New Hair. New Confidence.

I LOVE HAIR CUTS. Because it gives me a new confidence of myself. No long hair to pull me down.

I've never kept long hair in my entire lifetime. And I never will. Mark my words.

Simply can't wait for my next haircut.

From The Inside Out

All right, I've contracted another earworm. This time it's titled "From the Inside Out" by Hillsongs.


Brilliantly composed.


From The Inside Out

A thousand times I've failed
Still Your mercy remains
And should I stumble again
I'm caught in Your grace
Everlasting
Your light will shine when all else fades
Never ending
Your glory goes beyond all fame

Your will above all else
My purpose remains
The art of losing myself
In bringing You praise
Everlasting
Your light will shine when all else fades
Never ending
Your glory goes beyond all fame

In my heart and my soul
Lord I give You control
Consume me from the inside out
Lord let justice and praise
Become my embrace
To love you from the inside out

Everlasting
Your light will shine when all else fades
Never ending
Your glory goes beyond all fame
And the cry of my heart
Is to bring You praise
From the inside out
Lord my soul cries out


Anyway, I finished this book one week ago, titled "Postcards from No Mans Land" by Aidan Chambers.



So intriguing it will keep you at the edge of your seat! It covers themes such as love, friendship between family members, homosexuality, sexuality, death.
A REALLY GOOD READ!
You will NEVER forget the story told.

Two craftily interwoven stories, separated by 50 years in time, make up this emotionally and intellectually challenging novel.
Will James Todd be ready to find his true love?

Winner of
Carnegie Medal 1999
Michael Printz Award, U.S.A. 2003

Trust Nat. Read it.

New School Bag, More pictures!

Yay! I've got a new school bag. Zinc has nice bags man. And cheap too! Plus, I bargained for my very good price! (:
From $43 to $__.

Here's how the bag looks like. See the name tag on the bag?


Let's have a closer look!



I've taken TONNES of photos for the past few days but I've yet share them with the world.

Friday, I was on my way to CSC for Amplify, and I saw this metroexual on the MRT. Haha, Metro SPOTTED! (:

Okay, so maybe he ain't that cute....


Down for curia meeting on Saturday. Was a MAD rush I tell you. From choir, to curia, to CSC.
And after curia meeting, an OLD LADY gave me a ROSE (: So sweet of her.

Thanks Sean, for the picture.


And just yesterday (Sunday), I had my haircut at FarEast Supercuts. Haha, I think my hairstylist, Toshi, is cool. Although I did regret not going back to Andy at Cineleisure.
When I was getting my hair cut, I saw this balding man, and he was getting a RATHER EXPENSIVE haircut.
That's what I call "BALDING WITH PRIDE".



Oh yes, a RANDOM photograph from Risen Christ's toilet. I just found it retarded. Like anyone would read it (I did!).

Youth Rally: 10 Feb @ CJC Performing Arts Centre

The NUS Catholic Students' Society (CSS) organises a Catholic Awareness Week (CAW) in campus annually. The purpose of CAW is to spread an awareness of the Catholic faith to students on campus and also as a form of evangelisation to the student population.
This year, CAW will be held from the 5th of Feb to the 10th of Feb. This year's CAW will be of a much larger scale as compared to the CAW of previous years, starting off with exhibitions within the university campus, mass and finally culminating with a a youth rally on the evening of 10th of Feb in Catholic Junior College Performing Arts Centre. This rally will not only be confined to NUS students, but also to the youths in Singapore as well.

The highlights of the Rally includes:

• Praise And Worship by Living Stones Campus Outreach (LSCO)
• Benediction
• Healing
• Homily
• Praying Over

His Grace, Archbishop Nicholas Chia, will be gracing the Rally together with Fr. Valerian Chong, Fr. Simon Pereira and other invited guests.
It is our aim to make the "Hearts on Fire!" Rally an annual event.

There'll be limited seats, so please REGISTER! Because I'm going as well!

http://www.nuscss.org/heartsonfire/

Hope to see you there!

Happy Confirmation

Happy Confirmation Ian, Eugene and JP.
I only hope that you will trust the Holy Spirit with all your heart.

Yay. Finally caught up with Rebecca today (:



Anyway. I keep thinking of ONE THING ever since I came back.

