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Yesterday was Po Po's birthday! So we all gathered at her house. Met my aunt downstairs, the first thing she asked was how's my studies. I shook my head. She told me to just do my best and take it easy. A bit later Ren Guang uncle joined us, and he also said the same thing. Do my best and if I fail, well there's nothing to regret about. At most you can say is you're not smart enough. But that doesn't apply to me. I'm not stupid. I just don't try hard enough. I'm not doing my best. I can't cry when I fail a test if I did not put in my best because I deserve it. I've just got to start the momentum of doing homework and studying every day and keep that momentum. I need to overcome my laziness and procrastination!! I've already repeated JC1, and I still haven't learnt my lesson. A Level is coming soon! Come on Huai Tian, I know you can do this. It's in you. But it hasn't come out yet, and you've got to make it come out. Your p...

I have been really stressed these few days because of many things going on in such a short period of time. And it's March holidays. :/ SYF. Music exchange. I hate gaohu because it's so damn high-pitched. I hate my playing because it sounds like I'm killing a chicken. >:( JC2 scholarships form. I'm gonna do morning announcements next week. :/ ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh PMS. I'm forever angsty. I forget to do stuff and my mum scolds me. Actually even when she talks properly to me, I still raise my voice at her, because I'm stressed :( Sorry I don't really want to tell my mum because she works the whole day. Sigh. Thank goodness I can rant to my friends. Oh yeah, and Ms Irene Lim's stressing us further!! She wants to strike a deal: if PF and I don't get 65% for the next lecture test, she gets to keep our FLs for a week. :/ noooooooooooooooooooooooo

I missed one week of lessons during Dec holidays last year, and one week of lessons during Orientation this year. This made me lag behind in my schoolwork. Or maybe it's just me, I did not try hard enough to catch up. I didn't make good use of my holidays to catch up and study in advance when I knew that I would miss lessons. I'm such a procrastinator. I don't have the self-control and self-discipline to make myself sit down and study. I would start to play with my phone or anything on the desk. :( I really need a supervisor. Yesterday, I went to study with Snorlax. He was the one who replaced the battery in the clock in our classroom. :') Then he told me actually he studies more efficiently alone. He's just helping me to study, making me study. Sigh. Thanks a lot, really. But I'm feeling guilty that I'm dragging him down, because he really doesn't have to do this. ;( I have much to learn from him. His choir juniors, Jia Wen and Joey were also ...

Wow. Tiring day today. My class did Gladiator! People might look slow and noob up there, but when you play yourself, it's really tiring! Much energy is spent climbing on the heightened platform thingy and the weapon is so heavy and bulky. It was really fun though, I got to fight with Guan Hoe, Khairul and Syakira :) SL booth was selling slippers sponsored by Mdm Suryati. TALENTIME 2013! It will be an unforgettable experience for me. I've always wanted to sing in front of a crowd, and I got my wish! It's more difficult than it seemed... My voice through the mic and speakers sound very different and not that nice compared to me hearing my voice. And I forgot some lyrics T.T Tough competition too, so didn't get into Top 4 finals. :( Thank you Pengfei, Joel and Chang Liat! :)

Hello Huai Tian! Time to write New Year resolutions! This time you have to follow them. Please. Have self-discipline . So that you can control yourself from spending too much time on your phone, FB, Twitter, Whatsapp. You need to use this time to study. If not, spend the time doing more meaningful things like playing the piano, reading, reflecting, thinking, learning, blogging and exercising . Remember that you have a dream to become a doctor . You have to get straight A's in A Level, which is tough. You need to put in the effort! If you do your best, no regrets. Time can't be turned back, and life is too short to have regrets. I know it's hard to push yourself to study, but it will be worth it.    Lose weight until 50kg! Argh! Actually, everything ultimately links to having self-discipline and managing time well. You've got to plan your time well and then follow the plan to get things done. Your appetite needs to be smaller! Hahaha. You've eaten too much duri...

This has been a really fast year. It's already 31 Dec. When I made the decision to transfer to YJ, I was worried if I would regret it in the future. Well, actually I regret a little. I'm insecure about the bio department here. The notes are much more detailed, unlike TJ's Bio notes. I don't know if I really have to memorise them all. Also, some of the details from the TJ and YJ notes don't agree, e.g the order of the bacteriophage entering the bacteria. But other than that, I'm glad I came to YJ. I know I can't have the best of both worlds. It's really frustrating, but I'll have to figure it out myself. One of the things I like about YJ is the pace of teaching. It's very slow. But this way I can absorb better. I'm familiar with the slow pace. It's like when I was in AIPS and SNGS (not arts subjects lessons though). The teacher would repeat til the others understood and that way I learn it better. To be frank, I like the feeling of b...

It's already the 4th week now. I had wanted to blog during the 1st week, but I kept procrastinating. This is a really bad habit, and it will be one of my New Year resolutions to stop procrastinating and have some self-discipline. I remember on the 1st day (20 Nov 2012), the other 8 students and I gathered at the Level 6 conference room. We filled in many forms. We were assigned 2 lab coats, 1 log book and 1 temporary pass. Then William, a scientist, explained a little about each project, then he assigned the projects. I realised that I had no courage. I didn't even dare to raise my hand up after I saw a boy get the project I was kind of interested in. It was partly because I was indecisive too. I didn't whether I fit the requirements of each project or if I could finish the project or if I was interested in it. The time given to us to decide which project we want was also short. Eventually, I chose the project about "Culturing human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) in...