What Is Life Without Literature and Song?

Elitist? I think so....

2005-05-10T22:16:00.000+08:00

Ok, before i go into my post proper, i shall reflect abit on today's visit to GIC. Well, i feel that mr chang siew khang's 'chat' totally rocks! He was frank, straightforward, practical and really was able to engage and relate to us. He offered great insights about leadership in the 21st century and thought us valuable knowledge how (NOT) to right your CVs/Resumes. Also, his frankness was displayed when he openly announced to us that he has condemned a certain college (DEFINITELY NOT HCI) in Singapore because of their management style. How nice... =P Then we had a situational leadership talk after the break.. Bahh, went through situational leadership before, nth really new.

On the bus trip back, I discovered how bloody horny some people can get. And i have come to a solid conclusion that BITCHING OCCURS ANYWHERE IN ANY SITUATION WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE. DAMN FARNIE! heh... Oh, and we stumbled upon a WONDERFUL BOOK that Charlie had with him: Politically Incorrect One-Liners Men Love. OMG! It's a HILARIOUS BOOK! Lemme post some o the stuff inside. WARNING! PLEASE SKIP THE NEXT FIVE PARAGRAPHS IF YOU CANNOT ACCEPT EXPLICIT/SEXIST/POLITICALLY INCORRECT CONTENT!

What did the Blonde's right leg say to her left? Nothing. They never met.

Why do women fart after they pee? They can't shake it so they blow it dry.

What's the best thing about a blowjob? Five minutes of silence.

Why did Camelot cum a lot? Cos he played with his lance a lot.

How do you make 2kg of fat look attractive? Put a nipple on it.

Ok joke's over... On to the serious thing... This was written when i was waiting for time to pass @ Orchard Library cos i had to meet a friend later @ 1630hrs:

Ok as i'm writing this, I'm having my cuppacino @ Cafe Galilee in library@Orchard. There's this expat chinese teen sitting diagonally opposite me talking to his adult i-dont-know-who (seems like his mentor or sth). Ok now he just left. But i really cant help it, i have to write this. (Anyway i dont have anything much to do other than read)

That expat guy sounds so damn obnoxious and elitist when he speaks. Coming from an ordinary middle-class family, i simply cant stand the way he speaks. Obviously he was born with a golden spoon in his mouth, or rather grew up with a solid gold potty. Apparently he does part time modelling and apparently gets $3k for "a few minutes of work". I guess he must be about 15-18 or even younger. Ok, this is fine, not that i'm expriencing a case of sour grapes but what he said next really pissed me off. i dont know if he's still schooling, but by the looks of it, he's preddy dumb.

He was being told about other jobs by his adult 'mentor', jobs like "F&B, data entry.." To my sheer amazement and utter astonishment, he didnt know what these meant! Like WTH?! What's worse, after he heard how much these jobs paid, he said "NO WAY! NO WAY i'm gonna do that for that kinda money!" And responding to data entry: "I'm not gonna sit at a bloody computer punching in numbers for $3 an hour! For that kinda money i'll shove the papers up their arse!" This was the exact thing he said that pissed me off!

This bloody rich kid really has it easy doesnt he? He obviously hasnt seen wad poverty is. And he proceeded to say: "Oh, that's what ordinary people are gettin." What does that imply? Is he insinuating that he is some sorta extraordinary human being that's "better" that "ordinary people"?! Elitism at it's most elite! Oh wells, I shall go back to me reading: National Service fiction....

back after hiatus

2005-05-06T00:39:00.000+08:00

Yo.. I'm back, with a long entry...

Ahh… At this ghostly hour I just completed my English essay due tomorrow… I sorta felt that it was blog-worthy and so, here it is:

“all these mang ka-li… gross gross. don’t come near me!” These were the exact words that Public Service Commission (PSC) scholar Chua Cheng Zhan (CZ) wrote in his weblog (blog). Racist? Seems to be. However, as Voltaire said, “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” Does a single racist posting on his supposedly private online journal by this young scholar, set to be the future elite of Singapore’s civil service, warrant such great disapproval and slamming by the public? Does he not have his right to express his views freely without fear of persecution? After reading excerpts from CZ’s blog, I feared that his posting might lead to increased racial tension. On the other hand, it was the response to his post that was truly terrifying. From the way in which CZ has been taken to task, I believe to a larger extent that his freedom of expression, as well as privacy, has been infringed. You may ask, “Why? And How?”

In the United Nation’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 19 states that “Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression”. CZ should be allowed to express his views freely without fear of persecution. However, this is not the case. After his posting on his blog went public, people from the online community started slamming and flaming him. To add insult to injury, a lady compiled a dossier of his posting as well as the responses to it and sent it to PSC and The Straits Times, after which he was slammed by the public and warned by PSC. I do not think this is entirely justifiable for the fundamental reason that CZ posted his views on a private blog, one that was unfortunately unsuccessfully password protected. Now that his blog had been made public, he was taken to task for thought crimes. I reckon that the only crime that CZ had committed was that of carelessness. Is this not and infringement of his privacy and freedom of expression?

On the other hand, due to his carelessness, CZ did not realise that the internet is ope and free. Anyone might be able to access private information like this if security measures were inadequate as in CZ’s case. Considering this, CZ’s posting might raise tensions among races in Singapore and this threatens to undermine the social stability that we enjoy here, especially in a multi-racial society like Singapore. CZ should also have realised that as a PSC scholar, he is considered by many to be a so-called ‘high-flyer’. He is being noticed by many and therefore should watch what he says or writes.

Even so, the amount of flak that CZ received is appalling. No doubt the thoughts expressed are reprehensible, and would have been a serious concern if the person involved (CZ) is actually in a position of responsibility. However, he is not, not yet at least. The furore that erupted among the online community after his posting was scary and reminiscent of a witch hunt, with bloodthirsty hunters calling for CZ’s head. CZ was labelled as “a retard, a piece of excrement, a bastard who needs to be shamed, deserving of incarceration in an asylum”. Does he deserve this? Personally, I believe that it is useless to fight venom with venom and respond to CZ’s post in that manner. Are we concerned to shame him and ruin his future, or do we hope that he will change for the better?

To conclude, although CZ’s posting on his blog was definitely uncalled for, his freedom of expression as well as his privacy has been infringed due to the fundamental reasons that CZ’s post was meant to be private and that the amount of criticism he received over the posting was just overwhelming. CZ has been burnt at the stake, at least let this event rest in peace.

2005-04-03T00:58:00.000+08:00

You Are 26 Years Old

26

Under 12: You are a kid at heart. You still have an optimistic life view - and you look at the world with awe.

13-19: You are a teenager at heart. You question authority and are still trying to find your place in this world.

20-29: You are a twentysomething at heart. You feel excited about what's to come... love, work, and new experiences.

30-39: You are a thirtysomething at heart. You've had a taste of success and true love, but you want more!

40+: You are a mature adult. You've been through most of the ups and downs of life already. Now you get to sit back and relax.

What Age Do You Act?

Argh

2005-03-31T19:15:00.000+08:00

The title says it all: ARGH! Haven't been properly blogging for AGES due to work; stuff like tests, MRP, Projects etc. Finally found some time to blog before dinner today.

Anyway, to everyone who came for my 'party'/gave me prezzies/wished me happy birthday, THANK YOUUU!!! Thank you Ping, Wen, Min, Coreen, Feline, Fred, Daph, DC, Renyi, Jianwei, Ding, MCK, Sherie, Ju, Peehua, Clara, Aaron, ZY, PS and everyone else!

Finding life rather meaningful nowadays. Volunteering with The Choice Initiative makes me rather happy and satisfied i guess. Visit them @ www.thechoiceinitiative.org.

Not Yet's doing rather fine too! Work hard guys! We gotta jam more! Gotta blast ppl's minds away @ RGS' PSL Carn on 21st May! WOOHOOO!

MRP Lit Review's finally off my mind, with only editing to go.

However, tests and work are starting to pile up! AAAAAAA

Anyway, gotta eat liao... toodles~

Know me?

