Fun Week

Yong Pin wanted to know my take on this week. Didn’t know my blog is that popular!

Ok let s see where did I stop again..Monday, fun day. Lessons ended at 12pm since Bio, PW and Econs were cancelled. Rewrote my econs case study since I realized I was missing out a lot of important points. And we had a class outing to Plaza Sing before going to Raffles City and to the Padang to watch the rugby finals. Lunch at PS Long John s and Lois suggested we play 综计密码. Brilliant idea if you are not the one who kena the dreaded number. First up was Gabriel, said hello to a girl at the next table. Then I think it was Vanessa who had to go to a clothes shop and ask for a cheeseburger. Yong Pin was next on the list and he had to go to another female clothes shop and ask for a dress of his size. Haha, the video s nice, check it out at Wei Li s blog. Lois s turn, go to a group of guys at BK and say something like eat like a king at burger king.

Took a train down to City Hall and spent some time at Raffles City’s toilet before leaving for Padang.Told Cassie that we will surely win the match since the match is played along St. Andrew’s Road and opposite St. Andrew’s cathedral. But, I must insert a BIG BUT here, everything went wrong from the start. SA were on the back foot for almost the entire match, defending and obviously, errors made in your final third will be more glaring since the opponent is so near to your touchline. Cheered and explained to my dear classmates who didn’t know the rules of the game. Had a hoarse throat after that. ACS I were disciplined and compact. The better team won, but the Saints spirit was clearly the stronger one amongst the two schools. Final score 21-8.





Even though our school lost, the rugby mood was there. So me, Yong Pin, Timothy and Wei Li had a ball of a time playing 4 men rugby. We even scrummed but obvious sucked. :D The scrum actually broke down!! Timothy and Yong Pin had their conversion kicks and I heard it caused some unhappiness among the ruggers and Yong Pin’s good friend Ke Xin. Good luck dude. Heh.Did some sai kang and cleared the place up a little before leaving for Raffles City for dinner. Couldn’t decide what to eat and we walked one round around the basement before Timothy decided to just walk into BK. Ok no more of this, next time I shall just plan everything before hand. Remembered what Jun Jie said, with a big group, some one just have to lead and everyone will follow even if we are walking in circles. I guess our class needs a clear-headed leader. Ahem tim ahem mie cough cough…



>>> Nice view

Round two of sabo time began. Vanessa tio again, this time to ask serviettes from a group of SA guys sitting in the corner. Then it was my turn. Crap, Vanessa mastered the art of reverse psychology. Number 201. Nvm, next time I shall reverse reverse psychology, you know like double reverse in UNO. So I had to feed some one a French fry dipped with Chilli sauce. Failed twice but third time lucky. Met a kind soul who gobbled up my fry. Mission accomplished. Haha saboed Wei Li next with a perfect number 100. His was a lot worse, had to propose to a girl. The video is hilarious. That s all for an eventful day!

Tuesday, nothing much happened as far as I can remember. PW lecture after school, and I went to collect my O level cert. It doesn’t look good! THREEs are ugly. Couldn’t put a ruler along the grades and cover all the digits as what Lim Meng Chye used to say.

Wednesday, security seminar. Couldn’t keep my eyes open. Didn’t know what was going on. Went to watch Girls Soccer Finals at Jalan Besar Stadium. Great atmosphere. The stadium was rocking. Went with Wei Li, Ryan from A01, Mei Wei, Jing Yan, Lois and Yong Pin. Obviously we were late, by the time we got there, it was already about 60 plus minutes. And we didn’t we lost since we were not familiar with the playing time for girls soccer. 40 minutes a half. It was 1-1 at the end of 80 minutes and still 1-1 after 20 minutes of extra time. So it was down to penalties. 5-5 sudden death. And the Indian girl who is so often the star player missed the crucial penalty, sending it straight to the keeper in the middle. In the end, VJ went on to win 6-5. It was really a game closely competed, and I think the best way to decide is penalties. You either win or lose, that s sports, that s life. Anyhows, good job SA team and to our class star player Jolena. The cameo performance was pretty good.

Yong Pin, Lois and me went to Bugis for PW meeting while the rest went home. Had a hard time deciding what to eat at the basement, in the end went to the Food Junction and was tempted by Pepper Lunch. Hui Hui joined soon after. As usual, we spent more time on eating than doing productive things. Finally left for national library and searched for what we needed. Couldn’t do much in less than an hour and we moved to the Hans Café outside the library. More or less done with our GPP and planned for the coming days and what need to be done. Left at 11 plus and reached home around 12.30. Had fun though, discussing and digressing. Haha.

Thursday, PE soccer. Played average. At least I kept my promise and didn’t score a goal. Didn’t want to scare the girls with my shots! Especially with Diana and Woei Xin as keepers and the whole group of girls camping around the goal. A murder case could be reported in the following day s newspaper. Nicholas almost appeared in the obituaries when Yong Pin sent one straight ‘there’ from close range. Dun worry, that s common. Anyway, didn’t want to be a showboat so played simple and played last man. Linked pretty well with Timothy. I m sort of partnering him to organise the OCIP trip to Cambodia recently. He s really efficient. I just asked him about it on Monday and we had constructive discussions online and in school. Progressing pretty well. Even if the school doesn’t want to fund us, we should be able to go by ourselves since my estimated cost isn’t high.Chem sucks. PW round 2 at national library after school. This time we found our new heaven. Will be going there on tomorrow for research and more time together. Hans Café is the back up plan. Treated my members cakes and pies even though I was going broke. Just felt like doing it, really, it matches the ambience. Lol.



>>> Our lives may depend on this book..

Friday, PE mixed feelings. The 4 bench thing is kinda stupid. Played badly as the defender. I just couldn’t block some shots that seemed easy. They were all so high all looping, and didn’t want to injure the captain who is always vulnerable standing on the not-so-steady chair. It s always a wiser choice to concede than to injure.Anyway still had a clash with someone, and was molested by this S11 indian girl..eww.. she was touching me all over. Sick. Didn’t know how to react, was just stunned and I thought I should forget that and focus on helping my class to protect our lead. Yep, in the end we won narrowly. We did great, but could be better. With our abundant sharp shooters and smart players, we could have thrashed them! Must think of a way to utilise our talents. Yong Pin saboed me by using my name to vote Jolena as best player on redsports.com. anyway i dun really mind since it s supporting a classmate!

