im just popping by to say that the blog is still living life on the edge, and when i say on the edge i mean on the edge of a thread...

IB equals no life, is really a saying that is becoming a fact.

im soo caught up but that is no excuse to stop blogging right..

well here's the gist of the past 2 months...

Extended Essays have started, basically finding out a research question and having 8 months before we hand it in, hopefully my all goes well.

Personal Statements for our uni apps, just printed out intro only.

BGIC debate which is gonna be really fun but nerve wracking!! MARC if by any living chance u are reading this, why arent u in BGIC??

CAS term 2 activities, KK training, unfit as hell, almost fainted the other day and i wasnt even past the playground at the park yet..LOL. working at Secret Recipe for awhile, did a self initiative, where my frens and i taught kids who were unfortunately deaf how to swim. that was just mind blowingly cool!!

joined choir again, but its for CAS so at least i get something out of it..

plus a few more stuff, can tink of them right now, and it goes to show how interesting the activities are..=P

other than that, my dad got an iphone.

most addictive thing on earth ever since texting, and my word does the battery life deplete faster than you can say iphone!!

i tink im losing quite a fair bit of weight, and i tink im gonna be losing mre due to exams coming up in about 3 weeks or so...hope i can score good grades.

erm...other than that, i tink that's what is at the top of my head at the mo...



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im sooo tied up with school and such, so apologies!!!! i promise to update when i can...

still no internet yet, so first get salary from winter break part-time job then get a harddrive then clear what i can from my laptop then reformat it, then by then i shud have a line where i can then study blog and stuff!!

TIMELINE?- 2 months??

as for now im in a


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FINALLY HOLIDAYS!!!

which i bet is gonna fly past me in no time and soon i'll be finishing year 12 and starting year 13..sigh.

anyways, manage to do whatever i was suppose to do before enjoying my holidays, except that i wussed out of the speech i was suppose to give...yea i backed out..

no particular reason, probably stage fright and many other tiny details.

right now im still not able to really enjoy my holidays, got quite a few books to read for english,


these 2 plus 2 more books.

for those back in Kuching, hope u guys have fun!! lots of LOVE!!!

back here, ive been pretty much caught up with this one song called

Another Heart Calls

such a great song, with 2 ladies with incredible voices, their band is called

The Pierces

u guys shud give it a listen sometime.

also to past time ive been playing board games with my brother and sisters, and ive enjoyed everytime we've played, even if i have lost quite a few times already.
however thinking bout it, i have always wanted to have a collection of board games, like different versions of monopoly and risk and game of life.



and these are of the few..

1 more week till opening..


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tryin to update as much and as often as possible, but with lack of internet for now, this is the best i can do.

got loads of assignments and presentations to get over with first before enjoying my holidays.

Spanish-write a draft essay
English-Oral (creative presentation)
DT- salad serving utensils due on wed
Econs- Research
Maths-homework
CAS Diary
Sports Council-Speech....nervous!!!
then i can finally breathe!


other than all that, i watched

MANNN!!!! sooo much testosterone involved and shirtless-ness its a movie worth watching again for sure.

i loved every bit of it, even if the Cullens were overpowered by the Wolves in terms of screeen time, but nevertheless i loved it! cant wait for

ECLIPSE! btw i really liked the cliffhanger at the end of NEW MOON, honestly i thought the movie was still gonna be on for at least half an hour more, but it just ended and the wait just couldnt get any longer...

so yea, tht has been my week so far, just pulling strands of hair out and trying to enjoy the pressure as much as possible...

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100th post, and it couldnt come at a better time. no, i havent got internet connection at my house yet, no, i havent gotten a number here in brunei, yet, no...uhhh..i havent gotten a new WHATEVER! yet...

i just got back from PHUKET, THAILAND y'all!!

how i could have been at that beach to take that picture...

i went to Phuket along with my footie frens and coaches to join and compete in this tournament, that happens annually.

the tournament was a 2 day thing, friday and saturday were the games. mind you, it was blistering hot and im glad i didnt get a bad sunburn, but as for my skin i look like roasted chicken.

so basically, we had to meet up at the airport for group check-in at 630, in the freaking morning!! then dragged myself to the waiting lounge and just hang out. then we boarded round 9 ish, forgot the time..
landed in Singapore about an hour and a half later, and went shopping the whole day, bought loads of stuff, will show pics once i upload some other time. then after that we checked in to again board another plane to Phuket.
once in Phuket, there was a time difference of one hour, between Brunei, so let's say if in Thailand it was 930, then in Brunei it was 1030, so it was kinda hard to adjust to at first. The next 2 days were just playing footie and having fun, regardless of the result, u guess should have guessed by now, that the result wasnt good, then again we conceded terrible unlucky goals, and lost most by 1-0. there is always next year!! and football funday next week!
then came sunday, where we did the same thing like thursday, but instead of shopping around the city, we stayed in the airport caused we were just tooooo tired to do anytin.

no worries, once i upload pics, i exaggerate more, as for now, just check back every 5 months and im sure u will get an update!! LOL

kidding, hopefully end of the month i could be bloggin regularly..

XXOO

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just popped by to say i wont be round my computer to say the least,moved into a new house so, will be without internet for some time...apologies, i got tons to update u guys on, hope to let u guys know sooon as possible...

