I can play some songs on french horn now. It looks retarded to tell you the truth. i mean, when you sit down and bend at an angle so that you can play it. i can play, "ode to joy" and " twinkle twinkle little star" on it. which is a lot harder than it might sound like. Plus, they let me bring home the mouth piece to practice on. although i don't really see the point of sounding like a mental duck.
Weather for tomorrow:
Reasonably sunny whole day long. weekends are always sunny. they have to be. i hope.
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Update on CCA
Went to band practice today. It was really quite fun, actually. Except for the part when you had to press your lips real hard against the blow hole thingy. i think that's what it's called. i was too busy trying to stop my mouth from exploding to hear anything really.
So anyway, the instrument i tried out today was the french horn. It was ok i guess. i had to press my lips together and do that,"pllllluuurrrhhhhh' thing with your mouth. And in the process spitting out all the saliva you've got. So you end up with a really wet trumpet. as in literally. You have to sort of twirl it around to get the saliva out of the tube thing. yeah, it was quite gross, but still, fun.
Anyway, next week i'm gonna be trying out the trumpet. Which sounds much, much, easier.
I also tried out the saxophone. which i'm terrible at. I couldn't even make a sound no matter how hard i tried. so i guess i'll be sticking to brass instruments for quite some time.
Art club wise? i dunno. I mean, i haven't exactly had any confirmation, but i told one of the seniors that i wouldn't be coming tomorrow. and she said," yeah, i know." hopefully that means that i'm out of art club for good. i think.
I also can't wait for tomorrow's mid-autumn festival thing held at school. although i don't really see how i might be able to enjoy stuffing myself full of mooncakes which i don't really like.
Weather report for tomorrow:
Sunshine in the morning, Stormy in the afternoon, party party party all night.
Beware of hail storm art club members. who might ask me too much questions about the CCA thing. Otherwise, brilliant weather.
So anyway, the instrument i tried out today was the french horn. It was ok i guess. i had to press my lips together and do that,"pllllluuurrrhhhhh' thing with your mouth. And in the process spitting out all the saliva you've got. So you end up with a really wet trumpet. as in literally. You have to sort of twirl it around to get the saliva out of the tube thing. yeah, it was quite gross, but still, fun.
Anyway, next week i'm gonna be trying out the trumpet. Which sounds much, much, easier.
I also tried out the saxophone. which i'm terrible at. I couldn't even make a sound no matter how hard i tried. so i guess i'll be sticking to brass instruments for quite some time.
Art club wise? i dunno. I mean, i haven't exactly had any confirmation, but i told one of the seniors that i wouldn't be coming tomorrow. and she said," yeah, i know." hopefully that means that i'm out of art club for good. i think.
I also can't wait for tomorrow's mid-autumn festival thing held at school. although i don't really see how i might be able to enjoy stuffing myself full of mooncakes which i don't really like.
Weather report for tomorrow:
Sunshine in the morning, Stormy in the afternoon, party party party all night.
Beware of hail storm art club members. who might ask me too much questions about the CCA thing. Otherwise, brilliant weather.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Live REPORT: art club ( com lab)
Just told the teacher in charge of art club about me joining military band.
I went up to the teacher(Mr.A), And said," Erm...I'm Quiting Art Club." And then he displayed that philosophical look, you know, the one where you stroke your beard and think.( yeah, he did have a beard but he didn't exactly stroke it.) He said," Why do you want to quit?"
I said," Erm.. I think that art club is very stressful and like, i want to have a change for once since i had been in art club all my life." Then he did that...thinking...thinking...look, and said," Think about it." and asked me to go back to my work. Wow.
So that's that. But i'll force a direct answer out of him in due course. I mean, Why can't he just say," yeah, ok, sure. bye!" and just get on with it? But either way, i'm going to band practice and thats the end of it.
Weather Report:
Tomorrow promises clear skies with a hint of sun shine. maybe cloudy in the afternoon, i'm not sure really. But i'll bet you there'd be weather warfare in due course. maybe friday. since it's art club day.