Chem sucked again. Thank god, thank you, thank me she s leaving.

Gym training after school. Went late since I had econs make up tutorial. Couldn’t finish the sets, but felt those muscles working. Had my own soccer training after that while waiting for the Chinese play to start. I must really work harder on my strength. I feel my legs are a lot weaker after the splint injury. Field matches coming up in June! Bring on the St. Gabs people!!

Chinese play, wasn’t that bad, but I was dozing off since I was very tired. Waited for the two council people, Yong Pin and Wei Li before going in the LT for the play. Realised Timothy and Nicholas were there as well. So we left for Tau Huay at PP and had some short chit chat. Took a long bus ride home and over shot my stop for the first time. Dang.

Saturday, rest day. Compensate all my sleeping debts. Went to Serangoon Gardens for dinner at Country Manna. Had some wonderful memories at this particular restaurant chain. Standard there not really good, food lack taste should add more spice! Went to AMK hub after that for groceries since the fridge is empty. Finally I feel alive after interacting with the Singaporean kiasu crowd!Should be another fun day tml!

Oh my, I think I exceeded a GP essay word limit for this post.

Sorry for apparently daoing your precious tags, but I m responding to them here:

Cassie: hahaha sure we ll have future chances! Anyway I can safely say the class is becoming more and more bonded even without standing outside the class together. Oops, I just remembered you were netballer, that explains the ‘monstrous’ acts.

Ying: No problem, I hope you enjoyed it thoroughly! And dun worry about my class, it s getting better and better by the day!

Lois: More romantic PW nights together huh!

Jocelyn: Haha, next time I catch a cold I ll definitely experiment it! If anything bad happens to me you shall pay for the extra doctor fees!!!

Mann: Yo yo yo! :D

Reubby: Aiya expected, tongs is sick as his name suggests! xD

Sam: Yep, monstrously pro. Heard that you were from basketball??!

Meiwei: eh not again! Anyway wrong spelling la, missing a ‘h’! updated a nong nong one.

Jeremy: Sorry la, my phone cam really suck BIG time at night.

Huihui: Next time!:D

Memory test

Ok it s back to the memory test again. Rewinding back to 2 May...

2 May, Friday. Handed in the GP essay that i chionged till 3am and was glad i did so, coz those who didnt hand in had a heavy penalty. Next was PE. Captain's Ball. Had a busy time doing the same action over and over again. That is, jumping up and down like a monkey. I m my team's only defender. And with Timothy as the opposing captain, i had a really hard time. It was almost impossible to block the shots, coz he is so tall and sometimes even jumped on the chair to catch the ball. At least Gabriel gave me an easier time. :P Next time when we play captain s ball again, remind me to either join Cassandra, Samantha and Mann or at least break them up. These 3 are monstrous! Looping balls are their forte. injured my 'marriage finger' and my right elbow - but that s normal for an injury prone person.

Saturday. Basically mugged maths and did some homework all day. Went to airport for dinner. As usual had a hard time deciding what to eat but finally decided to eat at some funny restaurant that sells funny things.



>>> "Funny's restaurant" 's menu

Pardon my poor camera skills. But the word that starts with a B is Boiled Coke with Ginger! How about that for a thirst quencher! Haha, maybe i should try and boil coke one day and hope no explosion occurs.

Sunday. 4th May is Ying Lun's birthday! Had badminton in the morning with family, went home to do some homework before leaving for town to meet up with the usual gang. Caught the 6.30pm Iron Man show at Plaza Sing. Found it really refreshing. Maybe it s because i havent watched a movie for months. Lemme think... my last movie was ... 10 000 BC with the class. About 2 months ago, arg.. feel so deprived of 'leisure'.

Anyway time with Ming, JJ, Reuben, Jeremy, Ying Lun was great. Not to forget Tongs, who always gets bullied. Shawn missed the celebration, had some thing on. Went to Fish and Co. Glass house again for dinner. And the funny thing was, i sat at the exact same place i sat for class outing last time. What a coincidence.

Sneaked out with Jeremy to buy 7 slices of halved price cakes from Cafe Cartel and entered through the side door to pass it to the Fish and Co staff. Ying Lun was suspicious by then ald, but hey, i tried my best to act, i dun think i gave away much anyway. Was broke by then and even had to borrow money from Reuben to pay for my New York Fish and Chips. After all the hard work to organise something fun, at least the Fish and Co staff didnt let down. They rapped their trademark song and made Ying Lun look like a brithday fool! hahahaha. Watch the video on reuben's blog, even though it s totally dark. The cake was pretty good and i even had to finish reubby's portion.



My camera really sucks at night.



>>> Distance separates us, but that s no obstacle, we are friends forever!

After all the fun, it s back to real life - school life. Monday was just another boring day. Training seems fun but i couldnt continue after the pain in my shin was disturbing. Ms Tan asked me to rest and slow jog while the rest continued the 300m runs. Missed so much. Iced the injury part and was planning to visit the physio as advised.

Had Maths test on Tue and was practically mugging whenever i could. It was actually pretty good ald, but if i had done faster, i could have gotten a hell lot more marks. Coz i knew how to do it, just that too slow. Spent too much time figuring out how to do the inverse question. Had PW discussion after that at Macs from 6 to 10. Waited for the bus for ages and had a long journey home.

Wednesday. ME was some Jenga lesson. Had my chance, didnt blow it. Queued for physio at SAS and received some treatment and tips for the injury. Flew down to East point for dental and finally reached home and chionged PW.

Thursday. Not the best of days. PE was touch rugby but very few people knew how to play and it turned out to be a screw up. Had PW discussion again after school and some welfare talk with Hui Hui at the gallery since i could nt attend training. They did fart legs! Finally decided on something and decided to implement it.

Friday. Assembly was House Council election. Pam and Lois did ok, hope they make it. Gave out the welfare survey to the class and was glad that it was a positive response. Hui Hui's tabulating the results and hopefully there s a common trend to make things easier. Pe, floor ball. played crap, conceded 4, dun like Gabs. (MUST man mark him next time!) Chem SPA, pretty much a failure. The one decimal place made such a big difference. Got the pretty accurate titration reading but couldnt get the value for x. Went home and tried the calculations and got a 7.1. damn. Gym training, pretty efficient since i was working out mostly alone. Didnt waste much time. Planned for a Monday unofficial class outing to watch the rugby match. Went quite well.

