Update

HELLO! I'm Shahfiq and i took a nong nong time to update.




Havent been online for probably a week or so. Hmm going back where i left off, it's a terrible memory test.

WEDNESDAY [2 WEEKS AGO]

Honestly, i cant remember what happened. Slacking around? Guitar? Oh, i went shopping with mum. AH.. BOLT with Shawn at Shaw Lido. Quite a nice show, good plot, probably more suited for older kids and above.

THURSDAY [2 WEEKS AGO]

Training. Warm up around the school, Drills, Canteen to LT 1 lunges 6 sets, 400m striding 3 sets.
I couldnt move my legs after that. I think went out after training, but cant remember where.

FRIDAY [2 WEEKS AGO]

Yep this was my official first work day. It was kinda hectic. Rushed down to Suntec City to meet the people i was working with. They are... RICHARD, IRIS, OLIVIA and SELINA!!! Hahahaha, and good to meet you, my name's Shahfiq, I play sooocccerr, guitttarrr, but i dun smoookkkee. In case you were wondering who are those mysterious people, Richard's Shawn, Olivia's Lois, Gabriel's IRIS!!, Jun Jia's SELINNNAAAA!!! now that's hot!!

Anyway, did the standard procedure, check in, collected the horrible uniform (ok it wasnt that bad), got changed and there was some attire check. UNFORTUNATELY, i was picked out for socks because i was wearing LPO's patterned socks which wasnt pure black. great. Jun Jia obviously got caught for his grey pants. The rest passed. It was quite lame. IT S JUST SOCKS, who the hell will see it when i m wearing longs! Anyway made a frantic rush to buy black socks from the mall and in the end, colour-blind and got grey socks. But hecked and went back just in time to be taken in by another group. They didnt check 2nd time. Wasted 5 bucks.

It turned out that the group me and jun jia were in was to serve people from some engineering company holding a Christmas Buffet dinner. Haha duper lucky to get a buffet. Jun jia had to clear tables and serve drinks while the Captain gave me the easiest job. Be in charge of the Buffet food!

1. Loosen up the plastic wrappers used to wrap the buffet food (can only open at 8pm)
2. Arrange all the cutlery for scooping up the food, with the side plates
3. Stand around till the speech was over
4. Remove the plastic wrappers
5. Open up the covers
6. Ensure there are enough plates
7. Put back all scooping cutlery to the side plates
8. Changing side plates and cutlery
9. Clearing up
10. RESIST THE FOOD!



>>> Yea i had some time to slack before 8pm while the guests were having cocktail

It wasnt the hardest job. The clearing up part was perhaps the most demanding, having to carry many many plates and bowls on a big tray, bringing to decoy at the back and even to the first storey storage and washing. Resisting the food was quite a mental challenge. My stomach was growling like mad coz i only had 2 slices of bread since 12pm and had to endure till 11pm with tons of good food parked before me. The fragrance sucking into my nose, i almost gave in and wanted to take a cookie but resisted. I must do my job well. AND there was the clearing up part where all the leftovers are THROWN INTO THE BIN. I was looking forward to the end so i can enjoy the leftovers BUT they threw it away!! The beef, the pasta, the chicken, the appetiser, the soup, and probably the desert after i left. I could only grab 3 pieces of roast chicken before it met it s doom in the bin. Ultimate food wastage. Heart pain.

Anyway they promised to let us go at 11 and they did, got changed and checked out, got my pay and met family to get my dinner! Miserable mee pok compared to the food in the bin.

SATURDAY [2 WEEKS AGO]

nothing much in the day i guess, but i baked cookies again at night.

SUNDAY [2 WEEKS AGO]

i think i went for badminton. that s about it.

MONDAY [LAST WEEK]

Training in the morning, pretty slack. I didnt sleep at all so was quite shag. Took a nice bath after that and had to buy tiramisu cake for Pam's bd but PP didnt have so i had to go to Dhobby to find. Ran into Zhen He, long time no see, he was at Secret Recipe too. Got a slice and took 190 to SJI. Almost missed the stop coz i was snoozing the whole time. 156 to Marymount for CIP. Was in time for belated lunch and only had to do some tuition. Had some fun marking the P2 assessment books. Went out with Pam, Lois, Gab and Pin. Far East Shopping centre. HR Evergreen. Then strolled down Orchard Road, Wisma, Ngee Ann, then bussed to National Library because Ape wants to return a book. Rekindled PW nights.

haha this time went a step further, sat around in Allson Hotel across the road, enjoyed the air con for a while and i had to go to Suntec to meet Ying and Shawn. Jeremy supposedly had free Twilight tickets but it was a scam and it all went to nought. Damn Dean. Anyway, had dinner at food court, cards outside ROCK. Bridge and 41. Ying gotta buy groceries, so we had a nice leisure walk in the supermarket, in windbreakers and with the buddies, it was just comfort and smiles. Enjoyed their company to the max! Stood up sleeping on the train, people kept staring coz i kept bowing down unconsciously until finally getting a seat. Long tiring day.

TUESDAY [LAST WEEK]

Went to Ying's house in the morn 9am just to play his acoustic. Jem bought 09 so suppose to play some too but he woke up late and didnt get much chance. Left for school, Broadway lunch then did some Math in school before training. Basket ball with Ying, Guan Ming, Ying Wei, Lip Chiau and Monique. Quite fun, scored 4. Won in the end.

Gym training, xiong. Now that i ve completed my sheet, i wonder what s next. Dinner KFC, cards as usual.

WEDNESDAY [LAST WEEK]

Track gathering at Xiao Ping's house at Tanah Merah. Rocks.

It s a bleddy nice, gigantic house with facilities to dream for. He has a dog, a modified bike, a garden, a superb study room that cant be better for more conducive studying, an attic with a pool table, an exercise corner with those machines and weights, a basement with a jamming studio complete with a bass guitar, an acoustic with plug, a drum set, a piano, a keyboard, and a micro phone. What s more, there s a table tennis table in there. Choose 3 words to exclaim now. eh.. i choose... OMG.

Just went there to create some noise on the guitar, the drums and piano and had to leave for dental and to CCK for pam's bd party. Met lois, gab and pin at Bukit Panjang Plaza before going to Hazel Park for BBQ and some kick about with her brother and friends. Those boys love hugging. Gabs getting better and better! Practised some headers, Pin's crosses are still among the best.

Caught the 2nd last train and bus home, if not i would have really walked home from Bugis. Probably will take 5 hours? Maybe less.

THURSDAY [LAST WEEK]

CAGE. Suppose to be 7 to 11 but couldnt book so booked 8 to 10, but played till 11 plus since no one chased us out. It was a small and casual affair, 2 teams, Jun jia, wing keong, collin, daniel, hannan, jeremy, shawn, christopher, benedict, ryan and me. Best performance ever. Tackles were good, forward runs good, solo runs good, shots good, passes good, keeping good, stamina best. 5 goals for the icing. kept running even when the rest were out. Collin and Daniel had a frustrating time but it was a true friendly occasion so no bad blood, just play futsal!

KFC free flow drinks, some 2 man bridge with shawn before going home, had doc s apppointment. Was suppose to go for Volunteer s Appreciation Night but couldnt make it.

FRIDAY [last week]

Went to Bugis OG with family then to Courts Tampines to get a new com, coz the com on my left just crashed. They were out of stock. Moved to IKEA next door for meatballs. Then to Giant opposite for groceries. I wonder how many times i frequent that area this year.

SATURDAY

Woke up early to go to Harbourfront area to walk the Henderson bridge since mum insists. It s some canopy walk. Walked to mount faber and ran back to the car, before running back to meet them again. Part of training. The slopes caused some problems and the human traffic s the worst. I hate obstructions.

SUNDAY

Sat in front of TV the whole afternoon, had dinner and continued Singapore vs Vietnam. They lost undeservingly. Curse of the Golden Flower, caught glimpses of it, the massacre was gruesome. How far will you go to protect your prince? Stand in the way of a moving wall of spikes, climb up that wall and get stabbed or pushed down, block all arrows with your body? The spirit of a Chinese soldier is indeed worth applauding. Baked more cookies again because i realised i wiped out 4 containers of it in 1 week. hahaha! it beats Famous Amos and Chips More hands down okay! ask ying!

Managed to catch Arsenal vs Liverpool on TV in my living room! But i cant even see the players properly, the screen s jumpy and the colour's off. But just enough to make out the figures and the commentary's good. The new DVD recorder/player does wonders. It can auto search channels that are not suppose to be for people like me, without the box to watch. Anyway, it s just 11 more months to the real Football Channel on my TV, freedom's approaching!

what a long post. hahaha!

Mundane week

It s just another mundane week. Seems like i m more motivated to update my blog than to start mugging.

THURSDAY

Cage.

>>> this gave me a horrible blister on the heel.

other than that, played well in the beginning. 'imba' team. Jun jia, Shawn, Jeremy, Cheng Weng and me. won 4 consecutive games at the start but after that, started to tire and the wrong people are put as keeper. Some people are just not suited to keep. Had many half chances making late runs up front but honestly, i should have done better on all occassions. Jeremy the provider of most crosses. Loved Cheng Weng's trickery and awareness, he improved a hell lot from last time. Even defensively. Opponents werent happy that we stayed in there for a bit too long and started to play aggressive, trapped in the corner for many times and lost the ball too many times there. Other than that, it was a decent performance.

