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Last term we decided to treat the band members during the graduation farewell party, and we had to make a decision on what to buy for them.

We were deciding between ordering bubble tea or pizza. Pizza, which is the traditional choice for party food, was initially our decision. But the problem is, we were not sure if students with food allergies and dietary restrictions, were able to eat any of it. If we order bubble tea, we were sure that everyone can consume it safely.

Furthermore, the seniors told us that members may not want to eat so much between lunch and dinner, so bubble tea was the preferred choice.

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A while ago, my family was deciding on whether to spend money on a dog or a car.

We were itching to get a dog, which was a black poodle. However, the black poodle cost at least $4000, excluding the fee of a small license. The car on the other hand, although was even more costly, it can serve as a convenient way of transport for us. Buying food and vet fees for the dog will be costly in the long run. We were sure that we may neglect the dog after awhile, thus we made the decision to buy a car.

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Yesterday I was eating dinner with my family, when my dad started to talk about his day. He was telling us about how much work he did and how tired he was. I wasn't really paying attention because I had something else on my mind, and that made him upset.

My dad started to yell at me for not paying attention, saying how rude I was. His unreasonable scolding, which started to annoy my mother and sister who were also eating with us, made me quite angry. However, instead of immediately talking back at him, I contemplated what I should do. I could either yell back at him, which might escalate things more, or, I could just let down my pride and apologise to him.

In the end, I chose to be the bigger person, and apologise. Although I was still quite upset about having to apologise even though I had done nothing wrong, I was proud of myself for controlling my temper.

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(above video from youtube not my gameplay) Last month I stumbled across a game called Mobile Legends Bang Bang (MLBB for short). I tried it out and I felt that it was better than Brawl Stars, the previous game that I had played. Before I played it, I felt that MLBB could be more complicated than Brawl Stars, but after trying it out, I felt that the complicity made the game fun. The main objective of the game is to destroy the enemy turrets. In the early game, you need to farm minions or creeps to get gold and buy items to become stronger. After trying MLBB for a day, I felt that I could switch over to main MLBB.

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in this current moment, Chloe is being very mean. I am having conflicting thoughts on whether to slap her right now. Chloe whom has a very cold heart bullies me every now and then. I understand that if I slap her , I will be dead. However, she continues to bully. I know that I can slap her and run away quickly.

Right now, my need to slap her is not that great and I am lacking confidence. Thus, I will slap her in the near future. Just not right now.

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what should I learn for next year's competition as my new wushu routine? I was deciding between sticking to my original routine, which was the one that I used to compete in the NSG this year, or choosing to learn the same routine as my friends. I would normally choose my new routine based on how fun it was instead of if I could win in the NSG next year. While I could stick with my original routine, I wanted to learn new routines. Even if I might fall during the competition, I still want to try learning it.

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During the June Holidays, I was doing my June holiday homework when I thought if I should play Roblox Then, I wondered if I should continue my work or if I should stop for the day to play Roblox. If I finish my June holiday homework, I have lesser things to do. But if I choose to play Roblox, then I can take a break from my homework. In the end, I decided to continue my homework and then play Roblox afterwards.

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Last Friday, I decided to either watch the latest FBI episode, which is an American TV show or English Premier League. I was inching to watch the English Premier League as it was live and could not be replayed while FBI episodes can be replayed on Mewatch. Thus, I went for the English Premier League and enjoyed myself.

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yesterday i was deciding if i should exercise as exercise is very important. To be honest, it was a fairly easy decision as i did not feel like exercising because i felt lazy. However, exercising is really important and my mom always tells me how i need to exercise more as it is good for my brain growth. In the end, i decided not to exercise because i wanted to go and take a shower anyways and i felt that i had already walked a lot.

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Last year, my violin teacher asked me if I would like to partake in a concert, which was organised by my music school, to hone my skills further and gain confidence while playing.

I was deciding between partaking and not partaking, as I was initially quite worried that I might end up messing up on stage, especially since it would be my first time performing together with strangers. However, my violin teacher reassured me that I would do just fine, and my effort placed into practicing was all that mattered. Under her reassurance and my parents’ support, I decided to do attend the concert.

After the concert finished, I unexpectedly ran into my seniors from school, who also learned violin at the same place as I did, who excitedly told me that I did well, and can continue to do better with more opportunities.

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Yesterday I was deciding whether I wanted to cook Samyang for lunch or have nothing at all. Having lunch is important as it is a daily meal. However, I was lazy to cook after school, but I was hungry. If I did not have lunch, I may be hungry and I would have to wait until 5.30p.m. for my dinner to arrive. But if I cooked my noodles, it can satisfy my hunger. Thus, I decided to cook Samyang for lunch.

