Friday night, Orchard road

Had a pretty good day yesterday.
Spent my morning playing the guitar and flute, received a text from my brother: Stop. So I stopped. Then I watched The Hunger Games. And realised that only those who read the book would fully understand the movie.
Left in the afternoon, heading towards Orchard to attend SC band's performance outside Mandarin Gallery. The bus ride to Bishan was really good because the bus was so empty. Hehe. I proceeded to get lost in both Bishan MRT station and Orchard road. I am cool -_-
SC band did well, it was an enjoyable performance. I played 3 pieces for the second performance. Memories of Friendship, 童话 and something else, I forgot, whoops... Anyway, I had a good time semi-sight-reading on Orchard Road with the rain pouring.
After the performances, Andrea, Marianne, CK, Eunice & I went to A&F to kill time. My first time entering A&F. The music was blasting so loudly, I could hardly have a conversation. Anyway, while we were leaving A&F, the model at the entrance of the store said "Do you want to take a picture". So we were standing around getting ready to take a photo when he said to me "Your friends told me to do this" and his picked me up like a limp animal and the camera flashed just after I managed to pull the angriest expression ever. Yup. Then he put me down and said "Happy Birthday". Yes. Meet WCK. While we were walking into A&F, she hung back for awhile to tell the model that it's "my friend's birthday, could you surprise her later." Wabiang eh. Too much lah WCK. When we left A&F they kept singing happy birthday to me and everyone was just staring. Coolest friends in the world!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🌎
We went to Holland for dinner. Mk's treat. Dinner that lasted for about 3 hours lol. But it's kind of expected. Makan time = talking time and I think my bandies have a lot to talk about. Thank you, MK, for dinner + ice cream.
By the time I left holland, it was 10.45. Thankfully, my parents picked me up and my mother was hungry so we went to Chomp Chomp for supper since everywhere else was closed.
It was pretty late (on my clock), by the time I went to bed. So I woke up at... 8.25 and I am quite convinced that that is the latest I've risen this year. No more O levels homies 😊😀😄😁

By the way. Do you realise that A&F models get paid for looking good.

Wednesday: Not naming top pupils

Alright, so I scanned through all my blogposts until late 2010 before re-opening my blog and I realised that a couple of posts were actually titled 'Wednesday'. Ok. Fun fact of life lol.

So. If you've read yesterday's papers you would know about the move by the Ministry of Education (MOE) to cease the naming top scorers in national exams. This is good and bad news. Good news for the average students like me and bad news for BRANDS. Hahahaha no more bus stop adverts.

Alright, it isn't exactly good news for me lah. The whole purpose of this step is to convey the message to parents and students and everyone in the world that your academic performance does not determine your life and is not what represents e d u c a t i o n. I think this is great. From a student's point of view, no, from an average student's point of view, I can easily say that currently, the emphasis in schools is on academics. There is really nothing wrong about that, and it IS a very important aspect of going to school. Obviously. But the problem arises when too much emphasis is placed on academic performances. & when a student does not perform impressively, he/she sucks in life. And you're labelled a failure. And that sucks. That feeling sucks.

Those who are against this move feel that by publicizing the names and performances of the impressive high flyers, average kids like myself would be motivated.

(in my opinion) This view is FLAWED.

Why? Simply because I've never in my life been motivated by the success of others. I've been amazed and filled with envy. ("Wah how did she get straight As", "Full marks again?", "Bro, why am I not like her.") Amazed at the fact that a someone my age (or even younger) is so capable. But I'm not motivated. Because it's always the same people who achieve such impressive results. Always the same people who receive all the awards. Always the same people who excel and get recognised. And this is when I start to feel like an ultimate noob. Because I'm never good enough. I'm not as flawless as them. No, friends, this is not inspiring or motivating.
But maybe it's just me.
Eh don't accuse me of not trying hard enough. I've been trying very hard. But my "try very hard" is never hard enough. Y'know what sucks, when you try your best but you don't succeed. Yes, thank you Coldplay.

