"Henry shoots! ---- GOAL!!!"

2007-10-26T22:39:00.000+08:00

as you can see, i haven't been blogging for a long long time. i was too busy. busy with what? project work duh! and a whole lot of slacking not in front of the comp. heh heh promos are over i'm so happy! a little more patience and project work will soon be over.

went to whitesands last night to meet up with boaz and ashiq, 2 of my best friends in secondary school. i miss them man! helped them with a bit of math because they're taking o levels. we were laughing quite a lot as usual, and since we haven't seen each other for quite a long time we were spending the majority of the time chatting. ahaha. but super fun man. yeah and we planned to play soccer during the holidays. last time i played with them was on the national day holiday! oh well i wish them all the best with their o levels!

and i received my progress report today.

h1 chem - S
GP - E
H2 econs - E
H2 math - B
H2 physics - B

ranking points : 53

yep i'm promoted. i could've done better because i was so careless for math, i didn't touch chem at all and my mind suddenly went blank during my physics(luckily my CA pulled me up to a B) but never mind, i'm contented! i shall learn from this and try even harder next year! everything happens for a reason man.

and today was principal mrs lim's last day in school. we had a really great farewell for her during assembly. it was well-coordinated with brilliant performances by different cca groups. later on some ccas gave her farewell presents. and she sang for all of us! and when she was about to exit the cultural centre, we sang, and she sang for the very last time, the sajc school song. and for once, i sang it full-heartedly. this was followed by the Oh When The Saints Go Marching In school cheer. this'll be 1 of my more memorable days i guess. Crescent Girls' School's principal will be taking over next year! things will certainly be different i guess.

all right, got to go now! good bye.

2007-09-30T22:26:00.000+08:00

promos this week! just 1 more week! go brandon go! go brandon go!

i'm mentally drained. did a fair bit of mugging today, although i was kicked out of macs cos it was too crowded to study so the manager talked to me nicely. haha! okay lesson learnt - don't go to macs to study on sundays!

so i came home, slacked a bit and then continued to revise some more econs. actually i wasn't realy revising. it was too distracting at home cos my mum was watching her korean drama as usual. with the funny music and all. but i joined in watching haha. cos i just got too bored studying! but i still studied okay.

anyway there was this dragonfly that was stuck in my room. i think it was attracted by my room light. it didn't want to leave my room la! and it was super noisy cos when it flapped its wings, they would be hitting the ceiling. so there was this super irritating buzzing noise. haha i tried using a book to hit it, hoping it would eventually fly out of my room through my window but it kept flying to the light instead. so in the end(with some guts) i went to hold 1 of its wings and just carried it to my window and dropped it out. BUT IT FLEW BACK IN! grrrrrrrr. so this time, i took it by its wing again, brought it to the corner of the window, dropped it and closed the window shut as quickly as possible! requires skill man. anyway mission accomplished. :D

anyway, all the best to everyone out there for their promos!

2007-09-25T23:21:00.000+08:00

10 more days to freedom. and i'm really looking forward to it! next friday will be a killer day though. h2 physics + h1 chem papers on that day! oh man my brain will just explode.

anyway had gp papers 1 and 2 yesterday. i really didn't know what i was writing for my essay. guess it was the pressure and tension kicking in! oh man i really hope what i wrote was of relevance to the question, or else, i'm doomed! gp paper 2 wasn't any better. i didn't have the time to complete my aq, which carries 8 MARKS( like randy gill would say). so i'll only get like 2/8 for my aq? oh my goodness.

mugging these few days have been a little more productive than last week! guess it's because i'm mugging at whitesands macs intead of home these few days. but it's super noisy at macs la! that stupid tv playing the same old advertisements over and over and over and over again everytime to the extent that the music of the adverts keep being played in my mind. haha see now i'm thinking of 1 of the adverts already. haha never mind, what more can i ask for anyway, macs seems to be the only place where i can study quite productively. QUITE only ah.

and i'm super tired now! haha.

2007-09-16T23:11:00.000+08:00

my brain is saturated right now. been trying to mug productively, but in vain. can't seem to absorb anything. and in the end of the day, little has gone in. haha promos are in 2 weeks' time excluding gp paper. i have to mug more! problem is, i can't! it just isn't my nature to sit down for hours staring at worksheets. how!?!?!? hahaha someone kick me pls.

and from next year onwards, i am going to file my work. just realized the importance of filing work today. i can't find my notes! that = die. hahaha.

initially planned to rest and not to study at all yesterday, but i just felt too guilty not studying. haha studied at bishan library with jana conrad and made a few new friends who were jana's classmates! they're super funny man. couldn't stop laughing with them. i managed to do a little bit of math(integration) and am pretty confident for tomorrow's class test! if only i felt this way for my promos. haha.

now you see, everything i talk about links back to my promos. this is how dead life is when promos are drawing near. haha but school is fun! so i like :D

am too tired already. good bye!

2007-08-31T22:53:00.000+08:00

it's Jeanette's 17th birthday today! HAPPY BIRTHDAY JEANETTE!!!

had teachers' day celebrations today it was great. haha the picture presentation of the teachers was quite hilarious. enjoyed it! and the sajc chorale did a very creative, fun and entertaining item. haha it was original somemore! thumbs up!

headed down to meet lihyuan and xueyin at tampines, then headed back to tampines primary school to visit my pri sch teachers! and they still recognise me man. haha! wow it's been like 5 years already. time really flies. and for the next 2 years tampines primary will be undergoing renovation so they'll be shifting to a temporary campus. i felt a little nostalgic man. haha. the school suddenly seemed so small also. and i joined the tps alumni thingy. can get cip hours through helping out in camps etc!

met shaun, vincent and lionel later on and we went to watch ratatouille(initially planned on watching dead silence but there weren't any suitable time slots). haha ratatouille's a great movie man! entertaining right from start to finish.

went for dinner at pastamania later on and then home!

all in all, a great day! argh i have to start mugging! sept hols here i come.

2007-08-26T00:11:00.000+08:00

another great week! super tiring too. physics and econs lecture tests next monday, physics spa on tuesday, gp essay due on wednesday. oh my!

played in the soccer friendly match against singapore american school on wednesday. left sajc at around 3.15pm. the american school is huge man. really really huge! and the pitch we played on was carpet grass! whhoooaaa that's like epl standard haha. and behind the main field, there was another synthetic grass pitch! like jalan besar stadium man. and beside it was another smaller pitch(i think 7-a-side pitch) made of carpet grass as well! and in total there were 20 goal posts. wow. and further away there was a baseball pitch. haha crazy right. i felt as though i was stepping on pillows while running on the pitch. that's how comfortable it was. haha. the american players were kinda big and strong. most of them were taller than me i think. started the 1st half quite shaky. felt as though i forgot how to play as a central defender after 9 months of not playing an 11-a-side full pitch soccer match. but ze choa(the last man) guided me superbly! he's like a star of the team man. had a great 2nd half! if i can remember the american team didn't have a shot on our goal. we won 2-0(goals by kuoloon and zechoa). :D and mr roland lee was very kind to give me a lift to serangoon mrt station so that i could take a bus home. if not i wouldn't know how to go home man, given that the american school is at marsiling.

had a crazy thursday. we were all high and crazy after pe in the washroom. laughing and shouting like monkeys i guess! and i was super tired. i slept for half of my physics tutorial. never mind i hope mr yuen was digressing again heh heh.

went with lihyuan and xueyin to watch the bourne ultimatum, the movie i've been longing for since july last year, today. like finally man! and what a great movie it was. super exciting and action-packed! stylish and cool too. i wanna get the bourne trilogy and watch all the 3 parts in 1 go. and i'm gonna promise myself to read all the 3 bourne books(bourne identity, bourne supremacy, bourne ultimatum). they're like collecting dust already haha.

heh and arsenal won man city. what a great day it was today man! everything seemed to go my way. tickets weren't sold out for the bourne ultimatum and arsenal winning. hope i'll start my next week on a high note!

gotta sleep now.

2007-08-16T22:11:00.000+08:00

sorry sorry! long time no blog. haha. nothing much has been going on. just super heavy workloads from school. ahhh it's typical la, especially at this point of the year. oh yeah, i love PE sessions now man. actually, PE sessions now are more like laughing sessions. during every pe lesson, something super funny will just happen that'll make us keep laughing about it the entire day. hahaha that's good! super fun la. and we get to play soccer now during pe. so fun. anyway, just a short post. i'm shagged!

2007-08-06T20:36:00.000+08:00

math test today - can pass! h1 chem common test last friday - screwed. committed a really serious and stupid blunder, which i don't want to talk about. just that it made me lose 31% of the marks just like that. someone kick me in the head pls!

2007-07-31T23:40:00.000+08:00

i'm so dead. by the end of next week, i think i'm gonna have panda eyes! these are the stuff to be done:

1)read up econs for tomorrow's lecture.
2)study for h1 chemistry common test which is on friday.
3)study for math differentiation class test which is next monday i think.
4)complete GP essay by next monday.
5)complete GP review thingy by next monday.
6)study for econs lecture test which is on next monday.
7)do math differentation tutorial.
8)PROJECT WORK.

i'm so dead. seriously! i wonder how it is possible to get everything completed. if there's a will, there's a way. haha. optimism brandon.................................................................haha false hopes.

2007-07-27T21:54:00.000+08:00

it's been a really long time since i last blogged. hmmm nearly 3 weeks! wow. things are fine so far. hmmm just lagging behind a little bit in my studies. it's term 3 already and promos are coming! i really have to start studying more, seriously! so many events have been happening in school, like learning fest, student council commendation. and my timetable's super packed now. every monday and tuesday, my school ends at 6.30pm! that's like 11+ hours spent in school!

and i got a rare chance to play football at jalan besar stadium last friday! hahaha. so happened that the soccer team was having training there, and mr roland lee invited me to train with them! had great fun man! and the guys are damn good! it was a great workout too. i was super duper tired from all the running. and i haven't had a proper session of football for about 8 months! last time i played was during the december holidays with my best buddies in loyang sec at pasir ris park. argh the memories. haha. so my body was aching till this monday. haha.

sat night was Rapture - SAJC's annual dance concert. yeah we treated it like a bowling team outing. we went to pizza hut for dinner first and then cabbed down to mediacorp studios at andrews road. along the way we saw some really beautiful houses! argh rich people territory. anyway the concert was great. dawn's dancing is super pro! i headed home after that cos i had to wake up early the nextm orning for training. had great fun!

this week on wed and thursday, it was learning fest! there were no lessons during these 2 days. we just had to attend the various courses offered by the students of the different ccas. there were extra courses too like sudoku, rubik's cube blah blah. the bowling team had to conduct bowling clinics on both days. haha a great experience i guess. and overall i felt we did an excellent job. everything was done smoothly in a very orderly manner.

farewell lunch for seniors at suki sushi tomorrow! gonna have a buffet! woohoo. haha and i'm gonna miss my seniors ) :

oh well, think i'm done blogging for today. i'll try to blog more often!

2007-07-09T22:33:00.000+08:00

sorry! i haven't blogged in quite a while. i'm super busy now. got back math and physics results already. i'll post about my results when i get back everything(it'll be less messy and complete i guess). argh i gotta sleep already. super short post. and to verine - haha i went to your blog, i'll do that thingy another time okay? having severe time constraint at the moment! haha.

bye!

2007-06-29T13:49:00.000+08:00

yay common tests are over! haha okay i better prepare myself for next week, where we'll be getting back our RESULTS. math was screwed up today. okay let me recall. i didn't know how to do the apgp, summation and graphing techniques questions. and i only did like half of the functions question and even though i knew mathematical induction, the math. induction qn was linked to the stupid qn(i don't even know which topic haha) about the conjecture thingy. argh okay. i'm gonna get U haha! physics and econs yesterday were better, but it doesn't mean i'm gonna do well for them either. my only hope is physics. haha.

and i just completed my rubik's cube, for the first time in my life! so happy man. i was like jumping around my room when i completed it. it's like a huge achievement, although some crazy people in the world can complete a rubik's cube puzzle in 10seconds. i took like a few days! with the aid of some guide from the internet somemore. haha. i seriously suck.

time to sleep now. even though i seem to have more sleep than more people, i still wonder why i'm feeling so sleepy all the time. i sleep like at 11-11.30pm and have less energy than people who sleep at like 3am!

2007-06-25T14:12:00.000+08:00

Henry has left for barca. i'm shaken. it all happened so quickly, without much anticipation. i'm in disbelief. i never expected anyone like him to leave arsenal. he is my all-time football hero.

being arsenal's all-time leading goalscorer and arguably the most feared striker in the entire world, henry has brought the standard of world football up to another level.withhisoutstanding precision and dazzling skills, he simply is amazing. an artist some might call him, for his work on the pitch is unique and passionate. with groundbreaking pace and strength, henry definitely has all the qualities of a world-class striker.

henry has also brought professionalism to greater heights. on and off the pitch, his determination is admirable. he does not put in less than 100% effort on the pitch. off the pitch, he is an inspiration.a teachertothe younger generation, as well as a great influence to their characters.

oh henry, how could you have left us, at such a time where we needed you most? the consequences of your departure are positive to you, but very negative to us. what happened to your commitment to us? did you forget what you said? that there was something special in the club of arsenal? now, our players do not have that influence, that captain, and that inspiration. who is going to nurture the outstanding young talents we possess? they came here because of you, haven't you realised that? "This is my last contract, this is where i belong." have you forgotten what you said a year ago, when you signed a 4-year deal with the club?

nevertheless, i respect your decision. who am i to be a skeptic of your choices? for you are wise, and you make the wisest decisions. and as i read your last words, i'd like to say thank you for everything you have done. thierry henry, you will be arsenal's hero for life. now, i bid you goodbye and all the best. au revoir.

his last words : “Well, I would to say you have been tremendous for me I really do appreciate it. I am shaking as I say this. I will always remember you. I will have you in my head and my heart. I wanted to reassure you that I always gave 100 per cent here. I know some people said some other stuff but I always gave 100 per cent. I hope you appreciate what I did here because I appreciate what you did for me. I grew as a man and became a better football player. I will always take that with me no matter what happens. Arsenal will be in my blood aswell as my heart. I will always, always, always remember you guys. I said I was going to be a Gunner for life and I did not lie because when you are a Gunner you will always be a Gunner. The Club is in my heart and will remain in my heart forever.”

this post is dedicated to the one and only thierry henry. oh my i think i sounded too emo. hahaha. but seriously, i'm damn sad :(

2007-06-21T23:33:00.000+08:00

lemme talk about yesterday! finally met up with my primary school clique. initially planned on meeting up last friday but quite a few of us couldn't come. so we went to suntec to watch fantastic 4. adrian and i were laughing throughout the entire movie. i guess we had too much laughing gas? haha we kept laughing at the thing and the general's faces. strange. i was shivering in the cinema too because i had some ice-blended orange juice right before the movie started. after the movie, we walked over to tcc(the coffee connoisseur) at millenia walk for dinner and to chill. and the food there is superb! thumbs up! i had macaroni gratin. if only the portion they gave was bigger. hahaha. had some oreo cheesecake after that to sum up a great meal! after that, we happened to walk pass candy empire. and turning around and walking in was inevitable! we just had to buy some sweets! hahaha. this time i managed to resist myself from buying the "ooz tooobz" thingy. i kinda forgot how it's supposed to be spelt. haha but i was once addicted to it! instead, i bought some snake candy thingy. it was shaped like a miniature snake. hahaha damn cute! and it was really chewy. so we took a train home at about 8.30pm. darn i really miss my primary school clique(adrian, lihyuan, shaun, wanjing, xueyin). it's always super great fun whenever i go out with them. they're like the greatest bunch of people i've ever met and known. oh now i'm feeling nostalgic. haha i miss the great old times in tampines primary school. or even before that. i still remember cycling around the estate with lihyuan, her bro and my bro! back then we were neighbours. oh well, one would know realize how fast time actually flies only when one reminisces. okay i think i'm starting to sound emo. hahaha. okay this entry's dedicated to my primary school clique. i'd like to thank god that i've met you guys! :D

2007-06-19T11:11:00.000+08:00

i've fallen sick. of all times why now?! haha guess it's been the super hectic holidays i've been going through. or maybe i am severely allergic to studying? tsk it sucks to be sick.

had physics consultation yesterday with krist and ian. and yay! krist seems so much happier now :D i was kinda worried =/ . supposed to start at 10am but in the end we started at about 11.30am haha. mr yuen went a bit overtime with the previous student. consultation wasn't very productive i guess because we kept digressing. i think i only managed to understand like 1 concept.

so after physics consultation, i went with ian to plaza sing. along the way we bumped into mr yuen and he too was going to ps(to buy groceries)! haha so we took the train there together. had lunch at mos burger and after that, i went to buy my rubik's cube! hahaha. was inspired by this small boy who was playing his rubik's cube in the train. and i tell you that boy was pro! and i'm still stuck with trying to solve my rubik's cube. haha it's confusing. one solution leads to another problem.

so from ps, we went to the esplanade to study. haha we were lucky to find 2 seats because it's usually quite crowded. 2 good seats somemore! right at the corner with plenty of space haha. so we studied for about 2+ hours? i think so. could've studied even longer but ian was feeling too cold so we left and went home.

and i managed to study for close to 2 hours yesterday night! but i've still so much more to study on. this is what happens when you don't manage your time efficiently. haha i was totally slacking during first 2 weeks!

time to crack my brains up with my rubik's cube! bye.

