Cherangsty: 2015

(Saw this on Dayre and I did read several bloggers letters to their 16 year old selves e.g. Timothy Tiah and Audrey/fourfeetnine, so here's mine)

Dear Jane,

Hi! I am your secret admirer. Okay I kid, you/I still have a very "good" sense of humour haha but yours is slightly worse than mine to be honest. Well, I am actually the older version of you (8 years older).

I guess you are now probably stressed up about O levels. You want to go to HCI (I still haven't figure out the reason) and you need a L1R5 of 6... Your biggest worry is English because getting an A1 for Mathematics, Additional Mathematics, Chemistry, Chinese and Geography isn't a problem (or so you thought). In the end, you did get A1 for all the above mentioned subjects except for Geography, which comes as a great shock because you have always done quite well for Geography... And there goes your L1R5 of 6. You were upset during the release of results and also upset during the first few days in NJC. But trust me, which JC you went to and what you scored for your O level wasn't representative of how well you will do in your future.

Oh what did you get for your English? Erm well, your worries weren't unfounded because you only got an A2 for your English oops. But like what I said previously, what you scored for your O isn't that important. Just know that you have improved from someone who becomes a nervous wreck during presentations and oral examinations to someone who does numerous presentations during your university days. :)

Other than worrying about your English, you probably worry about your Biology. Having failed Biology or just getting a C5/6, I can understand why you are feeling stressed about Biology. I mean who wants an ugly grade on their O level certificate right? You thought O level will be your last time looking at Biology terms BUT you are terribly wrong. You did Biology at A levels and even took Biology electives at University to pull up your GPA. Who cares if the school termed you as a "jade"? Oh yes, remember how Anderson termed all the students who are not doing as well as Diamonds, Black Diamonds, Jade whatever other terms. I am glad you didn't give up on Biology and I know you are glad as well when you see your O level grade :)

I guess the only other thing you may be worried about is being unwanted HAHA. Yes you aren't the prettiest around but you are not that ugly and unwanted, trust me. Looks aren't everything, you don't have to try so hard to fit in. Be yourself and you will grow up to have your own fair share of admirers (some that you may have feelings for, some that you really don't like). You are never obliged to accept someone just because he is nice.

I also hope you remember that people who matter won't mind and people who mind don't matter. Don't bother too much about the rumours, don't let the rumours ruin your friendship with people.

Last but not least, I hope you remember to follow your heart in whatever you do.

Love,
the older Jane

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Roses are red, Vio—

Roses are always associated with romance and I guess many females regard rose as their favourite flower. Well, personally, my all time favourite is the sunflowers!

Sunflowers from some exhibition at Gardens by the bay

So cheery looking, what's there not to like?

And sunflowers' seeds are delicious, admit it, sunflowers are the best.

Well, I am not saying roses are not good. I think roses are great as well. Especially rose with coffee HAHA. Hey, I can't be the only one who likes rose latte right?

I still remember my first encounter with rose latte was at Bricklane in HK and it was a pleasant surprise. I hate Bandung (ok my hatred for it may be irrational but come on it tastes artificial) so I didn't expect myself to like rose latte.

First cup of (life-changing) rose latte

So after coming back from HK, I realized SG or maybe cafes in general don't usually serve rose latte? I had only drank it once at Coffee Nowhere and I being a glutton had googled and compiled a list of other cafes that serve rose latte.

Chock Full of Beans

Address: Blk 4 Changi Village Road, 01-2090

Opening Hours: Tuesdays to Fridays, 11am to 10pm; Saturdays and Sundays, 9am to 10pm; closed on Mondays

Nearest station: Pasir Ris

Just Want Coffee

Address: 1 Everton Park #01-27 Singapore 081001
Opening Hours: Mondays to Saturdays, 8am to 6pm; closed on Sundays
Nearest station: Outram

The Little Prince Creamery

Address: Lor 6 Toa Payoh Blk 47 #01-134 Singapore 310047
Opening Hours: Mondays to Wednesdays and Sundays, 12pm to 10pm; Fridays and Saturdays 12pm to 11pm; closed on Tuesdays.
Nearest station: Toa Payoh or Braddell

Note: Take bus no. 232 and 235 from Toa Payoh interchange

or no.235 from Braddell MRT. From Toa Payoh interchange, if you take bus no.232, alight at Pei Chun Public School. Take bus no.235, alight at Blk 75 Lor 5 hawker centre and you will see blk 48 across the bus stop. From Braddell MRT, Take Bus no.235 from blk 101C. Alight at Blk 50 and walk to blk 47.)

