Hard to Say Goodbye

One of the things I hate the most in life, is having to say goodbye. Having to say goodbye when you go away for holidays, saying goodbye to family after you visit them, having to say goodbye to the ones you love most. Thats something I have never had to do before. Never moved, always been in Singapore and UWC. As most of you know, I have been going to UWC since I was 4 years old, K1. I'm now 13, and in G7. I've had to say goodbye to people when they leave and I've watched people come and go from the school. But I have never been the one that has actually left everything they have ever know. UWC is the only school I have ever been to and I've lived in Singapore since I was 1 year of age. My home is here. And now being told that I am moving homes to a place where there is no uniforms, 4 seasons, only 2 or 3 classes in a grade and where everything is in Japanese, is a feeling I can't even put into words. 

Getting the news that I am moving to Japan, was one of the hardest things I have ever had to hear. Sure it in a way is exiting news, but i'm being told to leave everything I've ever know to go to a new place, a new school, and a new life. It's just something I have never had to do before. I don't want to have to leave my friends behind or my life. I love it here and it will take a long time to get used to the change. To be honest, it has been hard for me. I cried a couple of time because I just didn't know what else to do. I was upset and scared. But now I think it's just because i'm scared of adventuring in a new environment. I am scared of going to somewhere completely new and somewhere where I know nothing about. I know I will like Yokohama International School, but I will always love UWCSEA more. It is my home and the place I grew up, and where my education and knowledge has grown and developed. I love it here and I'm not ready to go yet. I always envisioned that I would stay at UWC until I was in G12, but that, however, is not the case at all. 

I love my life here and I'm happy. But now I have to try and find that same happiness again in a new school. I guess this post so far seems like a negative boo hoo type of post, but i'm speaking from my heart. But to be honest, I am slightly exited for it. It is a new place, new country, new people. I know I will enjoy it there no matter how much I miss life at UWC. I have decided that saying, acting, and just having a lightly better view of it helps in a way. The post is a step towards feeling better and getting over the fact that I am not staying here at UWC forever. There is soo much more I still want to say but I can't. Not yet anyways. 

Since this blog is registered with my school account, after I go I will no longer have access to it. So I will almost defiantly make a new blog and continue posting on that one.

I love my friends at UWC and I'm gonna miss you guys like crazy! I'm going to treasure all the moments and says I have left with you guys! There is only 4 months left before the end of the school year! 

Sammie <3

Christmas Holiday Round-up Day 20,21,22,23

Day 20, January 3rd 2013

Day 21, January 4th 2013

Day 22, January 5th 2013

Day 23, January 6th 2013

So I ran out of time to write and I'm sorry that this is late but here it is!

I made these Christmas Holiday Round-ups a a holiday project for myself because I stayed in Singapore.

Christmas Holiday Round-Up, Day 11

Day 11, December 25th 2012

Merry Christmas!

Christmas is finally here everyone! Hope you all had a amazing day full of joy and wonderful things! My sister, Tessa and my friend Caelan and I all got up before 7 ready to go downstairs and see what was under the Christmas tree. But the rule was we weren't allowed. So we waited 2 minutes until it was 7. Then we got all the parents up and the rest of the kids. We rushed downstairs to see what was underneath the tree. My family and Caelans family all unwrapped presents from Santa and from each other all together. One of the things I got was the new iPod Touch 5, neon yellow and a mustache case. When I got it I literally screamed because I was so exited to get one. My sister, brother and I all shared  an iPod Touch 4 before, but it got annoying sharing when your brother is 4 and is always wanting it. So my sister and I both got our own and my brother got the old one. But Christmas is not about the presents, it's about spending time with your family and friends. And thats exactly what my family and I did on Christmas day. We had a big Christmas lunch with friends that lasted 5 hours! It was great and I had a lot of fun! 

I hope you all had a great Christmas and photos are on their way!

One Direction Christmas!

Christmas Day Dress

Christmas Holiday Round-Up, Day 8 & 9

Day 8 & 9, December 22th/23st 2012

So today is a day I have been looking forward to for a long time. My friend Caelan and her family are visiting from Hong Kong for 5 days! They are staying over for Christmas with us. When she got here we basically did a catch up session and talked a lot. We painted our nail and just hung out together. 

When she arrived

On Sunday we got up a little earlier so that we could go swimming at the school pool. The main pool was closed so we went to the infant pool. We also played football and went out for drinks afterwards. It was really fun. 

