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Why? The "WHYs" seems to be whirling all over the place in my mind. I keep asking myself that famous word; WHY.
Oh please, don't make me repeat that word again!
I also asked myself some silly questions like:
How strong is my brain memory is???
Can it work FAST like some smart people??
If i work harder, will I be like them?
Will I be also like another S'porean guy (forgot his name) who was once a student with awful grades in his secondary school, but now, he became one of the smart and VIP people... lol
Ivy, I think you know who that guy is. That guy was the one whom your tutor said she was going to meet him. That writer...
I even thought of what I am going to do if I ever to go POLY.
WHAT COURSE SHOULD I TAKE?
Gosh, I'm still in sec 3 and I dare think of all these
RACHEL, worry about yourself first! EXAMS ARE JUST ROUND THE CORNER!!!
IN FACT, THEY ARE ALREADY STARTING! NEXT MONDAY!!!
I told myself I will work harder from now onwards but it seems that i'm not doing it.
URGH!!
RACHEL KOH, U IDIOT.
There's no point scolding myself as well...
SIGH.
Ok, the main thing just for TODAY which worries me is music.
I'm perfectly fine with my flute course.
but not for music theory.
Now I'm proceeding to Flute Grade 6, so next Monday, I might/might not go home with you guys as I might be going out with my parents to buy the grade books... I cheered myself. HOORAY! Two more grades left and I can apply for the Performer's Certificate (the final level) after I have completed grade 8.
My music theory? Damned SLOW.
I'm still struggling to finish the last remaining pages on Grade 3 book and my other three teammates are already nearing to Grade 4. One has already started on the grade 4 book while the other two are now doing Grade 3 exam pratical practices, which after they are done, they can proceed to Grade 4 onwards....
URGH. Why am I the last? It was because I did not attend theory lesson for three weeks in which I missed three lessons due to my Hawaii trip and a day which I was so tired after coming back to Singapore on Saturday night, I couldn't get up the next day where I had my music.
Grade 3 theory may sound easy to you but actually, it isn't. There are more key notes to remember and there alot of changes in it. For instance, key signatures in my flute grade 5 is the same key signatures noted in grade 3 theory! This is why theory usually takes more time to go through. Its slightly different from your instrument course. This very young boy in my group, should be around 11 years old, he is really smart in the theory but when we take grade 3, he has abit of misunderstanding and got slightly confused in some part of the questions. I guess he is still young after all. When he grow up, sure no problem....
Gosh, I feel I can no longer catch up for the theory!
My teacher suggested if i want to stay back for another few months to go through grade 3 all over again, seeing that I'm already struggling so much.
I told him NO.
LOL!!
Deep inside, I don't want to. I want to catch up and proceed to grade 4, together with the others.
Worse still, i'm the oldest of all and it seems embarrassing to me that the oldest person can't even catch up with the younger ones. How shameful can it be? Plus, I took flute course kind of late for my age, thus, enroling music theory late. It does make sense right? If you are still very young and you already took music course, it'll be easier as you move on... SIGH
Worse still, Mr Zufar wants me to take part in the music competition on 14 July.
NOOOOO!!! why tell me this? i have too much stuffs loaded in my mind and here comes another information, squeezing its way through this crowded brain of mine!!
I always think music is sooo easy just because I have a music background, but soon, i realise it is NOT at all. There are times I even thought of giving up music.
I felt I could no longer take it. Why? I'm ok with my flute but not theory. What's the difference? Is it WORTH it?
Sometimes I wish I took art course instead. Its so MUCH EASIER!!
Yet, I cannot stop haftway. I have to finish everything I learn in music. OH MAN!!!
GOD, HELP ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ARGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I still have to concentrate on my STUDIES, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR NOW!!!!!!
Written on: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 Time: 7:16 PM
Now I discovered that editing faces can be SO FUN!!! I know, its just for the FUN only. Its not as if we are gonna do some nudity or disfiguring faces we hate and post them in public. We are not that STUPID.
LOL
WEEEEE. DO I LOOK HANDSOME? HAHAHAHA! JUST JOKING (=_=)
I think i look more like NERD! and maybe blurr also!
Side brightness!!!
AND THE LAST....
FREAKING WEIRDO, ISN'T IT? I was like, "should i laugh or not?" LOL.
Written on: Thursday, April 19, 2007 Time: 5:05 PM
HAHA. I photoshopped them man!!!I will show you the comparison between those real images I got from some websites, and images which will be photoshopped by me. LOL. For fun lah. Bored.
REAL PICTURE
PHOTOSHOP
REAL PICTURE
PHOTOSHOP
JUNHO AND IVY [[- eternal lovers -]]
TITLE: "O" THEY GOT WEIRDO HAIRSTYLES. HERO IS THE WORSE. LOL! But they still dance so great! Singing also NICE!
TITLE: Triangle
MORE WEIRDO HAIRSTYLES. As if they are in a fantasy world.... This video is a hard rock song leh. So loud. All electric guitars blasting.
DBSK
Written on: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 Time: 8:01 PM
Oh my freaking god. Look at their dancing! AWESOME! I hope Fahrenheit could be like them one day. LOL!
SO NICE MAN! i feel im gonna like DBSK.
Their singing's SO DAMN COOL.
Got one part, they sang until high pitch, SO MELODIC!
I was like can't believe my ears when the instructor announced that we sec 3 run first. I was like NOT PREPARING ANYTHING YET CAN. I haven't even WARM UP.
First, we were at the area where we sec 3 gathered and the next, we were already on the road, preparing to run.
NOOOooOOOoOOO
My mind was like "RELAX CAN! Why call on us so fast?? OMG, 3.9 is already running! OMG why did they have to run so fast?? RELAX! And the teachers! Talk and talk until must hurry us to prepare. Teachers, RELAX. Miss Tan, you also RELAX. Don't hurry us can"
Wth. Miss Tan say "Alright, you can begin running now"
NOW. I heard her saying NOW
Omg, i see some of my classmates in front started running ahead. My legs also automatically followed. My heart kept pounding like mad! WHAT's gonna HAPPEN to me while I run to the GOAL??
I told myself "RACHEL KOH!relax! Just treat it as an enjoyable running festival! Run for FUN! YOU have to LOVE running! Love running! Forever inLOVE with RUNNING!"
Gosh, what the heck's wrong with my freaking mind?? Love this, love that (=_=)
With my crazy mind "talking" to me, I ran with all my heart and soul, aiming for the goal ahead of me.
Later after that, I past by Ivy and Bei Le! HOORAY!!!
=X
HOOORAYYY!!!!
=X
Ivy, as blog-reader, RELAX.
Hahahaha!
After my run, gosh, i felt so tired BUT surprisingly, I was less tired than the last two years when I was in sec 1 and 2. I was not panting so heavlily now. I felt better man!
HOPE I pass!! I don't want to take a repeat test again! All my running in 2.4km at the park would be gone down to the drain! After all of us HI girls gathered, i saw this GIRL talking secretly to that MOODY GIRL. Don't think I dunno. I CAN SEE. You are one of us, why be so secretive behind our back? It seems like you don't trust us enough to tell us the problems erh? You behaved as if u trust an outsider more than us. And whenever we tell you your mistakes, you don't seem pleased and expect others to support you through your own personal feelings.I really feel uncomfortable if this GIRL come to your party. I know you two are probably close, and i know its your party BUT you dun seem to think for us. By inviting her, you are making the majority of us to feel uncomfortable throughout the day. I might as well dun come then. But i might still go cos there are OTHERS going there too. The OTHERS that are one of us OR the OTHERS whom we know quite well and am comfortable with.
Later, we went to Tampines Mall to have McDonald and neoprints!
After our breakfast, I wanted to go with the others for neoprints but ZM keep pestering me to go to the stationary shop first to buy papers for my printer to print out our english project. I was relunctant cos after the neoprints, we can go to the shop to buy mah. But she keep urging me, and Ida Ong, as well. TWO against one. Of course they won. So I had no choice but to walk quickly to the stationary shop. We waited for the lift, gosh, the lift is SOO SLOW. I was getting impatient, so is ZM. lols, her usual self, always cannot wait one.
Then while waiting, ZM apologised to me for disrupting my fun to go with you guys for neoprints. ALRIGHT, I accepted her apology.
