A Review of The Good and The Bad in 2006.

I hope this would not turn out emo at all and I hope whatever I had in my mind comes out here. Well, here goes, the year for you. This is going to be long. Beware. Haha.

The Start of School.

Who can ever forget the most significant part of the first day of school? The day when we were told the worst news ever. This old woman is posted to 3/6 as form teacher. I can even remember my reaction. I was running around, telling everyone "Wow, damn it, Sec 3 life is going to be fucking nice! We've got a bloody old woman for a form! We can bloody hell bully her like shit! Shiokness!" Yes, to only find out when we went back to our classroom, we were scolded for making so much noise, by who? Someone by the name Sim Pheck Choo. Life became really bad from then on.

Camp Corri, 18th to 21st January (I'm not quite sure, I don't even bother to remember the dates).

It was horrible, DUH. With the huge amount of hatred we had for Mr Chan and Sim Pheck Choo, Camp Corri couldn't be worse. 3/6 faced huge biasness, punishments but it surely made us bond. Definitely. Camp Corri, had almost all the Sec 3 classes pitying 3/6. Haha. Well, the only good parts of the camp were the long bus rides, the time we got to crap together and not to forget hold our bladder and to only await a toilet along the roads of somewhere near Pahang. And to only get, a stinking toilet, I wouldn't even call it a toilet, there weren't any flush, and there weren't any toilet roll. But thanks, to Ivana for being so prepared. Haha. The other good time of the camp would be the time when we gathered in the room/chalet/(I can't remember what they called it) to watch retarded shows, like "The Notebook" and some other Opera, and we would go horny at all the sex scenes. It was plain hilarious. And I still remember all the fun we had in the room, the lizard, and watching WWE, and halfway, being disturbed by Mr Quek, knocking on the door. And us, faking to sleep. Oh the good times.

Istana Performance, 31st January.

Yes, and my solo screwed up. Performance was quite alright, as we had quite a lot of supporters huh? Other bands were playing Chinese New Year pieces, and lucky we weren't. The crowd flowed in when we started playing. I can still remember how we all squeezed into this cramped place, just to get a picture taken together with the president. Haha. And we kept making fun of what the president was doing, like "Be patient, he's making prata for us." Lol.

Sounds of Music, 24th February.

Everyone was ecstatic, happy, joyous, and every word you could use to describe our feelings, due to the fact Sir made his way down from who-knows-where. Tears of joy came naturally, mine came firstly because of the screwed solo, then nextly, because of Sir. The Pre and Post-Concert was super fun I must say, memories never fade will it? Although we had to face all the talking bad from the you-know-which-cca(s), well, all the running around backstage, was still fun enough. I could have not asked for more or less. It was just right. :D Performance was great at that second, definitely, we were satisfied with all the efforts put in, but now, looking back, soundwise, it ain't that good after all. Well, we will work harder. Nevertheless, we managed to impress our loved ones who kept complaining of the long band practices we always came back from. The show wasn't stolen in the end. :)

Jason Mraz, Part of the Mosaic Music Festival, 17th March.

One of the first few days I got depressed. But I don't blame myself because the tickets were sold out.

Mid Year Exams, May.

I knew that I was going to fail badly. Results came back, it was bad. Real bad. But I consoled myself by saying that its the first time that I'm taking an exam of 9 subjects. More than that in fact. And I decided to work hard from then on. It was really fun studying with the usuals during that period of time, at the airport, that was when we could still study there. Now, we can't. Oh wells.

Catholic Camp, End of May.

It was like a getaway after receiving my results. My horrific results. It was quite an experience, and from that camp, it was the beginning of my miserable "Hangman Sleeptalk" embarrassing act of the camp. Yes, details can be found in my previous blog. Clarissa and Maxine, just had to go around telling everyone what happened. How depressing. But the camp, overall, was fun I suppose. I remember the second day(?) we spent quite a period of time talking to the juniors, it was fun. :)

Balloon Hat Festival, 5th June(?).

It was alright. For sure, I know, the rehearsal was horrible. Its very humiliating to have your band not co-operating, and there's two way much better bands in front of you. You can't hear your own sound because there's some arses behind hitting on drums, or should I say, kitchen ware. Yes, it was horrible. Moreover, the band was like crap and half of them didn't care. And taking over the role of DM just, wasn't easy at all. I was struggling. It was shitty-fied. That was one of the worse performance of my life. I almost had a breakdown, but it was retarded to have one. There was no reason to do so. Perseverance. Friends just kept me going sane. Thanks. :D The only good part of the event was the bus rides, in which we kept cam-whoring. Haha. Oh yes, it was then when Eunice became unfaithful.

