Mentoring Interview

Yes, i have an interview to get into the CCA that i want to get in.. what a bummer...
i've borrowed 2 books on interview, one of which i did not bother to read and went to youtube to watch a video about questions interviewers mostly ask. So, though i do not think i am quite ready, i will definitely give the interview all of myself. Go Go GO!!
Feel extremely scared and anxious though... I hope i do get in because:
1) i really enjoyed the camp because of the people there, they're so warm and welcoming :)
2) i really want to join Mentoring not just because of the CCA points but because i can get to have more fun and have friends not from my class
3) i need a CCA to committ to
SO please please please please GOD, let me get this CCA...

Day of Trekking

Though today was the third day of Mentoring, i had a class trip to this Dairy Farm and Botanic Garden.
The Dairy Farm wasn't what i was expecting though.
By Dairy Farm, i was expecting Goats and Cows that dairy but nooo.... It was some sort of forest FYI...
The first place we went was Dairy Farm and our tour guide told us to take picture of the rules:I was quite curious as in why she wanted us to take pictures of the rules and regulations but there was a reason which i will tell later on.
So after taking pictures of the rules, OFF WE WENT!

if you do not understand, it reads: 'Cyclists THIS WAY' It was so cute that i just had to take a photo of it

 

Funny eh?

the trekking was easy initially....

but then it got harder... especially muddy areas which you have to be careful of

this picture may not seem it but it's sloping downwards

BUT THEN, WHEN I THOUGHT there was going to

be more mud and hanging branches, we entered a clearing...

and the best part is, it isn't man-made :)
Yes, to suddenly enter an area that is much more beautiful as compared to the messy state we underwent, it is more beautiful :)

THEN WE WENT TO BOTANIC GARDENS

And also had to take a picture of the rules...

WATERFALL!!! but man-made

Beautiful right? Like an oasis of peace...

Then we came to the end of the trip and our guide gathered us together and told us to compare the rules and regulations of the two places and spot the difference.
The difference was that the first set of rules focused on the safety and protection of the animals and the plants etc like the monkeys, but the second set focused more on the humans/people. Their convenience and stuff. That was the diff. She said that the first place we went to had no human touch. That it was au-naturel but the second place was all specially designed, created and sculpted to look beautiful. The photoshop-ed nature.
And then she asked everyone where they were more comforatble in, the botanic garden or the 'messy, tropical forest type' Diary Farm. My answer was Botanic Garden. Even though i wasn't comfortable with Dairy farm, does not mean i do not like it. Both places though diff forms of presentation, has the same purpose: to have us fall in love with nature or rather, attract us to it. Both have their own special way of beauty, but places like the Dairy Farm is really where all the surprises are...

Mentoring Camp

Just now was my Mentoring Camp of the 2nd day. I didn't get to attend the 1st day because i had an event training for my course which of course was a sad thing. But today my group had a Singapore Amazing Race organised by the Mentoring Committee (i think).
Well, it is really difficult to explain things so i've taken a few photos to show you my day at the heart of Singapore :)
During the Amazing Race, I went o City Hall, Clarke Quay and Bugis...

Our first clue led the whole group to City Hall where i saw the esplande and more

that ferry wheel is the famous Singapore Flyer!!!

After the task to be done, which was to play a sort of slapping game(on the lap), we got our next clue which is to Clarke Quay and after that, Bugis

A friend kept trying to include her fingers in my photos but when i tried taking her picture, she dared to run... :D

pretty sight eh? Come to Singapore!! HAHA! :D

After the Amazing Race, my group went back to school where we had a performance. It was a great experience!! SOO FUN!!!
I love the camp experience :)))
For my group, our performance was to sing and perform a skit. We had to be unique cuz there was a group that was super damn great in singing and another, dancing. So, we had to be unique :)
We used Lady Gaga's 'born this way' and modified a bit to match our camp's theme, Ninja. oh and my group's name is 'Fried Ninjas'

My camp chief told us when we were young, we were born to be Ninjas.
We touch her hair and we comb it thru , in the middle of clarke quay. (Because a group member when playing an activity blindfolded had to hold on to a person's shoulders. So when the camp chief (female) decided to join in in front of him, he fussed that he had to move her hair forward so he wouldn't touch it)
There is nothing wrong with throwing honey stars
they said cause it goes with nutella
So hold your head up high let us aim,
the more it lands the more we earn.
We're beautiful in our way, fried ninja makes no mistake, we're on the right track baby we were born this way.
We dont have any regret cos we just do it our way, we're on the right track baby we were born this way!
Oh there aint no other way, baby we were born this way ,
BABY WE WERE BORN THIS WAY!!
Oh there aint no other way, baby we were born this way ,
Right track baby we were born this way!!!!

