Packed Holiday

Ok, where do i start? It has been an extremely packed holiday for me. Thousands of things happened in the past 2 weeks.

16th Nov was JAE. went to sch for a few minutes and then to JJ house to watch Hills Have Eyes which was quite nice considering the unexpected twists and gore. Reuben, ying and jj played pool while me, shawn and ting soon stayed in his room to slack, playing FIFA and watching movie while waiting for lunch. Splendid spagghetti considering it was home made. After that,took a bus to city hall, met jer but split up to 2 groups. JJ, jer, and yl went to peninsula plaza to look for something while me, shawn and reuben took a train. And we broke up even further, shawn and me watched the pathetic movie Beuwolf at Bugis Junction while reuben went to Lavender for his passport thing. was darn tired but gave shawn some face to watch the movie with him and intended to go home straight after that. But the other gang came up to meet up with us and surveyed for some BBQ stuff at Cold Storage for the team chalet. Had some misunderstanding with ying lun but was solved eventually. Come on peeps, just live happpily together, no more quarrelling and grudges, kay? Went home to finally hit the sacks. damn damn tired.

Went to ying lun's house to stay for 2 days from the 19th to 20th. went there for FIFA 06 and 08. jeremy and ming were also there for some time wasting which was actually quite fun. played FIFA for the whole afternoon, then had pizza for dinner which was a kind treat by ying lun's mother. Thanks ying and your mother.

Then went out to Lot 1 to watch a movie, no choice but to watch Bee Movie. Jer went home, while ming went to watch Beuwolf the screwed up no.1 box office. he came back at about 1 plus am and we continued playing FIFA 08, 2 player was fun. Slept at 3am beside a giant but managed to listen to some lullaby and fell asleep eventually.

Next day CCAB, 8am. Played ok and went home to bathe and prepare to send my sis off who s going to cambodia for some child trafficking project thing. Went to airport, had a nice dinner at Soup Restaurant (the ginger chicken is good as always) and went home to have a nicer sleep on my own bed. It s always good to sleep in your own nest.

22nd nov was my first ever job at yew tong's mother's childcare centre. went there to do some repainting. didnt really enjoy it as it was damn tedious. did all the dirty work as many were afraid to get their clothes painted. at least i was wise enough to wear old pe clothes that was torn. 50 bucks earned. got a call from parents saying they were at Orchard Hotel for dinner (dad got some voucher) and so i chionged all the way to Orchard to stuff myself with good food esp steak. then went home for another well deserve rest.

missed training on the 23rd nov as went to see doc. then went palm gardens to meet shawn and went to class BBQ at yew tong s house together. it was quite good. played some cards first then started to work. intended to slack off but looking at the situation, everyone was slacking and the food wasnt coming fast enough. so decided to get hands dirty and skewered almost all the chicken wing, bbqed some food, fanned the charcoal blah blah blah. Did that all the way until 11pm then i started to have my dinner properly. by the time, almost all the party goers were zhaoing and only left the standard few slayers eating and watching repeated soccer matches. Left at around 11.30pm, caught a bus to CCK mrt, and to jurong east but missed the last train to pasir ris. damn. wasted time trying to find a suitable bus to somewhere near tampines at the interchange but gave up and took a cab all the way home which cost me half of my painting salary. DAMN IT. there goes my 24 bucks. just like that. forget it.

next day, suppose to go 203 class gathering but woke up late and realised that it was a failure. only 8 people went, organiser didnt go, so i also decided to rest at home for once.

26th November was my aunt's birthday. Just went to Trader's Hotel for dinner, went to her house to cut cake then done. Nothing much.

27th is when all the fun starts. Team chalet at pasir ris costa sands. suppose to meet up with the slayers at pasir ris mrt at 1.30 but was late coz i spent more than an hour trying to get all the suitable timings for late night movies at all possible cinemas. in the end realised plan changed and wasnt watching movie the 2nd nite, but on the first. effort wasted. anyway, met up by 2pm and caught the shuttle bus to the chalet.

people who went were: Me, ming, shawn, christopher, zi xiang, ying lun, jun jie, ting soon, reuben and jeremy.

went there, checked in, threw bags down, took a bus and train and bus to tanah merah street soccer court, had fun for hours until 7 and split up again.





i broke off from the group to go home and bathe, get some stuff they need and then took a straight bus to the chalet, dropped the stuff outside the chalet, met up at White Sands for dinner and trained down to Orchard cine for Enchanted movie. survivors include me, ming, shawn, christ, zi xiang, ying lun, jun jie, reuben and jeremy. caught the 12.30 show. it wasnt very good but wasnt that bad for me. good to watch some lame show some time. after that cabbed to jj house to watch champs league. sevilla vs arsenal ended 3-1, man u vs sporting ended 2-1, cristty scored last minute freekick. blah, played 08 on JJ com for a while, till 6 plus, took a bus to orchard mrt, caught a train back to pasir ris and ate Macs the scammer for breakfast. took first shuttle bus to chalet, played dai di for hours, then left chalet for tampines mall for lunch. in the end ate yoshinoya after some debate.

went to UNFAIRPRICE to shop for BBQ stuff and i broke off once again. went home bathe and napped. ming went for drums while the rest went back to chalet. had a fantastic nap for about 2 hours and woke up, grabbed the stuff they need again, waited for 17 for more than half hour which drove at 10km/h and reached chalet facing faces who looked pissed. ah nvm, any way had a nice BBQ dinner. Beef was fantastic. loved it. satay not bad as well. at least my recommendation of BBQ wholesale wasnt that bad. yay. next time peeps, just order BBQ wholesale, save all the trouble.

ting soon and zi xiang went home while the rest stayed to discuss about kumz match and then played cards, xbox until 2 plus. most slept by then. supposed to go out to watch liverpool match but christ and gang didnt wanna wake up so, too bad. tried to sleep but jer was causing too much noise and using me as bolster so couldnt sleep. in the end caught about an hour of rest, woke up at 5 plus with ying, washed up, played fifa, shawn woke up, then 3 of us went out to downtown east first for another macs breakfast. went back, all still sleeping. woke them up, and then me and yl went back to sleep until 10 plus, checked out and took shuttle bus to pasir ris, played DAI DI again while waiting. Prostitute, mamasan, beggar, prince, queen , king damn fun. laughed like mad.



>>> What nice feet you have, ming.



>>>Reuben living up to his reputation of being an ex-gymnast.

they couldnt decide where to eat, in the end i went home first, while they went east point for more DAI DI and lunch at food court. bought match ball for KUMZ match and then took train. i followed ming to kallang, took 12 to parkway to buy ankle tape. the rest went home. after that, waited for parents at roxy hotel, fell asleep when ever i can. sis went audio house to find what media player while i slept in the car. met up with aunt again for dinner at great world, some Jap restaurent at the basement. After that went home, sleep.




Next day woke up, feeling damn tired. packed stuff for Kumz match, was late, so after a long story, took a cab to bukit timah field. ref was late. my freekick was on form, but played like shit in the match. nvm, we won 5-0, for details go team blog to see.









after that, went home spent more than an hour typing the freaking long match report and then the next day, i m here typing this bloody long post of my pathetic 2 week story. if blogger shut down now, i swear i ll slam my com if this post doesnt go up. anyway, more matches to come, more fun to come. enjoyed chalet, got to know christ even better (he s a nice guy), got to know jeremy even better (right ying lun?) had countless BBQs, and most importantly, had revenge against kumz.

Post O Levels

Finally! Freedom!

O levels ended yesterday but it has been so eventful for me that i feel that it ended weeks ago. Right after the last paper, bio 1, we choionged to CCAB for some soccer action. And the usual for me, injury to right ankle. Even with the injury i think i played average with a lot of room of improvement.

After playing for 4 hours we migrated to Beauty World, not all, but some while the others collect jerseys from Queensway. After that, Shawn, Ming and me were discovered at JJ's house to bathe before meeting up at Cine to buy tics and then to Taka for dinner at Pepperlunch. Movie was great. Stardust deserves at least 4 stars while i personally give 5 stars. I was thinking about it even after the movie ended and i was totally engrossed in the movie. It had action, romance, lessons and most importantly, a path that leads us away from the real world. I totally enjoyed it.
Missed the last train and walked all Orchard while waiting for father to pick me up at Meridien. The day ended finally.

