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  I'm back for updates :3
Hey so what's up :3
I've been away for exactly 2 weeks because I'm currently working in Singapore Zoo, River Safari Tea House which haven't been open for business yet. Before I worked in River Safari's Tea House, I went on a temporary job at Night Safari's Ulu Ulu Restaurant (: Well I can't really compare whether Tea House or Ulu Ulu's work are tougher because Tea House, yeah you know, on top :p

At Ulu Ulu, our working hours are 3PM to 10PM. Oh my gosh ._. I'm glad we only went there for 3 days. On our first day there, beginning it was sort of fun where we had to prepare the utensils and stuffs like that. We only had guests at 5:35PM since Night Safari only opens at 5:30PM. Our first guests were Japanese. OMO. I was still wondering why there were Japanese wordings on the Menu List o.o It was a buffet outlet so our jobs were to only clear their used plates and take orders for drinks they want :3 I thought it was pretty easy until my legs start to ache around 8PM. We had to collect the plates and clear them in kitchen so a lot of walking is needed >< After the first day, I went home with whole body cramps. It became worst the next morning :(

Other than the first day, the next 2 days which were Monday & Tuesday were alright ^^ Then we had training @ River Safari Tea House on Wednesday & Thursday and were released @ 5 PM ++ . The training fried our brains because there is A LOT to remember as first timers in this work field. Guess what the uniform is horrible, luckily it wasn't skirt because it would have been extremely disastrous. The shirt is so big that it makes me looked even bigger ._. I HATE IT MAN I HATE IT OMFG! D: Anyway we only wore the uniform on Wed to get used to the feeling :3 I TOTALLY HATE THE FEELING. My bestie said she liked it so I'm like, "...Okay..." YEAH BECAUSE SHE'S SMALLER SIZED THEN ME OMG OMG. We went to work on Friday too, not to mention today also XD

The job is currently SHO SHO SHO EASY because all we do is house keeping and wiping the washed plates, wrapping it and stuffs. We learned how to make desserts on Friday too. Hehe :3 We left work @ 8:15PM that day so I was being an idiot asking our manager if we get paid for the 15mins and she said no. Gosh, I must have been judged as a money-face. I mean, who isn't? :P

We got smarter today and left work @ exactly 7PM hehe :3 We punched our card @ 7:01PM :P 9 hours today so.. we earned $54 today!! :D We still haven't got our pay from the manager though, pish >< Hahahaha :P Okay anyways, I had a forfeit I need to do since I lost on the first day of work to my bestie and she said I had to write a fanfic on TaeNy. So I'm like, "Okay, fine /f3/" I'm gonna post it here and also on my Tumblr :3

SEE YOU REAL SOON 

Rachel, signin' off...

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  Typical.
PEACE! It's me again! :3
Today's post is going to be a little random, a little of everything I've done yesterday & today.

Let's start off with what I did yesterday, as far as I can remember, (sorry, I have a poor memory..), I slept early at 11PM and guess what, I woke up at 1AM again ._. I totally STONED all the way on the bed, trying to get back to sleep. Maybe sleeping early now during holidays is impossible ._. Moreover, my body clock has went haywire since the last day of O' levels. Every night slept as late as 4AM, sometimes 5-6AM. It's really crazy. You must be thinking, why don't I just sleep at my usual timing yesterday which is 4AM? It's because I'm attempting to switch my body clock back to default so I'll be able to get up as early as 6AM on Thursday, not for school, but for work. Yup. I'm having an interview tomorrow. Probably not a REAL interview, since I heard from my friend there, she only need to fill up a form and could start work the next day already. Phew. In my opinion, I think interviews are awkward for me. Well, I know I have to change my impressions towards them since I will need to go through the interview stage to get a job next time.. Anyways, that can wait.

