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Michelle Nguyen
Harvard College '13
National Junior College, Singapore '08
Trung Vuong Secondary School, Vietnam '04
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Saturday, April 28, 2007

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emo :D

OMG i think SISC is going to be damn cool! No not the part about wearing blazer and looking like a fried tomato (in terms of size and colour) running around the school but its the fact that we're hosting international people! Like hundreds of them! I was exhilarated to see so many names, including VIETNAMESE ones on the participants list. People from my hometown, some more the junior college i was going to, are like coming here to NJ! And I know for sure those who managed to get their names written down on the registration papers have gone through a grueling selection process. They are, unlike me, smart and super focused to say the least. Oh how excited i am to see them at the airport, and greet them in vietnamese. I hope i can at the very least give them a warm welcome to this foreign country. You know, its always sweet to hear people speaking your mother tongue language, especially when its not a common one like Chinese or English, in a country you set foot in for the first time. excited excited excited :76)
Oh and i visited laSENZA today! Of course i bought some stuff.. haha those soft things really brightened up my day and made me happy! :D Maybe i should make it a point to buy stuff from lasenza every month. Sounds like some therapy hahaha XD



Its funny how i couldn't bring myself to blog even though there have been A LOT of things (not exactly nice ones) that happened to me for the past few days. No its not about undone tutorials or scoldings from teachers - that's like daily stuff, not even worth mentioning. I tend to think a lot in my head, especially whenever i lock myself behind the toilet cubicle's door. I mean when you're inside there, what else can you do other than pondering about your life anyway. Yet i was unable to put my thoughts into words. More like too lazy to. Cause its quite obvious whenever i blog i tend to ramble on and write a hell lot. Its too time and energy consuming to think and write. So i normally just choose Plan B: Sleep.
Its only been four months into the school year (oh damn i just realized) but i can safely say that this year is an emo one for me. I've cried quite a few times. And i'm not exactly a crybaby given that i only shed tears less than five times during my entire four years in high school. At least there's one thing to be glad about. The reason why i cried is no longer because i am 2 points away from getting my A plus like 2 years ago. (Somebody should have seriously slapped me when i did that last time.. /:) Its a totally different situation now.
To those who think that i have a perfect life, i don't. To those who think that i do, and can, achieve everything i want, i don't (whether i deserve to achieve them or not is another story). To those who think that i lead a carefree worry-free trouble-free life, i seriously don't. My worries don't show on my face, which can be either good or bad, like how i don't look sick when i actually am. So when i actually break down you know i've reached my limits and can't take it anymore.
Especially to those who think that i'm a lucky ass, i am not. Not lucky i mean (the ass part is up to your judgment). Seriously i think luck has turned its back to me this year somehow. Things kept going wrong and people kept letting me down and making my life miserable. I do have my fair share in causing all those shitty things to actually happen to me. I mean if i just sit down there contented with being a nice and dedicated student like i am supposed to then nothing will happen right. I guess its true. I have been totally and completely oblivious to the darker sides of people's nature. And i must pay a high price for it.
"Some people are not as nice as they seem to be.."
I had to learn this in a painful way. It's sad to realize that the people who you always thought to be the nicest people on earth who will support you all the way turned out to be mere jerks and hypocrites. I am grateful for the many friends i have in my brief stay in Singapore, yet frightened to learn that i've made quite a number of enemies, some hidden ones, on the way. I think hypocrites are the scariest type of people on earth. If you don't like me, or can't even stand the sight of my face, say so. Or just ignore me altogether. Don't act all friendly to me but actually you're like plotting a plan to put me down behind my back. Its impossible to have everyone like you. But those who pretend to like you are despicable. Jerks.
Tears will dry and i'll have to move on with life. But i hope somehow all the times i had to cry now will make me a better, stronger person in the end.
With that said, i also have to say sorry to all those i antagonized at any point of time in my life. I really didn't mean to, unless i detest you as well. Even if that is the case i will somehow hint it to you and avoid any kind of contact with you, even greetings.

And i am not coming back to ibn this summer.


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4/28/2007 11:25:00 AM

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Saturday, April 21, 2007

My Petite Life ♥

remembering OM '07 :)

I think my relatively-unused-and-only-a-few-months-old Nokia phone has gone bonkers. After i only dropped, squashed and swept it from my bed onto the floor (cause the alarm kept ringing it pissed me off) a few times, it now turns off by itself without prior warning and no, the worse part is, it shows the wrong time ! Like if its only 10:30am, it shows 11:30am!
Anyway, phone problems aside, the day started relatively well with NAPFA Gold! Yay! My Gold (whether i deserve it or not is another story) has come back to me after one looooooong year *smiles sweetly* 1 point away from perfect score cos my broad jump cant make it. It was quite fun watching the J2 guys run 2.4! Lien and I totally enjoyed ourselves on the grandstand gossiping about them.. whoops :P
The long-overdue Odyssey of the Mind collage:
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I still can't believe that it's over. A few months of hardwork, countless sundays spent at Wendy's house consuming her mom's food, countless late afternoons in school sticking cardboards, painting, gossiping, trying to finish all the stuff were over in just 7 minutes and 45 seconds. We were so confident that we had high chance of going to Michigan after we finished our skit, but the minute i sat down and watched the next team (from the you-know-what school), i had the first inkling that we were not going to get the result we wanted. And when RGS and their HUGE group of supporters marched out, i was speechless.
We got 3rd overall, and our long-term alone was ranked 2nd. The best result for NJ so far, and a commendable result for us, given that we never actually practice spontaneous, never manage to gather the whole team for any time before the last 2 days, never get the similar kind of support from the school the other teams had, even the weather didn't support us...
Oh wells, a lot of "never"s and "if"s.
I wanted to cry when they announced "2nd runners up: National Junior College". I won't say its an unexpected result, but still. It's the kind of feeling that oh crap all our efforts had gone down the drain. The Michigan dream has been shattered. The other team beat their sole competitor in their division, SAJC, and is going to US for the World Finals next month. We looked at each other and started to "oh man"... They're living the dream we always wanted. Sorry they (except one) are all my friends but somehow i found it kinda hard to feel happy for them. While we had to struggle with a question involving complicated technical stuff and faced strong opponents like RG or HC, they had a smooth sail all the way to US. I felt exhilarated when the juniors got 4th. I cheered for them all i could. But i just couldn't bring myself to do the same thing for the other ip3 team.
Hah, but life is never fair i guess.
After the whole thing is over, Wendy turned out to be the most mature one in thinking among all of us. She kept reminding us that as time goes, only the memories will stay. We know in our hearts that we tried our best, overcame the most number of obstacles ever, and that we were the best. To all my teammates, (in no order of height or looks) wendy joanne cat weet kenneth wilbert, i hope OM has been an unforgettable ride for you guys as it definitely is for me. All the quarrels we had, the disappointment when things didn't work out, the euphoria when it all ended in success, the laughter, the jokes we shared, everything. I am glad that i got to go through the indelible Odyssey of the Mind 2007 with you guys : )
Thank you laine, doris, ben lee and gloria for coming down to support us. Although i couldn't really see your faces among the audience when i was moving or standing behind the backdrops, i could always hear your cheering and i know we had the best supporters. Thanks eesha for the flowers, and although you didn't manage to watch our skit live (because, well, you couldn't find the way to the hostel's dining hall, which i kinda couldn't understand why cause the hostel is huge and was like right there haha), you stayed with us almost until the end. Oh and not to forget, you helped us with the backdrops and costumes! You were always part of the team and somehow, i know for sure you will always be there to help and support us, not expecting anything in return. Love you for everything! :)
Thank you wendy for always being the most dedicated person to OM among us all. I am ashamed of myself to admit that more than once, the stress of having to juggle 2 CCA excos, all the work that came with it and all the shits that happened in the past month made me feel frustrated with OM and have the thought of giving up. But you held on until the end and never once complain although undoubtedly, you spent the most time on it compared to any of us. You pushed everyone and after everything was over, consoled everyone. You deserve the trophy more than anyone, even the school. People admire you for being utterly smart and creative. But i believe you deserve to be respected for much more than just that. Only if all of us are like you.
Thank you wendy's parents for everything. I just can't say how much we owe you but trust me, you guys are like the coolest parents around and i won't be surprised if wendy and edmund will grow up to be the most fantastic adults on earth!
I guess its true, a few years down the road, memories we keep in our hearts and lessons that we learned will be all that remain of OM 2007, not so much the colour of our trophies or the number of points we lost by.
I love you guys! :)



