PUT IT IN BLACK AND WHITE.

Finally

2009-04-10T12:42:00.003+08:00

1. Long time no blog
You seeeeeeeee, the price of education is high. :/

2. This draft has been around for about 4 months and not yet published.

I've been very busy in the past few weeks, or say, one month. I haven't been blogging since 3 March instead!

Basically, school work (academically) is really piling up and speeding up so much so that everyone comes to College half dead. Really, half dead. Many deadlines were given and I finally learnt how does it feel to rush to meet the deadline, cross the deadline, or be just on the dot. Of course, the feeling of the third one is the best. Haha.

So, in a short 2 months in NYJC, let's see what we've covered.

H2 Physics: 3 chapters

H2 Chem: 4th chapter ongoing

H2 Maths: 5 chapters

H2 Econs: 3rd chapter ongoing

H1 CL: 3 chapters

H1 PW: Finished one PI

H1 GP: The least intensive one, but with a not-so-patient teacher

Basically, all I could think about everyday is how to equate the net torque of quantity demanded for sodium chloride to the sum to infinity of the series.

Alright, and of course there was more than this.

Becoming an elect of the Student Council hasn't been very easy, I admit. Although I think it was supposed to be quite easy for me it turned out not to be so. Firstly, there was military style training pre-camp and during Council Camp in March holidays (20th-22nd March). Alright, for me that part was easy but we were really mentally stretched during camp. And it turned out at the end of camp we haven't done a single homework, lost our voices, even got fatigued and for me I fell slightly sick, but more importantly, we forged good relationships and camaradaie which will be very much useful in our Council journey. Then when school reopens we were having campaign and voting. I was the second to put a a poster at 6pm on Thursday 26/03. But I think my skills weren't very good in this area. Hmm. My posters flew all over the place.

-End of draft-

2. More College life
The education system has not been very nice to us. How about this. An average of 9 to 10 chapters per subject in like just, 18 weeks. And they're large chapters. Not those small small one with just a few pointers.

PW too. Haha I personally feel that I'm rather good and efficient in PW :D But it is taxing, as everyone understands. 4am nights are not favourable, but necessary, seriously.

It's all time management.

3. Mid Year Exams 2009
I must say I did rather decently, but I'm not happy!
Despite a BCDE/BD grades (after moderation) and 58 ranking points, I feel that I still could have done better, in everything. Try harder for Promos!

4. From NYJCian to Councillor.
Council Camp was rather fruitful, it was a different kind of regimented camp. Followed by nomination and without much difficulty I got elected, but fought rather hard for publicity.

After much hard work as elects, we're finally invested. As a Councillor, duites and responsibilities await, I know. And and, LEADERSHIP.

There an infinite number of things to say about, it's pointless trying to post everything.

5. Ultra Commitment
You see, I'm someone with a 1001 degree commitment levels.
(i) 4H2 Student
(ii) PW Group Leader
(iii) Student Councillor
(iv) Cadet Officer
(v) Peer Tutor
(vi) Coordinating 4H class outing
(vii) And many networks to maintain

2 weeks and counting

2009-03-03T23:46:00.000+08:00

I removed part of the previous post, there's some information that I overlooked there =))
Main point is, people outside are trying hard to make ends meet, we are trying equally hard to make clock hands meet!
It has been a tough 2 weeks but 0919 managed to stick through it :) the pressure is now really coming! Quite eventful week, we love the planks and PE lessons. And Econs lectures and Chem practicals. Maths and Physics tutorials. PW and GP. And also the Chinese lessons. Everything, now, seems to fall perfectly in place with some imperfections here and there, but they're inevitable. Despite great fatigue I think we're getting the best out of JC? Still, managed to have lots of fun as a class, have lunch together but obviously not that frequent for dinner. We're all rushing for time. Btw, I decided to run for Council, everyone's joining some CCAs and we'll get even busier. Time is to be managed. 24 hours a day is always enough, with proper allocation of how much time to what activity.
And, that's for now. Post more later.

The stress and fatigue

2009-02-16T21:10:00.006+08:00

Hmm. I'm (I think all of us) really starting to feel the stress of homework.
The first official study day and we have Chem, Maths and Phy tutorial homeworks.
PW looks very demanding.
Chem and Phy still appear humane.
Chinese sounds relaxed but serious.
GP requires discipline (really a lot of it).
Physics SPA looks exactly the same like O Level.
And lectures after lectures are tiring.
Maybe we still havent got used to it.
My stressful timetable:
www.nanyangjc.org/apps/timetable/09J1/0919.pdf
Oh, and speaking of them, we should count ourselves lucky that there's not much tension with 0918/0922 in the LT after 9 hours worth of lessons and lectures today.
Today's a long day, tomorrow will be about the same.
Okay, and that's about it.
And I'm off the scrape up the remaining tutorials. :)

Study=fail

2009-02-14T09:48:00.000+08:00

Long long long long long time since I previously posted! Many events happened within this period of time. Wait, before I start, it's gonna be a long long long post. as long as how long I didn't post, goodness it's LONG!

Okay, we go in chronological order, okay?

Start from December.

First half of December, I was still in HQ NCC 56th Cadet Officers Course. Okay, fun and enriching course lah. I got a Course birthday surprise on 11th (my birthday of course). Yay! Haha thanks to the instructors. The course still ended on a high with our POP on 12th, we all got our Probation Ranks! Also abit emotional on POP Day lah, we, Syndicate 1 were going to part. Luckily no one cried. Haha. On another note, Central District was reshuffled. New DC, new TCO, new DS. Only person unchanged is CSO. Okay, DC discharged all 53rd and above on 13th. Okay now put aside HQ matters first.

After Central briefing on the morning of 13th, I went off to Macau straight. Straight means straight. Once I book out from AQC the next hour I was at Changi Airport.

Okay finally reached Macau once again. Yes, once again. Fyfi I'm now a Macau PR. Muahahaha. So basically in Macau just slacked the whole day and day by day. Then we decided to shift house. So we went to see a 35th floor unit at La Cite (just opposite our current La Baie Du Noble) but did not manage to move due to the insincerity of the owner. So in the end we moved on 27th to a 42nd floor unit. Yes, 42nd floor. Cool right? Haha. Though, this year's christmas was all about packing.

After that all we returned to Singapore on 30th Dec. The house (in SG) was under painting mode, till 4th Jan. So basically my liberty came only from 5th Jan onwards. It's a hectic but fruitful schedule:

5th: School training
Yeah, erm I was satisfied with the mock attack.

6th: Nothing (lol, styaed home)

7th: Orientation
Well done, we recruited 64 Sec Ones on preliminary.

8th: Hmm. Nothing much again, I packed up my room.

9th: I went HQ in the early afternoon, lol, to clarify BUC. Then in the evening, my mother's birthday surprise. Happy birthday Mom!

10th: Sent off my brother to NZ for Ex Thunder Warrior.

11th: Was a same, boring day at home besides I got my haircut! Lol.
Oh and yeah, my granduncle passed away, just past midnight.

12th: Results Day!!

Hmm. I basically screwed up my humanities and sciences to get L1R5 of 11 points (raw). And the most shocking part was, Chemistry was not used for my L1R5, when I have been quite constantly doing well in Chem in school! And btw, Idontlikethatcarolintanface.

13th: There was a school training so I went, after accompanying Faisal to ACJC open House which I was not even impressed at all.

14th: Trainfire at HQ NCC
No I didnt go for trainfire to release my emotions. Actually KaiLin called me at 2250 and asked me to replace Jeremy. So I went, since I havent been to any HQ event.
And basically the cadet's attitude SUCK, cadets from HIHS and Greendale Sec (although HIHS Specs were good assistants). There was also an armoury screw-up. But heard from Hezwan that my cadets were disciplined and responsive. Thanks for the praise anyway!

15th: The funeral for my granduncle. Coincidentally, it was also my aunt's birthday.

16th: Stayed at home and later got a new bed (with my mum) for my grandfather

17th: Hmm. And so I went with The Black Parade (Sundram, Cooberan, Faisal) to Yishun to watch Ai Villu, the tamil movie (according to them, a blockbuster featuring quite a number of stars).

18th was the normal sunday routine (NSR). Hahaha

And basically I'm going to skip till 30th Jan.
CNY was very much the same as previous years, boring visits and never-ending card games. Angpaos total was okay, I think.

And on the bright bright morning of 30th Jan, I checked my phone and saw Nanyang JC. At first I didnt like the posting. But throughout the weekend (some CNY party and relaxation with a stayover), I think I dissolved that thinking and brought an open mind to NYJC on 2 Feb.

According to Faisal I'm in OG33. So I checked the board again and yeah, I'm in 33. I reached school at 8am but assembly actually satrt at 8.30. So I walked arounf the campus and almost got lost. Then met up with the GESS people and proceeded to the hall. There are about 15-20 people from GESS in NYJC.
And on the very first day I got to know Chan Hong from Deyi Sec. He scored 10 points, triple science. Wow. Hmm, like I say, I screwwed up my humanities. If not I would have landed in SAJC or even AJC.

And my subject combination posted is Physics, Chemistry, Econs, Maths all at H2 Level.
And my class is 0919 or OG AlexFive.

After a week of academic orientation was CT Orientation this week. The theme was 'Madagascar', in case you wonder why is there Alex. Basically the most hated 'tribe' was Melman.
Enjoyed four days of games and mass dance, Sentosa 'escape', games and mass dance again followed by CCA Bazaar and finally wet games, mass dance, cheering competition and a Disco Night!

Okay. Now time for reflection.
0919 formed closed bonds and really made the best out of orientation. Although we may not be very good at cheering and games, the ultimate aim of orientation is to bond the class together right? At least we have a few insider jokes that no one else knows, and thats good, I think. And we have every lunch together and from Day 2, even dinner. I dont think many classes do that. Although we dont have a class tee unlike 0913 (they are just rich kids). The bonds can never be broken, but shirt can always be torn. Hmm. Okay. I think that's it.

And yesterday was GP Day. Some boring Get Ed seminars followed by an intra school talk on how to use the GC. And my angel havent written to me!

Oh yes! And happy Valentines Day! Today, btw, is also the second annivesary of this blog. Muahahaha.

Okay, thats all for now.

56th

2008-11-27T18:52:00.003+08:00

I've been MIA for long. Right. I went to the 56th Cadet Officer's Course by HQ NCC. Haha. After I pass out I'll have thess bars below to screw people upside down. A bit of 'no life' seriously. Have to book in and book out everyday (good, I dont really prefer stay-in). But have to wake up early and may reach home late (but besides Monday dismissal times were mouth-watering). Nonetheless, we have all completed 28.57% of the course (counting by training days). So far, I would say this course isn't bad at all. Discipline is alright and I've somewhat bonded with my platoonmates already. Dont even have time to rest, so, have to go now.

Probation Cadet Lieutenant Rank Insignia

Did you vote?

2008-11-06T10:19:00.007+08:00

At last, the grand, majestic, reputable Great O is coming to an end. Some mixed feelings, I feel sad for my textbooks and worksheets. Lol. Anyway, left with 2 papers only. Two more hours worth of this trivial and pointless academic assessment system.

Faces of Barack Obama appeared in all headlines across the world yesterday afternoon, as the Democrat Presidential Nominee successfully made his way to White House, taking over Republican George W Bush, at the same time becoming the first black president of the states. "Change has come to America". So hopefully, this would stabilize the world's economy and everything else. Despite I despise USA, I cannot deny that they have great influence. Obama's first challenge is to clear up the mess Bush left behind.

And by organizing the class chalet, I'm getting more efficient by the day. Lol. Being a bit of thick skinned here, but can't help. Haha.

Went to Allcare yesterday to relax ahead of my studying today (but till now I have yet to start on anything). Managed to download the FLV converter, thanks to Vinc, and finally cut the last track. But till now I have yet to start on anything.

Liberty is dignity

2008-11-01T23:15:00.004+08:00

12 more days, to 12 days of freedom, as of today.
Some final countdowns:
(2 days) SS Paper
(12 days) Last O Level Paper
(15 days) Grace's wedding :)
(17 days) Grad Nite
(21 days) Allcare Grad
(24 days) CDO Course!
Today was Allcare spring cleaning. Woke up early, and worked whole day. Free labour. Some jobs included wiping the floor, carrying tables and chairs, clearing backyard plants and washing the exterior. Was fatigued. Nonetheless, had dinner later with all.
Gonna get haircut tomorrow.
SS is in 2 days. I'm really very tired. Kind of lost motivation for O Level too. Can tell from the way I blog.
I dont think have anything else to say, temporarily, till my mood is better someday later :) That was a forced smile.

Half gone

2008-10-28T10:02:00.003+08:00

Somehow, we managed to hang through for HALF of the Big O. O for Oreo, but after O Level.
Seven papers are DOWN and over with, indicating the total completion of Secondary School English and AMaths. Very quickly we'll have them ALL over and yeah! Well, I think these few days are my quite stress free besides the stress of keeping to schedule, which I really fail.
And now, may I cordially invite you, the reader, to my wedding ceremony with my 8th fiancee, Ms. Two Phy on Wednesday. Then it'll be Ms Two EMaths on Thursday. Actually after Thursday I'd have divorced with the sisters of the EMaths family. So actually, Thursday don't need to be too formal.

The cost of education

2008-10-13T19:53:00.000+08:00

I shall not post about my life because I'm mindblocked. But

Have you ever wondered, how much did your secondary education cost?
Let me break it down.
Transport: $0.90 per day (4 years, 200 days/year)=$720
Pocket money: $25 per week (4 years, 40 weeks/year)=$4000
School fees: $13 per month (48 months)=$624
Stationery and textbooks: $250 per year=$1000
Camps and courses=$1000
CCA Participation=$100
Computer=$1000
Go out with friends and crap=$750

TOTAL=$9194. rough estimate about $10k should be fair.

And how much does this investment yield?

