Brentz.

2006-07-30T09:55:00.000+08:00

hey its been a loooooooooong time since i've been here. its a lousy excuse, but i don't have the time to blog now. ever since i've enlisted, weekends are for me to go out and enjoy and recuperate and i hardly ever find the motivation to blog. so i guess this is where my blog ends (at least until my next block leave or when i ORD haha)

just an update on what's happening to me now, i'm currently in echo wing of ocs, at safti:mi. i'm training to be an infantry officer now, but i'm keen on becoming an artillery officer come september. mainly because my dad was an artillery officer during his ns days too, and he's strongly encouraging me to go for it. also, there's this innate fascination that i have with artillery guns, and i feel that i could do with a fresh perspective towards the army haha.

as for my life after army, i've been accepted into the law faculty at nus. my term starts in 2008 and i'll still be a freshie while all the girls in council and class will be my seniors haha. that's an interesting thought. till my next update (which may be a very very long time later), goodbye!

2006-02-28T20:59:00.000+08:00

today - the day before tomorrow, results day.
woohoo last post before results! i'm really really genuinely nervous liao. i dreamt about taking my results last night, and i got a bbcd. i'd take a bbcd anytime for prelims or common tests, but not for a levels man. i've never gotten a single A in my life, and i'm planning to get As for a levels, hoping for a miracle! everyone seems to be dreaming about a levels. youyi dreamt that he got Cs and Ds, heng wee dreamt something else that was shitty and shaun dreamt that he got EEFF. dreams are usually the opposite of reality. i certainly hope that's the case tomorrow. i'm off to drown away my nervousness by playing dota with the guys. good luck ;)

2006-02-26T12:57:00.000+08:00

first and foremost, do my johari window!
http://kevan.org/johari?name=brentz

hmm been quite some time since i last typed in an entry here. call it lazy i guess, but the motivation to blog has somewhat waned this year. i've been listening to loads of army stories from the ns boys in the past weeks, and it's kinda daunting to hear some of the things they do, but at the same time, it's quite hilarious too haha. i've heard of this guy in jason's company who was sent to imh because he went bonkers in camp. hope i don't turn into that come april. i've finished all my driving lessons already, just waiting for the stupid test, which is on 29th of june. for those learning driving, book your test date quick! apparently you have to book 5 months in advance -.-

mm the main reason for me coming out of blog stagnation is of course that thing that's happening on 1st march. i know i know, we're all freaking out because that's when the A LEVEL RESULTS come out!! the nerves haven't set in yet, but as the date slowly inches closer and closer, the nervousness and trepidation is starting to get to me. argh. -cross fingers- good luck all! can't wait to see everyone on wednesday. i kind of miss school life and the usual classroom and councilroom antics. went back to school on thursday to play badminton and film some mass dance thingy. 'twas so heartening to see the ol' familiar faces in house tees and council shirts just lazing around not worrying about anything at all.

english carling cup final 2006 - manchester united vs wigan. united's last shot at a piece of silverware this season. the previous meeting between the two sides ended up 4-0 in favour of man utd, so i'm expecting nothing less than a win at the millenium stadium. 2-0 i say.

Heaven
by Los Lonely Boys

Save me from this prison
Lord, help me get away
'Cause only you can save me now
From this misery

Well I've been lost in my own place
And I'm getting' weary
How far is heaven?
And I know that I need to change
My ways of living
How far is heaven?
Lord, can you tell me?

I've been locked up way too long
In this crazy world
How far is heaven?
I just keep on prayin', Lord
I just keep on livin'
How far is heaven?
Oh, Lord, can you tell me?
How far is heaven?
I just gotta know how far it is
How far is heaven?
Oh, Lord, can you tell me?

'Cause I know there's a better place
In this place I'm livin'
How far is heaven?
So I just got to show some faith
And just keep on givin'
How far is heaven?
Oh, Lord can you tell me
How far is heaven?
I just gotta know how far it is
How far is heaven?
Oh, Lord, can you tell me?
How far is heaven?
I just gotta know how far
I just wanna know how far

2006-01-03T20:41:00.000+08:00

ohh, how i miss school.
happy 2006! it's 3rd jan and the start of the school year once again, only this time i'm not in school. i miss the dread-filled feeling of going to school on the first day of the term, fearing the worst in terms of assignments and tests. this newfound freedom is somewhat refreshing, knowing that i'm no longer within the bounds of the school calendar. however, as i went back to school for the first day of orientation, memories start flooding back as i see the throngs of j1s in their respective sec sch uniforms. i'm reminded of OUR orientation, la famiglia 2005, and the previous one, olympia 2004. all the j3s who went back were relishing in our newfound freedom. when the schoolbell rung while we were playing soccer, no longer must we rush back to class because break or lunch is over. i don't know whether to be happy, or to miss my nj days haha. it was great to see all those familiar faces - shaun, heng, dc, kenny, prad, joe, yang, melvin, yc, derrick, vicky, chok, chris, candace, minghui etc. went to city hall by sharing a cab with christopher and pengfei to meet diana, yen and rard. as usual, someone was late haha (guess who). after which we had ben and jerry's at suntec. it's good stuff i must admit, but it tastes just like normal ice cream with big chocolate chunks in it to me. apparently di and yen don't agree. :\ stubborn. ;)

the day before, had a small gathering at shaun's place. me, shaun, heng, rard, dc, kenny, prad, joe, jason, yc, derrick, yang, jk, di and yen. went home with jk, where we missed the last train by 3 mins, missed the next last bus by 8 mins, and eventually had to get off from a bus at a red light junction, all in one night. in the end, hasan fetched us home from the mrt station. thanks!

okay in like five days time, most of the guys will be off at tekong chalet for ns vacation. good luck to you guys. i still have 3 months to while away with temp jobs and driving lessons. happy belated new year!

2005-12-26T22:23:00.000+08:00

hey. happy boxing day people. i'm looking forward to the second 37th council christmas party at diana's house tmr. they are the craziest bunch of errmm, for lack of a better word, assorted people i've ever known, and its an honour. i'm also looking forward to stuffing the turkey's ass, laughing at our own stupid jokes, and simply relive all the stupid moments during our term. these memories are once again, for lack of a better word, unforgettable. i've been going out every day for the past week or so, it's been really hectic. just today, i met up with pradz, cand, melvin, bob and weechiew for an hour or so. it was quite harrowing listening to bobby's stories about the army (with all the fire drills and route marches and all), i'm psyched up! haha. after meeting up with them i went home and logged on to msn, and hasan suddenly messaged me calling me a shithead. smelling something fishy, since hasan isn't the kind to call people shithead, i probed further and found out it was...... who else but shaun and jk calling me shithead. they were at hasan's house playing by the pool, so i dropped by for dinner with them, and to buy presents for tmr's gift exchange. can't wait for tmr!

anyway, man united match starting soon. west brom's so gonna get knocked out on boxing day (no pun intended)
imu.

2005-12-23T23:54:00.000+08:00

hey. where has my motivation to blog gone to? haha. oh well christmas is around the corner. 2 days time in fact. and its that time of the year where friends send christmas greetings to each other, ppl buy presents for relatives and loved ones, and a certain russian oil tycoon buys new toys for his plaything, a certain london-based football club.

it's a damning fact, to say the least, that only 3 of the current first team chelsea players weren't bought during the abramovich tenure. most of the rest were bought at over-inflated prices essien, wright-phillips and veron for more than 20million each? come on, these players can't be worth that much right. the premiership is now, unexciting because of it's increasing predictability i suppose. not many can see anyone else catching chelsea at the top of the table. the combined total value of the entire wigan team is less than that of shaun wright-phillips alone (and wright-phillips isn't even playing regular football at chelsea) what is the world coming to? man united - west brom over the weekend, another opportunity for man u to keep up the pressure, and to pounce on any chelsea slip ups :) i predict: manunited 2:0 westbrom!

ok finished ranting. anyway i've learnt how to cross-stitch! what a manly activity. i can't believe i actually found it fun to cross stitch. s12 guys did stitching for the girls because we felt bad that they did something for us and we didn't haha. it was tedious initially, but all of us soon got the hang of it, and soon a group of guys were sitting silently at the living room cross stitching. haha we delivered the finished product to their mailboxes today. it was fascinating watching seehoo drive us around in a red honda, with youyi and vincent prompting him to horn at slower vehicles and stop along the road to pick up girls. managed to deliver all in the end, overwhelming sense of achievement! went to meet di, yen and rard to buy groceries from carrefour for the xmas party and had to lug them all the way back to di's house, where i realised i left my handphone in the taxi ): handphone-deprivation arghhh. somehow it feels really weird to be not holding my handphonee. i feel... vulnerable haha. i will get it back soon! it's currently in custody at diana's house haha. ok hunger pangs striking now.. i just realised that i haven't had my dinner. shall snack ;) till the next time i blog, seeya.

p.s. merry christmas. :)

2005-12-08T22:27:00.000+08:00

the end
everything finally came to an end dec 1st. the real end. no more gatherings as a whole anymore. in fact that night was the last night i'll ever see some of their faces in my entire life. well from here on, i'm about to embark on a whole new journey of self-discovery and the fulfilment of my dreams! right. who am i kidding.. more likely its i'm about to embark on an aimless four months of idlement with nothing to look forward to. its driving lessons and temp jobs for the time being i guess.

prom was, to put it simply, an unforgettable experience. haha. one year ago, it was black shirts and pink ties for the guys and simple black dresses for the girls, but this year, everyone was strikingly different, dressed in their best formal attire. met s12 in the afternoon to book our room at swissotel before the guys went to style their hair at far east plaza. made it back to the hotel just in time to see all the class girls doing their makeup and "tattooes". as bear bear put it, it was free entertainment for the guys hahah. the programme was cool, including a terribly unfunny middle-aged host with a receding hairline and a poor command of english. snapped away the evening before camping out the night in our class hotel room on the 9th floor, with a pathetic view of the construction site in front of suntec city. i think nobody slept that night, i went out to 7-11 at 4am with hua, ivy and nissa, and we were all decked out in hotel slippers, sockless black shoes and super shabby, thinking that there wouldn't be anyone out in the streets. haha apparently we thought wrongly.. so many nj ppl out there just chilling out.. saw alvin drunk near swissotel haha.. he was damn funny.

just like that, prom ended, and very soon, it was back to normal life with little to look forward to. a big big thank you to everyone out there who have made jc life so much more entertaining and bearable. thank you 04s12 for hanging on together as a class these 2 years. thank you 37th for the best period of my life. thank you shaunbeardiyennette for being part of both class and council, appreciate it. thank you vcs for being crazy idiots. thank you ob lumut people, for being part of a very special group of people i know. thank you dota-ers and (for a brief period of time) maplers for spending countless hours discussing dota strategies. thank you u ppl frm class,council,solaris etc. who have changed my life. so many shout-outs, so little time.

class bbq at shiqin's house last night turned out a huge success. the class girls bid a solemn farewell to the guys one last time before we enlisted. and believe me, if there wasn't so many people there, i would've cried. they prepared a presentation, cd's, the barbeque, and an oreo cheesecake for us. i bet other class guys v jealous now hahaha. being the bottomless pits that we are, the guys ate satay after satay, sausage after sausage, chicken wing after chicken wing. everything that they gave us (not that we mind though hehe). played the seal game where yen throws pieces of food into the air and i have to catch them with my mouth so that she can be entertained hahha. what a peculiar form of entertainment. i'm going to miss everyone.

2005-12-04T21:08:00.000+08:00

hey blog stagnation ends! ok look here for prom photos

http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2116665862

i'll get a proper update done up very soon.. meanwhile its just pictures.

2005-08-17T22:03:00.000+08:00

hey. i hate to say this, but: blog stagnation for the next 84 days until A levels ends. :'(
i'm gonna deprive myself of the pleasure of the computer after this friday. might play lan for a while this friday, then that's it. so nice to have sun2 you3 like shaun and youyi who finger of death you like mad until you play lan haha.
by the time i blog again,
1. i'll be dota-ing like mad again cos it's after a levels
2. there'll be a dota version 7.12b
3. man utd will be top of the table
4. van nistelrooy will be top scorer with at least 12 goals
5. cos of a levels, i'll be fat again. sorry i mean i'll be fatter
until then, good luck to you for prelims and A levels!!!!!

2005-07-31T01:05:00.000+08:00

hey. panic mode hasn't really set in onto me yet. just yesterday i was at marche with the lumut people - dc kenny jason melvin diana elsa reggie huiyang. my pockets were clean out (wat the hell i owe the last person you should owe money to, shaun, money), so i had to get the cheapest thing there. rosti with sour cream and onion slices! or as jason calls it, sour cream and onion potato chips! $4.70 for potato chips. sheesh. nah anyway after marche was a walk through carrefour, waiting for sushi prices to be slashed to half price, which never happened after all. sigh. it's fun just strolling down the aisles of food products at carrefour - rows and rows of tempting delights. and since i'm broke, i could only stare at all the food haha. i know how to solve my temporary financial crisis. i think i'll bring canned campbell chunky soup and meusli bars from my house to school for break hahaa.
oops tagboard is down at the moment, so i can't reply to tags yet. so i guess that's it tonight. i can't quite find much to blog about now - the frequency of blogging is decreasing. that means energy E of blogging decrease also (because E = hf), and also wavelength of blogging increase (because v = f lambdah [is this how u spell it?]). therefore, momentum of blogging decreases (because lambdah =h/p) arghh i'm turning into a horrible physics monstrosity. helppp! i can't believe i just typed that out laa.

2005-07-17T01:18:00.000+08:00

hey. yay! j2 life's becoming so much more fun and enriching! i'm so excited, i can't wait for A levels to come. i've been waiting for it all my jc life!! i'm looking forward to the fun-filled mugging days ahead. can you imagine, the immense feeling of satisfaction after you've completed a tys chapter? or the wonderful anticipation and renewed vigour when you embark upon yet another journey through the next chapter in the tys? my life feels as if it's been given a new sense of purpose and direction. schoolwork has actually breathed new life into me, invigorating my senses and providing me with a brand new positive outlook at life! thank god for lecture notes and tutorial questions, the bread and butter of jc life. what spinach is to popeye, and hair gel is to johnny bravo, tys is to me. i eat, live and breathe school work. that's the kind of life i've been waiting all my life to enjoy. njc's like a heaven to me now! everywhere i go, i can see my fellow students doing just what we enjoy most. seeing the smiles of satisfaction on their faces as they compare answers and share notes simply warms my heart. it really heartens me to know that we all share the same undying passion for the ceaseless conquest and unquenchable thirst for knowledge. such fiery passion for knowledge should never go unrewarded. one can practically hear the squeals of glee from s12 when mr ong announces that as a reward, from now on, we can dedicate three hours of our time every saturday to learning physics! with the same unbridled enthusiasm, the students of s12 attend this wonderful sharing session with a renewed positive outlook towards life. you can almost sense the disappointment of those students in the class who have dropped physics. imagine the agony they must be going through - knowing that they've missed out on this delightfully gilt-edged opportunity to further their knowledge in physics. oh my! look at the time! it's only 1.20am! the night is still young, i'd better get down to more enjoyable studying. if you ask me, i wouldn't miss a minute of studying for the world. i can't wait for the A levels! :)

2005-07-10T22:07:00.000+08:00

hey. i wanna rent the council room from the 38th!! it's so so severely under-used. i'm not used to it's sparklingly clean state as opposed to the usual stuff-flung-about-the-place-but-no-one-cares state before we stepped down. argh. i miss all the idiotic council roomies.
went to sakae sushi buffet on friday with nette, wilson, melvin, gerard, and wanhua. i must say, i've honed my skill in buffet-eating to perfection. to most, buffet-eating is a simple leisurely meal. for me, it's an art. there are certain rules you must adhere to if you want to perfect the craft of buffet-eating.
1. never eat big on your previous meal. you wanna stuff in as many sushis as you can!
2. eat papaya. papaya good. papaya help you to shit.
3. never wear tight pants. if you're wearing belt, must take out! haha.
4. count your plates as you eat! nothing is more satisfying then knowing that you've downed 20 plates and are still going strong haha.
5. pacing is important when running 2.4km. pacing is important when eating buffet! never rush through your meal haha. that's it from the buffet connoiseur. come come next time got buffet must call me along! haha.
hmm. common test results are coming back. whoa and glad to say, i've improved from the previous common test! well thats actually not saying much. after failing 3 out of 4 subjects in the last common tests, there's really no where else to go but up. prelims coming soon. jiayou jiayouu everyone. but how to jiayou when there's this thing called dota? i've clocked up almost 24 hours of dota since the end of cts. shall uninstall it soon, i'm just afraid of the withdrawal symptoms. okok i think i'm going crazy.. i'm speaking of dota as if it's some kind of drug that you get hooked on. okie thats it. quantum physics and normal distribution beckons. sigh.

2005-07-01T02:42:00.000+08:00

hey. it's soooooo late. pardon me i'm a little groggy now. i've been playing dota with hengwee, jason and derrick for the past like, five hours? post-exam syndrome i guess. well common tests was.... ok let's not begin shall we. let's just hope for the best! maybe i can pass all my subjects this time round haha. -twist fingers- ok this is gonna be a short post, cos i'm exhausted from all that mouse-clicking and keyboard-tapping. anyway, i still think the link on my previous post is damn funny. go watch it if you've played cs before. haha. see you people!

2005-06-29T19:32:00.000+08:00

hey. ct's are ending soon! just a quick post here. anyway for those who've played counter strike before. take a look at this.
http://www.putfile.com/media.php?n=counter-struck
it's damn bloody funny man hhahaha. especially the hostage part. cya!

2005-06-19T01:51:00.000+08:00

hey. it's one plus am and i'm bored. so i'm going to blog hehe. what a peculiar way to cure my boredom. the past five days have been an alarming jolt back into reality. i don't want to study! how i wish the 19 of us were still in lumut, not having to worry about studying. it's actually quite hard to believe that just a mere week ago, i was at the summit of mount bubu, admiring the majestic scenery around us. now i'm stuck in this crevasse filled with mountains of notes. bleahh.

i don't exactly know when i last stopped replying tags. so i'll reply to those i still can see hehe.
replies:
shuhui: thanksss shooohui. you've been a great councilor too! hee. thx for the memories k. i'll rmb those leaves you wanted for sf haha.
jason from 03: oops i forgot to link you haha. whats ur bloggy again? anw i miss orientation with your class. :(
fellow njcian: thanks for the tag whoever you are!! glad to know that our efforts were appreciated hehe. la famiglia. ;)
saumya: updated! your turn to update! haha. cya miss aggarwal!
brentZ: hey!!!!! thanks for taggin... eh wait a minute, that's me. oops.
victor: hehe lumut rocks! ahh buffet my favourite. my stomach's a bottomless pit so whenever there's a buffet call me along k! tc vicky!
silin: hey nerdy silin! you sound as if you expected me to die there or something hahaha. thanks okie. good luck for cts :) and happy belated bday! you received my msg right haha.
andre: hey bro! how are you?! arghhh stupid glazer's in charge of man u now and he's piled his mountain of debts on the club. what's the world coming to?!
leech: hey i miss sleeping with you, melvin, matt and pohshin too hahha. although it was quite a squeeze in that tiny tent haha.
di: heh no problem ngiam. i'm proud of all of you too haha. i miss lumut!
davina: hey dav! part of me's still in lumut too! figuratively of course. oh well study hard k? i guess i can look forward to tasting ur muffin/cookie creations? yumm.
jason: thorns above! tripping roots! leech! haha damn i miss the incessant yelling at each other to be careful haha.
marcus: hey!! long time no see! haha. mb can meet up one day go play lan hahaha. tc and good luck for ur cts yup.
yen: hey yen! yup i'm back. but nope, i didn't miss the food in singapore cos the food there was absolutely delicious too hahaha. i'm such a pig.
wilson: woohoo haha thanks. you take care also yahh. and nope, i'm not peeling that bad. cheng tng is peeling much worse than me haha.
sherwin: yea! 65km on the kayak! i miss puking my lunch into the open sea haha. anyhows, study hard k, cya when sch reopens haha.
kairu: hello! hehe i'm proud to be exbounder! haha. jiayou for cts okay? see you soon! :)

okay that's it. WOW it's late. argh.
err anyway if you're in need of a nice song to listen to, look to the right of my blog. those are good songs haha.

2005-06-13T22:32:00.000+08:00

hey. i'm finally back from the ten day outward bound lumut experience. it was, without a doubt the most challenging ten day camp i've ever been to. partly because it is the only ten day camp i've ever attended, but chiefly because it pushed me to my limits, both physically and mentally. i must say, it was a once-in-a-lifetime experience to cross obstacles together with friends and overcome them in ways i never thought possible, and i believe i've come out of these challenges a stronger leader, and a better person. i must really thank richard, melvin, daniel, kenny etc for their peculiar brand of humour, and of course, diana and davina, who by the way in my opinion, are the two most determined and resolute girls in the world.

actually, the accomodation and food at ob lumut were way past my high expectations, to be honest. the campus was scenic, and food was acceptable, although bittergourd and ladies' fingers weren't very high in my list of foods to eat before i die. nevertheless, it was sufficient to keep me going for the entire trip.

sea ex was a HUGE challenge to me. over twenty hours of paddling in three days. from lumut to pulau lalang to pangkor island and then back to lumut. that's over 65km! we virtually ran one and a half marathons with our biceps! stranded in the middle of the open sea, and to see the destination as a mere grey hazy outline in the far horizon was tough enough. what made it worse was the currents that were flowing against us, pushing us back half a metre for every metre that we paddled forward. to see the same identical scenery around us even after paddling our hearts out for two hours was disheartening, to say the least. the waves were frankly, quite daunting. one moment you could see nine other kayaks travelling with you, and the next, they're all gone, covered by the crest of the next wave. it was mental torture sitting in the kayak from morning till evening, paddling ceaselessly and stopping only for lunch in the middle of the sea in our kayaks.

land ex was quite relaxing compared to the sea ex. we managed to summit all 1637 metres that was mount bubu. it was quite an achievement for me, considering the fact that the only things i've ever climbed up prior to mount bubu were bukit timah hill and my bed. land ex encompassed a 26km uphill hike to first camp, a near-vertical climb to the summit and back, and another 26km downhill hike to the base of mount bubu. the icky leeches were gross to say the least, crawling up our shoes and sucking our blood without our consent. some of us just left them there to suck, but most used lighters, axe oil and salt to deal with these pesky irritants. the summit itself was quite disappointing, just a small clearing in the trees. but the aircon-like temperature and the feel of clouds floating around you more than made up for the disappointment.

well all in all, it was an experience of a lifetime, and at the end of the day, i can safely say that i've thoroughly enjoyed my ten days in lumut slugging it out with nature and the wilderness. i've made new friends, and most importantly, forged stronger bonds with friends i already knew, and i'm thankful for it. i miss my family too haha.

