.+. heart, a fragile thing .+.

Relieved?

2010-05-30T12:50:00.004+08:00

Installation yesterday! It felt so good to be relieved of all that responsibilities but yet, I feel kinda empty? Not too sure what I'm feeling now. Life without CCA sure sucks.

Why are humans so weird? We keep complaining about what we had to do but when these are taken away from us, we feel lost. Lost to the extent that we actually want to turn the clock back and wished that we could had spent time more fruitfully.

因为超人不能流眼泪

2010-05-01T13:52:00.003+08:00

Phew. The new EXCO has finally been formed. Another step towards my retirement! Oh wait hold on. This sounds kinda familiar. Oh I know! I had the exact same feeling 2 years back in NPCC! Gosh how time flies. 1 year ago, I was still feeling stressed about my appointment into Interact EXCO and now, I can finally slowly let go. It feels great to have someone share your responsibilities and saikang!

Mayday today! And half a year to A's! Life's gonna be boring without CCA. I shall treasure my remaining time in Interact! Jiayou 25th! 2 more events and we will be through! I had already marked down 29th May on my calendar by the way. And now, the countdown begins.

We love school. Really!

2010-04-05T21:29:00.003+08:00

Ok so I am back to this semi-dead blog. Somehow I've lost interest in blogging. I could still remember the blogging craze then. Everyone was like rushing to set up a blog but soon, one left after another.

Blocks! It seemed like so long ago. The nightmare has only started now. It's time to see how badly we screwed the papers. 3 reasons why I hate blocks.

1. Before: Need to mug like crazy and thus, burned my March hols. "Sian how many chapters more?"

2. During: Need I say anything else? "Shit, wth is this question talking about?"

3. After: The feeling of being uber-screwed. "Ok now I am screwed."

Got back H3 and Math so far. H3 was erm better than expected? 39/100 but I was expecting like 20+. So I guess I should be glad =.=

I guess I really need to work harder for blocks 2. I know some people will kill me for saying this, but I think this kind of results is not good enough. I need my A's argh. And OMG I suddenly remembered our fav subject, PW. I better get an A for that or else I can go die already, to put it crudely.

Totally feeling sian now cos there's nothing much to do after blocks. For the first time, I managed to finish all my tutorials beforehand HAHA.

The Tiger loves you

2010-02-14T14:16:00.005+08:00

Hey people,

Happy Chinese New Year! 新年快乐！

Oh and of cos,

Happy Valentine's Day!

Unjustified Assumptions

2010-02-06T12:04:00.006+08:00

Crazy crazy week and even more crazy to come! Banner painting on Monday till 6+ (though some of them left at 10), H3 on Tuesday, CCA Exhibition on Wednesday (talk until mouth dry), Commserve on Thursday and H3 again on Friday. Super exciting but at the same time tiring. And I guess next week's gonna get worse.

Since next Friday is CNY celebrations, next Thursday will be running Friday's timetable. So my schedule for next week looks something like this. Commserve on Monday, H3 on Tuesday, most likely some Interact stuff on Wednesday and H3 again on Thursday. And if you think Friday's gonna be slack, you are damn wrong. Some 40 elderly are coming over to hwachong on Friday to watch our celebration and we Interactors have to entertain them. By entertain I mean play games with them, watch performances with them, eat with them and drink with them. Not to mention the tons of preparation needed prior to Friday itself since I am in-charge of food and souvenirs. Ultimate saikang.

Now whoever said Interact is for girls only? And to those who think we are a slack CCA, think again. Do you know how hard we the ExCo work to organise events? And again how hard is it to answer to teachers like holy? Trust me, you wouldn't want to be in my shoes. At least NPCC's a "recognised" CCA even though it's also full of saikang and idiotic teachers like the one who isn't really tall.

And this brings me to another point. Who is to judge which CCA is busy and which CCA is not. Unless you are in that CCA itself, you wouldn't know what they are busy with and how busy they are. So what if Interact is a Club CCA. It doesn't mean anything right? I especially HATE it when people say things like "you are in Interact?!?!". Well I guess most people have the perception that people in club CCAs are those geeky and nerdy type who are not active at all. If you think that way, I am so sorry but you are terribly wrong. Though I am not that fit, I think I still can get gold for NAPFA? I got 29/30 last year by the way. And Interact's full of fun fun people. I should know cos everyone in OCIP Batam is cool ttm.

Yes, sports or musical people may have trainings like everyday but what I believe is everyone has to commit to their CCAs. Once you chose it, there's no turning back. If I wasn't resilient, I would had given up on NPCC long ago. You have to realise how hard it is to struggle 2 parades (and academics, which I am not good at) per year during my Sec 2 and 3 days. FYI, parades means external parades. Trainings usually start a few months prior to the date itself. Unlike the lousy school national day celebrations which has only like 2 rehearsals? And of cos, not to mention dealing with ExCo work in Sec 3 and 4.

Oh well. I said my piece. Feel free to rebut. I just had to get this off my chest somehow.

Give me a Break!

2010-01-30T21:17:00.004+08:00

Class party at Zeke's last Friday! His rooftop is really nice. I arrived just as they were setting up the makeshift BBQ pit. After checking out who else is already there, I joined Ben and Gao Tian in fanning the flame up (erm, is there such a term?) Anyway, took some time to really get the flame going. It was at times hilarious to see the flame dying away after we shifted some charcoal here and there. But at times it could get irritating as well. In the end, we settled for 2 fire spots (instead of the intended 4) although both were concentrated towards the right side.

Anyway, the first batch of hotdogs were really screwed cos the charcoal pieces weren't placed properly and some actually came into contact with the hotdogs. After adjusting the charcoal, another problem arose. Since the flame was concentrated to the right, it meant that those hotdogs on the left were taking a longer time to cook. Thus, those at the right became a bit burnt. This pattern was to be repeated for subsequent batches of hotdogs and chicken wings .__.

After eating some of the stuff we BBQ-ed and camwhoring a bit, I laid down and sort of stargazed while enjoying the light breeze. With the speakers playing nice music just beside me, I swore I could had fallen asleep! Talked to Joy a bit and I attempted to teach her how to play the "4-6-4-6" game (the actual name is Playman Summer Games 3) on my handphone. When the iTouch fails you and goes out of battery, it's time to fall back on this game that was sooooooooo popular when we were in Sec 4. =D But erm let's just say I wasn't a good teacher and Joy didn't really succeeded in completing the game. HAHA!

Overall, it was quite a great way to relax, especially after such a looooooooong week. Recruitment interviews on Monday, H3 on Tuesday and Friday and Interact on Wed and Thur. And what's worse, this pattern is to repeat itself for the upcoming week, only that I will have banner painting on Monday instead. Not to mention all the sickening tutorials that are getting more and more cheem. Bleh.

The good old days

2010-01-17T22:05:00.002+08:00

Ok I know I tweeted about this just now, but not everyone has Twitter. So yea...

Was clicking through the messages on my old phone this afternoon. Suddenly I realise how much more friends I had in sec 4 who texts me. And that's not even the peak period! I remember in sec 2, I can easily send over 1k messages. At that time, there was no such thing as unlimited SMSes for student plan so I always got scolded by my mom. But as I moved on to upper sec and subsequently college, I realised that sometimes I even find it hard to hit 500 messages although I got unlimited now.

Life's so unpredictable. It's like back in sec 2, I was trying very hard to keep within the 1k limit but right now, I am trying to send as many as I can. A drastic turn of events, don't you think?

Absence makes the heart grow fonder

2010-01-09T22:32:00.003+08:00

Awesome OCIP Batam and even more awesome tripmates! =D Really had fun there and I didn't regret going there at all (at the expense of math test and holiday homework). I really miss Batam! When I woke up on Friday morning, I was like half-expecting to see Teck Seng, Zhi Kan and Hansen on the same bed as me LOL. Oh well. =( Oh and I love the HTHT sessions with the guys!

In general, these holidays had been rather well-spent. Not only did I caught up with my HK trip friends (though I only went for 1 of the 3 outings), I also had a really fun time in Interact. This OCIP Batam is the perfect example. If there's any regrets, I would only regret not playing basketball more frequently and not doing homework diligently. OH I KNOW! This could be my New Year resolutions! Speaking of which, I haven't really thought over it yet. So here it is.

Goals for 2010

1. Do homework more diligently.

2. In relation to #1, cut down on play time.

3. Give my all for Interact for the next half a year.

4. Mug earlier for Block tests and prelims.

5. Try to workout at least twice a week.

Ok I can't think of anything else. Shall add more when I can think of it =D.

And yea, I am so gonna screw my Math test haha.

Bye world!

2010-01-02T23:13:00.003+08:00

In case you need me (I highly doubt so), I will be away for OCIP Batam from 3 Jan to 7 Jan. =D Ferry leaving at 10am tomorrow and reaching back SG at 4.30pm on Thursday. See ya when school reopens!

At the speed of time

2009-12-29T21:38:00.004+08:00

Today was pretty much OCIP, OCIP and more OCIP. Had a dry-run in the morning, followed by practicing of dance item in the afternoon. And guess what, our item is just the second half of Apollo's fac dance haha. We removed the front parts all the way up till the stamping of feet. And as I tried really hard to recall the steps, memories flowed back into me. Suddenly I remembered how we used to come down every afternoon to practice the fac dance, how most of us don't dare to ask a girl to be our permanent partner and how high we were after POP itself. And to think 1 year had just passed by...

