Ok, been awhile since I last updated, nothing much happened really. In the span of a week, I can proudly say that I've read two books! Yay me! Hahaha... Many many more books before I can break my personal old record of reading 100 books in half a year. Hohoho... (:

First week of school has been amazingly great, and I feel more secure now. I know it sounds super odd, but I've always been afraid, frightened that people around me would just one day turn on me, reject me, and once again, I would be all by myself once more...

But now I know that it isn't true, that I'm no longer by myself, and this feeling I get when I'm around my friends, it's unbelievable, something I've never felt before.

I'm grateful for that, for all of you, because it's because of all of you that I can smile with confidence. (:

I know it sounds cliched, but it's seriously true, every single word of it.

Ok, enough with that, let's get on with life. Hahaha...

Today I had Dramatec and we were briefed on Magus Luna after the little vocal workshop we had. The theme this year is "Sinfully Indulgent", and I've decided to do a monologue. Hopefully I'll pass the auditions. (:

Hmmm...

Which means that I'm going to have to get into the mindset of the character I'm going to act as, in other words, as a murderer.

Think obsession Rachel, think stalker scary obsession. (:

Countdown(s)
`64 days to JOURNEY! Buy tickets from me if you want to see me act as a GRANDMA! :D

What's on Rachel's Itinerary?
`WDS Proposal***
`CMaths Tutorial 7***
`Touch Up for Visual Literacy 101**
`Script for Magus Luna**
`PRSP Assignment**
`FINISH up WDS Blog
`Computer Systems Project Interim Report

It's so odd, and I'm beyond confused...

GAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

Just shoot me why don't you?

Yesterday was a ridiculously, radically, outrageously awesome day! Despite how much my shoulders ached from yesterday, I still think that it was superbly off the charts! (:

Was late in meeting Phantos yesterday for the ECP (East Coast Park) outing, was afraid I would be like last or something, haha... Forgot how Parkway Parade looked like so the nice bus driver showed me where to drop off. Thank you Mister Nice-Bus-Driver! (:

When I reached there, I called Yanti and she said that she was in Borders, so I went there and chilled with her and Glen amongst the many cook books. Yanti was absolutely in love with all the Chocolate cook books, so now we know what to get her for her next birthday! Hahaha! Shawn came later then we decided to Long John for lunch. Later Wan joined us and then we walked to ECP.

Rented bikes there for $7 an hour, then we cycled for one hour, though we stopped halfway to rest a little at the jetty.



After that, we cycled for 30 minutes more before we met up with Clarence and bought some much needed refreshments before we were off cycling once more! Damn, my butt's still bruised from the ride! LOL! (:

Then after that we mooched in McDonalds and invaded blogs!



Then went to the beach side to play a card game. Damn funny man! Everyone had to pick a name, but being me, I totally couldn't remember! Hahaha... Let me try and remember the names and categories... Hmmm...

Animals
Yanti - Octopus
Wan - Komodo Dragon
Glen - Rhinoceros
Shawn - Hippopotamus
Clarence - Elephant
Me - Flamingo

Song Names
Yanti - Kabei Kushi Kabegum (?)
Wan - Lying is the Most Fun a Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off
Glen - What Goes Around Comes Around
Shawn - Staring at the Sun
Clarence - Yue Liang Dai Biao Wo De Xin
Me- 1000 no koto Ba wa

Bleah, there were other categories, but I can't remember the names... There were also countries, MRT Stations and Car Brands. Hahaha...

After that we walked towards Parkway Parade for dinner. On the way, Yanti bought a plastic blow-up bubble thingie(?) and I got a bottle of bubbles! Clarence kept trying to foil Yanti's blowing of bubbles and despite her trying to stop him, he succeeded almost all the time! Hahahaha!!!!! (:

We ate at a coffee shop near Parkway Parade. Wan had some Malay food, Glen and Shawn had Chicken Rice and I had Duck Noodles! Clarence had already eaten so had nothing whilst Yanti was having fun blowing more bubbles (She bought a box of 37!) and nicking Wan's food.




Then after that, after taking a few more pictures, we all trooped home... Well most of us, I had to rush to church for "Dance" practice. Don't ask... (:

So when I got home, I was sweaty and aching, damn shag! But hey, it was ultimately a damn fun day! Hahaha...