2005-03-22T22:37:00.000+08:00

I made a Quiz for you! Take my Quiz! and then Check out the Scoreboard!

oh wells

2005-03-21T01:35:00.000+08:00

Your Love Number is

6
Who you fall in love with is all about who you trust.Loyalty is important to you, and you want the most faithful of lovers.In return, you never let your heart or eyes wander.Open and honest, your relationships tend to be free of secrets.

What Is Your Love Number?

Randomness

2005-03-18T11:34:00.000+08:00

Total randomness

ZHIKANG
Z	is for	Zealous
H	is for	Happy
I	is for	Influential
K	is for	Kind
A	is for	Alluring
N	is for	Natural
G	is for	Gutsy

What Does Your Name Mean?

Who am I?

2005-02-04T22:25:00.000+08:00

Ah yes... Just watched part of a Thai movie... I dunno what it's entitled but it's real good. Some Thai movies like this really make us think.

Basically, it's about this transvestite (Toom) who is also a kickboxer. At first, he didn't really want to go inyo kickboxing. But was sort of forced into it, due to circumstances. He didn't dare let anyone know he is a transvestite, afraid that it would cost him his career, which he desperately needed to support his parents. When he was found out by his coach, he thought it was all over. However, the coach actually embraced the fact that he is a tranny. Thus, the boxer continued fighting as a transvestite, wearing make-up during his matches, finally making it to the nationals.

Throughout the part of the movie which i caught, i witnessed the various struggles within Toom. I could see that he was torn between being who he really is, and being a ruthless boxer in order to support his parents. Toom was desperately grappling for his identity until his coach found out and accepted that he is a tranny. From then, his identity as a tranny-kickboxer was established and he continued fighting with much success. However, Toom doesn't like injuring strangers, but he had no choice. He is still that effeminite female at heart.

Other than his identity, he also had to face rejection and betrayal. Kickboxing fans rejected him at first. this brought up a question in me: Why can't people accept and appreciate differences? The only people that accepted him at first were his coach and his coach's wife. They were his pillars of support, without which he would not have continued kickboxing for his parents. His teammates saw him as an insult to kickboxers. Thus, he was sorta alone at that time, causing him to almost leave kickboxing. However, they gradually came to accept him. In a match against his ex-teammate, Toom was terribly betrayed. That almost cost him the match until his coach exposed his opponent's lie.

The final scene i caught was when he got up in the wee hours of the morning, and started dancing in the boxing ring. Finally collapsing on the ground in tears after punching 2 punching bags. Toom is still struggling.

The internal conflict within a person is the worst pain anyone could ever go through I think. It also happens in the case of Hamlet and Macbeth, which leads to their ultimate downfall. Heartwrenching i tell u....

Hectic schedule

2005-01-26T21:44:00.000+08:00

Heya... Wow, i'm back after a bloody looong hiatus from blogging. Finally found A BIT of time to type this entry. 3.5 weeks into the new school year... Everything's back to normal again - school, cca, home, work, sleep. Pretty much routine...

But finally, i've got down to doing a few things.

Firstly, training. Been going down some afternoons to run and do PT in an attempt to get fitter and slim down. I really wanna. I can and I am going to.

Second, WRITING A SONG!!!!! Thanks wen, for agreeing to co-write the song with me. Your lyrics are great too! I think we got it off pretty well eh? It's taking shape now... Still fine tuning...

Anyway, that's all i can say so far... Rest of e stuff's been preddy boring... =P oh, and thanks for listening to me PS! Really appreciate it!

~toodlez~

Moving on...

2004-12-28T20:49:00.000+08:00

A Happy New Year? Maybe not, with the earthquake and the tsunami. It's sad. I've just seen the carnage on the news, the carnage that killed thousands in so many countries. My heart is seriously weeping, it has already ached when i heard about the earthquake and tsunamis. Now, seeing the devastation on tele, I seriously feel really down. It happened so far away, yet it feels so near. It happened so near, but damaged places so far away. What is Mother Nature trying to do? Have some sort of Boxing Day fracas? Or a pre-New Year celebratory party? Why? I guess some questions have no answer to them. We have to move on I guess... Let the world be a better place...

Boxing Waves

It all came
From a quake

Off Indo.

Then set off Waves that
Hit Phuket.

The Waves boxed thousands,
On none other than Boxing Day.

Slapped thousands too,
In far off Sri
Lanka.

Thousands perished,
Many died.

At the hands of,

Waves,
Boxing Waves

~ -{z.K}-

I'm sorry for not blogging... =P

2004-12-23T00:20:00.000+08:00

I TYPED THIS GARGANTUAN ENTRY AND NOW IT IS GONE! OH SHIT! DAMN CRAP FUCK AHHHHHHHHHHH

2004-11-03T23:03:00.000+08:00

haha... went outing today... bought this cute wrist support... kawaii?

TTSH VS SGH

2004-11-01T16:20:00.000+08:00

talking about service here...

I needed to find out my blood group within these 3 days. I knew the polyclinic couldn't do it that quickly. So i checked with both TTSH and SGH. First of all, I would like to thank the staff @ SGH Pathology Dept, especially Ms Amutha. Next, I feel that TTSH could use a lil more flexibility.

I called TTSH this morning to enquire whether it was possible for me to go down to their lab and take my blood test. The women on the other side of the line got rather pissed at me and her tone was bad, she then told me that no matter what, i had to be referred by a doctor before i could take my test there. I was like "HELLO it is a test for my BLOOD GROUP!" And so i didn't bother talking much, before i could say goodbye, the phone was slammed on me. FINE!

So i called SGH, the Pathology Dept. I was referred to Client Services and the people there were really really nice. The lady was really nice, although I was put on hold twice, she told me exactly what she was doing to help me and constantly checked back with me. I believed that she did all she could and eventually, she managed to help me arrive at a solution. I could go down now, take my test and receive my result on wednesday, which is just nice. Throughout the call, she was really really polite and helpful unlike the lady @ TTSH which totally put me off. This lady @ SGH even gave exact directions as to how to get there and wad to do.

I arrived and saw Ms Amutha, took my test, paid and i was off again, all these done in 30 mins. Again, I would like to say a BIG THANK YOU!

2004-10-27T23:11:00.000+08:00

Went to shoot today... Shotgun @ NSC @ CCK.. Damn fun... This here is a clay bird i managed to get. We did a few events today, including tilt and rabbit. Clay rabbit rocks! Reallly really fun! Cos it can always take a rather unexpected bounce unlike air targets with a rather fixed path... Going to shoot skeet and trap tml!

2004-10-20T21:30:00.000+08:00

here's my beauty... My wonderful guitar which is even older than me!!!! Well, i'm not going to really put it into action for the time being.. Concentrating on my vocals, starting lessons with Attitude Music right after i'm back from Hainan... that'll be cool... Anyway, IRAQ ECOSOC AND PSC GATHERING ON 3RD NOVEMBER!!!! WOOHOOOO!!!!!!

2004-10-12T15:20:00.000+08:00

haha, ERNIE!!!!

Erine is dazed!!!

o0ps i meant Ernie

Ernie in a basket!!

Ernie is happy in his basket!

2004-10-07T21:53:00.000+08:00

aiyah, getting sick and tired of the whole ranking thing and if this goes on it's just going to be circular logic which is pointless... so, the point is, screw the system... heck, jus gg to write to ST and CC to minister and that's it... heck...

2004-10-07T14:45:00.000+08:00

I should make myself clearer: my point is that since schools shall be 'ranked' according to awards and the focus is on awards, then what is the purpose of education? If such high emphasis is placed on awards, and schools develop their programs to meet the criterion for such awards, then eon't the focus on education be diminished? We're talking about EDUCATION here, NOT AWARDS!!!

Clearing up MANY MISCONCEPTIONS

2004-10-06T21:24:00.000+08:00

ok, on the 28th of September, Wanda wrote:

--this is only to shoot zhikang. not anyone or any school. i believe chs is a good school, too bad it has students like him. sigh.

I SHALL REBUTT HIS `LIL ENTRY FOR THE SAKE OF STANDING UP FOR IP! hmppff.. though im not in ac, or ri, or rg, i do know that they DESERVE whatever they have, and what ever they learn, is most probably more that you!! hmpff.

