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2009-07-05T11:10:00.002+08:00

Hello.

Went to NDP Combined Rehearsal 2009:

Much more interesting than the usual S.OKA dances and stuff for the previous years. The centrestage is quite a refreshing change for this year :D

2009-07-02T17:53:00.000+08:00

Blocks are over :)

2009-06-03T16:51:00.009+08:00

My brother is a rather complex creature.

Let me explain why:

1.) The heated computer debate

One day, my mum was sitting at the middle of the back of my Dad's car, while my brother's at the front passenger seat. I talked about buying a DSLR. Then blah blah blah... Suddenly, the topic changed to computers, as my house's iBook broke down (It was time...). Then I noted that my brother hasn't been using his own computer recently, and my mum wondered if it broke down, as like how the other gadgets my brother used got defected very quickly...

So, my mum (M) raised her tone a bit, and criticised my brother (B): (translated from Chinese)

M: Why your computers and stuff always spoil so fast? Then our Dell (family computer) can use for so long~

B: Because I exploit (not translated from Mandarin. Used directly in English) my computer mah. They all don't use their computers to the full.

M: So?!?!

B: Because my computer's fan is spoilt, so I have to use my computer in a cold environment. Then because Daren always don't want to switch on the air-con, so I cannot use lah~ Hasty generalisation: Aircon can be switched on when I'm not at home, and air-con is not switched on overnight (i.e. when everyone's awake, aircon is occasionally switched on). And we have to make our contribution to save the world. Right?

2.) His laziness and "wth" factor
Okay, seriously, I was quite bewildered when I came home just now. I heard faint/distant music from my room. Background information: When you step into my house, my room is right inside my house. So, my room is sort of the furthest room from the door. Then, it was the usual "High School Musical"-ish music that just makes me cringe.

However, I saw my brother at the dining table using the Dell (*giggles*). Background information: Dining room is the nearest room from the main door - in fact the room beside the main door.

So you can imagine: CD player switched on at the end of the house, and the listener is at the other extreme end of the house. WTH?!

So being the bossy one, I asked him why he (stupidly) switched on the CD player like that. His reply: "Listen mah". WTH?! Argh.

2009-05-16T19:21:00.002+08:00

Ha, this is damn funny.

0:20: "I've been so nice to Sandra, and it's like... (silence) in my face. 'You don't wanna go out there!' And I was like, where am I going?"

0:27: "Tahlia makes this like... speech from the staircase. Erm, it's a bit too like Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul for me... [nonchalant expression]"

Background info: Allison Harvard, ANTM Cycle 12 1st Runner up :) And loves blood :D

2009-05-16T18:44:00.002+08:00

LESS THAN TWO WEEKS TO JUNE HOLS! :D

*squeals with delight*

I'm currently addicted to Les Miserables and suddenly find the lyrics very poetic and meaningful :) Looking back, my liking (not love though) for musicals started off with Les Miserables :D And I like the "slutty" expression on that woman (Backstab! haha).

Upcoming and Recent Events

-- Band Elections (freaks out). Okay, seriously I'm not really sure of my position in band - what people's impressions of me are. I'm not really sure if I can win enough trust from the bandmates since I'm a non-ip student... Some one said "second choice is fei4 one"... So I must be really confident in my first choice of my desired position in band. *sigh*

-- Many many tests. Second math lecture test and second GP essay test (freaks out again).

-- JUNE HOLS! Of course, I must make use of this time to train for napfa test -.- Don't want to waste my time there ok...

-- POST SYF! Transferred to Bb clarinet! Ah, finally. I've been looking forward to this :D And the pace of my life has suddenly slowed down a bit: no more rushing for sectionals and combined, and can finally read through my notes and stuff :D

Ok ciao~ Wish me luck for the band elections :)

2009-05-07T18:17:00.003+08:00

The moment of truth:

"Hwa Chong Institution... Gold"

*silence*

*applause*

I hesitated to clap, as I was in a dilemma. Should I feel happy? Should I feel proud? I wasn't sure.

For a band that has been getting golds for the past SYF, getting yet another Gold is but a mere indication that we haven't let the past batches down. It is just another Gold. Although the GWH and Gold is only a 5 marks difference, it means a lot to many SYF participants.

Getting a Gold is just a "Okay, I'm contented" kind of feeling; not the overwhelmingly happy feeling, but just the satisfied and relieved kind of feeling. Although it's true that we worked very hard for SYF, I was still quite satisfied with that gold, even though getting a GWH would be an added bonus.

I felt relieved immediately after the announcement. Relieved, but not *very* happy... Not sure why. Perhaps it's because of the previous trauma. Or perhaps, we have recieved positive comments about our performance, or that we sang very well on stage.

Whatever the case, I'm sure everyone knows that SYF is just only a competition. Nobody loves SYF. It's just that it would be weird for a performing arts group not to join it. A "-" on the SYF record would indicate that the group is a loser or whatever.

Hm. Perhaps SYF is just too insignificant. Even though SYF was just a few hours ago, it felt like it was some long-ago historic event - perhaps an event which happened 7 years ago, after all the celebrations @ Ben & Jerry's.

All in all, the experience was truly cool.

Thanks HCBand.

2009-04-26T19:53:00.002+08:00

Hello. Long time no blog.

Been stressed/drained out from SYF training (note: training = not practice).

So have been coming home very late these days...

Anyway, enrolled in a FREE photography course :)

So I've imitated a photo taken by my instructor:

Heehee.

Also, addicted to Susan's Boyle's rendition of I Dreamed a Dream :)

Cya.

P.S MUST get at least gold for SYF!!

2009-03-27T22:04:00.006+08:00

Clique, Cliques (noun): A group of people with common interests that do not allow the further entry of people into that special group. These people most likely ostracise the people out of the clique and thus think the group is exclusive.

Having being guilty of being part of a clique in some point of my school life, I would say that I do not object to the existence of cliques in my class - it is perfectly normal and common. A class without any segregation of cliques is... Beyond imagination. But, the thing is, having not being in a so-called clique in my class makes me feel uncomfortable... and distant.

I think i can cope with it.

I think.

But then the segregation between the "C" and "E" people are pretty obvious... and "irritable". Not that there is discrimination/ostracising among the "C" and "E" people, it's just that it shouldn't have been this way...

2009-03-17T19:21:00.000+08:00

HAPPY MARCH HOLS DEAD BLOG! :D

2009-03-10T19:11:00.004+08:00

FIRE DRILL: I had the time of my life. Woo~

Caption for picture: HC students trying to get out of the field @ 12pm, since it was the official dismissal time for that day. Woo~

Ahh... But after that I had band -.- So kinda wasted that half day. FYI: Half-day's for good 'A' level results (though most are not sure how "well" HCI did).

Part 2: I'm not an avid fan of horror flicks, but this one is real meaningful/real/scary:

It's a promotional video for HCI school event, SCREAM. The students' council showed it during some combined J1 session, and most screamed at the last part. -.-

2009-02-16T20:08:00.001+08:00

rev-it-up HC O1 Campfire 1302 268
Originally uploaded by wanzw

REV-IT-UP!!

Campfire was damn fun~

HWA CHONG! REV IT UP!

2009-02-07T14:10:00.001+08:00

I just had my OG dinner last night, and it went FABULOUSSS!! Initially I dreaded any OG activities, but after last night, I realised how great my OG is!

Think the one who made me love the OG is my OG rep (named Kok Seng, from Chinese High) and I just realised he resembles Bryan (Tan). Waha.

And Hwa Chong is great okay. To those thinking that HC’s very cheena, it’s NOTT. We (Damian me HP) would have daily exercise walking from College to High School sections everyday :) And we would pass by this building called the “Science Research Centre”, and I saw this D.C Generator (above)! Cool~ The blue and red thing are magnets. And the wheel beside it is the handle to rotate the thing. :)

I LOVE ORIENTATION (so far), as contrary to the fact that I said I would dread orientation last week. Haha. :)

Looking forward to seeing my CT class! :)

2009-01-30T17:55:00.001+08:00

HWA CHONG!!

Today's results were surprising for many...

Moral of the story: Don't mess around with the 12 choices given for JAE :)

HAPPY CNY!

2009-01-26T16:04:00.001+08:00

Yay

2009-01-26T15:55:00.001+08:00

Recent activities included:

1.) Going back to school on Friday for CNY, but didn’t see or greet many teachers. Then Jimmy and I visited Damian in the library. Met Dong Zhensheng and Sai Leong:

So we were supposed to watch Bride Wars, but we couldn’t make it in time, so we decided to go to Esplanade, except that we walked the longer way.

And then, as usual, Jimmy was “pissed”,

And yay, I borrowed X-Men and X-Men 2 from Esplanade and I’ve just finished watching them :)

Then recently, went bowling with Eugene in Yishun SAFRA, TWICE, which burnt two holes in my pocket… Make it four holes.

Changeling

2009-01-19T21:17:00.001+08:00

So, just came back for a movie:

Changeling: a child surreptitiously or unintentionally substituted for another (Dictionary.com). This is like one of the movies that I thought was one of the must-watch this season.

It’s full of emotions. It’s a movie that evokes lots of sympathy towards the protagonist and thus we feel indignant. It also evokes anger and frustration towards the antagonist (whom I think is the LAPD itself).

So it’s a movie which revolves around, in my opinion, corruption in upper authorities, inferiority of women in those times (1920s), the influence the media can have on people (in those times) and determination and perseverance.

And the stuff that they narrated really happened, which is kinda scary: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changeling_(film)#Historical_context

HC!

2009-01-16T12:21:00.001+08:00

2009-01-04T18:18:00.002+08:00

Hi.

Just a short post:

Was looking for some urls to change to, and tried like "sine" and "blog" and "12345", something not so emo and showy - but they are ALL taken. What's worse is, the latest posts of these blogs were in 2003 -.-

Like... right. Can't they just clear those extremely stagnant blogs?

2009-01-01T19:43:00.004+08:00

Hello.

It's 1/1/2009. Yay (must get used to writing and typing "2009")!

Well, it's truly been a great, great year.

I was a sec.4, I've been through the major O levels, I conquered so many things that I haven't imagined I would.