I went up to the teacher(Mr.A), And said," Erm...I'm Quiting Art Club." And then he displayed that philosophical look, you know, the one where you stroke your beard and think.( yeah, he did have a beard but he didn't exactly stroke it.) He said," Why do you want to quit?"
I said," Erm.. I think that art club is very stressful and like, i want to have a change for once since i had been in art club all my life." Then he did that...thinking...thinking...look, and said," Think about it." and asked me to go back to my work. Wow.
So that's that. But i'll force a direct answer out of him in due course. I mean, Why can't he just say," yeah, ok, sure. bye!" and just get on with it? But either way, i'm going to band practice and thats the end of it.
Weather Report:
Tomorrow promises clear skies with a hint of sun shine. maybe cloudy in the afternoon, i'm not sure really. But i'll bet you there'd be weather warfare in due course. maybe friday. since it's art club day.
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
ABOLUTELY TERRIFIC NEWS!!!!!!
As you can tell by the title, I am absolutely in rainbow land. HOORAY!!!!!!!!! I think i might have conquered a place in military band. This is ABSOLUTELY FAB NEWS!!!!!!!!! although i would have to march in the sun for...quite some time... but well, it beats sitting on a stool for 3 hours. So i am ALL for joining MB.
Also, EOY exams are just around the corner. Which is well....not exactly what you may call nice. but as the french say...c'est la vie.... or whatever that is.
So, anyway, I know i haven't been around posting much, but it's just that I was quite busy this week....
PLAYING COM!!!!!
Just kidding.
But either way, i am quite a bit worked up on exams. I mean, Ms. A said to us today during english,"Your exams are just 2 weeks away," or something. Now that completely blew me off. I was like, Wait. WHAT?! two weeks? ok, I have to START FREAKING OUT NOW! But not today. maybe later. or next week.
So anyway, during lunch, Our chinese teacher offered two tickets to the Mid Autumn Festival thing our school is having on friday night. Wei Qian and i went as bonker-ish as my grandma in a nut shop. Althoguh we'd probably be stuffing ourselves full of mooncakes and tea... Well, I mean, an excuse to stay out on friday night?! YEAH MAN!!! BRING IT ON!!!!!
And this is end Rachel's not-so-daily-news.
Also, EOY exams are just around the corner. Which is well....not exactly what you may call nice. but as the french say...c'est la vie.... or whatever that is.
So, anyway, I know i haven't been around posting much, but it's just that I was quite busy this week....
PLAYING COM!!!!!
Just kidding.
But either way, i am quite a bit worked up on exams. I mean, Ms. A said to us today during english,"Your exams are just 2 weeks away," or something. Now that completely blew me off. I was like, Wait. WHAT?! two weeks? ok, I have to START FREAKING OUT NOW! But not today. maybe later. or next week.
So anyway, during lunch, Our chinese teacher offered two tickets to the Mid Autumn Festival thing our school is having on friday night. Wei Qian and i went as bonker-ish as my grandma in a nut shop. Althoguh we'd probably be stuffing ourselves full of mooncakes and tea... Well, I mean, an excuse to stay out on friday night?! YEAH MAN!!! BRING IT ON!!!!!
And this is end Rachel's not-so-daily-news.
Saturday, September 11, 2010
12:33pm
bored bored bored bored. please just let school start already. i think i might die of excessive bored-ness. ok, so on the bright side, I have finally completed my homework!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well, except for a few... questions. pages. nevermind.
So anyway, here is a list of stuff that i've been doing over the holidays:
- Training myself to be able to eat spicy food. which isn't turning out to be very enjoyable.
- making a capo out of pencils and like, ten million rubber bands. ( a capo, as in, that guitar thing)
-cleaning up my study table.not.
-all night YouTube marathon
-all day computer-maniac-ish-type-thing
-well. that's it really.
You know, I can really see myself in the future as some computer geek in a dark room....sitting there, all alone. Man do i have to get a life.
