2012, The year in review.

Well, 2012 had been a really good year for me, I guess. I is pretty funny how I look back on my previous blogsposts and find myself giggling and crying in the middle of the night. I aim to record down all the significant happenings that happened to me so the even if I lose my memory or die or something, there is something somewhere that I left my mark on. For now, it is this blog. So, here goes. Oh ya. I have a dead external hard disk that has a lot of my precious memories and photos stuck in there. I hope that technology would one day enable me to retrieve my data at a lower cost. :( For now, I will treat it as a time capsule. Thank god I have some of the photos in here(the blog) Not all is lost.

2012 started off really happily! After all, 'A' levels(oh dreadful thing it was) just ended and I was free to enjoy my holidays minus the homework and the stress. I got a job at the call centre with relatively high pay so I had income! I was really excited to start crafting and yada yada. 

1) I learnt how to knit! 

I started knitting a lot of bows. Hahaha. Gave them all away. On hindsight, I think it is really too kawaii for a lot of people to pull it off. :(

I am really proud of it! No pattern used! 

Other than a bow, I made two scarves! Okay, one scarf and one cowl. Haha. 

Cowl made with yarn from Josephine! It is really comfy! I think I will make another! ^^ I gave it to ma god mother, but the next one, I will give it to Josephine! 

This other scarf, made with a funky yarn! I will give this to my younger cousin. It is slighter shorter than a regular scarf. Josephine gave me the other yarn, similar but in blue and purple. I think I will make that for her brother! Need to find more younger kids. Haha.

Knitted my first bunny! Tutorial from here! Gave it to my bunny-loving friend. Tried to make it look more like a Holland loop. Haha. 

2) I used my sewing machine! 

My first project was a period pouch, the kind used to put your pad in. HAHA. I attempted to embroider too. But I am really not that good at it. 

It took me some courage to post this, a failure:( My "skirt". Which looked way to fat on me. #FAIL.
Oh well. I will try it again next time. Yes, that is my bed sheet. A Snow White one. Hahaha.

Made a pouch and a bag for Kelly doll. Most successful sewing projects so far. Fail la. Shall improve!

As you can tell, I am not very very successful with the sewing machine. Haha. It is okay, I will try harder next time!

3) MORE Deco-den!

Made my own phone case with deco-den! 

Really proud of it, but it is quite worn out now. I need to make a new one when I get my new phone next year. Haha. Tutorial here!

4) I learnt to make some jewellery! 

Haha, I am not really into beading, but I made some simple bracelets and earrings and more to come!

Fancy a feather in your hair? Yes! Haha, I have yet to wear it anywhere though. Maybe I should bring it to Korea. 

Bracelets made with howlite!

Ohhh. I like this one! I will give it to my Korean friend because she commented on the pink one I made previously.

I think the pink one is nicer, but I had to change the design because I did not have enough suede. Suede is expensive:(

Stretchy anklet for me! 

Wrapped bracelets for everyone! Tutorial here!

5) I learnt how to do Wire Art!

This one is really fun to do! It is quick too, compared to crochet or knitting. 

Super love the simple bow design! Whoever thought of it was a genius! I followed the tutorial from I SPY DIY, but added another loop on the bow because I like it that way. 

Heart! I did not really follow any tutorials for this one. Just...followed my gut feelings. HAHA.

Made some initial rings, but I am too lazy to take a picture, so it will have to wait. ^^

6) Last but not least, I crocheted even more! Haha, my first ever craft, I must say. I still think I crochet the best even though I am running out of patterns to do. 

Elephant for Lynette, tutorial here!

Butterflies! I need more lace crochet patterns:(

Dress for dearie! I made everything without pattern. 

Dress was on dearie before I put it on Ariel! Ariel is much skinner. Haha. This picture of her is my current favourite!

DIY button made with my own fabric and pink flower clip. Haha, gave this to my cousin.

TELL ME. THIS IS BEYOND CUTE. No one to give to:( Too cute already. I wanted to give it to my cousin, but decided against it. I always give her things, but I never did see her use it. Haha. 

That's almost all the things I made this year! I am sure there are more stuff, but the photos are probably in my hard disk in coma. Haha. Oh well. 

That's all for today. I will be leaving for Korea in a bit, so this will be my last post of the year. 2012 had been  really good for me. I hope it was for you too! ^^ Ciao!

Rebecca:)

Shopping overboard!

Well.....OMG. I went on a shopping trip this week and last week. I am so shocked that I can spend so much on myself! *gasps* Here are what I bought! I have not spent so much since I bought my sewing machine last year. But I guess this is much cheaper than a sewing machine. Haha.

1.

 This was from September. I do not think I posted it so it is belated!

2.

This was the day Lynette and Josephine visited NTU, I think. Haha. I forgot already. But I remember the skull beads! This is proof that I bought the purple feathers! You know what? They disappeared!!! I cannot find the feathers anywhere! So you think a birdy came by my window and thought that was his momma and stole it?! Grrr! By the way, I have already made something with the blue suede and used up the skulls! I will post that next!

3.

I bought stuff from Sophie and Toffee! I am preparing for my deco pencilcase! I have yet to find a pencil case that I have in mind though :/ Always happy to receive my purchase by mail!

Unwrapping their package is like unwrapping a present with many layers. Haha. Quite fun.

MY WHIP CREAM and the cabochons!

I love the roses. Hmmm. 

Because I bought the cabochons during the Cyber Monday, they were giving out a packet of cabochons with every purchase. I do not know if I would use them though. I was trying not to do a food theme. Hmm. 

4.

Recent trip Plaza Singapura on my hatchday! My glue gun had a 50% discount! Shiok only! $9.99. The best part was, I used the gift card that Lynette and Apphia gave me so technically, it was a birthday present! ^^ 

5.

YES, I DID. I BOUGHT MYSELF MY FIRST DISNEY PRINCESS AT THE AGE OF 20. 

Look at her! Ain't she gorgeous? I think she looks nicer in something I made for my other doll though! Will show in my next post! I am thinking of making a link of all the DIYs I made.

6.

Thank god this is the last one. Haha. Really cannot believe myself. Out of 6 shopping trips, 5 was for craft items. I am going into wire jewellery now. I have too many hobbies. Grrr. Haha.

That's all for today. Ciao!

Rebecca^^
P.S. Happy but poor. So much poorer. :/

Contact lens review: Blincon red lens

Well, I really liked the Blincon Pink lens, so when I saw the deal for more contact lens from Blincon, I bought 4 boxes boxes with a click on Groupon. It is amazing how these kind of coupon sites and all shopping sites for that matter makes it so easy to pay the money to them. All you need is enter all the details once, and then and forever more your money will disappear with a simple click.

Okay, so on with the review. This is also from the BB range.

The colour I bought this time round was red (new and not shown) and green. They still have orange, which I am also interested in, but that's for the next round because I bought a brown pair instead. Hehe. So here is what the blisters looked like. 

Was so happy to have red eyes again:)

I super love how the ring of the lens is quite thick, so it makes your eyes larger than it really is.
In terms of comfortability, it is the same the the pink one. I wore it for about 8 hours without any problems. I really love how it looks on me though.

Here is a picture of me with it. I stole it from Facebook! Okay. I did edit my eyes a wee bit bigger and face quite a lot smaller. Haha. Oh, and my neck and arms a wee bit slimmer. As you can see, my face still quite big. Hmmmm....genetics. Sigh, the eyes looks nice! Not really scary too. I mean, people usually go ewww at red eyes, but I like it. Haha.

Here's a close-up of my eye! Hahahah. I super super love this pair of lens!

Look! Even with my lousy camera and bad lighting, you can still see the red colour! Heh heh.

You know, this high-contrast picture could have been perfect if it was not pixelated. LOOK AT HOW RED IT IS! Haha, you can also see my sparse lower lashes. Like specks of dust. -___-|||

Okay, the last picture! I did not even photoshop this picture. Only cropped it. 

Okay, I cannot full express my love for this pair of lens. I cannot even choose between this pair or the pink ones. I bought the green ones too! I will write about that another day. ^^ 

I need to buy more contacts when I go to Korea! I researched and it is written on the internet that Korean girls are more into brown lenses though. Hmmmm. Oh well. 

That's all. Ciao!

Rebecca:/ 

P.S. Still worrying about the Facebook cover page I have to design. 

Hatch day~~~I am 20 already?!

Well, I happen to turn 20 today. I do not feel any difference actually. Haha. Just slightly happier that I am getting a little bit of attention today. The day started late. I woke up at 1330! Cooked some lunch and left for dental. I always enjoyed craft shopping in Plaza Singapura. Always Spotlight, then Daiso! Haha, the best part is I always keep my spending under $50. Today was good because I finally got my PINK GLUE GUN. I am always harping about it and I finally got it! YAY! I think I can buy a tool box for myself already. Because the next thing on my list are pilers. Hahaha. I really have quite a lot of craft items in my room....I need to reorganize my stuff.

I ate normal minced meat noodles for dinner. I was sort of frustrated because I wanted to buy my hair extensions after Daiso, but my godmother called and said she wanted to meet me. I was not really really into meeting her, I do not know why I was like that. I felt obliged to meet her. I could not reject her :/ So instead of going to buy hair extensions, I ended up going to NEX and having dinner with my godmother. Actually I can understand her feelings, but sometimes, even though I really appreciate it, I just do not....Argh.

Everyone at home is sick. I think I passed my cold to others and I am just recovering from all the illnesses accumulated. So birthday meal is postponed to Saturday. :) Looking forward to my sashimi!

I was really really touched when Rachel and Freya called me to sing Happy Birthday when I was browsing in Daiso! Haha, I almost teared. So embarrassing! >< Haha. I am so so happy to have such friends. Thank you for being there and remembering me! *feeling mushy inside* You both have a special place in my heart. ^^

Even though sometimes people just message you on Facebook or message you on Whatsapp, I really feel quite loved when I read these messages. Even though it just takes 3 seconds to type and I do not really think much about doing it when I am on Facebook, but when I am the one receiving it, I really feel quite mushy inside. I am really not a really easy person to get along with. I am really weird. But I am just happy that there are people who accept me for who I am. Disney princess, Sailor Moon and all. Haha.

Oh no. I just received news that gave me a little dent on my hatch day! >.< I am to design a cover for my CCA Facebook page. Okay. I need to generate ideas ASAP!

That's all for today! Ciao!

Rebecca:s

P.S. Really nervous.

End of first semester in Uni!

YAY! I am finally done with the first semester of university! It has been a tiresome 14 weeks, with chionging of essays and hand-ache from the final exams! I am finally done! Even though I am not too optimistic about the results of my final exams, I am still happy that it has ended. I left for Bangkok the next day, so I just reached back in Singapore yesterday.

Bangkok was sort of fun, yet I felt that it was sort of a wasted trip. I know that this trip was for my grandparents. So I am not to expect much shopping or whatever. So it was more of a leisure trip. I rather eat the cheaper street local food than going to the restaurants though. But because we were with my grandparents, we had to eat "better" food. We went to this supermarket seafood restaurant. It was like consuming a novelty good that is quite useless. :/ We had to choose what you what to cook, supermarket style, and then you choose how you want to cook your food. But it is sooo expensive! You pay $10 for 1 kg of cockles. You can buy 3 times that amount for the same price at Geylang Serai. Furthermore, you have to pay more money for them to cook it the style you want. Steamed, deep-fry, stir-fry etc, etc. Even cutting of fruits require money. HAHA. What a waste of money that can be used for shopping.

The best place to shop seem to be Platinum, the fashion mall. I super like the thing there. But I only had 2 hours at the place. So haiz. I think the quality of clothes in Thailand is much better than Guangzhou, and the price is also about there. So ya, I think can go there to shop again next time! I only bought 2 tops, 2 shorts, 1 pair of slipper wedges and 1 cardigan. Hmmmm. I am not a big shopping queen. Haha.

I have been back for 1 day and I made an anklet and bracelet already. Hahaha. I am so productive when it comes to crafting. So naughty much? Okay. I have to credit myself for grabbing a copy of "The Economist" which my tutor recommended we read for free before boarding the plane. HAHA. $12.50 saved. Shiok only. Haha.

I miss my Phad Thai and Tom Yum already. :( I also liked the chicken skin there.

Okay. That's a really quick update on Bangkok. I enjoyed my trip to the temple! Erawan is a must go for me. Must ask god for blessing before proceeding on with your trip^^

Ciao!

Rebecca:)

Food and Cheesy potato recipe, my style.

Well, I love potatoes. I love potatoes and udon. Not together, but I love them both. However, my father saw a variety programme that mention that udon is not good for losing weight because it is made of high protein flour. Haiz. Anyways, I just wanted to post some pictures of the yummy food I made/ate recently. Nom.

Mummy bought us Ah Zhong mee sua from TAIWAN! OMG. It flew all the way back to Singapore and was still warm! <3 <3 <3 She bought like 3 big bowls worth of it in the lock and lock container. Yummy. Cannot wait to go back to Taiwan to eat their mee sua again and again! It is very famous by the way! My only concern is that I do not like the vinegar in Taiwan. Still has the coca-cola smell to me. :/ I bought my China/vinegar sold in Singapore over on the previous trip in the sushi soya bottle and had it spill in my S$80 Japanese bag on the way to Dan Shui. *heart pain* But it was worth it. Because the noodles tastes 10x better with my favourite vinegar. Haha.

