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a shout of praise.
5:39 PM

do you think i'm depressed? we had this talk today during yr 12 mtg, and there was this couple from some place which deal with depressed youths, and although i slept through half of the talk, i manage to hear about the symptoms and causes of depression. and me and esha were comparing after the talk. and hey! look what i'm diagnosed with.

cause of depression: change of environment and school.
symptoms: tired and short attention span, crying for no reason, bad mood swings, abnormal (excessive) eating habits, poor concentration.

see, i have depression! hahaha. okay maybe not, since i'm sane enough to admit.. its probably just sick-of-school syndrome. i wanna go on holiday! this weekend is cool! its like midterm break from thursday after school through to monday, and there's so much planned!

staying overnight at andrea's
meeting the gang in town on friday, go for karaoke. :D
going to church on sunday, probably hang around town after with the youths
might arrange something with hui and flic on monday since we all have no school!

wahoo. haha. cant wait. but in the mean time, its time to snap back into reality and study for the hugeee h/biol test tmr! i need the marks!

holy is the Lord
the whole earth sings
the whole earth sings

a shout of praise.
4:44 PM

things i learn from losing something:
[x] dont borrow your friend's things even when you dont know that you're going to lose it, and even though your own is spoilt.
[x] it is very nerve wrecking, and you wont be able to sleep the whole night, and you wake up at 8am like a panda.
[x] all your friends and family keep telling you that everything is okay and stop worrying cos there's nothing you can do about it, yet there was something you could have done about it, but you didnt and that's what made you feel bad.
[x] and on top of that it isnt even yours.
[x] and now you have to go through the whole hassle of getting a new one and transferring all your contacts into it, plus, tell everyone that you changed your number.
[x] not that thats worrying me now. its the fact that i've lost yet another one of a top-10-important-thing, which i shouldnt have lost. and all because i didnt zip up my pocket and my forgetful memory of where i last saw it or when i last had it.

gahh. if you havent already guessed, i lost my phone! how wonderful is that! :/ and its not even mine~! like what the hell.

but at least there are, or are going to be, good things that come out of this stupid incident. now i know that my family and friends are really encouraging. and that i will not be so careless again.

oh, i do hope i find the phone! i think it dropped out in the taxi on the way back to school from aquinas college. damn.

and there goes the bell for school.

pray for good news! thanks heaps.

a shout of praise.
8:48 AM

its so strange how everyone at church reminds me/looks exactly like someone from singapore.

helen looks like apple from living with lydia
corey looks like jeremy khoo
flic reminds me of sarah wong
jeremy looks like en lai from kids central (is that his name?)
shaw looks like roy tong
hui looks like that chinese singer. whats her name. err. huang xiang yi. thats right!
and theres alot more, just that there isnt time to list down. i'll tell you again soon.

i've got 5 minutes to post this entry. its like 7:55 now. gahh!

i need to do my laundry soon. its piling up.

and no! i've got more work to do. save me someone.

and thank God its the long weekend this week, means friday - monday no school! oh! -jumps for joy- (:

a shout of praise.
7:53 PM

ytd we had powerhouse at the fga lighthouse. thats like a weekly friday night thing. and once a friday we have prayer mtgs, and thats what we did ytd. pray. and its really powerful to come to such a mtg, cos everyone is praying for something thats really important.

i never understood why some people are so against charasmatic churchs.. maybe its the speaking of tongues that gets people so afraid. but to me, i just think that its a way of worship to God, its like a close contact with him, and it is after all a spiritual gift. and does it really matter if people try to fake speaking in tongues? how would you know anyway.. to me all that matters is your own worship. just block everything out. even if you arent thinking about anything or praying, it just helps being in him presence, to feel protected by something. be in your own bubble, for once.

anyway. we were praying for the high abortion rates in aust, and for the leaders of the country.. and the pastor brought up a really thought provoking point. in 2nd chronicles 7:14 it says, if people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then i will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and i will heal their land. he said something about how we shouldnt judge how wrong others are, because we ourselves have sinned as well, and we should confess before intercessing for others. like daniel. and someone said that you know, these pregancies are also difficult for these women to accept too, thats why maybe they choose abortion. and its not easy on them too, because there are many psychological effects that come with abortion. i just thought if we just stop to think about how these women and families feel, and instead of judging them with our "superior christian" morals and berating them for sinning, we should and be their friend, understanding their reasons for the choice, and gently guide them back to the Lord, by caring for them and showering them with our love.

its not easy being christian. its so hard to love in the way Jesus loves us. its so easy to fall into the trap of wanting fit in and be part of the popular crowd. dissing those people who are the outcast, and doing what the in people are doing. so much so that the real you gets lost admist the crowds of eager followers, and everyone just becomes mirror images of the popular people. its so hard to stand out and different, that you succumb to just being similar. partly the reason why i'm not going to try so hard to get an accent. (the other being its really tiring to the mouth, so i just revert back to the good ol' singlish)


anyway, on a lighter note, english is getting relaxing. we're not doing a book anymore. thank goodness. as of next week, we're all movie critics, and we're going to do movie reviews on the film about a boy. cool isnt it. (;

oh yes, another thought (sorry, i know its getting to you how long my entries always are). during econs when i got back my results (i thought they were terrible) for my test, i just couldnt believe that i'll get so low. i mean. out of the 25 marks, like 15 was mcq, and i thought with my superb mcq guessing techniques i'll be able to do slightly better than what i got. i never got so low over 25 before. and it was so easy to just say that my mom expects good results of me (partly true, she does), and that it'll come as a shock to her that i'll do so terribly. but i guess the more i thought about what i said, the more i realise that i'm the one with the high expectations of myself. i'm the one thats setting the mark. and maybe thats why i felt so terrible when i got back the results. sigh.

alvin's birthday party later. and i didnt get a present for him. hopefully he'll just be happy that i appeared. like esta said, i'm worth millions. teehee. (all these are church friends btw) i should stop now. enough of long wordy entries for you.

ps: its 2.30 now. see what effort goes into blogging. alot in the thinking process i'm telling you!

a shout of praise.
1:32 PM

finally went to the library to borrow more books so that i can sleep in peace. did you know i must read before sleeping? otherwise i just dont feel right. did that during religion. HEEHEE. ms ross (the international students counsellor) wanted to see me today, and she said i had a choice between going to the library or going back to class. and so i did both. borrowed like 5 books to last me the week, and i went for religion, which happened to be meditation (sleeping, more like). and i slept the last 15 mins of the lesson. cool.

the aircon is making strange noises again. its either expanding from the heat, or the fan inside is thwacking the metal container. whatever it is, it sounds like a time bomb ticking. maybe it'll blow up the room. and everything inside will burn to bits, then i dont have to do anymore homework. i'm taking a break. if i see another square my eyes will cross. i'm drawing consumption functions, and i'm tired of counting squares in fives. the graph paper here seriously has a problem. it does not have clearly marked, bolded lines at every 5-box interval. and hence, i've been counting. and counting. and counting.





okay. i HAVE to do my english AB. its due on friday. and i dunno what to write. dang. i better start thinking :/

a shout of praise.
7:16 PM

hmm. today has got to be the slackest day ever! i only had applic homework. this is the first time i actually feel relaxed on a school day. no rushing of homework. good time to relax and enjoy my time.