2007-06-13T16:15:00.000+08:00

shit i seriously need to study! a week and a half left and i haven't completed even half of everything i need to study. maybe only a quarter? oh my. there goes my social life. haha! don't think i'll be doing anything else but studying from now till the end of june holidays. common tests right after june hols. no joke no joke.

finally had the time to go back to loyang sec to collect my o level cert on monday. yep. and it was a great trip back! the moment i stepped into loyang sec, i started reminiscing. like the fun times of playing football in class(it was really really great fun i tell you)! okay so i went to the general office. and i met mr ridzuan! after collecting my o level cert, i felt that i might as well take a walk to the staff room area to see if there were any teachers i know around. and voila! i bumped into my koh, my sec 4 a.math teacher, and 1 of my favourite teachers in loyang sec. yup i had a lon chat with him. and right after chatting with him, i bumped into mr suhaimi, my sec 4 lit teacher. haha and i had another long chat with him. and he's leaving loyang to teach at saint pats.

so i was in the sch for about 1 hour. took bus 359 home, like i always did! :D and when i arrived at the bus interchange, i bumped into joshua xavier, my primary 1,2,3 and 4 classmate and best friend back then! at first i didn't see him and i'm surprised that he recognised me. ahhh long lost friend. and moments later i bumped into nada. she seems to be doing fine at mjc! so i went home after that, and started studying again..... boring!

wanted to blog about this yesterday but didn't have the time! what a great day monday was. met so many nice people :D it feels great talking to a good friend u haven't seen for ages. on monday, i talked to 4 of them. so i felt greatx4 :D hahaha.

okay i have study :(

2007-06-08T20:05:00.000+08:00

today was stupid. i was in a rush in the morning because GP tutorial was at 9pm and i woke up at 7.30 and i take about an hour to reach school. haha and i still had to upload songs into my mp3 player and change the battery(if not i wouldn't be able to listen to music during my long bus journeys). after finishing, i was kinda late so i rushed out of my house.

so when i boarded the bus to school, i open my bag to reach for my mp3 player. and haha, i realized that i rushed out of my house without it. argh! i uploaded the songs and changed the battery just for today la! and i forgot to bring it. so my bus journey was plain boring. seriously didn't know what to do. couldn't take a nap cos i just woke up like 45 min ago. couldn't enjoy any nice scenary because singapore doesn't have any!

so i arrived at class 15 min late. haha didn't get any scolding! :D miss kotwani was in a good mood i guess. and she teased me. hahaha because i didn't bring my sch bag to school 2 fridays ago.

miss kotwani : so brandon, did u bring your school bag today?
me: yes, good morning miss kotwani.
miss kotwani : what about the GP handout? your pencil box? your foolscap paper?
me: yes yes everything.

and once i went to my seat and started to take my GP handout out, i realized that my pencil box wasn't with me. it was still on my dining table at home! but i didn't tell miss kotwani la. i'm getting really forgetful these days. all the while i was damn sure that my pencil box was in my bag. i even felt my bag before leaving my house to see if it was inside, only to find out that i was actually feeling my umbrella -.-

headed to vivo after GP with ian and krist! yeah basically we had nothing to do so we followed ian to get a birthday present for his friend. in the end he bought this big stuff toy for his friend from Action City(i forgot what the stuff toy's called). but it was big! stoned at a bench for a while. i was feeling damn sleepy. so we left vivo at about 3.45pm. boarded the mrt train at harbourfront and alighted at the next stop to change to the east-west line(green line). so when i boarded the mrt train, i just found a seat and fell asleep. super tired! didn't really care about missing my stop cos pasir ris(where i alight) is like right at the end where the train terminates! after about 20 mins, the train suddenly jerked and i kinda woke up a bit. and yay, the train wasn't underground anymore. so i thought i was reaching pasir ris already and expected to be at around kallang or paya lebar? but suddenly, i heard this from the loud speakers , "Next stop, Jurong East Interchange." i was like WHAT?! i took the train from the wrong side. so i was erm quite frustrated haha because so much time was going to be wasted la! and pasir ris is like 23 stops from jurong east interchange. so on the super long and boring journey back to pasir ris, i stoned. no mp3 player so couldn't kill time. it sucks to be this blur sometimes. hahaha.

and yep there you have it. another day of sheer stupidity.

2007-06-04T15:32:00.000+08:00

okay so i haven't blogged in 10 days. or 9? wait. the last time i blogged was last last friday. today's monday. okay. so i haven't blogged in 9.5 days. about that la! and i don't know why i keep thinking it's tuesday today. maybe i'm too used to time flying so fast!

so it's already the 2nd week of the june holidays. what have i been doing? haha last week was just bowling only. well at least i won some stuff out of NAG. bronze medal for U17 doubles and silver for U22 team! and i qualified for both U17 and U22 masters. haha did badly in the masters though hahaha.

okay let me talk about yesterday. i had a light morning jog! haha finally i've the time to exercise. yeah and after bathing and getting ready, i took a cab down to parkway for my haircut. and while i was walking to the mainroad, SOME WISEGUY THREW A TOMATO DOWN FROM UPSTAIRS, maybe around the 3rd storey? okay maybe a tomato just dropped from a kitchen or something. and that stupid tomato didn't land on me, but beside me. haha now you're thinking that i was lucky that the tomato didn't land on me right? hahaha. SADLY, THE TOMATO EXPLODED AND THE JUICE WAS ALL OVER MY RIGHT SHOE. grrrrrrr. and some on my white shirt. hahaha why do such stupid things happen to me?

yeah so i slept about 2 or 3 hours(short-term memory) during the afternoon and in the evening, my family and i went for a dinner buffet at the Holiday Inn hotel. well it was because we had vouchers haha. if not we wouldn't even bother to go to a hotel for an ordinary dinner. after that, we headed down to raffles city to jalan jalan. my bro went to the New Balance shop to look at running shoes while my dad and i walked around. and i saw this Calvin Klein 3-quarters which are damn nice!! argh but the price also very nice uh )= . after that we took a walk to the previously called Westin hotel(can't remember its new name). haha yeah i heard it's the tallest hotel in the entire world! so we took the high-speed lift up to the highest floor just for fun. and the view of singapore at night is just breath-taking! like whoa!! haha i felt as if i was at a holiday. didn't really feel like i was in singapore.

after that, we went to Jazz@Southbridge located along Boat Quay to listen to the live band and have a drink. and what a great surprise we had, we actually met 1 of the greatest and most promising drummers in the world - Tony Royster Jr!! yeah he's playing at the Drumfest next weekend and is here early for holiday. at first, i could recognize him, but my mind just told me that it wasn't possible for such a great musician to come all the way down to a bar in Singapore just to play drums. hahaha so we watched him play in awe! yay and i got his autograph, and a pic with him. heheh go youtube search "Tony Royster" and u'll know who i'm talking about! :D

yep so we reached home at about 1.45am. and here i am now blogging! didn't really do anything productive today. eh no. actually i did! hahaha i did about 3/4 of my GP essay which is due this wednesday. woohoo. gonna finish it up tomorrow. now i think i better go practise some math.

goodbye!

2007-05-28T14:10:00.001+08:00

it's the 1st day of my june holidays. haha i think i'll just slack this week because i'm just super lazy to study. i need motivation. someone please!!

last friday was crazy. i came to school WITHOUT MY SCHOOL BAG. like how stupid! haha. because the entire school was going to be released at 12pm, and there was going to be assembly in the morning, i happily thought that there weren't gonna be any lessons. so the night before, i didn't even bother to pack my bag and on friday morning itself, i happily walked out of my house without my school bag. yeah when i reached school, i realized that i was the only person without any bag. i walked around looking idiotic. hahaha. Dawn even thought i was lying to her when i told her i didn't bring my school bag. and during math and econs lectures, i was empty handed. nothing on desk. no pencil box, paper. nothing!

so after school, Krist, Ian and i went to marina square to watch pirates 3. haha the movie wasn't bad. quite confusing too! haha and i had a leg cramp halfway through the movie. but there wasn't enough room for me to stretch! so i just endured the pain. ouch!

and after the movie, we cabbed down to jalan besar stadium to watch the girls soccer finals between SAJC and VJC! it took 30 minutes for a cab to come lah. was quite frustrating to see so many empty cabs just zoom pass us. lesson learnt - don't ever wait for a cab during peak hours at a place concentrated with hotels. haha. and sajc won vjc 1-0. pretty lucky though cos the vjc goalkeeper made a really serious blunder. she missed the ball entirely! so our sajc striker happily slotted the ball into the empty goal. hahaha. had dinner with Krist and her friend after the match at a nearby food centre. and i seriously feel damn fat. i had nasi lemak and the aunty gave me so much rice. argh i need to exercise.

we couldn't find our way to lavender mrt station after that. haha we even had to ask for directions! like tourists lol. and we found out that we took a really big round to lavender mrt station. but never mind! hahaha :D

yep. i really enjoyed my last day of school(of term 2 actually). and yes, 25th may 2007 - the day Brandon forgot to bring his school bag to school. i'll remember this day for the rest of my life HAHAHA.

2007-05-24T19:59:00.000+08:00

saints bowling! yay we're champions!!! specially wanna praise sajc team 1 for their outstanding performance, our coaches, teachers, student mentor vincent(who really gave us a lot of motivation and encouragement) and last but not least, the entire team! this season has been a great success. i didn't do very well though. we have become bonded, like a family. gosh i don't know how life would be when the j2s leave the school. it'll certainly feel as though something is missing from my life. oh well, life's full of changes. it's just about how one adapts to them. sigh! that's the sad truth.

and my academics are kinda going down the drain. failed my last econs test, math test and GP essay. haha. and this week. no lessons for 3 days(cos of my season). and i HAVE to say this : thank you Krist for copying the econs and GP notes for me! i'm so grateful. you even had to sacrifice some of your sleep last night just to copy the notes for me. thanks a million!

yup, just a short post.

2007-05-13T22:36:00.000+08:00

i was just chatting to jason ma, my very close primary school class mate on msn! time has really passed so quickly. it's been 3 years since he went to hong kong for good, and about 1 year since i even talked to him! oh the memories of primary school life. still remember the great times during pe, where most of the guys in class(my class 34 guys and 6 girls hahah) played soccer with mr nonis. haha and going to school early everyday in primary 5 to play catching/ ice and water/whatever before school started, going to school super early in primary 6 to play table tennis. damn fun lah! school back then was super slack, as compared to now. argh. we did crazy stuff too, like laughing like crazy just before photo-taking hahaha. oh yeah. the best time of my life -after psle! oh man. PE every single day from start of school till recess. that was like uber power lah! and after recess, we played magic the gathering cards till the end of school. okay, time just passes really fast.

okay now life is less colourful. the same old routine is being followed everyday. haha i'm getting old!

and i'm kinda crazy about jamiroquai now. his music is just exceptional and can easily be distinguished! he has his own style and uniqueness. k gonna load his music into my mp3 player soon.

2007-05-08T16:36:00.001+08:00

at last! i've some free time. i'm extremely tired and sleepy now. i've been sleeping a lot lately. haha. didn't do much in school today. had a chem class test and i think i can pass :D! but i think i'll die in tomorrow's econs lecture test. okay i think i'm falling asleep already so yep, i better go off to bed!

oh ya, i celebrated my best ever birthday yesterday! thanks to all for the presents and wishes! i greatly appreciate your pleasant gestures. i'm so happy man!!

2007-05-06T16:13:00.000+08:00

hello. and so my blog name has finally changed. it's less corny and more random now. haha and how did i get this name? totally out of randomness shall be the answer! yes it sounds really stupid. hahaha! never mind. anyway, a div is around the corner and we're training like mad! go saints!! we can do it man. yep, short post. i need a nap now! damned tired lah.

2007-05-01T23:05:00.000+08:00

this is just gonna be a short post cos i've a severe time constraint!

went to golden village at plaza sing to catch the premier of spider-man 3 with the team! we booked 27 tickets i think. haha. yep the movie was great. even though the movie was kinda long(2h20min), i didn't fall asleep! haha rrraadddiiccoooll!! however, i felt that there were a few anti-climax parts haha. nevertheless, a great watch. i recommend it to everyone who hasn't watched it yet.

after the movie, we took a walk to the paradiz foodcourt for dinner. why there? haha cos everywhere else didn't have space for 27 people to eat! haha. the foodcourt was really empty la. the stalls looked as though they were going to close already. nvm food was okay too. haha. and i feel fat now. think i should exercise more!

yep that's all. school tomorrow again. sigh!

life goes on......

2007-04-20T21:47:00.000+08:00

oooohh long time no post.busy busy busy. today was sports day and it was good fun! well it wasn't a very conventional sports day. there were just 3 events - interclass 10x200m relay, telematch, and musical chairs. hahaha. so maybe it was more of a 'games' day?

and both my knees are bruised, and left knee swollen! ouch. during the heats, i knew i was falling down already. but zhengjie was in front and i had to pass the baton! so i took a leap and passed the baton, and landed. haha. yeah i landed badly. but we qualified as 5th overall! so there was the finals ahead of us. during the finals, i think i ran better! yeah i was already warmed up. and my class did wonderfully! 4th in the entire school man. 07s18 rocks! great job guys.

haha and my house, hose house(blue), won the overall house champion award! haha mr yuen was super hilarious during the telematch. and gabriel seemed afraid to slide on the mat full of soap. yeah hose house won the telematch too! haha.

yep, today was indeed a great day. a very bonding one for 07s18 too. those that didn't take part did an excellent job in cheering us on! and thanks to everyone who showed their care and concern for my knee!

times like these really make life worth living! :D

2007-04-10T22:40:00.000+08:00

and so i haven't blogged in quite a while. haha. i totally forgot about blogging! oh how could i. nvm nvm. my schedule has been really hectic of late, with huge chunks of homework piling up. oh man, the stress is setting on. however, my class and cca are great fun. yep that dilutes the negatives.

i'm getting to know my class better, and i'm PW rep. oh my! luckily mr yuen's my PW teacher and his system is very slack. woohoo. and for pw, there isn't any progress i reckon. i'm still deciding which to choose - groundbreakers or entertainment, although i'm leaning more to entertainment. haha.

and GP lessons are fun! i initially thought that miss kotwani was an extremely strict teacher. well, she isn't at all man. today she told the class a really stupid joke. so stupid that it was funny. haha but i think it was her actions that made it funny, and not the joke. ah well, fun fun!

and i'm a proud member of the laugh family! hahahaha. anuaar - daddy, trish steph and me are the children(i'm the eldest heh heh), glenn and darryl are the uncles. still yet to find a mummy. hahah.

i really don't know what else to blog about.

