Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Thursday friday saturday out
Prelims is past, history. Hopefully the last prelim exams i will EVER take for the rest of my life. So its 3-4 days of R & R before i really start studying for my A levels. I dont have a good feeling about the results.
Thursday after our last paper. The entire class ( minus huixin sohee and hazel... WHY DIDNT YOU ALL COME!!! haha joking then for once we'll have a 100% attendance ) went for dinner at suntec. Everyone was in their school uniform lol, Imagine 22 beige forms walking in one big group. They even walked 2 by 2 lol ( i'm sure you all didnt notice ). initially the plan called for dinner at crystal jade, but then switched to NYDC. The baked pasta there is nice. No idea what jc was protesting about. The class mostly ordered baked pasta, except for hh who had to be special and order is 'tears in heaven' pasta. it was 1/2 times more expensive than my baked pasta, yet its portion was also 1/2 times smaller. See the irony of the name. His wallet should be tearing over dinner. After dinner, went to fountain of wealth to slack abit, and took pictures. It was pretty humid didnt stay for long. The girls took every chance they can find to have a seat haha and cheryl wouldnt stop whining. After that some of the guys went to watch 'mirrors' ( including me ) while the rest went home. For a horror movie well, it is decently scary, but more along the cheap thrills kind of eerieness. Gore was plenty though burning people, slit throats and people ripping their own jaw apart.. until you can see the tongue hanging out... ok wont gross out people here. Its M 18 for a reason. Walked to city hall mrt station after the movie at around 11. That was when we saw the F1 lighting system in its full grandeur ( they left it on ). It really was bright, though the beam was directly focused on the roads only so it didnt have the effect of totally illuminating the whole area. 1 more week.
Woke up early on friday morning to go to the cage. An indoor street soccer facility using articifial turf. ( we booked it at 100+ bucks for 4 hours ). Our class guys ( record turnout again for this kind of event ) plus kweks friends. Everyone had a jolly good time. Damn only managed 2 while duck put in 6. Even ppl like ykm and wjc was well ferocious in hunting you down when you have the ball. Played for 4 hours from 9am to 1pm, then changed and left for lunch at leisure park kallang. Everybody was dead by then. I dont even have the will to run to chase balls lol. Kwek, gh, jc and others all cramped up. Of all places we ate at the ... foodcourt -_- there. Still hungry after that so we shifted to kfc where some of us had food. Me and jr checked out the arcade nxt door. Played some jurassic park 3 game there. A shooter game using a shortgun. Required you to step out of the screen to avoid getting bitten. Fun but we 2 must have looked like idiots la. Then played world combat. Me and jr 1st. Then me, jc, yc, and jc 4 person together. Still got massacred by the 3rd stage XP. Jr played tekken ( spelling? ). Nearly got owned by a kangaroo, got owned by a girl in the end haha. Went home took bus 16 passed by the city area again. The lights were still blazing in their full glory at 3pm!!!! in the afternoons. They'd better be doing something constructive with the lights or its a superb wastage of electricity. It finally arrived !!! Went to thompson post office to collect it with yc. It had like 5 layers of pakaging. Now you know how global warming came about. Glad that its in 1 piece haha.
Stoned my saturday afternoon away. Ok not quite because i woke at 1. Would have slept later if not for a hh call. Went to games convention at suntec with yang and later met with gab. They had an awesome range of new games for you to play. The force unleashed, spore, fifa 2009 ( Kwek I BEAT YOU TO PLAYING IT HAHA ). Might get the force unleashed for that wii in my grandma's house. Imagine wielding a lightsabre with that wii remote. So cool!. Met with the guys ( jr, gab, john, wh, gh, hh ) for dinner ( not including hh ). Jr wolfed down a foot long subway. Sick greedy big chested thing. Went to zouk after that. Managed to somehow beat the system and smuggled our 2 underaged kayakers in. Pictures up when they upload it.
Today nothing much. Woke up, grandma house. Chalked up maximum points in wii tennis. Won the toughest opponent there. Had a tap for a nose the entire day. Not stopping yet. Chelsea Man Utd later, relishing ronaldo in action again. Think he stinks for rejecting the best club in the world but well he does have the skills after all. Hope he doesnt fizzle out. Badminton tomorrow with class people ( i am like seeing them every single day la! in addition to school ). Should i go run later?
till ....
Thursday after our last paper. The entire class ( minus huixin sohee and hazel... WHY DIDNT YOU ALL COME!!! haha joking then for once we'll have a 100% attendance ) went for dinner at suntec. Everyone was in their school uniform lol, Imagine 22 beige forms walking in one big group. They even walked 2 by 2 lol ( i'm sure you all didnt notice ). initially the plan called for dinner at crystal jade, but then switched to NYDC. The baked pasta there is nice. No idea what jc was protesting about. The class mostly ordered baked pasta, except for hh who had to be special and order is 'tears in heaven' pasta. it was 1/2 times more expensive than my baked pasta, yet its portion was also 1/2 times smaller. See the irony of the name. His wallet should be tearing over dinner. After dinner, went to fountain of wealth to slack abit, and took pictures. It was pretty humid didnt stay for long. The girls took every chance they can find to have a seat haha and cheryl wouldnt stop whining. After that some of the guys went to watch 'mirrors' ( including me ) while the rest went home. For a horror movie well, it is decently scary, but more along the cheap thrills kind of eerieness. Gore was plenty though burning people, slit throats and people ripping their own jaw apart.. until you can see the tongue hanging out... ok wont gross out people here. Its M 18 for a reason. Walked to city hall mrt station after the movie at around 11. That was when we saw the F1 lighting system in its full grandeur ( they left it on ). It really was bright, though the beam was directly focused on the roads only so it didnt have the effect of totally illuminating the whole area. 1 more week.
Woke up early on friday morning to go to the cage. An indoor street soccer facility using articifial turf. ( we booked it at 100+ bucks for 4 hours ). Our class guys ( record turnout again for this kind of event ) plus kweks friends. Everyone had a jolly good time. Damn only managed 2 while duck put in 6. Even ppl like ykm and wjc was well ferocious in hunting you down when you have the ball. Played for 4 hours from 9am to 1pm, then changed and left for lunch at leisure park kallang. Everybody was dead by then. I dont even have the will to run to chase balls lol. Kwek, gh, jc and others all cramped up. Of all places we ate at the ... foodcourt -_- there. Still hungry after that so we shifted to kfc where some of us had food. Me and jr checked out the arcade nxt door. Played some jurassic park 3 game there. A shooter game using a shortgun. Required you to step out of the screen to avoid getting bitten. Fun but we 2 must have looked like idiots la. Then played world combat. Me and jr 1st. Then me, jc, yc, and jc 4 person together. Still got massacred by the 3rd stage XP. Jr played tekken ( spelling? ). Nearly got owned by a kangaroo, got owned by a girl in the end haha. Went home took bus 16 passed by the city area again. The lights were still blazing in their full glory at 3pm!!!! in the afternoons. They'd better be doing something constructive with the lights or its a superb wastage of electricity. It finally arrived !!! Went to thompson post office to collect it with yc. It had like 5 layers of pakaging. Now you know how global warming came about. Glad that its in 1 piece haha.
Stoned my saturday afternoon away. Ok not quite because i woke at 1. Would have slept later if not for a hh call. Went to games convention at suntec with yang and later met with gab. They had an awesome range of new games for you to play. The force unleashed, spore, fifa 2009 ( Kwek I BEAT YOU TO PLAYING IT HAHA ). Might get the force unleashed for that wii in my grandma's house. Imagine wielding a lightsabre with that wii remote. So cool!. Met with the guys ( jr, gab, john, wh, gh, hh ) for dinner ( not including hh ). Jr wolfed down a foot long subway. Sick greedy big chested thing. Went to zouk after that. Managed to somehow beat the system and smuggled our 2 underaged kayakers in. Pictures up when they upload it.
Today nothing much. Woke up, grandma house. Chalked up maximum points in wii tennis. Won the toughest opponent there. Had a tap for a nose the entire day. Not stopping yet. Chelsea Man Utd later, relishing ronaldo in action again. Think he stinks for rejecting the best club in the world but well he does have the skills after all. Hope he doesnt fizzle out. Badminton tomorrow with class people ( i am like seeing them every single day la! in addition to school ). Should i go run later?
till ....
Friday, September 12, 2008
Great, wonderful
So we have covered all the subjects except econs. Own personal feeling, physics today was easier as compared to maths and chem thus far. That is my PERSONAL feeling about things so yea, if you have been topping the class usually for chem and maths, do not start pointing fingers at me. This is also not meant to be a reflection of my results yea. Got news from my friend that its 40 more days ( i havent been following haha ). Ok after prelims, i am putting it up here on record now. I AM FREAKING GOING TO START STUDYING!, from the week after the prelim exam onwards. Starting with my freaking gp. At the current rate, i will end up getting Ds and Cs. I know i am smart ( screw me for being arrogant i dont care ). i BELIEVE that i am intelligent. Its the willpower to put in the effort to achieve what you want that scares me. Results will be what you are judged on, hell if i dont get them.
Kwek's got the class ( most of the guys that are online anyway ) hooked on russell peters youtube videos. They are hilariously funny. wasted 3 hours so far in total on them. The pain in my foot hasnt gone away in the sense that, well its ok when i am sitting there not standing on my foot. LIke now when i am typing this. Starts to hurt after like a 5 minute walk, or when playing badminton (duh!).
For all star wars fans out there, check out 'the force unleashed' new video game to be out on xbox 360, ps3 and wii. Used digital molecular matter technology, same thing halo 3 used i think to realistically model the physics of the game. Graphics and gameplay seems to be good. Might get one for that wii at grandma's house. Imagine wielding a virtual lightsabre and watching your actions reflected on the screen. Price should be steep though.
Ok, talk about feelings now. I hate it when people start judging you not on what you have done or anything but based upon their perception and stuff. Its utterly stupid. All you readers, tell me you dont get irritated when someone accusing you of being a slacker when you are mugging hard, how would you feel? ( Not that i am mugging hard ). Then sometimes while you try your best to be accomodating and stuff towards others especially your 'friends', when they are not having a great day. Well not that its a drag or whatever, but yea you WANT to be accomodating because well you do care about people, your friends, your relations. But ( Never start a sentence with but but screw it ) even so well when you get shit's worth of appreciation. Isnt that just great? Any of you wanna unload all your crap on me, yea why not? But dont for a moment think that everything is about yourself, i have my own problems, i have my own feelings yea. Or maybe yup after crapping on me you go well, at least you are there for me to crap on, thanks. I dont give a shit, but if its like 'get lost' to me after getting crapped on. Heck pisses me off. No relation between human beings should be only bout one person trying to please another. Yes i am overbearing sometimes but too bad ITS ME, my life. Everyone out there who thinks i am guai lan, i WONT change it. ( Kwek's level is higher though ). My 2 cents worth. Btw i am NOT emoing
Wonderful, ruined my night. I swear i will run to selatar reservior tomorrow night to vent some steam.
Kwek's got the class ( most of the guys that are online anyway ) hooked on russell peters youtube videos. They are hilariously funny. wasted 3 hours so far in total on them. The pain in my foot hasnt gone away in the sense that, well its ok when i am sitting there not standing on my foot. LIke now when i am typing this. Starts to hurt after like a 5 minute walk, or when playing badminton (duh!).
For all star wars fans out there, check out 'the force unleashed' new video game to be out on xbox 360, ps3 and wii. Used digital molecular matter technology, same thing halo 3 used i think to realistically model the physics of the game. Graphics and gameplay seems to be good. Might get one for that wii at grandma's house. Imagine wielding a virtual lightsabre and watching your actions reflected on the screen. Price should be steep though.
Ok, talk about feelings now. I hate it when people start judging you not on what you have done or anything but based upon their perception and stuff. Its utterly stupid. All you readers, tell me you dont get irritated when someone accusing you of being a slacker when you are mugging hard, how would you feel? ( Not that i am mugging hard ). Then sometimes while you try your best to be accomodating and stuff towards others especially your 'friends', when they are not having a great day. Well not that its a drag or whatever, but yea you WANT to be accomodating because well you do care about people, your friends, your relations. But ( Never start a sentence with but but screw it ) even so well when you get shit's worth of appreciation. Isnt that just great? Any of you wanna unload all your crap on me, yea why not? But dont for a moment think that everything is about yourself, i have my own problems, i have my own feelings yea. Or maybe yup after crapping on me you go well, at least you are there for me to crap on, thanks. I dont give a shit, but if its like 'get lost' to me after getting crapped on. Heck pisses me off. No relation between human beings should be only bout one person trying to please another. Yes i am overbearing sometimes but too bad ITS ME, my life. Everyone out there who thinks i am guai lan, i WONT change it. ( Kwek's level is higher though ). My 2 cents worth. Btw i am NOT emoing
Wonderful, ruined my night. I swear i will run to selatar reservior tomorrow night to vent some steam.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
AHHHH
I did the worst chem paper today, in my long sad history of bad chem papers ( adapted it from somewhere ). Like boom! 1 whole question out of 4 undone. The only time i did that was in secondary school for geography - i got an A1 still :P but thats not the point - plus alot of blanks everywhere. Feels alot worse than mid years, because mid years those that i didnt know how to do at least i have a vague idea of teacher going through it in class or something but i wasnt paying attention and thus couldnt answer. This time, look at question 1 ( for those of u taking chem in NYJC ). Like what the hell was it talking about!
I still cant find that adidas sunglasses i want in Singapore, It better not cost more than 200 bucks or i will bug my dad to get me a credit card and buy it online. Its only SG$180 ++ online.
My leg is really acting weird, it hurts when i am walking, but the hurting does not feel like it is due to the walking. At home it dont seem so bad, maybe because i am either on my seat, bed or the couch. Starts acting up whenever i go to school, no joke. Its doesnt seem to be the shoes either. Have it while wearing my slippers to badminton the other day. Argh! be gone.
I still cant find that adidas sunglasses i want in Singapore, It better not cost more than 200 bucks or i will bug my dad to get me a credit card and buy it online. Its only SG$180 ++ online.
My leg is really acting weird, it hurts when i am walking, but the hurting does not feel like it is due to the walking. At home it dont seem so bad, maybe because i am either on my seat, bed or the couch. Starts acting up whenever i go to school, no joke. Its doesnt seem to be the shoes either. Have it while wearing my slippers to badminton the other day. Argh! be gone.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Some fresh air
Prelims are upon us, woe betide me. the september holidays was over fast. The good: it actually felt like a REAL holiday, the bad: it felt like a REAL holiday. So not much studying done then, although i finally know what is going on in vectors, but i didnt have time to do the part in yesterday's paper. Figure whatever you want haha. Chem tomorrow.
I finally got my nike gym sack for finishing in the top 200 of the human race last friday. Had to go all the way to newton to collect it from a small office. It is small, but highly usable. Used it for street soccer on sunday and it could fit my clothing + my street soccer shoes pretty well ( my crumpler cant even do that ). Went to mos burger ( By the way, their corn soup and minestrone soup is real nice, give it a try ) at toa payoh after getting the sack to meet with kwek, wh, yc and john to 'study'. Ended up watching wall-e. Good show, havent watched an animated one in months. Sad to say this, but it trashes star wars the clone wars flat, go watch it if u choosing between the 2. Played badminton yesterday evening with kwek, wl, jieyang, wh and john after kwek and wh went all the way to novena to sign up for the new balance real run ( but nothing got done ). For goodness sake, can someone remind that this is like the PRELIMS, last exam before the A levels, my own light heartedness surprises me sometimes. Hope it wont be my downfall.
There is this 100km walk thing that is scheduled to take place in december. Me, kwek, gab and wh pondering over it. Sounds fun. Date is 2 weeks after my 42km. Woots.
Wishlist of stuff i want ( cos i want alot of stuff and i am bored now haha ). Feel free to get any of them for me for christmas
1) Adidas shades
2) New pair of chucks
3) Another pair of pink socks
4) Crumpler ( current one is ancient )
5) The 8.1 megapixel sony ericsson C905 phone that is coming up.
6) Ipod casing
7) New keyboard
8) Braun buffel wallet
9) A pair of dark coloured bermudas/shorts/whatever u call that
10) Nike mercurial vapor IV soccer boots
Put up pictures when i have time after the prelims haha. List seem pertty superficial lol.
Already crapping up grand schemes for post prelim activities with the guys. Kweks 'the cage' soccer date with the class ( or amos friends ).
Some random bit of stuff.
Dad threw away that mickey mouse clock that has been hanging above my doorway since dunno when. With the ears jutting out and stuff. It had to go because, it stopped and its battery 'juice' was leaking. So now i have no clock in my room. Feels bare and weird haha.
Still cant believe cheryl wore that dress then OMG O_O. Careful, you are at risk of being **** by hh now haha.
CERN ( go ykm's blog if u wanna know what it stands for, he just did a blog post recently on it ) officially starts it LHC, that is large hadron collider for you today, way cool!.
Someone said i looked cheena -_-"
3rd day of hurting and i still cant figure out what is causing it.
Gotta scram!
I finally got my nike gym sack for finishing in the top 200 of the human race last friday. Had to go all the way to newton to collect it from a small office. It is small, but highly usable. Used it for street soccer on sunday and it could fit my clothing + my street soccer shoes pretty well ( my crumpler cant even do that ). Went to mos burger ( By the way, their corn soup and minestrone soup is real nice, give it a try ) at toa payoh after getting the sack to meet with kwek, wh, yc and john to 'study'. Ended up watching wall-e. Good show, havent watched an animated one in months. Sad to say this, but it trashes star wars the clone wars flat, go watch it if u choosing between the 2. Played badminton yesterday evening with kwek, wl, jieyang, wh and john after kwek and wh went all the way to novena to sign up for the new balance real run ( but nothing got done ). For goodness sake, can someone remind that this is like the PRELIMS, last exam before the A levels, my own light heartedness surprises me sometimes. Hope it wont be my downfall.
There is this 100km walk thing that is scheduled to take place in december. Me, kwek, gab and wh pondering over it. Sounds fun. Date is 2 weeks after my 42km. Woots.
Wishlist of stuff i want ( cos i want alot of stuff and i am bored now haha ). Feel free to get any of them for me for christmas
1) Adidas shades
2) New pair of chucks
3) Another pair of pink socks
4) Crumpler ( current one is ancient )
5) The 8.1 megapixel sony ericsson C905 phone that is coming up.
6) Ipod casing
7) New keyboard
8) Braun buffel wallet
9) A pair of dark coloured bermudas/shorts/whatever u call that
10) Nike mercurial vapor IV soccer boots
Put up pictures when i have time after the prelims haha. List seem pertty superficial lol.
Already crapping up grand schemes for post prelim activities with the guys. Kweks 'the cage' soccer date with the class ( or amos friends ).
Some random bit of stuff.
Dad threw away that mickey mouse clock that has been hanging above my doorway since dunno when. With the ears jutting out and stuff. It had to go because, it stopped and its battery 'juice' was leaking. So now i have no clock in my room. Feels bare and weird haha.
Still cant believe cheryl wore that dress then OMG O_O. Careful, you are at risk of being **** by hh now haha.
CERN ( go ykm's blog if u wanna know what it stands for, he just did a blog post recently on it ) officially starts it LHC, that is large hadron collider for you today, way cool!.
Someone said i looked cheena -_-"
3rd day of hurting and i still cant figure out what is causing it.
Gotta scram!
Monday, September 1, 2008
Nike plus human race 10k
An event where 1,000,000 people around the world run at the same time for a charitable course (and also for the atmosphere and the fun of running of course haha ). 1st time i did a race in the late afternoons instead of morning. Nice experience a pity it was marred by some glaring problems. More on that later.
My standings in Singapore, 149 not bad. Didnt know i had such a nice race number lol, different from the one printed on my shirt, pity this time there isnt any certificate. For the record i was ranked 12267 out of all the runners in the world. ( 1,000,000? )
Ok and now the grouses. The race was poorly organised in a sense. Race pack collection was the worse ever. i took 4-5 darn hours waiting in a queue ( ok well that was the collective time the class waited ) to get my race pack. Baggage deposit was limited to the 1st 5000 runners only, didnt chance it thanks to cheryl and huijie. Those people at the race pack collection was clueless, told me red tag was for those from 40 to 30 mins when the website stated that it was for those with a targetted finishing time of below 50 mins. Not that it mattered on the race day itself, everyone was a mess, lucky i managed to squeeze pretty close to the start line, but there were like red tag people and even green tag people around me. I took blue ( those form 50 min to 1hr and 10 ). Whatever happened to organisation. The route was was well congested especially towards the start. Having only 1 lane to run at one stage? overtaking was close to impossible. Class people mentioned that they got elbowed there. The musical acts and zones around the route was sporadic, was not the full blown carnival thingy that i expected.
Worse of all, the website mentioned that top 200 finishers will get a human race gym bag. BUT as can be seen i am way below the 200 mark and i still see no sign of my gym bag, what the hell is going on. Emailing them.
The luck worked btw, thanks haha
Work, studies beckons, till next time
Somehow managed to persuade most of my class's guys to sign up and they gamely went for the 10 kilometers, cant say the same for the girls though, haiz. Well all of them did completed the race in a very decent time despite this being some of their virgin long distance event haha. Sure they found it a refreshing experience. So congrats and well done to wh, kwek, gh, jc, ykm, mos, hh, yc, gab and jr. ( missed anyone out? ). Also many thanks to cheryl and huijie for coming down and helping with the bags, made it a smoother experience for us. Appreciated.
Plus points 1st, the weather was good, sun stayed behind the clouds most of the time. The rain cleared up just in time. Running through clark quay was also a good experience, the narrow streets ( lucky my plan of overtaking and clearing the crowds fast at the start before slowing down later on to avoid congestion worked, if not would not have enjoyed this section as much, heard from kwek that there was a bottleneck there when he came through ) together with the alfresco dining on both sides of the path and the people there really gave it a 'street race' feel. The route marshalls too did their part to keep us on track.
Completed it in 46 minutes and 47 seconds, personal best but grrr still cannot hit 45. humidity was a killer, haha shirt was soaked even before i started running. The 2 packets of energy gel i spammed before clearly worked, legs wasnt tired all through the race, although i was panting towards the end, i usually dont pant. Starting to like 10km races, gives u the thrill and the speed without the monotony of a 21km where its just endurance towawrds the end, no speed.
My standings in Singapore, 149 not bad. Didnt know i had such a nice race number lol, different from the one printed on my shirt, pity this time there isnt any certificate. For the record i was ranked 12267 out of all the runners in the world. ( 1,000,000? )Ok and now the grouses. The race was poorly organised in a sense. Race pack collection was the worse ever. i took 4-5 darn hours waiting in a queue ( ok well that was the collective time the class waited ) to get my race pack. Baggage deposit was limited to the 1st 5000 runners only, didnt chance it thanks to cheryl and huijie. Those people at the race pack collection was clueless, told me red tag was for those from 40 to 30 mins when the website stated that it was for those with a targetted finishing time of below 50 mins. Not that it mattered on the race day itself, everyone was a mess, lucky i managed to squeeze pretty close to the start line, but there were like red tag people and even green tag people around me. I took blue ( those form 50 min to 1hr and 10 ). Whatever happened to organisation. The route was was well congested especially towards the start. Having only 1 lane to run at one stage? overtaking was close to impossible. Class people mentioned that they got elbowed there. The musical acts and zones around the route was sporadic, was not the full blown carnival thingy that i expected.
Worse of all, the website mentioned that top 200 finishers will get a human race gym bag. BUT as can be seen i am way below the 200 mark and i still see no sign of my gym bag, what the hell is going on. Emailing them.
The luck worked btw, thanks haha
Work, studies beckons, till next time
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