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Hi there. The name's CHERYL. Was in Pasir Ris Primary, St. Hilda's Secondary and Temasek Polytechnic's Veterinary Technology, currently in Nanyang Technological University's Biological Sciences. A '96 baby getting older every year on 26th May. Started this blog when i was Primary 5, and i refuse to delete it cos it holds all my memories, both good and bad. (: |
Choices choices choices.
Tuesday 24 September 2013 @ 23:20
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Whenever i can't make such big decisions, i ask around for help. And then when i ask my parents, it's that point of time that makes me cry. It's like, suddenly there's so much stress overwhelming me just over this stupid decision-making issue. And i feel so burdened by it and so stressed, that i start to cry. You may think that i'm being such a crybaby. I know, i don't want to be like that either. But for some reason i'd just feel so tortured and confused and i'd cry.
Sometimes i wish i hadn't asked my parents for advice. Or wish that my parents didn't have such...perfect, sound advice. Because before i ask my parents, i'd always have this inclination to the "bad" or "unpopular" side of the decision, then when my parents' advice come in, it pushes me to the opposite direction. That's why it makes me feel even more confused and at a loss of what to choose, leading to me crying. Ironic, isn't it. People love those that can give good advice and stuff, while i am over here complaining about how good my parent's advices always are.Sigh.
But after much thinking (and crying), i finally decided to go against what my dad told me, and not take up the diploma plus. I really don't want to put my GPA at risk. I'm sorry for always sticking to a routined life, for not daring to try new stuff, for not making myself feel confident on going a different route. But i really don't have the motivation or feeling to try it this time..i know i can't work well under too much stress, and perhaps this additional subject would be one too many. What if i break down like that too? My GPA is gonna affect my future.
I know that not everyone gets such an opportunity, and i can drop it after realising i can't cope and stuff, but i don't feel the need to put in the extra effort and time on an additional subject that is just a spare tyre in the end..I might as well use this time to focus fully on my main modules, so as to achieve high enough a GPA to get to a good university, right?
Sigh..I just hope i won't regret this after deciding.
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Year 1.1's exam results!!
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AY2013/2014 April Semester (Main)Grade Point Average: 4.00
| Subject Code | Subject Name | CU | Grade | |||
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| ACH1002 | Organic and Biological Chemistry | 5 | A | |||
| ACH1005 | Principles of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry 1 | 5 | A | |||
| ACS1001 | Communication Skills for Applied Science 1 | 2 | A | |||
| AMA1005 | Mathematics and Statistics | 3 | Distinction | |||
| AMB1002 | Human Anatomy and Physiology | 5 | A | |||
| GCD1001 | Applied Principles for Effective Living 1 | 1 | Pass | |||
I don't mean to brag (not like anyone would see this post anyw), but i'm seriously just damn happy cos my hard work paid off :D Also, Dr Chan called me this morning when i was still asleep. Turns out i was eligible for TP's Diploma Plus!! Apparently it's eligible for the top 10% freshmen, and only 4 from our course made it. Thankfully i was one of the four :') It's gonna be tough though, because i'll have extra subjects to study (i think, if i didn't hear Dr Chan wrongly). I do hope i'd be able to cope though, cos this Diploma Plus gives me an extra certificate after i graduate, so that'll help me alot in my further studies.
So yeah, on that note, bye!:)
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HORSES!
Saturday 21 September 2013 @ 01:26
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So for the past two weeks of my holidays, I had been pretty busy..taking care of horses! YEP, HORSES! :D
It's actually an attachment programme that's supposedly meant to be in Year 2 as it's related to Animal Care and Management module, but according to Dr Diana Chan, in Year 2 we don't have time, so they shifted this attachment programme to Year 1. I was there at the National Equestrian Centre for two weeks (only 8 days, actually) and let me tell you, it really IS fun! Despite having to endure the horse smell (it's bearable) and the dirty work, I was still quite happy I could get the chance to do this. I mean, who would have ever known i'd get the chance to take care of horses?! Hahaha so yeah, our 'working' timings were actually like this: work from 9am-11am, break till 2pm, then work again till 4pm. So basically it's 2 hours work, 3 hours break, 2 hours work HAHAHA. Shiok eh?! Anyw, imma try and recall what we did for each day. Almost everyday has a theory part of the lesson, but i'm not gonna include that in this post hahaha.
