Cell.

Cell yesterday was fun and interesting. We didn't have time for word. Time passed so fast during worship. At least some of us were ministered to by the word others shared. Thanks for making it such a wonderful experience.

Congratulations to Brandon and Josh3! Happy Baptism! =) May you continue to grow deeper in the Lord. =)

I learnt a few songs. Thanks to daniel and craig and james! Strumming patterns are difficult. Crap.
Oh well, must practice I guess. Looking forward to church tomorrow. =)

Learn, learn, learn!

Homework Check

I've got two days to finish up my homework.

The Chinese Book Review's done and printed.

The commonwealth essay's done and printed.

And I seriously doubt I'll finish reading the gudianxiaoshuo that I'm supposed to read.

My chances of doing that are nil.

Unless a miracle happens. Big miracle.

Because I don't want to read it. Because I can't read it. I don't understand it. The words are too difficult, the phrases too abstract. It's far beyond me.

So I'm really sian.

At least Math is easier. I'll revise my set theory.

If I can find it.

Christmas

Ah well. It's Christmas time again! Merry Christmas to everyone.

It just reminds me that I've got some unfinished homework to do. And that I haven't really done what I set out to do this year. I've let many people down. It's been a topsy-turvy year, with many ups and downs. I've disappointed many people this year. Parents, friends and so on. Got to work harder next year.

But back to Christmas. Thankful. Be thankful. Count your blessings. Blessings from God. Like his gift of eternal life. Like good parents. Like good friends.

That's all.

Time to go.

Starlight's shining.

Quiz

Olivia asked me to do this quiz

1] do the followinwg WITHOUT complaint.
2] choose 5 people to do this after you have completed yours.
3] leave a tag on the person's tagbox to say he/she has been tagged.
4] share your post ith; I have been tagged!(:

FAVOURITE...
color: Black, red, purple
food: lasagna
movie: I don't watch movies that much.
sports: Soccer
day: Wednesday and Sunday
season: December
icecream: Vanilla

CURRENT...
mood: sick. Gastric flu.
clothes: T-shirt, shorts
desktop: small
time: its 2.46pm(being exact)
surrounding: someone's cutting the grass outside. Noisy.
annoyance: As I've said before, I'm sick, and I want to get well soon!

FIRST...
best friends: Daniel, Craig,
crush: Do I really have to answer this?
movie: Refer to up there
lie: er. I can't quite remember.
music: Hillsong, Planetshakers, Paradise Live
lyrics: Meaning?

LAST...
drink: Water
car ride: Last nite
crush: -.-
phone call: Daniel
CD played: Saviour King

HAVE YOU EVER...
dated one of your good friends: O.o No duh!
broken the law: Jaywalking
been on television: Yeah, when my dad records videos of the family. O.o
kissed someone you dont know: Er. O.o No duh!



4 things you've done today:
1. Sleep
2. Eat
3. Read
4. Take medicine

3 things you have hear right now:
1. Bros playing
2. Me typing
3. Truck driving by.

5 ppl to do this quiz

1) Daniel. =)
2) Craig - on the cell blog.

And I can't think of anyone else. Haha

Volunteers?

From Jordan

Well, well, well.

I'm in Jordan now. The country. Not anyone you might know by the name of jordan.

Never expected that I'd be typing this blog post out to all of you.

Got delayed by 5 hours.

Lousy Jordanian airlines.

I'll really be happy to be back soon. Missing Singapore, friends. And so on.

Hit by several bouts of stomach flu and food poisoning. If you prayed for me and my family, thanks for that. :D

Anyway, a very happy friday to you. haha.

And God bless. Hopefully, I'll see you friday night, not saturday morning.

xD

See you all. =)

Time to go...

"Time to go"

This phrase reminds of the Halo 3 trailer. Where a little girl's voice says time to go.

Well, well, well.

Nostalgia

I'll feeling reluctant to leave all of you behind. And all of Singapore and all that I know.

Eeee.

No putting it off.

Go.

Now.

But remember to look back.

._.

16th and 23rd December

Hope, Faith and Love. Nice quote! From the bible! =)

Almost time to go...

Here I am, typing this blog post out in one of the spare pockets of time where I could probably be doing something better. Like, don't waste the free 2x?

So erm, this might be the last post. Unless I find time to post one more time tomorrow. But well, I'll see you people from church on the 16th, or at least the 23rd.

You'll all overtake me as I stagnate for like, 12 days? In many things, of course. Enjoy your games, enjoy each other's company, enjoy your crap, enjoy your books.

Basically, have fun! Try not to forget me. XD

I'll miss all of you!

I'll take lots of pictures, but I might not be back to show them to you! Hope I will. Pray for journey mercy and that I will learn stuff there and most importantly hear God. =) And of course keep everyone safe here and where I'm going. Don't want to come back to hear someone ended up in the hospital or something bad like that.

So er, bye for now.

I'm getting even more pensive.

Crap.

