One smart cookie and my next project

Esther blogged so nicely about the Fashion Show.. How can you not love a smart cookie like that *WINK*

N E X T

So... some of my friends are asking me,
What's next ?

another program for the school ?
another project for me ?

I think I am going to take a break. Catch up on sleep and work ( and school ). And I will start thinking again.
All I know for now, I love to go back to Singing.


( Ok.. Fel and Cel is going to get mad if I don't say this... I love you guys too ! )

I believe in you.

While I was writing my blog yesterday, this song came on and the timing could not be more perfect. Joel K. dearie just gave me the song on Wednesday and it was randomly playing on my iTunes... this song is perfect for my 4N Girls. Especially the words in bold... Enjoy.



Lonely the path you have chosen
A restless road, no turning back
One day you will find your light again
Don't you know
Don't let go be strong

Follow your heart
Let your love lead through the darkness
Back to a place you once knew
I believe I believe I believe in you
Follow your dreams
Be yourself an angel of kindness
There's nothing that you cannot do
I believe I believe I believe in you

Tout seul
Tu t'en iras tout seul
Cœur ouvert
A l'univers
Poursuis ta quête
Sans regarder derrière
N'attends pas
Que le jour
Se lève

Suis ton étoile
Va jusqu'où ton rêve t'emporte
Un jour tu le toucheras
Si tu croix, si tu croix, si tu croix
En toi

Suis ta lumière
N'éteins pas la flamme que tu portes
Au fond de toi souviens-toi
Que je croix, que je croix, que je croix
En toi

Someday I'll find you
Someday you'll find me too
And when I hold you close
I know that it's true

Follow your heart
Let your love lead through the darkness
Back to a place you once knew
I believe I believe I believe in you
Follow your dreams
Be yourself an angel of kindness
There's nothing that you cannot do
I believe I believe I believe in you

I heart my 4N Girls

Graphic was Specially Designed for the Girls.

So... 16th Feb came and went. The Fashion show was BLAST ! and the girls kicked some serious butts ! I am so touched by the girls and their efforts, I have seen them grow so much over the last 4 months.

The food was delicious ( thanks F&B Girls! ) the models looked awesome ! the model's crew were sooo efficient and amazing, the dancers gave their best and wished for re-runs. Stage crew went off without a glitch, merchandising girls and front of house girls played their roles diligently, marketing and publicity has wonderful booklets. Esther and Celine were running the entire show. They are my fearless leaders !

Catholic News interviewed Sam and myself. I let Sam do most of the talking because I was busy with my food ! ( I was sooooooooo hungry ). And Daniel ( Catholic News Guy ) asked me what I took away from the project : Believe in the girls no matter how pissed you are.

I guess a belief so strong can only come from true love and passion for something. I don't know how to tell the girls how wonderful and amazing they are. I don't know how to tell them that despite the world telling them they are in the Normal Stream. They have surpassed all my expectations. They have grown, maybe just a little but they have grown and I am so privileged to have had the opportunity to work with them.

My sister and I sat down for a while looking through the booklet and all the pictures inside. Spoke a little about each girl... made me realize that I will be missing them a lot. Each girl is special and unique. They are such an inspiration for me. I think I need to go back to school, I think I need to cry...

The very same girls that make me cry are the very same girls that make me boiling mad with their discipline problems, crazy with new and outrageous ideas and laugh till I tear. It is now 2340HR and two of them are messaging me. Asking me which of the two do I love more.

The Answer ? Its simple. I love them ALL THE SAME. each for their different personalities and each for their crazy ways. So girls, believe in yourself and you can do great things, the only person who can give up on you is you. I love each and every single one of you.

I will always believe in you girls. I will always support your funky ways and I will want to support in all your dance nights, drama nights etc.. And I will always love you ( all the same ).

I am pissed !

quote from dictionary.com
pissed off
–noun Slang: Vulgar.
angry or annoyed.
[Origin: 1935–40]

My sis and I are utterly pissed at some of our friends and some of our girls from IJ.
For the last 4 months, I have been working with 3 classes of IJ girls. They are from the normal classes and they felt left out in general, they are extremely bright girls but lack the motivation to study. Some of the girls I met has inspired me with their initiative, ideas and they have taught me so much. There are so many times I lie on my bed at night thinking about how much I have learn from them.

These girls have worked hard, they have been stretched to their limits, been pressured and stressed by their mentors to make things work. We (the mentors )all knew that this is not going to be an easy task. These girls have no experience in the working world, some of them have never picked up a phone to call an external party and some of them don't have the courage to ask when they have a question. But we kept on with it, we believed in the girls.

This Saturday is their chance to shine and this Saturday, we will see the result of their hard work. Unfortunately, I am greatly shocked by the response of the alumni and the other girls in school. They lack the confidence that the girls will put up a good show, they did not support in the ticket sales. They have came up with the craziest excuses we ever heard for not supporting the event. Oh crazy people....

So.. it goes back to my personal philosophy, when the going gets tough, the tough gets going and this is a message to all my 4N girls, despite all the times I scream and shouted at you guys, how stern I am and how crazy I am, I still love you guys LOADS. You might not walk talk in the academic side of life but in my books, you are the angels that taught me more than I can ever asked for. You shown me what love for my school is, you inspired me to continue working with the school and most of all, you have shown me how to walk taller when people look down on us. And this, I will never be able to learn from any textbooks.

As for the other 'non-supporters' you have two choices,
1) start supporting or
2) F*** OFF !

Reboot and Happy Chinese New Year

Tradition has it that children should stay up as long as they can on the eve of Chinese New Year to bring longevity and good health to their parents. Its almost 3am... I am still awake... ( partly because I dont have to go to work tomorrow, partly because I took a long nap in the afternoon, partly I have this nagging belief in 'staying up' for my parent and partly I have too many things on my mind.

I heard about Janine L. accident today (May God Bless and Keep her). I hope Justin is not too upset. I wish I am in Vancouver somehow to help. Together with Mel. T, Roi and Andrea we will send flowers to the wake. I remember each time I stay over at Justin's place in Vancouver, i will be able to see Janine happily walking into the basement, each time with a smile on her face. A very sweet girl.... ah.. she will be missed. ( I believe God has greater plans for her )

HAPPY YEAR of the RAT to all my chinese friends. ( and non chinese friends too! )

To pass time, I was surfing YouTube and I found REBOOT ! And I firmly believe my geeky-ness started when I was 13 ( 1995 was when it aired in Singapore at 5.30pm Mondays and Wednesdays ) The entire cartoon revolves around a place called 'mainframe' with little creatures representing 1s or 0s running around the place. Listen carefully and you will hear more geeky terms. Megabyte, downtime, servers, there is a old 'Readme file', bad files in every sector !..... ah. everything is geeky...... I've added episode 1. And the GEEK shall retreat to more episodes of REBOOT online

REBOOT Episode 1 Part 1


EBOOT Episode 1 Part 2


EBOOT Episode 1 Part 3

Purrrfect

Another reason why I like cats better than dogs... I woke up to find this in my inbox and I love the simplicity of the entire cartoon yet the attention to details. This cat reminds me of Oscar...