i finally get to dissect an eyeball. :D we're doing it on friday. maybe i should be a surgeon.. we cut up a sheep's brain the other day. its so so cool! white matter and fat sticking out here and there. and the convultions of my half of the cerebrum were turning into mush the more i probed at it. was uber fun. haha. i sound so sadistic. but it IS! haha. wonder what we will do for the eyeball. i hope we each get one.. we had to share the brain. i want to stab it so that the chloroid oozes out. hehheh. -evil smug-

okay. i should stop this. haha. mr tay(my bio teacher from last year) dissected the only eyeball that someone from my class brought last year. ir wasnt fair, cos nobody could get the eyeballs! 4b2 probably bought out the whole supply of eyeballs in sg last year, and because of miss tan's absence, the whole stock was dumped into the school pond. when we could have dissected them. dang. we missed out a whole great lot last year.

oh man. we're doing remainder and factor theorems in calc now. such a breeze. until mrs taylor said we're going to do r/f theorem with complex nos in class today. all of us just groaned. i'm really sick of seeing those i's and argand planes. i bet everyone is too. complex nos are just.. complex. thats why they should be left untouched cos the brain can only process simple information. my convulutions absolutely cannot covult anymore, and neither can my fissures and sulci dig in any deeper, to create more surface area to store these complex information.

took a walk around school today with jeannie after dinner today. and i was telling her how compressed and little i feel in this school. not really the right words to describe, just dont know how to put it. i think i said somewhere before how although this environment is christian, there's not really much christian support anywhere, cept for a handful. maybe thats why i feel so at home at church, but not really at school.. i mean there's the friends, but where's God? (he's there i know. i mean like, us putting God in the picture.. you know what i mean?)

i really miss mg. not just for chapel and morning devotions (although i dont really listen, but when i do, i learn something new).. i miss mg for the warm fuzzy feeling of close christian friendship and shared christian values. i miss mg for her warmth and opened arms. i miss mg for the protection and shelter from the outside world. i miss mg for the feeling of being in the presence of God. (i know God is everywhere, but what i'm feeling, its just a feeling. you know?)

have this fashion show later, to parade our yr 12 ball dresses. i really am tired and i dont feel like dressing up and walking in the unbalanceable heels of mine. and the HEAT is really killing me. its 39 degrees for goodness sakes! i'm having a terrible headache (maybe its heatstroke :/ ) while the blokes on the other side of the country (namely, melbourne) are enjoying beautiful COLD temperatures of 25ish degrees. grr. WHERE is the justice. but i guess i'll have to chou re nao. nehhhhhhhhhh.

a shout of praise.
7:26 PM

so its the start of the 4th week. hmm.

just came back from my econs test. quite bad i think. ): i didnt know how to structure my answer, so it all just came out like. crap. heh. plus, it was terribly answered i think. at least there were mcq to save my skin. like, apparently i got the first page right. so thats 7/25. awesome. i just need like 15 more marks to pass. do not forget that all the marks count. i need them. badly.

was thinking about it ytd. i might stay in perth after all. just that i dont know whether the courses for media and comm here are just as good as the one in melb. after settling down nicely here, its going to be quite difficult uprooting myself and planting myself in another state. and the people at church are really awesome. and i love them to bits. boy, its going to be a difficult decision at the end of the year. moving here was hard already. after a short one year i'll have to move again. tough.

church was awesome. and before we left for church, i played on aunty cecilia's (my guardian) out-of-tune piano. havent touched the piano in a long long while. and it was great. i never knew how much i missed playing for church. might consider starting to play for church again over here, but i dont know if i'm good enough, or if i want to commit.

did you know, that the fovea centralis isnt the yellow spot? i never knew that. the way lam peng kuan wrote it was as if they were the same thing. hmm. human bio was abt the eye today. quite boring actually. knew most of it already. especially accomodation and the contraction and relaxation of the iris muscles. i still remember going through that with sam and kaye in my mtg room, and heehee, we kept laughing cos i couldnt understand how the light refracts (not a physics girl, see) and sam suddenly flicked her slipper right across the room. was really funny. ahh.. miss those days.

8 more weeks. rae and i are counting down to the days we get to go home. lucky her. get to leave before school ends. think its cos she has band performance or something. unfair. maybe i'll join band so that i can go home early too. so she'll be back home before i get back. we might meet up in sg during term break! heehee. probably at night (: (: (: thanks rae, lots and lots for all the cheer ups and help. (:

(but then again i wish i can stay, cos there's easter camp during term break! :/ help! big dilemma here!! )

but most importantly.
thank you God for always guiding me in such mysterious ways of my life. thanks for giving me direction in testing and trying times. thank you for providing me with the countless blessings in my life. thank you for reminding me the most important thing.

It's all about You, Jesus
And all this is for You
For Your glory and your fame
It's not about me
As if You should do things my way
You alone are God
And I surrender to your ways
- jesus lover of my soul, passion

a shout of praise.
4:06 PM

friday, 17 feb
8.55: school starts. everyone is getting so excited that today's the ball, and everyone cant wait till lunchtime.

period 1: everyone's discussing what they're going to do for befores and afters, and not doing their applic worksheet. watched a math video on how to draw a best fit line (i know! like what on earth is this!) haha.

period 2: calculus test! no time to talk.. the test was alright! just couldnt do 1 qn which was worth 3 marks. heh. oops. i think the rest are alright. hopefully. :/

recess!: ran back to get some arnott's shapes biscuits. poor amanda went back too late and there were none left. and i stopped to play with annie (she's our boarding house's new puppy and she's a cross between a kelpie and something. she's really really cute! i'll take photos one day. :p) then went back to the yr 12 area and sat with the group and looking at everyone's newly done nails. either acrylic or painted. coolness. i dont have any painted nails. haha.

period 3&4: econs! everyone is in excited chatter. just 2 hours left till we leave school for the ball preperations! talking about going to get their hair done, get their nails done.. makeup too.. it was really noisy. haha. for 9 people. yeah. and mrs cassedy had us calculate the amount of money spent on the ball itself, to show as an example of cyclic flow, GDP calculations, and the multiplier effect. she's one awesome teacher i tell you!. haha. and i have an econs test on monday. i'm dead!

yr12 mtg: mr chidgey (yr 12 coordinator) and mrs thompson (the principal) talks to us about manners in the ball and some procedures. and about drinking and sex. haha. (i was laughing to myself at that point, wondering what on earth is this man talking about. there isnt going to be any, right?) and coming to the ball on time, otherwise, everyone's going to wait for you. righty-o. and everyone keeps shaking their legs, waiting for mr chidgey to end his wonderful speech (he talks really slowly) and once he finishes and says, "off you go! have fun for the ball" everyone rushes madly out of the chapel and heads straight for their car or to the boarding house.

1.45pm: amanda's aunt picked us up from the boarding house, and drove us straight to anne's house to do our hair. and we get both of our hair done in an hour.

