RuAnNeR

2010-04-02T07:20:00.000+08:00

Okay, since it's Good friday, and i'm up early. I shall revive my blog as there's nothing else much to do!

I've been in NS for about 5 weeks now, coming to the 6th. Most of us will only start the countdown after week 10. NS life is actually quite fun, that is... IF you treat every punishment as training. For example, The officer goes "Fidget in file somemore, knock it down!" You can have 2 thoughts, 1)"Oh kanasai, pumping again." OR 2)"Oh yay! More training for my chest muscles!" See the difference? Worlds apart i tell you. Haha

In case some of you don't know, i'm in Eagle COY platoon 2, which is a pretty awesome platoon although 80% of the company are paikia's, but if you know them they're super nice. In my section there're totally awesome people and we work really well together.
Just the other day we were told there was going to be an inter-obese company games day. WTH?! The thought of obese NS men running up and down a field doesn't quite register in my mind. Haha. Didn't anyone watch Zombieland? The fatties were the first to go!

On another note, i had high fever on wednesday after the SDC visit, so i got attend c! Meaning i could go home and rest. So i booked out 1 day earlier than tekong, well, it wasn't just me, like 2 other dudes as well. I've basically been sleeping ever since then. And spamming medication of course. haha.

Till next time readers!

2010-02-24T19:11:00.001+08:00

Well, this will be my last post before i enter NS.

Today David told me that A level results are coming out next friday. GG.

Kthxbai!

2010-02-20T21:35:00.002+08:00

I heard once that stars represent Suns of different solar systems. Well, here in Cameron Highlands, approx. 1300m above sea level... The number of stars is simply amazing. And it led me to think that there are THAT many solar systems out there, and possibly numerous other lifeforms. Amazing.

Anyway,this morning I climbed Gunung Berembun, which is 1500m above sea level, the trail was very technical with insanely steep climbs and sheer drops littered all around the trail. Needless to say my legs were feeling like jelly after trekking, and so dad and I deciding not to do any trekking anymore.

Cameron Highlands is very nice and cool place, by cool i mean literally cool. It's freezing at night and cool in the day. The air is very crisp and fresh and the people for some reason are just nicer.

Well anyway, i'll post pictures when i get back, the mosquitoes are killing me slowly.

2010-02-15T21:27:00.002+08:00

Whew, just finished trekking through Macritchie Trail (the one that links bukit timah nature reserve and macritchie nature reserve) and i must say, the trail would make a super awesome world-class mountain biking trail. The lines are so well laid out, with drops that are do-able and fun, with jumps on DH sections, and there are rock gardens, not really planned rock gardens, but probably from park rangers who maintain the place, all i can say is that i would love to cycle there.

On another note, last week was Ruanxian concert, it was pretty awesome, my last performance before i go NS. It was so much fun and all, i think i'll miss the rx family and my laoshi.

Well, my birthday has passed (in case some of you don't know), not that is was anything special, i think i spent it playing computer at home and cleaning up my room.

CNY wasn't anything special either, it was just basically another day.

And so, here's to my boring, uneventful life...

2010-02-05T20:29:00.001+08:00

Some interesting stuffs i saw today. Firstly, a mercedez smashed into the side of the motorcycle. It was pretty sick but no one died thank goodness.

Secondly, an old man was walking 2 dogs, a female chihuahua and a male bulldog. Well, to put it bluntly, the bulldog was slamming the chihuahua in what is known as "doggy-style". It was pretty sick, and somemore it was out in the open, and i walked right past the 2 dogs, so yeah.

Thirdly, solder (molten lead), only sticks to open metal surfaces, smooth or rough, and doesn't stick to any other material, other than flux which is some liquid used to 'glue' solder to PCBs.

Concert is this sunday! Remember to come people! Cos it's free! haha, makes me feel cheap...

2010-01-23T21:15:00.002+08:00

So... Last nights/This mornings ride was pretty awesome, the supposed "LEISURE" ride sure took a toll on me and i can feel fatigue all over my body. But anyway, it was still a pretty awesome ride nonetheless.

Cycled all the way to AMK, from there to Mandai/Woodlands then to CCK and then home. All in all the distance was maybe around 80-100km? I'm not sure but i asked this lady nicknamed chilli padi to tell me the distance since she had a odometer. Anyway, ride ended about 330am? And i only got home at about 4am, and yeah... i had small group at 10am at Jia's place, so i didn't get much sleep, but i managed to catch a few winks just now so it's all good.

OH! Made some new friends during the ride! They're pretty cool dudes and i'm gonna bring them offroad soon, haha.

2010-01-22T21:30:00.000+08:00

Night cycling till 4am or so later... should be interesting.

2010-01-19T20:19:00.002+08:00

K, it's been 1 month plus since i last updated, and since i'm waiting for dinner to be ready and because "love" requested an update... fine...

Actually i've been updating quite abit, just don't know why they all keep getting shoved to the "drafts" folder.

Anyway, a few interesting things that have happened so far. 1)HK/Macau/Guangzhou trip
2)Night cycling to tampines trail 3)Getting a new job 4)Ruanxian 5)Tackling a really huge jump and crash landing. I'll just touch on these one by one...

1) Well, for the HK trip, i was expecting much more from it? Since my dad is a real LP (lonely planet) guy, meaning he follows the book directions, mum and I didn't really get much chance to do our own stuff without feeling guilty for making dad go off on his own, following the book's directions. So ya.. HK was below expectations i guess.
Macau on the other hand... was simply awesome, i think it's cos of all the casino's around that make the place look really upmarket. The Venetian was pretty awesome, as was all the other casinos (too bad i didn't get to gamble), and the food was just as great, if not greater. Haha.
Guangzhou was probably the best part of the trip cos i got to meet all my coolio uncles and anuties, not to mention my cousin who is like.. 35? But he works in the American embassy and is totally my kind of guy.

2) The night cycling trip to tampines trail with Tim was definitely one of the longest cycling trips i've ever taken, and my ass pretty much felt like it had been a***led big time when we got to the trail. Needless to say it was PITCH black when we got there (3am was it? or 2.30am?), we couldnt see nuts at all, and thank goodness tim brought his security guard torchlight or we'd have crashed into goodness knows what. So anyway, even though is was around 3am and totally dark, the level of excitement and fear definitely rose to new levels that night/morning, and adrenaline was being pumped out like nobody's business. And even though our asses was sore, since we were there, we decided to just gun it and do the trail in total darkness. The trail was muddy and mucky and our tires sank to about half it's height in the mud at some points, our shoes were muddied, shirts and jackets soiled, bikes looked as if they just had a mud bath. but in the end, the ride was totally worth it. And the end of the trail, is was actually pretty easy, but because of the near zero visibility, it became a real challenge. Needless to say we're going to do it again sometime.

3) As some of you know, i initially planned to get a temporary job at Fairprice, but due to my dad's persuasion as well as my mum's, i got an internship job at an engineering firm that makes train components. At first it was pretty boring, then it got pretty interesting, then boring again... Haha

4) RUANXIAN! What can i say man, it's like a family. It's totally awesome, better than any orchestra i've been to. I guess it's because we're all passionate about 1 thing, and that's ruan. I really enjoy practices although it's really tiring, the music just sounds really great. Not to mention i've made new friends and all. OH and, if you're reading this... You're invited to the ruanxian concert on the 7th of February 2010 Sunday, 3-4pm Esplanade Concert Hall. And it's free :)

5) Okay, most recently... Yiloong me and paul went cycling at T15 the other day, bla bla bla fast forward>>>>> Okay, at one point in time, paul left to go home cos his stomach hurt. Me and yiloong were at the top of a hill along rifle range road. So i decided to go down, before i knew it, i think i was hitting speeds of around 15-20km/h on my bike going downhill, on the way down, there was this little "jump" (more of a hump) which was followed by an approximately 50cm drop, so i gunned it... Just before i hit the jump i realised that if i were to take the jump head on, my bike would probably break, so i braked a little... As a result... i did not have enough momentum and when i shifted my weight forward so that the front wheel could catch the landing earlier, i flew off the bike and onto the dirt path. Leaving me with deep cuts on my left elbow, a really long cut on my right elbow, and a pretty badly scraped knee. OH, and broken specs and a big bruise on the bridge of my nose. But otherwise, i'm okay... I would really like to thank the 3 Caucasians who came to help me. and SCREW the singaporean couple who were just sitting nearby and watching my shout in agony as if it were a movie... SCREW YOU!!! Haha

So that's basically it! I'm recovering slowly physically, but i think i'm coming down with something...

2009-12-05T08:27:00.001+08:00

So uh, went out with some mates yesterday, really caught up over drinks at fast food places. Chilled out with them. Finally watched 2012, which was pretty darn good i must say, one of those movies that kinda make you sit on the edge of your seat (though leaning back and slouching was much more comfortable). Um, lan-ed for abit after the movie, not really as fun as last time... Should've played something else but what the heck. Ate dinner out with 2 mates, went of with 1 of em to go disturb another mate who was SUPPOSED to meet up with us today, but we later found out he was out with his girlfriend which kinda spoilt our plans... and uh, just chilled with this 1 friend whom i've never talked to in a REALLLLY long time.

Great day... lovin holidays

2009-12-03T19:25:00.002+08:00

UPDATE!!!

With A levels over... i can finally... BANKAI! for those of you who don't know the term, you obviously don't watch one of the best animes around.

Cycling with tim and yiloong last saturday (or was it friday?) was quite LOL, tim came in his slicks (road tires) and insisted on going on the BT trail with them. There's a reason why people cycle BT trail with KNOBBIES (off-road tires). Well, since it's their first time there i guess i should give them some credit. Tim was all ballsy man, he took slopes that I didn't dare to on my first time there... and to top it off... HE DID IT ON SLICKS. Needless to say his balls got in the way soon enough and he took a fall down a slope that yiloong and i were walking down. As a result, tim scraped his knee pretty badly and was bleeding all the way till the next rest stop which was about 1km away. Anyway, lesson learnt: DO NOT HIT TRAILS WITH SLICKS! Sure enough, he went and bought knobbies later in the day.

Sunday:
I had ruanxian practice for the 2nd time! And now, i'm sitting next to Minhui in the front -.-" I'm like new pls... spare me. On the other hand, i'm really thankful that she's sitting next to me! She totally rocks! Oh, on that day i arranged to meet up with ruiping to go marine parade together since we stay in approximately the same part of Singapore, but she woke up late... like.. about 30 minutes late! And in the end i went by myself. Laoshi then told me just before practice started that she can never wake up early. LOL, so i think i shall go by myself next time. haha. Ruanxian is awesome by the way, it totally beats all the past times that i've played in an orchestra. Not only is the music good, but the people there all have a common PASSION, or interest as my dad says, ruan just rocks. After ruanxian i met up with flory to "study" but we didn't really study, it was almost impossible... Haha.

Monday:
LAST PAPER! Totally awesome, this will probably be the last time i'm seeing Gerald so early in the morning, did i mention we've been seeing each other in the morning everytime there's a paper in the afternoon? Probably not... but yeah. After physics the feeling was really great, no more studying!!! Haha, the class split up after that. one group went to play lan, the other went shopping (i think). Lan was quite awesome, played Dota which i totally suck at, but i killed BK once! which is quite good.

Tuesday:
Lazed at home the WHOLE day, just played COD4 till my eyes popped out. Finished the whole game in 1 day :)

Wednesday:
Class outing at carnivore. Ate meat like some barbarian, just kept saying "yes please" to every chef that came our way. their garlic bread rocks btw, the lamb and pork also. AND BEEF! wow the beef... NAISEEEEEEEEE. After that fock and i went to play lan while the rest watched movie. Since there was only 2 of us, it'd be highly gay and unwise to play L4D 2 without the 2 other wingmen, so we called matthaeus and david, and i one afternoon till about 10pm at night, we played every map and finished the whole game! OWNED the game man.

Thursday (today):
Went cycling in the morning, realise i need to change tires or the injuries are going to be MUCH worse the next time i hit the trails. Lazed at home, reading manga, practicing. Went running in the rain just now though! Quite fun, haha. but dangerous!
Oh, found out i'm goin in 25 feb :( abit ealier then i expected, but i'm quite excited ahahaha

Overall:
I LOVE HOLIDAYS!

And i got my grade 8 distinction! WOOHOO!

2009-11-26T22:34:00.000+08:00

I've waited too long, i should've known better, but i was caught by my own stupidity. You're not worth it, i don't even know why it try.

2009-10-25T18:51:00.003+08:00

Well, A levels are in less than 3 weeks time!!!!!!!!! OMG!!!!! HELP PLEASE! It really is quite scary, it feels as if i just finished orientation yesterday and am going for my A levels already, how time flies...

Anyway, i went trailing again yesterday with my neighbour, found out he was just as an avid biker as i am! Haha, and i made a really stupid mistake my shifting my weight forward will negotiating a drop, result? I 360-ed over my bike, i think i sprained my right shoulder (can't life it more than 90 degrees), 2 bruises and 2 scratches... Well, apparently they say you're not a mountain biker till you've fallen down.

Lesson today wasn't too bad, omg.. Grade 8 exam coming soon! SIANZ I don't even know why i'm pushing myself so hard....

