Thursday, October 27, 20117:17 PM
You may have realised I changed my blogskin.
Been wanting to change it for a veryyyyy long time but then blogskins.com refuses to let me search any key words so I have to rely on the "tags" on the blogskins. I actually changed to another one that was pink but uh, I couldn't really match the colour of the tagboard and the blogskin so I just kinda gave up-.- it was quite a nice one though :/ the pictures on it were nice. But then there were quite a few restrictions on the size/length of some things like the tagboard and links so..decided to change it to another one. Another one that is easier to match the tagboard to and also has the cool one-picture-a-post thing. I actually changed the title of the blogskin and the big word on top so..
I've been using "wish upon a star" for AGES but then I don't have creativity and haven't come up with anything else yet so, will have to stick with it for now. It may make me sound like a daydreamy kind of person but uh, I'm not really like that ok. I just realised something wrong with the date and time-.- the year and the time joins together and looks like some futuristic number/year of the future-.-
I really like the picture that comes with every post hahahah anyone free to look for nice blogskins like that for me? :D
A downside though, is that the font is TINY. All of the blogskins I see have tiny font and it's normal-sized. I know we're young and stuff but seriously-.- the size is like ants crawling on my screen.
AND I realised the "memory" part is getting longer and longer! o.0 It used to be so short haha
It's the longest I've ever had a blog so, an achievement? Alright, I should be going hahahha
Sorry for my temporary obsession with dandelions><
music can be as light as the dandelion seeds.
dandelions are beginning to bloom.
Tuesday, October 25, 20112:03 PM
Shall continue my update on yesterday because I realised there were some things I missed out on.
Well, after the ceremony and we left the hall there is this tradition of running out of the school by the driveway with other students waving blue and white balloons(school colours), the "final exit" from school. Anyway, it was raining and so we ran super fast then walked back into school by the back carpark for the accomodation(food and drinks). There was also the valedictory dinner last night but I didn't go. Too expensive hhaha..but whatever, not going to pay $85 for a 3 course dinner at the botanic gardens-.-
ahahha, just felt I had to blog because some random woman called and it was..quite funny
woman: hi, how're you today?
me: good?!! (how awkward would it be if I said terrible hahahah)
woman: that's good, (and then she begins talking about I don't know what-.- with a word complimentary in her sentence)
me: what?! (her background was quite noisy)
woman: I'm inviting you to a complimentary meal next week!!
me: oh, where? (I meant to ask where I should be going to have the complimentary meal)
woman: A COMPLIMENTARY MEAL!! (and she was actually shouting into the phone by now-.-)
anyway, we ended the convo with her hanging up hahahhaha so funny><
I'm not deaf woman-.- I was going to specify my question and you just cut in so of course now it seems like you're talking to some deaf old woman-.-
First of all, please cut that CRAZY AUSTRALIAN ACCENT, normally I would understand that but your accent was just...
AND, please CALL IN A QUIET PLACE-.-
Don't scream into the phone, I can tell, thankyou.
ohlol, so funny how these advertisement people who call you always have funny accents and speak in a ridiculously fast pace-.- I didn't even catch a single word. Especially those Australians that call and talk in the super thick Australian accent and speaks like a bullet train. Dude, you want to be heard/understood, talk slower thanks. No one's going to get what you're saying if you talk at 1000000mph=.= Somehow all these people have really thick accents and after they've said hi you're actually like WHATT SAY YOU?!! Got called by another person once, an Indian lady, called a couple of times actually and I think she gave up HHAHAHAHAH sorry just so funny I have to share.
woman: Hi, how're you today? (their favourite greeting)
me: uh..good
woman: do you have a bank loan for your house? If so which bank? and how much?
me: uh, I'm not sure
woman: You don't have to disclose any personal information. (lol and she asked how much-.-)
me: uh, I'm not the owner of the house, I'm not sure of any bank loan.
woman: It's ok, do you have a bank loan? (IS SHE ON REPLAY OR WHAT-.-)
-facepalm- and then I just put down the phone hhahahahha
so ridiculous and funny LOL...ah, these people. Make me feel like an idiot talking to them but then after thinking about it, it's so funny hahahhaha XD
Monday, October 24, 20118:06 PM
News of the day: I HAVE GRADUATED OFFICIALLY FROM HIGH SCHOOL
only to return to take exams(VCE) starting next thursday, English paper.
