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Sigh. My vacation is ending and school is starting. Sad life.


So fast leh, two months of vacay is done. I feel kinda bad cause I didn't work this time for the vacay. It's like after spending up my savings in Korea, I'm suppose to like work to earn back all the money.

But it's so hard to find jobs especially since a lot of those part time jobs require people to work at least for three months. By the time I came back from holiday, I left only 5 weeks of vacay to myself.

Plus, this vacay lasted only 2 months. But I know some of my friends went out to work so I was like man you guys damn hardworking while I'm here at home lazying and being like a pig.


Anyway, vacay is ending and school starts next week. All the other polys started school this week already though except TP cause we started our vacay later then the rest of the polys.

Timetable came out yesterday and surprisingly not bad leh. I was hoping that I do not have to wake up early in the morning for 9am classes like how I had to for the entire year 1.

HALLELUJAH I have no freaking 9am classes except for one day. So for 4 days out of 5, I don't have to wake up at 6:30AM.


 One thing bad though is that when you start school in the afternoon, you'll have to end late. So almost everyday I end at like evening.


Pros and cons of an education.

Gonna savour the last few days of my vacay and cherish it cause by the time school starts, it's no playing anymore.

Oh and I went JB yesterday to "bond" with my parents (said my mom) and we spend time eating and shopping and MASSAGE. OMG.

Me and my mom went for thai massage (not bad leh) at City Square, my dad didn't feel like having massage so he went to tapow food.

Anyway, my mom got a aromatherapy massage on the back whereas I got a feet and neck massage. It was my second time experiencing thai massage. The last time was when I was in Pattaya and I remembered the lady masseur sat on my back but that's another story to tell. :)

The masseur will first wash our feet first before leading you to your comfy seat. My mom was in a different room cause hers was back mah, so I was led into the reflexology room.

They will then put a towel/blanket to cover your body before serving you warm cup of lemongrass green tea. You can also choose to have a blindfold if you are intending to fall asleep. I didn't want to cause I wasn't that tired. But the uncle beside me was snoring halfway through his..

She started stretching my feet before starting the real thing. For the last few minutes, they will massage your neck, shoulders and arms (hands as well). My masseur was able to crack my toes and fingers sia. To cut short my story, the massage was painful but shiok!!

It was painful for me cause my body had muscle ache from a workout that I did the previous day. Especially when she used her elbow and lean her entire body weight on my shoulder, I was screaming internally.

I did arms pilates the previous day ok, so my arms and shoulders were freaking aching.

BUT DAMN SHIOK HAHAAH!

Oh and the masseurs are from Thailand, so you will experience authentic thai massage!!

This morning when I woke up, I was like ouch-ing here and there because of the side effects of the massage plus my muscle ache.

I can't wait till my next holiday so I can go JB again to massage heh.

Okay, I'm gonna go roll around now.

God Bless <3
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Okay, as yall know I've recently went on a holiday to Korea and bought like the "entire" Etude House back, LMAO. Fine, not ENTIRE but a lot of stuff especially skincare!!


I showed yall in my beauty haul post about this skincare line from Etude that I bought right, called the Pink Vital Water.


To be honest, before my holiday to Korea, I gotta admit, I was very horrible in skincare. I neglected my skin too much (too lazy to do skincare routines, not enough spf) which resulted in darkening skin, break outs, blackheads (ew), lots of dead skin etc.


My skin felt rough and doesn't seem like how a girl's skin should be like. Okay, I don't mean ALL women must have perfect skin lah, but at least must be presentable right.

Anyway, when I went to Korea, as yall know the weather there is like cold and windy so your skin tends to be drier, which is why I made sure I packed my moisturiser there. Fyi, my moisturiser was quite old already lol, have it quite sometime.

However, apparently my moisturiser wasn't working because my skin started peeling off omg. Especially my chin area, it started peeling and it was sooooo ugly. Sorry, no photo.


It was on the third day when the peeling happens. My skin also became even more dry despite me putting on my moisturiser. Thank God, I've already bought the skincare and it came with a trial kit.


So my mom suggested I use these instead of my old ones. 

For the rest of the trip I used these, though the peeling didn't stop straight away obviously because the weather was still cold and windy and my skin not used to it mah. 

But I trusted it and continue to use these throughout my trip and even after coming back home, I'm still using it. Though I'll probably see results in a few weeks, but I'm glad my skin is being hydrated everyday especially in this hot weather. 


I would recommend girls living in a country with climate like Singapore to get skincare products that are water based since it will produce less oil. I do find my face less oilier now since I'm feeding my face with water lol.

Getting Rid of Dead Skins

Another skin care product that I'm obsessed with is the peeling ones. What I mean is exfoliating your face, getting rid of the dead skins ugh. My mom bought a exfoliating product from Nature Republic and Face Shop while we were in Korea. 


We are currently using the Nature Republic one and it's soooooo good to use man. It's like my face becomes like a baby's bottom, damn smooth!! OMG. 

Previously, we were using this exfoliating product by Face Shop, which is a sugar scrub I think, it was more of a scrub than peeling. And it doesn't work tbh. So my mom chose a peeling one this time and it works like shit!! 


If yall wanna get rid of the dead skin, get a peeling one, not a scrub one cause they really don't work. Peeling ones are much better!

After coming back from Korea, I made a point to ensure my skin is well taken care of. What's the point in putting makeup when your skin is very bad? I mean I know makeup is used to enhance beauty and all, but tbh, if your skin is bad (and it's because you never take good care of it), then I don't see the point in wearing makeup at all. 



Do yall know, makeup actually clog your pores and make your skin worse if you don't take good care of it? 

My mom has been telling me to keep taking care of my skin because the more makeup I apply, my skin will get worse if I do not give it a proper treatment. 

I didn't listen to her and neglected my skin which resulted in blackheads and disgusting stuff ew. 



Getting rid of black and white heads

So I have a routine which I stick to in order to get rid of black and white heads. Before using pore strips, I'll make sure to cleanse my face first. 


I am currently using this facial wash by Face Shop. It specifies for blackheads though I am not too sure what it does too. But I figured out that it kind of make the blackheads more easier to come out I think. 

Because after using this for a few times, I realise that I was able to get rid of more blackheads very easily. However, if you think using this cleanser alone is enough to get rid of blackheads, nope, you're wrong. Where got so easy one please, still got extra steps to get rid of these disgusting thing, which brings me to the second step. 

I blogged about pore strips before right. After cleansing my face, I use pore strips to try and rip away whatever gunk that could possibly be ripped out. (does that make sense lmao). It feels damn shiok man when after ripping out you see all those gunk. Ugh. 

Anyway, after using pore strips, I move on to the final step. It is also a step (or tool) which I use to be scared of but now it's kind of my friend.. THE PIN. 



When I was around 13 years old, my mom would always try to use the pin on my nose to squeeze the blackheads out. I remembered crying and kicking around cause it was damn damn damn painful. I've always feared the pin. I couldn't stand it lor, damn pain please. 


Pretty much me when my mom comes to me with the pin..

I'd always stick to pore strips, less painful. But then I realize, pore strips sure work, but most of the blackheads are still there leh. It was getting annoying. 

Remember the phrase, "no pain no gain"?

Boy, that phrase makes sense man. Last time I needed my mom's help to use the pin to get the heads out, but one day I decided to just try on my own lmao.

That one day is actually a month ago tbh AHHAHAH. 

Anyway, ya, I took the first step in taking the pin to get rid of the heads, 

I kept telling myself, no pain no gain. Beauty is pain so, just do it!!

AND I DID IT. I USED THE PIN.


Major achievement unlock please. I guess you could say, as you grow older, you will mature.

Conclusion

Conclusion - SKINCARE IS SUPER IMPORTANT (I don't say AHAHA)

Especially if you are a makeup user like me. Because we have foundations, bb creams, concealers etc on our face, it basically clogs our pores. Which is why we have to take good care of our skin daily to ensure that we don't break out and accumulate more blackheads. 

Once you take good care of your skin, there's no problem wearing makeup daily. But make sure that you have skincare products that are suitable for your skin! I think it is worth it to invest in good skincare products. 

Yes, I know it is expensive, but it is worth it trust me. It is definitely worth an investment since you are taking good care of your skin and making it beautiful! 

Like what my mom always say "No use being pretty with all those makeup on your face when your skin is bad." 

Okie, done nagging liao. Have fun being beautiful! 


God Bless <3
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Have been wanting to write this for quite some time but I've been quite lazy. But since I'm feeling a little productive, I shall start on it.

So it's been a year since I entered poly and I thought maybe I could share my views on the difference between secondary school life and poly life.

Friends


In secondary school, the friendship we made since sec 1 could very well last us our entire 4/5 years in secondary school.

I remembered some friends that I made in the sec 1 orientation camps lasted me my entire secondary school life. LOL. Though after graduating, not many of us are in contact now. 

But I do have a few secondary school friends whom I'm super close to even now. Though we are different polys and courses, I still keep in contact with them. They are what I call "Close Friends".


