POP-O!!!

hurhur.. yep, i'm blogging at this hour.

and i'm a private now.. and i realised suddenly yesterday that that actually makes me one rank higher than the rest of the recruits remaining at BMTC. but seriously, big deal.

anw, so concluded my stay at Pulau Tekong with a POP that definitely could hv gone smoother, without the RSM (regimental sargeant major) hving to shout the command for the parade commander. technically i doubt anybody who wasnt at the parade would understand wat i jus said so lets jus say that the parade commander made a mistake or two in the giving of commands.. so we were doing stuff we weren't supposed to be doing. so definitely i was super blur.

but other than that, as well as a few people taking the meaning of Passing-Out Parade literally (Sang Mentari i.e. Mr. Sun was blazing down on us relentlessly, daring us to give in..), the parade went relatively smoothly. and the fact that my parents were in the extreme corner didnt help them view the parade as me, i was at the other extreme end. suay..

plus when they came down to look for me they had to ask sgt rejab (who had to come up to me and tell me "i saw ur parents.." in a tone i cannot reproduce in this account. mischievous?) where i was. according to them, every recruit private-to-be, black and yellow, looked exactly the same with the SBO and helmet on..

Anw, tts POP. a brief army de-brief. (coincidental play on words there)..

OK, basically, all the technical things are fun, and all the physical things are crap. and i forgot one more but i'm lazy to include in the diagram - FieldCamp!. tts under technical so its what? yes, FUN!..

So when the minister passed me by and asked me how was BMT, i answered "tough but enjoyable".. standard answer lah.. but true. physical part is tough, technical part is enjoyable.

imagine.. playing with things that if misused or played arnd with, can kill u plus pple arnd u. yep. hand grenade. the standard joke, pull out the safety pin and throw it... =D.

so.. remember kids:-

make sure ur physically fit BEFORE joining the enhanced leadership batch. if ur not, take the easy way out. put on a little more weight and join 6-month BMT..

and u'd just hv to wait a little longer to burn and melt (and 'pass out' in both meanings of the phrase) under the blazing hot sun.. but 2months is short.. and the end comes very fast.

Boys Today, Men Tomorrow

Boys Yesterday, Men Forevermore...

POP-O!!!

let me leave you with some photos from P.O.P. Hopefully sooner or later (maybe sunday) i can upload more pictures after consolidating them.

The Parade itself. Hawk Company is behind. And i can't be seen... hmmm..

Maan.. met up for the first (AND LAST) time in tekong island. U see kids, 2 months is a really really short time..

Now this is jus plain cool.. anw, seriously, this is when my parents came down to put my jockey cap on. they say its symbolic of my "tough but enjoyable" training. i think its just symbolic as a freedom from the blazing of the sun on my eyes. hence the pose of course.

ok.. BMT is full of memories and i hope to get more of those (happy) memories elsewhere.. sumhow we tend to remember the crap we go thru better.. e.g. the shit (literally) at field camp. so let me end by recalling a defining moment in BMT.

*clap*clap*

*punch fist in air*

GOOD-DAY!!!

Ole

3 more days

3 more days

3 more days to POP.

3 more days

3 more days

3 more days to becoming a private.

3 more days

3 more days

3 more days to when army (supposedly) gets tough(er)...

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My POP or Graduation Parade is in three days time. so how was BMT..?

They hv so much complaints abt BMT, yet there is so much say that BMT is the easiest part of Army Life. anw, i don care. i jus go my unit (not command sch most likely cos i failing ippt) n see for myself. now, what unit should i go to? MEdic? Signal? or some another infantry unit?..

there are pple who say they dont care what unit they go to (obviously due to BMT-induced-xian-ness) but i'm not one of them. i mean, naturally, u wld care. but u dont need to care. cos u hv no say.

everytime i think abt that line i think abt that song.. "they had no rights, they had no say, they longed to be free one day" which i think simplifies the feelings of most NSFs into a song ironically composed in the name of National EDucation..

i guess perhaps tts an exaggeration. guess NSFs do hv their say in most things, n they do hv their rights in most things.. but i think definitely the final phrase is universally accepted as truth by all normal NSFs..

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come to think of it.. when i first came into NS, i was like.. "to POP! to POP! to POP!".. now with POP jus arnd the corner and the true meaning of what comes with POP finally fully appreciated, POP is not that attractive anymore. now, whats so attractive now is ORD. "to ORD! to ORD! to ORD!"

but maybe thats the way life works.. which wld explain why some pple in advanced ages wait earnestly for their own POP. to greener pastures...

POP >> ORD >> Graduation-from-Uni + Finding Job >> Retirement >> Final Passing Out Parade.

ahh.. tts life.

pre A levels..

i think loads of pple wld blog after/upon receiving their a level results.. but seeing as i doubt i'd be in any mood to blog after a levels - (either too disappointed or too depressed)

yeah no typo there..

anw... today is ash wednesday by the catholic calender and hence its a day of fasting and abstinence.. but i think perhaps i'd jus go for the what-some-pple-wouldnt-call-fasting way of fasting. but i think its okay lah..

anw, its hard for pple to fast. its even harder for an army lad to fast. i donno, i dont seem to ever get full in my stomach unless the serving size is huge..

~.~

i think army has drained the "life" out of me.. in all aspects.. puh-lease please sum1 tell me i'm mistaken bcos i think as i write this blog my face has no smile, no emotion. not sad, not anxious, not disappointed, not kancheong. jus nothing. perhaps thats what they mean about giving your "life" for/to Singapore.. and i think the army is jus not for me lah..

i wouldnt sign up even if they pay me to do so. (come to think of it, they do pay us to sign up..) ah heck.. i think its too punishing on minor mistakes. of course, they say that increases efficiency, yep.. but where's the efficiency in around 200 pple sitting/standing in threes WAITING for things to happen?..

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i guess i'm still waiting to develop the "Cologne Army" (clone army).. or lets not be too adventurous. lets develop a Droid Army for our nation. THAT is national service. pah..

then again, i think even IF we had a droid/clone army we'd still hv to go for NS. why? bcos we, as the infantry, the bedrock of our army, tend to neglect the fact that technology has progressed from beyond the state where people fight with sticks and stones in catapults. any NS-man shld be familiar with this abbreviation - BCCT.

with a raging battle cry we run and whack opponents with our rifle/legs/arms. Granted, it invokes aggression into you and fear into ur enemy.. but wait, there's more. with a raging battle cry we leopard-crawl, back-crawl n retreat to base camp. !$*&@#?@! perhaps its just Jaguar Coy who practise this attempt to make the enemy die of confusion and/or laughter.

ok i've said enough. cheers.. n good luck for a levels..!

be back shortly.. hurhur..

Hawk and More Hawk

Quite weird that the shiongness reputation of these two companies that differ by merely one syllable (2 letters) can be on so opposite extremes of the shiongness scale. So after being frightened out of my pants from the entertaining tales from MoHawk company, Hawk company's field camp paled in comparison to what i had envisioned.

Well so there was some minor erm.. problems. Some assholes (or rather one asshole) that couldnt be controlled. Note, i'm not calling anyone an asshole in the above statement. Well, not directly at least..

But rather, when i say assholes that cannot be controlled, i'm moreso talking about pple who shit all over the place. Common sense and commander sense alike wld tell u that if u want to shit, cover it up. But nooo.. Some pple/person nearly got the WHOLE freaking company confined for the weekend. The LONG weekend. As if the Fall-in, Everything-in-Everything-out, Full-Battle-Order Push-ups, numerous Skeletal-Battle-Order Push-ups, and major scolding directed at the whole company werent enough..

And even with the company staring down a company-level confinement, the serial-shitter (who rumour abound say is from the top-level platoon) didnt own up, even in private. hmmm..

Lucky our OC is a kind and forgiving man.. i think i was tearing with relief when he said the confinement was lifted. which jus goes to show jus how NOT cut out for OCS yours truly is.. sedih..

Anw, whatever lah..

Oh but i've only got 3 more weeks. or even less.. and its quite scary.. soon we'll be moving on to the greener pastures of OCS, SISPEC, or (for me) unit.. and by greener i mean more shiong, more field camps, more jungle, more no.4s, more crap etc..

Especially OCS. but i think i want to go SISPEC.. hehe..

okay cheers~ n peace..=)

boyz-2-men

Hihi

i'm gg to field camp so excited!

u noe how they say ns makes boys men.. each day that passes i doubt that more and more.. well, to tell the truth, i nvr believed that, looking at all the "NS Graduates" paraded in korners across most neighbourhoods (perhaps except chinatown and tiong bahru). anw, i still tried to believe it but i dont lah..

i think its because i hv a very different perception of what makes a "man".. i guess physically and mentally (sometimes) NS makes u a man.. but i think in other aspects (eg. emotionally, spiritually) it doesnt. the list of pple i truly look up to in all aspects in NS is quite short.

i think i'm getting quite tired of hearing f words and "chinese 700"s flying arnd.. i mean i truly believe that at least pple shld learn to control their temper and their mouth.

ok, i understand sumtimes the things some recruits do can be quite stupid. but i think it takes a great deal of self control to control ur tongue in ur utmost frustration. and i think seeing a commander doing that really impresses me. but i dont look down on commanders who lose their temper, lemme get that straight. sometimes i oso get quite pissed with things pple do. (esp when these things get ME on the floor doing push ups.) but i think my platoon mates arent the type who'd look for trouble - with the exception of one or two lah perhaps..

and i think i must learn to stop moving in the file. but seriously, i think its not polite not to look at someone who's talking to u lor.. plus i think i always try to learn from others' mistakes, and thats not easy when ur not allowed to turn ur head/eyeballs.

