i had a wonderful birthday!! thanks a whole lot guys!
i'm touched.
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i know over the past year there's a lot more stuff i could have done to be a better friend to you all..like being more in touch with your lives, and i'm sorry for the times i've let any of you down or discouraged any of you with my insensitive words or actions ):
but you guys have been the greatest friends on earth and i'm reaaaallly blessed to have you all in my life(:

anyway, my piano exam wasnt too good:/ i had so many regrets after coming out of the exam room! hahaha

regret #1: playing without the score- STUPID MISTAKE. you dont need to play without the score but my teacher wanted me to..but i could have just opened the book and put it in front of me!!! so each time i got distracted i forgot bits of the music and ended up either making up notes or playing just the right hand.
(note i said each time. it happened more than once)

regret #2: telling the examiner i was 17 instead of 16. it was only after i came out of the exam room when i remembered that the very reason i wanted to take my exam before my bday was precisely so that i could say that i was 16! apparently the younger you are, the more impressed the examiner will be, and possibly be more lenient? sighh. stupid me.

regret #3: stalling when the examiner asks what i want to do in the future. denise take note: the politically correct answer is i would love to do music! actually i think anybody in the right state of mind would give that answer. but i didn't! i just went 'uhhhhh....i'm not really sure yet.' examiner: 'so is music going to play a part in your future?' me: 'uhh. i haven't really decided.'
ohhhh didn't i wish to slap myself after that!

sigh. but i wasnt really thinking then. i guess after my playing i was just rather shaken about my mistakes. ohwell. but God was such a comfort after my exam. i was so scared i wouldn't pass (and still am) but He reminded me through Jeremiah 17:7 to put my confidence in Him and not my playing(:
i hope i'll never forget this exam experience though..how i've never depended on Him so much before, and how He just provided every single thing i needed!
relearning 3 pieces 3 days before my exam was no doubt traumatic, but thank God i managed to get it done! and my programme notes- i'm really thankful for such a supportive mom and a photoshop-savvy bro!
Jehovah Jireh, my Provider(:
oh the exam room was super cold. SUPER COLD. at least i went there for studio practise twice so i was prepared. i wore four layers of clothes! haha. and i brought a heat pack to keep my fingers warm. hehe.
but yay i'm just relieved my exam's over((:
all the best dee!! i wont be in spore to wish you on the day of your exam, but ive confidence that you'll do well! really.
alrightt i shall end my post here. happy holidays to you all-enjoy it we all deserve a break!! :D

LOVE LOTS
cheryl

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHERYL!

we love you! :) :) :)

i'm so dead for my piano exam ):
you see my bach piece wasnt in syllabus so i had to write to the exam board in london to get my programme approved..then after it was approved about 6 months back, i just discovered 3 weeks ago that my programme was overtime!
and you get penalised for overtime which is about (dunno how many marks) but it still can distinguish between a pass and a fail!
so anyway, i assumed since the five movements of bach i submitted was all approved, i could take out 3 mvts and just play the other 2.
and THEN
shock shock horror horror i just called the piano guy TODAY three days before my exam, and realised that i can't anyhow change my programme!
he said it's approved as a whole thing and you can't take out anything you like! so i'm left with no choice but to play everything and get penalised for overtime (not to mention bad playing)
i've been desperately practising my other 3 mvts today which i've abandoned rather long ago. sighhh. and i'm really unprepared for the rest of my pieces too..
please pray for my exam k i really dont wanna waste my parents' money ):):):
its this thurs 5.20pm.
VERY SORRY CHAR i cant make it for arabian nights ): but all the best and i'll be praying for you!


