Looking back at 2006...
New subjects, New class, New friends
Class of 3C'06: we're lazy, not enthu in class, never really managed to hand up all our assignments on time, but hey, at times we really enjoy ourselves!! Haha...
Music Lessons at SNGS
Taking music as a school subject was a dream come true, going SNGS for lessons, which is pretty near my home is a bonus, having a primary school friend studying as well there left me whooping in joy... Haha... That friend's YeeCh(ing), and I met Cong and Kelly there too... I'm going back to Cedar for music lessons next year though... Still, I treasure the times we spent studying, giggling and comparing notes together... Also, I met Germaine[L] as we both chose to take music at SNGS... Thanks for the precious friendship all of you gave!
OAC
6 days 5 nights away from home was a first for me, and so was attending a "boot camp"... But I can't forget the High Elements! Even though I didn't even make it to the half-way mark on mine and had to go to the sick bay because of a splinter in my thumb, I really found it thrilling and worth waiting... But the food, I'm not that sure... The campfire night was really fun though...
Birthday Cake
Another first-- Shahini, Varruna bought me a birthday cake during one of the rehearsals! Sweet of them, right?! It's not like I haven't had a birthday cake before, but them buying one for me-- it was totally unexpected... THANKS!!!
Macbeth play
I think this is the major-est of all the events that happened this year... The whole class was involved in the production and personally, I enjoyed it very much... No doubt, we worked very, very hard, especially us costume peeps-- Bao Hui, Jeralyn, Xin Ying and me... Designing the costumes from scratch, working out the colour palette, borrowing clothes and accessories, buying cloth and sewing, painting some costumes by hand, worrying about deadlines, attending rehearsals-cum-fittings(all of us being part-time actors and part-time costume dept), trying to make sure all the actors have enough time to change their costumes in between scenes... All this in addition to the usual homework, tests and CCA... I remember feeling very exhausted during that period all the time and so close to tears (out of frustration and weariness) sometimes, but boy, I can't deny that I had fun... I think the whole class did too... While OAC didn't really bond the class enough, this one brought us together... The way I see it now, everything was worthwhile... At the end of the day, all the hard work we put in really showed up in our performance... Even though not everything turned out how we wanted them to be, the end result was as close as perfect as we could get... And for that, I'm happy!!
Band Farewell
Something I wasn't able to imagine before Aisyah and Candy left band practices to concentrate on their studies, something I dreaded once they did... Kinda weird, not being able to see them around as much anymore... Thank goodness I didn't get too emotional at the Farewell... It'd be so embarrassing if I did... Haha... But Aisyah, Candy, you two are the best seniors anyone can ask for... Thanks for everything... Really... (^^)
Sinking deeper into J-stuff
I watched more anime, Japanese movies, Japan Hour (yeah, haha... Roll your eyes all you want...), read more manga, listen more to J-pop and J-rock this year compared to previous years... To the point that my mother calls me lip-pun siao ("japan crazy" in Hokkien)... Haha... No problem with that personally, though...
However...
Academic-wise, though, I did badly this year... Failed a subject at EYE for the first time ever in my life... Didn't do well for ABRSM practical too... So for next year, I'm gonna work extra hard for these! Ganbarimasu!
Up next year:
- Grade 6 Theory ( yeah, I'm horrid when it comes to theory)
- Band SYF ( towards a Gold we go...)
- Prelims
- 'O' Levels
- Grade 8 piano practical