Wonder why blogger has problems uploading pictures. Too much of a hassle to go to photobucket then come back here again.

Today I rushed down to Sentosa. Like I said in my previous post, because I it's my first time doing the linesman duty, I gotta be there at like 9.30am but in the end I reached at 9.45am, with my TP senior! Ha ha small world, bumped into each other in vivo's lift. Then when I reached, the woman somewhat in her early 30s told me that there would be an orientation. This is how it goes....'This is Siloso beach (who doesn't know). This is court 1, court 2 and court 3. The next two courts are for warming up. The last court is specially for the finals.'

That's it. That's it okay. Made me rush down to Sentosa to say these and because of this I gave my Econs lecture a miss. Wow you know I depend very much on lectures to understand the topic?! What is more is that they kind of refused to get me an excuse letter from school which they already promised me. So after the whole rehearsal I bugged them for a letter. Was so close to saying 'If you don't give me the letter I will not come tomorrow for my line judge!' but I could only blurt out 'This would greatly affect my GPA so I NEED a letter, now.'

Kk but on the whole I really felt like I was treated like a real official. A real one. Lotsa food catered for us. There were a number of refrigerators readily available for us with many different kind of drinks. They were such eye candies. On top of that we were given a room to rest. Then while rehearsing, we got to walk into the court with the audience's applause. We also got a tent for the referees and line judges. We also received a cap, 3 shirts and a pass.

Howeverrrrr I got a message from Kerensa and it says 'you got 6* for Econs' and I sulked my way back. Total killjoy. But I must say I did my revision diligently already but with such sulky results.... Moreover it's only the mid semester tests and I'm already scoring Bs and Cs. Not a good sign at alllll :(

But wait. Being a linesman is not as easy as I thought. Can you imagine what if I made the wrong judgement, causing the other country to lose? Or worse still, to be eliminated from the next round?

Time to pack my stuff again. This time I really gotta reach Sentosa by 7.45am. Kill me please...

Hi allllllll I am so thrilled todaaaay. School was as usual. Ended at 10.30am so I went home after that to take a nice long nap. Then I got a call from my friend asking me to be the line judge for the AYG beach volleyball games. And that is, I have to be at Sentosa by 2pm tomorrow. That means that I will have to skip my Econs tutorial.... :( But since it's my first time being a line judge, I'll have to be at Sentosa by 9.30am tomorrow for a short course and a rehearsal till like in the evening.

And for the next 3 days I'll be given the Leave Of Absence by the Singapore Sports Council. I hesitated for a while. Called mom and dad when they were still at work cuz I needed to give the answer by 7pm. Mom supported me, so did Dad. Thank God for supportive parents and friends! My classmate promised me that she'll collect my notes and important stuff for me :) In short, I'll have to skip school for the whole of this week and also, my weekends will be burnt. Am a lil regretful cuz INITIALLY I was planning for my little pre birthday celebration with my family and my friends...Prolly a nice barbeque by the poolside. But too bad, really. Gotta give the weekend a miss. Am feeling upset about that okay but dad and mom comforted me. Come to think of it, shouldn't I be happy that I am chosen? And that I get to watch beach volleyball, at Sentosa? Isn't that what I've been looking forward to all the while...? K I shall be sad no more. Am so fickled minded :(
The attire for the linesman is so....... I am sure I'll have to put lotsa sunblock lotion or else I'll get really ugly tanlines. Gotta wear a polo shirt, long shorts, long white socks and shoes.

But I really do not wish to skip Econs lecture tomorrowwwww. One lecture skipped will cause a disastrous outcome. But then again it's the AYG!!! Omg ignore me everyone, just ignore me. Just be sure to see if I'm on telly flagging down the balls ha ha ha.

Had dinner with the girls todaaaay! It was short and sweet but I had to leave early to buy long white socks....

The girls!

Checklist
-sunblock

-white polo tee
-black shorts
-whistle
-2 towels
-toiletries
-socks
-canvas shoes
-waterbottle
-visor
-notes on how to be a linesman
-another set of clothes
-facial spray

This is the first time I am stressed over what to pack to go to the beach. C'mon.....!

