I played with my camera and tried different shooting modes yesterday night. Found out that the text mode has the best colour contrast! HAHA. It seems like I am finally looking at my small gadget in detail. Anyway, I feel that 'natural skin tone' mode is also good. I love this picture that I took of myself. I know, BHB. HAHA. OK LA, it's the lighting that did the trick. Many thanks to my table lamp. Heehee :D


Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter. Mark Twain


I came across this quote while doing some research for GP to prepare myself for tomorrow's test. It makes me think of Miss Khoo because she used to say that "Age is just a number" when 4/3 enquired her age.

Nostalgia. Hmm. I am so looking forward to friday night, when i can meet up with NanHua peeps and close friends like CY again! Mid-autumn festival is so HOT.

I realised recently that my memory is getting bad. :( It's the short-term type and sometimes its freaking me out. I feel that my brain is like functioning as slow as my uncle's already. It is ageing?! shhhesshh. Hence I made a point to check out what are some memory-booster foods! Believe it or not, I am going to give it a try :D

Tips from msnbc.com :

Some of the best cruciferous vegetables: Broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, and bok choy.
Some of the best leafy green vegetables: spinach, collard and mustard greens, kale and Swiss chard.
Some of the best foods for anthocyanin: Berries (all varieties), cherries, black currents, eggplant, red, black, and purple grapes, plums, rhubarb, red onion, red apples, red/purple cabbage, and red beets.
Some of the best foods for quercetin: Onions (red, yellow, white), kale, leeks, cherry tomato, broccoli, blueberries, black currants, elderberries, apricots, apple with skin (Red Delicious), and red, purple, and black grapes

Never mind the scientific terms! I dont take Biology so I cannot explain them anyway. :/
There is also speculation that folic acid and fish helps too! Thank goodness I love to eat fish. Ooh, I just had baked fish rice yesterday? And I ate cauliflower for dinner just now. Hmm, in secondary 4 I often had cherry tomatoes and apples quite frequently. Now i dont eat them too often because only my mum buys that. Sigh, I better stock up my favourite apples. :)

I greatest accomplishment of the week is to turn in at 10pm yesterday night! I was so freaking tired i just had to sleep! I was so proud of it that I kept telling my friends in school today. HAHAHA. However, I still feel sleepy in school :x, and dozed off during econs without knowing. Actually, I do feel guilty about falling asleep in class, but sometimes the lessons are too boring my mind just cannot take it anymore. Sometimes, i just doze off without knowing.
Yup, oh, I had a nap just now too. Why am I so sleepy?

Sleep debt. probably.

Devika was not feeling well today so she did not go to school. Hope she gets well soon and miss fewer lessons! Anyway, during the long break the few of us went to computer lab. I had intended to go to the library to sleep but we passed by the lab, so I had a change of mind. HAHA. Xueyuan showed us a few videos and we practically LAUGHED OUT LOUD. Luckily there were only two groups of students in there at that moment. The other group of boys were laughing at the videos they were watching so our laughter did not make much difference. LOL. One of the clip was Xiaxua's crap etiquette training. The 5 different types of smiles and 'teach you how to fart properly' made us laughed off our chairs. HAHAHA. The other was about Singapore's Miss World who failed terribly. Xy cant emphasize enough on the bikini and BOOM thing. I don't deny that she is not pretty but are there no pretty Singaporeans out there who can speak properly?

Anyway, i found another clip which is damn cute. Enjoy :D

It feels good to be discovering something new everyday. It will totally lighten up my mood and keeps me motivated to be (more) hardworking. HAHA.

Today I found out about INFOGRAPHICS. It is a super cool kind of mind map that I used to see on the back of the cover of Broader Perspective. Little do I know that there is this cool website that posts all on such graphics on statistics. Here is the link: http://www.good.is/sections/department/department.php?tname=transparency
It falls under the transparency section of the GOOD Magazine. Although the statistics are more America-based, the colourful and interesting depiction of the information is nevertheless creative. :D How i wish Singapore would come up with such innotive information display to feed us too. HAHA.

My results failed me, I failed the results.
Either way, I failed.
MATHS.
WHY?

getting prelim results was anything last on my mind today, until when I walked towards to classroom with my friends. I felt fear and anxiety because I was scared of the unexpected. And as usual, it came true again. I thought my essay wasnt too bad. I liked it, but it turned out horrendous. I didnt have analysis good enough? Chemistry was disappointing because of the wrong question that i chose- a learning point which I had already gotten over. Physics was a little uplifting because I passed and hit my targeted grade. I dont feel anything for economics score. I dont really care about it. BUT MATHS. I did not want to fail myself again so I worked hard. I attempted every question and I thought i was correct. But I FAILED. :( I need BLIM again. I think I am not someone who cannot hit the A and B grade. But now it seems like everything is clear. With the consistently low grades, my maths cannot be guarenteed.