Alright, this is another opinion of mine.

The article mentioned that most of those who are against MOE's decision are parents and principals.
Let's complete this, shall we.

Parents of TOP STUDENTS and principals of TOP SCHOOLS.
Those who have consistently been receiving recognition for their stunning results. Of course they would like to continue being recognised. Because with recognition comes opportunities, money money money. And we know the world (sadly) revolves around money. Alright, not everyone but most of the world. (What I learnt while studying for O's. Definition of cracking includes the fact that more profits are desirable.)

Of course this opinion is not all true.

Prom

Hello, so most of you would've discovered by now that prom was on Monday evening.
It was held at Chijmes, which is a very pleasant venue, and was definitely key in ensuring a successful prom night.
Well, it seemed that schools all over Singapore had been organising their prom nights throughout this week. So my newsfeed on Facebook has been flooded with prom photos lol. Everyone looks glamorous.
I'm sure it's not only my reaction lah but I honestly get uncomfortable when I see people with layers and layers of make-up. Then I unconsciously giggle because it looks funny. I guess that's a very personal choice- the amount of make-up you want caking your face. I personally feel that prom night is the celebration of the graduating batch, every single individual. And I would like to go as myself. Look like myself. And not be unrecognizable. That's what I believe lah, then again others may feel that prom is an opportunity to look their best, their absolute best, flawless face, flawless skin. The night when no pair of eyes would be deemed too small with the aid of eyeliner. No skin would be acne ridden with the powdering of foundation (right?). No leg too short with the 897283517 inch stilettos. Ha ha ha exaggerating chow.
I'm not saying applying make-up is illegal or wrong, I have absolutely nothing against it. If I did I would be extremely hypocritical because I had eyeliner on during prom. Something I never knew how to use (except for stage make-up). AND I was wearing really high heels (I didn't buy shoes, I just borrowed my mother's.), I'm not gonna deny it, being tall was a cool experience ha ha ha ha ha. But I also learnt that heels are torturous. Lol my feet were dying.
Anyway, I really thought that everyone around me looked really pretty that night. And I'm glad I had a good time with all my friends.
Friends, I will miss you :_)

My DY kids

My bench kids

My band kids

With Prom Queen Josephine

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOVIN

It's Jovin's Sweet Sixteenth today! Happy birthday, girl!

Si An, Jia Qi, Shawna and of course, Jovin, came over this morning to celebrate. Had a pancake breakfast (which I prepared, om nom nom) and a cake from the icing room, which Jia Qi bought. We spent the rest of the morning watching movies.

Anyway, I hope Jovin enjoyed her birthday and the morning/afternoon. If not our plan would've failed hahahaha, ok not really funny. 

There's a thunderstorm going on right now and I'm actually only blogging because I'm waiting for my phone to charge before I leave. Aren't I efficient, forgetting about my dying battery. O yeah, for those who haven't realized, it has bean extremely humid day. Sitting in front of the fan now. Wind blowing through my inexistant mane.

I'm going to visit Rosyth tonight! Not sure what time but tonight. And if you go back to my blog posts about RCB band camps you would know how much I look forward to these annual visits. So many happy familiar faces, I really really hope lianne would be able to make it. And I'm very excited to see everyone again :_)

Alright let's hope my battery percentage has had a significant increase......

Good Day, Martians

HI. Look who's back!!!

Anyway, it's no longer purplecookies.blogspot.com because Denise said it's too complicated lololol. And that she would only read this blog if my url was chowjiahui.blogspot.com but guess what! Some other Chow Jia Hui on this planet is currently using that url. Fun times.
If you haven't realised, I did not actually delete my blog when I said I was removing it. I merely changed the url. And now it's back. In one piece. And I've seemed to have lost my touch with blogging because I'm pretty much speechless right now...
ok let's try again.

