"Smokin' Lappy"

RANDOM EVENT: I felt kinda' guilty the other day. I caused my poor friend ta' worry for no reason. It happened during lunch break. I was sittin opposite him whilst my friend was sittin next ta' him. The back of his laptop was facing me and I had just returned with a cup of steaming hot tea, with the smoke still comin out. I placed it behind his laptop. Suddenly, he made a jerky movement of lowering his laptop screen before breathing a sigh of relief. I was kind of shocked for a moment, then he explained. Well...poor chap...he apparently thought that his laptop was burning or something from typing too much...he saw the smoke from my tea but not the actual cup of tea. We had a good laugh over it. Pretty amusing actually XD

What a week!

Whoah...last week was one hell of a roller coaster week for me!! There were really exciting moments as well as mega upsetting moments for me. O.o I shall talk all about it bit by bit...sounds agonizing but it's true...cause i haf a really bad memory so i hafta' pick at my brains for the memories bit by bit....

Okay i got back my CA results for some of my modules, mainly my Design Basics(DB), Fundamentals of Marketing(FOM), Intro to Media Writing(IMW) as well as Intro to Communication Principles(ICP). I must say I was really joyous when i received my results. 3As and a D, pretty decent grades i would say. My IMW module was a D...which I really was not surprised cause I have a bad habit of writing flowerly languages and I do not like being precise and concise when I am writing...this module is probably going to be a killer module for me. Nevertheless I was really happy wif my results, considering I topped my class along with two other girls for FOM and my ICP grp topped the whole cohort o.o My friend couldn't stop jumping up and down XD it was pretty amusing ^^

Now...for the bad part my family....ahh...well...i dunno wad came over them...but I THINK i was the tipping point...though to be honest, I have absoloutely no idea if it is true or not. Anyway I came home and I realised the two of them were arguing...as in REALLY arguing. They squabble half the time but that day was really scary. It was to the extent that my father, who is normally a calm person, blew up and became hysterical. Oh in addition, my mother threatened to commit suicide too. I freaked. I REALLY freaked. I was so afraid that my mother would REALLY kill herself. I had never been so scared before in my life, and that was saying something. My dad said I would regret it when I told him it's not fair to me if he forces me to do something I do not wish to do just because my mum and him can't settle their own problems. When my mother sms-ed me, I freaked and called my aunt. She was a GREAT help...sarcastic wise. I was past the boundary of panicking already and it was understandable cause I was scared, afraid, upset, everything-in-one. Obviously I wouldn't be able to keep calm and think straight! Yet she still scolded me for calling her and acting hysterical plus she decided to give me a freaking lecture! I was seriously pissed off and just wanted to hang up on her. Luckily, what little that was left of my senses told me NOT to do it so I just put the phone away from my ear and cried. It really sucked. In the end I just told my aunt that i wanted to sleep, apologised to her and hung up. She said she loved me, but I just couldn't believe her, much as i wanted to , i just can't. Love is through action, not words. I never believed in pure words of love. Oh yes, my father sort of threw away the house phone...down the rubbish chute. Up till now, I still have no idea what logical reason he had behind his action, thus i came to the conclusion that he was just too angry =)

Thankfully, those two had enough sense to go see a PROFESSIONAL counsellor (strangely I got this information from my friend, not my parents themselves...interesting ain't it? ^^ ) Things pretty much got back to normal...but...after all these time of detaching myself....I guess i still need a little getting used to...in order to get my life back straight....I do not wish for any external interference anymore...just hope that my family, from now on, are able to settle their own problems, without involving me or my friends...

END OF PART 1

Okay now NDP!!! Haha this week we are in charge of Primary 5 kids! They're so cute! Though my friend had the smartest idea of sculpturing a machine gun balloon and after that we had a whole horde of little kids screaming and asking for it. It isn't exactly easy to make....and my arms were soar from pumping the balloons. I didn't know how to make the machine gun so I just pumped the balloons continuously until my arms nearly dropped!!! Oh...and later on when we were motivating the people, it started pouring and we got drenched. OMG!!! I couldn't stop sneezing!! There was lightning so we were kind of stuck below the floating platform...there was a large space, perfect for a 'gathering' of all the performers and audiences. Well, after awhile, cause of the horrible ventilation due to too many people being cramped up together...people started fainting, as in LITERALLY. There were two motivators who just dropped down onto the floor and had to be carried away whilst another two looked deathly pale, as if they were on the verge of fainting. My friend was pretty surprised that I did not faint cause I looked really fragile and pale. Our mentors continuously inquired if we were feeling all right and luckily in my group, no one fainted. I ended up reaching home at 11 plus...man i was bushed, even for a nocturnal creature who is usually awake at night, I could not stay awake past 2am...n that is saying something cause I am normally up till 3 or 4 in the morning on weekends.

