Okay. I don't really have a favourite author even though I've read oh so many books in my life, BUT NOW I DO. :D

Trudi Canavan. She is just awesome. I adore her. ;D

I once blogged about one of her books, entitled Voice of the Gods, the thrilling last book of her Age of the Five trilogy. Well, I was curious as to how her other series, the Black Magician trilogy, was like, and so I bought the first book, titled The Magicians' Guild. God, I LOVED IT. :DD (And after Jiale lent me the third and final book, I love her too XD)

And Jiale, if you're reading this, get excited as Trudi plans to release a prequel and sequels to the trilogy. :D

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I'm currently watching a new anime titled Neo Angelique Abyss, which is aired every Wednesday on Arts Central. I'm on to the 4th episode now, and I find the plot horribly cliched, but fairly bearable; I certainly hope that it'd get more interesting later on. For now, I'm only watching it for the great opening and ending themes and the lovely art style.

I blogged about these becauese I was bored. I'm rather bored these days at home with Common Tests now. At least I have tomorrow and Friday off from school. (:

♥ 9:29 pm

I've been listening to a lot of classical songs lately. Mostly because sometimes I just find them much more beautiful and soothing than my usual daily dose of J-pop :p I also realised that I used to know a lot about the latest English songs, but now I find myself quite clueless, seeing as I don't listen to English radio stations anymore. Heh. That's a nice change for once.

Common Tests are next week and I find myself dreading them, as always. For English, it'd be Situational Writing, and that might pose a bit of a problem for me, depending on the genre. Like, for example, I find writing a letter easier than writing a report. Though there isn't much difference is there? I'm also very concerned about my Econs. Without Jesmine teaching, I'm not as confident and reassured in my ability to do well for Econs as last year.

I'm especially quite determined to get good grades for my Sciences, even more than I am for my Humanities. It's all for my (hopefully) future career in Forensics. ;D Wouldn't it be absolutely thrilling if Haz became a coroner while I a forensic scientist? :D Hmmm, seeing as my sister wants to be a psychologist, I should coax her to study criminal psychology then. What a very interesting future that would be XD

♥ 4:52 pm

Yesterday was my English Oral exam (didn't have to take Malay oral. ^^v). As usual, I liked the Conversation part, but I thought that my Reading this year was a little too fast =/ And I didn't like the Picture Discussion either, as there was not much to say about the picutre given. Still, I think Mdm Marina (who tested me) thought I did a pretty good job seeing as she was smiling and nodding throughtout the entire thing. Unless she does that to every student she tested. Oh well.

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I don't remember how I came across this, but I'll do it anyway.

1. Sabrina Lee
2. Geelyn Ng
3. Melvyn Chua
4. Hazel Heng
5. Hazrina Bte Kassim
6. Janice Pang
7. Hong Xi Ying
8. Lim Xue Yun
9. Elvina Susanto Ngo
10. Mao Asada

1. Fantasy for Violin & Orchestra performed by Joshua Bell
2. Way Back Into Love by Hugh Grant & Haley Bennett
3. Antoinette Blue by Nana Kitade
4. Doubt & Trust by access
5. Boogie Wonderland performed by Brittany Murphy, from Happy Feet soundtrack
6. Waltz of the Flowers composed by Tchaikovsky, from The Nutcracker
7. Romeo & Juliet love theme composed by Nino Rato
8. Gekidou by UVERworld
9. Regret by Mai Hoshimura
10. Born to Try by Delta Goodrem

TOP 10 BEST-WRITTEN BOOKS I'VE READ THAT ISN'T HARRY POTTER
(note: includes manga.)

1. The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray
2. Eldest by Christopher Paolini
3. D.Gray-Man by Hoshino Katsura
4. The Will of the Empress by Tamora Pierce
5. Voice of the Gods by Trudi Canavan
6. Parfum Extrait 0 by Kaori Yuki
7. Ludwig Kakumei by Kaori Yuki
8. Last of the Wilds by Trudi Canavan
9. The Safe-Keeper's Secret by Sharon Shinn
10. Sirena by Donna Jo Napoli

TOP 10 BEST MOMENTS IN MY LIFE SO FAR (WHICH ISN'T MUCH SEEING AS I AM JUST 16)

1. The time when I emceed Romance of the Cyprinus Carpio with Benjamin. Talk aboout heart-stopping!
2. May 9th, if I'm not wrong. For confidential reasons~
3. The time when I won the Best Article award during RMUN. That was so not what I had expected!
4. The time when I placed 10th overall during the 2008 Novices Fencing Championships. Not only was that my last competition but it was my best placing ever.
5. The first time I ice skated. :D
6. The time when I went to the Esplanade with Hazrina, Hazel, Amirul, Melvyn and Jia Xuan.
7. The time when I was overall 1st in class during Sec One. (And from Sec 2 onwards, it was all downhill for me... u.u)
8. My fifteenth birthday. :3
9. The day I got my PSLE certificate.
10. The time when my review was published on newspaper.