Saturday. One of the best days of recent times. Went to J8 at 8am and waited for Shawn, Ying Lun and Jun Jia for breakfast at Macs. Had breakfast at around 9 and walked to Bishan Stadium for the Adidas Sundown Marathon volunteers briefing. It was quite a waste of time, sitting there for about 1 hour and listening to something not extraordinary. Just the usual stuff. Went back to J8 and was leaving Bishan. Just as i left Bishan, i realised i was suppose to meet Lois and Yong Pin in Bishan for PW! Went back and to the library to catch up on some sleep.

Lois came and we moved to the cafe down stairs. Yong Pin came and we moved to J8 food junction. had only 7 bucks by then. had some jap food that wasnt very ex considering the other food prices at other stalls. And we sat there and chatted for more than an hour before moving back to the library again. Migrated to the kids section till about 5 and saw Mabel. Lol! ok shallnt elaborate. Was forced to move upstairs since Lois' s laptop ran out of battery and there wasnt a powerpoint in the children's section. Found a powerpoint after long searching and passing by track vice captain countless times. (she s been mugging there for 6 hours straight) did some discussion and research again and Mabel came again! hahaha. We all laughed like mad.

Called ms ye but she didnt pick up or call back. Wanted to ask about the task allocation and also regarding the rugby finals on mon. Finally did completed the task allocation and left the library after a video call from Hui Hui. Bread talk tasted better than ever. Warm, sweet, life saving, simply delicious. And we stood at the entrance of the MRT station to eat and bread talk talk talk talk. And just by standing there, Mei Wei strolled by with her friend and shouted Yong Pin so loud, Keenan Tay waved to me even though i think he doesnt know my name, and we saw Mabel's daughter! hahaha.

ok had a really fantastic time just talking to these 2 people. Never ending topics to talk about. and we were moving gradually from the entrance of the MRT to J8 unconciously. That was 1 and half hours of basic fun interaction. Finally parted and took a straight bus home from the interchange.



>>> The bus looks faster than it actually was. Another long trip home to the East.

Rugby outing on mon! Arranged with ms ye to end early. hope it ll be successful!

Tired

Really thankful for LABOUR DAY! A much needed break..

Monday was a day when i was worried sick for the bio test. Mugged whenever i could but was never fully prepared. Skipped training partly to have more time to study and also coz i wasnt feeling well. Should be due to the lack of sleep, burning out. So, i went home and mugged from evening to morning but still couldnt cover all the topics.

Tuesday, test. More than half of it is on enzymes even though there s so much that could be tested for DNA. Predictions all wrong.. Expected a lot to come out for DNA and just read through for enzymes, moreover, shouldnt be that bad for all that i answered. Didnt finish the paper and lost about 10marks already. Which probably means a fail. Really disappointed and sad.. but..

It was Free Cone Day!

Went to The Cathay after the test together with Yong Pin, Timothy, Lois, Hui Hui and Samantha to queue up for the free B & J ice cream. Hui Hui left with her friend but Weili and Cassandra joined soon after our 1st round of queuing. Chose COOKIE DOUGH the first time being my favourite and had a hard time deciding what to have for the second round. Yep, same dilemma as Lois. In the end had Chocolate Therapy and it wasnt great. Swopped half way with Yong Pin for his New York one, tasted Weili's Banana Monkey thing and realised Cookie Dough's still the best! Left after the second round of queuing with Cassie and Samantha while the rest went to PS to get a farewell gift for Ms Tsang.

Wednesday was Ms Tsang's last day at SA and we presented her the gift and took a picture. What a loss we incurred. Saying farewell to a good chem teacher is depressing. I thought i could enjoy 2 years of H2 chem but now ... exothermic ... sigh



Went for some kick about after school at the D with Yong Pin and Gabriel and Shawn, Marvin and Yew Tong came soon after to join. Was totally off form. Just realised i have pretty high expectations of myself. I aim to do everything well but it rarely happens, and i end up saying, ' Disappointing.' Sighhhhh..... disappointing.

Left with Ying Lun, Shawn and Yew Tong for PS to meet up with Reuben for late lunch. Had Cafe Cartel, shared ribs with Ying and had a nice fuzzy talk with the lame guys. Yea, the good story tellers, should go find a job in Media Corp to be top scriptwriters.

Then left PS about 5 plus for Great World to have an almost immediate dinner with aunt, uncle and sis at some Jap restaurant. Great food and fantastic ambience. Aww how i wish i could just stay there. Was walking around after dinner and happen to see DP there. Almost died of shock. Ok that s exaggerating. But i forgot her name at the moment, you know we always say 'DP, DP.' So i just thought k nvm anyway i was busy playing my game on the phone and was rushing for the exit. But teachers are everywhere, quite dangerous huh. When the cats are away, the mice comes out to play! How true.

Went home, was a bit enthu and spent some time going around tagging on people s blogs then went to sleep till 2.30 and woke up to watch the Chelsea vs Pool match. Pool did what they could and still couldnt make it through, a round of applause for them. Never regretted supporting this club, You'll Never Walk Alone.

replying tags here:

To Reuben - Yea same here, but we all have to move on and look to the future! And the future is the June Holidays! :D

To Hui Hui - Plz i dun wanna be Timothy's uncle! Anw i just wanna do my 'welfare' job well, so dun mention it. Next year s Sports Day will be even better.

To Weili - Nah nothing nothing. Bored people s talk.

To Pamela - Hahaha still talking about the soothing voice. Yea keep visualizing then. :)

To Sam - That s what i tell others, but not to myself. hahaha!

To Jem - Yea of course not bad la, i m the 'true' friend.

Sports Day

Every day is like a soccer match to me. As the days go by, it seems to get more and more physical draining. My body seems uncomfortable to this but i m loving it. Time management is the key to enjoy my JC life!!!

Thursday's training was tiring. 12 laps of fartlegs. hahah not sure whether the spelling s like that. 100m sprint, 100m jog, 100m sprint 100m jog, all the way for 12 rounds.

