Exams and CNY

Hello to you who's reading my blog!
Finally decided to get my ass up to blog again instead of lazing in bed on days when I'm not busy. I was back at *SCAPE to work for a week after my tests so I hadn't really had the time to blog...... and when I have the chance to blog like the past 3 days, I decided to wake up in the afternoon and have lunch then sleep my whole day away again. lol

I really gotta stop going out at godly sleeping hours and then waking up feeling restless the next day.


Anyhow, here's an update to how I spent my CNY this year!! As usual, my first 3 days of CNY are the busiest. Day 1 for relatives, day 2 for relatives of my dad's clique/grandparents' of my childhood friends and day 3 would be what my family likes to call, "Our open house"!


On the Eve on CNY, Theo and I made a dental appointment to get our teeth checked and cleaned!! The last time both of us had our teeth checked was in 2011?!?!!?!? But anyway, my teeth is still in good condition!! OH YEAH.

Met my family at Sakuraya after my dental appointment for lunch and got two see my brother after his 2 weeks for NS confinement!

And still very happy that I went to the dentist. 

And as usual, the first day of CNY was spent visiting my extended family and relatives.

Ended my Day 1 visitation at my paternal grandparents' side like every other year and I helped my daddy win quite a lot of money. heheh. I was on a winning streak!!!! Seriously. I was either getting ban luck, ban ban (double As) or 5 dragons for many consecutive rounds!

The second day of CNY was spent visiting the parents of my dad's friends a.k.a the grandparents of my childhood friends.

And the third day like every other year, was spent with people coming over to my place.

On Sunday, which is the 4th day of CNY, we had our neighbours gathering as usual and I headed to Yanting's place for steamboat after.

And then, I had to return to school for tests -.-

WHY MUST TESTS BE SET DURING THE CNY PERIOD SRSLY.

But not like I was really bothered because a few days later I went over to Nais's place for steamboat and gambling even though I had an important test the next day.

But it's not like I didn't try studying. I did. Just look at me holding my specs in the above photo.

Then again, it didn't make a difference whether I studied or not because my friends who have studied all didn't know how to do the test as well.

The day after, I went to school for my last paper.

Made a spontaneous decision to meet Josh at his place later in the night and Eugene joined us later for drinks till like freaking 5am. 

OH MY GOD.

So here's my update on CNY.

It's boring I know. 

):

But it's so hard

to even sit myself down and start a post these days...

I tried.

HAPPIEST DAY OF MY 3 YEARS IN SCHOOL

My 3 years of suffering and torture has finally ended!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so freaking happy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TWO OH ONE FOUR

2014 has been quite a good year for me.

If there's anything in which I've learnt this year, I think it would be learning how to let things go. 

(Finally)

Because this is one thing in which I've been struggling with for years and years.

But this year, I realised that it isn't as hard for me to let things go and I think I can handle letting go of things now especially in the area of friendships.

Maybe this has all got to do with me finally getting sick of being disappointed and hurt that I finally had to force a foot forward or maybe it's just because I've grown older and I tend not to take it too hard on myself when I lose a friend. I don't know. 

Btw, is it just me but I seriously think this year flew past damn freaking fast?! Like wayyy wayyyy WAYYYY faster than the previous years.

Anyway, as 2014 comes to an end, here are the things in which I am extremely grateful for/which made me especially happy this year. (According to what I wrote in my planner -because I write everything done and on days when I'm happy, I have it written down too).

1. 23/02: When I got accepted by *SCAPE for my internship right after the day of my interview. Despite the OTs, and never ending workload, I enjoyed my internship so much and had lots of fun when I was there. And I guess it speaks for why I would go back and help out once in awhile, as and when I can. And following that, on 21/03, my very first work being put up for an event. I don't think I'll ever forget how it feels like to have my work being printed up and put up in real life that is like x100 times the size I see it when I was designing it on the com. I really did felt so good I felt all teary inside lol. (x)

2. 11/04: Wasn't exactly a happy day for me because I didn't do well for my test but was extremely thankful for John Lim for asking me out and he even wanted to treat me for dinner to cheer me up :') following that, we met Minjiang and was stuck at the causeway for freaking 3-4hrs because Minjiang didn't want to listen to me when I told him to exit highway and would rather trust his GPS which lead us to join the massive jam to Malaysia. What's more it was a freaking Friday -.- HAHHA. It's so weird that this day kinda sucked but I still put it on my list. But that's cause I really am thankful that John Lim wanted to buy me dinner to comfort me. Though I didn't allow him to pay for me in the end! 

3. 17/04: This day was also nothing special but then I met Josh for dinner and we had out first heart to heart talk at some bpp semi circle which lasted for 2hrs PLUS, he sent me home after?!?!? Imagine how shock I was LOL. Not exactly a super happy day but it's definitely a memorable one. 

4. 11/05: I wrote "OH HAPPY DAY!!" on my planner and I don't know why I felt so happy that day. LOL but I remember I was really happy. It was mothers' day and Josh came and meet me for lunch after which, he accompanied me to go get presents for my mum and Yanting. Then we headed to PlazaSg for me to surprise Yanting before going to the museum together and later at night, I got my iPhone. I think what made me really happy was the fact that I almost spat water at him!?! Kidding. I think it was because I went to surprise Yanting with her presents, got a present for my mum, got accompanied to the museum (which I never thought I'll ever be at with a friend) and my parents got me an iPhone that's why I was happy. Am I starting to sound naggy? (x) 

5. 30/06 – 06/07: WHAO. THIS IS DEFINITELY THE HIGHLIGHT OF MY YEAR. MY 20TH BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!! ♥ So much to say about this one because so many things happened. I was truly truly happy and if you wanna know why, I blogged it all out so go ahead to read this one cause I can't possibly type everything out. It's long enough to turn into another blogpost. (x)

6. 19/07: Drinking at Cuppage, this I won't say happy but it was memorable. Walking around town at 3am is definitely something I wanna do again.... that is if I can't sleep lol (x)

7. 02/08: Nerf gun! Need I say more!?!?!? I think I would e equally happy if my friends were to play block catching or something with me. lol. And omg I'm starting to get quite annoyed that almost every freaking single thing listed is somehow related to Josh. (x)

8. 25/08: Not that I was super happy or anything but hello, new milestone for Charman. Just be happy for me. Passed my driving

9. 31/08 – 05/09: Boracay trip with friends. Another highlight of this year for me. Everyday single day in Boracay, I was happy. I also felt that it was very dirty. But irrelevant. lol. I think that was one of the best days in my 2014, including my birthday. I laughed so hard every single day in Boracay, adding on the beach, the sun, the waterspouts which is my fav hobby. I wouldn't wished for it any other way. I also met 2 new friends there and we've been hanging out ever since we're back in Sg like going to zouk together and stuffs. (x)

10. 02/10: Went to have Kbbq with friends and then we played pool before I had dinner with my brother. I got no idea why I felt happy this day either. But I was laughing a lot and I was just happy me. (x)

So many things that I'm thankful for this year.

The big ones, the small ones.

I'm thankful for the people who've stayed in my life and I'm glad to meet some really nice and fun people this year.

They say you meet many temporary people in your life from age 17 to 21. I'm glad I only have a year more to go. 

But right now, it's pretty clear who the true ones are. 

This year has been nothing short of amazing. Here's to new adventures, new goals, new perspective and new friendships and more accomplisements for the next year. 

I seriously can't wait to graduate. And not to forget I'm turning 21 next year (sadly). 

For now, HAPPY 2015 people!!

Can't wait to be back on the 4th and reunited with Theo who will be back in SG!

Till then, 

Xoxo