dr-WONG

2008-11-18T23:03:00.002+08:00

Hellooooo...
Haven't been here for a loong time..
Think I'm going to update?
Nah.

I'll be gone from 19 (6 more hours!) to 28 Nov.
Yeah, it's oCIP to Laos.
Know what? It's GMT+7 there.
Whee~~~
That means: 8pm here = 7pm there.

All uncles and aunties, sorry to disappoint you guys again.
If you're real bored, try calling me during the abovementioned period.
I'm sure I'll pick up.

2008-09-01T22:15:00.005+08:00

Back on the blogosphere on teachers’ day!
Just to sum up what happened during term 3.
Yes, I know I should be studying right now..!
But before anyone complains that my blog is dead, I shall update.

Anyways, I have a new goal in life!

The 4th Publicly Funded University
Getting into a university.
Not just any university.
But preferably the one at Changi!
The new uni!

2011 is the year they take in their first intake, so it should be when i'm 20.
So by the time I get outta NS, the uni should be completed and if I can successfully enrol into the university, I will become one of the pioneer batches! So cool right?

Actually, the main reason is accessibility, like what we have learnt in 'O' Geog.
Referring to the map, simei's like just on top, and guess what's next to simei?
TAMPINES (the blue arrow)!
Woohooo~~! Finally a uni in the east lor.
NUS @ Buona Vista, NTU even further west than boon lay and SMU near CT hall, bounded with loads of ERP.

Being enrolled into the university entails that I can continue to take 31, and squeeze onto the bus with CGH nurses and ITE students. And if I feel like visiting VJC or AHS, I can take 31 too (route in blue dots). Isn't that (cool)X2?

To add on to the long list of incentives, there's CGH nearby (circled).
If got accidents (like sara =X) how? Just walk over to CGH.

Expo is also nearby!
The school is good for foreigners too, cos it's very close to changi airport. =)

And there's a 'NAME THE UNI' exercise going on on MOE's website.
(http://www.moe.gov.sg/schools/name-the-uni/)
So exciting right? You can determine the name of the uni by just filling in the form!
Imagine the future generations of students attending the university named by you.
Soso (cool)X3!

I suggest..
The uni should be named
TAU
Temasek Academic University.
Reason #1: There's temasek pri, sec, jc, poly already mah. Add on a uni la. Somemore the temasek family is located all around the bedok-changi area.
Reason #2: Temasek holdings can be the sponsor of the university, so students don't have to pay a cent at all for their courses. Woots!
Reason #3: 'TAU' is a good word that can be incorporated into other words to form words of (cool)X4 meaning.
Imagine a PE tee that reads: 'Proud to be a TAU-ist' or 'I love ~~StPats~~ TAU-ism'.
Imagine a new student-initiated sports cca: TAU-pok.
Imagine what the canteen will sell: TAUsuan, TAUhuay, etc
Plus, if there's any school events, TAUfik will feel obliged to perform for free as he is 'part of the TAU family'. Isn't that nice?
And in addition, those who are TAUrus should be given special treatment (look at my profile at the side).

In accordance to Reason #1, I suggest that ITE College East to be renamed 'ITE College (Temasek)'. Only then will we feel the true Temasek spirit.

Temasek is now a brand name, not only the name of the company owned by the HoLee (holy) family. The Temasek family will one day surpass the Raffles and Hwa Chong family to be the one at the top of the education scene.
We shall wait for this day.

Alternatively, I won't mind if my TAU is changed to TUA (temasek university of academics). Then the vision of the school shall be:
To nurture TUApais (big shots) who can play TUAdi (Big 2) as well as their studies and have TUATUAluck (great strength) in their chosen fields.

Remember the time when we were request to name terminal 3/budget terminal (cant rmb which) and the fusionopolis (if i rmb correctly, according to the noose)?
Just don't name it 'The forth university' can already!

Oh ya, this brings me to another issue that is related to naming.

Hwa Chong Station?
There was recent news that HCI asked its whole school to go to the LTA website and suggest the renaming of the Duchess MRT station parked just in front of the institution into 'Hwa Chong Station'. http://www.asiaone.com/News/Education/Story/A1Story20080901-85334.html

Few questions to ask:
Why is there a Duchess MRT Station in the first place?
There's not no HDB flats there and it is not even a town centre (compare this to pasir ris, tampines, simei). There are only private properties, condos and schools around the area.
What makes you think that those rich ppl living there cannot afford to buy a car or take a taxi and have to squeeze with ppl in the MRT train?
It's true that the schools nearby can generate alot of demand for the train services, but the whole day? Hmm.

Even if there is a need for train services, why is the station parked in front of HCI?
I mean, there are many other schools in the vicinity. Why don't they place it slightly more northwest so that it is more accessible for the other schools?
I have nothing to say about its position or the 'Hwa Chong Station' name if the MRT station is specially constructed for HCI.
But, there is ultimately no reason for this. What makes you think that the NJ and Nanyang kids have a lower demand for the MRT trains with respect to the richer HCI kids?
You call it HC Station and ppl frm other schools uses it more frequently instead.

Imagine if Bedok MRT Station is renamed 'Tampines' due to the presence of the relocation of Tampines Secondary School beside Bedok MRT.

With the mobilisation of the whole school, LTA is sure to get lots of suggestions for the Duchess station. Plus, we all know the name-suggestors are of a higher calibre and can debate and explain their points realtively well. Looks like the fate of the station is sealed.

What we can do now is to study hard and earn lots of money in the future. Money really makes the world go round. And round. And even rounder.
(Did you know that ppl in the past believed that the world is flat?)

Oh, and I heard that a Marine Parade station will be incorporated into the Eastern Region Line (ERL).
Let's start a movement to rename it into 'Victoria' when the naming exercise comes out.
We shall await the opening of the Victoria Station 12 years later (2020).

Oh, and this brings me to the next topic which is somewhat related to 'elite' schools.

Connect SG (08 Aug)
Wow…
Connect Singapore..
I don’t want to start a bloody long description about it, so I shall summon the power of the Universal Library to help me source for people’s thoughts about this.
http://yawnsofinterest.blogspot.com/2008/08/connect-singapore.html
Written by a guy from an ‘elite’ school.

Subsequently, kena shot by some guy from a ‘not-as-elite’ institution.
(P.S. The comments on his blog are deleted)

In response,
http://yawnsofinterest.blogspot.com/2008/08/to-sbas-chen-hypocrite.html

On the same day, on the other blog:
http://critically-me.blogspot.com/2008/08/yo-read-up.html
http://critically-me.blogspot.com/2008/08/what-happened.html

Few days later, the other party called for peace:
http://yawnsofinterest.blogspot.com/2008/08/to-my-readers-again.html
Simply cause he wants to.. MIP.

Next, the opposition records down their SMS conversations:
http://critically-me.blogspot.com/2008/08/3-days-to-go.html

The next day, he uses the Universal Library and manages to find information regarding cyber-bullying.
http://critically-me.blogspot.com/2008/08/2-more-days.html

Ever since, no more conflicts and happily ever after.
Isn’t peace what Singaporeans really want?

On the happier side, there’s some +ve comments about CSG!
http://ftpss2t2.blogspot.com/2008/08/connect-singapore.html
A single short and simple, yet sweet sentence.

OK, ya, after the connectsg went to makan ichiban sushi at AMK Hub.
Sashimi for free! =X
Then went wilson’s house.
That’s where we took LOTS OF PHOTOS!
The one with timer and goes “beep beep beep beep,.. ” and then take a few consecutive shoots one!
But everything’s in huimin’s camera.
Grrr…

After that in the evening got venture scouts meeting to discuss NPC.
Yet another counter-productive meeting.
What’s pek-chek is that I missed 沸腾冰点 for the second time due to these meetings!
(Grr)X2...

Oh and I just saw the last episode of 沸腾冰点!
The ending's kinda expected but still is very nice!
I think the next show is like some shit. Yuck.

Anyways, that's all for my National Day celebration.
Now, time for:

Teachers’ Day Celeb (29 Aug)
Nothing much happened, except for some damn funny videos during the celebration (e.g. the HC vid!) and class breakfast in the CO2 filled canteen.

Went back to AHS to meet old friends.
Well, not many of them changed, except for PERRY!
Chnaged specs, changed bag, changed shoe… AND CHANGED WATER BOTTLE.
I didn’t take a look at his pencil case though. =(

Had lunch with randy, yuelong, hweeli and adeline (the 2k one) before going to TM to accompany the girls on a shopping spree. AND THEY SHOP DAMN FAST, unlike my mum!

Wow.. AMAZING.
That's all for term 3.

Now I must really try in MIP already.
But then hor, better not M too much.
Looking at my mid-years, the subjects that don't require M-ing (languages) and the subject that I didn't study due to time contraints (computing - I have to M for the stupid chem test on the same day), I got A, B and C.
On the other hand, the more content-based subjects that I have really tried to put in my best on my remaining June holiday got me an EEE.
But this is kinda expected, given tt my A Maths and Chem grades was A2 in O levels, while Econs is a relatively new and confusing subject.
Oh wells, maybe I should bank on my strengths?

Reality check: 17 days to start of promos.
Man, I've never started M-ing so early for school exams!

4765//

2008-07-01T22:11:00.013+08:00

Is that a good choice or bad choice?
That is not for me to know and therefore definitely for you to never find out.

Anyways, I realised that the last post was highly confusing for most.
So this was what happened on the day:
8pm: Blogged
9pm: Finished blogging, switch off computer, wanting to rest earlier so that I'll be energetic for the next day's orientation!
9+pm: Ring ring.
9++pm: Hello..?
9+++pm: abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

Ya.. So you should know what happened.
Too lazy to update online at tt time larh.
So, liddat lor.

So sorry I cant fetch anymore news frm TJ...

Yea.. Cos I've been blocked.

Instead, I can only show you this:

Since today's my blog's first anniversary, I shall post this video I found on the net:

=D

Ohh.. Just to update on my very fun-filled ~~June Holidays~~ ~~Study Break~~ month of June!

23 May: Full day (but spent car-washing for SLV) + Strings Concert
24 May: PLTC- Seminar + Harmoc Concert
25 May: National Runway Cycling and Skating (supposedly)
26 May: Under No Roof Facil Briefing
27-30 May: First Aid Refresher
31-1 Jun: PLTC- Camp
3 Jun: UNR Meeting + PW + June Camp Stayover
5-6 Jun: Prep for UNR
7-8 Jun: Under No Roof '08
10 Jun: SLV - Go to zoo
12-13 Jun: Survival Camp
14 Jun: Project Hearts (supposedly)
15 Jun: Paint-A-Home
16-17 Jun: Chiong Hike Report
18 Jun: Records Challenge recording
19 Jun: Submission of Hike Report

Wahaha.. So only started full-day studying frm 20 Jun onwards, weekdays 11am-7pm and weekends 1pm-7pm, with occasional Wahjong on Viwawa.
It's like, sitting for an unimportant class test in secondary school liddat.
Arghh.. At least I got an A in H1 CL..! =)

OK.. No more negative stuffs!
It's my blogg's 1st anniversary you know!
Haha, ok, changed blogskin.
Erm, ok, changed the song. (yes, we all want it to be changed)
So now it's this 最近还好吗 by SHE.
It's like, although out for very long alr, still so nice. Ahh...
As usual, I wont force ppl to listen to the music so if u dowan it, then press 'ESC' lorhs.

Oh, and I'm so surprised tt Chang Hong and Huimin (frm my J1 cls) didnt hear tt song before, when the harmoc ppl blew it on the harmoc concert.

I bet some smart aleck, at this point of time, would want to correct me:
"Grammatical error!
It's @#%$! by her. Not by SHE. And 'she' should be in lower caps."

Ahh.. I'm so missing the days of speaking mandarin freely anytime anywhere (except during mrs chew's lessons).

OK. Ya. I sort of updated my blogg. Lol.
For the whole of this wk, I shall be updating the other blogs..
Wohoo~~ I'm finally back on the virtual world!

P.S.
Update me if you've change ur blog address or smth liddat.
Cos tt's the only part of the template I didnt update and there should be lots of cobwebs lying around (anyway, it's the worldwide WEB wad).

4525//

2008-02-20T19:58:00.010+08:00

Oh.
Just went online-TJC-subject-combination-registration.
Just some snapshots before I continue..

So basically, they gave me a survey to do regarding handphones. (pic 1)
Oh and I answered a series of stuffs tt were quite irrelevant to subject combinations, ie, Father and Mother, blood type and whether you've got diabetes.
Just look at the stuffs we have to fill in at the left side! (pic 2) :
1) Personal Particulars
2) Address and Contacts
3) Parents and Guardians
4) Health/Medical Records
5) School Survey
6) Overseas School Trips
7) Past CCA/Physical Fitness Profile
8) Verify O Level / Latest Exam Results
9) Select Subjects to Offer

And they asked for my P6 NAPFA grade and my height and weight (sensitive topic). (pic 3)

Bottomline:
TJC really relies alot on IT! Almost everything has to be registered online!
Oh.. And they've got wireless LAN in the whole college!
Cool man!

So this is my day at TJC.
Initially, I thought there will be this whole bunch of ppl wearing AH skl uniform loitering arnd the skl. Seems like aft JAE, the AH population went down.. And there's like only 3 AH ppl in my OG (OG 12!), the other two being Michael and Estee, whom I have just got to know.
At the auditorium, the OGLs were like high-ing. And everytime aft a person finish making an announcement, a blue-shirt guy will walk slowly to the centre of the audi and shout (or rather, say) "XXX Sexy or not?" His voice sounded so dead and his body language doesn't tell me he's very high. With a combination of these, the person look really comical la. Oh and some will be shouting "XXX Baik" then everyone has to go "Baik, baik, baik, BAIK!". It actually means 'good' in some other language I think.
Whatever.

Oh and it's the principal's speech.
Know what? I think she's Dr. Boon's twin.
A woman with inspiring words. A woman with confidence.
Her speech really sounded like Dr. Boon! SERIOUS!
Oh and when she's being invited to give the speech, the blue shirt guy walked in front of her and shouted the sexy question (i.e. "MRS LOKE SEXY OR NOT?"). Haha.. Imagine doing tt in front of Dr. Boon. Anyway, she wasnt even bothered by the blueshirt guy. She just sat down on the edge of the stage and talked. So lame.

OH! And Wee Peng was like so funny!
She and her long hair in the video!

After tt wasnt really worth mentioning.
Actually I dun blame them la.
I think all the orientation 2s are less exciting than the orientation1.
Organised by J1s, within short period of time.
So it's actually veh gd alr la. =)

Stuffs tt are worth mentioning:

There's only 7 toilet hotspots in our college
It is super dupper big (compared to VJ)
It's got the tap-card system
(which I tapped on before I left the college. so i'm LATE for 1st day of skl!!! DEMERIT POINTS! ARGHH. )
There are only 4 houses and they are named alpha, beta, gamma, delta (sry. no teta)
TJCians wanting to be house captain MUST be a Student Councilor before you can be elected to become one.

SC! So I need 2 seconders! Oh and their SC wont charge u a single cent if u want to apply for it! Now I really think VJ thinks tt it is an independent skl, with students having ~~big bucks~~ loads of money.

So let me just end with our OFFICIAL TJ CHEER!!

Say T (echo)
Say TJ (echo)
Say we are the best (echo)
So you better not mess (echo)
So you better not fool (echo)
Coz' we are cool (echo)
We are the best,
So you better not mess,
So you better not fool,
Coz' we are cool!
2 [9 Claps.. TJ!]

Oh.. And the VJ CHEER:

Yo VJC (What's up?)
Yo VJC (What's up?)
We stand our ground
We take
them down
V (V)
I (I)
C (C)
T (T)
O (O)
R (R)
I (I)
A
(A)
Put them together what they spell?
C'mon everybody let's hear you yell!
It's.. (VICTORIA)
It's.. (VICTORIA)
It's.. (VICTORIA)
Yeah!

We've got to adapt. We've all got to adapt. Change is part of life. If we do not make an effort to adapt to changes, we can never manage to carry on with life.

3680//

2008-02-18T22:52:00.008+08:00

HAPPY BDAE, CINDY!

Ok.
So this is what happened today.
Nothing much for skl really.. It's only aft the dismissal tt the day got really exciting.

Chang Hong suddenly shooed us to outside the PT aft maths lect. Then, he took out his hp and started reading: "08S64, I am happy to... ..." Each word was filled with emotion. Each line was full of inspiration. His speech indeed made lots of ppl laugh.

Ok.. So after tt went Plaza Singapura for tt Ah Long movie. Only 5 ppl went (me, daniel, shaun, jason, weizhen). It was a hilarious movie! However, the storyline sux although the twist at the end of the show was very sudden and thought-provoking. I still prefer I NOT STUPID TOO! Just watched it for the second time on TV last sun.
'Can I have lame chop?'
'Can you please move the lame away?'
Haha.. But some parts are very touching la. *touch touch*
Still rmb watching it as a cls with 4L! I was like sitting in front of the laptop (YES, I'm the IT Rep!), watching the movie. Since I am facing the laptop, no one can really see if I'm crying.. =X
Whatever.

Oh ya. And I suddenly got this SMS while watching:

You got into tj

OK.. I was shocked for a second or so before returning to laugh at the film.
Later I discovered tt TJ put up all the 2nd intakers' names in the college.
It's like wth la.
Liddat not exciting alr.
That time shawn was like saying he didnt put his phone no. down when applying for JAE coz opening the internet browser and finding out the results himself is more 刺激. Indeed. But anyways, what can a 2-pointer expect? Get into 2nd choice?

Nono.. I'm not blaming ppl who are concerned abt me and want to tell me first hand info.
Oh and btw, it's so sweet of meiling and junhao to call and congratulate me on entering their JC.
And Jun Hao was like:
"Aye. Cut off for VJ Science is partial-four leh."
Jun Hao never fail to scare me with his nonsense.
Let's hope it's not true, or else many ppl in 08S64 as well as VJ will be kicked out. So sad.

Later went CT Hall and went dinnering with more ppl at pepperlunch @ suntec - the 5 of us tgt with yunhan, patrick and huimin. And the pepper-rice with chicken is like fried rice+chicken. Oh and I like their honey! Haha.. Then we played this "请你跟我这样做..." and "Tempo ready steady go" thingy.