Friday was gym as usual, had a good workout.

Saturday was suppose to be my rest day last week. But instead, i went back to SJI for the interunit games.



>>> NCC land vs Scouts

The standard dropped dramatically. Those were the days when NCC land reigned supreme. NPCC was pathetic. I wanted to go there and at least help them but they got kicked out even before shawn made it to sji. The water puddles didnt help though.



>>> DRAMA

And there was a joke. Jonathan from Land had a cramp half way through the match and the game was halted for about 10 minutes. Crazy. In the end he was stretchered off by the paranoid SJAB. IT WAS JUST A CRAMP!!!

Anyway that was when Land started losing without their star player. Subsequently, they lost the 3rd and 4th placing with an own goal by Bryan David. Sad, he killed his overall performance with that kick of the ball. The quality of play was so bad that even i didnt wanna watch and joined the kiddos at the hockey pitch for some friendly game together with shawn and jun jia.

Went for some striding around the track after that to sort of to warm up for sports day. Was more comfortable with shawn's spikes. It s more stable. Anw, went home after that to chiong some hw.

Monday's training was really a test for endurance and power. 1000m at your fastest pace. and it s 2 sets. Dun think i did well since we practised the relay as a class after school. Sprinted 400m as samantha and darren could make it.

Tuesday was fun. Whole class stayed back after chem test, which i presume it s hard to pass for me, to help the council elects with their campaign. Did posters and stuff and some left home instead of joining for dinner. Gabriel was bored and asked me to kick ball with him. Nicholas joined in and we all got scolded by Mr Chua for playing in uniform. I wasnt really sure about the rule anyway so didnt feel very guilty. But Gabriel was quite affected by it since he has always been a guai kia. Went back to the group after the scolding and stoned there till almost 7 before leaving for chomp chomp.

Changed bus at some bus stop and finally reached at almost 8. Bought food and actually wanted to go to Woei Xin's house to eat but decided to just eat at the open space near the bus stop. So there we had Hokkien mee, chicken wings, satays, stingray, sambal fish, carrot cake, sprite, green tea, pizza all over the floor for 16 people to share. It was quite a sight. An old man was chased away in the process. As usual, had class photo and evacuated the place around 9 plus. Took a bus with Timothy to Toa Payoh and changed to bus 8 from there. He alighted at SA while i had a nice nap home.



>>> He who hails from the Almighty Environmental Club. Ang Zheng Da clearing up the mess!!!
Good job dude!

Wednesday is THE day. SAJC Sports Day 2008. Even though i lost the 400m finals pathetically. (is there such a word?) the mood is still there. I just wanna run!!

Was almost late for that day and had an early morning warm up with a dash across the bridge to make it in time to the gallery. There, the whole class of 08S19 was there, and when the emcee announced for participants of heat 5 to report, one by one they walked below the grandstand. Ahh... exaggerating again. To cut the story short, the whole original team comprising of

Diana
Woei Xin
Samantha
Cassandra
Jolena
Yong Pin
Gabriel
Darren
Nicholas
Timothy

reported to Mr Dan Ho and got ready for the race. And just when i was walking to the canteen past Gabriel, he asked me to run the first heats, subbing Darren out. And that was when all the adrenaline starting pumping again. Whoo, just thinking of it makes me excited. yep, so i subbed Darren and we qualified for the A Finals with the best 8th timing. Arg but we are in lane 1 again. The curse of the lane 1. Primary school sports day both my individual 200m and 4 X 100m team relay was in lane 1 and both i got last. And most recently, the 400m finals, lane 1 and last again. This time, the curse continues...

After all the musical chairs and teachers relays, it s to the finals. B finals was up first with the next best 8 timings but only the top 3 in that race qualified for a medal. Surprisingly the top 3 in the B finals had a better timing than us. So we were lucky in a way, since a medal is comfirmed, just that whether it s 8th or 7th or 6th. That s the usual pessimistic me.

But when the A finals kicked off, i had the feeling we still have a chance of getting a top 3. Diana started average but against stronger opponents like the top female sprinter in track, Cheryl, it s considered very good. We were some what 5th or 6th when Woei Xin took over. And when the baton was passed to Samantha, we were 3rd! Amazingly. But from Jolena to Cassie to Yong Pin and Gabriel, we stayed at 4th. I was disappointed with myself to only be able to catch up a 3rd for the team. I knew i could have done slightly better and bring the distance between us and the 2nd team a lot nearer if i took even bigger strides.

Darren took over and lost the 3rd place. Ok, a 4th isnt that bad i thought. And so i waited at the finishing, looking out for Timothy with the baton. But i waited and waited. One by one, the first runner came in, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh. crap. not again... then timothy came in.

I was really disappointed, but seeing everyone else still smiling and feeling so happy, i thought maybe it isnt all about winning. Seeing how close the class has become is really a joy. Even just by getting 8th and last for the finals, it s an anchievement for a group of people who only practised a couple of times for it. We beat a whole load of J2 classes and let our class spirit shine so strongly that others sitting at the gallery were overlooking in jealousy.

THAT S IT! 08S19, we are it. Good job class! Even those not running cheered so loudly for us and served us Milo after the race. These little things do wonders. This bonding is better than any ionic or covalent bond.

However, i feel guilty that i took Nicholas's place in the final. He said he had first aid duties but i found out it wasnt compulsory. He could have ran and took the medal, but he said it was ok and i deserved the medal. Gabriel added that i ran both races and if i didnt, the class would not even make it to the finals, that really made me feel a lot better and i accepted the medal but i m dedicating this to Nicholas.



>>> First SA medal

Dun worry, 08S19 will be back next year, with a big bang! and nicholas will get his medal.

After the event, we made a stupid mistake and played soccer at the D and the class broke up again. Hui hui, lois, woei xin, jocelyn, mann and weili went to PS while the rockclimbing gang of cassie, timothy and nicholas went to yishun instead since they had training at yishun safra. After we stopped soccer, Zheng da and Darren decided to go home while Yong Pin, Gabriel and me left for yishun to try and catch up with the rock climbing gang since we didnt know where the other gang went. Diana met up with us but parted at the bus stop since she was going CCAB to watch the cross country finals.

