<3 junwei changling rowena justina jukhuan seokhan hanlin vinod shihua kovan zhiying mandy ivan samuel zhuoyi priscilla yanjie melho ali sarah yihui karen shi pei wen chun andrea choon wing kok thong charlotte jean bryan mrs ng florence julian for all your lovely smses and wishes!
love me family for the nice gifts!
love BB27THS for the surprise, song, shirts and HAIKUS! super funny and cute.
love BB02 for your wonderful and very 'matured' presents of cartoonish merchandise! haha the balloon is still floating in my room.
love SCOUTIES for the celebrations at flagpole! the MAN U shirt is niceeeeeeeeeeeee.
love HOUSED for your song and nice coupons! hahaha pity they can only can be used once.
love BB02 for the most memorable dinner at FISH & CO! you guys are the best oglings =D rest and take care! some of you looked zombified during orientation two xD
love EVERYONE else who played a part to make this 18th my most memorable and touched bdae!
hahahaha i'm EIGHTEEN.
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22 December 2007
highlights!
i don't know where to begin. sometimes, this adventure, this scintillating and memorable journey, it all seems so surreal. looking back, it all started with indecision - which subcommittee of orientation to immerse myself into. was it to be games, the area where i'm most familiar and experienced with, after so many years of organizing similar events in scouts? or perhaps song and dance, something relaxing and practical, fun and enjoyable? but in the end, i chose highlights. why? i don't really know. was it because of the people who will be joining it? maybe. but then again, i didn't really know of many others who were signing up for it at that time. seems strange, but i guess i like the novelty of trying out something different.
what makes highlights such a special and unforgettable time is the people - the friends and companions that made it all so... extraordinary. haha i think it goes beyond 'extraordinary', but i guess the dictionary is too small to encompass a word that can even begin to describe it.
true, there are many councillors in highlights, so perhaps it could be one of the reasons why we gelled so well together. but i think it's just a minor part. i believe it is the collective willingness of everyone, non-councillors and councillors alike, to go crazy and hardcore together, to give our fullest, and to live our ambitions with the right work ethic, that defines these remarkable memories. haha i doubt many people actually know the full extent of what highlights is preparing, has prepared and will be preparing. mmm and it's all a surprise, waiting to be revealed when the time comes!
highlights has been tiring, crazy, mind-numbling and sometimes overworked. but it was worth it. it has brought many of us closer together, especially councillors. even after seeing each other for so many months, greeting each other for half a year, it's amazing how little we know of one another until we have had the opportunity to work together, and really open up to one another.
there is so much to remember about highlights - if only i could have a pensieve to store these memories, to relieve these moments and feel, perhaps even see, the intangible emotions reaching out and touching other threads of similar sentiments, anytime i want.
to the highlighters i have been working closely with - wanjoo, ye wei, lynette, giraffe, aaron, zhiying, joel, jevon, karen, ivan, sabby, evona, warren - IT'S BEEN REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY NICE AND FUN WORKING WITH YOU GUYS! everyone is different, yet we are so similar at the same time. wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee i think without any one of you, highlights would have been less splendid, less exciting, less colourful. =)
i hope i will get to know all highlighters beyond the superficiality of companionship and truly breach the walls of passivity that often stall us from reaching true friendship.
and this post i dedicate to highlights 2008, the bestEST comm ever!
what makes highlights such a special and unforgettable time is the people - the friends and companions that made it all so... extraordinary. haha i think it goes beyond 'extraordinary', but i guess the dictionary is too small to encompass a word that can even begin to describe it.
true, there are many councillors in highlights, so perhaps it could be one of the reasons why we gelled so well together. but i think it's just a minor part. i believe it is the collective willingness of everyone, non-councillors and councillors alike, to go crazy and hardcore together, to give our fullest, and to live our ambitions with the right work ethic, that defines these remarkable memories. haha i doubt many people actually know the full extent of what highlights is preparing, has prepared and will be preparing. mmm and it's all a surprise, waiting to be revealed when the time comes!
highlights has been tiring, crazy, mind-numbling and sometimes overworked. but it was worth it. it has brought many of us closer together, especially councillors. even after seeing each other for so many months, greeting each other for half a year, it's amazing how little we know of one another until we have had the opportunity to work together, and really open up to one another.
there is so much to remember about highlights - if only i could have a pensieve to store these memories, to relieve these moments and feel, perhaps even see, the intangible emotions reaching out and touching other threads of similar sentiments, anytime i want.
to the highlighters i have been working closely with - wanjoo, ye wei, lynette, giraffe, aaron, zhiying, joel, jevon, karen, ivan, sabby, evona, warren - IT'S BEEN REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY NICE AND FUN WORKING WITH YOU GUYS! everyone is different, yet we are so similar at the same time. wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee i think without any one of you, highlights would have been less splendid, less exciting, less colourful. =)
i hope i will get to know all highlighters beyond the superficiality of companionship and truly breach the walls of passivity that often stall us from reaching true friendship.
and this post i dedicate to highlights 2008, the bestEST comm ever!
9 December 2007
life is like a cookie.
hahaha ok first, BORO BEATS ARSENAL 2-1! wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! so now the title race is blown open! hahaha nice.
thanks everyone who tried to cheer me up haha you guys have succeeded! =)
i think it was just my lack of sleep coupled with my prevailing flu and cough that made me so sad. hehe but it's better now!
anyway, life is certainly interesting! we often find many insightful analogies to relate back to our daily lives, using these signs around us to convey positive and encouraging messages. why are we able to find them in such abundance? is it simply because of our human intellect and ability to perceive things and construct them in varying fashions to suit our needs? after all, many controversial issues arise because of a difference in mindset and perception, with ostensible examples being torture, abortion and euthanasia.
but i do not think so. i think there is purpose and intention inherent in our daily seemingly-mundane articles of life, waiting patiently for us to find it, 'to see with new eyes' as mark twain puts it. for example, let us just take a look at a cookie. an ordinary cookie. nothing special about it. it's just one of a million, perhaps even more, of the same product. but it can provide such thought-provoking ideas.
life is like a cookie, ben says. he never tells me why.
my original interpretation was that life is like a cookie as we will always leave crumbs behind. these crumbs, however, vary. if we are careful, perhaps we won't leave behind any. if we are careless, we could potentially leave a mess behind. but whatever it is, we have a choice. and life is about choices.
yet, on hindsight, i have a different interpretation of it now. life is like a cookie. there are many ways we can eat it, but eventually, we will still have to finish it. so eat it in an exciting manner, thrilling fashion! nibble it, bite it, chew on it! live life the way it should be - fun and productive, interesting and optimistic!
hahaha this is so exciting and interesting! and all of them are so inspiring!
so, tell me what YOU feel life is about!
haha on msn, in person, blog, anywhere! i'm really interested to know. =)
oh and vinod tells me that FAMILY actually stands for Father And Mother, I Love You.
life certainly keeps her best surprises well-hidden in commonplaces.
thanks everyone who tried to cheer me up haha you guys have succeeded! =)
i think it was just my lack of sleep coupled with my prevailing flu and cough that made me so sad. hehe but it's better now!
anyway, life is certainly interesting! we often find many insightful analogies to relate back to our daily lives, using these signs around us to convey positive and encouraging messages. why are we able to find them in such abundance? is it simply because of our human intellect and ability to perceive things and construct them in varying fashions to suit our needs? after all, many controversial issues arise because of a difference in mindset and perception, with ostensible examples being torture, abortion and euthanasia.
but i do not think so. i think there is purpose and intention inherent in our daily seemingly-mundane articles of life, waiting patiently for us to find it, 'to see with new eyes' as mark twain puts it. for example, let us just take a look at a cookie. an ordinary cookie. nothing special about it. it's just one of a million, perhaps even more, of the same product. but it can provide such thought-provoking ideas.
life is like a cookie, ben says. he never tells me why.
my original interpretation was that life is like a cookie as we will always leave crumbs behind. these crumbs, however, vary. if we are careful, perhaps we won't leave behind any. if we are careless, we could potentially leave a mess behind. but whatever it is, we have a choice. and life is about choices.
yet, on hindsight, i have a different interpretation of it now. life is like a cookie. there are many ways we can eat it, but eventually, we will still have to finish it. so eat it in an exciting manner, thrilling fashion! nibble it, bite it, chew on it! live life the way it should be - fun and productive, interesting and optimistic!
yihui shares her inspiring analogies on life.
1. life is like photography - we develop from the negatives.
2. life is also like a novel - we write a new page every day.
3. life is like a coin, we can spend it anyway we want, but we can only spend it once. so live life with a smile, because we only live it once.
