MMMR January 2009

Title: Promise Me
Author: Harlan Coben
Rating: *****

What it's about:
Myron Bolitar (I know! what kind of name is that?) is an ex-basketball player who's career came to a sudden halt after he injured his knee. Now he's the representitive (sorta like a lawyer) of famous people and he - well, I don't actually know what he does besides represent them.... I haven't finished the book!

So he did something really stupid (kinda) and made 2 high school girls promise that they'd call him if they ever needed someone to drive them back if they were drunk. Which means that they won't let anyone who's drunk, drive them home. And he also promises that he won't mention anything to their parents if they call him for help. He says he'll fetch them wherever, no questions asked.

It was easy making that promise, but he didn't realise how hard it would be until it actually happened...

One night, one of the girls, Aimee (who's also his best friend's daughter) calls him and asks him to give her a lift from a party. After he picks her up, he gets .....

I just realised I'm rambling? And I'm kinda telling the whole story? So I think I'll stop there. I'm just gonna say that Aimee and another girl go missing and Myron feels guilty as he was the last to see Aimee and he promises her mother he'll find her no matter what...

But I wanna add in that he has an awesome best friend called Win (short forWindsor Horne Lockwood III), and I just wished I has a best friend like Win because he is just THE BOMB! He is simply LOADED, he can fight, he has loads of connections everywhere, you know he's always got your back, he is EVERYTHING YOU CAN WISH FOR IN A FRIEND! Best of all, HE'S SUPER FUNNY! I just LOVE Myron and Win's humour! Makes me laugh out loud for real!

(*Ahem* Not that I don't like my own best friends... And I know he's fictional, but still....)

Spoilers:
Hehhehheh... As I said on top, I didn't finish the book... So I don't know what the spoilers are.... Hehhehheh.....

What I think:
I think this book is awesome! It has everything you can possibly hope for! Besides fairies and vampires, of course... It has romance, humour, crazy people, good-looking hunks.......

I didn't really want to read it at first. My mum recommended it to me and I know she loves reading crime books. I thought it was one of those mystery books where someone dies, the detective is called in, after questioning a few people, they find the murderer and it's the wife or something..... Something along those lines. But its not! It's funny and interesting and cute and funny! I'm so glad I listened to my mum for once...

I would recommend this book this book to everybody! It's worth a read!

LOL

My dad says I should learn to laugh more like a lady. Those who know me know that my laugh is super loud and super annoying (sometimes). Well, guess what? I found someone who laughs LOUDER than me! HAH! In fact, it was so surprising, it had Chris and I ROFL-ing! (It was Sick's sister's friend who laughed)

I was in Sick's house 'partying' and I also got to meet her adorable little cousin, Catherine! She has a really mature air and she looks at you like she's thinking 'what on earth are you making those stupid noises for?' and she frowns! It's just so cute!!! You'll know what I mean when you watch this video. Note that Chris looks like a kid who's jealous and wants attention. Haha! Check out the baby's face!

That night we dressed up really femininely! Wearing skirts! And Sick even put on make-up! So girly! Too bad Megan couldn't come.. We would've loved to force her to dress up to... Admire our feminine-ness!

Thw whole night long, Sick was mostly helping her mum with the party and stuff but Chris and I spent our whole night cam-whoring! We only took a few precious shots of her before and after the party... I gave Chris and Sick tattoos. Fake ones of course. Sick didn't take a picture of hers but I got one of Chris and mine.

The only un-girly part of the day was Chris rejecting me and not knowing how to walk properly. Tut tut, Chris.... This is the second time you've pushed me away! I know the video's the wrong way round but it'll straighten itself out!

Santa's GAY????????

Hey, people. I went to Hong Kong last December and while I was at the airport, I saw Santa fooling around with his snowman!

I kid you not! He was fooling around behind Mrs Claus's back! Quick, someone! Tell her!

That's all for this post. Nothing much to say except, he's a sly old dog.....

Karaoke From HELL!!!!!!!

Last Sunday, the whole gang met up at Ty's reunion. She finally came back from Australia and we were out to celebrate! We went for karaoke at Deluxcious and we had a BLAST!

Check out the Videos we took.

Caution: People with sensitive hearing are discouraged from viewing.

Directions: Turn the volume to the lowest possible and slowly start increasing the sound. Best watched while wearing ear-plugs.

Ty even made us a video! As a response for the video we made her.

ps. the 'TL' on my forehead stands for 'Taylor Lautner', not 'tu lan'.

Miserable...

School has started.



Classes have been moved.



I'M NOT NEAR MY FRIENDS ANYMORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Especially Chris.


