Whee. HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR, EVERYONE! ^^
Chinese New Year had been really fun!

On 除夕，we gathered at our aunt’s house with my Dad’s side of the family. And I got to see lotsa my uncles, aunts and cousins! Was extremely =D. especially when I saw my third aunt’s family, cos I haven’t seen them for several years! (they’re staying in US). haha, got my first sight of my new cousin! he’s dam cute! X) Lol, everyone randomly went to watch 歌台 for a while. Chatted during and after the steamboat. Everyone seemed to be doing very well and I thoroughly enjoyed the comfortable, warm amosphere.

At night, we left for the gathering at our m. grandma’s house. haha, as usual, it was crowded with people. some of whom I don’t know. went to greet everyone and then the rehearsals started. so all the cousins got together and rehearsed the skit we came up with. Lol. it was dam funny. Jack and I played the bad guys, who had dao faces and stylish moustache. XD After countdown, we did the skit and it was quite good. After more celebration and wishes, everyone headed home to rest.

初一 started with us going to granny’s cos it was the nearest. Then we went on to many other people’s houses to 拜年. ended up at at granny’s again. we had dinner, and more fun doing lotsa things with cousins. haha, there was karaoke, mahjong, cards, food... Jack and I teamed and busied ourselves with epic card games which were dam fun.

初二 started late for us. cos we woke up late. ok maybe only sis. XP We went off to more relatives’ houses which is again, exciting. =D haha then in the afternoon, Jack, sis and I met up with some of the cousins, about 15-20 of us, and we went to catch a movie after starbucks. went to watch a bollywood movie called chandi chowk to china. haha, highly entertaining! the whole movie was cool cos it had a mix of chinese kungfu film elements, bollywood film dancing, songs and dialogues, and also hollywood-like plots. Haha the characters were funny too. Some pple might find the movie slightly crappy though. Another surprising thing was the intermission, which was really smthg new for me. Cos movies usually last whole 2 hours with no breaks. this one was about 2 and a half, with a short break. The intermission reduced the movie drag, so it was quite good. I found the movie quite worth it. Then we all went to granny’s for dinner and more celebration. After all the fun, it was home. bleh, that made me feel gloom. cos it kept reminding me of school.

Why had CNY been so amazingly SHORT?! (it’s not cos I used abbreviations) =(

However, I’m still extremely glad that there’s such an occasion every year that allows me to meet lotsa family pple and have fun together! Hope I don’t get sick and unhealthy after all the eating and slacking though.
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Haha, 1E and PSLs! =D
(cep for Aqid and some sec 1s...)
Arg. After the camp means that the work starts coming. And yes, it has came. X(


Wee, sis just returned to Singapore!! Havent seen her for a very long time, so the whole family's (me included) feeling really happy. =D shall treasure the time before she flies off again.


Ok, back to work...
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3:10 PM
Haha today's the first day of school. Got to school at around 6.30 for preparation. Then went up to the 1E classroom with the other 1E PSLs: spsl gregory, and aqid, wenzheng, yikang, daryl. =D

Did up the board: scribbled welcome messages, worte our names, and some diagrams for assembly briefing. wee. was fun looking at the sec 1s entering the classroom with blur faces (i mean their minds are blur, not my eyesight). Haha, introduced and talked a bit with those in class. Then it was assembly, principal's talk, recess, FT interaction, tour+games and icebreakers+flag-making.

haha, Mrs Lim and Mr Mac were pro la. though i still need some time to get used to the way Mrs Lim speaks. She used lotsa props haha. and I enjoyed the video she showed! really smthg. Recess was a little weird. Lotsa blur wanderings. saw some guy emo. went to talk to him. he gave a one word answer and dao-ed me. nvm.
Went back to the sec 1 class for FT interaction. lol. Ms Grace and Mr Tan. I thought the tone for them should've been better. anyway, so we all learnt more bout them, and the class introduced themselves to everyone. but got lotsa admin matters which buffered the fun.

tour+games should've been fun lor. it was fun for me when i was in sec 1! but I dont know why some of them looked bored. ok, maybe its just me. or them. xp icebreakers+flagmaking was better. could see them having fun. and cooperating. keep improving! haha polar bear brings back good memories!

Thought we did quite well today! The camp's gonna get better! Hope to learn more bout them during the camp... lol and hope they enjoy it too! (please do!)

And thanks Alvin! For planning and taking charge of First day comm. Everything was quite well done! =D
(Arg sry 4R, didnt get to join you guys today! as much as I wanted to. hope to see y'all soon!)


Managed to take a pic of them playing one of the games.
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10:10 PM
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
So, it's 2009. The start of a fresh new year.

There are some things I want to accomplish this year.
- Be a better person: vague as it is, I'll try my best to become better
- Make more friends, forge stronger bonds, continue to have lasting friendships
- Improve intra-personal and inter-personal skills
- Get better grades!
- Be very very happy and joyful!
- Do well in school, including PSL, CCAs, hopefully council, and as a student!
- Accompany 4R-m (lol) to success.

haha there might be more as the year goes on, which I will take note in my head and heart. =)

May 2009 be a happy, fruitful and successful year!
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9:17 PM