reflect, change, improve

Men are flawed

2009-05-14T22:37:00.002+08:00

Explains alot to why there can be no absolute perfection in the world, especially those involving man. the movie angels and demons reflected this truth, however through the religious context of catholicism. id say go catch the movie, christian or not, because there's nothing anti-christ about it, just that it's a little controvertial in some ways, unlike da vinci code, which proved to be quite blesphamous (sp?).

Ah, im extremely drained from soccer today, so ill be in dreamland shortly :)

Maybe i should take a break from all of these activities, and do the things i find more meaning in, yea perhaps that's what ill do :)

What are you

2009-05-13T23:52:00.002+08:00

what are you?
an angel sent from the sky, carrying me up high
a rock tied to my legs, pulling me into the depths of the ocean
a lie, leaving me here in regret and disbelief
a lesson, that some mistakes should never be made.
what are you? im thinking of, as i lay on this bed.
perhaps youre a star, one dreams of touching.
all but a dream,
an ideal,
for this star,
refuses to shine,
leaving me in eternal night

midnight oil won't burn

2009-05-12T21:47:00.001+08:00

Well since i've gotten my iTouch, blogging would be so much more convenient (: no more stoning infront of the computer thinking of what i wanted to write anymore.

Can't say how frequent i'll update, becasue i definitely won't keep to it, so just check in every now and then to see what's up. Just put up "Angelina" by Tommy Emmanuel over there --> hope it's alright, kind of a new style for me.

Good luck to all those midnight muggers who hope to squeeze everything (or what fits) into a few hours. Last min studying doesn't work for sec 3 anymore. esp to hongkiat - stop slacking, you can do it! if you freaking fail A math i'm gonna kill you, esp after those study sessions with all of us.

What you reap is what you sow, i hope i've worked enough (:

2008-12-17T23:02:00.002+08:00

team leo absolutely loves comp team training! :D
lol, oh my gosh, training's taken a 180deg turn from what it's supposed to be. now it's full of enjoyment and laughter, on top of the pushups and the usual disciplinary stuffs. the thing is, we do benefit from it! ever so eager to correct our mistakes be it in footdrills or in first aid or maybe even TOC. having that freedom to speak up and speak out's made training what it's meant to be, something that everyone can look forward to (:

instead of getting screwed for every mistake we do without actually knowing what we did wrong, we're actually taking videos of our actions and after every round, we review them for mistakes. this way, self improvement is so much more efficient.

training's just awesomeee, even though we're all still really tired in the end, we enjoyed and learnt from every single thing we did in the day.

oh well, tomorrow's guitar lesson at 12's the only thing i have, then lunch with moses. gotta get started on those xmas cards. i've really gotta burn my pen. friday and sat's taken up by sjab stuff again. haha, the season of giving's finally approaching!

NCOC'08

2008-12-15T21:25:00.003+08:00

ncoc's over!

i enjoyed it quite a bit i must admit,

even if it involved all the standard procedures of regementation

or even if we got punished quite abit from the officers.

in the end,

i'm i sure did learn new things and made many new friends

it was a fruitful experience in short.

wooo, it's like the 15th of Dec already.

school's starting in like half a month or so.

AND THERE'S STILL SO MUCH TO DO!

christmas cards, outings, song writing, guitaring, gahhh.

well maybe because of that, i wish the holidays were longer.

i hope school somehow reopens only on the 12th of jan :D

2008-12-04T12:38:00.002+08:00

thanks to christian, we have a cool background for our myspace! (www.myspace.com/alttabmusic) :D

Alternate Tab.

2008-12-02T19:09:00.002+08:00

oh my gosh, NCOC's totally killing my holidays.

juggling with SJAB, friends, guitar, and my band. it's really quite alot, considering that NCOC takes up SO MANY OF THE WEEKENDS %!@#. gah, who am i to complain, *reassures self*, someone told me that God doesnt give us more than we can handle. i hope all the fun i have during the remaining days make up for it.

