# WARNING: LONG ENTRY.
Im seventeen, yes I finally am. After a long long wait.
Initially I thought nothing about it. After all, it was just gonna be another birthday. One gets rather bored after celebrating his/her birthday 16 times.
But no, I was wrong, completely! This years birthday was extremely special! Not only is it my 17th birthday falling on the 17th, it was also the first time Im celebrating it with so many people! (Not counting those celebrations at Kindergarten la.)
This year, my birthday came slightly earlier. It was so-called celebrated on the 16th instead.
16th December 2005Marilyns birthday! Happy 17th! I woke up late. Marilyn insisted on waiting for me, to go to school together. (How sweet!) We entered the lecture hall late. Lecture was boring, as usual. I wasnt paying attention most of the time. Yea, you know the reason. I was busy guessing what’s in that bag, labelled 'Siow Qin's birthday present'. LOL.
Halfway through the lectures, during a short break, Xueli insisted that we both open our presents. (Marilyn opened hers and yea, she was happy and all. If you are interested to find out more about her presents, check out her blog. I think it's somewhere there.) I was hesitant about unwrapping my present cause it wasnt my birthday yet and I'll be kinda shy to open it in front of so many people. (You must be thinking that the last sentence was crap.)
They hid all the small gifts in the pockets of a big bag. As I was fishing out the items one by one, guess what I saw? A
fucking necklace with a tiara as the pendant la! So beautiful! I never thought dreams would come true! Thank you, Xueli and Ting Ting for making me feel like a princess! The emotional me started crying from here. And Marilyn started crying too. And we all hugged each other and cry some more. Very emo right?
Later in the day, as we were heading for Film Appreciation, Jocelyn, Ting Ting and Xueli dedicated Graduation-Friends Forever to Marilyn and me. So sweet! And we started crying again. Seriously, what's up with that song? Never fails to make me look like a clown.
My parents ordered pizza for dinner that day. Yummy!
17th December 2005My birthday! I expected my family to wish me a 'happy birthday', but no one did. Finally, I forced my brother to wish me. And he said it facing the computer screen. Whatever!
Today was community service but Marilyn and I were late again! Hey, that was nothing compared to this (points below). The main bulk starts here.
We arrived at SA. (it's an organisation, but I dont dare to write it's name here, in case I get sued. Call me a coward. I dont care.) We
fucking went there to do community service and got some shit in return.
I dont exactly know how everything started. All I know was that I was savouring my strawberry cake (from Marilyn) when Ms B came. She told us we had to leave because there were 'no jobs' for us. What
fucking excuse is that? Apparently, this group of people, also from my school, came in the morning to clock their CIP hours. And they
fucking dont need anymore people there, except maybe one or two. What the fuck man? The whole bunch of us (there were 20 of us) came from all over Singapore to lend a helping hand and you ask us to leave, we leave ah? We're not animals ok?
Junwei called for Mr W (our teacher in charge), hoping that he could help us. After negotiating, Ms B still said 'no'! No jobs means no jobs.
Fuck. Well well, what now? We can't just give up like that.
Just then Ms S came. She was the one who arranged for us (20 people) to come from 1pm to 6pm, to volunteer our service to them. Now, she claims that she was just 'entertaining' Mr W, telling him that there's a slot for us. In her mind, she already knew there weren't any places available, why did she still fool us? Why did she still ask us to turn up at SA? Why can’t she just
fucking tell us that there are no jobs available?
Hey look, we're
fucking volunteering our services. We're not even paid to do all this. You just
fucking tell us to leave, we leave ah? Stop lying to us that there is nothing for us to do. C'mon la, even the blind can tell that the 'backyard' needs cleaning up. We dont mind pulling weeds you know? You even hanged up on Mr W. Have you ever heard of the word 'respect'? Even if you're really pissed off, you can just apologise and explain nicely right? Where's your basic courtesy? Your mother never teach you one ah? You exclaim that you have three 'obedient', grown up children. And if you tell them to go, they'd go. So, indirectly, you're indicating that we're not obedient. Too bad la! We’re neither your children, nor your dogs. Just because you're an adult doesn't give you the authority to be rude to us. And don't think you can bully us too!
Obviously Ms B and Ms S are in the wrong now. But not only did they not apologise for their mistakes, they even turned the whole situation around and 'shoot' us.
