Monday, July 24, 2006
my eng essay XD
just wanted to share my english essay and sorta keep this blog "alive". haha. hope you guys enjoy it.
Rrriiinnnnggg!! I woke up with a start. Ohmigosh, I’m late again!! I rushed to wear whatever I could find, washed up the best that I could with the little time I had, collected my books and ran out of my room. I did not bother to check if Jay was still around. I knew he had left earlier. It was an unspoken rule between the both of us; better one late than both. So, we never waited for the other.
Arriving late to my lecture had gained me a lot of unwanted attention. Eyes turned around to see my grand entrance. I mumbled a sorry and took a seat. My eyes began to scan the room and there sitting a few rows in front was her. She caught my eye from the time I entered Ravis College and since then I had been trying to catch hers. Sadly, a year had past and I still had not had a chance to talk to her. Day after day I tried but somehow, things never seemed to work out. There were the occasional “Hi, Adrian,”, “May I borrow your pen, Adrian?” or “Excuse me, Adrian” but nothing more than that. I had joined the piano ensemble just to meet her but she was always surrounded by her girlfriends. Sometimes I wondered why girls must move in packs. Did they know that it is intimidating for us guys to approach them? Most of the time, I felt that if I dated a girl, I would be dating her girlfriends as well. Anyway, to divert my attention back to the lecturer, I reminded myself that I had ensemble practice today. With that mentally noted, I concentrated on solving the calculus equation given by the lecturer.
Later that afternoon, after ensemble practice, the guys and I had planned to play soccer and because practice ran later than usual, I did not have much time head to the front of the college. I attempted to squeeze a greeting to her before I left but decided against it as her pack of friends was already surrounding her. By the time I had arrived at the front entrance, I was relieved that I was not the latest. We waited about ten minutes before the cab arrived and as soon as we saw it, we rushed towards it to get the back seat because it was known within the guy circle that whoever sits in front faced the risk of being molested by the cab driver if he was gay. As we ran and shove each other into the cab, I heard giggles and laughter from behind us. I turned to see that she and her friends were greatly amused. Embarrassment stung me. There was no doubt that they had seen out little act. “Hurry up and get in, Adrian. Or else we’ll be late. Don’t worry, we’ll ensure that you’re still pure,” called out Jay and the guys laughed. As my face turned red, I walked towards the front seat of the cab and just as I was about to enter the car, I heard her voice saying, “Have fun, Adrian.” My heart skipped a beat and I turned to her and replied, “Thanks. I sure will.” All the way to the soccer field, I was ecstatic, replaying our short conversation in my mind over and over.
The next day, I decided to start making a move. Plus, Valentine’s Day was only a week away and I wanted her to be my date for the Valentine dance. Dressed to impress, I walked to college early in the morning in hopes of catching her alone without her ever nosy group of bodyguards. I had heard that she arrives in college alone early in morning with a cup of coffee to enjoy some peaceful times alone. I was not surprised that she would seek such solitude when I saw the bunch of friends that she mixed with. I walked around the college for a while and there I found her sitting all alone under the hundred-years-old oak tree. I enjoyed the sight of her for a while before approaching her.
“Hey, Melody,” I greeted her.
“Hi, what are you doing in college so early? Aren’t you and Jay normally late?”
“I decided that I had enough grand entrances to last me a lifetime. Plus, being under an oak tree with a beautiful girl is a pretty good way to start my mornings.”
She blushed and there was silence in between us. I broke the silence by asking her how she found the ensemble practice yesterday. Yes, I know it was a bad way to begin a conversation but I had no idea what else to say. She told me that it was good and even complimented my playing. “Thanks, you play well too,” I replied and there was silence between us again. Then I said, “Look, I don’t really know how to do this but do you have a date for the dance next week?” She was surprised at my question and whispered, “No.” “Would you like to go to the dance with me?” I asked while staring at the grass. There was no reply and I was really afraid of being rejected but I mustered all the courage I could find and looked at her. For a moment, I got lost in her stunning brown eyes. Then I heard a reply.