Well that's all for my week....Sunday was a rest day for me...so nothing much. Just stoning and slacking around the entire day...of course i chiong my work at night >_> last minute HAHA! *blushes* Hehe. Now...back to work XD ciaos people!

Transformers 2!! WAHAA!!

Whoots! I finally managed to watch Transformers 2 ^^ Before I go into how great the movie was (no sarcasm here by the way), I shall speak a little about what happened before this...

Initially, our plan was to watch Ice Age 3...there were 3 of us...we sorta' planned it a couple of days before. As usual, I was the only girl...well that's no surprise i guess. On the day itself, one of the guys backed out...poor chap he must have been really tired out from all his FYP (Final Year Project) which kinda' left me and another guy....ahh well we ended up going for Transformers since neither of us have watched it before. Sooo yar it was something like an unofficial 'date' or something.

Of course, by the time we decided to leave, it was around half an hour before the show started soooo we kinda' rushed for time...it was tiring...walkin really fast while carrying a laptop. I haf no idea how my dear friend could walk so quickly...I had a hard time trying to catch up with him man.

Finally we reached the cinema, bought the tickets, I ran off to toilet ta' wash up, then we entered the cinema. It was like...8:30 as in the movie started at 8:30 so i assumed it would end at around 10:45-ish....my estimation was pretty off..i forgot to calculate in the advertisements time =( so the actual timing which the movie ended was 11pm o.o First time i watch movie alone wif a guy until so late.....nice sia considering i'm kinda semi-nocturnal XD Now for the movie...

OMG THE MOVIE IS OMGLY FREAKISHLY AMAZINGLY KICK-ASS AWESOME!!!! The plot was great, effects were astounding, actors were captivating.....juz really REALLY smooth. Let me try ta' remember a wee bit of parts here and there *note: spoilers coming up if u haven't watched i suggest u skip*
Well yes i admit Megan Fox is probably one of the most beautiful women out there...no people I just admire her for being beautiful...i'm not jealous or les...in case anyone of u start getting the wrong idea -_-" I could hear some guys making strange wolf-like sounds at the start when they showed Megan bent over whilst painting some sort of lady devil symbol on her motorbike.
Next were the cute lil dogs...or at least i thought they were cute until they started humping each other................or as my friend puts it: cross-breeding which I hafta' agree with. One was a bull dog one was a....chiwawa...oh geez I can't spell for nuts =(
BumbleBee looked kinda' amusing when it started crying...after Sam told it that he couldn't take it along with him to college.........
YES!! Apparently the female teen who tried seducing Sam was a robot...an evil one at that.....there was a scene whereby a metallic tail came out from under her dress, possibly from her 'tailbone' if she even had one. I nearly freaked at that part. Oh and her tongue? was metallic and long and lethal-looking. My heart jumped. She looked like some weird alien from outer space!!! Well actually she was a weird robot from outer space. Man...
Of course Optimus Prime died...and somehow managed to get revived again....watch the movie i ain't gonna' say anything...

Man it was one hell of a movie. I really really enjoyed watching the movie. Plus it was wif a really good friend of mine....huh...friend...or more den dat...well...duunno....haha. Anywayz now I owe him money...cause he paid...huh......haizzz....I dun think i wud haf a chance to return him the money... =( he didn't seem to wan me ta' pay him back. Well...anywayz it's time for me to sign off...ciaoz....

Volunteering at HortPark....

Wow...last LAST saturday was one freaking long and tiring day for me...yup as part of my service learning project for one of my modules, we had to volunteer our services at an organization. My team selected Hort Park...after being rejected by a couple of others....hmmmm...well anyway we got the base foundation settled (thanks to Isyanah, seriously people we HAVE to give her a treat one day)

So yes, I woke up early as usual even though it's a Saturday...this time for a different reason. All this while I have been going off to NDP training...that day however, I had to go for my ONOW project...*yawn* Wonder what excitement would I experience today...visiting a nature park is one thing...working as a volunteer...i'll bet that there would be a couple of differences...