Today I met Lin Xi and Cliff to discuss the CMSY project and we had quite a few laughs from it, so yeah. (:

Ok, damn tired, going to go do some reading before turning in for the day.

Toodles!!!

<3

Countdown(s)
`6 more days till it's back to school! (:

What's on Rachel's Itinerary?
`FINISH up WDS Blog**
`WDS Proposal**
`Visual Literacy 101 Squares**
`CMaths Tutorial 6 and 7**
`Computer Systems Project**
`PRSP Assignment*

The Extra Mile

Scars will fade,
Shattered hearts will mend,
Memories will be lost
And nightmares will end.

Wounds will heal,
Broken hearts renewed,
The past can be erased
And I can start anew.

Forget all the troubles,
Forget all the fears,
Forget all the insults
And fake cruel peers.

Look forward and run,
Don't turn around,
And run towards the sun
Without a single doubt.

Close my eyes and wish
Upon a shooting star,
And hope that the fading light
Will carry my wish far.

Run across the meadows,
Walk along a beach,
Feel the grass and sands
Beneath the soles of my feet.

Grow wings and fly,
Deep breath, Smile,
Say goodbye to my troubles
As I go the extra mile.

Rachel Linn Vera Braberry

Nativity Youth Camp 08' was the absolute BOMB! YEAH! Absolutely LOVED it to the MAX! (:

My group, Xiao Long Bao was the absolute ultimate! We won second place in the total, but who cares! We loved it anyhow! There were like 4 girls and 4 guys in the group, which was totally lucky! Other groups had the guys outnumbering the girls! Hahaha... Jasmine, Sebby and Andrea were our group facils, the best group facils around, ok? Yeah! The other members were Amanda, Marcus, Tim and Kevin! Young Dragon Buns all the way!!!!!! (:


First day's Internal Games were fun! It involved running, soccer balls, water bombs and TOMATOES! HAHAHA! YES! TOMATOES! Isis was like totally drenched in the squashed tomatoes after the games! LOL! (:

Second day's External Games were awesome too! Lots of walking around in... TOWN! Or rather, more specifically, Clark Quay! Boat Quay! Raffles! Cross Street! Robinson Road! China Town! Hahaha!!! So many places man! Walked around for like hours, from 9.30 am to like 5pm! We were like snapping lots of pictures, cause that's the object of the game, and playing "Skill" games. Took us a super long time to find a certain place though! Hahaha! NYC painted the town green with our many groups running amok in green tees! (:

Then on the second night, we found out who our "Other Halves" were. My "Mr. Smith" was none other than DUCKY! HAHA! Priceless man! Then our pair won the "Blindfolded Dance" competition with Harold and Kumar(Sebby and Leslie)!

Then of course, NYC wouldn't be NYC without... WARM FUZZIES! Spent 4-5 hours writing them till the wee hours of the morning.(?) Hahaha... (:

The spiritual sessions were great too! I actually got a lot more out of it than I initially thought I would. Praise and Worship were awesome too! (:

Got back home at about 6pm, then Mum ordered Sakae Sushi for dinner. Was really good too! After dinner I read the book that Isis FINALLY returned to me after so many months! Hahaha... Then DJ Maxed for a bit, despite practically falling asleep on the screen. Finally decided to turn in at 9.15pm 'cause my eyes were practically drooping. Yup...

Want to hear something freaky? Last night I dreamt of bumping into Shawn (From Phantos) in town and he was like telling me that there was a Phantos outing coming up and that I should check the blog for info. Then this morning when I went to check, there really WAS an outing planned for next week! HAHA! xD

Anyways, now that camp is over, it means that I have to focus more on my work now. Urgh...

Never mind! I'll just have to make the best of it and somehow turn it fun!

Watch out world! Rachel's back and better than before! (:

Countdown(s)
`7 more days to Phantos Movie Outing at Marina Square! (:
`10 more days till Dramatec Orientation Camp? o__o

What's on Rachel's Itinerary?
`FINISH up WDS Blog**
`WDS Proposal**
`Visual Literacy 101 Squares**
`CMaths Tutorial**
`Computer Systems Project**
`PRSP Assignment*

All My Life

"My freedom,
My reason,
My Savior is what you are
To me.

