தமிழ் Tamil rants Part 2

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...

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

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

வா கலீ வரெய் புஒய் சுண்டேய் போதுலாம்

Miracles do not happen, they are created.

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

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?

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

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

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.

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.