Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark, in the hopeless swamps of the approximate, the not-quite, the not-yet, the not-at-all.  Do not let the hero in your soul perish, in lonely frustration for the life you deserved, but have never been able to reach. Check your road and the nature of your battle.

The world you desired can be won. It exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours.     

Ayn Rand

The Second Collation.

Memories are lights that burn to keep the heart alive. 

This is the continuous post from my previous in collating the various events that happened this year in memory of 2012. I just suddenly came to a realization of the importance of doing this collation as memories fade as time passes by and it is inevitable for us not to forget things but old things are beautiful and we should never forget that. The past is what moulds/change a person and just like how our upbringing reflects us as a person, our past/memories are the things that will push us forward in life having being able to remember what we have done before. The experience that we had. 

Old Things are More Beautiful

 Old things are beautiful

than many things brand new

    Because they bring fond memories

of things we used to do.

Old photographs in albums,

     love letters tied with lace

Recapture those old feelings that new ones can't replace.

Old things are more beautiful,

      more precious day-by-day.

Because they are the flowers

we planted yesterday.

(Clay Harrison)

March

Back to STC to collect the Colours Award. Felt so happy that day to see all the familiar faces again. ^^

   Everybody singing the ij song. Missing it so much! :'(

     Jin's Birthday

 March 15, Ovi's birthday

April

Lunch with suelly and chow chow at ion after sch!

   Recess! I see yellow plates! Mom's cooking ftw! wheee~  

       Frolick with del sammy and mave!

 Thai food with shannen mave and jay after the Bball match

  The cloud of blue people in the morning walking to class

             Frolick with Mave at Cathay and i rmb us talking and laughing so much that day ^^

okay i don't know what took me so long to do this post but its 4.45 am now and my eyes are closing. Hahaha! omg so many pics! Shall do the next part another day starting with May. :)

xx

The First Collation.

  This year begin with a whole new change in my life. Going to a new school that was so very foreign to me. Changes are supposedly a norm in a sense that it is inevitable that people/ feelings/ changes in certain situations however, in contrast to that, the word 'change' occurs to be a very scary word to me due to the perplexity of it. If we are unable to adapt or cope, we lose out and fall behind. This route (the A levels) seem to be overwhelmingly demanding and challenging which often makes me wonder if this 'change' that i have impetuously opted/signed-up for was suitable for me and that thought still occasionally returns even when i have made it through this year. I guess since i'm already a quarter way there, must as well make the best out of it. :)

 Nevertheless, this year have been a great year and i am going to do a collation of the whole year to thank and keep in mind of the things/ various events/ people that have impacted my life, the 2012 me.

February was when school started.
Orientation. Still remember how awkward and silent everyone was when we were asked to sit in single rows according to our groups and how pop songs were being blasted over the speakers to mask the awkwardness attempting to make us feel less nervous. Hahahaha!

This is my dearest bestie, jerlly bean going through the same situation at the first day of school in CJC. We were whats-apping each other to feel less awkward. HAHAHA

Del!

pic of us during orientation 2012

                                        

pic of us mugging for Os at her place 2011

So glad that i had del with me. ^^ She's someone that knows me so freaking well and even though we didn't end up in the same class, school wouldn't be the same without her. 

I'm missing my ij blues so much. :'(

okay.. moving on,

I made new friends in class that are really awesome and I'm so thankful to have met them! The juice kiddos! ^^ Sammy, Iris, Branzo, Anmol, Althea, Jillian

Sports Day, 21st April 

Still remember that i was feeling so sick that day but still went to school! Couldn't bear to miss out such a fun day

love all of them ^^

wen, iris, sammy, mave, al

del :)

Wen Wen! <3 I'll never forget how we first met at the bus interchange and our numerous heart to heart sessions on bus rides and at cube ice-skating ring. HAHAHA! 

                                                         
       

Sammy!! <3 my bestest buddy. Thank you for aways following me to walk when I'm damn full even when you're feeling lazy, always being there for me and when i lose my phone countless times in school, thank you for always being the one freaking out and helping me find it. HAHAHA!

Mave mave! ^^ We do all sorts of funny things together like whacking all the different CCA trials, random jjm and froyo lunch/ dinners, going for fun o rama, pre U sem, making music vids and going crazy in the hard rock hotel room and so many more! Thank you for always being here for me! <3

Mave's victory pose. hahaha! 

Anmol, Al, Sammy <3

The other Juice kiddos

Anmol, thank you for always being so nice to all of us, inviting us over for Raya, cooking super awesome malay food and having our mini 'photo shoot' session at yr place! Oh! and, Your Kang Kong is the BEST! ^^

Althea, my homework buddy. Thank you for always staying back with me to do work and going for consultations together. Our intensive homework sessions have definitely paid off this year!!  HAHAHA!

Iris Weeeeeee! I don't think i'll ever be able to forget going to 2ne1's concert with you and seeing you go crazy over cl! Hahaha! It was really one of the best concerts i've ever seen and i'm so glad that i had that experience with ya! I'm pretty sure your voice = 5 people's voice hahaha!

Ji ji rolllll! Thank you for always helping me collect stuff and keeping me updated when I'm not in school! Like the other time when i completely forgot about the briefing for the work attachment, thank you so much for helping me tell the person!! oh! and thanks for baking us the cake pops!! it tasted so good! ^^

Last but not least, dearest Branzo my lupsup buddy for 4 days. I'm really really so glad that you were with me for the job attachment man! Don't know what i'll do if i was alone. Thank you for always looking out for me and pushing the trolley. Hahahha! Although it was one of the worst jobs, i had the best experience with you. Also, thank you for trusting and opening up to me while we did both work and had heart to heart talks. Will never forget our song and the overly-enthu aunty. HAHAHA! ^^

With that, i shall end this very summarized post of mine with the second part coming soon when i have the time to sort out the thousands of photos that have been taken this year. :)

The moment of uncertainty.

It's tough, life is. But we shall and will all pull through it.
Like what someone told me, today will never be today again and each second that has passed- like our age, we will never be able to turn it back.
So, cherish each moment be it good or bad as the good gives us a reason to continue living while the bad makes us cherish life even more.
It's okay to make mistakes but what matters most is that we have to learn from them.
Most importantly, stay strong and happy always. XX

Grateful.

Gratitude I think should not just be a mere saying of the word 'thanks you' but the genuine sincerity felt within.

At 4.08 am suddenly waking up and not being able to sleep at hard rock hotel with my family, I hear my father's snore, and my mom's and sister's breathing. I just wanted to say that I'm really blessed to have them around me and I feel truly grateful to have them in my life.

Also, today has been a really great but guilty day for me. Great because my friends - Sammy, Mave, Ben and Jayson and I went to the beach!! Wheeeee~ ^^ we played volleyball with a bunch of younger group of girls which was really fun and went kayaking!! Me and Mave were in one boat together and we coordinated really well paddling at a decent speed going about splashing and toppling people's boat. 😌✌okay we got toppled over too but nevertheless, it was fun!

After which, we went to play volleyball at the hotel, dipped in the pool and had Din Tai Feng for dinner!! The food was really good and Sammy has FINALLY LIVED. SHE. HAD. HER. FIRST. XIAO LONG BAO. (with the pork in it because she finally eats pork) *heaven ray of light shining at her* HAHAHA! And she rated it w a thumbs up! 👍 😄

All in all, I'm really grateful for this very awesome and fun-filled day of mine and I thank god for blessing me with such a great family and friends. I still remember how fearful I was to leave stc and going to a new environment with completely different people around me but, the friends I've met in MI have been amazing. To whoever that is reading this, thank you.

For now, PHOTO SPAM ^^