In the car on the way to swimming

The pool

Swimming, looking fab....

Swimming side by side

After swimming and football

Caelan by the school sign

3 girls side by side walking for drinks

This is what we did for the first half of the day. Around 1pm we went to NEX mall for lunch, movies, timezone, shopping and frozen yogurt. To get there we took the MRT.

MRT Station

At the mall we had Subway for lunch then went to the movies. We saw the movie Wreck-it Ralph. It is a really good movie. I enjoyed it. If you like comedy, animation movies then you'll love this movie. After that we went to timezone. Although timezone is a lot of fun it can be a waste of money depending  on how much you choose to spend there. After that we went to a cheap type of place that sells nail polish, show laces and socks, fake nails, junk earrings and so on. I bought a couple of things there. Then we went for frozen yogurt. The place we went to is a do-it-yourself type of place. You choose your cup, get as much frozen yogurt as you want, put as many toppings on as you want, then weigh it and pay. It can be really expensive though. Next stop, Diva! Diva is one of my favorite accecory placeses. Lucky for us they were having a sale. A lot of it was still expensive until the lady pointed out and opened a $1 box! We rummaged through the box for like 20-30 minutes! I found earrings that used to be $18, $11, $20 and all of them are still new and undamaged. I got 9 things in the end. A mustache ring, a heart ring, 3 feather earrings, gold hoops, hot pink peace hoops, and 2 pairs of 6 pack earrings! The lady was about to put them in before she offered them to me! the total coast was $9. If the stuff wasn't on sale, it would of been over $100!

Overall it was a great day and I had a lot of fun. 

Hope you guys are having a great holiday wherever you are!

2 Days til Christmas!

Christmas Holiday Round-Up, Day 6 & 7

Day 6 & 7, December 20th/21st 2012

Hi everyone! So on the 20th I went out to Takashimaya to go and meet my Mum for Lunch. To get there I had to take the MRT, then walk to Takashimaya where I met my mum. We went to this really nice cafe that I forgot the name of. I had pumpkin soup with toast, my Mum had a lamb sandwich, and me went halvezies on coconut bread. It is amazing! Every time we go there, we order coconut bread. After that we went shopping for some Christmas prezzies. 

MRT Station

Waiting for the MRT looking amazingly tired

Colorful People

Orchard Road

Takashimaya

Later that day I went to a sleepover at one of my good friends place, Delphine. We went swimming, watched Pretty Little Liars, surfed the web, and more. I can't remember what we ate for dinner, but we did go to fair price and bought chips, chocolate, and some drinks. We ate some of that at a park nearby and saved the rest for the Pretty Little Liars marathon. I recently started watching the series and I totally love it! At some parts it can be really creepy and suspenseful but it is a great series if you like suspense and drama. We woke up a couple of minuets before 3:11 just so I could prove to her that the world IS NOT going to end yet and that there is no need to worry. We did survive to apocalypse. I think that the big fuss of the apparent end of the world was for nothing because it was highly unlikely to even happen. We fell straight back to sleep after that. In the morning we basically watched a couple more Pretty Little Lairs episodes and hung around.
For the rest of the day I didn't do really anything I think...

Anyway.....4 Days til Christmas!

Christmas Holiday Round-Up, Day 4 & 5

Day 4 & 5, December 18th/19th 2012

So today I had a sleepover at Aayushi's with Denyvi. We made a vlog to tell you guys what we got up to on day 4. On day 5, Aayushi, Denyvi and I had pancakes for breakfast. Then went out to go and see The Hobbit. It's a really good movie, if you havent seen it yet, go and see it! We then did a bit of shopping and Japanese Photobooth. It was a lot of fun!

When I got home from the sleepover I found that my brother and sister both had haircut. My brother HAD long curly hair that is now short. My sister had long hair that is now slightly above her shoulders. I also found out that my dog, Whiskey, is sick. He vomited and can barley walk. When he does walk he cries and wines. Whiskey is old for a dog of his bread. 11 years old in dog years, 77 in human year. I don't know whats wrong with him but I hope that it's not the end. He will get better I hope. :) 

Hope you guys are having a wonderful holiday so far! To everyone that is traveling safe travels and I hope that you enjoy yourself and to people that are not traveling hope that you have a lot of fun!

