I'm 17. Yay!
That means 1 more year to watching M18 movies. Yay!
I loooove violence, but I hate blood. Haha...
Got my first message at 00:00:12 from Keng Wee. Haha.... That's so sweet of him. Then a few seconds later at 00:00:56, received another message form avril. Haha... Awww... That's so sweet of her! Then Jia Hao sent me another one, but I slept already. =.=
I went to church in the morning and I got dragged up the stage, along with several other birthdayees, standing hopelessly as the crowd chirped birthday songs in harmony. The peacefulness. The blessings!
Shared the same birthday with Kelly and Rachel. So, we celebrated together after that.
Ate dinner at Tony Roma's, with my biiig family. Played with my cousins, and once again I was drawn back to my childhood years. It's quite late and the place seems devoid of live, so we played catching. Haha....
One of my presents is Naruto Ps2 game. Omg!!! The story plot rockz, the graphic rulz, and the gameplay is soo coool! Saw the screenshots and trailer, can't wait to play. Haha....
I luv my birthday!
My Daily Bread:Our mouths were filled with laughter,our tongues with songs of joy...The Lord has done great things for us,and we are filled with joy. ~ Psalms 126:2-3 ~
Today we held an event called paradigma, and it was crap.
I am one of the organisers, who unluckily got involved in the project, with nian ya and weicheng. I unknowingly got into the so-called alpha list prgramme, where the students are given the chance to organise events. Ugh! On the day when there is a meeting for the organisers, I went into the meeting room to declare my fateful resignation, but somehow the teacher put my name down as one of the organisers because of my presence in the meeting, before I could even appeal for my resignation. Grrr!
Very poor attendance rate, because many couldn't make it last minute, forgot about it, or just didn't bother. But still, I'm happy that kenji and ka $hing can make it despite the long distance.
I'm kind of amused by how VJ uniform is pink and their tie is red. A gay attire. But they insist that it's beige shirt and maroon tie. Haha... Let's just ask random people and see how many will actually say marron instead of red.
I'm supposed to guide the principal and direct his movements in case he blur. Luckily, he isn't. The session get kind of interesting at first. The dialogue session went better than expected. Everyone asked question enthusiastically. Some even got too carried out and argued against each other (kenji also), until it became rather humorous. The guest speaker is shocked, kept quiet while he is overwhelmed by the level of enthusiasm. But after the guest speaker left, it gets kinda dragggy during the students' presentation, and many left half-way. I got kinda annoyed by their disrespect and rudeness.
After that, me, kenji and ka $hing went to J8 to eat dinner and then walked around a while. We recite tales of our JC lives. We talked for about 1h+, until around 8.
On the way back, I met some ventures, Trevor, Gordon, Adam and Ken. Omg.... It has been quite a while since I met some of my fellow scouts. I asked them how is the scouts now. They recently take part in National Orienterring Competition. Sasdly, our scouts unit failed to get championship and lost to Victoria. But the venture unit managed to get the overall Champion. This means we need to train the scouts more so that they can perform better.
One of regrets of my life is not to continue as a venture. I am still emotionally attached to my scouts unit. It is one of the many joys that I had in my life to be a scout, and a venture. But now, I have attachments every Saturday and I couldn't cope with my studies if I continue as a venture. But that means my passion for scouting would be compromised.
I miss the days where we suffered together during the Ubin camps. I miss the feeling when we get championships for the competitions we take part in, how we struggled for the trophies. I miss the joy and laughter during each scouts meeting, the games we played as a patrol and the training sessions we had... I miss the campfires we had, singing and dancing along with a dozen of other schools. I miss the teamwork.
I miss the my juniors, the scouts and the ventures, more importantly. I enjoy teaching my juniors, guiding them, influencing them, playing with them (and pumping them). It is nice to have juniors that you can take charge of, juniors who look up to you.
I regretted ever to stop scouts, but NOT quit scouts. I have a lot of passion for scouting. Seeing how my juniors grow up into ventures and potential scouts... I wantl go back to my unit as soon as I can, and I hope I can join them for National Pioneering Competition(NPC) and camps.
I love CH Scout troop!
I'm beat, gotta sleep....
My Daily Bread:I am the light of the world.He who follows me shall not walk in darkness,but have the light of life.~ John 8:12 ~
Not many significant happenings for this week. My mom went for another operation on Thursday because the last time it cocked up. So, my father came to Singapore on Wednesday. Yay! Family Reunion.
Pon school again on Tuesday because of IEEE competition. My group came there unprepared, because we are only informed abt the date the day before. Worse still, we found out the project was totally wrong. It involves moving Uranium atoms using an optical method, but currently it is impossible, because we cannot even SEE atoms. So, another wtf. But still, we managed to come up with 37 presentation slides overnight. And on the day itself, the judges seemed to be convinced with our project. Haha
Did not expect to win any prize, since we were totally screwed in our preparation. Then the rest of the teams are mostly J2s and RJ student, so lower chance of winning. But still, the grand prize is a f***ing $1000, plus thumb-drives and pen/lazer pointer!!! ARGH! Screw Howard!
As Keng Wee said, a lot of teens our age nowadays are getting angst-y. We became worried and anxious about our life, to the point where we despise our life and repeating the cliche "life sucks" tales. Some of my classmates have been angsty lately, but I won't say who to protect their reputation, because they are my good friends, especially Zin Htet...
Then on Wednesday, Karen went on an overdrive after her handphone got stolen. ... umm ... more like outright gift. A total stranger went to her to borrow handphone and she agreed. Ask her to go outside and close the door and she agreed. The next thing the stranger went missing, along with her handphone. She said he had been talking for 20 min, digressing from salary to BGR. She suspected at first but never do anything. So, she decided to punish us instead...
At one point, she was:
"Aaaargh~~!! If I ever meet that bastard, I shall beat him reeeeal hard!"
*beats me real hard, instead*
At another point she was:
"(Wo hen qi!!!)x249876......"
*run around in circles*
"(I'm so dumb)x46753....."
*Punch the wall till her knucles turn red*
"Aaaargh~~ my knucles turn red!"
Her dramatic reactions went on for days and she still can't get over her loss. Keep yakking me to buy her 6230i + 256MB memory card.
Given how short and small sized, yet violent, she is, it is actually quite funny to watch her hysterical performances. I know I should be sensitive.... but I'm not...
Physics Olympiad lessons is really difficult, don't understand the concepts. I still got a lot of hw to do. aaaargh! Gotta do EoM now....
My Daily Bread:The Lord is my shepherd,I shall not be in want.He makes me lie down in green pastures,He leads me beside quiet waters,He restores my soul.He guides me in the paths of righteousness~ Psalm 23:1-3 ~
Went to school early morning for OP workshop and greeted by many "wtf! where are u for the past 2 days" or stuff like dat... Ugh! Still, the presentation went quite well, given how impromptu the thing is. But the bad thing is the presentation is recorded down Live, which freaks a lot of us up. Then the thing is replayed and I see a spastic version of Me. omg! I was first to present. And beginning got lots of technical errors, so my part got replayed back and forth a lot of times.
But still, the tutor is quite good and pointed out our mistakes quite accurately. I juz love "ang mohs". They rulz. Got good impression of them from the 2-day lecture also.
The class went for a lunch together. As usual, the guys are less co-operative in such drama events, so guys outnumbered. T_T
Went to eat lunch at pastamania. Pastamania food suck, probably because I hate pasta, yet I enjoys the conversations we had. Went around J8 after that, contemplating hopelessly on what to do next. Wanna watch moovie but some people refuse cuz they watch already *scowl* So, just took a few rounds of Neoprints shots. 11 people squeezing in a pathetic booth, posing in front of a small-range camera is kinda lame.
Went back after aimless wanderings arnd J8. Met my mum and her friends at orchard after that. Went home to nap a while, before going to dhoby ghaut.
Met up with justin jap, and then bryna and faye after that. Faye has changed a lot after half a year in China, but dunno whether it's good or bad, but she certainly has become more... evil. Lured to the dark side after clubbing. Went to our old tuition centre to meet up with our teacher.
Went to Bakers' Inn for dinner together and then... neoprint... again! +_+ Ugh! Kinda despise neoprint after I lost my collection to the sea, with my wallet. But still, at least not cramped. Mwahaha! It is rare that I can meet friends like Justin. Got same hobby, we collect marvel comics. We can also bombard each other with sarcasm openly, but of course, I win! most of the time.
How I wish we could have at least one more lesson together. Those days of innocence... are gone. Now justin in NY and Bryna studying in an international school. Faye will be going to US tomorrow to start her college. Argh!
Kinda shocked to see my old senior, jermaine( a guy btw). He used to mentor me a lot during my scouting year, but lost touch after sec 3. He used to look small, short and feeble. But now... ear studs, muscular body and macho hairsyle. omg! I couldn't recognise him until justin pointed out him to me. He's kinda surprised to see me oso, maybe I oso changed a lot. Haha...
My reflections: We often make new friends in our lives, and end up neglecting the old ones. ok... not really neglect, more of... meet with each other less. Our circle of friends change too often and sudden. From primary school, lower sec, upper sec, and now JC. Initially we often loathe to move into a new circle of friends. We are comfortable to be with our current friends and refuse to accept the transition. However, when we look back into our old friends, we find that we might have neglected some of them, and might even have forgotten them.
My Daily Bread:God has caused me to be fruitfulin the land of my affliction.~ Genesis 41:52 ~
The whole week was practically wasted. Decided to stay at home most of the time. No mood to go out. Declined my friends offer to play LAN, because I dun realli like LAN. Another group of friend asked me to play badminton, and I declined again.
A lot of catching up for me to do for the week. I was not performing well for the last term. Some teachers are dissapointed me, because they expect A LOT from me. But seriously I think what is there to be expected from people like me.
Used most of the long weekends for PW. It's quite relieving that my group has touched on a lot of things over the meetings that I think we are progressing well. My PW group rockz! I am not saying that PW is pleasant, because it sucks and pointless. But still it is quite fun through the process. Patrick Lim also wouldn't get to know me if it were not for PW. So PW still rocks to a certain extent. (what am I saying...!?)
NDP celebration in AJ is damn spastic! AJ couldn't come up with any fun activities that could at least make up for the already dull school life. If it was not for the friends that I have in AJ, I would've moved to AC after the first 3 months. First we watched "Singapore Gaga", which was quite spastic but humorous. The "1 dollar" song became quite contagious, because it is quite catchy, easy-to-sing-along and amusing.
Then we had picnic at AJ square. We had a fun time together with the teachers. Ate 5 durians later(my best record) and then suffered miserably later. Felt a piercing headache, like my soul slowly drifting away from me, draining away happiness and hope, leaving me in a state of extreme depression and confusion(headache). If not for the herbal tea I drank a few hours later, I would have died, leaving an empty, souless shell devoid of life, wandering aimlessly on the face of the earth. I remember I fell horribly sick after eating 3 durians a few years ago, yet my passion for durians still remains.
I am so pissed that the NDP celebration is such a fluke, because there is no march pass and NO DANCE!!! I have been carefully observing the dance steps and rythm during my MRT rides, sometimes even dance along, despite public scrutiny, anticipating that when the moment comes, I would have a headstart. And now, no dance. wtf! ugh!
But still, I find this year's NDP theme song very nice. Inspirational and heart-warming. Speaking of which, Avril and Jie Sin's National Day Song they composed had won first prize. It was aired with pride in the auditorium by the dearly-loved Clement Cheng. Everyone gawked, with bated breath and wide eyes, trembling with awe as the heavenly voice and tune seeps into their troubled beings, instanteneously giving them renewed joy and hope. (at least I think they did). .... ok fine! I exaggerate.... But still I love the song. If only I can replay the song afer I ate the durians, my soul will stilll be intact.
Did not go to school on thursday and friday because we went to NUS and Biopolis to attend lectures. The theme is "100 years of physics", following einstein's discovery of relativity. Went with weicheng, howard, william and a few others. 6 lectures to be covered in a day, each last for about 1h. Some lectures are useless, because it is diccicult to understand and too complex for simple-minded people like me. But there are intereting lectures which are impressive.
I love cosmology lectures. We had 2 on thursday. It is so mysterious and interesting. Most of them had been covered in the RJ lectures, so it is not really new to me. But some parts of quantum physics are still new to me, particularly the formation of black holes due to whatever-shit of space and time. I love the talk called "how to make time machines". There's a part about how black holes can be used to make wormholes, which are then used to make time machines, with the use of supernova stars from distant galaxies. There's even a cute scientific term called "spaghettification" which involves a person being sucked through a nanometer-scale diameter wormhole and stretched apart due to difference in gravity.
The catered foods are damn nice. The lectures are interesting and we get to skip school (and PE) with valid reasons. But still it ends at 6+ on both days. The "1 dollar" song epidemic is still fast-spreading. We kept singing together aloud in-between lectures.
While I was away from school, news came that the japanese students from the exchange-programme have joined my class on Friday. I was (wtf)x99-ing for hours later after that. I would die for the chance to at least communicate with them. I have been bugging the councillors to send them to our class, and when they finally did, I was not there. curses!
AJ sucks...
My Daily Bread:Do not worry about your life. ~ Matthew 6:25 ~
NUS rockz....!!! Everytime I step into NUS, I always sense the glamourous aura within the compound. I wish I could enter NUS after my A levels.
Today is NUS orientation, since the new batch is starting the term this year. My professor urges us to go take a look at the ceremony and experience what university life is like. The field was swarming with students. A lot of decorated lorries, which have been re-fashioned to look more like a stages, castles, machines, whatever.... We just can't see the body of the vehicle, not even the tyres.
Lorry remodelled to a boat
Medusa and his tropps of undeads...
Thor and the serpents... (nvm the gals)
Heard that Thurman Shammu*whatever spelling* is present. (ARGH! He's everywhere!) But didn't meet hm though.
The orientation dances are.... ugh-ifying. The dances are complex and intricate. However, the fact that the students there are above 18 means that they can already watch (or engage) in M18 acts.
First, beautiful girls in angel suit were dancing to the tune of a lively background chorus. Then, *lively song changes to hideous song played by gorillaz* a demon king unleashed an army of evil men and surrounded the angels. The angels are looking for a way out to escape from the circle(despite the facts that angels could fly and they got fake wings on their back), but the circle is closing in fast. Then every evil man went for individual angels and the pair cuddled to the grounds. (can't see what they doing because of the crowd and they were on the floor). Then each evil men emerged from the floor, holding up a pair of fake wings torn out from the angels, and left, the wingless girls sprawling on the floor.
Another skit involves girls stripping...twice. First, they came in cloaks. Music plays and they slowly un-cloak themselves. They danced wearing tight-fitting costumes bearing their bellies. (some with fats bulging out from the gaps). Towards the other half, they strip somemore... leaving barely the essentials draped in white cloth.
Well, I can't say that I am not amused by this, but still this is a school. But then again, to boost the testosterone level in the afternoon is still kinda early.
