The Sunday with Gina and Xue Hua

Hi all,

Today, I was in school helping Gina and Xue Hua. Alas, the misery, the torture, the indignities I faced while helping them to decode their assignments. Fortunately, the day turned out great with jokes and hilarity abound (sorry for the extreme Victorian English =P). I finally got to set my display picture to the one that Xue Hua drew - I must admit, it really mimics me.

I hope the viewers of the blog agree with me. Till next time, good bye! =P

PCF Award... Yay! :P

Hi all,

Last Saturday, 24th November, I went to the Botanic Gardens near Orchard to receive the PAP Community Foundation (PCF) award given to students who did well in school. I even got to shake hands with our prime minister himself, Lee Hsien Long. I must say, he's very very tall, standing at about 1.8m, I think. We were patrolled and observed by police all the way from the meeting point at the Botany Centre to the Shaw Foundation Symphony Stage. Security was very tight, and we had to wear tags to identify ourselves.

The Botany Centre meeting point

We walked all the way to the stage, and the atmosphere there was pretty jubilant. Lots of people were cheering and clapping. I thought it was a bit unplanned, as there were no seats for the audience and recipients, and we had to seat on the grass.

Shaw Foundation Symphony Stage

I still have the verification sticker: I decided to stick it on my computer. :P He he.

Verification Sticker. Eeeee. :P

Well, that's it for today. Bye!

I Love 98.7FM DJ Soo

Hi all,

Yes! Soo, the 98.7FM DJ from 8pm to 10pm, read out my shout outs again! Yay! She's my most favorite DJ in the whole wide world. She plays the nicest songs and to me, is so very cheerful all the time. Ha ha. =P Here is what I wrote:

Hie Soo! Can you play me the newest song by Avril Lavigne? I think the song name is "ridiculous". Please? I love the song so very much ever since I heard it on air. I would also like to give a shoutout to all my close friends to support me when I get the PCF award handed out by our very own prime minister! Thanks! =P

Then guess what happened? My shoutout was one of the very first that she read out! Ha ha. She told me to tell her more about the award, so I wrote to her again:

Hie Soo! Thank you so much for reading out my shoutout! You're my most favorite DJ in the whole world! =P Anyway, PCF stands for PAP Community Foundation. It's some sort of a study award for doing very well in school. Thanks Soo. You're the best. =)

To my utmost suprise, she replied me! Ha ha. She wrote:

wow! thnks for lettin me know!
Congrats,,, Smiles, Soo

I love Soo. Ha ha. =P

Big Project

Hi all,

I’m so sorry I haven’t had time to update my blog. =P I’ve just been so busy with the school work and other matters. Anyway, the friends catalog is still under construction. I make no promises (this after a hard earned lesson by interviewing Mr. Peter), but it should be ready in a week’s time. A lot of work to be done, so little time to do it. =P Ha ha. The whole school week has just been very hectic on my class, especially for certain individuals that in the name of privacy, forbids me from saying out anything. I have done my best to complete the task, and help certain others along the way. I do feel that my group has a certain animosity towards me for going a little bit overboard to help them when my own work is half-finished, and I will try my best to curb this behavior and only help when my work is completed.

I care a lot for my EWAD and SWEN teams, and to me, they are some of THE BEST people to work with in the world. There is a certain bond between the members in the team, and the group gives this staggeringly good atmosphere for doing conducive work. Ryan is always friendly and there to suggest a constant stream of ideas, and Phyo is basically one of the nicest people in the world to me. And as for Kai Wen, she takes great pride in her work and always starts with her best foot forward. I just feel lucky to be in the group, and I hope the group members feel the same. Sometimes it is the only protective shield that I know against the mad, chaotic barrage of assignments. May god bless them. :P

Friends Catalog

Hi all,

I’m going to be starting a catalog listing all my friends and what I know so far about them. The assessment will also include a not unnecessarily unbiased view of them and it is a frank viewpoint of my thoughts about them. The catalog mentioned will feature friends that I am very close with may include juicy gossip attained over the period of time I am with them. The catalog is not a platform of which to discredit or humiliate them but a very true personal account about them, my feelings towards them and things I would like to know about them that make them very special to me, to the point where to me they are worth mentioning. Thus without further ado, I shall release the list of names of the honorable ones which when without, would make the passage of life intolerable.

Old school friends:

Dakshanan(Shanan)
Jia Wei
Solihin
Suria
Muhammad
Wei Jie
Fadly
Liang Ying
Syafiq
Vignesh
Akbar
Daniel

New age friends:

Gina
Syarafidah(Fidah)
Ee Peng
Chin Leong
Danny
Bernard
June
Ryan
Arun
Phyo
Syafiee(Fii)

Once again, thanks!

New Perceptions

Hi all,

I know, I know… I’ve been idling with my blog for quite some time now (ok, ok, I admit, I’ve been not updating it for a very long time now :P) mainly because it’s the school holidays and I don’t really have internet access at home. It’s quite a hard to get in touch with close friends. I have to do it the old school and sometimes preferable way: either meeting up with them or by calling them. Now that I’ve updated myself, it’s time to get to the gist of what I really wanted to say: I think I’ve changed quite a bit. Things that seem a matter of life and death a few months ago seem quite trivial and childish when I look back on things. I have new perceptions on things that matter: and to tell you the truth, it’s always the small things that matters the most. I’ve experience new things that fell like heaven on a crystalline touch, that perfect moment where you felt like on the back of an angel riding and soaring towards the heavens, felt that perfect harmony, that perfect sensation where everything is all right. I’ve also felt the demons that threaten to tear you apart, separating your soul from the guiding light, make you see everything with such suspicion that you see the hypocrisy of it all and start to wonder about whether all that you have done counts for something.

I’ve done much soul searching, and I found the peace in myself. I’ve seem to reach a conclusion that there must be a balance in all things, backed by the common wisdom saying of how too much of a good thing is bad. I found some nuggets of wisdom that seem to affect me profoundly and deeply. The first one is of a defensive sort in nature: Endure. In enduring, grow strong. Simple words, yet manipulated to have such deep and resounding meaning on how we should face obstacles. The second one regales about belief as a universal tool: all other qualities that we aspire to have are meaningless without it. Belief has the power to move mountains and turn the order of the universe towards its will. Believe in something hard enough and it is bound to materialize from the infinite depths of our imagination. A true example and the most common belief is love: and therefore, it is the strongest. Ask a scientific researcher about love and all he could churn out would be facts and figures, masking the true essence of love with calculations and the biochemistry that our body produces when in such said state. Ask a believer in love, and this is what he could have said: love is universal yet individual, comes in infinite forms and is as wild and chaotic as one wants it to be.

The third is the importance of *knowing* oneself: In knowing oneself, I would be referring to the ability to understand your very own nature: how you behave, talk, walk, sleep and even think. In knowing yourself, you would identify how you are portrayed to others and seek out means to prove it. One simple exercise to further illustrate the point: simply jot down the qualities that you aspire to have that is present in friends or others. Observe from them how these qualities are portrayed, learn from them and apply what you have learnt. After several years, you would notice that you would observe yourself, and find yourself complete with your desired qualities. Thanks for taking time to read out my rantings. Bye!

Finally... It's the holidays...

Hi all,

It's finally the holidays, and you've guess it, I've been slacking all around. I think it feels good having some time to yourself, maybe just to watch the world go by in a hurry. Not to sound too cliche, a lot of things have happened sinced the last time I blogged. And yes, the most anticipated event for the class has been held and done with: The T05 barbecue. It was a ball of a time with friends bonding more with each other and the bonds between class members becoming stronger than ever.

Being one of the first there (at the barbecue pit), I had to help Danny with the setting up of the barbecue fire and some roasting of the food (yum, yum, I just love Danny's garlic prawns! :P). We (Chin Leong, Phyo, Danny and me) had the first pick of the food and I got to tell you, It was the most delicious food I've had in a very long time. It was one of those days where I got to see the whole class being happy together-we haven't had those sort of moments for a very long time. Till next time...

The fire roars brightly...

And the garlic prawns is served! :P

Bus Reversing

Hi all,

I just wanted to recount that on last Saturday, I saw something that would shock all bus commuters - apparently, the driver had made a wrong turn while a parade was going on. In the end, the double decker bus got stuck in a very small road and it was trying to wiggle its way out. Luckily, after a few tries, it finally manage to break free and drive away, much to the relieve of the passengers inside.

Great Outing At Sentosa

Hi all,

Last Saturday, another unexpected great thing happened to me: I went to my friend's house (his name is Muhammad) to study, but instead, the whole family was going for an outing at Sentosa, and they brought me along! I was dumbstruck by their decision. This was the very first time that a family decided to invite me to their outing, and I was unfamiliar with the situation.

At Sentosa, we went for the LUGE games (it's something like a go-kart, but instead of going round in circuits, you go careening down a hill slope at a very fast speed). The ride was extremely fun, and they mark your hand with their LUGE symbol in case you want to have another go for free throughout the day.

I also went back up the hill using the cable ride, and it was damn scary. The view from the top was scenic, though.

To top it all of, I also went for the 4-D cinema experience at Sentosa. It was quite surreal to see the film come to life before your very eyes.

I Got My Dedication!

Hi all,

Last Friday, I decided to do something really unbelievable-I decided to dedicate a song to the class through the radio. I was expecting the usual-that my dedication would be annouced late in the night when no one would be awake to hear it. It was this type of thinking that got me so shocked at what happened next: DJ Soo decided to air my dedication as the very first dedication! I was awestruck when she annouced my name and my message. This is what I wrote:

Hi Soo, can I request for the song "Blame It On Me" by Akon? I would like this song to go out to all those in class C133 of Temasek Poly who are tudying hard for their final exams! Keep it up guys and gals! :P

Even though she didn't play the song that I requested for (she played "Smack That" by Akon), I was really happy that I was chosen as the very first.

Eunice's Having A Baby Boy! :P

Hi all,

In case you have not heard of it yet, Gina told me that Eunice's going to give birth to a baby boy soon! Ha ha... I just can't wait. I was thinking of going as a group to visit her. We have not made any plans yet, but we sure are going to be there when the baby comes... Life goes on so fast...

Syarafidah's Birthday

Hi all,

I would like to dedicate this entry to my friend Sya-ra-fi-dah, who will be turning 19 today. Hurray! Yay! "We wish you a merry..." er, what I meant was "HAPPY BIRTHDAY FIDAH :P". Make all your wishes come true. :)

French Blunder

Hi all,

Its been a long time since I blogged, and I think now would be a good opportunity to do so. I've recently had the French speaking test and one of the most funniest things in my life happened on that test. As usual, we decided (Hui Yuan and myself) to be one of the very first few so that we could get it done faster and get it over with. The test went pretty well, I guess, judging from how enormous the script was. Halfway through the script, Hui Yuan FORGOT the lines and to me, it was like he was going to have a seizure there and then. We stared at each other and his lower eyelids kept flickering like he was some stroke patient. I REALLY REALLY wanted to laugh my ass off. His ridiculous expression will be etched in my mind forever.

Few more weeks left

Hi all,

I hope you guys have started your revision for the main examinations. Life does go on very fast, hey, before you know it, the semester is almost over. I hope I'll be able to get a good job during the holidays. Will be missing the gang alot durig the holidays too. Things are going to get alot tougher, and I just hope we all will have the strength to carry on.

Life is full of suprises

Hi all,

I've been busy with the school work and stuff, so finding time to blog more is quite hard nowadays. Luckily, as fate would have it, coming to school early does have some benefits (:P namely the spare time to blog). Lately, I've realized weird things have a way of always happening when I'm around. Take into example the story of the cat that I told Gina. If you guys hav not heard of it, here is how the story goes: I went out of my house to buy some stuff at a nearby shop. I decided to take the stairs down and finally reached the ground level. Seeing no one around, I decided to have a full strech to relieve my aches. What I didn't realize was that a cat was walking through. And the BEST part of all was that it stared at my actions like it was a normal human being! You know, the kind of stares you get from a crowd that is curious of your actions. I was shocked. I told Gina and this is what she rationalized: "Singapore cat mah, so do what Singaporeans do la..." :P Maybe she is right, but one thing's for sure: this is quite bizzare and funny at the same time.

Great Feeling

Hi all,

I just want to say that I really feel lucky to be alive. I think I have everything - great friends, a loving and supporting family, good grades and enough finances to support myself. I really like to thank god for being such a genius! :P Anyway, today is quite relaxed compared to other normal school days. The girls from my class (dubbed by Danny as "The Five Mountain Woman") did not come to school today and strangely enough, the class was quiet today. The main lesson of today was DSAG and to me, it wasn't so tough. Still have not completed it, though. I got to be going soon. Gina's already calling me. Bye! :P

Bright New Day

Hi all,

I really started to make some major changes on my blog. Hope you guys like the new scene! :P Today a bright new day for me. I feel relaxed and quite ready to take the challenges of the world again. It seems like all the pain from the sickness has gone. Hurray! Now it brings me to talk about the last project due: CSAD... I hope I can do it fast and give in my best.

