人参如梦

money money money

2009-12-24T12:18:08Z

HOHOHO, MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! it's christmas eve today but somehow i don't seem to be in the festive mood. HUMBUG!!! gang outing tmr and i'm sort of looking forward to it. at least it wouldn't be a lonely christmas cooped up at home watching movies like home alone :/ hope the weather will be good tomorrow. best if there's snow! :D

heh, been slacking at home for the past week. not reading, not sewing, not baking, not exercising, just nuaing. O.O haiz, was waiting for a job the entire week. and while waiting, i was part time companion to the "employed". ha, went around the island to have lunch and dinner with fausty and karene, plus visit reb at her m1 job. hehe, i should get paid for it lor.

on sat, met up with my relatives for my grandma's death anniversary. mmmm...got a lot of questions abt my uni application. haiz, why does everyone think that studying chinese mean that i have to be a teacher? RAWR!!! i no want to be a teacher! i'll get bullied by the little terrors. but anw, the day after that was my cousin's son's baby shower. heh, apparently most of my cousins gave birth this year, so there were a lot of baby "cows"!! quite shocking actually, especially when you imagine 12 years down the road, and they would all be discussing their children's psle results. O.O and i would be 30 then! haha, maybe thinking abt marriage or something and i would be surrounded by parents discussing tuition, revision booklets, cca blah blah.

oh right, I FINALLY GOT A NEW JOB!!! hehe, as temp admin to an insurance company. let the money come rolling in!!! :D:D:D

christmas

2009-12-14T06:55:36Z

THE NEW YEAR"S COMING SOON!!! hoho, all the christmas light has heightened my anticipation for a new year, new beginnings. oh so, i tell myself every year. unfortunately, i'm currently unemployed cause obviously the company overhired so i was retrenched. so while looking for a job now, i've been trying to maximise the time reading. been painfully deprived for the last two years, so i'm trying to make up for it now before i use up all my stored knowledge. went to a second-hand bookstore yesterday and bought david coppefield, dracula, the memory keeper's daughter, the kite runner and atonement for $7!!! hoho, i was so excited when i saw the last 3 books, all supposedly highly acclaimed books that i have yet to make time for. ok, my personal goal for the rest of 2009 is to finish this 3 books at least :D

then depending on whether i get a job soon. if yes, then working would occupy most of my time. if not, i might spend the time tidying up my study table. though the efforts pretty futile, cause everytime i finished tidying, it goes back to its original state in less than a month. haiz. i realised there's actually only 3 weeks left till a new year. not much time if u think about it. yet still there remains so many loose ends to be tied up. so many things i want to accomplish by the end of the year, yet lacking in motivation to get down to it. hope i get a job soon, then i can use that as an excuse to avoid all the unpleasant household errands. but job on its own drains me too, especially when most of the task are such no-brainers. haiz. must read more to prevent my brain from antrophying.

oh, i got my new specs. it's purple... umm...but it's good cause it's the first spec that doesn't like stick close to my eyes. but the lens are thick...rawr, high degree.

wondering how i should spend christmas this year. i just realised that for the past 2 years, i've been spending christmas overseas. china in 2007 and taiwan in 2008. hoho, since i'm in singapore this year, i feel like going for something more different. hmmm...

g1ns3ng @ 2009-12-03T22:46:00

2009-12-03T14:47:34Z

刚刚在ｆｂ浏览了张妍拍摄的ｌｅｐ　ｏｕｔｉｎｇ照片，
突然有种冲动想要把这两年很美好的回忆记录下来，
算是把之前的ｅｍｏｐｏｓｔ掩盖过去。

真的，高中两年不能说没有快乐过，
虽然也有很难过的时候，
但若没有那些快乐的时光作对比，
我想，
我也不会知道真正的伤心是什么。

先从高一说起吧，
最快乐的是在黄城摄影组的时候。
有多快乐呢？
就是沉浸在黄城的点点滴滴中，
以致回过头想想，
那段时间对于６１班的回忆几乎是零。
制作ｏｐｅｎｉｎｇ　ｖｉｄｅｏ的过程让我很有满足感，
演出当天播出的时候，
很感动，
差一点哭了。
谢幕的时候也是一样。
虽然每天在学校熬得很晚，
也不觉得苦，
反而回家会依依不舍。
黄城是一个让我渴望有更大参与感的制作，
ｓｅｎｉｏｒ也让我确确实实地觉得
虽然我对录影开始是一窍不通，
可是我对于黄城，
对于整个制作，
还是有贡献的。
第一次，
那么全情投入地
和两百多个人一起
为同一个目标努力。
虽然负责的事务不同，
但是却因为一个演出，
心却联系在一起。

