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Monday, May 09, 2005

*[[ ToDaY iS JoAnNa's BiRtHdAy! =) ]]*

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOANNA!
How could it have slipped my mind? I only knew about her birthday until she told me herself...! Gosh, it was really embarrassing since she's quite a close friend. =X

Anyway, I've been really busy these few weeks and I can't be bothered to blog since nothing very interesting happened. Just that Joanna, Meisi, Zoe and I came up with this 4-part impromptu song titled "So Irritating". Joanna's the 1st melody, Meisi is the 2nd melody, while Zoe and I have the background parts called the "ostinatos (sp?)" [repeated parts in the song to constitute the background music =p] I'm still very proud of it though. These days we've been going around singing it to irritate people - the theme of the song!

I had Higher Chinese mid-years (paper 1) today. I don't recall what I wrote at all because my mind was in a total whirl after the exam.

Hm, I got back my History test today and got 17/25, which was much higher than what I had expected. Frankly, I thought that I would fail. But now there's the prospect that I may add more marks (But it'll probably just be one mark). =)

Oh well.... hmm. Oh yes, there's a compre test tmr! Furthermore, Mrs Seah now wants us to take the EL midyear paper too on Week 10! I had been looking forward to getting a break from this tiring and tedious semester..... sigh.

Ms Ng showed us an Italian movie during the past 3 EL lessons called "Cinema Paradiso" which was made in 1988. It was the story of a young boy named Toto and his friendship with an elder man, Alfredo. This simple movie set in an Italian town with simple themes and symbols such as love, friendship and time is very touching and worth watching! It was a wonderful break from a never-ending string of tests and homework to just sit down, relax, enjoy and realise the simple things in life which we often neglect.

Youth Forum had been quite stagnant for the past months since we started. But just last Saturday (9th May) after the Combined Sports Meet with Hwa Chong Institution, we met at the NYGH Boarding School to update everyone about the details of the Youth Forum. I thought that it clarified quite a lot of doubts which I had because I was absolutely clueless about what was happening in the past weeks. oops. Sigh, and I don't suppose that I'm going for the Malaysia trip anymore because it's really very taxing with the Youth Forum coming up. Also the forum lasts for 3 consecutive days starting from the day after the Malaysia trip ends. So I think it's quite ridiculous to pressurise myself in participating in everything that I am given an opportunity to do. I know that people always say that I shouldn't waste opportunities, but sometimes there are just too many being offered that you have to make a wise choice. Of course, I feel really guilty for not committing myself to choir by not participating in this trip, but then again, you can't say that I haven't been committed to choir for the past 3.5 years. I shall admit that I just can't cope.

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Due Wed: "Cinema Paradiso" open-ended assignment
Chem w/s 7 & 8
Due Thurs: Youth Forum - environment - air pollution ppt. slides + resource package materials
Due Friday: Math File + journals + w/s 19.2
CME

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