Saturday, January 31, 2009

Caroline's BBQ

Dear blog,

Was at Caroline's BBQ party last night. It was pretty awkward, really. Thank god Ce beatrice was there with me. Anyway, we started the fire and cooked for the rest of the people. Yeah, take it as a treat from us to the birthday girl. We're that sweet, you see.

Also, I finally met her New Town friends. The weird, cute and funny. Haha! Right, all those descriptions came from Caroline herself anyways.

Oh and did I tell you that I cancelled my other appointments? Yeah, I did. Was really tempted to go to this dinner with a couple of my friends but I forwent them. Really sweet, no? (Hey, don't reprimand me for being narcissistic! At least I'm not so in front of cameras :P)

Did I also tell you that I was pumped 30 times on Thursday? Yeah, I was. Really tired. I practically fell asleep the moment I landed my head on the bed. Was in a really bad position, by the way, and I woke up with muscle aches on my shoulders and back. Bloody hell. But it's alright, it wasn't that painful anymore during the barbeque. Was just a tad tired.

After that party's done, I am in for another party today. Two in a row, how rare! It's gonna be Kenrick's birthday party. Yes, he is celebrating it much earlier than his actual birthday. I thought it is not adviced to celebrate birthdays earlier? According to superstitions, that is.

So yeah, I'll go get ready in an hours time and set off~! Hope today will be a great day! Oh, I'll be going there with Alfreda, by the way. Haha!

See ya,
CCA

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Ear Pleasure

Hey blog!

Good news! I just added song to you! ^^ You're definitely more hippie now! :)

Ciao,
CCA

Monday, January 26, 2009

Chinese New Year

Dear blog,

Today is Chinese New Year as you should have known. Dad and mom flew from Indonesia and they're already in the room. As such, I won't be able to write as much anymore.

Anyway! Happy Chinese New Year! ^^ I hope it'll be alright. I wonder when they'll go back. Okay, I am not trying to be mean but sometimes having them around me too much do give me stress, ya know what I mean?

Oh yes, earlier on I was looking at Cornell University's site. Totally cool! If only I can enroll myself in that school! They have the School of Hotel Administration, Law, and lots more. However, they only have colleges for arts, engineering, sciences and faculties that I will most probably not enroll myself in. :( Sad. I am totally excited if I can get into their university though ^^

Well, yeah. So, Pasadena and then Cornell. Beautiful! I hope my dreams will come true! ^^

Good night now. I've to wake up early tomorrow!

Loves,
CCA

Nodame Cantabile

Dear Blog,

Hey! I'm currently watching this Japanese drama entitled Nodame Cantabile. It's about a guy whose totally awesome in music but has lots more to learn. It took place in an academy of fine arts.

Anyway, the drama's totally awesome! He can play the piano incredibly and he even improved although he was already great! Shows a lot that one must never think too highly of oneself. There must be room for improvement somewhere.

Since the setting took place in a university, it pretty much goes through school life. Almost similar to what I am going through now. Though much tougher and cooler. It goes through gatherings, farewells and achievements. Much like what I am experiencing too. Thus, I am able to inter-link my life with the story.

Whenever there was any farewells, I always feel sad. It reminded me so much of what I had been going through. How my friends and family always bid me farewell, till we see next time. That next time is never certain. In fact, there are also possibilities that we may never see each other again.

When I go to parties, I would always try to stay as long as I possibly can. Yeah, sure, if you wanna be one of the top populer kids, you must never be the last to leave. But do I give a shit? Nah, I don't. I have always been trying to embrace every single second of it, knowing that it will never come back again. Knowing that even when such scenes do come again, certain circumstances may change.

Thinking of all these just makes me sad. I've always hated partings. Which is the reason why I hate it whenever people tell me that I do not care about them or that I am selfishly thinking about myself all the time and not giving a damn about others.

In truth, I do care. I don't want to part. I just don't convey such things. There's no use forcing me too. I just don't wanna think about it cause it makes me sad. That's all.

Sometimes, I even wonder if anyone will remember me. I know for sure that I'll remember them, but will they too? The times that we spent together, the fun, laughter, ups and downs.

Well, yeah. As I was watching the drama, all these flooded my mind. It brings me back. The story's so bitter-sweet. Just like my life right now. All the sweet memories but reminiscing too much of them will definitely bring tears to my eyes.

