God Save The Queen

Envy

2010-10-08T16:51:00.002+08:00

Envy

He was the first always:
Fortune Shone bright in his face.
I fought for years; with no effort
He conquered the place:
We ran; my feet were all beeding,
But he won the race.

Spite of his many successes,
Men loved him the same;
My one pale ray of good fortune
Met scoffing and blame.
When we erred, they gave him pity,
But me -- only shame.

My home was still in the shadow,
His lay in the sun:
I longed in vain: what he asked for
It straightway was done.
Once I staked all my heart's treasure,
We played -- and he won.

Yes, and just now I have seen him,
Cold, smiling, and blest,
Laid in his coffin.
God help me!
While he is at rest,
I am cursed still to live: -- even
Death loved him the best.

2010-03-13T20:19:00.003+08:00

Wow, it's been quite a while people...

I don't even know if anyones still looks at this blog.

Anyways,

1st term has been kinda screwy.

Won TJs, lost NCS in the finals, lost to HCI in JGs but won TJ academy, screwed up chinese, A-Math, physics and combined humanities.

And just today,

Chang Jing called me to ask me to run for PB exco.

Maybe I'm just there to fill up the numbers, maybe they just want me to give a good speech to impress Mr Lee and Mrs Tay (who will be sitting in for the elections). But there's a one in a million chance that they really think that I am exco material, and I hope that's the only reason why I was called up.

I can think of some half-baked ideas that I can possibly implement in PB, nothing fantastic. But then agian I never really put in much effort. But now, as I stand on the brink, I will give it my best shot. If my school needs me, I'll be there. I'll be there to do my duty. God save the Queen.

Wish me luck.

2010-01-03T20:33:00.003+08:00

New School Year

Hello people.

Just wanted to wish you guys good luck for your new school year.

Hope you make many new good buddies, but not too many that you forget me ;)

Good luck tomorrow mates, and all the best in your studies and social life this year!

No more old Sheldy to watch your back :(

Gonna miss you all! Bye!

2009-12-24T11:06:00.003+08:00

Christmas Eve Is Upon Us

As promised, another Christmasy poem.

Bear with the peom, it's a little long, but it's a traditional classic.

THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS

by Henry Livingston

'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house

Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;

The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,

In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;

The children were nestled all snug in their beds,

While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads;

And mamma in her 'kerchief, and I in my cap,

Had just settled down for a long winter's nap,

When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,

I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter.

Away to the window I flew like a flash,

Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.

The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow

Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below,

When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,

But a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny reindeer,

With a little old driver, so lively and quick,

I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick.

More rapid than eagles his coursers they came,

And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name;

"Now, Dasher! now, Dancer! now, Prancer and Vixen!

On, Comet! on Cupid! on, Donder and Blitzen!

To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall!

Now dash away! dash away! dash away all!"

As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly,

When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky,

So up to the house-top the coursers they flew,

With the sleigh full of toys, and St. Nicholas too.

And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof

The prancing and pawing of each little hoof.

As I drew in my head, and was turning around,

Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound.

He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,

And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot;

A bundle of toys he had flung on his back,

And he looked like a peddler just opening his pack.

His eyes -- how they twinkled! his dimples how merry!

His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!

His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,

And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow;

The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,

And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath;

He had a broad face and a little round belly,

That shook, when he laughed like a bowlful of jelly.

He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf,

And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself;

A wink of his eye and a twist of his head,

Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread;

He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,

And filled all the stockings; then turned with a jerk,

And laying his finger aside of his nose,

And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose;

He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,

And away they all flew like the down of a thistle.

But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight,

"Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night."

2009-12-23T17:14:00.002+08:00

From now till Christmas, I'll be putting up a few poems each day, just for fun.

Twas the night before Christmas
He sat near the street
With his dog in a blanket
Warming his feet

The sidewalk was cold
His windbreaker thin
He longed for a scarf
To cover his chin

He wished that his pants
Were free of the holes
And dreamed of new shoes
Without paper soles

He played his violin
With a melancholy ring
Like the sound of an angel
Which made the heart sing

Where once he had played
To whomever he choose
His life took a turn
When he fell for the booze

The snowflakes fell softly
And peppered his hair
As he faintly heard carols
In the soft evening air

He counted his money
And wrapped up the dog
Shouldered his knapsack
And walked through the fog

Tomorrow was Christmas
To him one more day
To walk in the streets
With his violin to play

2009-12-21T21:39:00.002+08:00

5 Minute Lesson…

Hello people!

Learnt a lesson today!

About the importance of loyalty to the organization.

I plan to use it too.

To improve debate.

Bloody school is shortchanging my cca… Starving it of not only funds, but talent as well…

When school reopens I’m going to do my best to improve debate as a cca.

I have a few ideas, but I’m going to need the help of all debate club members and a special ally.

This situation reminds me of the Isreali-Singapore defence pact…

Anyway, moving back to the topic of loyalty.

I find myself in the peculiar position where I can so clearly see the difference in my attitude towards debate and ______. This has become especially evident after the debate camp.

I think that the debate camp this year was splendid, perhaps due in part to the fact that the coaches didn’t stay over so we could devote more time to team bonding… I really got the chance to bond with my teammates, especially some of the sec 1s. I see the potential in some of them that I did not before.

The other camp paled in comparison, utterly and completely… A disappointment of the greatest proportion, no wait, it wasn’t that disappointing because my expectations weren’t that high in the first place…

There was no bonding, no loyalty nothing….

Now I have been asked to volunteer to help out.

At first I wanted an exco position. Now? I really can’t be bothered… I don’t feel or care enough about it to even put in any effort…

I don't even feel like a part of the organisation, I feel a little excluded and disheartened...

Maybe it's just me but I just feel that I owe it no dues, that I have no obligation to it and that scares me…

Because now I know how Chee Kiang feels…

And I don’t want anyone in debate to feel that way… Not Chee Kiang, not the sec 1s…

I may just yet go and help out in ____ because I still want that exco position. But I won’t like it and my heart won’t be in it...

Oh, btw, I’m at chapter 21 for <> for vocab.

I cheated a lot…

Most chapters I filled in about 4-6 words instead of 10…

Lol, wish me a happy screwing when school starts…

2009-12-20T22:07:00.000+08:00

Season’s Greetings

Hello people.

I know few people read my blog; my blog now is more for my own private ranting than for any pitiful audience that I still have left.

Christmas is around the corner.

Normally, just a couple of years back, I would be eagerly awaiting the arrival of Christmas.
1) The presents,
2) The Christmas Turkey (nah I had chicken, I’m not a rich monkey…),
3) The Christmas shows on TV,
4) The Christmas carols and the list goes on.

I tried to catch Santa Claus by hiding in the toilet all night (I gave up after 5 minutes).
I woke up at 6 in the morning, dragged my presents to my room and opened them as fast as I could.

Now? I just don’t adore Christmas like I used to.

The more cynical and realistic me realizes the absurdity of this festival.

I just can’t stomach how Christmas has been made so commercialized…

The good old feeling of universal brotherhood, generosity, and Christian charity is gone for me. In the past I could at least sleep soundly in the knowledge that the 25th of December was a one day, at least, where the goodness of Man, was on display for all to see. This one day, for me at least, was enough to justify the other 364 wretched days in a year.

Maybe all that was just a manifestation of the optimism and innocence of childhood…

Now Christmas is a fine occasion that calls for me for blow a hole in my wallet.

It’s an occasion that signifies school is starting, and reminds you of your undone homework.

Christmas is a time when people go to church to pray for an hour, and then go get drunk till kingdom comes in the name of “celebrating this sacred festival”.

It’s at times like this that the temptation to shout “bah humbug” just screams to me…

Ebenezer Scrooge wasn’t entirely unjustified in detesting Christmas…

I feel like an old man… Pessimistic and disparaging.

Do you know that more people commit suicide around Christmas than on any other day of the year?

There was even a song about suicide at Christmas on the David Letterman Show.

I’ll give you some room to take that all in.

Merry Christmas people. Merry Christmas indeed.

Humbug.

2009-11-23T19:41:00.005+08:00

Basketball 101

Yesterday I went to play basketball with Wei Qi (damn zai guy), Boh Jun, CYY, Andrew Lee for a while and a 11 year old guy called Zi Jie after Andrew left.

Round 1: CYY and Me vs Bobo and Andrew

Result: 8 to 10 loss if I'm not mistaken.

Round 2: Wei Qi v.s Bobo, CYY, Andrew and Sheldon

Result: Loss (horribly)

Round 3: Us + Andrew v.s Some group of adults

Result: Draw (I think)

Round 4: CYY and Me (Andrew left by this point) v.s 4-5 kids (they were from 9-11 years old I think.)

Result: Win for CYY and me of course...

The next part was damn funny. There was a girl there around 7-9 years old (she looks like 7 to me but bobo said she was 9). The regulars at the basketball court called her crazy girl. At first I wondered why. Well I got my answer soon enough...

After they scored the first ball (We went easy on them...) the girl turned to me, flashed an L at me and called me a sucker!

That impertinent little brat!!

I scored 2 layups after that cause I was slightly miffed.

CYY damn poor thing leh...

He ran all over the place and played until damn hiong, and yet he was still jacked by the little girl and her kid brother...

I also got jacked lah, but I wasn't playing until so hiong... I didn't even run unless I was doing a layup.

Then Boh Jun and 2 more people came in.

Round 5: Bobo, CYY and Me v.s 5-6 people

This time, after bobo scored, the little girl (a.k.a "crazy girl") pointed the middle finger at him and said ji b_i (hokkien explertive translated as a woman's reproductive organ).

I dare say! Kids these days are imprudent little rascals...

YY pointed it back at her lah, but she had already walked off...

Okay, next match.

Round 6: Bobo and CYY v.s Zi Jie (the 11 year old kid) and Me

Result: 5 to 1 loss for us >.<

Not bad lah, at least I scored at least once in all of the matches...

Okay, that's it. Bye...

2009-11-16T22:43:00.007+08:00

View of a 2-3ian

Hi guys.

Today I'm gonna talk about class spirit.

[ Disclaimer: Do not read the content below if you get pissed of easily. Tks]

But not in the traditional sense.

Enough has been said about how we lack it, that's fair enough.

But now I'm gonna say: The ppl who complain the most are also guilty sometimes (no offense intended to anyone)

People, class spirit is not all about the warm fuzzy feeling you get when your classmate gives up his last stick of satay to you.

I daresay it's not even about the over-hyped sense of brotherhood.

No.

While these things may be well and good, the truth is that they, like passion in a marriage, make up an oh-so-small component of "class spirit" that is unfortunately always the focal point of everyones attention.

If you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain. Similarily, if you want class spirit, you need to put in some effort. On this point, much credit is due to the chairmen, past and present (Jun Sheng, You Xin, Dylan, Darren) and even people like Boh Jun and Cher Han, but the truth of the matter is that too few other people played their part, myself included, far too many times.

Now when say play your part, I don't mean just organising homecoming, barbacueing food or taking everyone's orders for mac. Those were spirited enterprises, that there's no denying. But being actively involved in class affairs is only one side to a two sided coin.

So what's the second part you ask?

It's about tolerence, understanding and empathy.

If we had put in effort to be more accomodating and to understand why our fellow classmates did what they did, I truly believe that 2-3 could have been a 2-4.

I'm a fine one to speak, considering my past transgressions against Nic. But no one's perfect. At least I have only one true enemy in 2-3 and possibly cat high and that's not half bad.

Look, the point that I'm trying to make is that true friendship, brotherhood and "class spirit" can only exist with the finer aspects that maturity brings, aspects like those I have earlier stated.

At this point you may be shaking your haed and thinking "Well, this is typical of Sheldon; lofty ideals that can't be achieved because barely 10 people in 2-3 can't even pay attention for 5 secs much less empathize or whatnot..."

Well you are right. In fact this is precisely the point. It is because few people in 2-3 are capable or willing to do what I have said, that those who are capable of this must work even harder at it, not become embitternd by the fact that the others don't seem to appreciate your efforts or help you in your endevours.

So now as I reach the end of my rant, and you reach the end of your time as a 2-3ian, please take some time to think about what 2-3 has done for you, but more importantly, what you have done for 2-3. "Ask not what your [class] can do for you, but what you can do for your [class]"

At this point I would also like to apologise to anyone whom I have irritated, annoyed or pissed of during my time in 2-3and I sincerely hope that you will accept this apology and not take whatever I did to heart. I also know that I did not do everything that I could have to help out around the class and I apologise for that too.

Alright, this is the end. Bye.

2009-11-06T19:54:00.003+08:00

Wine

Hi people.

What are you doing with your time?

I spent my day today clearing up my room -___-

All my sec 1 and 2 stuff was cleared out today.

I saw a lot of old stuff that means a lot to me...

For example, I saw the copy of "Dead Poets Society" worksheet that Mrs Lim gave us.

I didn't really understand it when I first saw it, but now it holds a lot of meaning for me.

And my sec 1 mid-term Mastery Review.

The 1st paper I ever came so close to failing.

And I spent the rest of my day reading about wines ;)

I think this will make me a more cultured person (not that I'm old enough to drink...).

But I've kinda forgotten most of what i've read >.<

Ah well, you live you learn.

Bye for now!

2009-11-05T17:17:00.001+08:00

Review

Every once in a while, we need to reflect on where our life is going and what has changed for us.

I’m gonna do that now and see who and what has changed me since I came to 1-3 and then 2-3.

1) You Xin
You are a seriously nice guy! Kind and gentle and very humble. You have made me more confident that being modest and unassuming is the best way to go. You are the most gracious person that it has been my honor to know.

2) Ong Jun Sheng
Dude, you are brutally honest. It hurts even after you get used to it, but your feedback has, I believe, made me a slightly better person. I have come to appreciate your candor as I belive many other people have. You can be very mature when you want to, or at least one of the most mature sec 2 that I know of… It’s been a pleasure making your acquaintance ;)

3) Chee Kiang
You have been my best friend as well as my greatest competitor. You pushed me to the best I could achieve. We’ve had some fun times together and I hope most sincerely that we will be in the same class next year too. You have a lot of potential even if you don’t know it.

4) Cher Han
You are a scheming and manipulative little weasel but you are also my good friend. Don’t know how this happened but I am grateful to have had a friend like you. You have taught me to be more cautious about people, to never underestimate anyone. I took the threat you posed to lightly and I paid the price.

5) Wei Liang and Boh Jun
You jokers taught me to play basketball! (Not that you did a fantastic job or anything, my shooting still stinks…) Seriously though, you taught me, in tandem with JS to lighten up and have a little fun. I’m still not too good at it as JS will testify but I’m trying XD

Disclaimer: the next two are not from 2-3 but they are no less appreciated.

6) Xie Nan Zheng
I have never been so completely outclassed in my entire life. Be it in basketball or debate or in any other field, you make me try my best so I can at least match you. But whenever I seem to make a breakthrough, you always surpass me yet again… Good job anyway and keep it up.

7) Pan Hao Zhe
I really appreciate your warmth and hospitality (ask me if you want to know what I’m talking about, I don’t want to type it out, lazy lah…)

Alright, that’s all for now folks.

Bye.

2009-10-31T15:08:00.002+08:00

Goodbye my Friends

Hey people.

Yesterday was the last day of school.

Really sad…

I’ll miss all my friends so much!

Remember people, don’t be a stranger. If there is ever anything you need, anything at all, please come to me or any past 2-3ians.

I know people like Jun Sheng feel that our class has no class spirit, so do I a little. Regardless, I’ll still miss all the friends I made over these two years. People like Andrew and Jia Hao and so many others…

And my old teachers too.

I went back to see 2-3 (the class) today before debate training.

It looked so empty and quiet.

Just yesterday it was so noisy and lively, for the very last time. At least for us, 2-3 ’09…

It hurts to say goodbye sometimes.

Then NZ and HZ going NJIP, so they won’t be in CHS next year…

Gonna miss those two idiots…

Wonder what new friends I’ll make next year, what new clique I’ll join…

Will they be anything like the good friends I have now?

So many worries…

Parting is such sweet sorrow.

I guess this is farewell.

2009-10-22T20:06:00.003+08:00

Defeat Avenged...

Hello ppl.

Got Chinese results back today.

Must say I performed better than expected.

For one I managed to beat HIM.

A completely unexpected victory, but no less appreciated, especially after science.

Never thought he would be so completely outclassed in his best subject... I was actually anticipating to be routed and suan-ed by him.

I feel hyper-competetive, but that's not neccessarily bad I guess...

Tmr got PB camp, have not packed yet.

Sunday going to play basketball I think... want to 1v1 ongck and win somemore...

I really think I'm getting too competetive now....

Anyway, I'll see you guys soon after the camp that is.

Ciao!

2009-10-19T10:26:00.001+08:00

Battle Of Basketball

Hey people.

Went to play basketball yesterday.

CYY, OWZ, Bobo, Wei Liang, Andrew (Lee), JS, You Xin and me to be precise.

Played okay in a team yesterday, managed to shoot in a couple.

But the highlight of my day was when I played 1v1 with Jun Sheng.

I won! 2 to 1!

The entire affair lasted for an hour and really sapped me of my energy.

Had very little left to spare by the end…

My stamina’s not as good as before, but I managed to use it to wage a battle of attrition, but not to much success…

My victory was due more in part to Jun Sheng’s horrendous shooting than skill on my part.

If it were anyone apart from Jun Sheng, maybe Xie Nan Zheng or Bobo, 10 minutes would have been enough to crush me, much less an hour.

But I managed to restrict and almost match OJS blow for blow by marking him tightly and I’m proud of that (I don’t really have much else to be proud of).

Hope I can take on CK and maybe HZ next.

Then if I win, which is unlikely, I will know that I’m the best of the worse!

Which is nothing to be proud of, but still, it seems like an accomplishment to someone who only started playing basketball this year…

Oh, after that, there was an incident.

Jun Sheng tried to shoot a three pointer. He missed of course. Then his airball almost hit a lady and her kid (the basketball ended up in the patch of grass near the construction site).

While we were busy apologizing, this lady’s wacked husband kicked our ball into the construction site, flipped his long, greasy hair, and glared at us. For a lack of a better term, his face was damn “qian bian”…

Then he just walked off…

CYY was pissed and wanted to confront him, but we (YX and I) stopped him in time.

Then while we were trying to get our ball back, this insane monkey man actually came back and made another round!

Don’t know why he did that, but I can tell you most honestly I was itching for a confrontation at that point in time.

Three reasons why that barbaric savage had no right to do that:

1) We were playing in a designated area

2) We apologized to his wife (presumably)

3) He was an adult! Why on Earth was he acting so immaturely?! Especially since he was dealing with a bunch of kids/teenagers??

I can understand that guy’s anger at his wife and kid’s (Again this is an assumption on my part) near accident, but the way he acted was completely unjustified and only displayed his complete immaturity and utter lack of restraint and social graces.

I mean even we, the “kids” in this situation handled it with a greater level of sophistication and maturity than that hot-headed baboon.

Ah well. Life is like a fruit cake, there will always be a couple of nuts.

Anyway, that was my day yesterday, going to play basketball again today, ciao.

2009-10-16T19:33:00.001+08:00

Blog Action Day 0’9: Climate Change

Hi people.

Just found out that it is my duty as a blogger to do this thingamajig on climate change.

Here I go, my apologies if the essay does not meet your expectations, but its been a while since I’ve done an expo essay.

Climate change is a problem that confronts many countries; first world and third alike as we stride into the 21st century. Carbon emissions are at all time highs and the world population is set to grow to over 8 billion over the next few decades, certain facts that will undeniably compound the effects of climate change. The need for action is evident to all.

I will first touch on the effects of climate change before moving on to what we can do an individual level.

The effects of climate change are known to many, but felt by few. It is not the citizens of developed countries like Singapore that truly suffer from the effects of climate change and global warming, it is the farmer struggling to feed his family in Ethiopia in spite of the prolonged drought. It is the family of five on the Cook Islands trying to keep their home safe from rising sea levels. Climate change brings with it a host of unwanted side effects that cause a loss of human life, as well as immense economic loss.

Climate change has been linked with many natural disasters that have happened recently including Typhoon Ketsana that struck the Philippines and even Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Natural disasters are becoming more frequent and more deadly due to natural conditions being enhanced by climate change. Typhoons that used to kill a hundred people are now killing a thousand and causing billions of dollars in damage to boot. In addition, the ice glaciers at the poles are melting leading to rising sea levels. This will bleach corals worldwide and destroy ecosystems killing millions of animals and decimating species to the brink of extinction, something that must be halted at all costs.

We as individuals can play our part to stop climate change. “Never doubt that a small, determined group of men cannot change the world, indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” We need the help of individuals to stop climate change because there is only so much governments can do. America can sign the Kyoto protocol, but Americans must decide to switch to energy-efficient appliances.

1) You can convince your family to switch to energy efficient appliances. They may cost more, but in the long-term they will save money and the Earth.

2) Eat no meat for one day every week. The rearing of animals for meat is a major source of carbon emissions as well as a contributing factor to global hunger.

3) Take public transport whenever possible. It reduces carbon emissions.

4) Take part in Blog Action Day 0’9 to raise awareness and to develop a social conscience.

Anyone who takes geography should be able to tell you that Earth is the cradle of humanity, our home. We must protect it and preserve it for future generations. What we do or don’t do today, will determine the fate of the world and humanity tomorrow.

Okay Ciao!

2009-10-15T19:57:00.003+08:00

I Have Facebook!

Hey People!

I have Facebook now!

But I don't really know what to do with it >.<"

Anyway, we had a briefing on sec 3 subject combo by a few teachers...

No offense to anyone, but Ms Foo made going to even double science seem like a complete humiliation...

Made me consider going to double science (bio-chem).

Ah well, there's nothing I can do about it...

My marks are already sealed as is my fate.

I can only hope that my best is going to be enough to pull me through because the science paper really was hard...

Maybe we'll get our marks back tmr.

Ciao for now.

2009-10-09T20:47:00.002+08:00

Roses are red,

Violets are blue.

My Geog is screwed,

And my Science is too.

2009-10-01T20:18:00.001+08:00

EMO...

Hey people.

Kinda sad now…

I feel like a loser. A complete and utter failure in life.

I try to be optimistic, but there’s only so much one can do to keep smiling when it hurts so much…

I’m not sure if I’m incompetent, or my reserved personality is to blame, but…

I think it’s both to be honest…

I have great ambitions, but ambition without talent is useless.

I try to make up for my lack of talent with sheer hard work, but hard work can only take you so far…

Especially if you don’t really know what you’re supposed to be doing.

Then if you try to have initiative and help out, you end up being snubbed.

I feel like CYY…

I don’t want to emo, but EOY is really killing me…

My will is flagging and in shreds.

This is the hardest I have ever worked for almost anything, but it seems my best still isn’t good enough.

I heard that the percentage of the 1st in level is 87%.

Now you tell me how to beat that.

You can’t help but feel discouraged at the state of the world sometimes.

“Education is the great equalizer”

Doubt it. Nothing can be made equal, for the nature of the world is one of biasness and injustice.

If I seem bitter to you, I’m sorry, but it’s just how I feel.

Was supposed to post only after EOY, but I have a little time to spare now cause my homework is done.

I spent an hour to do it in school.

Anyway, ciao.

2009-09-25T21:07:00.001+08:00

So your mama don’t dance and your daddy don’t rock and roll…

Hello people.

This will be my last post till after the exams.

Operation BARBADOS will officially begin tomorrow at 1030 hours.

But for today, I’m going to take a break…

Watching Ratatouille now and I’m enjoying it. No mugging for me. Not today.

My body is giving way, can’t keep up this pace. I had a really bad headache and stomachache in school. I think I might be coming down with a fever… Just so tired, can’t wait for EOY to end…

Anyway, today’s science test was challenging.

But P.E was fun at least…

We played cricket and our asses got wiped all over the floor…

Ivan single handedly destroyed us. Crass…

We had a HTML test during IT. I failed, got 42%, 28th in class.

After we finished, we could surf the web. So I went to the economist.com (CK started it first).

I also tried to go to the New York Times and the Washington post, but the computer lagged too much…

Then I went on MSN/ebuddy.

Added Jun Yuan and You Kuan added me.

Went for a bite afterwards. Lunch was slightly dull.

Some people had CCA.

Others like me were tired from a long week.

That’s all for today.

Digressing a bit, I’ve been thinking about what to do after EOY.

So after EOY the clique and I will be taking the first bus we see from a random bus stop to an unknown place to have a meal.

That’ll be different won’t it?

Life after EOY will be fun.

Looking forward to it. Are you? You should be.

Till we meet again, arrivederci.

2009-09-21T20:46:00.001+08:00

Selamat Hari Raya!

Hey people.

Finally taking a break from camp mugger…

Damn hiong over this long holiday, but at least I got everything I wanted to do done.

I did:

-Science notes

-Two compres (on edulearn)

-Geog revision for the upcoming class test.

-Math stuff

-Ran 2.4

-Talked to a chick (I just said hi…)

-emo-ed for some weird reason

Yeah!

Not bad eh?

For all that I hold dear, I must work even harder for EOY.

“These are the times that try men’s souls”

It’s tough and only getting harder, but I just need to hold on for 17 days more, 16 after today.

After that I swear I’m gonna get a drink in my system, to hell with age limits…

Who wants to get a shot of vodka with me? I’m fine with brandy too… How about scotch?

Lol, jkjk…

Those are too damn strong. How about a coke instead?

Whatever. Gonna stop posting soon (because of EOY duh…). Maybe this Friday will be my last post.

Need to kick it into high gear soon, can’t keep slacking and goofing of so close to EOY…

Ciao!

2009-09-19T14:03:00.000+08:00

I Have A Dream...

Hey people…

Taking a short break from mugging.

Today there’s no debate training, so I could get started on my homework. Now that I’m done, I can start revising.

But lemme talk about something before that first.

Now when I was younger; about 5-8 years old, I used to have wicked nightmares.

I dreamt that weird monsters chased me all over the place…

I always woke up in a cold sweat… For a while, things got so bad that I could not sleep at all…

When that happened, I used to wish for nice dreams; about money and fast cars and being a soccer player for Arsenal.

In case your wondering what the point of this is, I’m getting there now.

Now, today morning I had a fantastic dream (of a non-sick nature), the best I have had in ages.

But when I woke up…

Everything was gone…

Nothing was left but a pleasant memory that never existed…

I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

But it was really painful for me…

It was on my mind the whole morning…

Couldn’t really focus that well until I forced myself to.

Can’t afford to waste time on pointless reminiscing with only 18 more days of preparation left.

If I want to emo, there will be time and cause enough 23 days from now.

But for now, time is a luxury I don’t have.

Gtg, need to keep revising.

Till next time, ciao…

Diary of a mugger supreme.

2009-09-13T20:50:00.000+08:00

Hey people!

How was your holiday?

Pleasant I hope, for in less than 24 hours a new term begins.

Hah, the closing of one chapter; the beginning of another.

New challenges, old opponents.

Now here’s a top ten list of people I want to beat next term, if you’re in, congrats. If not, then…

Ranked according to how badly I want to beat you in descending order:

1) Nicholas (A matter of pride)

2) ________ (His name you don’t need to know, but I have a vendetta against this guy…)

3) Shawn Lee (He’s the best there is)

4) Cher Han (if not he’ll rub his victory in my face)

5) Nan Zheng (last opportunity to win him)

6) Hao Zhe (Same reason as NZ)

7) Chee Kiang (Cannot lose to Huamin’s top scorer)

8) Jun Sheng (He’s got more talent than he knows)

9) CYY (You Yuan might be a surprise inclusion, but I feel that he makes up for a lack of talent with sheer hard work. I can respect that)

10) Wen Zuo (Wen Zuo has talent, unlike me… Last year he almost beat me in EOY and I took almost a year to get over it. No offense, I think he’s a great guy, but also a worthy opponent.)

Here are all the people I want to beat.

I must work harder, it’s the final lap, just need to push myself a little bit more, finish what I’ve started…

Just 4 weeks of hard work, 4 weeks of focus.

I WILL WORK HARDER!

If not for myself, then for all that I hold dear.

EOY final countdown begins now…

That’s all for now folks!

Ciao!

2009-09-12T23:41:00.000+08:00

Bloody crap.

Arsenal are 3-1 down to Manchester City at this moment.

Bloody pissed off at their bloomin incompetence...

Bloody Adebayor...

Bloody Bellemy...

I hate Aluminia...

All a bunch of incompetent fools!!!

2009-09-08T15:16:00.000+08:00

So this is Christmas...

Hey people.

Since CK did a post, I guess I will too.

Lets start from Saturday.

U14s was screwed…

We lost to Xinmin 1st round (We deserved to lose)

We won Hwa Chong 2nd round (Even though we didn’t deserve to)

We lost to RGS 3rd round (But we deserved to win)

So drama…

Anyway, I was ranked 5th, Nan Zheng was ranked 7th and CK was ranked 9th (out of 36 speakers)

Then we went to eat Mac (Team bonding XD)

Fast Forward

Sunday.

Went for catechism class. Was quite sian…

Fast Forward

Monday.

Chinese “ting li”

We got screwed by the invigilator because some of us forgot to bring pencils (not me)

Then before oral we (index number 10-30) made quite a lot of noise.

Some guy even kicked a soccer ball to the teacher as she was giving oral.

She kicked it back in :)

I think I did okay this time. I watched the Chinese news to prepare for this and I think it really helped. At the very least I was more confident this time.

The question I got was “Are you satisfied with the Singapore transport system” In Chinese. Or at least something to that effect.

My answer was (in Chinese) “Singapore, as a economic center and tourism hub has invested a lot of money in the area of transport. This has resulted in our transport system being extraordinarily efficient. Thus I am satisfied with Singapore’s transport system”

Of course the English version is more fluent.

Next question was “Which do you prefer taking, the bus or MRT?”

My answer: “I prefer taking the MRT because I feel that it is safer. After the London train bombings, Singapore has increased its security measures on the MRT. Thus I prefer taking the MRT because it is more secure.

Zai right? Lol…

At least I don’t think I failed.

Before I left, the teacher told me my Chinese was not bad.

Lol…

Then I went to eat pepper lunch with Bobo, Wen Zuo, CK and WL.

Then we went to talk cock at a playground. Had a mock debate over a crap motion (won’t say the motion here).

Then I went home.

Today

I mugged a little today. Two hours worth. Not a lot, but it’s a start. I realize that I forgot a lot of my math stuff, especially algebra… Damn. I was struggling with a few sums just now.

Afterwards I have tuition.

I don’t think that I’ve done my homework yet…

Gtg, Ciao.

2009-09-01T15:02:00.000+08:00

Don’t worry, be happy…

Hey people.

Life has been fine for me so far…

The quads on sat were fine, I screwed up my first debate, but my other two were okay.

I was damn emo after I screwed up, the coach called me a liability :( but I deserved it…

Then I went to play basketball with CK and co. on Sunday.

I passed the ball to my opponents a few times… Crass…

JS seriously pissed me off once, if not for the fact that I was a guest I might have flared up.

Don’t really know what’s wrong with me; I just lose my temper a lot more these days…

Anyway, I paid the price for my exertions on Monday. I was aching all over…

Teachers’ day was not as fun as I had envisioned.

I went back to my primary school, but quite a few teachers were missing…

And then, when we tried to play soccer, some extra people from other classes interfered.

Bloody monkeys…

Come extra, never do anything to them…

They can go eat ****.

Afterwards got tuition, but I have to help Cher Han clear up some homecoming stuff.

Adios!

2009-08-22T23:43:00.000+08:00

OMG

I was blog hopping just now, and I came across an extremely moving and sensitive post.

It was about how hard a child/teen gets it in a broken family.

You would have to be some cold-blooded freak not to feel moved.

Only now do I realize how freaking lucky I am…

I really must get to know that person; I mean omg that post was really indescribable.

The language used was not flowery, but it was sincere and from the heart, I could almost feel the anguish…

Damnation take us all…

I really feel like crying now…

Jun Sheng called me heartless because I laughed at him when he cried during “钱不够用 2”, but I think that it’s pointless to cry at something imagined. It’s just wasting good tears. If you want to cry, there is misery enough in our world and you don’t have to pay $10 on a ticket to see it.

It really is true what they say; humans only know what they have experienced. It is pointless for me to go on about how miserable that person was because none of you, me included, will have even the faintest idea how _____ feels.

Even though I don’t know you, I would just like to say you are a really brave person to keep soldiering on. If I were to be in your situation, I may have given up by now. “These are the times that try men’s souls”.

I really don’t know what else to say, there’s nothing much I can say, but I have learnt a lot today, no thanks to that random blog, and that accidental encounter.

Today has been a really special day for me, I have caught a glimpse of the real world, and I don't like what I have just seen...

2009-08-21T20:51:00.001+08:00

Hey People…

My marks so far have been decent, not going to brag here.

And congratulations to CYY, this term he is really coming up strong. Guess his mugging is really paying off.

There is debate tomorrow, going to NYGS to watch the MOL (Ministry Of Law) debates.

Several people are not going…

Then Sunday I’m going to play basketball with Bobo and Wei Liang.

Got to ask a few more people.

Today I stayed back to help with homecoming because I had no CCA.

Unfortunately, some people tried to skip their CCAs using this as an excuse, and were caught and screwed by Mr Teo…

It was quite scary…

The next part is going to seem a little random, but I felt good after reading it, so I hope you will too :)

"To be nobody but myself -- in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else -- means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting."
~ E. E. Cummings ~
(1894-1962)

"To think is easy. To act is difficult. To act as one thinks is the most difficult."
~ Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe ~
(1749-1832, German Poet, Dramatist, Novelist)

"To the world you may be just somebody, but to somebody you may just be the world."
~ Author Unknown ~

"Every morning you are handed 24 golden hours. They are one of the few things in this world that you get free of charge. If you had all the money in the world, you couldn't buy an extra hour. What will you do with this priceless treasure? Remember, you must use it, as it is given only once. Once wasted you cannot get it back."
~ Author Unknown ~

"Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person."
~ Mother Teresa ~

"Be sure that it is not you that is mortal, but only your body. For that man whom your outward form reveals is not yourself; the spirit is the true self, not that physical figure which can be pointed out by your finger."
~ Cicero ~

"When anger rises, think of the consequences."
~ Confucius ~

"There is nothing harder than being given your chance."
~ Deborah Chiel ~

"Measure yourself by your best moments, not by your worst. We are too prone to judge ourselves by our moments of despondency and depression."
~ Robert Johnson ~

"A person who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new."
~ Albert Einstein ~
(1879-1955, German-born American Physicist)

"Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless."
~ Mother Theresa ~

"Reflect upon your present blessings - of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some."
~ Charles Dickens ~
"Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go."
~ William Feather ~

He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much; who has enjoyed the trust of pure women, the respect of intelligent men and the love of little children; who has filled his niche and accomplished his task; who has left the world better than he found it, whether by an improved poppy, a perfect poem, or a rescued soul; who has never lacked appreciation of earth's beauty or failed to express it; who has always looked for the best in others and given them the best he had; whose life was an inspiration; whose memory is a benediction.
~ Bessie A. Stanley (b.1879) ~
in Notes and Queries July 1976

2009-08-17T21:18:00.000+08:00

Whew People!

Yo people!

Haven’t been updating for quite a while, I needed to focus for the exams.

Now that exams are over, it’s time to party!

I worked hard, now it’s time to play hard.

Speaking of which, I went out with our clique to watch where got ghost.

Although it’s meant to be a horror comedy, it was actually quite scary, to me at least…

I’m not going to make jokes about this, it’s near to the 7th month and I’m getting scared.

I’ll continue this story later.

But after that we went to play soccer and basketball.

I played soccer for the second time in half a year?

It was damn fun!!!

I played with Bobo who was the better goalkeeper.

I think I won, but Boh Jun might say otherwise…

Speaking of soccer, Arsenal won Everton 6-1!!!!! YEAH!!!!

Okay, moving back,

Now I have two “jiao lian”, lol…

Wei Liang and Boh Jun taught me and CK basketball.

I kinda like basketball.

I was damn enthu/dynamic when we played match.

I kept running all over the place passing and defending until I almost got a heart attack…

I was really unlucky, I was hit by the ball twice… And my lip bled…

After that we went to eat. I had duck noodles while WL and CK had Botak Jones.

The food is really not bad…

Then we walked to the MRT.

It was kinda scary.

To avoid humiliating anyone, I’m going to end the story here.

Wednesday there is Chinese Drama Night.

Not going to be as fun.

We were forced to take extra baggage along with us.

But at least after this we don’t have to entertain this kind of thing anymore.

I just saw something on stomp.

Some teenagers were making out at a car park, and then some pervert took a video and posted on stomp.

Cases like this attract a lot of debate.

It’s sad…

I'm not going to post my views here in case I anger some people, but for those of you who want to know my personal opinion on this matter, feel free to ask me in school.

For those of you who have no life, go stomp and check it up.

Tomorrow got the LOTRs project...

Hiax, adios for now.

2009-08-07T20:57:00.001+08:00

Last Post For A While...

Yo people!

As of 1230h today, the 7th of August 7, 2009, Operation MUGGER has begun.

Communication will cease from now until the 14th of August 2009 (Friday).

MR is coming.

I am not going to lose.

CK may be Huamin’s best, but I am Maris Stella’s finest.

So today will be my last post until after the exams if you have not been paying attention.

There are several people I want to beat.

So today was fun.

1 hour of mugging, followed by and hour and a half of tuition, then chiong chem journal for about and hour and a half.

Oh, congratulations to the title winning team that is 2-3!!!!

We are the champions my friends!

2-3 won the inter-class Frisbee champions league!

We are the best gong jiao has to offer!

I’ll be sad to leave all my friends at the end of the year…

Really quite scared.

But we will be friends forever right?

I mean 20 years from now; I still want to be able to see Chee Kiang, Cher Han, Jun Sheng, Wei Liang, Melvin, You Xin and Boh Jun and go out for some fun every once in a while.

Speaking of fun, I sacrificed my fun to mug.

While the people I mentioned above were having lunch at McDonalds, I was studying chinese at home.

I consider it an investment.

Work hard, play harder.

To all good luck and good luck to all.

You’ll need it for the MR.

For those privileged enough to have access to classified information, something really juicy happened in school today!

I’m not at liberty to divulge anything, but as soon as I’ve been given permission to, or the matter is solved or a public statement is made; whichever comes first, then will I give more details.

Codename for this Operation is KING UNDER THE MOUNTAIN.

[Access will be restricted to those with level 3 clearance.]

Arrivederci.

2009-08-04T20:58:00.000+08:00

Intel

Bloody hell…

I’m in serious need of intel…

I need to clear up the air.

If I were to use probability to try and calculate the odds of it being what I think it is, it would be, oh, I dunno, 0? 0-0.0000000001.

Yup.

But I need confirmation so I can freaking move on with my practically non-existent life.

Whatever.

Wait, just received word, okay, got my info. Nvrm…

Need to focus, MR is coming.

My pre-MR results have been promising, but I need to keep my feet on the ground and keep working hard.

Tmr got expo, today I had learning lab.

I did an expo essay.

Didn’t complete it due to a lack of time…

Anyway, lemme tell u sth funny.

Today, after lunch, Chee Kiang was bored.

So he pestered me to give him some numbers so he could spam/prank call.

I refused.

Then Enzel came along.

CK got his number.

1st victim to pick up the phone was Cheryl*

*Names have been changed to protect the persons privacy.

CK: Er hi, I am doing a survey for my project work, do you mind sparing a few minutes of your time to answer a few questions?
Cheryl*: Err, sorry no.
CK: Okay, never mind, thank you.

Then he was damn sad, lol…

1st attempt tio rejected liao…

Ah well, arrivederci.

Our Education System

2009-08-03T18:53:00.000+08:00

Hey people, this post is in response to smth I read at someone’s blog. It’s very lengthy and has an essay so read it only if you have nothing better to do. This blog post is not for fun, it’s to express my opinions. Bear with me.

Today I will be talking about children “Singapore’s education system, boon or bane?” (in response to someone’s post).

Singapore’s education system has been a remarkably successful tool in turning a once 3rd world nation into a technological wonderland. Our education system has been the bedrock of our nation, imparting crucial skills and knowledge to our children. Our booming economic growth is but one of the various benefits that can be attributed to the solid foundation our education system provides. Throughout the years, however, it has not just been our economy that has grown at an exponential rate, the number of teenagers and children seeking counseling and medication for depression has also been increasing. This is the not-so-hidden opportunity cost of our flawless education system.

Our education system is flawless in every regard. Highly regarded by many of the leading countries in the field of education, attempts have been made to replicate its success in countless other countries. The open secret, however, is that this model of education can increase the stress faced by students a hundred fold. There have been detriments as well as benefits, and this essay will examine and evaluate the overall success of the education system.

The first benefit would be the undeniable leap in our economy that education has afforded us. From operating textile factories to now wafer manufacturing plants, the change in the level of sophistication needed is evident. This switch from low-tech to high tech manufacturing has seen Singapore remain competitive amid a cutthroat global scene. Even now with the emergence of major manufacturing powers such as China, India and Indonesia in South East Asia, Singapore has still managed to keep ahead of the pack thanks to our highly skilled workforce, a product of none other than our education system.

Another benefit of our education system is in the political realm. With greater education, the minds of our citizens have been opened and their view of politics broadened. They now can vote for the best party for Singapore, not the only party that they know about. This has allowed them to take part in political activities more vigorously and with greater understanding. A direct consequence of this is that policies are now more carefully considered in order to avoid any possible confrontations with the more politically-savvy voters. Thus, policies implemented more often than not cater to the needs of the public more efficiently creating benefits for the people and Singapore.

The last benefit would be socially. Singaporeans have benefitted greatly from education. The GDP per capita has risen tremendously as has our standard of living. Now over 90% of the population owns their own home, a remarkable feat for any country. In addition, jobs are easier to find than in other countries as our education system prepares us well for the rigors of the workforce. Thus, our education system has benefitted us on a micro level socially as well as on a macro level economically.

Now surely the supposed detriments of this fine education system will never be able to outweigh the benefits right? Allow me to present the detriments to you before you make your judgment.

The single biggest detriment present in the education system of today is the tremendous amount of pressure that it places on students and parents to excel. This is of course made worse by cultural influences, but the main part of the blame must be placed on the education system. In the last decade, the number of school going children and teenagers seeking counseling for depression and anxiety has also increased, due to in no small part the immense pressure that they face in school.

Unfortunately, the group suffering from this intolerable abuse is one with extremely limited reach. Students are unable to propose or bring about real change to the education system which they are part of. Instead, ministers sitting in plushy chairs in air-conditioned offices make these decisions for them. Any “student feedback groups” organized by schools are merely farces to keep us contented, to “assure us that our voices are being heard”.

There are those that would claim that the reason why students don’t have a say in the system which affects them is because they don’t know what is truly best for them and Singapore. They argue that Singapore’s education system is vital for retaining the small and only edge that we have over our many competitors. No one wants to place students under an inordinate amount of stress, but they argue that given the unique circumstances that Singapore is in, the education system is a necessary evil.

Their viewpoint is valid and must be acknowledged. However one must not ignore the darker side of the system that is so often portrayed as a gleaming success. The ends do not justify the means. It is the responsibility of the government to explore alternative and novel ways of educating our young, ways that will hopefully be less demanding, and stay true to the aims of education.

Students must have a life outside of school, to grow, to learn and to play freely. How can they do that when they practically live in school? School starts at 7, CCA ends at 6. Students have about an hour and a half in between for lunch and recess. There is also homework which can occupy a large part of the very little amount of time that a student has to him or herself. Even on the weekends there is tuition and church and even CCA in some cases.

While the highly competitive nature of the education system has managed to push students to do the very best they can achieve, it has also placed them under tremendous stress to do so. Tuition class, remedial and even CCA. This combination turns even more potent under the high pressure environment that most students live under. Add pressure from well meaning parents into the equation, and this situation becomes only more severe.While there are some students that flourish in such an environment, there is an equal number, if not more that simply cannot cope, and the education system must also cater to them.

To conclude, while the education system has been successful thus far, we need to evaluate it to see if the benefits really do outweigh the detriments. I feel that while the “evil” education system does have it flaws, ultimately, it is still a necessary evil, considering the circumstances that Singapore is in. However, a necessary evil is still an evil and the government should spare no effort in trying to reach out to students as well as to revamp the system to make it truly more “student-friendly”.

Fin.

Arrivederci.

Operation MILKS

2009-08-02T20:18:00.000+08:00

Hi people!

I’ve added a few songs to my playlist!

Check them out, there old but really cool.

Today was okay.

Had two hours of tuition.

Then I studied for about half an hour more…

No mood to mug on such a beautiful day.

Speaking of which, I just went to cut my hair.

As I was walking to the barber, I felt so relaxed, peaceful even.

Haven’t felt that way for a while…

When I retire, I’m gonna buy a home in America, in the countryside.

A farmhouse.

I’m gonna grow some crops and plants (subsistence farming), read the papers, watch a little of the telly.

It’s going to be really fun and relaxing.

I’m going to have a dog called Bob,

A goldfish called Jericho,

An old Ford called Jeremiah,

And a nice radio called errr Stewart?

Lol… I like those names…

Hopefully I’ll also have a large bank account in Switzerland, a holiday home in Havana and an apartment in London, so I can watch Arsenal play when I visit.

With a bit of luck, I’ll have been knighted by the queen and gotten a PhD as well.

Yeah…

Lmao…

Might have some problem with the knighthood thing, and the PhD, and the apartment in Britain and pretty much everything else on that list.

But a guy can dream.

But for now, a more urgent need beckons.

MR.

Operation MILKS shall begin.

Muggers
Ingest
Liquid to
Kontinue
Studying

MILKS.

Okay, watching Garfield now, it’s really quite cool.

Arrivederci!

I have been enlightened…

2009-07-31T17:33:00.001+08:00

I have been enlightened…

Hey people, I’ve just realized that I’m just as narcissistic as Jun Sheng.

But first, lemme tell you a story. It’s the story of Narcissus (it’s where the word narcissistic comes from).

Our story begins in Thespiae, Greece.

Our hero, Narcissus, is renowned for his beauty. He is exceptionally cruel, disdaining those who love him. As divine punishment he falls in love with a reflection in a pool, not realizing it was his own, and perishes there, not being able to leave the beauty of his own reflection.

Sounds like JS right?

Well, I’m kinda like that too.

Just that I enjoy my own company too much.

Lol, there’s no better friend than yourself.

How do you expect others to enjoy your company unless you enjoy your own company?

Anyway, haven’t been updating much over the week.

Busy lah.

Not going to bore you with the details of my week, just what happened today ;)

Today was the best day of the week, Friday.

I splurged a little today.

Spent $3.10 on my food+drink. I had char kway teow (special fry) from the primary school, a chicken cutlet and barley.

This is when the crap started.

There are a few ways to get on my bad side, the first is stealing or messing with my food without my explicit permission, especially if I didn’t do anything to you.

Well Cher Han dipped his used chopsticks into my barley drink.

I got pissed.

So I splashed some barley on him, lol.

His shirt got sticky and sweet. But it was not that bad, I didn’t splash a lot of barley on him.

Then he poured laksa into my char kway teow.

I was really pissed, but I still ate it.

I would have hit him, but I didn’t want to lose my prefect badge.

But he’s not going to get off than easily.

For that, operation DAEDALUS will come into effect.

I originally did not want to use it, but Cher Han forced my hand.

Luckily all the preparations have been made, so all that’s left to do is actually very little.

An eye for an eye.

Anyway, sidetrack a bit, I am in dire need of some intelligence.

Intelligence as in information, not knowledge.

But the only one whom I can get the information from is not someone that I particularly like.

Bloody flummox.

Anyway, that’s about all for today, ciao!

2009-07-24T20:37:00.003+08:00

Ain’t no mountain high enough!

Ello all you grubbers!

Been a while since I updated.

Apologies, as my previous post dictated, I was very busy this week.

Got a lot, so I’m going to organize everything by category!

Schoolwork & tests

Tests, tests and more tests.

You know how people have movie marathons and double features?

Cat High does it for tests…

Today there were two tests in a row followed by a third after a short respite…

Science (the first test) was reasonable. Bio-Chem is sooo much better than physics.

The Expo Essay test was next. I wrote about “the problems that a longer life expectancy has brought about and the possible solutions”. Not the exact phrasing, but close enough…

I wrote about 400+ words?

Some people like CK and Cher Han were damn bad…

They wrote that “old people are a burden to society”.

Damn bad…

I wrote about the “Increasing number of destitute elderly” and the “lack of facilities and services that cater to the needs of the elderly”.

I think I may be a bit screwed…

Hiax, wait for my essay to come back first then see lah…

Then last was the math test…

Whew!

Then the last period was IT.

We had cyber-safety lessons.

Today the guy talked about blogging!

Apparently, I’m an “Actor”

Don’t really know what that means.

Anyway, I was sick for two days, from Monday to Tuesday.

A lot of people sms-ed me to ask me how I was.

Thanks guys!

Then when I went back to school on Wednesday, I had my speech straight away…

I did okay I guess, but I couldn’t really engage the audience…

I mean how do you make jokes about euthanasia?

Then there was the geog test and the chinese compo test. The only thing that these two have in common is that I screwed both of them up =.=

Flummox!

CCA

There was debate yesterday…

I was “reinstated” back to my old position; third speaker.

I remember how much I dislike that position -__-

I gave all my good rebuttals to Shawn, and then I had crap for myself…

But if the coach wants me to be third, by gum I’ll be third!

Gotta be a little more flexible…

Tomorrow there’s training.

CK and HZ not going, they got Huamin open house.

Bloody hell -____-

Must be gratefull though, at least I’m going back for debate, not drama which coincidentally, is also having training tomorrow.

Today I was supposed to go for drama, but…

It was only for crew!

And I’m not crew!

So technically, technically, I did not skip it because I was not supposed to go in the first place. Technically speaking of course.

Lol…

Miscellaneous

I WANT TO JOIN THE PAP AND BECOME A MINISTER!!!!!!

Lol, that was random…

But I want to become a politician!

And there’s no way in hell that I’m going to join the workers party…

Okay, that’s all.

Exams are in a week people.

After that who wants to go out and have some fun?

Paint the town red, get drunk even (jkjk)!

Of course, that’s after the exams.

Must focus, must mug.

Lol. Ciao!

2009-07-19T20:36:00.002+08:00

Fiddlesticks…

Fishpaste, gonna have to skip school tomorrow.

Just a little under the weather, normally I wouldn’t have let that stop me, but with H1N1 it’s best to be socially responsible.

Can someone tell me what I’m going to miss? Especially for geog.

Damn worried about the geog test.

Okay, today was quite sian.

Didn’t go for catechism class like benny because I was sick.

Nothing major thank you for asking but it’s better to be safe than sorry.

If it’s not bad enough that I’m sick, it would be worse if I infected anyone else.

Next week CCA resumes.

Crap.

The week hasn’t even started and already there’s a pile of rotten news…

Tests all next week, assembly back in the plaza and Adebayor has moved to Manchester City.

Nuts.

I liked Adebayor…

I’ll stop here; I don’t think anyone would like a gloomy end to their week.

Some good news would be in order now.

And the good news is; there is no news.

Well you know what they say, no news is good news. Lol…

Ciao.

2009-07-18T19:53:00.001+08:00

Shouldn’t Have Had The Soup…

Hello folks!

Today I woke up with a frog in my throat and an aching body.

Must have been the soup.

Didn’t I tell you?

On Friday, during lunch, JS made a weird soup.

There was chicken bits, pearl, ice, amylase (from JS’s saliva) and some other crap that Cher Han added to it.

They dared me to drink it, and I did.

After I drank it, JS and I had a conversation which seems quite ironic now.

JS: Ewww. You are gonna get diarrhea!
Me: So if you don’t see me I school on Monday, you’ll know why.

Lol… I really shouldn’t have had the soup…

The good news is that I skipped church.

The bad news is that my mugging was affected.

Now I’m feeling a little better.

Watching Harry Potter.

There’s a math test on Monday, geog test on Tuesday, speech on Wednesday, PW on Thursday and science test on Friday.

Wow. Seems like next week is going to be interesting.

An opportunity to see how well prepared I am for the MR.

Next week CCA resumes.

Fish. Drama. I hate drama. I think that’s it’s a waste of time.

And I’m scared of the directors.

Because I’m not a very good actor, so I get screwed quite often.

I had nightmares before every drama training during SYF…

Debate is still the best…

Do you know one of the main reasons I went to Cat High instead of Dunman is because of debate?

Also I didn’t really like the sound of the name “Dunman” for some reason, lol…

Okay, just now, I tried to find a blogskin with the PAP emblem, but I couldn’t find anything.

Next I tried to find a blogskin with the Union Jack (UK flag) but I also couldn’t find it.

Lol, that was random.

Okay, ciao for now!

2009-07-17T21:00:00.001+08:00

My 50th Post!

Hi people!

This is my 50th post! Hurray!

Hope there will be another 50 more to come.

Anyway, I love Fridays! It’s the slackest day!

Woots!

But today I had to wait ONE HOUR for JS to finish his bio-journal.

It pissed me off really badly.

And I was really sarcastic to him.

I feel a bit bad, wasn’t really being a good friend to him.

But I was hungry!

And studies show that men get angry faster when they are hungry…

After that we went BM.

Bobo and Wei Liang didn’t follow, so things weren’t as fun…

Unfortunately CCA starts next week, so more of this kind of outing isn’t going to be possible…

I wish CCA was on a day other than Friday lah, Friday is the only day I can relax and catch up with friends…

The Saturday also got debate.

Got two CCA’s really hard to cope…

I’m a MUGGERMUGGERMUGGERMUGGER!

And I’m proud of it.

I’m gonna make something out of my life.

Okay, back to BM.

After lunch we went to Bishan Park to chat.

CK and JS were talking about naruto.

I don’t know much about naruto, but Hinata is not as cute Chee Kiang makes her out to be…

We got bored after a while, so we decided to leave.

Originally, we wanted to go to CYY’s house (it was quite near where we were).

Then we would just call him and tell him that we were downstairs and that we were there for lunch. Lol…

But we decided not to in the end.

So we went walking barefoot over stones (we raced to see who could get to the end and back faster).

I won!

I was the only one who went the distance!

Then we went to the playground and climbed the rope thingy. I lost to JS narrowly.

At this point, Cher Han said
: Do you know what’s most important in life? Common sense. Do you think that I’m leading you in the right direction?

Then he pangseh-ed us.

We went off.

JS has a short attention span, less than 5 seconds long.

He kept flitting here there and everywhere. Lol…

Then we pranked Cher Han for revenge.

Won’t elaborate unless anyone wants me to.

I bought nuggets on my way home for my sister and mum and that was my day!

Tomorrow I’ll be mugging for the exams. So ciao!

2009-07-16T20:30:00.000+08:00

Long day…

Today was a long day…

Tired out.

First thing in the morning when I reached school, got into an argument with Cher Han over PW.

I got freaking pissed off.

I shouted at him like some shit, damn loud.

Then I started laughing like some maniac.

I really lost it.

I managed to calm down without killing anyone, lol…

Apologised to Cher Han afterwards because it was partly my fault.

I now know what to do next time for projects when I group with Cher Han.

Give him all the crap one week before so he can do what he wants to do.

He’s the kind of last minute chiong type, like Chee Kiang and Jun Sheng…

And fast forward to PW, two groups went today.

I pray for their souls, they were viciously taken apart and destroyed.

They went down with all hands, no survivors.

She (the judge teacher) was absolutely brutal!

She asked leading questions. Like

She: so where did you get your information?
Group: Internet?
She: How do you know your information is valid?
Group: Errrr…

So her questions only had one answer. Or so she thinks…

We have prepared rebuttals.

Next time, she is not going to get away after bullying 2-3 like that.

I mean I wasn’t even presenting and I felt traumatized…

Christ!

For all the groups who presented today, thank you, for you have revealed a new enemy for the rest.

You will be avenged,

2-3, Revenge of the fallen.

Lol…

Anyway, after that I went for debate.

My speech today was quite okay!

Hao Zhe and I prepped together with CYY too.

Hao Zhe did okay too, but I should have passed some rebuttals to him.

It’s just that I only thought of them when I was on the floor…

Oh, and go listen to “My baby takes the morning train” by Sheena Easton. It’s nice!

Anyway, ciao for now! I’ll update on PW after our presentation.

Wish us luck!

2009-07-14T20:12:00.000+08:00

So you had a bad day…

Today was a Class-A son of a b**** day.

Lessons were boring.

Tuition was boring.

Got ACC test...

Teachers spam homework.

Last episode of red thread…

At tuition people also damn dead, most of them…

Tomorrow got Chinese tuition, Thursday got debate.

But all debate competitions tio cancelled…

Side track a bit, my personal life now is in chaos…

I’m sort of like Denethor from LOTRs; I like to be in control.

I’m going to use a chess set for an analogy.

I’m losing the chess game, slowly but surely.

Piece by piece, eaten.

Crap, not good…

Better come up with a plan, and fast.

Actually, I think I already have something.

But it’s risky and reckless. Not my usual style…

Okay, back to my life story.

Got PW. Everything is due on Thursday, which is in a couple of days.

I feel like a pack mule. -Bitter smile-

But it’s okay, I’m used to it.

At the very least I’m not in the same group as “He Who Must Not Be Named”.

I came very close to that.

If I did, I would probably be dead by now (suicide; jumped off a 12 story building).

So I’m lucky in a sense.

Tomorrow there’s P.E.

Hope it’s gonna be fun.

It’s all that I’m looking forward to…

I need to get a life, lol...

Hiax, ciao.

2009-07-13T20:24:00.003+08:00

Gotta make this a fast one...

Hey people!

Very busy with PW now.

The report+ppt presentation is due thursday.

So Jun Sheng and I are chiong-ing.

Cher Han is at home eating his mama's cooking and watching TV and our dear friend CK is busy doing God knows what.

Anyway, gtg now, really too busy to update further, bye!

2009-07-12T21:07:00.000+08:00

My Sunday, gone like that…

I’ve been slogging all weekend.

I feel almost as bad as I did on Friday…

But at least I managed to clear all of my work.

I even finished my bio-journal!

I may post my topic on after I hand it up, maybe even the whole journal!

Just for the record btw, I’m doing something on sexual reproduction, lol…

Might as well make things more interesting since I have the choice.

Oh, I also ran 2.4 just now, so I’m really damn tired.

Okay, this was my day today.

Wake up
Catechism class
Lunch
Tuition
Rest
2.4
Work
Blog (now)

I have such an exciting life! Lol…

At least I have meaningful stuff to do.

It keeps me busy and numbs my mind.

Makes me feel like I’m doing something significant.

“A busy man is a happy man!”

The meaning of life is homework!

To quote George Orwell, “the greatest happiness in life is in working hard and living frugally.”

Lol. I’m gonna end up a workaholic, working 12 hour days.

I’m too tired to post anymore, and even if I wanted to post, I don’t have anything else to post.

I’ll try and post again tomorrow if my schedule allows it.

Got to get some groceries on the way back tomorrow.

Ciao!

2009-07-11T16:43:00.001+08:00

So Much Homework!!!

So much homework!!

I’m practically drowning in it!

If I had to go for drama yesterday and debate today, I think I would have died!

I spent 4 hours doing everything and I’m still only halfway through!

Dear lord…

Oh, I left my science homework in school, so on Monday I need to chiong it in the morning.

In spite of all this work, I still feel quite fresh.

Nothing like some hard labor to make anyone’s day, lol…

Afterwards got church.

I don’t think I need to tell you how I feel about it.

I’m hardly the religious type; I think church just means a couple of hours wasted each week…

But that’s just me.

Hiax, last two weeks I had this time free to do work because of H1N1 (my parents didn’t want me to go).

Then tomorrow I have catechism class and tuition, so my day until about 1 is gone.

Ah well, “oft hope is born when all is forlorn”, I’ll get through this somehow, just like everyone else does, just like I always do.

And I have a RI school badge in my room btw. A friend gave it to me. It’s next to my “gong jiao” badge. They contrast very nicely, lol…

That was random…

Gtg, ciao for now!

2009-07-10T20:03:00.003+08:00

TGIF!!!

It’s been two weeks since school officially re-opened.

I’m feeling quite shack…

Luckily today is Friday.

Unfortunately, I have a pile of homework to clear.

Life can be trying at times, but you just have to keep moving.

Today was fun (duh, Friday!).

We played Frisbee in P.E, our team won, 3-1 against CYY’s team! Hoho!

But beating them is just a cheap thrill; there are bigger fish in the sea.

But before that, we had the Lord of the Rings test.

I lost a couple of marks already…

Anyway, I took a LOTR’s quiz, apparently, I’m Gandalf!

“You are Gandalf! This wise, old mage is loyal and brave. He is known for his counsel and advice to his friends and allies during tough times.”

Anyway, the next interesting period was I.T. Mr. Rays is a fun guy, but a little eccentric.

But most guys are a little weird after NS, lol; I wonder what they do to you in there?

Anyway, we were originally released early, but because someone left some trash behind in the computer lab, we had to stay back until the official release time.

But that’s okay, I anticipated that. Our class always screws up an early release, lol…

Now, after we were released, that’s where the real fun begins.

We (Jun Sheng, CK, Cher Han, Bobo, Yun Da and I) went for lunch.

Whenever we have a meal together, our table is “never quiet” according to Jun Sheng.

Always a barrel of laughs ^^

But we forgot to get Benny and a few other people.

And some others could not make it…

That’s what you get for having last minute lunches.

But we made do; at least there were no gatecrashers.

After lunch, CK and Yun Da left for CCA. I didn’t go for drama because I would just be lounging in a corner wasting my time while the cast does their thing.

So the rest of us went to Bishan Park to talk.

And some of them tried to play a prank.

Can’t say I approved of that…

Then JS said “Eh Sheldon don’t be like that leh!”

Then Cher Han also said that I was overly cautious.

I admit that I am too cautious at times. But I only act in everyone’s best interests.

I hope you can see me as trying to do that instead of spoiling your fun or being a wet blanket.

It’s just in my nature; I have a good sense of self-preservation.

And trust me, I know what I’m doing, I’ve lived through a similar situation before…

So please, have your fun by all means, but don’t get drunk in it.

Anyway, I left for home around 3+, late 3?

I managed to finish reading Imperfect Justice.

It’s not a half bad book.

I like some of the concepts of justice explored in the book as well as the lawyer talk.

But the minor side plots accompanying it can be a bit distracting…

“Equal Justice under Law”

Really?

I’d like to think so, but I’m not an idealist.

I’m pragmatic, an “optimistic pessimist” or so I like to think.

I just can’t believe in this sort of talk...

Anyway, I’ve said enough for today, going to go before I get too long winded. Lol…

Ciao!

2009-07-09T19:32:00.001+08:00

Back to your regular posts!

Hi people!

I changed my blogskin back!

I think I prefer this blogskin...

PW presentation is coming, next week Thursday to be precise.

I’m not too worried although there’s still a lot still undone.

We have a “come-back king” in our group (Cher Han).

He is damn zai at last minute work.

Anyway, that blog post earlier was a very small part of our hands on. (Don’t copy!)

Anyway, yesterday was slack.

All Tuesdays are slack.

But our PE+Geog teacher pumped us. She’s a bit “niao” as she herself said.

I wish Mr. Goh was still our PE teacher; he was such a nice guy…

Anyway, that was yesterday.

Today was fun!

OJS, Chee Kiang, Cher Han, Melvin and me went to eat lunch at bishan market.

CK and I had debate training at 3.30.

CK was a little emo along the way, but Melvin’s jokes cheered him up.

Melvin’s a life-saver. Oh, and we saw Mr. eeL kaH nooB (read backwards).

He was at BM when he was supposed to be in school.

Not going to comment further lest I get into deep trouble…

Lunch was fantastic.

I had chicken rice and some blueberry drink (that stuff is going to kill me someday).

Anyway, the food was decent but the company was great!

We talked about very entertaining things and people (guess who?).

But when we got a sms from Hao Zhe saying that debate training had started, Ck and I had to rush off (sorry guys!)

Jun Sheng was very obviously disappointed at our premature departure, lol…

We have great fun every time we go to lunch or dinner.

Pity we had to leave early…

Nothing like a meal with friends to relax you.

And speaking of Friends, I’m watching it now.

Chandler is hilarious…

Anyway, just got back from debate training.

I screwed up majorly…

Don’t know why.

But I get damn frustrated when I screw up…

Hiax…

Anyway, got homework and PW to do.

I promised Ms Rai (our teacher mentor) she’d get it by tomorrow.

I don’t know how I’m going to do it, but tomorrow she’s going to get a decent piece of work in size 11 times new roman, single spacing. Lol…

Anyway, gtg now, ciao!

2009-07-08T21:04:00.000+08:00

Special Post for PW

Hey people!

This will be a special post for PW (my group is doing childhood obesity).

After that, your regular posts will resume.

Childhood obesity is a condition where excess body fat negatively affects a child's health or well-being. The diagnosis of obesity is often based on BMI (Body Mass Index). A BMI of 18.5 to 25 indicates optimal weight; anything above 25 indicates the person is overweight, while a number above 30 suggests the person is obese. Any person with a BMI above 40 is considered morbidly obese. Due to the rising prevalence of obesity in children and its many adverse health effects, it is being recognized as a serious public health concern.

10% of children worldwide are either overweight or obese. Of these, about 70% grow up to become obese adults. Obesity in childhood is known to have significant impact on both physical and psychological health. Environmental factors, lifestyle preferences, cultural and environmental influences play pivotal roles in the rising prevalence of obesity worldwide. In general, obesity is assumed to be the results of an increase in caloric and fat intake. There is supporting evidence that excessive sugar intake through the consumption of soft drinks, increased portion size, and a steady decline in physical activity are all contributing factors fueling the rapidly rising rates of obesity all around the world.

The main causes of childhood obesity in general can be attributed to a decline in physical activity and an ever available supply of energy-dense, nutrient poor food.

Tips to stay at an acceptable weight:
-Eat only until you are 80% full
-30 minutes of brisk walking 3 times a week
-Have a healthy snack if you fell hungry between meals. E.g. fruits
-include more whole grains and fiber in your diet.

2009-07-07T21:08:00.003+08:00

God Save the Queen!

Today was a reasonably good day.

I’ll tell some of you in school tomorrow.

I think I suffer bipolar disorder sometimes…

Today I’m happy, but another day I’m emo as hell.

But I can take pride in the fact that I can always keep looking on the bright side of things! XD

Lessons today were kinda boring by any standard…

But ACC was fun as usual.

The teacher is nice…

I managed to finish most of my homework before I went for my tuition.

Took me about an hour?

But I still need to think of a topic for my bio-journal.

I have some pretty sick ideas, lol…–Evil smile-

And some normal ones. -___-

Not going to post any of my genius ideas here, lol…

Before tuition I went to popular to browse.

There are some good books, but they are priced out of my budget.

I mean my pockets are by no means shallow, but 50 bucks for a book is just ridiculous!

Guess you can’t put a price on knowledge.

Okay, now I’m reading a book called imperfect justice. It seems cool enough, but I’ve only read the 1st 70 pages or so.

Now I’m going to sidetrack and be random.

Thursday got debate training again (yeah).

But my competitions were cancelled (crass).

If Beurels is still on, I’m going to try my best to win it as well as best speaker of series.

Yew Loong got it last year I think, or was it Wesley?

In any case, I’m going to try and win something for Queen and Country! Haha!

But I’m not getting my hopes up. Three of my competitions have already been cancelled or postponed.

If Beurels gets cancelled, hoho, I’m going to go crazy.

I watched had a very nice drink with my dinner. I concocted it myself

I had apple juice mixed with 7-Up and lemon.

Tangy and sweet!

Friend’s episode today was cool.

Almost missed it because I went back from tuition later than usual.

The teacher there is nice enough, one of the nicer ones in the business definitely.

Anyway, I’m very tired and I’m getting random, so bye!

God Save the Queen! lol...

2009-07-06T13:29:00.000+08:00

Happy Youth Day!

Happy youth day people!

Hope your holiday has been going well so far!

Mine has been quite productive.

I have one chinese compo, one English compre and now one blog post under my belt.

Tomorrow got tuition, a chance for me to try a new approach. –Evil laugh-

Either that or start appealing against section 377A (Anti-Gay law) –Wicked smile-

I think I’ll try a new approach; a “Brenda” is preferable to “Bill”, lol.

Anyway today was quite mundane, woke up at 10, felt damn shuang!

Got cracking on my homework, still have quite a big pile to clear. –Frown-

Afterwards there’s Friends!

I think I’m most like Ross. According to this quiz, (http://www.brainfall.com/quizzes/which-friends-character-are-you/) I’m right!

“You are Ross. You're intelligent and adored by your parents. However, your lack of social skills causes you to talk too much and try too hard. While your friends pick on you for your nerdiness, they better watch out for your rage.”

Ah, well, I’m gonna try that new approach I was talking about and I’ll see where it takes me. I mean what’s the worse that could happen?

My life has been kinda boring today. Who wants to go to the library sometime to get some books on Bio?

CK? HZ? It’s on the route home for you... Maybe Cher Han would want to go to skip scouts, lol…

Still need to talk to Mr. Goh (Kee Yong) about Drama and Debate.

I like debate soooooooo much!

It makes me sound all profound and knowledgeable.

Like, “this policy should not be mutually exclusive to…”

It is so cool!

Unlike drama -__-

Now I’m listening to a Michael Jackson song “You are not alone”.

I still think that he’s creepy, but some of his songs are okay.

I like old songs.

There is more meaning in their lyrics and the tune is more soothing.

Lionel Ritchie’s “Easy” is also good.

In fact, Kenny Rogers “The Gambler” is also quite good.

Good music is like good food, it makes you feel warm and fuzzy.

Watching Tom and Jerry too.

Reminds me of when I was younger and things were less complicated. lol...

Anyway, getting random now.

Ciao!

2009-07-05T21:43:00.000+08:00

My Social Skills…

After seeing CK’s blog, I’m gonna do a quick post.

I completely understand his frustration at being in an all boy’s school.

But I’m in an even worse situation.

I’ve never wanted to admit it, but I’m as good around girls as a chimpanzee around pineapples.

Or even Cher Han at a beauty pageant.

Point? I stink with boy-girl interactions.

There’s a name for people like me. But it’s too vulgar to post here.

I think CK and I, along with 90% of all cat high boys are either going to end up as 70 year old virgins, or gay.

And right now, the scary thing, is that being gay looks more appealing than the first option.

Lol.

I need to overhaul my system man; maybe I just need a different approach.

If the “gentlemen” approach doesn’t work, maybe the “supremely extra” one will?

I’m just thinking out loud here, don’t mind me.

I choke up every time I get near a girl. It happened twice today for Christ’s sake!

Dude, I need to be a lot more thick skinned…

Maybe like Nan Zheng?

Lol…

This may seem like another emo post, but rest assured, I’m of sound mind and good spirit.

I’m just trying to make a not-so-funny-situation seem slightly humorous. –Smile-

I think instead of trying to play chess with girls (planning my next move for a day each time), I’m just going to go with the flow. What’s the worse that could happen?

Let’s take a look at what’s the worse that could happen if I don’t do this.

Fast forward 20 years

I’m sitting at a bar.

A cute girl walks past me. Bee stung lips, long legs and silky hair. The whole package.

I don’t even take a glance.

Instead, I’m ogling at a guy who looks like he’s been eating steroids for dinner everyday for the past year.

His biceps are the size of your dinner table. Okay, too much information!!

My eyes!!!!! OMGOMGOMG!!!!!!!!

Whoa! Okay, that was scary. I should have gone to Dunman, lol…

Ah well, all’s well that ends better.

No good deed goes unpunished or bad deed unrewarded.

Just gonna do my best for everything and see where that takes me.

But just to be safe, I’d better get the phone numbers of hot guys too, LMAO!!! Jkjk…

I think I’ll just stick to girls, lol…

Ciao for now!

2009-07-05T13:49:00.000+08:00

The Last Children…

Before I move on to my life story, I want to talk about a book I read, it’s called “The Last Children”.

It’s a story about how the whole world is engulfed in nuclear war and almost everyone dies.

The story is told for a 13 year old survivor’s POV (Point Of View).

It’s a profoundly moving book.

Though short, it manages to get its message across.

I got damn pissed at my father because he tired talking to me while I was reading.

It’s ridiculous I know, but some books are just that engaging.

It’s very graphic and descriptive. The author chooses his words carefully to leave maximum impact on his audience.

I almost cried while reading it…

After reading that, all the more I want to be a member of the PAP, maybe even Singapore’s representative to the UN. It’s the only way to make a difference.

You should really read it, it’s very interesting!

And I fully respect your right to disagree with me on whether or not this book is good, so long as you understand that I'm right and you're wrong. Lol…

Anyway, had catechism class again (some church stuff). Don’t really approve of all this religion stuff. God is Santa Claus for adults =.=

Anyway, every time I go for it, I come back feeling pissed off…

Not going to say why, a little personal. But some of you should know…

Afterwards I’m going to run 2.4 to get rid of this frustration…

Still got a whole pile of homework to do.

Anyway another one of my competitions was cancelled…

I should be in school prepping tomorrow…

I needed those competitions to prove myself!

Especially after VJs last year…

God, I can’t believe that I screwed up on such a scale!

It was really a baptism of fire for me…

I have improved since then I hope. Now I’m no longer third speaker! Yay!

Just finished tuition, very shack. Afterwards there’s war of the worlds on channel 5.

I love bio. It’s so much easier than physics and the teacher is slightly more fun (sorry Mr. Ng).

Maybe I’ll post again later.

Bye for now.

2009-07-04T11:39:00.003+08:00

A B-E-A-utiful Day!

Yesterday was fantastic!

Almost a perfect day!

School was okay, PE we played Frisbee Soccer!

We drew, 1-1.

But _______ had to stick to us…

We had a little fun dropping innuendos, but nothing too direct or inappropriate (wouldn’t want to hurt his feelings).

Then everything was fine until IT.

I stole Chee Kiang's computer.

Then when I went to see the teacher, he stole it back.

I got pissed because I forgot that I was the one who stole the computer from him in the first place.

Then when he opened MSN and started chatting, I spammed Hao Zhe for revenge.

But “Hao Zhe” turned out to be Dianne.

I forgot that HZ was still in class (still in holiday mindset).

CK was kinda pissed at me for a while, but luckily things worked out.

Anyway, we kept yesterdays outing hush-hush.

So HE didn’t find out.

The whole mood of the outing was so much better.

So, after school, we went to settle some PW stuff.

Then we went to Mac to eat.

But Mac was packed (hey it rhymes!)

So we da-bao-ed and went to eat outside.

So me, JS, CK and Cher Han went to eat outside the “hei dian”.

It was so fun!

We talked about all kinds of random stuff.

How we met was something we talked about heavily (good times, good times!)

I remember that in the beginning, I kept mixing up CK and Cher Han.

And I thought that JS was a fun gay, I mean guy, but a little weird…

Oh, remember how Cher Han was always “tao-pok-ed”, until Mrs Lim saw You Kuan doing it and put a stop to it.

We also talked about our first best friends and first enemies (this was also a topic we talked about during dinner)

It was damn nice!

I have a bunch of really nice friends!

Okay, so after a call from Bobo, we walked over to J8 to take the MRT.

Fast forward to the movie because nothing else happened that was faintly interesting.

The movie was kick-ass-awesome!

Not the most fascinating storyline, but it was still freaking cool!

The action was heart-stopping. The part where Optimus Prime (spoiler alert!) died was freaking cool!

The part where the aircraft carrier was trashed was also cool!

During the movie it was damn cold, CK asked for my jacket which I did not have.

A few people also went to the toilet during the movie, a little disrupting.

After the movie, Cher Han, CK and Raynor left while You Xin, Bobo, Wei Liang, JS and I stayed for dinner.

We walked all over the place before deciding on a place to eat.

Some of us bought “liang cha” to drink while we were walking around (I started it). I did it because I didn’t want to get a sore throat.

Okay, we went for dinner at a hawker centre. It has old school charm man!

We couldn’t find a seat inside the hawker centre itself, so we sat at the stone benches and tables outside. The sunset yesterday was B-E-A-utiful!

I was the only one who volunteered to look after the bags while the others went to buy food first. I feel like such a good person…

We all had Japanese food for dinner, I had beef rice.

Not the best but not bad for hawker fare. Mine cost $3.50 so the prices were quite reasonable too.

We had a toast before we ate. We drank to Megan Fox’s health, lol (inside joke).

Then we talked more about our history (what our first impressions of each other were, who our first enemies were etc).

It was damn cool, eating under stars (lol) and talking to friends.

Then after that we talked about what JS’s biography would look like (I started it, lol), it was freaking funny!

We talked about did Mr Lee Hak Boon (God save him) and Megan Fox (again an inside reference).

Then we talked about more random stuff until about 8.35?

We had dinner from about 7-8.35. But the time seemed to pass so fast!

This is what I call quality time with friends.

A pity Cher Han and Chee Kiang weren’t there. It would have been even more fun if they had been around.

Anyway, after dinner we walked back to AMK hub, but outside of AMK hub, hang-ten was having a sale and the group stopped there to see the shirts on discount. I wanted to watch the 9-o-clock channel 8 show (the ultimanium) so I left first.

And that was my day.

“It’s the best day e-v-a!
Echo:
Best day e-v-a”

Repeat 10 times more until the tune gets stuck in your head.

That’s the SpongeBob song, “it’s the best day ever”

But yesterday really was one of the best days ever for me…

This has been a very long post, but it was a great day deserves a long post!

Anyway, ciao!

2009-07-02T19:02:00.003+08:00

New Post!

People!

I’m back!

Haven’t posted in a couple of days. Been busy. As a matter of fact, I still am…

Today we (CK, HZ and NZ) went to see Mr. Krishnan.

He's a really nice guy ^^

He helped us pay for IMUN.

After that I talked to Mdm Jasmine about my CCA commitments...

Things worked out all right.

Got quite a bit of homework…

Some of the teachers gave us homework without even introducing themselves. Lol.

Some people also invited themselves to private events… No lol…

Basic manners, ask someone if you can go for something before you actually do?

There’s been a lot of unhappiness over this. Hopefully this can be resolved soon. (I don’t know how)

It’s very complicated; I think it could have even started in sec 1.

Now there are two camps, those for the direct approach and those for the less direct approach.

I am the only one in the “less direct approach” camp (this should tell you how bad the situation is)

I really don’t know what to do now…

Every option seems to have some repercussions, and the one who gets it worse is him.

I mean I agree with JS in the sense that this can’t continue, but we disagree where the solution is concerned.

It would be all too easy for me to take the direct approach, but I know how it feels like to be on the receiving end…

No one deserves that…

So I guess we will just have to be more discreet when we plan outings next time. That’s what I suggested on Monday but evidently, no one bothered…

That’s the only way that won’t hurt him I guess.

Cher Han said that I was being too cautious. I admit that, but caution is not necessarily a bad thing.

And my position in this is STRICTLY NEUTRAL!

I will not participate in any the bullying or ostracizing of anyone.

So if there is anything you need to do, count me out unless it that action meets at least two of the criteria below.

1) Has been approved by Mrs. Lim
2) Will not hurt any of the parties involved
3) The action’s opportunity cost is vastly out weighed by the benefits, not just to us but also to him.

Apart from dialogue and discussion of the options at hand, I will not do anything else.

There’s an outing tomorrow.

It’s been kept a secret.

So hopefully there won’t be any unpleasant occurrences.

But if Monday’s scenario is repeated, I don’t think that I can stop everyone from doing what they want.

By the democratic process alone I have lost, and democracy must always be respected even if it produces leaders like Hitler…

Anyway, whatever happens, it’s not going to be pretty.

I feel like China protecting North-Korea from the West…

But N-K needs all the protection it can get, because this N-K has no nukes, no million men army.

Just a leader who pisses everyone off.

Wonder if you agree with my analogy.

Anyway, just a last warning, the “direct approach” that you are so in favor of will only lead to your destruction and his and I cannot stand for it.

Please, be discreet, there is no need for such a radical and drastic approach.

That’s all I have to say. The reason I have posted so much on this topic is because there is a risk that it will blow up and split our class wide open.

I want 1 2-3, not 2 or 3 2-3s…

This will be my last post on this matter.

If people aren't convinced by now that the direct approach is cruel, then they never will be.

That’s all I have to say…

Ciao…

I will never hurt another person intentionally, allow another person to hurt me or intervene in the conflicts of other people.

2009-06-30T21:58:00.001+08:00

My Life Story…

Yesterday was the first day of school as well as the esplanade concert.

Both were letdowns…

School was kinda boring yesterday and today as well.

Our new math teacher is okay lah, but a bit like an army officer. I was like “CK, I bet you $5 that he was an officer in the army”

His voice is damn loud!

Then our science teacher seems okay but also a bit weird…

Our Geog teacher is the same as our PE teacher. I think I am dead for Geog, but I also don’t know, see how the next few lessons go first…

The esplanade concert was boring…

Hao Ran (whom I was sitting next to) actually fell asleep. Can’t blame him, it was boring…

But I want to touch a little about something that has been bothering quite a few people as a result of one guy’s actions.

I must admit that I’m not particularly fond of him, nor can I condone his actions that day (Monday). I must, however, urge restraint for all parties involved. Blowing up this matter at a moment’s impulse will not do any one any good. We must deal cautiously with this matter in order to minimize the damage done to all parties involved as well as to minimize the fallout from this incident.

I can understand the deep frustration that the parties have with the person involved; however I still must urge caution and restraint as this is a very sensitive issue. Please act responsibly and do not embark on any extreme courses of action. Even though that person’s action may not be commendable, we should not “repay” him by being uncivil in return. I believe we are above all this petty squabbling.

I am a pacifist by nature. This should explain my accommodative policies. I sincerely hope that this matter can be resolve with minimum damage done to all parties. After all, if you were to look at him as a human being first and foremost, and _______ second, then I believe we can work together to find policy that is beneficial to all.

That is all I have to say pertaining to that matter. This has always been my stand and this will always be my stand. This outlook will form the basis of all my policies pertaining to this matter. I will never hurt another person intentionally, allow another person to hurt me or intervene in the conflicts of other people.

That is something I try to live by. Neutrality is indeed the best approach.

Ciao for now.

2009-06-28T21:23:00.000+08:00

Just a Quickie…

Just a quick post before I retire for the night.

I’m watching Courage the Cowardly Dog. (it’s a cartoon)

It helps to relax me.

Slightly over 10 hours till school officially resumes tomorrow.

Feeling a little bit excited and depressed.

Just finished packing my bag.

Got all my stuff ready (I think…)

Are you ready for a new school term?

I’m not sure if I am…

Anyway, going to sleep now, have a good nights rest on the last day of your holidays!

Ciao!

2009-06-28T15:14:00.002+08:00

H1N1 Spoils My Fun -___-

H1N1 is spoiling my fun!

2 of my debate competitions were cancelled,

Tomorrow I may not be able to go for dinner before the esplanade concert.

In fact, I may not be able to go for the concert period…

I think people are over-reacting…

There’s nothing we can do to stop the spread of this virus.

So how now?

Live with it people!

The only reason that this new virus is so contagious is because it’s new and people have no resistance to it. If we all be socially responsible and increase our hygiene standards, we will be fine. There is very little else that we can do. Running around like headless chickens worrying won’t get us anywhere. Being paranoid will only push us further back.

So please people, don’t over react. Worry is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but it won’t get you anywhere.

After my very emo previous post, I’m not going to bore you to death with this one. I’m gonna move on to a lighter topics.

I woke up at 8 today to go for catechism class (some church stuff). I don’t really like it, but there are some really pretty girls there (Tricia XD). Unfortunately, the first thing I see when I get there is her talking to my archenemy (I’m being very melodramatic here). I wanted to laugh and cry, but in the end, I just settled for talking to my friend about random stuff…

That was a damn unlucky and unwanted start to the last day of my holiday…

Luckily, afterwards was slightly better.

I watched Friends! XD

Damn funny! Joey and Ross started fighting over a girl (not very pretty to me…).

Then they started suan-ing each other.

I’ll give you the URL afterwards, go watch it. It’s really funny!

Ross and Joey spar (verbally) with each other. Lol, they are much better than anyone I know(sorry Mr Loo)

It’s very interesting because Ross was once married to a lesbian, lol. Joey insults him on that btw…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPo501UxOh0&feature=related

I’m gonna keep posting funny Friends moments on my blog btw, gotta share my joy with the world!

And the next part has to do with the esplanade concert. There will be a dinner before the concert (invitation only). The invitation is posted below as is the list of people invited. If your names not there then sorry, either I don’t like you or you don’t like me. Lol, jkjk...

But seriously, this is kinda like a little bit exclusive (for our clique as Jun Sheng likes to call it), so even if your name is not here, please don’t feel offended. Contact me if you want to go, I’ll see if I can make arrangements.

The guest list is;
Tan Cher Han
Lim Boh Jun
Tan Wei Liang
Tong You Xin
Melvin Lim
Sheldon Lim
Ong Chee Kiang
Ong Jun Sheng

Dear Sir/Madam/Whatever Else You May Be

You are cordially invited to a dinner and cocktail party (Coke +7-Up+Pepsi), on Monday the 29th of June, at 5pm. Please be at the venue by 4.45. Dinner will be followed by a concert, Elegance a la Esplanade. A program of events will be issued to you upon your arrival. Dress code is smart casual (I actually have no idea what this means, I just put that in to make this invitation look more impressive, but all you really need is to look presentable. Meaning, don’t come in something that Cher Han would wear.)

On behalf of myself, I look forward to your attendance.

Mr. S. Lim, secretary to Mr. S. Lim

Is the invitation nice?

It looks damn formal!

Okay anyway further details will be discussed tomorrow. I’m open to expanding the guest list. However, only people, at the recommendation of the already invited members will be allowed to join. Of course the decision will also be subject to a 2/3s majority approval of the invited members.

Am I making this sound too exclusive? Sorry, it’s a “fetish” of mine. I like things with class and exclusivity. That’s why I have a set of drinking glasses at home and a reason why I joined debate. I have a champagne glass at home ;)

Anyway, I’ll see you guys tomorrow (whether I want to or not…)

So ciao for now!

2009-06-27T21:07:00.003+08:00

Emo -.-

Feeling emo now, so I’m gonna do a post.

The euphoria I felt after watching Friends is wearing off…

Now I’m listening to old, emo songs…

Now I have no friends to talk to (they are offline and school hasn’t started…).

For the first time, I am actually wishing that school has started. I won’t have to wait long -__-

Anyway, I’ve been thinking.

Mostly about random stuff.

But also about some serious shit.

Something that someone said at debate training (I can’t remember who) is bothering me.

So I’m going to use this post to reflect on that.

Bear with me; I know that my life story is not particularly entertaining…

This is how that conversation went.

Yew Loong: Btw, Tiffany was at IMUN.

Me: OMFG! OMFG! WTH didn’t I go???

*Someone: I thought you said you were over her?

*Yew Loong: If he were, would he have reacted so strongly?

*The stuff in bold is what’s troubling me.

Okay. I thought that I had settled this a very long time ago, believe me.

Apparently, as that little conversation has very obviously shown, pretty much nothing has changed -__-

That also reminded me that it’s been almost a year to the day since I met Tiffany.

And if I still haven’t gotten over this, then I have a SERIOUS PROBLEM…

I don’t need you to tell me that.

Hiax, so how now?

What to do?

I’m thinking,

And thinking,

And I have no clue whatsoever…

Give me some suggestions.

But then again…

Maybe I’m not meant to get over her…

First love always hurts; the Romans called it “tarantula's bite”. Why? It hurts like hell, but it doesn’t kill you. You know what they say, “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger”…

I actually have the date I met her marked in my calendar. You can check my phone if you don’t believe me. –Laugh-

All the girls I’ve had a crush on A.T (After Tiffany) have looked remarkably like her.

At this point, if you think I have a problem, I would probably agree with you.

Okay, I’ve gotten what I wanted to say off my chest and I feel A LOT better. Sorry for the rambling.

I may take this post down in a bit; it’s kinda personal and sensitive. Or I may not. It depends on YOUR reactions. So be a man, do the right thing. Don’t spam my tag box with ridiculous comments.

Also, this is the closest that you will ever come to getting me to reveal what I am really thinking inside. Make what you will off it. And if you are wondering why I posted this, I’m not really one to hide anything (unless the secret is not mine to divulge). I posted this to get it off my chest. It’s been eating at me forever…

I might, MIGHT post a picture of Tiffany. I dunno…

But in conclusion, I just want to say it’s been a really enriching experience. I’ve grown up a lot since this incident. Hah, I feel so much better now after getting this off my chest.

Gonna end with the lyrics of a song I’ve been listening to.

They say that all good things must end
Loves comes and goes just like the wind
You've got your dreams to follow
But if I had the chance tomorrow
You know I'd do it all again

I wouldn't have missed it for the world
Wouldn't have missed loving you girl
You've made my whole life worth while, with your smile
I wouldn't trade one memory
Cause you mean too much to me
Even though I lost you girl
I wouldn't have missed it for the world

This has been a VERY long and emo post, so if you’ve even bothered to read until here, thanks.

I hope you know me better as a result of this post! ;)

Ciao!

P.S What’s in this blog stays in this blog please. Don’t start spamming me in school about this.
P.S.S Thanks.

2009-06-27T12:30:00.005+08:00

Friends!

Hi people!

One day and 11 hours more till school reopens :(

I’ve done all of my homework (I think).

Today I slacked damn lot, got no mood to study…

Just had lunch, feel a little sleepy…

Still can't believe school is going to start soon.

I mean the holidays just flew by so fast!

When school starts again, it means no more late nights, no more late night suppers, no more sleeping in till 12 noon and the list goes on... =.=

Okay now I’m going through a phase where I am crazy about Friends (the sitcom).

So I’m going to upload a video!

It’s a snippet of yesterday’s episode. It’s damn funny, must watch!

It’s contains some sexual humor though and some slightly incestuous content.

“The owner and proprietor of this blog wishes to state that the following content has been rated PG for sexual humor. Parental guidance is advised for small kids and big babies (Chee Kiang and CYY fall into this category lol, jkjk).”

The guy is called Ross, and the girl is his cousin.

That, is what we would call a major faux pass. Lmao!

Okay, screw it, I can't upload, so I'll give you guys the URL instead.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvDycw21Q-k

And this is just some extra stuff, also from friends, also very funny.

It's when two guys, Ross and Joey, date the same girl and don't know it. Yet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYD2499sbMQ&feature=related

Oh, and since your watching those, watch this as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kG9NrRxESSY&feature=related

Got some gay shit inside, lol. Friends is damn funny!!!

Anyway, ciao for now.

2009-06-26T13:24:00.001+08:00

Quick Updates

Okay, just some quick updates.

1st, U14s is postponed indefinitely due to H1N1 (read: cancelled)

Everyone is damn crushed.

Buerels and Hwa Chong Invites may also be scrapped. Our debate season may be gone just like that…

2nd, Michael Jackson’s death.

I personally never really liked that guy, but since he’s dead now, what the heck!

3rd, everyone seems to have started mugging again…

School is going to start soon; I’d better get back into “Chiong” mode again…

How I wish that the holidays could last forever!

And I realize that my tag box is quite dead…

People, if you come please tag! Anything will do, even random stuff like “You Yuan is my real father” or something…

I realize that this has been quite a short post, but I don’t really have much to update on.

Bloody H1N1…

Ciao!

2009-06-23T21:49:00.000+08:00

Random Post

Okay, okay, I just found a really cool quiz on the internet!

Go to this URL,

http://www.youthink.com/quiz.cfm?action=go_detail&sub_action=take&obj_id=144552&filter=popular&f_cat_id=-1&time_span=latest

It’s a “what’s your flirt type” quiz.

I got:

Friend First
You'd rather date a friend than a stranger. So you try to become friends with everyone, just in case. You've got a great flirt technique going on. You realize that friends are more important than dates, and you'll move a little slowly in the romance game if it means keeping everyone your pal. Where could it go wrong? Well, your crushes might not even realize that you like them as more than a friend. Be their friends, but don't be shy with your feelings, you know? Especially if your friends are hot.

2009-06-23T14:40:00.003+08:00

Roses are red, Violets are… Yellow?

Hi people!

Today we had debate. Only one more training session before MGS U14s.

But you guys probably know that already, I’ve been going on and on about that for a while…

NanYang is our first opponent btw…

Today we did THB in trial by jury.

We were a bit screwed.

I dropped a point and had to restart my speech because I had too many ladies and gentlemen…

During prep we were talking crap most of the time… All Nan Zheng and Chee Kiangs fault, even I got sidetracked…

We saw Jun Sheng ad Andrew during prep.

Jun Sheng was wearing the same set of PE he was wearing yesterday, lol…

Afterwards got tuition, tomorrow I’m free. Who wants to go watch transformers with me?

Anyone?

Oh, and on my way to debate training I saw a dead pigeon.

It got run over by a car (I know because there were brake marks before the body)

Then its guts were like spilling out and there was blood near its beak. I think it coughed out blood before it died…

It looked damn disgusting, but also cool.

Now I’ll end with a joke.

"A joke a day keeps Physics away!"

“What's the difference between an onion and a dead Chee Kiang?

I cried when I cut up the onion.”

2009-06-22T18:07:00.001+08:00

Movie Fiesta!

Today was movie day!

Met Bobo and company at AMK Hub.

We had pepper lunch for lunch. It was delicious! A bit pricy, but delicious.

I had beef as did Chee Kiang.

You Xin joined us halfway, but he had already eaten.

After that we went to buy the tickets for the movie, Bobo got pangseh-ed, lol.

He went up the escalator, then I was behind him. Then after he got on, we zao-ed. We went up after a while (because we knew he would go down looking for us, and he did!)

Then we went to watch “Ghosts of Girlfriend’s Past”

It was quite a decent show, quite funny (and to a certain extent informative).

After that, Bobo wanted to go play basketball at his house. At first I wanted to go, but then…

Bobo: You guys want to go play basketball?

Me and Jun Sheng: Okay!

CK: Wait a minute! Now is 5.30, by the time you get there, it will be 5.45, then we start it will be 6.00. Then we play until 6.30, and then we get to the MRT station 6.45, then 7.15 we reach home, what’s the point?

Me: Yeah! But then Bobo can be home by 6.30 because we are playing at his house! Let’s go home and eat our moma’s cooking!

Everyone: Yeah lah!

Then everyone went home…

You Xin and I took a train together for a while.

And that was my day!

Tomorrow got debate training and tuition.

Ah well, ciao!

2009-06-22T10:56:00.001+08:00

Quickie…

Okay, just a quickie before I leave for AMK hub.

Today, as you all know, we (CK, Bobo, Wei Liang, You Xin, Jun Sheng and I) will be going to watch a movie.

Yesterday Chee Kiang agreed to follow us. This was the rather messy process.

Friday?

Me: Chee Kiang, you want to go watch a movie on Monday?

CK: I no money liao, don’t want to go…

Sunday (yesterday)

Me: You sure you don’t want to go for a movie tomorrow?

CK: What movie? Why got movie never ask me?

Me: The movie which I asked you about on Friday?

CK: Ohhhh…

Lol, damn comedic. CK is a joker…

Anyway, I’ll post again later, gtg now, adieu!

2009-06-21T21:22:00.005+08:00

What a Day…

Today was like, woah... Totally awesome…

In the morning I had tuition (not so awesome), from 12-2.

After that received a call from Bobo, asking me to join them for a bite before going to play…

So I immediately rushed to AMK hub and I met them at “New York, New York”.

The food there is damn expensive, but the portions are quite generous. Also some of the items on the menu are quite tasty… (I would recommend the teriyaki chicken. The portions are slightly smaller but it tastes delicious.)

Boh Jun bought a “chocolate mocha”? He got scammed…

$6.90+GST+Service Charge, all for one small cup that was only half filled…

I had plain water, lol. Then I paid You Xin $2 for a piece of his chicken. I don’t particularly enjoy chicken but that was not bad… Not bad, but not excellent (I’m not easily impressed).

After that we walked around for a while, then we went to Bobo and Wei Liang’s house to play.

We played basketball mainly.

I stink at basketball…

Wei Liang got injured because he tripped over my leg…

His leg started bleeding and looked damn disgusting…

But we continued playing ;)

After that played badminton for a while before I went home.

Today was fathers’ day so I went home to have dinner with my parents and grandparents.

The food was not bad, there was KFC, home-made chicken pie, prawn salad, oyster omelet and apple crumble (also home-made) for desert.

After that, I watched a little of Hotel Rwanda. It’s horrifying to see the evil in men. :(

Man fears what he does not understand. Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate. This hate is often misdirected at those least deserving of it…

Anyway, on a lighter note, tomorrow I’m going out for a movie with Bobo, Chee Kiang, Wei Liang, You Xin and Jun Sheng. Last few days of the holidays...

Okay, that’s all for now, ciao!

2009-06-20T14:28:00.000+08:00

Here’s the story of my life…

Today, we had debate. MGS U14s is exactly one week from now. We still have two more training sessions before the competition. I’m a little worried about how my stamina will hold up... The last time I debated 3/4 times in one day was at VJs half a year ago…

Today we spared the secondary ones. Don’t think we had an easy time; the sec 1s were helped by our debate coaches (one of whom is a lawyer-in-training).

I did a decent job today (as compared to my previous spars with Hwa Chong and SCGS).

Yew Loong also gave the team some advice. I think that we are almost ready for the competition.

Our first match is against NanYang Girls School…

Anyway, today Chee Kiang and Nan Zheng were late for training (as usual).

Chee Kiang said his alarm was faulty (actually he overslept) Nan Zheng didn’t give an explanation, but that’s okay, I forgive the both of them. Lol.

Chee Kiang was 1st speaker, I was second and Nan Zheng was third.

After that, we (Chee Kiang, Hao Zhe and I) went for lunch together. I kept choking on my
kangkong (I hate veggies…)

Then after that I took circle line back…

And here I am now!

Afterwards got church (again…) zzzz.

Tomorrow is fathers’ day for those of you who don’t know.

Random...

Anyway, ciao for now!

2009-06-19T12:12:00.002+08:00

All Good Things Must Come To An End…

The holidays are drawing to a close…

As much as I hate being bored, I hate slogging my guts out more…

Ah well, the end of the holidays is not bad in and of itself, it’s when the end of the holidays coincide with the beginning of school that it’s bad… Get it? Haha. (If you don’t get it, go get a life -.-)

Let’s move on to a happier topic.

Does anyone want to play badminton with Wilson and me this Sunday? Maybe I’ll call Bobo and Wei Liang too.

There was also something else that I wanted to say, but I forgot…

Anyway, for those of you who are interested to know, next Saturday there’s a debate competition for youth debaters. The team, more or less confirmed, is Chee Kiang or Hao Zhe 1st speaker, I as second and Nan Zheng as third. You Yuan and Chee Kiang or Hao Zhe (one of them) as reserves.

The themes for the competition are as follows; 1st round, medical ethics. 2nd round law and justice. 3rd round, India and finals (if we manage to enter) International politics. I am really hyped about the competition. Wish me luck, I’m going to ask the team we lose to or win out for dinner, lol. Hopefully it will be a girl’s school. That’s going to be something to look forward to, haha.

I really like watching Friends (the sitcom). Lol, Joey is damn funny…

That was random…

Btw, I just discovered something. You can make negative qualities sound positive by changing the words used. For example,

Chee Kiang is not stupid, he’s simple-minded.
You Yuan is not violent, he’s passionate.
Cher Han is not ugly, he just has inner beauty.
Jia Wei is not fat, he’s well-built.
I’m not stubborn, I’m resolute.
Jun Sheng isn’t sick, he’s just… sick (it’s the tone of your voice when you say it)

Haha…

Ciao!

2009-06-18T13:25:00.004+08:00

Lunchtime Express!

Hi People!

Back again, updating just before I grab some lunch.

Today didn’t do anything much, but came across several interesting things on Chee Kiang’s blog.
1) Mind Games
2) The Music
3) Concert
4) Homecoming

So I’ll touch on mind games first.

I’m not a sadist or anything, but I like to use mind games sometimes. I’m not very good at it (but at least I’m better than Cher Han and that Herman guy).

I can’t say I agree with how some people use mind games, but if you use it purely for entertainment (like me) then its okay I guess. Mind games can have very fun results, haha!

The master of mind games is undoubtedly Sir Alex Ferguson (current manager of Manchester United). He made a grown man (Kevin Keegan) cry! Lol…

Okay, next, the music.

Edward Cullen’s lullaby is sweet in a sorrowful way, I don’t know, I’m a music idiot, but I can still appreciate good music and that music rocks! I want to put a song on my blog too (I will be right here waiting for you), but I don’t know how…

Now, moving on to the concert. I’m kinda looking forward to it. After all, you can’t be a cultured person unless you can appreciate the arts. And I want to be a cultured gentleman. Like Edmond Dantes or even V (from V for Vendetta).

Finally, homecoming. Hopefully we can make enough money to heavily subsidize the end of year class chalet. I have really cool plans for it!! I am cautiously optimistic that under Cher Han’s stewardship, we can make a decent profit. Unfortunately, 60% of the profit goes to the school.

I am seriously pissed off because of this. Companies are allowed to move to Country B if they feel that taxes in Country A are too high. I suggest that 2-3 set up a stall in St Nicholas Girls School instead… I don’t think that they’ll tax us 60% of our earnings…

Britain taxes its citizens 50% and provides free healthcare and a lot of other stuff. We get taxed 60% and have what? A bonsai garden and free dental care? This is ridiculous…

Okay, enough of my ranting. Does anyone want to play badminton with me? Maybe I can also call Cher Han, he is always bragging how good he is at badminton…

And I changed my blogskin! From the Joker to Hell Girl. I really like this blogskin, I think that it’s kinda cool.

Anyway, ciao for now!

2009-06-17T13:04:00.004+08:00

Luchtime!

I’m using my lunch break to post because I have nothing better to do…

So far my day has been uneventful…

Morning wake up, read the newspapers.

Nothing about Arsenal, only North Korea, lol…

I think next season Arsenal is screwed… Only got 13 million to spend. Even Everton and Aston Villa have a bigger war chest… Oh well, at least 13 million is more than North Koreas total GDP, lol.

Anyway, I’m really bored. The only highlight for me now is the MGS U14s debate competition.

Anyone want to go for a movie next week? Before school reopens?

I want to watch Transformers, Revenge of the Fallen.

Optimus Prime is damn cool…

“Fate rarely calls upon us at a moment of our choosing”

Profound… He’s like a robot Yoda

“Attachment leads to jealously. The shadow of greed, that is.”

Random… But yeah you get my point.

Btw, you know something even more random?

Singapore just got 2 submarines.

Not the sandwich but the boat thingy which goes underwater.

Looks damn cool, but only got 1 shower for over 80 people?

How to survive?

This is like my shortest post ever, but I don’t really have much to say…

Maybe I’ll post again afterwards, I don’t know… Bye.

2009-06-17T10:17:00.008+08:00

Transfer News

Now is the transfer season in the football world (for those who don’t know), so this post today is for my good friend Sheldon, who loves football more than his mum. Lol…

Okay, in the EPL, Liverpool has launched an 18.5 million bid for Portsmouth right back Glenn Johnson. The 24 year old England international has impressed at Portsmouth after a disappointing stint at Chelsea and several clubs are in the running to secure his signature.

Next, new Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti wants Carlos Tevez in his new team. He faces stiff opposition from Manchester City who are willing to offer Tevez improved personal terms. (Read: More money)

Michael Owen wants out of Newcastle United after the Magpies were relegated to the championship. Few clubs are willing to take a chance on the injury-prone Owen who was once rated as one of the best young strikers England had to offer.

Moving over to the Primera Liga and Real Madrid. Real’s bid to build a “Dream Team” has been out priced after Bayern Munich slapped a price tag in excess of 40 million (pounds) on star winger Frank Ribery. Valencia have also done the same with David Villa, but Manchester United and Manchester City are still in the running, with both clubs offering at least 45 million pounds for the highly rated Spaniard. Villa, in the past, has stated his desire to play for Arsenal, but it is unlikely that the Gunners will table a bid, having only a 13 million kitty.

Another Spaniard that may be on his way to the Bernabeu is Xabi Alonso. It is unlikely that the playmaker will still be at Afield next season after Real offered a cash plus player exchange. Alonso has grown disillusioned with manager Rafael Benitez after the latter tried to sell him in the last transfer window.

Haha! I love the transfer season. Will post again later, bye!

2009-06-16T21:00:00.001+08:00

Tuition+Debate+Tuition Again=???

Today was a crazy day…

Morning had Chinese tuition at 9; my Chinese is getting from bad to worse…

After that I had my shower and went for debate.

I was daydreaming, so I took a train going to Bartly instead of Bishan… GG. I felt damn stupid, was almost late for training.

Today’s debate training was special; we prepped several 1st prop cases and then presented them.

This is was to prepare for the upcoming MGS U14s.

Chee Kiang, Nan Zheng and I all presented.

Saturday got training, got a little work to do.

After that I left at 430 to go for English tuition at learning lab.

Had a wee bit of fun there; suan-ed the teacher and Isaac (a friend of mine).

He threw my pencil case at me because I called him gay (in a roundabout way), lol.

After that watched slum dog millionaire for a bit.

Then I found out that my friend already got a ticket for the esplanade concert (thanks anyway CYY).

The concert is on the day school reopens leh…

At least it’ll give me an excuse to gussy myself up…

Wonder if anymore people I know (besides my Cat High classmates) are going…

And btw, Lampard is a decent player, but he isn’t the best.

World-class players are players like Kaka, Messi, even Arshavin.

Lampard is a decent foot soldier, but he’s not a God like Maradona or Pele…

And truly world class players don’t go to Chelsea btw, they go to Real Madrid and Arsenal, lol…

Anyway, I’ll end with a poem.

Lampard and Chelsea went up the hill
To buy David Villa (Vee-ah)
But Lampard fell down and broke his crown,
And Villa went to Real (reee-al)

Ciao!

2009-06-15T12:47:00.007+08:00

Jonny’s B-day!

Okay, yesterday was Jonny’s birthday.

I paid 6 bucks for his present…

Not a lot but still blasted a hole in my pocket…

Wanted to get him a cake (sweet secrets has a mean chocolate cake!), but had no more money…

After that watched drag me to hell.

It was scary, very scary. I think it was because they maxed the volume so everything is 100 times louder than it is supposed to be.

It’s an okay show, but now I think horror movies are pointless, pay 10 bucks to scare yourself…

After that went MacDonald’s to eat dinner.

I had a Mac Spicy meal (upsized). I ran/exercised before the party so no guilt trip ;)

After that we went window shopping.

Then took MRT home… Sunday can get kinda boring without these outings.

Now I found this on Chee Kiangs blog, and it says I have to do it so…

All 14 people have to do this quiz. Unless if she/he doesn't have a blog. Write the name of 14 people you can think off the top of your head. Then answer the questions

1) Cher Han
2) You Yuan
3) Yi Zhen
4) Hao Zhe
5) Chee Kiang
6) Evangelyn
7) Ah Bong
8) Jia Beng
9) Clarance
10) Mr Loo
11) Denise
12) Charmaine
13) Jun Sheng
14) You Xin

How did you get to meet 7?
-Same school, same class for 6 years!

What would you do if you and 13 had never met?
-I wish!

What would you do if 1 and 12 date?
-OMG, WTH????? Cher Han+Date=??

Have you seen 14 cry?
-Nope, he’s a tough son of a gun…

Would 4 and 11 make a good couple?
-Nope, 4 is attached

Do you think 11 is attractive?
-Errr, kinda????

What’s 2’s favourite colour?
-Red? Blue? Black? One of them lah…

When was the last time you spoke to 9?
-Last Wednesday.

What language does 8 speak?
-Nerd. Jkjk…

Who is 13 going out with?
-Cannot say…

What grade is 12 in?
-Secondary 2?

Would you ever date 10?
-Mr Loo, not Ms Loo! And I’m straight…

Where does 5 live?
-Hell (I wish!)

What’s the best thing about 3?
-I don’t really know her that well…

What would you want to tell 10 now?
-有就有，没有就没有 (inside joke…)

What’s the best thing about 8?
-He is fun!

Have you ever kissed 5?
-WHY WOULD I WANT TO???

What was the best memories you have with 7?
-P6 inter class soccer (brother!)

When's the next time you're going to see 6?
-Church?

How are 14&12 different?
-No diff, lol.

Is 6 pretty?
-Beauty is in the eye of the beholder…

What was the first impression of 11?
-Have I seen you before?

How did you meet 5?
-Sec1

Is 1 your best friend?
-Yeah, kind of…

Do you hate 12?
-Nope, I’m a nice guy, and I have no reason to...

Have you seen 4 in the last month?
-Yup, debate training.

When was the last time you talked to 3?
-Tuition?

Have you been to 5's house?
-He lives in a pineapple under the sea... lol

When's the next time you gonna see 10?
-Don’t know, want to go watch transformers together…

Are you close to 13?
-Okay lah.

Have you been to a movie with 4 before?
-Not that I can remember…

Have you gotten into trouble with 8?
-That depends on what you mean by trouble, haha.

Would you give 2 a hug?
-That depends. Will he hit me if I say no?

When have you lied to 3?
-Never before ;)

Is 1 good with socializing?
-Nope, everytime go home and eat his moma’s cooking…

RANDOM!!!!

2009-06-13T15:13:00.003+08:00

Random…

This post is going to be a bit random because I don’t really have much to post…

Today had a spar with SCGS, I screwed up again…

I don’t know why during prep I felt horrible, like I wanted to throw up, so I was a bit unfocused…

Hiax, I want to leave a good impression at U14s after my disastrous VJ outing last year -.-

Tuesday got debate and tuition, both of which I am looking forward to.

But when school reopens I’m going to be busy.

Got the esplanade concert, two debate competitions, schoolwork and tuition…

Afterwards I have church, which is like a complete waste of time...

I subscribe to Karl Marxes idea the religion is the opiate of the people...

I was feeling random, so I did a quiz online; what age do you act, I am, apparently, 17 years old.

“You are a teenager at heart. You don't quite feel like a grown up yet, but you don't feel like a kid.You question authority and are still trying to find your place in this world. You're quite rebellious, and you don't like being told what to do. You like to do things your way. You have your own unique style, taste in music, and outlook on life. “

I kind of agree. Anyway, for those of you who want to take the quiz, here’s the html

http://blogthings.com/whatagequiz/

K, that’s all I have for now, bye!

Just Another Day In Paradise…

2009-06-12T22:55:00.000+08:00

Just Another Day In Paradise…

Today was an ordinary day, pretty much…

I had math tuition from 10-12, a bit sian…

Next week will have even more tuition, so must be mentally prepared.

But hey, if it helps me to get an A1, then what the heck!

Anyway, I watched Friends while having dinner.

My dinner was fabulous btw.

I had a steak (medium rare) with a glass (MacDonald’s Olympic glass thingy which also looks damn classy) of apple juice with two ice cubes (shaken not stirred lol, inside joke…)

The steak was juicy but had quite a bit of fat and gristle… Overall, with the pepper sauce, it was okay I guess, not bad for hawker fare (I couldn’t afford something from a restaurant)

I played Fifa 08 (I manage Chelsea).

I sold Nicholas Anelka for 16 million and bought Michael Owen for 12 million.

I feel ripped off…

Paying 12 million for Owen is like paying 10k for a bonsai plant; ridiculous…

And I still need to settle the ticket for my friend.

Luckily CYY offered to sell me his.

Tomorrow got spar with SCGS, they were 4th for JGs.

Gonna do my best, for Queen and Country (or Principal and School as the case might be…)

Bye till next time…

2009-06-11T20:21:00.002+08:00

I need a favor…

Hey, any of you know where to get an extra ticket for the Esplanade concert (Melvin?)? Or any of you in performing arts and don’t need your extra tickets (Wilson, CYY?)? A friend of mine wants to go so I kinda need an extra ticket, so yeah…

Aside from that, my day today was okay I guess…

Today’s debate was a spar at Hwa Chong.

I really need to buck up.

At this rate, I’m not even fit to be the captain of the Yishun Town Secondary youth debate team…

You should be able to tell how the debate went after reading that sentence.

I really want to win something bad, I don’t even care if it’s U14s, Hwa Chong Invites or even JGs, I just want a trophy!

There’s a spar with SCGS (Singapore Chinese Girls School) this Saturday, must do my best…

There was a separate debate for Chee Kiang and some sec ones today (Enzel and Yi Kai if I'm not mistaken)

I heard they did quite well (unlike me -.-)

Btw, MGS U14s is on the 27th of this month.

I think we should have a decent chance of winning if the team hits peak form.

If Nan Zheng finds the form he had during the debate camp, Chee Kiang rediscovers the from he had at the beginning of this year, and I can regain the form I had after SYF, I think that we can win hands down.

Of course there is a big IF there.

This is a trend I noted, against weaker opposition and with easier notions, we do okay… When we go up against stronger opposition or get a chim notion, however, that is when we slip up, me especially.

The scouts are having Ubin camp over the next few days, good luck to Cher Han and Benedict! They’ll need it to survive…

Ah well, getting random. Please, anyone who has an extra ticket or knows where to get another, tell me! Thanks in advance!

Adieu!

2009-06-10T20:04:00.005+08:00

Movie Marathon!

Hi guys!

Haven’t been updating regularly so now…

Let’s see,

A lot of things have happened in the last couple of days…

On Monday, Bobo, Chee Kiang, Cher Han, Wei Liang and me went out for a movie marathon…

We had breakfast in a coffee shop; I had a delicious prata and a cup of ice lemon tea…

That was my first time having breakfast with my friends at a coffee shop, it was a delightful experience.

We made a lot of jokes, and had a lot of fun at SOME PEOPLE’S expense. Lol.

After that, we went shopping.

I bought my mom a present at popular (it’s her birthday tomorrow), and Bobo, at my prompting, bought a deck of poker cards.

After that, we went to play at a playground nearby.

We played three card poker combined with truth or dare; the loser of the game had to choose truth or dare (duh)

I am damn unlucky…

You know the current channel 8 show at 9? About the looser gambler called Zhou Zhi Da?

I am like that…

Dunno lose how many times…

They asked me a lot of funny questions…

And I asked a lot of funny questions back (when I won which was very rare…)

After that went for our first movie, night at the museum.

The Cupids were really cute…

And I just found out that they were voiced by the Jonas Brothers :(

Okay, next we went to Sumo House for a delicious lunch!

The food there is quite nice and value for money.

There is a slight culture shock though… There was octopus and pickled vegetables, weird food

-___-

Cher Han joined us then and we all went to watch terminator salvation.

During the movie, I gave up my jacket to Chee Kiang and Cher Han because they were cold…

I always thought that I would be giving my jacket up to a cute cold girl, not a pair of boys???

The movie was okay, a lot of action...

Pizza Hut was for dinner…

Because our order was screwed up, we got two extra pizzas for no charge.

Cher Han thought that there was no free lunch in this world (which, coincidentally we were talking about in passing before earlier), so he gave us his share of the money (which was more that he needed to pay) and left (eating less than what he had paid for…)

Lol, we had a remembrance ceremony for Cher Han and the monetary sacrifice he made for the good of us all…

Then, we went to the playground and had a karaoke session.

We sang Low, Numb, Back at One and many other songs.

We were like some crazy people or something…

But it was damn fun…

After that we did chain pumping, 21 in total. (because 21 has symbolic importance)

After that, we pumped three more at my insistence.

First time we shouted 公教!

Second time, when we went down we shouted Cher Han.

Third and last time, we shouted Pizza Hut!

Lol, damn fun.

We must do this again sometime (with the missing N-Land Kakis)

Today had drama (sian)

Tomorrow got debate (fun)

going to be interesting

And I have just received confirmation that Adam Lambert IS GAY!

Yes, people, he is a homosexual...

That was random, but I had to get it off my chest.

And btw, New Moon (the movie) is comming.

I might want to watch it, but the actors are atrocious... (both Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson)

Ah well, see how.

Ciao!

2009-06-05T18:41:00.006+08:00

I miss you people!

Hello!

It’s been a week since the holiday started, and I miss all 2-3ians! (or at least half the class…jkjk)

There’s an outing on Monday, but all the N-Land people got camp…

Then want to postpone to Friday also cannot, Cher Han got scouts camp, Chee Kiang got St Johns, and I got tuition…

So basically, only Bo Jun, Cher Han, Chee Kiang, I and Wei Liang (in alphabetical order) will be going. All the N-Land kakis all MIA (Missing In Action)…

Things aren’t going to be the same without them…

Ah well, “If Job could bear his trials, then I guess I must bear mine” V for Vendetta

So my deepest condolences to those who will be missing the outing due to
1) CCA commitments
2) Camp
3) Tuition
4) MC -___-

I’ll try and arrange a “make up session" before the holidays end. Anyway, we all still have the year-end class chalet to look forward too… XD

Anyway, I did my speech today, ran into a snag at first, but I managed to clear my doubts with Cher Han… After that I did my speech. I was originally wondering if NS would be better than euthanasia, but then I decided to stick with euthanasia cause I already had a "pre-made speech" (from the bicultural scholar competition thingy...). I still had to massively edit it though, so yeah...

I “borrowed” a few quotes from Winston Churchill (Former British Prime Minister) to end my speech. BUT, when I was looking for some specific things he said, I also found this…

“I remember when I was a child, being taken to the celebrated Barnum's Circus, which contained an exhibition of freaks and monstrosities, but the exhibit on the program which I most desired to see was the one described as "The Boneless Wonder". My parents judged that the spectacle would be too demoralizing and revolting for my youthful eye and I have waited fifty years, to see The Boneless Wonder sitting on the Treasury Bench.”

A jibe at Ramsay Macdonald in the House of Commons (1930).

Winston Churchill bloody made fun of his own minister! And he did it in a bloody brilliant way! Winston Churchill is bloody brilliant; he should have been a comedian, not a politician…

Now, I’ll end my post with a poem!

If the ocean was coke, and I was a duck,
I’d swim to the bottom and drink my way up.
But, the ocean isn’t coke, and I’m not a duck,
So give me my coke, and shut the f**k up.

Lol, this is’nt mine btw, and the original has drug references, so I changed it a bit.

Anyway, I’ll see some of you on Monday. Until then, tally ho!

2009-06-04T17:05:00.002+08:00

CCA

My internet was down for the last couple of days, but I’m back now!

Let’s see…

I had Drama yesterday (which I skipped), Debate today (which I went for), and Drama again tomorrow (which I am probably going to skip)…

Today, after debate, we (Chee Kiang, Hao Zhe, CYY and Nan Zheng) went for lunch. I had chicken rice while Hao Zhe, Chee Kiang and Nan Zheng had “Ban Mian”? Don’t know what it is, but it looked -__-

After that we went to play basketball.

Nan Zheng is damn zai! He 1v4 also can win leh…

Then as we played, the rest (but not me) began to strip.

One button followed by another and then another.

Hao Zhe unbuttoned his whole shirt. (got nothing to see…)

After that, NZ also stripped… (also got nothing to see…)

People started to look… Damn pai seh…

Oh, did I mention that the choir is having a camp? Poor saps… They all looked sooooo sad.

No amount of CCA points is worth that misery…

And people, another change in plans. The outing is changed to Monday. The exact details will be messaged to those invited at a later date.

P.S Remind me who is invited. Thanks.

P.S.S Remind me who is NOT invited. Thanks.

P.S.S.S If you don’t do both (or at least one) of the above, then please don’t blame me if unfamiliar faces turn up… (you know what I'm talking about)

Btw, what two movies do you guys want to watch? And if possible, can you all stay until about 8-9 (worst/best case scenario)? And bring enough $$$ for breakfast, lunch and dinner (try not to steal food or borrow money)?

27 days to go...

2009-06-02T13:44:00.008+08:00

27 days to go...

Hi all! Yup, 27 more days to go before school reopens again! 27 days of fun in the sun!

Now, about the “Class Outing” of sorts, would postponing it to Friday be okay? Cause Chee Kiang and I have debate training on Thursday…

Wonder how everyone else is doing… Beginning to miss some people already… Although there’s MSN, it’s just not the same…

Now, I’m listening to Disney songs… Damn bo liao right? But some of them are actually quite nice and meaningful. Not like some pop songs…

Btw, I just want to add here how nice it was to see you and talk to you again.

It’s been quite a while since we had a chat and I am glad that we had this opportunity to catch up.

It’s been really nice having you as a pal, and you are one of the best friends that I have ever had!

Even though you like to insult me, (and I like to suan you back)

Even though you’re a freak of nature, (and I’m not too good looking myself)

Even though we make an odd pair, (one short, one tall)

It’s nice to have a friend like you!

Through thick and thin,

In sickness and in health,

For better or worse,

You’ve always been there for me!

I hope that I’ve been at least as good a friend to you as
you’ve been to me!

In case I haven’t been clear enough, I’m talking about you Jia Beng…

Thanks for 7 years of fun! Hope the next 7 years will be just as enjoyable!

2009-06-01T13:43:00.017+08:00

REASONS WHY GUYS LIKE GIRLS:

Hi, I’m back from camp! Here’s a little something I found in my e-mail… (my first post for June!)

Why guys like girls:

1. They will always smell good even if its just shampoo

2. The way their heads always find the right spot on our shoulder

3. How cute they look when they sleep

4. The ease in which they fit into our arms

5. The way they kiss you and all of a sudden everything is right in the world

6. How cute they are when they eat

7. The way they take hours to get dressed but in the end it makes it all worth while

8.Because they are always warm even when its minus 30 outside

9. The way they look good no matter what they wear

10. The way they fish for compliments even though you both know that you think she's
the most beautiful thing on this earth

11. How cute they are when they argue

12. The way her hand always finds yours

13. The way they smile

14. The way she says 'lets not fight anymore' even though you know that an hour later....

15. The way they kiss when you do something nice for them

16.The way they kiss you when you say 'I love you'

17. Actually ... just the way they kiss you...

18. The way they fall into your arms when they cry

19. Then the way they apologize for crying over something that silly

20. The way they hit you and expect it to hurt

21. Then the way they apologize when it does hurt. (even though we don't admit it)!

22. The way they say 'I miss you'

23. The way you miss them

24. The way their tears make you want to change the world so that it doesn't hurt her anymore..... Yet regardless if you love them, hate them, wish they would die or know that you would die without them ... it matters not. Because once in your life, whatever they were to the world they become everything to you. When you look them in the eyes, traveling to the depths of their souls and you say a million things without trace of a sound, you know that your own life is inevitable consumed within the rhythmic beatings of her very heart. We love them for a million reasons, No paper would do it justice. It is a thing not of the mind but of the heart. A feeling. Only felt.

That was random, but I found it so cool, so I posted it! Thanks Cher Han!

Okay, now for the camp. Okay it was kinda boring at times but a couple of good things happened.
1) I managed to catch up with my old friend
2) I saw the girl I was hoping to see
3) I managed to suan everyone conducting the camp

Okay, 1st thing’s first. Yeah, I saw Jia Beng (old friend)! We’ve been friends for like what, 7, 8 years? He is just as funny as ever! He’s like Jun Sheng but not so random, or gay, or weird… Oh, he’s an RI boy btw, (Maris Stella’s top scorer) ;) Dude, if u see this, tag please! (and don't tell anyone else that this blog even exists!)

Okay, next. “I saw the girl I was hoping to see” Kinda self explanatory… It’s kind of a Romeo and Rosaline situation though, so… Now I freaking know how envy feels like… It seems to eat away at your very soul… This always happens to me… Really getting used to it… Don’t like it at all though, just observing from a distance, never fated to meet.

Still have homework to do, I’ll update more in my next post and maybe I’ll also put some pictures on if they are out by then…

Till then, ciao!

2009-05-29T20:34:00.004+08:00

Hasta La Vista, Baby!

Hello mates!

Will be departing at 0745 tomorrow…

I’ll be gone until Monday, so don’t expect any new posts till then…

Unfortunately, I have to give debate training this Saturday a miss though…

Anyway, I the reason I am so hyped up over the camp is because there is a really cute girl there,
Better than anything that Chee Kiang will ever be able to find at the very least, lol…

Okay. Today was crazy…

Had a really weird dance,

We slammed two bamboo sticks together to create a weird rhythm, now here comes the crazy part; we had to step in and out of those two bamboo sticks before they got smashed together… Some people invent the craziest things…

I was the one smashing the bamboo poles, (with Chee Kiang that is)

I smashed Wen Zuo, Nicholas, Andrew, You Yuan, Cher Han, and a few other people, damn fun although I didn’t do it on purpose…

I damn zai, smash Cher Han’s leg until it bled (just a little, and it was an accident, honest guv’nor)

Then it was my turn. Andrew had the dubious honor of smashing my foot…. Bloody hell, damn pain…

After that was 陈老师’s lesson.

He had an unpleasant run in with my senior, shall not elaborate (sensitive)

After that collect report book, my results for this term are like shit… Next term must work harder…

After that, I went to help paint the Homecoming banner.

My art is… abstract and errrr hard to appreciate.

But, at the very least I helped out while SOME PEOPLE slacked and watched ratatouille (I think this is how it’s spelt). I have done a great service to the class!!! Being a 2-3ian is fun… Got people like Jun Sheng and Cher Han, but also got people like _______ and ________ (fill in the blanks yourself; I don’t know who you don’t like…)

Anyway, gtg now, I’ll see you on Monday, drink to my health and adieu!
God Save the Queen!

2009-05-28T21:29:00.005+08:00

公教!!!!

Today was a cool day….

Not because the teachers were extraordinarily nice, (although they were)

Not because today was the last history lesson, (because I love history)

Not even because there is a philosophical discussion coming up, (Cool!)

But….

Because as of this moment, the 28th of May, 2009, I am the captain of the Catholic High Debate Youth Team!!! Yes, I am the captain of the team that is going to participate in the MGS, Under 14s Debating Competition! It is such an honor to be able to lead a team of fine young debaters, hopefully to the championship! The competition is on the 27th of June, so wish me luck!

I really hope that we can win the championship. Today during debate training, we put in a spirited performance. Hao Zhe, Chee Kiang and Nan Zheng were good. I, on the other hand, dropped some points… Must buck up if I want to win anything…

After that, I took the circle line back home… It is -___- That’s really all I can say… Nothing fantastic, only got like 5 stops? Ah well, at least it’s faster than taking bus…

Also, since the holidays are coming up, I am arranging a movie fest/marathon! Yeah… Going to be a hell of a good time, realllllllllly need to let my hair down, especially after the mid-year exams…

Btw, tomorrow will be my last post until Monday because I’m going for a church camp, so…

2009-05-27T17:35:00.009+08:00

Flag At Half Mast

People, today we remember Finerer, a brilliant blog, with an equally outstanding creator. May it rest in peace. (In the graveyard right at the bottom of this blog…)

I will relink Melvin as soon as his new blog is up (projected release is on the 30th May). I would

also like to take this opportunity to wish Melvin Lim, the creator of Finerer (deceased) all the best in his future endevours. Thank you.

Now back to your regular post.

Today was okay I guess…

Mrs. Lim came in to work on the our speech with us and then… the speech package that I lent Yu Fei to photocopy got lost somehow… Yu Fei passed to Cher Kian who passed to You Kuan who put in God-knows-where… 真是好心没好报 -__- Luckily, Mrs. Lim didn’t notice and Chee Kiang found it on his table a while later...

After that we went for PE to play basketball. After a few rounds, joined Jun Sheng and a few other people playing soccer at the track. Dunno why today damn suay… we were caught by Mr. Alan Koh. Fortunately, we were let off with a warning…

Today was our last
-PE lesson with Mr. Goh Yong Han (He is going to be transferred to another school)
-Music Lesson (next term art liao… my drawing is hopeless…)
Sad……

Today I had drama, but I went home for tuition instead.

Tomorrow got debate, going to be fun.

Also got some church camp coming up…

But that is a story for another post…

In respect for the fallen

2009-05-26T20:35:00.003+08:00

In Respect For The Fallen

Dear Readers,

It is my understanding that of the 26th of May, 2009, Melvin Lim's site Finerer, has been taken down. The blogging community has lost an outstanding blogger, a budding talent, and a dear friend. We mourn the passing of this site and at the loss of a well respected member of the blogging community.
At this point, let us observe a minute of silence to mark the demise of Finerer. This blog will hold a remembrance ceremony for http://finerer.piczo.com/ tomorrow after which, Finerer will be de-linked from this site. Thank you for your kind understanding.

Yours sincerely,
The Management

My Blog Is Officially Open!

2009-05-26T14:04:00.015+08:00

My Blog Is Officially Open!

Hello Mates!
My blog is officially open to the public!
The only reason that i managed to finish my blog ahead of schedule is because....
I'M ON MC TODAY!
Had to wait 1 whole hour to see the doctor but at least he was nice. I had breakfast at the coffee shop while I waited.
After that, I watched spongebob squarepants and played with my PSP! Damn fun and slack, but my throat feels like someone poured cement down it...
Bollocks!
Wonder what I missed in class today... Afterwards still got tuition, but that's okay. You may find me weird, (I know Chee Kiang does) but I kinda enjoy tuition...
Tmr got CCA (drama) sian... Thursday got debate, but debate is fun AND educational so I don't really mind...
Although MR2 is over, and MR3 is still far off, I want to say this, Huamin's Best, meet Maris Stella's Finest. Next MR, there is no way in hell I'm bowing out without a fight... My honor is at stake, so you had better watch out...
Okay, on a lighter side, do you people know that the Champions League Finals is coming soon?
In honor of this great event, I have composed a poem, a truly great work of literature...
Barca Barca all the way,
Messi will score any day!
Man U, Man U, Man U stink!
Wayne Rooney is just a jinx!
Ronaldo is a pencil neck,
Puyol will break his back!
Ferguson is a cheat,
Beating him will be a feat.
But Barca have the triumvirate (Tri-Um-Van-Te)
Eto, Messi and Thiery Henry (Aun-re)
YEAH! A five minute composition!
Btw, do you people like my new blog skin? I think it's kinda cool. "Some men just want to watch the world burn..." I think it's freaking sadistic... One of the best quotes ever!
And people, pls remember to tag before you leave, give me your valued feedback so i can improve my young blog. I don't have month's of blogging experience like SOME people!
Tks!

My 1st Post!

2009-05-25T20:45:00.002+08:00

My First Post!

Ello There Mates!

V here! My blog is still under construction so please bear with me!

Also, since i am kinda new to this, 请你们多多指教.
Errr.... Will not post my life story today since i still nid to work on my blog, just a snippet...
Went for a movie (angels and demons) with Benny and Lucas. The show was freaking cool! Worth the money spent without a doubt. Next up (hopefully) will be night at the museum 2. That looks cool too... Just need to find someone to go with... Everyone seems to be falling sick these days including your's truly... Jun Sheng is down, Wei Liang, Boh Jun and Jonny too...
Crass... The seasonal flu is making another round -__-