Met up with Josephine and Lynette after a long time and ate in their school. Not bad, I am partial to smoked salmon though. Haha.

This is how I eat my green apples. Because the skin is very thick and hard, cutting them across then coring them with a corer makes it so much easier to eat. Furthermore, you can apply the yoghurt on top. Ahhhh. Yoghurt and apple tastes soooo goooood! Ahhh. Hahah. Red apple tastes nicer with yoghurt, but green apple tastes nice with it too! Don't cha think the apple looks happier like that? ^^

Mariska, an exchange student from The Netherlands, got her parents to share this joy with us! Her version of candies. HAHA. I expected candies, but this is one packet of yummy cookies! It is cinnamon flavoured, tastes very much like gingerbread cookies but in the shape shown on the packet! It is so adorableee. <3 She is going back in December though. :/ I will miss all the HS8008 girls. Those 3 hour lectures were made bearable with all of you awesome girls! Learning about Culture and Globalisation was taken to another level. Haha.

Ohhh, there is an "atas" restaurant in school! Called "Venice", the food there costs slightly more than Pitchstop. Like $10+++ This was the Salmon toast. Told you I am partial to salmon. I always end up eating salmon with something. Haha. I super like the salad here! I got a tiny shock when I saw it at first because the salad sauce looked like...dark sauce =__= But! It was gooooood. Omg. I love the sauce. Must be the good kind too, because they were stingy with it. Like a few drops only. Next time, I will try the pork something pasta!

Hehehehe. Restaurant looking food! Nom! Potato, sautéed with butter and baked with cheeseeee. Swiss and Cheddar. It was so good, it deserves another picture.

Here's the recipe:

For one portion,

1 1/2 potatoes. (I used medium ones, but one big potato would also do)
2 large pinches of fine salt.
2 tablespoons of butter.
4 table spoons of cheese. (Can mix and match)

First, using a non-stick pan, put in butter and use low heat to melt the butter. Increase heat by a bit and put in cubed potatoes and sautee with the salt. While doing that, mush it a bit with the frying slice/wooden spoon. This is to increase the surface area to volume ratio so that more of the potatoes would get the buttery goodness and texture is improved. When you can see the potato turning a little brown from the caramelized butter, turn off the heat and bring out your casserole/plate/whatever bake-able bowl and scoop half of the potatoes onto it. Put in some cheese in and the rest of the potato on top! Dump cheese on top!!! I think I put in more than 4 tablespoons of cheese, haha. In my experience, Swiss cheese does not turn a pretty golden-brown. I think the best mix of cheese would be Parmesan and Cheddarrr. Cheddar then Parmesan on top! Bake till the cheese turns golden brown like above. As you can see, there are parts where it does not. I suspect those are the Swiss cheese part. Haha.

This is the mashed version, the lazy way where I mashed the potatoes and butter together, put it in the cup, piled cheese on top. It was not as good as the unmashed one. I love the half-mashed, half cubed texture.

Okay. Are you hungry yet? If you finish up all the cheese before your potatoes, the potatoes inside also taste good with a little Greek yoghurt/sour cream/cream cheese. I eat this with an omelette. Western food all the wayyyy, my style! Usually, I would want to drink soup after. So I make TOM YUM SOUP. Fat la me. Hai.

That's all. Ciao!

Rebecca :\
P.S. Sick, with two more exam papers and no motivation to study.

Books to Dramas. Rebecca in transition.

I watch way too many dramas. I just collated a list of dramas I have watch within the past 3 years, and it is a frightening amount. I can come out with a module: RL1992: Rebecca in transition. HAHAHA. Okay, It is an internal joke because I am currently studying for my module HS1002: Singapore in Transition. It is an interesting module that I think changed my views about politics in Singapore and the culture in Singapore. Very interesting to me. :) Especially for someone who wanted to be a tour guide for Singapore at one time or the other(till I realised that the pay was low. Yes, I am pragmatic this way), I think I figured all is not as it seems. Haha. Okay. Digressing. But then, my exam is in 12 hours time. I am falling sick during exams again:( Having a miserable sore throat and muscle aches. Oh well. My body never learns to stop rebelling.