Haha! Anyway, blog, do watch it! It's totally awesome! :) Impressive and bitter-sweet! Oh, and it reminded me of my cousins too! Did I tell you that the main guy character looked like my cousin? Well, he does! He really does! XD Haha! If only my cousin can play the piano as good as he does!

Well, anyway, Enough said! That's all for now.. Till next time :)

TTYNT!
CCA

Sunday, January 25, 2009

Inspiration? Motivation.

Dear blog,

Let's talk about my future now :)

I know it's pretty early, considering that it's only the end of January. However, I need something to push me to do my best during the big Os.

All this time, I've never had a target or goal. I was just doing examinations for the sake of doing them and proceeding to the next level. I've never figured out what I wanna be or gonna be. So, I spent some time thinking. Finally, I came to a periodic conclusion.

This inspiration came from my sister, sort of. I had been thinking of going overseas, either UK or USA. Then, it came down to either going to LA or SF. Finally, I am motivated to go to LA, Pasadena.

With that, I am now motivated to go for O levels! ^^ I will need less than 20 points and that is what I am aiming for right now. Yes, it is not a glamorous target. It may even be laughable but laugh all you want, dear. I am setting my mind to it right now, till my next target arrives.

So, I reviewed my current situation and was caught in horror. I may not even make it for the cut. I calculated the worst scenario that I can ever have and figured that I need to score A2 for most of my subjects. Impossible. Here's my worst case scenario:

Amath / POA - C6
Chinese - C6

Which leaves me with 8 points at most. Hence this conclusion;

English - A2
E-math - A2
Sciences - A2
Humanities - A2

O_O nightmare!!!

I have to do something to my weak subjects!! Or else...

I hope that everything will be fine. Most importantly, I do not want to repeat!

'Nuff said! Till next time then!

Doodles!
CCA :)

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

A Million Thanks on Brim of 21st January

Dear blog,

Today was really fantastic! Things happened unexpectedly. As I've posted before, I was not really expecting much today, but truth is really kind with me, and I had a really great time in the day!

Then I thought that I will just have to spend my night with my family. Ya know, a family dinner and that would be the end of the day. I tried to call up some people to come and join me for dinner. Sadly, none replied me and all rejected. I was pretty disheartened at first but later cheered myself up by telling myself that everyone must have been very busy. It's our graduating year after all. What's more, everyone has their own stuff to do. They can't be helped.

Surprisingly, at about 10PM, Caroline called me saying she was already downstairs my block. Taken aback, I got a little pissed off at her sudden motion. It was really sweet that she wanted to meet me at such a late time. However, I did not want her name to be black-listed in my parents' books too.

It turned out that I was given a birthday surprise!! a whole lot of them came by! Even those that I did not expect! In fact, truthfully, I did not expect them at all!

ANOTHER THOUSAND THANKS TO THESE PEOPLE:

Here I'd like to dedicate my thanks to the following people:
- Caroline
- Alfreda
- Miranda
- Sherman
- Yao Jue
- Kin Weng
- Marcus
- Jonathan
- Dylan
- Jerry
- Clive
For coming to my house at such a late time to give me an extraordinary birthday surprise! With Mickey's hand, a small tiny pathetic but yummy cake and a lighter! With presents as well! Love the scarf! :) Thank you for forking out the time. Thank you for making me sad first and mending it later! Haha! I'm not being sarcastic, really.

& those who messaged me in the evening to hours before my day is over:
- Kevin Johan
- Ms Ratna
- Vera Mardjuki
- Tiffany Mak
- Kiat Guan
- Samuel Tan
- Clive

Of course, your sweet messages are never too late! ^^

& Facebook-ers:
- Guan Wen
- Clarissa
- Yao Jue
- Erwin Irawan
- Steffi Hermanto
- Reagina
- Franky
- Eddy
- Iman
- Felicia Moningkai
- Beatrice
- Bina
- Mei Qin
- Liyana
(Stockings!!)
- Min Jian
- Kin Weng
- Lakshmi
- Dylan
- Cindy Fu
- Vanessa
- Mandy
- Marita
- Raika
- Andea Lee
- Amy
- Yan Ting
- Hyeon Ji
(so long!!)
- Belinda
-Sally

&MSN-ers:
- Charlene
- Clement
- Ren Jie
& I'm sorry I can't remember who else x.x

Oh no, I gotta go now!
Update again!