(Picture taken on first day of school, 2008)

So, looking back, I remembered we were all like "oh-my-god, we're sec4s, no time to do this, no time for that, no time for computers..." After all that we've been through... It's not that bad lah - think we were all thinking too much about the Os.

I mean sec3/4-10 was a fun class.

Met cool/fun Malaysian classmates

Perret was fun and sometimes annoying, Julian was weird for me (he keeps eating and eating and eating... Subway), but turned out to be rather okay towards the end of sec4, Choong Lee was perverted and weird also, and Zhe Wen was a generous provider of horror shows :P

Taken after one of the O level papers

So, we haven't seen these classmates since God-knows-when, and of course, special mention to Perret Yap Wei Lun (I know, he won't see this) for this:

The CNY-themed class noticeboard, with "inspiring" mottos by the previous sports class.

So, I mean, sec4 is, as most people perceive, all about tests, exams, stress, homework... So it's rather fun for us to get together to "study". Like,

sometimes the few of us would sneak into the classroom beside the student lounge to munch our recess "meals", which consist of unearthly-ily expensive potato chips, Twisties and sandwiches, and we all talk and eat and talk and eat till the bell rang. I still remember, towards term 3/4, the prefects would come and shoo us off, and we would use the "we-are-sec4s-and-we-are-sitting-for-O-levels-so-dont-bother-us" "prerogative" and the prefect would like "ok..." and shoo-ed himself far away :P

So, the school's prelim exams would stimulate the Os as closely as possible so as to get ourselves adapted to the 8am/2pm timings (I still have my entry proof ok; didn't burn it). So, most papers for prelims were in the afternoon, and I would usually, with Damian and Jimmy, get together for last minute revision, but would end up like this:

Yes, taking photos and talking nonsense. As you can see, we "studied" at the study area outside the music room. So Jimmy would crack some random joke and we would laugh, and laugh, and laugh, till I sweat like a pig (as usual - active sweat glands ok). So I can safely say 80% of the time was wasted on "wallowing illicitly" on other stuff.

Ok, another person that I would like to mention is... LEONARD (aka fa-tai, fatty, moob man etc.):

Yup, that's him, being "grateful" for his ultra expensive Harry Potter poster.

Ok, he was surely lazy (can see from the picture), unhygienic (he throws his tissue papers full of snot and other miscellaneous stuff on the floor, on the table, on MY table and sometimes on me -.-), uncivilised (he doodles on my table with correction fluid and tape and collaborate with Jit Hin to mess up my stuff) and he always pisses me off some way or another.

BUT, he's still funny and fun to poke and antagonize. :P

So, I'm one of those people who would pack everything into his bag, thinking that he might "revise" at home. And one of the things that was ALWAYS in my bag was:

Yup, the horrifying and reminds-you-of-bad-things TKAMB text. I would bring it to school everyday till the pages drop off, and the cover turns "wrinkled".

Also,

Some thing that I realised had been with me for 4 years -.-, even since Mr. D. Ling gave it to us, our locker's padlock!

Last but not least, on the last day of 2008, my family went to this countdown party at Chevrons, and it was the "party" party - the "boom boom boom" party, where everyone would pretend to get high and dance:

They were blasting music like the mindy-jasmine Low -- Ouch.

Right, so after this post, I still miss those days where we would get together to study:

1.) Scribbles maths on the library's papers.

2.) Chant Social Studies and get emo when we forget something.

3.) Chant Physics and talk about how we would all not do well in Physics (touchwood).

4.) Chant Bio. and I, specifically, would whine about not dropping Bio, so as not to get involved in Bio.

5.) Mug and chant vocab. at the very last minute from random flippings of the dictionary.

and etc.

Those days never seemed to end, don't they?

But come to think of it now, we've just conquered that ordeal, and it's already a few months after Os.

So let's embrace 2009 like how we did when we were sec3, 'cos A levels is... next year -.-

2008-12-25T10:05:00.027+08:00

Hello.

As many would know, I just came back from... KOREA!

(Life just doesn't get any better~)

15/12/2008 ~ 23/12/2008

Pre-korea thoughts

1.) Bloody cold till all of us cannot take it

2.) Incredibly cheap stuff

3.) Language barrier (like in Japan - It's FRUSTRATING)

4.) People with plastic faces

5.) Kimchi horror (I DON'T eat vegetables - never)

6.) Meat galore (Yay~)

7.) Temples, temples and more temples

Day 1/2

So met at Terminal 1 at approximately 11 pm, and the flight was approximately 6 hours long.

So by the time we reached Incheon, it was already the next day (which explains the subtitle).

Asiana was not bad actually, since they would keep smiling at you, and we can practise saying kamsa-hamnida everytime they do something for us, since it's a Korea-based airline (Am I correct?).

First impression of the weather there - Okay... Not that bad; at least not as bad as I had expected~

Met our local guide, and oh-my-lord, the local guide's Chinese really owned some of us here. So she said she studied Chinese for 10 years (like most of us), and she's now studying for her some degree, and she's now an Assistant Professor of Chinese in some University. So when she does well for her thesis or something, she will be promoted to Professor.

Had lunch first thing we arrived - Some fried meat + veg

So first destination/tourist attraction was this place called Nami Island (I swear I had no clue of the places we were going - weird names), "the filming site of the popular Korean drama serial, "Winter Sonata". So my family had absolutely no interest in this place, since it was... Korean drama.

Sorry, but since we weren't really excited (and knowledgable) about this attraction, I didn't know what to snap.

And then nothing much really happened... Then comes shopping at this mall called Doota (See? Weird name), and I'm absolutely looking forward to this, since my mama said things will be cheap there.

Then dinner, which consisted of mushrooms (acceptable), vegetables (ewk), and pork (yayyy). And that night, we found out that we can have free-flow of whatever food we want whenever we go to such restaurants: the people there want you to feel full and satisfied after eating their food. So there's this make-sure-you-are-satisfied-before-you-leave-in-case-you-tell-others-my-food-and-service-suck". Yup, so it kind of benefits us. Haha.

Then sleep.

Day 3

First place was the Samsung Transportation Museum. Apparently, the local guide explained that Samsung manufactured vehicles for us in Korea only.

So walked around the museum, snapped a number of pictures, then proceeded to this place called "Everland Resort", which, I think, is a copy of Disneyland, except that it is much smaller and less crowded.

So the local guide brought us to this Safari tour thingy, and we were on this mini coach exploring this "safari", admiring all the animals there.

So there's this special "liger" animal, which is a "hybrid cross between a male lion and a female tiger". So yeah, everyone was quite intrigued by it.

So walked around and saw lots of Christmas-related decorations.

Okay, here comes the main attraction, which is SKIINGGGG.

So after the Everland Resort, we proceeded to that night's accomodation area, which is this ski "resort" and the local guide tells us that we would expect the stuff there to be un-hotel-ish and very chalet-ish. So when we went in, it was still *okay*, just that the view of the skiing place was AMAZINGGGG.

So we slept on this Japanese tatami-like thing, but the local guide told us not to say "tatami", since "Koreans hate Japanese". Haha.

So we turned in, looking forward to skiing the next day :)

Day 4

Time to ski~

Okay, so the local guide advised us not to bring our cameras during skiing (but not BEFORE skiing), in case we dropped them on the "snow" without ourselves knowing.

Anyway, we explored some places of the skiing area, went to the top of the hill with a cable car and snapped pictures.

So, came the dreadful part of the day. So the shoes for skiing was absolutely bulky and heavy and we could hardly walk in those shoes. And they were so tight... THEN, to make things worse, we had to wear the skis themselves, making it even more difficult for us to walk around, since they are sooo heavy and bulky and uncomfortable.

So our local guide, who skis quite a lot, demonstrated how to ski, and showed us how to ski. So, as usual, since sports is not my thing, I sucked at first, but somehow got a hang of it.

So there was this cable car (different from the previous one) that we could take to go up to the top of the ski lane then ski down like a pro, but I think our local guide didn't issue us this ticket that was needed, and we couldn't take this cable car.

So, we had to CLIMB up the slope ourselves, and painstakingly, we only managed to climb, at most, half the lane. And that is very tiring and exhaustive.

So my family gave up at approximately 3 pm (the day started at 10 am) and went back to, well, stone.

And we ate this BBQ pork thing for dinner, and it's DAMN nice (since it's meat).

Day 5

Okay, I honestly found this day somehow a waste of time.

We went to this place called "Sangsoo Herb Land", and it houses, as its name suggests, herbs :) Lots of herbs. So we followed the guide there around, sniffing at the herbs along the way.

So we had this DREADFUL lunch, called the "Flower Rice" (Directly translated from Chinese). And, as its name suggests, "Flower", it has all the flower petals, leaves, stalks... So if you know me well enough, you would know why I thought that lunch was "dreadful".

Went shopping at this underground mall thingy (Think it's something like Citylink Mall).

Then went to this "Spa Valley". Yeah, with spas and stuff, with those bubbly massage stuff that we can find in huge swimming complexes in Singapore.

Had another similar dinner, consisting of a pot, mushrooms, vegetables, vegetables, and more vegetables, and slightly some pork. :)

Day 6

So had hotel's Western buffet breakfast and we set off to "Dongwasha Temple" to "view a 33-metre Buddha statue with a pair of lion statues and decorated with stone lotus flowers".

So took a domestic flight (Asiana) to JEJU ISLAND.

Had lunch first thing we touched down, and finally, lunch was a pot with NO vegetables, but SEAFOOD. Yayyy.

Then we proceeded to "enjoy an exciting and fun-filled ATV Ride". Think it was due to wet weather, the ride was shortened because of safety :( And didn't take pictures, in case my camera was flooded by mud that SPEWS.

Then went to this place called "Jeju Folk Village", which is "a folk and history museum with miniature displays of traditional villages".

Honestly, I had NO idea of our purpose there. It's like I was totally lost as to why we were there and what to look out for. Turns out it displayed quite a number of Da Chang Jin stuff.

Then went to a tangerine farm to *pluck* tangerines, where each person was entitled to 2 of them.

So the group, being Singaporeans, selected carefully and scruntinised every tangerine, to make sure the 2 tangerines were worthwhile.

