Monday, March 31, 2003
Just finished watching The Simpsons just now. A few things struck me.
The 3 constant cartooning achievements
1. In the opening credits of The Simpsons, where Bart Simpson always write lines on the blackboard as punishment, and the creators always think of a hilarious misdeed for Bart to commit every episode.
2. Also in the opening credits of The Simpsons, Where the family runs in from separate directions to converge in on the sofa to watch TV, and every episode something happens to them en route to the sofa.
3 How the creators of South Park can think up of an imaginative way for Kenny to die in every single episode.
Cartoons rock. Nowadays with the virus going around and us teenagers being locked up at home and all, I find myself watching a LOT of cartoons. Sports too. Watched the Rugby match between England and Republic of Ireland. England won 42-6 at Landsdowne road, which is in Ireland.
Today I accompanied my sister to collect money from this lady. You see, my family sort of runs this Loanshark business........
Right. As if that would ever happen. Truthfully, I went with her to collect money from this Primary 6 boy she has been giving tuition to. You may ask, Why am I blogging this down? Weeelllll, because that is the most exciting thing that happened to me today.
Except Blogging, itself. ;)
Saturday, March 29, 2003
Today was another of those stay-home-and-rot-but-its-for-your-own-good kind of days. 'nuff said.
Watched survivor yesterday. You know why, right? :D The two tribes had merged already and there was an immunity challenge. They were each standing on a pole. The last person standing would be given the immunity. So as usual, the host Jeff would be tempting them along the way. So these two girls agreed to go off for a huge heap of peanut butter,Oreos and a glass of coke each. Then for some reason two of the gals just took off ALL their clothes, and then jumped off the pole into the water. Too bad it was censored. Maybe if i go snoop around kazaa i might find some uncensored version??? :P
The whole day was just watching TV, surfing the net,. chatting, doing pushups, etc. I'm going out soon, to my grandparents place. We ( the male cousins) are prob gonna go play soccer or something. Woops. gotta go, we are leaving soon.
Friday, March 28, 2003
As you know, Teenagers are advised not to leave the house unnecessarily. Like me. I have been staying home for the past few days, and even cleaned the window grilles in my house. Did lots of pushups too. :) Looks like i will go back to school on April 6th with a buff body! Haha, I go challenge mathew yeo in arm wrestling and beat him, and then he will cry! Then I can point at him, laugh and call him 'Weak!' , as he always does to me. :D
But i opened the papers today and saw a pic of youths in an arcade. Not like i did not expect this anyway. There are people who do not understand the severity of the situation, and who are plain ignorant. Like the idiot bird I mentioned in the previous post. The government in its right mind would NEVER call of two weeks of school for fun. Obviously the situation is very bad, and a school is a hotbed for germs and other scum.[ that explains nerds.]
SO, What is the use of avoiding a small well ventilated room filled with 40 kids, to go to a larger, poorly-ventilated room with a hundred kids in there?
As Mr Heng would say, " Searching for Death issit? "
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Yup. Did not blog since god knows when. :D Sux man, coming back to school for 3 days and then learning that we are getting an extended holiday. Sorta ruins the momentum.
Went back to school on monday. I changed my sitting postion, one desk in front of my original place. Its much cooler there, the fan is blowing straight at me. Now jiaming sits at the back row, surrounded by me, gaius and cedric. The future looks ominous for him. :D
Tuesday, came to school early at 6.45 am to find out that the 401 buggers had physics class at that time. physics class at 6.45 !!! During P.E. we had inter-class relays. 4 by 600 m, 4 by 300m, 4 by 200m and 4 by 80m. We won the 4 by 80m ( with me as the anchorman ;D ) and won overall. [502] was first, 404 second, 403 third and 401 last. :(
Throughout the races we were chanting 502, because earliier our maths teacher had said that our whoile class would not pass olevels cause we were so rowdy. Then we started chanting 502, 502!! Hahah, I swear my class is too rowdy to be a 2nd top class.
After school I stayed back for the rugby match after school. Sji vs. Sas( st andrews), semifinal, at 5 pm. I had a nice chat ;) with daryl, jonny sara peter, and later wancum. It was very, informational, and ... stress-relieving, as sara had put it.
After that I proceeded with darren, ben wang, tcx and boon keng to police academy to watch the rugby match. The match ended 0-0 in full time, but Sji had 3 chances where we were less than 5 metres from the try line but committed ine of those miniscule rugby fouls and gave away the penalty to Sas. And we were 2 metres from the line when the ref gave a foul and then blew for full time. SO CLOSE!. So there was sudden death entra time. We almost won the match with a drop kick, but it shaved the post agonisingly. Eventually, Sas won with a try. They scored the try 5 feet away from me, as i was standing on the touchline. When they scored i was so shocked, and disappointed. Some of the ruggers were on the field crying. They had put so much effort in, and deserved to win the match, but lost eventually. And this was the last year for most of the team.