After we bought what we wanted, I ran like crazy okay! I was like, the FIRST to run ahead, with Ida and ZM running behind me LOLS
When I entered the neoprint stall, the others already like, finish taking photoo.
Then Ivy saw us and say we take another neoprints later!
OKAY.
Now our turn. Cheeze here and there!
After that, do some shopping lor.
Then ZM and I went home first.
We finally finish the whole thing! FINALLY! I can take A BREAK NOW!
That night, I kept dozing off again and again for every two hours. When I was reading a book, I suddenly felt sleepy and slept on the floor! After a very short nap, I went to my bed, andcontinue reading a book while listening to the radio. After a few minutes of that, I slept again! Wah liao. Then later I woke up and went to bathe. Inside, I always go to the toilet first. After I was done, I suddenly felt lazy to stand up and suddenly doze off again, this time, with me sitting on the toilet bowl!!! WATS WRONG WITH ME. I know its unbecoming of a girl like me to talk like that but I really did!!! URGH! After a slow shower, I got out and went back to my room. As I don't want to keep walking around too much, I dilly dally around in my room, doing usual stuffs. AGAIN, I TOOK A SHORT NAP AGAIN. Gosh, i keep telling myself to stop this or else I won't be able to sleep afterwards!
My body seemed so light, some parts are slightly aching. Thats why i must have felt so sleepy.
Finally I slept afterwards. THE NEXT MORNING (SUNDAY)
I was literally sleeping the WHOLE DAY!
Firstly, I woke up around 8am plus, as it was still early, I sleep again. Worke up at 10am plus to get ready for my flue lesson.
AFTER my flute lesson, I returned home, and guess what? I TOOK A LONG NAP! By the time I woke up, it was already 3pm plus! I had to get ready for my music theory lesson!!! YET, I don't feel like going! Felt like SLEEPING again. I told my mum about it but she insisted I go. HAIZ!
When I had my musc theory lesson, my mind could not seem to FOCUS. I was VERY BLUR today. When I wanted to write the key signatures in front of the time signature, I did the other way round. I didn't EVEN notice it. I repeated the same mistake THRICE. When I wanted to draw the bass clef, I ended up drawing the triple clef, without noticing again. WTH. My teacher saw of course and corrected me. He even asked whats wrong with me cos he said I was not in my usual self today. I seemed very blurr for the first time.
When I returned home, I wanna rest again. God, i feel like a SLOT. An animal that sleep ALL DAY.
I must be so tired. Or maybe I seems to enjoy sleeping so much. Gosh. ENOUGH CAN! I dun wanna develop a new habit of SLEEPING! Just like sleeping in class and getting caught twice by my SS teacher and caught once by my maths teacher! WHAT if i end up SLEEPING during O levels??? TOUCHWOOD!!!!
Anyway, i felt SO comfortable whenever I sleep!!! AAaaAhhHHhhhHhH.........
You are definitely not nerdy - in fact, you probably don't know any nerds. You probably care a little too much about your image. No one will know if you secretly watch Star Trek reruns!
You are a passionate, caring, and unique person. You are good at expressing yourself and sharing your ideals.
You are the most compassionate of all types and connect with others easily. Your heart tends to rule you. You can't make decisions without considering feelings.
You seek out other empathetic people to befriend. Truth and authenticity matters in your friendships.
In love, you give everything you have to relationships. You fall in love easily.
At work, you crave personal expression and meaning in your career.
With others, you communicate well. You can spend all night talking with someone.
As far as your looks go, you've likely taken the time to develop your own personal style.
On weekends, you like to be with others. Charity work is also a favorite pastime of yours.
Some are rubbish. Charity work?? I don't even volunteer to do that! I just do all of them for fun. LOLS.
By the way, when I went to Hawaii, I checked the hawaiian name for my name. My Hawaiian name is Lindsey Linake!
Sian, so BORING. Haaizz.... 2.4km is COMING. My god, will I be able to make it?? You know what? Ivy, I think I told you before that Zann was like abit "worse" than Hau En about the health maintaince, such like easily fall sick, remember? When I asked her for her score when during practice for our upcoming 2.4km, she told me she got around 15 and something!!!! WAH LIAO! I FEEL SHE IS LIKE, BEAT ME ALREADY CAN. I was like "HOW COME? why you run better than meeeeeee?"
She was like "Cos i feel like running. hehe"
(=_=)
Then I asked "What about your friends leh?"
She reply "I wanted to leave my friends behind to continue my run but they keep asking me to wait for them lehs so I wait and wait, ask them to faster run. Haizz. Waste my time sia!"
(=__=)
If she didn't wait for her friends hor, I'll bet she'll get A.
Wah liao.
Unbelieveable.
I don't believe it man.
Damn.
I need to WORK HARDER.
Oh man!
4 more days to 2.4KM! SATURDAY MORNING. FALL IN AT 7.30AM.
WTH. WHY MAKE US REPORT TO BEDOK PARK SO EARLY? I feel the school got no common sense. If they want us to have energy to run, all the more they should not make us wake up freaking early just because of 2.4km, please consider for those who live FAR!
GOSH.
Later still take neoprints somemore. HAHA. cool cool man. New style. Neoprints with Sweats all over us!
woohooo!
Sia, i better follow Zann's method. I'll MAKE MYSELF to FEEL like RUNNING. Then I can aim my GOAL!
GUYS, you better listen to me. MAKE YOURSELF FEEL LIKE RUNNING. Tell yourself "i wanna run! I wanna run! JUST RUN! RUN FOR FUN!"
ahahhaa.....
(=__=)
URGHH!!!!
Kays lah, GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF YOU!
i'll make sure i'll BEAT ONE or TWO OF YOU! or more, i dun mind too.
Why did I have to be a hearing impaired person? Why me? Why the cause? Did I do something bad in my previous life that I deserved to be in this state? Why?
Such thoughts are unquestionable. I have to look for the answers myself.
As I observe the things around me, there are so much differences.
Honestly, the more I'm with the HI people, the more I will get influenced by them and their sign languages.
Before I actually met you guys, I was just as normal as any hearing people, despite my hearing. But ever since I met you guys, my lifestyle eventually change, causing me to become more "closer" to the HI and not to the world outside. I started learning sing languages and my voice kind of change when I talked with my gestures.
Even my parents were not pleased when they notice my bad habits.
But I do not blame you for influnceing me this way. Its ME who have to be at fault because I chose myself to be influenced by you guys. Its the same goes for computering. If you let your control go wild and keep playing without any self-control, you will be addicted. So we have to control our too-used hand gesturings. Actually, I guess its OKAY to do that once in a while but we shall TRY not to do so much.
Next, we are in high school now. We are practically surrounding among ourselves at one corner and not exposing ourselves to others.
When we are with hearing people, we get real shy and timid, not voicing out.
We see all sorts of people. People who understand us. People who discriminate us due to our handicaps.
Mostly, it is the PEOPLE who don't "understand" how we HI people have gone through our lives. We think they look down on us, regarding the way they react towards us or showing different attitude when being with us.
But why do we think this way? Why do we think our live sucks and we are living so miserably because people have been looking down on us and do not try to understand us?
Its because we don't accept who we are!
If you don't love yourself, how can you expect others to respect you??
If we only find faults in ourselves, we are also expecting others to only know the faults within us, and therefore, we are always waiting to be rejected.
If you can't understand yourself, then people also won't understand you because you chose not to.
We can't also keep blaming others just because of all these. Its not their fault that we ended like this. Our parents had already done their best to let us be born this way.
Ever notice how some people seem to be able to talk to anyone? They are not born lucky; they simply use skills. Thats because they develop a particular awareness, in a way that they are able to adapt to their lifestyle, and towards to the people around them. In order to influence others positively, we need to develop that kind of awareness.
If there are people who don't respect you, you have to ask yourself; "What did I do to encourage them to dislike me?"
Its simple. If you want them to change, YOU have to change first. By changing yourself, they will also automatically change because they notice the changes in you. You don't have to change for others' sake. Change for your OWN needs and good. Well, if you notice anything in you and you want to do something about you, change it.
If people like you, its okay.
If people don't like you, its still OKAY.
If other say things about you, don't be affected. Its their business, not yours.
If we are too self-consicious, we are making our life miserable and we are also making things difficult for those who are trying to HELP us.
Ok...i will continue next time....... haven't done yet lols
LOL
Written on: Friday, April 06, 2007 Time: 6:59 PM
HAHA. your face looks so funny can! xD
OH NO. I'M ON THE ROAD. SAVE ME!!!
ahhh.....
