This has been a wonderful holidays after a very stress-filled first semester. Overall I scored averagely (with a 3.0 GPA), and the prep for second semester has scared the wits out of me >.< (seven courses?! T.T). Anyways...

These past two weeks have been some of the best in my life, so I'm creating a list of things I am thankful for...

- The gifts from:

• Alan
• Andrea*
• Bonnie
• Brian
• Briar
• Christine
• Edmond
• Jason
• Jihye*
• Johnny
• Joyce
  
• Julien*
• Kairine
• Linda*
• Mei
• Quinlan
• Richard
• Rose*
• Torain
• Torin

*Thank you so much for listening to me, but PLEASE keep it quiet, kk?

- Passing all of my courses this semester ^^".

- Being able to go to the Christmas Craft at Pi Fellowship, make very cute skates and see all my brothers and sisters again.

- Johnny and his awesomeness in choosing gifts for my parents (both Christmas and anniversary), and for providing me with dinner and helping me wrap their gifts. It was also fun helping him with Christine's gifts too of course. X3

- Having the chance to visit Grandma Joyce again (and to see she is brazen as ever ^^").

- All the help Julien has given me throughout the semester and for the help he gave me in fixing all of the computers in the house. Also for all his work and his gifts T.T.

- Having a chance to exchange gifts with Torin, and to be able to spend time with him again.

- The dinner on the 21st, which was soooo much fun <3 <3 Thank you JJC for letting me plan it!

- When I got to spend Alann-kun's birthday with him, and that his gift ended up being something he likes.

- All the effort Quinlan's family put into making sure their gift made it to my house >.<.

- When Jihye and I managed to make plans to meet each other at midnight, and see each other the next dayy. It was soooo much funn hanging out together again, and running around delivering gifts <3

- The chance to meet Paul and Nick, the sons of my Mom's cousins. The entire Young family are awesome people =3.

- Being able to see Isaac and Eric (FINALLY X3) for a VERY filling breakfast at IHOP ^.^ And sticker pictures were fun too of course.

- The wonderful environment that actually decided to greet me at the dinner with my Dad's side of the family. I was so happy to relax and chat casually without worrying about being.... well... and Georgie the cat seemed to want my company a lot =3. Caroling was as fun as ever ^.^

- Being able to see Jamie and Melissa again, along with Benji and Eunice! I hope your leg heals soon Jamiee T.T *Huggles*

- The fact that my parents really liked their gifts =3 Both their Christmas and Anniversary ones ^.^ (Good job Johnny)!

- My PoPo's good health and her happiness when she saw Evan. It was a really awesome dinner with my Mom's side of the family, despite most of my cousins missing (in Japan and working T.T). Evan was adorable <3 and my GungGung surpassed himself with all the food... everyone did actually =3. The traditional dinner was wonderful!

- Being able to see Andrea, Rose and Linda again (despite Jasmine not making it T.T). The movie was cute, and a nice change, and our traditional sticker photos were great as well (so cute this timee ^.^).

- My new glasses! ^.^ It's been seven years since I had gotten a pair.... though these ones defintely are different from what I have had in the past...

- Vincent! X3 And Jess-chan too. <3 They did soo much for me: driving us to Richmond, giving me the chance to play THREE HOURS of badmintonn, and they gave my first experience tasting deep fried ice-cream <3 <3 You guys are the best! It was so much fun. THANK YOU ^.^.

- Seeing Kevin randomly in the line to buy tickets for Avatar X3 which was a brilliant movie by the way. That day was one of the best I've ever had, despite my bad planning skills T.T.

- The really yummy Mango Ice Cream Bubbletea, and the opportunity to see Andre again.

- Having had the chance to meet up with Torain, Muimui, Briar, Brian and Kairi, and celebrate New Year's Eve Early X3.

- My new netbook and all of the help from Uncle Ken and Auntie Pam! Thank you soo much for everything! And the Homecoming was a pleasure to play and record. =3

And...
- Being able to see someone very special to me so much over the holidays. <3

Best of luck with your second semester everyone! And don't forget... the 2010 Olympics are just around the corner! Merry late Christmas and Happy New Year! I miss you all, but I still love you =3

RECIPE FOR HAPPINESS:

take a cup of kindness
add a dash of charity
mix with understanding
add a bit of courtesy
top it off with patience
sprinkle liberally with cheer
server generously to everyone
you meet through to year

GIFTS TO GIVE . . .

to your enemies . . . forgiveness
to your opponent . . . .tolerance
to a friend . . . . . . . .  your heart
to a customer . . . . . . . . service
to all men . . . . . . . . . . . charity
to every child. .a good example
to yourself . . . . . . . . . . respect

Oh my goodness... May flew by like CRAZY o.O I'm really truly amazed at how fast time can fly... anyways, here is a summary of some things that happened during the 5th month of this year:

Prom 2009 - Once Upon A Time - May 8, 2009:
Our prom, I admit, wasn't what I would consider the most "amazing" thing in my life, but I really did enjoy it and I congratulate the Grad Committee on all their hard work! =3 There were some sweet memories from there... but it's hard to really describe... all I can say is that "a picture says 1000 words" (aptly proposed to my by Hien). And if you take that quote to be true, then I've already written 349 000 words on what prom was for me. You can view about half of them on Facebook X3

Mother's Day Weekend:
I had some good times at the mall with Stanley, treating him to his birthday! ^.^ LOL I'm glad I was able to get him a present of SOME sorts from that... (ie. buying him dinner). I also had a lot of fun helping people with their Mother's Day gifts and surprising my Mom and Grandma with flowers and breakfast in bed/dim sum respectively.

May 12th, 2009:
Hurray! I finally get to vote! LOL it was funny though... some of the volunteers at the Corky voting station seemed so lost X3

May 21st, 2009:
Jazz Band Final Concert in Lounge Style. It was fun to watch and I enjoyed the music..mostly =3. I got into a bit of trouble for being out so late, but I was glad to be able to help them out and support them! Congrats you guys...

Graduation Ceremony:
Oh my goodness... I actually had FUN at it! Well.. sort of.. before and after anyway =3
It was wonderful to be able to take pictures with my friends and give everyone hugs and EVERYTHING. My mom got me a rose o.O She knows it's my favourite flower, but still.. I'll love that more than a giant bouquet of random flowers ANY DAY. O0o0ohh.. and Edward and Johnny came!! <3 <3 I love you guys! After the ceremony, we went out to Honolulu for a late night dinner (my parents, Edward, Johnny and I), and then Johnny and I went for BBT afterwards. We saw Siong, Emily and all of Siong's brothers there, as well as Davis and Calvin X3 X3 So funn!! Thank you guys... you are the best, REALLY.

Concerts concerts CONCERTS:
From Monday to Wednesday, I performed for FOUR CONCERTS o.O Monday was a 3 hour guest appearance as an Academy Alumni. It was quite lax, and I got this huge bouquet of white roses afterwards ^.^ Tuesday, I performed with the Wind Quintet (with Andy, Claire, Sara and Jason) in the "foyer" (ie. upstairs) during the Finale Choir Concert Intermission, and we played the Bassoon Concerto on stage. It was SOO hot... but I was glad that we did it. Tuesday night though.. (and Monday night too..) WOW I was stressed out. I was really hard-pressed trying to get the covers for Knapp and Ledingham's gifts donee, as well as get EVERYONE'S write-ups, quotes and pics >.< I really owe Andy and Andrea SOO much for all the help they gave me, and shout outs go to Eva and Kezia too for sending me really badly needed pictures of the group <3 <3 You guys really are the best. And thanks to everyone's contributions, we successfully finished both gifts prior to the Senior A Band Final Concert ^.^ The Wind Quintet got to play again for both Senior A and B (Oh my goodness, we didn't amke any mistakes! =3)and Charles played an AMAZING piece called the Carnival of Venice (hurray Charles and Caroline!! ^.^). Downfall of Paris (the flute and percussion piece) went well enough, and Adriana <3 <3 did really well with Fiddle Faddle. We got to see Mr. Seah after the concert, and Bonny, Cindy, Fiona and I got to see Ms. Uberall too! ^.^ Overall, those three days were some of the most stressful, tiring, rewarding days in all of Grade 12! I think I slept about 2 hours combined those three days... ^^"

The REST of that week:
I had a test EVERY SINGLE DAY that week =.=" That was just crazy... the week after it (the first week of June) is slated with tests as well... I have definitely fallen behind... but you know what? That just means it's almost at the end ToT, which is both a good AND bad thing...
Friday was also a courtyard concert... which I got some beautiful and random photos from =3

Saturday, May 30th 2009 - Eric's Birthday Party and Hollywood-Themed Tri-Service Ball:
I got lost trying to get to Eric's Place o.O Heehee.. but you know what? I had fun getting there. X3 I went shopping for fondue ingredients with him after I arrived, and he taught me about Korean pop culture after we got back X3  His parents are EXTREMELY nice, and I loved the food prepared! Thank you soo much Eric!! ^.^ It's too bad I missed the badminton...
Tri-Service was super fun, but I was exhasuted by the time I got home, at around midnight (and I left early too o.O). Ten guys asked me for a dance... one that I knew, nine that I didn't ^^". I met up with so many friends there, even though the person I was SUPPOSE to go with (ahem >.> you know who you are! LOL) couldn't make it X3 It was still really fun dancing so much, meeting up with Maggie and Alan and Vivian and them, and seeing Kelvin and others again though!


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