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geog trip was fun fun fun!

day one.
6 plus hour journey.
watched the game plan on the bus.
arrived at swiss garden hotel kuantan.
dumped our bags and headed out to the beach facing the south china sea to look at rocks.
yes rocks.
i thought it was dumb at first before i saw them - all rocks look the same to me.
but it was a really enriching experience.
seeing how those strange rocks with their strange weathering processes come alive, right in front of you.
headed to Teluk Chempedak beach to look at erm more rocks.
cuboidal jointing patterns, sheet joints, pressure release etc.
compared basalt and granite. (more like attempted to)


daytwo.
breakfast. my favourite time of the day =)
i think i ate at least 7 eggs for the five days.
went to Beserah Beach Village Road to study granite outcrops.
its amazing how ms ting, ms lim and ms kavi can speak so passionately about rocks.
i think the rest of us were fascinated but not as into it as they were.
ms ting was a happy girl today.

visited Panching Caves to study limestone formation.
we had to climb around 225 steps to get to the cave okay. and it was soooo steeeep.
going up was okay but i was soooo scared coming down. like really scared scared.
and gimlim bullied me all the way down!!!! he kept making stupid comments about me falling. hahaha.
thanks shihui for reminding me =)
horrible experience but it was worth it to see the cave.

and then my favourite part of the trip!
we conducted stream studies, measured the stream channel width, depth and velocity.
then we went to the Panching Waterfall!!
jade and i were soooo excited to swim in the waterfall.
we were the first to reach the waterfall and we thought - aiya we go in first everyone else will follow.
so we jumped in and dragged jo in with us.
and then. nobody else came in.
we felt so retarded hahaha. but heyy i wouldnt miss it for anything.

dinner was by the hotel poolside.
awesome.



blogger keeps screwing up the rest of the pics are in shutterfly =)

daythree.

breakfast and travelled to kuala lumpur.
longgg ride. checked in at the legend hotel.
went on top of the telecommunications tower to try and mark out the CBD zone.
try.
most of us gave up after a while. all i saw was... loads and loads of buildings.
while some of the mainstream people busily copied notes. it was kinda scary.
then we travelled along the monorail in our groups and studied the different stations.
the buildings, human traffic, cars, environment and stuff.
it rained. as we stood there counting cars.
and humans.
it was kinda fun though. my group was niceee and it was interesing to see how kuala lumpur was developing as a city, how they plan their whole structure of their city.

went shopping at Berjaya Times Square after that.
it was only an hour. sian.
bought earrings and a shirt.
dinner at Hartz Chicken.
loads and loads of chicken =) yummy.

dayfour.
hotel breakfast was even better.
went to tanjong karang for padi field studies and a visit to the rice mill.
smelly rice mill. dust flying everywhere.
the fields were pretty though, irrigation systems, tractors and all.
took loads and loads of pretty pictures =)

seafood lunch.
nobody ate the crab. except andrew.
nobody wanted to have dirty hands.

shopping again!!
one hour again.
jo, jade and i spent one hour at one shop.
bought two tops and a skirt.
and then when we were at The Mall (its really called the mall) shihui enticed us to buy more stuff at body shop.
they were having discount!!
less than 10 minutes and i spent another 50 sing.
shihui spent more lol.

dayfive.
talk by GM of the legend hotel on aspects of globalisation and tourism.
such an animated figure he felt like a cartoon character.
and then we headed back for singapore =(

it was such and enjoyable trip.
partaayyyed every night.
loads and loads of pictuurres.
and bridge. tournament bridge at the back of the bus.



ipgeog 07-08.
shihui. peixin. gimlim. john. xuandao. andrew. jo. jade. weiliang. colin. ben. me.



loved the trip, loved the company.


4 papers over, 2 more to go.

it was relatively okay i guess.
i just might pass everything.
might.

This was my art assignment for weng choy. I thought it was rather interesting. =)

Hey. This is my long overdue 250 words about my essay and about what i want to do in life. =)

