Thursday, February 27, 2003
Been busy lately, with the common test and all.
The common tests were okay. Tuesday we had E Maths and Physics. Emaths was easy except for one question which i just could not figure out. Physics was pure sadism on the setter's part. Wednesday we had Amaths and Chemistry. Amaths was easy, Chemistry was so-so. Today we had Biology (horrors), which was surprisingly easy:D We also had geog elect and social studies. Both were easy. Geog elect is kinda easy. All you need to do is listen in class and bullshit in the exams, and there is your A1. Presto.
So now, i am free from the scourge of Common Tests.
I was asked by Yangwei to be the emcee for the NYAA award presentation this saturday. I agreed. Today i went to draw out the school blazer that i will need on Saturday. I still gotta find a fitting pair of leather shoes and a long sleeved white shirt. And the school tie. The co-emcee will be kenny. Haha, i think we have built up good relations, especially with that game of touch rugby a few weeks back. ;)
Early this morning, I did an awful thing.
I woke up late, so i reached the side gate at about 7.30. From inside the bus, i saw that the prefects were already starting to take down names. So i took the bus to the next bus stop and sat down at Tanglin Community Centre to do some last minute biology-mugging. I waited till 8 am then I walked into school, 'cos by then all the prefects would have gone to class, and there would be nobody there to take my name!!! Haha, no need to go for detention next week! I just hope CF doesnt see this!!!
Or else I would be Dead. Cause of Death: Unknown. :P
Saturday, February 22, 2003
Went to Justin's father's funeral today. He seemed a little shaken when we first saw him at St. Joseph's church, but looked like he was taking it all well.
But once we had got to the crematorium, and the body had been cremated, his family broke down. What really struck me was that the people working at the crematorium were kinda rushing us out of the place while people were crying. I guess they were immune to all that, considering that they meet these kind of things every single day.
Went to Toa Payoh for lunch after that with Gareth, Alwyn, Richard and Daryl. I had three zingers. Talk about Indulgence. We spent a good few hours just sitting there talking about friends, about school and the dreaded Os. Kinda scared, 'cos i dont think i will be properly prepared ( as is always the case with exams). But I'll do okay. Won't be a 6-pointer, but i am confident of getting into a good JC with the combinations i want. The results are coming out next week ( for the prev. cohort.)
Here comes another problem. I have ansolutely no idea what subjects i want to do in JC. All my subjects are around the same level, I have no defining interests, my decision-making process between the Arts stream and Science stream has been straight down the line. No inclination towards any decision as yet. I am totally undecided. How?
Well, that is another problem for another day. It's time to sleep now.
Wednesday, February 19, 2003
Sobering. That's what today has been.
Early in the morning in class, I found out that Justin's father had died. What a great way to start the day. Arrangements are being made for us to make it to his dad's funeral.
It could happen to anyone.
Everyone was so quite in the first lesson of the day ( chinese) cos three quarts of the class knows Justin. Even Heng noticed that, and told us to try to put it aside. So we went thru the whole lesson running thru a list of bao4zhang1bao4dao3 and deciding whether each Qn was a situation type or a specific type. *so slack!*
It was during Maths lesson that i felt that i myself was too slack. Its no joke, taking into account the little test at the end of the year.
I also felt my grasp of english slip away. During Eng lesson my mind was completely devoid of ideas, the essay of devoid of flow. I think i really messed up the essay. argh. what's happening???
After school i planned to run but i didnt in the end.
I have to do something!
TOO SLACK!!!
Saturday, February 15, 2003
Heaven by Bryan Adams
Oh - thinking about all our younger years
There was only you and me
We were young and wild and free
Now nothing can take you away from me
We've been down that road before
But that's over now
You keep me comin' back for more
Baby you're all that I want
When you're lying here in my arms
I'm finding it hard to believe
We're in heaven
And love is all that I need
And I found it here in your heart
It isn't too hard to see
We're in heaven
Oh - once in your life you find someone
Who will turn your world around
Bring you up when you're feelin' down
Yeah-nothin' could change what you mean to me
Oh there's lots that I could say
But just hold me now
Cause our love will light the way
Baby you're all that I want
When you're lyin' here in my arms
I'm findin' it hard to believe
We're in heaven
And love is all that I need
And I found it here in your heart
It isn't too hard to see
We're in heaven
I've been waitin' for so long
For somethin' to arrive
For love to come along
Now our dreams are comin' true
Trough the good times and the bad
Yeah I'll be standin' there by you
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Nice song. Heaven by Bryan Adams.