But how? I mean, you can't exactly do much outdoor stuff in singapore. Unless you'd like to be choked to death by car fumes and smoke. And i can't exactly do anything much. since mostly everything fun is against the law. but either way, I'll see what i can do. hmmm. sounds like hard work.
I also had the strangest dream that i was in a helicopter-type-airplane. And i crashed.
I think i was incepted. not.
And this is end Rachel's not-so-daily-news.
So anyway, here is a list of stuff that i've been doing over the holidays:
- Training myself to be able to eat spicy food. which isn't turning out to be very enjoyable.
- making a capo out of pencils and like, ten million rubber bands. ( a capo, as in, that guitar thing)
-cleaning up my study table.not.
-all night YouTube marathon
-all day computer-maniac-ish-type-thing
-well. that's it really.
You know, I can really see myself in the future as some computer geek in a dark room....sitting there, all alone. Man do i have to get a life.
But how? I mean, you can't exactly do much outdoor stuff in singapore. Unless you'd like to be choked to death by car fumes and smoke. And i can't exactly do anything much. since mostly everything fun is against the law. but either way, I'll see what i can do. hmmm. sounds like hard work.
I also had the strangest dream that i was in a helicopter-type-airplane. And i crashed.
I think i was incepted. not.
And this is end Rachel's not-so-daily-news.
Monday, September 6, 2010
2:32pm....home, as always.
So after that whole 'diary drama fiasco', you know, when the whole world of my class read my diary, i've finally bought a new one. It's quite nice, i think, although i'd have to agree it's a bit on the heavy side...and it stands out quite a lot. and it is...quite pricey. Oh well. it was a good investment though. plus, it has a nice aqua blue bookmark attached to it. But i have to say that it makes it quite hard to write on, since it's thick and everything...but this is what you get for quality products. i guess.
Oh yes, i've also bought a new set of colour markers, since i lost my pencil case. hmmm... i must be boring you about all this talk about my recent purchases.
So, anyway, this morning, i had to go to school(surprise surprise) for an art workshop. And i must say, i wasted 3 perfectly good hours there. argghh.
We had to do stuff like drawing out old used up bottles of beer.
I mean, what's the point in that?! It's not like you could make money out of that, unless you're some brilliant genius like da vinci or something.
Speaking of art club, i think i've found a nice plan, Escaping-art-club-wise. I've decided to join military band. You know, the one where you'd have to march around, playing on trumpets and banging drums and stuff. One cool thing about Military Band though, is that you'll get to have free gloves!!!! It's quite cool, But anyway, the teacher in charge is my form teacher....which makes perfect sense. So, all i have to do next week would be to just tippy toey confront my form teacher, Ms. A( i'm using code names which have absolutely no point at all), and ask," Hi, can i join Military Band?", during english and she'd say," hmmm, ok, yeah, sure." when she's in a particularly good mood. and then we can all be as happy as two larks in canada and float away on happy cloud. Perfect.
Oh yes, i've also bought a new set of colour markers, since i lost my pencil case. hmmm... i must be boring you about all this talk about my recent purchases.
So, anyway, this morning, i had to go to school(surprise surprise) for an art workshop. And i must say, i wasted 3 perfectly good hours there. argghh.
We had to do stuff like drawing out old used up bottles of beer.
I mean, what's the point in that?! It's not like you could make money out of that, unless you're some brilliant genius like da vinci or something.
Speaking of art club, i think i've found a nice plan, Escaping-art-club-wise. I've decided to join military band. You know, the one where you'd have to march around, playing on trumpets and banging drums and stuff. One cool thing about Military Band though, is that you'll get to have free gloves!!!! It's quite cool, But anyway, the teacher in charge is my form teacher....which makes perfect sense. So, all i have to do next week would be to just tippy toey confront my form teacher, Ms. A( i'm using code names which have absolutely no point at all), and ask," Hi, can i join Military Band?", during english and she'd say," hmmm, ok, yeah, sure." when she's in a particularly good mood. and then we can all be as happy as two larks in canada and float away on happy cloud. Perfect.