2008-12-01T20:14:00.002+08:00

today was cooliooz,
went for jamming in the morning (11) at bugis. met up with the guys and we all headed there. even though chris was only with us for like 3 days, it was all good, ALT TAB's BACK. lol! matthew tried really really hard to hit the high notes, but About A Girl's just a little too high for him lol! jamming was fun as always, and we tightened up the songs quite abit.

lunch at bugis next! ta paoed macs back to school, with christian tagging along lol! haha, but a saints guy in sji isn't that outta place. had to go for some audition thing by mediacorp at 3, so after setting up the stuff with the other bands (bolsters and jerome's band + nigel + ben) we rehearsed abit before they came at 4pm.

everyone performed for the mediacorp people and we were filmed as well. it was for some tv show that they're gonna air in feb or something. it's called livenloaded and they're looking for bands to feature in their show, so they're going around to find bands etc. so the vid's gonna be up on friday, GO VIEW IT SO WE'LL HAVE A HIGHER CHANCE OF GETTING IN! they select through popularity so yea. webbie's http://livenloaded.mediacorptv.sg/

but it isnt up till the 5th (friday) so wait till then! we're Alternate Tab so VIEW US MANYMANY! LOL okay, i'd be at NCOC on that day so D:

goshhh training's tomorrow (yea i know training's not that bad, but still, it takes up just quite alot of time), and friday + sat's gone too. sighh. oh well! if other people can survive with this kind of busy-ness, i sure can and i will. well i know that after all of it i'd say it isn't too bad anyway. i guess i need that self-assurance hahaha. hmm we've gotta come up with a music video for our song, i think christian's coming up with help for the video so yea :D

that's all for now! nights!

2008-11-30T19:29:00.002+08:00

"CADETS! DO YOU KNOW WHY YOU ARE HERE?!"
"sir, because i have no choice"

haha, the past few days were extremely busy for me, and they're not getting alot better. friday was jamming, which more or less took up my whole day because i woke up in midday. saturday was the start of the NCOC 08 (non commisioned officer's course), where we were going to be trained to be leaders and NCOs.

it definately isn't like those kind of motivational camps that you go to or those leadership camps like PSLTC or prefect's camp. NCOC really takes discipline to a new level, and it's not something that makes the camp enjoyable. almost every action has to be coupled with showing respect, urgency and alertness. gah, that made some things really tough and tiring. running here, and then back there because we werent fast enough, then running back again because of some other reason that was a cause for disatisfaction - was what we did often and i don't think we liked it one bit.

anyway on the brighter side, we did learn alot through the courses that we had, and if you actually listened, they were pretty meaningful and there was quite alot to learn. i certainly learned much, even from the leadership talk by sir nevod. haha, leadership in here is really different from what we experience back at school. so yea it's another thing new for me.

i really really don't wanna go into details, because im literally falling asleep now, and it's just coming 9pm. gahhh, sleeeep.

oh next week's seriously screwed too, tomorrow im taken by jamming and some mediacorp audition thing. tuesday and wed is training, thurs got some book collection, friday and sat is NCOC again zzz. gahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

stacker

2008-11-26T18:15:00.004+08:00

i did some research on the Stacker Game Machine that you'd find in arcades, the ones where you stack the blocks up in hope of getting a ps3 or some huge prize.

turns out that the machine has a set win frequency rate. like 1:800 chance of winning at the last block. only the last block is rigged, and after the set number of times, the machine would let someone have a chance to win. the number may vary, depending on the arcade.

so to all you people out there who keep going back to the arcade to waste all of your money on stacker, it's probably not gonna work if you've reached the last block once and still dont win. i've been to the arcade with a few friends who learnt it the hard way, and instead of having fun, it's just disappointment! haha, but there're some people who do win! like rovik, he got his psp from there. so i guess he was the lucky one who managed to get past the 800 tries before him!

moral of the story : play daytona. :D

training was alright.

