rock on.

woke up feeling pretty tired today, but my mom was nagging at me to get out of bed so i did.

i was indeed sleepy, if not for the need to pee, i'd definately fall back onto my pillow. had breakfast and used the comp for part of the morning, then left at 11 for cheng yang's bday party. gah, when i feel tired, id usually be more stone than usual, and there, i spent most of the party playing xbox and wii -.-

note to self - when having a party, only resort to consoles and games when you really arent planning any other activites. everyone just gets stuck, well most of us. lol.

lunch was good, then there were all the snacks and drinks. haha, i had no idea why, but cheng yang disposed the dry ice from the ice cream cake with his bare hands o.o i think we know that it burns real bad, but he managed to dump it into the toilet bowl xD

got casey to pee in it after that haha, but the smoke was still there, so we all gathered outside the toilet for nothing LOL.

more xbox, more wii, more games. haha, i spent all of my time on the sofa o.o

next time, i should really get more sleep before attending an event which requires high energy levels xD

psl camp's tomorrow, i bet it's gonna be fun! :D

wont be back till sunday night btw

adventures with casey and shashi

hahaha, today was another one of the days where we three hang out cos we really have nothing better to do for the day, or at least dont feel like doing them.

i could say that they saved my day haha, going out with the duo is always fun, esp when shashi happens to walk past the arcade, you'd know he's spend at least 15 bucks on shit. you know those machines where you'd put in the coins and they'd scoop up candy and place it on some platform and stuff. yeap, shashi just wasted 15 bucks there. i only spent 4, and casey spent 5, so we decided to give him all the candy we won xD anyway, it wasnt A WHOLE LOT. soo.... next time, shashi STAY AWAY FROM THE FREAKING ARCADE. pains me to see my buddy waste money on such unmeaningful activities lol! "one more tryyy!" was what you kept saying haha. dont scare me the next time!

actually i was at my aunt's house when i got a call from shashi, saying that he'd want to meet @ bugis, so... okay, my cousin was going to play golf anyway, so i met casey and shashi there, walked around, had ice cream, and suddenly, we were at plaza sing! LoL! well, spent the rest of the evening there. after dinner, we purchased beck's NON-ALCOHOLIC beer (malt drink), just for fun, and to get a taste of beer haha. didnt really taste very sharp, cos it didnt have alcohol in the first place. just tasted like well, malted barley! o.o

the bus ride home was -.- some lady quarrelled with the bus driver till they were shouting and stuff. she even called the police and WE ALL HAD TO GET DOWN AT SOME STOP. nice job lady, you couldve just paid 50 cents more and shut up and we all wouldnt need to waste 10 mins of our lives because of you. sighhh, another ugly singaporean!

when everyone's asleep, im playing the blues =)

what other word to describe today but as fun? the day with casey and shashi was just awesome! we went to watch high school musical at vivo, but since the movie was gonna start at 6.30 and we were there at 2, we went to the arcade, had a little fun there, then.... WE DECIDED TO TAKE THE CABLE CAR TO SENTOSA LOL. it was so cool!xDDD we didnt really mind paying the 15 bucks for that single ride lol! anyway, it was a fun ride and a cool experience together. shashi kinda freaked out halfway though! hahaha. arrived at sentosa, and we took a nice walk to the southern most part of continental asia xD it was marked by two tall towers standing there.

we hanged out at the tower for some time, just sat there admiring the wonderful sea view, only ruined by jurong island (???) and many ships in the distance. the wind was blowing as well, so it was a pretty inspiring few minutes. haha. took pictures too! ill upload them when im less tired, tomorrow perhaps? anyway we went back just in time for the movie, high school musical 3 IS RECOMMENED BY ME xD not bad at all, or at least that's what i thought. dinner after that before heading home.

oh i didnt include stuff like going all the way to serangoon just to wait for casey, nor did i include stuff like being retarded and helping casey figure out what to wear LOL okay, ill edit this tmr, ciao!