Alright! It's The dawn of 25th of January and I've updated the list! ^^

Loves,
Cindy


21st January!

Hey blog!

Okay, guess what? It's the 21st of January again!! One of the most wonderful days of the year! ^^ You don't agree? Well, you have to! :P

It's my birthday!!! :) I'm officially 16 now. Something great, something new, something to rejoice about and something pretty interesting. XD

Firstly, I'd like to really thank all my friends! I seriously mean all. Especially those who've remembered my birthday or bothered to find out or just got to know about it somehow. It really means a lot to me. Okay, let me name some names then XD

THANK YOU A THOUSAND THANKS TO:

Chenliana & Anglen - For spending time over dinner with me last night. Thank you guys so much for the birthday present as well, really appreciate them! They're awesome and cute!! ^^ Thanks for everything!

Miranda - For being there yesterday, today and every other day :P Haha! You were the second to call too, no worries! :) Thank you very much for the present too! ^^ It's the awesome-ness!

Isnu - For, again, remembering my birthday without fail. For your sweet call too ^^ Yeah, you're the first and also thank you for making me the first person who receives a message from your new and proud-to-have E63! :)

Steffi Hermanto - For yes!! Calling me!! All the way from America!! You are so awesome!! I did not expect that at all! I swear. Thank you so much ya! That was really really sweet! Totally! :) Come back soon! Missing you already!

& every single one who messaged me too!
- Anglen
- Vera
- Phyone
- Chenliana
- Mandy
- Reagina
- Fransiska
- Jenny
(all the way from Indonesia)
- Isnu
(all the way from Indonesia, yes, the call too!)
- Clarissa
(my twin!! All the way from Indonesia too)
- Li gui
- Amanda
(looooooooong time no talk!)
- Miranda
- Caroline
- Darryl Mok
- Wilona
- Alfreda
- Joel
- Michelle Tanady
(!!! All the way from Indonesia :D)
- Bernard
(XD)
- Monica Susilo
(Bambang Yudhoyono all the way from Indonesia!)
- Choo Cui Ling
(!!! CUI LINGGGGG!!!! soooo longgg!!!)
- Kin Weng
- Steffi Elvira
(My sisterrr!! All the way from Thailand!!!)
- Adrian Wibowo
(I was so shocked!!)
- Bina Monica Surya
- Anthony Kwek (huehue best friends are not for nothing eyh!)

Thank you so very much for all the sweet messages! They really brightened my day! I really mean every single one of your messages! I hope that I did not miss out on anyone!

And you guys do remember me telling you that I've been pretty much detached from school and all that? Well, something really surprising happened today too. Everyone in class and neighbouring classes actually sang a birthday song for me today. It was so touching!

So here's a special thanks to:
Everyone who had sung for me. It was really pretty for you guys to do such for me!

Even though I later found out that my birthday was known through Facebook xD haha! :)

& also to those who wished me face to face:
- Shawn
- Soon Ji
- Xiao Kang
- Marcus
- Fiona Chia
- Felicia
- Jasmine
- Sarah Yeo
- Yi Si
- Hui Jun
- And, ultimately, those who were there singing!


Once again, thank you all very much! I really apologize if I've missed out on anyone. Do tell me!

Well, yep! Though school ended pretty late today, I do feel blessed. It was pretty sad though as I wanted to hang out with my friends or do something together. Quite impossible, I suppose. This is the final year and yeah, we hardly have time or mood. I'll have to enjoy family dinner today man!! ^^

P.S. I can't believe I'm updating my blog at this time of the day! I just feel so blessed and thankful that I have to! Teehee! :D I actually thought of having a tea-break together with people. Pretty ridiculous, eyh? Especially when I have to get home before 7. Bleahx!

With lots of love,
Birthday girl.

Monday, January 19, 2009

Gaining By Pounds & Major Horrids

Dear Blog,

Right. Today is the start of 3rd week of school. I'd like to start afresh. Meaning I'll change my style of writing, somehow, and I will not be able to update my blog as often as I used to, for sure.