But today was something that was just as enjoyable. Played FIFA 08 for a while and then cabbed to East Coast Park for NCC BBQ. It was Specs vs Cadets during the soccer session and i played pretty well against those front footers. But was thoroughly disappointed with my failed tricks. Some tricks are meant for real defenders and not for those who any how kick to get the ball away. Anyway, I dun look down on sec 1s since i know my standard was far worse at their age. Erm, maybe not that bad, but still not good. At least my headers improved way lot and even head out for goal kick, distance is there now for accuracy.

Didnt do any cooking and was slacking on the bench at the sea enjoying the sea breeze, the peace and tranquility that i missed for months. It was such a refreshing experience. Then, the juniors wanted to say GOODBYE to us and started doing some lame skit. Ok, effort appreciated. What was more meaningful was the letters they compiled and gave me as a very valuable souvenior. At least now i leave NCC with something to reminisce. At least i felt i did something that helped someone, that my actions had some good influence on others. Thanks kiddos, your cheerfulness brought youth back to my ever foward changing life.

Ok, after 2 days of madness, i m gonna have a day of rest tomorrow, just playing FIFA and settle the referee booking thing. After that, i going back to my plan of learning new stuff during this hols. What a busy holiday!!!But i m enjoying it, aren't you? ;)

Liverpool vs Arsenal

Liverpool vs Arsenal.

This is my lineup for Liverpool.

. . . . . . . Torres. . . Crouch
Riise. . .Gerrard. .Mascherano. ..Alonso. . .Babel
. . . . .Carragher. . .Hyypia. . .Finnan
.. .. .. .. . . ... ..Reina

Subs:
Itandje
Sissoko
Benayoun
Voronin
Kuyt


3-5-2 may seem very attacking but it isnt. By jamming the midfield, it would ensure Arsenal wont be able to find the space to play their flowing attacking football. Crouch plays if Toure and Gallas are CBs. If Wenger decides to play Senderos instead, Crouch would most likely be useless. So Voronin should take his place. By right, Hyypia isnt suited for this game at all. He s honestly too slow. If i had a choice i would put Sissoko in his place, while Carragher moves to the centre. But this isnt the match to experiment so it s actually still safer to stick to Hyypia.

Arsenal make use of the flanks to make ground. And the trend is for the winger or full back to short pass to the edge of the box where Fabregas is usually found. The Helb-Fabregas, Clichy-Hleb, Sagna-Fabregas is indeed frightening, so Mascherano is there to neutralise the Fabregas threat and Alonso and Gerrard is suppose to come back on their counter to prevent to pass inwards while Babel and Riise try to cut out the cross. The 3 specialised defenders just have to wait in the box to cramp them out again. It s that simple, just cramp the field. Liverpool is currently short of defenders and by utlising more of the midfielders, it would conserve the energies of the defenders and make sure they dun lose concentration for the entire match so as to prevent stupid last minute goals from being conceded.

The main aim of the match is prevent Arsenal from having time on the ball and let them have as little possesion as possible. The entire defence should be intact at all times, meaning Hyypia and Finnan cannot advance forward for corners or freekicks etc, to neutralise the threat of Arsenal's potent counter. The attack of Liverpool goes directly to Crouch or the Torres-Gerrard combo. Babel-Alonso should be just as potent as they would punish Clichy or Sagna if they go forward.

All in all, this would clearly be a battle of tactics and the game would remain goaless for at least 60, 70 minutes. So dun bother to tune in until the final quarter of the match. For the last 20 minutes, fresh legs would be added and people like Benayoun or Voronin can add tricks and runnning to speed up the tempo for an exciting finish. My prediction - 1-0 to Liverpool.

Helium

Countdown

I have been feeling exceptionally sentimental the past days. All good things have to come to an end isnt it? Memories is what we bring along with us as we advance forward. Dempsey is going, we are leaving SJI. 2006 and 2007 have been the best years in my entire 16 years. These years are my growing years and it s when i experience all kinds of emotions, incidents that help my maturity. Prelims were bad, but i ve learnt a lot from this experience. It helped me to be stronger and not collapse under pressure and depression. I learnt to accept challenges and failures as they are part and parcel of life. Just accept reality and move on. I would like to thank a few people who have helped me through this difficult period of post prelims. I was genuinely sad but these people really pushed me on and look forward.

Special thanks to friends especially reuben and ying lun. Reuben has been my closest friend and my truest one even though he failed the test! haha. The jokes we cracked, lamed and crapped around was really fun. He never failed to reply to all my crappy messages and sometimes the few messages of encouragement really picked me up. thanks brudder! And to ying lun who i believe will be a very successful person in future. He works hard and strives to excel in every aspect which is worth looking up to. And i admire the way he recovered from his PSLE and improved tremendously in his academic work. Some how there s a magnet pulling him down to earth and even recent results never made him complacent. Thanks ying lun, you ve been an inspiration.

Also, thanks to my father who did not blame me and screw me for my prelims. Instead, he encouraged me and told me the first 5 weeks doesnt matter, it s the 2 years that s important. If not for his words, i would have really broken down. Lastly, to Mr Lim Meng Chye. I have regarded him as the best teacher i ever come across. He teaches in layman tone to make us understand better, and his wicked sense of humour spices up lessons at the same time make us interested in the topic. He gave me a pat on the back that acknowledge my efforts. The amount of effort i put in wasnt affirmed until this man came and give me that glimpse of hope. Human relations is that important, up and downs in life are normal, i hope this exam wouldnt be a down...

Speech and Graduation Day

Yesterday was SJI's 155th Speech and Graduation Day. It s the time when the graduating class come together and sing songs, receive prizes and feel sad one last time. It s pretty meaningful.

We sang songs like Pow'r of Love, St Joseph's Call, You Make Me Proud, You Raise Me Up etc, mostly to make people emotional. The best part is i think the letter opening by the parents. We wrote them a letter a few days ago to save ourselves. Save our souls when we receive the prelim results on monday. It seems effective actually. My mother actually cried when she read it and my father soften up. Awwwww....

I feel so much better after the ceremony that i actually let them know my genuine thoughts and confessions of all the sins i committed. (the soccer peeps know what sins) At least now they know not to expect too much from me academically, i m not the out and out mugger interested in studies but know when to mug and when to slack big time. Yep, and it s back to mugging after this post. Must remember to kope photos from reuben's blog when he post them.

I was shocked to see my list of important dates getting shorter and shorter. Is it good? or bad? i think it s good. It means a shorter time to freedom! Yay! I may take up a part time job after Os so i can buy more soccer merchandise and maybe more casual clothes to boost my wardrobe, havent bought clothes for months.

Next up on the important dates list is FIFA 08 Release!!!! It s on Friday! Ahh!! I wanna buy but i think i should wait until after Os, if not i wont be able to concentrate fully. Even the Pokemon Yellow on my phone is distracting me. Damn. I ll be patient.

Prelim English was out and i got an average B3. I think they wont be hope of getting an A2 even though i could add maybe a couple of marks. Anyway they decided to moderate down after moderating up. Aiyaa see how first. It isnt that bad considering most of the class got a B3. Now aiming for SAJC first few months next year mainly because ying lun and reuben wanna go there as well. Think jer and jj too. Might be able to make it as the cut off is at 11 or 12 points. Wish me luck!

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Things to do after O levels

I have decided. After browsing through so many wonderful pieces of piano music, i will pick up piano from my sis. As long as i learn to read the notes aka the tau gays then i ll be able to play the song. But all of this will be as what every sec 4 taking O level will say "After O level".

And as expected, soccer soccer soccer. Every day. Virtual soccer when resting leg muscles and real matches and trainings every other day. Yay. For now i have to rest and recover that right ankle, it s giving me so much trouble.

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Things to do:

1) Soccer Section
----------- Matches
-----------Trainings
-----------Jersey
----------- Overseas?
-----------Virtual

2) Piano Section
-----------Just learn to read the bloody symbols!

3) Get starhub Football Channel

4) Go gym

5) Run alternate days (apart from trainings and matches)

In love

I just realized yesterday that i have been in love for the past 3 years. I was lying in bed thinking about everything and anything and suddenly i felt so sad.

You have been with me for 3 years, maybe more. All along by my side but i took you for granted. i remember the first time when i saw you, i knew i was attracted immediately to your features. You were regarded as one of the best and finest by everyone then. They sang praises of you and i was pretty proud to have you. The times that we spent together were usually happy but there are moments of anguish, despair, sadness, anxiousness and many more. i was ashamed to show you to others even though you arent that bad looking. In my eyes, you have always been my ideal partner but times change and even though now you are gone, i will always remember you. with you by my side i felt good and everytime you call, i will definitely go for you even when at times when i m very busy. Sometimes your calls are so soft that even i didnt know you were alarming me of something important, for that, i apologise. at times of emergency you were mostly there for me, even though there were indeed times when you were unavaliable and i had to think of ways to solve my own problem. The times when you lay beside me on my bed, singing to my ears are the most touching and memorable moments. For now, i would like to say thank you for all that you have given me and wish you luck with whoever you find as your next partner. I hope that he or she will take good care of you unlike how i treated you that you even rebelled and showed signs of anger by turning your back against me. I dun blame you for all that as i know it was indeed my fault for not handling you with care. I will miss the times when i held you in my hands and smiling to your face when you tease me with something unoriginal taken from others.

Even though i found a replacement for you, it can never replace the affection i had for you, you are one and only, unique in your own ways and styles. thank you once more for everything, my dearest 6230. Your games were better than others, with beach rally, classic snake and many others that i ll never admit in front of others that they were fun. You held all my personal information from birthdays to messages from friends and family. the convenience you provide like being a mobile calculator satisfy my laziness to look for the scientific one. and the variety you have like the world clock helped me to determine my epl match times. Your bluetooth feature was one of the first to be installed in a mobile phone and i received countless of interesting yet important files from friends thanks to you. A billion thanks my old lover, for you brought spice and happiness to my life.

This post is dedicated to my former phone, 6230, who spent 3 whole years with me sending and receiving thousands of messages, holding days of calls and talktime with you friends. My feelings for this phone is entirely real as i felt the pain when it was traded in for $60 to subsidy the fee of my new 5700. The departure of this durable and trustee friend really hurt me when i thought of it being sent for reprocessing, cleaning and to serve in probably malaysia or indonesia. 6230 has been my true friend these past 3 years. I really appreciated its service for me, being so user friendly and lifelike. Its last few days with me was as if its dying, refusing to process anything i type on the keypad, like a stubborn old man dying in bed refusing to take his medicine or talk to others. It s really amazing how a non-living thing can cause someone to have so much feelings and affection for it. If i keep thinking of it for another few hours, i think i m really gonna cry. People only cherish and appreciate what's around them when it's been taken away. that s what makes the whole issue so sad.

Goodbye my lover, goodbye my friend.

New Handphone

Please! Can some kind soul help me make a decision for my new phone? i'm having a dilemma of choosing between nokia 5300 and 5700. Here are the details for these 2 phones.

................. ................... VS..........
................. ............................ 5300........... vs............ 5700

................. ..................What's in the Box? vs What's in the Box?
................. ............Nokia 5300 Main Unit vs Nokia 5700 with MicroSD MU-28 (512MB)
................ ......Standard Battery (BL-5B) vs Battery BP-5M Li-Polymer 900 mAh
................... ....................Charger (AC-3X) vs Travel Charger AC-5X
.............................. .........Headset (HS-47) vs Stereo Headset 3.5mm HS-44
......2.5mm – 3.5mm Universal Adapter AD-50 vs Music Control Unit AD-44

http://www.nokia.com.sg/nokia/0,,84986,00.html?model=5200,5700xpressmusic&feature=41,15,26,17&status=new

just realised i couldnt copy and paste, so please go to this nokia site and see the comparisons. I like the design of 5300 (similar to 5200) but i like the features of 5700. the difference in price is only about $20.

The twisting part of the 5700 isnt very appealling, it s an either a very IN thing or a very OUT thing. so if people thinks it s a IN thing now, then maybe just a few months later, it will be super OUT. 5700 is considered bulky when compared to 5300.

ok anyway, please help me decide!

Fantastic day

Had a fantastic day on 31 August. No i didnt go for malaysia's National Day. I had better things to do like doing what i love to - soccer!!

Went to school at 7.40 and met Ting Soon there to pay the Chinese O Level paper fees. Then both of us took a bus to CCAB to meet up with Yew Tong and Alwyn. Soon, Ming, Shawn and Ryan joined us. There was some sports day at CCAB for Sengkang Secondary and they were using both courts so we decided to go to CCK street soccer court. Took a cab to Blk 435 CCK Ave 4 (haha i can still remember the address) to meet up with ying lun and he brought us to the small court along the expressway. Wesley, Jonathan and Wei Jin joined us as well. In the end, we had about 13 people in total eager to kick some balls.

After some fun at the small court (3 on 3 or 4 on 4) we took a bus to another soccer court near Yew Tee MRT station. Played there before so it wasnt so alien to me. Soon all the pros started to come. USS people, SAJC people, gangsters people etc la. Whole lot of hot blooded males were surrounding the court and then some attention seeking sluts also came along. (i think from SAJC) so we played, sweated, cramped, had fun and zhaoed. I had pretty bad games mainly because of the 2 injuries, the old right ankle injury and the new left knee injury. That s simply both legs. And felt very sad that i was blamed for some goals conceded. Was really downright sad when even after i threw in my body to block shot after shot, and got kicked full force by opponents, i still get blamed for not defending the goal. And i was angry as well, furious that i was the only one defending while the bloody joker ming was standing around shouting at people. ok nvm that was simply a bad game and so i went off for quite a while to cool down. After that, i m fine!

Left the court for Yew Tee central food court and had chicken rice. 2 plates. Was famished and the chicken rice was good as usual. (just realised i ate there at least 4 times!) haha what a traveller i am! slacked around for a while and then went to Ying Lun's house to bathe and have more fun. Played pool and enjoyed the air con blowing. Jeremy came and we had FIFA 06! yay. played twice or thrice and got chased out. so went back to ying lun's house to do up the team blog.

Absolutely thrilled to see tremendous progress for the team. New signings, forward planning of events, and improving chemistry is only good for us. Extremely happy to have signed Ibrahim as CB and Ryan as youth talent, fantastic!

Prelims was ok, but i think i screwed up bio. hardly even studied for it. only mugged geog but i missed out around 7 marks coz i over wrote for the other questions. nvm, just hoping i will get A1 for Humanities and another distiction for English, A1 for E Maths probably A1 for Chem. So this hols i will mug harder for A Maths and Physics to get as many As as possible.

Liverpool was on fire just now, scoring 6 against Derby. this team looks like a title winning team and i hope my wish comes true. Spurs was damn careless to waste another 2 points by letting in a 90th minute goal to draw with Fulham. I wont be surprised Martin Jol be sacked even though i hope he wouldnt. He s darn unlucky.

Prelims begin

English prelim today. ok, but rushed a little towards the end for both papers. paper 1 i expect to get average mark for the free essay and a little higher for situational. paper 2 cant tell, dunno the answers. the summary wasnt too good as i didnt even know what the hell was congitive (not even sure spelling is right). so like that lor. same as ytd's oral, hoping for the best.

was quite moved (not to tears),but basically it was heartwarming when jer called my hp at about 7am to say good luck for prelims. awww.... i guess he learnt to be more of a glib tongue after getting into a relationship. btw, thanks pal!

after the papers suppose to have physics remedial but lam cancelled it (show attitude) coz a lot of people never do or bring. so i chiong my bao zhang bao dao but ended up talking cock with matthew and the 2 retards shawn and yong jie (had english oral today) were tying up all the exam paper strings together and join one fan to another with it. use it as skipping rope and Patrick's hanging cable. lame la. after finishing, the essay, hand in to qiu and went home.

this weekend is intensive intensive mugging. dun think will come online at all. so long!

English O Oral

Had english O level oral today. i thought i could have done better. reading was ok, but could have made no mistake. i fumbled at one line and read an extra 'the' somewhere. picture was dangerous. i m not even sure how i did. i said dumb stuff and wasnt elaborate enough. at the end, i could have added in more details of what s gonna happen next but didnt. conversation was a real question mark. i thought it was an easy topic "conservation" but fumbled again. the most obvious one was the Live Earth, which i said it as Green Day. joke la. was thinking about the simpsons movie at that time. really, i had the image pictured right in my head, the sinking stage! damn. also what i think is screwed up is the first question on example of field trip. said about the latest mosque trip. couldnt think of any field trips at that time. so talk about racial, religious harmony, understanding etc. i wasnt even impressed with myself as i was bleh, and the examiners didnt even nod their heads.

but the next 2 questions wasnt that bad as i managed to talk some sense, using fossil fuel as example. no electricity, then the future generations suffer. shld not be selfish etc. scored a point with maturity thingy and global crap. and the good thing was they nodded their head continuously, which means good. hoping for the best now.

now my right ankle is slightly screwed. went for some 'exercise' to destress ytd after finishing ying yong wen (retaking chinese is such a big deal, so much work) then made an acrobatic block and landed awkwardly and now my ankle is twisted or sprained or whatever. can walk but sometimes turn a bit, damn painful.

kumz came and we thrashed them. only 4 of them, nani, tevez, and the other 2. aka kum, suren, k7 and ami. i scored around 10 goals, yea quite a good performance. actually dribbled PAST them. the skills just came out. i also didnt know where it came from. but honestly they were bloody slow. can easily out run them. loved the long shot i made even with the screwed up ankle. it was curling and was powerful at the same time. ami was utterly stunned. anyway gtg. mug for prelims.

