Had Pe Elective Cable Skiing on Saturday. Used the kneeboard all the way... and that's only like stage 1. I managed to ski only half the whole pond. Gosh...
At first no one wanted to go first so I went. THe cable took me by surprise, really. It kind of jolted me and I yelped. I wasn't ready and the instructor didn't guide me so I made a fool of myself and splashed straightaway in the water and ended up being last in line. What a waste. Haha.
Then I had to figure out on my own (what happened lah instructor?) that to turn, you had to make the string taut and to do that, you've got to go between the two pink buoys. Once I told the friends around me, they could turn and I could turn but I was too overcomed with shock and a pleasant surprise that I became a bodoh bimbo and forgot how to turn left and how to turn right so on the second turn, I fell in because the line went slack. Again.
So back I went to join the queue. One would think that I would learn my lesson on the next try. I think I totally forgot what to do that I couldn't even complete the first turn. HAha. And I was yelping through all the way. Loretta was in front of me and she so laughed when I fell in the water. Hhaha. She fell in too.
Shafiq was really funny. There wasn't enough kneeboards to go around so he started with level 2: double skis. He could stand up and all. Gosh that must have really felt grand. And he completed half the big lake with it. After, he exchanged to a kneeboard and he didn't even cross 3 m when he fell. HAAHHAHAHA. That was funny. And I'm such a meanie. HAHA...
Sarah Shamsul, Stepahnie, Atiqah, Shafiq were some of the people who came for Cable Ski 6. Oh and there was Vic-ky-toria, Chek Kai and James. Haha...
My arms took a week to recover. In the meantime, it was so difficult to change. Really appreciated my arm muscles after that. HAHA.
Then we went to Banquet at Parway Parade to eat. Me, Amira, Atiqah and Shafiq. Shafiq brought us to this ayam penyet stall but it was too expensive for us. Met Atiqah's sister along the way.
Adidas-maties. Wahaha
I straightaway slept like a Snorlax when I reached home. It seems that's what I've been doing on Saturdays- sleeping like a Snorlax. HAHAAH
At night, I watched The Mummy Returns and Troy. LOVe these two movies cos I love Egypt and Greek and it doesn;t hurt that I thought Achilles was hot. Not Brad Pitt uh. Achilles okay. (: Just love the relationship between Achilles and Brasseiles.
On Sunday, Geraldine wanted to see me before I fly off to Cambridge. So she called a meeting. Only Kai Qi and Filzah could turn up. We were supposed to meet at Plaza Sing but cos my mum was so convinced that there are a lot of negative influences at Plaza Sing (but I really think that she mixed it up with Lucky PLAZA) hence we were forced to change the venue of our meeting to Compass Point's Starbucks. Shared the food with KaiQi. It was really nice talking to them. Finally told them everything. And sometimes, I do feel the want that Filzah's feeling. I really appreciate Geraldine's neutrality and firm groundedness and KaiQi's sparkled view of the world. They all represent the different opinions I have on the situation I was facing. You rock the Girl Talk people! (:
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3:11 pm
On Thursday, 24th July 2008
whew!
i can say that this was one of the best concert i've been to all my life (have I been to that many? well..it's sufficient enought) This concert is beyond words! IT was reallly entertaining and performance was of the highest quality! At first I didn't want to go because I was scared that I had a lot of work to do and that I won't have enough money. I'm so happy I did go in the end! HAHA! Even if the tickets cost a WHOPPING ten dollars! nyehehehe
Sat with Muhaina, Firdaus, Marianne, Joan and her classmate who is my lecture-mate. And all of Joan's sons (ehemm I mean juniors) HAHAHA.... this naughty son of hers kept poking me... naughty!
I gave them many standing ovations. MJ band was not bad too tho! haha... of course must give credit to them... NENI performed a solo! Saxaphones are so sexy hahaahaha....
Good job to Jannah, Azrul, Nizam, Neni and all the band members I know. HAHA even if this post is very late. This night left me smiling awaaaay. (:
At first, during morning assembly, they gave us a preview.