One More Day

Er. We've got very little time left. Before I disappear for like, 2 services? Sad lar.


So well, today's a good day. Fury rocks! Its really good, and I chionged it in two hours. Otherwise, nothing really much happened. The usual talking, but of course, surprises all around again. As usual. If surprises become usual they won't be surprises anymore. So erm. Just a little contemplative today.

My phone's always on! If you do need help. Or something. Kinda bored tonight. After reading the books.

So well, goodnight!

So short!!???

More tomorrow, I hope. Hope, that is.

._.

Of Astonishments, Birthdays and Charities

A, B, and C.

Lame, I know. But still.

Astonishments, all good, but I won't elaborate on it. I'll just say today I'm happy! =) =) =) 3C!


Birthdays?

Did anyone mention that? Certainly there's been a lot of birthday's in the recent past. And today. Happy Birthday, Xue! Happy Birthday to those in Nov, and those before Dec 14. Happy Birthday to Daniel, Mark, Yiheng, Guan Wei, Ivan, Jian Wei (adv), and Pei Yuan(adv). If I missed out your name, tell me!


Of Charities, today we, meaning the cell's Giordano kids went to help Adrian out at SGB. Wearing red, green, and blue, but all Giordano tees. Really funny. Lucky we grabbed a burger from Macs while waiting for Adrian to pick up the car. After that, we were straight to suntec, where we ran into jam after jam....

After like, an extremely, interminable, inordinate amount of time, we arrived at suntec city towers, having to collect the wish gifts from three locations. Level 14, there was an okay amount of stuff. We took like, half an hour to bring it all down..

At Level 33, there was an immense amount of stuff, like four times the amount. We took hopelessly long to bring it all down. This was compounded by the fact that the security guards didn't feel like being helpful. Ask us to bring here bring there, what clear the walkway, so on and so forth. Really sian. We finally crammed all the stuff in Adrian's van, but that was after a long time, and tons of effort. Daniel and Kai Jie got stuck at level 33 for half an hour, with the rest of the stuff. Slackers. -.-

Then, at Level 25, lucky lucky very little things. But, the officer Andrew dragged me and craig off to the next tower to carry MORE stuff down. well, we lugged and lugged all the stuff down, until FINALLY, we managed to load everything into the vans. And we had the problem of making our way back at taxi. The most drama part of the event.

We had two groups of 4. As the other group had a girl, they had to go first. So the first cab goes by, then the second. All empty, but none of them stopping. The third cab. It stops! We, like nice gentlemen we are, wave it on to the second group. But we and they didn't know that the cab was only going to some place far far away, so they were kinda unhappy, and we were laughing their heads off.

The next cab, was a silver cab, and kia, and therefore deemed too expensive for us to take. So they koped it. And we forgot that we would be reimbursed. Really stupid, as we were in a position to ks them. Sad lar. The next five cabs went by without stopping, and we called Adrian to come.

I got on the phone. Daniel took out his handphone camera. He was snapping photos of us so that we could post them on the cell blog. And so, I had to alternate between talking to Adrian on the phone, and to talk pictures.

Then, it threatened to rain. We didn't want to move, but the primer did. Finally, we moved over to the taxi stand. And we left him standing there as we went to take a look at candy empire, and buy water. We took more pics! Uncharacteristic of me.

Finally, when we reached back HQ, we went to eat. At 4 in afternoon. -.- We ate one plate of hokkien mee each, one and a half plates of carrot cakes, shared of course, and a plate of famous char kway teow. Whee. Full like siao. Adrian treated us to a cup of soya bean milk. Thanks! So we full full, happy happy go home. Talk crap the whole way to the mrt, almost got lost, and so on and so forth. Sang with Christ in the vessel. No idea why we did that. Random, I guess. We must have really been high on laughing.

So well, to J8 and I couldn't find the CDs that I wanted. Really sad. The only sad part of today. Yeah. Overall, its been an enjoyable and exciting day!

Thank God for today! And thank God for putting me in 3C! So many 2Q ppl!

Cell!

Today, I went cell early to play guitar, crap and discuss the chalet with Daniel and Adrian. I bought lunch for Daniel. Which was one measly McChicken. He wasn't too happy about that, but still. Whatever. We tried to play guitar, slacked around, and generally waited for cell to start.

Then, we had an unexpected guest. At Adrian had to go out to do something for BB HQ, drive some van here and there for SGB, Shynn came to babysit us, and also about some other stuff. So well, since both Adrian and Shynn hadn't eaten lunch, they went out, taking the keys, and leaving us without keys. Then Joel and John showed up. It was hilarious. We couldn't open the door, so they couldn't come in and eat the lunch they had brought. We were all laughing away. So they went down to eat at the Resident's corner at the void deck.

Then they all showed up at the door. Finally. Including James and Craig. And Shynn finally back with the keys. But that was half an hour later. Since Adrian wasn't back yet, we helped to set up his christmas tree. We were faced with a shortage of lights. So we carried out a physics experiment.

