Smile, you know you want to

2009-11-29T08:35:00.001-08:00

http://thesunfloweralarmclock.blogspot.com/

Sugar

2009-04-13T09:30:00.001-07:00

Oh no i think something's gonna happen to me..

I've been eating so much sugar these days..

Just today, i've already eaten:

2 strawberry icecream sticks (poolside)
3 packts of the nice raspberry and blueberry cookies (poolside)
1 stick of magnum classic (from home)
1/2 a cup of strawberry icecream (from home)

and i think my home weighing scale is screwed.. it has been showing me the same thing for the past few weeks, when i obviously have been stuffing myself with food.

i hope the energy converted from the sugar goes into the making of more brain cells =D

SYF Photos

2009-04-11T06:27:00.000-07:00

SYF 09

2009-04-03T21:55:00.000-07:00

I was actually really relaxed after our turn because i was extremely tired, and i thought i could already predict the results - Gold. Frankly, based on our performance, i didn't think it was a GWH standard. So when we sat down to listen to the last band, when everybody around me was panicking and was really nervous, i just closed my eyes and tried to enjoy the peace that came after what i've been working for for the past year paid off. I wasn't nervous - Yuhua would get GWH, and us, Gold. It had to go this way.

And then in came the lady who would announce to the hall the results. After thanking moe for organising this event, singapore conference hall for the providing of the competition venue, yamaha for the loan of percussion instruments and her momma for all love she has given her, came the results.

Her: Yuhua, GOLD
Me: no way man. What would we get now? SILVER??

At this moment Bojun stared at me - i completely understood what he meant.

I wasn't even trying to rationalise the situation. what my whole body was craving for, at that point, was our results. After what seemed like the time my grandmother would take to walk from her bedroom to the kitchen, it came to us.

Her: Hwa Chong Institution...
Me: ARGHHH
Her: ... high school section...
ME: wtf. just skip that pls
Her: Gold with Honours

Her voice seemed monotonous, almost trying to rush over the last three words. but it was appropriate. Any more dramatic she sounded, and SCH would go BOOM. we were told by the majors and edwin to contain our feelings to after the announcement of results. but we didn't care. everybody just stood up and shouted, for that few precious seconds. i wasn't thinking about anything at that point - what the school would think of us, how other ccas would react to our results were all of least importance. i was just filled by pure emotion. it seemed as if the logical left of my brain had been removed.

i was too emotional to be able to remember all that happened after that. our ex drum major nicholas stood by the door of the hall and gave all of us hi-fives. he is a very disciplined person, but even he, i could see, was beaming. after we got out, there the black of our uniform was everywhere. everybody was hugging, shaking hands and thanking.

i didn't care that that was not an excellent performance by our standards, or that it was a GWH by the judges' standards. all that reasoning seemed to escape from my head.

then liye came to me, quoting tze yong from thursday.

Liye: Don't believe anything. This is all a ploy man.

i threw him that look and kicked him. but even he was elated.

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT HAVE HELPED US IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER THROUGHOUT THIS JOURNEY!!!

i shall post more after this :D

Exchange and Horticulture Park

2009-03-19T05:56:00.000-07:00

Firsty, before i forget, thanks jiasheng for waking up so early to help me print the two diagrams xD

The exchange at TK was quite an eye-opener. We all actually expected TK band to sound the worst, as we thought they concentrated on outdoors. But to our surprise, TK actually sounded really really good. Their individual instruments' tones were great, they were very together, in tune, and most importantly, they sounded really good as a band as they were very balanced.

Then after the exchange, while i was keeping my instrument, jiaquan started sending me smses and hurrying me. Because of him, i had to tell like 5 lies throughout the whole bus journey back school to keep him calm. In the end he waited like 30min for me, and we took cab to vivo to meet sherman and be picked up by Mr Vincent Puah, Project Manager of Glasseshouses @ Hort Park.

We were totally tired and de-hydrated after that, and went to coffeebean (zhengyu's fav hideout). i ordered the white chocolate latte-thing. sherman got the double chocolate (sounds dam heaty okay) thingy. jiaquan got some cake. den we sat down and started talking from 4+ till 6+. dun know why it could last so long, but random stuff just kept popping up.

2mr will be another long day... band prac in the morning, going ntu to meet a professor in the afternoon, and gala dinner rehersals in the evening.. holiday assignments are screwed..

I'm Back!!!

2009-03-17T06:28:00.001-07:00

Got inspired to come back to blog (thanks zheng yu and everyone else for nagging at me through the past 3 mths =P)

anyway, nothing much happened since December last yr when i last posted.

came back from beijing, started school, lost interest in blogging, screwed up results, and then it's now already.

don't check regularly. i will only post once every few days this time.

i will be much more active on facebook though xD

bye for now

Beijing

2008-12-01T16:09:00.000-08:00

wow im using facebook photos for the first time

Beijing

2008-11-30T07:11:00.000-08:00

10 hours to CA976...

Bye all T.T

Will continue to post in Beijing xD

Beijing in 3 days

2008-11-27T03:15:00.000-08:00

Facebook

2008-11-27T00:11:00.000-08:00

I should find time to accept these soon.

THIMUN

2008-11-21T21:47:00.000-08:00

I'll try to use one sentence to squeeze everything in.

I'm currently at the International Court of Justice listening to the judges' deliberation regarding the conflict between Guinea and Congo, using the school tablet pc which is quite fun.

Haven't logged online for like 3 days already, since I'm like going home so late everyday.

So far it's been quite interesting, especially last night. We all went to some ulu place in mandai where they grow vegetables for "dinner and dance". They had this nice huge indoor place where they tried to turn into a forest by planting trees at every pillar so their branches just spread across the ceiling. And then they had this small dance floor that was supposed to fit in 1200 of us, and two DJs and then, LOUD POUNDING MUSIC.

Anyway, Yusong was very disappointed cuz he like spent a few hours before preparing himself mentally to show off his beatboxing skills at the dance, whom the DJs rejected because they were afraid he would make the speakers explode.(in the bad way xD)

Somehow I was pushed inside in the middle of the crowd of (most of the) people on the dance floor, so I could relate everything that happened with quite some accuracy.

Some people who just came in and who were quite conservative actually just started to join in by bouncing on the spot. After like three minutes of bouncing, they will move another body part, usually their legs, then their butt, and then their hands. The more they move, the more blood is needed in the respective parts, which conveniently drains their brains. So in like less than ten minutes on the dance floor, people will start to turn crazy.

Yay! Guinea is winning@@@

TED Talk

2008-11-18T07:29:00.000-08:00

If you can't fully understand it at first, watch it again.
I was totally amazed by it. Every second of her presentation is invaluable.

Weekends

2008-11-16T05:31:00.001-08:00

I had a really good weekend xD

Ill start with the Band Workshop

The "Masters Class" was NOT a "Masters Class". It was just a 3hour sit-in of a "Masters Class". About 40 trumpet plays from 40 schools just sat down and watched him tutor about 8 people from (what I assume to be) the NAFA Resident Orchestra. Our instructor came from the US Marine Band that plays music for the white house. And he was good. So it wasn't too bad. At least I didn't sleep like what I normally would in class. He recommended listening to Tim Morrison and reading Arbans which is totally like the trumpet version of David Waugh.

After dismissal I saw Charis downstairs. She probably went for the lower brass section. Our eyes met for a moment, then she turned away. She either totally dao-ed me, or couldn't recognise me at all, which I believe was the latter. If you are reading this, own yourself up at the tagboard NAO.

Just Joking.

**********

Then took the train to Pasir Ris.. was half an hour late for the camp, but already informed them beforehand.

No wait, on second thought, I'm not going to name it "camp", unless you would wanna call a 2day-1night whole-day-in-air-con-camp a "camp".

So since it's not going to fit in to "chalet", nor whatever, I'm just going to name it waba.