In the afternoon, ivy came over to my house to do english project. Wa liao, we were like, wasting so much time can. We did on this topic initially "Dowry Deaths in India" but then we found it too hard so we chose another topic "Child Brides", gosh so much easier! We already copied down the imformations. All we have to do is, edit them as add in our own words as a passage. During our time, we keep talking, taking photos, logging into friendster and eat chocolates. LOL. Later we chatted with Vanitha, one of our classmates. When she left a msg in the convo box, i would sometimes reply or do something before i reply. When i finally reply after a while, she immediately reply back. So fast! haha, had a nice chat with her, even let her see both of us through webcam
The End.
Korea. Hawaii
Written on: Sunday, April 01, 2007 Time: 2:39 PM
APRIL'S FOOL; 1 April 2007 (damn, i got fooled by Lakkshna and Ivy!)
Woohoo! Its Good O' Rachel back from Hawaii on 31 March! And Korea too since we travelled to both of them!
You know, when I woke up first thing in the morning, my mind was already set. My mind was excitedly telling me:
RACHEL KOH, you are going to HAWAII TONIGHT! oh yes,KOREA first! Forget all the stupid teachers' naggings and you can happily avoid all monster homeworks! NO MORE STRESS! FREEDOM is awaiting YOU! SAY BYEBYE TO SINGAPORE! SAY ALOHA TO HAWAII!
I SMILED SOOOOOO HARD CAN!
Gosh!!! (>.<)" Even when I went to school, my mind is only thinking of Hawaii and Korea! I kept thinking i was already in the airplane when I'm still in the car, going to school for the last day, SIA! However, when I see you guys, there was something i worry. I'm worried I might be ALONE by myself when I go away. Zann not coming, a big problem. I'm okay with other band members, but they got their OWN FRIENDS! They sure got NICE companies all the time! Me hor, just stick with groups thats all! Just smile and laugh and watch other people's jokes. SIA. HAIZ. At the thought of it, my smile faded a little. YET, I TOLD MYSELF: DUN WORRY! YOU ARE THERE TO ENJOY! ENJOY THE POWER OF HAWAII! You are not there to be tested on how much friends you have or WHATEVER negative thoughts you have!
HAIZ. Sometimes I wish one of you could accompany me there, or even be in the same CCA as I do! I don't even mind IVY! Sigh! Too bad Ivy's a LIBRARIAN!
I have to make a move to at least make a "new friend" or two when I go to hawaii. I don't like the idea of being LONELY for 9 days! I sooo envy others! They got friends to talk all day long! Even when sleeping, also can chat happily! Haiz. So sad. Then school ended. Oh gosh, a few more hours left and I will be leaving Singapore! I returned home, and have a long look at my house for the last time before I leave.
I finished packing. Oh gosh, I'm STEPPING out of the house! Omg, leaving Pipit Road. OMG, REACHING the Changi Airport!
I reached there, and went to look for my band. There they are. Then we queued up in our groups and prepared for some airport things. Oh yes, from there, I met Geraldine, one of our classmates from 3/5. She was also there to see me and some of her friends off. I felt so happy cos, its a feeling as if there was a friend who willingly to go to the airport just to see you off. i felt so comforted after all the negative thoughts i had when i was in school you know!
I understand. For you guys, your house are just too far. So its alright if you don't want to go.
Then we were dismissed for DINNER!
A LAST DINNER I'M GOING TO SPEND WITH MY PARENTS.
Gonna cry already.
I'm gonna miss my parents badly. Miss my friends badly. Miss everything I treasure.
After dinner, i went back to the band to get ready to leave. Before that, we had a photo as in a band gathering photo to show that we are leaving Singapore. After the photo, I saw some parents cried, and some were like very worried, yet happy faces to see us off. My mother hugged and kissed me on the head. My father wanted to hug me in a way that he purposely shake me as in to give myself confident that I will be fine. LOL. Weird liao.
Then Geraldine gave me a tight hug. I hugged her tightly too. I'm gonna miss all my friends! She said "Take care, girl! We'll miss you!"
I was like "I'm gonna miss you guys too!"
I felt so happy as I would be off to see a new world awaiting me outside Singapore. I had all mixed feelings inside me; excitement, sadness, anxiety, so much I couldn't breathe steadily.
Soon, it was time for us to go. All the parents and some teachers waved at us goodbye, telling us to take care and be back safely. Oh man, the way I see things, i feel as if we are some sort of survivors, entering in a new world with new experiences and all, hoping to return home back safe and sound. Never heard before. Alamak! As we leave, the automatic doors shut on us, as in creating a barrier to separate us from our loved ones. Once again, I looked back one last time to see my parents. They were waving at me. I smiled and waved back. I then turned my head and faced my destiny.
KOREA
I slept throughout the whole journey in the airplane. Took 8 hours from S'pore to Korea. Finally, we reached! I immediately put on my jacket as it's gonna be very cold out there. 8 degree celcius!
Here's the photos of how Korea Airport looks like! (actually this two photos were taken at the last day when we leave here to Singapore on the 30 March. LOL!)
Next, there was this Korean tour guide to guide us. He was quite funny as the way he tried to speak in english was kind of broken but still good in speaking english. I dunno his name but nevermind, i just describe him as Korean Guider. We got outside of the airport. GOSH, WE FELT THE COLDNESS!! WHOA, SO COLD!! My face can even feel the cold! My hands also! My hair also! Wooooaaahhhhhh! I love it! I haven't feel this kind of coldness for so many years, after staying in Singapore and its stupid hot weather!
As Korea is a big country, we had to stay in the shuttle bus for a long period of time, hence, we felt bored and tired, right? When the Korean Guider talked to us with the mic, GOSH, SOOOO LOUD!!! I can even feel BIG VIBRATION vibrating my lungs and ribs, like those drums drumming during a rock concert, that kinda thing! He talked and talked about Korea but I didn't listen in the end, got so tired of his grandmother story and I dozed off. Alot of us dozed also. I forgot what he said already but I rememebered one phrase from him, mentioning that Korea is a very tired country. Very tired in such a way that for instance, we Singaporeans can throw a ball from far end but for Korean, they can't. Only a short distance. It was an example, set by him. I didn't know Korea could be actually more tired than Singapore.
Soon, the bus drop us at ....guess what? SEOUL WORLD CUP STADIUM. The biggest world cup football stadium in Korea!
We were allowed to go inside for a visit. Sorry i only took two photos LOL!!! There was a short museum but sorry, i never took it LOL!! HAHA SORRY!!
Thats the PICTURE!!
Next we went to visit The Palace! SO DAMN COOL! I dun wanna talk already. Let you see the pictures!
See a grey house in the middle? Thats the Prison House from the Palace.
At first, I thought they are fake but they are REAL PEOPLE!
ARGH I looked so horrible there! Worse, I thought I was close to them but i found out I was actually far away. See the distance. (=_=) Try zooming to my face and see how I SMILE. LOOK LIKE SO UNHAPPY SMILE. And my eyes dunno looking at where! Never heard before! My flute section all smile so happy except me! In my own camera somemore. LOL!! This one, I gave my camera to one of my senior since the others also wanna take photo because of the colourful background reflecting behind us.
Food Court in one of the shopping center in Korea. Look sooo freaky nicer than those in Singapore! =X
Finally, its time to go to Hawaii. We returned to Korea airport and proceed to Hawaii. Its a much longer hours between Korea and Hawaii. I think mostly around 10-12 hours. Really freaky long. We slept so much. We watched TV as an entertaiment. And we chatted also.
HAWAII
At last!! We reached Hawaii!!! The temperature was soo much better than in Korea. Really cooling I would say. Its even up to me whether i want to wear the jacket or not. Anway i didn't take photo of hawaii airport, cos it looks so-so to me. LOL!
We reached the hotel! I finally took a rest on the bed. SO TIRED SIA. I had to share rooms with three other girls. This photo I took it outside the balcony!
There are three girls sharing rooms with me right? One of them is my flute junior, sec 1, she wanted to play with my camera, so took a snap of me. Lol, i dunno why she has to zoom so near to my face. HAHA. I just finished my bath and drying my hair, yepp.
Anyway, i don't want to take photos of people, or like me and other people, cos Im like, can't bring myself to ask "Hey lets take photo of together" kinda thing. Dunno why.... however, I was photographed quite alot in other band members' cameras. And with the gatherings also.