As I lay in bed last night, I realised how time really flies. In just a few days time, I will be leaving for Batam and when I come back, school starts in 3 day's time. And when school starts, it's back to the same old routine again. HOMEWORK! ARGH! I really need to start chionging now!

Oh well. Would probably not be blogging anymore till I come back. See ya.

A tale of a giant and a dwarf

2009-12-27T23:26:00.003+08:00

Once upon a time, there lived a dwarf who has never left his overly-cluttered house. Everyday, he sits on his comfy little chair and worked from day to night. This went on for many many years.

One day, a giant found his way to the dwarf's house and demanded that the dwarf give up his comfy little chair. The dwarf, being plump and clumsy, was obviously no match for the gigantic giant who easily tower over him. Without hesitation, he jumped out of his seat and ran to hid in a corner.

Meanwhile, the giant tried to fit into the little chair but failed. However, just as he was about to give up, he had a brainwave. He dismantled the whole chair and built it in such a way that it fitted him. Pitying the dwarf, he let the dwarf stay in his own house and they lived happily ever after. Erm, maybe not quite, cos the dwarf has to sit in a corner everyday and of cos, he couldn't work at all. Oh well, you get the idea.

***

Ok lame story. But actually, the dwarf in my story is my old, CRT TV set and the giant is actually a new 42-inch flat-screen TV set. The TV set of cos sits on top of a TV console and not a comfy little chair but I did not dismantle the TV console. But yeah, there was much shifting of stuff to make way for this giant. And now, it sits proudly on the TV console while the old TV sits solemnly in a corner, awaiting its destiny. Next step: Try to get used to the new TV.

Was watching the Grand Finale of Singapore Idol on it just now. Damn cool (yes, I know I am a bit suah koo =.=). Anyway, Sezairi won. Though I don't really support anyone, both my sisters are Sylvia fans. They tried to convert me into a Sylvia fan though. But oh well. I just thought it might be more interesting if there's, for once, a female Singapore Idol.

Pretty much nothing happened today. Just the usual stuff and more chionging of homework. Maybe I should had gone for the class Genting trip. They seemed to be having fun there, according to Joy's tweets. But then, I wouldn't have time to finish up my work before Batam and worse, I would miss my final briefing on Tuesday. Oh well. Maybe next time =(

Happy Christmas & Merry New Year!

2009-12-25T13:36:00.003+08:00

Great party last night! Thanks 7F! This is definitely one of the best Christmas Eve I ever had. =D

Merry Christmas Everyone! Enjoy yourself!

And on Christmas day itself, I shall not rant about anything but instead, let us soak ourselves in the festive spirit. Though it's a bit old, but this song is my favourite Christmas song anytime.

Why so serious?

2009-12-19T14:29:00.003+08:00

Ok just saw this on Twitter.

We forget 80 percent of what we learn everyday, which may include this fact you just read.

Hmm kinda made me wonder what we go to school for. And it does not help that most of us don't even listen much in the first place.

Oh well. Back to homework and maybe CCA stuff. What a bore.

The softest pillow is a clear conscience

2009-12-06T11:12:00.004+08:00

Yay finally finished the blue Math booklet! =D That's like a heavy load off my mind. I know it's not much as compared to the total amount of homework but then, it's a miracle that I even started on homework. Usually, I wouldn't start till like the last week, but it's different this time round. If I don't start now, I don't think I can finish on time. For those who haven't started, all the best! Vectors and S&S2 are real hard!

What's left (in order of importance):

1. Math Tutorial 8

2. GP Issues & Ideas

3. Bio Revision Worksheet

4. Econs (whatever there is)

5. Chem Revision Worksheet

Tell me if I missed out anything!

Ok shall worry about that when I get back from my holidays haha. Bye people. Will be out of town from 7th to 15th. See ya and don't miss me =D

Before I go off, a new song from JJ! Nice nice!

You'll Never Walk Alone

2009-11-27T12:07:00.002+08:00

Hong Kong trip gathering yesterday! Haven't really seen them for quite long le cos I didn't go for the previous gathering. Come to think of it, it's been 2 years since we went for the trip and we are still quite close. =D I could still remember 2 years ago, I went for the trip without knowing anyone but after a week, I made so many new friends. This is definitely one of the rare occasions do I feel grateful to NPCC.

Hmm so a brief description of what we did yesterday. We met up at Bugis then went to Illuma intending to catch a movie there. But the timeslots were not so good, so went back to Bugis Junction. In the end decided to watch Christmas Carol cos the timing's one of the best. After the movie, we stoned around a bit then decided to go to Suntec. Over there, we played with the fountain for a while then more stoning before deciding to have dinner at Just Noodles. Damn cool that place. They give you a free flow of drinks and ice-cream! Then we play zhong ji mi ma (don't know if this is how you spell it) and the forfeit is to drink some weird concoctions made up of different flavours of ice cream and drinks. To give you an idea of how weird it is, for one of the rounds, although we didn't add in the mint+choc chips ice cream, the semi-liquid turned out to be green in colour. Gross. Luckily I didn't lose any of the rounds HAHAHA.

After dinner, we went to Esplanade roof-top to take photos. Uber cool, the night view. And the girls keep spamming photos for about an hour? And I thought the girls in my class were bad enough =.= But the Hong Kong trip girls are damn open and I can talk to them more haha. At about 10, we decided to call it day and head home. Some stupid accident along the expressway made my bus ride home take soooo long and I reach home at 1115. Oh well, at least I had lots of fun! =D

I hate you for making me fall in love with you

2009-11-24T23:06:00.002+08:00

Bought a new laptop last Sunday! It's a Toshiba M300 Crimson Red. I really love the red lid, the uber good sound system (Harman Kardon speakers) and the fingerprint thingy. Damn cool! =D

Oh and Windows 7 rocks too! Vista sucks cos it lags too much but Windows 7 is really really good. Although the new taskbar function is suspiciously similar to the Macbook's, there are lots of other new functions as well. And best of all, it's definitely faster than Vista!

As I was cleaning up some stuff today, I stared at the amount of work we were given to do over this holiday. Okay, maybe not exactly stare but it definitely caught my attention. And I realised how screwed I really am for not starting on any of them at all. Furthermore, I sort of flipped through the Issues & Ideas thingy and OMG we have to do a book review! How long has it been since I did one? Primary school? Definitely not in recent years! And those who know me well, I don't read books regularly and so, I take super long to actually finish one. Oh well. Maybe I should start doing some work now. Wait, tomorrow can?

Maybe it's time for miracles

And you thought I didn't care

2009-11-20T11:04:00.003+08:00

Oh well. My laptop officially passed away yesterday :( On Tuesday night it was still running healthily but on Wednesday night it just won't wake up. No matter how many times I poke it, it just lay there, motionless. Then yesterday I took it to the repair shop and the guy said the motherboard overheated and repairing it will cost a bomb. I figured it isn't exactly worth it to fix this 2 year-old laptop with already so many deformities and yeah... I sort of left it dead.

Anyone with recommendations of good and durable laptops please tell me thanks! =D

What a bright and sunny day today. Hmm... I should find something to do outside before going for commserve meeting later. Enjoy life, people!

how unlucky can you get?

2009-11-17T23:28:00.002+08:00

Been really really unlucky today. Just my luck haiz.

Incident #1

After gyming with hongguang for a while, I found myself breathing quite heavily and weak all over. So I had to cut short my workout by about half. Wasted.

Incident #2

After gyming, we went back to college to meet Ms Ong for some stuff. But we ended up chatting for over an hour. And when we boarded the bus intending to head to KAP for lunch, we realised how foolish we really are. WE DID NOT COLLECT BACK OUR EZ-LINK CARDS BEFORE LEAVING THE GYM. So we had to walk all the way back to SALT Centre, under the bloody hot sun.

Incident #3

Because of incident #2, we missed out the lunch hour at Macs by just a few minutes and the person refused to budge. So we ended up paying the full price for the EVMs.

Incident #4

All 8 labels I collected today were pretty much useless while Hongguang easily collect 2 instant-wins.

Rotten luck, yeah.

That's When I Love You

2009-11-15T13:35:00.002+08:00

YAY! NO MORE PW FOREVER! =D =D =D Finally! After months of hard work, it all boiled down to last Friday. It's either do or die but I am glad to say everything went well. Now, it's just the anxious wait for the results next year...

2012 + KBox yesterday with 7F peeps was fun! Haven't really enjoyed myself that much since before promos! And all the juicy gossips are starting to spread again lol. Can't wait for some of them to turn true =p

Some of them went to send the Nepal people off at Changi today. But I decided not to cos it's really really damn far away from my house and it's really really damn early. It's not as if we haven't had enough sleepless nights yet haha, as said by kensoo.

Why did this feeling come back? I thought I got rid of it long ago?

& we all love PW

2009-10-31T16:41:00.002+08:00

On hindsight, it has been a rather crazy week for all of us. Never had I in my life felt so pressurized over a project. Well, I guess it's cos it's a MAJOR project bah. This week had really sapped my energy. I am tired, really really tired. How I wish PW will stop now. But I know it's not going to happen cos there's still OP and much as I hate it, the OP component is a whopping 40% of the overall grade.

Doing up the WR had really made me realise certain things that I never did before. From this whole process, I found that I wasn't that strong after all. Initially, I thought PW was just chicken feed as compared to what I had experienced in NPCC. But well, I was wrong. Sometimes I just feel like giving up on this whole damn thing. Furthermore, through this process I really really realised the importance of teamwork. There's no point in solo-ing for PW. You will just die a very very horrible death. Everyone needs to write and proof-read the WR together and when one member doesn't understand what the teacher is saying, everyone needs to explain it to him/her. No one can really distance himself/herself from the project. I wouldn't say my group had kept to these guidelines faithfully but at least we don't quarrel and instead, we thrash things out.

As the OP date draws nearer and nearer, we are all starting to feel the heat but at the same time, could not wait for this whole thing to be over. All that remains will just be the release of results next year. For me, much as I would like PW to end ASAP, I begin to dread the oncoming busy holidays. Even before the school term officially ends, we had already received homework that is enough to keep us busy for the whole holidays. Add that to the numerous Interact projects coming up, I really can't imagine what my holidays will be like. I am already going on a family trip from 7th Dec to 17th Dec. If I do get into OCIP Batam, there would also be a lot of meetings and stuff for preparation work. Haiz. And I wanted to go for the class Genting trip loh. But I guess if I do get into OCIP Batam, I won't be able to go to Genting bah.

Oh well, I guess this is the end of my ranting. And now, back to the wonderful world of PW.

youtube galore!

2009-09-25T21:59:00.008+08:00

Youtube galore!

Some food for thought bah...

This is like omfgwts o.O

And lastly, for those who understand hokkien, you will laugh till you cry when you see this.

2009-09-04T22:58:00.001+08:00

First up, a BIG thank you to everyone who wished me a happy birthday. Really appreciate it! =D The iceskate+kbox session rocks to the max! HAHA! Jiayou in mugging people! =)

Sometimes, I really do wonder what's on the minds of certain people. It's like they act really really weirdly and I can't seem to figure out their thoughts at all. Like, do you see a guy who sticks to girls more than he talks to guys? To some people, he may seem friendly and whatever but to others (like me), he's just a freaking flirter. Either that or he is just so despo that he have to resort to such "tricks" to even talk to adolescent females.

I think most of the time, our behaviour is influenced by the mask we wear everyday. Like, I believe most of us are really really tired these few days and just doesn't feel like going to school. But then, we still have to and have to act like we are listening even though our mind is somewhere else. Or, we would try to act normal and happy in front of others although we feel stressed inside. In the most extreme cases, even if we really despise/hate someone, we still have to act normal and not show it explicitly. Sometimes, I just feel so tired wearing masks everyday... Don't you?

ct

2009-07-29T20:20:00.000+08:00

Oh well, so much has been said about the class spirit of S7F and I think it's time I chip in a comment or two.

1. It is hard to change the seating arrangement. I pondered over this for a night and I came up with this simple analogy (not metaphor). Imagine a group of girls (or guys, if you insist) walking happily towards a classroom and then suddenly, each one of them proceeds to sit at each corner of the room. TOTALLY weird right? It's like common sense tells you that they would not purposely separate themselves. Today was an exception because in my opinion, most people were forced to do it. Give it a week or two, like kenler said, things will start reverting back. And besides, it's not just our class.

2. Face it, girls and guys can never understand each other fully even if they are forced to sit together for a month. And besides, we are talking about girls and guys who just came out of their monk/nun schools. Most of these people had spent at least 4 years in an environment that is totally theirs so to speak. Thus, many of them are afraid of speaking to the opposite sex. Either that, they just can't find a common topic to talk about.

3. Most guys would not dare to talk too much to the girls. It's almost like a herd instinct. I mean, if a guy and girl get along really well with each other, in other people's eyes, it just means 2 things - either they are already in a relationship or that they are flirting with each other. I am guilty of making such assumptions at times too. Before you start calling me an asshole, think through first and I would bet you once had this mentality too. And so, with this mentality, most people would be afraid to even venture out of their comfort zone. Personally, I would not get too close to any girl, just in case something similar to the one in term 2 happens again.

4. Certain things, no matter how hard you try to remedy, would not change for the better unless opportunities come along. Sometimes, gaps can widen even further when you try to do something about it. It's just like playing a match of basketball. When your team is losing, it would actually be good to play normally and not try extra hard to score baskets. Sometimes you end up screwing yourself up by giving away balls to the opponents. Instead, you should wait for opportunities and score when you have the chance.

Okay, I have said what I thought of the above issue. Feel free to flame me if you want. I would actually be interested to know what some of you think. After all, different people have different opinions.

On a last note, I am not that shy with girls. It's just that I don't talk a lot in the first place. Of cos, there are other factors as well lah, but that one I shall not say. Back to econs now...

2009-07-14T23:36:00.002+08:00

Hmm I just realised I haven't been blogging since damn long ago. So erm, today I shall post something lol.

School sucks seriously. How I wish I am still in holidays now. During holidays, I can get wake up whenever I want, play whenever I want, mug whenever I want (if I even bother to), sleep whenever I want and go out and come back whenever I want. Now, life has come back to the SAME OLD routine. Wake up, go school, study, go home/cca, do tutorials, sleep and wake up again. Weekends are not much better either.

Got back 2 blocks papers so far. 70 for chem and 69 for math. Yea, I know. Don't mention my math marks to me. Somemore is 70 - 1 cos I didn't write the +C for indefinite integrals. Damn it. Damn it. Damn it.

Ok to admit I am damn bored now haha. Did my chem prac just now then now don't feel like doing anything le haha. Before I end off, here's something for you guys. Something simple yet caught my attention when I saw it.

"The purpose of life is a life of purpose." - Robert Byrne

2009-06-04T23:30:00.002+08:00

Yay! The holidays are finally hereeeeeee!!!!!! =D It's like a really well-deserrved break loh, after months of trudging through tutorials, tests, CCAs etc.

Goals for this holidays!

1. Brush up on my basketball skills! This is a definite must haha.

2. Start mugging for block test next week. Better still, this weekend. Oh wait. I think I should finish all my homework by this weekend.

3. Go out with friends whom I have not seen for a very loooong time.

4. Go out with my ccamates, classmates and whatevermates! hcult jts this sat and interact jts next sat!

5. Download all the music and movies that I wanted to but had not time for the past few months.

6. Do something/somethings for PW!

hols!

2009-05-24T12:22:00.002+08:00

Date check: 24 May 2009

Reality check:

1. Installation in 6 days
2. Holidays in a week's time
3. Blocks in a month's time
4. Math and Bio test next week
5. Tons of tutorial to be completed by next week

Time really flies, I guess. I could still remember the Dec holidays as if it was yesterday. And unknowingly, half of j1 life has almost passed. Very soon, j1 will end and the frantic j2 life will start. Haiz.

On hindsight, the past few months has been fulfilling, but hectic. I could still remember the first day that I stepped into college and was delighted at the sight of so many females after 4 years in a monk school. Very soon, orientation started and yep, we did have fun, especially at the campfire night. Then, it was mugging for fac dance. I could still remember going down for practice sessions almost everyday cos CCAs haven't really started yet. POP came and passed, and again, it was a night of fun. Move move shake shake!

From that point on, everything took a 180 degrees turn. CCAs more or less started and almost everyday was spent on CCAs or mugging for tests or simply rushing through tutorials. No doubt it was tiring, I guess it was fun at the same time? The interaction and bonding time you get through CCAs is really amazing. :) March holidays didn't feel like a holiday at all. PW questions came out on T2W1/2, and everyone was suddenly rushing PIs. I could still remember the agony from getting rejected over and over again.

As the final preparations for Installation goes on, I start to wonder whether I have the stamina to finish this race. To not only perform well in Interact exco but also in studies and perhaps frisbee. Nevertheless, I would try my best bah. Very soon, this will all pass. I could still remember passing out parade a few months back in Sep. It was quite an emotional night I guess? I tried to stay high but deep inside I knew I am gonna miss np. Then it was batch dinner. Ok, to admit, it was a bit sian. After all, how exciting can it get with guys only? But it symbolises the last few times 4D sat down together and had fun, not that I like 4D very much though...

7F! Try to organise more class outings leh. Or not we will start to regret next year...

Scandals

2009-05-13T20:39:00.001+08:00

Thanks ar KOH ZHE WEI. Now everyone in Interact starts to niao me too...

2009-05-09T12:46:00.002+08:00

I HATE SCANDALS. =(

Please lah. It's totally not true can. I would had reacted differently if it was true. Ask those who know me well enough in sec 2 if you wanna know.

At first I thought it's harmless and perhaps everyone just needs abit of fun to destress and stuff. So I put up with it and yea, it never seemed to stop. Perhaps they think that I am easy to bully and that by not reacting, it's true? Seriously, this had got to stop. It's really getting on my nerves. You guys won't understand the emotional trauma I am going through everyday right now cos your scandals didn't last that long.

If it makes you happy to know, I am not as DEPRIVED as you think. Like what I analysed to some people that day, I think it's cos you guys probably think that I am some deprived kid who had never went out on dates before and thus, randomly link me to another girl. Again, if it makes you happy to know, I am not as IGNORANT as you think. Experience-wise, I am probably on par with some of you out there who have gf/bf now.

Let me repeat myself again:

1. I am not interested in her.

2. I don't even talk to her alot. And I think I talk to girls outside of our class more.

3. I won't get a gf in jc. Don't ask why.

2009-05-05T23:24:00.002+08:00

STRESSED STRESSED! RAWR!

Stop pressurizing me lah seriously. I am suffocating already.

I just need someone who truly understands. Not someone who puts pressure on me everytime I see him/her. =(

HOMEWORKKKKKKKKKKKKkk

2009-04-09T23:38:00.002+08:00

HOMEWORK, HOMEWORK AND MORE HOMEWORK! =(

Sadly, that's what I was busy with for the past don't-know-how-many days. Homework + PI + Interact proposals = Dead

I am like so tired now lah. Can't believe I actually survived this week. Oh well...

List of things to be done this long weekend

1. CHEM ONLINE TEST! (I actually forgot about last week's!)

2. ECONS ILP (by Monday. RAWR!)

3. GP Application Qn Practice (by Monday)

4. Chem tutorial on bonding (by Tuesday)

5. Math remedial extra practices (by Tuesday)

6. Start on math tutorial 4 (hopefully...)

7. Econs tutorial (by Thursday but actually, I don't know what to do leh)

8. Mug for math inequality assignment on Thursday

9. Get started on bio enzymes tutorial (hopefully...)

fac cip

2009-03-29T15:33:00.002+08:00

Fac cip was quite fun after all, I guess. :) I never knew running around the blocks and collecting newspapers could be so fun. Just as what Benny said, I think after sat we all become professional garang-guni men liao.

Takeaways:

1. Garang-guni men have a hard job. Now, I will try to be nicer to them when they come knocking on my door. :)

2. Never trust anyone who said,"a abit of newspaper only". The first household that opened their door to us said this and well, I ended up coming in and out like 10 times. In the end, the stack was about 1m long?!? A bit only hmm...

3. Bring along rafia strings. You never know when you need it, especially for situations like above.

4. Plan a CT outing beforehand. If not, you will end up like us, walking around amkhub aimlessly for about an hour, then everyone suddenly decided to head home and mug/sleep.

I can't think of anything else liao haha.

2009-03-25T20:46:00.002+08:00

Oh well. I didn't get into OCIP Nepal after all.

Whatever bah. It's not like I haven't experienced this before.

Remember the SPF badge?

2009-03-23T22:15:00.002+08:00

It may be the first day of Term 2 but still, I guess I haven't really gotten out of the DECEMBER holiday mood. The march break was like err, a break loh. Not really a holiday to most of the people out there, including me.

College life's really crazy. So many things to worry about but yet, so little time to worry about them.

To-do list:

1. Mug chem for the test/quiz/whatever on thur.

2. Math tutorial 3

3. Catch up on my readings for ALL the subjects.

I really feel like starting on math now but somehow, I just can't seem to bring myself to do it. Argh!

On a side note, I do hope I can get into ocip nepal. =)

supply and demand

2009-03-18T18:30:00.002+08:00

Supply and demand, as said by Kenneth Ler:

"Our CT consists of 16 girls and 10 guys. Since supply exceeds demand, price will drop. Therefore, the value of girls in our class has decreased."

Hmm no offence to anyone out there, but yea, it does make sense actually. HAHA. But over the past few weeks, I came to realise that there are quite a few scandals around already. Some are so open while others are just so secretive. Oh well, all the best to them!

Don't end up like me please.

college

2009-03-17T21:11:00.002+08:00

Ok here I am wondering what to do (except homework) and yea, I sort of ended up here. I know it's long but hmm, I kinda lost interest in blogging. Anyway I just wanna talk about JC life so far. A few things I realised after these few weeks:

1. Girls are not as innocent as they look.

No offence to anyone to out there but really, it can get scary when you people talk behind other people's back. For guys, it's different. If I don't like your attitude, I will just say it in your face.

2.People change over time, and yes, they changed drastically.

Sometimes, it makes me wonder how come some people can change so much in a matter of months. From a young innocent face I see in high school, they had become someone else totally this year, probably to attract attention bah.

3. Some people are just plain despo.

Either that, or they are bloody attention-seekers. Damn it.

4. It's okay to fail.

In high school, if you fail class tests (at least in my class), you can jump off the clock tower already. But over here, if you fail, you know it's ok cos half the cohort probably didn't pass too.

5. JC life rocks!

Seriously, if you think high school's fun, wait till you come here lah. Anyway, I love my CT! =D

Hmm CT outing today was ok-ok bah. I WANNA GO KBOX! Someone please organise something please?!?

2008-11-19T13:11:00.002+08:00

Read about the ACJC ragging thing for the past few days in the papers. I think it was damn sick lah. In my opinion, it was worse than bonding or even flag-pole. Yes, the students in it may just wanna have fun. But I think they had really really gone too far loh.

For those who are interested, the videos can be found here.
http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/singaporeseen/viewContent.jsp?id=41849
One word: Disgust.

And yea, you can read about the related stories also, all linked from there. They are namely the SAJC flag-pole one and the SCDF one.

On a lighter note, something for you to look at.
http://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/ap/20081117/twl-eu-britain-new-word-c8e2916.html

Look at para 6 (I think) and see the example they gave. LOL. I think I can use it better than the dictionary loh. The example makes sense meh?

2008-11-10T12:23:00.002+08:00

Ok... So the year's officially over 5 days ago, after O's HCL. Still can't believe the fact that I am moving over to JC very soon.

Hmm. Academic year's over and so is the US Presidential Election. Seriously lah, I don't know why the hell are Singaporeans, especially normal citizens, so concerned about the election. It's not like we are going to benefit directly from the end result. Seriously (again), do you think Obama or McCain cares about how people from a tiny country think of him? I think not.

It seems like people cared more about this election than our own General Election back in 2006, and I don't know why. Haiz...

Lalala. Been slacking these few days at home. Ok not really actually. Spent quite alot of time tidying my stuff. It's like super messy after a year of heckcare-ness. At least it looks much better now. Heh.

And please, it's not like I don't wanna go out and find a part-time or something. It's just that it's hard to find one that suits me, especially one that pays cash for salary instead of through bank account. The sad fact is that I am NOT allowed to access my ATM account. >.<

HSM3

2008-10-27T20:13:00.002+08:00

Just returned home from watching High School Musical 3! It's okay lah. I didn't wanna watch actually but my sis dragged me along. The story plot's nice but I don't really like singing and all that stuff. Bleh.

Would had stayed longer to shop or something if not for the 9pm show, Ding Dang Shen Tan. Today's the last episode and I am so not gonna miss it! After that, maybe I will start doing my 5th chinese compo. Tansc's really imba. Totally spammed homework. >.<

2008-10-12T10:56:00.002+08:00

Hah. Go on. Click on the picture. And you will see why I am so DAMN PISSED OFF on Friday.

Bloody P*u* Ho. Didn't bring the papers and just said, "4D I will check papers with you on Monday so you can leave now". Did NOT even apologise lah!

Like it's our fault like that loh. Luckily I was open at JC open house. If he had made me come to school specially just to get scammed by him, I would had attitude-ed him like siao already.

Note: Name has been hidden to protect the identity of the teacher, though I did not think it was necessary.

I can tell you safely that this is the SLACKEST and MOST IRRESPONSIBLE teacher I had ever seen. Despite being late for lessons almost EVERYTIME, he never even made an effort to change or explain himself. Friday was the ultimate already. I mean, he could had AT LEAST apologised loh. Haiz...

At least yesterday was fun! Went ice skating with Hao Jie, Kae Yuan, Jax, Preston, Ah Meng (Yalam Toh) and Xining. Before ice skating, we went to play arcade for a while and yep, I owned Jax in Time Crisis. d=

Ice skated for about 2 hours. Then went Subway for dinner. They wanted to go movie after that but was quite late liao, then me, preston and jax kinda don't want. So in the end, we window-shopped for a while before heading home.

Photos next time bah. All with Kae Yuan, as usual. Heh.

new albums

2008-10-03T14:16:00.003+08:00

OMG! Preview of the hit single from Jay Chou's latest album due on 9 Oct! Somehow, the album has already been leaked online but I found several news about it. Apparently, the company said that the leaked songs are not the actual ones that are going to be released. Most likely demo versions bah. Hah. Mugging for eoys the last few few weeks, till the extent that I haven't been able to keep up with the latest news.

Hmm. Quite nice actually. This time round, the theme is actually related to magic and those sort of stuff. Even the cover is a picture of him in a poker card. -.- Really hope to be able to buy it. But then again, I also want to buy JJ's new album due on 18 Oct. Argh. Sian. This is what happens when both of my favourite singers release new albums.

Or maybe someone can buy as present for me also can. LOL. No lah. Just kidding. If anyone is confirm buying, please tell me whether it's nice or not. =D

CI

2008-10-01T18:53:00.002+08:00

A few days ago, Jax was like collating responses from us whether we would like to sign up for the CI course.

Well, frankly speaking, I didn't give much thought to it before I rejected it. After all, it's like the eoys period and besides formulae, science concepts and seemingly endless stream of dates to remember, my brain had no room for anything else, let alone thinking about something that isn't going to happen that soon.

Hmm. Maybe like Tse Yean said, we shouldn't have an extra committment even before JC life starts. After all, I really want to start fresh in JC. Hope I won't regret my decision...

mug

2008-09-23T12:53:00.004+08:00

This is 10% luck,

20% skill,

15% concentrated power of will,

5% pleasure,

50% pain,

And 100% reason to remember the name

Jiayou everyone! 11 days!

eoys

2008-09-08T23:53:00.002+08:00

Another race, another final lap. Jiayou bah everyone for eoys! It will soon be over!

Been busy these few days doing work, work and more work. I hate it lah. It totally spoils my mugging plans. I don't see the point of forcing us to do practice papers by a certain dateline. Rather, I think it would be better if the teachers gave us answer keys instead and use the remaining time left in this term to revise with us sec 3 stuff. Just realised how much stuff there is to study for bio.

Argh. Time really flies. Not long ago, I was still slacking happily in Beijing while the rest of the people were confused during the first day of school. Also not very long ago, I spent every Saturday training from morning to late afternoon for the campcraft competition. All these seemed so distant now as I look back to the start of the year. Sigh...

thanks

2008-09-01T22:12:00.003+08:00

Thanks guys!

Thank you 4D for celebrating with me today!

Thank you those who sent me their greetings through MSN, SMS, tagboard etc.

Thanks everyone!

POP!

2008-08-27T22:07:00.002+08:00

Today's the day!

The day that we all have been waiting for.

The day that should had come much earlier.

The day that fate decides that we have to leave NPCC for life.

And lastly, the day that we have to part with something that had been with us for 4 years.

To many, it may seemed like an end, or even a relief. But to me, it's more of a start of something new. A new life without NPCC, without going for trainings every Friday, without going home late every training and of cos, without clicking through emails after emails everyday.

Haiz. Wonder how am I gonna adapt to this life. Anyway, pictures next time bah. I haven't receive everything yet. Once again, to the juniors, all the best!

1 day

2008-08-25T23:07:00.002+08:00

As I look at the countdown timer, it suddenly struck me that it's nearing the last 24 hours of my NPCC life. Very soon, on Wednesday, I will be passing out of NPCC. Of cos, it will be a good thing as I really need to concentrate on my academics. Besides, the rest of the sec 4 cohort had all passed out already. Thus, we really deserve a break after so many months of slogging through ExCo work (13 months, to be exact).

However, it also makes me kinda look back and say, "Hey. After so much hard work put in, what had I gained in the end"? Well, to be honest, I learned what it means to be called efficiency and teamwork. Hard skills aside, I also gained experience in handling leadership positions, be it as an instructor or a department head.

That was my honest part. Now for the practical part. To be practical, my testimonial certainly got a tremendous boost in content, even to the extent of having the need to sieve out those more useless ones. Not forgetting, LEAPS points are also at stake. I don't believe in anyone who says that they don't care about this kind of stuff. Let's face it. We are all humans. In Singapore's meritocratic society, pieces of paper are all that count. No one will believe in you if show up for a interview empty-handed.

However, the same question came back again. What had I gained? Did I work through so many months just to have a good testimonial and LEAPS record? Did I suffer for so long just to get a taste of admin work? I doubt so. I think at the end of the day, it's more about the intangible stuff. It's about how you feel when you leave the Unit after so long and how the soft skills gained can help you through life.

Ok. I am like half-mugging half-blogging now. Brain's kinda not working cos physics is imba hard. Don't blame me if I am not making sense. Lol. And to the rest of my juniors, good luck people! I hope you can treasure your time in NPCC!

2008-08-21T21:51:00.004+08:00

OMG check this out!

Please click to view it in full screen. The annotations only show up in full screen. Without annotations, it is actually quite hard to understand. Oh yah, please be patient at the start and wait for the song to end. The explanation for the origins of the school song is after that. If you want better quality, you can click on the video itself and go the website and then select the view in high quality link.

tired

2008-08-18T22:00:00.001+08:00

Tired as we may, we have to endure.

Let's run this last lap together, shall we?

lalala

2008-08-17T12:12:00.002+08:00

Ok. Just randoming around here.

Michael Phelps just won his 8th Olympic Gold Medal earlier on. And just as what the TV commentary said, "he's the best swimmer the world had ever seen".

Bolt from Jamaica just smashed the world record for the 100m track event last night. Hmm. The world's two fastest men, one on land and the other in the water.

Not forgetting Team Singapore, our paddlers are battling it out for the Gold Medal tonight at 7.30pm. Do remember to catch it! Even PM Lee is anxious, as seen from him postpoing his English version of the National Day Rally to tomorrow night. Of cos, Silver is already good enough. However, winning the Gold will really be the biggest upset for this Olympic Games, since the opponents are China.

Whichever the result, it will certainly be the FIRST ever time that the Singapore flag is being raised at a medal ceremony at the Olympic Games. Tan Howe Liang might had won a Silver in weightlifting in 1960 but the Singapore Flag was only adopted in 1965. Go Go Team Singapore!

POP

2008-08-11T11:21:00.002+08:00

Ok. As of now, there's still about 15.5 days left to Passing Out Parade (POP). Hmm. That's around 2 weeks?

Just a short recap for my NPCC life...

Sec 1 --
Came in after about 2 months into school term. NCOs were Jonathan, Chan Keet, Jian Wei. Nothing much I can remember from that year, except for the Bishan Park cleaning thing where we got CIP hours for stoning around. Haha. First badge I ever got was the Total Defence (Bronze) and first promotion to LCP in Nov. 3rd class drill was also obtained in that year.

Sec 2 --
NCOs were Wilson, Ying Hao, Wei Lun and Shuo Yan. First experience with kayaking and fell in love with it right away. Hah. Obtained 1-star certificate. One of the toughest years I must say, especially the Sec 2 Training Camp where torture was the norm. Promoted twice in that year, CPL in June and SGT in October (according to CPMS). Took part in 2 parades, Police Day Parade 2006 and Singapore Youth Festival Opening Ceremony 2006. Was in the school NDP GOH and carried the super heavy Mark-4. Missed out on the Adventure Training Camp (ATC) due to Hand-foot-and-mouth Disease, which I will come to regret later.

Sec 3 --
One of the busiest years. NCOs were Chuan Khim, Jonathan, Jeremy, Jasper. Right from the start of the year, we were very much involved in ExCo Work, usually saikang (of cos). June was much worse. I can still vividly remember how many times I have to force myself to wake up to go to school for NPCC stuff. It was quite terrible and of cos, I sort of neglected my studies. Didn't do very well for the whole year and it did not help that I was in 3D.
Attended ATC that year and also obtained 2-star kayaking, much to the expense of my academics again. The green drill badge was also "upgraded" to the yellow one as I passed my 2nd class drill. Obtained SSG rank in July. Took part in 2 parades, Police Day Parade 2007 and NPCC Annual Parade 2007. Was again in the school NDP GOH and carried fake M-16. Did not take part in the real NDP cos like I said just now, my results were screwed. PIR results came out after June Holidays and I had to start planning for the then Sec 4 Squad's POP. After that things slackened off and I began to study more, improving my results by a little in the EOYs. Left for OEV Hong Kong in Nov, came back to help in SOO planning, then flew off to BSC again in Dec. One of the best years, I must say.

Sec 4 --
Obtained 1st class drill (red colour one) about a week after I came back from BSC. Nothing much happened actually. There was Sec 4 ATF, which was quite fun. Took part in Campcraft Comp and I can still remember the weekly Sat training from 9am to 4pm (did I get it wrong?). Obtained a 19th and 95th position which did not meet our expectations but nevertheless, we were glad that we did our best. ARD again, involved much planning and I missed on the main courses as I had to go out and buy more drinks. >.< June was much more okay this time round. UGBC, PIR, etc. After that nothing much until now, where the ExCo results had just been fully released. Time to dump everything onto the Sec 3s. XD

Of cos, there's still my current Sec 1 Squad, which I will always remember. =D

...

2008-08-05T20:19:00.002+08:00

Define happiness.

According to the definition I found, it says "a state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy".

To me, happiness derived from making people frustrated is an action that deserves to be despised. It's a win-lose situation, adding on unnecessary unhappiness to the party who happened to be the "victim". Imagine you in his shoes. How would you feel? Happy?

My foot.

solar eclipse

2008-08-02T12:54:00.002+08:00

For those who missed it... I missed it too, thanks to np.

another quote

2008-07-29T22:50:00.002+08:00

Another quote here:

Trust is like a vase... once it's broken, though you can fix it the vase will never be same again.

If you gave someone a job to do but yet, you don't trust the end result, I can only just say that you have absolutely no trust for the people you gave the job to. And of cos, this is makes absolutely no sense to me cos I can never trust back the person who doubted me.

Many times in life, we tend to look at things from our own viewpoints and only want the end result to be what we want. In trying to achieve this, we often try to come up with several reasons why things had not happened in our way. To me, these "reasons" are just "excuses".

There's no point in having the Cabinet if the President of Singapore can just make his own decisions. Similarly, there's no point in coming up with "possible reasons" why someone you favour failed a test even though you had entrusted the job of assessing to another group of people. Again, trust.

2008-07-28T19:53:00.002+08:00

Louis Nizer - “When a man points a finger at someone else, he should remember that four of his fingers are pointing at himself.”

Guatama Buddha - “There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant relations. It is a thorn that irritates and hurts; it is a sword that kills.”

Moral of the story: Always always double-check first before you point a finger at someone and have doubts about his capabilities.

Cellphone

2008-07-24T20:43:00.003+08:00

Ok. The same old topic again. Mobile phones = cancer risk. Take a look at this video:

http://sg.video.yahoo.com/watch/3157139/8952699

Apparently, this video was cut from some news channel on American TV not long ago.

I don't know about you guys, but for me, I don't find it much of a bother. I mean, like come on. We had been using mobile phones for so long such that it had become part of us. Everyday before we leave for work or school, the things that we will put in our pockets: wallet, keys and mobile phone. If you were to tell everyone to stop using it now because it might cause cancer, I think most people will have much difficulty adapting.

Don't believe me? Try it. Try not touching your phone at all for 1 whole week. I think most people will go crazy. So much for supposedly the most intelligient animal on this planet. Bleh.

Zimbabwe

2008-07-21T22:47:00.003+08:00

"HARARE (AFP) - Zimbabwe, grappling with a record 2.2 million percent inflation, has introduced a new 100-billion-dollar bank note in a bid to tackle rampant cash shortages, the central bank said Saturday. "

Ok. I know it's a bit random. But seriously lah, 100-BILLION-dollar notes. Who the hell will use it in their country anyway, though their currency is super low value. Just a check on the internet. As of today, the currency conversion between SGD and ZWD is 1 : 22,363. So 100-billion ZWD is approximately 4,471,672 SGD. Hmm. Imagine everyone in Singapore just forking out 1 dollar. You get what I mean.

For more info, click here.

Slide show

2008-07-20T12:44:00.002+08:00

Okay. Don't say I am so unfeeling towards NPCC. Look to your right (maybe scroll down a bit), you would see a photo montage of my life in NPCC '05-'08.

Hmm... Guess no one would be so interested to see through the whole thing anyway. Haha.

Back

2008-07-13T01:39:00.002+08:00

Hmm...

Ok so I may had updated some stuff but don't expect me to post so regularly. Acaemics are getting heavier and I don't want to screw up this year. Oh well. This term is quite screwed already. Sigh...

Anyway, there's still a list of things to be done for this blog. I am thinking of having a countdown timer sort of thing. As for countdown to what, most people should know. And nope, it's not my birthday, though the dates are quite close. =D

thanks

2008-04-05T14:09:00.003+08:00

谢谢大家的鼓励。

但是，我以死心了。

可能因该说，我以觉悟了。

原来，做多余的事是没有回报的。

做错了会被骂。做对了没人看到。但在默默地等待那个奖励的我，却被昨天所公布的给吓到了。

当然，我还会做我该做的。我不会不负责任。但是，多余的事千万别来找我。

既然没有任何奖励，还做那么多干嘛？做好自己的本分就行了。

别怪我太现实。

SPF

2008-04-04T22:57:00.003+08:00

What a liar HQ is.

It claims that the SPF-NPCC Badge is awarded to recognise the committment of cadets to NPCC.

Utter rubbish.

Do you doubt my committment then?

If that's so, forget about me giving in 100% for any HQ event anymore, be it swearing in or whatever shit.

First PIR, now this...

Don't try to come and tell me this badge not important or whatsoever. To me, it is important. Think of it this way. I had given my 3 years to NPCC and did not join council. Now you take away my only form of recognition, what else do I show people next time that I had ~~done well~~ in NPCC? Other than NPCC, I had nothing else to be proud of. Remember, I am not from council or anything.

Just because I did not go Sec 2 ATC doesn't mean anything. In that case, HQ is apparently trying to encourage people to spread disease around cos I contacted Hand-Foot-Mouth Disease during that period of time. I REALLY GOT CHOICE SIA.

Utterly disappointed.

But anyway, congrats to those who got. Rock on guys!

CC Comp

2008-03-29T22:13:00.002+08:00

Ok. It has been so long since I blogged... Anyway, Campcraft Competition results were out today.

Cheer up guys! We had certainly done our best and had given all we can!

Remember not the results but the process.

Remember not the screw ups in the process but the joy in the process.

And lastly, Remember not how we felt when we screwed up but how we felt when we produced something excellent.

After all, I am sure we had a smashing good time! =D

aphelion nite 2008

2008-03-09T10:13:00.002+08:00

Even though I am not inside, but still, go 4D'08!

>.<

2008-02-29T22:59:00.005+08:00

1 week of not doing saikang (picking up the stupid used twine) has certainly made my week better. =)

Hmm. Anyway, a picture I saw on the net.

It's like totally LOL loh. But yea, I have to agree on that actually. Everything is getting more expensive in Singapore. How I miss my 1 month programme at Beijing lah. There everything super cheap.

Sigh...

CCC

2008-02-23T23:35:00.003+08:00

Ok. My blog has been quite dead. >.< Guess that these few days I have been quite busy bah...

Campcraft comp prelims today!

Good luck both teams! =D

Meanwhile, we should all enjoy our WELL-DESERVED break.

And yes, a break without doing saikang like picking up used twine. >.<

ard

2008-02-17T01:24:00.002+08:00

ARD today! Or rather, yesterday... >.<

Anyway, just reached home. Kinda late I know. But yea, at least it's finally over.

Reached school at 11am (yesterday) and did sk all the way till dinner. After that did sk again all the way to today (12+).

I would also like to sincerely thank Mr Dennis Ong for driving us back. =D

Next up: UGBC (SK warrior again...), Unit Camp

After these 2, I don't think there will be anymore activities for us to organise already bah.

Come on!

busy

2008-02-16T00:19:00.002+08:00

Life's always not fair.

Why is it everytime we need to do sk?

Can't people for once stop treating us as sk warriors and give us proper jobs to do?

"My job sucks"

How true.

valentine

2008-02-14T20:04:00.001+08:00

Valentine's Day.

Oh well.

To me, it's just another normal day bah. >.<

And ya, I am not attached. d=

Hmm. Jiayou for those who already found a partner! =D

cny

2008-02-06T20:52:00.000+08:00

To all Chinese out there,

Happy Chinese New Year! =D

新年快乐！

***Some random stuff on the net***

How Girls Flirt

1. She calls you by your fullname and not just a nick name.
2. She hits you softly on the arm and laughs when you say something funny.
3. She flips her hair when she's talking to you.
4. She touches your arm when she talks to you.
5. She says, "No, I'm not telling you who I like!" with a big smile on her face.
6. She asks you who you like or who you would go out with seemingly interested.
7. When you go to the movies with a bunch of your friends and she is almost always next to you.
8. She criticizes you on a girl you like.
9. You catch her staring at you.
10. She plays with your hair or tries to put make up on you.
11. Her friends outside of school and in school know about you, and says she talks about you a lot.
12. She knows your phone number and address.
13. She will try and talk, and spend time with you as much as possible

How Guys Flirst

1. He stares at you alot.
2. He hits you alot. (just play hitting )
3. He uses the first thing that pops into his head to start a converstaion with you.
4. He yelled, "Hi!", to your mom that day she picked you up from school.
5. He blew off his buds to go see "Brown Sugar" with you cos you couldn't get another girl pal to go and didn't want to go alone.
6. He tries to make you laugh anyway even if he gets hurt in the process
7. His voice gets softer when ever you two talk.
8. You hung up on him. He called you back.
9. You were invited by him to a group outing.
10. He called you to talk about nothing at all.
11. He imitates your laugh. OK, you do laugh PRETTY LOUD. Which makes you laugh even harder...
12. He remembers little things you mention in casual conversation
13. He sometimes stares straight into your eyes.
14. He uses every possible way to touch you (your hair, face, thighs, KNEES, etc.)

***

Tired

2008-02-03T18:54:00.000+08:00

Tired as we may, stressed as we may...

Jiayou both campcraft comp teams! =D

p.s. Xining - next time run with your bag. d=

KP

2008-01-29T21:16:00.001+08:00

Sian... Just got kp-ed by someone on the bus today. It's like totally unlucky loh. She complained loudly that my bag keep touching her. Say what she get nervous when it happens. Say that if I want her seat, I can have it. I was like totally wtf lah. I was like just standing beside her. What's her problem lah.

If not for the fact that I am wearing my school uniform, I would had talked back to her and asked to shut the hell up. Seriously lah, I am damn pissed now. She so fat, get up I also don't mind. Let her exercise a bit. She should thank me for that.

Some people are just plain plain plain dumb and assholic.

Whatever.

Repect

2008-01-28T22:58:00.000+08:00

The rank is what you wear but respect is what you earn.

Save on your praises and you shall see how the students will dao you. But be generous with it, and students will like you more.

First time I ever got praised for doing exco work and obviously, it's not from GOD.

Earn respect from us if you want it. Otherwise, forget about us giving in 100% of our efforts.

All humans make mistakes. Who doesn't? Please don't just look at our screw ups, but rather the effort we put in. If you are unsure of the situation, please do not anyhow flame people.

Thank you.

Sick

2008-01-27T21:25:00.000+08:00

Have been sick these few days. *Sniff* Stupid cold. Never had cold during the one month in China. >.<

And worse still, I sprained my arm during training last friday lah. I can't do any upper body training now and yea, I am gonna die for my NAPFA. I can't even peg the stupid peg in during campcraft competition training yesterday...

And yea, writing an essay hurts a little, even till now.

T.T

lol

2008-01-24T22:44:00.000+08:00

Ok. Apparently some teacher flared up at our class today. Won't say the name here bah. Hint: Hello Kitty. People from Aphelion should know, I think.

Anyway, we were like making damn lot of noise and of cos, the stupid, idiotic screeching noise. She became pissed off and scolded us. But that's not all. She made us all write an essay titled "How can I re-integrate into the human world?" >.< It's like chao lame can? I just crapped out 1 and a half pages of crap... It's totally no link lah and a bloody waste of time. She might as well leave the class and give us a free period loh. And anyway, I didn't contribute to all those screeching.

Oh well... 3D'07 and 4D'08 shall always be like that. At least it shows our class spirit bah. In a certain way, I guess. Go go 4D! =D

lalalalala

2008-01-21T22:31:00.000+08:00

Ok. Another week of school has just started. I suddenly feel like damn sian loh. Before I went Beijing, it was still school holidays. But when I came back, it is like 2 and a half weeks into the academic year. Don't know if you guys can understand, but it's a super sian feeling loh.

Anyway, catching up with school work has never been harder. For Biology, they finished respiration and for Chemistry, they are done with redox reductions. AND, we are expected to make use of the stupid online resources to study these topics. I can tell you one thing for certain. There's a reason why I call these resources stupid. We can't learn anything from them de loh. Guess I just have to mug a bit more. I will TRY. Don't say I am not making any effort hor.

SG!

2008-01-16T22:42:00.000+08:00

2nd day back in Singapore and I am still perfectly ok. Heh.

Erm. Maybe not exactly ok bah cos I still have a lot to catch up for schoolwork. Also, campcraft comp training today was quite sian for me cos I also have a lot to catch up on. That's the result of slacking in BSC. >.<

But nevertheless, I shall try my best. I am determined to get below 1.5 this year and I shall get it cos there ain't gonna be any HRP to screw my grades up. =D

Feeling quite tired now but I can't sleep cos there's still school work to do. Seriously lah, I don't even understand why they put me and melvin into campcraft team in the first place. We can't do much loh cos they already trained a lot on their teamwork, which I can see from today. Oh well. Shall endure for the sake of all my friends inside the teams as well. Jiayou guys! It will soon be over! XD

Ok. Time to get back to work. See ya!

BACK

2008-01-15T15:15:00.000+08:00

To those who missed me, I AM BACK! =D

lalalalalalala...

Feels so good to be back. But at the same time, feel quite sad that BSC has ended.

Ok. Pictures next time.

=)

BSC

2007-12-20T08:04:00.000+08:00

Ok. Apparently, they block blogspot. That's why I can't access my blog now. Hah. Ok. I don't even know whether this post will come out or not... >.<

Anyway, it's hard to log in to Blogger too. So, yea... See ya guys on 15 Jan then!

BSC!

2007-12-15T11:20:00.000+08:00

Flying off to Beijing for a month tomorrow! Oh my. I can't believe it lah. Time passes so fast when one is in holiday. Heh.

Anyway, some flight details.

Departure (SIN to BEI): 16 Dec 07, 0845 hrs, SQ802
Arrival (BEI to SIN): 15 Jan 08, 0630 hrs, SQ821

So, yea... Hah.

Beijing!

2007-12-10T22:08:00.000+08:00

Flying off to Beijing in like 6 days. Heh. Oh my... I think I am gonna miss Singapore when I reach there. 1 month leh. And yea, I am gonna miss the Star Awards. =( Never mind. Shall check the website or something for the results.

Miss me people! XD No lah. Just kidding...

Maybe I will blog from there bah. After all, I am bringing my laptop there, partly to do work and partly to let me stay in touch with Singapore!

Ok. Shall post again the day before I fly off. =)

Wo Bu Pei

2007-12-05T10:37:00.000+08:00

Jay Chou's Wo Bu Pei MV is so nice lah! But, it's quite sad also. Makes me wonder whether his real life is like that or not...

And yea, please don't be so dumb as to squint at this small little video here. Click on the video itself to go to the Youtube page. =D

New skin

2007-12-02T21:00:00.000+08:00

New skin... Heh.

And yep, I am very proud to say that this whole skin is created all by myself! XD

I only kop-ed the quote from the net. The rest, including the border line and all those are drawn by myself de. So, yea... Goes to show how bored I really am these few days. Hah.

=D

Outing

2007-11-29T23:54:00.000+08:00

Campcraft comp training today wasn't very good after all. >.< Zham-ed my own finger with the first hit. This is what I call unlucky. Pure unlucky. Oh well. At least the outing was great.

Met up at City Hall at about 1pm. Of cos, I was late cos I was having training beforehand what. Anyway, we joked, laughed and crapped our way to Marina Square and then back to Suntec after buying the tickets. Played arcade a while to find that my shooting had improved but my basketball had de-proved. You know, the hoop thingy which a lot of arcade have.

Enchanted was great. Apart from the far-too-many singing, the plot is quite niec actually. =D Will recommended you all to watch if you all want. Hah. After which, more people came and we went to Marina Bay for dinner. Steamboat. First time I see people eat so much at steamboat lah. They are like, cannot be described. Even Chin Chuan was full just when they are not even halfway through. Hmm... Big appetite? Guess so bah. XD

Oh yah. For those who don't know, the outing as mentioned above is just some gathering for the people who went for the Hong Kong trip. I know it's kinda fast to have a gathering now. But well... They happy and I also happy what. d=

Back from HK

2007-11-28T11:00:00.000+08:00

HEY PEOPLE! I AM BACK! =D

Hong Kong was quite fun after all. Made some new friends and yep, enjoyed myself for most of the trip.

Photos next time bah. Too lazy to transfer them to my computer now. Hah.

Ok. I am available to go out now, at least till 16 dec. XD

You know what to do, people!

Hong Kong

2007-11-18T14:23:00.000+08:00

Just to clear up some doubts.

NPCC HONG KONG TRIP - 21 Nov 07 to 27 Nov 07.

BEIJING SATELLITE CAMPUS - 16 Dec 07 to 15 Jan 08.

Flying to Hong Kong quite soon, as you probably can see from above.

Departure flight: 21 Nov 07, 1125 hours, CX714
Arrival flight: 27 Nov 07, 1820 hours, CX 735

Most likely I would cab back bah when I arrive back in Singapore. Or maybe my dad will fetch me. But then again, there may be delays and stuff. Heh. And yea, I don't think anybody would be crazy enough to surprise me or something when I come back. d=

Don't worry. Will sure miss you all. =D

HK trip meeting

2007-11-17T17:15:00.000+08:00

Today wasn't that bad after all. The meeting for the Hong Kong trip went quite well. Well, at least better than I expected. Hah. Didn't just stoned there... =)

But lunch was bad. I ate at about 3.30pm. And yea, all thanks to the meeting place being at Temasek Poly, which is all the way at Tampines. By the time I got back to Bukit Panjang to eat lunch, I was already feeling hungry, tired and giddy. And yea, I ate alone. All the people that I know had already had their lunch, which is pretty obvious to me at the start anyway.

Sorry hor, guys. Didn't have the mood to go join you all. And yea, I am not very interested in badminton. Hah. >.<

Bball

2007-11-16T19:16:00.000+08:00

Basketball today was fun! XD

Played non-stop for about 2 hours? Hah. Nearly broke my record. Hmm. Initially, it was just me and Xining playing. Then Sheng Jie came, followed by Kevin Toh. Then, Kian Fong and Ming Ze got scammed by me to come too. More people more fun mah. Hah. And obviously, Jun Rong was the last to arrive.

Went to eat lunch at Mac at BPP, then took bus back to the CC cos their walking speed is seriously very very slow... >.< And yea, chionged 2 hours before stopping.

Sorry hor, Xining. Didn't let you into my house. =(

=(((

2007-11-15T15:37:00.000+08:00

I had just realised how poor I really am. There is only like 26 bucks in my wallet now and $23 of it is for the log fund. That leaves me with around $3 to spend? Sigh...

Saw Jay Chou's new album going at 10 bucks just now at CD-Rama. It probably looks damn cheap to most of you all out there. And yes, it really is! BUT, after looking through my wallet, I decided that the disc was never meant for me. =(

Another example. That day I was in school and since I was there already, I thought I might as well go buy my books. And guess what? I nearly ran out of money! I didn't know that freaking physics book cost $13. And yea, even after eating into the log fund, I am left with less than $2 in my wallet. Although I claimed back the $13 from my mom, it was still an embarrassing incident as I emptied my wallet right in front of everyone.

Sigh. No more buying drinks when playing basketball le. Cos usually I pay for the drinks myself and I didn't claim from my parents.

OBS

2007-11-14T19:15:00.000+08:00

Received a letter this evening. It turned out to be from OBS, which contained a letter I wrote to myself during the last day of the camp. Ok. Those who went for OBS should know what I mean... Heh.

Anyway, as I read through the "letter", my mind began to wander back to the camp and the promises I made to myself. Firstly, I promised myself that I will curb my temper better, which I think I have been doing quite well bah. Correct me if I am wrong. Hah.

Nope, I didn't flare up when that guy screwed me outside down at the terraces.

Nope, I didn't flare up when they teased me like siao.

Nope, I didn't flare up when my dad scolded me the other time.

And yea, I think I have been more patient than before. =)

Quiz

2007-11-11T23:26:00.000+08:00

1. Do the following WITHOUT complains
2. Choose 5 people to do this after you completed yours
3. Leave a tag on the person’s tagboard to say he/she has been tagged

Favourites

Colour:
Red and White ( And they have aboslutely nothing to do with the national flag)

Food:
Anything!

Song:
Chinese Pop

Movie:
The Incredibles (it's nice ok!), POTC

Sport:
Basketball loh

Day of The Week:
Weekends :)

Season:
Hmm... Singapore is all-year round summer de. So I guess I don't have much of a choice. Heh.

Ice-cream: Chocolate chips!

Currents

Mood:
Bored

Taste:
Bland. My mouth's empty.

Clothes:
Shirt and shorts

Desktop:
2 windows open. 1 blogger and 1 MSN convo.

Toenail:
eh, short?

Time:
2337 hours

Surroundings:
Table with my handphone, speakers, printer etc etc.

Annoyances:
My sis who wants to use the computer.

Thoughts:
SLEEP

First

Best Friends:
Not that I can remember...

Crush:
lalalalala...

Movie:
Think is Chicken Run

Music:
Alphabet song

Last

Cigarette:
Smoking sucks big time man!

Drink(Alcohol):
Ok. Can't remember.

Car Ride:
My dad's car, when he drove me to school in the morning today.

Movie:
The Seeker

Phone Call:
Mom

Have you ever

Dated Your Best Friend:
Not that I know of...

Broken The Law:
Hmm. Does littering counts?

Been Arrested:
Nah.

Skinny-Dipped:
Nope and most probably never will

Been On TV:
Sadly no. :(

Kissed Someone You Don’t Know:
Nope again.

5 things you are wearing:
Specs, shirt, shorts, undies?

4 things you’ve done today:
Let's see. Stoning at Kranji War Memorial, more stoning at Kranji Beach, going Jun Rong house for a while, playing basketball

3 things you can hear right now:
Jay Chou's Wo Bu Pei from my comp, the alert sound from my MSN convo and the sound as I am typing on this keyboard.

1 thing you do when you are bored:
Sleep

5 friends gotta do this
Anyone. XD

Remembrance Day 2007

2007-11-11T21:46:00.000+08:00

Ok. So today was the annual Remembrance Day. And yes, thanks to Jun Rong (sarcarsm NOT intended), 8 of us Sec 3s went down to Kranji today to attend ceremonies to pay respect to soldiers who fought in the war. I won't say it's boring. But it's like, on a early Sunday morning?!?! And to think I have to wake up at 5.30am on a SUNDAY morning. YES, SUNDAY. Argh! I need my sleep! T.T

But anyway, although it is a bit not interesting, it is really an eye opener for me cos I had never been to this annual event before. And yea, they kept singing christian songs which I obviously do not know any. And that's one of the reasons why I chose HCI among schools like ACS or St Joseph.

Hmm. Nothing much else to talk about actually. Yawn... Probably should go get back my lost sleep now. =D

Laptop

2007-11-09T20:04:00.000+08:00

I've got a new laptop! =D

It's like totally cool lah! Even though the specifications may not be as nice as my computer, what I like is the widescreen thingy. It totally rocks! XD

Sorry. No pictures here. Cos I find it a hassle to upload the pictures from my phone or camera. Heh.

That point aside, Xining is really cute. I took a candid picture of him today. Those who want to see ask me. Hah.

Anyway, back to what I really want to blog about in this post. Actually it's nothing much. Just a joke I spotted somewhere on the net.

---
Before the marriage:
He: Yes. At last. It was so hard to wait.
She: Do you want me to leave?
He: NO! Don’t even think about it.
She: Do you love me?
He: Of course!
She: Have you ever cheated on me?
He: NO! Why you even asking?
She: Will you kiss me?
He: Yes!
She: Will you hit me?
He: No way! I’m not such kind of person!
She: Can I trust you?

So what is it after marriage? Try reading it from the bottom =D
----

Ok. That's all. And yea, keep asking me out people. I will be bored to death soon if I keep staying at home. =/

XD

2007-11-08T10:36:00.000+08:00

有人说，如果分手后还能做好朋友，只能代表两种情况。一，你根本没爱过对方。二，你还在默默地为对方付出。但我不认为，因为做好朋友与做男女朋友根本是两件不同的事。

Ok. I got the first 3 lines from somewhere else. I only added the last one, which is what I feel. Heh.

Anyway, Jay Chou's new album is quite nice. =D If I am not wrong, it is his 8th album so far, released on 2 Nov. Of cos, I downloaded it. Didn't have that much money to spare to buy it. Hmm. Those who want the link just pm me or something. XD

And yea, I am starting to feel bored again. Hah. =)

Unit Chalet

2007-11-06T21:59:00.000+08:00

Just got back from unit chalet. Ok. To admit, this year's was much much more fun than last year's. Instead of just randoming around and playing cards, we did other stuff which were of course, much more interesting. Heh.

To prevent boring you all to death, I shall not go into the exact details of what we did and such. Basically, the main highlights were probably watching The Seeker and Kbox-ing at Marina Square. And yea, walking around Tampines aimlessly, all thanks to our great leader! XD And he is none other than Xi Ning. d=

Kbox is simply fun, fun, fun! Although it may be a bit ex for me, it doesn't hurt to go once in a while right?

And yeah, if Xi Ning happens to be reading this blog now, I shall say it again.

You are cute! =D

Ok. Don't get me wrong. I am not gay. But he is really cute. Heh.

HK

2007-11-02T19:22:00.000+08:00

Just came back from a briefing on the NPCC Hong Kong trip. It's like, there's nobody I know there! Worse still, some of them know each other already through other events such as NDP. And that means, I am very left out.

Haix. Hope that I can get used to it and make new friends soon. It's 7 days and I don't want to die of loneliness.

And yea, got 2 new NPCC shirts which is to be used during the trip. XD It's not that I want to sound like a miser, but NPCC shirts are really hard to come by... The same thing goes for the NPCC blazers. Even though they are loaned to us, but hey, at least I get the cahnce to wear them.

Unit chalet on Monday. Hope that it will not be like last year, which was a total failure.

Game

2007-10-31T20:06:00.000+08:00

Ok. So I have been slacking these few days. But who cares? XD After all, we guys from HCINPCC had suffered enough during the june holidays. Now's the time to slack for a while before the exco work kicks in real hard again.

And yea, I changed my specs! It's now white in colour. =D Most of you probably haven't seen it bah. Heh.

To those still having lessons, good luck and jiayou! They will soon be over! For now, I am hooked on 2 games.

First up is of cos Lunia. Quite addictive after you played for a while.

And next, is a game called Darkness and Light. It's basically a copycat of dota but just that it is free. And since I played dota before, it wasn't too hard for me to master the controls. The only complain I have is the game is not very smooth. The gameplay is too slow for me. Hah.

Results

2007-10-26T23:46:00.000+08:00

Got back result slip today. I got 2.44 as MSG.

Better than I expected. But yet, still quite lousy as compared to my previous years.

And so what if I am ranked 30th in my class? It just goes to show that my class is too zai for me.

After all, if I were in 3B or 3C, I would be somewhere near the average line. But now, since I am in 3D, I just have to accept the fact that I am quite weak as compared to my other classmates.

And yeah, I am still regretting having chosen HRP. After all, I heard the SS and History papers weren't too hard.

Whatever bah. Time waits for no one. It's too late to sulk over it now. And so, let's all look forward to Sec 4! =)

ice skate

2007-10-25T20:04:00.000+08:00

Ok. So now I know how fun ice skating can be. The feeling of satisfaction when you got the hang of it, the speed at which you travel at, the wind flying against your face and the coolness of the whole thing... All these certainly made it a nice recreational activity.

But on another note, I suffered several abrasions at my ankle and this is not good news cos I've got training tomorrow. Boots and abrasion simply doesn't go together. It will make it much worse. Trust me. I tried before. Without much luck, of cos.

Oh well...

Bored

2007-10-23T22:10:00.000+08:00

Lunia server just got shut down suddenly. Totally random. I was battling the boss halfway when suddenly I was disconnected from the server and when I tried re-logging in, it didn't work.

Haix. So unlucky. Whatever lah. Hah.

And yea. Festival of sports is totally B-O-R-I-N-G! I spent three days stoning around, playing bball and chapteh. It's like totally no life lah. I would rather go play bball with my friends at BP CC. Although we lose to other people most of the time, at least we still have fun together. =D

And that's something I always believe in always. It's the process that matters, not the results.

Although the results or outcomes may be important to you, nothing will beat the satisfaction of working as a team.

Ok. So I may not be from a sports CCA and therefore, have no right to say this type of stuff. But trust me. NPCC is not much better. The exco is just..., too political.

Never mind if you don't understand. Those from HCI NPCC should know bah.

OEV HK

2007-10-21T09:45:00.000+08:00

Ok. So it's more or less confirmed that I will going for the NPCC Hong Kong trip.

Oh yah. Forgot to tell you guys. This trip is organised by NPCC HQ and about 1 cadet is chosen from each area to go for it. I was lucky to be chosen to represent Area 15. Heh. The trip is going to be from 21 Nov to 27 Nov. And guess what? I only need to pay $150 for the whole trip!

And that is like super cheap, considering that we will be taking SIA. But of cos, I am not excited just cos it is cheap. It's more of making new friends bah. And Jiahan, who went for it last year, said it was quite fun too.

So, yea... Shall look forward to it. =)

lalalala

2007-10-18T21:48:00.000+08:00

Ok. So my MSG will be somewhere around 2.9.

Whatever bah.

All cos of the stupid double academic units system. Haix. Shall look forward to next year instead of brooding over this year's results. Heh.

Training resumes tomorrow and it's gonna be quite sian cos I don't have a squad yet. In case you haven't know, I will be NCO (Non-commissioned Officer) for next year's sec one squad. And so, I have nothing to do for the rest of the trainings this year. Heh.

Maybe we will discuss about the CCA display for sec one orientation bah. That's cos since Melvin and I are gonna be in Beijing during the sec one orientation, we need to do all the planning asap.

And I can't afford to offend somewhere out there anymore. =(