It's THIS TIE! I want it! AHH. SHEEP! Cute sheepys not to mention.

Youth In the Spirit Seminar (YISS 2007)

GO FOR IT! It's the BEST thing that can ever happen in your life. It has definitely changed my life for sure. I enjoyed it to the max. The perfect camp, because of God (:

It's 14th to 17th June 2007, Catholic Spirituality Centre (Upper Serangoon Road).

For more details, you can approach me, and I'll check out whatever details you wanna know (: (: (:

Nat = Unhappy FOR NOW.

Nat isn't happy. Therefore Nat isn't gonna be like her normal self (for a while). ):


But I do have some things I want to thank God for.
1. Everyone at Amplify.
2. The fact that I can juggle my work and studies real well.
3. And Him dying for us.



Point number two. I should consider myself on of the luckier students in life eh? Being able to study and do everything else fairly well. Yeah, I do feel lucky.
I just don't feel appreciated. ):



I feel irritated over the fact that everytime I see my mother's husband, he feels anger inside of him. AND THIS MAKES ME UNHAPPY. Why? Because all that comes out of that mouth of his is CRAP. Senseless. Nonsense.
Empty vessels make the most noise.

4th Saturday mass today at Catholic Spirituality Centre. Lectored. I thought I read FANTASTIC (:


I'M GONNA STAND RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD ONE DAY. AND JUST DIE.

The BROKEN Mercury Thermometer.

Chemistry practical today.
We had to measure to do Thermometric Titration.


Guess what? Miss Nat didn't even know that I had broken a thermometer RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY FACE.
I was recording the results, and the Mercury that leaked out of the thermometer had 'rolled' on to my piece of paper, AND I HAD NOT REALISED IT...
Until...

Mrs Pillai started walking around my area, and screamed: (points at my paper) "OH MY GOODNESS! What is that! Is that Mercury!! Did you know it's poisonous?"

Me: "OH MY GOODNESS! REALLY?! AHH!" Sits there and I was still in contact with the Mercury)

Mrs Pillai: "Go away. It's poisonous." (Turns and talks to class now) "Girls, have you ever heard of this man who broke the thermometer and injected the mercury collected from it into his father's bloodstream? His father became paralysed."

Class: (gasps)

Well, yeah. I still sat there like an idiot, for nearly 5 minutes.
And Mrs Pillai said: "Nathalie! Don't stand there and look so mournful, go to another empty table to do your work."

Me: (pouts)


And towards the end of Chemistry lesson, Zinnia sang the song "You're beautiful" by James Blunt, but she somehow changed the lyrics.

"You're beautiful, you're beautiful, you're beautiful, it's true.
And I saw your face, in the Chemistry lab.
To save you from mercury."

It's Out-Of-Point!


Haha, guess I should have just swallowed that mercury right then right there.
Before anything like this happens again, I shall write my will (not that I'm of legal age or anything like that).
But if I ever do become full body paralysed, please conduct euthanasia on me! Will love you people for the rest of my life!


Anw, if any of you 4e6-ers in my Physics class are reading this! Please bring $3.50 tmr for the Physics notes! I've bargained, and got the best price for you guys already! You only have to pay $3.50 down from a $4! Imagine the amount of money the company is losing... $0.50*24=$21. ALOT OF MONEY PPLE!!

The End of ME.

Joy was singing "THE END OF ME" in class today, and it set me thinking.

What I am doing right now.

1. Eating as much as I can.
2. Thinking of ways to end my life.
3. Talking to Sean.
4. Thinking that I should plan to murder my entire family then myself. Wipe all of us out, so we dont need to live on this meagre pay which my mother's husband think is sufficient. I so know there are others out there living a worse life than me. I SHOULDN'T BE COMPLAINING.
5. Thinking that I shouldn't end my life, because I have God.

If I do end my life...
1. I'll be sending those who care for me into a state of depression (or maybe not).
2. I can't sit for my O's and show my mother's husband how smart I am.
3. I can't do a lot of things.
4. I can't find my love. Like who wants to spend the rest of their life with Nat Fern anyway.


You'll most probably see me on the papers real sooon.
Obituaries.

Bye world. This is not the last post. So don't worry.


Nat is out.