Showered and left for Orchard, to have lunch with Shawn and Jun Jie at Lido, meeting Lois and friend to collect and submit application form. Took 190 to SJI to change. and when i alighted, i realised that my wallet wasnt with me! Called SMRT but their lines were always engaged. Managed to call through after some time, described what happened but was stranded at the bus stop because Shawn had NO MONEY at all with him. And then Wing Keong appeared (who also went for cage) and we managed to get a dollar from him so that i could move myself to SAJC for training. Was totally not in the mood for training, held my phone even during warm ups running around the school for 15minutes hoping for a phone call bearing good news. No call until when we started circuit, my mother called to say that some one found my wallet and called home. Was kinda stunned but just took down the guy s number and called him.

His name s Jeffery Fok, living in CCK and happened to take the same bus, sitting somewhere at the back also. And how on earth did he get a phone number when i do not have a single one written on any paper in my wallet? It s my pathetic inactivated SIM card. It just so happened that my US POLO wallet had a SIM card pocket and so happened that i had my old SIM card after i changed phone (to 3G SIM) lying around and i decided to slot it in the pocket. You cant make calls or msg with the SIM card but all my contacts are still in there.

Thankfully Mr Jeffery Fok was curious enough to insert that SIM card into his phone to check for my home phone and called my mum. Amazing.

And so, i completed circuit 2 sets happily even though i couldnt do the cool down 6 rounds, started to cramp after a 6 hours of vigourous exercise. Arranged to meet Jeff Fok at Lot 1 since he stay near there and left for the rendezvous with Shawn and Ying hitching a ride on my dad s car. Met him at Macs, collected wallet, thank him profusely, then headed to food court with Ying for dinner before finally going home.

Ok it was the only eventful day the whole week.

FRIDAY

Met up with Gabs to sign up for banquet at Far East shopping centre before meeting Reuben to sign up shaw and banquet and finally meeting aunt at Taka for some short shopping and dinner. I probably walked up and down the Orchard underpass 6 or more times, even those people giving out flyers could have recognised and remembered me as the idiot who has nothing to do but walk up and down the same bleddy path over and over again.

Aunt initially wanted Angus Steakhouse but no space. the steak there cost about $50 bucks a piece. so in the end migrated to Sabai Thai Restaurant. Just thai food in small portions but big price tags. it was nice i have to admit but some dishes were super SPICY! Walked around after that to find a Christmas tree for her house but couldnt find a suitable one. Went home in the end.

SATURDAY

Went to EXPO for John Little Sale. Wanted to buy pants and shoes but couldnt find the right ones. Ended up filling up the bag with 6 packets of koropok since it was buy 5 get 1 free. BK for dinner, go home watched

Hidalgo - movie about a horse which isnt pure bred, mustang and how together with the American owner they created history by travelling across the Arabian desert in one of the most gruelling races in the world. Hidalgo is ownage. the horse i mean.

baked cookies with sister again till about 2am. this time, when i first bite it, i almost cried. It s heavenly. The last time was a total screw up, this time a success. by now, the 2 containers of cookies are almost depleting, should be baking some time soon to refill!

SUNDAY

Went to IKEA Tampines to return some defect drawers and ended up shopping there till dinner. It was damn crowded. But as usual, loved the IKEA ambience. I should work there!

MONDAY

Used the free bowling coupon at Downtown East. Had dinner there at Subway while waiting for the 17 people long queue. Done with my foot long chicken teriyaki but there were still 10 people in the queue! Walked around with dad and sisters before finally getting a lane. Hahaha still damn sucky 128 points but i was happy with the TURKEY! 3 strikes in a row. I think i found my ideal ball weight 11 pounds.

Watched the exciting Amazing Race finale and 2 movies till about 4 am when got home.

Mummy 3 - Tomb of the Dragon Emperor was ok but a bit too ridiculous. The heroes never ever die. Female lead changed and it made a hell lot of difference to the story. And wth the son looked older than the father who never changed a bit in 13 years. Michelle Yeoh had a Malaysian accent, Isabella Leong had a Hong Konger accent, Jet Li had a China accent and they are all suppose to be natives of ancient China. I cant believe the skilled emperor can actually lose in a fist fight battle to some mummy hunter. One word for the movie 'WOW!'

Rescue Dawn - About some US pilot who was suppose to bomb Laos in the Vietnam War but was shot down and captured. He was reunited with other POWs and planned to escape from the camp. Good plan but the jungle was the real prison and he had to survive in the wild in horrible conditions. In the end he was picked up by the US choppers and returned as a hero. His friends didnt make it.

TUESDAY

Gym training. Tiring. It was more of cardio training than strength la. But ok managed it pretty well. Dinner with track peeps chicken rice then moved to KFC to play cards. Good bridging session and a new game called 41. Both thrilling and fun. Good session.

That s my boring life! Gotta start mugging soon!

Hotel Food Week

I m blogging because i cant sleep. Doesnt that line sound familiar?

I hate tossing and turning on the bed. Torture. Especially when you have nothing to do but to think about things that you are not suppose to think of.

Anyway, i should continue from where i left off.

SATURDAY

cant remember what happened. i think i just sat there and rot the whole day. been watching movies.

Hancock - watched it many many days ago. something new but wasnt very impressive. predictable.
The Kite Runner - simply touching. lessons learnt.
We Were Soldiers - not a typical war show. displayed another side of the war, the wives of the soldiers. but of course the focal point was still the fighting of Vietnam War.

still many more to watch. i m a movie man!

SUNDAY

went to Pan Pacific Hotel 37th level for brunch at Hai Tien Lo. buffet brunch, more of chinese food, cantonese food. highlights = Buddha Jump Jump Jump (obviously i came up with the name, but you should know what s it) , Sharks fin slup, some Dim Sum, Wasabi prawns, ah whatever, just good food that only my aunt can afford to treat.

Watched BPL matches, chelsea lost at home again. Van persie was offside though. sadly.

MONDAY

training similar to last week, 200 200 200 200 400 400 400 400 x 2. I was feeling better, could have gone another set or two. 400m lunges quite a killer but still didnt feel THAT bad. i could still race 200m with Shawn after training justifies that.

Showered and rushed off to Miramar Hotel 1st level Ikoi Japanese Restaurant for dinner. Aunt's treat again. TWO DAYS IN A ROW BUFFET!!! this time it s jap buffet. it's pretty good. Spammed Sashimi, tempura, chawamushi etc etc and some non typical jap food. It was satisfying.

TUESDAY

Badminton with 2 sis and dad in the early afternoon before going for training. Gym. Wasnt that bad. Hmm i think i m getting stronger since i m not feeling much adverse side effects. 4 sets really work you out. and this new exercise called Power Clean, is what you see on TV in the Olympics. Deadlift, power momentum lift the bar up to chest level and then lift it over the head. That s weightlifting!! not gym workout! no..i ll grow shorter soon..

Raining cats and dogs so was trapped in school. suppose to meet up with usual peeps for movie but last minute cancelled. So went to have dinner with track peeps, KFC and bridge till they closed shop.

WEDNESDAY

Trained down to town with aunt and mum to Shaw since i gotta go there to get a form. Met up with Gab and Lois at Lido before finding our way. Walked around after that, ended up in PS and they ate Cafe Cartel while i munched on some free flow bread. Marks and Spencers is another scammer according to Gab it s 3 times the normal price (British pound).

Dispersed and i went to Hotel Grand Central 2nd level Tien Jin Lo for dinner with parents, aunt and uncle. Ok this isnt buffet but the way she ordered the food, it s something like an ala carte buffet. Another bowl of sharks fin soup, venison, beef, those standard chicken plus salt etc etc. I almost died exercising last week, this week i m gonna die of eating!

3 days Hotel Meal in a week and it s B-U-F-F-A-T. my stomach is the size of this post.

thought of bombarding good food pics but phone cam down, sooo tooo badd!

Prison Break is good to me. But some people think shouldnt drag for so long. maybe this should be the last season. I can bet i ll be able to find a few plot holes because this show is too complicated - even for the scriptwriters. nevertheless, gotta admit they are smart. all the codes, the complications, the language, hidden meanings, they all kinda fit together, for a plan to make all of this right. Brilliant.

Anyway Cage later. And i doubt i can get some winks. I ll just lie there again and see how things goes. wait, i wont be able to see anything. Ok, imagine how things goes.





I can't sleep because i can't stop thinking.


disappearing.




not.

W-H-Y.

Track Chalet

I THOUGHT I WAS REALLY DEAD.

Seriously. This week has been whacky.

MONDAY

Training as usual. It wasnt one of the worst trainings but i was suffocating the whole time. Phlegm trapped in the throat, gasping for air. SIX ROUNDS WARM UP. 200 sprint, 200 jog, 200 sprint, 200 jog, 400 sprint, 400 jog. x 3. And all the upper body workout. 3 rounds cool down. (suppose to be 6 but we cheated and walked to bubble tea shop as part of the cool down).

Trained to Harbourfront Vivo for dinner with family. Food Republic is scam. Ok partly because i had 2 meals, chicken rice and hokkien mee but still, it s ex for the portion. that's why i had to down 2 meals at one shot right? Nice to walk around a big mall.

TUESDAY

Gym training. Lip Chiau ponned, so i had to solo. The sets are up to FOUR!!! Dynamic squats will kill me sometime soon. Sometimes i just wonder if the whole bar will engulf my shoulders and crash down all the way. Scott's gonna increase the weights soon, surely. The rest of the workout were pretty new but it's definitely one of the most tiring sessions.

