n. Australian. "Large, noisy celebration".

I was going through my photos folder (uploading photos I promised to share but have not actually gotten to sharing them) and look what I found!

Photos I never took.


















The photos people take when they know it isn't their camera.

A bunch of other camwhore-ish ones had very identifiable cam whores, which makes it wrong to post them I guess?

They were all taken on different days, so it shows how often I used to bring my camera to school.

Now compare that to the times I used my camera during college.

Other than taking the occasional photo, I hardly use it when I go out. Heck, I didn't even use it much during corroboree.

I still have the habit of feeling weird about giving my camera to Someone during group shots, when there are already 10+ outstretched hands holding out cameras to that Someone.

Obviously, I'd have to resort to stealing photos off people's blogs and bugging others to upload photos onto Friendster/Photobucket.

LOL by the 5th shot you'd get tired of smiling.

This is a not-so-subtle plea for photos of group shots! =)

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Speaking of corroboree, which is the Australian term for Prom (SAM, baby!), here's a photo I stole off Esther's blog. She wouldn't mind. I think.





It was the prom I didn't expect.

For one, I was unusually laid back about it.

I got my dress the day before prom, I bought it even though I didn't like the colour because I was too lazy to go on looking for the Perfect Dress.
(Plus, day before prom = running out of time)

Would you believe, the budget I set on my dress is way lower than what I spent on the MCR concert ticket? I need to get my priorities straight, or sumthin'.

An hour before prom, I was still at my computer, having cramps (that time of month, unfortunately).

I think Adeline and I were the only ones who hadn't done anything to our hair (mine was still slightly wet from last-minute bathing), and I had close to zilch make up on.

I was almost an hour late (thanks to the massive jam - has anyone else realized that there seem to be more big-ass jams lately?), and when I got there I realized all the girls were dressed up - I mean, really dressed up, with curled hair and in make-up done by pros.

Anyway, it was REAL nice seeing everyone dressed up properly for once.
(The last time we saw each other was during the finals, and at that time everyone had on a thick sweater to combat the ridiculous temperature in the testing rooms, everyone was really dressed down like that.)

Even the girl who cringes at the thought of putting on a skirt, let alone make up and heels, was dressed so nicely! -nudge nudge-

Esther had the nicest cheong sam on! And, it didn't exactly cost as much as I thought cheong sams would cost.

Me mom still thinks buying cheong sams are a waste, because I wouldn't have the proper occasion to wear it. I dunno, wear it at home also nice guar?

When I got home and my mom asked me what we did, I had no idea how to answer her.

We didn't exactly eat, for we left the table early, to take photos. So basically the entire night was spent taking photos. (None of us danced, 'cause apparently you have to know how to dance really touchy-feely, kisskisskiss.)

Still, it was a good night.

I pretty much went only because I felt it would be the only proper closure to 11 months of being together, constantly knee chin-deep in tests and assignments.

It was a proper closure, because we didn't have a graduation ceremony or anything like that.

Woulda been even more wonderful if people like Catherine could join us though.

We took our last photo of G10 (with mentor Mr. Yap), and called it a night.

I know a lot of people were disappointed with the CHS prom last year, but I guess most of us have our own ideas of how the ideal prom should be, so anything less would be a disappointment.

So, expectations aside, SAM Corroboree was good.

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Tagged. My uh, second ever meme?


1. The person who tagged u is?
Yee Phang

2. Ur relationship with him/her is:
(ex-) classmate, lunch buddy!

3. 5 impressions u have of him/her:
Conservative (very!). Unpredictable. Daring. Homebody? Family oriented?

4. The most memorable thing he/she has done for u:
Gave me tickets to watch Good Charlotte live. VIP tickets somemore!

5. If he/she becomes ur lover, u will:
Probably not have babies. Haha.

6. If he/she becomes ur lover, things he/she has to improve on will be:
Stop getting lured away from the group by stalls giving out free stuff =)

7. If he/she becomes ur enemy, u will:
Uhhh be very afraid. Heck, be afraid even if she's your friend, this girl takes photos of you (without you knowing) at your most unflattering moment!

8. The most desirable thing u want to do for him/her now is:
Fulfil her, er, hope? Go to Miri once and for all lol.

9. Ur overall impression of him/her is:
A gooood friend.

10. How u think ppl around u will feel about u:
Eh? I dunno, different groups of people have different impressions of me?

11. The characteristic that u love about urself is:
Um, reasonably optimistic about the future?
Okay, very optimistic about the future.
(Is that a characteristic?)

12. The characteristic u hate about urself is:
My inability to accept praises. Dunno, just tend to "cancel out" praises by pointing out my own faults. (Fui says you should criticize me when you see me, else I'd be very upset. -Fui says!-)

13. The most ideal person u want to be is:
Myself. No one else.

14. For ppl that care and like u, say something to them:
Thanks. Like, so so much.

15. THE 10 VICTIMS:
You x 10. Anything la.

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End of post.