Last week's happenings :)

Been a really fun and rather busy week. Mostly fun haha! On monday I went to watch RJ Badminton semis at Tampines Sports Hall. The guys played against ACJC and the girls played against ACJC as well I think. Damn exciting to watch! The competitiveness and the determination in all the players' face is inspiring. And can tell that RJBT team spirit is super strong this year. They cheer each other on like crazy. Saw Boonxin play. Haha her playing style is like Boon Yi's. Then saw Cheng Yuen play his singles match. I only managed to catch Kern Hong's first doubles set before I had to leave :(

Then I had tuition, so had to travel back to Admiralty.

Then had to go to dance studio to help the juniors and Steffi and Khye with the flash mob practice. So traveled to Geylang. Wah seriously traveled the entire Singapore on Monday. Then otw back home, that was when I first thought of what to give Cheng Yuen for his birthday present :D

On Tuesday... i slacked haha!

Then Wednesday, I went to watch their finals at Toa Payoh. Almost all the attention was on the boy's team cos they really really wanted to win champions this year as they fight against arch rival ACSI. It was super stress to watch from the spectator stand! Haha I really felt excited and anxious and nervous and so amazed watching them play. Their determination is really wah!!!! I really felt for them and wanted them to do well. I don't know how I managed to look sian, according to Cheng Yuen. First singles was really super close but the RJ player in the end won! Unfortunately lost 2nd doubles but I think they were expecting it. Cheng Yuen played against Alton for second singles. Haha got pretty interesting commentary from the RJ kids around me when they played. Guess Cheng Yuen has a lot of fans ^^ cheated my feelings only, he keeps telling me nobody likes him la he doesn't know how to make friends la what nonsense! He was like a superstar lolll... Anw I knew he had to win the match cos it was crucial as a turning point, like which school will take one step closer to the title cos the score then was 1-1. Second doubles match was super exciting!!! Julian and Kern Hong played. Wasn't expecting Julian to play cos he was injured, he didn't play for semis. But I can see why Boonyi said together they are super strong. Wah they are like an atomic bomb when they play together. Super fast and strong and quite intimidating also. They dive for the shuttle cock and always encourage each other on court. Super strong duo. And the match was very dramatic also! Like how Julian missed hitting the shuttle cock but it went out anyway. Kept having heart attack watching the game haha!

Finally when Kern Hong and Julian won in the rubber match, the feeling was exhilarating. I really felt super happy for the team. And if I felt super happy, then the players themselves must be really ecstatic beyond words. The boys team ran to the court celebrating, hugging. It was a really great moment. As a Rafflesian and friends of some of the players, I really felt proud and super happy for them. congrats RJBT'12!

After the match, I ate fried kway teow! hahahaha super nice!! then went back to school to help the juniors practice a bit for the flash mob. Mainly worked on cleaning my choreo, helping them to transit from the audience to the dance area as well as their freestyles. Then went to drink green apple green tea bubbletea!!! super nice! haven't drink in so long hahaha.

On Thursday I had to chiong Cheng Yuen's present. My brother took the laptop to work so I had to make sure I prepared everything so that on Friday morning I can just paste the pictures that I could print out when my brother brought back home the computer. Then I had to go Geylang again to the dance studio to help the juniors and Steffi and Khye with the flashmob. Then at night had quite a heart to heart talk with Jie Xiong. I told him my secret haha and it was quite emotional reliving it again when I thought I wouldn't have to. Cos I made a decision and now I'm just going through with it. But to recall again what led me to the decision is quite emotional. It strengthens my resolution though but it is still quite painful and bittersweet.

On Friday morning chiong Cheng Yuen's present. Have to thank the aunty at the printing shop for helping me print the pictures. Which reminds me I forgot to collet mum's photos from the aunty haha! Shall go collect it later :) Then met him for lunch at Ang Mo Kio. Didn't spend a long time together but it was still fun. Kena suanned also -_- nevermind it's his birthday haha

On Saturday, I went for ITM outing. Super fun and tiring. Ran around the entire Sentosa playing fun games :) Thanks UTG for organizing the outing ^^ And my group Sexy Six won second yay!! Made a few friends and got to know some of the people I already know a bit better :) wah still aching till today siaoo.... I missed the HC dance night concert :( but ITM outing was super worth it haha. Heard from Cheng Yuen that it was quite good but RSD hip hop is still better hehehehe XD Good job Ye Oon for getting Cheng Yuen the ticket as birthday present. Lucky I suggested it, and reminded him that it was OCY's birthday lol Ye Oon still super blurrrrrrr....