Tired today. Did History notes on China. Wrote in the interactive story of the ccu website. :D
Went to my uncle's house yesterday. Was about to leave the house when my cousin called my father. My grandfather was unconscious. My father then went to the hospital with my mother, while we went to my uncle's house. Now my grandfather is in the ICU. condition stabilised. It was a serious stomach ulcer, and he was unconscious due to loss of blood.
gotta go now.... FA cup tie between Arsenal and Man United starting soon.
Man U gonna win, ballz.
Thursday, February 13, 2003
today was fun.
We managed to sidetrack miss mara during history lesson to war, and stuff like that. Throughout the whole day prakash was mocking saddam hussein , saying things like " welcome to baghdad" and " we do not have any weapons of mass destruction".
ha, aft school was inter-class touch rugby. I didn't play in the preliminary stages due to CCA commitments. We lost those two matches. :(
So in the 2nd round, I joined them and we won 403 1-0. Then we went on to meet 401. Before the match us and the 401 guys were joking and chatting. Before our match there was a 5 minute or so break. So we went on the field. And then we formed a sort of line where we from 402 lined up, and the guys from 401 walked along the line and shook everybody's hands. I think we were the only one that did stuff like that. So we fooled around while waiting for the actual match.
We played slow-motion rugby, where at one point gerard flapped wildly trying to touch prakash saying " Where's prakash?" haha, tt was so funny. I then defected over to the other side, swapping with Benjamin. When ben got the ball, he immediately turned around and ran towards his own try zone!
Up untill a few seconds before the ref blew his whistle to commence the game we two teams were still joking with each other. But once the game started, we were at once enemies.=)
somehow my class had made a false start, and i ended up running down the middle with a few players chasing me and scoring a try only to find out the the ref didn't actually start the match yet. Chey. sigh.
Dwayne opened accounts for 401 with a try before Chun xiang scored a try for us after a jinking run.
throughout the match, the mood between the two teams were competitve yet friendly. For example when i was screaming and abusing my teamates ( which is always the case) [ at one point when my teamates were annoyed at the referee for decisions, i shouted at them to 'stop screaming at the fucking referee!!!" haha. :P ] i could hear gerard telling to me to " relax, chill." haha.
The match then went into sudden-death extra-time, where every 2 minutes or so 1 player from each team will be taken off. so we went from 7-7 ( 7 players a side), to 6-6 to 5-5 all the way to 4-4. Then finally Shaun sim took the gauntlet and exploded onto a looping run around the 401 defence. TRY! 402 win! After the match we went around congratulating each other and even wanted to exchange shirts! But i guess the thought of putting on someone else's sweat drenched shirt put that idea away.
A few of us from both sides then apologised to the referee, whom we had abused thoroughly throughout the match. ( but he really was quite bad) Anyway he accepted it, and that was that.
So guys from both teams then trooped over to Tanglin cafe, wating drinking and having a good time. Just as prakash was leaving, the owner of the cafe made a remark about prakash being a poor role model as a prefect, as soon the whole cafe was going " PRAKASH!!!!!!" hahaha, it was so funny, considering his mom was waiting for him in her car o/s the cafe.
Took a bus home with gerard, talked about Battlefield 1942 and 2e1 and stuff like that. Came home to find my sister and her friend, Faith baking brownies and pineapple tarts and then pigging out on them. Girls.
Congrats to 401 for a fine display of sportsmanship.
*says in low Tcs voice* 'sorry ar, sorry ar!'
Wednesday, February 12, 2003
I was reading the book “Animal farm“ earlier on. A few things struck me harder than they did before.
‘ Benjamin was the oldest animal on the farm, and when he did talk it was to make a cynical remark. ….. Nevertheless, without admitting it, he was devoted to Boxer; the two of them usually spent their Sunday together in the small paddock beyond the orchard, grazing side by side and never speaking.’
This really struck me because it coincided with Weiqi’s MSN display name, ‘True Friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable.’.
Often, people would equate your best friend to be the one you speak most with. This may not always be the case.
Another thing that struck me was this, Beasts if England, a song which Old Major taught the rest of the animal before he passed away.
