i watched the first episode of house today. thanks bre! :D
and went to the soup spoon for dinner with clarice. and wow it was suprisingly filling! the clam chowder there's like magic and i'm gonna try the beef goulash the next time i go. if i ever go again.

hello after very long.

yes, okay, let's see, it's been a very hectic month since i last blogged, and there's been theasthai, jungle book and the 24/7 prayer event, to name a few. to name a few more, there's also been ac's got talent, restless and the j2's GS's. ohyes, and then the start of the school holidays, which have been an entirely alien experience compared to days in school.

on days where i aboslutelydonothaveanythingandgrowfatonmultiplemealsadayspendinghoursinfrontofthecomputer, i wake up at about 11. on the first day of the holidays i'm like OOH. SO THIS IS WHAT 11OCLOCK LOOKS LIKE FROM BED. yes, i know, mr deprived/sad. this is also not an ideal way to spend the rest of the holidays because terms are like on the first day of the term. which lasts for a week, then there's the IS and GS for the seniors.

and for example, there's today, where i go out and fry myself in the sun on sentosa. took the luge for the first time in my life, and so hannah, jack and i were going up on the skylift thingy and it kinda went very high and all three of us got quite scared. i got a bit scared. yes, and not to mention that the weight was kinda unbalanced. see, the skylift chair's meant for four people, and so i go in, right to the right end of the chair, and hannah and jack follow. so the chair's askew to the right because there are three people bunched up to the right, and even more so cause i'm right at the end.

anyway, to cut a long story short, which is generally what happened, cause like the skylift was eons long, and the ride down was damn short. i nearly got killed by two children under the age of eight, who zoomed by me travelling at 200km/h while i was starting off after stopping to wait for jack. so that was the highlight.

well, not really. i found a visa cap too, but i ditched it outside coffee bean. so yeah, fine, the near-death experience was the highlight.

but the LIGHT came from the sun, which roasted all three of us to a nice brown colour(: leading to jack's 8-star joke about being a soprano beacause hannah said she was tanner(tenor). yes. ha ha.

IS tomorrow, tuition tomorrow. tomorrow's tuesday. the day after monday.
okay i'm in a rambly mood.

okay, well, so i'm using the computer again.

i finally went out today, like on a weekday, like after school. like at 5pm. and i finally finished my PI, so that's good too. was looking at the nikon DSLR pamphlets and i miss using one, like when i used sarah's in south africa.

it's damn hard not fighting back to everything now. part of me (the obvious D part) is kicking around and fighting to justify it. the other part says to forgive. so yes, i've moved and changed, and i'm not going back there again. God please help me ignore everything and well, thanks for putting into my life people who actually care about me. I really need all the help and support i can get through this period.

i need a talking to.

this is the lull before the storm man.

p and p starts in a week and i think this is the last chance i'll get to use the computer for this long in a while. sprained my ankle in a match with TJ on monday, but it's recovering rather nicely and it should heal by monday(:

i'm still reminded of the word during chapel on monday, where the speaker said that though many doors open for you, the important thing is in which door you enter. i think that's what i've got to figure out for myself now in this super busy schedule of mine.

and thanks for all the help people(:

ohwell, here we go.

so this week's been really really hectic, with p&p dance and text and syf and basketball and all, so that's the basic reason why i haven't been online for the past few days. hahah i'm starting to really like dance now, and i'm really excited for p&p! (:

watched the pillowman again last night with the deppers. maybe it's because i watched it before, but it didn't seem as spectaclar as last time. i mean, it was brilliant and fantastic and damn good, but the style of it was changed, so it came across as more comedic. it used to be dark and moody, and ariel would shout a lot, but well, it's still dark and moody, but a bit lighter. and ariel shouts less. ohwell, michael corbidge was fantastic anyway.

busybusyapril.
busybusymay.

so, as i said, entabeni.

we went there on the second day and when we got there, we saw the open top jeeps lined up in a row, as seen in picture 1. and that was the entrance to the park, which really takes your breath away. then we get onto the jeep and it drives us 20 mins to the reception area, where we have a really good lunch. then the jeeps bring us to our lodges.