On Sunday... slack!! haha

Now it is Monday. Hope there will be more fun things to do. For now, I'm hungry and shall go eat!

From March till now...

Results
Release of A level results went well. RJ topped the nation again, no surprise there. I didn't get all the grades that I aimed for but I'm still proud of myself. My parents are proud of me too :) I applied for NUS business administration and SMU business management. But I will most likely go for SMU. College fees is an issue but hopefully, I'll get a scholarship. If not I can always take a loan. There's the issue of who will be my guarantor. Nonetheless I'm not letting my parents pay for my college fees. So hopefully I'll get a scholarship/ bursary from SMU. Currently my savings is sufficient for a year of college. I will need to tutor part time to support myself.. sighs money money money...

IRAS
I worked in IRAS for 2 months. It was an enriching experience. I learned about taxes, about how important it is for our country and its uses. More importantly I learned how to help people, solved problems and I will always remember the unpleasant moments of dealing with angry taxpayers. And despite their complains and sometimes their verbal abuses, professionalism always help to deal with my anxiety, exasperation and momentarily make me forget about my hurt feelings. It's all about getting the job done. The pay I got from IRAS is rather low though. Especially since it gets cut for CPF. I'm thinking about getting another job till uni but it will be difficult to apply for one now. Part of me wants to slack, but I need to save up for college :(

RSD AnyBody Can Dance
Couldn't be more proud of Raffles Street Dance :) The journey's been tough for them but I'm glad the juniors made it through and managed to put up 2 awesome shows. The rest of the school got inspired by the juniors' performance and it feels really good that RSD managed to make another huge leap of achievement. The bar has been set even higher for the new batch of J1s. But I'm sure they can pull it through, create another success story, another history in RJ again. Hopefully the pressure is a form of motivation instead of an obstacle for them because they have so much potential.

I'm really thankful too that the juniors invited the alumni to be part of the concert. It was a great experience for me learning from the seniors. It was really humbling because I got to learn from the awesome seniors, and yet we were all dancing together for our lovely juniors, hoping to inspire them as much as they've inspired us. Also I'm thankful to have gotten to know Yiks and Bryan better :) such retarded jokers hahaha

And I was also given the opportunity to choreograph for the juniors! The 'I Got U' item received a lot of praises and love from the audience :))))) awesome job and thank you so much Fu Kang and Lingyi for dancing my item and making it shine onstage <3 couldn't have danced it better myself haha! And the 'Feel so close' item turned out well. I was so scared that it would be a flop but it was ok. Could've been better, I could've handled it better especially with regards to the entire flow, the formations, and even the steps ok basically everything... It was nerve wrecking managing 40 dancers and I couldn't have done it without Yiks and Steffi's comments and guidance thank you so much! The fact that Juliet's sisters said 'Feel So Close' was the best item in the dancical was unbelievable. I was just hoping that it wouldn't flop, being the finale item it carried so much weight. But the results were better than that and I felt so relieved that the audience managed to take home the message from that item and from the entire dancical. If that item went down, it will practically destroy the concert's purpose. So I'm so thankful it went well! I will really have to thank the juniors for making the item work and for bearing with my nonsense throughout the practices haha and for trying so hard together :')

I already miss dancing and working with everyone although the concert was only last friday and saturday!

And I miss hanging out with Boon Yi, Ye Oon and Cheng Yuen. I miss Ye Oon. But it is a sacrifice I have to make, and seeing him happy makes up for it.

Hope to hang out with Yiks and Bryan again! Watched Avengers with them last Monday night. Bloody good show by the way. Then went to eat at Mc Donald's and shared a cab home with Yiks. Had meaningful talks with them too :) Meanwhile I shall try not to get fat now that there are no more practices for the concert haha