The Aftermath

Hi all,

Finally, the bulk of the projects are done. There is only CSAD left to settle and the DBSY lab test to content with. Finally, after a very long time, we get to have a rest. I feel so relieved. The class mood has also changed. It feels like a shroud of despair has lifted from my class and they are becoming more relaxed. They still worry though. The main exams are coming and they are preparing for one last epic battle (I feel like I'm writing some sort of novel :P) I sincerey hope that everything turns out for the best.

Very very weird dream

Hi all,

I'll like to tell you guys a very interesting thing that happened to me. It happened while I was sleeping, I think. I dreamt that I was a police officer chasing some bad guys (who would have thought? Dreams seriously are weird! :P) and I wanted to go to the toilet to do my business. Half-way through my semi-conscious state, I realized that I was really in the toilet! I must have sleep-walked and really went to the toilet to do my business. I was so amazed that I splashed some water on my face to make sure that I wasn't dreaming. Funny eh? :P Now I realize how sleepwalkers feel. They don't realize that they are moving until they are awaked. I'm also abit frightened by the thought. Did I really sleepwalk? What if one day, I sleep-walked my way out of my own house? It sends shivers down my spine just thinking about it.

Damn Sick! :(

Hi all,

On last Saturday, I caught a terrible fever. I couldn't even walk! It was so agonizing that I was mumbling or groaning in pain most of the time... What bad timing to get sick. We had to hand in a handful of projects which I really couldn't concentrate on... I'll think my team would be very lucky if we get Bs... I hope I'll recover soon... I don't easily fall sick, but when I do, it'll be for a long time before I can get well again. I'll like to thank the gang (Gina, Chin Leong, Syarafidah, Ee Peng) for taking time to know how I'm doing and help me along... Thanks guys! :P I'll also like to thank my OOAD group (Danny, Bernard, June) for helping me through OOAD.

This one's for you Chin Leong...

Nice one Chin Leong? Your very own bus service! :P

Smile MRT :P

Nice Picture? Found this while on my way home some time ago..... :P

Cheer Up Guys :P

Hi all,

I guess I notice something quite funny about my class. When assignments are abound, they get very stressed easily and come to the class with muderous looks on their faces. Relax guys, it's ok... you guys will get to finish it in the end, I'm very sure. I guess it all boils down to time management... Ah, the word rings a familiar bell to all of us. I've given up procrastinating. Now whenever there's an assignment, you can be sure that i'll be one of the very first guys to work on it. :P I just hope that the class can cheer up. It's going to be one of the very last times we get to be together, considering the split we all will be facing in semester 2. Heed my advice: Do the most difficult task first(the ones that will kill you if you don't finish them early). Try to be optimistic and stay happy. Hard to stay happy? Well, I beg to differ. Think about this: If you can be saddened by the slightest of things? Why can't you be happy by the slightest of things? :P

Need Help...

Hi all,

Argh.... Danny and Bernard decided not to come to CMSK today.... Argh... I think I'll have to present all by my lonesome :P.. Ok Ok, enough about that. French today was suprising good, comparing to the fact that we had to hand in a power point presentation. Sociology was not so bad too, and I'm very glad to announce that I got FULL MARKS for the first two sections! (Yay! yay! :P). I'm going to get Phyo to help me improve my blog... Can't wait to add in alot of stuff..

Going to the overdrive

Hi all,

I'm going to try to upgrade my blog to the max today. There's going to be all the fun stuff such as pictures and tag boxes - you name it, I'll try to have it... So, watch out for the improvements! :P

Just Realized This

Why does my blog say I made the postings in the afternoon? Its the reverse! It should be in the morning right now! Time Lag? Can someone help me with this?

Silly mistake

Oh ya... Forgot to tell you guys... I wanted to post on my blog but I commented on it instead.... :P

First Entry

Hi all!

Damn.... I can't believe it..... my first entry.... makes me want to cry... feeling so sentimental right now... Nah, I 'aint that sentimental! :P So what's up world! How are you all feeling today? Fine I hope.... Cause for me, I feel great today. The eloquence of nature in the gentle form of air breathes towards me with its gentle carassing and the fragrance of free world engulfs me.... Damn... Ok ok... That's too "chim" for everyday writing just to tell readers that the weather is very windy today and the wind is blowing towards me... :P

Got word yesterday from the "GREAT" one... A.k.a Phyo... The DBSY assignment due date is EXTENDED to next tuesday 31 July! Yay! What a relieve.... More time to work on it... Hope the others see this... Ok you all... Time for me to chill.... Buaix!!! :P

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