Council gave the school 6o ice creams free. The rest had to be paid for. Lucky for lit students, the ice cream bike was just stationed outside lecture theatre so we all queued up. Xavier there, the goofy one, haha, was shouting.... "30 more!! After that must pay!!!" But I loved it. hahah I got a free one: Choc Chip with bread. YUMMZ. So old school. So Cedar. HAHA
The queue wasn't that long. ahha.. but people still cut queue! hehe...
I brought Ilhan to the supermarket while waiting for the concert to start at night. It's so difficult to bring a pram to the narrow aisles of NTUC. HaHA.
yayss smiley faces alll around! Mumuu! Thank goodness for concerts like these. Hardly see her anymore. HAha... She's begun to study in school until 9pm EVERYDAY. GOODNESS! haha
Neni!!! Saxaphone!!
They did, what, THREE encores for us? THe crowd COULD NOT stop cheering!!! wahalalaa BOOM! ahhaa
Firdaus, Muhaina, their friend with the bandaged leg, Marianne
Me & Jannah! (VP of Band)
Me & Azrul ( Pakcik President! )
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2:36 pm
1.
i)
First I had training for the HSBC Tree Top Walk with Gary, Ching Hong, Man Shan and Ting Lin with the Siglap Sec 3 student councillors. They (the councilors) did a silly mistake of not preparing for the hike up from the Macpherson forests. Their attire...how could it slip their minds?
My co-leader was Haidar. I really can't remember the last time I became a leader of such activities. Since they're (at risk) students I was initially a bit doubtful of myself, if I could handle them. They wanted to get around me several times but I had to be cheekily firm, if there's such a word, to keep their toe in line without them knowing that I was doing so. Haha... but they're such sweets tho in the end. (:
My Co- team leader, Haidar briefing them on a game.
Group 4 completing the Poison River challenge.
The Group 4 Girls
Sec 3 Student Council, Zulfadlli, the CLOWN! ahahah
1 (ii)
The next day, Saturday, 19th July 2008. Bridging Hearts; Harmony in Nature 2008 Carnival. Gosh everything was hectic. From the preparation of the Guitar Ensemble pieces, the planning, the selling of tickets, the stress, the irritations, the abondonments...EVERYTHING all came to this day...and it was a long time ago but gosh I am so glad it is over.
We had Leadership Training Conference and then we practiced for the performance one last time.
We had a shuttle bus there and then we just hung around backstage for the our turn.
Thank you to GEM members for performing your best. I liked performing Munchen Polka but I LOVED performing the medley of Stand By Me. The funny thing was that the minister, Mr Teo Chee Hean moved from the stage left to stage right in the middle of the performance because he was so fascinated by the bass guitar Ron. Wesley was playing it and he really put his face RIGHT in front. After our performance, the minister asked Wesley about the guitar. That is what is called stage prescence. The bass guitar has like 75% of the whole of our stage prescence.
The worst part of the day: Gosh the bus incident...was so ARGH-ifying. And I really hated the management of it. Am I allowed to say all this? The management of the whole thing was so horrendous and stupid. But yah it all worked out in the end I hoped everyone who came enjoyed themselves in one way or another. And at least all my hard work and stress turned into something allright after all. I only managed the performances successfully, and only half of it....but I hoped it provided entertainment for all the stall holders, and the aunties who were waiting for the day to end so that they could get a stake for the lucky draw. (I had 8 tickets and I didn't win anything. AYYZ. That boy got a BICYCLE! How lucky! haha)
The best parts of the day (chronological order):
a) Sean came down with his dad and bro and he saw my performance. Thannnkk you so much... so touched (:
b) Liyana and Hamizan was JUST in time for my performance. And Liyana came all the way from Bukit Batok. AND she gave me a lovely smelling yellow rose. It was SO GOOD to see her! Man...i didn't realised how much I really miss her. I MISS HER STILL. hahaha. I plan to go Bangkok with the whole of INcrowd, or maybe just the gang, again so we can relive the terrifying, AND SHIOK, moments. Hamizan is a nice guy for Liyana... (:
c) Fadilah and Sadelena came! You don't really realise how much you miss certain people till they're in front of you and there's a temporary permanent smile that just grew naturally on your face. Crappiness queens they are. Love them to bits.
