Anyway we're at that part of the year where most people are being reflective and thinking about the past year, plans for the upcoming year and etc; so here's my end of the year post. Shall try my best to recall a couple of milestones and interesting events and lastly, things i want to be thankful for. You should probably skip this post if you absolutely have no interest in my life because it's gonna be a bit long and wordy!
During sermon today chris shared about giving thanks and i realised that i really am one ungrateful human being. I have countless to thank God for right now. Everything that is going right should be given thanks for likeeeee
I'm thankful that i have internet connection, a laptop and cute stickers on the different letters.
I'm thankful that my room is air-conditioned. That i have a chair to sit on, that here is a cushion to add on to the comfort.
I'm thankful for each and every one of my family and friends who are safe right now.
I'm thankful that i'm not having a headache, a runny nose or a bad cough.
Point is, time for change!! Okay yes so now, getting on with other stuff! (:
1. Drama Club
I have no idea how many times i've talked about my change of cca and how i ended up in choir in the first place last year. Long story short, mrs sam pushed me to join choir because of my musical background even though i had absolutely no intention going near that sort of singing-related stuff. It was really miserable and i stopped going after a while but cca is important in secondary school so i tried appealing out. It was a rather long process with emails going back and forth, forms getting signed by different people. It was a bit scary. What would happen if i don't get out AND HAVE TO FORCE MYSELF TO ENJOY OPENING MY MOUTH BIG ENOUGH FOR THREE FINGERS TO FIT IN WHILE SINGING FROM MY DIAPHRAGM FOR THREE MORE YEARS?!?!!!1111
The opportunity to join drama came one day during ms tnee's lit class. She had asked for a narrator for the text and everybody somehow just arrowed me. It was recess after her class and i plucked up the courage (i generally didn't like talking to teachers) to just ask her if i could somehow join drama and she said something along this line "oh actually i was going to ask you if you wanted to join" and i was totally taken aback. Like woaaah what did she just say? is she for real? and then from there i joined drama after persuading the choir teacher and another thing which leads me to point number 2!
Before that let me just add in the musical. I don't want to elaborate on it but it was one of the best things ever. Go read my post on it in june? My path to musical was really...not straight hahah. Basically i didn't know i was even part of it. Then i helped out for props in crew then someone told me i had to do lights but ms tnee said no then she said yes then...yeah but in the end i did lights and it was really (':
Oh yes yes and there was red hillies, open house and drama camp performances that i got to be part of so yes i'm super super thankful for all of those!! (:
2. Emcee-ing
Yes emcee-ing. From that lit class ms tnee and mr ng talked about putting me as an emcee for some school stuff and so for a while i was doing emcee 'jobs'. Was backup emcee for speech day with joel and did the leadership handover ceremony with him as well! The last one i did this year was for the student council investiture with johanna (: so yes these emceeing things really just built up my confidence. Sounds...cliche. But because i was forced (in a way) to be on stage i just had to tell myself to stop freaking shaking when i talk and to always smile and enunciate properly. Might be the emcee for speech day next year but..we'll see how things go eh (:
3. Youth Music & Sound Ministry
For the past year i had been serving in the welcome ministry in church. Basically before service starts we shake hands, make sure the place is in good shape and give out the newsletters! Halfway through this year though i joined music and sound ministry under the sound wing. They were looking for new people to join and this was after the school musical where i worked with the light board so i thought hey why not.
The people in the ministry have been super duper fun to work and learn with. I always feel a bit dead before heading for rehearsals on saturday evenings but through sharing i always feel better and then practice is great. I still have a long way to go, learning wise and i might try out drums but i shall leave them in God's hands for now! (:
4. Global Youth Congress
Towards the last quarter of the year, i joined gyci. When i tell people this they ask about how i got to know the organisation blahblah so basically, sister worked there and under the tuition centre linked to it, i started going for tuition there and then went for one of their events, global youth forum as a facilitator. Currently i'm a cheif head facil (sounds braggy doesn't it hahaha) for an event next year called singapore youth forum! (:
The thing about these events is that they have meetings every saturday and they're always in the east so i'm always exhausted going for these meetings but i really do think it's worth it. Sometimes i get really frustrated with all the things going on here but during the events when things go smoothly and you do a good job...there's just this sense of satisfaction (: i have been shown how i'm a very small fish in a very big pond and how you may be the top somewhere but at the very bottom elsewhere. (coldplay - lost reference hahaha okay nevermind)
5. Sports Leaders
Mr Lim asked me to join sports leaders so i did hahah no complicated story behind this one! We haven't hung out a lot but when we do i always end up having fun and being super smelly and complaisant because i was smelly and stinky and tired.. Planned open house activities with them and had the overseas camp with them as well so yes all these good experiences (: hopefully next year we'll have more exposure in school and we'll be closer. I'm still happy that the sec twos this year are the oldest batch and we can boss people around muahaha.