After Diana by Christopher Andersen

Yes, i have just read 'After Diana'. The reason i started to in the first place was because my General Education module teacher played my class a video about Diana and how the palace reacted to her death when she passed on. The roles were played by other actors. I watched as the Queen refused to fly the flag at half mast and where she made a speech through the television. As i watched it ignited my curiosity for the royals. You see, i was about 4 years old the year Princess Diana died, plus, i am a Singaporean. So, what happened to the world outside my own, i don't really understand. At about that age, the only thing i remembered was that there was a car crash that got A LOT of people around me so... weird... i remembered a news where they featured a car and that it was night time and something else. I remembered the serious tone of the ' News Lady'. And that, was what i knew and remembered, the rest are just foggy.
Years down the road, i am about 12 and came to know about Diana, a royal who died in a car crash. Ok... You may be wondering why 12 and not earlier. I've no idea too... It just wasn't important to me.
16 years old, i watched a korean drama, Goong. It was about a teenage girl betrothed to the teenage prince of korea who loves another girl. Similar case story to real life 'Diana and company' huh? But the drama ended differently from as real life. The guy falls in love with the girl he's betrothed to and ends up loving her deeply. In the end, he doesn't want his throne and his sister took over his place. Another guy who is the cousin of the prince also ended up loving the betrothed girl but she loves only the prince. Now the girl the prince initially likes start to regret refusing the prince's proposal to marry him because of her aspirations for ballet. She tries to get him back and a woman told her about 'Camilla'. How she won back her prince. And then i was perplexed. Who the hell is Camilla?????
So, i went online to check out this Camilla and found out that she is Prince Charles love. OOkkay... then i went back to watching my drama and never went to find out more.
fast forward 2 more years and here i am. After finding out about Princess Diana from the video, i went to check online about when she died... scroll...
Died, 31 August 1997
WHAT????
The reason i was super surprised was that 31 August is the day i was born. Therefore i became much more curious to find out more and on began my journey.
i went to read a website about Princess Diana's wedding and decided that i had enough of the pictures and decided to watch youtube of her wedding day instead. And boy do i agree that she looked really pretty, beautiful, elegant.
but i wasn't content so i went to the library and borrowed a book. It was a book with pictures of Queen Elizabeth from the day she was born till now. I was surprised by how beautiful she looked. So graceful in every picture. i always thought that she was just another old woman, no different from others but throughout the video my teacher played and the photos along with each description, i realised that she is so courageous, a very very very strong woman.

Then i went on to watch 2 documentaries about William and Harry. One documentary on William and Kate. And one documentary just on Harry alone and another on Camilla alone. But it wasn't enough, though a lot of information was given to me. i still felt that i did not get the full picture. I understood little from them. It wasn't enough.

i wanted to know more. To make up for the years that i lived in obliviousness about Princess Diana. So, i asked my Mum if she was a fan of Diana because my teacher obviously was. My teacher said that before Diana shook hands with AIDS patients, she took off her glove. That Queen Elizabeth would never have done that. And what Diana did was considered comething extremely great and a big hoo hah because no one at that time ever did such a thing. Now, back to my Mum.
She said that everyone loved her and that she too is a fan. And she went on to elaborate why. That Diana was already committed to saving/helping lives before she was married to Charles. That she is a very caring lady, she's very graceful and polite and everything great about her. Then, came my next question.
Me: Did you know she died on my birthday?
and my Mum said 'of course'. At that time, we were celebrating my birthday and had just cut the cake when my Mum's phone rang. Her friend said
"Da (my Mum's name in short), Princess Diana DIED!!"
Mum: Not funny la 'friend's name'! :)
It's true!!!
Mum: Really? are you lying?
It's true! in a car crash!!! Switch on the TV!!
*Mum switches on the TV
Mum: Oh my god... Everyone, EVERYONE (Refering to my relatives, my mum's side of the family), PRINCESS DIANA DIED!!!
And then, the adults were all glued to the TV set and when it ended, my Mum and the rest looked around and realised all the children for my birthday party including me, were missing.
Mum: WHERE ARE THE CHILDREN?!?!!?!?
It was pandemonium. My Mum said that it was very chaotic at that time and my said that each year when my family celebrates my birthday, she unconciously remember that day.

And apparently, i think it's true for a lot of other people as i've read in 'After Diana':
No one will ever forget what they were doing the day she died.

Yes, to finally satisfy my hunger for more information, i borrowed this book: 'After Diana'
It was this book that finally made me realise more of what happened. it took me a day and a half to finish the book.
I finally understood...
Charles cheated on Diana before they married on with Camilla. Charles cared nothing for Diana. Camilla is/was the most hated woman, Prince William was always there to comfort Princess Diana. Allegations that Diana might have been assasinated. Polls that showed Britons wanted Prince William to succeed the throne rather than Prince Charles, Charles saying to Camilla over the phone his desire to be a box of tampons. The Queen had her children make appointments if they want to see her. Prince Charles's affairs, Prince Charles never loved Diana like what she claimed to be and allegations that Prince Harry might not be Prince Charles's son. But also, the undying love between Charles and Camilla, the beautiful romance between Prince William and Kate Middleton, the chemistry between Prince Harry and Chelsy Davy, how Diana changed the monarchy, Diana would have been immensely proud- and sick with worry at the same time for harry (the military thing) and more.