Thank you alllll!!!!
Fadilah! and my guitar
Sadelena! and the "picnic"
Most parts of the day I kept running here and there...some parts were really pissifying but it's all over now. so PHEW!!
Thank you to the Programme Commitee for staying through the crap:
Man Shan
Felicia
Ming Qin
Hidayah
Winnie
Muhaina
Pei Hsin
I think if I organise a next one, or assist to organise, I'll know better what to do. Firstly: Consolidations and regular meetings and updates.
Overall, a beneficially good experience with ups and downs and ended off with a star and a flower. Oh and dinner with Sean. HAHAH thanks. The calculator tricks were realllly O.o !! (:
2.
One Sunday night, some of the h1 and h2 malay students watched Romzi & Juleha. I was the only extra h2 english lit student. haha but the story is nice and so was the company PLUS we don't need to pay due to us being students and there was 60% off from some Arts Grant. I think the school paid for the remaining 40% because the amount was so little. HAHA. Yes so it was so worth it. (: Love it...especially the theme song...very addictive. Musfirah, Shafienas and me...caught up in it...hahahha. The journey home was with good company (: haha. Much laughter all around.
3.
crashed TPJC open house. Met up with Erma and Pamela. THEY have the photos. WAHAHA. But I took this one. They changed the ODAC room to a bookshop which sells all sorts of junk food which is just so suitable when the students walk past from classmates to the auditorium. Haiz...so old school some more. So nice. (:
Met Jasmine, Lip Young, Sean. Saw the cheerleader outfit for NDP. Saw Najihah and Hao Jun. And some others haahh..
4.
Nadiah's EIGHT YEARS OLD!!
Farah and Ilhan
the whole family gathered. NIIICE! love these moments. Oh and Ayah Wam visited from Australia. (:
5.
RANDOM bites
ok ramdom photo of what happens after PE. MAKAN TIME
had a meeting after school for the muscic part of the EXCO to allocate the GEM members into the different sections.
Quote of the meeting "I want Kristie!" - Timothy. EHEHEHH...
frm left: Timothy, King, Max
nice leaves on the roof of pavillion. My idea to have the meeting in the garden. HEH (:
After the meeting, met Daryl who was very troubled and all. HAHA... and walked all the way home from school. Good exercise. Many nice sights... basically, very calming. HAHHA.
6.
Mass Movement talk at MJC
wanted to fall asleep. haha. Saw Yang Yang, GC and Charis! The talk was ok lah. alamak i dunt think i absorbed a lot. The ending was reallly abrupt. Ming Qin was on the lookout for hotties (according to her). Very gatal tt one but it was so funny! hahaha during the HSBC tree top walk up, we saw NS guys all the way and we even made a video so that we could show it to her. HAHHA..
Then we took a bus, we wanted to go to Plaza Singapura but ended up going to Newton's Foodcourt. HAHHA. It's a nice change of eating environment I guess. Quite fun. Crappy bunch of people! xD
best tasting mee goreng mamak after a looong time
from left: Hidayah, me, Ming Qin, Winnie and Felicia!
Haha! Felicia so CUTE here!
Ok I'm tired. I'll continue next post (:
There's so much I need to do oh goooosh!
XOXO
N U R S A F I A H
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1:41 pm
"
Changi Airport is probably the only airport in the world which students flock to during exams in search of a cool and pleasant place to study, and I think it’s one of the few airports where wedding couples come and take pictures," said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, speaking at the official opening of Terminal 3 on Friday.
Haha... how true how true.
ALERR. i will find a time to upload my pics in sch. Because 1000 words=1 pic and it is more efficient with pics. So haha.. till nxt time,...