Thats the Grand Ballroom where all bands performed. On that day, we had a dinner gathering for all to gather in which we get to know each other from all different countries.
Here's the Mauka Ballroom which we had our dinner!
Oh yes, when we had dinner, we were given our own table seating, which means we cannot be together or as a group, we have to be separated! I ended up staying with one girl called Valerie (which i DON'T like her, she's my flute partner. My flute seniors and juniors also don't like her much) we went to a Table 39, which westerners seating there!!! Gosh, got two boys, really handsome looking!!!! I was like WHOOOAA! But of course I have to be well-mannered as its a grand dinner. We both sat down. So yeah, there was this middle aged westerner lady, she's really outspoken and she "helped" to lighten up the mood by talking to us, and others too. But well, you know that westerners are very open-minded, they sure don't mind, sure talk one. xD There were two boys (as i mentioned earlier) from California band, two girls, one from California band and one from Australian band I think. They are really pretty for their age! Same age or older than me, not sure. From there, we chatted. I also had a hard time listening to them, cos the way they talked are sooo western-like. I sometimes had to pretend nodding my head and all! HAIZ! We had dinner, YUMMY. FANTASTIC DINNER!!! SO DELICIOUS! LIKE A REAL WESTERN FOOOD!!!! GOSH, I have been eating WESTERN FOOD, JUNK FOOD for the PAST 5 days in HAWAII. Im gonna get FAT! No exercises somemore! ARGGHH!
See that? Time for dancing! But we cannot cos we have to go back to the hotel to do our schedules...SO SAD! Our band conductor, Mr De, says so leh.....say only give 10 mins to enjoy, then go back..... (-_-)
THE NEXT DAY!! WE VISITED PEARL HABOUR!! CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT?!?! HAHAHA!!!
There was no Pearl Habour ship of course, it sank MANY years ago but they built a memorial, yeppp.
We waited for our boat to arrive so meanwhile, we spend a while at the place, i dunno what to cal it, its abit like a Pearl Habour Museum but i never take photo cos it looks boring to me LOL!!! I took the scenery outside instead. And guess what? I SAW A RAINBOW! LOL. Right before my eyes! LOL.
RAINBOW!
This is the very spot where Pearl Habour sank. This U.S.S Arizona Memorial was built right there.
See that long hole in the middle? Inside there are all the names of the people who sacrificed their life during World War II. REALLLY LONG!! ALOT OF THEM!! of course lah. LOL.
THE NEXT DAY,
We went to Ala Moana Shopping Center! I managed to buy some souveniers! LOL. Anyway, for the performances and all, we did, just that I didn't take photos of it, yeah cos no time wah. LOL. I also dun wanna ask teacher, cos they sue busy also and we are supposed to take care of our cameras on our own.
This two photos taken while Im in the shuttle bus. Sorry, i forgot to take photo of the front picture of how the shuttle bus look like. I only look the inside LOL.
LAST DAY, WE WENT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOR THE FESTIVAL LUAU.
HAUEN. If u are reading my post of Hawaii, here's Mr Juraimi for you! LOL!!
Those four boys there, each are from different band. They are invited to join our percussion band as in to play our song.
SEE THE GUY'S ARMPIT? HAIR!!! LOL!!!
There are some more people performing, with different costumes, but i don't wanna take anymore. I even recorded two videos of the dances! For a short while of course.
OK, here's ALA MOANA SHOPPING CENTER. Actually, its a BIG shopping mall. I just took one part of it can already lahs. I need time to shop!
NEXT, ITS HAWAII THEATRE, the PBMF Command Performance where we get the announcements for the awards
THE EPPING BOYS' HIGH SCHOOL FROM AUSTRALIA. They were selected to perform. They are not winners. Just selected.
Next, were all the choirs from different schools. There are alot of California choirs and bands, one Australia and one Singapore(thats us!) Anyway, i only took ONE picture of a choir. The rest, i didn't. I wanna enjoy the show. Plus, I'm sure you won't be so interested as to know who is from whose choirs and blah blah. LOL. I love their singing. Really like a real choir! NICE MAN!
After the performances, the annoucements were made. We won a Silver certificate. At first, all of us were really glum-looking, disapppointed that we only won a silver and all. I didn't really feel disappointed because I secretly knew that we would win a silver, seeing how we processed and compared with the other bands. Then when we returned to the Ohana hotel, Mr De told us that we shouldn't be looking disappointed because it was an international festival, not international competition. Wah liao, gave me such a fright. I thought it was a competition. He said that we were here to experience and enjoy the festival. So after experiencing it, he wanted us to learn from all the lessons we learnt and improve all the qualities we lack when we come back to school. He said that we are a very good band. We lack nothing but one. Its AIR. We need plenty of potential air to perfect the tone quality, thats all. Our real competition is the SYF. He wanted us to be one of the top girl band in Singapore.
OK!!! NOW ITS TIME FOR US TO GO HOME!!! WAH, IM GONNA MISS HAWAII AND ITS FRIENDLY PEOPLE!!!! SIA! I ALSO GONNA MISS ITS LOVELY WEATHER!
We took a bus that brought us to Hawaii Airport. Oh yes, on the way, i took three respective shots of the houses and the sceneries. It look nice so i snapped!!!!
We went back to Korea. O yes, on our way to Korea, we watched a korean movie in the airplane. Its pretty good!!! I enjoyed it. Many of us laughed, hehe.
We went to stay in Incheon hotel for one night.
Look at the place. Look sooo...isolated....SCARY MAN. I was like "eeeww" LOL. Actually, the reason was, this Incheon Hotel is very near to the airport! I took this picture outside the window.
To think i still got the cheek to take photo of myself like that! LOL!!! Sian, i enjoyed myself sooo crazily. I even thought of how my friends are doing back in Singapore. Probably STRESSING here and there. I GIGGLED, YOU KNOW! HEHEHEH! Here I am, dancing in Hawaii while you guys are like URGGHH over work in Singapore. HAHAHAHHA.
FINALLY, RETURNED TO SINGAPORE!!!
SIAN, its already 12am plus and here i am, happily taking photo of myself! WAH LIAO! WHATS WRONG WITH ME AGAIN!
SORRY FOR SUCH TAKING SUCH A LOOONG TIME TO POST THIS. OK, I HAD TO EXPLAIN WHERE THE PHOTOS ARE TAKEN AND ALL! I EVEN HAVE TO WAIT FOR THEM TO BE UPLOADED AS THEY ARE BIG! PLUS, I NEED TO SHOW PHOTO TO MY PARENTS FIRST!!!!
lol, BIG CAPITALS TO SHOW THAT IM VERY SORRY, YET FED UP WITH THAT IVY FOR HURRYING ME!!!
LOL!!! IM ALSO VERY SORRY FOR IVY THAT SHE WAITED FOR ME FOR SOOOO LONG!
HAHAHA
Just joking lah!!
LOL SORRY IVY!!!
Wooo, i enjoyed myself so much. During the days, I also managed to talk to some memebers I never spoke or seldom spoke to. I also managed to make some friends, including the juniors as the sec 4 were be gone after their O levels. Now i often hear like "hello Rachel!" "Hi rachel!" and so on. LOL, yeah, of course i feel happy. It had been 3 years, sec 1, sec 2, and sec 3 this year, we weren't even like that but now i see some improvement around us. There was one time we went to a beach to Hawaii, we played, and one clarinetist girl walked past and saw me. I also happened to see her, then we were like smiling at each other. So she said Hi. I also say hi. Then suddenly, she offered me a hug. I was like "HUH" I didn't know how to react so I hugged her back. She is sec 3, same as me.
Why? The "WHYs" seems to be whirling all over the place in my mind. I keep asking myself that famous word; WHY.
Oh please, don't make me repeat that word again!
I also asked myself some silly questions like:
How strong is my brain memory is???
Can it work FAST like some smart people??
If i work harder, will I be like them?
Will I be also like another S'porean guy (forgot his name) who was once a student with awful grades in his secondary school, but now, he became one of the smart and VIP people... lol
Ivy, I think you know who that guy is. That guy was the one whom your tutor said she was going to meet him. That writer...
I even thought of what I am going to do if I ever to go POLY.
WHAT COURSE SHOULD I TAKE?