2.45pm: plenty of time. drove back to jenny's (amanda's aunt) house to have tea and some rest before putting on makeup and our dresses. we get ready by 5pm

5.30pm: everyone is arriving at andrea's house. our group and their dates. we take lots of photos in andrea's beautiful house. everyone looks so stunning.. and i love sarah's dress (look in photos)! it was so pretty and blue. (: sweet. and there were some cute guys. heehee. but off limits as well. (x proud mothers talk away and olivia (andrea's sister) and esha's sister keep talking in excited whispers about how cool our ball is, and how fun its going to be and how they dont get to go until next year. hmm. and tessa (andrea's other sister) keeps running around. and offers all of us drinks. she's so cute. (:

6.00pm: we get into the limos. moms keep saying "have fun at the ball", "i'll pick you up at 1am", "comon, take more photos with the limo!" haha. it was quite exciting really. as our limos leave andrea's house, tessa runs along with them. and waves to us. aww. she's really really cute. (:

6.15ishpm: get to king's park in our long line of 3 limos (10, 6, 10 seaters) and we take more photos. kings park was cold! and my back was bare, and i was freezing in my dress. and without a date's coat. ha. oh well. (: it was alright. the scenery was beautiful though. i didnt take any. but i would love to go again and roll in the green green grass without my heels and dress. ;) we finally get to meet walter, dee's boyfriend and date. he's italian i think. haha.

7pm: arrive at the convention ctr, and it was a long walk to our ballroom. (ballroom 2) and we walk past numerous teachers and staff, saying our hellos and giving them hugs or shake their hands. me and dee race up the stairs in heels. not a pretty sight. and that was totally unglam. but oh well. it was good fun. and walter kept laughing at the two of us. saw somemore friends from school and their dates, like valeria (and daniel, her boyfriend who she keeps talking about during chem) and bec, and rae, and alicia, and emily, kat, and lisa, and loads more. we walk (gracefully i hope) on the red carpet into the ballroom. everyone looks really pretty and their dresses are all so beautiful.

7.30pm: dinner time, and scott (nat's date) and andrea and i eat loads of the entrees while everyone watches and laughs at us. it wasnt funny at all. we were just hungry and since all of them decided not to eat, we ate their share as well. heehee. then came dinner which was really yummy, chicken and some potato thing with carrots and beans. then came the dessert buffet. and then amanda and i forgot that we had to go take yr12 boarders photos (they have professionals take our photos) and we rushed out, and we were amazingly just in time! we slid into the photo (they were just about to take the shot) and phew. we're in.

9pm: dancing begins. the dj puts on funky music and we danced all night.the dates and us danced the night away.. though dee and walter (ahem) were in their own world most of the time. we learn that walter is a ballroom dancer and he tries to teach us how to ballroom dance. all the spinning and stuff. and i was the only one who didnt get it. haha. jerome (esha's date) and walter were being gay. haha. they danced with each other too. was really funny. and we just stood there laughing at them. heehee. we walked around the dancing floor and i smelt alcohol breath when some guy talked. and i was shocked. then some people were kissing and groping their dates (or vice versa) and i was even more shocked. i was quite naive eh. when mr chidgey warned us abt drinking and sex. anyway. on with the story.

12 midnight: the ball draws to an end, and we get back into the limo. i fell asleep halfway, cos my feet were so tired and the dancing was exhausting. i could hear nat and andrea saying how i'm going to fall off my seat. but i ignored it and continued sleeping. we all got back to andrea's house.

1 am.: most people leave. all except april, esha, amanda, courtney, and nat. oh and lincoln (amanda's date). oh and jerome (esha's date). we watched 10 things i hate about you. and then jerome left after the show ended. haha. there's a guy in the show that looks like him. the one that wanted to chase the younger sister. cant remember names. i think it starts with a c. hmm. anyway. yeah. then we watched princess diaries 2 and i slept at like 4.30, everyone fell asleep during some part of the show though. so i finished the movie and off the telly. woah. andrea's telly is huge. its like this plasma screen on the wall and like all the systems (dvd, sound etc) are li nked onto 1 remote control! and off-ing the whole thing was. difficult. haha. anyway

sat, 18 feb
9.15am.: i hear tessa's voice. and she's jumping on the sofa. everyone's awake but me. i think esha just woke up as well.

9.30am: breakfast. and lincoln and tessa and oli and nat are singing karaoke. and i video-ed them. tessa's good. haha. :p

10.15am: courtney's god father picks me and amanda and courtney up and sends me and amanda back to the boarding house. and so i'm back here uploading photos and reply emails. waiting for 3pm to come so aunty cecilia can pick me up. heehee.

a shout of praise.
10:55 AM

its been another week! haha. and the state of my room has become.. haha. dunno how to describe. more like how my room looks at home. i havent folded my clothes, just shoved them into my drawer.. and there are wires all over the table, books strewed over my bed and table.. food stowed away in a corner of the shelf, shoes and thongs(or slippers) all over the floor, and my cupboard looks like a hurricane has been through it. heehee. i should start cleaning my room, hey?

chris and mikey called me today from melbourne! HAHA. they sound like they're having fun too! wish i could be at trinity as well! but then again, i like it here as well. so. i'll be there next year hopefully! so it doesnt matter. still contemplating if i should go to melbourne, cos perth seems fine too.. the church is great, and i have people here too. but melbourne has everyone from singapore! and there'll be more too. sigh. i dont like making decisions. i'm going to just pray and let God pave the way for me.

had a waxing job yesterday! haha. my eyebrows, body and legs. all my body hair has disappeared, so i'll look my best for the ball! haha. and whoever said waxing was painful? heehee. its not. and the waxing lady does it really well! she's fast and efficient. ahahha. and her fee for it is really cheap too! i paid a fee of like, 20 bucks? i know! what a deal. haha. :D

mhmm. the weather's really strange again. yesterday was like 36 degrees and today's like 22 degrees or something! its back to aircon weather (and rainy as well!). brrrr. its cold.

oh yesterday was bad. valentines day with loads of chocolate to eat, really lots and lots. i'm so going to grow fat! :/ and there was valentine's day dinner as well! the boarding house really decorated the place really sweet and pink and red.. it was awesome. we had steak for dinner, and chocolate mousse for dessert! yumm. and we all had to dress up in hues of red and pink.. it was such a pretty sight! i'll put up the pictures soon!

the ball's in 2 days! not much to be excited about.. strange feeling really. i'm looking forward to it (since its the first boy-girl function i'll attend, heh!) but yet there's no.. anticipation. oh wait. is looing forward and in anticipation of the same meaning? (help clem!) but you get the gist? yeah. you know how extravagant its going to be? there's going to be pretty dresses valued at AU$500 or more (the most ex so far is 1700), and heels costing 250, plenty of long long limos, corsages and button holes, hairdos done at classy salons, makeup done by the professionals, photo shoots at kings park and at the dinner itself..its like, woahhhh. hahha. its so large scale!

there's kickboxing lessons tonight! good to get some exercise done, especially since i havent been waking up early infer that i dont go for swimming training in the morning. heh, cos there's just so much homework and i read before i sleep so by the time i sleep its close to midnight or after, so i cant wake up, or even if i do, i'm too tired to get out of bed. i wake up at 7.50 (breakfast ends at 8) so that i can mark my attendance (its complusory cos they WANT you to eat breakfast, otherwise they'll call your name over the intercom) and then i turn around and go back upstairs to sleep. heeehee. anyway. so the point is i need some cardiac exercise otherwise i'll just turn into a huge mess of lipids without any muscle mass whatsoever. so kickboxing here i come :D

a shout of praise.
4:02 PM

hehhe. the weekend was awesome! haha.

sat - tried out hairstyles for the ball in the morning.. there's nothing much i can do with my hair, so its going to be really simple. going to straighten my hair and put pretty clips in it. then after, my guardian, aunty cecilia, picked me up to go to her house. and we went grocery shopping and she was so nice! she bought me ice cream and timtams to bring back to the boarding house. haha. (but after, i forgot to take the ice cream, its still in her fridge).. and later that evening for dinner we went to spencer's village (its like a hawker ctr).. and they treated me to dinner! i felt so bad. :S but aunty cecilia and uncle keelim are really really really nice people, and i thank God for the both of them. (: and OH MY GOOSE, i can use the msn at their house! and do so much more stuff! so thats really good as well! praise God really!

sunday - went to church, its call full gospel assembly, perth, and its at curtin uni. and the church people are really nice as well! i made some new friends.. one of which is called kristy! haha. its so funny how now we have to think of names for them both of us, cos there are two kristy/kristis in church now! haha. (: and then there's like alot of asians as well in church, so in a way thats good! quite a number of youths attend that church.. another plus point.. (: its also an evangelistic/charismatic church. haha. they're really welcoming and receptive as well. the youths meet on fridays as well, so looks like i have to leave the boarding house every weekend to join them on fridays! the only thing i feel bad about is that aunty cecilia has to make a trip down on friday afternoons to come fetch me. i wonder if she has work, otherwise it would be quite difficult. >.< but by God's power, i'm sure everything will work out somehow.

so everything has gone by so quickly! its the third week of school already. and i've gotten used to the routine of school.. school days really are so short! the whole day passes by so quickly. by the end of this week, its like 8 more weeks till i get home. man. thats fast i tell you. i cant wait to see every one, and to go back to brmc. (: actually i cant wait till the end of the year! then at least everyone is on holiday, and i can spend time with everyone! :D its alot better that way. cos when i go back this round everyone is schooling and after school they're probably too tired to go out anyways, cept those who are going to poly! like dean and jiajia, so i can go out with them. (: then back to cell on fridays and church on sundays, where i would probably spend the whole day at church as normal! like, 830 then 1030 then 4-7 for games. :D cool cool cool! haha. ohoh, then when chris gets back in april we can go out too! and those in secondary school. i should give like tuition when i get back! haha. i would still rmb everything, since i'm doing them here anyway. haha. bio, chem and math. (:

okayokay. got loads of homework today. and i better do them soon if i want to go play cards with my indo friends in the boarding house later. seriously, there's something wrong with all the teachers today! >.< like i have homework for ALL the subjects today! including the assignments which are due! i have applic, hbiol, calc assignments to do! (btw, assignments are diff from hw, hw isnt counted into the TEE score, but assignments are. and they are really really thick stacks as well!) bleahhh... time to start.

a shout of praise.
4:41 PM

okay photos from ytd are up! haha. go to www.kristishares.shutterfly.com! and then you'll see photos from the swim meet! (: (:

a shout of praise.
10:01 AM

OH MY GOSH. today has been such a day of fantastic surprises! and PRAISE GOD FOR THEM! every day is certainly getting better by the truckloads!

first this morning, i woke up and went out to brush my teeth, and when i got back i saw this HEUUUUGE, prettily decorated sign, saying HAPPY BIRTHDAY KRISTI! and boy was i shocked! and of course i knew who were the vandals. :p my darling friends aliya and jeannie. (: and then at breakfast they said that miss clark (one of the house mothers who was in the scandal as well) had a parcel for me.. (obviously something was wrong here but i didnt catch it.. >.< but anyway. i collected the parcel and it's return address was to dorset, england! and at that point of time i was thinking EH!!! leemey went to england and didnt tell me! what the.. hahah. but i wasnt thinking properly.. heehee. so i opened it and saw that there was no letter, only a photo album (with no photos) and a cd. untypical of leemey. so i couldnt figure out who it was.. until i popped the cd into the com did i realise that it was from those two idiots! those two prankers! haha. how sneaky! but they are such sweethearts. without them, i dont think i would have such a lovely suprise on my birthday. :D :D :D

then was swimming. i ended up swimming 2 more events (actually i was reserve for freestyle relay so i was only supposed to swim 2 at first), which was the freestyle relay and the 50m free (replaced someone who didnt feel well). and GUESS WHAT. i got 3rd for the 50 free (in the 3rd div, which is like the 3rd best div, out of 5 div, so its quite lousy actually come to think about it. HEH.) and we came in 1st for the freestyle relay! and 2nd for the medley (i swam free) so that was EXCELLENT WORK! hahahaha. :p i'm proud of myself. heehee. we didnt get any medals though, what a pity. not even ribbons, like james got. haha. but what the heck! i did quite well! and i'm proud of myself! the only thing was i didnt manage to get into the swim team, but at least after talking to the swimming coach she said i could still join trainings in the morning cos i've been religiously attending training! also because those who got into the team were those who swam individual events, and i swam in the relays, so they dont have my timing.. (which actually i think its quite terrible. haha.) but its good! i get exercise every morning still!

and on the topic of exercise, they're arranging kickboxing and hiphop classes for the boarders! cool right!! haha. i WILL sign up for both! but hopefully people join as well, so there will be enough people to start the class.. hee.

and lastly and finally, RESULTS! (: (: (: (: (:

I'M SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO proud of myself! i got 9 pts! HURRAY FOR GOD! and three cheers for me! thank you Father for seeing me through this exam.. and blessing me with all the fun times with the study group. i CANT BELIEVE I DID SO WELL FOR GEOGRAPHY. HAHAHAA. i got A2! what the hell! hahahaha. i never got an A2 before in my entire life! i've always FAILED my geography! whahooooooo. i feel exhilarated. and happy. and glad. and thankful. and proud. and.. i dont know what else. but OH MY GOSH. i AM thankful. and english! for writing 2 crappy essays, i got A2 as well! hahaha. well done.. and i got really strange results again for maths. haha. i got a1 for amath and a2 for e. hhahahha. i wonder what mr yeo will say! hahaha. but oh well. i'm happy. (: (: (: and BIO AND CHEM! hahahahha! well done kristi! i got a1! lalalala. :p okay sorry if i seem like i'm showing off or something, but i really and proud of what God has done in my life, and really, all credit goes to him! for seeing me through every single thing, for watching over me. and blessing me with sam and kaye and our prayer group in school and our study group at btp! whoooots. (:

okay. i need to go make alot of phone calls soon.. but in the meantime, i'm gonna go over to a friend's room to have movie night! heehee. (:

take care everyone!

a shout of praise.
7:34 PM

i tried looking at econs.. i guess its not THAT difficult to understand. i know bits and pieces now. hehe.

okay lets see:

macroeconomics - study of the economy as a whole.
microeconomics - study of the behavior of individual sectors of the economy

GDP is THE main stats measure of economic performance. it is the total market value of goods and services produced in a country over a period of time

economic indicators - indicate the state of the economy at a particular point in time
leading indicators - predictors of the soon-to-be changes in the economy, eg interest rates
coincident indicators - move in line with the level of economic activity, eg GDP
lagging indicators - only occur after a change in the trends of the economy, eg employment

equilibrium - when the desired level of expenditure exactly equals the level of output produced, and income earned from that production, ie sum of E= sum of O=sum of Y or S+T+M=I+G+X (leakages=injections). when the economy is in equilibrium, it would be in a state of balance, and have no tendency to change.
whenever disequilibrium occurs, the economy will try to adjust so that equilibrium can occur. this is only temporal. the economy soon changes back to disequilibrium because of rising and falling in levels of income and output. this always repeats in a cycle.

when S>I
-less goods and svcs demand
-stocks increase
-decreased output
-unemployment, less working hours
-hence less income
-less savings
-less investment & less demand for goods and svcs
-output reduced
-cycle repeated

hence we see that inequalities of leakages and injections cause fluctuations in the economy.