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anw for those who think army is tough or what, jus noe this. so far i've played hide-n-seek with commanders, and been a few times on the monkey bar (u noe, the one we used to go on in pri school..), and we bash up imaginary pple, n we run away from imaginary grenades. then i've also been to the "arcade" to shoot, etc. but of course there's fitness training part - a hell lot of chin ups, push ups, crunches (?), jumping jacks (??), and lots of other crap. but i think the best training is the PC's night training. or rather, in my case, watching the rest of the platoon train as i sat out with medical immunity.

and noe this. i'm arnd half way thru BMT. and it seems jus yesterday that i signed on was dragged to tekong..

ooh and i got injured during live firing! and so did a few others..






okay fine, not so drama.. i cut my finger with my jacknife while cleaning my rifle (loser right?). and someone else got stung by a bee. i think in all their angst to warn us abt the dangers of live firing, the commanders forgot to mention that there are insects who can fire live rounds at u.. and die after that. haha.. and i think i need sleep. seriously NOT enough sleep lately. urgh.. and each hour that i lose i will stop thinking at random times. which is dangerous when one is in the army.. urf..

oh well.. cheers~ n peace..

quick update on ns...

hihi guys.. jus saying that i'm fine n alive.

anw, first two three weeks of ns quite fine..

n omg its already 3 weeks! which means i've got like 6 weeks to get fit n attempt to enter ocs (Officer Cadet School). @#$%^!

it also means its 6 weeks to POP (Passing Out Parade). which is not a parade where everyone passes out, but jus where we all leave 9 weeks of crap (BMT) to enter the rest of the two years of deeper crap. so yep.. POP.

anw army life (i.e. army life of watching pple exercise and doing sai-kang [shit jobs] ) is quite fun.. i train for one day then get sick n don need to train for next 4 days. quite cool ah, army?

but i want to go train la.. otherwise goodbye OCS, goodbye SISPEC. maybe can go OCS thru SISPEC.. see lah..

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anw Hawk Platoon Two quite fun lah.. sargeants are fun pple, the lieutenant oso quite fun person. but of course can be serious too, but at least sumtimes they can talk cock with us, which probably reminds us that they're not slave drivers or what.. in fact they are more like teachers who we can talk cock with.. cos they're similar age to us lah.. oldest 6 yrs older lah..

then the pple are the best la.. damn funny. i found out Atten B. pple oso can kena pumping..
if they fart in public. O_o..

but the reason he kena 20 wasnt bcos he broke wind in public. its jus that he didnt shout "HAWK COY" afterwards.. which is a spastic rule invented by our dear PC.. O_o

best lah u go toilet in the morning n queue up for a toilet.. u probably by right shld hear "hawk coy! hawk coy! hawk coy!" from inside the cubicles..

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n there's also a night pee-er.. who soiled section 2. but i still don understand at all.. they guy whose cupboard kena pee-ed on actually woke up while the "crime" was being carried out, but didnt stop him. O_o.. mystery of army life..

but nobody noes whether it was a prank (more likely done by the infamously notorious platoon 3), or a sleep-walker-cum-pee-er (more likely done by infamously-cannot-sleep platoon 2 which is my platoon)..

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but see army life can be so fun.. esp with all the disgusting things floating arnd.. no wonder our company has a "sick platoon".. abt 50 pple are on status, which jus means that abt on average 25% of Hawk Company is on status (sick).. now.. what do YOU think abt tekong now..?

n its pressurizing being part of this "elite" 25%.. the lucky 25% with medical immunity against knock-downs (pumping, crunches or jumping jacks)..

i love my home..

okay.. cheers~ n peace!

oh yar, n happy chinese new year~

Jan IV: A New Hope. ???

hello hello pardon the long absence. i'm preparing u guys for an even longer absence coming up. one caused by NS!

Thunderclap*

right.

little iddy biddy poor souls out there still gg to school, i pity you. little big fellas out there who are my age and now paying (yucks) adult fare, go get a job lah. and those poor desolute souls enlisting over the following weekend, i feel ur pain. literally.

and i noe some fellas out there are like "woohoo NS! time to be sumbody at last!".. yeah, of course, we're training to be one of the millions of pple defending our good country.

being sumbody yeah?.. riiight.

i think its the wrong reason to celebrate ns. i'm no patriot, mind you, but i do know that i'll probably want to stay in this country for a good deal more time. think i've mentioned this before. i'm sure there's a lot of things "wrong" with this country, but tts inevitable. but i'm so sure that there are other countries out there that's much more "wrong".

so i'll defend this tiny island.. probably die trying, but that wld be a fancy end to the unillustrious life of benp.

ooh but i'm terribly frightened my lack of fitness that comes from a slightly injured foot wld be disadvantageous and disastrous and problematic in the upcoming weeks. n i'm sure i'm stuck in tekong for hari raya haji. but no big deal lah..

okay lah.. think i've said enough to incriminate me to serve lifelong ns.

wait a minute.

i already have to do that.

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okay happy new year all.. try to keep ur resolutions this year.. i know i wont..

okay fine let me make a resolution jus for the fun of it.

by the end of 2006,

1. england must have won the soccer world cup even without michael owen.
2. and i wanna be rich.

lets see.. (2) rich is a relative term, so i'm sure i'll be rich in my (cheap) eyes by the end of 2006. (1) england already have won the world cup in 1966. without michael owen...

i guess i will end up fullfilling my new year resolutions~!

cheers~ n god bless..

the sun, the sand, the sea. and the flies

G'day Mates.. I'm back from down under!

I'm waiting for applause, by the way.

Thank you. now that we've got that out of the way, lemme jus say hi again to this great bunch/handful/couple/individual of pple that frequent/chance upon my blog. how was melbourne, they might ask? or the gold coast?...

Melbourne

Australia is such a different place as compared to Singapore. and MY.. sumhow that surprised me. i mean, coming down from the plane, i saw a white cleaner! n well, perhaps some pple wld go "huh?" but i've nvr seen a white cleaner in ages. n there's definitely no white cleaner in singapore. tt i've seen, at least. perhaps chris thong might want to change that trend.

and stepping outside into the airport that neednt be air-conditioned, i was like.. "HELLO country that has Natural air-conditioning." yay!

so i msged a couple of pple announcing my safe arrival at the melbourne international airport. n stepped outside into the cold sunset at 9pm. and mind u, it was cloudless. n i was shocked, cos i dont often see a cloudless sky. i dont think many singaporeans have, for that matter.

den the next day we saw some interesting sights. went to queen victoria market where i got detached from my family for a day. n met wid keegan n there are loads of pics.

These is so cool a pic. reminds me of myself. victorian waste. thrown out of vjc. hehe..

ok lame, maybe but i think its cool.

n what i learnt. Australia is bloody expensive lar.. no wonder no xmas presents from keegan. food can cost 7.50. n tts the cheapest.. n today when i was buying by $2.50 mee pok i was thinking of the australian food, n chuckling cos i noe aussies are jealous of me. hurhur.

n oh my goodness.. the flies are murder. there are more flies in melboure summer than in malaysian roadside hawker. ouch. n there are some pics that are jus so cool n i cant believe keegan hasnt put it up online. keegan! i want the picture of my first alcoholic beverage.

n i think travelling all by myself unguided thru melbourne from keegan's house to hotel is really awesome lah. i mean ur heart keeps pounding cos u noe that u dont really want to get lost in a foreign land. and imagine my feelings when i passed by the vietnamese sector. n here i was brushing up my malay to myself to pretend i'm malaysian. hurhur..

n my bdae passed my quite uneventfully. we went to some science centre where i think we had quite some fun lah. the train ride was quite fun n i saw some reli quite funny signs which proves that aussies hv a much better sense of humour than singaporeans.

this one's a bit small so i guess u jus hv to click on it to maximise it. i mean, in singapore it'll probably jus be "no evading fares. fine $500" or smthg to that extent.

there were others which u'd hv to go to my fotopage to view la. so yeah..

n then we had to fly on virgin blue to gold coast n gold coast is jus wicked awesome lah.. the waves. the sun. the sand. the sae. awesome.. here's a pic from virgin blue while i was wondering why its called that. i mean, its australia, for crying out loud.

anw, i think i want to learn how to surf in any other waters than the ones at east coast park. jus being pushed arnd by waves feels fun, u noe..

my love, the sea.

okay, off to chalet now. toodles~ so busy.

The Land Down Under

yay! i'm gg down under tmr - to melbourne.. yay!.. havent been on a plane ride in such a long time despite certain priveledges entitled to us as a family. perhaps in a way its a good thing, cos due to numerous movies on plane accidents (Choi choi!) and sept 11 documentary tt i watched, i've been getting an increasing phobia of flying.

but that jus reminds me of joy who started writing her will before gg overseas.. hehe.. =D

Anw, i'm gg on the longest flight in some time - the past few times were onli to thailand or malaysia. longest before this was kiwiland... and that, mind u, was long ago.

oh well..

btw do u know that if one considers the product of (no. of pple killed in an accident) & (probability of an accident occuring) , ur more likely to be killed in a meteor striking the earth than a plane crash.. (choi choi)..

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i'm in a sour mood bcos i've been breaking windows. well technically i dont know if i did break the windows or caused its breaking even, but what i seem to touch seems to break. arff... i'm not gg to touch the plane tmr. nope.. wonder how long this computer can hold out for.

plus i broke the camera window. at least all the evidence points to me, though i dont seem to be able to convict myself. i didnt rap the glass. i didnt smash the camera. i didnt hope for it to break surely.. haii.. but fortunately we can still use the camera for the trip, though onli perhaps just as a normal old fashioned film camera.. i think that the warranty is still on. so yeah.. hopefully..