WEDNESDAY

Track chalet! Cycled to Pasir Ris park to meet the rest and played captain's ball in the afternoon. It started to pour and we were all stranded at a pavillion. Embarked on a solo cycle to one end of Pasir Ris park to the other end. It's still pretty much alive after all these years. But it's obvious at certain areas that something has to be done. Checked in late as Ms Tan was late. Stoned around listen to guitar pros displaying their skills.

Checked in Aloha Loyang, BBQ food came, started fire in the rain with Shawn and En Hao. Haha it was quite hilarious. Dustbin covers, pot and pan covers, and finally an umbrella was used to shelter the charcoal and firestarters. Skewered and set up everything with Ying Lun. The sky was kinder after awhile. Fire started, food went on. Started pretty slow but soon everything went on smoothly. The S17 fire was good even though it was low quality charcoal. Food was cleared pretty fast. 10 plus all wiped out. Then there was some sort of farewell presentation which we gave the track tee and the specially made batons to the J2s. And there was Nelson's birthday celeb, sing song cut cake. Nice cake from four leaves. As usual the ones bbqing, were the last ones to eat. Had a CHICKEN WING TOAST with Shawn and En Hao: "We started it, we end it." Nice one guys.

Washed up and cleaned up with the fishermen (lip chiau and ying wei) while the boys went to play touch rugby, the seniors went drinking (Cheers nia), the couple went dating, the others went to fill up the remaining empty stomach, Ying emoed with the guitar in the room. Didnt feel like running so joined Ying with the emo. Until the touch ruggers invaded our privacy. Slacked around in the room, some played cards, some played guitar till about 1 plus,

THURSDAY

WE SET OFF ON THE CRAZY JOURNEY OF THE YEAR.

First - Checked the bikes, working order
Second - Route plan, RED HOUSE (some haunted house nearby) then to East Coast
Third - Formations and codes

no. 1 - Xiao Ping
no. 2 - Me
no. 3 - Nic Kang
no. 4 - En Hao
no. 5 - Jun Jia
no. 6 - Guan Ming
no. 7 - Shawn
no. 8 - Ying Lun

password - Hosni


and so we cycled in line to the supposedly scary and haunted house named RED HOUSE which even the guard asked us if we were sure we wanted to go there. We got the directions and off we went unsured and a lil shaken. Up the slope, across a field. La la la, everything was normal, we cycled and cycled and even overshot the HOUSE until someone spotted it. Yea, it s a house with RED GATE (locked) and 2 lion statues in front. We stopped at the entrance and looked inside. BOO nothing. waste of time. left the place and continued with plan.

first up to Tampines, to get out of Pasir Ris. i led the way since it s my territory. Park Connector past the Esso station and boom it started to rain not cats, not dogs but BILLIONS of WATER MOLECULES. Rescued valuables by stuffing all into Nic Kang s waterproof adidas jacket. And we went for a bath in the public on a 2 wheel vehicle. Soaked to the skin, through Sun Plaza park and through Tampines Regional Library, we headed for the interchange in the downpour. exciting it was. some stunt bikers at the interchange strutting their stuff were seriously stunned to see us appear out of no where - 8 drenched chicken that fell into soup. (pardon the direct translation from chinese)

we got off the bikes to cuddle together for warmth and release some warmth illegally in a corner. Infer if you need, i can't type it out here. but it was truly a helluva experience. No it's not over, the place which the only activity i did so far was to WALK passed probably a thousand times in my life was the place which i ate cup noodles at some booth table, camped outside Cheers and Macs, enjoying the music, and seeking refuge in Tampines Mall carpark. Not to mention the releasing heat experience. hahaha.

Lightning detered us from moving on. So we stayed till the rain got lesser and now Xiao Ping took the lead and got us moving past

Safra
Changi General Hospital
EXPO
Tanah Merah MRT station
HDB estates
ECP
the underground path
into East Coast Park
a real RED HOUSE (restaurant)
and to Macs for the half time break.

rested for some time, washed up a lil which was useless and off we went again, this time going back. Everyone were just complaining about the pain in the quads, the fatigue, but we kept going. This time i suggested a shortcut, taking the Simei Park Connector. But some confusion with XP ended us up taking the longer way, U turning, when we were thinking about the same route. So we cycled that few more metres. this time we took the route i take when i go to and fro to the chalet. past

my house
Ngee Ann Sec
Tampines JC
HDB estates
and rejoin the Tamp- Pasir Ris Park Connector

back to where we started. the bleddy bridge across the expressway and to pasir ris town park, past hai sing catholic and finally into Aloha Loyang. The peoplecame back safe, the bikes not really. Actually the bikes started out in bad conditions anyway, broken stand tied with a rafia string, a fake motor engine lol (sounds like), a screwed up small bike, gears that never seem to work high or low, and worst, energy applied that dont convert to the energy to move forward.

I m the luckiest of the lot with my own valiant bike, completely working gears, big nice and fully pumped wheels, nice smooth peddling, a velo gel comfortable seat. I escaped with only blisters on the palms.

Back to the chalet. 7 of us went for a dip in the pool at 5am plus. Brilliant. Warmth. Relaxing. Recovery training. Played a lil water polo. There was underwear in the pool. Some kids came as well. It was still dark though. Went back showered, played some guitar packed up and cycled with the rest plus antonio minus ying to Macs downtown east for breakfast. The sun rose, and i continued an extended cycle home. It was nice and slow though, because i was half dead.

Reached home, dad awake, cleared dirty stuff, and took a short nap. Shawn called, mum woke me up, and i m on another journey to CCAB for SOCCER. Played average. For about 3 hours and left for Coronation for lunch. Lemon chicken jia fan jia ji, 2 cups of ice milo and a few games of bridge before heading home home home. Just bathed and threw myself onto the bed. SLEPT from 5pm to 10pm.

FRIDAY

Facebooked till 5am and slept till 3pm. i woke up and thought i really died. My legs didnt felt like a part of me anymore, my arms were aching from the continous fanning of the charcoal and i was burning from the soccer. DID I DIE?


maybe i did.

Tagged

Seriously i have to learn to ignore such lame things from Reuben Borat Lim.
SEVENTY LAME QUESTIONS for one LAME PERSON. (really limping, some foot problem)



1.How many texts are in your inbox?
cant be bothered to check. 100 plus la. nice drink.

2.When did your last hug take place?
i hugged my pillow last night.

3. Are you a jealous person?
nah. jealous is negative. why not say envious.

4.Are you tired right now?
took a power 5 min nap just now, so not really.

5.Do you chew on your straws
usually just a nibble.

6.Have you ever been called a tease?
haha yea due to a bottle of deodorant co incidentally named TEASE as well.

7.Do you like to cuddle?
to sleep? yea why not.

8.Do you cry easily?
when i was 1 month old.

9.Are you a heavy sleeper?
depends how tired i am and where i sleep around.

10.Where is your cellphone?
some where, should be in the room. just feel like avoiding it these few days.

11.Do you think you can last in a relationship for 6 months?
only?

12.Are you mad at someone right now?
yea at myself for slacking so much.

13. Do you believe in love at first sight?
hmm, why not, although it s often labelled as lust.

14.What makes you laugh out loud?
funny stuff? i m a normal person.

15.Who was the last person you talked to?
my irritating sister.

16.Name one person on your top friends who is most like you.
reuben borat lim lor. who else.

17.Do you get butterflies when around the person you like?
what butterflies. how come got insects one.

18.Will you get married?
haha yea same answer as reuben: depends on whether anyone wants to marry me in the first place.

19.When was the last time you smiled?
a few minutes ago?

20.Does anyone like you?
not to my knowledge.

21.Do you secretly like someone?
it wont be a secret anymore if i said yes.

22.Who was the first person you talked to today?
lao bu.

23.Who do you feel most comfortable talking to about anything?
as of now, Mr Su.

24.What are you NOT looking forward to?
the end of the hols. but come what may!

25.Has someone of the opposite sex ever told you they loved you, and meant it?
yea who else but my mum.

26.Suppose you see your ex kissing another person what would you do?
i cant control anything that s out of my possession.

27.Are you a forgiving person?
kinda.

28.What's something you really want right now?
A FOOTBALL MATCH!!!!

29.Do you fall for people easily?
hahaha i have high expectations! hmm maybe.

30.Have you ever fallen for your best friend's exes ?
as i said i have high expectations! sorry pals! heh.

31.What's the last thing you put in your mouth?
a cockroach. lol. nah it was some chinese tea.

32.Have you ever kissed anyone named Michelle?
lol michelle. no!!!

33.Who was the last person you drove with?
LPO.

34.How late did you stay up last night and why?
4am. Watching aston vs man u. then play guitar.

35.If you could move somewhere else, would you?
unlikely i ll get out of singapore. THIS IS HOME, TRULY! but we ll see what happens in future uh. i dun wish to stay in Tampines all my life! at least move somewhere nearer to the central.

36.Do you prefer to call or text?
Short Messaging Service.

37.When was the last time you cried really, really hard?
a few years back? sec 2 i think.

38.Who took your profile picture?
profile picture? of what? this person's picture is too sexy to display? that cant be taken with a camera.

39.Who was the last person you took a picture with?
that day sakae with pw, ape and plant.

40.Can you live a day without TV?
yea TV is really becoming more of a time waster than anything else.

41.Besides your lips, where is your favorite spot to get kissed?
like how the saying goes, 'Kiss my ass!' hahaha.

42.How did you feel when you woke up this morning?
kinda shitty. not satisfied with 7 hours during school holidays.

