[x] Part 1 -- The Basics [x]
What's your name? :::	Gabriel Peter Olsen
Birthplace :::	Singapore, more specifically Mount Alvernia Medical Center
Age :::	16
Age you act :::	69
Current location :::	in front of computer.
Eye color :::	black/dark brown
Hair color :::	black/dark brown
Right, lefty or ambidextrous? :::	Righty
Zodiac sign? :::	Leo
Height? :::	183/184 cm
[x] Part 2 -- Describe... [x]
Your heritage/nationality :::	Eurasian ... Swedish Portugese Chinese.
Your hair :::	Short, closely cropped. Black as coal. =)
Your fears :::	People not lovong me . awwwww....
Your perfect room :::	A dark one. =) hahaha.
What you practically do in a day :::	Nothing. Everything I do is impractical
[x] Part 3 -- What is/are... [x]
Words you overuse :::	as a proud singaporean, ... lah, lor, wah lau eh. Also wanker.
Phrases you overuse :::	Great minds think alike ( they do! ), lousy lah *name* !
Your first thought when you wake up :::	Mmmmmppphhh... Can i go back to sleep?
Your greatest accomplishment :::	urghhh... Dunno.
Something you want to do :::	psychiatrist (inspired by Frasier Krane. hah )
[x] Part 4 -- This or that [x]
Pepsi or Coke :::	Coke!
McDonald's or Burger Kings :::	BK!!
Britney Spears or Christina Aguilera :::	Christina
Chocolate or vanilla :::	Vanilla
Adidas or Nike :::	Adidas, nike is just flash and no substance
Black or white :::	White.
Bills or Coins ((Think $$$)) :::	Bills...
Burgers or hot dogs :::	Burgers!
Egypt or France :::	France
Rock or rap :::	ROCKKKKKKK
[x] Part 5 -- Do you...[x]
Smoke :::	Only when I get real angry... then smoke starts to come outta my ears.
Cuss :::	F*cking hell yeah!
Sing well :::	refer to above.
Sing in the shower :::	refer to above.
Talk to yourself --a lot-- :::	refer to above
Believe in yourself :::	refer to above
Like taking these longass surveys? :::	refer to above
Play an instrument :::	No. =) ( bet u thought i was gonna say 'refer to above'... )
Want to go to college? :::	Yea! Junior College! =)
Want to get married? :::	Don't know.
Want to have children? :::	Don't Know.
Think you're a health freak? :::	no.
Get along with your parents :::	yes.
Get along with your siblings? :::	yes
Think you're popular :::	erm. maybe among those i Know?
[x] Part 6 -- In the past month have you..[x]
Gone out of state :::	No
Drank alchohal :::	Yes
Smoke :::	No
Get high :::	No
Done any drugs :::	No
Eaten an entire box of oreos :::	No
Been on stage :::	No
Gone skinny dipping :::	No
Been dumped :::	No
Dyed your hair :::	No
Stolen anything :::	Yes. Chocolates from the fridge. =0
[x] Part 7 -- Your friends! =D [x]
Craziest :::	Pravin/Peter
Loudest :::	Peter/Pravin
Most shy :::	Jonny!
Blondest :::	Paul!!! =)
Smartest :::	Me lah.
Kindest :::	wah. so many of them.
Best personality :::	Wah. So many of them.
Most talented :::	Wah. SO many of them
Best singer :::	yangwei or shaun
Most ghetto :::	eh? Down here no ghetto... only got angmokio. =)
Drama Queen ((or King XP)) :::	dhanesh.
Pain in the ass :::	CHOY!!!!
The one you just want to strangle to death ((Homer Simpson style)):::	Jonny!
Funniest :::	ben, mathew, yangwei ,pradeep, pravin, etcetc.
Best person for advice :::	Weiqi
Dependable :::	so many of them!
Trustworthy :::	so many of them!
Druggie :::	Kiren Nair. =)
Most likely to end up in jail :::	refer to above.
Person you've known the longest :::	hmmm. dunno
[x] Part 8 -- The Last... [x]
Last dream :::	Can't remember.
Last nightmare :::	Can't remember
Car ride :::	Can't remember
Last time you cried :::	haha. Won't tell, but it's recent.
Last movie seen :::	LOTR! the return of the king.
Last movie rented :::	?
Last book read :::	Snow falling on cedars
Last word said :::	okay
Last curse word said :::	wanker
Last time you laugh :::	?
Last phone call :::	To weiqi's handphone when i was late for dinner yesterday. =)
Last CD played :::	Deep Purple.
Last song you listened to :::	Careless Whisper by Wham!
Last annoyance :::	here. now. doing this.
Last IM :::	IM?
Last weird encounter :::	On the train seeing two lezzies ham it out.
Last person you hugged :::	erm... cant remember.
Last person you yelled at :::	wahaha.. probabaly one of my siblings.
Last time you wore a skirt :::	!!!!!!!!!
Last time you've been evil :::	hehehehe/... today.
Sarcastic? :::	nonononono, I've NEVER been sarcastic.
Last time you fought with your parents :::	wah. Long time ago.
Last time you wished upon a star :::	Never did.
Played Truth or Dare :::	wah. cant remember
Spent quality time alone :::	today
[x] Part 9 -- I swear this is the last one! -- Randomness [x]
Are you talking to someone on AIM :::	3 people - Oliver, yangwei, gcx,
Do you feel lonely :::	nope.
Ever TP'd someone's house :::	toilet-papered? Nah. down here in sg if u wanna do that you gotta be able to throw it 20 plus storeys. =)
How about egging someone's house :::	Nah.
Do you not like dislike not like me? :::	WHat the f()ck are u trying to say?
Ain't Eminem and 50 Cent just fine? :::	yeah. They are just fine ... Prison material.
Yo Momma :::	is married to Yo Poppa
Ever been so hungry you felt like you could eat the person next to you? :::	nope. But I've had that feeling nonetheless. =)
What do you think of George Bush? :::	What do I think of a shotgun-wieldin', hay-chewin', oil-diggin', beer-guzzlin' hick with too mcuh Power? Is that the question you are trying to ask me?
Any secret fetishes? :::	yes. cant reveal, then it wouldn't be secret. =)
Do you like to wear chains? O_o :::	No.
How many languages do you speak? :::	2. wait, more like one and a half, if u know whad i mean.
Damn.. are your fingers tired? Cause mine sure are! :::	nope. My fingers are used to more strenous workouts than this. =)
Glad this is over? ((Say yes and I'll stalk you XP)) :::	ho-hum.