AE = C+I+G1+G2+(X-M)

okay. thats all i've done. haha. actually there's more, like the circular flow model and the keynesian expenditure model.. but i cant really expound on it cos i need the graphics. :S econs is crazy. all the alphabets. i get really confused. like i spend 10 mins in class thinking if I is investment or imports or income or interest. its making me go crazy. and then the teacher is already on the next bit and i'm like what's going on! hahah. oh well. but mrs cassedy is really nice. she's going to go through everything with me on tues and thurs mornings before school starts! how nice! (: maybe i'll catch up with the class. hopefully! there are like.. hmm. 9 people in my econs class! you know what. i like classes small. haha. i think there isnt any class of mine which exceeds 15, besides english which i think is slightly less than 20. haha. (:

okay. i should go sleep now otherwise i'll drown in the pool.

ITS MY BIRTHDAY IN HALF AN HOUR! (its 11.30 now)

and o level results are coming out in... 15 hours time! gahhh.

a shout of praise.
11:08 PM

there IS something wrong with the internet. its still working! >.< AYEEEE. i hope this stays like this FOREVER!!!!!. but then again. its getting boring. there's nothing to do but blog-surf. heehee. :P oh well.

a shout of praise.
10:37 PM

AYE! its 9.27 and the internet is STILL GOING! OMG!

a shout of praise.
9:27 PM

haha! there is something ultimately wrong with the internet today. and its like past 8 and i'm still online!! WHEEEEE. this is gooood. but bad cos i havent been doing anything for the past 1 hour of prep, which means i'm not doing my homework BUT WHAT THE HECK! there's no school tmr!! :D and that means no need to do homework cos there is NO homework checks! WOOHOO! this is good... (maybe thats why they've left the internet access on till like past 8!) :D

AND ITS MY BIRTHDAY TMR! i've got plans! : P which is good! cos i wasnt supposed to have any and i was supposed to spend my birthday alone and friendless in a foreign country all by myself celebrating with a birthday cake and gorging myself with it cos i dont have anyone to share with! (and at the same time crying with no one to console me cos i get back horrid results for o's).

yes that was the plan for yesterday.

BUT NOT ANYMORE!

my weekend is jam packed with activities! :D :D :D :D :D :D

after swimming carnival tmr, i'm going out with jeannie and aliya and melesse to karrinyup shopping ctr for SHOPPING! haha. i need to make a list of stuff to get! :D oh and also to celebrate my birthday as well! :D and we only have to get back by 7 plus tmr cos there iSNT prep! and we can have our dinners out as well! so double hurray for that! :D oh yeah! and i'm getting my atm card activated as well! so i have money to spend! with my mom's permission of course! :D she said to get something for my birthday, since i think the only thing i'll be getting is the chocolates that jiaen said she's sending over! (THATS A BIG HINT! COS YOU GUYS MIGHT THINK OF SENDING SOMETHING OVER AS WELL! HAHA. but i dont think any of you will bother to right! i know you all too well! haha)

then sat morning, i'm going out with amanda to her aunt's place so that we can decide on our hairstyles for the ball, which is next friday. its quite exciting really. there's so much buzz about it. and everyone's talking about dresses, dates, hairstyles, makeup, which table, which limo, corsages, befores, afters, everything! haha. which is kinda cool actually! to think that everyone here (even parents) are willing to spend so much time and effort on a social activity! haha. and apparently its quite common to have socials in aust! which is kinda cool, cos you mix around with alot of people...

yes so anyway back to my story!

sat afternoon, my guardian wants to pick me up and then i'll be going to church with her on sunday! (thats an answered prayer! thank God! which reminds me, i've got lots to thank God for today! i shall list them later) thats one overnight leave taken.. i'm allowed to take multiple weekend leaves cos i'm yr 12 and thats a previledge that only yr 12s get! haha. quite thankful really. (:

and then when i come back on sunday afternoon we have chapel for the boarders, and jeannie and aliya are gonna sing with my playing on the piano! i've gotten most of the notes right already. which is good! haha. (: i just hope i dont muck up on sunday! that would be highly embarrassing.

thats my weekend! sounds exciting right! i am excited! :p which means maybe i'll get packed weekends for the rest of the year! HURRAY. hahahah. there's so much to blog about.. but i cant get it all organised in my head. and you know what!!! when i go to my guardian's house over the weekend, i CAN USE MSN!! OH HURRAY! civilisation. then i can communicate with everyone!!!! :D :D :D :D

okayokay. i should stop here. hahah.before i go crazy!

so before i go, here's the list of things to praise GOd for!
1. for having THE perfect plan for me
2. for being in control of my life
3. for providing me with friends at st marys
4. for strengthening old friendships, and communicating by email!
5. for giving me the internet and letting my blog still function
6. for guiding me everyday with the right qt to start my day off on the right foot
7. for giving me really nice and helpful (and apparently the best ones!) teachers here at st marys
8. for giving me the chance to play for chapel for aliya and jeannie, and for it to go smoothly in front of the music housemother today
9. for providing me with a really great guardian (she sounds nice over email!)
10. for just being God, who i've learnt can be silent at times, but makes things happen all the same. and i'm thankful for that.

continue to keep me in prayer guys! i dont think i could have survived without your prayers as well! and also, pray for me, to be a good vessel for christ.. to be a good servant and also to share christ here as well. there are so much opportunities here. i find that the girls here, even though this is a christian school, there arent that many christians around. so thats a really scary thought! esp that all the new friends that i make wont be going to heaven with me.. ): maybe God's telling me something! (: now i see the difference in a sheltered environment, esp back in mg where God has provided me with a strong network of christian friends and supporters.. and over here, where there are such vast differences in the religious groups. so pray for me! as i embark on this new journey, with God, myself, st marys, and perth. (:

a shout of praise.
8:07 PM

you know what. i think i make really random thoughts when i'm sick.

haha. remember the last time i was sick, i thought about the denaturing enzymes? hmmm. if you didnt know that go to the dec entries. its there somewhere.

this time. after the nurse gave me some salt to mix with water to gargle, i recalled that my chem teacher here (mrs tyson) said that NaCl (s) -> NaCl (aq) is a reversible reaction. so i thought. hmm. if i dont mix my salt water properly, i wont get a nice homogenous mixture of NaCl. and i'll wont be making full use of the salt that she gives me. and thats wastage. hmm.

how random was that. i think my brain becomes strange whenever i get sick. all the randomness. hmm.

a shout of praise.
5:27 PM

i'm sick. ): i've fallen sick! >.< i've got a terrible headache and my whole body aches and i've got a bad sore throat and my eyes are hurting like crazy and i feel slightly feverish.! ): this is BAD...

and swimming is in like 2 days! i'm doing the 50m free relay, 50m breast relay, medley relay. its so weird here! there's nothing MORE than 50m.. haha. no 100m, 200m or 400m! :S weird. and i didnt go for training today. cos i was feeling sick when i woke up.. and so i have to go tmr. otherwise i wont be in tiptop shape for the interhse swimming! gahh! and i wonder how come i'm doing relays for all the events that im swimming for.. hmmm.

i feel like sleeping. ):

a shout of praise.
4:26 PM

v1:
i have a maker
he formed my heart
before even time began
my life was in his hands

chorus:
he knows my name
he knows my every thought
he sees each tear that falls
and he hears me when i call

v2:
i have a father
he calls me his own
he'll never leave me
no matter where i go

he knows my name - vineyard music

this is one of my favourite songs and it paints my picture now. especially the chorus bit. every tear that falls from my face, every call that i cry out to him, every thought i have. he knows it all.