Dazzling Coffee

Address: 15 Stamford Road, #01-85 Capitol Piazza, 178906

Opening Hours: Sundays to Thursdays, 11am to 12am; Fridays and Saturdays, 11am to 3am

Nearest station: City Hall

Coffee Nowhere

Numerous outlets with one at Boon Lay Community Club. Note: it's now here not no where. Hahaha.

Yeah, I can't really find any more cafes with rose latte. :/ Hmm, so to any fellow rose latte fans (assuming anyone reads this), you are welcome.

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Here I am with the part II of my education journey and I wonder whether there will be a part III (where I decide to do Masters or something hahaha)

Pre- University Education

After my O levels, I went into National Junior College which was one of my least favourite part of my education journey. I actually wanted to be in HCI (not that it will make any difference now) but being a 17 year old student, not being part of my dream school felt horrible HAHA. And referring to my post on my primary and secondary schools, the two schools always provided some interesting activities for the students to be part of. I realised I didn't mention it previously but Anderson had all the Experiential Learning Cycle, outdoor trips to Bukit Timah or around AMK... And all I had from NJC was an outing to Singapore Discovery Centre... Okay lah hi army boys.

Academic

This was the point I started disliking Science. Biology involved many numerous terms argh. It was interesting if you were just reading for fun BUT it sucked big time if you were mugging for examinations. Chemistry was really horrible. I thought Chemistry was really fun during secondary school days but then in JC I started to do badly in JC. SIGH. But I really did work hard for Chemistry and I have no idea why I still got a B in the end.

I didn't do really well for Economics as well and Economics became the only subject that I had tuition for HAHAHA. But waste of my money because I got a B in the end as well. #fail

Overall, I think I really didn't do well for A levels, which doesn't really matter now. Or maybe it does. Scholarships etc sigh.

Social

It was during NJ days that I started learning a musical instrument. Can't believe I joined the Harmonica Band, performed in front of people (as a group lah), participated in SYF etc. Just got reminded of this- an interviewer asked me whether I am still playing the harmonica which I said, "sadly no". Sigh I think this ended the conversation. But this brings me to a lesson.

Lesson 4 (yes continue from Part I): Hobbies and interests are really important.

In terms of friends, yes I did gain numerous valuable friendships, which were formed over similar interests. It was so great finding people who love reading and I still remember how our post exam activities involved finding second-hand storybooks and camwhoring.

And I remember how I used to study at MOS Burger or Subway and be a total lightbulb HAHA.

HAHA my hair used to be so long.

Hmm but what really stuck with me was how things could change in the blink of an eye. You could be so close to this person, texting every single day and suddenly you all just stop texting and drift apart. I really did wonder what exactly happened between us. Oh you kaypoh people (anyone actually reads this??), it's a her not a him. #notalovestory

It's funny how I think I changed the most during this period of my life but I can't seem to put my JC experiences in words??? Maybe there are just too much information that I really can't share here without it being too obvious so I will just summarise that. It was a painful lesson but I have learnt well.

Lesson 5: Don't assume and think too much into things. It's up to a person to prove it to you, you don't have to find reasons and excuses for the person.

Post A-levels

This is totally not part of my formal education journey BUT since it was my first time working at a huge company, it did educate me about office work and politics. And it taught me Excel skills which proved useful during University days haha. Okay so being very free during work, I always think about weird things that may or not may be related to philosophy. I think about life, the search for love and the search for food HAHAHA. I think this was the period I gained A LOT of weight. All my good hawker food, I miss it all. It was also during this period of time that I earned enough to travel to Korea. And I really love the idea of earning money and then spending on travel. There are so many things in this world that I haven't explore. :'(

University Days

The reason why I didn't say JC was the absolute worst part of my education journey was because... University is the worst part. At least Year 1 Semester 1 was. I stayed at Hall 7 (for a few months) and I left not because I hated hall life but because I hated being away from home. What an irony because in Year 2 I fought so hard to be away from home to be on exchange HAHA.