2008-11-25T17:48:00.003+08:00

the feeling of fatigue from exercising is backkk. the team was dreading training, gotta admit that i wasnt really looking forward to it as said in my previous post. well it started out well, actually "well" haha. instead of meeting at 9, ian moses guangjin and i met at 8 to just brush up our footdrills. it was really helpful because i had a trouble shouting those malay commands T.T i would be like "BEGIRAAAAAP errr KEKENAN DALAM SATU BARISANNN ... KEKENAN PUUUSENG!" hahahaha, but i got that problem straightened out in the end. it was quite a mouthful, but actually just meant turn to the right from the front by turning right. yea if you get what i mean.

when training finally started at 9, we all had to do our 100 pushup warmup as per usual at the start of all trainings. during our first few trainings, 100 pushups seemed like quite a challenge to the team, especially when we had to do every single of them together, if not it wouldnt be counted. we all realised that it was really possible, just that we needed time and patience to complete it. immediately after getting up, we'd feel the cramps and all but good at the same time. i do realise that we're getting quicker and quicker in doing the 100 every training so looks like it really does help! (of course it does)

pt was not as demanding as our last training, since wai cheung wasn't there. the circuits were quite alright, at least i didnt die =/ once again the challenge was coordinating our moves, because we surely ended up doing more than the required number due to that ):

we came back after lunch and continued with first aid cases.

HAHAHA they were DAMN retarded man, like seriously, the 2nd and 3rd scenarios were just "WTH?!"

the first one was a more serious one, they gave us an incident where there was a car crash on nicoll highway and there we went about with our normal proceedures and all.

the second one was -.-"

when we entered the scene (Taj Mahal(???)) , joshua was lying on the floor wearing a medal around his neck, matthew was some terrorist trying to assassinate the king (joshua) and dillan was some royal guard attacking the terrorist o.o
before we could do anything, matthew was ready to deliver the final blow to the king with his sword, but the royal guard gallantly stabbed him and the terrorist (somehow on his ID it was "Dave the Terrorist" o.o) sooo, i directed moses and guangjin to the casualties and ian and i were left to handle any external factors (royal guard and more later on)

we took dillan's "weapon" (some stick) and kept it aside. suddenly, dillan came back as some rogue general who wants to usurp the king's throne o.o so we had to pacify him. well, firstly we tried to be nice, (LOL) but that didnt work of course, so when he decided to send his "army" in, we quickly thought of something and said "india -> nothing to take, it's soo poor and there's no resources :DDDD, why don't you go to serbia instead? its filled with riches and oil!"

somehow that worked, hehe, and he took off with his "army"

after awhile, he came back, saying that he "conquered" serbia and was back to kill the king for good. so he saw the "throne" (stacked up chairs) and got somewhat distracted lolll. so we had an idea and moved the stack of chairs to one side, and gave him that medal the king was wearing and his "crown" as well -.-

eventually he got so excited he fell off and broke his ankle. (yea wtf right.)
we treated him normally and everyone was more or less fine, except the king who died of bleeding cos moses didnt realise he had 3 cuts hahaha. oh well, amazingly retarded though, fun to tackle too.

erm for the 3rd case, im just gonna sum it up with - Camp, Dude Road, Fire, Cockmaster, Mother bear, Roar, mauled, intestines. yeaap.

training is really fun too, if you let it be. you've just gotta approach it with an open mind :D

going back tomorrow again, but its gonna be funn! xD

bryan's "excited" about training.

2008-11-24T19:01:00.003+08:00

i've really gotta kick the habit of sleeping too much. waking up at 10 doesnt make me feel very good about myself at all. oh well, training's starting again! so that's somewhat good i guess. moses was supposed to come over for a run today, but he "was out for breakfast" and didnt wanna come over in the afternoon so i was left at home haha.

well, my bro and i are trying to write songs now, they're coming along fine, just that sometimes we get stuck when we can't find the sound we like. my theory knowledge's been coming in handy most of the time, so it's not really hard.

went for lunch with him at bukit panjang and went to the library to burrow some books. apparantly he burrowed a few poetry books to help him get inspiration and whatnot. i tried to look for some books as well, but realised that bukit panjang library's collection of books is extremely small comapred to others. had lunch at the naked fish express, which is so much more worth it than long john's silvers, 4 bucks could get you what long john's sold for 7.20 -.- i guess franchises like ljs just gotta mark up the price like that.

so i promised myself i'd do some conditioning for tomorrow's training and went for a swim at the pool just to get my body used to breathing at a much faster rate. 10 slow laps did the trick, didnt wanna strain myself too much if not i'd die @ tomorrow's circuits. (soooo not looking forward to circuits, like REALLY not looking forward to them)

i think i'll discipline myself to go for leisure swims when possible. yea i will do that. stomach's rumblinggg now, gotta go eat! bye!