We exposed two light bulb strings and we linked them together, so that we would have a string that was double in length. In such a dangerous and risky way, we successfully did it! I can't really explain it, but well, if you were there...

Then we waited some more, played guitar, and so on, until Adrian came back at 5. We had word and worship, the guitar player was James, which was quite good. I had a word that told me to go read the Bible consistently. So I'll have to go do just that.

Here we go again.

Since I'm bored, I'll finish this up!

Dt - Well, well, well. I didn't interact or get to know you during 1Q days or the first half of this year. But, we did get to know each other much better in the next half of the year. Definitely we did. We shared a kind of understanding. That I can't quite put into words. Like going back to Suwe during the chalet night. I hope to get to know you better. God bless!

Darren - I never knew you well. Never quite understood your changes and mood swings. I'm sorry for that. But I'm not sorry for having you in 2Q. You certainly brightened up our day sometimes, with you and your hysterical laughter, random sayings and so on. Thanks for that. And good luck with your RA. =)

Wesley - The six-pack man with the low and mature voice. O.o Well, I guess that you are one of the most mature of us. Knows when to do the right thing, when to say the right thing. And to cap it all, is pro in most subjects. Like Darren. So well, thanks for being a secure person so that when we have stuff to ask or things to do, we can come to ask you! Wish I'd got to know you better. I wish that a lot now. But too bad for me.

Rong Jun - I probably don't know anything about you beyond the fact you're the school Pokemon champ. And you are really good at Pokemon. And GBA, DS stuff. Sorry for that, and thanks for making all of us proud of you. All the best! Sorry that I've nothing more to say

Ji'an - I seriously don't know you. Beyond the fact that you rock at computers, and hack a whole lot too! Not to mention helping us out countless times when we needed help with IT stuff. Thanks for that, and when you hack next time, either not get caught, or think of the consequences first! Preferably the latter.

Wen Zheng - I didn't know you until we sat right next to each other in class. You're the guy that brightens up our day in that little corner of the class with your jokes and crap. You and Jia Rong. But you're a loyal friend that we can count on, so far. And not to mention the class soccer captain. You'll do well in the future. I'm quite sure of that! I'm sorry I've so little to say, even as I know you better than I know some other people. But well, I guess you know what I would say if I could say it. ._.

Jia Rong - You make us laugh a whole lot. You're aggressive as a soccer player and as a person. You're good at lit. You like lit. But as a person, I don't know you well either. I wish I did. Again. You're the last but you're certainly not the least. Thanks for being there to brighten up our day, and just to provide some support when we needed it. All the best.


And so I'm done. After a long, long hiatus, and despite many things, I've finished this.

2Q, you guys ROCK.

And I wish you were my class for the next two years.

But that can't be. So, we'll settle for being friends. And continue o work together.

Hiringa!

P.S I can't even remember the class cheer. Paiseh.

P.P.S Should I do something like this for church too? Or just a few select people. ><

All for Love

Nice song. Haha

All for love a Father gave
For only love could make a way
All for love heavens cried
For love was crucified

Oh how many times have I broken Your heart
But still You forgive
If only I ask
And how many times have You heard me pray
Draw near to me

Everything I need is You
My beginning, my forever
Everything I need is You

Let me sing all for love
I will join the angel song
Ever holy is the Lord
King of Glory
King of all

Oh how many times have I broken Your heart
But still You forgive
If only I ask
And how many times have You heard me pray
Draw near to me

Everything I need is You
My beginning, my forever
Everything I need is You

All for a love a Saviour prayed
Abba Father have Your way
Though they know not what they do
Let the Cross draw man to You

Everything I need is You
My beginning, my forever
Everything I need is You

one more time

So here we go again. I like posting on Tuesday. Seems so to me, at least.

Jey-sng - You're the tall guy. The quiet guy who sits in the corner and thinks. You rarely blow up, but if you do. Well, you really do. I never knew you well, never understood your problems. But we are all proud of you. Moor House badminton, and a host of other stuff. I'll never forget the time you shouted Adi down. Ah well. All the best.

Ry - Never knew you well. I might have tried to, at some point or another, but we never really clicked. I'm having the same subject combi as you, so there's a high chance that I'll be in the same class as you. But you, the responsible prefect. I'll have to see how that turns out! =) See you! And come back to God. He always has the time for you!

Suwe - Thanks for that MSN convo. You probably won't know how much it meant to me. Thanks for listening, and showing understanding. Even if you've forgotten what you did, I won't. All the same, I didn't quite understand the times when you flared up and walked off. I hope I will. Soon.

Guano - You tormented me, teasing, poking, so on and so forth. But we did come to an understanding. Fellow Arsenal fan, huh? Wish I'd got to know the guy inside, behind that veneer of 'who cares' attitude. Have fun next year, and try not to be so bad to the next guy you sit next to! Stay bubbly and happy.

Teoh - Can't say that I know you well, but I know you carry plenty of hurts and troubles inside you. Don't be so bitter! Share with someone you can trust, okay? Less cynical, maybe. But you'll do better! You can overcome that stupid maths problem. All the best.


Next five sometime else, maybe today, maybe tomorrow.

Going?

Seriously, I'm leaving for a land quite far from here, and I won't see you guys for quite a while. It's depressing. I'd rather not go! But, of course, I have to. It's a family thing, you see. Gotta go with the family. I will miss church for two weeks, miss the special guest speaker this coming Sunday too. Be out of the loop. No internet, no nothing. Just rushing around. I'll miss every single one of you. It's out of the country, and I might not see you guys ever again. Life is fragile, and precious. You never know what could happen. Pray for me? Journey mercy, and all that. Pray that God will speak to me during this trip. Something fruitful, huh? Yeah.

Anyway, I'll thank 2Q, once again, for all you've done for me this year. We'll continue to see each other, and hopefully we'll continue to share the same camaraderie that we share at the moment. Thanks to Adi, Anderson, Snao, JeCh, Tim, PY, Yiheng, StepHen, Deep, Chia, David, Martin, Weng Hong, Mark, JS, Ry, Suwe, Guano, Teoh, Dt, Darren, Wesley, Frongs, Ji'an, Wenzy, and Jia Rong.

See you next year! Hopefully, that is.

For my brothers and sisters in church, thanks for this wonderful year. We've consolidated our friendships, and even made new ones. We've definitely got to know each other much better. May the Lord bless us greatly and continue to use us for His work. I'll see you on the service after the one on the Holy Spirit. Or maybe earlier. We never know. xD May God bless you! And keep me and my family and everyone on the trip safe.

Thanks to Jian Hui, Malcolm, Raymond, Sheng Chou, Dan and his boys, Ce Yao, and all other Jian Hui's 12 that I haven't mentioned. Thanks to my brothers and spiritual father, Adrian, Aaron, Brandon, Craig, Daniel, Wei Bin, James, Mark, Joel, John, Jeremy, Joshua and Joshua. Thanks to the sisters, Shynn, Miaoting, Xueting, Olivia and Vanessa.

Thanks for being my friends and mentors, in terms of some of the older guys! Have a good time at the two sermons that I'll miss. I'm very sure you'll enjoy them.

I'll continue my eulogy of sorts for 2Q tomorrow. Or maybe later today. Depends. We'll see.

Thanks for the Memories

It's been a wonderful two days with 2Q in the class chalet. We talk, we laugh, and we play together. It may very well be the last time we hold such things. Apart from a few disagreements about sleeping arrangements, general cleanliness and Xbox-related issues, we were fine. Thanks for making my two days so enjoyable. Strangely, we found enjoyment and peace doing some things like taking a walk down the beach. Skipping stones across the water. Ry, yeah, you're very imba. Jech too! The barbecue. I didn't help out much. Sorry. But the food was good, and kudos for Ms Keh and Mrs Ong for making it down. It means quite a lot to us! But I definitely helped to clear up all the soft drink cans, spilled snacks, and all that crap in the chalet before we slept. Thanks to Chia, Dt, and all those that helped!

I didn't sleep much. Too busy playing. Well, it was worth it. We'll try to do this again, ya? Good times to remember. Anyway, breakfast was at Macs, and we had an unexpected guest. Dunno if it really was unexpected for some people who knew ahead of time. But well, all the same. Back home, and I slept the afternoon away. Once again, thanks to Darren, Deep and all other people that contributed to this chalet's success.
Anyway, I got a very nice Halo 3 kill! Yay!

I would like to go on with what I've started. It's been a week already!

David: Well David, you're a good friend. Always ready to help. Some might read it as being extra, maybe you are at some points of time, but well, I'll thank you for taking the initiative at points of time. A bit of emotional management, and you'll be fine. Sorry for picking on you sometimes. No hard feelings! I hope I won't have to play soccer against you next year. Probably we'll have a hard time. But you won't have us as defenders! LoL ._. See you next year.

Martin: I never quite got along with you. Never seen eye to eye before. But all I can say, thanks for doing your best for us, the class, whenever you could. Like the Drama Challenge. And, on a more recent note, thanks for your rechargable batteries! Hope I'll know you better in the future. So yeah.

Weng Hong: Now, you're really good at EL Lit and related things. Thanks for making the Drama Challenge such an immense success. And for cheering us up when we needed it. I didn't know you so well, but as far as I know, you're all good. Thanks, man!'

Mark: I've known you for so many years already. The music maestro. I know I work well with you, but I don't really know you. Don't think anyone in the class really does. Maybe try to be a bit more active in class stuff. =) And good luck for the future.

I'll continue tomorrow. Hope tomorrow isn't next week. On a side note, Cell's tomorrow! Yay!

I'm dead tired now.