I'm going for an 'interview' at the Zoo, for the waitress job in a restaurant. You probably thought I was going to be a ZooKeeper, didn't you? :3 That's insane because I know NOTHING about animals and monkeys scared the shit out of me, so NO WAY I'm gonna be a zookeeper. I'm not anti-pets though. I love hamsters & puppies :3 I seriously hope the restaurant is a small one, else I'll be as tired as hell. Definitely I expect the restaurant to have air-conditioners, I mean Singapore is so freakin' hot, I don't think the visitors would want to eat while 'enjoyin' the nature of Singapore ._. I wouldn't want it if it were me, unless you're talking about foreigners, that, I don't know, but I've heard the reason they come to Singapore is because of our climate. I mean like, "ARE YOU KIDDING ME?". You perspire all day, smellin' like an expired potato. You get wet on your underarms and it looks extremely hilarious. Fringes get sticky and you'll have to pin them if not you'll be an awful sight because your hair is messed up. I wished for Singapore's weather to be like Korea's. During that 8-day vacation in Korea, I NEVER EVER EVER PERSPIRE A SINGLE DROP WHEN I WENT OUT. You can let down your hair for the whole day and you'll never perspire. That's so freakin' awesome. I TOTALLY MISS KOREA T_T . My bff and I promised to go there when we're old enough to pay for ourselves :3 That's gotta wait probably 5 years later when we turned 21. Heheh. Looking forward. :3

Okaays! Basically I woke up at 11AM today and weighed myself. Yesterday morning I weighed myself too. Guess what? I got lighter! It was X5.1 kg yesterday, and I went down to X4.3 kg today. Woohoo! Even though it was only a difference of 0.8 kg, I was very satisfied. I ate very little yesterday. I had Shui Kueh for lunch around 2PM and only an Apple for my dinner before I sleep, around 11 PM. I hope I get lighter again tomorrow morning :3 I am dieting btw. Heh. I'm also consuming some products which could help me in losing weight. It's the truth, I believe. Many people bought it from her and slimmed down. Some even lost 3kg in just one week. This week is my 3rd week. There weren't any huge difference in my weight because I didn't control my diet well enough :3 I guess I'm starting this week. Plus, I think I'll lose weight faster when I work as a waitress, since I'll have to go around taking orders and serving people.

There's also one thing I'm really nervous about this waitress work. The uniform. I ABSOLUTELY HATE SKIRTS. Let's not talk about school uniforms. I'm glad it's two pieces (Shirt & Skirt) and not one piece whereby you wear it like a long dress. I find the skirt perfectly okay, because everyone is wearing the same thing and secondly, I had no choice ._. It would be a complete disaster if anyone I know visits that restaurant. I swear from top to bottom I'll avoid taking their orders, (I hope I do not need to take it to that extent.) Oh, I'm just kidding. There's nothing to be afraid of. LOL. I'm just doing my job and there's nothing wrong with it! It's not like it's my choice whether to wear skirt or to not. At first I'm quite reluctant in applying for this job because I don't have much communication skills. I'm afraid it will be awkward for me :x  I'd probably be repeating the same lines over and over again, like, "What would you like to order?", "Let me repeat your orders again.", "Okay, here is your ______ dish." and saying, "Enjoy your meal." when everyone's dish has arrived :3 Oh crap, I should do some studying on the menu tomorrow.

Recently, I have really poor memories. My bff just told me the venue and time to meet 2 days ago, and I've forgotten about it today ._. Now I'm trying to contact her, hopefully she'll reply soon. She probably didn't receive or forgot to reply since M1 is annoying her. I'll just be a little more patient, moreover she's sick. I wouldn't want to bother her too much .. I wonder what time I'll sleep today.. hmmms.

Now suddenly my friend said she's not meeting us tomorrow? Did she misunderstood anything? Or maybe my bff never told her that I'm going to meet them and go to work together? It's really confusing man. I don't know what she's referring. I really need my bff now so I can clear my doubts. Plus, I need to set an alarm for tomorrow. I wouldn't want to be late again (after what happened a few weeks ago, well, it probably wasn't a big deal but it's still a lesson to learn from.) Okay, I shall stop here and carry on another topic.