It feels so unreal, I can't believe I've finished high school. I can't believe I've graduated.
So much drama this morning, but overall, in that sense, it was memorable.
The last day of lessons(last friday) when we were doing the countdown to the bell, I thought I could control any tears/emotions. Once the bell went, everyone started cheering. Some people began crying, and after seeing Steph cry, I started to cry too. I guess, it's the sense of leaving all these amazing people I've met in this school, going into our own world now we've graduated and not having lessons with each other anymore. It's only in your teens that I believe you begin to cry because you're leaving you're friends. I didn't cry when I graduated from phpps, some people were just so..but it's ok, I've forgiven and let go of what happened. I cried for the first time, on the last day of school in 2008, sec2. Tears just started welling up when we were doing a class cheer, because it's the last time we would ever do that together. When my parents confirmed the move to australia, I cried, departure, leaving everything behind means a lot to me. Surprisingly, I didn't feel like crying at the airport with all the lovely people I met in rv and pkc. Only started tearing when I saw my ahma tearing too. Teared again on the last day of lessons last friday, 21oct. I think I don't cry over the same thing twice. Have a good cry, get over it and move on. That's the only thing you can do.
About the crazy drama this morning? I have no comment. I shall narrate what happened. But first, some background info. There is a tradition at my school to have dress-up for the last 3 days of school. On the last day, there are no lessons and there is a year12 concert run by the year12s, for the whole school(in all the dress-up costumes of course). After this concert, there will be some break and the year12s will get changed into full summer uniform with blazer and attend the leavers service, again in front of the whole school. Leavers service is like the official graduation ceremony with parents attending and you are presented with some school badge thing and your testimonial. And, last thursday, we had presentation night, where we are presented with awards etc. On presentation night, the principal gave a speech on "shift happens".
Well, someone(not sure who), went into the school hall(where the concert and ceremony takes place) and graffiti-ed "shift happens on the walls etc. (I heard because maybe it sounds like shit happens-.-). The principal took it as a personal attack on her and the school and cancelled the year12 concert. The school(principal still makes the final decision) assumed that one of the year 12s did it and cancelled the concert. To add on, a few people wrecked a toilet bowl and "disappointed [the principal]" last week, so obviously, the school wouldn't be very happy with us because of a few people..And this of course resulted in more tears and anger by some people who spent a lot of time on preparing for the concert. The leavers service wasn't cancelled and so it went on as usual, but the principal didn't wait outside and talk to parents after the service. But what really touched me was that after the service when the year12s were leaving the hall first(we were on stage) the rest of the school started cheering for us. Their support and encouragement means a lot, so thank you.
Girl from a younger year level said(on fb) "To all the year 12's, you guys handled yourselves really well today and it just goes to show what amazing women you have all become. I'm so proud of you :')"
My friend "year 7 - 11 girls, you guys are truly amazing. thanks for all the support. cggs class of 201. We will make it through anything because we are one big family :)" - well said haha(:
many people were affected and it's over, let's just move on.
Honestly, I was disappointed but I wasn't sad to the extent of balling my eyes out. The concert content was good but we couldn't share it with the school. Disappointed that someone would do this. Disappointed for being blamed for doing something we probably didn't do(I still cannot rule out the possibility that a year12 did it). We'll just wait patiently for the day, this misunderstanding is cleared.
Start of the day was great. Today's theme is harry potter and well, everyone dressed up, went early to the train station and marched up the school together. Then we started "sorting" the younger girls that were coming in. Was supposed to ply Quidditch on the field/oval as well but it was raining and no one had the mood. And then the drama kicks in after the bell rings for the younger girls to go to class.
20oct theme - teenyboppers(crazy stuff you wore as a teen)
21oct - cartoon characters(I went as..patrick star)
24oct - harry potter(asian hermione?! lol or some random person from gryffindor..)
It's been a crazily amazing year in this school, and honestly, I think I enjoyed myself. Thanks for the love, the friendship and care in the past 2 years!
I spent my 16th and 17th in this school, had all my firsts and lasts as a 17th this year):
first solo and band performance on stage the day after my birthday,
first time I cried as a 17-yr-old on friday(2 days after my birthday)
and now, graduating!
Looking back now, I just realised how many years I've studied for..and how many more there are to come..
studystudystudy!!
Tuesday, October 18, 20119:27 PM
Last day of being 16.
Am I the only who doesn't want to grow up?
So many responsibilities, being mature etc.
and I don't know why but I don't like mentioning my birthday in melb.
I just don't want people to know I'm that much younger I guess...especially that one person.
I must NOT lose out to you.
Birthdays seem like such a big thing over here it's weird.
They have birthday parties/dinners every birthday..a bigger 18th and a very big 21st.
The last birthday party I had was when I was 12..the first birthday that is after exams in the period of primary school. Because PSLE ends earlier than normal school exams so my birthday falls in the week of PSLE marking week. Yes, it used to be a week and I believe now it's a few days. And then since then, my birthday has always been around exam period..even here-.-
I just want to..stay 16 forever hahahhaha (tells self to dream on)
I'm going to graduate next monday 24 oct. I still remember thinking in primary 4, how many more years I had to study before even going to uni and realising I had more than 10 years to go. I'm already halfway there. So soooon, don't even know what I want to do in uni. Sometimes, I really wonder if it was the right decision to skip a year..it's not like I can beat a rgs girl that is one year older(already, rgs already better than me but also one year older?!!) and not only that but also other smarttt people/hardworking people. Was doing maths and I realised how much work that needs to be done and it's taking me sooo long to do just 1 practice paper and that's only paper 2..there's still paper 1.
Tomorrow is the last day we're officially in school uniform, having lessons. thursday, friday dress-up, monday dress-up then change back to school uniform for my last assembly(leavers service) ever...last church service tmr too..all the 'last' stuff keeps coming up everywhere. I'm not sure I'm that happy to finally graduate. I don't even know what I want to do with my life. I just realised how hard it is to score that well..and me? sadly, is far far away from that target.
Screwed my chem sac on monday. So hard): And I probably made like a million careless mistakes as I always do...
Anyway, I guess this is the end of my 感言 as a 16-year-old.
Actually technically, I was born 4++pm singapore time 19 oct but Australia time is 7++ so I have...less than 24 hours still o.0
Monday, October 10, 201111:35 PM
without realising it, today's wuzun's birthday!!
First birthday after being separated from fahrenheit):
it's really late now, I should be going><
Friday, October 7, 201112:00 AM
“No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.
Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”
—Steve Jobs
Know who Steve Jobs is? The co-founder of Apple.
Apple's Steve Jobs has died from cancer at the age of 56, a premature end for a visionary who revolutionized modern culture and changed forever the world's relationship to technology through inventions such as the iPad and iPhone.
"We are deeply saddened to announce that Steve Jobs passed away today," the California-based gadget-maker's board of directors said in a statement released after his death on Wednesday, surrounded by his family.
"Steve's brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives. The world is immeasurably better because of Steve."
Tributes flowed in from around the world for Jobs, while Apple fans flooded social networking sites to voice their sorrow at the passing of the man who helped put mini computers in the shape of phones in millions of pockets.
Ordinary people, many of whom learned of his death on their iPhones and iPads, swamped Twitter using the trending hashtag #thankyousteve to pay tribute to Jobs "for all you have done for this generation," as one person tweeted.
Another called on Jobs to make an "iHeaven to connect us with God."
Jobs was just 21 when he founded Apple Computer in 1976 with his 26-year-old friend Steve Wozniak in his family garage.
From such humble beginnings the company, with its ubiquitous trademark of an apple with a bite taken out of it, grew to eventually become one of the world's most valuable firms.
In July, Apple's second quarter profit hit $7.31 billion on revenue of $28.57 billion.
US President Barack Obama paid tribute to one of America's "greatest innovators."
"He transformed our lives, redefined entire industries, and achieved one of the rarest feats in human history: he changed the way each of us sees the world," Obama said in a statement.
Wozniak told CNN he was "dumfounded" by news of the death of his former partner, comparing it to the untimely and traumatic loss of John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King in the 1960s, and saying it had left "a big hole."
"I'm a little bit, like, awestruck, just dumbfounded, and I can't put my mind into gear, I can't do things," a distressed Wozniak, now 61, said.
"Here is a guy that created tools that everyone in the world -- billions of people -- just love, and feel happy and good about."
Microsoft boss Bill Gates along with other titans of the high-tech industry agreed, with some people hailing Jobs as a modern-day Thomas Edison, who invented the light bulb.
"The world rarely sees someone who has had the profound impact Steve has had, the effects of which will be felt for many generations to come," Gates said in a statement.
The two men were rivals in the race to dominate the market at the start of the personal computer era.
But while personal computers powered by Microsoft software ruled work places, Jobs envisioned people-friendly machines with mouse controllers and icons to click on to activate programs or open files.
Tim Cook -- who had been handling Apple's day-to-day operations since Jobs went on medical leave in January, and was made CEO in August after his resignation -- led the praise for the Silicon Valley legend.
"Steve leaves behind a company that only he could have built, and his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple," he said in a statement.
Apple turned its home page into a tribute to Jobs, posting a large black-and-white photo of the bearded high-tech maestro in his trademark black turtleneck and small round glasses. The only caption: "Steve Jobs, 1955-2011."
Jobs's family also issued a statement, saying he had lost his long battle with pancreatic cancer surrounded by his relatives.
"In his public life, Steve was known as a visionary; in his private life, he cherished his family," it said.
Born on February 24, 1955 in San Francisco to a single mother and adopted by a couple in nearby Mountain View at barely a week old, Jobs grew up among the orchards that would one day become the technology hub known as Silicon Valley.
Under Jobs, Apple introduced its first computers and then the Macintosh, which became wildly popular in the 1980s.
He was elevated to idol status by ranks of Macintosh computer devotees, but left Apple in 1985 after an internal power struggle and started NeXT Computer company specializing in sophisticated workstations for businesses.
He co-founded Academy-Award-winning Pixar in 1986 from a former computer graphics unit he bought from movie industry titan George Lucas.
Apple's luster faded after Jobs left the company, but they reconciled in 1996 with Apple buying NeXT for $429 million and Jobs ascending once again to the Apple throne.
Apple went from strength to strength as Jobs revamped the Macintosh line, launching a "post-PC era" in which personal computers give way to smart mobile gadgets -- the iPod, iPhone and the iPad, as well as the popular iTunes site.
His passing will raise doubts over whether the Cupertino, California-based company can continue its dominance in the hugely competitive technology sector.
His death comes only a day after Cook presided over the launch of the new iPhone 4S in a move that failed to dazzle investors.
Jobs is survived by his wife Laurene, with whom he had three children. He also had a daughter with a woman he dated prior to marrying.
Yahoo News today
I'm pretty sure everyone knows his contribution through the "Apple revolution"
Everywhere you'll see a person with an iPod, iPhone, iPhone4, iPad, macbooks etc.
I myself, am also blogging from the macbook pro. I think Apple has revolutionised the way we connect, they have the leading touch-screen technology, graphics etc.
After facing pancreatic cancer for 7 years, he passed away this morning at the age of 56.
It is the very same cancer wuzun's mum had.
I guess when you're facing Death like this, you don't think so much about how much longer you have to live, it's more about making every day count. Making every day meaningful because one day, all this will pass, one day, everyone will die. No one is going to live forever and what's the point of slogging your whole life and regretting your whole life when you're done?
Right now, facebook and probably other networking sites are flooding with RIPs Steve Jobs, all mostly from his creation, apple devices. This is how many people he has impacted with his creation. Indeed, we do owe him many thanks for his contribution and inspiration to this generation. So, thankyou for what you've done for this generation. You will be remembered, Father of Apple.
Tuesday, October 4, 201111:23 PM
Just a really quick one.
Finally, the wait is over! Into the sixth year now I believe and they called today to confirm. Thank you God for looking out for us and performing this miracle.
It's been 5 full years and a bit and the realisation that it's over...
so relieved, so thankful.
