Not to be taken lightly

Recently in school, we had the height and weight measuring thing that they always do at the start of the year, where everyone tries to stretch and magically grow taller within a matter of a few minutes.

Anyway, over the holidays I had inexplicably lost 3kg and am now 4kg lighter at the beginning of this year than the beginning of last year. It's rather worrying....since I should be growing, not shrinking. My calculated BMI is 16.4......which is an all time low, and i haven't grown very much either (in terms of height), which means the problem lies with my weight.

So I searched up on the internet, what possible reasons could there be for my predicament, and I came across an article on diabetes. Some of the symptoms included.....excessive thirst (i have been feeling quite parched recently), losing weight without trying, weakness and fatigue (although probably just because I don't get enough sleep)......

so i asked Miriam about my problem, and Lo and Behold, she too suggested diabetes as a rationale.

GASP!











Of course, it could be due to decreasing bone density.............Hmmm.......

Elsha and Cheddar

Today happens to be the 3oth of January, the day when I posted my first post, 3 years ago. What better day to start all over? Or should I say, continue, this story of mine.

So, as you know, the name of this blog is Elsha and Cheddar, after my two pet rats. Firstly, let me just say that rats are awesome, especially these two. Sweet, loving, adorable, loyal, affectionate, understanding, good-natured, everything you'd ever want in an animal companion.

They have both passed on, due to the same illness that we unfortunately could not identify. I miss them like crazy but it's ok, because i know in Heaven, they're happier than they've ever been. i just hope they knew how much they meant to me, and how much they always will.

I'd like to show the world just how beautiful Cheddar Honeysuckle 小

蜜 and Elsha Mozzarella 小敏 are....

Excuse me...let me just step over you......







They taught me so much, about giving, living and loving, and all the little ratty ways of life, and knowing the real important things in life.

And because they were there, with me, and for me, I couldn't have asked for better ratties to brighten and fill my life than
Elsha and Cheddar.

The rats' visit to the vet

Hi guys.....the reason that I have not blogged for so long is because of exams. So, exams are over and so I'm writing something..................BTW, I'm cooped up at home cuz I've got EVIL TONSILLITIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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OK, anyway, the ratties went to the vet 2 weeks ago on Tuesday because Cheddar had a big sore on her foot that was bleeding in the morning. Elsha came along because I didn't want to leave her at home by herself........and for company for Cheddar. my mum went to Bukit Timah Plaza and bought a small blue carrier cage (because we obviously couldn't bring their usual cage.)
So then we went to a nearby vet in Sunset Way called The Animal Clinic. (What a creative name!!! Ha ha.) It smelled like disinfectant and all that intimidating stuff. Then the people at the counter tried to take Cheddar's weight while she struggled...........but the weighing scale didn't even work!!!!
So anyway, soon it was our turn to see the vet. She was a girl, or should I say woman. She had take Cheddar's weight but she wouldn't want to come out. We tried to coax her with some food but she wouldn't budge.(Elsha took the food instead :) ) So we had to take the lid of the cage and open up the tissue box from the side and make her come out. So the vet took her weight while she wriggled. I felt so bad and wished I could explain to her what was happening so that she wouldn't be so scared.
Then, the vet examined Cheddar's foot and said that she would give us this cleaning solution to clean the sore before powdering her foot with some antibiotic powder-thingy. And, she also gave some antibiotics to be taken orally. She said that if Cheddar's condition had not improved within 2 weeks, we would have to bring her back and possibly have to do surgery to remove the sore.
She said that small animals do not take well to anesthetic and there was a high risk of them dying. I gulped. And hoped and prayed that IF Cheddar had to have surgery, that would NOT happen. Also, she said that rabbits were rodents. They are not! They belong to the species lagomorphs..........and are actually more closely related to horses than to mice! I was thinking, "get your facts right!"
So my mother paid for the bills and we went home.................
(later on we found quite a number of poos in the tissue box. they do that when they are scared.)
I praised the ratties for being brave, especially Cheddar, and that was the end of their first visit to the vet.