I'll start with what i want to do in life. I honestly don't know. At this point in time what I do know is I want to get a scholarship, go overseas and pursue possibly a psychology degree, possibly. I might want to do an art degree or a music degree, or maybe a liberal arts degree, which i cant pursue locally since Singapore doesnt offer liberal arts neither am I allowed to do a mix of all three. Ill probably go into the arts industry, or an arts related field, or maybe communications, such as working in the mass media industry. There are a myraid of jobs that i can see myself in - as a certified psychologist specialising in something, as some sort of designer, as a concert pianist!!!, as a journalist for some magazine, some sort of events manager, or something else, dabbling in a bit of teaching along the way. Basically im set to be not part of the science industry since i dont take sciences. Business might also be a possibility. My friend and I (she's kinda like me she loves art and music too) have this big dream of setting up this little art shop called THE BIG CHEESE. (we will probably change the name) There will be studios for art and music practice at the back, some sort of stall front where we invite local non-artists to design stuff and sell, plus a cafe and some band thing. It's sort of promotion of the poor non-artists whom are actually really good at art, the traditional kind that is. Oh well, young people can dream. =)

Now is the essay part. I will be writing about music since my coursework is about music. Which aspect of it I am not very sure yet. Let me tell you a little bit about my coursework since its going to be related to my essay. I started out with three interest areas that i wanted to research on - psychology, art and music as once again i had absolutely no idea what i wanted to do and so decided to do what i was interested in most. I tried to find ways to link the three together. After a while I ended up with wanting to do something about the journey of music making and art making and something about the state of mind when I play the piano. For my essay, I might want to write about the psychology of music or how music affects psychology, which might get a bit too technical and boring and I might lose interest halfway. I might write about the effect of music or sound on spaces, such as how music affects an installation piece, so at the same time I can do some research on how I want my final to be. I might also write about how talent in art or music might affect a person's life? I actually hated playing the piano when i was young but my mum forced me into it because my teacher thought I was "talented". It paid off in the end and I really enjoy music now but sometimes I do wonder if she never insisted I continue playing what might have changed. I guess talent can be both a blessing and a curse.

So basically i still have no idea what i want to write about thus my really overdue email, which i decided was too overdued to be overdue any longer. I'll try to decide on what i want to write soon. Soon.

Art is interesting =)

and now floorball.

fixtures for floorball are out.
truthfully i dont feel anything.
no anxiety. no fear.
my response was more like, "oh."
in my opinion i thought our fixtures were quite alright.
its set anyway. we cant change it.
what we can do is change what we can change.
we are all fighting our own game afterall.
we are capable enough.
we have the determination, the sheer grit to fight for what we want.
we just lack the confidence.
we sooooooo lack the confidence.

i remember.
those times where i used to train so damn hard for what i wanted.
i went into races, knowing that we will win.
only first was good enough for us.
we trained like champions. we fought like champions.
and we had the mentality of champions - almost arrogant like.
yes i know. im no longer as disciplined as before.
but ill make sure im good enough.
we dont need champions by july, we just need a champion team.
i want that feeling.
that feeling of going into a game or a race, knowing that we will win.
not hoping that we will win.

ill make sure im good enough to take them on.
will you do it with me?


the past two days have been freaking hilarious.
ice bath on fri was ...
5 huge packs of ice.
1 blue tub.
loads of water and 13 girls...
you get the idea.
scream-ieeeeeeee, cam-whoringgg and loads of fun!
i was trying so hard not to scream okayy. its just so coldddd. thats no other word to describe it.
COLDDD.

ij friendly was nice today. ( i cant think of any other word to describe it)
we won 6-3.
not the best winning score but still well done =)
i scored 2! and they were nice nice goals.

i love that exhilarating feeling as i walk off the court, knowing that i have played well, knowing that my team has played well.

college day after that was such a bore.
all we did was sit in the lecture theatre for 45 mins.
clap when the guest of honour came in.
clap when he officially opened our new performing arts theatre.
clap when chinese dance performed.
like.
thats it.
some college day.
no wonder people dont want to turn up for it.

the food fair was a whole lot of fun though!
ter, bingxin and i went around asking our floorball juniors to treat us!!! and all of those whom we asked did =)
we said some stuff to psycho them but shhh not telling =)
so we had
waffles from cheryl and suethoon
cheese fries from purple cloud
jelly from clarice
terra soda from gabriella
chicken satay from amelia and joanne =)

we wanted to go look for more but decided to go home and mug instead.
ahaha.
what a beautiful day.








i love floorball. (especially the juniors today)
loads and loads and loads.
we are gonna play well for nationals.
and have loads and loads of fun doing it =)








we will be ready.








because its our turn to shine.















i hope you understand.


=)
happy day.
match against mi.
we won! but theres still loads to improve on.
thanks hanxiao for being our lone cheerleader =)



jenna brought stickers today!!
and gave them to us.
buy me stickers.
i love stickers.
like loads and loads of it.
its my newest craze.








and you.
so glad just to hear your voice.