Then went to the "Songsan Sunrise Peak", where, once again, I had no idea what's going on. Where's the sunrise (We visited that place in the evening)? Where's the peak? So yeah, was quite lost. Then we headed to those nearby shops to buy souvenirs, and Jeju's specialty, tangerine (chocolate).

Then dinner was some Ginseng Chicken thing, but honestly, Singapore's Herbal Chicken (with rice) from Compass Point tastes better (at least I prefer the latter).

Day 7

So we went to this "Yongduam Rock or "Dragon Head Rock", an unusual lava formation that looks like a roaring dragon rising from the sea into the sky". And the local guide explains that, due to weather conditions, the rock doesn't look like a dragon anymore. Haha.

Then went to "filming site of "The First Shop of Coffee Prince" - Absolutely not interested, so were the group. No one seemed to be particularly "high" over this "attraction". And we tasted coffee brewed there, and it tasted like normal instant coffee.

[Advice from local guide: If you're not a fan of Korean drama serials, don't pick itineraries with such filming sites] - Advice taken.

Went to this place called "COEX Mall" to shop. Then my Dad saw this shop and wanted me to snap it:

So we proceeded to this place called the "Lotte World", which is one of the biggest companies in Korea. For some reasons, they seemed to manufacture EVERYTHING. I saw biscuits with Lotte, soap with Lotte, now a hotel with Lotte, which was where we would be staying that night. It's a SIX-STAR HOTEL.

Ok, moving back a little, during the trip to the Lotte World, I learnt that Seoul hosted the Olympics in 1988. So saw these sculptures near the stadium. They surely looked new:

The hotel room actually had a PS3 beside the TV... But they didn't have the consoles luh, unfortunately to many people in the group. Haha.

Moving on, the Lotte World is "Korea's largest indoor theme park".

It was like a Genting kind of indoors theme park, but MUCH bigger and larger-scale. Much, much bigger. It's like this huge building, but inside it is all those rides and stuff.

So, like Disneyland, they had this Christmas parade. And... It's quite nice!

Haha. The picture above has a story -.- While I was busy snapping pictures, thinking that I must snap as many as I could, this... Vehicle with this animal (Is it a bear or something?) then posed like it did as above. Think it saw me aiming my camera at it, so it decided to pose. Haha. Cute~

So this was one of the games my family played: Bumper Car :)

Day 8

Ah I'm quite tired of this already -.-

But anyway, we went to this "Changdukgung Palace designted as an UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is well known for it secret garden which shows Korea's distinct natural beauty through its exquisite pavilions, where they stand in harmony with the surrounding ponds and 1000-year-old residence".

Anyway, at that moment, it was SOOO cold. So not many of us dared to take out our cameras to snap many photos. And this palace thingy was so confusing for me, since the local guide kept spamming weird names...

So after that, went to a "Ginseng Monopoly Showroom", called Gao Li Ren Sheng. :)

So my mum refused to buy the Ginseng products in case we don't consume it -.-

So within the same building, we went to this Kimchi Making session -.-

It's GROSS.

G.R.O.S.S.

So we had to make Kimchi with this mess/goo (Good thing they gave us disposable gloves):

So after the super gross Kimchi session, we went for lunch, which, according to the local guide, was only eaten by the Emperor:

If you observe properly, the dishes, according to the local guide again, didn't consist of animal oil, and are thus healthy :) And there were a lot of vegetables -.-

Then after that went to this "Amethyst Factory" where they... Oh you know, those jewels and stuff. They say the "purple gem" (direct translation) is one of the five most hardest substance or something...

So we then headed towards the airport, and I was like so wanting to go home, since I missed my handphone, MSN, blog, laptop...

And I caught the sunset along the way :)

So...

Nice flight in Asiana, landed safely...

And I thought that Korea was worth the money to visit for:

1.) Their culture

2.) Their food (Yes, food)

3.) Their cheap stuff (especially souvenirs)

4.) Their weather especially during this season (Winter: Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb, Mar)

5.) The language barrier experience (and the desperation you will feel)

and many more good reasons.

2008-12-05T16:48:00.003+08:00

Hello.

Mt. Fuji plushie welcomes you :)

I'm quite touched to see something on Youtube: It's the...

YOUTUBE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA!

It's the kind of new, modern era the-world-meets-together-for-music kind. Facebook has the same thing, which is called the Facebook orchestra, aiming to be the first orchestra formed online. Cool huh?

They have even composed a piece for this Youtube symphony orchestra~

COOL!

2008-12-05T10:36:00.004+08:00

Today's already the first~second week of December~ Since I'm reluctant to go job hunting, I'm basically stoning at home most of the time, with occasional outings in the weekends interjected. So I'm at home, most of the time, facebook-ing and youtube-ing. Thus far, I've decided to finish watching cycles 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 of America's Next Top Model. :) Finished cycle 4 already ok?

So in order to make myself not sit in front of the laptop the whole day, I've decided to pluck those rusty and (horribly) out-of-tune strings of my guitar. Lol. But after playing for 15 minutes, I decided to give up, cos' I seriously don't know the fingerings of the chords -.- So changed instrument to my clarinet, which I haven't touched for 3 months.

I forgot to talk about one particular incident in Japan which told everyone in the group that Japanese people are GREAT people:

So we dropped by the first temple, and before boarding back the coach, we dropped by this souvenir shop. And Jimmy forgot to take some item from this shop. We went back to the coach, with Jimmy not realising that. So all of a sudden, this old lady walked up to the coach, said some Japanese (that baffled all of us) in front of the coach and held up (Jimmy's) souvenir.

And a kind tour member said "Who's this?"

Jimmy looked at the thing she's holding.

He searched his items.

He realised it's his.

He raised his hand.

The old lady walked towards him quickly.

She smiled blissfully (and probably thankfully).

This drama left Jimmy saying "arigato" repeatedly.

So yeah. This old lady just specifically rushed to our coach some two streets away from her shop and made sure her customer brought home what he paid for. Isn't this soooo inspiring?

If I/you were that old lady, won't we have the intention of keeping the left-behind good to ourselves? Hmm...

2008-11-30T10:39:00.021+08:00

Hello.

Just back from Japan, with a sore throat.

Day 1: Disneyland in Tokyo

It was supposed to be "magical", but it WASN'T.

It bloody hell rained, and there were lots of people, especially students, since it was their LAST DAY of their 3-days school holiday. So there were lots of people, exceptionally long queues, and wet (thus smelly) shoes and socks. So we ended up taking 3/4 rides, and occupied ourselves with walking through shops.

Sheltered areas (where the shops were situated) were FILLED with people seeking shelter so I was feeling quite piss-y. And it was super freezing + cold and there were very strong winds so prayed that time would pass quickly that time...

The U.S Disneyland experience was still better (since it didn't rain).

Day 2: A lot of things

A lot of things.

We went to this temple thing and I wasn't really that interested since I don't pray or whatsoever.

So we decided to go shop for souvenirs for relatives/friends, and found out that (some) things in Japan were expensive.

Then went Tokyo tower for a very brief visit.

Then went to this super cool "Ramen Museum", where they furnished the interior of this building till it looked like some olden-day chinese/japanese place, like how they show it on channel 8 shows. Then ate Ramen for the first time (yes, first time) and it turned out nice! :)

Then went Chinatown.

They sold all the same stuff, so quite monotonous and we only had time to walk down one street.

Then it turned pitch dark at 6+ pm.

Then went to some factory outlet to shop, where it unfortunately rained, again. Things there, though being in a factory outlet, were expensive yet again, since they sold mostly Western stuff. And I only managed to buy a shirt...

Then went to this *totolly* cool Japanese "accomodation inn" (somewhat like a cross between an inn and a hotel), where I got to experience the first Japanese meal of the trip. I dreaded the cold food there (like the freezing salmon), but I ate it anyway, and dipped a cold prawn into a boiling soup to cook it, since I seriously cannot stand the cold-ness of the food -.-

Then went to our room, where we saw the tatami thingy. Super cool.

Then we were supposed to dip ourselves in some hot spa thing, but decided to postpone it till next morning, where it would be empty and we would have more privacy :)

Day 3: A lot of things

Went to Mt. Fuji. Super cool. But we were supposed to go to this 5th station, then ended up in 1st station due to some "unforeseen circumstances". Okay, it was (I think) due to the weather. So ended up taking photos, where we can't locate the snowy top of the mountain in our cameras.

Then went to this village nearby, and, quoting from the itinerary, "This area was once the village with the most gorgeous thatched roofs in Japan. It's an ancient village of traditional artworks of old buildings". It was "gorgeous" and it was "ancient".

Then we went to this place called a "boiling valley" and it STINKED. We managed to identify some smells: rotten eggs, faeces, plain stinky stench. So the hike up this valley was dreadful due to the smells, but it was quite nice :)

Then went to ride the bullet train. Super cool. It zoomed like a bullet and it's a 100 times speedier than our mrt :) So went to this place called Hamamatsu.

Day 4: A lot of things

Went to this shrine thing and a temple. Nothing much again, since I don't pray, just that the place the temple's located is totally awesome! There was a lot of red leaves and trees to indulge in :) And then went shopping for more souvenirs (I swear that buying souvenirs in Japan can burn a hole in your pocket). Squeezed through a lot of people from all over the world, and we finally managed to return to the coach.

Then went to this place, according to the itinerary, is called "Nishijin" district (Many of us teenagers on the coach were not listening to the guide; we were either sleeping, talking, looking out of the coach, listening to music, or playing PSP. So I'm not really sure about all the names of the streets and the places of where we had been to). Then we went shopping in this area called the "Shinsaibashi Dotonbori" (ah. This name sounds familiar...).

It was bloody hell raining yet again, but thankfully we had umbrellas provided by the bus driver (known as Ya-ma-go-chi san). I thought I would buy lots of things here, but the things they sold there weren't that "applicable" to me (they sold mainly women's clothes + shoes, I think). Then saw Yamaha for the first time, but the stuff there were all in Japanese. The place there is basically the kind of place where they often show in Japanese shows, I think.

Had Hyatt Regency for accomodation.

Day 5: UNIVERSAL STUDIO

First thing we did that day was to pray for:

1.) Fine weather

2.) No school holiday

3.) Short queues

when we visit Univeral Studios.