Random

ENDURE!!! ENDURE!!! ENDURE!!!

MUG!!! MUG!!! MUG!!!

NCC Land Hangouts

Was feeling kinda bored and wanted add some new songs to my phone. havent changed the songs that were in there for ages. so i wasted some time trying to 'infra red' over some songs from the laptop. in the end cmi and the phone say not enough memory. sucks la. so i decided to send some of the 'memory' over and there it is, some pics of the NCC land hangouts. Aww... 'memories'.



>>> Sandpit. Part A s' homeground

>>> In front of Part A bench and the 3 pull up bars is the Part B area.

>>> And the far end is the Part C area.

>>> Parade Square. Spent hours of drills on it, push ups, parades and even cooked on it.

haha cant believe i spent 4 years in this area. donated quite some blood to the mosquitoes that breed there and will always remember the stares from Kwang and Gregory at the scouts den when they are having parade and we are making a fool of ourselves nearby. All good and bad things have to come to an end, isnt it?

National Day

Havent blogged for 2 weeks or more. Too lazy to even sign in and type some words but i managed to use all my strength to place my hand on the mouse, position my index finger on the left click button, go to blogger.com, and muster 1000kJ of energy to type in my email add and password. Finally i managed to log in and type some crap here.

Ok more crap to come.

Past 2 weeks were more interesting. Loved the prelim practicals. Was quite easy, and best was go school late. yay! so fun. can sleep 1, 2 hours more and do a 1.5hr pract and finally slack in the LT playing chinese chess, talking cock etc before going home. Kicked some bolas recently and most recent was after national day celeb. was quite fun but freaking hot. came home chao ta.

Something even more fun was Tue, after physics pract. Went out with 9,10,11. aka reuben, jeremy and ying lun. First, went to Ngee Ann City to eat some food while waiting for reuben to meet us from paradiz and jeremy to meet us after his lessons end. After that, met reuben at cine to buy tics for simpsons the movie. Thought could use the free tics by Marigold but then in the end only could discount 2 bucks and only the next visit will be free. good anyway coz i plan to watch Bourne Ultimatum. ok and this is a REMINDER TO ALL MOVIE GOERS who are CHEAPO like me. to save $$$$$$ on tics, quickly go and buy all the Marigold cartons of fruit juice and pour out the drink into bottles, then cut out the coupon or whatever you call it on the side of the carton saying '$1 discount off movie tickets'. Collect as many as possible and go watch a movie BEFORE 15 August presenting the coupon and then receive complimentary tics that is valid until the end of the year. GO GO GO! quick buy Marigold drinks now! after cutting out, you can slowly finish the drinks you poured out.

Anyway back to where i stopped, then the 3 of us went to Orchard Library to read books for 2 hours then back to cine for the movie. Simpsons was damn funny. Everything about it is funny, and i can say it s worth my $7 ( or rather $5 after discount). ok, then 4 of us walked to PS to eat Carls Junior. At first couldnt decide what to eat and strolled around the mall for almost half hour. haha and then the funny thing came. i went to order food and i dunno a shit what the hell the guy behind the counter was saying (coz it s my first time there) and he asked me upsize? and i say 'ya', then look into my wallet for money. As the place was so damn noisy, he suddenly raised his voice and i looked up. I couldnt figure out what he was saying at first but then i sort of heard and lipread "UPSIZE?" and so i said 'ya'. then i was wondering why he asked twice... (maybe he didnt hear me or he STML (short term memory loss) ) so i just paid and he gave me a cup the size of SUPER BIG GULP. filled it up and went back to the table then i realised then i uped-uped size twice!!!!! sia la waste money. coz the upsize is just the bloody fries , the drink can refill. shit man, kena robbed.

National Day was pretty boring. Woke up, mugged a little, watched Die Hard 4.0 (downloaded) then mugged again, then go grandma house to watch NDP then go home watch Troy (3rd time but still find it nice) and sleep. Love the war shows. Die Hard was quite good too. but it would have been better if i watched it in a theatre. the downloaded quality wasnt too good.

anyway, wasted another day today talking rubbish online and also updating friendster. and my sister was spamming the com speakers with national day songs until i have headache ald. argh...

Study!

Mug mug mug! Yes it s the time. started to mug ald. gonna continue the mugging. started with maths after i woke up from my dreams. been slacking so much that i failed the revision tests. 2 or 3 of them. didnt even look through the topics before the test, so expected sure fail. Anyway i managed to start something and that s an achievement. suddenly have the motivation to do work. maybe it s really that i have nothing else to do at home. no games, no soccer (season break), no prison break, no ncc. nothing else to do but mug.

last sat went for renaissance at UCC NUS. average. but the standard is way too low for a proper concert. plus the horrible audience making so much noise. SJI made a big mistake to force the lower sec to go. dumb dumb

damn sian this week. everyday study maths, coz got so many maths test. everyday. so gonna change mugging subject to chem. saturday and sunday will be totally chem plus a bit of bio and ss.

mon gonna have shatec! yay can go eat something decent. hope it s enriching, these things are important as dining etiquette is something that can be brought into use everyday and later in life, hmmm , especially on dates! haha

wed and fri prelim practicals. shit. hate pracs but dun seem difficult actually. just have to do fast and accurate, be careful. that s all. dun even need to mug, just look through. and the best thing about prac is... no lessons!!! yay! looking forward to next week. even though this period is the most boring period of my life.

Reuben and Ming BD

Yay! I finally broke the 11min 2.4km run barrier. Should have done better but i m ok with 10min 50sec. I couldnt believe myself when i was still jogging at the last 100 metres. Usually i will be sprinting but couldnt muster any more energy and wasnt used to the new starting and finishing line. Expected to end further. If not, could have easily gotten a 10.40 or 30 plus. then shawn wont laugh at me. Argg. But not bad ald i think. As what the bloody shawn always say i m a defender this cannot that cannot dun expect too much but at least the timing was better than some other slayers. Namely strikers who are in sport CCAs *ahem* *RUGBY and JUDO* *ahem* got 11 min plus. And no one can beat ying lun in stamina la. Hockey still best in training stamina or maybe he did some personal trainings. It s good to have a gym in your condo downstairs so you can make use of the facilities and improve fitness. Aiya nothing to say about ming la, i will thank god if he passes 2.4.

Soccer

Anyway s he s a CB so there s hardly any running to do. But honestly speaking the wingers and fullbacks are the ones who needs the most stamina. Especially fullbacks, coz they will not be forgiven if they venture up but never come back to defend. wingers can still camp up there to catch their breath and may not receive cricticism. Centre back, centre mid, centre forward can depend on the flankers to do the running while they just make small movements.

Was talking to ryan just now. He was impressed with a field soccer team. Excited sec 1 wanting to play a decent match on the field. considered him but he s too short and weak. talent is there. similar playing style as shawn. in short, he s the successor for shawn at the street soccer court. What a waste, still 153cm. i told him to grow taller and stronger then maybe can have trial. Not bad for a winger, super sub maybe. There s also binn binn who is definitely a striker. out and our striker. potential. Will take note of these 2. and their friend from squash. leftie. Good enough for sec 1 standard, will also take note of his progress.

Sounds like i m starting a youth academy or something. But we really need new players. And young peeps are the best. coz they dun mind warming the bench and come on late late in the game to give their 150% to prove their worth. See how everything goes after O level in November.

End of soccer

Saturday was a day for 2 people. Reuben and Chien Ming. The former born on 11/7/91 while the latter born on 15/7/91. shit i might have gotten the latter's birthdate wrongly. his brain was born in the year 2004. body 1991. Chien Ming the freak with a pea brain of a 3 year old. I dun have to elaborate further if you know this guy. Master of all stupid things.

