thanks

for a nice little hour of stress relief.


mm... i can't believe it took an hour either.

so worth the time spent

...oh the things you do instead of studying :)

Leavers'

What did we do when we faced the nightmare?

We thought about when it would be over.

So what did we do when the nightmare was over?

We went down to Mandurah!!

And what, you ask, what did we do when we were down in Mandurah?

Well, I'm glad you brought up the question :)

This is one of the two angelic boxes of Kleenex I managed to empty while I was down there, courtesy of the ever-reliable holiday flu I caught on the first night.
There's always a bright side, though. I was allowed to sleep while everyone prepared dinner...
and I got to do the dishes afterwards too.

lllll

There was a lot of cooking involved down there, and far too much washing up.
We also waited for the bus. For a long time.

ll

Cooking wasn't always a friendly affair, but eating never failed to bring us (and guests) together.

ll

We went to the beach for a total of two hours in the three days we spent there.
The playground was half an hour of awesome fun, some of which has been captured on video (haha for William).

ll

We played Alfred's strange and scary games (also caught on video), and we spent half of our waking hours bankrupting Moey, cheating Nigara, and calling Karina's bluffs.



We learnt that us girls are bad at posing, but the boys more than make up for it.
Actually, Alfred is more than enough of a poser for all eight of us.

Playing house was fun, even though we're quite a boring little family that hardly went out and were content to actually just sit indoors playing Maple Story, betting real cash *coughCOINScough* in poker, or watching Karina personified on screen (in Miss Gold-Digger, which is a rather senseless movie).



Three days down south was nice :)
We learnt who snored and who didn't, who could cook, who liked washing, and probably most importantly... who was really bad at bluffing.

So next time, we'll all just cheat Karina at poker :)

why my legs tell me i need no exercise until december

But it just goes to show that rain is not a dampener to a day of awesome fun :)


We started with JonPoh leading us in a time of singing.


Then came YJ's interesting games. The day would feel empty without them.

The Best Group Of The Day (coughminecough). We came second only because we let Team C win :P


They turned a three-legged race into a five-legged affair.

The scary balloon game.


Cheerleaders of the day:
...what's that spell? ALBERT!!!!!!!!!!



Thank you Auntie Shirley, Jononono, Mr. Joshua Fong (and anyone else I don't know of) for making food that tasted amazing even with the odd drop of acid rain.


Oh, and I got my quarterly exercise from this:
The birds were there. We saw. We chased.


Jason's lousy choice of model

Getting sand-blasted.
Retarded umbrellas.
PLAYGROUND.
"I will read you a verse".
Flower-pops.
Crossing the River Swan.

It really was great fun.



Let's do it again :)

sisters' night '08

thanking all the brothers very, very much.
me likey likey.

twas awesome.

enough said :)

what we REALLY do in Chemistry

It was Educational Video Day in Chemistry today.

And yes, it IS as riveting as you are imagining it to be. All that and more!


So Sarah decided to do a little bit of doodling.


It came out just a little bit on the emo side, though.


So I decided to do a bit of doodling myself. Of the happier sort.


This made Sarah feel much lighter, so she made more doodles!!


We really got into the whole stubby people thing (mine less stubby than hers), and while she made her million and one mini-drawings, I made one more.

But whoa, Sarah was really feeling the love


So now you know what we really do in class.
It may look like we're diligently making notes, but you know better.

Yeah. That's right.
We're making Picassos.

sunny days

I had a great day.
Happiness :)))))

Sunny days, keeping the clouds away
I think we're coming to a clearing and a brighter day
So far away, still I think they say the wait will make their heart
Grow stronger or fonder, I can't quite remember anyway

So if you're waiting for love
Well it's a promise I'll keep
If you don't mind believing that it changes everything
Time will never matter

Winter, spring, it's what love can truly bring
Ice turns to water, water flows to everything
You can lose your mind, maybe then your heart will find
I hope you won't give up what's moving you inside

So if you're waiting for love
Well it's a promise I'll keep
If you don't mind believing that it changes everything
Time will never matter

If the car won't start when you turn the key
And the music comes on,
all your cold cold heart can do is skip a beat

It's a promise I'll keep
When you're waiting for love
If you don't mind believing that it changes everything
Time will never matter

Sunny Days, Jars Of Clay

school can be fun school can be fun school can be fun

He is very proud of the pretty flower he gave her for her hair.

She's the oldest one of us all, and she acts like a monkey.

A minute before we were singing a punk rock version of "Kiss Me"... to Moey.

Three days left.

Just smile :)

hey, they're not really as tall as they look

Mel was asking how tall Jessica Alba is, so I googled it.

This is the first thing that made me smile.

Angelina Jolie: 5ft 7in
Paris Hilton: 5ft 7.25in
Carmen Electra: 5ft 2.5in
Britney Spears: 5ft 4.5in
Lindsay Lohan: 5ft 5in
Mariah Carey: 5ft 8in
Hillary Duff: 5ft 1.5in
Jennifer Aniston: 5ft 4.75in
Jessica Simpson: 5ft 2.5in
Keira Knightly: 5ft 7in
Shakira: 5ft 0in
Pamela Anderson: 5ft 6in

HELL YEAH!!

I'm 5'3", by the way.

And this is the second thing that made me smile.