Gosh, I'm still in sec 3 and I dare think of all these
RACHEL, worry about yourself first! EXAMS ARE JUST ROUND THE CORNER!!!
IN FACT, THEY ARE ALREADY STARTING! NEXT MONDAY!!!
I told myself I will work harder from now onwards but it seems that i'm not doing it.
URGH!!
RACHEL KOH, U IDIOT.
There's no point scolding myself as well...
SIGH.
Ok, the main thing just for TODAY which worries me is music.
I'm perfectly fine with my flute course.
but not for music theory.
Now I'm proceeding to Flute Grade 6, so next Monday, I might/might not go home with you guys as I might be going out with my parents to buy the grade books... I cheered myself. HOORAY! Two more grades left and I can apply for the Performer's Certificate (the final level) after I have completed grade 8.
My music theory? Damned SLOW.
I'm still struggling to finish the last remaining pages on Grade 3 book and my other three teammates are already nearing to Grade 4. One has already started on the grade 4 book while the other two are now doing Grade 3 exam pratical practices, which after they are done, they can proceed to Grade 4 onwards....
URGH. Why am I the last? It was because I did not attend theory lesson for three weeks in which I missed three lessons due to my Hawaii trip and a day which I was so tired after coming back to Singapore on Saturday night, I couldn't get up the next day where I had my music.
Grade 3 theory may sound easy to you but actually, it isn't. There are more key notes to remember and there alot of changes in it. For instance, key signatures in my flute grade 5 is the same key signatures noted in grade 3 theory! This is why theory usually takes more time to go through. Its slightly different from your instrument course. This very young boy in my group, should be around 11 years old, he is really smart in the theory but when we take grade 3, he has abit of misunderstanding and got slightly confused in some part of the questions. I guess he is still young after all. When he grow up, sure no problem....
Gosh, I feel I can no longer catch up for the theory!
My teacher suggested if i want to stay back for another few months to go through grade 3 all over again, seeing that I'm already struggling so much.
I told him NO.
LOL!!
Deep inside, I don't want to. I want to catch up and proceed to grade 4, together with the others.
Worse still, i'm the oldest of all and it seems embarrassing to me that the oldest person can't even catch up with the younger ones. How shameful can it be? Plus, I took flute course kind of late for my age, thus, enroling music theory late. It does make sense right? If you are still very young and you already took music course, it'll be easier as you move on... SIGH
Worse still, Mr Zufar wants me to take part in the music competition on 14 July.
NOOOOO!!! why tell me this? i have too much stuffs loaded in my mind and here comes another information, squeezing its way through this crowded brain of mine!!
I always think music is sooo easy just because I have a music background, but soon, i realise it is NOT at all. There are times I even thought of giving up music.
I felt I could no longer take it. Why? I'm ok with my flute but not theory. What's the difference? Is it WORTH it?
Sometimes I wish I took art course instead. Its so MUCH EASIER!!
Yet, I cannot stop haftway. I have to finish everything I learn in music. OH MAN!!!
GOD, HELP ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ARGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I still have to concentrate on my STUDIES, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR NOW!!!!!!
Written on: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 Time: 7:16 PM
Now I discovered that editing faces can be SO FUN!!! I know, its just for the FUN only. Its not as if we are gonna do some nudity or disfiguring faces we hate and post them in public. We are not that STUPID.
LOL
WEEEEE. DO I LOOK HANDSOME? HAHAHAHA! JUST JOKING (=_=)
I think i look more like NERD! and maybe blurr also!
Side brightness!!!
AND THE LAST....
FREAKING WEIRDO, ISN'T IT? I was like, "should i laugh or not?" LOL.
Written on: Thursday, April 19, 2007 Time: 5:05 PM
HAHA. I photoshopped them man!!!I will show you the comparison between those real images I got from some websites, and images which will be photoshopped by me. LOL. For fun lah. Bored.
REAL PICTURE
PHOTOSHOP
REAL PICTURE
PHOTOSHOP
JUNHO AND IVY [[- eternal lovers -]]
TITLE: "O" THEY GOT WEIRDO HAIRSTYLES. HERO IS THE WORSE. LOL! But they still dance so great! Singing also NICE!
TITLE: Triangle
MORE WEIRDO HAIRSTYLES. As if they are in a fantasy world.... This video is a hard rock song leh. So loud. All electric guitars blasting.
DBSK
Written on: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 Time: 8:01 PM
Oh my freaking god. Look at their dancing! AWESOME! I hope Fahrenheit could be like them one day. LOL!
SO NICE MAN! i feel im gonna like DBSK.
Their singing's SO DAMN COOL.
Got one part, they sang until high pitch, SO MELODIC!
I was like can't believe my ears when the instructor announced that we sec 3 run first. I was like NOT PREPARING ANYTHING YET CAN. I haven't even WARM UP.
First, we were at the area where we sec 3 gathered and the next, we were already on the road, preparing to run.
NOOOooOOOoOOO
My mind was like "RELAX CAN! Why call on us so fast?? OMG, 3.9 is already running! OMG why did they have to run so fast?? RELAX! And the teachers! Talk and talk until must hurry us to prepare. Teachers, RELAX. Miss Tan, you also RELAX. Don't hurry us can"
Wth. Miss Tan say "Alright, you can begin running now"
NOW. I heard her saying NOW
Omg, i see some of my classmates in front started running ahead. My legs also automatically followed. My heart kept pounding like mad! WHAT's gonna HAPPEN to me while I run to the GOAL??
I told myself "RACHEL KOH!relax! Just treat it as an enjoyable running festival! Run for FUN! YOU have to LOVE running! Love running! Forever inLOVE with RUNNING!"
Gosh, what the heck's wrong with my freaking mind?? Love this, love that (=_=)
With my crazy mind "talking" to me, I ran with all my heart and soul, aiming for the goal ahead of me.
Later after that, I past by Ivy and Bei Le! HOORAY!!!
=X
HOOORAYYY!!!!
=X
Ivy, as blog-reader, RELAX.
Hahahaha!
After my run, gosh, i felt so tired BUT surprisingly, I was less tired than the last two years when I was in sec 1 and 2. I was not panting so heavlily now. I felt better man!
HOPE I pass!! I don't want to take a repeat test again! All my running in 2.4km at the park would be gone down to the drain! After all of us HI girls gathered, i saw this GIRL talking secretly to that MOODY GIRL. Don't think I dunno. I CAN SEE. You are one of us, why be so secretive behind our back? It seems like you don't trust us enough to tell us the problems erh? You behaved as if u trust an outsider more than us. And whenever we tell you your mistakes, you don't seem pleased and expect others to support you through your own personal feelings.I really feel uncomfortable if this GIRL come to your party. I know you two are probably close, and i know its your party BUT you dun seem to think for us. By inviting her, you are making the majority of us to feel uncomfortable throughout the day. I might as well dun come then. But i might still go cos there are OTHERS going there too. The OTHERS that are one of us OR the OTHERS whom we know quite well and am comfortable with.
Later, we went to Tampines Mall to have McDonald and neoprints!
After our breakfast, I wanted to go with the others for neoprints but ZM keep pestering me to go to the stationary shop first to buy papers for my printer to print out our english project. I was relunctant cos after the neoprints, we can go to the shop to buy mah. But she keep urging me, and Ida Ong, as well. TWO against one. Of course they won. So I had no choice but to walk quickly to the stationary shop. We waited for the lift, gosh, the lift is SOO SLOW. I was getting impatient, so is ZM. lols, her usual self, always cannot wait one.
Then while waiting, ZM apologised to me for disrupting my fun to go with you guys for neoprints. ALRIGHT, I accepted her apology.
After we bought what we wanted, I ran like crazy okay! I was like, the FIRST to run ahead, with Ida and ZM running behind me LOLS
When I entered the neoprint stall, the others already like, finish taking photoo.
Then Ivy saw us and say we take another neoprints later!
OKAY.
Now our turn. Cheeze here and there!
After that, do some shopping lor.
Then ZM and I went home first.
We finally finish the whole thing! FINALLY! I can take A BREAK NOW!
