Last Day of School + Peranakan Museum
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Yay it's two posts fused into one! Yeah yesterday's and today's. Like duh!
Okay whatever. So yesterday was the last day of school. So yesterday I got back my dreaded CAP. So yesterday I realised something for once that's awesome about NUS High: CAP is now rounded off to 1 decimal place! HAHAH.
And that means I get 4.8! :D Yeah I know I'm lucky. My CAP was actually 4.75, but those nice people kindly rounded it up to 4.8 for me. Which means I get my PSP! But seriously right now I'm considering a netbook, or a cheaper notebook. 'Cause my parents claim they would do me more good than a PSP. Maybe I should get a better phone. Hmm. Gahh now I'm spoilt for choice. I should have just stuck to a PSP and ignore all other...suggestions. Yup.
So that's all for yesterday. Not exactly all, but it's all that's more worth my time typing out.
Peranakan Museum
Don't ask me why. It's this family day thing NUSH organised and my mother decided to go so I tagged along. Anyway it was much more fun than what I expected. Not the whheeeee kind of fun, but more of the educational and informative kind of fun. Never knew this side of me, huh. I never knew too.
Basically, it's all about...Peranakan. Duh! That's why it's called a Peranakan Museum in the first place. Yup. Peranakan weddings, Peranakan origins, Peranakan lives, Peranakan culture, Peranakan jewellery.
Did you know Dick Lee was a Peranakan? Now I know. And Mr Nair's (The one in NHPS. How many Nairs do you know?) sister too. (According to my very informative sister.) Which makes Mr Nair a Peranakan too. Hmm. I thought he was indian.
And I realised Peranakan designs are all so...grand and exquisite and detailed. I am impressed.
This trip to the Peranakan Museum has just refueled my interest in museums. Now I want to revisit the toy museum. Hopefully the Biennale. And visit the Singapore Philatelic Museum. And the Singapore Art Museum. I have plenty of time to do that in the holidays.
Okay whatever. So yesterday was the last day of school. So yesterday I got back my dreaded CAP. So yesterday I realised something for once that's awesome about NUS High: CAP is now rounded off to 1 decimal place! HAHAH.
And that means I get 4.8! :D Yeah I know I'm lucky. My CAP was actually 4.75, but those nice people kindly rounded it up to 4.8 for me. Which means I get my PSP! But seriously right now I'm considering a netbook, or a cheaper notebook. 'Cause my parents claim they would do me more good than a PSP. Maybe I should get a better phone. Hmm. Gahh now I'm spoilt for choice. I should have just stuck to a PSP and ignore all other...suggestions. Yup.
So that's all for yesterday. Not exactly all, but it's all that's more worth my time typing out.
Peranakan Museum
Don't ask me why. It's this family day thing NUSH organised and my mother decided to go so I tagged along. Anyway it was much more fun than what I expected. Not the whheeeee kind of fun, but more of the educational and informative kind of fun. Never knew this side of me, huh. I never knew too.
Basically, it's all about...Peranakan. Duh! That's why it's called a Peranakan Museum in the first place. Yup. Peranakan weddings, Peranakan origins, Peranakan lives, Peranakan culture, Peranakan jewellery.
Did you know Dick Lee was a Peranakan? Now I know. And Mr Nair's (The one in NHPS. How many Nairs do you know?) sister too. (According to my very informative sister.) Which makes Mr Nair a Peranakan too. Hmm. I thought he was indian.
And I realised Peranakan designs are all so...grand and exquisite and detailed. I am impressed.
This trip to the Peranakan Museum has just refueled my interest in museums. Now I want to revisit the toy museum. Hopefully the Biennale. And visit the Singapore Philatelic Museum. And the Singapore Art Museum. I have plenty of time to do that in the holidays.
Labels: Awesome, EOYs, Grades, Peranakan Museum
Friday, November 13, 2009
See I knew it.
I'm so psychic. Yet another script checking day today. English and History. :(
English: Essay - 17.5/25, Paper 2 - 36/50. Total B+ only laa. CAhas to must pull me up. :/ Essay was marked by Ms Koh. Should have been Ms Lam! Then I might get higher marks. :D But the question wasn't nice in the first place. How to write about my neighbourhood! The market? The random flats?
History: 30/50. D: I want to cry laa. So low! :( B- leh. Like that how to get my PSP! Waaaahhhhhh! Anyway, assuming I get 85 or more for CA (which is highly impossible), I can still get an A-. But that won't be enough. Aaaaah. It's all because of Friday the 13th. (I was going to say something right here but I decided it was too offending. So there.)
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Fine I shall stop ranting about such a demoralising subject. Anyway I spent practically the rest of the time in school (which is a good 7 hours ?!) trying to build our very imbahh robot! It's not exactly very stable or anything, I'm just comforting myself. :|
The robot kind of looked nicer when the different body parts were separated. Serious. After we stuck all the random parts together, they started breaking apart. Friday the 13th again. It does have a great force, doesn't it? Ohno this is getting more demoralising. Gahh.
Okay whatever. Tomorrow's the real thing and I just hope everything goes smoothly. And that includes the robot being able to survive till the end.
I'm dead tired now. Robot don't collapse on me.
I'm so psychic. Yet another script checking day today. English and History. :(
English: Essay - 17.5/25, Paper 2 - 36/50. Total B+ only laa. CA
History: 30/50. D: I want to cry laa. So low! :( B- leh. Like that how to get my PSP! Waaaahhhhhh! Anyway, assuming I get 85 or more for CA (which is highly impossible), I can still get an A-. But that won't be enough. Aaaaah. It's all because of Friday the 13th. (I was going to say something right here but I decided it was too offending. So there.)
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Fine I shall stop ranting about such a demoralising subject. Anyway I spent practically the rest of the time in school (which is a good 7 hours ?!) trying to build our very imbahh robot! It's not exactly very stable or anything, I'm just comforting myself. :|
The robot kind of looked nicer when the different body parts were separated. Serious. After we stuck all the random parts together, they started breaking apart. Friday the 13th again. It does have a great force, doesn't it? Ohno this is getting more demoralising. Gahh.
Okay whatever. Tomorrow's the real thing and I just hope everything goes smoothly. And that includes the robot being able to survive till the end.
I'm dead tired now. Robot don't collapse on me.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Not bad. :)
Had script checking today. Physics, Math, Chemistry, Chinese. HAHAH At least it's within my expectations, although I know I could have done better. :|
Yes 933 is playing Jam Hsiao's 新不了情! :D It's not exactly his actually. The original singer was 蔡琴. Hopefully I'm not wrong about that. :/ Offtopic.
Physics: 51/70. B+. Yeah I know many got higher. But if my Physics CA miraculously gets A+, I might just get A-/A overall. Which qualifies me for a PSP. Maybe just the PSP screen or something.
Math: 57/60. I could have gotten 60! If only the question was clearer and I wasn't so carelessly stupid. Nevermind I still qualify for my PSP. HAHAH.
Chemistry: 62.5/80. A-. Hopefully my CA pulls me up (yes it's not high enough) and gets me an A overall. :D
Chinese: Essay - 51.5/70, Paper 2 - 79/90. A!! XD Yay I'm so imbahh. But it was easy compared to all the previous Chinese papers. But I still got an A! :) Now I think my Chinese CA is going to pull me down. Considering the fact that I didn't hand in one of my essays. Plus a lot of overdue homework. Let's hope Ms Mak feels like being nice and decides not to penalise me for that. crosses fingers
English and History tomorrow. That's when I'm going to die. Like really shootbangdead. Pass only is not an option.
With a lousy question comes a lousy answer.
With a lousy answer comes a lousy grade.
With a lousy grade comes a lousy CAP.
Aha! So who/what shall take the blame? THE QUESTION. What a convenient way to push all the blame.
Bye.
Had script checking today. Physics, Math, Chemistry, Chinese. HAHAH At least it's within my expectations, although I know I could have done better. :|
Yes 933 is playing Jam Hsiao's 新不了情! :D It's not exactly his actually. The original singer was 蔡琴. Hopefully I'm not wrong about that. :/ Offtopic.