Okay back to Year 1 Semester 1. So compared to JC days where we were spoon fed, University was all about independent learning. I ABSOLUTELY LOATHED BUSINESS LAW BECAUSE I HATED GREY AREAS. (Not linked to why I didn't like NJ ok lame) Or maybe it was related to how I just couldn't do well for the class participation. I didn't like how it felt in class. Like it was a horrifying battlefield. That how a misstep (mistake in answering) could result in death (more like death stare from people).

I also couldn't understand why I had to do IT. Yes, that's when my Excel skills came in useful. I fell asleep almost every single lesson during IT because it's really boring and it's in the afternoon omgggg. And I really didn't like the group dynamics and this guy actually had the decency to imply that my contributions were worthless.

BUT BITCH PLEASE, GUESS WHOSE IDEA SAVED EVERYONE'S ASSES? Hehe

Hahaha I just realised I have this tendency to be the one to come up with the initial ideas? Hmm, see how reflections are useful, I suddenly have an realisation while doing one. So here's another lesson for you.

Lesson 6: Reflections are good for you because it helps you consolidate thoughts and maybe you will remember things as well as me HAHA.

During Year 1 Semester 1, I had a GPA that was way below second upper when I actually stayed up so late to mug. I wanted to do Banking & Finance so I focused a lot on Accounting and Financial Management and screw up modules like IT which was supposedly do-able. After the release of the results, I learnt that in NBS, most people actually don't like sharing their GPA with one another and some people do judge people based on their GPA. And how there are people who are really selfish with their notes. I guess I was shocked BUT I have gotten used to it.

I really hated NBS, hated the modules I was doing and I guess the turning point (so exaggerated) for me was when I started doing modules like Marketing. I love how Marketing is full of common sense, yet creative. It wasn't that fluffy as what people said. So I kind of stopped regretting being in NBS and stopped hoping that I had went to FASS. And there's something I did not actually tell this to a lot of people: I have actually applied for early admission to NTU Psychology instead of Business. During JC days I really liked Psychology but did Business for reasons which I do not want to think about anymore hahaha. But it's okay cause doing Psychology elective make me realise I may not do well in Psychology.

Oh before I forgot, it was also during Year 1 Semester 2, I kind of enjoyed being in school and maybe started feeling more confident of myself.

Lesson 7: “You can have anything you want if you dress for it.” –Edith Head, no but really dressing better makes you feel more confident of yourself, so why not just put that tiny amount of effort to make yourself happier?

The next best moment in University was going for Exchange. I had never regret going to Hong Kong for exchange during Year 2 Semester 2 when everyone was trying very hard to secure a good internship. A good internship may have helped me in securing a job now BUT the experience of spending an ENTIRE semester overseas was amazing. It is not really about the country you are in, but more of the fact that you are away from many things for a while. It's really nice to escape reality, just for a while.

I applied for the exchange spot to City University of Hong Kong, not knowing any single one who applied for it. I didn't really want to go to Hong Kong, I didn't like the pace of life etc. And I have always thought that I will be in Australia/New Zealand for exchange :( But in the end, I couldn't match many modules to Australia universities and NZ was really expensive.

Lesson 8: Sometimes, the best decisions are those made on impulse.

Oh and a bit of lesson 3 of how everything happens for a reason :')

Okay, so here's a not so flattering photo of me at my exchange school.

My days after exchange were kind of a blur. In the semester after exchange, I did my all time favourite module International Business Environment, IBE because it was taught by my favourite prof, the one who made me think that Marketing is not just fluff. It really involves thinking. And I have to emphasize it really was not easy to do well for her module haha.

Trying to find motivation after exchange was really hard. Other than dealing with motivation issues, I had to deal with not so awesome groupmates LOL. But I guess through certain projects, I have learnt that how conflicts are often necessary. Disgusting OB lessons about conflicts.