You free me,
Complete me,
My Savior is what you are.

There's no other like you,
There's no one besides you,
You're all that my heart can contain!

And I will love you all my life
For you are my reason,
The one that I live for.
And will love you all my life
For you are my reason,
You're the one that I live for..."

Lord, I thank you or brightening up my life with your love and blessings. (:

Today's the big day! Nativity Youth Camp! Yes! FINALLY! Been looking forward to it for such a long time!

.......

Well not really... But still, it's something to do, something insanely fun to do. (:

Actually, to tell the truth, I don't feel excited, at all... Odd isn't it? I've always been super excited when it comes to camps, yet for some reason, I'm not...

Hmmm...

Curious... Very curious indeed...

Oh well, be back on Thursday!

Toodles! (:

Countdown(s)
`10 more days till Dramatec Orientation Camp? o__o
`0 more days till Nativity Church Youth Camp! xD

What's on Rachel's Itinerary?
`FINISH up WDS Blog**
`WDS Proposal**
`Visual Literacy 101 Squares**
`CMaths Tutorial**
`Computer Systems Project**
`PRSP Assignment*

"I don't need three wishes, Oh I just need one"
~Angel, Leona Lewis

June Term Break Schedule

Monday 09th June - Do CMaths Tutorial

Tuesday 10th June - Nativity Youth Camp 08'

Wednesday 11th June - Nativity Youth Camp 08'

Thursday 12th June - Nativity Youth Camp 08'

Friday 13th June - Alvyn's 21st Birthday

Saturday 14th June - Do Up WDS Blog and Proposal

Sunday 15th June - PC, Lectors

Monday 16th June - More WDS Proposal Research

Tuesday 17th June - Start on Visual Literacy

Wednesday 18th June - Finish Up Visual Literacy?

Thursday 19th June - Free?

Friday 20th June - Dramatec Orientation Camp

Saturday 21st June - Dramatec Orientation Camp, Vanessa's 21st Birthday

Sunday 22nd June - PC, Lectors

Monday 23rd June - Back to School!



Almost fully booked during the holidays. Lucky me? Pfft... And I was complaining before? Me and my big mouth... Bleah! -.-"

What If

What would happen if
Cinderella's glass shoe was never found?
Then she would stay in rags
And be worked close to death
By her cruel and heartless family.

What would happen if
Snow White was never kissed awake?
Then she would be dead and the dwarves
Would forever weep,
And Prince Charming would have found no Queen.

What would happen if
Sleeping Beauty's Prince Charming never came?
Then she would still be asleep in the tower,
Together locked in a nightmare
In her palace forever.

What would happen if
Beauty was given to a Beast with no heart?
Her beauty would be lost
And her grace and poise gone,
A servant she'd be to the Prince Charming never-be.

What would happen if
Fairy tales ended with unhappily ever after?
Princesses would die,
The witches and crooks and villains would cheer
And Prince Charmings would never have found their dears.

Rachel Linn Vera Braberry

Just a thought on what would happen if fairy tales went wrong. Hahaha... (:

I sense that the term break is going to be a huge drag with lots of boring empty days. Let's see, of all 14 days of the break, I'll only be occupied with camps and church youth stuff for 7 days, which leaves about one week of absolute nothingness. Honestly, I think I'd rather go to school 'cause I'd at least have something to do and occupy my time.

I hate having empty days. ):

Oh well, let's hope that there'll be more things to do soon.

Wait a minute... I almost forgot, I have assignments to do... Hmmm...

Better end the post 'cause I have to go to Vivo...

Countdown(s)
`4 more days till Nativity Church Youth Camp! xD
`15 more days till Dramatec Orientation Camp. (:

What's on Rachel's Itinerary?
`FINISH up WDS Blog**
`WDS Proposal**
`Visual Literacy 101 Squares**
`Computer Systems Project**
`PRSP Assignment*

What the hell was I thinking? I HAVE ALOT OF WORK TO DO FOR TERM BREAK! GAH! D:

New Blog Skin, and I'm lovin' it! Hahaha... (:

Term tests are finally over! Time to sit back relax and enjoy the holidays! (:

Though it's not like I haven't been slacking enough. Hahaha... d:

Bumped into some of my classmates in the canteen in the morning before the Computer Systems test paper, so I tried to mug with them...