The O levels have finally ended about 4 days ago. I've been hearing people go "omg I miss studying." "this is boring" "etc etc" NO THIS IS NOT BORING. FREEDOM IS GREAT. The only thing I miss about studying is the company I had WHILE studying. Seriously, I didn't expect myself to make so many friends. And it hasn't been the longest time but they are pretty good friends because I've been seeing their faces and having their company for about 3 months straight everyday. And I'm glad I had them. Really. They made me look forward to my studying.

Alright, I've really lost my touch to this thing. No joke. Lol. And it's 12AM already! Believe it or not, I took a long time to type this out hahaha. Ok try again tomorrow? Better luck next time!

(I always used to end with a photo so here we go)

Botak Chow, brothers.

Close enough (first 2 tweets)

I'm removing my blog tonight.

Yeh just FYI

12AM!

Finally got the chance to get online and untag photos lol. Ok pretty tired so I'm gonna sleep. I really was gonna blog about something. But I well I'm tired.
Ok my sister & her boyfriend just came in & gave me a good laugh.
I think being a retard is one of my rare talents. Sam brought a plaster to SK. & it was on my face for about 10 hours.

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Laksa didn't got to well with my throat. Burnt it I think, ck was going "O man you're tearing!!!" hohoho I suck with spices. Like chili. I think cinnamon challenge would seriously murder me. Not that I intend on trying lah.
When everything is over-thought it seems really unnatural, either that or you really care so much that it has to be perfect. But perfect gets... Too perfect. & you yearn for comfort. I like comfort. I feel like sleeping. I wish my bed was filled with big fluffy pillows. I SHOULD sleep. Chem SPA tomorrow. Not so confident. Sigh shitty pie poopie poppies. Ok one last run through then I'll sleep. Silent promise to my shadow hoho.

CK IS SHIFTING TO SK THIS SUNDAY!!!!!!!!!!!! Waited 2 years this ok.

📷

Some of the photos that were taken last Friday. Mm y'know that photo of the one with the statues. Let's just say I'm mega glad I was only the dude standing at the corner LMAO.

C'mon skinny love just last the year

Call me a lit student, I can't figure out what that song means lol. But trust me I'm not bothered at all. I like that song. Wan Lin told me to listen to it & so I did. She's probably gonna go learn the piano part now.
FLYING PANCAKES I WANT TO SLEEP. 10:50, I wanted to sleep at 10, looks like I'll be rising at 4:45 instead. Can't sleep yet I have to brush my teeth but my big giant cousin is in the loo. Grr. Rage.

......

Something about twitter coincidences lol. Their best & worst feelings in the world.

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I feel like one big mess. Ok correct- I AM a big mess. Sigh pie didn't do any work at all this weekend. E Math test tomorrow, geog test on Tues, not prepared for any even though I had the time to prepare. The study room is just piled up with shit. All my junk everywhere I am so messy it's frustrating, everytime I tidy everything it gets messy again the day after. OK OK LET'S START. Clear the shit out of the room. Let's go.

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It seems like I'm just using this as an excuse for everything, to push away or to comfort myself, & that I don't actually feel the way I think I do. But then again maybe I do. Hm.

Long story short, the highlight of the day was 1) catching up (not really catching up lah, nothing much to catch up with, just joking around & chatting) with MK & bandies who crashed band today & 2) the earthworm. Everything was either average or crappy. Few crappy things only. One is the wait for the bus & the other is shopping. But this time's shopping was a lot better than Christmas's. That's all. Gd night. Happy mothers' day (in advance) to all your mothers. May they all have a great time tomorrow.
PS. Lol @ the coincidence of the two tweets.