Day 1 - 10 September 2013, Tuesday
Basically, we learnt to put on the head collar for the horses. If i'm not wrong, it was the day that Lando nearly lifted me off the ground using its nose LOLOL . It was really stubborn (cos it was emoing according to one of the workers there) and didn't let Qianqian or I put on the head collar, so whenever we grabbed his
head to put it on, he'd lift his head! QQ managed to put it on finally though hahaha.
Day 2 - 11 September 2013, Wednesday
We had to muck out the horses' stables, which means to clear the horse shit and urine in the stable, as well as add in new bedding, aaaaand clean the water. I had a slight problem clearing the horse shit and dirty wood shavings (the bedding) though haha cos it was actually pretty heavy, and i had to lift them up w this shovel and throw it into a bin so it was pretty tiring (i'm weak, I knowwwww). But then again it was quite satisfying to see a cleaner stable for the horses after all that work :D Pei fu the workers there man hehe.
Later that afternoon, we learnt to groom the horses. Unfortunately, QQ and I were assigned to groom Flash, a horse that had lots of FUNGUS. Yeppppp and we had to scrub pretty hard while grooming just so that we could get rid of as much fungus as possible. So that kinda left a bad impression on horse grooming for me cos after that whenever I heard "groom the horses", i'd be all UGH SIANNNNN LOL.
Day 3 - 12 September 2013, Thursday
Okay honestly I don't remember what we did LOL.
Day 4 - 13 September 2013, Friday
It was proooobably the day that we learnt to identify the markings on the horses...pretty boring I guess/: Oh and there was fogging going on at the NEC so for a few minutes it stank like hell oh god. I think we did something else on that day, can't remember though..
Day 5 - 17 September, Tuesday
It was the worst day of the 8 I think? We groomed horses in the morning, and then in the afternoon we just dId a little theory and Sonja got bored and we got bored so we just had a little chitchat with her HAHAHA. We introduced her to some of Singapore's delicacies blahblah and then we went home. Yep that's about it LOL.
Day 6 - 18 September, Wednesday
We learnt to tack up the horses, which means to put on the saddle and bridle to prepare them for riding. And then....I don't remember either HAHAHA. OH we watched Erika clip Suki's fur! Haha Suki was really naughty and got scolded a couple of times for moving around too much.
In the afternoon, we went to see the farrier, the guy who changes the horses' shoes. It was pretty cool i guess, except for the bad smell when he presses the hot shoe on the hoof, causing the hoof to be burnt. Everyone says it smells like barbeque but I beg to differ - it smells worse than barbeque /:
Day 7 - 19 September, Thursday
We did the clipping this time, but on Alarich who apparently loves clipping HAHAH. Erika says most horses don't really like clipping, but Alarich likes it so he was pretty calm during the entire thing. Clipping is actually pretty tough (maybe it's cos it's our first time too), cos it's hard to shave off a straight line neatly. Halfway through, there'd be an unshaved part and you'd have to go over that part again. Anyw, we finished clipping Alarich in more than an hour, which was REALLY long cos horses that don't give so much trouble would have their clipping done in less than half an hour LOL. But Erika says it's okay, cos it's our first time :D OH YEAH and Erika clipped the Avengers' "A" sign on Alarich!! COOL ISN'T IT :D
Day 8 - 20 September, Friday
It was the last day ): Pretty sad cos i won't get to see the horses anymore, but then again I won't have to wake up at 6.30am anymore so YAY HAHAHA. Anyway, in the morning we didn't do much. But in the afternoon, we groomed the horses, tacked them up, and YES, WE WENT RIDINGGGGGG!! :D Such a once-in-a-lifetime thing to me man hahahha. The weather was pretty crazy though, i've got a sunburn on my nose and arms now ): Anyw yeah it was fun, though it was hard to kick the horses (Alarich and Winsor) to get them to keep walking, cos they were pretty lazy so we had to kick HARD non-stop. And yeah eventually my legs were tired LOL but I still had to kick, or else those lazy bums wouldn't move. Still enjoyable, nevertheless :D
So yep, that's the end of my two-week attachment. The activities I mentioned are probably not on the correct days I stated though haha. Hey, it's hard to remember everything so clearly okay!