Booms. I played Blackshot today again :3 I'm here to boast again! :P


And you've guessed it. Yup. ReJeCtIoN is my partner :3 I've told him about how I censored his account IGN and clan name in my blog, but he said he is fine with it so.. yup. Here it is. Hehe. I know these pictures weren't much of a big deal as compared to higher ranks with better skills but hey! It's not fair to compare to those who have much more experiences than me in Blackshot :3 I will get better okays! ^^

It's been awhile, and my bff haven't replied me yet, starting to get worried T-T . What's happening? Hais. I don't know how long do I need to wait. I'm confused about what happened, extremely and it's killing me. I don't know why...

....and btw, I took 3 hours to type this post. LOL. 

Rachel, signin' off....

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  Blackshot!
It's Monday, which means monday blues! Awwwws, schoool eh? Well, this year it's lucky for me because I've finally completed Secondary School life! :3 It's time for Poly life, which I suppose, sucks too. Oh wells it's better then Sec because we don't have fixed timings everyday and we might not need to go to school on some days. Kekeke.

Okay let's talk about the title: Blackshot.
Since it's the holidays for graduates, we're probably all camping @ home, well, maybe just me. I literally don't go out at all unless it is necessary or when I miss my bff  . For example, I haven't went out with my bff for awhile, so going out makes us closer rather then drifting apart :3 I don't have so many friends so I'm cherishing the ones beside me.

Okay okay, Blackshot stuffs now. Basically gaming is now my hobby everyday and I am on a better relationship with Blackshot, a fps game ♥. To be honest, I really spent a lot on it, like purchasing GS, garena shells. I swear I'll return you the money back when I grow up, Dad :3 

Here is the overview of my account, Luxcotino.



Hahaha, would you prefer the one on top or the one below? XD For gamers, we hated Isabelle, the female one. Why? Because it's so freakin' skinny! Imagine facing her instead of the usual character, you had to try to fit your shooter pointer onto this body to kill it. It's hard, seriously. But well, the weapon, I think, to counter Isa effectively is HK 416 N. I've tested it in many matches whereby I killed Isa with this gun + headshot. Woohooo! :3 Actually, regardless of the users rank, killing an Isa just gives me a great satisfaction. It's like, "HA! JUST OWNED ISA! :P" whenever I killed them :3

Of course, masking as Isabelle gives users a lot of advantages and maybe some disadvantages. The advantages are your possibility of getting killed get lowered down a lot as compared to a normal character, which is Travis, Adam, Vanessa & Cathay (the fat one :P). There are other Characters that you can purchase like Isabelle herself, Sniper Mantis, US Airborne,  Germany Army, US Marine and the one that was removed, Nina, like finally. Why did GM remove Nina? It's because she is too skinny, (even skinnier than Isabelle), and just spoils the game. Even a user with no skills could kill one with better skills just by masking as Nina. The image of Nina is on the left.

Holy shit right? I've purchased Nina before and my KD just rises. In matches, I could get scores like 30 or even 40 with deaths of less than 10 counts. Another reason that GM removes Nina is that there are many complaints about her exposing too much and it's not appropriated for young gamers. It's even on STOMP. Therefore, to stop all these nonsense and emails coming in, GM gave Nina up and removed it. If GM doesn't remove it and many players purchased it, I'm sure they wouldn't really enjoy the game well, because there would be people crapping 'bout it, especially the opponents. They will just keep getting the risk of getting booted by unhappy players. Furthermore, nasty comments made by aggravated players might get users afflicted. (I know it sounds ridiculous but it happened to me before when I first started playing. Not as a Nina but as a noob.) They might quit Blackshot because of that (I almost did) but that's not worth it! Just because of some insults you get, you withdraw from Blackshot and missed out all the marvelous experience you'll get! As for me, I've gained game sense in Search & Destroy and also an ability to shoot enemies at a far range (which I suck at it during my noobie days.) It is also a great game to satisfy your boredom.