I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. -Phil 4:13
please grant me the faith to believe!

missing you guys,
cheryl

INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS IS WHAT I'VE GOT!

good news is i know whats wrong, and its not THAT severe
bad news is THERE IS NO CURE so pray my body can fight it off.
worse news is BLOOD TEST AGAIN ON MONDAY): if my liver screws up more than double then yes i cannot run from the hospital anymore cause the specialist IS at the hospital. poo.

but its quite funny you know what its called? KISSING DISEASE HAHAHA. cause its passed through saliva. so i do hope none of you took my food at crys's house. through sharing food and drinks and if i cough and sneeze and my 'mucus/saliva gets suspended in the air and you inhale my infected saliva/mucus' then may Lord have mercy on you and grant you a speedy recovery.

but im fine i think!(: (: (: i dont even look sick really. my classmate lucy came that day and said 'you dont look sick la'. so please visit me im homebound for another week or so. if youre healthy and well and unafraid of my virus. hahahaha.

thanks for the prayers(:

love you guys byeee

read more about it on http://www.medicinenet.com/infectious_mononucleosis/article.htm (:

hello everyone!

I'M PROBABLY GOING INTO THE HOSPITAL TMR OR FRIDAY SO PLEASE VISIT ME!
its not confirmed yet just pray really hard that my bloodtests (again) have better results..

i've had high fever that comes on and off every few hours for 7 whole days already!!! hits like 38 plus and sometimes goes beyond 39..

anyway did you know that doctors always lie? when they did the finger blood tests they said it wasnt gonna be painful and so i didnt expect it to be painful then suddenly the mechanism makes a sound and then it stings badly and then ahhhh finger blood ah thats my finger!

then the arm one is super scary but thankfully i have a doctor whos super good and experienced so he made it super not painful for me but it was so scary seeing so much blood and a needle up my arm my dad had to stand next to me and hold my hand sigh needle/blood phobia.

i dont have dengue at least. the blood test for dengue was negative but its not always 100% accurate of course. then my platelet count is 97 and the desired range is above 140! by right i should have been hospitalised on mon when they found out my platelet count was so low. but my doc's so nice he let me stay home since if i go hospital they cant do anything besides take my temp to monitor my fever and take blood tests which my doc can do.

if i go into hospital they'll take blood from me everyday=( (on the bright side i'll lose weight hahahah okay kidding). but my blood tests show my liver's a bit wonky like some SGPT reading was 77 and the desired range is 8-54 and the SGOT reading was so bad mine was 82 and desired is 16-40 (the 54 and 40 are for like those SUPER HUGE GIMONGOUS people!!)

so yes friends from the looks of it i have to go in! i would like nice food too(: i have no diet restrictions dont worry! haha.

just pray that i'll be okay yeah. and thanks for those who msg to check up on me sorry if i dont reply cause half the time im sleeping.. or too tired to reply and then it slips my mind. its my 6th hour awake right now today, imagine that.haha.

so yes, see you when i see you! sorry for a super long posts bout sickly dee.

HOCK SENG!

http://www.timeout.com/sg/en/aroundtown/feature/what-its-like-to-be-a--school-bus-driver

haha go see!
aiii luvvv ehmmm geee (:






- char.

hello! its 4:03 am

looks like our blog posts are just gonna be put up at awkward hours.. but im only up cause my temp just hit 39.5!

and i hope its not dengue or anything.. ive had fever for 4 days and it fluctuates so much. i nearly blacked out nearly puked and always got headache and dizzy spells:(

please pray for me! cause honestly my faith just i dunno. disappeared. dont pray for myself anymore. so you can pray bout that for me too if you could(:

anyway happy holidays guys..

dee

its 3.07 am
i just spent the last hour or so looking through our 2006 posts.
they're damn funny!!! ahahahaha
funny suaning ones, crappy ones, serious ones, sad ones.. wahh.
can you believe its been a whole YEAR?
man, i miss it.


i'll be praying hard that God'll keep us together cos i love you guys a lot and although everyone has new friends and stuff you guys are still really important to me.


we should hang out more!


love always,
char.

Hey everybody!

This is kind of late. I got carried away shopping on ebay! It's really quite fun, you know, as geeky as it sounds. Oh the glorious wonders of technology! Well, i'm struggling keep my eyes open so i'll just get straight to the point:

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!

Cheerio,
nickelodeon!
(aka NIC - hope you got it:) haha)

PS. i would really have loved to add some cool halloween-ish colours to this, but i DON'T KNOW HOW!
hahaha someone enlighten me please! Oh the not-so-glorious wonders of technology! :(