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Murder, he wrote. At 12/30/2003 04:51:00 pm

Just around the corner ...

Whatup? Blargh.

Saturday

Woke up at 8 am as I was supposed to go down to school at 9 am to play soccer on the school field. So I got outta the house, went to the lift lobby and waited for the lift. When the lift door finally opened, a very interesting sigh ( and smell ) wafted towards me. On the left of the lift was a puddle of human doo-doo. There was a LOT of it. And it was rather fluid in its consistency. Kind of like chocolate syrups with nuts in it. Yumm.

Either someone had a real severe case of diarrhoea or two guys had not-so-severe cases of diarrhoea and chose to share one spot. =) Then on the right of the lift was a pool of urine. There was about a one foot space between the liquid stuff and the semi-liquid stuff. The first thing that came to my mind ( other than to cover my nose and to not step on the nasty stuff ) was that luckily, the two didn't mix. It would have made a rather vile paste. =)

So I held my nose for 16 floors and then got the crap ( no pun intended ) outta there. Took a deep, appreciative breath. Proceeded to school.

When I reached there people were just kicking the ball around, milling about. After a while we got down to playing. Can't remember much. Just that Salman's brother is good, and Dwayne got hacked down a lot. Oh yeah. I scored a goal. It was a half-volley that went in off Mathew Yeo. =) But it was on target anyways. =) Then later on Mathew yeo scored a goal which deflected off my foot. =) But it was on target anyways. =)

After taking a shower, we headed down to Orchard. We first went for lunch at ( where else? ) Lido. Then we went browsing at the major CD shops. Went to Isetan with Gerard and looked around at those new Mogu pillows and were 'copping a few feels'. Interesting comaprisons, we thought of. =)

After walking around Orchard we finally decided to go home.

At night my family went to Uncle James' house. Was nice seeing everyone again. We went down to play soccer. After a while we went home.

Reached home at 5 am. Slept.

Sunday

Nothing much happened.

Christmas is around the corner. But somehow it just doesn't feel right to celebrate it this year.

Murder, he wrote. At 12/22/2003 02:30:00 pm

Hmmm...
The JC postings were out since yesterday... And it turns out 10 points isn't sufficient to get into NJC. Haha, I kind of expected that anyway. So CJC Arts it is. Plan to do a cross-combi with one science subject. So far I know about 10 other people going to CJC with me. Ching and Mat will be going along with me. Good company =). Yah a few others too. Gotta rush off to the optician's.

Oh well. At least I am Dexterous.


I did it in 11 seconds.
I deserved an A!!
Take the How Dexterous Are You? Quiz!!