2008-11-23T15:01:00.004+08:00

WHY CAN'T THERE BE TEENAGERS AT PARTIES I GO TO?!
okay maybe it's cos they're kiddy parties, but THEY CAN HAVE SIBLINGS TOO!!! D: xuan's birthday on friday wasn't too bad, at least i had my aunties to talk to, but greg's 6th birthday was just torture for my mind. like 3 billion little kids running around in circles screaming at the top of their lungs, i wonder how parents can still stay around and mingle with each other admist the noise. i think i was the only 14 year old there, wait, i WAS. ohhh mannn, the adults were all talking adult stuff, and i won't wanna start talking about shares, the economy and politics!

so i sat there, stoning, eating, and i was really lathargic there. my bro went for risen christ's confirmation so i was loneeelyyyy. my cousins were of course playing with the spongebob mascot that was there, and with the balloon guy too. to think that aunty rita offered to pay me 50 bucks an hour to be that spongebob guy for 3 hours. - im not that desperate for money so no thanks! xD

i was offered beer a few times, and wouldve taken it if i liked alcohol better, didnt take wine either. sitting on little stools infront of a low table, like those kind you'd see in a playschool, everyone looked pretty big for these plastic furnitures we were sitting on o.o i was like the only asian among the many many caucasians who were at the party, so yes, i was just OUT OF PLACE LOL. left at around 1.30, because my sis was already sleeping, so we had to go home (yay)

this morning :

went to vivo for breakfast and to buy some groceries (since my aunt's house was just a 2 min drive away from it)

we visited best denki, and i tried the guitar hero 4 World Tour which was on promotion, haha i've still got the moves, sightreading wasnt that hard for Van Halen's Hot For Teacher. but i've gotta say its better than rock band (yea i've tried that too). the guitar's much cooler, the drums has 5 pads plus the bass pedal and the graphics immersed you in the game enough and didnt distract me so much from the coloured buttons which were falling from the screen. mommy did want to get me new headphones, but i wouldnt take the risk of spoiling another. 49 bucks was just too much for a set of earplugs which i was bound to break, which was what happened to my previous err.... 4 ones? now im just stuck on some lousy earphones which im contented with haha. perhaps next time.

i browsed the imac section too, oh my gosh imacs are awesome beyond... how about awesome beyond my Acer comp xD okay nvm, i think in the future, i'd get an imac. it's real costly though, around 4k+ for a super performance desktop.

christmas is finally on the way! and my aunt's staying in singapore for it whoopee! which means christmas is gonna be funnnn! it's always fun when she's around. what im going to do for christmas is instead of giving gifts and digging my pocket for change, i'd write affirmations on cards instead! haha yea that's what i'll do. i wish to have a party around the xmas week with all of my friends though, that would be pretty exciting, because i've never really had a party purely for friends near christmas before. small gatherings yea, but a party's something new :D how bout it guys, christmas parttyyyyy.

oh wait, most of my friends are overseas now. D: casey's gone to japan, cheng yang's gone to beijing, moses's in hk, kevin yeo's in delhi lol.