Physics: 51/70. B+. Yeah I know many got higher. But if my Physics CA miraculously gets A+, I might just get A-/A overall. Which qualifies me for a PSP. Maybe just the PSP screen or something.
Math: 57/60. I could have gotten 60! If only the question was clearer and I wasn't so carelessly stupid. Nevermind I still qualify for my PSP. HAHAH.
Chemistry: 62.5/80. A-. Hopefully my CA pulls me up (yes it's not high enough) and gets me an A overall. :D
Chinese: Essay - 51.5/70, Paper 2 - 79/90. A!! XD Yay I'm so imbahh. But it was easy compared to all the previous Chinese papers. But I still got an A! :) Now I think my Chinese CA is going to pull me down. Considering the fact that I didn't hand in one of my essays. Plus a lot of overdue homework. Let's hope Ms Mak feels like being nice and decides not to penalise me for that. crosses fingers
English and History tomorrow. That's when I'm going to die. Like really shootbangdead. Pass only is not an option.
With a lousy question comes a lousy answer.
With a lousy answer comes a lousy grade.
With a lousy grade comes a lousy CAP.
Aha! So who/what shall take the blame? THE QUESTION. What a convenient way to push all the blame.
Bye.
Monday, November 9, 2009
I should stop getting distracted.
Finally. I'm back. After 11 days of procrastination. 5 days, to be exact if you don't count all my exam dates. Don't ask. My PSP has vanished into nonexistence. Poof! Gahh.
Okay I shall cram whatever I have to say in this compact-sized post. Not very compact actually. :D
My mom just turned on the radio. I hear this very nice 5566 song which I never managed to catch the title. Ignore. That was totally random. ><
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Anyway.
Do you procrastinate? Think that procrastination, although useful at times, is frustrating? Can't kick the habit?
Here's the perfect website for you!
How To Kill Procrastination For Good - No Kidding!
OMG I sound like I'm advertising for the site. At least I learnt something from (insert name here) lessons. But seriously go read it. I'm not sure if it works though. Just do it. :D
Quoted from site:
"Procrastination, my friends, is the enemy of our success."
"We tend to put off what we consider to be important, and we put it off because we think of it as a daunting task. The root of procrastination, hence, I believe lies in the fear of not being able to complete the important task."
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Singapore Hit Awards 2009
I actually wanted to go to Singapore Indoor Stadium to watch it. Even more so when I knew Mayday was attending. But apparently my parents won't allow. D: Good thing Channel U had this 精专版, but they cut off a lot of stuff. Including one of Mayday's songs. ): How I wished I was there! Obviously I wouldn't be satisfied by the ultra-compressed version on TV.
Good news: Mayday got 5 awards! XDDDD (Draw with S.H.E)
1/YES93.3 FM醉心龙虎榜榜上风光奖
2/年度专辑大奖
3/最佳乐团
4/最受欢迎团体奖
5/亚洲传媒大奖（乐团）
优秀新人奖（黄靖伦，张芸京，梁文音，徐佳莹） came as no surprise. It's what I expected, at least. I think the performances were more interesting. But they still cut off one of Mayday's songs! They prepared 3 songs (according to their on air interview on Fri evening). And I only saw/heard 2.
If you're interested: Singapore Hit Awards 2009 Winners
BTW,
Just in case you can't view the above video. :D
Aunty Lucy! It's a must watch! The video quality isn't very good, and the sound is quite soft actually. But it's hilarious. Esp when she imitates S.H.E and Mayday. And the Jam Hsiao part. Basically it's the whole thing. HAHAH.
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Okay I shall stop here. So there. XDDDDD
Finally. I'm back. After 11 days of procrastination. 5 days, to be exact if you don't count all my exam dates. Don't ask. My PSP has vanished into nonexistence. Poof! Gahh.
Okay I shall cram whatever I have to say in this compact-sized post. Not very compact actually. :D
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Anyway.
Do you procrastinate? Think that procrastination, although useful at times, is frustrating? Can't kick the habit?
Here's the perfect website for you!
How To Kill Procrastination For Good - No Kidding!