And here I am.

Each and everyday, I wake up asking myself "Why AM I STILL HERE?"
I'm not pessimistic. It's just that I know it's a sign for me to tell me that I'm not done with my work for God.


And here I am...

Just crying over some family that fights, that doesn't know what PEACE is.
Just not bothering about everything that SHOULD matter.


And here I am...

Fighting for my own life, when I should have been gone a long time ago.
Just wanting to end everything as it should be now.


And here I am...

Just loving God, and thanking Him for all this that I'm going through now.


Here I am,
Trying my best to make the world I live in a better place.


Just stop fighting. Just stop it.
Don't make me flare up. Don't.

How to make breasts grow bigger.

Too many things are running through my mind right now. But I'll blog about what comes to my mind.

Don't mind me for speaking my mind.

But don't you think that Asian women (in general) have really small breasts?
I think so, compared to the others from Africa, North and South America, Europe and Australia (I think I just mentioned all the continents with people living on them. Never really seen any
"Antarctica-ians", so I don't really know).


So, I did a little research FOR ASIAN WOMEN who are extremely unhappy about their breast sizes.
There are surgical and non-surgical methods of course. If it were me, I'd opt for the non-surgical methods. It would make me feel more REAL. (:

• Try to avoid most caffeine-infused products. This would include chocolate (although chocolate is not the biggest culprit), coffee, caffeinated sodas such as colas and darker colored sodas, tea, caffeine supplements such as diet aids, waking aids and other types of stimulating supplements with anything like guarana or kola nut in them. Caffeine and stimulants, when taken internally, can actually counteract the effects of natural breast enlarging supplements due to their diuretic (water ridding) nature, and the tendency to speed up the metabolism of nutrients and calories, which may hinder the very natural breast enahncement process that you are trying to achieve.
  
• Reducing stress by exercising moderately, getting plenty of sleep and eating the right foods that keep blood sugar stable is a must for keeping hormonal balance, which provides an excellent conduit to breast growth while on an oral breast enhancement supplement.
  
• For some reason, it has been found that oral breast enhancement supplements work best when consumed with higher protein meals and preparations such as protein shakes and egg white egg salad. Lean, pure protein will help you get the results you want, especially with a product like Bountiful Breast.
  
• Try to let your breasts be as free from constraints as possible at all times, even if this means wearing a looser bra, or no bra at all once in a while. This really is a good rule of thumb for breast health in general as many doctors will tell you, as well as a very beneficial practice for natural breast enlargement, as it will help faciliate making your breasts grow bigger since they are not constrained and the tissues is allowed to "expand" more easily on it's own without any restrictions. Many doctors advocate going braless believe it or not, as even tight bra wearing has been implicated in causing breast cancers - believe it or not. Maybe we should all burn our bras anyways then :)
  
• Light to moderate breast massage will help stimulate making your breasts grow, especially when paired with one of the quality topical breast enhancing creams or serum specially formulated for breast growth stimulation. This method of faciliating natural breast growth and helping to make the body expand and grow your breasts naturally has been used for years in other cultures along with special herbal tinctures as an accepted method of natural breast beautification, and is just now starting to realize its merits here in the US.

Another source I got my information from:
http://www.mynippon.com/nao/pictures_2.htm
The FAQs here are GREAT.

Oh yes, if you're a teenager worrying about your breast size. STOP WORRYING. Wait till you're 18, then start worrying.

And if you decide to lose weight, chances are, you'll lose your breasts too. Just a little info for dieters out there :P


Sorry males. I know this doesn't relate to you. But have fun reading anyway.


Just type in "how to make breasts grow bigger" in Google/Yahoo search, and the results are ENDLESS. Have fun!

Confirmation

Today was Confirmation day for my juniors in Blessed Sacrament Church.
I wish them all the best in their journey with God.
I pray that they will experience the joy that God can and will give them.






Use your gifts wisely, and always remember that God gives to those who use their talents wisely.
Read Matthew 25:14.

My challenge to all the newly confirmed: Serve, and be Faithful. For it's in small things where you do great things.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY PATRICIA, HANSEL AND JEREMY! (:

20 Jan Babies.

Subway @ Harbourfront ROCKS, Another responsibility, Pictures @ Sam's party.