TRAINING STARTS ON TUESDAY!!! COMP TEAM LEO, GET READYYY!

oh i went to watch city of ember yesterday with stelle, what a show -.- the ending doesnt really answer the "?" that was left in your mind at the beginning so i wasnt really satisfied when the show ended just like that =/
(billy bombers - not worth your money if you're a kid :D)

wait for the DVD!

service to the school, prefect's and myself

2008-11-21T21:38:00.002+08:00

busy and tiring day for me!

well i think i did quite alot today, even though i wasnt needed down for S1 interview and appeal application duty, i just went because kevin yeo was in delhi. from 8am, we worked our butts off till around 3pm when mr tan decided to close shop for the day, even though there were still a few parents arriving after we left. well i hanged around lol, because carwash was later on and i was helping out.

haha some teachers (mr ho, mrs lee) and some of the office staff were wondering why i was there the whole day till i told them so. well, look on the bright side, i couldve been at home rotting my day away by playing some mindless game or just stoning around, but instead i put myself to use and helped out with the duties. im glad i came today, even though it was somewhat draining.

after 3pm i had my lunch xD (pretty late) which was free, and slacked at the prefect's room till kunan came. haha, i was in there for quite awhile, alon lying down on the sofa. managed to catch like 15 mins of sleep, before we had to prepare the stuff. buckets, rags, soap and everything was prepared and the cars started to come in. this carwash was for our prefect's camp, and was supposed to raise funds to offset some costs of it. well it was the NIE people's idea o.o since we're collaborating with them for the camp. they shouldve gotten more people, since there was only like 12 of us, excluding i think 5 of the NIE people helping. however we had just enough people to keep things running smoothly. they ended at 8, but i had to go at 7 so yea.

after that was my cousin's 12th birthday party, and i rushed over. i was trying to be a smart alec by taking 186 instead of 153 because i saw both buses' routes pass queensway, except that 153 had 3 more stops at queensway while 186 headed for commonwealth. matthias brought me by that way before, so i thought i'd give 186 a try. ended up making the wrong decision and i had to walk all the way to a bus stop after 186 made a turn into commonwealth ave. got there by 7.45 or so, had dinner, cut the cake and reached home by 9. phew, tiring day. gonna sleep very soon (:

ciao! happy hols.
love you all.

CHALET

2008-11-18T21:50:00.002+08:00

okay it's been a long time since i've posted, but i've been occupied with comp games -.- sad right? things like comp games eat your time away D: sigh, i wished i couldve just went by without downloading those games!

i've been at a chalet though, downtown east from sunday till today :P well it was with the holy spirit people, Esther, Sabrina, Rae, Kenneth, Glen, Matthew, Bryan Lauw, Kelly, Justin, Andrea, Bong, Daniel, Gerald, my brother and i of course. kelly was the one who organized it as she does with all the other events lol. somehow even with the really small room with only 2 beds, everyone managed to squeeze xD we played cards, went to the arcade, played board games, watched movies, barbeqeued, stoned around, went to the arcade some more and well, we talked alot of course.

I already spent quite abit on the first day, 15 bucks on arcade and 15 bucks on dinner D: (at BBQ chicken). My bro and i went off at 11 though because he had class in the morning and my mom wouldnt let me stay alone. Slept early that night, (12ish LOL) and woke up at 9 to be on the way there again.

On the second day, Glen, Sabrina, Kelly and i went to WWW (wild wild wet) and it was actually quite fun after all. haha, i think the time span of 4 hours is just right, because there arent too many rides anyway =/ thank god that it didnt rain even though the shades of the clouds above us screamed "RAIN!" so it wasnt too hot, but yet it didnt rain yay :D i won something though! we were playing truth or dare in the tsunami pool (don't ask why) when kelly dared me to go tell the DJ that his voice was sexy but we ended up playing some game which involved pedalling a dingy and matching some pictures to each other and something like that lol. glen and i WON kelly and sabs in the end but we were all winners anyway, we all got cool prizes like vouchers and free stuff, but glen and i got some foldable chair which was cool, because it has arm rests and a drink holder xD hahaha.

we quickly rushed back for bbq at 4.30, and glen and i helped start the fire while the others were relaxing upstairs. we took awhile to start the fire, and we were the chefs for the day! yay, haha i think i cooked like 60 chicken wings that night and then when the chickens ran out, we let rae and kenneth take over. tasting the chicken i made was heavenly xD well that's my hard work, so it had to be good :D being able to cook for everyone was a joy too, so i didnt complain at all (:

after the bbq, we went to the arcade again, while some of them stayed to clean up because they were too lazy to go. it was around 11 when we returned and we started playing bridge, taiti, scrabble (o.o), 99 and watched movies till about 3am before we all fell asleep when high school musical was playing LOL. woke up at around 8.30 and lazed around till 10+ before we all had to pack up and check out. so we hanged around downtown east till 2+ before we left for home (:

2008-11-11T10:57:00.001+08:00

okay! so since im a little lazy to go into detail everything that we've done, im just going to give an abstract of casey's blogpost which more or less says what we did

DAY 1

While crossing the checkpoint over into Malaysia, the customs officer didn't seem to believe that I was that cute boy on that passport! HAHAH. She questioned me alot, and I seemed to be the only one to have been questioned. HMPH!Reaching our campsite, it was a pleasant surprise to find out that we actually had beds to sleep on! Omg. HAHAH. A bed to sleep on was like the last thing on my mind.Anyway, our first activity of the camp was "outdoor survival"We had to start a fire, find food, make a shelter and cook food.My group had a really difficult time starting a fire.We first tried using a magnifying class and the sun thingy, but it wouldn't work. Next, we tried to produce a spark with some batteries and wires, but that failed, too. So we lit the fuel with a matchstick, and the teacher in charge obviously knew there was something fishy. Why? Cause you aren't supposed to be able to start a fire or something. LOLOur shelter was screwed up too. Shan't say too much about that.Water collection was also as screwed up as the shelter.It rained halfway, so they gave us a lighter to cook the food we gathered. YUCKS. But still, we ate it after we were told there wasn't going to be dinner.In the end, we still had dinner. What a lie!

DAY 2

Our morning activity was "Orienteering". We had to use a map to navigate around the campsite, finding checkpoints and clues. Something like the amazing race. One of the roadblocks awarded us with the much sought after POTATO CHIPS! Only 2 slices, but what the heck. It was a treat while we were out camping.Another roadblock involved being given a chilli to eat and than out teacher had to explain why the Malaysians use chilli and how you get the spiciness out of your mouthGargle your mouth with water and spit the water out :DShe also gave us a mentos cause eating sweets can get rid of the spiciness too ;DDWe didn't manage to finish it during the time limit, and group 3 (I was group 1) won the race. Their prize was.... bombing the rest with water bombs! HAHAH. Got really wet there was I was hit quite a few times.Afternoon activity was "Rafting (knots and lashing)"We first did river crossing, where you had to get into the water and use a rope to pull yourself across the river. Real fun and wet! HAHAHNext was making a raft. I thought we were doomed in this one. My group pretty much had no coordination in the jungle survivor activity. However, we miraculously pulled through. Must have been warming up to each other. Also, it was also Eugene cheng whom helped pull us through. The scout-which-never-goes-for-scouts helped us tie everything together and beat all the other groupsThe raft had to be able to support 3 people, cross the pond and get back in 1 piece. ANDD, we were the only group to succeed. HAHAHPleasant surprise from Eugene cheng.

DAY 3TREKKING!!!!

Must have been the most fun activity in the whole camp. Why? Cause it was like, life and death all hanging on a piece of string. Or something like that hahah. In other words, you fall you die. Yeah, that sort of thing ;DWe trekked up gunung lembak which was 510m tall. It was pretty alright at first. But as we proceeded higher and higher, our paths became much steeper and much unstable. We really had to look out for others, warning others on where was unsafe and advising which the best path to take was.The heavy bags we had to carry (containing all our water bottles) didn't make things any easier. My feet burned with every step I took once I took over from Bryan.However, after much perseverance, determination, root pulling and nearly-falling off the damn mountain, we made it to the top. Snapped a photo, re-hydrated ourselves, took in the scenery and being our perilous journey back down. Almost slipped and died again. So did alot of other people. Really grateful that we all made it down, safe and alive and kicking ;DI think this experience has really helped us to let us express our concern for the well-being and safety our friends. If we couldn't care any less, we would race up and leave everyone behind. However, everyone pretty much had someone accompanying them, giving them support, encouraging them or lending a helping hand. We tested out the stepping and relayed the cautions or advice to those behind us. Making sure we were never too far ahead or behind any others, we looked out for each other. Great job guys ;DAbseiling later on. First we went down the building. Followed by some trust games. Like lifting the person up and than singing a song before putting them down. It was really tiring, lifting up my group members. When it was my turn, those idiots *ahem*Adam and Eugene and dunno who*ahem* were lifting me while clapping to "glorious green". Goshh. I'm either really light, these guys are freaking freaking strong OR they couldn't care less if they dropped me. LOL

DAY 4Canoeing!