So the story goes like this, I was never really into story books and novels till I was I think Primary 6. Before that, I read Enid Blyton and the other typical girl books like Mary-Kate and Ashley and Full House Michelle. I loved reading Enid Blyton books, by the way.  So anyways, I got hooked on "Anne of Green Gables". It was the first ever book that I was truly passionate about, I guess. I talked about it previously. So  when I got hooked on it, I went to buy the rest of the series. I could really relate to Anne. I do not have red hair, but I have freckles. ALL OVER...except where the sun don't shine. HAHAHA. On my knees, my ankles, my face and all over my arms. When I am bored, I would look at my freckles. Haha. There are too many to count, but it is interesting to look at them. I would never get truly flawless skin like some, but I guess I am as Caucasian as I can get with freckles. So, I do not hate them. Not that I want to be Caucasian or anything, but I think it is something that is a little different from other Asians. God knows I love being slightly different. Unique^^ I found my (fictional) kindred spirit in Anne.

Ya, so when I got hooked on books, I started reading other classics like What Katy did, Little Women, Little house on the prairie etc, etc. The weird thing is the fact that all of them had FEMALE main characters. So weird right? I never realised. I never read the The Dracula or The adventure of Tom Huckleberry Finn. So weird right? Anyway, the genre was a little limited so I went to teenage fiction. I have as strong dislike for those typical books though. Those about dating this boy, getting jealous and torn between two boys. Yuck. But most of the teenage romance fiction was like that. So I was more into the Historical and Fantasy genre. I remember by favourite series was Daughters of the Moon by Lynn Ewing. My favourite pairing was between Serena and Stanton. Haha, has this got something to do with the fact the the title has a "moon" on it and the character's name was Serena(Sailor moon's English name)??? I don't know. But their pairing was sweet. Because Stanton was a bad guy. However, Sons of the Dark, Ewing's other novel series, never piqued my interest. I also practically finished the entire series of Nancy Drew -___-   Ya, so after I finished raiding the teenage fiction, I found a historical romance novel in the teenage fiction. And so started my journey to being obsessed with historical romance fiction. It is sooo romantic and there is no annoying "torn between two guys" part. Only one true loveee. Awwwww. <3 <3 <3 Arranged marriages turned into true love always make me all sappy inside. Maybe because it will never happen in real life. (No thanks, I also do not want it) But ya. I spent 90% of my secondary school time reading and reading novel after novel. 8 books each time, visit to the library 3 times a week and borrowing everyone's library card. Haha. I was infamous okay! Haha. It was really bad. I was reading 3 books a day. I took 1.5 hours for each book. Now I think about it, I really do not know HOWWWW did I manage to do that. So ya. I am very enchanted in that sense. True loveeee, when will thee find meeee? Hahahahaha. On of my all-time favourites was The Faraway Tree. It is a children's book, but I super super love it. Hmmm. So can you imagine, my imagination can get really wildddddd. Haha.

In Junior College, I sort of ran out of books to read. I guess I reach my limit. I was not doing well in school and I had other activities like my CCA which took up some time. I really did not read much then. :/ I got my laptop, and I guess I spent most of my time surfing the web. The internet has a magical way that kill too much time. Oh, I watched many many movies.

Towards 2010, I think that was when the drama fever started, I started watching Korean Dramas. Dramas are good in the sense that they are on the computer and you can open many many windows to do multiple things at once. My habit was to play Solitaire while watching my dramas. I watched many many dramas. Korean ones though. I only started going crazy during the 8 months holidays. I was breathing in dramas. OMG. It was....haha. I ran out of Korean dramas to watch(because I was picky) and I moved to historical Chinese Dramas, which I really enjoyed. Surprise surprise! That was the extent of my practicing Chinese! Fail la. After Chinese, I watched Japanese dramas. But I did not like that much because Japanese Dramas always have very young actors and actresses that have not blossomed yet. :/ And they tend to go towards the mystery, suspense, detective type of genre. I am more of a romance comedy person. I am a really contradicting person because I like romcom in dramas, but not in movies. Aiya. I am a complicated person, as you can tell. Japanese movies are better in terms of artiste selection. I recently got hooked on some Taiwanese dramas. Taiwanese dramas are weird. Some are really nice, some really cannot make it. I do not know. Maybe I am picky. I also watched some Hong Kong dramas(I had the urge to learn Cantonese) but fail la. Because I only like the historical ones. So I learnt words like "your majesty", "sister" and the character's names. #fail.

A few weeks ago, I suddenly had the thought to compile all the dramas I have watched so yup. I got a page up. If you watched some of them, you would realise I am partial to a certain kind of storyline. Haha. Here's the page! ^^ If you need to have some ideas on what dramas to watch, you can refer to the list. I tend to like sappy romance and human drama. I cry like crazy. Haha. When I have the time, I will rate the dramas. :)

Okay, I really need to start working on my dear Singapore now. <3 <3 <3
Ciao!

Rebecca :)
P.S. My right hand is dreading the essays I have to write tomorrow. Poor hand. I love you berry much.