Anyway it was their celebration so met up at 12 at cine to buy tics and eat quick lunch then went down to meridien to play LAN and pool. people present were 8,9,11,12,14,22. 3 on 3 CZ. had a pretty good game, found a new gun that s good for head shots. can scope to be more accurate but can also shoot without scoping. Pool was ok as well. Had many good shots. Mostly tyco but some really had that intention. Hmm.. afterall i have some skill in pool.

Met 6 ZX the slut and chionged to cine again to watch transformers. Good show. 4.5/5 stars. action, eye candies present, all emotions tested, good sound etc. overall it s good. the 0.5 stars went to the lousy seat we got. i sat first row alone coz i could see a shit sitting all the way to the side on the 2 nd row.

Then walked to Somerset where we parted with Duracell Bunny. Stupid ming managed to squeeze his way into a fully packed train to City Hall while the rest of us waited for the next train. And ming messaged back to call us noobs. Wth. the next train came in a few seconds and we had all the fresh air we wanted. Met up with the pea brain at City Hall the chiong through City Link to Marina Square. Slut dispersed and went home. Met Hawn there at Yuki Yaki. Booked a table ald so wasnt a problem with seating. Ate until siao, mainly beef. We killed maybe 2 cows. Food was ok but some beef was too hard. Bloody hell, these peeps cant cook for nuts. I rather eat rare than fully cooked. Anyway it was quite ok la. As usual pea brain started to play with food, cooking a piece of beef over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again. So beef become BAK QUA. Then the rest started to follow and play with fish balls, chicken wing, pour soup and drink into the cooking area. Best is still the ping pong. Refer to reuben s blog for pics. didnt take a single pic that day. too lazy.

After that walked all the way to paradiz to play LAN for a while. CZ got owned and then played fifa 07. beat shawn 4-2. couldnt finish the second match then zhao. was so damn lonely on the train. listened to music and stare and people. some mud group in front of me with piercings all over. sick. maybe they are JJ's gore friends.

Anyway reached home at 12.15. got screwed the next day for not studying but going out the whole day. damn. but i think it s quite worth it. Although my birthday was much more fun than this celebration, it was a non-stop action day. which was good as it meant good planning.

Boring school week

Boring school week.

Monday exercised after school by kicking about for a while. realised it s stupid to mug all day and not exercise. immunity level will drop like hell and will fall sick easily. i hate falling sick. so will still be jogging regularly.

Tuesday did nothing actually. Was bored to tears. Mugging here and there. bits and pieces. cant concentrate. either too tired or just cant concentrate when at the table with books. especially with things i dun understand.

Wednesday went to coronation after physics test. the test wasnt too good for me. started late and wasted a lot of time on MCQ. shit i havent mastered the skill of skipping questions. it s too tempting to try and complete the question not caring about the time. Went coronation to meet cedric, the t shirt making guy. gave design and told him everything that we wanted.

Thursday, that s today. bored again. going to mug for chem and maths later. chatted with ying lun just now. life is so complicated. and life is boring without talking to your old mates. hope things turn for the better soon...

155th Anniversary Parade

Blogging for 07/07/07.

Live Earth.

but more importantly for me, it s AP. My last day as a ncc land cadet and specialist. here are the pics to mark the precious moments.

>>> Waiting for the call to attend the parade

>>> Military Band performing to entertain the crowd

>>> Supporting Contingents up first. Consists of NCC land, NCC air, Scouts, Band, SJAB and NPCC.

>>> All set to go!

>>> Here we go!

>>> Too busy marching

>>> Everyone on the field now. Parade officially starts.

>>> Guest of Honour Christopher De Souza inspecting the GOH.

>>> Standing at attention

>>> NCC Land Supporting Contingent

>>> So 'zhun' NDP rehearsal, so some choppers were flying around with the Singapore flag above our heads.

>>> Feeling so patriotic for once. 2 F16 planes flew past as well.

>>> Everyone stoning with me. Getting ready to march pass.

>>> The climax. March pass!

>>> Kekanan hormat!

>>> Parade almost ending..

>>> Torturing the Part A s for the final time. Hip hip hurraying.

Took more pics. With matthew's cam.. will get it next time.

That s all for now, goodbye ncc land...

Soccer summer signings

Hey this entire post will be on soccer. so dun bother reading if you are not interested.

The transfer market is on the high now. Almost a month ago, Man utd sign a trio worth 50 million pounds, namely Nani, Anderson and Hargreaves. it s worth the money but i dunno about hargreaves. where on earth is he gonna play? carrick and scholes now own the CM but soon, the more attacking scholes will be replaced by Anderson while Nani replaces Giggs. And what makes the Hargreaves signing more weird is that Man U almost comfirm the signing of Tevez. If Tevez is there, with Rooney upfront, it s impossible to play a 5 man midfield. Seems like carrick is gonna be benched. too bad.

Liverpool completed the signing of Fernando Torres while Luis Garcia goes to Atheletico. Will miss Garcia. He s a darn good player. Super versatile. Anywhere in MF except DM and anywhere up front. and his headers are darn good despite his height. Looking forward to days with Torres. Heard he had 11 different hair cuts so far and 3 tatoos. Interesting player. Fowler gone, and bellamy should go soon. That leaves Crouch, Kuyt and Torres. Benitez will rotate again. Now, Torres is the permanent Striker, Kuyt and Crouch take turns to be benched. BUT, another problem. What on earth is gonna happen to the 5 CMs now? Gerrard, alonso, mascherano, sissoko, leivia all wanna play first team. Gerrard is comfirm in so only one more guy can partner him. Or maybe benitez plays 4-5-1 and sacrifice Kuyt and Crouch. But it seems like liverpool is ready to let players get injured. January transfer window is gonna be interesting though.

Btw, dudek zhao ald. that means next season most likely reina take no.1 jersey. like van der sar. the no. 10 jersey is also vacated by garcia, so maybe kuyt will take that.

Sorry i bluffed you that this entire post will be on soccer. had chinese o level oral today. was the last to have oral in my group. topic was about singaporeans not exercising. talked a whole lot of crap and the teacher didnt say anything. say the question and i just replied with reason, outcome and suggestions. then zhao. shouldnt be that bad. passage had about 1 or 2 words read wrongly. otherwise, should be ok.

AP on Sat, 7/7/07. come if you want. 5pm.

Milk Run

Hi again. Went for Milk Run today at Zouk, Jiak Kim Road which is opposite Great World City. Actually wanted to make something like a class t-shirt for the part As but the stupid guy in charge wasnt there. So went to Coronation plaza and met Matthew and Julian before taking a cab to Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel. Met mr wee there to take attendance before meeting Cheng Weng who decided to pon after taking attendance. The Zouk carpark was freaking crowded. both the public and private ones. here are some pics to show the scene.

>>> This is in the public carpark. Something s going on onstage. Can you see who s the one in bright green T-shirt?




>>> If you still cant se clearly, i ll tell ya, it s Lionel Lewis. Singapore soccer team GK who played yesterday against the Aussies. Cant believe he s so free to come for this kind of crap. He s sitting on some plank and below him is a tub of water. So he s suppose to balance himself as long as possible. It s some kind of game la. Cant be bothered with him. But once in a while you will hear a shriek from some female fans then BOOM, you dun see him anymore.

Then a few seconds later, you see a drench Lionel Lewis sitting back there. LAME.

>>> This is to show how crowded it was. Melvin from the Kiddo Central that your younger sibling will surely know said that there s about 10 000 people for the community run. While Class 95 DJs said there was 12 400 people in total. That s nuts. Must be those rejects who couldnt get the tics to enter the National Stadium yesterday that make up the number.

>>> Just some pics that were taken along the way. The walk finally started after half an hour waiting at the start point for everyone to clear the path. It was so damn crowded and hot. No need to run ald sweating.

>>> Hmm... nice field eh?

>>> Cheaters cutting across the field when we are suppose to follow the long path. Yup, the cheaters include the one who took this photo.




>>> And more cheaters and slackers!!!

>>> Finally continued walking... after a 'deserved' break at 7/11

>>> Some guy scratching his ass.. and a nut case ghost with a towel over the head.

>>> Matthew found this quite funny. Not the people la. something that reminds us of Nippon Paint Ippei and Next Please!

>>> Look closer! Maybe the hot ball is funnier..

>>> Awww... this walk reminds me of the Slayers nightwalk on my birthday.. I seem to have some affinity with Clarke Quay isnt it?

