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Sunday, July 27, 2008 ‚ô•

the pond speaks @ 9:02 PM.

Here's a video of a polar bear swimming around it's pool. My mum recorded it from Gold Coast, Australia, it's really funny because you can see it's fats wobble as it swims. Enjoy! :)

Friday, July 25, 2008 ‚ô•

the pond speaks @ 11:07 PM.

Hahaha!

Yesterday was soooooo funny.

It was our school commencements and all the prefects, teachers and performers were busy preparing for the big event.

Commencements would only start at 7.30pm. So after rehearsals, I went back to Harpreet's house to freshen up and get ready. I've never realised my friends have such interesting family members but I have to say that Harpreet's family are the coolest ;)

Harpreet's mom and her brother came to fetch us from school. Harpreet has two elder brothers who are funny (but can sometimes be annoying as most brothers are :P). The first impression I got from Harpreet's mom was that she was strict and those kind of parents who keep asking about your marks and studies blah, blah, blah. However, she was actually kinda.... COOL. Harpreet's brother liven things up in the car as he turned the radio volume UP and DOWN and UP again and keep on talking about a lot of random stuff. In a way it was kind of irritating but the singer on the radio sounded so funny. On the way to Harpreet's house, we picked up some burgers at McDonald.

I like Harpreet's family because they made me feel at home. I met Harpreet's other brother when we arrived at her house. Her brother was learning how to play the tabla (I don't know whether it's spelt like that?) and was being instructed by his teacher. Harpreet and I went up to her room and ate our burgers as we had some girl talk. :P

After that, we were kinda bored so I showed her the movie I made about Wen Wu and cQ. It was so funny. We saw Wen Wu online so we told him. He reacted in a funny way but he wanted to watch it to anyway on Monday. Hahaha... It's always fun to fool around once in a while.

I also met Hapreet's auntie and little sister. It seems like her whole family lives in one house.... Her sister was so adorable although she was shy to talk to me at first. I've also learned that her auntie has a interesting hobby. She studied to become a make-up artist and her hobby is doing stuff like make-up, hair and other things that make-up artist do. I loved the French plait she did for me for commencement. My hair never looked lovelier. Everyone said that my hair and Harpreet's hair was so neat and beautiful. Thank you, auntie! :)

Commencement was of course successful and everyone did a great job even though it ended very late at night. I even got to celebrate one of my friends birthday on that night because it was already past 12 am when commencement ended.

Wednesday, July 23, 2008 ‚ô•

the pond speaks @ 11:58 PM.

On the 23th July 2008, my school had our prize giving day. Our school prize giving day is not like your usual prize giving ceremony. It's kinda grander and more joyous because everyone would be there to cheer you on as you get your prize in the great, giant hall: North Hall.

I was going to get my CAS Award today. I had a tiring time getting it but it was all worth it. For one week, I had to run about to get signatures from the teachers of my activities as proof in my CAS book. I had to run around with my broken ankle and you should know how hard and painful that is......So, when my book was approved of getting an award, I "jumped" with glee. Just an expression because you know I can't do that.

Before the ceremony, there was a procession where all the school staff, teachers, prefects and scholars were holding candles and walking towards the stage through the hall. After, the school song, Datin Freida gave her welcoming speech to the parents and then the prize giving began.

Many students got awards too. There was prizes for the top tenth percentage students, PMR 7 & 8 A's, School colours, Academic colours and so on. Many parents came to watch their kids go up on stage to receive their prize and there was flashes coming from every direction of the hall as they snap on their cameras. Datin Freida and Dr. Rizal were invited to present the awards to the students.

Although it was tiring for us prefects, the prize giving turned out to be successful and everyone was happy.

Tuesday, July 22, 2008 ‚ô•

the pond speaks @ 7:57 AM.

In school, everyone have been really nice. So, everyone out there who have been helping me out alot give yourselves a clap on the back for being a good samaritian. :)

Anyway, I've been hobbling around with a leg strapped to a plastic support thing. Being temporary retarded has given me a new light about the school. I've realized that my school is not very "cacat"-friendly. There are so many stairs that we have to climb to get to our classes and slopes and hills here and there. It was a really hard time for me to hobble on crutches on the first day. I was panting my way to class with my school bag and stuff.

On the funny side, I also realized that a lot of people have never seen crutches. So, when I came to school with them, everyone tried hobbling with it and they really look funny. Some of the guys even used it to imagine it as a weapon like a machine gun or something. It was fun to see everyone somehow enjoying the feel of using crutches.

Well, all in all, I'll slowly recover soon, my ankle turns blue now and then and hurts if I walk to much. But what the heck, it's a new experience for me! :P

THE END

Thursday, July 10, 2008 ‚ô•

the pond speaks @ 12:26 AM.

Sigh..... Finally out from a tiring day at the hospital. I've been there for two days just because of a sprained ankle. Imagine a small thing could create so much trouble and PAIN! Oh man the pain was terrible the first day! There was so much pain that I couldn't feel my feet anymore...

But the humiliation was not how I fell and sprained it but where I sprained it, it was in a very impossible place for me to fall but I did. To those who are reading this, i'm sorry I can't tell you unless you come up and ask me personally where I fell.

Anyway, I ended up being

admitted in the hospital because the doctors said that it was a very bad sprain to have so many bruises. It really look swollen and blue-black when I unwrapped my feet from the band-aid I used to cover it. It was too horrible to even call it my feet.

However, it may be a blessing in disguise because I have never been admitted to the hospital so this was a one of a kind experience for me. Besides that, I was excused from a dance that I dreaded doing and my mum allowed me to skip piano lessons. My parents are kinda afraid that I'll carelessly injure it more it or make it even worse.

In the hospital, I was told that I had to use crutches to support myself. I was told that it was important as they want the swelling to go down and do not want me to apply any pressure on it.

I began training. Training for what you may ask.... Well it's not that i'm lying around the hospital the whole day. My injury required a different kind of treatment.

Every morning, I would be trained how to use my crutches and begin walking around and around the physiotherapy room. It was kinda fun because i had never used it before but my arm soon ached from supporting myself. After that, the physiotherapist would put my feet in ice cold water and use a ultra-scanner to complete the treatment. It was a nice feeling for a while until the pain came back.I would then be wheeled back in a wheel chair to my room for a good day's rest.

After two days there, I have to admit that I began to miss school because 1) I missed all my friends 2) It was boring in the hospital. I didn't have much to do except catch up with homework and sleep.

Things got more interesting when I came back from school :) Read my next blog post for part two! For now I have other things to do......

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Wednesday, July 9, 2008 ‚ô•

the pond speaks @ 7:36 PM.

Get this limited edition of CHI QIN's picture!!!!

I barely made it out alive after the picture shoot. :)