It turned out that the three main things we prayed for were "fulfilled" :) Anyway, before visiting Univeral Studios, we went to this Osaka Castle. Quite dumb, since we could only see and explore the outside of the castle; we couldn't go in since we needed to pay. Ha.

Saw LOTS of students. They had cool uniforms, equivalent to our "coats", and they had their names sewn on their uniform. Their uniform looked fashionable and grad-nite-ish. Haha. Almost.

Then went to Universal Studios, finally.

I must admit that the overall experience here is better than that in the U.S one :)

They had rides like

Jurassic Park,

E.T. Adventure

Spiderman etc.

Then after that, went to this restaurant for this super cool barbeque dinner. However, food was EXTREMELY OILY then felt to ewk-y after the meal (oil was DRIPPING when cooked). Lots of fun, and we cooked mainly meat and most burnt. Highlight was the ice-cream (which is always my highlight in Seoul Garden). They had this grape ice-cream which tasted like Grape mentos.

Day 6: Home

As the sub-heading suggests, we went home :) Bought something extraordinary for Manfred.

So overall, the trip to Japan was FUNNNN.

Saw the "vending machine culture" (There was at least one vending machine in every storey of every hotel); there were vending machines for cigarettes, newspapers, instant noodles, drinks etc. And vending machines for drinks would be placed in threes or twos.

Saw the the extremely-polite people culture. Shopkeepers were polite (keeps talking to passers-by. Think it's "welcome" or something), meticulous (wraps EVERYTHING for you. And it's the gift-wrap wrap. They are quick in it too), relaxed (people walked slowly -.-), spontaneous & energetic (the staff in Disneyland and Univeral Studios keep screaming and screaming: This photographer for E.T was doing the E.T "body language" like how we would do the YMCA thing. Coordinators for the rides would "act-cute". Yeah. So the energies are very high. :)

And it's my first time going to a place where I won't understand the language there. So it's a pretty new experience~

Dressing was legendary-ily cool there~

Street fashion:

Go to the middle. And teenagers looked like anime characters. Haha. :)

2008-10-24T22:28:00.002+08:00

Hi to anyone out there.
Anyone.

Week one is over, and post Os is yet another one step closer.
Two whole subjects over, and more dreadful papers are yet to come.
More and more and more...

*Sidetrack*

I REALLY want the English Language Studies in JC, and hopefully my wish comes true next January... REALLY want this. Hear this - REALLY want this.

*Sidetrack-ed*

Anyway, so. Class chalet is inching closer. Looking forward to it :)

2008-10-11T17:43:00.003+08:00

I used to be skeptical.
Very skeptical.

Skeptical about tearing during farewell assembly. Skepticcal about not fearing graduation. Skeptical about not missing the school.

Well, I regret being skeptical. I regret not reaching out to 3-10 last year and make more friends. It's kind of too late now...

I regret not making friends with most of my classmates. But I guess it's kind of a compensation yesterday during the Seoul Garden meal at Ngee Ann. Come to think of it, I actually didn't regret putting up with the trouble of reserving and almost causing the manager to lose her patience and temper. Yesterday was really a fun-filled day, and it's only today that I felt the sentimentality and nostalgia that I should felt yesterday.

It's like... All of a sudden, you feel that everyone around you are your friends; all barriers are broken and all awkwardness is overcomed. It's like... I finally spoke one full sentence (instead of a clause) to Nathan, I finally took one photo (though candidly taken) with Bryan, and I finally got to "hang out" with Charlton.

And the farewell assembly. Though the videos weren't as touching as I had expected, I did feel some reluctance; I couldn't bear to be an "alumni". This feeling is just overwhelming, especially the time when we were taking photographs at the back of the hall. With 2-9, with old friends, with teachers.

Now, I try my very best to establish a better relationship with my classmates, even though it's left with the last week.

Forge on. Soldier on. Press on.

2008-10-09T20:26:00.003+08:00

Hello to anyone out there.

Today marked the last second day of school, as it was truly a... turbulent one. First, it was the dramatic change-the-face-of-the-school "public destruction" incident, to which everyone was UTTERLY shocked (by the paints) and UTTERLY disgusted (by the floating fishes; the fade-ish colours really put me off). And it triggered some debate and high talk over who the culprit was; of course people thought he was from sec 4, since the school was literally empty with the rest of the school RESTING at home.

Dang.

That guy should just go.... to hell. He just seriously made so much of a scene and dampened (well, people were actually excited) our spirits, and it was really an "ominous" sign *touchwood*

The SECOND (yes, there was a second) incident involved me as the VICTIM.

MY IPOD GOT STOLEN.

Hell.

Triggered off another commotion, especially in class, and the news spreaded like wildfire and almost the whole school (which merely consisted of the sec4s and the teachers; the cleaners even knew about it) knew about it. Well, Eugene found that his camera got stolen. J.Lo tried to freak me out by telling me I might get my stuff stolen. I dismissed that paranoia. But after returning to class after Chinese lesson, I decided: Better check once through. It was not long after I decided to check that M.Lum broke loose and announced that his IPOD CHARGER was gone. THEN, I freaked out.

I looked at the compartment which my iPod was supposed to be there. Gone.
I looked at the compartment which my iPod was supposed to be there again. Gone.

Panic attack.

Then, Mr. T knew about it and he freaked out too. Basically, that's it...

Then, THIRDLY (can't believe my second last day of school was so fraught with drama), there seemed to be this conflict in which people were unwilling to pay off for the class chalet, since they are not/unable/cannot go. Well, the organiser wanted everyone to pay for the exact amount. But, CANNOT. Then... Drama luh.

Looking forward to tomorrow. It's the last day of school. (Well, technically, the "last day" of school only comes in after Bio. Paper 1 in November. Before that, we would still all be going to school everyday) Not sure if I would tear, not sure if people around me would tear. Not sure. It's just that people are getting so frustrated with work that they can't really bother thinking about tomorrow's affairs; to them, it might probably seem like a come-and-go everyday matter; it didnt' matter.

I am sure most would still look forward to tomorrow, or maybe not; the emotions are too overwhelming. But I really look forward to the class Seoul outing, since I PAINSTAKINGLY organised the whole thing (no credits, though), and someone please see this...

So long, 10 days to O level.

2008-09-29T21:10:00.003+08:00

Hey y'all. It's me being distracted by the computer. Again.

All of us, minus a few of us.

A craze about this picture, cos' I think it's seriously so nice~ (from ANTM~)

2008-09-25T20:07:00.002+08:00

Hello.

Title of this video is "Paul sings Nessun Dorma". Ok. This song is quite intense and moving, and this is true for this singer, and this guy surely brings a variety to the show "Britain's got talent", and I seriously got to say, everytime I watch this video, I get goosebumps.

AND. PRACTICAL'S OVER. Not really sure how well I did, but thanks to y'all for the good luck and all-the-best wishes. Really appreciated it! And I recently have an addiction on First Class. It's on Youtube!

Haha. See y'all.

2008-09-15T18:26:00.001+08:00

This post is dedicated to Hua Peng:

SHEENA!!!

2008-09-07T12:50:00.004+08:00

So tomorrow's the sequel to Prelim III. And sharing with y'all some events that happened over the past week:

1. Visit to Charlton's place

2. Left his place, and intended to head for school for CHSSB's Section Competition 2008. BUT, waited for the BLOODY 156 for 45 MINUTES, when we finally decided to cab to J8.

3. CHSSB Section Competition + Sec 1's "My first recital" - Champion: PERCUSSION

4. ANTM CYCLE ELEVEN!!! (woots) I was so looking forward to it :) Some of my favourite pictures this episode: :)

She's from cycle 7!

Bye~

2008-08-23T18:46:00.002+08:00

Ah. Reminds me of Prelim II's English Compre...

2008-08-09T22:50:00.002+08:00

As the year's going to come to a close...

WHERE'S MY UK TRIP JOURNAL THAT IS NOW 2+ YEARS OLD?!

2008-08-08T17:46:00.002+08:00

Hello everyone.

And today's National Day celebrations + Speech day:

And above is Jimmy, who wanted to appear on the camera (as usual), and Leonard, who was hungry (as usual).

And above is Charlton Alexander Lim Zheng Dao and Leonard (who was unexpectedly happy, partially because there was free ice-cream served later).

And above is the magnificent Sports Hall in the midst of completion, and also contrasted with the group of people being "locked up" in the tennis court, while watching the parade on the tracks.

2008-08-04T20:15:00.002+08:00

Had Chinese, as usual, on Saturday.

Then, Jimmy, Damian and I went to walk in NATAs fair, to admire the EXOTIC destinations that they offered. And then, on IMPULSE, we travelled to Changi Airport and walked through all terminals -.-

Then, moved to Revenue House @ Novena, where I almost lost my way.
Played badminton, saw how "zai" Charlton really is.

Then moved on to Leonard's condo to bathe, have BBQ and watched them play.

Leonard, the birthday boy, with his BRAND NEW AND TOTALLY COOL Harry Potter poster.

Leonard, the birthday boy, with his brand new birthday gifts + gigantic card, which was supposed to mean something...

2008-08-04T19:58:00.004+08:00

2008-07-27T17:20:00.003+08:00

KISS HER FAT ASS!
:)

2008-07-25T17:39:00.002+08:00

25 July 2008:

YES! Yet another Friday, which means I can stop doing homework for one day and youtube for the rest of the night non-stop without any guilt.

The much-awaited class photo session took place, and I'm glad the school had finally decided to do a FORMAL class photo. I heard from the rest of the classes that there isn't any fun shot, but since the teacher in-charge's our Bio. teacher, she let us have one:

Apparently, Mr. T. uploaded the class photo - efficient - but he uploaded all the "fun" photos (as you can see from above why inverted commas were used). No formal yet, so I don't know how idiotic my "smile" was. Apparently, also, 4-10 didn't quite respond appropriately when asked to prepare for fun shot.

Also, St. Andrews' came to cat. high for a talk. And I think I would settle on the following:

1. GP (H1)
2. PW (H1)
3. Physics (H2)
4. Chemistry (H2)
5. Maths (H2)
6. E Lit (H2)/(H3)

Apparently, the E. Lit. is really subjective to O level results. And I was also attracted (impulsively) to the following line: "The Examinations are open book: candidates will be allowed to bring copies of their set texts into the examination room" seen in the A level syllabus, I thought maybe I would give it a shot.

