Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon
Promos have come and gone and I completely bombed Math, which was an utter and unmitigatable disaster (and left me feeling quite traumatised for a bit) but managed to pull through the rest of the papers with God's Grace. :) I'm thankful it's over and I'm thankful it didn't bring out the worst in me, or any of the people around me; the camaraderie my class affords is very, very heartening and the idea of one more year (only? : O ) with them is both sweet and frightening at the same time - something to be dearly treasured and eventually, sorely missed.
I also love you, Goh Ruo Ting.
My birthday this year was really quite special! Hehheh this is for posterity's sake. Right before school, I was tricked by Sally who pretended to have lost a 2000-dollar check and me being me, I believed her and followed her to Manna Cafe where a surprise was awaiting me, complete with a shi shang zhi you ma ma hao song lol. (Thank you Lisa) The class gave this shoebox containing some really sweet notes and memorabilia. After school, the nongs+Tq+Rich blindfolded me and took me on a long MRT ride from Marymount to Bedok (I created quite a fuss when I had to enter the ticketing machines...blind). Then we ate and talked and played at the playground. I got a cute card and an even cuter clock ("Are you superstitious, Jingyi?"). Nicchee and his best friend (hahaha) gave a pink bunny that they claim looks like me, Cat's card was really sweet and Ruots gave me the most wonderful book containing nearly all our memories dating back to when we were sec 3. And all the sms-es and facebook messages completed the lovely day; thank you.
Right now, I'm aching all over because my classmates were teaching me how to ride the bike today and I proved Zhixuan's theory right, that you have to fall at least once before you can successfully master cycling. Well, I have yet to master it but I have cycled a long stretch along ECP (thanks to the amazing Matty/Shanzhi/Cheriel/Renyan/Zhixuan/Sally/Theo's patient and painstaking efforts) and that counts as a pretty good start, I think. :D
Yesterday, I tried ice-skating for the first time in my life and ended up being a penguin for about an hour. If you ask me to describe the experience, I would say that ice-skating is like doing math - you think you've got it and then the next thing you know, you're out of control and flailing futilely.
Though today, when two of my non-Christian friends said nonchalantly to each other, "Hey see you in hell!", it really struck me and for a moment, I was filled with this inexplicable sadness. For them, and for some of my other friends and relatives. (Because I don't want them, or anyone at all, for that matter, to go to hell, I say in a small voice, as though I have any control over it) Even though they didn't believe in what they said, well, I did and I would really like to at least have tried in changing it? But that instance reminded me once again of how absolutely helpless and inept I can be in even establishing any such attempts. All I am capable of doing is to pray for courage, purity of mind&heart, Godly wisdom and for God to work His ways. Oh gosh silly me! Prayer's actually really powerful and should never be relegated to the ranks of a "last resort" - I need to start praying more.
Enjoy your post-promos break, friends! :D Or if you're J2, all the best for the A Levels!! Issy, all the best for your multiple tests and papers! Miao, go go go you can do it! Yingjie, enjoy life? xD
I also love you, Goh Ruo Ting.
My birthday this year was really quite special! Hehheh this is for posterity's sake. Right before school, I was tricked by Sally who pretended to have lost a 2000-dollar check and me being me, I believed her and followed her to Manna Cafe where a surprise was awaiting me, complete with a shi shang zhi you ma ma hao song lol. (Thank you Lisa) The class gave this shoebox containing some really sweet notes and memorabilia. After school, the nongs+Tq+Rich blindfolded me and took me on a long MRT ride from Marymount to Bedok (I created quite a fuss when I had to enter the ticketing machines...blind). Then we ate and talked and played at the playground. I got a cute card and an even cuter clock ("Are you superstitious, Jingyi?"). Nicchee and his best friend (hahaha) gave a pink bunny that they claim looks like me, Cat's card was really sweet and Ruots gave me the most wonderful book containing nearly all our memories dating back to when we were sec 3. And all the sms-es and facebook messages completed the lovely day; thank you.
Right now, I'm aching all over because my classmates were teaching me how to ride the bike today and I proved Zhixuan's theory right, that you have to fall at least once before you can successfully master cycling. Well, I have yet to master it but I have cycled a long stretch along ECP (thanks to the amazing Matty/Shanzhi/Cheriel/Renyan/Zhixuan/Sally/Theo's patient and painstaking efforts) and that counts as a pretty good start, I think. :D
Yesterday, I tried ice-skating for the first time in my life and ended up being a penguin for about an hour. If you ask me to describe the experience, I would say that ice-skating is like doing math - you think you've got it and then the next thing you know, you're out of control and flailing futilely.
Though today, when two of my non-Christian friends said nonchalantly to each other, "Hey see you in hell!", it really struck me and for a moment, I was filled with this inexplicable sadness. For them, and for some of my other friends and relatives. (Because I don't want them, or anyone at all, for that matter, to go to hell, I say in a small voice, as though I have any control over it) Even though they didn't believe in what they said, well, I did and I would really like to at least have tried in changing it? But that instance reminded me once again of how absolutely helpless and inept I can be in even establishing any such attempts. All I am capable of doing is to pray for courage, purity of mind&heart, Godly wisdom and for God to work His ways. Oh gosh silly me! Prayer's actually really powerful and should never be relegated to the ranks of a "last resort" - I need to start praying more.
Enjoy your post-promos break, friends! :D Or if you're J2, all the best for the A Levels!! Issy, all the best for your multiple tests and papers! Miao, go go go you can do it! Yingjie, enjoy life? xD