Chris, who was in the class right next to me last year, is now in a WHOLE DIFFERENT BLOCK! I'm sad, Chris.

Sick, who was right above me last year, is now AT LEAST 3 MINUTES AWAY! You are even further, Chris.

At least I can say that Megan has moved closer to me.... But not you, Chris.

All I know is, I can't stay fully awake while I'm in school because I'm not really a morning person and I don't have my normal dose of 'best-friend-hang-out-time'. Especially you, Chris.

SO I'M DEPRESSED! Because of you, Chris.

Not really.... I have great teachers this year! Not the same as yours, Chris.

CTC 2008

I loved CTC 2008 but I didn't blog about it. It happened about 3 weeks ago and I didn't have real time to blog about it so I'd better do it now. Before I forget what happened. It helps that I have over 600 photos to refresh my memory.

First I shall introduce CTC. It stands for Combined Training Camp. It is held annually by 8th Georgetown (South) Sea Scouts (aka 8th South PFS scouts). Anyway, they - being really smart boys - invited 4 girl schools to participate in this camp: Convent Light Street, Convent Green Lane, St George's and PCGHS. Each school's Guides or Rangers combine with a few 8th South Scouts to form a patrol. However, this year, our patrol had no scouts.

Some pathetic scouts either couldn't go or backed out. Either way, our school was represented by only 10 Guides/Rangers, no Scouts. But we sure showed them.... We won the Overall Trophy! Not bad eh?

Our Guides managed to build a float, mascot and gadgets all by themselves. Without the help of Scouts! Well, maybe a few helped us... But the majority of the work was done by our own guides.

They did well in almost all the competitions and I am as proud as a mother hen! I feel like my babies just learned how to fly or something! Aw.... They made me teary-eyed...

Anyway, the funnest part of the entire camp is Cabaran time! There was this dug hole that was filled with water and leftover food and oil and eggs and flour and other disgusting things. I LOVED IT!

The participants had to get from one side to the other. That's it. Though the EXCOs did torture them a bit...

They even got a mud mask. Cool right?

In the end I just had to go in! I stepped into the deepest hole and the water came up to my thigh! I didn't wanna put my whole body in though. I wasn't gonna bathe in their flooded and full toilet! I just washed my leg and changed. Actuall, I was relatively clean...

These are my most favourite pictures! This looks so High School Musical, don't you think?

It took a lot for me to get to that platform I'm standing on. If you can't see me, I'm 2nd to the right. It took a lot of guts for me to get past that hanging bridge. It was so freaking scary. Can rock left, right, front, back and everything in between!

I even met a 'gay' couple.....

No la.. Actually 1 of them has a girlfriend already la... Don't wanna get him in trouble....

You know what the best thing was? I got a trophy for doing nothing! Well, nothing much...

On the last day of camp, we went to the beach! It was so fun and I walked on the sandy shores with my dear.... Luckily I didn't get pushed into the sea! Unlike our PL, Yuen Lin!

My fellow EXCOs pakat together and wore the same shirt. Didn't tell me.... Actually they did but I didn't hear... Oops...

I think that concludes our camp. But I really miss everybody! Luckily we're having a reunion soon. Can't wait! We'll see everybody else there! Especially my dear! Who is kinda pissed at me... Hehe...

MMMR December 2008

Title: Ways To Live Forever

Author: Sally Nichols

Rating: ****

What it's about:
Sam is 11 years old and he suffers from leukaemia. His doctor and family decide to give up on chemotherapy because they discovered that his case of leukaemia can't be cured. After his school teacher (he's home-schooled) tells them to work on their writing skills 1 day, he decides to write a book.

His best friend and only classmate, Felix gives him great ideas and helps him accomplish the things on Sam's 'to-do-list'. However, Felix has cancer and is as unstable as Sam health-wise. Felix is determined to make the most of life while he still has it, and he tells Sam to reach for his dreams and that nothing impossible.

This is the story of a boy who knows all about death and knows that it's coming for him. But that doesn't stop him from living his life and achieving what normal, healthy kids don't have the drive to do.

Spoilers:
Felix dies in the middle of the book and that means Sam is left to fend for himself. Sam dies in the end too. It's a sad but unavoidable ending.

What I think:
When I first borrowed the book, I knew it was gonna be sad because it said so on the cover. But it really is touching. Sam does his best to be independant and knowing that his time is coming only pushes him to achieve his goals. I like his family too. The author really makes it seem like a true story that a real little boy suffering from leukaemia wrote. And she's only 22 years old! Sam really makes you take a look at life and wonder what the hell you've accomplished in it. This book is best read when you're alone and un-interrupted.