43.Who was the last person you took a picture of?
i dunno. i think hui hui and lois? I and R day?

44.How often do you see your ex?
no such person exists.

45.Would you ever donate blood?
i will if i can.

46.Have you ever had a best friend who was of the opposite sex?
BEST friend. eh no. i m a homo.

47.Do you want someone dead?
why so evil.

48.What does your last text message say?
arg. this thing force me to go find my phone. hold on.
it s from the PIN.
"Haha victor say can work in oriental hotel for banquet. but its considered one of e toughest. but flexible workhours. he say he brought 7 of his friends there alr."

50.What are you thinking about right now?
think how to answer this question.

51.Do you wish someone was with you right now?
actually yea, feeling bored and lonely.

52.What time did you go to sleep last night?
i thought i answered this question?

53.Where did you buy the shirt you're wearing now?
haha. SJINCC(land) lion PT kit. my fav tee. 'an elite corp since 1906'

54.Is someone on your mind right now?
yea thanks to the question above, i m thinking of NCC peeps.

55.Have you ever been in a hotel room with a friend of the opposite sex?
hotel room? er. no. chalet yea.

56.Who was the last person to text you?
The PIN.

57.Would you consider yourself to be spoiled?
i m in good working condition!
if i m spoiled, there is a million other kids who can never be repaired and used.

58.What are you listening right now?
commentary of the match between sunderland and west ham.

59.Did you sing at all today?
i think so.

60.When's the last time you cried?
REPEAT REPEAT.

61.Who were you with yesterday?
Family and me.

62.Do you miss anyone?
yea. i m so bored at home.

63.Who was the last person in your bed?
LOL. me? i m a person right.

64.Have you ever drank with your number one?
yea wth is number one? my goalkeeper?

65.If someone liked you right now would you want them to tell you?
your choice.

66.Do you want someone you can't have?
WANT sounds bad. you know like a WANTED man. ( eg. mas selamat kastari) actually i dun mind wanting him, the cash reward still stands right?

67.When did you last talk to your brother or sister?
just. minutes ago.

68.Where were you at 2:02 am this morning?
right here. where i am sitting now.

69.Do you think you will be in a relationship 3 months from now?
nah. i should be (i hope as planned) a full time mugger.

70.Do you want to tell someone something?
not anymore. but i want to tell the whole world i m bored.

Bonus question. Who do you want to tag?

ALL THE BORED PEOPLE IN THE WORLD!

Cage

Cage was pretty fun. Even though we got thrashed. Won only one match. I m consoled by the fact that i played fine. Touch was there, passing was there, dribbling was there, didnt lose the ball, defended what i could. Just about ready for a full blown match.


Had sakae dinner with PW + ape + waterlily. Food was good, didnt eat as much as normal. Probably just too tired. Ate and slept at the table, just like a pig. Was suppose to be Yuki yaki but the plant asked me to delay at the last minute. And so we missed the student rates time. Ah nvm anyway the plant was the main plant, i mean main man that day and dun forget the video.


The rest of the days was just slacking at home. Baked cookies yesterday but it wasnt much of a success. Met ying lun after a long time today to order BBQ stuff for track chalet on wed. Hope it ll turn out well.

Watch movies!

Insomnia

I m blogging at 4.42am. Because i cant sleep.

Lay there. Rolled around. It was some sort of reflection time. The week felt so... empty.

I m missing something, or someone. Maybe two.

I thought of the past year. How it started so brilliantly academically and socially. CJC transformed me into a mugger, or rather it was Edmund Chin from 1T26 that turned me into one. The 'smartest' student in the class, haha even the teachers reckoned.

SA common test was a failure. I was at the peak of my fitness. I ran like mad. I just rediscovered my love for running that initiated in primary school. I joined track and field after all the 'catching' during recess was not enough and rejoined it to play more 'catching'.

And there was all the lectures. The one PW lecture that changed my life. The other lectures that were so much more interesting than the lecture content. Then there was a set of numbers that aint significant anymore.

Promos came, coming. Studied in school. Many hours. Motivated to go to school not only for one reason.

Everything fitted nicely into one jigsaw puzzle, except, for that one final piece that would complete the mystery. That final piece was never fitted. I m positive it existed, but it changed its shape?

It s still burning, fluctuating. Sometimes red hot, sometimes smothering. Sometimes it s forgotten. But it wont die out so easily or quickly. I know.

ANYHOW

Track training on Mon, ran for 40 minutes (still sick) which was about 20 rounds i guess?

Tue, gym, wasnt as bad as last week but still tiring, had a good workout. Oh and i bought a new pair of boots. Under peer pressure from shawn yeo, i got a Nike Mecurial. It s STUNNING. a bit too much for me i thought. but oh well, i cant sell it back right. I thought adidas Predator was more suited for me, i prefer the design and POWER. my hp is screwed, so no pics. i better take one before it gets out of shape when i start ramming.

Wed, stayed at home and became a painter, did some household maintainance. Wasnt that easy. It was tedious, but reminded me of those days in SJI. Those afternoons and evenings in the Art room, with the radio blasting, sometimes the rain splashing and the thunder booming. It s so vivid.

I doubt i ll be able to sleep now. Cage later. I m so dead without sleep. i should watch Germany vs England, maybe it s fated. You dun always chance upon a match. tata.

Class chalet

Yes Lois, i'm too lazy to update.

MONDAY

I've gotta rant about this. Because it's not the first time.

TEMASEK POLY students bombarding bus number 8 every hour in the morning. And so i was stranded at the bus stop, missing bus after bus. They came, and they left. More importantly they came maybe 80 in a bus? and left 80 in the bus. with space at the rear. So, i had to improvise impromptu and took 59 which i wasnt sure where it'll go. I landed up at Toa Payoh, had to walk through the rain with some newspapers which obviously didnt hold for long and i was drenched. Was late but GPF done, PW DONE!

Left school for brunch BK. Toa Payoh Hub with the usual peeps. Yong pin bought Manager 09. Seems fun. Left for PS to get Ms Ye her farewell gift, a Build A Bear bear that makes Gabriel noises (monkey), wears a perverted surgeon suit and is called Meixiu Jr. How more screwed up can it get. All left 1 by 1. I went home to get my stuff, games, clothes and tried to install Manager but failed. Lois and Tim were at the chalet first wasting time, watching tv. Raced there on bike to catch the BBQ man. Had to collect the food. Nic came next. Booked pit. Nic tried to start the fire.

Slowly more came. But the fire wasnt good enough. It took long to get the food on the table. Anyway poor turn out, excess food. Smoked myself for 6 hours, sweaty 'satay man' quoted from ms ye. Bathed, cake, Wii to the wee hours and Game of Life till 6.

TUESDAY

China Xiao Ping gotta wake up. Slept till 10 plus, went out to eat. White sands, Food Junction. Gabs came. Went back. Zheng da came. Bowling. Ms ye came. hahaha my worst ever score for bowling. Seemed to lost the touch. Havent bowled for 2 years? I think more. Yea, 3 years. Rushed off for training. Record time of 15 minutes to reach home on bike. Grabbed stuff from home napped on bus. Late for Gym. 40kg on shoulders. ouch. 'Track dinner'. 1 slice of pizza, 1 piece of sushi, couple of cups of zeppel. Played touch 3 on 3. Went back chalet. Wii greeted me. Gobbled real dinner. Bath. Wii wii wii till sleeeeeeeeeeep.

WEDNESDAY

Next morn woke up, pack up check out. Survivors wei li, pin and lois. Macs breakfast. Carried home the big box of leftover food. Dropped food home. Movie the Coffin at TM with lois. North pole there. Food Junction (again). Went home. SLEEEEEEEEP.

That s chalet for you.



Anyway life's been boring. Missed training on Thurs. Coughing, sneezing, burning. Aftermath of chalet. So, entertained granny by playing Mahjong. Fri, went to Courts Tampines in search of a new washing machine and to Century Square to continue the search at Best. Today, guitar, piano, mahjong, live soccer. That s it.

THAT S IT! The boring account of my life. A job s coming, gotta study, more fun? You cant put everything into words. You must be there to experience it, the chalet was something new in a way. Despite some disappointments. I actually enjoyed bbqing, at least cassie was an efficient partner. I enjoyed the Wii, must thank ms ye for bringing. i enjoyed the cycling up and down, it was refreshing and exhilarating. i enjoyed the bowling, once in a LONG while. i enjoyed the walking around ehub, even though seeing some RJ people who were from 203. I enjoyed the company of the usual peeps.

you didnt have to read that wordy post. really. :)

BYE PW

i ve been too lazy to blog. Or maybe i m too tired and caught up with the post academics stuff.

Tuesday, PW OP! The last hurdle of H1 Project Work. I guess it wasnt too bad. Video was lagging but the assessors still had a good chuckle. Presentation was ok, i remembered my lines and referred to the card maybe twice only? But had a technical error with the slides. Q and A was bleh, i should have thought of more GI s instead of beating around the bush.

The rest of the group did well too. Finally, after all the hard work put in, it s over. Hope it yields good results. I had some burning thoughts that day but it sort of died off and i forgot what i wanted to blog about. I think the main point was to thank everyone who made this project a success if it is even regarded as one.