And Jason got this hse comm rejection sms, while me and alyssa didnt get. Ohwells. We felt quite sad for him at first. Until I contacted my OG mate-cum-Ursa applicant. She say she got a rejection sms, but at the botton write just kidding. Typical of hse commers. True enough, Jason didnt scroll down and he got into hse comm. Wohoo~~ CONGRATS!
After many minutes, alyssa got a call. From hse comm. Saying tt she got in.

After seconds she hanged up, my phone vibrated:
The other side (A): Hello? Are you Ci Yi?
Me (B): Ya..
A: I'm frm hse comm. How do you feel now?
B: Very sad (monotoned)
A: OK.. Don't be sad coz u got in!
B: Oh.. I got in (monotoned)
A: Aye.. You should sound more excited!
B: Are you going to send an sms the moment I hang up, saying tt this is a joke?
A: Aiyo.. I hate you la..
B: Sorrysorry.. I take back my words..
A: OK.. Congratulations and BYE! *HANGS UP*
B: Erm... Ok.. thanks.. Bye bye.

So, in a nutshell for today:

I got into Temasek Junior College.
I am shortlisted for Victoria Junior College's House Committee.

Hmm..
Two contrasting and contradicting sides.
Ohwells. Let's hope tt I can get thru the appeal (as usual) and stay as a Victorian.
If not, a TJC-ian will be alright for me too.. =X
Wish me luck! =)

Oh.. And I also feel so sianded looking at this blogskin..
Found a skin but will change it nxt time.. =)

3620//

2008-02-15T21:17:00.002+08:00

It' so freaking lame.

--- +659XXXXXXX ---
Hey(: don't be
disappointed aite? Cos..

We won't be releasing e
results todae! We've
decided to keep u in
suspense till mon.
There'll be a meeting on
mon. Ur capt will inform
you e venue and
time soon.

Oh.. And did I tell u'all something funny abt my angel and my mortal?
Haha.. Stay tuned!

2008-02-15T20:32:00.003+08:00

So I guess this is THE post of february.
(Thanks mrs ch*ng for the definite article. I wouldnt have known without you~~)

So much has been happening in the past few wks (since the last post).
Release of results, JAE application, CNY, Friendship Day, etc.
Other small events include ISD exhibit, temperature check and stuffs like tt.
So, I just share some significant stuffs with all of you guys!

TODAY!
X-country.
No, we didnt run across the whole country.
No, it's not like the AH X-country (which is 2.4km btw).
It's VJC X-Country.
It's organised by the PE dept and hse comm (woots!) i think..

And I'm supposed to dress up, according to my 'sole' ambition.
Yes... If you're here, you will have probably been notified of my ambition.
So I packed the blue long-sleeved shirt and black pants I wore for grad nite and my marching boots into a big plastic bag, which I am supposed to carry by hand.
Woke up at 5am. Supposed to reach skl at 6.30 for hse comm applicant stuffs.
So I thought I was late (as the bus takes abt 45 min to reach skl and I still have to walk to the MRT, due to lack of bus services to there so early). So RUSHED RUSHED RUSHED.
Guess what.
Left the big bag of stuff at home.
GARHHH!!!

Moving on, arrived at abt 6.20 at skl to blow balloons for URSA. It turned out tt I was SUPER early and the whole college is empty. As in, EMPTY. No one at all, except the stallholders at the fruits stall, with a creepy song coming out frm their radio. The ambience is like.. like the having a camp late at night at AH, with sudden breezes and dark corners.
Oh and I finally discovered I forgot something while blowing the balloons.
In the end, Chang Hong and Alyssa called other ppl, hoping they havent left hse yet and can bring some decent long-sleeved for me. THANKS ARTHUR!
In the end, Arthur brought a white long sleeved shirt and a VS tie.

So this accounts for my white-top, white pants and white (acty not so white) shoe.
Many ppl were like asking for the occupation I am representing.
So I was like,
"You guess la."
"Use your imagination!"
"Don't tell you leh."

Hence, I didnt run the X-country.
So slack rite?
Haha. So noneed join First Aid Club can alr skip X-country!
I hope you are reading this, Sab! Lolx =X

Aft tt we went SIGLAP makan.
Cafe Cartel!
Ok, we were super noisy la. But it was very fun.
At 2pm (the meeting time is 1.30pm), then Chang Hong decided to leave and go back skl for OGL meeting.
But Jason and I still donno whether to go for the OGL thingy.
So Ming Yang tossed his 50c.
Resutls? Go.
So 3 of us went back skl.
Outside skl, Jason and I decided not to go aft some discussions.
So we headed back to SIGLAP. -.-

Then went to watch this JUMPER movie in Cineleisure.
I still feel like watching Ah Long Pte Ltd!
Ohh.. And I oso wan watch Vantage Point!
It seemed super exciting!

VANTAGE POINT
8 strangers. 8 Points of View. 1 Truth.

Haha. OK. It's 9pm and I havent receive any sms.
According to the hse comm ppl, they will call/sms us by today 9pm if we get in.
Dots.
OK. URSA's lost an Acomplished Honourable Servant Leader.

Arrghh! And I think the hse commers are very 贱!
Shall tell u all the nxt post. Haha.
Bye!

2008-01-21T20:56:00.000+08:00

Hi guys!
Thanks for tagging and showing me care and concern.
Ok. Maybe not.

These days are really busy for me.
Need me to substantiate?

JANUARY

01:
Came back home from New Year Celebration and sleep whole day =
02-03:
Freshmen Orientation I 2008 =S
04:
AH CCA Orientation =)
05:
Noon- NYAA HQ to submit Gold Application
Evening- VJ Mass Dance @ Suntec! woots! =))
06: Grandma House
07: Sea Regret-ta (VJ Sea Carnival)
08: Lessons till 1725!!!

Then came the normal timetable:
MON- 1.55pm dismiss
TUE- 5.25pm dismiss- CCA aft tt (CIC!)
WED- 1.55pm dismiss- CCA aft tt (Infocomm!)
THU- 12.45pm dismiss
FRI- 12.45pm dismiss

THU and FRI seems to end early (earlier then sec skl times!) rite?
Nono!

11 Jan (Friday):
- Back to AHS for 'mini' class gathering

17 Jan (Thursday):
- JmS (Junior Meet Senior) session
- Buy Stuffs for OG!

18 Jan (Friday):
- Go PP with 08S64! (PS GIANT rox!)
- OG BBQ at night

19 Jan (Saturday):
- Scouts NYAA Discussion
- ~~JtS~~ JmS (Junior-Meet-Senior)

Hence, MONDAY is my most free day!
So.. here I am bloggin!

As most ppl should know, Thursday is the release of the O results.
Dowan to elaborate it here, go visit my ex-cls blog if u want more info.

So, I'm here to talk abt LIFE IN VJC!
(Yea, you can also go to http://www.vjc.moe.edu.sg/01_lifeInVJC.shtml to check it out)

I don't really like the orientation.
Self-proclaimed one of the best orientation in singapore.
It's fun. But when u have to stay in the hall and in the skl compound most of the time, it just makes you roll your eyes (at least I did..)
It was just Mass Dances, Cheers, Inter-OG Games, and MORE CHEERING. sian. =X
And the six mass dances were taught too fast, and so I cant really rmb all the steps on the day at suntec.

Oh. And it rained @ suntec.
Showers of blessings or the heaven is touched by us, whatever u say it..
But we cont'ed dancing.
And there was this AH cheering session.
Basically few of us went arnd the fountain, screaming "圣中, 圣中, ... " to gather ppl.
It eventually turned out to be like, "St John, St John"?
Anyways, we cheered our hearts out.
I went hoarse cheering.
Funny tt it didnt happen when I was cheering for VJ the past 3 days.
Did I ever cheer for AH when i'm IN AH?
Possibly no.

It's only when you leave that you miss.

Moving onto my Civics Group.

08S64!
They are all a nice bunch of ppl, except some who outcasts themselves.
Do all foreign scholars come to Singapore only to studystudystudy and have goodgoodgood results?
OK.. Back to the nice bunch of ppl.
On the first day, no one really knew each other.

There were frm:
- Cat High [4]
- VS [3]
- ACS(B) [1]
- ACS(I) [1]
- Cedar
- St Nicks
- TKGS

Inferences and Conclusions:
- More than half of my clsmates were frm SINGLE-sex skl..
--- Thus, more fascinated abt the opp sex.
- The Cat:Vic ratio = 4:3
--- Very rare tt VS
So my cls was supposed to be a unique one..

WOOTS!
And we went to PP last fri..
WOOTS! GIANT!!
So I suggested using the trolley. The gals were like in disbelief at first.
They eventually found tt it's really very practical:

So I sponsored the $1 (refundable), while others help to push. =D

Brokeback I

Brokeback II

We really had so much of fun inside the giant GIANT!!
In the end have to take out my collar pin so as not to spoil the college's reputation!

And I got to know them more.
They got to know more abt me too.
And there's this 'different frequency' thingy going on.

The next day we got the JnS...

We da-bao pizza hut up the suntec sky garden and makan.
Wasnt really interacting with 07S64 la..
Was in our own grp, eating and interacting..
Anyways.. Got these photos:

The guys at the back are supposed to be
some hungry ghosts.. =X

I'm like so settled dwn in VJ already la.
Got a gd cls, gd frends, and all.
If I'm posted into another college under JAE, I will have to adjust to another new environment, with unfamiliar faces.
And till now, I refuse to blog/tag/link at my cls blog as I donno whether I will stay.
If not, it will be damn depressing.

Better not think abt it..
Tmr will be a better day!
(TUESDAYS!! ARGHH! Changed my mind.. )

2007-12-22T18:57:00.000+08:00

Have you ever made a daring descision that you regret it after that?

This is the story.

At first, I got into Temasek, with 10 pts and 4 bonus pts.
I was in fact, pretty happy at tt point of time.

On the same day of the release, Jun Hao even rang me 2 times (both unsuccessful attempts) on my hp.
When I finally returned his call, he expressed his concern, asking which JC I got into.
He was really happy when he learnt tt one more of his clsmate will be joining him.

When I got home frm work, I told my parents the results.
They asked me whether I want to appeal.
"OK 咯。去 try 一 try，玩一玩咯。"
Immediately, they went down to the shops to photocopy the required documents aft realising the next day was the last day of submission.

The nxt day, when submitting the appeal form, I found out there were 30+ ppl already on the list before me.
Well..
I knew my chances of slim.
COP is partial 5 and I got 6.
随缘 lor.

At night, when talking and eating with the 4L ppl, Jun Liang's phone rang.
He was accepted into TJ.
Then Leonard's phone rang.
Also accepted into TJ.
Just as I was grinning as more ppl are transferring into 'my' college, my phone rang.
You should know what happened.
I was just like the 红星大奖.
The ppl didnt know they are going to get the prize and when their name is called, their surname become 'Teo' (because Stun Tio).

Yes, I should be happy tt I got into the skl tt I had put as my first choice.
But imagine tt more and more of your friends are transferring into your skl, and at the end, you have to go to another skl.
You wouldnt want to imagine tt happening.

I tried telling myself tt choosing a college, is based on my independent will, not based on other ppl's choice.
But it's really kind of impossible at this stage.

There hasnt been really a formal 'goodbye' to everyone in 4L, although there's the chalet, treetopwalk, and probably, the christmas gathering.
It will be far too sudden not to see the familiar faces tt you have been with for the past 2 years.

At least seeing most of them again will make me feel better.

To some, this PAE is actually crap, as it only post you into a college for a few wks*.
But to me, it will be a real comfort to see familiar faces; talking and laughing tgt with them again.

I will definitely miss Perry; his face, his smiles, his body language and his height.
Not forgetting Guo Dong, Jun Hao, Jasper, Leonard, Jun Liang and Tsze Deng.
I know this sounds crazy, but I will also miss Adeline, Jie Si, Meng Jit, Mei Ling, Aurial and Hwee Li's company.

While on the V side, there's only a handful of ppl tt I feel comfortable with; like Victor, Randy, Yue Long, Noel, Sabrina, Viviana.

So while feeling lucky abt the successful appeal, I'm at the same time, feeling disappointed tt I am not going to see most ppl for the nxt few wks*.
Sure, you can there's still the JAE, but what are the chances..?

Remember the drama, 'Holland V'?
At first, Chen Liping (CLP) liked Zheng Geping (ZGP) alot.
When they are officially in a relationship and going to be married, she's still confused whether to choose Xie Shaoguang (XSG) or ZGP.
In the last episode, she has to resort to coin throwing to decide her fate.
[FYI: She chose XSG]

I'm like CLP, going to be 'married' to ZGP (TJ).
Then, suddenly, before marriage, I thought abt my old flame, XSG (VJ) and decided to throw coins (appeal) to decide my fate.
[See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aE-xLlPlx8M&feature=related]

The only difference is tt I'm not sure whether this is the right choice.

Over these few days, I have straightened out my mind.
As CLP had said:
“笑也一天，哭也一天，为什么不笑着过一天？”

Since I have appealed for the college and have successfully got into it, why not just be contented and make full use of the orientation and indulge myself in their so-called college spirit, and to see for myself whether this is a gd college for the rest of my 2-yr studies?
Afterall, I might not be able to walk into this college anymore aft the JAE.

Lol. I like the font (It's hand-writtened!).
[http://img132.imageshack.us/my.php?image=fulldaysmallmb0.jpg]

Now I can only hope for some of the enthu 4L07 ppl to live up to their name, organising cls gatherings once in a yellow moon (i.e. frequently and periodically), even if there are only 2 ppl walking tgt at McRitchie 50 years later (like the 4L-1957 peeps).

My only 遗憾 leaving TJ now is tt I cant make use of the BBQ pit tt they offer you in TJ.
And yes..! The TJ LIBRARY! [See post on cls blog, 21 Nov]

So those in TJ, book a BBQ pit and have another 4L BBQ!
And help me take photographs of the Library Club President (if he's the one).

So call me a Victorian ~~now~~ for the the time being.

* According to MOE, the PAE-period is frm 2 Jan to ___________.
(Fill in the blanks when the time is ripe. VERY ripe.)
Thanks, MOE, for telling us the duration of the PAE thingy beforehand.
(Search the PAE booklet, MOE website, etc. Is it still 3 mths or 3 wks? 5 wks? 1 mth?)

# And yes, chew, I have quitted my job and will be a full-time blogger-cum-daydreamer, blogging abt my 'world' tour some other day!

The present determines the future;
The future makes history.

2007-12-15T00:12:00.000+08:00

Away from 15 Dec to 19 Dec!

VJC now..!
Can i dont transfer..?

Regretting it;

2007-12-13T07:39:00.001+08:00

TJC!

2007-11-26T13:03:00.000+08:00

"6 hrs of shopping kills. My leg says DAMN YOU!"
or something like tt goes Jing Ting's MSN msg nick.
If her leg can scold ppl, my toes will be laughing out loud now. Lol =D

Although it wasnt a 6h-shopping, but we went on a shopping 'spree' last wed to buy those grad nite stuffs. Yi Han, Guo Dong, Jun Liang and me. A 5h exercise session.

We went bugis tt area to gai-gai. We randomly walked all over the bugis-cityhall area, and aimlessly in and out of all those clothes-selling-shops. There was little, or rather, no response, frm the aunties and uncles tending the shop, after seeing kids walking into their 'high-end' shop.

It was until we walked into a shop called 'Domachi' (read it out! it's quite catchy!) tt the boss attended to us. Perhaps, he's a lil' bored as no customers had walked into the store for hours.
"We will come back later."
Eventually, we really came back, and they decided to buy their stuffs there.

LESSON LEARNT:
Even if you are a upper-class sales person in a high-end fashion shop, serve all your customers. You will never know how much $$$ they will have in their pockets. In the above example, the shopkeeper received close to $400 worth of Singapore Dollars, in just an hour, due to the understanding of this theory.

Hmm... And why is it "they decided to buy their stuffs there"?
Because I didnt buy my grad nite stuffs.
Apparently, I have an elder brother, who studied in the same skl and had a grad nite 2 years earlier. So, my mum said, why buy another one when u already got one at home?

Since young, when there's some clothes tt my brother cant wear anymore, my mum will insist tt he donate it to me. As if it I can fit into all the clothes he couldnt fit into. Yes, I found it pretty okay to fit into his clothes in the earlier years. However, few years ago, I found out tt even though I'm 2 years younger, we are of the same size and what he couldnt fit into means what I couldnt fit into.

Come to think of it, it isnt very nice buying a formal long-sleeved shirt and long pants, just for a day. It is a 'renewable resource' somemore. No point buying 2 identical renewable resource, right? I'm not the person earning the money afterall.

Ask me why I still go to bugis to 'shop' even though I already have my clothes.
And I'll ask you: Would you like to be staying at home all day, and taking turns to use the comp with your sibling, without any decent form of entertainment on TV until at night?

So, next time, if you want to go shopping, inform me and I'll really be glad to go window shopping with you! =D

-AD TIME-

Lame ad -.- I still prefer the india ad!

2007-11-19T17:26:00.000+08:00

感觉茫然失去了方向。脚步已缓慢，四处是黑暗。

The You-Know-What has been over for abt a week.
And the '4L07' on the left pane has been cruelly struck off. Not to mention [i mentioned!] the 'Falcon Scouts', 'Chinese Society' and 'Robotics Club' (i dont really care abt the last 2, seriously).

Moving onto the next stage of life, i guess.

In addition to receiving my Info Booklet and Form A (whr's form B?), I got my NS letter when I got home on fri. It says:

Dear Registrant,

NATIONAL SERVICE INFORMATION

You have reached the age of 16 1/2 years old and therefore are liable for National Service Registration under the Enlistment Act Chapter 93.

The purpose of this leaflet is to provide you with some information about National Service.
(And it goes on... )

My reactions
1. 'Dear Registrant': Did I register for it in the first place..?
2. 'Chapter 93': Who cares which chapter it belongs to..? Yea, and I know there's the Chpt 377A too, rite..?
3. 'purpose... is to provide... information about National Service.' (sounds like SS): Oh wow.. You scared me. I thought I am supposed to skip JC/Poly and go for NS next year.

Anyway, the main point of this article is not abt me reaching 16 1/2 and you should buy me a present in 6 months time; you will soon get my point.

4 years of secondary school education, 4 years of notes, textbooks and worksheets, 4 years of friendship. Now, we are supposed to restart all over again from level one.
That is, a new life. Stage II, Level I.

Some of the unique facts about the current sec four batch:

1st batch under the 'know-your-results, then-select-your-school' scheme for PSLE.
1st batch to be able to choose whether to transfer school and go into the Integrated (直通车- Choochoo train) Programme.
1st batch to be engaged in the 'School-Based Practical Assesment' (SPA).
1st batch to take our 'O's earlier and have the results released, earlier.
1st and only batch to gain admission into the JC under the PAE exercise for a period of 1 mth. (Before our year - 3mths, after - 0 days)
Only (current) batch to gain exposure to the management of '2 principals' in our school, namely Dr. Boon and Mr. Wang.
Only (current) batch to undergo PRIME Project when having lessons.
(They drill the walls during lesson time and u have to go one big round round the building to fall in in front of the UG rooms.. -.-)

With us leaving the skl, all these records and exclusive experiences will be gone.

And I dont believe that you can sustain a long distance friendship forever. If you have paid attention to the lame 2100h show showing during the 'O's, you will remember tt 2 lame couples were engaged in a long distance relationship and the girl broke up with the boy aft a few mths. ~~Dear, dear~~ Poor, poor son-in-law.

Anyways, back to the topic.. Sure, you can say we can organise cls outings, cls gatherings or cls chalets during the hols to meet everyone else in the cls. But is tt really possible to be carried out in the long term? I have a feeling tt even now, 2K05 is dispersed. No chalets. No outings. No gatherings. (So far) Ppl no longer found it necessary to get together. (Correct me, please!)

It's a funny thing tt ppl in my primary skl cls are organising a chalet aft such a long time. The last time we got tgt was like, 3 years ago. Just imagine, it will be so awkward meeting each other. Asking arnd for names, questioning abt L1R5s, eating silently tgt, and even slping with some 'strangers' for a day. Even if the 人 is 在, the 心 will not be 在 (in short: 人在，心不在).

We will nvr get same experiences we have in secondary skl when we proceed onto tertiary level. No definite clsrooms, combinations and CCAs. Different teachers, clsmates and skl environment.

Lastly, here is the song tt I totally agreed upon (except the 40 yrs old part). It was the theme song of a Chinese 2100h drama in the yr 2004:

《男人四十》
《男人四十》主题曲
歌手：王建复

一天一天一年又是一年
时间跑得比我快
回头看看走过的路程
能给自己多少分

有些遗憾也小有成就
全部都留给回忆
周围朋友每天忙忙碌碌
还不是为了明天

再一次年轻多好
很多事情可以重来
再一次做选择
我相信自己做得更好

现在的我终于长大了
是时候想一想下半辈子
不再去冒险犯难人生就是要脚踏实地
一步一步走出个明天

现在的我终于明白了
上天对每个人都很公平
只要你勤劳一点用心一点动作再快点
没有什么没有什么我做不到
现在开始喔喔喔

我要做个好男人

*ADVERT*
The encore edition of《男人四十》premiers 13 Nov (the day we finish 'O's! =D), every weekday evening at 5.30pm, and ends on the same day as 《天堂鸟》, only on Channel 8.

不在乎天长地久，自在乎曾经拥有。

2007-10-22T12:32:00.000+08:00

For the service of mankind.

Ok ok.. I know this blog is kinda dead lately..
"MENGJIT: ciyi please update. i need my dose of laughter (: "
"chew: hahaha ciyi is not updating, can't come here to destress hmm."

Are you one of the following populations of ppl?

The i'm-having-olevels-but-i-dun-give-a-damn-i-just-want-to-have-fun species;

The GRR-OLEVELS-SUCK-I-AM-GOING-BONKERS-TRYING-TO-FIGURE-OUT-HOW-TO-WRITE-MY-GOOD-GOVERNANCE-ESSAY-BECAUSE-I-DONT-LIE-I-NEED-TO-DESTRESS ppl
{e.g. MENGJIT and chew [but she DOES lie (to her mum)]};

The I'm-16-but-I-am-a-VIP-because-I-entered-Victoria-Integrated-Prog-2-yrs-ago-OBEY-GOOD-for-those-low-IQ-taking-olevels-noobs jerks;

The HAHA-I'm-having-olevels-one-or-few-years-later-so-i-needn't-worry kids; and

The unluckiest of all: SIAN-SIAN-SIAN-So-bored-after-my-EOYs-my-doctor-is-on-(study)-leave-no-medicine-to-cure-my-boredom majority

Since most ppl are lining up outside my clinic, in need of the prescription of the world's best medicine (i.e. laughter), how can the doctor turn away his patients?

So, Dr. Wong is once again back here, after 30 faithful days, doing community service.

IDIOT TEST 2

IDIOT TEST 3
(Hmm.. Wonder how many hrs did u take to finish tt damn thing up there and come down here..? Say 5? or 6? Oh.. haven't completed huh.. Lol.. Recommend you not to skip levels. =>)

To do the IDIOT TEST 1, click here.

"Qi Wen: ha wasted me 20 mins to pass the idiot test... "
"bang xiang: your idiot test is fun i love you"
...

Erm ya..
Thanks for ALL your comments on the previous one..

Today (2 more hrs) is the start of my 'O's!
Wish me luck!
You better.

P.S. Won't be updating for at least 15 days.. You should really turn to other websites to cure yr boredom during these days.. In the meantime, keep yr taggies coming! BYE..!

2007-09-29T20:46:00.000+08:00

And I'm feeling so depressed because of something.

If you think tt this is some kind of joke post, then GET OUT.
This is serious stuff.

If you think it's about the Prelims, then GET OUT too.
You seriously don't know me.

I certainly wouldn't do this:

Source A: A view by a blogger on the Prelim examinations.
Adapted from http://www.cyberworld-deejay.blogspot.com/

With my greatest optimism, this is my speculation:

Potential A1s: E Math (Unfinished) and Biology.
Potential A2s: English, A Math, Chemistry, Combined Humanities.
Potential C5-C6: Higer Chinese and Art.

Hopes: Physics= A1
E Math Paper 1=A1
History=A1

Chinese O Level result can be used for Prelims.

There are more important stuffs in life.
Like festivals and holidays.
Like Mid-Autumn Festival and Children's Day.

Today is the so called 'Mid-Autumn-Celebration-cum-Get-to-Know-Your-Neighbours' Day for my estate.
And they are holding it under my block.
And they are surely fully utilising their microphones.

No, it's not about the sound waves, but the event.

Tuesday, if you haven't noticed, was the Mid-Autumn Festival, aka 中秋节.
中秋节, if you have forgotten, is a festival we Chinese celebrate by eating 月饼s and cause air pollution (thru '灯笼's) in the process.

Still rmb one year 中秋节 my family went to a park nearby just to light up some seemingly useless 灯笼s and stick some candles onto the pathway just like during the seventh month, occassionally burning some leaves around.
And we even sacrificed the last episode of 遗情未了 (if i rmbed correctly).
"Just another celebration", I thought.

It definitely didn't sound fun or significant to me at tt time.
Just averagely-fun.

Now, I'm hearing the "Superman! Batman!.. Spiderman!" coming out from downstairs.
Apparently, the host is playing some game with the kids.

Tuesday. I suddenly got the urge to get down to the nearby park and play with some fire, carrying a lantern, running about like a happy little kid.
But I couldn't.
Imagine how ppl will think.
Childish..? Crazy..? Cute...?!

As a kid, when I do something really childish or stupid, my mum will explain to other ppl:
"小孩子嘛.."
Kids are easily forgiven for their foolish acts just because they are still ‘不懂事’.
They are hence, given the right to do anything they like due to this excuse.

But, can I, NOW?

Nowadays, I feel tt kids are more fortunate.
The skl organised the compulsory Mid-Autumn Celebration on last Friday, although not really to the pleasure of the majority, I suppose.
We (the 16-and-aboves) never got celebrate such traditional festivals, despite the fact tt we are frm some sort of Chinese-medium skl.
The skl seems to be telling the kids:
"Treasure your youthful days before you miss them in the future".
Well, ppl are seen carrying some brightly-illuminated, electronically-powered animal lantern with a compact 'subwoofer' producing some high-frequency melody last Friday.
My 'goldfish' version of tt freak was last spotted years ago and is probably now suffering from some mercury poisoning (due to battery leakage).

These days, I suddenly have the urge to do the stuffs tt I had done in the past.
Celebrating Childrens' Day, getting into Sentosa on a Child's ticket, stuffs like tt.

And Source B shows a writer's views about ppl nowadays, which I totally agree upon.

Source B: An extract about tip on how to be happy
Adapted from one of the PLMGS HCL MYE 2007 Paper 2 comprehension passages.

人总是习惯缅怀过去，喜欢憧憬未来，独缺珍惜现在，这是何等奇怪的事，为什么要等到“现在”成为“从前”，才惦念和惋惜呢？

Grab hold of everything you have now, ppl.

Sometimes, I really feel tt I am a person living in the past.
Always thinking about the past, forsaking the present.

Sometimes, I really don't feel like growing up.
There is a good reason for the existence of S.H.E.'s "不想长大".

Sometimes I just wished I weren't 16;
Sometimes I just wished I weren't 160+cm (as a matter of fact, always);
Sometimes I just wished I and weren't born in 1991.

Sometimes I just get this weird feeling.

Sometimes I just wished time will stop.
Sometimes I just wished I was 140cm.
Sometimes I just wished I was back in the 90s.

ARGHH!

Today is tomorrow's yesterday.

2007-09-22T14:22:00.000+08:00

EDITTED 24/09/07; 2046 with PHOTOS!
Thanks to Sabrina's blog =)

FUN FUN FUN!
OK. Marking day is back! After 1 0r 2 years without it..
It was the VIVO+SENTOSA+ZHONGQIUJIE+85+HWEELI'SHSE day!

It all started with two ultimately bored ppl, not wanting to stay Home Alone during a day which we are supposed to get out of the hse... ...

[HARBOURFRONT]

Supposed to meet at 11pm at HarbourFront MRT Station.
Reached Tampines MRT at abt 10am and saw Adeline.
She was supposed to wait for Leonard, Yuelong and Jie Si to come from the Pasir Ris train.
Well, so I joined her.

~TICK TOCK TICK TOCK ~

10.20am
Still no sign of them.
We got so pekcek but was consoled by the man sitting next to us.
According to adeline, he was sitting there even before she was there.
Waiting for another always-late friend, I guess.

10.40am
They finally came. And jie si couldn't come because of parental objection.
And as we passed Bedok, Mei Ling came in.
And we all noticed something:
We are all wearing white shirt and dark shorts!
It was like, wow.. 5 out of the 10 ppl are already late.

And jiesi SMSed leonard:
"what can i tell my mum to let me come out?"
And i ask leonard to reply:
"tell her tt it's a picnic and everyone is suppsoed to bring something.
you are supposed to bring water, and no one else brings it. so you are veri important"
And we forgot tt her mum wasn't a three-year-old kid.

Then as we transferred onto the northeast line, an auntie approached us and asked us whether got train go Chinatown or not.
We, being acomplished-honourable-servant leaders, gladly walked with her to the NEL.
Along the way she said, "你们也是去牛车水啊？"
Leonard gave tt guai-lan face.
A good deed done! =)

[VIVOCITY]

Lollipops.
Supposed to go to VivoMart (Giant) to search for the others.
And we were befuddled to see the water dispenser and the paper cups.
We were wondering how a paper 'filter funnel' can contain water.
Then someone say because got no hole at the bottom.. .. ?!
(Right: Some Vivo-'icon' found on the rooftop..)

Then continued hunting. The place was so big and tall.
We headed to the candies (sab's fav) and chocolate cookies (guodong's fav) section but couldn't find them.
In the end, it turned out tt leonard didnt read his SMS and tt they already outside and are in the Candy Empire..

Met with the 3 'little miss'es, Meng Jit, Hwee Li and Sabrina; and Guo Dong, who apparently was getting mad over yuelong's lateness.

Randy arrived shortly after.
We then scuttered arnd the mall, trying to find somewhere to settle our lunch.
We chanced upon Play Court, where we (actually, I) behaved like small little kids.
Eventually ate at BK.

Then went to tour the VivoCity Sky Park and went to the Sentosa Express Gateway.
Waited for Aurial.
And then.. SENTOSA!
(Right: The Sky Park 'No-butts' notice)

[SENTOSA]

Lollipops...
After alighting at the Beach Station, leonard tapped the card on one side and tried to exit on another.
It was so 尴尬!
We are SINGAPOREANS.
And we are standing in front of so many tourists somemore~!
(Right: Waterfront Station. The Future IR Location!
Lol.. Maybe next time in 2010, we shall have another 4L outing?)

So, ADELINE, AURIAL, GUODONG, HWEELI, LEONARD, ME, MEILING, MENGJIT, RANDY, SABRINA, YUELONG are in Sentosa now.
Next, the TRAM RIDE!
So many jerks and stops. Fun!
.. But it's not as exciting as last time the monorail..
(Right: The Twin Towers in the SPAC)

And.. Why issit always the 'Southernmost Point of Asia Continent'?
Lollipops! We went there and stayed for quite long.
Jiesi then came.
(Wonder did she manage to bluff her not-3-year-old parents?)
We ran betwwen the 2 towers and played some sort of hide-and-seek...
So lame!
(Right: The 10/11 ppl.. Yuelong's holding the cam..)

Palawan Beach!
Sunbathing, sand-castle-building, daydreaming (for aurial), song-singing and birthday celebration!
Lol.. We managed to build the sand-castle and its drainage system (dams, rivers, moat, etc), WITHOUT BUCKETS.
Just with our hands and the seawater.
It wasn't nice eventually, and was trampled over by aurial as a part of her birthday celebrations.
This was what happened:
1. Sing birthday song.
2. Blow out the invisible fire on the twig candles.

3. Cut the 'sand castle cake' with a twig knife.

4. ~~ STOMPING ON THE SAND-CASTLE!

NO~~!

It was abt 5.30pm when we finally decided to get out of the Island Resort.

[MOONCAKE CELEBRATION]

6.30pm.
Only left AURIAL, HWEELI, JIESI, LEONARD, ME, RANDY, SABRINA.
Others probably went home to watch the last-episode drama or the 9pm show..

Got into the skl. In flip-flops and sandals and beachwear..
No security guard to stop us (prob due to early break on this day).
The whole parade square looks empty, with some stalls already set up.

And Mrs Chew is talking to an ang-moh or something.
Chit-chatted for a lil' while before deciding to 'pop-in' to look at the performance.
But before we even got to the second floor, we saw 黄老师, carrying something on her hands.
Turned out to be some mee siam, which she treated us to..
And she even prepared forks and cups (to contain the food).

When she invited us to have the food, we simply couldn't reject her invitation, after asking our stomachs.
This is how we ended up having dinner in skl.

After 'dinner', it was crowded all over.
Again, 黄老师 treated us. Small slices of mooncakes.
And when I casually asked for tea after the mooncakes, she readily took out her 龙井茶.
(which i think she had bought it too yrs ago in china and put it in her cabinet until today, just like me)
Thanks so much, 黄老师!

We met Mrs Chew again and was amazed at what she was holding.
茶叶蛋! One of my favourites!
We then went to one of the stalls where we helped ourselves to the eggs.
Then 谭老师, the ex-chinese HOD walked past and said,
"这个不是给来宾吃的吗？"
Then we replied:
"我们始中四嘛，也算是来宾。"
Lollipops.

And we were so bored tt we went over to the jiang-gu-shi stall.
We learnt tt 'fishball' should be '鱼丸', not '鱼圆'.
Other than tt, we learnt abt how it came abt, as well as 猪肠粥's origin.
LAMENESS. =X

[HWEELI'S HOUSE]

OK. I must admit.
I like her 'lying-back chair' so much!
(Right: NONO! Not the chair. Just for illustration purposes.)

Apparently, today was the last episode of 情有可原, the malaysian version of a Singaporean drama few years ago.
Her parents had recorded it down for her.
So we went to her hse at 9pm to watch the ad-free version of the 7pm drama.

And the armchair was so cool la!
You can lie back, put ur legs on the 'thing' which pops up and enjoy your TV!

Went back home at abt 11+ and went to bed at abt 12+..
Only got to sleep at 1+ because of the pain on my legs..
At least I got to slp for 11h! =D

when exams are nearing, you will think of endless stuffs to do when it's over.
when it's over, you will think of how you are going to prepare for the next one to salvage your marks.

2007-09-15T01:32:00.000+08:00

Unusual post on an odd day and at a weird time.

Yes..
The long-awaited Singapore Scouts Association Donation Draw 2007 results are out!
Get to know the first-hand results before the newspapers are printed!

The following article is dedicated to those who do not have the extra penny for the Straits Times/Lianhe Zao'boa' after buying tickets from me, as well as those who bought the tickets but didn't bother to flip through classified ads for the results.
(For those who didn't purchase any of them from me and are reading this: SHAME ON YOU!)

P.S.
For those who receive e-mail from me yearly since Sec 1, sorry but I can only post the results here due to time constraints (Yes.. PHYSICS!)..

RESULTS

1st PRIZE ($20, 000 . 00):
338308

2nd Prize ($10, 000 . 00):
386384

3rd Prize ($05, 000 . 00):
245623

4th Prize ($03, 000 . 00):
401797

5th Prize ($02, 000 . 00):
351472

6th Prize (=D):
147501

7th Prize (=)):
191679

8th Prize (=):
287643

9th Prize (=X):
391076

10th Prize (='S):
352717

(Source: Singapore Scout Association.
Should be correct at the time of publishing la..)

For the lucky ones, you might get more than 49 notes..!

For the slightly unlucky ones, 2 notes are at least better than none..

Remember to treat me to dinner after taking your cash! $$$

REMEMBER:
Claim all your prizes by 9 Oct, 6pm sharp.
Or else your $2 notes will be donated to the charity (NKF?).

Truthfully, whether you win the top prize or not, it doesn't matter.
What's more impt is tt you have bought the ticket and gave either The Singapore Scouts Association as a whole, or me, your support.

Most ppl do not donate to such fund-raising activities due to the 'attractive' prizes, but due to the friendship exisitng between them.
Hence, I gratefully thank those friends who have bought tickets from me <3

For those who didn't, THERE IS STILL NEXT YEAR.
You can run, but you can't hide! =D

Back to studying!

2007-09-14T23:18:00.000+08:00

20 days without any signs of life on this blog..
How so unusual..

