'tis the season

Prepare for another ridiculously long post. 

 3 Days Till Christmas + After-Party (21.12.13)

My church, EAGLEPOINT Puchong, produced a Christmas short film, called "3 Days Till Christmas." 

1 a.m. Productions, BRAVO. 

There was also a Christmas party held by TeensROCK! after the short film. 

I invited a few of my friends.

Resha refused to be in the photo :(

yay

The next day I came for the second time to watch the short film, 

and managed to take a photo of some of the movie characters standing around.

Everyone kept mistaking the jedi as Jesus idk.

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The Party on Christmas Eve (24.12.13)

As an annual tradition, my family holds a Christmas party for our relatives. 

This year I decided to invite Kathy as well (Kathy is starting to be a permanent fixture on my blog lol). 

She and my cousin Michelle came over to my place early to help out with the preparations and such.

fail focus.

And, of course, an important element of every successful party:

food.

Thank you Kathy for cooking the pasta.

yes, my family has sushi for christmas every year

After dinner, we played crazy games organized by my dad, 

a tradition we never fail to keep since childhood.

this game involved too much standing and squatting; my legs were shaking afterwards.

ping-pong with ridiculously tiny bats. just like something my dad would do.

after that it was basketball, but with ping-pong balls and cups filled with water. mission: impossible.

After being all exhausted from the games, it was time to give out the gifts. 

The moment everyone has been waiting for...

idk

i got my cousin the troll-est gift ever. you're supposed to get all the orange balls to one side and all the blue ones to the other. HAHAHA.

favourite photo. thank you so much for dem beautiful shoes, brother.

I like this picture too. :D 

And then my cousin showed us what she's been learning at her belly dancing class. 

Pretty impressive I must say. 

So so so much stamina.

*applause*

Best part though, was this. 

MY GRANDMAAAA "BELLY DANCING"!

 Had us all in tears of extreme laughter! 

She is the one my dad, uncles and aunts got their crazy streak from.

can't handle this much swag.

merry christmas! 

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 Christmas (25.12.13)

In the morning, my family attended the Christmas service in church. 

After the service, (it totally felt like a Sunday although not) my brother, Ivan, Vivien and I went to 

Paradigm mall to do something that I've been wanting to do for weeks. 

We watched Disney's FROZEN! *happy dance*

gotta love that cinema lighting.

All that hype and ratings for Frozen were well deserved. Disney really outdid themselves this time. 

There were twists that you'd never expect from perfect-fairytale-world-Disney. 

The graphics were, as expected, of high quality. 

BUT. THE MUSIC; INDESCRIBABLE. 

Not overly catchy (although Do You Wanna Build A Snowman is getting slightly annoying), 

but still has the trademark Disney lyrics and arrangement. 

Just... wowowow. Clap clap for you, Disney.

After Paradigm, we went to a Christmas party held by a family from church, Eunice's family. 

We teens had our usual jam session before and after dinner,

 then I went to play Las Vegas, a casino-related board game.

 No actual gambling involved though. ;) 

Had loads and loads of fun with the franz (friends*) 

until I realized some people who shall remained unnamed decided to 

bomb my phone with tons of selfies. Idk.

what why

Jessasha Sopnaneeseca

Yes, I'm a bit of a giant among these beautiful girls.

every group of friends needs this type of photo.
(feat. Ivan the photobomb)

a summary of the people i spent my christmas with. :)

And last but not least:

favourite photo of the year.

blessed christmas and a happy new year! 

God bless

*2014 is next wednesday omg*

since the last post;

Due to the lack of motivation to blog, I've been neglecting this place for months. APOLOGIES.

But yeah, since the last post about my high school graduation, too many things have happened. This has been the most eventful long holiday of my life.

The month of December started with sending a good friend off. It's been a good two years, Carmen, and I hope you flourish to your full potential (lol wat) where you are now. God bless you Car. :)

It's weird how we're doing the exact same pose and she still looks more feminine than I do. What sorcery...?

The next big thing that happened in December was the move. Yes, I moved house. After 15 years of living in Cheras (different parts though), I have finally uprooted and moved somewhere else. All information is confidential. Not telling you where, boo. 

the last photo of my room. look at dem plastic bags; they're filled with my books.

I left for my church's teens camp, "The Recruits", before we actually moved house. The camp was pretty cool, what with the whole "army" theme. We were forced to wake up early in the morning and participate in some hardcore (ha, not really, I'm just really unhealthy) exercises. Our phones were taken away and could only be returned during lunch and dinner.

For me the best thing about this camp was just getting to know my spiritual family better, and even making new friends. I was placed in a group in which I only knew ONE person, but yet we managed to bond over those four days. Every session was inspirational and practical, yet so filled with the Word of God. The games were super well organized by some of our teens, and the skits performed during the last night left us all rolling on the floor laughing. And last but not least, I got the opportunity to serve alongside the BEST WORSHIP TEAM EVAH! (love you guys)

*I don't have many photos of this camp because I didn't have my phone with me.

swag.

After camp, I came home to an entirely new house. I haven't had time to get any photos of the rooms and the insides of the house because everything's still in a mess, but I got a photo of the fanciest facility in this condominium.

more swag.

After settling for just a bit in the new place, I headed off to another camp, this time a youth camp by Calvary Church.

the theme of the camp. (the t-shirt glows in the dark omg)

Kathy and I in the bus on the way to camp, waddup?

