My Hectic Life

Good Friday

2010-04-03T23:00:00.003+08:00

Finally got the chance to meet up with my primary school pals again yesterday. We weren't able to schedule a meeting during the March holidays so that was kinda a bummer. We pretty much ate and talked throughout the entire day, to be honest. We met at like 1pm at City Hall and had lunch at Thai Express, then we went to look for K Box. They later decided that it was too expensive and we went for more food at Secret Recipe. That eating and talking kept us busy till almost 6.

It was so good seeing them again, each of them doing well by themselves, Jin Yi with her tan lines, Xin Tian and Randi doing well in Poly, Ning Li in modern dance and well, Tim, Kat and I. It is kinda awesome that we are still hanging out after so many years. We left primary school 6 years ago, but now we are still meeting out to chill and talk. Even more so for Ning Li, have known her since I was like 5 and we are still in contact! :)

Had a really nice day out with the group and I think its a Good Friday well spent. Can't wait till the next holiday comes along so that I can meet up with them again! :)

Back to blogging

2010-04-01T20:30:00.008+08:00

I haven't been able to find time to blog ever since the second semester last year. now with Project Work out of the way, I have just slightly enough time to blog. Though it has only been 3 months into Year 2 of Junior College, so much has happened within this short period, I'm involved in two projects, which are taking up a fair bit of my time and I now have juniors in debate which I can pass all that I've learnt last year to.

School has been going pretty well thus far, although I am still worried about not doing exceptionally well, rather, not good enough to attain my desired grades at the A Levels. I seem to have some trouble getting a score of more than 30/50 for my General Paper essay this year, which is quite scary to be honest, since everyone else has been improving so much and 30/50 just doesn't put me anywhere near the top anymore. Used to be proud of my GP score, and now it so happens that GP is the subject that worries me quite a bit. My other subjects are also nothing more of mediocre, which is pretty upsetting, since I am really not used to being an average student. Guess competition is way tougher in JC, way more than I expected it to be. So many smart students in class are starting to work hard, and it is showing, I really should start working as well, just so that I can still be of any competition to these classmates.

I've started paying more attention to TIME magazine after finding the application for it on my iPod Touch and a recent article especially caught my eye. The article, How to Classify a Million Galaxies in Three Weeks caught my interest and I found out about this citizen-science website, Galaxy Zoo, which makes use of online volunteers to identify and classify galaxies through answering a series of questions on the pictures of each of these galaxies they are given. This is not a game, this is real science, and I found that I really enjoy classifying these galaxies, it is almost like fulfilling my childhood dream of being an astronomer. I've classified 50 so far, and my interest does not seem to be waning. I'll see how it goes and probably update my progress every once in a while.

This is the first spiral galaxy I've helped to classify! :)

Reading List

2009-11-28T19:01:00.002+08:00

Heh, its the holidays. Though, holidays filled to the brim with homework. Still, I've come up with a list of books I'd want to/ have to finish before I get back to school and resume reading nothing but notes, notes and literary devices.

American Gods - Neil Gaiman
Darkly Dreaming Dexter - Jeff Lindsay
Dexter in the Dark - Jeff Lindsay
Dexter by Design - Jeff Lindsay
The Assassini - Thomas Gifford
The Dangerous Days of Daniel X - James Patterson
1st to Die - James Patterson
A Flash of Hex - Jes Battis
Artemis Fowl and the Time Paradox - Eoin Colfer

And of course, our literature texts. Sigh.

Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit - Jeanette Winterson
Housekeeping - Marilynne Robinson
Proof - David Auburn

Post-trauma

2009-11-04T12:06:00.001+08:00

Finally, the stress of the promotional exams are over, albeit the one for oral presentation still lingers. The promotional exams was one heck of a traumatizing experience. Stress of the actual examinations aside, I've never actually studied so freaking hard in my entire life. Not even for the O levels, which was like a series of national exams. The major shock was when I found out that I actually had classmates who were at risk or retaining or expulsion. This was a new thing for me, actually having to say premature farewells to classmates who I grew to like so much. I truly feel that expulsion should be reserved for serious offences, and not just another excuse to kick students that may not have been doing so well out of the school.