From the start, we gotta thank Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan, Indian Temple of Fine Arts (gotta send our WR), Lois's father (exhibition and some expert opinion), my father (needless to say), my sis (no matter how little), Ho Wei Li (video), my uncle (printing postcards and brochures) and i think a few more if i didnt mention. But personally i want to thank

GAY HUI HUI
LIM YUN WEN LOIS
LIM YONG PIN

for making Project Work seem so fun and enjoyable even with so much work to do, so much time spent on it, so much traveling to make, so much money to spend (ON FOOD especially) and so much emotions to go through. It was a journey, even though we didnt do project task 1.

CLUELESS
SIAN
OH NO.
OK LOR
AH...
PI?
KENNY the FISH
BLEH
CULTURE AND CUSTOMS
YEAH!
CHOSEN??!!
CRAP.
GPP.
USELESS.
GIs.
OKAY...
DO DO DO..
COMPILE.
WR.
DISGUSTING.
U.
ANXIOUS.
WORRIED.
TOP GEAR.
it always happens to me..
last minute.
ANGRY?
PISSED?
MAYBE.
week without wink.
PRINT.
RELIEF.
HAPPINESS.
PROUD.
GRATEFUL.
eom?
DRAFT DRAFT DRAFT DRAFT.
whatever.
OP.
PRACTICE. PRACTICE. PRACTICE.
EDIT EDIT EDIT.
Good afternoon Assessors, ladies and gentlemen, before we move on to the presentation...
Geylang. The dramatic transformation from a Malay floating village ...
65% of the 80
68.8% of them rated
Ms. Sim Bee Hia, Secretary General of the SHHK...

EMBEDDED UP THERE.
not only OP, but it s PW with you 3.



if i appear altered, i'm not. i was just battered, stressed and worn out.
i read interesting things.



CELEBRATIONS!

Pasta mania again. went back for training. Gym. wasnt as intense as previous week, but still felt sore. Bench press ouch. 3 sets x 30. more!

Wednesday, submitted I and R. Thanks ying. FIFAed. Met ying at Tampines MRT. Trained to Dhobby for the first movie in months. Lakeview Terrace. Something new. Pretty nice. POPCORN SALTED! dinner at food court, haha fish balls and ji dan zai. Walked around aimlessly. Loved the feeling. From PS to Heeren. Just walked and talked. Looked at stuff that i m so out of touch with ever since JC became part of my life. All good things have to come to an end. Dating session over. Ying met shawn to go home together. Me as usual to da East!

Thursday, reuben came to SA! Guitar and soccer. Mud. Macs at first then Broadway and SA. Soccer before training. Training, died. 25 rounds. Almost choked to death really. Phlegm + dried saliva = SUFFOCATION. Completed 21. Hockey BOYS vs Soccer GIRLS + Bulldozer Ho. Guess who won?

Friday, QUATUM OF SOLACE with jer, slut, ying, shawn, reuben. Taiwan Snacks, spicy chicken! Bridge. Popcorn was not enough. Movie average. Ass hole dai dee at Dhobby Station Entrance. Hot yet good! Went Novena, was pestered. Got the right name DARYL, got the wrong number. Too bad last digit made the difference!

Today, FIFAed. CYCLED from HOME to Pasir Ris and back. REFRESHING. The wind, the high speed, the scenery, spooky yet fun. I didnt know where i was going, but i just kept going. Afterall it s still my territory right? 2 routes, equally fun!

CLASS CHALET COMING UP!
SWISS COTTAGE match to arrange!

Quiz time

REUBEN'S GONNA WASTE 15 MINUTES OF MY TIME!



Name 20 people you can think of right now:


1. REUBEN
2. YING LUN
3. JEREMY
4. SHAWN
5. YONG PIN
6. HUI HUI
7. LOIS
8. WEI LI
9. GABRIEL
10. PAM
11. TIMOTHY
12. JOLENA
13. CASSIE
14. ZHENG DA
15. FRUIT JUICE STALL UNCLE
16. CHIEN MING
17. JUN JIE
18. ZI XIANG
19. TING SOON
20. RYAN

How did you meet #4? Shawn
SJI 335 (2006), 435 (2007) Die hard soccer enemy. Met this Red Devil in Hell.

What would you be if u never met #1? Reuben
I wouldnt be able to survive through my secondary school life. And more importantly survive through all the CAP art lessons. Those Incredible Tales (what's the story? x 3), Mrs. P**** Ong. No 'Good morning Teddy!', no lame jokes and laughters, no the ME today.

What if #9 and #20 dated? Gabriel and Ryan
LOL. Total mismatch. Ok, Gabriel will be the girl, Ryan will be the young boy. Sounds FANTASTIC!

Describe #3. Jeremy
He has 2 eyes, 2 ears, 1 nose, 1 mouth and 1 big ass hole.
hahahaha. DIE HARD SOCCER MANIAC. I guess he's one who caused me to be attracted to balls, and FIFA. He's tall, dark and FAT! nah, he's a bitch. He's a sign post that steered me off the right track to the left track. But i'm glad he did.

Is #8 attractive? Wei Li!!!
You bet he is! With the cool hair, the brains, the wits, the determination - he's hot!

Describe #7 Lois
Always asking why. The one who expects the least. The clumsy one. Yet the happy one, smiley one.

Do you know any of #12 family members? Jolena
Er, i know she has one brother and i think 2 sisters, 1 mother, 1 father, 1 grandmother. Is that counted as knowing them?

What would you do if #18 confesses to you that she likes you? Zi Xiang!
LOL. THE REAL SLUT. hahahaha. i'll be really glad! But he's a slut, wait she's a slut, so maybe i'll say no!

What language does #15 speak? Fruit Juice Stall Uncle
English, Chinese and Fruit language? I dunno what else though. Banana milk, xiang jiao nai, i think he'll understand both, try it next time!

Who is #9 going out with? Gabriel
his girlfriend la! kim chi. but i think he's going out tomorrow alone though, yea, he goes to school by himself.

How old is #16? Chien Ming
YES reuben. I can use a similar answer. 17 years old but has a brain of the 2 year old! No, no 1 year old. Wait. he has a PEA brain remember. so that's 0 years old.

When is the last time you spoke to #13? Cassie
Friday? Over the phone?

Who is #2's fav. band/singer? Ying Lun
Guns N Roses? Good Charlotte? i think just any good rock band.

Would you ever date #4? Shawn
Oh no, Sparky will bite me.

Would you date #1? Reuben
Yea we have been dating for 4 years. Took a break for 1 year. Should continue real soon.

Is #19 single? Ting Soon
Hmm, not sure.

What is #10 last name? Pam
Hui Hui. Bu hui.

Would you ever be in a relationship with #11? Timothy
Lol. Good idea. but still, he's a ladies man and some people might get jealous and start beating me up.

School of #3? Jeremy
PJ pyjamas.

Where does #6 live? Hui hui
Tiong Bahru duck rice. It always haunts me.

What is your favourite thing about #5? Yong Pin
He's an APE. An old one. Godfather ald. And a very playful and restless one.

Would you think of killing #14? Zheng Da
Oh puhlease. Before i even wield a toothpick, he would already be lying in a coffin for his offensive yet hilarious comments on Africa, Barack, McDonalds (cain), and even probably you!

Tag 5 people

Erm Hui hui?
Lois
Tim
Jo
Cassie

aiya any tom dick or harry who's bored, JUST DO IT. tick.

whole week out

i'd better start blogging about the past week before the mind does an AUTO-DELETE of memory.

hahaha. i really have problems starting. Tuesday? What happened? ... ..I guess i went to school. Which should be just PW. Oh, there was bio spa. Spent some time memorising those stuff in the morning. Bulimia for a short while and had about 40 minutes to waste during the SPA. Used the spare paper and started drawing formations, and realised we have quite a balanced team. Had a short kick ball session with Gabs and the Pin. Cassie joined followed by Shawn. Er, it was more of a pick-ball session. But it felt good to start kicking again! Gym training, quite tiring. Dinner with track peeps, Shawn, Ying, Ying Wei, Lip Chiau, Nicholas Kang, En Hao, Jun Jia. Migrated to tau huey shop for cards and desert.

Wednesday, lecture day. Studied Chinese at the sit up bench. Actually went home early but didnt do much.

Thursday, Chinese A s. I sort of screwed up. Quite badly i think. I cant even be bothered to go check up the dictionary now for the correct answer. And my essay is probably the worst ever i ve written this year. Simply no inspiration. Lunch at Macs with about half the class. Went back for OP presentation and training after that. Jogged to cemetery and had 5 rounds there. Pretty good run. Covered about 7-8km? Strides 8 times, bubble tea on the way back, 200 crunches, wx zd sunset, wl trusting saints with his laptop and hp lying around, showered, gays outing. Reuben, Jeremy, Shawn, Ying and Me. Food Republic Teppanyaki, cards outside Ngee Ann City at the foot of a lion (statue duh). Fun fun fun.

Fri, Lois's house. Nong nong journey. Did exhibition boards, OP, Caleb soccer. another nong nong nong nong trip home. 960 was great. I was the only one left in the bendy TIBS bus or rather SMRT. BKE seems long but it was a good time for reflection.

Sat, Ms Ye's house. OP. Paya lebar to City Hall. Marina Square. Food Court. Old Hong Kong Baked Rice. Walked walked walked.

Sun, Yong pin's house. Nong nong nong journey to Sembawang with a huge guitar and a tripod stand. Sphaghetti bolognaise. Video. Moose. OP. Yew Tee. Tuner. Slept from J.E to Tampines.

Reuben tagged me to do some quiz, i shall do it some other time huh. Time to sleep, another nong nong day tml!