Of Chickenpox and Continuations

Well. I have chickenpox. Stupid, really, I'm not a kid anymore. Therefore, I shouldn't be getting this stupid, irritating virus. I can't go for cell, cousin's wedding, church and class chalet. Coincidentally, they all start with 'C'. Lame, I know. But I'm really pissed. I'm going to be stuck here at home! Really sad. So, I really hope I get well sooner. Um, anyways, thanks to all those who replied my sms, if you didn't receive it, forget it, but for those who did and replied, thanks!

Anyway, I'll continue with what I started two days ago.

Here we go.

Tomorrow. Morning. Cos I've got to go sleep now. Sorry.

Continuation

Here's me continuing with what I started yesterday.

Pei Yuan: I don't know you that well. Really. To me, your the guy who studies a lot. But of course, you've got that game boy in front of you. You're a model student. Always hands up homework, good with the teachers and all. Not to mention that your copious notes have saved my life many times before. Thanks so much for that, and for being around in the Drama Challenge. Too pro liaoz. Will I be relying on your genius again next year? We'll see.

Yiheng: The maths and cubing pro. Thanks for intro-ing the class to the cube. Seriously, I wish that I hadn't been on such fragile terms with you. Seems such a waste. But what's done is done. We'll still wave at each other across the corridor. Maybe Halo together sometime. I will always remember when you and snao held the fort with Swords-Midships last year. For more than two hours. I'll see you next year.

Stephen: You're the uber horny guy who makes everyone laugh. You're really good at sports and everything. I wish I knew the Stephen behind all the sick jokes and actions. But never mind. Probably will see you in the years to come. Just be less horny. A little more mature, yeah? Not just physically.

Jasdeep: Well, its been a long two years. Grats for being such a wonderful partner in defence. Even if I'm uberly slow. xD We'll still be friends. Thanks for being there and cheering me up. Thanks for lending a listening ear when I needed one. Yeah. See you next year. Man U won't win this season, you'll see.

Chia: Hyper, hyper, hyper. That's one of the things I will remember. Your infectious laughter and smiles always brightens up our day. Anyway, I wish I'd known you better. I never quite understood. I hope I will. See you :)

And that's five. Next five on the way.

Down the Drain

The academic year's over. School's out. I should be rejoicing. But I'm not. I feel a sense of detachment. I sense of emptiness. I won't wake to go to school tomorrow, and sit down and discuss the MU:Arsenal 2-2 draw. I won't be racing down to the astro with you guys to play soccer. At least not all together. I won't be laughing along with you guys in class. I probably won't sit and emo with you people anymore in the dark, blacked-out class. It all doesn't bear thinking about. I'm all nostalgic and drifting away on a cloud of wonderful memories. But I'll soon fall down to the ground. New class, new teachers, and new classmates. Probably new friends. But I'll never forget you guys. We'll still eat together in the canteen, play soccer together, yeah? I'll see you all next year.

I'm confused. I'm feeling unhappy, regretful, and for a reason I can't quite isolate. It'll all blow over, but it would be better if I knew. I really dunno. Well, count my blessings I suppose. I'll be fine.

A little thank you to 2Q

(rhymes O.o)

Adi - Well, you never fail to ask the hard and difficult questions, don't you? You are a nice guy at heart. Just be less serious, and know how to let go and have some fun, yeah? All the best, man. :)

Anderson - I thought I knew you, didn't I? Well, I'll let bygones be bygones, yeah? Just be a little more sensitive, kays? You never fail to brighten up the class during some boring periods. Give us all a good laugh to destress. Thanks for that. Well, good luck.

Shao Wei - I don't know you all that well. Well, we still can have fun together, can't we? I have always admired your ability to not listen in class, and still churn out A's for your subjects. But of course, you got the talent, and you got to put in the effort. You can go real far. Don't let it go to waste. I see you next year.

Jech: Well Jerry, it's been a long five years. For the first three, I barely knew you. Well, I've gotten to know you better. Really, you're quite a good friend. Go for it, you hear me? You'll be able to. All the best, and I'll see you next year. :)

Tim: Tim, you got the brains. You got the ability, so don't let yourself down. Don't be just enough, be the best that you can be. Don't shortchange yourself. And care a little more. Less of the heck care attitude. Don't be so aloof. Don't have to keep up the Mr. Cool face. Good luck. :)

I'm tired, so I'll post the next 5 tomorrow, and the so on.

2Q'07 ftw!

Splitting Up and Going Down

Sometimes, I feel like its better not to have friends. Because the time always comes when friends have to split up. It not healthy for us to keep doing this. We're going to be uprooted and placed piecemeal in different flower beds. Thrust into a new environment, we're going to to need to make new friends, while desperately trying not to drift away from old ones. Its inevitable. We will drift, but for how far and how long? It's two more days to the end of 2Q. We will no longer be a class. But we'll always be friends. I hope.

It's kinda nostalgic with all the memories. Remembering the good times we spent, when we laughed and cried together. When we poured out our blood and sweat together. I would rather remain in this class for the next two years. But we're going to have to split up. I don't want to think to much about it. I'll see you guys next year. Forever Friends? Maybe?

