I decided to blog today as a very significant event had ensued. In addition, yesterday was my 18th birthday and I would like to express my gratitude to my sister and classmates and friends as well, thus leading to my blogging! haha.Starting in chronological order, I shall begin with my birthday celebration yesterday. Started off with a gloomy morning. Didn't know why I felt so lacklustre and melancholic on my birthday as it is supposed to be one of the happiest occasions of one's life. Guess it is mostly due to the fact that I won't have a celebration with my family and can't go out to celebrate with my classmates due to the presence of my "beloved aunt". Anyway, first period was Chem lab lesson. Dreaded it because it's 2 whole hours of boredom! Practically dozed off when Mr Yang was mentioning SPA stuff =x . After SPA, was kind of surprised when Sista aka Sok asked everyone to stop what they were doing and gather at the back of the Chem Lab. Was pleasantly surprised to see the candles which we used for our SPA being lit up and arranged in the form of the number '18'. Heard that it was a suggestion by Brendon and yes, I was awfully touched because the candles were nice.. somehow I have this thing for candles! haha. Following that, part 2 of my celebration was durin lunch at the canteen, whereby Deb, Von and XY lured me to the locker area while Sok and Aud went to get the cake. It was so obvious that they were getting the cake that I kept telling Deb "so obvious..." haha. Proceeded to the canteen after putting some books in the lockers and Sok and Aud weren't there yet... guess they were waiting for Ms Eng! Obvious again! haha. Went to the toilet with Deb, XY and Von and after we returned to the canteen from the toilet, saw the whole class gathered around the canteen table with Ms Eng. At this moment I was starting to feel jittery because it is embarrassing to have the whole class sing a birthday song to you infront of teachers and students in the canteen! The cake was of my favourite flavour, mint! Although I knew that the cake wouldn't taste really nice because I had eaten that same cake before, nevertheless, I was really touched by Aud who bought the cake for me! So altogether I had the Birthday song sung to me twice, once in the lab and once in the canteen. Dickson told me he was singing along with my class and that was nice to hear. haha. Received presents that made me feel extremely touched again. Sok bought me a pair of shorts which I liked and almost bought but I bought the skirt version instead. Aud bought me this off-shoulder white top which was really nice and sweet. KL, Von, Deb, Boon, Mc, Rendy, Jason, XY bought me this outer coat which makes one look smart or professional, together with a pair of purple crystal earrings! It was really sweet of them because all the presents displayed thougtfulness (they observed what I liked). What truly triggered my emotions were Sok's and Aud's personalised cards. Last but not the least, my dear sister gave me another thoughtful present, an eraser! I had been in need of an eraser since last year and my dear sister took notice of it and bought me a huge one for my birthday! In addition, she drew this hand-made card and threw in some japanese snacks and jelly. haha. So cute of her! Thanks 'dong saeng' *korean for younger sister*! Today was our fortnightly shoot once again. The previous ones were really horrible and as you all can see from my past entries, my shooting has deteriorated. I was just hoping not to score too low today because I was still a little demoralised plus I was seriosly lacking sleep and was thus not in the optimum condition to shoot well. As usual, I prayed before starting my shoot. Somehow, today's fortnightly shoot really felt right from the begining. I gathered that everytime I begin shooting, I could already "feel" the outcome before it is realised. It's like I'll feel really good during my first few shots, leading to shots of similar better standards. Well, today I had that exact "good feeling". Partly because I was sleepy so I was more relaxed as my brain wasn't functioning that well. haha. During the entire shoot it was kind of mentally draining because I was constantly psychoing myself for every shot. I'm serious, every shot. I kept meditating on phrases such as "I don't know and I don't care"..."make sure I'm stable before I shoot"..."treat every shot as my first shot". So basically those were the phrases that were constantly played and replayed on my mind. Huge mental activity going on in my brain! haha. Basically, after my shoot I was congratulated by many due to my BREAKING OF OUR SHOOTING CLUB'S RECORD! haha I knew I could perform better though, even Mr Ng was aware of that. I shall not stop at that score because I seriously want to perform much better and I hereby vouch that I shall get my personal best during Nationals with the Lord's help. Amen! haha. Seriously must thank my daddy God for helping me in my shooting all this while as well as other areas of my life. Really would be helpless without him. Anyway, this would be all. Shall try to blog another entry soon although it is almost impossible due to my hectic schedule so take care all you folks reading this entry and God bless!