Pessimism.

There is gonna be a solar storm in 2012.

Taken from FOX,

"Impacts would be felt on interdependent infrastructures with, for example, potable water distribution affected within several hours; perishable foods and medications lost in 12-24 hours; immediate or eventual loss of heating/air conditioning, sewage disposal, phone service, transportation, fuel resupply and so on," the report states.

That sounds bad. Especially at 21 years old, the freaking prime of my life. Imagine coming out of National Service to a world of no technology. ZOMG. Thats like crap after crap. And there is this swine flu discovered in Mexico. Something is wrong with this generation. We're like getting all the shit, first trans-national terrorism, then the tsunami, and its best friend the Earthquake came to join the fun. Now like more crap is just waiting to spoil the lives of yet more people!

Yay. Wonderful-ness.

And our Project Work isn't going too well too. I'm only getting Meeting Expectations for both components, which would only give me a C grade. Far from what I want, I must admit. Hmm, I guess I just need to work more closely with my group and help each other a lot more! :)

Ooh, and SpeakEzy is tmr. "Bigger is better." I hope I won't screw it up. Haha.

"How big is seven inches?"

Anglo-Junior College (proposition) versus Victoria College (opposition).

This house believes that censorship is irrelevant in this age of new media

Since the second speaker of AC, I was convinced that the debate was in AC's bag. The AC team were unbelievably convincing, quick with their wits and strong in their attacks throughout the debate, oh, and humorous too. I was expecting both best speaker and victory to go to AC but I got a shock, I think many others too, got a shock when it was announced that VJ got both best speaker and won the debate.

*Sigh*

Not that VJ was bad, but I felt that AC did a better job in convincing the audience with their speeches, and I only got a clear idea of VJ's entire case at the reply speech, which I must say is very well done (finally). But still, I was very surprised to hear that VJ won and not AC. Still, VJ brought up a fatal example, that of the Danish cartoons, that was released in the "old" media, not the new media and I actually expected them to be penalised rather harshly on that since it shows that they might not know their facts all that well. Still, the VJ 2nd speaker managed to clear up the team's case at the reply speech, which I felt was wonderfully done.


The finals seemed to be like a mini-gathering of secondary school friends, I met KS, Shavinn and Arifa. It was kinda weird to see them in other uniforms, and I kinda missed wearing the CTSS uniform. Still, it was fun seeing them again, pity none of them took part in the MIDCs this year.


After the finals, we went for dinner as usual. Estee wasn't around, so suddenly Nick started to talk. A lot more than usual. I wonder why. And he kept "sharing" his lame jokes. Then we started talking about Nick's "BJ" post, and we found out that there is some weird desert on Pastamania's menu called strawberry pone something. That sounds like strawberry porn. Well, at least Nick did think so. Oh, and I was choosing my dinner, so I asked Nick, referring to the pizza, " how big is 7 inches?"

Big mistake.

He gave me a "wtf" look. Until I told him what I was actually referring to. That was the best laugh of the day.

And finally, I found something from Pastamania that doesn't make me feel sick at the last few bites. Hurray!

And why didn't AC win?! :(

Finally.

I enjoyed debate quite a bit today, without competition stress, its quite a different thing going into the DOS room. It was fun during the intensive training period, but this change is fine by me too. We actually got to interact and really talk instead of going, "how much time left?" and "WHERE IS MY SPIRIT AND DEMAND PLEASE?".

I'm thrilled that DOS has finalised that we would be hosting the AJDI, the AJ version of debating invitationals for the secondary school students. We would be kept rather busy preparing for the whole event, but I'm sure I'll have a lot of fun, and the sense of accomplishment upon the end of the event would be tremendous. I really hope to be in the usher and judging committee, where we would probably get a chance to contact adjudicators and rush the teams to their prep venues for impromptu debates, if any.

I really enjoyed debates today, and for the first time, we left be school before sunset.

And for some weird reason, after the onion ring incident in BurgerKing after the quarters match last Saturday, I keep getting reminded of an onion whenever I see Sneha. o.o

And finally, homework stress is over, and all I have left now is to study for the two timed practices this coming Friday.

History scares the hell out of me now.

Literature - Not my forte.

Quote from Vincent.

Write a critical appreciation of blah blah blah...

I can't bloody appreciate literature texts!
Neither can I compare and contrast poems.

*Sigh*

If only I had more economics homework instead of Literature.
Should have taken Chinese Lit.

Bleah.

Life sucks.

JC life is so stressful. Now I wonder if this is really what I want.

I can feel my mind starting to crumble under tiredness and I feel sick everyday, sick of work, sick of rushing work and sick of being sick.

Random.

I was just browsing through the videos in Youtube and I chanced upon this Mandarin song that I used to like a lot.


Support local singers, yeah!

The other day when I went for this poetry writing workshop, this smart guy linked 3 of our assignment poems into this fantastic line.

I feel the fell of Lit homework emerging from the lighthouse.

Brilliant, I tell ya!

Over.

This house would place quotas on the number of women in the elected office.

*Sigh*

We lost. I lost. It was a problem with the set-up again. It seems that every time we lose, something is wrong with the set-up. And unfortunately, that's my duty as proposition first speaker. Maybe I'm just not picking it up fast enough.

What's done is done, I guess. I sort of expected us to go against a tough school this round though, and true to my expectations, we went against ACS(I). It wasn't a big loss at all I think, and we might have won if we didn't make some of the mistakes we did, if I didn't make some of the mistakes I did.

Things was already going wrong at the start of the day. I was almost late when I had to meet the coach since he was fetching me there, then I realised that I forgot to bring my lucky charm, the Daivd A. autograph. My team mate also forgot her lucky necklace too, lol.

Or if, just if we managed to get opposition, we would've won too.

When I went out to deliver my speech, my shoe almost got tangled with some OHP wires on the first step I took, and I almost fell.

The surprising thing was that a himbotic thought ran through my mind that split second.
"Shit, that must have looked so un-glam."

And later in the match, I knocked over a few bottles when I stood up to give POIs and dropped my bottle cap not long after.

Aiyah. Screwed up la.

Kinda disappointed that its the end of the MIDC journey already. I was starting to really enjoy debate and feel that I could actually be a debater.

Still, I'm glad we made it to Top 8.
Not bad for a first-timer, eh?

We had quite a good time with dinner today, and Swensens ice-cream for dessert. It was good i tell you. Cookie tower or something. Must try. :D

Thanks Edwin, Estee, Nick, Sonam, Amreeth and rest who came to support us today! :D

The final fight.

Its the big day tomorrow. Quarters match to determine if we'll be in top 4 or top 8. I'm rather calm though, at least we ended today's training with a decent case. Still, the thought of meeting some of the best schools tomorrow scares me a little. Well, looks like intimidation does some good to push me a little. VJ Swing Team, I think I'll try to continue the momentum from that match and see if I can bring my performance a little further this time.

Just hope I wouldn't have nightmares of adjudicators POI-ing me this time.
It was super freaky last time. Scared the shit out of me.

Anyway, I'm supposed to sleep early again today. But I have lots of work undone. I'm not sure if I'm JC material.

*Sigh*

What have I gotten myself into?






Wow, I actually sigh a lot. How sad is that?

*Sigh*


On a different note, this is one of my favourite videos.


Look at how the shoe trembles before the second fall. Its orgasmically funny, I felt. Poor girl, though.

For Tim.

Hah, fine. Here's your post.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU-U-U-U-U,
HAPPY-Y-Y-Y-Y BIRTHDAY TO-O-O-O-O YOU-U-U-U-U!

Heh, 5 years of Runescapeing and you've build up quite a bit of fame for yourself eh? At least that's time well spent. Gah, now I'll have to think of something to give you.

Bummer.

No cake for you by the way,
I'm just too busy.


Debate didn't go very well today.

*Sigh*

I really need to do something about myself, I can't let my set-ups keep going all over the place. And I need to learn how to get the spirit and demand of the motion myself so that I won't have to keep bothering Nick and Estee. And I have to give better POIs. And I have to learn to be more aggressive. And I don't want to be a moth. And...

So much to do, so little time.

*Pops champagne*

Welcome to the world, Teetus.

The fight goes on.

YAY! We managed to make it into the quarters of the MIDC! Which means we are within the top 8 debating teams! Still, our opponents won't be as easily taken down anymore, RJ, VJ, HCI, ACJC and ACS(I) are my greatest worries now. LOL. 5 out of 7 possible opponents are scaring me, oh the joy! Well, I'm grateful to make it thus far but I'm still intending to go on. All I can do now is to ensure that I don't screw up.