Small collage made by Denyvi with some pics

Hanging Out

Gone out! taking the bus

Timezone! Japanese Photobooth!

Snack Time! CUPCAKES!

Our fab feet

Waiting to get picked-up

Star

1D Wristbands!

6 Day's until Christmas!

Christmas Holiday Round-Up, Day 2

Day 2, December 16th 2012

Today was a very relaxed day. I slept in until 11:30 and didn't get out of bed for another hour on top of that. I love sleeping in in the holidays. It's a chance to catch up on sleep and just relax. 

So today, specifically in the evening my family and I went round to some family friends house for dinner. We were there for about 5 hours and didn't get back home until late. On the right is a pic of the rest of the kids playing on the trampoline. The kids, me being the eldest, had lamb, rice, peas, and sushi for dinner. I love sushi because it is delicious and depending on what type of sushi, it can be healthy as well.  The lamb was beautifully cooked as well. The kids played for the rest of the evening and watched a movie called "Prancer". It is about one fo Santas reindeer that gets lost and a little girl finds him. That happens at about 20 min into the 1 and a half hour long movie. What happens in the rest of the movie is the reindeer is hidden by the girl in her dads shed, he doesn't know its there, he finds out, he sells it, the girl goes to get it back, she falls from a tree whilst trying to save the reindeer  people sing to her from her window, the reindeer goes back home to Santa. Thats basically the whole movie. 1 hour and a half. To be honest, it wasn't the best Christmas movie as you can probably see but I still had a great time at their house. 

Hope you guys are having a great start to the holidays and tomorrow is going to be and interesting day.......I'll keep you posted!

9 days till Christmas! Yay!

Christmas Holiday Round-Up, Day 1

Day 1, December 15th 2012


Hey Everyone! Hope you guys have a amazing holiday. So what I have decided to do, is do a Christmas Holiday Round-Up and post what I have been up to over the holidays. I'll start at day 1 and keep going until the end of the holidays. Wish you guys a Merry Christmas and may your Christmas be full of joy, family and friends, and fun. Hope you guys have a great holiday and a Happy New Year!

Wahoo! The Christmas holidays are finally here! Ok, so it's day 1 of the holidays, not much going on so far. Im staying in singapore this year instead of going home to N.Z. BUT I will still have an amazing holiday here with friends and family. So today wasn't really a action-packed day, but I still had fun. I spent the first half of my day basically doing nothing and some homework which was total fun.....ish. But as you can see, on the left is a pic of a Christmas tree and a whole-lot-of flying white things. Well those flying white things, they're all fake snow. My family and I went to Tanglin Mall to go and play around in the fake snow and by that I mean my brother and sister playing in the fake snow whilst my Mum, Dad and I watch and laugh from the side. Every year around Christmas time Tanglin Mall make and put up a Christmas tree. They put up a different tree and decorations every year, my family and I go nearly every year. It is a lot of fun and afterwards we drive down Orchard road to look at all the Christmas light. 




On the right is me standing in the middle of the falling fake snow. It was like a blizzard but a soapy blizzard. By the end of it, my shoes were covered in the 'snow' and so was my hair! But it was a lot of fun. 

So this is what I did on day 1 of the Christmas break. 

10 days till Christmas! Yay!

High Tea at the Shangri La

Saturday, 8th December 2012

12:30pm - 2:10pm

Last Saturday I went for High Tea, a fancy buffet, at the Shangri La hotel. The lunch was for my Mum, Sister (Tessa), myself, Auntie Ioana, Iosenja, and Maeischa. The lunch was to celebrate Christmas together before they go away for the holidays back to New Zealand. It was so we could get together and spend some time with each other. At the lunch we had fancy tea's and a lot of different food to choose from. It was delicious! 

Auntie Ioana, Iosenja, and Maeischa are not related to me in any way. We are just really close friends. I call her Auntie Ioana because that's just what I have always called her. She has known me since I was a baby. The girls, Iosenja and Maeischa, are 2 of my best friends. Iosenja is 12, same as me, and Maeischa is 10. All of us come from New Zealand. We have been having play dates and sleepovers for as long as I can remember. I know them well enough to call them family. Anyone that means something to me or is a close friend, is my family. Family is not just whose in your D.N.A. and whose in your blood. It is soo much more than that. 

 Family is anyone that cares for you and loves you. 

Always remember that.