I was 2nd to reach...my partner Benedict was the earliest amongst the three of us. Both of us met up and went to stone for a bit. The view was really pretty...with all the greenery, a huge body of water, coupled wit a nice morning breeze...mmm...it made me feel totally at home. I love nature! It's been a long time since i've entered a nature reserve...all the greenery n plants give me comfort n grounded to the earth...that we're all part of this world...part of this life...

Enough of that though, after a round of briefing from our leader (along with the arrival of our friend Kylie), we took a light snack before starting work. First activity of the day: Picture mossaic; Little kids activity time!! They were supposed to put together little bits of small items such as crystals/buttons/stones/gems to form a picture, so we provided them with a tile which had double-sided tape pasted all over, in case they messed too much with the glue.........so anywayz, the kids came and started having fun, with my friend n i walking around to help the kids/collect rubbish/answering questions etc. etc. Some of them were really creative, some were just messing around but created pretty nifty pieces, others were just disastrous -_-" oh well kids are kids XD

Now the next activity was 3D-Card Making. OMG! THis was one hell of an activity for me!!! Some of the kids were little angels, quietly doing up their cards, taking extra care when using the glue which we provided them with....of course with angels, there are devils. Duh. I remember crystal clearly that there were 3 boys whom i was interacting with and helping out...they were all in upper primary...not that it made any differences -_-" After seeing the way they wielded the scissors and penknives we lent them, my heart perpectually jumped out. One even looked menacingly at my long tresses with an evil glint in his eye and a pair of scissors in his hand. I immediately grabbed my hair and wrapped it up into a tight bun. Another boy picked up a tissue from the floor and stuck it on his face...with a hole at the mouth area, so that he could speak....aaaaaaand the other kid stuffed the tissue into his mouth...fyi the tissue dropped on the floor and had glue. My partner Ben and I nearly fainted from shock.

Thankfully after that it was break time!!!! All we needed to do was to bring all the furniture back to the store. For a moment I was shocked cause there was no way I was thinking of carrying those furniture and walk all the way. Then I realised...oh we werflyere transporting the furniture using a buggy. Me and benedict sat at the back...teeheee.....it was fun...minus the fact that my hair was blowing 2wards the front...

By the time after we made a few trips, I was starving. The 3 of us dropped by IKEA to chomp. Mmmm I totally missed the sweedish meat balls....yum yum!!! My two friends were couping the sauce from me after i was done >_> Once they were done, we made our way back to the Park, stopping once in awhile to look at the decorations (STUFF TOYS!!!)

Of course, when we were back, our leader was nowhere to be seen...so ben and I ended up falling asleep and taking a mini afternoon nap whilst Kylie read a pamphlet. An hour later, our leader came and briefed us on our next activity...butterfly garden!! WHOOTS!

We took a mini buggy again towards the butterfly garden where me and Benedict were in charge of the exit and entrance respectively. There was quite a turnout. The queue stretched all the way from the garden till the end of the stairs. I was jumping up and down to see the end of the queue (i'm not short just that the people were tall!!) Amusingly my leader asked me to count the number of people. I was thinking...HUH?! Are ya' kidding me or what??? I can't be in two places at once, guarding the exit whilst counting the number of people at the entrance! Thankfully whilst all these thoughts were running wild in my head, she went back inside to give the group more information/insights on the different species of the butterflies. Well, I gotta' admit they were pretty...as in the butterflies.

Oh yes apparently, the prettier the caterpillars, the uglier the butterflies were...whereas the uglier the caterpillars, the prettier the butterflies were. After what seemed like a millenium, the butterfly garden was finally closed to the public. Sadly, some people still turned up and we had to graciously turned them away...think we turned about 20++ people away in total. There was one particular group which didn't seem to wanna' leave...but we convinced them by saying if we let you in then there would be 20++ other people who wud come bash us up...tt did the trick XD

Finally, we were allowed to go home...after our leaders filled in the forms...and boy was i freakishly dead tired!!!! Sooo yar me signing off ^^ ciaoz!

