Sigh. Finally the non-stop work period is over... got a slight breather before the full wave comes crashing.
This morning, my parents and I went out to buy stuff for my hostel room, and move the second batch of luggage in (yes I didn't want to lug a super big bag containing all my barang-barang). Got the equipment for cleaning the room from a shop around Clementi, and went to check into hostel.
Eugene was there with his parents and sister too! They had already done the initial cleaning, so we joined in and helped them - though technically it was supposed to be me only, but mum simply couldn't resist helping me out. XD Thought of scrubbing the toilet at 1st, but we figured that our neighbour would have done so some time ago, so yea we didn't.
Oh speaking of which, we went over to meet our immediate next-door neighbour! A very nice Viet guy, my dad and I were chatting with him about hostel and school life this year. He even reads my blog! *shocked look on face* Haha... Makes me wonder how many others read my blog without knowing it eh. One day, I might as well just open my blog and find a whole list of tags, but all anonymous. Eeks. >.< Nice lad, he is. Eugene and I have yet to meet the other immediate neighbour - who is a PRC, but we'll only get to see him when we move into hostel on 2nd Jan.
Idled around to unpack more stuff, before leaving for Clementi Central again to do some last minute shopping. We went to Clementi Bookstore, where Eugene and I got stationery, and I got some books to keep in the hostel room should I get bored and need something to read... Heh, Finally bought books after so long... I can't believe it myself. Really need to get back the reading habit I used to have, and waste less time on games or mindless surfing of net. =\
Then went to Sumo House to eat lunch again, but mum and dad didn't join us. I think it's because they are uneasy eating Jap food, though truth be told, the food there is not "purely Japanese-type" food. Haha, anyway, after lunch we went back to hostel AGAIN to deposit our stuff. Met Marge, who just came back from Indonesia after a long long holiday.. HEY Marge! We all in council missed your presence a lot! =D
Went home shortly, and wasted one whole afternoon gaming. Can't stand it anymore, because I am now feeling super bored and sian due to the "you-are-at-the-very-end-of-the-year" syndrome. Sigh. Feeling very old and wasted now, because of me squandering another year of education...
Well, at least Chemistry and History lessons were interesting. ^^
A pity I can't continue taking History though. Need to focus on pia-ing all my Honours math and sciences. =(
Sigh, what will the new year hold? Or for that matter, I should be asking the more urgent question now, which is "what will Orientation 2007: Synchronos hold for us nush-ians"? Oh well...
On a side note, I just realised that our school's mass dance and breaking barriers item got pwned. Have a look at this video from NJC:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5632714627786402226&q=NJC+mass+dance+2007
Thanks Sarah for the link. The dance was good (though the guy looked quite gay in the dance, but heck).
Saturday, December 30, 2006
Thursday, December 28, 2006
I will prove it to you.
Today's second day of orientation trial run. Got to go for the Nobel exhibition at NUS in the morning, which turned out to be far more interesting than what my sister initially told me. I don't think Ros is the type that can appreciate how much work these Nobel Laurettes have put in to make their discoveries and inventions to change the whole world! I know I sound geeky by saying this, but hey, it's a fact! Perhaps... my sis doesn't know enough about history or science to appreciate the works of these great men and women, like Alexander Fleming, or Marie Curie, or Richard Feynman, Douglas Osheroff... That's sad, ain't it? Being in a math and science school and unable to understand the works of the Nobel Prize winners... sigh.
Nevermind. I forgive her. She's after all, only year 1. I can't expect myself to know everything when I was in Sec 1 anyway. -.-
After that was the start of Amazing Race (year 3). Pretty uneventful I guess, considering that it was drizzling throughout and raining by the end of it. Mood was not hyped at all... (I mean, look at the state of all of us, PSLs and councillors alike, all so sian-looking. WHERE GOT ENERGY?) Felt as if nothing was achieved by the end of it. But nevermind, I hope Ee Leng and her comm for this amazing race got the appropriate feedback to start working on it before Orientation hits full force.
Was supposed to be rehearsing for the Synchronos Night dance after that, but the atmosphere really fizzled out. Everyone seemed so lethargic... no excitement or all. I don't get it. Any other school would see very energetic and excited youths that would be in full steam conducting orientation trials and all, but WHY NOT NUS HIGH? It's frustrating ain't it?
Day ended with quite a mess. There was some, controversy and conflict, that broke out. If you were sharp enough you would have caught some wift of it at least. No? Ok don't bother then.
Along the way home, was arguing with my dad over the same issue again: New students entering NUS High School in year 3. He was telling us (me, Ros, Mum) about his friend in school that told him her daughter (or friend, can't remember) was very excited because she entered NUS High School. Then... OK I quote what he said.
Him: Oh she is going to NUS High School lah. Yeah lor, she's from SCGS. Go in for 2 years and then would leave the school already...
Me: Wait. 2 years? 4 years lah. Math fail le is it?
Him: No what, go there 2 years, by year 4 she would probably be dying to get out...
Me: OI. Says who?
Him: Come on lah, she SCGS de mah. Not considered the "elite" school, students where can cope with the NUS High School syllabus? She go there just to please her parents only lah, and for "putting on that NUSHS uniform and badge".
Sorry dad, but I seriously think sweeping statements are a horrible way to brand a person, a group, an organisation to an extent. And by the way, no offence to all those from SCGS out there. I wonder if Aiwei or Weiling sees this... I believe they will have a lot to say.
Let me clear a couple of stereotypes here:
1. Students that don't come from the band of "elite" schools in Singapore would not be able to cope with the NUS High School curriculum. (where we define the "elite" to be those from the Integrated Programme, and band 1 schools)
This is absolute rubbish. If you are being accepted into NUS High School, it means that the school BELIEVES you are capable of coping with the academic demands of NUS High School (with of course, as I always tell people, the small percentage of "intake error" ^^). ie. you should be able to at least pass NUSHS studies minimum. To judge whether a person is able to cope based on the number of A's he/she picks up is simply unacceptable, since we must understand that there are many out there that may not be as academically inclined, but still as talented as the rest. In what position are you to judge the success of the student by his or her grade? Like so what if I can get a B+ for physics, when someone like Reico with a lower grade has stronger conceptual understanding of the subject? In short, don't judge a product by the brand. =)
2. Such students only join to put on the school uniform and badge, to look good before their parents. Few actually join to learn about math and science passionately.
I do not deny that I know a few people that may have joined for the above reason, but this is no reason to brand a sweeping statement over students that come from the non-elite schools! I myself do not come from an "elite" school per say, but I joined because I genuinely want to learn more, and push myself to the limit. He has absolutely NO RIGHT. NO RIGHT. To make such a statement about me and my peers, in which a significant number come from non-elite schools like me.
3. She, like many, will drop out of NUSHS after 2 years, just like a couple of peers you know.
I stress, it is only a minority that drop out. They have valid reasons for dropping out, like say, they find their niches in other aspects, or they do not wish to continue to develop in the math and science arenas, and find other JCs more accomodating to their ambitions. Few actually drop out because they cannot make it in studies in NUSHS, let me make this clear. In fact, those that leave the school can't even be considered drop outs, because their grades will still allow them to continue in NUSHS, but just that they feel like moving to another pasture to graze on. You do not put down an ultimatum that simply states that students like the girl mentioned will definitely want to leave the school after 2 years because she cannot take the stress and demand of the academic syllabus in my school.
I don't get it. I just don't. Why is it my dad refuses to drop his stereotypes and sweeping statements? Is it just his nature to hold such views to make life simpler and easier to analyse?
I feel like a failure. Really. I failed as a student councillor, as an ambassador of the school. As a councillor, my job is to represent the school before the society at large, and to promote my school and it's goodness, to leave a good and lasting impression in the minds of others. With 2 years of experience, I've conversed with dozens of parents and hopeful students of NUSHS, and I've never ceased to carry out my job as an ambassador of NUS High. But when I can't convince even my own dad that my school is as good as it is to be, who am I to say that I've succeeded in my job?!
I failed. My duty, my responsibility. Despite the countless people I have managed to convince, I did not manage to convince my closest of kin. Sigh.
Which leaves me wondering how many councillors even consider themselves as ambassadors of the school to promote our school in the face of students from other secondary schools and JCs, and even adults from our society... I really wonder.
So I swore an oath, in my every effort to make my dad a convinced man before I graduate.
I vowed, that my graduation IR project would be dedicated to him, so that I can prove all of his stereotypes WRONG before I step out of NUS High School. I will show him, what it really means to be an NUS High student. I will show him, what NUSHS is made off. I will show him, that it doesn't take a RI, HCI, NYGH, RGS, DHS student, or whatever elite school there is out there, to live a life in NUS High School meaningfully and fulfillingly.
Dad, I will prove you wrong. Real damn wrong. Down to every last word you say today. 2 years have gone already, and I have 2 left. I will make good use of it and show you what NUSHS students are capable of.
Nevermind. I forgive her. She's after all, only year 1. I can't expect myself to know everything when I was in Sec 1 anyway. -.-
After that was the start of Amazing Race (year 3). Pretty uneventful I guess, considering that it was drizzling throughout and raining by the end of it. Mood was not hyped at all... (I mean, look at the state of all of us, PSLs and councillors alike, all so sian-looking. WHERE GOT ENERGY?) Felt as if nothing was achieved by the end of it. But nevermind, I hope Ee Leng and her comm for this amazing race got the appropriate feedback to start working on it before Orientation hits full force.
Was supposed to be rehearsing for the Synchronos Night dance after that, but the atmosphere really fizzled out. Everyone seemed so lethargic... no excitement or all. I don't get it. Any other school would see very energetic and excited youths that would be in full steam conducting orientation trials and all, but WHY NOT NUS HIGH? It's frustrating ain't it?
Day ended with quite a mess. There was some, controversy and conflict, that broke out. If you were sharp enough you would have caught some wift of it at least. No? Ok don't bother then.
Along the way home, was arguing with my dad over the same issue again: New students entering NUS High School in year 3. He was telling us (me, Ros, Mum) about his friend in school that told him her daughter (or friend, can't remember) was very excited because she entered NUS High School. Then... OK I quote what he said.
Him: Oh she is going to NUS High School lah. Yeah lor, she's from SCGS. Go in for 2 years and then would leave the school already...
Me: Wait. 2 years? 4 years lah. Math fail le is it?
Him: No what, go there 2 years, by year 4 she would probably be dying to get out...
Me: OI. Says who?
Him: Come on lah, she SCGS de mah. Not considered the "elite" school, students where can cope with the NUS High School syllabus? She go there just to please her parents only lah, and for "putting on that NUSHS uniform and badge".
Sorry dad, but I seriously think sweeping statements are a horrible way to brand a person, a group, an organisation to an extent. And by the way, no offence to all those from SCGS out there. I wonder if Aiwei or Weiling sees this... I believe they will have a lot to say.
Let me clear a couple of stereotypes here:
1. Students that don't come from the band of "elite" schools in Singapore would not be able to cope with the NUS High School curriculum. (where we define the "elite" to be those from the Integrated Programme, and band 1 schools)
This is absolute rubbish. If you are being accepted into NUS High School, it means that the school BELIEVES you are capable of coping with the academic demands of NUS High School (with of course, as I always tell people, the small percentage of "intake error" ^^). ie. you should be able to at least pass NUSHS studies minimum. To judge whether a person is able to cope based on the number of A's he/she picks up is simply unacceptable, since we must understand that there are many out there that may not be as academically inclined, but still as talented as the rest. In what position are you to judge the success of the student by his or her grade? Like so what if I can get a B+ for physics, when someone like Reico with a lower grade has stronger conceptual understanding of the subject? In short, don't judge a product by the brand. =)
2. Such students only join to put on the school uniform and badge, to look good before their parents. Few actually join to learn about math and science passionately.
