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Windows Live! Messenger Fault

2006-09-11T23:32:00.000+08:00

FOR PEOPLE USING WINDOWS LIVE! MESSENGER:
Start -> Run -> Notepad
File -> Open
File name : c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts then press 'Open'.
Add 65.54.239.80 messenger.hotmail.com to the bottom.
Save.
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Leeching

2006-07-18T22:23:00.000+08:00

hahas. This common test is screwed. I dont know what to say.

I realised that in our social circle, it is inevitable that we have some leechers in group of people. From PW to daily work, ive seen and experienced leechers. Its quite obvious that some people are out to leech other people. Its like the kind of attitude they take towards you that gives you the kind of leeching feeling. But i just cannot understand why some people just cannot do things. I think its an attitude problem, and a very serious one.

To some people they may feel that it is personal, but i wouldnt think so because it affects the person you are leeching on. Some people dont realise that they are very overboard in the things they do and ask for, and they believe that what they are doing is correct. Its like what?! I dont believe in leeching. I mean i want something, id work hard to get it. In this way i dont blame other people. Personally, ive experienced that. Someone borrowed something from me before, and well, messaged me to complain that my handwriting was messy and i had mistakes in my work. But hello? Am i supposed to do the work for you? No obviously. I did the work for my own sake. I mean if you tell me politely, as i have experienced, i would obviously accept it as a mistake of mine. Afterall its my work and obviously you are saying these things to help me and not for the sake of procrasinating.

Procrasinating leechers are the worst. Bad attitude + bad personal and social character i would say. It really pisses people off.

National Band Competition 2006

2006-07-16T21:33:00.000+08:00

National Band Competition Result : 1st TJC 2nd RJC.

So sad. We lost twice to the same band =x. We must get back what is rightfully ours the next time we face them again!

Band Fiesta 2006

2006-07-16T21:08:00.000+08:00

Its once again band fiesta. Well this time its special for us as its not at the botanic gardens, but its at ps instead. Interesting. Very crowded, which is better than at botanic gardens. But the offset point is, the stage is too low and you cant really see anything =x.

Busy and tired day. Sad day too. The trumpets lost a mute. =x I just wonder why the juniors are so playful sometimes. I mean when we were in sec 3 and 4, we could do much better than them! Not say we are the best, but we could do a much better job. Sometimes it seems to me that the juniors arent serious about the performance at all. Not all of them i would say. My juniors are really good i would think. One of them even cried after the performance for playing a wrong note. That was quite unexpected. But i was happy, as they aspired to do better and achieve more. They have an expectation on themselves, which is essential for better progress.

On the other hand, i see some of them. They seem to be there for just fun. I mean yes a performance should be enjoyed, but they seem to be enjoying every other thing other than the performance itself? =x I mean that is like wrong right?

Maybe because i am old. I dont understand why the juniors do certain things.

Clarifications

2006-07-15T16:12:00.000+08:00

Heys i know i havent blogged for long, but well to my previous entry, its some problems. Not that we broke up. Dont think too badly. Hahas.

Well this week was a terrible week. Double tuesday. Arghs. Hate it. Recently ive been feeling more lethargic. Not much energy to blog. Well and it also come to show that how boring my life is now. There isnt much to blog about anyway. I dont like to repeat myself again and again, or recite the daily routines on blogs. Apparently this is what happens on most blogs.

I wonder why people would spend time reading other's life stories. Some of the blogs ive been to, yes they update everyday but its just a storytelling of what happens that day. I know everyone have the right to blog what they want, but cant people make it more interesting?! Its like of there is something interesting that happened, well blog about it. If theres something nice or something that pissed you off, blog about it! I jsut cant understand how some people could keep telling stories of themselves to others everyday.

But well one of the comments ive heard that is against this is that a blog is essentially an online diary. True i would say. Blogging started with Opendiary and stuff, showing that blogging is essentially another form of writing a diary. But imagine, would you write those monotonous stuff in your blog? may as well put a link for people to you daily timetable and we can check it ourselves! TO me, blogs should be a place where you talk about stuff that you thought, or things that are interesting to people. Yes interesting is a perception, and like any other perception, it may be biased. Yes i may be biased against what interesting. Dumbo stuff arent thats for sure.

To me, i choose to blog things that are of some meaning. I write down the things that i thought about, and what i feel that is wrong with some things that are going on. Sorry but yup usually i click wrongly and put save as draft. Until i suddenly see that opps! then it will appear. So yah. Some of the day's entries do come out late because of that stupid habit of mine. I guess its just the computers that conform us to OK CANCEL that format. not used to clicking on the right.

Haha. Peace.

Maintaining Relationships

2006-07-14T21:20:00.000+08:00

hahas. Gruelling week past. Next week will be a good week.

Things have proceeded unexpectedly this week. Ive seen it myself, and i thought about it. Is it right for relationships to begin at this age? Maybe not i would say. Though yes i know i have a rather ok relationship and things had been going quite smoothly between us ( not with external factors though). I was thinking if it is a right choice to go into a relationship now.

People often say teenage is an age of rebellion and an age of growing up. We are still in the process of maturing and searching ourselves. We perceive ourselves as who we want to be, and we think of ourselves as better. Thats why people often say teenagers are too full of themselves. That i wont agree. Alot of times i would think that i know more than other people, and i see more things than other people. I guess its just part of being a teenager. Egoism is strong in the mind, and everyone wants to establish themselves with a personal cult. Not a strong as a cult maybe, but with a unique personality. Hence, it brought to me to think that how sure are we of ourselves?

Going into a relationship is like choosing something personal. It is just like choosing your path in life. You have to be serious, and you have to think it properly. But having said that, i would say that we as teenagers are not matured enough to do so. Many people enter a realtionship, younger for curiousity, older for the sake of being in a relationship. Afterall, a relationship i would say is not just for romance. There is more to that i would say. Maybe thats why there is such a high rate of people getting together and breaking up at the same time. Its because people arent sure of themselves. As i had said, we are in the age of change. We are growing to know ourselves better only and we immediately plunge into a relationship. Its bound to be disasterous i would say. We change the most and the fastest at this age. Oneday you may think this way and another you may think in another way. So how do you expect your partner to understand you? Its hard i would think. Thats why relationships at this age dont really work out many times.

I would say the most important thing in maintaining a relationship is trust, understanding and openmindedness. By openmindedness i mean able to talk things one. One of the greatest problems i see in many couples is that they dont talk things out. girls getting very pushy about things and guys avoiding the issue totally. That is a bad cycle i would think. As i said, we are all teenagers. We dont like things to tie us down. But oftenly, people are very possessive in a relationship. You dont allow this dont allow that. It makes the other person feel very tied down and get bored over things. These things all have to be talked out i would say. Any problem in that sense. If you arent serious about a relationship, you wont talk things out thats for sure. But if you are serious, i would think you should. It makes things very clear to each other and hence the trust increase. That is important.

Trust is the most important factor in a relationship. I would say its especially for myself. We are in different schools and we dont get to see each other everyay. The trust factor have to be there. If not there would be so much of a doubt and stuff and it makes both parties very stressed up in the relationship! That is bad. For one, i trust my girlfriend in everything she do. And of course i would tell her things, to avoid circumstances that are really embarassing. yes quoting from one of my friends, he was 'caught' by his girlfriend in orchard with another girl, but in fact they were only going for PW meeting. Thats like so embarassing, making a fool out of both parties. Haha. Really pity him.

Understanding is another thing i would say. For one, i cannot understand why people are so possessive about their partner. I would say, thats human nature. They want everything themselves and they cannot bear to lose anything. That could account for the possessive nature. But understanding for each other is important. By that i dont mean like knowing what they like and what they are not, but able to understand the situation they are in and help them or accomodate them. If you cant, i would say its bound for a crash landing. many couples nowdays do not understand each other well i would say. But well, its whether they want to put in the effort or not.

Many a time i realised guys in a relationship takes on a very heck care attitude. Thats quite bad i would say, because i think I THINK girls need attention and she need to feel that you are with her. Girls need that comfort zone in a relationship and that will make them feel better. So guys, be more engaging in the relationship!

Confusion

2006-07-08T15:45:00.000+08:00

Haiss. Im confused now. Should i it go? Should i try my best to keep it?

I dont know. I dont want things to go bad. But i cant afford to lose it too. What should i do.

I better cool down and think.

Project Work

2006-07-07T21:27:00.000+08:00

Hahas. Today we got our project work comments. I think i did well. By the way, for those who dont know, i got a band 1. =) And well, i purposely ignored someone who offended me recently =P well i guess i should say sorry for that.

I looked at the comments written by the markers. Well. Didnt mean anything to me. how can a person be judged that way? The comments written are very personal, and its like it depends alot on whether the marker likes your work or not? I mean its the same controversy with gp. Thats why i dont think that a person should be judged for such things. When someone dont agree with your point, its hard to give the person a good grade beacause you would refute those points in your mind!

GP movies. Ms Lim likes to show us movies for GP. Well. Ok we watched it and of course it comes with a discussion after that. But the problem with the discussion is that, although she is open for discussion, but she have a planned route of discussion and the points of discussion in her mind! Its like she dont let you shoot points off and bring about a larger picture, but she have an expected answer in mind already. It is the point she deemed as the key of the movie, but evidently its not for many of us. We see different things as the main theme in the movie. So what is called correct in this sense. I would say nothing.

Coming back to project work. I felt very sad about charity's and guangmian's group. Their idea was the most innovative and interesting, but they got a band 3. I know here and there about what they did, and it seemed fine. So i dont know what is the problem. But after some thinking, i realised its the problem with the markers. The idea is new, and abstract. Hence its not very acceptable by many people. Many people do not agree. Yes i know that the idea of the report and project is to convince people that the thing works. But with a precept in mind, its inevitable that there would be biasness. A less well done project with a more familiar topic may excel better than one which is well done on a unique topic. So who is the one who should grade?

Project work. By the sheer name it should grade the ability of people to work together. The final product is one of the measures, but id say its only minor.

Badmouthing and backstabbing

2006-07-06T20:19:00.000+08:00

Haha. Today's gp and civics was quite crap. Build the most racist city. Haha. Lame. Supposed to be reverse physcology but well, it didnt work. It just showed how racist we are. =x. But well. I think its inevitable.

Recently some things happened. I realised that its just human nature to talk bad about people. Be it being jealous, out of hatred or whatever reason, its like badmouthing is rampant. Its kind of sad i would say. People started living in communities and getting together because of improved friendships. But its like as people get closer, people love to betray or badmouth others. I would say badmouthing is a display of bad attitude, just like backstabbing is a display of betrayal.

When i mean badmouthing, i mean by saying things that are not true, or perceived by the person himself to others. Words are powerful. Its like why people want to risk saying things with the idea in mind that they may eventually be sued. Its the impact of the content, i would say, that is like boundless. When something is said, even if you CLAIM AND APOLOGISE for saying wrong things, the image and the impression would be locked into people's mind. This will inevitably change other's impression on the person. Its impact is really great. That is why, for a fact, i do not like to talk much about others.

I believe that some things heard should be for your ears only. You arel ucky to hear it. Its a privilege. Hence i dont believe that i have the right to tell others. I also have comments when i hear things, but i choose to keep those comments to myself. most of the time at least, unless i deem the issue of no great importance. But well, in most case the things that we hear about are impactful. Gossips, for one fact, is something that is impactful. When many people gossip, they think that its just trivial, but when its unleased, i believe its like a really impactful thing. Things spread far and wide. Thats the effect of badmouthing.

Well. I hope i survive well.

First Day In School

2006-07-04T23:46:00.000+08:00

Today's first day back in school. Wow. Interesting. My physics and bio both mcq's screwed up. Chem? 1 more mark to A. Wtf. Haiss. Sad.

Sometimes i really wonder if the results that we get really determine who we are. I wasn't exactly sad because of the 1 mark or the screwed up mcqs, i was jsut pissed at those careless mistakes that i made. It is not meant to be there, i know the correct answe, just that i did not put it down correctly. That is what makes me really angry. Argh. Luckily tomorrow is friday's timetable. Nothing much will happen. Haha. Hopefully.

Date with Sabby

2006-07-03T22:34:00.000+08:00

Today i was out with Sabby. Shopping, dinner, walk around. Havent seen her in almost a month. Was very happy today + i got a new camera! Tomorrow i shall start taking pics for my autograph book.

I realised that i sub-conciously got addicted to shopping. I used to think that shopping is quit idiotic, walking around sweatly and look at the stuff, and in the worst situation, you may end up not buying anything! Haha i did not see the point in shopping actually,but after having been going out with sabby, i think i start to understand whats so nice about shopping around. Walking around with her, looking at the girlish kind of stuff, instead of getting bored like most guys, i ended up liking to look at guy's stuff instead. hahas. So its like whne she looks t her stuff, i begin to start looking at MY stuff. So its like, i ended up picking up shopping as a hobby. I think its not bad if its not too drastic! Hahas.

Shopping does come with a price too. And yes i mean literally a price. Girls love shopping but guys don't. That seems to be the norm. I fully understand why guys do not like shopping actually, but i dont think i can convince them that shopping can be enjoyable too even though im a guy. Guys always think shopping is awaste of time, because you can decide what to buy beore heading out and instead go there and walk around to look at the stuff. Secondly, its the cost of the taking a liking for the things you see. At our age, things that interest a guy is generally more expensive than what interests a girl. Apprently most people refuse to believe with all that MNG and LV around, but its quite true for our age group! Guys can't go round on a shopping spree like a girl. Haha. Ok i think i will get bashed for saying this.

But its like you need to experience it before you understand it. But well of course, the best is to start with the person you love. You tend to be more tolerant and acceptable under those circumstances =P

Hahas. Enough about shopping. I spent quite abit today. Haha. Both on myself and on her.

Soccer

2006-07-02T12:18:00.000+08:00

So alas. The stupid results France Brazil 1 - 0. England Portugal penalty 1 - 3. This world cup finals is going to be boring.

Oh yeah. Yesterday was class prawning day, and we all got pawned by the prawning process. Ok that was quite a mouthful. But well, it was quite fun buy EXPENSIVE. I just wonder why some people would pay that amount to go there and sit down there to wait and stone. You cut the bait into little pieces and throw it into the pool, hoping that a stupid prawn will eat it and get hooked. And those prawns are surely sly man! They can kopp it away without being hooked! You feel a tug and by the next tug and you pull it out, you se nothing and the bait is gone! argh!. But well. Paitence is a virtue =P

My patience paid off and well, i got a damn big prawn! Its like a lobster or something that size sia. Crayfish maybe. But yes. Paitence is a virtue to train. Marcus and tubby tried to use the nets they provided for us to put the stuff in to catch the prawn and marcus got one! haha. So well, totalling up the day, we got 5 prawns for a total of 48 bucks spent there. But well, its something new to learn =)

Yeahs, then went to kong's house to watch soccer for the night. Till now, i havent slept a wink. Wow. Tired but all the matches were like wasted lah. England and Brazil should have won man! Its like damn boring this time round lah! Protugal England were like all playing damn slack and by 1/2 time you can see that they are planning to go to a penalty shootout. eriksson is like doing rubbish lah! Haha well he is stepping down, but not with glory =x I think thats seriously sad though. Hahas.

Benjamin Birthday Party

2006-07-01T12:03:00.000+08:00

Haha hello again. Sorry for doublt post, but i forgot something...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BENJAMIN

Haha yes, yesterday was benjamin's birthday party. It was quite fun, seeing all the rv people that i had not seen for ages, and how interestingly they had changed. Hahas. Well, the party was fun and it was like eating and eating and eating. I was cooking and not free loading ok! Haha. Well the cooking process was quite funny, especially worrying for the fire which did not seem to grow well. There seems to be great knowledge in starting a fire sias. Haha. Ok maybe i just suck at that =x.

But well, it was fun. =) BEnjamin 18 already huh. can go drink legally now =P

A Breather

2006-07-01T11:51:00.000+08:00

Haha. Sorry for the last posts but yeahs, was tied down by common test and its really tiring!

Haiss. I felt quite depressed after the common test. Its quite bad. I realised that the greatest fear was not leaving a question blank, it is to write an answer down and being unsure about the answer itself. I admited that i started studying last minute, but i began to wonder, if it would be of any use to start studying earlier? Would i get better grades? Would i be able to do more questions? I doubt so. Haha i may be slow learning in this point, but i finally realised it after 10 years in the singapore education system. Its no use studying, its all down to luck.

After the common test i see everyone feeling like "argh! im so going to do badly for the common test!" Its like maybe people feel sad at that moment, but all is not important i would say. Why worry yourself over a small common test result? None of these matter! Its only the final lap that matters! Thats the singapore education style. In overseas universities, when you finish a module, thats it! You don't have to care about it anymore. So of course you need to do your best for it. But in singapore, its like everything does not matter till the end. " The best is yet to be! " =x. Haha but i think the theory is quite true. So i acually don't see the point panicking in this kind of common test.

I used to have a maths teacher in secondary school. He never scolds us for poor results, and i loved one sentence. "You need not care about grades, care about what you learnt." I was thinking, its quite true. Do i want to learn something from this education system, apart from the rote learning and mugging techniques?

Alot of the people said they want to be doctors, get into the medicine fac... But im kind of worried! Some of them look as if they can only study and cant dont anything else much! So, the next time i go to a doctor, don't you think i have to worry if that doctor is one of that kind? It kinds of scare me to think that doctors next time are only muggers.

But whatever, being in rj, i believe we are one of the "survivors of the singapore education system".

Common Test Finale

2006-06-30T15:09:00.000+08:00

HAHA ITS OVER!

Haha. Finally the common test its over. Not feeling good though. Well. I'll fill up tomorrow. Got to go for benjamin's birthday party!

Necessity of Studying

2006-06-22T21:28:00.000+08:00

Was studying at the airport with Grace today. Bored.

Today finally something not so rv. Hahas. I was thinking about education and what it really means to teach and to learn. Studying is progressively difficult, as what it seems to many people. From easy peasy primary school, it increases greatly through secondary school then up to tertiary education. But if you realise, university is so much easier than jc. Many people told me, taking a double degree in university is even easier than doing a 4 sub jc course. Why? This is because of the sheer amont of stuff to complete in jc.

The amount of things jn jc forces many of us to just painfully remember it by hard. But are they necessary? Alot of people would say its obviously not necessary and most of them are crap. Why should we be learning how much our kidneys can do or worse, how come a wave diffracts. All these are science. Yes they are interesting facts, but are they necessary for our education? Do they make us analyse things better or understand better? I dont think so! In fact i would say its the contrary. The obscurity of these topics make people feel bored. Of course a physicist would not think that way, but to the general public, its crap?

Singapore talks alot about pragmatism. But if you realise, our education, though one of the best in the world, it is also one of the least pragmatic system in the world. Holistic education and the syllabuses are not tailored well to the society needs. Not everyone wants to be a scientist or a gerographist or historian, but people choose to take combinations like triple science simply because they want to keep all their routes open. Not everyone desires to be in the medcine course! Everyone thinks that all triple science students want to get into medcine, but in fact many dont! So what is the point im trying to make, it is that the things that we study now are almost vaguely related to what we want to study next time or even to what we would work as.

JC is a stepping stone towards a higher level education. Yes it is a step we must go through, but do they need to cramp so much into us? Cant we be allowed to choose our specific disciplines earlier? Why must we go through all these? Since its just a stepping stone, there are so many other ways to sieve out able people. I just think the amount of time invested into all these crap is not necessary.

A Legacy

2006-06-21T23:15:00.000+08:00

Haha was helping zephyr with her work today. Whao... tiring and tideous. But it was a fun day. Thanks zephyr for the nice day out =)

For the past few times i talked about changes, i always said that its the juniors that have changed. But i was wondering, have we done enough when we were seniors? The junior's achievement is a measure of the senior's legacy. That is what someone told me, and i thought its quite true. The juniors are taught and led by us when we were seniors. Obviously, by laws of physics, output = input. So whatever we put in will determine what they would become. To me this is technically true. Hence, i wonder if what is happening now is also partly the senior's fault?

I remember when i was a junior, we were taught by our seniors. They talked to us, taught us all that we needed and disciplined us. I remembered it was tough and it makes me feel stressed, but i think that it allowed me to improve, both technically and in our attitude towards band. However, because we hated that kind of discipline, we did not employ it on our juniors. We chose to get closer to them and befriend them and mix around with them. In some sense, this trend carried on. Now its like the juniors do not respect the seniors when the seniors talk or scold them. They do not treat it seriously. I remember when i was a junior, i was quite terrified by the seniors and abided to them. But now, there seems to be very little respect for the seniors. I used to think its very rigid, but now that i look back, i see the need for such a system to be in place. Hence, it makes me wonder if its our fault that things are the way they are now.

Growing Up

2006-06-20T23:47:00.000+08:00

Haha. I was at rv today. Helped my section with sectionals. Quite fun.

Now the oldest senior there is 2 years younger than me already. Haha. I think im starting to feel old. At the same time, having observed them for so many years, i realised that people do grow up. Many times you are stuck within your batch or just one batch younger and one batch older. Those are most probably the people you mix around and you hang out with. The age gap is not very big. You dont feel the growing up most of the times because you think that the people around you are as smiliar as they are years ago. This is because you mature together as a group.

I was looking at my sec4s from the top of the block. The way the ran the whole band, the way they do things and think, i believe they have matured. When i left, they were only sec2s and still quite mischievous. Now they can lead the juniors, and they can teach the new sec1s. I was quite contented about what they are doing, just that some things are still upsetting me there. I havent made it quite obvious, because i dont want to upset the current balance. =P

Sentimental Values

2006-06-19T22:16:00.000+08:00

Haha. Spent the day doing maths =x tiring and sians. Its either too repetitive or too hard. All in all, boring stuff.

Some people ask me, "Why aren't you the least enthuastic about this?" I always wonder if the problem lies with the event. But today, i would think that it is because i do not feel that attachment. People do get very personal over decisions in many instances. I would not deny. I am very personal in alot of things i do. I do because i mean it and i dont because i mean it to. But i would think it all boils down to sentimental values.

Sometimes i ask myself, why do i feel so different during alumni band pracs and rj band pracs. I feel enthuastic about alumni band pracs no matter how bad my mood was on that day. For rj, i could get pissed off even on one of my best days. I question, is it the aircon, the bandroom, the instrument, or is it just me? I would think it is me, if i felt for the band. Many people find it weird. My alumni is mixed of people from 2 schools. My section especially. Out of 4 concerts, only 2 had other rv people in it. But i think its the kind of attachment that i have with the band, with ms chan and the style of the band. It feels very familiar, and i feel good in it. Rv people is characterised by our need for a comfort zone. We are afraid of getting out of it, and i feel comfortable with the alumni. At least much more than in rj.

I believe it takes time and effort to cultivate such sentimental values. The kind of attachment, the good times and bad times, all memorable. Those made up how i feel towards something. The four years in rv band made me very attached to the band. I believed i truly feel for the band. The feeling is there. The happiness is for the band, the sadness is for the band too. Last year during syf, when rj did not make it for a gold with honours, i felt sad. But that was for myself. When RV managed to secure the gold with honours, i felt happy, both for my juniors and for the band. The name, the image, the quailty of the band. That is what i felt happy about. Its different. Maybe many people would not understand. It is how i feel for the band. The enthusiasm in me for things do not come on the surface, but from what i truly felt for, and is truly attached to.

I know there are juniors that do not like me to be around, but im always around. Because i feel for the band. I want to watch it grow, or even when it is at its low points, to go through it with them. I think it is the kind of feeling i have for the band the matters to me. The feeling for the school too! Many people say they hate rv or rv sucks, but in the end, they are still attached to the school. The school means something to them. We say among our own people rv sucks, but when people comment about rv, i believe many of us will reason it out with them. At least me and my friends do. Its the kind of attachment and the sentimental values that give you the kind of feeling when you hear others talk bad about your school. It will give you the courage to face the person. It is hard to acquire that.

Sometimes people ask me why i do foolish things. I only answer them, "Because i feel for it"

Change in Generation

2006-06-18T22:27:00.000+08:00

Haha. Spent the day mugging. First day mugging!

I was thinking. Times are changing very fast. Especially for my year people i think. We seem to live in between two different generations of people, we belonging to the past few generations. Many people have commented, your batch and the seniors are the same. After your batch, people are different. Thinking of it, it seems quite true.

Things were very different when we were juniors. We listened to the seniors, and agreed with them. We shared the same kind of views and concepts. When i was a senior, the juniors held different views, they had different thinking and they believed that their thinking were superior. Its really different. When i look at rj, it seemed the same too. The juniors do not think the same way as us. We think the same way as the seniors. Its just this generation gap there.

Actually i would think anyone born after 1990 is different. The build-up in life is different. Yes, all our teenage years are within the 90s, but the 90s is also a decade of change. 2 - 3 years of difference is great. When we were in primary school, not many carried handphones. But just 3 years down the road, even a primary 1 carried a handphone to school! Thats the difference. Difference in material wealth and difference in thinking. To the juniors, it seems that we held more traditional and more obselete thinking. But to us, i would feel that they are too havoc. Their thinking had gone very different and their track in life is really different too! This made them very different in the way they do things. They believed that their ways are better, but most of the time, its the traditional way that works.

Its quite evident. Last time, the youngest you would ever see in an online forum or a chatroom is a sec1. Nowdays, even 7, 8 year odds go to those chatrooms. Their exposure is greater, and they know more at a younger age. Most of us started computer stuff in p3, now they start in p1. The improvement in technology and the common-isation of the handphone and internet made things really different. I believe in the theory that a child's mind is a blank piece of paper. What you put in is what the child will become. But with all these exposure before they even enter school, they have pre-requisites but also some wrong concepts slated into them. It then makes things harder. They procrasinate more and comment more. But are those correct? Most of the time, they are wrong.

It is something inevitable, but it may not prove to be good afterall.

Degredation of School Culture

2006-06-18T00:59:00.000+08:00

Haha. Busy night out with dinner at swensens and pool after that. Had 2L gathering with the guys. On my way home, iwas talking to guangmian and chengxi about the current rv. I feel quite sad.

2001, when i stepped in as a sec1, everything in rv seemed so great and so wonderful. The ccas were strong, and we even got a day break for good Os results. At that time, everyone 'wow' when i tell them im from rv. When i added on that i was from band, people viewed me differently. It was like a different social class to be from rv, and even more different if you came from a performing arts group. My batch came through a period of glory and pride of rv. Sec1 and 2 under Mr Tham as principal was great. His speeches, though long and tiring, had great meaning and gave great insights to things and issues. 2002 - 2003 were the greatest times in Rv's history. 2003, syf year. We sweeped straight gold in performing arts for everything we sent out for competition, the uniform groups came back with straight gold awards for their respective competitions and the results were wonderful. We got 3 sustained achievement award, all those best learning and whatever awards and the singapore quality class. That was the height of rv. Though very ego sounding, it was the pride of rv. Those were the golden ages of rv. No other school in Singapore were paralleled with the number of wards and the prestige rv got that year. I was proud to say that i was from rv, with confidence and strength.

Now is 2006. When i look back at rv, i see it in ruins and chaos. It was nothing compared to the greatest times that rv had. I felt very sad. I was wondering to myself why had this changed so much since the time i left. When my batch left, everything in rv still function well and were still held the prestige of being one of the top schools in Singapore. The senior batch was the best, i could not deny that. They produced the pride and glory of rv during the height in 2003. But 2004 wasnt bad too! We became microsoft's launch customer for the tablet pc in schools and we officially started the arts and science niche programmes in rv. Our 48th cultural night was a great success, and as many other schools announce that they are the first to put things together, we were the very first. The combined powers of the performing arts in rv put us at a position no other school could parallel at that time. Band, CO, dance, choir and drama - no one else could put up a combination of all these all well as we had done.

2005 syf, we merely scraped gold with honours for alot of things. 2006 cultural night, despite being the 50th anniversary cultural night and the most planned for one, it was not up to expectation as i thought. It was nothing much compared to the 45th or 48th one. I was very sad. What had happened that had caused all these degredation? Was it because my batch did not impart good values and thinking into the juniors? Was it because we did not teach them enough? Why is there a sudden gap in the batches? It is like a generation gap. From the batch 2 years down, things are really different. My direct juniors still could uphold the prestige abit, barely maintaining it. But just 2 years down, things were really really different. The exam and tests standards were significantly lower than what we had been through, the ccas standards are not there. Many of the UGs dropped to a silver. Our pride, the co, did not manage to clinche the gold with honours. I just could not understand. Why did rv deprove so drastically?

But i soon came to realise that the problems do not just exist in rv. It seems to be a generation problem. Change in management and change in thinking of the students. It seemed very prominent to me in rv, maybe because im attached to the school. No matter how much rv people in the past used to say about rv and how rv sux, we are still emotionally attached to the school. We love the school, the environment, the teachers and the people there. It was like a great place. After my batch left, the good teachers all left. Many went to other top schools, and many others to the nus high. It was sad. The good teachers that we know of are all not around, and they are replaced by new teachers. Not that i look down on the new teachers, i still think that they are incompetent to lead in a prestige school. They do not seem to have the kind of thinking that a prestige school leader should have. The kind vision and the kind of concept, they lack it. They believed in themselves, and the enter the school with enthusiasm and their own beliefs. But i would think many of them are too clever for themselves. They do not observe. There is a reson why rv succeeded for the past 10 - 20 years. The reason is very clear and very obvious, but they chose to be oblivious to them. They think that their thinking and ideas are superior than the one in place, and they attempt to change it. But what they do not realise is that they are changing the very core concepts and systems that had kept rv glorious for the past decade.

I do agree that change is inevitable. The short hair rule and the handphone rule had been relaxed. Those are inevitable changes. But there are more unnecessary changes than inevitable ones. Things have to change with trends, but there are some things that should not change. Rv is a school with ninche in arts and uniformed groups. The glory of these 2 fields, as mentioned above, is unparalleled by any other schools during its heydays. But look at them now, they are going down. The members, of course, cannot escape blame. But i would think that a greater part to play is the management of the school. What they choose to emphasise on and what they decide to push up. I would say there are 4 pillars in rv. Performing Arts, Uniformed Groups, Maths + Science and the very experienced leaders. During the heydays of rv, they were strong and powerful. Now, there isnt even remanents left for us to reminisce of those great times. The performing arts have changed hands, so had the uniformed groups. The treasures of the maths and science departments and the leaders of the school had left rv simultaneously. There was a major shift in management after my batch had left. New teachers filled the ranks, and inexperienced teachers filled the posts that once belonged to the legends of rv. Mrs Lim, Ms Cheong, Mrs Lee, Mdm Teo, Mr Teo. They were the legends. They upheld the pride of the maths and science department in rv. Mr Teo credited for his great leadership in the cca department, despite his irritating shouts. haha. I liked these people. They made rv great. They were those who made me say proudly that i was from rv. They are not there anymore.

It is quite sad that the prestige rv spent a decade building up to be destroyed within a few years. But as i think of it, i felt that there is nothing i could do about it either. Times have changed. Even the juniors are different. They have different thinking. When i was a junior, i did not talk back at the seniors and the seniors made sense in everything they said. Now, juniors are rebellious and some of the seniors have rediculous attitude and character. They don't even inculcate the correct thinking into the juniors.

I hope that 5 - 10 years down the road, i would still be able to say that im from rv, with pride and confidence.

Band Investiture

2006-06-16T00:49:00.000+08:00

Here i have officially stepped down. Today was band investiture. A musky mix of moody and sadness, juxtaposed with happiness and craziness of some others filled the atmosphere. Im happy to step down, but at the same time i cant let it go.

1 1/2 yrs is not long, neither its insignificantly short. It is only a mere 2% of our life, but the company in band will linger in my mind forever. Many may have wonder why i left out RJ in the past entry, because i feel that i would have more things to say today, a more important and significant conclusion to my band life in RJ.

Stepping into the band just a year and a half ago, i was totally alien to the environment. Band was one of my consideration for RJ and i was set to come into RJ, for studies for band. I cannot but say, yes, i was attracted by the glory and properous of the band environment in RJ. The name RJCSB resonated with me since i was in sec3. 6 years of no defeat was really nice and attractive to me. I really loved that kind of glory. You may think that i am ego, but i think a certain degree of ego is good. Definitely it helped RJ edge out that bit over the more RVians populous HC and NJ.

Having entered the band, i learnt alot of things. Thnings i used to believe in and my habits of doing certain things changed, some for the better some for the worst. I learnt that things are not as what i know in certain ways, and not everyone have the same exposure. The raffles people were well educated with classical music and a few contemporary pieces, contrary to Rvians who know all about NSB and With Heart and Voice. That was the great difference. Raffles concerts were all heavy and serious, i was really used to the pop and fun kind of pieces i had back in RV. Moreover at that time, i just completed the Pop Lite Beautiful Sunday. All those pop and upbeat pieces, could not get used to the heavy and serious classical pieces. Through the 1 1/2 years, my perception changed. I think i had widened my horizon of music and knowledge about musical stuff. Basically, i levelled up. I learnt to appreciate serious and classical pieces, and appreciated the art of play offbeats properly and with the correct tonguing. I learnt that not all classical pieces are boring and theres more than beethoven and Tchaikovsky in classical music. I came in with a learning attitude of course, and an attitude to share. But soon i realised some people are just not as receptive to new stuff and other environments as me, and i jsut gave up on sharing with them. I have learnt alot, musically.

People in RJCSB are from a variety of schools, unlike as perceived, dominated by raffles schools. I was fortunate to be in the batch where this occurs, and it will be the last time it occurs with RP coming into scene just one batch below me. I think its very sad that your band made up of the same people. It a very sad social thing, you lost the diversity. But at the same time, a benefit is that everyone have the same views and same ideals, the bond forged is stronger and the band will feel together. Playing in RJ band made me learn the importance of feeling together. Ms Chan forced us since we were young to cue and jerk and i couldnt understand it, until i came to Rj, where we play more technically challenging. The accurate beats and the accurate hitting of the note together became significantly important. And cueing really helped. It made sure, even though late, everyone was together and it sounded correct and nice. It is the effect that i learnt to appreciate the cueing and jerking. I believed strongly in it, because it was like an enlightenment to what i had been doing aimlessly for the past times, because i never felt the problem as we all did that back in RV. The difference is really felt.

People coming from a myriad of secondary schools. Having worked under different conductors previously, we hled different views and different sets of SOPs. When put together, there will be many differences and disagreements, but the juxtapose results in more effecient systems and more enjoyment, as we learnt to understand each other's differences and learn to appreciate each other. I think this is just part of growing, knowing different people and understanding them. The raffles environment had really fused us together to think the same way. I believed alot of my perceptions of band had changed for being here. The aura here, is as strong as the music mr oura imparted us. Lols.

People in life come and go. We have to let it down at some point in time. I always believed that. No matter what unhappiness we had been through ( Opening Ceremony Practises ), it is all part of a good memory. I believe that things may seem bad at the point in time, but when you think back at it, it is not that bad afterall. Sometimes, suffering together makes the memory stronger than having fun together. Im sure i remember the opening ceremony more than the band chalets =) Will remember all of you, and miss the happy times we had together.

Alas, goodbye people.

Sensetivity

2006-06-13T23:30:00.000+08:00

Boring day. Been studying at home.

Sometimes, i realise sensetivity is another thing we ponder about. Sometimes people say that you should never talk about such sensetive issues. I was thinking, what exactly is sensetivity. Sensetivity is too personal. Something that i sensetive to others may not be sensetive to you, and vise versa. Quoting from somewhere which i cant remember, an art to somebody may be shit to another. It depends on our personality and what we feel about the thing and our experiences. There are so many factors that determine if something is sensetive to us! So how can we expect other people to know what is called sensetive?

Haiss. I simply hate some things just that i dont want to say.

Crossroads of Time

2006-06-12T14:42:00.000+08:00

Finally, after a tiring and busy week, i have some time to blog.

Here i stand, at the crossroads of life. I stand at a point, at the end of one chapter of my life, and ponder about my future decisions. Atempo XVII and Beautiful Sunday is over. 10 years in band, and it will end here. I should not be playing for Sparks V unless situation calls for my presence. It is a tough step to make, crossing from this chapter to another.

Band had been an intruging part of my life. Since p3, bandmusic sounded through my years and time spent at band filled in the gaps in my life. It seems to be an inseparable part of me. My horn, 4 years on the Eb and another 6 on the french horn, had become one of my good friends. I learnt it, loved it and it never failed me. It gave me the happiness in life, one of the things i loved the most and took care of the most. I developed a kind of love for my horn, just like for S******. It seems very hard for other people to understand, why i have these kind of feelings right now here. Of course i do not wish to stop my band life, but situations called for it.

Just as i unwillingly end this chapter of my life, i begin to ponder, if i would ever open this chapter and continue it in the future. Time contraints and other piorities will soon be like creepers growing all over it until it becomes a sealed but forgotten memory in my mind. Band had been the piority of my life, or at least one of the top throughout my times in band.

Rv band life : sec 2 and 3 through 4, going to band everyday was like a habit to me, strolling from my classroom after lesson and going to the bandroom. I really enjoyed that. Band was top piority for me. Every performance i played with pride and confidence. When the applause came, i was happy and felt accomplished. Another event done, i usually say that to myself. 6 or 7 events a year is common for me in RV. Swinging from pieces to pieces and from repertioure to repertioure is so happening and exciting. Every performance is a new thing, thanks to Ms Chan's non-recycling policy. Though sometimes time constriants force us to repeat, but everything was as new as possible. Challenges came not from just the song, but the rapidly changing scores in my file. A file never last me a year, as scores will be stacked and stacked over each other till the pockets burst. I counted, at least 20 performances in my 4 years in rv. That was like wow. . . when i reflected. My batch was unlucky, because of the sars and 911. Destroyed alot of plans and stuff. But band life was great. The variety of pieces was also fun.

The company in band was part of its fun and enjoyability. Nice people, and my long lasting friends, mostly came from band. Of course my girlfriend included. The times we had spent together. That was fun. My batch people tolerated me, shared happiness with me and spent fruitful and fun times together. Those were part of my memory. Could not forget them. Band people in rv are very trained and disciplined. Respect for seniors were part of us since sec 1. We never talked back when the seniors scolded us. We listened and accepted punishment that were meted out to us. It made us very disciplined and organised. I liked that for it is shown to me that it creates good character. Band people are great. They have good character and attitude. It was nice being their friend. Haha although i dont know how they felt about me. Nevertheless, i remember my section mates the most, seniors and juniors. Talking to them, striving through the busy periods together. Striving hard to rush out a repertioure, last minute changes to songs, difficult parts and the SYF. Those were part of the fun times we had together. The usual dinner at JEC after a performance or even after band practise. It was all fun and happening. Life was great with band. I felt bored without band practises.

My seniors: Sherwyn, Jie Yi, Zhidong, Wee Kiat, Joanna, Wee Ann, Shijie, Kairu. Thanks for taking care of my throughout my years in rvcb.

My juniors: Wee Kiat, Yanling, Yilun, Chua Neng, Kaixin, Shermaine, Irene, Jolene, Yingying, Kaylene, Chee Hooi. Thanks for putting up with me sometimes and thanks for the great time you had given me. No matter what attitude you gave me last time, i think you all are great juniors. Work hard, for those still in band. For the rest, good luck in life =)

Valdres March

Music-makers Overture

Shepherd's Hay

Ireland : Of Legend and Lore

Peterloo Overture

Hallelujah!

Please Give me Wings

The Nineties

Japanese Graffiti VI

'Under the Flag of Glory' Cerimonial March

Santana

Fanfare and Florishes

The Singapore Experience

Invocation andTocatta

El Cumbanchero

West-side Story

Japanese Tune

Alleluia: Laudamus Te

The Heavenly Flute Player and the Dragon King

Procession to the End of Time

Japanese Graffiti VII

Japanese Graffiti VIII

The Blues Factory

Mamma Mia!

Somewhere

One Moment in Time

Colours of The Wind

Omens of Love

Arioso

Toccata in D minor

Imagine

Honour and Glory

Big Fun in the Sun

Lets Get Loud!

Amazing Grace

Classical Canon

Can't Take My Eyes off You

The Song of Life

The West Wing main theme

Beauty and the Beast

If We Hold on Together

The Legend of 1900

Smile

The Prince of Egypt

Sousa March Carnival

Ms Saigon Medley

Soul Bossanova

J-Pop Medley

Caroica

Disco Party

The Merry Widow

The Lord of the Dance

To the Summit!

Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1

Postcard

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Carnival in Sao Paulo

Disney Princess Medley

Can't Take my Eyes Off Of You

Best Friends March

The Sound of Music

Spirited Away

American Graffiti XIII

American Graffiti XI

There's No Business Like Show Business

American Graffiti XIV

I Could Have Danced All Night

Little Marmid Medley

Olympic Fanfare and Theme

The Olympic Spirit

Yan Ge Volume 1

Yan Ge Volume 2

Centennial Spirit

Perception Problems

2006-06-08T11:23:00.000+08:00

Hahas . . . The double concert this time is killing me more than the last time i did it. =x Had a full day of intenstive band practise yesterday. Actually wanted to blog when i reached home, but that was like at uh, 12? =x Tired enough for me to drop dead.

I learnt today that perception towards some words make it very different. As in, different people have different perception. And it is quite inevitable that people use their own perception of things to interpret words. For example, if you come from a very reasonably good background where people are nice and the environment is welcoming, you would treat things more lightly and certain words people say as just merely gossipy stuff. In contrast, if you are raised in an environment where the survival of the fittest theory stands strong, you tend to treat people's words as personal even if the person did not intend to. I think that this makes relationships between people very bad. It is a source of social problem in my perspective. Haha ok i think i just contradicted myself. =x

But what i had said is like some form of personal perception. If you were to take a more neutral and a more general perspective, i think it would be good. It is impossible not to judge. You will need to judge at some point in time. People often tell me that i should not judge people before making friends with them. But i would beg to differ. I mean i just judge to see if they fit my style and is the kind of friends i like. I am definitely not one of those that can walk down the classroom block and say hi to 10000 people. I find it meaningless to make alot of friends. I feel that judgement is needed before making friends, whether the person is true to you and whether the person is trustworthy and is rationale. I know that i can get very impractical and irrationale at times, but i believe in making friends using a more overview perspective. I would definitely judge the kind of friends i want. Yes this is also a form of perception problem, but i think that it is a 'necessary evil'. It makes life better. I think i made alot of mistakes in my judgement recently =x

Having said that, many people may think that im weird. When i say we should not take perspective, i continued on to say that we need to take a personal perception. I think this is a case by case basis. There are some things that you need personal feeling and perception to decide, like if a person is good to be your friend. I dont mean good enough, but generally would that person make a good friend in the end. Other things like gossips, you dont have to take them very seriously. I mean at least not on a personal scale. People love laughing at me, but i learn not to take such things seriously. I mean talking crap is somehow part of life. Its just how you want to take those stuff. My class well, have incidents that prove that if you take things too personally, you will create chaos. I dont mean its wrong, but i find it unnecessary sometimes. I mean certain things just colloquially 'one ear in, the other ear out'. For work i think no, but for such trivial stuff, i think its ok. I mean we always say this sux that sux, he sux whoever sux, but its just talking about stuff. Who do people have to take a perception that it is personal? I tend to think that it is just normal chat.

Recent events gave me a new perspective towards taking things personally. I think i need to learn to be more careful.

Busy Week

2006-06-06T16:11:00.000+08:00

Hahas. This week is a busy week. Band and more band. 2 concerts in a row.

9th June Friday
RJCSB presents ATempo XVII ( not atempox 7 k! =x )
Venue : Victoria Concert Hall
Time : 7.30pm
Price : $10 or $12

Grab those tickets fast! Selling like hot cakes sia! =x

11th June Sunday
Beautiful Sunday @ Esplanade
Yuhua - RV Combined Alumni Band
Venue : Esplanade Concert Hall
Time : 3pm
Price : FREE

Doors open at 2.15pm. Once the place is filled, they will close the door so do come down early to queue up! The last performance people started queuing at 1pm and it was a full hall. So do come down early!

Haha i think thats all for this week at least. Dont know if i would have time. So ya.

Balloon Hats Festival 2006

2006-06-03T22:41:00.000+08:00

Haha. Today is the annual Sentosa Balloon Hats Festival 2006! It was fun and exciting! hah except the part where i had to help them eat the chicken wings and carry water =x.

I think that band is more than what many people see it as in Singapore. Take this balloon hats festival for example. Many people view it as a band event. For me, i would think that it is a simple entertainment event. Yes i know bands and playing and stuff are involved, but i mean any other group would do. It is also supposedly to waive from the marching component in the syf the following year. Well something positive to say, this year is not as crappy as the last time we were there. At least some 'technique' is involved in the event, not just purely crap walking and playing. I mean if it is to waive people from the marching component in syf, it better incooporate some marching and stuff in it what! I think it is just logical.

I think that there are very extreme schools of teaching in bands. Some enrol to the entertainment viewpoint and some others prescribe to the academic viewpoint. I think that both extremeties would not work out. A balance point is needed and thats what i think makes Japanese bands so good. Japan is like the leader of the Asian music scene, the de facto country and what most bands in Singapore look up to. They perform well, and are entertaining. Contrast that to many other countries or reigon. European bands prescribe to the scholarly audiences with the art of the music itself. Shostakovich, Barnes and Jan Van Der Roost to name some. Their music are mainly scholarly. Constrast to that, many people write pieces that are catchy and well received. I would think that Japan really strike a good balance between techniques and entertainment. They play pieces that show a relatively high standard of technique display while remaining very entertaining to the average band people.

I know that this opinion is very personal but i think that it is some way to make a school band look presentable to the public. Most bands in Singapore are very Japanese in nature, and i think that is somnething very nice. I like the style. Maybe because i am brought up in that environment and may not tune in to the other styles well. But i think that the local band scene still can develop further =)

Friendship

2006-06-02T23:58:00.000+08:00

Haha. Tired after so many days of activity. Today still had prac from morning till night. Really shagged, but whatever, the result should be fun and exciting and it is only one more week to go!

Siyuan is leaving this wednesday at 7.20am on UAE. I never liked sending people off. I don't like the parting process. I am uncomfortable with changes in environment i guess. Three years ago, when i sent luke off, i think i almost cried. Am i too emotional? Thats something i ask myself once in a while. I get emotional over alot of things, friendship and relationships especially. Maybe you seldom see, but i feel worried when my friend in sick, or my friend feels uncomfortable. It becomes an innate part of me to go over and comfort my friend and share his/her problems. But i wonder sometimes if i am abit too busybody or over-reacting.

To me, i feel that friends' well-being is more important than i feel good myself. I prefer to sort of like 'sacrifice' abit if that makes my friends feel better. I think its just my natural reaction towards friends. I feel that it is one of the good ways to keep a friendship going. I don't know if it would work for everyone, but i think it is effective for me. I hope that my friends are always well and feeling happy. Thats when i would feel happy too.

Bah, i dont know how to describe.

Farewell Party

2006-06-02T00:15:00.000+08:00

The party is over. People leave, people part. The sadness haven't got over me.

Actually if it was up to me, id spend time doing something with him rather than a full party. It makes it more meaningful i guess. Inviting him out for a meal or a party is easy, whenever he comes back. But to get together to do something or even for a game of soccer in the school field, i would find that harder to achieve once he leaves. Its like something i would miss more than having a party.

Im not saying that the party is meaningless. The whole thing that happened was very meaningful i thought, but i was thinking i would miss playing soccer or badminton with him more than that. Remember his flying kicks and always skidding tricks. Hah. They were really memorable. The times we spent together doing pullups and all that gaming times. It will really linger in my heart, my mind.

The thing i would miss most about when a person have left is not a planned event. What that would bother me and keeps me thinking is the good times we spent together doing normal things, like having a game or hiding in the library doing other things during lecture time. Thats what i would feel too when i leave. Not that people would really hold a party for me, but i would remember the times we had doing normal things rather than the party itself. Its those little things that shaped my life and what i would be next time. I strongly believe in that idea.

Friends come and go, but true pals stay in the hearts forever.

Siyuan's Farewell

2006-06-01T04:27:00.000+08:00

Haha. Haven't blogged for some time because i was bogged down by the preparation for today. Its finally the time that Siyuan bid farewell to the rest of us here at 3Q.

Two years in JC, today i really felt that i have grown over the past 2 years. I didn't feel the same way when luke left in 2003. It is a kind of mixed emotion, filled with sadness and unwillingness. But I guess i consoled myself that i would leave the pack in time to come, wherever i may be going to. But the sadness still lingers over me. It is very hard to get over the fact that he is going to leave us soon. He really helped me though some really big ups and downs in my life.

Last year, when he said he was going to leave, it still felt like a long way to go. Time really flies. One promos and one common test and now he is really going to leave. It suddenly felt that i did not cherish my time well, not just with him, but with all my friends. I thought J2 life is spent more on mugging, but perhaps i was wrong.

Two years in JC is very short, and i think its more worth it to invest in a good friendship with people around than to just mug for the A levels. I really regretted not spending time well and sort of took some friends for granted. Today really made me feel the sadness. Though i will get to see him every christmas, but its still a long parting. He is really one person who made my life in RJ different. My perspectives of things changed, and he taught me alot. I really enjoyed my 2 years here with him.

He was also one great entertainer and made my life really interesting with his casual but awkward expressions sometimes. It just adds the smiles to my life. I really felt that greatness of friendship. It is something no material wealth can replace.

Siyuan, i know you have to go and you may be better off there. But i hope that you would not forget me as a friend. Best of luck and figure out the meaning behind the song i wrote on the card =)

Psychometric Test

2006-05-29T22:50:00.000+08:00

oOHh. Hah. Today my section sounded more in tuned lols. =x i wonder why =P

I took the PSC psychometric test today. Hah. Didn't manage to complete the math section though. I think i under-estimated the math questions inside =x. It was ok i think. Haha i hope i did not screw up really badly.

Anyway, there were a few questions inside that almost made me laugh. Thought of alot of things during the test when i saw these questions. Haha.

Ok thats the end =x haha nothing much to say about today because we are supposed to keep the test contents 'confidential'. haha. Whatever.

Holidays!

2006-05-28T09:07:00.000+08:00

Hah. I know i havent blogged for some time, but yes, the holidays are here!

Sometimes i really wonder, are our holidays or so the teachers say 'term break' are really holidays or breaks. I shall use the phrase 'term break' for i feel that it is more appropriate to describe what i am in for. Definitely not a holiday to relax. It seems that there is a trend in JC that a term break is a studying break. For most JCs ( i really envy VJ for having common tests before term breaks ), there is always a common test awaiting us after the term break. One of the explainations is that this would keep our studying attitude going during the long break. Point taken.

But, i personally feel that it is such a system that makes JC life really boring. Imagine, you spend so much time in school studying during the term and hope to get a break some time. But the end result is that you have to spend your holidays mugging even harder than school days! So what is the point of going to school when the system obviously endorses the point that we can be left to study on our own, more effectively and harder, during the holidays? So school term should be more about merry making and spending time with friends. Many people would love this point =P

To me, the school term is the time when i really study and the holidays i really want to relax. I believe i can get my studying momentum going again once school term starts. Maybe schools should start reviewing this system of exams after holidays =X

GP Common Test

2006-05-24T21:59:00.000+08:00

So at last GP is over. Hah. I think i just screwed myself up for the common test. Wrote on some really obsolete topic and well, at least my compre is ok. Haha so much for common test.

Words are very powerful. Thats what i realised not long ago. I used to be not bothered by what people say or what i hear. I mean i just listen to it, commit to memory or throw it away, then did not bother about the contents anymore. But why are there so many people who like to commit them to their freshest memory and regurgitate it to other people? That is such a bastard act. Sometimes things are not meant for you, and you so happen hear it, good for you. Just keep it to yourself. Why must people go round telling others? Sometimes with pepper and salt added even.

Maybe that is what many people call 'itchy mouth'. Gosspiers, and serious ones, are really bitch and bastards i would say. What i define as a great gossiper is one who listen, twist and BROADCAST them to the public. If you feel unbearable, then go home and talk to the mirror! Whats wrong with these people?

I mean i do admit that i talk about other people and some incidents sometimes. But i mean keep it within your own small clique if you cannot take it and must say. =X

Pissed at some absolutely disgusting and incorrigible gossipers.

Band Attitude

2006-05-22T21:20:00.000+08:00

Haha, despite the many negative responses ive heard, i still think the batch jacket is nice to use =) Its damn useful in the cold weather, very warming =P haha ok i shall not promote the batch jacket any further.

Band concert is in 2 weeks time, and its a consectuive 2 concerts for me again. =x I don't know why but i think my interest in band has detoriated over time. Maybe its because of the boring nature of band practises in RJ. I mean i like the pieces that we are playing. I think they are rather interesting and nice to listen to. Haha. Not like some schools who play symphony after symphony and concerto after concerto =x. Haha i think most people could guess who i am talking about. I feel that band practise is effective only when everyone puts in their 101%. I mean i rather go all the way for some practises where everyone else does the same, rather than spending lots of time on not fruitful practises. I don' t think quality time is spent in band.

I mean i do need practise, and most of us need practises for different pieces. So what is the point of forcing everyone to sit together and practise? Its like every other song will have someone who is weak in that song and its makes it boring for those who can actually play their parts for that piece. It is kind of ineffecient to me. Id rather have more time alone to practise my own parts.

I feel that the environment in the band is really dragging my band spirit down, so much so that it affected my mood in alumni as well. For that i don't mean that i am already sick of alumni, but i feel that i will start to lose interest soon. I remember the times when i went for band with much expectation, maybe because i still feel that responsibility to do so and i do have true interest in band. I used to turn up at the bandroom before the people actually opened the door, and left only when they chased us out. I liked that kind of enivronment. At that time it was not only me, it was like the band attitude. The positive attitude really drives me to do better and keep me alert in the band.

Some people say that these are personal and cannot be controlled. But i realised that discipline can shape a person's attitude. Back in RV when i was a junior, our seniors treated us strictly, with lots of punishment meted out. That kept us at least in fear of being punished, and we would do the correct things and obey the rules. In the long run, it just became our habit to act and run the events that way, the way that keeps the band spirit high and the discipline strong. It just made band more enjoyable. It is just like the opposite to what i see now. Low band morale and spirits, people not interested and everyone is just shagged and feels no interest in it. I feel so dragged down by the environment as well. First to say the bandroom isnt very invigorating already. Stuffy and dull looking, it makes things worse i think. Sorry to those who i have offended, but i really felt that way. I don't believe that discipline can be done away with increased age. Maturity is not an excuse to start riddding off the rules and regulations. I believe that as we grow older, we should be compelled to more rules for serious matter. I mean i believe people should understand the need and appreciate it as they grow older. In sec1 when i was punished i thought it as quite absrud to be punished. But as i grew, i felt the need for it and could better appreciate it. People see me as very law abiding, but i feel that it is needed to keep a positive environment and i appreciate the effort made by the law enforcers to keep the environment going.

I don't think many people will share the same viewpoint as me, but i really feel that it is going from band to worse. I hope things wouldn't go to the extent that it cannot be salvaged.

Auspicium. HAHA for those who understand it =P

RJ Attack

2006-05-19T23:29:00.000+08:00

I can't help but feel that RJ is like surrounded by werewolves trying to take the school down. It's like, RJ is the centre of hate of many other JCs. I would think its probably because we have been too high up there last year? =x It just makes things very tense up when RJ faces other JCs. Hah, i am in no position to comment. But i certainly felt it that way.

Hah. Today was a really stoning day. =x. I actually fell asleep in GP class. WOW. Under the very eyes of LPM who is always peering into our eyes with that tinch of sacarasm. Hah, never happened to me before today. I guess im just working too hard. Its really tiring and wearing me out day by day. I have not enough sleep, could not find time to nap either. Sometimes i wonder about the real meaning of studying. Mugging? I don't think so. Apparently i had to 'develop' my interest in the subjects instead of being able to study and do what i want. I know many people would say that JC is just like a stepping stone to the future. I do prescribe to that point of view, thats why i didn't really bother to search for the true meaning in most things im studying now. I just take it by stride. I hope that can pull me through the As though hah. I do know that Jc is supposed to be the busiest term in studying life. MY friend in the states told me he have only 12 hours of official cirriculum time every week! That is like a third of what im going through.

It is not that i don't believe in pressure cooking or extensive knowledge imparting. I believe that these methods are the best to excel in Singapore's education system. I just think that we are applying it too extensively =x

Aircon Woes

2006-05-18T21:03:00.000+08:00

Hah. Thankews Kelly, Charlotte, Weemin and Charity for that umbrella =) hah. Kelly i guess you are growing afraid of me hijacking your umbrella =P. OH and thanks charity for invading my bio tutorials with her blobby invasion =P

Suana. That's how i would describe the school now. Its really hot and warm. The classrooms are really stuffy. Sometimes, i think it is not our fault that we arent interested in the lesson. The weather plays a really great part. The sweat is enough to put one to disgust and the stuffy enivornment causes people to become very dizzy. Hah. Whats more? the suana is best to sleep in! This works for many people as i observe. People get more sleepy with increasing heat and more tardy with the humid and stuffy environment. Evident from lectures. Even though lectures were worse than tutorials and they are really much more boring, people tend to be more awake during lectures than in tutorials? haha. Counter-example : LBS tutorials. Haha. But well, i guess its the norm.

Lots of rumours going around that the classrooms would be entirely air-conditioned during the june holidays. Haha. Should be a great thing but i was wondering how much are they going to spend on the utilities bill. Lucky im leaving the school soon =) won't be much affected by the increase in fees if there is any. =P So overall, i hope that it would be done up soon. At least i cannot take the heat anymore. I rather have the whole place damn cold that i have to wear a sweater in school than being hot and sweaty and stinky =P haha. We all got our batch sweater anyway =) YAY. Haha it looks rather nice =)

Well guess thats all from me today. Gonna go jogging =) Aim to SLIM DOWN xP If not later she disown me then sad sad =x Haha ok that was really very CRAP. =P

Rugby Finals

2006-05-17T21:49:00.000+08:00

Rugby finals results : RJ10, SA15

Haiss. I thought RJ had a really good chance of winning them. It was like so close to a 10 10 but they urgh, forced their way through to a final trial. =x I guess the ruggers just weren't on form today. Today i also experienced what i really called the school spirit. The defeat was like, it made the whole audience stop breathing for that moment when the game ended. That was a sad moment. Before that it was all cheers and everyone was so psyched up and the percussionists were doing their strokes very vigourously. That thin line, a infinisimal amount of time, parted hope and disheartening fact.

I actually started worrying when the line was pushed very far back to the other side of the field. The pushing and jerking kept my heart intense. Ok maybe the discription was abit kua1 zhang1. When the mess was cleared and the refree decided that it was an in, it was like oh shit. And soon after that, before they next game can start, it was all over. Im not a very sports person, but it felt really bad for me too. I really felt the pain of losing it. The ruggers gave in their heart and soul and sweat and blood to the game, but they lost. I felt sad for them too. They hoped, we hoped that they would win too.

Haha i may seem schizophrenic, but soon after i think i see more in comforting ourselves than getting really sad over not getting the top. The juniors will eventually bring it back to RJ. Haha but well i think settling for a second place as usual was not bad. It was a great match though =) Very exciting. It is like something fresh, not always finals against ac. Thats like so BORING. At least the variation gave the match a greater sense of mystery. Haha, i guess i was going intense and super excited during the match, didn't know how loud i shouted till i was told that i was screaming like crazy. Hah. The whole game was damn nice to watch la!

To the ruggers : i know its inevitable to be sad, but look ahead =)

Birthday!

2006-05-17T21:41:00.000+08:00

HAppy Birthday to Myself!

Haha ok that was lame. Thankew to those who wished me happy birthday today xD. It was nice having your wishes =) And special thanks to Emerson for the Pencil thing which uh, got stuck in the paper roll and took me quite alot of time to take out =P. Haha... and oh yes the girls for the messages and i SURPPOSED from Yiling that Gigantic Blobby! Haha it was fun xD.

And Richard, yes, thanks for searching for the cow =) Contemplated to hang it on my bag but finally decided that cow was too big. Haha. Yepp, its now hanging on the mirror in my room haha. The card from the section was nice too =)

Haha dinner was great. Ate alot of sotong and potato =) My favourite food xD. Haha ok i grew up on potatoes not carrots unfortuantely =)

Physics Practical

2006-05-16T15:43:00.000+08:00

Sometimes i really wonder whats with us learning all these stuff in school.

School should be a place where we learn and not simply study. I see a difference between the two. I think we are just studying really dead stuff =x. Its really boring and nobody bothers in class. But i think i really pity whoever that enters the teaching profession. Its a tragedy to teach in top schools nowdays. They arent teaching us anything that we find interesting or we need to be taught, neither do they feel inspired by our reaction. Its just a vicious cycle to me. Everything in just going down and down.

Im getting bored of JC life. Secondary school was more fun, and i can foresee the future as more fun as well. JC is like uh, the well.

Recovering the Lost

2006-05-15T23:33:00.000+08:00

Someone told me that i should continue blogging.

I dont know if i should. I had been busy with lots of stuff recently that i cant take my eyes of what i am doing right now. =X. Life had really left me on a very unexpected turn. Just in a year's time, im already attached. Yes to many who dont know. Yes i am attached now. =)

I may drop a post once in awhile now and i shall search for a new layout =)

Popping Around

2005-07-14T14:31:00.000+08:00

Common test is just over. Popping around the blogs to take a look. So decided towrite something in my own. Has been 2 months since i last updated this blog. Had some time free today, with nothing much to do or to settle. Quite free. Had some time to do my own stuffs and watched a concert yesterday. The concert was fantastic, the trumpet soloist was crazy. Enjoyed it very much.

Keeping up with school

2005-04-04T23:20:00.000+08:00

Hahas. i knoe i havent blogged for years. But ya, bz with school life. Tests and assignments coming up, concerts in the way, syf and my juniors are of my upmost concerns now. So ya sorry for not blogging. When there is something interesting, ill blog i promise and do tag! hahas thanks!

Overseas Studying

2005-01-23T20:25:00.000+08:00

Sometimes i really wonder... is studying overseas at this age interesting? 1st went Irwin, then Winston, now SuVien. It seems that many love to study overseas instead of completing their As in Singapore. Friends leaving one after another really makes me sad. From the frequent contacts we haf to now, rare contacts and thats only if we happen to be able to go online at the same time. That makes me feel very sad. To me, friends are just like my 2nd family. Its them who i spent most of my time with. Just seeing them leave, even for just a year, makes me feel sad. Sometimes i try to think in a more positive manner, thinking that in a few years time, ill be able to see them often again. But nevertherless, that feeling is still there. Its hard to kill. But well, still the same few words. Good luck, travel safe, see you during your holz.

Full Timetable

2005-01-17T18:29:00.000+08:00

Full Timetable began.

The timetable sux.

Its damn tiring.

Haiss

Hope i can cope for the 2 yrs.

Rv Donation Draw

2005-01-15T22:51:00.000+08:00

Today was Rv Donation Draw. Early morning woke up late. Rushed down but in the end managed to get there in time. Usual rv-styled ceremony, but the feeling is so different. Pathetically small hall, with only sec3s and some sec4s only. It sux. Remembers the 2000 seater audi we had, the flowers that ms lee would place there in grand ceremonies, the tall celling, the waxed floors, the large crowd. Hais... its not there anymore. Replaced by an old, rundown, sucky, small pathetic hall. So not lyk the rv ceremony i knoe.
As usual, there were late people. Coming in frm the back, many peps of my batch came. Usual ceremony with school song and speeches, but well they were short. Haha... many peps cannot take it but as compared to the 3hrs on my sec1 orientation nite with Mr Tham, this is reallie short.
Drawing was the interesting thing. They brought out tin cans of balls of numbers, lyk those u see for the 4-digits and stuffs. The Big 5 in Rv went up for the draw. Rolled the tin cans round and round with the drum roll! Hahas then stopped, unscrewed the bottom and let the number out. Well that wasnt the main point. That would look grand in the old hall, but now it looks farnie instead! Well, some errors here and there. But there was a major error! Haha... they realised that not all the tix are sold out. So they had to re-draw for some of the prizes. Highest record was 9 re-draws for the 5th prize - a pair of return tickets to Taipei! Hahas... seems that people hated taipei lol. Luckily they only drew the top 10, then the alumnis and the guests took their leave. Went for reception, toked with the rest and caught up with them. It was nice.
well the typical lan and bball came after that. It was fun, but the donation draw was uhrms... poorer than expectation?

Back to Rv

2005-01-15T01:28:00.000+08:00

Went back to rv today. Promoted AtempoXIV. Listened to them play. It was nice, finally into the syf conditions. Toked to the teachers. So happy to see them. Very friendly home coming although saw the horror of my life! An old hag bitch is sent to be the teacher in charge for band! my god, that teacher sux! Dress so bitchy and looks like a mamasan frm Geylang =x. She totally sux.

First Lecture

2005-01-10T19:25:00.000+08:00

First lecture day came.
It sux.
The lecturers are boring, they were crappy and they tell loads of jokes which are meant to be laughed at, but no one did. LOL... especially the bio lecture. It was bad. The lecturer is reallie crappy. Haiss... im not that happy with it? LOL
Tutorials for chem came. It was tideous to do those sums. Haiss... hope life will get better soon.

Orientation

2005-01-09T20:36:00.000+08:00

Hahas havent been here for almost a month.
Yea it was a fun month and now im in RJC. Woohoo! Its the most fun JC around the globle!

On the 1st day, i met my og.
Nigel n Hide, they were the best ogls.
Slience when waiting, not knowing what to say.
Slience then broke, when Nigel mixed us up.
Relationships grew, with icebreakers and laughters.
As the week passed, we had games and we had fun.
From station games to the amazing race.
Playing on the retro side, it was cool and fun.
Our k'floo flew high, with our artistic side on it.
Group games and chats brought us together.
With that came the og dinners and lame jokes.
Mass dance at esplanade was fun, cheap thrills was in mind.
We had joy, we had fun, we had a great time.

Huson and the great mystery, brought us all guessing.
Charlotte, Vivian n SuVien - billy, silly, lies.
Rae hui and rongsiu, the guys mixed them up.
With Xin Qin, Amanda and Denise, it was somewhat fun.
Jason, Kenneth n Yuhui, we were all having fun.
Chen Yin shocked us all, when he carried huson up.
Rufei seemed quiet, but soon was heard out loud.
Daniel, Jian Feng n Gerrard, they are reallie well liked.
Kang Hao was the gper, who hates Chinese to the core.
Zhun Rui, Jin Deng, Jonathan n Hongyue, they were all real true.
From the beginnings to the end of k'predorus, we moved and felt as one.
Now that we are parting, it was very sad.
Many faces from different lands, together we came to be...
The NXH

NXH rawks my life! I love orientation lots! NXH, ill alwaz love you peps!

Its Over

2004-11-19T22:46:00.000+08:00

its over Its over ITs over ITS over ITS Over ITS OVer ITS OVEr
ITS FINALLY GOD DAMN OVER! haha im so happy now! got so many things lined up got alot of things to do, got so many activies to take part it! woohoo! hahas imm so GOD DAMN HAPPY right now yeas!

First Week Over

2004-11-07T01:05:00.000+08:00

Hahah... havent had an entry for a reallie long long time.
yupps its the Os now! hahah... some pple reallie wonder why im online. But the fact is, almost all the sec4s i know are still online! hahah... can imagine how slacky my batch is. Anwes... first week is over. Well, can say its good but oso can say its not good. 1/2 1/2 ba. out of 5 days, 3 days i hit target while 2 days i didnt =x. Well its alright i think ill make it better next week . Next week free with more time, having only 2 days with papers only. Well, i think can slack a while lor. Hope to make it to the horrible and thrashing 3rd week! geog-phy-hpy horror! i think those who take my combi understands =P Jiayous!

Graduation Day

2004-10-22T23:25:00.000+08:00

Today's Graduation Ceremony
Im not reallie sure im happie or sad about leaving rv. It brings me all the horrible memories of the school rules and the harshness of education in rv, but, it will brought me lots of fun and friends in rv. Culture in rv i had adapted to alreadie. Slacking in class, going to jec after school, chatting, crapping and even racist, had been part of my life. Like any other rvian, im almost the same in my attitude. Its true, as all other school people says, when rv people mixes with other school people, its easy to identify which are rv students. Its a sort of special kind of culture in rv that runs into everyone's blood. Its reallie that kind of feeling of attachment and attitude that makes us unique. When we are still in rv, the harshness of the school rules and the studying alwaz takes the upper hand in our mind. We always think of the bad points of the school. But now as i graduated from my school, i released my thoughts of the good points of rv. Well, its my almar mater after all. The distinct uniform, the unique culture and the all-chinese environment, they reallie made students leaving from rv very unique.
Well graduation day also means that we receive our long awaited results. Ok i feel that im fine. 8 pointer using EL / HCL ( 3 ), Physics, Chemistry, Emaths, Amaths, Geography ( 1 ) People then kept asking me, what about after counting CL2? I was alwaz feeling so geked cos people gets to improve using CL2 but it makes no difference for my results! Its all that L1's fault. Yea true enough, all my seniors problems lies with their L1. I reallie feel so horrible. But well, i think i can go into rjc. Thats where i think i will go in the end. Visited their school today and quite liked the environment and the sort of culture inside it. Moreover its moving to Bishan! Its gonna be a nice new school building and its gonna be near! hahax i think its a good choice for me. But well, ill make that decision once i finish my Os. I dun wana get kicked out after the 1st three months!

Black Cats

2004-10-13T22:20:00.000+08:00

today so sian. Only sec4s in the whole sch lor. all other levels on marking day leave =x. then actuallie i duno one. early morning go to sch then see nobody even all the lights are turned off. Then so scary sia! i thot i 4got some sort of info and come to sch for nothing. Haha... but heng arhx... xiaojun came quite soon after i reached. Lol... there we got probs with cats.
There were these 2 black cats at the staircase there. Then when xiaojun walked over, the cats went to pester her and chase her. Lol... i was there watching and was thinking until i see tt she reallie in trouble. Then i ran down and chased the cats away but the cats were lyk pestering! so she gave them water,gave them sweets but they still pester! lol... in the end we all run away liaoz =D hahaz... then i stand down there watch and see. so many pple come then kena tekan by the cats. LOL... weird story and incident rite! hahaz.
After sch so gek lor, the sec3s all hang out at jec. =x no life sia they all! holz go jec, siao de. Haha...nvm monday i shall gek them hee...

Results

2004-10-10T22:12:00.000+08:00

Ok finally back here after the receiving of papers and bla bla bla. Results are out... but not that great after all. Oh welll i think i can only just accept it. hope that moderation will help me pull through the times yea. Haha my nj / rj dream is still alive! Hehe... heres my results
English Language : B3
Higher Chinese : B3
E Maths : A1
A Maths : A1
Chemistry : A2
Physics : A2
Geography : A2
SS History : C6 ( LOL i gave up on it and it indeed gave up on me? lol )
Haha... oh well. i hope moderation will be good

Exams Over

2004-09-28T21:49:00.000+08:00

Finally the process is over, but the worst had yet to come
The failures or success is still unknown
The L1R5 is still unknown
The paper's result is still unknown
The moderation is still unknown and uncertain
The scoldings and trauma has yet to come
Whats more can there be... the trauma of the returning of the papers...

Sunday Woe

2004-09-26T17:48:00.000+08:00

Hahaz... a short entry in my busy schedule now yea
hahaz... very busy recently. Exams not over yet.... going into week 3 liaoz. 2 more papers amaths and chem prac. Woohoo... then its the end le hahaz... but not i already starting to feel like and act as if its the end liao? lol ... mabbe cos i think du2 ye3 shi4 si3, bu4 du2 ye3 shi4 si3... so may as well enjoy lor. Spent the day very laggy.... chat with my meix, then gunbounded for quite some time yea. Hahaz... very busy very busy. Nevermind... enjoy while i can... when i get back the results i think no way to enjoy liaoz.
Anwes... next wekk got one day half day woohoo... thrusday. And its sure gonna be RE de le! hahas had been waiting for that movie for so long, definitely wana catch it once free lol. Hahaz... half way was cos of some award we won and we duno yet? lol. hahaz...
left band for almost 3 mths le. Miss band. I love band more than anything else. I hope the exams are over soon, anticipating the fun and joy of band with the alumnis now. Juniors... conmtinue to work hard!

Esplanade Performance

2004-09-11T01:29:00.000+08:00

Today is the Esplanade Performance... woohoos... first performance without us. I can say very successful? hAha... cos it attracted a reallie large crowd. The person in charge was ticking the number of people there and i saw a 4 on the hundredth scale? Haha... thats wonderful sias. Outdoor performance main point is to attract a reallie large crowd wad rites? hahas.
Congrats to the soloists wors... very nice. Wang Nian for Lion King, Jun Xiong, Nicholas, Lester and You Wei for I Could Have Danced All Night, Ee Shan & Simin for Disco Party, You Ping for Soul Bossanova and the other soloists i cant remember. Sorry! It was such a wonderful performance that i was so engrossed that i 4got to remember who played the solos! Hahas...
The whole performance as a whole was definitely enthralling and exciting for the public. One guy was so interested in Yan Ge and Disco Party that the man started to dance! lols. hahas... that shows that u all have the power to command the mood of the audience! Powerful and awesome1 Jiayoux... hahas...
Although the performance was good, well as a senior, i alwaz come with comments. Well for my own section, good job for Disco Party, I Could Have Danced All Night and Big Fun in the Sun. hahas... the parts were clear and nicely sounded.Disco Party was nice sias... with all the loud horn effects done and the I Could Have Danced All Night i could hear the horn parts that came out well =) But i think lion king and Yan Ge were quite disappointing... yupps.. the horns werent reallie heard from where i was standing. Quite covered up by the band... the counter-melody didnt cut through. I think yupps... could improve in the dynamics part. Also some part the tounging was nt reallie clear ... well could work on that.
Hahas... thats all for this performance... yupps work hard. The next major event is SYF liaoz... hope u all remembered my words in ur head. Work hard and get RV the honour it should get =)
. J . I . A . Y . O . U . X .

Paper 1

2004-09-02T20:55:00.000+08:00

Paper 1... flopped.
Hais... feel so sian diao now. Very pissed off lorhs. Both the chi and the eng topis for the exams are like killers? its sort of... when u 1st see the tpoic, u cant have anything to say? oh my gawd... spent alot of time but ended up toking crapps. Hais... this prelims is doomed a killer, edvident from paper 1 liaoz. haiss... hope i pull thru.

Teacher's Day

2004-08-31T19:34:00.000+08:00

oOoOohHh... very nice today. Today is teacher's day! Happy teacher's day to all teachers!
I would like to thank all my teachers for their great guidance for the past years.
Physics - My kolot Suriakummar Menon
Chemistry - Ms Ivy Cheong
Geography - Ms Esther Lee ( wOohOo... u look nice on ur ad.)
History - Ms vijayaletchumi ( hAha... sry for nt being good to u for de past yr =pPp )
Maths - Mr Choo Hwee Meng ( nice teacher! )
English - Ms Sarah Chong ( i miss your jokes =D )
Chinese - Chen Yu Yun Lao Shi ( yu3 wen2 biao3 da2 bu4 shun4 chang4... nei4 rong2 mei2 you3 jie2 gou4 ... )
Went back to pri sch to visit Mrs Kang. Yupps gt another agenda... to sell donation draw tix! wow... sold a few there.... now down to last 4 le yays =D haha... caught up with my pri sch classmates. Yupps many changed... amny become so much more chio and the guys grew so much taller lorhs =x. haha but we still as close as ever. 6/6 2000 rawks sia! haha... alot of the schmates of the same age and one yr younger de oso there. Knew a few... very long nvr see them le sias. Haha ... many become more chio le. lols... my dear junior in pri sch now become so jap le! wear jap mini skirt ehhs... shh... tt day was not good sias, wind came. lols.. she went so frantic... haha... pulling down her skirt so yupps... being her senior mahss help her block other pple frm seeing. Lols..
Went to play bball and slack with them. tok alot and very interesting chats too yupps. Everyone Os mood le. Jiayoux! haha... i wun let u down de my dear tchrs.

Os Woes

2004-08-22T21:34:00.000+08:00

Os Woes
Intensifying my preparation for Os now. Studied with bel at wrl today... taught EI for the 3rd time liaoz. Haha... so yupps... tt will in turn means less n3s and updates. Yupps. Haha... good luck to all other dragons in the Os!

Summing Up

2004-08-21T17:47:00.000+08:00

Haix... no entry for another week again! Was very busy this week. Counting down to prelims : 24 days. Studied the following for this week:

Marcomolecules
Periodic Table
Metals
Acid, Bases and Salts
Thermometer
Heat Capacity
Latent Heat
Thermal Transfer
Kinetic Energy for physics
Rivers
Coast
Electromagnetic Induction
AC Generator
Transformer
CRO
Circuit Components of electronics
DC Motor
Current Electricity
Practical Electricity
Force on a Current Carrying conductor

Yea... seems alot rite? But in fact, its not even 1/2 of my syllabus i have to cover again in the next 2 weeks! Haix... working hard... still hope to get to rjc.

ACJC Band Tune In

2004-08-14T17:39:00.000+08:00

Oh yea. Today had the maths mock paper... quite easy sia!
Then went to ACJC Band tune-in with Shuyu and Sabbie. Haha... what a culture shock sia. I could never imagine band life being like that. Firstly, the place the practised in shocked me sia. A viewing gallery with celling to floor glass window facing the field and sports complex. What nice scenery there sia! Their band peoples very friendly and interesting! Very funny and FUN most impt of all! We played reallie challenging songs sia. The parts werent that easy to catch and wasz more Dr Lee's conducting is like so difficult to catch lorhs! time in time out fast and slow de! Was busily figuring out the fingerings and trying at the same time to catch his conducting! But it was all fun playing with them. I also managed to see the tkss friend of joanna who showed me de tricks of swinging the horn around. So cool! Dr Lee is so nicce a person sia! he uses interesting and funny methods to teach us. Playing with them was nice. Haix... returning to school sux.
I simply love band life!

Fireworks Festival

2004-08-09T00:34:00.000+08:00

Piak piak.... very loud the fireworks. But the fireworks damn nice lorhs. So enjoyable. Today got the fireworks festival 2004 at esplanade. Wahh... damn lots of pple. Purposely squeeze in to find the fireworks but only 5 min =x. Very shi wang actuallie. But the short moments are nice! Very colourful.... but the fire is damn loud sia! Like singapore under air raid lidat.... but so colourful can see frm far far away de. So nice! i like it sia! =) didnt actuallie regret going into the damn big crowd. Was at there with Kenneth, Kelvin and Sally. Hmm... interesting larhs... we walk all the way to the merlion then walk back to mrt. took us abt 2 hrs? lols... but de time we reach clementi is 10.40 ++ le...
Haha... the prelude is the worst. So much confusion. At first want to go with sally... but she say she bz. So i asked bel and sab. Then the next day she say can le... after she go watch movie with kel. haha... ok so i tried to tell bel that gt other pple. then sab tell me she cant. So i tell bel... she oso dunwan . Then end up i haf to rush around... sending my friend who had gastric hme then go out de. Wah... a messy day larhs. In de end met up with kel and sally... then wait for kenneth. Wah... eat lorh. Eat the very very hot noodles... cannot make it sia. Then sally eat damn slow... we tok tok so long le she still havent finish. But just nice larhs... she finish the kenneth came le...
hehe... today very fun larhs... very long nvr go out with them le mahs. So quite excited actuallie =)

National Day

2004-08-06T20:02:00.000+08:00

Today celebrate national day. Yupps... have those usual outdoor ceremony things. Then went in for the National Day concert cum Student's Leader's Investiture. Hmm... interesting seeing all the sec3s stepping up and all the sec4s stepping down. Yupps... every yr there will alwaz be this time when the leadership is handed over to the next batch. Best of luck to ya pplez!
Ok... another interesting today was that Ms Ling is back! Suddenly saw her at the back of the audi when we were watching the national day concert. So happy to see her again... it had been one yr since ive last saw her at the steamboat farewell. Yupps... interesting gathering, went down with bryant to see her. Wow... England's weather surely had it hard on Ms ling... cos she slimmed down a bit! lols. But true la... she slimmed down a bit. hehe... Hope to catch up with her soon!
Okies... the national day concert sux. The programmes werent interesting at all. Still think that last yr we perform the singing item was the most interesting! Lols... luved it much. This yr arhs... song writing competetion, fashion show, some sort of art desgin competetion... so bo liaoz! Not reallie that of a event concert thingy sia. Fell asleep twice. But ah well... theres the usual fav community singing! One of the last few community singing sessions in rv le. Haha... had great fun. But i felt like a sound wave! lols. Squeeze in and stretched out just like rarefractions and compressions sia! lols. Sounded lame ya i knoe... but hard to describe oso. Feeling was very high and everyone blasted their voices out.
Then went to JE to eat with guan, tsp, lagger and guofag. Then went to join yunjie and clement at cineleisure. Guofag as usual didnt go. Then we went to yunjie's house to play. Went out to play bball... thrashed some pple in bball but they sounded very pissed off, but we just left. didnt want to create trouble for ourselves. But later gt trouble again. We went to another court but it was full. Then we went thrid one. There gt pple yunjie knoe so we started playing. Play full court but 2 gangsters there were pissed off and chased us away and theratening us lorhs. Nvm went to play half court but time to go liaoz. Didnt want to create trouble by tackling their words larhs. Went back to yunjie's hse play a little gb then go hme le.
Haha... interesting day sia@

Little Sister

2004-08-02T21:36:00.000+08:00

From today onwards, i officially have a little godsister - Sabrina. =)
Cheerx! Lol getting mad only godsisters. Got a total of 7 including her now.
- Evangeline from CHIJ TP
- Huiyan ( same as my gf's name lols ) from Henderson Sec
- Nicole from Nanyang girls
- Charlene from naval base sec
- Sherry from Yishun Sec
- Grace from Geylang Methodist
- Sabrina from RV whoo! Think its the only girl who would be my godsister =)

Itsumo Nando Demo ( Spirited Away Theme )

2004-08-01T00:57:00.000+08:00

Itsumo Nando Demo ( Spirited Away Theme )

yondeiru muneno dokoka okude
itsumo kokoro odoru yume wo mitai

kanashimi wa kazoe kirenai keredo
sono mukoude kitto anataniaeru

kurikaesu ayamachi no sonotabi hito wa
tada aoi sora no aosawo shiru
hateshinaku michiwatsuzuite mieru keredo
kono ryoute wa hikariwo idakeru

sayonara no tokino shizukanamune
zeroni narukaradaga mimiwo sumaseru

ikiteiru fushigi shindeiku fushigi
hana mo kaze mo machi mo minnaonaji

yondeiru muneno dokoka okude
itsumo nando demo yumewo egakou

kanashimi no kazuwo iitsuku suyori
onaji kuchibiru de sotto utaou

tojiteiku omoideno sononakani itsumo
wasuretakunai sasayakiwo kiku
kona gonani kudakareta kagami no uenimo
atarashii keshiki ga utsusareru

hajimari no asa(no) shizukana mado
zeroni narukarada mitasarete yuke

umi no kanatani wa mou sagasanai
kagayaku monowa itsumo kokoni
watashi no nakani mitsukeraretakara

Hehe =) this is the lyrics to my new background music hope u all like it! music will take some time to load thou

Chocolate Mon Cheri

2004-07-30T18:57:00.000+08:00

The TSP Love Song ( music to 关怀方式 )

每天早上上学的,
突然看到_ _的.
和他一起讲话了,
讲啊讲啊讲完了.
他突然就走掉了,
我不知道为什么.
想啊想啊想到了,
终于知道答案了...

原来_ _走掉是因为他看到_ _了,
他们牵着手地走到学校大门口.
然后两人突然放手,
因为Ms Ek看到了.
我们全部被罚因为大家迟到了...
( fill in the blanks yourself with the correct names worx =D )

Hmm... today was so interesting sia.
As usual went eating with Clement, Yunjie, Lagger, TSP, Guofag and Guan. The more interesting thing came after we ate our meals liaos. at that time, bee hian, geokmeng, huiwen and yingxia came. Then we started toking abt clement. They sat at a table nearby while we started to chat lorhs... Then we saw jasmine. du3 yunjie. Haha... but he was not the key role. The key role was tsp. He took out a book and started to sing a song. Very interesting. The song on top lorhs. Then he kept teasing clement and geokmeng. At first he sing loud loud, then when saying de names tt time he go very soft. The we started laughing like mad. tsp oso duno y siao diao, started to sing abt yunjie and *******. lol this one not so many pple know so cant tell. Then yunjie du diaos. He went to k him. Guofag and his fuhua oso lols. Then tsp duno y siao again, sang out the names loud. Geokmeng sort of heard it then she give that shock diao look. Stare at us and ask wad did he sing. The all of us hum diao. Then we start to tok abt gf. They sang abt lagger and his st john girl... but we made one discovery. Guan have a target! lols. Realised it through some sort of inference frm his action. When we started to guess... we said it was sumone. Then he got very very agitated and started to speak so loudly that pple were looking. Then clement was pressing hard on the cup until its so short. Then Guan sort of pissed off and tried to compete with him =). Haha... we all ss hist students surely can infer that sia. Then we started laughing. yx and huiwen got interested in what we doing so they came over. Then we sang the tsp song thne they laughed like siao. Geokmeng still duno so she come and ask. Then when they all went back, tsp sang so loud that geokmeng looked so pissed off. Then yx and hw snatched tsp's book to copy the song.
At this time, they were discussing hu like hu... then they guess lagger's was pamela... lols. Then come to Guan that time... we all started to laugh. Geokmeng kept pestering him to tell but he dunwan. She promise that she wun tell de. But yunjie commented ' even if we tell u, u urself wun dare to spread one.' clever huiwen sort of got it liaoz. Then she say out geokmeng say nt possible. haha... in the end it was like confirmed when huiwen said abt geokmeng, guan took his bag and ran out! lols. So farnie. Then geokmeng sort of pissed of. The girls then start to sing abt geokmeng and clement, she looked very pissed.
Then the girls sort of facinated by the song and started to compose a version for tsp. Lols... so farnie! But too sad cant remb tt version.

What a Mess

2004-07-26T21:29:00.000+08:00

This morning i was so shocked when i stepped into my classrm. The first thought was - there had been a break-in on sat. The whole place was in chaos, everything was out of place and there was a mess.
1. The door handle of the back door came out
2. The newspapers were strewn everywhere
3. Plastic bags were flying all around
4. All the worksheets and A4 papers were laid everywhere
5. Half the noticeboard fell off
6. Notices on the board some were half torn, the others were taken down
7. It was very dusty and dirty
8. The posters fell off
9. The teacher's table was in a total mess
10. The tables were in a mess
11. Some tables looked ransacked
12. Kirana's magnets were on the board
13. Zhihuan's papers were torn
What a mess... haix spent a full whole morning trying to pack the place. So tiring sia. haix...

Heritage Day

2004-07-21T20:17:00.000+08:00

Profit : #123.00
Nice eh... sold roti pratas until got so much profit. Moreover in the end wwe ate alot of the cheese and ham and pratas ourselves lorhx. Got abt 50 never make cos they nvr pay money and expect us to send to them first =x sOo...damn... fun sia. Ate alot of stuffs and sry to my dear juniros if i asked u to buy heez.... u made our sales successful!
Very fun sia... make so many pratas then ate so many food! Ate de jellies and the pohpiahs.... hahax. Nth much la... just very tired

Sorries.

2004-07-20T17:26:00.000+08:00

Okay... if ive made anyone angry here... im sry.
For myself, i write what i feel. Transitions are always hard i know... and i know situations will turn out better soon. It is just a leaving note that i want to write to express my thoughts. I know i have not been a good senior all these while. I did not take any leading position or did much good. I just hope that my juniors will be much better a senior to the next batch. I had always believed in my juniors in doing things. In band i never really bothered or cared about what they decided to do. I have no whatever against people. What i reallie wanted to mean in that message was a reminder. Im surely worried cos next yr is competition year. I just wana try to remind people of the mistakes that they had made as what i feel for the past yr, so that the next yr is a better year. I know all my juniors can play. Ive heard the concert recording and it definitely sounds fine to me. Just that i hope that my juniors could improve on the points, and have a more stable stand next yr. If you think that im saying that u all cannot make it, thats not true. Ive sat on the right side of the section since sec2, i can surely tell good from bad. Nevertherless, ive always believed in my juniors.
千言万语,尽在不言中. 希望你们来年一路平安.
Sorry

Note to My Juniors

2004-07-18T20:39:00.000+08:00

True enough... jin1 shi2 bu4 tong2 wang3 ri4.
Competetion 2003 rvcb was using people with almost perfection. Competetion 2005 rvcb is never like before. A great difference.
Competetion 2005 is not going to be easy. WASBE 2005 is held in Singapore. A major event in the world where the top people from the music circle will gather in Singapore. High probability that they will involve the competetion as part of the event lined up. Judging will be critical and tough. Perfection is required for that standard of gold, and the value of the gold medal will obviously rise. Win it and glory is ours, break it and there goes what took the rvcb seniors and alumni 9 hard years to build up. We are there, and everyone knows rv's fame in the band scene. It will surely not be nice to drop dead.
It will take its toil on the sec4s next yr the most, stress and scoldings are always there. But hang it in there, overcome the problems. Its not that easy i know, but i believe you can. Competetion cannot function without stress, but it is how you manage it that matters. Take example of Wee Ann... he was the SL, he went in the competetion and led the section. Scolding and practises never left him. But he managed to pull through the difficulty of competetion and got a 8 for his L1R5. Does not sound that impossible to manage between band and schoolwork after all. Its the determination and ur feelings for the band that matters. Care for the band, care for the rvcb name and most importantly take good care of your juniors. They are not that difficult to deal with, but it requires skills. Its not the time to fool around anymore. U all know the situation now best. Be critical and precise with them. Mistakes must be mentioned at all cost, and corrected quickly. Not that easy but try hard.
Next yr sec3s. Listen to ur seniors. Yes they are nice to you all, but still remember they are your seniors. They must be respected and obeyed. The fault that occured now as yanru had said before - seniors are simply too close to juniors that the juniors even dare defy senior's orders. Seniors have a reson for every order they make, and it is for your own good. Take it seriously and perform any task properly and effeciently. Effecieny and feelings for the band are the most important. They are the stepping stones to greater success. I know that the LEAPS cca system is very tough, but still remember that phrase "once a bandsmen, always a bandsmen" Its that commitment and determination that will bring the band to greater heights.
Band next yr will surely be an important part of your schoollife. Practises may be as frequent as everyday after school. Non-complusory events are not meant to be ignored. They are to release your stress level. But these non-compulsory parctises are those that will allow you to perform better and soar greater heights. We all left with a great legacy, gold awards many many name-boosting performance. It took us great pains to place rvcb in a position of prestige. Dont let it fall to noughts.
Remember and take care.

Band Life

2004-07-18T00:08:00.000+08:00

After 4 years... band life finally came to and end.
4 yrs in rvcb, ups and downs, happiness and sadness, hardship and sweetness, we have all been through that.
Its not that easy to survive 4 full yrs in rvcb. Scoldings, practise, frequent times in bandroom, tough training and lessons, packed schedules are part and parcel of band people's life. Life in rvcb hasnt been easy for most of the sec4s, resulting in alot of hatred and resent. But at last, we survived for 4 yrs, The extreme test of endurance and resilience. People leave band with differing feelings and thoughts. Joyous and celebration contrasted the sadness and unwillingness. But after all, we lived with each other for 4yrs, had the fun times together and went though the worst of all. I enjoy people of the same batch, nice friendly and enthuastic.
4 yrs did not come by as a waste of time, events and activities filled the band life. I remember every part of it, and i enjoyed every performance despite the trouble.
4 yrs didnt come by easily as well. Management of time was the trouble of all. Weighing between band life and school work during a crucial year - not that easy. Competetion drained times, while band was ignored nearing exams. Ms chan's lessons made us got used to scolding and sitting there quietly. Competetion was tense and hard, but endured. Concerts were done with extreme care.
4 yrs and band has always been a major part of life. Staying till late, sectionals and much isolation form or own class, to go for band. Bandmates are still the best friends, even superior to classmates. Band spirit is induced, but not really accepted by many. Still though, i feel more attached to band people. I prefer the way of doing things, and ideas click well together. Not that easy with other people.
4 yrs of band shaped quite shaped the way we do things. High effecieny and high quality is what we do, and oftenly what we expect from others as well. Band made us more resilience and more time effective, coping with the same amount of schoolwork with must less time than others. Endurace level rose as things were not that easy, but we have to take it in our stride. What we do, what we think, and what we want - its the rvcb style.
I now many hated band, but i dont think anyone hates it that badly. If not its not possible to survive till now.
We tire out, we have not enough rest. We feel the pain and hardship of band life. But at last, its an end. But good luck sec4s, the prelims and Os are here in our way. I think band ways will help us pull through it. JiayouXx people!
rvcbfrenchhorn : Yanru Sara Chuan Weekiat Yanling Caining Yilun Shermiane Kaixin

What LUck...

2004-07-15T18:56:00.000+08:00

Haixx... so sian
Today had bad luck
Didnt reallie manage to do things well.
1. went to get my EZlink card changed
2. Power was short by an excessive current at cck interchange. Took them 1 hr to close 4 circuit breakers to resume the power
3. comp conked up and had to wait another hr.
Sry Lay Yong made u wait for so long. Its not my fault. Its the machine's fault....

The Band Relationship

2004-07-13T21:19:00.000+08:00

conductor:
leaps tall buildings in a single bound
is more powerful than a locomotive
is faster than a speeding bullet
walks on water gives policy to god

percussionist:
falls over the doorstep when trying to enter buildings
says "look at the choo-choo"
wets himself with a water pistol
plays in mud puddles
loses arguments with himself

saxophone player:
runs into buildings
recognizes locomotives 2 times out of 3
is not issued any ammunition
can stay afloat with a life jacket
talks to walls, argues with himself

clarinet player:
Too afraid too jump building because of their reed
Works in locomotives
too busy with reed for gun
throws reed into water
thinks reed is god

trombone player:
leaps short buildings in a single bound
is more powerful than a switch engine
is just as fast as a speeding bullet
walks on water if sea is calm
talks with god

flautist:
barely clears a Quonset hut
loses tug-of-war with locomotive
can fire a speeding bullet
swims well
is occasionally addressed by god

oboist:
leaps short buildings with a running start and favorable winds
is almost as powerful as a switch engine
is almost as fast as a speeding bullet
walks on water in an indoor swimming pool
talks to god if special request is approved

bassoonist:
makes marks on the wall when trying to clear short buildings
is run over by a locomotive
can sometimes handle a gun without inflicting self-injury
dog-paddles
talks to animals

trumpet player:
argues with building when it won't get out of the way
sleeps in locomotive
claims it's too easy to catch bullets in teeth explaining why he really can't
saves water to drink after every triple C
thinks he's god.

horn player:
lifts buildings and walks under them
kicks locomotives off the tracks
catches speeding bullets in teeth and eats them
freezes water with a single glance
is god

Band Fiesta

2004-07-12T22:05:00.000+08:00

Haha... long time no update - sch reopened and life is as normal as it could ever have been so nothing to write. But admist the peace and hectic of rv life, theres the Band Fiesta in the Gardens 2004!
Wow... first time wearing new uniform. Ehrms.... nt exactly nice but it was much nicer than any other sch bands there! We had a white collared shirt top with a stripe of vanda miss joacqium in light blue print. The bottoms was dark blue berms, for which the girls are different from the guys'. Very interesting and people stares with wonder and dismay at you when you travel on public transport with that uniform on. Lolx.... but i think it looks quite ok.
Songs... we didnt prepare as much entertainment as the other bands did, but our songs were well received! Many had good comments on us... well in fact they are mainly people from the band circle. OF cos rite... we are betting our prestige on our technical and playing. Haha... of cos without anything interesting and no form of dancing, the general public looked quite bored except for some songs yea... Catered yan3 ge1 to the older peoples like parents there, lilo and stich for the kiddies they brought along and i could have danced all night, for all those who loved the pop and rock of the 1970s to 1980s. Haha... but many said they enjoyed us the most. But the grooviest in the gardens award was not our of cos... it went to nanyang girls. haha... i think the judges were amused by the singing that was so interesting and amusing and entertaining. Haha
It was a nice day... went to eat with wk and yilun aft that. Enjoyed times with my section peps =D

Spidie

2004-07-05T21:21:00.000+08:00

Spiderman rawkz!
Went to watch spiderman with peck and gang + 4 girls ki, susan, geokx and huiwen. Very interesting and lame sia. For the benefit of my friends who haven't seen the story yet, i won't discuss the content here =)
Ate quite a bit - 1 pasta + 1 pizza. So full sia. =)
Nice outing with my class pple, seldom one too!

Birthday

2004-07-04T23:17:00.000+08:00

Happy birthday Evangeline... haha welcome to the rank of 16 yr old. Very legal le eh.... =P
Today is my godsis' birthday. Cheerx!

sYf Opening Ceremony

2004-07-03T20:50:00.000+08:00

dong4 zuo4 kuai4 yi4 dian3
xiao4 li4 gao1 yi4 dian3
nao3 jing1 duo1 dong4 yi4 dian3
- Ms Chan p.s.
Today is the real thing - Syf opening ceremnoy 2004. It was so tiring a day sia... rushing around and waiting. Good thing no mistake and the performance was perfect. Songs and everything just nice. =) ps. thx to the driver of the truck for de help in driving in tempo with us.
However the weather wasnt fine at all, it rained halfway through the performance. But luckily, it only lasted for the march in portion. The rain stopped. Everyone there was like cheering. Waiting for the songs to past was the worst, sit down there and could do nothing but stare straight and stay at attention. Covering our mouthpieces and trying to lean over the instrument to protect it. But when it all began, everything went well, no mispitches, in tempo, in correct order, no mistake notes =) cheerx rvcb! Haha... being a little bhb here, but i enjoyed the vip saying <>. Hehe, quite an honour to be ranked as that? Haha... i dunoe but i think our performance today lives up to that rank ba. we did well, but still we don't have what we used to be, the band spirit, the initiative and the echoes didnt work well. Hope that rvcb will get better soon. Time reallie flies... counting down the third last performance le. One of the most major event encountered in my rvcb life.
Juniors... jiayoux and bring rvcb to glory once again next yr!