4. life is like the moon. it has different phases, but in fact, it never changes. it's how we view it.
so cool right! haha so i begin to ask around what others feel life is to them as well. mmm and i got some very interesting responses too!
lynette says:
i think life is like.. a cup of coffee? it's bitter but its up to you to make it sweet.
ben says:
life is like a cookie.
life is like a donut.
zhiying says:
life is like an onion - there are so many layers to it!
ye wei says:
your life is yours, no one else has a hold on it, and every day, every decision is in your hands. you are your only way of getting the best for yourself.
wanjoo says:
it is so awesome, but so complicated; yet so simple, and so confusing; and so unfair, but awesome overall!
XXX says:
life is all about girls.
hahaha the last one is super funny XD. personally, i feel that life is like the sun - we have our sunrises, we have our sunsets. but no matter what, we can still light up the world!1. life is like photography - we develop from the negatives.
2. life is also like a novel - we write a new page every day.
3. life is like a coin, we can spend it anyway we want, but we can only spend it once. so live life with a smile, because we only live it once.
4. life is like the moon. it has different phases, but in fact, it never changes. it's how we view it.
so cool right! haha so i begin to ask around what others feel life is to them as well. mmm and i got some very interesting responses too!
lynette says:
i think life is like.. a cup of coffee? it's bitter but its up to you to make it sweet.
ben says:
life is like a cookie.
life is like a donut.
zhiying says:
life is like an onion - there are so many layers to it!
ye wei says:
your life is yours, no one else has a hold on it, and every day, every decision is in your hands. you are your only way of getting the best for yourself.
wanjoo says:
it is so awesome, but so complicated; yet so simple, and so confusing; and so unfair, but awesome overall!
XXX says:
life is all about girls.
hahaha this is so exciting and interesting! and all of them are so inspiring!
so, tell me what YOU feel life is about!
haha on msn, in person, blog, anywhere! i'm really interested to know. =)
oh and vinod tells me that FAMILY actually stands for Father And Mother, I Love You.
life certainly keeps her best surprises well-hidden in commonplaces.
29 October 2007
SCOUTS!
hahahaha ok i lied. i didn't go to pasir ris today. BUT IT WASN'T ON PURPOSE! i really wanted to go there, lie on the beach, rest and relax! haha but there was a sudden scouts briefing which eventually led to raj, vinod, funx and i discussing our annual camp. and we have been super efficient. in less than 4 hours, we completed a comprehensive timeline of our whole camp! hahaha compared to last year when we took more than 4 days just to achieve the same feat, we have definitely learnt much from our experiences.
i really think scouts are awesome. even 01 scouts. hahaha ok shldn't use 'even'. 01 and 02 scouts, we are really quite great! and i'm not being some narcissist or egoistic prick. really, i was just thinking about the range of interesting personalities in both 01 and 02 j1s as well as the times we have had together, and i must say scouting does bring out the best in us. great camaraderie, comfortable working relations, lasting friendships, unforgettable memories, memorable jokes, sweet hardships, joyous tekans, inane acts, insane actions, and many many more!
hahaha ok no matter what others may think (cue: zixin and her rant on how scouts are gay? ><), 01 and 02 j1s, we rock! =)
ok today was refreshing. but i'm totally exhausted now. haha must still go and mug my script. die. x_X
p.s. HAHAHA omg it's really damn fun having a crazy and super lame verbal sparring! thanks royce and kangqi for these interesting conversations! =)
21 October 2007
water.
Iron rusts from disuse; stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind.yesterday was fantastically fun! hahaha ok in the morning it was super sian though, came to school and finished some house stuff. efficient we were, but boring nonetheless. i guess such work can hardly be deemed interesting and it is usually the company that makes up for it - but yesterday was sort of like a stoning day for everyone.
Leonardo da Vinci
went to island cremery for a short review. addressed some pertinent issues. i think in the midst of the interhouse rivalry, many of us houseds got too caught up in the web of emotions and competition that we were unable to detach our personal feelings from it. we let our competitive streak get the better of us and allow them to rule our emotions, contaminating our perspective of the other houseds and allowing negative feelings to fester. as such, even after the ihcs have long been over, remnants of these thoughts continue to persist and affect us subconsciously.
personally, i kinda feel that i'm on good terms with all the other houseds and feel that as long as we don't over-exaggerate and over-analysis the actions of others, always believing in the best of people, no matter how intense the rivalry between the houses were, our interpersonal relationships will never get damaged, but instead be ameliorated. after all, history has taught us that mutual misunderstandings and distrust was the root cause of the cold war amidst other defining factors. we should not traverse the same path.
kovan said something that was thought-provoking. thanks guitar boy! haha but anw, i realise that my sometimes abstract and unorthodox ideas and suggestions have led to others not considering them seriously at times when they should. instead i guess my mock arrogance was taken seriously? that's really 'dash dot dash' man.
perhaps my oscillating shift from nonsensical to serious is sometime too subtle, and as a result, abilities and ideas are undermined. mmm but i won't care too much about that. it is not in my nature to conform to others and pretend to be like the rest. if others find my line of thought not worth thinking through, well... haha i guess it's just too bad!
ok sian stuff aside, yesterday's oteam initiation party was fantastically fun! or have i mentioned that already? hahaha i got to practice my frisbee skills in a real game and it was such a joy to watch the frisbee i've thrown sail with such balance and elegance into the hands of my teammate and SCORE! mmm but more satisfying was the knowledge that i have really improved in the short span of a few weeks. those short playing sessions at the amphi really helped! frisbee is my loveeeeeeeeeeee (:
got to know a few people too. haha hmm let me try to recall. shengwei, yong han, shun (spellcheck!), sandra, joan and karen! oh ya speaking of karen i think i'm kinda noob. she's in my oteam subcomm and i couldn't recall her name yesterday. ggxx my memory is decaying =(
the night was spent playing frisbee, talking, playing group games, chatting, watching entertaining dances, having fun clearing the bbq mess, sparklers, songs, dances, finding taxis, and most importantly, revelling in one another's company! hahaha orientation is gonna rawk. i can feel it in my bones.
ok i'm still exhausted from last night's games. haha time to take a rest. and i think i'm getting influenced from the mystery-culture proliferated by yewei. lol maybe it's time to pick up an agatha christie book.
pure water reflects a clear image.
murky water reflects a distorted picture.
19 October 2007
friends
Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting, that a new world is born.haha today was expectedly fun and interesting. sharynn introduced a game called 'bang!' to us which is really exciting! hahaha at first it may seemed a bit intimidating with its many functions, but after you get to understand the game, it's really fun.
after that, i went to play frisbee with zhizhi, nigel and nicky. eventually, more people trickled in and the game expanded to become really huge. anyway, i have a confession to make: I REALLY REALLY LOVE FRISBEE! hahaha like seriously, it really feels... right. i enjoy everything about the sport, be it guiding the frisbee through the tranquil surroundings, watching its graceful descent or trying out different styles of throwing it. listening in to its bubbly conversation with the wind, it is truly a magical experience. a flick and a throw, a twist and a bend, frisbee is the perfect epitome of a game that demands grace and beauty, speed and agility. most intriguing is the connection established as one completes a union with another person by these simply yet intricate passes. hahaha ultimate frisbee is ultimately fun!
new friends can never replace the old. today's get-together with the scouties has made me realise something - no matter how fun and enjoyable the company of new friends is, the emotional bonds established with old and trusted friends are irreplaceable. it takes time to truly get to know someone, but it takes real sacrifice to be someone's friend.