5.24pm -random thoughts.
brrrwwwww. it's bloody cold. how in pantaloon's world did it get so cold? Not that i hate it though. it just means that i don't have to switch on the air-con. this really makes me wonder if global warming really exists.
Hmmm.... i could really get used to this. mind you, i've been through summer for the twelve miserable years that i've led. and you'd think i might want to have a bit of a change with my season preferences.
Spring? maybe. to many bees though.
Winter? nah. i think i'd like my bones intact.
Summer?you've got to be kidding
Autumn?and what, get leaves stuck in every possible place i can imagine?
wowee. thunder bolts sure are loud. Not loud enough to cover the sizzling and chopping sounds coming from the kitchen. and you'd think grandma was stuffing up some onions for dinner. i hate onions. arggh. Well, either way, i'll have to deal with them sooner or later.
Is it really true that onions make you fart? why would anyone eat a disgusting part of a root which makes you go,'pwraaafff'?
I'd bet tonight would be the sound of pouffy air musical part 2. pants.
Hmmm.... i could really get used to this. mind you, i've been through summer for the twelve miserable years that i've led. and you'd think i might want to have a bit of a change with my season preferences.
Spring? maybe. to many bees though.
Winter? nah. i think i'd like my bones intact.
Summer?you've got to be kidding
Autumn?and what, get leaves stuck in every possible place i can imagine?
wowee. thunder bolts sure are loud. Not loud enough to cover the sizzling and chopping sounds coming from the kitchen. and you'd think grandma was stuffing up some onions for dinner. i hate onions. arggh. Well, either way, i'll have to deal with them sooner or later.
Is it really true that onions make you fart? why would anyone eat a disgusting part of a root which makes you go,'pwraaafff'?
I'd bet tonight would be the sound of pouffy air musical part 2. pants.
4:23pm...
Just baked cookies with my grandma. She said that it tasted a lot like scones, though. What ever that is. So, anyway, I have absolutely nothing to tell you again. besides the fact that it's going to rain. oh well.
Hmmm.... maybe i should start on my homework...
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAH. funny. like i'm ever going to do that. I'll just wait until i have absolutely nothing better to do. like maybe on sunday. but on the other hand, School starts on monday. hmmm. i really need to sort out my priorities.
Gosh do i smell like cookies. It's exactly like that time i helped mum with dinner. and ended up smelling like garlic for 3 days. Why am i so random-ish today?
Well, I guess i'd better finish up my george project today. not like i've started doing anything much.
RACHEL's GEOGRAPHY PROJECT: Draft 1
Part 1
done on: 2/9/10
index no: 12
based on sources found on wikipedia and google.
Volcanoes are very
Ok...so i haven't exactly though about it much. But give me a break. everyone needs time to slack off. i mean, even ol' Einstein had to have some slack off sessions himself. before he discovered E=MC...thingy.
Well, i think i have to go now. since i'm soooooo busy and everything. hahaha. nice.
Hmmm.... maybe i should start on my homework...
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAH. funny. like i'm ever going to do that. I'll just wait until i have absolutely nothing better to do. like maybe on sunday. but on the other hand, School starts on monday. hmmm. i really need to sort out my priorities.
Gosh do i smell like cookies. It's exactly like that time i helped mum with dinner. and ended up smelling like garlic for 3 days. Why am i so random-ish today?
Well, I guess i'd better finish up my george project today. not like i've started doing anything much.
RACHEL's GEOGRAPHY PROJECT: Draft 1
Part 1
done on: 2/9/10
index no: 12
based on sources found on wikipedia and google.
Volcanoes are very
Ok...so i haven't exactly though about it much. But give me a break. everyone needs time to slack off. i mean, even ol' Einstein had to have some slack off sessions himself. before he discovered E=MC...thingy.
Well, i think i have to go now. since i'm soooooo busy and everything. hahaha. nice.
Sunday, September 5, 2010
2:48pm.
Just came back from a lunch outing with Wei Qian. I finally convinced her to get out of her hell hole(home) and out to eat lunch and have a little go at the book department( library). Which reminds me, I have to find some sources to do my george (geography, honestly, i can't go around explaining everything now, can i?) project. although i don't really see the point of writing articles on fictitious exploding volcanoes.
