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Theory of Relativity

2010-05-30T14:43:00.004+08:00

It's actually quite a cool theory. Really!
Well stemming from this title, I've had a chain of thoughts and it was really awesome.
So afraid that I'll forget it all at once, after much thought (mind the pun), I have decided to pen them down in my e-diary while it is still fresh in my head! :)

These series of thoughts began on this day, the second and unofficial final day of the Nat Canoeing Champs.
It's unofficial because I'm penning these thoughts simultaneously as races take place.

K.

My chain of thoughts, presented to you as chains of thoughts!

I'm on my way home in the bus.
I was on my way home when I thought of something lame at first.
Something I didn't like.
Actually, "didn't like" is an understatement: it was something I hated very much!

It was about my 10 hours of community service that I resented very much.
It's a long story how I landed myself into 10 hours of community services, maybe I'll tell you more in the unseen future.

NOW PRIOR TO THIS LINK, I was actually quite tired after short sprints up an 80m hill at Macritchie. So very tired.
To think I had to chase the bus because I didn't want to miss one that was charging to the next bus stop (I love chasing buses, maybe I do it "too" excessively).
I was breathless at the bottom of an overhead bridge, needless to say how shagged I felt after climbing it, then realising that my bus was arriving at the bus stop.

It was due to health reasons which I shall not disclose (omg, so many sekretsss!)
But these health reasons weren't on the list of my primary concerns until as recently as 5 months ago. That's last year, in 2009.

Yes, it was deteriorating and I was looking for a reason - I needed to pin the "cause" to "effect".
I started off by thinking when the deterioration started.
I figured it a few weeks before my first back operation in 2009, June.
Over-training, the epitome of excellence-in-the-making-but-will-never-be.

Health is Wealth.
I wanted to use it as a Facebook status, to see if anyone could infer the use of it, because it would be pointless to post it randomly. Anyway I figured the little significance of such and shrugged it aside, un-posted.

I wanted to point fingers.
I had sacrificed to much for my team - I like to believe that.
I know I did, but I know my team did not let me down, not completely at least.
Pushing them on was the best way I could help them, and I tried my very best to.
This is why it started.

But as a result, I couldn't handle the sheer drag of lifting the team to new heights and I gave way.
I broke.
I did not blame my team for this, I could only blame it on myself, at worst.
I was unworthy and I have let my parents down.
It's like a burden set upon people who have mattered to me so much.

I felt bad, but at the same time, I thought to myself, why go through the trouble?
Why go through the pain, suffering and misery?
It was for the better for everyone else, only to backfire, tilting the tables on myself.
Did they deserve it?
Did I deserve it?

The foreseen:
Bringing you back to community services, which I did not feel obliged to do as it was due to my absence from school without a "valid reason".
I was ill.
Why?
Because I wanted something so bad. So badly wanted to boost the school team standards in the sport.
So much that I fell ill.
Is that not valid enough?

Give me a break, please.
Its too early to die worthily.

All these in the name of

NOBILITY

This is what separates people.
We can classified into how noble we are.

There are three groups that I have thought of.
Purely unconditional. Self-beneficial unconditionalistic. Self-beneficial.

Most people belong to the second and third groups.
I was convinced that I'm between the first and second.

Would I sacrifice everything I had so that someone (anyone) can be better off?
Or would I want to build myself up such that I can help the same person to a greater extent of "better"?
Maybe I wouldn't even consider sacrificing anything I had.

Those were examples of the three group representations.
Bill Gates is one who has set up a charitable organisation, but would he give up his wealth for better health of the people?

While pondering on this, someone on the bus had failed to charge with his EZ-Link card because it was under-value. To my astonishment, the driver just pushed a button for the front doors to open, inviting the poor old man out. While the doors were opening, the man who had already intended to pay his fare by coins, dropped enough cents into the ticketing machine.

How selfish and rude of the driver! Why wouldn't you help someone in need? Because he can't afford your help? You need monetary payments?

ARE YOU HUMANE?

The rich getting richer may just well be the root of why the large amount of poor people are getting poorer. This is a question of nobility. It's not what you donate, it's how much you donate.
What does all that money mean to you? Such charitable contributions, or aid, are as worthy of how significant they are to you.

This brings me to

WORTHINESS

How worthy am I?
If there was a Theory of Worthiness, it would be tagged to a person's thoughts, intentions and actions.
It seems like it is tied to Nobility because whether or not a person is worthy (of good things) is dependent on how he treats others.

So this was where I got off the bus and took off into the dry weather.
It was bad.
I thought of the environment: our climate.
Is it because people enjoy too much luxury like air conditioning?
It's like karma, there is only so much good and bad energy which will come to haunt us eventually.

COINCIDENCES?

Somehow, this led me to think about how I should spend my time back home now that I've had some time off to rest while the rest of the team was training. I might have gone to the Church.
I thought of the different types of beliefs.
It seemed to be all the problems in the world had a link to whatever we believed in, whether or not ourselves or a "supreme-being".

The long-standing Atheism is actually more than meets the eye.
There are different degrees of Atheism.

My stand is: I can't say for sure if there are "supreme-beings" in the World, but I wouldn't dismiss the possibilities. Anything is impossible, really. Says who? Says the Theory of Relativity. I mean even so they wouldn't blame you for not believing in them. They can't say that it was tangible when it was not. We have to be convinced. At least a little. Maybe the lack of "true belief" is a flaw in humans, but even so, that is not a good reason to strike out non-believers. Sometimes we forget as well, that may well be another huge flaw to how difficult it is to convince humans.

K, on with my journey home:

I was thirsty.
My lips were dry and I convinced myself that I needed a drink.
I realised that I only had a dollar, quite short of a few cents to purchase sugar drinks from Cheers nearby.

I was pretty desperate for a drink when I thought that I couldn't afford it.
:(
I thought to myself, wow if only I had kept spare change somewhere, sort of like having a kind of habit to prepare "emergency money for emergencies".
While my brain was still in the influx-mode of BELIEFS, I told myself, hey if there was really a "supreme-being" out there, this is how you could convince me of your presence, help me out by providing me some cents.

I recalled that something like that happened when I wanted a set of notes so bad for revision, while my stuff was thrown around my room, only to pray really hard and when I turned to my shelf, it was just lying (almost unbelievably) on top of my books as if it were invisible a moment before.

Coincidentally, I reached for my right-back bag pouches. I knew I had a bottle of spare soap there. I was so sure there wouldn't be any coins there, because I don't remember leaving any coins in there as I have a habit of emptying my coins into a jar everyday.

I felt it anyway and to my amusement, and utter shock actually, I FELT COINS.
It wasn't just ten or twenty cents, it was a fifty cent coin that I loved to add to my coin collection and a ten cent coin. In all honesty, you can trust me on this, I'm still not totally convinced but this has swayed my beliefs a little, that there is Supremacy out there, somewhere.

Coincidence or not, I think it's just for you to think about this on your own. Next.

So I happily walked towards Cheers, but on thinking of how selfish I was to splurge on drinks so easily, I thought of how close I was to home. I could just get a nice chilled glass of plain water.
(Ever since Miss Ng told me of her dislike for unchilled plain water, I seem to have developed the same habit!!)

CHILLED WATER is awesome.
Yep so I was at the lobby when I noticed that the lift broke down.
Being in the tired state that I am in, I wished desperately that somehow I wouldn't have to climb so many flights of stairs home. To my delight, the other lift was in working condition :)

Haha THANK GOODNESS!
That's all there is to my chain of thoughts.

Ah, with the glass doors opened, it sure is relaxing to have a good flow of moderate wind to cool myself down.
Let's not forget that chilled glass of plain water! ;)

Nimbus Two Thousand

2010-02-14T02:46:00.002+08:00

I'm starstruck.
Only songs I can relate to make me feel a tad better.

But even I know that doesn't cut it.

Hear my plea.
Save me ...Pop Princess.

I'm TALLER, & that's all that mattered

2010-02-12T22:21:00.002+08:00

Height matters!
I'm sure females will always consider the height of the males, especially so in choosing a partner!

I'm officially TALLER.
Really, that's all that mattered.

3 months and counting

2009-03-20T05:32:00.002+08:00

I have a bad fever :c
After canoeing, out of all the cold/hot water currents, my body was quite warm just as it should and would.
But it slowly developed into a fever (very unusual).
Could have been the Tom Yam banmian I had for lunch at Bishan.

Training was very fun and exciting today :)
I would say I'm disappointed that many J1s didn't turn up at MacRitchie today.

In the morning, I was there to finish up some Econs homework and revision before heading out for J8 to get lunch and then to study.
David, Adam, Mark, Clifford and I were there in the morning.
After lunch and slightly into the evening there was Mark, Clifford, Anthony and myself!
ONLY!
Where did the other 19 J1s go?

So now there's no training today and everyone missed out their chance on practising to gain stability on the K-canoes.

One-star course this Saturday (tomorrow) :)
And IJ band camp this week!
I intend to go down during lunch time :D:D

<3

Junior champs

2009-03-15T21:11:00.003+08:00

I have been supporting my seniors in the Canoeing Junior Champs this weekend at MacRitchie and it has been a wild wild fun fun time!! :D

I got to know my seniors more deeply and discovered that they're all pretty mischievous but nevertheless very well bonded together! (exception: Ping Xi who's always wondering around o:!)

It rained today and the races dragged for 3-4 hours so 'FINAL' events would be held next Saturday instead.

Oh, school tomorrow with Math in the morning and Chemistry don't know when.
I gave my classmates the wrong information about which lessons are tomorrow (I thought Econs was tomorrow too SRY GUYS I CANT BE BOTHERED TO REMIND YOU!)

Haha yup they trust and rely on mehhh tooooo muchzxz.

OVERVIEW OF THE WEEK

Gym training tomorrow then we're doing HITT sprints which are, apparently, a pain in the butt (literally - think cramps!)

Tuesday spells more water training (yay!)
But in the afternoon.

Wednesday - nothing much yet, one-star canoeing course was previously on this day but uh, postponed to next Saturday (I hope it doesn't coincide with the J. Champs Finals!! :c:c

Thursday more water training but in the morning :D:D
Morning training is coolbeans!

Friday training.
Wow everyday is training day! :)

Saturday FINALS AND AND AND ONE-STAR CANOEING COURSE YAY!
With proper certification we can advance into the deeper parts of MacRitchie :)
That's awesome so we can finally start training for our events next year.

Concluding, Ms Ng said (both yesterday and today) that we should train consistently and efficiently. We've got about a year or less of training, and less water training time so we must cherish and make FULL use of all the time we can get to train hard.

Strive, Reach and Pull!
Onward! :D

Failing to plan is planning to fail!

2009-03-04T22:08:00.004+08:00

Hello dear friends :D
If you can read this, it's probably because you've been invited to continue reading my blog :)

The reason I did this? Well, it's mainly to block out nosey friends in JC from sensitive information! (i.e. your blog address, your face, haha whateverrrr..)

See I'm protecting your privacy right!
SO NICE :D

Yup so I'll be revamping my blog because I'll be using it as a planner and a source of information, such as the how what where when why and who in my life, especially in the not-so-distant future.

5 things I want to type about.
Plagarism.
How my friends have been, concern and um yah everything :)
The YouCanDoIt spirit I have set for myself and;
Lastly, goals that I have set for the next two years to come.

Everyone has 24 hours a day, some with 48 hours because they just don't sleep.
Simply put, we have to plan for what we want to achieve and what must be done to attain the ideals. SO HERE I AM PLANNING :)

Stride on!

2009-02-28T21:24:00.005+08:00

Canoeing Seniors!

Training for Canoeing has been a pain because I'm always not up to expectations of the team.
By expectations, I mean overall fitness where one could drag a team's performance down because he isn't fit to keep up with push up reps or running laps.

By April, we're expected to be able to kiss that chin bar ten times.
That's not an easy task that I can easily attain!

I have to get my weight down and reduce total body fat to about 20%.
I'll have to plan my diet well and keep to an exercise routine.

So far, I've done circuits and lots of running.
Gym work during CCA training helps a little bit because that's when I push myself to my limits.

I'll have to work really hard because a team is only as strong as its weakest member and I don't want to bring the team down.

I still need to get these things:

school shoes
headphones
microphone
pencilcase
shoe bag
nokia 5800

I'll be more than happy to accept any aid that will fulfill my wants.

Notes

2009-02-09T20:39:00.001+08:00

Blogs to note:
http://themelrevolution.blogspot.com/
http://thistowniscoldernow.blogspot.com/
http://eccentricworldofesther.blogspot.com/
http://onlyclaudy.blogspot.com/

Jogging plans tomorrow :)
Gotta call Sbstransit for reimbursement issues.
Buy ODT battery.

Bring extra set of clothes and make hydration proper.
Oh yeah the Mars bar is in the fridge!

Week one week fun

2009-02-06T22:50:00.008+08:00

SRJC has been a blast so far!
We've had some sample lectures, performing arts display and next week there'll be orientation games like THE AMAZING RACE (it fails at originality though) and indoor activities in the school.

I'm kinda looking forward to meeting the people in my new class!
I know I will not have a sad class with a 10% girl population. :D:D

Pretty whacky stuff happened over the course of the week.
I paid $7 for a Mars bar.
Blew $70 in a week.

Oh yeah did I say I got a new bag? :D
I need new shoes.
And a pair of those Creative Headphones!

I got on with jogging (after what seemed like 4 years of procrastination) and I'm finally on track to a better figure with my laces tightened!

That 30 minute work out sure got me feeling a lot better about myself.
I'm aiming for 100k primarily.
That's 100km which equates to 2km for 50 sets!

2k down, 98k to go.

Ageing

2009-01-20T01:16:00.003+08:00

Ageing is probably one of the worst things to bring up about ladies.
But I feel it's cool to be older.

They'll be more things you can do and more things to understand and find out about.
Of course, there'll be more responsibilities but I suppose that's alright if we manage ourselves well.

Oh well.
One year older now.
It doesn't feel that different though, more of a daily-ageing transition.

Haha, doesn't make much of a significance for a celebration.

These are the days worth living

2009-01-19T01:29:00.013+08:00

The past few days were dull and miserable.
I had some time to think over things like bad habits, wrong decisions and the consequences that came with all those actions.
Failing isn't so bad - afterall I'll have an opportunity to learn from my mistakes.

You know when I was small and in primary school (!grandfather story) I used to think that the fire alarm system was pretty stupid.
There were drills and more drills but in not any of my days in school were instances of fire spreading in the school's compound! (I know that's a blessing but meh :/)

Usually, when the fire-bell sounds the class would hurry down to the field and assemble with the rest of the school only to have to listen to the principal speak.
I thought, "what if the fire started out on the field?"
The weather would be scorching hot when we're assembling in the field anyway, so if the field were to be on fire, where the heck would we assemble?

But that's all in the past.
Recently, I could only think about the field at CJC.
The school I really want to get into!
I wouldn't mind being out in the burning compound - listening to principal's long and dull speeches.
I wouldn't even mind starting a fire and have everybody caught up in this once-in-a-lifetime experience! (haha no actually not)

Soon reality checks in and I snap out of these thoughts.
So what if I don't get into CJC? I'll be in SRJC - although it belongs to the bottom of the spectrum, I'll still get one more shot to prove everybody else wrong.
That'll be scoring straight As in A-levels!
An opportunity is as good as it gets :) and I'll cherish it with all my soul!

Yup so everyday it's just here and there: Uncertainty and unassurance.
But that's all part and parcel of life.
Oh, I'm a big boy now!

Baba Yetu Yetu Uliyeeeeeeee!

Fading Smiles

2009-01-15T09:07:00.002+08:00

From the time of my last entry up to the present, there has been so much changes in my life.

Especially after receiving my results, I've been changing so much that I feel I'm a totally different person already.
When I first opened my result slip, it dawned upon me that I have done worse off than my peers (in chunks of points, mind you) and I there was much less to hope about entering a Junior College that I desired to study at.

But all those moments aside, I feel happy for my friends who have done well for the O levels - and a little disappointed that they just don't cherish the opportunities presented to them.

While others are fighting over vacancies, available or not, what are others with better results doing?
Seriously though, this is what sets us apart!
Now (and regrettably only now) my dad's advice makes a lot of sense.
Not that I didn't think about what he said - when everything seems to be playing before your eyes, there's a void of emotions and one can simply become completely numb.

I don't know what to do.
I don't know where I'm heading.
I don't want to leave my friends - the memories and such - behind.
Sure, I'll cherish those moments, but all of that would be so different.

Just remember that on this day, I have regrettably failed.

Jingle Bells :D

2008-12-23T14:30:00.002+08:00

Heeeeeeeeeeyellow and Christmas is around the corner yay yay but I'm really busy so THIS IS IT.
YES, THIS IS IT.

END!

Born; Not made

2008-12-10T01:22:00.016+08:00

Saturday Night Live - Cork Soakers

(PG) EXPLICIT!

Hello! :)
Today has been pretty productive and fun in a sense that many things were accomplished.
[insert happyface]

There has been a fair share of DotA which was miraculously fun laning with Kenneth in an Earthshaker-PhantomLancer lineup.
Ken got an early double kill that kick started a whole series of mass pushing!

Besides that, I've been watching some youtube videos and reading Failblog.

Awesome Music Tracks

Time After Time

IT'S BUNNY DAY!
HERE'S A DOSE OF BUNNIES C:

Of Montreal

NOTD

MPPM (Missiles Pew Pew Moment)

By the way that's supposed to be a killer bunny! D:
Also, here's a terrain minimap on where Zulu cave locations are.

Oh yeah, there was a 90 minute dota game that I was part of and it was awful.
What the hell 90 minutes?

Season's Greetings

2008-12-09T08:45:00.007+08:00

(sorry for the cut off)

It's that time of the year again and I can't wait!
This Christmas will be a different one.

Because this year, I'm looking into buying small gifts for people I cherish.
But don't get me wrong if you don't receive a gift!
I'm not giving something to everyone, just the little somethings that I can check off on my list.

Oh bah.
I'm sorry to cut this post down to this bit.
Ran out of inspiration! :c

One month of fun

2008-12-01T05:54:00.002+08:00

Lots of stuff have been happening lately.
Lots of games.
Lots of camps.
Lots of fun :)

Shouheng and Kenneth in China; Lionel, Joshua Hoong and Joshua Yeo are in America.

Envy!

Outdoor week!

2008-11-25T22:09:00.006+08:00

Hello :)
I'm running another fever so I'll postpone blog updates.

But besides that, I have some journal writing to share with everyone!

Guitar Ensemble Trip to KL

On the first day, the ensemble visited an orphanage and performed a few pieces for the orphans. The orphans had a role in the performance as they played with some musical instruments handed out to them.

I realised that the orphans and myself were not too different as they enjoyed the performance and went with the rhythm of the music.
After the amusing performance, there was further interactivity with the orphans as we played Charades, a game in which various teams compete against each other to guess specific people, events or activities re-enacted by group members. Charades really showed that the orphans had a great imagination and creativity as they emerged champions in Charades.

We settled for a team break at their canteen and had biscuits and hot drinks and lively interaction with the orphans and got to know them more deeply. I hope that the other members of the ensemble realise how fortunate they are.

At the end of the day, we checked into Grand Seasons Hotel and later had Nasi Bryani for dinner.

~

On the second day, we woke up to a hearty breakfast. The senior ensemble watched the junior ensemble in the Master Class (with Mr Simon Cheong). After the long and tiring period, the junior ensemble played Summer's Breeze and sounded very astounding.

Mr Cheong taught the ensemble playing techniques, vital positioning of fingers and how to keep rhythm when playing the guitar. All that proved to be very effective as the ensemble played beautifully as one at the end of the session.

The second half of the day was spent at a guitar factory headed by Mr Jeffery Yeong, a close friend of our instructor (Mr Daniel Lim). He showed us where and told us how guitars were hand-made traditionally.

We learned about materials and parts of the tree used to produce this simple yet painstakingly tedious to put together instrument.
The senior ensemble performed Braziland 13 Jours En France for Mr Yeong as a sign of appreciation for widening our understanding about the very instruments we use in performances for others.

Towards the end of the day we visited the profound Petronas Twin Towers - two towers soaring 452 metres into the sky - previously the tallest skyscrapers in South East Asia.

After a stop over at Burger King within the two towers, the ensemble picked up Ryan (chairman of ensemble) and Ms Tan Siru from the hotel before rolling to MegaMall which is a fascinatingly huge shopping mall, spanning about 8 times as wide as J8 and 20 times more enormous!

A group of us did not bother about grabbing a meal for the night and had dinner by calling for room service shortly after returning to the hotel. We were caught feasting by the teachers during the night call at 11 pm.

~

Activities for the third day started off at a Bowling alley. Afterwhich, we visited historical sites and cultural places such as an ancient Chinese temple and the areas where Dutch and British men occupied during the Dutch Archipelago in Malaysia.

~

Concluding, I felt that the trip has been very meaningful and will definitely be a memorable one. The junior ensemble should have learned how to take better care of themselves as several of them recovered promptly under the care of Ms Pan, Ms Tan and Mr Lim when dehydrated, had a bad cold or ran a fever.

I'm sure that the junior ensemble had as much fun and joy during the trip as the senior ensemble. I hope to witness how the junior ensemble will grow as one and wish them the best in future endeavors!

The senior ensemble looks forward to return to the school as part of the school alumni to get together with the rest of the ensemble.

Bon Voyage!

O Aftermath!

2008-11-14T14:12:00.004+08:00

Meh.
Biology MCQ 7 mistakes. B3.
Physics MCQ 4 mistakes. B3.
Chemistry MCQ 4 mistakes. A2.
A Maths & E Maths, both A2.
English B3.
Chinese C6.
Humanities A2.

These are the results I'm expecting.
Not that I want to speculate but damn I have to kill the worry!

14 points.
I'm going to have to prove myself more worthy..

Music list

2008-11-10T23:24:00.001+08:00

nice music :)

Life is messed

2008-11-07T12:49:00.002+08:00

My life is in pieces.
I don't even know what I'm heading towards right now!

o_o

Oh yeah, this is a second post.
Read the one below too thanks :]

Computer's Busted!

2008-11-06T23:41:00.003+08:00

Not much been happening in this period of my life now but there's been a few things that keep mine interesting.

In the past week, the most significant one to date would be the Chinese O paper.
Just because just this paper will show if my learning curve for Chinese is on the up or down trend.

I really hope to pass though.

Also, my computer went dead on me.
I tried opening the CPU to source for the fault.
Then I thought that the fault lied in the motherboard, where the dry cell could have possibly ran out of power.
But I was wrong when the computer didn't start up after I swapped the dry cell for one I bought at the supermarket.

Only one way to bring my computer back up now, which is to check for faults in the power supply unit but that will have to wait until my dad has time to take my computer for a check up.

Anyway, while the O's are still underway with 4 more papers for me, I hope that all of you out there who feel guilty for taking breaks even before sitting for the upcoming papers will feel more assured that you're still on the boat that everyone else is on: I've been slacking so much already!

Of course, I'm not on the same plane (think space or area, but not a literal aeroplane) as everyone else who enjoys studying for such examinations to score higher and better than their classmates and then live on the adrenaline that they get by beating their classmate's asses at the examinations.

On post examination activities, I've already got some laid out.
Immediately after the biology paper, I'll be joining my classmates to hit the downtown (hey hey downtown east, where else in Singapore?) and get a bit of my life back.

Red camp is over for me just because I confirmed a trip with the Guitar guys (CCA commitments) to Kuala Lumpur (lol the blogger dictionary put up Lumper on this).
I'll be missing out on all the moments of polytechnic experience! (my friends too and the girls who would be there, of course.)
Meh! To come to think of it, I make really bad decisions.

And while I still have time to use my dad's laptop to access the internet, I'll have to maximise my time which means I'll be ending this post here.

Hope you're all doing fine with life up to this point.
Good luck for all the things to come.

So till then (whenever I can).

COFFEE CON-uh-suh

2008-11-01T23:40:00.006+08:00

Kay.
My wallet got a jump start.
At The Coffee Connoisseur. @T3
Nelson Reshveen Glenn Kenneth Weisheng and I.

Because a damn drink costs $6.20 which doesn't actually taste as good as anyone would have had expected.

Following that, lunch at Popeye's came to about $8.
Not to mention that some people *cough-shey-pie* have not paid me duly.

Meh! What a day. What a week, I'm going to get my broke ass home!

The O Levels so far

2008-11-01T01:45:00.002+08:00

Amaths
[A1 +2]
Wasn't too difficult.
Should be able to clinch an A.
Worse scenario would be an average B3 if everybody finds the paper just as easy as I did.
If only I didn't make those careless mistakes!

Biology
[A2 +2]
Manageable.
Not superb so it really gets on my nerves that I couldn't aim for an A1 for this subject.
I was really hoping to do well for Biology.
Paper 1 decides.

Chemistry
[A2 +1]
Extremely easy.
What a waste of the study break when I poured out my heart to study!
Paper 1 decides my fate, because paper 2 was just too damn easy.

Chinese
[C6 (unsure, really)]
Nothing else to add.
Really hope that I can pass this subject.

Combined Humanities
[A2 +1]
History was so much easier than expected.
My time management sucked though.
Social studies coming up on Monday, shouldn't be too overwhelming.

English
[B3 +1]
Screwed.
Like really screwed.
There goes A for English!

Maths
[A1 +1]
Tricky paper.
So careless mistakes might bring my distinction down from 1 to 2.
That is, in the first place, if I did well enough to get the distinction.

L1R5 - 11 points at best; 19 points at worst.
Average at 15 points.

I'm embracing for impact.
As Jared puts it.

If I can do my pure sciences paper ones well, then I could cut my average by 3 points.
That's 12.
The ideal score!

Mmkay.
Clocked up 5 hours of DotA just today.
Which means I have to work hard for Social Studies tomorrow to compensate!

Going out with Weisheng, Nelson, Reshveen and whoever else who will be there.
Changi changi changi yay!

Step up; Step down!

2008-10-29T07:48:00.004+08:00

Woopiedooh!

Physics paper later this afternoon at two.
Read the syllabus and realised that 20% of the theory papers (excluding SPA) is allocated to MEMORY WORK!

I'm freaking out and need to dust up on all the laws and bullsheez.

To think of it, this week has been quite pathetically slow and slop.
Last week (the first week of GCE O examinations) went by really fast!

Seems to me that these examinations are coming to a halt and everyone is starting to picture themselves with party balloons and jolly shandy.

Perspectives

2008-10-04T23:46:00.003+08:00

I was wondering if anyone has this habit of blog surfing, for 3 hours straight, just as I do.
Although it may not be the best use of time especially when it's 2 weeks to important examinations, this use of time sure helps me to understand what has been going on with other people around me - my friends and such.

I have been to many blogs - some describe the stressful life they lead and others blogging about older and memorable events. Some don't update their blogs!
My blog has been about how stressful my life is.
Or was.
Every post has been influenced by the 'go study!' bug from my parents.

I have quite a few friends who have been experiencing the worst, when their parents argue with one another and threaten the other with a possibility of divorcing.
Some are more obsessed with their final moments as a class, in the ending chapters of secondary school life.

Then I realise how lucky I am.
The problems I have are minimal.
My parents like to nag and keep at it all day.
The worst that could happen is a huge fuss between my parents and myself.

That's all!
Others are going through much more and yet I complain about how s**tish my life is/was.

Just noticed that my posts are so narrative that it's getting quite boring to read.

Looking at the past, futuristically

2008-09-30T18:07:00.003+08:00

We turn back and reflect on past actions.
How will we feel about our very actions?

It's a question of choice.
Discipline and other forms of factors all come into the big picture.

But why is it always difficult to uphold such values?

If only I could.
For the past few years and even for years to come.

All hopes of going for the Japan trip have been dashed because there are no more vacancies for the flight packages which really screws up everything else that follows.

After much decision making, I thought that it would be a great experience to go to Japan even in a group of just 3 people: Alvin, Nelson and myself.
The plan still dies down in the end because there are no flight tickets! ):

That doesn't mean there isn't anything to look forward to.
There's a class chalet night coming up.
Upcoming competitive Dota league games.
And all that satisfaction after the effort put into 10 years of studies, not much but still worth the praise, have finally paid off.

The next few weeks will have a significant impact on my life.
But I know it won't be just me alone.
There will be another 20000, in one way or another, feeling the effects of these examinations.

Japan!

2008-09-29T21:48:00.003+08:00

Kids!
Okay that was just a post-Eminem moment for me.

After a prolonged day in school, there's quite a few songs stuck in my head that just keeps replaying and the usual, Without Me, is still going on and on up here.

True Eminem material! :)

These few days, I'll have to fully consider my attendance for a trip to Japan along with Alvin and Nelson.
Initially, there were 6 of us and I was extremely enthusiastic about the trip.
The other three namely: John, Chen Bin & Weisheng.

But in all good things, not everything turns out the way they should be and the grouping got some extreme screwing and now there's only 3 of us - 4 if Chen Bin's parents will give him the green light.

I've found out from Alvin that we'll be visiting Fukuoka and Kyushu and I should get my research done soon.
We're booking our own tickets.
Calling up hostels.
It's basically an independent-style trip where everything is done by ourselves.

That makes everything all the more worth doing.
I really hope that Chen Bin can go so that there will be 4 of us going overseas together to make the trip more fun filled and fruitful!
The more the merrier.

Enough about post-O's.
Just in school this morning, I got some really harsh comments/complaints from Mrs Foong (Mandarin teacher).
And all of them seemed to point to one thing: I'm too lazy and did not put in enough effort into the subject (Chinese).

It was quite disappointing.
It's not that I don't even put in effort.
It's more about the lack of support I'm getting.
No one actually realises this.

I feel like turning to other teachers for help :/

22 more nights

2008-09-28T00:47:00.002+08:00

I've enjoyed tonight.
It has been a great day!

Got up from bed this morning then started the day off by turning on the PC.
That's the magic moment.

I checked CJC's cut offs, SAJC cut offs and other JCs' and finally decided that I should go to CJC since there's a higher probability that I wouldn't make it to any other JC anyway.
CJC's cut off is 10 points (it's on their website, so it's official) instead of the 9 points that has been proposed to us last Friday by CJC's principal.
That boils down to.. a maximum of 13 points that I can go up to if I want to enter CJC.

So here's what I could get:
EL B3
EM A1
AM A1
BIO A2
CHEM A2
PHY A2
CHS A2

Not much pressure there except for CHS.

I didn't get much study-based stuff done today, but I have managed to sort out subject notes which is worth at least half a year's work.

Papers to complete tomorrow, papers to read, school to prepare for.

Oh yeah.
Went out tonight..
TO SWENSENS!
Dinner was quite crappy because I wasn't exactly full after what seemed to have costed $15.
I had beef baked rice and it was.. pretty shittish.
Lack of flavour, ingredients and portion!

Later on, I went ahead with making a new pair of spectacles.
First shop that I visited quoted $370 for this really cool pair of Reebok spectacles which is EXTREMELY expensive.
I can upgrade my computer by a few notches with the same amount of money.
In the end, I settled for another pair which came up to $170 at the second outlet I visited.
That's $200 savings, for the rainy days.

Not quite because I'm eyeing to take down an $80 bagpack from ANIMAL's shelves.

Apart from all the shopping, F1 deserves some space here.
Never knew how exciting an F1 race can get until tonight when I have witnessed my first F1 race (on TV though).
Just like how Phelps had clinched the gold in a hundredth of a second, I was pretty intrigued by how close the lap timings between each driver were.

Ferrari is probably the best bet to bag the gold in tomorrow's (technically, it's today's) race.
They have.. 3 drivers at the top?

I know this post has been pretty boring because it's been all about me and myself but I promise that there will be more interesting topics after the O's! :)

Blastoise!

2008-09-24T20:42:00.003+08:00

HELLO HELLO!

Life's great.
Everything is going well; I'm studying, I've completed (or will be completing) all the things that I have a part to play in, I'm happy.

The only one thing that bugs me right now is the shadows of the O's!
It's so close, 26 days, but I'm not really feeling any pressure.

Which makes me feel weird.
Maybe it's because I'm looking forward to the Japan trip and whatever is coming my way after the O's.

But even I'm not certain where I'll go..

o_o

By the way, the title used today has nothing to do with my life at all.
No more pokemon!
(cliché - not until after O's!)

Sunday evening

2008-09-21T17:06:00.004+08:00

Hey peeps!
It has been a good day so far and I've been doing whatever I need to be doing.
Of course, I took my fair share of breaks and watched lots of Russell Peters' clips on Youtube.
They're many new videos put up on youtube and you ought to check them out when you can!
Many thanks to Kenneth for notifying me.

There's actually a lot more to do today.
Maybe it's just a lot because I don't usually spend my time studying or filling up worksheets with answers.
I have chemistry homework, of which are stacks of test papers from various schools.
Then there is Chinese homework, another 3 sets of papers and a composition to write.
Finally, I have the responsibility to complete a video of my class that's meant to be shown on graduation night.

So life's not easy right now but I feel much more secure than waking up to a whole bunch of DotA games.

I've been thinking a lot lately.
I'll probably put together a good post sometime soon.

I cannot imagine or make out the feelings of myself reading these posts after the O's and thinking, oh wow I was like that and changed so much.
Working towards O's!

29 days.

Just A Month

2008-09-19T20:58:00.004+08:00

In just a month, O level's will begin and that is unbelievably close.
In fact, it feels as though it has just been 4 years whizzing by.

And the worst bit is the post O level period.
Will I feel that I have gone to my fullest ability?
Or will I await any disastrous results.
One thing is for sure: I certainly do not want to regret my actions just as I did during PSLE.

I bring to you my Preliminary Examination results:
English B4
Chinese F9
Humanties F9
Elementary Math A1
Additional Math C5
Chemistry C6
Biology B4
Physics B4

This is ultimate fail.
L1R5 totals up to 27.
L1B4 totals up to 18.

I'm not even halfway to my goals.

So I'll set a new targets:
English B3
Chinese C5
Humanties A2
Elementary Math A1
Additional Math A1
Chemistry A1
Biology A1
Physics A1

L1R5 comes to 9;
L1B4 comes to 7.

I have figured that I scored miserably for the preliminary examinations because I was too caught up with DotA and haven't got down to serious studying yet.
But srsly, DotA has been such a big part of my life and I'm just too good at it to stop.
Just too good, for my current league.

Oh well.
One month.
I know I can do this!

THE POWER OF BELIEF!

Fail

2008-09-15T15:04:00.001+08:00

I'm so tired that I'm gonna fail to post something.
Gonna sleep.

Brb.

Full Steam Ahead!

2008-09-13T01:10:00.005+08:00

Hello people!
There are 37 more days to be spent *wisely* until the O-Level papers!

It's kind of sad really, because everyone will split and we'll go our separate ways.
It's the same transition you get from primary to secondary school, just that this change be more impactful.

So what do we do to seal these precious moments within our hearts?
We capture them in soft copy and UPLOAD TO YOUTUBE!

This is what Joshua (Yeo) and I are supposed to do.
Make the class video, within 3 days!
It's due on Monday and that's already the start of block period weeks when we will cram, cram and cram even more knowledge into our brains.

There were some ideas we had.
I can't really remember them now but I'll think of them tomorrow.

DAMN SHACK NOW!

Oh yeah.
We went to LAN@Kovan's Net Force place.
It was extremely ironical because the computers had lousy graphic cards and they only had computers with CRT monitors.
That's extremely sad because other shops are offering much much more than these stuff.
But they had good mice.
Mouse, mice, mouse, mice whatever.

Won two of two DotA games played.
Counterstrike was pretty boring because the controls were too sensitive and the monitor is too damn small!

People present were: Hong Kun, Darius, Shawn, Chen Bin, Aaron, Nicholas, Gregory, Alvin, Alvin's friend, Nelson, Albert and myself! (I think I left out someone's name, just can't remember who)

Biology paper was manageable.
Okay good day and good night.

Chopped Liver

2008-09-11T09:32:00.005+08:00

Are you chopped liver?
I have hated chopped liver all my life.
It looks weird, it is grey and it has very rough textures.
The taste of chopped liver isn't as good too.

But why do people still eat it?

Then I read this (click me) article and the writer describes his experience with chopped liver.

Now I'm not sure if I should try chopped liver, again.
I had pork porridge for breakfast and here lies a piece of liver that I have put aside.
Damn, to eat or not to eat?

There is a chemistry paper later today and YAY it's paper 1 and only has multiple choice questions!

I had a good night's sleep.
Oh damn I ran out of inspiration.

I have decided not to eat the piece of chopped liver.

Another boring quiz.

2008-09-10T20:09:00.002+08:00

Hello!
I'm sorry I'll have to bring you a really bad blog post today.
There's this quiz which I don't really want to do.
But since I've been tagged and don't want to want to be a wet towel, I'll do it.

I WILL DO IT, YEAH!

Oh shucks, I've realised that the first 11 questions in this quiz doesn't make it a really good quiz.
Quizzes are meant to be personal k.
Anyway they're not really applicable so I'll rid them.

#12: How you think people around you will feel about you?
People around me, quiet? People close to me (not proximity) would probably feel I'm extremely random (sorry I couldn't find a better word to phrase this) and hyper active (unless I'm tired, which is often) .

#13: The characters you love of yourself are?
Being stupidly smart.
Sometimes, I'm usually slow to reply questions posted to me, but I'll give better-than-average answers.

#14: On the contrary, the characters you hate yourself are?
I regret about past events too much.
This is why I don't like to burden myself with anything.

#15: The most ideal person you want to be is?
Happy.
And content with what I have and I can get.

#16: For people who care and like you, say something to them.
Hi. How to you do? (Yeah do.)

The rest of this quiz has been deleted as well.
I prefer more personal quizzes, srsly.
These quizzes posted from Weisheng are extremely queer! o_o

New layout, leh!

2008-09-08T23:26:00.003+08:00

Zup peahpuhz.

"Yeah! I'm happy!"

Probably only those who watches 'Aiba speak English' on youtube would understand what I just said.

I've spent a deal of time changing the layout and this one is going to stay for some time!

Uhm, currently chatting with Clarise and she suggested that I should toss a coin to decide if I should stay up to study Chemistry or to take a nap and study later in the morning.
Heads (dollar side up) represents YAY GO TO SLEEP while tails screams GO STUDY LAH.

FIRST TOSS didn't count because it wasn't too high. Tails.
SECOND TOSS didn't count because Clarise said so. Heads.
THIRD TOSS dropped on the floor! Heads BUT IT COUNTS K.
FORTH TOSS dropped on the floor too. Tails but VOID, kthxbai.

Short recap for the day before I head to bed.

Ken came over.
We had breakfast at LoyKee Chicken Rice.
Chicken porridge is good breakfast and it's the first dish I've managed to finish before Kenneth does!
YAY into the book of Hanseh's Geenis Book of Lehkords.
Chicken rice for lunch.

Fattening much?

We did some chemistry revision but Kenneth did significantly more as I was hogging the computer.
After some lousy (and some great) DotA games, Kenneth left for home.

Pretty much done with this post.
Nah, I'll end here since I've nothing more to add.

Things to keep in mind: Attempt questionaires from Weisheng.

September Holidays

2008-09-04T10:30:00.002+08:00

Hey guys!
Uh thanks to Ryan for commenting.
It is greatly appreciated :)

Anyway, moving on to September holiday lives!
I've been to the library 3 times and so far I haven't got 3 days worth of library-trip-studies done.
I have Biology paper 2 tomorrow and I'm kinda freaking out already.

But take a chill pill (as Dawn puts it) and I'm gonna introduce this new feature Blogger offers.

If you go to your dashboard (Blogger users only) you will find a reading list which you can use to read all the updates you can find at selected websites/blogs.

That's cool isn't it?
Apparently, that feature doesn't work just like that. *snaps*
You need to use FeedBurner which is a good program to find your feeds and make it available to everyone else.

So until Blogger integrates this 'program' into the Dashboard, you may need to use a 3rd party feed provider.

Oh and here's a cool site on how to do so: Click me!
They're great illustrations and step-by-step instructions!

What more can you ask for?

Another Day

2008-09-03T21:55:00.005+08:00

This was another post I made a few days ago.
I think it was on Monday, and I'm posting it because some people want to read it.

Anyway, this was written when I was all emotional and all that.
But I don't really bear grudges.
Or maybe I do, for dad.

~~~

Another Day

Well, today is just another day.
But not quite just another day.
It’s more of a just another day and another day of nagging.
But it isn’t just another day of nagging either.
There has been another quarrel with dad and he has some serious issues this time. Actually, as he always does, just as he always puts it in “You always never listen to me!” Unquote.
To anyone reading this ranting, kindly note that this has been produced while I’m still in the aftereffects of the argument between The Boss and I.
Sometimes it’s really irritating when someone keeps annoying you and irritating you that you eventually flare up and say something you don’t want to say.
In my case, my dad keeps telling me that I don’t understand things so he assumes just about anything I do. In fact, he assumes everything. If you exclude how I execute my chores such as wearing a shoe or taking a bath.
It’s the ‘what’ chore I execute, the ‘when’ I execute it, the ‘where’ I would be executing it, the ‘who’ I will be executing it with that matters.
‘Why’ is usually left out in dad’s equations, too.
And that’s the problem.
He could ignore the ‘how’ so as long things get done as they are supposed to, in an appropriate manner of course.
But the ‘why’ is what usually sets us apart, which is also when the arguing begins.
I have been trying to understand why all the argument starts anyway.
Why do we even quarrel? Is it because I don’t listen to dad at all? Is it because I don’t act accordingly to what he wants – what he expects? Or is it because I’m not good enough for dad?
This is really stupid.
I have gone through everything I can possibly think of.
I have even done what he wanted.
Nothing seems to please him. Or it seems because there has been no way he’s been showing how he feels except when he’s all angry and fussed up and exclaims “Oh I am fuming now and my blood is boiling I give you for you to stop what you are doing!”
The words in bold annoy me.
What wrong have I done to deserve all the threatening terms coming at me? Man, it’s as if dad wants to control me over everything.
Sadly, he doesn’t understand that I wouldn’t give in. Not to something that I want to do, my way. Yeah, I know what I’m doing. I have grown up, so give me some room where I can do my own things and how ever I want to.
Second point:
When ever I ask dad if I should have any room to do things my own way, he tells me that I have been given too much room, and he doesn’t want this the way I want it. So then, doesn’t this make something his way?
It’s not ‘my way’ anymore. It’s been controlled by dad.
This is not the point, because hey for one moment you say there is room for negotiation and the next, there isn’t!
Then dad says that what he can give in to has been given. And it’s been enough, but the way the sentence gets across me, it’s more like he’s been so generous and I’m still demanding for more. This is when dad would ask me to compare myself to Africans, who apparently have no choice but to live life the way it is laid out for them.
Why compare? In this hectic and stressful society, many people like to compare something with another. Sure, that may be the way things can possibly improve, but that’s not what life is all about. Getting better at something for what reason?
In my case, it would be getting better chances to get ahead at life than my peers. This is the typical mindset people have in developed and fast-paced societies.
You can’t take a break. You have to get better. Or be the best.
So actually, everything has been meant to be. For me and the majority of my peers, we’re expected to get certain grades and honorable achievements. Our lives become controlled and no one is going to like that, let alone enjoy.
No more enjoyment in life. But isn’t that the whole point.
Do something you enjoy, be happy and live life.
Nope, apparently, it’s not.
This means I can’t look forward to what ever lies ahead because I will not be able to enjoy what I will do.
How is that freedom? Zero sense.
Dad always asks me to think over what I’ve said, what I’ve done, every time there has been argument between dad and I.
And every time he does, I ponder. Haven’t I already reflected and changed for how I thought I should have?
Maybe dad didn’t do as he preached.
This brings me to my third point:
Hypocritical moments!
There are two types of people I do not like.
They are hypocrites and people who do not provide constructive feedback. These people do not want to help you but just want to get the better of you.
Dad seems to belong to this category.
He asks me to listen to him (when he never does to me).
When it gets to my turn to voice my opinion, I get cut off and he’ll just keep yelling until I decide to stop opposing him because I don’t want him to get any heart attack.
And the heart attack is more consequential on his part. He eats and sleeps, becomes fat, doesn’t want to exercise or cut down the already unhealthy diet and continues junking on nonsense. So now it becomes my part to stop, for his better good actually.
Frankly, I couldn’t care less if he passed on. I do care about him, but I can’t do more than watch him waste his life away. My dad is old enough, mind me, to know what is best for him. He’ll pass on eventually and it’s pretty much inevitable.
I care more for my direct family members.
How will they accept this sad fact?
Anyway, how should I face a hypocrite?
There’s no way I want to do something for someone that clearly wouldn’t appreciate it for now or ever.
Would you?
This brings me to my last point:
It’s about abstinence and the consequences that follow.
You know how people, in my case - my parents, want you to abstain from some activity or someone. I hate the idea of staying away of something that’s probably bad, or something feared. If you’re never going to try and go at something, you’re never going to get past this hurdle.
So then, dad likes to ask me to stay away from some of my friends.
Stay away, don’t do this, don’t do that.
I don’t just want to be told. I want explanations.
If there aren’t any clear and sound explanations, I wouldn’t want to do it your way. Hey, you may mean good, but it’s not what I want, it’s what you want and what is good for you! Not me, you!
I’ll just end here to reflect further and deeper.
Sharing my 2 cents worth is tough, because it seems like I have given out a dollar to everyone.
A penny for your thoughts?
Please comment and tell me if you can relate.

~~~

My kryptonite

2008-08-31T21:31:00.002+08:00

What did I do wrong?
My dad likes to ask me, in a very disturbing tone, about what I've done to this and that.
It's like he already knows the answer, but he still asks the stupid question.
And of course, I could tell from his tone.
So what is his problem, exactly?

For example.
Just a few minutes ago, he asked me if I did anything to the internet.
Apparently, the internet connection on his laptop got 'cut off', as he claims.
First of all, I think of utorrent, the only source of 'internet connection' cut offs.
Nope, it's not running, so I tell dad that there's nothing I'm doing to cause the cut in connection.

And he asks again.
This time, it got irritating and I didn't feel like replying.
Hello? Didn't I just answer your question.

Are you trying to imply something?
Like I'm wrong to use utorrent in the first place?
Oh wait, did I cause another virus to get into the PC?

I haven't caused any virus attacks and never did any harm to my PC.
Then he implies that I can't use utorrent because it brings viruses, one which has
already spread into his laptop.
Wait a minute here, viruses spread through routers?!

Extremely ridiculous.
Every time something happens, I'm the immediate cause.
The most direct cause.

It's like I'm a convenient reason for everything that goes wrong.
"Ask Hansel, lah!" here and there.
And when something goes wrong I'm expected to fix it.
And prevent it from coming back.

It wasn't even my problem in the first place.

Why does my father have an attitude of an oxymoron's?

I definitely don't want to grow up to be like my dad.
I want to mature, and not be such a stubborn brat.

Once again life's screwed over.

Quiz

2008-08-29T18:50:00.011+08:00

#1 Where would you go if someone sponsors you an air ticket?
New York City. That's where I wanna be.

#2 What's your favourite thing to do?
Going out with the guys, but I can't name all of them - there are quite a few.

#3 Do you think money can buy happiness?
No, no way.

#4 If you were given a chance to receive something, what would it be?
Hmm new shoes.

#5 Things you can't live without:
Family, friends, hope, music, rhythm.

#6 What are you afraid to lose?:
Ambition. Integrity.

#7 If you win $1 million, what would you do?
Move to America.

#8 What do you dream of doing in the future?
Sports or something to do with music. Haven't thought of anything for long-term. Office job probably? Haha.

#9 List down 3 good points of the person who gave this survey:
No wonder people bother tagging others for this quiz.
Haha, anyway this person would have to be Weisheng.
Good at math.
And so good at math he out-scored me during secondary 2!
Sporting person! :D

#10 What makes you happy?
Moments that assure me that everything is just gonna be alright.

#11 What type of person do you hate most?
Hypocritical people. And egoistic.

#12 If you could have a superpower what would it be?
Time travel plz. Or invulnerability HAHA PERMANENT AVATAR no need to buy BKB! :D

#13 Would you go for happiness or money?
Happiness everyday.

#14 Who do you think is the most important people in your life?
Most important? Direct family. Including girlfriend/boyfriend.

#15 If you have a girlfriend, would you die for her?
Not really, but I'll die for a committed girlfriend. For a good cause.

#16 Who was the last person that hugged you?
Can't recall, but certainly not a girl.

#17 What is the one thing you want badly now?
Dinner. It's dinner time actually. Haha. OKAY SOON.

#18 Who are you close to?
Most significantly close, uh. Not even my parents, it's this girl. Haha.
But Kenneth deserves some mention here.
Tinaes, Darius, Dawn.
Maybe Shawn.

#19 Are you courageous enough to tell the person that you like her?
Yeah definitely.
Unless if she's my childhood friend.

#20 If you could do one thing all over again, what would it be?
Live life. Totally.

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7 things that scare you:
Guns.
Huge girls.
Huge guys, for that matter.
Going dating one on one. Vehreh skehreh!
Dejavu moments.
Inabilities.
Guys becoming girls.

7 things that you like most:
Bed
Breakfast
Movies & Music
Competitive entertainment
Witnessing miracles
Finding satisfaction in completing tasks
Good literature

7 important things in my room:
Not really a room but, if you consider this a room then..
LCD TV
Personal Computer
Neat bookshelves
My fan
Decker bed
Power socket
500GB external hard disk

7 random facts about me:
Not tall
Want my own children, in future *hint* :)
Thinks that these quizzes are weird, if not, a complete waste of time
Optimist
Persevering
Strives for the best
Not easily convinced/brainwashed

7 things i plan to do before i die:
Read all my blog archives
Tour the world but mainly to visit the world's greatest wonders
Inspire a child
Write a bestseller book
Direct a film record
Help someone in need
Devote time to charities

7 things I can do:
Read
Write (yes I'm literate)
Operate a regular vehicle
Look handsome LOL (betchuCANT!)
Type really fast asdiiwpqeokasld
IT-savvy stuff
Reflect

7 things I can't do:
Eat a worm
Have fast-food for meals and not feel guilty
Wow! Certainly unable to think straight after reading the next quiz bit.
Roll my tongue
Twitch my ears
Spend my time wisely
Often cannot be punctual

7 things you are attracted to in the opposite sex:
Eyes.
Lips.
Nose.
Hair.
Height.
Figure.
Character (kindness, if not, smartness)

7 things that I often say:
Halloh how you do? *wave wave*
F*toot*! (AND ALL ARE IN CAPS)
OMG! /exclamation
2U2.
So hao nao?
Please-s, ThankYou-s and ExcuseMe-s.
Chapatti (I have no idea why)

Hey girl

2008-08-22T04:16:00.004+08:00

Emotions ablaze.
This is what I wanted to avoid all the time.

From the start of the year up till now, I can say that it was a wee-bit successful.
It came down to two things.
As a student who wants to do better, my studies were at stake.
And as a boy, there's always this feeling to want to know this girl better but somehow I'm falling short here.

So firstly, I have never had the confidence.
I always had the mindset that studies came first.
Which puts anything else behind, at least until the O Level's are over.

Secondly, I didn't want to lose both studies and relationships.
I don't know why it just feels like this.

Maybe I didn't do that right.
Maybe I didn't do enough.
It's maybe again.
WHY AM I ALWAYS GUESSING?!

Why was I put down.
But maybe I wasn't.
Harsh reality kicks in.
What more can I do to say sorry?
Surely, I mustn't assume that you didn't mean so.
Should I clarify?
Or no?
There is a Chinese paper this morning and I don't feel confident already.

Speaking of confidence, I see hope.
When I failed Chinese O's, this girl put the confidence back in me.
Now it's all weird and I think I'm going back down.

I didn't want this to happen.
Right now, I have nothing.
Nothing.
Neither of both.

This time, I'm not okay.
For real.

Or maybe this is all just my imagination.

One thing is for sure, that I was wrong.
I am wrong!
I promise to clear everything up after O Level's.
Unless I feel a strong urge to do so before the examinations.

I don't want both sides to be affected before the exams.

Life is so tough.
All the decisions.

Relationships aren't easy and we know that.
But what keeps one alive?

Right now, I miss her very much.
But I've gotta do Chinese before everything else.
And hey, it mightn't be as bad as I think it is.

Why.

Weekend blues

2008-08-17T20:57:00.006+08:00

The emotion ritcher scale was on a high this weekend.

Why must there be so much pressure to perform well?
If only things were just so easy to accomplish.

Just like how Michael Phelps made it to the record books with 8 golds in 1 Olympic run.
Awesome.
Performing so well under all the pressure and expectations laid upon him.
From the media, his family and just about everyone else around the world.

We all think that getting 8 medals would seem impossible, only to come close to believing wholly as Phelps edged closer and closer yet after every event.

Although everyone recognises this feat, not all will realise the amazing level of difficulty and odds stacked upon Phelps.
But he did it.
It's just so amazing!

I have realised that many people face challenges and these challenges will pose as problems.
Problems that they can either grow stronger from or crumble under.

Just as I'm logging these precious thoughts, my mother is urging me to get my clothes ironed.
Unnecessary pressure!
I have school tomorrow and I know I will iron the clothes.
But through all the pressure upon me, I may just forget about ironing as I try to end the initial task (of blogging) quickly.

Why all the excruciating pressure and additional stress?
Are they necessary in the first place?

I don't think I am ready for competition.

Phelps with 7th!

2008-08-16T10:14:00.001+08:00

http://www.wtop.com/?nid=393&sid=1460926

Check it out.
Phelps won the gold by an astonishing 0.01 seconds!

Wow o_o

One more shot

2008-08-13T19:11:00.005+08:00

It has been a really busy week.

And the release of the mother tongue results was a major moment.
One that makes me reflect and brings me closer to reality.

Datelines. They're here again.
And approaching.
I have to get a project done and presentation going for a showcase to the class next week.

But before clearing all the work load, I need to free up some space on my desk.
Things to get done by today include:

English Summary
Mathematics Worksheet
Chemistry Papers
Preparation for A. Maths test
NYAA Forms
The F.L. Project

Later, people.

could have been better

2008-08-12T17:30:00.003+08:00

All the time.
This hits me real hard.
When everything seems that there could be a little bit more room for an improvement, but there are no chances left.
No opportunities.

Just today, we got back Mother Tongue results.
I failed with an E8.
It's not a good score to begin with but it gets me pondering and reflect deeper.
Why does it always come out this way?

There was also English Oral examinations.
It was managable, but could have been better.
Yet again, no cigar.

Just what am I adept at?

Haircut!

2008-08-11T14:02:00.003+08:00

:c

I have lost quite a portion of my hair (on the head lah).
It's been cut and I have lost my mane!

Boohoo.

Okay it isn't that bad.
But I am certainly shaving all of it during the Preliminary examinations and again during the Ordinary Level examinations.

It's good to be short!

I have to go now.
Did some homework this morning and watched a lot of Olympic highlights but haven't finished everything.
English Orals tomorrow and the release of Mother Tongue results! D:
But all I care about right now is the availability of my Angelus paints!

Bye :D

Pissa!

2008-08-08T18:33:00.003+08:00

:D
It's 08 08 08!
YAY!
Many good things happened today.
AND IT'S NATIONAL DAY TOMORROW. YAHOO /LMAO
OH AND OLYMPIC'S OFFICIAL OPENING DAY YAY!

First up was school.
We were scheduled to visit the SDC (Singapore Discovery Centre) once again this year.
Which makes it a total of 3 times (at the very least) we have visited the SDC in our secondary school course.

To me, the highlight of the visit was the SAFTI tour (or journey) in which the class will be taken to tour the OCS (Officer Cadet School) and some other places around SDC.
There was a war veteran commentating and sharing all his experiences with us, about how the National Service program has come a long way and how much it has changed since way back then.

It's always nice to know someone who has been through the World War period.
And that same person sharing his experience?
Not something that happens everyday. Awesome much!

After all the SDC events, part of the class went over to Chen Bin's place to party!
People, conversation, food and games.
It was pretty much a success!

I shall not elaborate too much.
Then I got home and had a good DotA game with Nicholas and Quincy.
Necrolyte still owns as much :)
We won and oh boy, it feels good, especially after a losing streak over the past few days.

It feels good! :D

Urgency

2008-08-07T04:31:00.004+08:00

Hello to white cherries.

They're called 'white cherries', and they're really sweet.

It's a variation of the normal cherries you have.

This one costs $22 a kilo.

Hi to you.

This is my new shaver.

It's good k.

NOCONNEXIOON

2008-08-07T04:22:00.005+08:00

Meh!
I have just wasted an hour trying to configure my router.

Disabled DHCP proxy (damn smart lah)
just to get Garena working.

But no!
Instead, I COULDN'T connect to the internet.
Which equates to no internet, no access to online help and I couldn't even access the router configuration page (via 192.168.1.1).

So that sucked.

THEN I TAPPED INTO SOMEONE'S WIRELESS ROUTER.
LOL IT WURKED!

With the help of Google, Hansel saved the day (the day that was messed up by Hansel in the first place) and reconfigured the router.

Reconnected with my router.
Holy balls MSN SIGNED IN.
*wide grin appears on Hansel's face*

Screw DHCP.
Fux.
1 BLOODY HOUR!

Blown back to reality

2008-08-04T22:02:00.004+08:00

Hey peeps!

It was a not-so-exciting day in school.
There was English, which was pretty boring.
EL orals coming up, it's time to pit ourselves against the bulls >:]

History next, mmh.
The usual routine.
A lot of small talk.
Delayed lessons.

But I wouldn't say that it was totally unproductive.
Mr Ng's new 'Chain of Thought' idea works. And it works well!

Mr Ng also blew up and made us eat the cake.
No, the real slice of the cake, which is why we should talk in class (to our friends) all the time.
Ya da ya da. At least this lecture is much 'fresher' and has a better concept than the, 'Oi Hansel, go study lah. Never study then how? You want to like this ah? Like that? ... ...'

That's about it.
Oh and check out my new desktop.
Same PC new interface :D

Links

2008-08-03T22:02:00.002+08:00

Sorry for the lack of updates.

Busy times call for busy measures!

Here are some links I need to keep track of.

http://kiss-yourself.blogspot.com
http://tutvid.com/downloads.html
http://thecosmonaut.com
http://biochimistu.blogspot.com
http://www.ozzu.com/flash-forum/making-preloader-cs3-t90053.html
http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/percentagepreloader.htm
http://www.ozzu.com/flash-forum/clickable-areas-picture-t90244.html
http://www.flashadvisor.com/forum/adding-text-flash-t4007.html
http://www.cookiesncremeee.blogspot.com/
http://beatricetan.livejournal.com/
http://www.jasonfisherjones.com/AC_RunActiveContent.js
http://www.flashadvisor.com/forum/general-flash-f13.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1EJpc68EIs

Oh yay now I can close half of the tabs I have on firefox.

Time to zombify!

Queez.

2008-07-28T18:53:00.000+08:00

1. the person who last tag you is?
Sam-man-tha

2. your relationship with him/her is?
Fwabs/Swabs/Nwabs. Friends lah! :P

4. The most memorable thing he/she had done for you?
Woah, I don't know.
Let's see how about COMING for on confirmation day? :D

5.The most memorable thing he/she had said to you?
Please please ):

6. If he/she become your lover, you will?
Why are there these types of questions?!
Bet the next few questions are retarded.
Anyway, I think the question is asking if I would consider Sam to be my lover, in any case possible, I'd say yes.
~~Because I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings hahaha~~

7. If he/she become your lover, thing he/she has to improve on will be?
Woah, grow taller lor.
:X

8. If he/she becomes your enemy, you will?
I can safely say I have no enemies k.

9. If he/she becomes your enemy, the reason will be?
Egoisticness :P

10. The most desire thing you want to do for him/her now is?
Help me with customising my kicks :D

11. Your overall impression of him/her is?
Short & sweet girl!

12. How you think people around you will feel about you?
Noh idea.
I don't actually care, really :/

13. The characters you love of yourself are?
Don't understand this question but if you're asking for fairy tale characters that I like then:
Hansel & Gretel :D
Surely I'm cheerful :)

14. On the contrary, the characters you hate yourself are?
Oh okay I think I get the gist of these questions now.
Uh being the procastinator that I am >:(

15. The most ideal person you want to be is?
Hmm, I would want to be Jeremy Tan from primary school.
I'm sure his life would be pretty exciting.
No, I don't idolise him, all I want is to live a day in his shoes :)

16. For people that care and like you, say something to them?
Halloh2u.
:D

This quiz ends here.
Yay :)

Hibernation

2008-07-22T06:07:00.003+08:00

Hello people!
It's quite alarming that people keep saying my blog is dead.
Well, it isn't.

I'm just taking my time to collect sufficient material for a post.
You know, the inspiration isn't here at the moment.

Meanwhile, you may be interested in coming for my Confirmation uh, rite?
It's this Sunday, in the afternoon/evening-ish period.
There will be buffet food, if you can confirm that you are coming.
It's $5 per person (for the food), but I'll gladly waive that all for you. :D
Fine-print: If I'm happy.

Besides that, I've been spending much time on WC3 DotA.
On Garena which is a awesome third party program to link up with other players.
Non-legit TFT files are also compatible with Garena.

So whenever you want in on DotA, call me and I'll join ya! :D

For everyone else who isn't aware, I got a new pair of shoes.
Air Force 1s!

Yay yay and my customisation project begins!

12:12 Friday Morning

2008-07-11T00:40:00.004+08:00

Here I am.
It's Midnight.
Friday morning, actually.

I'm tired.
I open up blogger and keep in mind whatever I want to jolt down, fresh.

Dad was using the PC earlier today at about 10.
He called for 15 minutes.
Okay fine there you go.
But it turned out to be 50; 35 minutes overtime.

So I kept in mind, whatever inspiration I've got and summed it up in three words.
They're not the best words to choose for titles but whatever:

Ego; Painting; Forgetfulness.

First up, we have Ego.
What brings the special mention of this?

It's the time of the year, or more generally the time of our lives.
In about 100 days we will be well on our way to finding out how our future awaits.
And I'm getting prepared to face this somewhat sudden reality.

To think I was counting down 100 days to mid-years from the start of the year.
Now all that is left is the same amount of time to the conclusion of secondary school studies.

Darius and I are competing on who can score better for tests we get.
So far it's been a 6:6 with no one in the lead.
There are 3 more tests (EMath, AMath, Chem) that await integration into our who-did-better ratio.

Upcoming Biology test on Monday.
EMath on Tuesday.
Chem on Wednesday.
History sometime soon I think.
The battles rages on.
Who will be the better man?
(Wow egoistic as it seems!)

Second: Painting.
Painting a picture.
In my mind; all that inspiration.

Inspiration for writing, working, playing, thinking.
Inspiration that goes when you forget.

Which brings me to my third point, (lol that was some quick progression)
Forgetfulness.

Since my primary school days, I've been unable to recall datelines for assignments and cannot keep track of whatever I should have, if not already, done.
And this shortcoming is getting the better half of me.

I'm forgetting everything I want to post on this blog, a very good example for a lost of inspiration.
When this happens, I forget about blogging and eventually this blog dies.
It's the way we work - we being you, me and everybody else on my Effiliates (my links on this blog).

Wow, it's not surprising that I have absolutely forgotten what I wanted to change my blog title and messenger nickname to.
Come on Hansel, recall quickly recall!

It'll be good for you (the reader) to note that this post was specially made because Hansel had this undying spirit to post something.
An inspiration! :)

12:37AM now, and the caffeine-like effects of my evening nap is wearing off.
I'm going to bed.

Forgot to include: 31/40 for EL oral and disappointed.
OMG, I nearly lost this whole 'post' in the course of editing it.

/Thanks for reading/
(Whoa accidentally posted this on the class blog, carelessness at it's best!)

Lost

2008-07-10T05:28:00.002+08:00

My confirmation is coming up ahh! :D
School has been hectic with all the weekly tests (that comes alongside homework).

Up to now, I haven't even got my physics practical worksheets done and it's getting back to me.
I'll do that today.
Later, later, later.

There was confession yesterday at the church so I'm a new person, spiritually.
I know I need to study so..
I might go to the library today! ;)

Ablaze

2008-07-08T07:14:00.002+08:00

Sorry for being so stagnant.

I've been going out everyday for the past week and making trips down to the library and wherever else.
Hectic schedule with no room for 'Oh wow it's blogging time'.

Saturday morning wasn't quite dedicated to English Preliminary Oral Examination because I was the first one up.
I cleared the examination hall just after 20 minutes from arrival.
But after all that, I stayed back in school with Lionel and Bryan and Darius and Joshua and Adwin.

Did some bits of my NYAA and then went to have lunch with the group.

NYAA forms look so familiar and all that writing reminds me of sometime when I DID write for the bronze award.
Meh! -.-

Oh and I don't know how but this reminds me to bring along my thermometer to school.
Temperature taking crap.

After lunch, I left for home and got down to make some sushi with Mum.
All for the supposedly potluck party for Tinaes (it's his birthday, yay!)
It wasn't a potluck party in the end, more of a go-to-restaurant;sit-down;sing-song;eat-cake;EAT-BERRIES kind of party.

But a hella fun.
Photos will be coming in from Nelson today!

People present at the party: Alfian Aaron(Moose) Gerard Jon Nelson Prasad Shawn(Huang) Shouheng Tinaes Weisheng.
Venue: Orchid Country Club
Cake: Super sweet chocolate cake topped with sour berries.

Just yesterday, there was another outing to the library.
But I'm supposed to leave for school now so I can COPY biology homework (but this reminds me, Biology is after recess!)

Still, I'll type the rest later today.
If I don't come back late because I got down to Chinese Chess with Darius!

Questionaire

2008-07-03T23:07:00.004+08:00

(01) What is my full name?
Hansel Rafael Chia Chen Young

(02) Where will you go if someone sponsors you a tour ticket?
New York! :D

(03) What's your favourite thing(s) to do?
Gaming, running, outdoor sports, dreamily dazing

(04) Do you think money can buy happiness?
No, money is just a tool that is dangerous and bad when mismanaged.

(05) If you can have 1 dream to come true, what would it be?
To live my younger-self once more.

(06) Do you believe you can survive without money?
Nope. Singapore is a money-city.
No money no nothing! :(

(07) Describe the feeling when your best friend backstabs you.
Never had the chance to come across that.

(08) Have you ever been to the toilet of the opposite gender?
When I was younger and had to get changed after swimming at the pool.
At the age of 5! :o

(09) What do you dream of doing in the future?
Have a better-than-just-above-decent job.
For example, being a fighter-jet pilot.
The view from way above, that status is just so remarkable and I want that.

(10)List out 3 good points about the person who tagged you.
Jon tagged me! (I have finally understood why Leslie pulled us all into this 'quiz')
Cheerful. Always-making-sure-that-everyone-has-a-share kind of guy. Loyal!

(11) What makes you happy?
Friends and family (sometimes)

(12) What type of person do you hate the most?
Hypocrites.
The type of people who never is constructive in their complaints.

(13) Where do you see yourself 10 years down the road?
I would have just got out of the army and would have been working for about 2 years.
Maybe I'll be dating and/or starting a family.
Woah! 10 years will be here very quickly.

(14) What do you think is the purpose of life?
To enjoy creation and keep peace amongst ourselves.

(15) Who is the most important person in your life?
Mum.
Seriously.

(16) What do you think is the most important thing in your life?
Development and all the moral values.
Without all these, I'm almost worthless.

(17) If you had a chance to change your life, what would you want to change?
I want to be in a better school.
Just like a total change of environment.

(18) What does forever mean to you ?
Eternity.
I usually think 'forever' as a kind of mythological term.
It's not known if something (or anything) coexists with everything else for an unending period.

(19) Are you strong enough to take up all your emotions & burden by yourself?
No, definitely not, at the moment.

(20) Would you rather follow your heart or mind when deciding for the right one?
I've always been following my heart.
It's like I'm asked, would you rather play dota or go study?
Start up warcraft, duh!

Some photos

2008-07-02T18:35:00.008+08:00

Self portrait! (more of a 'landscape' picture):o

This picture was taken quite so time ago.
I'm just putting it up in memory of my short hair ):
Maybe I'll go shave bald once O levels are over, with Rupan of course.

Guitar camp! This picture was taken at 5am?
The camp was really awesome and all yada yada.
Oh btw this was taken when I was lying down
on the orange sofa outside the HOD Staff office! :D
Comfy, k.

The last day of the camp, packing up!
Here we have Quincy on the extreme left, then Weisheng and Tinaes.
Can't make out who the guy in blue is.

Just looking at Weisheng touch his hair, is like lol.
Hey Weisheng you look much lighter here :P

People, I present to you, my bed!
So here is where I slept.
If I don't remember wrongly, there were 13 chairs stacked up
and I just sat there and slept.
Then it got really uncomfortable so I shifted over to the tables
next to the chairs.

The next day:

I can't do it - I hurt my back. ~RUSSAAH PEETAAH :D

Okay no more pictures that I want to upload.
School has been fine.

But I've been rather emo lately.
'Emo' as in depressed and all those shitty feelings.

For PE today, there was soccer.
Then I got rammed hard in the stomach twice and brutally slapped in the face.
But no offense taken, no really, none.

Kk lol NEENJA cat!

20 random facts

2008-06-26T19:21:00.004+08:00

Write 20 random facts about yourself then tag the same amount of people as minutes it takes you to write the facts.

1. I want to buy an ice-cream factory all for myself.
2. I suck at studying subjects that I have no interest in.
3. I might be rather random at times.
4. I LOVE being totally random and being around girls! :D
5. I used to be a gaming freak.
6. No wait, I am still the gaming freak as I was.
7. I think Counterstrike is awesome.
8. I'm desperate for a new environment (a change for everything).
9. I love to sprint.
10. I enjoy playing instruments.
11. I think of the people that demise others who are part of a band as losers.
12. I have serious regretful issues about slacking and ending up in St Gabriel's Sec.
13. I want to be a prefect so bad!
14. I rather keep a legit record of music (albums).
15. I have got a fetish for custom kicks.
16. I like to bake everything that seems edible.
17. I have a diary (one that you actually write in).
18. I think I'm maturing too quickly, srsly.
19. I WANT TO go clubbing (just for the experience actually).
20. OMGLOLFACT: I had my first girlfriend when I was just 5.

Tag: 9 minutes so 9 people.
Alvin, Joshua, Leon, Nelson, Roo, Samantha, Tinaes, Weisheng and the last slot goes to everyone else reading this (see you're not left out :D)

Seven deadly sins

2008-06-23T23:00:00.004+08:00

Greed:	Very Low
Gluttony:	Very Low
Wrath:	Very Low
Sloth:	Very Low
Envy:	Very Low
Lust:	Low
Pride:	Very Low

http://www.4degreez.com/misc/seven_deadly_sins.html

Woah.
I have taken this quiz several years ago.
By this girl called Phoelyse who is now MIA after she emigrated to Melbourne.

Sad isn't it?
She was sooo sooo pretty.
Hahaha.

Okay okay I'm quite satisfied with my results.
But how come lust is the highest of them all?
Lol!

Retainers

2008-06-23T22:44:00.003+08:00

Yay. Retainers!
Okay no not really, boo to retainers.

They're uncomfortable and hinder my tongue movements in my mouth.
You know how it feels when your tongue has so little room?
):

._.
So I didn't actually abide by my timetable today.
It was so nicely planned.

Then I recall there are white spaces (blank spaces, free time) tomorrow during school.
Yay, problem ALMOST SOLVED.
Will there be enough time?

Ok so to punish and make up for lost time, I'm going to cut my sleep time.
For today.
Revision starts at 6am tomorrow!
So I'll get up at 5am and that means I have to sleep now.

Haha okay.
Remind me to blog about my encounters in the train back home today.
Hahaha hilarious moments!

First day of yayyyy

2008-06-23T17:10:00.004+08:00

Hahaha so there was the first day of school.
Tomorrow will be the second.

EH SO FUN LAH.
No real lessons and I was really random after school.

Went to KFC with Ken and did really random stuff like grabbing some road side barriers and attempting to jump over them but failing miserably.

Actually.

I could have said "failing miserably at leaping over road side barriers" BUT WHATEVER.

So using two hands (with my TWO bare hands) LOL
I grabbed the green bar and tried to loop over and my legs got stuck in the course of this high-risk and high-speed maneuver and injured myself.
There was also undone paint on the bars so I had green palms to take home.

Obviously, I wasn't happy.
Then I wiped the green ink onto some peach walls that look really new.

Ken and I walked further down the street to find two painters doing up the peach walls.
LOL!

OMG so guilty! :o

Oh yeah more blogs:
http://trueloveishardtofind.blogspot.com/
http://my-guitar-my-soul.blogspot.com/
http://memoriesthatstays.blogspot.com/

And this web is really awesome if you are looking for new wallpapers:
http://wallpaperstock.net/

Check them out!

Skippiedoo bye :)

BADMORNING

2008-06-21T11:52:00.003+08:00

Hello people.
8 hours of sleep fulfilled.

Yay.

So this morning I had this brilliant idea of googling up Tehillim and SJI and PLMGS and St Gabriel's and found many blogs that I can hop to when I'm bored :]

I'm gonna list some so I can get back to them whenever.

http://rubio-verde.livejournal.com/
http://ipitythatfool.livejournal.com/
http://rehpinuj.livejournal.com/
http://fictionalwords.wordpress.com/
http://saturdaysupermanredunderpants.blogspot.com/
http://smilesforlove.blogspot.com/
http://being-superwoman.blogspot.com/
http://whitesilenze.blogspot.com/

So many right?
How professional am I :))

And all of them are girl's blogs! Hahahaha :D

Concert@AGAPE

2008-06-21T00:16:00.002+08:00

Yay. Big performance @ PLMGS Secondary.

We (SGSS) were invited guests at PLMGS's concert and we have did ourselves proud! :)

Firstly, I can safely say that we produced more harmonious sounds than SJI's guitar ensemble (the other invited guest) did.

Secondly, we enjoyed ourselves very much.
It's a really good moment to remember.

This will also be the last time I will (together with the rest of the Secondary 4 seniors) be performing with the ensemble.

We played BRAZIL really well and OMG I played through the whole piece WITHOUT screw ups!

But I still have regrets.

Why didn't I get some contacts from the PLMGS girls?
:/

The Real World

2008-06-11T13:37:00.025+08:00

Hello peeps :D

I'm feeling a little disappointed now.
Simply put: It's the holidays, our holidays.

Why the heck am I not allowed to go out with friends?

You see, it was so nicely planned and organised.
Suddenly, your mum says noooo and you're like wtf.
Then everyone blames you because
they're only joining the occasion as you intended.
But noooo now you're not going.

I had this Dejavu-ish feeling that I couldn't go.

Me: What if I can't go leh?
Huang, the 'organiser': Then it reflects on your character lor..

What the hell?
-_-
So now I can't go and it 'reflects on my character' that
my mum doesn't allow me to go out?

Hahaha okayyyy..

(I'm even blogging on a tight time-limit imposed by mum.)

Anyway, this post is titled 'The Real World'.
For a reason.

I have realised that in reality, people are cheap.
People use underhand methods to gain the
upper hand - all the unorthodox methods
of exploitation to take advantage of you, human being.

Robots are taking over the world! (Randomness)

Phone bill

You and I, we all know that the day your bill comes, it's never a sweet memorable moment.

It's a torment.
Especially when it's your personal cellphone bill.
They take your money away, sucking you dry of your very own blood.

So you, being the typical Singaporean that's in all of us, glance at the bill and exclaim..

HOW COME SO EXPENSIVE LEH?
C***b**! Where got talk so much?!

Aiyah.
Singtel charged me for some 3rd party subscription namely "MP3 Music Pack" from Oracle Vision.
5 bucks, every month, gone into their pockets just by scamming you.
It's not like they help you to download porn into your phone, right?
It's like a service that they don't provide and still charge you for it.
Please lah! -_-

/Singaporean-self

I called some sort of hotline stated on the bill itself,
not those you find on newspaper ads with a cute and/or hot girl accompanied with the cliche "Call me, now!".

WE CONVERSED

K so we (the operator and I) conversed*.

Operator: Harlow, wa si Singtel Customer Care Service, ah!
Operator: Hao kan I halp you, ah?
Me: Hello?
Operator: Wah sap man.
Me: Eh, auntie ah want to go for kopi mah.
Operator: Okay lor. (Set ah! fits into the context more, right?)

*Conversed - #3 - to have sexual intercourse (with) LOL

Not really, kk.
Just told the Customer Care Service person to discontinue the subscription and she waived it.

Yay.

Did anyone tell you that the pre-recorded machine-like voices suck?
I'm telling you that they do.
They put no life into their talk, so I don't suppose their "Oh yeah, baby!" would sound close to orgasmic at all.

Hahaha..

And to think I've always liked the way these automated machines operate.
Yuck!

Time to dota with Leon (my mum went out :D)
I shall upload some peeks later!

Real tired

2008-06-10T01:23:00.004+08:00

It was an exhausting day.

I watched a few movies today.
There's Mr Bean's Holiday.
Some Chinese show.
Uh can't remember the rest.

I'm so tired.. night!
>_o

Bitchstick

2008-06-08T16:05:00.003+08:00

I have laid off the computer for two days.
Two whole days and a few hours! (*Yay*)

However, I'm getting much less than I want to.
It's usually that satisfaction that gets into you, the satisfaction of doing something else.
So I didn't really do something else.

But hey, I'm doing my best to stay off computer games to nail down my "gaming addiction" as my parents put it.
Mum's still nagging at me for posting this post.

When interpreted by me, it spells:
"Either do what you want, or do what we want; but either way it won't be better off for you."

Okay.. fine. Works for me if it works for you.
I might as well do what I like.

I've been wasting my life (listening to my parents).
Enough said.

Punch!

2008-06-04T21:31:00.005+08:00

I went out with Kenneth to SAFRA this afternoon.
There were so many snooker tables but only two pool tables, both of which have been taken up.

When we arrived, I saw for the first time, the sheer size of the snooker tables.

Wow!

I didn't see how it was possible for an amateur to clock up his shots for a streak.
Without streaking, billiard is just pointless.
There will be little need of strategies if you're going to lose your streak at match point.
Besides, one game of snooker will take ages to complete.

But there's pool.
8 ball, 9 ball.
Which was what we intended to play.

Then me and Kenneth got the chance to play pool and we did.
We had our bit of fun and I got to win 3 out of 5 games against Kenneth.

A group of 6 teenagers, 14 to 16 year olds, came up to challenge us to a 'punch'.
This was also the same day I learned that 'punch' didn't mean physical contact.
'Punch' actually meant that the loser pays for the table.
What a weird name for this practice.

Some of them were friendly.
Kenneth won by sheer luck - the challenger pocketed the 8 ball illegally.
Kenneth was actually lagging behind by 6 balls, lol.

I lost to 3 people (who took turns to take their shots against me).
They got to a good start, 4 to nothing after breaking.
Then I had mine and eventually we were on par.
But the situation on the table was pretty bad for me so I couldn't take my shots and lost eventually.

I have to admit that these guys were pretty good.
But not all of them were friendly enough to concede or even offer a 'good game' after the match(es).
How disappointing.

Unfortunately, there is biology SPA (science practical assessment) tomorrow.
Which translates to no late night gaming but rather the time to mug.

Playing to Win

2008-06-03T18:44:00.005+08:00

Caution!
Whatever I'm posting below is a serious large wall of text - an abstract body of thought.

Ever pondered about conquering some sort of task?
Some sort of competition.
How about being successful in life?

I have been doing my reflections and often wondered:

Why are some people so capable?
Accomplishing everything thrown in their way; how do they do it?

There has to be a set of rules that they abide by.
Because they're flawless at handling just about everything,
there has to be a standard set of 'house rules' that they play by.

Just like when trying to impress a girl:
You take note of what she likes.
You get her what she wants, what she likes.
You do this because you want her to want to know more about you.
You take note of what she doesn't like.
You don't do what she doesn't like.
You do this because you don't want her to have a bad impression of you.

So it boils down to knowing how to get into the good books of a person.
You know what to do, how to do it; what not to do, how to avoid doing it.

Your 'house rules' could be
looking for how you should (or should not) portray yourself;
the correct things to say (if you have to communicate);
what are the necessary steps to take to succeed in what you are doing;
how will those steps affect future events;
how will those steps be affected by other events.

And these set of 'house rules' applies to other things as well.
Take for example, a game of DotA.

//lol the Gatsby advertisement is playing on TV//

You want to portray yourself as a fierce harasser
(so they don't even want to try to go near their creeps)
You want to lead the team, which isn't an easy job.
(you have to know your team's weaknesses and try to point it out them in a suitable manner)
You want to know what's coming and how to get around it and how fast you can get over that problem.
(so if you foresee a gank coming for you, you try to counter that by getting your silencer to cast global silence before storming them)
Your enemies will think twice before doing anything
..then you exploit your enemies' weaknesses and win the game.

That's my take on why smart and capable people are what and who they are.
They've these set of general guidelines to follow by and have done their analysis, which allows them to know what's coming forth.
When they know all these, they're already half way into success.

Of course there are other factors that they take into consideration that puts them on the path to success.

It applies to everything.
So get cracking and set your own 'house rules'.

Guilt!

2008-06-02T18:53:00.003+08:00

Hey people.
I didn't go to my aunt's place today :(
And I played 3 matches of dota!

Extremely guilty x_x;

Physics remedial was fine today.
I was late for 30 minutes but managed to shrug off any punishments;
the lesson was really casual.

I've put up this music list, credits to LoudFusion.com and Anzu
for inspiring me to put this up :D

Newly archived old posts

2008-06-02T07:30:00.007+08:00

Good morning to everyone :D
I have archived all my old posts for your reading pleasure.
Edit Posts
It's down below under 'older blogs'.
Have fun reading up my past!

There will be no Audition and no Dota games for me today.
Oh no I'm running late..

/off to physics class
(will be back late today, going over to Aunt's place to study mandarin)

Stand by me.

2008-05-26T23:59:00.013+08:00

Stand by me, nobody knows.
Nobody knows the way it's gonna be.

It's the 26th of May.
It's the day of judgement.
How well versed are you in your native language?
It's the day for Mother Tongue O-Levels!

I have recognised that I am incapable of
scoring exceptionally well for the paper.
Nevertheless, I have put in effort for the
examinations and it's up to you to believe.

What I really want to know, is:
What are the odds of me getting through this ordeal?

And only I am capable of seeking the answer I'm looking for.
Keep working hard, and harder, Hansel.

Today is also a special day.
For me, my family and relatives.
We're all glad that my uncle, Louis Fong, has managed
to clinch a spot in the finals of
the television programme, U ARE THE ONE 【唯我独尊】.

Briefly mentioning, my paternal-sided uncle has
been of a great influence to me.
After all, my cousins and other relatives are
role models that I should learn much from.

No matter how talented they are
or how well versed they may be,
I'm sure that I hold the capabilities
to climb and scale to such heights
and succeed in whatever task I'm given,
just as they have been.
I'm not discouraged.
I have been enlightened!

As his name was called out as one of the finalists,
being the last to be called out,
it became a heartfelt moment for me.
I was wondering and pondering:
Will I feel this way when I receive my O-Level results?

Another inspirational moment had an opportunity to arise.
This morning, an upper secondary student
(I'm guessing he's one year my senior)
revealed his views for the examination(s).
Them, (with no intent of being biased to the 5NA in anyway)
being older than I am and more experienced in many things
shared with me his thoughts and feelings about
the this morning's examination and preparation.

He said,

"If you have already done your best to prepare for the examinations,
you know that's all you have done and you can possibly do.
So why worry?
Instead, leave the rest of the construction to God for you have done your best.
So calm down and have peace at mind."

Truly inspirational!
I'm sure I will be able to incorporate this piece of wisdom
into my life and live it, aloud.

MT O's

2008-05-25T10:11:00.003+08:00

Checklist for Mother Tongue O-Levels, tomorrow.

Tissue Box
Table Clock
Jacket
Spectacles, if you have any.
Chinese dictionary (electronic or paperback)
Spare batteries for the electronic dictionary
~~Spare paper for the paperback dictionary (to fill up with words if you find some pages missing)~~
Pray

And of course writing materials!
Your brain will come in handy too, so bring it along.
Best of luck.

Remember to be present early.
Real early.

Day Dream

2008-05-22T19:24:00.003+08:00

/mega slang
Back from Toa Payoh Central with Kenneth and cabbed twice today.

Now I'm back; tired, perspiring and hallucinating badly.
Had dinner at KFC with Ken before proceeding to onslaught him in chinese chess :D

So there was this International Friendship Day Carnival taking place lined up with the Financial Literacy competition.
From 8.30 to 10.30 we cleaned up the classroom, hit Sean, played chinese chess ...yadayada.

Some students from other schools came over and participated in all the ongoing activities, giving us boys the chance to experience having girls in the school - for once.

And from 10.30 on, I was too carried away playing chess and missed out on basketball and softball tele-matches. Girls were playing as well ):
That's my only regret.

Oh not really.. I missed out on the opportunity to study for the upcoming mandarin O paper (this Monday). That just sucks.
I'm already spewing bad scores and still lack the effort to strengthen my language skill.

Life sucks.
For now.
Nevertheless, it may be 3 quick days to O's but I still have 3 days that I can make full use to justify the many years that I have put into learning mandarin.

God be with us.
With our late Eugene, my classmates, my peers, my teachers, my parents and myself.

Hang in there.

Round, round and round

2008-05-06T22:04:00.002+08:00

Hello people!
It's been a great day.

For the E-Math SA1, at the very least.
After I came back, and half way through a dota match (just one, damn it) my dad started getting all grumpy and naggy.

I don't understand why someone would want to repeat the same things over and over again.
Think about your future. (Thought about it)
Study hard and stop playing these stupid games. (Studied hard, and no my games are only stupid for you, not anyone else)
Stop playing. (Dude, you need a life)
Listen up! (I'm listening you ignorant.. That's it I'm blocking out your words)

I didn't retaliate, nor did I 'defend' myself.
Don't want to start up another fuss.
A mess.
One that you seem to want.

Words to sum up my day.
Fabulous paper. Manageable. Hypocrite. Mess. Screw-off. Talk to yourself. Beyond godlike (oh yeah!)

That's all folks.

Peeeng

2008-04-27T23:36:00.002+08:00

Happy Birthday Dawn Chan! :D

So hello there!
Welcome to the lonely blog. ^^

Things were pretty smooth today.
I read up on some Mandarin essays, 15 of them.
Completed half a paper.
Some of my homework are done.
I'm going to get down to some last minute filing now and hope that tomorrow will be a good day!

Good luck for SAs to all of you out there!
This reminds me to draw up a time-table for revision. o_o

Plomp! Da bomb is here D:

2008-04-22T21:40:00.002+08:00

Hello myself :)
GCE O's are nearing!
Especially the Mother Tongue examinations..

I'm currently trying to catch up with school work, revision and juggling many subjects is quite a stressful task.

Recently, I haven't been doing well in school.
However, there has been many happy occasions - guitar performances! :)

I feel strongly bonded to guitar ensemble, there's an encouraging spirit in us that keeps us working together. My CCA really keeps me going, and I really wished that my class could share the strong unity.

Also, there has been some nasty weather. And I'm really weak :(

There are some tasks to complete tomorrow, the main highlight would be the upcoming Chinese test. Mug!

Hectic plight, sleepless night

2008-01-29T21:38:00.000+08:00

So it's really been a storm in school.
4 days if absence in school really sucks bad, the pile of homework is literally snow-balled to such an extent its taking me more than 2 weeks to get on par with my classmates.

I'll make up with a solid update after all the mess has been cleared :)

Today's must-do list:
(in no particular priority order)

Wipe clean shoes
Fix Joshua's blogskin (top area)
Encode class blog with password, add links, class roles, more features (e.g. clock and uploads like timetable and syllabus etc.)

Filing for all subjects

Chinese composition (latest and rewrite previous one on A4 pad)
Chinese workbook exercises

Physics Test 1 corrections
Physics workbook 14-21
Physics vector worksheet

Chemistry worksheets 1234
Chemistry practical graph (rate of reaction)

Biology practical drawings and worksheet

Add. Math worksheet and textbook exercises for Logarithms
Add. Math prove that e is not a regular number (i.e. irrational)

Elementary Math revision worksheet for Test 1

History worksheet and worksheet and more worksheet

English summary revisit and essay

Social studies worksheet

Revision for Elementary Math Test 1 - Chapters on graph patterns (?) and Standard deviation (Thurs 310108)
Revision for Chinese Test 1 - Chapters 1 & 2 (Fri 010208)
Revision for History Test 1 - Cold War (Fri 010208)
Revision for Add. Math Test 1 - Logarithms and Binomial (Fri 010208)

THE OTHER SIDE

2008-01-28T01:35:00.001+08:00

MOVED!
http://banstick.blogspot.com

RELINK!
:DD

The reason

2008-01-26T23:45:00.000+08:00

There was remedial for physics this morning.
I was late because I left the house very much later so I had to rush to school.
As I was arriving, I jaywalked toward the school gate and there was this car which was coming real fast.
I ran and the car turned into the school compound and drove into the 'teacher zone'.
Like ZOMGxZ!

Later, I realised it was Mr Chow (physics teacher, duh) who was driving that car.
So I was early, in a sense, after all!
People who came later include Alvin, Rafael and Jonathan.
Weisheng had fever so he missed the lesson :/

Get well soon Weisheng!

Didn't bring notes.
But I found that what was in the notes was already in the textbook!
So notes = not so useful.

After class, I had my breakfast which comprises of an OOH-banana and a smashed egg-tart and went home with Kenneth.
We walked home from the station.
On the way, I had recollections of an instance when I was crossing a busy road and I almost got knocked down.
Like *car sounds mega horn* and I go like whutwhere?
*notices oncoming car and sprints*
Okay so later on, I met up with Kenneth and we had our 1-hour long lunch break.
When Kenneth and I were on our way back to the bus stop, I met grandma and brought her home.
My grandma is growing much older (yours, too) these days.
No more long distances, strenuous or exhausting stuff for her.

Dad drove to the eatery at Macpherson and the family had dinner.
Grandma was sent back to her place, then dad and sis went home.

Meanwhile, I went out with mum and bought my guitar tuner, guitar-picks and the Creative PX2051 dictionary at Plaza Sing.
Then I got a new pair of jeans and probably would get new shoes, watch, tees and a sling-bag soon.
Hmm, this reminds me of creating a shopping list.
I need to get paper clips too.

So yeah, my mum took ages to select her make-up products.
I patiently waited, even though I was in extremely uncomfortable clothing, and just stood there.
Got home, got my guitar tuned, got cleansed and got on the computer.

I wanted to play DotA just for tonight.
Meh, halfway through a game my mum started bitching about how important my health is and how I shouldn't sleep late.
Then I wished to play DotA for just tonight, all this just specially to celebrate my birthday.
Fuck it.

It's true after all, our parents always tell us what we shouldn't do; what we're not good at; more importantly, the things we don't want to hear

Mum restarted CPU but before she knew it it resurrected and I was back.
Hahaha..
I went in search for some Christian music distributors and found a few, then I listened to some nice Christian music to cool off from the bitching.

I told myself, I shall just blog all this shit you are reading now, then go to sleep.
And then that was it.
My dad came up and provoked me, like in a HIWHATDOYOUTHINKYOUAREDOING-GOSLEEPNOWYOUIDIOT-WHYAMITYPINGTHISSHITYOUDICK attitude.

For all the shit I've been doing, it already sucks to be me.
So I decided to just blog the heck out of here and get on to DotA.
Which will commence just about now..

And has ended.
Wow that was fun and I feel so much lighter :)

~~Thanks for reading this shit.~~

The heart never lies

2008-01-25T22:42:00.000+08:00

Many are asking for who can show us something real

Yup we know the holidays have ended.
School term has begun.
And it has already been 4 weeks since the start of the term.
Which means there are lots of topics taught, revisions to do and the obvious, homework.

So typical Hansel hasn't handed in 100% of his schoolwork. This includes almost every subject, not to mention there are tests that are around the bend.
Not much time to complete revision, let alone, homework.

Besides homework, co-curricular activities have been fine. That said, Robotics has obviously been ruled out by myself as hopeless.
And I'll blame Shawn Chew again.
What's the point?
Guitar has been awesome, we learned (OMGWAONOSLACK) new skills and handling of the guitar.
We are interested in playing for the guitar ensemble (not pronounced as 'on-song') during the performance at MGS; 'We' consisiting of Weisheng, Caleb, Benedict and I.

Just yesterday, as everyone knows, the Ordinary-level examination results were released and I'm proud (or maybe not so) to have seen 4E1 students scoring straight A's and distinctions.
Of course, this serves as an inspirational source.
Together with what Mdm Foong (ML teacher) has told us, all the more do I feel motivated to prove myself in O's.

Church gathering was fun. Hope to attend the next session soon :D
Andrew has got piercings? His once-beautiful face is gone! ~~in my point of view~~
Everyone seems just fine, but Samantha was pretty outstanding. Since when did her hair curl? Haha.
Maybe I don't know my catechism friends very well.

Physics remedial tomorrow, and 3 major subject tests next week.

AND CLARE WANTS TO GO OUT!
Thought she would have preferred to start after O's.
It's a pretty new chapter in life for me and most probably for her, too.
I'm sure we will work things out and through O's :)
But hey, this may just be what we've both been looking for.
There's no reason not to.

Wish that everyone is doing fine and coping well.
If you do have any problems, feel free to turn to me for help and I'll try my best to help you out :D

Judgemental

2008-01-24T20:27:00.000+08:00

Happy 16th Birthday Shawn Huang!

Well that's how the world still is.
And probably will be the same way until centuries and centuries have gone by.

So if you haven't figured out if you've been judgemental, it's time to reflect.
Of course, your paradigms cause you to either openly accept anyone and everyone for who they are.
Or dump them aside, casting all the foul remarks you ever could on this group of people.

So hmm, that's just my bit of reflection.
Today is resultday.
Seniors came back to school and they looked really ajar.
Those that found out Robotics was closing down for good were like ORLY?ULAI!OMGRLY?!

Friday tomorrow.
Guitar.
Physics test.
Chinese composition.
Ohmygodhandintherestofthehomework.
Waypastthenightmeetingwithchurchfriends.

And life is still just sad.

School Reopening: Part 1

2007-12-25T14:47:00.001+08:00

Currently downloading Counterstrike Condition Zero.
Speed's limit is the sky!
It is hitting 600kbps, on the average.

Like wow lah.
Been to sleep over at Tinaes's house with Jon.

What else could 3 guys do besides playing the computer, watching cable telly or use the playstation?
Take a night stroll to the nearby 7 eleven outlet.
Which is quite far away, but considerably nearby as well (like lol lah, Tinaes).

Snails at Tinaes's place.

These were taken when we strolled to the store.

4 Snails!

The first (right above) picture illustrates what we saw on our way back from the store.
2 snails have mysteriously vanished! :o

We took like half an hour to walk there and back.
Snails these days have incredible movement speed!
~~Richer these days huh? Maybe boots of speed, hmm..~~

There were like 2 other snails crawling around when 4 snails were present at the snugly grass patch.
It seemed like a beepbeep party:
One snail above another and THAT explains it ALL.
What else could they be doing, sucking up one another!

So we left them alone and got our drinks.

Then the night went by.
And not before long, it was time for all of us to leave :(

Tinaes had to get to his dad's place.

So on my way back with Jon, we saw this ad at the bus stop.
I thought they were chocolates so I kept looking at it LOL

Then I realised why these 'chocolates' sported many wacky designs.

Your all-in-one box.

LIKE OH NOES.
No wonder the aunty and some guy glanced at me with a what-have-you-been-thinking-of look.
-_-

More fuude. This is breakfast.

I'm only posting this because it's some really good breakfast that I wouldn't forget.
Because I had it 2 weeks ago :(

2 long weeks!
Right now there's less than a week before school reopens.
._.

Ok, I'll update more later.

Reliving special moments

2007-12-16T18:42:00.001+08:00

Hello :)

Took a horoscope test today.
Pleased with the results!

You are 93% Capricorn

How Capricorn Are You?

Had breakfast.
The usual yummy stuff which I'm kinda getting bored of.

Blue Berry Morning by Post Selection

Sadly, I'm running out.
Deeper into my concerns of this shortage, it is unfortunate that the convenience super-mart that is just a walk away will be under some renovations.
And it's probably going to take a few weeks or so.
Which also means I'll be turning to bread to survive the mornings.

Also, since Christmas is nearing and everybody soaked in a Christmas environment, I have decided to take it one step further!

Hello to Santa hat! :D

So I usually dish out my hat from my bag and ensure that it is snugly tucked on my head before I leave the apartment.

However, due to the amount of unexpected attention I'm receiving from onlookers, I have decided to wear the hat only on selectively hand-picked (ooh!) occasions.

Oh noes my arm is swelling :o

There isn't much purpose of taking this picture.
Initially, I just took to contain my anger of getting hit by my dad! :o
Because he hit me when he couldn't resist that I was talking back and countering back so efficiently.
I then chose to shower in the dark too -.-

Why did all this start again?
I don't really like to point fingers, but if I had to name a person who should be blamed for the spark of this incident, it would be my younger sister.
Curious?
I'm not here to tell you why.
Just letting you in on the little problems I experience and exactly who had caused them.
Yes, I am defaming!

Hmm, but everything was settled that very same night.
So I'm very thankful.

Oh yeah, I just had dinner and took a few pictures of food (lol, one fuude pls).
Disclaimer: The following images are at the viewer's discretion to view.

My sister is at her usual self - extremely nosy - so she had to ask me what I was doing even though she already knew.
Maybe she just wanted to get some attention from my mum who was sitting in the living room watching the telly.

What exactly is this? Beef. Mooo!

I'm a fan of cows.
But this one is *specially* prepared by my mum, upon the special request of mine.
Because we've had too much pork chop in these few months and are starting to turn numb towards pork (but bacon - is exceptional).

Veg - Daily essentials :)

The composition of this dish is very unique, with bacon slices stir-fried with cabbage and some kind of edible Chinese 'fungus'.
It also has um, some kind of translucent beehoon.

So this is just another typically boring day in Hansel's life.

Well, not quite! :P
So I did spend my time doing other things, such as listening to the radio for 3 consecutive hours, then proceeding to clean my earphones and then onto a messaging spree.
As a bonus, I've managed to clear my email inbox of a whopping 1150+ unread messages!

Currently considering to stay over at Tiniah's {formerly known as Tinaesrupan [*whoa* special brackets man!(LOL)]} house.

Concluding

So what does all these events have to do with 'reliving special moments'?
You see, this day has also brought new meaning to my life!
And it has to do with that someone special in my life.

:D

I might just reveal more tomorrow but no promises ^^

~~~~~~~~~~

Interesting links to visit:

America's Next Top Model Parody
Bleeding Love by Leona Lewis

Disclaimer: Large walls of text

2007-12-14T11:19:00.001+08:00

Don't worry, these spaces are not left empty for whatsoever reasons.
Any moment now..

:D

Christmas is coming! Yay.
So this festive season, there's going to be giving and exchanging of presents and all those things you do during this period.
Which means I should get a job, earn some money, buy some presents and share the joy.

But no. No one wants to hire a student that cannot afford to work for long-term.
So you see, GCE O levels suck.

Santa Claus is coming to town ^^

However, this hurdle will not be stopping me and I plan to ace these exams and move on from Secondary schooling to a College? Maybe.
By the end of these holidays, I must get my thoughts sorted out and know what I'm aiming for, so I can strive for them. Then again, planning is just a good intention, carrying out the plans and working toward these goals are nothing close to that and not just as easy to assume.

Oh and the playlists above are filled with some music by Cascada, techno style.
I wouldn't advise anyone who dislike techno to click play, so just stay away if techno isn't your thing.

By today, from the start of the holiday, I'm supposed to have

completed my schoolwork;
revised for the past year;
started on new topics;
improved on Chinese in both vocabulary and fluency;
catch up with friends that I don't meet everyday;
my braces removed, retainers placed in order;
drafted my goals and aims for College/Polytechnic

The list doesn't end here, there's still a long way to go.

On to the recent happenings.

No bowling
Physics tuition
Lan gaming and billiard
Tutor my cousin for Science
Mouth/Dental cleansing at Zhonghua
Bought the upcoming-year's-syllabus books
Prepared for Christmas by wearing my santa hat

Sob!
No bowling at all!
Need to hone my hookshots sometime soon or I might lose too much touch to ever go bowling again.

Physics tuition, at a price of course.
It's like a form of paying for force-study but anything goes, because it works out.
And that's the main reason why I hate to go out on Tuesdays and Fridays; tiring to travel from Novena to Hougang back to Novena and then go out all over Singapore.

And you guys (or girls) have already heard that I'm giving my younger cousin tuition.
Just for science.
A little bit of his background: an all-rounder and fluent in Chinese, which I really admire.

Billiard and lan gaming, common activities for the guys.
Nothing much, really.
Need to hone shooting skills as well!
I'm eagerly waiting to get out and play, so let's arrange something soon, sometime soon!

Oh and the highlights, my visit to the dental bus which is currently situated at Zhong Hua Secondary School.
The lady (nurse? *shrug*) who attended to me is so pretty :D
And her hands are so warm.
Especially when she touches my lower-lip or, use her palm to 'firm' my mouth in place :O
I was thinking, I should really thank her for helping me with my dental hygiene and stuff.
But more for her generosity because I took about 2 hours of her time.
And she was sneezing. Maybe she caught a cold.

AND You have to know this..
When she bends over and looks into my mouth, I kept trying to avoid looking into her eyes.
So paiseh!
I stared at the ceiling, then the lamp, the clock, all over the bus, then look at her forehead AND THEN HER EYES.
So I was like :D
And she's like ._.
I'm like :D
She's still like ._.
Then I'm like :D:D
Still ._.
So cute :X

-_-

Thought of wishing her something like 'get well soon' as I took my leave but.. but..
I fail at life.
End of story!

And I learned that Zhong Hua is a good co-ed school.
Because the girls there are so :D
Just :D!

:D:D

Hahaha
Oh yes, the santa hat.
Here's a little glimpse of it.

With Turtles >:D

Hiding behind a furry dew gong

Woohoo Ninja Turtle! >:)

This turned out like an emo shot

But it has a full view of some plush toys :)

Love my santa hat :D

Concluding

People are becoming weird today.
Tinaes called.
Right after that, Clarence called.
Then Shaun.
Followed by Kenneth.
And then Shaun, once again.

All of these calls were simultaneous.
How surprising :o

Good day to ya'll.

Through and through?

2007-12-08T00:00:00.001+08:00

Good Charlotte Keep your hands off my girl

Sweet Hummer!

So I have this obsession with vehicle construction type of reality series.
Such as American Chopper, Hard Shine and so many many more television programmes on Discovery Channel or Real Time.
Watching how these vehicles are specially designed in very fine details and how they appear as a final product, how they perform and how they appeal to the crowd really gets into the blood.
Also, by watching these exciting programmes, you get to experience the intrigue culture and lifestyle in the West.
And I really like that! :)

So television time for me has to be tuned to these programmes.
If not, it has to be MTV but watching music videos gets boring after it is screened repeatedly.
Because of these *new* channels, I'm kind of losing touch with local shows because the plot is too square.

Hmm.. after reading the above paragraphs, it got to me that I need to be blogging on stuff that others can relate to, too.
If not, it's all going to be all about myself and my life.
Pretty boring stuff.

BUT I HAVE NO CHOICE!

This is my blog after all.
So everything posted has got to do with me, me and me! :D

The thought of school reopening really sucks, but the thought of myself tutoring my cousin for science really sickens me.
Why me? :(
Don't really like to give tuition to people because what you would be actually doing is not helping the students to do their work but rather help them do their work.
That's quite shitty.
All I hope for is that my cousin wouldn't turn out to be the type that asks for answers instead of solutions.

Enough of other stuff, let's talk about what we're here to actually talk about!

Today, I present to you..

FOOD!

Or basically just what I've ate in the past few days.
The appetizer!

YUM YUM PIE!

This is some Shepherd's Pie from Don (which Clare claims that it is from Dawn herself but apparently not :P). Yeah it was actually two times bigger.
And thanks to my conversation with Clare it got burnt and half had to be thrown away because the lights were out and I couldn't see it so I ate it up already before I took this picture.
LOL No, not really! But it was really that burnt, because I was too carried away and forgot about the oven's settings :(

Half a pie was still good to settle for.
Delicious! :D
Right under that crisp crust, there's actually an egg, halved which rests on two thick layers of potatoes and chicken and whatever ingredients were involved in making the pie - WHICH MAKES IT SO YUMMY!!!

:DDD

Up Next: Chickhaaaaaaaan!

Yes this is the main course.
Beneath the crisp brown bread crumbs and spices covering the skin of the meat is some cool and new kind of JAPANESE CHICKEN.
Which actually tastes very goooood but of course that comes with a price.
In fact, more than just a price of ordinary chicken (because this piece of chicken isn't ordinary in the first place :D).

Cooked by mum.
Looked good.
Smelled good.
Tasted good! xD
Simply perfect!~

^^

Let's see what else I have..

黑芝麻! Black Sesame Paste :o

This is yum yum.
Sweet sesame paste from some dessert store that my sister and mum came across when they went out shopping a few days ago.
Great for my midnight snack!

Last but certaintly not least: B&Js! Loves!

Hello Strawberry Cheesecake :)

Ice cream is everyone's favourite! :D
And so I couldn't help but have some ice cream, even when it's in the middle of the night.
Fattening BUT YOU CANNOT HELP IT!
IT LOOKS SO- AWEESOMEE!

D:

Halloh to ice cream.. *drool*

Haha!
So I had my share of great food..
Great desserts and ice cream.
Have you had yours? :D

On to other stuff, I present to you more expensive goodies!

ZOMG! PREPAID CARDS.

Rip!

Rack!

And Roll!

So there.
Asiasoft earns another $30.
And I don't like that >:(
But I don't exactly have a choice, do I?

It's a-cash after all and it makes everybody happy :)
With this cash I bought some new clothing and stuff in Audition.
Hmm, which I don't really regret buying anyway so :D

I are so tired nao.
Okay goodnight :D

Mesmerising IJ Concert

2007-12-06T09:35:00.001+08:00

Audition You

Lol? WTFHAX!
take the quiz at http://www.am-i-dumb.com

So the quiz was quite entertaining, and to find that I'm that 'good' makes me wonder if the quiz is even good enough for anyone to try.
But still, it's good for bored people.
Like meh!
So click away and do the quiz, but remember to come back here once you're done with it.

I'm supposed to be posting about my new phone, but whatever.
Just for your information, my new number is 923220xx.
Last two numbers blanked out, but you'll know who is calling you if you see this number appear on your screen.
If you want my full number, tag me or message me with Windows Messenger.
Oh yeah and I got myself a Nokia 5700, for $28 which is pretty cheap actually :)
So basically I'm pretty happy I got this phone, at this price, and totally having a blast with the phone's 'out-of-the-world' features.

Hmm, what I really want to post about is the recent CHIJ concert.
So exciting, fun and mesmerising.
Except the presence of my mum and you'll find out why in just a bit.

Then there was the time when I had to prepare flowers for 5 ladies.
The initial idea of presenting the rose came 3 hours before it was completed.

The roses had to be bought, wrapped with cotton-bud to ensure it has sufficient water to survive the concert and back to the girl's homes.
But it was pretty plain, so I thought I'd make a card to compliment the rose.
And so I did!

Hello to scraps of paper!

My hands lost touch with the usage of a pair of ordinary scissors.
So meh, took me lots of time to get this cards prepared.

Messy desk. Everything is everywhere..

BoA Last Christmas

Don't have a picture of the final product though! :/
So anyway, during the concert, the paper bag of roses were toppled by some donkeys who couldn't look at what they're kicking at, when it's already so obvious I was protecting it.
The more I think of that incident, the more I think it was done with some hidden agenda!

As the end of the concert approached, my mum kept pestering me to pass the flowers to their rightful girls, but I was pretty shy to present the gifts, and I couldn't spot where the girls were, too!
That was very irritating and so, just like any adolescent like me would react, I sat there and pretended as if she had said nothing and purposely defied whatever she said.

But I had to pay the price and caused myself some time to enjoy the night in the school's compounds as I had to wait for all the girls to be dismissed and to leave the band room.
Still, it was a great experience!
And I realised that the girls I gave the roses to are prettier than I have imagined them to be!

:D

Kay so.. I came back and tidied the messy desk.

Quite tidy after all, hahaha!

Yep. Stupid CRT monitor spoils the whole image.
To come to think of it, the shot looks pretty shaky.
Blame my unstable arms! :/

Looking forward to Fantasia 2008, another concert brought to you by the IJ concert band, as well as St Marg's concert band.

I'll update on the pieces played during the concert some other time, have lots to do ~~like slacking and slacking again, then stop and resume slacking all over~~.

Cya! :D

Busy days changing ways

2007-12-05T17:34:00.001+08:00

Hello everyone, these fews days I've been busy with slacking and trying to schedule myself for next year's O-level examinations. This topic itself sucks to be brought up, but there isn't much choice. It's now or never!

This new blogskin is beautiful and unique and I plan to get some pictures to replace the little navigating words you see by the right side of this window. So here's what has happened for November and has been happening for this month!

Church Camp

Full of fun :D
But I was ill and down with gastric flu and missed out on many activities :(
And actually this camp didn't seem to be appropriate for a church-like theme, but more of a long sleepover for the girls to catch up with the guys and the guys to catch up with the girls.

The catechism class that I'm in is like separated, you see.
Guys on one side, girls on one side.
But it's not like what it seems like; the guys are not that disciplined but are actually quite willing to mix in with the girls, but every guy seems to be shy towards the girls, with a few exceptions like Sherman and Andrew.

Activities were plenty and were pretty fun too :)
They include sandcastle building, ice-breaking games and even involved water-filled balloons too!

The Sandcastle Team! (with me looking down -_-)

The Artistic Sandcastle We Built ^^

Of course, there were many other teams consisiting of the others in the group picture featured above.

You probably noticed that our sandcastle wasn't build on the sand itself.
Hahaha.
It's their (the team's and not mine) brilliant idea to build the sandcastle on the table to reduce the water-loss of the moat, which is crucial because the objective of this little activity was to ensure that your moat can sustain and hold the water in it, for at least 3 minutes.

The camp ended off in church, after mass, with another activity that seemed like a pathfinder kind of game.

Wee! Watch the pretty girl hop across!

But the camp wasn't all about fun. It was also about getting serious.
It still is a Church Camp anyway, so there's the 'Churchy' stuff.
So there were little workshops where we did plentiful of reflections!

Such as in this room..

So there was a talk, or rather a little workshop that was conducted by Brother Michael Broughton who spoke on areas such affective and effective love (maybe its his own classification of love) and how boys and girls feel toward each other in this adolescent stage, the outcomes, how to handle or avoid the outcomes, and lastly, things we can apply to ourselves to avoid the messy puppy love thing and get on with life, instead.

So you realised that more than half of the last paragraph (it's literally just a sentence, look again) is bullshit, but this has happened ages ago and to come to think of it, no one took any pictures of him conducting his workshop.
So this means I have to Google one up to show you how he looks like, to those who don't know of this holy man who called us, adolescent guys, 'horny bastards'.

The Oh-So Holy!~
ignore the little boy and more importantly.. the pants

I took down some notes of his speech for reference in the future, especially when life hits the shit. I'll share that some other time, or if someone asks me to (it's some pretty interesting stuff).

Concluding

I'm sure all of us enjoyed ourselves and I'm looking forward to the next gathering they're planning.
I have missed one of the gatherings already, but I think there'll be one coming up soon!
Yay! I hope it's next week. Or the week after next. Or the week beyond!

:D

Sorry, Blame it on me.

2007-11-22T00:25:00.000+08:00

Akon - Sorry, Blame it on me (Click for lyrics)

Hello people :)
So hmm, there has been much happenings and Hansel's here to share :D

First things first.
Church Camp (aww boring? Nuu! Awesomeee..)

The camp was damn fun, but I was pretty lonely and all and everyone thought I anti-social when actually, hello, Hansel's ill and couldn't they tell :(
There was so much fun, or at least I felt that way. I got to learn a few more of the girls' and uh, well it was quite a pleasant experience. And soccer was a 'very-guy' thing there, so if you have soccer skills, you would be treated as someone from the 'very-guy's clique.

OKAY.

But there's actually only one thing I want to touch on: Brother Michael Broughton's talk on 'love'. (LOL I spelt his name correctly on my first try!)

ONE.
TWO.
THREE.

AND EVEYRTHING ELSE GOES ON TOMORROW. LAWL.

Someday

2007-11-16T07:15:00.000+08:00

Hello everybody :)

Before reading my post, you could play this music video, which is also a dedication towards the movie Bridge of Terabithia, or just get it started so it can buffer as you read on.

I'll be at a Church Confirmation Camp (yay for 3Cs), which sounds boring already, but I'm placing high hopes for this camp because I want to like, have a nice getaway from home for a few days instead of sitting in front of the computer the whole day and, well, wasting my time away, as my dad puts it.

These days, there are so many people against Christianity and uh, come up with so many ways to encourage people to turn away from their beliefs. Some say 'Oh hey, come on, this isn't real actually, since it isn't scientifically proven, it ain't true' or 'WTFhhx euu b33n bwain wasshhxxedd worX'.

So it's been a daze. Dilemma after dilemma.
But I've got this QUITE sorted out and I hope this camp can straighten things further.

Speaking of camp, I haven't packed yet, so I'll probably post when I get back, or something.

Back this Monday, or maybe Sunday after Mass (yes it has caps on; got a problem?).
I'm an arrogant catholic!

xD

2007-11-02T16:36:00.000+08:00

Yo.

I'm putting all my grudges and everything aside.
No more pride, no more nothing.

There's no point is there?
Vengeance? Nah. No waii.

Hansel stays as a Hansel, and that's that!

I have been honing my Counterstrike skills. Got the hang of the AK once again :D
So it's like pew-pew; pew-pew-pew; DAIS.

I'll be editing the class blog and my friendster profile soon. (And NO, I'm not part of the IHAVEBIGGERBALLS competition)

Gonna do some revision, and the skies look so dark I shall postpone my jog.
Then it'll be back to MapleStory once Tinaes can access his account.

Yay, everything's happy.
Will they get happier? :O

Someday-Nickelback

2007-11-01T15:49:00.000+08:00

The holidays ~~are here or so they~~ seem to be.
And this time, I'll try my best to make sure this goes this way and that is properly done that way.

I don't know how to start off this post, so I'll just shoot buttons to whatever comes to mind.

~~So firstly, (old school - doh! BORING!)~~
After a quick game of Counterstrike which wouldn't have lasted if I had not put up with Jared, I came to a conclusion that Jared (Sim) is really an Antichrist. Willfully using names that were mixed and matched with vulgarities, he made it so obvious that he wants to put across this point : 'I are the smarter peoples because I has ~~taught~~ thought this and that, and then, and then, and then, and then ~~finally~~, and then again, then, then, that "My Ball(s)" does not exist so I'm so cool to actually attempt to overwrite what has been discovered centuries ago and prove that so-and-so is wrong and I are right. Yes and I have "bigger balls" than you do.'

OH come on!
It isn't cool to do that, and it certainly isn't constructive. IN THE END, all that is done wipes your eyes, nose and mouth off your face and sticks a "SHIT HEAD" warrant-sticker across. Sorry, but this isn't constructive either. Or maybe it is. Or maybe not. Or so this, or so that.

Yay, so now all the shit has been blown and dynamite being flushed down, I can start my actual post.

Class chalet @ Aloha Loyang
It wasn't exactly fun, but rather a bland camp outdoors. We got to watch and ponder over the others' way of living, playing, sleeping at home. So why wasn't it good? There wasn't many activities planned.

It seemed that there was just a barbecue and games session, and something that Mr Stanley came up with like an Appraisal Time when we gave thanks to those who have helped us through this tough year and those who have been with us and done so much that they deserve to be sincerely appreciated by one and all.

So you see it as good as it could (Loh2Tinaes) have been, but I wouldn't go into that.

After the whole camp, everyone went home in our separate ways, so this isn't actually worth mentioning, but I'll do it anyway so I can construct some link to everything. I took a straight bus from the interchange and spent one and a half hours sleeping in the bus, and eventually waking up when the bus had almost reach where I had to get down.

Got home. PC unoccupied, so I dug into it and stayed there until I felt so tired and exhausted. I did some self-study and soon slammed into bed.

I woke up with many body aches that reflected how extreme it was to stay awake for the whole night and not get enough sleep at all. First thing I did was to inform Tinaes about the MapleStory Delphinus bandwagon that has shrunk and blown-up and shrunk and blown-up again so many times that it was now so big. So Tinaes will be coming back to play MapleStory (or so he says) to regain recognition and achieve a sense of accomplishment, but more importantly, stress off from the tough year.

I plan to do likewise, and include job(s), revision, research and exercise into schedule, too. I have realised that I'm just a regular guy (or boy) with a regular life. On the average. And that's what I want to change. I'm gonna get some chores done, revision planned and everything else properly executed, then help Tinaes play his account (yes, HIS account -_-;), hone my lousy Counterstrike skills and eventually get a 'headstart' on my studies.

The above media is somewhat good. Yeah. Enjoy :)

This lazy, lazy, lazy me.

2007-10-19T00:07:00.000+08:00

Changed the blog skin.
Oh man, someone please encourage me to work my lazy ass off to blog something interesting.

Or you could just buy me a camera and w00t.

Hello, you! :)

2007-09-28T01:38:00.000+08:00

Yay. Leaving another entry in my diary so I can fall back on these moments.
Just like capturing images with your camera to preserve the feelings and delight at a point of time :D

But I'm so tired and since even Samantha has gone (and she's probably enjoying herself) to sleep, I'm going to turn in too, for tonight. *Yawn*

Goodnight everybody! :D
Goodnight diary. (<_<.. right)

Good book reads, enjoying life, without studying.

2007-09-23T05:08:00.000+08:00

Hello to all.

My mood has been down; and it has been a really bad day since I've woke up a morning ago.

I woke up afresh and looked forward to the community involvement project : St Gabriel's Foundation (SGF) Collection of Funds 2007. It was the second (or third) flag day gatherings. The day started off with a jump start! As usual, I had got off the night's rest at the wrong timing, and had only a little while for preparations to head to school.

Dressed up, grabbed my book and bottle and headed for the carpark. My dad was waiting for me already as he had been down earlier to rev up the engine so I could get to school on time. Okay so I was on my way to school. Met up with Shawn in hall and then I saw Tinaes, Weisheng and Jason who were eagerly waiting to have their hands on the tin cans and dismissed in cliques towards all parts of Singapore in aid of the needy students of the SGF.

I joined in a group consisting with Gerard, Jon, Nelson, Prasad, Shingyee (sp?) and Tinaes and we left the school grounds. So far, all had been well. Until reaching Plaza Singapura, in the morning. It was so quiet, and you could make out the patterns of tiles that are on the floor.

BAD TIMING. It was a Saturday. Not many people were in the city yet, and it occured to me that we should have went to a residential area, such as Toa Payoh or Boon Keng or Ang Mo Kio.
Later on in the day, I was informed that Ms Thomas, together with Shawn and Jerome, had gone to Boon Keng and ONLY there. That was where they managed to fill the tin cans to the brim and still have the time to enjoy a scrumptious breakfast (or lunch) at Macdonald's. I should have known! :/

So on with the story : Our group split into two portions (of steak slabs, okay not really). Nelson, Shingyee and Tinaes in one segment ~~not to forget, my book (which I would go on to elaborate further on) and bottle held by Tinaes~~ - Gerard, Jon, Prasad and I in the other. And soon, we took separate directions and ended up in two different parts of Singapore. For now, Nelson and minigroup are out of the story and will join us shortly ~~right after these messages~~.

Sorry guys, I'm so tired I would have to resort to using point-form to explain the day's shit.
And here we go.

My group took a train back to City Hall, and on our way we journeyed the Dhoby Ghaut Interchange and stared at the wall while lazing on the travelator. It used to have large coins and a large palm with it's index finger sticking out in poke-motion, but it was now all painted with a glossy white finish and waiting new advertisements to be placed on it.
Met Edwin, Nicholas and Weisheng at Dhoby Ghaut, who were on their way to Marina. Lmao. We entered the inner building of Raffles City and scouted around for fastfood restaurants. Oh, this reminds me. We were looking at the shopping catalogues and we spotted "Girl's Shop". I wanted to check it out after breakfast, but soon forgot about this after thinking through the task at hand.
Breakfast. Gerard, Prasad and Jon settled at Burger King's for a western breakfast of bacons, ham, scrambled egg and little bits of hash brown. It was expensive for a small meal, prices ranging from $5 to $6 for a mere portion of protein and carbohydrate. ~~And I managed to fit a packet of chilli sause into my tin.~~
This was also where we met Mr Nick Chow and Ms Koh Shiling. Actually, Mr Nick Chow approached us while we indulged in the meal. Oh noes! We were caught by teachers slacking off right at the start of the project :O which is a vaary bhad(vah-ray-bah-had) start for us. We then realised the two teachers (easily mistaken to be a loving couple) had two lower secondary students accompanying them ~~which now makes them seem more easily like a married pair~~.
After the meal, we headed out of the restaurant towards a fountain and spent half an hour throwing coins into it, struggling to score the coin directly into the middle of the fountain. It was fun, but we were contradicting ourselves, splurging precious money that can go a long way to help the needy, and so I filled my tin up with about a dollar's worth of coins.
We've realised the complete waste of time that we have brought about, and decided to get started. We lost Gerard at what seemed like a long stretch of escalators, but he quickly relocated us and we got out of the building. We didn't know where we wanted to walk to and our sense of directions were crappy, until we spotted a familiar building : Peninsular Plaza! The LAN paradise ~~where the lousy mice and worn out keyboards restricts your life~~.
Me and Jon headed for Funan Mall when Gerard and Prasad broke off and went to enjoy themselves at LAN. Jon and I collected funds for a while before giving into the temptation of the air conditioning in Funan Mall. While entering the mall, KFC came into sight and there came our lunch break. It was 11:00pm then. And also a time where I missed the book that I left with Tinaes.
It was here when I decided to give a call to mum and catechist to approve my absence from some church activities later in the afternoon, and this action is one that I have regret making (elaborate further later).
After the break, Jon and I intended to head to Plaza Singapura and using my professional sense of direction, we were soon walking further from Plaza Singapura, Victoria Concert Hall. My flaw came into consideration when we met a fellow teacher who enlightened us. Now, with the correct direction and gathering of Prasad and Jon after the fun they had, we went all the way back to Dhoby Ghaut.
Here, we regrouped. Group now consisted of Gerard, Jon, Prasad, Nelson, Shingyee, Tinaes, Weisheng and I.
Nelson, Shingyee and Tinaes felt they deserved a period to rest and have a meal. And so the rest of us headed out of Plaza Singapura to collect more funds. This was the main area where I collected quite a bit of money. Some people ~~mostly Caucasians or other foreigners~~ were very generous with their donations, whereas the Singaporeans themselves were arrogant, unthoughtful and had such a strong proud look on their face when they pretended you weren't there - either that or treated you as beggars and simply walked away. There were also a handful who pretended to take out their wallets and proceeded to walk in the other direction, away from me. Lol.
After the joint efforts of Me and Weisheng; Gerard, Prasad and Jon - we met up at the porch and headed back to school to return the tin cans upon receiving news that Shingyee, Nelson and Tinaes had gone back without notifying us earlier.
My tin can blah blah.
We thought we could go to play pool back at Plaza Singapura once we had completed our task blah blah.
I'm SO tired. It does not end here, I will continue later today.

Girls don't like boys; Girls like cars and money`

2007-06-09T00:55:00.000+08:00

Talking to Tinaes right now, and blasting songs into my ears right after mass AuditionSEA gaming :)

For 17 hours today, I've been online and smashing keys on my numpad-keys continuously.
Been trying to score perfect beats stimultaneously.
Things only had to get better when Chen Bin and Shouheng joined me in a few Audi games.
Although I'm slightly more experienced, I can see that Chen Bin and Shouheng will go further than what I have mastered so far in Audi.
Shouheng's good at Beat-Up and One-Two Party modes, and that's pretty impressive as I haven't even mastered these two modes in my entire 4 months of Audi.

Okay. Enough of Audi - it's getting really boring talking about the game.

Losing control in the material world.

Two days ago, there was an outing that Nelson organised.
We went to Vivocity (where else, meh) and had dinner.

Yeah at this restaurant called White Dog Cafe.
When we stepped in I asked for a table (or two) for 5 but there wasn't any available in-seating, so we sat at the other side of the restaurant; the little semi-enclosed corner that was pretty cosy.

Keith and Tinaes had spaghetti, Jon had fish&chips, Nelson got a chicken fillet, and I took the *EXCLUSIVE* chicken leg.
Tinaes wanted to have chicken fillet too, but he was like 'OH, LOOK! THE SPAGHETTI IS CHEAPER' and I was like, 'LOL!111!!one'. Yes, the food is THAT expensive. Even the spaghetti is a costly S$10 - price excluding the infamous GST.

Hey now! You're a rock star!

On to the *Exclusive* chicken leg :
After we sat down, we were given two bottles of (tap) water. One is cooled; the other chilled.
Shortly after, more couples filled the restaurant, and then it was full-house!
The drinks came first (I had my can of 'want-want' milk - LOL), followed by the first dish : The Ala Carbonare (or something near that). That's Keith's Spagg!
Then came Tinaes's, Jon's, followed with Nelson's.

...

BUT MINE NEVER CAME.
It was only after I saw the waitress give one of those exclusive chicken legs to the guy at the neighbouring table, I realised the waitress might have forgotten my order. And Jon was like, 'Excuse me, his chicken leg (yes and then all the chickhaann-leg echoes came xD) hasn't came yet.' How professional.

-RECALLS-
Keith : I'll have the (blah blah).
Jon : For mee, I would have (or like) the fish&chips.
L-O-L! P r o f e s s i o n a l, I tell you.
Yes! I tell you! Pew pew!
:D
Okay then..
Nelson : I'll have the fish fillet.
Me : Tinaes?
Tinaes : You order first.
Me : Oh okay - I'll have the CHICKHANN *laugh* LEGG!
Everyone : Lol
Tinaes : I'll have the (blah) spaghetti.

And subsequently, drinks were ordered for Keith and Nelson.

Okay let's jump back into THE EXCLUSIVE Chicken Leg Case!

I became suspicious of the chef. He could have been :

Chasing the chicken around the kitchen
Forgot to ignite the gas and didn't cook the chicken leg
Left the order list at the table, which probably flew out of sight
Dropped the order list into a wet sink, the ink smudged and he couldn't read the order

Lol. Okay, so the main point is that my meal came LATE.
How late? After everyone else had finished their meal.

What the bull-!
And I started to realise an unfolding conspiracy.

IT WAS ALL PLANNED!
IT HAD TO BE!
After everyone finished their food, mine came, so that I would be busy eating and too busy to realise that everyone will rush to the toilet one by one and leave me to pay the bill!

I KNEW IT! AHA!
Okay jokes. Hahaha.

I can't remember the rest that happened the other day, or can't really be bothered to explain the rest that happened. I wanna listen to my songs now :)

Picture taken is uploaded to my friendster page @ http://www.friendster.com/everyday.

Read up more of the past, current and upcoming events at Tinaes's, Nelson's, Keith's and Jon's blog.

I am falling down.
You can watch me, fall on my face.

050607

2007-06-05T23:40:00.000+08:00

Yuppie.
Today's date.
Just plain rocks.

Besides the upcoming 070707, 050607 is just as fantastically cool.

Anyway, as we all can see, I haven't been really active in my blog :)

In the past few weeks, I have been studying (yes, actually studying).
I have also received my report book (results posted tomorrow or a later date) and went out several times, such as gaming at LAN shops with friends, ice skating, slamming my PC with music bytes, working on my a-math corrects, correcting and playing with my project's website (since i'm the webmaster, rrr) and a hell lot of crap.

I shall post what happened today, tomorrow.
So damn tired. =.=

Back after a long wait

2007-05-19T08:58:00.000+08:00

yes, the exams are over! finally :D
uh wait.. oh shucks. i still have a bible quiz tuhday DD:

we're all doomed!
its an OPEN-ENDED quiz, no multiple choice questions. thus, no dices can be used. :(
that's just sad isn't it?

okay besides the tests, i've been playing : auditionsea, counterstrike, warcraft, dota, battlefield, and a few other games to kill time while waiting for my results. it's NOT like i'm looking forward to "judgement-day" where there will be joy and there will be emo-s.

oh bah, i'll be off to auditionsea now. just made a *newww* account so i can play with nubs again.
yippie!

SA1 round the corner!

2007-04-28T05:03:00.000+08:00

Hello there! The SA1's are around the corner, and everyone is striving to do their best. Today, in 3 hours, I will be having my A Maths Coordinate Geometry test.

And I have not revised, so I'm accessing the lead portal (suck-lah portal) and doing some last minute revisions. The portal really stinks, the stupid answers are wrong, and everyone dies trying to answer the questions only to find out that it cannot be worked out to be any of the multiple choice answers. Lol.

The past few days, I've been slacking off my ass - sleeping! (yes I sleep face down - or maybe not) As most of you know, I have been under some severe high fever for three days, and have fluctuating fever ever since. It's low in the morning, and high after noon.

It sucks, the headache that comes with it is nothing but a bonus. Yes, a bonus! (Yeah right, damn it!)

I'll go study, as I have to put priority planning/organising into action.
So see you after saturday-school!

Saturday. Wait - no, borrrday..

2007-04-21T22:12:00.000+08:00

Yay, I'm starting to get lazierrr!
Woke up at 0830. But went back to sleep.
:O Only woke up at 1130.

Lol, I had this really cool dream, but I've been unable to recall my dreams since I had my first one. =.=

Uhm, so there was some Speech Day event held at school.
Started at 1530, pretty punctual so we didn't have to wait for the sky to rain nuts.
Anywayy, it was quite alright. The worst part of the event was when Jason went up the stage to receive the best in Design and Technology award, when I actually pictured myself receiving the award :(
Jason clinched the first place, when I fell back to second placing. Shawn's third, I think.
It was pretty close, must have been one of the D&T papers which I didn't really do well in. IT WAS JUST THAT ONE. Then I began to realise, if one would to score well, one has to start from the beginning, and do well.

Inspirational, huh? ._.

Oh well. Then Gerard went to get Nelson, Jon, Prasad, Weisheng, Jasper and I some food after the whole event. Yeah, Mr Ng told us that he hadn't have enough budget to let the student audience to eat, too. Only the award winners could go up. Bah. Speaking of Gerard, who won the Robotics prize (whatever award that was), I realised that I was nothing of an asset to the school robotics team. And this brings me back to my primary school's robotics club.
Sometimes I wonder, maybe I should be doing better things. Something I can genuinely benefit from. So I'm now considering to join Guitar Ensemble. Even though I'm keen on the CCA, there are limited spaces. :(
Yes, that means I have to WAIT. But for how long? Half a year? A year? Two years?!

Secondary school sucks. It just plain sucks.