XOXO!!!

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SIGHHHHH

it's been sometime huh??

well..quite a fair bit has happened..
let's start from, the weekend...hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm







not much happened...





worried continuously, about economics test about: elasticity, demand and supply, monopoly, perfect competition, and PPC.

then, had some football matches to watch, turns out it was pretty late, and Arsenal drew.

Monday, not much happened, studied for econs, until 12...ppffftt.
Today, had a talk about climate change, boring boring boring, nearly fell asleep. then had econs test, kinda challenging, then had football practice, wore my beautiful new shoes, thanks to my lovely daddy!! (hugs+muaxs=love)

it's sooooooooo comfortable!!!!

tomorrow, carry on with my CAS hours, toddler and painting club tmr.

thurs, there is another talk, but since it's only limited to 5 people, i might let others go..owh owh owh, and there is choir as well, not toooo bad for now..

friday is International Day! where i guess it would be packed with lots of activities and such, and everyone has to wear their national costume, so i guess im wearing BAJU KURUNG.

saturday, got SOAS reading which i find fun and helpful, and it's also HALLOWEEN! got a party/hangout at a fren's place, not sure wat to dress up as,
a witch
a child that trick or treats
a footballer..LOL
a delivery person carrying my beloved potato salad??

sigh...not sure yet...but potato salad is one thing im sure to bring.

as for academically, i have an eng hmk due, thurs and im dropping spanish for mandarin, easier i guess, plus it wud be a disgrace to be a chinese and not be able to speak,write and read it fluently.

having a short school break, for 4 days, which isnt much but i'll take it. most of the teachers are goin to KK, for some diving!! and seafood most probably.

and...erm....got another match with JIS week after next, then the following week is PHUKET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

to end the post, my dad got my sisters and i, the

NEW MOON SOUNDTRACK
man...it is very indie..very slow and moody, dull, maybe it's cuz Edward is not in the film physically half the time...lol..watevers...cant wait for the movie to be shown here, DECEMBER 3rd.

ciao! nites! xxoo

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Managed to get english over, done and passed up with. I had no idea wat i was writing though, need to get use to reading poems and analyzing them which is tougher than u think.
I also got spanish, where i had to do a personal profile thing where i talk about myself, my age, bday, stuff like that, how i look and how i am, and also do that for my family and mention my pets. i can say it was much easier than eng, u blive that spanish easier than english?? lol, yea well i at least knew wat i was sayin in spanish, but ended up having tons of grammatical errors, but i guess everyone learns right??
yea, me learning how to not make tons of mistakes again.

still got DT due next week, and i tell u, sometimes i find that getting lost in class has it's pros and cons, the good is that sometimes it nice to have no clue of what the teacher might be saying so he could repeat, but once u get lost the second time, it's more like saying, shit i really am lost, so help me god!
i did get lost the second time, as well as most of everyone, as we had to hand draw our houses and show a shadow diagram...
it's still confusing, as u can probably guess, im having trouble in telling you what im haivng trouble in, get it??

LOL.
anyways, i have a econs test next tues. (monopoly, elasticity, demand and supply, perfcet competition.)
and maths test next thurs. ( logs)
almost coming to the weekend, where i can think of enjoying, as the DT is bugging me. plus i got tons of activities that need to be done in order to fulfill CAS hours.

so let's i really am enthusiastic about it, my week would look like this.

Mon: nothing
Tue: football (Action)
Wed: painting (Creativity), Toddler's Group (Service)
Thurs: nothing after school, choir club (Creativity)
Fri: nothing
Sat: SOAS reading to Year 7s (Service)

on the side of all that, i signed up for BruneiGlobalInternationalConference as a delegate, it's sort of a debate thing, where this year's theme is Children's rights. and i joined Eco-club, Sports Junior Council.

that's a lot of stuff, dont tell me i dont have enough CAS hours. the thing is, IB is great. full-stop. but i think the CAS thing should be of a credit thing, where it is voluntary for the student to take up and if so no limit on hours being done, as it puts pressure on students to take up activities in which they might not have an interest in. 150 hours is a lot of hours, but then again one of the teachers said that a student managed 350 hours, which is great but wat about the other students?? did they get to 350 hours?? not necessarily, why?? lack of interest, enthusiasm, commitment to studies, family commitments...

so saying that CAS is a great way to get involve with other students, yes it is true, but then again, the quota on hours is in my opinion abit daunting and intimidating, to me at least. as i may be bitching and sulking,LOL i jsut sure hope i get through IB with flying colors and be able to make my parents and myself proud.

tmr got some Galilean Night, where im bringin my sisters to my school, where they can do some activities, have fun and mayb get a chance to see the moon and jupiter through telescopes. shud be fun, after a whirlwind week, i tink i deserve some milky way.
other than that, i did watch WHITEOUT as well, damn nice! loved it, even though i was close to peeing in my pants for half of the show. but Kate Beckinsale still has her acting chops. hmmm...wat else has been revolving around me?? oh yea..New Moon Soundtrack came out in the States sometime ago, hope it comes out in KL soon so my daddy can get it.

oh yea and we have a Car Boot Sale, this weekend, gonna help there, but not sure what time to get up, again this is for CAS hours. and erm....got International Day next friday, will let u knw wats happening out and about.



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