2007-03-19T21:41:00.000+08:00

past few days have been great. stayed over at darren's birthday chalet on saturday. timing was kinda weird too because we started our barbeque at about 12am! hahahah. walked to changi beach at about 2.30am cos we really had nothing to do, and ended up doing stupid stuff like screaming at the shore. everyone slept at about 4.30am, but i couldn't sleep because my neck was itching! think the 1st pillow i was using was kinda infested with bedbugs or sth. yucks!

then we woke up at 9am and went for training. i was super tired and looked like a drunkard. not very sure if i had the body-coordination of a drunkard too. so i went home at 1pm, and left at 1.40pm for east coast park for our very last class 07S23 outing. it was planned at the very last minute but nonetheless, great fun! i'm gonna miss 07S23 a lot. played with gabriel's frisbee and rugby ball at the beach. later on, kenneth, gabriel and i wanted to go to parkway parade to buy some food. however, we took the wrong underpass. haha. so we tried to 'short-cut' our way to parkway parade by walking through a lot of trees, rocks, plants, bushes, blah blah. hahaha it was damn funny! and even worse, all the drivers in the cars at the ECP could see the 3 of us trampling over the rocky terrain and stuff. then later on we climbed over to the side of the canal, walked straight, and climbed over another fence and reached parkway parade! woohoo. what an adventure. kinda fortunate to not have any cuts or scratches because we were all wearing slippers. :D later on, we had our barbeque and weikang did a really good job in cooking the food and helping out in starting the fire. thanks a lot!

and my new class is 07S18. oh man. only jeff and collin(from 07S23 in 1st intake) are in the same class as me la. the rest are scattered to different classes. however, superyuen's my civics tutor! woohoo.

this week is still gonna be quite slack. only gonna have mass lectures! and i gtg now. goodbye !

2007-03-15T16:20:00.000+08:00

my mind is starting to malfunction. i even forgot to eat my breakfast today. sad case.

2007-03-13T23:10:00.000+08:00

the sajc bowling camp at KL was fan/fun-tastic! woohoo. we're bonded like a family now! played really fun and hilarious games like "2 lies 1 truth" and charades. and the EXCO(till now, i still don't know what it stands for) did an excellent job in plotting the "CSI: Murder at the Hilton" story. we had to act like detectives and go around the 4th level searching for clues. so fun man. we had to find out who was the "murderer". my group's report wasn't very close to the storyline. haha i think it was because we weren't paying attention to the 4 scenes the EXCO acted out.

laughing was another theme of the camp. we laughed our throats out on both nights. during the 1st night, we started laughing like crazy while thinking of a "lie" for kok kin during the "2 lies 1 truth" game. then came the 2nd night. weikang was having a cough, and he sounded like a dinosaur whenever he coughed. freakin hilarious! so whenever he coughed, all of us would start to laugh! the situation was like that :

(in uncle paul's room and uncle paul is briefing us)

weikang: *coughs*

everyone: *laughing their asses off*

haha.

then itwas brandon and his blur tendencies again. we were playing charades and i was given the category "celebrities". i was supposed to pick out 1 of the 2 cards to see which celebrity i had to act out. but i didn't know that. so i looked at the card that had the word "Celebs" on it(the category card lah) and said, "who is this?". HAHAH! i didn't even realise it till everyone started laughing lah. blur me blur me. in the end, i had to act out jennifer lopez.

the bowling friendly match against the pyramid youth team was great too. then we had 2 hours of shopping in the sunway lagoon pyramid and i bought a bag! like finally, after months of pursuit. should have brought some more cash to buy some clothes. ah never mind. i'm contented!

during the last day, we went to some utama shopping centre(dunno exactly what it's called), and shopped for another 2 hours. didn't have the cash to buy any stuff. so weikang, edwin, leonard and i just wandered around the sprawling shopping mall. i think it's much bigger than vivo!

the meals at the various restaurants we had were great too. great thanks to uncle paul! all in all, the trip was an extremely fun and bonding one. oh ya, we left something at KL!! just remembered. our memories, that is. HAHA! and stupid me. i forgot to bring back my lee jeans lah. left it in the closet. never mind, my uncle has retrieved it already! phew. sad thing is that i won't be able to wear that for a while. back to my dull levi's for now.

we came as friends, and left as family! :D

2007-03-09T21:19:00.000+08:00

had a great day today. submitted the subject registration form and i've chosen to take PMEC(C being the h1). hope all goes well! i sneaked out of school at 12.45pm because orientation was boring. okay la, orientation wasn't actually that boring. it was just that everyone was sneaking out of school, resulting in really small and outnumbered OGs. furthermore, i had a class outing to go for! haha.

we went to jeremy's house to slack, and i slept for a while on his very comfortable sofa. then later kenneth brought us to his country club, serangoon gardens country club, to bowl! haha. great time great time. we did really stupid stuff too. and his country club's really nice and cosy. had dinner at the food centre beside the country club and later on, went home.

going to KL tomorrow! just finished packing my stuff. time to slack a little more. my march holidays will be super busy i reckon. a lot of stuff are being planned already, like a class barbeque at kenneth's!

2007-03-08T22:52:00.000+08:00

we didn't do much for our class outing today. went to plaza sing for lunch, and gabriel said he took only 0.5s to reach because he used his teleporter. lol! oh ya. go to http://www.uncyclopedia.org and search "captain obvious" (credits to gabriel). haha i read about it last night and was still laughing at it like crazy today.

hmm so after lunch, we walked over to paradiz to play some pool, and after that did some lan gaming. i'm rusty at the game counterstrike already! then after playing for about 2.5 hours, we walked back to plaza sing for a drink, then home. and i had a good sleep on the way back. hope i didn't snore!

oh ya, had a GP test yesterday(like why on orientation day 1?!). didn't have the mood and concentration at all! we had to do this challenging comprehension, including a summary. oh man. and to rub salt into the gaping wound, those that don't do well in the test will be sent for GP remedial! oh no. and i didn't manage to finish the paper in time. hahaha. hello GP remedial!

haha and i heard that about half of all JC1 students skipped orientation today. i feel sympathy for the student councillors! they've put in so much effort, and we heartless people skip school just like that. i think we'll get scolded tomorrow!

have to start packing already, bye.

2007-03-08T10:42:00.000+08:00

oh my i'm feeling guilty for skipping day 2 of the 2nd orientation today. haha. but i just can't help it. orientation 2 is freaking boring! there isn't the "excitement" in everyone in coming to a new school. most people are not very enthusiastic, as compared to those in orientation 1. anyway, i skipped school because i had something much better to do. class outing later! haha. not very sure where we're going though, but it'll be great fun without the smallest tinge of doubt!

just a short post. gotta go!

2007-03-02T11:37:00.000+08:00

with the dreadful exhaustion kicked into me, i had no choice but to skip school today. i woke up today with my left eye still stubbornly closed, and efforts to open it were in vain. my entire body is still aching from the very hectic wednesday but ironically, my throat is feeling better! and here i am now, awake and refreshed. blogging - boredom's best friend, for it makes 30 boring minutes feel like 5! i wish i had gone to school. that makes it 1 less day to spend with my class.

we went to plaza sing to watch Pursuit of Happyness 10/14 of my classmates yesterday. yeah my class is small because a few of them aren't gonna stay in sajc anymore :( . and i tell you, that movie's a must-watch! will smith really pulled off a 5-star performance and the storyline's just fantastic and very inspirational. no wonder this movie's #1 at the US box office now! next movie that i'd wanna catch - Letters from Iwo Jima.

and i gotta go. have to either send my new watch for repair at whitesands or get a replacement. i'm so disappointed. it jammed after i possessed it brand new for 4 days only! like what the hell.

toodles.

2007-02-28T23:24:00.000+08:00

had a really long day today. played soccer in school with some of the jc1 ruggers and had pe straight after that. haha i'm quite surprised by the level of competition man. back in sec school, everyone's playing at like 60% whereas over here, everyone's going all out! well fortunately there weren't any injuries and everyone had a good game. final score was square at 0-0. haha. then we had to do squats for pe and played captain's ball, which was great fun!

weirong, "i'm having butterflies in my stomach."

kevin, "go eat a lizard, then the lizard will get rid of the flies."

...................

and shit, i won't be able to do my math homework. i've just realised that i've run out of foolscap! oh no. never mind then, i shall pon h1 lit lesson to do my math. hahaha. i'm definitely gonna change my h1 subject from lit to chem. i've been ponning lit for like 3 weeks already? i'm officially a pon-star(inside joke, but everyone should get it. lame huh). hahahaha.

all right i'm tired, going to town after sch tomorrow to watch either pursuit for happiness or letters from iwo jima. hope it'll turn out to be another fun class outing.

2007-02-23T21:55:00.000+08:00

posting results are coming out in a week and a half's time, which means, only one and a half more weeks with 07S23. how sad. a few of my classmates will be changing their subject combinations, like Dawn, Gillian, Kenneth. argh. and i really do hope that i'll stay in sajc. oh my, i've already bought a set of the school uniform. i don't wanna waste money!

mr yuen aka superyuen digressed again during physics tutorial. haha! he started to talk about the sun and how it's formed and stuff. wow i wonder where he got all these knowledge from! and then later he showed us all the funny videos on his laptop, like videos from ebaumsworld.com. haha fun!

watched Toto Live at Amsterdam just now. GREAT! Steve Lukather's an exceptional guitarist who does ever-impressive solos. Simon Phillips' one of the steadiest drummers i've ever seen/heard. the bassist, Mike Porcaro(not sure about the spelling), has a fantastic feel. purest, finest rock(unlike those messed up ones we hear these days). Wow. this brings back the wonderful memories of watching Toto live in singapore last year in May at Fort Caning Park, even though it seemed like a under-par performance(due to the pathetic audience and scorching weather). i can still remember Steve Lukather changing his shirt 4 times during the concert.

and Shaun Kwa, with the feministic instinct of his, is pestering me to include him in this blog entry, which sounds really ridiculous to me. you want me to type something like "shaun is my only beacon of hope?" (pukes profusely) hahaha. okay so now that i've including you Shaun, aren't you satisfied?

okay, shan't blog anymore. good bye!

2007-02-16T22:45:00.000+08:00

CNY celebration in school was great today. us jc1s were sent to the cultural centre to watch performances by the arts ccas. the performances were very good! then later we went to the hall for the "Project Angpow Runway" event. we dressed Mr Yuen up with our originally-made costume. our costume was made ONLY with angpows( a lot of them). we made a roman skirt and cape and kneated a vest. then Mr Yuen wore suspenders to make sure that the skirt would not drop down. we called him SUPERYUEN. haha. and guess what, our class won the "most entertaining costume" award. heh!

after school(which ended at about 11.15), we went to centrepoint to have Haagen Daz ice cream. yep. it did make my wallet lighter. i'm broke now! and Dawn had a $20 voucher so she didn't have to pay anything! then we went to the Cathay to watch Ghost Rider. the movie wasn't good. only looked good in the trailer. shall not elaborate on that because i don't wanna be a spoiler for the movie.

met Huiting at Dhoby Ghaut mrt station on my way back. and she was going to watch Ghost Rider at the Cathay too! hahaha. sadly, there weren't any seats available in the mrt, so i had to stand all the way until Pasir Ris.

when i reached home, i quickly bathed and changed. then headed to Tampines Mall to meet up with the primary school clique for dinner at Burger King. haha. had a great time(as always) but i was filled with exhaustion so i wasn't functioning well. after dinner, we went to Sun Plaza park to slack at the playground and then to Star Bucks later to chat.

all right, as u can see in my tone, i'm very tired. i'm doing everything robotically. good night everyone!

2007-02-15T16:04:00.000+08:00

wow. 6 days have already passed since i last blogged. school today was fun, as usual. i was so sleepy today that i slept through the entire physics lecture. oh no. i think i missed out on a lot. shouldn't have slept so late last night after a very hectic day. haha. GP is very difficult, too. man, i think i'm lagging behind the class. everyone seems to understand everything. and i'll most probably change my h1 subject from lit to chem. oh well. looks like there won't be anymore UK trip for me. hahaha. well, lit students are going to UK for 10 days during the june holidays. and the art(the subject, not the faculty) students are going to italy! wah. why can't the science fac students go somewhere? like erm. i dunno. hahaha.

anyway, happy valentine's day to everyone. received a flower from wanjing today via the inter-jc valentine's day thingy. thanks a lot! and credits to Dawn, here are some of the class photos : http://community.webshots.com/user/fivepaperbags . oh man, i do look funny in some of the pics. haha! now let me recap about this week.

went to Jonathan's house on monday with Gabriel, Dawn, Huilin, Jianhui, Jeremy, Calvin, Gillian and Kevin to make Mr Yuen's costume for friday's "Project Angpow Runway" event. well, basically it's just an inter-class competition whereby each class has to make a CNY themed costume and assign 1 person to wear it on that day. student as model - 1 point. teacher as model - 5 points! haha. luckily we have a sporting teacher like Mr Yuen! later, i went to j8 for a while and then home. had a great time!

basically slacked the entire tuesday. didn't have school on monday and tuesday because sajc wanted us jc1s to spend the 2 days carefully deciding on which jc/ poly/ poly course to go. anyawy, tuesday was boring. i ended up feeling like a lazy couch potato.

anyway, most of us in our class have had nicknames since the dawn of 07S23. hahaha. first, i was nicknamed as Bootylicious Brandon, then Brandy, then Bra! Jonathan - Jonny, Jonnywoosh. Gabriel - Gabby, Gay, Garbage. Jianhui - Jenny. Kevin - Cute Elephant(by Dawn hahahaha). can't really remember the rest, if there's any. and today we all suddenly had a laughing fit again, when someone(i forgot who) said this :

"Gabriel the Gay! Brandon the Bra! Jonathan the JON!"

well, that's the kind of stupid stuff we laugh about. sorry folks for our very weird sense of humour.

Dawn says that i should blog more often. but i dunno what to blog about! aiyah. i always seem to know what to blog about UNTIL i actually start blogging. bad memory i guess. think i'll catch up on my sleep now. good bye!

2007-02-09T18:27:00.000+08:00

12 points! yay. i'm gonna stay at sajc. it was quite disappointing though, a B3 for english. but it's all right, i'm contented and satisfied. things could have gotten worse! and strange enough, i actually dreamt that i received my results last night, and got 12 points! and yes, i'm speaking of the truth! i really had this dream. well, a strange phenomenon indeed.

and here's thanks to those that helped :

1)my teachers - mrs oon, mr koh,mr nasir, mrs khoo, miss chee, mr suhaimi, mrs sing, mr mohamad mdm peh, mr leung, aunty merie. thanks for everything. and i would like to specially thank mr koh(for the great help in add. math and the tips he told me on the phone the day before e math) and mr suhaimi(for helping in my redemption in combined humanities, both lit and ss).