In other words, men conducted their friendships by doing something, and when they talked to each other, preferred topics like cars or sports rather than themselves. Women conducted friendships by sharing information about themselves, their emotions, and their relationships. Women related "face-to-face" and men related "side-to-side."
http://psychologytoday.com/articles/pto-20061205-000002.html
interesting =)
http://psychologytoday.com/articles/pto-20061205-000002.html
12 September 2007
raining & the council room
today was another good day. or rather, yesterday. no sign of fatigue during the arguably most "hardcore" day of the week. first an appetizer with 3 lessons, followed by a break to prevent indigestion, after which the sumptuous meal of 4 consecutive lessons ensues. mmm, at least i'm happy that the myriad of knowledge from the various distinct disciplines had been digested well enough. haha but of course the highlight of the day was definitely in the morning.
so what's so special about this morning? just like any other mornings in recent times, there a heavy downpour that threatened to flood the council canteen. as such, being the rational people we are, we sought refuge in the council room.
imagine my surprise when i entered the room to find wanjoo NOT sleeping beside weiyuan, as was their morning routine! ahahaha but harmless teasing aside, that surely couldn't have been the highlight of the day, right?
yup, and so, upon the arrival of kovan, we finally could start our singing session! and being empathetic creatures, we then decided to emulate the downcsat feeling reflected in the dreary downnpour in our selection of songs. thus.. we sang EMO songs!
lol, i wanted to sing westlife! but the rest of the people there claimed that westlife songs shld not be considered EMO. so no bananas. =( instead, JAY CHOU's songs were favoured. This led me to make the very reasoanble conclusion that Jay's songs are EMO, which gathered an unexpected fiery response from shihua as she tried to defend her idol from this branding, as if it carried negative undertones. ahaha ok ok actually i exaggerated a li'l, she wasn't really very fiery.
anw! after a while, i noticed that the rain was almost stopping. therefore, to tailor to the new ambience, i suggested we sing songs with higher tempo, songs that are more upbeat. and of course, in nick's world everything has a reason. the reason for this change was to signify the sun's triumph over rain! good idea yea?
however, the rest of the ppl wasn't receptive towards this magnificent idea. instead, somehow this positive contribution engendered a violent retaliation in the form of flying pillows - directed at me. ahahaha, can you believe the great injustice at play? THEN wanjoo went on to say she pity sarah (tdae co-ic), shihua and anna (housed who happened to be there) for having to tolerate my nonsense! but it's ok, i pretended not to hear the highly groundless and inaccurate statement. =)
in the end, we continued to sing and be merry! songs definitely liberates people. it makes us feel more open. perhaps subconsciously we recognise it as a common language among Man, and reacted accordingly. in the end, when the bell had rung and signaled the moment of departure, smiles could be seen on everyone's face.
so what's so special about this morning? just like any other mornings in recent times, there a heavy downpour that threatened to flood the council canteen. as such, being the rational people we are, we sought refuge in the council room.
imagine my surprise when i entered the room to find wanjoo NOT sleeping beside weiyuan, as was their morning routine! ahahaha but harmless teasing aside, that surely couldn't have been the highlight of the day, right?
yup, and so, upon the arrival of kovan, we finally could start our singing session! and being empathetic creatures, we then decided to emulate the downcsat feeling reflected in the dreary downnpour in our selection of songs. thus.. we sang EMO songs!
lol, i wanted to sing westlife! but the rest of the people there claimed that westlife songs shld not be considered EMO. so no bananas. =( instead, JAY CHOU's songs were favoured. This led me to make the very reasoanble conclusion that Jay's songs are EMO, which gathered an unexpected fiery response from shihua as she tried to defend her idol from this branding, as if it carried negative undertones. ahaha ok ok actually i exaggerated a li'l, she wasn't really very fiery.
anw! after a while, i noticed that the rain was almost stopping. therefore, to tailor to the new ambience, i suggested we sing songs with higher tempo, songs that are more upbeat. and of course, in nick's world everything has a reason. the reason for this change was to signify the sun's triumph over rain! good idea yea?
however, the rest of the ppl wasn't receptive towards this magnificent idea. instead, somehow this positive contribution engendered a violent retaliation in the form of flying pillows - directed at me. ahahaha, can you believe the great injustice at play? THEN wanjoo went on to say she pity sarah (tdae co-ic), shihua and anna (housed who happened to be there) for having to tolerate my nonsense! but it's ok, i pretended not to hear the highly groundless and inaccurate statement. =)
in the end, we continued to sing and be merry! songs definitely liberates people. it makes us feel more open. perhaps subconsciously we recognise it as a common language among Man, and reacted accordingly. in the end, when the bell had rung and signaled the moment of departure, smiles could be seen on everyone's face.
9 September 2007
20000000000000000000!
There is a danger of being overly sentimental about the relation of love and death. It is too easy to glibly mention love as the solution to all of life’s problems. Yet love is a solution, albeit an imperfect antidote.
The Myth of Tomorrow, Gary Buffone, Ph.D.
actually, it's only the 200th post. =)The Myth of Tomorrow, Gary Buffone, Ph.D.
i must be in the blogging mood today. hahaha suddenly felt an urge to post again, 'cause i realised i'm halfway through with physics! w00t!!! i shall finish work, energy and power by tonight. then i'm left with measurements, kinematics, dynamics and forces! wheeeeeee... but of course, there are still econs, history and gp. i doubt i can successfully finish all my revision. hm. which one should i sacrifice?
anyway! to commemorate this 200th post, i shall re-post the following poem. it's one of the most meaningful and beautiful poems i've seen around. take a pause here, turn off your music and quieten the buzz. read this poem with a peace of mind. and may these words hold a place in your heart after you've read it. =)
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or, being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;
If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with triumph and disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with wornout tools;
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on !";
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch;
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run -
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man my son!
Rudyard Kipling
7 September 2007
rationalization
Let me ask you something. If someone prays for patience, you think God gives them patience? Or does he give them the opportunity to be patient? If he prayed for courage, does God give him courage, or does he give him opportunities to be courageous? If someone prayed for the family to be closer, do you think God zaps them with warm fuzzy feelings, or does he give them opportunities to love each other?
thought-provoking and makes a lot of sense. got it from zhuoyi's blog. thanks!anyway, today was yet another day saturated with studies. but i'm starting to feel the drive, the vigour. it feels good to be focused after being in some sort of limbo the past few days - stuck between the need to study and the want to get some well-deserved rest after living on a frantic pace of life for the past few weeks.
and today! i went for a jog. not my ordinary kind of jog. hahaha you know, sometimes after running, you'll find yourself reaching your limit. most of the time, i tend to rationalize with myself, telling myself that perhaps it's better to take a rest, or that i might need the energy to stay awake to complete other tasks, and a horde of other excuses were used to convince myself to stop when i've reached my perceived limit.
well today, i suppressed my rationalization! and managed another 2 laps at increased pace. hahaha i feel so glad for myself. i guess that sometimes when we tell ourselves we can't do it, we really can't do it. these 3 words are all it takes to inhibit ourselves from seeking our true limits.
so long as we continue to search for undiscovered horizons and scale unknown peaks, we will always discover a newer world within ourselves. yes, t'is a good motto to adopt - reaching for the unknown and the impossible, to seek undiscovered limits. perhaps i shall abandon my fairytale ideals for it. perhaps not. i'm undecided.
on a random note, when i'm consumed by a great story, i continue reading on recklessly, abandoning all rational thoughts and regards to the situation. that's bad. and promos is looming.
20 August 2007
the monday
WARNING: SUPER, SUPER LONG NARRATIVE/RAMBLING ON MY SEEMINGLY-EXCITING SCHOOL-LIFE!
read at your own expense! xD
in the wake of campfire and the host of events that cascaded one after another without respite, i half-expected myself to stone and zone through the entire monday of lessons. after all, it was really extremely tiring to run to three places constantly, to check on the updates of the various meetings, and make sure everything was going on well all at the same time, especially after completing the highly exhaustive but fun-packed befrienders' dance. haha my dance partner is rachel and we're quite pro 'cos we managed to complete the dance with only 1 or 2 flaws!
hmm... add to the fact that not a single wink was stolen on that crazy night where we did our last minute preparations for campfire to an already sleep-deprived body, and the result is a guy who was constantly struggling to keep awake, where every blink of the eye could potentially meant dozing off into dreamland. =(
but i'm glad i made it through without collapsing, and for that alone, i'm thankful. grateful to my friends, who specially arranged it such that i won't be given such a heavy workload and allowed me to move around frequently. indebted to their kindness, and especially their understanding. THANKS! (:
and back to monday. today.. was really quite enjoyable. =) ok, maybe the first lesson during maths i was still stoning and trying to shake the lethargy from my body, and second lesson of physics lecture was spent 'warming up'. the subsequent physics tutorial was not bad, and we got back our physics' lecture test! haha 20/25 is not bad i guess, and i think the median mark was around 18-20 for the class. so we spent the rest of the day laughing about our results and claiming that this moment of success surely spelled the certainty of acing the upcoming physics promos. =D lol, quite lame and naive. but fun nonetheless xD
history was pretty interesting. while mr. kung's teaching style may differ greatly from mrs chia in terms of interactivity and dynamism, he made it up by constantly providing comparisons in his notes to help us get the hang of writing essays where the skill to compare and contrast is an essential to any SEA history essay. we must not forget his useful summaries too! yup, and i'm starting to pen my own thoughts and ideas gathered too! hahaha
actually, i think that IS the real point of note-taking. not just mindless copying down of notes, but constantly revising and reviewing them in mind to establish any possible links/relationships, as well as form lots and lots of questions! ok ok, it sounded damn muggerish and lame, but do try it out the next time! i assure you that it makes the lesson MUCH MUCH more interesting and even helps you keep awake! =)
econs was damn fun. not just because everyone seemed to be in the 'laughing' mode, where we cracked lots of jokes and stuff about anyone and everyone else, and nobody even minded. and an epiphany struck me with regards to essay-writing in econs! hahaha i sort of realised that dr. fang was trying to convey to us that the essence of conclusions lie in establishing what the innate assumption of the question is and provide a short but informative anti-thesis to it! yesh, it sounds super confusing, but an alternative way of looking at it is that the conclusion SHOULD NOT repeat any more ideas or provide new arguments, but instead list out alternatives to the hidden assumption. ahhhhh! damn hard to explain. ok ggxx i'm not teacher-material. x_X haha maybe i'll explain it with the example used in today's lesson when i have time. rushing for timeeeeeee!
and today was a super introspective day. like bomb. if my past experience with thinking and gaining new ideas were to be compared to a lake, the musings and perceptions gained today must have been an ocean of sorts.
