My Life in NIE...

My Life in NIE

I've been taking photos lately, of friends and the funny/weird/question-mark stuff we do in school.

It's going to be interesting!!!

Only if you're interested lah.

First of all, let me introduce my two best kakis in school:

Eleanor

Malinda

We were slacking, or killing time, at the NIE library cafe after 'shopping' at NTU's cca fair the other day.

Chewy Junior opened a booth over there, so we bought their puffs, and they are not too bad! But can be sinful to those health-conscious ones.

And then during the break in our history lecture (late afternoon somemore! *yawns*), me and Mal started playing. With our handphones.

She took a portrait of me acting cute (*ahem* I'm already am!) in her handphone, but dunno why, she can't bluetooth to mine cos the file is too big for my phone to open. *rolls eyes* Stupid motorola phones. I can forgive you if you peel, but you cannot spare some spaces for big files? Totally pathetic. I'm so going to change phone liao. If I have the money. *hehs*

Besides E and M, I would also like to intro another two of my retarded, erm, happy mates from my history class.

We call him Uncle cos look at him and you'll know what I mean. *HAHAH!*

Okie lah, Uncle. Just in case you happen to my blog's stalker, I shall announce both your old and new names to my readers.

But then again, I don't want to bore people cos they might not be interested in knowing your names, so let's just forget it, ya? *heehee*

Btw, my dear friend above was trying to piece back the receipt he has torn apart earlier. I think he's too stressed over studying US history that he's reduced into that state. *tsk tsk*

And a while later, he managed to complete the 'puzzle'!

Look how happy he was.

And then there is Erjin.

My partner in one of the modules we took last semester.

And because of him, I have a 'bad' reputation in our history class, especially among our clique. Thanks arh!

And also because of him, I scored an A- for that module. *HAHAH* So, thanks again!

Btw, he's not being diligent or what by reading big and thick historical books. That book is all about the mysteries of the unexplained.

So I ask him why is he reading about himself???

*LOLZ*

The difference between an elderly and a youth: One is hardworking at work, while the other one is hardworking at sms-ing.

Later on at our southeast asia lecture, when things get really boring and when I was practically drifting off to dreamland.

Luckily our beloved lecturer/tutor was kind enough to give us all a break.

That's not me. It's Amelia.

See how exhausting two hours of history lectures can be??? I had to pinch myself and Mal had to poke my ribs so I could stay awake for like, 1 minute or so. *sigh*

Digression: I was supposed to have a make-up English lecture yesterday but I didnt go cos ah ma was hospitalised and I want to visit her. Felt a little guilty for skipping lecture. But my ah ma is more important to me. Plus the lecture was held at 6.30pm to 7.30pm can! So the decision is pretty obvious. Anyway, I just want to wish my ah ma to GET WELL SOON!!! =)

Okie back to today's topic.

Guess what time I reached school today? (Yes, I went school on SATURDAY)

Bloody 7.20AM can???!!!

I was supposed to meet Mal and Ivan at 8.30am for breakfast at school, but I thought we are meeting at 8am.

I was so used to reaching school by 8 in the morning lately just to have breakfast with Eleanor.

Plus I drove today, and traffic was superb! I was cruising all the way so I reached school even earlier! *shakes head*

But it's okie... I brought work to do, and so I sat (all alone!) at NIE canteen while I waited for them.

NIE canteen is bloodily deserted on Saturday morning lah! Not a single soul in the normally human-infested area.

This is just half of the canteen only. Looks big when there's no one, right?

I'm not suffering from narcissism okie. I'm just bored.

Must be wondering why on earth did I sacrifice my beauty sleep to go school so early on a Saturday, right?

Well, I signed up a cca in NIE called Service-Learning Club (SLC), and I was down for an interview today.

Basically, they need to interview me to see if I'm a suitable candidate for overseas expedition projects.

Right now, they're offering 4 youth expedition projects (YEP) to Chiang Mai (Thailand), Cambodia, Myanmar and Yuksam (India).

I chose to go Chiang Mai because...I prefer Thailand. *haha!*

Anyway before we can do YEP, we need to complete some local projects as well.

I'm so excited about it!

I realised that after secondary school, I wasn't very involved or active in school activities, and now I feel like I have wasted my poly years of not doing something fulfilling or meaningful, like helping the unfortunate ones.

Therefore this SLC thing provides me with the platform to do something for the society, and to gain experience and exposure so I can share with my students and friends and so on.

Anyway, my interviewers are all my friends, so it was a bit weird being interrogated by them. *haha*

And one of them happened to be the ever-impartial Eleanor.

She's so damn serious and firm and scary that I was stumped by some of her questions.

But overall it went well, and Gary (the most relaxed and funny interviewer ever!) later told me I'm chosen for the Thailand trip plus their exco committee. *hehheh*

(Just in case you have doubts, I got in through pure talents okie!!! Not because I know them or they know me! Think I turned on my charm and they were mesmerised by me. *WAHAHAHAH*)

Mal and Ivan being, eh, funny. They also came for the interview! Ivan also chose Thailand, but Mal opted to go Cambodia, so I guess we'll be in different teams.

Our Longchamp bags.

Behind the wheel.

That's all for now, and I'm super tired... still have lots of work to do later. But gotta take a nap first.

Enjoy your weekend, peeps! =)