>>> All good and bad things have to come to an end right? Maybe.. not. More good things. Too bad the face is blurred but that s cutie pie sec 1 joel from ncc. (right) Best recruit. Every teacher loves him... too cute ald.

>>> More good things as we slacked at Great World's Coffee Bean. Matthew (left) and i had the same drink.. guess what? Espresso Chip!! Rocks..

>>> Finally left for home on the shuttle bus to City Hall. Was too bored so took some pics along the way.

>>> Shopping Centre above Clarke Quay MRT

>>> Just some nice view of the sun setting in the city on a bridge. Can see the 2 towers sticking out. Hmm.. shld have waited a while more maybe could have seen a ball joined by 2 elastic wire to the tower flying above the buildings.

>>> City Hall MRT. i think that s Funan in the background.

Oooooppss.. the next pic is kinda disgusting. but i just uploaded it anyway. Took it on the packed MRT train.

Viewer Discretion is Advised

Rating: NC 16

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>>> This is the ultimate Singapore AUNTIE. i didnt dare to take close up. but you shld be able to see some 'cilia' at the armhole, for non-bio students, cilia means = hair like structure. OOOPS. Shouldnt have said that.

It s damn sick. This person was reading some chinese book in one hand, a BIG bag of Seiyu plastic bag in front of her which is near to the door and grabbing the pole above head for stability. The worst thing is that the handle dangling off the horizontal pole is not taken, but this person is so inconsiderate to lift her hand 180 degrees to grab the handrill even when she knows

1) She s short

2) Wearing a sleeveless shirt

3) Forgot to groom certain part

I was totally disgusted standing next to this person. Even a manly athlete with big biceps and a bushy pit wouldnt do that. It s only right to try to cover things that others wouldnt want to see in a public place and she should just hold the handle that was much lower for her and that would not be unsightly.

Sorry if i made you spill your computer table or keyboard with vomit. But i warned you! That s all folks! Looney tune.. Da da da da da da da da da da da da... da da da da da DA!

50th Post

Oh hi peeps. It s my 50th post on this blog. Thanks to ying lun for setting it up for me in the first place and thanks to reuben and jeremy for encouraging me to blog about 1 year ago. Here s some pics that i finally bothered to send it to my father s laptop via infrared then upload it on the main PC. The pics might have been taken some time ago.

>>>> Saw this weird sight on the bridge in Clarke Quay about 4 weeks ago. An office chair and a dustbin together on a bridge. Aint S'pore a weird place?

>>>>>> Aha! The infamous Petrona Towers of Suki Sushi! Taken during my birthday lunch with friends.

>>>>> Notice anything weird?

>>>>>> Look closely.

>>>>>> Still cant see???? Then you must be blind.

These pics were taken on Thursday when i went to Beach Road together with Shawn, Wei Jin and Paul to get some stuff for the AP. The pics were taken at a stall in Golden Mile Complex selling badges. And i found an SJI badge there. What a joke. Shawn cheekily asked the uncle how much was it but he said no stock. So i told him i have a lot of stock while pointing my breast pocket and we walked away laughing. Why would an SJI badge be sold together with NCC and NPCC plus SAF badges? Maybe some dumb sji boy went there and drop his badge and the uncle thought it s some limited edition badge so he decided to sell it. That s lame but it s worth guessing isnt it? Oh ya and there s the Anti drug campaign badge on sale as well. wa lao who so dumb to buy it? Sch give out for free almost every year last time lor.

The past week wasnt interesting. Damn sian. Tue had AP rehearsal. Thur went Beach Road. but visited the street soccer court while waiting for Wei Jin. Met Ryan and Juventino there. Kicked about for awhile then left for bugis. had Coffee bean Espresso Chip. Nice. But starbucks one is still nicer even though this is a new flavour. Had extra chocolate chips in it i think.

Fri had training. I think this is really the last training with the sec 1s. Sad. Next week will be promotion ceremony and we have our Season Finale on the school field during AP. During training, i tried to teach as much as possible so as to not to leave with regrets. Gave drills and let them have games. 6 of the best wasnt there due to AP rehearsal going on at the same time. But the training went pretty smoothly. Played soccer against Air and Trackers.

*Soccer*

Let em have some kick about before me and Cheng Weng went in to show some skill. We were the only seniors there and played quite well. And i think i will associate my special goal with the Part As. We were trailing 2-1 and it was the last match. I vowed to sub out when i score one so as to let ryan play a bit more.

Received a loose ball at right back position (yea yea i know every one hates that position). Pushed the ball forward with one stride and another and swung my right foot to power a full force angled drive just on the half way line. The ball swerved to the left before swerving to the right and hit the 'post' before going in. Superb strike. Immediately i went off and marcus lee a defender came on. In a few seconds my team got knocked out. Sad sad. anyway i will remember that goal. it was fantastic. to make it even more spectacular, the goal keeper dived but couldnt reach it.

Singapore National Stadium said it s goodbye today with the Singapore vs Australia match. I rooted for my homeland team and didnt expect them to lose by a big margin. maybe 1 goal. but in the end they lost 3-0. the coach has to take the blame. He started with Aide and Precious in the centre, Bennett LB and some mud at RB (forgot his name). Sharil ishak and fahrudin in the centre with Shi Jiayi at LM and Rihuan at RM. Sahdan up front with someone. They held on well in the first half. should have scored. but lady luck wasnt shining on them. in the second half, frmo 55 minutes onwards, Raddy should have started to sub. he should have started with Fahrudin who was almost anonymous and bring on a DM. then sub off Aide which he did for Baihakki. then the RB off. Finally bring on 2 pacy wingers. He brought on Fazrul (not the unity sec) at RM which was right. but should have brought on another winger. By right he should start Ishak on the Right wing. he is good enough to take on the the no.8 Austalian LB. Ridhuan not tricky enuff.

Anyway, the subs should work. By the 60th minute, the entire defence was so shag. you can tell when precious just gave up to let viduka run past him. he didnt even chase. he s too tired. only Bennett did well. Oops. said too much. Scarly Singapore FA say wa this guy so goooood, hire him to replace the ang moh coach. so better stop talking co*k.

*End soccer*

have MILK run tomorrow. realised not enuff CIP hours. so will be at Zouk around 3. maybe i will run away since its MILK RUN. Run home to get milk. Or maybe i will chiong all the way as part of the preparation for my 2.4. havent run yet, Arul too slack to notice.

okee got to go and oink ald. Nitezzzzzz.......

School starting

Awww... time flies. within 2 days, the new term is gonna begin.

Sian, had a few boring days. The only interesting thing was CCAB on Thurs and something less interesting was Bio prac on Fri. As usual, sun tanning was the main thing at CCAB. The sun never seem to show some mercy to us. 20% of my energy was zapped away by this everglowing star or rather mass of gases. After ccab was queensway. Didnt get anything, just looked out for potential shops to custom t shirts. Jj bought a Scofield jacket. It s cool but i think a BIT too ex for a jacket.

Friday, sweated out in the bio lab for 4 hours plus. Damn damn hot. Anyway, it was quite a fun session with Matthew sitting on my left and Shawn and Reuben on my right. Quite a lot of laughing and lame jokes. That s what brings the fun!

Shucks.. gotta chiong hw. Should be able to finish if i on my air con the whole day and sit there to do non stop. Anyway there s NO distractions at all. EPL season ended, even the La Liga ended too. UEFA U-21 had England ousted so no Carson to watch. Prison Break season ended long long ago and is gonna come back in late August, so no GOOD MORNING TEDDIES! FIFA 07 and even 06 was confiscated by father but i grateful for that. So the only game i have left is CZ but when ever i play that, i will get a headache playing with bots. In the end nothing to do. Nothing on TV is nice. havent been flipping to Life's 2nd last page for a long time so i wont know any tempting shows being screened. Downloaded many movies and watched it ald so saved time and $$ going out.

When the term starts, i really have nothing to do except mug. Everyday go home maybe do some exercises or running to keep fit and maintain healthy then do homework and revise. What a simple life. Did some thinking on my future job and what i m gonna do with my life. Had the idea of becoming a dentist since i got braces. Realised it s easy-peasy job. All a dentist have to do for braces patients is just tighten the braces in 5 minutes and get a minimum of $60 for just that visit. Rocks. Whole day sit there and do simple job. and the best thing is that you can work for yourself, earn the money all by yourself and no need to split up or give some to employees.
Also the best of the best when becoming a dentist is that there s no homework. My main criteria for my job is no homework. I hate to bring work home to do. It just dun seem right.