“Yes.”
“I’m sorry but could you repeat that?”
“Yes, Adrian, I would love too.”
“Really? Because for a moment there I thought you were going to say no.”
She smiled and I could feel my heart stopped beating. We stayed and talked for a while more before heading to class. It took about five dates before I could ask her to be mine and the rest, as they say, is history.
Posted by grace :P at 6:46 pm
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Tuesday, July 18, 2006
ABANDONED
well, been neglecting my blog for many reasons: no time, don't know what to write, don't know why i even write, etc. a friend once asked me why do i have a blog. i seriously have no idea. issit because i wanna try the blogging hype? some people tell me that they blog to let out what's in their hearts. so maybe it's time i reveal a bit of my heart.
my heart is one that is scarred
each scar has its story
a piece of my past
my heart is one that i protect
as it is still affected by the past
it is a one i hold dear
as one thing becomes clear
i wish not to injure my heart
A piece of my heart i give
to all that i have come to love
may you nurture and nourish it
please care for that precious piece of my heart
don't tell it promises you can't keep
or feign to always cherish it
cos it knows when it has been forgotten
and it pains to see you walk away
to all who call themselves my friends
may you learn to comprehend
and see the secrets hidden
as you come to know my heart a little more
Posted by grace :P at 9:43 pm
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Saturday, July 01, 2006
Old Times at BSF
hey! sorry guys. been abondoning my blog. went to sydney for a week cos the school choir was in a competition there and my sister was in the choir. go figure. it wasn't as much fun i'd expected it to be cos it kept raining. anyway, got lazy and swamped by homework which i have been doing since i came back from sydney and i'm still stuck on my stupid killer spesh maths application assignment. yes, yes, i know it's due before the hols but what can i do if i dunno how to do?
anyway, enough of that nonsense. was nostalgic about BSF(Bible Study Fellowship) when i read about it in Jess' blog. haha. i know you guys are thinking "oh no, another God blog." hey, it's not ok. nowhere close. i wasn't inspired to write about THAT. ahaha. just missed the times there.
as usual in BSF, i'm usually THE LATEST person to arrive. nyahaha. my nasty old habit. i would be rushing to the freaking class. sometimes, i see them heading to the hall while i'm heading to the class. i'll be like o_O!! should i follow or not? and then we have the singing. not long songs but just two and they are sung in a relatively faster than normal speed. ahaha. what do i do then? if i'm high (i usually am), i would be singing in all sorts of weird tones. low then high :P. accents. so basically i wasn't really singing *winks*. sometimes ppl would laugh with me (although i know they usuall laugh at me). other times, they join me. haha. i'm such a crowd stirrer.
we would be laughing and then i get the BSF teacher behind me. depending on who my teacher was for that semester. but i remember mr yun sometimes laughed along and then shut us up. haha.
and then, we get to the class part where we are usually given questions the week before. Most of us would have either not done it or just did it an hour before the study. haha. none of us EVER memorised the memory verses. they will always have to try to do on the spot memorisation. we usually passed questions and said nothing on all the hard, difficult, soul-searching questions and the teachers will AGAIN have to try to dig something out. sometimes when someone doesn't know the answer, we help him. haha. yes, we're a lot of helpful people.
homiletics(summary that we're suppose to do) was like a game. who can crap out the whole bible passage in 15 words. most of the time, it doesn't even makes sense. shows how ingenious all of us are XD.
i had to try to keep my eyes wide open. some ppl draw. some msg through hp. christine and i used to write "notes" in our notebook. our secret conversations. when she left for malacca, i lost my talking buddy. i was left to drawing. then everything changed when one by one, all of us dropped out. haha. only matthew was left with all the newbies who were TOTALLY INTO BSF! no offense to any of them ok.
you think we're bad? try listening to the adults outside. they're always laughing at something or other. i mean, is the bible really that amusing?
Posted by grace :P at 6:34 pm
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