2011 Flashbacks

I was a spy. I was vulnerable and fearless at the same time. The combination was irresistible. At one point, there was a train storming towards me. And then I became a Hollywood star. My name was Bella Swan. Things went slightly wrong when I realized that my boyfriend was Justin Bieber. I wasn't so sure..

The frantic excitement was overwhelming as I heard firecrackers taking over the night sky. I opened my eyes. It didn't take me a long time to convince myself that I was dreaming.

Wait a minute... it's 1.00a.m. in the morning. Checked my phone. Came across some new year text from my friends. Then I realized...I was like....

I missed the 2012 countdown

But had a great time being Bella Swan for the past few hours instead. Whaat...?

Despite feeling miserable, I decided to forgive myself. I'd never felt so exhausted before during this holiday. I was so smart to take coffee in the meeting when I was in school in the morning and turned out to feel like a zombie in the afternoon. A zombie who suffered from insomnia. I didn't regret sleeping.

Today, I'll be starting my new year by doing a post about 2011 Flashbacks. Only some memorable ones.

Ran my lungs out. -.- A pretty shocking 7th place in SMKSU Cross Country'11 during the month of January. The first time I stepped into this school, I literally thought it was impossible to win in any long distance running event. I used to think my lungs were smaller than others. But over the years I realized that, nothing is impossible. The key to win is to never give up & push yourself over the limit.

Attended my first meet & greet session with a celebrity! OMG ANTHONY NEELY. One word: Melt. 2 words: SUPER HANDSOME. Had a very short conversation with him and shook his hand. I had to restrain the urge to melt on the spot LOL. Thank you to Tze Yun & Jia Wei for being crazy together ahhaaa! #likeafan.

Then it was the triple b'day celebration. Aravin, Chung Ren & Wei Chien. Yea, they looked good with cakes on their faces. HAPPY BIRTHDAY! :D

No matter how tough it could be, prefect camp is always one of the best time of the year.

The worst nightmare became a reality. Our friend, E Kent Siow who was fighting cancer in the beginning of the year 2010 passed away in the month of March 2011. The news was heartbreaking. It was definitely one of the darkest hours one could have ever experienced. Words can't describe how much we feel about him, how much we love this guy.

E Kent taught us well, it is better to light a candle than curse the darkness. Thank you buddy.

First time visiting a girl school. Sri Aman's Prefect's Installation.

SMKSU's Carnival. Ok... So THERE WAS PONY RIDE! HOW COOL IS THAT? 8)

oh & hihi papasiow & mamasiow!

Sports Day. Could you imagine how tanned I was during that period of time?

Marching+running+sports day+mssd basketball+camp equals to kissed the sun.

Photo shoot for the outgoing BODs.

Sorry I had to spam the MSSD basketball competition under18'11 pictures as they were so nice! Certainly a game to remember. Once again thank you to the team & coach Li Sha.

Most extraordinary birthday celebration for Nik Danial. His uncle drove us to Sungai Buloh & we gave him a surprise party. It was a splendid night. Thanks for the food!

The next day was excellence day. Received the certificate for PMR results & some awards.

High light of the year! Totally out of expectation, got 1st for 1 Malaysia cross country run! I was so lucky I didn't faint in the middle of no where. Thank God. :D

Organized Photohunt Season One'11 with the rest. Was glad that the event went on smoothly & most importantly, everyone enjoyed it.

Reunion'11

Craziest thing I've ever done so far. Singing on stage with the rest of the nominees. Ever since my primary teacher said I failed my singing test, I swore that I wouldn't want to embarrass myself in life LOL. It turned out to be alright eventually. YAY NO REGRETS!

My biggest regret for 2011.

This event-The Royal Installation for prefects had been planned with painstaking attention to detail. I'm not afraid to reveal it here because this event meant so much to me, to us. Yes it was shut down right in front of our eyes 10 hours before event. I had a hard time dealing with it.

What was the issue? What happened?

Yes, the past can hurt. But the way i see it is you can either run from it or learn from it.

Remember, never regret something that once made you smile. (:

I see the sun now.

Kokurikulum day. It was fun marching with the team again. :D

In November, Mr Ang our beloved teacher passed away. Thankfully I managed to search for his pictures in my teacher's day album. Posted this picture on Facebook and was hoping to get more people to understand him & also pray for him. Many people wrote statuses relating to Mr Ang. Click to view. Rest in peace Mr Ang, you live in our hearts forever. 2011 was mean enough to take away 2 amazing people from us. However, they are now at a better place & everything happens for a reason. We'll remember you.