All the supporters gathered in a huddle with the team and we sang the school song and did the school cheer. Looking at some of the ruggers crying made me tear a little.
I took 132 home with darren tcx and ben. In the bus this Sas guy came up to me and congratulated us for a good fight. I congratulated him for winning, and told him that they Must win Acs(I) whom they will be meeting in the final. Went to have dinner with ben wang after that, then i went home.
Wednesday was quite an interesting day. First in chinese class we had to do a composition, but heng practically gave us all the points, so all we had to do was to translate that into text. Too slack, man. Halfway through the lesson he went out of the class to ' ma4 ren2". Lol. Then wang wen came in and 'looked after' us. As soon as she came in everyone saboh-ed daryl by calling out his name and stuffies like that. He was so embarassed. He said something about how he couldn't think of anything to write, because the bloodflow was directed to the wrong head. :P And after Mr heng returned he miraculously began writing.
During chem class after that, Mr kwang went through some questions in the chem past year papers. And he kept going until he ate into 20 mins of our recess. I couldnt stand it, so I said " Mr kwang, this lesson is in excess!". I think he got the point and let us go soon after. :D During recess, I was eating my meal when suddenly a bird flew into the fan and dropped dead onto the floor. A few feathers slowly fluttered to the floor. What an idiot bird. Had English lesson after recess, where we went through comprehension. As usual, there was so much haggling, disagreeing, and questioning of Fam's marking. I swear, it is inconsistent. It started raining heavily towards the end of the day. Walked to the busstop in the rain.
Went home, took a nap. Then my sis woke me up to tell me that school was closed. My initial reaction was " mMmpphhhhH, let me sleep.... " Then after a few seconds i sprang up from my bed and was like "really???" Yah, so upon hearing the good news i went online. And i found out that everyone else's reactions was the same. Everyone was online man.
Thursday i woke up to realise that my sis bought roti prata. So nice of her, she normally does not do things like that. I foolishly ate it cold, and then after that instead of throwing the wrapper away, I put it into the laundry bin. Haha. If you can picture a man with messy hair, blodshot eyes and morning breath scratching his belly, that's me every morning. :D I watched a rerun of charmed, went online, chatted with friends, played Earth 2025. I built up Industrial complexes because I did not fell like attacking. According to GT, I am the top tanker in xISWx.
This morning I did some history homework, chatted again, but have not played Earth yet.
I am personally against war, but am even more against ruthless, abusing Dictators. So I guess I support this war. At least they are trying their best to reduce civilian losses and have the future of Iraq in their interests. But it's hard to reduce civilian casualties when you have enemies dressed in civilian clothes, attacking you. Watching the two heads of state, Bush and Blair, answer question form the press, I realised that Tony Blair is a real eloquent speaker and intelligent man. The way he answered questions really impressed me.
Now that school is closed, I am beginning to think that the SARS outbreak is more serious than i first thought. My parents want me to stay home, and explained to me that they do not want to risk any of us getting infected.
I think the rugby team going to play in hongkong despite the current situation are very selfish. I couldn't care less if the whole team caught SARS and died. They are more or less asking for it. But what I am worried about is if they catch it and infect others. The manager of the rugby team said that they will go into quarantine as soon as they reach Singapore. So what? What about those they may come in contact with on the plane? I think they just want to win the tournament so badly, and see this as an opprtune chance since the top teams have pulled out.
yar, quite a few people have either urged me to update my blog, or asked why i never blog anymore. Here. Happy? :D
Wednesday, March 19, 2003
so I'm thinking, perhaps I should go to AJC ? Hahaha.... I think some of you know what i am talking about.
I visited my grandfather in hospital yesterday. I can tell he really hates being in the hospital. As soon as I asked him " How are you feeling, Pa?" He replied " I'm okay, but I feel so lonely..." And he started crying.
He's been on an emotional roller coaster lately. First he lost his sight. But i am glad to say that he regained his vision on monday. He woke up in the morning and miraculously, he could see again. But he had forgotten the last 10 days. ( after he suffered the stroke). When my dad visited him 11pm monday morning, he cried and asked him what he was doing there and why was he left all alone. So my dad explained to him that he was in the hospital for the past 10 days and that at least one of his children was with him most of the time.
So i visited him yesterday morning, brought him down to the koi pond and pushed him in the wheelchair around the garden. He was happy to get out of his bed, but looked disinterested. Me and my mum feel that he is trying to signal to us that he wants to go home.
We then brought him back up to his ward, powdered his torso and then he went to sleep.