1. you jealous isit? huh? too bad larh. in the first place, IP schools cant be judged because of their curriculum. their teaching methods OBVIOUSLY will be different. optional then? when was it optional. sheesh. optional THEN~! hah! no body said whether SQC or SQA was A YARDSTICK that measures how good a school is? [im not contradicting, but how come chs still has students coming in, and saying that its a good school?] well, since st.margs got a VALUE ADDED AWARD, how come we're still ranked 30-plusplusplus?

2. as for your "More space to explore our interests, more space to think, more space to speak out and more space to do what we want to. With the introduction of the Major Research Paper (MRP) , we are given the opportunity to do research in the humanities that we like. " dont we all get to do that? we're all new in the programme. dont we get to speak out too? don't we get projects and do what we want to do? dont think that your school is the only schoool with the "MRP" . too bad our's is a different name. hows about spire? OR, PROJECT WORK? its the same!!oh well.. am i supposed to go "oooh, too bad you're doing humanities?" sheesh.

3. so you have your "Sabbaticals" well, some schools have it under their PW, and they have it year round cos its their project. sheesh.

nevermind. im too pissed. sheesh. I KNOW ONE THING, AND THAT IS I KNOW NOTHING.
man cannot be judged only by what knwoledge they've obtained. can they? hows about experiences? or feelings? surely you cant measure that, can you. lets say that you went for a research attachment, so did your friend. are you going to say that you two have obtained X amt of knowledege and experience, are you? doesntt make sense right. nvm.

OKAE, i shall seek to clarify wadever has been written here:

Responding to point 1: No, i am NOT jealous. I AM ANGRY and PISSED about this whole thing. When MOE first started wif SEA and SQC, they said it was optional. That was a year or so ago? I am not sure about the exact date. Now if you read the MOE release carefully, IP schools WILL be 'RANKED' according to the awards they receive. Furthermore, when MOE was asked about why my school isn't exactly anywhere, they said we were not qualified. THIS STATEMENT IS HIGHLY UNFAIR! They could have explained that some schools have not completed external appraisal yet.

Responding to point 2: Well, I AM NOT CRITICISING OTHER SCHOOL'S PROGRAMMES. Well, the point is, MRP is replacing exams for Humanities. Please tell me which other IP school is doing that rite now? And i do not doubt that other schools are doing lotsa PW. so that's it.

Responding to point 3: SABBATICALS IS NOT PROJECT WORK. It is one week of the term, set aside for us to attend enrichment courses.

Actually, she's saying wad i want to:

"man cannot be judged only by what knwoledge they've obtained. can they? hows about experiences? or feelings? surely you cant measure that, can you. lets say that you went for a research attachment, so did your friend. are you going to say that you two have obtained X amt of knowledege and experience, are you? doesntt make sense right."

FOR THE SAME REASON, SCHOOLS CANNOT BE JUDGED FOR THE AWARDS THEY WIN RIGHT? HOW ABOUT THE PROGRAMMES THEY OFFER? HOW ABOUT LEADING PRACTICES IN LOCAL EDUCATION? btw, i did not want to say this at first but now i have to. from reliable sources, i've heard that some school's programme is just making all their pupils go through the GE Programme. so in actual fact it shldnt be called IP, just call it GEP.

that's all i have to say for now, back to physics...

Math is over

2004-10-05T21:05:00.000+08:00

Whee~~~ Finally Math is over... But 2 more terrors to come... Physics and Chinese... Damn scared, but at least math is over. Wasn't as bad as i thought it would be. Only din know how to do 2 parts, lost abt 10 marks. Good enough for me... =P din really have time to check though, pray i dont make major mistakes... I REALLY NEED MY BLOODY A1... if not... nvm...

Exams

2004-10-03T22:26:00.000+08:00

Ah yes, this is my table in its current state. Chinese and Math piled all over it. My first paper starts tml, Higher Chinese Paper 1. =S damn scared lor... Chinese... Haiz... Anyway, don't think i'll be blogging much for the next week. So, ta~

Hello

2004-09-29T21:24:00.000+08:00

Wow, the program i'm using to blog now is rather cool... Didn't know there's such a program until recently... Stupid me.. Anyway the program's Hello... Rather cool..

2004-09-29T21:17:00.000+08:00

Ok, I was bored during Math lesson and so I decided to play around with Dai Chao's ruler and took a picture... Seriously, Math is really getting into my head.. Sometimes it gets so damn saturated. Anyway, spoke to Mr Yap wif e other guys about writing to the press today. Well, I am going to do it. Maybe tomorrow...

2004-09-28T23:40:00.000+08:00

Muahaha,,, The inside of a pig's heart. Photo taken during Bio practical when we were dissecting a pig's heart.

2004-09-28T21:09:00.000+08:00

Lookie me cute KAWAII Cuzzin!

Cutting

2004-09-28T18:20:00.000+08:00

I don't understand. I really don't. Why do people cut/slice themselves and then rub salt into their wound or find some way to make it worse? I don't understand. Why make life more painful when it already is painful enough sometimes? It really hurts to read/hear about people you know that cut themselves. It's like you really want to help them, but some of them are not close enough friends and you really don't know how to help them... It really really does hurt. Seriously, I feel that youth nowadays should be given more space to think. Maybe introduce self-help as an enrichment topic in school. Books by Andrew Matthews, Anthony Robbins, Dave Peltzer etc. really help, if you believe in them... Well, hopefully one day these people who cut will come to realise that life is beautiful....

[Edit @ 8.55pm] Ok, firstly, thanks Helen for pointing out some stuff. Well, if this is relieving all the shit that has been cooped up inside them, it isn't exactly healthy to do so via cutting eh? Secondly, it may be a form of escapism which may bring about more problems, rather than solve them. Well, I'm sure there are more ways to relieve all the crap and stuff, that's why I suggested self help. =D Well anyway, this is just my personal point of view...

Stupid rankings

2004-09-27T21:10:00.000+08:00

Disclaimer: Whatever is typed here is purely my personal view and in no way is it representative of my school or any other organisation. I hope anybody that reads this supports freedom of speech.

I am bloody pissed.

I have been since this morning. It came when I was reading The Straits Times and found out about the new ranking system. It is totally totally biased and CRAPPY. Although the MOE isn't wrong to rank schools according to their all round performance, it isn't exactly nice to see IP schools judged according to the AWARDS they receive and nothing else. This is really tunnel vision on the part of MOE i think.

Ok, it is fair enough that IP school be left out of the banding system and have another league of their own. However, SHOULD SCHOOLS BE JUDGED ONLY ACCORDING TO THE AWARDS THEY RECEIVE?!?! NAMELY THE SCHOOL EXCELLENCE AWARD AND SINGAPORE QUALITY CLASS?! Oh CMON! For now, some schools have not been appraised by MOE because it was only optional then. Now, MOE is turning the tables on us and making the SEA and SQC a yardstick for measuring how good a school is?! WHAT ON EARTH IS HAPPENING?!?!?! Appraisal will be completed in April next year, so WHY THEN IS MOE IMPLEMENTING THE NEW RANKING SYSTEM NOW?! THIS IS A BLOODY CONSPIRACY!!!

Fine let's move on. My school has implemented RADICAL CHANGES to our education to make it much much much better. A year into the IP and I have already come to appreciate it. More space to explore our interests, more space to think, more space to speak out and more space to do what we want to. With the introduction of the Major Research Paper (MRP) , we are given the opportunity to do research in the humanities that we like. For me, I've done a Literature/History paper exploring Shakespearean and Aristotelian Tragic Heroes and it has been a truely enriching experience for me, in terms of research and writing skills. Furthermore, we have our Sabbaticals, which happen once a term, lasting 1 week each. We are given the time to do other stuff not in our curriculum. Nanotechnology, Bio-chemistry, Photonics, Basic Counselling, Public speaking and self motivation, Improving sports performance, First-Aid, Translation etc. All these courses are just a fraction of our sabbaticals! Do I see this vibrancy happening in other schools (RI, RGS, ACSI)? NO!

That is why I seriously think that MOE's ranking of schools based on the awards they get is serously shortsighted. Oh wells, what's done's been done. For now, we're gonna work towards SQA, not any SQC but SQA. And WE'LL BE BACK!

study session

2004-09-26T20:39:00.000+08:00

Ah yes, just got home about 45mins ago from my study session wif 'Lissa @ Orchard Library... Well, as usual I was the first one there... While doing my math WS received Lissa's sms to say tt she was coming and den she told me to sms her when 'laine comes... BUT later, she came up and said that 'laine wasn't coming cos she wanted to go out wif her mum... DOH! ={ and so we started studying....

Den lissa's friend was coming wif his friend... And so they like smsed to say wad see me dun dare come in la... table too small la... pai seh feel damn big shot la... ALL TT CRAP! And so in the end they came and said HI! and after that, silence... and den got back to work until Shu Zhen came to say hi... lissa's friend and his friend ran over to occupy the other table and we both were like "phew" cos when they were with us the atmosphere was really really steely... and den lissa left to walk walk abit wif SZ and she returned...

We continued studying and her friend left wif his friend.. and guess wad we saw... this women sitting behind me rite, her jeans were like slipping down and her ASS could be seen!!! As in HALF HER ASS WAS STICKING OUT! and guess wad, we reckoned that she wasnt wearing any undies!!! like EWW, (kinky women eh? =P) damn unhygenic lor... ={ yucks...

Both of us soon got hungry and we went for lunch/dinner on the steps of Taka... had Venetzia Gelato too... quite nice la..

after that got back to work until about 6.00 and den we left for home... =D

EXEMPTION!!! WOOHOO!!!

2004-09-23T20:35:00.000+08:00

Wheeeee~~~ Exemption letters are finally out today!!! First of all, congrats to Lenerd for his triple Science exemption, and JimPang on his Chem/Bio/Math exemption... As for me, I FINALLY GOT MY FIRST EXEMPTION IN THREE YEARS!!! Certainly feels great u know....

I was expecting to be exempt from Chem and Bio after calculating my averages... However, fate decided to play a trick on me. It was rather inevitable that I be exempt from Chem but I guess Mrs Goh isn't exactly happy about my attitude and the quality of my assignments and practicals for Bio, that's why i didn't get exemption from Bio i guess... Oh wells, I'm a bad boy.. =P Well, on the other hand, I got exempt from another subject: ENGLISH! Boy, never would I have thought about being exempt from English but, wow! Thanks Mrs Sow and Ms Foo! Shall use the time that i would've spent studying Chem and English to catch up on Chinese and Physics instead... This two subbies i'm weaker in...

Anyway, gtg do Bio TYS now... Mrs Goh's abit siao to ask us to do so much... damn tired sia... x.x
ciao~

Long time no see

2004-09-22T21:59:00.000+08:00

Ah yes, haven't blogged in ages man... Suddenly felt the urge to blog now... Well, for the past 2 Sundays, have been studying @ Orchard Library with 'laine and 'lissa... Quite productive la, was able to get stuff done there... Nice place to study, Woodlands Library also.. =D

Well, I seriously hope i can get exempt from Chem, if not i'll be rather sianned.. It all depends now.. Bio also.... Well, just finished 1 english situational writing, some letter to e newspaper abt the demolishing of the National Library building.

things haven't been going so good, but still ok. Life is still nice! At least not running into any serious problems... Oh well =D

Well, just went to watch Spellbound @ Cine today, a school screening. It's basically about 8 kid preparing and competing in the 72nd National Spelling Bee in 1999. It's a docu-film. It's really scary to see how those kids' lives revolve around studying words that are almost incomprehensible. Like wad on earth is a TERRENE?! or BANNS? not words we would use in everyday language eh? Well, these kids are scary. What they go through is really intimidating too. Imagine standing in front of half a thousand people and millions of others seeing you through live Tele broadcast all over the country and trying to spell a bloody word you have never heard of in your entire life! You could see the nerves on the kids' faces, some even broke down. They just could not handle the immense pressure. But they all do it because they want to, nobody forced them to. Spelling became their life. It's pretty scary...

Oh wells, going off to watch the season finale of Amazing Race now... ttfn~

MusicDreamer Live! Cafe

2004-08-23T18:05:00.000+08:00

Oh well, wondering when i'll have the time to go back to MusicDreamer again... After singing there in front of live audience FIVE times, preddy good i must say... Rather well received... That certainly boosted my love for music and singing... Anyway, haven't went down in ages.. wondering when i'll be able to go down again... hehe.. maybe this saturday... Oh wells... I welcome Anon to come anytime...

We're through

2004-08-22T19:22:00.000+08:00

Yippee!!! Not Yet is performing on tchers day, thereby proving anon terribly wrong (too bad anon). Although i slipped up during auditions, we were still able to convince the judges with our ability and we got through... Muahahahaha... Too bad, it's the truth and nth can be done abt the truth...

Anyway, was selling daffodil pins @ PS/Chinatown/Suntec today... Baseline: the rich don't donate, the middle class do... Haiz, it's really sad to see the same trend always... it's terribly worrying... Well, after selling 47 pins in total, from 9am till 5pm, i'm bushed.. tired sia... oh wells... shall end here.

Long absence

2004-08-17T23:37:00.000+08:00

Ah, finally bloggin again, after a loong absence due to many tests... Wow, who the heck is anonymous eh? Anyway Hi and Welcome to my blog... Yeah right, more like "Fuck you, you coward. Got problem come find me lah!" Oh wells, can't be bothered with pricks like anonymous...

Anyway, Not Yet jammed again today in preparation for teachers day concert... Performing The Reason by Hoobastank as 1 song, as for the other, haven't really decided yet.. Jamming again tomorrow to decide on song... Well, singing The Reason was rather OK at first, but after 5 times or so den couldn't hit the bloody high part... I could hit it perfectly during first three runs, but guess throat got dry... Oh wells.. Shall get Pi Pa Gao sweets... They work... Hehe...

Ahhh... tired man... shall go sleep liao...

Wheeee~~~

2004-08-10T17:01:00.000+08:00

Hah! Juz came back from the movie awhile ago... The Village was not bad, but the ending spoiled it... It's a rather complex movie, with the sub-plot being the main plot in the end. Shan't reveal too much here. But it was great to be with her... =D hehe... am happy! too bad we couldn't have tea together... oh wells, next time ba... there will definitely be a next time and many more next times to come... oh wells... hehe... =D

Over the moon... perhaps =P

2004-08-06T20:29:00.000+08:00

Ok... I'm rather happy now... Well, the first thing: I FINALLY GOT HER OUT! Wheeeee.... Going to Cine to watch The Village on Tuesday, sorry guys, cant join u ppl @ Taka for lunch... =P wahhahahahaha... Secondly, Not Yet has got out FIRST SINGLE recorded, although it was a rather sucky voice recording and i din sing that stupid *^$%&%*&%^% song well (it was qing tian btw, but i dun sing that kinda songs). Well it all happened like this, we wanted to use Vinci's mp3 player to record, but it sucks, with all that static shit. So we got Goh to set up recording system with 2 condenser mics and NO MIXER for us. Den my Mic and Amp screwed up, so i virtually had to sit below the condenser mics and 'shout' into the mics to get enuff volume. BUT, shithead mic cant pick my voice up, damn farking soft and i din sing it all that well. I screwed up 2 parts, but ok lah... Perhaps we should have recorded Heal Me instead, DAMNATION! Oh wells, but anyway we've got our first single recorded... yay.. =P

Tireded

2004-08-03T23:11:00.000+08:00

Hi again, as u all can see, i'm tireded. Severely tireded... Still got Kevin's Lit Essay havent do leh, no choice, gotta hand it in to him on thursday first thing in the morening. Hope he doesnt get mad (sorry Kevin!). Managed to finish and hand in Edmund's essay today, happy. Not Yet is going hardcore jammin and practice man! Hopefully GohSJ will be able to get trainers for us to train as a band. Currently each of us have skills, but band dynamics is still a bit lacking. Once we can get it right, we should be fine! Coolios... Hopefully the RG rock concert proposal goes through... It'll be cool... Anyways i gtg sleep now... *YaWnz* nite nite! oh well, still miss Her leh.. =P

45th National Inter-school Track and Field Championship FINALS

2004-07-29T21:29:00.000+08:00

Ah yes, the Finals of the above event took place at the National Stadium yesterday. Took e track bus down after seeking permission from Chen in e morning. We arrived, and as usual, went to look for Greg to get face paint. Asked e scout to help me paint Huazhong logo (THE FLAME) on my face... And after nost people arrived, THE GAME IS ON!!!