Farewell dinner with the photography BODs. Another hectic day paying the bills in Friday's. HAHA. Btw, after a long hesitation, I've just pulled out from the president post. Meagan is the new president. I believe that she can do a better job. :D I decided not to neglect prefects & my studies so I had to make a choice.

Was invited to become the emcee for Joint Leo Hunger 24 during the month of December. It was a 2 days 1 night event in Swiss Garden hotel. Met many new friends & had so much fun mingling with them.

Was invited to become the photographer for Prom 2011 in Grand Dorsett hotel. Will miss all my beloved seniors & also, all the best in your future!

Took some pictures with them too. :)

From my camera.

Was invited to become the emcee for Christmas Charity Concert-A White Christmas organized by Leo SMK Seafield. It was held in Taylor's college. I was having a pretty bad sore throat that day but fortunately, everything ended up well. :D A fun & spontaneous night!

Credits to the photographers, Jun Yang & Wai Yew. (:

6K/07 gathering.

Jie Feng was back from Singapore. Glad to see him again after so many years. Had a good catch up session with my fellow primary buddies. :D Had to rush back home to celebrate Candy's b'day.

Candy's birthday 23-12! My mum bought a cake for her & also invited my cousin's dog, Junior to join the celebration. EPIC.

:D
It was then my dream on the last day of 2011 and the beginning of 2012. LOL.

This is part of my 2011. I understand that I've missed out some important events but that's all for now. I'll update when I'm free which I highly doubt so.

Life of 2011? There were ups & downs. It was like a roller coaster ride. Why?

1. Both start with a big drop.
2. Both have ups and downs.
3. It doesn’t really matter if you sit in the front or the back — everyone has a similar experience.
4. Both require participation – watching just isn’t the same.
5. Both can be fun one minute and terrifying the next.
6. Both can make you scream and throw up.
7. Both are more fun when shared with others.
8. Both require that you follow the rules for your safety.
9. Both came in many shapes, designs, and colors.
10. Both go very fast and don’t last long enough.

I would like to say thank you to everyone who was there with me, especially to my friends and family. Thank you for all the support. Despite at times I might look like I'm carefree, deep down inside, I understand the best. It doesn't matter whether if you're a passer by or a friend who knows the flavor of my favorite bubble gum, thank you for the memories, sincerely.

Honestly, this year nearly took my breath away. I hardly enjoyed it compared to 2010. So much time was spent on building up leadership skills & in the meanwhile had to cope with studies. I don't feel good about 2012 but there's no point looking into the past, it's time to hit the road.

Happy New Year to everyone! :D Love you all.

Coming up next

Stay Tuned! :)

Christmas Charity Concert #Emcee

'Hey Nicole! You're a Leo? I didn't know that?!?!?'
'Nicole! You're same age as me?!?!'
'Nicole! You're from Seafield?'
'Oi Emcee, your ambition is to become an emcee ah?'
'Eh why do you sound so sexy?'
Hellooo everyone, just wanna clarify some things here. You may have seen me in some Leo events this December (2 in specific), once again :
'I'm not a Leo Nicole. I'm not a Leo. But Leo is great. The people there are heartwarming.'
'I'm sixteen, turning seventeen. Yes, still bursting in vitality & new ideas.'
'I'm from SMK Subang Utama & very proud of being a SU-ian'
'Yes I do have an ambition. BUT my ambition is not to become an Emcee LOL. '
'If I sounded sexy, I'm having sore throat. My intention was not to seduce you purposely.'
Now, I would just take a break from all the public events & roll myself up into a ball. Till then! :)

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There are so many things to blog about yet I'm not sure where to start.

As some of you may know, I was invited to become the emcee with Darius Beh for Joint Leo Hunger 24'11. A 2 days 1 night event at Swiss Garden hotel. It was truly one of my best experiences during this holiday. I wanted to convey accurately the out pour of love and support complete strangers has displayed towards the Africa's kids who were starving.Besides, I had a great privilege to know many people from different walks of life.