2009-10-13T14:33:00.002+08:00

Well, i've decided to gun for either the 2012 or 2013 Tour Divide or Great Divide Race, for those of you who don't know what that is, its been titled "The most enduring mountain bike race in the world" And the distance covered says it all, a whopping 4418km distance through Banff, Canada to Anelope Wells, New Mexico. I'm hoping that my NS, on top of some enduro races might prepare me for this race, as well as financially provide for it, HOWEVER, for any of you reading who wish to kindly donate can just call me or sms me.

I'll try to get sponsorship from the Singapore Sports Council and maybe some bike shops here. All after A levels of course.

But till then, its back to studying...

2009-10-11T07:58:00.003+08:00

If this is not why Switzerland is like... the best place to go...

It should be...

2009-10-08T10:35:00.001+08:00

In a weeks time from today, my JC life will be officially over. In 2 months time, i would have ended my Singapore education. Time flies so fast, in 3 years from now, i would have finished NS. Amazing...

Okay, enough of that nonsense! I haven't blogged for so long already, (not that anyone reads my blog anymore) Well, i've been studying alot lately, like... ALOT, probably more than my promos, supplementary exams, O levels all put together. Hopefully something good will come out of my A's.

Here's a list of things i want to do!
1. Cycle the tour divide/great divide
2. Get my Zhong Ruan grade 8
3. Buy a Giant Anthem X1
4. Get abs

2009-09-06T09:42:00.002+08:00

Well, it's been a week since i got my bike and already i have a few accidents under my belt. Firstly, i went night cycling on wednesday with a group from the west side of singapore, we went around all the way to choa chu kang, wasn't really far.

Friday was when it happened, there was another cycling trip to ECP this time, so the route we took was the one to beach road then Nicoll highway and so on. So, at the newton circus turn, i made a mistake of lowering my left pedal while turning left, as a result the pedal struck the road and the bike skidded and i fell. Due to this i have 5-6 punctures above my left ankle, and sprain on my right foot, bruises here and there, a few scratches and some pulls here and there. Walking isn't easy at the moment and so i'm at home stoning and using the com. Nonetheless i will return cycling asap.

Other than that, went out with my sec school mates the other day! including someone whom i have not seen for like... AGES, Sean Yap! I remember clearly i mad him cry cos i whacked a ball into his face in secondary 1. But now, he looks like he could've taken me on man. Haha.

Oh, one thing about accidents, you know you ACTUALLY see your life flash before you? It really does happen, as i was going down i actually saw a few images of my past, and a certain someone. It really was a near death accident as it happened on possibly one of the busiest roads in Singapore, but somehow, thank God there weren't any cars. Truly amazing...

2009-08-29T22:39:00.001+08:00

WOOT! Got my new bike! At a cheap price too! (considering the original price) Wanna go cycling mike? Haha... And i think i should get some slicks...

2009-08-26T19:33:00.001+08:00

I am here today, to mourn the loss of my Tahara 320GS, which some twisted bastard so cruelly stole from me. But before that, let me lament on one of the worst weeks i have ever had in my entire life. O woe is me...

Okay, so first up is my bike, i chained it up at the so-called "bicycle bay" at Bukit Timah Shopping Centre where i have my tuition, so i left for tuition. At about 8pm when it ended, i went to the spot where my bike had been only to find out it was missing, so yes, i told the security guards but as usual, their incompetency and i-couldn't-give-a-shit-about-your-stuff really put me off. Anyway, i found my chain on the ledge a short while after cut into 2 (See dad? This is the shit you get when you try to squeeze freebies out of bike dealers), well, there was an initial cut which made it through the plastic, but not the metal wiring, the second cut did the job and yes, my bike went missing. I made a police report and even then, i have doubts about getting my bike back. Who would've thought Singapore would be so SAFE (sarcastic of course), it's precisely because of this kind of thing that i want to join SPF and find asshole thieves and put them behind bars. I mean, my bike isn't worth $500 for chrissakes, go steal something else man. And so yes... my wonderful bike which i have had for 5 years, and just recently make a pure bred, got stolen.

Not more than 24 hours later... i found out that i didn't get an honors award! Things just get better and better, okay, my first reaction was... highly annoyed and pissed, and of course UNFAIR, so EFFING BLATANTLY UNFAIR OKAY. After all the freaking blood and sweat i've put into ACCO, the recognition i get for it is... NOTHING. This is by far the most unfair thing in my ENTIRE life. There are loads of things i would like to say but too offensive for public viewing. All i can say is, if what i did for CO is not service, it BLOODY WELL SHOULD BE!

why is this happening to me now? God, why have thou art forsaken me?

2009-08-23T20:05:00.002+08:00

Yesterday i went cycling at bukit timah hill again, despite the rainy weather the previous night. So obviously, the ground was pretty muddy. Muddy ground+Undulating terrain+Steep slope=ACCIDENT! Which is what happened to me, what happened was that I gei kiang (act smart) purposely went by the steeper route when there was an alternate route (which i took before) So I wanted to try something new. The slope was probably the steepest so far and posed rocks and what nots sticking out of the gradient. So naturally my bike tire got hit on one of them and i started skidding, then one huge ass rock (which i didn't see) stuck its face out of the ground, and i flew over my bike, i leaned towards my side so i would fall on my left arm. My pelvic bone got jabbed by the bike handle and i scratched my arm and my knee. A few more cm and my father's day would be lost forever. Thank God everything's okay, though my pelvis hurts like hell, but not as bad as when it first happened, i had to sit on the muddy floor and apply pressure to subdue the pain. Anyway, a few lessons learnt, if the ground's muddy, DONT CYCLE! (Even though there were loads of cyclists still) and most importantly... My bike's not a mountain bike, okay it is, a very low end one and definitely not suited for the advanced trail. But i shall go again after prelims!

Anyway, speaking of prelims... only 2 subjects left! and 2 weeks for them to be finished! -.- stupid school, can't they just put everything together so we can get it done chop chop? I know we're supposed to be simulating A level conditions, but A levels doesn't even have 2 3hour papers on the same day!

My elbow is hurting... maybe the fall did something... jizz

2009-08-20T12:32:00.002+08:00

Woot, maths p1 and chem p3 gone! Haha, i think i messed up biggie for those 2 papers, but hopefully the rest of the parts i can score and try to save myself! (I should be studying for maths p2 tmr)

Anyway, my sister fixed my blogger! Yay! So i can post pictures now! (not that i have any) Anyway, i went cycling today, and my bike, after 5 years, has finally become a pure-bred mountain bike! For the first time i cycled on the mountain bike trail (which i found out later was actually an ADVANCED biker trail, which probably explains the 70 degree uphill and downhill slopes, and the endless rocky trails which hurt my ass like hell, but it was really fun! I think i shall one day cycle to mandai through the trail, or maybe go try out the trail at the old Boys' Brigade HQ at buona vista. Anyone interested can sms me! Just be sure to have a mountain bike and fully pumped tires.

Oh, and there's this really good view midway of the cycling track which is really good, i never expected to see something like that in Singapore, it's the view of the rock quarry i think, the field looked more like a prairie and was wide and green, really nice... I think i'm gonna cycle that way at least once a week from now on.

Maths paper 2 FTW!

2009-08-16T22:14:00.000+08:00

3 week hell week.

Idk why my blogger so screwed up.

Idk why my ipod won't sync!

Idk why, Singapore education so kiasu

2009-08-07T21:47:00.000+08:00

You know, people who take maths, physics and chemistry really have it tough. Why? I shall explain it today...

Firstly, we learn similar symbols that can stand for ALOT of things! For example, V, to a chem student, V would stand for the Transition element, Vanadium (V), for a physics student, it can mean 2 things, velocity (v) and Volt (V) which is the SI unit for measuring potential difference. And in maths, V can be used in multiple ways, for defining random variables. So all 3 combined together... WHOA, that's confusing man!

Secondly, when you learn physics, your maths get better, so that's good! But then your carelessness you make in maths will go to physics as well... So yeah...

Lastly (till i find more problems) is the link between physics and chemistry. If you take physics and chemistry together, when you do a chemistry question, you will think deeper and deeper till you have to use physics to explain, likewise for physics questions! So yes, please take pity on those who take physics, chemistry and maths concurrently...

2009-08-05T09:51:00.000+08:00

Wow, it's been quite some time since i last blogged, since i ponned school today, i think i shall do a post then!

Well, while i was away from blogging, alot has happened, first up i would like to talk about the LIU Xing concert which i went to, it was pretty good i must say, although yunnanhuiyu was a abit of a disappointment cos there were some technical errors, but his experience and control in playing the Zhong Ruan is really something else. He's so calm and looks so relaxed on stage, yet his emotions are just portrayed perfectly. Manuel Barrueco was also fantastic, his experience in playing the guitar really showed that night.

Another highlight would be that China TanBoYue group that came to play at the NAFA concert hall! Now that was really inspiring, thanks PY for accompanying me! And I-ming too! The youngsters were really skilled and played really well, the conductor was just imba, with bubbly-man shouting a "HAO" like... a millisecond after his performance was over.

Hais, i guess now it's time to buckle down and study, no more concerts, no more going out till Prelims are over, then maybe i'll give myself 2 days of relaxation. I don't know what i'm doing wrong, Mr Lau just told me the other day that my teachers can see i'm doing work, but the results are not showing, i have no idea why. Hopefully i can get through A's... Well, one thing to look forward to, NS! I can't wait to enlist! But i want to go SPF, not SAF, hopefully i'll get it :)

On another note, a person (i can't remember who) one said, it is human nature to look for relationships, God made it that way, when Adam was created, God saw he was lonely and made Eve.

For me, there is still one Eve. Happy Birthday Singapore!

2009-07-13T17:07:00.003+08:00

Haven't updated in a long time, so i think i shall now! Well, Prelims are really near, like 5 or 4 weeks left only, and A levels not too far away after that. It's really scary you know, when you think about the amount of things you have to revise, it's really quite scary.

Anyway, life so far hasn't been all fun and games for me, games mostly, but I find no fun in the games I play anymore. Everyday has been just, go to school, stay in school study, run, swim, gym, bathe, study till dad comes (unless i've got tuition) I have a feeling life's gonna be like this till A's are over.

Went for my NS checkup not too long ago, Pes BP, but that's okay, i don't mind going in early, but i'll still try to lose weight of course.

Mid's weren't too good as well, but no say too bad, at least i got out of SSP :)

Oops! better go study (again)

Seeya! or rather.. ciao!

2009-06-25T20:28:00.000+08:00

HAI GUISE! TYM TO PHAIL! Lol, it's over la, i haven't done like... a TONNE of homework, instead i've just been revising and studying, but not doing homework, and there's only like what? 3 days left till holidays end? Or maybe 10 if H1N1 does its job properly... HAHA, maybe they'll postpone some exams and stuff! YAAAAAAAAAAAAY!

2009-06-18T21:22:00.002+08:00

Okay, i now have time to blog about enCOre!

enCOre was like.. damn fun okay, it started out quite stressfully cos there were alot of last minute things as usual, like moving instruments etc etc etc, and i almost forgot to bring the sanxian >< thank goodness kokwai got it for me haha.

Anyway, bus trip to SCH was practically camwhoring, even at SCH it was still camwhoring, even during the concert itself we were camwhoring, pictures are all uploaded at facebook btw, so if you wanna go and see em go ahead.

Tanbo didn't go out after that cos it was really late and i think most of us were quite tired, but nvm, next week there'll be an outing!

So overall, enCOre went quite okay i guess, as far a combined items go, apparently the worst item was... shan't say in case i offend someone. HAHA Oh, and jeanette snapped her string halfway during feitian. So sad ):

OH today i am the ultimate traveler i tell you. I went to bugis for my tuition, then marine parade for lesson, and then to bishan for another tuition, i swear i travelled like... 50km today. And i'm rlly tired now...

2009-06-13T21:36:00.000+08:00

Last performance in ACJC. Sad, but relieving at the same time. Finally i can buckle down to study... JC passed so fast

2009-06-12T22:36:00.002+08:00

There was this couple, they were good friends. One day, one party got the idea that they should be more than friends. And so they dated for awhile, but soon after, one party got interested in another person, and since then, it was never the same again.

Friendships broken most likely cannot be remade.

2009-06-06T23:30:00.001+08:00

you think you know someone, then something crops up.

2009-06-02T22:47:00.000+08:00

My ability to harbor feelings has been taken away by you.

enCOre is so soon, and i haven't sold a single ticket. And sanxian is bloody hard to play!

2009-05-29T23:01:00.002+08:00

Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; -John 11:25

I just went for my uncle Frank's wake, and this was the verse that was shown there. It set me thinking really hard, what does believing in Him mean? Like... Just believing? Or is it leading that christian life? Cos from what i see around me, there are people who believe in God, but don't act in that manner, will they also live eternally?

Anyway, i heard my uncle Frank died in the hospital at around 1am or so. I can't imagine that, it's really heartbreaking. He was blind and already reaching the end. You know how like... people can tell when they're going to pass on? Ya, so my uncle Frank was lying in bed, knowing he was going to die, he probably called out for my aunt Ellen (wife) or one of his sons or daughters, but no one was there simply because it was already past 12 midnight, so there he was, a blind man reaching his end, calling out for loved ones that were not there... Then, people always say they see a light or something right? So i imagine even though he was blind physically, he probably saw this light (spiritually) and from this light, came a hand... Jesus's hand... And quoting Revelations 3:20, Jesus would probably say, come and sup with me, next to my Father's throne. And uncle Frank would reach out, and as he rises up to heaven, his clothes and all his worldly possessions all fade away. And as he leaves behind his loved ones, the weight of physical death eating his life away is alleviated and he is born again, to live the eternal life that God has promised to his followers.