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anw, i'll be back arnd 18th dec. n then i'm hving sum x-mas gathering. but i know the minimal handful of pple that actually read this blog, so i shant publicise date and time here.. oh well.. ciao for now.. happy holidays.

happy birthday to me. rmb, melbourne is a couple of hours ahead of us.. hehe.. toodles~

Verdicts Passed

Am i expecting too much of my life? because i keep seeming to get disappointed with stuff that i was soo looking forward to. i.e. prom, and harry potter 4.

first, prom.

a waste of time, and it wld be a waste of money too had i not happened to be lucky enough to win a lucky draw prize.. hurhur.. very disappointing, compared to andss prom. photos; yes. but thats abt it. the entertainment, well.. perhaps me sitting way at the back cannot comment too severely, but i doubt it wld hv really been MUCH better in front. and the food... oooh to die for. *rolls eyes*.. 5 courses with decreasing levels of tastiness. i.e the first course tasted the best, and the last course we had to make ourselves.. tut tut tut..

i really wouldnt hv minded a nice cheap buffet at a nice cheap hotel like the oriental.

for those non-andersonians, i'm making a direct reference here.

anw photos are up on my photopage to which a link shall be put up from this site. unfortunately, as one might no doubt gather from the dismal size of my photo collection, my camera ran out of battery and i was forced to rely on other's pictures.. awww...

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now, secondly, i'm thoroughly disappointed with harry potter 4 the movie. i expected it to pale in comparison to the book, for that was very well written. but hor.. tt wld be ok lah..

the movie DESTROYED dumbledore's character; Voldemort was cuter than he was scary; and Hermione went back to the days of book 1 and 2 where she looked like she was gg thru acting lessons.

Dumbledore is supposed to be "the Man". He's not supposed to lumber into a room and point a wand violently up Barty Crouch Jr's throat. He's not supposed to grab Harry's neck in anguish. He's not supposed to panic. not EVER. He's supposed to spew confidence, a confidence shared with everyone else. He's supposed to emanate power and skill, not lumber into the room in a panic frenzy. Hai.. so disappointing.

AND Voldemort was so disappointing. he's supposed to be evil to the core, but the onli evil thing abt him was that he kicked a dead diggory's face. he was prancing abt like a fairy princess.. not twirling his wand maliciously like tom riddle did in movie 2.

But on the plus side. Fred and George Weasley rocked. Viktor Krum was cool. Dobby was non-existent. Ron was absolutely funny. Hermione was pretty. Diggory was handsome. Barty Crouch senior was just perfect. Ludo Bagman was non-existent. and finally, Rita Skeeter was just comically cruelly omnipresent - a portrayal even i hadnt imagined was possible.

oh well

and i watched aeonflux before harry potter. and aeonflux was jus totally awesome. good watch! =)

now i hv to rest. g'night.

n i onli now realise that aeonflux is actually a supermodel. cool! (i'm refering to the actor)

Chalets and ICE Cream..

1. Prom

I shall talk more abt prom in the next entry, cos then i can include some interesting pictures.. jus noe that it took place yesterday night - today morning, and it was a near-complete disaster, as far as i saw la.. more later...

2. Andss Badminton Chalet

Yar, two years on and i'm still (for some absurd reason) invited.. the juniors ROCK man.. =).. and as soon as i ensured that there was someone else from my dwindled batch of 6 pple (terence), i was so excited to go.

and we got lost, n we dont understand why downtown east chalet has a $1-entrance fee.. and why its called a chalet when its really more like a hotel room, n i still wonder how much it is - it must be MUCH cheaper than the costa sands lah..

but fun la, 20-plus pple squeezing into one room wid four small beds. till some pple got displaced n finally went downstairs to sit in the gazebo..

n we kept awake - this was a really hard thing to do given the soporific atmostphere - by playing cards.. n i think there are some pple in this world who are jus gifted in playing cards.. one junior who makes me feel so old bcos she wasnt arnd when i graduated - :O

anw her name is.. i cant rmb bcos its a chinese name - me being indian needs time to digest a chinese name - so for convenience i shall call her rose. bcos her name means rose in chinese la.

i'm not as erm.. cool as jon to issue pple english names at random..

but too bad i dont hv photos of andss badminton chalet as of yet - but rest assured, once i get them, i will upload them onto my photopages.. as i wld do for the prom photos..

3. Sister's Bdae

today is my sisters bdae - so as a treat before her training which she insisted on going for, we got to eat swensens! yay.. i noe i'm gg to make sumbody (or a few pple at least) jealous, but i had STICKY CHEWY CHOCOLATE. as a flavour in topless five lah.. unfortunately for my dear sis, she was late for training and hence had to run off half way thru the yummilicious topless five - onli to realise that she was so atypically not indian as she came before all the other girls..

and i realised that pple looking for porn websites could chance upon my blog.. tut tut tut.. not that i watch it (or even hv ever chanced upon it) [yeah seriously, wat luck eh?]. this scenario might be due to the italicised words in this para and the above para.. hurhur..

and well, "pictures" appear numerous times in this entry, including the last one..

oh whatever.. go sumwhere else if ur disappointed!

in any case, i think we hving surprise party later.. as usual till it doesnt become a party.. and also the family chalet.. hai. threathening to be soo boring.. mb teach my 15-yr-old brudder to play pool.. oh well..

and AMK snookerium is DAMN COOL man.. wad the.. seriously i've nvr been to a more cooler pool parlour (if thats the proper phrase).

and i must watch harry potter. n good luck to all my friends who are travelling overseas in the next few weeks.. i.e. wz, cm, mia, de, thong, scholars, n whoever i donno abt.. in any case i might be mistaken abt that above list. don hesitate to correct me if u bother..

okay..

cheers~ n peace

Shuddlecocks fly faster than Tennisballs..

MPTC badminton court booking is so ma fan lah.. first, must make sure u dont come when its closed. u come at 1.10pm on saturday oso cannot bcos it alredy closed at 1.00pm. and anw, u cannot book for advance week..

den secondly must make sure u come early in the morning to book. and den must take q-no. at least its not a dogfight to fight for q-no.s.. hurhur.. den must go pay the money..

actually quite cheap, la.. but onli if u book at the right time.. so complicated larh.. must ask kesmond go book for next time!..

ANW

auntina book for tmr - introduce uncleprakash to the badminton playing family that we are.. and sum more must place bet... tut tut tut. we dont gamble..

she: must put in money to play okay?
me: okay lor i play 5-cent 10-cents.. no problem..
she: as if. minimum bet $1.50..
me: (perplexed..) i dont bet
she: little bit can la
me: i dont bet.
she: how abt dinner..
me: now we're talking.. (licking lips)

so pple out there, u noe how to bribe me.. hurhur.. s'pore gov't definitely wont want me in politics =(..

i jus realised.. sekali one day i want to go into politics and den how? ya right... pple like me? in politics.. worth a joke.. where we living man? amrika?

and i relised.. like so many of my frens flying off these holidays for long long time.. china, india esp. no one gg aus wid me =(.. means no one to go out wid in dec! =(=(..

pple who staying in this lovely country say aye~

*silence* is deafening..

riiight..

didcha know?:

that royalty often refer to themselves in a plural sense.

jus a random fact we wanted to share with u..

k nuff..

cheers~ n peace

Pre-Exam; Post-Exam

Let me jus exclaim something - my exams are over!!!!!!!!

so, as my cuz said, i finally get a whole two years of break after 12 years of not studying... yep, no typo there...

but technically, i did study for the A levels, but perhaps not excessively so as to be branded a full-blooded mugger. i doubt i deserve that term - mugger-club is an exclusive club that doesnt admit many. and so is the closet-mugger-club so yep, i guess i fall under normal.

speaking of which, i tend to realise that the majority of us are generally prone to tend towards normality, in the sense that we tend to prefer to claim that we are normal. i mean, u arent likely to go arnd and claim that u'r very religious or ur not religious at all. or that if ur rich or ur poor. more likely that ur average.

but that just states that the average man prefers to be average.. riiight..

i'm so sure fish wld go "huh?" here and perhaps she wont be alone..

~.~

Anw, back to the topic of exams end. \
There's so many things to be done and so little time (i enlist on jan 7th). and theres a limited time to busy myself slacking arnd. N i have to ensurie that i, as well as others i may want to go out with, have a healthy balance of fun and work.. anw here's on my t0-d0 list:

1. go out with friend(s)
2. spend time wid family (recreation)
3. clean the house
4. get back fitness
5. train badminton
6. go morning mass (this is really hard as daily morning mass at SFX is at 6.30a.m.)
7. learn malayalam (my dialect)
8. relearn all the stuff that i knew long ago when i used to delve into maths o stuff...
9. learn sum physics for help in uni
10. and relax.

now here's the tough part. objective no.10 would come at the expense of the other 9, and hence there has to be a very fine balance. ah..

so, perhaps in this sense after exam is more stressful that before exam.. geez..

i mean, before exam, onli need to worry abt exam, and no one wld bother u to do house work, and u noe u can go out with anyone. so basically, all u have to balance with is study, and relax. but after exam, got TEN things to balance.. haii...

not that i'm disappointed that exams are over. i'm glad.

~.~

after physics S the other day, i heard a chorus going around the hall, so many people screaming "yes!!!" and such.. i didnt join in, but because i had already given a (near-)silent "yess!!!" immediately after i finished the paper... hurhur..

and i was so happy that i realised that i handed in four questions to cambridge. or rather, three-and-a-half. i did one question half way thru, and i accidently sent THAT to cambridge together with the other three option questions..

but mum says cambridge pple are nice. i hope... hehe...

okay.. i'm off to enjoy my post exam time.. probably option 1, with the parenthesized letter included.

cheers~ n peace

Five Ba(re)d Facts...