Okay, back to the main topic. The disadvantages of Isabelle is exactly the same as what happened to users who masked as Nina. Users get insulted of using Isabelle to cover their weak skills, and would be nothing without it. I find all these comments unnecessary, like seriously. People bought Isabelle for their own benefit, why do you care so much? Plus, is Isabelle there for show? Of course it's for users to enjoy the benefit of getting a few more kills to rank up faster. If you're not pleased, just leave game, the problem will be solved ._. And also, if you're really that unhappy, try improving your skills first rather than complaining, or maybe go get Isabelle for yourself. No money? Then STFU. If people buy Isabelle, and get rejected in matches, what's the use? Just because you people get frightened at the sight of Isabelle, users with Isabelle had to waste their GS, not using Isa to get accepted. I admit I get panicky whenever I faced an Isa, BUT I do not insult or boot them because of my fear, I'm cool like that. I would try different ways to counter them for example using HK 416 N, as I've mentioned above.

TO ALL ISA HATERS: JUST STFU AND PLAY THE GAME! IF NOT, JUST FREAKING LEAVE. YOU'VE ONLY YOURSELF TO BLAME FOR NOT HAVING THE SKILLS IN ANNIHILATING ISA.

Ranted and now I'm a peaceful girl. Let's carry on.


So this is a summary of my skills. Yeah I have a low KD of 53% and there's only a small difference between my kills and death, because I started out as a newbie (noobie) you see. I only started catching up after months of getting used to the game. When I first started, I don't even know where I got killed from. I went all like, "OMG MY SCREEN IS BLOODY! WTH HAPPENED?" & "WHERE DID HE CAME FROM?!" The maps are all new to me so I have no idea about spots that are dangerous and that you're exposed to all kinds of danger. LOL. I have a clan too. It's my own clan, which means... IMMA THE MASTER! BWAHAHA! A noob one lol. I don't plan to go on Clan wars because the initial purpose of creating this clan is just for show. Tsk.


I have a partner too, you see. And WOW, his rank, not to mention he has supreme skills too. I censored out his IGN & Clan because I don't think it's right to just reveal someone else's account here. He's my cousin's classmate, who plays Blackshot too, but she sort of stop playing because she changed her computer to MacBook. We started getting along well in Blackshot a few days ago and started playing together. Tbh, he's been a great assistance. We get to view each other's surroundings and it totally helps! Especially when he's been knocked out, I get to view his surroundings, to spot if an enemy is roaming there, and it definitely benefits. For example, the area he 'died' is a blind spot. I'll just have to focus on one view, and look out for enemies approaching behind. Awesome isn't it? :3 Thanks to him, I learnt many new things like, what to do when a certain situation arise. I learnt the basics of qs, quick scoping, from him too. I'm still trying to qs now though, it's really hard for me T___T . He qs really fast lol.

Oh and did I mention? I really love SD matches and Broken City I is my favourite map. I can spend whole day just playing in Broken City I and I'll never get bored of it! I have quite a number of weapons (to me), AR, SMG, SR, Sub & Grenade. Maybe I'll just upload one picture for you to see what I equipped.


HK 416 N is my favourite weapon, as well as HK 416. AWP Candy is awesome too. I rarely use pistol to kill so it should be alright. I got Glock21 Camo from purchasing the Isabella package which cost 900gs, as well as AK 47 Black and AUG Zebra. I had P90 too, the BP one. It's freakin' good for spamming. Hahaha. I enjoyed using it. For SR, I have M24 too. I like M24 Grim Reaper better, but it seems like I had to try my luck again at Gachapon which sort of cheated my money for the SMF Knife that originally costs 20gs which is available for everyone to purchase but I spent 90gs getting it .___. I was hoping for a better weapon that I can't get from the Shop. 

 I'm wearing armour too :3


Most of the time I wore Armour Level IV because in SD matches, snipers are mostly encountered unexpectedly. With the armour, I can withstand 1 hit of any sniper, resulting in less than 30hp so I had to use Med kit to survive in the remaining time, encountering Rifles & SMGs and ShotGuns. But if I'm unlucky because the sniper is close to me, after sniping me, he will use pistol and kill me. DIE. Hahaha. I had Agility Boost too, so I'd be able to escape quickly from enemies or chase after them :3 

Alright it's time for a little boasting.