Lesson 9: Differentiate dysfunctional and functional conflicts

Despite suffering from a lack of motivation, I am glad I managed to pull up my GPA and in my final semester, I had the highest GPA in my entire three years hehe. To all those people who said year 1 GPA would be the best among all your years in university, THIS IS FOR YOU. And to all those people who said your project grades possibly doesn't matter, I can only say THAT'S NONSENSE. Maybe it does not really matter for modules with like 60% finals BUT it definitely matters for A LOT of the Marketing modules since they are 40% finals. Oh and other than working with good group mates, it's essential to take electives to pull up your GPA. Thankful for the availability of biology modules for the only A+ in my life.

Lesson 10: Take (some) advice with a pinch of salt. You are the only one in control. (Okay your groupmates are in control of your grades too)

With that, bye NTU.

P.S See you on 3rd August on convocation hehe.

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Okay since people insist that I do go cafe quite often, no harm typing this while waiting for nails to dry/moping over unemployed life/waiting for sun to set to run. So actually within 2015, I have went to the following cafes (hmm actually which of the following really constitute as a cafe huh)

Roycemary
Tian Kee and Co.
Hoopla
Cafe Melba
Boufe Cafe
Maccha House
Pitchstop (Does it really count as one???)
Coffee Nowhere (Now here, not no where haha)
Prive
Tiong Bahru Bakery
Montana Brew Bar
Carpenter &Cook
L'etoile Cafe
Holy Cow Creamery
Sunday Folks
SPRMKT
On The Table

Wow, didn't know the list is soooo looong haha. I mean, there are definitely people with a much longer list okaaaay. Haha so to prevent your waist line from going up and your wallet thickness from going down, here's my (very humble) opinion.

Among the list of cafes I went to this year, there's only a few that I would definitely head back. Hmm... so among all the cafes I have ever went to, here's what I really like.

Tiong Bahru Bakery

Tell me I am not the only one who likes their coffee!! I was supposed to meet my friends at another cafe- Montana's Brew Bar and I wanted to give their coffee a try BUT I happened to enter Tiong Bahru Bakery and I JUST CANNOT LEAVE THE PLACE WITHOUT THEIR COFFEE. I am no coffee connoisseur, I can't tell you how the beans were roasted etc... But I can tell how good the coffee smell and taste hahaha. So what would I choose between Starbucks and this?? HAHAHAHAHA it's an obvious answer.

And other than good coffee, everyone knows how awesome their croissants and kouign amann are. Buttery, fragrant and crispy, I am hungry NOW.

Lola's Cafe

I have been wanting to go back to Lola's Cafe for a longgg time. I honestly think they serve one of the best chicken wings (other than Four Fingers omnomnom). Honey Paprika Wings is definitely one of Lola's signature dishes. Other than the good chicken wings, I think the good service recovery may be the reason why I had such a good impression of them. Many cafes actually do offer good service (like RoyceMary- offers to take photos, gives suggestions about drinks etc) and I do think that for a cafe to do well, it not only needs to offer good food and ambiance BUT also impeccable service. HAHA good service recovery does remind me of MR lessons, hmmm but bye bookssss see you again if I ever do a Masters. Okay back to Lola's.

Hungry from looking at the chicken wings :'( But anyway, since I am not sponsored/paid, I can afford to be honest hehe. While their chicken wings, mains and dessert were average to good, their drinks were not very good. :( BUT I still want to go and try their scrambled eggs with croissant hehe. Okay, I must be really weird since Lola's Cafe is so out of the way for me and there's always a queue... They do have another shop called On The Table with similar food BUT also inconvenient for me. Woes of living at where I lived hahaha.

Haha the issue of taking so long to update this post is that... I really went to On The Table and tried their croissant with scrambled eggs. This is good and really filling. I think two can share this dish and order their legendary, Honey Paprika Wings.

Oh and I tried their Affogato too! My first ever Affogato so I can't comment...

Prive Cafe

The ambiance at Prive Cafe is really good. Well, apparently stars can be spotted at Keppel Bay, how romantic rightttt, so if any guys come across this page, DON'T SAY I NEVER SHARE. Oh if one were to go there in the morning, it's still a good place to hang out. It's definitely very ootd worthy hahhaha.

