One thing guys complain about is that girls tend to be more judgemental of others and sometimes I myself prefer the company of boys because they seem more easy-going about things and they dont really respond to issues as sensitively as girls.
I think ive come to realise that the female species is this judgmental, because there is indeed a need to, the natural, instinctive need to read people (the opposite gender to be more specific), more carefully.
It also seems almost natural that the female species have the unfortunate fate of feeling vulnerable at certain times. Since the beginning of time, women were always dependent on men for a living - (some) men sometimes take this for granted and exploit this poor vulnerability.
My heart goes out to all the women in this world who have ever felt vulnerable.
I guess im still getting used to things, i told myself before that i should be prepared for such things to come this path i chose to take, just that i didnt know I'd be tested this hard.
Besides this, Ive been having a pretty awesome busy week!
Relief teaching at SC Primary was cute ( i refused to let them address me by my surname but just teacher all the way haha) , rushing back to VJ after that was heart-warming - met my orientation mate on the bus, he was going back to school because he is only IP3 now (oh my gosh so young!) and we were laughing about how strange we were in the same og but he's still stuck in first year of jc hmmph, wonder who's luckier! hung around with jessie and sidney who were visiting too and i still ate my favourite spicy chicken wings heh yay:) met jastine in the canteen too cuz of softball training. yes im excited for Outdoor Rumble soon!
Traffic counting the next few days and saturday was tiring but a good experience, i mean if Singapore's industries have an increased productivity due to the improved traffic matched by improved timings in the traffic lights on the road, its thanks to me and my colleagues ok!!:) Stayed over at jill's for the first night because we had to figure the way out the next day. We ended up roaming the streets near SGH at 5.30AM waiting for 6 am to come so we could take cab and miss the extra charges. loitered outside the Houseman Canteen because we were hungry and wanted to look for food! we only ran away after we were trying to take pictures and suddenly this kitchen-man came out from no where!
In between the morning and afternoon shifts, the breaks were soo fun because we hung out at jurong birdpark (where i met some of the vj pe teachers on a school day which is strange)- it was rather empty so we sat the whole day playing Monopoly! yes the game ended with me owing Koon $65000 (!!) we also visited mel's and koon's house - watching P.S i love you and played taboo:)
dinner with them at plus all the games on the train was just so entertaining and jill and i could hardly stop laughing at the guys who kept losing every game we taught them heh:) so yea, we keep saying how we should have toned abs by now:)
Seriously, although my colleagues are ALL from ACSi and im the only vj/ eastie person, i think its amazing how we all got along pretty well, yay im so happy with my new friends:)
Then it was steamboat with the girls at Bugis and catching up:) i miss you all so!
Though this week has left me really shagged and sapped, since things have been moving quite fast, im glad i still keep in touch with my camp colleagues from my camp facil job and one thing is that i am really grateful for is the company of ALL my colleagues from both my jobs so far ! im glad we could rub it off and that i actually think we can become better friends, even though im changing to a perm job next week! interesting note: there are like Pinrui and Kahsiong surrogates: there's one of pinrui's best friend who is my ex-colleague plus my current colleague who looks and talks like KS. gosh!
Oh yes, calls at night from the army boys (yes they were faithful in their promises albeit their gruelling first 2 weeks:) have been really heartwarming, and really every night im praying they are all fine and that they control their temper and not be rude back to the very rude and vulgar sergeants (tsk tsk). Please dont forget things again and dont take too long to take your temperature if you are having a fever! haha:/
OH yes, Anthea is back from US :)) welcome back antsies i missed you!
Yes this coming week is going to be a challenge, im starting work at IRAS on tuesday, and i think its going to a perm job till uni starts yup:)
today i met jill, the "we are jobless today" people, a very major symptom affecting people who have to cope with last minute calls from companies/ schools and extremely random schedules as well as having to turn down jobs which clash on the same day as others which cause us to end up being blacklisted by nearly everyone in the end :/
besides lamenting about this disease, we actually had a great time, for the first time in our lives, we didnt bump into anyone familiar in town, since everyone we know are prob working (regularly) by now! (but dont worry lorraine and hwee your aren't alone, cuz you have jill heheheh!) went scouting for jobs and eating and talking and catching up, after which we were so tired, we walked back to her house where i took a mini-nap:) after i woke up we went back to visit scgs :) then visited our old hang-out Waffletown! noticed the boys in the vicinity (acs b and sji) seemed very young and immature to me at least, nothing like what they seemed like last time heh!
tomorrow im going back to vj, lunch-ing there! cant wait:)
oh and i wont tell you about my next job, before i jinx it again and end up not working again grr!
i'll just say im excited cuz it requires me to stay at jill's house for 2 nights straight:) here comes our monopoly and guess who and whatever games, and more talking and stoning!:)
we agreed that if this place was built while we there, with such a comfortable study area amidst lush greenery (called jade springs hahha) we would have studied harder. O_o
the toilets so clean, we could actually "lounge" around in them!
by the end of the tour, we said it was hard not to send our daughters back to Scgs next time, we're proud to be Sc girls, im proud to be an Sc girl:)
I need to keep reminding myself where i come from, what i set out to do, and what i wanted to achieve at the end of the day, the things i want people to remember me by as i lie in my coffin.
I know God has given me a whole life ahead, but every little thing counts, even when im fast and young.
For every little difference makes the whole difference.
