I passed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

One exclamation mark for every demerit point haha. 18 pointers rule! Armed with my probation plate, the first thing I did was scratch the car while I was parking. Haha oops. Nevermind, it won't happen with the Lexus.

“伊呂波”                                                    “ABC’s”

いろはにほへと                      Even the blooming flowers

ちりぬるを                          Will eventually die

わかよたれそ                        Even our world

つねならむ                          Is not eternal

うゐのおくやま                      The deep mountains of vanity

けふこえて                          Cross ( Read more... )

Thank

You

La

Trobe

Uni

For

Making

Me

An

Offer

!

I’ve wanted this university for a long time. Now the prospect of furthering my studies seems so real. YAY SPEECH PATHOLOGY!

Thank you thank you thank you!

Today was the last session of the reading programme so we brought the kids to Health Zone (this Discovery Centre-like place where you learn all about...health) for a day out, different from the usual big book, small book readings. And gosh, do I like hanging out with kids. Of course there are pain-in-the-neck “I don’t want to!” moments but it’s so ( Read more... )

I’ve been having very weird dreams lately. I heard that you get vivid dreams especially when your brain isn’t being maximised - your mind goes into overdrive to make up for the lack of excitement and stimulation during the day. Sad to say, this may be true for me haha. But! Some dreams are just so wondrously smart and inventive that it’s worth ( Read more... )

And what do you know? We’re already three months into 2009. And two days from The Day.

I suppose a lot has happened since the ‘A’ Levels ended. Prom, the trip to Japan, meet-ups with friends, looking up speech therapy and scholarship information, a couple of driving lessons and more fun with friends. And hopefully Japanese classes soon enough! ( Read more... )

Wait for it, wait for it...

It’s OVERRRRRR!

Wow, it still feels odd saying that. After 12 years of formal education, does this year-end feel super different? I haven’t packed my table or files yet but last night after placing the three H2 Lit books onto the bookshelf, I just sat back and looked at them thinking: I can’t believe I’m now not obliged ( Read more... )

HOLY MOLEY the past week has been one hell of a freak show! I actually sat there, halfway through Maths P1, asking myself why I was so stupid, had I totally wasted Mum’s money on tuition fees, damn this headache is bad, oh no what if tomorrow’s Lit turns out as bad? And meanwhile Bernard was behind asking for paper (“A lot. Just give me a lot.”) ( Read more... )

Geezalou I’ve been squishing all these ants that appear out of nowhere on my study desk every night now. And every time I do that I’m reminded of Buddy and the way she sledgehammers those ants on her kitchen counter haha!  Just that the ones on my study desk are not as fat and I’m not as vicious as her. I recall her saying she gets a kick out of ( Read more... )

And now the time has come for another major hurdle in our lives. (They say it will be the hardest in our academic life.) Warm yourself up (if you haven’t already), stretch out those arms, crick those necks and position yourself well on the starting block. Try to block out the noises from the crowd, take whatever last words your coaches have to tell ( Read more... )