*Sigh*

If only there was debate back in CTSS.

On the side note, Happy Birthday Mark! Must be nice being 17! Tiz and the rest of Blessings <3s you!


This.


This?


Even this?!

Click on the pictures for a nice surprise pl0x! Took me some time to prepare this for ya!

Fine, I admit, its only a 2-tier cake, but its all I could get now. :-)

Right... I'm really tired, hence the mindless ranting. Reminds me of literature though. Stream of consciousnesses really suck the blood out of me. Woo.

*Bleeds*

CSS3 - Huge disappointment.

I just can't wait till he breaks voice. I'll be looking forward to the day PUBERTY finally catches up with him.

*evil laughter*

I mean he is good now, he can reach all his notes and sing well, that we all can hear. But we have to look at a long-term thing. Look at what happened to Shawn, winner of last season, haven't they learnt their lesson?

*Sigh*

How myopic people are with their views in today's society.

Epic-ity!

Went for rounds 3 and 4 of the MIDCs yesterday. It was a crapping-ly nervous day since we cannot afford to lose anymore rounds. We reached there quite early, and the first person we saw was Nick munching one of the African suburbs away. People in the debate team are always eating, Sonam depleting Somalia's food reserves, Nick munching some African suburbs away, Estee.. first girl I've seen finish an entire foot long sandwich. Anyway, i was super hyped for wins.

Whee! So we went for the first pairing and motion release. We got paired with IJC, and I felt a little better and some of the jitters went. Its the whole "branded schools are scary" thing.
*drumroll as motion is released*

"This house welcomes the 44th President on the United States".

*Jawdrop*
*Commotion throughout the entire Lecture Theatre*

In my mind the only thought that went through my brain was "Obama is the 44th US President... right??!?" I know, sounds damn bimbotic, but I'm seriously bad with general knowledge. Still, it turned out okay. The verdict was a little unexpected though, we didn't get best speaker but we were awarded victory. Meh, still good. Oh, and Sonam went up, and man with all the rejection of going up she put us through, she did well after all. Woots! :D

The second pairing was like super-duper scary. I was told I'm up, and turns out we were against the Swing Team, VJ's junior team. And then Edwin tells us "This might be the last time you guys debate as a team". I was like just going SHIT! Then the motion comes up "This house would teach abstience in schools only". Not as bad as the previous one I thought, but I didn't realise how difficult it was until we started deciding on the case divide. I was still trying to understand my sectors, so I decided to focus my speech on rebuttals, we're on the opposition after all.

So thats what I did, and desperate to win, I tried to be aggressive but making sense at the same time. Must've worked decently, cause the others present seemed to be quite happy with it. And woohoo, we won. YAY NICK, ESTEE, SONAM AND AMREETH! Its VJ's junior team but VJ nonetheless! Woots.

Now just for the results to see if we managed to break into the quarters.
I have my fingers crossed
*fingers crossed*

Right.... thats about it. I still have homework and a maths test on tuesday. Not that im planning to pass this test but i still gotta put in some effort. Thats it. :)

The Start.

I've decided to stop writing my RS blog simply because I haven't got the time to play much anymore. Anyway, something awesome happened to me today.

Yes, I know, its the fan-boy-syndrome acting up again, but you can't blame me, can you?

My friend's friend, who also happens to be a fellow fan, decided to give me her extra copy of David's autograph. And Kat, the sneaky one decided to keep me in suspense and even lied to me about her fan-friend not being able to get the autograph for me.

Alas, Kat surprised me before tuition today with this wonderful gift *insert halo above her head please*. Damned stunned I was, even now it still feels a little surreal. More than just a gift, my unbelievable luck has effectively given me a confidence boost for tomorrow's debates.

Blood will be shed and enemies would be crushed. I screwed up once, and I'm determined not to screw up anymore. With my lucky charm and amazing-ness of the other debaters in the AJ team, victory definitely will be ours for the taking.

Kay, enough of the bullshitting. I'm still feeling incredibly nervous for the debates tomorrow. I've never felt so vulnerable in my whole life, probably cause I had never been in a competition that is just so freaking important. Still, this is my first, and I'm not about to just go and screw it up.

I shall stop with the confidence-boosting talk, so that I can grab some quality sleep and be very energetic tomorrow.

Toddles!