I do not deny that I know a few people that may have joined for the above reason, but this is no reason to brand a sweeping statement over students that come from the non-elite schools! I myself do not come from an "elite" school per say, but I joined because I genuinely want to learn more, and push myself to the limit. He has absolutely NO RIGHT. NO RIGHT. To make such a statement about me and my peers, in which a significant number come from non-elite schools like me.
3. She, like many, will drop out of NUSHS after 2 years, just like a couple of peers you know.
I stress, it is only a minority that drop out. They have valid reasons for dropping out, like say, they find their niches in other aspects, or they do not wish to continue to develop in the math and science arenas, and find other JCs more accomodating to their ambitions. Few actually drop out because they cannot make it in studies in NUSHS, let me make this clear. In fact, those that leave the school can't even be considered drop outs, because their grades will still allow them to continue in NUSHS, but just that they feel like moving to another pasture to graze on. You do not put down an ultimatum that simply states that students like the girl mentioned will definitely want to leave the school after 2 years because she cannot take the stress and demand of the academic syllabus in my school.
I don't get it. I just don't. Why is it my dad refuses to drop his stereotypes and sweeping statements? Is it just his nature to hold such views to make life simpler and easier to analyse?
I feel like a failure. Really. I failed as a student councillor, as an ambassador of the school. As a councillor, my job is to represent the school before the society at large, and to promote my school and it's goodness, to leave a good and lasting impression in the minds of others. With 2 years of experience, I've conversed with dozens of parents and hopeful students of NUSHS, and I've never ceased to carry out my job as an ambassador of NUS High. But when I can't convince even my own dad that my school is as good as it is to be, who am I to say that I've succeeded in my job?!
I failed. My duty, my responsibility. Despite the countless people I have managed to convince, I did not manage to convince my closest of kin. Sigh.
Which leaves me wondering how many councillors even consider themselves as ambassadors of the school to promote our school in the face of students from other secondary schools and JCs, and even adults from our society... I really wonder.
So I swore an oath, in my every effort to make my dad a convinced man before I graduate.
I vowed, that my graduation IR project would be dedicated to him, so that I can prove all of his stereotypes WRONG before I step out of NUS High School. I will show him, what it really means to be an NUS High student. I will show him, what NUSHS is made off. I will show him, that it doesn't take a RI, HCI, NYGH, RGS, DHS student, or whatever elite school there is out there, to live a life in NUS High School meaningfully and fulfillingly.
Dad, I will prove you wrong. Real damn wrong. Down to every last word you say today. 2 years have gone already, and I have 2 left. I will make good use of it and show you what NUSHS students are capable of.
Wednesday, December 27, 2006
Dominator
Hmm, today's orientation trial day 1. Things were quite slack I guess. Intra and Inter level games went smoothly, though I think inter is going to be an impending disaster. Sigh. How to make a scavenger hunt more interesting for 700 people? Damnit Roy use your brains for once. >.<
Went out for a nice dinner at Mum's favourite chicken rice restaurant! Haha the food there was great, though technically it isn't a "restaurant" per say, like those type which people commonly perceive as "high-class", expensive, air-conditioned, and good service. Quite the contuary in fact, but nevertheless, we enjoyed the food, that was most important. =)
Today's mum's birthday! So when we got home, we gave her birthday present to her. She must have appreciated it a lot, from the look on her face. My sis and I gave her a hug each... feels good to strengthen familial bonds. Yay to Mum! =)
And on this note, I shall end my rather short post today with a piece of advice.
Q: What do you do to people that simply love to dominate over you, push you around, pass down jobs to you with impossible work conditions, and basically shove stuff you don't like down your throat?
Answer: Just spit whatever he shove down back at him, and walk away. Simple as that.
Went out for a nice dinner at Mum's favourite chicken rice restaurant! Haha the food there was great, though technically it isn't a "restaurant" per say, like those type which people commonly perceive as "high-class", expensive, air-conditioned, and good service. Quite the contuary in fact, but nevertheless, we enjoyed the food, that was most important. =)
Today's mum's birthday! So when we got home, we gave her birthday present to her. She must have appreciated it a lot, from the look on her face. My sis and I gave her a hug each... feels good to strengthen familial bonds. Yay to Mum! =)
And on this note, I shall end my rather short post today with a piece of advice.
Q: What do you do to people that simply love to dominate over you, push you around, pass down jobs to you with impossible work conditions, and basically shove stuff you don't like down your throat?
Answer: Just spit whatever he shove down back at him, and walk away. Simple as that.
Sigh
Sian it's darn late, so I shall keep it short.
Perhaps we shouldn't harp too much over the little imperfections we find, but instead look towards the big picture and, say, offer the other party a nice gesture and a smile? That works wonders in brightening someone else's day. =)
That's all. Night.
Perhaps we shouldn't harp too much over the little imperfections we find, but instead look towards the big picture and, say, offer the other party a nice gesture and a smile? That works wonders in brightening someone else's day. =)
That's all. Night.
Tuesday, December 26, 2006
Boxing Day
Hey all! Happy Boxing Day!
Hahaha it's late, I'm tired, and I need sleep, but I am still working on some council thingy... Damn. Maybe I should just do it tomorrow. Ahh... but, argh. I'll finish the timeline by tonight and send out by tomorrow... hopefully.
Anyway, I think this song by Savage Garden is very beautiful: Crash and Burn.
Savage Garden - Crash and Burn
When you feel all alone
And the world has turned its back on you
Give me a moment please to tame your wild wild heart
I know you feel like the walls are closing in on you
Its hard to find relief and people can be so cold
When darkness is upon your door and you feel like you cant take anymore
Let me be the one you call
If you jump I'll break your fall
Lift you up and fly away with you into the night
If you need to fall apart
I can mend a broken heart
If you need to crash then crash and burn
You're not alone
When you feel all alone
And a loyal friend is hard to find
You're caught in a one way street
With the monsters in your head
When hopes and dreams are far away and
You feel like you cant face the day
Let me be the one you call
If you jump I'll break your fall
Lift you up and fly away with you into the night
If you need to fall apart
I can mend a broken heart
If you need to crash then crash and burn
You're not alone
And there has always been heartache and pain
And when its over you'll breathe again
You'll breath again
When you feel all alone
And the world has turned its back on you
Give me a moment please
To tame your wild wild heart
Let me be the one you call
If you jump I'll break your fall
Lift you up and fly away with you into the night
If you need to fall apart
I can mend a broken heart
If you need to crash then crash and burn
You're not alone
The chorus is lovely. I can't get the chorus outta my head now. But... I wonder if I'll ever be "the one you call". =(
Hahaha it's late, I'm tired, and I need sleep, but I am still working on some council thingy... Damn. Maybe I should just do it tomorrow. Ahh... but, argh. I'll finish the timeline by tonight and send out by tomorrow... hopefully.
Anyway, I think this song by Savage Garden is very beautiful: Crash and Burn.
Savage Garden - Crash and Burn
When you feel all alone
And the world has turned its back on you
Give me a moment please to tame your wild wild heart
I know you feel like the walls are closing in on you
Its hard to find relief and people can be so cold
When darkness is upon your door and you feel like you cant take anymore
Let me be the one you call
If you jump I'll break your fall
Lift you up and fly away with you into the night
If you need to fall apart
I can mend a broken heart
If you need to crash then crash and burn
You're not alone
When you feel all alone
And a loyal friend is hard to find
You're caught in a one way street
With the monsters in your head
When hopes and dreams are far away and
You feel like you cant face the day
Let me be the one you call
If you jump I'll break your fall
Lift you up and fly away with you into the night
If you need to fall apart
I can mend a broken heart
If you need to crash then crash and burn
You're not alone
And there has always been heartache and pain
And when its over you'll breathe again
You'll breath again
When you feel all alone
And the world has turned its back on you
Give me a moment please
To tame your wild wild heart
Let me be the one you call
If you jump I'll break your fall
Lift you up and fly away with you into the night
If you need to fall apart
I can mend a broken heart
If you need to crash then crash and burn
You're not alone
The chorus is lovely. I can't get the chorus outta my head now. But... I wonder if I'll ever be "the one you call". =(
Monday, December 25, 2006
Merry X'mas!
Today, 25th December 2006, is Christmas Day - birthday of Christ. So on this note, I shall open this post with a blessing to everyone.
MERRY CHRISTMAS, AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR AHEAD! =D
I feel what my pastor at church said is really important: Christmas is about giving; not just presents, but also giving God's love to everyone around you. Spread the love!
Anyway! I think I better start the post from 23th. Eeks I have this bad habit of posting backdated stuff. Worse than procastination man... >.<
So on the 23rd, I was out for most of the day with me mom and pop (lil sister Ros was stuck at home and - you guessed it - glued to the computer monitor). We went to CMPB 1st thing in the morning to extend my passport validity, which turned out to be much simpler than I initially anticipated. Later on went for breakfast and spent the rest of the day hopping all over S'pore shopping for stuff we needed. Travelled quite a bit and since I was sleeping quite a lot during the journey, I really didn't bother taking note where we went. =P
But, I do remember bumping into Tiffany Bong at Chinatown with her family somewhere in the late afternoon. We (my family and I) were supposed to be looking for something to buy for the gift exchange for the X'mas lunch I was going to today, but apparently my parents were taking me to shops of "wrong era" - if you catch what I mean. So, I ended up at the end of the day still returning to Junction 8 to buy the gift from Action City. Sigh, my parents (my dad in particular) is very traditionalistic! Ahhh... what else can I say, ah but Mom and Dad I still love you. =)
Moving on to 24th: I guess there wasn't much to do for the entire day, since most of the time my family were just sitting at home working. Yea I do admit my house lacks X'mas spirit, but what can I say, my parents value their line of work a lot. Both teachers, both very dedicated. Sometimes I wonder why not I join them in the same field of work (but of course, even if I did, I would choose Chemistry instead of Math. Math is sooooo BORING. =( ), but I guess I will be setting my sights further... hopefully.
So as I was saying, I ended up stuck at home fiddling with my com and sorting out my music on my laptop (which I found with much surprise that the music that I thought was from Octavarium by Dream Theater turned out otherwise) until the time came for me and my family to go for Christmas Eve dinner at my aunt's place. She set up a BBQ pit in her balcony and made BBQ food for all of us! Funky! But I didn't eat too much at the end; after all, you WOULD get sick of BBQ if you had 2 within a week. =X
After dinner, I - by some fluke - managed to convince my family to go for Christmas midnight mass! I don't believe it myself, because I think this is the 1st time I think I managed to do so with my mom and dad. My sister reluctantly followed (she complained she was sleepy, but I reckoned she just wanted to play AuditionSEA)... Thank God, otherwise I think my family will not go today either. >.< So we went to church for mass and left in the wee hours of the morning. Slept at 2am, fell dead like a log. Zzzzz...