Uncle Frank was a good man, i still remember the time before he was struck with Parkinsons disease, he was a tall, fit, able-bodied man... I believe he even carried me when i was small. He was a kind man, lived a life for God, and lived very humbly. When parkinsons took over his life, his movements became slower, and his speech impaired, he fell often. He always knew what to say, but never could say it out due to the loss of control over certain nerves. But whatever he intended to say, i believe it will be beneficial to anyone, or something good.

Uncle Frank, i will miss you... I'm so sorry i didn't come to see you at the hospital.

2009-05-27T21:21:00.001+08:00

All i wanna do is find my way back into love.

emo.

2009-05-20T21:01:00.001+08:00

Just because you study with someone doesn't mean you like him/her
Just because you go home with someone doesn't mean you like him/her
Just because you go out with that someone doesn't mean you like him/her
Just because you sms that someone alot doesn't mean you like him/her

I learnt that the hard way

Only when you think that someone is really special and means more than anything to you, then only do you LOVE that someone.

2009-05-10T07:43:00.002+08:00

Well, so after 6 years, it came down to a GOLD... Again, frankly i was high for about 5 seconds, till i realised, "oh! Gold again?" Anyway, i thought other CO members would be hyped about it, but i guess not, the result of AJCO must've killed it (they got Gold with Honours). Anyhows, c'mon guys! We're like.. the smallest CO out there pls! And yet we still got a Gold (sounds like SYF'07). And so many schools got GwHs anyway, so like.. Gold is more like silver this year...

After SYF went back to AC, and went out with the CO, well... actually it kinda got down to just tanbo+hanzi cos there was no space at swensons at that point in time, so we went to NYDC and met up with the CO after dinner.

I'm actually very proud of my tanbo section, and of course... especially the J1's. It's been like... how long since you guys learnt ruan? Like... 3 months? It's really amazing and still in the end can get Gold for SYF, kudos to all of you. And jeanette's been a great help too of course (:

Well, my CO journey is ending, well... at least in the education system, of course i'll take my skills outside also.

And so! I realised that weekends are not really weekends anymore, and holidays are well, not holidays either...

2009-05-05T22:21:00.001+08:00

And so here it is... In less than 20 hours, my past 6 years in CO as a ruanner will be put to the final test as an orchestra musician. This will be my third and last SYF, the last two resulted in Golds for both, hopefully this last SYF will result in something even better. For the past SYFs, ACS(BR) and i'm sure ACJC were not considered real threats in the Chinese Orchestra circle, but not this time, it's time to show what and Anglo-Chinese Chinese Orchestra can really do. (sounds weird eh?)

Hard to believe it's all going to be over soon. The experiences were unforgettable.

2009-05-03T16:27:00.000+08:00

Okay, i haven't blogged in EONS. Sorry bout that guys, but no time no time! CO practices really drain me out, and i'm usually not home till about like... 8pm or so.

Anyhow, yesterday was Saturday, so there was CO, CO practices are getting better and better each time, hopefully this Wednesday it'll all pay off! Ok, so back to yesterday, went out after CO with uhm... Huishan, Yawen, Serene, Jake, Jiahuan, Weihui, Hanzi, Joyce and mike. Went to vivocity to have dinner, followed by a movie titled "Horsemen" Which is quite cool i think cos of the biblical reference, but it was quite nonsense still, and my dear junior actually CRIED! Even when it was supposed to be suspense thriller! Who cries while watching suspense thrillers?!?! Anyway, after the movie went to macs to chill abit and fu en joined us soon after... This will be my last day going out ):

2009-04-26T20:13:00.000+08:00

Hey you, tell me something. Why is it i can't seem to forget you? Or perish the feelings i have for you? It's been so long, and yet... these feelings are still in me. Why? Can you tell me why?

2009-04-19T22:26:00.001+08:00

Today was the SYF rehearsal at SCH. I feel that the CO could've done much better, this rehearsal was definitely not the best, not even close in fact. Maybe the orchestra was intimidated by the stage i don't know, but i think it'll be pretty scary on SYF day, so we must prepare ourselves mentally. My fret came out today, panicked a little, then just played on without it and changed ruan after the song. I hope something like that doesn't happen on the day of competition itself.

After that very very short 1 hour of practice, met MR TONG WEI JIE at the lobby, apparently boon lay secondary booked the slot after ours, and their syf is like.. tomorrow, and they're the first school... All the best to them man. And to barker CO also, all the best for tomorrow. Go for GOLD! (w/ honors)

2009-04-12T19:42:00.003+08:00

There's only one word to describe this... "done" Yep, i'm done! That's it, no more staying back in school anymore for extra CO practices. I've put in my best but i've gotten nothing in return, except more tiredness. I'm sick and tired of all the whining and complaining, and all the accusations, when all i've done is just to make you guys better players, everything i've taught, everything i do, all the drills, i do for your benefit, and yet i'm the one being called the "sadist" even when it doesn't hurt.

When it's time to be friends, i'll be your best friend, but when it comes to teaching and learning, i'm the teacher, you're the student, and too bad for you guys, i'm the best in the instrument in the school, so you better jolly well listen up. But that doesn't matter anymore, i've lost all drive to teach, and honestly, i couldn't give one cotton-picking piece of shit how SYF turns out anymore or how people are going to see you guys as.

Now i know how teachers feel when students are disrespectful, and it really sucks.
but i'm not a teacher, so i guess i can stop when i want to, i'm not being paid, hell, i'm not even getting any CIP hours for this shit i stay back for on fridays and saturdays.

I will not curse and swear though i have a very strong urge too, i will not break things cos i've already punched walls. If God tells me to do so, then I will do, if He doesn't... then forget it, i ain't gonna sacrifice anymore for a bunch of ungrateful juniors.

That's it! i'm DONE.

2009-04-09T22:39:00.002+08:00

Okay okay, i'll just conclude that... I'm now not afraid anymore, of what? Ask me and maybe i'll tell you. And being a christian is not a walk in the park, being a holy one i mean, it's gonna be tough, but slowly and surely i will be one day.

Okay, lately i've been very very very busy, like busy to the max can? Just so you know, here's a brief summary on how an average week will/has be/been like for me...

Monday: School till 1:10pm. Seems early ain't it? In fact, this is probably the best day of my week after Sunday, but yeah... So school till 1:10pm. then i've got blardy ACtive club at 4:30pm, and this lasts till 6:00pm, and in the morning i have mass PE, so basically it's one of the most physically tiring days. Get home at around 7:00pm or so. Then there's all the homework and blah blah blah.

Tuesday: ACtive in the morning, 30minute jog. Then school all the way till 3:10. Then currently there's CO practice, but i don't go for that, why? Cos i've got tuition, 6:00pm to 8:00pm, so i usually study till it's time to leave. And i only get home at about 8:30pm. And by that time, i'm dead tired...

Wednesday: I have officially declared this day the worst day in the week. School ends at 1:50pm, but then there's CO till about 5:30pm, (6:00pm now that it's nearing SYF), and then, after CO there's tuition from 7:00pm to 9:00pm... this is what i call... insane... I'm usually shagged to the max after tuition...

Thursday: School's out at 4:30pm. The i now have Chem SSP till 6:00pm, after which i have to rush down to marine parade (1.5hrs hrs bus ride) for lessons at 8:00pm, and that ends at 9:00pm, after which another 1.5 hour trip back to school, and 20minutes to get home, estimated time of arrival at home... 11:00pm. And yes, as usual, damn tired.

Friday: School's out at 2:10pm, but then there's self sectionals at 4:30pm, this will last till about 5:30pm-6:00pm. After which i have tuition again from 6:30pm-8:30pm.. and of course, tired...

Saturday: CO, from 8:30AM till 6/7:00PM. Madness, dog tired...

Sunday: Church, after which nap and then spam weekend homework...

NICE TIMETABLE! Oh and, i got A for PW, just like 80%+++ of the cohort, as well as probably most of the J2's nationwide -.-"

2009-04-06T13:50:00.002+08:00

Okay, i'm back now in school to finish what i've started. So as i've said yesterday... we christians have lost the "holiness" so to speak, due to ourselves not wanting to leave our comfort zones, i mean.. c'mon, who is actually willing to leave his/her comfort zone? Like practically... no one... So the pastor while he did say that it wasn't easy, also said that it was about to get tougher as it requires more than just stepping out of our comfort zones. Look at Jesus's disciples, did they have it easy? Obviously not, they had to lay down everything they had, leave it behind, and follow Jesus. So we, like them, in finding holiness, must first surrender all out worldly possessions in order to fully follow Jesus, and that... Is not easy, in fact... It could possibly the most tough task on Earth to do, but yet... In order to be holy, we must do this... Seems unfair doesn't it? Haha.

Okay, blog more when i get back home...

2009-04-05T22:49:00.002+08:00

"For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit." Romans 14:17

This was the verse on the front cover today on the wesley weekly. I think it says a lot. Today's speaker, Rev Lawrence Seow, was a Assembly of God speaker, so i guess he kinda knew how to get attention and all that which was pretty good, most of the old people i used to see sleeping were awake today. Anyway, today's message was about holiness, and what it costs you. He said something about how we care more about fashion than passion, and are pathetic rather than prophetic. Which is really quite true, the modern church today is beginning to seem more and more like this. We (modern day Singaporean Christians) have forgotten how to be holy, why? It's because we don't want to leave our comfort zones, i'll do a more detailed explanation tomorrow, i think this is really worth touching on.

And i'm sorry to my cell group at YM, but i feel that this sermon theme on "Seeking the Kingdom of God" would really benefit me alot.

Oops, being chased off now. Till tomorrow.

2009-03-30T21:37:00.003+08:00

Kay, i haven't blogged in like... 10 days.

During the course of 10 days, i have been through 2 Sundays, and both Sundays the theme for the sermon were the same, that is "What is the kingdom of God?" And i must say, I am glad that i went to sanctuary cos the sermon's were really inspiring and insightful.

I thank God for seeing me through terms, I thank God for every morning i wake up, there's just so much to thank Him for, it is never ending.

During this period leading up to SYF, i seem to have lost my motivation to teach my juniors, i need a boost of some sort, could someone maybe motivate me? I, on the other hand, actually enjoy my private lessons though i have to travel insanely far just to get to the ls's house, but i really like the lessons and my skills are improving! at last!

NAPFA SOON

2009-03-20T21:26:00.002+08:00

I hate holidays. They give you so much free time to think, and when you have so much time to think, your mind wanders off and you start thinking about things which you usually don't think about during term.

Not too long ago, a friend whom i met at music camp but i never really talked to, a very pro ruanner btw, told me alot of stuff about the music circle, which i must say is quite scary, but nonetheless i THINK i almost had a close encounter with one of the scary things that might happen. Scary, but still, i will love my instrument...

Terms is coming up, and i've prepared, i know i have... Or maybe i haven't prepared enough, i don't know, when i feel the fear of terms approaching, when i feel the urgency to study, i just can't seem to get down to it... I need something to build my momentum up again.

My life is starting to take a turn, nothing seems to be right at the moment... And quite frankly... death doesn't seem so bad now.

2009-03-17T08:16:00.002+08:00

And so... CO camp is over THANK GOODNESS! It was really really tiring, and now i can finally get back to studying for terms.

The camp overall was quite okay i guess, my juniors definitely improved, whether a lot or a little i'm not sure, but they have improved. I can't imagine what the weeks leading up to SYF will be like, i think i'll just die from exhaustion or sth haha.

One thing i like about my juniors is that they try, that's what's really important. Whether or not you make it into SYF, you know you've put in the effort, and there are at least 2 concerts for you to play. SO, yes... my tanbo section...

2009-03-10T15:54:00.002+08:00

Well, i think from now on I'm going to write about Christian songs that really hit me. Cos recently i was wondering how come i can sense the feeling of the song when it is like... a hymn or something, or at least a song that carries a significant meaning. Actually I'm quite sure all gospel songs carry some meaning, but somehow for some i just can't seem to get. I think it's because of all the accompaniment that comes with it.

But... I'll do that on my next post. For now, today i just discovered something, i tried to act like i didn't care, but something told me to. Not because of reasons i thought, but because my morals were telling me to. And now, i think i should rectify the problem, even if it means ruining a friendship... or maybe i should pray about it. Actually i think i shall pray about it first, and see whether i should do it.

WOOHOO!!! NO CHINESE! And because of that, I'm in the school com lab now -.-

2009-03-08T22:45:00.004+08:00

-Where your treasure is, that is where your heart will follow.-

I'm glad i went to Sanctuary for Main service today, it was kinda exactly what i needed. Away from all the youth worship, all the loud noises and all the jokes during sermons. I've always felt an inclination to go for main service, but my job in the cell group has me going for youth instead, as well as my friends. Not that i'm blaming them. I thank God for my cell, they're a really great bunch of friends, but i guess my spiritual needs exceeds them at times.

Today Rev Huang gave a sermon on the kingdom of God and what it is, how to find it. He read from the bible, Matthew 6:33 "Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you" As stated from above, "where your treasure is, that is where your heart will follow" Rev Huang said that you can make anything your treasure, it need not be expensive, it may be something valuable, but nothing in other people's eyes. Honestly speaking, i immediately thought of someone. But that's beside the point. The point is that, if you make God your treasure, that is where your heart will follow. And the kingdom of God is within all of us apparently, all of us have it, and even though we try to find it, we always miss it because our heart is not there, meaning that there is something else we treasure more than God.