Anyway the time together with Yong Pin and Gabriel was fun. We talked a lot, from serious to unserious issues. The bus ride to yishun seemed so much shorter. By the time we reached the interchange, the rockclimbing gang left for safra and we had to eat alone at BK. Slacked there for quite a long time. And it wasnt enough.

We walked from the interchange all the way to SAFRA, admired the place and decided to go say hi to the rock climbers. Instead, the guy thought we were late for training and asked us to dropped our bags and change shoes. So we walked away after thinking of skinny dipping in the pool when the weather was a killer. Found a nice place near the reception to slack and talk more rubbish. Nice ambience with comfy sofa chairs, together with Yong Pin's neverending funny stories, really a good time.

Wanted to shower but realised the shower was within the pool facilities and have to pay to use so we abandoned the idea and walked all the way back to the interchange and parted ways there. Took 39 straight home that cost $1.80 since the driver didnt believe i was a student. Didnt bring my student pass. Anw, another nice nap on the bus straight home from Yishun.

Thursday's training was really tiring. 25 times up the gallery steps. 4 sets. Entire leg felt like dropping off after that.

Fri had math test which shld be able to pass probably by 1 or 2 marks. didnt know how to do the next step of MI. Chem mock SPA was bad. Filter funnel not working and choked the whole thing up, causing the KMnO4 to overflow and spill all over the bench. Uniform screwed, bench screwed, script screwed. Damn sad. Really like some wartime bloodshed. Spent time cleaning up redoing the whole crap and couldnt complete. Argg... i m gonna try make some FeSO4(is it the reactant?) as my stain remover next time. Gym training after that pretty fun and slack. Yong Pin became my partner since the usual sprinters had pool training.

Whoa i think this is the longest post this year. Anw gtg and mug bio. Dun wanna fail anymore.

Term 2 Week 5

I m finally here to update! Coz it s a wednesday afternoon! I almost forgot what it feels like to be home on a weekday afternoon. Anyway it s been rather boring as of late actually. Just the same old thing over and over again, lectures, tutorial, lectures, tutorial, training, training. Oops, I lost track where i stopped last time.



>>> A typical track training that got my back all dirty.

Training has been pretty good so far. Even though i havent really decided to join sprints or long d, i ll just stick to long d first. I just feel more comfortable there. Maybe coz there s no coach to control or maybe coz there s ying lun. I just feel better with the long ds. Shawn has been persuading me to join sprints with him, but i know i m not the sprinting type, yet i m still tempted. Dilemma.

Pretty happy about the GP project even though it was mostly last minute. It was a team effort really. I didnt really prepare for the presentation, just typed out the script and read word for word from it. I figured out it s better to present the right ideas instead of trying to talk without the script and spout nonsense. The verdict from Ms Liu was that i was reading mostly from the script and was soft. but i tot i was quite loud actually. and the funny part was that she said i had a soothing voice. LOL. kk next time i shall go join a day care centre and sing lullabies to the kiddos for their afternoon nap.

400m finals last week was totally screwed. Ran 2.4km for PE that morning, got a time of 10.38 when i didnt push myself to the max keeping in mind that the finals was in the afternoon. That s a B, disappointing. Anw, gonna rerun and try to get around 10.00min, hope this time with the right shoes and no distractions, i can hit the target.

Completed the 400m in 65s. 3 worse off than the qualifying heats. When i just started, everything was fine. Then, everyone started to speed up, except the guy in lane 2. I figured out that he didnt want glory as well, just dun wanna finish last, like me. So i kept pace with him till the 200m mark. The track was wet and around the 200m mark, i tried to evade a puddle of water (being in lane 1, obviously) and took a couple of bigger strides. Then the lane 2 fella thought i was starting to sprint all the way from there and started sprinting as well. Since i kiasi, i sprinted with him and pulled my right hamstring and injured my left hip joint. THE EFFECT OF 2.4km. Should have known... Anw, tried my best to put up a strong finish but was really dying out, body couldnt take it, was panting like mad at the final 100m. That s how i screwed it all up. Should have not run 2.4km in the first place, what a stupid mistake, thinking my body can take it. There goes my coveted 7th place....

Recovered in time for PE the next day, but not fully, took 5 stations and got disappointing results again.

60 sit ups - A
sit & reach 51cm - A
9 pull ups - A
board jump 236cm - B
shuttle run 10.2s - B

I happy with my first 3 stations but not the last 2. Especially shuttle run. Two attempts, two falls, 10.2s. I doubt i ll be redoing the 5 stations. I gave my all for the first 3 stations, not sure whether i can do the same thing again. Not worth it trying get all A all over again.




>>> A typical lecture. [Weili woke up to spoil the nice view.]

Gym training was cancelled as the TAF people booked it. Strode 8 rounds with Shawn and Yew Tong instead. It was a good day to run, kept up with the pace and finished ahead of yew tong, achievement. Then, borrowed ball from PE department and played soccer with the usual peeps and yong pin. yay, gonna play again either tml or fri.

Took a shower and was intending to head for Junction 8 to meet parents for dinner but decided to go for Life Concert instead. Coz i tot i dun wanna regret anything in future after leaving SA. i ve decided to go for as many things as possible if i have the time. Life Concert s some Christian- Rock concert and it isnt that bad but for a non-Christian, it was quite mundane. Anyway the company of friends was good enough, new and old friends.



>>> Life Concert

There was suppose to be a match on saturday at bedok but was cancelled since the pitch was waterlogged. Went to CCAB instead to kick around. Played pretty well actually. Headers improving, but must practise more. People who went were Ryan, Zi Xiang, Jun Jie, Ying Lun, Jun Jia, Reuben, Jeremy and me. Met up with Jeremy at Tampines MRT and trained down to Bugis to take 170 to ccab. After soccer, washed up and went to Holland V for dinner. Had a hard time deciding what to eat, from Crystal Jade to Subway to Katong Laksa to some English pub (so that we can watch the early match at the same time). In the end, it was Holland V hawker centre. It wasnt that bad, really missed those times when Slayers hung out together. It was a good night. Had the ice cream yoghurt after dinner (forgot what s it s called) and went to Starbucks to steal some straws to fold stars. Jeremy is total ownage, one hand ful of straws, enough to build a straw house like the one in Three Little Pigs. Couldnt teach him how to fold stars in the end since his bus came first.