On X'mas morning (ie. today), I got up early to go meet the rest of the guys from the China trip at Harbourfront MRT for X'mas lunch at Kevin's house. Spent damn long washing up and stuff (damn I still need to find a new style of image for social occasions like this), and I sorta, erm, threw my hair in a mine zone and got it blown up real bad. I think Yuheng will testify to that, since she "complimented" me for my hair - and we know what happens whenever I receive compliments about my hairstyle. =\
Anyway, there was quite a number that went today: Other than Kevin himself, there's me, Leslie, Moses, Yize, Bo Xuan, Li Qian, Zixiang (science boyboy), Andrew, Edmund, David, Guo Xi (who joined us past 1pm because he woke up late XD), Ding Fang, Melissa, Felicia, Huang Rong, Yu Heng, Weiling, Jovena and Kerina. Quite a bunch. XD
After meeting up at Harbourfront MRT, we left for Kevin's place at around 11am. He stays at The Carribean, like bloody hell, it's damn nice lah, even the lifts are private ie. they serve only one unit per floor. I still remember the conversation when we were at the lift lobby:
Kevin: Okay guys, the 1st few join me. We're going up to the second floor to my unit.
Me: *spots next lift* OK I suppose the rest of you can use the other lift to get to 2nd floor too. We'll meet you there...
Kevin: Oh no you can't. The lifts are private.
Me: *wtf-ed*
Me: *after coming out of the lift, sees the single unit at the lift landing* Holy... *lost for words*
Okay, damn cool. I wonder if I will be rich enough to afford this lifestyle in future. Ahh... *sighs*
So all of us settled ourselves in and immediately took out the "big guns", where the "big guns" refer to CARDS. Oh, and mahjong tiles too. And mahjong cards too, since mahjong cards are the BEST! David introduced us a new form of playing multi-player mahjong, which we took much amusement in ganging up on him. Was laughing like mad throughout the entire thing... next time I should teach that style of mahjong to those players that are just playing for fun. =P
Oh, David you still owe us 2 forfeits. XD
Later on we had pizza for lunch, and some of us were watching Rain's live performance. Damn gay la, since he loves to strip himself before a large crowd... Bah. Disgusting. Wondering why so many girls go crazy over some Korean boy. T.T Kevin and gang were playing mass poker with the chips. Too bad I didn't join them though. Guo Xi came some time towards the end of lunch, but we had a couple of pizzas left for him, so thank goodness he didn't go hungry!
I'm very tempted to put the telephone conversation I had between him and me when he called to tell me that he didn't come because he overslept, but I figured if I did, Yu Heng would kill me. *hint hint* XD
Later on came gift exchange. A pity we didn't play the gift exchange game we played at Council chalet! Ahhh... Oh well, hopefully my gift found its rightful owner finally. *remembers the moment*
Me: Ding Fang, like the present?
DF: I like it! Just that you... forgot to remove the price tag *shows bottom of container*
Me: Wait, I thought I removed it... you mean there's another? OH my... *GG-ed*
Nothing left to say. Nevermind! Moriji is cute. =P
Later on after Li Qian and Andrew left, we went to play some fighting game on the PS2. The amusing part was that even Jovena and Yu Heng joined in the game, and David got THRASHED by Jovena! Tsk tsk David don't you feel like a loser now... *cranks loser* Okay okay just kidding. It wasn't that bad lah, since he could beat the other guys. Perhaps he just gives chance to girls. XD
We bid farewell at 4.30pm. Initially I wanted to join the HCI guys, Guo Xi, Yu Heng, and Weiling to eat at Vivocity, but then I couldn't stand eating anymore (considering how tired I am now), so I took a direct bus from the interchange back home... thankfully my maid told me about the bus service 855, otherwise I will be wasting an extra 15 minutes or so, plus 50 cents for an MRT trip. >.<
Now, I still got to settle some last minute crash course council stuff, and prepare myself with an open mind for tomorrow... AH I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO PREPARE FOR HOSTEL! DAMN. =0
MERRY CHRISTMAS, AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR AHEAD! =D
I feel what my pastor at church said is really important: Christmas is about giving; not just presents, but also giving God's love to everyone around you. Spread the love!
Anyway! I think I better start the post from 23th. Eeks I have this bad habit of posting backdated stuff. Worse than procastination man... >.<
So on the 23rd, I was out for most of the day with me mom and pop (lil sister Ros was stuck at home and - you guessed it - glued to the computer monitor). We went to CMPB 1st thing in the morning to extend my passport validity, which turned out to be much simpler than I initially anticipated. Later on went for breakfast and spent the rest of the day hopping all over S'pore shopping for stuff we needed. Travelled quite a bit and since I was sleeping quite a lot during the journey, I really didn't bother taking note where we went. =P
But, I do remember bumping into Tiffany Bong at Chinatown with her family somewhere in the late afternoon. We (my family and I) were supposed to be looking for something to buy for the gift exchange for the X'mas lunch I was going to today, but apparently my parents were taking me to shops of "wrong era" - if you catch what I mean. So, I ended up at the end of the day still returning to Junction 8 to buy the gift from Action City. Sigh, my parents (my dad in particular) is very traditionalistic! Ahhh... what else can I say, ah but Mom and Dad I still love you. =)
Moving on to 24th: I guess there wasn't much to do for the entire day, since most of the time my family were just sitting at home working. Yea I do admit my house lacks X'mas spirit, but what can I say, my parents value their line of work a lot. Both teachers, both very dedicated. Sometimes I wonder why not I join them in the same field of work (but of course, even if I did, I would choose Chemistry instead of Math. Math is sooooo BORING. =( ), but I guess I will be setting my sights further... hopefully.
So as I was saying, I ended up stuck at home fiddling with my com and sorting out my music on my laptop (which I found with much surprise that the music that I thought was from Octavarium by Dream Theater turned out otherwise) until the time came for me and my family to go for Christmas Eve dinner at my aunt's place. She set up a BBQ pit in her balcony and made BBQ food for all of us! Funky! But I didn't eat too much at the end; after all, you WOULD get sick of BBQ if you had 2 within a week. =X
After dinner, I - by some fluke - managed to convince my family to go for Christmas midnight mass! I don't believe it myself, because I think this is the 1st time I think I managed to do so with my mom and dad. My sister reluctantly followed (she complained she was sleepy, but I reckoned she just wanted to play AuditionSEA)... Thank God, otherwise I think my family will not go today either. >.< So we went to church for mass and left in the wee hours of the morning. Slept at 2am, fell dead like a log. Zzzzz...
On X'mas morning (ie. today), I got up early to go meet the rest of the guys from the China trip at Harbourfront MRT for X'mas lunch at Kevin's house. Spent damn long washing up and stuff (damn I still need to find a new style of image for social occasions like this), and I sorta, erm, threw my hair in a mine zone and got it blown up real bad. I think Yuheng will testify to that, since she "complimented" me for my hair - and we know what happens whenever I receive compliments about my hairstyle. =\
Anyway, there was quite a number that went today: Other than Kevin himself, there's me, Leslie, Moses, Yize, Bo Xuan, Li Qian, Zixiang (science boyboy), Andrew, Edmund, David, Guo Xi (who joined us past 1pm because he woke up late XD), Ding Fang, Melissa, Felicia, Huang Rong, Yu Heng, Weiling, Jovena and Kerina. Quite a bunch. XD
After meeting up at Harbourfront MRT, we left for Kevin's place at around 11am. He stays at The Carribean, like bloody hell, it's damn nice lah, even the lifts are private ie. they serve only one unit per floor. I still remember the conversation when we were at the lift lobby:
Kevin: Okay guys, the 1st few join me. We're going up to the second floor to my unit.
Me: *spots next lift* OK I suppose the rest of you can use the other lift to get to 2nd floor too. We'll meet you there...
Kevin: Oh no you can't. The lifts are private.
Me: *wtf-ed*
Me: *after coming out of the lift, sees the single unit at the lift landing* Holy... *lost for words*
Okay, damn cool. I wonder if I will be rich enough to afford this lifestyle in future. Ahh... *sighs*
So all of us settled ourselves in and immediately took out the "big guns", where the "big guns" refer to CARDS. Oh, and mahjong tiles too. And mahjong cards too, since mahjong cards are the BEST! David introduced us a new form of playing multi-player mahjong, which we took much amusement in ganging up on him. Was laughing like mad throughout the entire thing... next time I should teach that style of mahjong to those players that are just playing for fun. =P
Oh, David you still owe us 2 forfeits. XD
Later on we had pizza for lunch, and some of us were watching Rain's live performance. Damn gay la, since he loves to strip himself before a large crowd... Bah. Disgusting. Wondering why so many girls go crazy over some Korean boy. T.T Kevin and gang were playing mass poker with the chips. Too bad I didn't join them though. Guo Xi came some time towards the end of lunch, but we had a couple of pizzas left for him, so thank goodness he didn't go hungry!
I'm very tempted to put the telephone conversation I had between him and me when he called to tell me that he didn't come because he overslept, but I figured if I did, Yu Heng would kill me. *hint hint* XD
Later on came gift exchange. A pity we didn't play the gift exchange game we played at Council chalet! Ahhh... Oh well, hopefully my gift found its rightful owner finally. *remembers the moment*
Me: Ding Fang, like the present?
DF: I like it! Just that you... forgot to remove the price tag *shows bottom of container*
Me: Wait, I thought I removed it... you mean there's another? OH my... *GG-ed*
Nothing left to say. Nevermind! Moriji is cute. =P
Later on after Li Qian and Andrew left, we went to play some fighting game on the PS2. The amusing part was that even Jovena and Yu Heng joined in the game, and David got THRASHED by Jovena! Tsk tsk David don't you feel like a loser now... *cranks loser* Okay okay just kidding. It wasn't that bad lah, since he could beat the other guys. Perhaps he just gives chance to girls. XD
We bid farewell at 4.30pm. Initially I wanted to join the HCI guys, Guo Xi, Yu Heng, and Weiling to eat at Vivocity, but then I couldn't stand eating anymore (considering how tired I am now), so I took a direct bus from the interchange back home... thankfully my maid told me about the bus service 855, otherwise I will be wasting an extra 15 minutes or so, plus 50 cents for an MRT trip. >.<
Now, I still got to settle some last minute crash course council stuff, and prepare myself with an open mind for tomorrow... AH I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO PREPARE FOR HOSTEL! DAMN. =0
Friday, December 22, 2006
21st + 22nd
Haha past two days I've been too carried away playing Dawn of War with Kenneth and co, so didn't blog when I was supposed to. And now it's bloody late already and I don't have much time left before I need to catch some shut eye, so here's abit on what happened the past 2 days:
21st: Went to school for matriculation day preparations. Was running around doing random jobs and stuff (like collect papers, shift tables and chairs, etc). A pity I could only help for half a day (I heard there were some councilors that stayed up till 6pm), so I left at noon and travelled to Tampines with PHS. Took us quite a while, but we still got there early - too early in fact. So we were idling around Tampines Mall for quite a while, meeting Mariel, Weijin, and Ros along the way before we moved off to our destination: Tampines SAFRA.