♥ 6:05 pm

Yes, it has been a week since I last posted. And I'd like to announce that I (along with the other Sec 4 fencers) have stepped down from our CCA! It's a rather strange feeling, to not have to attend fencing after school on the respective days, but it does feel kinda nice to be able to go home after time practice. It's like having one of my burdens lifted from my shoulders. Not that fencing is a burden of course. (:

I do miss my juniors though. When I stepped down, I felt like a parent watching her children grow up and leave to take control of their lives, to make an impression on the world that awaits them. Yeah, I'm being quite sentimental here. But that's because I'm very fond of my juniors, every one of them (okay, maybe not the Sec 1s. I don't know them well enough), no matter how annoying they can be at times. ;D Even the guys. Though I shamelessly admit I love the girls more. Haha.

Now, what else? Well, the graduating classes are offered a treat during the June hols, courtesy of the school, known as the End of Term Bash. It's actually a free movie, and I turned it down. That's right; I chose not to go for it while nearly every other Sec 4/5s will. And it's because I'm SO not interested in the movie selected. Pffft. I'm being a brat right now, but... *shrugs*

Not a very long post this time. I have a HMT & Macromolecules test tomorrow. That just sucks. D:

P.S. Here's a belated HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Janice & Amirah. Their birthdays were on Mon & Tues respectively. ((:

P.P.S. I confess I've not been very...joyful these past few days. Call it permanent PMS or whatever, I think I hardly smiled since last Friday. D: But today, something utterly surprising yet wonderful happened. I'm feeling all better now! :D

♥ 6:23 pm

I have to admit; I should hate her, but I don't. I mean, I have plenty of reasons to put her on my hate list (okay okay, not plenty. Just one. And it's a petty reason too.), but strangely, I happen to be quite fond of her. She's just really nice, you know! >.<;;;

Instead of sending dagger eyes and dirty looks in her direction every time we meet, I find myself being friendly and polite as I do to almost everyone in school. It's hard to hate someone who's actually very sweet, believe me. It's not that I want to hate her; it's just that under these circumstances that I find myself in, it's sort of reasonable for me to hate her. Confused? Gah. This is my immature thinking anyway.

Geelyn, you'd know what I'm talking about. And perhaps Hazel would too.

♥ 6:23 pm

FENCING GIRLS ROCKED THIS WEEK! ^^v (For the inter-school championships, I mean.)

BPGHS managed to clinch 1 bronze & 1 silver for women's individual event. The girls also clinched 2 silvers in their respective divisions.

Congrats Geel! You managed to win something in your last year here. ^^ (Psst! Geel! Time to spite a certain someone perhaps? XD)

And we're actually stepping down soon. I'm feeling a mixture of sadness & relief. Well, I've also decided on my successor to take over my position as Secretary cum Treasurer. I had to think over it quite carefully, and picked the 3rd most relaible of the lot. (Because the 1st and 2nd most reliable will be the captain & vice-captain respectively.)

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These days, I feel that I'm not good enough for a lot of things and people here.

But yeah, I try to be optimistic and did what my sister AKA my "psychiatrist" told me. "Think & say out loud all the achievements you're proud of." Though not many, I did it. I felt a little better. Just a little. A wee bit little.

♥ 4:17 pm

I feel so giddy with happiness in school today. Hah. :DD

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PART I: 1st APRIL

That's today. Firstly, HAPPY BIRTHDAY HAZEL! :DDDD

Let's see...I can't really remember the circumstances as to how Hazel and I met, but I guess it has something to do with her being Chairwoman and me being Vice-Chairwoman of our respective classes during Sec 1. XD

To Hazel: Yes, you've turned 16 you seme. XDD Time to drag all of your ukes ('cept me. NEVER me. ;p) to a rated movie and do all sorts of god knows what. Heh. Anyway, thanks for helping me see things that I can't possibly see due to certain circumstances. You've been such a dear and a great help. (:

^-- This is to make up for my lack of a birthday gift. ><

Next, today's also April Fools Day. XD I've only managed to trick two people (Geelyn & Clare, my unfortunate victims ;p), though I confess that Herianti managed to trick me as well (that little imp XD). It's been...quite fun actually.

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PART II: PROM [cont.]

Woooo I'm so thrilled that Haz has finally succumbed to peer pressure, I mean, influence reconsidered and decided to attend prom with us! :D The more the merrier! ^^v

Haz, though I must seriously ask you to reconsider what you showed me in that offline message. But, I completely support your idea; just...pick something else okay? :3

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PART III: NAPFA [cont.]

This time, it's about my 2.4kn run, which was last Thurs, if I'm not wrong.

I AM ESPECIALLY ELATED & ESCTATIC & POSITIVELY THRILLED that I managed to improve my timing of 11.31 min (last year's timing) to 10.39 min. :DDDD I was aiming for under 11 minutes and I did! :DD

I am also still very amused that Wei Siong said he was "shocked" that I was only a second behind him. ;p Hey, girls can run too! ^^v

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PART IV: FENCING

This week will be the Inter-School Fencing Championships. Today was the girls' individual division and I must say I'm very happy with the results so far. Will post more about it after the entire competition is over. (:

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P.S. I am also SO glad with what Geel told me about this Friday's Sports Carnival. ;DD It's something I've really wanted and Geelyn is such a dear to mention it to me. ((:

♥ 5:36 pm