For poly, I haven't graduate yet so I can't say for sure whether the friends I made in year 1 are still my friends after graduation. But a lot of people has been saying how people in poly are so fake and all they want to do in be popular. 

I haven't encounter any of them yet, or maybe I have and I just don't know it yet but I think it's a little true..? I mean there are some people in polys whom are just obsessed with wanting to stand out and be popular so they join all sorts of activities and camps and blah blah blah just so they could get people to pay attention to them I guess. But I believe not everyone are like that. 

Cause if the whole population in poly are like that then we are all effed up. 


So I would say that the friendship made in secondary school are much more significant than the friendship made in polys. 

Sure there's always drama (esp in a girls school) but we will always make up. Even after graduating from secondary school for at least a year now, I'm still in contact with some of my close classmates. Especially since we were from a girls school, the bond is damn deep ok. 

I can't say the same for poly right now but maybe I'll get back to yall when I graduate ok? 

Test Results


In secondary school, failing a subject doesn't mean end of the world. Not talking about national exam lah, that one is a whole different story lol. 

Ya ok but like if we failed a subject in school, it's not really too worrying right. I mean admit it lah, some of yall will just be like "shit, failed math/science. aiya, better start studying hard liao," 

And then when you find a friend who also failed, it's like "OMG YOU FAILED ALSO? HIGH FIVE SIA!" This is something that happens to everyone once in their life I'm sure. 


Then you'll just carry on with life and just continue to bury yourself in the 10 year series. 

In poly, however, is an entirely whole new ball game. If you fail a module, you just need to repeat it the next sem. As simple as that. But though it is very simple, trust me, you do not want to ever repeat a module. 


The work schedule in school is already super hectic with at least 4 or 5 modules plus your CCA. Imagine retaking the module that you failed in the next sem along with your other 5 modules. Its hell man. Extra workload!!

Which is why everyone is working hard in poly at their exams and projects just so we could pass the module and not having to care about it forever. 

When it comes to test results, it could emotionally wreck you I suppose. 

I remembered when I used to fail a subject in secondary school, I was sad for a day but then I move on and just study even harder. 

But in poly, it's emotionally stressful tbh. 


For 1.1, I had failed my microecons mid semester test. I am super bad at numbers and stuff btw, which is why I always don't do so well for maths and science. I am more of a history and literature person. 

Anyway, when I failed my econs MST for 1,1, I was freaking out. Cause I was worried if I was gonna do badly for the upcoming exam. My econs teacher told me that the project could boost my grade and I won't fail but I was doubting myself cause I know that if I don't pull up my socks I would fail this module. 

Just a freshie leh, I can't FAIL ANYTHING!!! I did the re testa and I still failed so I was like all wreck and worried. I kept thinking about it for days and nights, really. 

Okay, a bit overdramatic, but hello, when your grades and school life is on the line, you'll be very dramatic too ok. 

For 1.2, I failed my macroecons MST this time. Same thing happened, I was worried, scared and anxious. Panicking day and night. Plus, I was feeling very inferior since I was the only one who failed. Really. That brought out an inferiority complex that I never had, I felt entirely embarassed too since the whole class knew 1 person had failed. Ya for yall who didn't know who failed, it was me ok.

Anyway, I did the retest and for once, I didn't fail. So I was kinda glad. Hallelujah! 

Long story short, I managed to pass my econs modules and is moving on to 2.1. 


But the happiness isn't gonna last cause year 2 means more work and a more hectic life. 

Independence


In secondary school, you have your teachers. Nuff said. Throughout our growing up days in school, our form teachers were like a second parent to us. 

We go to them when we feel sad or we need help etc. Also, chers were always busy printing out stuff for us, be it notes, worksheets, past year papers etc. God knows how many trees were killed in this process.. But, all for us right? 

In poly, everything is DIY. Do-It-Yourself. Thats where the independence comes in. 

Now we have to print all the notes ourselves, can you imagine going to the printer shop and printing out a thick stack of notes. I have never been in front of a printer this many times in my life. Ever. 

But oh well, the independence is being brought out so I guess it's a good thing. 



Workload


In order to prepare for Os/Ns, 10 year series was our best friend/partner. We were practically married to the 10 year series man. Everywhere we go, the 10 year series goes. 

I could vividly recall the amount of stress put in when preparing for the major national exam. It was during sec 3 and 4 where I was super stressful especially during and after prelim. I remembered sobbing cause I was like scared. 

I mean, hello, it's the freaking Os. Everyone had a certain L1R5/4 that they want to hit in order to be able to attend the poly/JC they wanted. 

Boy am I glad I have gone through that phase. But hey, life isn't a bed of roses. A lot of people think life in poly is easy and sweet but sorry to burst your bubble, it isn't. 