The Monday Blues are officially sinking in.
This post is gonna contain THREE different topics. So, sorry if they don't link or get out of point sometimes.


On a brighter note. I went to Harbourfront subway today after PYC meeting with Joavan. It's FINALLY after so long that I get to hang out with him.

And this time. I'm perfectly happy with the service there! I think I've got a crush on the cashier there. OMG. Haha, and Joavan just had to sit facing the counter just to get a good look of the cashier. YOU STOLE THE TIME I WANTED.

But the good thing is, when we left Subway, the cashier waved at me! OMG, officially crushing on the cashier (temporarily).
And I was just telling Joavan today how I wanted to get attached. MANN, I WAS CRAZY.
Come to think of it. I DON'T WANT TO.

Subway @ Harbourfront can be expecting me to go there more often! I"ll just have to find out his shift timings, and I'll eat more and more subway. (:


I don't know if this means anything to you, but I've just assumed another responsibility in Blessed Sacrament Church (BSC).
Nat is now the vice-president for the Parish Youth Council (PYC) in BSC.
I think it's too fast. I'll burn out.
Personally, I'm sad. ):
Thank goodness I'm not doing much in school. If not, I'll just die from carrying all these on my back.

School choir.
Church choir.
PYC.
Legion.
Amplify.
SAVE ME.

Guess it's really time for me to start returning to BSC. No more masses at Risen Christ. It's a good and not-so-good thing. Oh well.

P.S. I'm really sad. Nat isn't capable enough. Nat is too young. Why her?
And I know I sound like a whiney ass right now.

Btw, some pictures from ytd. Sam's party was great. (:



I know. Retarded. I forced him to do it!

And after this picture, Zachary was acting all weird. Hmm.

LOVING AMPLIFY HOSPITALITY.

Thanks Amplify Hospitality Team for making Eden Lounge possible.

Although we were low on manpower this week, everything was done in the glory of God and we managed to finish everything one hour ahead of schedule.


Loving my team.... Lydia, Winston, Lynette, Larris, Rebecca, Vivian, Cheryl, Thelma. (:
Can't stop loving you guys enough.



Thanks Wins, for the picture from your blog.

NO YOU DONT!

Keith just asked me a question that maximised the potential in me to commit murder.

"DO I LOOK FAT?"

BACK FROM SUBWAY.

BACK FROM SUBWAY.
Had my ALL TIME FAVOURITE sub. (:


The service there sucked. I obviously came first, and they served another lady who came after me. They couldn't even hear my order when I spoke in CLEAR, LOUD ENGLISH (note: NOT singlish). I had to repeat my order at least three times.

And they threw my sandwhich into the toaster with another order, so my sandwhich got destroyed because the paper wrapping of the other sandwich was stuck onto my cheese! More like the other way round, the cheese on my sandwich infected the paper wrapping of the other sandwich. YUCKS.
I totally demanded a new sandwich.
What's worse, NO COOKIES ): I WANT THOSE DAMNIT COOKIES.

If I ever encounter them (the moments of unhappiness/sorrow/sadness/irritatedness/whateverness - I felt really horrible btw) again, I'll write in a letter of dissatisfaction. BOO.



_____ BREAD.
_ foot/inches.
_______ sub.
ALL the veggies with extra ____, ____ and ____.
Dressing: ____.
Pepper? Yes OR No?

Any guesses for my order? I'll give you a whole week of SUBWAY FREE. (Only if you get it RIGHT)
I PROMISE.

My dinner is GONE ):

I'll not bother to spice up my entries.
It's getting dry because I'm dehydrating as well.


ANW.
MY FREAKING FOOD IS GONE. NO DINNER FOR ME. WHY?
Because my hungry father ate all of it. Nvm, I'll head down to subway to get some thing then.

SUBWAY. EAT FRESH!


Choir was... Okay. I thought my duet with Jihae sounded quite pleasant.

And finally! Tmr's a FRIDAY! (:

Flexitari what?!

I don't know if anyone knows about this, but I'm actually flexitarian. I JUST REALISED THIS.
I abstain from meat all the time, try to be vegetarian, but I'm always unsuccessful because I enjoy non-vegetarian foods as well.