I don't know. But we'll see.

Silence

Its very quiet on the pitch. It's complete silence. Not a sound. The opponent lines up for the decisive penalty.

"Take the kick"

We all hold our breaths in anticipation.

David dives to his left, and knocks the ball away. We erupt in celebration. Honestly, its a very memorable experience. But it's only the semi-finals. We've still got the finals to play, against 2C. Hard match, but that was what we said about 2A too. So well, at least we've got a silver medal.

Seriously, today was tiring and yet fulfilling. Against all odds, we a GEP class, made it to the finals, beating 2A in the semis. I truly didn't expect the win. I told myself as we went to the penalties, we've already done our best. We've held them, we even took the initiative early on and scored. We played our hearts out and I, at least, was satisfied with the class's performance. So I went to the penalties with less pressure than I think 2A felt. They were supposed to win, I think, blasting 2L to pieces. So, I think the less pressure on us did much better. David rocked, I scored my penalty, we won, and that's all that matters for now. We must focus on the upcoming final.

It's these memories with my class that will remain in my mind forever. I mean, I don't think that my class in Sec 3 and 4 will be better than the one in Sec 1 and 2. The friendships we've made, the things that we've laughed about together, the good times we've spent, its incredible. I couldn't ask for more.

So well, I'm feeling a little nostalgic. That probably at the next soccer tournament, I very well be facing members of my old team in the match. A challenge, of course, but an unwelcome one. I'd rather remain in the same team. Dunno about the rest, but that's the way I feel.

I'm quite shacked now, so I'm off to bed.

2Q'07 ftw!

Drill

I dreaded today's drill session. Actually, I was very unhappy with it initially, as I thought that after the EOYs, we should have a slack parade. Anyway, drill turned out to be a fiasco. Let me give you an example:


We are marching along the Raja block, with the field to our immediate left, when the commander told us to do a left turn directly into the field. Which is out of bounds. Accidentally. We attempted, and became a higgledy snake. We were all laughing like mad.


Anyway, the entire drill session was like that. So the hour went by quite quickly. Not a bad drill session at all.

You should have been there to see it.

Surreal

Its so surreal. Its as if I have all the time that I want, and I can't figure out what I want to do with all this time. Basically, if I want to read a book, I can't help logging in to do something else. I've too much time on my hands. Its been a flurry of celebrations, and pure happiness. I can play without a care - as to work. But when I play something, I know I'm missing out on something else.

Anyway, I'm not at home most of the time. Either to a friend's house or somewhere else. Anyway, I'm looking forward to church on Sunday. I always do. I'm happy, not thoughtful or anything else. Therefore, I don't have much to post.

If Darren reads this blog, I want to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY to him. And whoever else is having their birthday soon.

The Last Gasp

The shore is close.

Its fourteen days away.

Fourteen days to freedom

Fourteen days to bliss

Fourteen days to pure, unadulterated enjoyment.

It an exhilarating experience to play without the shadow of homework on exams lurking behind you. (or in front)

But its fourteen days away. And this fourteen days are hell. Except the Sundays, of course, and a smattering of moments here and there.

I'm swimming in a vast ocean, and its hard to remember to come up and breathe. Because, underwater, there are so many temptations. One wishes to go take a look at that, to take a look at this. It's so rapture-like that I may forget to come up to breathe. If I don't, I'll probably lose sight of the target. Freedom, fourteen days away. Those enjoyments underwater are just counterfeits which ensnare and destroy. I must hold on my concentration, and not let myself get floated away on the currents of temptation.

Its fourteen days of eternity.

Back to Mugging. xD

P.S. I said I wouldn't be posting, but someone asked me too. Oh well.

Hiatus

This blog will be on hiatus. Until the end of the EOYs.

Not that I post much, anyway.

Discipline or else?

We certainly didn't show a lot of discipline during the drama challenge. We left everything to the last minute and chionged it. But luckily, we chionged it good and well. Nice job to the set people, we were certainly effective and quick. Though we could have been quieter when moving the sets in and out. And actors, really nice job, really convincing. Just be a bit louder next time. So, let's just cross our fingers and wait for the results to come out. We did the best we could.

Another thing that I have to to is to show discipline in regards to the EOYs. It's 22 days from now, and I've barely started. In fact, I'm taking the time to type out the blog post. I can't understand where my sense of urgency has disappeared to. I have to get down and finish up all the projects, and all the revision. And quickly. Or it will be too late.

Of Earphones and Bag Straps.

Seriously, I'm feeling very, very random today.

Anyway, I'm going to recount something really, really stupid and lame that happened on 53 today.

I was carrying the plastic bag with the props and the shoe bag with the windbreaker. I slung my bag around my left shoulder, and swung it to the front, so as to take out my iPod. As usual, I put the earphones round my neck, and the iPod in the left pocket. What I didn't notice until a few seconds later was the fact that the earphone had nicely entwined with my right strap.

So, disaster ensued.

I put my bag back on.

