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2009-11-06T19:15:00.000+08:00

I've moved!

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cya there!

2009-10-29T23:39:00.002+08:00

Happy Birthday Woonie!!!!

yup, it's woon chuan's birthday today! XDD dunno why i get so much kick calling him that. anw, we went to new york new york to eat just now, and it was quite nice! =)

the seafood platter came in a humongous plate, but then the stuff on it werent really alot. the crab was positively tiny, and i had so much difficulty trying to pry its legs open to eat its flesh ><>turgid for some weird reason. i prefer chilli crab any day man.

today was an.. ahem, uneventful day due to several reasons. there was PE and then econs lecture. apparently the econs lecturer screamed the lt down cos only 3 ppl frm my class were there. =( how unfortunate. ..

been feeling super tired these days, and i dont even know why. hope there isnt prac on sat/ its in the afternoon cos i really really need to sleep. JC law programme's probably gonna clash with some pracs right before the concert (its 28th, dammit) so hopefully tianhui can schedule them at night so i can actually make it for some pracs!

2009-10-27T22:42:00.003+08:00

hello everyone, i've decided to blog again!

promos results are out, and they're kinda depressing, considering how much i think i mugged ><

BCCCD. technically i cant even take H3 cos my msg is too high. gonna appeal and hope for the best :x

on the upside, i got selected for the JC law programme!!! =DD yayy!! i just found out an hour ago, and its definitely a pleasant surprise! the results were supposed to come out before 10th nov, so its abit sooner than expected. kinda makes up for not being able to get into TAG.

past few days qualify as some of the worse days of my life. food and sleep deprivation. ><>

not going to rant on and on abt the wr, since we're (FINALLY!) done with it. school life seems very eventful all of a sudden. promos, wr, op. then strings and band concert. which reminds me, the jc law programme will prolly clash with some of the pracs which means i'll get even lesser time to prac. and suck worse.

life's like that.

2009-10-05T21:21:00.002+08:00

Promos are in town!!

Okay, so first day of promos was today! =) what a joyous occasion! effectively 4 days left to freedom! Counting down to the last day is basically what keeps me going. I try not to think about the PW OP and whatever shit that comes after Promos though >< the school is trying to kill us, I swear. But enough about that.

As I was saying, today was the first day of promos. GP paper 1 was.. okay i guess. Wrote on evolution (again) but i could have written out of point. I always get this feeling that everything i write is out of point, but then again, it wont be my first time. Pretty much wrote every single essay out of point this year, except the first practice essay and one other time :( I'm surprised im not like last in cohort for GP or smt. Paper 2 was a disaster. I swear its because those HP kids are too smart so the GP department decided to kill us once and for all to show us who's boss. Great job boss.

Lit was... ARGHHHH!!!!! page 34 never come out!!! pretty much the whole of my class tio stun when we saw the extract. it was like page 31-32, about the stupid dumb moronic convent! well, i guess everyone knows the result of spotting, or rather, spotting wrongly. "Good luck, Jason" I see what he meant. "Thank you, Mr Wong"

Ms Kumar was sick today. Guess I'll never see my hist papers again. Byebye history test. :(
when i dont wanna see them, tchrs insist on giving them back. Now that I really DO wanna see them, guess what happens?

Econs tml. Jiayou!!!!!!!!!!
gotta go read all the model essays our dear mrs lim put on smb! :)

2009-08-23T21:54:00.000+08:00

ok, its about 10 pm now, and i have three tests this week, starting tomorrow.
guess i should start panicking just about right now.
Econs Math and History
in order of tests.
studies suck. feel like choosing the simplest way out and just pon sch, dun do tests.
teachers wont say a thing, considering i've been a good boy this year.
but then again, i shouldnt start being a loser now. not after a whole 8 months of non-escapism.

school hasnt been as fun as i think it could have been.
i sense factionalism in the air.
issue after issue, they just keep coming.
how am i supposed to pretend i dont know?
the least i expected you to do was to actually DO SOMETHING abt it.
what have you done?

and im irritated with someone!
what on earth is wrong with you!!!
arghhh!!!
stupid slacker
tell you something from the start of the year until now
cant even get smt so simple done
admin stuff only leh, oso cannot do
then come and waste people's money by being dumb
seriously...

=)i feel like a bitch. but at least i've gotten it off my chest, and nobody knows who im talking abt. so its win-win-win !

time for econs!

2009-08-10T21:12:00.000+08:00

went swimming this morning! =) so healthy rite ^^

after that i rushed home, had lunch and went out again.
GI Joe at west mall. Think the show was quite cool leh, a pity the girls didnt really appreciate it...
The ending was an obvious lead-up to the sequel, and i didnt really like that. Apart from that, i guess the movie was acceptable (but definitely not woth that 9.50 i paid!!!)
Bused down to beauty world to play pool. shant say more, but the presence (read: existence)of certain people really ruined the mood. Ah well...

farewell + NDP

2009-08-10T00:45:00.002+08:00

farewell was great! :)
havent seen the seniors in a really long time, and its like our really really last time together as a band. after this, its byebye. everyone's going off to do smt that no one else is doing. =(
but its ok! im sure we'll be able to meet up again soon. (especially since we havent had our jts =P)

i really like the water bottle the seniors made for each of us! thank you very much! :) Mine is blue and the nicest cos they made it twice. and since they did it on the flipside, mine is double sided too! yayayy!!! =DD Inside got alot of letter and stuff, but im not going to read them anytime soon. Maybe one day i'll be feeling emo and sad then i can take out to read!

the handphone straps are super cool too! even they cost a bomb >< ah well, i think its quite worth it. now we're a real section, cos theres smt everyone has. many thanks to irene for poking the string into my phone for me! :) super diff to poke it through lah, and i still have no idea how she did it for 3 phones. but then again, its prolly her greatest achievement ever, so dont have to over-react. =p

bought my new shoes after farewell, and its the brown converse one made of cloth! like woolly cloth. so if it gets wet im pretty much screwed. anw, it cost me 70 bucks and i like it alot. so if you have smt not nice to say abt it, save it.

NDP today was wooooaaaahh!! the process of getting into the seating area is long and complicated, so lets not go into the details. the display and everything was super cool! really different seeing it live. They've improved alotalot since i last saw it in p5 (sorry lah, ppl very sad life de). and the goodie bag was totally packed with nice stuff like... the singapore flag! And alot of food =D
The firework display was the best lah, ok, i think the military display oso not bad. Its a close fight lah, cos this year the entire concept is brilliant. So it depends on whether you value creativity more than beauty.

Ok, tml got class gems. gonna watch UP and then play pool followed by dinner! Going swimming in the morning, so need to sleep early.
ps: addicted to facebook poker now. (of all the things..)

2009-08-06T23:06:00.000+08:00

School life is dragging on as usual. I have no idea how many weeks it is to promos, but I suppose I should start mugging now. a CCDEE is definitely not going to get me the two H3s.

Actually I feel very scared and jittery just typing out what I hope to achieve this year. Its like -- if I dun get a single H3, then its doubly depressing cos I blogged abt it.

Lots of work to do, no time to do it. Tomorrow's NDP celebration. Hope after that I can get things done! =)To inspire myself, I am going to put a list of things I should do tomorrow

In no order of importance:
1) Math tutorials (test on tuesday)
2) History Cold War and Jap occupation notes (super lot, gonna dieee)
3) Econs National Income Determination

ok, just three things. I'll be VERY proud of myself if I get them done. Jiayou Jason!!!

On a separate note, I miss band. Like band band. Not band. Band.

2009-07-27T19:56:00.001+08:00

Whenever i go into reclusive periods of not blogging, interesting things always start happening. Its been some time since I last blogged, and the blogger font seems to have changed on its own! o.o

Anyway, i want to blog about saturday a.k.a. the Public Speaking Day! I reallyreallyreallyREALLY didnt wanna go for this workshop. Like seriously. Its not a 'i -wanna-pon-because-it-sounds-boring' thing. Its just that i was feeling a very rare mugger wave sweeping through me and planned my entire day's mugging schedule, only to have it disrupted by this workshop. After much cursing and swearing and debating with myself, i finally decided to give it a chance and see what these trainers did for a living.

I was pleasantly surprised to find three young and quite cool people teaching us how to speak in public. Expected a bunch of old people (ok, not old, maybe 30++ ?) forcing us to present, anticipated awkward moments where you have nth to say when presenting, all of this compounded by the fact that my group prepared next to NOTHING for this workshop (maybe thats why i didnt wanna go in the first place)! The workshop was interesting, and definitely much more than I'd hoped for. We learnt about useful things to look out for, such as pause fillers, footing, body language, hand position etc and i'm sure they'll be useful in the future. We presented after 5 mins of preparation, and to my dismay it turned out quite terribly. I distinctly remember screwing up twice, once when I was trying to throw an 'act-pro' rhetorical question to the audience, and once when i was trying to describe the retarded tiger head on the Tiger Balm van. I have no idea why the trainer would describe me as "confident" when i could totally feel myself trembling. (hmm.. it could be just my soul trembling within my body, and that would mean my facade is totally at its imba stage)

The lunch/break food was good, possibly because I was so hungry, and so I was in a very good mood when I went back after break. While I was relaxing at the back of the room, someone (and i know who you are!) cruelly sabotaged me to go for the "speak like a pro" thingy. You basically have to pretend to be someone who is very well versed and familiar in a random topic which will be given, and then answer the questions which the floor will throw at you. Their objective will be to undermine your authority, while yours would be to project a confident image. I dont know about you, but this sounds extremely daunting to me, even now. The topic I was given was totally retarded: I was to be a coffin expert. How much lamer can any topic get, seriously. Of all the things in the world?!

I was asked a series of very dumb questions like "why does a coffin need to be comfortable" " Now that people prefer cremating bodies instead of burying them, how has it affected your business" and something about Michael Jackson's coffin. It was quite fun, taking on the role of another, and I was quite surprised to note that I was more relaxed while pretending to be someone else. (Does this say something about living a false life?)

All in all, interesting workshop. Give it a chance.

2009-07-23T00:05:00.000+08:00

testing testing. there appears to be smt wrong with blogger.

2009-07-02T23:24:00.004+08:00

Finally done with this accursed block tests!!!
I suppose it went much better than expected, especially for history.
they have GOT to start teaching us properly man...

Now i can get back to enjoying my holidays, which are proving once again to be short lived, due to the online whatever crap that they're putting up all over the place.

thanks so much hwachong. totally welfare lah. no sabbaticals but got online work. see if i bother doing

2009-06-29T22:23:00.001+08:00

GP's down. lit and econs tml.

GP was not as good as i'd thought it might. think i might just have wrote out of point for the essay again >< got this phobia of doing that now. AQ - didnt see the second question. Hope i dont fail man.. And they have GOT to start giving more paper for the aq. I dont want to be limited in my expression by the one page and a half of paper that they supplied.

big day tml. I predict screwups.

2009-06-26T00:11:00.003+08:00

when they said gambling kills, they really meant it.
been watching High Stakes Poker on youtube recently.
its super cool, seeing people blow their money away, cos its not YOUR money they're using.
BUT the opportunity cost for this satisfaction/perversion is that you lose all the time you have for studying!
Blocks are right around the corner.
And I hope i can live to see the next corner

2009-06-22T18:58:00.003+08:00

Oh my god!!!!!!
The econs paper was so hard!
Dammitttt!!!!

The first paper was okay, and if they actually wrote the questions in proper english i would've managed to get an A.

"what are the effects behind this blahblah policy?"
thats roughly what the question was like.
didnt really get what it wanted me to do.
Was it supposed to be "reasons behind" or "effects of"?
so i just daoed the question.
turned out you're supposed to write BOTH the reasons behind and the effects of the policy. Great.
reasons behind + effects of = effects behind
convenient.
genius.

2009-06-21T22:31:00.001+08:00

one more week has passed, and thankfully i've managed to study abit more. I hope we're getting that 1 week extension so I can really get into the mugging mood.

watched "drag me to hell" with peirong, lz and vera i-dont-let-you-breathe shaw sometime during the week. Quite an okay movie, but its getting a little boring watching ugly old women scare you through a screen. I hope they can start getting more innovative and come up with better plots. Oh, and i think i got a little drunk that day! Really peculiar feeling, its like your brains are floating in yr head, trying to fly away, but held back by your skull. Feels weird, but its not unpleasant.

finished two seasons of prison break during this hols. Kinda regret wasting so much time. But if i werent watching it, would I have been studying anyway? I doubt it, so im just going to forget about it.

Econs mock test tml! Im hoping she tests market failure, since i studied that today. But then again, if she tests smt else and we go through it in class, then i wont need to study it again! I guess she can test anything, its going to be beneficial to me.

History's still a big headache. I think the best method for me now would be to memorise as much as possible, since the teachers are not telling us how to study for it. Ah well, its all about the topic sentences!

gonna slack around now and reward myself for meeting my study quota for the day =DD

2009-06-14T17:44:00.002+08:00

Great, now the second week's gone too. I've tried to study for history but its taking up so much time. I dont understand why the teachers have to give us "model essays" that are graded 15/25 I mean, isnt that like a B? How do they expect us to do well when the best that they give us for referencing is only a B? Ridiculous. No to mention that some of the answer keys dont make sense.

heck. Im going to start on econs sometime next week. Probably wednesday. Econs mock test on friday. jiayou!!
Lecture quiz 1: C
Lecture quiz 2: B
Block tests: ??

let's go!

2009-06-08T22:54:00.002+08:00

8/6/09

The first week of the holidays just disappeared.
I need to start studying!!!!
in denial about the incredible amt of stuff that needs to be done...

PW:
EoM + concrete stuff we are going to include in the wr

GP:
The thick booklet of stuff that's super time consuming

Hist and Lit:
NO idea how to study for blocks!!!!

Conclusion: I need help

2009-05-26T23:15:00.002+08:00

bleh... screwing up my tests quite badly. just how badly im not going to mention, but this June holidays im definitely going to start working much harder. Hopefully I'll be able to keep to the timetable which I hope i will be able to come up with. EOM for pw due this friday. Damn.

2009-05-25T13:31:00.003+08:00

2009-05-24T12:50:00.003+08:00

Mad Day

Friday was such a crazy day. I reached school quite early, and was intending to take my horn to prac awhile. But the moment i bent down to take my horn out, and guess what I saw? Hundreds of white crawly things were all over my case! I was like totally " oh mygod, what the hell?!" Freaking termite/ant/whatever-it-is infestation!!! On my case! In my case! All over my case!!!! Quarantined my horn on the fish tank bench, then started salvaging the case in the toilet. Pretty much freaked out alot of people who were there, but who cares? I was the one who had to scrub out all the little nests inside the case. Went back to the band room and discovered the origins of the infestation. It was this unbrella left on the shelf, and i have no idea how it attracted all these insects. I presume the termites dropped down the shelf and landed on my case, then one adventurous termite dug its way down into the case and discovered the treasure trove of rotten wood within. Brought half his family over and TADAA!! one entire day of trouble and bad mood for me!

MAD Nite

The performance was good, though i didnt really get the storyline. Ah well, i guess its worth the 6 bucks! Baby looked soo cute on stage! <33

Saturday

Stayed at home the entire day, being a lazy worm. Reading "Wizard's First Rule". Some quite interesting stuff in the book, but the explicit torture stuff freaked me out abit. slept at... i think it was about 4. Didnt manage to go out and jog like i promised i would. ok, im going to do my gpp before sunday slips away too.

2009-05-22T00:01:00.001+08:00

A memorable day.

Back!

2009-05-21T23:32:00.002+08:00

After close to 3 months of hiatus and many half-hearted attempts to restart this blog, I'm finally back! Complete with a new blogskin featuring the all-time favourite mickeymouse!! =)

Actually i really wonder why i stopped blogging for so long. these past months have really been the most important and memorable part of my life. It's a pity i didnt manage to document them down, but then again, i suppose the best memories are those kept within you.