However I was distracted by the pretty lights... Haha... (:

Was copying and summarising my CMSY notes last night. 96 slides crammed onto these two pages. Bleah...

Cresslia! (:

Val, Aty's friend and Aty were there! (:

By the way, the CMSY paper sucked 'cause I couldn't remember much... Bleah... ):

After the Computer Systems test paper, I hung out with Val and JianHui in the ITAS canteen. Gerald, LinXi were there too. Jason joined us later at around noon? Haha...

We joked about alot, talked gossiped, DJ Maxed, etcetera etcetera... I love "The King and I". Hahaha... Random much! (:

Anyways, today was mostly spent slacking and arranging books on this HUGE bookshelf that came in today. I think, if I'm not wrong, that I threw out about 3 boxes of old books that I knew I would never re-read. Bye bye books, I'll miss you... ):

Anyways, the following pictures show how the shelf looks like. (:

BIG SHELF! The top row contains many many random show stuff. The last two rows are mum's, second and third rows are mine! Wahahaha!!!!! :D

This area contains my entire Celestial Zone comic collection, Complete Absolute Boyfriend manga series, various local comics, SJC Yearbooks, PS2 game guides, Vampire Knight manga and my Sec 2 to 4 Literature books. All books here are in ENGLISH! (:

Meg Cabot books, Jaqueline Wilson books, Oriental Historical stories. Ignore the doll, I didn't put it there... -.-"

These are most of the chinese manga that I've bought over the years. YES! CHINESE! But I don't always understand what's going on... Bleah... ): But I still love them anyways. Over 60 chinese mangas and counting. Hahaha... (:

My old Enid Blyton books are right at the back, hidden behind my Harry Potter books. The Twilight trilogy and Brothers Grimm are right in front. (:

Random books and my Sensual Phrase manga are here.

Old Fairy Tale books that I cannot bear to throw away. Haha... I love fairy tales a lot ok? (:

And of course, my Archie Comic collection! YES! I LOVE ARCHIE! YEAH! Though I think the older ones are the best. (:

Books are my only companions when I have absolutely nothing to do at home, and when I'm sick of the computer. Books are my best friends! Hahaha... (:

Note to self, kick the SI MANTOUS when I see them. RAWRS! D:<

Countdown(s)
`5 more days till Nativity Church Youth Camp! xD
`16 more days till Dramatec Orientation Camp. (:

What's on Rachel's Itinerary?
`KICK THE BIG AND SMALL MANTOUS! RAAAAAHHHH!!!!!!*******
`FINISH up WDS Blog*

Just finished writing my notes for tomorrow's Computer Systems term test. How I managed to shrink all 96 slides of notes into 2 sides of an A4 sized note paper is however beyond me. Crud, my hand's aching for writing for 2 hours plus, plus my hand writing is like super tiny and cursive. Bleah... Oh well, as long as it'll benefit me in tomorrow's test, then I guess it's alright...

Speaking of which, tomorrow is the last paper after which it will be my 2 week long term break. Time to bring out the sleeping bags and clothes for my upcoming camps. Yay! (:

Monday was the PRSP term test. PRSP was pretty much easy, which was actually quite a surprise to me, or maybe it was because I had the book. Hahaha...

Tuesday was WDS, which pretty much sucked thank you very much. At least I'm confident that I'll pass. (:

Today was CMaths which was alright, my practicing paid off! (:

Lately, I've been in deep thought a lot, don't ask me why because I won't tell you. I won't tell you not because it's personal, but because I myself have NO CLUE! Hahaha! (:

Not sure if tat's a good or a bad thing though... Hmmm...

Another thing to ponder about. I can never seem to stop thinking. I hate thinking, especially since I tend to think more negative than positive. Hmmm...

I better go to sleep so I can wake up super rejuvenated!

Yeah right... I wish...

Countdown(s)
`6 more days till Nativity Church Youth Camp! xD
`17 more days till Dramatec Orientation Camp. (:
`0 more days to Term Test.

What's on Rachel's Itinerary?
`FINISH up WDS Blog*
`Start studying for upcoming Term Tests!!!

Omigosh! EMO-ness! Emo-ness in my blog! NOOOOOO!

EMO BE GONE! (: