Hey pple!
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I finally got my own blog (=
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I don't think I'll come here as often anymore, but keep this space open...too many memories >.<
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Keep in touch!
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Su*

Tomorrow I'm gg to New Zealand!!!heheezzz...getting excited alr lol
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Will spend about 9 days on mount cook doing mountaineerin stuff like ropes, crevass rescue, ice climbing, snow fights...opps scratch the last one...
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Come to think of it...it will be my first experience with snow =D
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Oh, and sorry for being so MIA the past few months >.< and also xmas this year >>.<< Take lots of pictures and photoshop my face in k!!!
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I'll be back on 30th Dec! Til then, miss you peeps!!!
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行ってきます！！！
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Su*

Hello pple!!!
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I just entered the kitchen today to cook since sec sch home econs haha...i made omu rice! The japanese omelette with fried rice in it. The best part is, you get to put on a smily face on it after cooking it >3<
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First attempt this morn:2 omelettes...no.1 my sis said not enuf ketchup...so i added more to the next one...no.2 my bro said too much ketchup -_-\\ these pple are really hard to please...
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Second attempt this evening:3 omelettes...no.1 and 2 had holes in it...used too much strength argh...luckily 3rd and final attempt was perfect!!!!yay!i put a humongous smily face on it(even bigger than jasmine's!)haha...
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now it the moment of truth...going to taste it hehee...it i dun post by tomoro means ive been hospitalized for food poisoning by my very own omu rice... ... ...
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Su*

HEY PPLE!!!!!
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Miss blogging, Miss crapping, Miss you guys!(gals included of coz haha)
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Lol...i think most of us would have finished end of year exams!Whee!Screw the exams, its time to relax lol.Oh...but so sorry!I won't be able to make it on the 27th...coz I'll be in new zealand at that time. I'm gg on a basic mountaineering course there...than next year May, go on expedition!but the peak has not been decided yet.For now, i'm just studying for my JLPT(japanese language proficeincy test)this sat and my piano grade 8 nxt wed...hope i pass this time!>.< fingers uncrossed(coz i need to play my piano haha!)
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Anyways, if there is another outing i will come!!!!
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Su*

Hey pple!
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okaee...my mid-terms are not over...but after today's Chem followed by Maths papers...i felt that i ought to celebrate haha...
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Anyways...i managed to catch onto some F1 fever over the weekend...(eh...not really lah...just sunday night lol...)but i still think its damn cool that its happening in spore!!!!
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By 7.25pm yest i was camping in front of the TV...only to realise the official start time was 8...sighs* back to Taylor series(FYI:its the Uni equivalent of Mac Claurin)...at 8...the support crew started retreating...the lights turned green...and off they went!!!!zoooooommm...zooo---HEY...wait a sec...how come the cars are drivin so slowly?They were much faster in yest qualifying race...am i the only one noticing the change in speed?!
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I finally realised wat was happening when the cars started to align back onto their pit lanes...yeaps...it was just a trial run...a TRIAL run...gahhh...make me excited for nothing...(nah...just feeling dumb that i mistook the trying out for the real thing lol)
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Anyway, throughout the "wvraaaaaammmm..." of the race cars, i then realised that they had to complete 61 laps around that 23-turn circuit...@#$%^&*?!?!?!so many?! (ok...this should not be comin from someone that has run the equivalent distance of 105 laps in the stadium...lol)so i got a bit bored and resumed my resonance with the hybridised orbitals lol...
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On the whole...it was cool lol...and i respect all the drivers driving in those 6G conditions...but actually i was more envious of the top 3 winners spraying champange everywhere/at anyone...Su* would like to do it someday too (>.<)...hint hint*
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I'll be back again when part 2 of mid-terms is over...til then... (=
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Su*

Haha...
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okaaaeee...
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i will update now...
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hmm...its now recess week for pple in NUS...in NTU too?not very sure bout tat...but recess week is supposed to be for mugging sigh*
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Here was my achievements so far:
mon:project
tue:mastering physics online hw,career seminar,1 chapter of chem,gym trainin
wed:suuuppppeeerr long hike frm NUS to Habourfrnt mrt+buying of mountineering technical equipment...which led to a 4hour nap due to lethargic-ness,more mastering physics online hw,update of blog (=
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Targetted:
thu:all chem chapters(8 more >.<),maths(notes,tutorials and past year papers)aka 'A' level workload... =_=
fri:textbook practise for maths,finish chemistry and physics lab reports,1hour run,revise physics...
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hmm...seems like what i target and achieve are differing at 180 angles haha...but ill try hard!i need to study hard to sustain my current lifestyle (=
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and i highly suspect that recess week means "sleep as much as you can now week" coz you wont get much sleep til end of years alr...haha
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til next time!
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Su*

Whee~~~
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The tagboard is up finally!thanx to boredom from doing too many acid base equations in sch...
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the previous outing was really fun!ok...not so fun actually haha...coz we just waited(for many latecomers...=_=//)and ate at shokudou(which has no rice...su* likes rice >.<) BUT...it was great seeing most of the team again...haha...since i have missing the previous outings >.< the pasta is not bad too (=
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btw...my homework is piling up...so much so that i may need my mountaineering skills to get to the top of it haha...training has been not bad in mountaineering...not as hiong as canoeing...but gahhh...the similarity of it all...yest i did 11x16 storeys at my blk with 8kg load...(i officially worship the lifts now)...and it was make-up training coz i went to play ultimate frisbee for inter faculty games last sat...(science came in 4th out if 9) (=
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It was like the vertical marathon...just that instead of doing it w you pple, im doing it with my mp3 and the neighbour's very fierce dog(at 8th level i think)...so instead of "come on!hang in there!", i get "Shamrock by UverWorld, Love so Sweet by Arashi, and lots of fierce barkings directed at me haha"
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Oh...and we train 4 times a week...so im prob gg to stop gg to buyo...yeaps...dun be too dissapointed you dun get to see me dance...
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And for all NUS students...next week is recess week!aka your last chance to mug and save your midterms for your CAP... >.< feels like a mini-A levels lol
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ok...tats al from me...ill be camping on the blog more often to see you pple spam!so exciting! =D
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Su*

I WANT THE TAGBOARD BACK >.<

Yo...
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updates on my life...
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My physics lecture is teaching atoms and molecules...
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My chemistry lecture is teaching Quantum physics...
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I joined mountaineering...1st training was circuits:
20x pushups
20X crunches
30sec static hold(pushup position but instead of palms and toes supporting your weight, its forearms and toes...)(do front, left facing and right facing)
the above constitutes to 1 set...altgt 3 sets
theres gym, run, step trainin w weights too
hmm...all these trainings sound extremely familiar...
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AND i joined Buyo club!(Buyo is japanese traditional dance...ok you pple can start laughing now...)Nvr joined performing arts b4 mah...so go try haha...but seriously i hav issues w being graceful...hmm...canot anyhow whack lol...
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oh...and recomendation for those who are too free and refreshing this page every 10minutes...My Boss My Hero(Japanese comedy drama) and Code Geass(Anime).
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Su*

Yoz pple!
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Uni has started...haha...so far lessons are quite slack...mostly intro lectures and A level stuff...i did functions in math lecture and quantum in chem haha...
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later gg for jap post war film and anime lecture...very excited haha...
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And there are soooo many CCAs i wana join...Kendo, Karate, Taekwando, ODAC, Ice skating, Diving, Astronomy, Comics and Anime club, Physics society(hey dun roll your eyes...its not as boring as it may sound...)...
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But for now im joining the Japanese society heheez...and next up would be mountaineering...but they hav trainings 4 times a week...so still considering...if i dun join mountaineering this sem mayb ill go for another society or martial arts
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busy busy busy haha...
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Sorry i cant make it for tonite...i got japanese lessons from 6.30-9.45(its make up from the one i missed when i went to japan....the irony of it haha)
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Have fun and do upload stuff here...coz i feel like im talking to a wall(aka myself here)
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Haha...btw i just got a facebook lol
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Su*

Geisha in Kyoto(She was posing for some pro photographer...so i don't think she is a real Geisha... >.< sorry if im wrong!but it was so beautiful i had to post it!!!)


Me and my Yukata on the eve of the Gion Festival(on the way home alr)


The famous Glico man in Osaka


Me and Oguri Shun!!!Kya~~~ Jap actors/actresses adverts were everywhere!!!


Video i took at the Gion festival...they used some sort of leverage to move that gigantic float...super cool!