黄城结束后，
经过了一段低潮期，
整理好心情后，
我又投身进入了ｌｅｐｃｏｕｎｃｉｌ
和黄城不一样的是，
ｌｅｐｃｏｕｎｃｉｌ开始时很不顺利。
身为总务，
我对于组织活动一点经验也没有，
常常因为准备不周全而出错，
觉得很对不起ｌｅｐ．
可是后来，
经过了无数次的考验，
我们一组人不断地沟通合作，
终于真的培养出默契。
这是我以前所没有体验过的。
不曾试过和一群人从无到有，
从对彼此可能有着不满、争执，
到后来慢慢地了解，协调，
最后配合无间。
也很高兴，
终于能让别人不再觉得ｌｅｐ的活动是废的。
（至少，希望我们有慢慢改变了这个想法：Ｄ）
不管是吕欢或是张妍，
都最喜欢回忆我们在麦当当谈天的情景。
我也是。
好像是我把他们带坏的，
开始时每次会议完，
大家好像都会赶着回家。
可是到了高二，
或许因为在熟悉了吧。
讨论时都扯东扯西，
谈到很晚，
然后就顺道去吃晚餐，
又再聊到十点十一点的。
又一次，
有那种依依不舍，
不想停止聊天的感觉。
我终于将在高一的不愉快，
倾诉于他人，
他们也把心里话，
说了出来。
从此，
ｌｅｐｃｏｕｎｃｉｌ成了我很重要的一群朋友。
嗯，就好像ｇａｎｇ那么重要吧。

关于ｌｅｐ的记忆有：
培群文化营（第一个ｅｖｅｎｔ，临时抱佛脚）
ｌｅｐ　ｔ－ｓｈｉｒｔ（因为成品实在又贵又丑，对于大家感到很抱歉，是我身为总务最大的失败）
培群写作营（较成功的ｅｖｅｎｔ，第一次当老师，怕怕）
ｌｅｐ　ｎｏｔｉｃｅ　ｂｏａｒｄ　（我设计的，又是另一个不能见人的丑事）
教师节ｃｕｍ中秋节庆祝会（最合乐融融的ｅｖｅｎｔ，每班都很卖力演出，出席率也不错，看来月饼确实有很大的诱惑。ｌｅｐｃｏｕｎｃｉｌ还演唱了张妍的创作）
ｌｅｐｏｐｅｎｈｏｕｓｅ　（虽然宣传板做得不错，可是招生真的有够失败，整个ｌｔ小猫两三只）
新年庆祝会（出席率偏低，可是比起去年算好了吧？在ｌｅｐ煮汤圆是很有趣好玩的事。也记得任齐和张妍的“对你爱爱爱不爱”
ｌｅｐｏｒｉｅｎｔａｔｉｏｎ（又是我另一个失败，出席率低得可怜，但是晚上的ｂｂｑ很温馨。还记得ｂｂｑ生火生了很久）
茶馆汇报演出（课室营造得还蛮有气氛的，但是笨手笨脚的我，不仅把厨柜的钥匙扭断，还把茶壶该打破，天啊！）
槟城之旅（都是俊霖和弘霖组织的，虽然最后没去成，可是希望下一届的人明年还能继续主办）
ｌｅｐ网站（张妍协调的，ｌｅｐ终于有自己的网站，可是最近好像又成了一潭死水）
林老师请客到ｓｗｅｎｓｅｎｓ吃午餐（之后我们还去逛玩具店，真是童心未泯）

很奇怪，
这样看来，
令人雀跃的事情好像都不发生在班里。
原来如此。

new moon

2009-12-03T13:42:08Z

err...watched new moon today. ok, i know it's bad taste but my sister loves the series so if i wanted to watch any film (GP! :D) with her, it would be new moon. well, the standard is like... what u would expect of a novel adaptation. and in the unfortunate event that you've watched twilight, yep, u know what to expect.

ok, rewind to yesterday afternoon. like i mentioned, went to get my specs done. errr strangely enough, my degree of myopia didn't really increase. but i still changed my specs cause apparently the lenses are horrendously scratched, due to constant wiping with any cloths i can get my hand on, and not with the spectacle cloths. other than a change in colour, the new specs looks pretty much like my current one.