Not that I dislike meat, I just dislike chewing it! I like fish and seafood though (:
Throw me fish, and I'll finish it up in a jiffy!

Flexitarianism is the practice of eating mainly vegetarian food. Flexitarians prefer to eat vegetarian food, but make occasional exceptions for social, pragmatic, or nutritional reasons. They will eat meat and other animal products sometimes. For example, a flexitarian might make only vegetarian dishes at home, but eat dishes including meat at the home of family or friends. In addition, they may try to stick to a vegetarian diet but are often unsuccessful because they enjoy non-vegetarian foods.
(Source: Wikipedia)

IMO flexitarianism provides a degree of advantages that a vegetarian lifestyle provides, without having to be committed to abstain totally from meat. The advantages is to your health, to the environment, and to the animals.
Haha. I know I sound all environmental-friendly now, but I dislike the way it is right now. I WANT MY FRESH OXYGEN.
Btw, I heard oxygen makes you age.
Not sure if it's a myth or not. I'll check and get back to you guys REAL SOON.

That certain someone.

Pretty lucky for me for people to think that I'm attached eh.
Sadly, I don't have this 'luxury' or 'fun' as some might call it.

The next r/s I have, it's gonna be my first serious one and last.
Haha. And yes, I do have a soft spot for a certain someone.

Points to note:

1. I am NOT ready for a r/s.
2. This certain someone is from a neighbourhood school.
3. And what I like about him, is the fact that he loves God with all his heart, and loves everyone without judging them.
4. Sounds quite easy to fulfil #3?? Think again.
5. It's been long since I last felt this longing for someone. Then again, I had small infatuations here and there, never bothered about them anyway. This time, I WILL.
6. And even if I'm not ready, I'll be eyeing him, and keeping my options open.

Let's plan a little for the future right now.

IF I intend to get married at 26 or 27, and want to date the same guy for at least 4 years, and if it takes me SO LONG to actually reveal any of my feelings, I'll have to start at 20.
That makes it 20-16=4 years left of SINGLEDOM.
Probably a longer time left, if I postpone my plans of marriage. BUT, older women = less fertile? Haha. Nahhhh.

OR

IF I intend to focus on my career (which seems much wiser), and probably be one of the top 3 Singapore's RICHEST women, I'll need to study so hard right now to make up for the lack of intellect. That would equate to My death day-16=Unknown years left of SINGLEDOM.

Yes yes, I know I should be putting 'my retirement day' instead of 'my death day'. Every one seems to make 'death' such a taboo. I intend to work and learn till the day I die anyway.
"Everyone knows they are going to die, but nobody believes it. If we did, we would do things differently." This is probably one of the few lines I have remembered off the book 'Tuesdays with Morrie'.

In actual fact, I'm rather interested in the topic of death.
Been feeling ladicius these days. But nothing big.


I LOVE GOD.
I LOVE AMPLIFY.
I LOVE ST MARGS.
I LOVE YOU.

Thank you world, for tuning in to Nat Speaks again.
Till then. Keep yourselves busy with feeding your brain with brain food (in layman's terms, KNOWLEDGE).
KNOWLEDGE = POWER.

A trip to the Polyclinic @ Queenstown.

Mondays creep up on me, and whacks me until I get so beaten up. That's why I detest Mondays. It's Common Test day, it's wake up late day (I always seem to take a cab to school on Mondays), it's the day where timetable stretches till 3.30pm.

But today, it took a turn. And I went home early from school. Reached home at about 12.35pm and headed down to the polyclinic, where everything is CHEAPER. Consultation fee: $4.

Mdm Suhana was going through comprehension answers today, and I couldn't be bothered to listen (since when did I listen to begin with anyway).
Stupid migraine keeps coming -that's why I left- and at that moment, my head felt as though there was some baseball bat hitting me. It felt so heavy and my neck could no longer support that HEAVY head of mine, and I fell on the table.


Pain aside, I had crap loads of fun, snapping away at the Polyclinic. Some dude was staring at me, like I'm some crazy girl, snapping away with my phone.
Haha, I'd rather have fun than wallow in self-pity that the pain is overpowering.

Oh yes, I haven't metioned. I HATE THE SECURITY GUARD AT THE QUEENSTOWN POLYCLINIC. Always bossing me around.