Sociological humour.

Well, for those who are not aware, I am studying sociology as of now, 22/11/12, 1417 Singapore time and I keep getting distracted. So I might as well write another blog post. Sociology has changed the way I see the world. Not necessarily for the better, because I have started finding humour in everything. Humans are so funny. We are so funny that as a human, I should not laugh, but I cannot help myself. I have this amazingly surprisingly humorous textbook called "The Practical Skeptic" It just hits all the right notes in me and I can clearly see the author's points and sense of humour.

 For example, the funny why we see ourselves and others. We see ourselves through our looking glass. What we do is highly dependent on what others will see in us when we do it. George Herbert Mead's "me" and "I", I can understand totally. The "me" controls my "I". For example, "I" have a freaking itchy mosquito bite on my arse cheek, "I" badly want to scratch it. But "me" knows that that would be social suicide, so in the end, I gritted my teeth and resisted the urge #truestory. Hahahaha. Hahahaha. Don't judge la. You know it happens. So it set me thinking. Why do we even have this silly "me"? Wouldn't it be better if we didn't? Has it got to do with Adam and Eve? Before Eve ate the apple, I supposed she did not have a "me". That's way they were not aware of their lack of clothes? Hahahaha. Can you imagine how funny the world would be if their was only a "I" and no "me"s in the world? No removal of armpit hair(ewww!), no aesthetic surgeries or whatever(crooked teeth for everyone) and even picking your nose in public. Hahahahaha. Does anyone see my sense of humour? Or do you think I am plain weird now? Hahaha. I cannot stop giggling to myself. This is just one example. I also came across funny statements while studying for sociology or doing research. Some really kept me laughing and laughing.  

Here is one from the Straits times, The Singapore newspaper about mammogram. (October 28, 2007 Sunday) [Can I do away with the wacky citations on my blog?] I was doing research for my cancer assignment, a perfectly not-funny-at-all topic. Then I saw........

"You'd think science would have advanced beyond clapping a bun-like boob between two plates, turning it into a pancake-like plinth, but there we are."

HAHAHAHAAHAHAHA. Funny? I know it is not funny in the sense that it is a recommended test to test for breast cancer, but if you look at the style of expression that the writer used.....HAHHAHA. 

Okay. That's a short post for now. 1439 now. Maybe I will keep tabs on what funny things I see while doing my sociology, and post here once in a while so I can come back and laugh. Seriously, this blog can be a really funny joke sometimes. Other than the serious crafty parts, of course! *wriggles brows* Hehehehe. 

That's all. Ciao, everybirdy.

Rebecca ;) 

P.S. Back to Singapore in Transition. FYI, Singapore was not a fishing village before Raffles. HA! You don't say? 
P.S.[2] Should this post be put under the school label? Hmmm. *undecided and indecisive*
Okay la. Put. Bacause I am a kiasu Singaporean. 

My alma mater, for charity, patience and devotion.

Well, my alma mater just turned 170 years old on the 16th November. Although I am not in the school any more, I will always see St. Margaret's as my school, forever and always. I will always be proud of my polka-dotted uniform. Omg. As I was googling for a good picture of our dear uniform, I found this picture.

 

Guess what! The FIRST thing I noticed was the HANDWRITING! :) You know whyyyyy? This picture was drawn by my dear friend! Yes, my friend, I can recognise your handwriting! <3 Surprise surprise! Hahahahaha. That's why I love my friends. I know they are people who will stand up for whatever they believe in. ^^ Although I am sure my school uniform was not as form-fitting as it looks in the picture, this is a good picture to explain why we LOVE our school uniform! :p I felt our unity as a school at it fullest when the newspaper reported our school as the one with the "uncool" uniform. Everyone was so offended by the article. Our school uniform should be the coolest! (I insist!)

It seems like yesterday when I was still in school. But my memories of my dearest school seems to be fading away slowly, but surely. My deepest impression was me not studying, reading 3 novels a day, going to the library 3 times a week and still managed to do relatively well. I do not know how did I do that. I am amazed at myself. I also remember getting third (last) in class in secondary one and jumping to the 2nd in class in secondary two because I jumped from the better than average class to the last class. Haha.Yes, they had rankings in our report books :( But I think I always seem to perform better in lousy classes. Same in primary school. I was in the average classes (3C, 4C) and was average. Then, I went to 5B and yay! Got 2nd in class. Missed the chance to go up on stage to collect my book prize (The Indian in the cupboard and When Hitler stole pink rabbit) because I went to Denmark. Unfortunately, as much I loved the former book, I never got enough interest to read the latter (Sorry Rachel, not really into war) This means a lot though. Because I usually only read books by females or when the main characters are females. The latter book had a girl with a pink rabbit toy and I picked it up first. But I never got past the first chapter(I think. Or was it the first couple of pages?) HAHA. Ahhhh. As I am writing this, the memories come gushing back in bits and pieces. The reading book list for the school holidays always had books from the Amber Brown series on it   and my Primary 6 English teacher's "advocation" for the Anne of Green Gables and my subsequent love for the series because I can totally relate to her(Anne)! Secret: I never liked my Primary 6 English teacher because of the time she read my awful composition in class as an example of what NOT to do. :( I also remember that the girl's name in the composition was Laura. D:

The games I played with my primary school friends. The stamp game, where we had to write letters and  purchase stamps....we had wages and jobs. I was the post(wo)man. Hahahaha. And the secret tunnel game with Rebecca (My best friend for the majority of my primary school life) Hahahaaha. I remembered we imagined that there was a tunnel under our houses and we can find each other in the tunnel! We did this tunnel thingie over the phone! HAHAHA. OMG. Memories! I used to spend HOURS on the phone. Now, the maximum time seems to be 15 minutes. I guess people these days lost the interest of talking to just one person on the phone. They rather talk to two or more on the internet...:( I should do more of these posts so that one day when I have dementia, I can come back and read all my stories and laugh to and at myself. HAHA. I also remember the sad times, me crying over the quarrel I had with Rebecca and the sadness I felt when we drifted apart. Like really really drifted apart. I feel the same way with all of my friends. It is so sad that no matter how close you are, you will drift apart one day. Even if you keep in contact, you will never reach the same closeness you had when you were closer. Because you no longer experience the same thing. You cannot. Because time does not rewind. I cannot say much for those with BFFs, because I do not have one. But I am sure no matter how close you are, there are times you feel this way too. :s

This post is getting too solemn. My hopes for everyone is that we remain true to our friends. Keep our friendships as real as possible. Make friends with people who really accept you for who you are. Not with the most popular or the prettiest. Even though at this point of my university life, I feel like I have not found any real kindred spirits yet, I remain positive that the future will surprise me with some. (Actually, that is quite tough to do because I am really quite a queer person.) But one can always hope.

For charity, patience, devotion let's be known,
these qualities St Margaret's shown,
On which our school has grown.

Yes, I typed it out by memory, then checked with the school official website to make sure I was correct. Haha. Only a minor mistake. Not bad right!

At this point of time, I just finished looking through the school's revamped website and realised that many teachers have changed. Ms Kee, whom I met on the bus that day, was not on the list any more. As I looked through the teacher's names, some got married (my girl guides teacher) and some left. I teared. The song that was running through my head was this:

The theme song of The Land Before Time. I just feel sad. All the times that went past, the good and bad. I can never go back again, the carefree times. I just feel like holding on to all my friends and hope that we will never lose contact with one another like my parents and their friends(most anyway). One can hope that with social media, people will put more effort into keeping in contact.

So, that's enough sentimental stuff for one day. My hope is that one day, someone will look at the star I left behind and remember that I was there. Even if I did not get to wear the green robe in the end, I was the 49th in school for O levels Okay!

Ciao!

Rebecca *smiles sadly*

Applicable hashtags.

Well, I just thought of an interesting and short post I can post about myself! Haha, hashtags! I have many informal middle names. I am Rebecca foreverlate, foreverchiongster, foreveralone, foreverbroke Lim. Haha. I am quite sure I will think of more as this post go by. Haha. This will be a hilarious post when I look at it in the future. I am finding it hilarious that I think I will find this post hilarious in the future. Hilarious-ception.

I am #foreverlate for meetings and gatherings with my groupmates and friends. (Sorry! I try not to, but I always end up late 90% of the time. The other 10%, I would probably end up too early.)

I am #foreverchiongster. I am such a badddd procrastinator that I ALWAYS end up staying up all night the day before ANY deadline. I hate it, but I am always CHIONGING.

I am #foreveralone D: . I have to say, I have a pathetic excuse for a social life compared to people my age. I wonder why... Not no social life, just much less. I like to stay home.

I am #foreverbroke. I always save up money, but end up spending them on something. Money do not stay put! >:( I spend so much on dental and driving, I used up all my income(50% of it anyways) from my 8 months holidays. :( I need a job.

I am #foreverannoyed at my brother, who just enjoys getting on my nerves.