"i am fearfully and wonderfully made, your works are wonderful, and i know that full well" psalms 139:14

dunno why that verse came out just like that, especially the bold bits, but it did. maybe its because God is trying to tell me its because he made me, special in my own way and in his image, thats why he knows everything, every detail about me. praise God.

everything is getting slightly better and better each day, and i thank God for all that he has provided for me.

okay. pictures are up. either click the side links or go to www.kristishares.shutterfly.com either way works. (:

dinner time!

might blog later if i'm free, but i've got lots of homework to do! so... hehh. :p ta for now! (:

a shout of praise.
5:23 PM

i need people to call! hahha.

went for swimming training today, and unlike the past few days last week, i managed to swim faster without panting much! thats good i think. haha. makes me feel like not giving up and going for swimming training every morning now :D sounds good. i just hope i can wake up in time for training! had a bit of trouble this morning but i'm glad i went. (: and i'm alot tanner than i was! i've got a tan line on my back now.. the sun is getting hotter and hotter by day.. so i'll probably be chao ta by the time i get back in april!

today was alright. praise God that its getting easier day by day. i've found myself a comfortable group of friends already - the indonesian girls at the boarding house, and they are rather receptive and include me in what they do (like they'd ask me if i want to join them and stuff).. but the down side is that when they start speaking in bahasa i wouldnt understand.. haha.! so i need bahasa help man! eunice and james! where are you! heehee. (: (dorcas if you see this post can you tell eunice my blog add! tell her to tag as well! :D thanks, and you tag as well okay!) so thank God for providing me with some friends.. so i sit at their table for meals now.. and at least i can laugh along with them instead of keeping my eyes on the table at the yr12 table. :s hmm.

well, jeannie and aliya (my now very close singaporean friends in the boarding house) have decided to sing for chapel and they made me play the piano for them as accompanyment and i think i will not be able to play properly so pray for me, that i dont stumble! i need ALOT of practice. like last night when mrs freitag (the boarding mistress) overheard them singing and requested that they sing for chapel, they decided to start practicing straight away, and thrust me the score to sight-read. and as some of you know, i so CANNOT sightread. so obviously they had to keep stopping whenever i fumbled. :S i feel terrible for them. hopefully they get irritated with me then i wouldnt have to play! :D then i'd be happy. ahhaa. but i'd better start practicing straight away just in case they dont.

alright. i should start doing my work now. (: got lots to read up on.. now i understand why the scholars in mg are so hard working. its cos they have to keep up on their work, and also because they're in boarding, so there's nothing better to do during non-internet hours and free time but to study.) in a way i'm like a scholar here too.. some foreign talent. :p (yeah. TALENT. hee.) and every one keeps going on and on about how tough my subject combi is, but its actually quite alright. (cept maybe econs) i take english, applicable math, calculus, chem, human biology, econs. i dont think its that bad. like for human biol we're doing the coordination and response chapters now from sec4. so i know most of the stuff already. its like recap and revision for me. hee. (: and i LOVE calc! its complex numbers.. and i think i'm getting the hang of it.. and OH MY GOOSE. i can use the graphic calculator! so proud of myself.

(eh heh eh. i think i'm writing too much. haha. better stop. i dont think anyone bothers to read all my long essay-like blog entrys anyway. so to increase readership i should stop) (:

okay. so...

TA!

ps: OH YES. i can see my blog now! AND MY TAGBD! hurray.. thank God thank God.

a shout of praise.
4:33 PM

a shout of praise.
3:38 PM

ahhhhhhhhhh. i hope they dont end up blocking blogger as well! i cant see ANY blogs now! :( not even mine! i cant go to any blogspot webpages! NOOOO. at least i can still see the blogger webpage. so i can still blog and i can see the cbox page so i can still read my tags. BUT STILL! ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. this is CRAZY! NEHHH.

ahhhhhhhhhhh. and i just realised i missed sunday schooL! eh wait. today's the first week. its shineforth. EHHH. i missed shineforth! !!!!!!!!!!!!! wahhhh. what is this! and i'm not at church! thats the worst thing! :S noooooooo.

but i have the most important thing to annouce! HEEHEE. i did my laundry! over the weekend! (literally over the weekend!) i put my washing in on friday night into the washing machine, and i couldnt go in after cos they locked the laundry room. so i went on saturday morning. and i realise i didnt turn the machine on at all! >.< so i had to do it again. then after we came back from adventure world, i put my wet clothes into the drier. and when i went back to check, my clothes were NOT dry! so i waited for another hour and checked and they were still wet, so i panicked. luckily, my indonesian friend help me with the tumble dryer (i didnt turn the settings nob correctly. -embarrassed- ) haha. so this morning i proudly collect the first pile of laundry that i ever did. hahhaha. :D

coolness right? :p

a shout of praise.
10:48 AM

today was crazy. was out in the hot hot sun burning myself at adventure world, perth. and the rides were hot and the grass was hot and everything was just.. HOT. anyway. yah. photos will be up soon. hopefully. HEEHEE. ah well.

school's been alright i guess. except during religion i just felt so homesick ): we had to do this worksheet thing, which was like about what you wanted to do for the now, and your dreams and your hopes. and all i could think about for the now was to buy myself a ticket back to singapore and go home. like now. and then there was the hopes dreams and now bit for your friendships as well and i was like, i miss everyone back home! and i just felt like crying then. ): it was a bad lesson i tell you ): and luckily no one was talking to me so i could just reflect on my own without bursting into tears. heh. sounds bad doesnt it. ):

you know how God wants us to keep trusting him and believe that he has a plan for us and its the best thing that will ever happen to us? i find it so hard to trust in him how.. ): like why send me here and let me suffer. ): maybe its just cos he wants me to have a better relationship with him. but its so.... difficult to do so. sigh. especially to sound happy when i'm not. bleah. i just feel like going home and being with my friends. but i guess i should give up so easily, hey? especially when God's plan is always bigger than mine.

OH MY GOOSE. and results might come out on my birthday. i just realised something. if i do badly, i wont have anyone to get a hug from and cry to. and what a surprise on my birthday! ): how now brown cow.

bleah. dont really feel like blogging anymore. maybe another day. (you know what, the stupid photo gallery thing isnt working that well. so maybe i'll have to post the pictures up when i get home :S )

a shout of praise.
4:36 PM

argh. i dunno if i can use skype! might be blocked too. darn. sorry. i realise my internet only works from 4-6 and from 7-8. hmmm. this is kinda sucky. so all my surfing time and research time is only restricted within 3 hours. :\ and i need help for english (which is like exactly like lit, we've got to do plays and text and stuff).. so if you all still have lit notes from last yr that so happens to be in the computer would you mind sending them to me!! (: lots of homework to do and so little time.. i wonder whats the load like in 3 mths time. dont even dare think about it. :S anyway. i should go read my english book. its a play! called a streetcar named desire.. i wonder if all the plays written always have something to do with homosexuality problems. i think a view from the bridge last yr had right? hmm. this play has also.. hmm. ah well (: i want chocolate.

wednesday, 1st feb 2006, 10.24pm - school blues
so it has been 2 days of school already and i'm exhausted by the growing pile of homework and studying that needs to be done. test dates are out already can you believe it! on the first lesson of the subject! gosh. they are fast.. the whole day roughly goes like this now:

4 something - wake up to the birds making such a din and the sun shining into my room
5 something - wake up again to those frustrating birds
6.30 - alarm goes off. yes, its time to get out of bed
6.45 - swimming training..
8 - go back to the boarding house and bath and get into uniform
8.15 - make breakfast and gobble it down at the dining hall
8.30 - stuff everything into my bag, wear my shoes
8.45 - try to get to my locker and stuff all my stuff in there
8.55 - get to link (its like homeroom, where they take attendance and read the announcements before school starts
9.05 - school starts
11 something - recess! try to grab something from the food trays hidden among the mass of girls from the boarding house
11 something - school resumes
1.10 - lunch! YUMMM. (i'm usually starving by then, cos the portions at recess are really cos the portions at recess are really measly, and the portions at lunch are equally pathetic)
1 something - school resumes
3.35 - school ends! return to my room, and slack around, talk to jeannie. (but will probably be homework time as the year progresses)
5.30 - dinner, which is super early for me, but who's complaining. i'm hungry already
6 - go back up to do my homework
9 - prep time ends (this starts at 7 actually, but since i usually eat my dinner really quickly, there's nothing to do but study. so i study) and i do nonsense stuff. either i study somemore, or i'll make calls around this time, so you might expect a call from me. if you do want me to call, sms me at my old no okay! i need some relief time too. and i'm pretty sure its normal rates for you guys. 3 people confirmed that, so it must be true..
10.30 - i must sleep by then. or at least get into bed.. cos otherwise i wont have any energy left and i'll be really cranky cos of swimming training.

so. there you go. my day-to-day life in this place. i guess life is okay so far. dont have any better word to use. everytime one of the house mothers ask how the day went i really dont know how to respond, so i just say okay. there isnt much to say really. how would it go to say i didnt talk to anyone today? (besides jeannie of course, by the way jeannie is this other singaporean girl who's one year younger from cedars and we're equally lonely and homesick, so we have something in common, but she's a yr below and in different houses so its a bit difficult to hang out together.) or like i go, no one talked to me in class today? or if i start complaining to her.. then she'd probably think that i'm such a procrastinator. sigh. its not easy..

but God has been good enough already. in the boarding house i've got jeannie and amanda (though she's in her room studying most of the time), i have one other yr 12 at link (which is pretty good cos that means there isnt a problem of a clique of yr 12s and they dont include me, thats whats happening to jeannie) and she's quite friendly and all. and at school i have andrea's group to be in at least, cos it'd be quite sad if i just sit around by myself. its only probably dinner thats hard. cos we have to sit in yr groups, and not that the yr 12 boarders are unfriendly or anything, its just that they all know each other from previous years, so they end up talking to each other and i have no idea what they talk about. sigh. i do wish i'm back home.. qt the other night spoke about how trusting Him pleases God... i know he has a plan for me and its perfect. but its so difficult to say, yes God, i trust you 100% and put a big smile on my face (even after swimming training - gosh that is SO tiring) and believe that he'll solve everything for me. still trying to find that big plan instored for me. sigh. but i guess trusting in Him has so far kept me from crying about my problems.. so thats good. i'll be strong. its only 2 1/2 more months till term break arrives. i can do this.

a shout of praise.
4:27 PM

OH HURRAY. the internet is up. AND DOUBLE HURRAY. I CAN BLOG!!!!! :D oh yes people. to those who have skpye, add me! my username is krissyanne, and my name thing is kristi ng, so i can call you guys if i see you on skype. so add me!!! :D i'll put pictures up soon. haha. (: and in the meantime, here's the past entrys i've been making on my laptop before the internet was up. yeah. (: read on. and yeah. and if you guys wanna post me anything, this is my new email add: 06ngkr@stmarys.wa.edu.au and the add: miss kristi ng, PO box 105 karrinyup, WA 6921. if you want my hp no, email, then i'll give it to you.. haha. otherwise ask those that i've given to, like chris, sarah, yx.. yeah. (: school's been okay.. with all the homework and stuff. lots to do, lots to read up. anyway. had swimming training today plus had really little sleep cos the birds kept croaking and screeching (i mean it! the birds really make such weird sounds here. one sounds like a siren) at like, dawn-ish hours, and hence i'm so shacked, and i've been going from class to class like a zombie. and i havent felt like talking the whole day. dunno if i want to keep this swimming thing up either, have to wake up uber early for it, but then again, lights out are ultra early anyway.. heh! james! i wonder why you've got so much energy even after training! and i understand why you eat so much now. HEH. okay. i should go study now. :s work is piling up i tell you! its so scary.

ps!: my birthday is in like 1 week and.. 2 days! yesyes, its next friday! FEB 10. maybe you all want to send something over? **HINT** hahhaha :D


30th jan 06, monday 7.19pm - orientation

its been 2 days at school.. well actually 1 and a half days, but who's counting? anyway. i've made some friends from sg and all, but they're a year smaller (as in they're in yr 11, while i'm in yr 12) and yeah. i'm the only new girl who's yr 12. so things can get quite abit complicated. like ytd at boarder's orientation, i was the only new yr 12 boarder, so they had to conduct a special tour just for me. (cos they do the orientation things by yr groups) i was brought around with the yr 9s, there're like, 3 of them, and boy, are they stuck up and all. yeah. so i guess its getting used to this kind of stuff that can be quite unsettling. but i hope i'll be fine. the other yr 12 boarders have been streaming in since ytd, and some are really nice and all, but since i'm new, and i dont know anything.. there isnt much to talk about. hardly anything in common really. they're all about guys, the ball, and teachers. hmmm. so what do i say? but they try to make conversation, and they're good at it.. its just that there's so much i can say.. and then it goes back to having the silent awkward pause again. and cos at meal times they sit as a yr group, so i sit with the yr 12s, and the same thing happens. i just eat my food (at my usual pace, so i sort of feel lost after i finish) and sort of like hang around until some one gets up then i get up.. and i feel like going over to talk to the sg yr 11s, but then they've found they're own circle of friends already (cos they're all the new boarders). i guess it just takes time. but i really hope i fit in soon. really.
so we had orientation this morning. i woke up at 6.30! early early. but you know what! its like bright outside! i mean, its like, as if its 9 already. and thats also cos sleeping time is at 9pm. thats.. haha. like, 6 hrs? from my normal holiday sleeping time. so we had to be at the drama ctr at 9. made my way down with some yr 12s, and i saw nat.. went around with her, met her friends and all. she's really nice and i'm really thankful that she showed me around and all. yeah. then i came back and slept the whole afternoon till dinner (which is like at 5.30! wow. like how early is THAT.).. and amanda came in ard dinner. she stays next door! so thats good. haha. mhmm.

i guess what stuck me most was that there isnt much christian support here. and its gonna be difficult too in that way i guess. and i need to get my grounding firm and right. they've already warned us abt smoking and drinking and drugs at pre and post ball activities (then they can do it any other time too..? i dunno..) i mean its like an unspoken rule back at home.! bleah.
but the good thing today was being able to do calculus. yeah. that was good. was really happy about that. they do about the same stuff here as sec4! cept some extra bits here and there.. so i guess academic-wise stuff should be alright.. and i really need to learn how to use the graphic calculator. everyone knows how. i dont. grrr. thats really irritating. so i have to catch up. and OH MY DUCK. econs is gonna be. tough. i havent done ANYTHING. but according to nat i've got all the good teachers. so thank God. quite glad. heh.