Studio Ghibli!!!With the robot from Laputa, Castle in the sky



Giant Torii(Wooden gate) at Meiji shrine (Yeaps the tiny figure there is me btw)



Mt Fuji from 5th station



Sunrise at peak of Mt Fuji(The real thing looks way better thanks to my camera skills haha)

こんにちわ！
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Okay...im back from my overseas travels...still trying very hard to get back in tune to reality...seems like i have not been in spore for a year haha
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About Japan...everything was so cool!!!Enjoyed every second there...but of coz the highlights was Akihabara, Mt fuji and the Gion Festival!!!Akihabara had SO MUCH...i really mean like heaps of ANIME that i was so stunned went i came out of the train station...seriously...i only managed to enter 3 shops amd it was time to go...the anime goods there was so much cheaper...i randomly grabbed the merchandise off the shelf and went to pay wout looking at the price tags haha...
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Mt Fuji was quite a long hike up, really cold when the strong winds blew...but it was a hike to the clouds, thru it, then the view above it was so cool!Sunrise was ultimate...it was really touching, and i felt a sense of achievement in just being there at that moment.
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Gion festival was full of pple...and i wore a yukata on the eve of it to wander the streets there haha...it was like spore's chingay and pasar malam combined, but on a much larger scale and lots of new n interesting twists...
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Felt some withdrawal effects when i returned to spore haha...coz not used to non-Jap speaking society haha...and not used to no vending machines every corner i turn...haha
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Anyway, in 3 days time i headed to Bintan(w Stella, Catrine and Erika-our new names!)...super nice beach there...i loved squidging my toes in the sand, and splashing in the sea haha...did that for 3 whole days haha...n of course volleyball(which caused extreme pain to my forearms haha), snorkling(where i saw Nemo!haha), sandcastles(which was destroyed by Suzuki haha) and Bridge/Dai di(felt sorry for Stella haha)...btw you can call me Hiromi frm now on haha
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Yeaps...this account is just 10% of my summary on my past 2 weeks haha,too much to say...i dun wana go back to study!!!>.< ok...calm down...must...try...to...get...back...to...my...life...
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Su*

Hey pple!
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Greetings from Kawaguchiko, Japan!
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Having fun here haha...and got free internet use at the hostel, so i tot ill post something here haha...
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tomoro we will begin the climb on my fuji!hope everything goes well!
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nites!
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Su*

Hey pple!!!
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Nice to be here haha...what happened to our chat box? got anyone noe how to fix it? haha...miss all your crappings...
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Sorry din post for so long...was mugging for the placement test...(and reading hana kimi at the same time...im a very distracted person studying on my own haha)...the placement test was difficult...so i guess ill be taking physics like every regular undergrad this Aug...and guess what?i met mr.orc (aka the unknown chatbox person...)coz both of us were the only 2 pple, yeaps, only TWO pple taking the test(other then a few NUS high school pple)...mayb the rest knew the standard of the test and decided not to sign up eh...haix...but no regrets, studying is nvr bad!(...trying to convince myself...)
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Anyway, today is the 1st day of the canoeing nationals...not very exciting yet...but gives me a feeling of nostalgia when i went back today...too bad ill not be there on the finals...hope all the juniors do well and gain an experience of a lifetime!!! (=
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I'll not be at the finals, coz at that time, ill probably be at Tokyo Tower viewing the city.Yeaps!I'm going japan tomoro!!!yay!!!Its like a dream come thru haha...i hav many dreams...and one of them is to scale mt fuji...(other dreams incude running on the Great Wall of China haha...but lets save it for another time)ill be starting from the halfway point of mt fuji(cheatin by bus haha)so i guess ill fulfil half my dream eh haha...hopefully the sunrise will not be obscured by clouds!!!
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The coolest thing will be all the Jap atmosphere like Akihabara etc...anime n manga galore...im still thinking how to bring back all that manga haha...gasp* what if they dun let me on the plane coz of excessive baggage, or i overshot the amt of anime allowed to be brought into spore?!?!?!
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And before you think of asking...no im not going to get souvenirs for you, you and you...coz i dont have the budget and space(all of it will be blown on anime, yes the cruel truth:anime is more impt then my teammates >.< haha)...but ill prob buy some food back, so if i see you guys soon aft i return mayb ill hav some for you...first come first serve...no pushing!
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okie...i gtg get ready for my exciting adventure!!!i'll update you peeps when i return from the heaven of anime!!!
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Su*

MOST UPDATED INFO ABT JNRS' NATIONALS

NATIONAL SCHOOLS CANOEING IS NEXT WEEK

tuesday: 1000m heats
wednesday: 500m heats
thurs: all semis
fri: FINALS

TAKE NOTE IF URE GOING DOWN. (:

Remember,

28 & 29 June (this weekend)- SDBF at Bedok Reservoir

8 & 9 & 10 July- National Schools Canoeing Championships at MacRitchie Reservoir

Just felt that i should keep everyone updated (:

These events just remind me that i actually miss everything and everyone a lot.

-sze

21 Juneee!

in case the msg chains get screwed up again, let me inform

21 JUNE TEAM DINNER!

some nice food somewhere. can be anyone's house? we can cook/bake/steamboat together. hehs also can better accomodate the whole team. yupp hopefully attendance will be better okay. don't you all miss seeing the whole team? (: who wants to volunteer their home tell me!

and pls msg jas your attendance.!

anw those who have been missing, pls turn up. everyone misses you! yesss.

love,
szemin.

btw, i told mr yong alr. he says it doesnt sound negative to him. but anyway he says nj needs help for B div gals. Here is a timetable for the days they nid seniors to help. Yellow is the no. of pple needed while the numbers on the left of each day is the date. mon is 4-6pm, wed 8-10am,thu 4-6pm. (Ignore 3rd of jun, frm 23rd jun will be aftnn coz sch reopens)Those that are not working at that time try to make it k!inform suiping when you are gg to help. Thanx.

Angry.
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Yups,that just about summarizes how i feel.
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yest, she(i wont mention her name coz unlike her, i noe how it feels to hav your name mentioned in public wout permission) said she wanted to poll some dragonboaters and ask some questions. since i knew her so ok lor...help out mah. it was a chat that lasted 1hr and 20min. it was a casual chat, with me trying to giv as much info bout db as i could, from what i learnt in the team.
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At least, that was what i thought it was....
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This morning, in the Straits Times, it was written: "If you ask me to describe dragon boating in one word,I'd say team bonding, not life jackets." said Ms Lee Su Ling, 19, who used to row with the National Junior College dragon boat team.
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hmm...
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How could this happen when:
1.I was not told that our private conversation online would be published in the papers the next day. No permission was asked at all. Does poll=interview?
2.I never said my JC/CCA or age at all. Just because she knew all this information, it was used to portray me as if i was representing the njc db team.
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Worst still, not only was this quoting me witout permission, not the whole conversation was used. The words used were selective.
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Here the part of the conversation, totally uncut:
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she: eh someone commented that in DB, ppl are more concerned over team building and bonding and put less emphasis on safety, comments?
me: like how they put less emphasis on safety?
she: like they dont drill in it
they keep talking about team builing and how impt it is
but dont talk about safety and how impt it is
me: oh
i think its impt to mention safety
but act we oso dun mention it too
i mean like if someone ask us to describe db in one word
ill say teambonding
not lifejacks
but if its durin a db course we'll mention lifejacks
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Did they quote me saying "i think its impt to mention safety" or "but if its durin a db course we'll mention lifejacks"? As a dragon boater, first thing that comes to my mind when I talk about the team, is how we trained hard together and fought side by side. I won't talk about safety/life jackets. But does that mean I put safety as 2nd place to teambonding? If one of you were gettin in the boat wout a life jacket, and we were alr late for the race, we still would all insist that you get your life jacket before rowing off. Not saying it always does not mean we have disregard for safety, it is because it is already part of us.
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I felt as if i was asked 100 qns, and only part of 1 ans was used. I dont mind being portrayed as the bad guy. But im sorry that i got the team involved in it. I just felt that it made NJ dragonboating seem as if we don't care about safety(even dou i kept emphasizing that we have our life jackets on at all times, of coz no nid to mention this in the paper too).
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I apologise to you pple for being careless and stupid enough to trust her. Actually i sent her an sms to her to say i was v angry n didnt want to talk to her again. She said she just typed out what i said and passed it to somebody. Is there a difference? I dont think i have been so mean to someone before, but somehow i wasnt sorry for sending that sms to her. Mayb im becoming bad too.
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I'll be coming up with a letter to send to the straits times. This has gone way off my be-nice limit.
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Su*