then went to lot 1 with my mum and sis. for shopping. haiz. err...the only upside is that as compared to jp, lot 1 feels like a dwarf now. so shopping around took a surprisingly short time. more of our time was spent eating. hoho, i finally tried the old chang kee's new item "blur like sotong, ot like cutttlefish". lol, everyone who sees the board points to me, so i decided to give it a try. hoho, it's good, quite crispy and chewy. worth a try :D

then for today, met zheng hang in the afternoon for lunch to pass him his pens, and for him to pass me my hong lou meng. haven't talked to him for a long time, cause of my constant absence from msn. err.. unfortunately for him, he kept getting niao-ed by me abt his age. hey uncle :D

then waited for my sis at jp until showtime for new moon. went to shop around for nice notebooks as gifts for lep council, but art box and stationary island sells them at really exorbitant prices. hoho, but i found what i wanted at POPULAR. the very cheap and reliable choice. yay, i love notebooks, especially those that come with different drawings and inspirational quotes for each page. like the 时光机notebook i got in taiwan. so pretty that u can't bear to write in it :D

oh oh, going to zhang laoshi's house tmr. i'm excited :D

cough cough sneeze sneeze

2009-12-02T05:18:27Z

ahha, so apparently steamboat does nothing to cure blocked noses, instead it has given me an extra sore throat on top of everything. wow~ life is full of surprises, just as what i was expecting didn't come, but was replaced with another equally dramatic event. my life has been full of dramas since july, so i suspect someone up there is thinking of becoming a scriptwriter cause all the lines i've been hearing sounds like something from a 偶像剧。but hearing things like that in real life in not in the least romantic, i assure you, but rather upsetting. :( but i've decided to stop trying to figure out or solve the problem, so everything i've done up till now seems to have only made things worse. so i'm just going to let nature's take its course. 船到桥头自然直。and meanwhile, i shall distract myself through manual labour. heh :D

so i've got another week of break before i start work. went to school early yesterday to collect my hwa chong diploma cause have to hand it in for uni application. hoho, apparently there are people more kiasu than me cause when i reached, there were 3 more guys waiting already. then cause the certs were not arranged yet, we had to search through the boxes ourselves for our cert. then stayed in school to wait for gang outing, but apparently reb woke up with medusa's snake hair so it was cancelled. hoho, i think everyone konked out after the steamboat the night before. so went home and packed my physics notes. all my notes have now been officially shipped off to my mum's friend, except for the cll stuff.

woke up this morning and tidied my wardrobe. oh right, another reason why i really liked my upcoming job is because they only require me to wear T-SHIRT and JEANS. that's like the only kind of clothing that exists in abundance in my wardrobe. MUAHAHAHA! so now, wardrobe's tidied too!!

err...then later, i'm going to change my specs! :D hoho, actually just the lenses, cause my sight has been deteriorating due to excess mugging. been trying to decipher my handwriting on the notes, cause apparently it's so illegible that even i have to strain my eyes to read it. ok, that was a lie, i think it's more likely due to an excess of fb games. heh *guilty look*

5 more days to work :D

30 nov

2009-11-30T03:30:48Z

in the school library now waiting for the physics paper to begin. hardly prepared for it but hopefully i will scrape through. hmmm... i can predict today to be a very long day, with lots of stuff to deal with. for one, the uni application is due today. secondly, i just found out on emb that i'm supposed to clear my locker today or my stuff will end up like dianjun's. haiz, so that means i'll have to lug more stuff along for the steamboat at night. if i can survive until then...

ok ok, no passive tone :D

errr...the upside about it is that after today, i would have put an end to everything that's been pressing down on my mind since before the A levels. then i would really be able to relax. i can feel some kind of illness threatening to burst through its shell the moment i relax. it's funny how all my stress symptoms only erupt after the stress is over. been having a block nose for a few days now, hopefully the steamboat today would cure it. :D

i bought a new trap on ghost trapper!!! MUAHAHAHAHA!! been saving up for a long time to buy it. oh noes, this is 堕落.

thank you mr tan!!! :D:D:D

2009-11-27T15:57:32Z

though there is still one more mcq paper before a levels come officially to a an end, i'm unfortunately pretty much in the post-exam mood already. hoho, this is bad, especially when the last paper happens to be physics. but whatever, my mind and body is telling me it's time to play, so heck.

so this past few days have been fulifilling. the day right after i finished h3 cll, i took a walk. a very long walk, from KAP to boon lay. MUAHAHAHA. ok, it was an act of eccentricity and my family began to doubt my sanity after i related the experience, but it was truly a very empowering emperience :D reminded me of the time during OBS when we had to track for the whole day back to camp. tiring, but there's a very strong sense of satisfaction when you really managed to complete when you set out to do. and it was made better by the fact that i didn't need anyone to push me on or motivate me, but did it on sheer willpower. ALONE. ok, i'm exaggerating now. it wasn't really that difficult, but at least i got my much needed exercise. :D:D:D oh oh, and i must point out, my shoes got stolen that morning (yep people living in boon lay, lock ur expensive sports shoes in the house) , so i completed the hike in my dad's over-sized shoes (which i'm most probably going to be wearing for a long time now O.O) so yeah, i got blisters in the end. sigh.

spent the next day packing my notes. finished with everything, except for physics which i will deal with after 30 nov. threw away lots of notes, and i'm now left with 12 kg of condensed notes. then brought my sis for her CO exam before going to orchard again to sign a contract. YES, I GOT A JOB. MUAHAHAHA! ok, i'm excited cause this is my first job and the job scope sounds more interested than data-entry. but it's temporary, only 2 weeks, so that means i have to look for another job after 18 dec. maybe a more long-term one. haiz, i really hate the process of LOOKING for the job. have to make awkward phone calls and arrange interviews blah blah blah... but going back to the contract thingy. yep, went to recruit express office at orchard. it's like a recruitment company, u send them ur resume then they fit you to a job. they got me to fill in a form, waited for a while, the staff explained the terms of the contract to me very clearly, gave me time to read through it myself, then i sign it and DONE. the whole procedure was very organised and professional. and there were many other people there looking for a job. most of them students too. yep, so i would recommend anyone looking for a job to try it out.

as for today, it was sort of a family day. lazed around the whole morning, and then spent the rest of the day preparing my application form for university. i really hope i can get in! *crosses fingers* everyone in the family keeps talking as if i'm already accepted, but... i'm not so certain of my chances. considering that the other 2 applicants are really strong. li shian and liang zhou. haiz. :( but even if i don't get in, i'm still going to try out for other china or taiwan universities. hoho, i'm too cowardly to even attempt to venture into the western countries. anw, sort of completed everything except for the dreaded picture. sigh, everytime i try to produce a photo myself, the tone is always too yellow, like those old photos. lin laoshi even asked if i spilled coffee on my photos. sigh.

oh right, if u r wondering about my title, i was expressing gratitude to mr tan for agreeing to write a recommendation letter for me even though my request was so last-minute. and he finished it really fast, i can collect it tmr!!! the fact was, after physics paper that day, went to collect my recommendation letter from lin laoshi, then realised that due to some communication error, i was missing one recommendation letter. haiz, it's my fault really cause i was stupid enough not to ask a one more teacher to write as backup. spent the morning trying to contact some teachers, but they couldn't do it. considering that the request was last-minute and most of the teachers should probably have a lot of request on their hands already, i could totally understand why they couldn't do it. but i was so stressed up that by the time i smsed mr tan, i think my tone was half-begging already. :| spent the morning worrying about it, couldn't study a word of h3 until i finally received a call from mr tan saying he could do it. so i must really thank mr tan for it! shall buy him a christmas present. :D and lin laoshi, zhang laoshi too!

so for tmr, will be going back to sch to collect my recommendation letter, plus stay in school to watch 家门的荣光（to stay away from nosey sisters) oh noes, i sound like zhang yan. hmm..no other plans yet, maybe shall go watch a movie after that? hoho, i think i'm really becoming a loner, but somehow i enjoy the peace and quiet very much. and i mean it, it's so much better for my weak nerves. but even having said that, i think i'm ready to ease back into civilisation by and by. for the week after a levels end, will be having steamboat with the class and dumplings at zhang laoshi's house. hohoho, more food! ok, i need to exercise more. maybe go swimming! yep i think i would like that. :D

i realised that this is a much happier post than what i have written lately. happy is good. :D:D:D and i'm going to try really hard not to go back into the cow's horn again :D

ladeedum

2009-11-17T14:22:47Z

hoho, was reading other blogs and out of the blue decided to do another post in english! whee~ typing in chinese seems to churn out more emo posts than not. actually, my mood's improving quite a lot these days, what with staying at home and escaping from all the crappy things happening in school, and with the impending end of A levels!!! hohoho

wanted to go watch the meteor shower, but there's an econs test tmr! RAWR, why does it have to fall on tonight? i had a week of break before that! but anw, might be waking up extra early tmr and go to sch to see if i can catch it. especially when there's less light pollution in the bukit timah area. plus i need to do some last-min cramming for econs.