i'm gonna try call back at 8! just that i dont have coins. :s and i hope i dont call the wrong country. that would be really embarrassing. (YOU KNOW WHAT! I HAVENT USED A SINGLE PHRASE OF SINGLISH IN THIS ENTRY. HEEHEE. THATS SO WEIRD!) so yes. wait for my call! :P


29th jan 06 - sunday, chinese new year.

so how am i spending my chinese new yr? at gloria jean's (equivalent of coffee bean or starbucks) drinking my cafe mocha and typing away on my laptop, listening to my itunes.. and great news! all the stores are CLOSED. on sunday! (or at least most are) i could get used to this. actually, i was worrying for nothing. its quite fun in perth. the weather's great and the people are so friendly. and i may get an accent after all. heehee. i think i can try to get one. i mean, it is less weird if i speak with a s'porean accent here, dont think many will understand that well. time to get rid of the las, lehs, and lors anw. (:

the past 2 days here went by so quickly! spent alot of time with my mom (obviously, since there are only 2 of us here) shopping, walking, sight-seeing, getting used to the people, getting used to the transport system..its so weird how everything here is so like singapore. the buses here also have like the yellow and red stop buttons! (but you dont need to press them, they just stop at every stop, like mrts. and they're free! the blue, red and yellow cats, that is.) the train station also have these new smart rider machines (like ezlink) that they're gonna start using soon. we went to this place called harbourtown, where the stuff are dirt cheap. the jeans are like 2 for 30 bucks and they're really good pairs. great quality, pretty designs, perfect fit. (KAYE! its better shopping here than at bkk okay!!) and the tops are like 5 bucks? i got 4 tops, 2 pairs of jeans, heels, sunglasses, belt, bikini, pencil case.. a whole lot.. yeah. there's still more to get! my school shoes. (brown leather laceups) and my school uniform. that'll be later! and the walks in the park with my mom have been a time of reflection, of my past life, the present, and what will happen in the future.. its a beautiful walk. the wind gently tousling your hair, the waves splashing against the walls, the trees swaying.. you just get so amazed at His creation. and you dont get this in s'pore! (and you'll wonder where all the sweat goes to too) and there's a great expanse of green green grass too. kaye! you can roll on the grass here. hahaha. (: i think its nicer than any green grass back home. HEEHEE. really! and there's no mud too! :D

gonna cab down to karrinyup later to get to school. and the seems of my bag are gonna burst any moment from the massive amount of shopping i've done here. plus all the presents i got at the airport. you guys should have gotten me like bed sheets and pillows and stuff! not that i'm complaining for the cute teddys and toys.. hahhaha. (: i'm just thankful that you guys even came down to the airport. hahha. and the cards were so touching... haha. yes! and i realised its my birthday soon. in like. 12 days! then i'll be 17 already. how old i am. mhmm.

okay. gonna go get more stuff before its time to get to school. yeah. later.


27th Jan - Fri

Mhmm. So its been a long day. Its like 2.15am at the airport now, and I' m super tired. Dunno when this is going up on my blog.. hopefully soon.. but anyways. i need some sleep.. i didnt get any on the plane, cos the seats were quite small and cramped, and there wasnt anywhere for me to place my feet. me and my mom have long legs, so there wasnt much space for 2 pairs. heh. but oh well. we survived. i just need the bed now.

anyway, would just like to say thanks to those who appeared at the airport ytd..and those who wanted to come but couldnt make it. thanks alot guys.. really! even though i didnt cry, (and i know you all wanted me to!) i didnt! hahaha. thank goodness. but anyway, just for you guys to win the bet, i did in the car ride on the way there! hehe. :P yesyes.

study group! thanks for coming down! all of you.. really happy to see you all there.. (: sorry kaye and sam! didnt get to say bye to you! but thats good! this isnt the end yet! i'll be back in ten weeks.. so ya! you'll see my face again. to mike, aye. didnt get to wish you all the best.. but ya. for your trip to melb! take care okay! we're all in the same boat! i'll see you at melb u! hopefully.. hahha. you have chris! haha. bully him!!

brmc people! yes.. you guys! thanks for being the largest represented group there.. really. it just makes me feel quite touched that even though i'm relatively new to the church, i have so many friends there! sorry if i didnt have time to talk to every single one of you all.. but i'll find the chance when i get back in april! (: thats really soon! ya.. special thanks to sandra, thanks for praying for me. yah. really appreciate it.. (: and to ken too.. you came! :D i thought you wouldnt. haha. yah. (: thank you a whole lot! chris yan! good luck to you! hahhaa. 12 feb.. its soon! and you can have your own farewell party then. :p ah well. we will survive australia! (actually i dont think you'll have a problem. and i WONT either. so stop rubbing it in. :P ) and to james: EHHH. stop bullying kaye.! kaye! time to learn some self defence! whack him hard in the stomach then he wont disturb you anymore.. hahaha. sarah! dont worry. (: i'm sure you, ms supergirl, can handle 2 crazy sarah-crazy st francis people, and 3-soon-to-be-2 monkeys.. (actually 1 monkey and 1 duck!) ahem. if not, you can email to complain. and then when i get back they'll be in trouble! hahahha. yeah! :p

the eight! heyyy! thanks for the photo frame.! you dont know how much trouble i got into because of the wood its made of. it has to be declared! and me and my mom forgot its wood.. so it was really an embarrassing moment.. (and i told my mom, who shifted the trolley to the green line, to stay in the RED line, cos she has instant noodles in her bag anyway, and i didnt want to queue in the red queue again cos it was unbelievably long, and we would have to go right back to the start) so we went through the green line and at the end of it the lady said we had forbidden stuff, so we had to go all the way back to the red line, but thank God! its declared safe! haha.
evangel! its okay mich and kurby and nat and aunty karen! i know you guys really wanted to come! but you guys were either working or sick! but nvm, i know you all love me anyway. (: thanks henry for getting me the mic so i can use skype! haha. hopefully its not firewalled too in my college, otherwise your efforts will be futile! but thanks anyway. (: nic! i know you came down cos you wanted to see girls la.. ;) but its okay. haha. i know you love me too. :P hahahha.
my aunt and her family! ehhhh, er ah yi.. thanks for coming! i didnt expect to see you guys, so it was a pleasant suprise! :D nice to see you guys again, esp since i wouldnt be seeing you all for cny! ): i know you care alot! thanks for all your well wishes.. (: to abi, nana, and sarah! i love you three! :D take care! and STUDY HARD. esp abi! sec 1 alr. dong shi yi dian okay!

mhmm. so i'm just sitting around doing nothing, typing this entry on wordpad, hoping that i'll somehow get my internet connection by some crazy feat, but i dont think its gonna happen anytime soon.. gosh. i could get used to coming here alone! but i dont really think i want a night flight anymore.. haha. i dont like waiting for the sun to rise before going to a hotel/school! maybe next time ernest! you can fetch me! ahhahahha. :P i'll think abt it.! haha. yahh. oh well. time to get used to the aussie accent. maybe i'll learn to speak abit of aussie language, so that i can fit in better. mhmm.

i'm tired. and i've got nothing to do. sighhH! the airport is so scary. and quiet.. and i'm hungry! but nothing is open at this hour. i'm gonna snap some photos. :D okayokay. ciao.!

a shout of praise.
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