[MIND-BOGGLING STUFF]

Anyways.. Is there something wrong with CBox?

I've been receiving this message for the past one or two weeks:

When I tried my mum's laptop, the same thing appeared.

Trying my old Windows 98 computer using two different internet browsers yield:

and..

Then some ppl's tagboard becomes:

How mind-boggling.
Hmm.. Maybe the computer knows I'm having exams now..?
Technology nowadays.. =

[ENTERTAINING YOU FIRST]

And something to keep you entertained for a long time while I'm away..
the IDIOT TEST =D

Why will it keep you entertained for a long time?
Because I know tt you will get stuck in the middle levels! =)
Enjoy!

IDIOT TEST 2 coming up soon.

2007-08-25T19:37:00.000+08:00

this is a week of surprises, i guess.
below summarises the SURPRISING, and NOT-SO SUPRISING ones, as well as the MIXTURE of them.
{ dont blame me.. i'm bad at summarising.. =( }

[THU-SURPRISING- SORE THROAT!]
arghh! sore throat! i'm going to be sick soon.
i know it. it's like u have tt kind of feeling everytime u are going to be sick.

who says we need 8 cups of water a day to keep ourselves healthy?
i drink 8 BOTTLES of water today (abt one every period) to combat my sore throat.

[THU-SURPRISING- APPLES!]
mrs lam brought us apples.
no, not the APPLE COMPUTER.
but the fruit apple.
no, not one apple for the whole class.
but one apple per person.

apparently, all (if not, most) of her clsses got apples.
makes me wonder, how did she carry the apples?
40 ppl in each cls. if got 5 cls, then 200 apples?

[FRI-SURPRISING- NEW NEIGHBOURS]
bye 3A, hi 3K!
now we are beside a '3K' cls again, just like last yr.
apparently, a girl was injured and hence, needs to move down frm her current cls to a lower level cls.. this was indeed a smart choice..
afterall, even normal ppl find it tiring to climb 5X24 steps to get to a clsroom..
and this was what happened last year to my cls.. =(

but shuldnt the cls move to 2nd floor, or even the 1st floor (either interacting wif nature or stuck in the CCA rooms..)?
and i think tt 4L shuld move dwn to the 1st floor.
WHY?
because yuelong, mrs lam and mrs lee are crippled (lame).

[FRI-SURPRISING- NODRINKSOUTOFCANTEEN POLICY]
everytime, ppl just ~~smuggle~~ take drinks out of the canteen during recesses, even wif councillors looking at them, or perhaps, walking with them.
my throat was obviously not feeling very well today, so i took a bottle of 'PURPLE GRAPE JUICE' with me, out of the canteen.
SURPRISE, SURPRISE!
it was not until outside all saint's church, tt a councillor, maybe remembering her council pledge, decided to stop me.
and hence, i have to drink up everything before going up to the clsroom.
[luckily i had 2 1/2 yrs of 'water parade training' =D]
the councillor then walked away.

if you ask me whether i'm angry, i'm not.
because this shows tt at least some ppl up there are ~~finally~~ doing their job.

then immediately aft tt, PETER went to the vending machine outside the all saint's church to buy a can of coffee.
the new council president (old or new, makes no diff) happened to walked by, take a glance, then continued walking again.
then one of us asked why he so daring.
as peter saw him walking away, he said smthing like "councillor 看到都不要 stop 我!"
and it was evident tt ppl within 50m radius of him can hear it pretty clearly.

[FRI-ENGLISH- A MIXTURE]
not surprising because:
- oral practice again
- mrs chew is using up 2 periods to examine a person for oral
- mrs chew seemed relaxed, and most of the time, calms ppl dwn instead of giving tips abt oral

SURPRISING because:
- found out tt mrs chew got a diploma (or smthing like tt) for COUNSELLING!
well.. no wonder it was more of a counselling session than a normal english lesson with her..
she talks so slowly, blinks and smiles at every oppurtunity..

and yes.. after her 'counselling', i felt so much relaxed before the oral!

[FRI-MATHS- SURPRSING]
the amaths surprise test attempted last wk was returned.
the surprising thing was not my mark, but PERRY's marks.
being always the top student in cls for maths, he fell from grace, and FAILED his AMATHS!

a historical event. the history txtbk has to be rewritten.

[FRI-HCL- NOT SURPRISING]
why is it like a routine? huang lao shi is coming into cls and doing one of the 2 things:
1. talk abt a subject for 10 minutes. then ask us to do lian bi.
2. coming in 10 minutes aft the bell rings and say "好，我要不多不少，四个人一组" and then gives us a paper with qns and ask us to answer them. then when everyone is discussing she would keep on talking non-stop abt the topic..

[FRI-HCL TOILET BREAK- SURPRISING]
every sick man needs to go to the toilet every one or two periods.
i'm not an exception.

i was nonchalantly strolling dwn the corridor leading to the gents, and stopped dead in my tracks when i noticed a sec one boy in his cca attire scuttering out of the 3rd-floor, upper-sec-only toilet.
my head nodded slightly to make a small angle of depression in order to observe him.
he was at least 148cm tall (at least taller than shawn. no, not shawn GOH, but tt small boy always appearing in channel u, and will be, today).
his eyes, although bigger than a fish's eye, is smaller than an ostrich's eye.
his seemingly-empty shirt was light green, with a dark green trousers which seemed over-sized for him. the colour combination made him a little 'SBS-bus-driver'.
he is, Meng Howe (FYI: my ex-cca's *cute* little sec one cum patrol mate).

"WA.. why you change here?"

"huh.. er.. because downstairs got ppl.."

ok.. upstairs here also got ppl wad.. but tt's not the point..
he's so.. CUTE!

{a photo taken 2 months ago, on a ~~high class~~ 'cruise' on the way to the 'exortic' island, pulau ubin}

ok.. some ppl might not agree with my views..
but isnt he just *CUTE*?

[FRI-SURPRISING- O LEVEL ORAL EXAMINATION]
wow.. time flies! it's like just 10 yrs ago, i'm just a 120+cm boy attending primary one in class! (ok, tt's a FACT, i guess..) now, i'm a 160+cm boy trying to pass my english oral.

this is how the game is played. the cls of 36 students (one had taken the day before) are divided into 3 grps, F143, F144, and F145 (sounds like Lim Bo Seng's Force 136), each with 12 ppl.
the 12 ppl, one by one, leaves the waiting area and has 10 mins for preparation.
then aft the 10 mins, off he/she goes to face the examiner in the library.

because my name starts with 'W', i was naturally one of the last to go. being the 10th in our grp, i have to wait 10X10 mins (100 mins), if not more, before my turn. BOOs!
ended up talking to tsze deng, viviana and hweeli. it was so fun having the conversation and it definitely soothed my nerves. remaining silent for 2 mins will get my adrenaline pumping and cause my heart to beat extremely fast. (wonder if adrenaline can 供不应求 one?)

and when it's my turn to read the passage, i kept repeating the counsellor (mrs chew)'s words in mind. "YOU ALL ARE SMART PEOPLE. YOU CAN DO IT."
in the end, the topic's abt COOKING.
guess what? mrs chew's 'counselling' really worked!
i think this is the time which i performed the best (in EL oral) in my whole school life!
other times, i would be all nervous before the exam. then i will like do this:
"i think tt cooking is fun because i can express.. .. .. (3 seconds).. i can express my feelings through.. .. (2 seconds)... ..."
and i will talk damn slow (according to mr eugene ong and mr ben tan and probably, mrs ganesan).

who cares abt this now..?
what matters is tt i felt tt i did satisfactory for the first time in english orals.
i'm not sure whether i can get a distinction, but merit is a sure.

now i really have the motivation for english. no more 'FAIL' attitude. no more '全靠 HCL 了啦' atttitude.
and yes..
I FINALLY HAVE THE EXAM MOOD!
forget abt my last post..
I'M SWITCHED TO MUGGING MODE!

PRELIMS + O lvls.. HERE I COME!

i could have done better, if i had prepared more beforehand.
i could have done better, if i had spoken more english in life.
i could have done better, if i had practiced more in skl.
i could have done better, if i had taken english language seriously.
i could have done better, if i had this kind of "i can do it" attitude a few yrs back.
i could have done better, if i had... ... ... ... ...
i could have done better, if i had... ... ... ... ...

life is full of regrets.
what you have not done does not matter.
what matters is what you have done.

2007-08-22T17:22:00.000+08:00

9 days without my posts.. feeling down..?

and if you think i'm studying because of prelims (which is 19 days away), then you are WRONG.

an account of what i did ytd:

0630~1500: In school.
1500~1600: Apparently waited for some ppl to go home and eventually, ending up bridging.
1600~1700: Travelling home..

1700~1730: Bathe!!!
1730~1830: Had a damn early dinner. Watched the debut of the repeat show on channel 8.
1830~1900: Deciding whether to study SS or Geog. In the end decided SS.
"CHAPTER 1: MERGER & SEPARATION".. Aftter 3 mins, had a headache..

1900~2330: Zzz.. Zzz..
2330~0000: Woken up by my mum. Brush teeth, pack bag.
0000~0600: Zzz.. again.

Noel told me something tt sounded logical;
Even if we do badly for prelims, we can choose not to go into the JC in the first 3 months.
What matters is the O level results, which will get us into a JC for the rest of the 1+ yr.

Mr Chong, on the other hand, sounded logical too;
"Your first 3 months are very important!
I rmb tt time i got into VJC for the first 3 mths and i attended all the lectures.
Then I was posted into TPJC aft the O level results are out, and I pon all the lectures..
In the end, I still manage to get into top 5 in the skl."
WOW.. what an account..

However, Dr. Boon's speech completely refutted his, as there are emphasis on 'O' Levels, not prelims.
[P.S. her speeches are always interesting and motivational! sometimes they really inspire me. she can really go into politics in her near future (abt 50 yrs old?)]
"Just imagine this:
After you put your last ~~full-stop~~ shade (because last paper is BIO MCQ) on ur last paper, check tt u got ur name written, the teacher say STOP WRITING. Imagine that. A SENSE OF SATISFACTION*and gives a cute face* After that, then you can go for ur rest. It is just like a curve. You will be very tired at first, but it is to reach the ending pt. "
Did she talk abt Prelims?

Prelims.. Who cares?!

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CLARIFICATION TIME

sorry ppl.. just by having this:

or, this:

doesn't mean tt i'm into the BLEACH thingy..
sry tt i didnt clarify myself in the last post..

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The present is just the future's past.

2007-08-13T23:26:00.000+08:00

if u have normal eyesight, you shuld have noticed tt i changed the blog template.
if u have normal hearing, you shuld have noticed tt i got rid of the MAJULAH SINGAPURA. (yayness!)

the template's quite nice (i think), except tt it is bleached. yes, BLEACHed.
by wiki-ing, i FINALLY realised tt this is the mango comic/tv-animation tt everyone was reading/watching.
i'm so like lagging.. still stuck in pokemon.

but the bleach thingy didnt put me off one bit.
the 'behind every shadow, there's something else' was so thought-provoking!
[esp during the seventh month! =X]

ever realised why my last template was abt an empty swing?
well.. what was the first background music again?
空秋千, you shuld notice.

and notice tt i didnt reply someone's tag. =)

this shall be my shortest post ever. SERIOUS.
back to study reproduction in animals, vegetative propagation and germination of seeds.. T.T

2007-08-09T20:52:00.000+08:00

{P.S. this was supposed to be posted on 09.08.07.. but since my comp died on me suddenly, i decided to ignore it. in the end, i befriended it again and hence, here is my BELATED post. =) this is a long post.. onli for those who are REAL BORED..}

so tired aft ytd's national day celebration.. got home at 6.. bathed and had dinner.. slept at 8pm until 8am today! finally got back my long-desired sleep...

well. this was what happened ytd (08.08.07):

6.56am
[Busy preparing the 'One in a 3llion' tee with the fading "THIS IS WHERE I BELONG" words on it.. ]

7.12am
[Face-painting! P.S. The design rocks! thanks lots, aurial!
Left: Aurial, the "Minister for Information, Communications, and THE ARTS"!
Right: Yuelong!]

7.37am
ok.. we are late to get to the parade square.. all because of face-painting and shirt-painting la..
and my whole shirt + hand is stained with tt white white paint.. yee.. =(

7.43am
cold jokes! I LOVE COLD JOKES! esp under the hot sun..

7.50am
the GOH (guest-of honour) arrives..
WHY ALWAYS is the skl management committee chairman.. CHAN SHUI HIM one huh..?

7.51am ONWARDS..
[national anthem]
WOW!! the band is playing so well la.. i'm so motivated to sing the national anthem! but den mengjit after tt say not good.. ok la.. must listen to the professional ppl's opinions wad.. =(
so.. i think the playing no good.. lols..

[pledge]
oh dear! first time say pledge so loudly. james influenced me. we were like saying the pledge louder than the ppl in the UGs.. =) and i still rmbed shouting the "FOR OUR NATION" damn loud.

[songs part one]
WHERE I BELONG: super nice song.. esp the starting...

MUNNAERU VAALIBAA: erm.. saya tidak fahum ('i dun understand' in malay). only heard junhao wif his tongue-rolling accents..

心连心: so tempted to sing the english version.. LET US BE TOGETHER.. TOGETHER HAND IN HAND..

wow.. aft the songs.. suddenly FEEL SO HIGH! just like a campfire.. (the fire is in my HEART!)

[march in march out]
ok la.. wasn't really paying attention to who fainted, who fidgeted, etc..
was thinking abt the past..

<- Non-humorous content. Skip if desired. >

sec one: training training training. tried so hard to love footdrill. it's like every mon, wed, fri train for the marching.. and what's more, without the 'FIVE DAY WORK WEEK', sat oso must come back.. in the end avoid training whenever i can.. (note: to any scouts looking at this, PLEASE.. do not follow my footsteps) it was kinda expected tt i didnt get to march.. wif abt 20 sec 4s (they are still allowed at tt time), abt 20+ sec 3s, 10 sec 2s, and 17 sec 1s, it's the 'ONLY THE FITTEST CAN PARTICIPATE' kind of thing. i ended up wearing scouts unform and sitting on the 1K table, viewing the whole ceremony.
now (2007), wif lesser ppl and no sec 4s participating, it's just like the pledge theory. everyone can participate regardless of STANDARD, ARMSWING and COORDINATION. less competition, less determination to succeed.. and heard tt someone even polish boots for the sec ones. how pampered they are these days.. "Give a person a fish and feed him for one day. Teach him how to fish and feed him for a lifetime."

sec two: with lesser ppl, i kind of passed the tedious training. it was so stressful. so pressurising. marching the parade square. few hundred ppl staring at u.. one less jerk, one more bang, it will reflect badly on the whole unit. i can no longer feel this intense pressure coming on me. even when i want it. those days. they are gone for good. do you have this kind of thing in JC? i guess not..

sec three: no NDP.. NDP@ECP.. 2.4 run! lols.. apparently, it was due to THE GRAND CELEBRATION OF SCHOOL'S 50th ANNIVERSARY.. wows.. the party-popping event? so fun la. but then, it wasn't fun at all. just handed over and nth for us to be busy and to gain experience abt.

sec four: lol.. read on to find out more..

<-/ Non-humorous content. Skip if desired. >

ok.. back to 'serious' business..

[songs part two]
my people my home: *muacks* the best song of all.. it's so patriotic, so emotion-provoking, so melodious.. ups at the right time, downs at the correct moment. unlike some other fast-paced and empty-in-meaning-songs (eg. reach out for the skies). i donno why this audio is not found on the web, but i feel tt this shuld be sang every yr..

chan mali chan: make me think of mrs mary chan (the health-conscious homec teach). lol.. thinking of her makes me think of ms sia. her face, her smiles, her LAME JOKES. mr smith also came onto my mind.. all the sec two ppl and experiences.. 2кяаzієѕт’o5іvє.. in my mind, it's the best cls despite having the lowest average PSLE T-score (<249!)>will you: omg.. WHY? when this song was broadcasted, ppl just kept shouting my name.. and some photographers came and take a photo of me.. HUH? quite gong at tt time.. well, actually enjoyed the music and sort of sang along, asking many ppl whether they will do this and tt. cant help it! i'm too high!

[cheering comp]
woots! 2nd! this is how the cheer goes:

1 no trump, 2 no trump
Singaporeans LOVE..
my hump my hump, my hump my hump my hump!
(Girls squat down, boys dance)
Currypok, koropok
Singaporeans want meepok,
BUT..mai hiam mai hiam, mai hiam mai hiam mai hiam!
Singapura very nice,
Nasi lemak paradise.
Agar agar, pao pao cha
Lion City, GRAAAA! (throw poker cards!)

2nd was quite nice.. alot of us somehow 忘词. i didnt memorise it coz i left skl earlier the day before (during SEL lesson) for medical checkup.
4J is first AGAIN. as noel had said:
"我不开心不是因为我们没有拿1st, 而是4J拿1st!"

ok la.. at least being the 2nd most outstanding class is still marvellous, rite?

[songs part three]
There's No Place I'd Rather Be: before this, i vowed not to sing this song.. but the atmosphere was so low.. but i felt so high.. (PS. the councilors are helplessly waving in front of the classes. other than fanning those in front, it was not helpful at all. they oso blocked some ppl's view of the performances x{ ) didnt sing the cairo part.. just the chorous.. and i'm surprised to find no SINGAPORE in the lyrics.. looking back again.. only stephanie sun's one united ppl talked abt singapore..

One People, One Nation, One Singapore: "one table, four ppl, lets play mahjong".. sounds familiar rite? of course i didnt sing this on the nation's birthday party.. i was still so high and joined in the singing.. this is a 'must sing' for every yr's NDP.. was like thinking of the past AGAIN when i was singing.. the journey frm primary skl to secondary skl.. a small little boy to a slightly taller guy.. it's one amazing and memorable journey. how wonderful.