I know it's not 'pro' but I just felt awesome. However, the 2nd pic wasn't really something to be proud off because there wasn't much of a challenge but the Lieutenant gave a good fight, entering sometime later. (I censored their IGN just in case.)

I can't believe I spend hours on this post, hahaha. Well, at least I updated my blog :3

Rachel, signin' off.  
                                                                                             
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  JAE Registration Submitted! + New bed!
What's up pretties, it's me again!

 Finally, my mother and I went through all the courses in detail, rearranging the courses here and there. We ended putting all Ngee Ann and Singapore Poly's courses only because my mom didn't want me to go Republic or Nanyang Poly.

 Oh wells, it's worth a try though it's quite thick skinned because none of the COP is equal or above my aggregate of 20. Well they said if none of my choices is selected, than they would put me in my first choice as long as I meet all minimum entry requirements. I put Ngee Ann's Hotel & Leisure Facilities Management as my first choice with a COP of 13. LOL. As I promised, here is my registration slip.



HAPPY NEWS!
My bed and mattress arrived today! It was so pretty :3 Totally love it!

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The bed sheets were new too ^^ As well as the pillow :D

Rachel, signin' off.


                                                                                                                                               
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  O' levels.
Hey guys! Let's talk about stuffs related to O' levels shall we? :3

10 Jan, the day we collect our results. We were supposed to report to the hall by 2PM, so I reached school a little earlier. The hall were filled with excitement atmosphere especially by the former students of Hillgrove, which includes me too.
I found my class, 4E5, and settled down quickly as I sat beside Jaslin :3 My heart was beating rapidly as I waited. Just then, Mdm Juliana, my form teacher, told me that I had Library Fees to pay for the book I borrowed. I had to pay, or else I'll only receive a photocopied result slip. The fee was outstanding, $18. Initially I wanted to pay for the book, which cost $19, but the librarian advised me to look through my bookshelves again because $19 ain't cheap even though I had the cash now. She gave me a receipt and off I rushed back to the hall with Jaslin who accompanied me to the library. Thanks Jas! :)
As we arrived @ the hall, everyone was there already. It was quite awkward because as we came in, it seems like most of the crowd glanced at us. We quickly settled down as Mr Lee, our principal, began the intro of the released of O' levels results.

There quite a few students who attained less than 11 for their L1B5. Everyone gave them a round of applause as they stood up among the classes. Mr Lee showed the Distinction rates & as well as the Passes rates throughout the cohort as our eyes were fixated on the screen. Sometimes there will be people cheering.

FINALLY! It's time for our results to be released. We approached our form teachers accordingly by our register numbers. I was the 10th. When it's finally my turn, I went towards Mdm Juliana with anxiety. She gave me the result slip. This is what I obtained:

English: B3
Maths: B3
Mother Tongue: B4
Combine Science: B3
Combine Humanities: D7
Art: D7

I had a total of 20 for my L1R4, and it wasn't as bad as I thought I would get. I had no tears that day. My cousin got 22 and I'm so happy for her! She finally passed O' levels after retaking it. Her mom is going to be proud of her (: My time in school has come to an end around 3PM as I left the school without turning back.

I reached home and stared at my result slip, pondering on how everything would be better if I had put in more effort in Art. There wasn't any time for me to regret what I didn't do as I had to look through the courses I was eligible to apply for. The dateline given was 14 Jan, 4PM. It was nonsense because most of the eligible courses that were stated, my points did not meet the courses' COP, therefore applying for those courses were out of the box.

I had gone through all the Polytechnics' courses and were down to 12 choices. I have not submitted my choices yet as my mother have not gone through them yet. Looking at the courses I chose, I think I'd probably end up in Nanyang Poly or Republic Poly. First few courses I put Ngee Ann's and Singapore Poly's courses that I'm interested in, not sure whether I could enter. Hopefully I'll get into either Ngee Ann or Singapore Poly.

Yup, that's it for today. I'll upload my JAE application printout once I've submitted it. :3 Thanks for reading and have a nice day ahead :)

Rachel, signin' off.

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