2005-05-31T21:46:00.000+08:00

hey. the last few days seemed kinda weird to me. the council room's no longer ours, it has been invaded by foreign entities. the morning after invest, i came into the council room only to find, to my horror, no 37th councilors there. we were relegated to the students' lounge. it is these kinda moments that make you realise how much you're missing something. my second home's gone. :( this is the third entry in a row i'm talking about stepping down. it's something close to my heart. well, the emotions haven't exactly hit in yet. nobody cried during investiture, nobody cried during the presentation about our council term at di's house. but i'm sure ppl will, when at night, they lie on their bed all alone, thinking about council and all the friends that they've made. arghh this seems rubbishy. but in it's own way, it makes sense.

anyway, i browsed thru my stuff today. and found stuff which i haven't touched in EONS and LIGHTYEARS. figuratively. i took them out and put them in a folder. here's what the folder contained at the end.
-an A3 size full colour open day map.
-a "be part of the pride" open day postcard.
-37th student council contact list (full)
-a copy of "suggested solutions to raise school spirit" that every elects camp group submitted at the start of our term.
-a copy of the parliamentary order paper given to me at the start of the term by keefe.
-photos of 04S12.
-36th college day booklet.
-NJC Orientation 2004: Olympia booklet.
-NJC Orientation 2005: La Famiglia booklet.
-YLTC 2004 camp booklet.
-elects' camp 2004 handbook for elects.
-elects' camp 2004 handbook for seniors.
-elects' camp 2005 handbook for seniors.
-37th student council investiture booklet.
-38th student council investiture booklet.
-photos of the first three months 04S12.
-purple singapore discovery centre notebook that every councilor should have (given by keefe at the start of our term).
-wristband given to me by pradip and clara.
-six NDC 2004 programme sheets. in all six house colours.
-elects' camp 2005 photoframe.
-letters from friends (candace, minghui, joe, khad haha etc.)

wow. that's quite a folder. chronicles of nj 37th student council haha.

anyway, been packing my bag for ob lumut. ten day trip to some holy shit place full of leeches. sucking my blood dryyyy haha. hope i don't die there or something. choy choy touch wood. -touches my head- d'oh!

2005-05-24T22:23:00.000+08:00

hey. calendar - 24th may 2005. ouch, that means today's my last day as the honorary secretary of the njc 37th student council. it seems really weird, that all my experiences, all my memories and all my lessons learnt in one entire year will just come to an abrupt end in a matter of hours.

on a lighter note, njc won their soccer match against rjc 3-2! haha. match was quite exciting la.. though it got boring in the middle. oh wells. short update this will be. for the last time as a councilor in office, here i am signing off my blog entry. bye!

2005-05-19T19:47:00.000+08:00

hey. once again, i'm tempted to write a thousand word essay. but i'll just see where my emotions bring me as i type out this entry, and let that determine how long my entry will be. today's date is 19th may 2005. a mere 7 days away from the 38th student council investiture. as i type this entry out, a tsunami of emotions sweeps past me. i realise how high the 37th has gone and how far we've matured into the people we are now. one year of working together so closely has transformed us really. the transformation has been nothing short of phenomenal. miraculous in fact. but like the story of la famiglia, every fairy tale has to come to an end, and it's time for the 37th to end the last chapter of our term.

remember elects' camp? "you are not 74 but 1", "you are only as strong as your weakest link". wise words that have stuck with us throughout our council term. how about crossing the sea of green, where all 74 of us crossed the entire breadth of the field without touching grass. hard to imagine that it was only a year ago huh.
remember the investiture? the creation of the council band. our council song. kenny leading us through the council oath, the entire council on stage. yea and our theme - tsunami: making waves of change. we were so fresh to the concept of council as an occupation then.
remember ndc? the sparklers and the mad late night rushes we had to endure just to get everything up. and the immense disappointment when the ring of fire failed to light up. oh, and how about the grinding of sparklers into fireworks. that was memorable. for days after ndc, we referred to the annual celebration at the national stadium as ndc instead of ndp.
remember teachers' day? yup the council production involving kim and su amongst others. the songs that we sang are still stuck in my mind up till now! and the food table at the back for teacher rejects too haha.
remember open day? be part of the pride. the joy we experienced when the open day banner was hung up. and the thousands of goodie bags. oh oh and the spray-painted red hair of the open day ushers! and the logistics nightmare that occured? we had to transport thousands of cartons from one end of the sch to the other!
remember seniors’ farewell? kisetsu:seasons. the black long-sleeved shirts, black pants and PINK ties. the big ice block outside the ballroom at swissotel. the council production! gosh the images are still stuck firmly in my head. bimbo silin, nerdy me, lamer heng wee and cool guy dc.

time to let the 38th take over i guess, and yup settle back and study. but what i can safely say, is njc wouldn't be the same without the 37th. the critics we've won over throughout the term give us an overpowering sense of satisfaction haha. oops no time left. as i sign off, let me give one last salute to the 37th council and the 73 of you who've made it the memorable experience that it was.

ok thats it. the last chapter of the wondrous tale of the 37th, truly a remarkable roller-coaster experience.

THE END.

2005-04-24T22:29:00.000+08:00

oh my gosh. it's been light-years since my last update! well i guess j2 life has been everything that i expected it to be. busy and mundane. sigh oops, someone just informed me that light-years is a measure of distance, not time. anyway its really funny how fate can play funny tricks on you. just one day before the hike, i was boasting about how i haven't sprained my ankle before in my entire life and how i didn't know what a sprain felt like. and waloah! the very next day i sprain my ankle during the hike. how astute. maybe i should consider a future as a crystal ball-wielding, future-predicting guy. argh, after six weeks of conditioning for pe, we finally have games. what a time to sprain my ankle haha.

ob perak in a months time! the place we're going to is called "zillion leeches", so you should know what i'll be facing there. stupid blood-sucking leeches. at least they're less irritating then their other blood-sucking relatives, the mosquitoes. meanwhile dc and co. are having lots of fun scaring the girls about ob perak. i shall be nice haha. i won't scare the girls. (mainly cos i'm scared too haha.)

hyurrr, voting for the 38th is in progress. the results look pretty expected. can't wait for elects' camp on the 29th. gonna have some fun and partayyy. cos life is not worth fretting over. let's just live life happy-go-luckily.

bleah this is a stupid post. shall go sleep. bye!

2005-04-13T23:51:00.000+08:00

hey. common test results are back, and i can DOOO it. if you're wondering what i'm talking about, those are my grades. not very good huh. haha ok shan't elaborate more about this, i believe i can do much better in the prelims and a levels. so that means more hours spent studying and less hours slacking, ouch something i find very difficult to do. shall strive though. well lots have happened in the long time that i haven't blogged. i'm actually at a lost at where to start oh well. it's the elections period now, and it's quite hard to think about how little time we all have left. just little more than a month more, and everything that embodied school life for me this past year will be over in a snap. it's really quite amusing to see some of the elects posters, laughing at some of them just as i did last year. "suihang strikes back" was damn creative, but some of them were just pure errr peculiar? hahaha.

last weekend was spent at exco chalet at costa sands! it was enjoyable, staying up till 4am sifting out candidates one by one. by 1am, we were still quite wide awake and pretty much knew what was going on. by 2am, all of us were stoned out and wide-eyed. by 3am, all of us went sleep-deprived crazy and went about telling jokes and laughing. then soon after all of us zoinked out on the spot. bbq was enjoyable (anything related to food is enjoyable).

went to hc invest today too. hc secondary school section. walked over to chinese high with wanhua and kenny and of course, we sat through the boring customaries and passing over. their theme was ignite, and the student council vice president bore an uncanny resemblance to ziwei. the main highlight of the invest was the food reception hehe. bee hoon, spring rolls and carrot cake hahaha. what a feast.

ok it's almost midnight now, shall go off. i'm much too lazy to reply to tags haha. shall reply to them some time else! cya guys.

-shrug- hmm.

2005-04-02T15:38:00.000+08:00

so ends the tale of la famiglia.

as i see pradeep's nick - "so ends the tale of la famiglia", a moment of stark realisation hits me squarely in the face. that's it. the tale of la famiglia finally came to a climactic end last nigt, amidst high emotions. all the gun-toting, water bomb-tossing, suit-wearing, blingbling-adorning, station games-playing, cheers-cheering(?!). all over. but as i recite the tale of la famiglia, it must be pointed out that it wasn't simply a journey of fun and laughter. it was a journey of immense pain and preparation, one fraught with obstacles galore and as cliche as it might seem, one filled with blood, sweat and tears.

it all started as a vision. a dream by kenny. nothing planned, nothing prepared. with merely a copy of last year's orientation proposal, kenny set out a challenge for the entire council - to clear the proposal in ONE try, and to bow out on a high note with our last major event. with that, the tone for the next few months was set, and councilors began working fervently, and around the clock. hours of sleep were forgone, ogls were picked, and the theme la famiglia was borned. and from there, six families arose. the purple family Marcello, the blue family Antonio, the Red family DeStefano, the Orange family Pattriani, the Yellow family Luciano, and the Green family Costello. Armed with only their drive, determination, gut, and a plethora of family cheers, each family began an epic battle of sorts against the other five. who can forget the memorable walk-ins. luciano with their bling-blings, costello with their infra-green(?!) guns, antonio with their slick dance moves and impressive gym flips. with this, the families were spurred on, and through the station games and war games, friendships were forged, and bonds were strengthened. also, who could forget the friendly competition and determination displayed by all six families? ogls screamed their lungs out, inspired family members cheered along. the cheers culminated into a single njc yah cheer at the centre of the field during o2, and at the end of the day, the message brought across - we are one njc.

house cheers. mass dance. pizza parties. bling-blings. black mafia suits. i'll miss them, but as they say, every epic tale has to come to an end. oh well. goodbye la famiglia. :)

2005-03-26T02:07:00.000+08:00

hey. hmm -looks at watch- its late late in the night, or is it morning, and i'm still happily chatting away! haha i guess freedom in jc has never tasted so good. this years common tests are the first ones which i've really studied for, and it feels good to know that they are over. i'm still not over the initial euphoria i guess. haha. anyways happy good friday! went out to town to do stuff with my beary counterpart and yeah met the sisters four there haha. sisters four helped us choose stuff. sigh girls are such horrible people because they shop so well. http://www.ebaumsworld.com/mallmap.html - take a look at this. it's so funny laa and damn accurate.

anyway it's someone's birthday today! hahah happy birthday wanhua!! welcome to the "i'm 18 years old and i feel more mature than 17 year olds" club. haha ok no offense k. just for fun only hahhaa. anyway, it's marco's birthday today too. are they twins separated at birth? don't know. see argh i'm getting all cranky and stuff at night. that's not a good sign.

tag replies:
ehhh i dun feel like replying so many haha. so late liao. just a general reply.
EVERYONE WHO TAGGED: thanks for tagging! tag tag tag. i love tags. i live off tags. tags are the sources of my existence. i can't live without tags. taggssss. whoa, ok maybe not. but just tag anywayyy. argh i'm going midnight cranky againn. bye byeee. (=
oh yahh, which reminds me, i'm off to see krystle perform in this easter thingy haha. should be quite fun lol. bye!

2005-03-24T22:39:00.000+08:00

hey. cts are finally over. lets not talk about it haha. hmm today has to be one of the most enjoyable days this year. post-cts euphoria, orientation 2 station games, mass dance. so many year twos went back to help out. or rather, enjoy ourselves. me, wilson, dc, jason, shaun, candace, huiyang, gerard, gaius, wanhua, khadijah, yen, amanda, desmond, pradeep, sida, minghui, brenda, melvin, johannes, victor, alvin, bobby, yichuen, weechiew, julito, sihui, richard, bleahhh.. argh i'm just rattling names off like that. anyway a few of us formed OG33. the most enthu, crazy, shit-ass og in nj.

anyway i'm going to quote wen hao who said this after the huge mass dance session. now, we are cheering so loudly for two reasons. ONE - to have fun! are you guys having fun?! *euphoric cheer* TWO - so that hwa chong over there, can hear our cheer. *euphoric cheer* haha. well said bro. well said.

ok wth my entries are getting so short now. i'm too busy to blog. i'm too busy with all my computer games i hardly have time for blogging haha. as for tag replies hmm. i'm getting so lazy to reply tags. will do so next time but meanwhile keep taggingg! keep it alive yeah.

hmm as i look at this entry and recent entries, i can't help but feel a little immature. my thoughts are so superficial and shallow compared to everyone else. argh. here i am talking about my day in school, how orientation went while others think so deeply.

-SHRUG-

2005-03-22T19:42:00.000+08:00

hey. ouch. econs is over. i'm out from the cold, murky, torturous depths that is the nj hall. can't say i got much hope for econs. well what can i expect when i bring in dice in my pencil case for the mcq paper and formulate my own theories for the essay section? brent's law huh. brent's law states that for any diagram drawn, if the axis doesn't match your explanation, just change the axis and pretend nothing's wrong. ha. move over keynes and phillips and whatever le chatelier shit. now we have brent's law. the most important law. oh well. one more day, erm just over twenty two hours left. perseveree. ok anyway i would like to welcome shiqin, jisin and jocelyn into the 18 years old club! haha. don't you feel all old and mature and wise haha. okay i guess that's it for today's entry - a break from all the lousy page-flipping and hair-plucking. anyways haha no time for tag replies! sorryyy after cts yea? haha. can't wait to par-tayyyy. bleah i'm going crazy.

2005-03-14T00:47:00.000+08:00

hey. yayy this is my first entry as an 18 year old. i feel so mature all of a sudden haha. mm birthday was great! my thanks goes out to everyone who made my birthday so wonderful. now i have more food to eat, new books to read, new clothes to wear, new earphones to listen to mp3s to, new pencil case to store my stationery, and new massager to get massaged by (?!?). yes you heard right. it's a massager. haha thanks to you kai, johannes and andre who got me this funny lil' massager (or vibrater according to them) that "is turned on at the touch of a button" and has "four vibrating legs to soothe your body" according to the instructions on the box. kinky.

thanks for all the presents! it's really heart-warming to know that people remember your birthday. just a simple birthday greeting or sms. might not seem much, but well it's nice haha. well now that i'm 18 i can do lots of stuff legally now. -laughs evilly- but i'm gonna have to put that on hold because the cts are coming. yup. the dreaded cts. must study hard loh bleahh.

tag replies
saumya: haha thanks saumya! you certainly make my blog seem lively and populated! haha yayy, tag more kaes. heh heh. and yup, go make sure O2 rocks haha. good luck in organising it!
jiahui: hey jiahui! -zipppppp- haha. cya around yup. :)
shaun: oh no please don't terminate my gnc membership. i promise i'll be more gay next time. at least give me a provisional membership! haha, tc brudda. study hard for cts.
bamboozle: omg. stupid bamboozle what are you talking about. hell no, i'm not with wanhua! hahah who are you?!?
pradz: hey pradeep! yup since the sms link between our phones are so cranky, i'll say thanks to you here, for the bday wishes (and the really innovative double bday wish from u and silin haha). cya soon yupps.
jason: heyy jason thanks for the bday taggg. haha i dunno which jason are you. but anyways, thanks again haha.
mink: hahha yayy nj orientation rawkss. haha thankss, drop by my blog more often yahhh, hard to keep in touch now haha. cyaaa.
weet: thanks weet! cts suck bleahh. i hate 'em. oh yahhh thanks to your class for the wonderful bag of goodies! now i'm gonna grow even fatter hehe.
furr: hello fellow OGL! yes i had a happy BRITHDAY! haha thanks for the tag okies. :) go rock O2!
joce: yayy march babies rockk woohoo. haha thanks for the tag joce. jiayou for your common tests! :)
cerise: hello angel! thankssss! haha yeahh stupid tagboard was down earlier on. yeaaa, thanks again! heee. :)
wai ling: hello junior! yayyy i'm 18 now woohoooo. haha, yup thanks for the birthday tag too! =D now my tagboard is not hungry anymore haha.
laine: batman rockssss. did u see how he defeated joker? haha. anw yups thanks to ur class for the wonderful snack bag okies haha. cya soon!

okie. that's all for my first entry as an 18 year old haha.
yup. i'm a happy boy right now. :)

2005-03-05T11:43:00.000+08:00

hey. was just surfing some j ones blogs. well i had this sudden realisation that wow. njc is no more a "mugger" shit school. some of these j1s i dunno them, but i scroll down to read their entries about orientation anyways, and yup some loved it a lot. to quote some of them, some of them even laughed at rjc's boring orientation and said njc orientation was damn funkayyy. mafia theme some more. the war games, the dance party, the station games. wow. so many of them were impressed. then of course there are bound to be those who don't exactly love orientation because they can't adapt to njc from their sec schs. but even for these ppl, i scroll back up and look at their recent entries, they change their minds, they are dying to stay in nj, and through road run, talentime, cny celebs etc, well, nj is no longer a "mugger" school to them.

well and council interviews just ended. i tried being a mean bitch to some of them to see how they coped under pressure. some coped well, some didn't. and i just realised some of the j1s blogs i was reading belonged to ppl i interviewed! haha, i guess i achieved my aim of trying to put them under pressure. some of them were really funny, doing stupid things, cheering njc cheers while making up their own lyrics at the same time. all of em are so worried that they can't get through this round. but oh well, i've got some explaining to do to some of them afterwards, cos i think some of them think we are bitches haha.

ok off to eat lunch. and thanks, keep those tags coming! oh and my blog is 360 days old today. :)

2005-03-02T00:12:00.000+08:00

hey. it's the month of march! i love march, because my birthday's in march! *hint hint cough cough wheeze wheeze* ermmm that was so blatant hahha. anyways it's that time of the year again when j1s receive their o level results and everyone is soooo excited about it. i remember one year ago, i went back across the road to chinese high in my kinky khaki shorts, biting my nails in anticipation. those were the days. well i'm sure some of u j1s out there didn't do as well as u would like to. oh well, cheer up!!!! haha ok i'm crapping. thats cos it's late at night and i'm cranky. ;) this looks to be another high entry cos i'm going nutsss! i'mma be in school till at least 9pm for the next few days cos of council interviews. bleahhh. cts coming soon! ahhh, no man.

oh yes, boulevard of broken songs is an outstanding song. really. it is a remix of green day's boulevard of broken dreams, oasis's wonderwall, and eminem's sing for the moment. really good! and green day's album - american idiot is very good, should have won best album of the year in my opinion. american idiot, boulevard of broken dreams, jesus of suburbia, wake me up when september ends. wow that's an overdose of good songs.

pictures of february are up! there're about 68 pictures of krystle's birthday chalet, cny celebrations (including haikel the nj idol), and the council info session. take a look.
anyway, my angel's sooo nice haha. she's none other than cerise haha. THANK YOU for all your nice stuffs. :) i owe u one! haha. thanks for making all the other ppl in my class jealous cos their angels aren't as nice as you haha.

and yess, tag my STARVING tagboard. haha learnt that new word to describe my tagboard from wailing. and i like it hahha. alrighties, this is my second fasttest entry i think. only about 6 minutes to type out all this. i write really fast when i'm crazy and cranky. cool!

2005-02-23T01:03:00.000+08:00

hey. mm haven't blogged for what seems like ages to me. almost a week now bleahhx. argh, common tests are coming and its that time of the year again when everyone in council room is doing their own work instead of playing. it's scary if you ask me. so late now, don't wanna update too much.
hmm, o level results are coming out soon. the juniors are all so worried now that they've bonded so well with their classes. talked to wai ling and cerise on msn, they are sooo worried that they won't be able to stay on in nj. haha, same problem we faced last year i guess. can remember how i felt last year too. all the worry all the stress all the anxiety. anyway to all you j1s reading, GOOD luck okie? :)
mm i've got pictures from cny banner painting and road run up already! although only got about 30 pics. very little. bleahh. more coming up soon! i still got a lot of pics from krystle's birthday chalet, chinese new year celebrations, council dinner at marina bay, and council info session at LT5. heh heh. all these minor events are what's keeping me alive now, since school's so monotonous and mundane.

oh hey, and yup eminem's mockingbird and like toy soldiers are good. both tracks are filled with so much angst and pent-up frustrations. just like me. or any other person i guess. go listen.

oops! *looks at the clock* wow its one am. ok shall only reply the last ten tags then.

tag replies.
mink: hello! hahah, long no see you ler. anyway, hahaha thats so typical of our monster. that kinky idiot. haha.
pradz: hey pradeep! god bless double periods in com labs, but god blesses even more, double periods in the canteen and council room when your gp teacher is absent! hahah, i can see that look of envy on your face.
angel: HEYY ANGELL! yayy! thanks for tagging my board! you are so nice! thanks for all the time you've spent making those really really nice letters for me. i don't actually deserve it, but thanks loads. you rock my socks.
jiahui: hello jiahui! haha yup i'm pigg! i lurveee to eat. anw, how's ur class doing? hope ur are fine yah, cya! and yup, take care loads.
hasan: hey hasan! woww, ur so free now ur coming down so often. that's good! haha, anyway yea its mugging period now. so sianss bleahhhh.
emmiline: ahhh emmi! you're going nuts! hahah let's be model econs student ok. mug hard emmi, God bless!
yifang: hahah yayy! okie, i think i'll be going for talentime. next time i buy tix from u haha. cya soon!
wai ling: hey junior! hahah why u disturb me. thanks ahh. ok anyway, yup, i fed your starving guestbook already. continue to feed my starving tagboard! haha.
cerise: yup! i just updated my blog. hmm good luck for friday's results! have faith in urself! haha yipppee. take care gal! cya in sch for cm.
richard: ouch. i'm it? arghhh. haha. anw, secs and money all the way. :)

2005-02-15T21:26:00.000+08:00

hey. happy valentine's day! haha. there are so many different views about valentines' day.
just ask any st nicks girl around the corner. "valentines' day is not only a day to express your love to someone, it is also a day to express your friendship to those you've known really well over the past year and would really like to express your gratitude to them through gifts and chocolates."
then ask any parent. "valentines' day is just a stupid gimmick created by opportunistic florists and chocolate shop owners to capitalise on the pockets and wallets of obstinate teenagers these days."

oh wells, haha. same thing. different viewpoint. but anyways, v day this year was frankly quite great and heart-warming! last year's v day was sorta a culture shock for me cos you'd be gay to give gifts to each other in chinese high. so when girls went around giving gifts, it was a pleasant surprise. this year's vday seemed more hyped up that last years. received loads of gifts. thankews! i skipped dinner to eat the cookies that some of them baked for me. thanks crystal, emmiline, yen, elaine, candace and nette! then there were the others who went to lengths to give gifts to everyone. my angel, wee chiew, diana, brenda, sihui, richard, julito, lynette, yen, candace, andre, eesha, wanwei, rachel, shiqin, elaine, yee leng, khadijah, shuhui, jocelyn, mabel, rosalinda, sherwin, sida, junhao, minghui. hope i didn't miss out anyone. but mostly, most got into the craze of giving gifts, so yah, great! makes me feel so loved awwww. okie anyway, i'm gonna get fat after all this eating.

oops bye bye. off to do homework. argh. night all!