SYF 09 was definitely one of the most important experiences I'd gone through. It was the first time i was able to really enjoy myself on stage, playing with my mind not on the notes, but taking in ambience, and feeling really really happy being able to play with everyone on stage. every concert they'd tell us to enjoy the music, but every time i would be too preoccupied with the pieces to really enjoy it. If felt good, and very relaxing in that atmosphere. The scene before we entered the tuning room was definitely one of a band past caring about the competitive nature of SYF. I think we did well, but the result didnt really matter, even if we'd gotten a COP im sure everyone would have be contented. In the end, honours, gold, or silver didn matter anymore. We didnt need them to judge us. We'd already proved ourselves. I love hcband <333

School, on the other hand, hasnt been particularly enjoyable. I'm quite sick of all the endless lectures, tutorials, none of which my class treated seriously. Guess my class is just screwed up. It shouldnt matter, but I'm getting influenced by this negative atmosphere. If i dont manage to get the results I want at the end of this year, im blaming it on them.

And Kris just won American Idol!!! Oh man, I was totally rooting for him! =D Love his voice! though Adam's voice's really nice and soothing as well, I didnt like his genre and it got abit creepy when they got that rock band to perform. Abit like detroit metal city i think. Omg, its so touching seeing him sing as the champion! I really like the show =) They really gave me a night full of good music (with the exception of that scary rock band), and got me into a better mood for school tomorrow. Music, indeed, transcends all boundaries.

2009-03-18T11:36:00.002+08:00

All Set

Its 11.30am and im sitting in front of my table, all set to begin chionging my holiday homework. Just waiting for the right amounts of inspiration and motivation to strike. In the right direction.

Have I mentioned how annoying all the teachers are? They can let you happily slack through the entire semester, but the minute the holidays start, WHAM! all the homework starts coming in. Its not an exaggeration, take history for example. For the entire term i was under the impression that we were going to survive history with just the skimpy powerpoint handouts given to us. then one day before the holidays start, thick slabs of reading came in, complete with 3 essays which we were supposed to complete over the holidays -.- talk about evil.

Mugging session with pris yesterday was kinda productive i guess? managed to finish my very daunting literature tutorial which I had no idea how to begin. could be because i missed the tutorial, or maybe its a sign telling me that my lit just sucks, because i took an amazing 5 hours to finish the three part tutorial! Very slow, even by my standards. Ah well, at least i managed to get it done, alongside lots of gossip.

Managed to find my way down to cine (with some help) and watched the very creepy movie! I think its called "coming soon" but the entire movie was in thai, so i really couldnt tell. Still, its by far the nicest horror movie i've watched in a long time. It really had that mise-en-abyme (movie within a movie) thing done very well! I would have loved to watch the movie that was being played inside it. How people can manage to watch a movie behind their fingers is really beyond me, but what really takes the cake is the fact that some people can CRY watching it! Hahaha, i think thats the biggest entertainment of the night. By the way, I still think whoever played the role of that ghostie thingy is very very very very brave!!! Anyone brave enought to go find the name? oh, ususally i would wanna put the promotional poster of the movie here, but its really kinda freaky, so why not you go find it yourself?

Really wasnt that frightened going back alone, guess I had other things to worry about. And it kinda upsets me how everyone appears to be having bad times =( Jiayou everyone!!

2009-03-15T00:24:00.002+08:00

i feel so clever.

My stomach was feeling very weird after orientation (its either the grapes, flour or apple), like the stomach gas build-up i keep getting. felt like puking all the way to my house, but the felt better once i got home. I was feeling very annoyed with the wanna-puke feeling, so i decided to eat this super spicy chilli crab cup noodles for dinner. with a carton of HL milk and a bag of Lays. Ended up with this stomachache which made me feel so freaking stupid. Arghhhh. Nvm. at least im better now.

2009-03-03T23:47:00.003+08:00

I refuse to believe it. This must be a dream!!!!

Its been exactly a week since i came online. A major miracle, to be sure. I've realised that ever since school started, I dont require these technological comforts as much as I used to think I did. Not coming online for one week didnt particularly require alot of determination or willpower; I simply didnt have the time. And speaking of my technological comforts, I am currently one and a half weeks behind on my daily kangxi, missed two weeks of xingguang, not read naruto/bleach manga/anime for dunno how long, and most prominently, lagged behind in reading of my all time fac 8 days. Imagine that. Really goes to show how busy jc life is (J1s have a right to be busy too okay!!!)

some things i remember doing this week (in no particular order):

1) econs test (whoohooo!!! i got 21/25!!! =DD)
2) math test (lets not talk abt it)
3) saw a nice double rainbow =)
4) spent almost everyday in starbucks/cafe cartel
5) missed POP
6) ran 6 rounds for 90th anni! o.O
7) over mugged for every subject
8) owned the econs tutorial with imba essay
9) missed school yesterday >< (my very nice english tchr kinda said she trusted me, so no nid check my mc =D)

yup, thats all i think. tml going to sit for my english make up test. which is after 3 periods of gp. haha, to think i actually suggested this slot to my tchr. Can you imagine 6 periods of GP in one sitting? I might actually just die! o.O Anw, im determined not to flunk my first GP test, so lets all keep our fingers crossed! Oh man.. i would never have dreamed smt like this would happen. Tried to salvage as best as possible, but .. ah well, guess i cant do much now. Tsk, it gets annoying sometimes, when i keep tapping into that store of luck, which i always assume is there, to get me out of whatever predicament. I'm sure there is a theory to explain this, just like how Murphy's law states that "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong." Sure worked out today. ><>

2009-02-24T21:02:00.002+08:00

Happy Birthday Pris!!! =D

Yup, it was my dear dear Priscilla Seah YuYing's birthday today! =DD Wished her happy birthday exactly on 12.00 am, but then the lazy pig was fast asleep -.- Yup, YOU the lazy pig was sleeping! Why on earth do you need to sleep at, what, 10.30??? ><
Its kinda sad that yr bdae didnt turn out to be great, but dont worry, we all love you!! <3333
heh, i suppose you could always ignore HIS birthday too! =p

Sectionals today was super tiring x.x I just wanted to sleep after it ended lah. Turned out preparing for sectionals didnt work, because it just made me too tired to play when sectionals came -.-

Class' getting better. =) really cause for celebration. major asses remain asses though. I dont understand why someone will want to blow a tiny little thing so out of proportion and sensationalise the whole thing. tsk, really annoys me how these petty people think and behave. The "foreign talents" in my class still stand at a large number, but now that im talking to them more i realise they are quite nice people. And i was sooo freaking shocked when i realised the girl I had been talking to beat me in last year's english eoys! And she was a PRC!!!! I think she's one of the few cool prcs in hwachong =)

2009-02-22T23:01:00.004+08:00

Back from school

First week of school has been really intense, and not very enjoyable. Lets take a look at my subjects:

History
My first impression of the history dept was quite a positive one; they seemed to be a bunch of fun loving ppl, and i must say, they are. Mr Tey is the joker everyone knew he was, and its abit sad im not getting him as my lecturer. The other male history teacher which i got, Mr Quek, is supposed to be a pervert (from what i heard frm seniors) and apparantly he tends to give girls preferential treatment >< The only female in the history dept is Ms Kumar, and she's a very nice lady, albeit on the heavy side of nice. i think she's super commical, especially cos the first time i saw her, she didnt zip her pants! Really amusing how kia wee just shouted out to her tt she didnt zip. hahaha, its not very often you see tchrs feeling uncomfortable and this is definitely one time im not forgetting!

Econs
The female lecturer seems quite okay lah, dont know her name, dont recognise her face. But she's the type that can be quite mean/bitchy if you cross her. Not that im intending to, i'll just be keeping a low profile until my blocks are over. My tutor is kinda nice though, and i think this is really fate at work. Who would have thought i would have gotten slim's WIFE as my econs tutor!? Now im at a dilemma. Should i mention to her that her husband was this tyranical asshole who terrorised the whole of batch of HP students in sec 3? Or should I tell her what a great mentor slim was and how he very kindly gave me my A1 for HRP? Of course, there is always the alternative of not doing either and pretending i never knew him...

Lit
Okay, this lecturer is seriously a bitch. I still dont know her name, but i dont like her voice. so i kinda fell asleep during her lecture, which was gibberish, apparantly. hope she gets to the lit text soon, im having lots of problems with TTOTS. My tutor is this nice guy called mr wong, and i think he has taken a personal interest in me! o.0 i kinda finished my lit diagnostic test in like 20 mins after writing alot of random stuff and started slacking, so he now remembers my name! yay =)

Math
I think Mrs lim (derek's mummy) is a very nice teacher, even though she doesnt like to smile. definitely better than mr png (sorry, but i cant freaking stand his voice and lousy grammar). I predict i will be having lots of consults with her this year, so lets hope she doesnt blacklist me anytime soon!

Gp
boring shit. if i could i would sleep through every lesson.

Yup, thats about all i have to say about my lessons/teachers. As for my class, i guess they are mostly a bunch of decent people. not people i would usually talk to, but all the same, nice people. the girls seem to be easier to communicate with, and i shall not even comment on some of the guys.

Band

I'm very sure band is the reason why i was sooo tired throughout the week. Seriously, after sectionals and prac all i can think of is falling asleep on my bed. didnt get much work done as a result. Lewis is an excellent tutor, im sure, but i really wonder whether blasting is supposed to help us play better. Dont know if i was taught differently, but i distinctly remember seanchia telling us not to blast too much because it spoils our tone. hmm... and are we really going to play with that tone for those running notes in hymn?

The band is now very big, cos of all the new j1s, so our replacement rate is at an all-time high. the bad news is that our balance is now screwed like shit, and i dont know how long its going to take to fix everything back again =(

ehh, there was alot more stuff i wanted to blog about, but i've forgotten about them all, so thats all for now. I shall try to blog more often in the following week. Time to do some research on the manymany colonial wars in SEA!

2009-02-15T23:59:00.003+08:00

All Set

I've packed my bag, printed my timetable, and once again, am ready for school. This time for real. Cheers to a good school term! =)

2009-02-14T00:46:00.004+08:00

An interesting day

I wouldnt say nice because some parts of it wasnt all that nice.

Morning was as usual, a crappy affair. Got up late, almost late, no horn for fr, went to take photo and joined my class.

Much of the morning was spent watching my ct do their skit. I had no idea what the whole thing was about. It just seemed really retarded to me. Through my very pro slacking skills i managed to escape having a part in it, so that was good =) Went to find peirong when it got really boring, played with her ipod for awhile and then went over to hs for lunch with kiawee. haha, didnt tell the class ppl abt it, so when we got back one retard was quite pissed. But seriously, who gives a damn abt some 4p guy getting pissed? I have better things to worry abt than that.

Slacked off to the library and was reading Calvin and Hobbes when i fell asleep. On the hs library sofa, which turned out to be quite comfortable if you laid on it in a certain angle. Late for the faculty preperation for campfire. Missed nth, but i must say some of the skits were super hilarious. Especially Dainel Soo's cross-dressing, transvestite-impersonating performance.

Went for dinner after that. I really dont understand why some people need to hold a meeting to decide on a place to eat. Seriously, 7 ppl? Doesnt help when you have some tootface refusing to eat at every single place =.=

Met lionel and jasper at BTP where we were having lunch and lent then 5 and 2 bucks respectively. Lol, to think lionel was contemplating eating the cat food frm cold storage. Went back SALT for band prac. Saw ccb on the bus and he looks the same. too much the same, in fact. Hmm, watched them sideread some songs. Shant comment on ppl's sidereading cos mine is like crap.

I think campfire was a very sweaty affair. Joining cynthia's junior class seemed an innocent enough idea, until i saw that zheren, henry and melvin were in that class too. Henry was totally going crazy man, lost control over himself liao. Seriously, he was shrieking out the lyrics of the songs and jumping all over the place like a madman. hahaha, i feel bad saying that bout him, but i guess its true. Got really wet jumping up and down as well as play choo choo train around the different cts.

Dance session was screwed up. Basically because i kinda ponned a few sodache sessions and there werent alot on dance. Which meant i pretty much couldnt do any of it. oh, but i still danced in the end, no thanks to a certain irene chu, who asked me to partner her and then conveniently pangsehed. nice job irene. I'm sure if you keep it up i could get used to it. thankfully i hao you man tian xia and found yi zhuang and edwin to dance with for the next two dances.

got sianned of dancing so i went to stone with liangsai when they started the cheers. Saw the J3s in the band room, and rujun kinda looks better. haha, at least now you cant tell that his hair's curly. Kheexuan looks exactly like the little monk I've seen on a tv show!!!!

Left school after awhile, and chanced upon an interesting sight at the bus stop. I shant say more, but my dear edwin, if you're reading this, then consider it retribution for all the stuff you've done in the past!! =p

2009-02-12T21:35:00.007+08:00

ARES - the God of War

War Games was super fun!!! =D Especially the first and last 10 minutes. Within the first 10 mins Athena was out of the game, cos every other fac meng attack them the moment it started xD Super cool, then you can see the Athena part of the field littered with alotalot of plastic bomb bags. I think our strategy kinda worked. Cos after that Athena gave up on defending and went all-out for Apollo, which worked to our advantage. The Artemis peeps were really funny, keep trying to solo chiong us. Obviously it didnt work, cos the tower areas were spammed with very enthu Ares ppl who surrounded them and forced the bomb bags to break =DD And as you probably know by now, Ares won!!!!! =)))) Getting wet was super cool, and so was bursting ppl's water bombs. I do have an issue against girls putting the bombs up their shirts, though... What're they trying to do, tempt us?! Oh, and the starch was just downright disgusting, looked suspiciously like some white white stuff all over our shirts >< Campfire tml, hope its fun!

2009-02-11T22:26:00.002+08:00

yay, my printer is printing again. Thats about the only thing that went right today. And even that took me quite long. I was so annoyed the printer wouldnt work that i actually got out the printer manual and finished reading the whole thing before i realised i didnt plug the freaking thing in. =.=
Guess I really had a busy day.

lousy orientaton week. I guess shan yi would say its because i kept ponning thats why its no fun. Well, i bet she wouldnt say the same thing after she takes a look at my class. Seriously, its crap. The biggest asses of our batch are in my class, and i dont think its too much to want to stay away from losers like them. Granted that there are a few nice ppl in my class, if still isnt enough to offset what the negative energy radiating from the asses. Ok, my class may not be the worst, but its bad enough. On part with the class with a girl boy ratio of 1:16 and slightly better than the 90% prc class. Enough of the ranting. But if you have anything against my ponning, at least now you'll know why.

2009-02-07T23:45:00.002+08:00

I'm super full after eating at my grandma's place. Dinner + steamboat + yusheng = Imba combi. never eaten so much for a meal before. And i think im getting sick. My chest totally burned when i sneezed just now.

Been having weird dreams lately. Yesterday's was particularly peculiar, but it wasnt exactly a nightmare, neither was it s nice dream. The one I had a day before definitely freaked me out. I could feel my goosebumps standing even in my dreams >.< Guess I've been sleeping too late recently. Either that or its because i've been thinking too much before i fall asleep. I remember in the past i was always above my dreams, in the sense that I knew i was dreaming, so subconsciously i could alter it in any way i wanted. but in these past two dreams everything felt so real, even though it wasnt very scary.

Og orientation is finally over. ok, everyone is accusing me of being anti-og cos i ponned everything they organised. But seriously, who's going to stay in touch after a few mths? Not many, and i definitely dont think i will be one of them, therefore there is no point. Better tt u dun get so attached you cry when forced to part. Ct orientation next week, and i guess yr CT is one grp you cant avoid, cos you study together and all. Hope i get to be with ppl i know, so the first mth or so wont be so weird.

yay, my laptop's sound is on again! =DD i was getting depressed without being able to watch kang xi for the past week.

2009-02-05T00:01:00.003+08:00

Rev-it-up!!!

The pre-orientation lectures/briefings sucked. big time. Im really surprised ppl can get so high after one entire morning of dumb talks about stuff i dont wanna know. Yeah, so i guess its kinda crappy timetable. I would suggest they set another week aside just for lame talks. Then i can just pon that entire week.

monday
I suppose orientation isnt that bad. could have been much worse. hmm, the icebreakers were quite fun, to be honest. Didnt manage to help me remember anyone's name though. And i can only remember them playing 3 games. Double whacko, blow wind blow, tuki tuki (at a super sloooow tempo). Yup, that was it for the first day. I dont know what happened after the icebreakers, cos i left when they began the school tour. wasnt feeling too good, plus a school tour sounded lame. went back home and slept frm 7 till 10 after dinner.

tuesday
Second day of orientation was pretty much the same. we uh... learnt how to do the mass dance,(which i find very difficult!) and played some games. my OG grp quite zai. wond 4 out 5 of the games we played, so we're like tying for second position now. =D din go for og dinner. Dont know why, but i din feel like eating with them leh... And its not even as if i hate my og. i think its really cool and there are people i know and can talk to, but ... dunno leh. Maybe im going through an antisocial phase?

wednesday
din go school today ><
the rest of the post got screwed up, so im not going to bother typing it out again.

2009-02-01T22:54:00.003+08:00

Once again, school's starting

Only this time its orientation. I think I spent the day before school reopens quite well. Went swimming in the day and afternoon at lz's hse. Ended up having a water war which he lost. hahah! Talked about some stuff.. ahemahem. im not tell you abt them, cynthia! =pp

Went bpp to cut hair. And chanced upon huang jing lun!

Yup, thats the guy. I presume he's quite popular in Taiwan. But singaporean, being the typical singaporeans tt they are, arent quite inclined to support their own country's people. Which resulted in quite a poor turnout. Towards the end it was almost empty =( i feel quite sad for him.

Okay, I took alot of pics of him frm the audience place, but dunno why i cannot put the pics up individually. Yeah, so all the cute photoes I took of my cute little cousins who came over to my house.

Oh, in case you din know, today is chu qi, which is ren ri. Which is why they came over to lao yusheng. Yup, had lots of fun playing with my two cousins. Miss Eugene sooo much! <33>

Played mahjong for awhile, then watched the aunties play. Hahaha, i suck at watching ppl play lah. Made my mother lose and lose. I'm quite sure she din win a single round with me beside her :/

Well, thats all for today. Fingers crossed for a good orientation week!
ps: whats sodache?

2009-01-31T23:56:00.003+08:00

Very fun quiz i got frm edwin's blog!

Have you…
1. Made out for more than 3 minutes?
NOPE!

2. Slept in a different bed?
yup!

3. Loved someone so much that you couldn’t live another second without that person?
Eh, dun think so

4. Made out with 2 different people in one night?
nope

5. Thought your cousin was hot?
haha, i think so? Tho now i wonder why..

6. Been in love?
head over heels man...

7. Slept past noon?
All the time. Including today

8. Taken a shower with the opposite sex?
Nope

9. Gone over the speed limit?
Cant drive, sorry

10. Painted your room?
Nope, though i really want to one day

11. Drove a car?
Told you I cant drive

12.Danced in front of your mirror?
Thats stupid

13. Gotten a hickey?
Wassat?

14. Been dumped?
I like to think not

15. Stole money from a friend?
Nope

16. Gotten in a car with people you just met?
Yeah, all the times hitchhiking from the ulu dog pound place. Rmb?

17. Been in a fist fight?
Uhhuh, with my brother, cousin...

18. Snuck out of your house?
Yup

19. Had feelings for someone who didn’t have them back?
Yup

20. Been arrested?
Nope

21. Made out with a stranger?
You're crazy

22. Left your house without telling your parents?
All the time. Need to tell one meh?

23. Had a crush on your neighbour?
Definitely, some old aunty and a little kindergarden girl

24. Ditched school to do something more fun?
Yeah, got caught somemore. That wasnt fun

25. Slept in a bed with a member of the same or opposite sex?
mmhmm. At band chalet.

26. Seen someone die?
Err, nope. And neither do i want to

27. Been on a plane?
Yup

28. Kissed a picture?
If i did I dont recall.

29. Slept in the opposite sex’s bed?
I sleep on my aunty's bed all the time when I stay over

30. Love someone or miss someone right now?
Ahh.. I love everyone I love. Not missing anyone in particular

31. Laid on your back and watched cloud shapes go by?
Haha, I love doing that!!

32. Made a snow angel?
Nope, sand angels count?

33. Played dress up?
lol...

34. Cheated while playing a game?
Haha, if I said no I would be lying. You're supposed to cheat!

35. Been lonely?
Sometimes, I guess.. who hasnt?

36. Fallen asleep at work/school?
Who doesn't fall asleep at school (exactly!)

37. Been to a club?
Nope

38. Felt an earthquake?
Nope. The day there was supposed to be one in beijing. But I was sound asleep in the dorm

39. Touched a snake?
Yup, kinda nice to touch

40. Ran a red light?
Just did two days ago. Turned out my father was like ten steps behind me and he watched me do it -.-

41. Been suspended from school?
Nope, my school doesnt do this type of stuff

42. Had detention?
err... does emptying dustbins in staffroom count?

43. Been in a car?
ah duh

44. Hated the way you look?
nope, I love myself <33

45. Witnessed a crime?
errr... I might have. Traffic accidents a crime? Cant rmb liao

46. Been lost?
I remember getting lost alot when I was younger. But now I grow up liao =D

47. Been to the opposite side of the country?
haha, my country isnt very big

48. Felt like dying from embarrassment?
ahh.. not to that extent though

49. Cried yourself to sleep?
nope, i think thats stupid

50. Sang karaoke?
yup

51. Done something you told yourself you wouldn’t do?
I try not to. But if I fail then its not my fault cos i tried!

52. Laughed till some kind of beverage came out of your nose?
I forget embarrassing stuff easily

53. Caught a snowflake on your tongue?
nope

54. Kissed in the rain?
nope

55. Sung in the shower?
yeah

56. Had a dream that you married someone?
stupid dream, dont you think? though i dreamt I was carrying a bomb just a few hours ago

57. Played getting married?
Might have. When I was a small kid with my neighbour.

58. Got your tongue stuck to a flag pole?
How do you do that? o.0

59. Ever gone to school partially nude?
Nope, that would get me suspended

60. Been to a blind date?
Nope.

61. Sat on a roof top?
Nope, isnt it dangerous?

62. Ever not take a shower for a week?
Not that long. Longest was.. 2 days? In obs

63. Ever been too scared to watch scary movies alone?
I not scared of scary movies de okay!

64. Played chicken?
diao, sounds lame. wouldnt play even if i knew what it was

65. Been pushed into a pool with all your clothes on?
nope, but I remember doing alot of the pushing

66. Been told you’re hot by a complete stranger?
All the time!!!

67. Broken a bone?
nope, my growing up process has been relatively safe

68. Been easily amused?
When I'm high

69. Laugh so hard you cry?
yup. just yesterday, when I saw irene leap up and yelp when edwin threw the dog bowl at her foot ><

70. Cheated on a test?
hahahahah!!!!! i wonder...

71. Forgotten someone’s name?
forgot hengyang's name last week. but tt doesnt count, cos i couldnt recognise him with tt new look

72. Blacked out from drinking?
nope.

73. Played a prank on someone?
uh huh, cant think of one at the moment though

74. Gone to a late night movie?
yup, i remember watching.. some horror movie with lz once. forgot wad its called liao. Disturbia?

75. Made love to anything not human?
-.- some beastiality thingy? nope

76. Failed a class?
flunked math through. but i passed eoys

77. Choked on something you’re not supposed to eat?
almost swallowed a coin when i was younger. Still remmeber my dad turning me upside down to get the coin out.

78. Played an instrument for more than 10 hours?
10 hrs? not in one sitting lah

79. Cheated on a girlfriend/boyfriend?
nope

80. Did you celebrate the 4th of July?
"today, fourth of july, we celebrate, OUR INDEPENDENCE DAY!!!!!" but nope, never

81. Thrown strange objects?
throw stuff all the time, but define strange

82. Felt like someone else?
nope, im one of a kind

83. Thought about running away?
haha, i remember planning to run away frm home last time, but i always came back

84. Ran away?
a few steps..

85. Had detention and not attend it?
i quit my one mth empty dustbin thing after 3 days?

86. Made parents cry?
not me!!!!

87. Cried over someone?
once upon a time

88. Owned more than 5 sharpies?
hmm? wassat

89. Dated someone more than once?
wassit mean? are you supposed to?

90. Have a dog?
omg, i wanted one sooo badly when i was a kid. =( but nope.

91. Own an instrument?
my trusty recorder from primary school! =)

92. Been in a band?
Hcimb & hwachong symphonic band

93. Drank 25 sodas in a day?
nope, you're be exhaling gas

94. Broken a cd?
yup, last time we used to play some CD throwing thing with kheexuan

95. Shot a gun?
at... the CCA open hse of air rifle

96. Been on IM for more than 5 hours?
huh? wads IM?

97. Fell asleep at the computer?
nope

98. Have a major crush on someone right now?
Not telling you!! hah!

99. Have a religion?
not at the moment

100. Thought about what people would say at your funeral?
i suppose they would be in too much tears to say anything =(

101. Loved someone but didn’t dare to tell that person?
lol, isnt it the same as 98?

102. Slapped someone in the face?
haha, bitch fought all the time in lower sec

103. Swam in the sea?
yeah, not pleasant though

2009-01-31T21:22:00.003+08:00

My crappy OG group

I din know we could check the groupings until cheeshan told me. And I shouldnt have checked. My group sucks! I dont know how the council managed to randomise us until so pro, but there is only one person I know in the same OG group. And he's a loser/asshole/idiot/useless person with a meaningless existence on earth. For those who know him, his name is kenny hee. yup, its sounds just about as stupid as he it. For those who do not know him, count your blessings.

Okok, I was feeling down and depressed until I spoke to zongxian. And guess who he got in HIS group???

-drumroll please-

MA HUA QING AND GUO BING KUN!!!

HAHAHHAHAHA !!!!! DOUBLE KILL!
I feel kinda sad for him, but much happier now that i know someone else got the worse end of the deal than me! =DD

2009-01-30T14:37:00.010+08:00

Cynthia's birthday!!

Okay, I think our present was the most interesting and got meaningful one.

Do you get what it means? Apparantly Lz couldnt. He stone for super long, then thinkthinkthink and still cannot geddit.

Card
Yanyan
Nutella
Tigger
Honey
Indonesian rupiah
Apple soft toy

Geddit now?
And the very nice birthday cake

If you think she looks happy now, wait till you see her after the birthday kiss lz gave her. xD haha, all I can say is, lz's friends are a crazy bunch of people. I've got the video of the entire very long process, but I shant upload it here in case she gets upset.

Haha, just to let you know cynthia, ah leng was this close to seeing the video! But he figured you'll never dare to face him if he saw it, and so he decided not to see. xDD Hope you had a very enjoyable birthday!

Ok, after that was the three hour sectionals with lewis.
I think he's quite good, and I agree tt there are many things we need to do as a section, to really 培养默契 so tt we can play as a section.
As for playing louder, I'm sure everyone will do their best, especially edwin.
And I hope tt my going over to seconds will help strengthen the base sound.

Heres the photo frm our family outing, guest starring the family cat...... lionel!!!

Apparantly tt person didnt know how to use a cam, but nvm, at least he knew how to press the button!

2009-01-29T22:16:00.004+08:00

Chu San family outing

It started at 11, and peirong and I began the search for the cynthia's presents. Haha, it was quite fun thinking of what to buy and my dear shanshan came along to join us after awhile. She looked sooo tired I wonder why she din stay at home to sleep. But i'm glad she came anyway =) Oh, apparanty she lives in this ulu ulu kampong high up in the mountains, so her car ride take very long, make her very tired.

Irene and lz came along after awhile and the first thing irene did was to laugh at me -.- Thanks ah, super nice girl lah. We went for the cheapo buffet at the hotpot place after tt and it wasnt very filling cos only got noodles/porridge. Ah well, at least we saw a 超级大美女 there ^^

Went to play pool after that. I realise everyone is very pro at pool! except for me! =( but i really think I have talent for it, so I'm probably going to play again soon. Almost won lz and cynthia though, and we definitely won shanshan and irene, although they refuse to admit it. I shall play more and eventually own!

Watched the hongkong movie which was quite funny, although a few canto jokes got lost in translation. Not bad lah, provided a few laughs for the day. I still wanna watch bride wars though.

Ate dinner at kopitiam, and lz finished eating even before we got our orders! And went to eat somemore. Which explained why he couldnt bowl properly after that. Apparantly it affected his center of gravity. Or it could be that the lanes were screwed. We left after bowling cos cynthia had to reach home before her bdae. oh, and while its not yet 12, HAPPY BIRTHDAY CYNTHIA!! Haha, I totally forgot to msg her until like 12 plusplus but I guess it wouldnt have mattered cos she would have been talking on the phone at tt time ;D

Caught up with all the missed episodes of kangxi, so I ended up sleeping at 4. Which is stupid, cos I'd intended to repay my sleep debt but in the end I slept the same number of hours. Okay, thats all for chusan!

2009-01-29T00:55:00.004+08:00

Happy Chinese New Year!!!!!

Yay, because its CNY, this post shall be in bright festive colours! Okay, its been quite awhile since I blogged, cos alot has been going on since chu xi. I've kinda already forgotten what happened, but lets try to recall.

Chu xi

Okay, chuxi was on saturday rite? Yeah, I rmb going down to my grandma hse super early (like 1 plus) for lunch. My mother kinda scammed me to go down, making me believe tt there were alot of khakis down there. Ended up stoning and helping them stock up on drinks. But playing with Eugene was fun, his stories about primary one school life are super amusing. He's definitely my favourite baby cousin amongst all of them. =D

When we finally began playing mahjong, it was like 4 plus i think. And we didnt even finish the dong fong lah. Super sian. Apparantly I won too much even before we began properly, so my auntie din wanna play anymore -.- whats this lah. I find it very unfair >(

Tuanyuanfan was a scattered affair, mainly because not everybody could eat at the same time. There were just too many ppl . So we kinda staggered the timings. Okay, actually some of us were feeling hungry so we ate first =p Sharks fin soup was like alotalot. One gigantic pot full of it, so everyone spam and spam but still cannot finish.

The night was full of gambling and time seemed to pass very fast. Dont think i won much frm ban luk and the san zhang thingy tt we played =(

New year!

First day of the new year we went my ah mah hse in the morning, gambled abit, and then headed off to the macs tt we eat at every new year. I have no idea why we still go there and eat, esp since my maternal grandparents moved already. Guess its a kinda custom. Okay, the next few hours were REALLY boring, I just stone and stone until a cousin got us to go play bridge. Left as soon as possible, without appearing to be rude, which took a few hours.

And so, we went back to my ah mah's hse. I must say gambling really helps ppl stay awake. I was a total zombie from the lack of sleep, but once i got there, I felt really awake! Gamblegamblegamble... then go home. Although its just gambling, I think its ideal bonding activity, especially when all of you are against the banker =p Maybe orientation we can try smt liddat?

Day 2

Went for maternal side gathering again. Some dimsum place for brunch. I must say the service sucks real bad. All our orders just went to the next table (we were in the same room with 4 tables) so we had like nth to ear. Got pissing after awhile, so my very-hungry-therefore-angry cousin was like asking the stupid waitress how come she screw up so many times. And then tt idiot just refused to admit tt she delivered wrongly. -.- freaking dumb lah, we asked the other table and KNOW tt they din order tt much food. So the only conclusion is tt she delivered wrongly what! Spoilt my day.