basically they drop us in the middle of nowhere, and we follow this path through the bush till we come to a cliff. the roof of the lodge common room can be seen, as well and the sky in front of you and it's quite, quite blue! haha nol joke. anyway, so i'm sharing the lodge with nick, dheraj, dewei, beverly and joanna, so we climb down steps and come to our common room, which is about the size of a classroom, with a fireplace and a bar. it opens up onto a balcony walkway, which leads to the rooms on different wooden platforms, at the same time overlooking a ravine(: so the whole lodge is like a damn big treehouse(:

then we dump our bags down and go back out to the jeep which brings us back to the reception area for a briefing, then it's safari time! okay, basically it's indescribable what we saw, but we saw gnus, kudu, zebras, and a lion at dusk. then we were driving back and the stars came out. wow. there was a bar in the sky unknown to singaporeans called the milky way. it's like a cloud of faraway stars which form a spiral in the sky, and is framed by the constellations we see. beautiful.

okay hello to everyone who thought i died or went to africa or something.
well i did go to africa.

so i reported to school with the loading team on friday night and loaded the big lorry with the flight cases containing possibly every single piece of electrical apparatus known to man. sat next to mark and kester on the way at the back of the van. got to the airport early, at 8pm, and realised our flight was at 2:/ so ohwell, waited for the rest of the trippers to come and got coffee in the meantime:D went into the gate and hung out with vinesh and gideon at the entertainment corner, and was beating gideon very closely in a nail biting nba match, then they shut down the game because it was 12. ohwell.

flight was okay, slept about 5 hours and watched august rush and hitman and friends for the next five hours.

reached johannesburg and went to jeppe girls' for breakfast. i've never eaten fresher bread before in my life, and i've never enjoyed a raisin bun before. attempted to make coffee, but failed, more details can be found out from gideon or becky, who both know very well what i did; entitled "john's coffee". then went to the hotel at mecure bedfordview and it's a very nice place, very spacious and everything. changed and went to the lesedi cultural village, realised it hadn't opened yet, then went to a flea market where i got conned big time. ANYWAY, after that unfortuante incident where my rather lousy bargaining got taken advantage of, liankim and farhana vowed to go shopping with me on the last day so i don't end up paying a million bucks for a bracelet or something. anyway, went back to lesedi and toured the place, followed be a dance concert thing where mohit was THE BULL, and then a dinner.

day 2 and 3, we were at entabenei reserve, an experience which i shall bother to type out tomorrow.

day 4 was at the singapore high commission, where some dances were performed and stuff, good stuff, there. then went to a buffet dinner, much like pariss in singapore(:

day 5, park town, played drums there, band was very very very good for our first show! :D

haha okay, that's about half the trip, shall continue the other half tomorrow.
goodnight everyone(:
thank you so much dear(: i love you(:

nol at the beginning of the week was fantastic! the audience on both nights were superb, and i guess that really helped to heighten the atmosphere. it's been great working with the cast and directors, with the fun and everything every rehearsal:D

went to cj on wednesday and thursday.

got called by ac on friday morning, one of the best wake up calls ever. so went down to schol and got my form, went to cj and got out for good. back to ac and did subject registrations and met my og! went to TTSH to get the vaccinations for south africa and then went with vinesh, farhana and liankim to watch ps i love you. got a first row seat, so the two girls went up to the back and vinesh and i were too lazy to move, so we sat in front and exercised our neck muscles. show was good, made me cry abit. hahhaah

then went to the legends to have dinner with my dad and sisters. arm started aching heavily then and i couldn't move it past chest level.
ohwell. got worship practice in 55 mins and i'm still at home.
i love you(:

so i haven't been blogging since olevel results came out!

i've been really busy over the last few weeks, with school, and i've been coming back at about 9pm almost every night = no chance to blog. anyway, i've just been very busy with the j2s' IS prelims, which is basically a component of the DEP exams. i'm doing two IS pieces, one for kester and another for clarice, and we just had prelims today. both went very well:D

another area which drains my time is the upcoming night of laughter on monday and tuesday. practices are tiring, damn fun, and it just gives you experience and exposure i guess.

so, i had IS today, and it went well, as said(: then went for eleanor's birthday party at her house. good stuff man, her house is really nice by the way, with her cats that are afraid of me and the general layout of it.

and i'm just so damn tired of this, these unkind words, the sarcarsm, and i just want it to be like how it once was.

so, happy chinese new year everyone!

i'm now in penang, so forgive me if i don't respond to your messages. the week's been kinda good so far. haha i'm blogging from my uncle's computer (at myra and jordan's house:D ) and we'll be staying there for the night(: hahah then we're going to the rasa sayang resort tomorrow. and the inevitable food trail tomorrow, which guarantees an immediate addition of at least 2kg in a very short time.

jordan can talk now!!!! :D
anyway, time to sleep(: