Malaysia, I'm coming back!

As Chinese New Year holiday is coming, I'm glad that I've the chance to go home! I can't wait any longer!

As I told my roommates, my mind has flown back to Malaysia already and my brain, as well. My body will take the plane to Malaysia tomorrow.

Ha, I miss my home very much. You can feel. You can see.

I've not been stepping on Malaysia for weeks. I've not been smelling Malaysia for weeks. I've not been enjoying the Malaysian food, such as Nasi Lemak, Roti Canai, for weeks. I've not heard Manglish for weeks. I've not been feeling the slow pace in Malaysia for weeks. I've not been speaking or reading Malay for weeks. I've not seen my parents and fellow friends for weeks. I've not been sleeping on my comfortable bed for weeks. I've not been playing or touching my computer for weeks. I've not been.....

Oh, I miss everything.

After OBS

I've promised myself to blog after OBS, so I do it now. Obviously, right? Nonsense. First and foremost, I personally think that OBS is fun, except the fourth day which made me almost died, but thank God, I didn't. We have the opportunity to do something dangerous but fun, something scary but worth trying, something that we can't do beyond OBS. It also taught us that we need to take initiative to do our best so as to achieve our goals. I really felt that I learnt a lot.

From the very first day, we set off from school happily. We reached the jetty and took a boat to Pulau Ubin. The first day is when we did our introduction and stuff arrangment. We need to pitch the tents ourselves too! Pitching tents isn't as easy as what I thought before. It's really tiring but when you finished, you will be filled with great success as if you accomplish something very hard to achieve. We cooked ourselves. Canned food and tidbits for every meals. UNHEALTHY! I know but I just chose to survive but not starving. We don't know how to cook the rice so our rice pot became chao tar (burnt). Dejected. We need to clean it lor. Got frustrated with that.

We went hiking on the second day. This is the day when we started to do our main activities. Although hiking is tiring, we were able to reach our destination on time. The word that I use to describe for the whole journey is "TIRED". When I say this in a matter-of-fact way, I mean it, really. When we reached the second campsite, I felt relief. Albeit being frustrated by tiredness, I told myself I made it! Guess what, we actually need to carry those I-supposed-they-are-10-kg backpacks. They're HEAVY!!!!!!! Felt IRRITATED! My shoulders are groaning for pain, my muscles are complaining they're cramp! I felt sorry for torturing them!

The third day, we went kayaking which I wanted to try for a long time but haven't got round to. I did it! It's not that fun, it hurt my shoulders! What the heck. I pity them. The sea was rather choppy that day but nobody capsized. We kayaked for about 2 and a half hour and we finally, emphasize on it, reached the third campsite. Wow, I cheered for myself. I "honoured" myself a powder bath. To be more precise, I DIDN'T SHOWER. emo........... I was smelly! I only washed my hair as they were covered with salty sea water. They suck!!!

Before we set off, we practised the capsize drill in both shallow and deep sea. It's really hard to get into the boat after capizing in deep sea. You need a lot of strength to push yourself up to the boat. Really!! There's nothing to support you beneath your legs. NOTHING!! You need to be firm, you need to be strong, you need to be confident if you want to get up to the boat. It's difficult! I got into my boat after several tries. But then, my dank shirt clung to my body, I felt irritated! While pushing myself up to the boat, I felt as if there's a fish swam through my stomach, itchy.

On the fourth day, we went jungle trekking. I went through the lush green jungle and walked for about 9 hours. The whole journey is 15 km. shocked! faint! I walked until I nearly blacked out. I'm serious! The word "weary" describes everything. I felt disgruntled! Everyone was in the same plight, though. I hate jungle trekking. My legs were throbbing. They ARE, till now!

It came to the last day which we longed for many days, four days actually. Wow, the first sentence I said when I woke up in the dawn is, "Whoah, we're going home today!!!" Ha! We unpitched our tents and tidied the messy dorm. We were ready to go home! After the last reflection, we ended our five-day-camp. We got our Certificate of Completion and signed autograph. We know each other better now.

My friend, she had a very unforgettable OBS lor, 'cause bruises, sand-fly-bites and blue blacks are all over her hands and legs. Pathetic. =(

After OBS, I feel that my hostel has the best food in Singapore, has the best dorm in Singapore, has the best facilities in Singapore. Throughout OBS, we learnt not to whine, 'cause we're actually very lucky as compare to those unfortunates and those who suffer. Why don't we accept what God has given us?

The greatest need of every human being is the need for appreciation.

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Before OBS

I'm sorry for my negligence, and I don't really notice I have not blogged for weeks, if ww didn't ask me to update, I bet I'll forget =)

Er, this few days are considered as hustles and bustles, lives have become even more hectic than the first week. Everything is going quite well now, but the problem is I still feel homesick now. Anyway, I'm going home on the 12th Feb, very soon!

One of my roommates told me that I blog very seriously, am I? Yea, I suppose.. x) So, should I come up with any new blog styles? May be.

OBS, some of you might ask, WHAT IS OBS????? Okay, I know you are nervous to know, but just calm down first. It's like some sort of leadership training, but our school allows every sec threes to join this training as our school's vision is to prepare ladies and leaders of tomorrow.

The teachers have gone through a short briefing with us, so we have a rough idea of how's OBS and what's OBS. I'm looking forward to it as everyone said it's exciting and challenging. We will go kayaking, canoeing, and other land activities. It sounds great! Yeah, I know =)

OBS (Outward Bound Singapore) last for a week, don't miss me! ;) Before OBS, I would like to write a short post. This is the purpose of updating my blog! I reckon I'll be tan and exhausted after OBS! However, I think I'll strengthen my muscles and increase my stamina... hope so.

Updates for this week. We just had our E maths test. What the heck, I did many careless mistakes. ARGHH !! Also, we had Higher Chinese test yesterday which everyone complained they had no enough time to finish, me too! =( The duration for every test is very short, I guess they don't want students to cheat during exams. Yea, possibly correct, if not why should they shorten the exam duration? Lack of TIME. I confess time is precious but they shouldn't be like this! Supposed we have our Pure Geography graded assignment today, but my teacher is tooooooo nice. She postponed the due date. Hence, we need to pass up the assignment after OBS. =)


I thought we're having Pure Geography graded assignment today, so I was studying yesterday.


I went somewhere, I forgot where it is located. I just upload them. ;)


This is one of my roommates, she's demonstrating how a plane lands. ;)


I brought this to Singapore, my senior asked me "Is this(the soft toy) a banana?" I replied "No!!!" Does it look like a banana?


Both my roommates love awokado.

Before I forget, we did chem experiment that day, we made our own crystals!!!! Blue crystals are made from copper sulphate. They are awesome! I love them! Plus, I felt successful after finishing a whole bunch of process, such as boiling the dilute sulphuric acid, filtrate the copper sulphate and bla bla bla. Forgot ;)


The Hui-Min-made crystals. =)


Crystals in beakers!

In Singapore, I'm really get used to go everywhere by buses or MRTs. There are buses everywhere and there are boards stating which bus goes where at all bus stations, so it's convenient!

Bus. Taxis.

Did I mention I'm sitting with a Korean girl, Jae Young? When I'm feeling hot, she will say, sorry Hui Min, I know it's my hotness, sorry, I'm so sorry!

And beside her is Elaine.

Finally, I'm in Pankhurst, the Red House. It's named after Emmeline Pankhurst, the English Political Activist which won woman the right for vote. Wiki or Google it =)
The other Malaysians are in Bronte, Curie and Keller, respectively.

Random Stuff

Oh, I think I'm really smart and great! Ha, 'cause finally I can have a chance to upload my pics!

1. I have my "priority", PENGUIN !! (with her polar bear)

Aha, did you see my penguin? She's special enough to have a nice seat there! I placed it with her friends to take a quick shot!

Next, you will see how bloody sweet and cute she is, standing on my bed, trying to be nonchalant! (I kissed her >.<) I love her white tummy.

Penguin loves her polar bear, so when penguin appears, polar bear must accompany her! Here you are polar bear! Please cheer up a bit, don't look so sleepy! smiles?

2. Chinatown

I went chinatown today, it looks something like this! The road wasn't very busy as this was taken early in the morning! Everyone is still in their deep slumber, I suppose. =) As we were walking along chinatown, we saw these buildings, which I love very much.

These are the Europe-style buildings, I reckon it was built by the British. I like chinatown actually, it shows how our ancestors came and how did they like and what had they done. Chinatown looks somewhat like the china, though many ang mo.

3. Hostel

After having a tiring walk from chinatown to national library till the HQ of popular, in Bugis, we finally reached hostel. We took a photo. They are Malaysians too! We're in black and white!

Okay, I confess that the environment in hostel is really good, I heard that this hostel is one of the best hostels in Singapore! =) That is block B which opposite to our block C.

This is the mini round-about. We will walk pass this mini round-about everyday, when we want to go computer lab, canteen, office, and go to school! Everything here is genuinely green, green trees, with green ferns, accompanied by green grass! There's a little fountain at night in the middle there.

This is how the man-made fountain looks like at night. It'll start at 9.30pm everyday.

There is a baby grand piano in the hostel, but neither it's K-Kawai or Yamaha, and the piano sounds weird! = /Anyway, there're two more pianos in the other rooms. I guess the other two pianos are better.

If I'm not wrong, this pic was taken on our new year celebration. The background is somewhat messy, just ignore it! The middle one is a PRC scholar, Shi Ce.

Oh yea, this must be introduced. Before we can go in to our block C, we need to log in our ID, and place our finger as this machine will verify our thumbprint and indicate whether we are in that particular block. It's a bit troublesome and complicated but it's for our own safety.

Wooh, I have bought myself a cheap-mall-bought sushi. My first sushi in Singapore =) Anyhow, for me, it really tastes nice.

When we feel hungry, we will eat instant noodles.

This is Hwa Chong Institution, I captured this from the overbridge. There is a swimming pool!!!

4. My School

My school is located in Tanglin Road, after having a short-walking-distance from Orchard, you'll reach here. Once you see this "Tanglin Rd" road sign, you are probably not far from my school!

I forgot to take a photo of my school's facade, I'll try later. To satisfy my fellow friends, here you have our school moto. Don't ask me the precise meaning of it. I STILL don't know yet. I'm actually quite proud, at least I know how's the melody of our school song.

This is me standing in front of my school- Crescent Girls' School!

The parade square, include the basketball court, netball court...... The buildings which are surrounding the square are block "don't know"... I'm new.=(

After walking up the stairs, you will find my classroom. I'm in 3C3. I don't know why I'm in this class, it's just a coincidence, don't ask me why.

We call this Rotanda, which connects three buildings, I suppose. While you are walking along, you'll feel dizzy, somehow like after having an exciting ride on roller coaster. (actually not that exaggerated!) And it looks really gorgeous to have many countries' flag there. I don't know some, never mind.

This is the school library.

Ah, a lot of books there! =) mainly English.

And finally, I have uploaded something which you guys have been longing for ages to see!

The first day of school

By looking at the title, I guess you know what I'm going to blog about.

I have to blog about this, 'cause I think, at least, for me, it's very important, it does mean a lot. It's a new school, a new environment, and also I meet new friends, everything is new. =)

First, we went to school by private bus, which we objected, but obviously a vain attempt. Early in the morning, there's a slight drizzle, signaling the coming of any storm? I'm not sure, anyway. : / Huh~*heave a massive sigh*

I'm now sitting with a korean, also a PR of singapore, who choose malay as her mother tongue language. (for me, my first expression is har?*aghast*!) This is quite rare, I assume. She's in the school band, and is playing the trumpet, which I would like to try for a long time but haven't got round to. She's quite nice, and her English is pretty good! Apparently, she can speak English fluently. =)

I'm feeling somewhat dizzy and giddy today, and this led me to a certain state of sleepy during some lessons. =( Some teachers aren't very enthusiastic, but somewhat dull in their teaching. Especially Physics and Chemistry lessons, the teachers are rushing and I didn't get any point. = /

We, malaysians, seem like being neglected. They reckon we're singaporeans. Anyway, our senior just asked us to be who we are. During lessons, teachers will mention, I know there are some PRC scholars here. (they forgot malaysian scholars! )

We have assembly today, and while they are singing their national song and school song, we just kept our mouth shut, not singing. When they recite their pledge, neither did we say. Oh, I feel like I have betrayed Malaysia. =( I feel depressed, 'cause from now onwards, I won't listen to Negaraku and Chong Hwa school song anymore.

I wasn't very impressed by my new school, personally, I think Chong Hwa is much better. I feel nostalgic. I feel schoolsick and homesick. =(

Oh-Oh-Oh

Oh-OH-oH
I'm in my school now, using their computer, and I actually need to do a student pass, but I grab this chance and write a short post. Ha!

Well, I'm pretty okay here, Er, I stay in Nanyang hostel. bye.

EDIT :
I'm at hostel now(6.00pm), later we will have our dinner, their food is quite okay, and not much to complain about. The environment is fantastic! Er, for overall, I will give 92 marks over 100. =)

Today, I have done my student pass(but i haven't got it) and open a bank account! Sounds great? What's more, I have bought my school uniforms, their uniforms are wonderful with yellow blouse and grennish-blue skirt!

We have class tomorrow, somehow like a bridging course, with those PRC students! I love them really much, 'cause they welcomed us with much enthusiasm and they're really friendly! They learnt some malay from us! Ha! =D
PS: will tell you guys more about them later on my next post, may be!

Aha, and pics? Where are the pics???? I'll upload them later, as i don't have my own computer now! and before I forget, we have 20 hours per month to surf the net, so bye friends, I have to off now, and have my dinner. =)