casey and shashi's company are always be best xD

a great day in great ways

what an unforgetable day, the class potluck went really well. firstly, everyone came (except eugene cheng -.-), and almost everyone brought something! the amount of food present was just - !!!. it felt incredibly satisfying when everyone was so enthusiastic about the party, and really a big thank you to all who did bring something, because without you guys, it wouldnt be a potluck anymore! ;D

bee hoon, fried rice, chicken wings, satay, nuggets, prawns, fishballs, muffins, brownies (alot), jelly, tiramisu (alot) and a whole lotta drinks were what i could remember, but im sure i missed out some, as there was just multitudes of food that lined the tables. - we couldnt finish them all though, so luckily douglas and kiat tapaoed most of it :D

what a relief that the food doesnt go to waste! it was around 5.30, and everyone started arriving one by one, till the whole class was present (except eugene cheng) and everyone was just having a great time. some played card games, some swam, some played wii, some played halo. What mattered the most is that there was class spirit present - everyone gathered for a loud and resounding yaaaaaaaam-sengggggg! and popped champaign (lol), spreading the love around! we didnt care if we were too loud, we did it over and over for 3 times, and finally we downed all of our drinks in a gulp.

the 16 people tourny on super smash brothers brawl was hella fun xD well, i couldnt show mercy, so... i kinda kicked butt xDDD hahaha. glad that everyone was willing to participate in the activities. i didn't swim, but from what i saw, they were having a good time too, and i went out there to snap some shots as well. eventually they came in and joined us for the second round of brawl, where more cheering was heard.

when lucian and ryan had to go, everyone decided to gather for a class photo, and despite it being a little hard to organize us, we finally managed to put together a photo with all of us wearing our new class shirts :D much more went inbetween and after that, and to conclude it all, it was everyone's prescence that made it a memoriable event of 2008 :D cheers to everyone!

special thanks to douglas, cheng yang, kiat and yong chang for being a great help with the class t shirts and the party. couldn't have done it without you guys :D and a huggee thank you again to douglas for agreeing to book your function room for us, even if it cost you a hefty 50 bucks, really appreciate it :D feels great to organize something that went well right guys? xD haha, okay then, the pictures!

douglas, casey, me, douglas, kiat, hee jinn, nic (bottom)

ahhh, straight from the bottle!

ooo isaiah, itchy eyes!

yong chang!!!

204'08

shake that thanggg adam!

yaaaaaaam seeeeeennnggggg!

jon, adam, glen

adam, casey, cheng yang

jon, me, cheng yang

ah okay isaiah wasnt rubbing his eye in this photo:D

LOL kiat!

jon =D

casey and i

preparing to pop those corks!

matthias

gabriel and darryl

renjie, ram, roshan (angry) lol!?

charlie's (???) power rangers? o.o

isaiah (not looking), casey, matthias

mrs vastel, her two sons, and jamieson!

not all the photos, but its getting kinda late, gtg already, ciao!

the last day

the last school day of the year, a day filled with happiness, reflection, thanksgiving, appreciation and many others. i saw some cry, some rejoice, some embrace, some laugh, some who were indifferent. however i think every one of us definately would have something to look back at and smile with content. personally, it's been a wonderful year, every single one of my classmates were ever so supportive and i think after these two years of knowing each other, i can say that 204 has become a much bonded class. i hope to see as many of you in the same class as me in 2009, but if not, i'd still remember you all.

the day started out with reflections, giving thanks to our classmates, teachers or to whoever we wanted to, by writing them down on slips of coloured paper and then passing them to the respective persons. sorry if i didnt manage to write one for EVERYONE, cos there wasn't much time and we all had to leave for thanksgiving assembly.

Mr tan called me to a side and told me to search for kevin and bring him here as well. I knew it was the day they were going to announce the new junior josephian to the level, so i had some sort of anxiety as well as satisfaction. i went there with the mentality of "whoever wins this, i'd be happy for them anyhow". It's really true, kevin has been a really great friend and squadmate of mine in these 2 years. Eventually, mr tan brought us two aside and told us the verdict. It was me, but no matter, i honestly would give kevin a half of it if i could. We've seen each other in cca, kindred's and many other events, and to kevin - cheers! there's always the other award which the other jj nominees and us would give a run for its money in two years time!