The first thing I saw was this ATM like machine. I swore I didn't know I had to take a queue number for registration from that machine, and the security started screaming at me.

BOO to this machine.

The next thing I saw was this sign board while waiting to register.

Hey 4e6. (See 2nd and 3rd row) Does Chua and Kelvin ring a bell to you? =P
I know: RANDOM.

After registration, I had to wait outside the consultation room for my turn. And when I turned left and right. ALL I SAW WERE ZOMBIES.

They look dead don't they?


HELLOOOOO NURSE.


Anyway, from the outisde, the Polyclinic looks nice. But inside?? It's seriously old fashioned.
The only thing that appeals to me is the open area concept it has.




It's so old that the floor tiles are OLD, and the door has to be held open by a brick.


It's so old, that they don't even have air-conditioning in the consultation rooms, nor the outside. Oh well. Ceiling fans might do. Which is why the consultation fee is cheap I guess.


I like the Pharmacy though. I have no idea why.

A trip to Pitstop Cafe.

HELLO WORLD. Another one of Nat's FOOD EXPERIENCES.


Had celebrations for the January babies of Amplify! We headed down to Pitstop Cafe located at Circular Road.
Now, what's so special about this cafe? You can play board games there, and the staff there will teach you how to play it. SUPER COOL. You can eat there too, and the food is not very overly priced.

You say, "Board games can play at home what..."
BUT! How many board games do you have? We need variety in life don't we! Haha. Yeps. And I'm officially in love with that place.

I WILL DEFINITELY GO THERE AGAIN.
The best part of my next visit? I've got a membership card! So that means 10% discount!

If anyone wants to go, please contact me! I'll gladly go with you! For food and game fanatics!

STOP DIETING, AND ENJOY ALL THE FOOD IN THE WORLD!


Rebecca and I.


Winston = Crazy. What else does Winston equate to?




ROCKERS (:


Christie, Antaeus.


Cheryl and Jules totally excited over a game. Over what game?


THIS GAME! FUN-MANIA!


Linus, Anne Marie. RELAX. Don't bite your finger la!





Oh yes, games aside, the stuff there are really cool!
The containers they put pepper and salt in aren't your typical containers. Allow me to show you how they look like.


CUTE RIGHT!!!!!! They look like ghosts! And the holes which are the eyes and mouth is where the salt/pepper comes out from!


Their drink cups look like they've stored honey before. NICE. :D


All of US (:

And that's the end of my journey for Saturday.
Loving Amplify.
Loving You.

Haha. Stop dreaming Nat. :)

Migraine SUCKS.

Yesterday was probably one of the rainiest days ever.
And to make things worse. I had a migraine. Incessant pain for 24 hours.
It's the kind of pain where you would just want the world to end, right then, right there.
It's the kind of pain where you just want to cry. And I did, I cried a little during English lesson, but I also cried because of Physics.
EEEE. Stop crying la! Siao kia.

Due to my discomfort, I could not absorb much of what was said during the talk at Amplify.
But this is what I learnt.
We must always die to ourselves to live an eternal life with God.
This is late, but my New Year's Resolution? To die to myself.

For once, I hit my head against the wall, just like how my brother always does it. I've always told him not to do that because brain cells will die.


What is Love? It's definition may vary according to one's perspective e.g. A sibling, lover, parent, friend. However, there is one version which I consider to be the universal definition - the one found in the bible.

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not
proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it
keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the
truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
[1 Corinthians 13:4-7 (New International Version)]

No doubt I've read it a million times. But each time I read it, it has never failed to touch and inspire me!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MELVIN LOH!

388, 360 hours

Considering that a Singaporean Female's life expectancy is 81.6 years (source:
http://www.moh.gov.sg/corp/publications/statistics/population.do), and I sleep on an average of 6 to 8 hours a day, I have just about (81.6-15.1) x (24-8) = 388, 360 hours left of active non-sleeping time before I take my last breath!!!!

I know it may see like a real long time. But it is a fact that it's a FINITE number, and it will eventually hit ZERO. And by then, would I have fulfilled my earthly mission?

What happens if an accident or or maybe a disaster hastens this countdown?
These are all BIG questions without answers. Maybe science can lengthen or reverse this countdown?
Haha. Whatever it is! Live life to the fullest!