2)my friends that gave me practice papers(e math and a math) - huiting, justin, lihyuan, wanjing, junxiang.

3)study partners - samantha ,victor, jun. without u guys, i would have ended up slacking even more as i can never study at home. haha!

4)my bro - for the help in ss and lit. wouldn't have gotten a B3 without your help.

5)everyone else that helped me in any way. and sorry to the people that i've missed out.

all right i gtg!

2007-02-05T22:03:00.000+08:00

it's monday. o level results are gonna be out this friday. how dreadingly fast time flies. i'm not looking forward to friday at all. i don't want to part with my current class, should i discontinue my stay in sajc. what to do? where to go if i don't make it? what to contemplate on? these are the questions that are ringing in my mind at the moment.

all right, i shall not sound so emo. hahahahaha. my class as crazy as usual. we laugh at the stupidest things, and at each other's laughters. laughter is the best medicine. NO WONDER no one from my class is sick! haha.

i better start savouring every moment i have with my class until friday man. tomorrow will be a long day. school will end at 5.30pm. time for rest!

2007-01-29T22:15:00.000+08:00

hello. saturday was a great night. a wonderful experience at the fully-packed national stadium. the atmosphere was immutable and to witness singapore triumph over malaysia at the very last gasp was priceless.

school's great as usual. had my math test today on partial fractions and i think i should be able to pass :D. well i failed my 1st econs test so to fail math now would be a catastrophe. anyway, GP was crazy again, except that miss zhou wasn't in a very good mood. during the group presentation, Gabriel became mad again and started making funny faces to make the presenters from other groups laugh. it all started when i acted super enthu while listening to the 1st group present.

physics tutorial was as fun as usual, with mr yuen making up hilarious examples and illustrations. and i still don't get the new 2-d kinematics. the new formulae and how to apply them are just very confusing. and physics test on thursday?! man 1st 3 months of jc isn't a honeymoon at all. i'm definitely gonna fail the physics test. and because of this upcoming physics test, i don't think i'll be able to watch singapore vs thailand at the national stadium because of severe time constraint! sorry keith.

after sch my class and i went to the nearby macdonalds at potong pasir for lunch. had a great time. Gabriel wanted to take jonathan's fries but i dunno what got into his head or what happened to his sight. he went to grab the mayonaisse on jonathan's tray, mistaking it for the fries. then his fingers were yellowish-white and all sticky. we laughed like crazy again.

then we went to orchard. first to far east plaza, then to ngee ann city, then to taka, then to wisma atria, then back home. i'm dead tired now and it's gonna be a very long day tomorrow. school will end at 5.30pm and class chalet later at night.

good night. i need more sleep and brain cells(for physics).

2007-01-27T14:12:00.000+08:00

jokes from Gabriel:

"What can a bird do that a fly cannot?"

"Bird can fly but fly cannot bird."

"What did Batman say to Robin when Robin was leaving Batman's car?"

" 'Hey Robin, get outta the car.' "

"And what was Robin's reply?"

" 'Okay, bye Batman.' "

okay these jokes are like too stupid, but my class(especially Jonathan and I) were laughing at them for 2 days. my class is fun! oh ya. yesterday, we came back to class after our 30 min break. then while we were chatting, Jonathan pointed to Gabriel's pants and asked," Why got dog on your pants?" hahaha. then we noticed this colourless stain(?) of water that dripped on his pants when he went to the toilet that really had the shape of a dog. there was even the tail! it got all of us laughing the entire 3 GP periods.

it's time for lunch!

2007-01-23T20:57:00.000+08:00

SCHOOL IS FUN! i love my class. my class is so bonded and happening. and we never fail to laugh in any lecture/tutorial. hahaha.

yesterday during GP, i was laughing my ass off till i couldn't even read out the passage. jonathan, weirong and gabriel were like making me laugh. it all started when we started to do stupid things in class. halfway during lesson, weirong suddenly started to sing some macdonalds song that really made jonathan and i laugh. then we made fun of jeff when he said that he couldn't see the screen clearly. then when it was gabriel's turn to read, he read as though he was some general with gusto.

also in physics yesterday, mr yuen was telling us how things like godzilla are impossible to exist because of the bone structure. then he started to digress and explain what it means to "become x times bigger". "firstly, for one to grow x times bigger, one will have to be x times taller, have one's cross-sectional area x square times bigger, and volume x cube times bigger." mr yuen used HIMSELF as the example and explained to us how big he would be if he grew 50 times bigger. then jonathan suddenly said, "that means his dick'll be DAMN BIG!". all right, that's kinda gross. but everyone was laughing like crazy. hahahaha.

and today, while we were in the students' centre playing Taboo, i had to guess the noun weirong was trying to describe to me. he said, "what do you use to wipe your nose when you sneeze?". the answer was tissue paper. and while all my guesses like hankerchief, cloth, sleeve were wrong, i don't know why i said DIAPER. everyone started to laugh like crazy and when i finally realized that i said something really stupid, i laughed too! hahahahaa.

and chinese B class is super slack. all we do is just watch chinese movies, but with chinese subtitles only. and we watched this meaningful movie today about a very poor boy with great talent at drawing who got sick and died(i think. didn't really understand). however, i was laughing here and there because the title of the movie was really stupid - The Dull-Ice Flower. like WHAT IS THAT?!

OH. and ARSENAL WON!!! hahaha. thanks to van persie's equaliser and henry's last-gasp winner! personally my best ever time watching football.

all right. gotta do my econs hw. i love my class!!!

bye!

2007-01-21T13:31:00.000+08:00

finally i have the time to blog. school life for me is getting better as i didn't really enjoy myself the 2nd week. received my timetable for this coming week already and it's weird. school finishes at 3pm on monday, 5.30pm on tuesday(like what the hell?), 2pm on wednesday and thursday, and 12pm on friday.

anyway, i like my class! during our very 1st GP tutorial, we had to do some ice-breaking. we were divided into 4 groups. we were given a slip of paper with an occupation/person word on it. we then had to play the role of the occupation/person we were given. we were to imagine that we were on a hot-air balloon and the hot-air balloon was falling down due to excessive weight. so 1 person had to drop off to save the others. by playing our roles, each of us had to argue and prove to everyone else that we had to stay. the theme for my group was 'family' and i had to play the role of the daughter. hahaha. i didn't know what to say so i just said that "with me, singapore will be able to have more babies in the future. thus, singapore will thrive in everyway and potentially reach a higher economic level!". i forgot what i said later on but i know i said something stupid. but at least i wasn't voted to be removed from the hot-air balloon!

then during math tutorial, we had to elect a math rep. then Gabriel suddenly nominated Dawn to be the math rep. hahaha. and then when the teacher ask why her, Gabriel said "because she has colourful braces." i was laughing like crazy! there's like no link between a math rep and colourful braces. hahahahaha. and Dawn was like "*HUH?*". anyway, Dawn was still elected the math rep. hahaha.

all right. i gtg for my afternoon nap. arsenal against man utd tonight. go arsenal!!

2007-01-18T22:46:00.000+08:00

got to know my class a bit better today. and so far they're great. more bonded and together not as divided as my OG. anyway i find GP kinda interesting. but it's really difficult! so much to read up on. and even worse, u don't know what to read. as it was the 1st GP tutorial today, we all had to do some ice-breaking. good fun! and my classmates are quite a humorous bunch.

lit was interesting today too. my lit class is kinda small, and happening. took very little time to bond with each other. we had to analyse this poem today i think my group did a pretty good job.

long day tomorrow. good night.

2007-01-15T21:42:00.000+08:00

didn't do much in school today. had lit, physics and math lectures straight from 8am. and i don't think lit's for me. i don't seem to grasp the subject well. and my intepretations of the unseen are always wrong! how how how. i should've taken h1 chem.

and the pink guava juice at the sajc canteen rocks. i never fail to drink at least a cup of it daily. let me describe to u this very very exotic drink. it's a drink that has freshly blended pink guavas and ice(so it has a texture of a slurpee). the drink is also served with aloe vera and peaches on the surface. really a refreshing drink.

will be having PE tomorrow. i'm super unfit now. haven't exercised in weeks!

good bye.

2007-01-12T17:02:00.000+08:00

lectures can be boring...............................

i'm starting to like econs! it's a really practical subject and the econs lecturer is quite funny. i don't know why, but i'm always wide awake during econs lectures. in contrast, i'm like always falling asleep during math lectures.

haven't been mixing with my OG these few days. i don't know why! i always can't find them. and today's 1 of the few days that i don't have anything on. so here i am at home early!

time for a nap! bye.

2007-01-08T20:39:00.000+08:00

a very meaningful quote by Mdm Lee, HOD for Chemistry - "If it's not your cup of tea, don't drink it. YOU MIGHT PUKE!"

yay i got posted to the course of my choice. and my new class is 07S23.

school was fun today and i had familiar urges of falling asleep during the lectures. yep. it happens during this time every year, where my body clock isn't conditioned to waking up at 6.10am in the morning. anyway, GP seems really scary. so much to read up on, so much to write. 500-800 words per essay! wow.

went to vivocity(about 8 stops away from potong pasir mrt station) today with Calvin, Ryanna, Stephanie, Junyi, Jerome and Elysia to buy a birthday present for Zen. haha we ended up buying something from Toys 'R' Us. actually, i still don't know what we bought. Well i'll check tomorrow.

there will be Physics and Math lectures and PE tomorrow. good bye.

2007-01-07T09:15:00.000+08:00

YEAH! liverpool 1-3 arsenal. ahh but i feel that liverpool deserved something. they totally dominated arsenal in the game.

my OG's going out later today to buy a present for OGL XiaoXuan. but i'm busy today! argh. can't join them later. sigh.

2007-01-06T13:59:00.000+08:00

hello. let me now blog about the 3rd and final day of my orientation in SAJC!

we started the day off by singing the national anthem and the normal standard procedures. after that, we attended the Chapel for worship. well in SAJC, everyone has to attend the Chapel on fridays(i dunno if it's every friday or every other friday), excluding the muslims.

after chapel, we went back to our classes to submit our registration forms. i was still contemplating whether to take H1 chem or H1 lit. in the end, i finally decided to choose H1 lit. i'll still attend some chem lectures to see if chem's better for me.

we then went to the hall to do CIP(Community Involvement Programme). everyone split up into pairs and each pair had to paint a glass cup. all the work would be sold at some fare in late january. hehe i feel proud that i've helped the less fortunate!

then, we all went to the cultural centre for mass games. the theme was "Dare or Dare". each kingdom was to send 1 person during each round. in the 1st round, the people had to act out 3 skids. it was really hilarious. 2nd round, they were all blindfolded and they had to use their hands to find hidden chocolate bars in a huge box. in the box, there were all sorts of stuff including marshmellows, sand, grass, oranges and cans. in the 3rd round(the last round), they were blindfolded and had to dance to a song. hahaha. seeing them dance blindfolded was just funny.

each kingdom was then separated to different places in the school for their finale preparations. we rehearsed our kingdom cheers, painted a lot of stuff purple(because purple's the colour for my kingdom) and dressed the kingdom mascot up.

after dinner, everyone went to the CC for the Finale. each person in my kingdom was given purple-painted cans with some sand inside so that we could shake them and make some noise. it was also part of the 'best kingdom identity' competition. and so we were shouting like crazy throughout the entire Finale. then came the 'best kingdom cheer' competition. and we won! haha. they then showed a video compilation of the winning moments of Team SAJC. great video, especially the rugby part!

the winning cheer(although i thought saverdo would win):

who rocks the most?

IROXA!

who rocks the most?

IROXA!
i wonder if you know,

how Iroxa steals the show.

if you see it, then you feel it

how iroxa can be bold.

GO IROXA! fight! fight fight!

hey, all you warrior fans!

stand up, and clap your hands!

clap(x5)

now that you've got the beat

let me see you stomp your feet

stomp(x5)

since now you've got the groove,

let me see your body move.

OOH(stomp feet)-lala OOH-lala OOH-lala OOH!

(scream)

everyone then proceeded to the hall for 'Disco Dance'. everyone basically had to dance to the music. haha. despite the growing fatigue in everyone, no one looked tired at all. everyone was jumping here and there and enjoying themselves. great fun, just great fun. the 'Disco Dance' lasted about 1 hour and finished at 9pm.

when everyone was dismissed, my OG went to take pictures and do somemore cheers. then we finished off with our kingdom cheer! we left at 9.30pm for our OG supper.

since the macdonalds at potong pasir was extremely crowded, we took an mrt down to Boon Keng and went to another macdonalds. we played cards and had supper and i had to leave early(because i live at pasir ris, argh). so i left at 11.05pm.

and this is how i go home from sajc. haha. it takes at least 45 min to get home. first, i'll take an mrt from potong pasir down to kovan. then, i'll walk to the bus stop and take bus 81. when i get off, i'll walk for about 7 minutes home.

i reached home at 12am.

all i can say is that, i loved the SAJC orientation and my OG! thank you OGL xiaoxuan for everything!

good bye!

2007-01-06T00:11:00.000+08:00

hello. sorry for not blogging about my SAJC orientation. i had been coming home very very late with dreadful fatigue. all right, let me blog about my wonderful orientation in SAJC that i'll never ever forget!

1st day, we assembled at the cultural centre, which was this huge auditorium. i was assigned to Orientation Group 17. after everyone came into the CC, we went for some icebreaking games. did the usual stuff like introducing ourselves and playing some games. and we got to know each other a little better. oh ya, a video was also played in the CC. this video was the introduction of the 5 kingdoms(aka houses). i kinda forgot what was in the video. the 5 kingdoms were : Savergo, Armarillo, Iroxa, Namella and Tatsura. If i've spelt the kingdoms wrongly, please forgive me. hahaha. anyway i was in kingdom Iroxa! there was also the principal's talk and talks on the various subjects being offered. well i did get to know much more about the subjects. later all the OGs in Iroxa had a gathering, where everyone learnt the cheers of Iroxa. and after that, my OG taught of a really interesting cheer, which helped us greatly during the Space Odyssey(some game where u have to run to different stations to do fun activities). we scored full marks for our cheer at every station! i'm just so extremely proud of my OG.

we also had to do this mass dance. everyone had to have a partner of the opposite sex. and each couple was to do this Lindy Hop dance. it's some kind of dance under the Jazz genre. we had to turn round and round and it was really confusing. haha. but everyone still managed to do the dance in the end. there were also mass games in the hall and i had to do the forfeit 2 times because of my slow reaction. haha. 1st forfeit was dancing to the song Sexyback and 2nd forfeit was dancing the Chicken Dance. haha! indeed, i enjoyed myself very very much. we were dismissed from school at 6.30pm.

the 2nd day, my OG bonded much more with each other. everyone talked to each other a lot. we started the day off with a kingdom gathering. we practised our cheers again. argh. i can't really remember what happened on the 2nd day. haha. i'll fast forward to the later part of the day. we had to compete with all the other OGs in this game called The Trial. it was something like Space odyssey, but more physical, wet and fun. at our first station, we had to play "Dog and Bone" but with a twist. there was this mat on the ground and there was water and soap on it. so it was extremely slippery. then, everyone had to be blindfolded. when the station master called out a number, the people appointed to that number had to CRAWL or ROLL on the mat to find the bone. to make things much easier, each OG had 5 navigators to help the blindfolded players. my OG won by 1 point. haha. At the 2nd station, we competed with a super enthu OG. there was this row of chairs with water and flour on every chair. each OG had to start on either ends of the row of chairs. at any time, there was only to be 1 person from each OG at the row of chairs. to progress, the person had to have his/her butt on the chairs and slide towards the other end. whenever both persons from both teams collided, they had to play "Scissors Paper Stone". the winner would stay and be able to progress while the loser had to get out. during my turn, the guy from the other OG collided with me really really hard and i lost the scissors paper stone. haha. on my 2nd turn, i think i collided with him a little too hard and i got off with a warning. haha. however i won the scissors paper stone thing and managed to win a few more before reaching the end of the row. well at least i scored a point!! our butts were all white at the end. at the 3rd station, we played "Battleships". it's really similar to the boardgame. as for the bombs, we used water bombs. haha. so we got wet. we couldn't complete the 4th game because there was rain and lightning :( . so we spent the time working for the Finale, which commenced on the 3rd day. when everyone was dismissed, my OG and i went to plaza sing for dinner at burger king, after which we went to spot lite to find materials for our kingdom's mascot. i thought we were really rowdy at spot lite and everyone there were staring at us. hahaha but never mind, we didn't do anything wrong! we left at 9.30pm and i reached home at 10.20pm.

all right, i think i'm running out of time. i shall blog about the 3rd day(the best day) another time, in much more detail.

good night everyone! and to OG17, thanks for everything!

