What can I say about my first day of school hmm... Well I guess after the 4 months break that I had, going back into the study mode was can of difficult, more so in a whole new enviroment. I had to start waking up at 6.30 the latest just to catch the second last bus to school! Further more Jia Bao and Teng Qing said that I should be in school half and hour earlier because I am bound to get lost on the first day. Well, not only did I not get lost, I was actually one of the earliest in class today. Not bad a start right(:

The buzz in the school was a total culture shock for me. Not that it didn't happen in Xin Min. It did, but try multiplying the buzz by at least 10!! It was crazy!The freshmen and the 'old foggies' of the school were like armies of ants, charging towards their ememies(which I think is the teachers and the books for the majority)!! As usual, I see people hugging each other after a long study break. All the norm I guess. I felt like a baby who have just entered into this world. The place, the people all seemed new to me. I think it took me quite a while to get use to the enviroment, breath in the 'poly live air' and officially call Ngee Ann my 2nd home. And like all other freshmen, my friend and I practically spent the most time to find our new classrooms a.k.a battle field. I actually felt shameful for not being able to locate the place despite going for Red Camp 4 and the countless amount of Ngee Ann's open houses (Yu Wen can testify that) Up till then the day was ok for me I guess.(:

But hold on!!! I thought,

Poly = no text book!!

In the end,

Ngee Ann Poly(ECH) = 2 big and heavy textbook!!!

Together with my laptop, I can seriously train up my arm muscles!! But I am thankful that I don't have to carry all that 'weights' for every single class.

To make my day worst, I didn't know that the Korean lesson was postponed to next Monday. I waited excitedly for 2 hours for nothing! Hmm, it is really hard to give Praise to the Lord when all these things happened in one day - on my first day of school some more! But I will not give up! I must fight the good fight!! My goal this week and the subsequent weeks is to bear witness to other people in school by doing a simply action and that is to live a good/proper christian life no matter how influential the people in school may be.

Hence, review for the day. Good - Bad - Worst but, still can be thankful for some things.

To the 2nd day of school - FIGHTING!!!

This year's birthday is definitely different from the other birthdays I had. For the 1st time after so many years, I didn't had BBQ for my birthday dinner!!! For once a change - my mum dished out really nice plates of chicken chop for the whole family and my friends who came over to hang out.

TADAAAA!!! It's CHOOPER GOOD!!!!

Another thing different this year is I received not one but two cakes this year. 1st one was from my dearest classmates and the second from my LOVELY DADDY!!! I like both of them but I have to say, I really like my what my dad got me because there was strawberries!!! And lots of it!!!(:

Cake #1 - From Pola

Then comes cake #2.

See this is why I like the cake so much!! It is filled with STRAWBERRIES!!! Yum ~~~~

And it's from Chocz!!! Not cheap I guess.

However( why must there be a 'however'!!), my birthday wasn't as exciting as what I planned for it to be! My classmates(Chin Ying, Siti & Lil) and I went to Pasta Mania to have a sumptuous meal!!

Looks good, taste good!

And for the whole entire day, my dear Chin Ying made me wear a silly party hat!!! It was so embarassing! Even more when I had to walk in and out the shopping centre, MRT and buses!!! But I was really shocked that not everyone really stared at me(knowing Singaporeans are super 'KIASU'!!!), besides the 2 malay girls at Pasir Ris MRT. Although I didn't understand what they were saying but I'm 100% sure that they were laughing at me because of that clown hat!! RAH!!! At that time, I really wish I could hide my head in some hole some where!!

But some thing HAD to go terribly wrong on my birthday!! We had no idea Escape closes on weekdays until we were at their doorstep!!! However, a few minutes later, I was super thankful that Escape was closed because the cats and dogs came in to town!! It rained like crazy!! And we would end up wasting money instead of enjoying our time if we were to enter. So we ended up shopping at Bugis street! Instead of me receiving presents, I bought myself a new beg and a new wallet! TOTALLY LOVE LOVE LOVE THEM!!! (not that I didn't receive any)

Overall, the day was fun! Just hanging out with my dearest friends meant so much to me because I know that it will definitely be very difficult for us to meet, now that most of us are posted into a different school. So all the laughters we had will always remain within me(:

Thanks to everyone who did something for me, be it getting me a present or just a simple sms. Appreciate every single thing. Pastor asked us to look out for the things which we are blessed with last Sunday and I definitely have got to say that I'm truely blessed with so many people who cared for me, even for those whom I've not kept in contact with for a very long time! So thank you so much, from the bottom of my heart!!!

Lastly, here are the other photos

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More to come!!