So anyway, this morning, i had to attend this fund-raising project for church. as in we sold breakfast stuff to people. yeah, the crazy thing was, we had this no change policy. as in like, if you have a $100 note in your pocket and that's all you've got, it's either pay up or no breakfast for you.
And get this: a man came over asking for a plate of noodles, and he only had a $50 dollar note with him. So yeah, he paid $50 dollars for a plate of noodles. and it isn't even the kind that meat and various veggies in it. it was just plain, boring old noodles. for $50 buckaroos. Nice. wish i could make that kind of cash. not that i'm cash woman or anything.
Well, anyway, i have to go now. i've got an article on exploding pits of lava to work on.
So anyway, this morning, i had to attend this fund-raising project for church. as in we sold breakfast stuff to people. yeah, the crazy thing was, we had this no change policy. as in like, if you have a $100 note in your pocket and that's all you've got, it's either pay up or no breakfast for you.
And get this: a man came over asking for a plate of noodles, and he only had a $50 dollar note with him. So yeah, he paid $50 dollars for a plate of noodles. and it isn't even the kind that meat and various veggies in it. it was just plain, boring old noodles. for $50 buckaroos. Nice. wish i could make that kind of cash. not that i'm cash woman or anything.
Well, anyway, i have to go now. i've got an article on exploding pits of lava to work on.
Friday, September 3, 2010
9:53pm
Just called chloe. So my grandpa has got a friend who owns an optical shop, and so his friend decided to give him a pair of violet contact lenses for free!!!! And well, you wouldn't exactly wear VIOLET contact lenses when you're 65 or something. so he gave them to me. well, i'm not exactly what you would call into lenses...so i offered them to chloe . She went completely bonkers, of course, and said,"Yesyesyesyesyesyesyes!!!!!" But then said ," Ok, i need to towel dry my hair now, bye." and hung up. I'm seriously getting mixed reactions here.
Argghh. What happened to my best friend?! Next week's already the september hols and the only day she's 'sort of' free is on thursday. Plus, i haven't exactly had a nice, long conversation with her in months.
Sometimes i wish i had a nice pal who would at least run around with me, sticking post-it-notes up people's bum 'oleys or maybe playing hide-n-seek in school during recess, and ending up not finding each other and being late for class. Sigh...why do i sound so emo anyway? Maybe it's because i'm listening to oneRepublic, or maybe i'm just weird. in a nice-ish sort of way. hopefully.
Well, anyway, No news yet about the cookies and how i've poisoned Mrs. Wong. So that must mean that either she's really, really, lucky, or that she had left it in a dusty old corner letting it get mouldy all over.
Which is sad. in both ways. well, except for the 'lucky' part. Which is not sad. Wow, i can't believe she's even luckier than me. I must be some sad old girl living in the sahara desert or something to deserve this.
living on cactus crap. all day in the sun. Gosh that is the worst life anyone could ever have. erlack.
TO-DO-LIST:
1) Call chloe about contact lens thing
2) Stop alarm clock from waking me up in the mornings
3) STOP DRINKING SODDING BUBBLE TEA( again!!!!!!!!!!!!)
Argghh. What happened to my best friend?! Next week's already the september hols and the only day she's 'sort of' free is on thursday. Plus, i haven't exactly had a nice, long conversation with her in months.
Sometimes i wish i had a nice pal who would at least run around with me, sticking post-it-notes up people's bum 'oleys or maybe playing hide-n-seek in school during recess, and ending up not finding each other and being late for class. Sigh...why do i sound so emo anyway? Maybe it's because i'm listening to oneRepublic, or maybe i'm just weird. in a nice-ish sort of way. hopefully.
Well, anyway, No news yet about the cookies and how i've poisoned Mrs. Wong. So that must mean that either she's really, really, lucky, or that she had left it in a dusty old corner letting it get mouldy all over.
