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*GRUMBLE*Y
i went to bed last night this morning at about 12.30am thinking i could wake up late at say 9 or 10? but NO, of course my mum had to wake me up at 7 instead, telling me that they had decided last minute that there was to be bhajan practice at like 8+
like HELLO! aren't these practices supposed to be planned like AT LEAST 2 days before the actual practice?!
anyway so i got up at 7 and went for the practice. the only thing i had to eat/drink was like half a glass of water. and the practice lasted till about 12pm. which sucked because i was starving like CRAZY! i bet you all the other singers heard my stomach growl while i was practising my bhajan!
hm...i met my senior santoshi there, who is in RJ year one this year. poor thing had a sore throat, AND the harmonium guy asked her to sing the higher key because it sounded nicer. my sympathies to her.
while returning home my mum and i went shopping!
ok. FINE. it wasn't SHOPPING shopping. more like ntuc shopping. but i'm not complaining beacuse i got to buy biscuits and JUICE, which my kitchen cupboard seriously lacks. i can't live without my daily glass of juice for breakfast. it is the first thing i have in the morning before the actual breakfast. so anyway i got this 2litre bottle of fruit punch, which tastes nice, i might add, and yeah...
been slacking the entire day after that. i'm going to start learning up the scores again soon. its not difficult, just tedious. ok wait, isn't that a similar meaning? ugh who cares! my mind is so boggled right now, and for no apparent reason!
so i guess i'll just stop ranting and make this post seem more tolerable to read.
oh wait! one more thing, i don't want to buy a pair of heels anymore. i was going to get them for musical, but i figured i won't use it that much after that. so i guess i'll wear my nice orange/red/magenta/white striped ballet flats. now all i have to do is find a matching dress.
that's it i guess. here's another picture for you guys till whenever i decide to post next (:

the heels i had in mind were something like these (:
sunanda
16NOVEMBER2008 16:39
ON THE CONTRARYY
yes ok so in the last post i was complaining about how boring and uneventful the holidays are. well, i think i've just stumbled upon something that will take up MOST of my holidays...choir.
today's practice at VJ was pretty fun actually. but boy was it fast paced. well more fast paced than cedar choir at least.
they finish learning up a new score in like 2 practices!! of course not MEMORISE lah. that would be like a near impossible feat. so you can imagine me, whose sight-singing skills are practically non existent, trying to learn up all the songs. quite pathetic really.
so i have to like put my ZERO piano(or in this case, keyboard) skills to the test and learn up all the songs ASAP.
the saddest part is that i don't even have my own score! apparently there weren't enough, and since i was the last year zero to arrive (people from FATS [or FARTS, you pick]....shuttup), i was stuck without scores of my own. oh except the SYF set piece.
but rhoda, being the nice person she is, lent me the scores which she has already memorised.
oh by the way the year ones were nice (: so were the IP year zeros.
i can't remember most of their names. i only remember wan ping (duh), nicole (again, duh), pock thong, rhoda, deborah, ying si(IP year zero), may, cheryl ang, robin (year zero from catholic high), shawn [or is it sean?](year zero from catholic high), marcus (i can't match a face to the name though), jia ling. i think thats about it. oh well, i still have lotsa time to remember other people's names (:
oh and of course, there's cheryl giam, a fellow year zero from SCGS, who i first met at RJ DSA auditions. she's such a sweet person haha. oh and you should her the way she sneezes! so funny! (if you happen to read this cheryl, don't worry its cute). and i thought yi min's sneeze was funny (sorry yi min, i couldn't resist)
anyway so basically we had combined warm ups, spilt for sectionals (i'm in S2 by the way), then S2 combined with S1, then we met back at LT2 and headed for SPC lunch. then at 1pm, we headed to siglap cc for the remaining of choir with mr kwei.
overall it was pretty good i guess. i've finally been able to sing in a choir after god knows how long.
after dismissal, cheryl and i decided to take 16 to go to VJ, where she would wait for her mum to pick her up, and i would take 31 to toa payoh. but we were so engrossed in talking, we didn't realise that we got onto 14 instead. so we got off somewhere in katong and took taxi back to VJ. so pai seh.
i decided to call shamini while waiting for 31 to come. she was like shopping with neerajha! unfair much? and they were bickering over the colour and design of the jacket they wanted to buy. nonsensical fellas.
so after ALL of that, i'm here at home, blogging. now i'm debating whether to go to sleep or try and learn a bit of the new scores.
im thinking...SLEEP. my brain can't possibly function if i don't sleep. so yeah. i'll probably post tomorrow or something.

this is for all those, who like me, have never experienced real snow before ):
sunanda
15NOVEMBER2008 18:57
CUTE!Y
ok yes, before i go into full spring cleaning mode i just wanted to post a random picture since my blog is so wordy!
aaahh! so cutee! look at the lolling tongues! haha i want a puppy too! if i get my 6 points next year, which i'm hoping i will, i MAY be able to get a puppy!

