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the first combined practice for my school's national day parade went quite well... our guides beloh (turn while marching) was surprisingly good. we were commented for our good attitude. you go girls!! :)
FESTIVAL OF PRAISE IS COMING THIS FRI!! who's coming?? who wants to come? contact me peeps ya?
somthing weird happened to me this week... i composed 2 songs in five days. for me, composing is like once in a blue moon thing. hmms... anyway this was the nicer song i composed in my bordem despite the hectic week.
defining moments
everyday i live
every single breath
i make choices in my heart
and with these choices
i pray that i might
be able to fulfill Your will
but one thing that i never regretted
is to follow you my God
Lord, i want to be closer to You
it's a call to grow up and move beyond myself
Lord i ask for big changes in my life
and i pray
make each day a defining moment
i love marching!
from today onwards i have to stay back everyday... for marching! yay! tomorrow is the start of the orchid hybernisation advanced course (did i spell it correctly?). so fun. can play with the laminar flow again!
in like few weeks time, its goin to be national day. time passes too fast for me, sometimes i just feel like saying,' God, can you please make time move slower?' well u can't request that i guess :) hehs.
stop. JUST STOP. stop looking at me. stop trying to impress me. you know it won't work on me. it is too bad that i am insensitive enough to ignore your feelings sometimes. i'm so sick of you. don't bother me cause i can't be bothered to be bothered by such a bother like u cause u are such a bother.
stop. JUST STOP.
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oh, i'm a master blogger? i'm so flattered.
today was madness. we were singing and singing and singing the whole morning preparing for campfire at east division day.
for the past 3 days, i had no class!!! yayness. book and music week came and just went, fast. all we did as a class is to busk during recess, sit in the hall(stoning) with my feet aching from sitting down for long hours and perform. here's what i did for the pass 3 days:
wed
stone and watch performances in the hall. i love the debate by the sec 2s. it was highly commical. example:
sophie:on your point ma'am
ning rong: sit down ma'am
sharon and sophie: on your point ma'am
ning rong: sit down please!!
thurs
spelling bee comp. sophie and me went in together and lost together in the 2nd cycle of round 1. sophie got a word like 'mongadesu' (is it correct spelling?) i got some word that mdm gammar pronounced 'de-ce-dence' when the spelling was decadence. arggh! anyway we both got the words wrong.
our class performed too. the school was laughing at our actions for 'heal the world' its like the lyrics say that 'there are people dying' *twitch index finger* damn funny.
during recess, we had to busk. ariane did not come so we can't do miss swan. we ended up singing 'we're all in this together' from high school muscial with me figuring out the guitar chords last minute, with the out of tune school guitar( i tuned it by then) and a 50 cent coin as a pick(i didn't have my pick with me). i know that using a 50 cent coin is bad but that's the only coin big enough for grip( 10 cent coin keeps flying out of my hand). its horrible that they don't maintain the school guitar. it has a lot of scratches, the metal strings are almost rusted all over and, worst of all, there is no bag to contain it and it is just chucked on one side of the music room. anyway we did fairly well, only a few people out of tune and 1 mistake in my chord changes. isn't my class an expert in last minute things?
somehow, i think it is an asset to learn 2 musical instruments. when u learn something new about one, it relates to the other and vice versa, which means that favorite songs in piano scores can become guitar chords for my bro and myself and yet again vice versa. never expected that leroy's basic guitar course came in handy in my piano playing ( i really didn't put in a lot of effort in the course XD) . hmms...
fri
results time. my class did not even win the corridor deco. i'm soo angry!! i took a lot of time folding those paper flowers and they are pretty!! why didn't we win?? surprisingly, our class won first for the busking comp. yayness! i was going like 'oh no, we are ot goin to win, we can't beat 2/3' then it happened. the whole class was screaming like mad. we won third for the performance with the wierd actions. hehs :)
went for marching prac. my bro and my mum came to fetch me. my friend saw him talk to me and said he was sexy. my bro, sexy?! '''-_- lols.
hmms... what did i do today? arggh! my memory is failing me again and again.
ah, yes.
just came home from the LAST DAY (yes! finally!)of book and music week prep, and it was gadgetry, gadgetry and more gadgetry all the way! yayness! the sec 1's were marching and the seniors were doing the prep. from next week onwards i have to stay back for marching practice everyday. arggh.
whoever want to buy guides cookies, please approach any kc guide and order from them( its really ok if u dun order from me) payment ASAP please! i really dun like to chase 4 money. thanks peeps :)
ANOUNCEMMENT: girl guides cookie sales is now on!! those who want to place orders please contact me in whatsoever method. here are the prices:
1. mint cream-$10
2. chocolate cream-$10
3. macademia & white chocolate-$12
kindly order before the 29 of july.
these cookies listed here CANNOT BE BOUGHT ANYWHERE ELSE!! meaning that it is bound to be nice!!! furthermore, the tins are very nice looking and it is really worth it.