We had bowling there, thanks to Elaine's church camp organisers. Most of us Fleming cheerleaders were down bowling and laughing ourselves silly at the way we bowl. Dono was absolutely hilarious, while Mariel got quite irritating after a while. She was the reason why I only scored 99 points for the second game when I could have broken my record and gone above 100, because she threw down a gutter ball on my last round to bowl. No thanks Mariel for that disruption. -.-
After that we went for BBQ at Dono's place. We all contributed food and were having loads of fun at the BBQ pit cooking out stuff and eating them. Played some pool and table soccer too after eating. Siaw Young joined us too at about 7+. Finally, the day ended when we were so full we couldn't stomach the pack of uncooked satays and decided to leave Dono's at around 9pm for the MRT. Elaine and co stayed back to clear up though... feeling quite bad not to have helped out in the clean up. =\
22nd: Matriculation Day! Haha got to see the newbies. Feeling good that everything went smoothly (logistics group didn't have much to handle after all). Saw Ada there who was with her next year Year 1 sister! Haha cool which reminds me I can't wait to get back with the people from Xichang Winter Camp again. XD Haha anyway, so log was boring, school tour was boring too, but thankfully we got just one family for tour, so I took it while Kenneth took Vanessa's family for tour (thanks to Kai Hui). Quite nice to take a small group for a tour for a change, because it gives me more time to interact with them. Ended up with them asking for my number just in case they needed contacts for more information! *faints*
After mat. day we (Royston Ong, Jun Le, Eugene, me) went to Sumo House to eat lunch. Man the food there's superb for its price! Hahaha... I'm starting to trust Royston's taste for eating more and more these days. XD Then after that came home and have been DOW-ing since. Argh... bad bad habit. I need to stop playing. Like, seriously and focus. Focus focus focus... >.<
Christmas is coming, and then moving into hostel, and then school reopens... argh sian. =(
21st: Went to school for matriculation day preparations. Was running around doing random jobs and stuff (like collect papers, shift tables and chairs, etc). A pity I could only help for half a day (I heard there were some councilors that stayed up till 6pm), so I left at noon and travelled to Tampines with PHS. Took us quite a while, but we still got there early - too early in fact. So we were idling around Tampines Mall for quite a while, meeting Mariel, Weijin, and Ros along the way before we moved off to our destination: Tampines SAFRA.
We had bowling there, thanks to Elaine's church camp organisers. Most of us Fleming cheerleaders were down bowling and laughing ourselves silly at the way we bowl. Dono was absolutely hilarious, while Mariel got quite irritating after a while. She was the reason why I only scored 99 points for the second game when I could have broken my record and gone above 100, because she threw down a gutter ball on my last round to bowl. No thanks Mariel for that disruption. -.-
After that we went for BBQ at Dono's place. We all contributed food and were having loads of fun at the BBQ pit cooking out stuff and eating them. Played some pool and table soccer too after eating. Siaw Young joined us too at about 7+. Finally, the day ended when we were so full we couldn't stomach the pack of uncooked satays and decided to leave Dono's at around 9pm for the MRT. Elaine and co stayed back to clear up though... feeling quite bad not to have helped out in the clean up. =\
22nd: Matriculation Day! Haha got to see the newbies. Feeling good that everything went smoothly (logistics group didn't have much to handle after all). Saw Ada there who was with her next year Year 1 sister! Haha cool which reminds me I can't wait to get back with the people from Xichang Winter Camp again. XD Haha anyway, so log was boring, school tour was boring too, but thankfully we got just one family for tour, so I took it while Kenneth took Vanessa's family for tour (thanks to Kai Hui). Quite nice to take a small group for a tour for a change, because it gives me more time to interact with them. Ended up with them asking for my number just in case they needed contacts for more information! *faints*
After mat. day we (Royston Ong, Jun Le, Eugene, me) went to Sumo House to eat lunch. Man the food there's superb for its price! Hahaha... I'm starting to trust Royston's taste for eating more and more these days. XD Then after that came home and have been DOW-ing since. Argh... bad bad habit. I need to stop playing. Like, seriously and focus. Focus focus focus... >.<
Christmas is coming, and then moving into hostel, and then school reopens... argh sian. =(
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Thank God (continued)
OK I did promise a post, and hence here it is.
When I came back from the Xichang Winter Camp at China, I was just sitting in the car, feeling very accomplished and happy for the past one week's events and all, and then I came to a sudden realisation that I had just SO MANY things to be thankful for. Yes! Everything - and everyone - counts when it comes to my life, and I am simply grateful for everything that has gone right. So so grateful...
Which is why I would like to thank God for the following that have made my life so meaningful, refreshing, and brilliant and enjoyable:
1. I would like to thank God for providing me a healthy life, one without much pain and suffering. A life that is free of terminal illness and chronic disorders. The joys in life, when simplified, can all boil down to health. Seriously. Nothing - not even money - matters when you don't have the health and happiness to spend it. To quote Relient K, "It's funny how you find you enjoy your life, when you are happy to be alive." I give thanks to God for health.
2. I would like to thank God for providing me a pair of loving, caring parents. Mom, Dad, if you are reading this, I would like to say a big thank you to you two for the 16 years of love carefully showered on me. God, I feel blessed to have such wonderful parents to have brought me through my childhood and teenage years, and will continue to see me grow up to become somebody in society in future (hopefully). Mom, Dad, I won't let you down. I swear (promise). =D
3. I would like to thank God for my younger sister, who has brought so much vibrancy to not just my life, but our entire family as a whole. You could say she has provided the final "gel" factor to keep my family together. Although sometimes we don't see eye to eye, Ros, you know that your Kor-Kor loves you a lot, just as much as Mom and Dad too. Now that she's in NUS High School with me, it means I have a greater responsibility to take care of her now! In the words of Spiderman's late uncle, "With great power comes great responsibility." I cannot fail her now.
4. I would like to thank God for blessing me with wonderful primary and secondary schools. Catholic High School and NUS High School have provided me with the necessary preparations I need to face life. CHS for the moral and values systems I will abide with, and NUSHS for the math and science knowledge I need to pursue future studies in university and beyond. This would mean I would need to thank God for the superb teachers that have guided me through all of the years in schooling. I would like to give certain special mention to CHS teacher Mr David Chen, and NUSHS teacher Mr Salim and Mr Lim K. Y.. All are very inspirational teachers that have shown me why teaching and learning can be so interesting. Thank you so much for the years spent with you!
5. I would like to thank God for the classmates I share classes with in school. CHS (pri), CHS, and NUSHS have seen me through a wide variety of fellow classmates, many of different backgrounds and all. I must say that I really regret being such an arrogant bastard in CHS, leaving such a bad impression on my former schoolmates. For that, I must apologise for not treasuring this friendship we once shared. This lesson has taught me to learn to treasure your friends before you lose them forever. Now I am in NUSHS M05304 (now known as M07504) and I am simply loving the class. Great people, all of you. Thanks for making 304 (504) such a wonderful experience to be in. I shall play my part as a 304-er (504-er) too! =D
6. Oh, silly me, I must be thankful to God for the wonderful buddies I have had over my teenage years. These guys have not forsaken me and have been my best friends even though they know I am an arrogant bastard (see point 5). Thanks so much Raymond and Su Kiat. The days we spent in CHS, I will never forget them. And thanks Ching Pin, Eugene, and Mikel for being best buddies in NUSHS. Everything else simply doesn't matter, when "you've got a friend in me". Thanks God for these guys. =)
7. Thanks be to God too, for the wonderful councillors of NUS High School. As a fledgling school, our school student council is still young and very inexperienced in comparison with those of other schools. Yet, I am really grateful to see that many of our people are now up and rising to become very capable councillors, to spearhead future SC projects in the name of NUSHS! I must say I am damn proud of all of you, it is a great fortune that you guys are with us in student council. Mind not what others think of you, because we know you guys are simply the most capable lot I know in this school to take NUSHS to greater heights. We'll prove it to them, won't we? xD
8. Next, thank you God for the wonderful Gavellian ExCo of NUS High School. Although more than half of them are my juniors, they certainly work very well as the leaders of the club, and have made Gavel Club of NUS High School one of the best clubs to be part of in NUSHS. I am damn proud of these group of guys: Kenneth, Gary, Jun Le, Royston Ong, Andy... You guys rock the club man! Keep it up! Maybe someday, when my batch (Royston Tan, Margaret, Asra and I) are long gone, you'll take Gavel to become the number 1 CCA in NUSHS. YEA!
9. Thank you God for the wonderful cheerleaders in my cheerleading team. Would also like to give thanks for our team captain Elaine, who's never given up on us despite how... well, ramshackle our team can be. May You give her strength to persevere as captain for another year to come, and take our squad higher.
10. And last but not least, thanks God for the wonderful time I had in China this December holidays, because it ain't just memories and fun-filled experiences I brought back, but also new-found friends that I am currently missing a lot. *sobs*. May you bless and protect them always, and you guys better know that you're always in my heart *hums Phil Collins*. =D
So tired. So thankful. With so much to be thankful for, why should I hate life? Hahahaha... =)
When I came back from the Xichang Winter Camp at China, I was just sitting in the car, feeling very accomplished and happy for the past one week's events and all, and then I came to a sudden realisation that I had just SO MANY things to be thankful for. Yes! Everything - and everyone - counts when it comes to my life, and I am simply grateful for everything that has gone right. So so grateful...
Which is why I would like to thank God for the following that have made my life so meaningful, refreshing, and brilliant and enjoyable:
1. I would like to thank God for providing me a healthy life, one without much pain and suffering. A life that is free of terminal illness and chronic disorders. The joys in life, when simplified, can all boil down to health. Seriously. Nothing - not even money - matters when you don't have the health and happiness to spend it. To quote Relient K, "It's funny how you find you enjoy your life, when you are happy to be alive." I give thanks to God for health.
2. I would like to thank God for providing me a pair of loving, caring parents. Mom, Dad, if you are reading this, I would like to say a big thank you to you two for the 16 years of love carefully showered on me. God, I feel blessed to have such wonderful parents to have brought me through my childhood and teenage years, and will continue to see me grow up to become somebody in society in future (hopefully). Mom, Dad, I won't let you down. I swear (promise). =D
3. I would like to thank God for my younger sister, who has brought so much vibrancy to not just my life, but our entire family as a whole. You could say she has provided the final "gel" factor to keep my family together. Although sometimes we don't see eye to eye, Ros, you know that your Kor-Kor loves you a lot, just as much as Mom and Dad too. Now that she's in NUS High School with me, it means I have a greater responsibility to take care of her now! In the words of Spiderman's late uncle, "With great power comes great responsibility." I cannot fail her now.
4. I would like to thank God for blessing me with wonderful primary and secondary schools. Catholic High School and NUS High School have provided me with the necessary preparations I need to face life. CHS for the moral and values systems I will abide with, and NUSHS for the math and science knowledge I need to pursue future studies in university and beyond. This would mean I would need to thank God for the superb teachers that have guided me through all of the years in schooling. I would like to give certain special mention to CHS teacher Mr David Chen, and NUSHS teacher Mr Salim and Mr Lim K. Y.. All are very inspirational teachers that have shown me why teaching and learning can be so interesting. Thank you so much for the years spent with you!