i'm DEAD for physics. haven't practised for quite a while. i'm planning to drift through paper 2 by surviving on my 老本. but overall, the last few days have been GOOD, with rainy weather (loves), mugging on the bed and then falling asleep cause the weather was too shiok, playing lego with my sis cause of the "we are 1" charity thingy, and ghost-hunting on FB. hoho, duoluo wor.

looking forward to 30 nov. hoping that it will be an end to everything (crosses fingers)

收回

2009-10-29T03:35:23Z

我收回昨天的郁闷，
收回昨天的唠叨，
收回昨天的感伤，
收回昨天的怨天尤人。

今天，
我再次迎接新的一天，
收回最近讨人厌的自己，
牛角太窄了，
我要速速退出来。

蜗牛

2009-10-06T15:04:22Z

真的还蛮喜欢写作的，
就比如说刚才那篇像诗非诗的东西，
写完之后，
心情意外地舒坦多了，
哈哈！:D

我不管了！
不管了啦！
你们爱怎么着怎么着！
管不了了啦！

最近常常想
“再这样搞下去，迟早会疯掉。”
可是转念又想到，
“人哪有那么容易疯？
sai, 可是如果现在疯掉了，
或许会更好，
就不用去在乎那么多。”

总是提醒自己要成熟地处理事情，
但是懦弱的我，
却忍不住要逃避。
下辈子我要做蜗牛啦！
要stone的时候就停在半路上，
也不管会不会被人踩死。
又或者是缩进壳里，
把所有噪音革除在外，
就算快要被踩死，
也坚持自得其乐。
什么也不知道，
迷迷糊糊地过一生，
也是一种幸福吧？

撑死你！

2009-10-06T14:54:03Z

我讨厌身后那无止休的窃窃私语，
仿佛一只寄身在后脑勺的害虫，
不断地咬着啃着。

那只愚蠢的虫，
自顾自地享受它的盛宴，
却不知道黄雀在后，
咕噜一声，
下肚了。

老人与长椅

2009-09-20T04:00:07Z

“对爸妈来说，他们从二十多年前就开始照顾我们了。我们从最早的还不会爬，到会爬、能够自己走路、自己去上厕所，所经历的每一个阶段，他们都在一旁守护着。所以，对他们两个人来说，就算我们走的并不是那么顺利，他们也会觉得没什么大不了的。别人能做好的，就算我们做不好，必须经过一波三折，他们也只是心想：算了，反正也勉强不来。而在一旁默默守护我们。而且也不认为那有什么特别或丢脸的。因为这两个人等待我们长大，已经等了超过二十年。再多等一年或是两年，对他们来说一定不算什么。”

“这个世界上有许许多多必须遵守的规则，但也不能因为别人破坏了一点小小的规则，就将他视重大罪犯施以重刑。这点本身就是个重要的规则。

赞！:D

烦

2009-08-30T04:24:48Z

“我很烦”
某一日的早上突然发出了这样的怨言。
在一旁的妹妹竟然无动于衷。
“喂，我很烦耶！你是不是该关心一下？”
老妹很敷衍地回了一句：
“哦，烦什么？”
“这个嘛，我也不知道。”

很欠扁吧？
说实话，我知道自己在烦什么。
但是，我头一次不想将烦心的事告诉妹妹。
又或者是，我不知道该怎么说。
烦啊！

这个礼拜，
过的浑浑噩噩的，
完全不知道自己在干嘛。
什么事也不想理，
就算面对平时最亲近的人，
也很难挤出笑容来。
心中总是悬着什么，
让胃处于持续性翻滚状态。
终于挨到了周末，
和家人共处了一天，
心总算是平静些了。
发现，和家人相处，
仿佛看事情的角度又会被摆正了。
纠结了一个礼拜的事情，
虽然还没有想通，
但是不会再杞人忧天了。