POC~~

Wahoo!! Primers Orientation Camp! AHAHAAHA! It was fun, crazy, retarded, strange, weird all thrown into one ^^ It was a 3 Days 2 Nights camp...pretty fun. Oh the bus journey was pretty long...and boy did i get a shock when we reached the BB Campsite...why? That was the exact place i went to for my Council Camp back in Secondary School!!! I was like...no wonder this place looks so darn familiar!!!

**********1st Night***************

Hmmm.....first night...well nothing much except for ice breaking games..sort of like a telematch...we had various stations...i shall try to talk about as much as I can remember ^^ Geez...we played..Human...Fooseball...thankfully we were just given boundaries to move around in and not tied to each other...or else you would probably see tonnes of people falling...on the hard floor...ouch....We lost haha. Our team lost. Sadded but oh well at least we had lots of fun and we played with integrity ^^ that's the most important.

Ahh yes remember how our parents always go: Don't play with fire?" Well....we were doing the exact opposite. It was a game called Tower Defense. Each team would have one tower (a chair basically) and one person would have to stand on it. 3 strings are tied around the chair's legs and each player has to carry one candle...one LIT candle...and burn the strings of the opponent's towers. To defend, we had to blow out the opponent's candles XD Cute huh...a hole was being poked through a piece of paper for the candle to be placed so that the wax could drip into it. Our dear opponent cheated and he perpectually lit up the paper too...OLYMPIC TORCH! How the hell do we blow that out we wondered...thankfully the judge saw it and she said it's against the rules. Cause by the size of tt flame, blowing wouldn't be enough. We probably would have had to spit on it (eew, gross)

Ever heard of the game "老鹰抓小鸡"? (Eng translation: Eagle catch chick) We played that...it's like for every row...the head is the eagle n the tail is the chick...middle people have no roles...apparently the heads muz try to catch the tails of the opposing teams...of course...some teams got seperated...n worst...some were blindly walking behind the person they were supposed to catch or run away from...man it was funny

Of course...what would camp be without water games. We played dog and bone with a twist. In the middle there was a cup in a bucket of water and an umbrella. The team which gets the cup filled with water has to splash it onto the referee's leg while the team which did NOT get the cup has to get the umbrella to defend. Of course, no team could hold two items at one shot. There were some pretty amusing moments. Two people were called out from each team. Our opponents...one grabbed the umbrella and one grabbed the cup, so it was like...our team people were staring blankly at the opponent. They didn't realise until the girl stared at the guy who stopped trying to splash the water cause he realised it was his own teammate. And another team wrapped the referee's legs with the umbrella...so of course no water could get through. It was hilarious!

We played a strange game called fishing. We each had a LONG string with one end attached to a bamboo pole n the other attached to a hook. Apparently we were supposed to hook up as many 'fishes' (plastic bags) as possible. Half of the team did the fishing and the other half did the guiding...we were supposed to swap after a certain period. Man...we had 48...which was only 2 away from beating the high score of 49...sadded.....oh we fished from the second floor and the items were on the first floor.

that was the end of the first night...the second day...was when all the fun came in...


Left: Fooseball
Right: Team Sepia ^^

***********2nd Day***************

Now THAT was one HECTIC day! All the activities were crammed in there WAHAHAHAHAHA! We had game activities first before our kayaking(which sadly got cancelled due to poor weather conditions) The games were REALLY amusing and crazy and fun!! Hmmm...let me see...

Oh yes we had absailing (someone misheard it as excelling n poor me was trying to figure out wad kind of a game is tt...) Basically it was just running down a wall...that part wasn't scary. It was standing on the paraphet and looking down which was scary...i was smart. I didn't look down. However, the instructors were pretty much a sadistic bunch. I could tell that some of them were pretty nervous...yet the instructors were going: Any last words? Anyone wants to write a will? Any last letters to write?" I was thinking....wad the hell...Overall though, the experience was pretty fun. Luckily i stopped in time or else my butt wud haf hit the floor...ouch. I was the first girl in my group to go...pretty brave huh? Well.. i kinda' half-shouted at the instructors to quit it with the 'last will/letter' stuff..hehehehe XD

CAPTAINS BALL!!!!!! Wah kau...this game arh...play captains ball with fruits de...dun use ball...finito. We used an orange, a cabbage and two bananas...gross. The cabbage shrunk, the bananas became soft-er, the orange...well...after playing with it, tossing it around in the hot sun with people's sweaty palms...after awhile you'd find that there's juice coming out from the orange as it flies around. AHH yes after the whole game, my senior decided to juz randomly throw it somewhere...his aim was apparently mega accurate cause it hit someone's head ... the poor guy had had to wash his hair immediately after that...gross...oh and a friend of mine? she apparently had a banana smacked into her leg...which kinda' left mushy bits all over...she squealed...unlucky me was next to her and my ear drums almost burst!!! Hau..but i really pitied the guy who had orange juice in his hair.... *grimace*

Another game ... we had to transport a certain amount of water from the first to the last person. Each of us had a cup in our hands. Now it sounds easy...but the catch is we had to pour the water backwards...which means we face the front and poured the water into the cup that's held by the person behind us...we spilled lots of water...it was really wet. The seniors weren't making things better though...they enjoyed whacking us with balloons as well as blowing a whistle in our ears to distract us. It worked like a charm...though the whistle trick did not work on me because I was mega used to my mum screaming loudly all of a sudden. We finally got sufficient water across...by the time we were done, our arms were aching...hahahah...

oh we oso had to stomp on numbers in order...everyone was given a number and we had to stomp on the number that was inside the circle...randomly arranged numbers...i stared at the middle number n was thinking...the middle person muz haf long legs.........haha but held the record of being able to stomp 20 numbers consecutively in 9 seconds XD

Ever tried skipping with two people holding each end of the skipping rope? sounds easy rit? now try doing it with 20 people in the middle....that's wad we had to do....20 ppl all jumping at the same time...10 times consecutively. Of course the first time we jumped we got entangled...n so did the 2nd time...n the 3rd...n the 4th....man i lost count of how many times it took before we could actually jump once....by the time we did ONE we were uber joyful. Until the seniors said: very good! One down, Nine to go! i was tempted to strangle him with the rope (the rope was actually a bunch of rubber bands tied together)

Ahh yes...the next game....soap water was poured onto a piece of canvas sheet...and we had to do 10 star jumps on it...goodness...we had to be synchronized and EVERYONE has to do it...otherwise we had to redo...luckily we didn't hafta' redo it...after that we slid across the canvas sheet since it was slippery with the soap water. Some people used their knees to slide, some slid on their front, some slid on their butt....no one slid on their faces...duh....




Top Left: Lunchie Break!
Top Right: pouring water backwards!!!!
Bottom Left: Help, i'm tangled up!!

***************3rd Day********************

Our last day at camp.....kinda' sad but oh well it was just the beginning of our journey in Primers. We had our usual breakfast...followed by some appreciation session. Each of us were given a chance to pick somebody from the group to show our appreciation to. Well...there were two of us (me being one of them) who decided to appreciate the ENTIRE group WAHAHAHAHA.

Oh yes...after that it was a photo taking session! It was with ALL the students who attended the camp. First years, second years and third years alike ^^ it was a bit tough looking up at the camera cause the sun was shining almost directly into our eyes. Most of us DID squint XD
After that, it was the tradition of Primers to do something we all know verrrry well....TAUPOK!!!!!!!! Mixed version. No one actually cared whether you were a guy or girl...they juz poured themselves against you. The committee had the worst of it though...they had to sit right in the middle of it all...imagine that. We repeated the process about a couple of times before i nearly fell down and luckily someone grabbed me before i ACTUALLY fell down. Haha
Well...POC was a really enjoyable time...from then we boarded the bus and then left for home...XD (oh we had a little bit of lunchie first before going off)
Ciaos people! That is all ^^

Phew! Finally! After TWO WEEKS of getting used to poly life, yours truly is finally back!! *looks around* oh well no one's here again i guess *shrugs* den again this blog ain't exactly dat interesting soooo i shall juz crap as usual XD


I'm gonna' be comparing the difference between JC life and Poly life...all in my very own perspective and opinion of course...feel free to rebut me ^^ (no spam no crap otherwise i'll let ya' experience HELL)

When I was in Junior College, I was literally slugging my way out everyday. It was boooring. I don't really fancy studying to be honest. Initially I wanted 2 back out of JC once I was done with Project Work...however...my parents FORCED me to continue on with my JC education...sadded. To be honest, I wasn't really happy in Junior College...even though it was supposed to be FUN FUN FUN! (I'm from SAJC btw) I wasn't really doing something I like...which is studying. I love and adore projects...which was few or minimal in a Junior College. It was studying all the way. In my 2nd year, I was sent for councilling with a few others because my results were horrendous. Ironically, even though my results were supposed to go up, it went down even further and hit rock bottom. ALL U GRADES! From then on, every time i got back a test, I didn't really bother and just continued failing because the inspiration just wasn't there. I wanted to just get everything over and done with so that I could get out of the Junior College and get a life!

Well my wish finally came true. I finished up my A levels (to be honest I didn't study as hard as I did for O levels) Huh...my results...well...i passed...haha and I immediately signed up for Singapore Polytechnic. TADAA! Now here I am in SP. Doing the things I love. I'm taking Diploma in Media and Communication. Perfect. The only downside is media writing...other than that, I love the rest of my modules...especially my Design Module ^^ ( I love desigining, even my friend commented tt a bulk of me is a Design person) Currently I'm enjoying polytechnic life now. Yeah...even though there's concurrent projects going on...I do not mind...cause at least it's something that I love...besides...it beats studying anytime and anyday for me ^^ Hells care if i'm the oldest in class...no one can tell...I don't lookie my age anywayz ^^

Okay this is Nurvy signing out ^^ ciaos people

I believe a couple of nights ago...i had the strangest dream...it was reali vivid AND i cud literally write up a story plot...my friends suggested tt i shud expand on it...but currently i'm outta' creative juices...guess i'll do it when it's vacation time n i'm more relaxed ^^ Anywayz here goes...my dreamed up story plot...(had to rephrase n everything n add names ta' the characters pls forgive the slipshot work)


It all began with a girl by the name of Elisia who somehow managed to defy her fate and cheat death. Elisia, using her wits n skills, managed to escape the building which was supposed to explode with her inside, thus killing her. As years rolled by, she found herself trapped in a neverending cycle of watching the building explode right in front of her eyes. It was intolerable for her, however, but she had no choice but to endure it until she could figure out a way to stop the culprit from causing the explosion. ( i nd ta' expand over here...sry ppl) Suddenly, a succubus (or lady devil for that matter >_>) appeared to her and offered some assistance. The succubus could intervene and stop the cycle BUT in return Elisia has to give up her soul. A paper contract than appeared. All she was required to do was sign the paper. Needless to say, she refused. With that, the succubus nodded and disappeared.
Elisia decided to ask her boyfriend for help. He works in a nearby building, but not the actual building itself. Unfortunately, before they could stop the culprit, they got caught. Thus, while
making their escape, Elisia got seperated from her boyfriend though she was too frantic to notice.
As the lift door opened, Elisia ran straight into the lift. Strangely, the door did not open after that. It merely travelled up and down continuously until Elisia decided to force the door open and jump out. What awaited her was something strange and new...
Elisia took a quick glance around and almost immediately saw the culprit who caused the explosion. This time, however, she realised that his face was that of peace and calmness. He had an aura of tranquility of him, unlike the previous time when she saw him, filled with rage and anger. Elisia then realised that she was in a different future altogether but in order for that to happen, it meant that the cycle has ended. But how? she wondered.
Out of the blue, Elisia realised her boyfriend had disappeared. She then started searching for him. After looking for a long while, she still could not see a trace of him. Elisia became frantic until she saw a paper on the floor. Picking it up, she realised that the paper was the same contract paper which the succubus showed to her. Add to that, her horror was amplified when she saw that the paper bore her boyfriend's signature. Elisia went hysterical and started shouting as well as demanding for an explanation.
Almost instantly, the succubus appeared and her face betrayed a hint of pity. She explained that Elisia's boyfriend could no longer withstand seeing her suffer as he was aware of her doomed fate - endless cycle of suffering. Hence, he decided to end her suffering by sacrificing himself. Her boyfriend then appeared for one last time to say goodbye. Elisia broke down and cried...
THEN I WOKE UP!! Please comment on my story haha!! and no do NOT ask me who the ppl were in the story unless you want me to put you through the same fate as the girl XD yar sry for being sadistic ppl XD