Total investment: $10,000

ROE: More than 8093127430127491748471209471049127%

Dividends: Unlimited at less than 0.01 sec

Earnings: Priceless

Investment Gain: Values, Friendship, Improved thinking, Maturity, Intellect, Social skills, Emotional learning.

Slack some more...

2008-10-07T18:42:00.000+08:00

So everyone is slowly reporting to Gen. Study for battle duty, against the mighty enemy called O. I'm not excluded, being an important officer in the regiment. No lah. Joking. Actually my only aim is my 8 points and that we will beat 4I in average L1R5 and MSG of the subjects we won them in Prelim. Simply, bring our Prelim glory over to O Levels.

I think in this crucial period I'm the only one out here posting crap, true? I devised a very 'nice' workplan that made me do practice papers average of 6 hours a day. Efficient? I can only say, I'm already 6 hours behind schedule, which is one day. Who could spare me 24 hours, I'll pay them $700 billion in return. Self service, you'll have to take all the cash from Henry Paulson yourself.

So actually have been studying quite well but not overcoming my complacency, I think? Occasional study sessions with Vin, Kz, and Zj are productive though. I think one of the most productive lah. I decided not to practice EL and CL Ppr one as I read them everyday. I think I wanna go JC now, not poly anymore. Also up for me after O's are a chain of fun events like my cousin's wedding, Allcare Grad then GESS Grad Nite followed by my much awaited CDO Course that made me wait for 4 years. I'm gonna come back to GESS with bars! Lol. Anyway, I feel it is good to continue contributing to the Corps.

Can go view the Chinese version if you want. I may be multi-lingual, but I don't know how to write Malay nor Tamil (I know some தமிழ், but they are too basic to compose a post).

I'm gonna cut down my time on the keyboard cos I'd have spend more time on paper and books.

ROD on 13 Oct, next Monday. I'm gonna miss my paper, pen, documents and attendance records. Nevertheless, they're all engraved in my hard disc in the form of .xls and .doc. I'll be elated to complete my final duty-a mediocre giving out photos on Monday.

***Lt. KKL, Control. Resume duty at 7pm. Over.***

***(Unwillingly) Roger.***

Get my arse off now. Bye.

Deadly blunder

2008-09-30T18:52:00.000+08:00

I witnessed how Felipe Massa grabeed pole position, then dropped to last and finished there due to a stupid mistake by his new visor.
I witnessed how Lewis Hamilton kept quite constant throughout the race.
I witnessed how Kimi Raikonnen clinched third pole and was affected badly by Massa, then bounced back from 16th to 4th, but crashed with just 4 laps to go.
I witnessed how Fernando Alonso won the race as a 'black horse'.
I witnessed how Nico Rosberg made it to his first podium finish.
Not bad an experience, I would say, that the 2008 FIA F1 Championships Singapore race had provided the spectators, no matter live or from the screen.

We were all still suffering from the F1 fever on Monday, lol. Could not break free. Including the teachers too. There was heavy rain after that, and of course, I was not spared and was semi-drenched. Did not accomplish much too. The irony is, September seldom rained and although it rained this few days, it did not rain at all during the 3 F1 race days.

Tuesday is today. Accomplished a little more.

JB Jeyaretnam just passed away at the age of 82. The nation will mourn the death of this flamboyant and iconic former opposition MP.

Memories of the past kept flashing in my mind. From the days I walked to the Lower Delta Rd bus stop with Timo, talked crap with Zhaoyong and went home together with Hu Rui, to the more recent times where I pointed a scissors at Aaron, sweared every 10 seconds in class and got locked up in the classroom, created a din then got caught by VP Mr Auyong. A heartbreak that it is impossible to record all of the pleasant and unpleasant experiences, but nonetheless, they'll all be etched deep in our hearts, I believe, and no one could ever take them away.

What kind of a feeling is that?

2008-09-27T10:09:00.000+08:00

Mixed feelings and thoughts while my heart kind of ached through Graduation Day. I was extremely late for school due to to goddamn weather but nevertheless, we received a great gift from our teachers, which was more meaningful than anything they had put in the graduation pack. Now, at least we are confirmed with three subjects beating 4I: EM, AM, Phy. And another one or two most likely that we have outshined them would be Chinese and Chem. Great great news to hear. It was topped with relaxed lessons by Chan and Mr Ang.

Then after a 0925 recess was Graduation at 1000. We waited long at Level 1, then finally went up to hall. Outside hall was a photo gallery (very small-sized one) showing the past years we've been. I feel, we've really grown, and matured, through the 4 years, just like anyone else said upon our graduation.

We entered the dark hall with candlelight lined along the central aisle. Very euphoric. The ceremony was graced by senior GESSian Png Cheong Ann from ADB. As expected, his speech was very corporate and students all fell asleep. Then was the presentation of graduation packages by FC and BFC. And videos. Ours, I admit, was boring but I stayed the most awake and it was one of most meaningful. I would award the best to 4G which actually some sort stole our original idea. Actually, for the whole occasion, I had a slowly corroding heart beneath putting on a happy smile.

After the ceremony we went back to class when we played our usual. Really, I enjoyed that short session that did not last long at all and after which, I don't know why, everyone went all over. No one besides a few showed up at the canteen for refreshments. I still went to canteen and did not went Tiong. After almost everyone left, the whole feeling was very sad, the canteen looked very cold, I didn't like that feeling. It was really heartbreaking. This feeling is different from my last in-charge training, and will also be very different from ROD on 13 Oct.

The euphony already happened on Wednesday when we played soccer in the rain. Within an eye's blink, we have reached graduation from 2005. 4 years. This period of time wasn't at all long, neither was it short. The irony is that we did not see any change in people around us as we progress in GESS, but instead we would comment, hey, whoever was so different in Sec1 and look now, he/she is now a hunk/babe.

Like 4G's video, 10 years from now, will we still be in touch? Will we still remember these days? Will we still remember all the little happenings in everyday school life? Most importantly, will we still be one class? The answer is difficult, as we go seperate ways after Jan 15 next year.

Lastly, I have to thank at least 150 people who have made my life in GESS a complete piece. Without them, it would never have been the same.

I will stay committed to 4H, stay committed to GESS. The Dragon always lives in me, the Ship I always sail, striving ever Onward. It is a great honour, to have been a student of the greatest school in Singapore, to have been part of the greatest class.

Quotes I want to remember (and maybe live by) on this special day:
1. "Life is a drawing without an eraser"-by mr chan's SL video (a lot of people posted this)
2. "Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened"-taken from Karen's blog
3. "Nothing is constant, the only constant is change"-by Anonymus
4. "No one can ever control the winds, but everyone could adjust the sails"-that's what I have lived by.

Waiting and waiting

2008-09-24T17:10:00.003+08:00

Motorists in CBD affected by F1 roadblocks: nightmare jams in the morning.
That appeared in headlines throughout the island.

So for me too, today was a disappointing day of waiting.

Firstly we waited four long weeks for our PE Lesson and it turned out to rain. Nevertheless, we still got ourselves wet in the rain when it was lighter then had a few floorball matches in hall. The feeling was like...so euphoric.

Then AJ, I don't know why, 'humiliated' Vignesh by commenting on his SBQ in comparison to Timo's. Nvm if he said he did badly for one question, but he compared all four and kept emphasizing one Vig's performance. "I want you to learn!" (with a deep voice)

EL was very slacked, very very slacked plus boring. Mr Niu spent whole lesson going through Letter Writing for Prelim.

Recess, improved my Tamil (learnt quite a number of writing characters) and also, Faisal's Chinese too.

Chemistry threw us another 3 sets of papers and then own work.

Physics, I did Chem throughout.

Then went to Tiong for short lunch and finally now back home to do (revision?). Obviously not now. Maybe two minutes later.

School, as usual, was filled with smiles and laughter all around, with a dash of Maths and Science here and there. Absolute peak of secondary school academic life! (Well, holistic peak already past)

Three blind deers

2008-09-23T18:13:00.000+08:00

Now I don't dare drink milk, eat chocolate or drink milo. All because of Sanlu. The stupid china company go and put melamine [or cyan-uro-tri-amide, C3H6N6 or (CH)3(NH2)3]. Lol. I wonder why they put such idiotic chemcical into the milk. One lesson to be learnt and the concept reinforced: Never buy Chinese products if unsure.

And now at last, the credit crunch is coming to an end with Fed's $700b bill urgently passed. And also, those stupid Singaporeans, I don't understand them. Kiasu and Kiasi like...don't know what. First, AIG not equal AIA. Second, AIA has reserves at MAS. On the other hand, I learnt from Today that Japanese firm Normura bought Lehman Asia for $225m including $50m in goodwill. Now, graphs are finally running up at DJIA and Times Sq.

Nonetheless, I'm still very much bothered by the monotony of my posting and my Prelim results. Still, a little oblivious despite worrying, I had quite an eventful week since last Tuesday (last post).

Firstly Wednesday was a chillout after the last paper. Freedom at last. Wanted to pack up my room but the computer had induced magnetism in me. So, I lazed a whole Wednesday afternoon in front of the screen.

Then on Thursday I went with Sundram, Eugene to celebrate Khai Woon's birthday and after which the latter left and Zaki came. We watched MammaMia, a somewhat quite 'jovial' musical. Hmmm, okay. We got caught for bringing food inside which we claimed only after the show and left quick after Sundram split some drink on Cathay's floor. Lol.

Friday=back to school. Only collected results Physics2 and EMaths1 (which P2 up till today is still not released). And also unofficial tabulating of Chem P1 marks.

Had a somewhat wonderful weekend that started off with half a morning unable to study, then sending my grandpa off, after that met JJ's new car SJJ3867 (like, lol), had lunch at Bendemeer and then study over at his home. I completed merely an AMaths P1 there. Later in the evening it was a great grand >$1k dinner at Hai Tien Lo, PanPac Singapore. With a cake after dinner, perfect for my grandpa's birthday, I think.

Sunday saw me not doing much work too. Wasted at least 4 hours in the market, thanks to my grandma, then another 4 hours for lunch and nap. Basically it corroded off all my effective time for the day.

Monday returned to school with quite an upbeat feeling on results. Scored high for Chinese, worse than target for SS. Once again, school's fun with all the people around me. After school went to JJ's house again to study and same, nothing more than one EMaths paper within 2 hours.

Tuesday 23 September. Today six of seven subjects are finally totally released. First time I passed AMaths in major exam and its not a C grade. Also first time an A1 for Chinese in major exam and A2 for Physics. And yeah, AMaths is subject to moderation, so, jump for joy! Today's my day man. Let me make my results public:
1127: 60.5 (B4)
1162: 75.0 (A1)
4016: full result unknown, likely A1
4038: 61.7 (B4)
5058: 70.3 (A2)
5072: 73.3 (A2)
2192: 61.0 (B4)
L1R4 agg: 10
L1R5 agg: 14

To those who didn't do well: Not boasting or whatever. If you did not get what you expected, don't feel sad, you'll lose half the battle just by doing that. It may be just not your luck this time. After all, it's only some Sch Prelim that doesn't take you anywhere regardless of your results. Work hard, sprint for O's. You're going to make it cos the fact that you're where you are now-you have what it takes. Stay buoyant and optimistic, and you'll see where your attitude, hardwork, and that potential in you will bring you to. All the best!

Now, to those who did very well: Don't be too happy, I'll chase up! Haha lol.

And lastly, I want to screw Mark Zucherberg now because of his Facebook screw-up. What shit site maintanence. Hope to see my apps soon!

Off to continue the race, hang on for the remaining days.

This world is falling apart

2008-09-16T13:40:00.002+08:00

Following Lehman's Chapter 11 and ML's BOA buyover, AIG will be next. All these large firms 'going bust and being taken over' may be more widespread and even affect Europe (actually XL already lead the trend). Are all these true? I'm seriously worried over all these crap by such American financial institutions. We may be facing another recession like 1997 and 1999? And just in time, that would be when we may be going out into the society to start our careers. But Singapore, I think, won't be hit much. Asian economy is now much more independent from USA and Europe compared to then in 1997 and 1999. So let's hope that everything is fine.

Come to think of it, focus on our study now. Today's AMaths Paper 2 would be rated 4.5 stars for difficulty. Neverthelss, target still remains.

Tomorrow will be my last two papers and then up will go my hands and wave-I'll say goodbye to Prelim and at the same time hello to O Level, soon. But wait, it's long before I should get happy, tomorrow is Chem and Phy P1 and the target: a decent 28 or 30 for each. The only way out: [windows button] [U] [U].

This world is falling apart.

2008-09-16T13:38:00.000+08:00

What have the future prepared for us?

2008-09-15T20:05:00.005+08:00

NYMEX Trading Board on 09/09. (Credits Yahoo! News)

I wonder how our beloved Mr Lee Kuan Yew and family will rejoice with Barclays buying over Lehman Brothers but on the other hand have problems deciding on ML, whether to sell to BOA. I think there'll be a great gathering at Oxley Rise. Actually, British travel agency XL also closed its home base operations but continue in neighbours France and Germany. The stupid oil prices cause the economy to fluctuate and meanwhile, 10 large banks prepared $70b for other companies in the world to use 'for emergency'. Human have done bad on themselves, or, ourselves. Nevertheless, one advise: never touch NASDAQ 'LEH' and 'MER'.

On another note, I'm left with 3 Prelim papers: 4038/02, 5058/01 and 5072/01. Chinese was settled today (my least-confident papers for this Prelim). AM1 on Friday was quite simple but not too easy either (contradicting). Nevertheless, hope for A2 with my revamped AMaths since July. I decided to take it easy on Friday, so totally did nothing.

So Saturday went to Grace housewarming. Many, many people man. Got relative from her husband side. Then we slacked all and I only did one Physics MCQ. Then Sunday was better, more things like Chemistry and Chinese were completed, and, probably pushed aside forever unless fault-checking is to be done.

Enough of crap. Back to work with Linear and Lenz Law.