A new year calls for new changes. A new change calls for a new resolution. Here's mine:

1) I'll change my attitude towards studies. No more sleeping in classes. Handing work up on time, hopefully.
2) I'll be punctual every morning.
3) I'll get awesome grades for my Prelims AND O levels.

*cross fingers!!!*

I hope they'll come true! So, I shall erase my bad records and do my best to plant in good ones. I guess I'll just have to spend money on taxis if I can't wake up early to punish myself!

Alright, done with that. Now, I have horrible news to tell! School has been a chore so far and I am hardly enjoying myself. Band was alright, though. Don't get me wrong. It was just tiring.

What made school really sucky was the teacher that I got. Shall not mention name(s). Other than that, everything should be fine. FYI, just a horrible teacher is enough to make your life horrendous.

What could be worse than that? Well, I have been really hungry these past few days. I have no clue why. I am eating non-stop and trust me, you will not want to see me eat. I could have eaten a whole cow. I really gotta lose some pounds soon before I regret it. Shit me!

And what the hell could be even worse than those?! Let me tell ya. I'm having freaking acne-breakout!! *screams* How much worse can it get?

Okay, I know I'm sounding pretty bimbo-tic right now. It's not like I can help it!! Cindy has never cared about her physical outlook before but school has really drove me nuts! I've been studying and staying at home! I've not been out and about!

So yeah, I'll have to lose some pounds and lose those zits too to make my days brighter. At least by a bit. I don't wanna be ugly and fat, with people screaming "get a life!" in my face.

Yeah, I know. Whatever I've written so far sound and seem oh-so-impossible. But trust me, they are real. Believe it or not. A new era has arrived! :)

Sign off,
CCA

Thursday, January 8, 2009

Welcome 2009!

Hey hey! Yeah, it's been bloody long! My bad, I did not update about my leaving Singapore. It was pretty sudden, too. As always, things just happen pretty suddenly in this life or family of mine.

Anyway, the end of 2008 was pretty rough. There were times in 08 where I was about to break down. There were times when I thought I would just give up. In fact, I would have given up, if not for the people around me. Those who've supported me, those who said encouraging words, those who trusted me through whatever.

Yes, there were times when everything just sucked so bad. I thought things would turn out really bad. True, there are certain things that are not as pleasant and I wished them to be up till now. At least, however, I managed to pull through them. Now, I'll just have to fight on.

Bad memories, I had them. Good memories, embraced them too. With the coming new year I hope things will improve. In every single aspect of my life. Life has not been fair to me. I do demand fairness, but life was never fair in the first place, has it ever been?

So, as 2008 was about to end, what did CCA go through?

I went back to Indonesia as per normal. I did not want to, actually. I wanted to spend my holiday studying. Or catching up subjects, at least. None of that came true. Except for the fact that I did my essay.

Met my friends there. Missed Isnu soooooo much! ^^ Glad I was allowed to go out of my house too. God, or I would have been in my house 24/7 there! Oh, also, we went to visit Siska at Depok. That was my first ^^

Then, I went to China. To a city called ZhuHai. I had no idea there was such a place. I did not know it existed! I did not even know which part of China it was in. Of course, I later learnt that it's in the GuanDong province. Well, point is, I had no idea why we went there.

We stayed there for about 5 days. In between, we spent a day at Macau. Stupidly, we had problems with our visas and had to do visas on arrival. Many bad memories there. Anyway, Macau is cool. But I guess it's only populer for it's casinos??

Then, we also spent a few days in Hong Kong. This was the place where we had our countdown. More specifically, at the Disneyland. It was the first time I ever went to Hong Kong and the first time I ever visited at Disneyland at all. Truthfully, I was kinda disappointed. I expected something really extremely breath-taking. I guess I set my expectations too high. Oops!

But nonetheless, I loved it in Hong Kong! Except for the fact that we had an aweful accomodation. Everything was minimalised there due to the high living expenses. Horrible. Trust it to be a tourist spot. =/

Anyway, we went to the populer Ngong Ping 360 there, which is the extremely long 30-minutes ride of cable car ride, and the Ocean Park. Ocean Park was fun! Thank god! It sort of compensated everything ^^

Anyway, that's all for now. Shall continue to study and I'll rant on another time ya! ^^ Nitezz!!