there are really only 3 interesting things that have happened to me so far this week.
Firstly, Miserable Monday. From staying up till 2am just to watch Chelsea perish at the hands of those hotspurs, to getting a horribly disappointing 21/30 for the superbly and unbelievably easy Maths CCT, and the English CCT at the end of the day, which was quite fine I guess, except for that inevitable feeling of misery that sort of comes about with any test we take, and which kind of summed up that "eventful" day for me.
Secondly, the escapades of our ERP group, meeting up at Shanzhi and Mooty's houses from like 8-11pm, all thanks to PI which forced LitRA to push their class back to 4pm. (PI was quite funny by the way. especially that song which was just SO DAMN shanzhi.) Even though they live 2 mere blocks away from each other, and probably equal each other in terms of retardness etc., I would say that their living styles are extremely contrasting. All-in-all, from all the free tours that we got in each of their houses, I had three main takeaways.
firstly, mooty has a wonderfully lovely living room. secondly, mooty's computer sucks. and thirdly, shanzhi's wardrobe is, without a shadow of a doubt...*vijay-esque stare* doubtable. =P
which leads me nicely to what happened in class today. chem class of course.
I assure you Mr Chong is getting godlier by the day. Ok so as usual, he walked into class with that huge grin on his face, greeted us in that melodic nasal voice of his, and before doing anything else, started dancing like an idiot, stepping from side-to-side and snapping his fingers.
"Nice one man shanzhi!"
That just set the tone for the rest of his lesson, seriously. From jokes about the titanic to ridiculous suggestions about how we should go about memorising chem stuff, Mr Mercury Chong (I asked him what was Hg, and he said "my name"), was as usual, carried out his hidden agenda of helping the whole of 4K develop abs by the end of the year.
Chong: Ok so who has CCA on monday? *whole class raises hands except ahem* Chong: Tuesday? *3/4 of class raises hands* Wednesday? *whole class*...Thursday? *half class* Chong: Ok never mind. FRIDAY? *whole class raises hands and laughs*
At this juncture, Chong HG raises his arms, looks up in the air and still unable to wipe that trademark smirk off his face, goes "HELP ME!!!!"
Maybe it's coz he's getting married in a few days' time.
pre-marital hyperactiveness.
Oh I later noticed an EXTREMELY interesting juxtaposition between Chong's godly jokes, and Ryan as usual trying to be funny in class.
Chong: What's slag? Ryan: SLACK! HAHA! *retarded laughter* Chong: the formula of slag is CaSiO3, like Casio. Ryan: Haha so the CaSio watches are all damn slack! *more retarded laughter*
He made many other lame jokes during other classes as well, but I would much rather store Chong's godly ones in this limited memory of mine. All I can remember is we were wtf-ing him all day. And it was really interesting how he got pissed with spencer later and actually screamed f**k at him. (censored so JON LIAN can continue reading my blog, even though I know he doesn't)
mood swings much?
10:00 PM;
Sunday, February 24, 2008
you REALLY have to watch this video.
roflmao.
2:26 PM;
Saturday, February 23, 2008
just survived two tiring project meetings back-to-back. yay me.
shoij's house was pretty interesting. i love how it's right next to thomson plaza. haha. and OMG we got to work and sleep in his elder brother's little study room in the attic of sorts, which was just SOOO beautiful and comfy. Had such a homey feeling to it. oh and the sound system was gay. haha. working through the night was definitely unproductive. we sort of only did 8 powerpoint slides through the whole night, drifting in and out of sleep. I collapsed at 2am+, woke up at 630am and by 8am, finished 22 slides for the ppt. haha. just goes to show how useless I am at night. -.-
Ray Charles is quite an inspiration. How a pitiful black boy who lost his father, brother, mother and sight all before the age of 16 could become one of the most talented musicians of all time is simply amazing. Even if he did drugs and seemed like some kind of sex maniac, having illegitimate children with 5 "wives", you can never deny that people like us have a lot to learn from the sheer grit and determination Ray approached his life with.
"I'd like to think that when I sing a song, I can let you know all about the heartbreak, struggle, lies and kicks in the ass I've gotten over the years for being black and everything else, without actually saying a word about it." -Ray Charles
So after leaving shoij's house I met lian at tamp and we came to my house to do SS. fairly productive I would say, amidst lian's usual hyper-ness and stuff. and we played quite abit of Fifa. fun.