[tree-planting]
well.. when returning back to cls, some ppl wanted to paint mr chen's face. but in the end da chao jing she, then mr chen ran away.. grr..

then in cls quite bored, so we opened up the basket of treats we won frm the face-painting and cheering comp. those who were slow only got to enjoy weathers (erm.. wrong spelling?) original.

photo-taking.

supposed-to-be-formal shot

the informal shot

wellwell.. after so much crap, the tree-planting havent actually started, so i suggested playing 'musical chairs'. i can see frm ppl's eyes how eager they wanted to play. but most just thought tt "i am a sec four. i cannot be childish" and hence, miss out on the fun..

tree-planting finally began aft a long time..
and aurial and i kept screaming, "WE LOVE YOU MRS CHEW!" ohwells. aurial never fail to make me laugh la.. =D

[yuelong's hse]
oh gosh.. walked a long route to yuelong's hse..
and his hse is bigger than mine.. but less wheelchair-accessible..

played bridge, used computer, tried XBOX 360..
and i somehow got addicted (for the first time) to those fighting games! some game called dead or alive.. yuelong is so jian.. so close to prelim then make us all addicted to the game.. but too bad.. i got no XBOX at home.. lollipops!

reached home at 6.. Zzzz...

2007-08-06T20:11:00.000+08:00

ahem. you asked for it. here it is.
it needs no introductions.. let us welcome.. the new background song..
(will be taken down sometime aft national day)
MAJULAH SINGAPURA!

salutations, everyone..

[REMINDERS]
pls stand in sedia position everytime you are at this blog. do not move until the song ends. =)

[TIPS]
using ur scrollbars, u can scroll the flag up progressively, as the music continues..
(hopefully you can get another person to do this. bear in mind tt he must pull the scrollbar VERY SLOWLY.. n until the last moment then pull everything up, producing some funny noises. it will be gd if he can produce the same effect as what the councilors do everyday x))

ok.. MORE random stuffs for the day..

last sun, when it was raining HEAVILY.. i was trying to get some pics of the raindrops..
i got tis picture of outside frm my house:

JULY 29, 1130h
[The flag is flying, and going to drop]

and next..

JULY 29, 1246h
[PIAK! the poor flag dropped onto the floor!]

the next day..

JULY 30, 1752h
[只可杀，不可辱! rather take the whole flag down then to let it lie flat on the ground.. ]

just as i thought it will be gone for good..

JULY 31, 1624h
[oh.. it grew back again! the seeds germinated!]

lols.. a bit lyk 争分夺秒...

well.. i didnt fake tt out of course.. two reasons why i'm showing this:
(1) to show the the RC ppl are very conscious n responsible.. this is how we have good CIVIL SERVANTS.. how i wished i can be part of them next time.. an accomplished, honourable, servant-leader like pres sr nathan? x)
(2) because i'm just bored studying the 7 tests last wk.. ;D

ok.. just in case u dunno the lyrics for YOUR NATIONAL DAY SONG, u are allowed to refer to the video below:

it's funny that some of us sing the national anthem everyday without knowing what it means..
anyways.. MORE random stuff..

i found this SUPER FUNNY video abt singapore (original version shown by ms zarinah before):

AND MAKE SURE YOU SING YOUR NATIONAL ANTHEM EVERYTIME (esp UG ppl)..
or else nxt time national day celebration all seven ugs SQUEEZE at a corner in the last row.
=) detect my sarcasm!

- EDIT! ¬
dunoo why i so eccentric these days..
and i got excited over tis..

yesh.. THIS..

ok.. i noe its not a very big feat for most ppl.. but for me.. =D
yayness..! 1000 ppl...
really going to start putting ads here real soon.. :P

-/ EDIT! ¬

2007-08-04T21:53:00.000+08:00

there's some prob wif the tagboard.. so i shall reply to tags here...

leonard: lols ciyi the principals definitely will not find my blog de so dun worry(: and and i din realise that friday was such a CURSED DAY that i practically won MANY matches. call me a devil =)
ok. sure. A DEVIL!

chew: HAHAHA 张震岳 only went up by 2! he must be 流ing 泪 cause mlb went up 4times more than him. and almost rolled down cause you stopped in the middle!
lol the blue horse in our class ate the money up.
andand macdonald's milopeng not nice, still so ex. I make one nicer =D
快点鞭打 is hurrycane LOL. and is perry gonna vanish so that ken will appear?
gosh! u realli have a long breath. and i shall reply longer than u..
i shall bet that 刘德华's 牧笛 (current no 8) will rise more than 迷路兵's 泪! if i win, then u have to let me roll u dwn the steps.. obeey gd for almost rolling dwn last tym.. 天有眼！coz u 自作孽，哎呀，真是孽缘啊！
arghh! dun push da blame to horsey! PAY UP!
GB day i got go visit the stall to look for u to brew me some of ur 'nice' milo-peng. but found out tt you PON-ed skl! PON GB DAY, PON the supposedly 2.4 RUN! boo on u!
and i dun understand ur last line.. =D

mengjit: gosh. i thought abt "macdonalds sell so ex" for like 5 minutes. lol.
u are quite fast already la.. my jokes need either clever or determined ppl to understand. :)

yz: hey i think ur link got double SHAWN... ^^
oh okay i get wad u mean liao!
yea tat is because i keep coming ur blog but nvr tag.. lolz
yea.. i got ur 1st 2 lines.. but last line.. ???

jeremy: hello ciyi sir! i rmb tht u owe me smth .. =X the MYE prizes xD
soon.. soon.. remind me! anyways.. sorry for deleting ur latest tag.. i accidentally deleted it when i was trying make smth work for my cbox.. wuld u mind posting it back again..? =X forget it if it's a chore.. =(

chew: 争分夺秒 was so omg lah. I choose to believe that jiahui didn't die, I like jiahui heh.
grr.. why u spam my tagboard again..? and da ya noe that jiahui's angmoh name is "VINCENT"? and luckily rita didnt die. she's so chio =) got a flare for thai babes! oops.. P

chew: hellohello ciyi change blog song.
what's wrong wif kit chan?! ... ok la.. i oso quite sian-ed le la.. but u call me change then i must change meh?.. so i shall remove the song for the time being. T,T

Ivan: Hello Zi Yu! :)
hi ivan! i just linked u! heh heh..

viviana: ciyi you play cheat one! You weren't supp to boo me one!
sry sry! acti wanted to boo jiesi.. but she dunno why stand outside the 4K classroom for some time.. u say i cant boo anyone wad.. so i show you lor.. BOO! =D

Sab' :): lols why u aim only 5 A1s?! u must be more forward-looking as the government leh! hah MUST AIM 10A1s mah! lol (acty u oni hv 9 subjs. hahah) XD
but 5A1s are more pragmatic than 10 A1s ma.. "Based on the criterion of IMPACT, i argue that pragmatism > FL-ingness.. " LOLLIPOPS..

2007-08-04T18:30:00.000+08:00

ok lar.. heard tt scouts are moved to the back for the ndp marching frm *my secret informant* via sms.
due to some ppl not opening their mouth when singing national anthem..? i hav my doubts..
a considerable proportion of the population of scouts are non-singaporeans.. and although they 志在四方, they oso 心系祖国.. cant blame them.
dont want to comment abt anything else before i know what exactly happened..

2.4km run today! not for me, but for the sec one, two and threes. heard the first hand info frm *my secret informant* tt our recently 'elected' sc president got the first for sec threes, while the spl of scouts (not the prom king of 4L.. but the one alwaes exercising his diaphgram and *kiap*ing a stick under one of his armpits) managed to get into top 10. well.. none of the sec ones in scouts managed to get to the godly position of number one, but at least menghowe got 7th. MUACKS. isnt he cute?! and he's frm lion patrol =D future lion PL! [ the othr one shall be patrol-less.. =O ] just hope tt the ex-SPL can get back to his posititon aft one year of rest..

twoPOINTfour.. lots of memories.. still rmb last yr was on EIGHTofAUGUST.. the 'national day celebration'..

and aft the run, some of the scouts ppl + some 2K ppl WALKED all the way (or did we took a bus in the middle?) to marina square.. where we had our lunch, and then to magazine rd to submit our NYAA reports (which we were only RECENTLY notified that we passed).

and sec two.. i forgot (what a brain i have).. but i onli rmb-ed that i was a sports leader and need to take the station boards.. so cant run. then got to go for the run at the re-run wif noel (who was sick during the real 2.4), yeqin and chiahong. how lucky i was by not failing.. or else got to come and run again!

OH YAR! =0 during sec two.. the run ended in the morning. then got to go back to skl at arnd 5 to help prepare for the coming AHS campfire. so went to chiahong's place (or issit junhan's place?) and hanged out until abt 3 then went back to skl..

THOSE WERE THE DAYS.. no stress, no pressure, no pain, no hesitations.. only fun and laughter.
now only less than half of the happy memories are left. (due to my dear brain).

and speaking abt national day, i heard FIVE STARS ARISING on 958fm recently.
later found out that the song we hear almost everyday (other than we will) on the PA system is created in 1988.

FIVE STARS ARISING
There's a new moon arising, out of the stormy sea
Youthful and bright and bearing hope, and tranquil as can be
Reach out for the moon above, savour freedom, truth and love
There's a new moon arising, out of the stormy sea

There are five stars arising, out of the stormy sea
Each is a lamp to guide our way; a lamp for all to see
Reach out for the stars above, savour freedom, truth and love
There are five stars arising, out of the stormy sea

There's a new flag arising, out of the stormy sea
Crimson as the blood of all mankind, yet white and pure and free
Reach out for the flag above, savour freedom, truth and love
There's a new flag arising, happy and proud are we

the one below is recorded in 1988. it's different frm what we heard on the PA system... more action-packed, more youthful. songs are really downgrading themselves these days. the original song and recording is already so good, but they still not satisfied, so they generate more 'NEWER' songs that hopefully, will 'appeal more to the teens', which have apparently the same lyrics but more awful music. just listen to the old version.. it's so much LIVELY la..

the little boy singing maybe now is an old a-chek liao.. =) ok la.. maybe in his 40s? (wondering whether the one who sing the new 'so-not-exciting' version is the little boy who sang the song 20 years ago)

and there was this article on who is the next person singing the national day theme song on lianhe zaobao. joi chua and a-du's names came out. BUT NEVER JJ LIN. guess why:

this is his supposingly "HIP-HOP" version of HOME sang on 2004. and guess what I am trying to say by putting the HOME sang by Young Voices (comprising of many primary and secondary school kids) in the same year below:

ok.. heard the JJ version? such a smooth, sensational and thought-provoking song becoming into a rapping, nonsensical hip-hop song. and by comparing both songs, i can safely conclude that the kids can sing better and more vibrantly than a 20-odd year old pop-star who always top the YES 933 popchart.

"Daring to find new ways" (according to the song Will You), is not really pragmatic everytime. traditional may not be bad. listen to kit chan's version of HOME 9 years ago (gosh! i'm still a small little primary one kid at that time - ok actually not much height diff):

enuf abt home lar..
and can you believe it...? i heard the WILL YOU just as i was typing the above paragraph. and what's more, it's on YES 933, the chinese station:

sorry... just pure randomness.. =P

2007-08-01T22:11:00.000+08:00

and i rmbed another thing..

today my blog's 满月(since July 07)!

and i found out that the blog had 860 visitors (as of 10.15pm) since 1 July 2007, an average of abt 28 ppl per day!

thank you everyone for your support.. maybe nxt time i will put ads at the side so as to earn extra income! ok.. just joking..

ok.. back to last few mins of 争分夺秒!

2007-08-01T21:45:00.000+08:00

this week so boring. so many tests.. prob coz next week 3 days cannot have tests ba..

and my toes are really laughing during today's assembly, not because of the high-pitch singing, not because of mr heok 'attempting' to sing christian songs, but because of MDM SIM.
well.. always unexpected..

when we are slowly standing up:
"I FEEL SO YOUNG"

and when an error is spotted:
"THAT WAS ON PURPOSE. SEE WHETHER YOU ALL PAYING ATTENTION OR NOT"

SO LAME!

and the national day songs we will be singing in national day are:

Where I Belong
心连心
Will You
There's No Place I'd Rather Be
One People, One Nation, One Singapore

and how surprised i was when FIVE STARS ARISING (the boring song which was played most of the time before skl starts) was not selected..

and what is the song they played this morning huh?

anyways, as promised, I WILL NOT sing the THERE'S NO PLACE I'D RATHER BE.. esp aft today's expression. the speaker talked about:

INTEGRITY

so everyone huh.. must have integrity.. if you haven't climb the GREAT WALL OF CHINA + fly to EIFFEL TOWEL in ONE HOUR.. then pls dun sing the song.. HAVE INTEGRITY!

...

and grad nite's in four seasons hotel.. tsze deng was wondering whether there will be different groups of ppl wearing different kinds of costume; some in shorts (summer), while others in thick jackets (winter).. after all, it's four seasons what..

some famous and hilarious quotes quoted so far this week:

MRS LAM

on tue, immediately aft coming in:
"am i supposed to give you a test today?"

on wed, immediately aft coming in:

"am i supposed to give you a test today?"

HUANG LAO SHI (the unexpected)

on mon, when talking about the 迷信s & 怀疑s:
"有一个迷信是所在怀孕的时候，如果和牛奶，你的孩子就会变成白白胖胖的。但是，如果印度人喝奶会白吗？"

...

it's like.. so racist.. =[

ok lar.. don't know why am i posting here when i have 4 tests tmr..

SS - SBQ + SEQ
Physics SPA!
Chem - Electrolysis + Rate of Reaction
A Maths - Remainder-Factor, Matrix, and donnoe what..

ok.. byebye!

2007-07-29T12:43:00.000+08:00

mon 23.07.07

nth much except the MM lessons. mr chen (our math teacher) actually asked mr chen (our SEL teacher) for a switch of periods to do the NE quiz today.
the nation builder was so fun! on the first try, i didnt noe i can go to other parts of s'pore and develop the places until the 2nd era. there was once that i beat everyone and got most $$ but in the end junliang, seated just beside me got $600,000+ (hi-score) with me helping him answer some of the qns! i was so not fu-qi as i only got $400,000+.

second try. a bit rush. got $582,000 in the end! so happy cz i still managed to win junhao.
(PS.. to junhao: HAHAHA. )

tue. 24.07.07

ok.. a series of fortunate events.

[PE] guess what? lighting risk alert. and i thought mr chai will make us run 2.4 in the indoor stadium. but he still got ren xing, tell us tt the 2.4 is postponed to nxt wk. and we can improve on our NAPFA items for the whole of 1h. and standing broad jump.. finally passed aft many times of trying.. thanks to those who cheered me on.. and today i finally realised why is it called 'STANDING BROAD JUMP'... because you are supposed to stand BROAD when jumping! wows.. i'm so like lagging..

[CC] quoted frm sab:
"hls made us finish up the zuowen we're writing ytd.
though she said she wld oni gv 1 period tdy, bt as her usual self, she often gets bullied by us and we used 2 whole periods t write. hahah."
yupps.. hahah. thanks sab for that paragraph! =D

[MM] a series of funny events:

mr chen took mr (vincent) chong to our class.
then mr chong a.k.a. vincent sat beside noel, which noel's imaginary friend, vincent is seated. vincent sitting on vincent's seat, oh dear!
relative velocity.. chen yu was chased on the whiteboard by some fat girl.
and when a particle is moving (either to the left or to the right), junhao sang some guailan song "TO THE LEFT, TO THE LEFT", which i completely dont understand. some guai EL song..

['SEL'] ok actualli asmby la. council investiture (which mr chen thought of as an investigation). well, the chairs are neatly arranged and i appreciate the chairs.. but is it necessary? then why cant we have chairs every asmby? i'm pretty sure the chairs have to be taken up n down by ah eng or uncle hassan or some othr school helpers, since the councilors are busy dancing. at most, they did the arranging.
but den to say.. the school actually cant manage without them.. and the 4L seats are 'chopped' by some sec one ppl. we were lyk planning to stare at them until they go off.. but as civillised ppl, we didnt and were bullied by the sec ones :( then grabbed any seats we saw or else we have to sit on the floor (like zaizai).
...
then during the investiture when the councilors turned arnd aft marching in, guodong found this councilor standing beside his seat was sedia-ing while others were serung-diri-ing (or issit the reverse?). we were lyk thinking whether to be nice and kaypoh ppl and tell her or mind our own business. we then decided tt we have to MYOB.
and 'you only realise the value of something when you are losing it.'.. sounds familiar..

and what's with the no vice-pres and SM-head policy this year? shuld be lyk the 三把火 compre(familiar?) if anglican high school were to be a lil' bit democratic and open up the voting to us students, the one governing now may be different. imagine. nxt time in Singapore, if u cant vote for ur own pres, then it will be so sad. it's lyk without the recognition of the fellow citizens, how can a pres seek co-operation frm his ppl?

wed. 25.07.07

i noticed something. everytime there's SS, there's HuEl (geog!) and before geog is always english. after geog is double-MM and then is recess. and the time-table is similar aft recess on wed and fri, except for the 'Phys' on wed.

and yes.. HAPPY BIRTHDAY MR CHEN!
(thanks mrs chew for bringing us to the comp lab so that i can access the skl intranet and copy mr chen's photo)

[Asmby] asmby was the most exciting of all. apparently, SEL is switched wif asmby and MM is switched with SEL. hence, the usual boring asmby became relative velocity! so fun. =X shuld have a birthday bash for mr chen during this 'SEL' lesson.. lyk tt time 4J did for wang biyu lao shi..

thu. 26.07.2007

[chemL] CHEM SKILL 3 SCHOOL-BASED PRACTICAL ASSESSMENT FOR O LEVELS.
total screwed-up. and i thought that indigestion tablets = acid-base neutralisation. didnt read the qn careful and was stunned there for abt 20 min. finally re-read the qn and realised i am on the wrong track. sad.

fri. 27.07.2007

[zaocao] yesh! i finally gt some 头绪 regarding the 旋转 (makes me think of the jolin tsai song).. was copying victor until i finally realised a pattern.. ok lar abt 4 more wks to master this before the exam break.. haiz...

[bio] oh. i suck at plants la.. esp when they think of reproducing.. disaster... they can become like potato and vegetative reproduce or want to let insects suck their fluid, hoping they will find a gd partner. and there was a qn:
Some of the flowers developedinto fruits with seeds, despite no insects visiting them. Suggest how seed formation could have occurred in these flowers. [2]

of course anyone can think of self-pollination. so i elaborated quite alot on that one point, hoping to get the full 2 marks. in the end, writing 'self pollination' earns you 1 mark. the other mark is gained if you realise that hummingbirds can also help in pollination.. "?!"
as quoted frm jiesi:
"the paper was like I-don't-hafta-study-I-write-logical-stuff-I-win.I could have done a lot better had I known the game's played this way."

{oh dear! MLB is still not on the top 11 - 20 list!}

[ss] sometimes i really wonder if mr ilzam is going to be our permanent teacher for fri ss lessons.
ms zarinah didnt come again. double period. double happiness. and just when we are cheering, mdm sim peeked into the room. and said:
"nothing but SS"
ok lar. it was like.. who cares?
then she continued and said smth lyk:
"i'm not here watching you. it's trust. rmb, nth but ss"
something liddat...
as usual, ppl are bridging. and FYI,

I WANT TO 戒赌!

ok lar.. partly coz i think i will lose the bet tt jiesi forced on me.
but looking at noel.. i doubt i can do it >.<

[MM] and mr vincent chong is here again. he seemed friendly, but is not.. i think.
and i'm listed in the "avoid letting to toilet" list by mr chen. at least i'm more fortunate then junhao, who's in the "never let him to toilet" list.
relative velocity.. it's lyk wows..? i mean, we humans only create troubles for ourselves to ponder upon. lyk Issac Newton.. if he just picked up the apple and eat it rather than to suggest hypothesises (?!), the world will be much less complicated now.. coming back to RV.. is there a need to know it? sometimes we are jus 自寻烦恼-ing.

[CC] zuoye! 1 period do 2 综合填空, and 1 理解测验. ok lar 25 mins (35-10 mins she's late) is actually quite sufficient.. but as we are already adapted to her "下个星期一交" pattern, we did quite slow until she really said "下个星期一交".

{oops. MLB is crying until 9th position.}

oops..i promise to keep my posts short next time..

2007-07-28T20:03:00.000+08:00

HEYHEY!

i'm back! long time no post le... (actually 6 days only lar) =)

ok lar... u all shuld know by now tt all my posts very long-winded one.. so in the process of 酝酿-ing my post, i shall post a video first.. it's about 'Microsoft Surface' (http://www.microsoft.com/surface/), a brand new system coming soon (say, 5 years, 10 years?).. the film-maker actually literally editted all the voice-over in the original video published by microsoft, pointing out the contradicting stuffs present in this 'Microsoft Surface'. the end-product is quite hilarious. enjoy!

Microsoft Surface Parody
[PS: press 'ESC' on ur keyboard before playing this.. or u will hear kit chan's voice dangling in the air.. (actually u shuld have already done that, because that's what i do every time i come to my own blog.. sorry kit..)]

oh yesh.. due to jie si's continuous begging and demanding, i shall advertise for her that:

MLB*'s 泪 is 17th on YES 933 zuixing longhubang.

* MLB stands for MY LAO BA. (yes.. my ah pa cried)

ok.. next time if u got any thing want to announce, please directly call MediaCorp at 6822 2268 (news centre) or 6255 8400 (traffic watch). or the new mocca (http://www.mocca.com.sg).
if u are broke (like CHEW), then try begging me lors.

sorry.. but i just can't seem to stop being lame.

2007-07-22T14:08:00.001+08:00

ok.. a bit like travelling back in time.. posted abt fri yesterday and now i'm posting abt 4 days before it. oh well. it was really an eventful week. like no other.

the blog should be quite colourful now, with the '客串' of the several teachers (no, i didnt resize mrs lam's photo!).

NOTE: ok.. credits to Anglican High School website.. if u copy the image, then please remember to link back to them. and please, dun do anything silly to their cute faces!

THURSDAY (19.07)..

common test slot was fun. CORE HUMANITIES! oh dear! i've got no core humans.. but we still have to come to skl.. for extra 1 hr of lesson. guess who came in? our dear MRS LEE!

first lesson on reproductive systems in animals. it's amazing what those glands secrete. it's like A secrete B, which causes the secretion of C. C then forms D which secretes E, causing some effect. cao CONFUSING! what's more.. it's the women's reproductive system. cannot relate to my own body at all. at least the breathing mechanism can on the spot do.
for example, if the qn asks "what happens to the diaphgram when breathing in". i can just breath in and touch my tummy... but the secretion of glands in women? arghh!

hcl. tests given back. quite happy scoring the marks equivalent to my register no. AND PERRY FAILED THE TEST (he say one.. i didnt see anything.)! so rejoiceful.. finally won him after losing to him by a few marks in maths and bio. and huang lao shi is so bad.. on the paper, i saw she wrote '5' then cancel and write '4.5'... and the other, '1.5' to '1'. and when i went to see her for a couple of marks on summary.. she totally outspoke me! huang lao shi is so fun to deal with. xD

and chem test. on chpt 18, 19, 20, 21! mrs lam said something like
"hey students. you dont have the full 1 hour to do it huh. "
and i replied:
"yar yar. we have 1 hour 10 mins to do it."
laughters.
the best has yet to come.
while doing the test, she suddenly blurted,
"five minutes left. "
everyone was chiong-ing.
after five minutes,
"five minutes left. "
what a nice way to motivate us! :D
five minutes later..
"five minutes left. "
lolx.
maybe should suggest to the school to put the countdown to prelim to be "5 days" everyday. then can save on the ink costs and the paper costs. currently.. 60 different papers with full coloured ink in 2 different locations. no matter how much recycled paper mrs chew utilises and no matter how much A4-size paper mr chen cuts frm his mahjong paper, it's not still not overall environmental-friendly.

english lesson was definitely unexpected. mrs chew took siti (4L's imaginary classmate) 's chair and sat on it. for 35 minutes, she read out the compo we and 4K did using the 100 words given. 'MY GOODNESS" and "OH DEAR", as well as constant blinking was heard and seen throughout the period. and there was this funny compo regarding skl violence. apparently, a student used a knife and kill the teacher by poking it into her butt and twisting it, until she 'bled dry'. then the corpse was thrown into a garbage bag next to a deserted house. just as everyone thought it ended, mrs chew grinned and say:
"think it's over yet? not quite. the best has yet to come." and continued with the story.
then for the bio spa, the students went back to the deserted house with test tubes and took samples back. it was described as 'auscpicious'. then for the first time, the students passed an exam.
plus the 100 descriptive words in the compo, it's definitely a disaster.

physics! we finally finished the going thru of the worksheet answers! hope we can start new chapter next week!

vectors + graphical solutions test for maths. flunked the vectors. i dun really care. the subject is.. crap! grr..

WEDNESDAY (18.07)..

i hate wednesdays.. at least starting frm 2 weeks ago (since the 4th/5th version of the time-table came out). look at our timetable:

SS CC Chem
Phys ELang HuEl MM MM
Chem Asmby

basically all the subjects.. except the ever-so-interesting bio and the SEL-turned-amaths lessons.

nothing much abt lessons today la.. mr lee is replaced by mr ilzam! even if he's here, he will still be struggling to go thru the electromagnetic induction wksht which he has been going thru since last week. when are we starting on ELECTRONICS? the other classes are already on RADIOACTIVITY le.. it's the only science that is yet to be completed.

fast forward. to.. ASSEMBLY!

racial harmony day.. assembly is supposed to be boring.. but today? it simply rejuvenated my senses. (so cheem!) it brought about a pupil reflex action and a conditioned reflex of my hands clapping without any conscious control. (don't blame me. i'm a bio student.)
the 1C ppl.. my goodness! shaking their butts so vigourously tt i became so high that i wanted to 离开地球表面! (.. that's because i'm listening to this song on radio while writing this..) and there was a kuku boy who kept smirking and showing his white teeth during the dance.. cao gao xiao.
after the dance, i was so attracted to the bollywood song and the 'macaroni' song.. maybe put that as background song after national day.. =D

aft skl.. so sad.. HCL remedial was cancelled. i dont know why, but i feel sad for the remedial ppl. ppl might think that i'm 幸灾乐祸-ing coz i'm not in the remedial. but i'm not. with abt 20+ out of 33 ppl in remedial, 4L is definitely not cut out for languages. and one way to improve their mother tongue is the remedial. must suggest to huang lao shi to double the remedial time next wed! (truthfully.. i enjoy ppl suffering.. oops.. split personality!)

TUESDAY (17.07)..

PE.. sianed.. another subject i gave up on. NAPFA today. ok.. quite ok at the start.. got 3-5 points for sit up, pull up, sit and reach and shuttle run. 2.4 is on next week. what's the last event? STANDING BROAD JUMP. ~~shit~~ la.. and passing mark is 206cm. 2 tries and i'm always abt 10cm away frm it. it's so stupid.. the requirements.. fail one and fail all. so be it. what good will it do me even if i get GOLD? honour? glory? i dont care. i will just try my best. even if this means i'm not good in physical means, i can be good in other aspects, rite? and a song analysis coming up soon will further add on to my point.

hcl. TEST! everyone was stunned. mon release early, so missed chinese period. fri release early missed chinese period again. so can't actually blame huang lao shi for forgeting to inform us ba. afterall, who studies for chinese? ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE'S NO 填写汉字? still rmb when i was young (P1-S2), 填写汉字 was my forte and it will always make me score 80+ marks for chinese.. now.. overall 65+ marks.. at least better than english i guess...

[and yes.. as i'm writing this post, 落叶归根、不能说的秘密、杀手 became the tops in this week's YES 933 pop chart.. being random again!]

skip to SEL. loving it. mr chen threatened to show us the video on national security all over again. YUCKS! ok.. at least i can do my hmwk! :D anyways.. in the end drew on mahjong paper regarding the topics given to us regarding national security. my grp was doing on SARS. but no one was doing anything. so i and perry jumped to jun hao's grp. the others follow suit. disaster. wasn't a good decision. then jumped to sab's grp. ok.. at least better. finally, contributed some ideas on dengue and won the space on the paper to put me and perry's name. then jumped to aurial's grp, thinking she will have some artistic stuffs. opposite. worst actually. but SO FUNNY.. maybe ask sab to take photo of it and post it here next time.. (sab.. if u see this, u shuld know what to do!)
the posters were all.. so childish and 'artistically'-inclined. and at one look, you can discover randy's work. always in the handwritting in blue pen.. lols..

2007-07-21T23:36:00.000+08:00

~~i don't know why.. but i felt this week passed really fast.. it's like it's sunday just yesterday.~~
~~and some things seemed to pass so slowly. i am apparently still lagging in time. maybe i'm still in 14 days ago.~~
ignore me. i'm just talking rubbish without myself realising it.

20.07 FRIDAY

happyness. friday again. sadness. no cca.

zaocao was exceptionally exciting, with mr hoo coming up with those crazy stuffs to start our day. he said something really funny at the start which i had forgotten.. last week he was saying something like '早操能使人精神气爽... ' and all those crap. it's like.. so random! what will he say next week..?

then lessons. first lesson was bio. reproductive system in animals. not boring after all.
the syllabus wasnt exciting though.. most taught in sec two, which mrs lee briefly browsed through.
the fun part was her phrasings.

when tsze deng was caught discussing the topic in class with others, mrs lee barked,
"stop educating others. i'm educating you."
this may not be funny on other circumstances. but in this chapter.. .. ..

then when some other people were getting excited when she was going through the parts of the system, she informed us:
"do you think you can teach this topic very well? if so, then come up here and teach everyone."

then she told us about how fortunate we are.
"of all the 40 000 000 000 sperms, only one can fertilise the ovum. i've made a calculation. it is a 0.0000000025% chance."

and when talking about fetus:
"what goes back to the mother through the umbilical cord?.. nothing good. all ur excretory products"

and this 2nd lesson on the chapter was sadly, our last. just seconds after she completed the whole bio syllabus and seconds before the bell ring, she blurted smth lyk:
"it's amazing. all these 2 years of bio."
randomness. as the bell rang, she briefly walked away.

and our 'new' temporary SS teacher for the day came in. mr ilzam, the teacher aid. everyone's favourite. his presence will tell pupils tt "ur teacher's not here. rejoice!" the hist students were so relieved as they still got history lesson today (by ms zarinah). never did they expect another hist teacher will take over afterwards.
oh well. ss assignment frm ms zarinah. majority of the class was immersed in the bio books (for mock exam this afternoon), and of course, building bridges. only a minority (including me!) did the ss assignment assigned.

nothing much after that la.. except for bio mock exam. ms kartini came in. she could really make jokes out of anything! and a grammatical mistake was spotted by jun hao before the paper started. i didn't even think anything was wrong! my EL standard is really reducing to mrs lee's state.. D=

throughout the paper, commands were heard frm the church carpark. it's obvious which ug group caused most of the pollution. the draggy "yes-in-struc-tor" heard exactly 14 days 0 hours ago, was shortened to a sharp "YES-SIR". in a matter of 14 days.. "30 天后, 这个世界会变成怎么样呢?" and that "boom boom boom" music played by the band.. brings back memories of 2 years ago.. cant really concentrate during the exam...
ARGH.. next fri, got EL comp mock exam.. got cca (for other ppl).. got ndp practice, got command-shouting, got music.. GOT STRESS!

the day still didnt quite end yet. need to settle nyaa stuffs.. end up going to 4K and selling 2 tix to yingsi and binli.. and suggested that they share the ticket.. and it's:
person A+ person B - 1 tix
B+C - 1 tix
C+D - 1 tix; lols.

and sun ho, or ho sun, was in school! and in 3A. next to our classes. we were like thinking.. why come at such an ulu-ulu time and still in an ulu-ulu class? why don't they go next door (4L), the *cleanest*class?
and yes, her surname is ho, name sun.
sun yanzi's surname is sun, name yanzi.
then jie si informed me that fann wong's surname is fann, name wong.
oh god! so 'wong' is actually a name! no wonder jie si always tag as 'chew'. chew must be a christian name! maybe next time i'll tag as wong. then jie si will be CHEW chew and i will be WONG wong!

till now, the sun's motive of rising in the evening (太阳从西边升起) is still unknown.
soon, the 'ever-so-outgoing' ah eng came to lock up and we all went home. and guess who we saw as we were walking out of the main gate.

DR. BOON + a cameraman. we abruptly walked into her background and perhaps stole her limelight. oh gosh! if it's a video, we will soon be on news five tonight. if it's a photo, we will soon be in berita harian (malay newspaper). just exaggerating. with a prinicpal always exposed to the media, it is a matter of time that we got into the news too. who knows? the sun might be advertising for AHS and a commercial may soon come out.. i can only imagine. and yes.. i can imagine the teletubies thingy.. "SUN setting in the sky.. ~~teletubies~~ AHS-ians.. say ~~goodbye~~ hello." imagine it on tv.

and yes.. found this while searching for the picture of the 'holy sun'.

at night. went to 翡翠小厨 to makan-cum-celebrate my dad's birthday. actually because got cash voucher la. and the total bill was $88.10. nice number. we only pay half the price! but $10 per person for a meal is not very cheap. we eat to live AND live to eat. afterall, it's once in a while. looking forward to more posh dining vouchers..

2007-07-16T21:57:00.004+08:00

ok. i dont think my blog is really colourful with photos (like !SABRINA's), so i shall decorate it with 2 photos today! :D

16 July (MON)

bridging today after skl.

yes. BRIDGE-ing.

while the CL ppl are waiting for their LC to start, we played bridge in class.

bridging is our kls' favourite pastime.

or in fact, the boys'.
ok. better not talk any more. dont want any teachers to find out =X

after that, went CGH to collect the CIP letter with peter. so pek chek. reached the 'Friends of CGH' room at 2.05pm, to find out that they close at 2pm. so slack! the community service coordinator worked weekdays from 10am to 2pm.. it's just like the working hours of a DJ in a radio station..!

ok.. reached home at abt 2.45pm. immediately tuned into symphony 92.4fm to listen to the CL O Level LC to laugh at the questions. i dont know how much i scored last year, but i just know that i got overall A1! CL ppl, jiayou! the papers are not difficult if you make an effort to practise your comprehension and composition before the paper. and yes, dont be zi bei just because cannot minus 2 pts because didnt take HCL.

and i did a lame thing. record down the 30-minute broadcast. maybe next time then upload (if it is allowed)..

the SEL rubic thingy is killing me. supposed to grade 15 ppl's level of 'SOCAL EMOTIONS'. =D the questions are so 'guai lan' and difficult to answer. like sense of purpose of achievement.
lvl 1: learning is just studying. lvl 2: learning/studying is for a good future. lvl 3: learning is more than study. lvl 4: understand learning is life-long.

how do i know how do the sec ones think? i've been only around with them for 6 months, or abt 180 days to sound longer. even if i were with them for longer, i may not be able to know their attitudes and feelings. i can safely say that even guo dong cant understand the sec threes' attitudes completely. how do we grade? what can we grade them upon? i must say, most of these things are actually hidden.

i was thinking, if this rubic is giving me so much trouble, then how will mr (jimmy) tan grade them? i dont event think he can recognise all of them.

another trouble.. how do i grade those who didnt come but are still registered under 'SCOUTS'. i dont know.. it's highly impossible that after just a few days with him, i can detect his emotions well.

this is what i graded one of them:

basically it's all 1s and 2s for the first page. it's not a biased/prejudiced viewpoint, but i i'm left with no other choice. there is a question about loyalty. "lvl 1: do not see the point and do not attend or support certain class, CCA and school activities/events... ... " it's obvious what to put.

in fact, this thing can be very subjective. some ppl think he's this, others think he's that. that's why this rubic is highly inaccurate and actually, to an extent, not useful as a source to detect a person's social emotions.

however it is useful, as shown in the source below:

this is a person who i think is good in all aspects except relationship management. he may be enthusiastic, but frm what i can see (in the short 6 mths), he's definitely not good in managing relationships. what i just hope is that when he receives his HOLISTIC report card, he can reflect on it and work on the areas he's weak in.

2007-07-14T15:04:00.000+08:00

14th July..

HAPPY B'DAE, YINGSI!

talking about birthdays..
the nation's bdae is just next mth.

so i thought i'll just change the 空秋千 to something more patriotic...

THERE'S NO PLACE I'D RATHER BE

I've walked the streets of Cairo & Bombay
I've seen the neon signs on old Broadway
I've climbed the Eiffel Tower
The Great Wall in one hour
Experience sweet and sour
But that's ok

Seen Hollywood, the sunsets in LA
The London Bridge, Big Ben, The Thames, UK
I've crossed the River Kwai
Yet still I don't know why
I think of you each night and every day
There's no place I'd rather be
You'll always be a part of me
And even though I've roamed the world
It's still my home I long to see
This is where my family
And my friends grew up with me
So I'll cross the skies and sail the seas
To be where I wanna be

There's no place I'd rather be
You'll always be a part of me
And even though I've roamed the world
It's still my home I long to see
This is where my family
And my friends grew up with me
So I'll cross the skies and sail the seas
To be where I wanna be

Cos there's no place I'd rather be

ok.. i agree that theme songs nowadays are getting less memorable and more random.
im my opinion, these songs should be a little bit emotional, so that singaporeans who sing the song can express their love for the country.
in addition, the song MUST feature facts that apply to everyone so that each and every citizen can sing along. it's quite funny if im asked to sing this song. this is because:

I've walked the streets of Cairo & Bombay
i've NEVER went to cairo nor bombay.
I've seen the neon signs on old Broadway
i've NEVER seen the new broadway, let alone the old one, not even on TV.
I've climbed the Eiffel Tower, The Great Wall in one hour
ok.. can anyone do this...? climbing the tower and zooming to the wall in one hour?

well.. i won't dig into Hollywood, the sunsets in LA, The London Bridge, Big Ben, The Thames, UK and River Kwai; because the furthest i travelled was the pearl tower in china.

i mean, it's quite crazy to be singing that you have been all around the world for more than half of the song and yet, you haven't been there before. more ironically, this is supposed to be a national day song. something about SINGAPORE. let's look at the extract below:

HOME
This is home truly, where I know I must be
Where my dreams wait for me, where that river always flows
This is home surely, as my senses tell me
This is where I won't be alone, for this is where I know it's home

of course, Singapore is my home, and i know i must be here.
and yes, i always daydream, hence my dreams will wait for me.. xD
the kallang river, let alone the singapore river will always flow.. (correct me if i'm wrong)
again, SURELY, this is my home and my five senses will definitely tell me.
with a population of 3,263,200 distinct citizens, i will always know i'm home.

national day songs must be some sort of '废话' song, like the above. although sang in 1998, HOME will always be in my mind; unlike the THERE'S NO PLACE I'D RATHER BE, although sang by the same singer. i will never sing the song, actually.

and also, it should be some kind of sad song, which will not cause people to be high. although THERE'S NO PLACE I'D RATHER BE is good in this aspect, but it's good brother, WILL YOU, totally failed.

i mean, will you want to sing a song which keep posing questions, as if demanding something from someone? just count the '?'s in the song!

WILL YOU

Will you make this island
Amazing in all ways?
Surprises every corner,
Delightful nights and days.

Will you take this country
And turn it from a place
To a home that greets you
With smiles on every face?

Will you come on this brave journey?
Will you help to make it real?
Will you write us grand new stories,
Songs that everyone will feel?

So...
Will you swim the current?
Will you scale new heights?
Will you make it happen,
Will you let your dreams take flight?

And...
Will you make the difference?
Will you seize the day?
Will you live each moment,
Will you dare to find new ways?

Will you take this city
And turn it from a place
To a home that greets you
With smiles on every face

Will you come on this brave journey?
Will you help to make it real?
Will you write us grand new stories,
Songs that everyone will fe.. feee... feeee.. ffeeeeeeeee.. eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeell?!

So...
Will you swim the current?
Will you scale new heights?
Will you make it happen,
Will you let your dreams take flight?

And...
Will you make the difference?
Will you seize the day?
Will you live each moment,
Will you dare to find new ways?

Dare to find,
dare to find,
dare to find new ways!

oh dear! actually, i love this song, due to its funky rhythm. but as a national day song, i'll cast my doubts.

and the people singing it.. so many! and there's a girl who went drags the word 'FEEL' (as shown above) at such a high-pitched voice. who will, or have the ability, to sing the national day song, which is meant for the singaporeans to sing along?

dont wan to talk abt it anymore.

ok.. from a simple happy bdae to.. song critising.. oh my 天! xD

hope this honest opinion of the national day theme songs won't affect my chances of presidency in the future! =X

2007-07-08T13:51:00.000+08:00

ok. campfire. our last one. if we didnt join ventures..

the venture talk was like so long.. until 3pm like that. then we went to the same old 85 to eat. guess this was the last time the council of ten get to eat together..
stayed till 5pm for the chung cheng high (main) campfire. i talked to the QMs (mendel and junzhi) regarding the den... they were like so motivated to get the den to become as pretty as possible. not possible. when shih ying and i were young (last year), we were as motivated as them. and everytime it was the PLC ppl who mess up everything. they are like thinking we are the cleaners of the den and just expect us to clean up the den after their party. argh! soon, shihying grew tired of it and joined them. with an unsupportive SPL and a messy den, everything seems futile.
[clean up den. mess up den. ] X 50.

and mendel wasnt really adapted to his campfires ic post. im not blaming him, cause it's like 3 hours after the handover... there's still a long long way to go.

CHUNG CHENG HIGH CAMPFIRE! brings back memories of footdrill course (FDC), the course that i was always dragging my feet for the whole 8 weeks during sec two. stingray, skateray, mammoth, funny FDIs and FDIIs. it's not bad afterall..

and the bus which i arranged with the girl guides was like so 'just nice'. everyone had a seat. however, as there is an odd no of GG and scouts, mendel, being the last to sit, was reluctant to sit beside a girl, and squeezed with some other scouts. lolLIPOPS.

and yea, when we reached cchms,we were first bought to a hall after alighting frm the bus. everyone was so shocked and thought it was a GANGSHOW again. however, after further clarifications, it was found out that it was just a holding place. then we will be guided to the campfire site. maybe they forgot to buy matchsticks. so they have to keep us there first.

we toured around the skl and saw 'LEONARD'. not the AH one. the bedok view one which looked like him. he looked so different. short short hair. plump body. pimples all over his face. just 6 months frm the hongkong goodwill trip and he's changed so much. makes me wonder how i will look 6 months down the road. i must say, my thoughts, attitudes and appearance changed quite alot since sec one..

and there was the mass dance. i'm so loving it! still rmb i hate mass dances during the sec 1 orientation and the sec 2 council selection day. it's so different today.. last time being directly involved in scouts. last time wearing the scout uniform. last time going to a campfire. 3 years ago, i was like dreading scouting. now, i'm dreading to leave.

and the real campfire. we were like destroying the earth by burning the organic chemicals + hydrocarbons (in the firewood and kerosene) and emitting carbon (soot), carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide, when ppl at the other end of the world was having LIVE EARTH. i expressed my sincere appologies by wearing green (scout uniform) that day.

i was like feeling so HIGH! ran about the campfire at every oppurtunity and singing, making funny comments throughout the campfire. dunno why. although peter kept complaining with that one word "SUCK", "SUCK", "SUCK", i think it rocks. it's like you only realise the value of something when you are losing it. it was so memorable.

campfire ended at abt 10.05pm. grabbed some curry puffs and sandwitches and boarded the bus. during the journey, the guides were like so high and singing songs like 空秋千 and 我可以. and their 空秋千 was like so 好听. now i love the song even more. [FYI: it's the background song of this blog]. what made me felt even devasted was this:
"my bonnie lies over the ocean,
my bonnie lies over the sea,
my bonnie lies over the ocean,
AND BRING BACK MY SEC FOURS TO ME"

maybe boys are less emotional. i really felt jealous about it. then again, did we do such things to our last batch (christien's batch). why do i still expect it?

went back to bedok interchange but only abt 4 sec 4s want to eat. haiz.. what's the meaning? in the end, we went home. never expected the last activity to end like that. the sec threes didnt even say bye or anything. so sad..

2007-07-07T23:39:00.000+08:00

07-07-07 - a day of surprises, fun and memories.

Mr Tan's Wedding!
Scouts Handover
CCHMS Campfire

let's not talk abt mr tan's wedding.. he didnt even invite us over for some refreshments... x{

[handover]..
ranks are less of a surprise. the posts are somehow surprising..
chunkit (spl) - prog head
brendan (pl) - sec 3 lvl head
kevin (aspl) - sec 3 lvl head
christianto (pl) - sec 2 lvl head
jiajie (pl) - sec 2 lvl head
yuanzhi (pl) - sec 1 lvl head/proficiency ic
junzhi (pl) - sec 1 lvl head/quartermaster
mendel (pl) - quartermaster/campfires ic
jinmeng (aspl) - admin head/treasurer
bernard (pl) - asst treasurer/nyaa coordinator
jerome (pl) - nyaa coordinator/secretary
the council of ~~ten~~ eleven - a football team!

came at abt 07:07AM for meeting regarding the handover.
approximately an hour later. it rained. heavily. bad omen one.
then can't seem to find all the u-rings. bad omen two.
just rmbed that when printing the rank certs, the cert was stuck in the printer for 3-4 times. bad omen three.
during the 1+ hour of heavy rain, there was the some sort of lvl interaction and last words.. in the end turned out to be so quiet. after that went to do the finishing touches to the handover presentation. LEMONTREE! i'm loving it!
rain stopped. flagpole building. in the end, the substitution for the u-ring wasnt really very good as the nylon is difficult to pull. then they took down the flagpole and tied another substitution. bad omen four.
during the ceremony, few funny things took place.
kunwei: "kingfisher patrol PL.. YE weixuan mendel".. then mendel still marched out.. =.= wrong name! bad omen five.
guodong: "elephant patrol patrol MEMBER... bernard chandra"... bernard still marched out. he must be devasted at that moment... lolx. bad omen six.
and everyone was like so original, saying " ah falconscouts _______ patrol pl 07-08.. _________", while i said "lion patrol pl from today onwards.. until further notice".. lollipops! one of my last jokes..

after handover ceremony. time for the presentation. some kind of screwed up. but still quite good i guess. song put in last min. didnt last through the whole presentation.. AND chunkit's face was prematurely revealed.. alamak. bad omen seven.

and we now officially have no control over and nothing to do with Anglican High Falcon Scouts! but.. there's the venture talk.

i dont know why... but i was quite attracted to it. its like a super saving handphone plan:

no contract ('one-night-stand' available)
no defined monthly fees (training dates)
get to plan what kind of training you want (nyaa, president scout award, cip, etc)
able to concentrate on core cca in JC/~~poly/ite~~
good prospects and able to be keyed into testimonial in JC/~~poly~~ and used as a resume.

my decision was:
看情形咯。

very tired now.. more abt the campfire at a later date.

2007-07-07T01:56:00.000+08:00

ok.. an update on today (or maybe yesterday since it's passed midnight liao).

mock exam! frm the TYS! obviously, the english department seriously had no other choice left. i didn't buy the TYS because i thought it was a total waste of $$$, just like the SS and e. geog TYS i bought.
anyways, after demanding and begging frm mrs chew, her conscience took her over. she photocopied just enuf papers for me and the others who didnt bring the book.
and throughout the compre paper, UGs can be heard doing footdrill in the old parade square.
"YES, IC" = sjab; "YES, SERGEANT" = ncc; "LEFT LEFT LEFT RIGHT" = gb; lastly there's the "YES, INSTRUCTOR".. it's obvious. there's also one UG which keep greeting their seniors and keep saying YES. i can rmb which one. damn irritating.. MOCK EXAM leh!

then it's like CCA time. got to the den to arrange the neccessary stuffs so that it will be easier for the next batch to handle. then talked to the sec 1s before dismissal.. seriously, except for zhimin's and george's "life stories", there couldn't be much stuffs for us to talk about. to them, chunkit and jiajie were marvellous; while mendel and christianto was too damn strict and fierce. imagine how would they feel when they get to know their future level heads! xD they tend to think that fierce=bad seniors. kind-hearted=good seniors. what rubbish. i mean, without a strict one, their discipline will get loose, eventually leading to downfall. but as a sec 1 level head, i cant like reprimand them for their thoughts, or else the sec 1s won't give honest feedbacks anymore. haiz.. leave it to the new sec 2 level heads ba..

2007-07-01T00:02:00.000+08:00

1st July 2007.. we are going HIKING! xD
let's take a look at what's in stalled for us today:

7% GST hike
NETS hike
CPF Contribution hike
Utility bills hike
Pay hike (for NS people)
Official opening of my blog

ok.. i noe i'm a bit lagging behind.. being a sec 4 but no blog. an it rep of the MOST OUTSTANDING CLASS 2007 (ok.. my imagination.. maybe cleanest kls?) somemore. x(

another reason is every part of my life are memories, even when im writing this now. hence, i feel that there is a need to write everything down here.

please leave a message in the tagboard before leaving!

bye..!

2007-06-27T20:40:00.000+08:00

[phototaking]
lolx. i miss the FLAT-TOP guy from WIDEvision productions. the one who took my photos in sec1 and 2. anyway, they are back. the PROFESSIONAL SHOOTING TEAM. last year that part-time photographer was like, asking us to stand anywhere we want in the formal photo ourselves. and no tripod for the camera.
this yr's photo-taking was most exciting. we were the ONLY sec 4 class to take our photos outside D&T workshop. the TALL boys were like, seated on the benches outside the room, looking back, while the NORMAL height boys and the TALL girls have to stand in front. surprisingly, they looked as if they are of the same height! and there mr chen is, standing beside poor perry. aren't teachers supposed to sit in the middle of the cls? madness. NORMAL height girls are seated in front. they were asked to cross their legs like refined ladies, which cindy refutted to compel for more than 3 times.
informal photo. not much surprise, as we make the signs on top of the others' head. in the 2nd informal one, leonard kindly sponsored his tie. and that's why i got strangled by peter in the photo.
group photo. well, i took it in front of the 'sacred tree', with junhao, jasper, peter and perry. the JJPP. then another grp of girls copied us and went there too... sadness. x{

and the photo on the right was taken when going back to cls. how random! xD

and look what happened to our ikea clock! *GASP*!

[aft skl]
helped shawn to record the donation draw booklets.. the booklets bring back so much memories. the times when i begged ppl frm 1K and 2K to buy the tickets. 2K'05... gone liao..
anyway, the booklets were so tempting. i was so tempted to sell them immediately to my clsmates and esp the teachers, and get my squirrel again.. .. .. back to reality. sec 4 le. i don't have any passion to go strive to be the top earner again. perhaps all the energy have been used up for the past 3 years.

and there is the bedok green VS anglican high fight on the 3rd storey. when a girl said "DEAR" after the BG guy hit an AH guy. a sensative issue that might affect our bilateral ties. x(

[haircut]

oh yea.. i juz cut my hair yesterday. yayness. x}
went to the new barber which charges ppl at $7.90, regardless of gender and age.
the normal slope again. after cutting finish, that person smeared lots of wax on my hair.. YIKES. x{{
reminds me of the WAX MUSEUM. the fault doesn't lie on the museum, but on the WAX rather.

2007-06-25T23:10:00.000+08:00

and YES. the height + weight taking today.

HEIGHT: 162cm

WEIGHT: 48kg

i've shrunked!
and also slimmed down!

don't console me. don't discourage me. i'm used to it.

2007-06-25T19:22:00.000+08:00

[school]
wow.. mixed feelings.. skl today.. have a few lessons before dismissal.. wouldn't it be better if we juz have the whole day off? xD

[PLC]
this is the exciting part. skl ends at 11.20am but we are supposed to stay back to discuss some confidential scouts stuff. it was serious stuff until someone played with the 'starfish' cushion. oops. then someone threw it at others. uh-oh. then one went cutting the hole. wowness. next, another pulled the hole bigger. argh. predictably, the next person threw it around. ARGH. in the end, someone got mad and threw the cushion around. disaster!!!
beads were seen flying around randomly and haphazardly, just like that of a helium atom subjected to high temperature and pressure - moving randomly and furiously about the room. pressure is created (due to collisions with the walls) eventually, the 'cushion' fight ceased the long 5 mins later. the den is now really called a den. however, it's filled with beads, not lions. everyone got beads from top to bottom, except junliang.. GRRR..
then we cleaned up.
ended at 3+pm.. isn't that the normal school dismissal time?

** breath in. breath out. **** breath in. breath out. ****
** breath in. breath out. **** breath in. breath out. ****
** breath in. breath out. **** breath in. breath out. ****
** breath in. breath out. **** breath in. breath out. ****

** breath in. breath out. **** breath in. breath out. ****

** breath in. breath out. **** breath in. breath out. ****
** breath in. breath out. **** breath in. breath out. ****
** breath in. breath out. **** breath in. breath out. ****

feels better now.

2007-06-25T02:07:00.000+08:00

k.. school reopening again real soon (in a matter of hours).
ppl all around will blog about how much homework they are left undone with.
but not me.

ha! and i thought it was impossible to finish holiday homeworks during holidays, esp with all those distractors (eg. camps, tv, 'harmless' CPU). it's actually possible.

holiday homework:

ENGLISH
2 Past Year Comprehension Papers
E/A MATHS
1 Full Paper per subject.
BIOLOGY
1 THICK STACK of worksheets of all the 20 chapts covered.
CHEMISTRY
1 Past Year Full Paper
PHYSICS
1 Worksheet on Electromagnetism
SOCIAL STUDIES
Write notes for ALL 11 chapters.
[Ms Zarinah will only be 'disappointed' if you don't finish it.]
HIGHER CHINESE

eventually, the higher chinese hw is the killer.
so called "努力十分、收效一百", meaning that everyday mug for 10 mins, will get your '100' for HCL.
this is actually optional n i was reluctant at first. but i accepted her deal eventually. the deal is as follows:

(1) 预习课文: Research on 5 new words learnt on TB4B per day. 1 Week = 5X5. 1 month = 5X5X4 = 100 new words. WOW!
(2) 练笔: Write an account on your life of 200 words for 5 days in a week. Hence, 5X5X200 = 5000 words written.

other classes need to do 16 el compo during the hols.. oh dear.. xD

now, i'm actually left with the hcl hw. if i'm not here blogging, then i wuld have completed it before school reopens.. ... .... x(

2007-06-23T23:04:00.000+08:00

oh dear!

i finally realised that i'm a tv craze!

