13th April: Si Min's 17th birthday celebration WE WENT TO THE ZOO! haha.here are a few photos (:
AH YAYEYAH...i am a little butterfly (:
Jonathan posted at 12:53 AM
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Friday, June 27, 2008
27th June: celebration of my 17th birthday! Yes, today is the day they celebrated my belated birthday. Backpack.exhilaration.friendship. Firstly, i will like to define what i was thinking when i gave these 3 words.
BACKPACK: backpack. EXHILARATION: i wanna have loads of fun and joy and even feel HIGH on my birthday. FRIENDSHIP: i wanna spend my birthday with you wonderful people., simple as that.
Pasir Ris MRT 12 noon ni ming and kenrick met me there, tell them only lemuel and them present. thee girls, for some reason just cannot come. i only believe jazz cannot turn up, because she went for tie da (take care of urself k? thanks for this joyful day!) nvm. they blindfolded me, hold my hand and make me walk all the way to Pasir Ris Park. they kept crapping about where i am going but i can smell the sea water anyway. haha blindfolded on the streets i repeat.. good thing i didn't wear slippers with socks (like what they told me to do so. retarded. haha)
Pasir Ris Park (afternoon) they made me hold my supposedly backpack, which i realised as a brown female's handbag when they opened up my blindfold. STUN. dun noe what to say. totally unbelievable. i saw vivian and si min there too. haha. ya, they played tricks with me for a while then reveal my actual present-- Billabong backpack (red,black and white, my fave colour scheme for a bag!). that handbag turns out to be Amanda's (phew~). I AM SO HAPPY when i see the backpack. it's beyond what i expected. didn't expect them to noe me so well as to buy one that is exactly one of my fave colour scheme. this is just the beginning, as they have always been telling me. they prepared a PICNIC! Sandwiches, chcoclate chip cookies, sausages, beehoon, chocolate mint biscuit, more chocolates, coke, green tea, AWESOME! haha. special thanks go to simin who slept late just to bake my cookies. soon, the ants swarmed in towards us. Lemuel came to our rescue with his natural insect repellent--eucalyptus oil! we drew a barrier of eucalyptus oil around us. it's super effective against the ants. now, we can eat with ease (: After the picnic, we played "monkey" with lemuel's soccer ball, played frisbee. then, we chiong to the playground and enjoy playing with the new stuff built. the percussion, electronic lights game, THE WAY (the spinning thingy). ended up sweating (and spinning) like crazy. i thought this is coming to an end, when they told me, "this is just the beginning" and "we got a schedule to follow". so cool right. plan until so...i dun noe how to describe. haha.
Lemuel's house (about 4pm) haha. went to lemuel's home to shower and keep the picnic stuff. they met in the morning to prepare for all these and this is just the beginning! awesome right? nothing much happened her. long time since i sayang Jingle. watched "Dogfights" on "History Channel", showing how fighter jets of the past engaged in air battles. kenrick was complaining about how boring it was and switched to other channels. well, he gave up and got back to "Dogfights" after finding no better shows. haha. lemuel and ni ming thought the graphics was cool. we left his house at around five pm.
Clarke Quay Vui Yong joined us and gave me a shirt with a card(with some funny msg, anyway, thanks!) we took the train to clarke quay station ni ming told me on the way that there's something more exhilarating in store for me. wow. just get ready to be surprised then, i told myself. guess where they brought me to? they blindfolded ee again (mah luu sia~), walked out of Central and towards...
THE SWING! yes, i was SHOCKED. never expect them to send me to take the swing. this is BEYOND WORDS, they really wanna make me go HIGH, literally. Lemuel took it with me. wah, the swing is best ride i ever taken (especially when you have great friends, who will go to such great lengths to make you happy.) the adrenaline still lingers for so long after the ride. haha. felt quite shag after the effect wore off.
Dinner we went to yoshinoya to have dinner, then explored the shopping centre. Ni Ming led us to discover something cool...the bridge design. i discover a japanese restaurant with red, black, white colour scheme! the front part is totally red, with black and white interior. so cool.
Thanks guys for making my day special. This day must have cost a lot of time, effort and money. I am really touched for all that yall have done for me...will never forget this day. Thank God for safety, great weather and great friends!