Sorry dad

I was thinking whether to bold, change to the largest font, and highlight in red. But i realized it doesnt matter, as long as i know it. No matter how the words turn out to be, the meaning remains the same.

I LOVE MY DAD.


I have been a bad boy lately. I wonder why.

Maybe it s really at this stage. Those hormones are really silent workers. But ultimately, you still see the result (which is usually bad). Unconsciously, i yearn for too much freedom, even though i have sufficient. I m getting too liberal. Too out of hand. It s a wake up call. I m drifting, following the tide. The waves are strong, i m not a very strong swimmer, but still, it s all in the mind.

I needed that reprimand. SO BADLY. He gave me the license to run my own life for so long, because he knew and i knew, that i had that discipline to do the right things. Because he was the trainer from the start, the strict rules, the warden-like firmness, the no nonsense attitude, the shouts, the spanking, the cane, the tying down. Until i learnt ONE MEANS ONE.

Now i m bending it too much. But not anymore. Yesterday was it. Pardon me.



YESTERDAY.

FIFAed. As usual.
Detained for some time.
Left for Clarke Quay.
Met for PW at Central.
Video.
OP.
Pepper dinner.
Crazy taxi.
Lost wallet.
For 1 minute.
Panic button.
Stayed clam.
Went back.
Relieved.
Roadside.
Careless.
Distracted.
Unusual.
Ying s house.
Chelsea 0 Liverpool 1
Guitar.
Mad rush.
Missed the last train.
Stranded at Jurong East. AGAIN.
About to turn back.
Made a call.
He was furious.
I was remorseful.
Phone with Ying.
Repentant.
Hoping.
Silence.
Night breeze.
He came.
12.50am.
First words.
Shell shocked.
Played along.
Obviously grateful.
However MORE guilt.
Woke up.



TODAY

Went out.
Worse train ride.
They are so afraid of falling.
Trapped in the corner.
With seven arms surrounding.
Closer and closer.
Scared to miss their stop.
Hog the doorway.
Grit teeth.
Simply dun understand.
Filled the whole cabin.
Train stopped for nothing.
They are still afraid.
'Hanging on for their lives.'
Even closer.
Backed away enough.
That s it.
Stood upright.
Glared straight at them.
They somehow got the message.
Got off alas.
Met Huihui.
Swopped stuff.
Ate Mos.
Met a dog.
Pissed at every pole it came across.
Puzzling.
Yet hilarious.
Went back.
He doubted.
I assured.
Not convincing enough.
Explained.
He demands action.
Alright i said.


Chinese.
Sis GP.

Crap.

I NEED A MOVIE REAL SOON. THIS WEEK.

PW WR

What can i say about this week?

The craziest rushed last minute work ever. A week of sacrificed sleep, grouchiness, anxiety yet there s still happiness and relief. I wouldnt be surprised if an article with the title "PRISON ADOPTS NEW PUNISHMENT METHOD NAMED - PROJECT WORK" appears in the newspaper anytime soon. Now looking back, it doesnt seem that bad. After submitting the 97 pages of sweat and tears, everything seems lighter. Those hours sacrificed are worth it... i hope.

Still many more things to do for PW, video is pretty complex but it s fun doing it. Boring stuff like pamphlets and practising OP is still on the agenda, very unfortunately. And guess what, Chinese A levels is just in 5 days? I havent even started reading the booklet. Bio SPA on tue, gotta spend some time on it too. DEEPAVALI!!!! Please enlighten me..

Had time for Pasta Mania yesterday, once in a long while since PAE with CJ peeps. And the 15 minutes power nap is becoming a routine for me. In the CLASSROOM, in the CAR, at the DINING TABLE, STANDING in the MRT train, at the BUS STOP, in the GYM and at HOME on the floor. It s just a temporary recharge of battery. Finally WR s gone, say get lost to editing, checking, printing, rushing. I can finally rest in peace tonight. For once.

Training was tough. Body aches all over. Mainly quads, triceps and shoulders. Climbing up and DOWN the stairs is already a torture. Cant walk, cant climb stairs, cant run, cant stand, cant sit. I need to recover, and fast, not to miss anymore trainings.

Today, pool with ying and guan ming. Quite relaxing.

Now, i m going to sleep.

It's not turning out as i hoped it would.
I'm trying hard, but not hard enough apparently. As usual.

I'm feeling too much pain.
It's worse when nothing's done.

Happy Birthday blog!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to .... MY BLOG!!!

it was born on 18th October 2006.
even though only 2 years young,
it has a kaleidoscope of emotions
mostly positive
but there are negative ones as well.
not to forget the frequent lethargy that is so often associated with the owner.
it contains rants about anything under the Sun
vivid descriptions of anything related to the ball with pentagon shapes on it
messages and codes meant for people
the portrayal of an extremely boring life

TIME TO BLOW THE CANDLES AND CHOP UP THE CAKE!!!




Yesterday, PW mates came.
Transcript.
Thumb s.
Oink.
Food.
Drinks.
Laughs.
Farewell.


Today. One word. Maybe not. It's actually 4.

FIFA.

NOW. CHIONGING PW LAST MINUTE.

i'm such a genius.

Wish come true

So, i had a wish come true. 2009 JC 2.

Hi J2.
Still with 08S19.
Hope to stick with current combi.
But, bye bye Ms. Ye. :(

Really sad. Darren said something that sort of struck me. These teachers develop feelings for our class, affection, and now they leave half way. I wonder if they know, that it s a 2 way thing. Hui Hui teared after hearing the news and i can understand it. But Ms Ye explained the reason for leaving, and it s absolutely valid and acceptable. We shouldnt hinder her career prospects. All good things come to an end isnt it? Even though this is an abrupt one.

It was a day of mixed feelings. Seeing people not able to make it up together. Sharing the joy of those who did well (those who top the cohort). Heaving a sigh of relief that we got promoted. Trying to understand those who have high expectations and far fetched ambitions. Recieving the announcement of a significant departure. Jumping around the computer. Having impromptu lame interaction session. AND. AND. AND. Having a first time.

FIRST TIME SLEEPING AT A BUS STOP.
it was for about 3 songs, which is about 15 minutes. Just sitting there, listening to my phone songs, even with the exhaust hogging around, with the traffic honking and zooming, i still managed to doze off.

IKEA 2 days in a row.
6 cups of coffee.
Meat balls.
Hot dog.
Class jersey.
Water bottle.
Shoes.
Soccer boots.
Slacking.

I think it s really back to PW and Chinese. Which i dun mind.

I was reading Econs Market Failure. And i don't understand. I really don't.

Thank You

Why do we fall?

So that we learn to pick ourselves up.

I m really grateful. To everyone. For everything. For making today possible for me. Sometimes, when you are so busy charging into the future, seeking new things. You forget to slow down the pace, and reflect. To be thankful for those who paved your way. Those that made this day possible. Those that made you go through so much.

The encounters.
The endeavours.
The endings.

Through all these, you gain something. Something so valuable that it indeed makes you a better person, a stronger one. That something, it has a name. It's called experience.

It's only when you come to a stumbling block or a great fall that you realise you did something wrong. Or maybe. It's not you who made a mistake. But you are the one to pay for others' faults. Ultimately, you learn something. Whether consciously or subconsciously. You've gain valuable experience. And it is not something that everyone gets to enjoy the benefits of it. Some people lose their lives trying to gain that experience. They failed. But if you managed to survive through this ordeal. The experience is yours for the taking. Be glad. Be thankful.

Even though it might be heart-wrenching, or a new found torture. I want to say thank you for the experience.

I understand. I know you understand too.




Complexity isn't my name. I'm just me.

Class outing

Hmm people or things i ve been hanging out with for the past days.



Fauna and flora. [APE and WATERLILY/OWL naptime!]

APE's play time!



See them means PW



Best Block of the Season goes to a Pin

435 Class outing yesterday.

PEOPLE: me, ming, shawn, ying lun, jun jie, elian, nicholas, yew tong, jon chen, xian fong, benedict, and an illegal immigrant called jeremy tan.

ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES ENGAGED: bridging, dai dee-ing on the floor outside a toilet, in BK, pool, making a fool of ourselves, loitering in a big pack and travelling around making irritating noises from Paradiz to Park Mall, sneaked to play pool in school name bearing clothes.

A bunch of school boys abusing a poor dog






ACTING pro



Spent 2 days in a row at PS area. Was suppose to go queensway but the pin's indiscipline had us playing soccer instead. and getting whacked by s20. abrasion on right leg was resulted after some badly timed tackle. went to PS for dinner, stinking up the whole place everywhere we went. from food court to carrefour to get TEASE, $2.80. VAlly chip.

Was glad to make a good money saving decision by not going for Sakae Dinner but BK with Jem. almost 4 times cheaper! Yea but it s good to see those retards again. See my teeth? I m smiling!

It s either FIFA or Prison Break this weekend!

But i m tired. I need to have a long deep sleep. Perhaps, that s it, that s enough. I m going to sleep.

Decipher

I just unconciously started to write a numbing thought thinking of leaving everything that you once understate, kindling no old wavered thoughts. Had a talk illicitly, lamenting over vacuous, eclectic yanks, only upon which i tentatively hark. All liberty lost? Maybe. Yet heaving eventual apparent relief that no opponent managed advancement that threatened. Escaped reality. Waited. Hoped apparent truth holds. Anticipated potential problems. Evaded nervy stares. Idyll. A momentary secret tacit. It looked like happiness abound. Never going into negotiation, going on niggardly connection. Apparently silence speaks louder. Oxymoron. Vacillating extensively. Manifest earnestly?