Murder, he wrote. At 12/18/2003 01:37:00 pm

Nocturnalized

Went to gareth's chalet on monday. Arrived at Pasir Ris MRT at 3 pm to find only Daryl there, sipping a particularly bitter cup of coffee. Afterwards the rest of them arrived and we set off for the chalet. Gcx stepped in a puddle of mud and dirtied his sandals. So he took them off and walked barefoot to Costa Sands. How Barbaric.

When we reached the chalet, I was shocked at how small it was. I was thinking, How are all of us going to sleep in there? Then I realised that we probably weren't going to sleep at all. We went to Pasir Ris Park to play soccer on a very muddy patch of grass. Daren soon slipped in a puddle of mud, to the delight of the rest of us. =) I was soon to follow. I was running after the ball and tried to stop. My foot slipped from under me and voila! My whole back was soaked with mud. And I was wearing a new shirt too! Argh.

Anyway, soccer was fun. Chunxiang kept launching 'surprise attacks' to the point that they were all too predictable. Me and Gareth were trying to play the offside trap but nobody believed us when we bellowed "Offside!". Damnations. Maybe we should've went "Auf-siedz". =) I scored quite a few goals, and nice ones at that. I even scored two identical goals, cutting in from the left and placing the ball at the far post twice from the same position. My fave one was the one I scored when everyone was in 'slacker mode'. Nonetheless, it was a nice goal, by my standards. From the right I was allowed to literally walk with the ball. As I closed in people started to run in my direction. So I took aim and whacked. To my surprise, the ball whizzed in at the near post, really low. Those who have seen me play will know that when I whack the ball, it tends to go high and over. So it's quite an achievement lol.

We had a barbecue too. Saw my Colin Brad and his friend Marcus walking past our chalet. I knew they were there but didn't know where they were. At around 10 pm we went to Downtown East to play at the arcade. =) We played Daytona and I finally got to see first hand how pro Kong was at it.

We stayed up the whole night. Yangwei, Daryl, Hafiz and I were taught how to play Bridge by Darren Eng and Max. Yangwei had some problems learning it but he got it in the end. The four of us were instantly addicted to it and played it till about 6 am. Yangwei and I won one round against Daryl and Hafiz, not allowing them any tricks at all. =) At 6 am we went to the beach in an attempt to watch the sunrise. However we were not able to and spent a while standing on the breakwater, enjoying the cool breeze and chatting.

After that we played Murderer. Unfortunately I didn't find these few rounds as fun as b4. Maybe because I was tired. And AGAIN I wasn't the murderer. It's very frustrating, but what to do?

I reached home exhausted. After Bathing, I promptly fell asleep at about 2 pm and slept all the way till 12 midnight. My goodness, I just felt my body clock switching to Nocturnal mode. =)

Ah. I think I'd better get started on my Christmas cards.

Murder, he wrote. At 12/17/2003 04:28:00 am

Toenail-watching

The holidays have been rather uneventful and boring. So much so that I've resorted to watching my toenails grow. It's actually quite interesting, given you adopt the right frame of mind. Really.

Been going to the Gym at yck with yangwei and weiqi recently. The last time I stepped into a gym was at Field training in sec 2. That long ago. As expected my muscles ached days after each session. Blah. I must say that Yangwei is really quite impressive. Boy, he sure can lift some heavy weights. Looks like all those after-school gym sessions paid off for him.

Just bought a new pair of Cross-trainer shoes today. I've been looking around for three days already. Went looking at Suntec City Mall, and the various shops around my area. Mist soes my size were too narrow for me. Finally I found one that more or less fits me. The design isn't too bad either. I even got a bottle of sneaker shampoo, how cool is that?

Recently everyone has been going for holidays. Funny, cos I thought that the economy is down and ppl would be saving money. Ching went to NZ, choy is going to NZ, weiqi just went to Japan a few days ago ... wankers, man.

I've been playing a lot of Red Alert 2 recently. I know, I know, it's an old game, but I just inexplicably feel like playing it. Wonder why, especially after I downloaded Gunbound. Funnily, I just don't feel like playing Gunbound.

Oh yeah, Christmas is coming yah? So I was thinking of whether to buy christmas cards for you guys or just send you guysempty envelopes. See, christmas cards cost money lah. I almost chose the second option before my older sis came up with the idea of making them. It's such a 'duh...' thing, but I just didn't think of it. =) Oh, I shan't tell you what its like, or else I'd spoil the surprise wouldn't I?

Have a good life.