Yeah, Mid-Years is over. I don't think i will do very well this time around. Incomplete questions, messed up formulas, etc. Hope God will give me the motivation and wisdom to strive hard for the A grades for A levels (:
I seem to feel more and more tired each time i study for exams. this time around, i felt worse, or equally bad as how i felt last year during EOY preparation.
thanks mum for ur motivation msg you sent on my birthday. Yes, i will run the race and even if i grow tired, I WILL FIGHT A GOOD FIGHT (:
Jonathan posted at 8:18 PM
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008
I went to VJCO room to study today after mr. najip's geog revision tutorial. I was chionging chemistry (Day II). Ok, not exactly chionging. i was going at a very lax pace (relatively to the pace in the past). I dun noe, i seem to be either growing tired of studying or am i starting to hate studying. Come to think about it, i have been enjoying in my studies. Am i giving in, because my work is getting harder and harder? I managed to spend the next 6.5 hours finishing studying bonding, entropy and energetics. these were all that i have left after yesterday's session at the airport. I must complete chemistry today so that i can study biology and geog from tmr onwards. At 7.30pm, i felt like going home earlier than schedule. i intended to stay till 8.30pm to do some TYS or supplementary questions. In the end, dun n0e if i should call this slack, i packed up and head home. I am getting tired of the songs playing in my mp3 player. here i am, sitting in front of the computer, blogging about today. I wanted to relax and let my hair down a bit, though i feel, right inside me, that this is not the right time for me to do so. Am i pushing too hard on myself? I don't want to disappoint anyone should i perform badly for Mid-Years.
Jonathan posted at 9:54 PM
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Monday, June 16, 2008
I have got less than 5 days to study biology, chemistry and geography, though i am not entirely done with Mathematics. I am growing tired of doing Maths and i feel it's time to move on to other subjects first.
I don't know if you will call this slack. i still haven't felt the full gush of adrenaline to chiong in my prep for MY, but there's a sense of panic within me because i know there isn't much time left.
I am going to study at airport tmr. yes, again and alone. well, i wish i could have a dear friend with me to spur me on. the notes feel especially cold when you're studying alone.
Jonathan posted at 11:37 PM
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Sunday, June 15, 2008
i just came back from Paint-A-Home at Jamiyah Children's Home. CIC and a few other ten plus Victorians, with many other students mainly from NUS and also NTU went there to...PAINT! We were the the batch (and the last) to continue on what has been done from the 3 previous painting sessions. So, we get to see the end product! the colourful (and cute) murals made the home lok more vibrant and lively. The children were jubilant to see us finish painting. they were eager to lend us a helping hand as well!
Yeps, so even though it may be tiring and dirty, it is FUN! making new friends and all... my"Paint-A-Home" shirt got paint stain:( haha. at least it shows that i did some painting:)
Jonathan posted at 7:09 PM
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Ming family brought me to Sketches today for my birthday dinner! thanks for the fabulous dinner, the "peaceful" present (ahem! haha.) and the slices of cake that i couldn't finish. the ming family!
the appetisers: Jumbo platter, soup of the day and garlic bread(gone, haha)!
the lamb chop! ! Juicy, Chewy, TASTY!
the slices of cake from Gloria Jean's Coffee! we were eating the cake at a corner of Starbucks, Raffles City. haha. i still rmb the queue for coffee was ENDLESS. LOL. Our convo topic range from star signs to NS!
the spongie family portrait we made last year at Rachel's house.
Looking forward to the next Ming family gathering in July!
Jonathan posted at 1:20 AM
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Friday, June 13, 2008
i am just starting to warm up. Today was quite accomplished as compared to two days ago. however, if i continue at this tortoise rate, i will never even get to finish half of everything. quite stressed. less than 1 week to study 5 subjects. i dun wanna disappoint the people around me.
i have appeared to be so calm till now because i have been believing God will bring me through this. He's has brought me through tougher times. yeps, confidence in Him.
the airport is cold, especially cold when there's no friend to study with you and to spur you on :( still, i am thankful, because the restaurant didn't chase me out. God, i just hope that You have always been with me there :)
i miss lots of people even while i am studying. my brothers, my heibee family, my spiritual family. i suddenly felt so lonely. (bah, emosh**, must be some neuro-chemicals imbalance. haha.)
are these things happening because i have just turned seventeen? are friend getting harder to keep as you grow older?
time flies, perhaps i still need more time to accept the fact that i am seventeen.
Jonathan posted at 11:32 PM
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Happy birthday to ting kai, zi xuan and me! thanks Kenn, for treating me to watch Narnia on my birthday eve!
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this is how my birthday was spent.
Initially, Kenrick, Ni Ming, Si Min, Jazz and Vivian had a birthday plan (i suppose) for me, based on th 3 key words from me: backpack, exhilaration, friendship. well, things didn't go as planned.
Lemuel is still in Melbourne with his family (won't be expecting him to fly back right? haha. he's forgiven since he wished me like dun noe how many times ten days in advance. haha.)
two day before my birthday, Hsien Liang asked me out on my birthday, saying the guys (v12 guys) wanna celebrate with me, go out lan+movie+lunch outing. i called ni ming immediately to ask him if they were part of the plan (that was meant to be a surprise, so i didn't know anything). ni ming, kenrick and hsien liang got it sorted out among themselves. later on, things cropped up.
1. Si Min, Jazz and Vivian could not get out of their homes, probably due to Mid-Years coming (i guess) 2. Ni Ming got golf CIP, cannot spend my birthday with me. 3. Kenrick (at that time) said he's flying off on my birthday morning.
So they decided to let the guys celebrate with me on a lan+movie+lunch outing. i thought it was too "good" to be true. all of a sudden, everyone cannot turn up. they must be up to something. I haha-ed by myself.
today met up with the guys at plaza sing at 3.30pm. i was surprised to see kenrick. haha, he's flying tmr, not today.(not really surprised, because i was expecting them to turn up, i thought they were just wanting to give me a surprise)
to cut the long story short, i didn't feel like a birthday boy lah. it was just another normal lan+movie+lunch outing with the guys. in the game still steal my kill, screen my team. After the movie (The Incredible Hulk, which wasn't really incredible, just savage) at 9.30pm, they said they wanna treat me dinner some other day (prob after MY, 2 weeks from now). i dun see how it will ever happen and i could sense they won't really sincere about it. maybe it was too late for them? or too expensive for them? (kenrick suggested to the guys this restaurant which will cost a person about fifteen bucks. when he suggested it, i was very happy. haha. i love to eat good food.) they didn't treat me to lan or movie as well.
After the movie, kenrick never panseh me, walked with me to Orchard from the Cathay while the rest went home. why i wanted to walk to Orchard from Cathay and not go straight to dhoby ghaut MRT and head home? i just wanna spend my birthday outside home a bit longer. i felt a kind of "lack of satisfaction" feeling on a poorly spent birthday.
anyway, thanks kenrick, for spending my birthday with me. you made me feel special today. treated me to popcorn and drink in the cinema and walked and talked with me on the way to Orchard. THANKS KENRICK (:
yes, as i am typing this post, i am feeling quite hungry. Nah, gonna sleep soon, not very good to feast before sleeping at night.
Backpack, i know yall (kenrick, niming, simin, vivian , jazz) have bought it for me. thanks for the backpack! (: dun get me wrong here, i am not blaming any of the four of you. i am just...disappointed. For a second at Orchard MRT, i thought yall have like BOO-ed me from th back and surprised me. silly me, still thinking everything is a lie and a giant surprise up till the very moment i was on my way home.
then again, i will be more than satisfied and feeling exhilaration if i can just spend time with my friends, just stoning or even studying, having your company on my birthday.
Jonathan posted at 12:05 AM
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Monday, June 09, 2008
thank God for the great weather during UNR camp! what a great timing. it rained heavily just before the camp, in the morning. the ground dried just in time for the camp in the afternoon. no rain at West Coast Park at night! not so sunny and no raining for 2nd day. HALLELUJAH!
haha. didn't sleep during the camp. slept for 13 hours after the camp. woke up and eat like no one's business, even though i have eaten better food than the rest during the camp.
i made two new friends too: Jed and Jodie! oh...and it's so COOL to do the live broadcast and handling a 6-kg video camera and light. My arms have definitely grown stronger handling all these equipment! haha.
i hate to say this but i have less than 2 weeks to study for my Mid-Years Examinations :S and there's PW. hope God will give me extra wisdom and discipline.
Jonathan posted at 9:05 PM
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Friday, June 06, 2008
The Call - Regina Spektor
dedicated to those who care about me and those who i care aboutin VJCO.
Jonathan posted at 11:19 PM
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I will be going for Under No Roof 2008, organised by Habitat for Humanity and VJCIC. i have been busy, spending time with the people in VJCIC and HFH for this amp over this week. i really enjoyed these busy moments with them. i just felt the folks from HFH and VJCIC just got to know each other better and we had lotsa of fun working together.
People, pls pray for us, for good weather, everyone's safety and that the whole programme will indeed be a great success! God, i pray that you won't let us labour in vain. :)
Jonathan posted at 1:00 AM
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Thursday, June 05, 2008
CO chalet was just over, went to watch "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian" with yanling, sihui, fongsun and jieying. I like the movie :) the battles totally rock me at my seat.
i had been thinking about some part in the movie... why didn't Aslan save Narnia after the kings and queens left and was invaded? why didn't Lucy believe and jump towards where Aslan was?
found a pretty good article which captures all my answers.
Peter:I wish he’d (Aslan) just given me some proof Lucy:Maybe it’s us who have to prove ourselves to him
