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Orientation was a blast! It ended at like, 13th February. I know I'm so outdated in typing this post but I seriously can't find type to blog. Like boo. This will just be a short post to appease the people who have been complaining that they keep seeing the same thing every time they go to my blog.

Anyway, I've gotten my PJ uniform from this shop at teck whye. I feel more like a JC student when I wear it.

We've been having proper lessons for the past two weeks and I think I'm getting used to the system. I've also been going for choir practices three times a week except for last wednesday, when I went to NTU with mum to watch my sister perform in a play and see her play being staged.

Went out with Michelle and Mark last Saturday, too. Just walked around orchard.

And after school on Tuesday, I hung out with some of my classmates after school at Lot 1. On Thursday, we had our measurements taken for our dress we would be wearing for the SYF choir competition. Lectures are hell boring, and we make fun of our econs tutor and GP teacher.

I'm typing this in the middle of the night because I can't sleep and I'm at Donovan's house. We just had our class BBQ here. Yay! 09A04 is so united! Two weeks into school and we've already had our first class gathering. Haha. Plus, pictures are already up on facebook.

Miu Yen, Joshua, Xueying and Donovan are here in the living room sleeping as well, and I'm the only one left awake and typing on his laptop. I should try to get some sleep.

Kiasuism would've paid off

I feel so dead due to lack of sleep.

Bibi & Baba suck. They're running a business, so shouldn't they know the number of students they have to cater to every year, instead of telling us that they've run out of stock? And after queuing up for so long, too. The queue started from the cafe, stretched across the concourse and to the library. There was also no system in the buying of uniforms. A mob of people crowded around their so called booth. Some were paying, some were trying it on, some were trying to squeeze out after buying. The queue was stagnant. They told us that the new stock comes in March when the school wants us in uniform by 16 January. It all doesn't make sense. So we could only buy the school tie, collar pin and PE t-shirt from the bookshop. I regret not buying the uniform during the weekend.

Watched The Wedding Game with Atiqah, Amalina and Shiya at Lot 1. The movie wasn't fantastic. Just funny.

So far, so good

Okay, other than hanging out with Shiya, Chrystabel, Amalina, Atiqah, Brenda, Nureen, Debby, Vanessa, Pei Jun and whoever else from BBSS, I made new friends too. This is partly because I'm in the arts stream and most of those from BBSS are in science, so I can't really stick with anyone in particular. Sometimes, I have to find my way around the school and rush to different lectures.

Oh yeah, last week Joan recognised me and Zheng Hua did the weird look then wave thingy again. And it was funny standing outside, waiting for people taking H2 math to stream out of the LT, waving to my friends as they walk past. I take H1 math and I seriously hope I didn't make the wrong decision. Called out to Sie Min (4D, NHPS choir) and was surprised that she smiled at me.

My neighbour, Esther, also goes to PJC and when she said hi to me on the second day, I was blur and gave her a blank look. Later, Esther Lee got to know Esther Loh from art class. And by being late for literature, I found a girl named Beatrice with the same subject combination as me. And by loitering around the cafe during break, Vada joined me and we started chatting. There was also Charlene, from my OG.

But sometimes I'm all on my own too, because everyone disappears with their friends. However, I feel like I am adapting to life at PJC quite well. I don't know about my class yet, and I'll need to get into the mood of studying next week, after orientation. We're buying our uniforms tomorrow, and there will be some workshop. No more mass lectures!

I had 10 subject combinations to choose from. The subject combination allocated to me was what I placed as my first choice. EHL; Economics, History, Literature. With H1 Math, of course. For some reason, mum thinks that I will do well in econs. However, after the lectures on econs from that woman with a monotonous voice, I'm wondering if I should've taken H2 math and H1 econs instead. She is reaaaaally boring.

At times, I don't know what the history teacher is saying because she likes to explain too much or something. Like, we already get it but due to the lack of response in class, she illustrates another example which complicates things. This makes me miss Mrs. Toh, who was so clear and dramatic in class.

My lit teacher is okay but I still miss Mr. Lattif. We've had two different teachers for math and they are both okay, but for the previous lesson I was stoning because I had already done the work given. Indices and logarithms. Thank goodness I kept my A-Math stuff.

Apart from those mentioned, I met other people too, like when I happen to sit next to them and we start talking. But I forgot their names already. Haha. Okay, so I didn't make a lot of new friends, but a few acquaintances. Oh, and there was this girl who went with Chrystabel, Amalina, Shiya and I for archery try outs. In the end Amalina got in! Hahah. Like, whoa. Got potential leh. Only about twenty people were chosen out of so many who were present that day.

I went with them because I just wanted to try using the bow and arrow, regardless of whether or not I would be selected join their CCA. Then I realised that I suck at archery! Haha. But never mind, it's a learning experience. Later, I went for the Ambassador Club interview which was so scary! Chrystabel and that girl went, too. (The name is coming back to me now. Soleha or something)

I guess I was being kiasu, because that happened last Friday, and I had already gone for the choir auditions on Wednesday. But I thought I screwed it up because I was nervous and my voice was shaky. Plus, it was weird that I couldn't hit the low notes.

I think I'm assured of a CCA now as the choir president called just now to say that I passed the auditions. She also told me about choir practices. So now, I hope that I don't hear from the Ambassador Club because what the heck am I supposed to do if both CCAs accept me? I'd feel guilty if I have to reject one. Not that I think they'll accept me in the first place, but there's always a possibility.