However, heard sis said that only NUS offer such course and it takes in only about 30 students a year. So the chance of getting in is bloody slim. it s either go overseas to study or get another course. Maybe accounting, banking is good. It s quite a straigtforward job just involving numbers. What trouble can 0 to 9 cause? It s still early to think of my job but it s only normal to have ambitions right? Realistic ones though.

Not jobs like astronaut, suicide bomber or bar top dancer.

Birthday presents

I would like to dedicate this post to those who care about me...

I thank all who bothered to celebrate my 16th birthday with me.. and it proved to be one of the best birthdays ever. if not, i think it s the best, the best of the best!

I would like to thank my dearest soccer mates for a Billabong pencil box. A big thank you to those who contributed, Reuben, Ying Lun, Shawn and last but not least Jeremy. Yep, i like the design. thx pals.

I would also like to thank my parents for giving me a 'big' ang bao each. Please dun rob me after seeing this post. Yep, i m $200 richer now but i dun intend to spend it anytime soon. Thanks dad and mum even after all the scolding and nagging.

Next, a million thanks to my aunt(who has some resemblance to shawn's aunt after he describe her actions) for giving me crazy gifts. Thanks aunt, for giving me a pair of walking/casual shoes and 3 bloody expensive tees, all from Timberland. Even though i dun fancy the brand, (i m not brand-conscious, mind you) i m grateful for the ex ex ex pen siivvvveee.. presents.

Finally, i would like to extend my gratitude to all my NCC mates who went bonkers with me in my hotel room in Malacca. Hey! dun think dirty. we were just having some healthy fun and chats, okay? Extra thanks to Matthew for getting me a notepad and a very useful and creative hand phone holder that can be used specially when the phone is charging; all the way from Austria. yea you read it right.. Austria. He actually wanted to get some soccer stuff for me but Austria isnt footballcrazy so he couldnt find anything. Lastly, thanks to Julian for pestering me to look out for something i want in Malacca so he could get it for me. Even though he didnt buy anything that i would keep for souvenior, i am thankful for the energy it gave me. Naw, it s not battery that gave me energy. Yep, it s food. The cake and cup noodles were a great gift even it doesnt cost much, it s the thought that counts.

Once again, a BIG GIGANTIC THANK YOU to all you folks for celebrating my grand entrance to the NC16 theatre! Woo hoo!!!

Finally 16, malacca

Hello. Back from Malacca.

Reached Singapore on Tue which was 2 days ago. Was too tired to blog. Anyway on Mon, 35 sec 1s from NCC and NPCC plus 4 extra teachers plus 3 even more extra sec 4s left for Malacca at 7am. Ok whatever cut the crap of sitting in the bus. Fast forward----------------------à

Reached some country club on the outskirts of Malacca to have our lunch. It was pretty good as it had some good food like the claypot beancurd, curry chicken etc. Then left for century mahkota hotel which was very familiar to me. Having stayed there so often, I know the place better than the bell boy. Haha. Anyway, sec 1s had some team bonding games something like obstacle course. Ok blah, all I did was take some photos. If matthew sends me then I will try to upload. If not then too bad no photos yet again.

After the team building games, we went up to bathe and slack then left the hotel to some restaurant for dinner. It was the same style like what you will get in a typical Chinese restaurant. They serve dish after dish while we sit in a round table. Ok blah blah. Then went to mahkota parade which was a shopping centre. You see, century mahkota, makhota parade and mahkota medical centre are all owned by a group of businessmen. Same company, so it s like maybe a monopoly? Aiya sth like that la. They are all situated close by for tourists’ convenience. Of course the hospital isn’t for the tourist la. Its famous for its powderful X ray machines. Anyways, shopped around the mall for 2 hours plus. It s super empty as it was a Monday and their school holidays haven’t begin. I think it s their exam period now. Walked around pass some shoe shops, cinema, arcade, clothes shop, but didn’t buy anything. Then matthew and Julie wanted to buy a cake, sian, really didn’t feel like eating cake or celebrating birthday at that time. Was freaking tired. Then flew to Starbucks to drink coffee. Whoa. Shiok. Tried espresso and loved it. Had been experimenting several flavours and so far I think this is what I m looking for. Yay finally found my favourite. Sat for a while then kena kajiaoed by sec 1s so we all zhao to giant to buy some food to eat later in the hotel. Bought cup noodles and pepsi. Finally, went back to starbucks and matthew bought the marble cake. Just a few slices. Buy 3 get 1 free. Haha coz last piece there. Then went back to the hotel via coach. Had a short meeting with Karl lee about money bonuses for the tour guides and bus driver. After that, the party begin.

I think about 20 plus kiddos were in my apartment playing. Some kicking balls, some playing cards, some playing DS, some playing handphone etc. it s fun la. After a few hours, then we eat cake, drink pepsi and then continue playing. Matthew decide to share his personal experience and knowledge about *AHEM*. Those things that innocent little boys wont know and WILL know in future. I was playing cheat (bluff) with just 5 of them. They all kena own. I fake so many times but never kena caught. Aiyooo. So noob. Julie went to see see look look his cousin and gang and came back at around 3am. Finally, we chased them back to sleep while we eat some cup noodles, bathe and clean up. After all the fun, I dropped dead on the bed and slept. Matthew and Julie continue to play with them in their room. Smart. So they hardly slept while I managed about 2 hours plus.

Woke up freaking tired and was pretty moody. Anyway was quite happy with the trip so far as the teachers gave us lotsa freedom so there shouldn’t be complains. Ate breakfast buffet then packed up and checked out. Boarded the bus and went around in the rain sightseeing. Nothing much to see. Anyway three quarters of the people on board was sleeping while half of the remaining one quarter was trying to stay awake to listen to the tour guide talk crap. So, reached tan kim hock the fruit industry but no one seem to have bought anything. All sat outside the steps to do one thing. SLEEP. *snores*

Next stop was a chocolate shop. I think the tour guide gets some commission for bring us there. This time the queue at the cashier was longer. Kids love chocs. Right? Me too but I wasn’t interested at that time so saved some cash.

After that went to the portugese settlement but was dilapidated. So went to dutch square to climb hill to see a tomb of some Saint. Then went down and took a bus to eat lunch at some Babanonya restaurant. Hahaha. Met some old boy of SJI there. He was sitting there eating. Was about 40 years old and wanted to chit chat with us but we quickly zhao to our table. Dun wanna waste time with some unknown fella. This time ate samba fish, some braised chicken etc. There s many more things that I ate but forgot. Sian sat with the teachers every meal so had to watch what I say. And have to pay attention to the Misters and Miss es. Right reuben? Weeeeeeeeeeee so fun.

After eating, went to some where near bukitcheena. The tour guide said it was china town but it was just some old street with half the shops closed. The roads were so narrow and dangerous. Whatever it is, the sec 1s went nuts and started singing NCC songs. Lucky no anti Singapore Malaysian chiong with parang to slaughter them. After all the singing, went back to bus and zhao back to Singapore. So, I m back here.

The trip was ok la, quite fun and the teachers treated us well. Thought we would be like some out casts. But it wasn’t the case. Anyway, was freaking tired after I came back and after my dinner at home, lay on the sofa and slept until morning about 11. haven’t even changed out of my dirty clothes. Yep peeps, my 16 birthday rocks.

Sat, with slayers in orchard
Sun, with family at phoenix hotel,
Mon and tue with ncc peeps in Malacca.

Not bad at all huh. That’s all for now, hope that when my phone contract expires, I can get a new and better phone with a good camera so that pics will be easier to upload. Unlike now, I have to use father’s laptop, on infrared, send one by one, then put into thumbdrive and upload onto com. Damn damn troublesome. After that still have to wait for blogger to slowly put onto my blog. Wa lao so tedious. I rather type a few more words. Ok, if matthew sends the pics then I will upload. Bye bye.

I’M FINALLY 16!!!!

BD celebration with friends

Just went to teamblog and was bored enough to scroll down and read the old posts. Coincidentally, i started to read the Kumz Club match report. And i wonder whether my English standard has dropped. Blogging really helps in my english language usage and i think if MOE is smart enough to use this method to teach, all of us will get A1s and there will not be people like tracy goh to nag at us. haha. anyway, the match report was quite well done i think. but the match was sucky. hope the rematch will be a much better one and of course we win.