Sammie <3

The Truth Behind a Name

Our parents give us our names when we are born. They don't know yet what we will be like, look like, or act like when we are older. But somehow, they always get it right. Our names grow on us as we grow up and start becoming who we are today. We are still growing. We are always growing and expanding our minds to new knowledge everyday. Our names are a part of us and are something that we keep forever. Something that can never part from us. 

(Here are some of the names of people I know)

My name, Sam, most of the time is referred to as a boys name. News flash! It's not. Sam is a name for both girls and boys. But Sam is not really a real name. It is normally short for Samantha or Samuel. But it isn't for me. My full name is Sam. I do not wish it was Samantha because to me, Samantha is a posh name. I am not posh. I know for a fact that I am a loud, bouncy, energetic, and that I'm not the girliest girl. But that doesn't mean I don't like nail polish and doing my hair :) 

So to be honest, Sam does count as a real name. There is no reason why it shouldn't.  I want to end on the note that we all are our own person, our own name. Even though some people have the same name as you, they are a completely different person. 

Sammie <3

10 Things I Know to be True

1. "If your heart is in your dream, no request is to extreme." - Jiminy Cricket

2. That good friends will be there for you no matter what.

3. Love is one of the most, if not the most, important thing in the world.

4.  Laughter is one of the best cures for anything, and just for fun. 

5. Follow your passion and your dream, no matter what.

6. The performing arts is where I belong.

7. Education is the key to the future. 

8. Paul Frank is one of the coolest brands ever!

9. The bitter true is better than the sweetest lie.

(Not really what I meant, but I though it was funny)

10. Music is pure poetry.

Image links:
http://disneyandquotes.tumblr.com/
http://solskinn88.wordpress.com/2010/09/29/the-value-of-friendship/
http://www.ghank.com/love-pictures/
http://www.ace-your-audition.com/new-york-acting-schools.html
http://educationrx.net/
http://www.fanpop.com/spots/paul-frank/images/15687473/title/paul-frank-photo
http://thelatterdays.blogspot.sg/2010/02/christs-music-or-satans-music.html
http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/3q0sqf/
http://www.dream-symbols.com/

Staying True to Yourself

Little things is One Direction's newest song. The song was written by Ed Sheeran for them. The song is one of my favorite songs at the moment. It is sweet and 100% true. People like us, well SHOULD, for who we are and for our personality. Stuff like looks doesn't really matter. To me, what matters is personality and being true. Not pretending to be someone your not. I know I wouldn't want to be someone im not because then your not being who you really are. You are changing for someone else. So basically, stay true to yourself and don't change for other people. 

After watching this I want anyone and everyone who watched it to comment on their thoughts and how the video made you feel. 

Sammie <3

If You Love Someone, Let Them Know

"I love you". 3 simple words that can mean soo much.

When someone says I love you, it should come from the heart. To me, the heart is where your feelings come from. Ever heard 'listen to your heart, or listen to your heart not your head or follow your heart?' Well if you say something it should mean something. You can't sat I love you for no reason, you can but would it mean anything? No, not really to me. When I say 'it should mean something', I mean like it should send a message. If you were dared to say it, it doesn't matter because it probably didn't mean anything. 

Everyone loves their friends, not in the romantic type of way, but just as friends. They do soo much for us. A shoulder to cry on, support, sleepovers, shopping...and the list continues. The least we could do is thank them. All I know is good friends will always be their with you, to help you celebrate the best ties, and to be there for you when you cry. It doesn't matter how old they are, boy or girl, nationality, etc. All that matters is that they are there for you. I know I would die without my friends because they do soo much for me and support me with what every happens. Thats what good friends do. 

Back to the title, "If you love someone, let them know". Lets just start off by saying that what is the point in loving someone if they don't know that? Love is a powerful passion that brings people  people together. Without it, where would we be? I imagine a lot of broken hearts, sorrow, pain, more wars, and people alone. We can;t live our lives without it. No matter how small the love is. Telling someone you love them s a stepping stone across a river. That being the first step take in the relationship, the first stone placed. Over tie, more stones will get added. As more get added, the relationship becomes stronger, and you keep moving down that path, across the rover. I finish on that note, with my tittle.
"If You Love Someone, Let Them Know"

Sammie <3

Image Links:
http://www.mackenziewhitetrust.org/store/heart_joy/joy-heart.html