Honestly, it doesnt make much sense.

Tell me if it has been deciphered.

PW

PW PW PW. OP OP OP.

That sums up the week so far.

Monday was OP prep. I need to connect to power up.

Tuesday was PW own time own target.

Played some soccer with Ying Lun, Shawn and Yong Pin. And shawn asked me to blog that he and ying lost to me and the pin 19-10. Went to PS with them after that for CJ (carl's junior) dinner. $10.80! Ouch. At least i was starving.

Today. OP prep. nothing much interesting happened. Lunch with baby ape, godfather ape, the mother of all, ms why, waterlilly aka the owl and baby pam. SA is seriously screwed up. All kinds of weirdos. Especially the class 08s19. We have flora, fauna, infants, mutants, and a Mother of all. Ask us if you need a nick.





TAG REPLIES

LOIS - WATER soccer and SOCCER is different ok! i m just doing my job. YA LA YA LA, EVERYTHING ALSO ME.

TOOTHPICK - Yep, thanks, the recovery bar is almost full!

MANN - nah, i m slack already. should organise more stuff. Yea the mother is the real good welfare head!

SAM - there's always room for improvement!

JY - no prob. it s my job! hahaha, the secret affair is for you to guess.

DS - i m not only taking, i m grabbing care! cant afford to be sick when it s time to play. eh, i dun think anyone will go for another water soccer session. and it s so ex! 20 bucks a head, i m not sure about a body though. maybe handball/captain's ball huh. i m BUSY LATELY. very.

REUBEN - lol, what can i say but thanks. hurry end your exams and go for 435 outing this fri!

HUI HUI - you missed! hahaha!

JOLENA - LOL. what do you expect the class to do there! buy furniture for home room next year?

DEARESTS - arent we dating daily already? can we not involve culture and ancestors in our dating sessions, nah, i doubt so.

YING - just laugh.

Water Soccer

I m sick yet once again. It s really not the norm. JC is really a test of time management. Even after exams, i m sleeping only that meagre amount. Say sayonara to my immune system.

Wednesday was pure slack. Went to IKEA and Giant tampines to soak into the shopping mood again. IKEA has this aura that just takes away all troubles, reminds of good memories and the meatballs are good. Even the coffee machine.

Thursday, PW and MT timetable. Had to rush some stuff for PW. Seems to be going on track. Better sort everything out this weekend. Had some self training and a good long chat with Xiaoping while waiting for him to find his training partner. Bathed and join PW group at KFC before leaving for Bugis Mos and eventually where else but NLB. FEEFAR after work!

Friday similar time table. Rushed Chinese HW and went for water soccer at FICO sports hub. When the first match commenced, my eyebrows were raised. 22 people were in that small space. Kicking everything else except the poor ball. We lost as expected. But nevermind. The subsequent matches got me furious. What s the activity called again? Water rugby? You d be lucky to leave the place unscathed.

The worse feeling is when you see your dear classmates being bullied and not able to do anything about it. No sportsmanship fine. But no fairplay no way. It s not an all male gala or the FIFA World Cup. Think for the girls at least. I thought all of them were equally bad but till i had a one vs one wrestling match with the Malay guy. I went in with all the anger spilling out, determined to win for the class. If being aggressive is the name of YOUR game then i ll play as you call.

But i realised, i was in the wrong match. The guy i was up against was fair though strong. Wrong man. Even though we won that through determined play, i know i made a mistake. Yep and the following match proved it. Anyway, it s over. I dun mind being bullied but not my class. I felt it even though i wasnt the one being injured. It hurt.

Enough ranting. Time for some happy moments. Handball with the class at extra time was good. Real fun. Pure joy. Genuine laughter. Even though the splitting of teams wasnt that fair but it was quite an even match eventually. I get it.

Class outing was sort of successful but felt really guilty for not sorting out where to eat way before hand and Vannessa had to limp around with us. Should have comfirmed things with Lois before it. SORRY CLASS! Lesson learnt - should be sure of everything even though it s not my field. Banquet in the end wasnt that bad. Was thinking of sharing a tub of ice cream with the class but thought things might backfire. Macs after that, some bridge and Fifa. Nice long trip home. Actually slept all the way to Bedok. Amazing. Shows how dead beat i was.

Woke up today aching everywhere from head to toe. The soccer was really physically demanding. Countless headers, full stretch sliding tackles, pushing one another and kicking more water than the ball. Initial illness made it worse, latent heat lost caused fever. Sore throat remain, coughing persists. But i still FIFAed the whole day and was forced to snooze for a while.

Hope will recover by Mon!

Craziest day

Promos are over!

But i still cant see what i m posting.

Anyway 30th September 2008 is one of the craziest days of my life so far.

Ridiculously hilariously absurdly crazy.

Must mention something about promos since it s over right. Erm just hope that i can be promoted and get at least all Ds. Not dong seok. Deeeees. Forget about doing well la, promotion is more important now.

Monday, went to yong pin s house to do some PW but obviously digressed a lot as usual. Felt really sorry and guilty for not joining for 'class outing'. It was a dilemma. Did that minimal amount of work till late about 9 plus followed by a long journey home that seemed so short compared to those late Yew Tee days.

Tuesday, Chinese lesson in the morn. Pretty sian but it was quite ok. Post exams hangover. Had Macs breakfast with the usual peeps before going off to the Cage. Refreshing ball kicking time with mostly SA and RJ people. Actually SJI people. Those people whom i dun really know but i just know their name and existance. Played average. Made a couple of mistakes but made up with some noticeable defending and contribution to attacking. Cage is really just a pitch for skills, power and stamina. Yea bravery too. To stand in the route of the ball flying at 100km/h. Left the place with a bruise on right ankle and left calf strain. Sore legs were resulted from the extra time ball ramming and practice header session. Bathed and walked to Kallang Leisure Park. for ice skating. as if.

Just had lunch with the CCK gang and bridge session at KFC for about 2 hours. Then hung around Sportslink, 7-11 just talking rubbish, eating popcorn and drinking slurpee. Good times. Was suppose to go to CCK with them but i decided to go home first before meeting them again for dinner. LONG LONG LONG journey home. 16 took about an hour to reach bedok interchange. I managed to catch some sleep on the freezing bus. then took 18 for almost another hour. Next time i should just take the train. Reached home took a bath got changed and off i go, leaving the house at 8plus PM. I see people alighting the bus, rushing home and here i was boarding the bus heading to town.

Met those crazy idiots at Paragon and had Fish and Co. Sat there till they chased us out. Was trapped at Paragon since it was raining cats and dogs. And so we shared bags, shared ponchos and braved the rain to Unlucky Plaza, took the underpass to Ngee Ann City and built just one bridge on the floor outside some big brand shop when all was dim and dark, with the security guard strolling up and down. Utilised length of legs and brisked walk to MRT and was actually sweating when i reached Orchard MRT. Trained home.

Maybe it s because i havent been doing such things for so long that i feel a total stranger to these occurrances. Now i m burntout and bored. Looking forward to more post promos fun. These things dun just happen like that, it s because i sought for it.

MORE PLANNING TO DO!

OCIP
Matches
Team Chalet
Class outing
MOVIES

JOKE

WOW.

I m posting something i cant even see. Good job singnet. BRILLIANT job.

now d-gerrard.blogspot.com is an Adult Site. RESTRICTED.

what a joke.

and i cant sign in to Messenger. THANKS A TRILLION!

wl-solstice.blogspot.com and coldcriticism.blogspot.com are also ADULT SITES. LOL. havent checked out the other blogs yet. i think every site is an adult site now.

ROCK ON SINGNET FILTERING SERVICE!

CONCENTRATE

FOCUS!

EVERYTHING ELSE CAN WAIT

JUST CONCENTRATE ON PROMOS!

(even chelsea vs man u)

i m not thinking about anything else other than B C M E GP CL.












tag replies

YING - yes. it s gonna be pure fun.

JY - thanks! you can be the 3rd welfare rep ald.

DS - please dun eat up the computer monitor!

TOOTHPICK - that was done on purpose anyway we are living in a world of fallacies! ritz carlton's simply the best!

LOIS - of course la. it s the most interesting thing that happened during the whole week other than all the late night mugging. nah LPO always has high expectations. vouchers from credit card companies la.

REUBEN - thanks thanks. you too. sure can promote one.

Dad Birthday

HELLO!



It s LPO's birthday!

(LPO = lim pei ong aka my lao pei)




Went to Meritus Mandarin Hotel at Orchard. VOUCHER OK! Me no rich.


Sample example





Yea simply spammed the chocs on the shelf. The variety and range of chocolates is quite amusing. I was fooled by the 'white chocolate' when in fact it was a sour chocolate. First time tasting a sour choc. Anyway, overall the buffet was average and it doesnt justify the price. Lobster soup was pretty salty. Roast beef average. Ok everything s just average. Ritz Carlton s still da best!

Hmm school s as usual. Just that the days seem longer, the nights seem shorter. Everyday is a brain drain day, simply exhausted. I cant believe exercising the mind can be more tiring than exercising the body until promos is saying hi to me.

Erm what can i say... i m waving to promos too? 4 days is no joke.

I m just another zombie in school. Just for another week.

Tag replies

YING - You know who would win and who already won.

SAM - it s usually the case ma. oooh TCHOUKBALL.

LOIS - hmm true. but you know mugging isnt my cup of tea, nor milo or coffee. haha my goal in life is to get an easy job and life in future. i m that lazy.