The camp was refreshing, for reals. I completely broke down, for the first time in my life, and felt so new after that. Pastor Joshua Ko (all the way from Hawaii) was just a fantastic camp speaker and he spoke with such passion and the Holy Spirit, with a pinch of humour here and there. Just the right mix for easily-bored teenagers like us. 

mah girls :*  (photo credits to russ) 

the people i hung out with during camp. love y'all!

roomies!

'twas a fun (and large) camp.

With this I shall end my post because 

it's getting ridiculously long and boring. 

Graduation 2013.

*Photo credits to my dad, my brother, Florence, Kathy and Aunty Tracy. 

THIS POST WILL CONTAIN TONS OF PHOTOS. :D

I have officially graduated from high school. 

The event started at 10 a.m. About five minutes before, my classmates and I lined up quietly outside the theatrette (it is NOT a legit word idk) and waited for the announcement. When we heard someone introducing the graduating class, we walked in. I don't know about anyone else, but I felt tingly and had butterflies in my tummy. I wasn't nervous; just extremely excited.

And now I shall narrate my photos.

We started off with a time of worship.

Worship leader: Zhuang Lin; Backup singers: Jade, Brian, Praise; Acoustic guitarist: David; Bassist: Jo-Vann; Electric guitarist: Joe; Drummer: Michael; Keyboardists: Rachel & Mae-Z

The emcees were Jade and Joe, and they did a pretty good job. *applause*

Address by Ms Katherine, our President

Devotional message from Pastor Steven, our college advisor

And then our juniors dedicated a song to us, "Follow Your Heart" by Anthem Lights.
Appreciate your efforts guys! :) I'll miss you all so much.

Now onto the graduation exercise! :)

Look! I've officially graduated! :D 

Then Pastor Prince prayed for us.

Then Ms Katherine announced one of my biggest achievements yet: 

I was Valedictorian of 2013! Praise the Lord! 

Happy moments like these. :')

I also made a speech! THAT was fun. :D

After that:

We sang the Doxology.

And had a group photo session with all the students, pastors, staff, teachers, and representative from the board of directors. :)

All glory goes to Him.

Now here comes the super fun but super nostalgic part. :')

My loving grandma who has attended almost all my awards ceremonies since primary school. :)

My amazing family. Thanks for all your never-ending support. :)

My fantastic classmates: 

Netanya

Sheralyn

Florence

Jynwaye

Carmen

Venessa

Zhen Yi

Kathy

Bryan

Keenan

Melissa

Sha-Mayne

Christian

David

Look at us, all grown up and stuff. :')

And now moving on to my amazing teachers. 

My adorable and sarcastic class teacher, Ms Joyce, my biology, add math and math teacher.

My funny and vocally-talented English teacher, Mr Eddy. 

My  super nice teacher who taught me English and Math in CERC, Ms Yen Li

My History and Geography teacher (for the first year in CERC) and bible teacher (for the past three years), Mr George.

My Malay and Business Studies teacher, Ms Jacinta.

The administrator of the school, Ms Suh Shian.

And the President of the school, Ms Katherine.

Sadly I didn't get to take any photos with Ms Stella (devotions and Critical Thinking Skills teacher) & Mr Phillip (Accounts teacher) because they left really quick. :(

And next, two of my seniors who came back to attend our graduation as alumni.

With Victoria, my "twin".

And Natasha.

Now for some of my juniors! :) 

Praise on the left and Jade on the right.

Zhuang Lin

Resha

The next two... "juniors" are pretty special, haha.

Le Chi, who is more of my cousin than my junior.

And Russell, who is sort of an ex-junior. He was my classmate in 2012 and one of my closest friends.

And of course, not forgetting... 

Vivien! Thanks for coming!

And here it is:

my favourite photo of the ceremony.

After the event, we decided to go to the Quiet Garden and attempt some jumpshots in dresses. After a number of tries... we did it! 

FREEDOM.

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Time for the after-party. 

 Or more like outing. Or excursion. Or whatever you want to call it; we had a lot of fun anyway.

We headed to Sushi-Q for some Japanese snack time.

Kathy and I after devouring our sushi "platter". Or more like sushi in a bento box.

Then we headed to the arcade.

Carmen and I at the dance game. We are clearly not very good at this. *cries*
We attracted quite an audience though. *hides head in hole*

We also had a five-person challenge at Daytona, a racing game. Y'know, the typical arcade racecar games.

After we tired ourselves out at the arcade, we went to watch Ender's Game. Watching the movie without having a single bit of knowledge of what it is about, I'm surprised I actually enjoyed it. The whole concept is pretty cool, and...

Don't worry, no spoilers here. :)

Anyway, after that we had a ginormous dinner at Chicago, the steak house. The spaghetti carbonara is AMAZING. Florence also set up a fry-eating contest between Carmen and I with all the leftover fries. Both of us withdrew at the same time, and Carmen won by two fries. I was so full after that; my dress was suffocating me. 

Then we took one of our last Strictly For Girls photos of the year. 

*the photo is pretty lopsided, but I thought this was the best one.

I'll miss you guys so much. 

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Phew. That was the longest blog post ever. If you have stayed till the end, you are either my mom or one of my closer friends. And if you are neither of those, then congratulations! I appreciate your curiosity to read on. :)

Bye for now; hopefully I have the urge to blog again. See ya!