Thur, went to play soccer at ccab. played ok. liked the ram against ting soon that he kept it out. i will always remember this ram and the one against nabeh, muds and boyang at the street soccer court. i scored that one and we kicked them out of the court. that one was more special as i made nabeh look like a fool as he tried to stop me from shooting. i feint and he slid on his butt in the wrong direction. then i unleashed a swerving shot from the half way line in to the top corner. boyang couldnt keep it out. that was one of my nicest goals. the one against Blacks on field wasnt too bad either. curled past ghalib and it went in off the post. nice. hope to score a long range one next time.

hmm. actually i prefer to play at RB when shawn or reuben is RM. coz they give me the chance to make some overlapping runs or give me some possesion of the ball at least. if jeremy, jethro or wei ian is the RM, then i rather stay back just in case their dribbling fails. haha. no offence though, coz different RM means different playing style for me. But i think shawn should be the RM. not becoz i wanna make runs but he is fast and can cross well.

had one of the best birthday celebrations ever. i m not sure whether its the best coz so far the best was the one my parents organized a fantastic trip to KL, genting just to celebrate my bd. that time, i sat an aereoplane for the first time.

Yesterday, met ying lun and jeremy at 11 plus at dhobby ghaut and we walked to the Cathay to buy tics for Zodiac. then met reuben at plaza sing bus stop and 4 of us walked all the way to cineleisure where we met ting soon, shawn and jj. ate at suki sushi. it was buffet at $17 plus plus. so we ate our hearts out with mostly raw salmon as the main dish. i enjoyed that meal and ate quite a lot even though the others didnt noticed. after that, stacked the plates which was i think maybe 60+ to form to towers that resemble the petronas towers. haha. add the plastic covers to the top and chopsticks as the bridge, they really look like the buildings in KL.

With full stomachs, we took a bus to paradiz to play LAN. played CZ first and was owned. but after a while, managed some kills and wasnt the one rooted to the bottom of the kills list. Shawn was. haha. anyway wasnt playing to my best as i wasnt too interested at that time. didnt really like the maps chosen. i prefer dust as i think the size of the map is just right.anyway after the CZ, played fifa 07 and i think it was my turn to own. was damn bored playing with com so started to do some transfers to make the squad more interesting and updated while shawn and jj was playing against each other. they play until 6-6 then penalties. haha what a joke. anyway, played against shawn and jj later and won both even though all the matches wasnt complete.

after that zhao to cathay to watch zodiac. it was a cheem movie and i didnt really enjoy it as i thought there s too much talking even though i understand what was going on. there should be more action but overall i was happy with the movie. i wont say it s worthy of $9 bucks of my money. maybe $7. $2 went coz it was too much talking and it made the audience start to lose interest.

after the movie, went to PS to walk about and waste time. only shawn, reuben, jer, ying and me were the survivors of the plan so far. walk walk walk and then we decided to go to clarke quay as suggested by shawn. all we did was walk and enjoy the scenery, views and the activities. the night life at clarke quay is fantastic but not for people of my age to enjoy. met shawn's sis on the way but we continued our walk and decided to go marina square instead. i really loved the company of my 4 close friends, loved the chatting, love the lame jokes, and the presence. i will try my best to make sure we wont drift apart and forget about each other when we graduate. the walk to marina square was fun as we past esplanade, saw how was the NDP stage building progress and the all the cranes working on the upcoming IR. and i liked the river and sea breeze. the smell of the wind and sea is what you cant get every day. and it is made unique by the company of 7,9,10 and 11. and i shall remember the Gatsby song as it is played over and over again by jeremy. damn you but i kinda like it after all the repeating. haha.

with tired legs, we stolled at marina square and finally settled for BK while me and shawn was extra and got star bucks as well. anyway, sat on the steps of marina square facing esplanade and ate whatever we had while talking about soccer. haha all the number 7s are flops!!! that was the conclusion!

left the place at about 11 and took 960 to bugis to take train. caught what might be the last bus of number 9 home. sorry peeps again. no pics. too lazy to take and upload. anyway, gonna celebrate with family later. update maybe later or when i come back from malacca on tue! so long!

Planning

Oh hi peeps. Havent blogged for more than 2 weeks. all i can say is that my legs are damn itchy to ram. and i wanna head some balls. some interesting things happened during these days and i bothered to take some photos but too lazy to upload. so no pics this time!

kena nagged by father for days about studying for o levels. i know the importance of studying this hols but there is no use nagging and nagging. i will do it by myself. the motivation is coming. woohoo. good news. but before that, i must do some ramming before any mugging takes place. heard that jj planned ccab on thur. good. i hate planning. it takes up so much time and effort.

mon went to sch to hand in the dumb form for the malacca trip with ncc. then after that went to scout for good food suitable for suitable occasions. cineleisure had billy bombers, and some steakhouse. but i think both is definitely out. went to ngee ann city next. i think it s the 5 th storey which has quite a number of restaurants. breeks, seoul garden, chinese food, indian food etc. i narrowed my choice down to seoul garden so far. then i went down to basement which has many small stalls that sell pretty decent food. if despo can go there. next i went to wisma atria. nothing much, got some pasta or pizza restuarant on 1 st floor. then i went to food republic to see see look look coz nv go b4. found out there s teppanyaki there. price around 8 to 10 bucks. not bad. realised nowadays all the teppanyaki stalls at food courts are closing down. good to find one still around. then waited hours for the stupid shuttle bus to great world. there s country spoon which i thought is quite similar to country manna, (which is also a choice but only at few places like suntec and serangoon gardens). there s also jacks but too ex and a jap restaurant by the name of kuranyi or sth. quite ex and little variety. thought of sushi tei also but too ex. finally, went home.

so choice narrowed down to seoul garden (ngee, tamp 15?), teppanyaki (wis 10?), country manna (sun 12?) , spoon (great)

if by now, you still dont know wth im talking about then too bad. not gonna elaborate. but i wonder, should it be fri or sat.

mystery...

Chinese O level

yesterday was chinese o level paper 1 and 2. i think i did so so. Paper 2 couldnt really finish everything. 1 or 2 qn incomplete but managed to at least answer all the questions which gives me some chance to score a few pathetic marks. i took a risk for the paper 1 essay. letter was just talking crap. saying certificate cant gurantee success in life. i wrote about some graduates even with certs also cant get jobs or cant get the jobs they want etc. the essay was suppose to be a lesson that is most touching and unforgettable. so i write about uncle died of brain cancer then very sad. but went to sch attended bio lesson then teacher purposely talked about cancer and explain how it occurs the painful process of treatment etc. then i very touched that teacher care about me, console me blah blah. so its touching, and unforgettable. it s risky coz it requires a lot of thematic vocab like cancerous cells, spreading, chemotherapy, hair falling etc. hope i dun get anything wrong while translating from english to chi. i m counted as lucky to have researched slightly on cancer as i was concerned about my aunt who really kena. if you remembered, i blogged some time ago about an aunt who seem sick all the time. it s the same person. so i went to search on wikipedia and got my info that was useful for the essay. hope i can do well for the paper.

i decided that since some people who actually bother to read my lame blog dun really care about soccer, so i will tell before hand if i m blogging about soccer.

Soccer section
went to play soccer at ccab after that. played like shit. had gastric pain and my shoe was screwed up. the sole was dropping off. cant kick high. and i must admit that my dribbling sucks. must learn a few more tricks. cant seem to get pass ying lun and ming. shawn is right, if someone pressures me, i wont be able to perform. should work on that.

anyway heard that derby is promoted. congrats to them even though i want west brom to come up again. so the relegated sides and promoted sides will be the same from last season.
Sunderland
West Brom
Birmingham

But too bad west brom lost by a sole goal. sad sad.

When i observed jethro and wei ian at ccab i realised wei ian is damn pro compared to the matches that he played in. the ramming is nuts. the ball flew so quickly. and i think i know the secret to that. i observed the same thing from shawn. its to swing your leg faster. maybe can try tml.

End of soccer section

today after the supplementary lessons, went to plaza sing with mign to eat. he didnt wanna eat at first but was tempted by the sizzling burgers at BK. so in the end sat there slowly eat and chit chat. ming was damn pissed coz he didnt know got student meal. HAHA. waste money. anyway we had a fun time talking cock. topics ranging from foo lee hua to jc to slayers to jj to computers to CZ to movies. Aiya still got a lot of shit but forgot ald. laughed alot as well.

ok now gtg. wanna kick some balls.