So ends another boringly long post about my boringly boring life. I wouldn't be surprised if you were pissed at how boring my recent posts have been, so please, feel free to take your leave for the more interesting blogs of people who actually HAVE a life. like mooty's or shanzhi's.
even if the "life" part is abit debatable =P
Quote of the week: "Michael Jackson's good what. I mean, he won all those platinums and billboard charts right?"
Who said it?
Go figure.
8:25 PM;
Thursday, February 21, 2008
i really pity nigel, shanzhi and seen for having their birthdays in a week such as this.
they probably couldn't even go out at night to celebrate with anyone. or even stay at home and celebrate, for that matter, considering how many CCTs, tests, assignments and projects we've had due AND dumped on us this week. And if this week killed us, week 9 is just gonna take us to hell and back again.
rants aside, today was the last lesson of our soccer PE module. Noooooo!!!!! It was really fun while it lasted, and I can say that i've improved significantly from the start of the module, especially in terms of my ball control, even though I still suck like shit at it. At least I ended it on a good note today, scoring a goal and managing to link up with shoij and seen FAIRLY well. and omg some of them played soccer with Vijay after school! But I had mentoring at daqiao till 5. which by the way was interesting... damn. =.= hopefully him and mr azmy can join us the next time 4K goes to the cage. haha.
loooonnnngggg day ahead 2moro. staying over at shoij's house to chiong our ERP through the night. I really can't imagine how hyper people like mooty shoij and shanzhi will get at like 3am. It's gonna be so damn bloody unproductive.
yet entertaining.
p.s. congrats to singapore for winning the right to host the 2010 youth olympics. let's work towards hosting the world cup by the year (insert random year at least 50 years after my grandchildren have died) ok? =D
but seriously, well done singapore.
8:44 PM;
Monday, February 18, 2008
had a great monday today. oxymoronic, but yeah. =D
firstly, HAPPY SACRED 16TH BIRTHDAY TO NIGEL CHUA! WOOO!!!!
oh yea and master thia shanzhi too. "chey..."
ok nvm before he gets me expelled or something, *begins pretentious act* HAPPY 16TH BIRTHDAY MASTER THIA! *ends pretentious act* ok in all seriousness, happy birthday to the both of them. coolest birthday pair i've ever come across haha =D
on a sidenote, OMG CHONG HAN GUANG SERIOUSLY CRACKS ME UP! lol. he's seriously the most hilarious joker-teacher I have ever and will probably ever come across man. I swear by the end of the year every single 4ker, and I mean EVERYONE, will get abs as deadly as daniel's. DEADLY!
4K: Sir help us with maths! Mr Chong: My Maths ah, without a shadow of a doubt (does a vijay-style stare into space), is doubtable. Mr Chong: Then again, you know what was my poorest subject in secondary school? *silence* Mr Chong: Chem.
(Thomas' handphone is on top of his bottle, lens exposed, pointing straight at CHG - have no idea what he was doing) Mr Chong: THOMAS! Are you taking videos of ME?! Thomas: No Sir! My phone's spoilt so I must put it on top of my bottle (don't ask. It's thom. -.-) Mr Chong: Nvm. I shall have to confiscate and investigate. Mr Chong: YAY! Now I have a new sony ericsson. You know If I want to keep the phone I can just take videos of myself and get you in trouble. Wait nevermind. Teachers are not supposed to have evil thoughts.
4K: Sir are you gonna further your studies? Mr Chong: STUDIES?! Please!!! No more studies for me! Damn tiring!
and all in one lesson wtf. there was SO much more, but I laughed so much I think it damaged my brain. seriously ultimate sia he.
oh yea. so shanzhi was like honoured in school today by isaac chay and biquan, but I kinda wondered why no one cheered when they announced that it was MASTER THIA'S BIRTHDAY! Woah! =O. Ok who am I kidding? Lol =P. A few teachers remembered to wish him happy b'day, like Ms Goh and Ms Kek, even if Ms Kek somehow managed to think that "today" meant tomorrow.
4K was planning to dao him, until Rich intelligently asked us in front of his face:
"Hey! Are we still supposed to dao shanzhi?" to which we laughed for almost an hour.
at the end of the day we sang a birthday song for him, which of course was followed by a colossal taupok. Ms Kek just stood and watched for a few seconds, then ran for her life. haha. Why do I say it was colossal? Just look at the people involved:
look at shanzhi's face man. such a great squeal of delight.