Murder, he wrote. At 12/12/2003 06:54:00 pm

2-4 December. My Third class chalet in 3 years. This year it was held at Aloha changi at Netheravon road. And as usual, it was fun-filled and good-spirited, and was filled with moments which I will never forget.

When we arrived at the chalet on Tuesday afternoon the first thing we did was to pig out on some festive goodies brought there by Salman's parents, who also helped to book the chalet. Thank you! And also Thank you to Richard's Parents for booking the other chalet.

I headed straight for the MasterBedroom, cos it was the only bed which was springy. I had a real fun time bouncing on it. I felt an overwhelming surge of guilt and pity for the poor bed. But I soon snapped out of it when it occured to me that it wasn't alive.

One of the first things we did was to snap on the PS. Haha, we had a great time plying Aston's pirated Fifa game. The commentator could only speak in German and we kept laughing at his peculiar and sometimes seemingly obscene statements throughout the stay at the chalet. We then wanked over to the big soccer field to play a round of soccer. 402 vs 401. We were leading 3-2 when some guard came over and told us that the field belonged to some clubhouse and we weren't allowed to play there. Apparently if we continued to play there he would ' Kena fuck by the manager '. Later on our way out there was a muddy path littered with condoms. Cheanxiu commented that the manager probably 'punished' his security staff quite regularly. =) Someone then suggested that we play on a patch of grass next to the field. I said that we better not, and pointed to a dilapidated hut across the field, saying that it probably beloged to 'that clubhouse'.

We made our way back to the chalet and hung around. We then started to prepare for the bbq. I helped out a bit with the BBQ. The food was not bad. Chicken wings, sausages, chicken curry, satay and Spenser's oh-so-familiar potato salad. Frankly, after eating it for three straight chalets, I am not too keen on getting the recipe from Spenser. =)

The bbq went very smoothly. There was almost no food wastage. Kudos to Mat yeo! And we also managed to eat our fill.

At night, we ventured to the ceo's room where keefe led us in this super kewl game called Murderer. It's different from the one where the murderer winks at ppl, and is defintely more fun, more intriguing and more tough to find the murderers. I have to say that Keefe is a superb gamemaster. It was a pity that he had to leave so soon.

The next morning dicky and keefe left for a pre-camp thingy. I was barely awake when I heard the taxi pull up in the driveway and ppl shouting bye to them. Part of me willed myself to get up and say bye to them. The other part went zzzzz. Guess which part of me I obeyed.

Woke up after lying on the bed in semi-sleep stupor. Woke up to find that weiqi went to buy breakfast for all of us. Played Who wants to be a millionaire on the PS. Was quite fun, we learnt a few things we never knew. Played Fifa afterwards. Me and Daryl were unstoppable as a team. =)

At around 9.30 am we proceeded to Changi village. We spotted a condom vending machine. We also saw a nearby Playground that was littered with used condoms. That Playground really live up to its name. =)

We then took a bumboat to Pulau Ubin. The ride was fun, with the boat bobbing around in the choppy waves. It gave me a certain feeling of helplessness, helpred me realise at that point that it could snap any moment. The fragile thread of our human lives. I remember remarking to someone that if we were to capsize that moment, we would all be dead. Haha. Didn't mean to spoil the mood though. =)

Rented some very good bikes with solid suspension for $4. We went off in groups. Gaius and my group went off last, but we soon caught up with weiqi and max's group as they had problems with Yiming, who had not cycled since ACE camp in sec 2.

It was really nice cycling around Ubin. Really brought back memories of our ACE camp. All the hardships we faced [ such as not being able to bathe ] and all the fun times we had. It was also quite amuising to recall all the mishaps that happened during our three day stay at Ubin. When we reached the hut near our ACE campsite, we were buzzing with anticipation. We took a short rest and then set off again. This time we went first and arrived at the campsite first.

The campsite was a bit of a disappointment. First, it was all overgrown with bush and shrubs. Second, the fence that was erected along the coast really spoiled the scenery. On our way back, we decided to take a short detour thru the famous ' Tunnel of Love '. To borrow a phrase from yangwei, it " was really overgrown... unshaved, and unkempt! ". =) Thanks to peter for charging headfirst through the tunnel and drawing first blood for us. Even though I suspect you enjoyed it, I thank you nonetheless. =D

We then made our way back to the village, and stopped at the afore-mentioned hut. We had to climb up a really steep slope on our bikes. After that there was a steep downward slope. Not soon after Peter came whizzing down the slope, screaming at the top of his lungs. The crazy bugger was still pedalling as he came down the slope.