Cheering started! Damn we were rather ok lah... Not exactly very loud but loud enuff... Well, anyway, we knew that we were double champs once again. This year St Nicks took our place at e finishing line... Heck, who cares anyways, we're still double champs! =D (ego) anyhow, the races were rather fine. Sports School doing well in C-Girls. St Nicks only won cos they have field events. They won C-girls by only FOUR points. I think the 2 most exciting races for us were the 1500m B-Boys where Jeffery took 2nd although he stumbled at e start (look at today's Straits Times) and 4x400 B-boys. JIN WEI rocks!!!! Record holder jiu shi record holder. He had everything planned out. When he got the baton for the last leg, he was lagging behind the first 2 runners by about 5 metres, he chiong and made up that 5 metres, then took it easy, following the forerunners, din even try to overtake em, until the last 100 metres where he knew they were tired, and he BURST! With 20 or so metres to go, Jin Wei was the outright leader! WE ERUPTED! DAMN HE IS GOOD!

It rained rather heavily too, BUT WHO GIVES A DAMN?! We just rushed up to put our bags and CONTINUED TO CHEER IN THE RAIN! HUAZHONG SPIRIT! In the rain, alot of schools ran into shelter. St Nicks, Cedar and few other girls' schools whipped out brollys and had a brolly parade, but they were silent. SJI (being the nuts that they are) just stood in the rain and remained silent. THE CHINESE HIGH SCHOOL were the ONLY SCHOOL which CONTINUED CHEERING DAMN LOUD IN THE DOWNPOUR... It was DAMN SHIOK! To hear the stadium silent and only the voices of THE CHINESE HIGH SCHOOL... Those who had face paint started to 'bleed', but it was 'blood' shed for a cause. THE SPIRIT...

In the end, as usual, prize giving, double champs, cheered, school song, "Holiday" chant, Hon asking us to go home... B-boys wanted to hit 200 this year, but were 2, TWO, points short of it. And so, I grabbed my bag, went to toilet to change tee and met Ping and her friend. Den got a lift home from Ping's dad... Thanks again!

And Hon acknowledged all those 'elite' sports teams that won national titles this morning and let us off at 12nn today and tomorrow. Whee...

Anyway, that's all abt it and cya~~~

What's gone and Upcoming

2004-07-26T22:43:00.000+08:00

What's Gone...

Ah yes... Sorry i haven't really been updating much, busy i guess, with many stuff coming up also... Anyways, I SCREWED MY CHINESE TEST UP... I dunno why, study for 3 nights, got the paper, and freaked out, fucking it all up in e process... Anyway, It's over... I'll just have to live with a shit mark. And so on Saturday morning, Lit Kah smsed me to tell me that the japs came over for a visit and they were having a BBQ @ Costa Sands that night... I was like WTF and went into a frenzy trying to contact people... The Raffesians were busy wif their inter-class soccer... how nice... !doh! but anyway, in the end from my batch, only me and Zi Chun went for e BBQ. Met e senior batch and long lost jap friends, met Winnie also... How coincidental, she happns to be Tanny's and Sharon's sister... Man she's changed alot... couldn't recognise her.. Hehe.. Well, met the old Mr Tan well, he's still looking radiant as ever after his retirement... Cool... My meeting with Chris got postponed to this weekend again cos he's damn busy... Haiz... Anyway, on Sunday, went to Mr Tan's place for e farewell dinner for the Japanese. Much more people went, met Mrs Wong, Ms Kong, Ms Teo, Edwin, Juliana, Aizat and people... Was quite nice... Oh, Mdm Moliah went too and dropped sth huge on us... Northland is going to showcase its alumni very soon... And Mdm's calling for a major meeting to get stuff started... Wah.. And den went home...

What's upcoming
Well, TRACK AND FIELD NATIONALS!!!!! On wednesday... This year will be a fight for the 'C' Boys... Slim lead of 40+ points from ACS(I). 'B' should be able to clinch the title easily, only thing is whether they can break 200. Expecting non-stop cheering! Hahaha... Den Friday night should be singing at AQH (www.musicdreamer.com) again... And Saturday is PDay finals... Dammit, I hope my group can be judged first, cos i really need to run off for Northland's open house... It's going to be a hectic day man... Whooo...

Anyway, that's it from me tonight... I'm bushed... Nitez!

DAMMIIT

2004-07-21T17:25:00.000+08:00

DAMMIT!!! CHINESE TEST TML!!! FREAKING OUT!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.....

Fixed

2004-07-20T00:22:00.000+08:00

ok, fixed my blog...

Problem

2004-07-18T15:36:00.000+08:00

SHIT, HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE SIDEBAR OF MY BLOG... SEEMS TO BE SCREWED... NO TIME TO FIX IT NOW... SHALL RECTIFY THE ERROR LATER... DAMN... ALL MY TAGS AND BRAVENET COUNTER RESET.. KAOZ

espressione & night at AQH

2004-07-18T00:04:00.000+08:00

Ah... Yesterday went for espressione, RGS dance and guitar night. Well, found the dances preddy normal, nothing really special... The guitar club's quite good, nice pieces played, almost lulled me to sleep, which is a good thing since i was terribly tired. After the interval came more modern dances. The main guitar piece, Kuchusha, was quite nice... Then came a nice, fresh dance, Bookbound. Following, the rock band came on... Frankly speaking, they were not all that good... Lots of room for improvement! Soul Treats was the last item and it sorta ended wif a bang la... Atfer everything, went backstage to look for the band ppl to give em tips on how they can improve and helped move some stuff... Den went down again this afternoon to help em further... And guess who taught em drummin and stuff, Joel (TCHS Senior, now in HCJC J1), Kelvin Li and ppl... Cool lor... Haha... Den Joel was there today, so we rehearsed wif the band, gave em tips and from what i hear, they've improved and were great in their second performance tonight... ROCK ON!!!

Anyway, I left NYGH audi at around 1845hrs, got to AQH (www.musicdreamer.com) just on time, Ivan today jus recover from flu, voice not that good... Den listened to great music and de-stressed... I also went on stage to sing Love Me by Colin Raye... Did well today, no boo-boos at least... =D

Anyway, going off to shower liao, CHAO!

Today

2004-07-14T20:05:00.000+08:00

Ah, as i stepped into class this morning, saw Robert checking the results of Semi-Finals judging for Projects' Day. Peered over his shoulder and looked into the screen and saw: Service Learning at Care Corner Student Care Centre (Toa Payoh) - Qualify. I jumped. YES. For the second year in a row, Finals here I come... After 3 mths of constant service and learning at the Centre, we got into the finals... The last stretch to go!!! Hopefully we will be able to gooo all the way to the Grand Finals... Hard work pays off!

But I was very very lethargic during the day. Still recovering from 3.5hrs of non-stop HTML coding the night before Semis... Was struggling to stay awake through Bio lessons... Learning plants (urgh) now... How boring can it get? Math also... Oh wells... Assembly was rather okae... Den came physics (SLACK) and lunch...

Went to the Environmental Science LRC to check on my petridish of crystals, only very small crystals formed. Should be big enuff to harvest by tomorrow... Den can give to her... =D haha...

Kevin's lesson was next. we finally started analysing the text and my group's presentation on Chapter 2 is on FRIDAY. Meeting up wif em after lessons tomorrow...

Anyway, AMAZING RACE 5 tonight... Muz watch... den i shall sleep early... *yawnz*

Tough times....