HUI HUI - i didnt do anything. the grey clouds wont go off so easily la. it s too complex.

WEI LI - hahaha there s no way i can mug more than you. MUGGER! night study no need to sign up la, you already got your favourite free curry rice!

TOOTHPICK - impossible is nothing! therefore nothing is impossible!

ALWYN - SHIOK ah! LIVERPOOL FC for life! LFC fans are generous and kind hearted, dun worry just rip!

7 - Gee thanks!

FINALLY

FINALLY

FINALLY

FINALLY


FINALLY THE SCOREBOARD READS:

LIVERPOOL 2 MANCHESTER UNITED 1

the moment my eyes witnessed the ball bulging the net, elation filled me completely. hahaha i cant believe i actually shouted GOAL!!! and started laughing profusely. i guess there was relief as well. the anticipation. the thought that the chance was gone when the ball rolled to the centre of the 6 yard box with no one to be seen. and FINALLY ryan babel came into the screen and swept in from dirk kuyt's cross. the kop went wild. so did i. probably ying lun too, a temporary liverpool fan.

never felt so happy in a long while. never felt so proud of my team before. a team packed with foreigners and spanish internationals. a team that had only the soul left, with the heart left on the bench injured. but i know the authentic Liverpool spirit remains strong. the one i fell in love with. the theme, 'you'll never walk alone' unites all the Liverpool faithful.

thank you Liverpool Football Club! you ve got me going and encouraged. hmm seems like it s back to mugging!

if i mug too hard i ll probably get the mugging withdrawal symptoms after the exams like previous years. but honestly, sa is pretty conducive for mugging. i wonder if i should just stay in school for the entire of next week... sleep, mug, eat, bathe, run that s all i need for this coming week. and probably that extra catalyst and motivation. haha to think it helped me smash my 2.4 record time, anything else s possible!

Liverpool vs Man Utd

Match Of The Day!
The Bloody Battle of the Reds

LIVERPOOL vs MANCHESTER UNITED

7.40pm.

taggies replies

taggies replies

SAM - I bet you had the $100 000 salary right! or you stole all the life tiles!

JOCELYN - After promos lor, we can play as a class. Hmm doesnt SC have a set?

YP - You also right! 'Sprained' ankle huh. Still can fight and flight.

DS - Hail hail!

JY - Mugamania ma. How to be funny about it? Anyway just feeling drained everyday.

LOIS - nah, it will be a miracle if i get As. i m sick daily. sick of school and mugging.

TOOTHPICK - welcome! seems like i need more kit kats every now and then. desperate for breaks.

HUI HUI - oil prices soaring. cannot add too much 油. but will add sufficient for the engine la. thanks, you too!

YING - 2 more weeks of hell, 3 weeks to heaven.

MUGAMANIA

There s seriously a mugamania going on. In the school, in the class, everywhere. Scary to see such things happening. And the best thing to do now is simply to join the mugamania and scare everyone else. A better way than how viruses spread.

I kinda start to dislike Septembers and Octobers.
P6, pushing my head out of a manhole targetting all the top schools, boy schools and at least achieve a touching distance with my sister.
Sec 1 trying to prove that secondary school life s manageable.
Sec 2 streaming to get into the combination i wanted.
Sec 3 trying to scrape the bottom of the barrel with all the soccer, enjoying new life in long pants
Sec 4 simply pia-ing whenever possible making sure everything in the textbook is in that compact space in my skull. AND
Jc 1, salvaging all the mistakes i ve made in common test to fight to get promoted, stay in possibly the best class to be in in sa, and obtain a better looking report card.

WHEN WILL THIS EVER END?

A levels next year, sort of glad there s a 2 year academic break after that before deciding to embark on a life determining path. I have a path in mind but that path starts today. It starts IF Astroboy become my friend. Batman aint that bad, but he may not be enough to define this path.

SIGH

Enough of ranting. 13 years of continuous study - 13 out of 17. That s the Singapore education system just gotta accept it, nuff said.

Thursday was pretty fine. GP presentation was amazingly smooth. PE was chook? throok? chuke? ball i think chuke ball. Haha i gotta agree with zhengda that a chess game is more exciting. Ok maybe not. Maybe the court s too crowded or no interception makes it a super dead game. But it was probably a good game for the girls to have a laugh seeing me miss countless times. Actually it was 4 times only. I just cant seem to have a proper feel of the ball, it s not heavy, not light just weird. A full power shot doesnt gurantee an accurate shot. Anyway i gave up shooting.

Went for math remedial. Differentiation questions were pretty difficult. Was lost easily maybe coz Gabs kept ka jiaoing me with the integration questions. Clarified those doubts with Tim after the whole thing. It was just a session of 'OHH i see.. 'Anyway i figured out i shouldnt spend so much time on integration, since it s only 10 marks. Overall it was a good day, started well ended well.

Today, assembly was inspirational. Video about a baby called Joel (jewel) was involved in a murder planned accident and he was burned 80% (lol except diapers). Lost his fingers, toes and was disfigured. However, the way he views life is really touching. He s wise, considerate, matured, magnanimous. Even with his disabilities, he s still happily married.

We should be contented with what we have.
Hatred only brings about misery.

How true. A pure heart of gold is what matters most. Physical appearance is just superficial.

PE was cancelled. But i still ran 2.4km. Personal best 9.40. I could have pushed harder towards the end but i m contented with this.

Math after school again. Wasnt as productive but still, it was better than nothing. Simply brain-drained. Went out for dinner with family to AMK hub and some grocery shopping. Nice relaxation that i sorely missed. Finally some family bonding after a long time. Refreshing despite being dead tired.



Smiling all da way. And it s that gaze again.

Survival

I m simply glad to survive through today. Migraine served me well the whole day. Thanks a lot. But i wont need your service anymore. Please scram, save me from some torture.

When i wake up tomorrow, i hope not to see, eh no, feel you again.

Going through 3 tutorials was mind blowing. Writing an essay was pure torture. At least there are still people around who pulled me through.

"Should i stay or should i go?" and Serangoon Gardens podcast. Gee thanks. (That s genuine)

So it shall be

So it shall be.

I m just rotting my life away. Maybe i m trying, trying too hard. (No copyright violation of Empty because i changed a word.) So much to do, but the motivation isnt there. I spent so much time on it, but i wonder how much i ll get in return. But I know for sure it s contributing to more stress and fatigue.

If i m graded on effort now, i should get an A. Compare it to the time before CTs.

Ironically, we Josephians say this so often during prayer, even i can recite it to you.

teach me to be generous
teach me to serve you as you deserve
to give and not to count the cost
to fight and not to heed the wounds
to toil and not to seek for rest
to labour and not to seek reward
except that of knowing that i do your will

how difficult is that to achieve. Morning prayers in SJI are so meaningful yet i never cherished. how i miss those days..

Even though my quote of the day is

"I never fail to fail,"

my quote of the day for tomorrow is still

"Come what may."

For i shall not collapse even if the last man falls. A pillar of strength? nah, more of a last choice desperate help option.

just wanna say even if the sky falls, i m still here. I m not a man for myself, but a man for others..

End of Sept Hols

A blink of the eye and ta ta September hols.

All i have been doing is just staring at the notes all over again with nothing going in. And trying to complete all my overdue tutorials. Boring boring boring. Sick of being stuck at home.

I still gotta revise my Arenes first, then finish the tutorial. And start on Hydroxy tutorial. Before that i still gotta stare at Chem bonding to fully understand what s going on in these bleddy compounds to give them their properties. Never fully grasp the Chem Bonding concepts.

Bio, havent started on anything. Gotta read Campbell for stem cells and human genome then do the tutorial. Better do something for Maclaurin s too. Obviously there wont be anytime for econs. Gotta dig out some time and mood to read everything from Cost of Production to understand why on Earth the curve (or rather line) looks like that on the graph.

2 WEEKS! scary.

Hahaha and i was playing the game of Life with my sis that night. That shows how bored i was.



Oh and i was a hopeless doctor drawing a salary of $70 000 living in some house that cost $140 000 in a place with tornadoes. How cool is that.

Ohh lots of tags to reply..

SAM - haha you seem to be the most loyal fan of mine tagging straight after i post. Hmm ok i should start experimenting with the other fonts to find out which is the smallest.

YING - in the end also didnt meet to study. maybe one of these days then.

JOLENA - hahaha true but a stove still needs a spark to light up and feel warm.

REUBEN - DON'T TEMPT ME!!! i had to go through so much withdrawal symptoms when those writers went on strike, not gonna start just before promos. 3 WEEKS!

HUI HUI - yea gotta endure through everything ahead. gotta befriend 'Peseverance'. really dangerous to leave my phone lying around.

LOIS - hmm i prefer adidas.. Impossible is nothing. Just do it sounds reckless. FPSP s still not comfirmed though. thanks anw.

JOCELYN - nah it s not amazing. it s only 2 megapix? haha and you should keep your stuff with yourself if not it will suffer the same fate as my phone, especially with these curious classmates around. thanks for well wishes, not comfirmed though!

CASSIE - awesome as in i did 'some' work or FPSP or i found a solution to stress? haha i assume it s FPSP but no gurantee going aussie yet. Realised still gotta go through another round of evaluation in australia. But i m satisfied with a top 5!

DS - hmm yea i m just happy we got through to top 5 even without completing step 5. told ya i had stomachache rite and i didnt expect anyone i know to stroll pass.