it's 4 days to midyears.

it's the memorising of equations and understanding concepts that kills you, like how vinesh says it, the first pull up is always the hardest, getting from zero to one. did chem and math and econs in school yesterday, and i got more in from that one session than i would get from a week studying at home. so that's rather good, i must say.

Keep smilin', keep shinin'
Knowin' you can always count on me, for sure
That's what friends are for
For good times and bad times
I'll be on your side forever more
That's what friends are for

cheesy, yes i know, but i've always loved cheese. like on pizza, pasta and beef.

don't watch the incredible hulk. seriously, it's not that incredible.

anyway, i've been having IS rehearsals for the past three days, and had the tech run today. it's good! (: yes, and boston's leading 3-1 in the nba finals so that's good too(:

i think i need to become less busy.

yes! i'm back from church camp+2 days of doing almost absolutely nothing.

so, church camp details first, before the explanation to the ominous almost. hahaha yes, church camp was, in a word, hectic. leading worship for nearly every session left most of us rather drained and tired and pissy (pissed off). which gave God the opportunity to refresh everyone on the last night, with the extended worship session, followed by prayers of empowerment and healing. coupled with the free times where we played captain's ball and water rugby, and the crazy games with the group(: so yes, it was fun.

after church camp we went to KL and stayed at the ascott, where the room was 2 1/2 times the size of the church camp rooms. like a serviced apartment kinda thing. but we didn't live long enough to enjoy the dvd player and 20 channel tv cause of the three hour sleep the previous night. so after watching kung fu panda, we crashed.

went to berjaya times square the next day and sat that triple loop roller coaster(: the gracii, jeremy and i sustained the PSSS game poses for the part where the photo was taken and bought the very retarded photo. then made our way to malacca and stayed at holiday inn. that night, we had a dinner at a japanese buffet where we, in a few words, over ordered.

had a relatively small breakfast the next day following the killer combination the previous night. then went to gym at the very nice gym at holiday inn, had lunch at the rice ball place, and had cafe cartel for dinner. ohyes, and after that, i lost 1kg(:

back to reality, time to work:/

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(: