Ahh seems as if my blog died. Ok maybe it did for close to a month. Nothing much to post really. Some of the events that took place are..
- End Of A levels ( seems VERY long ago now )
- Soccer at cage
- Soccer at NYJC, i captained :D and wont 5-1 against dan's team
- Class chalet, yea i got my toenails painted pink
and lastly...
PROM 2008
Managed to assemble my prom outfit on a steal. Shoes courtesy of zean, socks mine, shirt already had them, pants got it from some random shop for 50 bucks and a white blazer for 90 from fourskin.
Caught a bus to orchad together with yang, alson and joseph from bishan. The cheapo option. Alighted at far east plaze and made our way to Hilton Singapore on foot. Arrived at 6.15 and the doors werent open yet although the ticket stated a 6pm starting time and the circular on litespeed encouraged us to come early for games and photo taking. No complains though lingered around outside the ballroom looking for familiar faces all dressed up. When I arrived, it was like 'whoa'. Seriously the girls stole the spotlight. All of them in their simmering gowns all made up and hair nicely done. Guys were mostly in blazers and shirts with tie as the dressing for a guy is a little more restricted i guess. Sat at table 18 with kwek, jc, jr, wm, wl, wh, jy, amos, hh and ck. 11 guys in 1 table. As expected the food was cleared with speed after every round. The dinner was OK. The usual chinese dinner fare, minus the shark's fin haha. $90 wont get you shark's fin i think. The host was great. Professionally done, he managed to get the school going and really liven up the atmosphere ( not that it was dead in the 1st place ). After dinner, as usual our class trademark took hold. Stoned around at the venue taking pictures and well just plain stoning.
Decided to cab to butter factory to join in the post prom festivities and our class ended up getting dispersed all over clark quay due to taxi drivers who had their own individual interpretations of clark quay. Then everyone started callling ME to find out our positions. Yang, garrett and mings joined in the calling 'fun' too. Turns out butter factory was filled to the brim and our class decided to go a bar to drink abit ( that was after alot of stoning and aimless wandering ). Shared a jug of heineken with garrett. Thats stuff is a million times better than anchor beer, that i took with garrett and zean last week. Although i would prefer something other than beer because as gab says drinking beer is tantamount to drinking oil. The calories are off the charts. Was priced out of buying other alcoholic beverages there. Me and garrett wanted to try kamikaze ( a shooter ) but by the time he was game enough to try the bar was closing and they werent accepting orders. After that we walked to the boat quay macs to get some food and chill/ stone. Caught the 1st train home and the sky was lightening up considerably by the time i reached my door.
By the way my marathon is on this sunday.. MARATHON 42.195km. The full distance and i havent been training at all for it. Pray for me people. Doing it for that nice adidas finisher shirt lol.
I promise prom pictures sometime soon, haha after i get them. Everyone is too nicely drssed up NOT to post any picts.
p.s. check class blog
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Thursday, December 4, 2008
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
US presidential elections, and more...
Its victory to obama then. The news came in around 12pm today as i was watching the bbc while eating my lunch ( alternated with mythbusters ). Followed the elections only sporadically but more so in the run up to the elections. I wanted obama to win and so the results were reasonably pleasing. Mccain's concession speech was graceful, he took it on the chin, and pledged to work together and offer his support for obama while obama acknowledged mccain's efforts as well. I envy this 2 men. To have the shoulders and the want to carry the burden of responsibility for a country such as america and by extension the world is a very commendable quality. Not many ( including some elected to positions of power ) have the ability to pull this off successfully. I believe obama is the right man for america in current times. he has the steely nerve required to do what is right to deliver america from this economic gloom eventually. His speech was stirring, crossing race, age and sexual status ( yes he mentioned gays, just a word in his victpry speech ), reminding me of lee kuan yew perhaps. The conviction that he knows what he is doing and also the conviction of knowing the outcome that he will get. Best wishes to the next president of the united states from an 18 year old in singapore.
That dreaded date of the A levels has finally descended upon us. I am unprepared as ever. It seems less scary and headache inducing that i thought it will be. As with many of you, my mind is already drifting to the post exam activities that we will be doing. By the way, i have only got a month plus to spare. I am enlisting on the 7th of janurary, BMTC school 2 ( Anyone reading this the same date and school? ). So book me now!
3 papers over so far, GP, i wrote the longest and in my opinion best essay in JC life on monday. Among the questions there were very little that i could have done. Initially abit apprehensive but the points just flowed as i wrote. Hope it turns out good. Compre was forgettable. The passage seems easy enough to understand when you read it, but the questions really were difficult in that it can be interpreted in more than one way, without a hint as to what the markers want, and obviously you cannot write everything down or it will look just like garbage. I never got the hang of AQ in these 2 years, summary was done very roughly, i forgot to bring my highlighters ( because i did not bring a pencilcase ) which i normally use to highlight points, but summaries do have a habit of throwing surprises at me when i think i am doing badly for it.
Yesterday was physics 1st in the morning. Doable paper, but the lack of practice made the difference for me. Lost a couple of marks with the electric field question in section B although i knew how to do it, just that i wasnt familiar with it and so did not think of solving it that way. All eyes towards paper 2 now. Maths in the afternoon. For the 1st time in my life ( yes including O levels, but excluding primary school ). I managed to complete a maths paper with every question mostly done ( compared to prelims with 5 full questions blank? ). Whether i will a result out of this depends on paper 2 and my carelessness level, as well as whether my answers are correct. I know how to do mainly everything but i am not sure whether i did it the right way, again from the lack of practice. I thought last year's paper was harder ( no offence to those who thinks otherwise ), but by that i dont mean that this year's was easy.
Break today, chemistry tomorrow. Up till have of all the organic chem reactions and stuff seems to have left my mind already. Need to rememorise them.
Time for all of us to look forward now. Not back =)
Cheers and good luck to all
That dreaded date of the A levels has finally descended upon us. I am unprepared as ever. It seems less scary and headache inducing that i thought it will be. As with many of you, my mind is already drifting to the post exam activities that we will be doing. By the way, i have only got a month plus to spare. I am enlisting on the 7th of janurary, BMTC school 2 ( Anyone reading this the same date and school? ). So book me now!
3 papers over so far, GP, i wrote the longest and in my opinion best essay in JC life on monday. Among the questions there were very little that i could have done. Initially abit apprehensive but the points just flowed as i wrote. Hope it turns out good. Compre was forgettable. The passage seems easy enough to understand when you read it, but the questions really were difficult in that it can be interpreted in more than one way, without a hint as to what the markers want, and obviously you cannot write everything down or it will look just like garbage. I never got the hang of AQ in these 2 years, summary was done very roughly, i forgot to bring my highlighters ( because i did not bring a pencilcase ) which i normally use to highlight points, but summaries do have a habit of throwing surprises at me when i think i am doing badly for it.
Yesterday was physics 1st in the morning. Doable paper, but the lack of practice made the difference for me. Lost a couple of marks with the electric field question in section B although i knew how to do it, just that i wasnt familiar with it and so did not think of solving it that way. All eyes towards paper 2 now. Maths in the afternoon. For the 1st time in my life ( yes including O levels, but excluding primary school ). I managed to complete a maths paper with every question mostly done ( compared to prelims with 5 full questions blank? ). Whether i will a result out of this depends on paper 2 and my carelessness level, as well as whether my answers are correct. I know how to do mainly everything but i am not sure whether i did it the right way, again from the lack of practice. I thought last year's paper was harder ( no offence to those who thinks otherwise ), but by that i dont mean that this year's was easy.
Break today, chemistry tomorrow. Up till have of all the organic chem reactions and stuff seems to have left my mind already. Need to rememorise them.
Time for all of us to look forward now. Not back =)
Cheers and good luck to all
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Graduation day
2 years, how fast. I remembered lying there in my bed trying to figure out how JC life would be like on the day before orientation 1 last year. I came to nanyang because well i didnt want to work so hard. I never did and i dont want to go to a place where everyone around me is mugging their lives away. Nothing against the school, its just that the enviornment would allow me to have the JC life that i wanted myself to have. That i have been satisfactorily given.
Tomorrow is the day that i graduate. graduate on what credit? That will have to wait till next year. The last words of a chapter will be written tomorrow. Bittersweet words. I wouldnt mind if the JC system is a 3 year course ( being the norm, instead of having to retain ). It would allow us to truely taste the different flavours that JC has to offer. 2 years is way too short, but at least it was filled to the brim with experiences, never a bore. I went to JC happy, stayed happy in JC and should come out happy, although my A level results should have some bearing on that. I never was ever truely down in these 2 years. Even when studies was going against the flow, i have people who will laugh with me at our results, shrug it off and look to the future. i've met some ( not all ) of the most talented and dedicated teachers over here. Never gave up, on me, on anyone. The amount of work they put in for their students amazes me. I doubt i will ever be as dedicated at any point in my life.
Then there are all the crazy memories and antics that i will take away from school.
- 1st 3 months, all the crazy stuff we did. opening toilet doors with teacher inside, ponning 1 month worth of maths tutorials, not doing anything worthwhile and just enjoying the days as they came and went.
- Orientation 1/ 2 2007. Fun as a group, pity we didnt stay together for long. The memories will last...
- The class and its exponentially increasing rate of wackiness. Playing soccer in the midst of promos. All the runs, badmintons, basketball, soccer, ... rugby. Cage, macdonald's $2 breakfast, shopping trips, outings, too many to list, to recollect. All the sick stuff, guai-lan, name calling, sarcasm, animals, half breeds, dung the class thought up, and all the crap, husbands, wifes, yys and robots.
- LTC all the pushups, the kayaking, the squeezing in tents, the reflections and most importantly the people. Ector, we were the most 'high' bunch of people in the camp.
- Promos, the relief and the celebrations when 100% promoted was flashed across the screen and the individual subject standings thereafter.
- Orientation 1 2008. The laughs, the cheerings, sentosa, the wonderful og, ogl and olympians. The hoarse voices, the tired but happy faces, the aching legs.
- House exco camp, lessons learnt, got our act together, made friends, made an impression
- A division soccer, the passing football that nanyang played. The dark horse, the agony of losing, the thrill of winning. Scoring that last gasp equaliser, being somewhat a hero for once. The self justification.
There are many many more, do a list after the A levels. So the people i've met in nanyang, perhaps we dont know each other, but well we recognise and acknowledge the existance of each others. Cheers to you
Tomorrow is the day that i graduate. graduate on what credit? That will have to wait till next year. The last words of a chapter will be written tomorrow. Bittersweet words. I wouldnt mind if the JC system is a 3 year course ( being the norm, instead of having to retain ). It would allow us to truely taste the different flavours that JC has to offer. 2 years is way too short, but at least it was filled to the brim with experiences, never a bore. I went to JC happy, stayed happy in JC and should come out happy, although my A level results should have some bearing on that. I never was ever truely down in these 2 years. Even when studies was going against the flow, i have people who will laugh with me at our results, shrug it off and look to the future. i've met some ( not all ) of the most talented and dedicated teachers over here. Never gave up, on me, on anyone. The amount of work they put in for their students amazes me. I doubt i will ever be as dedicated at any point in my life.
Then there are all the crazy memories and antics that i will take away from school.
- 1st 3 months, all the crazy stuff we did. opening toilet doors with teacher inside, ponning 1 month worth of maths tutorials, not doing anything worthwhile and just enjoying the days as they came and went.
- Orientation 1/ 2 2007. Fun as a group, pity we didnt stay together for long. The memories will last...
- The class and its exponentially increasing rate of wackiness. Playing soccer in the midst of promos. All the runs, badmintons, basketball, soccer, ... rugby. Cage, macdonald's $2 breakfast, shopping trips, outings, too many to list, to recollect. All the sick stuff, guai-lan, name calling, sarcasm, animals, half breeds, dung the class thought up, and all the crap, husbands, wifes, yys and robots.
- LTC all the pushups, the kayaking, the squeezing in tents, the reflections and most importantly the people. Ector, we were the most 'high' bunch of people in the camp.
- Promos, the relief and the celebrations when 100% promoted was flashed across the screen and the individual subject standings thereafter.
- Orientation 1 2008. The laughs, the cheerings, sentosa, the wonderful og, ogl and olympians. The hoarse voices, the tired but happy faces, the aching legs.
- House exco camp, lessons learnt, got our act together, made friends, made an impression
- A division soccer, the passing football that nanyang played. The dark horse, the agony of losing, the thrill of winning. Scoring that last gasp equaliser, being somewhat a hero for once. The self justification.
There are many many more, do a list after the A levels. So the people i've met in nanyang, perhaps we dont know each other, but well we recognise and acknowledge the existance of each others. Cheers to you
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Enigmatic
Class is getting addicted to basketball lately, played it for the 2nd time this week today. My basketball skills are non existant, haha, any apparent reflexes and stamina are imported over from sports in which i am more inclined to, e.g. badminton and soccer. Became the unofficial 'defender' for my team ( i dont know whats the basketball term for a defender ) since i erm have a high sucess rate of stealing other people's balls ( sounds way wrong ). Scored 2 shots so far in 3 games lol, at least i broke my duck liao. The ball just dont seem to want to go into the hoop. Still prefer soccer though, hopes jh recovers faster and then our class will have an proper stiker and we can return to challenging other people in street soccer. Kudos to basketball though, it wasnt as horrendous as i expected =).
On tuesday me and jh were rotting away during the maths revision lectures and so we discussed our grand schemes to form a street soccer team at the end of the year ( field soccer if we can get enough people, anyone interested? ). Turned into a somewhat crapping session. Here are some of the names we came up with for the team name.
AFC, BFC, 2,4DNPHFC and CFC. Try and guess what they stand for haha. Its very lame. Answers below
[ Alpha football club, Benzene football club ( of which the benzene ring will be our club symbol ), 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine football club, and lastly, chloroflorocarbons ]
Some other lame stuff jh sprouted include some insults regarding weight, e.g. you are so fat you weight looks like my phone number, you are so fat you need to be baptised in an ocean, you are so fat that when you step on the weighing scale, it says one at a time please. ( oook, abit cold, haha, not meant to offend anyone, he quoted those from some radio program. )
Manchester United won the champions league, congrats, but the Los Merengues will be back soon. Slept a grand total of 3 hours last night. According to jh ( why isit him again ), this would most probably be the last champions league final we will be watching, as next year, we'll be in NS so cannot see, unless UEFA decides to move it to a weekend lol, and the season after that singtel would take over the rights. I am so not going to suscribe to it ( my dad wouldnt agree to it too haha ), its crazy paying 100 over bucks for a set-top box and 10 over dollars per month to watch a competition which ur team gets a maximum of 13 matches IF they make it to the finals. It was nerve biting, man utd's goal was nice, the buildup was classy and ronaldo's header was superb. Lampard's had a stroke of luck, but chelsea did dominate the proceedings in the 2nd half, so it can be looked as reward in advance haha. the match dragged on for 3 hours, meaning it was 5.45am by the time i went back to sleep. Could have easily ended up 3-3 or more if both teams had taken their chances. Penalty shootout, i'm neutral and i felt the tension, so fans of either team, i imagine you all will be on the verge of cardiac arrest if you are watching it 'live', but that is teh ufn isnt it ;). GP tomorrow, good luck to all. Dont feel confident this time.
Search yourself, you know its true.
The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof. - Barbara Kingsolver
On tuesday me and jh were rotting away during the maths revision lectures and so we discussed our grand schemes to form a street soccer team at the end of the year ( field soccer if we can get enough people, anyone interested? ). Turned into a somewhat crapping session. Here are some of the names we came up with for the team name.
AFC, BFC, 2,4DNPHFC and CFC. Try and guess what they stand for haha. Its very lame. Answers below
[ Alpha football club, Benzene football club ( of which the benzene ring will be our club symbol ), 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine football club, and lastly, chloroflorocarbons ]
Some other lame stuff jh sprouted include some insults regarding weight, e.g. you are so fat you weight looks like my phone number, you are so fat you need to be baptised in an ocean, you are so fat that when you step on the weighing scale, it says one at a time please. ( oook, abit cold, haha, not meant to offend anyone, he quoted those from some radio program. )
Manchester United won the champions league, congrats, but the Los Merengues will be back soon. Slept a grand total of 3 hours last night. According to jh ( why isit him again ), this would most probably be the last champions league final we will be watching, as next year, we'll be in NS so cannot see, unless UEFA decides to move it to a weekend lol, and the season after that singtel would take over the rights. I am so not going to suscribe to it ( my dad wouldnt agree to it too haha ), its crazy paying 100 over bucks for a set-top box and 10 over dollars per month to watch a competition which ur team gets a maximum of 13 matches IF they make it to the finals. It was nerve biting, man utd's goal was nice, the buildup was classy and ronaldo's header was superb. Lampard's had a stroke of luck, but chelsea did dominate the proceedings in the 2nd half, so it can be looked as reward in advance haha. the match dragged on for 3 hours, meaning it was 5.45am by the time i went back to sleep. Could have easily ended up 3-3 or more if both teams had taken their chances. Penalty shootout, i'm neutral and i felt the tension, so fans of either team, i imagine you all will be on the verge of cardiac arrest if you are watching it 'live', but that is teh ufn isnt it ;). GP tomorrow, good luck to all. Dont feel confident this time.
Search yourself, you know its true.
The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof. - Barbara Kingsolver
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Friday!
Finally man, a friday which i dont have to associate with the term 'blue' e.g., friday blues. Today was great. I finished my poisson tutorial yesterday ( hey man, i know this is routine for some people, but for me, and i think most of you will agree, its a miracle ^_^ ), so did not have any pressure to do some last minute rush copying today. The tutorials today was damn slack, chem was more relaxed, GP was slack ( as usual ), and econs and physics, the only trouble is to try and stay awake. Phew. School ened at around 4.15 today after an interesting remedial given by our chem teacher on how to draw organic compounds and chemistry equations on the computer. Quite cool actually. Played abit of soccer after school with the soccer guys, and then left with Gab and yanchao to go to J8 to buy.. err socks haha. Bought a pink and a red one. its HOT pink btw, so gonna wear it to school one day.
Went home, bathed, then rushed to bugis to go meet up with the house com for farwell dinner for the J2s. Million thanks to the J1s who sponsered our feast at Seoul Gardens. Did some crazy stuff ( fried chocolate icecream and egg mix doesnt taste nice at all, more like egg flavoured sloidified milo powder ), made a din ( might be getting some complains considering we were wearing our exco shirts... ), and ate till our hearts content. Took alot of pictures, will post them if i feel like it and when i get them. took 133 home with a couple of them in the end. Had a great dinner. Many thanks to Xinyi for painting my house.. err representation of a house actually haha. I think mine was the most complicated among all the J2s so, thanks lots yea =). House com, Dragon house rocks!
I need to start running soon. Got lots of event coming up in the 3rd and 4th quarter of the year. Without soccer training, if i dont do anything, my stamina will go down the drain. I dont wanna grow fat haha ( abit extreme but possible ). Trying to clock up 10-20km per week, but dunno where and when to run. Time seems hard to come by. I want to hit 45 mins for the 10km passion run, after that target mizuno wave run, army half marathon, new balance real run, and the highlight of this year, the standard chartered marathon, i'll finally be 18. Hope the do not count from the start of the year of something, so i can take part in the full marathon category. I'll make the orbituries if i dont train for that haha. Gotta play more street soccer too, my limited ball control seems to be getting more and more off colour lately. Last and most importantly, start and continue my high intensity studying for the mid years. I do not want to fail them.
Have strength, for you are not weak
Take heart from the courage that abound within you
The will, the faith and the believe are all that you need
All the world thinks matters not
For beauty is within the eyes of the beholder
Look inside you, for there is a flame that will never go out
A flame that is shared by your familiars
Do justice to your being
It is what you are deserving of.
When you wage a struggle, you might win or you might lose. But regardless of the short-term outcome, the very fact of your continuing to struggle is proof of your victory as a human being. - Daisaku Ikeda
Went home, bathed, then rushed to bugis to go meet up with the house com for farwell dinner for the J2s. Million thanks to the J1s who sponsered our feast at Seoul Gardens. Did some crazy stuff ( fried chocolate icecream and egg mix doesnt taste nice at all, more like egg flavoured sloidified milo powder ), made a din ( might be getting some complains considering we were wearing our exco shirts... ), and ate till our hearts content. Took alot of pictures, will post them if i feel like it and when i get them. took 133 home with a couple of them in the end. Had a great dinner. Many thanks to Xinyi for painting my house.. err representation of a house actually haha. I think mine was the most complicated among all the J2s so, thanks lots yea =). House com, Dragon house rocks!
I need to start running soon. Got lots of event coming up in the 3rd and 4th quarter of the year. Without soccer training, if i dont do anything, my stamina will go down the drain. I dont wanna grow fat haha ( abit extreme but possible ). Trying to clock up 10-20km per week, but dunno where and when to run. Time seems hard to come by. I want to hit 45 mins for the 10km passion run, after that target mizuno wave run, army half marathon, new balance real run, and the highlight of this year, the standard chartered marathon, i'll finally be 18. Hope the do not count from the start of the year of something, so i can take part in the full marathon category. I'll make the orbituries if i dont train for that haha. Gotta play more street soccer too, my limited ball control seems to be getting more and more off colour lately. Last and most importantly, start and continue my high intensity studying for the mid years. I do not want to fail them.
Have strength, for you are not weak
Take heart from the courage that abound within you
The will, the faith and the believe are all that you need
All the world thinks matters not
For beauty is within the eyes of the beholder
Look inside you, for there is a flame that will never go out
A flame that is shared by your familiars
Do justice to your being
It is what you are deserving of.
When you wage a struggle, you might win or you might lose. But regardless of the short-term outcome, the very fact of your continuing to struggle is proof of your victory as a human being. - Daisaku Ikeda
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Dead beat
How do i put today in words haha, horrendous doesnt quite fit it. An understatement in fact. Lets give all my dear readers a roundup.
Today was be yourself day for our school. Due to certain complication that arose, me and mings didnt wear our cat high uniform. Last chance to don the green shorts and metal buttoned shirt and i blew it. Great job chuen hwee. 10 years studying in a certain school does make u feel a certain attachment to it, regardless of whether u like the school or not. I wish i had the courage to just go against what miss hazel told mings bout registering but i didnt. I wish i had the courage to convince all old boys to wear it. I wished that i did not had to care whether anyone else wore the uniform and just wear it. I feel so let down, of all things, by myself. To some of you, this may seem foolish or trivial, but to me, it is not. I think mings might share the same feeling?.
Gotten an obscenely bad score form the chem test returned at assembly. Mrs Lim didnt bother to mark any of the diagrams and stuff that i drew in pencil. I would have still failed but, but at least a more decent score. Cant blame her, if i do that for A levels, i'll also screw myself. Was practically machine-guned during chem tutorials and the physics practical lessons. The bullet holes should appear any moment now. Ok i'm being lame. -_-". Chem extra lessons, followed by 'no end' with jiacheng and weiliang ( do refer to my previous posts if you wanna know what 'no end' is about ). Also found out that every thursday i have to stay back at 3.30 with the rest of the chem failures for chemistry related stuff. Wednesday i am also down after school with soccer people in Mrs Lim's class. Gotta respect her man, although i've given her shitloads of crap, she still havent given up on me. Appreciate that, will work hard to repay that during the midyears. The fact that this practices are meant to be good for you doesnt mean i have to like them.
Got 2 econs essay, tons of chem worksheets, 2 maths tutorials to complete, and chemistry SPA A to memorise during the weekends, all due at varying times next week. Oh and i did not clear the 'no end' thing, so monday will have to report at 8am for another session. Finally left school at 7pm today. I am so mentally drained, and tired. I really should be sleeping now, but dont feel like. Good thing my CCA commitments are over. If not, i'll turn suicidal or something come the mid years.
Nope, i shant blame anyone, including myself. Pull the act together and get going. Even the food today was awful. had vegetarian noodles at 10am, then a cup noodle at 5. Thats all i ate in school. Measly by my standards. Bad, bad day. Haiz. Just realised that all the todays in this post should be yesterdays instead. Glad that there are people who are enjoying themselves. The world would really suck if everyone is feeling down together haha.
Isit that hard?, am i that unworthy?
We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love. - Tom Robbins
Today was be yourself day for our school. Due to certain complication that arose, me and mings didnt wear our cat high uniform. Last chance to don the green shorts and metal buttoned shirt and i blew it. Great job chuen hwee. 10 years studying in a certain school does make u feel a certain attachment to it, regardless of whether u like the school or not. I wish i had the courage to just go against what miss hazel told mings bout registering but i didnt. I wish i had the courage to convince all old boys to wear it. I wished that i did not had to care whether anyone else wore the uniform and just wear it. I feel so let down, of all things, by myself. To some of you, this may seem foolish or trivial, but to me, it is not. I think mings might share the same feeling?.
Gotten an obscenely bad score form the chem test returned at assembly. Mrs Lim didnt bother to mark any of the diagrams and stuff that i drew in pencil. I would have still failed but, but at least a more decent score. Cant blame her, if i do that for A levels, i'll also screw myself. Was practically machine-guned during chem tutorials and the physics practical lessons. The bullet holes should appear any moment now. Ok i'm being lame. -_-". Chem extra lessons, followed by 'no end' with jiacheng and weiliang ( do refer to my previous posts if you wanna know what 'no end' is about ). Also found out that every thursday i have to stay back at 3.30 with the rest of the chem failures for chemistry related stuff. Wednesday i am also down after school with soccer people in Mrs Lim's class. Gotta respect her man, although i've given her shitloads of crap, she still havent given up on me. Appreciate that, will work hard to repay that during the midyears. The fact that this practices are meant to be good for you doesnt mean i have to like them.
Got 2 econs essay, tons of chem worksheets, 2 maths tutorials to complete, and chemistry SPA A to memorise during the weekends, all due at varying times next week. Oh and i did not clear the 'no end' thing, so monday will have to report at 8am for another session. Finally left school at 7pm today. I am so mentally drained, and tired. I really should be sleeping now, but dont feel like. Good thing my CCA commitments are over. If not, i'll turn suicidal or something come the mid years.
Nope, i shant blame anyone, including myself. Pull the act together and get going. Even the food today was awful. had vegetarian noodles at 10am, then a cup noodle at 5. Thats all i ate in school. Measly by my standards. Bad, bad day. Haiz. Just realised that all the todays in this post should be yesterdays instead. Glad that there are people who are enjoying themselves. The world would really suck if everyone is feeling down together haha.
Isit that hard?, am i that unworthy?
We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love. - Tom Robbins
Monday, May 5, 2008
Weekends
Attended AJ idol on friday, at AJ. Its nice to see some familiar faces, like martin, ceph, kendrick, alford, carol. The performers werent that fantastic. Carol's group was decent, and they bagged the best band award, but the instrumentals kind of overpowered the vocals. Their solo category winner isnt that bad either. Missed her cos i went in late ( from training at NYJC ), but she gave a repeat performance after she was declared the winner. Mark Tan as host was his usual impressive self, haha havent lost any of his CHMA hosting sign. Congrats to ceph ( if hes reading this ) for organising it, and being the AIC lol, koped tons of ideas from CHMA. After that, had dinner with yang and carol until 11+ before we headed our seperate ways.
Saturaday began with me dragging myself out of bed early in the morning to go support/ help the class with their Napfa. Passed mine 2 to 3 weeks ago. Was abit hesitant about going at 1st, afterall, sleep IS good haha, but glad that i went down and contributed in the end. So it was well worth the missed sleep. The class did well, everyone passed their napfa except for 3 people, including jh with his injury. Weiliang and yanchao, you 2 better pass ur SBJ u hear me, u dont wanna waste 3 months of ur life next year. Just train hard, you can do it. and SEOW WEILIANG, next time i ask you to run, u better run, wha lao, i pace you liao still fail, by 3 secs. just push abit harder next time can already. Played soccer with eugene peter's class and some other J1s after napfa, hes my successor btw, the new dragon captain. Not bad they all, only 5 guys, yet all are into/ can play soccer haha. The heat is terrible though. Went home, felt the onset of flu. Nose turned into a waterfall, and felt pretty tired, just wanted to sleep, but forced myself not to. Saturday afternoons aint meant for sleeping. Stoned abit then met yang in the evening for dinner and to go to CJ's concert at their own performing arts centre. Its nothing like Victoria Concert Hall, or Esplanade, but its nice to have a building dedicated to performances in your school ( its way better than LT4, its seats has cushion and its carpeted ). The concert is not bad, liked the 1st movement of Yellowstone symphony by James Barnes, as well as an arrangement of Jupiter by Gustav Holst for a saxophone quartet. Pity they didnt play the full orchestral or band version, its one of my favorites. Their saxophone section is hardcore, jiff said its part of CJ culture lol. Enjoyed the performance, havent been to a band performance in a long long while. Met weihan, john and some of the kayakers there too, apparently to support their friends. Miss playing the clarinet, and being part of a group who makes music. Being able to feel and express through music. Its even more saddening to know that you could have easily been among those people performing at CJ, or even at NY's concert next week, or i could have followed the twins to AJ, they're like principle players there now. I am sure i am of the same standard, if not better. I gave it all up for soccer. Has it been worth it?. I dont see myself being part of any amateur bands in future, so i guess my music journey is over.
Today, met up with gab, jc and jh to go queensway all wanted to buy shoes, or shorts. In the end only gab went home with a pair of adidas sneakers he fell in love with at 1st sight. $70+ not a bad catch, considering it was just out. I so wanna get the puma sneakers haha. Although gab, jc and jh thinks that it sucks, i think it has class man. Still a lil sick now.
Yanchao got his blog up, haha congrats
The weather, argh there was lightning like 30 mins ago, so happy it was going to rain. Rain makes for nice sleeping conditions, but the sky is still holding up now.
hope real madrid wraps up the title by this morning, if they win. Cheers man, 2nd title in a row. Kianny is right. He told me last time that whenever man utd won in recent times, real madrid will also win ( he supports man utd ), ran into him on friday night lol. Yea pal, u're right haha. Guys if you dont believe me, go check ur history books.
I care, even if i dont appear so.
Happiness comes more from loving then being loved; and often when our affection seems wounded it is only our vanity bleeding. To love, and to be hurt often, and to love again - this is the brave and happy life. - J. E. Buckrose
Saturaday began with me dragging myself out of bed early in the morning to go support/ help the class with their Napfa. Passed mine 2 to 3 weeks ago. Was abit hesitant about going at 1st, afterall, sleep IS good haha, but glad that i went down and contributed in the end. So it was well worth the missed sleep. The class did well, everyone passed their napfa except for 3 people, including jh with his injury. Weiliang and yanchao, you 2 better pass ur SBJ u hear me, u dont wanna waste 3 months of ur life next year. Just train hard, you can do it. and SEOW WEILIANG, next time i ask you to run, u better run, wha lao, i pace you liao still fail, by 3 secs. just push abit harder next time can already. Played soccer with eugene peter's class and some other J1s after napfa, hes my successor btw, the new dragon captain. Not bad they all, only 5 guys, yet all are into/ can play soccer haha. The heat is terrible though. Went home, felt the onset of flu. Nose turned into a waterfall, and felt pretty tired, just wanted to sleep, but forced myself not to. Saturday afternoons aint meant for sleeping. Stoned abit then met yang in the evening for dinner and to go to CJ's concert at their own performing arts centre. Its nothing like Victoria Concert Hall, or Esplanade, but its nice to have a building dedicated to performances in your school ( its way better than LT4, its seats has cushion and its carpeted ). The concert is not bad, liked the 1st movement of Yellowstone symphony by James Barnes, as well as an arrangement of Jupiter by Gustav Holst for a saxophone quartet. Pity they didnt play the full orchestral or band version, its one of my favorites. Their saxophone section is hardcore, jiff said its part of CJ culture lol. Enjoyed the performance, havent been to a band performance in a long long while. Met weihan, john and some of the kayakers there too, apparently to support their friends. Miss playing the clarinet, and being part of a group who makes music. Being able to feel and express through music. Its even more saddening to know that you could have easily been among those people performing at CJ, or even at NY's concert next week, or i could have followed the twins to AJ, they're like principle players there now. I am sure i am of the same standard, if not better. I gave it all up for soccer. Has it been worth it?. I dont see myself being part of any amateur bands in future, so i guess my music journey is over.
Today, met up with gab, jc and jh to go queensway all wanted to buy shoes, or shorts. In the end only gab went home with a pair of adidas sneakers he fell in love with at 1st sight. $70+ not a bad catch, considering it was just out. I so wanna get the puma sneakers haha. Although gab, jc and jh thinks that it sucks, i think it has class man. Still a lil sick now.
Yanchao got his blog up, haha congrats
The weather, argh there was lightning like 30 mins ago, so happy it was going to rain. Rain makes for nice sleeping conditions, but the sky is still holding up now.
hope real madrid wraps up the title by this morning, if they win. Cheers man, 2nd title in a row. Kianny is right. He told me last time that whenever man utd won in recent times, real madrid will also win ( he supports man utd ), ran into him on friday night lol. Yea pal, u're right haha. Guys if you dont believe me, go check ur history books.
I care, even if i dont appear so.
Happiness comes more from loving then being loved; and often when our affection seems wounded it is only our vanity bleeding. To love, and to be hurt often, and to love again - this is the brave and happy life. - J. E. Buckrose
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Mayday
Camped over at Junhong's house last night/ today morning. Played tons of halo, as usual his brother owned us, rocket launcher was crazy and fun. Fifa i keep losing to Junhong by 1 goal margins. 1st match warm up lost 4 or 5-0 cant remember. What followed was 2-1, 1-0 and so on. Although improvement, i did manage to get more shots then him in one of the matches, and i think he bribed my playes, all cannot chip on target. Top spin is addictive, dont blame me for the spasms lol, 1st time playing. Gab, Junhong was goin crazy during top spin. Guohao went crazy during the match which was the purpose of our visit. Liverpool lost 3-2, extra time. After the game, the clock was inching past 5, everyone was pretty knocked out. Sadly, my fifa lounge hopes went up in flames. Junhongs sofa wasnt that bad. When u are deprived of sleep, anywhere will do. Woke up at 8+/9, me gab GH went to get breakfast while junhong went for tuition. Had lor mee, supposedly some popular stall at old airport road food centre. ( btw its not that i was lazy to queue, just that i didnt want to eat the lor mee until GH brought his here, looked kinda appetising so decided to order after all, so dont think i am some lazy bum who ps-ed u all queueing haha, ok maybe i am lazy, but i didnt ps u all ). Went home via bus, had lunch then slept from 3.30 to 8. Had dinner and slacked abit. Going to start on chem soon, haha although its very very late i guess. I get closer to going for the 'no end' thing every minute haha ( For my class, if u fail chem, u stay back next thursday after common lunch break, until... no end, as said by Mrs Lim ). I dont think i'll sleep tonight, seriously. I'll probably be walking around half asleep by tomorrow during training. Chem really has alot of crap to digest, but no choice, sad.
Round up of the week thus far, nothing much. Highlight was tuesday's econs lecture and tutorial. Miss poh and the class crapped alot during the extra tutorial session, some extracts :
- Cheryl, upgrade yourself from HH.
- Pulau Bukom, ykm and yan yu.
- Weiliang's gf
- and some stuff bout me which i would care not to elaborate here haha
Econs lecture that day was also quite screwed up, class was goin nuts with laughter over jokes, pranks and stuff. I woke up form my slumber during the lecture due to HH's screaming, only to look at gab and saw a pencil case flying at me, courtesy of him. Yea, that was how crazy everything was. Btw, we had 2 hours worth of econs tutorial and 1 hour of econs lecture that day. Tedious.
Will be attending AJ idol tomorrow after training, mentioned it in my previous post. As mentioned below, they only allow 3 non-AJC-ians audience per performer. Turns out, you are supposed to be more like a family member or relative, instead of friends. So if anyone checks yang is gonna be carol's twin and i'll be her cousin lol. Also, the total number of concerts i'll be attending has increased to 4, including CJC's this saturday haha.
Signing off to avoid 'no end'
I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. - Gilda Radner
Round up of the week thus far, nothing much. Highlight was tuesday's econs lecture and tutorial. Miss poh and the class crapped alot during the extra tutorial session, some extracts :
- Cheryl, upgrade yourself from HH.
- Pulau Bukom, ykm and yan yu.
- Weiliang's gf
- and some stuff bout me which i would care not to elaborate here haha
Econs lecture that day was also quite screwed up, class was goin nuts with laughter over jokes, pranks and stuff. I woke up form my slumber during the lecture due to HH's screaming, only to look at gab and saw a pencil case flying at me, courtesy of him. Yea, that was how crazy everything was. Btw, we had 2 hours worth of econs tutorial and 1 hour of econs lecture that day. Tedious.
Will be attending AJ idol tomorrow after training, mentioned it in my previous post. As mentioned below, they only allow 3 non-AJC-ians audience per performer. Turns out, you are supposed to be more like a family member or relative, instead of friends. So if anyone checks yang is gonna be carol's twin and i'll be her cousin lol. Also, the total number of concerts i'll be attending has increased to 4, including CJC's this saturday haha.
Signing off to avoid 'no end'
I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. - Gilda Radner
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Life on a rollercoaster
The football team drew ACJC 2-2 today. Good result, as ACJC had won all 4 of their previous matches before meeting us, including defeating RJ, last year's nationals champion. As of now NYJC has 6 points from 4 games, ie. drew 3 won 1. It is not as bad as it seems, as we already dealt with the 2 biggest opponents in our group, and are still undefeated. If u wanna catch dramatic and exciting football that will rocket your heart rate, watch NYJC. Today was another thriller as usual, conceded 2 within the 1st 3 minutes, ( the team has a thing bout lapse of concentration at the start of the game ). I thought it was game over from the bench, but slowly clawed our way to a 2-2 draw. I thought the 2 goals could have been prevented if danial had not been dreaming lah. Then their keeper blundered and it was 2-1. mid-way through the 2nd half, we conceded and saved a penalty. Before yong scored a beauty of a free kick form somewhere not far from the halfway line near the stroke of full time to level the scores. So tons of drama for all you football enthusiasts out there. It was a similar story for the last few games. Against TJC, we scored 1st, but near the final whistle, we allowed them to score, but we somehow managed to conjure up a goal like straight from the restart. Against SAJC, we probably let in one of the fastest goal ever in A divisions, according to coach, it was 52 seconds, then we scored right at the death to force a 1-1 stalemate. Interesting stuff. As for me, i have played a grand total of 10 minutes so far with 1 goal. Have spent lots and lots of time bidding my time on the bench. Well, if the team manages to win or even reach the semis, i will have no qualms about it. I already contributed ( and hope to contribute more ) so quite satisfied. Argh, if only i had been more consistent in J1, the right back slot was mine for the taking. Although ning is doing a great job at right back now haha, but we play 2 different styles.
Had our house exco camp for our J1s last weekend. 3 days 2 nights, draining is an understatement. I slept a grand total of 3 hours for the entire camp, and i am still counted as one of the people who slept the most. Group 1 rocks lol, was their mentor together with Shi Xuan and Darren. Started the camp with some major logistical screw up ( and i decided not to go to my alumni band practice because of that, i guess i have to withdraw after all, just too busy with too many stuff ). The programs mostly went smoothly except for some minor and 1 major hiccup. Can tell the 1st batch of house exco have gone a long way, and did pretty well considering that we had no examples to follow, no seniors to guide us, and no idea what this is all about when we 1st started out. Many thanks to danielle for all her hard work for the camp. I dont think anyone could have done a better job, and played the villian so well lol. Glad the J1s found it tough, yet managed to enjoy the process, learn new stuff, and bond among themselves and the seniors ( us ). Again i declare, this IS NOT meant to be a tekan camp like the SC's. We've got a promising batch of recruits, can expect great things from them. As a sidenote, thanks to arrun for smuggling that breezer in, haha.
Now on to the PW results ( bear with me reader ) I got a B, as most of you reading my blog should know by now, the rest of my group all got C, and my class has no As. I feel that its a pity, because if our WR is only maybe average in standard, i would have gotten my A, easily. Also feeling sad for my group who put in so much effort, especially HH. But this is one subject where hard work does not necessarily translate into results. You need to have that quality in your work to, and that i am sorry to say was lacking in my group ( including me ). Hardwork just isnt enough sometimes. I am also peeved and astounded by the percentage distinction in certain other colleges and the results achived by other people. Call this arrogant, but i do not believe that my standard of writing, presenting and ideas are in anyway inferior to some of the people in these categories. I just cannot stand it when these people, whom i feel that i am easily a notch above, get the same results or score better than me, especially if their individual efforts do not match up to their grades and they only get pulled up because of their group. Also, i sure as hell dont think my report writing or oral skills are lacking behind half of the YJ population, with all due respect. Gotta also improve my GP, its getting from bad to worse, must do something drastic to it, as with my other subjects, when my commitments end.
Damn, it IS complicated. Why cant it be simple, like in black and white.
Love partakes of the soul itself. It is of the same nature. Like the soul, it is a divine spark; it is incorruptible, indivisible, imperishable. It is a point of fire within us, which is immortal and infinite, which nothing can limit and nothing can extinguish. We feel it burning even in the marrow of our bones, and we see it radiate even to the depths of the sky. - Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
Had our house exco camp for our J1s last weekend. 3 days 2 nights, draining is an understatement. I slept a grand total of 3 hours for the entire camp, and i am still counted as one of the people who slept the most. Group 1 rocks lol, was their mentor together with Shi Xuan and Darren. Started the camp with some major logistical screw up ( and i decided not to go to my alumni band practice because of that, i guess i have to withdraw after all, just too busy with too many stuff ). The programs mostly went smoothly except for some minor and 1 major hiccup. Can tell the 1st batch of house exco have gone a long way, and did pretty well considering that we had no examples to follow, no seniors to guide us, and no idea what this is all about when we 1st started out. Many thanks to danielle for all her hard work for the camp. I dont think anyone could have done a better job, and played the villian so well lol. Glad the J1s found it tough, yet managed to enjoy the process, learn new stuff, and bond among themselves and the seniors ( us ). Again i declare, this IS NOT meant to be a tekan camp like the SC's. We've got a promising batch of recruits, can expect great things from them. As a sidenote, thanks to arrun for smuggling that breezer in, haha.
Now on to the PW results ( bear with me reader ) I got a B, as most of you reading my blog should know by now, the rest of my group all got C, and my class has no As. I feel that its a pity, because if our WR is only maybe average in standard, i would have gotten my A, easily. Also feeling sad for my group who put in so much effort, especially HH. But this is one subject where hard work does not necessarily translate into results. You need to have that quality in your work to, and that i am sorry to say was lacking in my group ( including me ). Hardwork just isnt enough sometimes. I am also peeved and astounded by the percentage distinction in certain other colleges and the results achived by other people. Call this arrogant, but i do not believe that my standard of writing, presenting and ideas are in anyway inferior to some of the people in these categories. I just cannot stand it when these people, whom i feel that i am easily a notch above, get the same results or score better than me, especially if their individual efforts do not match up to their grades and they only get pulled up because of their group. Also, i sure as hell dont think my report writing or oral skills are lacking behind half of the YJ population, with all due respect. Gotta also improve my GP, its getting from bad to worse, must do something drastic to it, as with my other subjects, when my commitments end.
Damn, it IS complicated. Why cant it be simple, like in black and white.
Love partakes of the soul itself. It is of the same nature. Like the soul, it is a divine spark; it is incorruptible, indivisible, imperishable. It is a point of fire within us, which is immortal and infinite, which nothing can limit and nothing can extinguish. We feel it burning even in the marrow of our bones, and we see it radiate even to the depths of the sky. - Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
Sunday, April 6, 2008
Napfa test, getting house exco logistics
Had my napfa test this morning, got Gold, surprised myself with the 8 chin ups that i did ( yes i am proud of it ). Never did so much before in my entire life, although i know compared to some of you out there, 8 is a piece of cake. Got 50 for my sit ups, with a little help from Jo, initially got a D for my sit and reach but asked CK to help me stretch ( thanks ), and manage to scrap a D. shuttle run, drifted as usual, eroding the sole of my adizer and got 9.5. Standing board jump, managed a C. After that, we had our last item, the 2.4 run. The sun was like blazing down at 10am when we ran, probably contributed a couple of seconds to my timing. Got 9.03 AGAIN! cant seem to break the 9 minute barrier. used Chirstopher as a pacer for the 1st 5 rounds, ut when he sprinted for the last 100 m, i was flat already, so lagged behind. When i heard his timing of 8.59 being called out, i knew that 9 was beyond me haha. Nevermind shall train harder for next year in NS.
After that me and Benjamin went to get logistics stuff from the army market at beach road for the upcoming house com camp ( its on friday ). managed a wee bit of bargaining such as going around the shops until we manage to reduce the initial price of the lightsticks per piece form $1 to 50 cents. Job well done. Was seriously exhausted from all the walking when i was going home, was semi concious slipping in and out of sleep on the bus ride home, and by then (3pm) i havent had anything since dinner the previous day. No joke with Napfa in the morning.
Filled in the NS pre-registeration thingy a couple of hours ago, booked on 17th of July with the rest of the 0713 guys, so any of my friends if you are reading this and wanna follow, this is the date. seriously long. My helmet size is Large, lol, big head ( does it = big brain= big intellegence? lol ). The sizes are pretty erratic, e.g. my pants size are a 31 but my swimming trunks are a Large. Hope the attire fits when the time comes to put them on next year. Think i am gonna start on alcohols and whatever is the other chapter tutorials today. Damn, itsbeen a long time since i touched homework on a sunday.
It was lost,
back from the dead it came,
yet do i still want it?
I am not sure
I learned the lesson that great men cultivate love, and that only little men cherish a spirit of hatred. I learned that assistance given to the weak makes the one who gives it strong; and that oppression of the unfortunate makes one weak. - Brooker T. Washington
After that me and Benjamin went to get logistics stuff from the army market at beach road for the upcoming house com camp ( its on friday ). managed a wee bit of bargaining such as going around the shops until we manage to reduce the initial price of the lightsticks per piece form $1 to 50 cents. Job well done. Was seriously exhausted from all the walking when i was going home, was semi concious slipping in and out of sleep on the bus ride home, and by then (3pm) i havent had anything since dinner the previous day. No joke with Napfa in the morning.
Filled in the NS pre-registeration thingy a couple of hours ago, booked on 17th of July with the rest of the 0713 guys, so any of my friends if you are reading this and wanna follow, this is the date. seriously long. My helmet size is Large, lol, big head ( does it = big brain= big intellegence? lol ). The sizes are pretty erratic, e.g. my pants size are a 31 but my swimming trunks are a Large. Hope the attire fits when the time comes to put them on next year. Think i am gonna start on alcohols and whatever is the other chapter tutorials today. Damn, itsbeen a long time since i touched homework on a sunday.
It was lost,
back from the dead it came,
yet do i still want it?
I am not sure
I learned the lesson that great men cultivate love, and that only little men cherish a spirit of hatred. I learned that assistance given to the weak makes the one who gives it strong; and that oppression of the unfortunate makes one weak. - Brooker T. Washington
Saturday, April 5, 2008
And life continues...
The usual mundane week, with a few intermissions of spice to at least allow my life to have some colour. Block test, haha the results i got were quite nonsensical, no point elaborating. Even my 'strengths' singularly, GENERAL PAPER also screwed up pretty bad, you get the idea?
Just now headed to my family/ cousin's chalet/ bungalow at Pasir Ris. Not your usual Costa Sands or Downtown East resorts. This is like a real huge bungalow. Double storeys with its own lawn and all. To get there took 53 after my training to MJC? then walked all the way in to Pasir Ris beach, yea abit mad to most of you folks out there but its nice. Walking down the secluded path down to the main beach and waterfront, with the vegetation encroaching your sides. It was serene to say the least. Dad directed me to walk East along the beach, then found out that actually i was supposed to head West. Spent a good 45 mins to 1 hour walking before i found the chalet, but nevertheless, it was fun. Had dinner there, then chionged home at around 10.30 because i have a seriously overdue Health Rep task to do and send to the teacher-in-charge. Did not bathe for 1 whole day, including after training till around 11.30pm. Do not think will fill in the NS registration form today, too tired and too little time. Tomorrow still have to report to school at 7.30 AM!!! ON A SATURADAY!!! for my NAPFA test, hope i can finally squeeze my 2.4 to below 9 mins, but given my current form, it'll be tought. Damn, i consider waking up anytime before 12pm on Saturdays a pity, and 6.15am is downright sinful.
Cindy caughted a lizard on Thursday, and i played with it a little. Quite cool, maybe next time when i grow up and get my own house, gonna keep one of those. Like how many of you can boast to have a pet lizard lol. Cant entertain that thought now, mom will probably kill me, then the lizard if i ever bring one home. ( just lizards, not snakes or bugs or anything else ).
Unofficial Dragon House and Ct-0713 mascot for 1 hour on thursday 3rd April 2008
And yes, in case u are wondering, that red stuff on my hand is lizard's blood, it was bleeding on its left fore arm when me and Cindy found it already, probably got stepped on by those people exiting the lecture theatres, so dont blame me for animal cruelty. Let it go in the end, lol what else can we do?
Also, guess what? I am actually looking forward to Mr pun's physics lecture coming up next week haha, abit of a miracle, for me to look forward to a lecture. If u feel depressed and in need of entertainment, as well as learn or recap ur physics, go look at the online physics lectures for quantum physics ( if there are any ). Sure cracks you up. Credit to Mr Pun.
I am a grandiose insignificance,
Believe me
Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather is one of those things that gives value to survival. - C.S. Lewis
Just now headed to my family/ cousin's chalet/ bungalow at Pasir Ris. Not your usual Costa Sands or Downtown East resorts. This is like a real huge bungalow. Double storeys with its own lawn and all. To get there took 53 after my training to MJC? then walked all the way in to Pasir Ris beach, yea abit mad to most of you folks out there but its nice. Walking down the secluded path down to the main beach and waterfront, with the vegetation encroaching your sides. It was serene to say the least. Dad directed me to walk East along the beach, then found out that actually i was supposed to head West. Spent a good 45 mins to 1 hour walking before i found the chalet, but nevertheless, it was fun. Had dinner there, then chionged home at around 10.30 because i have a seriously overdue Health Rep task to do and send to the teacher-in-charge. Did not bathe for 1 whole day, including after training till around 11.30pm. Do not think will fill in the NS registration form today, too tired and too little time. Tomorrow still have to report to school at 7.30 AM!!! ON A SATURADAY!!! for my NAPFA test, hope i can finally squeeze my 2.4 to below 9 mins, but given my current form, it'll be tought. Damn, i consider waking up anytime before 12pm on Saturdays a pity, and 6.15am is downright sinful.
Cindy caughted a lizard on Thursday, and i played with it a little. Quite cool, maybe next time when i grow up and get my own house, gonna keep one of those. Like how many of you can boast to have a pet lizard lol. Cant entertain that thought now, mom will probably kill me, then the lizard if i ever bring one home. ( just lizards, not snakes or bugs or anything else ).
Unofficial Dragon House and Ct-0713 mascot for 1 hour on thursday 3rd April 2008
And yes, in case u are wondering, that red stuff on my hand is lizard's blood, it was bleeding on its left fore arm when me and Cindy found it already, probably got stepped on by those people exiting the lecture theatres, so dont blame me for animal cruelty. Let it go in the end, lol what else can we do?
Also, guess what? I am actually looking forward to Mr pun's physics lecture coming up next week haha, abit of a miracle, for me to look forward to a lecture. If u feel depressed and in need of entertainment, as well as learn or recap ur physics, go look at the online physics lectures for quantum physics ( if there are any ). Sure cracks you up. Credit to Mr Pun.
I am a grandiose insignificance,
Believe me
Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather is one of those things that gives value to survival. - C.S. Lewis
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Sports Carnival and more
Had our annual sports carnival yesterday, or isit 2 days ago, considering that its monday now lol. It was held at CCAB ( Co-Curricular Actavities Branch ) near the botanical gardens. Quite glad that my class turned up full force, besides those that had official reasons for their absentism. Had touch rugby 1st, in which i was involved, drew with 0714 8-8 despite holding a sizeable lead initially. Pretty sore about it haha. Waited for the orienteering people to come back before we had frisbee. Trounced 0715 10-2. Haha, credits to Chek Keng for the 'playmaking', and to Soh Ee for scoring all 10 points if i am not wrong. After the sports day ened, came what i would bill as the main highlight of the day lol. After we were dismissed our class decided to bypass waiting for a bus and walk directly to Newton MRT station ourselves, but we badly missjudged the distance lol. Ended up walking for aorund 1 hour if i aint wrong. Tiring but i wouldnt say that it was not fun. I mean, it IS a form of quality time that we could spend as a class together. Walking that distance together provided us with many opportunities for complains and conversations, and also allowed us to past through an area of Singapore which i am not familiar with. Such experiences are hard to come by, hope u guys treasure it. After that took the train and lunched at plaza singapura with the class. Sparked a running debate on the fate of the earth with jiacheng, ykm, amos and hong hao. Went home and wasted the rest of the day away haha
A division starts tomorrow ( or today? ), reporting to school at 9, getting released from lessons at 11.30. Sry jiacheng and gab and hazel, haha cant join you all crapping at our usual table during physics and GP on mondays.
I miss the life i had
Do u feel it too?
Show me a sign
constrained, confused, tired
unrelated
My friend, if I could give you one thing, I would give you the ability to see yourself as others see you... then you would realize what a truly special person you are.
-Barbara A. Billings
A division starts tomorrow ( or today? ), reporting to school at 9, getting released from lessons at 11.30. Sry jiacheng and gab and hazel, haha cant join you all crapping at our usual table during physics and GP on mondays.
I miss the life i had
Do u feel it too?
Show me a sign
constrained, confused, tired
unrelated
My friend, if I could give you one thing, I would give you the ability to see yourself as others see you... then you would realize what a truly special person you are.
-Barbara A. Billings
Monday, March 17, 2008
Block Test, Day 1 aftermath
Blocks day 1. GP was bittersweet. Finally had that omph, that feeling of empowerment while i was writing my essay. Last time i experienced it was during O lvls itself. It is the feeling of writing because the point that you are expounding is worth your time, your ink, to convince the marker. Not the usual feeling of writing just for the sake of filling up the blank sheet of paper i am given that i get all too often. Got the feeling that i wrote out of point for it but who cares? i enjoyed writing it and it is all that matter. To Gab: ( although i know that y0ur com is down and you probably wont be reading this ) just because i wrote the same topic as you doesnt mean u confirm die haha, dont rate me that highly, have confidence in your own work, in the believes that you are leaving in ink in your essays. Whatever i do will not really matter then.
Now, for comprehension. Probably the worse comprehension i did this year. Doubt i can repeat my common test performance. As most of you should know, i like to give excessively long winded answers haha, e.g. writing one whole paragraph to a 2 mark question. ( My all time record was 166 words for a 1 mark questions did in sec 3, yes i counted lol ). As for today, no matter how i take a look at most of the questions all that i could come up with are short 1 or 2-liners. My reason for coming up with long answers is to try and cover the question from all angles, whichever stance the marker chooses to take, but it is an impossiblity for this compre. Used to derive a sense of security from those long answers i guess. Not anymore. The AQ, big time screw up man. When i saw the 1st part of the question i was like 'whoohoo, finally an AQ which i think i can score decently'. Then saw the part asking for 2 measures. A couple of chosen swear words ran across my mind. Spent the greater part of the 20 mins i had trying to figure out 2 examples ( did not give in the end ) and crapping out an answer.
Break between GP and econs, was trying to study econs then gave up and went to the 2nd level walkway above the atrium and crapped with JC, Gab, Hazel, GH .. and gang. At the requst of Hazel and Gab, will try to type posts that are more reader friendly lol. Lucky econs isnt too bad, but dont think i'll pass...
Writing this to put off studying for maths.
Before i go, rant abit haha. A div is starting next thursday AFTER MY LAST PAPER. crap cant experience the post blocks euphoria, and friday probably have training ARGH.
ok people, time to go and salvage some decency in a failing grade for maths tomorrow
Now, for comprehension. Probably the worse comprehension i did this year. Doubt i can repeat my common test performance. As most of you should know, i like to give excessively long winded answers haha, e.g. writing one whole paragraph to a 2 mark question. ( My all time record was 166 words for a 1 mark questions did in sec 3, yes i counted lol ). As for today, no matter how i take a look at most of the questions all that i could come up with are short 1 or 2-liners. My reason for coming up with long answers is to try and cover the question from all angles, whichever stance the marker chooses to take, but it is an impossiblity for this compre. Used to derive a sense of security from those long answers i guess. Not anymore. The AQ, big time screw up man. When i saw the 1st part of the question i was like 'whoohoo, finally an AQ which i think i can score decently'. Then saw the part asking for 2 measures. A couple of chosen swear words ran across my mind. Spent the greater part of the 20 mins i had trying to figure out 2 examples ( did not give in the end ) and crapping out an answer.
Break between GP and econs, was trying to study econs then gave up and went to the 2nd level walkway above the atrium and crapped with JC, Gab, Hazel, GH .. and gang. At the requst of Hazel and Gab, will try to type posts that are more reader friendly lol. Lucky econs isnt too bad, but dont think i'll pass...
Writing this to put off studying for maths.
Before i go, rant abit haha. A div is starting next thursday AFTER MY LAST PAPER. crap cant experience the post blocks euphoria, and friday probably have training ARGH.
ok people, time to go and salvage some decency in a failing grade for maths tomorrow
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Life so far
OK, looong haitus, if any of u have been following this blog, i apologize haha for the long delay in posts. Was really busy with tests and matches and school stuff to blog, and yea too lazy :P.
For my dear classmates, bear with me. This week was crazy, had SPA, 4 tests ( of which i think i am failing 3 ), and 3 football matches. SERIOUSLY DRAINING. For the tests, i only read abit for econs, didnt do anything for the rest, and no it isnt something to boast about. Got back physics today, miraculously passed it, many thanks to hazel for letting me copy during the class test, i think i passed cos i remembered those stuff that i copied, no bad huh. Whoever said that in copying you will nvr learn clearly hasnt seen the finer side of this art form ( u need skill to copy ). I aint gonna start studying yet, its just not the time. The time will come, but not yet. Although my results may seem scary, dont worry i got it under control, for those that are concerned bout me ( if any ).
Dedicatiing a paragraph to those who complain about JC life, no one in particular. Do not complain, savour every moment of it. The good, the bad, for these times may not be with you for much longer. Failing a test is an experience, scoring As is also one, live through the process, dont drag your feet through it, whats the point. You got to enjoy the studying process, the playing process, this moments all give value to your life. A sheer slacker or a pure mugger would only ingest a bare minimal part of the JC process. Very soon, for the guys, you all will be in the army, and the girls, university. Would you all still have the time and effort at your disposal to live life with the minimal of responsibilities, to live life with relative carefree abandon. think about it.
and as a last point to add, my soccer form is like sliding ever increasingly, haiz. Anyone got a remedy?.
For my dear classmates, bear with me. This week was crazy, had SPA, 4 tests ( of which i think i am failing 3 ), and 3 football matches. SERIOUSLY DRAINING. For the tests, i only read abit for econs, didnt do anything for the rest, and no it isnt something to boast about. Got back physics today, miraculously passed it, many thanks to hazel for letting me copy during the class test, i think i passed cos i remembered those stuff that i copied, no bad huh. Whoever said that in copying you will nvr learn clearly hasnt seen the finer side of this art form ( u need skill to copy ). I aint gonna start studying yet, its just not the time. The time will come, but not yet. Although my results may seem scary, dont worry i got it under control, for those that are concerned bout me ( if any ).
Dedicatiing a paragraph to those who complain about JC life, no one in particular. Do not complain, savour every moment of it. The good, the bad, for these times may not be with you for much longer. Failing a test is an experience, scoring As is also one, live through the process, dont drag your feet through it, whats the point. You got to enjoy the studying process, the playing process, this moments all give value to your life. A sheer slacker or a pure mugger would only ingest a bare minimal part of the JC process. Very soon, for the guys, you all will be in the army, and the girls, university. Would you all still have the time and effort at your disposal to live life with the minimal of responsibilities, to live life with relative carefree abandon. think about it.
and as a last point to add, my soccer form is like sliding ever increasingly, haiz. Anyone got a remedy?.
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