That night, I kept dozing off again and again for every two hours. When I was reading a book, I suddenly felt sleepy and slept on the floor! After a very short nap, I went to my bed, andcontinue reading a book while listening to the radio. After a few minutes of that, I slept again! Wah liao. Then later I woke up and went to bathe. Inside, I always go to the toilet first. After I was done, I suddenly felt lazy to stand up and suddenly doze off again, this time, with me sitting on the toilet bowl!!! WATS WRONG WITH ME. I know its unbecoming of a girl like me to talk like that but I really did!!! URGH! After a slow shower, I got out and went back to my room. As I don't want to keep walking around too much, I dilly dally around in my room, doing usual stuffs. AGAIN, I TOOK A SHORT NAP AGAIN. Gosh, i keep telling myself to stop this or else I won't be able to sleep afterwards!
My body seemed so light, some parts are slightly aching. Thats why i must have felt so sleepy.
Finally I slept afterwards. THE NEXT MORNING (SUNDAY)
I was literally sleeping the WHOLE DAY!
Firstly, I woke up around 8am plus, as it was still early, I sleep again. Worke up at 10am plus to get ready for my flue lesson.
AFTER my flute lesson, I returned home, and guess what? I TOOK A LONG NAP! By the time I woke up, it was already 3pm plus! I had to get ready for my music theory lesson!!! YET, I don't feel like going! Felt like SLEEPING again. I told my mum about it but she insisted I go. HAIZ!
When I had my musc theory lesson, my mind could not seem to FOCUS. I was VERY BLUR today. When I wanted to write the key signatures in front of the time signature, I did the other way round. I didn't EVEN notice it. I repeated the same mistake THRICE. When I wanted to draw the bass clef, I ended up drawing the triple clef, without noticing again. WTH. My teacher saw of course and corrected me. He even asked whats wrong with me cos he said I was not in my usual self today. I seemed very blurr for the first time.
When I returned home, I wanna rest again. God, i feel like a SLOT. An animal that sleep ALL DAY.
I must be so tired. Or maybe I seems to enjoy sleeping so much. Gosh. ENOUGH CAN! I dun wanna develop a new habit of SLEEPING! Just like sleeping in class and getting caught twice by my SS teacher and caught once by my maths teacher! WHAT if i end up SLEEPING during O levels??? TOUCHWOOD!!!!
Anyway, i felt SO comfortable whenever I sleep!!! AAaaAhhHHhhhHhH.........
You are definitely not nerdy - in fact, you probably don't know any nerds. You probably care a little too much about your image. No one will know if you secretly watch Star Trek reruns!
You are a passionate, caring, and unique person. You are good at expressing yourself and sharing your ideals.
You are the most compassionate of all types and connect with others easily. Your heart tends to rule you. You can't make decisions without considering feelings.
You seek out other empathetic people to befriend. Truth and authenticity matters in your friendships.
In love, you give everything you have to relationships. You fall in love easily.
At work, you crave personal expression and meaning in your career.
With others, you communicate well. You can spend all night talking with someone.
As far as your looks go, you've likely taken the time to develop your own personal style.
On weekends, you like to be with others. Charity work is also a favorite pastime of yours.
Some are rubbish. Charity work?? I don't even volunteer to do that! I just do all of them for fun. LOLS.
By the way, when I went to Hawaii, I checked the hawaiian name for my name. My Hawaiian name is Lindsey Linake!
Sian, so BORING. Haaizz.... 2.4km is COMING. My god, will I be able to make it?? You know what? Ivy, I think I told you before that Zann was like abit "worse" than Hau En about the health maintaince, such like easily fall sick, remember? When I asked her for her score when during practice for our upcoming 2.4km, she told me she got around 15 and something!!!! WAH LIAO! I FEEL SHE IS LIKE, BEAT ME ALREADY CAN. I was like "HOW COME? why you run better than meeeeeee?"
She was like "Cos i feel like running. hehe"
(=_=)
Then I asked "What about your friends leh?"
She reply "I wanted to leave my friends behind to continue my run but they keep asking me to wait for them lehs so I wait and wait, ask them to faster run. Haizz. Waste my time sia!"
(=__=)
If she didn't wait for her friends hor, I'll bet she'll get A.
Wah liao.
Unbelieveable.
I don't believe it man.
Damn.
I need to WORK HARDER.
Oh man!
4 more days to 2.4KM! SATURDAY MORNING. FALL IN AT 7.30AM.
WTH. WHY MAKE US REPORT TO BEDOK PARK SO EARLY? I feel the school got no common sense. If they want us to have energy to run, all the more they should not make us wake up freaking early just because of 2.4km, please consider for those who live FAR!
GOSH.
Later still take neoprints somemore. HAHA. cool cool man. New style. Neoprints with Sweats all over us!
woohooo!
Sia, i better follow Zann's method. I'll MAKE MYSELF to FEEL like RUNNING. Then I can aim my GOAL!
GUYS, you better listen to me. MAKE YOURSELF FEEL LIKE RUNNING. Tell yourself "i wanna run! I wanna run! JUST RUN! RUN FOR FUN!"
ahahhaa.....
(=__=)
URGHH!!!!
Kays lah, GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF YOU!
i'll make sure i'll BEAT ONE or TWO OF YOU! or more, i dun mind too.
Why did I have to be a hearing impaired person? Why me? Why the cause? Did I do something bad in my previous life that I deserved to be in this state? Why?
Such thoughts are unquestionable. I have to look for the answers myself.
As I observe the things around me, there are so much differences.
Honestly, the more I'm with the HI people, the more I will get influenced by them and their sign languages.
Before I actually met you guys, I was just as normal as any hearing people, despite my hearing. But ever since I met you guys, my lifestyle eventually change, causing me to become more "closer" to the HI and not to the world outside. I started learning sing languages and my voice kind of change when I talked with my gestures.
Even my parents were not pleased when they notice my bad habits.
But I do not blame you for influnceing me this way. Its ME who have to be at fault because I chose myself to be influenced by you guys. Its the same goes for computering. If you let your control go wild and keep playing without any self-control, you will be addicted. So we have to control our too-used hand gesturings. Actually, I guess its OKAY to do that once in a while but we shall TRY not to do so much.
Next, we are in high school now. We are practically surrounding among ourselves at one corner and not exposing ourselves to others.
When we are with hearing people, we get real shy and timid, not voicing out.
We see all sorts of people. People who understand us. People who discriminate us due to our handicaps.
Mostly, it is the PEOPLE who don't "understand" how we HI people have gone through our lives. We think they look down on us, regarding the way they react towards us or showing different attitude when being with us.
But why do we think this way? Why do we think our live sucks and we are living so miserably because people have been looking down on us and do not try to understand us?
Its because we don't accept who we are!
If you don't love yourself, how can you expect others to respect you??
If we only find faults in ourselves, we are also expecting others to only know the faults within us, and therefore, we are always waiting to be rejected.
If you can't understand yourself, then people also won't understand you because you chose not to.
We can't also keep blaming others just because of all these. Its not their fault that we ended like this. Our parents had already done their best to let us be born this way.
Ever notice how some people seem to be able to talk to anyone? They are not born lucky; they simply use skills. Thats because they develop a particular awareness, in a way that they are able to adapt to their lifestyle, and towards to the people around them. In order to influence others positively, we need to develop that kind of awareness.
If there are people who don't respect you, you have to ask yourself; "What did I do to encourage them to dislike me?"
Its simple. If you want them to change, YOU have to change first. By changing yourself, they will also automatically change because they notice the changes in you. You don't have to change for others' sake. Change for your OWN needs and good. Well, if you notice anything in you and you want to do something about you, change it.
If people like you, its okay.
If people don't like you, its still OKAY.
If other say things about you, don't be affected. Its their business, not yours.
If we are too self-consicious, we are making our life miserable and we are also making things difficult for those who are trying to HELP us.
Ok...i will continue next time....... haven't done yet lols
LOL
Written on: Friday, April 06, 2007 Time: 6:59 PM
HAHA. your face looks so funny can! xD
OH NO. I'M ON THE ROAD. SAVE ME!!!
ahhh.....
In the afternoon, ivy came over to my house to do english project. Wa liao, we were like, wasting so much time can. We did on this topic initially "Dowry Deaths in India" but then we found it too hard so we chose another topic "Child Brides", gosh so much easier! We already copied down the imformations. All we have to do is, edit them as add in our own words as a passage. During our time, we keep talking, taking photos, logging into friendster and eat chocolates. LOL. Later we chatted with Vanitha, one of our classmates. When she left a msg in the convo box, i would sometimes reply or do something before i reply. When i finally reply after a while, she immediately reply back. So fast! haha, had a nice chat with her, even let her see both of us through webcam
The End.