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This month, I wanted to buy some mlbb diamonds. However it was my brother's birthday soon. If I had used my money to buy mlbb diamonds, I wouldn't be able to get anything for my brother. So i had to choose to spend my money for myself or spend it on my brother. Spending my money on mlbb diamonds was my first decision. However he may be sad if he realised I didn't get him anything. Futhermore, I remembered that my brother had bought me something on my birthday. Thus I decided to change my decision and spend it on him instead.

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cartoon pic of giving gift to little brother

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Just yesterday, the TXT concert presale was out, and Yanjing and I had to make a decision on which category we should buy. TXT, a boy group of 5 members, was quite popular in Singapore, so we were already prepared that we may be unable to secure the tickets.

Before the presale started, Yanjing and I were deciding which category we should buy. It was a big decision for us since we could not spend so much money on the concert as well. Factors such as the cost, comfort, and view were taken into consideration. Categories 1 and 2 were closest to the stage, however, 1 was standing, meaning that our view may be blocked by other taller people in front, and 2 was very expensive. The view from Category 5 was not ideal, since we could see the performance only from the side.

In the end, we decided that our ideal categories were either 3 or 4. The cost was lower and the view was not bad! However, at the end of the day, we were satisfied with any Category, as being in the stadium while they were performing live was most important to us.

(we managed to get 2 Category 4 tickets!!)

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I have to decide if I want to gamble my players off for a potential chance of a higher-ranked player/a player whose position I require. Every time I put my players up for exchange, I feel nervous because I cannot guarantee a return on the investment. I also cannot trust my luck to bring me happiness; I guess statistics are my only hope. I will strive to gamble more often to finally be happy. The players I got are all so bad.

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One day after my dada picked my mom up from work, she asked me if I wanted to have tuition. She said that tuition had a lot of benefits, and it would be extremely useful. Hearing this, I asked what subjects there were, and asked if I could attend Chinese tuition. Suddenly, I wondered if i needed science tuition. Then i listed out the pros: that the science tuition would help me learn the proper way of phrasing the answers and the keywords. However, I considered the amount of time it would take up from my week. Additionally, I haven't attended tuition for two years and was not used to entering a new class as a new student. In the end, I still decided to agree to attending tuition as I knew it would be useful for me.

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Last month, I was scrolling through TikTok, and I came across this lash and brow serum, which is known for giving you fuller and longer lashes. Having Asian lashes and bald eyebrows , I was extremely intrigued as my previous lash serum gave me an eye infection. After searching further, I came across more reviews about this lash serum. Some videos said this was the best and most affordable lash serum on the market, giving them astonishing results in less than 4 weeks. However, there are some chemicals in it, which are not good for your eyelashes , and I got flashbacks from when i had that eye infection. Although the trauma still haunts me, I wanted to give lash serums a second shot, but when I looked into my wallet, I only had 4 dollars and 70 cents to my name, while the lash serum cost a whopping 29 dollars, I took a step back and wondered whether this was actually worth y money. In the end, I am still broke so I'm probably going to get this maybe next week once I have money.

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At the start of 2024, CCA had resumed and I had to go back to wushu, which I was half excited and half fearful. Excited since I could resume training again but fearful since I had to learn a new routine for next year NSG.

Since I learn wushu outside, the coach has taught me one routine which uses a broadsword.

However, in school, I realised that Kaelen and another Sec 3 senior from wushu had already learned the routine before me. At this point, I was having a dilemma of whether to continue learning this routine or learn a new one.

The reason for this dilemma was because only two people per routine could enter for NSG and that if there were 3 people trying to compete, one of us will not have the chance to compete, which can bring disappointment.

On the other hand, if I were to learn a new routine, all of my hard work would have been gone, and that it would take me more time to learn a new routine.

However, if I were to learn a new routine, my other two members of the CCA will have the privilege to represent the school to compete.

Furthermore, I told myself that setbacks are very common and that it may be a blessing in disguise.

Thus, I have learnt a new routine which used a cudgel instead.

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During the June holidays, I signed up for a Chinese debate competition. I had to decide whether I wanted to participate in the formal round of the competition against Hwa Chong Institution and was soon caught in a dilemma. This was because I was not confident in Chinese, which was my third language, and doubted my ability. In the beginning, I thought that I was not as capable as the other participants in the team, and did not believe in myself. However, I realised that I might regret not participating, and decided to step out of my comfort zone to take up Chinese debate. Thus, I was determined to strive for my best and gain valuable experience in order to improve on myself.