Sunday s even more boring. Studied econs and was called to help my grandmother carry stuff from the old house to my aunt s house. Yep, became a housemover for the day.

Econs test yesterday was pretty good, but i doubt it ll be good enough. i actually had ideas to write. Wrote a whole load of crap but hope it ll be enough to pass. Walked in the rain to the bus stop and went home.

Match vs SJII

Procrastinating is the word.

The work is piling, the stuff that i need to know are snowballing. I must get things done by tomorrow, if not it ll be another treacherous week. Things have been not very manageable so far. The long days are killing me. Coach came for track training on mon. He s a sprinter so naturally he ll focus more on sprinting drills than any other. At first i thought 400m and 800m are middle distance but after asking the seniors, i realised it s sprints. So i think i ll be in sprints with shawn then, instead of long distance with ying lun. Got back bio test and i managed to pass by 7 marks. Not bad for a last minute mugger huh. 1 more mark to an A la, quite wasted.

Tuesday was CCAB after school at 5 plus. Good kick about. Left about 7 to try and reach home earlier to mug for math test that i seriously thought i would fail. Wasnt sure about summation and some AP GP qns. Luckily i passed with 19/30. Miraculously. I m really lucky this time, the paper was quite easy, but must work hard from now on and not always count on luck.

Had sports day heats on Thursday. 400m Heats 2, lane 3. Strode for the first 200m and tried to quicken my pace for the following 100m but i think i slowed down a little. Lactic acid was building up. But when i saw the guy in front slowing down, i thought this is my chance to at least get a 3rd. The extra motivation wasnt enough to beat him, even when i stuck my head out at the finishing line, he finished 0.1s faster. but overall i was quite satisfied with my timing. 1:02:7. The last time i ran a timed 400m was about 2 years ago, when my timing was something like 1:12:0. Major improvement. Anyhows, surprisingly i squeezed into the finals with the best eighth timing. Actually i didnt wanna qualify la, i ll end up as the last or second last for the sports day run lor. Damn, but i ll try my best not to finish last at least. :D Must start training, 2 weeks.

Track training has been quite good so far. Fitness improving, strength improving. Even with the rain on Thurs, we still had training, running around the school and did stationary exercises in sets. Fri's gym training was quite fun. Paired up with shawn and worked out pretty much till i was impressed with my quads popping out. Track s gonna be fun! Met yong pin in the gym with his friend. He actually visits the gym twice a week la, so enthu.. must train more to do more pullups. Only did 7 for PE on fri but was satisfied with my standing board jump, still hoping for improvement though.

The strain can be felt in my legs even till now. Left hamstring pretty screwed. Match today against some SJII people was bad. Lost horribly. I m glad i didnt make any more stupid mistakes like i usually do. But my performance wasnt good enough, wasnt inspirational enough. The ref was right, we were tactically off. I tried my best to work the offside trap but it s really difficult to control the whole back line especially when you have a five man defence and i m at RB. Shld work on my positioning more. That s the main thing. Sorry people, let s all improve and beat more opponents.

Liverpool drew with Arsenal. It was a good game. Liverpool played well, finally. Shld have won the game actually. Anyways i shall go do work now, no pics this time!

A post for a week

Hello. The last post was when holidays just started, and now, it s the end of the first week of term two. Been really busy the past week, including the second half of the March hols. Been busy mugging and chionging holiday homework, but in the end couldnt finish and was worrying and stressed up that i just screwed up my term 2 which promised to be more organised and better than term 1. Anyway, here to update more or less what happened in the past 17 days.

Uncle passed away on Sunday and had to make a trip to Malaysia for the funeral. Left Singapore for Malacca on Wed and the North South Highway is just as boring as ever.



>>> Just a fraction of the road that seems never ending



>>> After the rain



>>> That was how bored i was

Reached Malacca after more than 3 hours on the road and checked in at Bayview Hotel to spend the night. Stocked up on some snacks and had pizza for dinner before going for the wake. There wasnt much sobbing and sadness maybe coz it had been 3 days by the time we reached there. But i think mainly it s because he is considered as a person who has lived his life to more or less the fullest, having about 15 grandchildren as of today. The kids running about lightened up the atmosphere some how. I m not very close to him but yet, a loss is a loss, you cant do much after what s happened but to bid a final proper goodbye. Went back to the hotel for a good night sleep and a long day the next day.



>>> Was lucky that the hotel had Star Sports. Watched first half of Chlesea vs Derby.



>>> Cafe



>>> I need proteins



>>> Father said the building has been there uncompleted for 20 years. Developer ran out of funds to continue the project and it has been left there to rot ever since.

The funeral was not a grand and big one, but it was quite meaningful to stop by his air con shop on the way to the cemetery. Had a bus ride to the cemetery and didnt play much part in the burial as we werent close to him. Anyway had a bath and went back to Singapore after having dinner in the car.



>>> It wasnt easy staying up with this kind of conditions. Cooling and dark, repetitive tyre noise and some non-existent music.

My job was to keep my father awake the whole journey but was dozing off a couple of times. Hope that i wont have to drive long distances in future, it s a torture. Dropped by a petrol kiosk on the way back and stocked up on gums.

The rest of the hols were basically chionging hw and revising a bit of the term 1 work. But i ended up watching EPL whenever i intend to do serious work. How can i resist the charm of Liverpool?

Term 2 started and the first lesson was a chem lecture test. Was more or less able to do but not really sure about the second question. Spent quite alot of time on it and couldnt complete the last question, did halfway, but shld be able to pass. The day was long and i must really get used to it soon.

Tuesday was long and boring but i had something to look forward to at the end of the day. Had a soccer session at CCAB at around 5pm to 7 plus. Didnt play well but enjoyed the kicking. It feels so good after all the serious stuff in school.

Wednesday nothing much happened but i had to stay back to finish my GP essay. Fell asleep the night before while planning for it and couldnt complete. Stayed till 6 but i think it was still marked as late and will have 2 marks deducted. Oh well.