5. I would like to thank God for the classmates I share classes with in school. CHS (pri), CHS, and NUSHS have seen me through a wide variety of fellow classmates, many of different backgrounds and all. I must say that I really regret being such an arrogant bastard in CHS, leaving such a bad impression on my former schoolmates. For that, I must apologise for not treasuring this friendship we once shared. This lesson has taught me to learn to treasure your friends before you lose them forever. Now I am in NUSHS M05304 (now known as M07504) and I am simply loving the class. Great people, all of you. Thanks for making 304 (504) such a wonderful experience to be in. I shall play my part as a 304-er (504-er) too! =D
6. Oh, silly me, I must be thankful to God for the wonderful buddies I have had over my teenage years. These guys have not forsaken me and have been my best friends even though they know I am an arrogant bastard (see point 5). Thanks so much Raymond and Su Kiat. The days we spent in CHS, I will never forget them. And thanks Ching Pin, Eugene, and Mikel for being best buddies in NUSHS. Everything else simply doesn't matter, when "you've got a friend in me". Thanks God for these guys. =)
7. Thanks be to God too, for the wonderful councillors of NUS High School. As a fledgling school, our school student council is still young and very inexperienced in comparison with those of other schools. Yet, I am really grateful to see that many of our people are now up and rising to become very capable councillors, to spearhead future SC projects in the name of NUSHS! I must say I am damn proud of all of you, it is a great fortune that you guys are with us in student council. Mind not what others think of you, because we know you guys are simply the most capable lot I know in this school to take NUSHS to greater heights. We'll prove it to them, won't we? xD
8. Next, thank you God for the wonderful Gavellian ExCo of NUS High School. Although more than half of them are my juniors, they certainly work very well as the leaders of the club, and have made Gavel Club of NUS High School one of the best clubs to be part of in NUSHS. I am damn proud of these group of guys: Kenneth, Gary, Jun Le, Royston Ong, Andy... You guys rock the club man! Keep it up! Maybe someday, when my batch (Royston Tan, Margaret, Asra and I) are long gone, you'll take Gavel to become the number 1 CCA in NUSHS. YEA!
9. Thank you God for the wonderful cheerleaders in my cheerleading team. Would also like to give thanks for our team captain Elaine, who's never given up on us despite how... well, ramshackle our team can be. May You give her strength to persevere as captain for another year to come, and take our squad higher.
10. And last but not least, thanks God for the wonderful time I had in China this December holidays, because it ain't just memories and fun-filled experiences I brought back, but also new-found friends that I am currently missing a lot. *sobs*. May you bless and protect them always, and you guys better know that you're always in my heart *hums Phil Collins*. =D
So tired. So thankful. With so much to be thankful for, why should I hate life? Hahahaha... =)
Thank God
OK I was supposed to post something today (more like yesterday), looking at the time currently, but since it is so late, I think I shall keep it for some time later then I will continue my post. My post (to be) is supposed to be a post to thank God for all the good things that have gone right for me, and hopefully it will be a motivation to all of you that read it to thank God for the good stuff in your lives too. Looking forward to the next post. =)
AND GOD I MISS YOU GUYS LIKE HELL LOT. FEEL MY HEART WRENCHED! (okok maybe not that bad, but ya you get the severity of it)
AND GOD I MISS YOU GUYS LIKE HELL LOT. FEEL MY HEART WRENCHED! (okok maybe not that bad, but ya you get the severity of it)
Monday, December 18, 2006
3.00pm
I tell you, sleeping 14 hours felt soooooo good. XD
When I woke up, I thought it was something like 11am, so I walked out of my bedroom to find my sister on her com. My maid told me to eat lunch, so I said OK and went over to her and helped her settle a blogger problem. After a while, I looked at the com clock and saw "3.00pm". Then I got a bit stunned and looked at the clock on the wall, and oh shoot, it was really 3pm. Wah, I really must have lacked much sleep *rubs eyes*.
Been playing and slacking the whole day. Feel so bad for rotting at home and not doing something productive (for council/cheer/Gavel/studies etc). I think I better start working from tomorrow onwards, like... dunno? XD
I think I better sleep soon. Yup.
When I woke up, I thought it was something like 11am, so I walked out of my bedroom to find my sister on her com. My maid told me to eat lunch, so I said OK and went over to her and helped her settle a blogger problem. After a while, I looked at the com clock and saw "3.00pm". Then I got a bit stunned and looked at the clock on the wall, and oh shoot, it was really 3pm. Wah, I really must have lacked much sleep *rubs eyes*.
Been playing and slacking the whole day. Feel so bad for rotting at home and not doing something productive (for council/cheer/Gavel/studies etc). I think I better start working from tomorrow onwards, like... dunno? XD
I think I better sleep soon. Yup.
Sunday, December 17, 2006
Back from China!
Whoa! And I'm back!
*miss Singapore and the people here so much...*
But now comes a bigger prob: I miss the people I met at the Xichang Winter Camp even MORE! AH!! >.<
“梦想航天” FOREVER! =D
*resumes to rest and fiddle around with the new lappy*
*miss Singapore and the people here so much...*
But now comes a bigger prob: I miss the people I met at the Xichang Winter Camp even MORE! AH!! >.<
“梦想航天” FOREVER! =D
*resumes to rest and fiddle around with the new lappy*
Saturday, December 09, 2006
Council Chalet!
Ladies and Gentlemen, before I begin my post proper, let us spend some time to reflect upon the title of this blog post: Council Chalet. You got that right. Council. Chalet. Perhaps that will clarify some doubts certain people had about the R&R session and BBQ on the 8th of December. Anyway, lets get down to the crunchline...
Oh wait, sidetrack a bit. I was just conversing with a couple of schoolmates who were discussing with me the issue of reshuffling of year 3s for next year into completely new classes - from 301 to 308. All around I hear more or less the same comments: Complaints of not getting to be in the same class as old friends, laments on having to work side by side with fresh faces (some foreign maybe), and even more moaning on having to work with the people they detest. Now, I do admit that a certain number of the students arrangements in the new classes are quite... "depressing", but, ahem, ladies and gentlemen, don't you guys realise that reshuffling is not just a necessity, but part and parcel of EVERY MAINSTREAM SCHOOL?
Many of them get misconceptions that it is NUS High School's "evil" intention to reshuffle to "split up old gangs" and "reinforce school bonding" (meant to be sarcastic by the way), blah blah blah. They think that the school admin is screwed in the head to do such things - since NUS High School is an independent school. Well, if you think this way, let me tell you, that it is YOUR HEAD that is screwed.
The school's intention to reshuffle classes can be likened to the streaming of sec 2 students into entering the various science streams: combined, double, and triple. Of course, the best get to go triple, while the rest go either double or combined. Since there are such streaming going on, it is a necessity for these schools to shuffle the students again to group the students of the same stream together. We, as students, must understand that the school does this to make organisation of the level neater, and more efficient in carrying out day-to-day routines. But how many of us know that?
Now coming back to the case of our school, the school admin decides to shuffle the students to allow the year 3 newcomers - both local and foreign - to integrate within the current existing cohort. While there may be some in this school with such tolerance, I fear others may think otherwise. What's with that attitude, ladies and gentlemen? Are we to fear this external force that threatens to "break our union", or can we view it in a positive light as a fresh slate to make new friends and accomodate others?
It startles me when people say that they should not reshuffle classes. These kids obviously have not seen what it is like in other mainstream schools out there, and how privileged they are to be a student in NUS High School. They've got much to learn.
Which is why, I think I am grateful I once came from CHS. Something tells me Eugene and Zhong Ming think the same way too. ^^
Oh dear, so much sidetracking. Oh well, I can't help it if I have to blog this issue out to set some matters straight.
Moving on, we had council R&R chalet yesterday! Got to HometeamNS Pasir Ris at 8.15am with my sister and settled down with the rest of the councillors. We got to play a couple of simple games, and exchange X'mas gifts, in which I was desperately trying to win the pom-pom thing over from Ting An to give my sister. But well, since she's so stubborn in keeping the thing for herself, I gave up pestering her for it and decided to get Ying Zhen's gift to give to my sister. A season of giving deserves me giving my sis a gift too anyway. =) Now she has even attached it to her handphone. XD
Oh yeah, one of the activities involved scribbling encouragements onto a piece of paper on each person's back. Aside from comments like fun-loving and enthusiastic, I got uber weird comments like "super gayman", "shuai", "gay", etc... Ah well. Damn silly lah. I wonder where that paper is now... =P
Later on there was a water bomb fight outside the chalet, and (almost) everyone went wild throwing the waterbombs at each other. I didn't have extra change for wet activities, so I sat out the game, deciding that blowing up balloons and throwing them at the fan were more fun. XD This left the chalet in quite a state of disarray and mess, so we spent the next 15-20 minutes or so cleaning up before Zhao Ye and Ee Leng started cooking lunch. Maggie Mee! =D
Meanwhile, since we weren't hungry, me, Gary, Royston, and Zhong Ming went upstairs to play bridge for a while. Then came lunch, and the semi-formal council meeting to discuss the new vision for council. Was not fully convinced, I must admit (Ying Zhen I am sure you understand my worries, and Dr Seah, you'd probably have read it off my facial expressions during the meeting), but nevertheless, I will listen to the Exco's decision and give my best, though I know I will not be around in school to see the fruits of our labour in future... That will be left for probably the Year 2s or the later batches to pick and savour. *winks*
Then comes R&R TIME!!! Yea man so we went ahead to play Bridge and other card games with each other. Kenneth and gang were hogging the coffee table near the TV, playing Mahjong *thanks to Zhao Ye*, and then I went to rent a bike. Despite the uber ex price (5 bucks per hour... o.O), I could not resist getting onto a bike and riding through Pasir Ris Park in such fine weather! So off I went to see if I could look for the other PSLs. Found a bunch of them playing bball at a court in the park, and found PHS and Nic Wong skating, but saw no sign of the others. I wonder where they were...
Later on I caught up with Mikel, Eeleng, Fishie and co. and we cycled to the playground to rest for a bit. Mikel took me to the space net to climb, and helped me find my way up to the top... I guess that was a form of encouraging the heart, because I never made it all the way up alone before. Thanks man. =D
Their time for rental was up, so I accompanied them back to the chalet, before spending the remaining half an hour of my time sprinting as far as I could across Pasir Ris Park to test my limits. Felt damn shiok. XD
After I parked the bike back. I went back out with Mikel to the park to take a little walk to chill out. The chalet was quite packed and all that and I figured walking would do me some good (to consolidate the day's thoughts and hold certain raging emotions in check). We went to buy block icecreams for ourselves to eat as we walked back again. Oh man I am SO HOOKED TO PEPPERMINT CHIPS! =D
After quite a while of R&R, it was finally time to set up the BBQ pit. I joined the guys to help out at the pit (though I must admit I didn't do much but stare and fan the fire a bit). Once that was done, I went to wash my hands and played frisbee with some year 1 PSLs. Dang my sis has this weird habit of launching frisbees to shear people's heads off. Scary... After that we went to play BASKETBALL! Me, Gary, Zikai, and Royston Tan vs Sky and the girls! Hahaha... we own! =D
And I regretted playing that match barefooted. Now both my big toes have a blister each on them. Sigh.
Dinner time wasn't very eventful, other than if you considered one rare occasion which Dr Seah decided to sit down and talk to me about stuff. Then it was back to bball again... with more people! Ying Zhen! Must play more bball man! Gogogo! Got myself horribly soaked with sweat after the game, so I had to go back to the chalet to sit at one side drinking several canned drinks and trying my best to dry myself up. But sooner or later I gave up and went ahead to shower.
After the washup I just sat around the TV area to relax and listen to people talk. Went into a state where I decided to reserve my energies and relax myself after a long day. The PSLs all slowly left for home one by one, and the councillors were all slowing down after a long day. Later on Dono, Fishie, Viona and I went to play Pool outside for a while before returning to the chalet to watch even more TV. TV, mahjong, and chit-chat took us all the way till 1am in the morning, as we watched the final episode of Ghost Whisperer (where Fishie almost cried because the friend of the main character was actually dead) and Asian Games Live. Bodybuilding... *pukes*
Later on, I went upstairs to join Ying Zhen, Kenneth, Dr Seah, and Mr Sukandar in planning for council stuff. Work work work work... later on while the rest went to sleep, Zhong Ming, Fishie, and Royston Ong came up to join us. We worked through the night (morning I mean) and closed shop somewhere at 4am. I couldn't take it at 3.30am, so I took a pillow from the bed next door, plonked myself on the floor, and went to sleep. Ahh...