Today i knelt down at the altar and prayed. I prayed for strength and wisdom for this period. I prayed that God will see me through, and of course i prayed for my friends and family as my dad is going to train to KL, and my friends all have their own heavy commitments. I feel we need God now more than ever. I've never felt so spiritually dry before. My mum told me once, you get high, but the higher you get, the more down you're going to feel. This is it, the down period...

Alot of things hit me today, but i cannot list them all out today, i'm running out of time as i have put a curfew on myself. I shall post again soon.

-Where your treasure is, that is where your heart will follow-

And God does care apparently, and just for Him, i will carry on.

2009-03-07T21:58:00.001+08:00

Well, today i briefed the CO on the the CO camp, i understand that it is close to terms, but please at least be freaking responsible, and stop being so childish and think of those around you.

2009-02-28T22:10:00.002+08:00

God grant me the strength through this period. Amen

I was really tired out today. I have no idea why, i was really sian when sectionals came. yuLS didn't come again today, that makes it a month already. So that means i've known my juniors for approximately 1 month also. They're more than just juniors and friends to me, i guess i see them as students also, my students. Ruan is harder to teach than expected, if i had 1 year to go through all the basics i wouldn't mind, but now i have to cram something that took me 1 year odd to learn, and teach it to 3 totally new juniors in ruan, in 9 weeks. Ben says its impossible, almost everyone says its impossible. But if there is anything i believe in, is that nothing is impossible, no i am not endorsing nike, but i really believe that nothing is impossible.

I thank God i'm not president or vice-president, being an SL is enough work already when the instructor is not around, and even more so when i have to conduct self-sectionals. I need to strength to teach Lord. Grant me that strength. I do not want these juniors to think CO is boring, or that they're not going to play for SYF, i believe they can make it. And i want to help them. Its kinda like an obligation i guess. Thank goodness they're a hardworking bunch, i guess they really want to play for SYF, hopefully they will.

2009-02-25T18:18:00.000+08:00

Today ACJC got owned badly, except for those who didn't go school. It started out alright actually, then during the mass college x-country, it started POURING, like literally POURING, as if someone was pouring buckets and buckets of water over us. KENA OWNED

2009-02-22T18:28:00.004+08:00

Fusion 09 was great, but before that, let me talk about my day. So as usual on Saturday i went to school earlier to jog, at the same time i met this new CO member and so i talked to her. Afterwards was Combined, which i think was purposely delayed to wait for those that were taking bio SPA to finish. After combined, we (tanbo) went to holland V for lunch, but came back late cos the stupid bus took so long to come. Sectionals was partially eaten up by extra combined. And yuLS didn't come again, so i took over for sectionals, i think with hard work, they can all play for SYF, don't be so discouraged! I'll help you guys along the way...

Anyway, went for fusion with irvin mike and joyce after that. And it was CROWDED like MAD, i guess it's because planetshakers were leading worship, the atmosphere was quite high last night. The speaker was matt fielder or something like that, his message was abit erm... haha. Very funny guy la, but the trouble with humour is, the seriousness is lost. So yeah. Anyway yeah, great time of worship and praise.

So today planetshakers came to YM, so there was round 2 of singing my lungs out, this time the speaker was the bass guitarist. Coolios. Very tired now, need to study for chem!!!

2009-02-20T21:37:00.001+08:00

And so... another 5-day study week has passed. This week was so called my "pioneer" week, in a sense that it was my first time going for numerous stuff, for instance, on tuesday i went for my first chemistry lesson. Which was quite enlightening and i now understand the stuff taught during lectures.

On thursday was the first time i went for my zhong ruan lessons with zhangls. She is really really nice and friendly, and she has this really really cute dog who went berserk at the sight of me, and he/she was wearing a shirt! I was like... ROFL! Anyway, it took me a whopping 1hr and 20mins to get there, and when lesson ended at around 2130, it took me only, 30-45 mins to get back. Thanks to the rush hour. Great traffic system Singapore has.

And today, i just came back not too long ago from my first maths tuition, the teacher was really er, he looked quite serious la, but never mind, soon he'll be like a friend... Haha, oh and.. made a new friend today, found out that he missed ACJC by a bit.

And tomorrow there's CO, then fusion after... maybe...

2009-02-16T15:31:00.002+08:00

Hello, i'm in school, studying and such., There's ACtive club later which is actually TAF club in disguise. bleh~~~

2009-02-15T08:03:00.002+08:00

Well, this week was my birthday week as well as Valentine's week. As for my birthday, thanks to everyone for wishing me and for those who didn't... YOU SUCKZXZX... and thanks to a few who got a gifts and thanks to 2SB8 for that VERY VERY unique er... "gift" haha. Anyway, Physics SPA was on the same day as my birthday! It started out okay initially, then suddenly i ALMOST dropped a weight, and from then on i was abit shaky. Hopefully it went well...

So on Friday the school celebrated Valentine's day (actual day, yesterday), there were dedications going on and stuff and people giving sweets, chocolates, balloons and flowers to other people, V day in AC is quite something. Of course i got some stuff, and i gave some stuff to people as well, or maybe just a person. HAHA but yeah, hey! It's V day right? Once a year only!

And yesterday (saturday) Was the first CO that the j1's came for, as in... the new ones. So sgq gave tanboyue 5 new juniors, including yawen and jeanette, the other few are like, mostly guzheng players. I was quite impressed at the speed they took to learn the way to hold the pick (OR CHIP as huishan calls it) and play simple things like tan tiao and so on. Their sense of rhythm was basically good. Sorry jeanette for neglecting you! So anyway, all of them are in ruan =) i shall make tanboyue the best section in ACCO, and if it already is, i'll just maintain it!

Dinner after CO was the first occasion of its kind. Since it was V day, i guess it gave us an excuse to go somewhere really insanely far, and so where did we go? You guessed it! Changi Airport! Right on the the other side of sunny Singapore. The 12 of us all bought popeyes, but since there was no space there, we went to the viewing mall, sat in a circle, and ate. I think it was really quite funny, and apparently... All the passerby's thought so too. but what the heck! Its V day! And so it was a good time of fun and laughter. CO should do these things more often. Oh and, it was sheena's birthday! So naturally we celebrated it!

2009-02-10T23:18:00.003+08:00

Lol, my 300th post will be my last post at a 17 year old. How memorable...

I have 40 minutes left of being 17, and i've got SPA tmr. Maybe i should spend it studying.

But i'll say some stuff... There's only 1 thing i want for my birthday, but i know i can't get it because it'd be really selfish of me, unless you want it too, so if you want it, i'll give it. What i want now, i don't expect to get. But i will still want.

Oh and, there's CO on my birthday too... great...

2009-02-07T21:44:00.001+08:00

This is what happens in CO when:

1. you're bored to death
2. you have a plain boring instrument
3. you have a wad of blu-tack
4. you're really really bored to death...

2009-02-06T21:19:00.002+08:00

Wow, i haven't posted at all this whole week! Well, i blame all the school work that's been keeping me busy as well as other stuff. But at least i'm doing my homework now! Much more than last year anyways, so in a way it shows i'm finally coping with JC life! And about time too! It's like, 1 year late man! But at least i'm getting it down. I can feel myself understanding more this year, and being able to get down to study and finish up homework. I can stay awake during lectures more often, and although they're still boring like cows, i get what the lecturer is saying!

Okay, these past few days, i have seen people emo like shit, and then get so happy they stone... Well, it's basically like this, I have 3 juniors, or rather, 3 juniors that i actually talk to. So right, they all appealed in through CO, on tuesday, 4 Erhu people got their call and their appeals were successful through CO, so i went down to the office to check (for the sake of the 3 juniors) and the office people said that 4 people is already alot and they may not accept any more appeals for CO (this was the next day which was wednesday) So anyway, i told the 3 of them that they may not get in cos 4 people already did, then.. WASEH! All emo like crap la, and being the guy i am, i was pretty clueless as to what to do, and it went to the extent that 1 of them even came down to school to talk to the conductor, which just goes to show how much she wanted to get in, then the other 2 were basically wrecks la. But LO AND BEHOLD!!! On Thursday, 2 of them got the call! And they were like, okay 1 of them was damn damn damn happy, i think... The other was so happy that she was stoned. I bet they couldn't believe, and neither could I, but nevertheless i was happy for them...

To the last one that didn't get in: It's not over, ACJC isn't everything, in the end we all sit for the same A level examinations, it doesn't matter which JC we go to, but rather the effort we bother to put into our studies to achieve our goals, we do not let the JC compromise our goals. You've had a tough week, waiting like hell, getting worried, breaking down, and i bet even now you still feel sad. But it's okay, all is not lost, and your time in ACJC wasn't a waste either was it? All the best in everything you do.

2009-02-01T08:09:00.003+08:00

Well, glad to say that now CO is getting more and more reasons to go to, but then again, some of these reasons may just vanish soon enough. IT really sucks to know that some people may get in and other won't, even though i'm not affected, it feels so unfair. Here's a personal message to my juniors...

Jeanette: I hope you get in, i really do. You have no idea what it was like playing ruan by myself, it was really, boring for one, and a bit pressurizing as i have to play louder etc etc by myself, so practicing with you has been a really nice change and i hope there will be more to come. But in case you don't come in... "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future" Jeremiah 29:11 ALL THE BEST!

Yawen: Hey, although you didn't really get much time to spend with my section, at least if you get in you can! Haha, and no la, Tanboyue is not all about bridge and pool, though we play those sometimes, but we are also the best group in ACCO! (in case you haven't noticed) As SL i intend to keep that up and not let it fall during my time, so i'll train you for sure, make sure you can play the SYF songs etc etc, and of course, play some bridge as well, haha. Well, i hope you get in to, it'll be really great to have another addition to the tanbo family. And if you don't, don't be sad, you can still sms your oh-so-wonderful SL! And SA's not that bad la i think...

These are the 2 people i hope will get in. Oh and of course, Qiaohui, cos she's really fun at all, but abit blur, okay actually VERY blur cos she didn't put ACJC as her first choice which is a HUGE factor, but i still hope she'll get in...

Well, since all my posts the last month had no pictures at all (cos i don't camwhore for several reasons) I'll just start with this...

2009-01-29T22:44:00.001+08:00

if this is all we can be then so be it

Oh wells. Time to buckle down and study for A's, no time to think about anyone or anything else anymore.

i'll see if i can pull it off

2009-01-26T23:03:00.002+08:00

Here are a few things i found out about myself...

1) I am unable to do bad/immoral things without having second thoughts about it, and if i have done it'll prick my conscience like mad.

2) There is only 1 person in this world and in my life that i cannot harbor dislike against for more than 1 hour, this person is not related to me.

3) I am still unsure of what i want to do in life.

4) I am currently not interested in anyone except for 1.

5) I am a guy, who will do better after a fall.

6) I like to make up excuses a lot.

Random...

2009-01-26T22:38:00.000+08:00

Today, or rather tonight, a very interesting thing happened, I almost lost my sister.

It started out like this, we decided to go running, so we went running, then she wanted to go see my friend's house, so we ran pass it, then she said might as well run down to rail mall, so okay, when we reached rail mall she wanted to cross the road at the light whilst i said i wanted to cross at the bridge, so i crossed at the bridge, and left my sister to go on running to the lights,i thought she would catch up with me so i just continued on running, when i reached my friend's place again, i wondered where she was as i couldn't see her anymore, so i decided to wait, and wait, and wait somemore, then i got worried, so i ran back abit, i couldn't find her, so i ran to the nearest petrol station and asked if i could make a call, and so i did, but i can't remember my friends number and in any case, apparently the phone was off or somthing, so i ran on back home, like.. sprint, damn far okay, and all along the way i was thinking what horrible things could've happened to my sister. And lo and behold, she was at home when i got home... apparently she was running no he opposite side of the road... WTH

2009-01-25T22:41:00.002+08:00

My family is going batty, or rather, at least my grandmother is. But anyway. CO yesterday was a real experience of thinking you're so damned important, but no one can hear a shit you're playing cos the surroundings blooming suck and you play your balls out but no one cares or if anyone did it'd be a damn small group. To be a solo player takes a lot of guts and you need to know how to dao, of which i'm not very good at.
But other than that, the performance at Thomson Plaza was okay. After which a few of us went to KAP to chill and chat about CO stuff. There's this J1 girl who's learning a lot of bad stuff from ken, if she sees this, she better know what a bad influence ken kor-kor is! TSK! And it's not a bloody scandal la wth. Ken Ho, please go check up a dictionary for the meaning of SCANDAL.

Anyway, yesterday yuls didn't come for sectionals, so it was SELF-sectionals, and so i tried to carry on the tanbo tradition, but kena owned by teacher twice! Lol, i even tried to get yawen into my group but kena owned badly by SGQ as he spotted her moving the guzheng back into the case, lol... EPIC PHAIL!

Today wasn't really eventful also, just went to Aunty Sally's place to help her fix up Skype so she could speak to her daughter via webcam when she is in Aussie studying. Erm, didn't get anything much out of it except time gone, but not wasted la.