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4/21/2007 04:52:00 AM

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Wednesday, April 18, 2007

My Petite Life ♥

auto-flu-ography

A teacher told my parents that they should advise me to take up a sports cca
Reason?
"...so that her portfolio will be perfect"
And i'm like, "hello? do i look like i give a damn about the whole portfolio crap?"
I totally give up on the school's system. Trying to brainwash you in school and coming up with all those CAAL stuff and making you fill them up is just not good enough. They have to use your parents to influence you as well!
Anyway my portfolio is horribly imbalanced and obviously no where near perfect. I'm an artistically retarded person and my sports achievement is pathetic. I mean every year when NAPFA comes, when my friends go gym and train i'll slack and pray that i'll manage to (barely) get my silver or (if luck is on my side, which is usually NOT the case) gold.
I'm starting to hate the political side of NJ. Can i just do whatever it is i enjoy doing without worrying too much whether it can add some wow factor to my portfolio later?

Its official.
The flu is killing me.
Too sleepy and tired to write about such an eventful week (actually i only came to school for 2 days so far. And i might very likely not come tomorrow cause of the flu. For once, its really 'cause i'm sick) and OM last weekends. But since its very likely i'll take another day off school tmr, i'll have more time to blog, after i've attempted to complete the long-overdue sequences and summation of series assignment, mathematical induction, chem bonding, history webpage review and prepare for physics make-up test that is.
Oh school sucks. Or maybe it's just human nature to dwell on the bad sides of reality :/


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4/18/2007 11:29:00 AM

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Sunday, April 15, 2007

My Petite Life ♥

prone to losing my stuff !

Just when i wanted to START on my mathematical induction (which is supposed to be handed in this coming week), I CANT FIND IT!
OMG! O(dyssey of the) M(ind) G! *grin*
This "losing" trend started 2 weeks ago when i couldn't find my chem bonding III notes AND my sequences and summation of series notes just when i decided to start reading them. Mrs Ng was nice enough to give me another set of chem notes, but the same thing didn't apply for maths. So i decided that i shall not do maths assignment at all! lolz
I lost my PHONE yesterday. The beautiful and only 1-month old phone which i spent like a few days drawing and painting white flowers on together with all my favourite songs and all the friggin expensive ringtones from M1 in it is GONE... And to think that i'm already so addicted to flipping it just for fun, I guess now that its gone i'll just be flipping other ppl's phones.. (for example weet's pink phone or cheryl's one haha. i borrow their phones and keep on flipping, closing, and flipping again until they have to snatch their phones back! whoops... sorry ppl!)
Now its the MI notes' turn. Maybe i'm just not meant to do tutorials. XD
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and just when i wanted to write about everything that happened during the past few days, meaning OM and everything that went with it,
I FOUND MY NOTES!
haha
I shall start doing the tutorial now : D but if i still cant finish before 12:30 i'll just borrow from my friends and copy. lazy lar : P n children (even HUGE ones like me) should not go to bed late ! :D


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4/15/2007 12:03:00 PM

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Wednesday, April 11, 2007

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i updated alright :]