Korea. Hawaii
Written on: Sunday, April 01, 2007 Time: 2:39 PM
APRIL'S FOOL; 1 April 2007 (damn, i got fooled by Lakkshna and Ivy!)
Woohoo! Its Good O' Rachel back from Hawaii on 31 March! And Korea too since we travelled to both of them!
You know, when I woke up first thing in the morning, my mind was already set. My mind was excitedly telling me:
RACHEL KOH, you are going to HAWAII TONIGHT! oh yes,KOREA first! Forget all the stupid teachers' naggings and you can happily avoid all monster homeworks! NO MORE STRESS! FREEDOM is awaiting YOU! SAY BYEBYE TO SINGAPORE! SAY ALOHA TO HAWAII!
I SMILED SOOOOOO HARD CAN!
Gosh!!! (>.<)" Even when I went to school, my mind is only thinking of Hawaii and Korea! I kept thinking i was already in the airplane when I'm still in the car, going to school for the last day, SIA! However, when I see you guys, there was something i worry. I'm worried I might be ALONE by myself when I go away. Zann not coming, a big problem. I'm okay with other band members, but they got their OWN FRIENDS! They sure got NICE companies all the time! Me hor, just stick with groups thats all! Just smile and laugh and watch other people's jokes. SIA. HAIZ. At the thought of it, my smile faded a little. YET, I TOLD MYSELF: DUN WORRY! YOU ARE THERE TO ENJOY! ENJOY THE POWER OF HAWAII! You are not there to be tested on how much friends you have or WHATEVER negative thoughts you have!
HAIZ. Sometimes I wish one of you could accompany me there, or even be in the same CCA as I do! I don't even mind IVY! Sigh! Too bad Ivy's a LIBRARIAN!
I have to make a move to at least make a "new friend" or two when I go to hawaii. I don't like the idea of being LONELY for 9 days! I sooo envy others! They got friends to talk all day long! Even when sleeping, also can chat happily! Haiz. So sad. Then school ended. Oh gosh, a few more hours left and I will be leaving Singapore! I returned home, and have a long look at my house for the last time before I leave.
I finished packing. Oh gosh, I'm STEPPING out of the house! Omg, leaving Pipit Road. OMG, REACHING the Changi Airport!
I reached there, and went to look for my band. There they are. Then we queued up in our groups and prepared for some airport things. Oh yes, from there, I met Geraldine, one of our classmates from 3/5. She was also there to see me and some of her friends off. I felt so happy cos, its a feeling as if there was a friend who willingly to go to the airport just to see you off. i felt so comforted after all the negative thoughts i had when i was in school you know!
I understand. For you guys, your house are just too far. So its alright if you don't want to go.
Then we were dismissed for DINNER!
A LAST DINNER I'M GOING TO SPEND WITH MY PARENTS.
Gonna cry already.
I'm gonna miss my parents badly. Miss my friends badly. Miss everything I treasure.
After dinner, i went back to the band to get ready to leave. Before that, we had a photo as in a band gathering photo to show that we are leaving Singapore. After the photo, I saw some parents cried, and some were like very worried, yet happy faces to see us off. My mother hugged and kissed me on the head. My father wanted to hug me in a way that he purposely shake me as in to give myself confident that I will be fine. LOL. Weird liao.
Then Geraldine gave me a tight hug. I hugged her tightly too. I'm gonna miss all my friends! She said "Take care, girl! We'll miss you!"
I was like "I'm gonna miss you guys too!"
I felt so happy as I would be off to see a new world awaiting me outside Singapore. I had all mixed feelings inside me; excitement, sadness, anxiety, so much I couldn't breathe steadily.
Soon, it was time for us to go. All the parents and some teachers waved at us goodbye, telling us to take care and be back safely. Oh man, the way I see things, i feel as if we are some sort of survivors, entering in a new world with new experiences and all, hoping to return home back safe and sound. Never heard before. Alamak! As we leave, the automatic doors shut on us, as in creating a barrier to separate us from our loved ones. Once again, I looked back one last time to see my parents. They were waving at me. I smiled and waved back. I then turned my head and faced my destiny.
KOREA
I slept throughout the whole journey in the airplane. Took 8 hours from S'pore to Korea. Finally, we reached! I immediately put on my jacket as it's gonna be very cold out there. 8 degree celcius!
Here's the photos of how Korea Airport looks like! (actually this two photos were taken at the last day when we leave here to Singapore on the 30 March. LOL!)
Next, there was this Korean tour guide to guide us. He was quite funny as the way he tried to speak in english was kind of broken but still good in speaking english. I dunno his name but nevermind, i just describe him as Korean Guider. We got outside of the airport. GOSH, WE FELT THE COLDNESS!! WHOA, SO COLD!! My face can even feel the cold! My hands also! My hair also! Wooooaaahhhhhh! I love it! I haven't feel this kind of coldness for so many years, after staying in Singapore and its stupid hot weather!
As Korea is a big country, we had to stay in the shuttle bus for a long period of time, hence, we felt bored and tired, right? When the Korean Guider talked to us with the mic, GOSH, SOOOO LOUD!!! I can even feel BIG VIBRATION vibrating my lungs and ribs, like those drums drumming during a rock concert, that kinda thing! He talked and talked about Korea but I didn't listen in the end, got so tired of his grandmother story and I dozed off. Alot of us dozed also. I forgot what he said already but I rememebered one phrase from him, mentioning that Korea is a very tired country. Very tired in such a way that for instance, we Singaporeans can throw a ball from far end but for Korean, they can't. Only a short distance. It was an example, set by him. I didn't know Korea could be actually more tired than Singapore.
Soon, the bus drop us at ....guess what? SEOUL WORLD CUP STADIUM. The biggest world cup football stadium in Korea!
We were allowed to go inside for a visit. Sorry i only took two photos LOL!!! There was a short museum but sorry, i never took it LOL!! HAHA SORRY!!
Thats the PICTURE!!
Next we went to visit The Palace! SO DAMN COOL! I dun wanna talk already. Let you see the pictures!
See a grey house in the middle? Thats the Prison House from the Palace.
At first, I thought they are fake but they are REAL PEOPLE!
ARGH I looked so horrible there! Worse, I thought I was close to them but i found out I was actually far away. See the distance. (=_=) Try zooming to my face and see how I SMILE. LOOK LIKE SO UNHAPPY SMILE. And my eyes dunno looking at where! Never heard before! My flute section all smile so happy except me! In my own camera somemore. LOL!! This one, I gave my camera to one of my senior since the others also wanna take photo because of the colourful background reflecting behind us.
Food Court in one of the shopping center in Korea. Look sooo freaky nicer than those in Singapore! =X
Finally, its time to go to Hawaii. We returned to Korea airport and proceed to Hawaii. Its a much longer hours between Korea and Hawaii. I think mostly around 10-12 hours. Really freaky long. We slept so much. We watched TV as an entertaiment. And we chatted also.
HAWAII
At last!! We reached Hawaii!!! The temperature was soo much better than in Korea. Really cooling I would say. Its even up to me whether i want to wear the jacket or not. Anway i didn't take photo of hawaii airport, cos it looks so-so to me. LOL!
We reached the hotel! I finally took a rest on the bed. SO TIRED SIA. I had to share rooms with three other girls. This photo I took it outside the balcony!
There are three girls sharing rooms with me right? One of them is my flute junior, sec 1, she wanted to play with my camera, so took a snap of me. Lol, i dunno why she has to zoom so near to my face. HAHA. I just finished my bath and drying my hair, yepp.
Anyway, i don't want to take photos of people, or like me and other people, cos Im like, can't bring myself to ask "Hey lets take photo of together" kinda thing. Dunno why.... however, I was photographed quite alot in other band members' cameras. And with the gatherings also.
Thats the Grand Ballroom where all bands performed. On that day, we had a dinner gathering for all to gather in which we get to know each other from all different countries.
Here's the Mauka Ballroom which we had our dinner!