This thought flashed across my mind. What I want written on my tombstone.

"Servant. Sister. Friend."

Haha. Guess if I do start my own generation of crazy kids, I might change what I want written on it. But this is what I feel now! :D :D
Not that I don't care for the future. Just that I'm living in this very moment, and enjoying every second of it. :D

HPI. Happy Planet Index.

Ever heard of HPI? It stands for Happy Planet Index.
I was shocked to see that my sunny island Singapore was ranked 131 (out of 178 countries) in a study known as The Happy Planet Index <-- (click here to read all about it). You can even find out your own personal HPI at the site. To see how this study actually works, I’ve picked Costa Rica and Singapore to be my examples:

Ranking (HPI)
Singapore: 131
Costa Rica: 3

Life Satisfaction
S: 6.9
C: 7.5

Life Expectancy
S: 78.7
C: 78.2

Ecological Footprint
S: 6.2
C: 2.1

HPI =
Life satisfaction x Life expectancy
Ecological Footprint

Comparing Singapore and Costa Rica, Costa Rica is able to achieve a higher life satisfaction and a similar life expectancy with just a third of the resources that Singapore uses, i.e. using inverse proportion Costa Rica is more efficient in generating happiness!


Maybe it’s time to really ask ourselves what really contributes to our happiness. Do we really need so much material things, food, electricity, at the expense of the environment?


Nat.

Change of Uniform!

OMG. WHY DOESN'T ANYONE KNOW THAT THE UNIFORM IS GOING TO BE CHANGED!

Haha. Nat's well-informed... That's why.
I even heard that a teacher tried on a sample... OOOh.

Good Fats / Bad Fats!

Recently, my relief Chemistry teacher keeps talking about TRANS FATS. I really do wonder why. I've come across this website, and I've decided to share it with you guys!

I'm only posting the URL up here, because I do not want to force you to read it. Haha. If you're the DIET FANATIC, I seriously think you should read this page, and learn that fats are GOOD too!


http://diabetic-diet-secrets.com/members/good-fats---bad-fats.html



STOP THE DIETING!

Change of St. Marg's Uniform!

YOZ! There will be a change in the St. Marg's Uniform!

Two sides to this. YAY! or BOO!

Before I explain... I would like to illustrate how the new uniform looks like. BUT I'M LAZY.
So, I describe how it's going to be transformed.

• One piece POLKA-DOTTED (: uniform ==> Two piece UNCOMFORTABLE uniform: Polka-dotted blouse and skirt. (I bet the skirt is going to be so tight that even buying two sizes bigger won't make much of a difference. That would mean we will have to wear it at our WAISTS?! wtf.)
• Fake tie ==> Real tie. OH MANN.
• Sewn-on badge ==> Real badge. MORE OH MANN. (What if we forget to wear it!)

Why YAY!?
No more UNFLATTERING SHAPELESS UNIFORM.

Why BOO!?
Because this uniform is so damn comfortable. Especially in this stupid weathered country.



BEST PART?
My batch that's graduating won't be affected! :D


Homework's calling me now. And I hear it. I know of a certain bunch of people who practises SELECTIVE HEARING: They choose to not hear their homework calling.
I shall be obedient and complete whatever it wants me to.

Happiness

Friday assembly period. The topic of happiness was brought up.
Amplify Friday meetings. The topic of happiness was brought up again.
Is God trying to tell me something?




Thanks Ma. For that phone. Wahaha. OH MAN. I LOVE IT.
Seriously.
And sorry for shouting at you ):
You actually bothered to buy me a new phone because I kept whining for one, and all I could do was yell ): ): ):
It makes me feel like a bad daughter all over again.
You always seem to forgive me and forget all that shouting in an instant. It grows on my conscience.

NAT. BE A BETTER DAUGHTER.


And yes. The feeling of getting over something/someone. It's great. :D

DAY TWO.

Day Two of school, and I'm already dying.
I feel like I'm carrying some Hippo on my back 24/7. So heavy. WO SHOU BU LIAO LE. (Chinese =X)


WHY?

During lessons. Nothing goes through my head. The daily pressures at home is so HIGH. I feel so useless.
But think about it. Imagine I'm carbon-bearing material (useless piece of junk), and I'm exposed to high temperature and pressure (shit in life) I will be formed into a DIAMOND (stronger).