2007-01-01T23:07:00.000+08:00

happy new year to everyone. damn, why does time fly so quickly? before i know it, i will be lying on my deathbed. haha!

went to east coast park with the usual primary sch friends today. we initially planned to roller blade, but all the roller blades at the bicycle kiosk were super smelly. argh. so we decided to cycle in the end. anyway it wasn't that bad. $6 for 2 hours. we cycled along the entire east coast park and all the way to changi beach and back. TIRING! and finally, the sun was out. i hope i managed to get a bit of tan. i'm like so fair now.

anyway, school's starting in 2 days' time. i wonder how it will be like. i'm really looking forward to orientation.

i guess i'm too tired to blog anymore. good bye! it's been a great 2006. hopefully 2007 will be better. once again, happy new year everyone!

2006-12-26T14:26:00.000+08:00

it's raining. when will it stop? it sucks when it rains the whole day. can't go anywhere without hesitating. well, at least it's great when it rains at night. haha.

just watched troy... again for the 3rd time. i don't know but i always seem to catch it when it's being shown on HBO. the ending of that movie is just a classic. anyway i still prefer the movie alexander the great.

arsenal's playing against watford tonight. let's hope they play well. no more room for mistakes or slip-ups. arsenal is now 4th, and many other teams are exerting pressure. a loss might move arsenal DOWN to 6th i think. and i still haven't watched the highlights of the 6-2 win over blackburn.

all right. i gtg. wishing everyone a happy boxing day. what a gloomy tuesday afternoon it is.

2006-12-24T23:49:00.000+08:00

wishing everyone a merry christmas and a happy new year!

didn't do much today(on a christmas eve). just went down to kenneth's chalet with ashiq, played some PS2 and cards, and swam for a while(due to the dreadful weather). nevertheless, it was great fun. next time i'll be seeing them would be in february(the BIG day). ahh shit now i'm getting nervous again since i've mentioned the BIG day. don't think i'll do well! i was super careless. gonna do badly for e math, and science. definitely!

anyway. it's christmas! why be so nervous. well i guess it was an 'exam aftermath' fit.

okay. i gtg! merry christmas and a happy new year! ho ho ho.

2006-12-23T16:40:00.000+08:00

going to kenneth's birthday chalet later. happy birthday kenneth!

just came home from a christmas celebration with my relatives.

and i'm leaving in 10 minutes' time.

bye

2006-12-22T20:27:00.000+08:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdxkVQy7QLM

haha this is good..... and true!

2006-12-19T21:21:00.000+08:00

and so i'm back from kuala lumpur, malaysia. actually it has been 2 days already. let me blog about my vacation.

the trip was average. didn't do much and experienced a lot of bad luck, or rather, bad circumstances(if you don't believe in luck!). and the air at malaysia is really toxic. there's smog everywhere and those locally made motorcycles produce this black exhaust gas. really really asphyxiating. throughout the entire vacation, i had eye irritation, a runny nose and a dry cough.

on the first day, the coach was delayed for about 45 minutes. a bad omen huh? indeed. the coach broke down in johor and when it was finally able to operate again, the air-con belt or sth broke. SO, we couldn't enjoy any air-con from johor ALL THE WAY to kuala lumpur. just imagine, sitting at the upper deck of a coach, with windows that cannot be opened for 4 hours under the scorching sun. i was perspiring profusely and by the time we reached KL, i was drenched with perspiration, all sticky and lethargic. definitely the worst bus experience i have ever had. looking on the brighter side, we were given "business class" tickets for the return trip. so i guess that neutralized the horrid experience.

i hurried to the shower once we entered our hotel room. and after that, we went for a walk. oh ya, i stayed at the Royale Bintang hotel. a 4-star hotel situated at a very very busy street. we went to KFC for lunch and gosh, the KFC at malaysia is much more delicious than singapore's. the chicken's bigger, juicier and more tender. after lunch, we went to this huge shopping center. really huge indeed to the extent that there were 'zones' that categorized all the shops in the shopping center. blue zone, yellow zone, red zone, green zone. really confusing. and my goodness, people are actually allowed to smoke inside that shopping center! a really dumb idea to me. we then walked back to the hotel and rested till dinner time.

we walked down to another street(that looked more like a backalley) for dinner. we went to this famous restaurant. and the place was really really filthy. the ground was all wet and there was puke everywhere from all the drunk people. and i saw this guy who had his head hanging out of a car window. the was vomit all over the window and he was passed out or sth. quite scary. after dinner, my bro and i walked to 7-11, planning to get a slurpee or sth. the 7-11 store was deserted. not a single soul was inside(except the cashier). we then saw the nutella bottles. the chocolate was solidified and there was DARK YELLOW oil at the surface. like YUCK. expired nutella. and they're still selling it? really shows how seldom people go to that 7-11 outlet. after seeing what's in nutella, i swear that i'm never gonna consume nutella again. well, we decided not to get our slurpee.

the next day, we had to wake up early because we were going up to genting! i've never been there before. we purchased our bus tickets at the bus terminal. the trip up to genting was great. no breakdowns and really comfortable seats. i slept throughout!

at genting, we sat on the cable car up. great scenary and i loved the weather. the only other place where i experienced cold weather was at USA(when i was 10 years old). and genting's extremely crowded. i had burger king for lunch and we went to the theme park.

at the theme park, we sat all the thrill rides. i must say that the genting theme park is over-rated. the rides weren't scary at all and the queues were way too long. we had to wait like 20 minutes to sit each ride. nonetheless, i still enjoyed myself very much. we left genting at around 7.30pm.

we went to this steak house called "The Ship" when we arrived at KL. the best steak i have ever had! real tender and juicy meat. and the tomato ketchup there is heavenly! a great way to sum up a great day.

we spent the entire day at this gigantic mall called "Berjaya Times Square" the next day. didn't do much as i'm not good at shopping. my bro and i pretty much followed everyone around.

for dinner, we went to another hotel. it was a special occasion as we were going to see our childhood friends. been about 7 years since i've seen them. dinner wasn't very good. after dinner, we were brought to a pub and there was a live band playing. the live band played good music. not those boring indie rock. it was pure, hard rock! mostly oldies like deep purple, rolling stones, santana and bon jovi. and i realized that the dummer for that band is the drummer for Muse. i don't know what the drummer was doing there, perhaps he is a session drummer too. anyway Muse's coming to singapore soon so maybe they went to Malaysia first? i really don't know but it was definitely him! the pub was smoky, like all pubs were and my nose felt nothing but worse!

we went to sunway pyramid the next day. my bro and i couldn't wait to ice-skate. i haven't gone ice-skating since sec 1. we had another bad circumstance. the ice-skating ring had this christmas performance. argh! so we couldn't go ice-skating in the end. curse it! we ended up watching Eragon at the cinema. and Eragon's the worst adventure movie i've ever watched. the movie's cinematography is no where near lord of the rings or harry potter. the storyline's quite stupid too. we should've watch this locally made movie "Cicak Man". Cicak in malay means lizard. hahaha. the movie's about this guy who had a lizard climb into his coffee. totally oblivious of it, he drank the coffee and became Cicak Man. his objective was to battle some professor or something. well it sounds stupid, but i think i would have enjoyed it much more than Eragon.

for dinner, we went back to "The Ship" and were greatly satisfied with the service and the FOOD. totally juicy and tender meat with really tasty gravy. argh. i'm craving for it now.

the last day, we left for singapore at 9am, in this "business class" coach. the seats were made of leather and each seat had a screen. the headphones were SONY. wooohooo. we could watch movies man. i ended up watching Scary Movie 4 and Ultraviolet. kinda outdated huh.

we arrived in singapore at 2.15pm. fresh air once again. and i'm sorry that i had to leave my dog alone. my grandmother told me that he cried every night. i feel so guilty.

and i think i've nothing else to blog about my vacation. and i didn't manage to buy my school bag and a pair of shoes because i feel that queensway's still the best! haha.

good bye!

2006-12-11T11:48:00.000+08:00

hello and good morning.

arsenal drew with chelsea last night. what a waste it was such a great opportunity to embarrass a star-studded chelsea side with a bunch of young and relatively unknown players. arsenal took the lead on the 78th minute and i thought that arsenal's chances of winning were flying high! unfortunately, chelsea equalised through a long strike by stupid essien. argh. what a waste what a waste what a waste.

and i'm going to KL this wednesday. hope it will be an enjoyable trip. i'm just not really looking forward to the shopping part. why stress and tire ourselves during a holiday by shopping? main idea is to distress and relax. i'd rather go to some island with a nice beach and crystal clear waters for a week. never mind. at least i'm going to somewhere i haven't been to in my life during the trip - Genting. am looking forward to the thrill rides and stuff.

all right. got to go. byebye!

2006-12-03T23:08:00.000+08:00

hello. time's passing like a bullet. why?!?!

i was getting rid of all my secondary school stuff the other day - the books, worksheets, files et cetera. it felt bittersweet.i felt glad that i was getting rid of burdens that i had to drag with me the entire year. however, it brought back the memories as i looked at the dates written at the top of the worksheets. i began to recall what was going on in the year as i looked at each date. nevertheless, i enjoyed every piece of it. well, at least i try to enjoy whatever i do! kills boredom. haha.

come to think of it, i kinda enjoyed this year. the great fun i had playing football in class as well as in the basketball court especially. we used to stay back very often after school just to have hours of fun playing. in class, we made own ball by using the newspapers we received on mondays. we wrapped up many pages of the newspapers into the shape of a football and use scotch tape as the coverstock. that's passion man. haha! then, we pushed the tables and chairs further up so that there was sufficient space for football. the smooth and slippery floor of the class added fun too. everyone would be sliding here and there, and making fool-like slips occasionally. laughter would be everywhere.

and arsenal won! confidence is raised and they're back winning! and how sweet it is to get back to winning ways by winning tottenham first! well, arsenal's gonna face chelsea next weekend. and i'm sure it would be a cracker. arsenal must win if they want to get back in the hunt for 2nd place. i don't think it's very possible for arsenal to challenge for the title already since man utd's in form. but arsenal should kick themselves hard! they've slipped-up quite a few times already and they've failed to grab their chances well. back then when man utd and chelsea drew 1-1, arsenal had to lose! argh it's frustrating. arsenal also always seem to be performing badly at this time of the season - the winter period. strange.

all right, got to go now. gooood bye!

2006-11-27T15:17:00.000+08:00

mood status of late - HAPPY!

i'm enjoying myself. it feels good to have finished your major examinations. a huge burden removed.

i had the biggest lunch of my life on saturday. i went to this japanese restaurant to have a buffet. to be precise, an 'a lar carte' buffet. so sushi wasn't the only thing i could have. i could order any tepenyaki(if that's how it's spelt) dish! and so i ate, and ate, and ate. great stuff. especially the maguro sashimi(tuna), salmon teriyaki(i think i ate 3 of it) and not to forget, salmon sashimi!

and now, i'm feeling so guilty. i must start working out. just hope that it won't rain everyday or i would have to start making my way to the gym instead of jogging by the road.

i've also realised that i have not been blogging about FOOTBALL! how could i have forgotten. must've been the exam anxiety stifling my football passion. anyway, there isn't anything great happening in football now. arsenal isn't doing well, unfortunately. they're just very very inconsistent. i just don't understand what their doing sometimes. they're over-elaborate in their passing. by being so, they're more bound for mis-communications and and faults. true enough, they've made plenty of mistakes. just look at the pathetic number of goals they've already scored. it's disappointing!

however, i'll never lose hope, as a true arsenal fan! haha. they have a very promising pool of young players in their team. time will tell. trust me, as i trust the great arsene wenger!

all right, i shall bid goodbye. it's a gloomy monday afternoon. rain go away!

2006-11-20T23:06:00.000+08:00

so it has ended.

i've officially completed secondary 4 express! it ended in a blink of an eye. back then in secondary 1, i was wondering, " damn, when would i leave this confounded school?". and now, i'm reminiscing, " it ended so quickly!". wished i valued my time a bit more. hmmm actually, no! i'm glad that it's over.

i've started reading The Adventures of TinTin books again. haha. i've had the entire collection since like primary 3. the storylines are short and sweet, with real appropriate humour! and these are comics so there's less imagination and more visuality, which means, more action! the characteristics of the various characters in the books are distinctive so the book's really clear. also, i've nothing to do. mugging, which occupies much of my daily routine, is now void of my life(for 1 plus months only haha).

going out with primary sch friends tomorrow. gotta rest now. bye!

2006-11-17T11:13:00.000+08:00

and so the slacking begins.....!!

left with 1 paper only! but it's on monday. so i'll have to impatiently wait over the weekend for my 1 hour long science MCQ paper. haha i don't mind the wait though, cause' time would be passing real fast. play alll theeee wayyyy!

but, i don't know what to do. haven't really planned yet. to be precise, i know what to do, but i don't know what to do first! i think of doing something, and something in my mind tells me to do something else. so what do i do in the end? slack. haha.

well, at least i did something productive! i woke up at 9.30am. and straight away, i thought of going for a jog! i'm really unfit now. neither do i want to be fat, flabby, or feel fat. i've lost quite a bit of my tan, and when i looked out of the window, the sun was shining bright! what else could i have asked for????

so yes, i went jogging for about 45 min. was really gasping for air by the time i returned. i jogged too far away from my house, all the way to the end of pasir ris park. then i took a break and sat at a bench, where i saw a rotting fish with maggots all over it. haha. after about 5 min, i was back jogging. i hadn't realized that i jogged TOO far! my jog back home was nothing less than torturous. argh! i hope i haven't overstrained myself. i don't wanna be sick.

and i feel so rejuvenated now! oh ya, another flaw of my morning jog was that the sun went away, or the sunlight went away. so i couldn't get much of a tan :( . to add fuel to fire, the sun's shining really brightly now! curse it.

gotta go bye!

2006-11-13T21:38:00.000+08:00

next monday, i would be PLAYING AND HAVING LOADS OF GREAT FUN! can't wait can't wait can't wait.

my a math paper 1 would commence tomorrow. 1 more would be down! heh. a B3 would be good for A math. just by thinking of all the really smart kids out there at those top-knotch schools and moderation, i think i'ld be more than contented with a B3. anything less than a 15 for my L1R5 would be great too. i think i over-achieved during prelims because a few of my subjects were rounded up to the next grade. haha. i'm not complaining though!

i've started to take an interest in cars, supercars to be more precise, namely lamborghini, pagani zonda, ferrari etc. i very much seem to be attracted to the sweet sound of these cars' engines, especially when they rev theirs up. however, i won't wanna own any of these cars in singapore, where the speed limit is only a mere 90km/h. a BMW 750Li would do just fine. lol! let me study more on these cars first. i'm still at the basics - which car looks like what, speed, sound blah blah. however, i like the pagani zonda most!

all right, time to sweep aside the distractions of today, i'm off to resume on my revision. bye!

2006-11-01T17:35:00.000+08:00

20 more days to freedom! my 1st O level paper(Literature) would commence tomorrow, it would definitely get the ball rolling and my confidence definitely lies in its mercy. if i screw up, confidence dilapidates. if i don't screw up, confidence blooms! haha.

i've been studying quite a lot today. that's probably why time's passing so quickly. it's already 5.30pm! i've done a few essays on my lit text - The English Teacher. A great book that has made an impact in my perspective of life. I have now come to a realization that one should not work because of money, but because one enjoys what one is doing. If not for the book, i wouldn't have realized that as of now. After tomorrow, this book would be abandoned. No more lit(because i don't really like it haha). Actually, i do like lit. However, i just hate the mugging part. Hahaha.

I've been dreaming a lot during my sleeps of late. i think it's the stress, fatigue and the mental pressure that's kicking in. I remember similar experiences during primary 6 when i was taking my PSLE. Anyway, I like dreams because they are unreal. Things humanely impossible might occur in dreams and you get to witness them! how incredible. You get to 'travel' too. Ever dreamt that you went to strange place? I remember a dream i had. i went to this strange dungeon and when i came out of it, i was in a whole new different world, with strange creatures and a weird environment. Now you see, the wonder of dreams. haha.

I don't know what to do after my Os, because i have too many things to do. Argh. i better start planning now. Anyhow, all i know is that i'll be damned happy. As happy as i can ever be.

All right, i shall stop blogging, for my break has ended.

goodbye!

2006-10-20T21:40:00.000+08:00

school for me has officially come to an end. it's all over! 4 years of endurance! i feel a sense of achievement that i've survived. next wednesday is graduation day. wow. time really flies.

decided to slack today to equalise the amount of play with the amount of work i've done over the week. i sure do feel better!

all right i gtg. exactly a month more to freedom! woohoo! i just can't wait.

2006-10-13T14:26:00.000+08:00

time to blog! my prelim results were better than i had expected. strange man. argh heck it's the Os that count.

only 1 more week left of school. i'm getting tonnes of worksheets and practice papers everyday now. haha. and school is becoming more fun! now, we play football in class like everyday with a size 2 or 3 ball. since the floor's really smooth and slippery, we do fall down everytime. and it's really funny haha. we also play according to the 'first goal wins' format. therefore, the matches are really fast-paced and thrilling! our air-conditioned classroom really complements our playing too.

it's time for me to shift up a gear in my revision. time to mug even more! had been slacking quite a lot for the past 2 weeks(after my preliminary examinations). i still revised lah. but not a lot. time for me to surfeit in practice papers.

good bye

2006-10-01T14:35:00.000+08:00

now that my prelims are over, i'll blog.

my prelims were disastrous. i became sick right in the middle of my on-going prelims and hence became more lethargic. i could not absorb what i learnt or revised as much as i normally would and also occasionally had trouble trying to remember certain key points(especially in the chem paper. damn it).

bah. i shall not give any more excuses. what's the use of crying over spilt milk. i've been in deep thought over the past week about where i would go after my Os - JC or Poly. Well, i think i should be realistic now. If i really can't do it, i really can't do it. What is the use of going to an elite school? i would only have to struggle in order to cope and be bombarded with adverse effects, like depression, exhaustion and low morale. I would not have enough time for my leisure pursuits. Life would be meaningless. Tuition would help. However, i would only be lying to myself about my capability. What is the use of aceing examinations with the aid of tuition? Ultimately, examinations are meant to gauge one's proficiency. Yes i know, tuition would make one have better qualifications, which would lead to higher-pay jobs. However, what makes one so sure that one would be able to handle an occupation requiring exceptional qualifications if one has been undergoing tuition one's entire life? By failing this way, it only shows that one is incapable and has been lying to one's self. So, does tuition really help? Therefore, why go to a good school when you are factually not meant for it? Let's be realistic here.

I think i should pursue in an area where my interest lies. I personally do not think i'm suited for JC. I want to live an enjoyable and meaningful life. I'd rather do something that i like with a lower pay than do something i do not like with a higher pay. JC or polytechnic? i'd have to go with poly for now.

The confusion goes on....

2006-09-05T23:20:00.000+08:00

i'm in dire need of help in my social studies. i totally suck at it. glad that there will be ss tutorials tomorrow and thursday. will 2 tutorials help? i really do hope so. if otherwise, i would be a few steps closer to failure.

help!

2006-09-04T14:17:00.000+08:00

went to school for nothing today. english lesson was held at some void deck because everyone was chased out by mrs lu due to the 'n' level examinations. eugene, jason, weizhong and i decided to come late for lesson. just as we arrived at the void deck, miss chee said ," all right, thank you class." . wasted my time.

took a stroll with my usual clique to the food centre nearby to have lunch and a chat. thereafter, i went home.

i've found a new genre of music that i really enjoy listening to - Electronica. but not all the kinds of electronica music. only a few. go to itunes(if u have it), then go to the radio section. click the electronica genre and then select the channel called "BassDrive (the 128kbps one)". the music's great. maximum credit to itunes man. no itunes = no BassDrive for me.

good bye.

2006-09-03T22:14:00.000+08:00

We all know those cute little computer symbols called "emoticons," where:
:) means a smile and

:( is a frown.

Sometimes these are represented by
:-)

:-(

Well, how about some "ASSICONS?"
Here goes:
(_!_) a regular ass
(__!__) a fat ass
(!) a tight ass
(_*_) a sore ass
{_!_} a swishy ass
(_o_) an ass that's been around
(_x_) kiss my ass
(_X_) leave my ass alone
(_zzz_) a tired ass
(_E=mc2_) a smart ass
(_$_) Money coming out of his ass
(_?_) Dumb Ass

hahaha. quite hilarious.

2006-09-01T12:40:00.000+08:00

i had a great day yesterday. as it was teachers' day, a few of my good friends who had already graduated came back to visit the teachers. spent about an hour or so talking with them. i can see that they all are now enjoying their lives so much in their various JCs and poly-s. i just can't wait to do my 'o's and leave my stupid school.

after school i went to meet up with my primary school class mates. it was about 2 years since i met up with about 2 of them, and the rest of them - i haven't seen since primary 6! we went to have a stroll at tampines mall. the 8 of us had so much to talk about that we occasionally unconsciously stopped walking and started to talk on the spot, obstructing the flow of the crowd. haha. we later went to the century square food court to have a seat. stayed there for about an hour. we really caught up a lot with each other about our daily lives. i feel that we should meet up more often.

okay. now the football part of my post. haha. gallas and baptista(on loan) are coming to arsenal! 2 very physically strong players man. with them i hope arsenal can win the ball better. i feel that baptista is much more versatile than reyes because he can play anywhere at the centre of the park. arsenal could then switch to a 4-5-1 formation - the formation that carried them through to the champions league finals! i also hope arsenal will be able to get back their form after the international friendlies this weekend. they really need to because their next few matches are extremely important. they cannot afford to drop anymore points as they are already without a win after 2 games!

anyway, i gotta go. bye!

2006-08-27T20:03:00.000+08:00

shit. i can't find all my notes(for all subjects) that i received early this year. now i know the importance of filing and why teachers keep stressing everyone to file their work.

arsenal lost. argh. man utd, liverpool won. ARGH! things don't look good. 1 point from a maximum of 6. now, their 8 points adrift of man utd, 3 points adrift of liverpool, and 5 points adrift of chelsea if chelsea do win(they should lah) tonight.

shit.

2006-08-21T21:31:00.000+08:00

it's COL (Colours of Loyang) week. hence, the schedule isn't as tight as usual. played some street soccer at the basketball court today and i've come to realisation that i've deproved at soccer! argh. i'm not being modest here. i'm being a realist. anyway, i still had great fun. soccer is the only thing that is enjoyable in loyang secondary. everything else - miles from enjoyable..

i'm still deciding whether i should go to school tomorrow. school finishes at 11.30am tomorrow. i would only have 2 periods of a math then, because i'm taking clb. however, the 2 periods of a math are very crucial. but i'm lazy and many people aren't going to school. thus, i don't know what decision to make.

the new EPL season has started. an average start by arsenal was overcome by a great start by aston villa. hence, the match ended as a 1-1 draw. liverpool also drew 1-1 with sheffield united. at least that doesn't add any fuel to the fire. chelsea and man utd, in particular, won impressively and comfortably. because of chelsea and man utd winning and arsenal dropping points, it doesn't seem as though it would be a season any easier than the last.

i don't think i shall revise much this week. i'll treat it as a school holiday.

2006-08-15T15:33:00.000+08:00

i love tuesdays. the school timetable isn't hectic and there isn't any tutorial in the afternoon. as it is now a tuesday afternoon, i am obviously free. hence, i've come to blog once again. this time, i shall talk about my 'o' level english oral examination i had yesterday.

i myself felt intriguingly surprised at the start of yesterday because i did not even feel a tinge of tension or nerve at all. i was relaxed and calm. therefore, i thought i was being over-confident or complacent, when i was actually being myself. there was a lot of self-criticism in me too. haha.

when i entered the examination room, i still wasn't feeling nervous at all. however, when the 1st pupil went to start her preparation, the nerves gradually set in. i did not know what to do during my wait. i tried reciting some of the passages i found in my bag softly. it only made me feel more nervous.

as the line-up of students became smaller and smaller, my nerves went wilder and wilder. haha. i started pondering,"what would happen if i made a serious blunder? and what would happen if that serious blunder cost me my target of a distinction for english? and what would happen if it affected my o level aggregate and therefore restricted my choices of what i wanted to do when i graduated? and what would be of me if i really COULDN'T qualify for the jc i aimed for or the course i wanted to take in poly because of that blunder? and what would happen if the jc/course i took in the end turned out to be something i did not enjoy myself in? and because of that what would happen if i didn't have the heart to be conscientious enough and therefore didn't do well in my examinations? and with the lousy grades what would happen if i could not qualify for a job i wanted in the future? and what would happen if my my life would be full of regrets in the tens of years to come?"

my hands were already trembling by the time i got up and walked to the desk for my 10 minutes of preparation. things were already not looking to be good.

i took in deep breaths in trying to achieve equanimity as i walked to the 2 examiners. "Good afternoon madam, good afternoon sir," i greeted. they smiled and ask me to produce my identification card. after which, they told me to sit down and start when i was ready.

my voice was croaky as i began with the first few words. i read with a moderately slow pace, which was perhaps too slow. i think i tried too hard to be safe. i didn't express well enough and had a couple of tongue-slips when i was at the middle of the passage, where my concentration level was decreasing. thus, i honestly don't think that i would do well for the reading part of the 'o' level english oral examination.

the picture i had to describe showed 4 primary school students walking on a pavement in a modelling contest. the theme of the modelling contest was probably on racial harmony as i could see that the girl right in front was wearing some chinese ethnic clothing. however, i somehow said that "the theme of this modelling contest is probably on NATIONAL DAY.". dang. i described the picture with quite a lot of hesitations and wrong phrasing of words. therefore, i do not think i would do very well for my picture description either.

the conversation was a little better. i was asked 2 questions - "Have you ever performed on stage in front of an audience before?" and "What do you think of fashion of today?" . i made up a story but i think it sounded convincing enough. i don't think i said good or uncommon points on the fashion question but at the very least, i managed to say my stuff out quite smoothly.

in conclusion, this is my prediction for my english oral. Reading - 8/12. Picture description - 8/12. Conversation - 11/16. Total - 27/40. Damn, this isn't looking good. to cover up from this bad start of the final battle this year, i think i better get started on my revision.

good bye!

2006-08-10T20:58:00.000+08:00

yay i'm blogging once again. i'm feeling very rejuvenated now as i went for a rare evening jog earlier today! well i didn't run laps or anything today. i decided to run to pasir ris park, all the way along the beach till elias road exit and back home. the run lasted about 30 minutes. i was perspiring profusely when i came back. shows how unfit i am of late.

i had a great 3-day break! decided not to go to school on tuesday as it was a half-day. i also knew i would suffer from boredom if i went to school because what happened was just a national day celebration.

happy 41st national day singapore! i feel happy to be a singaporean. despite the hectic schedule i endure everyday, i must thank the government for making singapore a safe and peaceful nation.

did a short but solid bit of studying this afternoon. hence, i'm free now! tomorrow would be a more relaxed day too because school finishes at 12.30pm and there'll be CD and english periods, where the cracking of brains to solve difficult questions is not needed. therefore, i think i shall sleep late tonight. i'm going to spend the next hour or so playing counter-strike on my bro's comp.

i feel that i benefit from playing games like counter-strike. it makes me more alert and improves my reflexes. it enhances my concentration span too because i can't afford to lose concentration whenever i'm playing counter-strike. haha!

all right, i can no longer resist the urge to play counter-strike already. i shall say good bye for now and oh ya, i wish all the people receiving their 'o' level mother tongue results tomorrow the best of luck!

2006-07-30T23:38:00.000+08:00

my preliminary examinations for the o levels are coming soon and i'm less than halfway prepared. was mugging for my social studies test(which is tomorrow) and realized that i really don't have the amplitude for humanities. thus, i'm very much more of a scientific/technical person who only sees life in 1 straight and rigid perspective. is it good or bad? i don't know, but i think it's more of the latter. i couldn't seem to absorb anything on the Good Governance in Singapore chapter. those Principls of Pragmatism et cetera. the most i could do is to memorize all the points, but what if i come across those thinking questions? as in "To what extent...." , "How far do you agree...". i would just have to depend on my luck for the level of difficulty the question would be. how, how, how? i really have to do well in my combined humanities so that the grades of my other subjects would not be pulled down. either that, or i would have to do exceptionally well for my other subjects ; ace everything else.

my usual routine would be followed again tomorrow as the week is going to start. i can already foresee what i would be doing and how i would be feeling early in the morning when i wake up. firstly, i would drag myself out of bed to the kitchen, have a cup full of plain water, grab the 2 pieces of bread with either cheese or fish floss, stroll to the sofa and eat with my eyes half closed. after that, i would pull out my uniform from my cupboard, have another stroll to the toilet to have a warm and refreshing shower. argh just talking of my daily morning routine makes me feel bored and sick. hence, i will not talk about it anymore. if my brain were to be removed, i still think i would be able to do the same usual boring daily morning routine because it's kinda automatic. without any thinking or hesitation, i find myself being able to do the same stuff in sequence.

bah. just slightly more than 3 more months and i would be free of secondary school life. in fact, i have already started to have thoughts about what i would be doing after my 'o' level examinations. how i wished time would pass faster when u are not enjoying yourself than when you are enjoying yourself. life would be much more worthwhile.

okay it's time for me to sleep. good bye.

2006-07-25T20:54:00.000+08:00

farewell to bergkamp. i was kinda laughing when i first read the report of the bergkamp testimonial match. this was because weird things were happening like van basten executing a 'superb volley'(at his age), the winning goal coming from a deflection on jaap stam's backside. haha. hilarious.

english common test today. i thought the paper was quite okay. the only parts that i don't think i would do very well in are the vocab section and summary. as usual, i didn't read the summary question prompty and therefore had to re-do my summary draft when i was halfway through when i came to my realisation that i was not answering the question fully. hope i'll do well to bring up my confidence as my confidence in english underwent a severe plunge during the mid-year exams when i did very, very badly.

currently consuming my daily dosage of fruits! they're essential. i like fruits only when they're chilled though. the cool sensation of the juice of the fruit(s) that is/are squirted onto your tongue and tastebuds when you chew it/them just feels great! anyway i'm not a very versatile consumer of fruits. i don't eat anything other than apples, oranges, guavas, grapes or canned peaches.

all right, think it's time to get started with my homework. good bye!

2006-07-21T17:28:00.000+08:00

the new era of arsenal begins this saturday where the 1st match will be played at the new stadium, the Emirates stadium. this 1st match will be a very special, memorable, conclusive, symbolic and emotional one as it is the dennis "the iceman" bergkamp testimonial match. arsenal will play ajax, bergkamp's former club where he made a big name for himself, before moving to inter and then arsenal.

bergkamp scored more than a century of goals at ajax(if i'm not wrong), of which many of them are remembered. when he came to arsenal, arsenal became popular. however, he still had no idea that he would have 10 more fantastic years at arsenal.

at arsenal, he has scored 120 goals, the 10th highest scorer. however, he has become know for his assists and creation of goals. his god-like vision, complemented by his nimble footwork, perfect ball control and composure has made him able to do impossible things. he has made passes that seem impossible. he can trap the football unconventionally. an almost all-rounded striker, maybe lacking a bit in the physical area, he has scored a few classic goals, like the goal against newcastle where he made a fool out of the newcastle defender. the defender wasn't to blame. bergkamp, on receiving the ball, had his back facing the goal with a newcastle defender right behind him. he made a flick on the ball and it flew diagonally behind to the right, passing the defender. bergkamp then turned to his left and ran around the player, straight to the ball. stranded, the defender could not do much, but ponder on how great a player bergkamp was. the finish was of great composure too.

emirates stadium, a 60000 seater, is considered to be a very very luxurious stadium. go to www.arsenal.com to see it!

all right. i got to go. life goes on.

2006-07-10T23:12:00.000+08:00

sigh. france, the team i support second most lost to italy in the world cup final this morning. they played great football, with free-flowing passing(maximum credit to the one and only zidane) and bursts of lightning-quick attacks. however, they lost by penalties.

the most dramatic point of the match was when zidane executed a headbutt onto materazzi. i was shocked. however, i personally feel that zidane had been treated unfairly. according to today's newpaper, both zidane and materazzi had tussles with each other throughout the match. and in one point of time, materazzi dealt a punch onto zidane's already-in-agony arm. gamesmanship you think? and right before zidane executed his headbutt onto materazzi, materazzi appeared to have said something to zidane which ticked zidane off. that was the last straw.

i feel very sad because zidane's star-studded career had to be ended in such a manner. the moment where zidane walked past the world cup trophy heading into the dressing room was indeed heartbreaking. zidane wept, millions of people wept. zidane, who had actually retired from international football before the world cup, was persuaded and finally decided to participate in one last world cup. this was a huge inspiration to the juniors of the team like franck ribery.

things must have felt even worse when france lost to italy by penalties. however, i don't think zidane should be blamed entirely for france's loss. this is because france did not lose when they were 1 man down. no one would know whether zidane would have scored in the penalty shootout if he was not sent off. what if he missed? the best players in football still do make blunders and mistakes. as many people say, a penalty shootout is like russian roulette. unfortunately, france lost the priceless gamble.

i shall hereby salute my favourite midfielder, zidane, for what he has done in football. in spite of his headbutt, he deserves the maximum respect, for he's legendary. anyway, he still won the fifa golden ball? something to be proud about man.

2006-07-07T20:42:00.000+08:00

hallo. 2 weeks of school have passed since the end of school holidays. school has been more enjoyable than the previous semester so far. i seem to understand the new a math stuff more easily and also seem to have more motivation to do my own revision. however, my thoughts and plans for revision have always been brushed aside by homework and fatigue. hence, there is no progress in my revision.

brazil's out of the world cup already. :(. i'm disappointed man. they kind of deserved it anyway. there seemed to be a lack of commitment and teamwork in the brazilian players. parreira's fault? possibly. i noticed that the brazil team had no fixed way of passing. they were simply just passing to the running men, to the unmarked player(s) near them, or chipping/lobbing to the unmarked player(s) further away. ronaldinho wasn't at his best, nor was the defence.

anyway, they were beaten by a strong france side. this crazy player with inconceivable skills called zidane stole the show. indeed, he's crazy. he'll certainly be the player the italian side would be keeping a big eye on.

oh ya, how could i have forgotten. france knocked portugal out. serves ronaldo right. the player who wants the lime light and does meaningless and over-flowery dribbles. anyway, he still refused to give in after the match by complaining that the referee was siding the french team.

this sunday's the final of the world cup. italy vs france. a very tight match indeed. hundreds, or even thousands of people could go bankrupt by the outcome of the match. haha. i think france'll win. the italian defence seems inpenetrable but the potential of penetrating force the french attack has doesn't seem preventable. haha. france is scary! however, italy's attack isn't weak too. them scoring 2 goals in the last 2 minutes of extra time against germany says it all- italy can do anything. my conclusion of the final - unpredictable!

i got to go. bye and cheers

2006-06-25T17:12:00.000+08:00

my blog has a new look! yay. special thanks to rachel for helping me. it's the last day of the holidays now. i've not done all my homework, i've not revised(okay, maybe a little bit just now). i definitely have not used my holiday time productively. never mind. it's the world cup fever!

germany and argentina are through to the quarter finals. all along, germany has had quite an easy road, of which they've performed well. argentina has been doing great all the while. who do i think will win in the quarter final between germany and argentina? i really don't know. it'd certainly be a very tough fight. the tension has now started to rise in germany!

BRAZIL will face ghana. certainly not a walk-over for brazil. ghana isn't a weak team at all. if brazil win, they'll face either spain or france. DAMN.

all right i got to go. good bye :)

2006-06-13T11:33:00.000+08:00

hello. it's 11.30am now... i just woke up. i'm struggling to find something to do from now till 12.30pm(as the world cup highlights will be shown on tv at 12.30pm). haha. so erm, of course, i've come to blog!

this year, after my O levels, i would very much like to go for a holiday! and i mean, a long holiday to somewhere not near singapore. i would love to experience winter once again as i've forgotten how it feels like already. haha. the last time i experienced winter was in primary 4 when i went to USA. didn't had the maturity to savour the weather back then though. all i had in my mind was roller coasters, entertainment and more roller coasters.

let me elaborate about the places i would love to go.

1)back to Los Angeles, but on a free-and-easy holiday this time. no tours. the last time i went there, i really wanted to go to the Magic Mountain theme park to sit all the thrill rides. you don't get to sit those kinds of roller coasters here in singapore. sadly, we went on a tour and we visited places like the Universal Studios, Disney Land etc.

2)LONDON. London seems like a great place! the culture, the city, everything! and yeah. if i go to London at the end of this year, Arsenal Football Club's new stadium, the Emirates Stadium, located at Ashburton Grove(go check it out on Google Earth), would be open! heh. a great time to check out a wonder made by man! haha. i would love to go to an Arsenal match too.

3)A cruise(but not on Superstar Virgo again). i love holidays on cruises. it's really relaxing. a cruise to Alaska would be splendid, only if my family has enough cash haha.

4)Mount Everest! haha. my school's planning to go there at the end of the year. but only to the base camp. the peak would be far too dangerous. however, the price wouldn't be nice. haha. it would surely cost a lot! i hope my edusave money would lower the cost.

well, that's it. the places i would love to go at the end of the year. bye.

2006-06-10T00:19:00.000+08:00

Yay. The world cup's starting today! My heart's with Brazil man. They play the cleanest and most beautiful football. No dirty tricks (except for some play-acting during the 2002 world cup from Rivaldo), no vicious tackles and no foul language. That's Bazil! They play football because they love football.

Okay now let me talk about something not related to football. Haha. I had quite a crazy day yesterday (Thursday). Palai and I wanted to watch xmen 3 at Shaw bugis cinema (as xmen3 was being shown at a good time - 5.15pm). So we took a train down to bugis. Unfortunately, we didn't know where the Shaw bugis cinema was. We then went to ask around for directions. And to our tough luck, a man we asked gave us a wrong direction. He told us to keep walking straight from the bugis mrt exit C and then turn left. Blindly, we did as we were told. After about 10 minutes of walking, we realized that we were reaching a block of flats. Now, we knew that we were really lost. After considering taking a taxi for about a minute, we finally did. We flagged a cab and told him that we wanted to go to the Shaw bugis cinema. To our astonishment, the cinema was just about 100m in front of us. We also had to pay an extra $2. It was pure stupidity.

So now, what we had to do was just to purchase our xmen3 tickets and get to the theatre as the time already was 5.10pm. Sadly, we didn't and never knew that we were at the wrong cinema. The lady at the counter said, "There isn't any xmen3 movie being shown at 5.15pm here. It is only being shown at the Shaw bugis cinema.” I felt my gut burst. WHAT?! We were actually at SHAW TOWERS cinema. Haha. I thought we had already come to the correct place. Then, I asked the lady at the counter where was the Shaw bugis cinema located and she replied, saying, “it’s at bugis junction.". I felt a pang of frustration. Bugis junction was the place we were initially at. We knew we had to rush back to bugis junction to catch the movie in time. So what did we do next? We ran! Haha.

We reached the Shaw bugis ticketing counter about 10 minutes late. And again to our touch luck, the xmen3 tickets were not being sold anymore as we were too late. ARGH! We then decided to watch the omen, which was being shown at 7.35pm. So we went into bugis junction for a walk. As we seldom come to town (the most palpable reason to the confusion earlier in this entry), we found bugis junction like a maze. Wherever we walked, we always came to the same place. In conclusion, we were walking in circles.

Then, it was time for dinner. We went to the directory to confirm where to eat. Palai wanted to eat at KFC. I had no qualms. We went to the basement (as stated in the directory). Strangely, what we only saw in the basement was a huge arcade cum entertainment centre. I hate going to these places (except for LAN gaming centers). You feel as though you're in a pandemonium. The cacophony of sound effects coming from hundreds of gaming boxes could somehow, in my opinion, be used as a form of torture as it drives you mad! It’s too damaging to the ears.

We later found out that we went to the wrong basement. Haha. Finally after dinner, we went to watch the omen. The movie wasn't as scary as it seemed in the trailer, like most horror films. Anyway, I feel that the omen is more suspenseful then horrifying. It makes u think, and thinks, and think. It was great though.

And I’ve still not watched xmen3. Haha. What can I say about yesterday? One simple word - crazy.

2006-06-06T21:16:00.000+08:00

gracias, senor(spanish). the world cup's going to start this friday! oh yeah!! in my point of view, this year's world cup will be the most exciting among the rest of the world cups. why? there're so many contendors! Brazil, England, Germany, Spain, Argentina, Italy, France and Holland. woooohh! and i predict that a few of the more unknown countries will go far like Ivory Coast. Ivory Coast has convinced me that they are indeed a very strong team, judging from the way they played in the Africans Cup. They have great defenders like Emmanuel Eboue and Kolo Toure. hahaha. they play very well as a team and who knows, they may even clinch the World Cup title with the kind of class they have!

as usual, i'm supporting none other than Brazil, not because they won the previous world cup. in 1998(the year i started watching football), roberto carlos's god-like banana freekick caught my attention. i began to wonder who was this great player and which country was he playing for. after watching even more matches, it was my nature to support brazil. back then, brazil had players like rivaldo and a young ronaldo. it was such joy to watch brazil play their free-flowing football. it was football at its finest. unfortunately, they lost 3-0 to france in the finals. and in the year 2002, i started to love football. i was addicted to the world cup. this time, ronaldo was at his prime. his unmatched pace, dazzling dribbles and brilliant finishing made him one of my favourite players. brazil clearly deserved to win the world cup this time. a young ronaldinho was developing back then. no superlatives will be able to describe the world cup this year. i am absolutely sure that the country that wins the world cup would deserve it. also, more legends will be born, just like ronaldo and ronaldinho.

P.S WATCH CESC FABREGAS OF SPAIN. HE'S ALREADY A LIVING LEGEND.

2006-06-01T22:00:00.000+08:00

hello. it is thursday already. times is passing so quickly that it is JUNE already. wow. 1 half of the year has already passed and i still feel that we are living in the month of april, according to my body's clock. school today was fun. we only did a physics worksheet during physics lesson(as mrs oon wasn't feeling well and therefore was on medical leave). and for chemistry? woooo yeah! practical for 2 hours straight. how great. i love practicals. firstly chemistry practicals are very practical. haha. and it's very fascinating to observe the reactions of the various metals, salts, acids etc. however, whenever we do chemistry practicals, the laboratory will be EXTREMELY stuffy. i mean it! you won't realise that you're drenched with sweat(because you're too engrossed in your experiment).

ok. that took up about 10 minutes of my time. yay. blogging's my escape from boredom!

2006-05-27T23:20:00.000+08:00

hello. firstly, let me wish all the students taking their o level mother tongue papers this coming monday the best of luck! please don't think of me happily sleeping away while you're doing your o level mother tongue papers okay. it would be very discouraging. hahaha. all right, good bye.

2006-05-26T21:31:00.000+08:00

hello again. blogging the second time in two days. not a bad feat eh ? haha. i think i should blog more. it really kills time and somehow gives me a pang of satisfaction whenever i complete an entry. strange eh?

my L1R5 is 26. horrible and expected. gotta work much harder if i were to aim for a jc. still considering. i'm also really tempted to go to a poly. life in jc is so stressful that it could be bad for my health. in jc, you have so much work to do that u sleep very late. there is so much to be covered in only 2 years too. so u'll sleep EVEN later haha. as a result, u'll find that u fall sick easily, u have dark rings around your eyes, u are less efficient in whatever u do and u are easily depressed. sleep is essential u know. u'll never know the power of sleep. however, as long as u pass your a levels, u are qualified to enter a university and choose a course vis-a-vis how well you do. therefore, it could be very useful in the long-term.

what about poly life? poly fees are very expensive. yes i know. you will logically choose a subject of your preference and therefore will enjoy doing it. poly is more relaxed and you don't have to wake up as early as you have to in jc every morning. poly courses are 3 years long and are supposedly more fun too, especially in the last year where u have attachment jobs. u even get paid! u will also have more free time when u are in a poly. life would indeed be more meaningful! however, it is more difficult to qualify for a university when u're in a poly.

it's just so damn difficult decide.

and yeah. holidays, here i come!

2006-05-25T22:10:00.000+08:00

hello again. rejoice! brandon's finally blogging. the first semester has come to a conclusion - i'm not doing well. did disappointingly for my english and social studies especially. damn, i'm starting to feel the pressure of the o levels already. gotta work extremely hard for my social studies in the coming months man. my L1R5 is definitely going to be 25-30, which is not good at all. i'm still in disbelief. how could i get such a low mark for my social studies?! even mr mohamad says that i don't deserve to get that. i actually thought i would pass comfortably. i knew it from the start when i received my horrendous english results that my overall SA1 results would be atrocious. and i'm so accurate. that's what i call foreshadowing. hmmm.. there're 2 choices now: to grumble over my poor results or to work even harder. i guess i'll choose the 2nd choice. it's better for my results to plunge now than during the o levels!

my morale's low now. lets hope it will be ephemeral. with optimism, there'll always be improvement!

2006-03-27T21:24:00.000+08:00

the school camp was great fun. although there weren't any exciting activities like night-hikes etc. anyway, i'm here today not to elaborate and discuss about the camp haha. i'm just plain bored and shall crap a little.

term 2 has just started and it's getting closer and closer to the o levels. time to work even harder. better make full use of all my free periods haha.

okay. time for me to eat some apples. bye.

2006-03-10T17:53:00.000+08:00

Term 1 has come to a conclusion - i'm doing okay! haha. i hope so. but there's no room for complacency because i feel that CAs aren't very accurate. anyway, i've not blogged for a long time.

i was a total disappointment during the B division East Zone soccer tournament. a conspiracy of poor performances and a relapse of fever ruined my last year in soccer. how sad. anyway, there'll be unforgettable pleasant memories of my 4 years in soccer. let me elaborate more!

the year 2003 was the year when i came into LYS. and since none of the CCAs were of my real interest, i decided to try for the soccer trials. surprisingly, i was selected. haha. i started playing soccer in 2003 and got selected. and that was when my interest in soccer rapidly grew! however, i was more of a substitute then. i was lucky to be a substitute anyway cos i knew nothing much about the game.

when i was in sec 2, i became part of the 1st team in soccer. and it was great fun. in fact, it was the best year in my soccer life in LYS. that was because we had our East Zone league and also the nationals league. of which we played a total of 15 games. and i also scored 3 fluke freekicks and 2 penalties. we had great times in the bus to our match venues. i will never forget the bus driver who blasted techno music each time he drove us.

in sec 3, we nearly made history in LYS. but we failed. we just had to win our match against St Pats but we lost 3-0. however, we still received praise from Mr Kennedy(our coach) for trying our best.

this year, i didn't perform well enough. i was really disappointed. never mind. soccer was the only thing which i enjoyed in my 4 years in LYS. i've made great friends whom i will never forget for the rest of my life. that's all i have to say today.!

2006-01-16T20:41:00.000+08:00

hello. finally i'm blogging again haha. so far school has been okay. but i'm really expecting the worst to come in a few months' time.

and i've opted to take chinese B. woohoo. i'm so happy... and quite annoyed. why must people be so pessimistic when it comes to me taking chinese B? i've taken chinese B because i have an extra subject(music), my chinese is really bad and it's too much of a risk to take normal chinese as i'm aiming for a jc and i want to spend more time on my other subjects. and taking chinese B can still allow me to go to China(if i end up being a business man, although chances are quite slim). that's because in china, u speak Basic chinese. you don't speak those 4-worded words in chinese there. people would think u're an enthu. u just speak simple chinese so that both parties can clearly understand each other. and although singapore's stressing so much of the education of chinese, do u know that china is now stressing even more on the education of ENGLISH, the international language?

i also personally think that it would look better to have a PASS in chinese B than to have an E8 for normal chinese on the report book. that's because not everyone taking chinese B suck at chinese. people take chinese B so that they can spend more time on other subjects. don't believe? go and see who's in the examination room during the o level chinese B exam then. it isn't wrong to have chinese B on your o level results slip. as long as u qualify, you're in! there are no first priorities.

and now i hope i've explained why i've chosen to take chinese B well enough. whatever people say, i have no regrets for taking chinese B.

good bye!

2005-12-31T22:50:00.000+08:00

disappointing..disappointing..disappointing.. that's all i can say about arsenal's away performances at the moment. they're playing a total different game when they're playing at home and when they're playing away. they have numerous wasted chances and limitless bad luck. need i say more..

BUT - arsenal's a transitioning young team. WATCH THEM NEXT SEASON! may wenger crack his brain and make great buys during the transfer markets!

AND - arsenal's playing very differently in the english premier league and in the champion's league. how un-typical !

2005-12-21T12:27:00.000+08:00

hello again. k i know my holidays will end in a nick of time. time is really passing damned fast! it's already the 21st of december and i have not settled into my holiday mood yet. o levels next year. argh.

arsenal's having bad luck these days. they've lost 3 games in a row already. they have not been outplayed though. that's why they're having bad luck. henry has hit the post for about 4 times i guess. van persie's goal was ruled offside. stupid assistant referee. haha. replays clearly showed that it wasn't offside! haha. and i really hate chelsea. even the fifa president Blatter is unhappy with chelsea. that's because of roman abramovich. that guy who doesnt know anything about soccer. he bought over chelsea about 2 seasons ago. since that guy's a multi-billionaire, he has splashed millions of money on world-class players. that's like a cheat-code haha. like when u play warcraft or something. u type this code and u get a lot of resources. argh. abramovich has ruined the transfer market over the past 2 years. now, if any other club wants to buy a world class player, they'll have to fork out around another 5mil pounds.

never mind.. this is football. just give arsenal a season or two and they'll be back. they have so many impressive youngsters like van persie, fabregas, eboue, lupoli, quinsy owusu-abeyie and senderos. HAHA. chelsea can buy all the world class players they want because they have to face reality. people grow old! and so will the world class players.

and i think arsenal's main rival is now chelsea, no more manchester united. in fact, i feel that arsenal and manchester united have become friends! that's because patrick vieira and roy keane have left their respective clubs and arsene wenger backed ferguson when manchester united were in a crisis a few months ago. everyone hates chelsea. i still wonder why chelsea has so many fans.

the players i dislike the most at chelsea - essien, drogba, makelele. essien's 1 of the dirtiest players in football today. he elbowed lauren and van persie. and reports claim that lauren has lost a tooth. so now lauren can't chew his food properly. stupid essien. he only got away with a yellow card. even worse, he didnt even get a card when he lunged into dietmar hamann's knee. essien acts innocent in front of referees too. why can't he get banned for about 10 matches. anyway, he can't play for both the legs for chelsea when they face barcelona haha. drogba walks as though his nose is being attracted to the sky. in every match, u'll see drogba trying to manipulate the referee or something. he's not bruce almighty and he should know that by now. anyway, he couldn't get pass young-boy senderos during that match. haha. makelele? well socceroos should know by now that he's another dirty player. i think he's essien's mentor. only thing is that makelele is better at talking while essien is better at injuring people.

and i don't think i have anything else to say. bye!

that regretful job..

2005-12-12T13:53:00.000+08:00

hello! now i know what's called CHEAP LABOUR. we worked so hard, tolerated so many F-words from our boss, worked about 7 hours overtime, perspired blood(not literally lah), tolerated even more F-words and curses from our boss, observed our boss doing the easiest job(cashier) while we had to serve customers, got more unreasonable scoldings from our boss AND still got such a pathetic pay of $3.50 an hour and $5.50 for the last 4 hours( because we really worked our hearts out). come on man. we all had to pack 1300 crappy bata shoes into about 145 boxes, count them, double-check by counting again, paste 2 bata stickers on each box and stack them on trolleys and push them to the lorry. and we did this for the last 4 hours. the 1st day was damned crazy too. 2nd day was quite relaxed as we just had to sell the shoes. in the end, we only got $102.50 for 27 hours. yes that's CHEAP LABOUR. really really cheap. none of us are satisfied. at least i know that it's never fun working at carnivals. it's easy to sell, the difficult part is bringing in the stocks, unpacking them, arranging them, taking them back, taping back the broken boxes, putting back the stocks in the boxes according to their types etc.

i've just learnt a very very valuable lesson.

2005-12-06T09:55:00.000+08:00

good morning! i was feeling bored so i went to surf the internet for basses. and i came across a very beautiful bass! here it is.

beautiful eh? it's ergonomically designed to the human body. this makes bass playing much easier! it's a warwick by the way. the name of this bass guitar is the Thumb Bass. so it's most likely a bass for slapping and popping. anyway, i still think that the best series of basses has to go to Washburn's XB series. my XB is a very old one lah so it isn't very good. but the newer models are simply the best!

doesn't look very impressive right? let me tell u the features.
FEATURES:
-Built in the USA Custom Shop
-Swamp Ash body
-Various rare wood tops
-Neck Scale 34"
-24 Frets
-Maple Neck
-Double truss rods
-Rosewood fingerboard
-Birdseye maple fingerboard (XB928)
-Bartolini® Custom pickups & preamp
-Bartolini® control knob
-Football chrome jack plate
-Grover® bass tuners
-Buzz Feiten Tuning System™

whoa... haha yeah and the cheapest model ( the 4-string XB bass) is $2199.90 US dollars. so u can imagine the quality of it. haha.

ok enough blogging already. bye!

2005-12-05T12:44:00.000+08:00

just came back from soccer training. tired! soccer training 3 times a week is no joke. it was raining today at the start and i thought we were going to use the gym. sadly, we used the field haha. the pitch is really slippery. fell down so many times today. anyway, we ran our 10 rounds around the field. had a long water break and then we had shooting. at least all my shots are not going over the goal now. most of them are of good height! just above the ground around waist level. but 1 of my shots was hilarious! i slipped a bit and the ball went flying over the whole fence. that shows how high the ball went. hahaha. after shooting we did some 1-vs-1 drills. my partner was muhaimin(that guy with crazy stamina). so we were running like mad here and there. i managed to score 3 goals. haha. after that we had a match. since only 12 people came to training today, the field was very empty which meant that we had to run like CRAZY. my team lost lah. that was because the other team had very fit people like haswari, sairi, barry and muhaimin.

after training, ali, kavinn and i went to eat lunch. and after eating, we bought our drinks from the shop just beside the food centre(because the drinks being sold there were cheaper). unfortunately, we were chased out by this middle-aged guy. haha.

at last! more pictures of bass guitars are uploaded on my blog! thanks to rachel. the 2 new pictures are great man. both are Fodera bass guitars. Fodera's the best brand! go to their website @ www.fodera.com. sadly, singapore does not sell any Fodera bass guitars. anyway, the cheapest Fodera bass guitar would cost at least $8000. haha. my favourite bass player, Victor Wooten, endorses Fodera basses! the tones of his basses can't be described. simply incredible!

i'm gonna sleep now. bye!

2005-12-04T01:07:00.000+08:00

nooooo. arsenal lost to bolton yet again. they have a jinx lah. whenever they go to bolton's homeground, they can't play well. well, this time they were really playing badly. culprits - gilberto silva, pires, cygan. gilberto suddenly lost his brazilian flair. i don't know why. old age must have been taking its toll on pires. he has been playing like crap this season. his reaction's much slower, his passing isn't as sharp as it used to be, his vision has deproved and his speed has decreased. and cygan, forever the same. he always makes the wrong decision. i shall not elaborate more. it would only make me feel more disheartened! this coming week is going to be disastrous. imature people are going to pester me about this really unexpected result. nvm silence is golden. anyway arsenal's a team which consists of human beings. and to err is human!

i really need a new hp. my current one is really lousy. it's a very pathetic motorola c650. i'm never going to use motorola again in my life! a lot of coating has already been torn off from my phone. it's very very laggy. it restarts for no reason. my advice to everyone - don't buy motorola phones! that's the reason why the new motorola ROKR isn't selling well. they took the exact same design as the E398. actually i think all the functions of that phone are the same. the only difference is that the ROKR has more memory and it can play mp3 songs. it has been selling for about 1 month or so, and its price has already dropped tremendously! haha. so i'll think my next hp would be a nokia. nokia's still the best. it's the undisputed champion brand of handphones.

looks like my holidays would be a very repetitive one. soccer training on mondays, wednesdays and fridays. soccer's really taking a huge chunk of time from my holidays. work on mondays and wednesdays. oh ya. i forgot. i haven't bought my school books. even worse, i've lost my booklist haha. never mind. there're very nice people i know that can always share their booklist with me. hahaha.

and i think it's time to sleep already. bye! hail arsenal again!

2005-11-29T14:12:00.000+08:00

hello. now i know that work, especially when u serve people, isn't that difficult. it becomes difficult only when u meet very very choosy, grumpy, fussy etc. customers.

yesterday, i had to serve this very choosy customer. she asked for so much, while trying for the lowest price. and the worse and most shocking thing was that she took about 1 minute choosing the right cutlery. i mean all the cutlery's already clean(if not why would they be there). she was taking one by one, inspecting them for marks/scratches/stains, putting them back, taking a few more different ones, eliminating them one by one... blah blah. that's crazy man! i'm so lucky that i don't have someone like that bugging me in my life.

ronaldinho's the european player of the year! he deserves it man. thierry henry's 4th. WHAT?! how can that be. frank lampard is 2nd while steven gerrard is 3rd. man this is unbelievable. i really do think henry should be at least 3rd. just because france doesnt have a very good reputation, why must henry be 4th man. in fact, i really think its about time where henry wins this. he deserves something like that! come on lah. even if u people don't support arsenal or don't like henry because he scores too many goals :P, u very well know deeply in your heart that henry is a WORLD-CLASS player. i truthfully think henry has done as well as lampard and gerrard the last year. but henry has been very consistent all the while. lampard played exceptionally well last year while gerrard played inconsistently last year but played superbly in the champions league. aiya. whatever it is, i think henry will clinch something next year! he's doing great at the moment!

BYE.

2005-11-28T12:40:00.000+08:00

hello. had some ultimate games thing at jurong church last night. yeah i had great fun! everyone was split up into 3 teams(red,yellow,blue) as we were going to play some "Capture the Flag" game. i went to the red team and i was 1 of the attackers. i perspired like crazy as everyone had to run here and there, throwing balls and sending people to 'jail'. haha. k lah let me explain. each team was given 7 balls and if u hit a person with a ball, that person would then have to go to a 'jail'. and to rescue people from the 'jail', all u needed to do was just go to the 'jail' and free them. there were 3 rounds. at first the yellow team was winning 1-0-0. the score remained the same until the final round. hehe. during the final round, when things got more intense and more strategies were sorted out, my team captured the flag 2 times. and its really difficult to capture a flag because there would be about 7 people from other teams surrounding the flag, armed with balls. so i guess our strategies worked haha. in the end my team won 2-1-1. heh

today, i went for my club's youth bowling team selection. bowled 10 games. the lanes were too dry i guess(my club's bowling alley sucks). everyone was having trouble with the lanes. in the end, i got 2nd place. luck was on my side lah. haha.

oh ya. arsenal won last night! woohoo! 3 classy goals. i think van persie's goal was the nicest. he dribbled past 2 players and had a un-copyrightable shot from a very tight angle that went in! i was amazed and am still amazed. well, im not cursing or what lah. but i'm hoping that man utd doesn't win tonight, so that arsenal can secure 2nd position in the premier league! haha. ok good bye

2005-11-26T13:20:00.000+08:00

the sun was blazing today while we had soccer training. and i'm darker now. haha. training was quite fun today(would have been more fun if not for the sun). mr kennedy concentrated more on match-play today. i was separated from my team to join the team mostly consisting of sec 2s. i was quite reluctant lah because i'm not really used to their style of play. anyway we let in the first goal and i thought we were going to have a very difficult time. but luckily the star sec 2 player, Haswari, was brilliant. he scored a hat-trick. i find him a great player man. he is first of all humble and also has pace, stamina, vision and discipline. i scored 2 goals. but it wouldn't be possible without the aid of barry and haswari. i was playing as left back/wing. so i was running up and down. anyway that gave me the chance to attack too. so haswari, barry and i were sort of passing to each other here and there. that's good! haswari will certainly be a first-team player next year. he's got potential man!

and i'm damned shagged now. gotta go!

2005-11-26T05:50:00.000+08:00

going for soccer training later and my legs are aching. played soccer yesterday at simei street soccer court from about 5.30pm - 9.15pm. and now i'm very bored. kenneth doesn't want to go for soccer training anymore. wasted man. haha. ok lah nothing to say. i was just hoping i could waste some time. unfortunately, only 5 minutes have passed.