clearing the cobwebs.. *ahh-choo!*

Wow.. i guess that it has been a really long time since i last blogged.. school work has taken up too much of my time than i would like it to.. well, anyway, i'm gonna talk about some of the highlights this past week.. hehe.. *grinz*

Monday:
Start of the Christian Mission Week! *:D*

Tuesday:
Bio quiz on Genetic Engineering. Revised twice over the past week for it! Guess what?!! YEAH!!! i passed my first test!! *grinz* yeah.. haha.. felt good.. not the best in kls bt still, motivation to do better.. Even Ms Yeo felt that i had improved.. *:)*
Rehearsal for CMW Drama - "My Story His Story".. that was a short play based on the testimonial of Ms Carol Wong.. of how she accepted Christ.. a really touching play..
the cast include Angie(as Carol), Jael(as Grace, her bestfriend), Gail(as Mrs Wong), Ron(as Mr Wong), HongIan(as YingHui, her younger brother), Daniel(as Marcus, her other younger brother), HuiRu(as LiMing, her younger sister), Atalia(as Mrs Gabriel, her GB teacher) & ME(haha.. believe it or not, the MAID.)
After the rehearsal, i went for a talk by an invited professor to our college to speak on "Aliens, Evolution & the Origin of Life". was really informative.. the questions raised were answered well and i was reassured of what i believed in.. yups.. *:)*

Wednesday:
PE today. Just before lesson started, was knocked on the head real hard by a tennis racket. yeah.. imagine *OUCH*. haha.. was only an accident but a painful one.. *bleahz!* *:P* Fortunateli, teh racket didn't have sharp edges so there were no cuts, just a bruise.. haha.. My classmates were really sweet, offering me an icepack(or rather, a makeshift one: her waterbottle filled with cold water from the cooler behind the gallery..).. but i think i haf a really hard head so i was up and about after around 10minutes of stoning and rubbing the 'or-cheh'.. *:P*
mmm.. the main highlight of today was the fact that there was a blood donation drive in school! yep! was SO excited, now that i was above the requirement of 45kg and i was past my 16th birthday! intended to go together with Diana and Linda but then, when it was time for my one and only 1hr break and i got all the written documents ready, i realised that I FORGOT TO BRING MY IC!!! *sigh* man, i'm just SO forgetful.. *frownz* well, spent much of my break thinking of how to produce a copy that had my photo and my IC number.. mmm.. then guess what? Daddi managed to email me a scanned image of my IC and umm.. Shaun's friend, "Roger", got me a blank paper to print the stuff out.. *:P* yeah.. really grateful.. AND relieved.. *:)*
well, in the end, i went alone after school because most of my classmates had already gone.. was VERI nervous but while waiting for the doctor to certify me "OK" to donate blood, Atalia came along.. then Siva.. yeah.. made new friends there too! a Councillor, Daniel, and someone else who's name i've forgotten.. *paiseh* haha.. well, anyway, it turned out that the minimum weight for me to donate blood was raised cuz i had taken malaria pills last year when i went overseas!! whoa.. fortunately, i met the requirement, even though just by 0.5kg.. *whew* haha..
the most painful thing about the process was actually the prick from the needle to test the iron level.. tiny but hurt.. *:S*
mmm.. when it was my turn to donate, my heart was beating really quick but my Civics Tutor, Ms Yeo was there to chat with me and distract me from the thought of the needle.. *:P* mmm.. aniwei, i was at the seat with the equipment on my left and the nurse started to take my blood pressure.. THEN, i remembered i was a leftie.. got worried.. what if i had difficulties doing things with my left hand? asked the nurse if she could draw the blood from my right hand instead.. she checked my blood pressure then looked at me.
told me that if i donated from my right arm, she would draw only 300+ml..(apparently the vein was small.. *bleahz!* *:P*) whereas, my left hand could give 450ml of blood.. yeah.. so she asked me to make a choice..
obviously, take from left larh.. *:P* after going through so much, a little more won't hurt ma.. yeah.. mmm.. the actual drawing of blood didn't hurt, though.. could only feel the needle going in, but that was it.. *:)*
during the process, i found out that i was healthy enough(and had enough iron) to give two more bags of blood! kewl, huh? haha.. but they obviously only drew one.. *:P* yeah.. the nurses were really friendly.. *:)* got an orange bandage with smiley faces.. *:D*
well, overall, it felt really good to donate blood.. yeah.. imagine yourself saving LIVES.. yeah.. totally worth the ant's bite. *smiles*

Thursday:
THE DRAMA.
the crowd was disappointingly less than i was hoping for.. only half the Audi was filled.. but i believe that they enjoyed themselves, judging from the laughter during the play.. mmm.. wonder if the right emotions were evoked, though..

Friday:
JC1 Chapel.. atmosphere was pretty dead(deader than the JC2 batch..), probably due to the lousy acoustics of the hall.. but i believe some people were touched..
well, CMW concluded with the SFC Reunion Dinner in the canteen.. started off at 6+with P&W and two messages by an eX-teacher and the very first SFC President.. was really inspiring.. *:)* spoke about LOVE and TIME.. yeah.. *:)* but i missed the worship because i fell asleep in the COR Library and only woke up 45mins after the event started! *paiseh* was eXhausted, i guess.. mmm.. after that, was dinner time.. din eat, though.. joined the guys table.. haha.. stupid jokes.. left after a while.. went to the track.. some of the J2s were there singing and playing the gUItar.. haha.. was drawn by the music..
something happened and i did something really silly.. learnt a valuable lesson.. healing inside.. but was touched by a few people who showed their care and concern.. eLIZabeth, Mentor Shirley, VALerie, TIMothy & Caleb.. yeah.. can't eXpress what i felt but it all made sense.. learning to FROG.. yeah..

Saturday:
today? preparing some stuff for the carnival on Monday.. my class will be doing Face Painting.. hope people come patronise the booth! *:P*