This is another proof of how "spontaneous" i am and how easily i can get bored with something i was crazy about just a few hours/days ago. I signed up for M1 broadband internet merely one day after i first heard of it. I excitedly created a blog a few hours after i finished setting up my own internet line.
And i kinda abandoned it after a few days...
hahaha
THIS IS BAD!! That's why i'm trying to change myself and thus, i won't give up blogging. At least for as long as i'm still in NJ. I hope. Whoops...
Actually i drafted a few entries but decided that they're purely the products of my monthly PMS and i won't publish them (until, i don't know, maybe my next PMS?). Maybe one of the most important things i've learned over the years is that what you say and what you write can really leave scars in people's hearts and just ruin the whole relationships/friendships altogether. You should think not twice, but 70-ice times before saying things that you know will hurt people, and 700-ice times before writing hurtful things that you know you might regret after that. Cause spoken words can't be withdrawn and written stuff (e.g blog entries, emails etc) can't be nullified. I mean you can delete your post but if ppl already read it then its too bad.
Sometimes I can't control myself when i quarrel with people and i can say really mean stuff. That's why more often than not i'll be the one saying "sorry" first, but sometimes i know there's a gap between us and saying sorry just can't simply erase everything. I'm such an ass at times.
There're some blogs that i really enjoy reading and incidentally, they all belong to some of the school's top GP students. I like blogs with substance, where the entries are not (only) emo, but full of feelings, wit and show that the person really thinks a lot about what's happening in his/her life. I really wonder when i can write like that, if ever at all. I mean their entries are normally quite long, but even if they write a few lines it's already much more impactful and powerful than my one whole page of rambling and crapping. Haiz. Life is sad mannnnn.
But then again, I can't bring myself to read novels, or cheem magazines like Times or Newsweek, and so have no rights to complain about my lack of general knowledge, poor vocab and bad expressions. Okay admittedly the only magazines i read in a month are 8Days and Seventeen. Newspapers are out of question. I can't stand flipping huge and flimsy pages so they'll end up falling all over the place and i'll get pissed (yet again. haha i realize i'm quite an easily piss-able person).
There are a lot of things i wish i could do but in actual fact i cant for nuts. Like dancing, or writing well, or playing sports, or running long distance (i mean 1.2km for me is considered very long already), or playing musical instruments, or concentrating during lessons (i realize that's quite a lot of things xD). And the friends surrounding me are just so darn good at them. Some people are even good at a lot of things. Life is so unfairrrrrr...
Thinking about unfairness in life. The Mr-Perfect-Complexion-Even-Tho-He-Doesnt-Even-Wash-His-Face Zhaowei got a teeny tiny pimple right above his lip! Like you know that area in between your nostrils and your lips? The pimple is right smack in the middle! wuahahahaha and i was like laughing at it like crazy over dinner. OMG like whenever i look at him the first and only thing i notice is his red pimple! XDD Its funny cause its the only one pimple i've ever seen popping up on his face in a loooooonnnngggg time and that red-dot baby aside, his facial skin is perfect.
And look at mine! Its so invaded by blackheads, whiteheads and spots that nobody even notice if one more pops up. Oh but there's this HUGE thing which has been on my right cheek since FOREVER and it refuses to go away. Worse, it has a little sister right next to it now. They compliment each other very well. Out of all things, i inherit my model mom's not-so-nice complexion. And that's the only not nice thing about her. And the only trait that identifies me as her daughter. OMg.. Blame it on stress. Maybe i should take zhaowei's advice and just do away with all the facial wash / toner crap. Water works best so they said.
I can't stand guys with perfect complexion. I feel like becoming Hannibal Lecter and just skin them alive. If i even know how to skin people. I mean i can't even tell where my heart is for goodness' sake.


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4/11/2007 10:46:00 AM

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Friday, April 06, 2007

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a random crappy post

thanx to all the lovely people who tagged me! : D n to my scholar friends for their sms-es cause stupid hostel (what's new) BLOCKS tag-board! So dumb (again, what's new)...
Oh i got this letter offering Singapore PR ytd! muahahaha but of course its out of question la.. I'm a vietnamese after all! n i'm proud to be one. Lots of people say they think of boats (?), poverty, or people with (freakingly) long hair and obiang clothes (opps... no personal attack intended ;]), or little (fat) dragon (which is sometimes translated to ME you know..) when they think of vietnam. Or worse, they think its part of CHINA. But i'm gonna tell you, its a nice country with TONS of pretty girls (sorry i belong to a mutated species :D), loads of cheap fruits and veggies and well the people are generally nice la. Maybe its partly because the environment is not so competitive there and most people are like contented with their lives. And my Hanoi-an friends are like so friggin pretty and hot I look like a little kid when going out with them. Omg so embarrassing.
Today we (wilbert kenneth cat n i) were talking about hot and pretty people in school (like for example a lot of people think some of my classmates, whom i will refrain from naming here in fear of being labeled gossip queen, are smokin HOT) and i remembered this incident which kinda happened a few days ago
"A B C is DAMN HOT!"
"Yar la. Like duh right."
~10 seconds of silence~
"Who thinks michelle is hot?"
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30 seconds of silence~
and then everybody burst out laughing. ALRIGHT i get your point! I'm damn COOL la okay! muahahahaha
Told ya. I belong to a mutated species of Hanoi-an girls. How can you explain my height of 150 (dont ever ask me about my weight unless you want to be hung upside down from the school's crest lol) when my dad stands at 175 and my mom can't be called short at 160? And my sister, who is only 12 this year is already 162, not to mention she's only 40kg heavy which basically means she's almost like a walking skeleton. Its MUTATION! I can't do bio for nuts but this is basic knowledge right.
Oh and i shall end this late night post with my catchphrase: Everybody has the potential to be gay. So yeaps, look around and find your true love! :D