Learnt a new capsize drill. We really had difficulty carrying it out, but we pulled through I guess. We got past the first island before rowing back.Ohh. ISAIAH WAS DAMN FUNNY. Being the gold medallist canoeist he was, he went solo on a canoe while I and Bryan shared one. He was telling us how fast his canoe could go, and he wanted to show us! So as we watched, he started rowing and before he could move any further, HE CAPSIZED! HAHAHAA. Therefore, we had to execute another capsize drill to save this medal-winning canoeist. TSK. HAHAHHOhh. After we were done, Mr Nathan allowed us to take a dip in the water. And just as we reached the water, he shouted "HORNET!" which meant we had to do the hornet drill of lying face down and covering our necks.Obviously doing it in the water was just plain wrong! Therefore, Bryan and I rushed back onto land while some losers stayed behind in the water ;DDDD

Lunch.
Took a bus to SJI
Went back home
Wooooooooooot
HOME SWEET HOME!

ACE CAMP

2008-11-10T20:18:00.001+08:00

Ace camp 2008 was filled with many new experiences, new skills learnt, friendships strengthened, and perhaps with much self discovery as well. hearing from what my seniors told me, aside from the excitement i had about going for the camp, i did dread it a bit. however, what an experience it was, even though at times we may feel very uncomfortable and are going to break, when we manage to pull through and jump over that hurdle, you'd be surprised with what you can do.

As mr nathan said to us, learning puts you through discomfort and much strain, both physically and mentally, but we must realise that what comes out in the end is so worth that effort we put in.

As a class, i think we grew in terms of our class spirit, especially when it was nearing the campfire and we had to cook up an item and a cheer in a very short time. i admit that we all were much less enthusiastic in the first day or so but after awhile it all kicked in. i wish that we couldve had that attitude from the start though, but nevertheless, we still came up with something and pulled it off.

the insects, the bites, the sweat, the strains and the occasional hunger were nothing compared to the time spent with friends. i definately got to know my good friends better, because through the activities, our personalities and characters really showed.

jungle survival, orienteering, rafting, climbing up gunung lembak, abseiling and canoing were the 6 activites we all went through, and i have to take my hat off to those who, despite challenges, exceeded their limits. KIAT SHENG OWNS!!! - man, you made it up and down gunung lembak even though it was like "!!!" haha, congrats to you!

the last event where 204 would go through something together has passed, and i hope that we'd all remember this camp as something great because it truly was made great by the prescence of everyone. thanks to everyone who made this camp as meaningful as can be - the teachers, the ace leaders and my friends.

yawwwnnn, so tired now, time to find that pillow! Zzz......

2008-11-06T22:41:00.001+08:00

at camp from 7-10th of nov :D enjoy the hols!

2008-10-30T18:39:00.002+08:00

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

2008-10-29T22:23:00.003+08:00

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!

2008-10-27T23:31:00.000+08:00

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

2008-10-24T23:10:00.002+08:00

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

2008-10-22T23:05:00.008+08:00

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

2008-10-21T21:08:00.003+08:00

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.

2008-10-19T20:58:00.002+08:00

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.

2008-10-19T09:50:00.003+08:00

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 -.-

2008-10-18T21:21:00.001+08:00

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 -.-

2008-10-17T20:16:00.003+08:00

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.

2008-10-16T22:00:00.002+08:00

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

2008-10-15T22:19:00.002+08:00

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.

2008-10-15T18:59:00.002+08:00

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

2008-10-14T22:55:00.002+08:00

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

2008-10-14T21:09:00.001+08:00

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.