Hmm, then they all of them came over to my hse for mahjong. Totally sian diao, I tried and tried to dissuade them, but it din work. =( So all come lor. I managed to reach hme abt 10 mins b4 them, so i hurry up chiong and pack up my room so tt they wun see the mess. Got all the lame stupid jobs like looking after all my girl cousins while the went to the garden to blow bubbles (freaking lame rite?), and the peacemaker as my two littlest cousins fought who got to put my coins inside my tong kong. -.-

Oh, I realied my maternal grandmother is freaking pro at mahjong. Like total ownage. She just win and win and win and win. Pity the suckers who agreed to play with her. For money somemore. Losers!!!

Dinner at my hse, then they all left soon after. Phew, i was sooo relieved when they left lah. Imagine like 20 plus ppl just suddenly turn up at yr hse. Then you have to constantly churn up new topics to talk to them abt. Pure torture.

Fell asleep curled up on the sofa. In some very awkward position. Guess tt just shows how super duper tired I was. But when my mother said smt abt playing mahjong, I woke up again! Haha, the amazing power of mahjong!

so thats basically what i did in 3 days. chu san, which is yesterday, I shall blog tml, cos im getting kinda tired. Time to pay off some massive sleep debt!

2009-01-24T01:05:00.005+08:00

CNY in school

First cny celebration in jc and it pwnz high school ones flat. Performances were short and to the point. Unlike high sch ones, which go on for hours and hours. The carnival thingy was very cool too, though I got ripped off like siao. Spent more than ten bucks on food which didnt fill me. And I attribute the stomachache I later had to this blend of random food.

Lunch was alot of stuff frm cold storage. Spammed the sushi and the chicken. Surprisingly, we still managed to finish everything. Which is why I say the carnival food wasnt filling. There was tasteless jelly and the grass jelly drink (which couldnt get up the straw) frm irene, with complimentary doughnut, then ice cream, sausage, popsicle-turned-coloured-water and candy floss frm kusumummy.

Strangers was the strangest movie ever. No beginning and no end. Not the scariest movie you could watch, but thrilling enough. Lz's coffee table came, but no sofa =( Couldnt go watch Inkheart, but i suppose watching tv together was quite a nice bonding time. Hmm, on the way home I could feel my stomach really hurting. Like at different parts. I assume that means the food's travelling down the small intestine.
Love you guys <33

Today I went to buy more clothes!! =DD very nice, so im quite happy. Tml's chu xi already! Haha, I cant wait. Its like the day i love most after Christmas! Yayayayyayy!!! Oh wait, it already is chuxi now!

tag replies:

peirong: Well, I tried my best! And stop oogling at tweety's butt!
cheeshan: I'm going to become a mugger too!! Next band prac I borrow the SATs book frm cynthia to mug!
cyn: Yay!!!! I want the biggest angbao in the whole wide world!
yufei: Yupp, all of you can come along. But you wont get any angbaos!!! hahaha!!!
chai: i think have like 4 in total =( I assume they think we are all prcs and therefore our english all suck
yufei: Hahah!!! Yah rite! My english pwnz yours anytime man!! Shall we go for SATs together? o.0

2009-01-22T23:46:00.003+08:00

Advantages of a plastic bag

Tired sia!! Couldnt hear my wake up call this morning (=p Sorry!!) and I was sooo tempted to just shut my alarm and sleep on. Thankfully I managed to crawl up and get to school abt 10 mins early.

Paid attention during math, and english totally made my day. The diagnostic test was the best! I've never had so much fun doing a test before. The type of questions in paper two was totally cool!! Think I like the english department =D Paper part 1 was kinda easy too, cos its just basic language use thingies. If only SATs were like that!! Which reminds me, I've got to start mugging for SATs soon!

Oh, and break super stupid. We were standing by the koi pond in high school, then a certain chin xi ning decided that he would try and surprise me by springing up from behind me. -.- Would have worked, had I not seen him from twenty metres away. But thats not it, in his attempt to scare me, he managed to make my bag slip off my shoulders. And guess where it landed? Yup, inside the pond. I was super shocked when I saw that lah! Especially because Wilfred was just telling me about how larry got thrown into the pond once before. Thankfully I have my reliable plastic bag. So instead of sinking into the deepdeep 2 m pond, it happily floated on the surface while the koi nibbled at it. Phew!! And now I have the perfect example to persuade ppl to get a plastic bag. =)

Physics I slept through without taking a single note. Ppl around kept nudging me awake, but I just kept on sleeping. Haha, now I know how peirong keeps falling asleep in class despite the tables being very low and uncomfortable. Anyway, the teacher came over to ask me why I din take any notes and I pretended to be studying the lecturer's working very doubtfully. I think I acted quite well, complete with a very realistic frown as I "concentrated" on the screen. Haha, apparantly it worked! Cos the teacher left without saying another word. =DD I feel pro!

Speaking of teachers, I say honyp today! Outside where used to be slim's homeroom. And he looked so happy to see me!! Haha, I swear, and yufei can testify its true. He was like smiling to himself all the while lah! I'm sure he's proud of me! =)

Band today was mainly sectionals. Doing same stuff so its kinda ok. Leng seems happy again, which makes me all the more convinced tt he only scolded us the other day for the sake of it. After band was a complicated dinner affair. Supposed to go KAP for dinner, but somehow.. SOMEHOW ... somehow... somebody "forgot" to get off at that stop. So we stopped a few stops later, bought a few breezers and then headed back to KAP. Although it sounds like a simple business, it actually took super long. And when we got back, everyone except junjie had finished eating =( Oh, but I managed to get my treat from cheeshan though! =DD yay!!! I think McFlurry is very nice! Thank you cheeshan!!! Ok, then it was time for OUR dinner. Went to the clap clap crab place to eat 螃蟹大餐!! Super nice food and service, and its quite reasonably priced too i think. If you missed it, then its really too bad. Congrats to lz for passing his driving test!!

tired. everyone else went to bed liao. nites!

2009-01-21T21:55:00.005+08:00

A claustrophobic experience

Early in the morning at 8 o' clock, there was like some massive jam on the road to school. I took 30 mins to get from my hse to newton and 40 mins to get from newton to school. -.- late for school, so i quietly tiptoed in from the back of the LT and took my attendance just before it was handed up. As the minutes past, more and more ppl came, some from the back door, others strutting in from the front. And when the lecturer told those latecomers to go down to take attendance, MORE THAN HALF of the audi went down !! I swear, there were more ppl standing up than sitting down! haha, one thing super zai abt jc life is how everyone stops trying to be punctual.

Chem was okay. Chenxing was busy telling me how his "ideal" girlfriend would be, using felicia chin as a benchmark. Evevtually we came up with "Chenxing's ten commandments", which was a list of criteria his girlfriend would have to meet. His requirements were super stringent, and I'm sure there'll be no girl who fits every single one of those standards. His first "commandment" alone had ten sub-parts !!!

Hated the bio fat bitch. Forgot her name, but it seems to start with F. The video clip we watched was highly disturbing, involving some children with their brain cells crushed by fat build-up in their brains. Ouch >.<

Band was downright depressing. We stoned for super long while leng took other sections, and i could almost tell he had no intention of letting the rest of us play until he got it right. so we played nothing for ... 2 hrs? yeah, almost there, not taking into account the once he let us play through out of sympathy. Everybody kena scolded after we played through, then dismissed for sectionals. I think he's agenda is mainly to motivate us to continue practising over CNY, cos i saw him doing more or less the same thing with the high school people.

Oh, and after band, we went back to JC, and cynthia kusumummy very kindly locked me up inside the band room!!! Thank you very much! I was following them out of the band room then she suddenly turned around and locked the door!! Totally random. Ok, for that, you owe me two angpows instead of one! =DD

I'm sick of school already. Can I dun go tml? Pleeasseee?

to nut and chai: I'll be wating for my angpow!!

/edit: it makes me very uncomfortable to see all my seniors mugging during band prac leh. so disturbing, like im some slacker liddat =/

2009-01-20T20:42:00.003+08:00

Just as bad

I think there is a hole in my head or smt. It seems to hurt whenever the wind blows in my direction. So throughout sectionals i was having wave after wave of headaches. Certainly didnt help with cheeshan slapping my head every now and then.

It seems that I was wrong about today being a better day. English diagnostic test was disgusting. I have never ever handed up an essay I have not completed. Until today. And it wasnt even that hard.

Next up came the KI test. Okay, I have no idea what they wanted from the essay, and the indian guy there wouldnt make himself clear. So i kinda crapped alot of bullshit. "We're just going to see if you can think" Well, I guess this means I cant =(

There's a math tutorial thingy to do. Should I do it? I havent done any math homework willingly since sec 3, but like peirong said, there isnt any homework in JC. Guess this means all the more I shouldnt do it =P

irene is soooo mean!! >(

2009-01-19T22:00:00.002+08:00

First Day of School

It sucked. Guess I was wrong. It doesnt really matter whether its high school or JC. School life is more or less the same, and this first day was terrible.

I figured a good day needed a good start, thus I even chose an auspicious time to wake up. Didnt work though, because I went back to sleep after peirong woke me up. =P

I didnt like the first teacher I set eyes on. That Yeow guy (or however you spell his name). What's his problem man, trying to scare us into behaving? Its not working, dude! Could tell he didnt appreciate Akilan's idea of a grand entry though (few teachers can appreciate the beauty of bubbles, especially in the very big auditorium) , but he couldnt do anything to him. So much for being our Discipline Master.

Didnt like the NY girls in my batch either. No offense to anyone in particular, just all of them.

Lectures sucked equally. I was really paying attention in math, because I din wanna lag even before the lessons began. But with that Yeow guy teaching you math... it just makes the subject suck even more.

No hp, no sleeping, no talking in class? Well, its a different thing from what I've been hearing, so I wasnt quite inclined to believe him. Heck, the school's way of intimidating us is really kinda stupid. I'm not allowed to pon lessons cos "attendance will be taken". Yeah, taken by a class rep. -.-" And he claims that the discipline system in JC is "much stricter than in high school".

Tomorrow looks like a promising day. English diagnostic test, math lecture then the KI test. I'm still going, to take a look at what KI's supposed to be. Maybe I should go for the ELL too, just for fun.

What really made my day was the double-issued 8 days and Teenage. And of course, the four hour nap I took from 4-8.

2009-01-19T01:13:00.003+08:00

Hours before the end

Its 2:04 now, and in a relatively short amt of time, I'll be sitting on a seat in cheng yi lou listening to our beloved CEO Mr Ang delivering his opening speech to this new batch of J1 intakes. An interesting speech, to be sure.

Got home past midnight, and the amount of stuff they put online for you to read was just too much to handle. Without knowing it, I have missed the survey form for those intending to apply for KI. Five days late, in fact. I'm not sure if that means I no longer can take KI, but I probably never could right from the start.

Reading through those things new J1s ought to know took awhile, and because I had to make sure everybody began this JC life on an even ground, I read every sentence in detail, lest I missed out some minute piece of information that someday causes my demise. On receiving the new (and extremely crappish) timetable, I next proceeded to fill up my new organiser, determined to never ever utter the words "What lecture are we having next?" again.

I guess that pretty much explains this late post. And why I was bathing in the middle of the night. If fifty years down the road I wake up with a headache in the middle of the night, then this, too, is the reason why.

I swear talking to Akilan makes me go insane.

Ok, went to "study" today at cynthia's hse with lz and peirong. I shall not elaborate on the inverted commas in case some no-life teacher goes bloghopping and ends up on mine. Saw the legendary BEEHIVE for myself today! A spectecular view really. I'm impressed with how everything stays up, especially after that disastrous haircut. Anyway, Cynthia's house was cool, and I managed to take a look at the enormous SATs book. I'm definitely mugging that one book.

Slacked around and watched much more tv than work. I guess I was pretty much the reason why, being the only one with no math test tml. Anyway, good luck guys!

Dinner was an uncomfortable affair, with lz determined to spoil everyone's appetite. I have a theory regarding why he likes to do this, but that is another story. Childhood memories are always a nice thing to talk about, especially over dinner. Nothing like a good topic to boost your appetite. However, all of this evidently does not apply in lz's context. It started off with lz being sick, discussing shit, in relation to spoons and sinks. Details are much too gross to be posted on this blog. Lets just say I'm amazed they managed to continue eating.

Ok, I'm freaking tired and I have no idea why I'm doing this post instead of sleeping. Sooo glad school starts at 11 tml. Probably still cant wake up, but who cares. Beats playing high school anthem on the field at 7 in the morning.

Note to self: Pay all library debts before CNY

2009-01-18T01:51:00.003+08:00

And so it all ends...

All too soon, I find myself down to my last day of holiday. Its been, what, 2 months plus?to think that I'll be going back to school tml. (And i dont even know what time) Anyway, I think this holidays have been particularly memorable, maybe because it didnt end right after Christmas. I think thats why I was able to look forward to Christmas so much and really enjoy it. =DD
Loved Christmas.

Oh, I loved Noel too! It was really a great concert, much better than the previous one with the angmoh band. I think we all really enjoyed it much much more this time round. And then there was band chalet. It was kinda short, but very fun! At least until I left. No idea what happened after that, but everything's no fun without me!

Ok, I guess this means my holidays havent exactly been wasted. Phew, I'm kinda comforted at the thought, cos I really didnt wanna let it go to waste like the rest of the holidays.

On hindsight, I definitely could have gone swimming more often, jogged more frequently, practised my horn more dilligently, read a few more books... and the list goes on.

Well, at the very least, I've managed to make a new friend in these holidays. This year, in fact, so these holidays definitely did not go to waste.

Its my current desktop picture. And my album art for hymn to the sun. Certainly looks nicer than the fat japanese man (no offence)

OK, its like 3.05 now, I suppose I'd better get to sleep. Nites!

2009-01-16T22:50:00.002+08:00

Level Up!!

I think I'm getting very good at solitaire. In fact, I'm quite pro at all the microsoft games now. =D Guess it just shows how no-life im getting, but it certainly beats going to school!

Okay, band prac today was one of the more effective ones, and I think it went very well! For once I have the stamina to finish playing the entire ending part . =DD Everything from the expressive part onwards I could play without stopping! Finally man!! Was it the warm ups? Or the individuals? Haha, anyway, I'm really glad I can do it! =)

2009-01-16T12:45:00.006+08:00

A Thousand Splendid Suns

Okay, because I'm smart and I foresee the need for a book review in the future, I shall attempt to blog abt this book so tt in the future, I wont actually need to read another book. =D

Basically this book is abit similar to 'The Kite Runner' in the sense that they both depict the discrimination against people in Afghanistan. From what I gathered from cynthia, 'The Kite Runner' seems to describe the situation of the ostracised minority ethnic groups. 'A Thousand Splendid Suns', however, focuses on the lives of average Afghan women, exploring the extent of gender discrimination against the fairer sex. Interwoven into the plot is a concise history of the numerous wars which have constantly plagued the land of Afghanistan, focusing on Kabul, where the stage was set, and was coincidentally the author's birthplace.

The story revolves around the lives of the two female protagonists, Marian and Laila, and the author shows how both the war as well as the society's bias against women have contributed to their sad fate. Both forced to marry against their will, to the same man, they realise that they have to spend the rest of their lives subject to the whims and fancies of this one man, whom, in my opinion, regards them as nothing more than sex slaves. Try as they might, their society's distinct gender bias prevents them from escaping and is ultimately what condemns them to a lifetime of suffering.

khaled Hosseini skilfully links the lives of two average women together, and tells the story from both perspectives, thereby allowing readers a clearer insight into their thoughts and emotions. This structure abandons the mise-en-abyme format, although there remains faint traces of it, apparant in the later chapters of the novel, where Mariam's story is concluded through Laila. In this way, the author allows readers to explore the many different possible endings which could have been possible, thus invoking a sense of regret.