Jamie Cullum Catching Tales Concert, 15th June.

I know quite a lot of people sufferred from this concert, due to my crazy obsession after the concert. Yes, I'm truly sorry those sitting near me in class, but it was a blast. And in that instant, Amanda, Clarissa and Maxine were fans as well, although they didn't had much exposure of him by that time. I could not say more. It was one of the best days in 2006. I've never been to a concert better than that. :D To think I was depressed when we found out that our tickets were right at the back. Haha. Details of this day can be found in my previous blog. I've never felt THIS insane before. Not even when I perfect a solo. Haha. It's not even close to that.

World Cup.

This made every girl in school, oogle at the hot soccer players. Yeah, everyone just diverted their attention away from everything else. We stayed up late to watch matches, made crazy plans to go Macs in the middle of the night to watch, but obviously parents didn't allow. All thanks to Channel 5 for not broadcasting all the matches. I became superbly depressed after France didn't win, and Zidane did his head butt. I've never bought that much of "The Newpaper" in my life ever. I still have it here with me, for keepsake purposes.

SYF in the Heartlands.

My final performance with the Drama Curriculum. Tampines Mall. Dry run, itself was pretty much very sucky because we were being bossed around. In fact, practices were already bad enough because we planned so much for improvised acting but we couldn't do it in the end, so we did normal hosting. Thanks to those who came down. Last performance, first public (proper public) performance, without Mr Ng and Ms Kang, all by ourselves, it was awesome. I miss DC!

Coldplay in Singapore, 10th July 2006.

Depression once again, because I didn't managed to go to their concert. This time, was a money issue and also because I couldn't find anyone who wanted to spend money to go with me. Boo. Haha.

National Band Competition, 15th July.

GOLD GOLD GOLD! Need I say more? Haha. This would probably rate second on "The Happiest Days of 2006". We all went crazy. We ended expecting a Silver, but lucky us got a Gold instead. Yes! Woots! We were just too lucky! I can still remember a few of us, on the phone, being on the same bus, on the same line to a few others at VCH, and conveying the message. As the result echoed in the phone, while we were trying to shift down the chimes, next thing you know was us, screaming and jumping in a not-so-big bus and caused it to even shake. I teared for who knows what. I screamed so loud, till I couldn't even shout to give instructions. But it was all worthed it. Haha. :D

The Fall, 4th August.

Sang the school song, ran during PE, fell, rolled, laughed. Next thing you know, you have the whole class crowding around you asking if you're alright. So, the most spontaneous thing to do is to laugh and not believe what just happened. I must say, it was quite hilarious. But, like a few seconds later, I took a look at my knees. They were bleeding badly, and scrapped. All thanks to Mr Jason Job Lin. Thanks for making arses like me who can't multi-task, multi task. Now, I'm scared for life. Arse. Worse time of 2006, one of the worse. I had to suffer for the next month.

National Day, Sports Carnival, 8th August(?).

It was my first time, feeling so patriotic. I couldn't take part in the events due to my leg. Pity pity. So, bandits stayed around to make noise after we played for the march past. We sounded quite good. And it was on this day that we were told that we'd be having our own concert next year. To think that they were playing around with our feelings only. Thanks alot. It was also on this day, that the band had a lecture for our irresponsible acts.

Bible Quiz, 9th September.

It was fun. We screwed it up though. But we had fun in the end. We tried our best(?), maybe. Haha. Well, it started with a serious tone but we ended up making it really fun by arguing out loud our thoughts. Damn those who set the questions. They weren't clear enough. I mean, there were quite a number of times, that it was mentioned "the man" in the Gospel of Mark. Damn it, use your brains. Haha. But, overall, fun. :)

Outward Bound School, 18th to 22nd September.

Purely fun. :D Torture at first, but come to think of it, I wouldn't mind even going through it once more. I can still remember the thought of eating proper meals at the first campus, it felt like winning a reward in Survivor. Yeah, something like that. Loved OBS, and I really miss everyone there. It really taught us a lot of important lessons. Shakleton Watch, love you guys! All the sick shit, its hilarious. :D Details of OBS on my other blog. Haha.

End Year Examination, October.

Screwed it really badly. To begin with, my Mid Year was already bad, and I deproved by one position in my End Year. Talk about working hard. Imagine sitting for papers, actually having the guts to plot yourself in the Exam Hall, not knowing a thing about the subject you're going to sit for. Insanity I know, but I couldn't care less. It actually makes me wonder, how does it feel like to sit for a paper, knowing everything.

Chijimes Jazz Festival, 15th October.