2005-02-12T01:05:00.000+08:00

hey. long time no blog yeah. happy chinese new year! the chicken year is upon us. wow the past week has been an eventful one indeed. there was krystle's birthday chalet at cdans country club on saturday, 5th of feb. let me try to recall who went k. me, kenny, dc, pradeep, gerard, krystle, sihui, amanda, huiyang, sui hang, yee leng, khadijah, minghui, kairu, michelle, junkiat, weijun, yifang and chok chun. phew, i said that in one breath. it was a really fun affair, and pictures of it will be up soon!

then there was the chinese new year celebrations. di, yen and nette wore similar traditional yellow tops, while dc, shaun and pradeep wore their own traditional clothes. pictures will be up soon! haikel won njc idol! haha, and i partly sponsored his victory because i sponsored his attire. not bad huh. oop, i can't remember what happened after cny celebrations. oh wait, now i remember. went for "reunion lunch" with diana, wilson, shiqin, joce, mabel, junhao and crystal. swensen's baked rice not bad lehhs. haha. there i go talking crap again.

then there was chinese new year! went around collecting angbaos. collected about $300! well, it's all going into my bank. :) haha. pineapple tarts, peanut puffs, bakua, kueh lapis, love letters, cornflake cookies, shrimp rolls. oh my, what a lot of weight to shed in the next few days. but i'm a guy lahh, i don't give a heck about my weight. i heard some ppl say must run six rounds for every pineapple tart you eat. hahahha. i'd have to run a few hundred rounds in that case.

then there was house visiting. today's half day, so me, sherwin, junhao, wilson, shaun, ros, mabel, diana, joce, dawn and shiqin went straight to sherwin's house to bai nian. ermmm.. actually to gamble, play risk and play ps2. haha. after that, went with shaun to plaza sing to meet gerard, sharon, wanhua, pradeep and soon kit. crapped a lil, talked a lil, then guess who we saw. we saw a sneaky little hengwee hanging around spotlight. tsk tsk. sneaky fellow. after that, we went to shaun's house to play a little badminton/soccer/billiards. got a scare - lost my wallet on the bus. =O yup. only retrieved it after an hour when the bus company called me, phew. shaun's parents were really nice haha. snooker's damn difficult man. imagine pool with balls half the size and table double the size, and jaws that deflect the balls outwards instead of towards the hole.

dunno when i last stopped replying to tags, so i'll just start with pradeep. haha.
tag replies
pradeep: hey pradz! haha, happy cny to you too kaes. you looked damn handsome in your traditional chinese costume hahha. i'm still waiting for my sizable hongbao haha.
emmi: happy cny to u too! ahhh i'm buried under a sea of bakwa. damnnn i'm gonna balloon so muchh haha. cya in school okies?
jiahui: hey jiahuiii!! xin nian kuai le to you too! may a thousand good things happen to you, and ip03 too of course hahha.
sherwin: hey fellow gnc member! haha how are you. thanks for letting us visiting ur house today it was fun. esp the wrestling and risk hahha. happy cny to you too kaes.
ros: hey rossie pooo! hairpee noo ear tu yew tu! haha i'm sure you enjoyed the visit to sherwin's house. cos i taught you how to play risk! hahah.
rach: hey rachh! so slow! hahha, you, di and yen really make up a blur trio. that's a good thing by the way. cos we have entertainment haha. cya, and happy cny!
mink: GNC = Gay Network Club, not General Nutrition Centre. hahaha, you really think i take those stuff arhhs hahah. anw happy cny!
joce: aiyoo joce how come tell me so many timess haha. i get the hint, i'll go change your link now. anyway your blog is v nice hahha. so stylo. see you soon!
maye: thanks for tagging maye mei mei! happy new year to you too! i think you've wished me more than once haha, but never mind, wish twice better than never wish at all hahah. cya!
weet: hey weets! haha yup pool rocks. so does smuggling you guys into the pool parlour hahha. sure had fun yah. happy cny!

haha okies gd nite people. exco meeting tmr haha.

2005-02-03T22:07:00.000+08:00

LALALLALA heyy people i am so boredddd, so bored that i'm not myself tonight, i'm going crazy. doing homework is sooo boringg arhhhh! i wanna stop MUGGING!!! i wanna CUP and PLATE and BOWL i dun wanna MUGGG. ahhh seeeee! this is what boredom can do to youuu hahahha. it can do funny things to your minddd! i sound like i'm high on ecstacy or what hahhaa. i'm listening to nice songs noww too, like mockingbird by eminem, only one by yellowcard and true by ryan cabrera, and all my life by kc and jojo. hahah, and brent is soo angry that no one wants to tag his boardddd, so go TAGGGG. hahahha, ok i'll return to a state of normalcy next entry hhaha. i'm a little high this entry. okay byeees! and i typed this whole entry in record speed - 4 minutes. hahahha. cya! :)

2005-02-03T01:18:00.000+08:00

Numb
Meteora
Linkin Park

I'm tired of being what you want me to be
Feeling so faithless lost under the surface
Don't know what you're expecting of me
Put under the pressure of walking in your shoes
(Caught in the undertow just caught in the undertow)
Every step that I take is another mistake to you
(Caught in the undertow just caught in the undertow)

Chorus
I've become so numb
I can't feel you there
I've become so tired so much more aware
I'm becoming this all I want to do
Is be more like me and be less like you

Can't you see that you're smothering me
Holding too tightly afraid to lose control
Cause everything that you thought I would be
Has fallen apart right in front of you
(Caught in the undertow just caught in the undertow)
Every step that I take is another mistake to you
(Caught in the undertow just caught in the undertow)
And every second I waste is more than I can take

Chorus

And I knowI may end up failing too
But I know
You were just like me with someone disappointed in you

Chorus X2

2005-01-29T12:09:00.000+08:00

hey. phew. finally have time to update my blog. it's been one whole week since elaine from my og blogged for me. friday was road run. reached school at 0645 so early cos i was the first aider. well i must say that this year's road run is comparably better than last year's, which was held at turf city. there was more spirit in this year's road run and the enthusiasm level was higher than last year's too. especially, the cheering part, where every house came up with something creative on the spot for cheering. terra had their cheerleaders, solaris got mr menon, aqua had guns, ignis used the big drum etc. lignum won the overall road run cup, while solaris ip03 won the ip cup. :)

i was quite moody after road run ended because of exco meeting. every single member of the exco had an og outing or junior class outing planned out, then wham, exco meeting postponed to one o clock again, all of us stuck in school for the next hour. poor di couldn't join her og for lunch at fish and co. nvm cheer up! cos i couldn't join my og for lunch in town too, if that's any consolation.

had parents seminar ushering in the evening, where we took clueless year one parents around the school for a tour, and after that to their seats in LT1. i must say, the councilors have honed their "talking-crap-with-strangers-while-bringing-them-around" skill to perfection. most of the parents i saw in college were accompanied by councilors, just chit-chatting about the school, the facilities, our experiences etc. it's like when we first started out, we'd be apprehensive about approaching strangers to tour them around. but now, it's like an automatic thing. if we see a stray parent, we'd go approach him and render assistance. cool. everything went smoothly all the way till 9 plus, another good job done.

hmm okay i've got to go. reply to tags another time. meanwhile, tag my board loads k. take care. :)

2005-01-21T23:48:00.000+08:00

( i shall keep the tradition )
HEY.
this is NOT brenda (brent) blogging.
its some ip KID from her OG
anyhow, brenda is lame but she can walk
she says she's quiet and shy
but i think NOT (:
she's my hao jie jie
her internet suddenly crashed
and so i'm helping him blog
cause she's LAZY :D
she made me laugh until i nearly fell off the chair.
and she dint even asked if i was okayy
she only asked if she needed to pay any medical bills.
she's a NICE SWEET COOL and SHUAI OGL.
COUGHS.
cant believe i wrote that.
but AHEM (whispers) its not true.
okay lahh. only the first word- NICE is true :D
okay ?
hahah.
BRENDA JIE ! hope youre satisfied
and you shld be happy not bored
cause youre talking to a NICE person (:
btw, stop telling lies :b
its bad for your health. (:
be honest even though the truth may hurt.
and i'll tell you the truth.
brenda thinks she rocks but she actually STONES.

> LAINE 05ip03

2005-01-16T23:59:00.000+08:00

hey. whee~! tiger cup's back in singapore! haha. just came back from watching the final at dc's house. met wanhua and rard at wheelocks so that rard could get his crumpler bag. walau, it cost 169 bucks lah. haha. rard! must save up money! haha, went to starbucks after that to try to study. well, we ended up talking nonsense and taking photos galore haha. had a really fattening cup of mocha frappucino, before we headed out to meet dc and jason at choa chu kang mrt.

haha we were in red, how patriotic. pradeep hadn't arrived by the time the match started, so we messaged him - "daniel bennett sent off, penalty conceded in the first minute." haha i can imagine the look of utter shock on his face. then five minutes later we messaged him again - "singapore down two nil." haha. he was so relieved when he arrived cos singapore was leading 1-0. yayyy, singapore won. tiger cup is finally back. the national stadium looked so good drowned in red. practically the entire stadium was filled with red shirts. hell yeah.

oops tmr's monday i just realised. damn, that means i have to sleep soon. it's back to the normal school routine. sigh. well, tag replies first!
tag replies:
nette: hello nette. yup cya on monday, and yea, be well prepared for tmr's house session okie. take care miss solaris liaision officer!
elaine: heyyy why you call me brenda. it sounds so gay. haha. anyway, your class rocks. hope you guys can bond even more in the coming weeks. ;)
emmi: hey emmi! haha, you take care okay. why get sick so ofteeennnn? must take care more, and drink more water haha. rest well!
prad: hahaha mr ex-sexcretary. cool name, maybe i should rename my post. haha. sexcretary sounds cool. :)
jason: mug mug mug mug hahaha. anw yayyy nice outing to dc's house. we shall go over again some time soon hahaha.
rach: hey rachhh! don't worry about me k, haha. i'm really alright. thanks for ur concern. :) yup, i'm looking at the bright side of things more and more nowadays. :)
weeteng: hahaha lazy pig hehe. anw yup linked you liao. :) you link me tooooo haha.
di: heyy yea the weekend's are so boring. really nothing to do. yup! we must mug soon too. school sucks. double bleah. take care loads, cya in school tmr okie.
jiafang: jiafang mei mei haha. i linked you too haha. ip03 all the wayyyy. tc.
saumya: yayyy thanks for the tag haha. you mug hard too! cya in school miss costello ogl.
junkiat: hahah JK rockksss. yup linked you already too. anyway, bring my gay purple pouch to school tmrrr haha. (:
shuhui: notice i always use the word TRY to mug, because i always end up talking nonsense, snapping photos, and playing twister! hahaha.
sherwin: ouchhh backside attack i can withstand, but not frontside attack lahhh. haha. pain lorrr. haha cya tmr okie.
cat: walauuu all of you call me brenda, so gay. hahaha. hello to you too meowwww haha.
hengwee: HELLLLLO hengnutz. such a short tag. tag longer next time lahhhhh haha.
shaun: yessssssss. tiger cup is ours. muahahhaa. singapore rocks, cya in school tmr too yeah. :)

sleep time. bye guys. (:

2005-01-15T01:22:00.000+08:00

hey. wow, what can i say. it's been a hectic week of post-orientation euphoria, crazy work catching-up, and well, work, work and more work. haha, so much so that i've been unable to find time to blog. it's always study/play in school till 8 plus then go for dinner then go home to try to mug. unfortunately, home's the best place to sleep, so i don't mug at home haha. mm it's the same routine everyday, but yea, it's a fun routine, especially with people like wanhua around as your mugging partner. it's impossible to get bored when you study with her hahaha. thanks horny! and with the twister mat around, whoa its chaos! twister rocks. i was contorted into several unearthly positions, sometimes with gerard over me, sometimes with kenny under me, and sometimes with my hand reaching in between my legs.

tuesday went venezia with wanhua and rard to study, or TRY to study. the three of us pigged out 750 ml of venezia ice cream in one evening. butterscotch, yoggi and dark chocolate rocks. :) wednesday i forgot what happened haha. short-term memory. thursday studied at the sl with wanhua, jason and candace. the table was filled with sweets, cake, pringles, chicken rings, chocolate. ate till we went high, then 8 plus went to kap with a few of the councilors. friday studied with my mugging counterpart wanhua again, but very difficult to really sit down and study haha. went around doing anything but mug. then went ikea with wanhua, khad, dc, rachel, you kai, andre, jason and amanda to meet sihui, joe, wilson, yen, leon, di and soon kit. swedish meatballs rock.

anyway, i'm feeling really happy for someone right now. that person should know who you are, right? -wink. you rock man haha.

tag replies.
sherwin: hey ct rep. i'm fine man. BACKSIDE ATTACK! hahaha you guys are hilarious man. thanks for the laughs haha.
ferleen: yayy fur no prob! COMMUNISM OWNS. haha, you take care too k. let's hope 05ip03 have outing soon haha, then can go out slack.
cand: haha yea its been a mug week man. but yea, we have to catch up. tc yea, mug hard and mug well haha.
weeteng: hahaha yayyy i'm so flattered. i'm so glad to be your class's ogl. it was really really fun haha. rock on ip03! and yes yes i'm melting haha.
ming: hey ming, thanks! yea lorhx, we gotta start studying more already haha. or else results end up like last year. -shudders- you can do it jiayou! =)
jiafang: thanks jiafang, you guys were a great og haha. and yup thanks for the luck, i needed it.
jason from ip03: np man. and quite duh i got it from mrs fields right?! haha.
khad: yup khad! i'm trying to overcome my bekophobia. i hope i get over it soon :), anyway you tc yea, great to see u around council rm so often. :)
richard: hi $$$ man of the sex and $$$ comm! oops, i mean secs and money comm.
lynette soh: yayyy thanks for the tag. yup i'll do chinese high proud! cya around in council room okie. (: oh yarh ur blog's nice too haha.
jiahui: ok i'll link you soon haha. didn't know u were from st nicks too. cool~! same sch as my sis haha.
hasan: hey hasannn! thanks for being sucha pal. yup things are looking good, and i'm in good mood nowadays, cool~!
maye: YES i'm updating haha. such a long entry some more. you update also lahhh haha. anyway you take care, and don't think too much about *wink wink* hehe.
yen: hello yennn. such a short tag hrrrrmph. cya arnd in class soon okie. bye miss vice captain!
andre: hey bro. don't think so much really, enjoy life as it is, with all your great friends and pals around you. i've realised that there's no pt in being down haha, so take care man. talk to me if you need to, i'm here. :)
yifang: hello! yayy, you're the only antonioan who tagged my board recently haha. yay! anw chill, don't think so much about *shudder shudder*. it's alright man haha.

okie bye! time for me to rest. :)

2005-01-08T23:23:00.000+08:00

hey orientation 2005 ended on a high note yesterday amidst wild dancing and partying last night at the parade square. it marked the end of one week of OGL-ing and fun. am really gonna miss ip03 and the other ogls. but i really have to thank three special people for helping to make my orientation enjoyable. the communism connection of two nanyang girls and two chinese high guys. me, kaihui, liyan and ferleen form the chinese schools ogls of 05ip03, and we rock. haha.

thanks to liyan, for always ra-ra-ing 05ip03 and for being so supportive and helpful. without you, i cannot imagine how orientation would have been! you've been so enthu right from the start of orientation, keep it up gal, it's been such a pleasure ogl-ing with you. :)

thanks to ferleen, for being my mass dance partner so many times and for simply being yourself this past week. i feel like i've known you so much better already. i really appreciate all the ogl-ing times we had and all the fun we've had as the communist connection. thanks! :)

thanks to kaihui, for being so darned funny during orientation. all your crazy antics and funny jokes really liven up the day for me, ferleen and liyan. and it's great to see that you're so on about going out and so supportive of council stuff. rock on brudda! :)

ok i'm ending my entry here, thanks everybody for such a wonderful orientation. i'm going to miss my og 05ip03 and the ogls. la famiglia!

ps. i'd appreciate it if you guys could stop making fun of me behind my back all the time. i've really had enough and i'm deeply hurt by it. i hope you know who you guys are. thank you.

2005-01-04T23:51:00.000+08:00

hey. i'm listening to songs now. all my all-time faves in one playlist. blurry by puddle of mudd. pinch me by the barenaked ladies. hundred years by five for fighting. my sacrifice by creed. drive by incubus. calling all angels by train. the space between by the dave matthews band. hailie's song by eminem. one last breath by creed. i'm lying in bed listening to my fave playlist loop, i do this when i'm in the ahhh fuck it mood. hmm, the ahhh fuck it mood. you know what i mean. when you just can't be bothered with stuff and just wanna rest.

yo, this is one of my fave songs. i love the rhythm.
creed - one last breath.

Please come now,
I think I'm falling.
I'm holding to all I think is safe.
It seems I found the road to nowhere,
And I'm trying to escape.
I yelled back when I heard thunder,
But I'm down to one last breath.
And with it let me say,
Let me say.

Hold me now,
I'm six feet from the edge and I'm thinking,
That maybe six feet,
Ain't so far down.

I'm looking down now that it's over,
Reflecting on all of my mistakes.
I thought I found the road to somewhere.
Somewhere in His grace.
I cried out heaven save me,
But I'm down to one last breath.
And with it let me say,
Let me say.

Hold me now,
I'm six feet from the edge and I'm thinking,
That maybe six feet,
Ain't so far down.

Sad eyes follow me,
But I still believe there's something left for me.
So please come stay with me,
'Cause I still believe there's something left for you and me,
For you and me,
For you and me.

Hold me now,
I'm six feet from the edge and I'm thinking.

cya people. la famiglia.

2005-01-03T23:36:00.000+08:00

hey. njc orientation 2005 : la famiglia kicked off brilliantly today, and day one didn't end as boringly as i thought it would thanks to mass dance. the ogls were super charged for the cheers session. and i snapped photos away like no one's business. hasan, khalid, chii tarng and gabriel came down to help out and watch our march-ins and activities. well, i'm tired today so that's all for orientation.

went out to celebrate joe's bday after everything with joe, rard, wanhua, youkai and andre. took a bus down to cine pastamania to have my usual creamy chicken, with seriously EXTRA cheese. gross. wow we crapped the evening away with the usual laughter and nonsense. oh when andre popped joe's bday gift out, we broke out into zao xia birthday song for joe, 'twas quite embarassing haha. wow everyone's tired, so i guess that's it for todays entry.

take care -
khad and lynette: screamed your lungs out for njc huh. well, no more screaming for the next two days for both of you.
gerard: back's giving you problems huh. after tmr, stop flipping and vaulting yup.
sharon ah ma: so you have that weird empty feeling huh. i think it's the sch blues, so tmr will be better yea.

thanks for tagging my board people. but i'm too tired to reply now. some other time i promise. :)
cya. :)

2004-12-31T23:46:00.000+08:00

the bittersweet symphony of life.

hey. it sounds extremely cliche, but the year has flown by so quickly, and in almost no time at all, hey it's january 1st again.
2004 hasn't exactly been kind to me.
all the ups and downs have conspired to change me from a clueless chinese high boy stepping into nj for the first time of his life, to a busy councilor preparing for orientation.
but it is these ups and downs that make year 2004 such a memorable one.
as i leaf through my blog history, a sudden realisation hit me squarely.

wow.
the entries paint a poignant story of jc life.
of the enjoyable first three months of njc.
of the nervous elections period.
of the elects' camp, yltc.
of the crazy mid-year doldrums.
of the hectic ad-hoc events.
what a year it has been.
the year has taught me that life isn't so simple, that friends are indispensable.

problems, no matter how big or small, cannot be overcome alone.
its an unexplainable phenomenon. have you ever wondered why it seems so simple when dealing with another person's problems? when you're consoling someone, it is so easy to give sound advice. the answers flow out of your mouth so smoothly.
but when you're dealing with problems of your own, somehow, inexplicably, the answers don't come out as simply. weird ain't it?
thanks to everyone who've helped me with my problems. you know who you are.
thanks also, to the councilors who've made council memorable. thanks for 2004.

i'm looking forward to 2005, and njc orientation 2005: la famiglia. trenchcoats, black suits, guns, ties, hats, shades. i'd be damned if our jc doesn't have the coolest orientation. speaking of which, someone MUST video the march-ins down. the families look darned cool. happy new year guys. thanks for all the tags and sms'es. i will start replying to tags soon okay. been neglecting that for quite some time.

last of all, as 2004 draws to a close, i would love to wish diana a happy happy birthday. i've known you since day one, and you've been a really nice friend and working partner. God bless. thank YOU for 2004 too. (:

2004-12-29T22:59:00.000+08:00

hey. thanks for all the merry christmas tags from all of you. i really appreciate them okay. (: anw, i went out with heng today to bras basah road to buy materials for the luciano bling blings. we have no money for real bling blings so we have to make do with fake styrofoam, golden wrapping paper-made bling blings. for those of you who don't know what bling blings are, they are those really cool chain and medallion thingys that niggas like to wear around their necks. we'll see what luciano says tmr about our creation. well thanks to leon too who made the effort to come down and help us out.

well, it's really a sad period of time, as the earthquake measuring 8.9 on the richter scale hit the seas off indonesia, creating tsunamis more than four storeys high that travel at almost 900km/h. at the moment, there are 70000 dead in various parts of the world, with countless thousands reported missing, and the death toll is still escalating like crazy. 7000 two days ago. 22500 a day ago. 55000 this morning. 70000 now. its like a sudden jolt of realism into our world of material comfort. here we are worrying about what to wear to school tmr and what to eat for breakfast, while there they are worrying if they will have enough to eat, a place to stay, if their family is still alive. it's truly saddening.

one point i want to make. i was thinking on my bed, usa sent $20 million in aid to the affected areas. why the bloody hell are they spending billions of dollars to send two unmanned machines out to space to find out whether there's water on mars?! goodness sake there are people dying out there because they've got no water. this screwed up world of ours is seriously ridiculous.
m'sia cancelled all their countdown parties this year. my dad was ranting on about how s'pore should do the same. all around us people are mourning and dying and here we are celebrating on a beach. it just isn't right.

well, let's just pray for all those poor victims out there. and thank God that we're blessed with a sheltered environment free from natural disasters.

2004-12-27T02:04:00.000+08:00

hey. back from christmas party.
thoroughly enjoyable.
gave out christmas cards to everyone.
received presents.
cycled out with sharon to orchard.
enjoyable dinner.
played with snow.
solaris out in full force. full attendance.
it was one heck of a night.
words don't do justice.
thanks gerard and sharon for organising the christmas party.
thanks diana for your beautiful house.
thanks johannes for being my buddy today.
thanks candace for your present.
thanks chiewy for the nice crystal.
thanks khad for the sweet christmas card.
thanks 37th for coming. :)

-brentZ
merry xmas to all those who bothered to tag my board. thank you!