One general theme is prevalent throughout the novel, which is that of love. It is displayed in many different forms, such as the love of a father for his daughter (seen through Marian and Jalil), the love of a mother for her child ( only the great love of a mother for her child would have given Laila the courage to undergo a Caesarean section without anaesthesia), as well as the love of one soulmate for another (exemplified through Laila and Tariq.
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Okay, I'm getting bored of writing this thing, so I guess that's all for now. Wait until there really is a need for the book review then I write bah.

2009-01-14T22:10:00.002+08:00

Woke up at like 11 plus today and started watching 康熙来了。 watch until almost late for lunch. Band prac was uh.. getting predictable. Keep practising the same stuff over and over again. I think I shouldnt practise so frequently. Ltr I get sian of those two pieces then die liao. Maybe just practise a few bars a day.

Dunno why alot of ppl like so upset today. Could be the three days of school taking its toll on the J2s. Heck, i should just be grateful I'm not in their shoes.

Oh, and I came up with a great way of enjoying my sleep more! I figured if I set the alarm for 6 o clock, then I can wake up feeling really tired and then go back and sleep!! =D The going back to sleep part is what I yearn to do every single school day, but never could.

Then when I eventually wake up I'm going to go jogging. Apparantly more than half my section have crossed the 50kg mark therefore i shall attempt to join their ranks. Hopefully by the next height and weight session.

2009-01-13T20:14:00.002+08:00

Slept till 3 today. Dunno how come I'm so tired, but it was a good sleep, so nvm.

Bought all my pens and pencils today =D Havent gotten a pencil box though.
Finally finished reading Artemis Fowl!! Its quite a kiddish read, but I enjoyed it anyway. A quater way through A Thousand Splendid Suns. Still no idea where it's headed. So far it seems like the biography of one person and her sad life. I really think its none of my business, but I'll read on anyway.

Oh, and all the games on my ipod are miraculously workable now! I wonder why... Maybe it synched with lz's comp? Hope they dont start failing after I plug it into my comp. Band prac tml, at 3. Guess I'll have to wake up early again.

Really need to go buy my organiser

2009-01-12T20:18:00.003+08:00

=)=)=)=)

Guess I really had no reason to get so nervous yesterday. I was freaking tensed up right until joseph sim was giving the results. Was really freaking happy when I saw that little black "one"

=DDDDDDDDDDD

Seems like 10 years of chinese education hasnt been for nothing. Going by what 陈副校长 said, I am effectively a 双语人才 now! (issit this 才? Or is it this 材?) =) omg, I'm so happy. First A1 in the class I think, and I'm really proud to say that my chinese is at least on the same level as all the other prcs and malaysian scholars in my class!

Haha, the class totally cannot believe it when I got A1 lah. They even wanted to come up with the 100+ bucks to check my paper lah! -.- So insulting man.. I can do chinese also one okay!! Doughnut feast for our class outside kah kee hall was cool, and even though they were bought using our class fund, everyone was very happy to have smt to munch on. Haha, it was really thoughtful of chenxing to buy them.

On a separate note, I was abit upset honyp didnt come and give us the result slips. I would simply love to see his expression when he sees my grade. hmm... maybe next monday I should go visit him! joseph sim totally stun when he saw my grade lah. Bet he expected me to fail or smt. see me in the morning then purposely go and ask aki "what grade do you think you will get ah?" Whatever!!

Speaking of aki, i think he seriously has smt wrong with him. He's "working" Shangrila for the rest of the holidays, except you cant call it work, because he isnt getting paid. I mean, isnt that the whole point of working!? Guess some people are just weird. Or he could be there to oogle at the hot waitresses O.0

7 pounds was crap. Like totally crap. Fell asleep after fifteen minutes, so i missed the most impt part of the plot. When I woke up i had no idea what was happening so i just stoned till the end of the movie. Talk about getting scammed. I should have known better to trust xiong chen's choice of movies.

2009-01-12T00:22:00.000+08:00

What if.... what if.... what if... I dont get A?

How am I going to face honyp, i seriously dunno.

2009-01-11T23:27:00.003+08:00

Back to school blues

I am officially feeling the blues :/ I really really REALLY dont wanna go back to school!! And i have no idea why. Theres nothing to fear from JC life. No screaming slim, fat-bitch cheong, teocm, flowerpot adeline. There is more to look forward to in school as compared to an average high school monday. Haix.. i dunno why lah.

Good luck to all the J2s who will be returning to school tml. In a year's time it'll be our turn and then i dread school reopens even more.

Good luck to all the J1s who will be getting back their higher chinese O lvl results tml :/ drats. I'm starting to freak out at the though of it. Never thought it would be so fast. Not in the least mentally prepared. I suppose it is a good idea to go school earlier and practise some hymn to calm my nerves.

ARGH!!! I've never felt so nervous before!! Not even when i got back my report book. Okay, maybe its because I already knew all my grades before getting it, but still... I do not like this feeling of anxiety. Imagine if I were taking O levels. Omg, it'll be like 10 times the number of butterflies in my stomach.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed for tml. If I get a B or smt liddat then it'll be one of the major regrets in my life. Let's just see how it goes.

Maybe i should go and sleep earlier and stop panicking

2009-01-10T21:59:00.015+08:00

Slack

If I were to use one word to describe my day, that would be it. I slept, ate, slacked, slept somemore, ate again and continued slacking. And it wasnt as if the medicine made me unable to do anything else. I just chose to slack. After all, its two weeks to school, and there wont be this luxury for a looong time.

I guess I should be thankful that J1 timetable has so many buffers. One week of lectures which I doubt i will be attending, followed by chinese new year. After that there's two weeks of orientation (or so I hear) before school officially begins. And for once, there are things to look forward to in school. New people, new faces and a whole new school life. Almost feels like a new lease of life.

Because everyone is telling me to be consistent, the theme of my academic life in 2009 shall henceforth be consistency ! No more of the slacking in class and chionging before exams I'm so used to doing. I am going to be prepared at all times, keeping ahead of everyone else. From this year onwards, I shall aspire to triumph over math. A new era has come, one in which I will own math, not the other way round. Never again will I cower in the face of math problem. In time to come, it will learn to fear me!

One last week of holidays. How shall I spend it? Should I attempt to reset my biological clock? Or should I sleep as much as possible? Should I start revising my stuff? Or should I let myself rest just a week more? Decisions, decision. life is full of them. Yet i times i wish thing would just continue and all i had to do was to follow.

Pictures from the band chalet!

Yay, coolio hat! =D

Can you spot liangsai's head?

The elusive phantom head!

Kite-string bondage!!

The looks of -ahem- sympathy

Why so bored, kusumawardhani?

My all-time favourite constipated look! >.<

Still looks abit peaky, eh?

lol, the elusive dog pee pic

2009-01-10T00:11:00.003+08:00

Whatever was wrong with tt previous post, I seriously have no idea. Maybe its contents really werent meant for some eyes. Whatever the case is, I'm just going to ignore it and get on with life.

First of all, I'm proud to announce that I can once again communicate on the same octave with most of the human species !!! Yay!! No more sounding like some Frankenstein-like monster. You have no idea how happy i was when I picked up irene's phone call this morning and realised I could talk. It was pure torture not being able to talk man... Glad its finally over.

Anyway, I am soo glad I decided to come for band prac today! Slacked around at home trying to decide whether to go band prac or continue lazing around. Luckily I chose the former, else I would have missed out on so much fun! Leng started crapping abt Hwachong band history shortly after I arrived, so I didnt really prac much. It was interesting all the same, I didnt know that such a thing happened. If you ask me, these conspirational theories are not really that reliable, but everyone loves a little gossip, so go ahead!

After prac we went to kfc for lunch. I think it was abit of a risk eating there with my voice just recovering, but I guess it didnt matter much. After lunch and on the way to the bus stop we finally got enough ppl to go watch 赤壁so we walked back to the other bus stop to go lz's hse and slack b4 the movie.

Peirong started talking to edwin using lz's msn and it was super funny! She passed off as everyone there except herself and even managed to trick edwin into believing tt the movie was at sembawang instead of west mall! This, i believe, is the main reason why edwin came late for the movie.

Loved the movie. Not the seats though. it was incredibly difficult trying to get into a comfortable positionat the third row, so I kept turning around to ensure tt i wont start cramping up. Effects were really awesome, the actors were good, and so were the fighting scenes. Plot would have been good, had it not been based on a historical event which everyone already knew. All in all, I wont mind watching it again, and thats saying quite a lot, cos I never watch movies twice.

Hopefully the second time I can get better seats =)

2009-01-08T20:59:00.016+08:00

A Nasty Viral Infection

I just went to see the doctor, and apparantly i have a viral infection! =( I think its because I've been sleeping too little recently. Haix, now I cant even talk properly. Kinda ironic actually, seeing as in reading "the art of talking to anyone". =/ Band prac tml! And the doc says i shouldnt be playing any wind instruments. How? =(

Anyway, lets get on with the second day of the chalet. I got up at 8, after a short two hour sleep. Felt really crabby, especially because I couldnt talk. Breakfast cheered me up a little, and after drinking a bottle of that white white thing I could start talking again! yay, although my voice turned out really low and weird, at least I could make some sounds.

Didnt join in the animal mania which the rest were playing, cos it involved making weird noises, which I definitely couldnt do, so I watched them. Went to play captain's ball after awhile, and its super fun and very tiring. Felt a whole lot better after that, and we sat around and stoned, so I went to bathe and then we went out for lunch.

鱼片米粉 for me and my poor throat, but it was nice, so nvm about that. After tt we went to get subway for those who didnt wanna join us, and poor chai got laughed at by some ang mohs for playing ji gu pak with me across the transparent subway walls =( hahaha!!!

Anyway, irene and chee shan were at the chalet when we got back, so we decided to go throw the frisbee around again. The wind was too strong for frisbee, so we decided to go fly a kite instead. Havent flown a kite since...p6? Glad to see i havent lost touch. Anyway, the kite got stuck after awhile, and we had quite alot of fun trying to get it down and even more fun tying irene up with the kite string!

Sat at the seat there and listened to the all guys choir (including chai) behind there singing alot of songs. Took spastic section videos and group photoes of which I have neither, and it was super cute! Went back to the chalet and camped inside one of the rooms listening to the girls talk, then we were joined by lz, cynthia, edwin and peirong (i keep getting her name wrong). Watched peirong try out all her weird cheerleading antics with cynthia as a guinea pig.

Cheeshan left after awhile =( and the rest of us played a lame chinese word game. Got a little tiring after awhile, so everyone went to sleep. Guess that shows how tired we all really are. Before I knew it, it was like 7+. Closed my eyes and an hour passed. Quickly got up to watch my 心花朵朵开 and eat my fish porridge. Played snap jack over 'America's got talent' and then all too soon, it was time to go.

Quickly packed my bag and left together with xiangjing, irene and peirong. We were waiting for the bus when I forgot to bring my bag along. -.- Am I Zai or what man... A big thanks to edwin for bringing to me. Thank You! =)Went to popular with peirong and irene for her to buy a book for her book review, and then took the mrt back home. Super duper tired, I fell asleep for like 10 stops without knowing it So glad to finally reach home and get a good night's sleep. Okay, thats all for the chalet. Hope there's another one this year, and maybe this time I wont fall sick!

edit: I still havent managed to "do" my math! Zong xian, can you plsplspls pass it to me?

2009-01-08T13:19:00.004+08:00

Band Chalet

Okay, I'm back!! Should have still been in the chalet, doing checking out and stuff, but due to unforeseen circumstances, I am back at home instead, feeling fully rested after a long sleep.

Let's see if I can remember what I did for the past two days. In the morning of the first day I went back to salt centre for individuals with lz. I think including warm ups I spent a grand total of one hour and fifteen minutes practising. The rest of the time was spent photocopying the scores, which took an incredibly long time, cos we kept missing pages of the scores >(

After that we went to lz's hse cos he didnt manage to finish packing the day before. Read abit of my book while waiting for him to finish whatever he was doing, which took a while. Supposed to meet lionel at tampines at 12 to go pasir ris together, but in the end we reached about 12:30 liddat. Sorry lionel!!! Yeah, made him wait for half an hour. =( sorry!!

Ok, the mrt ride was freaking long. like 50+ minutes?? got bored (and hungry) after standing on the train for awhile, so i suggested going for lunch first, then continuing on the the journey. Decided on Bugis, and went to Crystal Jade for lunch. The food was super nice, and super filling. I dont know how they calculate their servings, but it was just right. We were filled almost to the brim, but not quite, leaving a little space for the ice cream next. Slacked around at that doughnut place, cos we were all feeling too comfortable to move.

Finally began the rest of the long journey to pasir ris, and we reached with abit of time to spare. Went arcade to look around, played House of the Dead 4 with lionel. Kena thrashed in like.. 30 seconds after he died, so it goes show what good boys we are and how little we go to places like arcades. There was this new game which edwin had alot of fun playing, which involved poking the buttons which lit up. But edwin, being edwin, couldnt smashing the buttons with all he had, which left him complaining of his hurting hands after tt. =)

Next, we tried to get to Aloha loyang by bus, but somehow, we managed to split into three groups in the process. First group was lz and edwin, who managed to get on the very crowded bus. Second group was me, xiangjing, ls, zx and a girl (dunno her name), which sneaked a ride on the downtown east bus. Third group was lionel, shimin, germaine and someone else, which walked all the way there. Well, it took awhile, but after alot of hassle, we all managed to get there in one piece.

There wasnt much to do there, so we got out the cards and I learnt how to play Snap Jack. Played that and a few more games, like hearts, bridge, etc. After that we went to throw the frisbee around, and learnt how to play a frisbee match. This was followed by a very vigorous game of ice and freeze, which left everyone hot, sweaty and tired. Those who didnt join in were playing mahjong at the balcony, so they were the only clean ones around.

Ok, my memory gets a little cloudy abt what we did next, so I may have gotten the sequence wrong. Basically I bathed, watched 心花朵朵开 and waited for the pizza to arrive. After that we played strip poker with the mahjong tiles as chips. I think our rules are abit screwed, seeing as no one has played strip poker before, therefore we didnt get very far with the "stripping". luther, liangsai and i were "stripped" of our shoes and yiyi remained the only one fully clothed. not very sexually appealing, but it was fun playing all the same.

Yongjie arrived around this time, so the ten minutes before his arrival we spent deciding on a place to celebrate, getting the cake out and trying to bring a lit candle out into the open space with the wind blowing from all directions. After that we attempted to bond yongjie (failed terribly cos his jeans were too tight), sang the birthday song and brought the cake back into the chalet to cut and eat. Then there was a mini cake fight which left yongjie with some cake down the front of his shirt (which he wore for the next day as well), and some disgusting raspberry juice on chai's shirt.

After that it was mahjong time again and I sat around watching them play. When no money gets involved, I find very little incentive to win, and therefore, get very lazy to think. It was fun watching until I got bored, so i went to find lz they all, and found them telling stories and talking bout random stuff outside. Joined them for awhile, then they went back to the chalet and i went to look at the stars.

We realised tt there wasnt anyone at the bottom level of the chalet after awhile, so we went back in and found all of them camping in one of the second story rooms, playing taboo. Went in to join them, and they played a few other games like charades, guessing band songs, movies etc. Played for super long, and it was really very funny, but in the middle of the game i started losing my voice, and by the end of it i think i couldnt even talk. Drank lots of water, but still no use, so i just ignored it.

Went to play mahjong again and this time i joined in until i got too bored. While we were playing the rest of them were having some heart to heart talk which i found really amusing. So the four of us playing mahjong attempted to eavesdrop on them, which was a little too obvious, cos of the conspicuous drop in volume. After we ended the game we went for supper at the vending machine. to be honest, the sandwiches were quite horrible, but its better than nothing, and certainly makes falling asleep easier.

Went up to sleep with lionel after supper. It was around 6+ am then. Shortly after, we were joined by lz, who started making falling asleep just about impossible. Due to my inability to speak, I couldnt make him shut up, so I decided to ignore him (which was just as hard). Anyway, luckily lionel was there, so lz turned his attention to him and I was able to finally fall asleep.

-end of day 1-

2009-01-06T00:11:00.004+08:00

Error Carried Forward

Looks like 09 brought some of 08's problems along with it.

If you look hard enough, there isnt anything you cant find.

If you try hard enough, there isnt any problem you cant solve.

2009-01-05T22:00:00.004+08:00

Yay, 小娘惹 just ended, and the very smart me guessed the ending!! So proud of myself =) guess it comes with years of watching television. Anyway, there were many things i wanted to say abt it, but I've decided not to, because it really is a nice show and I wouldn't wanna ruin my own impression of it. I would say its as nice as 黄金路, although the ending is much nicer. Curiously enough, there's Felicia chin in both of them! I think she's really pretty but I still couldn't help laughing out with I saw her in that nyonya dress. Guess she's just more of the modern type yah? Like in 心花朵朵开.

Okay, enough with the television stuff. Band prac today was once again not very eventful. I think sectionals are more effective really. Not that I want leng to get food poisoning again, but I feel that we should have sectionals more often. Maybe thats why the raffles bands do it like that. Anyway, I'm probably going back to school tml to do individuals or smt. Then heading off to the band chalet.

Luckily the chalet got subsidise sia, else I'll be eating instant noodles at aloha loyang every day. I kinda like the bungalows there, and going with the band would really be fun, even though certain seniors wont be staying.... -narrows eyes- Okay lah, 知道你们不方便 lah, maybe there'll be another opportunity? I doubt it, but lets try to be more positive abt it, shall we?

Oh, and on a side note, I suck at guitar hero. Like really suck. Super duper crap. Think its abt the same standard as irene or smt. But no worries, I'm sure I'll achieve a breakthrough soon! Going to own chai one day!!!!

Okaayy, I need to pack for chalet le. Though I have no idea what to bring. Hmm... no idea how long I'll be staying either. Hmm....

2009-01-04T00:49:00.004+08:00

Went shopping today. Spend super long walking all over Northpoint today. Apparently there are festive sales everywhere, so we managed to get some nice clothes rather cheaply. Bought two new books and an organiser for2009. The organiser cost me a good 17 bucks, so I'll definitely be utilising it. Its been some time since I last bought a book (probably Harry Potter), but these two books are definitely worth the 50+ bucks I invested on them.

Omg. I just saw Campus SuperStar on tv, and well, its just as expected. Another typical rubbishy singapore show. Maybe its just me, but I think these singaporean shows are waaay too substandard. First of all, the hosts are not quite there yet. No offense to Felicia and Pornsak, (both of whom i really like btw), but they really seem quite awkward on the stage. Perhaps its because the show was planned so poorly they couldnt really do much, but if they are unable to keep the hype up, then the audience is sure to grow bored soon.

Speaking of tv shows, it seems like Mediacorp has finally made its one wise move by buying the 康熙来了 talkshow. Watching it for more than three years more or less gives me the right to recommend this show, and I must say it really is an important part of my life. For the past three years I have been going on to youtube to watch the show every tuesday to saturday. I will faithfully type in the url and tune in to an hour of laughter watching the two extremely competent hosts. I must say, 小S has single-handedly made me laugh more than anyone else on the planet has ever managed to. All in all, its definitely a show worth watching, but the episodes will probably be lagging two to three months behind Taiwan's. Nothing's going to stand in the way of my daily dosage of 康熙来了, so I'll still be watching it on youtube. For those who havent been watching it, give it a shot. You wont regret it. Meanwhile, continue boycotting the rest of the Mediacorp shows.

2009-01-02T23:40:00.003+08:00

Second day of 2009

Okay, which idiot suggested going to school early in the morning today!?! Shouldnt have agreed mann, freaking tired lah. Crashed for two hours after reaching home. Had to, or else I would probably have collapsed or smt lah.

New year's eve I woke up at 9.30 (slept at 2), and then the sleepover i din sleep till 4+ ? Woke up super early too (abt 9) , unlike the host, who refused to get out of bed till... 1 ? Last night I was awake until 1+, and had to wake up at 6.30 !!!! After a month of sleeping for 12hrs/day, this is certainly NOT a nice change. Good attempt at resetting my biological clock though.

New Year Celebration

I kinda forgot to post about this, but I guess its better late than never!

Like I said, woke up at 9.30 on new year's eve. Slacked around at home till 1+ before leaving. Reached lz's hse at around 3. All the seniors were already there, and I guess it was kinda nice to see all of them again. Played mahjong with sean chia, junjie, cindy and ernest. After such a long hiatus, I'm glad to see that I havent deteriorated much, still managed to win abit. =D

After the mahjong session was total chaos, played alot of very noisy games like tuki tuki and animal mania. Total rubbish lah, the juniors were quite disadvantaged cos unlike them, we dont spend half our lives engaging in such lame games. First penalty went to edwin. Had to go smell/kiss rujun's butt >.<>

Okaay. After that the seniors left for i dunno where. Then I cant recall what we did le (probably nth) until chai and yiyi turned up. Then they started having fun in lz's room -waggles eyebrows- , playing some facebook games. Somehow everyone thought it was interesting, so everyone crowded around them and started watching them play. Personally I've never played any facebook game more than once, so I dont see the hype.

Dinner was a freaking fat fiasco. Ordered pizza, but owing to a complicated series of events, we ended up eating instant noodles =.= and nuggets from mcdonalds. haix, was really getting abit short tempered when the food didnt turn up. watched the rest of them play mahjong until countdown, then played wii until everyone was too tired and went to sleep.

Well, it was tiring, but we've finally gotten into the new year!! The seniors all say J1 is nothing. I suppose its kinda true. But I'm still going to give it my all, lets continue keeping our fingers crossed, shall we?

2009-01-01T20:03:00.002+08:00

Happy New Year!!

Yay, its the new year! The ever so elusive 2009 is finally here!! Actually I'm not so sure whether I really am anticipating the new year. Admittedly, 2008 sucked like no other year has sucked, with all the political rubbish, economic crisis, and all the other whatnot. Needless to say, school in 2008 was a total disaster (I shall not go into the finer details). In fact, I have to thank all my lucky stars for helping me pull through this totally crappy academic year.

This is why part of me wants the new year to come. For one, we begin on a fresh new sheet (of misdeeds), a clean start. Four years worth of random misconduct erased!! How cool is that. And finally, I wont ever need to see the faces of some idiotic teachers from high school. No more pretending I like them or the dumb stuff they pass off as lesson packages. Oh, and most importantly, NO MORE CHEMISTRY!!!! Never again will i have to feign interest at how some random itsy bitsy atomic particles bond/fuse/copulate !!!

However, I must say I really liked my class of 2008. All the crazy ppl, spastic/ retarded idiots really livened up the class. Will really miss them in JC, doubt we'll get to be in the same class =( Honyp was a great form teacher. Had alot of fun niaoing him and getting niaoed, as well as trying to suck up to him in order to see him smile =) Most of the teachers were good, some not as good as others -ahemahemahem- such as _____ .

HP lessons were more interesting this year, I must say, especially with slim slacking off so much as compared to last year. For more tips on how to bluff your way through his lessons without reading the tutorial, consult me online at rainbowinthesky_4@hotmail.com HRP was fun, though I know i didnt deserve the A1 tt slim gave me. Once again, this shows that getting on the right side of your mentors work all the time.

Well, seems like 2009 is here to stay. Let's just make the most out of it.
Now for new year resolutions !!!!!!!!! Yay, my favourite.

1) I am going to try and stay happy all throughout the year!! =)
2) I am going to be a good boy and stop getting caught for random demerits (meaning i still can pon class and wadever, just dun get caught =P )
3) I am going to mug really hard, and make sure I do well
4) I am going to meng prac and do my best for SYF'09
5) I am going to make more new friends
6) I am going to try and sleep more regularly
7) I am going to eat my meals regularly
8) I am going to keep my swearing down to a minimum

Okay, that should be all. Hope I can do it!!!!! Oh, and I just remembered I havent practised much for Hymn despite bringing back the scores. Hmm... guess I'd better go start memorising soon.

Going to school tml in the morning. Even though our sch year doesnt start till the 19th. Just for the sake of guailan-ing the NCC ppl by pretending to be latecomers. =D Finally, I can show them both middle fingers (edwin's trademark) and tell them "I'm not from this school, you !@#!@ !!!!"
There you go, no swearing.

2008-12-30T23:18:00.003+08:00

Somehow it just struck me that the year is coming to an end
As much as I am anticipating the new year, I really don't want 2008 to end
Its been such an eventful year, with all its ups and downs, joy and griefs.
New friends made, great times spent, and of course, the yearly series of unfortunate events.
Somehow, everything always resolves itself by the end of the year.
Miraculous, really.
As much as I have a habit of getting myself in the deepest of shits, I always manage to get out of it pretty much clean.
I'm praying and hoping that the year ahead will be nothing like what this year has been.
I could do with more of the fun and laughter, but I certainly have no need for the suay stuff tt finds its way to me.
Cheers to a better new year!

(just realised tt this colour clashes with everything else, but who cares)

2008-12-29T22:32:00.002+08:00

Band Prac Band Prac

Individuals today was ..... quite okay. I mean, i suppose I could have done much more, but its still better than nothing. =)

Lunch was at prince =( cos golden rooster was too crowded. Anyway, had a nice chat with yiyi about christianity and stuff. Glad to see tt someone shares my opinions on these issues =D

Band prac was abit dull, which resulted in me slacking in the sectionals room with the high school horns. Jiayou for Machu Picchu guys!!! If you need help just ask! Our Hymn sounds decent lah. With a few more months to spare, i'm sure we can do a great job! Just to be on the safe side, I've brought home my scores to start memorising. Certainly beats writing all the stupid flats and sharps on the scores.

lastly, i have decided not to be crazy and go jogging at night again tonite. Partly because I've just drunk half a carton of milk and i really dont want it to come spurting out.

I think we should really start learning how to cherish everything around us, be it things, people or relations. Very often we find ourselves thinking back upon the past and wondering why we did this that thing that was so stupid. Even more often, we start regreting only after its too late. Treasure what you have, because once its gone, it won't come back. After all, we only live once. Don't live with regrests.

2008-12-28T13:26:00.004+08:00

Great day

Yesterday's band prac wasnt very fulfilling. Did abit of the set piece, then repeated the same part of Hymn over and over and over again. Didnt really do much, but it wasnt exactly boring either. Nutcase is back!!! yay! super long never hear her play liao. actually im quite surprised she can still play lor. Impressive!! Oh, but Cheeshan was sick =( so she wasnt here, which means she didnt get her christmas card!!! Gave out the rest of the cards to the section. Really wonder where amanda is. havent seen her at band pracs for super long.

Lunch at curry wok, and then it was off to the party! reached three hours early i think. Was intending to go get some sleep first, cos i was so frigging tired from waking up at 8. But then i decided that reading 8 days would be more worth my time.

The whole thing started around 7, but everyone who was bringing food came at abt 5+. The food was good, chicken, turkey, ham, prawn, crabs, curry, and all the other stuff. Ate quite alot, which is why im going swimming later. Went off to play with Eugene after dinner! he's sooo cute!! And he's my friend now=) Poor Ryan injured his leg, so he's limping around like the tao-jie in 小娘惹。Haha, we kept niaoing him about that until he turned abit sad. awww...

The games started abt 8+. Actually it was our turn to think of games this year, cos all our older cousins were sick of planning all the stuff every year. But my "second generation" ppl were a big bunch of slackers, so we ended up pushing the responsibility back to them =p Apparantly the "first gen" ppl are all going overseas next christmas, so we're going to have to do everything ourselves =(

First game was quite easy. there were a series of pictures taken of things in the living room, and we had to find out what they were. And because the pictures were extremely zoomed in, most of them didnt look like what they were. The person who found it would have to randomly pick out a forfeit (which involved another person), and carry out tt forfeit with him/her. Then the two of them would be able to get a present from the tree. There was totally chaos as everyone walked around trying to find the objects, but Eugene and I managed to find the object in the second picture, which was one of the wall decorations. =D Forgot what the penalty was, but we managed to get Eugene's first present of the day! Yay!!

Haha, my little cousin immediately went into the room and started ripping the wrapper apart. The present was some toy thingy tt you can fix together to form different things. Cant really describe it, but the two of us tried to fix it in the room while the rest of the ppl played outside. From what i heard, the penalties were really stupid, like plucking 5 hairs from the tallest person (mingren) and somehow, i got involved in a really lame penalty, which involved my cousin smacking my ass >(

Second game was pretty original. Ten ppl had to out their hands on a piece of mahjong paper on a table, and the last person to remove his hand wins! Abit similar to the "put your hands on the car" thingy tt u see on the news, but it was much more fun. The penalty for each person who removed his hand was to eat a bowl of leftovers. In order to further test our resolve, all those who were not playing started putting weird stuff on our hands, including flour, all the turkey sauces, chilli, scraps of paper, ice, and even an egg for Eugene! It was really freaking gross, and the smell of all these weird sauces made quite a few ppl quit. Those who remained until the end, including me =) , got another present, so yay!!

After that was logcake time !!! Cake was quite nice, and so was the champange. I drank 3 different types of champange altogether, including a bottle which cost $200++. Traditionally there was supposed to be a Spray Champange Ceremony, where all the crazy adults would arm themselves with champange and start randomly popping them and spraying everyone around. This year, owing to the economic crisis, as well as the presence of $2xx per bottle champange, nobody dared to try this crazy thing.

However, they very quickly overcome this small problem by substituting champange with water! Much more economical, and this way everyone got to drink more champange =)
It started off with innocent ppl sitting on the sofa (the rules change every year, last year's rule was no wetting the sofa), and after that it got increasingly wilder. From small cups of water, ppl started getting out basins, small buckets and eventually even the big pails came out!! The adults and some of my older cousins were the ones doing most of the splashing, but from my vantage point, it was super funny, seeing everyone splash everyone else. Everywhere you see there were ppl holding buckets of water, ppl getting backstabbed, sabo-ed, or caught off guard. absolutely hilarious

After most of the adults got wet they decided to change the rules abit. Now they started aiming everyone else who was dry, meaning all of has had to start looking for places to hide. I was keeping a very low profile on a sofa beside my cousin-in-law, and managed to remain relatively dry even while everyone was getting wild all around me. I even cleverly went to the other side of the living room when they decided to gank my cousin-in-law. But all it took was a moment of lapse in concentration for me to get cornered against the door, and even dodging couldnt prevent me from getting splashed good and proper.

The highlight of the event was without a doubt one of my cousin's failed attempt to splash another cousin. He had been camping in the kitchen with a pail of ice-cold water from the champange box, waiting for the right moment to strike. Only he hadnt accounted for the wet living room floor. As he chionged out of the kitchen with his pail ready, he slipped on the floor, skidded the length of the living room and collided against the wall and ended up emptying half the pail's water on himself!! hahahaa!! Unfortunately for him, my grandma was standing next to his intended target, and she got wet as well!!! She got quite angry with him, but none of the rest of us really cared, we were too busy laughing at the failed attempt. I guess that's what they call retribution!!

At the end of the day, everyone went home wet, except for my cousin's boyfriend, whom she brought over for christmas. throughout the entire ordeal he was standing outside the door, didnt even dare to come in!! Must be quite a frightening experience for him i guess, bet he didnt envision this type of scenario when she invited him over for "christmas celebration"!!

Well, it certainly was fun, and I cant wait for next year. My mum's already sworn revenge on the people who splashed her, namely my oldest cousin and my aunt. Oh, and defintely Eugene too. He was so incredibly happy when he saw her getting splashed he couldnt stop laughing!

Oh, and i got a mini-safe thingy and a box of towels for christmas!! haha, not really very zai presents, but last night was worth more than any present ever!

2008-12-28T00:37:00.001+08:00

It was super fun, but i'm damn tired now, so im going to crash for the nite. updates tml

2008-12-26T23:13:00.006+08:00

Dreams

I had such an amazing dream last night, I didnt wanna wake up. Its been so long since a had a dream, usually i sleep right through the night. Maybe this dream signifies smt? I dont know. My mum called at 11 to wake me up. I slept through it. My alarm went off at 12. I turned it off and went back to sleep. Finally woke up at around 1. Chionged down to cityhall again, but n oone was there!

Was supposed to meet the section there, but jx told me they werent there yet, so i went into raffles place to walk around and look for stuff. At abt 2 edwin told me he reach marina square liao. called jx and realised they were all at marina =.=

Lunch was interesting, havent eaten with my cute juniors for such a long time. =) teally missed those days. the buffet was okay. abit sian of sakae food now, just ate it last week. anyway, the manager was being a total bitchass, so we kept asking him to take us our orders, refil the glasses and blahblah.

And i need to thank all my dear juniors, jie xuan, wei yang and lionel for the biggest card of the day (complete with all your best handwritings..), the mouse coinbox thingy, and the tomato/apple soft toy!

Oh, and i just finished seeing the video. Two things to say:
1) Khaiboon is a zai DM.
2) Elliott really has a slutty fuckface

Ah well, i guess this marks the end of our lives in HCIMB. Time to open a new chapter in this book of life and step into JC!

Now for the pictures =)

My two very cute juniors! Let's hope their JC seniors can keep their hands to themselves, especially the very flirtatious irene chu =p

lol, how spastic can my juniors get i really have no idea. And we thought jiexuan was bad enough.. tsktsk...

全家幅

Further testament to the retardedness of my section...

OKay, thats all for today. Band prac + christmas celebration tml!! Whooo!!!

2008-12-26T00:09:00.004+08:00

Christmas! =)

Well, Santa didnt get me anything for Christmas. Not even coals. I must have been really bad this year huh? Actually i know full well how naughty i've been this year. If it was bad by my standards, it must have been atrocious by his. On hindsight, it doesnt seem that bad after all.

Christmas, as they say, is a time for family. So we stayed at home the whole day, slacking around, playing poker and watching 赤壁. I lost like everything in poker lah, maybe because they were playing with very high stakes. Or maybe its because i just suck at poker.

Wrote letters for everyone in the section today. If you ask me, cards written on Christmas Day itself are the most meaningful, because it means someone devoted his/her precious Christmas time to writing a message of meaning to you. It took me awhile, but im finally done with all of them.

well, Christmas may be over for you, but it's barely begun for me!! There's still the Christmas party im looking forward to with the paternal side of my family, and of course, the long awaited step down tml!! Sakae@Marina Square. Meeting jx at city hall at 1:45 tml. note to self: i must not be late!

ok, I woke up quite early today (around 11) so that probably explains why my head's starting to hurt. Or it could be all those letters I wrote. Or it could be the trauma of losing more than 30 bucks over 心花朵朵开. Or it could be because i've been staring at the screen for the past few hours. Anyway, it doesnt matter. That's all for today.

2008-12-25T01:06:00.002+08:00

Christmas Eve celebration

Yay, its finally Christmas!! I have no idea what we're doing tml, or today, technically, but who cares.

Anyway, went over to Auntie Karen's hse today to celebrate Christmas! Yay, the food was nice, and so was the cake. What was NOT nice was Uncle Francis' not-so-subtle attempt to force us to watch some Christian message thingy.

Its about this guy, who started doing drugs at 11, spent more than 20 years in and out of jail and rehab. After he read the Bible, he accepted Jesus and his life turned for the better. This was followed by some pastor, who said some stuff (dont really remember cos i was really zoning out). Kinda repetative, but i guess these stuff are like that.

What was truely scary was Uncle Jee Hua's attempt to convert me. Immediately after the video screening, he started spamming me weird questions like "Do you think there is a God" "Where will you go after you die" and "What is your purpose in life". Omg, totally traumatising. I felt like telling him "LIKE I KNOW!" but somehow, being the well mannered kid I was, i didnt. Seriously! I remember once, when i was still quite young. Went for some church camp thingy. And throughout the entire bus ride, he was beside me, telling me all about Christianity. There was like absolutely no way i could tell him to leave me alone so i was stuck there patronising him for two solid hours.

Ah well, Merry Christmas guys!

2008-12-23T23:45:00.002+08:00

Philyouth Concert

Woke up kinda late today. Saw lz's message asking us to go bowling but really didnt feel like it. Was supposed to eat lunch at 1, wait for food to digest till 4, then go jogging again. But then at around 3.30, i tried googling "online poker" and found a nice site for ppl to play poker for free chips. kinda got hooked and ended up playing till abt 5.

Chionged to the mrt station and went down to cityhall. Turned out irene was the only one there and i was pretty much on time. =) tried walking around to find a florist to buy flowers for the concert ppl, but there wasnt one anywhere nearby. Met chee shan, then the three of us went down to marina square to find flowers.

The flowers were freaking exp and took super long to wrap, so we were running very late when we met lz, zx, lionel and cynthia for dinner. Missed the opening song, Symphonic Overture, but the rest of the concert was pretty nice. Really liked the encore piece, i think its very heart-warming. Now that i think of it, i think chai slept through the entire second half of the concert. I was quite shocked when she suddenly started clapping after one soloist played, cos i assumed she was fast asleep.

Went for supper after that, I think its quite unhealthy to eat so late, so i have decided to CUT DOWN on supper henceforth. Oh, and we saw FIONA XIE at McDonalds!!!!!! super cool!! lz was like totally ooogling at her lah. or maybe it was junjie. hmm... anyway, after awhile she kinda got irratated by our very persistent stares and decided to leave. dang.. lionel wanted to go take a picture with her, but then he got NOSEBLEED!!! haha, that was totally hilarious!! dont know why his nose so bleedy these few days. the other day we go sakae eat he oso nosebleed. tsktsk.. think too heaty liao, should go drink more herbal tea.

okay, this more or less concludes today. going to celebrate christmas tml at one of my maternal auntie's hse. abit sian. not very close to them, and i think counting down to christmas with them might be abit ... you know... awkward. ah well, thats for tml. nites all. going to play more poker

2008-12-23T02:32:00.000+08:00

its 2:32 and I have got to stop sleeping so late

2008-12-22T23:56:00.002+08:00

A Random Post

I sacrificed my Desperate Housewives to go jogging!! Great achievement on my part i think, in an attempt not to go into army two months earlier in two year's time. Actually i jogged once in the afternoon already, around 4, but i guess today is just one of those 新血来朝 days. Soooo gonna own napfa next year. And in two years, im NOT going to go into army early.

Hmm, what shall I blog about today? For starters, my aunt has just given me a very nice Christmas present! Its called "Anything I Want". Yup, and it comes in the form of a credit card! =)) Haha, actually she gave me this card when i went to China, and apparantly its valid for about 5 years. yesterday she told me that i could buy anything I wanted with it! =DDD kinda dangerous really, leaving a teenager with a credit card linked to your bank account. Goodness knows what I could do with it. I guess this just shows how much my aunt trusts me. Contrary to popular belief, I am actually a very trustworthy person!!!

When i have some free time i shall slowly contemplate what to buy for myself. Just some thoughts, i considered the twilight series, since im probably never going to save enough for it. Shoes/Clothes/ Roller Blade (!!!!) Spoilt for choice. Oh, and this offer extends to my brother too, and the first thing he thought of was an iPhone -.- Abit too exp for a Christmas present dont you think. Okay, thats all for now, Edwin's concert tml. Nites

2008-12-22T13:03:00.002+08:00

Addiction!

Okay, its 1pm and i just woke up. Really satisfying to sleep in and wake up at whatever time i want. Pity all this luxury's going to end when January the 19th comes.

I'm still abit peeved about how the school cheated us of so much slacking time. Weren't we supposed to start school some time in March or smt? First three months were supposed to be for us to HAVE FUN!! Two months of slacking-- gone!

And about the first week of school, i have numerous disagreements. First of all, why do we need to go back one week earlier to revise all the lame stuff they thought throughout the year? Wasn't it bad enough learning it once? Besides, if you could teach a year's stuff in a week, then why didnt you do it last year? Then we wouldn't have needed to spend the rest of the year learning about it.

Secondly, why are you forcing those ppl not taking particular subjects to come for the lectures as well? I know fully well that I'm never going to survive in a chemistry class, therefore i have very cleverly stayed away from it in JC. Now you're telling me i have to re-visit the horrors of my past and force me to listen to all that molecular bonding or wadever whatnot crap? Just go and die.

I reeaally wanna pon, but its the first day of school!! And i bet the school authorities were banking on this fact when they arranged it in the first place. gahhh!

Well, the holidays still look plentiful, coupled with the fact that i dont seem to have much holiday homework (and am not intending to do it), i have pretty much free time to do what i want. NEXT holidays, I'm going to make sure i come up with a proper timetable so as not to waste all these precious time.

Yesterday was pretty much quality time spent with my extended paternal family. By this, i mean QUALITY MAHJONG TIME!! I really like mahjong, but im proud to say that despite a whole day of temptations from everyone in the family, i refused to succumb and didnt play a single game the whole day!! Quite an accomplishment actually. I could have easily said "I want to play too!". Then someone would have let me. Instead, i chose the muchmuchmuuucch harder road of watching the rest of them play.

As to why i didnt want to play, I would say its because i was trying to find out if I could stay away. After all, its JC next year, and if I were to spend every weekend over at my grandma's hse playing, then i would most certainly die for promos. And besides, if i were to play, I would probably be owning all of them, so theres really no point.

Spent most of yesterday helping my grandma win. With my limited vocab of hokkien words, its relly abit hard to communicate with her sometimes. That's why i think mahjong is ideal for cross generation bonding. Seriously, mahjong is the new international language, not english.

Okay, thats about all. Wonder why they played the ferrero roche song for 超级星光大道 when the ppl were sent of... hmm..

2008-12-21T23:56:00.001+08:00

I'm tired, so im going to watch my 超级星光大道IV before going to bed. Nites!

2008-12-20T23:30:00.003+08:00

"Band" Outing

It's in inverted commas because even though its supposed to be a band thing, less than 10 ppl went. Had to cancel the initial plans of ice-skating (phew!) and went minds cafe instead! haha, so cool lah, one day after i blogged abt wanting to go then can go liao. talk about christmas wishes.

Anyway, we played monopoly for a looong time, almost 2hrs? but it was quite fun playing with everyone, even though i was getting owned big time. then we played the very intellectually engaging game "BANG"! this was really fun, and if i come across it in some shop, i probably will buy it. Somehow, xiangjing came up with so many weird connotations from the name, apparantly derived from what lz said. something along the lines of :"I cannot bang her, not long enough". get the sex pun? if you dont, then im not bothering to explain it to you.

Went to Sakae for dinner. supposed to be Fish and Co. , but i think they had some blackout, so we couldnt eat there. Sakae was fun too! Had a great time laughing about all the happy times in high school band, recounting stuff tt happened in the past, bringing up ppl like ernest, khai boon, ah lim, etc.

There was a picture with someone somewhere, but i guess it would have to wait. Meanwhile, here's the picture from the primary sch gathering.

2008-12-19T22:09:00.002+08:00

Primary School Gathering

I slept at 3+am last nite. its abit unusual for me because i actually started trying to sleep at 2. but somehow, just couldnt fall asleep. I dont usually have insomnia, can fall asleep anywhere, especially on buses, so its kinda a new experience.

I guess the main reason why i couldnt sleep was coz i was worried/excited/uncertain/idunnowhat about today's gathering. its been awhile since i've last met my primary school friends, but even so, there are some of them whom i've not seen in four years. I had no idea who was going, who i'd be meeting and totally insecure. Afraid of the sure-to-be awkward silences, afraid of seeing someone there whom i'd no recollection of, but over and above all that, afraid that the whole lot of us would drift apart.

My short 4 years in CPS (canberra primary) werent necessarily the best times in my life, but they were certainly enjoyable. life as i remember it was innocent, carefree, and nothing seemed to be a major problem. What i loved most abt it were the people there. my class might not have been the most close-knit class, but they were all a bunch of nice people (as compared to some of the assholes you get out here). Anyway, the past few attempts at a gathering have been successful to a certain extent. never once were we able to get the whole class together, but the fact that many of us were able to go was in itself an added bonus.

Today's gathering was kinda awkward in the beginning. in fact, i didnt warm up to some of them even up till the end, but who cares, at least we kinda know more about one another's existence now. there were... abt 5 whom i've never seen since end of p6 and never turned up for any gatherings, so it was kinda nice to see them again. i must admit, starting a convo with them fully utilised the best of my diplomatic skills. we went to acia for lunch, talked some rubbish, waited for 大牌 sarah to come, and then spent a looong time trying to decide where to go. supposed to go mind's/ settler's but SOMEHOW, we ended up in lousy swirl. if you dont know, its between serene centre and coronation.

place sucked. their board games were... outdated to say the least. i'd expected smt more engaging like risk/ monopoly at least, but nvm, i guess we made do. amazing how a few packets of cards and a bundle of cold jokes can last you through 4 hrs, im still pretty impressed up till now. anyway, after we left tt place, went back to sunplaza for dinner! i hadnt accounted for this, coz i assumed the gathering would have ended before dinner time, but seeing as many were going, i went as well. was worth my while, and we had a slightly more hearty/engaging conversation there. had to leave after awhile though, with promises of another gathering soon. Sure look forward to it =) reunion chalet anyone? haha, seriously doubt anyone would be daring enough to embark on such an ambitious project.

okay, band prac tml. two weeks break? need to start all over again. and ice-skating. damn, really beat now, and totally not looking forward to all the bruises im getting tml.

2008-12-19T00:53:00.005+08:00

The Celestial Zone

I spent the entire day at the library. Before all of you go "Woooaaaahhh", read on. Was intending to borrow the rest of the twilight saga, but they were all either on loan or reserved. was feeling kinda cheated, so i walked around, determined to find something to read. ended up reading the whole of the 'Celestial Zone 21' manga series. Used to be quite a fan of Celestial Zone, i remember. bought every book and all their merchandise. still have them in my room up till now, but i guess i kinda grew out of this type of stuff. I must say, Celestial Zone 21 has turned pretty narcissistic. Wee Tian Beng kinda made this entire series about his life as a manga artist, even turning the main character into one. I mean, we all know how tiring and taxing it can be to be a manga artist in singapore, but do you seriously need to re-emphasise that every few pages?

(chiobu rite? Her name's ziyan! ^^)

2008-12-17T20:45:00.002+08:00

女人大主义

A more low leveled show i have not seen. in all my close to sixteen years of watching television, no show comes even close to how stupid and cheap this show is.
I'd thought it would be about some rational thinkings which the fairer sex might have on certain global events. Never once guessed that it would be a show where women gathered and started abusing men.
Tonight's episode was particularly unbearable. My first time watching the show and truthfully speaking, i have no idea why Mediacorp wanted this show. I have a theory on this, will come to that later.
Anyway, how they went through this "discussion" could easily pass off as some ah lian gathering. Seriously!! All they did was to bitch about the stuff that some men did, never stopping to understand the possible reasons behind them. And their tone! oh my god, its totally sluttish, especially that stupid Cassandra see. I believe its supposed to be a chinese show, but the inability of everyone present to speak without Singlish or English really made me wonder what qualified this dumb thing as a programme.
Given that Quan Yifeng was from Taiwan, shouldnt she have a higher standard of chinese? why was she spamming broken English like no tomorrow? Oh, and i think its really unfair that she should use this show to abuse her husband. Its extremely unfair not to mention she's 公报私仇-ing. Why was she even given the host position when they knew about her marriage? Is Singapore that short of tv hosts?
Which brings me to my second point. Why, on Earth, are we doing such lame shows in the first place? I remember a stupid talkshow hosted by Quan Yifeng a few months ago, and that was crap as well. And that cooking show that aired yesterday! They bear distinct similarities to several Taiwanese shows i know of but their standards dont even come close!
When people say that Singaporean television is going on the downside, its precisely because of these reasons! Why are we importing even television ideas? Is it so hard to come up with fresh ideas, new directions to capture the audience's attention? No wonder i've been watching less tv recently.

I really think this stupid show should be taken off.

All in a day's work

2008-12-17T17:18:00.003+08:00

All in a day's work

The books are all packed into boxes, i have 8 days and teenage neatly stacked in a corner, cleaned out all the different shelves of my table, rearranged all my albums, flipped through all my manga and yes, i have finished spring cleaning my room!!!

*round of applause for myself*

now for the more challenging task: finding a place to put all my soft toys. unlike lz, i dont really like hanging my soft toys behind my bedstand, so i have to find somewhere to put them.
Here's the prob:there isnt anywhere to put them! they're definitely not going on my bed, else i would have to sleep on the floor. My cupboard is already too full to accomodate anyone else. where else can i put them?? damn..

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

I have to admit, my room is incredibly messy. I mean, i always knew it was somewhat in a mess, but i never expected it to be this untidy.
It wasnt until last night when i was looking for the stupid NYGH math papers (why i spend time looking for something i dont want to find still remains a mystery to me) that i realised alot of these stuff dont have to be here.
Do i really need 4 years worth of worksheets, notes and whatnot? All the stupid yazhouzhoukan that i've never once read? piles and piles of history tutorials? stacks upon stacks of HRP notes?
Nope.
Thats why i decided to spring clean my room, and most of what's listed are now sitting in a large box i found. As this box is super heavy (it started to rip when i attempted to move it), i guess it will have to stay where it is until i can get a karang guni to come over.
When the next wave of enthusiasm hits me i shall attempt to tidy up 3 years' worth of 8 days as well as my two tables.

Oh, I wanted to go swim today, got up bright and early, but couldnt find my goggles. Thats why i'm typing this post now instead of enjoying the sun. how loser is that

2008-12-16T19:23:00.006+08:00

My personal brand of heroin

I slept a 5:07 a.m. this morning. Not because i could fall asleep or anything. The reason's much more ridiculous. I stayed up the entire night to play Maple!!!!
Amazing, isnt it? And i thought i'd kicked the addiction. So incredibly easy to succumb to the simple pleasures of online gaming.
But this isnt Maple as many of you know it. I got this private server from xiong chen, which provides excellent drop rates and mind-boggling amounts of exp (experience points). To give a clearer illustration, I am now at level 12x. And i started yesterday.
Makes people wonder why there're still idiots playing the original Maple.
Anyway, its really fun exploring the new places that have sprouted up while i had quit, and lvling up so quickly certainly has its benefits. However, i have no intention of remaining glued to my laptop and the moment my brother install's his Red Alert 3, I'd be glued to his laptop.

Band outing this weekend.
Not sure if i should look forward to it. Ice-skating. It's been a long while since i stepped into the ring ( since sec2 i think?). And i have no intention of falling flat on my face in front of everyone.
God bless. Hope there are people worse than me. =p

2008-12-15T00:55:00.003+08:00

Twilight: the movie

The movie was better than i'd expected.
Then again, i didnt expect it to be very good.
Anyway, i applaud the director's decent effort in ensuring that all the major scenes went into the movie. not an easy task, i must say.
so they shifted some scenes around, mixed up some of the minor details, but all in all, it wasnt too bad.
At least someone who hasnt read the book would like it considerably much.
nonetheless, some of the more subtle emotions which the actors should have portrayed didnt come out too well, noticeably Bella's lack of infatuation towards Edward.
(in my opinion) Bella should have been enthralled by Edward, totally captivated by his "beauty".
Perhaps it was because Robert Pattinson (Edward) wasnt able to reach the stage of perfect beauty as Stephenie Meyer described.
You'll understand when you watch it.
For some reason there werent subtitles.
not that it matters, but for $9.50, i'd expect every single cent worth of my money.
conspicuous lack of the classic lines would be sure to leave fans disappointed.
shant spoiler too much. go watch it bah

2008-12-14T15:53:00.002+08:00

Twilight is out!!!!

oh my god!!! its finally out!!
actually its early. supposed to be out on the 18th, according to my trusty 8 days.
4 days fast. think its most probably going to be some sneaks thingy, but then again, 4 days of sneaks?
anyway, gonna watch it with irene choo ltrrrr. hope there gd seats mann
oh and the movie'd better be good!!! i saw some parts of it on tv yesterday, and it seemed quite nice.
i was soo bored before irene told me bout this that i'd actually contemplated clearing out my room.
by that i mean throwing away all the past 4 years' book, notes and blah.
been meaning to get down to it ever since the end of my last paper, but i guess there's always the rest of the holidays =p

YESYESYESESYESYESYESYES!!!!!!!! TWILIGHT IS OUT!!!!

2008-12-14T02:31:00.003+08:00

Mini Toons!!!!!

They are soooo cuuteeee!!!! =DDD
couldn't resist changing my blogskin when i saw this!!
omg, i love the baby tazl! =)

Ain't he simply adorable?

Almost as cute as me!! =)))

slacking

2008-12-13T20:11:00.005+08:00

Slacking

lol, watching kym ng struggling to pronounce the indian's name can be sooo hilarious. live show somemore. anyway, i cycled and jogged today, so im fitter than i have been in months. been stoning in front of my laptop for far too long, so i guess i'm going to stone in front of the TV instead. miss world festival on 5 ltr tonite!! ok, im starving to death now and no one seems to care, so i shall go order macs before i collapse and die

倚天屠龙记

2008-12-13T18:01:00.003+08:00

倚天屠龙记

yes!! finally finished the series. super nice drama lah, i remember watching it when i was quite young. recently they had reruns on chn 8 and i decided to watch it again online. 40 episode in a week. quite shuang. anyway, think my brother's buying red alert 3!! should be able to play while he's away at camp =)

twilight

2008-12-12T22:07:00.005+08:00

Twilight

i finished the book! havent read a book properly in a loong time. for the past year all i've been reading were slim's history tutorials and stuff for my HRP. not that i didnt learn anything from them, but historians had a way of making any topic incredibly boring. certainly makes a nice change, reading something with a plot. the book was interesting, and im definitely reading the sequels. but the plot seems to be a little too long for a movie, so i bet many parts will be removed. hope it doesnt spoil the whole story, like what they did with the harry potter movies.

the day the earth stood still

2008-12-11T22:34:00.003+08:00

The day the Earth stood still

movie wasnt as great as expected. the starting part was waaay too long, and the ending came too suddenly. so much for sneaks. feel super cheated now, i thought there would be some zai twist to the story, then the credits started rolling in.

luckily i swam abit today while we were trying to teach lionel how to swim at lz's hse pool. quite amusing actually, every time lz asks me to go his hse to swim, he never swims. all he does is wait till the sun comes out and go tanning. tried to teach lionel for awhile, then started picnicking in the pool with all the titbits tt we brought down. quite 舒服 to sit in the jacuzzi and eat prawn crackers.
ok, thats all for today. im going to chiong twilight and finish it tomorrow. bye!

New band room!!

2008-12-10T21:53:00.003+08:00

New band room!!

yup, went to paint the band room today. thought there might have been a little more ppl, but we managed fine. the band room looks really bright and refreshing now!! now we have new cupboards and everything, im sure it'll give the band room a more homely feel.

super duper tired, and had this freaking headache, plus i was starving all the way home. really think curry wok should serve more rice mann....

On a separate note, i did alot of thinking today. cheeshan was right in saying that i'd grown very attached to the band ppl. Its very true, i enjoy every minute i spend with you guys, but this just makes the decision whether to join band all the more difficult. Its not like i dont want to join band in JC, as i've tried explaining, its really that there are a lot of factors i have to consider. the only thing i wish to achieve from the probable next two years in band is simply to have fun. sounds really simple, but i can tell its quite impossible.

without a doubt, i know that my nest year in band will be extremely enjoyable, with all the seniors i know and like. But what's going to happen when they're gone and the new batch of juniors come in? Its no secret that there are many problems between our two batches. internal strife tore the band apart once, and being part of it all practically ruined my last year in hcimb. will band prac become the torture it once was?

like irene said, 上船容易，下船难。Its not going to be easy for me to quit the band in J2. If I'm going to join and then quit, then what's the point in joining?

one thing i really do not understand: is there really a need for things to be as they are now?

Marina Square

2008-12-08T21:29:00.003+08:00

Marina Square

Ok, i know it says Marina Square but the better part of the day was spent at lz's hse slacking away with his wii. didnt really wanna wake up initially (its freaking 8 am!!) cos the weather was just soooo perfect for sleeping in! took me a good twenty minutes to finally get out of bed and go get ready.

the ride down to his house was kinda long, but thankfully i had my trusty 8 days, which i carefully read word for word so that it would last the entire journey. there was this big fat puddle of water beside the bus stop which lionel, edwin and I all stepped into (at different times), so it kinda made my shoes wet for the rest of the day. lz and cynthia had decided to dress up in "couple" NCO shirts so it was quite funny, especially since the two of them had the same poses at the bus stop.

mahjong, breakfast and wii at lz's house followed by badminton! really fun, especially watching the two extremely violent people (namely lionel and junjie) playing. the former, being unable to resist the satisfaction of making contact with the shuttle, ended up smacking it left, right and centre. the latter provided much of the entertainment with his over dramatic dives to save the shuttle, unfortunately ending up on the floor most of the time. =) really enjoyable playing with them! oh, and the NCO couple remained the undefeated team of the day. congrats!!

sadly, lz had some lunch thingy with his friends and so couldnt join us. were to meet shimin at 2.15 at marina square, and we just made it. had lunch at ljs and went superbowl for bowling!! oh, and im extremely guilty because it seems i have accidentally and unintentionally spoilt the date of a certain benjamin low =( sorry! Bowling was quite fun, except that cynthia was super duper off-form, obviously lacking in focus due to unknown reasons which she refused to disclose (its either that or she was really tired after badminton). once again, we got a lane that refused to function properly, resulting in many strikes and spares. the ang moh in the lane beside us totally cast that despise look when he saw us exploiting the malfunctioning system -.- anyway, all in all, it was a nice day out and its really sad that irene didnt wanna come, or im sure it would have been a whole lot more fun!!

2008-12-07T01:23:00.005+08:00

I figured i should really make up for lost time by blogging more. so for my third post in a day, let us review the post-noel outing.

there was: me, lz, cynthia, lionel, yong jia and irene. we were supposed to go bowl at some place i've never heard of. problem was, it was the day after Noel, and i was really kinda tired. slept till about 1pm, waking up a few times in between. once again, i realised i was going to be late (supposed to meet at 3, but then changed to 2.45). thankfully there was irene, who was even later!!

our very scout-worthy liu zhen confidently brought us around the area, and well, it didnt take too long before we realised we were lost. managed to find our way back eventually, then waited there for irene, who turned up in slippers. haha, quite funny actually, she ended up having to wear ths pair of uber long socks that reached her knees!!

bowling after such a long while was certainly different, but irene was really unexpectedly good.she got like a few spares and won lionel and yongjie. i got two tyco strikes after the machine hanged, but i can strike oso one okay!! got chased off the alley after awhile, cos some company booked it or smt.

lz had some dinner thingy and cynthia had to study for her sats, so they both left, leaving us to have dinner at a rather nice chinese restaurant. irene bought her twilight, which she refused to let me bring home. humph! talk about generosity. ah well, she'd better bring it on tuesday. ok, thats about it. have to wake up at 8 tml to go see doctor. nites ppl!!

oh, and theres this quiz thingy irene asked me to take. the boxes get cut off at the side, but who cares. here it is

Dating Strengths	Dating Weaknesses
1. Flirtiness - 75% 2. Financial Situation - 69.2% 3. Adventurousness - 66.7% 4. Friendliness - 62.5% 5. Spirituality - 61.5%	1. Humorlessness - 62.5%

Dating Strengths Explained
Flirtiness - Flirting is a good way to break the ice, and you are a pro at it. Being flirtatious will open up many dating opportunities. Financial Situation - You've got your financial situation under control, which is a very desirable quality. Be careful to avoid guys who are only interested in your money. Adventurousness - You are willing to try new things and be spontaneous. You want to get out there and really live, and you will attract people with a similar love of life. Friendliness - Your friendliness makes you approachable and fun to be around. A wide circle of friends also works to your advantage on the dating scene. Spirituality - Your spiritual side brings you peace and balance, and keeps you grounded. This is attractive, as you can help reinforce this quality in other people.
Dating Weaknesses Explained
Humorlessness - You need to learn how to take a joke, or better yet how to tell a good one. A well-developed sense of humor is high on the list of desired traits for daters.
Take the Dating Diversions Latest Online Dating Quiz

Noel '08

2008-12-06T23:50:00.002+08:00

Every band member (who has a blog) has a post-Noel post, so i dont see why i should be any different. Anyway, ITS FINALLY OVER!!!! actually it came faster than i thought it would. even up till the day before Noel, i was still talking to chai about how it didnt seem like concert was the next day. still, it was a fun experience. and i must say i really luurrrrveee my section!!!

there's...

1) the extremely blurr german SL Chai Jia Ying
2) all time favourite blue-eyed china doll Irene Zhu Oink Oink
3) super duper 超级无敌 auntie Chee Shan
4) very busy but ever so committed Amanda
5) always so cool and dao (at least to me) Zi Yan
6) super-obvious-fake-accent-plus-severely-anorexic Cheryl
7) and not forgetting my even childish-er than me junior Chua Jie Xuan

you'd realise that i left two ppl out. the nutty nutty nutcase and edwin ang yao bin.
Who ask you two never play for concert !!!!!
that's alot of fun you guys missed out on.

anyway, many thanks to my section for being such a wonderful section!!! although im sure we're definitely the noisiest section. I've realised Ms Cheong tends to cast dark looks at our direction every once in a while, especially when we were at the harmoc room. thanks again to Chai, 小猪 and chee shan for the very heartfelt letters.

Noel was great, and although there were a few screw ups here and there, i think overall it was an excellent concert. machu picchu could certainly have been better, and yes, it definitely sounded better during the rehearsal. as described by nutcase, the gimmicks for superman and waltzing cat were pretty entertaining, but i couldnt see a thing from where i was, so im still waiting for that video she took to come out. good job to the cat, rat, superman and monster though!! and to chai for her very nicely played solo.

to sum it all up, Noel '08 may not have been the best concert ever, but it certainly was one of the best experiences in my life!

hello blog!

2008-12-06T23:32:00.000+08:00

okayy, now my blog's all set up. sure brings back memories of how my previous blog died. =(
ah well, its a new beginning, and i promise to update this blog as frequently as i can. will get round to looking for a skin soon.

dont really know why i suddenly decided to create a blog. maybe i was inspired by cynthia kusumawardhani, or maybe i just got sick of tagging on other ppl's blogs. either way, here it is and its gonna stay!!!