igcse exams

exams are just depressing. but it's a good thing that the igcse exams are not like the indonesian syllabus. in indonesia, whether you fail or pass is decided through your 1.5 hours performance on the multiple choice exam. on the other hand, one igcse subject consists of about three components. they are usually the multiple choice paper, short answer or essay and practical or speaking test. so at least if you fail one, you might still pass the others.
yesterday, i had my paper 2-math exam. i think i did okay. this morning, i had my chemistry practical. it was a mess!!! hixhix.. i was confused whether to answer Cu- or Fe+ and i ended up writing everything in a hurry bcause there was not enough time. tomorrow i'll have my paper 2-english exam! just passing english is enough for me. getting A or B is out of the wish list..
oh yeah, i never mentioned in this blog that i got the "best in the world award-first place" for my indonesian exam that i took last october. my price was a 50 pounds amazon voucher. i havent think of what to spend with that. might be some books or dresses or shoes. it's just sad that we cant turn that into cash. before,i didn't even know there was that kind of award. i regarded it as a bonus.together with me, janice got the same price for third place in art, laksmini and je-in both got them for third place in indonesian. mr james told us that we are on the school website, but i havent take a look at it. my mom was asking if we'll get a certificate or something, but mr james thinks that the amazon voucher is the only thing we get. pity...

Gong Xi Fa Cai

Yesterday was the celebration of the the Chinese New Year. this year is the year of the Ox. my family and I went to my "apak's" house to celebrate it together with other members of the family. our tradition is for all the sons and daughters of the family to gather together at the house of the oldest family member alive. i got a lot of "angpao"s. That's the best thing about Chinese New Year. But the next best thing is the food. my grandma is a very good cook, and as usual, she made a buffet for me, my dad, my mom, and my brother.. it was so good. my plan for the evening was to go to the church. they're celebrating Imlek too. unfortunately, i fell asleep just half an hour before the mass started - i know i'm such a lazy napper. so sorry Jesus - so, my mom went by herself. she said only a few came to the mass. the children recerived an angpao and an orange. Father Hady gave one for me - through my mom. he said, "Ini buat audi". good thing he remembered my name...hehe

hixhix...i just heard that tiffanie's moving to BIS today! so suddenly! she didn't even tell me before...i didn't get to say a proper goodbye..hixhix.. yessy's gone, and tiff's gone now..i'm so sad'n'

school starts

actually, today is the second da of school..but somehow, i still don't feel like going to school..as usual,i'm in IT class right now..i just sent an email to vonny, asking her help to ask for more info from ICOM. i tried to contact ICOM, but it won't reply my mail. even the universal tried to contact ICOM too. hopefull, somehow i'll manage to apply to ICOM..this morning, during the assembly, james told us that for the talent time show, 10c has to sing a song for the homeroom teachers..how great is that? sing? i'm not a singing-type of person...! misery...

a wonderful x'mas

24th december 2008; tessa picked me up at 12, and we went to Tom's(she was searching for a sustain pedal for her keyboard and a violin pickup-a little microphone for the violin). unfortunately they don't have the pickup, so we bought the pedal only. then we went to matahari dps to search for a santa claus's hat-i have one,but she lost hers..the both of us were going to wear it that night during the Christmas eve's mass at kampial(Gereja Maria Bunda Segala Bangsa-Nusa Dua).. we played the violin, with kak kiky and 2 other keyboards, and ruli handling the 'ketipung',drums, and cymbals..oh, not to forget the choir.. we didn't find the hat at matahari. so, we went for lunch, and then to a small music store to buy the pickup. they have it! and to my surprise the price was exactly the same as when i bought it half a year ago. then we went to carefour,still searching for the hat, they don't have it..we went to bali bakery as tessa's mom asked her to buy some french bread for tonight's dinner. we're having turkey!!!yummy! it was very crowded at bali bakery, we managed to buy all the stocks of the french bread. lucky us...bad luck for the next customer! sorry! after that, we went to pepito to get the turkey..tessa's mom ordered it 2 weeks ago..the turkey was quite big, 4 kilograms...we were planning to go to ace hardware for the hat, but then i remeberes the other day when sister hilda came from a trip, she was holding a santa's hat..so i sms her,wondering if i could borrow her hat..she immediately answered,"yes dear!"...yay!!! we went back to tess's house, took a shower, and had dinner...wow,for the first time i realized that a-4 kilos-turkey=hard work eating it. there were 7 people, and we managed to eat a quarter of the turkey...after dinner, me and tess went to the church to prepare for the mass.. actually we were a bit late, but who cares? no one wants to miss the turkey...the mass was fabulous, and i think we all did a fantastic job. another prove that 'ancient' church's song could be easily transformed into an orchestra-type-of-song...the songs were majestic and great!!! after the mass-it finished at 11, we went home-to tessa's house i mean..i'm having a sleepover at hers for the first time. her mom kinda forced us to have another bite of the turkey.she succeeded...but i couldn't finish my portion, it was just too much..we watched the movie called nim's island until 2 in the moring and then went to bed..

25th december 2008: Christmas!!! i woke up at 8. for breakfast we had 'nasi bali'. you know what, the only not so good thing at tessa's house is: there's always too much food and snacks... but i really love the lemon squash...we watched 'the american crime'. a good but very very sad movie...the girl, named sylvia, died after a month being tortured by a woman and her kids without her parents knowing it... later, we went to discovery mall, only to find the place stinks badly-due to the dead fish at kuta beach..i went home after that

26th december 2008: my mom, my brother, and i followed the x'mas for children at st.fx church. all the kids brought presents for the poor kids in Donggo, and in return they received some snacks from santa. oh, the choir was the sekami kids...they were quite good..oh, and the church was great!!! two big x'mas tree, 2 'palungan' with the baby jesus and maria and joseph...it was really really fabulous!

this afternoon, i had a violin practice with my friends for the Xmas's mass on the 24 of December.

gloomy day

i skipped school today. it's just amazing that i'm done with all my exams. yesterday, i went to the mass at Sr. Serafin's new house(biara named Regina Angolora)..or something similar to that. december 12-Father Hady asked me before to accompany him(singing) and i have to play the violin during the small concert at St.FX