2004-12-24T00:47:00.000+08:00

hey. christmas is just around the corner, and its that time of the year again where we exchange gifts and send each other postcards. but wow, this year's a culture shock! in an all guy school chinese high, no one bothers to send each other any postcard, let alone exchange gifts. but in nj, with girls, its like the whole world is into this postcard-writing, present-exchanging thing. everyone's so into this christmas thingy that i feel compelled to write cards and give presents too haha. i'm so happy i got christmas cards! haha. well, nothing's been happening recently, which is why my blog is left to stagnate. sians.

anyway, obk ppl are back! haha me khad joe and yang went to pick up the councilors coming back. they were damn shagged and when they had debriefing, the whole bunch of them were fanning themselves cos it was so hot. it was quite a sight really. but dc was still super 'on' as usual, asking us to eat "SUPPER LAH, ON AHH!" wow looks like they really enjoyed themselves. i wanna go on an overseas trip with councilors next year too haha.

hmm today went out with joe, rard, dc, huiyang and shaun to town to eat lunch. rard was searching high and low for christmas prezzies frantically. while me and joe were looking for potential presents but had no money with us. the rest of them were searching for the $5 dollar gift exchange item for council christmas party. oh yea, talking about the party, i'm looking forward to it man. our last get-together of the year before orientation. oh yea, can't wait for orientation too. what the hell, its going to rock lah. la famiglia leh, dun play play.

tag replies
sihui: no probs sihui! anw God bless you too, and yep, i'll try to get my sis to come along for christmas at ur church. cya soon kaes? (:
di.: haha cool~! thanks for tagging. tc loads okie girl, can't wait for party at ur hse. ;)
emmi: hello, alexis. hehe i'm quite fascinated with this name. anw yup, lets pool together one day haha. take care!
liyan: hey pool pro! hehe, i'll play pool with u sometime soon too. :P anw i saw u pitch that day, u look cool with ur cap haha.
shaun: yay kungfu hustle haha. i heard its really funny. and no i didn't exaggerate. u score a bloody perfect man.
nigel: wah get a few more pool tables? you pay lah. haha be thankful got one already haha. anw cya arnd when sch reopens yea.
pradz: hmph u beat me on ur first try, walauu not fair lahh. haha, anw tc bro. stay cheerful. (:
cand: hey cand! take care okay. drink more water haha. and yea, don't overburden yourself with council work. it's not good hehe. byee.
khad: no problem khad, the choco cake's delicious. bring some for christmas party! haha, it will be a hit mann. =)
minghui: AAAH. helllo!! ur finally back phew. korea was fun right haha. anw cya arnd soon k, long time no see hehe.
shuhui: omg, not the blog police! okok i just updated so blog police won't catch me. and the cobwebs must be a figment of your imagination. i clean up my blog everyday haha.

bye. ps. i think my entries becoming quite incoherent and boring sigh. sorrrry.

2004-12-18T00:27:00.000+08:00

hey. wow, pool's the craze now. well if you didn't already know, NJC has its own pool table, located snugly in a corner of the students' lounge. i'm training up my pool skills now, since we're not charging yet, but come school reopens, the charging starts. joe's my "SUPERIOR SCHOOLS TEAM" partner in pool, and we played against the "SJI TEAM" which consisted of heng and pradz, and keefe and huiyang. the outcome was obviousssss. muahahhaha. mm, i guess it'd be fairly difficult for us to maintain the table next year, but it should be worth it. hmm lemme see.

filming for orientation started on tuesday! or is it wednesday. hahaha it is damn hilarious man, some of the stuff in there very corny, we made everything soooo mafia-like. shades, black suits, blazers. hengwee even had a glass of "wine" to drink from, his own "mole", and toilet paper cigar to boot cos he's the boss man. me and honey johannes haha, we were bodyguards. and of course as bodyguards we did stupid things. you shall see from the video itself. thanks everyone who came down to act and film, especially dawn for coordinating all the stuffs. (: and runyu, who's one of the in charge for this too. (: orientation will rock i'm sure of that.

watched national treasure today, with my bruddddda pradz, shaun and sherwin. national treasure's quite cool, not a bad movie i would say. but it reaffirms my mindset that in movie scenes involving guns, the bad guys have atrocious aiming. don't know if you noticed, but the baddies shot so many times throughout the movie and not one shot hit their intended target. bad guys, you need more target practice. then we played percussion master, OH MY GOSH, guess who's the percussion master, shaun duh. some arse challenged him with a smug face but ended up being thrashed upside down. shaun racked up a 243-HIT COMBO. why only 243? because the song only had 243 beats lah deh. mean perfectt. haha. good man.

tag replies:
ferleen: yes girl, mass dance rocks my socks hahhaa. thanks for being dance partner today haha, and wow hello nocturnal animal. you don't sleep at night mann, is that cool or wat hahah. cya k?
shuhui: yayyy! next time organise council outing to hong kong lorr. then everyone can eat dimsum and smelly tofu hahha. tc beaver!
pradz: brudddddddaaaaaaa. please don't say i'm converted to sji man. ewch, don't tarnish the good name of chinese high. hahaha just kidding bro. the "superior schools team" ownnnns. haha, cya soon kaes? tc bro! =)
andre: hey andre! argh man utd didn't capitalise on the stupid arsenal chelsea draw. dumb dumb diop scored a screamer. but anw, u tc in m'sia yea. (:
saumya: thankss the photo looks good right. -sit backs and admires- haha just kidding, tc saum!
heng: hey heng, you rock. seriously, i'm glad solaris has you! rock on bro!(= take my photoo off the bloggggg.. haha tc.
johannes: HONEY! superiors rock! haha cool bodyguard, we look damn good in shades man hahaha. just kidding. cya tmr, we'll be santa claus tmr hehe.
rach: hello rachel! thanks for the tag. well, i didn't actually teach them the dance, i simply mesmerised them with the moves. hehe, anw tc okie, he'll be back soon. -wink-
khad: no problem khad! you tc too okie, cya tmr for the santa claus thingy too. (:
tear: packed you in my suit case?!!? hahaha don't get you but it sound funny haha. byeeee, cya!
jason: thank you jason. haha hongkie land was fun, but it sure feels good to be back in s'pore man. LLUUCCIIAANNOO!
yen: ehhh yen, this colour is cool right. red and black so niceee. haha i'm glad at least one person noticed the colour change. cooool. tc my vice cap!

haiz, the entries are getting so incoherent nowadays. i need help. argh. sigh.

2004-12-13T21:01:00.000+08:00

The Hong Kong Sunset

damn, i'm a good photographer. haha just kidding.

2004-12-13T15:48:00.000+08:00

hey. i'm back from hong kong! hong kong - the land that gave the world sumptious siew mai, heavenly ha gao, delectable dimsum. hong kong is truly a dense country. everywhere i go, heads bob up and down on the streets, people jostle their way through crowds by pushing and shoving. and it gets much worse at night, there's almost no space to walk in their bustling night markets. speaking about night markets, stuff there was CHEAP. think - shoes going for thirty five singapore bucks, shirts for seven each, and shades at eight bucks.

ocean park was the highlight, it is escape theme park times one billion gazillion. there was a triple loop-the-loop roller coaster, and of course THE ABYSS. the abyss brings you up more than ten storeys high with your legs dangling in mid air. then suddenly woosh, brings you down in a matter of two or three seconds. the drop itself is not scary, it is the ascension and the waiting at the top of the abyss that is frightening. time seemed to stop as i waited at the top, legs dangling. frightful! ohh, then there was cable car too. the cable car ride's like ten times longer than the sentosa one and there was one part where the drop was almost vertical. really interesting. and victoria peak! the scenery up there was really breathtaking. all the bright lights of hongkong in one single view. amazing. hong kong's fun!

anw, didn't get to update in detail about seniors farewell, and i have to say again - it ROCKED. i can't wait for next year's seniors farewell already. sigh - investiture, ndc, teachers day, halloween, open day, and now seniors' farewell bites the dust. the ad-hocs are disappearing slowly one-by-one. and as i look back, i'm really in awe at the amazing experience i've had. just thinking back, i can tear. but now's not the time, we still have orientation. all the way 37th. ok the entry's becoming incoherent. i'll leave now with tag replies!

ps. oh wait i forgot one thing. I SPREAD THE MASS DANCE DISEASE TO HONG KONG. i did mass dance in the hotel. those poor hongkies couldn't stop dancing to the beat of accidentally in love and summer nights. the entire country erupted into a frenzy of mass dancing. erm ok maybe i'm exaggerating. but hey, mass dance has found it's way to hongkong. ain't that great. mass dance world domination muahhaa.

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gerard: thanks pal. anw thanks for being such a great friend, i appreciate a lot of what you do thankss. (: enjoy obs too!
shuhui: no problem shuhui! i'm glad my NERDY act made you laugh. and alsooo. THREE CHEERS to sf deco comm!
pradeep: thanks for being the first to welcome me homeee wheee. and yea, you overcame penang with your mesmerising mass dance moves, and i mesmerised hong kong with mine. muahahha mass dance world domination. take care bro. (=
minghui: hey ming! enjoy obk! haha you'll be in korea by the time i reply this. anw, i'm glad we had two fantastic directors for cp. couldn't have done it without you man. thanks. =)
sherwin: dimsum! that's whats up with hongkong. enjoyed hongkong a lot haha. you rock on too bro! cya soon okay.
emmiline: hello pretty girl! i'm sure you know how to get to KAP now! haha and yup i enjoyed hk loads, and you take care okay! i'm here anytime if you need to talk. (:
nette: enjoy kimchi land! go spread the mass dance disease to kimchi land, those poor koreans won't be able to resist our mass dance mann! tc nette!
saumya: thanks saumya! hk was gooood. anw great job to you and cpu! the orientation banners ownnn man. cya soon okay saumya?
di.: yup i enjoyed dimsum land! i'm glad you're enjoying your koala bear land too! enjoy your seafood there, remember to bring back some koala bear fur for us to touch. take care loads girl. (:
cand: hey cand! nice job for SF! wooohoo. rock on with station games! you tc too okie. don't stress out haha.
yen: hahaha. you take care too yen! luciano all the way, our script will surely rockk! have fun, rock on and i'll see you soon!
kai: thanks! maybe it's natural i'm a nerd hehe. anw nice SF! now go have a good rest, you deserve it!
davina: take care cheerleading instructor hahha. i bet you were impressed with the cheerleading stint by cool guy, nerd and lamer hehe. tc!
andre: THANKS a lot andre! council production really has to thank youu for your wonderful script. anw, your room mate is a hongkie? haha the hongkies in hk were rough and loud-speaking. is he that rude too? hehhe.
fur: thank you ferleen! hahaha, i heard someone stayed up the entire night chatting away huhhh so naughty. haha just kidding! bye miss artistic director!
hengnutz: whoa! finally da man has his own blog! i've linked you already, update regularly okay. and thanks for being sooo enthu these past few weeks. rock on!
shaun: hahha. smelly tofu. it would stink my whole luggage up. i bought snacks for everyone though. haha tc bro!

bye.

2004-12-09T06:52:00.000+08:00

hey. i'm at the airport now! love the airport feeling. the carpeted floors and the aeroplanes. well, i'm just here to say bye bye once again to everyone out there, be back on th 12th. oops, gotta go, enjoy your holidays people!

brentZ

2004-12-09T01:22:00.000+08:00

hey. seniors farewell rocked my socks! everyone was superb! the girls looked very pretty in their gowns, the guys looked damn smart in their full black with pink ties. the spirit and atmosphere was totally there man. oh god and council production rockedd! woohoo~! thanks to cool guy dc, bimbo silin, lamer heng, johannes, minghui, pradeep, emmiline, brenda, estelle, amanda, praseetha, huiyang, sihui, andre and wanhua! all of you rock on! haha i'm pretty high from all the partying just now. kudos - sf comm. worked your socks off and made a great seniors farewell. THANK YOU everyone.

wow i'll end off here cos i just came back from swissotel and its like 1am plus. i have to go airport at 5am to hongkie land. blog in detail when i come back!

BYE PEOPLE! -nerdy smile-

2004-12-04T21:49:00.000+08:00

hey. ahhh i'm being forced to update by minghui. ok then, i'll update, update about yesterday and today! went to school early to take part in the games trials for orientation. and i got allocated into S02! it was really fun, with people splashing soapy water over each other for no apparent reason. oh yes! and i went with some HAT members to test out the war games 'rice paper' concept. well, toilet paper is a better alternative to rice paper. rice paper doesn't tear easily enough! in the afternoon, LUCIANO mass dance session. did a little mass dance, taught a little mass dance, then the real action started!

DODGE PILLOWWWWWW! hahaha, SJI (pradz, heng and leon) VS The United Independent Schools (me, DC and jaryl). with such a combination of people, obviously chaos descended upon the SL in no time. cushions were flung all over the place and the SL morphed into a war zone. if candace had witnessed the mayhem that prevailed, she would have gone CRAZY, and i mean absolutely CRAZY.

today was fun. (: went to school for council production rehearsal again. in between rehearsal time, me, pradz, heng and joe went crazy over bob-sledding using a skateboard! which means you lie flat on a skateboard and let someone push you to dizzying speeds! sounds cool eh. haha but the fun starts after that! after rehearsal, me, pradz, heng, huiyang, joe and ming went to ming's house to watch the incredibles! thanks amanda for lending us your incredibles dvd! we met up with gerard, sharon and runyu at yck mrt then walked to ming's house. the show was okay, some parts were really funny especially how elastigirl contorted herself into so many different objects (parachute etc.) played mahjong afterwards with heng's MINI mahjong set. the tiles were so small that they could barely stand properly haha, but we managed to play nonetheless.

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ferleen: haha BOO YOU BACK AGAIN. yeah, incredibles was funny hahha. thanks for tagging girl, cya at the next luciano outing!
sihui: God bless you too sihui! yes, we'll rock the stage down on seniors farewell! haha. you smile always too okay? take care loads blue cap.
shaun: haha crazy shaun. UPDATE. it's super stagnant lahh. ok cya next time. take care bro.
wilson: yeahh, watched incredibles liaoz. free some more! watch on dvd hehe. yup thanks, council production will rockk a lot.
shuhui: YOU'RE A BEAVER, SHE'S A BEAVER, WE ARE BEAVERS ALL! haha, ok don't bully you already, lignum rocks! anw you always keep that smile on ok? (:
pradz: haha, yes of course how could i leave that piece of information out. take care brudda, cya on monday!
liyan: hahaha yeah! i wonder how dc's PIANO LESSONS went. anw all of us should go out again haha wednesday was fun!
rach: hello rach thanks for tagging. you should know how dc's piano lessons went. ;) God bless, take care. (:
yen: okay i updated! you never update lehh. anw how's your toe. hahaha, take care okay, haiyo next time be more careful.
minghui: updated! heyy we had fun at your house. let's play mahjong again some other time hahhaa. bye bye! tc okie.

BYE.

2004-12-02T17:38:00.000+08:00

hey. been to school a lot lately, today's been an exception, which is why i have the time to blog now. lot's been happening lately, especially on the sf and orientation fronts. on tuesday, went to school for council production rehearsal and vetting. there weren't many people in school, but vetting was fun! good job johannes, minghui, daniel, heng wee, wanhua, pradeep, emmiline, brenda, sihui, amanda, estelle, huiyang, praseetha, andre and lynette! as usual, me, pradz, dc, heng and occasionally, joe were experimenting our mass dance moves with other songs, and we found out that the s club dance moves goes well with n sync's pop. ahh fun times. after that, me pradz and heng went to j8 to visit wanhua at her sweet shop! haha. quite fun, we kept popping by the shop to say hi, i think the shop owner was quite pissed, but who cares. lynette joined us at the cinema and the four of us watched taxi. hahaha the show was very corny, but funny, which suits us very well. after the show, nette left, and dc joined us for dinner. on the way home, me and dc came up with the LUCIANO WAR STOMP haha.

yesterday was thoroughly enjoyable too. ogl family bonding session. we had our usual mass dance session in the morning, which was fun! it was funny teaching rachel the steps because she was so shy when dancing. yen, nette, diana, dc and i taught her all the way till lunch, which we had together with pattriani at serene centre MAC. after lunch, we played mafia within our own families. being narrator's so fun man, you get to see innocent townsfolk being slained by innocent townsfolk, detectives getting killed in the first round, and healers being qian bian and healing themselves. we played 'its a pirates life' too. hihohi its a pirates life. and dodgeball! dodgeball was fun but messy, too many people playing.

after everything, me, gerard, pradz, heng, sharon, runyu, liyan and ziwei went to town wanting to watch incredibles! daniel would have joined us too but he had his PIANO LESSONS. ahem ahem. haha ok first we went to ps, but there were no seats, so we decided to go to lido. me and sharon raced all the way to lido only to find that it was sold out there too! so once again, me and sharon ran 2.4 all the way to cine once again, only to find that there were no shows there too. so both of us, exhausted, waited for the rest to arrive and we dabaoed food and sat outside the HUGE screen at cine to watch singapore idol. hahahha. correction - to watch the flashing subtitles below the screen! we could get our messages to appear below the screen for FREE! so all of us IMMEDIATELY whipped out our phones and sent in messages like "njc ogls 2005 rock!", "NJC 37th student council!" and "NJC all the way!". then some idiot sent in a message: "there are a bunch of NJ clowns on the first level" haha.

whoa! very long entry! ok time to reply.
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wilson: haha yuppp. learn how to play cs! lousy bear! haha. cya for luciano outing bear.
khad: heya khad! wow i'm honoured, you don't come by often to tag. haha you tc okie? (:
nivla: mink mink! hello haha, haven't seen you in a longtime. thanks for dropping by man.
youjiang: stupid yj. haha long time no see you too. i've linked you. take care alright.
nette: hello, what's up L.O.? hahaha taxi's funny. *LAUGHING GAS VOICE* take care nette! cya tmr yea.
yen: aiyo yen i never use password lah! i'm very bored at home so i just train up everyday mah hahaha. lousy yen! haha bye bye vice cap! i tagged ur board too mark sim is my idol! hahhaa.
brenda: heya brenda! you mixed the music good! haha i loved all the songs you put in, THANKS so much!
sherwin: haha you rock on too class rep. play more wrestling with you next time okay. cya!
placer: thanks for the tag! i can't wait for the outing after the 19th. haha. and yup, i'm enjoying myself great! thanks sooo much. go enjoy your ns!
saumya: hahaha MASS DANCE ROCKS! you take care too miss aggarwal. see! i can spell it correctly. -beams-
rachel: no you won't take forever to learn the mass dance rach. remember, i took hours just to learn the mass dance steps too! rock on rachel! =)
pradz: cool! haha. good job mr narrator. tc bro, thanks for being such a great friend.
emmi: haha whatever it is, take good care of your health. cya for council prod rehearsal! =)
ming: lol your name's being censored on the boards. how cool is that. anw, take care lots, and update your bloggg!
joe: brentos loves johannes too hahhaha. sounds so gay. nvm, bye mr bimbo's crush.
liyan: woohoo! yea ATTEMPT's the right word. lets watch incredibles some time!! i've been waiting to watch it for so long. anyway, happy ogl-ing!

cya!

2004-11-27T16:58:00.000+08:00

hey. where should i start hmmm. of course i should start with the class chalet! wow chalet was thoroughly enjoyable mainly because we slacked our asses off playing ps2, mahjong and mafia. hmm so many things happened. what made the chalet so great was that except for shaun, who was at his sentosa camp, the ENTIRE class turned up. what can i say, we rock.

woww we met at pasir ris mrt bringing along food for the night's potluck dinner. i bought drinks, while others brought bee hoon, fish balls, fried rice etc. lugged them all the way to aranda chalet, where we marveled at the size of our place. quite big. but then, unsurprisingly, the guys and girls split into different factions. because one room had a big queen size bed while the other had two peewee size beds, the guys cleverly 'chope'ed the better room and locked ourselves in the room. we laughed heartily because we thought we were very smart but then the girls reminded us that the ps2 was outside, so reluctantly, we had to relinquish our room. next, the guys started another war. we brought the TV into our room hahaha. how evil can we get. well, the rest of the chalet was spent playing ps2 and mahjong. me and ah hoo teamed up and thrashed ji sin and sherwin haha. first night, i didn't even sleep. at 4am, i was still mahjonging and playing crash bash. then next morning went to MAC to eat breakfast.

play a bit more ps2 after that hahahah vincent youyi sherwin and i went crazy when we played wrestling. cage match. sneaky sherwin kept climbing out of the cage and we had to pull him down repeatedly and hamtam him. haha after that went cycling. halfway through it rained super heavily so when we finished, we told those who didn't cycle that we went to wild wild wet. diana's superb idea haha. some actually believed. anw night time we went to arcade to play cheapo games. me and wilson wanna collapse already, haven't slept for the past like 40 hours. so we just follow like idiots. played some more mahjong when we came back to the chalet until 3 am because we thought there was champions league football on tv. then at 3 am, the tv blurted out "WHEEL.. OF.. FORTUNE!" then we all shout kenasai lah make us wait so long to watch wheel of fortune. so, having stayed awake for so long, i finally dozed off and woke up few hours later to check out. wow. great slacking experience man.

after chalet we had two straight days of mass dance. oh god. MASS DANCE ROCKS MY SOCKS. everytime the music plays i just can't stop dancing. and i heard pradeep danced mass dance in penang too. and yea, some of the councilors over at sentosa camp were dancing mass dance during their free time too. and of course, over at the class chalet, the class councilors were teaching some of our classmates the mass dance too. oh my gosh this is mass dance mania!

okie gonna end here now i'm very longwinded. just wanna leave you with a nice song.
LUCIANOOOO.
LUCIANOOOO.
HEYYY HEYYY EYYY.
WE OWN. (:

tag replies.
oh wait. let me reply to tags. hmm i dunno where i last stopped so i'll just start with diana.
diana: haha thanks miss waitress. the food's cold, can you help me change it? haha. =) tc girl.
minghui: hahaha i'm not gonna drool anymore. i'm gonna act like a nerd only hhah. anw you take care okie? thank you for being such a great friend too. =)
krystle and amanda: haha krystle you would have been in the photo but we only took this picture the second time round! ): nvm next time all us mass dancers will take again haha. and to both of you, yup no problem, thanks for inviting me to your church too.
wilson: YES of course you should learn CS. even kahyen know how to play hahaha. cya bear.
tear: hey tear. haha the chalet arcade dun have percussion master or else i surely go play lah! anw tc okie. (:
cand: hi cand! ok you'll be in thailand by the time i post this but i don't care, i still demand my thai present. ;)
shiqin: haha i miss class chalet tooo. all the ps2 and mahjong and mafia ahhhh.
shaun: i don't know what the heck you are talking about haha but anyway you missed all that happened during class chalet haha. too bad. =) cya.
sherwin: haha stupid rock. you won't have it so easy next time. anw updated, so read on!
pradeep: i won't allow any vulgarities on my tagboard ahhaha. i didn't know they considered damn a vulgarity too. anyway you take care in penang bro.
jason: hahah thanks for being such a great luciano ogl. hahah you rockkk. cya arnd, and learn ur mass dance well!
emmi: PRETTY GIRL!! haha i can see you blushing. who ask you call me nerd. =P

2004-11-21T22:06:00.000+08:00

hey. been really lazy these few days right, this place has been empty for the past few days except for the occasional tag. thanks. anw yesterday was huiyang and kah yen's birthday! wished them both early in the morning. it was really funny how we wished kah yen happy birthday over the phone later that afternoon. dc called her, and me, pradz, kenny, heng and ziwei shouted out loud into the phone: "PPORRRRRR-PPORRRRRRRR HAAAAAAAAAAAA-PPPPPYYYYYYYYYYYY BIRTTTTTHHHHHHH- DDAAAAAYYYYYYYYY!"hahaha. damn funny. anw tt morning was exco mass dance learning session. I'M A MASS DANCE ADDICT. haha pradeep was dancing like crazy and couldn't stop till someone turned the music off. i loooovvveeee mass dance. after mass dance me, pradz, dc, heng, kenny, huiyang, wilson, emmi and minghui went to taka to pig out at the fountain staircase. then, we play lan. lan's soooo fun. unfortunately SOMEONE don't know how to play lan so have to leave first. haha so in the end johannes joined the six of us guys to play cs. not bad.

woohoo. today was some north-east cdc youth parliament event held at the old parliament house. it was so fun because all of us came in office wear while some came in waitress wear! diana, yen and lynette to be specific. hahaha. miss miss, there's a fly in my soup. can you please change it for me. hmm i sat at the minister for labour and law's seat during the session. it was quite interesting, surprisingly i was awake listening to other peoples opinions, some of which were quite intriguing. then after the thing, we got what we all waited for - the food reception. tried to get the waitresses to serve us but they refused, so we got the real waitresses to serve us instead. after that, all us guys went to suntec to play arcade. to watch kenny dance para para. we discovered this crazy game called percussion master which was damnnn fun. haha just keep beating the drums until you go crazy. literally crazy not joking. 200 beats per minute. phew.

haha ok enough nonsense. tmr's class chalet staying over for 2 nights. yippee bye bye. you won't see me on msn for 2 days okie. cya. take care everyone - tag my board yea? =)

2004-11-15T23:18:00.000+08:00

Mass Dancers Rock!

2004-11-14T23:49:00.000+08:00

hey. went to singapore indoor stadium for a special city harvest church service and funfair today. woke up early and went with my sis to meet sihui, krystle, amanda, johannes, bobby, melvin, you kai, michelle, brenda and yuman at kallang. the stadium was PACKED i must say, more than ten thousand people in there. i quite enjoyed the service there, all the singing and songs were nice. =) some new pastors fresh from the pastor course there were being "slained" by the priest ulf something. he's a really motivational speaker, but his sermon was very cheem. and yea, the friends from their cell group were very friendly, all came forward to say hi to me and engage me in conversation haha. yes, and the place was ccccooollllddd, and the service was long, about three hours, but i really really seriously appreciate sihui krystle and amanda for inviting us to their church. they're really great people. =)

2004-11-14T01:15:00.000+08:00

hey. it's been a looong time since i last blogged. life's pretty mundane now, eat. sleep. play computer.
yay! had solaris party/outing for the 8529457329472947th time on wednesday. me, yen, bear, shaun, nette n jiangshui, rachel, daniel, jonathan, jason and mr wong (yes, mr wong!) went to di's hse to celebrate nette n yen's birthdays. haha and yes, there were the customary OOHs and AAHs from those who went to her house for the first time, especially mr wong! when he arrived, all he could utter was "oh my god." then when he entered the house and the huge guest room with the bar, he said "oh my god." then when he entered the pool room with the pool table and cues and all, he said "oh my god." then when he went outside to look at the cool swimming pool, he said "oh my god.". yes, that was the ONLY thing he could say the whole time haha. ordered SIX huge pizzas and ended up with ten over slices left, and unsurprisingly, we played zhong ji mi ma to finish them up. in the end, i ate six slices of pizza, which is three quarters of a large pizza! poor daniel ate 8 slices, the equivalent of one large pizza haha. solaris rocks. (:

mm i'm bored. sometimes i find myself lying in bed thinking about significant events in the past few months, reliving memories. sometimes i think of council and what a great time i'm having with all my fellow councilors; i've made so many good pals. you know who you all are. (: and yea, i think and look forward to the next month and a half - to seniors farewell, to the hong kong trip with my family, to the m'sia trip with councilors (if it materialises), to orientation and mass dance. so many things to look forward to and so many things to think about.

ok i'm getting super long-winded here. maybe its because its past one am now. shall reply tags and go sleep soon. i'll be meeting krystle, sihui, amanda n other councilors tmr at singapore indoor stadium for city harvest church thingy. smth to look forward to too. =)

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i shall cluster most of my replies into one big reply. i'm a lazy bum.
cand, ming, diana, emmiline, wilson, saumya, ros, rachel, shuhui: i thank you loyal fans of Nj Sync! the band wouldn't be where it is today if not for loyal die-hard fans such as yourself. rest assured Nj Sync will continue producing good, catchy music to satisfy your pop music appetite! be sure to catch our latest single, "Macdonalds On The Table", which is set to set the charts ablaze!
pradeep: hey pradz! aw no prob, anytime man. i'm here if you need help. take care bro. =)
sharon: haha u probably won't see this eh. anws take care over there, heard ur wearing four layers of clothing. i'm waiting for my present! ;)
yen: hey yen! enjoyed the party nots? hope u had a fun time yup! haha take care okie. (:
andre: yo man you have fun too! did i just say man u(man you)? cool stuff man u rawks!
leech: hey no problem! a million you're welcomes to you haha.
joe: haha retarded joe, no problem. but i didn't help u set up ur blog actually, the only help i gave you was to tell you to "go blogger.com and follow the instructions"
gerard: mm hmm. take care bro. cheer upx=) nd help jus approach me ya.
mingennathan: thanks for ur encouraging tag, but i don't know who you are. and you have a peculiar name too.

=) cya.

2004-11-11T21:22:00.000+08:00

hmmm.

2004-11-05T22:38:00.000+08:00

NJ SYNC STORMS INTO TOWN

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2004-11-03T22:05:00.000+08:00

hey i was just leafing through some of the old mail in my inbox when i came across this nice mail from jason (thanks jason!). it's inspirational in a way, and definitely heartwarming. read on!

A CHAT WITH GOD
God : Hello. Did you call me?
Me : Called you? No ... who is this?
God : This is GOD. I heard your prayers. So I thought I will chat.
Me : I do pray. Just makes me feel good. I am actually busy now. I am in the midst of something ...
God : What are you busy at? Ants are busy too.
Me : Don't know. But I can't find free time. Life has become hectic. It's rush hour all the time.
God : Sure. Activity gets you busy. But productivity gets you results. Activity consumes time. Productivity frees it.
Me : I understand. But I still can't figure out. By the way, I was not expecting YOU to buzz me on instant messaging chat.
God : Well, I wanted to resolve your fight for time, by giving you some clarity. In this net era, I wanted to reach you through the medium you are comfortable with.
Me : Tell me, why has life become complicated now?
God : Stop analyzing life. Just live it. Analysis is what makes it complicated.
Me : Why are we then constantly unhappy?
God : Your today is the tomorrow that you worried about yesterday. You are worrying because you are analyzing. Worrying has become your habit.That's why you are not happy.
Me : But how can we not worry when there is so much uncertainty?
God : Uncertainty is inevitable, but worrying is optional.
Me : But then, there is so much pain due to uncertainty ...
God : Pain is inevitable, but suffering is optional.
Me : If suffering is optional, why do good people always suffer?
God : Diamond cannot be polished without friction. Gold cannot be purified without fire. Good people go through trials, but don't suffer. With that experience their life become better not bitter.
Me : You mean to say such experience is useful?
God : Yes. In every terms, Experience is a hard teacher. She gives the test first and the lessons afterwards.
Me : But still, why should we go through such tests? Why cant we be free from problems?
God : Problems are Purposeful Roadblocks Offering Beneficial Lessons to Enhance Mental Strength. Inner strength comes from struggle and endurance, not when you are free from problems.
Me : Frankly, in the midst of so many problems, we don't know where we are heading..
God : If you look outside you will not know where you are heading. Look inside. Looking outside, you dream. Looking inside, you awaken. Eyes provide sight. Heart provides insight.
Me : Sometimes not succeeding fast seems to hurt more than moving in the right direction. What should I do?
God : Success is a measure as decided by others. Satisfaction is a measure as decided by you. Knowing the road ahead is more satisfying than knowing you rode ahead. You work with the compass. Let others work with the clock.
Me : In tough times, how do you stay motivated?
God : Always look at how far you have come rather than how far you have to go. Always count your blessing, not what you are missing.
Me : What surprises you about people?
God : When they suffer they ask, "Why me?" When they prosper, they never ask "Why me". Everyone wishes to have truth on their side, but few want to be on the side of the truth.
Me : Sometimes I ask, Who am I, Why am I here. I can't get the answer.
God : Seek not to find who you are, but to determine who you want to be. Stop looking for a purpose as to why you are here. Create it. Life is not a process of discovery but a process of creation.
Me : How can I get the best out of life?
God : Face your past without regret. Handle your present with confidence. Prepare for the future without fear.
Me : One last question. Sometimes I feel my prayers are not answered.
God : There are no unanswered prayers. At times the answer is NO.
Me : Thank you for this wonderful chat. I am so happy to start the New Day with a new sense of inspiration.
God : Well. Keep the faith and drop the fear. Don't believe your doubts or doubt your beliefs. Life is a mystery to solve not a problem to resolve. Trust me : Life is wonderful if you know how to live.

awwww. so nice.
replies
minghui: heyyy! thanks for always populating my blog with ur nice tags all this while. yippee! op's over too haha. take care loadds. =)
shuhui: updated! and i changed the link tooo (:
davina: good job for halloween! hallo.. hallo.. halloween!
rachel: yay hey rach, i've cheered up. mm u'd better take care a lot too okies?
yen: nopes, no more hibernation! sorry yennnn!! -peeks at yen-
rard: nah no problem bro. like i said before you can always count on me. ;)
tear: thank you crystal. =) you souriez and take care tooo okies? and yayy, op's over hahahah.
di: no problem dudette. you'd better take care too, and yup. cool phone~!
cand: hey, i'll miss all the gp lessons crapping so much with u. but at least no more wws haha.
saumya: =) thanks loads saumya!
placer: thankews hasan! i tagged you too hahha. go take a look. ;)
duffy: yo bro! yup i won't fall sick anymore. can fall sick during school or exam, but definitely cannot fall sick during holidays!

okies. cya ppl. (:

2004-11-02T08:18:00.000+08:00

hey. spent the entire yesterday at home and missed the clean up of council pub and house pub room. on monday morning, woke up at 1.30am and vomited sundays dinner into the toilet bowl. went back to sleep and woke up two hours later and vomited sundays lunch. i could see all the little beads of rice in the toiletbowl. eew. horrid experience. felt so weak on monday, i only ate a slice of bread the entire day. well, on a positive note, i think i lost some weight there. now i feel alright, but i have pw later today. argh.

anw halloween on friday night was great. overall it was definitely a success. i was the tour guide for the college scary tour and several groups screamed whenever we unleash a sudden shock on them. according to krystle we made about $1500 for seniors farewell. oops. no time to blog, i have to go off for pw soon. i will reply to tags later today k. thanks everyone for all ur concern. (:

2004-10-30T23:54:00.000+08:00

Sigh. go read the top of the screen.

2004-10-19T20:00:00.000+08:00

hey. open day on saturday was a blast. almost everything went smoothly and as planned, and i think it was a success overall. publicity was great, leading to such a huge turnout - much more than we expected. ushering was great, the routes were well planned and many of the sec 4's were impressed with our ushers. entertainment was great, activity at the linkway was buzzing. sponsorship was great, milo and macdonalds came to sponsor drinks. deco was great, step designs and the lions were all well designed. logistics was great, we managed to give out all the paper bags and put up pawprints and maps. yup, open day sure was good.

i love the mass dancers. we've practiced those same four songs over and over again and we're still not sick of it. i like the way some of us went to taka and did the mass dance in public. we made a fool of ourselves, but it was real fun. i can't wait for orientation where we'll all get the chance to mass dance again. summer nights (:

for now, it's halloween preparation, and there's a good air of anticipation around the haunted tour. some places are creepy and eerie, while other places are full of scary effects. i'm a tour guide together with davina, which means both of us will be leading a grp of six through the tour. cool. i'm pretty sure halloween will be a big success even though it's our first attempt.

replies
davina: hey! nice mass dancing haha. cya ok, take care!
minghui: yesss hey minghui. open day's finally over. thanks for weathering the "bek storm" with me haha. tc yea.
shaun: of course open day rocked! haha. gj cya tmr bro.
candace: yes! mass dance rocked. i can just keep going on doing it again and again. anw dun stress up for anything yea?
yen: haha slacker yen come sch so late huh. anw thx, take care. (:
dc: haha, hey sakae was great, let's go next time again hahah.
jason: yo jason thanks for ushering! take care bro.
andre: yea thanks man! man u sure win one right?! cyaaaaa.

ok bye.

2004-10-11T22:41:00.000+08:00

hey. this seems like a good time for me to blog as it's after the promos. note that i'm not going to touch on the promos. whats done is done so why should i brood over it.

mm i love the 37th. the guys are so on about everything. i've been playing badminton with some of them almost every other day hours on end and it is definitely a good way to take my mind off stuff which piss me off. all the shit is released when i smash the shuttlecock hard, real hard. also saturday was the council bbq. the turnout was quite disappointing only fifteen plus people and it's the usual people again. me, pradz, kenny, dc, julito, shaun, bear, melvin, andre, gerard, gaius, lionel, huiyang, amanda, khad, brenda and rachel! did i miss anyone out? hope not, my memory's failing me. council room permanent residents like candace, minghui and hengwee were not free unfortunately. it was an enjoyable night, filled with chicken wings, chips, and the usual dose of dirty sji songs and chants of "a toast to communism!" and "mao zhu xi!" against chinese high. well, but i know when they're joking and i don't take it to heart, so i laugh along too.

sunday i went out with council guys again to play lan, arcade and pool. me, shaun, dc, lionel, gerard, huiyang and gaius. haha had loads of fun again. gaius "hump"ed the table and we did ridiculous things while trying to figure out how to reach across the pool table without the spider cue stick. it was hilarious. and today, i finally can memorize the entire mass dance. the mass dance is so addictive - love it too. even now, i'm doing the mass dance steps at home in front of my computer.

anw this entry is quite light-hearted, because i feel it is stupid to blog shit too often. don't want to let silly things set me back. ok i'll reply to the last 10 tags because i forgot where i stopped replying, so here goes.

replies:
minghui: hey minghuis! thanks for tagging so many times in this period haha. yea open day is here and i won't stress so you don't stress too ok? take care loads and party all day until we get our results back haha. cya! (:
suihang: heyy retarded bro. thank you i hung on and now promos are over! that's great.
ferleen: yay! hi ferleen. thanks for tagging. i'll jiayou! =)
andre: yea. manchester united will never give up. i won't give up that easily either. thanks. =)
michelle: haha i got killed by chem too. thanks mich! thanks for ur help with all those maps!
candace: heyy i finally updated. mass dance!! it's so darned addictive i can't stop dancing at all. haha you tc too, thanks for your twinklez. my fave sweet haha. (:
emmiline: thanks emmi! hope you had a great birthday on sunday ok? rock on!
yen: hey yen! =) tmr games fest haha. go show them what you can do in netball haha.
dawn: hahahha you're right that sounded very sick. but you tagged, so thats ok, thanks!
dc: haha thanks for praying for me. i appreciate it captain. i'm glad i tagged along for that churce service. =)
tear: haha so lameeeee. but what can i expect from you right? you've contracted the bearitus lameinus disease, which is highly contagious! haha.

ok guys cya another time. (:

2004-10-03T00:07:00.000+08:00

hey. lately, i've taken a liking to song lyrics. lyrics are indeed powerful things. they evoke so much feeling and emotion, and the best part is when you find the right lyrics which really reflect what you feel at that point of time, you can really feel that you've got a special connection to that song. you look at these lyrics, and sometimes take comfort in knowing that the singer can relate to your life. some people think that pop songs have trashy lyrics. well, deeper inspection will prove that wrong. sometimes the lyrics in songs by linkin park, eminem etc really reflect how you feel. another wonderful fact about lyrics, is that they can take on double meanings. on the surface it might seem like i'm talking about one thing, but in actual fact, the lyrics actually reflect a deeper part of my heart. just to let you know, my msn nicks are usually lyrics.

2004-09-23T23:32:00.000+08:00

hey. counting down to promo's now and its 6 frickin' days away to gp paper. the whole world around me is zoinking out right in front of my very eyes, people being shoved aside mercilessly by the dreadful monster that promo is. it's bulldozing its way through our wearied ranks, leaving a swath of destruction in it's terrorizing path. as friends fall forlornly to the wayside, i try very hard to remedy the situation by trying to pick them up from their doldrums. but i must say, there are times i feel that it's all pointless, because i can't deny the fact that this terrible monster had also swept me off my feet.

i hate those tears. i hate those silent screams. i wanna see smiles around me. today, in the student lounge, people were going crazy over promos. pradeep found sick pleasure in whacking the shuttlecock against the wall repeatedly just to let off steam. i followed suit, and found sick pleasure in whacking the shuttlecock against the wall as well. so i just kept whacking and whacking till nine plus. add into this depressing mix, a dose of open day preparation, and you get a recipe for disaster.

please god, bring us through these testing times. help my friends cope with the crazy workload upon our backs, and see us safely through the promos. and don't worry mum and dad i'm strong i can cope. take care all of you. (:

hmm and no replies today. i've wasted enough of my time blogging this shit out. but thanks to all you guys who tagged. i appreciate it.

2004-09-19T01:45:00.000+08:00

Hailie's Song
by Eminem

Yo
I can't sing it
I feel like singin
I wanna f* sing
Cos i'm happy
Yeh, i'm happy
Haha
I got my baby back
Yo, check it out

Some days i sit, staring out the window
Watchin' this world pass me by
Sometimes i think theres nothing to live for
I almost break down and cry

Sometimes i think i'm crazy
I'm crazy, oh so crazy
Why am i here, am i just wasting my time?

But then i see my baby
Suddenly i'm not crazy
It all makes sense when i look into her eyes

Chorus
Somtimes it feels like the world's on my shoulders
Everyone's leaning on me
Cos sometimes it feels like the world's almost over
But then she come back to me

My baby girl keeps gettin' older
I watch her grow up with pride
People make jokes, cos they don't understand me
They just dont see my real side

I act like shit, dont phase me,
Inside it drives me crazy
My insecurities could eat me alive

But then i see my baby
Suddenly i'm not crazy
It all makes sense when i look into her eyes

Chorus

Yeh and if i could sing, i'd keep singing this song to my daughter
If i could hit the notes, i'd blow something as long as my father
To show her how i feel about her, how proud i am that i got 'er
God, im a daddy, im so glad that her mum didn't *censored* (want her)

Now you prob'ly get this picture from my public persona
That i'm a pistol-packing drug-addict who bags on his momma,
But i wanna just take this time out to be perfectly honest
Cos there's a lot of shit i keep bottled that hurts deep inside o' ma soul,
And just know that i grow colder the older i grow
This boulder on my shoulder that gets heavy and harder to hold
And this load is like the weight of the world
And i think my neck is breaking should i just give up
Or try to live up to these expectations? now look,
I love my daughter more than life in itself,
But i got a wife who's determined to make my life living hell
But i handle it well, given the circumstances i'm dealt
So many chances, man, it's too bad, coulda had someone else
But the years that i've wasted are nothing to the tears that ive tasted
So here's what im facin: 3 felonies, 6 years of probation
I've went to jail for this woman, i've been to bat for this woman
I've taken bats to people' backs, bent over backwards for this woman
Man, i shoulda seen it comin, why'd i stick my * up in?
Woulda ripped the pre-nup if i'd seen what she was f*
But fuck it, it's over, there's no more reason to cry no more
I got my baby, maybe the only lady that i adore, haley
So sayonara, try tomorra, nice to know ya
My baby's travelled back to the arms of her rightful owner
And suddenly it seems that my shoulder blades have just shifted
Its like the greatest gift you can get
The weight has been lifted

< style="font-family: verdana;">Chorus

Woow!
I told you, i can't sing.
Oh well, i tried
Haley, remember when i said
If you ever need anything, daddy will be right there?
Well guess what, daddy's here.
And i ain't goin nowhere baby
I love you

2004-09-18T00:04:00.000+08:00

hey. i guess my blog will be going stagnant for some time now. it's promos. it's really terribly disconcerting to see everyone mugging. i guess we're just living up to our image as the "grey concrete" mugger school. everyone's panicking when they realise that it's only TWELVE mere days away from GP paper. even kenny's studying!

there's not much to blog about actually. things that i would usually blog about with a sense of humour all seem mundane and uninteresting now. as i said before, maybe it's just the way i look at life now. the outlook, the mindset. i've taken off those rosy tinted glasses and replaced them with dark, cold shades.

mm. lyrics are such meaningful things. i think i've got the entire council hooked onto "hailie's song" by eminem. some of the lyrics are just so sad, so meaningful. and the tone of the song is really drenched with feeling. you can really relate to so many parts of the song. it's consternating, yet appropriate. hmm okay, time for some replies.

replies
mr tiew: hey good to know you still drop by my blog! yup it's not all that bad. =)
kairu: yea. but hmm we should all try to cheer up. i'm doing just that. tc. (:
candace: yup, thank you candace. hope your knee's better. is it still giving you problems? and yea, next time u feel down, just message me ok. i'll be your punching bag.
hasan: thanks. =) enjoyed the talk with you that night. its nice to know you can relate to how i feel. take care.
victor: yes. i'll cheer up. it helps, i agree. thank you! =)
ah lam: meatlovers! haha nice to see you again. do drop by more often. =)
pradeep: let's have a real goodminton match sometime mr feedback. in the mean time, you don't stress out or i'll kick your ass.
jason: yo! ex-fellow base, how you doing. haha i was about to say ex-fellow acid, but i think i should curb my lame tendencies. cya.

2004-09-10T22:25:00.000+08:00

hey. today marks the 50th entry since the start of my humble blog. as i look back at past entries, i marvel at the enormous changes in my style, outlook and mindset. it almost seems that i was just a young kid months ago, blogging innocently about lifes many petty trivialities. what i ate, where i went, things i did, were just some of the simple things i was happily occupied with.

well, fast forward it a few months later, i realise how much i've grown. i've matured, no doubt about that. no more stupid shit lame jokes, no more haha's and lol's, no more rosy outlooks towards life. i don't smile as much. i don't laugh as much. i laugh only for show, not because i'm a damn cheery funny person. yes, and the world's a darker, much more real place in my eyes now. well, what can i say. it's not a sudden transformation, more like a painful, gradual one. yea, i'm not the same old brent you knew.

replies
minghui: hey minghui. (: mugger four let's mug mug mug. haha take care girl, we'll bake cheesecake some other time again k.
leech: hey leech. study hard for promo's mr treasurer, cya arnd.
kwan: yup, record low attendance for gp is six, set proudly by C01. good stuff. cya at gp lessons again.
shaun: yup thanks bro. u don't stress too much over sponsorship too. take it easy. cya on monday. =)
pradeep: haha yes, we'll have a rematch one day, preferably at a court or something with a proper net. goodminton's fun. -wink-
candace: hey cand. take care, cheer up. we'll pull through all this together alright? and yess, we rock! haha. (:
hasan: yess. i won't SPREAD the butter joke. thanks for all ur jokes, really made my day. take care and gl for prelims. :)
yen: hey yen. i won't hibernate eh. i'll mug cos promo's coming soon. cya around girl. take care too, (:
ddddawn: i think you spelt ur name wrongly silly dawn. yes i'll tc. thanks!
victor: come along victor, we'll mug hard! haha. mugging's fun when it's done together with good friends. =)

ok that's it. promos are coming. won't spend so much time blogging anymore. besides, there's nothing much to blog. cya.

