Yup it’s one of those end-of-year post-lists things that I do every year yay! I know I kinda recapped my year in my previous post already but c’mon that was way too lengthy and emotional. Let’s end this 2011 with a pic-spammed and much livelier post! :=)
In a sort-of-chrnological manner but not-really-as-you-can-see
In no particular manner what so ever:
#1: Whatsapp
Ok I know a lot of you are probably laughing at this one but Whatsapp played quite a significant role in my 2011! Considering the fact that I don’t have unlimited text ): Anyways, through Whatsapp I did manage to catch up with some old friends and forge new friendships as well. Got to know some stuff from people via this and I would say that it really was quite important because if not for it I wouldn’t be able to rant to my friends in times of need. (you’ve seen my rants if you see this blog; people rant text messages I rant texts novels hence Whatsapp is useful for both me and the poor audience who’s reading it. It’s more comprehensive I guess)
Special mentions to Candice and Wenxin who I think I’ve used Whatsapp the most this year (: Thankyou dears y’all really helped me pull through quite a few difficult periods this year. Oh and I don’t think he’ll see this but hello Gerald, I like our Whatsapp convos LOL.
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#2: 5C11
Well… What can I say? I am amazed by my class of dreamers and how Miss Teo managed to make it out of this year alive with this group of maddening sharklings. Still remember the first day of school…
Miss Teo: Ok so it seems like only one person in thie class don’t take Math…
Raey: Omigosh who’s the lucky duck! Ey wait, is it me?
Miss Teo: …
She should had took that as a preview as to the rest of her year with us. What’s with Isabel’s Like a Isabel moments and Gerald’s lame puns and Zi Yi and Xin Yi’s outbursts here and there. Not to mention the PW period when all of us went nuts (I danced up and down the corridor singing the F-U-N song so yea)
This class is such a magical blend of the weird and quirky and strange and beautiful. So damn grateful to be here and to feel that I belong. I’ll have to spend another one year with y’all Oneones (: Let’s rock it.
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#3: my Bitch Clan
First things first: WLAO EY I DON’T HAVE A PHOTO WITH Y’ALL SO I HAD TO RESORT TO USING THIS ONE ): WHAT IS THIS NONSENSE WE HAVE THE QUEEN OF CAMWHORE IN THE GROUP (AHEM ISABEL) BUT WE DON’T HAVE A GROUP PHOTO? TSKS.
Second things second: I don’t look good in any of my photos .__. But I look so much better with the extensions so yea ok, extensions are good!
Anyhoo, thankyou for tolerating my nonsense this year my bitches. Yea we haven’t been nice and talked nasty stuff and all that (hence the name) but y’all are still ykw, my posse and all that whatnot so thankyou for sticking around and generating nonsense with me (: Y’all can always turn things around and provide fresh perspectives lmao.
Another year with all you bitches, I couldn’t be happier but I think all of you are grumbling HAHAHAH CYA ROUND, BITCHES 8)
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#4: SHEDS (Senior High English-Speaking Dramatic Sluts)
If I thought JHEDS was mad, they come nothing close to this group.
Most people change their CCAs when they come up to Senior High but I made the choice to continue with drama. Like I’ve mentioned, drama is something in my blood and the stage is a calling I feel obliged to answer. There is a performer in me that I have to satisfy. I did consider joining CS this year actually LOL but boy am I glad I didn’t.
All the wonderful people I’ve met and grown closer to. (Forged bonds that I don’t ever want to break) Each one of them are interesting and refreshing personalities to be around with and it’s always a great experience to hear their thoughts on stuff. And when it comes to hanging out, it’s ALWAYS good fun (last night was another example to add to the list)
Oh another thing: I’ve 3 solid photo albums of this group of crazyasses on Facebook but I can’t pick a single one to put here because they are all rated .__. I mean look at the faces in the above photo~ Sigh, you people. My life would suck without you.
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#5: Student Council
hello Council~ Since I’ve already dedicated two longass paragraphs that can totally pass for an essay in my previous post, I shall skip past the explanation part of why y’all are here.
All the best, Council. I know the y5s have been working very hard these days for Orientation so I’m sure it’s gonna be a blast ^^ And for the y6s who had been kind and patient with me through this year thankyou as well. All of you helped me grew to become a better person and while the metamorphosis was painful, the result was worth it. I kinda like myself better now after what y’all put me through lol.
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#6: Homa
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#7: David Choi in Singapore
So it’s probably no biggie but him popping into Singapore again and this time round with a showcase that I could attend is simply mindblowing (for a fangirl, this is SUCH a big deal) I honestly melt into a puddle of nothing when facing him and lose all ability to speak.