after all the congratulations, all the handshakes, and the photos, it was back to class for the final "circle time" we'd ever have. it has always been something about our class where at the end of every term we could sit in a circle and reflect about the term. Today's one was just really meaningful, even though mrs vastel did away with the affirmations (in case it got too emotional), we listened to a song by Bert and Ernie from seasame street, and it was about remembering what we've done with our friends, the happy times, the not so happy times and everything inbetween.

we also wished cheng yang farewell, who's on his way to njc next year D: ahh cheng, why'd you go :P remember to remember us xD and you'd always be welcome here!

after all of that, it rovick talked to me after school, and shown some light on this position as jj "its a process, not a position" was one of the things i recalled. alot of things would be expected from me as well, and it'll definately be pressurizing etc, but im sure with the help of people around me, i'd be fine =)

to everyone around me, to those who know me, to my good friends - a sincere thanks from my heart.

today was relatively fun :D

cheng yang came over at 4 in the afternoon to play tennis, after waiting for the overcast sky to stop pouring, we went down to the courts, and even though it was still drizzling, we just went on.

i could say that we pretty suck at tennis, balls couldnt really go without a surf after every two strokes or so xD still, it was quite fun, trying our best to connect our swings with the yellow balls. for two hours, we played, and we were DRENCHED after that haha, water and pespiration were dripping down our heads and our shirts just stuck onto our bodies.

well, visited the gym after that, while cheng yang waited for his mom to pick him up. i stayed there for awhile after he left, and it feels good to work out again, even though itll make your arms feel like jelly after the session for the night.

sigh... all i can say is that i hope you get well soon my brother, food poisoning before o levels isnt exactly the best thing that can happen. next time, STAY AWAY FROM ALCOHOL lollll. that got you hospitalized! gahh. we'll be praying for you.

edit: oh it wasnt alcohol after all, he ate some spoilt pasta the night before -.-

this song just does it for me.

(PA on monday, 1.20 @ lt1) :D

aww man this mean's we're gonna miss mrs vastel's party -.-

shouts, cheers and claps were heard today, as the results were being given to us. noises of satisfaction and content were resounding all over the block, and so was the solemn mood of those who hadnt got what they wanted.

despite all these, im sure the day ended well for most of us =D the free periods definately gave some time for class fun xD i went around settling the class potluck and the class shirt, which we had to rush. in the end everything turned out pretty good, organization went smoothly, or at least smoothly enough.

:DDDDD for me, im content with my marks, okay maybe not for lit and geog, but ima list them out

English- 80
Science - 89
Maths - 80
Literature - 69 D:
Chinese - 63
History - 86
Geography - 75 DDD:

was really hoping more for math, lit and geog though, anyway, i studied with higher aims in mind, so yea. this was just the results for the EOYs, not including the other TAs and AAs. haha, even though i found myself just 0.2% below douglas, i still felt satisfied with what i got. landed me in 3rd, but that's alright i guess. douglassss, i hope we meet again in upper sec, where my pursuit of owning your ass will continue! (friendly competition is always good :D)

special thanks to yong chang, cheng yang and kiat though, without you guys, i dont think 204 would have a class shirt xD im glad we got it done in such a short time too, just hope itll come out nicely!

after that it was SJAB training! wheeee, havent trained together in such a long time though. at first most of us had thoughts of ponning training xD but eventually even ian decided not to pon. usual training routine, usual pushups, usual first aid, sounds pretty boring eh, but with people like guang jin, mo and tim, trainings are never the same hahahahahahha. things just got hilarious at times. soccer for PT, so that was fun as well!

after that, i went with those 3 for dinner at mad jack's, which sells really quite good food at an okay price, so check mad jack's out sometime =D dinner was enjoyable, everyone was talking about things that happened during camp, and it really reminded us of all the funny things that went on then lolllll. went home with moses and then here i am now at my comp :D

oh, congratulations to my friends who got good results, even though some of you didnt work as hard for it *ahem*casey*ahem* yea... hope to see some of you in the same class as me next year! andddd cheng yang, DONT GO TO NJC LAH lollll.

ill just make this quick, kinda busy today.
school - reviewing of papers, went through them, but didnt have our scripts -.- nor marks.
organized the class things (class potluck, party + class shirt) at the end of the day
went for ace camp briefing

home - guitar, tv, sister, settling all the other stuff, chatting, blog.