To cut a long waba short, it was a very good experience for me, since for the past three years I was just a member in the group, while I now am the leader. No. Not just a "leader". Also a - Director of 10-min play, narrator(as usual), litter-picker(I'm responsible for my group's area), window-wiper(almost killed my thumb), lion-tamer(note that "lion" is in plural form), member-nagger(not again) and comforter(both literally and figuratively).

Anyway, thanks to everyone who spammed my inbox, and causing my lousy phone to like restart immediately after I turn it on.

**********

AND OH MY GOD.

BSC IS LIKE 2 WEEKS AWAY FROM TOMORROW.

I only realised this after I reached home just now.

And I still have: NWSP Project title to decide, 123!#$%^&* pages of newspaper to copy out as handwriting practise for Esther so that I can bring to Beijing to show her, English holiday assignments to do, Physics self study, buy books, buy uniform, buy laptop, THIMUN for the whole of the coming week, and BAND.

I dunno how I'm going to make it.

And then there's luggage packing.

HELP

I'm going to end the post on this note.

Personality Quizzes

2008-11-12T03:18:00.000-08:00

After SrengthsQuest I started liking to quizzes with paired options - and I began with this.

The Five Love Languages

My Primary Love Language is Quality Time

My Detailed Results:
Quality Time:	9
Acts of Service:	7
Physical Touch:	6
Words of Affirmation:	5
Receiving Gifts:	3

Started out with this, then retried, from back to front.

My Primary Love Languages are probably Quality Time and Words of Affirmation

My Detailed Results:
Quality Time:	8
Words of Affirmation:	8
Acts of Service:	6
Physical Touch:	5
Receiving Gifts:	3

About this quiz

Unhappiness in relationships is often due to the fact that we speak different love languages. It can be helpful to know what language you speak and what language those around you speak.

Tag 3 people so they can find out what their love language is.

Take the Quiz!
Check out the Book

World of World of Warcraft

2008-11-10T03:57:00.001-08:00

StrengthsQuest

2008-11-08T18:45:00.000-08:00

For those who are bored...

Connectedness
Theme Description

Things happen for a reason. You are sure of it. You are sure of it because in your soul you know that we are all connected. Yes, we are individuals, responsible for our own judgments and in possession of our own free will, but nonetheless we are part of something larger. Some may call it the collective unconscious. Others may label it spirit or life force. But whatever your word of choice, you gain confidence from knowing that we are not isolated from one another or from the earth and the life on it. This feeling of Connectedness implies certain responsibilities. If we are all part of a larger picture, then we must not harm others because we will be harming ourselves. We must not exploit because we will be exploiting ourselves. Your awareness of these responsibilities creates your value system. You are considerate, caring, and accepting. Certain of the unity of humankind, you are a bridge builder for people of different cultures. Sensitive to the invisible hand, you can give others comfort that there is a purpose beyond our humdrum lives. The exact articles of your faith will depend on your upbringing and your culture, but your faith is strong. It sustains you and your close friends in the face of life’s mysteries.

Includer
Theme Description

“Stretch the circle wider.” This is the philosophy around which you orient your life. You want to include people and make them feel part of the group. In direct contrast to those who are drawn only to exclusive groups, you actively avoid those groups that exclude others. You want to expand the group so that as many people as possible can benefit from its support. You hate the sight of someone on the outside looking in. You want to draw them in so that they can feel the warmth of the group. You are an instinctively accepting person. Regardless of race or sex or nationality or personality or faith, you cast few judgments. Judgments can hurt a person’s feelings. Why do that if you don’t have to? Your accepting nature does not necessarily rest on a belief that each of us is different and that one should respect these differences. Rather, it rests on your conviction that fundamentally we are all the same. We are all equally important. Thus, no one should be ignored. Each of us should be included. It is the least we all deserve.

Positivity
Theme Description

You are generous with praise, quick to smile, and always on the lookout for the positive in the situation. Some call you lighthearted. Others just wish that their glass were as full as yours seems to be. But either way, people want to be around you. Their world looks better around you because your enthusiasm is contagious. Lacking your energy and optimism, some find their world drab with repetition or, worse, heavy with pressure. You seem to find a way to lighten their spirit. You inject drama into every project. You celebrate every achievement. You find ways to make everything more exciting and more vital. Some cynics may reject your energy, but you are rarely dragged down. Your Positivity won’t allow it. Somehow you can’t quite escape your conviction that it is good to be alive, that work can be fun, and that no matter what the setbacks, one must never lose one’s sense of humor.

Developer
Theme Description

You see the potential in others. Very often, in fact, potential is all you see. In your view no individual is fully formed. On the contrary, each individual is a work in progress, alive with possibilities. And you are drawn toward people for this very reason. When you interact with others, your goal is to help them experience success. You look for ways to challenge them. You devise interesting experiences that can stretch them and help them grow. And all the while you are on the lookout for the signs of growth—a new behavior learned or modified, a slight improvement in a skill, a glimpse of excellence or of “flow” where previously there were only halting steps. For you these small increments—invisible to some—are clear signs of potential being realized. These signs of growth in others are your fuel. They bring you strength and satisfaction. Over time many will seek you out for help and encouragement because on some level they know that your helpfulness is both genuine and fulfilling to you.

Empathy
Theme Description

You can sense the emotions of those around you. You can feel what they are feeling as though their feelings are your own. Intuitively, you are able to see the world through their eyes and share their perspective. You do not necessarily agree with each person’s perspective. You do not necessarily feel pity for each person’s predicament—this would be sympathy, not Empathy. You do not necessarily condone the choices each person makes, but you do understand. This instinctive ability to understand is powerful. You hear the unvoiced questions. You anticipate the need. Where others grapple for words, you seem to find the right words and the right tone. You help people find the right phrases to express their feelings—to themselves as well as to others. You help them give voice to their emotional life. For all these reasons other people are drawn to you.

Phone

2008-11-06T05:35:00.001-08:00

Okay so I totally just lost my phone.

Please don't call or sms me.

John McCain

2008-11-05T00:20:00.000-08:00

Tracking

2008-11-03T00:23:00.001-08:00

Ha. Now I can track you Beijing people xD

England Montage II

2008-11-02T01:17:00.003-07:00

I'm off to VCH for a piano-violin concert.. not going on9 tonight

England Montage I

2008-10-31T21:44:00.000-07:00

NO!! WHY AM I STUCK IN SINGAPORE

Mio TV

2008-10-30T01:48:00.000-07:00

The technician just left, after installing the MioTV which came with our new broadband plan.

He forgot to take one of the boxes.

I opened it, and found that it contained phone filters.

Me: *Throws old modem into box* We can throw this away.

Mom: NO! *Grabs all the packets*

Packing

2008-10-29T08:23:00.000-07:00

After almost two hours of searching, stapling and hole-punching,

I managed to squeeze everything into the file

Shortly after, I realised there's another huge stack of Cold War readings and essays. No way it could have fitted in.

So my file's currently making itself useful as my Dust-collector(Mom, 2008) on the table like this.

Anyway, don't be impressed. I threw everything else away.

Don't Forget the Lyrics

2008-10-25T20:06:00.001-07:00

Yong Xiang pulled me to go watch the live recording of the second episode of the first "Don't Forget the Lyrics" season in Singapore at Mediacorp.

It was REAAALLLY boring.

In fact, I slept in the middle and almost fell out of my chair.

Okay, the setting everything was just like in the versions in Europe, and I think that was the only thing cool.

The First episode will be airing on 27NOV.

HIC IS OVER

2008-10-23T06:40:00.000-07:00

Okay so HIC is officially over.

And so is (acting) screaming, crying and dancing.

I'm never going to volunteer to act as the main, or even supporting character any more.

Not that it wasn't a good experience.

I really had fun xD

Mr Sng's album pretty much gives a summary of all the plays put up yesterday.

Be sure to catch the videos!

Argghh

2008-10-20T07:44:00.000-07:00

I have:

Blisters on my ankle and toes(thanks to the dance),

Abrasion on my knee(thanks to ridiculous last move),

Muscle aches on my leg(thanks to hours of rehersing),

Pain in the ass(thanks to Yu Song),

Stomache(thanks to my breathing air into my stomach when walloping over the dead Haw),

Rashes on my neck(thanks to long hours with the dusty stage curtains),

Sore Throat(thanks to the continuous rehersal of parts where I need to shout),

Ulcers(thanks to heaty food),

Cheek Muscle Aches(thanks to the forced suppression of cheek in order to frown).

But I also have:

A dedicated team of mice(thanks hq, sgc, xyz, nelson and zhihao),

HP students to abuse to make props(muahahaha),

Laurang's and Slim's mentorship,

and most importantly,

One More Day.

GO!!

p.s. Hi to those in Beijing

Stunning

2008-10-16T02:34:00.000-07:00

Nag

2008-10-13T08:17:00.000-07:00

I've wasted my whole afternoon and night.

Shouldn't have rebutted, even though it was an extremely polite rebuttal (I even raised my hand, though it had to wait almost 5minutes for its presence to be acknowledged).

Started off at the BSC Briefing, which was conducted in English, ironically, so that my mom had to bombard me with questions after every statement was made, some of which i shrugged off. I explained to her that the slides will be online, and that I will explain everything to her once we got home.

When we got home, i realised that the file(or my com) had problems, so I decided to wait. Mom came in, and i told her there was some problem. She lectured me for quite some time on why I shouldn't waste electricity here waiting for it to load, when I could obediently have listened to her and copied what they said down.

I rebutted by saying this failure wasn't expected, which, to my horror, was used against me(even though, irrelevantly), when she used it to show my don't-care-less-ness and laziness, and then cited her meeting two months ago with the Chinese teacher as an example of it.

I found it extremely hard not to rebutt, because:

1) She put words into my mouth - I understood the whole ppt and will explain to you in front of the computer became I can remember everything and can explain to you NOW

2) The meet-LeePL thing was not something she could use as an example anymore because I've seriously improved in my attitude

It was then further escalated to the climax of her lecture, by her TOTALLY DIGRESSING and storming out of my room to fetch ZaoBao, showing foreigners learning chinese, complaining on why we don't have the same level of enthusiasm.

This may seem funny, like in sibling-quarels, but I can assure you, it wasn't.

I was frustrated by her stubborness and lack of confidence in me. But obviously she wouldn't accept any rebuttals, so i just kept quiet throughout, only raising my hand to point out several fatal flaws in her argument, which she conveniently refused to admit by changing the point of focus.

Imean, I know that I'm wrong by being lazy and not bothering to copy down what was said at the briefing, but wasting my evening primetime 9-11.30 over this issue isn't worth it at all, both for me and her.

She further claimed that technology has made me cold hearted and evil, because she apparently thought my looking at her directly in the eye throughout expressed that.

She doesn't understand me, and I understand her, and I want to help her to realise that she has, in her pursuit of truth, achieved what was directly contradictory to the original plan. But she doesn't allow me to do so because of pride.

And I'm not doing this because I feel I am right, though I'm prepared to admit that I may have been wrong in the process of it.

And I bet after this ppl are gonna tag ZOMG WALTER'S EMO!!! LETS' RUN FOR COVER RIGHT NOW THE SKY'S GONNA FALL!!!

So im gonna say right now,

I am

Not.

Thanks

2008-10-13T06:04:00.001-07:00

Thanks for the warning =.=

If you guys know what I'm talking about.

Changed

One Moment in Time

2008-10-12T00:56:00.001-07:00

Hairdressers

2008-10-10T06:25:00.000-07:00

Hairdresser 1(in cantonese): Eh, he looks like chenweilian
Hairdresser 2(in cantonese): (i couldn't catch), *laughs*
Me (wth? how do i look like him? my eyes?): Shen Me?
Hairdresser 1: Mei you la. Jiang ni hen shuai.

This is what happens when your mom walks out.

In the end i became her experiment subject. after every dip in my hair by the scissors, she would make at least 10 trims, looking at the mirror after every one. so i eventually i was left with roughly ten times more amount of head than i had before.

*mom came in*

Hairdresser 1: Ke yi ma?
Mom: Qian mian jian duan yi dian leh.
Me: *Okay im a goner*

regretted not listening to astley's advice T.T

Eagle Eye

2008-10-06T08:14:00.000-07:00

Went with Sherman and Jiaquan to AMK hub just now after phototaking.

Watched Eagle Eye, which was quite good actually, but just quite cliched at some parts. The beggining was totally ripped off from transformers, which of course was OKAY, it was another Steven Speilberg film afterall.

You wouldn't have time to catch a breath. The entire movie peaks into climax within the first half an hour, and other than the several precious seconds of darkness and peace thrown in between scenes, it was essentially just a mind-blowing experience, to put it nicely, which of course, is not very nice, which is exactly my point. It was an OVERDOSE of violence(of animate and inanimate beings alike), showing objects springing to live like in Disney movies, only that Objects, in this case, do not sing, dance or have mouth nor limbs to do so, but, (you know what the opposite is). Strangely, even though I didn't have those "NO I WANT MOOOORE" thoughts after the lights came on, which I usually will have, I found it, on the whole, quite a decent film to watch.

Maybe it was post-exams euphoria.

Or the fact that it was so cold in the cinema, both figuratively and, well, seriously, that distracted me.

Whitney Houston - Mariah Carey

2008-10-06T07:22:00.001-07:00

The end of Sec3

2008-10-06T05:48:00.000-07:00

Time really flies, doesn't it?

Just earlier this year, I struggled my way into HP.

Traded a bunch of retards for another housing geniuses.

Traded a class for a cluster.

Traded an easy life for academic excitement.

Traded group bonds for individual friendships.

Traded 3A1 for 3H3.

**********

Of course it's much better now that we have spent a year (or three quaters for me) together. Maybe it's normal-we came from four different consortiums, it will require us more than a year to realise the importance of each other and retreive our lost identity.

I felt especially bonded to a group of people, of which all(but one) were new to me.

I may have appeared to behave the same way towards everybody, and often pangseh(sorry Zheng Yu), but really, you guys are important.

You know who you are.

And it doesn't matter if you don't.

Because I do.

**********

Kinda ironic, I don't think we even deserve to listen to this.

Finally

2008-10-06T01:00:00.000-07:00

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History

2008-10-02T07:52:00.000-07:00

Last Muggable Subject-

YOU CAN DO IT WALTER!!!

Keyboad jammed

2008-09-29T09:28:00.000-07:00

don't ask me how i managed to getthese letters together.

meanwhile,

Secret

2008-09-28T09:20:00.000-07:00

I have a secret.

A secret that no one has even come close to guessing.

A secret that can partly account for my personality.

I shall say no more,

but I can assure you,

it will be the last anyone would think i have,

and that

if you ever happen to know the secret (which you don't and most probably will not),

you would know that it is this.

I don't see any reason for keeping it as it is,

and is only doing so

for someone's sake.

If you know it,

then you know you are someone

important

and

special

to me.

SPAM

2008-09-27T12:17:00.001-07:00

Let's spam for tonight.

I can't sleep.

Drank a can of coffee at 10pm that was meant to keep me awake revising chem till one, had effects lasting till now, and would continue for at least another hour.

Recalled something from a week ago.

Me: Whassat?
Mum: Packet of Pao Sheng that's supposed to give you extra energy boost especially effective during the exam period.
Me: Thanks! I'll drink it later in the night. I'm still quite energised now.
Mum: *Stares*
Me(intimidated): Later in the night meant morning, if you didn't realise.

Quotable Quote

2008-09-27T11:59:00.000-07:00

Paola: Eeee... So un-environmentally friendly

Auntie(busy unstacking plastic bowls, and after a 5-second lag time) : What's that?

**********

I can't wait for the exams to end.

Have already gone through

Geography
Literature
English Paper 1
English Paper 2
Chinese Paper 1
Physics

Am currently left with

Chemistry
Math
Biology
Chinese Paper 2
History (arrrggh)

I'm seriously looking forward to the end of the exams.

(arranged in accordance to priority)

Eliminaeeeteeeing Eeeeeevil
Resuming Band Practices
Playing table tennis
Watching a new Anime series
End of 3am nights
Expanding the Band network
Freezing in Beijing's Winter (and missing 6 weeks of the above-mentioned activities)
Thinking about (and starting) next year's projects (HRP and service learning)
Continuing the above in Beijing

and of course, going out with peeps.

2000 Viewers

2008-09-27T11:53:00.000-07:00

147 Days since first post.

86 posts

8/5 through 28/9

which gives it an average of 0.585 (3s.f.) posts and 14 viewers per day, for 5 months.

Thank you for all your support.

Gorgeous

2008-09-26T01:58:00.001-07:00

Last Minute Preparation

2008-09-23T03:55:00.001-07:00

For your viewing pleasure

2008-09-16T09:56:00.000-07:00

Piano

2008-09-16T02:50:00.000-07:00

Exam tomorrow. Leaving school at 11.20 even though my slot is 4 hours later ^

good luck for those taking oral defence

DIEEEE

2008-09-14T10:02:00.000-07:00

OMG@@@@

Ｉ　ＨＡＶＥ　ＪＵＳＴ LOST 16%　ＯＦ　ＭＹ　ＦＩＮＡＬ　ＭＡＴＨ　ＧＲＡＤＥ

BY HAVING 0 ACE AND 4 OP

ＷＨＩＣＨ = GETTING DOWN-ED BY 3　ＧＲＡＤＥＳ

ＷＨＩＣH IS TERRIBLE

WHEN I HAVE MATH TEST ON TUESDAY,

ENGLISH COMPREHENSION TO SUBMIT ON TUESDAY

PIANO EXAM WHICH I AM BARELY READY FOR ON WEDNESDAY

AND MY MUGGING SCHEDULE TO FOLLOW

AND WHEN MY MATH IS ALREADY BAD.

AND DON'T ASK ME WHY THIS FONT IS SO TERRIBLE TOO

BECAUSE IM TELLING YOU IM USING MY LOUSY COM

WHICH IS TERRIBLE, BUT NOT SO MUCH AS COMPARED TO MY MATH

Sorry. I just calmed down.

Thanks to joel who told me ace deadline is on Thursday.

Random

2008-09-12T22:51:00.000-07:00

lalala says:
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...
epitomeofcheer.blogspot.com - YES DECEMBER says:
wth
lalala says:
i know who he resemble liao
epitomeofcheer.blogspot.com - YES DECEMBER says:
so random
epitomeofcheer.blogspot.com - YES DECEMBER says:
ZZZ
lalala says:
FONG WAI YUEN
epitomeofcheer.blogspot.com - YES DECEMBER says:
o ya
epitomeofcheer.blogspot.com - YES DECEMBER says:
YAH!!
epitomeofcheer.blogspot.com - YES DECEMBER says:
LOL
lalala says:
both the side there bogeh one

HAHA

2008-09-12T22:35:00.000-07:00

I am pleased to inform you the Town Council will be ... . I will appreciate if Mr Walter could give me a call to discuss on the subject.

Didn't know they were so efficient xD

A Thousand Winds

2008-09-12T07:07:00.000-07:00

Words by Mary Frye, 1932

Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there, I do not sleep

I am in a thousand winds that blow
I am the softly falling snow
I am the gentle showers of rain
I am the fields of ripening grain
I am in the morning hush
I am in the graceful rush
Of beautiful birds in circling flight

I am the starshine of the night
I am in the flowers that bloom
I am in a quiet room
I am in the birds that sing
I am in the each lovely thing

Do not stand at my grave and cry
I am not there I do not die

Translated by 新井満

Emotions

2008-09-12T03:12:00.000-07:00

"
After the withdrawal of 5 boys from the original BSC-Dec List, the five of you had been included in the latest updated list.

Please click 'A' to confirm your participation. Your response is needed latest by Sep-15(Mon) 8 am or your place will be given to the others who are still on the waiting list.
"

I totally jumped up and shouted YES when i saw this.

Since it's the weekends already, I shall spend some time to elaborate more on factors leading to extreme elated-ness when I saw the message.

*****

When I reached home fifteen minutes ago, I had a myraid of emotions swelling within me.

I was feeling jealousy. Yes, you haven't heard wrongly, jealousy. Even though it was just a little, it was pure jealousy I was experiencing. Before today, I was quite composed about the entire BSC issue, that all the work I had put in that did not reap expected results were acceptable, and had always a little hope within me. So I was really quite indifferent about the whole issue of failure of application for a few times, as well as, just, again(in the previous list), not being allocated into the december batch. But just now, me, sherman and jiaquans' discussions about BSC completely changed my attitude towards this. Seeing and participating in their enthusiastic debate about the difference in going in October as compared to that in December, I began to realise that I really had no part in the conversation - my participation in BSC in 2008 is not even confirmed, and even less for the November and December ones. My previously-had resolve was totally shattered in those short conversations we had while walking, eating and laughing. While they are happily(apparently) talking about going back to school for BSC briefings after the seminar, I thought about my situation. I would give anything just for a little hope. A small glimpse of one, that would tear me away from the examination stresses and the few months of struggle to get into BSC 2008. I felt a little envious of them. I have done so much just to get me and my fellow sec3 bandmates to all go in 2008, so as not to neglect preparation for SYF '09. Three hard months of struggle, three letters of appeal, three meetings with teachers-in-charge, two scoldings and much discouragement later, I still did not get it. It was a terrible disapointment for everyone, especially me and Zheng Yu, so much so that just now for a short moment, I started to question Justice, and, feel a tinge of jealousy emerge. Is this what I deserve? No, obviously not. Others got in by luck, by anglc's random handpicking. Shouldn't I come before them in his eyes? I felt jealousy - an emotion that would be the first time, as far as I can remember, me having, even if just a little.

And then I tried to put the blame on myself, because the above must have been the cause of one single factor that may have existed within me and not the system, which was indeed quite true. I was expecting too much of a single man. He alone have had to coordinate the entire cohort's participation, with worse flames form the student population thrown at him than you could ever possibly imagine. He shouldn't take the blame for my dsitress. It might have been because of my slightly brisk way of modelling the appeal letters, as Mrs Lai have already mentioned against me that put him off, or even my persistence. Whatever it was, there is no room in relations for jealousy, even if for just a few moments. After all, jealousy merely makes me troublesome to others, but a torment for myself.

And oft, my jealousy shapes faults that are not.

-William Shakespeare

During the walk home, I realised it wasn't so bad even if I'm not going this year. I would just have to practise harder and make trainings more efficient in 2009. I am fortunate to even just have this program arranged nicely for me. Others are yearning to go for it and don't even have a chance. I shouldn't complain. So when I entered my house, my heart was relatively more at peace than what it had been on the bus ride.

*****

I think you would get it, if you had read through all of the above, wouldn't you?

**********

Okay, I spent like half and hour to type the above, so by the time I reached this section, my feeling of ecstacy has diminished significantly, especially after all that reflection.

At least I would have snow to look forward to this Christmas.

and Li Ye around to call "retarded".

Zheng Yu to talk to.

Yu song to poke and play table tennis with (if China has tables, which I think they do).

**********

Thanks Sherman and Jia Quan for accompanying me on 153 =P

But I'm still disturbed.
I was jealous.
I experienced jealousy, however short that was for.

Exams

2008-09-10T08:27:00.000-07:00

Can't believe I just spent evening watching the second Bleach Movie Diamondust Rebellion.

But at least I finished revising for Bio test :D

Grade 8 Piano in 7 Days
First paper in 12 Days

Revision status bar: 0/100

Oh well. According to my schedule, revision only officially starts tomorrow.

10 Academic Units. 12 Days.

**********

And my BSC trip is screwed again. Not sure whether appeal for December batch will be accepted.

**********

Someone is using my name in teh tagboard. Hope you can differentiate me from my evil clone.

**********

Don't expect to many posts these few weeks. Probably only updates on my revision.

Can't sleep.. yet.

2008-09-07T09:53:00.001-07:00

Trying to condense 1 term worth of tutorial readings and seminar notes into one night.

Argghhh..

Reply

2008-09-04T05:37:00.000-07:00

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Exchange

2008-09-02T06:42:00.000-07:00

Shaky-handed camera man (girl)
Trumpet Section! Bogeng and Caleb looking passionate
Happy National Day!
Managed to capture an optical illusion
Caleb looks dizzy

ma-lai-xi-ya-rou-fo-xin-shan-kuan-rou-zhong-xue-gu-lai-fen-xiao-yue-tuan. beat that.

Dejavu?

2008-09-01T06:35:00.001-07:00

Memories..

2008-08-31T07:27:00.000-07:00

(Left to Right, from Top)

London Glass Dome: From lobby - YHA Thameside (Last hostel where we stayed, in London) [£6]
White Mug showing 1950s' London: British Museum [£7]
Wembley Latte Mug: Wembley Stadium, London [£8.50]
English History Mug: The Shakespeare Birthplace, Stratford-upon-(River)Avon [£12]
London Glass Globe: Random shop around Shakespeare Birthplace [£6]
Shake-Cards: Globe Theatre, London [£3]

was on a Mug-frenzy.

actually bought another mug at Warwick Castle, but gave it away..
and also bought a winter cap, but lost it in Wembley.

not forgetting countless number of meals, as well as 2x Moomoo milkshakes from Oxford

regretted not buying much food back. only a packet of sherbet lemons which I finished in a week.
Arrgggh.. Singapore!!

and oh, the Irony.

To power of big words

2008-08-30T08:53:00.000-07:00

3) MAJOR EDIT: mrleng mentioned before: don't have to wait for everyone and greet like the

Excos would have received this message.

I was scanning through the whole email very quickly, and just when i reached these two words, i was totally stunned. I couldn't continue, nor had any idea of what to do, for over 5 seconds. I just stoned there, and everything started to drain from my brain(which was, to be truthful, alot) and I suddenly forgot what I was reading this message for.

So creepy.

anyway, the words were actually two times larger than this, but I couldn't make the font size any bigger than that of the above

Teachers' Day (II)

2008-08-29T07:19:00.000-07:00

Can't see very clearly, so i'll just describe. (alternatively, click to enlarge)

Left circle - ace points (10% of EOY grade)
Bottom circle - Maxed OP =D
Centre Bottom Circle - Lit deadline Unsatisfactory
Right Circle - Work Attitude as rated by teachers. All good and excellent??

**********

Went back to River Valley today.

Half of my ex-classmates and juniors couldn't recognise me.

And only with persuasion did a few more manage to.

It was like-
Me: *Smile*, Hi x!
X: *o.O, weak smile* Erm.. Hi.. *Walks away, thinking that I'm crazy*

Luckily, the changes, as told by others, were largely positive, other than, perhaps, becoming more spastic.

Thanks to Yu Hao and Jia Wei for shouting out my name whenever the opportunity arises, and to Jia Wei in particular for finding the need to announce to the whole world my identity everytime I stray away from him, outside of a 5m radius.

Didn't get a chance to meet Mdm Mok proper. She was running around fetching small kids from one place to another.

Then went to the basketball court and saw Manfred. Started playing soccer. That is, until Yu Hao and the others got crazy and passionate, which then I decided to be only a spectator(lucky I changed out of school uniform). Anyway, our court got infiltrated in about 10minutes. Started with a few kids who wanted to join for soccer. Jasper could still manage. Then all of a sudden, as if they have left scent trails on their way here, A WHOLE MASS of some 30 or 40 kids came charging towards the court. It's like using a cheat that summons a map full of creeps to engulf the enemy. That was what exactly happened. Jasper got trapped in the middle of the huge group, and fortunately, thanks to relative height difference, he was able to keep the ball out of reach of the small people.

Anyway, as the game progressed, the children got more violent. They started to scream, blame each other, pull each others' shirts and even slap each other. It was like in a pond, where once a piece of bread has been dropped into, all fishes would immediately swarm towards that area, other than, in this case, the bait was the ball. Basketball soon change to Soccer, which progressed into Touch Rugby, then Rugby, and finally, wrestling, through which process the children were reduced to their primal human barbaric instincts.

So anyway, after many of them left, Daniel and Edmund came. We borrowed 4 badminton rackets from Mr Aloysious Loh (Sp) and started to play, with Pei Qi too. To cut a long story(game) short, we were all exhausted after that - not due to physical rigour, but due to laughter, no thanks to Daniel's classic "lame" expression, Pei Qi's stripping of her skirt into her FBT shorts right in front of us, my missing of so many shots and continuous reciting of physics formulas, and as well as Daniel and Edmund's fantasies with low shots.

Then went to Mac in Great World after that. Had a fun time laughing at Edmund and Pei Qi's slowly inching towards each other, as well as more of "Daniel" looks.

Took 5 to Tiong Barhu Park in order to play cards under cover (despite Daniel's desire to destroy his school's reputation by playing outright in Macdonalds, with his school name printed prominently on the back of his shirt).

Can't type anymore. Eyelids fighting against gravity. Imean, mgh.

Teachers' Day

2008-08-28T08:48:00.000-07:00

Going back to primary school tomorrow.

Dunno how they will be like now..

Happy Birthday

2008-08-27T07:38:00.001-07:00

To Sherman!

Zy: no, she loves computer games

Random pictures and people

2008-08-26T10:16:00.000-07:00

Just got back my phone

FAILED Day

2008-08-22T09:50:00.000-07:00

Have you ever experienced before, a day in which everything goes against you and nothing progresses smoothly? Like when you peel a banana you find out that it actually isn't one. Things just don't go as planned.

1) I woke up at 6.50am in the morning, only to find that it wasn't 6.20, but actually was 6.50.
2) Late for school
3) Notified to give welcome speech in Chinese to Nanjing group
4) Found out that we couldn't use the projector to present our project, which essentially rendered my 3hours spent last night on the wetpaint portal worthless
5) Uncoorporative group - Nitendo-playing sec1, Unenthusiastic sec4s and another passive sec1
6) Got owned by other groups, which I'm quite happy about, since we really don't deserve otherwise
7) Mispitching the first of 4 pickup notes into semibreve, and not playing the other 3
8) Being notified that there was no time for speech
9) Chain of depressing smses from sherman giving live coverage of situation in my mom's conversation with my Chinese teacher
10) Sinking into depression, accidentally widening gap in the tuba case onto which I leaned on
11) Erupting into Ecstacy, when my mom actually wasn't as angry as I expected her to be, and passionately slamming my leg in a sweeping motion onto the floor(I was lying down), except that it wasn't actually the floor - destroyed the Bobos' dinner.
12) Waiting for an extremely long time for 961 to come

Just a couple of dedications today.

Sorry:
Jiasheng, for being reluctant about the speech thing.
Bobos, for destroying your dinner (though you still managed to salvage it, somehow)..
Readers, for ending me week-long hiatus with such a post

Thank You:
Tee Zhuo for offering to help me announce the welcome message
Li Ye for being retarded
Bobo for playing your solo so well
Bobos for offering to buy the $21 Phil POP tickets
Bobo for listening to me woes..
Zheng Yu for making me laugh
Peeps for being so much fun
Kathleen for the wonderful five days
Slim and Esther for supporting me

Phone Repair

2008-08-18T05:00:00.000-07:00

Yes, it's been sent to Nokia finally,

again.

Okay, once I go collect it, I will be throwing away my motorolla handphone.

Literally or not.

And I will be able to post pictures again =D

and

The end of boring blog posts.

Speak Softly, Love

2008-08-16T23:23:00.001-07:00

I'm totally addicted to this song

2008-08-13T07:18:00.000-07:00

Yesterday's Today, imean the Today of Yesterday

2008-08-11T00:23:00.000-07:00

Whatever.

"It was also the first time the message(National Day Message of PM Lee) was shot high-definition video - so viewers of MediaCorp's HD5 were able to catch the broadcast in true high-definition, while standard definition TV viewers enjoyed sharper image quality."
From yesterday's TODAY paper (9-10Aug)

I think you get what I mean.

I wonder why we need high-definition for. To pick out more of his white strands, or to watch his hairline recede in greater detail?

SICK

2008-08-09T23:04:00.000-07:00

Started with sore throat on 7/8

Then went for sleepover(weird, since we hardly even managed to sleep).

The next day, sore throat worsened, got sore eyes

+ ate oreo cheesecake

now with sore throat, fever, nausea.

arghh

thanks for all the fun though xD

Spirited Away

2008-08-05T08:14:00.000-07:00

York Minister, York, UK

fyi: i had no intentions of taking these two views - it was really by mere coincidence that they are aligned together

listen to this when you're sad

Irony

2008-08-05T07:26:00.000-07:00

It's so ironical that,

the person who wants to avoid tensions and conflicts

and doesn't take any side

and try to resolve issues

eventually causes the biggest problem of all

1000 views

2008-07-30T06:47:00.000-07:00

commemerating this special moment

Sudden Increase in viewing rates

2008-07-28T08:56:00.001-07:00

I dunno what's with the sudden increase in viewing rates.

Did something happen that made people realise the importance of blog viewing, or more specifically, Walter-blog viewing?

And then that "quiz thing" is almost full too.

Though I might be abit ambitious by showing the viewing rates so undiscreetly, especially when the rates are still so low, as compared to, say, Jiasheng's.

And i'm spending so much time updating the blog.

Which brings us back to the topic of school...

Chem SPA
Bio SPA
Chem test
Physics test
Geog test
History test
Literature test
Math test (2)

All in a week.

and..

HRP

NOOOOO

Reactions

2008-07-27T06:40:00.000-07:00

Zheng Yu // done with chinese.. on to everything else says:
OMG BITCH HE'S GOIGN TO ENGLAND JUST TO WRITE

̿̿̿̿ ̿ ̿̿̿̿ '̿'\̵͇̿̿\ $herm@nity says:
bloody rich ass

Astley..... says:
zz stop it walter
Astley..... says:
dun bring ur HP ppl in here

[c=15]jiasheng coruscation[/c]//first love. says:
that's nice.
[c=15]jiasheng coruscation[/c]//first love. says:
sorry, im tired
[c=15]jiasheng coruscation[/c]//first love. says:
normally i would be more volatile.

Familiar Faces

2008-07-26T08:51:00.000-07:00

Gosh saw so many familiar faces just now.

So many people that i know/knew joined band!

Like

Two of them, of which one i think is called eldrid who claims he reads my blog, with another called angie, if my memory does not fail me.

If you are eldrid, or if you are the one i saw but named wrongly as eldrid, then

IDENTIFY YOURSELF NOW!

the tagboard is your friend

A day in ONE minute

2008-07-26T07:52:00.001-07:00

OMG 100 SURVEYS BACK!!

Zoomed out

YU SONG!!

Wasn't planned to be this way, but happy that it turned out like this

12.00pm Wakes up
12.05pm Wash up
12.10pm Brunch (japanese healthy glass noodles)
12.20pm Piano
01.00pm Goes to table and to categorise and arrange stuff in my file
01.20pm All categorised, proceeds to start memorising chinese idoms and words for test
01.40pm Went to bedroom to get earphones, listens to 92.4 and hynm to the sun while mum scolds sister
02.00pm Smses Liye to meet up for JBF in the evening
03.00pm On comp
05.00pm Bathe
05.20pm Leaves house
05.25pm Arrives at redhill mrt by car
05.30pm Calls Yang Fan, found out he's at Queensway
05.30pm Yang Fan and Xiao Bin arrives
05.40pm Li Ye arrives, all aboard
05.45pm Li Ye comes up from behind and backstabs me
06.10pm Arrives at Victoria Concert Hall, hungry
06.25pm Bobos arrive, drags them with us to Funan
06.40pm Got scammed and bought a $4.10 Magnum
07.00pm Goes to Subway
07.10pm Leaves Funan
07.20pm Enters Victoria Concert Hall
07.40pm Leaves Theatre and goes to sec1s
07.45pm Gets sabotaged by Bo Xiang to spreak to band
07.46pm Craps out some inspirational(supposedly) speech that seemed to have motivated them
08.00pm Hears them perform
08.03pm FAILED START
08.03pm Managed to salvage the situation
08.30pm Went back to sec1s
08.40pm All sec3s went to kope sec1 instrus, played 7th Night
08.50pm Gets backstabbed by Darence Leng
09.00pm Boards bus back to school
09.15pm Reach school
09.30pm Waits for bus
09.31pm Tells Jiasheng a story
09.35pm Bus arrives
09.35pm Bangs into the pillar-like thingy while walking backwards
10.00pm Reached home
10.01pm Survey results lying, waiting for me on table
10.02pm Tears of happiness and relieve
11.00pm Blog

(Proposed)

11.30pm Digitise survey results
02.00am Sleep
08.00am Wake up
08.10am Change and leaves house

There, a day in a minute.

Friends

2008-07-22T08:37:00.000-07:00

Back to this topic again.

I think the easiest way to recognise friends woud be those who would do things that they do not like for the you, and therefore you, for them, as well.

like the retard who waited for me while I nagged with the others for so long just now

let me give you a situation.

your friend calls you out for a movie. after it ends, you all go walk around. you realise you have things on soon, and says you must go.

would your friend
1)let you leave straightaway
2)listen to your situation, then let you leave
3)doesn't listen - just wants you to stay, and tries to hold you back
4)listens, but thinks that you do not know your priorities, offers solutions to try to evade the situation so as to stay with them, and tries to hold you back

option 1: Your friend is either a)having something on too, and therefore is relieved that you suggested leaving b)does not care at all about you c) knows you can be trusted and that your reason is valid straightaway. It will most likely be a).

option 2: A great friend, good listener - empathizes with you

option 3: Normal friend - doesn't really care about you - just needs your company so that they do not bore to death

option 4: a)same as in option 3 b)depends on friends alot - can't live without you - doesn't mean he/she's a good friend though.

On the whole, most of my friends fall into category 1,3 and 4, with some under 2, to my relief.

Things i've eaten today

2008-07-20T05:54:00.000-07:00

In the morning

2 Buns + Milo

Bee Hoon
Instant noodles
Roll + Cookies and Cream ice cream
Almond Magnum

Laksa Niang Dou Fu
3 small meat buns
Chocolate Pancake

Not forgetting...

1 bowl papaya
1 apple
1 banana

And then there's RHD food bazzar tomorrow...

Some questions

2008-07-18T09:07:00.000-07:00

Because i'm so bored..

adapted from Zhengyu, who got it from Jiasheng

1)do you have a wide group of friends ?
No idea. Specify yardsticks.

2)if you're in trouble , will your friends 'fly' to help you ?
Define trouble.

3)will you sacrifice your most precious thing for your friends ?
On a case-by-case basis - but most of the time, monetary assests are fine, but, well, not gonna say what's most precious to me now, and I'm not sure of it anyway.

4)do you believe in BFF ?
Wait.. Wassat?

5)do you think a straight and a woman can just be platonic friends ?
Of course. So many examples around us can testify to this.

6)do you have a male friend whom you can trust with almost evrything ?
Used to. But for now, only maybe.

7)do you think friends should tell each other evrything ?
Friends wouldn't want to know what isn't meant to be known - i.e. some things that are irrelevant can be kept

8)if your friends are in trouble , wht will you do ?
Help, even though it may sometimes be useless..

9)in future , if your friends get married and ask you to be their best man , will you agree ?
Yes (do i need to elaborate or say something funny in every answer ?!)

10)wht if your enemy calls you one day to make peace?
Reveal to him/her/it that I've been waiting to do this as much as they wanted to.

11)wht will you do to a friend whom you trust deeply, betrayed you?
Don't think they will do that =/

12)if your friend snatches your gf away , will you hate him or her completely?
It's my fault, not his.

13)wht if there is a girl that has liked your friend for quite some time, tells you that she needs your help to win the heart of your friend, will you help her?
Most of the time yes. If not, it'll be for her own good.

14)do your parents think your friends are a bad influence ?
Not really. They don't ask me about them much.

15)wht will you tell your parents if they asked you to transfer school, which means losing all your closest friends?
Launch a cold war against them.

16)if your friend organizes a once in a life time party, but your family doesn’t allow you to go , will you sulk/throw a temper/sneak out/don’t go?
As above.

19)name 20 people whom you can think right now . don’t read the questions until you named the 20 people . at the end , choose 5 people to do this .

1) Bo Jun
2) Sherman
3) Han Quan
4) Jia Quan
5) Zheng Yu
6) Shane
7) Li Ye
8) Dee Zhen
9) Astley
10) Zhao Xun
11) Kelvin
12) Bryan
13) Lionel
14) Daniel
15) Yu Song
16) Qifan
17) Jia Sheng
18) Hui Yao
19) Canteen auntie #9
20) Jie Xuan

how did you meet no. 4?
Jia Quan: On the first day of term 2 - Spent the first week hearing his never ending niaoings, stopped since then =/

ht will you do if you nvr met no.1?
Bo Jun: Lacking of perhaps the only person that currently has the same aims, interests and hobbies as I do

wht if no. 9 & no. 20 dated?
I believe #20 would be better off with #16.

will no.6 & no. 17 date?
Probably not.. One's a retard but the other's not

describe no. 3.
Han Quan: Get his description by typing in "desperate" into Google.

describe no. 7.
Li Ye: A retard that might possibly be more retarded than #6.

do you knw any of no.12’s family?
Bryan: I knew his mum (not meant to be a joke)

what'll you do if no.18 confess to you that he likes you?
Hui Yao: I'd rather have his saxaphone.

what language does 15 speak?
Yu Song: absolute LAMEness

how old is no.16?
Qi Fan: 15

whn is the last time you spoke to no.13?
Lionel: Just now in the afternoon during combined practices with the JC.

who is no.2 favorite band or singer?
Sherman: SHE dur.

would you ever date no. 4?
Jia Quan: NO, as much as he would want to. Crazy.

would you ever date no. 1?
Bo Jun: If he eats more hashbrowns.

is no. 19 single?
Canteen Auntie #9: (this was actually randomly named) I guess no.

would you ever be in a relationship with no.11?
Kelvin: Yes, if he grows taller.

school of no. 3?
Han Quan: Babarian-taming institution

whr does no. 6 live?
Shane: The apartments opposite coronation.

wht is your favourite thing about no.5?
Zheng Yu: His pokability.

have you seen no. 2 naked?
Sherman: No. Though #4 desperately wants to.

wht is no.8's nickname ?
Dee Zhen: Doesn't really have one, would rather Li Ye or Shane be here, then I would put the answer as retard.

Elliot

2008-07-18T06:11:00.001-07:00

During Geog Lecture just now, I found out that Elliot, who was sitting to the right of me, was looking at Esther Cheong, beaming.

Me: Elliot, why are you smiling?
Elliot: Oh, I was thinking about electrons.

Perfect Candences

2008-07-17T04:20:00.000-07:00

At the String Orc concert on tuesday, I was particularly annoyed by people clapping and cheering at the end of every movement, thinking that a song has just ended (whether due to relief or satisfaction - i don't know).

After cancelling many possible factors contributing to this occurence, I finally narrowed them down to just one - the perfect cadence.

Perfect candence - How dare you! You have caused great pain and suffering to all who appreciates music, as well as to the performers! You have sinned greatly, and hence as punishment, you will walk the plank, and perish - into the depths of the oceans of great music.

Otherwise, you may bail yourself out, at a minimal fee of $1,000,000, and be subjected to a lighter punishment, that is, to be crushed by Gideon's butt (this would achieve it's purpose anyway - no one in the audience will recognise you)

**********

MY HALF DAY !!!

Exco

2008-07-16T07:38:00.000-07:00

I'm like the only one in the Exco who hasn't really done anything yet.

Jiasheng - i needn't say more

Jiexuan - serves as an important symbolic figure, without which the we'd be all over the place

Qi Fan - good work on the attendance! (though he wouldn't want me remembering him for that)

Hui Yao - comes up with crap and makes everyone laugh, not forgetting being a great SC too

Tee Zhuo - uniforms!

Bobo - for spending like a few hundred smses a month on band matters to exco and SLs (though significantly lesser than those of Jiasheng), and worrying about money all the time (next time if you need a couple of thousand dollars, go rob him, though you might have trouble differentiating the two, unfortunately)

Bobo - coming up with brilliant spot check ideas

Zi Qian - arranging the scores so neatly!

Zhen Yang - for creating and maintaining the band web

Zheng Yu - for allowing me to use your bag as a pillow, and being a great SL to the percussions

Gideon - for amusing me, and as well as being a great SL to the Tubas too

Walter - doesn't contribute during EXCO meetings, hasn't come up with any initiatives, for having failed terribly in public relations, which, in short, has done nothing

well, nothing, other than always waking up late for morning's flag raising.

*do note that the above is not written in any order

Mad TV

2008-07-14T07:47:00.000-07:00

I think i'm going to turn into a useless pile of shit soon (though some may argue that I already am one), since i've started subscribing to all the shows of Mad TV two days ago.

WHY AM I SO TACTLESS

2008-07-12T08:32:00.001-07:00

just offended a teacher

when reading my email, i told her on msn

"Tell me when you're done"

apologised of course, but even a million sorries won't help

This is the first time i've said anything bad to her, and as well as her to me.

Im actually feeling worse than during the announcing of results.

NBC 2008 - Gold

2008-07-12T06:34:00.000-07:00

though, 0.3 Marks away from a Gold with Distinction.

But at least this was a 2-month preperation, without sec4 thing, with obvious last minute chionging.

Last year's SYF, we all know that it went on very well, with the teachers immediately rushing out to praise us, and all being very confident of good results.

This time, the comments from teachers were much milder and conservative in nature(maybe due to taking excessive mars bars), as well as both-sided feedback from Leng.

Last year, we were terribly disillusioned with our performance, and thus was hit strongly by the results.

This time, we knew roughly where we stood - people were anxiously asking each other for parts screwed up, Leng not being too happy.

And hence placing us at 3 marks away from the top band.

But seriously, I really must admit that everybody has been working very hard for this, with some even ponning classes and sacrificing weekends for extra pratices or individuals. And i really do think we sound good.

I believe the issue we must tackle is inconsistency. As of now, nobody is really sure why we are so inconsistent - but the answer is simple - lack of practices and performance experiences, thus putting us at a disadvantage when on the stage. I'm sure all of us were pleasantly surprised with our playing in the morning. The first time, after warm-ups, would guarantee us a 9x score - no less. However, being 'pleasantly surprised', has both it's good and bad side.

And don't be emo - we would have 3 times the amount of time, as well as 50% more resources (though we must not be complacent) to work with for next year. This is just a prelude to SYF - though we've made a mark as the highest Gold award scorer in the 2008 National Band Competition, the real thing hasn't even arrived yet.

Master Wu Gui - "Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift, that is why it's called present."

Get up(not that we have fallen), Band!

All of us should be proud of ourselves - the sacrifices, the improvements, as well as the mistakes that we have made, and seeing that this is the amount of work that we have to put in to get a gold in this minor competition, let's try even harder -

SYF '09

Edwin Jokes

2008-07-09T08:17:00.000-07:00

A compilation~

What do you calling Edwin walking past you?

Passing motion

What is Edwin's signal to head home?

Nature's call

What happens when Edwin is caught in a jam?

Constipation

What happens when Edwin goes under the rain?

Lau sai

Inconsistency

2008-07-09T07:50:00.000-07:00

I really have no idea why we're so inconsistent.

Plus there's leng's mood swings to make things worse.

Monday was a disaster

Tuesday was great

Today a disaster

I won't mind actually.

Assuming the trend continues

Saturday will be great.

But then again, there's no prac tomorrow.

Really worried...

It's in the Rain

2008-07-05T06:55:00.000-07:00

Don't you dare miss this song

Wishlist (2)

2008-07-03T08:00:00.000-07:00

NBC Top Band
Mutual understanding and compromisation between Tibet and China
World Peace

Birthday wishes

2008-07-03T03:50:00.000-07:00

Though it may be childish to do so, but...

My phone to be repaired
To find time to buy a new thumbdrive
Project's day to go on succesfully
HRP to be done
Chem to improve
Math to do well
Leng to go bald

Just this for the moment

Happy Birthday

2008-07-02T09:13:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday to Walter~

You're 15 now

Me: "OMG I'VE SPENT THE FIRST 15MINUTES OF MY NEW YEAR DOING LIT SEM BOOKLET OMG AND I DIDN'T EVEN REALISE IT OMG"

Happy Birthday to your excellency the President, S.R. Nathan, too.

My inbox is currently flooded with "Happy Birthdays" from all the services, forums and clubs that I've signed up for online, that I have bothered to fill in correctly in the birthday column.

May it be

2008-06-30T02:24:00.000-07:00

Two beautiful renditions. Significant difference

I personally prefer the first

Exco Photo

2008-06-28T21:49:00.000-07:00

Not sure whether I'm allowed to post this already, but heck. Gideon is smiling!

And I look bald

From left to right,

Font row: Jiasheng,Teezhuo,Me,Huiyao,Zhengyang
Back row: Bobo,Bobo,Ziqian,Jiexuan,Qifan,Zhengyu,Gideon

River Avon

2008-06-28T07:20:00.000-07:00

Wow im actually quite impressed by myself. Try spotting the colors brown, orange, pink, white, blue, green, grey, black, as well as (colourless).

(left click to magnify)

Weird feeling

2008-06-27T05:22:00.001-07:00

I haven't felt so wierd for weeks. It's wierd not to be feeling happy, or at least just a bit, especially on friday night.

Pissed many people off today,

sectionals wasn't as productive as I had expected it to be (largely thanks to us),

and a huge pile of work waiting for me to complete.

Not depressed though - will never be.

Just slightly unenthusiastic

Coolest invention of the week

2008-06-26T03:08:00.000-07:00

Invention of the week: secret tracking device to be planted in tcw's shoes, marking the position of tcw to all students, retrievable via handphones. so u'll see a scenario like when you drop a shoe into slim's fountain, with all the guppies swimming away immediately.

NOW
"OMG NOOO!! HE'S WALKING RIGHT IN OUR DIRECTION!! LET'S RUN!!!!"

FUTURE
/Systems online...
/Please select an option... 1) Tracker 2) Sock elongator 3) Speedy boots 4) Stun spore
/Option 1) selected...
/Loading map...
/Loading characters...
/Loading functions...
/Tracker activated...
/Scanning for threats... 5%... 45%...86%...99%...
/Alert... Alert... xxx approaching...
/Distance 52m... Speed 10km/h... Emotion angry... Eliminate threat?(fight or flight)
/Yes...
/Are you sure?
/No...
/Eliminate threat?
/No...
/Set trap?
/Yes...
/Select option... 1) Barrier 2) Banana skin 3) Sleep powder 4) Speedy Boots 5) Sock elongator
/Option 4) Selected
/Initializing...
/Speedy boots status... Online
/Countdown? 1) Yes 2) No
/Option 2) No selected...
/Speedy boots activated...
/Direction... Straight at threat...
/Termination of command selected... Failed...
/Systems uncontactable...
/Target 8m... 5m... 3m... 2m...
/Systems online... Terminating action...
/Auto-declaring an emergency...
/Airbags inflated...
/Sucessful termination... Initiating destruction of target...
/Termination of process "destruction" has failed... We apologise for any inconviniences caused...
/Would you like to submit error report? 1) Yes 2) No...

Sorry, got abit carried away at the end.

After seeing so many cases of people getting held liable for revolts started online, I've decided to add in a declaration section, in case of any misunderstandings by any party.

Declaration

The contents of this post, except this part, of course, is entirely fictional and was written entirely to entertain, to amuse, and not to criticize nor to make fun of. It's author did not, do not, and will never have any intention to rebell or revolt against current school systems and destroying status quo, and none of these ideas have also been manisfested in this post. Any such beliefs inferred from the contents of this post should immediately be sealed and be disposed of into the refuse chute(or in the case of the reader being so rich as to live in landed property, a dustbin) and be eternally forgotten.

Simple Gifts

2008-06-25T07:29:00.000-07:00

Absolutely beautiful

Dead again

2008-06-18T05:15:00.000-07:00

Im so dead. Away from home and all the files in my com. And teocm wants the sbq in hard copy.

Why are so many obstacles in my way??

Convergent Plate Boundary

2008-06-16T07:20:00.000-07:00

Trumpet Outing

2008-06-15T23:27:00.000-07:00

Yesterday me and lionel met up with the other jc people, then took a bus to east coast park. by the time we reached there, it was only about 3pm, so we decided to rent bikes. they were so funny, when we approached a small slope, with only about 30 deegres elevation. me, lionel and the j2 Sl climbed over it very quickly. then as we zoomed downhill we heard screams - they got stuck halfway and one of them flew into the bushes.

anyway, we played a few games of "asshole" daidi, which in one of which i was the asshole, then we cycled back to return the bikes, and split up. two of em went to parkway parade to buy some bbq stuff, while me lionel, and two others went to find bbq pit B4, during which we happily scammed luther about our locations.

luther then told us a story about how he was carrying the bbq food and was about to cross the road, when he saw an old lady. then he left the food on this side of the road, then helped the old lady to cross the road, during which time a pickup zoomed by and squished the food.

there were satay, kebab, chicken whings, otah(ae), sausages, marshmellows, pineapples, strawberries, cucumber and some other stuff. i was commisioned as the food taster, so i was made the first victim of whatever they came up with.

anyway, it ended quite late, at about 8.30, and when i reached home it was already 10pm, mum was angry.

Updates

2008-06-14T21:11:00.000-07:00

I haven't been posting for four days already, managed to complete the gan xiang for xinjiapojiaoyushuiping, after reading 2 pages.

Anyway, will be really busy next week. Geography Lesson, then Chem, then piano on monday, Tuesday a full day exchange for band, and more band pracs for the rest of the week...

**********

Desparately needs someone help clear up my table

Music of the Night

2008-06-11T08:11:00.000-07:00

Night time, Sharpens, Heightens each sensation,
Darkness, wakes and stirs imagination,
Silently the senses, abandon their defenses,
Helpless to resist, the notes I write,
For I compose the music of the night

Slowly, Gentley, Night unferrs it's splender,
Grasp it, Sense it, Tremulous and tender,

Hearing is believing,
Music is deceiving,
Hard as lightening, soft, as candle light,
Dare you trust the music of the night

Close your eyes,
For your eyes will only tell the truth,
And the truth isn't what you want to see,
In the dark it is easy to pretend,
But the truth is what it ought to be

Softly, Deftly,
Music shall caress you,
Hear it, feel it,
Secretly posess you

Open up your mind,
Let your fantacies unwind,
In this darkness which you know you can not fight,
The darkness of the music of the night

Close your eyes start a journey through a strange new world,
Leave all thoughts of the world you knew before,
Close your eyes and let music set you free,
Only then can you belong to me

Floating, falling, sweet intoxication,
Touch me, trust me, savor each sensation,
Let the dream begin,
Let your darker side give in,
To the power of the music that I write,
The power of the music of the night

You alone can make my song take flight,
Help me make the music of the night