“Beasts of England, Beasts of Ireland,
Beasts of every land and clime,
Harken to my joyful tidings
Of the golden future time.
Soon or late the day is coming,
Tyrant man shall be o’erthrown,
And the fruitful fields of England
Shall be trod by Beasts alone.
Rings shall vanish from our noses,
And the harness from our back,
Bit and spur shall rust forever,
Cruel whips shall no more crack.
Bright will shine the fields of England,
Purer shall its waters be,
Sweeter yet shall blow its breezes
On the day that sets us free
For that day we all must labour,
Though we die before it break;
Cows and horses, geese and turkeys,
All must toil for freedom’s sake.”
How many times have we drunk milk without remembering the cow? Or the pig whose name was once porky? Haha. The main point of contention among the animals is not eating them, for that is natural, but depriving them of their natural intended life through domesticating them, to harness their power selfishly, exploiting them for our benefit? That just, well sux.
Well, moving away from the I-am-a-senitive-new-age-guy-and-u-r-not-haha-you-sucker stuff, Today was rather exciting. By my usual dull standards.
Woke up early to meet the guys ( kong, gareth, max, gaius, gaius jr, david, cedric, Gerard, etc.) at somerset to go Cine and play LAN. Played the usual CS, where I was quite impressive, but only in short spurts. sigh. Then we played battlefield 1942. Cool graphics and roleplay, but I had trouble adjusting to the lack of ammo and low mouse sensitivity. real cool game though.
Went home aft that, did homework, blah blah blah.
Just before I posted HERE, I was in the toilet taking care of day-to-day vital colorectal business. =) So my mom shouted from o/s the toilet “ Boy, are you eating?” ( she meant will you be eating soon? ) and within a blink of an eye I said “ No, I’m doing the exact opposite!” Ha, that was so funny.
Selamat Hari Raya Aidilhada !
Tuesday, February 11, 2003
Have not blogged for ages. It seems like its growing a little mould on the sides.
The past week was rather uneventful. Received my chinese test back today, and got 41 out of 50, higher than most ppl! haha, i beat you daryl :) !!!
Did 2.4 today. My class took turns with 401 to take tiing and things like tt. When it finally was my class' turn to run, the sun had perked up. damn. Didnt push myself to my absolute maximum, but still pushed quite hard, and managed to get 13.30. haha. super out of shape.
Then aft. PE, my back was feeling tight so i asked prakash to help me stretch my back. ( you know the one where th guy supports your body on his back and your body is hanging, thus stretching ther back muscles. then something weird happened. I actually kinda heard a continous snap,snap, snap, snap in my left tricep muscle. I was so freaked, but after a bit of stretching, the pain went away. phew.
Got a kind of notebook from miss. matthews for emceeing that crummy 2172 quiz. smelt funny( the notebook, not the quiz). ( note to self: stop sniffing paper, it could get addictive.)
Yeah! tomorrow is hari raya aidilhada! you know what that means???? I AM GOING TO PLAY CS!!! haha, i know its kinda out of fashion but i still think it is a good game lah. ( or mod as daryl wld insist.) I vow to get top frag for at least 2 maps ~!!!
Thursday, February 06, 2003
CRYSTALLISED! Liverpool lost to 1st division Crystal palace 2-0 in an FA cup replay at Anfield. They are now out of the FA cup.
Haven't blogged for a long time yah? Been buys lah, studying for bi-weekly all... today was kinda typical. During RME lesson, we had a discussion on organ donation and the ethics behind it. Basically that was the only interesting thing in school today. On the way home in the MRT chanced upon an old primary-schoolmate. Got me thinking about the old school, and my friends. I feel a little guilty about not visiting the school in the last 3 yrs. Got chased away the first time (sort of) and never wanted to go back since.
really sian, studying the whole day. argh. sOmebOdy savvveeeeeeee.... meeeee......... don't care how you dooo.. just saveeeee..... meeeee...... argh.
Monday, February 03, 2003
Balanced. You accept your emotions as normal and
are not overly happy nor depressed. You are
emotionally balanced and should find peace in
the way you deal with life situations. Your
emotions are normal and well understood. You
see the light in the dark.
How Emotional Are You?
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hee hee, i am balanced, unlike the weirdos i am surrounded by every day in school. ( take heart members of the teaching staff, i am not talking about u guys.) Im sure my frens wld come up with some veerryyy interesting results.