okok now i'm REALLY going to clean my room. byebye (:
sunanda
14NOVEMBER2008 11:42
I'M BOREDY
ok so the holidays have only JUST begun, and i'm already feeling a little bored. *sigh* and now that i don't need to keep my eyes glued constantly to my books, my mum is making me do all sorts of chores. not to mention i have to clean my room. and the fact that it looks as if a gazillion giant tornados just ripped through my room doesn't help much either.
oh well, i guess one plus is that i don't have to clean the toilet once a week like someone i know *coughyimincough* so i guess i should stop complaining and start cleaning. but seriously, its going to take a LONG time for my to sort out ALL my papers, which are cluttered ALL OVER THE PLACE, take out practically ALL my clothes out of my wardrobe and fold them back NEATLY, because my wardrobe is a disaster in itself. oh my! so much cleaning to do!
by the way, have you noticed that most of the time, every year after the exams is sorta like 'spring cleaning' time?
thankfully that's not the only thing i have to look forward to. i asked my parents last night if i could get a new pair of heels and they actually said yes without hesitating! haha. so IF i am able to go shopping with yi min on monday, i'll probably get a pair of heels as well (:
oh and someone kindly PLEASE remind me to wear COMFORTABLE shoes when i'm shopping with yi min. because god know she's going to drag me and whoever else is coming with, ALL OVER the place. and we're going to orchard road, so its going to be one hell of a walk.
oh i hope you guys like the new skin (: and YES i like colours and rainbows. deal with it (:
anyway, i guess i have to start 'spring cleaning' now. i'm pretty sure if i don't get my room looking decent within the next 2 days, i won't be able to go out with yi min on monday, even if there's no choir.
till then, enjoy your OWN spring cleaning yah?
sunanda
14NOVEMBER2008 11:18
REJUVENATION! Y
i am happy to say that the big Os are FINALLY over!
after much sweat and tears i've finally made it through
thanks to everyone who motivated and encouraged me. it really means a lot, even if it was just a simple 'jia you!'
now that Os are over, i can't help but to reflect on my four years in cedar
its been such a long and winding journey(heard this anywhere sec fours?), especially these last two years.
i'm really going to miss 4O and our crazy antics and all the fun we used to have
even though we annoyed the teachers with our nonsense, i think they still loved our class because we were so enthusiastic and responsive(maybe a little OVERenthusiastic at times).
we were such an active class, getting first in BUZZ@canteen and (almost) acting out that play about the cows and the bananas and the tribal people for OAC. oh! and also the class recesses on tuesdays (which eventually became non-existent).
another part of life in cedar was roaming around the school with theEIGHT. all those times we had recess together and strolled into class expecting ms chng to go 'why are you late?'
all the silly things we use to talk about and the much needed self entertainment we provided ourselves with. like the 'toss the frisbee' thing we thought up during one of the last pe lessons.
even though we've had many ups and downs and have fought with each other from time to time, we still remain stronger than ever. i'll always treasure the times we spent together.
its inevitable that we and the rest of 4O will separate next year and go our own ways. but i hope that above all of that, we'll still keep in touch and keep the torch of friendship burning. (ok is this getting melodramatic or what?)
and OF COURSE i'll miss my dear choir! all the effort we put in, to maintain and heighten our reputation. trying so hard to make sure we gave it our all during SYF'07, LIMELIGHT and other performances. i'm going to miss having sectionals and combined practices! being with the choir has been really wonderful.
all the comm members trying their level best to bring discipline. all the crazy ideas we came up with when we were too brain dead to think of feasible proposals. especially when xu qi, xu ying, nicole and i were nominating the new comm! we gave stupid nicknames to potential comm members because the juniors were near enough to be able to listen to our conversation.
and spending 99.9% of my time in tamil class talking to veera because the lessons were absolutely boring and useless. and that lesson sometime during the last 2 weeks of school where all of us didn't give a damn about proper lesson and started talking amongst ourselves. even mr omer(eek) starting talking to us. then all of a sudden the whole class was arguing whether sebastian from little mermaid was a crab or a lobster. good times.
ok, to sum it all up, life in cedar, although it was excruciatingly painful at times, was actually enjoyable, and i'm going to miss you guys terribly ):
on a MUCH lighter note, i can't wait for the holidays to kick in! quite a lot of stuff to look forward to! even today theEIGHT(excluding sherri, who had band) went to changi to send off soleil who was leaving for indonesia. trust me, we were laughing almost the ENTIRE time we were there because at almost each point of time someone said or did something stupid or lame!
looking forward to shopping with yi min on monday, IF there's no choir and i can make it.
going to start practice with VJ choir on saturday at 9am. which is a little sad because i think i have to sacrifice most of my saturdays from 9am-4pm for choir and maybe 2hrs on mondays and 4hrs on wednesdays. oh well, that's what you get if you DSA into VJ. but i'm actually looking forward to it, especially since i haven't been to choir in AGES! plus i get to meet new people too!
then there's MAID IN SINGAPORE on the 21st! i'm looking forward to ATTENDING a cedar choir performance rather than putting up one for a change. all the best to all those performing!
after which there's the VJ choir tea party the next day. the rest of the holidays will probably be full of random outings and shopping sprees (: me like!!!
in case any of you are wondering why i haven't mentioned much about Os, its because there isn't much point in being stuck thinking about the past. whats done is done. now all there's left to do is to wait patiently for the results and pray to god we've done well and that the markers are nice people and decide to give us good grades for all the subjects (: but if you really need to know, overall i found it pretty ok (:
hm....i guess that's it for now. i've finally updated so i hope you guys *coughshaminicough* are happy! till then HAPPY HOLIDAYS to all sec fours who can finally enjoy they're well deserved break (:
sunanda
13NOVEMBER2008 21:47