Mission Accomplished.
Did my tutorials.









Well at least it was just a portion of it but then again, a portion of load off my burden. So means Grace is a happy girl at least for now. Should I change my blogskin to the classic blogskins that blogger has or should I leave this skin unchanged? I am beginning to find my blogskin more and more childish...

Found some handwritten messages when I was searching for emoticons to express how happy I am to complete my tutorials.

Presenting to you..
My handwritten message

Venus' version. Pardon me for my handwritten messages cuz I am a lefty using my right hand to control the mouse.



Mine again..!

Today is a very uneventful Sunday spent (although the whole of Sunday is not over yet) :(
Just so you know, Riverlife cancelled their services this week because of the increasing cases of H1N1 cases in the church so I didn't go to church todaaay. Spent my wholeeee morning sleeping till like noon then I had lunch. Slept again and I just woke up. Darn. Nope didn't go sentosa this week again. Then mom was like 'Lets all play tennis tomorrow (today) morning at 8!' I replied 'Siao!' because 8 is too early for my lazy ass to get out of bed.
Speaking of which, I feel damn disgusted with myself for staying at home the whole day. I feel so lousy. I don't feel like hitting the gym. I feel like giving my neighbour a call and ask her to go swim with me but school's reopening for her and her exams will commence tomorrowww. Guess it's predictable. Yes it's Jul... Should have played tennis or something but dammit it is raining now. Dark gray clouds make me feel so moody. I want the sun.

Yesterday we the vb girls received messages from the captain that we can choose our jersey number and that we should get back to her ASAP. Okay I was quite surprised cuz I thought I'll never ever have the chance to do so. Didn't even dare to dream of getting a number. Already mentally prepared a ball picker 4 lyfe. Wanted number 7 initially, but it was already taken. Am heartbroken. Then I thought of having 5. God knows why, beats me too. But I took 8 in the end because the number means a lotttt to me. Tell you why when I get my 11th jersey. But I clashed with another someone. Got a good idea and gave 8 up to her and took some other number. Guess what number!

I feel damn stressed now. Like just after reading Jagger's blog cuz he went to type out the To Do List and the deadlines for all of the projects. What is more is that the project deadlines clashes with the Class term test so that means we all don't have much time to study. So means revision is neccessary. Revision is essential. Revision is paramount. Revision is.... ugh whatever that is.

When mom leaves home to attend her colleague's solemnization ceremony and wedding dinner, when Ken leaves home for Chinese tuition (HAHA what is Chinese ah?) and when Dad's friends are here for their MJ session, I will switch on the air con, isolate myself with the rest of the world, bury my head in the books. And study. Welcome to my uh.... Nerdy world :)

Today we went to town and went back to Tampines 1's Secret Recipe. Mom was wondering why didn't they display nor were they selling her all time favourite chocolate banana cake. So then after dinner the manager brought the cake to our table and she was speechless. The look she gave was seriously...priceless. Kool man, it was successful. Am really glad mom enjoyed her birthday! :)
Love you mom! :*

K so it's past midnight already. Happy Birthday Momsy!! Settled down reaaaally late. Bought mom a cupcake to suprise her at midnight. Would say it was rather successful :) Ordered a Secret Recipe Chocolate Banana cake already and will be collecting it laterrr. Can't wait! Plus Ken and I got gifts and made cards for her so hopefully she'll like em!

Dear Mom (I know it's not Mothers' Day) thank you for allowing me to do so many things. Freedom/once off runway model and photoshoot/sacrifices you've made/..... This post will never end if I were to write down every single thing she did for me and as a great mom. You're like a bottle of red wine like I said in the birthday card, that the longer it is the more valuable it is so do not be upset you're a year older! Old is gold but my mom does not fall under the categories of the young and the old.

Oh yes and we celebrated Glorianne's birthday today! Happy belated birthday Glor! Omgz you guys should see the TP website cuz she is the covergirl on the site. Anddddd she might be on the what's that called? :O Like, under the psychology section. Oh yes somewhat like a model too. Glor turns 17 on the 25th and it's been 5 long years since I know her! Those nerdy secondary 1 days. We watched each other grow up and change for the better and am hopeful for more of these years to come!