Then yall be like, "then why you choose poly for what" And I would be like "Cause I'm not the type for JC. I don't like studying the same subjects for like 2 freaking years. Plus, a diploma is useful ok."


But please, be it JC or poly, nothing is easy in life okay. 

Everyone think JC students have more stress than poly students but that is so not true. Stop it with the stereotypes please omg. I think as long as you're a student in Singapore, confirm will stress one so stop comparing. 

Here in poly, we have both projects and tests to do. If you end up with shitty project mates, good luck cause it could suck and potentially bring your grades down. So choose your mates wisely. But then again if you don't know them that well than I guess you gotta take a gamble. 

But if you have good project mates, than congratulations! 

Project mates could potentially affect the grades ya know, plays a very crucial part in your GPA. I've heard so many complains from people about their project mates. 

Besides projects, there are tests and exams to study too! 


And if you're in a business course like me, PRESENTATIONS AS WELL. Yes, presentations as in wearing this pencil skirt with heels and formal blouse presenting stuff in front of the class. 

*BONUS SIMILARITY*

CCAs



In sec school, CCA was compulsory cause it helps our L1R4/5. As long as you participate in stuff, you'll get your bonus 2 points to minus from. 

However, I've seen some people too focus on their CCA that their studies were neglected. All because they could not manage their time well. 

Same goes for poly here. Though a CCA is not compulsory but people are like saying they want a CCA so they could get points, make friends, blah blah blah. But then some of them ended up having lesser time to study which leads to a low GPA. 

I choose not to have a CCA in poly because I know I will not be able to manage my time well. I will confirm neglect my studies which would affect my GPA. And so far, my GPA is still within my expectations so thank God.

But I know some people who can manage their time super well so good for them lah. But if you are like me, super cannot manage time well, I suggest you don't pick a CCA. It will only eat into your studying time. 

However, if you want to get points and stuff, you can try joining those one time events. Always got points one. Heh. 

Whew, that was one lengthy rant. All these are just MY opinion, you may have a different one from me but that doesn't matter. If you wanna argue with whatever I said, feel free. 



Okay, next post will be more interesting I hope. Hehe.

God Bless <3
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Hello again yall. Decided to write something here cause I'm bored plus there's nothing much to do when you're sick. 

Was coughing a little last thursday but thought nothing of it cause it wasn't that bad. Until the next day I felt like my throat was swollen (inside lah) and was coughing more. 

Mom gave me some medicine to take hoping no need go see doctor, afterall need money and all mah. 

When I get sick, usually my mom will give me some medicine to take hoping that there isn't a need to see doctor, but it always ended up going to see the docs cause need antibiotics. 

Anyway, I was suppose to lead worship for the Saturday upperlight but because I was losing my voice, my dad told me to rest since it's impossible for me to sing. So I rest at home on Saturday still taking sore throat and cough medicine.

Until the next day my mom was like okay better bring me go doctor and get antibiotics and the right medicine for my throat and cough. We went after church service where I had to wear a mask for the entire time so I don't spread the cough. Very considerate right. 

Then, just yesterday, I caught the flu, WTF. 

I started sneezing and had blocked nose. My ears were blocked too. If it was my sinus allergy, I wouldn't worry too much because I know it would go away since it's an allergy afterall. 

But because my ears were blocked, I knew I caught a flu. Everytime I have a flu, my ears will block one, I also don't know why. 

So I'm taking flu medicine along with the other medicine from the doctor's visit. 

Oh and I'm drinking a lot of water now since I'm taking a lot of medicine which apparently isn't too good for my kidney (liver?). 

The past few days I have been coughing like crazy just so I could get the phlegm out from my throat. It's so annoying cause it doesn't want to come out. 

And now I have to deal with blowing my nose often and trying not to swallow my mucus (yuck)

Okay, me being sick aside, I'm having holidays now btw. Just in case yall are wondering why I like so free like that. 

2.1 starts on the last week of April, so I have like 3 more weeks of free time. 

I feel bad cause I'm not working plus I used up a lot of money for the Korea trip. But like a lot of part time jobs want at least 3 months, I only got 3 weeks so cannot leh.

Waiting for tuition jobs as well since tuition is one way to earn money faster rather than standing around being a promoter while earning 6 bucks per hr. Sigh. That was me last year this time when I had a part time job after Os until poly started. 

Okay, I think I'm done ranting here. Off to watch dramas online. 

Ps: Have yall been catching up on Descendants of the Sun? I'm like so proud of it cause every episode kept on breaking the record for highest ratings. Sigh. 

God Bless <3
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