Yes, i know i still have physics s.. but do i look like i care? maths s was as i FEARED in my nightmares it wld be. arff how horrid. do you know a random point is that its said that u cant read in your sleep bcos u dream with ur right brain n read with ur left.. quite cool..

except that i've read in my sleep before. take that, u scientists and whoever else.. maybe i'm smart.. hahaha.. =P

Okay, anw, KJBow tagged me to do some 5-random-things-abt-me thingie, n it goes that the 5 pple that i tag to do it have to do it too.. i.e. jus write down five random things abt u..

i'm onli doing this because i'm tagged first.. hurhur..

So lets see..

one: I sometimes exercise during baths. yes. it maximises time usage, plus i don get sweaty. yes, i know its unhealthy.

dua: when i hear music sumtimes i shadow play imaginarily on a shadow piano. yes its quite fun..

mune: i like to make up words periodically. yes u just saw it right?..

vier: i sumtimes enjoy typing in the symbol font. I know it can get rather annoying but its quite fun to try and decipher it. anyone share this enjoyment with me?

lastly: i enjoy hanging upside down.. haha.. yes quirky.

okie.. cheerios~ have fun reading abt my quirkiness.. haha..

and oh yah.. those five unlucky souls who are tagged to continue this chain and write smthg abt themselves are...

...drum roll please...

1. vibha
2. joy
3. walaa
4. sha
5. N. (whoever)

up to u if u want to do it.. but seriously.. its quite fun examining your quirky self.. =P

cheers~ n peace

Premature Termination of Hiatus

Question: Why do i have to pick the 3 hours before the F-Maths paper to end my hiatus on this blog?
Answer 1: After FMaths is Maths S
Answer 2: After FMaths i'll be too tired
Answer 3: After FMaths no kick
Answer 4: I'm fed up of FMaths
Answer 5: If FMaths is easy, good, i can do. If FMaths is hard, good, i cant do, and then i can go sleep early during the paper.. muahahaha..

Anyway, the variation in difficulty of FMaths Papers can be shocking. The Specimen papers are like.. close eyes or open eyes either way oso cannot do, den some other papers are close eyes or open eyes either way oso can do. arf.. i hope the actual FM2 will be closer to the standard of the latter.

And today's entry will be very brief, seeing as i need to go get ready for school and the horrors of the FM2 paper.

But i'm looking forward to S papers. though i do NOT appreciate the mini-break of two days that i have between tuesday paper and friday paper. its torturous because they force you to wait more than 48 hours for a 3 hour spell where one probably ANYWAY isnt going to be able to solve many problems..

But once the papers are over, ah sweet bliss.. though i dont know what i'll be doing on friday itself. perhaps hallie-podda (harry potter). but rumour has it that those who vowed to keep virgin of the harry potter sequel by refraining from watching it jus to watch it with us have broken their vow. oh well.. they hv money to watch it twice perhaps? or time.. haha.. me have neither.

things to look forward to:

1. birthdays! (singularise)
2. end of exams
3. end of schooling
4. end of core papers today in 6hrs time.
5. beginning of final core paper in 3 hrs time
6. s papers
7. a break between s papers - jus to contradict myself. there's always reason to look forward to smthg.. i think..
8. HALLIE-POTTA n gobret of fier!!! yayy!!!

Okaaay..

cheers~ n peace

Generally Prepared. I Hope.

to my sudden dismay i read my entry proof. 5 down. how many to go? oh my goodness - thank goodness my brain's too fried from maths to count exactly how many are left. but its a scarily large number. in estimation. (maths again).

technically its only three down - the other two are jus spa practical papers. but what the heck, 5 is bigger than 3 - it sounds nicer.

Quick Update on the papers

Maths? hmm - harder than expected. but then, what was i expecting? sec 4 e-maths standard? hmm.. its gotta be harder than that innit? so fine. i'm ok. jus hope that further maths aint tt hard - i know it has the potential to be. but anw, we neednt worry abt THAT till next friday. Man, tt seems really far.

But think abt it. after tmr, i'd hv gone thru one week of exams - which means that i've already gone thru a third of my exam. 0_0... yep.. one more week and ah sweet bliss.

but before we can say that.. ARGH.. GP!! the damned subject that has nvr seen a blue mark. okay thats an exaggeration. but anw.. GP is sooo boring, and yet it can be so fun at times.. weird contradiction?

About GP

it jus depends on whether i'm at the crest or the trough of my mood swing.. u noe.. "m = k sin t"? haha.. not many pple WOULD get that, but yeah..

if i'm happy (crest) i am so absolutely thrilled by GP and the excitement of the prospect of examing the issues of this world that we live in. Globalisation, Education, Family Life.. all so enticing - how each event affects each other, how we are all connected in the chain of life.. How the world is so interconnected. what one person does affects another, how a slight event can trigger such a huge counter event (a.k.a. the butterfly effect).. beautiful...

if i'm down (trough) i am so disgusted by those exact same two letters and the constant reminder that the world we live in is soo damn far from perfect, and all the stupid things gg on in the world. and why cant we jus let the stupid pple doing stupid things in the stupid far reaches of the world go abt their stupid lives and leave us be? why do we have to examine yada yada yada shit? disgusting...

and the worst part is i seem to be soo fickle. (as demonstrated in the above two paragraphs..) my mindset can sway so easily.. oh well.. not good.

and the wave analogy (for those who cant see it, the wave crest and trough) is a nagging reminder that physics is on next monday. but well, its a weekend away.

and a weekend is such a great time for watching "avatar: the last airbender" and catching up on lost sleep and studying... preferably the former two.

Oh well, how to prepare for GP? How to prepare to ensure i'm in a good mood (wave crest) tmr? well, while i think abt it, let me indulge in some movies on star world.


P.S. if i were a foreign student taking the A level paper after the Singaporean students have taken it, would i profit from surfing blogs where Singaporean students complain on how hard the statistics Question [Whatever] about [Whatever] was? You know, i think blogging has made it possible for such a variety of cheats.. hehe.. the only reason i didnt succumb to my desire to publish some of the questions online is because i revealed my lack of ignorance. and besides, would i be that daft to help another bloke i dont know cheat?

but seriously, i believe (probability suggests) that there would be a few out there who dont mind revealing questions. so go find them, not me.. hurhur.. i cant be bothered..

Okay Add Oil for the last few Papers..

cheers~ n peace

Where Does Lightning Strike?

Its been a whole week since i last came here and talked rubbish as i so often do. So let me make up for lost time, by bringing this domain of people i.e. my readers up to date.

I shan't go through a list a la last monday, but i shall just briefly cover random points.

Liverpool finally achieved what was deemed impossible by virtue of statistics - they finally manage to win in the EPL following a champion's league match. Watching both the matches i begin to suspect a trend that the EPL is likening to the NorthZone Badminton Scene. Except for the fact that while the NorthZone has 3 powerhouses in SSS, MSS and MSHS, whereas EPL only have Chelsea. and Wigan. lol.

Note: That's the first and probably the last time you'll ever hear me using those initials. i'm not anti-conformist; i just think those initials dont bear the same impact as "haha" or "hurhur".

The North Zone used to be quite easy, if truth be told. Only MSS and MSHS competing for top two spots, leaving the wide assortment of other schools to vye for the third and fourth spot. And the fact that AndSS used to be one of the few 'coached' schools, it did seem relatively easy. But competition has heated up - every tom dick and harry team has a fighting chance. oh well..

But i digress. But where elitism is concerned, there's only Barca (touted by yours truly to clinch the ECLC this year) and Chelsea and maybe AC Milan. The rest, pretenders. Oh yes, maybe Lyon, but i'm not entirely sure.

But if lightning can strike the shortest tree in a forest (a metaphor describing Liverpool's win last year as a highly improbable event), i'm sure it can happen again. riiight.

Now to an event closer to home. Technically since the A levels are being marked way over in British Country, its technically NOT closer to home. But well..

Latest update on A levels.
Although i now realise that I am taking my A levels in 2 days time, I havent come to terms with that fact. I look in anticipation to 25 November, when poor unfortunate me hears the first piece of good news i would hear in the next three weeks - "The exams finished! My, that was fast..."

You know, technically exam period flies by much faster than any normal period, let this be some delight that one can derive from this terrible period. What prompts this Wild statement?

Well, we generally accept it that Time is a cruel thing - it crawls when we dread it to crawl (i.e. when we're anxiously sitting outside waiting for a disabled toilet, walkin' around, grabbin' our you-know-what); and it flies when we dread it to fly (i.e. when we're on a tight budget for time). Exam period is spent EITHER sitting at the accursed seat doing the dastardly paper and counting the dismal marks, OR preparing to do the abovementioned activities.

Both these options involve a serious budget for time - the actual exam itself comes with a deadline, usually X+ 0300hrs where X hrs is the starting time of the paper. (in simple terms, the exam usually lasts 3 hours.) And secondly, in the preparation time, we obviously have to be adequately prepared BEFORE the exam starts - its quite pointless to mug after the exams, right?

so any anti-conformists out there, if you want to do something nobody else would do, just mug after the exams. (and not before them)

OH well, i have to start training myself to wake up early - lately i've been quite nocturnal. not for long. hah..

okay...

Good Luck my comrades-in-arms. Brace yourselves for the briefest period of your lives.. A'levels, O'levels, PW's, etc.

cheers~ n peace

and note, in the light of the upcoming GP exam, i have refrained from initials and the so-called and widely-critiscised "sms-lingo". N so tt u guys out there wont think tt i'm sum neighbourhood sch reject. (note, i intentionally used that abovementioned lingo in the last line.)

Ben Can Cook. ???

i vowed to study today. i didnt vow not to blog. so i'm not breaking my vow, jus noe that.

anw, doing physics s is soo tiring i wonder how i managed to get thru my prelims.. i do one qn then... pant pant pant.. geez, when's the next??

but then for physics s onli need to do 3 qns for section B which u hv like nearly 2 hrs to do if u do ur section A fast. n section A is relatively easy.. how how how??

den sum qns are so easy i.e. marks-worth whereas some are jus so NOT. like they gave one question 7marks for abt 2 lines. n then another qn 4 marks for God-knows-how-many-lines. telling the truth - it was abt half an hour for me. actually it was half an hour then i got tired n went to eat. when i came back i could do it surprisingly fast. so..

moral of the story: dont EVER work on an empty stomach..

n thinking of that moral makes me rmb the kiwi saying fishie taught me. "if u think the way to a man's heart is thru his stomach; ur aiming too high". true? u think...

but i think its quite a bimbotic saying? maybe? maybe not.. if u define bimbo as pretty but dumb girl, den i guess we cant call the saying a "bimbotic saying" - cos its quite intelligent. so mb jus slutty. oh whatever.. i think its cute. in a warped way.

very warped.

~.~

okay i hvnt updated this blog in a couple of days, so in that time... (this initialising statement sumhow reminded me of confession.. anw back to the story.)

1. I chanced upon the sudden realisation that A levels are in a weeks time. *pause for effect*. well, yeah it didnt hit me till like day before yesterday.
   
2. I vowed to study the whole of today. which, considering i woke up at 11am, is not too long.
   
3. I did more housework today than.. in a loooong time.. mum's abusing the fact that i'm home n *cough* free *cough*
   
4. I actually cooked sum stuff today. wid my mom's supervision of course, but unfortunately i had to do most of the stuff.. more on this later...
   
5. I managed to play the church organ on sunday again without screwing up excessively.. dad was like "i knew it was you cos i heard some mistakes.." bah... i mean.. is it reali my fault that the other organist is like super pro?
   
6. I DID study the whole of today save a break for The Nanny cum lunch. (lunch in front of The Nanny) - i'm talking abt the old n ancient tv series.
   
7. i realised that tomorrow is deepavali/ all saints' day. n tt i hv to go sing at 7 am for all saints' day.
   note: all saints' day ALWAYS falls on first of november. n its jus luck that this time it falls on a public holiday.
   
8. I finally fell in love with the organ's bass. do NOT misinterpret this statement - i'm talking abt an electone that has a bass pedals. i issue this warning with special reference to one guy who loves to misinterpret. =)
   
9. The construction work outside is getting really annoying.
   
10. and lastly, i jus got bitten by a mozzy. ARGH!! not now... not NOW!!!! *prays*

P.S. Mozzy = Mosquito for whoever donno. i'm not sure if its a S'porean term. not that i am too bothered.. there - apathy in motion.

oh anw, i finally managed to cook smthg. n i relised that although my mom is a very good maths c or a maths teacher/tutor, she has a failings a cooking instructor.

Me: Mum, how long shld i keep cooking the meat for? ten minutes? twenty? low heat? high heat?
Mum: However much feels right.

okay, if u talking to a cooking expert, or even sum1 who has done smthg other than boil water in his/her life, perhaps its all right. but.. need i say more? jus that i'm NOT.. buh..

and now i hv a stomach ache.. boohoo..

cheers~ n peace.

ouch.

Okay this is complicated
Happy Deepavali to all Hindus
Happy All Saints'/Souls' to all Christians - hmm okay..
And Selamat Hari Raya to all Muslims. (i doubt i'll come online for some time)

N more generally, Good Luck in the 'A's and 'O's! (n PW's)

Alert: Pseudo-Hols...

Today would be a significant day if I didn't hv my 'A' levels (or 'O' levels or Oral Presentations) to look forward to.

Today marks the beginning and the end. The beginning of the much looked-forward-to holidays for the Sec 1-3's. Oh how I envy them. But then, we'll see who laughs last when my 'A' levels and all formal education for that matter finishes in a matter of weeks.

And then they'll start laughing back at my bald head and my brown-green uniform. So.. yeah.. we know who'll be laughing last. buh...

Anw, that's some distance away and since i only go in on 7 jan (note to whoever out there who still doesnt noe) at 2.30 pm, i still hv ample time to fool around before the formal business of donning that familiar (not to me) brown green uniform and hv that famous hair cut typical of TCHS track team...

But those who are planning how to celebrate the after-exam period (i.e. those Sec 4's and 5's and JC 2's) please dont forget that the after-exam period, by virtue of its name, comes AFTER the exam period. So don't forget that dreaded period called exam period, and do keep healthy.

If only i listen to my own advice.. I'm already fantasicing into the future where i'm married with kids done with my A levels and enjoying the freedom of the transition state between army and school life. And enjoying life with my brother and sister (who are in sec 3 and sec 1 respectively). Note: they're having holidays, of course..

And its REAL holidays quite unlike the pseudo-holidays that you JC1's are experiencing. Your holidays are more like ours. Pseudo-holidays that you only can enjoy with the passing of the certain event known as "Oral Presentation" and/or Mother Tongue Examinations (with special reference to one particular person). hurhur..

Sorry ushnish n whoever else dislikes that phrase.

And till the REAL holidays begin, please not that the Guard Dog of VJC will insist that the School Uniform is the only appropriate uniform that one can don in the college unless one is a teacher. And that one needs to be properly kept - kempt n clean shaven - at all times within the college. Fat chance i'm going to step in the dreaded place anytime soon, neednt worry abt that.. I'd rather lose marks in the A level over a concept i dont understand (assuming that scenario exists), than risk entering the Yard.

and i'm not talking about Scotland Yard.

Though i see the similarities.

nvm probably no one noes who or what is the guard dog. don bother trying to guess. not worth it.

Oke enough. gotta go study!

cheers~ n peace!

New Template! Not Again..

Now can i get a general consensus? Who out there agrees with me that my template looks nice? Don bother about being tactful, cos i like it n there isnt ANYTHING tt one can say tts gonna change that. so its gonna stay as my blog template.

until, of course, the cycle goes such that i get bored of it again.

but that might take sum time.

so jus a few suggestions if this design REALLY irks you:

1. Click "View Source" and read the notepad version.
2. Go to a blog whose design is worse than mine, get accustomed to it, n come back.
3. Jus go.

now.. i jus hope that the initial criterion for this sequence (i.e. this design really irking you) is not satisfied..

anw, today was such a dull day bcos i didnt get any work done. normally i wouldnt care two hoots abt this fact, but the problems is, i had promised myself i'd get loads of work done today, bcos yesterday i didnt get ANY work done. (rmb?)

n gp irks me. bcos we have to argue n argue n argue abt stuff that can be soo radical n those who are good at gp seem to be able to argue n argue n argue abt stuff that can be soo radical.. n they also dont repeat themselves over n over again, using repetitive phrases over and over again.. so there. i'm not good at gp.

i have to get A1 for GP but i'm jus not doing enough to get it.

ah well. what will happen will happen.

anw after those two mega long entries i think u denizens of the ultravioletlight@blogspot world wld prefer a short entry so yeah..

cheers~ n peace

Democracy, and Conformity

ahha! i found neverland. its on 17 april, i think. the wonders of the ctrl+F function and a simple word "neverland". n persistance. k.

big deal.

p.s. if u find the above statement really nonsensical, please refer to previous post. if u could make sense of it, please consult ur english/gp tutors as neverland is often regarded as a place and hence cannot be falling on a time. space and time are not one and the same. "my birthday falls on suntec city" is not an appropriate sentence.

yes.

okay now i jus got to rambling utter nonsense.

yesterday i broke my person record - i studied for 6 hours. not straight of course. that would be madness. i was intermittently interrupted by first a seriously intellectual discussion regarding lost orbitals n ligand exchange blah blah blah in chemistry by roshni n chitra. and then subsequently by blatantly mindless chatter n crap from the former's boyfriend n the spas who is dr de.

dr de has a god-given ability to be brutally honest yet i still feel like laughing. maybe its jus me.

they do tell me i have a pleasant disposition. true? decide.

i was going to say "hurhur" but constructive critiscism in todays democratic world makes me refrain from it. power of democracy. but i dont go actively looking for constructive critiscism bcos an overly democratic state cant progress, can it. laissez faire...

perhaps.

again i make it clear this blog entry bears all the views of the author n solely the author of the blog entry n hence the author and blogger are both not directly responsible for any view propogated against any party.

anw moving back to the issue at hand,

although i managed to study 6 hrs yesterday (albeit distractions) and hence i didnt blog yesterday...
today, i managed a total of 1 hour(s). please i put the parenthesis around "s" because i am hoping against hope that perhaps that number preceding "hour" will change by the end of today. hoping against hope is quite fun. trust me..

and tada i'm blogging today. hurh- sorry. see? i listen to the people.

~~

its quite weird to watch people reading ur blog. like watching sum1 reading ur diary. makes u all squirmish inside, perhaps. yet one has no qualms publishing the "diary/blog" over the whole wide world web...

n i still dont get people avidly claiming on their blogs "this is not a blog, mind u". i mean.. i DOES say xxx.blogspot.com right? see clearly. BLOG-SPOT. buh.. n then perhaps there will exist "thisisnotablog.blogspot.com" wait i check first..

yes it does exist. n tt really isnt a blog. hats off.

buh..

technically if it hadnt existed, i wld hv taken it. its quite a unique name.. oh but then.. i already hv a blog, n i've already moved site once, for those who rmb ancient times. btw, http://bakteesud.blogspot.com still exists, amazingly.

Testament of a time when i was Very Crazy in thai..

now i'm just verycrazy in english. or a sudden inspiration by wavelengths of less than 400nanometers... actually this blog title is 400nanometers, mind you.. jus that when i changed the template i changed the title from the thingie.. erf... okay..

Anw i think pple believe blog=online diary. n then guys who jus refuse to be sissy and consider having a blog/diary to be sissy refute the claim that they have a blog, even though some agree to post on xxx.blogspot.com.

to those not mathematically inclined, x refers to a random variable. it can take any value.

anw this is not an online diary. its jus a means of crapping n sharing crap with the rest of the world who bothers to read crap.

or it also could be that those who deny the existence of their blog are just in denial of their compromise with conformity. if everyone were to deny conformity, to divert from the crowd WOULD be ultimately to embrace conformity. this paradox bears wicked similarity to the "you're unique, just like everyone else" paradox. so whichever way u go, to embrace to reject conformity, ur ultimately jus following the crowd. bah.. why bother..

okay.

cheers. n peace~

The Verbal Diarrhoea Epidemic

I finally found my crumpled post-exam timetable yesterday bcos i thought all of the extra-lessons i was involved in finished yesterday. but to my horror i relised that all the extra lessons i am involved in are next week. oh horror oh agony..

oh well, so ignorance is bliss.. n i tried to refer to my archives abt my neverland post.. but i cant find it -- its buried too deep under rubble of ancient ruins.. geez..

anw, wid reference to that is bcos i relised that we all is growing up n soon we can be jailed! Oh NO!! which means we hv to watch what we do, n worse still we have to watch out for getting framed! omg.omg.. i'm paranoid. n we hv to watch abt implosive tempers.. esp me. sumhow i hv this ningling hear that sumday i'd jus lose my cool n explode n do smthg reli atrocious..

haii.. jus hope tt nvr happens lah..

or mb not. hmm.. hehe..

~.~

ah well.. anw i keep getting these images of me causing grievous hurt to the onli person i've ever despised atrociously whose name i cannot mention here bcos i cant risk anything that wld get me in trouble - especially seeing as i turn 18 eventually.. i hv to sleep it out of my memory n jus live n let live, bcos i came to a sudden realisation. there will always be folks who hate ur guts merely by the sight of it. we jus hv to get used to it.. n not contribute to that number.

anw i think i hv to be less childish lah.. cos eventually we'll all grow older n die.. might as well get prepared for getting old.. so i better start doing my work more seriously bah bah bah..

golly n then go off to ns for two more years where i hope i wont meet too atrocious characters, pardon the language..

and i relise that i've written soo many realy really long sentences in this post that i hope that none of my miniscule count of readers wld choke on the meaning. like that sentence, hurhur..

~.~

n i've been meaning to change this blogskin. should i? shld i? i was messing with photoshop jus now n got some reli reli interesting results.. here's one.. reli reli simple effect that has this sorta satin-look.

i think its quite cool, n its jus a purple background... similar to that of this blog with black (yes this blog is purple).. n then my finger jus went all runny all over the mouse-pad-thingie which i still dont noe what its called.. u noe, the little pad thing on a laptop that acts as a mouse? anyone of ye wise readers noe what its called? oh. is it a touchpad? whatever~

N then i had more fun with it after the intial 5-minute-satin-work above i decided to play arnd more.. n tadaa~!

Same starting thing. Different movements of the hand.

Then i was abt to do more rubbish when deb's friends came for a visit. n they promptly ejected us two guys out from the two computers. i shall yet hv my revenge. n i shall use my sudden fetish with photoshop to cheer ye readers/blogsurfers up with a new blog design. hurhur.. thinking of a massive refurbishment. smthg like the crap that the vj website has undergone. crap here is not used in a derogatory sense, its jus a figure of speech.

sumhow i'm beginning to consider vj my old school. yet the irony lies in the fact that i still consider anderson my school. wicked.. guess its bcos two years is half the time of four years. n i guess its short. not too short. just enough.

think i'm in such a blabbery mood bcos i hvnt talked properly to anyone in erm.. in erm.. quite a few days. oh wait. its jus one day. still, one day of non-human interaction tends to do this to u.. buh..

okay i think its quite late now, even x-men evolution finished, so my purpose for staying up has vanished. one of them. bobbie's gone to bed so.. there! all my purpose to stay up has instantaneously vanished. though i think i can go on, n on, n crap on.. but i think none of u wld read this blog properly... haha..

such a turn off.

haha

cheers~ n peace.

The School That Watched Me Grow (for 2yrs)

Pool analogy is getting useful. i shant think abt NS so quickly... imagine the dire consequences of going into the exams with NS on your mind...

Question: What is 2x2?
Answer: 4. Sir!

So moral of the story, unless u want to screw up A levels, don bother abt army right now. well i guess technically since ur answer is there, there aint no fault in it.. hurhur.. examiners wld be like.. hur?

And i've got so much to do that i dont noe where to start. so i'm starting by coming online. hehe.. n then i'll do all my stupid work.. yadayadayada..

anw, my lack of anything to blog is prob due to the fact that theres no interesting happenings.. or a severe lack of it..

but it still feels quite cool to be finally out of school n able to blog at this ungodly hour.. haha..

BUT i will miss vj.. my class, n my friends.. n the school in general..

the victoriandersonians; jz,simsy,peijoo,kelvin,shimin.. n the yr ones..

quite proud we managed to keep the victoriandersonian spirit alive for 2 years!!... we, though small, outlasted the tkgs-vjcians, n the massive cohort of the dunmanhigh-vjcians..

the class; cant name. too many..

we pulled thru.. n now we hv one final lap to go.. we are better than 3/3. we hv yth. and i think even though i'm not so close to u guys, i still feel part of the class.. n i appreciate that. we hv to go on one final class outing before we part our ways.. n as mr kan says, keep in contact. i noe onli a select few wld be seeing this blog. n i noe who thou art.. haha.. possibly the closest thing to a clique in the class.. i think the pool clan. haha.. thx.. n hope to keep in contact!

the badminton guys; chinseng,kendrick,jingren,matthew n the yr1s i.e. terry,junjie,michael,weiyang n chunhan.

Quite sad that these two years were barren years, but it was fun working together lah. i'm seriously doubting any1 of u will be reading this.. so.. hmm.. anw, year ones, terry, jia you.. next year confirm bring back top four placing!

the lecture; gobs,ushnish,christhong + fana,karthik(last year) + all the wannabe indians out there i.e. krishnan/kesmond, ashish/alvin, viknesh/victor...

i think, with all the prcs n wannabe prcs out there (i.e. most dunman high, no offense) we livened up mrfoo's lessons considerably. i think i'd be falling desperately to sleep n hence failing exams had it not been for continual bird hoots etc from the minority report, as i jus love to call it..

and finally; the 55-gang. too many to mention again..

sorry guys that i've defected to 76 recently, due to a no. of reasons, which i shant mention here.. haha.. but still, the 55 journey is so long. n esp in the first half of the first year, when there was always sum1 to take the bus all the way home.. (jen n jz, normally) haha.. but then the others i.e. alvin n desmond.. not often we find pple who are willing to start up a conversation with a complete stranger, albeit from the same school.. yeah.. more of u guys wld make singapore prolly a more vibrant place to live in..

and there's the credits for VJC.. memories tt i'm trying to dig out, even though some part of me jus blotted it away for fear of tearing on farewell assembly (which i didnt!). i'll find them yet.

thanks vjc for giving me these memories, my friends for creating them, n of course God, who sumhow got me to come to VJC even though RJ was like.. 10 mins from my house.. hurhur..

nil sine labore~

cheers~ n peace.

The Pool Analogy

Its cruel.

Just as i finish farewell assembly, n realise that YAY! my schooling days are over... i HAVE to get that dreaded reminder that says "well, ur schooling days are over. now..."

yes. NS. i got enlistment letter today.. i dont hv energy currently to put forth a cheerful face abt it, nor think abt the great benefits of NS. i noe its very good, in many ways. but still, the feeling of "freedom" or rather pseudo-freedom vanished before it had the chance to manifest itself appropriately.

hai.. so.. in case whoever is wondering, its in early jan.

but yeah, there is this part of me thats reli excited for it. n then theres the other part thats trying to think of loopholes for it.

excited for the prospect of loopholes?? riight..

Anw, ChrisChua made a great (unintentional) philosophy, n let me share it.

life is like a pool game. there are times when u are in control of it, and then there are times that u arent in control of it.. but crucially, when ur not in control of it, its always better not to think abt it - added stress. in the pool-analogy, when ur opponent is at the table, dont bother thinking of what he's doing. jus relax.

But when u ARE in control, take ur chances, make it count. and thats how u win the game of pool/life.

speaking of pool - i jus went to play jus now, n yeah.. didnt reli lose touch, but not as though i'm overly thrilled of playing again. but it was quite fun seeing its the last time we go play pool after school's end.

N schools end. its inevitable, n welcome to a certain extent. Welcome in the sense that no more school-induced stress n pressure, dreaded in the way of loss of friends and fun.

yet, without loss, gain has no meaning. so with this loss, we learn to treasure what we have, no matter from which era - sec sch, pri sch, jc...

n then we move on to the next era where we'll meet new faces whom we befriend, n some familiar faces too. NS characters wld be much more diverse, n diversity implies richness.

But i wont forget the place(s) i come from

N i wont forget all the ones that i've loved...

Breakaway (KellyClarkson)

Cheers~ n peace..

The Cool Organ

I actually played on the main-church organ today!!! woohooo in front of say.. hundreds of pple.. scary... but quite cool, i hope i get an opportunity to play again n hopefully next time my leg wont shake on the expression pedal like it always does.. geez... its hard enough to try to play n follow the cantor without hearing excessive percussion from the rattling expression pedal that resonates upon receiving driving frequency from the leg..

and yes, no typo there - the organist does hv to follow the cantor, not the other way round.. added stress for the organist, but needless to say, thankfully there exists a conductor to help smoothen things out, attempting to direct both.

But it was wicked cool... haha..

okay i think there's still plenty of work to be done - chem mainly. n i guess maths c to an extent too.. so toodles.. n avatar rockx..

cheers~ n peace.

n i hv this feeling that gneake will interpret the title of this post with a pervetic inclination again. it's bait. hurhur.. wait'n'see.. hehe =)

Bed-Wedding

Ahh.. what bliss.

I had such a sleepy day today. slept in. slept long. just kept sleeping. n yes, in between all those sleeping i managed to salvage some work.

But then, the soporific feeling caused by studying is so overwhelming that i couldnt get much work done. everytime i sit down to do work, i suddenly get drowsy n head for my bed. no wonder they invent a bed-less domain for students, i.e. school. its to torture us cos no matter how tired we feel, we still dont hv a bed to rest our weary bodies upon. geez... mean..

anw, i finally made a dramatic diversion from my increasingly dulling lifestyle. i celebrated a birthday. anw i shant publicise whose bdae cos it might induce unwanted jacking. hurhur.. or cake smashing (which is such a worthy waste of fine cake)...

brings a new point. which is worse? jacking or cake smashing? hmmm.. ponder it.

but twas fun cos we played one game.. i lazy to describe. go rais's blog. got description there. hurhur.. but instead of touching the nose, we drank water. problems there:

1. we were eating peanuts which were thirst-inducing, so we'd jus drink any time. for eg.
   A says "i hv nvr kissed B's girlfriend" and say B has to drink bcos B has kissed B's girlfriend.
   but say i'm thirsty at that time and take a drink... i'll leave the rest to your imagination.. hehe..
2. my bladder was at bursting point. geez.. the whole 55 bus ride was like so uncomfortable.. n i was so worried n thinking of what wld happen if i happened to lose control of my bladder. not pleasant...

But it was fun, though perhaps it might hv been better to play wid girls too? haha.. we'd definitely be getting more juicy details. ngehngeh..

but ultimately, i think i got hungover on the water, if tts ever possible. haha.. unless sumbody spiked the drink. hurhur.. which wld, of course, explain our addiction to it. hehe.. in any case, the point was i couldnt wake up this morning. plus the rain was making my bed even more seductive. the soft pitterpatter of the rain drops carressing the roof.. easy not to wake up from that.

plus i was dead tired. for some reason. n omg, i hv so much chem to do left.. i onli finished biochem n inorganic chem, but hey.. i finished smthg right? haha.. n oh, i got back GP yesterday. got B3. wicked cool, cos i nvr gotten B3 before!!! yippeeee!! hahaha...

why is it always the case that when i get B for GP, i must screw up one A level subject? hmmm.. weird.. hope i can get good score for actual A level. but wont come without much effort in. it seems a long time, n golly geez.. i hope i dont get my call-up any time soon. NS is reli currently the furthest away of my worries, n i wish it to remain that way. (there's no offence here to the singapore gov't, in any way...).. now must be careful of wat pple interpret on blogs.. my my..

n i'm feeling in such a yakky mood.. i think i'm gg to pick of my phone n start calling pple.. hehe.. or perhaps studying? haha..

anw, i watched triple nine today again. its great to watch TV programmes from eons ago when mark richmond was still in the entertainment industry, let alone an actor. but triple nine is quite cool.. though, of course, some might argue that it might pale in comparison to CSI or Alias.. i think its quite funny/cute. especially mark richmond's character..

oh well.. i'd be off now, study chem plus what else.. hehe.. toodles

cheers~ n peace.

All Four Back

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i jus looked back n saw me hoping for four A's. too bad. it aint coming. got one C liao.. but well.. i reli shld stop complaining for my laziness to study chem... buhhh..

but my other marks all came in four the four subs. n yay! i got A for FM!!! yay!!! and its a continually increasing curve of marks!! yayness!.. lets apply linear regression n predict wat grade i'll get for f-maths a'level? haha.. riiight..

but chem. tts a reli sharp drop. really really sharp drop. oh well. shuddup ben.

n i'm so freaking tired. eyes drrooping in school and all.. yawnnn.. this is wad happens when u torture urself by doing chem over n over again. hehe.. lets finish it as soon as possible?.. haha..

n my life has taken a sudden turn towards boringness. its jus boring - onli lessons. n studying to think abt. haii..

boreedd... n too tired to study.. arf.. n there's rumours abt moderation for chem. if that'll do any good. lets hope, shall we? hurhur.. but not keep our hopes too high..

-MAFMPHCH-

cheers. yawn.

Post One-Oh-One

i think post 100 was soo lame. so here's post 101. hurhur..

Anw, we got back marks. yes. in short, they were okay as a whole. bcos physics was quite good. =D; maths was all right; chem was shitty. really shitty. i got C-D.. we dont know yet, cos one last qn to mark. so right now, its hovering at D. but if i pass the last question, i scrape a C. but still.. its not an A. (yeah, i noe u all are going "damn him").. but still.. its quite low, i think. but then, ultimately, thinking back, i think i deserve it. okay.

I wont disclose any of my marks here. hehe...

Anw, its already the final lap, n i'm losing steam. we hv to study but i jus cant muster enough energy to do so. the P-word, Procastination is the name of the game. hai.. plus i hv no energy to even blog nicely. sorrie.

well except for one thing which i jus rmbed cos i jus wanted to type smthg that i realised i shld censor. hmph.. i noe pple think its quite dumb that blogs are "monitored" n students can get suspended for saying the wrong things, and tt they say tt its an infringement of privacy yada-yada-yada..

I'm sure Singaporeans understand that their actions affect others. A responsible society doesnt need monitoring. i'm sure a little harmless badmouthing of teachers shld be allowed as its an expression of the students emotions. i'm sure teachers dont go looking for hate msgs by typing in their name into a search engine and searching for all websites. that would be dumb, and just a form of self torture.

And i'm sure other pple do have the common sense not to tell teachers that there is reli awful stuff abt them. ignorance is bliss, any idiot noes that. but still, i dont condone reli horrible stuff. which, from what i hear can be reli bad n horridly mean. oh wells.. there are always bad elements in any society. we just cant eliminate that.

or so it seems.

so to any1 i offended, i apologise..

oh well.. A levels coming soon.. boring entry. buh.

cheers~ n goodluck...

Milestones

This is a milestone post. it is my 100th post on this blog. haha.. *pops champagne*?...

?

okay fine.

today is the last day that us VJC JC2s hv of happiness. or as i mentioned in previous entries, pseudo happiness. tmr we get back our results. hai.. or well. i dont reli noe, cos i hv onli one lecture tmr. but mb they'll give back during the tutorial sessions. oh well. scared to see the marks lah. especially chem. haii.. oh well.. toodles. i'm gg to drown myself in panic again.

hurhur

cheers~ n peace. n good luck pple.

The Preliminary Conspiracy

Its all a conspiracy. its not because our exams of the impending A levels that our exams are placed so early. its bcos they dont want us to play the fool after the exams. mean, i tell u. let me explain.

The park is empty. no one goes there to play soccer. hai.. bcos of THEIR exams. let me elaborate further. nobody wants to play badminton. (well except for some j2s..). haii.. so i'm stuck at home playing antisocial computer games. though i hv this nagging feeling tt i shld be mugging chem. but lazy. n i need to go to sch n give mr kan smthg. but soo far away. i could ask sum1 to do it for me.. wonders of technology. haha.. see first. haha..

~.~

I suddenly thought of smthg jus now. lots of pple talk abt adopting children when they grow up. well, all in the good nature of it, but it suddenly brought up a memory of a song... i'm not sure by whom, but its an oldie...

As I was slowly passing an orphan's home one day,

I thought I'd stop a little while just to watch the children play

Alone, a boy was standing, and when I asked him why,

He turned with eyes that could not see,

And he began to cry.

I'm nobody's child, I'm nobody's child.

Just like a flower, I'm growing wild.

No mommy's kisses and no daddy's smiles.

Nobody wants me, I'm nobody's child.

People come for children, and take them for their own.

But they all seem to pass me, and I'm left here all alone.

I know they'd like to take me, but when they see I'm blind,

They always take some other child, and I am left behind.

I'm nobody's child, I'm nobody's child.

Just like a flower, I'm growing wild.

No mommy's kisses and no daddy's smiles.

Nobody wants me, I'm nobody's child.

No mommy's arms to hold me, Or soothe me when I cry.

Sometimes it gets so lonely, I wish that I could die.

I'll walk the streets of heaven, Where all the blind can see.

And just like all the other kids, There'd be a home for me.

I'm nobody's child, I'm nobody's child.

Just like a flower, I'm growing wild.

No mommy's kisses and no daddy's smiles.

Nobody wants me, I'm nobody's child.

i think tt wld be a great (albeit very difficult) thing to do, to adopt a disabled child. note: i'm not saying i'd hv the courage to do that, though i wish i had the courage to do..

oh wells..

cheers~ n peace.

Post-Exam Depression?

No typo, i did say post-exam depression. is it a possible scenario? is it possible for one to actually get depressed due to the end (or rather, in my case, pseudo-end) of exams? Because i was feeling down for a long time today and a large portion of yesterday... now why?

Post exam depression could be an offshoot of boredom. Boredom due to a sudden removal of a 'purpose' in life. Maybe. Before exams, one studies (cough cough) hard so that one can get the grades, duh... but then after the exams, no reason to study anymore. is that a possible explanation?

No. Because, technically, its untrue to say we 'A' level students hv lost our cause/purpose in life - the bloody 'A' level paper is in one bloody month's time. (Its a startling revelation, isnt it?). Besides, not all of us would actually have Studied excessively due to exams right? right??

Anw, i think Post-Exam Depression, or rather, i should name it "inter-exam depression", is a result of there being too many things to do. Unfortunately, as fate should have it, these many things for us to do are inappropriate to do due to the "inter-exam" status quo.

For our exams havent truly ended. Its an illusion springing from the fact that subconsciously we know that the hard stage is over - prelims. "'A' levels is a snitch isn't it?". so.. we WANT to do stuff. but we can't. cos we know deep down, the freaking exams arent over. bah...

But then, this wld be specified as "inter-exam depression". So okay, i'm (or rather was) suffering from inter-exam depression. So does Post-Exam Depression exist?

I think it does. At least for me. But in this case, its more like.. There's sooo much to do, yet so little time to do it. And it becomes one huge mess... Like after "O' levels. That, was hectic. I even commented that post exam is more stressful than exam. True to a certain extent anw..

Anw, anybody suffering from post exam depression inter-exam depression, fret not, post post exam depression elation does exist.

anw, enough abt P.E.D.

yeah man, its not even true. more like PPED (pseudo-post-exam-depression) - still got Maths S on monday. smack in the middle of nothing. i want to go out!! please my friends, if u read this... i'm dying at home... falling steadily into the abyss of darkness, being dragged down the boulevard of broken rubber dreams..

Drama sial..

okay,

cheers~ n peace.

Hark the End is Nigh

wonder if my last entry angered any ManUtd fans.. oh well.. sorry if it did, but its jus in harmless jest. anw so much for the hype that u get a well balanced goalless draw. buh..

so far exams: physics was generally okay, prompting me to question why they make chem so hard when they make physics so (relatively) easy. those ... teachers.. hmph no fair.

anw the final stretch is here. the hardest four papers tt i'll ever sit for (i hope). in sequence:

1. Further Mathematics (Pure Maths)
2. Further Mathematics (Applied Maths)
3. Physics (Special)
4. Mathematics (Special)

oh n theres a chem MCQ sandwiched in between no.s 1 and 2. you want to eat?? (complete with hand gestures)

exam periods are so dreary. each day that passes u tell urself "jus a little to go" but its the longest "little" we ever go thru. if onli the holidays pass by as slowly as exams do. n its theres little glorious prospects after our prelims, for then comes the real papers. those flown in from cambridge. *bows in respectful awe*. sadly..

you get stressed before exam period, u get bored n lonely during exam period, n u get a rude awakening after exam period. why, then, do we need exams, when it induces such negative emotions?

argh..

good luck n try to strive on last few days. except u stupid trip science pple who hv finished, u idiots. haha.. okay..

cheers~ n peace.

Where I am procastinating..

I just woke up from a horrible dream where i was sitting for chem paper three, n the teacher's were looking at us as if they were like "those poor souls" n they actually told us that "if u cant do, dont worry, even the teachers found it hard" haiii... nightmare nightmare.

i hate exams. one more week n one more day.. jia you..

~.~

I see u year ones n non-prelim-taking pple coming up to us n asking "how's ur exam??". don lie u guys. i noe wat ur thinking. "poor dude, thank goodness i'm not him".. haha.. i was year one once too, u noe..

haha jus kidding..

anw i didnt hv many senior friends. probably one, or two, or three. most prob can count on a single hand. mainly badminton guys, n a few others la..

oh well, i hv more junior friends. *grins cheekily*.

~.~

i think its high time for a sequel to bend it like beckham. its highly outdated. probably the sequel shld be called "balloon it like beckham", or smthg like that.. the poor guy is mocked for his penalty miss(es). well, i guess its a matter of how often a play of how great a standard like beckham forgets he's playing soccer n goes into rugby.

move over johnny wilkinson.. here's...... Beckham!!..

anw, speaking of which, tmr's the match. Liverpool v. Man Utd. The one where the European Champions (hurhur) face off against the championship pretenders (hurhur). now.. who do u think i support? *whistles innocently*

oh yeah, i forgot to mention, championship pretenders and FA-cup runners-up. always second best ya?

n owen is a magpie whose feet still hvnt started talking. no goals.. poor thing. shld hv come liverpool. at least liverpool hv a midfield worth mentioning, even if their attack can be summed up with one word - "dreadful". nahhhh... i noe liverpool's attack is strong, but jus not confident. it'll be a great confidence booster if perhaps this happens?:

steven gerrard plays a cool one two with alonso

gerrard, through-ball...

rio ferdinand left in no-mans' land as djibril cisse...

cisse..

one-on-one with van der Sar..

squares it for crouch..

Crouch SCORES!!!

van der Sar helpless..

n crouch scores!! wid his FEET!!!

den on the other end, van Nistelrooy-Rooney. dangerous.

Man Utd desperate for an equaliser..

Scholes, through ball for rooney,

and Carragher with a great tackle to disposses him..

watch out!

rooney slides in two footed..

definitely a red card...

the KOP expects no less from referee XXX

and yes, he brandishes it,

wayne looney - i mean rooney -

sent off second time in two days..

and man Utd down to 10 men.

Thankfully Keano didnt play, or they'll be down to 9 by now..

Man Utd are full of deadly players. literally. they dont like u they can take u out. for example roy keane. tackled alfe inge halland a few years back wid intentions to ending his carreer. and to think i used to admire him before. yucks... (btw, he boasted abt this)

okay studying calls.

cheers~ n peace

Where There is a JC2 Massacre Week 1

Quick update on exam timetable:

Monday 12/9: Maths C Paper One

• Not too hard, but it was much harder than i had expected. But overall manageable with onli one careless mistake SO FAR that i've seen that might be worth 1-4 marks cut. depending on whether teacher is nice or nasty...

Tuesday 13/9: Chem Paper Three

• Forget Friday the Thirteenth, here's Tuesday the Thirteenth. a horrid paper set with one purpose in mind - to convince all who dare approach it that chem is not for them. i could practically hear the paper yelling at the top of its voice "drop chem, drop chem..." Think i lost minimum 50% of the marks. where does tt put me? obviously, i was in a very bad mood the rest of the day.

Wednesday 14/9: Physics Papers One and Two

• Going into this was like going into a battle after a horrendous defeat the previous day. like japan gg thru the battle after losing midway. key here was to keep calm, relax, dont think abt yesterday (chem III). i succeeded in that. redemption. at least for physics. hopefully.

Thursday 15/9: Chem Paper Two

• Felt like a waste of time, gg to school today, for two reasons. reason 1: its a half-hour paper. reason 2: chasing an A for chem is already chasing a lost cause. but went for it all the same. n yes! it wasnt as hard as paper three. hopefully on track now, looking for paper one. but there's temporary redemption, n hope exists. but i dont aim too high now.

Friday (tomorrow) 16/9: Maths Paper Two

• Mechanics, Statistics, Applied Maths. should be playing up my strengths? hopefully there'll be minimal integration (yucks!). i hope the mechanics questions wld be all right. i quite intend to do the applied maths section. hurhur.. after all, diversity is encouraged. actually must go n study the mechanics parts. i'm a bit shaky in the Maths C mechanics. Power, Projectile (so many formulae), Motion, Variable Acceleration... i think these are the harder few. but thankfully dont hv rubbish that can grow on u like SHM or Vertical Circular Motion. not yet at least. that battle will be waged on next thursday, the day i declare war on the last section on chem. right now, chem is the scariest subject anw.. hopes...

Cheers~ n peace.

Where the Swan Sings

Hear my swansong. well not really. its probably (hopefully) gg to be the last time in some time till i blog again, cos of course, my dear favouritest time of the year, prelims-time is coming up very soon - tmr.

haii n i'm so unprepared.

especially for chem. n physics too. n the blardy f-maths paper which i stardied so hard for is at the very end. buh...

oh well, hopefully i can get the required results.

anw, a random point:

i was typically disgusted by an ad i saw today. pasted up on the walls of a shopping centre (in kovan) hurhur... right in full view of everybody, there was a pic of sum naked woman. well she was covered in the extremely vital parts by fruit. (yes, fruit).

but typically, in our conservative society, nobody (especially those overly conscious of making our society more liberal) considers the feelings of the conservative pple, whom i feel still makes up a majority here. n being conservative, they dont reli speak out, do they? vicious cycle.

and then theres the issue on parents being outlawed from beating their children. i pray this nvr happens to our society, cos i truly believe, as sum1 who has been thru whacking n is thankful for that, that sparing the rod spoils the child.

of course, some say that parents promote violence yada-yada-yada. but well, if a parent beats out of love (i.e. for the better of the child) its called disciplining. effective disciplining.

i fear for the future, seeing the spoilt brats that some more-liberal countries where parents dont hv a hand in disciplining their students. its come to a stage where students are even allowed to utter vulgarities at their teachers. *raises eyebrows*.

if the teachers of past saw this they'll either laugh at the joke that is discipline or cry at the lack of it.

thankfully, currently singapore still disciplines kids to a large extent, even if that extent is being reduced, as teachers' role in disciplining kids are severely restricted by parents who tend to spoil their kids. its quite amusing that even i, as a "modern day child", wld be terrified to return home n tell my parents my teacher scolded me, for fear of getting an even bigger scolding at home. whereas kids nowadays, upon complaining to their parents, would see their teachers getting into trouble.

this is how one breeds spoilt, albeit often intelligent, brats.

so the dilemma tends to this one: intelligence, or morals... pick one.

thats enough from me n this atypical entry.. hurhur.. so..

cheers, n peace~

n to all those suffering under the burden of exams,

Good Luck~! (n sleep early)