And of course, the syllabus consist of cool texts like "1984". -.- So yeah: http://seab.gov.sg/SEAB/aLevel/syllabus/2009_GCE_A_Level_Syllabuses/9725_2009.pdf

2008-07-15T14:53:00.005+08:00

Right.

So today's a day filled with tension and all.
That's three instances today, of course with one being a long ago thing/feud.

Friendship is just so fragile/short-term.
Just a minor misunderstanding and... The whole thing's torn apart.

So hopefully the apology sent by *him* is accepted and both of them bury the hatchet. Soon.

2008-07-06T14:14:00.004+08:00

Right.

Time flies and is flying right now. It never stops.
And Prelim II is over. POP 2008 is over. And yesterday, Homecoming 2008 is over.
And I'm witnessing somthing's happening between some people's friendship ties in the class.
Wonder what's happening...

Anyway, just receieved my combined humanities marks not so long ago, and it's a bloody A2. I mean... Who doesn't want an A1? :) And of course, Music marks have yet to arrive/

Nevertheless, events to look forward to (or not):

1.) O LEVEL Music compo.
2.) O LEVEL English Oral.
3.) Prelim III.
4.) O LEVEL Music practical.
5.) O LEVELS.

Of course, I'm once again waiting for Prelim III to arrive, and am currently "tutoring" a worried and confused sec3 junior right now. Good luck to you for Common test! :)

Garald Gan (passed out to), Me (who looks... weird), Lao Zhenxi (passed out to), E Yang (Furball)

2008-06-27T18:46:00.004+08:00

Yesterday was a BANG (Boom!).

The most glam/cool thing I've ever received for my birthday! From J.Lo, g.me, and Damian:

It has an oh-my-godly ANTM theme with, of course, a ridiculously-UGLY picture in front of all the winners. Thanks y'all!

One of the photographs taken from Hua Peng

Another one. So love this~

2008-06-26T23:49:00.003+08:00

170th post:

SIXTEENTH BIRTHDAY.
Spent the day with lots of... Surprises. And someone's punctuality problem. -.-

Anyway, thanks to all who have contributed to my (high) spirit now through b'day wishes and stuff: Benjamin, Jimmy, Damian, Hua Peng, Jerold, Leonard, Jit Hin, Ervin, Junda, Avan, Garald Gan, Manfred, Zhen Sheng, Charlton, Andrew Lai, Junyao, Hang Siang, Bryan (Tan), Louis, Eugene, IL Shan

Yay.

2008-06-24T14:54:00.004+08:00

Hello.

Almost half of 2008 has passed, and after 'O's, I want to:

1.) Earn at least $100 (picking up a $100 note = earn $100) through giving tuition (and hopefully to CHS people...)?
2.) Go Paris/London/U.S./Australia/Venice/Vienna, though it's 100% impossible.
3.) Throw all the worksheets that are ALREADY yellow-ing currently.
4.) Take ABRSM Grade 6 for my clarinet - It's a music exam.
5.) Fret on the subjects I would be taking for 'A's.

Tada. But currently, and most importantly,

1.) Finish my lit. book once by Prelim 3 and another time before 'O' level.
2.) Work hard for practical to score at least a 30~35/40 for Prelim 3.
3.) Work hard for O LEVEL ENGLISH ORAL.
4.) Have CONTROLLED fun this week a.k.a the June Holiday WEEK.
5.) Prepare for POP stuff for the 'kids' in band.
6.) Do everything that's not done.

Boohoo.

2008-06-21T00:50:00.004+08:00

Photos for Damian to grab:

Happy 16th birthday W.C.H Damian!
Just came home (and nearly couldn't since it's so late in the night) and it's one more day to his *actual* birthday.

So Prelim II ended with a rather "easier-than-EXPECTED" bio. paper, and a "found-out-that-I-have-a-lot-of-careless-mistakes" Add. Maths paper. Lots of revelations and jokes... Yesterday.

2008-04-22T17:58:00.003+08:00

My new friend on MSN sent me this pic:

Nice right... Lol

L.A. International airport (Not sure about the "X")

2008-04-22T17:46:00.002+08:00

2 things happened on monday:

1.) Boon Siang fainted in class, causing drama and "fiasco" in the classroom. While W.Jian was uttering nonsense like knocking him unconscious. (LOL) For some reason, he fainted. And many offered "help" and helped him downstairs. And Mr. T called Ms Q. and many things happened... Here's a video of what happened:

...

Yeah right.

2.) The (Some) idiots/morons/retards from 4-2 pissed off Mrs. T and made her cry... Thats about it. It's like the second time those idiots/morons/retards made her pissed; last time she was pissed was when the idiotic/moron-ic/retarded TAN YONG QUAN rebelled against her and made her scream on her mic (ouch).

Seriously... He's a total... retard. No word to describe him... He's just this idiot la, basically. So yesterday, he kept talking and talking and talking... Like a retard, once again (It's always him). So she screamed, and said there was no point in setting weekly tests for us since no one listened to her commentary.

But seriously... Although I found it ridiculous for her to give us tests when she hasn't finished the book, it was sincere of her to want us to improve our "absymal"/atrocious/horrendous (lol) grades from last year.

So... It was those idiots who are REALLY at fault.

... Hope they burn in hell...

2008-04-10T21:33:00.003+08:00

Hello. This is my 165th post.

Reluctantly and out of boredom, I decided to write a quick post, also in case I could show this "decent blog" to anyone who asked if I had a blog. I'll be discouraged to blog further if there are less than 2 tags from this post onwards...

Today is 10 April 2008, the "1st anniversary" of SYF 2007.

Anyway, Prelim 2 in <2 months. Falling back in Chem + Bio (Today proves to me that I'm REALLY falling behind for Bio). Besides that, especially for Maths, I guess the situation's pretty fine :)

A lot of "inner" conflicts when I'm in band nowadays. And our annual concert is around the corner (i.e. 1+ months). And we have this trip to Malacca, which I think I won't opt to go, if I were ever given the choice, since it's on a Monday + Tuesday (an extremely important day for tri. sci. people).

Trying to finish my lit. text book, and struggling to keep up with Chem + Bio.

2008-03-29T17:34:00.000+08:00

I've posted...

2007-12-31T22:24:00.000+08:00

2007 will be over in 1 and a half hours time --

1.) November holiday was CIP, band, CIP, band, CIP, band...
2.) December holiday was USA, band, CIP, homework, homework, homework...

Went through a lot this year:

1.) Stress - FYE, MYE
2.) Scolding - Band stuff
3.) Taking over of band - Settling stuff which past batch left behind
4.) Changing of conductor of band
5.) SYF
6.) Feeling stressed over humanities
7.) Sec three camp
8.) New friends
9.) ABRSM exam

Okay, maybe compared to many, these are not a lot... But nevertheless, it's still quite a tiring year, especially when there's the big 'O's next year.

2007-12-14T08:43:00.000+08:00

Hello. I'm back from U.S (30th Nov to 10th Dec): (162nd post)

Took Singapore Airlines. Felt like vomiting when I went there. But the flight was okay when I got back, just that I've to sit with strangers (within the group). Stopover-ed at both Korea and Japan.

Signed up with C. Brothers. Tour guide was the best among those from my past few overseas trip. The tour itself was also pretty memorable.

Well, generally the temperature there never rise above 15 degrees Celsius. So the food we ate turns cold immediately, unless we're eating in a restaurant with all the heaters and warmers.

Went to San Francisco, Las Vegas, Los Angeles (outskirt, not the actual city, as it's too far from D.land). I think I enjoyed S.F the most, cos' it "has the most number of Chinese Americans", according to tour guide. So we're felt like we're in Singapore.

Entire trip was basically more shopping than learning -.-, duh. Bought a pair of Timberland shoes at approx. S$18. Had a 70% discount + 30% additional discount. Cool eh? Also bought many keychains and shirts.

S.F was mainly the Pier 39, where we took a boat against the very chilling winds (not breeze), took a look at some ancient prison, which is an isolated island, known as Alcatraz. And also saw their golden gate bridge.

Next up was L.V. Our hotel was called Stratosphere, and there're like millions of hotels there, to "meet the demands of gamblers and conventions". So yar. And I think that there're casinos at the basements of all the hotels, like the Stratosphere. L.V mainly attracts (young) tourists with the all the lightings and the (old) tourists with the casinos, duh.

Next up would definitely be a treat for Geo students, as we went to the Grand Canyon. Took a helicopter above the Canyon, and a boat ride along the... Colorado River, to view all the rocks -.- Ok lah, the view was quite magnificent. The boat ride was pretty fun, with the cushion-ed seats and the cooling winds.

Then, we moved to L.A, where we visited the Universal Studios, which I think is the fun-est place throughout the whole itinerary. First thing, before going to the actual Universal Studio, we dropped by the "Walk of Fame" (which I thought was situated inside the studios), which was a little "sidewalk along the Hollywood Boulevard".

We got the sit on this tram we brings us all around the studios. Most importantly, we got to see the actual sets they used for productions, like Desperate Housewives, King Kong, Spiderman, Jaws, War of the Worlds etc. Most fascinating set: War of the Worlds.

^ You could probably see a plane in the background. This's a set in the "War of the Worlds". They actually used an old plane, which was not in use, of course. Cool huh. The entire set was the biggest among all that I've seen. And probably the coolest and most intriguing.

We also got to shoot photographs with cartoon characters like, Shrek and Spongebob. Yay. And this probably concluded the day in the Universal Studios.

Next up was Disneyland and the California Adventure Park, which is under the same company. So we paid extra cash to purchase the "park hopper" ticket to "hop" between both theme parks. Cool. Witnessed some parade shown in Disneyland. Lasted for 15 mins. Then took some photographs with Disney characters, but missed Mickey and Minnie, cos people were queueing up to take photos with them... Then we're supposed to catch a fireworks display, but it was so cold that my family decided to go back.

This trip was pretty memorable probably because the tour guide was VERY experienced. He claims to have worked in C.Brothers for 13 years. If anyone been to China or some large countries, you would probably sit in the coach for hours, and fall asleep. But this rarely happened during the trip.

I recalled that during a long 2 hours trip to Anaheim (one of the 50 states in U.S), the guide talked and talked to us about previous guiding experiences, his past job, his life etc, that this whole "conversation" last for 2 hours! Cool huh?

So... This probably concluded the entire trip I guess... Frankly, I don't really mind visiting those places again. Or go to other parts of U.S. If you think the entire recount wasn't enough (esp. H.P), there's a simple solution: go there yourself...

2007-11-29T21:10:00.000+08:00

Okay, DAMIAN. I'll finally post one here. (161st post)

Pretty happy today (28th Nov), because I've finally finished my set text (To Kill a Mockingbird). Ha. To think that almost everyone has read it at least twice...

Read that Bryan has flown overseas. Hey, and I'm flying tomorrow @ 9am. Wish everyone flying off Bon Voyage!

Hopefully can have the patience to upload photos after I'd returned... Meanwhile, check out the band web @ http://chssb.atspace.com. Ha.

And, DAMIAN. Are you happy now?

2007-10-25T20:37:00.000+08:00

一百六十章：

本来一直都想用华文来post entries，但是不知为什么就是没有东西写，也没有东西好讲。既然看到华鹏的博客出现不少华文的posts, 我心想不如也利用博客来练习写作。

一转眼，下个星期三就是等待已久的 'O' 水准会考了。说真的，我觉得自己为这个重大的会考的复习与练习还是不够，但一直拖啊拖啊，就开始后悔，真受不了。明天虽然是第四学段的最后一天，但还是有课外辅助活动，所以得留在学校，不能像其他人一样，回家大庆祝一番。希望明天的成绩册会令我在 'O' 水准会考之前看到 “一点希望”。

今天林丹文老师为我们准备的《考作文，有窍门》非常有效，因为我终于知道写记叙文的技巧和“窍门”，也知道 “嗜好” 这个词语，是指不良的爱好，令大家大吃一惊。哈哈。请大家也避免使用 “谈天说地”，因为林老师说：“天太高，地太厚，哪可以谈天说地？”

所谓（我最喜欢用的俗语）“不入虎穴，焉得虎子”，看来接下来的几天一定要全力以赴、再接再厉了！

2007-10-05T19:42:00.000+08:00

159th post:

For me, three more papers to go.
Total of 6 hours of exam.

English was okay.
Chinese was killer.
A Maths wasn't okay.
Bio. was okay.
Chem. was okay.
S.S not very okay.

Haha. What a short list. Hopefully the rest are quite easy, or at least "do-able".

Actually not really looking forward to end of final years. The difference between the lower sec exam and our exam is that they get to have fun till next year, while we still have to complete the syllabus after the exam. Argh. And we still have the stupid Chinese thing after exams everyday...

Recollection: We were watching a Harry Potter movie when Thai Yong shouted, "Emma Watson!". Not long after that, Jimmy and I started to get bored and walk to the back of the classroom. Then we started to snap pictures using our cameras. [Proving that Jimmy's a cam whore] For some reason, people like Damian and Deddy starts to join us in taking photos. Subconsciously, we start to take different photos, producing hundreds of photos. Haha.

Hope my sec2 juniors would enjoy and cherish the rest of the sec2 days before the class disperses...

2007-09-16T13:51:00.000+08:00

Risen from the dead
~Boo~

2007-05-29T14:53:00.000+08:00

Yay. I am finally home safely. Sunburnt, tanned and tired.

Rafting was fun, with the flying fox with Jimmy, river crossing (which I found pretty meaningless), rapid jumping (which was unexpectedly exciting) and the rafting through rapids itself. I realised for myself that I became more confident in confidence elements, like jumping into rapid rapids and jumping off the platform for flying fox across a river.

Cycling was horrendous. Biked under 36 degrees, which is why I got burnt. I initally thought that rafting was the one which will get most of us burnt, but no, it is the horrendous biking activity. It was horrendous cos' 1.) There were many up steep up-slopes. Horrible. 2.) The Sun was blazing hot. 3.) Distance travelled was so bloody long.

And, yet another horrendous factor was, the poor sanitation conditions over there. Cubicles were dirty and dark. Toilets were rare and dirty too. And the tents we lived in were also bloody hot - No ventilation. Although something GREAT really happened: they provided us with mats to sleep on - which is like totally so generous of the school, there was one sleepless night for me where I had to endure the heat in the tent and also the great amount of noise created by the irritating group mates.

Oh well. This camp also enabled me to 1.) Know more about my classmates. 2.) See a different side of CHS camps. 3.) Know Mr. D. Tan better as a fun and humourous guy. 4.) Knew many lit. class classmates. 5.) Experienced what really is a camp (not sadistic, but adventurous). 6.) Rode the M'sia-S'pore train for the first time.

Yay. Start of holidays.
Eww. Start of holiday homework.

2007-05-19T13:57:00.000+08:00

Yay.

Finally, the maths stats poster is over. One less burden. I, together with the rest of the sec3s, have to focus more on band now. Many upcoming concerts and there's the interview on Monday. Omg.

And my section is in a complete mess now. So many things unsettled. And a sec3 camp next week, which miraculously happened so fast.

Oh well...

2007-05-13T19:58:00.000+08:00

Hello everyone.

I'm back. And I still can't believe there's practical tomorrow. It all happened so quickly. Maths stats poster is due tomorrow too. Omg.

Now I'm asking everyone if they want a 2-9 chalet. Ok. No one wants it. So plan aborted. Doubt there's going to be 3-10 activity anyway. Anyway. Results were okay. Bryan, don't get so worked up. There's ALWAYS a second chance, ok, except when we're talking about 'O's. Jimmy, I won you in Chinese. That's final.

Anyway. (Don't beat me up) I found exam a pretty fun experience, except for the studying and memorising like mad part. Anyway. tomorrow's practical. Day after tomorrow's band interview, where you sit in the freezing music room and sit in front of the scary teachers and be surrounded by the seniors. So intimidating. Well, that's life. As intimidating, pressurising and demoralising as ever. So true. When my lit. got 28/50. Argh. The stupidest setback ever.

No wonder. My lit. suffered because of my English, which I only got 27/50. Argh. Anyway, it's expected.

Bye. Enough of lamenting on midyears...

2007-05-04T20:08:00.000+08:00

YAY.

Mid years are over (Yar right).

Rejoice. Play. Do CIP.
Listen to K465 (Set work for music). Read To kill a Mockingbird over and over again.

Sian. 2 more papers.
Sian. Sec 3 Camp

2007-04-30T20:07:00.000+08:00

Yay. Finally have time to update this place.

S.S, the big thing for me for this examination, is over. So rejoice.
After the two papers, had time to loiter around the school.

For the first time, I probably knew what "enjoyment" meant. It is putting everything aside and do whatever that "was" considered irrevelant to life. Going to stick myself to the com tonight, for the first time.

I've been thinking of what I'll be doing after midyears. So many stuff to handle. Band web. Music practical, etc. Omg. And sec3 camp.

Please, H.P, go watch spidey...

2007-04-24T20:03:00.000+08:00

Happy birthday to H.P

2007-04-23T18:06:00.001+08:00

Happy birthday to Gary

2007-04-12T21:08:00.000+08:00

SYF is over.

Tons of homework.
Piles of MRs.
Why do the words 'tons' and 'piles' keep appearing?

Worse still,
Lagging behind for Bio, Physics, Chem, Music, Lit, Maths... And I'm lagging A LOT.

Hope I would manage everything well till mid-years.

Had the peer tutoring thing today for Physics. Quite fun and I finally managed to understand vector diagrams. And my tutee was James Loo, better than some people whom I don't know...

2007-04-07T18:52:00.000+08:00

3 more days to SYF.

Tears.
Blood.
Sweat.
Agony.
Ecstatic.

What would we have on that day. Band is improving but still a number of flaws to work on. I'm so scared that something bad would happen that day. A percussionist drops his mallet/drumstick. A brass player kicks his mute accidentally. Someone faints. Oh no...

Anyway, stay optimistic. GWH, GWH, GWH. Win glory for CHS and CHSSB, do justice to the music and the composer. Redefine music in our own way: creative, fun and exciting. Touch the audience, impress the audience, move the audience.

Forge on...

2007-04-05T19:53:00.000+08:00

Yay. Just came back from by far one of the best band activities: to go to the beach. Wee... To watch the local sunrise. We played by the waters, played to the sun and dazzled ourselves.

Great experience in watching people fooling around. Great experience in sleeping in the holiday camp there, despite the fact that it's pretty creepy. Great experience on the coach to and from the school. We knew what a sunrise really looked like. We realised how fast-paced the lives of Singaporeans are...

So nice right. The twirling clouds up there. The warm rays of sunlight. The tranquil sounds of the waves. The smell of the sea. The smoothness of the sand down there. Most importantly, the "hope that the rays of light give". Picture taken by someone else.

And oh wow. Will be missing tons of lessons. Especially biology. Omg.
4 more days to SYF. Forge on...

2007-03-22T19:03:00.000+08:00

SYF coming in less than a month, less than 3 weeks.

Around 12 more rehearsals to the day. More homework. Less time to finish them. Must wake up at 0400 everyday (we've to tune our biological clock) since our SYF is held competition is held in the morning and most bands won't be warmed up by then. So yar...

Forge on, people...

2007-03-16T18:23:00.000+08:00

3 more weeks to SYF...

Piles of homework not completed
Dozens of Maths online tests
Couple of projects to complete

2nd last day of the March holidays. Everything not settled. How I wish the March holidays will be extended... And due to long hours of band rehearsals for the upcoming SYF, no time to complete EL video project. Oh well...

Prepared for the arduous weeks ahead, but not ready for the tons of work to catch up on (esp Physics and Maths) and the piles of homework the 9 teachers would give.

3 more weeks to SYF...

2007-03-10T08:46:00.000+08:00

Firstly, sorry H.P for leaving this blog stagnant, since I've got no time for this and nothing to write, and I may finally stop the blog. Yay.

Yay. Tomorrow's the start of the March holidays (Time flies~). Things worthy for celebration: The fact that I'm on a journey of SC3; I'm still in touch with last year's friends; studying 2 extremely unique subjects and scored higher than expected. Time flies and everyone would be giving conclusion to their wonderful, fantabulous, enriching term 1 of 2007. New challenges, new friends, new discoveries ahead.

4 weeks later, SYF arrives. CO seemed very prepared. EBC seems rather prepared, and we're not. From today's concert with Dunman High and YCK sec, I realised the band's only borderline silver standard. Extremely bad news, although my philosophy is that we should not be pressurised to be a gold with honours (GWH) band, but instead earn the GWH ourselves. To think of it, if we really get a GWH (which is really a dream come true), the subsequent batches will have to maintain it. Is that possible? No. Hopefully all aesthetics groups earn at least a gold so that the aesthetics groups can be more popular next year...

2007-03-10T08:43:00.000+08:00

Lastly, three cheers to Mr Heng. Thanks for the guidance, pressure, advice and help for the band. Aesthetique 2006. Aesthetique 2005. SYF 2005. SYF 2007 That's the amount of help (not including daily practices and small concerts) he gave us. Time sacrificed. Blood pressure and stress raised. Thank you Mr Heng.

Ms Wong told us the sec3s are going to take over immediately after SYF (frankly, she sounded like they were forced to). We have to think about who has the ability, who has the power, who has the leadership to take up the "Big 5" posts. Hopefully it stays as "5"... Frankly, I don't really have in mind who will be the Big 5s this year. First time project is Aesthetique 2007, which is held in July 2007. Please, everyone, come for this concert, as it's the sec3s' first project :)

Have a enjoyable and busy March holidays.

2007-02-25T09:21:00.000+08:00

Been to old 2-9 classroom some time ago and found this, which triggered my 2-9 memories:

It says "Pls do NOT sit, lean or carry out any other physical contact with this table. It is damaged...". Thanks Damian

2007-02-16T22:50:00.000+08:00

Wow.

Today was quite fun...

1.) Had music lesson and got back practical result. Didn't expect to get an A2 grade.
2.) Supposedly Chem lesson but in the end decided to start working on the mascot first
3.) After that, had some "dragon walk through" with our dear Lu Beier.
4.) Saw our beloved IP people from last year.
5.) Had band. Didn't turn out to be a hardcore one.

Except for the fact that "No. 6" was supposed to be a CNY dinner, but turned out to be extremely formal and... Cold, cos we (my family) are not so close to them (the paternal side of relatives or was it maternal...).

And today was the day when I discovered the class spirit and cooperation of class 3-10, through the class mascot thingy, though there tend to be some "blemishes" of the supposedly wonderful class due to some barbarians in the class.

Happy new year.

2007-02-08T18:49:00.000+08:00

Wow.

- 3-8 got back their maths result, H.P, who got full marks...
- Thought it was so easy to do so too, but identified a bloody dumb mistake
- T.A John said someone "unexpected" got full marks for first 5 pages of Chem paper
- H.G.H said someone "unexpected" got 25/40 for music Common Test. And that's the highest
- Didn't do well for Lit. Common Test. Time factor.
- Didn't do well for Bio Common Test. Content factor.

Aiya. Why must term 1 common test be so complicated. I only thought my Maths, English and Chem paper left me some sense of satisfaction after a night of mugging. That's 3/9...

Moreover, I got 24/50 for EL compre... Many people did as badly also. Or was I thinking too much. I want to get that $500 leh.

2007-02-02T20:42:00.000+08:00

I'm feeling depressed. I'm feeling maligned. I'm feeling indignant...

The band and the CO had his SYF showcase. Apparently we screwed up due to the under-rehearsed band. While the CO had ample practice, we had no time to settle our competition pieces, but instead spend time on some other stuff.

We're blamed on not focusing, not being "musicians".
We're promised to be dismissed at 6.30pm sharp, but they never kept their promises.
We're being scolded by E.Heng in front of the CO today.
We're suffering from the stress from our under-rehearsed and extremely amateur-ish juniors.

I can't foresee what will happen on SYF day...

2007-01-30T18:38:00.000+08:00

Hello (being so one of my classmates' extremely formal blog, besides the fact that it's in perfect EL)

- I failed comprehension class test by one mark (as usual). I don't know but my expectations for English seem to higher now since I'm studying lit.

- Conducted the band for the first time on Monday. Was impromptu. People were like "wth" when they see me conducting. Haha. Extremely uncomfortable. Was really hoping for people to save me.

- Going to screw up lit and social studies. Hopefully combined humanities won't fall below B4... Praying very hard.

- Hopefully an A1 in Maths, which is my most confident subject, although everything has to be high enough...

Bye. Good luck everyone for CT. Time really passes

2007-01-27T21:05:00.000+08:00

A random extract from Mr Heng (our HOD of EL)'s blog:

Was discussing bout life, and I remember what I once said when I graduated from Cath High. I could distinctly recall I was on SBS Bus 157, a double decker, nearing Toa Payoh Bus Interchange that morning, just passing by that Chinese hospital, before making the turn near Toa Payoh stadium. I had been reflecting on the closure of a chapter of my life, and was not prepared to move on. I was reluctant. But as I was pondering, at that point, I said to myself that moment that I would want to really experience every aspect of life, to give and do my very best in each job i undertake and reach the pinnacle of that, then to move on to the next, and again give the utmost best and reach the peak as well, and then to move on again. That was the freedom and daring of my youth then. I said that I will earnestly and fervently live, such that when I die, I will look back in satisfaction on a life well-lived, a good life. And that is then truly... LIFE... no regrets.

2007-01-27T20:55:00.000+08:00

Wow.

I didn't expect him to go all the way to the Finals. Not I don't like his singing or whatsoever, just thought he didn't look... To have the potential. Oh well. So many people supporting "me" for P. Superstar. Haha.

So rare for a single "r" Darren. Maybe not really. The 3-9 chairman's also a single "r". Copycat.

Long lives to Daren-s!

2007-01-26T20:29:00.000+08:00

Ah.

It's been a long time since I'm here. So Jimmy.
Oh well. The most hectic week I've ever experienced in my secondary school life.

There was Chem and and Maths and E.Lit test on Thursday.
There was Physics and Music and Chinese today (Friday).

And there were tons of homework due which I think they slipped of my mind or something.

Anyway, frankly speaking, despite being hectic, I thought it was... Shiok. I felt a great sense of satisfaction and achievement. A sense of wisdom. Lol.

Anyway, I think it will be like that for subsequent weeks. It's made worse by the many long and arduous band practices, especially when our SYF's drawing nearer.

Argh

2007-01-13T20:42:00.000+08:00

Ah.

Many people are so stressed over homework. I guess it's time to really adapt to sec 3 life, fast. Cos I'm having at least one piece of homework for Music, even since the first lesson of music.

And. I'm having my first practical exam for Music the week after our CA1. Oh my god. So stressed out. Hopefully won't screw it up as it's constitute to 30% of the entire grade. Argh. I still want my $500...

Byebye. I'll be $500 richer tomorrow =D

2007-01-11T20:16:00.000+08:00

Being the one and only person in 3-10 and 2-9 who probably owns a blog (I know Bryan and Manfred owns one though), maybe it's possible for me to share with you the teachers my class's having (I mean if you're not that lag, you should have known through like... Gossiping?).

EL: Mr. F Ang
Maths: Mdm Ng Peck Eng
HCL: Mdm L. Fang
Physics: Ms A. Wong
Chem: Mr Thomas A.
Bio: Ms Saras.
S.S: Mr T. Fernandaz
Lit elect: Ms G. Cheang
Lit pure: Ms L. Fernandaz
Music: Mr E. Heng
Geo pure: Mr P. Ng
Hist. elect: Ms A. Krishnan

The rest I'm not so sure yet. And my form teacher's my chem teacher, who's going so slow... Can't stand it sometimes. Argh. And of course. I hadn't been enjoying my days in 3-10, since I was sabotaged by Jit Hin to be HCL rep. And sort of aware that some people in my class ain't so sociable and... Well liked. By me. And I'm beginning to enjoy music lesson, maybe because we're being taught by a NS-to-be teacher, who is much less intimidating compared to Mr E. Heng.

Bless you all

2007-01-01T20:29:00.000+08:00

"Goodbye 2006, welcome a brand new 2007"

Ok. Just in time for the first post of the year. I took the above quote from KCDC I think.

2006 had definitely taught me a lot and it's got to be the one and only year I had ever enjoyed myself, with lots of fun, from U.K trip to class 2-9, and valuable lessons learnt. Most importantly, is to meet friends for your life.

What 2006 had taught me:

- Compromise to the people around you
- Have a sense of urgency - do everything fast
- Learn to see the "other side" of people
- Learn to socialise
- Friendship is forever

Anyway. Hope you guys have a fresh and new year ahead.

2006-12-29T20:42:00.000+08:00

And I'm back from the supposedly-I-thought-was-sadistic band camp, and having a hard night sleeping with all those eerie sounds and wild imaginations going around. We did more of band practices than really proper camp activities. And the highlight of the camp is that Mr Heng blasted at us for waking up late (in fact, they woke us up 15 minutes earlier) and rushing us to "have a sense of urgency"and make us feel intimidated, and thus run to grandstand. Then we sat in lines of our groups on top of the "grand stairs". We were supposed to watch the sunrise, as one of our pieces for SYF involves sunrise. Thus, being humans of no emotions, Mr Heng wanted us to feel how sunrise was like. Then it got all so... "Emotional".

And new and fresh from the oven sec 1s are coming in soon. Wish everyone (especially EDC) to have more talented sec 1s.

And I'm becoming to like band a lot. Who cares if you think I've got no life.

And I'm touched to see so many people still missing 2-9 2006.

"Good bye 2006, and welcome a brand new 2007..."

2006-12-24T09:33:00.000+08:00

And yuck. Yesterday's flight was the worst one I had among my 12 flights this year.

And Melbourne was pretty fun. Sydney wasn't so nice. The people were nice. Friendly. I realised in this trip that Asians (Chinese) are pretty anti-social. The locals (in our case, the foreigners) were extremely friendly. They will say "hi" to every person they see. I met a local while walking back to my room. She said hi to me, but I think I ignored her, or said hi so softly that it was inaudible. And. The airport attendants said Merry Christmas to everyone. I don't think Singaporeans do this right?