Hmm, I usually prioritise the taste of food over the ambiance if I were to choose the dining location. I am not saying that the food at Prive was not good (it's really not bad) BUT the ambiance definitely contributed to the fact why I chose it as one of my favourite cafe hehe. Oh, I really want to give their brunch sets a try someday hehe.

Nice view (but irritating fan hahaha!)

Tsujiri Tea House

Having tried several matcha places in Singapore, I think Tsujiri offers the best tasting and most affordable matcha options (ice-cream and latte wise). Maccha House and Nana offer good matcha as well BUT the prices were like 10+ to around 20 dollars!! But the servings are much bigger as well. BUT desserts are not meant to be so huge right? Tsujiri's servings are just nice in my opinion. :) And having several outlets is a definite plus point :)

Red bean is definitely one of the best thing to go along with your matcha ice-cream hehe

Oh I did try Amasoy matcha ice-cream and I am a firm believer that matcha should be a little bit bitter instead of being just sweet. Amasoy icecream is a little too sweet and too icy in my opinion but if you like sweeter desserts, you can give it a try cause it's quite affordable.

What a long post hahaha. Sigh and I wonder why I don't have abs, now I guess I know why. Till the next time when I explore more foooooood.

Signing off,
a fat jane.

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Okay, so recently I have been a little bit addicted to Dayre because Dayre has this collection of cute stickers that can (at times) aptly portray my emotions and activities (note: mainly angsty or being a glutton). Actually, the real reason is many people are using Dayre now and all the people I am following are people who are kind of connected to me.

Wow, the "Six degrees of separation" can totally be applied here. No, not the song by The Script (yes, I do like the song though), but it's a theory that "everyone and everything is six or fewer steps away, by way of introduction, from any other person in the world, so that a chain of "a friend of a friend" statements can be made to connect any two people in a maximum of six steps" (Source)

So yes, being kind of connected to the people on Dayre makes me SO SO SO MUCH MORE CURIOUS about them. HAHA and people who know me well enough should know that I actually have ways to find out people's social media accounts if they are not too private about it. I think once or twice, I have to stop myself from mentioning certain things that I find out through googling about a person #Internethasruinedourlives #reallynotastalker

Okay so from reading all the Dayre, I conclude that the main topics in everyone (mainly those in their 20s) are:

Happy in love/out of love/unrequited love/searching for love

Well, I definitely have to admit I am one of those people who have posts related to this topic. Nothing against people who post about this topic BUT my only question is why do you post it on a social media platform that ANYONE can see? Dayre is a very public platform that no privacy settings can be made... You definitely do not have any idea who read your posts? And honestly it's not very hard for your friends/the one you have a crush on to put the pieces together and figure it all out.

I did make passive-aggressive posts and one day someone actually came up to me and asked me who I was referring to. The someone really made a correct guess and I never, in a million years, thought that the someone would have read my post. From then on, I started a private blog which I feel is a good decision even up to today. Spare myself from the embarrassment of having a crush/friend/whoever you are talking about asking you what's with your post.

Disclaimer: I am not targeting anyone, I am just talking about the trend of people posting about this topic. Not a fan of passive-aggressive posts anyway.

Fitness

Okay so there was this period of time that I really did kind of want to try SkinnyMint/Teatox all the detox plans because it sounded so good?!??! Like lose your bloated tummy (pokes my fats) sigh. No matter how much abs exercise I do, the area directly below my belly button is forever FAT. :'( And being this fatty gluttony person, I CAN'T EAT CLEAN. I love all the sweet stuff (actually may be not). I LOVE MY CARBS (BREAD YES YES!!)

Four Fingers

Inserted here to make my point that I am a fatty who can't eat clean

Chir Chir cheese fries

Carbs again, and calcium okay. Eh cheese is good for us right?

Wait, I am digressing. So yes, there's a lot of people posting their healthy diet/exercise routines on the social media and sometimes I am really inspired!! Like by their motivation to run 10km (excuse #1023921 by Jane: knees pain how! blisters how!) or to eat clean.

BUT there are people who resort to fad diets like eating apples only or I don't know what. I mean I do admire their discipline BUT it's really not healthy??!?! Just a tiny weeny bit concerned. Hahaha.