OMG I sound like I'm advertising for the site. At least I learnt something from (insert name here) lessons. But seriously go read it. I'm not sure if it works though. Just do it. :D
Quoted from site:
"Procrastination, my friends, is the enemy of our success."
"We tend to put off what we consider to be important, and we put it off because we think of it as a daunting task. The root of procrastination, hence, I believe lies in the fear of not being able to complete the important task."
---
Singapore Hit Awards 2009
I actually wanted to go to Singapore Indoor Stadium to watch it. Even more so when I knew Mayday was attending. But apparently my parents won't allow. D: Good thing Channel U had this 精专版, but they cut off a lot of stuff. Including one of Mayday's songs. ): How I wished I was there! Obviously I wouldn't be satisfied by the ultra-compressed version on TV.
Good news: Mayday got 5 awards! XDDDD (Draw with S.H.E)
1/YES93.3 FM醉心龙虎榜榜上风光奖
2/年度专辑大奖
3/最佳乐团
4/最受欢迎团体奖
5/亚洲传媒大奖（乐团）
优秀新人奖（黄靖伦，张芸京，梁文音，徐佳莹） came as no surprise. It's what I expected, at least. I think the performances were more interesting. But they still cut off one of Mayday's songs! They prepared 3 songs (according to their on air interview on Fri evening). And I only saw/heard 2.
If you're interested: Singapore Hit Awards 2009 Winners
BTW,
Just in case you can't view the above video. :D
Aunty Lucy! It's a must watch! The video quality isn't very good, and the sound is quite soft actually. But it's hilarious. Esp when she imitates S.H.E and Mayday. And the Jam Hsiao part. Basically it's the whole thing. HAHAH.
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Okay I shall stop here. So there. XDDDDD
Labels: Aunty Lucy, EOYs, Mayday(♥), Procrastination, Singapore Hit Awards
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Okay I know I'm not supposed to be here. But I got bored of mugging. My mugs are not helping, they're all in the sink. -o-
This is so unfair. While others are going to celebrate their last day of school, we are celebrating ... the first day of EOYs. Even primary schools have finished their exams. D:
I know everything below is going to sound really stupid and lame. Be prepared.
Mysisterhasthisplurkfriendwhocoincidentlyhappenstoknowcheeseng
andsomehowmysisterstartedtalkingtohimandnowshesaskingmestuffabouthim.
Wth.
And my sister is eating her lunch now. That's why I get tosneakuse the computer. FYI, she's a glutton. I serious. It's a wonder she isn't fat. 2 mini Pandan buns, 2 packets of biscuits, 3 slices of bread, 1 cup of Milo, 4 small packets of titbits, and she tells me she's a little full. Faint. 我真是佩服得五体投地。
Realization hit me like an orange thrown by a toddler in a supermarket trolley. I got that from some Adrian Mole diary. See, what a great way to mug. That's why it's called Reading Day. For me to read. :D Anyway, that book is super lame. After you read that, you won't say I'm lame anymore. Not for the physically able. Serious.Oh wait I'm not lame in the first place. I can walk you know. -.-
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Now my sister is bugging me for the laptop. Bye.
This is so unfair. While others are going to celebrate their last day of school, we are celebrating ... the first day of EOYs. Even primary schools have finished their exams. D:
I know everything below is going to sound really stupid and lame. Be prepared.
Mysisterhasthisplurkfriendwhocoincidentlyhappenstoknowcheeseng
andsomehowmysisterstartedtalkingtohimandnowshesaskingmestuffabouthim.
Wth.
And my sister is eating her lunch now. That's why I get to
Realization hit me like an orange thrown by a toddler in a supermarket trolley. I got that from some Adrian Mole diary. See, what a great way to mug. That's why it's called Reading Day. For me to read. :D Anyway, that book is super lame. After you read that, you won't say I'm lame anymore. Not for the physically able. Serious.Oh wait I'm not lame in the first place. I can walk you know. -.-
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Now my sister is bugging me for the laptop. Bye.