9:39 PM;
Friday, February 15, 2008
had a talk by Aaron Maniam today, on career prospects in the Humanities. fantastic really. loved how he took everything very casually, and gave us very honest opinions on the issues brought up, ranging from the relevance of Mathematics to what he thought of working in the government. haha. he's seriously every bit the perfect example of what people in the Humanities are all about. Eloquent, good-humoured, witty and inspirational.
really looking forward to when our parents are invited for the exact same talk by him. time to crush all those traditional stereotypes of people in the Humanities man. Whooooo.
oh and we got to try some of junyong's tiramisu today. it was really nice, even if i only had like one mouthful of it. haha. it's soooo much more meaningful than spending loads of money on flowers and nothing else. good job junyong. lol.
Random person: It looks like shit! (commenting on the soggy leftover bits of tiramisu) Jon Lian: But it's heavenly shit! *everyone laughs* Jon Lian: *scoops up all the leftovers and eats them* Jon Lian: Damn if shit tasted like that I'd eat my own shit.
Classic Jon Lian man. Classic.
10:46 PM;
Thursday, February 14, 2008
today was interesting, to say the least.
greeting teachers with "Happy Valentine's Day (insert teacher name here)" was fun. especially when shanzhi jacked lian by telling him to greet Ms Kuang that way, when the whole class ended up just saying good morning. haha.
so, to all those privileged ones. happy valentine's day. enjoy your roses, balloons, tiramisu and all.
and for the rest of us (losers) out there, happy singles' awareness day! =D
oh and on a sidenote, i really can't belive how freaking IMBA Mrs Neoh is. godly in fact.
10:22 PM;
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
finally.
i've gotten my conscience off my back; gotten rid of the issue that has been really bugging me for the past year or so. yes, for the first time in god knows when, i've actually stepped back into gym. Even if my role is as insignificant as that of just someone helping the sec 1s in their familiarisation year, it's something feasible that I can work with, something I can actually focus on and something that actually allows me to make that little bit of contribution to the CCA before I leave at the end of the year.
really made me reflect on what has happened to me over the past 4 years. getting injured in sec 2, being completely emo (seriously) for the next half a year or so, teaching some random young kids outside of school basic gym, and ending up back where I started, only to train the sec 1s who im pretty sure will be way better than me in the blink of an eye. an eventful four years, to say the least.
hopefully i'll settle down soon, completely get rid of this huge problem such that i may truly focus on whatever I hope to accomplish in my last year in this institution.
had a nice talk with my dad today. about the things i've done over the past four years, things that i've loved, things that i've regretted. If there is one thing i've realised as of late, it's that four years isnt really much time. I really hate myself for not grabbing at certain opportunities i've had in this school, just because I was unwilling, afraid or just plain lazy to commit myself, constantly shrugging it off with the excuse that I still had "many" more years to go. can't believe how bloody stupid I was.
one more year. you can only imagine how much I wish to accomplish in just that.
9:14 PM;
Sunday, February 10, 2008
class dinner was great fun. what kieran said was really true. doesn't matter what we eat, since the talking cock is what makes the whole thing really fun anyway. haha.
ended up eating at Central, the Hong Kong 茶餐厅 we ate at the previous time. Food's good and the price is fairly reasonable I guess. Only that I made a HUGE mistake by ordering this horrific almond milk tea which made me cringe every time I had a sip of it. You really can't imagine how strong the almond was. lol. was begging zhixuan to mix his normal milk tea with mine, but he was sensible enough to refuse, so I ended up wasting like a quarter of the milk tea, which is like, 75 cents or something. Ouch. went to meridien as usual to play pool till like 1120. quite proud of myself. getting better by the game haha =D. But Seen was unusually off-colour last night, and ended up emo-ing under the pool table, afterwhich he soon became a camwhore for people like zhixuan and koonz. haha.
of course there was the special guest. have to say I'm kinda surprised she didn't feel completely awkward having dinner with her bf and 8 of his classmates (all male btw, lol) but yea that gave an added dimension of interesting-ness to the whole thing.
so every thing good about CNY is now past. time for us to face the rest of term 1 in the next few weeks, which i can assure you, is gonna be nothing short of hell.
Ah well. Here's hoping everyone makes it to the March Holz in one piece. or at the very most two. Cheers.
6:30 PM;
Friday, February 8, 2008
CNY's finally over! (it is in my books, so none of you come and give me the crap about how it's supposed to last for 15 days, unless of course you wanna persuade the govt. to give us a 15-day holiday)
honestly, my CNY really hasn't been much of a blast this year. I was having a cough, so none of that bak gua or any other chinese new year goodies, since all of them will probably kill you if you have them while you are unwell. On top of that, I find myself growing more and more distant from my cousins as the years go by. It's really quite sad, thinking of how close we were when we were younger, only to let our different paths in future life build this huge barrier between us. I guess the only good thing about this Chinese New Year was the surprising increase in angbao money profits. My relatives are suddenly like, investing in me or something -.- There actually wasn't a SINGLE miser this year for me to get absolutely pissed with, so it was really quite a pleasant surprise.
Of course, the best part of Chinese New Year this year was the time spent with the 4K peeps, shopping together for clothes and what not. It really does not take much for me to get really happy spending time with this bunch of great people, and I'm starting to assure myself that, after my parents, it's them who come next, not any relatives or whatnot. I mean, we're all already coming up with ideas how we should spend the next reunion dinner with each other instead of our relatives, and honestly, I would absolutely love being able to do that, even if our parents would probably murder us and then ground us for like, 99 years.
I know how my parents constantly remind me of how important it is to be close to my relatives and especially my cousins, since I don't have any siblings, and once my parents are gone, they will be the only forms of kin that I would have. Yet, whatever crisis I forsee myself going through in 10, 20 years to come, I find it much more logical, and way more comforting to think that it would be someone I've met over these past years - someone who I have come to call a friend - who would be there to help me, instead of one of these cousins whom I feel really aren't that close to me anymore
Some of you will probably think that I'm some emotionless freak who can't even bother getting close to my very own cousins and relatives, but what can I say? It's Raffles which I've learnt to call my home, and all the friends I've met whom I've come to treat as my true family out of home.
And I dare say I'm proud as hell of such a fact.
quote from shanzhi's blog(since it really tells the story of my CNY this yr): i hope theres going to be the class reunion dinner on saturday. at least theres something to look forward to.
9:52 PM;
Monday, February 4, 2008
had PSGM with the sec 1s today. the topic was humility, so I think I used that *ahem* article from the amazing paper published in 两个语言 to really good effect. thanks daniel. haha :D . The Sec 1s are getting harder and harder to handle by the session. they just seem bent on making me lose my voice before CNY. -.-
went shopping for clothes at J8 with Koonz and Theo after that. none of us bought anything though. I've never actually tried shopping at J8 before. and after today i only have one word to describe the "shoppableness" of J8. pathetic.
had quite a meaningful discussion with Ms Goh during CLE today. about the meaning of life. What is life exactly? The more "square" people would say that it's the transitition between your existence as a zygote to being a pile of ashes, while the more well-versed, poetic and articulate literary people (like 4K :D) would call it things like a box of chocolates, a vacuum cleaner (lol) and for the more Freudian people (yay rich i used your fav word! :O), a sperm - either you swim the length or die infertile. Well, here's my take:
Public service message: If you don't have time on your hands, please do NOT allow me to bore you for the next few paragraphs, and feel free to skip all the way to the last few lines of my post. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Life's like a journey through a treacherous jungle. There are times when the trees will block out the light, making the path dark and gloomy, and yet there are times when the trees will clear, allowing the warmth of the sun to set on your skin, lighting the path ahead for you. On the way, one will have to make choices between different paths in the jungle. Make all the right choices, and one is blessed with a smooth journey through the jungle and out into the light. Yet, no one can ever make the right choice all the time. Once you take a wrong turn, you will have to brave through whatever obstacles may face you on that path, for there is never any turning back. Whether it be deadly vines, or ferocious animals, one must give all he can to survive the obstacles, such that he may have a chance to continue on his journey. After all, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger doesn't it?
Along the way, you will also meet many other people who like you, are lost in the jungle, trying to find the best way through this journey of life. Some, the nicer ones, will offer you a drink of water , strike up a conversation, and after spending some meaningful time with you on the way, will become your friend for life, and stick with you all the way till the end. Most of the others however, would either just give you a wave and walk by, or even completely ignore you. These people of course, will have no impact on you whatsoever. And yet, one must also never forget the group of people who will be out to harm you, kill you for your supplies, or set wild animals on you just because they think you have "offended" them. These people are of course, your enemies. At the end of the day, everyone you meet along the way will make a difference in your life, and whether you learn how to treasure these people, will have an impact on your chances of making it out at the end of it all.
The unfortunate ones on this journey of life either make too many wrong choices, or are too weak to overcome the obstacles they face. These people will sadly die off along the way, and at the end of the day, the people who can make it to the green pastures at the other end of the jungle, those who, despite all the blood, sweat and tears they have shed along the way, have still braved through to the very end, can deservedly call themselves the victors, and enjoy all the wonderful things the rest of life has to offer them. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Yet, if you refuse to be bored by such a lengthy, philosophical theory, I have something else to offer you, equally if not more meaningful if i should say so myself.
Life is what you want it to be.
7:47 PM;
Sunday, February 3, 2008
did some CNY shopping today. as of late the "CNY" part has just become an excuse for an extravagant wardrobe makeover. haha.
Here's a thought. Don't you find it extremelywonderfultragic that our generation no longerneedsgets to wear those absolutelyhorrificdelightful traditional costumes for visiting during Chinese New Year?
I do. =/
4:47 PM;
Saturday, February 2, 2008
did a personality test earlier today: http://www.quizbox.com/personality/test82.aspx as usual, not everything they made of me was true, but I was still kinda surprised at how much of it actually made good sense. you should seriously go try it out.
my results:-
Your view on yourself: You are down-to-earth and people like you because you are so straightforward. You are an efficient problem solver because you will listen to both sides of an argument before making a decision that usually appeals to both parties.
The type of girlfriend you are looking for: You are a true romantic. When you are in love, you will do anything and everything to keep your love true. (don't see how this actually answers the question. lol)
Your readiness to commit to a relationship: You are ready to commit as soon as you meet the right person. And you believe you will pretty much know as soon as you might that person.
The seriousness of your love: You like to flirt and behave seductively. The opposite sex finds this very attractive, and that's why you'll always have admirers hanging off your arms. But how serious are you about choosing someone to be in a relationship with? (this is the only point that is completely untrue, and seriously contradicts the 2nd point. wtf)
Your views on education You may not like to study but you have many practical ideas. You listen to your own instincts and tend to follow your heart, so you will probably end up with an unusual job.
The right job for you: You have many goals and want to achieve as much as you can. The jobs you enjoy are those that let you burn off your considerable excess energy.
How do you view success: You are afraid of failure and scared to have a go at the career you would like to have in case you don't succeed. Don't give up when you haven't yet even started! Be courageous.
What are you most afraid of: You are concerned about your image and the way others see you. This means that you try very hard to be accepted by other people. It's time for you to believe in who you are, not what you wear.
Who is your true self: You are full of energy and confidence. You are unpredictable, with moods changing as quickly as an ocean. You might occasionally be calm and still, but never for long.
So personality tests aren't a complete scam after all.
p.s: imeem player's up, so go ahead and comment on my music taste if you want to, unless you have nothing good to say about it, in which case you should just hold your peace. ;)
5:10 PM;
Friday, February 1, 2008
had a discussion with Mr Azmy about the mypaper article today. i think he's a fantastic form teacher. really like how he tries his best to interact with us and keep things as informal as possible.
to say that i'm suprised that such an article was written would be a hell of a lie. we get this kind of flak alot anyway. yet there was something about this particular one that made it the talk of the school over the past few days. to say that it was prejudiced and severely taken out of context would be an understatement (I mean, yea ok we get the point, but you don't need to print an oversized version of our school crest coupled with obese font size 72 text and smack it on your cover page do you), but i wouldn't want any one stumbling upon what i've written here such that he or she may dedicate an entire edition of the paper to "honouring" the name of Raffles, so yea i'm not gonna go on. All I can say is that I finally understand why I hardly ever pick up this amazing paper, even though it's completely FREE, and is published in 2 LANGUAGES!!! Woah! 好酷喔！ :O
on a lighter note, it was hilariously awkward for every single one of us on wednesday. I personally was standing in the MRT train, seeing close to 10 people holding up the papers with the article staring straight in my face, and thanking god that i hadn't chosen to wear my RI PE Kit to the Cage that day. haha
merit cca raffles trail with sec 1s today. as time goes by im beginning to wonder whether we should continue being so nice to them. pretty obvious that some of them are beginning to climb atop our heads.
went for dinner after with sean, zhixuan, rich and shanzhi. after which the four of us pangseh-ed shanzhi and actually went back to school to play tennis. at 7pm. i guess the best part of the whole thing was when we played at the start without lights. became more of a test of who had the more powderful eyesight and concentration than who had better tennis skills. haha.
i think what was mentioned in class today was true. no matter what we do, people will always have something to say about us. it's part of the contract we signed when we entered this school.
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