Thursday was another stressful day. First thing in the morning was some GP surprise test. Didnt know a thing about it. Forgot everything about the lecture in the first term about premises, fallacies and all the crap. Anyhow tikam at the last minute. Was mugging on the move last minute for bio test at 5 pm. The test was ok but couldnt do about 6 mcqs. Shld be able to pass too. Maybe i shld just take the risk and just answer the qn instead of beating around the bush, wasting time thinking but in the end skip it and have no time to come back to it. Anyway, was looking forward to Track training and sort of enjoyed the running. Had continual 100m sprints or rather striding for about 5 reps only since i was late due to the test. Then it was some 40m dash to see how fast we can go. At least didnt come in last among the 3. Bathed and met parents to have dinner at potong pasir. Met sis at AMK hub after that and went home.

Today was soccer in the morning at PP CC court with Zi Xiang, Jun Jie, Shawn, Ryan, Donavan and friends. Played well at the start and end, but was pretty off in the middle. Went to SAJS after that to clean up and went home for lunch. Slacked around for a few hours listening to music on the stereo and went to Raffles City for dinner. The place is Shukudo. Its some Jap restaurant that has a similar system to the food loft in Thailand. They give cards with 100 bucks credit and you go around the food stalls to order and they deduct from the amount in the card. The food s pretty good but obviously ex.



>>> Good environment, good food.



>>> Raffles City basement 1 - food paradise

Walked around Raffles City after dinner and to Marks and Spencer when sis spotted this.



>>> Yep, it s just some solid organic milk chocolate bunnies for Easter. There s some stuff toy rabbit head to the chocolate.



>>> Notice anything wrong?



>>> How about this?

NOTHING IS PERFECT!!! and people makes mistakes all the time. [ but the deformed rabbit look cuter, heh]

Walked around and noticed a new fashion trend!



>>> The caveman-like costume is back! Just have to cover half of your top!

Left Raffles City and drove around with family to Marina Bay to see see. Saw the IR works and nothing much, it s pretty much dead there. Used to fly kite frequently there. Yes i m serious, fly kite, not the funny term. It was quite fun to fly kites there, it requires skill you know!

Decided to visit the Flyer to see see look look.



>>> First time there



>>> Oh how my camera phone sucks at night



>>> This is how the passengers board






>>> No wonder there s Safety First sign there la. Yakult rainforest discovery???!!! Since when yakult is into rainforests! Anway the 'rainforest' is just crap la, just some plants in there. No trees or anything.

Left the Flyer after that for home and here i am typing as i m dozing off. Good nightz!

Start of March Hols 08

It s the March Holidays!

Yep, it s the time to catch up on everything i missed out including my new class and soccer. It has been quite eventful the recent days. The Wednesday of the last week of Term 1 was CCA sign up day, and i left my name at Track and Badminton. So that means i ll be in at least one CCA coz no matter how sucky i am, i ll still be able to get into badminton as long as i dun miss the shuttle everytime. But i still hope to get into track since Shawn and Ying Lun should be in there too.

Friday was suppose to be a day when the 435 gang goes back to SJI and own the street soccer court. But it turned out that it was SJI's Parents-Teacher Meeting Day and the street soccer court is out of bounds. Had some pics taken that day. Ok i m not a very enthu photographer and as usual, the pics werent taken by me...



>>> But by this person, Mr Su Ying Lun



>>> The focal point isnt the word RAFFLES, but the person in green. [One of the 3 Chao Bin Sisters!] Yep, Reuben, it s the 3rd stall auntie. hahaha.




>>> Ming in the street soccer court



>>> I was there too, in SA uni.

Played at the court but was chased out by Mrs. Pennie Ong after awhile then migrated to Tanglin CC to kick. Ended up playing basket ball with Nicholas See and gang. Owned them since we had Ming. Took a break at the cafe, missed the Blueberry drink totally. Went back to the basketball court to practise some crossing and headers with Shawn and Donovan. Then migrated to the hockey pitch to practise shots. I love my legs! Had some of the best shots so far with my right foot. And the best shot for my left, top corner stuff. Power shots were the ordeal of the day.
Joined NCC after that, stole a bit of their dinner, chit chat with Matthew and Elian before the soccer people left. Left SJI for the NCC night walk. It was quite fun, spending time with the people i spent 4 years with, talking rubbish and telling lame and racist jokes, just like good ol' times. Took the same route 2 years ago, walking through Botanical Gardens and to Dempsey. It was quite dumb though, walking into Dempsey just for the sake of walking into it then walk out in one round and back to Tanglin. Went to Wheelock place eventually and chilled out with Elian at Starbucks. Espresso Frappucinno Venti! There goes my 7 bucks though. Awww... heart pain. Went home after that with my stomach filled with caffeine.

Saturday was basically slacking in front of the TV and com. Watced a movie in the early afternoon and then 5 episodes of Prison Break and another movie after that. Prison Break rocks totally. The scriptwriters are geniuses. I wonder if Mas Selamat is one of them. Toilet Break.



>>> Pic courtesy of Jeremy

Sunday, went to Yishun to play field with Kumz. Suppose to be a 7 a side but in the end not enough people and played a 6v6 mixed. Didnt play well, but no one played well actually. Maybe only Sathia. He s quite good. The rest werent really serious.

Trained to Causeway Point after that to meet up with 1T26 for Desmond's birthday at Seoul Garden. Met Wei Wen at the entrance on the way up then Edmund, Sean, Eileen and Kathleen in Seoul Garden. Samuel joined and then Desmond followed by Olivia and Shan Shan. Burnt and tired as usual after soccer, i went home after the buffet while the rest went to Eileen s house to play. Ok, i shall TRY to remember to put sun block next time.

Monday was tiring, but the sense of satisfaction is fantastic upon completing the day. Went to KK for some eye check up in the morning and then went to Queensway to buy new school and street soccer shoes. Got another Sala with Shawn s recommendation. White and red. Went to IKEA after that to wait for father to fetch me to Orchard. Came across this and thought something was wrong.



>>> Shouldnt it be 'at level 1'?