David along with Wong Fu are my greatest inspirations and for David I know it’s strange since I don’t even dabble in music but it’s his determination to produce his own style of music and persevering up to now that captures me. He fought the battle to edge towards his dream his way and never wavered in the course of it and now he is being acknowledged as David Choi with his own style of music and I couldn’t be happier for him.
He reminds to fight my battles my way and never lower my head to compromise my individuality. He reminds that there is never a reason to sacrifice what you are to choose the easier route in order to get what you want. If he had adhere to what the record labels asked, with his talent he would had been signed a long time ago but he didn’t because he wanted that creative space and of course, to keep his own style. And that my friends, is what strikes me the most.
It’s been a big year for Wong Fu as well (: And I am so ridonkulously happy for them and glad that I’ve been able to follow them through this journey ^^
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#8: Harry Potter (The End of My Childhood)
HP1: It all begins.
HP7.2: It all ends.
So when the last book was released that should had been the end of my childhood since I did grow up with the books and not so much of the films. But ykw how you finish the last book and felt sad and all but thought, “at least I still have the movie!” Then the movie was released and you realise that it is really over & you go asdghhjkl .___.
I started sobbing so hard when the Snape scene started and cried so hard at his death and when I saw all of Hogwarts coming together to protect their beloved school I am like omg omg omg -cries- ok I am a total Potter nerd but this series had honestly been a really big part of my childhood and when I used to pine for my Hogwarts acceptance letter and fantasise about the castle and which house I would be in and all that.
So according to Pottermore, I’m a Slytherin which most people are saying fits me. But I can’t help but wonder that if I took the Sorting quiz before this year, would the result be different? Hmm :\
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#9: Sugoyi
HELLO MY SUGOYI SUGOYI! I still have the board y’all made for me hanging on my world LOL and I am so happy that we managed to stay close even after one year so frigging amazing. Maybe right now we’ve been busy and we’re gonna be even busier in the future but let’s hope we’ll still be this close this time next year. SUGOYI FOREVER OK I MEAN LOOK AT ALL THE FOOD WE CAN EAT.
I’ve accomplished so many stupid things with y’all ok what will I do without all of you? I mean, I’ve been to Japan and ran down a longass up escalator and put up with burps in my ear and eat dried mangoes like they are crack and again, LOOK AT ALL THE FOOD WE FINISHED LOL.
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#10: American Sitcoms
Ok so they haven’t been a HUGGGGGE part of my life and only kinda got to know HIMYM and TBBT better this holidays (they were what kept me going ok. An average day in my entire holiday was wake up -> do my work -> lunch -> do my work -> bike if it didn’t rain -> dinner -> watch my American sitcoms.) Wow my holiday is so pathetic .__.
But anyhoo, the quality of their shows are so good and while I’ve always loved Glee due to how relatable it is, I love the other two shows equally much now. HIMYM is beautifully shot and I love how the story has such flawless continuity. TBBT’s humour is just epic, seriously. And I love the development of the characters they are so well-defined. As an aspiring filmmaker, they kinda make me want to enter TV which is something that I wasn’t interested in previously, since I had intended to just focus on short films and new media. Options options…
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#11: Wicked
Me and my wonderful Wicked programme ^^
Watching Wicked was a breath-taking experience and I can’t emphasise enough. The storyline is relatable, the songs are beautiful and everything just falls in so brilliantly. This is my all-time favourite musical and when it came to Singapore, I simply couldn’t believe it. I was actually nuts enough to want to fly all the way to New York to watch it on Broadway (which I still will) but even watching the Australian cast in Singapore was mesmerising enough. Wicked is wicked, the end.
Jemma Rix & Lucy Durack swopping roles the quality of the video is terrible but the voices and how much fun they had was so adorable. If you are a Wicked fan, watch til the end you won’t regret it! If you aren’t, still watch it! Then go check out the soundtrack LOL.
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I guess that concludes my 2011! It’s been a painfully brilliant year which I think was full of personal growth for me. I grew a lot and learnt a lot and changed a lot and now that I look back this year I don’t have any regrets for anything I did. Which I guess it’s good since I don’t believe in doing something only to regret it later. What I do regret are the things I didn’t do which I can safely say, was zero since I did all that I said I would this year and more. Goodbye, 2011. I really can’t wait to let you go since you had been exhausting so yup, come along now 2012!
2012 may be my As year and people say it’s the year where it is gonna be pure torture but right now I’m choosing to embrace it instead of fearing it. I guess my New Year resolution is that I will actively choose to be happy. There is always a choice. And like Fiyero said, “it’s looking at things in a different way.”
I am choosing to look at it in a different way.
For 2012 and the rest of my life, I pledge to be happy.