I really respect my grandfather. To see him like this, is kinda .... depressing for me. Even though i may not show it. My mom said i have been restless in my sleep ever since he suffered the stroke. At my PTM on saturday David Kwang said i have grown more restless recently. *shrug oh well, i tried to not let it affect me too much.
Today my mom just left the house. Apparently they are going to discharge him and they are having a briefing for all his caregivers ( i.e. all his children and children-in-law) on how to take care of him after he is discharged. It is possible that he is going to stay here with us.
Going out with the 402 gang tmr. LAN, movie, Dinner. Stupid famster preached to us that going for LAN games are bad for us and addictive once she found out that we were going. Please lah. We can control ourselves, and know whats good for ourselves. How else did we get into 402? If we were the kind that dont go for these kind of things and stay home and mug, we would be in 401 already la. :)
Anyway, I can understand where she comes from because according to my frens who know her son, who is our age, he is kind of addicted to comp. games and dont really do anything besides. :(
But Famster can't stop us. *pout
War is imminent. Like I care. Those two lamers can go fight it out.
I A M B O R E D H E Y A S T R A N G E R
Monday, March 17, 2003
Looking back on my previous post, I apologise to those i may have offended. ( Even though hardly anyone comes here) I was very emotional, and I bear no grudge against my wonderful friends from Marcian. :D Sorry if i made you guys feel otherwise.
I feel proud of myself. Whenver it comes to holidays, i usually have ambitious plans to do things i usually don't. And i normally don't fulfill my plans and just slack the hols away. But i actually foloowed through on my plan yesterday! I am so proud of myself! Now all i have to do is carry out my plan today and for the rest of my hols and here comes my 7 A1s!!!! :D
This morning I just received some wonderful news but am not 100% sure whether it is true or just a false alarm. Once it is confirmed I shall share this piece of good news with my beloved audience :P .
Friday, March 14, 2003
Inter House Ripoff Competition
Today was the Inter House Cheer Competition. I went early to prepare for the cheers and all, as I was one of those who were to lead the cheers for my House, Fintan.
First up was Lawrence house. They had a lot of props and decorations, and it was very colourful. However, the cheers were rather uncoordinated and there were awkward pauses in between cheers.
Next up was us. We had this impressive moving-together sequence where we converged on to the raised steps from different directions. Our cheers were well executed and our coordination was good. Especially our provocative 'Hey Fintan!' cheer, with the pelvic thrusts and all. After our cheers, the consensus among the people I asked was that we were Loud, Coherent, and basically good. And many people had tipped us to win.
Next was Marcian. If you ask me, and many others, the worst house. Less than a quarter of the house was cheering the people at the back were slacking, and the cheers was distinctly unimaginative and uncoordinated.
Then was Michael. As usual, their cheers sounded really vulgar ;P .They were kinda clear and loud, but repeated some of their cheers. I envisioned a two way fight between us and michael, with lawrence third.
In the end guess what happened? Fintan and Lawrence got joint-last, Michael got second and Marcian Won. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What the hell man.... I swear they were no good at all.... And this is not sour grapes lar... cos i was already thiking like this before the results had come out. They were really bad. I am sure almost everybody feels that way. ( And some of my friends from marcian admitted it too.)
It turns out that according to brother michael, the other houses had not incorporated any school cheers into their routines. Marcian house had, taking in a few school cheers wholesale into their routine. His rationale for that was that so we could import those ideas into the National Track and Field Meet! So the message I am getting is that he expects substandard, un-enthusiastic cheering from us at the meet? ( no offence. ) Well, if that is what he wants, then so be it. I am distinctly fed up. Those who know me know that I am very enthusiastic about cheering for the school and am very proud of it. And then he chastised our house for using pyrotechnics and said it was dangerous. !!!!!!!! They were just sparklers for crying out loud!
I used to have a lot of respect for Brother Michael ( dont even mention lui and cockanaden). Now it has diminished significantly. How can you justify picking a house to be Winner when it was so clear that they deserved to be last? Just because they did the school cheer at the end of their routine?
Wrong move, Brother. Wrong move.
Saturday, March 08, 2003
I Believe
Walk blindly to the light and reach out for his hand
Don't ask any questions and don't try to understand
Open up your mind and then open up your heart
And you will see that you and me aren't very far apart
'Cause I believe that love is the answer
I believe that love will find the way
Violence is spread worldwide and there are families on the street
And we sell drugs to children now oh why can't we just see
That all we do is eliminate our future with the things we do today
Money is our incentive now so that makes it okay
But I believe that love is the answer
I believe that love will find the way
I believe that love is the answer
I believe that love will find the way
I've been seeing Lisa now for a little over a year
She said she's never been so happy but Lisa lives in fear
That one day daddy's gonna find out she's in love
With a black man from the streets
Oh how he would lose it then but she's still here with me
'Cause she believes that love will see it through
And one day he'll understand
And he'll see me as a person not just a black man
'Cause I believe that love is the answer
I believe that love will find the way
I believe I believe I believe I believe that love is the answer
I believe that love will find the way
Love will find the way
Love will find the way
Love will find the way
Please love find the way
Please love find the way
The past few days have been really hectic, so many things happening...