June 17 (sun)
和平的代价 - last episode! (weekends 3.30pm)
June 18 (mon)
原点 - last episode! (weekdays 7pm)
June 19 (tue)
手足 - debut (weekdays 7pm)
June 20 (wed)
隔世追凶 - last episode! (weekdays 10pm)
June 21 (thu)
争分夺秒 - debut (weekdays 10pm)
June 22 (fri)
喜临门II (R) - last episode! (weekdays 5.30pm)
June 23 (sat)
金枕头 (R) - debut (weekends 3.30pm)
June 24 (sun)
阴差阳错 (R) - last episode! (sun 10.30pm)
June 25 (mon)
野蛮亲家 (R) - debut (weekdays 5.30pm)
June 25 (mon)
爱. 特别的你 - last episode! (weekdays 9pm)
June 26 (tue)
幸运星 - debut (weekdays 9pm)

wow! 《隔世追凶》was so exciting.. i even searched online for the episodes i missed during june camp. in the end, the ending quite ok lar..

and《手足》totally suck. actually no lar. 80 episodes... if the show not bad then i need to watch until October and O level. must get into RJC, so next time can become pres... so now, just hav to deceive myself that it sucks, so i can at least pass my o level. xD

and i noticed 《谜云20天》(2006) was so copy 《争分夺秒》(2004) lor. 1 day = 1 episode. but《争分夺秒》not very attractive, although the concept is gd..

still remember 《金枕头》? it brings back my childhood memories.. ... ... ...

>> DREAM TIME <<

back to 2007..
know what? next time i'm going to be a scriptwriter at mediacorp.
or other media company.

NO! i'm going to be president of singapore.. ... .... maybe, frm scriptwriter > mediacorp ceo > president? erm.. sounds good.. 8}

... continue dreaming lar! X(

2007-06-06T00:00:00.000+08:00

Laugh out Loud! #2.
from the istana by dr wong.

This week's theme: Pets

--- 06.06.07

(A) Editor's Notes

Good morning girls and boys.
After meeting up with the various presidents around the world (DOS Meeting), I am finally free. I am greatly sorry for the all the unhappiness caused without 'Laugh Out Loud'.

You asked for it... here comes...

(B) A DOG NAMED SEX

Everybody I know who has a dog usually calls him "Rover" or "Spot", or even 'Spice' (in Yihan's case). I call mine Sex. Now, Sex has been very embarrassing to me.

When I went to the City Hall to renew the dog's license, I told the clerk that I would like a license for Sex.
He said, "I would like to have one too!"
Then I said, "But she is a dog!"
He said he didn't care what she looked like.
I said, "You don't understand. ... I have had Sex since I was nine years old."
He replied, "You must have been quite a strong boy."

When I decided to get married, I told the minister that I would like to have Sex at the wedding.
He told me to wait until after the wedding was over.
I said, "But Sex has played a big part in my life and my whole world revolves around Sex."
He said he didn't want to hear about my personal life and would not marry us in his church.
I told him everyone would enjoy having Sex at the wedding.
The next day we were married at the Justice of the Peace.
My family was barred from the church from then on.

When my wife and I went on our honeymoon, I took the dog with me.
When we checked into the motel, I told the clerk that I wanted a room for me and my wife and a special room for Sex.
He said that every room in the motel is a place for sex.
I said, "You don't understand. ... Sex keeps me awake at night."
The clerk said, "Me too!"

One day I entered Sex in a contest.
But before the competition began, the dog ran away.
Another contestant asked me why I was just looking around.
I told him that I was going to have Sex in the contest.
He said that I should have sold my own tickets.
"You don't understand," I said, "I hoped to have Sex on TV."
He called me a show off.

When my wife and I separated, we went to court to fight for custody of the dog.
I said, "Your Honour, I had Sex before I was married but Sex left me after I was married."
The Judge said, "Same here!"

Last night Sex ran off again.
I spent hours looking all over for her.
A cop came over and asked me what I was doing in the alley at 4 o'clock in the morning.
I said, "I'm looking for Sex."

My case comes up next Thursday.
Well now I've been thrown in jail, been divorced and had more damn troubles with that dog than I ever foresaw.

Why just the other day when I went for my first session with the psychiatrist, she asked me, "What seems to be the trouble?"
I replied, "Sex has been my best friend all my life but now it has left me for ever. I can't live any longer being so lonely."
And the doctor said, "Look mister, you should understand that sex isn't a man's best friend so go get yourself a dog."

OOPS! TSZE DENG!

(C) SHORT-ANSWER JOKES

How do you kill a blue elephant?

ANS: With a blue elephant gun.

How do you kill a pink elephant?

ANS: Hold its nose until it turns blue, and shoot it with a blue elephant gun.

How do you kill a white elephant?

ANS: Tickle it pink, hold its nose until it turns blue, and shoot it with a blue elephant gun.

Why can't penguins fly?

ANS: Because they can't afford an air ticket!
How do Humans laugh? >> Ha Ha Ha
How do Fish laugh? >> Hurhurhur (fish in Hokkien)
How to Prawns laugh? >> Hehhehheh (prawn in Hokkien)

(D) ANSWER TO LAST ISSUE'S QUESTION

一只黑鸡 + 一只白鸡。猜三个字。
(Damn difficult... Pre-requisite: PSLE)

ANSWER
"两只鸡" Lol.

(E) BONUS QUESTION

Which bird can carry the heaviest weight?

ANSWER...
To be revealed in next term's issue!

(F) PICK OF THE WEEK

... An old joke...

This quiz consists of four questions that tells you whether or not you are qualified to be a professional. SCROLL DOWN FOR THE ANSWERS.

There is no need to cheat. The questions are not that difficult. You just need to think like a professional.

How do you put a giraffe into a refrigerator?

ANSWER
Open the refrigerator, put in the giraffe and close the door.
This question tests whether or not you are doing simple things in a complicated way.

How do you put an elephant into a refrigerator?

Incorrect answer
Open the refrigerator, put in the elephant, and close the door.

ANSWER
Open the refrigerator, take out of the giraffe, put in the elephant and close the door.
This question tests your foresight.

The Lion King is hosting an animal conference. All the animals attend except one. Which animal does not attend?

ANSWER
The elephant. The elephant is in the refrigerator!
This tests if you are capable of comprehensive thinking.

OK, if you did not answer the last three questions correctly, this one may be your last chance to test your qualifications to be a professional.

There is a river that is known to have many crocodiles in it. How do you cross it?

ANSWER
Simply swim across it. All the crocodiles are attending the animal meeting!
That completes the test! This question tests your reasoning ability.

So... If you answered four out of four questions correctly, you're a true professional. Wealth awaits you.
If you answered three out of four, you have some catching up to do but there's hope for you.
If you answered two out of four, consider a career as a hamburger flipper in a fast food joint.
If you answered one out of four, try selling your organs. It's the only way you will ever make any money.
If you answered none correctly, consider a career that does not require any higher mental functions at all, such as management, politics (like Dr Wong), law or medicine.

~~~ DR WONG SIGNING OFF ~~~

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2007-05-17T00:00:00.000+08:00

Exams with Dr Wong!
... screwed up your exams? think you did badly? don't worry! dr wong is here!

17 May 2007

This Week's Theme: 'Fail 了啦! '

"Fail 了啦". Every sane person would have said this after the mid years. Whether it's SS, E Maths or Geog, don't worry, you are not the worst.

Following are a few other people's exam scripts I have scanned in recently. For some reasons, the person's name is not displayed.

NOTE: If you can't see it, CLICK ON IT!

Physics: Heat
Oops... the person's name has been revealed!

Physics: Forces and Energy
Erm... From the recent Physics MYE...

A. Maths: Integration
Going to learn this topic soon...

E. Maths: Trigonometry
Does this sound familiar to you?

A. Maths: Trigonometry
Oops.. Cancelling the n...

A. Maths: Differentiation & Integration
This is how the topic that you found was like a piece of cake can kill you.

A. Maths: Indices, Surds & Logarithms
Cancel cancel cancel...

A. Maths: Limits
I would be tempted to do this too...

A. Maths: Binomial Theorem
Now you know why not everyone in our class can get this question correct.
And, only half of the name is censored for easy recognization.

Biology: Genetics
Wow.. mutated turtles... Should also draw some mutated pigs (AIRPORK!)...

　

Biology: Genetics
I think that's included in the later Biology chapters.

So, if you think that your 70/100 results was devastating and was the end of the world for you, think again. Before you scream and cry about your E. Maths paper, remember you are actually better than a lot of people!

But in any case, during an exam, "Look up in desperation, look down for motivation, but please do not look left and right for inspiration (like Perry, always looking at mine)". That's it for today's session with Dr. Wong!

PS. Heh! I'm the first one to blog after exams... 58TH POST!

From, Your Dearest President
Dr CY Wong

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2007-04-30T00:00:00.000+08:00

Games with Dr Wong!
... exams are coming? want to relax yourselves? don't worry! dr. wong is here!

30 April 2007

This Week's Theme: 'Rubbish'

"Rubbish". Cool man! Some of you might see my posts, then roll your eyes and shout "Rubbish". I don't mind if you say it behind my back. But, if you say it before me, you have to appologise in front of the parliament (YES, facing your most dreaded minister, PED Lee). Whatever.

Of course, as the top 10% of the whole PSLE cohort (4 years back...), I expect all of you to score well for your exams. However, before the mid-year exams, you should play games to relax yourselves. I'm not objecting.

Today, I feature to you one of the most addictive, most popular, most long-winded (and probably most ancient) gane, POKEMON (BLUE/RED/YELLOW), on a Nintendo Pocket Gameboy.

Below is some of the things you might see when you are getting started:

NOTE
If you cannot view the animation,
please logon to http://www.adobe.com/ to download the ADOBE FLASH PLAYER;

OR

Get in touch with our Minister of the Infocomm Development (Chan Jun Hao).

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Wow?! Attracted to it? Then play it! Especially during the examination period. I won't blame you. xD

OK. I know you have the urge to scream 'RUBBISH!'... But please endure it if you don't want to face PED Lee in the parliament with an apology letter. Instead, replace the word with another more dynamic word. A more civillised word, showing your language prowess. After all, I have thought you English and Korean recently... (PS. Don't use that word)

(Someone from distance shouts lame shit.)

OH! @&*%#^@^&! I hear a good word! Lamb what again?

...

Now this is lame.

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2007-04-29T00:00:00.000+08:00

Homec with Dr Wong!
... wish to make your own dishes? don't worry! dr. wong is here!

29 April 2007

This Week's Theme: 'Rubbish'

"Rubbish" seems to be the 'in' word this week (and last week). First, the padlock rubbish. Then, the 'Guo Dong = Wu Zun" rubbish. Speaking of our ex-food minister (who has been retrenched due to lack of home economics skills), I would like to share some secret recipes to keep you healthy and fit.

This week, I am going to show you how a vegetarian meal can be made, by just using chicken pau.
Stay tuned to find out.

NOTE

If you cannot view the animation,
please logon to http://www.adobe.com/ to download the ADOBE FLASH PLAYER;

OR

Get in touch with our Minister of the Infocomm Development (Chan Jun Hao).

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I actually first saw this thing when I was in my Grandma's house, where there is a Starhub CableTV. The title of this movie is called 《麦兜的故事》. The video is a small part extracted from it which I found on YouTube.

The story is about a pig and his funny life. The first time I saw this 'cooking show', I was laughing until like shit. I laughed for about 10 minutes before I stopped (not joking). I don't know about you... But anyway, there is still a little part at the back about more ‘纸包鸡’, but was cut off. Oh well....

So, please stop eating all those 'junk'/'rubbish' food! Eat healthily! Go for ‘纸包鸡包鸡纸鸡包鸡纸包纸包鸡纸包鸡包纸包鸡包鸡纸鸡包鸡纸包包纸包纸包鸡包鸡纸鸡包鸡纸包包纸包鸡纸鸡包鸡纸纸包鸡纸’!

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2007-04-01T00:00:00.000+08:00

Korean with Dr Wong!
... wamt to learm a 3rd language but with a low PSLE t-score? don't worry! dr. wong is here!

01 April 2007 (April's Fools Day　愚人节)

In response to the Leo nard Low's Tag, dated March 28 2007, the President has something to say.
（“根据较早前 (2007年 03月 28日) 由刘伟杰所发表的论谈，总统有话要说...” ）

QUOTE
" According to the 3rd commandment 'Do not take God's Name in vain'. Also, do not take my name in vain... When did I scam you? Do you have any evidence? Need me to show you the CCTV all over the school? (Even if you see already also no use.. No voice recording.) However, as a responsible pressident, I shall give you more lessons, as you requested. "

This Week's Theme: Third Commandment
（第三诫:不要拿上帝的名开玩笑）

同学们早安：

这里有一项报告...

为了达成本校的宗旨“Where talents soar: Acomplished-Honourable-Servant Leaders”，中文文化部经过慎重的考虑后，决定教咱们的重四学生一些简单的韩语，并以借此提倡中华文化，尤其三国演义当中引人入胜的“武松打虎”。

我已经预先为大家准备了一个 FLASH 动画，希望大家会喜欢。动画中有中文字幕，就算不懂韩语也能跟着音乐的节奏，‘ 唱 ’所欲言。古言道：“花开在春天，学习在少年”，大家应该把握良机，积极学习，以免少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲；一失足成千古恨，再回头已是百年身。现在亡羊补牢，未为晚也。事不宜迟，我就不再卖关子了；就在此搁笔，有余言再叙。请尽情观赏以下的动画！看完了就给点小意见，谢谢！

“卖炊饼啊！”

忠告

若你不能如愿以偿，观赏此动画，
请上网： http://www.adobe.com/ 下载 FLASH PLAYER；

否则与您的通讯部长（陈俊好）保持联络。

　　祝
早生贵子

黄兹裕
文化部长兼总统
2007年 04月 01日

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2007-03-19T00:00:00.000+08:00

English with Dr Wong!
... the man who alway speakes good englishes for the pass 16th consecative year already.

19 March 2007

In response to the History with PED Lee, dated March 17 2007, the President has something to say.

QUOTE
" I really doubt the reliability of this source... You must give me figures!!! Is that clear?! (Sounds familiar...) "

This Week's Word: "F***"

Good morning girls and boys.

Oh deary me.

Have you been updating your Wordbanks? *BLINK BLINK*

I, have a word here to share with my best class. I can't manage to find this word on the Readers' Indigestion, so I thought the net would be a good source of information. * BLINK BLINK *

Technology is the way to go... Isn't it? So, scroll down for an interesting flash which made myself. * BLINK BLINK *

FLASH

Oh dear! * BLINK BLINK * Didn't catch that? One more time!

FLASH

Isn't it exciting? Anyway, I found another Flash on the web. Enjoy.

NOTE

QUOTE
" Technology might fail us anytime. We cannot always depend on technology! "

- Mrs Yeo, when the computer cannot operate

In case you have trouble viewing, please download
the Flash Player at http://www.adobe.com/.

Approach your friendly AV Assistance (Jun Hao).

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2007-03-15T00:00:00.000+08:00

Geography with Dr Wong!
... the man with pHD in Geography, just like Dr Boon

15 March 2007

In response to the Daily Istana, dated March 8 2007, the President has something to say.

QUOTE
"Actually I got nothing to say lar. Just want to have a word of prayer and curse the author of the article. Yar... Yar... OK lar... I devote myself to a devoting devotion lar..."

This Week's Topic for Devotion: Resillience

Good morning girls and boys.

This week's topic is resillience (or is it resillance?).

I shall start with a story.

A man want to go to Malaysia for holiday. He have three maids.

One from Indonesia, one from Philliphines and another one from Singapore.

He gave the Indonesia maid 5 lame jokes, 3 to the one from Philiphinnes and 1 to the one from Singapore.

After he came back from the holiday, the Indonesia maid said the same 5 lame jokes to the man. The man laughed and rewarded her a holiday to Burkima Faso.

The Philiphines maid, too, told him the same 3 jokes and off she goes on a trip to Ethopia.

The Singaporean maid came and told the man more lame jokes than he bargained for until the man almost froze to death.

The man said, "Oh, you lame and lazy servant! I gave you 1 lame joke for you to bury it in the ground, but you went and produce more lame jokes! "

The maid said, "No, sir, no garden, so no soil, cannot bury..."

The man, not wanting the maid to become successful, brought the maid to Redhill. Using a butter knife, he made the maid lame by slicing his leg. Blood flowwed (or issit flew?) down the hill, making it the famous Redhill.

Ever since, the maid became lame.

MORAL OF THE STORY

This has nothing to do with ohms (resistance/resillance).
Redhill became redhill because of the red blood the red lame lamer had left.
If you are a maid, never outsmart your owner.
Similarly, if you are a PET minister, do not try to overthrow the president, because he will throw you into the dustbin first.

A picture speaks a thousand words. A video draws a thousand pictures.

Let us now enjoy a video about Geography - Environmental Management.

NOTE
This is what would happen if my PET minister is a dolphin.
Courtesy of Robert.com (or issit Robber.com?)

AMITOFO. May the PET rest in piss.

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2007-03-09T00:00:00.000+08:00

Laugh out Loud! #1.
from the istana by president wong.

This week's theme: Chinese Songs

(A) Q & A Jokes

QUESTION
3 tadpoles went to a restaurant and they saw the people of the next table eating frog porridge. What did they started singing?

ANSWER
S.H.E's《不想长大》: 我不想我不想不想长大...
QUESTION
Andy Lau went to pub one day to drink. He called for a waiter to place his order. What is the name of the waiter?

ANSWER
啊哈。“啊哈... 给我一杯忘情水...”
QUESTION
Where can you find a 鸽子 in a house?

ANSWER
屋顶。“在屋顶唱着你的歌 (鸽)... ”

(B) Bonus Question

QUESTION
一只黑鸡 + 一只白鸡。猜三个字。(Damn difficult... Pre-requisite: PSLE)

ANSWER
To be disclosed on the next post.

Enough of Q & A Questions...

Here comes the top laugh of the week...

(C) Top Laugh of the Week

Ah Long asked to make a sentence using 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 and 10.
Not only did he do it 1 to 10, he did it again back to 1.
This was what he came up with...

1 day I go 2 climb up a 3 outside a house to peep.
But the couple saw me, so I panic and 4 down.
The man rush out and wanted to 5 with me.
I run so fast until I fall 6 and throw up.
So I go into 7 eleven and grab some 8 to throw at him.
Then I took a 9 and try to stab him.
10 God he run away.
So, I put the 9 back and pay for the 8 and left 7 eleven.
Next day, I call my boss and say
I am 6. He said 5, tomorrow also no need to come back 4 work.
He also asks me to climb a 3 and jump down.
I don't understand, I so nice 2 him but I don't know what he 1.

(D) Quote of the Week

Lame jokes 不分国籍，好 jokes 不分先后。

From,
Your Favourite Future President,
Ci Yi

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