Only had 3 hours of sleep, because we had to wake up and get ready to break camp at 7. This is because some of us councillors were going for Mr Lim Kim Yong's wedding, so we had to leave the chalet earlier. Although I am sure some of us would have appreciated more bed time or perhaps a couple more rounds of mahjong and bridge, I guess going to attend his wedding would be of greater importance (hey, it's once in a lifetime. =) ). So Mr Sukandar, Ying Zhen, Mikel, Andy, Viona and I left the chalet *sobs* at 7.30am and took public transport across to the West of Singapore to the Church of the Holy Cross (which is the church beside NUS High School). Saw Mr Lim in his wedding suit and man does he look stiff and nervous up there! =D
Question of the day: What do you get when you put a physicist and a biologist together?
Answer: A chemical reaction. ^^
Best wishes to Mr Lim and his wife!!
After the wedding and chatting with Mr Lim for a short while, Mikel, Ying Zhen, Andy and I returned to school. Andy left, so the remaining 3 of us were just sitting around and chatting. A large group of people came in later on, but left too. Ended up the 3 of us fell asleep on the couch, and I didn't wake up till it was 1.30pm in the afternoon. I looked at my watch and my jaw fell. Man I slept so much man... we're all tired people. Especially Ying Zhen. I can imagine the amount of stress that poor girl is under. =(
Thanks to him maybe? I don't know. I don't think it's right for me to pass hasty judgements like that. So unprofessional.
So I called my mom and pop and they picked me up to send me home. Man I am going to miss my family a lot again, since I am leaving for Xichang, China tomorrow for 7 whole days. Will be away from Singapore from 10th to 17th and will be stuck in China to freeze in the bitter cold mountains. =X
THIS MEANS THAT I WON'T BE THE 1ST PERSON TO TOUCH MY NEW LAPTOP AHHHHHHH.
What a long post. Damnit I think I forgot to write something...
Oh yes, thanks to Dr Seah for those words of comfort (or what else you call it). I guess it is important for all of us to get our ideas through to prevent misunderstandings too. Let's push on!
Council! United in Leadership! =)
Oh wait, sidetrack a bit. I was just conversing with a couple of schoolmates who were discussing with me the issue of reshuffling of year 3s for next year into completely new classes - from 301 to 308. All around I hear more or less the same comments: Complaints of not getting to be in the same class as old friends, laments on having to work side by side with fresh faces (some foreign maybe), and even more moaning on having to work with the people they detest. Now, I do admit that a certain number of the students arrangements in the new classes are quite... "depressing", but, ahem, ladies and gentlemen, don't you guys realise that reshuffling is not just a necessity, but part and parcel of EVERY MAINSTREAM SCHOOL?
Many of them get misconceptions that it is NUS High School's "evil" intention to reshuffle to "split up old gangs" and "reinforce school bonding" (meant to be sarcastic by the way), blah blah blah. They think that the school admin is screwed in the head to do such things - since NUS High School is an independent school. Well, if you think this way, let me tell you, that it is YOUR HEAD that is screwed.
The school's intention to reshuffle classes can be likened to the streaming of sec 2 students into entering the various science streams: combined, double, and triple. Of course, the best get to go triple, while the rest go either double or combined. Since there are such streaming going on, it is a necessity for these schools to shuffle the students again to group the students of the same stream together. We, as students, must understand that the school does this to make organisation of the level neater, and more efficient in carrying out day-to-day routines. But how many of us know that?
Now coming back to the case of our school, the school admin decides to shuffle the students to allow the year 3 newcomers - both local and foreign - to integrate within the current existing cohort. While there may be some in this school with such tolerance, I fear others may think otherwise. What's with that attitude, ladies and gentlemen? Are we to fear this external force that threatens to "break our union", or can we view it in a positive light as a fresh slate to make new friends and accomodate others?
It startles me when people say that they should not reshuffle classes. These kids obviously have not seen what it is like in other mainstream schools out there, and how privileged they are to be a student in NUS High School. They've got much to learn.
Which is why, I think I am grateful I once came from CHS. Something tells me Eugene and Zhong Ming think the same way too. ^^
Oh dear, so much sidetracking. Oh well, I can't help it if I have to blog this issue out to set some matters straight.
Moving on, we had council R&R chalet yesterday! Got to HometeamNS Pasir Ris at 8.15am with my sister and settled down with the rest of the councillors. We got to play a couple of simple games, and exchange X'mas gifts, in which I was desperately trying to win the pom-pom thing over from Ting An to give my sister. But well, since she's so stubborn in keeping the thing for herself, I gave up pestering her for it and decided to get Ying Zhen's gift to give to my sister. A season of giving deserves me giving my sis a gift too anyway. =) Now she has even attached it to her handphone. XD
Oh yeah, one of the activities involved scribbling encouragements onto a piece of paper on each person's back. Aside from comments like fun-loving and enthusiastic, I got uber weird comments like "super gayman", "shuai", "gay", etc... Ah well. Damn silly lah. I wonder where that paper is now... =P
Later on there was a water bomb fight outside the chalet, and (almost) everyone went wild throwing the waterbombs at each other. I didn't have extra change for wet activities, so I sat out the game, deciding that blowing up balloons and throwing them at the fan were more fun. XD This left the chalet in quite a state of disarray and mess, so we spent the next 15-20 minutes or so cleaning up before Zhao Ye and Ee Leng started cooking lunch. Maggie Mee! =D
Meanwhile, since we weren't hungry, me, Gary, Royston, and Zhong Ming went upstairs to play bridge for a while. Then came lunch, and the semi-formal council meeting to discuss the new vision for council. Was not fully convinced, I must admit (Ying Zhen I am sure you understand my worries, and Dr Seah, you'd probably have read it off my facial expressions during the meeting), but nevertheless, I will listen to the Exco's decision and give my best, though I know I will not be around in school to see the fruits of our labour in future... That will be left for probably the Year 2s or the later batches to pick and savour. *winks*
Then comes R&R TIME!!! Yea man so we went ahead to play Bridge and other card games with each other. Kenneth and gang were hogging the coffee table near the TV, playing Mahjong *thanks to Zhao Ye*, and then I went to rent a bike. Despite the uber ex price (5 bucks per hour... o.O), I could not resist getting onto a bike and riding through Pasir Ris Park in such fine weather! So off I went to see if I could look for the other PSLs. Found a bunch of them playing bball at a court in the park, and found PHS and Nic Wong skating, but saw no sign of the others. I wonder where they were...
Later on I caught up with Mikel, Eeleng, Fishie and co. and we cycled to the playground to rest for a bit. Mikel took me to the space net to climb, and helped me find my way up to the top... I guess that was a form of encouraging the heart, because I never made it all the way up alone before. Thanks man. =D
Their time for rental was up, so I accompanied them back to the chalet, before spending the remaining half an hour of my time sprinting as far as I could across Pasir Ris Park to test my limits. Felt damn shiok. XD
After I parked the bike back. I went back out with Mikel to the park to take a little walk to chill out. The chalet was quite packed and all that and I figured walking would do me some good (to consolidate the day's thoughts and hold certain raging emotions in check). We went to buy block icecreams for ourselves to eat as we walked back again. Oh man I am SO HOOKED TO PEPPERMINT CHIPS! =D
After quite a while of R&R, it was finally time to set up the BBQ pit. I joined the guys to help out at the pit (though I must admit I didn't do much but stare and fan the fire a bit). Once that was done, I went to wash my hands and played frisbee with some year 1 PSLs. Dang my sis has this weird habit of launching frisbees to shear people's heads off. Scary... After that we went to play BASKETBALL! Me, Gary, Zikai, and Royston Tan vs Sky and the girls! Hahaha... we own! =D
And I regretted playing that match barefooted. Now both my big toes have a blister each on them. Sigh.
Dinner time wasn't very eventful, other than if you considered one rare occasion which Dr Seah decided to sit down and talk to me about stuff. Then it was back to bball again... with more people! Ying Zhen! Must play more bball man! Gogogo! Got myself horribly soaked with sweat after the game, so I had to go back to the chalet to sit at one side drinking several canned drinks and trying my best to dry myself up. But sooner or later I gave up and went ahead to shower.
After the washup I just sat around the TV area to relax and listen to people talk. Went into a state where I decided to reserve my energies and relax myself after a long day. The PSLs all slowly left for home one by one, and the councillors were all slowing down after a long day. Later on Dono, Fishie, Viona and I went to play Pool outside for a while before returning to the chalet to watch even more TV. TV, mahjong, and chit-chat took us all the way till 1am in the morning, as we watched the final episode of Ghost Whisperer (where Fishie almost cried because the friend of the main character was actually dead) and Asian Games Live. Bodybuilding... *pukes*
Later on, I went upstairs to join Ying Zhen, Kenneth, Dr Seah, and Mr Sukandar in planning for council stuff. Work work work work... later on while the rest went to sleep, Zhong Ming, Fishie, and Royston Ong came up to join us. We worked through the night (morning I mean) and closed shop somewhere at 4am. I couldn't take it at 3.30am, so I took a pillow from the bed next door, plonked myself on the floor, and went to sleep. Ahh...
Only had 3 hours of sleep, because we had to wake up and get ready to break camp at 7. This is because some of us councillors were going for Mr Lim Kim Yong's wedding, so we had to leave the chalet earlier. Although I am sure some of us would have appreciated more bed time or perhaps a couple more rounds of mahjong and bridge, I guess going to attend his wedding would be of greater importance (hey, it's once in a lifetime. =) ). So Mr Sukandar, Ying Zhen, Mikel, Andy, Viona and I left the chalet *sobs* at 7.30am and took public transport across to the West of Singapore to the Church of the Holy Cross (which is the church beside NUS High School). Saw Mr Lim in his wedding suit and man does he look stiff and nervous up there! =D
Question of the day: What do you get when you put a physicist and a biologist together?
Answer: A chemical reaction. ^^
Best wishes to Mr Lim and his wife!!
After the wedding and chatting with Mr Lim for a short while, Mikel, Ying Zhen, Andy and I returned to school. Andy left, so the remaining 3 of us were just sitting around and chatting. A large group of people came in later on, but left too. Ended up the 3 of us fell asleep on the couch, and I didn't wake up till it was 1.30pm in the afternoon. I looked at my watch and my jaw fell. Man I slept so much man... we're all tired people. Especially Ying Zhen. I can imagine the amount of stress that poor girl is under. =(
Thanks to him maybe? I don't know. I don't think it's right for me to pass hasty judgements like that. So unprofessional.
So I called my mom and pop and they picked me up to send me home. Man I am going to miss my family a lot again, since I am leaving for Xichang, China tomorrow for 7 whole days. Will be away from Singapore from 10th to 17th and will be stuck in China to freeze in the bitter cold mountains. =X
THIS MEANS THAT I WON'T BE THE 1ST PERSON TO TOUCH MY NEW LAPTOP AHHHHHHH.
What a long post. Damnit I think I forgot to write something...