Okay that was pretty long. Yeah so above were the new 'groups' in my life in 2012. I hope that i'll stay on with them, some for another two years and some for an extra few (: moving on!
I AM ETERNALLY THANKFUL FOR EL OLAM
Above all things i have chosen to write about them first! It's been two years with this bunch of crazy monkey people and they've really been there to hear my problems and to just make my weeks better (: there are almost no restrictions when it comes to these people, they will say what they want to say and do what they want to do but ultimately we do what's best for the cellgroup.
Ashley, vincent and landy have been amazing in taking care of us. We really are a handful. Half of us took the 'O's and there was a period of time where we couldn't see each other and have proper quality time. Today we had individual thanksgiving during cellgroup. We each went to different people and just said what we really appreciated about them and through that i felt genuinely touched. I will always remember what everybody said to me and what i said to them. Actually no i don't think so thus i should probably write it down somewhere hahaha but ahhh, what would i do without you guys.
Thanks for being my pillar of strength. Love you all.
NOW, I HAVE 2C1 TO THANK YAY!
I wrote a pretty long post on our last day of school together already but here's just another thanks to you guys for being my classmates. Don't know if i would have gotten along with another group of people from ctss the way i got together with you guys but it was good knowing each of you guys (: even though at one point of time i wanted to punch some of you guys in the face (multiple times for some special ones)
BONUS MENTION FOR MY CLOSER FRIENDS, SAY AWWW!!
I haven't gone out with you guys as a group probably since school ended but thank you jean, hnin, kaiming, gerald for always hanging out with me although you guys always say i talk too much and that i'm weird (: (: oh yes and let's add in liting and derek as well. Then there's zhe ern, jia min and vanessa, the drama girls that i will continue to see (: thanks for...being funny people heh i need funny people in my life. Okay this is totally no sincere i'm sorry ):
Okay yeah i'm actually close to a lot of people so yes. YES. What.
AND ANOTHER MENTION FOR MISTER CHONGRAY hehe ♡♡♡♡
Okay this is awkwardly big but i cannot get the font size to be in between normal and large so this shall have to do. Thanks for the almost six months and tolerating all my super weird weirdness although you never admit i am. I really am one emotional wreck sometimes and i'm sorry for those times but thanks for always always making me feel better in an instant (: okay i'm shy to write more.
Hahahah okay awkward.
What's next. Okay random things that happened through out the year:
I saw a old man pooping right in front of me at the bus stop. Most disturbing thing ever.
I did surprisingly well for my overall end of year's and i'm super happy about it i don't care i won't kinda it nyah.
Sudden increase of blurness.
Sister abandoning me to go study in london for a year. Yes this is very sad and i actually am very sad.
Both parents' cars got into accidents this month. Mum bumped into another dude. Somebody bumped into a taxi that bumped in my dad's. Interesting.
Corgis, cats, cockapoos and carrot.
Started becoming slightly picky of the food i eat. I'm sorry ):
Surprising consistent blogging! :D
My hamster died so i bought a pet black goldfish called buffy. Buffy is carnivorous and eats guppies which is the reason why he lives alone in a tank in a corner of my room. It is very nicely decorated though.
I started getting super interested in mythbusters and 3D puzzles. I like myself. Okay whad.
OKAY I REFUSE TO WRITE MORE. In conclusion, this year has been amazing and yes thank God for sustraining my poor little short body hahaha. I have loads more to write but you never write everything you said you would write about. Here's to a new year and looking forward for better things to come! (: happy new year's everybody!
- isabella 2012
please do this countdown in 23 hours, 48 minutes time (:
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