For me, i hate Camilla but a small part of me want to cheer her on for striving on for love. A big part of me hate Charles to the core but he did what he did (well, mostly) for love, i feel sorry that Williams and Harry lost their Mother at such a young age, that they must have been emotially scarred for life. I pity them for having such a father who didn't care about his children's feelings but rather his own pleasure. I am angry that Diana died so young, unable to see how Williams and Harry grew up to be. And i feel extremely grateful that the two young boys remained strong and happy and that they had found their love. I really support Queen Elizabeth and though i am alright with Camilla, i too along with many like me, am not ready to see Camilla as Queen. As well much prefer Prince William succeed the throne.

Christopher Anderson:

• The Queen conceded that she sometimes felt as if she had failed her daughter-in-law. "I tried to reach out to Diana many times," she would explain to Paul Burrell. "The trouble was, your majesty," he replied, "that you spoke in black and white. The princess spoke in colour".

• As Diana had feared, in the absence of their mother William and Harry had been thoroughly Windsorised- indoctrinated in the polo-playing, foxhunting, horse-loving ways of the Royal Family. Nevertheless, the seed she had planted in them at an early age took root and bloomed in a way she could hardly have imagined. The excess of youth aside, both William and Harry were taking on many of the causes she had championed, and finding some of their own.

• Ten years after Diana, the debate over what had caused her death rages on. Ten years after Diana, whether Charles ever becomes King and Camilla his Queen remains uncertain. Ten years after Diana, the world is more captivated than ever by the lives and loves of Prince William and Prince Harry. Future generations may well simply divide the story of the British monarchy into two parts: the thousand years before and the years After Diana.

What is love really about?

I've read countless books, watched thousands of movies, experienced crushes and seen love first hand. But what i means to people around the world, what it does to people, i do not understand.
Why did Princess Diana become so distraught over love?  Why did Zac Efron stop being with Vanessa Hudgens? What happened to the connection between Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt?
What made Justin Bieber fall head over heels in love with Selena? What do old couples see in each other that is soo beautiful? What is the secret to ever lasting love?
That my friends are the questions i thought about for a very long time. Why is love so beautiful and magical but able to hurt and tear us apart and turn our world upside down?
Why is it that you have to forget the guy that you love, to lock it away and never look back. Because he belongs to someone else now. That you must eliminate everything you recorded about him like he never existed.
But then suddenly one day you bump into him. And he smiles. And everything you threw away somehow finds their way back.

What is so powerful about love that makes people become who they thought was never possible until he/she came along?...

Scared about next exam

My next exam will be a photoshop exam which will take 3 hours... I am extremely scared that something might go wrong... That i might mess up so i am really really really scared. I did practice just now so i am sure i know what to do but i am still not 100% definitely confident... I hope i will stay calm throughout the exam... This is like science 'O' Level practical.... So terrifyingly scary.... Damn it. Why is there supposed to be this exam in the first place.
i just hope i do it well and get it over and done with. Please support me in spirit everyone, PASS PASS PASS!!!

The worst is over

Yesterday was my Law exam and just now was my Principles of Management, therefore.... MOST or ALL of my stress are GONE!!!!
Yes people, i am back to normal! i can start singing and dancing again like a happy normal person!
What i have learnt from all this is that 'always be prepared for exams'. Why? Because if you're not prepared, then it will just be one big mountain of anxiety and stress whereby you find out that you do not have anything at all memorised or touched and you have SO LITTLE TIME! Therefore, always be prepared. No matter what, after school, you must revise what you have learnt and commit them to your memory. BUT! it's not good to just memorise, you must learn to apply. I knew that i wouldn't really 'ace' Law because even though you already have it all in your head (I really memorised everything and can repeat the whole thing to you if you want without blinking) you must still know how to apply it inside your exam. That! is the most important thing. So Law is a gonner... So i think i aced (hope so) 2 out of 3 exams. Tomorrow is my IT exam and i think i am only going to just practice for 2 hours and that's it.
I don't think there will be anyone from my class (maybe two or three) will practice. I'm considered as the 'hardworking' one ok... :)

One over, 3 more to go

Yesterday was my Events Materials and Decoration exam and to tell the truth, it was just WTH (What the hell)!!!!! I memorise one big chunk and i mean one BIG chunk and they tested 10% of the whole chunk i was talking about. what the heck... At least i am assured that i won't fail that module but right now, what i should be studying is my Law. I just finished all the 4 topics i need to study for Law and rest assured, that i won't go crying again like before because right now, i got everything under control. The topics that i memorised for Law, about 65% are in 'temporary' folder so later after my break, i am going to recap the topics and put them under my 'permanent' folder. After that, i will have to recap my Principles of Management which will be on Thursday. So i think though i might panic just a bit, i think i can control myself. Wish me luck everyone!!!