. But no, no one came that early. :( Left at about 10 going to 11am. Visited the few houses that we were supposed to. By the way, it was only 3.

Digressing.. The number of houses we have to visit has been steadily declining in the past 2 years. 2 years ago we had to visit 6 houses. Last year we only had to visit 5 houses. This year it's only 3. Hopefully it won't go down to 0 too soon.

Gambled some. Broke even. Not a cent gained. But hongbao money.. $295 in a day! Woot! :)

Thursday:
Dad cooked soto ayam. Cousins came over for lunch before gambling session. This time i did worse. Lost 10 bucks in mahjong and blackjack. Luck's definitely not looking too good this year. Dinner was at my uncle's place. Abalone, fish maw soup, oysters that i initially thought was chicken, chicken and asparagas. Drank some wine. Ice wine. Real sweet.. A tad too sweet but nice. I was soo hoping to get a hangover but no.. That didn't come true.

Today:
Lunch at ivy's house. Learnt how to play bridge. Yay! I've been wanting to learn that in the longest time. Didn't eat much.. I was still feeling really full from yesterday's supper. It was good. Gave me an opportunity to talk more with ivy, davina, joyce, kevin and alicia. Samantha, magdalene and steven were there too.

Ok it's only yesterday that i realised 'kent' is actually farah. Soooo crappy!

Know what? I love this class really.. 05S226 rules! I take back all that i've said before 'cause it definitely rocks now! The people are just great!

P.s. Is blogger under some china company now? It's soo crappy.. Why is everything turning to chinese? Boo!

Friendship quiz

I was reading january's editon of cleo today when i found this.

Has Your Friendship Passed Its Used-By Date?
Answer yes or no to figure out if it's time to nurture that gal pal or say goodbye.

When your friend cancels for the third time, do you blow your top?
Yes / No

When you have an argument, does it take more than a week to make up?
Yes / No

Has she ever gone for the guy you've been eyeing?
Yes / No

You've just scored the job of your dreams, but she doesn't ask about the details.
Yes / No

Talk time is more about her than you.
Yes / No

She gets jealous of your other friends.
Yes / No

You call her after having not spoken in months. Does she make you feel guilty?
Yes / No

She knows all about your current boy saga, but never brings it up in conversation.
Yes / No

How timely..

A friendship lost

I just learnt something.. It's better to know a person for a short time than forever. 'Cause when you get to know someone better, you'll also know more bad points about her. And friends really aren't for forever.

Though amanda and me seem all close in school, telling each other random stuff that's happening when we meet, there's no connection no more. It's difficult talking to her now. In fact, thinking back, i've stopped telling her stuff since like a long time ago. She too. I just didn't realised it then. Maybe it's for the better? I don't know.

As i've said earlier, i know this friendship will not last. But i didn't expect it to break so soon either. I guess things will never be the same again.

Amanda, if you're reading this some time..

Thank you for the fun and laughter you brought to my life the past few years, for being there when i was at my lowest, for bearing with my constant mood swings, grumblings and whinings, for doing me favours, for helping me with amath before the o'levels, for all the presents and cards you've given, for all the encouragement and most importantly, for all the wonderful memories.

Thanks for you had really been a good friend.

Goodbye amanda.

TM outing

Nus came to school today! She even forgot where's the toilet? And mr quek! I can't believe she didn't know who is he lol..

Oh! I saw bhavna at tm too! She's really grown bigger. But oh my gosh! Her dressing is so nice! So elegant. Even fizah was raving about it ha!

Tomorrow's a special occasion! No-talking day. Let's see if i can keep up to it. :)

Nothing else.

Took a quiz. Shall copy it here.

Teresa, your best quality shines through in how Intelligent you are

The fact that you're a smart person who is more able to understand complex concepts than many other people are really draws people to you! But that's not the only thing. Your answers on the test indicate you're a calm, relaxed person who tends to take life in stride. You are psychologically and emotionally stable and better able than most people to tolerate even the roughest situations, too.

In all, there are 15 qualities that help define you when you're at your best. Those are the traits potential employers, friends, and partners look for in you. What makes you unique is your particular distribution of those 15 qualities.

We've found that your particular combination of qualities is rare - only 5 in 10,000 people share the same general mix of traits. Those are great odds if you're trying to show a potential employer, colleague, friend, or date why you're exactly the right person for them.