First term break

It's been a week since the term break ended and I would say that this week went by pretty slowly while the term break was crazy fast. I could barely remember what I did during the two weeks of break but I will try to recall :)

I felt like my term break was definitely spent wisely and fruitfully. Including exam week, I managed to do almost everything that I planned to; from going back to work, to have some quality time with family, catch up with my friends, complete assignments by a certain date and even to have enough time for myself. I managed to divide my time equally and I feel like the holidays were not wasted at all, despite it going past super quickly.

The highlight of the whole holiday was, MEETING TAYLOR SWIFT (!!!) Well, I didn't personally meet her but I watched her on one of her shows here in Singapore and I was speechless. I even cried during one of her songs because I was taken aback in disbelief. I felt as though my entire seventeen years of life was all about waiting for that very day. I know it sounds pretty exaggerated but that was exactly how I felt. Her voice was indescribably powerful and I could feel so much emotions even though she looked tired on that day because she was from Manila. She ended the concert slightly later than expected, and she had to travel to KL the next day before coming back to Singapore for the last ever show of the Red Tour. The item lineup for the show was appropriate and it was very engaging. Taylor kept saying she loved Singapore and that's why she chose to come here twice, and that her mom grew up in Singapore. The choreo, lighting and the stage setup was spectacular! I could go on giving the reviews about the concert, but it will still be summarized in one word: perfection. So here are some photos for you to relate to my excitement.

with my secondary school buddy who is also now in NP :)

the entire stadium was filled with the colour red to embrace the event

She's so beautiful!

I was actually pretty close but it doesn't seem like it.

And that is how exciting it was! (Even though i'm completely aware that the set of pics doesn't depict a lot of excitement.)

I've also always contemplated whether to work even while schooling, so when the holidays were near, I didn't hesitate to include my name in the work schedule. Getting back to work was a lot of fun. I managed to pick up the hang of things very quickly and my colleagues were happy to see me back. Despite the conflicts and disputes among workers, I remained neutral and kept reminding them of how I am not involved in those controversies at all. I do understand that working life is mostly filled with adult-dramas but as a teenager working part time, I am so not going to get myself tangled with the oldies (sorry). And hence with that, I kept my mind very clear off the negative things and viola, my six days of getting back to work were really fun, pleasant and interesting few days of my holidays! Oh, not forgetting, I also did a lot of new things during work such as restocking supplies and counting stocks (which I tried to avoid for the past eight months of working there). So you could roughly gauge how motivated I was to go back to work. In fact this weekend, I'll be working :D

Besides all those main activities I did, I also managed to catch up with my close friends from secondary school who have now proceed on to JC, ITE, poly and some even in sec five. It was nice and refreshing to be catching up with them once again because we have all been very busy with school and other personal activities for the past few months. It's normal to be too occupied to always be spending time with one another, but keeping in touch and remembering one another's company is always important! In fact, we consider one another as our 'escape' from reality because being with old friends is always so much fun - we tend to forget all our woes!

Holidays were about two and a half weeks long and for all the other plan-less days, I took my time to stay home to relax with my parents and catch up on a lot of movies which I didn't get to watch before. I could say that out of all the hours I had to myself, I dedicated three-quarter of them to watch online movies. I love watching movies and just get really drawn into them. I watched a total of 24 movies throughout the holidays and I had no regrets. This was also the reason to my super screwed body clock - I stayed up til 4am every single night to watch online movies! 

Holidays are long over and it's time to get back on track.  Common test results weren't up to expectations but I will buck up along the way, I promise. I'll also have to catch up on my reading and assignments. Thank God for amazing people around me who are always bringing joy and laughter on a daily basis. If not for them, I can foresee having school as my next phobia!