PREVIEW wahwahwa...
MacRitchie Reservoir HSBC Treetop Week (training for facilitators)
MAN SHAN!!!
oh yes i have been very busy.
and i don't need my parents to come down for mid years exams.
i need to report at 7.15am for school for two weeks. One week now.
One week to cambridge.
Then one week after Cambridge.
What I have to do now:
1. Edit Daryl's Diary
2. Email Ms S.
3. Start on WR (I foresee this not being able to be done by tomorrow. Pls allow for extension FAZZ!)
4. Read read read
5. Learn that SYF piece. Ask King to play for me or stg.
Appointments:
1. Swensens with Ms S and BHSE comm (day unconfirmed gosh time's running out)
2. Tuesday-
PLAN A: Sg Garden Festival with Family
PLAN B: See Danial's Soccer Trial and be his paparazzi
3. Thursday- study/ ice cream treat from Sean at IKEA.
4. If Plan A on Tuesday does not work out, beg people to go to SGF with me.
Things to do before trip:
1. Buy good pair of shoes
2. Get new set of Sony Ericsson headphones
3. Buy new monthlies contact lens
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11:44 pm
You become a friend when another needs you and you're able to help. Whether or not the friend asks for help is not the question. It is when he or she needs it. Still, not everyone's psychic and intuition doesn't work when you're not in constant contact.
Help. It consists of smiles, a question, a deep observation, a hug, a simple thought, an sms, a call. "Are you ok? Are you fine?"
I want to be there for my friends. I want my friends to be there for me.
I am always here for my friends. But in wallowing in the murky depths of the pool, I forget that my friends are there for me.
It's difficult to go on in this world without the help, the smiles, the common experiences, the warmth, the laughter, the all forgiving nature of friendship. The right friends, the close friends, the friends who know you and accept you. It's tiring to make new friends but if they're right then it's right. It's tiring cos you want to keep those friends and all the previous right friends you've made before. But it's totally worth it.
Love should be a public good. Time spent with friends, however is not. Instead, most of the time, it's spent with people who are
not worth your time of lower priority. But to succeed in this world, it is a neccessity. I wish I could have both.
A request for help may be the best thing you give to me.
Sadelena made me cry twice.
She wanted me to be there for her once. I wasn't there. I didn't know.
Please dear, please just reach out if you need me. My school is so near to your house!
They do say that the good friends you'll find in secondary school. I too hope that we will stay good friends. All of us.
I do miss the spontaneity, the randomness, the outburst.
If there's one advise that I would give to future students who has no idea which JC to go, I'll say choose the one which has at least one close friend in it. You need it for your heart to survive.
I love my lovelies.
Goodnight moonlight.(Oh and Sean's moon picture edit! HAHAAH and I can't see the moon tonight *shrugs* this looks so out of this world. GD ONE SEAN)
Labels: friends, lovelies
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11:29 pm
i wanna talk to liyana yeo!
i wanna huggg liyana yeo!
cos i miss liyana yeo!
babe takpe lah, I have an inkling to what your family affair was about and if I'm wrong just shoot me but IF im right... i understand and I'm so happy for you.
on a different plane..
i kinda feel emptier and emptier by the day.... when work is all that matters. I hope I don't turn into a zonky zombie...
and I wish I could just climb out of this i really don't know what this feeling is.... dread? fear?... it's like i want to cry but I just can't. It's like I want to shout but I have no energy. It's like I want to take something and slash at it ( not my wrists don't worry) but I can't stand violence. Still, writing it out seems too mild. I think I've been keeping it all in I've been getting nightmares. This scary guy (think Rumpelstilskin but meaner, darker, taller) was following me around... I've not had nightmares for a long time.... I don;'t know which bothers me more. The nightmare or the fact that I even had one.
I need someone to tell me that it's all going to be okay... without me asking....
I just... need assurance that EVERYTHING is going to be okay...
this and that ....
that and this...
cos so far it's going downhill
and no one has time to spare a true smile
I try my best to make people's day...
But, making their day... is not making my day anymore....
I see a lack of genuine smiles...
I see a lack of heart...
I see claims made in the past which may still be true presently but tone has differed hence... there's doubts and I have no faith to carry out certain actions...
wait I think some people have given me encouragement...thanks to them!
ok haiz...
GRR.
I miss being light-headedly happy like a helium filled balloon. It was so infectious it was hard to get rid of. Even being near to the rock bottom low was okay cos I knew what to do with it. What is this stagnant numb feeling!
I can't help being a social creature who needs the human involvement time and again. The sincere human touch ( not necessarily physical ) is hence very precious to me. I can't help showing these streaks now and then.
I think I need to see some people and see some genuine smiles. I'll make appointments after Saturday if they never come....or if I'm too busy. Or maybe I need to go to someplace where there's a lot of children. Or maybe I need to be a clown and entertain them. That'd bring me joyful of goodness.
First Derivative Test.safiahpowernegative ---
safiahpowerzero ---
safiahpowerpositive ---
straight line graph. TOOT
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9:21 pm
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9:23 pm
swing hits ground
feet scratches dirt
face looks down
gradual darkness
noisy
noisy
bee box
no air
glum heart
plum juice
shut down
despair
one question
true white
intentions mixed with time ripe
silent request to the universe
boomerang bang
this need fulfilled
a pure vessel
of origin: heart
vague bonds grow stronger
surer
glass wiped
drift off again
swing up again
a soul has changed
thank you, friend.
~Nur Safiah
Sylvia Plath has influenced me in more ways than I thought she did. Haiz...
This poem shouldn't be a poem if real poems are defined as what they are from what I read.
I am still really really thankful for the friends I have and how they all pop in at the right times. For those who have exited the door instead or somehow just faded away, I find that I miss some of them. They proved themselves worthy of being called a friend at one point of time.
I'm still thinking about friends aren't I.
FRIENDS FRIENDS FRIENDS...
I guess somehow, the right ones show up at the right time, when you need them the most. I hope I do appear at the right times too (:
Well, Happy Youth Day then. I did tick off a lot of things from my to-do list.
xoxo
N U R S A F I A H
half smilesLabels: friends, poems
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11:57 pm
Adidas-maties. Wahaha
At first, during morning assembly, they gave us a preview.
Council gave the school 6o ice creams free. The rest had to be paid for. Lucky for lit students, the ice cream bike was just stationed outside lecture theatre so we all queued up. Xavier there, the goofy one, haha, was shouting.... "30 more!! After that must pay!!!" But I loved it. hahah I got a free one: Choc Chip with bread. YUMMZ. So old school. So Cedar. HAHA
The queue wasn't that long. ahha.. but people still cut queue! hehe...
I brought Ilhan to the supermarket while waiting for the concert to start at night. It's so difficult to bring a pram to the narrow aisles of NTUC. HaHA.
yayss smiley faces alll around! Mumuu! Thank goodness for concerts like these. Hardly see her anymore. HAha... She's begun to study in school until 9pm EVERYDAY. GOODNESS! haha
Neni!!! Saxaphone!! 
They did, what, THREE encores for us? THe crowd COULD NOT stop cheering!!! wahalalaa BOOM! ahhaa
Firdaus, Muhaina, their friend with the bandaged leg, Marianne
Me & Jannah! (VP of Band)
Me & Azrul ( Pakcik President! )
Group 4 completing the Poison River challenge.
Sec 3 Student Council, Zulfadlli, the CLOWN! ahahah
We had Leadership Training Conference and then we practiced for the performance one last time.
Fadilah! and my guitar 
Sadelena! and the "picnic" 
Farah and Ilhan
the whole family gathered. NIIICE! love these moments. Oh and Ayah Wam visited from Australia. (:
best tasting mee goreng mamak after a looong time
from left: Hidayah, me, Ming Qin, Winnie and Felicia!
Haha! Felicia so CUTE here!
MAN SHAN!!!