The earphones came of my neck.

I thought that it had caught on the bag, so i pulled. It didn't give. I tried to feel around for where it had caught. Then I felt that the earphone went around the strap. I went, oh crap. I tried to thread the iPod through the bag straps, hoping to solve the problem.

But, it didn't.

By now, the earphones were really, really messed up. And I was feeling damn pai seh.

After a long while, I got the earphones disentangled. Whew. Extremely lame, but funny. I wish I could have seen myself.

Anyway, I'm off to go do work now.

Tech Rehearsal

A teacher seriously pissed me off today. She got Ry to scram just coz he was in his costume. I mean, that's really saboing our class's drama challenge. It's really crappy. Why can't she be a bit more understanding and tolerant? And then of course, some people didn't show up. As usual. And others just stood by and watched. Made people that aren't in set have to go and move the stuff around. And as usual, we screwed up moving the sets between scenes.

It went something like this:

Aza: Hey, move this.

Me: Move that.

WZ: How bout this one?

I mean, it was really messy. And then some people decided to improvise so much on their lines that the actors sometimes missed cues. And of course, we forgot to bring some stuff.

But anyway, I think our play is not that bad. Apple rocked. It was about the only perfect part of our show. His musical interludes were really good.

Anyway, we've still got a LOT of work to do. On the Drama Challenge. And I've got lots of homework and revision to do. Its supposed to be a holiday for goodness sake.

Anyway's with got rehearsal on Wed, Fri and Sat. I can't go on Sat coz of bq. Get lost.

I really think BQ is a waste of time.

Shouldn't have signed up. But I'll see it through.

Really looking forward to snao's birthday party. :)

Drama Challenge

Honestly, I think that we are screwed.

Our technical rehearsal is on Monday, and we haven't even finished the set! I bet some of the actors haven't memorised their lines either! This is really seriously crap. We might fail if we don't buck up fast and concentrate on getting the work done. Anyway, I think we should be able to do so. But if we don't, we're screwed. Anyway, today's rehearsal was seriously fun.

We didn't do much but run through Darren's lines, run through the logistics - who's going to bring what, and also have a whole lot of fun. We played Mahjong, Suwe got a winning streak. We playing rubik cubes. And we talked crap, and serious stuff too. Stuff which I will not talk about here.

Oh well, and its choir duty tomorrow. Strangely, I don't feel like going for choir. But I will. As Kantian Ethics says, we must do our duty to be moral. Anyway, I'm off to sleep now!

God Bless You All! :)

GCYC

We really must be thankful for what we have. Seeing all the nations come to share about their city, it really gives us perspective. When we complain about the mountains of homework, they wish they could go to school. When we complain that the food in the school canteen is horrible, they wish they just had a bowl of rice. When we complain that travelling to expo for church is so far, they walk 10 kilometers just to get to church every sunday and back.

We really should count our blessings.

Anyway, I was really refreshed and rejuvenated by that three days of conference. :)

Here is a pic of the conference! :)

Filler - Is it a post?

This post is not a post. Wait, what I am saying. Contradicting myself.

This post is a filler.

Since I won't be able to type THAT MUCH now, half asleep, I'll just say that GCYC rox.

And well, you should go too.

LoL.

Gdnite

To God be the Glory!

Today, my prayer for 5 years has finally been answered. In a way, at least.

Today, for the first time since I started getting bullied, someone apologized to me on behalf of the class for bullying and teasing me. You might say, its just empty words, or, its just one person. But it's still a victory!

I really, really thank that person, and I really really thank God for answering my prayers. I'm really so excited. I thank all of you who've been praying for me. Thanks so much!

I really hope, pray, and claim by faith that the situation will improve. Keep praying!

Anyway, the bio test went smoothly. Hope there won't be too many hitches.

See all who are going for GCYC tomorrow at dinner!

Slacky

Today.

Was SLACK.

BIG TIME.

I mean, what else do you call two consecutive free hours? Then, you add in two more slack periods - Music and Philosophy.

That means out of the six periods in school, we only spent two hours studying.

LoL. And not to mention the good news that I finally passed my first math test in four months. :)
And won the Inter-house soccer. Even though I didn't even play.

Most of all, I didn't get teased or bushwhacked today. :) :) :) Guess my prayers worked, didn't they. Thanks be to God.

All in all, a very, very good day.

I'm tempted to post pics of what we were doing during the two free periods.

Should I?

Punching Bags?

wonder how if many people know how it feels to be a punching bag. Physically and emotionally. Everyone seems to get a perverse pleasure in making another feel bad. Just as long as they're not the butt of the joke, of course. It's all good and well when you're in the crowd and ganging up on another person. It isn't so easy to join the other side. Especially when you almost definitely lose. What's the point? Morals? Your conscience?

Lets take an example from Chinese class today. I was sitting at my desk, packing up some maths stuff and finding my Chinese stuff.

I stood up to go put my PE stuff on the back of my chair so it would dry and not be as disgusting when I had to put them back on. Then someone just had the good idea of sitting on my seat. As his good friend was right beside him. And of course, he wouldn't get off. No matter what. I don't really want to make a big fuss. Anyway, there isn't much I can really do about it. So ok, there's an empty seat at the back of the class, I'll go sit there. So off I go.

It just so happens that the seat beside me is also empty. What a coincidence. And someone else decides that it would be fun to sit beside me during the lesson. After all, we do hold interesting conversations at times. But right now, I don't really want to talk to him. I need to listen in class. It's really distracting when someone beside you is talking to you. Anyway, it doesn't occur to him that I am not as good in Chinese as him, neither can my parents help me much in teaching me Chinese. I don't have a private tuition teacher to ask either. Unlike him.

Anyway, he's either already studied the chapter (under the tuition teacher), or he will be doing so in the near future. Certainly before the chapter will be tested. So he really doesn't need to listen. So, he thinks that talking to me, or torturing me would be a good way to while the hour away. But of course, he doesn't think of what I need, does he? Of course not, why should he, as he often says - 'Why should I?'

And so, I get up from that seat, and move to the seat he has just vacated. But well, he has a very strong objection to me sitting on his seat. He doesn't have a problem with most people, but for the select few, he does. The select few being those who get bullied in one way or another. So he licks his hand, and wipes it on his seat. That doesn't really deter me. After all, I'm wearing pants, am I not? (Sorry for being disgusting). So I sit down. And he, of course, realizing that spit isn't going to stop me, complains to the teacher.

"Lao shi ah, he's sitting on my seat!"

Of course, I refute and explain my position. And everything gets settled. But by this time, the whole class has had a good laugh. And of course, I was feeling really terrible. Should I have told the teacher right out? Well, even when the teacher knew about it, I still ended up away from my own seat.

Anyway, such things happen ALL the time. Probably they are thinking that it's just a little bit of fun. That I am providing entertainment for all, and I am rendering the class a service

Still, I don't think that you'd be laughing and having fun when you're in my position. Anyway, just for your info, if I laugh when I'm the butt of the joke, its fake laughter. Just like someone who gets poked regularly on the othe side of the class is. I think. He doesn't really enjoy it. Of course, I don't think he says so. Seriously. Anyway, if you're my friend, you wouldn't want me to be in such a position.

The only thing I can do now is to turn to God for help. Praying helps. And my family. And church time. Its a real balm for my troubles.

To end off, I'd just like you guys who find it so interesting to use me as a punching bag, to spend a day in my shoes. If its possible, of course.

Well, I did not mention names, but I think you know who you are.

Yawn.

Well, today was really, really boring. History and geog. Really crap. The teacher keeps harping on some macro concepts. And well, i really don't like how Geography is taught to us now. History, a boring vid. About communists and politics. Bleh. Bio, watched ANOTHER video. But more interesting lah. Genetics, genetic engineering, cloning, and so on. Personally, I think that genetic engineering is really too risky. Might lead to us getting some deadly disorder (alliteration!). Or maybe even something like HIV. Anyway, we still don't know enough about the procedure. How would we know if something was about to go wrong? English today was slack. Really slack. Just wrote haikus, and talked nonsense. I mean, what on earth? Maths, not too bad, I didn't screw up when Chong asked me to go up and answer the question.BQ was a real waste of time. The movie shown was lame. And boring. I almost fell asleep. I should have feigned sick and ponned school. It was a waste of time, darn it! LoL.

Now, I've got a bad stomachache. xD. And i've lots to do. I mean, well, I've to edit the RE presentation again. AGAIN. Seriously sian. Hope tonight will be much more fun. I hope, that is.

This is a poem book I bought today. Most of them are kinda angsty and dark. I LIKE. :)


Well, haven't really read this yet, but Mrs. Nathan says its good. But well, first thing I open and browse. F-word. ZZ

Sian....

Really, really shacked after chionging all my homework. Not to mention got long day tomorrow. Until 5 plus. Sian lor.......

Oh well, I really have to pray to God that he'll give me strength for tomorrow. To listen in class, and not fall asleep. xD

Hope I won't get my results back tomorrow. I probably fail my maths again.

Sighz.

Have to get back down to mugging.

Goodnight....

Whew

Just got back from church and dinner, and now I find out I have a bio assignment to chiong! Bad, bad, bad. Not to mention I don't even know when to start. Church today was good. Though the sermon was just a precursor/intro to the latest series about the 12 blessings.

What I really liked about the service was the video. For those who haven't been in FCBC for that long, they won't really know what the events were. I remember Christmas at the stadium. Hillsong and Parachute Band came. I remember Elijah. The musical was good. I remember the big walks that used to be held on Labour Day. I remember lots of things. Oh well, makes me feel rather nostalgic.

Cell was fun! And well, there were people there whose Halo 2 wasn't that bad at all! Basketball, I screwed up, as usual, but it doesn't really matter.

Anyway, I'm off to chiong Bio homework now.