2004-09-03T22:40:00.000+08:00

hey. long time no blog. busy, stressed up and sometimes screwed up. well last few days have been pretty eventful. teachers' day celebrations on tuesday was very well planned, and everything went smoothly. i've yet to hear negative comments about the celebrations. kudos to teachers day comm. council production went well. i love the response from the audience, they were actually laughing at some of the ridiculous stuff we did on stage, which was cool. after celebs was informal gm, where mr wong broke good news and bad news. got our cool ambigrammatic council collar pin. and rachel, we love you. yup, went back to chinese high afterwards to go out with sec sch friends - played lan and pool. kinda brought back fond memories of last year's december holidays where i went crazy playing lan.

ooh wednesday went to candace's grandma's house with minghui to bake a cheesecake for all the councilors. of course, with my magnificent culinary skills, i managed to cook up a splendid-looking cheesecake. ok maybe not. i just watched candace beat the egg with the mixer and minghui mix the stuff in the big bowl and candace's maid do almost everything else. i did crush the biscuits to go into the bottom layer of the cheesecake though. and i gave support and encouragement too.

yesterday and today was pretty mundane though. the day went through quite uneventfully, except that it's junsheng's bday today. happy bday bro, you're seventeen.

replies.
candace: yup, thanks girl. i'll take care, you too k. and i'm glad they loved our cheesecake. we'll make one another time k. haha. (:
nette: yup i'll take care. didn't feel well on monday but i'm alright now. thanks for your concern. =)
wilson: yes bear bear i will sleep more. yes bear bear i will rest more. yes bear bear i will eat more healthy food. stop growling at me. thanks k. =)
richard: teachers' day comm rocked!
michelle: okies. i'll try not to fall sick again. happy holidays to you too, take care yup.
kwan: haha. i look funny? ermmm. no comments. ahh ponned double gp again. cool~.
gerard: thank you bro. i'll put in more tokens. i think i defeat all the minions first before i fight the boss. need experience points right.
hasan: yay. now i get an extra reply. gd luck for ur prelims take care.
yen: of course i baked it. liked it anot. u ate my cheesecake, so fattening. take care. (:
rach: anytime silly girl. cheer up. and yup thanks for that piece of advice. take care, and smile always! =)

2004-08-30T01:07:00.000+08:00

hey. mm past one am now. don't exactly feel very sleepy, so here i am blogging. actually my life is so empty there's nothing worth blogging now. spent the entire weekend just stoning. argh. my blog entries are becoming so mundane! help. the only thing i do is reply tags. so tag me. =)

tag replies
nigel: yup hey bro. i deleted that entry cos it was kinda stupid lar. thanks for your concern k. yup i'll take care. wanna go back chinese high on teachers day?
ddddd: AAAHHH!
ros: yup, i'll take care. you take care too. cya in sch, and yes i'll bring those sausages for our picnic on tuesday. =)
shaun: 8/40 is better than not taking the test at all. i was sick on saturday, wasn't able to come to school. yup. just have to work harder. take care.
melvin: the part about di's hair? nothing much lar, she very stress mah, then got white hair appear haha. quite funny.
yen: yess yen. i'm stick thin already, but i tell you something don't tell other people, i ate nasi lemak todayy ahhhh. shit. i'm fat again. cya in school.
victor: haha. of course i left you out. you didn't tag! so next time everytime you come you must tag k. take care bro.
gerard: hey rard. buy more tokens? don't think so. the boss is too hard to defeat. but you have token, you can do it!

and yup ppl, please tag more so i have more stuff to reply k. or else i'll have nothing to blog. hmph. cya! =)

2004-08-26T22:21:00.000+08:00

hey. just being able to blog now is a priviledge. a luxury. so much time is spent in school that i rarely reach home before 8pm nowadays. sians. i'll rush through this. better not spend too much time blogging. still have to transcript the dialogue session by tmr. darn.

replies
dddawn: yesss i'm alive haha. good luck for your ip tests!
sihui: all the way to you too! thanks so much k. yes, we're all exhausted. but i'll push through.
cand: you don't have to worry. it's no problem at all candace. and yup, do cheer up you can always talk to me during gp. smile. =)
mich: youuu rockkk moreeee!!!!! =)
DC: hey house cap. updated. (:
davina: go council production! it rocks under your organisation i'm serious. haha, we'll do good man.
placer: hey! you take care, and take care of your sis too. good luck for your prelims ok? cya soon. =P
minghui: smiling! haha, dun stress for open day ok? go minghui!
gerard: hey bro. it's no problem at all man. just come n talk to me whenever ur down. i'll be there for youuu, lalalalalala, i'll be there for you... tc.
saumya: yes. finally you're tagging again. haha, gl for your ip exams too! =) cya.

sometimes it's simply appaling how tactless and insensitive one can get in the spur of the moment. and it hurts. hurts bad. i try hard to shrug these hurtful comments aside, but no matter how hard i shrug, it doesn't matter at all, because the damage has already been done.

2004-08-21T13:17:00.000+08:00

hey.
candace: hey girl, please please please take care ok? how's that ankle of yours, doing fine i hope. don't worry about anything at all, so many people are here to support you. recover soon! and yes, i'll help you up those steps haha.
khadijah: heyy don't stress out so much. it's so difficult to see ppl around me succumbing to pressure. don't worry about council work. we'll handle them for you. =)
yen: one week of yong tau foo diet has left me stick-thin. let's continue. anw, i ate yong tau foo for lunch just now too hehe. i'll be fit in no time!
di.: hey yess. don't you just love white hairs which bear uncanny resemblances to nylon string growing on your head? see. i told u not to stress so much. make sure i don't find any white hairs on your head in the future, or else i'll take away all your minutes and do them for myself.
weizhi: of course i haven't forgotten about you. here's your link hehe. (:
rach: cheers to you tooo! and do work hard for your upcoming exams. but of course, don't stress yourself out! =)
04s12: thanksssss so much for being the most enthu class in the level! i'm serious, you guys cheered so much along with us during NDC, folded the paper cranes without complains, and now you'll help us raise funds by going for movie screening. you rockkk. what show do u guys wanna see? "the exorcist"? it's super duperly graphic and chilling. lets watch tgt, then everyone can scream tgt too, it's a chain effect thing, very fun hahah. i have the vcd at home i think, i can bring on monday if you guys want to watch for movie screening. message me k? take care u guys.
37th: it's such an extremely taxing and exhausting period of time for us. personally, i haven't gone home before 7pm since the start of this term. but well, there are 73 others constantly supporting you, so what's there to worry? take good care people. don't stress out!

2004-08-14T22:49:00.000+08:00

hey. these days life is just so stressful. there's schoolwork, which is piling up higher and higher. there's pw, the most imbecilic addition to the jc syllabus, with the exception of spa which is totally moronic. then there's open day logs stuff, which is a lot of work. and the rough times have not even come yet. when those designs from deco comm start flooding in, i'll be upended by the torrents of designs. i don't know how i'm going to cope. and the worst thing is that open day is only days after the promos which means i have to prepare through the promos.

yup, life is so stressful, that's why i take time off to destress from the hustle and bustle of everyday life. stayed overnight at yeeleng's house last night with khadijah, huiyang, bobby, victor, wilson, dc and gaius. it was like a camp, with night hike and all. olympics opening ceremony was so boring that at 2.30am, we decided to hike to west coast park to climb the spiderweb thingy and sit along the jetty telling ghost stories. crazy but cool! as usual, pigged out and basically hung around. it was fun.

mm yea, a lot of people's birthdays around this period of time. junxian, saumya, sangeetha, varun, shaun zhang. HAPPY BIRTHDAY! yup. and it's funny how people like to pronounce birthday as bird day.

hmmm nothing much to blog. mm well actually i have, but i'm too tired to blog, and there's a premiership match going on on tv now. so i shall stop here.
BUT not before replying to tags! haha. here goes.

dc: yesss. the phygics teacher england very the powderful. pojition jiro, jacky movement and high verocity man.
saumya: hey saumya no problem! happy birthday again gal. you're finally fifteen! =)
cand: hey hey! yess! finally updated ok? and you take care girl, ur emotions are contagious so if you are happy then everyone else will be happy too! cya! (:
shauntan: yesss i know i just updated. and i don't mug, u ass. let's go council room to play oligopoly! hahaha.
minghui: updated! updated! updated! (: tc.

2004-08-09T02:26:00.000+08:00

hey. i feel like a pig now. i ate two buffets in a week! first was seoul garden with dc, bear bear, yen and rard. that one ate like pigg already still not enough, today my chinese high frens treated a few of us to brekz buffetaurant at marina square! and this one really really pig out like siao! the food was soooo nice man. unlimited supply of sirloin steak, spaghetti, grilled ham, sausages, sliced chicken, dory fillet etc. and the dessert was heavenly. nice chocolate brownies topped off with piping hot chocolate sauce. yumms. oh man. i feel so fattt now. must go exercise more! oh yar, halfway through the meal, we suddenly heard "bom!" "bom!" "bom!", then suddenly the whole restaurant rush out to the balcony area to watch the fireworks. even the stupid staff so slack, rush out with a camera to take pictures. but it was really quite nice yea. fireworks rock. we could have done something like that for our ndc if we were given budget haha.

yay. tmr going dc's house i think. to watch ndp on tv together. then after can laugh at the singapore idol contestants shrieking on national tv. i'm looking forward to it =).

wow it's getting late. time to reply to some tags!

kairu: yay the lecturer very funny hor? haha. i even missed out pojition and jacky (jerky). how could i have missed them out haha.
eileen: hehe. glad you found them funny. just wanted to poke some fun at verocity haha. cya!
minghui: yup! i'm resting well this weekend. hopefully can see you in council room soon! =)
richard: whee i'm sure it was fun. i enjoyed ndc!
jason: whoa! thank you jason and the other ventures! you guys rock man! i have utmost respect for you guys! i salute you!
yen: hahaha. i hibernate haha. that's funny. cya in school on wednesday, toot pig!
candace: yea! we really enjoyed ourselves right? i know so much about singapore's defence already. and we're gonna party at dc's house! come along alright! it'll be fun! tc gal. =)
ddddawn: yes hi dawn! i like oreos too u know. next time i buy for you hahaha. see, i so nice. haha. cya!

ok very late liaoz. time to sleep. bye bye.

2004-08-07T08:12:00.000+08:00

hey. its 8am now. just woke up from a 14 hour sleep, from 5.30pm yesterday till 7.30am today. all because of the over-night stay the night before ndc. only managed to catch an hour of sleep. the bunch of us were working through the night blowing the balloons, setting up the stage, moving instruments and refreshments down, preparing the ring of fire, making the sparklers etc. by the time ndc actually started, i was really tired. ndc did go pretty smoothly, but the NDC ring of fire wire mesh failed to light up. no point whining about it though, everything else turned out fine. and solaris won third for the fashion parade and fourth for the NE cup. from last to fourth! not bad! thanks to S12 man, they contributed the bulk of our support yesterday together with IP03. =)

after that, went out for the class outing to scotts to eat pastamania. al funghi with fusilli is nice. i was so tired that i became a walking zombie. then we all spent half an hour deciding on where to go. diana's house, shiqin's house, movie, beach, k-box. in the end the whole class decided on watching a movie, which me and shaun couldn't take. we would be paying $7.50 to sleep in the theatre! so instead we decided to go play pool at lucky plaza. on the way to lucky plaza, both of us met a whole bunch of ignisians at lido's kfc and so, they came along to play pool with us. played for an hour or so, then minghui called me to ask if we wanted to join daniel and the rest in town. simply exhausted, so i met my sis to go home instead and slept the whole mrt journey home.

so here i am, after 14 hours of sleep. refreshed and recharged, but with muscleaches everywhere. that's enough for today. i'll go rest now, and maybe sleep for a while more. good night!

p.s. to you guys (you know who you are i think) , i'm really very sorry alright. it's really really a misunderstanding.

2004-08-01T20:59:00.000+08:00

hey.
for physics students, you'll know what the next few paragraphs are talking about. if not, just read it for fun.
recently, oxford dictionary has approved of some new terms coined by a clueless physics lecturer in njc. her efforts in promoting the use of these new terms have been relentless, and fortunately for her, her valiant efforts have been recognised. here are the new additions to the oxford dictionary.
verocity: a variation of the word velocity, which means speed. some english experts also suggest that it might be a cross between the words velocity and ferocity. as such, some believe it is used to refer to the extremely "ferocious" break-neck speed of particles in motion.
corrusion: this is used to describe two objects meeting each other head-on. a clever juxtaposition of the words collision and confusion. appropriately so, as students are still pretty much confused over the origins of this ingenius jargon.
ajjumption: a variation of the term assumption. it is used to describe statements which are not necessarily true. english literary experts are continually puzzled by the complexity and origins of this new word. this word makes a good tongue-twister because it rhymes with a junction. it is recognised as the only official word with a double j in it.
jiro: probably the most bewildering addition to the english language, it means zilch, or nothing, and is probably a variation of the word zero. after many weeks of analysis and research, scientists have finally determined the origins of this word. roughly translated into chinese, it means "chicken meat". experts are still trying to identify the link between zero and chicken meat, although it is possible that jiro refers to the depreciating value of chicken meat to almost nothing in hong kong due to the recent outbreak of bird flu.

haha. okay on to more serious stuff. friday night went to hasan's house for bbq party. went together with dc, khad, victor, sihui and kairu after a tiring day at school. it was quite fun and got to know more about the seniors, both house reps and councilors. thanks hasan for hosting the party! and to other peepz who cheered me up when i was in the doldrums.

saturday was way tiring and busy. went to school at 8am with victor and daniel, who stayed overnight at hasan's place and played a little soccer with kenny and his ventures. whoa. i really respect those ventures for helping us out. the six of them are really darned capable man. anw, i was running around the whole day blowing balloons, moving instruments, packing socks, learning the flag drill etc. but the highlight was the sparklers thing. didn't turn out well and wong was pissed. but at least the ndc comm tried their best yea? yup. damn tired now. muscles everywhere aching like hell. well tmr's chem spa, so i'll stop here.

cya people! p.s. i can't reply to tags now because stupid tag-board.com's down the whole day. i'll reply next time! =)

2004-07-29T22:20:00.000+08:00

hey. track and field meet yesterday!

hua zhong! hua zhong!
*clap* *clap*
hua zhong! hua zhong!
*clap* *clap*

NJC! we do our best,
we always will,
to serve and strive
and not to yield.
NJC! all the way,
all the way, NJC!

as usual, chinese high and st nicks clinched double champ. (chinese high did it with relative ease. they almost doubled the points tally of the runner-up team hehe.) all day long i've been pissing st nicks girls off. diana, lynette, kahyen, candace, minghui, michelle and brenda. haha it's just so fun. but i'm always outnumbered SEVEN on ONE, so i'll stop saying cos they won double champ too, not bad haha.

as always, the entire national stadium was dripping with exhilaration and atmosphere. st nicks cheered really loud, shrieking wildly at supersonic volume. and i mean shrieking. everytime a stnicks gal finishes the race, i have to cover my ears to prevent them from suffering permanent damage. and to be honest, i was terribly disappointed with chinese high's cheering performance. however, the school song at the end totally made up for it. i'm darned proud of hua zhong's school song and judging by the volume, everyone of us were darned proud of chinese high. my hair stood on ends as we sang it out man.

nj clinched third for a div girls. well done njc! i'm already looking forward to canoeing.
ok, i'm tired. goodbye people. tag! esp those st nicks girls. i'd love to hear from u guys about the track and field finals. =)

2004-07-27T21:53:00.000+08:00

hey. as with many entries in recent weeks, this entry has a bitter-sweet overtone to it. there are umpteen things to be happy about in school. ponning maths lec together with shaun, hanging out with councilors, laughing with the cool guys in 04S12, the coming track and field meet. but somehow, there's always this picayunish little irritation at the back of my mind. trivial and frivolous as it may seem, it is deeply saddening. i miss the old days.

i get knocked down. but i get up again. you're never gonna keep me down. it's a cool song. and it's cool advice to people out there too. don't be discouraged. don't be disheartened. persevere.

anw. enough of all this serious stuff. now let's have some fun. this is a continuation of shaun and wilson's lame conversation last week! prepare yourselves now for part two of the "lame conversations" series
lame excerpt two.
brent: oh man. the house session sucked. the classes are just not enthu enough.
heng wee: not enthu enough? we should give them more nitrogen.
brent: (in a puzzled tone) give them more nitrogen?!
heng wee: you said they weren't enthu (N2) enough wat. so must give more nitrogen.

lame excerpt three.
after mr ong's interesting tutorial on geese flying in V formation so they can go further, shaun and wilson again, engaged in idle palaver.
shaun: if flying in V formation can help the geese fly further, why not fly in diamond formation?
wilson: no. spade formation better.

haha. this is crap. i can't believe it.

anw, tmr is track and field meet! i'm darned excited. track and field finals are always the pinnacles of excitement for me. the immersion and atmosphere of the National Stadium sucks you in, compelling you to cheer your hearts out for your school. that has been my experience for the past four years, and i'm feeling excited for those who haven't been to a track finals yet. they've probably missed out on a truly gratifying experience. well, to be honest, i'll be cheering for chinese high too, although there wouldn't be much to cheer for because we'll be double champs again! -beams with pride-

ok time to reply to tags.
Saumya: yea. that was lame. but i'll bet you'll be even more lamed out by the time you read this entry. it's lameness.. times two! you tc too. (:
ros: haha. dashing through the snow? omg. how did you even come up with that? anw, please please please take care and smile a lot k? ur smile can brighten days! =)
placer: hey. thanks for judging CCC with us (although it consisted of only yesses and nos haha) i'm looking forward to friday. =P
kwan: yeaa. let's pon double gp again. and incur the wrath of the mighty wai sum.
minghui: hello minghui! haha. take care. make sure you buy nice food for the second place class in CCC. -winks-
emmi: hehe hey fellow eunosian! glad to see ur alive once again.
sunshine: hey. of course. what a highly intellectual conversation that was. haha.
cand: yes candace. gp is SOOOOO interesting. it's my FAVEEE lesson. right. anw, tc yea? =)
kairu: hey kairu. hahaha ultra lameness? that's an understatement!
yen: haha the boring disclaimer is in case you faint while reading my blog. so i won't be held responsible. anw, smile! =)
Duffy: oh no. ur crippled. need a wheelchair? take care bro.
DC: co-sign the degree? whoa, what if i tangent the degree?
youzhi: hey thanks for your help! now my blog got music le. xie xie ni. cya arnd.
ddddd: hey stupid dawn. i don't pose k. i just happen to sit in a very awkward position. haha tc girl.
nigel: hey. yes. cool song eh? cya arnd manx.
weizhi: wow. thanks for dropping by my blog. long time no see haha.

cya ppl.

2004-07-22T23:29:00.000+08:00

hey. since yen requested for the lame conversation between bear bear and shaun, i'll post it here haha. but first, a boring disclaimer.
boring disclaimer.
this blog entry contains lame excerpts collated from my experiences as a solarian. it also includes potentially brain-damaging content due to the degree of lameness. such content is not to be treated by any person as legal, medical, counseling or other professional advice. i urge viewers to exercise due diligence and to seek the appropriate professional advice for any specific situation or problem that you may have. i shall not be liable for any injury, loss or brain damage suffered by any person as a result of reading the following corny conversation on my blog.
end of boring disclaimer.

ok please don't faint or die of lameness after reading this conversation.
after completing the physics assignment given to us by mr ong wwaayy before the rest of the class even completed it, wilson and shaun sat around looking rather bored. they decided to engage in idle palaver.
shaun: walau. this is so easy. we can go take our a levels already lor!
wilson: (with a smug look on his face) a levels? no lah, we can go take our university degree now lor.
shaun: university degree? what kind of degree do you want to get? fourty five degrees or ninety degrees?
wilson: neither. i want to get 360 degrees because i want to be an ALL-ROUNDER.
shaun: oh then let me sign (sin) your degree. then you'll get zero.

*diaoz* was that lame or what? do you understand my pain now? the amount and sheer degree of lameness i have to endure with these two buggers around haha. just kidding. anw cya ppl.

kwan: hey desmond. yea. i love wan wai sum. REALLY. she's my favourite teacher. haha. tc bro. tmr double gp sianz.
yen: hey yen. ok i blog out that lame conversation already. haha. take care girl! =)

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

hey. you know how pissing it is to blog out a whole entry only for it to be wiped out entirely because of some stupid ie error? it sucks totally. i think i'll forfeit my entry today and reply some tags instead.

di.: hey! haha. i guess it was pretty funny the way i smashed my specs. but i've got new spectacles already, so that means i won't be as blind as you anymore. =) take care ok?
joce: haha batman. but i'm batman no more hehe. thanks for decorating our class yup. and you're speaking in that funny ros accent if you know what i mean haha.
dawn: hey. thanks for dropping by my blog! smiley. =)
saumya: me wearing contacts? haha. i wouldn't dare insert a piece of thing into my eye. it's far too gross! tc gal.
kairu: hey! i'm smiling like you asked me to. =) thanks for tagging! yay!
Ilych: i know ur slack gp class is in com lab. please don't rub it in haha.
leech: not another one. stop rubbing it in! i know my gp class sucks!
Duffy: ok this is the last straw. i know your gp rocks! stop rubbing it in!
cand: hey cand! you take care ok? hope to see you in school soon. anw, i was in the council rm that day, i think you came only about 10 minutes after i left! argh. haha. take care.
kim: hey hey. i where got deny. stupid la u. cya.

good night.

2004-07-18T23:13:00.000+08:00

hey. i haven't blogged for so long. well, it's not because i don't have anything to blog. rather, it is the exact opposite. i have so many things to blog that i don't really know where to start. there are eventful events and uneventful events, happy thoughts and saddening thoughts, fun times and boring periods. so many diverse bitter-sweet emotions coursing through my veins. but i guess funny events today would be a good starting point for my entry. =) let me start with a short paragraph entitled "crazy delusional brent and the world in his warped perspective: broken glasses" haha from time to time, i will write about my crazy delusional world, a la Calvin and Hobbes. they are my comic idols and i try to emulate them in my short stories. so here goes.

the peaceful boy slept silently in his bedroom. all was quiet, except for the occasional snores and grunts emanating from his half opened mouth, which was full of gross drool and saliva. the scene looked as if it was ripped off from the ending of a fairy-tale book. all was serene and tranquil. however, unbeknownst to this innocent chap, a catastrophe of unthinkable proportions was about to befall him. as he tossed and turned around in bed, he dreamt of sweet dreams of success and care-free leisure, all the while ignorant to the ominous fact that his spectacles were lying mere feet away from him.

"PIAK!" the thunderous sonance reverberated forebodingly across the room, rudely awakening the boy from his dreams. panic took over this pitiful little boy as he stood up slowly to observe the ruins in his wake. where his body lay a few seconds ago, only a mangled heap of twisted metal remained. as he scanned the aftermath of destruction, his mother entered the room.