7 years and 1 day ago

2008-09-12T14:57:00.002+08:00

Stay buoyant for survival. You don't, you drown. To death.

2008-09-11T18:31:00.000+08:00

I was bored of AMaths so I decided to post something.

---DYING DAYS TO PRELIM---

04/09: SP Visit (or they call SP Experience). There was a 'great' opening at the auditorium, then went for the Sch of BE choice. Was suprised that Fuk Kin also there. So there were three divisions: DIEPM/DPFM, DARCH/DLA, DCE/DEWT. Tried out activity at DIEPM (sung Shine for S'pore -.-) Then we all built a paper structure at DARCH and Zhonghua Sec people are too creative. China Prof at at Hydraulic Dept was 'entertaining' and play 'Olympic Boat Race' with us.

05/09: Not much study was conducted. Actually wanted to do some Science but still trapped with practices due on Wed.

06/09: My bro passed out from SSC. Hes gonna be ASM. After sending his platoonmates home went home and sleep. Then got my school pants (because I lost one during Teachers Day) and had dinner at Sakura Rest. The phone takers were bad. Still not a lot done.

07/09: (Temporarily lost on memory)

08/09: Start of new term. Slept+slack the whole morning and early afternoon (about 3 hours in total). So not much done in school besides one chapter of SS (Iraq War). Then I was so energetic that I worked through midnight and managed to internalise everything.

---GESS GCE 'O' PRELIM 2008---

Day-in-day-out evaluation:

09/09: EM1 wasn't bad at all. A straight breeze. SS, I think everyone wrote till muscle cramp. I did only one Phy paper and 3 questions from an EM2 paper the whole afternoon, evening and night.

10/09: EM2 was another breeze. Besides that my stomach upset (overslept and no breakfast) caused me to go to toilet which take about 15-20 minutes. But no problem, 2.5hrs for the whole paper. Phy 2 should be okay. A little of difficulty balanced with ease (Section B's a giveaway). After that did some stupid survey (but I always think twice and give my best opinion). Due to fatigue I slept 2.5 hrs in the afternoon which gave me energy till 1230 next day for Geog. I left Chem for the dying minutes.

11/09: Sept 11. Thats why my Geog total score is over 40. And coincidentally enough, I chose the question involving USA. Malar Vizhi Anjappan was talking about HFMD. Oh, so now we're GESS Kindergarten. Then Chem 2. Wasn't hard at all, to me. With the exception of some part questions, I think I can score. Did not expect such ease as setter was the famous Ms Mah. So I came back to do some AMaths and boredom brought me here.

12/09: Despite through these three hard days Prelim still feel quite relaxed. All main double-paper days have passed. What looms ahead is brightness and the call for a small celebration of Prelim over but back to work within 24 hours after that. AM1 tomorrow, so must get fingers of the keyboard NOW. Phew, that took me 30 mins.

தமிழ் Tamil rants Part 2

2008-09-04T18:50:00.003+08:00

முன்னேஅறு வாலிபா முன்னேறு என்றும்
தோடு வான் நொகூ வாய்
டஎவேசெடு தள மிடி எடே கவ நெடில் கொள்ளுங்கள்

பாத்து!

ஒன்பது!

யது!

யாலு!

அற்று!

ஐடு!

நன்கு!

முன்றே!

இறந்து!

ஒன்று!

புகிஎம்!

If only you understand...

2008-09-04T18:44:00.004+08:00

நான் உன்னை காதலே கிரேன்!
பைசல் + ரிட்ழ்வன = hopeless
சுந்தரம் + ஜோஅன்ன = sad story
சூபேரன் + பிரியத் = sweet
விக்னேஷ் + த்திர = i dont know
கிஸ்னா + ரோஸ் = i dont know

Cosmopolitan

2008-09-03T19:16:00.000+08:00

Singapore is a multi-racial and multi-ethnic country. We must understand each other's differences.

No link.

~~Reasons~~ Excuses for not being able to study:
1. The room is clogged up with the CFC or Polysterene smell
2. A fly flew in for 4 times within 5 minutes in the afternoon even after I closed the window
3. Noise from renovations behind my house and cars passing the main road in front
4. Facebook is too addictive, earning virtual $$$
5. Fatigue

Basically there wasn't much mood for me to study. But I can't wait for Prelims to arrive, so I could test how prepared for O Levels am I. Maybe L1R5 of 14 for Prelim?

நான் உனை காதலி கிரேன்

2008-09-03T17:00:00.000+08:00

வா கலீ வரெய் புஒய் சுண்டேய் போதுலாம்

Miracles do not happen, they are created.

2008-09-01T02:42:00.001+08:00

I received a set of samples for my unit photo on 21 Aug with no nominal roll for order. Nevertheless, on Thursday itself, I completed 19 orders out of 27 Sec 4/5 cadets and 4 JC Cadet Officers. The following day four more down, with five of the other eight not in the photos.

After the weekend of very exciting Beijing Olympics closing, I returned to what I really regard as my final dip into duty.

I got no information to collect money for them only until 25/08 afternoon and within 35 minutes of recess on 26/08, I settled more than 75% of those who ordered. But until now, I have still $6 floating out there.

Okay, then 27 Aug came the 'okay lah, still can' EL Prelim. Well, about 98.34% of the people (Sec4 Exp of GESS) would say that if you asked them. If you're within the other 1.68%, either I warn you, don't be complacent or I comfort you, well its only a Prelim Exam.

Our class was left with 24 people on Thursday (surprisingly, 12 girls gone and only 4 guys disappearing and three of these four idiots are part of the Black Parade). All teachers were shocked, for example Mr AJ greeted us by "Good morning to what's left of your class". The whole day everyone got no mood to study but just slacked around, play with calculator and draw picture on whiteboard, etc.

Then Friday's teacher's day was a great great blast. I'll give a 7/10 rating for the whole event, but this is how its broken down:
ACES Exercise: 2/2
Teachers Awards: 2/2
Concert: 1/2
Dedications: 2/2
Student Leaders: 0/2
I heard we got 3rd for skipping, amidst alleged cheats from our closest competitors 5B and 4C. Teacher's Awards, fun cheering. After that recess so went around and wished teachers. Then we invented tonnes of bustering songs. Concert, not that satisfying besides botak part. Dedication time was a great time.

After the celebration I planned nicely with my bro to visit our ex-principal now at Greenwood Primary in Admiralty. Unfortunately Bendemeer Sec delayed their damn fucking thing to end at 1315, which left me stranded at Tiong. Luckily, I sent sms-es out and SY was kind enough to come and so lunch not alone.

We decided against revisiting Poi Ching, so I got to Dhoby Ghaut at 1330 and boarded the train for a long 11-station ride to Yishun. Worst of the worst happened. Chongfu was sealed off by security, and we later knew from Mdm Foo that Ms Phua is in NIE for course. We made our way to Greenwood through MRT and managed to reach Greenwood by about 1515. Well, this year it is more eventful than the previous, Mdm Foo is so busy and there is Lower Primary Sports Day going on. There is even one kid whose head was bleeding and Mdm Foo personally attended to him/her. Imagine the principal dressing your wound. How would it feel?

So we caught the Lower Primary Sports from the second race onwards. All was P1, and it reminded me on my P1 times. Flashes of memories surfaced in my mind. Well, of course, P1 was difficult to control and it was chaotic. This became worse when someone's MP3 played through the system suddenly played Spongebob theme song. The whole hall, even competitors, was like cheering and singing as if it was a holy song or whatever. Went home at about 1630. Then sent an email to Mr Chee stating our apologies and wishes.

So Saturday, woke up late, play and can't study at all until we went KFC at Potong Pasir when it started raining within the first hour. Its about 4pm then and had to rush to Toa Payoh at 5 for some relax tuition and study (not me, tuition is an insult to my intellect). Nevertheless, weaving in between shelters and avoiding the rain is more fun than running in it. So reached Blk 143 Toa Payoh at 1645 drenched and shoe-broken (the sole of my right shoe came off). This shoe dates back to two years ago. It was one I scaled my first mountain with and with it, I twisted my right ankle. What a coincedence, its only 50-50. Lol. That was December 06 in Sarawak with GESS NCC for Sec2 Expedition. Back to current, we waited very long outside the door, until the 'master' of my two 'juniors', who got a GO for Reservist IPPT, came at 1815. Study all the way, break for dinner only and no Wii. But I feel quite accomplished too. I have polished my Amaths now very close to gold.

Sunday supposed to be study, study, study but I delayed for 6 hours and nothing much accomplished besides a well-planned holiday schedule. I hope I really can abide closely to my new schedule now. But for everything, just take it easy.

1. Happy Teachers Day
2. Happy Holidays
3. Happy சுத்து (Suthu) Day
4. To Vin and Kz, All the best for Senior Spec.

Now I'll go collect some money on Facebook and make myself something to fill my empty stomach after that. Bye.

The Loyalty Mystery

2008-08-21T16:06:00.005+08:00

I am outright disgusted by "Singaporean" Gao Ning's capitulation to Croatia's Tan Ruiwu (same homeland, should know). I caught the match on TV Mobile and towards the last two points, Gao just simply did not want to play. What fucking attitude is this? And what for Singapore should have such people in Project 0812? Where is the fighting spirit? In my opinion, such useless animals with absolutely no mental proficiency do not deserve a place here, no matter how good they are technically. Now I have had an answer to my previous post title.

And I'm also pissed off by 4F, 4G, and 4I. These few team captains, in envy of our comfort priveliege, finally got the guts to ask us for the bloody controller on 18 Aug. The gist is, we took all the trouble through the systems by having 40 signatures on a letter to Mr Giam, but all they needed was one mouth and seven words to the OM, "Please help us ask Mr Giam. Thanks." This is totally equal to leapfrogging the whole SOP. We were seriously irate over their actions but if Mr Giam complies, we just have to shut up. Its total unfairness, but nothing is fair.

School now can be quite monotonous at times, but the fun within friends get more and more. I think this is the time we really bond together and eventually gel as one. This is what every holistic education should include, but more often than not a very meagre minority fails to agree to it. Maybe to them , there is something more than that.

And most of all, my GESS NCC unit. Well, I think today and tomorrow will be really my final dash of duty as after which we'll all be pulled out and put into the exam hall. I didn't quite had a hard time (not as expected) taking orders for my last unit photo before my stripes and bars climbs onto my shoulder. Nevertheless, my passion, my heart, my life, my soul.

Mercenaries-do they really deliver?

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

I just witnessed Singapore's 3-2 win over South Korea in the Olympics women's table tennis semi-finals. That means that our half-decade battle for an Athenian piece of metal is finally over. But, the irony is, all three ladies in the Singapore team, namely Li Jiawei, Feng Tianwei and Wang Yuegu are previously China nationals. Instead, more than half of the table tennis players in any competition give up their identity as "the Dragon's child" and turn to some white country or something. I would say, Olympic table-tennis could be considered "China Premier League Table Tennis".

Nonetheless, at least the medal belongs to the country, as we continue practising "Govt say this, citizens say K" with our so-called "Democratic" and "Westminister" systems.

Vivas do Brilhantismo

2008-08-15T17:48:00.000+08:00

Could you please ask yourself, have you lived your 10 years of mandatory education fruitfully? I can tell you proudly, I have.

Besides the valuable values learnt, I have a long honour roll. Not boasting, but I've got a whopping ten intra-school awards and one inter-school trophy.

I won my first medal in 1999. It was some Snake Run during sports day and the team was supposed to run around cones. Then, Poi Ching was still in Toa Payoh and shared the field with Pei Chun Public. I was always slow during practices (I was much clumsier when young) but surprisingly, my inspring performance on the actual day drove the team to the 1st spot. Due to my extreme small size, my teammate was able to carry me as part of a celebration. The team was very much elated upon the glory.

My only inter-school glory was the East Zone Volleyball Championships in 2004. The memory may be quite vague, but I still can recall the main parts. In 2003, I was the only P5 then who didnt make it to the school team. The coach rather let my juniors take my place. I worked hard and finally got into the school team in 2004. However, thanks to my vice captain (forgot his name), I was booted from the team after Zonal Competition, and I was also the only school team player who did not step into the court all the way into our National quarters (even the P5 kid who replaced me did get a sub appearance).Well, I was simply considered the worse player then.

Of course, there was no DSA then, so everyone went to study. I acheived quite a disappointing 231 which deriviated quite a lot from my target 250, on 24 November 2004, the day of release of the results. My then-form teacher Ms Phua Ai Lei, OM Mr Chee Ai Leng and then-principal Mdm Foo Mui Chuw were amongst the most anxious for my results. They comforted me on my below-par performance. I remember clearly that Ms Phua still told me about a student who scored an under-average score for PSLE but seven distinctions in O Levels. Four years on and we promised to bring back my O Level report slip. On 22 December 2004, Mr Chee received the pile of posting results from MOE and after the clerks pasted them on the respective report books, Mr Chee took the trouble through 280 books and picked out mine. He was overjoyed when he saw: "4. 3006 GAN ENG SENG" He told my mum that GESS wasnt a bad school too. And indeed, GESS is the greatest school, I think. It is where I will stay committed to.

Just four years ago then, O Level seemed so far-fetched but within the blink of an eye, we are now sitting for it in two months' time. And more heartbreakingly, my glorious, fun, fulfilling and meaningful 10 years of mandatiry education is coming to an end. It was the time of my life, I believe.

On another note, the National Day Parade wasn't great at all, thanks to this year's GOH the dragon scouts. They were of low standard, wanted to do a split-march-in when they can't even have a proper bang and their uniform suck. Seriously, I think the supporting contingents, without white gloves, were much better. Later the day, caught the Beijing Olympics OC which was really grand. China really has ability, I feel. But I still ponder on their people's social quality.

Then the next day was National Day, the real one. Once again, I don't know why SAF picks lousier parade commanders each year. Is it a custom? Nonetheless, Parade SMs still maintained their standards. As usual, concerts and fireworks were nothing interesting. Watched Money No Enough 2 after the parade. Well, quite true, it really portrays the situation in So, in appreciation to our beloved nation,

"The Singapore Song" by Rony Tan. Its red-hot on YouTube now.

These few days, there were quite a chain of events. After National Day there was a day off for us and after we returned back to school it was really full study mode. I got a disappointing A2 plus Dist oral grade for Chinese and maybe I'm the only distinction student retaking? Nevertheless, got through English O Level quite like a breeze, I had something to fall back on, at least. Furthermore, I feel I'm soaring now, after I got two straight Ds for the recent SS and Phy Tests respectively; and scoring quite well in A Maths Practice Papers. Well, Maths, Science and Humanities aren't that difficult. Remove that thought, because O Level is just part and puzzle of life.

Reflections

2008-08-06T20:35:00.001+08:00

i have officially two more chances to wear my full No.3 uniform as a cadet, SSG. i'm quite proud of my acheivements so far in the unit, honestly. Well, i think i worked very hard and contributed quite a lot. Not boasting, but i believe ppl will agree although they may not say it superficially. 3 more months to go and i can return to the unit, which i think i have quite a great sense of attachment to. Surprisingly, i dont find joy in scolding cadets, but planning and organizing, marking attendance and handling supplies seem much more appealing to me. I maybe can make a record the shortest percentage of in-duty time a specialist takes a cadet in the unit's history.

Within the same three months, I'm going to graduate from the school where I spent the most important part of my life. I wonder if my teachers and friends will remember me, and vice-versa. within the wink of an eye, 4 years passed. I completed my 10 years of mandatory education. What's gone is gone, it can only be fond memories which are happy to think of, but breaks your heart when you try to retrieve them.

On another note, revision for O levels should have gone quite well for me so far, i think. CHL and TKT adopt totally different strategies that are poles apart. One pressurizes on the importance of working hard and kicking our engines, while the other takes a relaxed perspective and boosts confidence by marking tests and worksheets very liniently. This is the same for Niu and Zahara, but these two are not that far apart. AJ starts becoming strict accompanied by his "Singapore" roars every morning, Mrs Tan is ever kan-chiong while Mr Ang is the opposite, very relaxed and "at own pace". Ms Tan (陈老师) does put in effort to improve our chinese and broaden our outlook. Well, i think all teachers do care about our results, no matter whether they like us or we hate them, etc crap.

I knew quite a large bunch of fellow GESSians in my 4 yrs of sec sch. but shall talk abt them some time later. mainly there are about 40 from 1h/2h, then another 25 more in 3h/4h, plus 32 from intake 05 (theres left 24 only now), 100 seniors and juniors from gessncc and approx another 30-50 from someplace in the sch, which no one knows how i knew them or they knew me.

Notice i used a lot of 'or's. Simply that's the point. Life is full of unknowns, you never know, now you're still happily schooling and next moment you could be a billionaire or even live in a shanty town. Well, on the least extreme, i never knew my sec sch education could have been that fulfilling. i must say everything is just brought about by fate, what has been pre-arranged for you (though i dont believe in it). but you have the ability to change your fate, its not supernatural. i didnt know in sec1 that in 3yrs a guai-guai boy who attends every trg and goes home at 2pm everyday will become who i am today. It was a very major stepping stone in my life.

GSA Gold elegantly wrapped up my holistic sec sch life. many things i learnt, cant be bought, not inside the books, seriously, i didnt believe this but, its true.

More personally, i dont know what is it. study too much? no mood to study? i'm in mid-water everyday, wanting to study but my mind is divided. i broke a bowl on monday due to carelessness (could it be related?)

now, everything comes to end. even mt laptop runs out of battery, so, adieu for now.

Beware of the turn, cos you'll bang into something straightaway.

2008-07-29T18:49:00.003+08:00

I have been (maybe) too busy these few weeks...
but nevertheless, from 16wks, the countdown dropped to less than 12.
i have/havent really start studying, i dont knw too.

but still, must shout this out.
scouts make a crappy/sucky/shitty/lousy GOH. okay, must say, parade 2ic dickson still not bad(but he surprise me when he say he dont knw the commands, not even kekiri pusing). the contingent sucked. got sec1 marching man. the parade cmdr sucked. cant even pronounce words like bendera (flag) and kawalan kerhormatan dahulu (GOH priortised) properly. shouting the time also shake shoulder.

no offecnce to anyone out thr, but i'm just posting a fact. if you think its exagerrate then so be it. i've got no other comment.

a few days before is cross country. the x-ctry race wasnt bad at all, but i failed to uphold what i wanted. 2008 was my only year in gess tht i did not draw a medal frm the pe dept. so far, i took 6 sports medals in 3yrs. also, with main plyrs like sl falling out of the top 10 (11th) and me out of the top 15 after recovering from a flu (22nd), 4h boys failed to defend the title, and aggregated 112 compared to 5b's 60. nonetheless, 4h girls still afforded to keep their pride while winning the team title once agn. it was a heartbreak for us, seriously.
but, why so serious? so we caught dark knight later which i would rate, 6.5, honestly. i think the meaning behind it isnt quite comparable with some other movies. however, effects and action was great, i must admit.

even before was the two science spa skill 3 assessments. ....i think i shld be able to do well under the intensive training given, by our dearest coaches.

1st july. ncc day was cancelled due to bad weather, an intra-unit parade was held on friday 4th july. well, i think i do feel the same sentiments frm two other units with their parades cancelled too. low turnout for 4th jul parade but i was proud to be loyal to the corps (not dog kay?)

We, the members of the National Cadet Corps,
And the youth of the Republic of Singapore,
Do hereby pledge, to be loyal to the Republic, and the Corps
And to maintain a high standard of discipline, and performance,
So that we may better serve our country

i think i posted this sometime in april too.

well, thr goes all the major events for the past month. life can be quite monotonous nowadays.

Blinded by all these crap.

2008-06-24T00:27:00.000+08:00

a stupid insect just flew onto my screen. i tried to catch it and it flew away.

havent been posting cos i'm freaking hell damn bloody fucking busy these few days, or say this week.

firstly monday was a cd cse and tuesday was just a little revision.

then came wed which was totally wasted by a full day trg. 0730-1700. wasted indeed the WHOLE day. was the last trg for us. (besides nxt tues still having coc ceremony)
aft trg i thought it was relax but came a job thrown to me, and also partially picked up by me. stupid of me eh?

settling nominal roll for part a camp feast didnt take me long into thursday. managed to complete 1 amaths ppr thurs aftnn.

then came friday which was agn gone down cos of cls vid at cobes hse. spent abt 3hrs+ thr. was until abt 4pm alrdy. so i decided to not touch any books or paper that day, and made sure i fully enjoyed and slacked thru the day. indeed, i did. went out later, had dinner and k session. went home not too late though.

saturday morning was a parade rehearsal then home, but didnt complete anyth then out again. went ard helping out relative then to my grandma hse. then went home and wanted to start but too tired frm all these shit. so went to sleep.

sunday, the last day before sch reopen. went to get a haircut and its freaking short now. later today went to my aunts bday but did hw thr. till the end of sunday, i had abt only 65%-70% of hol hw complete.

then came monday which was sch reopen, and blah blah blah all nonsense with disp and police talk in the morning which we have heard for more than 550918782 times. the whole day thru was tiring esp aft recess. then even worse when reached home cos many more things to do. iron uniform, finishing hol hw, etc, etc.made me busy.

tmr's gonna have the combined ug coc ceremony. yeah.

Good ole times

2008-06-17T22:37:00.001+08:00

i forgot to say. pls leave ur name and state your vote if u voted. thks alot.

Yesterday, today, tomorrow. No difference.

2008-06-17T22:26:00.005+08:00

thr are just too many ppl around us tht cannot judge things for themselves.

nvrtheless, despite fatigue had quite a fun day today. went to tiong in morning 9++ for a meeting till 11+ then at 1pm went to sundrams hse do some study. well wasnt quite effective. maybe im more of a lone-worker kind of person. yah, i do agree i dont work well with grps and work much better myself. aft study went some cycling and playing arnd before a light meal then home. wth, sundrams's mum is just so _______. had a light stomache just now but feeling better now.

tmrs having trg. 0730-1700. then will be emaths lesson 1900-2100. still havent complete much of hw since coming back frm china. haiz. maybe bring some into the new term (most probably).

lifes like that. no arguing, no bargaining, no complains, no demands.
life just carries on...

Stress please

2008-06-16T20:53:00.005+08:00

todays so damn tiring.
firstly woke up early and set off to tiong to see only 3/7 cadets. ltr some late, some oversleep, some even cannot go. still nvm, went to wrong cd div. went to tampines (2 div) at first then were told tht wrong place. so call derek tan and he say is at 3 div, yishun. so finally reached thr at 9am (1hr late). well i think thts why my eye keeps twitching. nonetheless, was relieved tht our cadets quite behaved themselves. fire stn canteen food is so cheap! (but not very gd at all). this cd cse is just so superficial.
aft cd cse went back to sch (not supposed to). and had some maths. but only aft few qns left. lol. others needed to do 20+ qns but i just did 3 and left. zz.

okay so returned frm china just ytd.
so set off for hk damn early frm mo. hk airports t2 regulation is damn weird and security are damn strict. was a full flight and thus handcarry luggage was checked in. lol. too many ugly sporeans on the jetstar flt. sg airport security even stop us cos flt was frm hk and we had almost no baggage.
touched down at abt 1500 so went home rested then went beach rd and finally got my ssg rank and lanyard! yay! aft family dinner prepared my no4 and slept quite late.
(now refer back to top)

and btw this was done with someth called tablet technology...so proud of it. hope i can blog everyday with it. lol.

承诺

2008-06-14T01:58:00.000+08:00

my.living.room.in.panorama.camera.

the MOP0.10 coin tht got stuck in the washing machine pump, which spent us HKD330 just for a 5 min check by the technician. lol. (11 jun)

basically these 3 days:

11 jun. i noticed tht i have not much time frm end of hols to complete my work and maybe start on some revision. anwy, didnt achieve much today and wasted abt 4hrs in ttl.

12 jun. also wasted quite some time but nvrtheless, completed more than ever in just this single day. aims set seemed to be acheivable. good dinner at some fogosamba brazilian.

13 jun. everything takes a setback on friday 13. anwy, count myself lucky. noth bad happened. my mum broke 4 plates in a row (well not really continuous but its 4 plates).

[tight schedule below]
14 jun. most probably off to hk for a relax day then back to s'pore.

15 jun. reaching back sg in aftnn.

16 jun. have lesson both morning and aftnn. maybe skip morning, go aftnn. or both. have to accompany 7 cadets go cd cse in hq. haiz. no4 again.

17 jun. same, morning phy, aftnn emaths.

18 jun. lighter day. emaths only.

19 jun. more relaxed, just speech appt and going out.

20 jun. maybe relaxing agn?

21jun-22jun. if the whole wk is so tight, this wkend spells only H.W. for me.

23 jun. term three week one day one. final charge.

sichuan, china. stop saying go szechuan or 四川加油 cos u knw they can make it, and they believe they can make it. dont suspect their strengths and hurt their confidence and pride. lol.

Lost

2008-06-10T23:40:00.001+08:00

okay so abt 3hrs was wasted today, by me.
but still can complete a little bit of hw. so, still alright.
lets see...spent abt 3 effective hrs but only completed 2hrs worth of work.
what else can be done?
off to accomplish more now.

Never in life.

2008-06-10T01:48:00.000+08:00

finally i find some productive work days (in macau now).
7th and 8th was more or less wasted due to long transit day on 7th, and relaxed day on 8th.
nvrtheless, 9th was quite usefully utilised. though didnt complete much work.

7th june. aft a long flight frm sg arriving hk at 1020, we were delayed till 1200 and it was abt 1245 when we reach shun tak ctr. had quick lunch at genki then decided against going to peak. so headed back to macao. aft dinner went some "sightseeing" around cotai strip. wth, they build things fast! just 3 mths and cod is more than half complete. hmm nvm.

8th june. was a more relaxed day when i basically wasted it by sleep and tv.

9th june, the day tht just passed, was better. something was accomplished (at least) and cleaned up the house.

now. 0150hrs and i cant sleep. explains why im here.

Cry over split milk and waste more of your time.

2008-06-06T11:06:00.003+08:00

06/06
the repeated-six.

so damn lazy.
didnt complete much of homework so far.
maybe need to rush later.

amaths extra lesson+ss lessons too. light day for thurs.
trg was cancelled, only 3 turned up!

and being able to solve some amaths qns, put me at e top of the world!
haha anwy, still need focus on amaths and humans this hol.

suddenly felt tht noth much was covered aft mye, besides chem.
spent abit too much time crying over split milk, like my title suggest.

so this may be my last sg post cos leaving for mo tmr morning.
dont call. msn is much better and its free!

pictures, maybe sometime else. when got the time and energy.
maybe post them as "Pictures for 1Q and 2Q 2008".
upon publishing of post, i'll cost a lag in all comps tht click
http://www.howweusedtobe.blogspot.com haha.

one more thing.
beware when clicking these few domains: .hk .cn .info
can cause harm!

What can pay up for it?

2008-06-04T12:02:00.003+08:00

~~leaving may be the best solution.~~

~~ahh intake 05, esp csm+part c ncos, very sry for the mistake. feeling very bad n dont knw what to do now... sorry...~~

okay so todays a study day. managed to complete almost one ppr so far. good man!

Still stagnant

2008-06-03T23:49:00.002+08:00

http://www.facebook.com/
im addicted!!

still cant move my hand from the laptop to the pen. past few days, has been disappointing. three days past since i "promise" myself to work hard. nvrtheless, i had much excuses for myself. 1st jun is sunday, so relax. 2nd jun got el seminar, so can forget abt hw cos half the day is gone (hey man, still got morning and night!) 3rd june had trg so got reason to relax.

... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...

wake up!
all are just excuses okay. tmr NO MATTER WHAT must at least start some serious study.

seriously have to slap myself alrdy.

1st june was a normal, happy, relaxed sunday.

2nd june we had a stu el seminar at one marina blvd. erm the lecturers were damn boring and some things they say we alrdy knw. many ppl even fell asleep (incl me) during the talk. nvrtheless, i think quite beneficial if u really listen to what they say and take down notes (obviously many of us didnt).

3rd june had some light trg session in morning (well i dont knw whats becoming of this unit man)disp was at its lowest (but fortunately still not the worst). all trg staff (csm, 3ps) were in viet and so i took over. of cse not many ppl turn up (first thing), and no main objective was to be met (part b: they have plans, part c: spec cse alrdy over). ohhya speaking of spec cse. was a damn heartbreaking one. only ONE 2sg! lets take a look at previous intakes:
03: only two 3sg or somewhr thr.
04: half/half? not sure too.
05: four 2sg.
06: one 2sg. one even failed.
07: ??
08: can you imagine?

well dont wish talk anymore abt it. maybe i'll bring it up some 182094160941 years later.

Time flies...

2008-05-31T23:13:00.004+08:00

alright so today was a very slack slack day. wake up late, started the comp within 0.02 secs aft i woke up and in less than 0.05 sec i was online alrdy and within 0.08 secs later i accessed my facebook acct. wow, thts fast. then went out have some lan session and relax at grandma hse. watched some tv show like talking abt sporeans o'seas, this time in: deh, indiaaaaaa na. (indiana?). okay okay, that brings me here. basically nvr really acheived anyth gd today.

promise myself this is the last time. no more alrdy. really need to study, no more of such relaxation days anymore. anwy, its just 4 mths. "boyyy, you betterrrr no morrrrree allllll sllllack sllllack alllllll ahhhh, i tellllllllll you!"

ahh o level really round the cnr man. must start prep alrdy. hopefully i can start tmr, maybe? hope so. must have motivation. no movt=no stdy=no rslt. lol.

and in less than 1hr will be china chn's day. hopefully those chn in sichuan, wenchuan, beichuan, and all other chuan (what abt lorong chuan) will have a decent chn's day. at the same time, a minute of silence for those innocent chn who died...

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okay enough.
too quiet here. ehh, its chn's day leh. be happy leh, make some noise man!
well self-contradictory.

erm thts abt it, end of post, end of may 08.

may 08 overview
1st: labour day
2nd: hmmm...
5th-12th: mye
15th: return to sch
23rd: gess carnival
26th: cl o lvl
30th: gessncc went to viet.

Finally

2008-05-31T08:52:00.004+08:00

i love posting in bulk =)
cant be helped with a dead blog cos was busy with mye.
so, past 1mth was...

1st thing. my father, resigned from mgm grand paradise limited as director of facilities management on 11 apr officially and will join melco crown entertainment on 19 may as vp engineering for city of dreams. basically, that means jump ship.

ok lets talk abt the eldds performance. 19/04
well, was not bad, or i must say wonderful. that play made me knw how to appreciate arts. lol. but still, was really a gd one.

the rest of apr was still quite alright. mye ppr one on 25th. how?

may 2008
major thing: mye08. our 2nd last sch-based exam. okay, got quite some preparation. overall, still got problem in amaths only.

fri 09/05
lol vincent got inj. bleeding under his fingernail cause it was snapped by minibus door. ouch! we went to nuh for treatment and lolz was sent to childrens a&e. wtf! anwy, saddest thing is he cant pon sch tho 3days mc (fri, sat, sun). poor thing man. get well soon bro!

12/05 after the last ppr finally felt some relaxation and like load was off our backs, temporarily. well, enjoyed a 13th @ amk hub and 14th @ cathay orchard.

15may. returning to sch was a grrrrrrrrrreat stress frm our mere 2 day hols. the results were not very satisfying though. mye08 sucks! the cls morale for the whole wk was down as mr ben tan started off organic chem. eh, isnt that dry rite? methanol, ethane, propene...O=C-H-OH-C-H. lol.

and while the countdown for o lvl resumes, we notice that there is only a mere 2wks frm our mt o lvl (screw those hmt noobs who took their mt o last yr). preparation got into full charge, chinese words, chinese letters, chinese speaking, chinese songs, chinese books, chinese everything... wait! are we going for the olympics or the o levels on 26th?

gess carnival on 23rd may friday. well sundram & co.'s band won the 2nd in the "live your dream" comp. lol, abit defeat the purpose, 99.9% of the audience is students ourselves, so what for hold it during the carnival? anwy, could quite feel the mood during carnival lah. didnt really joined in (sry any yr 1,2,3) cos seriously didnt had the mood. brain-rush by cl o lvl.

26th was the cl o lvl. well, quite alrite, wasnt too hard rite? but wasnt too easy too. gd thing i didnt underestinate it. A1? A2? nvr settle for anyth less than tht. i aim at 1 (not being ego, but cl is one subj tht shld be able to score) so dont waste it. aft o lvl i promised myself to slack the whole day =) and i did. noth much really acheived.

after o lvl was into the proper hols. but ask any student. holiday? nope, i think its just a time when sch hrs are more flexible, lessons are more relaxed, reporting time is later, lesson durations are shorter and sch rules are loser. besides tht, no holiday is the proper fact. dont believe? visit the websites of st, lianhe, xinmin, mypaper, today, berita harian n sg tamil daily. all say the same thing-holidays are squashed, parents are questioning. kaypoh parents man. want chn do well and dont let chn go back sch. u ownself got tcher's degree meh? chn stay at home can get A1A2 ah? slowly dream! singapore parents, its time to wake up! pls be more aware of what are you doing all day. questioning the principal, marching into the sch, scolding your child just because they got 99mks, and say you scold them cos u love them. crap man, singaporean parents! wake up lah! luckily i do not have such parents. or else life is hell for me man!
well, under sg education system, noone can escape. incl me. 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 2, 5, 16, 17, 18 is blockbooked esp for me.

first on 27th an ortg trg in the morning for part b. hey, first prp day of hol hor. less than 24hr after my cl ppr u call me go join in trg? nvm, quite fun man. stupid china driver, dont even knw how to go botanic gdns. end up me leading him. come on man, whose the driver? anwy had quite a fun day at botanic gdn. ortg clues were sooooo difficult to find that had to call ps/aps every checkpt. nvrtheless, quite proud tht my grp finish with 5 checkpts out of 10. take note, the checkpt area is damnnnn big. one symphony stage, find one small paper.

viet prep (thts when i started) then amaths lesson aft tht. amaths quite productive, and quite proud of myself tht i can do ALL qns w/o prob. *yay!!*

28th is a phy day. were late and lol.......well jack on the face. not me, but chl. haha someth is damn obvious, cant you tell, thruout the bloody 3hrs those ard me shld have noticed someth. ask me for details. well, when got the wksht just felt like tearing it. still say what... hand in by 6 jun, im not gg to. you blooooooooody dog.

29th was a more relaxed day but still, viet preps. went out at 0930 and only returned home at 1830. went to mustafa to get the things. by surprise, got everything thr and need not go to bras basah. and by chance, i saw a few cheaper items when gg past a small bkshop in the evening. wtf, nvm. its alrite. whats bought has been bought. lol. figures and prices shall be kept confidential =) well, overall 9hrs for 25 hrs of cip. i think worth it lah, okay, so, ppl in sg, dont complain so much cos consider yourself better than those viet kids frm the war suffering orange sickness, down syndrome, etc etc.....why does this sound so like tour guide? oh no, i dont wanna be old and long winded. kiss. everything.

30th wasnt still very relaxing. woke up with viet in mind. went for a not-so-productive amaths lesson (cos with bp, maybe u guys, esp trafford and rice, haha lol. nvm) my fault maybe. keep talking. cant concentrate. a small little viet talk in the evning ltr. my bro returned frm spec cse and merely got a 3sg to my surprise. nvrtheless, still believe tht he can go for ssc. all the best man!

the whole wk was helping in the vietnam thingy tho i not gg. feel so good rendering some assistance :) but my fellow ncos say they quite sad for me :( aww... what some of them said: (may not be accurate, heard by accident only, cant rmb who say too)
one said: "kangliang do so much thing as if he really gg viet"
another: "eh i go i also do noth, u nvr go u do so much for what"
lol. feel a lil emo now....nah, just kidding. my pleasure to contribute. knw tht thr were quite a no of hiccups by my leadership :( sry guys.... anwy, tieng viet! bon voyage ppl!

photos upload sometime later. will be uploading tgt for whole of 1Q/2Q of 2008.

2008-05-12T03:00:00.002+08:00

"爱一个字需要及时只差一秒心声都已变历史..."

long time nvr blog alrdy...cos busy with mye. and i dont knw wtf am i doing here, well, i just cant sleep. maybe mugging too late wont help. actually wanted a second round of studying but didnt feel like it. tmr's gonna be the last paper for mye. blg abt other things after mye.

o level 1162 CL is just two weeks=14 days=336hrs away. horrifying.

2nd may. another date to be written in my life.

2008-04-16T18:53:00.005+08:00

has been 2 days since i last posted...

XXX

tuesday 15 apr. had an as-usual day at sch. then trg.

it was the 23rd trg of yr 2008. and i had my efforts paid off.

part c cadets were clearer (i think) abt spec cse knowledge.

however though i successfully conducted my first lesson thru visualizer,

it was not quite on schedule.

test had to be postponed and chpt 4 of notes had to be researched.

so probably still seeing them for maybe 3 more sessions before spec cse. lol.

hope gessncc's cadets can produce results in spec cse. 100% 2SG!

besides that, my trg, unlike any other nco, is lack of cadet activities,

though it is the toughest job in the unit.

XXX

wednesday 16 apr. today's heartbreaking. after a boring morning up to 10am, came pe lesson.

supposed to take napfa test 5 items and supposed to be aiming at good results. who knows...

sit-up=56 (5pt)

pull-up=8 (5pt)

2.4km=10.34 (5pt)

shuttle run=10.3 (4pt)

sit&reach= 39 (3pt)

standing broad jump=210 (2pt)

with that, although i have 24 pts, i only got silver. wtf!

well, besides that, chem test was still okay, everything was fine.

and i didnt knw that mrs tee lives so near my hse! she lives in potongpasir.

2008-04-14T23:14:00.002+08:00

okay monday is always a boring and moody day, so i think wont be nice talking much abt sch.

i'm now like trying out posting with some apple browser called "safari"...lol they underline spelling mistakes like "ur", "abt", "lol" etc...

waiting... its killing my brain cells now.

2008-04-12T22:42:00.003+08:00

have been kept busy these few days...

thursday have been quite a relaxed day...skipped both napfa and ap...
but still could not escape a late night cos had to set test paper for part c...

friday: darn it! after i spent so much effort setting my first test paper in my life, only 9 part c cadets turned up. so test had to be cancelled and i was so very disappointed. gonna screw them nxt tuesday. and beh said our trg has no quality, quite tre, but, he may not understand the ps...
had early dismissal @ 1645 for rhapsody concert...met with sy and co. (and his "arhem"!) before heading the spore poly...was quite a good performance. though i'm in ug, still feel that performing arts can go a long long way.

saturday's as usual free and easy but finally feel the pinch of homework packing up my schedule. hope to complete them asap so noth's on my mind.

2008-04-09T19:25:00.003+08:00

this year's really a h-e-a-r-t-b-r-e-a-k-i-n-g year for my sports and physical fitness.
after the disappointment at going home empty handed frm sports fiesta, today had our last 2.4 km test in our sec sch life. thought i could hit below 10 min.

fiction 1: the top three can never be broken into.
fiction 2: the top three runs <10:30 min in napfa test.

however, who knows...

fact 1: the triopoly in 4h's long dist run has proved itself w-r-o-n-g.
fact 2: one of the top three clocked a timing of 10:34 min.

how better will i do in 5 stations napfa and x country? keeps me on my chair, thinking, thinking...

2008-04-08T22:11:00.000+08:00

this weekend
went to this some banana-leaf indian restaurant and found that there were chinese frm china working there. diff frm the previous time. menu also changed. lol.

and my hair is super short now...

monday
as usual, monday blues. didnt feel like going to sch. but however someth made me go. lol.
and finally got a new phone to replace my current low-tech, no camera one.

tuesday
after a tiring monday i was almost late today...in fact i'm late. but gd thing tht noth happened.
trg can never be more boring than boring. admin life is this way...

2008-04-05T17:25:00.002+08:00

its raining, its pouring, the old man is sleeping... i just woke up.

dunno why i'm feeling so relaxed these few days. seems to have gone through the "busy period" of my sec sch life. well, maybe that marks the end of the pinnacle of my cca life in sec sch.

felt tired after returning frm an expedition in punggol. well, went to check out the rural areas.
and still didnt start with my heavy weekend homework. dont feel like doing, but still have to. =/

still feeling tired all over now.
going out soon, but its raining...
so i'm so damn lost.

2008-04-04T23:42:00.001+08:00

these few weeks, after annual camp, finally have the little time each day to blog.

today was a long, long day.
slept late for 3 consec nights,
and was very, very tired.

first was emaths test. easy =D hope get full mark, but 13/15 is a better target.
then came amaths. feel so damn proud of myself, being able to do amaths qns with ease. yay!
chem saw a gd qn come out of sengleong's and my brain, wht if active electrode is with molten?
phy: popup test. if chl says this is half u mye, then all can go jump off 20 floor b4 mye. ipod flea... anyone heard of it? lol. not real. have a microsize ipod then accesories worth a luggage? crazy.

trg T21/2008
finally got back my receipt claims worth more than $100 n settle attendance for once, once and for all. peer appraisal for part c followed by a number of bullshit book-outs. part b had meet parents, part a having affirmation tmr. they will become official cadet of the ncc. finally.

The Pledge of Loyalty
We, the members of the National Cadet Corps,
and the youth of the Republic of Singapore,
do hereby pledge to be loyal to the Republic and the Corps.
And to maintain a high standard of discipline and performance
so that we may better serve our country.

2008-04-03T22:16:00.001+08:00

hmmm past few days...

have been sleeping quite late due to the last minute touch-ups on the excel worksheet for attd to be submitted to beh...hope after tmr (supposed meet him today) evrything will be fine.

oral exam
despite speech problem i still managed to get gd mark (predicted) as all were good comments under the invigilation of "juliana" (nvr heard of her as a tcher in sch b4, almost associated her with eliyanah). gave some gd points but also missed out few better points, so, is tht +ve performance or -ve? well, in general felt that she was a little lenient. not bad, eh?

tmr gonna have emaths probability test...i'm not scared, but probability for me a lil rusty alrdy. cross my fingers tht can get at least A2 tmr.

**spent 1h 45min stuck in the rain and bad weather, but some benefits include seeing new areas of s'pore. i didnt knw this ctry can be so beautiful. whampoa area. saw some landed hdb flats
(they're just exactly like terrace houses, with block no), how a bus goes thru a small road, etc...

last wish: hope that this distance will be pulled back. like i always say, how we used to be.

2008-04-02T20:34:00.003+08:00

its gonna be wordy.

main intro: ok these few weeks were damn busy.

wk 8
finally got a no.3 for UG open hse [but its gonna be returned =( sad...]
whole of week 8 was UG, UG open, and UG open house.
ug open hse finally took place on saturday 23rd Feb, which was a failure...ttl no of visitors <100, if my prediction doesnt fail me.our mock attack team, static display team and guides were so free that the whole open hse closed at 12 noon.

wk 9
straight after ug open hse is planning for annual camp. busy, stressed and tired.
this weeks a busy wk for the many tests, which ben tan felt unhappy (i mean, some of us were nothing against it and he was so tensed-up abt it). and one gd news for me...i passed amaths, finally!! although not very high mark (12/20) but i'm so overjoyed cos 60% is the highest mark of my life!! not like amaths pro who get 80% and still not happy (no offence)...

wk 10
was really annual camp, annual camp and still annual camp.
mock exams...were they easy? hard?

ace camp day 1
ace camp was quite a mixed feeling camp...its our last camp as a class...nvrtheless, 1st day was boring (study skills), food was also crappy, but highlight was the bowling...

ace camp day 2
day2 of ace camp much better...no study skills, but 2 blocks of 2hr courses (sex-ed and finance lit), then another 3hr sdc visit...lyk visit 3 times in previous yr alrdy, so, damn boring.but the finale night was exciting. fun atmosphere...

after ace camp straight into hols...but mine was spoilt due to

gess ncc unit annual camp 2008

introduction: gess ncc annual camp 2008 has been planned and will be run by intake 05, ncos 08. me, as the cas, will be very troubled with many many many many many other admin and log stuff during the camp. some things i take care include: regular strength check, medic records, log (flow of supplies), book in/out, and of course account for each and every cadet's attd. (well, thts my job)

day0: report at 1400, and prepared everything. was inside pe staff rm for camp manuals until 7++pm, even after most ppl had dinner. was like so tired out alrdy, even before camp really starts.

day1: finally annual camp officially started. at least 2 cadets were late for the camp...and another 2 claiming to be booking in but no specific time stated...thats the start of trouble. muster parade and open ceremony was ok (besides ava rm aircon screw up)...then was a little relax time before
lunch...and after tht bla bla bla...at 7.15pm i was unlucky enough to be called by this person-BCW to settle lots of things...took me 2hrs. missed the nite games. at least satisfied him...but for the first time i felt like a not-very-good cas.

day2: slept till quite late, and was told my only lesson for the camp was cancelled (wtf, thats my only activity with cadets for the whole camp!). nvm, but more bad news came when beh told us ubin trip was cancelled. altho i need not plan for emergency activities and was the ONLY nco not
affected directly by it, i was still a lil shaken as all other snr ncos were under stress, haiz... day 2 was also photo heavy...part b battle skirmish.

day3: clt zheng hui was a little crazy. he said wanted to bring up the mood for co nite. a company game was planned in emergency. its again more of photo taking for me. halfway my casio digitcam went batt flat. took beh's panasonic cam which quality was like...wtf!? and it auto shoots at least 1 or 2 extra shots for each snap of the shutter. lol so pissed off with it...buts thats life...what else can u complain abt? ARMS visit was noth much, and then back to sch was prep for co nite. zheng hui was rushing the video for co nite. i was late for co nite (at medic bunk, cooked 1 set of dinner for sick cadets). according to zheng hui co nite wasnt up to expectation. nvm, but a brainwash session by intake 04 left us sheik all over.

day4: break camp! but not as relaxed as you would think, i got a whole list of things waiting to be done-compile medic records, check classrm, bla bla bla, i had 6 things on the list. to be completed within 2.5 hrs. whats this? but nvm, still managed to go thru it...then there was no fd comp, straight go to dismissal parade, no closing ceremony, then was really dismissal. as usual and as expected, i was the last to leave (3pm) while others left at latest 1.30pm. cleared up ALL the mess left behind.

in general: thanks to all ppl who made my annual camp meaningful. wanna thank esp ppl in medic bunk for keeping me entertained (ops rm is too boring, theres only me) and those who got me breakfast in the mornings. thanks alot.

the post-annual camp life: after annual camp only came fatigue.

sch reopens!

1st week of term 2 is short. only 3 days! gd thing tues no trg, and thurs was sports fiesta, fri is gd friday.

sports fiesta: this yr is a disappointing year for 4h. we won numerous awards last yr but this yr we only had 2. besides, for myself too, its my first time in gess i go home empty handed after a sports event. hope can get someth in x cty.

good friday: basically stayed home can finish hol hw.

2nd week marks the REAL start of hardwork. but the start of 2nd wk was a health checkup. lol stayed with the reg no 30-40 in ava rm (just wanna skip morning assembly) we really need to work very very hard to get results, ok? and also finally return to duty. i was like damn enthu when doing trg plan on monday. like 3 wks nvr touch ms word alrdy. 28/03 marks the 20th sch trg of the yr.

3rd week is basically apr fool. many jacking here and there. i failed in this year's april fool.some april fool's jokes: ben n jerry "sold only one flavour" of ice cream, today reported that spore's gonna have and f1 team...like lol. nvm thats it.
mrs tan's fav sentence: "Sundra..."

valentine

2008-02-16T15:54:00.000+08:00

ok firstly happy valentines day (belated) and td day.

this wk is quite interesting as sch is getting boring.

tdd was the most boring one i ever had in gess. i would say, last yr was better, though i didnt have much stripes then.

ok, and valentines day. well dont wish to talk much abt it.

and i failed quite a number of tests, and for those that i passed they werent too good. worst was geog (38%).

yes, things really change. nothing is constant except for change. but i hope things will change again, for the better. well, as you celebrate, i just wanna say, happy valentines day.

2008-02-09T08:54:00.000+08:00

post #100.

okay this cny was a little fun+boring+exciting+wild+unhappy+joyous+... just dunno how to describe...
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ah! thought of it!
mixed feelings!

lets see...
Day 30/Eve除夕
a normal, very very normal celebration in sch. well i would say i prefer the mood of natl day compared to cny celebrations. natl day mood was higher.
but nvm, went for some food and i noticed one thing. all chinese seem to have like went home. i was the only chinese in the 8 of us.

airport was the next thing. my father returned frm work and will stay until third day. then went home and slacked, really slacked all the way till 3am.

1st Day 初一
woke up quite late...then went out. first was of course 娘家, then 2 more home visits, dinner at rendezvous then home. collected 14 hbs (hongbaos).

2nd Day初二
again was the same thing. few home visits but totally no hbs today. managed to catch ah long pte ltd. was quite hilarious, and touching too.
so after the show and a quick bite, went home and tallied the total income for the two days. SGD184.10. well actually, i would say, its just a mid amt sum. not much either.

upload photos few days later.

why must i be trapped in such a difficult puzzle??

2008-02-02T00:16:00.000+08:00

well
very well

yeah! on thursday was lucky enough to ensure i passed phy test, means i dun need to stay for ap on mon! that equates to 1hr every week...and for the 30 over weeks to o lvl, i would make more than a day! haha tht brings me to the assembly where we are supposed to collect ics but some rjc idiots took the mike and started talking crap abt recycling... waste time. rjc DONT EQUAL TO BIG SHOT OK?

nvm, well got our ic today IN THE MORNING WITH 1200 PPL.

today was a little tiring (slept for merely 5 and half hrs)... after the ic collection was test for emaths and spa for both sci (many graphs drawn) still had trg, and after trg (was tired out) still had specs conference...which was quite acheiving cos managed to plan out this term's activties. gooooooooooooood!

this weekend wont be a lazy one. have to start doing hw.

no...

2008-01-28T20:14:00.000+08:00

the past two weeks has been too busy for me, i only have 30 mins online everyday, rest of the time has been mostly dealing with attendance shit.

anyway these 14 days have been quite tiring too. i sleep earliest 2330 and have to wake up at 0600 everyday. i even overslept to the extent that i missed the bus and was late. haha.

so i just wanna say that i finally managed to get some time out here to post.

......you shattered my heart.

2008-01-16T21:16:00.000+08:00

ok slightly busy these few days so didnt manage to post, now finally managed to go to the edge of my hectic schedule n workload n take a breath...will be pulled back very quickly (once e phone rings, i'll get going again)

alright today was quite a fun day, two teachers drifted out of their subj n talked bout many other non-related things like aj talks abt soccer and chan talks abt dubai, etc. anyway today pe didnt do quite well, i let in 4 goals, wtf?!

el and em is getting boring!

respect your authorities! (to faisal n kisnaa)
haha joking anyway, nvm.

have you forgot to care about others' feelings?

2008-01-13T16:40:00.000+08:00

sometimes, ppl do things,
w/o thinking bout how others feel.
makes it so obvious for them, delibrately breaking their hearts.
how would you feel if someone did tht to you?

i cousin of mine got into hosp. has a growth in betwn heart and lung.
anyway, hope u get well soon! be alive and kicking (and noisy) like you were!

so, went to nuh after simlim sq on sat. then dinner, and home. quite early.

sunday was as usual.

REVIEW 2007
ESP 3 OUT OF 27
MILESTONE DATES IN 07:
3/1: Shocked!
14/2: This blog created. V Day.
10-13/3: Annual Camp
18-19/5: Intra unit LDC1
23-27/5: ACE Camp
31/5-6/6: Vietnam CIP
8-9/6: Spec Cse
11-18/6: MACHK1
14/7: Last Trg as cadets
8/8: NDP in sch. 1st time, GOH
8-12/8:MACHK2
13-17/8: OBS 5-Day Cse
23/8: Announcement of Appts
8/9: ROD Function
12/9: Pleasant incident
13/9: Unpleasent incident
26/10: Last Day of sch
27/10-4/11: MACHK3
30/11-19/12: MACHK4
29/12: Last Trg of 07

now happy?

2008-01-11T23:02:00.000+08:00

11jan. norm sch. not as boring.
things are not so funny sometimes.

i'm so damn tired today, i slept abt 5hrs last nite..

trg T04/2008 only 20 sec1s, wtf?!
anyway, they werent informed.
its worrying, really. (st) 11,7,2
but these ppl, as i say again, its not we dont want....and blah blah blah.........

and intake 05, dont you understand the importance of those papers?
but nvm, they're dry now. faisal, its nt i wanna blame u.
and can u respect ur pltnmates belongings? as ur APS, i'm so utterly disappointed.

10jan. my mommas bday.
so, happie bday.

e celebratn didnt seem quite well, its just a norm dinner.
buts thts gd enough. good enough.

and i received $$150.00 2day! yay!
GPA awards, which i didnt expect to get.
although they sent me letter but i forgot abt it.
mr giam was like "congrats, well done"

assembly, it isnt fun making fun of ppl.
u wont like it if ppl does tht to you.
without doubts, i expected my "cheers" to be "loud" due to my "fame", esp in the NA.
lol. soooo paiseh.

nvm.

REVIEW 2007
PART 2/27

in general 2007 have been a yr of ups and downs. here i explain why (summarized):

UP: studies. jumped many ranks to improve frm 26 to 16 in class n 107 to 59 in lvl.
also got GPA due to this.

DOWNS: 1. cca career. decreased EQ due to heartbreaking incident in end 2006 caused me my cca future. 2. of course, the big problem itself.

next episode (esp 3): milestone dates

tired enough. wanna go slp.

i wanna go back to those days

2008-01-09T20:49:00.000+08:00

"a weight is lifted, on this evening,
i give the final blow."

When darkness turns to light, it ends tonight.
It ends.
It has ended.
Orientation.
But an end always marks a new beginning.
A new bunch of Sec 1 kids, new faces, new cadets, and of course, new leaders of the future.

36 of them. on tuesday 08/01. Trg ref: T03/2008.
Let me break them down: 16 NT, 10 NA, 10 EXP.

we dont have e luxury to choose cadets, not like in the late 80s.
120 cadets signup.
fat got 30. OUT!
not exp got 40. OUT!
then left with 50.
i dont like this face, he more handsome than me, etc.
abt 10 of them. OUT!
tht was how they chose cadets. and they have left with 40.
if we do this now, we would be left with maybe 8-12 ppl. haha.

No offence,
but, its not we don't want them, its just that its diificult to maintain them.
Contradiction here.
Its not at all difficult, its "one in a million". Theres only "one in a million" of those that we consider out who really keeps their passion going for four long years.
Nvm. see how on fri.

And, We just learned in Geog,
SINGAPORE IS NOT A DEVELOPED COUNTRY!
well, neither is it developing, of course.
Then what?
ok, s'pore, according to Mdm Zah, is a "advanced developing country".
cos, we dont have technology (wht abt creative, keppel n SAR21?)
and don't have the social etiquette and manners all. (quite true)
3Ks, Kiasu, Kiasi, Kia zeng-hu.
Vulgaraties. No social discretion. Unappropriate attire. No care for public property. No sense of cleaniness (s'pore is clean due to cleaners and fines).

thats why.

09/01
SS: boring. fun. however u can describe it. i think 99.999% (5sf) will choose e former.
PHY: okay. normal.
PE: same, no diff. oohh, i managed a clean sheet.
REC: caught by DT for nvr chg back.
EL: zzz....
CD: "
EM: surprise. didnt study but did quite well. i think i got it all drilled in alr, since last yr.

aft sch went to gess ctr. oh DT suggested a good idea! cut short PE! yay! all agreed!
PE will end early for us to change, then dismiss for recess at 1110. then we have enough time!

here comes the highlight.
REVIEW 2007 (1/27) INTRODUCTION/FOREWORD
this is the first of a 27-episode series abt last yr. enjoy.

07 have not been quite a gd yr, failing in relationships, frm one side of classrm blk to another.
also failing in my cca life due to my failed EQ across the intake.
however i excelled in studies. (not really, but gd improvement)

shall write more in the next episodes.

keep things small

2008-01-07T21:51:00.000+08:00

haha. 2day decentralised e trg pln to indv pltn lvl
means easier work load for me.
however my acas, pt c pas, dun even know how to use word,
so hv to teach him, which was a waste of: time (talk to him),
$$ (he call me),
electricity (online), which in turn pollutes e earth.
see how serious is it? nxt time learn how to use ms office.

in sch
4 st prds of el (2 b4 sch, 2 first prds), killing. phy was goddamn terrible. no bk, no file.
geog was still ok, slighty sian (as usual) n am still uncomprehensible for me.
phy pt 2 test n to my OWN surprise i could get 32/33! **applause**
actually some of them quite last min, like the avg spd of train/the jet engine.
finished geog last min and handed in, nt like some ppl bring home and do, tmr hand in b4 725.
mind you, zah is diff frm chan. zah's 2day means 2day. no tmr morn. haha, gd luck to you!

2008-01-05T11:56:00.000+08:00

just too much free time now...as orientation is FINALLY over...
just wanna post here,

now off to complete geog hw--

getting 100 ppl does not mean you are good at it.

2008-01-04T21:35:00.000+08:00

today
after so many days
finally
using e comp once
for entertainment

shall blog abit bout first few days

02/01:
e first day of sch wasnt unusual than usual at all, the only unusual part is that faisal is usually in india but now, quite unusual, hes back on first day, which is so unusual. haha. left me e whole holiday with abt 15 trgs to take charge...gonna screw him someday...

nvm. carry on.

03/01:
one day closer to orientation...means less than 24 hours. lets see... in 24 hrs...
1. new tchers:
a. CHL. sacarstic, a little humour (we havent seen e other side of him)
(CHL: 4H: h=hell.)
(me: H=heaven also)
b. NZB. as usual, boring el tcher.
c. (havent got to see him in class) AJ. i know him quite well, will be expecting him pester me every lesson abt this n tht...each n every detail from trg times to trg attd.

04/01: ORIENTATION DAY!
lesson: ZaH was made my grp's tcher...haha whole class no hw on first day...lol...
chem was hell. its impossible to memorize e whole damn reactive table... we dont have 1GB or 2GB cards in our brains...

noth else.

came down at 1140
and final setups...and finally:

ORIENTATION!

mock att...quite okay
derek tan's way of speech nvr chgs, so i wonder if e sec1s feel tht hes boring...
display was alright...

and GCH called us to e hall to let sec 1s clap for us...wtf? waste my time. know how much i can clearup using this 3 mins?

at end of e day, abt est 45-65 sec1s are interested. this has

MET TARGET!

hurray!
however exp interest rate is worrying. NT abt 90%, NA abt 80% and exp only abt 35%.

debrief: key! why must it always happen?

and finally: no official celebration (or say taking a rest) besides seating around, taking a drink n talking our minds out...

--------------------------------------------------

many of us made sacrifices. from skipping 3 days lunch to missing many hours of sleep to private and entertainment time. what do you think? was it worth it?

i think it was.

GIVE YOUR COMMENTS

2007-12-16T01:57:00.000+08:00

proud lion

truly the casino city!

Driveway of MGM Grand Macau

3 days from opening!

chinese name for the property

hotel block+podium

Don't leave me in such a position...

2007-11-22T18:43:00.000+08:00

finally started on some hw, officially. so far did 5 qns frm simeqns (completed), and 4/43 qns from surds, ind,logs. in addition to 1 qn from chp7 coord geometry and 6 unable-to-solve qns from inequalities.

quite good song...click on title or artist to download...

错了再错
张栋梁
退到了绝境再退破碎到不能破碎
那么为什么你就不肯说我只能再一却都错
泪水灌溉这伤悲绝望是你赐给的安慰
为何你说慌我却受惩罚你不如就用到此想

我可以痛了再痛你可以错了再错
不甘心不闪躲只为那失真的承诺
我转身让你玩着火你存心用尽我宽容
为什么连谎言你也刺破

爱和痛如此纠结悲和我无法分解
厌倦的疲累成了一片黑相同都已无法相灭
泪水滋润着泪水背叛是黎明一种慰藉
完美的借口泪无不留下你不如用乱箭射他

我可以痛了再痛你可以错了再错
不甘心不闪躲只为那失真的承诺
我转身让你玩着火你存心用尽我宽容
为什么连谎言你也刺破

即使我头也不回这悲剧猛向我追
情愿你全部摧毁别留着燎原的火堆
给你的自由将我吞没给我的爱像一根绳索
你放手却困住了我

我可以痛了再痛你可以错了再错
不甘心不闪躲全为了失真的承诺
我转身让你玩着火你存心用尽我宽容
为什么连谎言你也刺破

为什么...... 连谎言你也不说

when people talk, they always forget how are they supposed to speak.

2007-11-21T22:48:00.000+08:00

today21/11
still noth special...had dinner @ botan jap @ far east sq

yesterday 20/11&monday19/11
trg on tues was rescheduled to monday...
everything had to be done within few hrs...
so i stayed up till 11pm....
pls, nxt time don't give me such short notice...
can u ppl inform me earlier?

how r u doin?is everything fine?

2007-11-18T23:35:00.000+08:00

this weekend
sun: nothing interesting, a usual day.
sat: left trg @ 9am, went out
at least this time accomplished part of the new yr shopping...feb nxt yr would be easier...
lol still cant get over my phobia of water slides...nvm was quite a fun day after all...
at grandmas hse chanced upon a richard branson bk, talking abt how he built the worlds largest brand...quite interesting tho its nf.

2007-10-02T14:22:00.000+08:00

Its gonna be exams soon...start studying, stop slacking!

"one more chance" is now "no more chance and just stop trying"

2007-09-13T18:39:00.000+08:00

13/9
isn't someth pleasant, moreover we just took over

SC CTR (12/9)
had quite an interesting physics lecture by Dr david willey...he shows how liquid nitrogen N2 can do wonders.

When you finally leave...

2007-09-08T22:58:00.000+08:00

ROD FUNCTION, SEP 8 2007

after weeks of hard work the GESS NCC ROD Function 2007 finally arrived. both 06 n 07 put on quite a gd performance... i wouldnt say it was a successful one, nor a total failure...but more on the negative side. with that we are taking over the unit...are you geared up for the challenge?

2007-09-05T02:18:00.000+08:00

YAY! today i finally went to...THE VENETIAN! 2nd largest building in e world (1st in asia, largest casino in asia), 970000 sqm, 3000 hotel suites, 700 tables, 6000 machines, 300 shops. By LVS @ The Venetian Macao~Resort~Hotel

Once a teacher, forever a father. 一日为师，终生为父。

2007-08-31T17:01:00.000+08:00

TEACHERS DAY on 30 aug be yourself day...had quite a fun time in sch...by accident the 1G won 3rd place... and after sch went back to pri sch...took quite long reaching there (its in tampines) n by some chance met some old classmates...so guilty tht i couldnt recognise most (or all) of them...later went to yishun to look fr ms phua (but the sch was closed)... then woodlands st 62 visited mdm foo, former principal...she now is the P of greenwood sec...had quite a gd time reminiscing the past... and thats all for Tchers day...

When darkness turns to light, it ends tonight.

2007-08-23T23:15:00.000+08:00

ALL THESE DAYS had a gd time doing all the shit job like settling the unit photo and coordinating the cheers for AJ.

PERMANENT APPOINTMENT on 23 aug the permanent senior appts for nxt yr was announced by CPT Beh:
CSM: weiyang
ACSM: jonathan.fheng
CAS: me
A PS: Faris
B PS: jonathan.fok
C PS: Mukhtar
i know that this yr didnt go quite well for me. i failed badly in LDC.it has all ended.

2007-08-18T09:55:00.000+08:00

OUTWARD BOUND SINGAPORE the 5-day OBS at Pulau Ubin wasnt really wasted, learnt quite alot of things there.. Day 1 late for sch, then reached there quite early...waited for another sch (BPGHS) n finally started. my watch (group)=Raffles, instructor=Clayton Ng (wtf same name as clayton lim!?) nvm. the log system quite new to me, ration n equipment all given at one shot. after lunch (only some bread n biscuits) finally started learning some knots n pitching tents. after that was kayaking (nothing new) n soon it was time for dinner (field cooking, but more like beach cooking). Raleigh watch was tgt with us all the time. [story1]. at nite it was pitch dark... and the insects were quite exciting... Dint sleep well.. Day 2 PT standard was like...not to GESS UG's standards. after PT n breakfast climbed 101 steps to sit down, tok cok then write journals. [story2]. , trust fall (really learn how to trust), then some belaying, n finally set off for Camp 1. it was much better than Camp II, of course. dint get to do rock climbing...cos the girls took quite some time... then dinner was quite a decent one (at least no field cooking). after dinner did the simulated caving at the 'award winning' Caving and Tunnelling system, then nite walk...missed supper...n slept in another tent with 2 juying guys... Day 3 its gonna be Sea Expedition (SeaEx). we kayaked westward from the Southcoast of Camp 1 n went along the coast of the island up to Sg Besar... met a crab there... then went in Sg besar...n after the land mass we got lost...but still managed to get out. then was the jetty jump...bet jetty n water i was thinking: why still not down yet? between underwater n surface i was thinking: why still not up yet? finally still got up n swam to safety. after that found that my face, half my arms and more than half my legs were badly sunburnt. slept on some hard rock near the reservoir for the night. Day 4 its the day for LandEx, what i've been anticipating. i've always preferred the land as compared to the sea. woke up as eaRLy as 7, Pt was walking up the peak to the navigational beacon. at there there was some positive brainwashing. [story 3]. took a walk with a bott cap full of water round the beacon, then we wrote journals. halfway it started to rain. put on ponchos n quickly put on all evacuated to MPH, and we were wet all over. at 12:07 finally set off... it was orienteering style, finding checkpoints and reporting them. they had a no n a quote on it:Chkpt 1 (near 5-track junction): OBS 24 "What happens around us is out of our control, but the way we choose to react to it is inside our control."Chkpt 2 (somewhere): OBS 30 "We are like teabags, we never know our true strength until we are put in hot water."Non-chkpt: OBS 77 "If we judge people, we have no time to love them."-Mother TheresaChkpt 3 (near peak of Bt Puaka): OBS 42 "The closer one gets to the top, the more one finds no top."Chkpt 4 (German Girl Shrine): OBS 73 "The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas."I was applauded many a time for my good memory in remembering the quotes. then at chkpt 4 there was a game (or a challenge) which we took 1hr 49min to complete. it was a record! we reached camp at 1900hrs. packed up. dinner was the best dinner, but i ate little due to lack of time as much time was used for packing. slept very well. Day 5 finally is the last day of the camp. had some games in the morning. after some final settling of logistics...tears dropped...and soon after we all found ourselves on mainland singapore. we bade farewell n boarded the bus. that was one of the most sad times... Raffles Watch: me+ JYSS: De Yun. Noraidah.Hong Da.Lilly.Hakkim.Khairul.Alyssa.Ai Lian GESS: Huda.Rain.Yu Kai.Tavence.Feng Jia.Swee Hong.Elise

2007-08-12T15:06:00.000+08:00

AUG 8-12 went to macau&hk.with my grandparents this time.
as usual went to those tourist place...

2007-08-09T11:03:00.000+08:00

NATIONAL DAY arrived early, final check for uniform. finally got into positions. first time i march for ndp, and also first time in GOH. nxt yr would be different. 'kawalan kerhormatan, masuk baris!' finally entered the arena within the GOH contingent. everything was almost perfect. except that the flag marched in with the contingents at sernan diri position. up to the marching off, everything was fine. i think everyone should know. CLT Royce Tan. 'Baris, akan berjalan lalu dan keluar, ber turun-turun. Kawalan Kerhormatan dahulu. Baris bergerak kekanan ber tiga-tiga, kekanan PUsing!' that's all for the parade segment. the post-parade was quite high...as everyone joined in. NCC overshadowed the other CCAs during the last natl anthem when the voice was tremendous.

happy national day

2007-08-06T21:35:00.000+08:00

its been quite a long time since i last blogged...
so busy this few days n i finally got juz this few seconds to blog...so i'll be quick, n waste less time...

GESS NCC LDC Phase II
"IC, do u know that u have committed a mistake?"
"Yes, sir."
"Do u know what mistake u have committed?"
"Yes, sir."
"So do u think u deserve some punishment?"
"Yes, sir." (reluctantly)
"Alright, so before u begin, can u carry on 20 first?"
all this was part of the traditional LDC.
another one:
"Gentlemen, to cover the pull ups we didnt complete, shall we do push ups?"
"No, sir."
"Why? I always love doing push ups when i was a cadet!"
"It's all just part of PT!"
"So is that alright?"
"Yes, sir."
"We will do twenty, but in this way, O-N-E, one, and so on. is it okay?"

this few days were & going to be quite tiring mentally and physically, plus OBS coming up in a week's time. ROD planning is going slow, but with progress. NDP is just round the corner, so better start ironing & starching ur uniform!

was it meant to be a prank/joke?

2007-08-02T23:07:00.000+08:00

i hope it is. just a prank/joke.

tmr going for LDC Phase II...
so this would be the final post before
getting to know a rough gauge of what our posts would be like...
gd luck to me...

good news... s'pore jobless rates hit record low... so i think finding a job would be easy for us in a few yrs time.
and lets hope that the remaining 21 southkorean hostages held by taliban would escape safe.

8=EIGHT Days to NDP

2007-08-01T23:31:00.000+08:00

today was much better,
pe=ok,
cl=compo competiton...no inspiration to write...at last wrote 1.5 pgs in 10+ mins
chem=nothing special
em=return test=12/20
physics=more than just FUN!...watt=wtaa?!
el=very sian
ss=test...quite easy but time consuming
gsa=how to get the actual cert if i'm going obs?
sch cheer=intense pressure frm aj as 2UGs havent submit names

Does CLT ZhengHui realy thinks that way?
...................................................................................................

明知道爱你不会有结果
为何还如此执著
为你付出所有
你竟不顾一切就走
明知道爱你只是继续错
为何还如此脆弱
已经习惯有你
已经不能将你摆脱
也许当一场梦
梦醒一切都随风

bad day

2007-07-31T23:55:00.000+08:00

cut everything short

feeling mentally worn out just aft 2 days into the new wk. more tests coming up.
dint do very well this few tests (including the almost-perfect guy beside me, jY)
unlucky two days, dont feel like saying bout it

nevertheless, 3H won team championship for both boys n girls. (speechless)!!!
and, more personally, getting nominated for GSA Bronze also lifted my spirits a little.
lastly, finally the 100+ ppl finally got NDP parade perfected. gd job anyway. also, it feels great in the GOH (kawalan korhormatan) and having GESS NCC's achievements announced as we enter the parade.

today. physics=exciting. assembly=useless

aiming low didnt teach me to be content with what i have, it thought me how to aim higher

2007-07-27T23:39:00.000+08:00

changed to another skin again....hope that it would give my tagbd more life...
(coz my tagbd is very dead)

Annual X country c'ships.
Was feeling a little unwell, giddy, unfit, uncomfortable, both mentally and physically, juz before the race. when the horn went the race started and minutes later...

4th position. BEST position i ever had.
now, feeling like juz before the race, minus the mentally.

btw, X country shows that GESS NCC provides cadets of good physical standard to the race (4 ppl in top 15: 2,4,6,15)

find the bio DNA thing on thursday sian/useless/boring,etc. plz say!!

downfall

2007-07-25T18:38:00.000+08:00

my tagboard is very, very dead.....
and i'm just worn out mentally after many, many major setbacks in life.
resilience is the thing that gets me really, really motivated.

waiting....
waiting for X-country
waiting for NDP
waiting for ROD
waiting for impossible things to happen

never content with what I have

2007-07-23T19:03:00.000+08:00

first n foremost,
ANALYSIS OF 3H07 GENERAL EXAM JULY 2007
Correct answer: (B) Parimelswaran
Candidate answer analysis:
Option A: 2
Option B: 4
Option C: 19
Option D: 4
Option E: 2
Option F: 0
Invalid Answer: 4
Total attempted: 35
Did not attempt: 6
Total Candidates: 41

Be content with what you have

2007-07-21T23:11:00.000+08:00

finally, today i became one of the last few ppl in GESS to watch harry potter....

but i'm not alone. cobe n zaki were with me.

2.30 show at vivocity

had lunch at LJS

zaki was so late...

the 138 mins wasnt quite exciting...

instead i found that the whole show had no meaning, in my opinion.

2.5 stars.

dinner: had a decent buffet at element (amara).

i was so disappointed with SBS last friday. according to bus svc info at tiong park bus stop, bus 64 would arrive in 13-15 mins for PM peak. but i waited 25 mins frm 1901-1926, practically doing nothing. i would hv been much more effective if not for this. hope some sbs personnel sees this n take action. thks.

chem is always the most colourful lesson

all the liquids (with indicators) mixed

acid+alkali

Disappointment

2007-07-20T22:52:00.000+08:00

today generally quite disappointing for me,
AMaths test=5/20, very bad. instead, lowest in class.

Training
-cadets going slow in ROD planning
-making me+some of us impatient but helpless
ROD Appointment
-i will work with faris n faisal under me in admin branch
-disappointing coz i expected myself to get Func OIC or 2IC
-now i juz dont know why am i just a Func Admin OIC

anyway, just want to say thanks to the few pltnmates who comforted me after getting the appts.

NO MORE...

2007-07-19T21:02:00.000+08:00

had an exciting day today which ended off with me doing ALL the admin for tmr (i'm still working on it right now)

LEAVE ME ALONE FOR NOW.

2007-07-18T15:45:00.000+08:00

no time+too tired to blog last nite so i'll sum up two days within one post...

today finally ended with a super-sian SS lesson....tmr awaits us...
and we have...
9 days to X-country
22 days to Natl Day

YESTERDAY'S TRAINING
it was a disastrous one, esp when i'm the medic put under the great pressure of having 2 or more injured cadets within 1 hr. almost everything was screwed up, which left us in doubt of the successfulness of this friday's trg.

***before i forget, juz want to inform everyone that Durai is recently down with dengue***

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
lastly, a joke to ease all the stress we face...

As a plane reached cruising speed with the seat belt sign switched off, a 6 ft 3" black man with the build of Mike Tyson in the front row got up from his seat, turned to face the back, raised his arm and yelled, "HIJACK!"

Everyone was frozen to the seat, expecting the worst to happen. And two stewards were about to jump onto this guy to overpower him when another voice answered from the back of the plane: "HI JOHN!"

The moral of the story is: If you have a friend named Jack, for heaven's sake, don't ever call him in the plane. Otherwise you may land yourself in deep shit.

The strength...

2007-07-16T16:13:00.000+08:00

today finally ended with some fucked-up ppl who r nvr bored of playing some jokes they think is funny but isnt in actual fact...but nvm, lets not talk abt them.

getting on to my nxt topic,
AT LAST, the Intake 04 of GESSNCC would nvr be seen on the trg ground ever again. their last trg have been completed, now its time for me+Intake 05 to take over the leadership of the unit. the first big project would be the ROD function, most likely held in late august.

shouldnt talk much for now.

power-hungry....am i? or am i not?

2007-07-13T18:49:00.000+08:00

tmr would be the last trg taken by Intake 04, after which Intake 05 would take over the leadership role in GESS NCC.

anyway try this two links, it would be very exciting to do so...
Link No 1
Link No 2

Everything happened within that split second

2007-07-13T17:28:00.000+08:00

my internet connection was down for the past wk, n only settled now, so 1 of the 1st things i do wud be posting (coz i dont want to join ADB).

lets look at the week.
the week was quite a normal 5 days, but made eventful by my beloved Intake 05!! no additional info is going out frm here.

anyway, i learnt some things:
1. i should nvr lean my chair over again coz it would achieve an unstable equillibrium n topple due to displacement.
2. HCl tastes superb!!
3. Physics SPA is killing
4. Other things you think i have learnt, pls tag.

Above all, I learnt that I must always work harder than ever to get what I want to achieve.

i'm tired of doing the same thing over and over again

2007-07-08T17:20:00.001+08:00

this weekend isnt too eventful, sat had nothing special, sun was even more boring.
worst of all, i still have piles of undone hw waiting to be completed. i wonder how i survuve till the next wkend.
the past 2 wks saw many setbacks in my life, frm one aspect to the other, i feel like i'm getting further frm my goals. however all these physical n mental losses have built up much of my resilience in life.
one thing. attitude has to change.

failure is never allowed to appear in my dictionary

2007-07-07T10:39:00.000+08:00

nvr blog for the whole wk....

coz i reach home after 1900 evryday, had dinner n would be too tired to blog

the whole wk was NCC-intensive,
Tuesday-normal trg+ncc day parade rehersal

Wednesday-ncc day prd rehersal

Thursday-25m 'live' shooting at 3rd Div Arty HQ

Friday-NCC day parade+normal trg

LIVE RANGE-Thursday 5 July 2007

Fig 12 Tgt

My results (7/10, blue=1, red=0). i missed out on getting a marksman (10/10). F***

2007-07-01T12:58:00.000+08:00

ZZZ...
very tired...
ZZZ...
watched NDP rehersal last night, the floating stadium...
ZZZ...
...quite gd scenery, the prd cmdr...
ZZZ...
...i dont know how he passed his OCC
ZZZ...
the performances not bad, most importantly...
ZZZ...
...seats are much more comfortable compared to natl stadium
ZZZ...

Discipline is the key to teamwork, teamwork is the key to glory.

2007-06-30T12:16:00.000+08:00

changed skin again.....due to many negative comments...
plz give ur opinions...

YESTERDAY
successfully conducted my second training fully-in-charge. like i said, the cadets lacked basic discipline and and made many common mistakes as cadets we would make. there were quite a few unpleasant incidents, i wont say what are they. in conclusion, not too bad, but not good at all.

2007-06-28T16:31:00.002+08:00

sch was the usual same...the only interesting part was the free period when ben tan wasnt here.
wong chin yeow nvr come, but it was a pity that there wasnt el 2day.
aft sch planned tmr's trg...my ics were quite monotonous...their activities were abt the same...
i cant imagine conducting the same activity when i approach either part...well, shall leave that for tmr...

n if u noticed i changed my blogskin...plz give ur comments on the tagbd...
like lauzy has taken the initiative...thks

2007-06-27T18:32:00.000+08:00

HIGHLIGHTS FOR YESTERDAY
(not in chronological order)
1. Seat change, do you think I like my new seat?
2. WCY gave spelling...which was described as "sucking his father's balls" n when spelling finished it was described as "he finished sucking his father's balls"
3. I totally nvr do maths homework, yet CL still didnt know, he was cheated by me saying "Oh, I did it but left it at home"
4. First Training totally in charge
(a) Cadets attitude sucked
(b) Activities not quite well planned, time not quite well managed
(c) Interaction with cadets becomes brainwashing session
(d) Conclusion: GESS NCC still has much more room for improvement. Way to go for BUC!

HIGHLIGHTS FOR TODAY
1. How can I lose to ricky in 2.4? Simple reason, "road block"
2. OBS Interview.....qns were so damn pressurizing...well, erm, nothing to say...

2007-06-25T16:26:00.000+08:00

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.......
dont really feel like returning to sch. coz hols r better, n i grew 1cm shorter. its already more than 16.5 hours after sch reopens. life still has 2 carry on.
Change in tt:
1. PE once again becomes 2 seperate periods a wk.
2. new SS teacher.....Ms Foo, worked in MINDEF before.
3. DT also dont know for what reason come our class 2 give all the fucking briefing.
4. Ben Tan nvr come...one free period.
5. EL Debating skills=less of WCY (that'ssometh to celebrate)

HOLIDAYS.......
basically, hols quite fruitful for me.....
23-27/5 ACE Camp in Pahang
31/5-6/6 Vietnam CIP Trip
8/6-9/6 Spec Course at HQ NCC
plus....
Macau: 11/6-15/6, 18/6
Guangzhou: 16/6-17-6
Zhuhai: 17/6-18/6
Hong Kong: 18/6-19/6
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Class Chalet: 18 (19)/6-20/6

Last few days of hols......
Fri 22/6
briefing on tues trg.....then met someone, went somewhr, did someth.
Sat 23/6
went round the city center.
Sun 24/6
as usual, stay home, did nothing.

TUESDAY TRAINING
my first trg totally in charge.....i'm the Trg Overall 2IC...heavy responsibility....planning sai kang all i do, leave the execution to the rest.

2007-06-21T22:52:00.000+08:00

One piece of stunning news:
GESS NCC Intake 05 currently has:
05-1=04X2SG
13+2=15X3SG
06-1=05XCPL
That's a piece of really stunning news....

2007-06-21T12:15:00.000+08:00

其实还爱你
阿沁

我讨厌阴天的风冷得那么刺痛
只有你能够抚平所有的寂寞
昨天的风筝在角落被谁丢到了路口
我很不想让你找到离开的理由

每一夜闭上眼睛我看到了恶梦
你微笑但是旁边的人不是我
天空切开一道裂缝直接割到我心中
不想装作脆弱也不想爱得懦弱

其实我非常爱你不想失去你
难道我没有权利说我不愿意
你给了他的吻虽然只有余温
可知道我多渴望抓住你的心

我知道他很爱你你怕他伤心
我每天假装开心害怕你离去
可不可以任性求求你不要去
藏在我心里最后一句其实还爱你

2007-06-21T10:05:00.000+08:00

im back frm evrything, o'seas & 3h07 chalet. i rushed back to catch the chalet, juz in time. well, the chalet was relatively, fun enough. nt totally fun, nt totally boring. i wish to appeal to the 6 ppl who went into red hse with me that it wasnt scary at all if u think it is. i wud say, 74/100.
here's a breakdown of the scores
Movies 18/20
Night 17/20
Meals 12/20
BBQ 14/20
Accomodation 13/20

after chalet went back to sch for trg, then rushed my way to airport, fetch my mum & bro, n finally came home, after so many days.

2007-06-18T08:55:00.000+08:00

WOOHOO! im back frm guangzhou n zhuhai, n im nt going to write abt it, or post any picts. reason, simple- so fucking lazy. tell u guys bout it during chalet.

speaking of the chalet, i wud be late, coming on 19 Jun at abt 1545 hrs. very, very sorry for the misplanning in my schedule.