It is 2011 already, and it has been a long time since I blog. In the past, I thought blogging might be a good way to improve my English. LOL! So many things happened, and this post will be very long. Readers will have to be patient and slowly spent their time reading this long post.
25 Feb 2011 - 7 Mar 2011: travelled to Rome (aka the eternal city) & Portugal with a small group of church friends, where we had a good time experiencing the freezing cold weather. I wore gloves and my thick feather jacket the whole day. The night was extremely cold, and one night the temperature was -6 deg Celsius. Beautiful tears were shed as I had a great experience which I will never forget. My parents' money were not gone to waste.
4-7 April 2011: NYP SIDM Orientation 2011. I will never forget this orientation because everyday there will at least be a talk. I tried my best not to sleep during the talks. My group (group 13 - HOT STUFF!) won the 2nd prize (ie GV tickets) for the monumental rush poster/video design. Number 13 will never let me down as this number was my index number when I was in secondary 1. In secondary 1, I was very determined to work very hard and managed to achieve a bursary. I love my class as I get to compete with the top few students in my class. I don't know why I found it interesting and fun competing with them although I will never surpass them.
4 April 2011: SJC Concert Band SYF Day. Instead of attending the 1st day of orientation, I wished I was at the SCH to support them. I missed my junior very much. After the Ipoh/Perak Exchange (16-19 December 2010), I bonded with them a lot. I hope they will never forget my speech. I was the oldest amongst them and was honoured to be part of the chosen ones to perform on stage. That was my final performance although I officially graduated from school! Anderson Military Band (AMB) was there to represent Singapore, and my school was combined with the Malaysian Bands. Our band had a good exchange with the Ave Maria Convent Band (AMC Band). The bus guide was fantastic as he was a catholic and taught us new stuff (duh!).
Despite getting bronze for the competition, I knew they gave their very best. I also achieved bronze when I first participated SYF because I freaked out and left the playing to my senior. She played solo for the whole song (set piece - Sunrise & Safari) without breaking down. I only dare to play the second song (choice piece - Digital Prisms). The second time I participated in this competition was in secondary 4. This time, the band achieved silver. We were filled with tears of joy when they announced the results. The set piece was 'Overture no. 1' and the choice piece was 'the light of dawn'. I am very thankful to have such wonderful conductors. Mr Yea was in charge of the drills, he taught us a lot during the band camp. Mr Tan was in charge of our playing, he taught us how it should be played correctly. Although Mr Tan was replaced by Mrs Goh, I feel that Mrs Goh have that motherly love. I saw her teaching my juniors patiently.
18 April 2011: 1st day of NYP life. I was overjoyed when I managed to get into the 1st choice of my course - Diploma in Digital Entertainment Technology (Games) in NYP. I chose NYP for my first few choices as it is the closest to my house. My class is small, 2 girls (including me) and the rest were guys. First lesson was Math1, my "speciality" when I was in secondary school. During maths lesson in secondary 4 & 5, my friends (Mee Ling & Kai Ting) and I would usually ignore the teacher's teaching since we took 'O' level Maths in sec 4, and would be retaking it again. We were called the '(big-time attitude) Queens'. LOL, I will never forget this. I worked very hard (with my tutor) and finally achieved an A2. I am not like my sister who can easily score this mark. Although I passed my AMath, I am very disappointed with my result as I practised the wrong topics (ie Integration/differentiation) for the wrong paper.