The days are counting down till the end of this month and nothing has changed...

salvation is here

2009-01-23T18:26:00.002+08:00

CO is getting more and more dreary as the practices go by. I wouldn't mind playing in a CO if there are hard and interesting songs to play, not mention those that actually SOUND nice, and of course, a really fun bunch of friends, which is partly why i want to join SCRE, cos they are so tight as friends. ACCO is just boring plz.

Anyway, saw vivian at JP yesterday while going to FCC, her hair was... RED! I was like, whoa, that's abit L*AN right? Lol, but it was really nice seeing her. CO was so-so. I can't believe alot of things though, quite appalling.

Today was AC celebrations which was quite fun, didn't really "feel" the music today, not sure why though, sorry if i wasn't playing my best, just didn't really feel like playing. Post celebration was fun though, the singing of the CNY songs were priceless, when you didn't know the lyrics, just go "la la la la bla bla bla ya ya ya" and clap along... priceless...

Went out to eat lunch with irvin mike and jake, went to holland V , on the way we met Rayner Max and Ben lee, decided to lunch together, after lunch CRAPPED for the rest of the afternoon, talking about the good ol' days in our secondary schools and talking about relationships yada yada. Had a really good laugh over super stupid things.

OH i forgot to mention about new CO juniors! Since i should talk about them and in turn one will talk about me :) lol. KK, so first up!

Jeanette: Let's see, i've known her since she was a small girl! Okay maybe not small, since i was Sec 3, that makes her Sec 2 at that time, we met during music camp, i must say the things that brought us together were really really funny. I remember when i was Sec 4 i signed up for the music camp again, but then i decided not to go for the audition, then Mr Eio scolded me for not telling him and not doing anything about it, so he made me and a few others rush down to CCAB and apologize to the people there, it was really funny, cos since i had practiced the audition piece already, i decided.. what the heck, since i'm here might as well do it, but i was dripping wet, so no one would lend me their ruan (it was raining) then i asked jeanette, and i used her ruan. I didn't expect to get in, but lo and behold... i got in! But i declined the offer haha, so yeah, things kinda started from there, then slowly slowly, then now in ACJC. So yes, great player too, good habits.

Jeremy: K this guy, i've known since Sec 2, he started out as a Da Ruan player i believe, after me. If i remember correctly he was quite quiet and all, and it was kinda hard to get him to open up, but eventually he did la, so its quite good. Events like SYF and Japan Trip brought us closer as Senior-Junior.

Yawen: This girl arh, damn bimbo one leh, ok joking. Haha, first impression was that she was very quiet and all, but i guess we all assume that, but in time i'm sure in time she'll get used to the AC life and enjoy it! Very pro guzheng player too! Invaluable asset as they say. LOL, or precious resource eh?

Jarroll/Jerroll/Jerol/Jarol: Sorry, i have NO IDEA how to spell his name, which is quite weird cos i'm usually good with names, well.. First impression of him was like Yawen, quiet... But after one time of talking to him while waiting for dad (he was waiting for his dad too) he's actually quite a fun guy and not all that indifferent! oh and he plays the ZYS

QiaoHui: K this girl, i THINK she's hyper, first impression i got of her was that she is a very happy-go-lucky girl, but i've yet to know her better so we'll see. Anyway she's elliots haha. She reminds me of someone very happy too! but of course no one can replicate that. she plays ZYS

COCOCOCOCOCOCO
SOLOSOLOSOLOSOLO
HUOBAJIEZHIYE

2009-01-21T05:20:00.002+08:00

The results of my supplementary exams just keep getting better and better, i just found out that i passed chinese (amazingly) and i already passed maths, so hopefully my chemistry will pass too but i have my doubts.

Watched Spirited Away for chinese lesson yesterday, i never really liked that show even though i have watched it like... 5 times? The characters freak me out, and i never really got the storyline, but this time i shall try to understand it.

The wave of emo-ness has passed, hopefully. It's only triggered by one thing it seems, and it can only be alleviated by the exact same thing, ironic.

solo solo solo

2009-01-19T23:15:00.000+08:00

God, tell me why. Show me how. Teach me how.

Woot! 3 posts in one evening!

2009-01-19T21:45:00.002+08:00

What do i see? Why is it i only see that? I tell my eyes to find something else, but my mind won't change. I tell myself i want to change, but my mind won't change, and my heart's not helping either. Am i so caught in this?

It's time to move on, but yet time does not seem to move. Or at least my mind and heart do not want to believe that time is moving on, I say move on, but my body won't listen. Deep down inside i know it cannot be, but up on the surface, I cannot seem to stop hoping. Am i so caught in this?

In reality time has passed, but in my perceived reality nothing has changed, i tell myself what's gone is gone, there can be no taking back, the promises i made, the things i did, all done, never to be taken back, there is no point back there but to move on, still i can't help but to think back. Am i so caught in this?

Behind the facade of smiles, therein lies the real you, this i can tell because no one can be like that and not have any problems of their own. Even I might be your problem, but i still wish you'd tell me. Even though i know it will not be like last time, i still hope. Am i so caught in this?

There are so many things i want to say, so many things i want to do, but they will have to wait. What is it i see? Why is it so hard to let go?

zomg damn emo... snap out of it lukas!

2009-01-19T21:19:00.002+08:00

I want to post about something, but i shall refrain cos i told myself i won't be dragged down by this again.

Kay anyway, i'm doing duet with jeanette on saturday! Yay! at least i don't have to do solo anymore. School today was hell tiring, first up there was Mass PE, which was quite tough, but i didn't feel tired at the end, just abit sweaty and dirty, or rather... VERY sweaty and dirty. School was pretty short today, i think i shall make monday my "stay back and study" day!

And so, life today has been pretty boring, and sucky as well. bleh~

2009-01-18T20:53:00.001+08:00

Just a few moments ago i was feeling happy, in fact, the past few days have been looking up for me, but now just seems to one of those random emo periods, i totally do not know why...

2009-01-17T22:50:00.002+08:00

Looking back at 2008 again (sorry), i realized a lot of things happened which i didn't expect to happen. I'll leave it to my friends to slowly decipher what i'm talking about. but one thing i AM proud of doing that year is being a Child of God once more. And also some of the more memorable things that happened are like.. ALMOST wrecking a friendship, being the only ZR player in a really really small CO, and so on and so forth.

Okay then... On to today! This morning I ran at the school track, whilst i was running, i was thinking to myself.. "should i run in a marathon?" the thought was really like, in my head the whole time i was running, i mean... if i'm going to run to lose weight, why not just throw in an extra goal as well? And not say my family is totally stagnant as well, my dad used to be a cross country runner, and my sis ran the full marathon like, 3 times already? and several half marathons here and there, so i think i'll add a "run a half marathon" onto my to-do list.

CO today was interesting, basically cos there were new J1's today, but we didn't get to see them audition cos tsl didn't allow, but heck.. anyway, there are a few girls here and there, and some guys (majority from barker) but i think competition is going to be tough between them, and i seriously hope i get some ZR juniors also. CO nowadays is slowly becoming a chore for me, as in... my interest in ACCO is slowly dying out, the reasons for going are becoming less and less. And although my interest in ACCO is fading, my passion for ruan on the other hand is growing, and i'm going to start lessons with a really pro laoshi soon, and i intend to get a DIP grade and join NAC in 2 years time.

and tonight you can't sleep at all

2009-01-16T22:40:00.001+08:00

Ho hum! Yesterday was uneventful, well, at least for the first half the day it was. Let's see, i had Chinese exam in the morning, then had lesson till about 430, after which i went to gym and then later to join brian mike and gabriel at the void deck.
For dinner had 3 piece chicken meal! (which is ultimate sin, i can't believe i actually ate that). Then after the outing with the old CO gang, headed on home. Now this is where it's interesting. I think, or rather, at LEAST something happened... I went to the nearby petrol station, and tried to buy alcohol, it was this vodka thingy which was green in color (lime flavour) but of course i didn't buy it cos it was so ex. I just brought it to the counter and the aunty said i couldn't buy cos i was in school uniform :( but nvm, now i know i CAN buy, just not in school uniform. Just a word of advice for you guys out there eh? Don't buy in school uniform even though you're 18.

And as for TODAY, today was supposed to be one of my shorter days la, and i had planned to go out with my friend, but then the blardy economics lesson ate up like, 2 hours more of my time! And so it was called off la basically. Maybe monday can since i end early again. School was really quite fun today, i think i'm picking up more on my chemistry and economics. So hopefully this year will be a good year for me.

2009-01-15T23:19:00.000+08:00

HEIGH HO! Haha, chim way to spell "hey" eh? Well, i wanted to type "hei" but then yeah... LOL

Anyway, today was... tell you tomorrow, do work first...

2009-01-15T12:13:00.002+08:00

HEY CHUMMIES! Haha, i'm in school now using a uber cool macbook to post! but nothing much has happened so far so there's nothing much to post about... Had chinese exam in the morning tho, of which only 14 out of the 16 actually went, and even then, like at any one time there half the students sleeping, so much for chinese supplementary eh?

2009-01-14T22:52:00.002+08:00

Hey ho hum chums! So, my supplementary papers are OVER!!! Well, i still have Chinese la, but let's be serious here.. i already took my A levels right? Unbelievable man.
As for how the supplementary papers went, erm... They were okay la, i felt the same way after the papers as i did after promos, so yeah. Haha

Anyway, school so far has been.. weird. And i'm dying to go do something other than study. And i have assignments to hand up. NUUUUUUuuuuuuuuu!!!!

Looking forward to meeting a friend tho, she came back quite some time ago, but i resisted meeting up cos my supplementary papers were around. So yea, one of the things on my "to-do" list. Um, OH! And i'm starting lessons soon, i'm not sure when though, but the Laoshi said she'll call me back. yay!

And so chummies, my life is still quite boring, hopefully something interesting will pop up soon. Or rather, interesting things HAVE happened, but they're too sensitive to be posted on my blog, so yeah... LOL

2009-01-11T17:19:00.002+08:00

Today i am glad to say i have successfully overcome temptation! The temptation was.. LAN, it was like this... After YM, i had tuition at 2pm see? so i decided to go for lunch with my small group, after lunch, a whole bunch of them decided to go play LAN... sounds simple to say no right? WRONG! At least for me anyways, i wanted to play LAN so baddddddddddddddly!!!!!!!!!!! But i have stupid exam tomorrow and tuition as well, i was REALLY REALLY tempted to skip tuition, but you know i can't, so yeah... Tuition it was... YAY ME!

On another note, this morning's centralized teaching by Adriel was pretty funny, abit erm... coarse? i should say? but nonetheless we got his message about why are we christian.

On yet another note, remember my last blog post? Some people said it was quite deep, sorry luh, i was feeling pretty down yesterday, not sure why though. Anyway, as i was saying, my last post also refers to a special someone, someone all of us know, it is none other than God, yes God.

Do you people realize that when you are in church, you are a different person? And that applies to me as well, there are some people i know who are REALLY REALLY DIFFERENT from who they are in life as compared to who they are in church. But as for me, i'm slowly changing to the person i am in church, and this person in church, you can see it when i'm not in church as well, and this.. is because i love God, and therefore i am becoming who i am toward Him to everyone else. I hope we all can be like that, and not conform to the people around us, whether they're good friends or not, we have to remain steadfast in what we believe in and what we want to become eventually.

There are 2 groups of people i want to talk about today.

One group, is people who go to church and act differently from who they are in real life, and this i know because they go to my church, as well as my school (JC and Secondary). In this category there is also me, i admit i WAS once a member of this group, but i'm getting out of it, i am becoming who God wants me to be. To the rest, they are still the same, and every time i see the difference, i feel that they're just cheating themselves only.

The other group of people, are the people that put on a happy face so much, that one would think they have a much deeper side to them, just recently i discovered one of my friends like that, and it really kills me to know that she is SUCH A HAPPY PERSON in real life, but the personal problems that she is facing is just so downright awful i feel depressed just thinking about it, it really saddens me. Another friend i know, she is so happy, so happy happy happy all the time, it seems as if nothing could go wrong in her life, she seems to be the perfect representation of happiness, but i can't help but get the feeling that something is very wrong with her, like... she could be a volcano waiting to explode, the thing she doesn't know is, that its better to open up, you have to get these problems out, it's the only way, do not put up a front, do not keep it to yourself, this is what friends are for...

2009-01-10T22:15:00.002+08:00

“I love you,
Not only for what you are,
But for what I am
When I am with you.

I love you,
Not only for what
You have made of yourself,
But for what
You are making of me.
I love you
For the part of me
That you bring out;
I love you
For putting your hand
Into my heaped-up heart
And passing over
All the foolish, weak things
That you can’t help
Dimly seeing there,
And for drawing out
Into the light
All the beautiful belongings
That no one else had looked
Quite far enough to find.

I love you because you
Are helping me to make
Of the lumber of my life
Not a tavern
But a temple;
Out of the works
Of my every day
Not a reproach
But a song.

I love you
Because you have done
More than any creed
Could have done
To make me good
And more than any fate
Could have done
To make me happy.
You have done it
Without a touch,
Without a word,
Without a sign.
You have done it
By being yourself.
Perhaps that is what
Being a friend means,
After all.”
-Roy Croft

WOW okay, this is simply WOW, when i first saw the first paragraph on a TV advertisement, i was like, "that's deep man". Then when i went online to search for the quote, lo and behold, i found this whole chunk. But yeah, i think it's really really sweet that this guy could come up with this, and probably for the woman he loved.