OK! i think i better go finish up my teachers' day designs and catch up on my work.
hahaha blogging allows for greater organization of the mind.
AND TODAY IS ALYSSA, JEAN AND RAJ'S BDAE! HAPPY BDAE ALL!
RAJ WE SHALL GO SWENSENS WITH SCOUTIES ON WED TO CELEBRATE WHEN EVERYONE'S FREEEEEEEEEEE! ;)
read at your own expense! xD
in the wake of campfire and the host of events that cascaded one after another without respite, i half-expected myself to stone and zone through the entire monday of lessons. after all, it was really extremely tiring to run to three places constantly, to check on the updates of the various meetings, and make sure everything was going on well all at the same time, especially after completing the highly exhaustive but fun-packed befrienders' dance. haha my dance partner is rachel and we're quite pro 'cos we managed to complete the dance with only 1 or 2 flaws!
hmm... add to the fact that not a single wink was stolen on that crazy night where we did our last minute preparations for campfire to an already sleep-deprived body, and the result is a guy who was constantly struggling to keep awake, where every blink of the eye could potentially meant dozing off into dreamland. =(
but i'm glad i made it through without collapsing, and for that alone, i'm thankful. grateful to my friends, who specially arranged it such that i won't be given such a heavy workload and allowed me to move around frequently. indebted to their kindness, and especially their understanding. THANKS! (:
and back to monday. today.. was really quite enjoyable. =) ok, maybe the first lesson during maths i was still stoning and trying to shake the lethargy from my body, and second lesson of physics lecture was spent 'warming up'. the subsequent physics tutorial was not bad, and we got back our physics' lecture test! haha 20/25 is not bad i guess, and i think the median mark was around 18-20 for the class. so we spent the rest of the day laughing about our results and claiming that this moment of success surely spelled the certainty of acing the upcoming physics promos. =D lol, quite lame and naive. but fun nonetheless xD
history was pretty interesting. while mr. kung's teaching style may differ greatly from mrs chia in terms of interactivity and dynamism, he made it up by constantly providing comparisons in his notes to help us get the hang of writing essays where the skill to compare and contrast is an essential to any SEA history essay. we must not forget his useful summaries too! yup, and i'm starting to pen my own thoughts and ideas gathered too! hahaha
actually, i think that IS the real point of note-taking. not just mindless copying down of notes, but constantly revising and reviewing them in mind to establish any possible links/relationships, as well as form lots and lots of questions! ok ok, it sounded damn muggerish and lame, but do try it out the next time! i assure you that it makes the lesson MUCH MUCH more interesting and even helps you keep awake! =)
econs was damn fun. not just because everyone seemed to be in the 'laughing' mode, where we cracked lots of jokes and stuff about anyone and everyone else, and nobody even minded. and an epiphany struck me with regards to essay-writing in econs! hahaha i sort of realised that dr. fang was trying to convey to us that the essence of conclusions lie in establishing what the innate assumption of the question is and provide a short but informative anti-thesis to it! yesh, it sounds super confusing, but an alternative way of looking at it is that the conclusion SHOULD NOT repeat any more ideas or provide new arguments, but instead list out alternatives to the hidden assumption. ahhhhh! damn hard to explain. ok ggxx i'm not teacher-material. x_X haha maybe i'll explain it with the example used in today's lesson when i have time. rushing for timeeeeeee!
and today was a super introspective day. like bomb. if my past experience with thinking and gaining new ideas were to be compared to a lake, the musings and perceptions gained today must have been an ocean of sorts.
OK! i think i better go finish up my teachers' day designs and catch up on my work.
hahaha blogging allows for greater organization of the mind.
AND TODAY IS ALYSSA, JEAN AND RAJ'S BDAE! HAPPY BDAE ALL!
RAJ WE SHALL GO SWENSENS WITH SCOUTIES ON WED TO CELEBRATE WHEN EVERYONE'S FREEEEEEEEEEE! ;)
8 August 2007
ihc (IV)
haha, last night was too tired both mentally (the flood of emotions that threaten to drown me) and physically (think rbion and ihcs! =)) to blog properly.
last night i took a rollercoaster ride for the first time ever in my life. an emotional rollercoaster. just before they were going to announce the final standings, i could still remember us holding hands, with our fingers linked, just like our how our desires and hopes are intertwined - to see BB win the interhouse championships!
and then they announced which house was going to get 3rd. when they said there was a tie, my heart almost wanted to break. and not so metaphorically really.
but then they announced the results - that BB WON THE HOUSE CHAMPIONSHIPS! together with BW! and it felt great. more than great. IT FELT EXCELLENTLY WONDERFUL!!! ahahaha
to derail a 20-odd point lead, and even managed a short-lived lead against BW towards the end, was something hardly anybody could envisage just 2 weeks ago. it was a day where hopes and dreams come true, a night of pure wonder and magic; the end of a pulsating adventure, and the start of a new legacy. THREE YEARS IN A ROW!!! =)
it was an amazing experience to challenge the "norm" and emerge victorious; more wonderful still was that we chased a belief that everyone else considered to be a fantasy, and together, achieved our seemingly unlikely but thoroughly deserving ultimate goal!!! the final showdown and our subsequent shared victory definitely paid testimony to the saying that "impossible is nothing".
i think at the end of the day, what made the victory so sweet wasn't because of all the calls and messages we made to the whole buckle-buckley about rbion. it wasn't because of the times we stayed up just to beg and plead with people to play ihcs. it wasn't because of all the late nights spent in supporting every ihc. it was sweet, because we ran the race towards ihc hand-in-hand together, and reached the end point as one! =)
I REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY X10 TO THE POWER OF INFINITY LOVE MY HOUSE D LOTS! AND BB HOUSE COUNCILLORS TOO (especially junwei, sabby, mandy, yewei, wanjoo, melho and jiaying)! NOT TO FORGET, THE 26THS BB HOUSE D AND HOUSE COUNCILLORS! AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, ALL THE BUCKLE-BUCKLEYEANS WHO WORKED HARD WITH US AND REACHED FOR OUR DREAM TOGETHER! THANKS!!!
hahahaha if i were harry potter now, and i'm surrounded by a deluge of dementors, i definitely know which memory to focus my patronus spell on!
and to refer to my previous post that has mention of my 2 aims...
I THINK BB ACHIEVED IT TOO! we won the house championships! and RBION WAS FULL OF BB PEOPLE! haha i think there was more beans there than any other houses! at least for my booth XD
so much to say.
so many to thank.
BB FOREVER!
ahahaha and now that ihc is over, time for welfare to take over! i'm boss now! hahaha nah just joking. the blog shall be up soon! and expect a host of other (hopefully) very exciting events! wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! BB RAWKS FOREVER, EVER, EVER, ER ER ER...
last night i took a rollercoaster ride for the first time ever in my life. an emotional rollercoaster. just before they were going to announce the final standings, i could still remember us holding hands, with our fingers linked, just like our how our desires and hopes are intertwined - to see BB win the interhouse championships!
and then they announced which house was going to get 3rd. when they said there was a tie, my heart almost wanted to break. and not so metaphorically really.
but then they announced the results - that BB WON THE HOUSE CHAMPIONSHIPS! together with BW! and it felt great. more than great. IT FELT EXCELLENTLY WONDERFUL!!! ahahaha
to derail a 20-odd point lead, and even managed a short-lived lead against BW towards the end, was something hardly anybody could envisage just 2 weeks ago. it was a day where hopes and dreams come true, a night of pure wonder and magic; the end of a pulsating adventure, and the start of a new legacy. THREE YEARS IN A ROW!!! =)
it was an amazing experience to challenge the "norm" and emerge victorious; more wonderful still was that we chased a belief that everyone else considered to be a fantasy, and together, achieved our seemingly unlikely but thoroughly deserving ultimate goal!!! the final showdown and our subsequent shared victory definitely paid testimony to the saying that "impossible is nothing".
i think at the end of the day, what made the victory so sweet wasn't because of all the calls and messages we made to the whole buckle-buckley about rbion. it wasn't because of the times we stayed up just to beg and plead with people to play ihcs. it wasn't because of all the late nights spent in supporting every ihc. it was sweet, because we ran the race towards ihc hand-in-hand together, and reached the end point as one! =)
I REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY X10 TO THE POWER OF INFINITY LOVE MY HOUSE D LOTS! AND BB HOUSE COUNCILLORS TOO (especially junwei, sabby, mandy, yewei, wanjoo, melho and jiaying)! NOT TO FORGET, THE 26THS BB HOUSE D AND HOUSE COUNCILLORS! AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, ALL THE BUCKLE-BUCKLEYEANS WHO WORKED HARD WITH US AND REACHED FOR OUR DREAM TOGETHER! THANKS!!!
hahahaha if i were harry potter now, and i'm surrounded by a deluge of dementors, i definitely know which memory to focus my patronus spell on!
and to refer to my previous post that has mention of my 2 aims...
I THINK BB ACHIEVED IT TOO! we won the house championships! and RBION WAS FULL OF BB PEOPLE! haha i think there was more beans there than any other houses! at least for my booth XD
so much to say.
so many to thank.
BB FOREVER!
ahahaha and now that ihc is over, time for welfare to take over! i'm boss now! hahaha nah just joking. the blog shall be up soon! and expect a host of other (hopefully) very exciting events! wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! BB RAWKS FOREVER, EVER, EVER, ER ER ER...
6 August 2007
SUPER EXCITING!
2 August 2007
can't figure girls out
oh man... i think girls are super EVIL!!! come let's do it the gp style complete with thesis statement and elaboration/examples.
girls are evil. as everyone knows, nick is a modest, helpful and nice boy. so when both of his vice capts' phones happen to ran out of battery, he offered his hp to them so that they can contact the track girls to remind them about tomorrow's exciting track finals.
after that kovan shihua and him continued discussing the rest of welfare and house matters. but alas, nick was too naive and trusting. because while he was adding his two cents worth to the fascinating discussion, nice and innocent giraffe was using his name to send lots and lots of messages to the bb track girls. originally, he didn't find anything wrong with that.
until he saw the messages' contents.
GGXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.
noooooooooooooo. in siti's words, "GGXXED"! there are so many smiley emoticons and stuff, plus the writing style is soooo not nick. tomorrow i go support track can like hide my face like an ostrich and escape from the world? escapist ftw!
hahaha and evil shihua just had to send a few more smiley faces to them too. x_X
yes, great examples ya? proves that girls are inherently evil in nature. =D
(lol but it was quite funny to laugh over it actually)
oh i was also just saying how girls can never be figured out 'cos they're just too confusing. here is a case study -
or maybe girls are not meant to be figured out, just like the gordian knot isn't meant to be unravelled. mmm...
k got lots of work. pw, some house stuff, econs homework and hopefully can squeeze in some revision time. my studies is ggxxed after my two weeks break x_X haha must catch up.
AND TO EVERYONE, ESPECIALLY NAT DAY COMM, HOUSE D COUNCILLORS AND PRESIDENTS, JIAYOU! the upcoming break will allow us to refresh ourselves and catch up with work! =)
and of course, GOOD LUCK BB! LET'S OWN TRACK, TENNIS AND ROCKCLIMBING TOMORROW! wheeeee
random memories:
girls are evil. as everyone knows, nick is a modest, helpful and nice boy. so when both of his vice capts' phones happen to ran out of battery, he offered his hp to them so that they can contact the track girls to remind them about tomorrow's exciting track finals.
after that kovan shihua and him continued discussing the rest of welfare and house matters. but alas, nick was too naive and trusting. because while he was adding his two cents worth to the fascinating discussion, nice and innocent giraffe was using his name to send lots and lots of messages to the bb track girls. originally, he didn't find anything wrong with that.
until he saw the messages' contents.
GGXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.
noooooooooooooo. in siti's words, "GGXXED"! there are so many smiley emoticons and stuff, plus the writing style is soooo not nick. tomorrow i go support track can like hide my face like an ostrich and escape from the world? escapist ftw!
hahaha and evil shihua just had to send a few more smiley faces to them too. x_X
yes, great examples ya? proves that girls are inherently evil in nature. =D
(lol but it was quite funny to laugh over it actually)
oh i was also just saying how girls can never be figured out 'cos they're just too confusing. here is a case study -
[melissa TORRES]: anw is your poem doneE?SEE? i randomly help her come up with an emo nick as she has requested and she turned it around and claimed i'm luvsick? ggxx xD. if any other girls can figure out this weird line of logic, please tell meeeeee! =)
[melissa TORRES]: the one that i HELPED TO WRITEE
[melissa TORRES]: gmme a nice line
[melissa TORRES]: i need a new nick
[melissa TORRES]: i give up hirintg a PA
nick!: haha
nick!: poem
nick!: where got time
nick!: only can do during class time
nick!: hm
nick!: i saw your face today wrapped in gloomy sorrow
so i swear i'll make it light up tomorrow
nick!: lol
nick!: impromptu
[melissa TORRES]: eeks i don't likeeee
[melissa TORRES]: "make it light up" doens't sound poeticccc
[melissa TORRES]: HAHAHHA
nick!: when all hope shatters, and love hardly matters,
that's when my battered heart lies in desolate tatters
[melissa TORRES]: OH MAAAAN
[melissa TORRES]: NICK NICK NICKKK
[melissa TORRES]: YOU'RE IN LOVEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
or maybe girls are not meant to be figured out, just like the gordian knot isn't meant to be unravelled. mmm...
k got lots of work. pw, some house stuff, econs homework and hopefully can squeeze in some revision time. my studies is ggxxed after my two weeks break x_X haha must catch up.
AND TO EVERYONE, ESPECIALLY NAT DAY COMM, HOUSE D COUNCILLORS AND PRESIDENTS, JIAYOU! the upcoming break will allow us to refresh ourselves and catch up with work! =)
and of course, GOOD LUCK BB! LET'S OWN TRACK, TENNIS AND ROCKCLIMBING TOMORROW! wheeeee
random memories:
25 July 2007
latin dance o.0
WAW! today i went for pe and found out that my pe module is... LATIN DANCE! lol damn shocking. i got gold and they dun give me pilates? haha oh well it's ok i guess... latin dance can be quite cool too. =)
today classroom damn cold. 4 (or was it 3?) tutorials in a row in the SAME CLASSROOM is ggxx colddddd! i think i just bring jacket to school in future. nigel said that was damn wuss. i said real man are not afraid to admit to their weaknesses. ;)
have you ever felt like laughing all of a sudden as you recall a funny memory? well, you'd realise that if you just laugh all of a sudden, it'd be damn weird and people would be staring at you right? ggxx. i had it when i was in the guys' toilet. then to stop laughing, i resorted to grinning. WHICH IS EQUALLY WEIRD IN THE GUYS' TOILET. GGXX. lol ><
then today was uber long day. after my crazy stoning periods through tutorials where i was rotting away in fatigue, i went to council canteen and drew the bb dragon. yiran said it was damn cute! yes my art not that cmi after all. haha but my evil capts still bullying me yea? ggxx. i think girls nowadays are damn evil.
VOLLEYBALL IHC! super exciting! i wanna go learn how to play vball well now! great motivation. haha. results are still being tabulated. there's a chance BB might get first! =)))
then during vball i witnessed the imba powers of li'l girls. looks are certainly deceiving and the old adage 'never judge a book by its cover' came into mind. they are small in size and yet can whack the vball so hard. impressive!
halfway thru ihc i realised i'm late for befriender's meeting. ><
after meeting, house d met at the council canteen and stoned and did ihc board. progress was slow but it was enjoyable as we just relaxed and did our work slowly. haha love my imba bb dragon! xD
on the way to dinner at like 9+ i told junwei anna giraffe the exciting tales of slaughtering frogs that 01 SCOUTS always do, unlike us 02 SCOUTS who care about the living =P nice, scouty tales are fun to tell. still got one million and one more stories. maybe next time.
ggxx reached home 1130. ggxx still got lots of catching up and homework. die. haha i better go work on my gp outline now. i want my lovely sleepppp... and sweet escape by gwen stefani is another one of my fav songs now! =)
sweet escape - gwen stefani
today classroom damn cold. 4 (or was it 3?) tutorials in a row in the SAME CLASSROOM is ggxx colddddd! i think i just bring jacket to school in future. nigel said that was damn wuss. i said real man are not afraid to admit to their weaknesses. ;)
have you ever felt like laughing all of a sudden as you recall a funny memory? well, you'd realise that if you just laugh all of a sudden, it'd be damn weird and people would be staring at you right? ggxx. i had it when i was in the guys' toilet. then to stop laughing, i resorted to grinning. WHICH IS EQUALLY WEIRD IN THE GUYS' TOILET. GGXX. lol ><
then today was uber long day. after my crazy stoning periods through tutorials where i was rotting away in fatigue, i went to council canteen and drew the bb dragon. yiran said it was damn cute! yes my art not that cmi after all. haha but my evil capts still bullying me yea? ggxx. i think girls nowadays are damn evil.