And I was just admiring people's outfit on MRT one day and thought "Wow can carry off cause skinny.." BUT the difference between healthy acceptable and media acceptable is HUGE. Cameras really make you look way fatter. I won't say that I have bumped into many celebrities before but those that I have seen in real life, they are all way skinnier/more petite than on camera... So I guess that's why the standard of acceptable in the media's point of view is so different?

I have always wanted to return back to like 48kg (JC weight?) because it feels good to see a number starting with 4 instead of 5 and it's a BMI of 18 (not underweight too okay) BUT after being more physically active, I actually realised weight is just a number (okay it's still important). Being lighter DOES NOT equate to being healthier. When I was a skinny 40+ kg in secondary school, I took like 17 minutes to run 2.4km (LOL wts) and could probably only do like two push-ups???? But now I take less than 15 minutes for 2.4km run and can possibly do like at least 5 push-ups?

And being toned is so much more important than being light. Abs please appear already HAHAHAHA. And fats, stop going to my face. It's so irritating to have chubby cheeks because all people are gonna say is: Oh my, you gained weight.

Yes, say I gain weight some more, I will box you.

Okay, end of my rant. Good night to my non-existent readers.

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May just be slightly obsessed with this song ever since I caught Pitch Perfect 2. Pitch Perfect 1 was definitely much better though :/

So after finishing my finals one month ago, I have been doing nothing much I guess. Trying to find a job, reading books, watching movies like Pitch Perfect 2, Avengers and My Neigbour Totoro (yes I know it's damn long ago). Hmm so recently I have this urge to reflect on my education journey... Well, the reasons are:

I spotted this primary school friend (let's call her K) on Linkedin which led me thinking about primary school days...
Heading back to Andss for its fun fair got me reminiscing about the good old days
Some interviewer actually asked how I have changed in the past five years (erm)

The purpose of this post is just for myself to remember and look back on my education journey, so I have decided most of the people named in this post shall be given code names haha.

Pre-school education

I do not have much memories from my pre-school days but then again, who actually remembers pre-school days? I remembered my Mum saying that I switched school after my Nursery days (4 years old) and continued studying at a PAP Kindergarten for the next two years. Hmm. So when I was five/six years old, I only remembered these:

Throwing my heavy bag at this classmate's face (let's just name him J) because he was making snide remarks at me (but I can't remember what were the remarks). His spectacles were broken by the impact (HAHAHA) and I was forced to apologise to him by some teacher... which I ended up crying like crazy cause I didn't want to?
Being excited in class cause there was a rainbow outside (I think that was my first time seeing one? Or at least the first time according to my memory)
Crying when the class monitor wrote down my name for being noisy in class.
Telling on someone for cheating for spelling (Wowow horrible me)
Walking home with my Mum and brother and J's mum and sister which ended up in the kids competing who can run faster... And in the end, my brother fell into the drain LOLOL, sorry that image was damn funny. Oh yeah, J was still my friend even I threw my bag at him (refer to point 1).

Primary School education

I think there aren't any other kids from my pre-school who headed to the same primary school as me... Other than J LOL no idea why. But possibly because my primary school was considered quite far away and maybe also cause our parents were quite close? But nope, we are no longer in contact because they fell out and I have no idea why this J told other people not to be my friend. :( SAD ME.

Academic

So my parents sent me to Woodgrove Primary School with the biggest worry being me unable to cope with the Chinese language because of the Hanyu Pinyin component... My mum bought numerous supplement materials (remember those days with CD players haha) and dictionaries so she can teach me Chinese haha.

But guess what, I did well (hehe) for Chinese and top the class during lower primary.. And my weakest subject was actually English HAHAHHA. I just couldn't get all the vocabulary terms and I couldn't even get the grammar questions right. The best example I could think of is this:

Jane and Mary are friends. We/They/-inserts other options- are friends.

Oh guess what I wrote... Yeah, I wrote "We" HAHAHA. I don't know whether to attribute it to bad grammar or lack of common sense...

Sigh my English was so bad till I couldn't even do certain Math questions because I couldn't understand what the questions wanted, especially the more/less than questions. Recently (or maybe not very recent cause it was during 2012/2013), I taught Maths tuition to primary school students, I saw the more/less than questions and they were erm.. really easy??? But luckily, Math didn't contain too many of such questions and I did okay for Maths phew.

So during Primary 3, we started doing Science and I have no reason why I excelled in Science (hahaha, sound so proud). I really did enjoy Science all the way till Junior College days (sadly). In fact, I was actually part of the Science club in primary school HAHAHA omg I am so geeky/nerdy. But I really did enjoy doing Science experiments hehe.

During Primary 4, there was this streaming thing (which I bet kids nowadays don't know what it is) and being competitive, I wanted to be in EM1 which required me to get >85 marks for all subjects... Given my horrible English standards... I am sad to say that.. I STILL MADE IT HAHAHA. Please. My English had improved since Primary 1 because I started to read. In Primary 1 and 2, I always read Enid Blyton, then I moved on to Boxcar Children, Nancy Drew, Babysitter series, Sweet Valley High... I know there are many people who read Harry Potter in primary school BUT surprise, I didn't like it then because my English and imagination sucks.

So I went into EM1, did Higher Chinese, did okay during PSLE days and went to Anderson Secondary.

Social

By social, I really mean the friends I used to have. I wasn't much of a social butterfly (Actually, I still am not haha) and I was really quiet and soft spoken. Whenever the teachers called me to answer questions, I will speak so softly that the teachers had to ask me to repeat one more time. I wonder if my current friends will believe that I used to be so quiet hmm.

Other than being quiet, I was an overly emotional (sounds better than crybaby) person who cried each time when I didn't get what I wanted. Luckily I was not the target of any bullying despite being such an irritating kid haha. And I did have friends (hey don't look that surprised)

So in Primary 1, I was initially close to this girl called Y. But we didn't talk to one other after Primary 1 because we were in different classes. The last time I saw her was when after O levels when I visited numerous JC open houses. And many thanks to Instagram, I do get to see updates from her #notastalker. Hmm so from Primary 2 to 4, I had this best friend called G. We really did everything in school together. I kind of offended this boy during Primary 2 by calling him a durian head which resulted in G having to run away from him, along with me. Oh by running away, I really mean running literally HAHAHA. Maybe that's why I used to run quite fast in primary school napfa.

Sadly, G and I went to different classes after Primary 4 which resulted in us drifting apart. I didn't manage to find G on social media I think and now I can't even remember her surname so I can't even find any updates about her and hopefully she is doing well?

So in Primary 5 and 6, I became closer to this girl Q. Q and I hanged out with several other girls and A was one of them. A was Q's friend since Primary 1 and one day, another friend asked Q whom she considered closer to her (i.e me or A) and she chose A cause she knew A for a longer period of time. Awww. And here comes a lesson.

Lesson 1: Old friends are gold. Don't forgo your old friends for the new one.

Before I end this part of my (grandmother/excessively long) story, I MUST narrate this story. During Primary 6, our English teacher wanted us to do a school project on Vincent Van Gough. So I worked together with Q and K (the one I found on Linkedin!). And this K disappeared for ALL project meetings. Being the angsty bitch, I refused to write her name on the project. Oh well, so she fell out with me and Q. Maybe I shouldn't call myself a bitch because... the last time I bumped into her and her friend, she was making snide remarks about me. HAHAHAHA, yes it's really funny cause I have really gotten over it???

Anyway, ya my primary school days sound quite cool right. Got school projects HAHA. One other cool thing was how we used to go over to Singapore Sports School for lessons!! ^^ Sidenote, it has many millipedes BUT the clean toilets at Singapore Sports School was very awesomeeeee compared to the ones at my primary school HAHA.

Secondary school education

Academic

HAHA, so in primary school I did okay for Maths right.. But sadly, in Secondary 1, I had a F9 for one of my Math exams. Yes, friends like to talk about how I failed my Art but I really find my failure in Math more embarrassing? I still can't understand why I can get grades like C5/C6 for Math during my lower Secondary days hmm. It wasn't even that difficult? I mean I really do badly for questions related to symmetry/pattern because... I don't know why I can't just SEE it?!?! I hated the D&T diagrams too (hey remember D&T days? HAHA) which is one reason why I can't never do Engineering haha.