But then...........................
We "powdered" Cheddar and gave her the antibiotics with a sugar solution but she wouldn't eat it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh no!!!!!!! So, my mum had to specially prepare watercress soup which is actually really really delicious, and put the antibiotics into the soup for Cheddar. Of course, Elsha had a separate bowl(without medicine). And the good thing was: she ate it! and then we tried it with milk.........and yes she ate/drank it too! Although she didn't quite finish it. But after that day, she wouldn't have anymore. :( But we still continued to powder her foot and yes, it DID get better, thankfully. BUT it was still not completely healed. (Far from it, actually.)
We are still powdering (of course we have to clean it with the cleaning solution first) but we have given up on the antibiotics................
THE END

EXAMS ARE OFFICIALLY OVER!!!!!!

EXAMS ARE OVER OVER OVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
we're finally free!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*If I were a fruit....................

This is kind of a weird topic..............but if I had to choose I'd be a watermelon. Mainly because watermelon's my favourite fruit but also because they're so juicy and delicious...............Go watermelons!
OR......................I would be a fruit that has some sort of defence, if you know what I mean...................maybe a durian or something? Because I would not want anyone to eat me and so I would have to have spikes or some other defence to protect myself. I would love to be a fruit and hang from the treetops and watch what goes on beneath me and chat with my other fruit friends................................extremely silly, I know.......but what can you expect?

Rat's birthday

Elsha and Cheddar's birthdays are tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(22nd August.) I guess they wouldn't really appreciate somthing like humans would for a present so I'm just going to give them delicious treats.............they LOVE food. By the way, they will turn ONE tomorrow..............

*A quote

"Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot."
Clarence Thomas

What does this quote mean to me?
Well, I'm not exactly a quote-y kind of person........but, oh well.

I guess it means that no matter how smart you are, if you are rude to people, they won't listen to you or be nice to you.

So if you're all smarty-pants, but you're completely stuck up and rude and proud, people won't like you.

Being polite can warm peoples hearts, and can make people your friends. So.......erm.......you know. Have good manners.:)

Swaveboard

I'm so happy today because I just got a swaveboard that I have been craving for months and months..................!!!!!!!!!!!! It's black with white hibiscuses on it and it's called Black Hibiscus. Once you know how to move on it it's really easy. You need to be able to balance well. My friends, Miriam and Christy, have swaveboards too. It's so fun!!!!!!!!!!:)and I love the feeling of going down slope at top speed................

Hello

I felt like posting something but I have no idea what to write about so I'll just tell you that Elsha and Cheddar's birthdays are coming up............:)

Hmm...........

Hi..........should I get a cbox? And an ipod-y music thing???????????
Please tell me how I can improve my blog and stuff..................

*COLOURS!!!

Don't you all LOVE colours??!! Without colours our lives would be boring.....and dull. Colours bring spark and well........... fun and happiness to our lives. You notice that all my blog entries have bright colours, not only does this capture the readers attention, it can also emphasise a word, and make my blog more colourful. Right now, I don't really have a favourite colour- I love all colours!!!!!!! They brighten my day and I would totally die without them.

*National Day Parade

The NDP Parade was absolutely, definitely, positively, without a doubt(ly (?)), tremendously, totally, really...........and obviously fun. Need I say more? Well, actually, yes, I do.

At home I was rushing, rushing, rushing while my dad was being deliberately slow and really irritating (sorry) when I got there I was afraid I was late. BUT, I wasn't at all and I had to rush for nothing. THEN they made us wait for hours and hours just sitting there...........which was just ridiculous. We received our fun packs (mine was pink) and it had lots of stuff in it. We got water, sweets, biscuits, a poncho which was needed later on, a heart lantern, a mini drum set shaped like a hand, a Singapore flag and tattoo in the fun pack.

Then we received our dinner which was KFC. At first I was very much looking forward to this as it's yummy. I was elated to find that there was mashed potato but I wasn't exactly elated, just happy. But (dramatic sounds in the background) there was a zinger burger which was s-p-i-c-y. More about that later. I had to squeeze all the stuff from the fun pack and all the things I brought into the fun pack and it was so stuffed I couldn't close it.

The buses came and we had to squeeze three people on two seats and I was all squeezed and bored. Finally we got there. Yay! Then we found our seats which were very good because they were in between the stage and the water so we had a good view of all the performances. We were sitting in the dark blue sector and our sector-ish person was Michelle Chong. We had to wait around for ages again, so me and Melissa put on our tattoos. Finally it started. At first we just learned how to do the Singapore "heartbeat" and things like that preparing for the show.