there goes another sat.my hand smells of the hemp rope now. guides meeting was fun!! we did a lot of GADGETS!!! today we used sparrs (is that what its spelled?), the thick long wood to make one of the book and music week projects. we made a tripod from it and hung the worlds' flags on it. pretty cool huh? we make our own furniture for displays. hehs
for the past few days i have been staying back in school for gadgets to get the stuff for the book and music week done. next week is book and music week already!! so fast.
how time flies
i hath fallen for shakespeare language
ere shakespeare was singlish which i shalt not use *smack* ok, i'll snap out of it.
i have to stay back everyday from tmr onwards for book and music week prep, and partial fast starts tmr... jia you to my group!!!
i can't believe my class pulled off the last minute of the auditions prep, i was like laughing at the actions of 'heal the world'. the 'dying' action is like the twitching of the fingers, u know, up and down. hahas.
king james version anyone? (jking :P)
there goes a busy weekend
Sat
i HATE to dress up formally. yeah, a wedding dinner of my father's... sister's... ... cousin, ah (i messed up the family tree a wee bit in my mind for a moment). and there my grandma goes again, ' wah, yan hui(thats my chinese name) jin shui (pretty in teochew, is it?)ah... ke yi jia le!(can marry already) * laughs*' and from there does the matchmaking thing with the people of the same generation somewhere in the family tree.
ermm... reality check, i'm only 14.
Sun
my grandma's birthday and there was poh piah party at my aunt's house. my grandma said the exact thing that she said yesterday, ya, i'm soooo pissed. it seems that no matter what i wear, she will forever say that sentence.
my baby cousin Naomi is soooooo adorable, cute, adorable...*melts*...ahhh!! i ate 3 pohpiah rolls that i made myself (soggy with sweet sauce... yum) in her house. played with naomi and chatted a lot there.
i'm bloated
1 week of fasting gone. jia you people!
guides was always fun as it always is. today we did my favorite thing, GADGETS! i had to teach a whole bunch of sec 1s to do knots then we went to make a ladder out of ropes made out of hemp and gadget poles for people to climb.REAL people i mean. a sucessful one!! more than 3 people climbed it. see the power of ropes!!! mua ha ha...(ok, that was lame)
cell yesterday was ok, i had to help my brother to help kun in ice breaker. in the end my bro led the ice breaker with my help and used my idea.
next week is a crazy, HECTIC week, i have to stay back everyday, for book and music week preparations. thats school lifefor me i guess :)
ok, CORRECTION, i'm angry and happy.
the english rep was giving out the marked holiday hw. then she shouted:
'rachel tan has 27/ 30 for compo!'
i was still brain dead from yesterday so the slow processor was even slower today, especially in the morning. i couldn't believe what i was hearing. i later found it to be true. i guess i really did break my record. hehs. but i wrote the whole thing based on sensable crap. hmms...
here's the compo (i still think its really average):
Funny money
I could not see very well so I held it against the light and looked at it again. The colour just looked wrong to me and when I looked closer, even the serial number was strange and smudged. As the manager of sushi tei, I had to count the takings daily before taking it to the bank. Comparing it with the rest of the hundred dollar bills, this one was out of place. I made a trip to the nearest bank, it was confirmed a counterfeit and was immediately handed over to the police.
On closer inspection, more features did not pass the muster: the watermark-likeness of former Singapore president Yusof Ishak was out of place, as was the kinegram - the silver octagon.
I was shocked upon hearing the news, little did I expect our restaurant to be involved in a spate of counterfeit cases involving both local and foreign currency this year. One of my friends, sergeant Rodney mentioned that counterfeiting is not rampant yet. However, they will do their best to track down the counterfeiter.
Later in the evening, the ringing of my mobile phone interrupted my paperwork.
‘Hello?’ I said in a business like manner.
‘Hi Rachel! My team and I found out the culprit of the counterfeit money you had this morning.’ Rodney responded on the other line.
‘So soon?’ I interjected.
‘Yes, it was rather easy to find with all the information you gave us. Thank you!’
‘don’t mention it, it is after all the duty of a citizen. Anyway, tell me how you came about solving the case.’
‘well… we found out that this was linked with a murder case. The counterfeiter was Lim Sim Kiong, one of the most wanted people in Singapore for forgery and drug trafficking. However, he was found dead near a blighted part of Singapore. The shells from the gun that killed him matched the Mini Uzis – a type of pistol which only rich people can afford. My team saw a similar gun in the house of Dan Brown, one of the suspects of the counterfeiting case.
‘Dan Brown? The writer?’
‘Yes. We bagged his gun and found the perfect match in the barrel of the gun and the shells. Metal fragments found at the crime scene matched the broken trigger guard on the gun. Blood evidence on his clothes that night with DNA test confirmed that he killed Lim Sim Kiong. With all the evidence against him, Dan Brown confessed and told us the whole story.’