2004-07-13T21:11:00.000+08:00

Today, had Projects' Day Semi-Final Judging... Was so damn tired, worked from 2000hrs till 2330hrs non-stop on the com last nite... When i stopped and looked at something else, my eyes played tricks on me: I saw lines lor! Then i decided to go to bed. When I woke today, my eyes hurt.

Haiz... Going through some financial problems now... Dun wish to talk about it. Tough times.

Anyway, judging went rather well for us. At least we didn't get screwed by the judges, unlike some other groups who have not even started Service... Before my group presented, I was reading through Fistful of Colours by Suchen Christine Lim (my current text for the Singaporean Literature module i'm taking). It's quite ok lah, I enjoy Singaporean Literature, feels easier to 'connect' with. And then we presented, and went for recess. After recess, I slept through the rest of e presentations, From 1100hrs till 1245hrs... Computer Room 7 is nice to sleep in... Haha.. The judges didn't care anyway, so long as u were not making any noise.... And so I sorta made up for lost sleep last night...

After everything, went to look for Mrs Mok and told her about our progress, den went to play bball wif Chan Keet, Marc, Jie Hong and ppl before going off to Environmental Science LRC to help Mrs Sow with the visit by Nanyang Primary... Crystals are so nice... Hehe.. really really nice... I have a dish of small crystals growing thanks to Hongyi, who was kind enuff to let me, Marc and Ding Hong have a petridish each cos he made extra solution... Hopefully can collect my crystals tomorrow... Den put into small bottle and maybe give it to her the next time i see her... =P Should be nice enuff... Hehe... ^_^

After that went for chess and went home... Haiz... Another day passes like that...

Busy

2004-07-12T21:04:00.000+08:00

Currently terribly busy piaing webbie for projects day.... crap... haiz

Techmonix

2004-07-09T22:39:00.000+08:00

Techmonix link is removed. No longer affiliated to Techmonix. SO SC**W EDWIN.

Boring Day (Yet again...)

2004-07-09T21:24:00.000+08:00

Sigh... School's getting really boring... Bio too... SIGH... But Lit's still as interesting as ever... Another poem that Edmund introduced which i feel is really really nice:

He Wishes For The Cloths Of Heaven
Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths,
Enwrought with golden and silver light,
The blue and the dim and the dark cloths
Of night and light and the half-light,
I would spread the cloths under your feet:
But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
-- W.B Yeats

This poem, as u all can see, has the main theme of, yes, LOVE. It is about a humble guy, putting all his dreams and all he has at his woman's feet, telling her to be gentle with his dreams and him. Nice nice poem... =D

Anyway, during chess, I found out how GM Wu can be so incredibly boring at times. How I wished Mr. Petronic would come back. Or rather Lito than Wu... Hehe... Crapping... lalal~~~ Going back to help Chang wif his chess thingy tml... so... TTFN!

"Off" Day

2004-07-08T20:12:00.000+08:00

Wahh... Today was really 'off' for me... Couldn't really concentrate during class, I think it's due to my lack of sleep and I was thinking abt some personal stuff la... Oh wells, like I was sleeping through half the day can? Trying to keep myself awake... The only time i was 100% awake was during Chem i think... Last lesson of e day... But I love chem wad... Oh wells... Haha... ARGH! OH NO! still got quite a lot of work to do haish... tata

Back to Northland

2004-07-07T21:04:00.000+08:00

And so after a boring (sleepy) day of school, I rushed back to Northland by Taxi and met the girls. AHH SO HAPPY!!! Finally see her after so loo0o0ong... Whee~~~ Although we live so near, like never really see each other one... Yar... Mrs Jayalath had to leave early, so we discussed wif e prefects. They came out with relatively good ideas for THEIR grad nite which WE are organising. So was quite ok. Den discussed abt current prefectorial situation and Teachers' Day. I dunno about open house though, din get to talk to Mr Ng. He left early too. And so the discussion was quite ok... Jian Liang and Leck Hung came later... continue to stone in the (sucky, o0ps, NOT!) prefects' lounge and talk crap. Was told that she got into the HwaChong affiliate programme thingy, was super happy!!!!! ECSTATIC even! But sorta kept my cool... Hehe... den after stoning till 6+, I and her left... We walked back home together and talked on e way... I dunno why i wish can walk for longer... hehe... ahhh... anyway... doing ACE stuff now... TOODLESZ

Dumb quiz

2004-07-06T23:16:00.000+08:00

[Raffles Girls' School]:
The famous top girls school known to others as
intellectual snobs and bimbos.But really, there
ARE nice and sweet ones.
[Good points]: intelligent, outgoing(for most),
nice(for some), make a very good flaunting
object to flaunt to your friends, pretty(most),
open-minded, independent , rich.
[Bad points]: proud, mean(usually for the pretty
ones), overconfident, tomboyish, loud, and a
sore in the eye to other girls' schools.
[Dress Code]: low and tight belt on their navy blue
pinafore. Normally reach till their knees to 4
fingers above. Rolled up sleeves. White blouse.
[so i see you are interested in strong and
capable and career-minded peacocks huh? Nice
try.]

Which School Can You Most Likely Find Your Partner From? (With Detailed Descriptions)
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French Grand Prix + Portugal VS Greece

2004-07-05T15:01:00.000+08:00

France Grand Prix. Yet another classy performance by Ferrari! FERRARI ALL DA WAY! I koped the following from F1 webbie:

Schumacher unstoppable in France
Michael's seventh French win a four-gone conclusion
Michael Schumacher and Ferrari delivered a tactical masterclass as they stole victory in the French Grand Prix, giving the World Champion nine victories from ten starts this season.

Schumacher had to play second fiddle to Fernando Alonso in qualifying, and then for the first 32 laps at Magny-Cours, but after that a devastatingly clever reorganisation of Ferrari’s race strategy gave the champion all he needed - and more - to decimate Renault on his way to the 79th victory of his career. Only Jim Clark has ever made winning French Grands Prix look so effortless.

Alonso, predictably, got the drop going off the line, and as Schumacher slotted in behind him Jarno Trulli, equally predictably, vaulted ahead of second row starters David Coulthard and Jenson Button. Initially Alonso opened a gap, as much as a second and a half, over Schumacher, but it was less than half that when Michael made the first refuelling stop on lap 11. This was a surprise, since most believed that if anyone was running light on fuel, it was Renault. Trulli pitted on lap 13, Alonso lap 14, and Alonso kept his lead. That was also a surprise.

Now Schumacher came back at him, slashing what was at one time a 3.9s lead to a mere nine-tenths between laps 18 and 25, aided only a little by Alonso having to lap traffic. Then Schumacher pitted again on lap 29, and once more Alonso outran him, stopping on lap 32. But this time Schumacher’s lighter load had been sufficient to give him the lead, and he never surrendered it.

During the third stints Schumacher inexorably pulled away, and everyone thought it was simply the pace at which the red car would have run had it not been stuck behind the blue one. There was nothing to dissuade one from this viewpoint when they made what appeared to be their final stops, on laps 42 and 46 (Schumacher and Alonso respectively). Ferrari and Bridgestone were simply better on the day than Renault and Michelin.

But when Schumacher swept into the pits a fourth time, on lap 58, Ferrari’s strategy was finally unveiled. A canny change to four stops had given Michael a lighter car at a crucial point, and all it needed after that was the best driver in the world to steer it home - it never breaks down, of course - and the job was done. End of story.

Renault were left feeling very surprised by it all, but there was worse to come. In the wake of the two fleet leaders, Trulli seemed to have third place locked up all the way through, able to hold Jenson Button at bay until the Briton lost out to Rubens Barrichello in the final stops (Barrichello on lap 51, Button on lap 52). Button actually got out of the pits ahead of the Ferrari, but on the run down to the Adelaide Hairpin, as Button himself was doing all he could to close up on Trulli, Barrichello used his greater momentum to slip by on the inside. Thereafter the three circulated nose to tail until Trulli seemed to fall asleep with only Turns 15 to 17 to go. Making a tiny mistake and leaving just enough room on the inside for a Ferrari, he slid wide and Barrichello pounced with only the final chicane to go. To go from 10th on the grid to third was a fabulous result, overshadowed by only the two men who finished higher.

McLaren had something to be pleased about as Coulthard pushed home for sixth after a race-long fight with team mate Kimi Raikkonen, but Williams had very long faces after the best a once-spinning Juan Pablo Montoya could summon was eighth place. Mark Webber pushed the troubled Colombian so hard that he set fourth fastest lap for Jaguar and finished ninth, ahead of an unhappy Marc Gene, Christian Klien, who drove well, and the gripless Saubers of Giancarlo Fisichella and Felipe Massa (the only man to use a two-stop strategy). Cristiano da Matta and Olivier Panis were 14th and 15th ahead of Nick Heidfeld and Giorgio Pantano (who got a drive through penalty for pit lane speeding), and Gianmaria Bruni brought up the rear for Minardi.

Zsolt Baumgartner spun off on lap 32, and Takuma Sato vacated the fight for ninth place just after his first pit stop on lap 15, when his Honda V10 ventilated itself. One of these days Formula One racing is going to match the record of the 1961 Dutch Grand Prix, in which every car finished

And so you all can see, a classy Ferrari performance by the two maestros, Schumi and Barri. Ferrari.

To the Euro now,
And so I stayed up yet again to watch the FINAL of Euro 2004. I wasn't rooting for any side. But my gut feeling told me Greece was going to do it. If they played like a pack of hungry wolves like they did against France and many other countries, Greece would win the Euro. With odds at 100/1 at the start of the Euro and 11/2 at the start of the final, Greece was the underdog all the way. I said in my previous entry that their victory against France was the greatest night in Greek football. I was wrong. THIS is THE GREATEST NIGHT and MOMENT in Greek football. Excellent teamwork and defending led them to victory yet again. Otto Rehhagel, Theo Zagorakis, Angelos Charisteas, Konstantinos Katsouranis, Giorgios Karagounis, Stelios Giannakopoulos, Georgios Seitaridis, Angelis Basinas, Antonios Nikopolidis, Traianos Dellas, Panagiotis Fyssas and many more. Not very big names in European football. But a solid team. ONE team, GREECE. Excellent defending and teamwork. I salute you. A great header my Charisteas to win in for Greece. And superb goalkeeping(equavalent to the safe hands of David Seaman last time and Oliver Kahn during the last world cup) by Nikopolidis to deny Portugal the Euro. Go Greece!

EPGY mini outing + Humanities Night

2004-07-04T00:45:00.000+08:00

EPGY Outing... only 7 ppl went... Me, KX, JZ, Carolyn, Fran, JiaEn and Hancai. Met JZ at PS quite early... Waiting for e rest to turn up. Fran got to PS at like 9.45am and luckily, she bought tix for Spiderman 2 at 1315hrs first. Anyway, the rest turned up and we decided to go to Yoshi for lunch when sth damn STUPID and FARNIE and EMBARASSING. And so we settled down at Yoshi. JZ was first to get his food. A meal wif Soup and Coke. And so when he was walking to e table, his coke dropped. with tray still in hand, bent down to get coke. Coke put on tray couldn't stand, toppled over, pulling tray down, soup spilled. In the midst of setting soup right, EVERYTHING DROPPED. And so, decided to RUN and go nxt door to Long JohnS. Haha... After lunch, went to watch Spidey 2. Was quite a nice movie. I wouldn't say 5 stars. more like 4.5 stars. Some stuff was preddy cryptic in the movie.... Worth watching though. Shall not give spoilers here. After the movie, went to Secret Recipies for tea and guess wad, met Chen Shao, Ainan and Zhexi and those stupid idiots were running away from girls cos they din pay for e Earthquake in Swensens... Koped my brownie but returned in the end... Haha... JiaEn left for tuition... Den we decided to go to Fran's house. Watched Mean Girls on DVD, was good lor... Budden i only watch part of it cos gtg for Humanities Night. Grabbed a Cab back to school.....

Humanities Night totally SUCKED except for 1 performance. Everything was really shallow and crappy. I think the best script should go to the Farquar(pardon my spelling) and Raffles 'quarrel'. But it was quite wordy. The non-crappy performances was 'Voices', a Kevin Cheng production. Sua Yu and Oscar and Jianyi acted lor... Quite nice lah.. I reached damn early, den stone, hoping to meet XSLC OT. A few friends came and guess wad, OT came late... Cos they came from orchard.. *doh* Anyway, the performances were stupid and SHALLOW. According to a few ppl: "Dumb." "Waste of time and money.." "SHALLOW and PAINFUL". Anyway, after interval, sat with OT. Den as usual, went to talk and stone and sing at the terraces. Was singing with Yawen for quite sometime... DAMN FUN! Xinying and Tiff were listening.. Haha.. Anyway, there was this couple 'getting it going' on the terraces... Privacy eh? =P Den talked crap... XY and Daryl left on a LOOOOOOOONG walk kae?! We waitied for em until guard lock gate... Hehe... Den took bus back to Yishun wif XY and Dar, Dar say take 171 home from Yishun. Reach Yishun 0002hrs. Last bus for 171, 2330hrs. *bang* So in e end, lend him mahnee to take cab home. Den took 804 wif XY and went home lor...

Dunno what to put for this

2004-07-01T21:00:00.000+08:00

Hi! Was supposed to go for Humanities Night tonight. But in the end they said dun need to go for this one if you have tickets for Saturday's performance. Phew. So In view of the work I have, I decided to go for Saturday's performance with more friends. Yupyup. Anyway, luckily for me I have completed my framework for my MRP CPK submission... Am working on Kevin Cheng's Lit Homework after i complete this entry... Which is now... TOODLEZ

Short short entry

2004-06-30T22:02:00.000+08:00

Hi, shall make a short short entry tonight cos quite busy la... Anyway... Today feel damn stupid. Lug 4 library books which are fu**ing heavy to school, den after dat back, to the library to renew the 2 heaviest for my MRP and den lug it back home again... Ji stupid... Haiz... Kevin Cheng give a lot of wrok leh... scareeeeee... but it's lit so i dun really mind... hehe... unless it's too much... going dead for MRP... SHIT.... chao liao... TOODLES!

Literature

2004-06-29T18:58:00.000+08:00

Hi all! Literature will rock this term! Kevin Cheng's taking me for Singaporean Lit while Edmund Teo's taking me for Lit Stylistics. Kevin's quite nice but Edmund totally rocks!!! During Singaporean Lit, we just went through some admin stuff and introduction to Singaporean Lit. But during Lit Stylistics, we went through the poem below. The main theme is to get young people to enjoy their youth and well, have sex while they are still young... Hehe... We were preddy reluctant to say the theme of sex at first and put it in quite subtle language. However, Edmund went to the board and wrote SEX real big, and he said: "On my count of three, You all shall say this word loud and clear. This poem also has the theme of..(one, two, three).. SEX!!!!" It was quite funny... But this is a great poem in which the metaphors and images all fall together nicely to create this wonderful picture of youth. Enjoy..

To the Virgins, to make much of Time
by Robert Herrick

GATHER ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old Time is still a-flying:
And this same flower that smiles to-day
To-morrow will be dying.

The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun,
The higher he 's a-getting,
The sooner will his race be run,
And nearer he 's to setting.

That age is best which is the first,
When youth and blood are warmer;
But being spent, the worse, and worst
Times still succeed the former.

Then be not coy, but use your time,
And while ye may, go marry:
For having lost but once your prime,
You may for ever tarry.

First day of school

2004-06-28T18:10:00.000+08:00

Well, first day of school. Lugged my heavy body and soul up to my classroom, feeling stoned. But one i stepped in, the referencing of homework struck me and I got into referencing mode. After flag raising, sat through Math half-asleep/awake. However, the next lesson woke me up. IH1 - Lit Stylistics with Mr Edmund Teo. HE ROCKS! EDMUND YOU ROCK! First thing he stepped into class, he sat on a table behind, feet on chair. We quietened down, and greeted him and sat down, facing, erm, the front. He said to do what he was doing and face him (btw he was still on e table). And he said: "On the table." We were stunned. But he is real fun! We spent the lesson sitting on the tables, feet on chairs. Literature Stylistics - a module that is skill-based. To enable us to appreciate Literature, Life, the World around us from multiple perspectives. To enable us to see things beneath the surface. He conducts his lessons very casually. In a very relaxed environment. I love it. Following his lesson was reccess and boooring physics practical... Haiz... Dun wish to talk abt dat. And then came Chinese and English. Nutters... 4 double periods today man... Haish...

The Official Formula 1 Website

2004-06-27T16:58:00.000+08:00

The Official Formula 1 Website Hi! Just testing out the BlogThis! function on Google Toolbara v.2. Anyway, FERRARI ALL DA WAY!

Night out with XSLC OT (some of em + Iffy and Ezra)

2004-06-27T00:44:00.000+08:00

Ah yes, before I begin my entry proper, XSLC RULEZ! Haha, anyways, after watching the play Of Trees and Boys by TCHS English Drama, we lazed around at the terraces, singing and talking and looking at the clouds in the sky. Then we decided to go somewhere. At first did not know where to go, den decided on the ice cream shop at 6th Avenue ( I DUNNO THE NAME OF THE SHOP CAN?! ) But upon arrival, we found that the place was packed. And dear dear Iffy had to break out a laugh just then and due to the exceptionally high ceiling of that piece of architecture, the volume of her laugh was amplified like many times and it was damn funny... hehehe... Anyway, coffee bean was full too so we decided to settle down at the coffeeshop opposite and eat prata. Quite nice, the prata, but the KOPI was GOOOD!!! YUMMYLICIOUS KOPI! Anyway, talked sumore crap and Iffy was sho sweet to treat us to the drinks lor... (THANKS IFFY!) Anyhoo, after that, walked to e bus stop to take 852 back to Yishun with Xin Ying and Lanfang... Chatted till Yishun den as usual, go home lor...

France VS Greece.

2004-06-26T13:00:00.000+08:00

Ah yes, first of all, THANKS RACH (for that wake up call)!!! Anyway, I woke at 2.30AM, went down to watch the match. I was sorta expecting France to play like a pack of hungry wolves. In the end, 15 mins into the first half and they were already looking like dead wolves. It was horrible. Greece, on the other hand, played wonderfully with strength, gusto and tenacity. They wanted that magical goal badly. France were still struggling to find their 'beat'. Passes were going awry, runs cut short by the stout defence of the Greeks, holes in the defence that were exploited, non-running players etc etc. Horrible horrible horrible. However, Greece played nice footie! Fluid football, great teamwork, great passing, good possession and players who are always on the move. The French looked like old folks playing against a bunch of young energetic hungry youngsters. The second half was not just as bad, France began to find their tempo. But it was not enough. Their defence SUCKED. 25 minutes before time, Greeks scored. Theo Zagorakis received a long pass, strode down the right flank, got past 1 defender, held the ball and waited to pick out Charisteas before chipping in a cross which was met by a superb header to slot the ball into the top right corner of the net. France was stunned. Barthez had no chance at all. Greek football at its best. From then on, the future looked bleak for France. Shots were going off target and they simply could not beat the committed Greeks. I think the French had only about 5 shots on goal the whole match. The Greeks troubled Barthez way much more. A high volley from Lizarazu in the closing minute of the game sealed it all. France were out. Adieu France... This was the greatest night for Greek football.

screwed

2004-06-25T16:33:00.000+08:00

Oh crap... Am feeling so screwed due to the work... I am currently suffering from a discomfort in the organ that is housed by the skull and covered by scalp and hair. Which simply translates to a bloody headache... Anyway, I really wanna see her again lor... So long never talk to her liao... Den she never comes online one... Haiz... Only SMS, budden sumtimes she doesnt reply also... Very sadded... Fate is testin us... Ask her go AQH for 3 weeks on end den so zhun every single week she got work/stuff on... Oh well... NVM... I WILL TRY HARDER! So sian, stupid bloody irritating cousins over to stay... Damn... SO DAMN NOISY LA... Still hafta study sumore... Diaoz... Bleah....

Night out at AQH (Music Dreamer Live! Cafe)

2004-06-25T00:14:00.000+08:00

Yay! Finally got some friends down to AQH (Music Dreamer Live! Cafe) Anyway, met Iffy and her friend (Joshua) at City Hall MRT after Service Learning @ Bishan Park (bleah). Den headed down to the cafe. Had dinner there (yummy!) and listened to great great music. Feels so good after studying like crazee for the past few days. It was just so damn relaxing (right Iffy? right Josh?). Great ambience la... Den Iffy was sho sho sho shweet, she wanted to buy sth for me for luck, budden no suitable shops around the area. Thus, she decided to improvise and pluck (tsk tsk) some nice lil flowers and bound them together with a elastic hair-band into a shmall bouquet... THANKS! Anyway, so we chatted and stuff, den I went up. Was not nervous due to previous exposure. It was going well at first, BUT I got too ambitious and tried for something i was unsure off. In the end could not get the note out and screwed up that small part. =S But the rest of the song was nice enuff according to audience. Ya... And den Evelyn (o0ps! Iffy) gave me a pencil she brought back from Indonesia. THANKS AGAIN! Anyway, Iffy and Josh left after I sang cos they hadta get back early. I stayed behind wif my Uncle and left with him at the end of everything... *YaWnZ* Tired liao... As Monica says it: "TOODLES!"

Going nuts...

2004-06-23T12:05:00.000+08:00

The last 3 weeks of hols rocked... But here I am on the last week of my hols, stuck with a stupid ton of work and all that crap at home... I wanna study together with someone... Studying alone is just so damn crappy and boring... Music alone is just not enough... I NEED COMPANY!!!! ARGH! My friends are like mostly at home piaing work too. But I HAVE MORE WORK THAN YOU I ASSURE YOU! damn... going nuts!!!

XSLC

2004-06-22T22:45:00.000+08:00

Damn... So fast and XSLC is over... Loved every bit of it! It totally rocked man!!! SLC will rock on for years and years to come! A wonderful platform for youth leaders not only from Singapore but from ALL OVER THE WORLD to come together in a conference and NETWORK and SOCIALISE! I really cannot forget XSLC. On the first day, the ice-breakers were still lukewarm. However, as we progressed through the convention days, we got to know one another more. Not only within our own councils or countries, but within the whole convention! On the last day, during the finale, everyone became everyone's brothers and sisters, everyone was everyone's friend. The feeling of that bond and friendship and love just cannot be expressed by words. It was simply overwhelmingly GREAT! The items were quite funny, although some displayed the warped disillusional mindsets of Singaporean youth on homosexuality... =P But it was a celebration of friendship, of love. even after the convention, almost all councils from all countries went out to celebrate over dinner (or rather supper). That feeling, too, was indescribable. Last Sunday, some of us even went down to Changi Airport to see off the Foreign Participants. Although we were really missing them and reluctant to see them leave, as the chinese saying goes: "There is never a feast that does not end.". And so with a happily sad / sadly happy mindset, we bid the Filipinos, Indians and Australians goodbye. Goodbye to our friends, dear friends. I really hope to see all of them again. I miss ya all man! XSLC has really been an experience of a lifetime, a memory forever.

Satisfied

2004-06-22T22:23:00.000+08:00

Ah yes, after tinkering with blogger for 2 hours, I got what I wanted... Phew... =D

My new blog!

2004-06-22T20:34:00.000+08:00

Heyz, decided to do away with Blurty. Welcome to my new blog! I AM VERY HUGGABLE! hehe... *bu yao lian* Anyway, srsly hope to see all the Stanford EPGY and XSLC ppl more often! YOU GUYS ROCK MAN!!! My hols have been great thanks to EPGY and XSLC! Budden this last week of hols suck... 4 Shakespearean Plays, Aristotle's Poetics, Sophocles' Oedipus, school homework, LKY Memoirs Presentation (IN CHINESE!!!!), ACE work etc etc. ALL IN LESS THAN ONE WEEK! ARGH GOING SIAO!!! HELP ME!!! argh argh argh... anyway, welcome to my new blog again!