The Life and Times of Genevieve Yew

So…
The past week has been rather exciting…
Well, for me, at least…
Where should I begin…?

Ok, so my sister were back for their semester break. n their 6 wks were up, so they had to go back… That was Monday, 4th Aug, btw. it was fun when they were around. they pitched in with the housework. n i always came up with the excuse that i had school… i managed to teach them some new things too. Tricia - how to play the piano (she actually only wanted to learn one song. It’s a Twilight thing) n Debbie - how to crochet. Don’t go asking them to play in recitals n make u a scarf just yet. i haven’t gone that far with them yet. Their still beginners.

n coz my dad had to go away on a business trip the same day, they left my mother n I alone at home. It’s not like my mother n I don’t have a good relationship or whatever, but there r just times where u can’t stand each other.

so anyway… i had been waking up early to make my own breakfst (which is Milo btw, n no, their not paying me to mention their name) n walking to school (it’s not a big deal… school’s less than 0.5 km away) n walking back from school…

where was i going with this… oh yeah, on Wednesday night, I was sent to deliver something to a friend’s door. My mother drove there, n all i had to do was get out of the car, walk to do the door, ring the bell, n pass the object. simple enough? yeah… if there wasn’t an innocent-looking dog guarding the house! i say innocent-looking coz i was planning to walk straight pass it when i saw it. n u know what it did? it barked at me. n not just any scared dog bark, but a full howl. i turned around n headed straight for the car, hoping i wasn’t running n that it wasn’t following me. in the car, i started to laugh… n then i started to cry like someone died. who cries when barked at by a dog? that was strange…

n then the next day… well, if u mention "the debate" to any of my 16 classmates they’ll surely know what ur talking about, although u may not. Let’s save that story for another blog…

n on Friday… the Olympics!!! Our school General Studies department organized their first "Amazing Race". Teams comprised of two Form 3 students n two Form 5 students. We were asked to wear red, green , blue n yellow shirts to represent our team. i was yellow, the colour of sunshine on a cloudy day… anyway, our tasks included a brain teaser, searching the school for folded paper (around the school compound only), answering the History/Commerce/Geography questions inside, counting the number of doors in the school (84!), n completing one face of a rubiks cube. that was like the best school activity i had ever joined! although our team was handicapped by 1 person (who was late n decided to show up in a cowboy hat, sunglasses n tourists shorts with a camera hung over his neck) we still manged to end up in 1st place! it was a team effort. we enjoyed it so much that we didn’t even realize that we had no prize… hahaha…

on Saturday, my dad came back… using a ticket i had booked online for him. that was a cool experience on its own. before that, we had a cleaning lady come over. her name’s auntie Nati, which suits her coz she’s slightly nutty, in a good way. after she helped us with all the dust around the house, i decided to rearrange my room, which was previously where my sisters were sleeping when they were back. I’ve got a pic, too.

n Yesterday (Tuesday) something amazing happened! I got a guitar! I asked my dad for it, n i got it! after like… 3 days! it’s brown, well more like orange, acoustic. my friend, Hannah (she’s one of my featured friends) thought me the basics (actually i only remember 3 chords, A, D & E). i’m planning to take lessons from another friend (Mr. Jiggly) who asked me to get it (this friend is strange, I know) after my ‘O’ Levels. n in return i’m gonna teach him to play the piano. sounds like a good deal, eh?

so… u know what i realized… that i hadn’t watch much tv in that past week. it looks like tv deprives us of having a life. haha…

Also, i’m kinda into the Beijing Olympics these days… if u’ve watched the documentaries n seen the mascots (Fuwa! I <3 Jingjing!) u’d be into it too. That’s all for now. Peace out.