Ha. What a wonderful way to look at it. And whatever it is, I still gotta get on with life.

Talking about it to others seem to make me feel crappier. As if I'm giving them my burden. Yet, keeping everything to myself definitely isn't the best way out.

A friend of mine suggested the school counsellor. OH CRAP. Send me to the WOODBRIDGE.


Oh yes. Thanks Edwin, for that funny-ly cute keychain thingy. It says "Beijing 2008" on it's stomach. Haha. Now that you know it has a stomach, you must be thinking that it's a person or an animal. WEIRD THING IS. I can't tell what it is!

But it's RED. So I'm happy! :D

Thanks Chloe for that wonder Roxy purse. Haha. Good KARMA mann.
A SUPER HOT GUY TOUCHED IT. REMOVED THE TAG. AND PACKED IT!
WHEE. :D



Oh yes, I'm going to start Wednesday and Saturday study groups around Toa Payoh or Bishan or Queenstown area. Around after school timings. If anyone is interested in joining! Please IM, SMS, email, call or whatever you can to contact me.
This will be weekly, and discipline is very CRUCIAL. No playing. No misbehaving. No shouting. No smoking. No talking on the phones. Haha. I know this pretty much sounds like school. But let's try to make use of the time we study all right?

If no one decides to join me. I'll do it myself then. :D


DEPRESSED NAT. OUT.

Amplify's first prayer meet of 2007 on tmr. Finally.
I need a refreshing experience. To end off this crappy week of fightings and rebellion.

SHPX.

EEEE. EEEMO NAT IS HERE.

You can:
1. Choose to crack it.
2. Choose to ignore it.


UBJ NOBHG....
Snzvyl yvsr vf fperjrq
GFX. V pna'g rira trg n cebcre cynpr gb fghql ng ubzr. SVTUG SVTUG naq SVTUG.

Vf gung nyy gur nqhygf ng ubzr xabj jung gb qb.
Vg cebonoyl vfa'g n ubzr nalzber. Vg'f n ubhfr.

SHPX.


I'm not hiding anything. It's whether or not you choose to read it.
You know. ROT-13.



SO. It's failure to hand up work then detention eh?

What am I?

Ryan says this about me:

"MALAY LOOKIN FAITHFUL CATHOLIC HU TALK LIK AH LIAN BUT IS AS ARTICULATE N SMART AS A NERD"


YEPPS.

Movie Movie!

I've watched two movies over the span of 6 days.

Movie #1: Death Note 2.

Light who's secretly Kira uses his wits and fights against L, the best detective in the world.
Watch the two GENIUSES battle it out!

Don't miss the battle of the wits!

Who wins in the end?? Watch to find out!


The movie has a plot, and it's clearly seen unlike some movies where there isn't a clear plot.

This movie will definitely set you thinking "WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?!", "WHAT IS KIRA'S/L'S NEXT MOVE?", "WHO WILL WIN THIS BATTLE?"

Although the movie is around 2 1/2 hours, I think it's worth the time. ONE OF THE BEST PLOTS EVER.

My rating: 4/5



Movie #2: Curse of the Golden Flower.

The costumes are seriously nice and revealing. Good for any guy who's boob-deprived and wants to see jiggly boobs. Seriously, they walk to fast, that their boobs jiggle. Haha. Sorry. Crude Language.

What I liked most was the scriptwriters ability to keep the suspense for SO DAMN LONG. I waited for like 1 hour and I finally found out what the plot was. Haha. But the build up is seriously very EXCITING.

King has an affair a lady who gives birth to 1st son. King tells 1st son that his birth mother is dead.
King marrys Queen who gives birth to 2nd and 3rd son.
King loves lady wayy more than Queen.
King tries to kill Queen in a way that you can never imagine.
Queen falls sick due to King's vicious ways.
Queen calls for 1st son's birth mother to find out King's plot.
Queen plots against King.

In the end???

Haha, it's nice la! GO WATCH! This plot is very well thought of I daresay. Everything falls in place. And every scene you watch, you are like a detective piecing together pieces of information that you have gathered so far.


My rating: 3.9/5