So here I am, having survived perhaps the most stressful exam of my life. Well, almost. I still have a teensy weensy exam left and that's bio mcq which is 5 days from now.

To sum it up, the past 3 weeks have been a trying period, in which I try to study, most of the time unproductive but at least there's progress, and try to recap all the chapters the night before the exams. It was crazy, having to cram 20 math chapters in one night or 14 econs chapters in one night or 30 plus chem chapters in the night before the paper. I can't decide which was scarier. The night before that fateful first day of A level, the tormentingly difficult Chem Paper 3 was one I will not forget. I remember all the nerves starting to set it, all the fears, all the doubts.. As I sat at my study desk, looking up at the list of chapters I have yet to cover, tears starting welling up in my eyes. Yet, I knew that I couldn't absorb anything while crying so I quickly dried my tears, punched my table threw my pens on the floor with all the force I garnered to let off the pressure inside, then I started to study..

Almost every night before each paper was like a race. A race to complete the syllabus, a race to do it well, a race to finish it before my energy levels starts to die off. It was tiresome, exahusting. Felt so trapped like there was no way out. Really need to thank 5 people who encouraged me along the way.

1. Jinyi - all those 'we're all doing it together.. don't be scared.. i'm here with you' smses, those stress-relieving hugs etc.. she was by my side all the way. and by that, I mean every single step of the path to the big As.

2. Joyce Fu Zi Hui! Everytime I felt like I was so so screwed for the paper, when all the fears and regret start to set in.. she always always has this encouraging sms for me. it ALWAYS work. there isn't a time when her encourgement didn't help. really got to thank you zoi :)

3. Nicole mei mei. For the motivating letters, the straw hearts, the smses, the little surprises of showing up at my doorstep just to hug me and encourage me, thank you so much my little cousin :)

4. Daddy. There's so many things he does for me I am in awe for such a great father. Whose father actually wakes up early just to make me a nutritious breakfast to start my day, warms up a bottle of Chicken Essence to give me that extra boost, fills my water bottle every day, gives me an excess of money even when I say I have more than enough, sits in my room while I study to motivate me, writes down all my exam dates and puts it up on the fridge, and every morning almost without fail he'll unlock the door so that I can leave the house asap so that I can get to school fast. He's a really great dad and I am a blessed daddy's girl :)

5. I kept praying, and praying. Asking for forgiveness, surrendering, praying for easy papers, praying that things I didn't study for such as Transition Metal Colours, Globalisation&Trade, Economic Growth, ROG, will not come out. And he did his magic. The papers were crafted in such a way that I could CHOOSE not to do these topics. Thank you Lord for calming the storms in my mind.

For me personally, math was quite alright though I couldnt do two big questions in P1, gp was ok but I'm afraid of getting out of point for essay, bio was strange and it exceeded my expectations, was pretty challenging.. chem was FREAKING HARD i can feel my A slowly saying adios to me.. hmm what else. Oh, econs. P1 was hard but P2 was alright. All in all, I am not as confident for my grades this time as compared to A's. For now, there's nothing I can do but keep praying.

alright, so that's the first half of my post-As post. Here comes the second.

I'M FREE!!!

Liberation is the best feeling one can ever have.
Freedom is so so sweet.

Anw, I'm currently nursing an aching feet after all the walking in the previous days. First, after econs on tues, went ikea with jinyi walk walk walk love ikea and the food there (tues is meatballs day going at 4bucks instead of 6.50!!) yea but despite my love for the swedish cuisine, I decided to be resistant to my temptations and wait for our yummy jap dinner at nihon mura kallang leisure park which is 2mins away from my house by train :) love the concept of the store (you order using icecream sticks its pretty fun) and love the prices. sushi's at $1.19 only and quality is generally not bad, just that the beef sukiyaki i had wasn't very nice :( i absolutely LOVE BEEF SUKIYAKI SOUP I CAN USUALLY DRINK SO MUCH THAT I ASK FOR SECOND SERVING OF SOUP but this soup base i had wasnt very nice :( left me quite disappointed. jinyi, on the other hand, was disappointed because they didn't serve the shabushabu sauce that she loves. almost went down to the cold storage downstairs to buy the sauce. haha. but to give justice to the restaurant the mushroom tepenyaki, potato koroke and salmon sushi was yums :)

On wed, we left for the Singapore Zoo! Have been dreaming about this day for the past 2-3 weeks and it was even better than I thought. Woke up bright and early to make sushi.
Damn funny jy was like
'I'll prove to you I can make better sushi than you!' then she proceeded to pile up the rice on the sushi roller, WITHOUT SEAWEED. Hilarious I broke into a rage of laughter.

i love the zoo! Most exciting part was when I came face-to-face with a leopard, I think the creature's face was less than 10cm away from mine no kidding. Really quite traumatic.
we walked around looking at all the beautiful animals that I love to observe and admire. Im getting very bored of human beings oh no.
But anyways!
I saw my 3 good friends at the zoo!

EH GLADYS JOYCE JOLENE HOW COME I SAW YOU ALL AT THE ZOO AH FIGHTING FOR FOOD SOMEMORE. ESPECIALLY JO FIGHTING WITH THE REST OF THE OINK OINK PIGS, JOYCE AND HER GIANT TORTOISE FRIENDS AND GLADYS THE BROWN SUNBEAR. Haha we are indeed an animal farm clique :)

walked around the zoo more than twice and then it started raining :( so we sat down for awhile and starting camwhoring, with phone and with polaroid cam :) and tadah! there you have it my chiobu picture on my new facebook profile pic.

after the zoo, our legs felt llike the softest of all jelly, but luckily it was still strong enoough to walk us to Taka to eat at ambush! this casual italian place. yums I had baby scallop in fish roe cream pasta while jy had thai tomato basil pasta with melt-in-your-mouth salmon.
yummmmmm.

then yesterday, I cooked! love cooking.
I have two biggest passion in my life.

#1. FOOD. I love experimenting, i love trying new dishes, I love to see happy and amazed faces when I show people that hey, I am not a bad chef :)
#2. Dancing. Needless to say.

Alright, it's saturday today. And I barely started studying, today whole day burned alr cos im going grandma house very soon.

to end off, just wanna say:

Faith, Cher, Jolene, Joyce and Gladys, I miss you all we must meet up soon!

Lotsa lovin,
me!