"BBBRRREEENNNTTT!!!" my mum was so angry with me for always sleeping with my glasses on. the glasses really looked pathetic, it was broken off squarely in the middle, so my glasses became two separate pieces of metal. went to make new spectacles today, so i'll be a blindbat all the way up till wednesday. ahhh! help! haha.

anw, because of my specs, or rather the absence of my specs, i had to suffer the ignominy of stumbling around woodlands library for pw meeting like a blindbat. walked right past kah yenny and jackie without noticing they were there. they had to call me back. so embarassing! now i know how joce feels when she walks right past our class in the canteen and then walks away without noticing us haha. ooh yea. met mr tiew and his girlfriend too! how cool is that? they were sitting in crystal jade. mr tiew and his girlfriend on one side, and jiang shui and lynette on the other side. and when i reached crystal jade, i suddenly felt SUPER DUPER bright. not one, but two pairs. i must have been a thousand megavolt lightbulb. ok lame. sorry. anw pw left me brain-dead as usual. got home looking like a zombie.

now it's time to reply some tags.
rach: ur in sunny usa! i'm so honoured to receive a tag from 5000 miles away! take care gal. =)
minghui: hello ming hui! council room's real cool yea? i hope to see you slacking there everyday haha. hopefully not playing monopoly again.
DC: you take care too. solaris all the way!
jason: go get some rest. thanks for your help in helping ndc comm set up the poles and flags and stuff. go ventures!
joe: i'll cheer up. results won't get the better of me yea.
pradz: yea. you councilors are really great man. love ya guys. not in the gay way, but in the appreciative way.
nigga: thanks for ur tag bro. u tc too. don't call me winnie the pooh haha. sounds so gay.

ok that's it. cya ppl!

2004-07-14T22:16:00.000+08:00

How Come
by D12

How Come.. we dont even talk no more
And you dont even call no more
We dont barely keep in touch at all
and I dont even feel the same love when we hug no more
And I heard it through the grapevine.. We even Beefin Now
After all the years we been down.. aint no way no how
This bullshit cant be true
We Family.. aint a damn thing changed.. unless its you!

We were so young
So full of life and vibrance
side by side, wherever you was riding, I went
So close, almost on some bonnie and clyde shit
When Ronnie died you was right by my side
with a shoulder to cry on and tissue to wipe my eyes
and a bucket to catch ever tear I cried inside it.
You even had the same type of childhood I did..
sometimes I just wanna know why is it that you succaim to yours
and mine I survived it. You ran the streets, I 9 to 5ed it
we grew up, grew apart as time went by us..
and I blew up to both yours and mines surprises.
Now I feel a vibe I just cant describe it
much as your pride tries to hide it. you're cold
your touch is just like ice.
And your eyes is a look of resentment.
I can sense it and I dont like it.

How Come.. we dont even talk no more
And you dont even call no more
We don't barely keep in touch at all
and I don't even feel the same love when we hug no more
And I heard it through the grapevine.. We even Beefin Now
After all the years we been down.. aint no way no how
This bullshit cant be true
We Family.. aint a damn thing changed.. unless its you!

2004-07-10T10:27:00.000+08:00

hey. physics results are back. chem and econs mcq results are back. i did slightly better than i expected, because i passed. i've been expecting to fail like crap for the whole week after common tests, so that's something good. but on the other hand, i've been so down about the cts before the results came out that i keep whining to my close friends that i'll fail. and now that i've passed, i think they feel a little cheated by me. i'm really really sorry k! cos i really really expected to fail my cts. didn't mean to lie at all. i'm serious. don't feel cheated alright? we're all still good friends. =)

alright now that i've gotten that off my chest, i feel much better. i'll continue blogging again tonight because i've gotta scoot off for the racial harmony day thingy at ccab. cya.

sigh. i'm still confused as ever.
rach: you'll be in usa by the time i blog this. don't know if you can read this. but really thanks so much for your help over the past few days ok? you've been a real great adviser thanks.
i'll wait. but for how long?

2004-07-08T23:35:00.000+08:00

hey. common test results are streaming in one by one. physics, chem, econs, maths. everyone of them - merciless beasts, annihilating the dreams and ambitions of everyone of us, dashing the hopes of poor helpless souls in NJC. the melancholy and despair brought about by these monsters sweep through us like the plague, unforgiving and unrelentless. worst of all, it is an infectious epidemic that casts an ominous cloud of depression and disappointment over us all. i hate them.

however, despite the gloominess spreading to everyone, i seek comfort in a simple fact. i think i've found myself a second home. the council room - cosy and conducive. just the thought of hanging out, chilling with my fellow councilors puts a smile on my face. in just a short time span of three hours in the council room with shaun, candace and lynette, i feel i've bonded with them. =) me and shaun (the two future carom kings) are definitely going to try and spend all our after-school hours in there slacking, joking and doing homework. 37th sc really rocks man. i feel so comfortable around you guys.

yup. i'll make this short. ending here. just finished my first proposal for open day logistics comm. thanks michelle for helping me out with it. you're a pal! =)

2004-07-04T00:35:00.000+08:00

hey. common tests are finally officially over! yups. after two weeks of slogging through a mountain of crumpled notes, i'm finally free of studying. haven't blogged like in FIVE days! gosh, that's a pretty long time my blog has stagnated. alright, i can't bear for you people out there who read my blog to tread in the swamps of stagnation. i'll update my blog at this very instant!

hmmm so many days have passed since i last blogged that there's quite a lot to blog about. i'm not going to talk about the cts though. cts suck! i'll be happy just to pass my subjects! for now, we'll just have to party and party until the sun comes down before we get our stupid results back. grr.

ok today started off with a pretty sour note. screwed up spa and i do not wish to talk about it anymore. anyway, went to kap with S12 for brunch, where me and shaun shared FIVE hashbrowns. whoa. such gluttons we are. we even wanted to order the 20-piece nugget thingy hehe. we met many councilors there too. candace, booby (whoops! i mean bobby.), julito, johannes, jonathan, daniel and heng wee were all there at mac. and oh yar, you know how those stubborn st nicks gals love to pronounce the shortform of macdonalds with an extra S? (eg. macS). yay! i finally converted lynette to pronounce it as mac, WITHOUT the S. slip of the tongue she says. "excuses!" i say. mac is the correct shortform of macdonalds, without a doubt.

the briefing started at 1230 at the SL. cool band we have there! especially sihui, our very own rock drummer chick! even though some people were having oral exams outside, the band blasted their music to full volume! so mean, but i like! who cares about those people taking their oral! we love the council song! hmmm the investiture rehearsal at the hall went quite well. but really have to extend thanks to wanhua and huiyang. they really put in a lot of effort! ooh. the hall was really really hot. lucky i don't have my blazer yet or i will just fry on monday.

the rehearsal ended at four plus. but i stayed back to do the investiture program booklet with mr wong and some others. got to know mr wong more. you know what he said to me? "aah you have same surname as me, what a disgrace." haha. i'll get back at mr wong one day. watch out! haha anyways, they kept touching up the program booklet, so much so that i could only leave slightly before 9 =(. thanks to mr wong, hui yang and diana for staying till so late with me at the council room. and diana for your laptop =)

yay! after that i went to the fish and co glass house next to park mall to eat dinner! eight of us there. me, sui hang, bobby, gerard, melvin, minghui, brenda and huiyang. whoa. the meals there are so ex. the slab of fish and paltry fries set me back by $13.90 and the drink and soup blew $5.50 out of my almost-empty pocket. anw there was a tv showing some swimming competition and guess what, we bet on the swimmer most likely to LOSE! haha. it was hilarious as we kept chanting for the swimmer we bet on to get a leg cramp and drown. eventually i lost and had to eat this disgusting piece of fried fish skin lathered with GENEROUS portions of garlic. absolutely sick! when i opened my mouth everyone ran away because of the garlic smell. haha, all in the name of fun though.

whoops! getting late. cya. i'm off to play some computer games now. =)
p.s. have fun before the results come out. you'll be too depressed to have fun when the results come out. so use your time wisely!

2004-06-28T19:31:00.000+08:00

*SHRUGS*

2004-06-24T22:26:00.000+08:00

10 years ago, i...
1. was mm seven years old?
2. was an ignorant little kid. just like those stupid kids i took care of for cip.
3. was in henry park primary class 1C. got first in class! woohoo~!
4. was worry-free and problem-free. hakuna matata.
5. lived in block 323 clementi. near where bear bear stays now.

5 years ago, i...
1. was twelve years old, and studying for PSLE.
2. was a proud member of the boys' brigade.
3. was in class 6B. great class. a pity i lost a lot of their contacts.
4. went on a trip to korea! seoul! 'twas freezing.
5. deciding hard on which secondary school to go to.

3 years ago, i...
1. was in THE CHINESE HIGH SCHOOL! best school ever =)
2. class 2I, ortus consortium.
3. went to perth for some literature thingy! australia was funky! good on ya mate!
4. was struggling a lot with studies. always ended up at the bottom of class in terms of ranking together with bobby.
5. leaving the world of angelic innocence and purity and entering a world fraught with danger and perilous risks. whoa. maybe not.

2 years ago, i...
1. was still in THE CHINESE HIGH SCHOOL! bestest school ever =)
2. was in class 3J, great class too. made sooo many good friends yea?
3. was slacking and going to the street soccer court every other week.
4. was training damn hard for sjab first aid competition. spent everyday at the parade square training footdrill.
5. was treating sec 3 as a holiday year. never really took it seriously =)

a year ago, i...
1. was still in THE CHINESE HIGH SCHOOL! besterest school ever =)
2. was in class 4J. really bonded with the peeps there.
3. was the CSM of SJAB! muahahaha. knock it down 50! see that tree over there? 30 seconds run there and come back!
4. discovered the true meaning of hate. a certain teacher. b*tch.
5. was studying hard for o's!

this year, i...
1. am happy and contented with life in nj.
2. am loving it in 37th student council! we rock!
3. am a proud member of solaris house! solaris really rocks man.
4. discovered a whole new meaning to the word "think". been doing a lot of thinking this year.
5. am happy that i've made LOADS and LOADS of new friends! love all of you! =)

yesterday, i...
1. was studying maths. stupid trigo.
2. played three games of warcraft 3: frozen throne.
3. was having a hangover from the linkin park concert the night before. LINKIN PARK ROCKS! mike shinoda rocks!
4. saw italy crash out of euro 2004. cassano was damn sad cos denmark and sweden got through via a 2-2 draw.
5. thought a lot. just lying on my bed thinking and thinking. yups.

today, i...
1. filled in this stupid questionnaire about what i was doing ten years ago, five years ago, three years ago, two years ago, one year ago, yesterday and today. d'oh! i'm still filling it up.
2. studied some more maths. it's starting to get pretty darned monotonous.
3. discovered holland got through to the quarterfinals at the expense of germany.
4. watched "the magic school bus" on kids central. it used to be one of my favourite shows.
5. played some more warcraft 3 frozen throne on battle net. gosh, i'm wasting a lot of time playing.

tomorrow i will...
1. vow not to play a single game on battlenet.
2. study for common tests.
3. try not to get distracted by the world around me.
4. eat less so i have more time to study hehe.
5. attempt to get up at 2.45 am to watch england vs portugal. attempt. cos i'm a heavy sleeper =)

ok that's it. whoa. spent twenty minutes filling this in. gotta go spend my time more wisely now! cya! =)

2004-06-23T23:31:00.000+08:00

hey. i've been taking inspiration from the blog style of others, and i must say i've learnt much. i'm trying to revolutionise my style of blogging now. ok anw, onto the main highlight.

LINKIN PARK LIVE AT THE PADANG! the concert rocked man! i just love linkin park! i love mike shinoda! the band was awesome. i just love all the indefatigable bouncing up and down, the screams and shouts from strangers all around me, and of course the six of them up on stage rocking away. well let's start from the top shall we? i arrived at the padang shortly after a yummy dinner at the foodcourt at about 7.15. whoa! the queue was already snaking its way around the padang. the end of the queue was miles away from the entrance! messaged gerard, and found out he was one of those crazy few who lined up early and managed to get in at the front of the stage. in the end, got a standing spot with a good view of the stage not far from gerard.

before linkin park came in, a ditzy korean rock band called PIA made their entrance and sang a couple of rock songs. well, all i can say is that they outstayed their welcome. after all, all of us paid 150 bucks to see linkin park, not PIA rite? yup, so the crowd broke out into rapturous "LINKIN PARK! LINKIN PARK!" chants. very mean to the PIA members, but who cares. we want to see LINKIN PARK!

when lp finally came out, IT WAS CHAOS! the entire padang erupted into a frenzy of megalomaniacal proportions. out came mike, chester, rob, joe, pheonix and brad one by one to be welcomed by 15,000 delirious lp fanatics. the bass was thunderous, my left ear was deafened, but no one actually cared, because linkin park was up there! they soon started with a clever rendition of don't stay, before moving on to lying from you, and many other songs from meteora and their first album, hybrid theory. somewhere in the middle, mike rapped out it's going down, one of my personal favourites. i'm dead sure he's a natural man. his constant reminders to the crowd to start bouncing up and down set everyone ablaze and turned the padang into a sea of mad fans. strangers and friends alike rocked one and a half hours and every song was a hit. place for my head, somewhere i belong, pushing me away, numb, runaway, papercut, in the end, points of authority, breaking the habit. every single one of them didn't fail to cause the entire crowd to break out into hysterics and scream out every single word. argh. words can't really describe the sheer grandiloquence of it all, it was great. they ended it off with a spectacular one step closer performance which concluded the concert with a bang. whoa~! you have to be there to witness it man. sorry if you didn't make it, you've missed something spectacular. *watches pradeep's face go green with envy*

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you know how people say thinking is good?
like when you're stuck in a crevasse,
you think, and rely on your instincts to get you out,
to beat out the problem once and for all.
well, i agree with their opinions.
thinking is good.
but have you ever given a thought to
what happens when you think too much?
well, i have. and it's not nice.
at times, i find myself lying on the bed.
staring blankly ahead at the ceiling thinking.
and i don't mean the superficialities and trivialities,
but more along the lines of the finer details and complexities.
questions start to surface.
all those why's and how's.
all those thoughts of what could have been.
running over these thoughts,
wincing and flinching.
left to reflect.
speculate.
think.

2004-06-22T00:59:00.000+08:00

hey. it's been a long time, ages perhaps, since i last sat down to think. really think hard. everything has been so superficial. i leaf through the thoughts of others', and realise how one-dimensional my own thoughts are in comparison.
i ponder, contemplate, mull over.
and now as i really think,
fresh new sentiments start to surface,
like a rush of blood to the head.
sentiments that have never before crossed my mind.
sentiments that are interestingly, albeit unexpectedly, disturbing.
there's this niggling feeling at the back of my mind.
can't put my finger on it, but its there alright.
something amiss. something erringly improper.
could it be the ominous fact that the common tests are coming?
maybe; maybe not.
could it be the mind-numbingly fast pace with which the holidays have whizzed by?
maybe; maybe not.
these are definitely my concerns.
but somehow, the niggling feeling fails to cease.
it is then that i realise this irritating sensation,
is probably far more complex than those superficial concerns.
now i'll end this poetic prose,
not with a sombre note,
but on a more light-hearted tone.
i'm not sad, neither am i depressed.
i'm simply caught up in my own fictitious world.
deep, very deep in thought that's all =)

2004-06-17T19:22:00.000+08:00

hey. i survived yltc camp! physically and mentally, it was not the most gruelling camp i've been through. *thinks back to the times from sjab camp* however, it was definitely the most meaningful camp i've been through. so many lessons were learnt in this short timespan of two and a half days and i'm sure every single one of us can be proud of ourselves for completing the camp. congratulations to all of you! well i've made some great friends at yltc. my friends from kampong eunos! suihang, anup, khairul, jaryl, stanley, kok hsien, vicknesh, sihui, estelle, emmiline, vasudha, shingmin and yuman. your encouragement and help really pulled me through this camp. and i didn't forget you michelle, it's unfortunate you couldn't come for the camp. do take care of your knee k. okay! enough of this formal stuff. i'm sure all of you are dying to hear the nitty gritty details of the camp! but before you do that, go to the toilet first and then go get a cup of popcorn and a mug of milo. this entry is really really long. don't faint halfway k. ok here goes.

ok first day was the land expedition! my group consisted of four other people: sihui, vasudah, and the 2 clowns suihang and anup. first up was the rock wall. i belayed anup and he kept screaming and shrieking "TAKE IN! TAKE IN! TAKE IN YOU DODO!" while all of us were laughing our heads off at the bottom. and the worst thing was i couldn't take in anymore! the stupid rope was so darned taut already. so when he shouted "TAKE IN YOU DODO!" again, i simply ignored him. but guess what he screamed next? "ENOUGH ENOUGH SLACK SLACK!" haha. i didn't even do anything! i realised that silly fool from bangalore was simply screaming for the sake of screaming. suihang and sihui completed the rock wall. i couldn't though, i was struggling to find a grip for my foot up there and i finally gave up cos there was like no place to put my foot.

next was abseiling, where mr menon was in charge. it was quite scary at the top especially where you have to place both feet on that old, rickety narrow platform which was hanging precariously off the cracked wall. it really looked like it would collapse any moment. but menon was very reassuring, constantly reminding us that he was holding on to us. again, anup was the most comical here. while abseiling down the wall, mr menon observed him talking to the wall in a dazed state. when mr menon clarified with him later that day, anup revealed that he was actually praying while abseiling! haha. crazy fellow.

higher elements was very scary. i have a phobia of heights i think. everytime i look down from the obstacles i'll go "OH MY GOD." and my legs suddenly turn into jelly. but i managed to conquer my fears to complete 5 of the 7 higher elements! more time should have been given for us to complete every one of them. but oh well. 5 is good enough. the tightrope one was the most comical. anup was walking along the tightrope and as usual, he was shrieking and screeching "TAKE IN TAKE IN" at the top of his lungs while looking absolutely terrified. then suddenly, sui hang broke out into his famous "GRUNT... GRUNT... GRUNT..." laugh. this caused everyone else including anup on the tightrope, and the belayer to laugh uncontrollably. then suddenly, we found climber, belayer, anchorman and rope manager all laughing along insuppressibly and unable to stop. finally, anup screamed: "shut up sui hang! stop laughing!", which caused the whole team to laugh even harder. wow at the end of it, my stomach was aching from all the laughter. haha other news from the higher elements include bobby's famous and miraculous somersault escapade. i didn't get to witness it, which was a great pity. but from the detailed descriptions given to me, it was absolutely hilarious. hahaha.

bobby's groupmates connected the safety harness onto bobby wrongly. the top harness went to the bottom one while the bottom harness went to the top. nobody suspected anything amiss at the moment. nobody smelt anything fishy. but worst of all, nobody had a clue of the apocalyptic catastrophe that was about to descend upon the pitiful bobby in a few minutes time. huffing and puffing away furiously, bobby finally made his way to the top of the pole and stood up on the narrow ledge. as bobby trained his eyes onto his ultimate goal, the trapeze, he balanced and steadied himself in eager preparation. poised and ready to leap, bobby muttered a silent prayer to himself. as the definitive moment approached, bobby poised himself to jump towards the trapeze. "YAAAAAHHH!" bobby mustered all the strength in his legs to propel himself forwards toward the swaying trapeze. "i'm gonna reach it, i'm gonna reach it!" thought bobby, as reaching the trapeze suddenly became a realistic goal. as his hands reached out to clasp the trapeze, bobby suddenly froze in his tracks in mid air. the audience held their breath in anticipation as bobby suddenly flipped acrobatically backwards to perform a back somersault any accomplished gymnast would have been proud of. ok, sorry man. that was highly and blatantly exaggerated. however, this is a lesson to all of us that safety is of utmost importance. i just hope bobby isn't scarred for life by that particular incident. TAKE CARE MAN.

ok the meals were good compared to pre-camp. no more mushy, semi-solid tasteless white rice. no more little sotong balls. no more interestingly flavoured cabbage-y kind of vegetables. instead, the standard of the meals gradually improved throughout the camp. the final dinner was good and sumptious. great! thanks to those people who helped me wash my plates and cups and those who sacrificed their bottles to fill up with drinks for the whole group yea? eunos, you were great. it's this "help each other" spirit that helped pull everyone through the camp.

second day was the sea expedition. WHOA. dragonboating was seriously a tiring experience man. to add to that, the skin of my toe peeled off while running the warm-up. all thanks to my size seven and a half pair of shoes. my feet size are nine and a half by the way. the shoes were so tight, it was as if i was wearing skin-tight clothes for my feet. when the seawater came into contact with the wound, it was really agonizing. but i tried to cope with the pain by biting my lip. anw, we were split into 3 boats and made to race each other up and down kallang river like maniacs. mr "i-have-lots-of-muscles-and-i-love-to-give-pumping" yong gave 20 push ups to the 3rd boat, 10 push ups to the 2nd boat, and none to the first boat for each race. and there were MANY races. in the end, after evening out, everyone had to do 125 push ups on shore. well anw, rowing became a mindless exercise for me. it was as if my entire body was totally detached from my numbed brain during the race to and from sheares bridge. i just went on rowing and rowing and rowing and rowing while shouting the timing at the top of my lungs. we were told repeatedly not to stop but somehow, some people still stopped while rowing. i don't blame them, cos it was really tiring, but i felt they should really have persevered. just give it your all, cos after a while, you forget that you are rowing at all. your mind just wanders off to think about other stuff while your hand just keeps moving up and down in a reflex motion. as andre put it during one of the debrief sessions, it was "hell". because hell is hot, and the weather was hot. interesting.

2nd night was "fun" night. haha kampong eunos clinched best dressed group! all thanks to khai man, who brought sarongs etc. for the entire kampong. bugis were awarded the best skit for their ingenius skit about achilles prince of bugis. yup they deserved it too. their skit was really comical. kampong bahru ended the night on an eerie note by telling a ghost story. which was erm kinda stupid, especially with shaun at the front. he kept entering with both of his hands in an L shape and pretending to be cautious and serious haha. "good" acting skills shaun. bravo!

that night, we slept at about 11.45pm and the next morning, we woke up at one plus. pretty cool huh, two hours of sleep. hiked all the way to sentosa to start a gruelling night activity. i was so sleepy that i wasn't even listening to shaun tan speaking to all of us at the start. i was drifting off to sleep while standing. zzzzzzz. at the end of it, i could see everybody was physically drained and exhausted from all the walking and running and closing up of gaps.

after the camp, eunos and practically every other group went to harbourfront to eat proper food for the first time in many days. creamy chicken pasta rocks! it was really really well, creamy. the camp really really killed of my voice. i sound like diana when she had her sore throat last time and when i laugh, i discover i sound exactly like suihang. -GRUNT GRUNT GRUNT- how cool is that?

ok let me thanks all the comms now k?
food comm: thanks for helping us scoop stuff into our plates and carrying those huge barrels of syrup and milo. none of us would have pulled through the camp without you scooping stuff for us. you kept us alive during yltc. thanx.
"grand finale" comm: wow. your "grand" finale was real "grand" man. you duped all of us into thinking that grand finale would be sitting in front of sentosa's musical fountain listening to a local celebrity crooning. great job on your activity though, it was thoroughly enjoyable and well planned.
discipline comm: i'm impressed that you guys can be so strict. especially kim ong, you make a good drill sergeant. thanks for taking the rap for everyone when you got scolded so often by the teachers. you kept the camp pretty darned disciplined and organised. excellent job!
belaying comm: didn't see much of you during the actual camp. but you taught us how to belay! nothing much to say to you guys but thanks.
first aid comm: the only first aid materials i used were plasters and deep heat rub, but thank you guys for preparing the first aid kits for us right. well, i lost my first aid kit umpteen times during the camp only for it to appear in the hands of people i least expect. pradeep, stanley, khairul and some other people all returned the first aid kit to me at some point during the camp because i carelessly misplaced it somewhere.
games comm: well, the games you implemented really helped to bond all of us together. especially the linking of hands thingy. i was contorted into positions i never dreamt i could go into before the gamesmaster finally put a stop to all the nonsense and chased us away to the next game.
urban topo comm: your urban topo "game" was quite fun. but some of the clues were really retarded. one of them was "not below the canteen" huh?? what kind of moronic clue is that supposed to be? even idiots, retards, the mentally challenged, and shaun can decipher those kind of clues. but some of your games were really original. i like!

ok! WOW! this is MEGA LONG ENTRY! i'm so proud of myself! -GRUNT GRUNT GRUNT- suihang laughing). yltc rocks! -GRUNT GRUNT GRUNT-. i think i've said enough. this entry is really long. if you managed to persevere and read all the way here, congratulations. you are one of the few who are able to read through this entire entry and NOT fall asleep. shan't bother you any longer. cya people! take care all of you.