请容许我自私，
但现在的我只想考虑到自己。
站在人生的岔路上，
尝试做出一个个个即将影响我一生前途的决定，
我没有精力也没有心思
去考虑其它的。
暂时，
我只想自己一个人，
到处探索。
只想独自去体验生活。
很自私吧？
就当时是幼稚的我，
最后一次的任性

迟钝

2009-08-26T02:27:32Z

我看起来真的有那么迟钝吗？

horrible week :| developed a flu sometime during monday afternoon. took the day off on tue partly because of the flu and partly to avoid the h3 cll test. came back today and feel half dead, especially when i realised that i forgot to bring my winne a pooh file (which basically means i came to school with ZERO notes). RAWR! :D

have been escaping into lalaland frequently these days, as school and home becomes equally dreary. and the weather is not helping :(

在我整理好我的思绪以前，
请再等等... :D

Rain!

2009-08-16T10:42:39Z

lalala, it's going to rain soon!
i can see the dark clouds gathering!
hoho, me is excited!
lalala, it's RAINING!

真的很喜欢下雨天。
小时候，喜欢是因为下雨天起就会凉凉的。
如果是清晨下的雨，
就会在睡梦中，
迷迷糊糊地听到爸爸进来给我关窗子、盖被，
所以下雨天，
即使是狂风暴雨，
即使是雷天交加，
都会让我感到无比的安全、平静。

对我来说，
最完美的时刻，
应该是在某一个雨天，
坐在温暖的家里，
靠着厚实的沙发，
一只手捧着以玩弄汤或者热可可，
另一只手翻着书。
然后任自己的思绪，
游荡在引人入胜的情节里。
实在是太奢侈的享受了！

今天将以前写过的一篇《命运的迹线》的答案翻出来，
才陡然发现一年前的文笔，
竟然和现在差那么多。
不尽如此，
当我试着重新整理那篇答案时，
又惊决我的作答思绪实在是乱啊！
根本就是跳跃性，
象意识流一样 :\
看来，
在文学的道路上，
人真的有无限进步的可能。
或许一年后，
我再将现在的答案翻出来，
又会觉得以前的文笔真稚嫩，
以前的想法真天真。
我还要继续加油，
精进我的学问，
谁叫那学海无涯啊！

放下

2009-08-15T05:20:24Z

今天，突然发现，
不知不觉中，
我已经能够原谅了。
原谅别人，
更原谅我自己。
虽然心还是有一点点痛，
但是也变得轻多了。

海星

2008-11-21T04:55:32Z

回忆是一片沙滩，

无奈浪将海星冲上岸，

划破那纯白的画卷。

虽说是星星，

却没有银河的灿烂。

虽来自伟大的大海，

却指继承了那咸腻的海水味。

我不愿忆起，

恰似沙滩不愿承受海星的侵犯。

却软弱地无法抵抗强烈的浪，

侵袭，

淹没。

拾起一只暗灰色的“海之星”，

感受着那吸盘的

收缩….蠕动….

这甩也甩不掉的寄生虫，

就如它身上带着的海水味，

恶臭，

污秽。

（你不属于沙滩！）

提起，

瞄准，

抛向天际。

（回到那黑暗的深渊吧！）

海星悄然地被蓝所吞噬。

沙滩恢复了平静，

却擦不掉那星型的印记。

而那平静也总是短暂的，

海星又在不经意时，

被无情的浪

吐出。

就这样，

沉淀，

又浮出。

random musing

2008-11-11T05:33:07Z

I'm in the school library now and I'm bored out of my mind O.O

No one on msn that i can talk to

Difficult application questions with incomprehensible articles

RAH, who ever said holidays were fun?

trees

2008-11-04T10:25:33Z

lalala, doing research for op questions tmr. came across this interesting article. try it out. i find it strangely accurate :D

Find your birthdate and then read the description of your tree underneath...

Dec 23 to Jan 01 - Apple Tree

Jan 01 to Jan 11 - Fir Tree

Jan 12 to Jan 24 - Elm Tree

Jan 25 to Feb 03 - Cypress Tree

Feb 04 to Feb 08 - Poplar Tree

Feb 09 to Feb 18 - Cedar Tree

Feb 19 to Feb 28 - Pine Tree

Mar 01 to Mar 10 - Weeping Willow Tree

Mar 11 to Mar 20 - Lime Tree

Mar 21 - Oak Tree

Mar 22 to Mar 31 - Hazelnut Tree

Apr 01 to Apr 10 - Rowan Tree

Apr 11 to Apr 20 - Maple Tree

Apr 21 to Apr 30 - Walnut Tree

May 01 to May 14 - Poplar Tree

May 15 to May 24 - Chestnut Tree

May 25 to Jun 03 - Ash Tree

Jun 04 to Jun 13 - Hornbeam Tree

Jun 14 to Jun 23 - Fig Tree

Jun 24 - Birch Tree

Jun 25 to Jul 04 - Apple Tree

Jul 05 to Jul 14 - Fir Tree

Jul 15 to Jul 25 - Elm Tree

Jul 26 to Aug 04 - Cypress Tree

Aug 05 to Aug 13 - Poplar Tree

Aug 14 to Aug 23 - Cedar Tree

Aug 24 to Sep 02 - Pine Tree

Sep 03 to Sep 12 - Weeping Willow Tree

Sep 13 to Sep 22 - Lime Tree

Sep 23 - Olive Tree

Sep 24 to Oct 03 - Hazelnut Tree

Oct 04 to Oct 13 - Rowan Tree

Oct 14 to Oct 23 - Maple Tree

Oct 24 to Nov 11 - Walnut Tree

Nov 12 to Nov 21 - Chestnut Tree

Nov 22 to Dec 01 - Ash Tree

Dec 02 to Dec 11 - Hornbeam Tree

Dec 12 to Dec 21 - Fig Tree

Dec 22 - Beech Tree

APPLE TREE (the Love) - of slight build, lots of charm, appeal, and attraction, pleasant aura, flirtatious, adventurous, sensitive, always in love, wants to love and be loved, faithful and tender partner, very generous, scientific talents, lives for today, a carefree philosopher with imagination.

ASH TREE (the Ambition) - vivacious, impulsive, demanding, does not care for criticism, ambitious, intelligent, likes to play with fate, can be egotistic, very reliable and trustworthy, faithful and prudent lover, sometimes brains rule over the heart, but takes partnership very seriously.

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BEECH TREE (the Creative) - has good taste, concerned about its looks, materialistic, good organization of life and career, economical, good leader, takes no unnecessary risks, reasonable, splendid lifetime companion, keen on keeping fit (diets, sports, etc.)

BIRCH TREE (the inspiration) - vivacious, attractive, elegant, friendly, unpretentious, modest, does not like anything in excess, abhors the vulgar, loves life in nature and in calm, not very passionate, full of imagination, little ambition, creates a calm and content atmosphere.

CEDAR TREE (the Confidence) - of rare beauty, knows how to adapt, likes luxury, of good health, not in the least shy, tends to look down on others, self-confident, determined, impatient, likes to impress others, many talents, industrious, healthy optimism, waiting for the one true love, able to make quick decisions.

CHESTNUT TREE (the Honesty) - of unusual beauty, does not want to impress, well-developed sense of justice, vivacious, interested, a born diplomat, but irritates easily and sensitive in company, often due to a lack of self confidence, acts sometimes superior, feels not understood, loves only once, has difficulties in finding a partner.

CYPRESS TREE (the Faithfulness) - strong, muscular, adaptable, takes what life has to give, content, optimistic, craves money and acknowledgment, hates loneliness, passionate lover which cannot be satisfied, faithful, quick-tempered, unruly, pedantic, and careless.

ELM TREE (the Noble-mindedness) - pleasant shape, tasteful clothes, modest, demands, tends not to forgive mistakes, cheerful, likes to lead but not to obey, honest and faithful partner, likes making decisions for others, noble-minded, generous, good sense of humor, practical.

FIG TREE (the Sensibility) - very strong, a bit self-willed, independent, does not allow contradiction or arguments, loves life, its family, children and animals, a bit of a social butterfly, good sense of humor, likes idleness and laziness, of practical talent and intelligence.

FIR TREE (the Mysterious) - extraordinary taste, dignity, sophisticated, loves anything beautiful, moody, stubborn, tends to egoism but cares for those close to them, rather modest, very ambitious, talented, industrious, discontented lover, many friends, many foes, very reliable.

HAZELNUT TREE (the Extraordinary) - charming, undemanding, very understanding, knows how to make an impression, active fighter for social cause, popular, moody, and capricious lover, honest, and tolerant partner, precise sense of judgment.

HORNBEAM TREE (the Good Taste) - of cool beauty, cares for its looks and condition, good taste, is not egoistic, makes life as comfortable as possible, leads a reasonable and disciplined life, looks for kindness and acknowledgment in an emotional partner, dreams of unusual lovers, is seldom happy with its feelings, mistrusts most people, is never sure of its decisions, very conscientious.