The mom and I.

Hehehe today was grrrreat. Although I nearly fell asleep in Business Accounting lecture due to late nights. Reached home nearly 12 last night then I only got to sleep after 3 in the morning cuz I was waiting for my hair to dry and I was also doing my project. Thought I'll be more relaxed after handing in my final CSA project but I still have to struggle with my Comm Skills proj which is due tomorrow. Consulted the teacher, did quite a bit of touch up and stuff but I still do not feel very confident :( Then today during CSA we were bombed with another project. Thankfully no more MS Excel projects but it's web designing! Sounds so kool but it doesn't sound easy at all. No kids, all :( Today I also got back my CSA result. A borderline pass will NOT do but the fact that it is CSA.... No let me emphasize again. This is not Common Sense Application as jokingly said my Fiona. Lol. It is Computer Systems and Application. Till now I still think this is an unlikable module.

Best part of the day was that I got to meet my 4G! Think the last time I saw them as a group was uh... collecting our O level results?! Kk am really very glad to get to meet up with them in school. Yes the JC kids crashed TP. Joseph even came in with his uniform. Lunched at the Bistro Walk but I heard 'Disco Walk' when I was on the phone with Pris. Told her I have no idea where Disco Walk is located then Aliff explained to me after that. Then coincidentally while we were having lunch, I happened to look outside the bistro and I saw Dalifah! The reaaaaaallly quiet girl in class so I pointed and shouted 'AH IT'S DALIFAH, DALIFAH!' Everyone screamed and ran out of the bistro to look for her and the people seated in the bistro went o.O

Only got 4 pictures with me cuz the rest of the pics are taken with Deon's slr.

It is already the 25th June. The clock reads 2 in the morning. My hair is still partially dam so I can't go to sleep just as yet...

Ummm today was all right. Pretty fun in school! Except that last night when I was informed that someone went to tell all the vb girls that I want to quit volleyball, and that I don't want to be associated with volleyball anymore. So I didn't really sleep very well the previous night. I was thinking when the hell did I say that so the next day, which was by right today, I bumped into the girl and asked her what happened.
So she said that on Friday when I didn't come, everyone asked why I didn't make it for training and she called me. The girl whose name happens to be Grace told her that 'I want to quit vb and I don't want to be associated with vb anymore!' with the very serious tone. She said 'Grace' sounded exactly like me so soon after the whole team was like omgz what happened to Grace... Now that the misunderstanding is cleared I feel much better despite having to repeat myself several, in fact many times during training when I was asked 'Eh I thought you quit vb already'.
The 'Grace' happens to be my that very particular friend's junior who plays volleyball too and she said she quitted vb, and that she doesn't want to be associated with vb anymore so hence the misunderstanding.

When asked 'Eh I thought you quit vb already?!' I gave the no-that's-impossible look. For half of my lifetime I have been spending so much effort and time on vb. One thing that I dread about going back to training is the coach. Why let the minor issue stop me from playing vb anyway? Then what is going to happen when I play beach vb if I don't train now? So long as my legs are fit for sports I will still play vb, till the day I continue to deepen the fractures of my spine, till the day my spine gives way, till the day I become a vegtable or being paralyzed waist down, till the day when I cannot stand up on my own two feet again... I will never, NEVER, give up on vb. Trust me :)

Neways training was a little odd today. Ran 1.6km first. Would totally prefer to run on a treadmill instead of running around the track... Umm then drills, and watched em played till slightly past 10.30pm because all of us had to stay back until whole thing is completed. At the bus stop I bumped into Lloyd for the third or fourth time for the day.
Lloyd: So.... Training shiok or not!!!
Me: Duh~ I get to sit on benches, pick balls and watch people play!!! :)
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Me: What bus are you taking home?
Lloyd: SBS bus.
Me: (gives the really annoyed face)


Got to reach home at uh.... 11.45pm. No fun at all seriously... :(

Finally got pictures of some of the girls on the team!!!
Wei Xin for you..



Me, Wei Xin and Sharon

Me, Wei Xin, Sharon and Seon




Suhui @ the background


Suhui and Jing Xian.