Anyway, bought 11 tics at The Cathay for the 5 pm 10 000 BC show and slacked around for 2 hours before meeting the 9 people. Timothy Hahn backed out at the last minute. Really last minute. We were suppose to meet at 4.30pm, and he messaged me at i think 4.29pm. Anyway watched the movie and it ended late 6 and we walked to PS to waste some time. Walked 1 round around the 2nd level, instead of standing at one spot. Then Gabriel wanted to buy lip balm so we all went to Carrefour to buy the lip balm. This time, it s Hui Hui who s taking the photos, and she s always slanting the camera, add style maybe?




>>> Yong Pin and Gabriel having a hard time deciding which lip balm is better





>>>Lois and Mann tricked into taking a picture.




>>>At least Vanessa and Cassandra didnt fall for that



>>> Sorry Nicholas, i broke my promise that i wouldnt use your pic anywhere online. heh.




>>> A secret snapshot at Fish and Co. waiting. All stunned.

Went home right after dinner alone on the MRT as usual.




>>> What a big bird crashing into the flat!!!



>>> Nah, it isnt a bird. It s a butterfly on the window. It has been there since yesterday.

That s it for now, happy waiting for the next post. ;)

Week at Saint Andrew's

Amazingly, without posting for about 2 weeks, my blog isnt that dead. Thanks people for showing so much 'moral support' by tagging. Ok quite a lot of things happened in the past week or so.

Strolled into Saint Andrew's Junior College on the 20th of Febuary 2008 for the first time. Was totally lost and didnt know where to go since i entered through the gate at the kindergarten. SA Village comprises of Acension Kindergarten, St. Andrew's Junior School, St. Andrew's Secondary and St. Andrew's Junior College. Obviously, those who visit the village for the first time will definitely get lost. Followed the crowd and received a few calls from Samuel, Shawn and Ying Lun. Eventually found my way to the Cultural Centre for assembly. Orientation started and many didnt have the mood. The OGLs werent good at getting us to socialise and interact. My OGL was Zhi Yang who was previously from SJI as well. Even though i ve never heard of him before at SJI, he appears to be quite a big shot at SA. House captain of Gomes i think.

Anyway, had some familiar faces in my OG. Jun Jia, Hilmi and Hao Yi. And a PAE CJ PLMGS girl who coincidentally happen to be Jeremy's classmate. Ok that s quite a long abbreviation. I think her name s Mei Ya. Could hardly even remember more than 8 people in the group, that shows what a failure SA orientation 2 is. Had some icebreaking and captain s ball before everyone start to pon. There was the Saintsational Race which was just plain walking around to do some activities. Then it was the 'Finale' which was just presenting prizes to the best OGs and suppose to do mass dance. The song suddenly played and they expected everyone to jump up, find a partner immediately and dance. Obviously only some people danced while the rest stood around and watch. Couldnt even remember the steps that we just learnt earlier. The mentors or something came in and had a band performance that includes some unknown songs and some known songs like Chasing Cars. The only interesting thing about the Finale was 3 plastic beach balls that was thrown around in the crowd. Everyone were eagerly waiting to kick, hit and smash the ball as far as possible. Everything ended at 6 plus. Went home, sleep.

The next few days were basically the same. Just lectures after lectures in the CC and attempts to not fall asleep. Couldnt catch up since i lost touch with a lot of the things due to the transition. So in the end was wasting time for about 2 weeks in school. Then the time came to choose subject combinations. Shawn, Ying Lun and Yew Tong all wanted to take 4H2s. And when i consulted my father, he said might as well take 4H2s since there s better chance to get a scholarship. So in the end i took 4H2s comprising of Bio, Chem, Maths and Econs. Was posted to 08S19 and there i made some new friends. ok i ll try to recall their names.

Darren

Nicholas

Zheng Da

Gabriel

Wei Li

Yong Pin

Timothy (Dong Seok)

Cassandra

Pamela

Lois

Hui Hui

Vanessa

Mei Wei

Jocelyn

Christina

Mann

Jing Yan

Samantha

Joleena

Woei Xin

Double checked with the contact list and was realised something s wrong. There s suppose to be 22 people in the class but there s only 21 people in the list. Hmm, have to check it out. oh ya, not to forget to mention, my class tutor, Ms Ye. Tall female bio teacher. Think she can be quite fierce and times. Better be wary. But otherwise, she s ok to communicate with. Had the class committee election and was saboed to be the Welfare person who s in charge of all the birthday things, outings, etc. In short, the fun person. Do i look fun to you??

Oh well, will try to do the job well since i ve experience in organising countless events.

Had a soccer session with the usual peeps at CCAB the recent Wed. It was considered a failure since the netabll peeps from St Margaret s and Cedar stole the courts and we had to go to the basketball court to play. It was SA vs the rest and it was quite a fair match. Took a break and everyone started leaving. In the end only a few of us stayed behind to continue kicking. Played basketball with a soccer ball and a 4 v 3 that was quite fun. Was quite satisfied with my solo goal, proving i do have some skills after all. But there s more room for improvement though.

Thursday was pretty boring. But Friday was good. There was hardly and lessons and even if there is, i was busy doing Sudoko. Visited the soccer court near Potong Pasir CC and played against some SAS peeps. Played average. Went back for Bio and continued playing at the track for awhile before returning to the court and back to SAS since the court was too crowded. In the end, played with the Acension Church people at the SAS basket ball court. It was really a fun affair. Played well. Just love the spirit of my team mates encouraging each other, particularly Zheng Qing, Kenneth and Eugene. Hope to be able to play with them again. I just enjoy practising heading! Heading and skills improving! Just as what i wished for. Fitness can be way better. Should start running regularly since Shawn encourage me to join track with him. Let s see how everything goes huh.

Had some badminton at the windy court yesterday with sis. She just won the dunno what competition. Came in First in the Girls Doubles catergory. not bad at all. Better play more if not will keep losing to her in future, si bei pai seh.

Went to Swissotel today for lunch since there s still the vouchers.

Food was pretty good. Took plenty of appetizer and even desert before hand coz we were late and they were clearing everything soon. Soup was very good. Cream of Celery. Wonder what they put in besides cream and cerelery to make it taste so good.

Some random picture found in my phone. Timetable for next week.

Haha. An even MORE RANDOM picture, and YES, his picture is also in my phone. Thanks to the MMS sent by Singtel.

If you have any info regarding the whereabouts of this man, kindly dial 999. (As if any literate Singaporean doesnt know. :D)

Signing off for now!