Someone smart enlightened me with this unknowingly -
" the only bad thing about being on top of the world, is being able to fall a long way down".
So make sure you've gotten your grip on every climb up there, if not personally, I'd rather pitch a tent along the way and stay there forever.
and hwee, whatever i may do, ill never everr forget how i told you before, that we should never live with compromises, especially when it comes down to our principles.
There are certain additions to your life, whose effects they leave on you, you realise are irreversible after some time.
it is these that you gotta negotiate with, those that you gotta work with and of course, eventually get around them.
I think posting keeps you accountable to yourself because it forces you to reflect, keeps you sane especially when things move far too fast, sometimes.
I just did something really stupid, which made myself cry. (!! i haven't cried in a million years, really, or at least anytime i can recall)
-I watched the Reminisce video the juniors put up for our farewell.
I cried when i saw how much the the year 2s have gone through together - i remember our apprehensive attitudes when a new piece came along, I remember the doubts all of us shared about doing well, especially before going overseas, i remember giving prep talks about doing our best in school-work (having the same worries about my own work), i remember the cheers Benedict used to lead the band in, how i always thought it was so much louder than any other cheers other people in school did, how i experienced a transcendental experience during a rehearsal for Machu Picchu about the 3rd last rehearsal before we actually flew off (how i kept it to myself to savour:); the morning of our New York flight (!!) - yes how stressed i was about people leaving stuff behind; pictures really do speak louder than words here...
ohmygosh eric look at this! do you remember what happened right before this!
new york!
i firmly believe we proved impossible is nothing!
the awesome people!
have been meeting up with almost all the army boys enlisting this week, we had fun!!
bye bye , will miss you all alot! sorry for not messaging on the day itself, i couldnt take it:/
see the rest of you all soon!
love, meiyi:))
he asked God to allow him to stay young always, and to keep moving with the fast crowd, as long as his bones could take it.
God replied - "I'll give you speed and agility; high-beams from the Cooper you've saved up to buy; a dozen friends you could take your time to name Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday; a million nights where tomorrows could wait;
but ill also give you a string to tie around your finger, one day you will even forget what that string represents, one day you will even choose to ignore it, for all its worth, keep it for my sake."
he tugs at the kite...up there, He smiles.
2009 has been really kind to me so far, and im terribly grateful for that.
I got not one, but two jobs - both of which are my dream jobs, well, at least dream TEMP jobs - Im really glad i have these opportunities!
The outdoor camp facilitator job will ensure i keep my youth and the sunny side up that i really need, to complement the rather tough, intense, work-alone travel firm desk job that i cant wait to start too. Never knew being an arts student was such a pre-requisite for temp jobs- going to be writing quite a fair bit, apparently the newest project is something related to Valentine's Day - travel plans, hmmm, should be rather interesting!
Im really glad i didnt bury myself headfirst into those first few jobs i applied for, because i think i had a fulfilling holiday, of which i havent felt bored of, and havent had the "bumming around" syndrome yet:)
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Its something we cant choose, but the girls are going to be busy with work and all, while most of the boys are going to be starting army in approximately 5 or 6 days. Its really a byebye to those recesses we've always had, the ponning lessons and slacking in the band room (and also helping each other recognise each others' teachers haha), sitting on the swing with pocky or something, sitting in the concourse watching people watch gossip girl,omgosh rushing into school every morning because of silly bus no. 55 grrr, a13 sitting right at the back of the lecture theatre (or at least trying to)- although i really preferred the front since i couldnt really see the board properly:/, and so much more i really cant compact here.
Entering VJ almost alone, with none of my scgs recess gang (Shan, ll, chiawen,jean,opy, jess, lesley)especially into the arts faculty was such a challenge for me, plus having been late on the FIRST day of school i entered class with such a apprehensive attitude. Having sat next to the then-i-thought-bimbos (hahaha) who turned out to be my hweets and vee hahaha, the still ever-smiling Edo, plus having to start all anew in cca without any seniors to pave any way for me whatsoever was an insurmountable barrier - but He broke it all down for me, He broke in down into bitesize pieces to be digested over these 2 amazing years, the various projects for me to slowly overcome - a fabulous most cooperative Exco, og, project work group, teachers, cca group, classmates and schoolmates, overseas trips of which i have the fondesttt memories of:) SO MANY MANY MORE REALLY!
We have to say bye to school-life, but i dont think ill stop missing it for quite a long time more, okay i really think im going to cry soon, so i shall stop talking about it! :(
Gotta say bye to the holidays too, although i still think the late nights are fine:) heh the thomson pratas, the rock band/guitar hero, the arab street, the dancing (although not trance please), the chilling out and family time (for my family the peak family bonding time is like 2 to 3am hmmm), i think its fine just as long as we dont become vampires/zombies in the day. although i think when work life sinks in, we gotta have an increased sense of responsibility.
Im ready for that, and im going to start early for BTT, going to pass it!
okay i just had my break - we have some Japanese family friends over for lunch, im following my sis down to see her office for fun then my family is going to another family friend's place for dinner and then supper. ahhh. like a friend told me i should be really glad i have such a "united family" hahaha, since his relatives are all dysfunctional. hmmm!
GTG, hope you are all having a great start to 2009 too:)
timbre with jessie, eric, liying, sam and louis
More photos next time: Deb's place, New Year's Eve:)