On the stage there was this big screen shaped like an eye called The Big Eye which displayed videos and words and other things. Next to The Big Eye, there were two big box things on both sides and people were dancing in it! The performances were nice. They did all sorts of dancing from all the different cultures. Then they had this thing about 10 chapters: showing Singapore through the years. There was lots of nice music and some weird dancing.............It was so cool..................We were so lucky to be able to watch the NDP (Even if it wasn't the real thing.)

Then there was this helicopter, a tiny speck in the sky that kept coming closer and closer........until it was much nearer- but not THAT near. Then these people jumped out of the helicopter with red parachutes one by one. They were..............THE RED LIONS!!! It was really cool and it looked really fun and I wished that I could try it one day.

Then it was getting dark and I ate my zinger burger which was so spicy that I just ate the bread. Then suddenly there were these big red balls coming out from the top of the seats, and by big I mean really big. You were supposed to hit the balls and make sure they went down to the bottom. Luckily, I hit one that was coming our way.

Then we sang some songs while waving our heart lanterns and then it started drizzling. A lot of people started putting their ponchos on but I didn't care. Then suddenly it was absolutely pouring and I still didn't put my poncho on as I couldn't be bothered to find it and put it on so I used an umbrella. But by that time, I was completely soaked. I didn't really mind, though.

I wasn't very organised and completely forgot about my bag which was just there collecting water. When I realised, I was really scared all my stuff would be ruined. Luckily, not much harm was done and I did not bring a camera or phone. Then came, obviously, the fireworks! The fire works were really great..........somewhat even more beautiful in the rain. There were gold and blue and red..........and even one shaped like a heart!

When the performances and things had finished, we made our way down the steps which was really dangerous and water was gushing down .....a bit like a mini waterfall. My socks and shoes got comletely soaked as they were FULLY submerged in the rain water!!! We then made our way to the bus stop. In order not to get lost, some schools had card thingys prepared for them, but we didn't. Instead we had a pink balloon, held by Mrs Tan, to follow.

We made it safely to the bus stop and shook ourselves dry (not- we were as wet as ever.) Then we waited ages and ages and ages for the bus to come. Finally, it came and we all boarded it and tried to find seats. On the journey back, I kept wishing my feet weren't so squishy and soggy.....

THE END

*Ancient Greece

Question: Would you like to have lived in Ancient Greece as a female????????
Hmm......What a mind-boggling question.........................
Actually, it's not AT ALL. The answer is a no-brainer.
OBVIOUSLY NOT!!!!!!!!!!!
After reading the text in the English text book, I felt extremely angry at all the men who practically thought women were useless etc..
No sane person would want to live in ancient Greece just to marry some old guy.
The women had no say, were not counted as citizens, could not own property, and most girls could not go to school. Also, for some silly reason, it was against the law for women to act.
That was SO unfair. I'm so happy all that has changed now, but most of it just happened recently(about 1-2 centuries ago).
And yet even now some certain men and boys are still like......that.
PS. I am NOT insulting Greece........this is Ancient Greece.

*Nancy Drew movie

Helloooooo.....
I don't suppose you've watched the Nancy Drew movie?( Nancy drew is acted by Emma Roberts.) I watched it with my friend Christy..........late at night. No, it's not really a horror movie at all, but it can be quite scary at some parts.
For example, in the middle of the night, these EYES suddenly appear and it's very creepy, freaky, scary, gives you chills.........whatever. I screamed!really loudly.......and......in Christy's ear
[Emily looking sheepish.] She wasn't too pleased about that.
There are a lot of other scary parts but this is the scariest(to me.) After that, Christy kept teasing me by imitating the EYES but it wasn't nearly as creepy, freaky, scary, gives you chills.........whatever, as the real thing.
Anyway, I really liked the movie and I like the books. Once, I 'solved' the mystery before 'Nancy Drew' did.
Advice to whoever is reading this: WARNING! Never watch the Nancy Drew movie with Emily Wong unless you would like to be deaf ( or already are.)

*THE END!!!!!!!!!!

Can you believe it??????????? I can't. It is the END of the holidays!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't believe it!!!!!!!! There's so much stuff I didn't do. It's weird...............
It's as if the holidays started a year ago -because I just remember it was long ago (or maybe my memory is failing????) and yet the holidays were over in a day's time.
At first a lot of my friends were over seas so I had no one to play with, but then most came back.
I was very naughty and didn't do my homework till the last minute. then there was this big rush and it wasn't nice AT ALL. I promise that I will not be like that ever again..............hopefully.