Big thanks to Sonja (pronounced Sonia, she's from Germany hehe) for guiding us throughout these two fruitful weeks :') and thanks to Streisand, La Bomba, Alarich, Lilli, Hero, Nanno, Lando, Karinna, Winsor and Mirabell the horses too HAHA.
Made new friends too, from K2 (The other VeT class): Andy, Jeremy, Vernetta, Regina and Dakshaini :D
Ah, I do hope to have such stuff sometime soon:D how exciting hehe!
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The end of Semester one, FINALLY.
Tuesday 3 September 2013 @ 12:11
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The holidays are finally here, and guess what. It's not like the secondary school holiday where the teacher still gives you assignments to do whatsoever, because next term we're taking different modules already! So it's really a PURE holiday :')
Manqin, Claire and I are actually thinking of looking for a job for this 1+ month holiday, but then i realised if we were to exclude the times at least one of us isn't free, we don't really have much time to work /: Idk if people would hire us, if that's the case... Oh well, see how everything goes i guess, we still have to find a job first.
I signed up for this equestrian thing for the first two weeks of the holidays, whereby we learn how to take care of horses and the trainers would also teach us how to RIDE a horse!! Omg i am so excited for that :D Dr Chan said we'd be assigned a pony to EACH of us, can you imagine?! It's like that pony's your own PET!
Oh and remember somewhere in May/June i fell down and had a really deep wound on my elbow (plus the bruises and superficial cuts on my other 3 limbs? Look what happened to that deep wound/:
IT LOOKS HORRIBLE :'( If you tell me it's the kind of scars that are just slightly browner than your normal skin colour or whatever, it's still not so bad. But this, THIS IS LIKE HAVING SOME EXTRA PIECE OF MEAT STICKING OUT OF MY ELBOW ): And i know it has been a couple of months, but when i knock onto something at a certain place of that injury, IT HURTS LIKE HELL.I really do hope this isn't the "end product" of my scar, cos it really looks pretty gross..thank god it's on my elbow which isn't some obvious place on my body though. Sigh ): Never thought i'd ever get such a weird and bad scar, honestly.
Anyway, time to talk about happier stuff:
Two days ago (1st Sept) was Manqin's birthday, and guess what! I did something that i've never done before - i surprised her by going all the way to her doorstep to deliever her birthday present hehehe :D Y'know, when i was thinking of it, i planned to wish her happy birthday, hug her, and then talk a little (like explain why my present was wrapped separately), then leave to meet Qianqian to study. But i got really nervous and excited cos it was my first time, so when Manqin came to the door, i forgot EVERY SINGLE THING i planned to do and say, and just kept laughing non-stop >_> But Manqin was surprised nevertheless, so yesssss success! :D Hehehe.
Alright gonna go cook something for lunch, then head out to meet Claire to accompany her to get her birthday present for Manqin:p
Oh and remember somewhere in May/June i fell down and had a really deep wound on my elbow (plus the bruises and superficial cuts on my other 3 limbs? Look what happened to that deep wound/:
Anyway, time to talk about happier stuff:
Two days ago (1st Sept) was Manqin's birthday, and guess what! I did something that i've never done before - i surprised her by going all the way to her doorstep to deliever her birthday present hehehe :D Y'know, when i was thinking of it, i planned to wish her happy birthday, hug her, and then talk a little (like explain why my present was wrapped separately), then leave to meet Qianqian to study. But i got really nervous and excited cos it was my first time, so when Manqin came to the door, i forgot EVERY SINGLE THING i planned to do and say, and just kept laughing non-stop >_> But Manqin was surprised nevertheless, so yesssss success! :D Hehehe.
Alright gonna go cook something for lunch, then head out to meet Claire to accompany her to get her birthday present for Manqin:p