Blackout

2004-07-01T18:04:00.000+08:00

First time in rv... tests were delayed indefinitely!
Blackout occured early in the morning. Came at 6.30 and there was already no power supply to the new block. Everywhere was in pitch darnkess, classroom was so dark that u cant see ur five fingers, the corridoor was so dark that it seemed endless, u can only see figures moving about, rv's white uniform made people far away like ghost. House of terror - RV. Sat in the classroom in total darkness and chatted, play hp, eat bread. More pple came as the sky got brighter. Went outside the classrm and lagged along the corridor. Scare people and there was sau mun, dun dare to go up the stairs so i walked her up =x. Sky got brighter so we studied along corridor, but then rain came. Many were damn happy... cos too dark to see around as well. haha. so dunit test. Sang anthem in total darkness while ncc pple recited their pledge. Everywhere was darkness. Lights came on at 8.00 ++ boos went all around hahax. Sec4s resented the common test. Today released very early at 12.40. Went to IMM to lagg and shop. Veh shuang come back tt time just saw those bio pple getting into je. =D
Thurs rawks!

sYf Rehersal

2004-06-30T21:48:00.000+08:00

oK... today's syf rehersal was a flop.
Pumped 20 times for the slow reactions. 40 was actuallie planned for the water bottles left but Mrs Chak decided not to. There were alot if misses during the first trial by the percussion. People came in wrongly as they forgot if they have repeated yet arnot. Response to the change of speed was not fast enough. Lagginess, irresponsiveness, irresponsibility plagued most of the rehersal sadly. hAix... hope that the actual day would be better.

Fire

2004-06-28T18:55:00.000+08:00

Haha... first day of school was ok... had the el and chi paper which i could complete at least. The rest of the day was laggy. Chem was only for like 10 mins so ms cheong didn't actually talk much. Chi lesson agh was so laggy today went to CL rm to watch a cd then let us go back liaox. Vijay was quite hardworking thou... but as usual, we slept and hecked her lesson lolx. Copied some info down though. EL... as usual group work. Quite crappy a day. =x
Then i went with wr and zhihuan to the shop at Bukit Batok. Haha... so interestingly playing all the games there and reading some of the comics. Then wr came to my house to collect the ASEAN and UN notes for tmrx SS paper. Thats where interesting things came about sia.
Come up my block that time, we were quite shocked diao. We smell something smelly and we saw sparks. Turning up, to our horror, we saw a fire burning the metal plate and the plastic covering. Hmm... didnt actuallie call the fire engine immediately but stood there and looked at the fire. Too physics overwhelmed, started to discuass abt the cause of the fire =X. Haha... then i realised i talked too much so i ran in to call the fire department. Found the fire quite dangerous cos its like its caused by short circuit. wAh... but i think i say until too kua zhang they thought the lift on fire and the whole fire engine came! lolx... damn kua zhang sia. haha... but its all solved =D

Homework woes

2004-06-27T23:13:00.000+08:00

Haixx... tmr sch reopening liaoz... but i still got hmwk undone!... haix die le

Airport Hanky Panky

2004-06-25T19:28:00.000+08:00

Was studying at the airport with grace today. I saw something that i have never ever seen before in my life - a bitchy bimbotic slut.
We were at burger king at T1. We sat next to this 2 people also studying there. Then we took out our books and started doing our hmwks and talking abt ghost stories in our schools. Then as i was looking around, i realised that the girl went to sit next to the guy. Then the girl started squealing. Oh mY gOsh! Cant bear to see wads next. The guys started to kiss the girl and the girl was like enjoying it... laughing. The girl then pulled the guy's hand round her waist. Then she pull the guy's lips to hers. Then came squeaking sound... obviously they are french kissing in public. There was so much saliva around the mouths as u can see from reflections =x. totally disgusted. Whats next was worse. The girl's skirt is damn mini, as short as grace's shorts sia, and it was very loose. Suddenly u see the guy's hand moving towards the girls front and pull her skirt and puts his hand inside. The girl went closer to the guy. Then u hear some moaning and screaming from her sia. Oh My... u see the skirt moving in and out. Obviously u know what the guy is doing to the girl =x. The girl was enjoying it lorhx. She was smiling and laughing oso. We ... as well as the other pple studying there oso got interested and took a closer look. The skirt was starting to wet up. The french kiss continued on thou lolx. so disgusted.
Then the girl took her turn sia. She lay flat on the guy and wriggled her hand into the guy's pants =x. The guy was worse. Although she was at the side and cannot see, but u see the guy moving his hands around with the girl's spags oso moving... obviously the guy is doing something in the girl's spags. =X so disgusted lorhx. Never ever had i seen someone do such a thing in the public. And i bet is the girl ask for is one... cos all her previous actions were like luring the guy to do something to her lorhx =X

sYf Rehersal

2004-06-24T21:10:00.000+08:00

=)
What a nice rehersal today - no sun, very windy. WEnt through the rehersals twice, quite successful except some errors. hAhax... ms chan oso can make mistakes one, she misjudged the driver's ability and cut the song. Then end up we do not have enough time for the driver to finish the round. Then the 'pineapple' was starring at us. Haha... opps... 'pineapple' is nickname for Mr Ong Lye Huat, head of music for cca branch. HAhax, gave him this nickname ever since i saw him at the combined pri sch band camp in p4. Quite slack, listening to the songs the choir singing... many we know very well ones. one interesting thing - isn't Samonga Bahagia a CHILDREN'S DAY song? haha... y they sing it at syf opening sia. Nicest song that i like is still a whole new world =) disney rawks.
Ohh... nice. Many people there very interesting sia. One Bowen girl march that time damn farnie. She shake her butt until her skirt ... opps ... its a sort of mini skirt was flapping up and down sia. lolx. The pathetic guy is there again. trying to sell drinks but he 4got that all are disciplined groups there =x. sadded for him.
Travelling was ez today sia. Haha... dunit to carry de... today the lorry have this automated lifter that we can put things on then the lifter just moves up and down. so cool! not tiring sia!
Quite successful today!!

Pic

2004-06-23T18:18:00.000+08:00

haix... sux.
the server that hosted my homepage thep ic is gone now. haix. now have to replace with a suxky. anyone seen it anywhere else pls tell me =)

Band prac rawks

2004-06-22T17:44:00.000+08:00

The new casual band uniform has arrived. One word to describe - that simply sux. The uniform looked exactly like bukit view sec's lorhx! Unimaginable sia... going to wear that and go perform at the botanic gardens infront of the public, throw away rv's face sia.
Haha... that was not the worse of today
Ahh... finally after a few months, we had drills practise. Oh ya... Beatrice is the new dm now and she took us for the drills, first time. Wonderful i can say sia. Even Luke, experienced had never commanded us that way lorhx. Her attitude can be described with 2 words - cocky and proud. She didn't give the sec4s any face at all, shouting at us and scolding us as if we were shit at it. But hey common', we are the only batch + of cos the sec3s who had went through the proper Yuhua training. And there she is saying that we sux. Okk... then what makes the sec2s then? Rubbish? Pls lorhx...
Ok... but after all that unhappiness, band prac was interesting
This is one of the most tiring band prac ever since Cultural Nite 04. I actuallie feel the strain and the lack of energy in me to continue on. Played Olymic Fanfare and Theme 3 times and i was already almost drained out... of cos there was the sectionals where i used alot of force in playing. Haha... never felt so shuang playing it all out in band before. Haha... and so happy that Ms chan scolded less... but the one time was the harshest of all hers. Lolx.
RV school song simply rAwKs

sianx

2004-06-21T19:14:00.000+08:00

haix. today everyong is busy or sick. Nobody to go out with, nobody to play with, nobody to chat with, no homework to do. Left english thou, but didnt want to do as very sian. Tmr will be a bz day. haix... hopes for the better

Class cip

2004-06-20T18:17:00.000+08:00

hAhax... had the most weird class cip i ever had before. We are surpposed to help out at a carnival at Yew Tee CC, met at about 7.45 then reported at 8.It turned out to be a muslim organisation that was organising the funfair so bryant was scolding abt the malays killing the Americans. Oh my... i certainly dun wana be associated with him sia, can get hit anytime one. But too bad, we all are wearing the class tee.
oK. finally after signing up, we were assigned to 2 tasks - selling flowers at the flower shop or helping out at Mac's drink stall. Haha... the guys thought that the Mac's job was better than selling flowers, but ended up we got a better job! We slacked down there till like 9+ and the person isnt still there yet. Went to eat breakfast at the 7-11 at the community centre, then the person finally arrived. So we helped tagg the flowers and there was so much probz sia. The names and species were all mixed up and the person had to tell us one by one. Many people came to buy the flowers early in the morning and we also chose one for the class. It was a pink burgoia that costs $8. Very nice and doesnt need much sunlight. Very suitable for the class. While we were tagging, the girls and Alex were slacking. Zhihuan was so pissed off that he wanted to cut their cip hours. Haix... since he like to make enemies with everyone, just let him do it. When he is in need of help that time, then he will know the importance of forging good friendship.
There wasnt actually much work to do at the flower shop so we slacked around and sat down to chat. The owner was also slacking himself. Only once in a while gt pple come look we stand up help pack the flowers. Instead over at the Mac's, they are hard at work filling the cups with drinks. Haha, what a wrong judgement. Then we went to play this aiming game that threw balls at the cans. Wah... so zai bryant won 2 cartons of drinks back for our class. 1 is guava another is green tea. $2 for 48 packets of drinks, damn worth it sia. So our slacking inculded drinking together and sitting under the fan. Then the guys were so tired of waiting and sitting under the sun that they went to the blocks to sleep.
The Mac's people then needed people to go get the ice. Everyone was thinking of knocking off liaoz so only me and lin kah went. Wahh... go there damn good sia. We all each got free burgers, fries and milo to drink. So shuangx. Go back then its time to leave le. Then they so pissed off that we got to eat for free. Then i went off to ps to meet Lily. She is quite nice a person and i quite liked her. =)

Shitty

2004-06-19T18:02:00.003+08:00

haix. today i met alot of shit, so many incidents that i cannot take it anymore. the smell of shit sux.
1. saw a dog shitting when i was walking to LJS for lunch. damned spoilt my appetite.
2. almost got hit by birdshit on the way to yuhua.
3. saw some unflushed shit in the toilet at yuhua. yeeks... flushed it away for them but the smell sux.
4. the person who smells like shit sat behind me in the bus on my way home. that sux and i ran away
5. the lift at my house smells like shit
haix. what a terrible day. hope that tommorow will be a better day

Hokkien Song Woes

2004-06-18T17:06:00.000+08:00

A usual band prac, except that it was combined first.
Yea.
Typical effect of having combined first, terrible scolding as no one is prepared for the standard that she expects. Miracally, this time is was better and she scolded less. Well mabbe she's happy today or the songs are simply too easy for her to test the difficulty of the songs. We all did well with the songs though.
Yan3 Ge1 Vol. 1 & 2 rawks. Japanese folk song which expresses the feelings of Japanese people, typically having the music copied from Hokkien songs. The music was nice, and familiar too from all those tv shows that played oldies... yea... too many of such shows around. Whats more funny is that people became fans of such singers lolx. Trend of going back in time to enjoy the good music of the past. Quite good in the sense that people still felt music. Nowdays western music are getting too pop. Horrible and disgusting songs. Whats more there is the rise of disgiusting singers like William Hung. Cant believe that he actually got famous and now is flimming mtvs and recordings.
What even more funny happened during lunchtime. I was eating with the guys this time as not everyone in the section came to eat. Then Junxiong came along and started singing lu4 bian1 yi4 ke1 rong2 shu4 xia4. I was about to laugh but i controlled. Just as i put my next spoonful of rice into my mouth, nian started the cantonese version. It sounded so hillarious that i laughed out like siao. And of cos, the food in my mouth came out. Haii, teaches a lesson though, not to sing when eating and don't tell jokes. thats the limit of it.

dead battle

2004-06-17T22:29:00.000+08:00

Bishan. Playing magic at Bishan.
Met many of the pros there. Luckily all of them are friends of mine. Gave me some good advices. had a great battle, but of cos, my cost constrained deck would lose to those powerful and expensive stuffs. yupps. think i spent alot of magic. the cards cost me my whole month's salary! oMgs. But of cos, i do earn some from the trading and selling and conning of small kiddies today =). felt so bad. conning small kiddies for money, bah, i better do less of such stuff. Hmm.. confused. Was conned when i was a kiddy too! haha. just an eye for an eye =P sry kiddies!

lost in time

2004-06-17T09:07:00.000+08:00

Risk, the world domination game. Once a pro at it, always a pro at it. Played it for about 3 times yesterday. Won twice. Third round was unfair. Unhappy over that i won for the first 2 times, they ganged up against me. and yupps, not possible to deal with 4 enemies concentrating on killing me.
Yesterday's magic tournament went on well. Came in 5th placing among 100 people. Quite happy as i lost to those who are reallie better than me since the beginning of time. Time flies and the third week of the holidays are ending soon.
Homeworks update:
EL homework + Maths revision undone. Homeworks are never ending. All O levelers, jiayoux!

class bbq

2004-06-16T20:52:00.000+08:00

4G rawks...
Life in 4g rawks. bbq is all about playing and eating.
Went marketing with the class and knew how spendthrift are those girls.
Went playing with bryant and yunjie and knew how sux the games at tiong were.
Went cooking and knew how good sabrina and pecklim were at cooking, how good bryant and the rest were at eating only.
Chatted in the night under the moonlight. it was so cool. Talked about many things and knew how different and how much i didnt knew about them.
Slacked in Yunjie's house and knew how good his house was. View of sentosa, the keppel harbour from a height of 20 stoery. The feeling was good. Wind is cooling and the view is definitely breathstaking. lol
Tired and sleepy, a typical bbq. Had more fun than every before.
i love the life of 4g. ¦°4G®å£fïtï°¦ rawks

Hihihi

2004-05-31T08:24:00.000+08:00

Hihi pplez... first post here
like the bloggies here hahax. moved here from ebloggy.com. That webby reallie sux! hope tt i could knoe more pple here?