What the fuck?It's their disorganisation! Why are they pointing their fingers at us now? Shirking responsibilities? I certainly think so. Some people are just so egoistic that they can't even say sorry. Bullshit.
Anyway, it turned out to be a blessing in disguise. We headed town for a 'class outing'. I’m highly honoured to spend my birthday with such a huge group of people. *smiles gleefully*
Soon, everyone had to go. Except for Xueli, Junwei, Marilyn and me. So we wandered around at Suntec. Then I spotted…Carebears on stage! *screams* So cute!
I proposed to go to Toys 'R' Us. Then I spotted…a princess's tiara! *screams again* So pretty!
That's the end. =)
18th December 2005Community service today! (real one now) 10 hours straight at Giving Tree @ North East. Was posted to the security side because our names were not in any lists, which means nobody wants us (me, Charmaine, Edwin, Jocelyn, Lay Hong, Max and Ting Ting)!
It was fun being security although we were being laughed at, having to wear that neon security vest. But hey, we're important ok? We had to safeguard the integrity of the park. Sounds really cool huh? LOL.
We had to walk around the park, observing and preventing. And the best part was we got to use the walkie-talkie thing! =D I think we were the noisiest group (me, Jocelyn and Ting Ting) cause we kept reporting suspicious things. Hahaha. It's our duty what.
But the funny thing was that our managers seem to notice us when we did something wrong and when we were so damn hardworking, nobody cares! Like when we let one guy climb over the barricade, our manager caught us. When I was leaning against the door, my manager suddenly appeared. When we were talking to our friends, our managers were nearby. When we were taking a break, our managers were standing behind us, making sure that we dont skive. Geez! Scary man.
Although we were 'caught' several times, our managers were actually quite flexible. They weren't like fierce or strict.
And in the end we found out the reason why. They were younger than us! As in those 2 who kept following us, Curtbeth and Wesley. Curtbeth is 16 and Wesley only 15. Argh! I thought they were 18 or some VIPs at the park. Only 2 kids! LOL. Oh, and our other managers are Zhi Qiang and Aza, Aza being the manager of all managers.
Later in the second shift, Junwei came over cause he thought security was cool. Toldcha! Then I started having like migraine or something. =(
But I still continued second shift. Only 7 of us left. (me, Jocelyn, Junwei, Marilyn, Max, Ting Ting, Xueli)
Nothing much actually. Still the same old boring thing. Walking around. Ensuring safety. But one thing that pissed me off was this couple with their kids. They wanted us to let them cross over the barricade to purchase tickets to let their son sit the rides but we were instructed not to let anyone cross. Then they gave that
fucking pissed off look. Pulling their son away, they said 'Go home la, go home la. No tickets on sale how to play? These people not flexible at all.'
Hey look. It's not about us being not flexible. We're given instructions. We have to follow them. It's not like we have a choice. This event is not organised by us. The top management says no means no. We can't do anything about it. You think we happily happily don't want to let you cross one meh?
And this man. I told him smoking is not allowed in the premises. He said 'Huh, not allowed ah? Orh.' and blew smoke into my face. Ridiculous uncle.
Oh, and I'm 17 years and 1 day old. =)
Sincere apologies to:Felicia.
Sorry I can’t meet you for lunch. Think it’s somewhat my fault ya? Dui bu qi!! >.<>fucking guilty la. I know my attitude sucks. I’ll change. Yea, I try very hard to. Meanwhile, let me slap myself 17 times as a form of apology. *slaps slaps slaps slaps slaps slaps slaps slaps slaps slaps slaps slaps slaps slaps slaps slaps slaps*
Special thanks to:Aimee, Aunt August, Aunt Grace, Aunt Jean, Aunt Joyce, Eugene, Iffah, Felicia, Hairianto, Jean, Jocelyn, Lee Ling, Marilyn, Sharifah, Tailun, Ting Ting and Xueli
forBirthday greetings via sms.
My gifts:Audrey, Marilyn and Ting Ting
17 slaps each.
DBA/1A/23
The bag, 2 pencil cases, a necklace with tiara as pendant, a pair of hairclips, strawberry coin purse, water bottle and a birthday song.
Daniel
Wallet.
Farhana, Yani and Yanti
Strawberry ice-cream and strawberry cake.
Jocelyn, Ting Ting and Xueli
Song dedication.
Marilyn
Strawberry cake.
Max
A birthday cake that he personally baked!
Mum and Dad
Spectacles.