I am #forevershocking my friends with my cool/weird/amazing/rare sense of humour. Hahaha. I am like a walking joke. :< What to do? I am glad to provide you with some laughter. After all, laughter is the best medicine.

I am #foreverbigface. I have like the biggest and roundest face I know. WHY? So annoying when I take pictures with pretty friends! Never mind, got PS! (Photoshop, not plastic surgery.) HAHA.

I am #foreversleepy. Anywhere, everywhere, anytime, everytime. It annoys me to no end! Yes, I annoy myself sometimes. How do I sleep for 10 hours, and still feel sleepy. I can sleep for 20 hours a day please. A talent, no doubt.

I am #foreverdreaming about the storylines in romantic dramas happening in real life. I am a hopeless romantic. Sigh. This is bad for surviving in our pragmatic society of today. I am too horribly not disenchanted enough for my own good. Uh-oh. I just soci-ed away. Pardon me, my dears. Haha.

What #forever hashtags woould you apply to yourself? Haha. It might make you look at yourself in a more interesting angle. Haha. That's all for today. Ciao, mon ami!

Rebecca :)
P.S. Opinion pieces and one essay to go!

Fangirling and void decks.

AHHHH! I am supposed to do my opinion piece now, but I am soooo distracted! Ahem. Fangirling does this to me. I just keep smiling to myself thinking how gooooood-loooooking the artiste is. I thought I am not the kind who would fangirl, but I am wrong! I am not the extreme extreme kind, more like the silently fangirling, internally squealing kind. AHHHH. (o^^o)v I find it funny to fangirl online and post pictures, so if you know me, you can ask who am I fangirling over. Hehe. Ahhhhh. Why so handsome! I should really get back to work you know you know. AHHHH. Okay. *switches on back-to-normal mode*

Ahem. Ya. So I went for dental and driving today. It is gonna be embarrassing to talk about driving, so lets just skip that topic and get on to the main one! Void decks. I want to live in a HDB in the future. Not in a landed property. The Singapore government keeps lamenting on the fact that Singaporeans have lost the kampung spirit, but what I saw today on my walk home from the train station really warms up my heart a wee bit(because my heart is warm enough originally. HAHA.) I was walking along the void decks when I saw a group of kids and teens(OMG. Reminds me. Am I not a teen anymore? Where did my youth goooo?)  playing with small boards(well, if a long board is a long board, a skateboard is a medium board, a small board should be a small board. RIGHT? :/) playing the small board along the void decks. they were all topless and skinny. (Jealous much!) But the main point was that they were playing so happily and they blocked my way and then someone said(like a boss),"Got someone behind." One boy turned around, saw me and bowed his heads a little and said,"Sorry!" AWWWW. SO SWEET.  Then I walked on and saw my kindergarten. IT WAS GONEEE:( Well, not gone gone, but it got revamped. Turned inside out and completely changed:( Even the playground is the new kind one. I remember eating food from my lunchbox on top of the slide. Memories memories. Anyway, I was not a pretty kid. Sigh. I am staring at my kindergarten photo now. They told me to smile and I thought it was the closed mouth kind. What came out was more of a grimace. LE SIGH. I had swollen/chubby cheeks. Oh. Those are still there now, but I grew a chin! Hahahahaha. Ya. then I walked and walked and remembered all the times I walk along this road. I never moved house before, you see. So Bishan is really my home home. I love the place. I love the park. Though I rarely go there because of the sun and the fact that I am not a sporty person. But just looking at it makes me feel at home. <3 <3 <3 I think I would love to stay in a HDB in front of a park. Bishan park would be good. Haha, I hope HDB en-bloc the block when I get a flat. :p I am simple that way. Rich people need not stay in big houses. So ya. I wanna be rich too. Haha, then I can do all the crafts in the world. But this is pretty difficult, considering the fact that I just did a career test and I got these recommended jobs...

This is just the beginning. I have primary school teacher, counsellor, social worker and that kind of jobs. So that's it. If I don't find a potentially rich husband, I will be stuck in the middle-middle class in Singapore's society. Not that I mind awfully much though. Just means having less children. Hehe.

AWWW. Kindergarten kids are SOOO CUTEEE. Is it too early to want a baby? D: Yes. It is too early. I am not even halfway there yet! HAIZZZ. If no one wants me, I will go be a kindergarten teacher. Private ones pays more right? Haha, over-qualified for kindergarten teacher already. :p

Okay. That's enough of smiling to myself today. I am literally smiling like crazy to myself now. Sigh. Ciao!

Rebecca :D
P.S. I am happily forgetting I have 2 essay assignments and opinion pieces due. BAD.