Mel says:
"OMG. I'M TALLER THAN SHAKIRA. OH YEAH!"

We both cracked up.


In other news, mom and I were talking about dogs today and... well...

kim: Hush Puppies are Basset Hounds right? Not Beagles.
mum: Yeah. Hush Puppies have longer ears than Beagles.
kim: And they're not as tall. Basset Hounds are sorta... Daschund shaped.
mum: Yeah. Like luncheon meat...
kim: umm... you mean, like SAUSAGE dog?


Happy days, mate.

kinda late... but yeah

this isn't really a post to tell you about what i did during my birthday.

breakfast.

it isn't a post to celebrate my turning 17.

lunch.

no, i'm not going to go into detail about how the Leongs (plus Danica) gave me a lovely - and yummy - surprise the night before...

baddy.

...or about how a couple of idiots nearly gave me a heart attack on the morning.

yays!

dinner was lovely, but it's not really about that either.


this is a post to thank you, and You, and you, and you, and you...
for making 05.04.08 such a fantastic day for me.

to thank
the people who tried to be the first to wish me a happy birthday (MelTing is disqualified. 3 minutes early :))
the people who MSNed, SMSed, called - and also those who didn't XD
the people who made the effort.


thanks.

for the fun, the hugs, the smiles...
for remembering...

oh,
and for the presents too :)

about time

of big cakes
and cookie mistakes

thanks for the stupidness.

luvey weather

a bunch of us IMC youth (with one KMCer and a couple of funny GMCers) went to Mill Point for a barbecue today. it was fun :)

nice singspiration (you sang your signature outdoor singspiration song again, cheng loon), fun games (a little painful, tho, i'll admit), great food (chicken... nyum), and fantastic company (yes, that means all of you).

knowing that i'm there instead of at work also makes it just that little bit sweeter XD
thank God for good weather.


and my lovely day of fun in the sun left me with gifts!!

a sunburn and some newly defined tan lines.

FINALLY! I'M FREE! IT'S OVER! and any other post-exam cliche you can think of

sorry.
i know some people haven't finished yet.

but i have XD.

this is the first night in a long, long time where i haven't felt guilty for not studying.
i feel so free... so liberated...

...so buggered.

after a lot of happiness and jumping around and general mad-hatter grinning, i'm just spent. i think it's time for me to REST. it's not exactly well deserved, though, considering i didn't actually study as hard as i should have for the exams.

but it's over now, and thanksgiving dinner at Pastor's place was so nice. Jono makes the most amazing BBQ chicken marinade. yes, Jono. there was cake, rusty bit me, and Tiff's almost 18.
there, lovely summary of the night.

happiness makes me want to help people.
it's weird, i know.
and then helping people makes me happy.
so it's like a whole chain reaction thing.


lesson #0505 in battling stupidity

on a day where the temperature reaches 36 degrees Celsius, no matter how happy or how excited or how free you feel (e.g. after exams), if you do not have a car and have to rely on Transperth and/0r the two stumps you call legs to get around, do not go to the city unless it is absolutely necessary. otherwise, you can and will suffer.
in fact, it is recommended that you stay indoors in air-conditioned areas far away from the ever stealthy reaches of skin cancer.
the fun in the sun just isn't worth risking melanoma.

point worth mentioning:

Tze-Chiang (a.k.a. McBastard) got a freaking crazy 98.6% for his intro calc exam. that's crazy. in moey's words "bastard... he got the mark i need to pass for the YEAR".

point that super PWNS the point worth mentioning:

it's okay. cause Tiffany Foo got 100% in her year.

bahahaha... it's people like these who screw the rest of us up for TEE.

tomorrow is officially my first day of the holidays, and much of it will be spent cleaning my room and picking up the books and notes and any miscellaneous crap that is currently strewn across the floors, tables, carpets, benchtops - indeed, any previously available flat surface - of my house.
i am not a neat student.

aftermath of camp: bandwith killing posts

a lot of people have trouble deciding what and how much to bring to camp. but for some, there are a few things that just canNOT be left behind.

for instance, Jessie brought Usa-chan, and Esther brought (do correct me if i'm wrong) Mashames Bolstey and Pillowy? yes, i do know their names. we have, after all, been formally introduced.


during free time...

some enjoy the scenery...

some feed the rabbits...

while others prefer to stay in their chalet playing Ratchet & Clank on PSP.
[or some soccer game on PS2, depending on which chalet you live in]

reminds me of how on the last night of camp while everyone was playing at the bonfire, esther, sam, moey, william and i sat in a row on the couch in chalet 4 in silence, watching James Bond (the one with Halle Berry) while eating cup noodles.
sad, huh.

jessie looking glam.

and the Dim... just as glamorous, of course.

and when you can't get into your chalet the conventional way...
you do whatever you can.
gee cheng loon, you don't even live there -_____-

aww... they've found each other! how beautiful *sniff*

and this is why we stay up until 3 am at night...

sam deals out the cards...


we all pick up the action we're supposed to be doing...

HAHA! AMY'S SO SLOW!!

but i lost the next two rounds, so i can't really talk.

then we end up falling asleep all over the place.

andy sleeping on the rocks by the lake.

but we do have a lot of fun and laughs.

and no matter how random...

weird...
or weirdER we look (hmm.. might run in the family, this one)

we'll always have each other...
now isn't that sweet?