That led me to think, that it applies somewhat to me, after so long, i should've realized it, but only after did i finally see it. That the person I like so much, possibly even love, is not because of who she is, but because of who i am when i am around her.

And so, i shall say this now... "The person I want to be in life, is the person I am when I am with you. And this person, only you can bring out. I do not only love you for who you are, but also for the person you make me into."

Okay, so... to sum up the week, it was basically "run, gym, swim, ruan, sleep, eat, STUDY STUDY STUDY".. I'm getting sick of this life, it kinda sucks to know that you're going to school to study, and you're going to be the only one there. I've been to school so damn often that i've practically become friends with the cleaners! Not that i'm complaining, (they help me look after my stuff) but like, it just sucks to know, that there are like, 50+ advance cases, and I could probably be the only one who gives a damn about it, and even then i still think i'm going to flunk but see how, maybe SSP is not such a bad thing.

I feel like i've wasted a whole chunk of my holidays in school, sure i've made some great friends, but like... hais, idk...

I think i'm going to fail my supps, wish me all the best!

2009-01-04T17:59:00.002+08:00

Well, i have completely nothing to blog about! I haven't really been going out much, all the time i'm in school studying, either with friends or without, but always with the gym open for me! Haha, I must must absolutely must do pull ups this year!!!

The New Year so far has been uneventful, my dad's birthday passed but it felt like it didn't, and we're only celebrating today so yeah... Um, I might be taking Ruan lessons this year after my supplementary papers, most likely i will la, i think it was about time i did something about my music.

Anyway, i think i know what i'm going to blog about! I shall wrap up last year!

Okay, so... This year has been one heck of a year no doubt, with ups and downs, and EMOTIONAL ups and downs as well, but nonetheless i look back at 2008 and think, "this is definitely one of the better years in my life" The fun i had ACJC, and the studying I put in, definitely complements each other and ACJC truly is a school with the right amount of study and fun.
Orientation was a blast, and i'm sure any batch after me will have equal if not more fun than I had. also, the studying during the holidays leading up to the promos, all that studying after school definitely was fun in certain ways as well, also not to mention making alot alot alot of friends in the process.
And my class, 1SB8, is the ultimate class in ACJC, 1 girl, 15 guys, but even then, she was still easy going and a great classmate nonetheless. With half the class or more being from an all-guys secondary school, we got together well and eventually developed a fetish for waterpolo and ended up playing waterpolo for every PE lesson towards the end of the year, AND even after PE we still played, awesome!
I must say that 2008 i really put in alot of time and energy into studying, but something was not right, i guess the effort was not there, even though i had tuition at unearthly hours (eg. 4am, 5am), all that doesn't mean anything if there isn't the effort, and I think my problem was just that, and it cost me, in the end i only advanced to J2, not promote, and so i have to pay by sitting for supplementary exams next week, but that's okay, i can solemnly say that this december holidays was one of the best i've had, at least all my time was spent doing something productive, either studying or exercising.

So that's it for the academic aspect of 2008. I shall now talk about my christian walk.

In terms of spirituality, 2008 also held its ups and downs, there were times when i got on a spiritual high, there were times when i was so low on faith that i would just "throw" Him aside. Going to ACJC was definitely a good choice in terms of spirituality, with events like Worship under the Stars and Passion AC, also.. 2008 was the first year that i attended fusion! I wanted to go for FOP, but yeah, you know how it's like... Anyway, i will admit that i have done things that i'm not proud of, and definitely not pleasing to God's eyes, but repentance is all in the package and even now i'm still repenting, but sometimes i just wonder whether i'm doing it right. I wouldn't know.

Relationship wise, hoo-boy...

As every guy in ACJC is bound to do, i also fell for a girl, not one, but two, but the second one made me see things about myself abit clearer. I guess that's the problem with co-ed institutions eh? Haha, relationships -.-"

Anyway, on a side note, being with you made me realize one thing, that i enjoy being with you, there's no need to ask who this is, it's pretty obvious...

AND SO...... This is 2008! 2009 is going to be a blast, i can just feel it, prelims and A levels! Can't get any better man...

2009-01-01T22:36:00.003+08:00

Happy New Year! Well, this is for those who ACTUALLY had a HAPPY new year, for me however, it wasn't quite so for me. Let me explain...

So, yesterday started out quite nicely, going to gym with my friends and watching a movie, followed by dinner with my small group (which was exceptionally small), then after dinner we went for watch night, at this point in time i was quite worried as to how i was going to get home, walking was an option, but i never really considered it. So, during watch night, apart from the VERY occasional distractions by my friends and other people in the Hall, i managed to listen to the sermon somewhat. After the watch night service, there was post-watch night worship which i stayed for abit, but left soon after. Then i went down to the SMU bus stop hoping to find a bus to get me home (since some people said that the transit system would be extended), but lo and behold, no bus that passed my house operated anymore, so i trudged on down to sim lim square hoping to find more buses, but unfortunately, there was none, and no night rider.

So i decided to walk my ass home, at that time i think it was 1.30AM already, and i made my way down to little india MRT station, over there i found a bus stop which had the night rider service and it went to bukit timah market, so i thought i might as well wait for it, but the average waiting time was 40mins, so i just hung arounf there, contemplating whether or not to take cab or wait for the bus, by the time i reached a decision, 30mins had passed and i decided to just wait for the bus. so the bus came, but didn't stop for anyone as it was too crowded, wth man, another 40mins, you gotta be kidding right? So i told myself i'd take a cab, just then my mum called to ask where i was, and i explained the situation, but instead of getting sympathy, i got a scolding instead, and how the cabs would charge me ever so extravagantly. And, feeling pissed, i just walked home, walk-walk-walk-walk. The walk was killer la, a total of 14km (according to streetdirectory.com) was covered, and a total of 3hours traveling time was spent, i think 3 hours is definitely worth 20bucks, and so, if you guys calculate properly, i left church around 1245AM, i got home at 3.45AM. Closer to 4AM actually, and i walked all the bloody way from Church (at YMCA) to Home (MGS there). In the wee hours of the new year morning. What a way to go man. The only consolation i gave myself was that the Year could not and WOULD not get worse than this. But the walk wasn't so bad, i had a few friends keep me company, though not beside my, but technologically beside me smsing me. Thanks to Ms India and mingz for listening to me bitch, and jia and choo for keeping me company.

Well, this was probably only the second worst thing that happened last night. The worst thing well, i can't really say it, but it was because of that that it would've made the cab fare worth it and i wouldn't have minded paying if that did not happen, but it did and so... all the pain and all in my feet. screw it man. I was actually prepared this time somemore, i spent so much time thinking about it, but i guess the only good thing is that the other party is oblivious to it, i'll just leave it at that.

And so i slept this morning at 4AM, woke up at around 11AM, went for lunch, got home, slept somemore, woke up for dinner, came back, napped abit, and here i am. I'm still kinda disappointed that i didn't get to do what i had planned to do, really put me down. but who cares? Nobody.

2008-12-29T05:52:00.002+08:00

Well, supplementary exams are just around the corner, in about 2 weeks time to be exact. To me this exam is kinda like, a test to see how well I can do by myself without help from any tuition teachers and all. It's also an exam that will prove to my parents what I can do and what I cannot do, hopefully it's more of what I CAN do rather than what I cannot do. This is what i've been preparing for the last 2 months, going to school, studying almost every single/other day, hopefully some good will come out of this la.

Anyway, yesterday at YM, a message was preached about calling, you know calling? As in, God calls you do this, to do that, to serve him, etc etc etc, well.. it kinda reminds me of back then when I signed on for philotheos(worship band), but the person in charge never got back to me, then yesterday they kinda had another "recruitment drive" but then, I decided not to try again. The first time I tried, but didn't get called back, could be God's way of telling me that this is not my calling.

So folks, even if we want to do something for God, to honor Him, to worship Him, it may not be ours to do. And despite all that, we still must honor Him in everything we do.

2008-12-28T21:09:00.001+08:00

Child of God

"To live a life holy and acceptable to God"

Can I really do something like that?

2008-12-25T22:03:00.002+08:00

Oh no! there's so much to be done and i'm really really tired now, shizzz! I think i'm going to wake up at like 3 am or smth cos i think i'm still jetlagged!

Anyway, yep, christmas day today, same as every christmas day for the past 16 years. How interesting... zzz

2008-12-25T00:08:00.000+08:00

Merry Christmas noobs, this is my 17th year having christmas, can't imagine what it's gonna be like when i'm 50...

2008-12-24T07:52:00.016+08:00

Hey peeps! So, Lukas is back from the USA! And he has come back with a new nickname... PoBe! Which also stands for Polar Bear (cos apparently i like snow and i like to eat and its kinda like a polar bear so yeah), you have to say it out in order to like, get hooked onto saying out, and my sister says it in a like, cutesy kinda voice. It's pronounced Po(as in the teletubbies Po) and Be, as in, "be yourself" that be. PoBe!

Okay so, i'll begin this post by blogging about the trip followed by food! And so if you just don't give-a-shit about my trip and only care about food, you can skip the whole major chunk coming up and just jump to the food section. I shall conveniently put headers on the "trip" section and "food" section just for your convenience!

TRIP (forgive me i forgot how to change font size or underline the word lol)

Day 1:
Okay, so it all started at erm, 3am? Yeah, the blooming flight was at 720am i believe, so... airport requires passangers to check-in 3 hours before, so me, my mum and chloe took a ride from jon(her boyfriend) to the airport. And so, we said our goodbyes (although it was just mainly chloe who said the goodbyes) and we left Singapore for Narita International Airport, for those who don't know, it's in Japan.
And although i would've like to spend 1 or 2 days in Japan, we had 1 hour to get to our connecting flight, and so instead of having a nice time there, we just rushed from one gate to another. That aside, we caught our flight, a really long flight to Los Angeles...

Day 2:
So the day went on in the plane, but due to time difference we were shifted 1 day back, meaning that when we left it was the 11th december (singapore), and when we landed it was 12th dec (singapore) but 11th dec in the USA. Okay confusing but nvm.
And so from there we took a train all the way from LA, to San Diego! The ride was somewhat nice and i just slept throughout the train ride. Anyway, at San Diego we were kinda hungry and we decided to go around looking for food, but instead we just took the free shuttle to our Motel and just hit the sack, well, or so did my sister anyways. Mum and I went out and looked for a Golden Arches, but it was so blooming far from the motel and with no car its kinda tiring, so we headed into a nearer fast food outlet, the Jack in the Box. Which was only 1 block away from Macs, but heck. So anyway, ordered a Bacon Ultimate cheeseburger, which is, erm... Talk about it in the food section... Then we headed back in the cold and slept till about 10pm till Dad came along from Tampa and woke us all up and took me out for pizza! Cos i had a burger at 5pm which isn't really dinner, and dad says even though we don't feel like eating dinner we should cos erm, to get us used to the diet in US, good excuse to eat!

Day 3:
Headed down to Point Lowa! Or was it Iowa, hmm, can't remember, anyway, the view is fantastic! And i can't find any of the photos i took. Shit. Anyway, i will post it when i can, the only photos i have are those of the burgers i ate :) After point Lowa i think we headed down to this place called Old Town, which is really an Old Town, as in the architecture and the feel was very rustic also. Anyway, stumbled upon this shop which sold chili at varying heat levels, and the way they differentiate it is hilarious...

In increasing order... "AH!".. "AHHHH!".... "HOLY ZOMG WTS!!!!!!!!!" I bet that'd be what they would be saying...

Degrees of PAIN!

Colon cleaner? ASS CLEANER?

Chili from HELL!!!

Haha, funny chili... Okay, so after Old Town we went to Balboa park! Which is erm, not really that much of a park, i don't really know how to put it, its kinda like, a casa? Not really park cos it has alot of buildings, but they were very nice buildings! And i can't find any photos of this place yet so hold on... Went to little italy afterwards for dinner!

Little italy San Diego!

Day 4:
Went to Mexico today! Mexico was kinda dodgy, and this was near the border somemore okay, we didn't really go that far in cos i Mexico to Americans is apparently JB to Singaporeans, so its like, you see one you've seen it all kinda thing. And in Mexico, the drug stores actually sell drugs! Like Prozac, E, Steroids and all that, and you don't need a doctor's prescription! And best of all.. you get discount! Haha, oh, and on the way back to US, i had the opportunity to take part in what is known as.. The Line... So, The Line is this mothurrr long-ass queue, its like, the longest queue in the world la, it makes the hello kitty fad seem tame. Getting into US is more popular than free starbucks, hello kitty, new year party, linkin park concert all put together! The queue was really THAT loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong!
Anyway, it didn't really take long to get through the queue. After that went to shop for spices, and went to this mexican restaurant called El Indio! I realise i don't really like mexican food btw, its like, random kinda thing. Had domino's for dinner!

Day 5:
Got the car today, it was a toyota prius! Very high tech btw, abit too high tech, took me and dad quite awhile to figure out the car, but i unlocked more secrets than he did, haha. Took a short drice to San Juan Capistrano! Where we were supposed to go visit the mission but it was too expensive so we decided to skip it and just look around the town, the town was very much like Old Town, quaint and rustic, very nice. Very peaceful also! I think i took photos but as usual, it's in the other memory card. After San Juan Capistrano headed down to Santa Barbara, which is another nice town! Looked very touristy though, but it was still quite nice. Had some really posh seafood for dinner, but the portions were very small, pictures will be at the food section later.

Anyway, i shall stop her for the trip segment as i'm getting kinda tired, anyway, time to blog about food!

!!!FOOD!!!

Okay, i will do 2 segments here, first will be Burgers, second will be Others. Perfectly simple!

Ok so, BURGERS! This part is dedicated to my ballsy burgerama friends!

Here's the first burger i ate, this was at Jack in the Box San Diego downtown, Jack in the Box is apparently the Burger King equivalent in America, so i was kinda hoping to find something like the ballsy, but there wasn't... The biggest thing i could find though, was this!

The ultimate bacon cheeseburger! Or so it was called, but i didn't really find anything "ultimate" about it though, but still it was quite nice, good for small eats i guess.

Here is the second burger i ate, this one was eaten at Old Town, this burger is so far the biggest i've had on this trip, the equivalent in Singapore is the Bacon Western burger at Carl's Junior, the single one ar, not the double... Presenting...

The Old Western Burger! This burger has i think 1/2 a pound of beef, 2 huge ass onion rings and barbecue sauce as well as cheese of course, but if i were to choose, i'd prefer the carl's junior double bacon western.

Speaking of onion rings, sorry to interrupt but i have to say something about onion rings in America first. Onion rings in America are REAL onion rings! As in, they are really like, the rings of an onion, for those of you who have cut up onions before you'd know what i'm talking about, REAL onion rings okay, not those diced and chopped up then mixed with batter, these onion rings are the whole thing and deep fried, fantastic!

Okay, on to the next burger...
This is the Burger I ate at the airport when i was about to leave for home, this is just another one of those bacon cheeseburgers, but the only thing i liked about this was the fries, really crispy on the outside and soft on the outside, but this burger did not disappoint la, it was still okay, better than the Ultimate bacon cheese burger. Here is.. the Bacon cheeseburger! Airport style...

The airport bacon cheese burger.

Next: I've heard alot about this burger before i left, it was in Singapore for a short amount of time but soon after it disappeared, this is... the Quarter pounder. And in America, there is the Double Quarter pounder! And that is exactly what i took, but no upsize though, forgot to ask, and they don't have supersize anymore so yeah. Anyway, the Double Quarter Pounder!

Okay, this is the box, just look at it! Its fantastic! It's like a huge whoopass burger that is so MIGHTY like, TWICE as MIGHTY as the quarter pounder.
But alas, all this is on the box only... in the box lies...

The Double Quarter Pounder... I think its smaller than the Big Mac, quite disappointing actually, its like a double cheeseburger. I definitely expected more from this, the only thing nice was the taste of the meat, that's about it...
Overall, this was below expectations...

Okay, as some of you may know me, i always save the best for last. THIS IS, THE BEST BURGER I HAVE EATEN! not only in America, but in my entire life! This means it surpasses the Ballsy! The coming burger, is the only meal i had which is equivalent to the burger king ballsy meal. This burger, has 2 patties, 1 patty weighs a whopping 1 pound i think, and the meal came with a frikking huge french roll, whoopass mushrooms and a whole lota CHEESE! and red onions! And a really really really excellent potato salad! And the title really fits the burger... PROUDLY PRESENTING...
*drum roll**drum roll**drum roll**drum roll**drum roll**drum roll**drum roll**drum roll**drum roll**drum roll**drum roll**drum roll**drum roll**drum roll**drum roll*

THE ULTIMATE BURGER! this humongous burger can be found at Rosine's! EXCELLENT!
And when i said that this meal is equivalent to the burger king meals i've had, means that there's DESSERT AS WELL! You know BK's Hershey's sundae pie? Well, this dessert makes it look tame... this is...

THE CHOCOLATE CHOCOLATE CAKE! I bet its supposed to be like, double chocolate cake but they named it chocolate chocolate cake instead. OKAY, so this cake totally owns hershey's sundae pie, it's probably 3 times taller than it. Also, this cake has 6 layers of chocolate cake, and between each layer is a a layer of chocolate fudge cream, and around the cake there's a coat of chocolate fudge cream again. Once again i shall say, this cake has 6 layers, SIX LAYERS of chocolate cake... Ultimate meal with the ultimate burger.

And so, this concludes my burger journey in America, overall i'm quite pleased! Damn good burgers!

Blog more next time!

2008-12-09T23:08:00.002+08:00

Okay, lets start with monday... So, on monday, i cleaned up my room! finally!!! It looks really really neat now, with my desk cleared and all. I'm ready to tackle the new year! So yeah, since my room was in a BIG mess, i basically spent the WHOLE day cleaning up my room. I just remember being SUPER shagged after that...

AND... today!
Erm, lets see, went to play badminton with a few tanbo people and mike at cairnhill cc! It was a really hilarious, somehow when i play badminton with the tanbo gang it just doesn't get any better. Anyway, went to esplanade after badminton to go support jake in his pipa finals! Met up with cass along the way. Well, all i can say is Jake, you made it into the finals, that in itself is something else... And don't worry, there's usually politics in this kinda competition, so yeah, if you played our heart out, the audience will know.

Well, i wonder if this is gonna be my last blog post seeing that i'm leaving for the U.S soon.

P.S i'll be away from the 11th till the 23rd! Wish me a safe trip!

2008-12-07T22:08:00.002+08:00

So once again, i shall try to recall my past week, and type them out here...

Tuesday:
Went to school to study again.

Wednesday:
Went to school early in the morning to exercise abit before the CO meeting. Then had CO till afternoon.

Thursday:
Went to play badminton i think. After that went for FCO again. Sent dadz off the next day at a very unearthly hour of 4am!!!

Friday:
Stayed at home cos i was too shagged due to the lack of sleep the night before. Slept like a log till 1pm, then surfed abit of internet and went off to watch the pipa open category. Was quite an interesting show i must say, the people whom i expected to get in didn't. congrats to jake for making it through! Now you'll HAVE to win first prize!!!

Saturday:
Had CO again the whole day... Morning practice was boring, afternoon practice was erm... actually there wasnt any practice at all cos yujia didn't come, but anyways, talked with my soon-to-be new junior!!! Haha, actually i knew her quite some time back already, but yeah. Good to catch up and all! And welcome to the AC family!

Sunday (today):
Went to YM only to find out that there wasn't corporate worship, so instead a movie was screened, entitled something giants, or giants something... Anyway, went to vivo with mike after that to catch a movie. Bolt is quite nice! And we watched it in GV max too! Great place to watch a movie, super spacy and all. Went to watch Ruan competition with iming and mike after movie. Sorry to all those who didn't make it through, i still think you guys are freaking pro btw, and congrats to minhui!!! Haha. She was really solid, as in her sound and tone, very nice. Anyway, after the competition mike left, so i went for dinner with iming, we kinda went "shopping"? Haha, i'm not sure what it's called, but yeah, we went to royal sporting house where i was damn fickle cos there were these cheap rackets and all, but in the end i decided not to buy cos yeah, i already have a good one, so let's just keep it at that...

Yeap! that's my week! somehow it starts out boring, then gets interesting! hahaha. Oh, and i made some new friends in the process too!

2008-12-01T22:17:00.003+08:00

I will know attempt to recall last weeks' activities and type them down here.

Monday 24th november
Erm, shiz.. i can't remember! I think i went school to study, yeah, i think i did!

Tuesday 25th november
I believe i went to school again to study. Did thanasak and mike come over that day? or was it later in the week? My memory's failing meeeeeeeeeee

Wednesday 26th november
Okay this day i remember. Went to play badminton at thomson cc with james, alex, mike and irvin. Owned some kids and owned the rest. Quite fun, took loads of pictures with alex's cam. Go to facebook if you wanna see em!

Thursday 27th november
I believe i went to school to study. The gabriel came at around 4 or so, then mike came also before we all headed down to JP for dinner before a meeting with irvin. Had KFC for dinner...

Friday 28th november
Was supposed to go out with kincheng but felt abit tired and i was in school studying/slacking and didnt really feel like going out already.

Saturday 29th november
Had CO the whole bloody day again. The CO was insanely small, should've just had sectionals

Sunday 30th november
Went cycling with my cell group! My ass hurt like hell after the long cycling session to TMCC. I dont mind doing this again but i wanna cycle to changi airport the next time!

Monday today
Went to school and studied...

2008-11-30T22:58:00.003+08:00

i should blog about my week, but i'm too lazy to do so now. So maybe tomorrow or something...

2008-11-23T21:03:00.002+08:00

Spirito last night was okay i guess, i didn't really feel like it was anything since it was such a small scale performance. Anyway, i'm really proud of the tanbo section in ACCO, and all thanks to iming who laid out the path for me, and made my job so much easier! I will definitely try to model after you in terms of attitude. I will now give a brief erm, a brief description of each tanbo member...

Jake: Didn't really talk to him much back in barker, in fact, it is probably here in ACJC that we really talked. Anyway, his pipa skills are really something else and also, he's in charge of welfare of ACCO! Important seh!

Brian: Knew him back in Secondary 1 when he first started learning liuqin, but soon later changed to pipa for its versatility in producing different sounds. Anyway, i knew him as the boy who could fit into the locker for some time, and now is a good friend of mine. As secretary of ACCO, he has alot of saikang to do but nonetheless, he is the most competent for that job.

Serene: All i know, is that she is one hard working girl, definitely determined in what she does and her determination is something everyone should admire. Kudos to her for her hard work. she is also a Diploma holder in Piano! waseh! As Score secretary of ACCO, she gets quite alot of saikang also printing scores and all, but she so far done one helluva job!

And so as you can see, with such a talented and determined section, there really isn't much the section leader (me) can do. I thank God for these people, and for iming who has given me tips on how to be a better SL. I will try my best to bond section even further just like iming has done with our seniors!

And now, spirito...

First up, JuHuaTai, which is some Jay Chou song.
It was quite good actually, quite alot of feeling, even my sister wants the recording of the song now!

Colours Of the Wind,
was pretty much the same, we are so used to it.

Long Chuan,
I just hope it was good practice for brian and jake.

Shui Lian,
Okay, just pure boring.

San Liu,
I think it was pretty good, the tanbo section did their best and it definitely came out the way it should've. Chun Yang did a great job on the xylo as well!

Ballade Pour Adeline,
Well, Pei Yan was performing that solo, should be sufficient explanation on how it went.

Jiang nan something something,
Guang Wei and Xuan Han showed us what they could do together, impressive performance so my folks say.

Lan Se De Si Nian,
The highlight of the whole concert, i think it was quite good, the only mistake i could hear on the video tape was the um, haha, if you wanna know just msn me. But yeah, if we had a nice FULL orchestra i.e 50-80, the song would DEFINITELY be better.

Mambo,
Well, this song is basically a joke, so its all good.

After the concert, the ex barker gang waited for the acco barker gang outside LT3 and we took mass pictures, after which we got seperated and in the end me jarron mike irvin gab jake and alex went to KAP to chill and talk about the "GOOD" times.

Thanks to all who came down to support either me or ACCO! Do support again next year!

To all the new people, Amanda Choo, Joyce, Sheena, Shu Qiao, Wei Ling, Nitta, Wang Pei, all the effort you have put in shows something, the passion for CO, keep it up and don't let it die.

To Irvin, good job leading the CO, for once, i think you may be right about ACCO getting Gold with Honors next year.

To Miss Chow, good job helping irvin? Haha, thanks for all the advice on everything.

I know about 60% of the people mentioned would never read this post, but who cares...

I will upload pictures another time!

And now... Sunday! Okay, thanks ALOT to KEN HO for giving me monster hunter which is, INSANELY fun, i think i'm going to get addicted... Well, today's sermon was about obedience and sacrifices, and that we should give complete obedience to God.

Saw Aunt Lena and Unc Matt too! they sure seem to come back alot. haha.

Is this really the end?

2008-11-22T08:37:00.002+08:00

Well, today is spirito, finally.

Yesterday after CO the tanbo gang went out for what was SUPPOSED to be iming's birthday celebration, but yeah, it wasn't really anything. Anyway, Jinlin came to school to meet us, then we went to holland v for lunch and met up with vivian there. Then we went to town with the intent to watch a movie, but since vivian was so gung ho about playing LAN, and me and gabriel didn't really mind that idea either we decided to go play LAN, oh and.. iming joined us at PS also. So we went to paradiz to play, vivian wasnt too bad, jinlin and iming were close to "free-frags". Daryle joined us shortly after and started owning. Played pool after LAN and went home... Some birthday celebration huh? I think badminton would've been better.

2008-11-20T23:23:00.003+08:00

Sorry, but here's another burger post, this time.. devoted to McDonalds!

Recently McDonalds in Singapore has come up with this new idea, the MEGAS! So basically, its like, Big mac, 3 buns and 2 patties, now there's the MEGA mac, which is 3 buns but 4 PATTIES! not too bad, BK still owns them though. But here's the catch, the MEGA mac is SGD$4.75, whereas a double cheeseburger (2 buns 2 patties) is only SGD$2.00. So my friend mike, conveniently came to this conclusion....

TADAA!!! Presenting the REAL MEGA MAC, a.k.a the double cheeseburger EX! Which is basically 2 double cheeseburgers STACKED, if you see carefully, the Double Cheeseburger EX in the picture has only 3 buns, but if you calculate, by right there are supposed to be 4 buns, but for this picture there are only 3 cos mike was busy downing the other bun. But that aside, as you can see, there are still 4 patties, 3 buns (plus 1 bun if you can control yourself) and it only costs SGD$4.00! AMAZING! but of course, there are no veggies... But hey, do we eat mac's for veggies? obviously not...