Oh yes, thanks to Dr Seah for those words of comfort (or what else you call it). I guess it is important for all of us to get our ideas through to prevent misunderstandings too. Let's push on!
Council! United in Leadership! =)
Thursday, December 07, 2006
Happy Feet!
The Phrase of the Day, ladies and gentlemen:
"The world is your oyster"
*ROFL*
Reminds me of Little Mermaid, you know. The part where Sebestian told Ariel something like that. Ahh... Nevermind. I forgot how it went already.
Today council went to cathay cinema to watch Happy Feet! Haha yes a little behind times, but nevertheless, we finally got down to watching it. The movie was OK lah, not very outstanding or whatsoever (the singing was quite cool though). I don't understand what was the hype about the show a couple of weeks back when it was released. Oh well, I guess this is what you call "following the fad"... Sigh.
After the movie, we went BK for lunch and I got to try out that black pepper Whopper. Gee the drink size at Thomson Plaza is LARGER than the one I went to! Ahhh... I don't know is it BK downsized their drinks, or there are double standards across the island. o.O Had a lot of chit-chat over the lunch table with the guys (me, Gary, Kenneth, Royston Ong, Mikel, and Zhong Ming), with some parts covering a "school clean-up day", Valentines Day, and the rooftop. Oh, don't forget the accessories sale too. =D
Went arcade after that (Bryan's suggestion). Aye too bad there wasn't any air-hockey table there - Royston and Kenneth were looking for one. So we just idled there for a while walking around ZoneX, and later watching Bryan and Ying Zhen DDR. Later got really really bored, so Royston, Gary and I pooled 5 bucks each to buy a card to play on the arcade machines - and I got to keep the card. XD We got down to playing Time Crisis 4 and 3, though I find TC 3 more entertaining... We burnt all the credits on the card on the last game, where I almost defeated the boss of stage 1 (only to get shot before I put the final shot at him). GAH.
Then Yu Heng and I left for MOE building to meet up with Weiling, Leslie and Weichao for the briefing for Xichang Winter Camp. We will be leaving on the 10th of December and will only return on the 17th. One whole week in China! Yea man! =D
Going for Council R&R chalet tomorrow morning! Woohoo! OH WAIT, *CENSORED* And we all know why. Nevermind. I am sure we are all very accomodating people... *grins widely*
Sigh... I really don't know. I am beginning to get very irritated with him these days. Was bitching like hell all over to my sis just now about him (though she's more absorbed with AuditionSEA), and now I'm left with nothing but a sense of loss... I hope the new vision and direction will be strong enough to see us through the rough roads ahead.
Ying Zhen, no wonder you stress the uptmost importance of us to strive to this goal together. In one voice, our hearts cry: "UNITED IN LEADERSHIP"!
I can't wait for tomorrow. I just got a feeling that the good show is just about to start... heh heh heh heh. *looks back at the phrase of the day and laughs out loud*
"The world is your oyster"
*ROFL*
Reminds me of Little Mermaid, you know. The part where Sebestian told Ariel something like that. Ahh... Nevermind. I forgot how it went already.
Today council went to cathay cinema to watch Happy Feet! Haha yes a little behind times, but nevertheless, we finally got down to watching it. The movie was OK lah, not very outstanding or whatsoever (the singing was quite cool though). I don't understand what was the hype about the show a couple of weeks back when it was released. Oh well, I guess this is what you call "following the fad"... Sigh.
After the movie, we went BK for lunch and I got to try out that black pepper Whopper. Gee the drink size at Thomson Plaza is LARGER than the one I went to! Ahhh... I don't know is it BK downsized their drinks, or there are double standards across the island. o.O Had a lot of chit-chat over the lunch table with the guys (me, Gary, Kenneth, Royston Ong, Mikel, and Zhong Ming), with some parts covering a "school clean-up day", Valentines Day, and the rooftop. Oh, don't forget the accessories sale too. =D
Went arcade after that (Bryan's suggestion). Aye too bad there wasn't any air-hockey table there - Royston and Kenneth were looking for one. So we just idled there for a while walking around ZoneX, and later watching Bryan and Ying Zhen DDR. Later got really really bored, so Royston, Gary and I pooled 5 bucks each to buy a card to play on the arcade machines - and I got to keep the card. XD We got down to playing Time Crisis 4 and 3, though I find TC 3 more entertaining... We burnt all the credits on the card on the last game, where I almost defeated the boss of stage 1 (only to get shot before I put the final shot at him). GAH.
Then Yu Heng and I left for MOE building to meet up with Weiling, Leslie and Weichao for the briefing for Xichang Winter Camp. We will be leaving on the 10th of December and will only return on the 17th. One whole week in China! Yea man! =D
Going for Council R&R chalet tomorrow morning! Woohoo! OH WAIT, *CENSORED* And we all know why. Nevermind. I am sure we are all very accomodating people... *grins widely*
Sigh... I really don't know. I am beginning to get very irritated with him these days. Was bitching like hell all over to my sis just now about him (though she's more absorbed with AuditionSEA), and now I'm left with nothing but a sense of loss... I hope the new vision and direction will be strong enough to see us through the rough roads ahead.
Ying Zhen, no wonder you stress the uptmost importance of us to strive to this goal together. In one voice, our hearts cry: "UNITED IN LEADERSHIP"!
I can't wait for tomorrow. I just got a feeling that the good show is just about to start... heh heh heh heh. *looks back at the phrase of the day and laughs out loud*
Wednesday, December 06, 2006
Blah...
Finally got the Inter-level games proposal done with. I hope Mr Png accepts it now, otherwise I'll have to... sigh. Nevermind. Guess this is how it's like being head for an event.
Just got two games: Zero Hour and Dawn of War (old I know yes, but hey, I'm a backdated guy)... time to play... I wish. Gonna be leaving for China soon from 10th to 17th, and when I get back, there's no telling how much prep work for Orientation 2007 there's gonna be. Oh well this hols seems as good as not having hols at all lah.
I was just thinking, we pioneer batch have the power to decide the direction of the school, but the saying goes "with great power, comes great responsibility". We do so much stuff, like planning Orientation, setting the direction and tone for the school vision, build up school spirit and belonging... all for the future generations. What do we get in return? I leave you to figure that out.
Anyway, sidetracked. Today we had debate team selections. Royston Tan, Asra, and I were watching the juniors debate. Heh, Gary was an excellent speaker (he's in charge of Competitive Speaking, of course he's the best), but Andy turned out best speaker in debate - due to his usual 3rd Opp fire-barrage. XD Aye, he rocks lah, but may need some fine-tuning and polishing of his debate etiquette and style... he still looks like an excited little boy each time he goes hyper in rebuttals.
After that went to council room to slack abit and look at the leadership games together with Ying Zhen and Mikel. Hmm... we must "trust our seeds" and "add and associate". =)
Went for cheer afterwards. Only had 4 people, so we just made do by teaching Cait what she missed out for 1st two pracs. After that went back down to council room to help Mikel with his blazer logs. Shown Ying Zhen and him the stickmen flash movies later on, and we all had a great laugh (the animations were good, right Ying Zhen? XD). I bet she's considering drawing a couple of them now for fun! Eh wait no, she can't cuz she already has more than 50 stickmen to draw for the games! Hahahaha... need some inspiration? Go to...
www.xiaoxiaomovie.com
My IT instructor directed my class to this site for learning how to use Flash. Nice work. =P
Got home and now trying to fix a damned graphics bug on my Zero Hour. I hope updating the game solves the problem... Sh*t man. >.<
Just got two games: Zero Hour and Dawn of War (old I know yes, but hey, I'm a backdated guy)... time to play... I wish. Gonna be leaving for China soon from 10th to 17th, and when I get back, there's no telling how much prep work for Orientation 2007 there's gonna be. Oh well this hols seems as good as not having hols at all lah.
I was just thinking, we pioneer batch have the power to decide the direction of the school, but the saying goes "with great power, comes great responsibility". We do so much stuff, like planning Orientation, setting the direction and tone for the school vision, build up school spirit and belonging... all for the future generations. What do we get in return? I leave you to figure that out.
Anyway, sidetracked. Today we had debate team selections. Royston Tan, Asra, and I were watching the juniors debate. Heh, Gary was an excellent speaker (he's in charge of Competitive Speaking, of course he's the best), but Andy turned out best speaker in debate - due to his usual 3rd Opp fire-barrage. XD Aye, he rocks lah, but may need some fine-tuning and polishing of his debate etiquette and style... he still looks like an excited little boy each time he goes hyper in rebuttals.
After that went to council room to slack abit and look at the leadership games together with Ying Zhen and Mikel. Hmm... we must "trust our seeds" and "add and associate". =)
Went for cheer afterwards. Only had 4 people, so we just made do by teaching Cait what she missed out for 1st two pracs. After that went back down to council room to help Mikel with his blazer logs. Shown Ying Zhen and him the stickmen flash movies later on, and we all had a great laugh (the animations were good, right Ying Zhen? XD). I bet she's considering drawing a couple of them now for fun! Eh wait no, she can't cuz she already has more than 50 stickmen to draw for the games! Hahahaha... need some inspiration? Go to...
www.xiaoxiaomovie.com
My IT instructor directed my class to this site for learning how to use Flash. Nice work. =P
Got home and now trying to fix a damned graphics bug on my Zero Hour. I hope updating the game solves the problem... Sh*t man. >.<
Monday, December 04, 2006
Thanks Cait
Oh wow.
Now I fully understand why they say a blog "makes or breaks you".
I just got this feeling that the ice has been "broken", after so long... just so long.
I thought they were bad (I've been there and back before), but after seeing one or two posts, I realised she was worse. Haha... dangerous. Never expected.
Thanks for the enlightenment Cait. Sometimes blog-surfing really works wonders huh. Be careful where you thread next time girl. =X
But nevermind, you still got us okay! =D
Now I fully understand why they say a blog "makes or breaks you".
I just got this feeling that the ice has been "broken", after so long... just so long.
I thought they were bad (I've been there and back before), but after seeing one or two posts, I realised she was worse. Haha... dangerous. Never expected.
Thanks for the enlightenment Cait. Sometimes blog-surfing really works wonders huh. Be careful where you thread next time girl. =X
But nevermind, you still got us okay! =D
Saturday, December 02, 2006
SITEX + today
Gosh I just realised how behind time I am on this blog. Recently there's been so much work from Student Council that I've rarely stopped to write a post. It's a wonder how Ying Zhen has so much work to do every day, and yet still gets to blog daily. Hmm, must be the fact that she doesn't play computer games and get distracted from work like I do. =
Anyway, I think I should start from yesterday... Yea yesterday. We had to wake up early to go school to buy books, but guess what? Some particular person was taking his/her own sweet time, and by the time we've finished breakfast and reached school, it was about 10.30am (when we should have been at the queue at 9am instead). Zzz. Sigh, so we got stuck at the back of the queue waiting to buy books. Ros was having a bad headache plus fever, but she still had to come with us to check the books she was buying - since my mum insisted she did. Poor her. Well at least her classmates were there to keep her company. =)
Queuing for the books took forever, so my sis and I went to buy uniforms 1st. Got myself 2 longs and 1 new polo - the new PE shirt is still not in! Going to start wearing long pants as day-to-day school uniform already, 'cos the shorts will become unbearably short soon - no idea why they still call it bermudas. -.- Oh, and long pants have deeper pockets too. Better for storing stuff. XD
By the time my sis and I returned to the book queue (which took us quite a while), mum was STILL QUEUING. Man I tell you NUS Co-Op management sucks. The same thing happened last year, and I believe council has sent feedback to school before. Yet, nothing has changed. So I swear now it ain't council's fault that certain things remain as bad. By the time we're done, it was 11.30am, so we waited for one whole hour... zzz. Oh we (my mum more like) helped Zhiqing buy the bio textbook - she didn't want to queue. XD Which reminds me that she's leaving school next year... Aww. Jin Zhi has left for TJC, and Thejas has gone to the US to further his studies... Will miss them lots, especially Jin Zhi (always 1st place for 400m girls. One top gun from Fleming down. >.<)... and Thejas for his bio-prowess.