After participating in the competition, I realised that I was able to do well despite not being confident in Chinese. Despite having only one month of experience, my team soon became a strong contender in the competition. Ultimately, we did not win as the opposing team had a Secondary 4 debater. However, it was an extremely memorable experience and I will definitely take up Chinese debate again if I have the chance to.

(stella was in the competition with me too!!)

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Last month, during the June holidays, I wanted to have a balance of revising on my weaker subjects and doing the stuff I enjoy. I had to make a decision on what to do each day. I was deciding between having more time to play or more time to revise. Since it was the holiday, I was very tempted to just relax everyday as I did not want to study anymore after a tiring first semester. Even though I was tempted to relax and not study, which was what I wanted to do for a long time, I knew that this decision might affect my studies. In the end, I came to a compromise and chose to relax for half a day and study for the other half as I knew it was good for me in the long run.

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Life is about choices. The choices we make today, tomorrow, and the day after, eventually become a habit. Over time, our choices will begin to affect our lives, so deciding how to spend our time is a challenging and conflicting process for some.

During the June holidays, having completed all my holiday homework, I was deciding on how I should spend my time between spending my day reading a book on my large, comfy beanbag or studying for the upcoming examinations in term 3. Studying for the upcoming examinations would potentially save me not only a huge amount of regret later on during the term but also countless nights spent burning the midnight oil. On the other hand, plopping on a comfy beanbag with a book in my hands would not only improve my vocabulary word bank and grammar but also make me extremely contented and happy. Additionally, my parents have also been bugging me to pick up a book ever since the start of the new year. While both of options will enable me to improve on my knowledge in one way or another, if I were to choose revising over reading, I would be able to revise subjects which I am more in need of help in, making it more beneficial.

However, being the procrastinator and adrenaline-seeker that I am, I chose to spend my time reading the book instead. The exciting story plot and character interactions delight me more than the amount of joy I knew I would have derived from spending my afternoon studying. Despite knowing the impending regret I would feel later on in about 5 weeks, spending my time reading a book was the preferred option.

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girl trying to decide how to spend her time

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On Wednesday, I went out bowling with some of my friends, what the sigma. The bowling alley we went to only accepted cashless payment, and it cost quite a lot of money, considering the amount of people that went. Since I had the most money in my digital wallet, I wanted to pay, and let my friends pay me back. However, I was not sure whether I wanted to. On one hand, I was not sure whether my friends could pay me back fully as some of them said they did not have enough, I was also not sure if my parents would have allowed me, especially my mother, who is very insistent on saving money. But after some consideration, I decided to pay, as I remembered that my sister also does the same with her friends, and that I could trust my friends, and since I had the most money, it made sense that I would pay.

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During the June holidays, I have to decide on whether to watch movie or play games, which I both like. When my father suggest to watch movie, I agreed. I can play games later, and it would be great to spend the time with my family. Watching movie alone is not fun.

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yesterday, when i finally finished my homework at 8.44pm, (i started homework only at 8pm) i left my homework and all the worksheets on the floor (i do homework on the floor cause i hate tables and chairs) so my younger sister demanded i pack up my scattered stuff lying around in the living room (i do homework in living room cause i hate the study room and there was aircon in the living room) and i refused! so she snatched away my phone and hid it somewhere (gRahHh😡😡😡) so i was left with the decision: to pack up my stuff now or to leave it there until 11pm where i finally feel like packing up the homework?

pack up homework now

pros: sister give phone back, i dont have to pack it up later

cons: parents stop tripping over my things, waste of time

pack it up later

pros: annoy sister, parents can continue to trip over my things, i dont have to pack it up now

cons: no phone, eventually will get scold by parents for the mess on the floor

eventually i gave up and just packed my things and stuffed them into my bag so that i dont have to beat my sister up into revealing the location of my phone and threaten that her ipad also gets hidden away by me

then i got my phon back!!!1! (i continued to scroll through buyee after)

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During Secondary 1, I had to decide whether to be in a club CCA or a sports CCA.

At first, I contemplated joining a sports-related CCA as I had experience with it in primary school. However, I remembered how hectic and exhausting the schedule was and was worried that it might affect my studies. Furthermore, I also wanted to pick up a new skill that was related to technology as I felt that it would help me greatly in the future. Eventually, I decided to go for a club CCA, specifically Infocomm, as it had a more flexible schedule, providing me with ample time to study. Moreover, it gave me the opportunity to learn useful skills such as coding.

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I received a notebook from my cousin as a gift. I was quite conflicted about whether to keep it or not, as I already had too many notebooks that I owned. I wanted to give it back to my cousin as I felt like I would not need it as it would just be a waste of paper.

However, I thought that I could use the notebook to write down notes for academic purposes. I also have learned that I should accept others' gifts as they spend their own money and love to buy items for me. Most of all, the notebook looks nice so I felt like I should just use it for recording notes.

It's a great notebook to use but I have bad news now. Surprise!!! After this incident, I have still gained three more notebooks and now I don't know what to do with them.

dear life: thanks for the notebooks. but their overflowing. (sry :'))

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During the June holidays, I wanted to do something productive, I had to decide between Basketball and Studying. Basketball, which is a sport, helps keep me fit and build 6 packs. On the other hand, studying is more beneficial to accomplishing my New Year's Resolution, which is to achieve better results.

Ultimately, I thought I should prioritize studying over basketball as I wanted to achieve my goals and get into Triple Science.

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I wanted to buy a pack in a game. I could get either, but I did not know which one to buy. After some recommendations from my friends, I narrowed my search down to 2 packs. My math friend, AKA Shengjie, asked me to get the cheaper pack as the probabilities to get a good player is higher than the more expensive one. However, the more expensive one guarantees a 96 or above while the cheaper one only guarantees a 94 or above, which could also give you a good player, but it depends on your luck on the cheaper one. In the end, I chose the more expensive one as it is safer and guarantees you a 96( the one that you see in the picture)

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A while ago, I wanted to make candles at home as a craft project. I already had some white paraffin wax at home that I could use. The problem was, burning paraffin wax produces toxic byproducts, and I wasn't sure if I was willing to burn paraffin wax candles in my room, especially because my room is not very well-ventilated.

I found some yellow beeswax for candle making for sale on Shopee, which would burn more cleanly as it was natural wax. However, beeswax is much more expensive than paraffin wax, and it might be harder to make candles out of due to its differing properties.

After some discussion with my mother (who was funding my candle making adventures), I ended up making the candles out of beeswax as I felt it wasn't worth risking my safety and health over a few dollars.

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During the june holidays, my family and I went to batam and stayed at a resort which was near the sea. Therefore, there were many sea activities that we could play, example, jetski, kayaking, and the banana boat. However, my family planned to ride the banana boat which was the activity I feared the most. I have watched videos of people riding the banana boat and falling off when it turns. My family encouraged me to ride the banana boat as it was on our bucket list. However, because I have a fear of water and afraid that i might fall into the sea, I contemplated whether i should set my fears aside or just watch my family ride it.

In the end, I decided to overcome my fears and ride the boat. Even though I drank lots of seawater and kept stressing that I would fall, it was a really enjoyable experience and I would definitely ride the banana boat again.

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Last year, my parents decided to take me on a trip to America for the first time. However, after a heated discussion between my family, we had to decide whether to go to Washington D.C. or Montreal. I finally convinced them to go to Montreal as the waterfalls there are rejuvenating.

When we landed in Montreal. I was amazed by the amazing air there. I had made the travel plan this time so I immediately decided to rig it beforehand. I planned to first go to the hotel to put down our luggage and have a rest since it was only 1 am when we landed. Once we woke up, we would have breakfast and head immediately to the waterfall which I had anticipated all night. Once we reached there and gazed at the magnificent waterfall. It felt very refreshing looking at the waterfall

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Earlier this year, i could choose whether i wanted to take my exam this year or this year. As I've just passed my previous grade, i can now choose to either play leisurely or train for the next grade, which is of course much more tedious. Nevertheless, i finally came to a conclusion that i wanted to train for my new grade and hone my skills in which i am training right now outside of school.

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Just the other day, I was in a debate with my friend about which book in the Windy Series is better - the first book, Mile High, or the second book, The Right Move.

Well, they are both from the same author, much less the same series, and are both romance books. But they are very different too. And I believe that the first book is better.

The first book, which is about how to be true to yourself as there isn't a need to fake something due to the irrational fear of others not liking you as there will always be people who do and don't, is just so heartwarming to read. Especially with the amazing characters who give life to the story.

However, the second book, which is about learning to trust one another and follow your heart as well as being in the present instead of being tapped in the past, is a fairly good book, with valuable insides but the chemistry between these characters just aren't as good as the first book.

Hence I decided (yes, this debate has not been settled) that the first book is the best book in the series though it might have been a biased decision based on my favorite character being the protagonist of the first book.