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Tuesday, July 31, 2007

7:27 PM

Wierd guy

Today, something wierd happened while I was one my way to school on the MRT. A big-sized man boarded the train at Kembangan, I think, and just sat himself down in the middle of the compartment. I was just standing next to him when it all happened. I thought he just wanted to move to the centre to stand, but I was actually quite alarmed when he sat down.

Usually, there are some people who would sit near the doors, the side which are not opening. And that is if only when it's not during rush hour. Not only did this guy sit down, he sat down in the middle and during rush hour, when the train is very packed.

People who boarded the train after Kembangan we wondering why the people around the centre didn't move further in to make more space. But when they saw the man sitting on the floor, they had on an expression of "oh...".

When the train reached Bugis, a woman vacated her seat and he got up to sit there. But he stepped on my foot in the process. In my head I was cursing "son of a bitch". Man...I really have to put a cap on my under-the-breath-cursing.

I think he is a little down or just plain mad because normal people wouldn't do things like sitting down in the middle of a train compartment when it's packed.

Oh ya!!! I forgot! I said in my previous post that I would upload the pictures right? Well, I have received the pictures already...so it'll be up soon...I PROMISE.

Friday, July 27, 2007

10:59 PM

Finally posting again

It's been a long time since I last posted. It's because I was and still am very busy with projects. But I have to start posting again sometime right?

Anyway, my class finally knows where we will be posted for our ITP(Industrial Training Programme). I'll be posted at Bedok Water Reclamation Plant, under PUB. Luckily it's near, but the working hours is from 8:30am till 6pm, 5:30pm for Fridays. Oh well, I just hope I can do whatever they want me to do. I'm a little nervous about actually working.

Earlier today, the girls of BE(Building & Environment), had their NAPHA.(is this the correct spelling? I get different spellings from other people. But am I the one who's wrong??) Since it's not compulsory for the girls to pass, MANY of them skipped the 2.4km run. I didn't la of course..hehe. I hit a 13:50 min timing. I'm ok with it...since I usually get this kind of timing in secondary school, and during my so-called "training"(in poly) I usually get a minute later. So on the whole, I'm pleased with my timing. But I don't think I can get a gold because I scored an E for my standing broad jump. Very disappointing because I'm so used to getting gold in sec sch. Overall, I have 3 As, 2 Cs and 1 E. The As are from my 2.4km, shuttle-run and sit-ups. My Cs are from sit-and-reach and incline pull-up, and my E is you know what.

I'm going to try again next semester to get my gold. I know I may sound boastful here, but I just can't settle for less when I know I've done better in the past.

Before we had our NAPHA, the BE Society organized a class photo-taking session for us 3rd yr students. We had fun during that time. But the whole day was kind of troublesome because we had to carefully plan what we're going to wear to school and what we wanted to bring, since we were going to have NAPHA later. I myself came in my formal attire, inclusive of heels, while carrying my big bag and a shoe bag. Man, my feet really hurt. But it couldn't be helped unless I wanted to carry more things with me. I'll post some pictures of the photo-taking session in my next post, because the pictures are all with my friend.

Thursday, July 12, 2007

10:26 PM

NDP Preview

I attended the NDP preview on 7 July, which was also my birthday. So it was kind of a birthday pesent, I guess. I've only been to the parade twice, including the one in Primary 5. So sad huh? The reason why I'm only writing it in now is because, firstly, I wanted to post pictures as well, which my friend has on her camera. So I only got them a few days ago. And secondly, I was busy with my projects, so I didn't have a chance to post.

I went with Kelyn and Shuyu aka Jojo. Jojo came later, so we sat first and "chopped" a seat for her. But there was this auntie and her grandchild, I think, seating beside me and Kelyn, who decided to make use of the extra seat beside us to sit there and place her bags on her former seat. Kelyn wanted to wait until Jojo came and then tell the auntie to move. But I wanted to be firm and tell her straight off. When I did, the auntie didn't seem too pleased. She said later then she'll move. So I just let it go. But when Jojo finally arrived, the auntie still didn't want to move. And she had the nerve to say that she was saving the seat for her friend who was yet to come. Yeah right! Bullshit!! But in the end, she and her granddaughter moved. Luckily, or we'd have caused a scene.

Anyway, the NDP was ok. I think I would've enjoyed it more if I was sitting further back, so that I can see the formations made by the dancers. While there was still light, singers and performers performed remixes of the traditional songs like Chan Mali Chan and Singapura. Revolutionalising the sounds is great, but I actually prefer it if they'd just stick to the traditional sounds. I mean they changed it until I didn't enjoy the songs. And I think if you're going to change the songs to that extent, the younger generation wouldn't even know how the traditional songs are meant to sound.

Since it was held at the bay, our defence force finally managed to show off their offshore defense team. There were soldiers jumping off a big helicopter(sorry, I don't know the name for it) and into the waters. There were also coast guards speeding across the bay. There were others, which were pretty interesting to see, since it hasn't been shown on NDP before.

And since it was only a preview, it lacked the VIPs, like some of the singers, the ministers and the president. It was really funny because there was a singer who wasn't there, who was instead replaced by a woman carrying a placard with the name "ASHA" on it. We were all laughing about it. The ministers were all represented by one man who also carried a placard. The best part was the "president". Mr Nathan was a young Indian man. Came in a Mercedes and even waved at the crowds when he stood in the car that brought him around the crowd. I expected nobody, to be the president, like in Primary 5. Everybody had a good laugh. (Still smiles at the memory)

I was actually looking forward to singing the National Anthem and saying the pledge. It's been a long time. And I think I would have let myself get emotional if Kelyn wasn't distracting me. Man, singing the National Anthem and saying the pledge can really move someone when they're done in a mass crowd who're celebrating the country's birthday(albeit only a preview).

The best part of the parade is, and will forever be the fireworks. You can only enjoy fireworks when you're there in person. And boy did I enjoy myself! There were some fireworks which I've never seen before. They were super!! There was a building nearby(I don't know the name) which shot out fireworks too...it was pretty cool.

Overall, the preview was ok la. It's just a preview, you can't expect too much. But still, the fireworks made up for the parts which lacked the wow! factor =D

Here's some pictures taken:

Saturday, July 07, 2007

12:14 AM

Wrongs.

Anything that could possibly go wrong, went wrong today.

In the morning, I had ngaji at Pasir Ris. And after that, I would go to my friend's house at Boon Lay straight after ngaji to do our Final Year Project.

1st wrong: I left late. So thinking that I had a better chance of getting a bus faster by going to the bus stop that's further away, I went there, instead of the bus stop which is nearer and had only 1 bus to Pasir Ris. Despite my effort, the sole bus which was from the nearer bus stop came first. I wasted energy rushing to the further bus stop.

2nd wrong: I only realize that I forgot to bring my laptop at my Ustazah's house. After ngaji, I rushed back home to get my laptop. So, I couldn't arrive on-time at my friend's house.

3rd wrong: I alighted at the wrong bus stop and had to walk one more bus stop to my friend's house.

I sweated when I rushed to my ngaji. I sweated when I rushed to get home to retrieve my laptop. I sweated when I had to walk 1 more bus stop. Man! By the time I reached my friend's house, I was feeling sticky and uncomfortable. It was really such a terrible and tiring day.

Oh ya...before I forget...Happy Birthday to ME!

Thursday, July 05, 2007

8:00 PM

Levi's jeans

So today, I bought a pair of Levi's jeans which costs $159.50. Yes...I know...its very expensive. I actually didn't know that it would be THAT expensive. But I really just wanted to own one pair. And besides, by birthday is coming this Saturday, so I thought, why not.

My mother wasn't so pleased when she found out the price. She actually wanted to allow me at the very most, to spend $100. I didn't consult with her before paying for the jeans because I knew that she would most definitely object to it. But after she scolded me(wasn't really scolding...more like a disappointed talk), I felt really guilty for spending that much money on a single pair of jeans. Unless you're a millionaire or some rich person, $159.50 is nothing. My mother said," Do you know how many clothes you can buy with that kind of money?" "How long can you wear them? 10 years?" "I never expected you to be so extravagant." And it's true, I don't spend that kind of money on one type of clothing. But I guess I was influenced by my schoolmates. It's like everywhere I turn, I see some girl wearing a Levi's jeans...and I wanted to know what it's like to own one.

I didn't feel a sense of joy after buying the jeans, but a sense of dread of what my mother was going to say. So, note to self: if you want to buy something that expensive, use your own saved up money and not your NETS. I think I would've definitely felt more happy at using my own money to buy something that I really want. I would've felt the worth of the jeans. Not like now, I don't even feel a sting that I've actually spent money just because the money in my NETS card is not saved by me.

Sunday, July 01, 2007

11:25 PM

Bad day

Man...today was a bad day for me. It was in the afternoon. I had terrible cramps again. And what was worse was that I was locked out of the house because I didn't bring the house keys and nobody was home. My mother and brother were at Giant and my sister was at Pasir Ris Library. Knowing that my sister wouldn't be willing to come all the way back, I had only my mother to depend on. Unfortunately, I had to wait for a long while for them to come back because there was a huge crowd at Giant.

The cramps wasn't so bad at first. I could still handle it, so I went to Tampines Mall and went to Isetan. Finding nothing to do, I went back home again, thinking that they would be on the way back or close to doing that, since my mother told me to wait for an hour, and it was nearing 1 hour.

BUT...they were still shopping around. So I just decided to wait for them at the void-deck. At that point of time, the cramps started to gradually worsen, but I could still bear them. I started to zikir to calm myself down. After about 15 min later, I called them again and my mother said that they were only queuing up. I waited and waited until my cramps really, and I mean REALLY got so painful that I broke out into a cold sweat. I couldn't take it anymore until I whispered out "Ya Allah" over and over again, and just hoped that I wouldn't vomit all over the place. If there weren't people sitting at the void-deck also, I would've said "Ya Allah" out loud. And luckily, not long after, my mother and brother came back. They didn't see me even though I called out (I was hoping that my brother or mother would help me walk), so I had to force myself to get up and drag my feet up to the lift lobby.

When I got into the house I just dropped everything I carried and went straight to the toilet. I had to do business. Now this may sound funny, but if you've had cramps before, you'd know that you'll feel like shitting all the time. Those are for normal cramps. My cramps can get so excruciatingly painful that I can vomit. So, when I have these especially painful cramps, I'll get nausea, diarrhoea, and plus the cramps of course. And vomitting is not only just one time, and that's it, I'll feel better, but it'll happen a few times. People who've seen me in this state have told me that I looked pucat.

But luckily, this time, I managed to quell down the vomit. I kept my nose covered so that I wouldn't have to smell anything and I zikir (in my heart) and begged Allah to make me feel better. And I did, after I don't know how long I spent in the toilet.

I went to bed for a while but woke up because I felt cold, even though the weather was hot. My brother switched off the fan for me but I still couldn't go back to sleep. So after that, I asked my mother to rub my stomach with some ointment. That helped a lot and I felt loads better. I still haven't really recovered though. Even as I'm typing all of these down, I still have a slight cramp and feel a bit nauseous. But don't worry, this isn't the first time I've experienced this kind of cramps, nor will it be the last.