I've never seen such a wild Jazz scene in Singapore, not till this day. It was very relaxing and wild at the same time. It was like a renewal of my love for Jazz. Those who performed took Jazz to a whole new level. Awesomeness. :D

Achievers' Day.

Joke of the Century, no, Year I mean. Audrey Cullum won the Canossian Student Award and Leadership. Wow. Must be kidding, well, they weren't. I thought the world was going bonkers. Thanks to Sim Pheck Choo, that I qualified for the Canossian Student Award. I could do without that award, it made me miss watching the Creative Competition. Boo. Anyway, big deal about the awards, they were just two plastic things. Haha.

Lisa Ono Jambalaya Tour, 25th October.

This made me very depressed, the fact that I knew that Chris Botti was just a few kilometres away playing tunes on his trumpet. But, still, Lisa Ono was awesome. :D I hope Chris Botti drops by some time soon. Haha.

NCO, 6th to 10th November.

I LOVE NCO! Needless to say as well. All the fun I had, messaging Eunice when I felt anti. Haha. But seriously, the jokes we cracked as a contingent, the various No. 32s in the whole camp, the marching and Milo Ma'am, the sucky food, the dirty talk, the much praying for a good weather, the trips to and fro NCO, everyone and not forgetting POP. I thought it'd be bad, but it turned out awesome. First time I loved a camp so much. Haha. It taught me to be much more sociable. Everyone back in school were just worrying of my anti-socialness. Haha. I miss NCO! The first time I felt I really accomplished something. You can just never imagine how it felt like to accomplish something you've worked so hard for for the past 4 days.

Confirmation Camp, 11th to 13th November.

Wasn't too good, wasn't too bad. Not much comments. But cheating seriously never felt that fun. I did have fun though. :)

MOE Leadership Camp, 15th to 17th November.

Good that it was a short camp, because I think it was quite alright only. It wasn't entirely fun. First time, food at a camp tasted good. Haha.

Band Chalet, 12th to 14th December.

Do I need to elaborate on this? One word, no, two words. Fucking awesome. :DDDDDD! Haha. Yeah, despite the horror shit, it still went great. :) I love my bandits! Haha.

Jazz Workshop and Concert by Hiromi, 16th and 17th December.

Fucking awesome, as well. Inspired to the maximum. Yeah. Haha. Thanks to Mel for introducing her to me! :D Everyone should just check Hiromi out. Links at the side. :)


Now, that's about it.

You know, in fact, I miss being in 2/5, and the Year 2005. Haha. I miss being Chairman. Lol. It was fucking fun. But as much as I want to, I do not want to as well. Haha. I miss 2/5, or more or Lower Secondary. Anyways, here's the thanking part.

Firstly, I must thank all my best mates. The usuals, being Amanda Khoo, Cindy Poh, Weelyn Oh and Eunice Gee for being there all the time, during my worst and best. :) I know how you all persevered through the Jamie Cullum fever and all my post-camps stories I had to tell. Haha. Thanks a whole lot. I love you all. :D

The Clique, yes, needless to say, I love every one of you. KT, Gen, Ern, Nat, Weelyn, Eunice, Amanda and Cindy. Love, love and loved.

All the 3/6ers. Especially those who sits around me. Clarissa, Maxine, Anne, RJ, Michelle, Ethel, etc. Thanks for motivating me in studies which didn't really work, but yeah, and for tolerating my talks about Jamie. Thanks for making 2006 one fun year in 3/6, all the teasing of Sim Pheck Choo. Haha. No, Hur Hur Hur!

Close friends, including Simei-ans, who supported me like hell, who kept me sane. Thanks. I need not mention names because you all know who you all are.

Seniors, how can I forget you all? Haha. Thanks for helping us in everything we do, for all the support, and tolerance you all had. Oh and for bringing so much live to the band! Lots of Love!

All Bandits! Fellow Sec 3s, and juniors alike. I love you all. For all the hard work put in, for NBC and a few others. Thanks. And for making band practices really fun. :D

To all my fellow campers, from MOE and OBS, thank you for making camping fun. Haha. Shackleton Watch members, thanks! I love you all!

To all the 32nd NCO people, for making it fucking awesome. Thanks a whole lot! I love you all as well. Thanks for making me not anti-social. Lmao. Well, you guys rock!

Thanks to EVERYONE, who helped me grow in one way or another. I can't say more than I love you already. Haha. Well, yeah, I really do. :) Thanks for making 2006 a wonderful year, be it good or bad, it was sure one year of fucking good memories.

Let's hope for the better, if it can get any better, in 2007!

HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE!

Mrs Audrey Cullum

MRS AUDREY CULLUM
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