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4/06/2007 10:57:00 AM

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Thursday, April 05, 2007

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one lonely day by myself

I pont-ed school today! (its like, "huh wad's new? michelle pont-ing school", right? haha) and now i'm totally regretting it. Its like cause i have so much free time on my own (subtracting sleeping time - a LOT) i started to think about what happened yesterday and i was sad again! I always pride myself for my enormous ability to persuade people and even, bluff people. Like that day during our free period, i was telling jessica that weeteng is together with our very own benjamin chua (!) and i looked so serious that she totally fell for it. Now i know how shitty it feels when you were actually being sincere and people refuse to believe. And you have no chance to defend yourself. When i wrote, under "why do you want to run for Council", "after more than two years staying in NJ, it has become one important part of my life. I can say that i'm proud to be an Njc-ian, and i want to do something to contribute to the college and to all the most wonderful friends i've made here", i was being sincerest and yet i was rejected. I went through all kinds of emotions on tuesday night and wednesday. I was disappointed, confused, sad, pissed and finally contented. Its like you were so close to something and it got snatched away from you at the very last minute, but anyway there's nothing i can do about it anymore. I can still do solaris stuff and cheer for solaris as an ogl, at least until the next batch comes in. Hopefully they are fun and enthu people who will help us get the long-awaited champion cup! (they better be or else we'll just murder them... XD) I thought of running for HAT instead of CPU after so many people kept telling me to run for HAT. I even dreamed of winning the cup and crying like crazy with all the solaris ppl! omg i'm like laughing at how childish i was now : > i guess if i cant be a good solaris councillor i'll just be a FANTASTIC solarian instead.
"i'm sure this wont change how u think about council and of course how u think about Solaris"
of course nothing will change how i think about Solaris. I love it with all my heart. And council? i have always thought it sucks. Well its system still sucks now but i've met some very great councillors and made really good friends. However, its undoubted that there are sucky people everywhere and you'll have to deal with them your whole life. That's the lesson i learned. I have my doubts as to who blackmouthed me the most and I believe i can find out for myself if i want to (and after that prepare a voodoo doll with all the pins.. :D). But nevermind, what's over is over. I'll just have to learn from what happened and improve myself as a person. Oh and i guess its true, not being in council only means that i have much more time to do what i always want to do. Like join a dance cca or pick up arts or spend more time with friends :)
I guess its only in times like this can one see how important friends are in life. A thousand times thanks to (in no order of heights or looks lol) sasha jo christin laine jiahui eesha cat kokhao jingjie feiqing xiuhui desmond lien apoorv ian and everybody who have supported me and said all the nicest things to me to cheer me up (and even cursed council with me *winks*).
All your words, smses, and free food and drinks to "cure your depression" proved more effective than anything and was the only reason why i managed to stay happy and bouncy for the rest of the day (i get high on food and drinks!). You guys really made me feel that no matter what happens, i still have the most wonderful friends to turn to and that's all that matters. I love you guys loads. Really :)
I knew there were people talking about it behind my back. Some were even passing insensitive comments. I just have to tell you people that i am NOT hurt by whatever you said. And the fact that you people even bothered talking about me just says that i am not just a nobody to you.
On a side note congrats to Indian Dance and all my dancer friends for their Gold with Honours with Special Mention (meaning they're the best of the best)! All your hard work and bruises and limping and everything paid off! :D


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4/05/2007 08:56:00 AM

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My Petite Life ♥

i'm starting a blog!!

hey people! : D the (gossipy) michelle is finally starting my own blog : D why now?
- cause i just got my own broadband internet last sunday and officially "joined the online community" lol

- cause something happened this week
- cause its always fun to keep track of all the happenings in your life!
- cause you tend to forget all the fun memories and always remember the bad ones
- cause i realize i don't have time to study but truckloads of freetime to do unnecessary stuff XD
- cause i just feel like starting a blog! :)
i shall start writing soon ya? : D


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4/05/2007 05:51:00 AM

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