He also hit the patch of sand. By the time he realised that he was heading off the road and into the swamp, it was too late. He crashed throught some shrubs and we all stared in horror as we saw him disappear from our view as he plunged to the swamp below. We all rushed over but we couldn't see him through all the dense trees. To our relief, he shouted, rather comically, "I'm still alive!". He managed to pull himself and his bike out, with not a scratch on his body except for a but on his heel made by the foot pedal of the bike.

We gave him some wet wipes to clean the mud of him and I had to feed him my Mom's cookies since his hands were all muddy. I was suprised that he was able to eat after all that had happened. Oh by the way, everyone loved the cookies. Many of them asked for a recipe too. Haha, it required many years of tasting half-baked(not literally)
cookies before the cookies got this good. Fat hope. :D

Took a slow ride to the village. We then went to the basketball court and waited for everyone to arrive. We then took a mass photo of everyone on their bikes. Peter, as usual, rushed to the front of the group just as the camera took a shot. The end result though, was quite cool.

Took a bumboat back. When we reached the other side I has to sit down with richard for a while as he recovered from motion sickness. I was hoping he didnt puke on me. :D

Went to Changi village. Had Sarabat tea with daryl. It was supposed to 'heal you of wind in the stomach'. It worked. Back at the chalet Daryl was farting like a bear :D and I had to go take a dump. Kudos to Ginger Tea! =)

We were to tired to do anything so we lounged around the chalet for the day. Was lyind down with weiqi max and mat in their room and talking about stuff. Then slowly everyone came in and we decided to relocate to my room, joined by ben and salman. Looked through the pics we took and some were very flattering. =D

We went to play soccer at the small field nehind the chalet. 01 v 02 again. :D I scored quite a cool goal. I crossed the ball in from the right, then justin cleared it straight to me. I crossed it again, and AGAIN Justin cleared it to me. So I decided to take my chances and volleyed the ball first time. It flew in the near post and rooted gerard to the spot. =D So happy. So surprised with myself.

After that we went for night walk along Changi Beach. We were doing really lame things, letting our our inner childs. It was really calming to just stand on the beach and smell the salty air. There was a constant strong breeze, and it was very relaxing and therapeutic. We then walked back home. Me and Daryl were trying on different accents. German, Scottish, etc. I even tried a godfather-esque one and an imitation of Chris Rock as Ruby in the 5th Element. =) Daryl's German one is real good. We were in stitches. =)

Back home, we played another round of MURDERER. Yangwei also gave out the new CCU namecards. SO cool. It was balck and white with a very simple yet stunning design. The last round of Murderer that we played at around 2 am was realllly tense. Shasti accused me of being the murderer. It was a very good point and I was a little disapointed at myself for putting so much suspicion on myself. In the end I argued my way out logically and coherently, so said the others. Thus from then on they never suspected me as the murderer. Salman and Ben even went as far as to implicitly state that they felt I wasn't the murderer! Wah.. I am so proud of myself. =)
But I was really disappointed that I didnt get to be the murderer at all. :(

After that I had to go and sleep. Was totally shagged out. All the beds were taken up inb our chalet. So I went over to the other chalet and found a room with not-so-cold air conditioning and a spare bed. Gaius was on one bed, and I went to sleep on the other. When I woke up at 9 am the next morn, it was Eddie who was on the adjacent bed. haha :S

A guy with a real high pitched voice came over to our chalet to 'Check us out'. Hahaha. So funny. Yah, turns out we were missing one teaspoon. Not bad. =)

Left the chalet, took a few pics, and then caught the bus to Tampines MRT. Took a train home with Gaius, mat, jonny, aston, gerard, daryl, etc. When I reached home, I was so exhausted that I went to my bed and slept without even bathing. Yucks.

The Chalet was truly fun. And I even got to know some of the guys a little better. It was a great experience, the third chalet we had together.

And I hope there will be a fourth sometime soon.

In CCU we trust.

Murder, he wrote. At 12/05/2003 10:06:00 pm

Seems like everyone is asking everyone else to stop growing taller. Our good pal jonny looks like he's been chuffing down the growth hormones. He's still growing and the other day at the grad dinner, it struck me how close his height was to mine. To be honest, it's a bit threatening when someone 'encroaches' on your vertical presence.... hahaha. Especially after you routinely tease the vertically-challenged over their less than perfect vantange point. right Max? =)

On saturday, I went to a family gathering and my cousin Jeanette was like... " Ehhh. can you stop growing?? "

It's not as if we can help it, right?
Blame it on the genes, the hormones, the whatever man...
Just don't blame it on me.
O_o

Murder, he wrote. At 12/01/2003 01:29:00 pm