VOLLEYBALL IHC! super exciting! i wanna go learn how to play vball well now! great motivation. haha. results are still being tabulated. there's a chance BB might get first! =)))
then during vball i witnessed the imba powers of li'l girls. looks are certainly deceiving and the old adage 'never judge a book by its cover' came into mind. they are small in size and yet can whack the vball so hard. impressive!
halfway thru ihc i realised i'm late for befriender's meeting. ><
after meeting, house d met at the council canteen and stoned and did ihc board. progress was slow but it was enjoyable as we just relaxed and did our work slowly. haha love my imba bb dragon! xD
on the way to dinner at like 9+ i told junwei anna giraffe the exciting tales of slaughtering frogs that 01 SCOUTS always do, unlike us 02 SCOUTS who care about the living =P nice, scouty tales are fun to tell. still got one million and one more stories. maybe next time.
ggxx reached home 1130. ggxx still got lots of catching up and homework. die. haha i better go work on my gp outline now. i want my lovely sleepppp... and sweet escape by gwen stefani is another one of my fav songs now! =)
sweet escape - gwen stefani
23 July 2007
i think
my personality tends more towards the soft side rather than the hardliner one. it takes something very, very sensitive or something very, very wrong that goes against the grains of moral to get me even worked up. i think few, if any, can claim that they've seen me blown up before, or even get angry. lol, the only exception was sec1 and sec2. but those years were full of fun, excitement, mischief and jokes too. 2G RAWKS! =)
i guess i'm a man of peace and meditation than one of conflict and war. but there are generally two kinds of people whom i get irritated by.
one. people who breaks promises. if you agree to something, you'd better make sure you try your best to fulfill your responsibilities! after all, you allowed people to place their trust in you, so you'd better retain their respect by doing what you promised. the worse kind is those who neglect their responsibilities and just forget about it, or even feel proud about it. those people, no matter how successful they are in the various superficial arenas Man is so often found to be competing in, will never gain anyone's true respect.
two. people who crossed the line and continue being damn irritating. ok if anyone were to be irritating for once, twice or even five times, one might understand that they may not be in the right state of mind at the point of time to control their actions and emotions, so i guess that's forgivable. but if anyone were to be irritating every singe time, perhaps that's stretching the limits of any ordinary person's patience. the old adage "bend it too hard and it will break" certainly relates well.
today. i met both kinds of people. nice. ggxx. but somehow, i wasn't even angry or irritated. using rold's scale of anger, it could be 1/10, but i think it was closer to 0.5. guess i can't really be bothered to waste energy on these people anymore.
to more exciting stuff, BB PLAYED FRISBEE TODAY! =D much thx to huching, mingyu, vivek, weijie, jason, gerald, cynthia, germ, minmin, valtan, sabby, giraffe, and a mysterious j2 girl who entered at the last few minutes of the last game for playing so hard for bb! even though the odds were heavily stacked against us, we still gave our very best and kept our spirits alive! yup, although it's never easy to grace a defeat, and the disappointment will always be there, i felt that we had a lot of fun and made some friends too! =) w00t! BB RAWKS! IM DAMN PROUD TO BE A BBEAN!
jiayou BB! jiayou house d!
school can never be more fun even with all the hardcore work.
i guess i'm a man of peace and meditation than one of conflict and war. but there are generally two kinds of people whom i get irritated by.
one. people who breaks promises. if you agree to something, you'd better make sure you try your best to fulfill your responsibilities! after all, you allowed people to place their trust in you, so you'd better retain their respect by doing what you promised. the worse kind is those who neglect their responsibilities and just forget about it, or even feel proud about it. those people, no matter how successful they are in the various superficial arenas Man is so often found to be competing in, will never gain anyone's true respect.
two. people who crossed the line and continue being damn irritating. ok if anyone were to be irritating for once, twice or even five times, one might understand that they may not be in the right state of mind at the point of time to control their actions and emotions, so i guess that's forgivable. but if anyone were to be irritating every singe time, perhaps that's stretching the limits of any ordinary person's patience. the old adage "bend it too hard and it will break" certainly relates well.
today. i met both kinds of people. nice. ggxx. but somehow, i wasn't even angry or irritated. using rold's scale of anger, it could be 1/10, but i think it was closer to 0.5. guess i can't really be bothered to waste energy on these people anymore.
to more exciting stuff, BB PLAYED FRISBEE TODAY! =D much thx to huching, mingyu, vivek, weijie, jason, gerald, cynthia, germ, minmin, valtan, sabby, giraffe, and a mysterious j2 girl who entered at the last few minutes of the last game for playing so hard for bb! even though the odds were heavily stacked against us, we still gave our very best and kept our spirits alive! yup, although it's never easy to grace a defeat, and the disappointment will always be there, i felt that we had a lot of fun and made some friends too! =) w00t! BB RAWKS! IM DAMN PROUD TO BE A BBEAN!
jiayou BB! jiayou house d!
school can never be more fun even with all the hardcore work.
30 June 2007
the CRAZY mood
yes. today i'm feeling damn high. haha.
reason 1: scouts
yessssss! haha all the usuals went back. w00t! i shall quote funx: "it feels like a family reunion." nice nice. it's great to meet and catch up after such a long, long time! yea and esp so when everyone's around. enhances the warmth atmosphere. =D
played lots of soccer. like soccer in the morning. lunch. soccer again.
then we had some campfire briefing. lol and there were like some food nearby which were available for grabs. but no! we hardcore through the brainstorming stage which took us super long before we finally went to eat. yes! resisting temptations is an exciting feeling. xD
reason 2: class gathering
then bathed and went cityhall to meet up with ex-classmates. lol in the end only got 5 of us - alex, changling, qinjie, yanxiang and i. haha but it was still quite interesting talking abt the good ol' times! ahhh the innocent and carefree years of primary school. =) haha talked a lot of other nonsense too.
reason 3: imba nick
k that's damn ego. but nvm. hahahaha YES I MANAGED TO CONVINCE LINDAN AND HAIYIU TO GO BACK LODGE ON TUESDAY! hahaha getting leavers to go back og, quite a feat yea? ok no more egoing. i reached home at 11 then when i get on msn suddenly super spam? siao crazily hard to jaga so many convos then some more got dota gang rushing me to join their male-bonding activity aka dota. haha xD
ok crazy happy fun day. and now i'm telling mel that saigang is good 'cos she's saiganging a lot recently. so i told her i'll come up with a saigang theory to make her feel better. and i wrote a lot of nonsense xD
come let me share my interesting theory entitled saigang is the recipe of friendship.
OH YES. LISTEN TO DO YOU KNOW (THE PING PONG SONG) by ENRIQUE IGLESIAS! thx nigel for this imba song!
hahahahahaha ok tmr's another fun day.
reason 1: scouts
yessssss! haha all the usuals went back. w00t! i shall quote funx: "it feels like a family reunion." nice nice. it's great to meet and catch up after such a long, long time! yea and esp so when everyone's around. enhances the warmth atmosphere. =D
played lots of soccer. like soccer in the morning. lunch. soccer again.
then we had some campfire briefing. lol and there were like some food nearby which were available for grabs. but no! we hardcore through the brainstorming stage which took us super long before we finally went to eat. yes! resisting temptations is an exciting feeling. xD
reason 2: class gathering
then bathed and went cityhall to meet up with ex-classmates. lol in the end only got 5 of us - alex, changling, qinjie, yanxiang and i. haha but it was still quite interesting talking abt the good ol' times! ahhh the innocent and carefree years of primary school. =) haha talked a lot of other nonsense too.
reason 3: imba nick
k that's damn ego. but nvm. hahahaha YES I MANAGED TO CONVINCE LINDAN AND HAIYIU TO GO BACK LODGE ON TUESDAY! hahaha getting leavers to go back og, quite a feat yea? ok no more egoing. i reached home at 11 then when i get on msn suddenly super spam? siao crazily hard to jaga so many convos then some more got dota gang rushing me to join their male-bonding activity aka dota. haha xD
ok crazy happy fun day. and now i'm telling mel that saigang is good 'cos she's saiganging a lot recently. so i told her i'll come up with a saigang theory to make her feel better. and i wrote a lot of nonsense xD
come let me share my interesting theory entitled saigang is the recipe of friendship.
saigang. the best way of bonding in relationships is through hardship. in hardship, the veneer of illusion that many people try to hard to keep up will be shred to pieces. no more masks. no more facades.
and you begin to see. you see who these people whom you have worked together with for so long really are. and you show them who you really are.
only then can bonds of acquaintanceship develop into something deeper, something more meaningful, something called friendship. definitely, commitment and trust are key ingredients in this recipie - this recipe of friendship. but honesty is essentially the cooking pot that brews this special recipe with its unique ingredients. and saigang helps to bring out the truth and honest countenance of people.
furthermore, saigang provides the long corridor for which acquaintanceship can develop into friendship - it provides the time that is so essential in getting to understand the highly complex personality everyone has. saigang provides the common experiences where conversations can build on, and through it, people realise how similar they actually are to one another, thus creating a willingness to know more.
friendship is a long road.
a long road must have painful memories.
but it also makes for sweeter reminiscence.
and through rememberance, we feel the emotions again.
we feel the warmth of friendship flowing through our veins
and saigang creates painful memories, arduous hardships, and a multitide of difficulties.
that's why it is the recipe of friendship.
nice. i like. but i rushed it. maybe i'll perfect it one day when i get the time. which i think probably means never. x_Xand you begin to see. you see who these people whom you have worked together with for so long really are. and you show them who you really are.
only then can bonds of acquaintanceship develop into something deeper, something more meaningful, something called friendship. definitely, commitment and trust are key ingredients in this recipie - this recipe of friendship. but honesty is essentially the cooking pot that brews this special recipe with its unique ingredients. and saigang helps to bring out the truth and honest countenance of people.
furthermore, saigang provides the long corridor for which acquaintanceship can develop into friendship - it provides the time that is so essential in getting to understand the highly complex personality everyone has. saigang provides the common experiences where conversations can build on, and through it, people realise how similar they actually are to one another, thus creating a willingness to know more.
friendship is a long road.
a long road must have painful memories.
but it also makes for sweeter reminiscence.
and through rememberance, we feel the emotions again.
we feel the warmth of friendship flowing through our veins
and saigang creates painful memories, arduous hardships, and a multitide of difficulties.
that's why it is the recipe of friendship.
OH YES. LISTEN TO DO YOU KNOW (THE PING PONG SONG) by ENRIQUE IGLESIAS! thx nigel for this imba song!
hahahahahaha ok tmr's another fun day.
18 June 2007
99! 'jiu jiu'!
hahaha i can't believe that i've reached my 99th post. it has been 3 months and 5 days since i started blogging on that fate day, 13th march '07. and since '99' in chinese is auspiciously referred to as 'forever' or 'eternity', i shall talk abut something close to my heart - my batchmates in scouts. =)
haha one of the most memorable quotes i can remember is from marcus, and it reads,
"when i first saw nick, i thought he was damn pro at soccer." lol but i wasn't pro xD
when i was first assigned to scouts in secondary one, it was with great reluctance that i decided to continue staying in the cca. after all, aren't scouts and uniform groups in general are boring ccas? haha, what a false stereotype ><
i can tell you honestly, even now, that many scout activities aren't fun. in fact, they are torturous & painful (batch dynamics), tiring & strenuous (camps), irritating & troublesome (layout), and even humiliating (sec2 batch item) sometimes. but as we traversed the road of time and hardship together, we begin to realise something. we are not alone.
for every seemingly-impossible task that was required of us, there would be batchmates who are standing behind everyone, pushing one another to reach our personal limits and beyond. for every punishment dealt to us, there would be fifteen others who are constantly cheering for one another, providing the pillar of support for everyone to cling on to as we braved through each trial and tribulation together.
for every drop of sweat, there will be fifteen accompanying drips of sweat.
for every drop of blood, there will be fifteen accompanying drips of blood.
for every drop of tear, fifteen others will be present to stop the tear from falling.
that's why our friendship knows no boundaries, for these boundaries that were defined previously have been crossed. what's left is a path to thread on in eternity together. definitely, there are those who are not as close. there are those who are aloof and adrift. but the old adage holds true. for only when you are willing to give, will you receive more than what you have given.
haha, i remember watching the sunset together with the batch on mt ayam in malaysia.
i remember the hardcore batch dynamics in front of lim boon seng's memorial stone at mcritchie reservoir.
i remember the thailand trip. the fan clubs. the great fun! and the many many amazing things we tried and learnt.
i remember the hours we spent at macs and kfc after camps to talk about our adventures and stupid stuff we did.
i remember the crazy camp proposal that we had to rush.
i remember our near-death encounters as many of us capsized while rafting on rapids.
i remember abseiling the waterfall together.
i remember...
i just realised there are too many things to remember and talk about =)
scouting isn't really that fun. it's the companionship, camaraderie and craziness that made up for everything. if there were to exist a tonic that could turn something nasty into something great, it would be such bonds of friendship that were wrought on fires of misery and torment.
---
ok now chatting with nigel yihan and rold. quite fos. lol but super funny. xD
and changling inspired me to study harder next week with her burning-midnight-oil attitude. haha must match that!
i shall start today. monday. 1 more week to cts. gooooogoooooooooo!
...and this is how my 99th post ended.
haha one of the most memorable quotes i can remember is from marcus, and it reads,
when i was first assigned to scouts in secondary one, it was with great reluctance that i decided to continue staying in the cca. after all, aren't scouts and uniform groups in general are boring ccas? haha, what a false stereotype ><
i can tell you honestly, even now, that many scout activities aren't fun. in fact, they are torturous & painful (batch dynamics), tiring & strenuous (camps), irritating & troublesome (layout), and even humiliating (sec2 batch item) sometimes. but as we traversed the road of time and hardship together, we begin to realise something. we are not alone.
for every seemingly-impossible task that was required of us, there would be batchmates who are standing behind everyone, pushing one another to reach our personal limits and beyond. for every punishment dealt to us, there would be fifteen others who are constantly cheering for one another, providing the pillar of support for everyone to cling on to as we braved through each trial and tribulation together.
for every drop of sweat, there will be fifteen accompanying drips of sweat.
for every drop of blood, there will be fifteen accompanying drips of blood.
for every drop of tear, fifteen others will be present to stop the tear from falling.
that's why our friendship knows no boundaries, for these boundaries that were defined previously have been crossed. what's left is a path to thread on in eternity together. definitely, there are those who are not as close. there are those who are aloof and adrift. but the old adage holds true. for only when you are willing to give, will you receive more than what you have given.
haha, i remember watching the sunset together with the batch on mt ayam in malaysia.
i remember the hardcore batch dynamics in front of lim boon seng's memorial stone at mcritchie reservoir.
i remember the thailand trip. the fan clubs. the great fun! and the many many amazing things we tried and learnt.
i remember the hours we spent at macs and kfc after camps to talk about our adventures and stupid stuff we did.
i remember the crazy camp proposal that we had to rush.
i remember our near-death encounters as many of us capsized while rafting on rapids.
i remember abseiling the waterfall together.
i remember...
i just realised there are too many things to remember and talk about =)
scouting isn't really that fun. it's the companionship, camaraderie and craziness that made up for everything. if there were to exist a tonic that could turn something nasty into something great, it would be such bonds of friendship that were wrought on fires of misery and torment.
There are many types of ships. There are plastic ships, wooden ships, and metal ships. But the best and most important kind of ships is friendship.haha. ok i lost my train of thoughts again. k train sounds overused. i lost my ship of thoughts. yes, in-line with the post =)
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ok now chatting with nigel yihan and rold. quite fos. lol but super funny. xD
and changling inspired me to study harder next week with her burning-midnight-oil attitude. haha must match that!
i shall start today. monday. 1 more week to cts. gooooogoooooooooo!
...and this is how my 99th post ended.
9 April 2007
support, power nap + stench (part II)
stench. oh man, it still stinks. the smell hasn't dissipated yet. hopefully it will be gone soon =X i realised i'm quite behind in physics tutorials. but dun have the motivation to start. zZz.. aha, preparing interview questions for sec4s tmr xD
We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give. - Winston Churchill
7 April 2007
!!!
omg... i just had a frightening encounter with some fat, black, creepy, disgusting, dunno-what-in-the-world-it-is insect. it's like i have just finished my dinner and was bringing my plate to the sink. and just when i was about to reach the sink, IT descended onto my thumb.
for a moment, i was like shit! when i felt it on my thumb. picture this: both my hands were full with the plates and stuff. the black crap landed on my thumb. i stared at its enormous size (how can a mosquito, if it's one, be so big? it's like the size of a gobstopper candy!) and i sort of got freaked out a bit. but i can't just drop the plates. so i controlled myself. placed the plates in the sink and hurriedly wash IT away.
crap. i can still feel it on my thumb. some weird lingering feeling. hope it didn't bite me >< eh, it's really quite spooky. serious stuff, no drama at all. something that big and disgusting shouldn't be allowed to exist to freak people out.
nvm, aside from that encounter, today's been pretty ok. woke up and tried to do some work. managed to get some maths done. but after a while, my motivation just died. so dota-ed with zhikai and shaun leo. played 2 1v1s with kai, with leo laming about neut-ing. after that played 2 2v2s with kai leo and xj. haha. i effectively wasted about 3h i think. oh well, at least it made me guilty. as a result, i could start work again =)
more or less finished maths assignment and tutorial. didn't feel like doing anything anymore. went to listen to songs. not bad la, chinese songs got potential.
haha, then went to exercise at the park. somehow today, after exercising, i felt super refreshed and revitalised. while sitting at the bench to cool down and relax, i suddenly thought of the m'sia trip last year.. where my life-threatening incident occured.
[flashback]
GO! GO! GO! samuel, vinod, willie, raj, me + the imba guide. we were doing white-water rafting with lvl 3 rapids. and we were approaching our first rapid (and we heard later on that it was the most dangerous one of all the ones we were gonna meet x|). WHOOOSH! the raft plunged into the rapids and surfaced again. but over the roar of rushing water and us shouting, i failed to hear the change if command from GO! to HOLD! crap. i could see myself sliding across the raft as i lost my hold. i witnessed willy flying over the raft and plunging into the water. (later on, i heard raj flew over him too) the next moment, i slipped and got dumped into the water too.
u must understand that it really isn't a joke to capsize over rapids. somehow, i did not panic as i would have expected myself to. while drifting (swimming is futile. the current was too strong ), i somehow find myself in a state of tranquility. luckily there were other rafts ahead, so one of them casted the safety rope, which willie caught onto. i grabbed willie's paddle and managed to hang on to the rope too. but i think lady lack was cursing me or something. somehow during the process, i slammed into a rock and my sandals decided to slip off, and were hanging at the tips of my toes. luckily for me my legs didn't get trap under the rock, else they'd most certainly be broken, so it instead served as a stopper.. then when trying to get my feet back into the sandals, my legs got entangled with the rescue rope. nice, obstacles after obstacles.
slowly and carefully, i raised my leg to grab onto the sandals, my other hand holding onto the rescue rope tightly, and threw it to my raft. after that, it became smooth-sailing and i managed to pull myself back to the raft. RESCUED! phew!
[/flashback]
haha. got some interesting stuff to post too. i think i shall enter them into the next post.
for a moment, i was like shit! when i felt it on my thumb. picture this: both my hands were full with the plates and stuff. the black crap landed on my thumb. i stared at its enormous size (how can a mosquito, if it's one, be so big? it's like the size of a gobstopper candy!) and i sort of got freaked out a bit. but i can't just drop the plates. so i controlled myself. placed the plates in the sink and hurriedly wash IT away.
crap. i can still feel it on my thumb. some weird lingering feeling. hope it didn't bite me >< eh, it's really quite spooky. serious stuff, no drama at all. something that big and disgusting shouldn't be allowed to exist to freak people out.
nvm, aside from that encounter, today's been pretty ok. woke up and tried to do some work. managed to get some maths done. but after a while, my motivation just died. so dota-ed with zhikai and shaun leo. played 2 1v1s with kai, with leo laming about neut-ing. after that played 2 2v2s with kai leo and xj. haha. i effectively wasted about 3h i think. oh well, at least it made me guilty. as a result, i could start work again =)
more or less finished maths assignment and tutorial. didn't feel like doing anything anymore. went to listen to songs. not bad la, chinese songs got potential.
haha, then went to exercise at the park. somehow today, after exercising, i felt super refreshed and revitalised. while sitting at the bench to cool down and relax, i suddenly thought of the m'sia trip last year.. where my life-threatening incident occured.
[flashback]
slowly and carefully, i raised my leg to grab onto the sandals, my other hand holding onto the rescue rope tightly, and threw it to my raft. after that, it became smooth-sailing and i managed to pull myself back to the raft. RESCUED! phew!
[/flashback]
haha. got some interesting stuff to post too. i think i shall enter them into the next post.
a dream come true
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe. - Anatole France
have you ever had a gamble with life and destiny with heavy stakes that will inevitably affect your future?
haha, well, if you had, you must have understood how i felt during the campaigning process for council. it was a hard decision for me to give up the opportunity to be in odac core - after all, i have always loved the outdoors and nature, having experienced the beauty of nature many times before, and allowed the comforting presence of mother nature smother me, putting me into a trance of peace and tranquility.
but i have always experienced this.. want, or rather, need, to challenge myself even further. joining odac core would definitely be a great experience and i'd definitely make great friends as we weather the storms of nature and hardships together. yet, the idea somehow doesn't seem to be satisfying and fulfilling enough.
maybe i'm a bit weird.. but i've always liked working under pressure. or rather, there have been many incidents in the past where i excelled under heavy stress. this remind me of an old post, and the link to a site on which the author suggests that the normal human inability to exert oneself to one's physiological maximum is the result of "acquired inhibitions that in turn are subject to disinhibition by pure Pavlovian procedures, by anesthetization of inhibitory mechanisms, or by pharmacologically induced symptoms serving as stimuli for disinhibition."
lol, there are some alien terms there.. but i think you can get the general meaning of it. maybe stress can open up a corridor leading me to the excess reserves which i've subconsciously stored and placed inhibitions on. oh well.. i dunno. just some lame hypothesis. back to the topic..
so.. i was sooooooo relieved when my gamble paid off. haha, now that i'm an elect (only officially known as councilor after the investiture xD), it seems so surreal somehow. i'm still trying to get used to the fact that my dream has actually come true.. still trying to condition my brain to accept it. lol, maybe i'll finally arrive at acceptance once i've settled in a department and been through the council camp! =D
CAMP! haha, simply can't wait for it. have always loved camps. so much fun and adventure, shock and surprises..
it's late... mmm, gotta sleep soon. lol, just played 3 dota games. crap. i'm not gonna play until i've completed all my work tmr! x.X haha but not bad la, it's a good feeling to be one of the most influential players in game =P ego-booster xD
to end off.. to those who have faced trials and tribulations only to find their dreams a hopeless cause, remember that if we had no winter, spring would not be so pleasant.. and to fly, we need resistance! cheer up!
p.s. saw funx's blog and decided to do the same test. haha, same results xD
have you ever had a gamble with life and destiny with heavy stakes that will inevitably affect your future?
haha, well, if you had, you must have understood how i felt during the campaigning process for council. it was a hard decision for me to give up the opportunity to be in odac core - after all, i have always loved the outdoors and nature, having experienced the beauty of nature many times before, and allowed the comforting presence of mother nature smother me, putting me into a trance of peace and tranquility.
but i have always experienced this.. want, or rather, need, to challenge myself even further. joining odac core would definitely be a great experience and i'd definitely make great friends as we weather the storms of nature and hardships together. yet, the idea somehow doesn't seem to be satisfying and fulfilling enough.
lol, there are some alien terms there.. but i think you can get the general meaning of it. maybe stress can open up a corridor leading me to the excess reserves which i've subconsciously stored and placed inhibitions on. oh well.. i dunno. just some lame hypothesis. back to the topic..
so.. i was sooooooo relieved when my gamble paid off. haha, now that i'm an elect (only officially known as councilor after the investiture xD), it seems so surreal somehow. i'm still trying to get used to the fact that my dream has actually come true.. still trying to condition my brain to accept it. lol, maybe i'll finally arrive at acceptance once i've settled in a department and been through the council camp! =D
CAMP! haha, simply can't wait for it. have always loved camps. so much fun and adventure, shock and surprises..
it's late... mmm, gotta sleep soon. lol, just played 3 dota games. crap. i'm not gonna play until i've completed all my work tmr! x.X haha but not bad la, it's a good feeling to be one of the most influential players in game =P ego-booster xD
to end off.. to those who have faced trials and tribulations only to find their dreams a hopeless cause, remember that if we had no winter, spring would not be so pleasant.. and to fly, we need resistance! cheer up!
p.s. saw funx's blog and decided to do the same test. haha, same results xD
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