LIME TREE (the Doubt) - accepts what life dishes out in a composed way, hates fighting, stress, and labor, dislikes laziness and idleness, soft and relenting, makes sacrifices for friends, many talents but not tenacious enough to make them blossom, often wailing and complaining, very jealous but loyal.

MAPLE TREE (Independence of Mind) - no ordinary person, full of imagination and originality, shy and reserved ambitious, proud, self-confident, hungers for new experiences, sometimes nervous, has many complexities, good memory, learns easily, complicated love life, wants to impress.

OAK TREE (the Brave) - robust nature, courageous, strong, unrelenting, independent, sensible, does not like change, keeps its feet on the ground, person of action.

OLIVE TREE (the Wisdom) - loves sun, warmth and kind feelings, reasonable, balanced, avoids aggression and violence, tolerant, cheerful, calm, well-developed sense of justice, sensitive, empathetic, free of jealousy, loves to read and the company of sophisticated people.

PINE TREE (the Particular) - loves agreeable company, very robust, knows how to make life comfortable, very active, natural, good companion, but seldom friendly, falls easily in love but its passion burns out quickly, gives up easily, everything disappointments until it finds its ideal, trustworthy, practical.

POPLAR TREE (the Uncertainty) - looks very decorative, not very self-confident, only courageous if necessary, needs goodwill and pleasant surroundings, very choosy, often lonely, great animosity, artistic nature, good organizer, tends to lean toward philosophy, reliable in any situation, takes partnership seriously.

ROWAN TREE (the Sensitivity) - full of charm, cheerful, gifted without egoism, likes to draw attention, loves life, motion, unrest, and even complications, is both dependent and independent, good taste, artistic, passionate, emotional, good company, does not forgive.

WALNUT TREE (the Passion) - unrelenting, strange and full of contrasts, often egotistic, aggressive, noble, broad horizon, unexpected reactions, spontaneous, unlimited ambition, no flexibility, difficult and uncommon partner, not always liked but often admired, ingenious strategist, very jealous and passionate, no compromise.

WEEPING WILLOW (the Melancholy) - beautiful but full of melancholy, attractive, very empathetic, loves anything beautiful and tasteful, loves to travel, dreamer, restless, capricious, honest, can be influenced but is not easy to live with demanding, good intuition, suffers in love but finds sometimes an anchoring partner.

g1ns3ng @ 2008-10-09T11:05:00

2008-10-09T03:29:28Z

i'm in the library now, after a morning of pw lecture and springcleaning. (which reminds me, it's time to get down to tidying up my study table.) anw, i'm surrounded by seniors who are mugging for the As. can't help being reminded that i will be the one seating there a year later. it's unnerving. and there's still the promos result to worry about first. *sigh* if i ever live through this...

open house tmr, and i've got 2 meetings at the same time. it's uncanny how every meeting of huang cheng seems to clash with either lep or dance. RAH!! which reminds me of a very impt question i was thinking today. if i ever try persuading a junior to join huang cheng? what reasons could i use to persuade her?

that huang cheng is a very bonded cca, with people willing to commit their time and effort to achieve a seemingly impossible task? that huang cheng is a cca which will make u unwittingly sacrifice many things for it? a cca that u might be reluctant to join initially but will eventually fall in love with?

i imagine myself as a sec 4 student again, and listening to all those reasons, and somehow i'm not persuaded. those reasons aren't enough to make up for the fact that huang cheng people have to stay until 8, or 9, or even 11 every night. that's probably the main reason why 1/3 of the people in LT 3 went off on the first day. i guess it all boils down to whether u r willing to give it a try, to take a risk. to outsiders, we might be just crazy and super aa chinese society people, but that's the lovely part abt huang cheng. U KNOW U R BEING STUPID AND AA, BUT U DO IT ANYWAY! how many times in life do u get to follow ur heart and live ur dream?

all i can say is, huang cheng is a unique experience, it's not going to hurt u if u don't take part, but then u will always be left with the doubt "what would have happened if i did join". huang cheng taught me things way beyond all the technical skills. it doesn't matter if u r an actor, or a backstage crew, whatever contribution u made doesn't go unnoticed (even if there will be times when u doubt whether anyone cares).
i'm leaving this public in the hope that some potential juniors might stumble upon it :D