hey guys!

this is about the arabian nights tickets. i paid for some of you but i haven't gotten all the money back yet. they are 25 dollars each. if you know i paid first and you haven't paid for it yet, PLEASE pass the money to me as soon as possible okay? sorry to be so anal about this but its been 2 mths and i borrowed the money from my dad so the folks have been very naggy recently. about 5 people owe me money so if you know who you are, the next time you see me, PLEASE pay.
thanks.

love!
char.

yayy nz rocked! (:
the lifestyle there's just so much more relaxing and slow-paced and stress-free I LOVE IT :D
the school there's pretty cool too. my friend enjoys going to school! haha but from what i heard it's not surprising that she does.
i ate lots of icecream in nz. almost everyday! i bet i've gained weight. while we were staying in auckland with my cousins a meal could comprise of beef, chicken, fish, pork and lamb. plus vegetables tofu rice soup and dessert. faints. i know i've gained weight. hahaha. the icecream there's really good though! ive got no regrets(: hehe
oh there was quite a big earthquake while we were at my friend's house in masterton! we felt the tremors but thankfully not the full effect of it. THANK GOD. cause we had toured the north island for 8 days before driving southward to masterton. and we reached masterton one day before the earthquake struck! 0.0 if we had arrived one day late (which we had planned to do so previously but changed our plans) we would have felt the major impacts of the earthquake!
that sounds awfully like something out of a movie but God's grace is for real(:
nz was awesome. it really opened my eyes to what david experienced when he wrote the psalms. we saw 2 lost sheep on the beach! yeah the beach. it was pretty amusing but i immediately thought of what Jesus said about Him wanting all His lost sheep found. the beach is beautiful, like this world is, but it's no place for sheep..just like how christians dont belong to this earth.
i've learnt quite a lot of other things in nz..the trip gave me a broader perspective on life and the bible. im grateful for that(:
my friend's mom invited me back to her house in nz next year after my a's. haha i want to go there to learn driving cause i wont be eligible for it in spore. they can drive there at 15 and a half! i was supposed to take lessons from my friend but due to time constraint i only got to drive the lawn mower. hahah there's lots more about nz but i shall stop my ranting here.
i hope you all had a very merry christmas! cant wait for cbg gathering on sunday!!!!

LOVE
cheryl

hey guys!!
grace and i'll be leaving for nepal on our mission trip tmr till the 21st. so just thought i'd say bye!
li and zai are leaving on the same day too so cool right. one to thailand for a mission trip too and the other to japan for a holiday. but we won't see each other cos OUR FLIGHT IS AT 810AM. so we have to be at the airport at 6 ): ): but its okay lah. have a great time too li and zai!
haha i'm so excited!!! woohooo can't wait to see God work! God is awesomeee. (:
anyway see you guys when we're all back together for the crapbag christmas partyyy (:
oh and maybe before that when we go to the esplanade on the 23rd to watch nic and mu at their carolling thing?
dee all the best for the concert!

love you guys,
char.

hello everyone!

my concert is coming up in 2 weeks time so please let me know if you can come!!! i know most cant though ):

ohoh nu, piong can go with you! hahaha(: if none of the crapbags go that is..haha.

happy hols guy! christmas is coming tralalalallalalalaaaaa(:

any of you without any plans on christmas eve? cause my mom says i can invite friends over so here's an open invitation to anyone whos party-less on the 24th night!

deeeeeeeeee

i had a wonderful birthday!! thanks a whole lot guys!
i'm touched.
(`:
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! :(

hi everyone!

i havent posted anything since forever.:) i was jsut reading our first few posts and it brought back so many memories.. sigh!

i think our time in MG was really something, wasnt it? this seems so belated and all cos we left like almost a year ago.. but i was just thinking how much things have changed since then. We're all so.. i dont know. MATURE. now. haha.. it was like the age of innocence.. hmm.. those stupid teachers' day costumes we put on.. all that dolling up for expresso.. HAHA. sigh.

i cant believe ten years flew by so fast! and this year kinda went really quick too! like before you know it, we'd be haggedy haggs with stretch marks(!), eye bags, wrinkly skins, vericrose veins... EWWW and KIDS! (oh the horror..)

speaking of! guess what!! i got a new KITTEN...:) nureen came over to see it today. and it did a peepee on my couch hahaa

my new KITTY!

Nureen enjoying it a little too much..

Love, sarah

support needed!

GREETINGS!
(No nureen im not dead, haha)

hows everyone been? i forgot the pw and username too i tried like 10 times then i got in!
anyway, this is an advertisement for all of you to support me (and debbie) at a concert in dec!

