cts are over but why am i not happy at all. I wonder....

anyway, was reading the STOMP blog, and they were discussing the recent courtesy survey about people holding doors for you or thanking other people who do that for you. i do agree that singapore is not a very graceful society. why? i have no idea. is it an asian culture thing? is it because singaporeans are too selfish to simply care? (because all we've been taught since young boils down to "be kiasu! dun share! if you share u cant win!" no? and that competition in sch that makes us so selfish and perhaps narrow minded in a way?) i mean isnt it like reflex action to jus hold the door a bit longer for the next person? and it doesnt take your whole dignity and pride to thank someone right?

and about the service thing, i think sometimes we should just give them a break. i mean just think about it, if you're in the service industry and u meet a damn unreasonable person, does it give her/him any reason to abuse you with words? i think that "customer is always right" thing is so wrong. i know i can never be in the service industry cos i will just black face ppl who think im a dog who has to comply to their every demand. so, seriously, they are human too right? yeah some have attitude prob but still, don't be unreasonable. it's jus like maid abuse. cant you simply treat your maid as a HUMAN BEING? like a fren? you know how the chinese saying goes "ren zhi chu, xing ben shan". it says that we, humans, start out with a pure and kind heart, which i believe in. it is because of how other things that happen to you mould you to another person, perhaps to retaliate and save yourself. say the maids, if you treat them well from the start, they're most prob gonna give you respect, but if you dont even give them the respect that human beings deserve, why should they give you that?

IMSONIA. STILL UP 6 HRS BEFORE THE MATHS PAPER.

tell ME abt it.

I HATE STUDYINGGGGGGGG.

even though i have stuck my butt to this same chair for most of the past month. i still don't think there's enough in my brain to write a flourishing 5 page essay for lit geog OR econs. i REALLY hate studying. what's the pt huh huh huh!!!! how can i save the world by doing a thousand calculations on DE or integration or AP/GP and summation??!? (ok at this pt i realise that the other subs i study are pretty relevant to real life so no complaints)

BUT

i didnt even have time to enjoy the once a year GSS KILL ME PLS. hahaha. ok, i so wanna shop after nxt wk.

i hate studying and i desperately need to burn some fats.

Janice's fault for making me do all these! hahah

You Are 32% Selfish

In general, you are a very giving person who treats others very well. But at times, you insist on getting your way - when it matters most to you.

How Selfish Are You?

one whole chunk from 3 questions. and some do have some truth

Your Personality Is

Idealist (NF) You are a passionate, caring, and unique person. You are good at expressing yourself and sharing your ideals. You are the most compassionate of all types and connect with others easily. Your heart tends to rule you. You can't make decisions without considering feelings. You seek out other empathetic people to befriend. Truth and authenticity matters in your friendships. In love, you give everything you have to relationships. You fall in love easily. At work, you crave personal expression and meaning in your career. With others, you communicate well. You can spend all night talking with someone. As far as your looks go, you've likely taken the time to develop your own personal style. On weekends, you like to be with others. Charity work is also a favorite pastime of yours.

The Three Question Personality Test

What Your Face Says

At first glance, people see you as driven and ambitious. Overall, your true self is engaging and outgoing. With friends, you seem dramatic, lively, and quick to react. In love, you seem mysterious and interesting. In stressful situation, you seem like you're oblivious to the stress.

What Do People Think Of Your Face?

i take back my word about being housewives. cos i totally adore my mum's lifestyle

we've whizzed thru so much maths this yr that i find myself asking. how do i do DE or power series? bad sign? totally

i cut my hair and this hairdress ALWAYS cuts more than i ask her to. so 8cm chopped off :( hahah, i gre to that length in half a yr k...so now i've to wait another half a yr to get it that long. but ah well, i usu am not sad abt cutting hair cos it will grow back anyway. ok, the pt is, when i was there, i thought of my 5th weird thing (if you dunno wat i'm toking abt, go back 3, 4 entries)

5th weird thing: whenever i go to the haridresser's, there will be this sudden muscle constriction on my right back. like my kidney area. ahha. it's as if my hair fears being manhandled by hairdressers or sth. then i will jerk. i used to think maybe cos i was just a kid and scared of strangers of sth, but it still happens. and i will never know why that happens. hmm..weird huh.

after the past two days of low mental activity (class cip and prep) it's a little hard to get back the previous concentration span/level i had. yest was qt fun lah. ahha, the kids werent as havoc as expected. though we had heaps of waffles left to eat, and rachel was happily making her waffle sandwich for everyone. we also made a very special waffle sandwich for jingheng! (happy bday!) will get pics from chris to post. it had toothpicks for candles and was nicely decorated with chocolate, strawberry and sugar syrup, chocolate rice and raisins and milk. haha, im sure he had a great time.

So. i've finally watched the hard gay video that everyone's talking abt. ITS SO HILARIOUS!!!! find more of his videos ar youtube!! its soooo hilarious!!

[Bakafish] Hard Gay Ramen English Subtitles

this is something i will be doing post A's, so you're welcome to join with me if you're interested! it's basically an extension of interact in schools and a junior version of the rotary, thus the name rotaract!


The Rotaract Club of Singapore CIty was officially installed on 28th May 2006 by our Guest-of-Honour Rtn. Zahidi Rahman (the incoming Chairperson of the SNG Committee). We are currently 30 members strong with about 10 more choosing to be 'Friends of Rotaract' owing to their other commitments. Our target membership is 60 official Rotaractors and your participation is crucial if we are to meet our target.

Here're the answers to some FAQ you might find useful!

"why join the rotaract club?
it's an avenue to do community service and a platform for ppl interested in community service but do not know how to go about it. infrastructure, funding, organisation is ALL IN PLACE. all you have to do is sign up and turn up. very easy :) also since it's 'service through fellowship' there's got to be some fun involved. if it's all work everyone will burn out and it's also about getting to know like-minded individuals so there is the area of self-development that rotaract hopes to pursue. professional development involves organising courses for the rotaractors like etiquette class, interview skills, personal grooming, tea session with various professionals as a form of career guidance, cooking class for rotaractors about to go abroad to study etc. many many plans in the pipelines, just waiting to see indication of interests.

what rotaract does
the rotaract club of singapore city has chosen to adopt the assisi home and hospice at thomson road. assisi is a hospice for terminally-ill cancer patients and rotaractors will be 1) volunteering in the wards on saturdays 2) helping raise funds for the home 3) organising mini-projects for the patients' benefit. the point of adopting a charity rather than concentrating solely on adhoc projects for various charities is that it allows for continuity and when you work closely with an organisation, you are better able to meet its needs. besides monetary contributions, assisi also needs volunteers' time because the nurses are already working round the clock and patients need more than medical care. assis currently has a 'teddy bank' project going on where donors buy a $10 green teddy bank designed by one of the child patients. rotaractors can help sell the bears to family and friends to raise funds. the mini-projects vary on a monthly basis. can be anything from just turning up in full-force and spending 1:1 time with the patients for an hour one evening to caroling in the wards at christmas. i've also volunteered our services to other volunteer organisations as manpower so they'll call us if they need help running their projects.

a little bit about me (lest you think it's some fly-by-night club :P)
i'm a j3 waiting to read law at NUS, starting august. will continue with my Rotaract commitments for the rest of the Rotaract year though! i was chairperson of the rjc interact club in j2 and that's how i know the rotarian advisor who asked me to take-over the rotaract club of singapore city (it's a 40yr old club but the previous leadership has been stagnant for 2yrs and they got kicked out and replaced :() personally volunteered with assisi since i was 15, helping out in the fundraising sector before moving over to the wards this yr (you need to be 18 before you can volunteer in the wards). i am also volunteering at the MINDS employment centre at margaret drive where intellectually disabled (ID) adults are employed to clean SIA headphones / do simple arts and crafts and give tuition to underprivileged children at the children's society student care centre in bukit merah."

Hope this give you a better idea about Rotaract. Again, could I please trouble you to forward this to your members and do ask them to email me if they're interested in joining Rotaract upon graduation from Interact.

Thank you!

Warmest Regards,
Joanna Joy Tan
President of the Rotaract Club of Singapore City
Immediate Past President of the RJC Interact Club

Once you've been tagged, you have to write a blog with 6 weird facts/things/habits about yourself, saying who tagged you. In the end you need to choose the 5 people to be tagged and list their names. No tag backs.


1) habit: im a coffee addict. big time. trying to substitute it with tehpeng. if i dun get my daily fix, i will feel really terrible at like 9am in the morning.

2) habit: if i want to get something in a day. i MUST plan. or i will probably end up whiling all the time away. that doesnt mean i will stick to it closely ahha. but at least its a guide of what i needa complete.

3) thing: i think my family is pretty dysfunctional. on the whole its jus like a normal family but when certain issues arise, can start to see the cracks. and my extended family too. i never know how it feels to play / grow up with my cousins (the other half of the cousins are in msia and small)

4) thing: i have tons of secrets or things that i hide away haha

5) i will add on when i think of one.

ok, i dunno who has interesting things to say but JANICE haha. and i will help her full in one of the 5 items!! Janice has hmm..some weird fetish/interests. haha.

sigh, so the us econs trip ppl are on their way. how fun! so, i've still never gone on a sch overseas trip before (while my p4 cousin is going China with teh sch. p4 leh!! wat was i doing in p4 man!!). but i chose to stay to study for CTs i guess, cos i really need the time, plus i've been to the exact spots in us during 03. man. sch trips must be damn fun. and the batam cip trip too.. sigh