I hope that Mr. Ivan dude who gave us mass lectures on GP in the hall teaches me GP because he is funny and he seriously sounds like Jiazhe. We should all speak like that, too. PW made some people sleep in the afternoon today, but you have got to give that teacher some credit for injecting funny videos in between the lesson.

For lit, we went to the canal to write a poem but all I got were mosquito bites on my thighs. Chinese was actually interesting today because this woman told us some stories about her overseas trips and things she learnt from it.

I'M STARTING TO LOVE THIS KOREAN DRAMA!


They're airing it on Channel U! And I can't believe I cried so much already when I've just finished watching episode 6.

My first day at PJC!

I saw Shiya and Amalina the first thing in the morning at the bus interchange while waiting for Brenda and Nureen. Haha. Nureen was late again! But we reached school on time lah. And so many people from BBSS were posted to PJC too! I was really like >> o.O

We went to check which orientation group we were in and I was in OG19, which is the group sitting at the back of the hall so I just walked in and sat down straight away (next to the dustbin). Everyone in the hall was supremely quiet. And I kept feeling the urge to talk. The silence was too unnatural. I don't remember the first day at BBSS to be that quiet.

After the admin stuff, the principal addressed us and the different HODs talked to us about the subjects offered at PJC. It was so boring I kept checking the time because we were supposed to have a break after the talks and I was getting restless. The only interesting thing was that the HOD of English sounded like Jiazhe. Hahaha. Oh yeah, and I got to talk to two girls sitting near me - Ann Nee and Esther.

During break, I was with Nureen and Beatrice at first. Then I joined Shiya, Atiqah, Amalina and Shahidah. Yay for chocolate croissants at the snack bar!

We had OG time, which was to play icebreaker games, but OG19 wasn't very enthusiastic and I wasn't feeling hyper anyway. Shunyu and Shimin are in OG19 too. And Ann Nee is from SJAB! No wonder she looked so familiar. I realised this during the game, Blow Wind Blow.

The tour around the campus was okay. I like the school building! It's pretty. Oh, and when my group was passing another group, I saw this familiar guy and while I was looking at him, he was looking at me in a weird way as well. So I confirmed that it was Low Zheng Hua (6B). I waved and he waved back. Speaking of that, I saw Charlene Chan (4D) and Joan Poon (6B).

I seriously don't know why I have such good memory to remember the full names of my primary school classmates, you know. I don't even know if they remember me anyway.

I had lunch with Ann Nee, Esther, and three guys from our group. I forgot their names already. Hahah. Saw Jiaying and Chrystabel in the canteen! The food is OK. Turns out that Esther is from Christ Church and she knows Mark Lim. Oh yeah, and the china guy was like, we should play a game and the loser will return all the plates. And he mentioned 剪刀石头布? Lol! In the end we returned the plates ourselves.

There was a talk by the student council. Then they JC2s taught us the school song and the college creed, as well as some cheers. But the people around me didn't participate so I wasn't feeling high and I stoned with everyone else. Haha.

And I was smsing my twin, Vera Chye! I was toooo bored lah.

Walked out of school with all the E2 girls like Pei Jun, Debby, Vanessa, Chrystabel, Nureen, Brenda, Beatrice. We were talking about the subject combinations. Then Vanessa, Chrystabel and I deviated from the group as we decided to walk to Lot 1. I walked straight home, of course.

Which is a mistake because I forgot to return my library book. Ahhh.

Posting results

LOL. 2 idiotic people (Ama and Atiqah). Yunqian was checking out her present.

Yay group photo!

Sagano High students who were blindfolded and had to paste different features of a face onto the piece of paper. (Yes, the doraemon one was the cutest)

It's the cup and ball kind of toy thingy. The balls were bouncing at the same time!

Went out with Brenda and Nureeen on Wednesday! (28/1) Shopped at Bugis and Jurong Point. Brenda got her school bag! I'm waiting for photos we took that day :)

30/1/2009 06:44
MOE: THIA SHI TING, you are posted to PIONEER JC, ARTS (35A) under 2009 JAE.

The vibration of an SMS woke me at 7am plus. Like, what? Amalina and Shiya had already text messaged me to ask which school I was posted to? I was still sleepy. The third message was the one above. I heard my parents getting ready for work, so when I was half awake, I called out for my mum and told her I was going to PJC. And she said that it was expected. I went back to sleep almost instantly.

I woke up later and started replying the smses. Yes, it was expected that I will get into PJC. Duh. It's my first choice! But the day before the posting results, I was still excited. I don't know why, okay.

And yes, during the time when we had to put down our 12 choices for the JAE thing, a lot of people told me the same thing to the point that I could predict what they were going to say when they heard that I put PJC as my first choice. They said, "You can go to better JCs!", "You can get into CJC what!", "Why not try for ACJC/CJC?", etc. (You get the gist)

I can't qualify for ACJC because I only have 11 - 2 = 9 points. I just realised that can qualify for AJC but I don't know why this thought didn't cross my mind. It didn't cross the minds of my friends whom I talked to, either. And CJC is too far away. No way am I going to sit bus 985 from CCK interchange all the way there just to study every single day. It already takes ages to get home from the holding school at Toh Tuck by 985.

The obvious and most practical choice is PJC, so there.

The next day, mum brought me to Plaza Sing and Raffles City, in search of my new school bag. But in the end, I got a black top from Fox (Yay!) and shorts.

And on Sunday, my parents brought me to Causeway Point and we ate at Crystal Jade Kitchen. I'm taking that as my reward for getting into PJC. I finally got my school bag (and some earrings).