Despite disliking a lot of things, I really LOVE Science and Geography. I participated in competitions for both Science and Geography hehe. And I feel really privileged to have the opportunity?? I will attribute it to the people I hang out with so here's lesson 2.

Lesson 2: The company you hang out with makes a lot of difference in your life.

I can still remember all the conflicts during the Science competition but it really felt damn good seeing the end products (the banner, the presentation slides, the report) and getting some form of recognition. :') HAHA it was also the one and only time I wore the blazer during my secondary school days.

Anyway, I remembered I was so into Science that I actually wanted to be part of the Science Research Programme which some teacher anyhow chose the students to be part of the programme. Tsk. But I guess it doesn't really matter now since I am not doing anything related to Science hahaha. BUT hey the people who were part of the programme went to U.S. Argh thanks. But I guess because I didn't go to U.S, I could take part in the school's Taiwan Immersion Programme which made me fell in love with Taiwan. I am still in love with Taiwan's sights and culture :)

Well being into Science, I naturally wanted to take the Triple Sciences + Double Humanities combination.. But I didn't do well enough during Secondary 2. I had to appeal to get that combination. And I am really thankful for that opportunity? Because I really do not know where I will be if I didn't get into that combination. It's not just about the friends I made during Upper Secondary. It's about not being able to do Biology. I did fail Biology consistently BUT somehow managed to do okay during O levels and for some reason, I decided to do Biology during A levels hahaha.

Wow, what a long story about Science. Well, I really do enjoy Geography as well. I still remember the competitions I took part in related to Geography and how our Geography teacher drove us to the competition venue on a Saturday HAHA. And I remember how we won one of the group components which was related to writing some essay HAHAHA. Those days... Sadly, I didn't get an A1 for Geography when I actually I thought I DEFINITELY will have gotten an A1 for. And because of this, I didn't dare to take Geography at my A levels :/ But again, I am glad I took H2 Economics instead of Geography? And this brings me to lesson 3.

Lesson 3: Everything happens for a reason

I guess I sound like a total nerd again because I love Science and Geography rightttt. And guess what? I WAS IN CYBERNETICS (yes building robots). How geeky is that hahaha. And I was the only girl in my level in it omg and I was really upset by that because I really couldn't get along with guys :( HAHAHA, but that was during secondary school. Because... sometimes, guys are really much easier to get along with.

Social

During my lower secondary school days, I was in a class that frequently do badly for many subjects (compared to the other classes). I guess the good thing was that I NEVER worried whether I will be the only one who did badly oops. I guess it was also because of that, I had the mood to use my computer frequently and blogged my whole afternoon away. YES, I was very into blogging BUT no, my content sucks so I deleted them all away phew HAHAHA.

Okay, so other than discovering all the social media websites like Blogger, Facebook and Friendster during secondary school days, I also began listening to English songs and I think one of my favourite artistes then was Taylor Swift and The Click Five? Teardrops on my guitar, You belong with me, Jenny, Happy Birthday etc. Love them both.

Oh, I did continue reading during my secondary school days. And I have moved on to reading... more chick lit (love Princess Diary!), Harry Potter, Twilight (omg wth hahaha) and even Jodi Picoult (which remains my favourite author) after my O level days!

And my biggest take away from Anderson Secondary wasn't the awards etc but the friends I made which I kept in contact with till now. It sounds so cliche haha but heartfelt okay. And we just went back to Anderson for her 55th anniversary!

The two girls that I know since I was 13 years old

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HAHA much prettier now is it?

Our first overseas trip in 2014- Batam!

HAHAHA at the above photo which was taken during 2010.

Remember how I said I wasn't the target of any bullying during Primary School? I wasn't the target of any bullying in Secondary School as well BUT I wasn't really nice to this girl... I can't find her on any social media previously so hmm I honestly hope she is doing well now? And maybe if I had the chance, I would have been nicer to her?

This story is getting a little too long, er, so I guess I will leave my Junior College and University days to another post.

I doubt anyone will really read this post also hahaha. Good bye.

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