Credits to Li en for blogging about it
http://cybermode.blogspot.com/2012/03/my-18th-birthday-day-1.html
http://cybermode.blogspot.com/2012/03/my-18th-birthday-day-2.html
http://cybermode.blogspot.com/2012/03/my-18th-birthday-day-3.html

The second week was pretty much the same, and I actually found a job through my friend..

The third week was supposed to be when my job was supposed to start..
Until I received news from my friend that the boss was having NS...
I was like ..

Spent nearly every week playing soccer then.. it's important to stay fit !
The only regret I have now after 6 weeks, is that I haven't been jogging every night as I had wanted to.. sigh, I hope I still have time to jog when school reopens..
But from past experience, it's gonna be hard if not, impossible.. -.-

Went to Malaysia from the 3rd - 4th week, and that was the most enjoyable part of this holiday. Even though I had no internet there, I could manage to survive the 3 nights there..

Many teens nowadays would die just one day without internet, let alone 4 ..
I won't deny that I'm quite reliant on internet, but I won't say I'm addicted to it either.. =\

Spent most of my time there enjoying the food, scenery and warmth that my relatives offered. It was a nice 4 days of stress-relief :)
To the extent that I didn't have the "Home-sweet-home" feeling most people get when they return home..

Kinda miss those 4 days ever since I came back.. cos Singapore is just so dull and stressful.. a total contrast with Malaysia..

Moving on.. Had a class outing on the 5th week.. which was quite fail ..
We were supposed to go Pulau Ubin to cycle.. but most of them couldn't, or didn't want to, make it.
In the end, only about 6 or 7 of us turned up.. We travelled to Changi Village to have Botak Jones for lunch, and then took an hour-long bus ride to my friend's house for a lepak-cum-bonding session..

After which we went to Old Airport Road for dinner.

We ordered the famous Lau Ban Beancurd, Oyster omelette, Char kway teow, etc.. Kinda enjoyed that dinner, but felt guilty for not jogging often enough though... haha

Went to watch Maris Stella Symphonic Band's SYF marching display assessment at the Indoor Stadium on Saturday.


Two years ago (when I was the graduating batch), the band achieved a Distinction in the lower division.

This year, they attempted to compete in the Main division, but only managed to get a bronze..
Kinda felt sad for them.. but this is only the MSSB's second time participating in a marching assessment.. You know what they say, success comes with failure.. I believe that MSSB, along with its alumni band, will continue to prosper in its indoor performances, and one day in outdoor.

But generally, things have been improving for the Marist-band family.
MSSB clinched a Gold with Honours award for the indoor SYF last year, the first in a very very long time, if not the first.

And for this year's Primary school SYF, Maris Stella Primary clinched a Gold !
During my time, they had only been getting silvers consecutively.. which sparked a need for change. Ever since the new conductor had taken over MSSB at first, and then the Primary band, a string of excellent results have followed.. :D

I'm proud to be a Marist bandit !

Ok, wtf went off-topic there..

Ok so it's the final week of the holidays now..

Went to Wild Wild Wet with some friends on Monday. Haven't been there in a while, and most of the rides, if not all, have been left unchanged since I last visited it 5 or 6 years ago..
No new rides, whatsoever.. In fact, they even removed one of the rides - The skytram thingy that you sat on and rode like a bicycle along the tracks..
Credits to Li En for blogging on the trip :
http://cybermode.blogspot.com/2012/04/wild-wild-wet.html

Played soccer on Wednesday.
Felt a little emotional at the end of it because it was to be the last soccer game of the holidays.
I've been playing with them every week and then now this was to be the last game..
Felt kind of sudden.. like the holidays had just flown by in the blink of an eye..

We are now trying to see if it's possible to make time on weekends to meet up for soccer games still.. It'll be hard, because everyone's schedule is gonna be different.. sigh, hoping for the best :(
That was pretty much a summary of what I did over the holidays ..

Spent today cleaning my room and rearranging furniture. I love the feeling you get when you vacuum all the dust and dirt in those hard-to-reach places underneath or in between furniture, that you normally cannot do because it's either inconvenient or you have no time.

Just some more final touches to be done tomorrow and my room will look sparkling clean.
Being in a clean and pristine room sure makes anyone feel better already :)

Now all I gotta do is to prepare for school
I'm hoping for a fresh start for my remaining two years.. no more slacking, no more last-minute mugging, despite many of my friends claiming that in Poly, you can do that and still succeed.

I've learnt it the hard way that all of that is utter bullshit.. There's only two ways to do well, regardless of where you end up

1 : Be a mugger
2 : Be a closet mugger

Either way, you have to mug. And I don't mean mug as in last minute. I'm talking about from the start to end of a whole semester .

That's pretty much a summary of my holiday. It's been an eventful holiday and I hope to do well for the next 2 years. My GPA is screwed badly enough already, the most I can do now is not to look back, but just do my best and contemplate my options after graduating..

Adulthood is a bitch. I swear ~
Just gotta embrace it and live on.