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The blackout was really a "wow" experience, cos I was busy rushing my logarithms homework becuase I was about to doze off right there and then, when my sis started shrieking & I realised I couldn't see a thing. What was cool was the whole Jurong area was darkness, and I stood outside my home to admire the blackness. It was such a refreshing change from the bustle and lights, and the neighbours were playing with their torches or something. Anyway, our batt for the torches were weak, so I had to do my log by the candelight, which was awesome. I totally looked at log in a different light, NOT. (it was in a different light anyway, but that's not the point). So I bathed using one candle and extreme cold w ater, and I felt like we were having some war, only I was listening to the radio, which was playing Summer Sunshine, which I feel is contradictory to what I was feeling. I was very, very cold.

NY-St. Nix's concert Laudatur Voce I was splendid! NyC- you guys really brought the house down! Loved the Sound of Music, only it was so short, but I guess the time was running late! It was terrific, & the costumes were really superb! So proud of you guys, especially the sec3s! Lilin, your swan dance was so, so graceful, you & Cheryl make a great pair! And Shao Ning was growling right at me when she was playing the lion, cos I was sitting right in front! Haha.. Kai Xuan! Your 'solo' part was really, really great! Valerie, Cherie & Kai Xuan's voices were ringing throughout the hall, and it was truly beautiful. And I know lots of the sec3s saw me sitting right in front, & I guess I was making quite a bit of noise anyway, like Priscilla! We shouted "ENCORE" twice! It seemed that after every song, LiLin would look at me, I would be smiling like crazy at her. Sop2s rocked! (: And I think we clapped the loudest and longest! (: It was great, only the group of guys beside me were over-bearing. Screaming like maniacs is not exactly very "macho", but we couldn't be bothered.

I went 1 hour earlier with Daphne, then me and Prissy went to help Mel with the ushering/ ticketing at the counter outside the entrance of the concert hall. It was so fun! I saw so many people, including my American cousin here to visit! I was shocked beyond words when I saw Ariel! And Ivee, Stephanie and Siying were there too! (: Haha. Mel kept demanding for an apple, and she gave me some of her gummies from Germany. (I bought U.S.A apples & pears instead of flowers. Voices have to be "repaired".) So anyway, I had a super time watching the concert, & my only lament is I wasn't able to perform with you guys! All I can say is Well Done, & hearing you guys brought back all the memories. Me & Pigsy almost cried when we heard Ave Maria. It was truly awesome.

Today's sch. went okay, as usual. One of my friends said something that really got me thinking. She asked whether we can lose something we never had. Makes sense doesn't it? The point is that the object never was yours to lose, but then again, I guess it's the hope that we're talking about here.
If it were love, and that love was given to someone else, we'd have lost something, becuase we lost that hope that the love may someday be ours, although we never had it in the first place. I too have lost things that we never my own, & I really wonder why firstly, I didn't reach out the grasp that hope, & secondly, why when it slipped out of my reach, I didn't try to reach out for it again.

"Nothing is as real as a dream. The world can change around you, but your dream will not. Responsibilities need not erase it. Duties need not obscure it. Because the dream is within you, no one can take it away."
-Unknown

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