lollll okay sorry if this is really too little, really gotta run!

video's coming up soon btw :D

oh look the video's there already. haha somehow its fuzzy, damn. well anyway i think the fuzziness isnt too loud so i hope it doesnt screw your ears, same for the video itself

more songs coming up. if you want something, feel free to suggest.

i hate to say this, but the results for EOYs are coming out tomorrow D:
im so anxious, and it bugged me abit today =( all the "what ifs" that popped up were really irritating, and it would take me a few thoughts to shrug them off. oh well, im not concerned with failing or not, just concerned with doing well or just average. i dont want average!!! nooo. at least not for the class i wanna go to in sec 3.

hmm today was interesting, after 4 hours of class in the morning, had lunch with joel at great world before heading to yong chang's house to collect the shirt design and then going to serene to meet cheng yang. i gotta say my drawing really sucks, so i didn't really manage to finalize the design on paper. oh well, at least we got the concept! so to those 204ers reading this, the shirts would most prob be coming out nicely :D but im not so sure when we can give them to ya =O

resultssss resultssss - gahhhh.
wonder what're we going to do in school tmr though, there's like nothing left besides GOING THROUGH THE PAPERS =(

ima put a video of my cover of dance inside pretty soon, so watch out for that =D

ive been thinking about the music i play alot, my guitars, my understanding of the music i play, my abilities which i have improved over the months, and when i look back, im unable to imagine myself without these. id just be some uninteresting person in my opinion, somehow my music gives me character, personality, something to look forward to, something to add flavour into my everyday life.

having played for 2 years already, im finally aiming for that grade 5 in electric guitar. (yes there's graded exams for elec, go check it out, its not the same as your classical exams etc) its really sad that Adnan's decided to go pursue his studies in music at JIT (music university in california). So he's leaving around june-july in 09 and im really going to miss him. having another guitar teacher in his place just won't do for me, but ill have to cope. im determined to give him a distinction for my grade 5 exam before he leaves for a long period of 1 and a half year. and im definately working towards that.

music is not just about playing, its about knowing what you play and being able to create your own music. i simply love the fact that i can listen to any song and pick up what they're playing, soon enough, even without tabs, id be playing something similar to the song. the knowledge that ive gained in music just makes the whole thing alot more fun and interesting, at the same time adding on to my passion.

technique's one thing, creativity and feeling's another. who cares if you can shred your ass off, or tap like some monster, play without feeling, and you'd suck. ive sucked before, and i still suck at times, so i know =) to all you guitar players there, continue to play and learn with humility towards the passion. i find it really irritating to be hearing players scorning one another because of their playing skills, there's always someone better than you. i try my best to be humble in my passion even when i see others who may not be of the same level of play. there's always something to learn and there's always someone better than you.

once music comes to you, learning other instruments wont be a big problem anymore. they all can make sounds and melodies, some in different ways from others.

Happy days

well as you can see i've moved to blogger! i thought id make the change from lj to bs perhaps because i feel that blogger's more versatile in its ways, and i have a tagbox! xD the skin's also made to be a little more personal and close to home for me, as you can see, the guitar's there lol!

it's finally post-exams and it feels relaxed, with being able to spend the nights on more interesting things rather than my books and studying. i will do much during the coming holidays, and make the best out of the rest of 2008 as we know it =) just hope there's no random war which would jeopardize everyone's peace. aww but what are the chances xD

more videos of covers, written songs, etc to be out. (if im not lazy to lol)
more trainings to be seen throughout the holidays
more activities, outings, camps being held
more friends, relationships, bonds being developed
my skills being improved, so on and so forth.

haha, before we know it, it would be 2009! oh man id really look back at this year thoroughly, because it was just awesome (in its own way).

today was quite interesting, school in the morning for JJ interview, then to river valley for diploma class, then to great world for lunch, and back to school for LAMDA workshop. 4 hours of learning about marketing wasnt that bad, the lecturer was quite interesting. oh well, i have a lesson tomorrow as well, and saturday too o.o

well that's all i gotta share for now, tata.