Which is sad. in both ways. well, except for the 'lucky' part. Which is not sad. Wow, i can't believe she's even luckier than me. I must be some sad old girl living in the sahara desert or something to deserve this.
living on cactus crap. all day in the sun. Gosh that is the worst life anyone could ever have. erlack.
TO-DO-LIST:
1) Call chloe about contact lens thing
2) Stop alarm clock from waking me up in the mornings
3) STOP DRINKING SODDING BUBBLE TEA( again!!!!!!!!!!!!)
Thursday, September 2, 2010
6.44pm...home(as always)
Just went out with acacia today. Seriously, why is it that whatever i want to do always ends up either restricted or illegal? So anyway, the movie that we wanted to watch yesterday,'Vampires suck', turned out to be NC16. argggh. Why do adults always have to take away fab movies away from us? BTW, Media Development Authority of singapore, pick on someone your own age for a change. Why don't you rate a movie that doesn't allow ADULTS to watch it?! Hmmm. On the other hand, i'll be an adult one day, which means...ok, nevermind.
So, anyway, We watched the movie,'Grown Ups' instead. the one with adam sandler in it which i must say, is waaayyy hilarious. By the way, speaking of videos, i think i might want to show you this video of a prank me and tammy played on acacia....hmmm. yeah, maybe i should. But i really mustn't, if i want to prevent acacia from experiencing total world wide embarrassment. Or she could get really, really famous. Oh well, i'm posting it up haha. not. oh yes, you might want to turn the volume down..and you might want to turn off the music. Or you could just leave and not watch at all. chickens. haha. ok seriously. unless you like to be deaf by acacia's screaming then turn the volume down.
So, anyway, We watched the movie,'Grown Ups' instead. the one with adam sandler in it which i must say, is waaayyy hilarious. By the way, speaking of videos, i think i might want to show you this video of a prank me and tammy played on acacia....hmmm. yeah, maybe i should. But i really mustn't, if i want to prevent acacia from experiencing total world wide embarrassment. Or she could get really, really famous. Oh well, i'm posting it up haha. not. oh yes, you might want to turn the volume down..and you might want to turn off the music. Or you could just leave and not watch at all. chickens. haha. ok seriously. unless you like to be deaf by acacia's screaming then turn the volume down.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
6.47pm...home
Tammy and acacia just came over. Well, we were supposed to watch the new movie,' Vampires suck' but unfortunately, my little chums, it does not show until tomorrow. nice.
Well, anyway, about yesterday... hmmm. Yeah, so i went over to my primary school to have a nice little peek at my dear old form teacher, whom, ironically, had supplementary classes on the day when everyone celebrates teacher's day. Same old mrs. Wong i guess. I mean, who in the world would have EXTRA classes on Teacher's Day?! not me. although i have absolutely no idea on how she managed to survive the cookies. I guess i should have told her that Tammy's brother had came to 'help'. But, if i did. She'd probably run off screaming," heeeeelpppp!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SOMEONE!!!!!! I'm gonna dieeeeeee!!!!"
Well, i 'd better act like i know little about this before my name is splashed all over the papers which would make me a teenage murderer. And i'm not even Thirteen yet. Since my birthday, on all the 365 days that it could have been on, had to be on the second last day of the year. Pants.
Well, anyway, about yesterday... hmmm. Yeah, so i went over to my primary school to have a nice little peek at my dear old form teacher, whom, ironically, had supplementary classes on the day when everyone celebrates teacher's day. Same old mrs. Wong i guess. I mean, who in the world would have EXTRA classes on Teacher's Day?! not me. although i have absolutely no idea on how she managed to survive the cookies. I guess i should have told her that Tammy's brother had came to 'help'. But, if i did. She'd probably run off screaming," heeeeelpppp!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SOMEONE!!!!!! I'm gonna dieeeeeee!!!!"
Well, i 'd better act like i know little about this before my name is splashed all over the papers which would make me a teenage murderer. And i'm not even Thirteen yet. Since my birthday, on all the 365 days that it could have been on, had to be on the second last day of the year. Pants.
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