2004-06-12T22:26:00.000+08:00

hey. as i blog this entry out, i'm basking in the satisfaction that i'm at home clean and relaxed, having taken my bath, while the other ppl from yltc are slogging and sweating their way home on buses and mrts with huge, cumbersome bags. all thanks to daddy express! haha i can just imagine your faces as you read, green with envy and jealousy. too bad =P. well, as labrador camp is exceptionally near my home, three minutes after i called home, my dad was at the campsite waiting patiently for me, and in another three minutes time, home sweet home. yeah!

anw, today was yltc pre-camp. it was quite fun if i should say. the cretinous moron of a bus driver drove us to labrador PARK and conveniently left us there to rot while the other groups were resting back at camp. and the worse thing was, me and suihang were separated from our group!! aahh!! and discipline comm sucks =). those ppl in discipline comm bullied me at labrador park. argh. they will get it during PT muahahaha. i'll make PT a traumatic experience for them. muahahaha. watch out discipline comm. yup, anw when the witless bus driver finally realised his mistake, we were already twenty minutes behind time. grr.

oooh. discipline comm was so fierce today. i was really impressed by kim ong's performance. he really instilled discipline in the campers. as for the others, they looked uncharacteristically stern. even the usually demure and playful rachel metamorphosed into a strict demoness. *shudders*

yup. team-building games were great. i'm also really impressed by the teamwork shown by my fellow groupmates. some of the more interesting games were the "tarzan swinging across the bubbling precarious-looking pit of red-hot lava", "mohawk walking across the intimidating dangerous crocodile-infested swamplands", and the "walk in teams of five across the malignant poisonous pool of acid on wooden sticks". great. i'm glad njc has such a creative and original bunch of pe teachers who are able to come up with such fascinating and compelling scenarios for us to experience. hmm and in case you didn't notice, the last sentence was meant to be sarcastic.

dinner was nice. yup. nice mushy paste-like and tasteless white rice with 2 nice little sotong balls. to complement the wonderfully delightful semi-solid rice, is a scoop of colourless and interestingly flavoured cabbage-y kind of nice vegetable. absolutely delectable! a nice portion of chicken drumstick completes this tastefully scrumptious meal fit for kings. well done cook, for whipping up such a sumptious feast! we do appreciate it!

ok, that's enough from me. i sound like some whiny ip kid complaining so much. no offence to ip kids. you guys are a mature and educated bunch. REALLY. the pre-camp wasn't so bad. it was enjoyable at least =). anw, for those involved, exco meeting is on the 17th at SL at 9am. general meeting is on the 18th at LT3 at 8am. please inform as many people as possible ok. thanks for your help =). anw, if you have blog and i never link you, please tell me k. similarly, if you have blog, and you never link me, go link me now hehe. ok cya. bye.

2004-06-08T18:31:00.000+08:00

hey. argh. remind me never to become a primary school teacher, a childcare centre owner, or any career which involves coming into contact with those little primary school brats. i had cip today at singapore discovery centre, bringing these whiny brats around. and believe me, not only was it a traumatising experience, it had left a permanent scar on my sanity. i'm not exaggerating. it's unbelievable what these rascals can do to make your life oh so miserable.

first, there was this dastardly primary three miscreant named moses. on the bus to SDC, he broke into a fit of derangement, shouting and screaming: "i am the king! bow down to me NOW!" i'm not kidding. those were the exact words coming out from his mouth. poor old see hoo, who was sitting next to him tried in vain to pacify him. when he finally did manage to assuage him, i could see that see hoo was physically and mentally drained, and we had not even reached SDC. then, all of a sudden, moses lunged toward see hoo, and tickled him like a lunatic would, all the while screaming "THUNDERSHOCK!". see hoo was a courageous man who could withstand blow after blow, and could fight like a lion, but nothing could have prepared him sufficiently for that sneaky thundershock ambush. in the end, see hoo had no choice but to switch seats, leaving poor ji sin with the herculean task of pacifying little moses.

next, there was this hyperactive primary one/two girl called angela, who had an unusual fetish for stepping on other people's shoes. do not let her dimunitive stature mislead you. for a girl of her size, her stomps were stupendous. somehow, she derived an infinite amount of pleasure in seeing her victims howl in pain as she hopped around in a frenzy. throughout the day at SDC, me, desmama, see hoo, wilson, junhao and ji sin were avoiding her like the plague, lest she commence her foot-stomping escapades on us. any attempt to stop her from stomping only resulted in her stomping more vigorously. absolutely terrible. in the end, the only solution was to direct her to stomp on someone else, and run away to hide in one corner.

to add to this seemingly never-ending list of rapscallions, is john, a mr ong chee wah look-alike. but unfortunately, thats where the similarities end. while mr ong is a scholarly physicist, john is a villainous scalawag bent on creating havoc. initially, we thought that like, mr ong, he would be a friendly person. that proved true, until we called him mr ong repeatedly. ("hey mr ong, come here!" "mr ong, don't wander about, follow the group!"). in a totally unprecedented move, he dove forward and wrung his chubby fingers around see hoo's neck. he glared at see hoo with bloodshot eyes and gave a prophetic warning: "call me mr ong again and...". all of us shuddered as we mourned the loss of our good friend see hoo at the hands of a certain john ong (not sure if that's his surname, but the resemblance to our beloved physics teacher really is uncanny).

you would have thought that was the end of it. NO. wait till you meet ietro and anderson. its mischievousness multiplied by two. ietro, besides having a corny name, had a rather portly stature. anderson, who had a container of popcorn with him throughout the entire day, was similarly endowed with a corpulent stature. these two never stopped running the entire time. trying to contain them would be equivalent to asking a matador to stop a rushing bull. (ok that was a blatant exaggeration. sorry.) but it was extremely difficult to get them to stop running about. seriously, a living nightmare.

at the end of it all, all of us heaved a huge sigh of relief. we had survived a day with these nefarious pre-teens who seemed intent on ruining our day. however, we witnessed a miraculous transformation back at the student care centre. when their parents came to fetch them home, these supposedly diabolical souls morphed into well-behaved angels. it was as if they were possessed or something. after the perilous and danger-fraught journey, all of us reflected on the experience and we came to a consensus. no sane human being should ever be subjected to such extreme emotional torment. not even for seven whole hours of cip.

ok. i think i've blogged enough. i don't want to think about this traumatic experience anymore. no more childcare for cip. that's all for today. cya.

ps. john didn't actually wring his fingers around see hoo's neck, nor did he have bloodshot eyes. but it was really scary. you should have seen his expression. and he really really seriously bore an uncanny resemblance to mr ong.

2004-06-06T23:52:00.000+08:00

hey. busy busy busy. haha. the entire first week has been gobbled up by council stuff. meetings, camp, racial harmony day thingy, documents. argh. third week is the YLTC week, so that'll be gobbled up too. fourth week is the week before the common test week. so that'll also be gobbled up. so that leaves only this week un-gobbled up. gotta make full use of it!

the problem is i dunno how to make full use of my free time. i was free today, and you know what i did? i played risk with my computer! i conquered the whole world over and over again until i became bored of trashing the computers ass, so i went to test my typing speed on some online website. 86 words per minute! cool! well, tonight was pretty boring.. our usual nightly solaris MSN meeting was called off due to daniel, shaun and kahyen being at pre-u sem. those lucky ppl get to play bridge every night and stay up late like no one's business. grrr. nvm, they will be deprived of computer for 6 days too. muahahhaha. serves them right. i'm so evil.

anw, exco meeting yesterday was really fulfilling. the meeting went pretty smoothly, with loads and loads of stuff being discussed. there will be a general meeting for all councilors on the 18th at LT3, for those councilors out there who are in the dark about it. if you didn't know about this meeting, go whack your house caps head. he/she's supposed to inform you.

hmmm.. what else can i say.. OH YAR!!! SOLARIS OUTING!! YEAH MAN!! we had solaris outing to diana's house on friday. haha, as usual those ppl who went there for the first time were in awe at the massiveness of the house. guy shaun (shaun zhang) even mistook the huge koi pond for the swimming pool. 'nuff said. anw, it was damn fun man. we saw the cheerleading video and it was absolutely hilarious. our beloved house cap, guy shaun was the hero of the day! ok let me recap. first, he started dancing while everyone was still getting ready for the dance! swinging his arms to the left, then to the right, and back to the left, all the while shaking his HOT ASS! yeah! then, he knelt down halfway through the dance while everyone else was dancing to strike a nice "thinking" pose, which by the way, wasn't a choreographed move. it was totally impromptu! then all of a sudden, he broke into a fit of madness! he turned towards all the cheerleaders and starting jumping about, and ra-raing us! cool! poor guy shaun was teased relentlessly by girl shaun (shaun tan) and daniel throughout the whole night. so evil, but i like it. i love solaris.

ok. it's getting late now. i guess i'll end here. cya peepz!

-scurries off to play warcraft 3: frozen throne on battle.net-

2004-06-01T19:55:00.000+08:00

hey. this past few days have been so eventful that i don't really know where to start. mostly enriching and all enjoyable. perhaps i should start with the elects' camp. really didn't expect much from the elects' camp initially. i actually perceived it to be nothing more than a discipline-and-military-like style of camp, but well there was much more to it than that. i'm really really extremely priviledged to be a meat lover in group 7! thanks in alphabetical order, to amanda, johannes, jonathan, michelle, pradeep, sihui, youkai and yuman. i seriously couldn't have gone through the camp without you guys always encouraging me, supporting me and always staying enthusiastic throughout. we worked really really well man. i'm proud of all of you =)

well i don't think i have much space so i'll blog out the main highlights of camp k? well nightwalk was darned fun. special thanks for jonathan for piggybacking me through 2 stations! wow! initially, when the seniors appointed me as crippled, i could see the dumbfounded and shocked expressions on all my fellow meatlovers. i think i know what went thru their minds at that moment: "how the hell are we going to lug this fat ass around?" eventually made it though. phew! our group came in first for nightwalk!! woohoo~! got some kitkats and marshmallows as prize. chey.. i thought the prize would be something like lengthened bathe time or wat. nvm lar, wat matters is we really bonded well.. learned to work with each other.

across the sea of green. the seniors kept on emphasising on the fact that we are not 74, but ONE. really really got a sense of achievement when everyone crossed the entire field on tables, spars and chairs without stepping on the grass at all. everyone cheered rapturously at the end, and i certainly thought that we deserved it all.

well hike was great. except for the nitty gritty shitty fact that i had abrasions on my thighs which totally sucked. every step i took was torture and when we finally reached bukit timah hill, i was damn relieved man, until the stupid seniors informed us that we would be walking back to school. i thought : freak, how the heck am i supposed to walk back. but i'm damn proud of myself even though the trip back was horrible for my abrasions. i persevered and at the end, was totally shagged and immobilised. had to rely on a stupid hiking pole to walk about. seriously looked like a goondu toot, but who cares. special thanks again to ahlam, who led group seven thru the hike passionately and constantly reminding us to stick as a group and never forgetting to keep our spirits up by giving us encouragement. huiyi and peiying also did a great job in completing the hike. good job y'all. and amanda too, even though you were injured, you made it through to the end to bukit timah hill. well done man!

at the end of the camp during reflections, everybody got pretty darned emotional. can't blame them, especially the seniors, who have worked damn hard for the camp. also, it is their last project as councillors/house reps before they actually step down. saw many ppl breakdown and cry. i didn't really breakdown and cry because i was preoccupied with eating my lays potato chips. johannes and pradeep were looking at their mirrors and going: "whoa! who's that handsome fella in my mirror." really corny stuff haha but i could really sense and feel the spirit within the council when both the 36th and 37th came together to cheer an njc yah cheer. really proud to be a councillor.

well, thats about it for the elects' camp. on to council exco elections on monday. the outcome for most of the posts were satisfactory. kenny was elected president and keefe, vice prez. both are damn capable ppl and i'm happy for them. congrats! i'm sure you can lead the 37th to greater heights. me and di are the hon secs now, melvin and richard the hon treasurers. julito, pradeep, suyee and wenhao the comm heads, and junkiat, daniel, amanda, sihui, youkai and khadijah the house caps. hope we can all work together as ONE k. yup di, hope we can work well together in the coming term.

ok on to today's exco meeting. the seniors passed down their "tricks of the trade". and i learned one very important trick of the trade today. while taking minutes for the meeting, the laptop blacked out. haha, i panicked man. got the entire meeting to stop while i recover the crap back. yup, typed out my first minutes as hon sec, achievement! and yea, the important trick of trade was - ALWAYS have the other secretary take minutes on paper.

ok thats enough bloggin for one day. this is my record-breaking long blog entry. holidays have just started. will try to catch up on homework and mug haha. dunno how this june hols will turn out. but meanwhile, all you ppl out there take care k. dun fall sick and waste your holidays away. if you want to fall sick, use your brain and pick a school day to fall sick instead of a holiday ya? kk, cya!

wow ok. i'm proud of myself for blogging my record-breaking long entry.

2004-05-25T01:26:00.000+08:00

hey hey. -looks at watch- it's 1.30am in the morning. i slept while attempting to read econs notes at 10pm and woke up at 1am. and i realise i have not signed out of msn! chat windows here and there and i thought most ppl would be offline by 1am. but who do i see? diana still online! she tells me that she's still chatting. well, i boxed her for staying up so late, then chit chat haha. pardon me if i seem a little off with this blog entry. my hands are aching and i'm just blogging anything that comes to my mind.

well, lets see what is coming to my mind. i'm thinking of food right now. but i'm not hungry. i'm thinking of the gargantuan amount of food i've guzzled down in the past six or seven hours. i ate a chicken leg, shared a cup of triple flavour ice cream with wilson and drank a carton of soya bean milk at guthrie house. i thought that was my dinner. well, how terribly wrong i was. mum prepared dinner at home. i didn't want to let her cooking go to waste cos mum always puts in effort in cooking the dishes, so i silently ate up my dinner and drank the soup. argh. feel darned bloated up now. i would have enjoyed my mum's cooking if i hadn't been so full. oh well. anyway the ice cream was good. dark chocolate, cookies and cream, and butterscotch. yum!

ok, lets see what else is coming to mind. homework is coming to mind, but i hate homework, so i won't talk about homework. yesterdays physics spa also comes to mind, but i screwed it up too, so i'm not going to talk about physics spa. instead, i'll talk about how busy i am now. ok, i'm damn busy now. that's why my blog has been dull and lifeless for the past one week plus. haven't really settled down into homework mode yet haha. i'll try to mug during june hols. note that i used TRY TO. and more often than not, when i try to mug, i'll just fail miserably. i hope the class professors can help me out. ppl like wilson, junhao and mabel are considered class professors. not forgetting ppl like dawn and jisin. ok. i'm beginning to get crappy now argh. better end my entry here.

wait! before i forget, GET WELL SOON to:
shaun: you weak moron, stop getting sick all the time. hope to see you in school all well tmr.
huiboon: take care! rest well! you looked so pale today, i can see everyone was really worried for you.
the whole class: reminder to everyone to take care of yourselves and don't fall sick.

okay! that's it for tonights entry. -peers at watch again- it's now 1.45am. gotta sleep! tata!

2004-05-14T23:06:00.000+08:00

hey! i feel great now! i'm so high! it's like i'm on ecstacy! well, today was tiring but highly enjoyable. let's kick off with the sch day. math and chem lectures were so boring i slept for some parts and drooled on my acid base equilibria notes. fortunately junsheng who was sitting next to me didn't see or he would be disgusted haha. next, pe was great fun. floorball is so exciting. haha. scored a couple courtesy of great passes from my teammates, and i must say dawn played well too by scoring a few goals:). and i love mr menon hehe.

well practice at some cashew park followed by greg's house was thoroughly enjoyable, albeit exhausting. the guys learnt the entire dance and practiced, and practiced, and practiced, and practiced, and practiced, and practiced, and practiced till we almost dropped dead. on the other hand, the girls, for some reason or another, kept on dropping dead on the grass during their routine. i'm sure everyone put in their greatest effort, and the solaris spirit was definitely there (daniel: woOoOoOh~ i'm a spirit.). KEEP IT UP PEOPLE! at this rate, we're gonna win this thing! FINALLY, solaris can win something! woohoo! lameness was at an all-time high today. visualise shaun acting gay and all the guys sitting on each others legs in stable equilibrium and eating pizza in counts of eight and the red tank destroying the temple and you'll see what i mean. the tiewmeter went bonkers and almost exploded as megatiew after megatiew was added to the meter. but i feel great! went really high and refused to stop dancing haha. cannot imagine eh.

well, it sucks that i have e broadcasting course to attend early tmr morning. i'm dead beat now, so i better sleep soon, get some rest and get ready for another long day ahead tmr. same goes to everyone out there! especially the cheerleaders, you ppl need rest after today's session! so cya refreshed tmr k! bye bye!

2004-05-09T23:24:00.000+08:00

Birthday Song by Brent Huang
Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday to Mummy!
Happy Birthday to you!

kiss kiss kiss kiss hugs hugs hugs hugs. and happy mother's day too! thanks for putting up with my nonsense and crap. THANK YOU!

2004-05-09T22:59:00.000+08:00

I Miss You by Blink 182

Hello there, the angel from my nightmare
the shadow in the background of the morgue
the unsuspecting victim of darkness in the valley
we can live like Jack and Sally if we want
where you can always find me
we'll have Halloween on Christmas
and in the night we'll wish this never ends
we'll wish this never ends

(I miss you, miss you)
(I miss you, miss you)

Where are you and I'm so sorry
I cannot sleep, I cannot dream tonight
I need somebody and always
this sick strange darkness
comes creeping on so haunting every time
and as I stared I counted
webs from all the spiders
catching things and eating their insides
like indecision to call you
and hear your voice of treason
will you come home and stop this pain tonight
stop this pain tonight

Don't waste your time on me you're already
the voice inside my head (I miss you, miss you)
don't waste your time on me you're already
the voice inside my head (I miss you, miss you)

2004-05-08T19:52:00.000+08:00

the towering predator stood tall over his prey as he watched his every movement from the corner of his eye. his prey, an innocent and guiltless person, stood doe-eyed right in front of his line of sight, taking in the action unfolding in front of him, totally unaware of the danger he was in. the cunning predator licked his lips in eager anticipation as he prepared to strike out at his hapless target. counting the seconds before he unleashed his full power, the predator went into a crouching stance, his eyes glistening with evil expectancy. meanwhile, his infelicitous prey observed the game silently, completely oblivious of the catastrophe that was about to befall him. then, the epochal moment arrived. as the ball whizzed towards him at an amazing celerity, the prey mustered all the strength he could before leaping up in one fluid motion to deflect the ball away to safety. however, the crafty predator, with his impeccable sense of timing, bounded forward and took a bite out of the luckless prey's right hand, severely injuring him. with a smug smile on his face, the predator watched as his unfortunate prey clutched his hand and writhed around on the ground in agony.

"SEE HOO!? @#$%^&!! what are you trying to do?!?!"
"hehe... oops!"
in case you haven't already realised, i was the prey and see hoo was the predator in that short prose. yup yesterday we had captain's ball for pe and see hoo was the chairperson while i was defending him. then halfway through, see hoo decided that he was very hungry and that i looked like a chicken drumstick, so he bit me! haha. oops. no lah, actually i accidentally whacked his teeth while hitting the ball away. wat the hell, wat milk does he drink?! his teeth are literally made of steel! now my hand so pain. bathe that time i keep on screaming. oops, got to go away for a while, i think there's pus.

ok i'm back. yup, my wound is okay now. thanks to diana for giving me her invisible plaster which hid my wound very nicely!

yup anyway, election results are out. i'm in, fortunately. a relief. to those who didn't get in, don't be sad k? it's a great experience man. and to have completed this long journey is itself a great achievement. we had the guts to go up and make a speech and overcome our fears, which was a great lesson learnt. cheerleading practices are going to take up almost the whole of the next two weeks. hope all the solaris cheerleaders will make it through this tough period. and our hard work will surely pay off! let's win this for solaris ok? so that solaris won't be last house anymore.

okiez! there's homework galore for me to complete plus chem spa thingie on monday. so i'll scoot off now to do! cya peepz!

lalalalalala. listening to blink 182's "i miss you" now.

2004-05-02T00:21:00.000+08:00

hey ppl. voting's next week. confidence level is low. tension is high. i am scared. you are afraid. we are all terrified. what to do? why am i speaking like a robot? i have no idea. maybe it's the thought of almost everyone else getting in except me, i don't know. maybe i'm worrying too much. some ppl aren't bothering much.. they do not seem to be affected a lot, but that's only because they're confident of getting in, which i am not. so for now, i'll just have to wait. geez.

anyway, i slept for approximately 11 hours today. 8 hours sleep + 3 hours nap = 11 hours wasted away. darn, that leaves precious little time for homework. well, i'm not using this time wisely man, i just wasted another two hours watching man utd vs blackburn. as in really WASTED. united played like crap and lost one-nil. i can't believe it.. freaking pissed man. why the -toot!- isn't ruud van nistelrooy and roy keane playing? and what the -toot!- does fergie expect to win with a midfield consisting of butt, djemba-djemba, neville and kleberson??? i don't get it. nothing seems to be going right for me nowadays.

yup, there's still econs and maths to do. it's not a problem when you know how to do them. but it becomes a real headache when you don't know what the hell the question is asking for. i'll employ some tutors in school to help me now i guess.

okay. i think i'll stop boring you with my boring blog now. i'll just end here. cya!

p.s.
vote for
me (8),
wilson (9),
diana (12),
jocelyn (13),
kahyen (23),
shaun (29), and
lynette (82). thanx!