akaCLL: Where have you been?!

BEFORE YOU KILL ME

I'm so sorry for the lack of posts lately! I've only been posting some really short and pathetic pieces which I know is not good enough and I also apologise for the lack of quality in my recent posts. As you all know, it has been about a week and a half(?) since I finished my final term exams and I honestly have just been catching up on some much needed me-time. I've also just been really unmotivated and uninspired which I know is no excuse and I'm really sorry.

I've just been in a phase where I've been questioning a lot of things in my life and my confidence level has not been the highest. First of all, studies and education has just naturally been really important to me and pretty much everyone in TKGS, especially. And my recent performance in my exams has just got me really down and the thing is, we haven't even gotten our results back yet. I just question myself whether I'm good enough to even be in this school and around such smart and capable people. Secondly, a lot of drama has been happening lately(I can't even believe I'm saying this) and I won't get into detail but it has just made me have doubts about myself and I find myself asking if I'm a bad person or if there really is something wrong with me...

But I've been trying to get back on my feet again and I just think that no matter what happens for this examinations, I'm just going to make it a motivation to work even harder. As for everything else, I'm just going to put it in the back of my mind and try to enjoy my life and my free time right now.

I'm just going to jump right in to my usual updates on what I've been up to lately!

Science Centre & Making Stuff - 25 August

This was way back, even before the Colour Run. But anyways, I went to the Science Centre for a programme about cosmetics and we made lip balm and sun screen! My sun screen turned out great but I think being too excited about the lip balm made me miscalculate things and my lip balm is just pink liquid right now HAHA!

Petrissia is literally one of my favourite people in class. Our favourite hobbies together include dancing like crazy to music in the bus (((:

fun fun fun (:

Temasek MagicLand - 29 August
I only have one picture from this event because I was too busy hugging all my old friends! If you guys didn't know, I was from Temasek Primary School and I met some of my closest friends and some of the best people I know from there. I missed my P6 class so so so much and I'm glad I got to spend some quality time with my bestie, Sheryl whom I HAVEN'T SEEN IN AGES! <3

Sheryl and Hui Qing at the back (:

Interact Installation - 3 September
Don't have any pictures from the event itself but I had loads of fun performing a dance that we rehearsed so much for! I went out with the Divergents(Kim, Tammie, Constance, Hashimah) for dinner after that! MUCH FUN!

WEFLEASG & out with Oi Wei - 13 September

I dragged my babe, Oi Wei, out to town because I really wanted to go to this flea called 'WEFLEASG' located at the Five&Dime eatery. I had seen a few great bloggers posting on their instagram saying that they'd be there selling their pre-loved items as well as other well-known blogshops. I was super excited because all the dresses looked so nice and they said things were mostly in the $5-$15 range.
I certainly thought it would be a glamorous event unfortunately, I was greatly disappointed :( I had been to the eatery before and I thought they would be using the fairly large carpark for the flea market, however, they had used the top floor of the eatery which was only slightly bigger than my room. We had to queue for at least an hour and a half(IN THE SCORCHING SUN) till we were able to go inside. And by the time we did, there really was not much nice stuff left :( I actually couldn't even look at the merchandise properly because of the room being so small, everyone had to be in a row, going around the room hence if the person in front of my moved, I had to put down whatever I was looking at and move too so that I wouldn't get shouted at by the people behind me. We also had to put our bags(other than our phone and wallet) in black trash bags probably because they thought we would steal their stuff or something I don't even know. However, kudos to the staff that gave out water and umbrellas to everyone queuing! It was really nice of them.

SORRY FOR MY MINI RANT HAHA!

Oi Wei and I went shopping after that (:

I wasn't looking at her boobs don't worry HAHAHA!

Melody Of Hope - 20 September

I consider Tammie to be one of my closest friends and I just had to take some time off to go and support her at a songwriting competition called the Melody Of Hope, that she competed in and ended up winning!!! I can't be more proud of her. I was on the verge of crying but I saved it for when I reached home (:

Sister's B'day gathering - 27 September

I went for my sister's party at a club in town(don't worry I had no drinks and I stayed outside :P). Honestly, I have to admit that other than being really happy to be there for my sister, it wasn't my best experience because I just felt really out of place and I didn't expect to be there for so long... I was halfway through my exams at that time and all that was on my mind was studying lol. My sister was having fun with her friends and my mom had her friends there as well so I just got super bored and I felt really awkward yea it's just not my scene ^^

Out With Lauren & Wynnie - 1 October

We had temporary relief from examinations after Math, our last main subject exam. SO Lauren, Wynnie and I went out to watch Maze Runner(WHICH WAS AMAZING) and did more goofing around (: They make me so happy I love em!

I am not in pain I was just laughing so hard HAHA

Lunch with the fan - 3 October & 8 October
Had lunch at Din Tai Fung and spent some quality time with the most important people in my life!

We also went to Kallang Wave Mall for Thai Lunch and went for a bit of shopping (:

Oi Wei's Birthday Surprise - 6 October
SIDNEY AND I DECIDED TO SURPRISE OI WEI FOR HER BELATED BIRTHDAY and let's just say we suck at birthday surprises because we couldn't light the candle and burnt our fingers and we let our $16 cupcake helium balloon for Oi Wei fly away. We laughed so so so hard but it was so great to see Oi Wei so happy (((:

I got her a dream catcher weehee!!!

Those were some of the main events that happened but there are also some smaller things that I have pictures of and I thought I'd share them with you guys!'

I finally got the 5th Harry Potter book from Sidney and I'm already almost 400 pages in! I'm so happy to be back reading the series I'm so obsessed! I've also been getting back on track and being more active and healthy. Recently, I've been loving going for Zumba dance sessions with my mom. For those who are interested, Zumba is just like a workout while dancing. They mostly use Latino(?) songs as well as any popular/recent pop songs. It is a super good workout yet it doesn't feel very tiresome because I absolutely love dancing and it's just enjoyable for me. So far, I'm only managing an hour of cardio Zumba but hopefully I can progress to go on for another hour of Zumba toning where it's almost like pilates, you work your different muscle groups and strengthen them!

I've also been loving healthy snacks such as what I showed above. It's really simple but super duper yummy. You just need some fruits - I used strawberries and bananas but you can use whatever you like and have at hand. Then you need some yogurt and my yogurt has a vanilla flavour and it tastes so good!!! I got the huge tub of it haha. Then of course you need granola - I have normal granola with chocolate flavoured ones as well. If I have no time to cut the fruits I usually just take some yogurt and mix some granola with it.

Another snack I've been loving is baby carrot sticks with peanut butter. It's really simple and easy so I do recommend you trying! If you are not a carrot-fan, try apple slices!

HERE ARE SOME PICTURES I HAVE TAKEN WITH MY FRIENDS....