Until I find a solution to improve Maths, I will feel depressed and demoralised.
But I will get over it. Soon.

HELLO all, I am blogging again. HAHA. I had the sudden urge you see.

So, a few interesting events took place. I gave my study table and computer in my aunt's house a new look after my uncle fixed the wooden plank(as a shelf) for me. :D YAY

My sister stayed at home all day today and I am in my aunt's place. She was bored and me too, so she asked me to download the oovoo programme so that we can video call. We chat between oovoo and msn. Super dumb. HAHA.

(using oovoo):
Isabella Yap: (8:26 PM)
u didnt see wad happened to the mouse
Rossellini Yap: (8:26 PM)
nope
Isabella Yap: (8:26 PM)
><
Rossellini Yap: (8:26 PM)
it flew?
Isabella Yap: (8:26 PM)
i feel damn sad
Rossellini Yap: (8:26 PM)
wadwad?
Isabella Yap: (8:27 PM)
read my msn nick
Rossellini Yap: (8:27 PM)
i have to open the msn windoe >.<
Rossellini Yap: (8:28 PM)
window
Isabella Yap: (8:28 PM)
hahaha
Isabella Yap: (8:28 PM)
yea
Rossellini Yap: (8:28 PM)
SO WHAT HAPPENED?

(then switched to msn):

[6J02] in memories of the mouse.... cause of death: dismantled when still in good use. says:
here
rosse (: get my brother the HARPY. says:
dont understand
IT DIED?
must be because junlin is too addicted to househunt.
[6J02] in memories of the mouse.... cause of death: dismantled when still in good use. says:
nooo
rosse (: get my brother the HARPY. says:
so much that he has to kill our own mouse.
[6J02] in memories of the mouse.... cause of death: dismantled when still in good use. says:
it's the computer mouse
he tot the mouse is not working
when in fact the usb port is not worknig
so he dismantle the mouse to check wad's wrong
so the mouse is spoilt lo
rosse (: get my brother the HARPY. says:
stupid

I am quite certain Mousehunt on Facebook is weird. Just yesterday mummy brought us to NTUC and my youngest brother wanted to buy cheese. Then it shocked us when he asked for BRIE. Suddenly, BRIE. BUT WHY? HAHA. So we told him it's too expensive and then HE ASKED FOR CHEDDAR. LOL. AND THEN HE DISMANTLED THE MOUSE.
i think JUNLIN's a genius.

HELLO ALL! I am finally back to blogging again. Anyway, i doubt anyone reads these posts so i'll just keep myself entertained :D

First, PRELIMS ARE OVER. Hooray x1000. It is a good thing because i can rest well during this September holidays. Bad because:
1. my friends from other schools are having exams so i cannot meet out with them!
2.i know my prelims is screwed
3. i dont know what to study now.
OKAYYY, but still, i like the fact that exams are not, though 'A's still not here yet. :) I have found joy in watching korean dramas. Now, I am chasing 2 dramas at the same time. HAHAHA. everbody please watch SHINING INHERITANCE! It has shuai ge, seriously. I am totally mesmerised. HAHA >.<

BUT. I am not that introverted and I am dying to go out. I want to go to Orchard Ion and Far East PLaza and Bugis Street for some serious shoppping! Only, i cannot find anyone who's free to shop with me :( Urghhhhhhhh. Yesterday I was so desperate I went out for a walk at jurong point ALONE. Then, nothing seems really attractive. Hmm.

Acjc had its Teachers' Day celebration today. Well, I am of course grateful of the care and guidance I received from some teachers. But it is quite meaningless to get high after the real day. The atmosphere is not there, the feeling is not real. Some performances were astonishing like the band and dances but some were plain boring and lame. My friends even fell asleep. It's that bad. OK, im not that bad. Still, i appreciate what the organisers had done :D (except tht i cant help but notice the unevenly cut triangles that were hanging from the ceiling. hehee)

WELL. If anyone wants to go shopping with me please let me know. My sister is so busy now even she doesnt bother me. And this lappy apparently has no SOUND DEVICE(so ridiculous but i dont know why) so I cannot watch my drama.

I NEED DRAMA IN MY LIFE.