‘What was the story?’ I asked.
‘He hired Sim Kiong to counterfeit money for him to pay off his debts. Despite being in a lucrative business, he squandered too much money and was teetering on the brink of bankruptcy. From the opulent setting to his revenue of advisors with everything looking pristine, I was deceived that he was so rich. Soon Sim Kiong wanted a pay rise and decided not to work for him anymore unless he does so. Dan couldn’t afford it, threatened to kill him. Hearing this, Sim Kiong ran to a rural area of the land but it was not long before Dan tracked him down and murdered him.’
‘So that is what happened,’ I said with understanding, ‘it was nice talking to you, I have to go now, bye.’
‘Good bye, Rachel.’ He hung up.
A love for money is a dangerous thing; it could end up in dire consequences, like murdering somebody for money and even dying for money.
(591words)
P.S: for all you dan brown fans out there, i really don't mean to dicredit dan brown here, k? it is just a story. :)
i'm sooooooo angry.
i stay back 4 CIP at the national sailing club this afternoon with sangeerna, mei qing and fadzy, and when we reache there, we were told that we were only needed on fri. then we call mrs teo. she tell us to go back home because of miscommunication between the sailing coach and her. so we went back, but no cab! no choice but to walk all the way to the bustop, which is abt 1- 2 km away. arggh! and we walked and walked and walked and walked and walked and walked and walked and walked and walked and walked and walked and walked and walked and walked and finally at the bustop where we took 36 to school ( i dropped at lagoon view that was nearer)and went home. full stop.
it is amazing what one l-o-n-g word can waste time. sch ended at 1.15 and i wasted so much time, reaching home close to 5 pm.
i wish that time could rewind
HAPPY YOUTH DAY TO ALL YOUTHS!!!
just came back from my first worship team shadowing session- or so i called it.
i went there entirely sotong, sheryl was on the keyboard and i was sitting there looking at her hands move and looking at the song sheet. andy beat the drums very loud, i'm like partially deaf now *ouch*. then suddenly i was told to play one of the slow songs, and it was full of 'bustops'. ya like i have to pause for a moment before playing the next chord. i can't sight read chords just yet. must put new scores before me and try and try again. further more, there were a lot of distractions, like andy practicing the drums at the fast beat, adrian singing along etc... my mind was totally psychoed then, trying to concentrate on one thing and blocking out distractions.
before that i finally finished my first arguementative essay, got a brain wrecking topic that i can't write about:' why are most people afraid of growing old?' wrecked my brain for two full hours just to get things done.
i'm brain-dead now.
dots.
Rachel tan, 14, part of BC, student of KC
* Loves *God :), people, food, music, maths,lit, science, photojounalism
* Hates *i shall not hurt anybody here.
* Wishlist *draw closer to God, TELL THE WORLD ABOUT HIS LOVE, new 8 mega-pixel digital SLR cam, learn electric guitar and acoustic guitar properly
* Friends *
adelina |
cheryl lay |
ariane |
elaine |
ms tan! |
TWOfive |
sylvia |
grace song |
chloe |
vrinda
|
amanda |
deserie |
chimene |
sandra |
annabelle |
amanda |
rina |
suzanne
* Pubbers Club Gals *
Seraphina (: |
sophie chewmouse |
sheriLION
* KCGG *
delicia |
intan |
KCGG |
shu hui |
stacey |
kai lin |
deborah |
felly |
virina |
heda |
ting xin |
zheng fang |
annabel |
angela |
yu hui
* Church People *
charmaine |
jasmine |
jia lin |
doraline |
karen |
tina |
kun |
crystal |
ashley |
sheryl |
mabel |
sheena |
dione |
aron |
liyun
* Links *
youtube |
blogskins |
my friendster profile |
ultimate guitar.com |
radioblogclub.com |
BC website |
tagged.com
* move ure fingers *
* video of the week *
funny!!
* music of the week *
nice song
* sing along *
I'm staring out into the night,
Trying to hide the pain.
I'm going to the place where love
And feeling good don't ever cost a thing.
And the pain you feel's a different kind of pain.
Well I'm going home,
Back to the place where I belong,
And where your love has always been enough for me.
I'm not running from.
No, I think you got me all wrong.
I don't regret this life I chose for me.
But these places and these faces are getting old,
So I'm going home.
Well I'm going home.
The miles are getting longer, it seems,
The closer I get to you.
I've not always been the best man or friend for you.
But your love, it makes true.
And I don't know why.
You always seem to give me another try.
Be careful what you wish for,
'Cause you just might get it all.
You just might get it all,
And then some you don't want.
Be careful what you wish for,
'Cause you just might get it all.
You just might get it all, yeah.
* bible verse of the week *
Hebrews 12:11
No discipline seems pleasent at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.