Surprising Denise

Hallo.... Today was truly an eventful day. & a freaking hot one too. Sports day was really boring in the beginning because the secondary school kids were thrown about 100 metres away from where everything was being held. So we were completely lost, didn't know what was going on. The pri school kids had the stands O well. I left CCAB with Faith & Clare. Went to Faith's house to shower lol cos I was sweating like crazy, really just soaked in sweat, thank you faith :_)
Met Raphael @ Serangoon & discovered that Denise was going to NEX too! With Raymond to buy their mom a mothers' day present. So I went into this slightly paranoid kinda mode. Like I felt like I needed to bury myself under layers & layers of soil to hide my face from the public eye. Went to Starbucks to kill time (had spare time since Denise wasn't home yet) & study & hide. Well mainly to study & hide lah. I was studying Chinese. Azrul & Raphael had no work with them so I told them to go run around NEX & leave me to study alone cos y'know, when you're with stoning company you feel obliged to talk to them. Had a good time studying Chinese lol. Ok not so good, NEX is a horrible place to study lah it sucks so bad. So noisy & crowded AND you will ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS bump into people you know. & probably don't want to see. Forever. O lol but there're exceptions lah. Like if you bump into your best friend or a cat or a moose. K off topic.
After we bought the cake, we took 70 to Denise's place. While we were taking the cake out Denise burst through the door with Raymond. & we couldnt find the lighter. Lol. But I bet you she was surprised to see us there lah. & I guess that's good enough. Yup.
Lol A LOT of I untagging to do on FB.

Messing with Musa

Hi I was at my Grandma's house

Love my granny. Anyway, today was an ultra long day. Lit test tomorrow I don't know what to say. Haven't done any preparation on Love VS Hate or Reason VS Passion. But y'know, sometimes, even when I prepare the essay it still sucks. My humanities really suck. That's why my report book was BDCBAAAA. Lol AAAA looked good. Chinese made a D. Eh but I'm improving y'know. And I'm really gonna give my best for the 28th. Managed to get 31/40 for bao zhang mock. But in scared that I won't have as much Nei rong write sigh. Hmph.
Ok lololol surprising Denise on Friday, was planning to go to Greenwich for budget dinner.  :_) hohoho happy. Eggcite. C'mon just skip through one more school day!!!!!! Lol lol lol. Ok tired eyes not gonna blog anymore. Hurry I need to go home!!!

Btw btw

During recess & a little of Chinese I was cutting out all of these for Denise Yew & I was telling everyone who bothered to listen about this girl then it hit me that I really like her a lot. If not I wouldn't be planning anything for her birthday at all. But eh I shock myself. I didn't know I could like people so much hoho. Like my convo with Hil last week, I was telling her that I don't & won't have any emotional attachment to people. But I think that's just what I tell myself lah I mean look at me now. Ok I am quite excited for Friday I wonder how my plans will go. Hehehe don't tell her anything ok! It be a spoiler. & I will kick you.

Day 1

3 day week WHOOHOO! I really should be studying for tomorrow. Just wanted to blog and say that.... I've stepped down! New exco & committee officially announced today. I'm now truly the EX-DM. Hohoho. New DM's Rachel Lim btw. Rosyth kid. Sue Min's BMM. All the best to them & their one year :_) Learnt a lot throughout this short year and I'm glad I've been given the opportunity to serve the band :_)
Kk study time. Wish me luck for tomorrow!

My mather say

My mother said that I look like an ah beng when I dress like this and I should never ever ever ever wear re-wear this. Lol. Ok. I think I will anyway. Sometime in the future because hallo I dress for comfort and this is very comfortable.

The week looks great, I must say.

O yes

Wan Lin came over today. We did E Math & A Math. I like Wan Lin. Well there must be a reason why we were best friends when we were in YCK :_) so glad we caught up after all these years.

Haven't blogged in awhile

Hallo! Sunday, o lovely Sunday. Beautiful Sunday hehehe. I didn't do much today. The weather was just really nice. Unpleasant with the lightning but that was only for awhile. I'm in a pretty good mood, I must say. Yesterday was nice, went to Sam's place in the morning we studied (or tried) till 4 then we went to ECP. Cycled again hohoho but don't be too proud too soon, had NAPFA five items on Friday & let's just say... NAPFA really tests your fitness lah. Lololol. Hehehe. But I like cycling. I just realize recently how much I enjoyed cycling. Especially to places like ECP c'mon man. And I said TO places, not AT ECP. Because cycling at ECP sucks. Be warned it like, 人山人海 on the cycling paths. And they are just ringing their bells continuously. Anyway, when we ignore the crowd ECP is still great :_) After ECP we ate ice cream. And lazed around hohoho. Tomorrow.... NO SCHOOL. No wonder I feel so excellent today. Btw, no jokes here. I'm gaining a lot of weight thanks to my diet. Which includes non stop eating for every minute that I'm awake. Really no joke lol. What else. O yeh tomorrow... Well my plans are study lah lol no more slacking around. Must leave home if not can never not eat. Ok harry potter's coming back on bye bye!

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Lol I look obsessed.
Anyway, just a short post about today.
Screwed both tests. A math was really disappointing cos I completely screwed up an entire 7 marks question. & I knew how to do lah lol. But I made a mistake from the top and couldn't continue and it's a damn stupid mistake too. Not careless. It's a genuine never-practice-enough error. Miss Lau would murder me I think. I freaking differentiated x-cosx/2 wrongly. I did not multiply it by the derivative of the function so I ended up with 1 - sinx/2 when it should've been 1 - 1/2sinx/2. Shit right. Then I couldn't find the gradient of the tangent and of course, the equation of the normal. So I couldn't find the coordinates of point Q. Bam, 5 marks fly away. Nevermind learn from mistakes. That's why this is a test, not my O levels.
SS was just. Lol nvm.
Interviews after school.
Around 6PM, the NCC POP started and y'know, I was supposed to attend it to help Sofeah pin on her badge. And I was still stuck in interviews so from 6 to 6:20 I was running from the class to the courtyard and back again just to keep checking to see when I'll have to go down for Sofeah. Mega tired then lol. But managed to run down and it was nice to see her so happy she was cryin lololol. Hehehe I told her earlier today that I won't know what to do when people cry so then I warned her that I'd just look at her. And that's what I did then she laughed, see it works :_) Really felt happy for her cos she's a really good friend and I know that NCC really means a lot to her lah and that this evening she was damn happy & sad & well. Mostly happy. It was a happy occasion. After interviews I went back to the courtyard to steal some food from the POP. First dinner hohoho. Then went back to band room to chill. By the time I left school it was 7:10. Managed to get a lift from Clare's parents to Marymount then I trained to Serangoon. When I reached Serangoon, an overcrowded 43 was driving away. Then I saw 70. It was quite empty so I hopped on hehe. Along YCK road 70 overtook the obese 43!!!!! Hahaha!!! When I alighted at the further-from-my-house bus stop, 43 was right behind so I ran to 43 & got on so that I wouldn't need to walk so far lol. I got off at the next stop it was quite funny. Ok time to start work it's 10:32 what the heck lol.

11:11PM

Hi hi I should not blog I should be studying! But I just wanted to tell you stuff. Like how I JUST took a shower. Disgusting right heh. Cos Wan Lin was here since I came home so I didn't wanna shower then. So gross Chow Jia Hui. Yuck. So happy, Wan Lin was here since....... Idk 5:45? Around there. Studied A Math then got distracted and played the piano. For quite awhile lol. Wah Wan Lin is super talented I was so impressed. I let her listen to some songs, and she could play it immediately I was all 😱😱. Super pro. I wish I could do that 😁😁
Anyway, time dragged on, she left for dinner then came back. O man I really like how we're NEIGHBOURS HAHAHAHA :_)))
k lah time to head back to Venice! (or actually, take my first gondola ride in, o man wish me luck for tomorrowlol)