Aiya. All in all. This trip was fun. I'm missing the TV programmes now. Watched Nickelodon everyday. And played poker with my siblings too. And yes. The most entertaining and intriguing of all, my senior was in my tour group in Australia. Most unfortunately, I didn't talk to him at all. So yar. How I wished I had talked to him more earlier this year.

And I finally know that Canberra's Australia's capital. I always thought it's Sydney. And I hope HP had fun in Taiwan too?

Deathnote 2 anyone?

2006-12-14T10:28:00.000+08:00

Warwick Castle:

Known as the "finest medieval castle". Most interesting thing there is that they introduced those machines the queens and kings and peasants used then and they were "moving". Argh. Don't know how to phrase them, but you know what.

Ok. So this is the view from one of the... Buildings of the castle compound.

Ah. Cool. And I remember Robin and I blocked the whole passageway to take a shot of this.

2006-12-14T09:35:00.000+08:00

See how many people there were then. And we had to queue up to explore some parts of the castle.

Ah. Sorry for the circle of light, though.

2006-12-13T19:17:00.001+08:00

U.K trip. Belated version. This post is dedicated to H.P, who's been bugging me to share with him the experience I had in that trip. So I'll try to "caption-nise" every photo.

Day 1: Stratford, Warwick (pronounced war-rick) Castle

So we had Royal Brunei Airlines to Brunei for stopover. And then waited for I think 6 hours before the plane to Dubai for another boring stopover. And yep. The time we "stopped over" for was an entire day. Horrendous.

So... It's somewhere near the airport. But ain't the view nice?

Common and old building design in Stratford (Shakespeare's birthplace)

2006-12-13T19:15:00.001+08:00

Ah. Nice store name. But we didn't really have the time for roaming around Stratford

Ok. I think Jon remembers this guy. We thought there's this Shakespeare statue (as above) and I peered into the money box in front of "it" and it just stomp "its" feet and scared the hell out of us. And the people who were around were like... Giggling. Yucks. Damn this guy and the person who had this idea. Unfortunately, quite a lot of people were boo-ed by him too. Ha.

2006-12-08T20:36:00.000+08:00

Ok. I officially changed my "old" blogger to the newer one called Beta or something... Not much difference actually. Just looked "smarter".

Went out with wx, qy (what you thinking of wx...) and HP to city hall area (Suntec and Marina). Ok la. After calling so many times on the phone to qy, he finally got persuaded by me (and only me. HP refused to call) and he sort of got lost when I wanted to him to wait near the convention centre. But he landed himself near the Fountain of Wealth. Hence, wasted much time.

After much debate on whether to watch Open Season, Cinderella, or Deja Vu. We choose the latter of the latter (Deja Vu). Since qy reasoned that it's the longest show among the rest of the three. Seems like he didn't really regret it since he said "the show was quite nice la". It was.

Had finally reached chapter 10 of To kill a Mockingbird (IS told me not to read ahead since I would be bored to death when M.Neo is going through the text word by word). I initially thought that the text do not have any relation of any sort with the title. Not a single "mockingbird" appeared, until page 99/309. "Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.". Oh well. I've got a feeling this sentence would be a very important evidence for our essays. According to the text, it says that it's a sin cos' Mockingbirds sing for the neighbourhood and do other good things. Or rather not do bad things.

So. Currently the book's not bad and understandable for me.

Bye... (Leaving for Australia in 9 days' time and HP's leaving for China on the same day )

2006-12-04T14:47:00.000+08:00

Too used to writing "2-9" on the worksheets...

Well, I guess it's time for us to get used to writing our sec3 classes?

2006-12-04T10:04:00.000+08:00

Had my first clarinet lesson on Saturday for 45 minutes for $50 (OMG)...
Just reached the fifth chapter for To Kill a Mockingbird...
Going to enrol in music theory class...
Just completed the whole of Maths Holiday homework...

Yay. Seems that I'm beginning to do "something" for the holidays eh?

Band practice on 27th to 29th December and one last clarinet lesson of the month and... SCHOOL REOPENS! Ok la. I don't really look forward to it, though...

2006-12-01T20:50:00.000+08:00

Spent $37 + $5 + $5 = $47 yesterday. I'm beginning to realise I spend quite a lot of money nowadays. -.-

Class Christmas party anyone? Lo.l splurging again...

2006-11-28T21:08:00.000+08:00

Yay.

Just knew that the band would only have practices in 27 - 29 December. YAY!

Can enjoy more. And omg. Speaking of"enjoy", I had really not "enjoyed" enough for this November and the half November. It's like my outings with my friends are "pathetic"... Only about one or two "official" ones. Whatever.

One more practice to go...

2006-11-27T16:59:00.000+08:00

Ok. In case you guys stil don't know yet, I'll be returning the extra costs of chalet next year... It's true ok. I'm not like trying to embezzle or something... -.-

Anyway, Upper sec Social Studies book is out so... Go grab them! -.-

Erm.

Read Jimmy's blog. So me, Jimmy and Ben played quite a lot of stuff at my place, from PS2 to mahjong. Of course, this "session" of mahjong was to satisfy Jimmy's cravings of mahjong. -.- In the end, he was only distracted by Ben's "modified" PS2.

Oh well. On To kill a Mockingbird's 1st chapter. I seriously don't understand the text. -.- No wonder it's our lit. text. Oh no...

Oh well.

2006-11-25T12:02:00.000+08:00

Whatever...

Just as I thought I could relax thoroughly and complete my holiday homework and read my lit. text in December, they then told us there would be December practices... Omg.

Optimistic: Yes! They would be enough practices to brush up our SYF pieces. Good and beneficial for the band!

Pessimistic: NO!! No more relaxation and going out with friends.

See la Yi Yong. All your fault... :)

2006-11-24T21:06:00.000+08:00

Just thought of the places (countries) I would go to if I had unlimited money...

1.) Vienna
2.) London
3.) Scotland
4.) Switzerland
5.) Canada

Ok la. Just as long as it's Europe-ish countries since they are not so close to Singapore and we yearn to visit those places.

Phantom of the Opera anyone? S$40

2006-11-23T19:59:00.000+08:00

To add on to my previous, I SINCERELY wish that everyone enjoyed the chalet. Although some people (including I) weren't so satisfied with the behaviour of "some" people, we still ought to enjoy it since... It'll probably be the last time we're meeting up.

Someone please organize one more chalet outing next June. Not me again please...

2006-11-23T19:51:00.000+08:00

Hmmm... Seems that Jimmy was probably the only one who mentioned the recent chalet.

Ok. I think the bad thing about this outing I organised is probably the lack of space in the rooms. Despite being "room-s", people still sleep with awkward positions. And of course, I was really pissed with the comments one of the people made. Aiya. Shouldn't harp on it now since it's over anyway.

After a few rounds of mahjong with Colin, Jerold, Joel, Ben and Jimmy after our breakfast, we checked out after people like Jon Cheah and Norman left. Well... Then Jerold, Ben and Jimmy (Colin hesitated for quite a while) went to my place to play B.Jack and I lost so badly (T.Y stop laughing and fantasizing). Lost S$2.50. Argh.

Feeling tired and bored now after one cannot-sleep night. And there's band tomorrow... It's like so... Spoilsport lor. I'm going to have lots of outings in December (Hopefully... Hopefully with people like T.Y).

Sigh. Wish me good luck tomorrow and hope that they release us a PUNCTUALLY. And no more PT... I'm drained enough...

2006-11-18T14:21:00.000+08:00

Ok. As you guys know, I would be in 3-10 next year. And my classmates would be... Joel, Jerold, Jit Hin, Joseph, Zhe Wen and mua. Basically, Jit Hin, Joel and I would be taking music. While the rest (including mua), are e.lit people.

And my classmates also include art students like... Wai Yinn. Ok la. Wen Xuan, your best friend. And Joseph Ang from 2-8 (The one who went out of 2-9 early this year).

But come to think of it... 3-10's not bad also. More of the "arts" side. Haha.

So hope you'll have fun in your respective new classes. Hope to have another short 2-9 2006 gathering again... at Seoul Garden perhaps? Haha...

So long.

2006-11-16T15:53:00.000+08:00

That's what school holidays can do to you: deprive you of school days (and to some: fun).

Tomorrow's day of class allocation day. OMG. I'm freaking out. For some reason. I dreamt that everyone went into 3-1 but I'm in 3-2. Ok. That's so dumb, but it happened. Jimmy stop laughing.

Btw. I'll be sending everyone the chalet unit no. next Sunday. OMG. And the food for the BBQ is not settled yet. OMG. Dumb...

Here's my desired teachers for next year:

English: Mr Heng
Maths: Mrs Alice Long
Chem: Ms Saras
Bio: Ms Saras
Physics: Mr Ong

Ok. Lit and music are so obvious: Mrs Neo and Mr Heng. But not sure if Mrs Neo or Mrs Yap would be teaching me. Hopefully Mrs Neo... And not sure about Chinese too. There seem to be no "outstanding" chinese teacher.

And. If my "future" class gets Mr Heng as our English teacher, he would demand a 1000 word essay about yourself on the first day of school. Lol. But he's good la...

~Sine

2006-11-11T19:23:00.000+08:00

Oh yes. That stupid camp's finally over and I've finally got the time to look through everyone's blogs. Well. That dumb camp ended with a more-or-less-screwed-up concert.

And I finally got my sec 3 textbooks and the HCL workbooks which I don't think we'll be using anyway.

Erm. And yar. Today I MUST complete two stupid zuo4 wen2-s. So... Yar.

Look forward to chalet.

And.

Bye... Yar

2006-11-05T19:14:00.000+08:00

More for nerds: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_theorems

2006-11-05T19:05:00.000+08:00

From Wikipedia, I present to you the Binomial theorem.

It can be found in E Maths Textbook. I think...

For more info for nerds: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binomial_theorem

2006-11-05T18:57:00.000+08:00

Tomorrow's the first day of the second week of the 11th month of my second year of secondary life.

Whatever.

And I don't think I've got any plans for my holidays...