Christmas classics
an evening of classical music and christmas favorites
17th december (monday)
7:30 pm
singapore art museum audi
$8

I'M ORGANISING IT (with mich yeo) SO PLEASE SUPPORT! i know liza nic kelly crys sarae von cant make it cause of OGL camp, and tessa will be overseas, but the rest of you please please come!!!
its a really small place btw, but its really nice i went down to the place that day. 150 seats. so tell me if you want tickets soon(:

catch up soon yepyep!! ive got school for another 2 weeks though, dumb school.

love,
dee

hello hello ola!
im back! after coming to know the password and username.
the username is and the password is !
haha.
anyhoos malay is on monday! and chinese! im so bored!
havent really been doing much. so crystal! when we all meeting up?
and sarah..im coming to your house. to see your NEW KITTEN! i like (:
and and and...
i dont know what to say.
ok in a bit !

-nureen!

my piano exam is in less than a month
I AM SOOOOOOOO DEAD
seriously. i've never felt such a sense of urgency/desperation before than when i received my exam date in the mail just now.
i'm so unprepared!! programme notes undone, pieces not memorised, and what more my teacher seems so inconsistent in her teaching- one week she tells me one thing, the next week she tells me another, depending on her mood.
ARGH
and then there's other stuff to settle too..like PW and my class shirt which i'm still trying to do on photoshop. ive gotta get it done by next week before school closes.
sigh
i hate piano exams. or any performance exams. no matter how much you prepare, it all bogs down to THAT day, whether you do well or screw up.
i guess that's where trust comes in...........but i still hate piano exams:/

Lord, in Your grace, i trust that You'll cause all things to work out for my good..even though i haven't been the best daughter around lately.

'there is no fear in love, because perfect love drives out all fear.' -1 John 4:something

i hope promos went well for all of you and that everyone got promoted! (:
hope to meet you all soon!!!


<3<3<3
cheryl

Why, hello everybody.
I haven't updated since ages ago! this blog seems so alive.. NOT.
HAHAhAH anyway, guess what. while you guys are enjoying tmr's public holiday.. I have to wake up at 7am to go to school for orientation meeting! Not that im complaining.. which i am.. but o well. actually, i'd rather be doing that than anything else. meetings are fun.
I just had a party at my house and now the whole place is a mess. gah. and it smells kinda funny too.
i miss you guys ALOT! :) we should meet up soon. i always say that.. haahah. ai ya, but so busy now. GAH. actually, the only person i havent seen is cheryl. CHERYL CHERYL WHERE ARE YOU. so near yet so far...
guess what! i just watched episode 2 of season 2 of heroes! it rocks. lizoo please tell me when you want to come over KAY!

-saRRRRAAAARR

helloo(:
i am so sleeepy im going to bed soon. it's 10.30 and yeah its early for most of you but not for me! my brain shuts off at around 10 so doing anything after that are usually brainless activities.
NOT that blogging is brainless but it requires less brain cells compared to doing my I&R.
we have spring cleaning tmr! sighh dont feel like going but i've not much of a choice- my ct is rather strict about attendance. ahh see the halo on cheryl's head and the guilt-stricken faces of some reading this blog.
hahaha
comments about my promos? OH WELL.
but its okay! i'll be quite happy to get promoted and not have to drop any subject(:
okay its 10.40 now. did i just spend 10 mins typing this short entry? wow i think i'm more tired than i thought.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRACE!!!!!!
all the best in your 17th year ahead! and thanks for just being you!(:

let's meet up soon!!


<3<3<3
cheryl

helloooo everybodyyyy!
this blog has seemingly died! haha. or perhaps everyone just loves nicole's entry and wants it to be left there. maybe.

hows exams for everyone? im not done but did i tell you about my retarded time table? in ib right everyone has 3HLs which are really alot to study and then 3 SLs. then most people's HLs are rather spaced out AND MIND WAS CRAMMED INTO 2 DAYS! i died! i couldnt do any of them properly. and im gonna fail english how sad is that okay not english but lit cause i wrote soooo super out of point. oh well.

its good i guess everyone's still mugging but im done and free and im going out later! think im watching balls of fury and shopping with my classmates.

and remember how i used to moan and groan bout being a loner in school. okay not really but being like the only girl and all. got used to it and actually am very thankful cause i hang out with like the same few guys and theyre all really nice people!

one's liza's church friend lucy who is really funny. one's nana's dance friend's boyfriend tee and he's really funny too. and one's char/kelly/grace/von's church friend ian and he's really funny too too. hahahaha. and he comes to this blog so HELLO IAN!

what a small world! its a small world after all lalalallaa. but. somehow i havent seen any of you in so long so its not so small a world anymore:(

OHOH! im planning a concert as part of a contra arrangement with singapore art museum, its a small concert on 17th dec at the SAM audi itself so if you guys are around please support! debbie's performing and michelle yeo too and im not sure if i am. but its half christmas half classical ---> christmas classics!

God bless everyone with their results and let's meet up soon! i didnt even see zai. ZAI I WANNA MEET UP WITH YOU WHY ARE YOU AND KELLY ON A PRIVATE DATE TODAY WITHOUT EVERYONE ELSE):

ohoh zai you have this church friend _____ who thankfully isnt in my class cause he kinda scares all the girls. he's really erm. strange. and err. strange. and always stares at the girls. he doesnt seem straight though:\ so he appears bi. haahahahaha. he creeps me out.

BYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEe.

much love, deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.