Friday, October 23, 2009
This shall be my last post before the EOYs. I hope. Yes I know everyone else has finished theirs and are even comparing how screwedimbahh their results are. And mine hasn't even started.
It's 7 days to the exams. Gahh. I haven't started.
RAWR. I NEED TO MUG. M-U-G No, cups are not nice. I prefer mugs. And there's Physics and Chemistry and History and Math and English and Chinese. Actually the last 3 nothing much to mug for la. But I just put that in anyway.
OHNO I'm so going to fail. Argh. Noo I can't fail. I need my pass. I NEED MY A. So that I can persuade my parents to get me a PSP. I WANT A PSP.
No wait. Off topic. I'm supposed to MUG. Good thing I have loads at home. -o-
Yup. MUG.
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My post feels comparably short today. Or is it because I've been doing quizzes for the past few days? Oo.
It's 7 days to the exams. Gahh. I haven't started.
RAWR. I NEED TO MUG. M-U-G No, cups are not nice. I prefer mugs. And there's Physics and Chemistry and History and Math and English and Chinese. Actually the last 3 nothing much to mug for la. But I just put that in anyway.
OHNO I'm so going to fail. Argh. Noo I can't fail. I need my pass. I NEED MY A. So that I can persuade my parents to get me a PSP. I WANT A PSP.
No wait. Off topic. I'm supposed to MUG. Good thing I have loads at home. -o-
Yup. MUG.
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My post feels comparably short today. Or is it because I've been doing quizzes for the past few days? Oo.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
1/What is the 3rd picture of in your phone?
My sister's Plurk profile picture.
2/What is your ringtone?
DNA! By MAYDAY.
3/Who's the 1st person that comes up under M?
Melody. Some primary school friend.
4/Who is the last person you called?
Rachel. Oo
5/Who was your last missed call from?
My phone says: (no missed calls) and obviously that's fake. But I have no idea anyway.
6/Who's the 1st person who comes up under C?
Chaslyn. :D
7/Who's your speed dial number 2?
I don't use speed dial la.
8/What does 3rd text in ur inbox say?
"Card Balance: $6.54 Expiry: 06-03-2010" I'm serious that's what it said.
9/Who was your last received call from?
Mr Chia (?!) Wth.
10/What does your 2nd sentbox text say?
"Xin ai" Oo what an awesome message.
11/How many messages are currently in your inbox?
Hmm. 733. XD
12/What is the wallpaper?
Some default wallpaper for my theme.
13/Who's speed dial number 1?
This useless voice mailbox number.
14/Who is the 15th message from in your inbox?
Shu En.
15/Who's the 1st person who comes up under B?
Boon Chong.
16/How many bars of signal do you currently have?
6. -o-
17/What network are you on?
M1N2
18/Name every person you have a message from in your inbox.
Omg. That's HARD. I shall name the 1st 10 only: Rachel, Mrs Chong, some Card Balance number, Shu En, 2288 (some random M1 ad), Xin Ying,Ji-HyunPKBP!, Bluetooth (?!), MOELC (?!?!), Mummmy.
19/What does your 6th text message in your inbox say?
"Hey help mi bring the long lost screw. :D Thanks"
20/Who is the first person in your contacts?
Anabelle.
21/Who is the last person in your contacts?
Zuo Wei. -.-
22/What does the last text in your inbox say?
"Ok" XD
23/What is your screensaver?
"MAYDAY \(^_^)/
24/What is your balance?
$6.54. Oo nice number.
25/Whos the last person under H?
Hong Jing.
26/What is your bluetooth name?
XD. Yay see my name is so awesome.
27/How many contacts are there in your phone?
70. Good thing my phone shows.
28/Could you live without it?
Maybe. Maybe not. I could live without it if I had better things to do when I'm bored.
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WOOHOO! Quizzes to do with my phone are fun! -o- (Yes I know I'm being stupid.) And to think I actually posted just because I wanted to do this quiz. Ripped from my sister anyway.
Rawr. I should like start mugging for EOYs. It's in 1 week's time and I haven't friggin' touched anything. D:
My sister's Plurk profile picture.
2/What is your ringtone?
DNA! By MAYDAY.
3/Who's the 1st person that comes up under M?
Melody. Some primary school friend.
4/Who is the last person you called?
Rachel. Oo
5/Who was your last missed call from?
My phone says: (no missed calls) and obviously that's fake. But I have no idea anyway.
6/Who's the 1st person who comes up under C?
Chaslyn. :D
7/Who's your speed dial number 2?
I don't use speed dial la.
8/What does 3rd text in ur inbox say?
"Card Balance: $6.54 Expiry: 06-03-2010" I'm serious that's what it said.
9/Who was your last received call from?
Mr Chia (?!) Wth.
10/What does your 2nd sentbox text say?
"Xin ai" Oo what an awesome message.
11/How many messages are currently in your inbox?
Hmm. 733. XD
12/What is the wallpaper?
Some default wallpaper for my theme.
13/Who's speed dial number 1?
This useless voice mailbox number.
14/Who is the 15th message from in your inbox?
Shu En.
15/Who's the 1st person who comes up under B?
Boon Chong.
16/How many bars of signal do you currently have?
6. -o-
17/What network are you on?
18/Name every person you have a message from in your inbox.
Omg. That's HARD. I shall name the 1st 10 only: Rachel, Mrs Chong, some Card Balance number, Shu En, 2288 (some random M1 ad), Xin Ying,
19/What does your 6th text message in your inbox say?
"Hey help mi bring the long lost screw. :D Thanks"
20/Who is the first person in your contacts?
Anabelle.
21/Who is the last person in your contacts?
Zuo Wei. -.-
22/What does the last text in your inbox say?
"Ok" XD
23/What is your screensaver?
"MAYDAY \(^_^)/
24/What is your balance?
$6.54. Oo nice number.
25/Whos the last person under H?
Hong Jing.
26/What is your bluetooth name?
XD. Yay see my name is so awesome.
27/How many contacts are there in your phone?
70. Good thing my phone shows.
28/Could you live without it?
Maybe. Maybe not. I could live without it if I had better things to do when I'm bored.
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WOOHOO! Quizzes to do with my phone are fun! -o- (Yes I know I'm being stupid.) And to think I actually posted just because I wanted to do this quiz. Ripped from my sister anyway.
Rawr. I should like start mugging for EOYs. It's in 1 week's time and I haven't friggin' touched anything. D:
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
There goes my PASS.
Japanese EOY was totally screwed. Gone case la.
I was 10 minutes late. Not like that helped -.-
I gave up doing the paper 30 minutes before it ended. Oh wait. I was already doodling on my paper 15 minutes earlier. I got so bored I decided to sleep in the end.
Come to think of it, I shouldn't even have spent so much time trying to come up with something closest to the correct answer to scribble in. 'Cause I'll get it wrong anyway.
The questions were like !@#$%& hard can. Out of 10 questions on the first page, I could only manage to do one. And I wasn't even sure if it was correct in the first place. And that was only the Kanji section Don't ask about the rest of the paper.
I'm just hoping oral will pull me up...
See? Japanese is a waste of time. Spend so much time going for lessons, in the end still fail. I don't care I'm gonna quit next year. IF ONLY my father would allow.
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PS: The sensei was wearing nice shoes :D See I was that bored.
Japanese EOY was totally screwed. Gone case la.
I was 10 minutes late. Not like that helped -.-
I gave up doing the paper 30 minutes before it ended. Oh wait. I was already doodling on my paper 15 minutes earlier. I got so bored I decided to sleep in the end.
Come to think of it, I shouldn't even have spent so much time trying to come up with something closest to the correct answer to scribble in. 'Cause I'll get it wrong anyway.
The questions were like !@#$%& hard can. Out of 10 questions on the first page, I could only manage to do one. And I wasn't even sure if it was correct in the first place. And that was only the Kanji section Don't ask about the rest of the paper.
I'm just hoping oral will pull me up...
See? Japanese is a waste of time. Spend so much time going for lessons, in the end still fail. I don't care I'm gonna quit next year. IF ONLY my father would allow.
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PS: The sensei was wearing nice shoes :D See I was that bored.
Labels: EOYs