Had chinese test on thursday, then biweekly today, so lots of time spent studying chinese. The test on thurs was f---ing hard... I think heng did it on purpose.... No wonder they call him sadist heng. The day was going well, until i came home and learnt that my grandfather had suffered a stroke. He is still in hospital, but is much better now, his condition improving. ON thurs he couldnt control his movements, but when i visited him yesterday afternoon after school( see, i had a reson for not volounteering for the novelty event!) he seemed perfectly normal, except he took a little bit longer to respond and that he could not see anything. Apparently the stroke had damaged his optical nerves.
So my mum, sis and I spent a few hours just talking to him, making sure that boredom didn't kill him. He was really responsive, and was really happy when he heard of my sis' A level results. ( 2 As, 1 B 1C. It's okay, considering she barely made it to JC) and when he heard that the SJI rugby team beat RI 17-5 at RI. He is an ex-josephian. I should rephrase that, He still is a Josephian. But all that could not really hide his sadness.
He has been suffering from Tunnel vision and high blood pressure and whatnot for the past few years, so his everyday life centres around watching TV, helping a bit around the house in ways he can. Now that he has lost his vision, I fear that he will not be able to find anything to occupy his time. My mom and sis went to visit him again just now.
Friday was kinda cool. slack chem period ( in which kwang was quite jovial, unlike his usual uptight self) then 2158 lesson where miss mara walked out on the class after practically all of us didn't do the homework she set on thursday. For English period we wrote an essay titled " War is a necessary evil. discuss". I was prepareed for this cause she told us the day before. Thought about what to write, borrowed a book from Jiaming with good content i could use in my essay. I was determined to do well for that essay cos the last one was really horrible. Worst essay I have ever written in my secondary school life. Aniwaez i feel i did good with yesterdays essay. :D
Oh! I did quite okay for my common test lah. Got 83 for Amaths, 88 for Emaths, 71 for physics, 62 for chem, 66 for bio, 70 for comb. humanes, 60+ for 2158, thats about all. quite okay lar. considering i was slackkking throughout the term.
Today's biweekly was damn easy. The Zaoju was all expected to come out, and i think i did really well for this test. But the only thing that matters is whether i pass or fail. Cos i bloody well don't want to retake it this saturday.
Saturday, March 01, 2003
The NYAA presentation ceremony was held at the hall today, and i was the emcee.
It was kinda routine, just reading out names and inviting guests-of-dishonour to give mundane speeches. didn't stumble over any names. :)
Bernard Teo was so highly-strung, running around getting things organised. Smartly, I tried not to get in his way.
About the Olevel results released yesterday, SJI performed okay. The top student was Cumarran, scoring 9 A1s and an A2. He was also the patrol leader for the SJI pelandok scouts.
The higher chinese buggers in my cohort got back their Chinese results. They took the paper in November. Out of about 10 to 12 in my class, all got A1s except weiqi and Max. Their chinese is not as polished as some of them in my class, who are super-pro. The 401 buggers also got mainly A1s and A2s. But Gerard got a B3, and was pretty darn upset. But after some consoling and wise words from frens like Darren, and teachers like CF, he's now back to normal. I must say i am pretty impressed, as he is not looking back, and is focusing on improving himself. Gerard has always been a very determined person.
After viewing the previous cohort's O level results, particularly the distinction rates for certain subjects, I have a renewed sense of purpose and determination. History 2158 had a 100% A1 rate. Not just distinction, mind you, A1 !!!! Biology's distinction rate was about 80+%. More statistics will be out on Monday following Lui's monday morning speech. I bet he is looking forward to it, not only because of the excitement of telling the school all the various distinction rates, But because it is the only time every year where people actually listen to his speeches.
I have worked out a plan for my Os. i.e., what my expectations for each subject is.
English A1
Chinese Language B3
E Maths A1
A Maths A1
Physics A2
Chemistry A2
Biology A1
Combined Humanities A1
History 2158 A1
I believe that all this is possible if i put in sufficient, consistent effort, and if i have an in-depth understanding of the subject. Of which I am all capable of. If this goes through, i will be a 6-pointer. Wah. hahaha. I would also probably achieve my secret ambitions of 1, being the top Eurasian Student, and 2, Getting my name put up on the TV screens in the SJI canteen next year when the results are released. :D
" What matters not are results, but what your results result in for yourself."