Oh yes, when we had dinner, we were given our own table seating, which means we cannot be together or as a group, we have to be separated! I ended up staying with one girl called Valerie (which i DON'T like her, she's my flute partner. My flute seniors and juniors also don't like her much) we went to a Table 39, which westerners seating there!!! Gosh, got two boys, really handsome looking!!!! I was like WHOOOAA! But of course I have to be well-mannered as its a grand dinner. We both sat down. So yeah, there was this middle aged westerner lady, she's really outspoken and she "helped" to lighten up the mood by talking to us, and others too. But well, you know that westerners are very open-minded, they sure don't mind, sure talk one. xD There were two boys (as i mentioned earlier) from California band, two girls, one from California band and one from Australian band I think. They are really pretty for their age! Same age or older than me, not sure. From there, we chatted. I also had a hard time listening to them, cos the way they talked are sooo western-like. I sometimes had to pretend nodding my head and all! HAIZ! We had dinner, YUMMY. FANTASTIC DINNER!!! SO DELICIOUS! LIKE A REAL WESTERN FOOOD!!!! GOSH, I have been eating WESTERN FOOD, JUNK FOOD for the PAST 5 days in HAWAII. Im gonna get FAT! No exercises somemore! ARGGHH!
See that? Time for dancing! But we cannot cos we have to go back to the hotel to do our schedules...SO SAD! Our band conductor, Mr De, says so leh.....say only give 10 mins to enjoy, then go back..... (-_-)
THE NEXT DAY!! WE VISITED PEARL HABOUR!! CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT?!?! HAHAHA!!!
There was no Pearl Habour ship of course, it sank MANY years ago but they built a memorial, yeppp.
We waited for our boat to arrive so meanwhile, we spend a while at the place, i dunno what to cal it, its abit like a Pearl Habour Museum but i never take photo cos it looks boring to me LOL!!! I took the scenery outside instead. And guess what? I SAW A RAINBOW! LOL. Right before my eyes! LOL.
RAINBOW!
This is the very spot where Pearl Habour sank. This U.S.S Arizona Memorial was built right there.
See that long hole in the middle? Inside there are all the names of the people who sacrificed their life during World War II. REALLLY LONG!! ALOT OF THEM!! of course lah. LOL.
THE NEXT DAY,
We went to Ala Moana Shopping Center! I managed to buy some souveniers! LOL. Anyway, for the performances and all, we did, just that I didn't take photos of it, yeah cos no time wah. LOL. I also dun wanna ask teacher, cos they sue busy also and we are supposed to take care of our cameras on our own.
This two photos taken while Im in the shuttle bus. Sorry, i forgot to take photo of the front picture of how the shuttle bus look like. I only look the inside LOL.
LAST DAY, WE WENT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOR THE FESTIVAL LUAU.
HAUEN. If u are reading my post of Hawaii, here's Mr Juraimi for you! LOL!!
Those four boys there, each are from different band. They are invited to join our percussion band as in to play our song.
SEE THE GUY'S ARMPIT? HAIR!!! LOL!!!
There are some more people performing, with different costumes, but i don't wanna take anymore. I even recorded two videos of the dances! For a short while of course.
OK, here's ALA MOANA SHOPPING CENTER. Actually, its a BIG shopping mall. I just took one part of it can already lahs. I need time to shop!
NEXT, ITS HAWAII THEATRE, the PBMF Command Performance where we get the announcements for the awards
THE EPPING BOYS' HIGH SCHOOL FROM AUSTRALIA. They were selected to perform. They are not winners. Just selected.
Next, were all the choirs from different schools. There are alot of California choirs and bands, one Australia and one Singapore(thats us!) Anyway, i only took ONE picture of a choir. The rest, i didn't. I wanna enjoy the show. Plus, I'm sure you won't be so interested as to know who is from whose choirs and blah blah. LOL. I love their singing. Really like a real choir! NICE MAN!
After the performances, the annoucements were made. We won a Silver certificate. At first, all of us were really glum-looking, disapppointed that we only won a silver and all. I didn't really feel disappointed because I secretly knew that we would win a silver, seeing how we processed and compared with the other bands. Then when we returned to the Ohana hotel, Mr De told us that we shouldn't be looking disappointed because it was an international festival, not international competition. Wah liao, gave me such a fright. I thought it was a competition. He said that we were here to experience and enjoy the festival. So after experiencing it, he wanted us to learn from all the lessons we learnt and improve all the qualities we lack when we come back to school. He said that we are a very good band. We lack nothing but one. Its AIR. We need plenty of potential air to perfect the tone quality, thats all. Our real competition is the SYF. He wanted us to be one of the top girl band in Singapore.
OK!!! NOW ITS TIME FOR US TO GO HOME!!! WAH, IM GONNA MISS HAWAII AND ITS FRIENDLY PEOPLE!!!! SIA! I ALSO GONNA MISS ITS LOVELY WEATHER!
We took a bus that brought us to Hawaii Airport. Oh yes, on the way, i took three respective shots of the houses and the sceneries. It look nice so i snapped!!!!
We went back to Korea. O yes, on our way to Korea, we watched a korean movie in the airplane. Its pretty good!!! I enjoyed it. Many of us laughed, hehe.
We went to stay in Incheon hotel for one night.
Look at the place. Look sooo...isolated....SCARY MAN. I was like "eeeww" LOL. Actually, the reason was, this Incheon Hotel is very near to the airport! I took this picture outside the window.
To think i still got the cheek to take photo of myself like that! LOL!!! Sian, i enjoyed myself sooo crazily. I even thought of how my friends are doing back in Singapore. Probably STRESSING here and there. I GIGGLED, YOU KNOW! HEHEHEH! Here I am, dancing in Hawaii while you guys are like URGGHH over work in Singapore. HAHAHAHHA.
FINALLY, RETURNED TO SINGAPORE!!!
SIAN, its already 12am plus and here i am, happily taking photo of myself! WAH LIAO! WHATS WRONG WITH ME AGAIN!
SORRY FOR SUCH TAKING SUCH A LOOONG TIME TO POST THIS. OK, I HAD TO EXPLAIN WHERE THE PHOTOS ARE TAKEN AND ALL! I EVEN HAVE TO WAIT FOR THEM TO BE UPLOADED AS THEY ARE BIG! PLUS, I NEED TO SHOW PHOTO TO MY PARENTS FIRST!!!!
lol, BIG CAPITALS TO SHOW THAT IM VERY SORRY, YET FED UP WITH THAT IVY FOR HURRYING ME!!!
LOL!!! IM ALSO VERY SORRY FOR IVY THAT SHE WAITED FOR ME FOR SOOOO LONG!
HAHAHA
Just joking lah!!
LOL SORRY IVY!!!
Wooo, i enjoyed myself so much. During the days, I also managed to talk to some memebers I never spoke or seldom spoke to. I also managed to make some friends, including the juniors as the sec 4 were be gone after their O levels. Now i often hear like "hello Rachel!" "Hi rachel!" and so on. LOL, yeah, of course i feel happy. It had been 3 years, sec 1, sec 2, and sec 3 this year, we weren't even like that but now i see some improvement around us. There was one time we went to a beach to Hawaii, we played, and one clarinetist girl walked past and saw me. I also happened to see her, then we were like smiling at each other. So she said Hi. I also say hi. Then suddenly, she offered me a hug. I was like "HUH" I didn't know how to react so I hugged her back. She is sec 3, same as me.
22/07/91
Music and art lover
Anime fan
DBSK fan 1)
1st year NYP student in Animation (Digital Media Design)
2) Currently doing ATCL (Associate Diploma from Trinity College London in Flute Performance)
The exam pieces are just getting harder! T_T
Music. Art. Shopping. Korean pop. American pop. Read comics.
Watch animes, korean dramas and western movies
Travelling. Outdoor sports (badminton and captainball) Play photoshop. Loves
japanese, western and korean food!
2010 Resolution
• Do well in my polytechnic
• Be more confident in what I am doing
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Organize things properly T.T
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Pass my flute ATCL Diploma
• Continue theory grade 6
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Learn other musical instruments
My Goals
• Be a professional flautist
• Achieve a successful career
I seriously love anime since childhood. I always draws out the manga characters and once created my own story of "Legend of the Dragons" and a Pokemon comic book made of only A4 PAPERS! I was still so young at that time. I remembered vividly that I gave one of my created comic book to a female teacher I really admired in CCPS. HAHA!
Animes that I have watched (alphabetically)
I'm not going to insert Summary on the shows I have watched.
Lazy! Just by seeing the genres can roughly give you the idea
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
A
B
C
D
DN Angel Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Magic,
Romance, School
E
F
Full Metal Panic Genre: Action, Comedy, Mecha, Sci-Fi