To quote Ching Pin: "WHO ELSE CAN WE COPY BIO HOMEWORK FROM?"
Haha, not that it matters to him anymore anyway, since that bugger dropped bio already. Sheesh! I wonder who else is leaving school...
After that we sent Ros home, because she was too ill to go Expo with us. After lunch, my mum headed for the John Little sale, while my dad and I went to explore SITEX. There, I got myself a mp3 player from the place where I would least expect myself to buy one: KINGSTON. Heh, their one and only mp3 player too. 2GB plus an addition 2GB miniSD card gives a total of 204 bucks. Not bad considering it has more functions than the iPod Nano of the same size... (thinks of the $348 price tag) Dad didn't get to see what he wanted, so he went home disappointed. Aww...
Then dad just revealed a secret to me, which caught me totally off guard. You could say that my jaw literally went slack upon hearing the news. Hugged mum and thanked her after that. Almost cried to add to that. =D
Returned home feeling really tired. The 3 hours spent at SITEX walking was tiring, but I guess it was worth it in the end. Feeling really satisfied with my buy (and a dream come true of course).
Now moving on to today... Got up early to go to school to meet my comm to brainstorm for fresh ideas to fit into the proposal. Although I called for everyone to attend the meeting if they could, I could only get 50% attendance. Oh well I guess that's the result of making your meetings 'optional'. Or maybe most of them are just busy... nevertheless, we got the job done in the end. Feel very weird, because when I asked for comments or suggestions, most of the group remained quite silent. Only a couple of ideas popping up here and there, but thankfully Ying Zhen was there to keep the discussion going. Phew! =)
After that we took Wan Yu's basketball to go play (although I told her to bring her bball today for meeting so that after it we could play, she left the ball inside on Friday instead. So sweet! Must thank her lots. x) ). Ying Zhen, Sid and I played ABC at the court, until Ying Zhen had to return to council room for work. Shot a couple more hoops, then called it a day at around 11.10am. Went back to SC room to talk to Ying Zhen abit, before leaving for Thomson Plaza for lunch.
Been on the com since trying my best to complete stuff for Council, but failing terribly (did I mention how horrible I am at concentration before?)... Sigh. NO DISCIPLINE. I OUGHT TO BE SHOT.
Someone please take that rifle off the floor and shoot me. My lack of discipline earns me no place for being the better few in school. >.<
Sigh. End of my post I guess. Now currently chatting with Cait about cheer, and watching Arsenal play the Spurs. Haha, into second half and Arsenal is leading 2-0. I swear Graham Poll is an absolutely atrocious referee. =O
Song of the day... let it be M.I.A. =)
Artist: Avenged Sevenfold
Album: City Of Evil
Year: 2005
Title: M.I.A.
Staring at the carnage, praying that the sun would never rise.
Living another day in disguise.
These feelings can't be right, lend me your courage to stand up and fight, on tonight.
Ooooo....
Stand up and fight.
Now fighting rages on and on, to challenge me you must be strong.
I walk your land but don't belong, two million soldiers can't be wrong.
It's no fun but I've been here before
Far from home and I'm fighting your war.
(Not the way I pictured this, I wanted better things)
Some are scared others killing for fun, I shot a mother in front of her son.
(Take this from my consciousness, and please erase my dreams)
Fight for honor, fight for your life.
Pray to God that our side is right.
Even though we won, I still may lose
Until I make it home to you
I see our mothers filled with tears,
grew up so fast where did those years go?
Memories wont let you cry
unless I don't return tonight.
So many soldiers on the other side, I take their lives so they can't take mine.
(Scared to make it out alive now murder's all I know.)
Nobody tells me all the reasons we're here. I have my weapons so there's nothing to fear.
(Another day, another life, but nothing real to show for)
Fight for honor, fight for your life.
Pray to god that our side is right.
Even though we won, I still may loose
Until' I make it home to you
I see our mothers filled with tears,
grew up so fast where did those years go?
Memories wont let you cry
unless I don't return tonight.
Staring at the carnage, praying that the sun will never rise.
Living another day in disguise.
These feelings can't be right, lend me your courage to stand up and fight.
Watching the death toll rise wondering how I'm alive.
Strangers blood on my hands, I've shot all I can
There are no silent nights, watching your brothers all die
To destroy all their plans with no care for me
No thought of me, no thought of me
Ohhhhh.....
Walk the city lonely
Memories that haunt are passing by
A murderer walks your street tonight
Forgive me for my crimes; don't forget that I was so young
Fought so scared in the name of God and country
************
The horrors of war. Someone should fetch up the MV of this song and have a good look. Teaches you an important lesson why taking lives was never the least bit good.
Anyway, I think I should start from yesterday... Yea yesterday. We had to wake up early to go school to buy books, but guess what? Some particular person was taking his/her own sweet time, and by the time we've finished breakfast and reached school, it was about 10.30am (when we should have been at the queue at 9am instead). Zzz. Sigh, so we got stuck at the back of the queue waiting to buy books. Ros was having a bad headache plus fever, but she still had to come with us to check the books she was buying - since my mum insisted she did. Poor her. Well at least her classmates were there to keep her company. =)
Queuing for the books took forever, so my sis and I went to buy uniforms 1st. Got myself 2 longs and 1 new polo - the new PE shirt is still not in! Going to start wearing long pants as day-to-day school uniform already, 'cos the shorts will become unbearably short soon - no idea why they still call it bermudas. -.- Oh, and long pants have deeper pockets too. Better for storing stuff. XD
By the time my sis and I returned to the book queue (which took us quite a while), mum was STILL QUEUING. Man I tell you NUS Co-Op management sucks. The same thing happened last year, and I believe council has sent feedback to school before. Yet, nothing has changed. So I swear now it ain't council's fault that certain things remain as bad. By the time we're done, it was 11.30am, so we waited for one whole hour... zzz. Oh we (my mum more like) helped Zhiqing buy the bio textbook - she didn't want to queue. XD Which reminds me that she's leaving school next year... Aww. Jin Zhi has left for TJC, and Thejas has gone to the US to further his studies... Will miss them lots, especially Jin Zhi (always 1st place for 400m girls. One top gun from Fleming down. >.<)... and Thejas for his bio-prowess.
To quote Ching Pin: "WHO ELSE CAN WE COPY BIO HOMEWORK FROM?"
Haha, not that it matters to him anymore anyway, since that bugger dropped bio already. Sheesh! I wonder who else is leaving school...
After that we sent Ros home, because she was too ill to go Expo with us. After lunch, my mum headed for the John Little sale, while my dad and I went to explore SITEX. There, I got myself a mp3 player from the place where I would least expect myself to buy one: KINGSTON. Heh, their one and only mp3 player too. 2GB plus an addition 2GB miniSD card gives a total of 204 bucks. Not bad considering it has more functions than the iPod Nano of the same size... (thinks of the $348 price tag) Dad didn't get to see what he wanted, so he went home disappointed. Aww...
Then dad just revealed a secret to me, which caught me totally off guard. You could say that my jaw literally went slack upon hearing the news. Hugged mum and thanked her after that. Almost cried to add to that. =D
Returned home feeling really tired. The 3 hours spent at SITEX walking was tiring, but I guess it was worth it in the end. Feeling really satisfied with my buy (and a dream come true of course).
Now moving on to today... Got up early to go to school to meet my comm to brainstorm for fresh ideas to fit into the proposal. Although I called for everyone to attend the meeting if they could, I could only get 50% attendance. Oh well I guess that's the result of making your meetings 'optional'. Or maybe most of them are just busy... nevertheless, we got the job done in the end. Feel very weird, because when I asked for comments or suggestions, most of the group remained quite silent. Only a couple of ideas popping up here and there, but thankfully Ying Zhen was there to keep the discussion going. Phew! =)
After that we took Wan Yu's basketball to go play (although I told her to bring her bball today for meeting so that after it we could play, she left the ball inside on Friday instead. So sweet! Must thank her lots. x) ). Ying Zhen, Sid and I played ABC at the court, until Ying Zhen had to return to council room for work. Shot a couple more hoops, then called it a day at around 11.10am. Went back to SC room to talk to Ying Zhen abit, before leaving for Thomson Plaza for lunch.
Been on the com since trying my best to complete stuff for Council, but failing terribly (did I mention how horrible I am at concentration before?)... Sigh. NO DISCIPLINE. I OUGHT TO BE SHOT.
Someone please take that rifle off the floor and shoot me. My lack of discipline earns me no place for being the better few in school. >.<
Sigh. End of my post I guess. Now currently chatting with Cait about cheer, and watching Arsenal play the Spurs. Haha, into second half and Arsenal is leading 2-0. I swear Graham Poll is an absolutely atrocious referee. =O
Song of the day... let it be M.I.A. =)
Artist: Avenged Sevenfold
Album: City Of Evil
Year: 2005
Title: M.I.A.
Staring at the carnage, praying that the sun would never rise.
Living another day in disguise.
These feelings can't be right, lend me your courage to stand up and fight, on tonight.
Ooooo....
Stand up and fight.
Now fighting rages on and on, to challenge me you must be strong.
I walk your land but don't belong, two million soldiers can't be wrong.
It's no fun but I've been here before
Far from home and I'm fighting your war.
(Not the way I pictured this, I wanted better things)
Some are scared others killing for fun, I shot a mother in front of her son.
(Take this from my consciousness, and please erase my dreams)
Fight for honor, fight for your life.
Pray to God that our side is right.
Even though we won, I still may lose
Until I make it home to you
I see our mothers filled with tears,
grew up so fast where did those years go?
Memories wont let you cry
unless I don't return tonight.
So many soldiers on the other side, I take their lives so they can't take mine.
(Scared to make it out alive now murder's all I know.)
Nobody tells me all the reasons we're here. I have my weapons so there's nothing to fear.
(Another day, another life, but nothing real to show for)
Fight for honor, fight for your life.
Pray to god that our side is right.
Even though we won, I still may loose
Until' I make it home to you
I see our mothers filled with tears,
grew up so fast where did those years go?
Memories wont let you cry
unless I don't return tonight.
Staring at the carnage, praying that the sun will never rise.
Living another day in disguise.
These feelings can't be right, lend me your courage to stand up and fight.
Watching the death toll rise wondering how I'm alive.
Strangers blood on my hands, I've shot all I can
There are no silent nights, watching your brothers all die
To destroy all their plans with no care for me
No thought of me, no thought of me
Ohhhhh.....
Walk the city lonely
Memories that haunt are passing by
A murderer walks your street tonight
Forgive me for my crimes; don't forget that I was so young
Fought so scared in the name of God and country
************
The horrors of war. Someone should fetch up the MV of this song and have a good look. Teaches you an important lesson why taking lives was never the least bit good.
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