Most importantly I had so much fun! :D

However I didn't bring my camera, so most of the pictures were taken by the participants. Will make a collage pic of it soon! & also.. blog about the details! :D

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On the 21st of December, it was the Christmas Charity Concert organized by Leo club of SMK Seafield. The theme of the night was, A white Christmas. It was held in Taylor's college. They invited Wei Ken, David & I to become the emcees for the event. David couldn't make it because he had many functions going on & was pretty much fatigue. Furthermore, he had to rush to Kota Kinabalu that day.

I was in deep hesitation as I was actually quite sick & having a very bad sore throat. Thanks to David Teoh Qi En (a senior from Taylor's College) for encouraging me & consoling me during my decision making the day before. He praised me, saying that my voice was gay & sexy(not helping). LOL. Our conversation on facebook motivated me to take the opportunity as an emcee.

To me, being an emcee is about being extremely spontaneous.

According to Shu Mei, some of her Leo friends from Ipoh literally questioned her whether if I was professionally trained. I was surprised because I believe I'm still far from being a professional emcee honestly.

All I've ever done was to do my best & hold on till the very end.

When people pass a job to you, having faith in you, I can never bear the thought of betraying the trust & letting anyone of them down.

Yes, I wasn't feeling well at all. I couldn't even talk in high pitch. Fever was killing me inside. I had to control my voice all the time. But that didn't bother me. I knew that at the very moment when I first started to introduce myself as the emcee for the night. I had to forget all the pain but enjoy the stage, & give it a 100% shot.
Being high spirited is important.

We had people coming all the way from Ipoh.

We had people coming all the way from Penang.

We had people who deserve a Merry Christmas.

We had many hearts beginning to race in anticipation of seeing a memorable night.

Thank you so much to SMK Seafield's Leo for organizing this event especially to the organizing committee. I understand how hard it must have been. Definitely all your hard work was worth it! Thumbs up to you guys! & thanks for the invitation.

Massive thanks to Khor Wei Ken, my emcee partner for being there all the time & being so systematic. Despite we didn't know each other well due to different school levels, thank you for all the cooperation & being tolerant. You were great! (;

To the most beloved crowds! GOSH YOU GUYS WERE THE CRAZIEST YET BEST CROWD EVER! THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING!

Once again, to everyone, I'm sorry if I've said anything offensive(which I believe I didn't LOL) Everything was only for entertainment purpose. Would really appreciate for your understanding.

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Most of the time I was on stage. Passed my camera to Shu Mei. Took some pics with others during dinner time. (;

And here are some random pictures in my camera. More on Facebook. (:

Wei Ken & I

Committee introduction.

DINNER TIME! ;D

With the Guans!

Anna Looi, President of Leo SMK SU.

Yee Pei, President of Leo SMK Seafield.

Darius Beh my irreplaceable partner! :P And the videographer of the night in green (:

Wei Yit Mr Gentleman, Chuan Jian the OC, Shu Mei my strawberry macaroon, Ye Yi all the way from Ipoh, Eric Xian awesome hair from Ipoh, & new friend Eugene Goh.

Fallin' in love to Beat Box-ing. Say hi to A-Beat-C! LOL.

Child's play was just LOVE!

Fu Ying performed amazingly superb! Everyone was carried away by his singing! :D

TADA MY NEW IDOL! :P

Dance Floor!

Starstruck! Meet Fuying Chronicles! Support him by liking his fb page. Enjoy more of his covers with his band, Child's play! :)

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Capturing the moment of once in a while (:

Merry Christmas Eve to everyone!

From time to time, place to place & heart to heart, the warmth & joy of Christmas, brings us all close to each other. -words said during the event. :)

Bye!

The story of a clown

Sometimes you can be so sick & tired that you just want to hide in the own island of yours & then question yourself what have you got yourself into when nobody understands you but just keeps expecting you to be carefree. Maybe I shouldn't have put all my heart out to not let you down.

Sometimes I'm thankful. & then you have to act like you're happily sitting on the top of the world, being all heartbroken & hopeless.

Sometimes I'd really wonder how strong can a person be? Yes. A person who has lost faith & feelings.

Sometimes it's not that you don't care but you just don't want the world to know.

No matter what happens, you're not alone.

Never lose faith because it makes all things possible. Never lose hope because it makes all things work. Never lose love because it makes all things beautiful.

& When the right time comes, here it is, a story of a clown.

Have a merry Christmas to everyone out there.

Going to take a break from everything. Bye. (: