Sunday, November 30, 2008

Random

Looking at the countdown on my computer, Debbie and Chloe's blog, we have finally reached a one-digit number! 9 more days till Singapore! So excited!

Yesterday...

Mum and Debbie found a dead bird in the garden - torn to pieces. I was playing Xbox 360 when Debbie came to tell me about what she saw. I went out to see this bird and true enough, I saw what's left of the bird. You won't believe how many ants there were. So I used a broom and swept it into the dustpan and put it into a plastic bag. Mum asked me to tie a knot. :P

Then suddenly Mum squealed again. First, I thought that she saw another dead bird (and I was not looking forward to cleaning up another bird). But what she saw was the same bird, but with its body parts in a different location. This time, it was the bird's tail with an organ (probably the heart?). So I had to use gloves and pick up the individual feathers on the tail.

I wonder what will Mum and Debbie do with the bird if I'm not here... Haha...

Later...

I went to another party. Debbie tagged along, mostly hanging out with the birthday girl's sister.

An eventful day indeed.

Saturday, November 29, 2008

As Promised...

As promised, I finally cleaned my table. Before it was like this...

After 3 days, the table was still a little messy.

After 1 week, my table is finally clean (to me). The only reason that it took "long" to clean my table was because there were days in between where I just couldn't be bothered cleaning.

Sunday, November 23, 2008

Life After Retirement

Took a while but I finally got some information about life after retirement. Some of them are my own thoughts.

1. Pick a new hobby - Most retirees feel like time flies extremely slow. Sometimes, you need to just find a hobby to kill time. Some I can think of at the back of my head is painting, drawing, reading or even photoshoping (haha). I know that most retirees love to do gardening here.

2. Get active - Pick up a new sport, like golf, tennis or swimming. Walking is also good.

3. Join an organisation with a cause (Volunteering) - You kill time and the rewards are great. Since Mum is semi-retired, she is doing volunteer work at a non-profit Christian organisation. Grandma (retired) also helps out at the church...

4. Catch up with old buds - It's no crime rekindling your relationships with old friends from high school or even primary school.

5. Travel - My personal favourite. If you have the money, spend it on a well deserved trip. You've earned it.

Well, that's all I got.

Just remember that there is life after retirement. All those years of hard work has paid off and it's time that you sit back, relax and reflect on what you have accomplished. Since you're already at this stage of retirement, live it to the fullest! :)


Don't know if these two pics are relevant or not...

Friday, November 21, 2008

Finally

Yesterday marks the last day of exams, and school! Thank god. So now, I'm just chilling back, not caring about anything in the world. Exams are over... Time to celebrate!

But then, what am I gonna do in the holidays until Singapore? That worries me, a little. Not thinking much about it now. Cos I deserve a break.

Exams were okay but definitely in the "difficult" rank. =[
What's done is done, not fretting about it.

To heibao, I'll keep looking for what older people do after retirement. =]

On the last day of school...


OMG! I am short. I'll try to grow taller until Singapore. But then again, they are curries, and curries are generally tall.

Sunday, November 16, 2008

Bittersweet

Today marks our last day of school. More importantly, the last class we'll ever have... as our class. It was a bittersweet day, as we were looking forward to not coming back to school (except for exams) until next year, but our class will be split up because of different subject selections.

I gotta say, I was really sad that this class was splitting up. ...Story time...

From the first day I came to this school, I felt that this class accepted and embraced me as on of their own. I was very comfortable with everyone and never made enemies with anyone. I was close to each one of them and so was everyone else. Being the "observant" person I am, I felt that our class was the most closest compared to others. In other classes I realised, people sat with people they were comfortable with. But this class is different. We were comfortable with anyone and could sit with anyone who had an empty seat beside them.

And with that, I thank 10e4 for accepting, helping and loving (=]) me during a time where I really needed it.

Picture time! *Some of my poses are bad, so..."

Busy

I am extremely busy... but I still wanna write this post. Look how messy my table is. I was bored so I took this picture to show how messy I am when I study. But then, I tend not to clean up after, so my room becomes untidy. After the exams, I will clean up my room (hopefully). Well now I'm studying biology bcos the exam is on Wednesday. 2nd picture is my biology textbook. Random, I know.

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Cold

Another weather post. Today was cooling (thank you Lord). But you won't believe what happened in the morning. I was sleeping, but I kinda knew that it was raining heavily outside. And you know how you can tell if a light is shining even when your eyes are closed? Yeh, so anyway, a brief of light shone... and it was pretty bright.

Of course I knew it was lightning... but the thunder was the scariest part. A few milliseconds later, the loudest thunder I have ever heard rumbled.

It was SO LOUD IT SOUNDED LIKE I WAS JUST BELOW A PLANE GOING TO TAKE OFF! I woke up, fully awake and alarmed. But then, I decided to close my eyes for a while again. And, the light shone again.

"Oh no... Oh no..." and the next one was louder! I reckon the lightning struck pretty close to our house (leading to the loudness of the thunder). It was pretty scary but exciting too. Never experienced that in Singapore...

SO COOOL!

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Hot

Wah! So hot leh.

Today's temperature was probably a little over 30 degrees.
Don't really like this type of weather...
Was studying in my room for EOY exams.
Couldn't concentrate because of heat, and can't be bothered to carry a fan all the way from the rumpus room to my room.
So I used my "mini-fan/mini-heater".
Works both ways, and is very effective.
Could concentrate better.


But now, the air-con is ON!
Yay.
This is why I'm taking a rest and writing this post.
And enjoying the cold.

Tomorrow is 30 degrees again.
Day after tomorrow is 23 degrees.
How random is that?!

Monday, November 3, 2008

Party

A few days ago, I went to a party. Felt a bit out of place cos I was only one of 4 "asians" there. Btw, I'm not racist ar!

The birthday girl was going to leave the school after this year. So, since she invited me, I thought I should go...

It was pretty fun, a lot of music and games (including SingStar :O).

Only picture that I look okay in... =] But the picture is quite blur cos it was taken from a phone...