Mike, you're a genius when it comes to food, no doubt.

Presenting the DOUBLE CHEESEBURGER EX! (trademarked by mike)

2008-11-19T21:42:00.003+08:00

Okay, i forgot to blog abt smth, and i'm too lazy to edit my previous post so i'll type one out here now...

Me jarron and mike had lunch at BK today... Today i finally know that BK is really KING of burgers, and i mean KING, and what made it king is this...

This is seriously king...
Its called the ballsy burger basically cos its for people with BALLS! Like, seriously, it has 4 patties, 4 cheese slices. OWN! And jarron me and mike all ordered the same, so thats like... 12 PATTIES! OWNAGE! There was the normal, then the next was brave, which has 3 patties, then BALLSY, with 4 patties! And jarron convinced me to buy it since he said it's a once in a lifetime thing, so chiong lo.. I had a abit of trouble eating the last bit tho, it got kinda tasteless cos there was only the patty remaining... Oh, and the guy who served us probably thought we couldnt handle the heat cos he asked jarron to repeat his order, and i think he got quite shocked when mike and me said "same as him". Haha, but yes... we all have balls and we totally owned BK today...

Encased in the white package on the tray lies...

THIS MONSTER!!! THE BK QUAD BALLSY ETC ETC (and all the manly stuff)

2008-11-19T19:55:00.003+08:00

Hm, my stamina seems to be getting better, i can now do more laps and hold my breath longer. Anyway, yesterday after studying in school, i met up with sq, elliot and gab to go to iming's "surprise" party, which wasn't really a surprise in the end cos we surprised the wrong guy. but nevertheless she was still abit surprised at the fact that we were there... Haha, but yeah, our presence was acknowledged by her so it was okay, though we felt very out-of-place there...

Haha!

Okay, today... Went to school to study again, and swim of course... while swimming i saw the polo guys training, and they throw damn hard la, like seriously, damn strong also... I shouldve joined when i was in sec 1...
CO after was quite okay i guess, talked to shenls abit and all... but still, co is quite boring...

2008-11-17T22:16:00.003+08:00

Went to watch The good, the bad, the weird with my one and only mommy today! Its a good movie! At least i think so... my mum was hiding from all the violence half of the time. But i still think it's a good movie and its DEFINITELY worth watching!!! Anyway, went to World of Sports to look for mum's shoes and discovered they had 40% off almost all items for members! So mum signed up and we bought loads of sport apparel!! I bought a heck load of Mizuno stuff, 2 shirts and 2 shorts and 1 pair of court shoes from Mizuno. And got a free bag as well. I like! ate a mega mac which was quite big, but i think mike's idea of stacking 2 double cheese burgers instead is cheaper and definitely bigger than the mega mac. Had dinner at food republic, ate some imperial nonsense which was shared between mum and me, and i saw a friend there! I knew who she was, but today was my first time saying hi to her. I bet she felt abit weird.

2008-11-16T19:47:00.003+08:00

Okay forget it, i don't think i'll post about what we said yesterday during dinner.

Well, YM was okay i guess, the prayer requests seem to be abit more erm... i dunno what the word is... I've been listening to songs practically the whole day, and it struck me before but i never really said it, but most songs are probably composed due to breakups, like, seriously. In fact, some sentences of certain songs really hit me.

2008-11-16T07:10:00.003+08:00

Yesterday was CO practice... Got alot of praises for several reasons, one of which is my music feeling, which is basically... the feeling for music. The only reason i can account for this is that... if the music piece is fun, then i'll be fun, and also it depends on how the people who play it make me feel, playing music with friends just helps this feeling. So yeah, everyone can do it, not just me, just as the erhu guy said, you have to let loose your emotions, feel the music run through you, and let these emotions influence the audience, that is what makes music so much more enjoyable!

On another note, (LOL) shenls said that i really should go take lessons with zhangls to further my ruan training, if not it'd be a pity that i didn't. But the problem is. she's too expensive!!! I mean, if the school subsidized i wouldn't mind at all, but right now, ACCO is abit tight on funds, so let's leave that for another time... I really don't mind learning under zhangls, heck! I might even make music my career! Not say instructors earn peanuts you know.

After a VERY tiring day of CO, me irvin and mike went to sunset foodpark again to eat dinner, partly cos there was no dinner for me waiting at home, so i dragged them out along with me! Haha, thanks guys. Talked about something that really set me thinking. But let's leave that for later after i come back from my gran's place.

2008-11-14T21:08:00.007+08:00

So... here's a update on my week so far...

Monday:
Went to school again as usual to study, made sure i got work done cos the next day i was going out to play badminton. So i chionged chem and whacked up 2 major chapters. Played frisbee for about 2 hours before dadz came to pick me up. I almost "killed" my friend with the frisbee! But she admits she is prone to it though!

Tuesday:
Went to cairnhill cc to play badminton! Only to find out that the hall was being renovated and won't be available till 3 days after, so we went down to thomsom cc to play. After shagging ourselves out silly... we went to United Square to chillex and talk. Was really tired that day and immediately fell asleep as soon as i touched the bed...

Wednesday:
Went to school again in the morning to study a little and swim abit. Went out for lunch with Lydia at subway (i think she still owes me money), and had CO after that which was like... super sian again, cos alot of people weren't around due to several reasons and help was supposed to come but it didnt... so what the heck...

Thursday:
Went to school in the morning for co and stock take. I just realised that ACCO has really really ancient instruments and a heck-of-alot of zhong ruans, and some of them are like, brand new... but there's only 1 player -.- so its kinda a waste... Went out after stock take with mathieu, irvin and mike to watch madagascar, i think it's quite funny and i'm sure anyone would as well, met up with jarron after but he and mathieu had to go see someone in the hospital. Saw Jake at PS and bussed home together after that...

Friday:
Went to school again, but this time to study chem again. Chiong-ed and finished up another 2 major chapters! If you calculate.. that makes 4 major chapters done! Electrochemistry, Chemical Bonding, Equilibria and Chemical Energetics! Not bad i guess... Peiyan studied abit with me after her MEP thingy while waiting for MAC. And thank you to iming who brought me lunch!!! Though it was crap, but free crap always tastes better! haha... thank you thank you thank you! And had a free meal from some random people also... Today was... one heck of a day.

Be honest with me, i don't think you have been. When you said that day you felt something else but you wouldn't tell me, you felt touched didn't you? you won't say but i can tell you were, no girl wouldn't be. I want to know the truth, the plain honest truth. And i don't mean what you've been saying so far, i want the truth out from your heart. If you are not ready, just say so. I just want to know, if this has been a lie or not.If you are scared, i tell you now. There's a first for everything, and you mean so much to me i want you to be my first, and my last. And if you're unsure, then i say, I am sure. I haven't been for the past 17 years of my life, but I am sure of one thing, this feeling, is none like any other. Don't throw me down, you know i won't fall, and even if i do, i'll just pick myself up and try again. You mean so much to me i will never let you go. And let this be my promise to you, if it ever works out between us, i will never let you go for a second... or maybe a minute or two... Point is, i've tried, and i don't want to try to let go of you ever again.

2008-11-09T22:24:00.002+08:00

Whoopsie, okay, i haven't been updating my blog since last wednesday. I shall now try to recollect my memories of the past few days and blog about them. Okay, let's see...

Thursday:
I believe i went to school to study. Yeah, i did study. Then i met up with some of my classmates who were doing their PW and bummed around.

Friday:
OP day, i can't believe i was actually shaking during my OP, i didn't feel nervous, but i didn't feel cold either, so what made me shake? Hmm, overall, i think i did okay for my OP, i think a B is very possible. After OP stayed back in school to study, or at least that was what was intended, but in the end i decided to go on home cos i was super sian, and watched Avatar throughout the rest of the afternoon.

Saturday:
CO, omg CO. I was super sian after playing lan se de si nian once through, just so sian. I wanted to just leave, but i have found new reasons to go for CO, and for that reason i will pull through CO. Went out with jake brian mike and irvin to KAP after to just chill, did some really childish stuff and had a good talk about CO. I wonder how brian's p*n*l* blanket is coming along...

Sunday (today):
Went to YM, listened to the centralized teaching which was about relationships. Went out with SG to watch Quantum of Solace, which is a, erm... quite a story i must say, it really is some story, never before seen! Okay, maybe it could compete with lakeview terrace or smth, haha. Then did more stuffs and now i'm here blogging.

This holidays ain't gonna be much of a holiday for me. Unless something happens.

I need to tell you something.

I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life.

2008-11-05T18:46:00.002+08:00

"Time heals all wounds." Or at least that's what they say. Maybe my wound still needs time? This past 5 days or so, have been close to shit to me. I've been trying to hide it, keep it from my friends, and i must say, i probably have done a pretty good job! But still, i can't escape the fact. I guess i'm still hoping for something?

Anyway, went to play badminton with some of my friends yesterday, namely... Irvin, Mike and harold. Ken organized the whole thing and we were to meet at 10am at cairnhill cc, but hohoho, ken himself WOKE up at 10, then made his down, by the time he came, we were all sweating like mad dogs. But i still challenged ken and lost.. AGAIN, but this time the score was 7-6. Dang, next time next time, i'll own you CLEAN.

After badminton, the guys wanted to go back to ACJS to erm, reminisce? So, we went there and took pictures while i sat around and waited as they met up with their old teachers. AND, we had lunch there! Super super cheap i tell you, all in all i spent 2.70 for 2 bowls of noodles, 6 pieces of wanton and 1 drink. CHEAP! But now in ACJC, lol...

After the ACJS visit, went back to barker for CO combined. Must say, the CO is huge! really really big, maybe like, 4 times the size of ACCO? But one thing, they erm, are not really competent in what they do. While they certainly have the quantity, they lack the quality, maybe even TOTALLY. I feel obliged to help, but ACCO is restricting me. And furthermore, i felt abit sian of CO after that session, i don't know why.

bye

2008-11-04T21:38:00.004+08:00

Went to school again to study today, more productive than yesterday i must say. So good, a number of my friends have already finished their PW. OTOH, and i also found out which other group is doing the exact same journey as us! And somemore, we're all friends! From the same OG! Such a small small small world... But i think our PW group will own.

Been playing alot of frisbee lately, so much so until i've got a little bruise on the middle segment of my middle finger on my right hand. coolios...

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2008-11-04T07:18:00.002+08:00

Bleh, i'm deciding whether or not to do something that might be romantic, or ultimate joke. Hms.

Anyway, studied in school yesterday, wanted to go swim, but the stupid lightning warning was on and i napped for about an hour cos the auntie said that it would be turned off after an hour. But after an hour, the thingy still wasn't off and lo and behold, it would be on for another half hour, so i decided, forget it, just take a shower and go back to studying. Then, shortly after, played frisbee with ianyang and lydia till i-dunno-when time and went back to studying, then frisbee again.

Went out with my SG last sunday, watched lakeview terrace. NOTE: It is NOT a comedy, NOR a romance film. It is 100% erm... pure backstabbing film, (if there's such a genre in the first place). But i won't spoiler anything...

These past few days, i've had more time to think about the year and what has happened. All i can say is, whoa. And even at this point in time when i'm blogging, there's still one thing on my mind that has been for very long. cheyyy

My tagboard is dead, some pls revive it...

2008-10-31T21:44:00.002+08:00

Okay, so... The last chinese exam in my life just ended yesterday (hopefully i can clear it the first time). And being a barker boy, if i get an E, i'd be very content already.

Today i finally met up with Duncan, and a few other guys as well. We went to watch Tropic Thunder, which is actually... A retarded show... Anyway, i went back to ACSBR with Duncan to go see teachers! (And at the same time sell off some tickets) Thanks to Mr Alan Lim, Mr Samuel Eio, Mrs Janet Ong, Mrs Yau Man Sang, for being such great great great teachers and i'll never forget you people! And a few others which i'm too lazy to type out...

Okay, now... Here's a topic i've been thinking of... HALLOWEEN

Halloween is actually an American Holiday (i think), but is now seen in Singapore as well due to the influx of foreigners in our country! So we also celebrate Halloween! Or at least the Americans do... Okay, so the thing about halloween is, it's supposed to be scary right? I mean, kids dressed up as Grim Reapers, Spirits and Ghosts and what-nots, well... It's supposed to be scary, but actually it isn't all that scary! As i was walking home just now i saw a bunch a of kids in their costumes walk past me and greeted my Happy Halloween, and likewise i replied them, that got me thinking, why do they wear all these outfits? Well obviously, it's to scare people! But no, instead they go up to a door, knock, and say "trick or treat" and they get candy. Okay, that's not the part i want to talk about. What i do want to talk about, is the scary part... Halloween, 31st October, not a really scary time actually... If you ask me, Halloween should be around mid of the Hungry Ghost Festival... NOWWWWWW, THAT'D BE FREAKY! In my opinion anyways, can you imagine? All the ash from the burning sets the PERFECT atmosphere! Smokey and Foggy! Excellent man! And then you have kids dressed up as Ghosts and Spirits! WHOOOOBOY! I'd be scared shitless man! I mean, here you are, burning notes for spirits in the departed world, and here they are knocking on your door expecting sweets! HOLY ****, i'd be freaked!

Happy Halloween! BOO!