Though feeling guilty to say this, I did pretty well for the exams, way better than I had expected, really. Not only did I pass all my subjects, I managed to garner a B and two Cs while I was at it. This puts me rather at ease to fully enjoy my trip to Australia at the end of the year, though having felt the effects that the lack of consistent studying can result in, I am determined to not let this repeat. Hopefully, I'll have enough self-discipline to finish going through the pile of notes and readings I'll be lugging to Australia with me.

Also,after a 4-year hiatus, I've finally had the time to resume leisure reading. Though I'm still kept rather busy, and the speed at which i chew through the books is reduced significantly, I'm finally about to revisit the joy of reading, not for literary terms, not for economic concepts, not for historical content, but just for the sake of reading. I've started on the Artemis Fowl series after Timothy's recommendation, and I intend to finish reading the book, American Gods soon after that. Hopefully I'll be able to find a good book to accompany me on my trip as well.

Meh.

2009-10-23T00:21:00.003+08:00

This may be old, but still enjoyable nevertheless.

Mad World

2009-09-21T00:03:00.003+08:00

Heard this song a while ago, really liked the atmosphere of the song :)

Oddly creepy, but soothing at the same time.

Mad World

Gary Jules

All around are me are familiar faces
Worn out places, worn out faces
Bright and early for the daily races
Going nowhere, going nowhere
And their tears are filling up their glasses
No expression, no expression
Hide my head I wanna drown my sorrows
No tomorrow, no tomorrow

And I find it kind of funny
I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I'm dying
Are the best I ever had
I find it hard to tell you
I find it hard to take
When people run in circles
It's a very very,
Mad world, Mad world

Children waiting for the day they feel good
Happy birthday, happy birthday
May they feel the way that every child should
Sit and listen, sit and listen
Went to school and I was very nervous
No one knew me, no one knew me
Hello teacher tell me what's my lesson
Look right through me, look right through me

And I find it kind of funny,
I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I'm dying
Are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you
I find it hard to take
When people run in circles
It's a very very
Mad world, Mad world
Mad world, Mad world

Changes.

2009-09-13T21:35:00.000+08:00

The week-long holidays came and went. Had to send off my beloved Literature teacher back to the states a few days ago, not looking forward to the teacher who is going to be teaching us though. So much to do, so little time, I was so tempted to go buy a budget flught ticket and fly off somewhere to hide in seclusion while waiting at the airport actually.

Despite the sad partings, I had a blast spending the night with Anna, Vincent and Zul, we even managed to stay awake for breakfast in town the following day lol. Not many shops were open, but still, the interaction was good.

Yeah. Not looking forward to school tomorrow. I need to escape to somewhere far, far away.

This isn't metamorphosis, is it?

2009-09-01T00:38:00.006+08:00

Ever since entering JC, I've realized that I've been getting increasingly emotional.

I've felt like crying over really random things this year, a feeling I haven't gotten in a long long while, if I'm not wrong, something I've never experienced since the end like 10. Strange things have started the "sour" feeling in my nose recently, really random things, from seeing David Archuleta, to like just feeling the exhaustion during camp, those unsolvable math questions, and now like even classic drama sob scenes that I used to laugh at for their utter cheesiness.

Weird, I figured that the stress would toughen me up, but it looks like its actually breaking me down.

Seriously, I need to do something to build up that defense. I'll have to find a way. Maybe Final Destination.

Something just needs to be done.

Turn of events.

2009-08-28T00:01:00.004+08:00

I am really starting to develop a liking for economics. It is so logical and commonsensical, but yet at the same time, in need of so much precise jargon to actually get you your marks. For some reason, although I've never really liked anything that has got to do with graphs, I was rather fascinated with the graphs that explained, or rather, illuminated so many of the economic concepts. The recent lectures on market dominance are really interested me. Can't wait to attend more of the lectures on market failure!

Is it me or do I sound like a total nerd?

Oh yeah, Math also got a lot more fun now with the addition of statistics. Although I'm still fumbling a little, I think I have the basics pretty well, and it seems so much easier to do that freaking differentiation and integration. Alas, I might be wrong though, since we've barely covered I'd say 10% of the statistics topics. Still, I am looking forward to doing more of Statistics.

Maybe then, just maybe, when I start to like Math again, I might start to do well it in, though I suspect my hatred for Math that has lasted for 7 years now would go away that easily.

Maybe its the AJ mood, maybe its the worry of promotional examinations, maybe its the threat of competition, but my desire to excel for my promotional examinations are stronger than ever.

Concrete Angel

2009-08-23T20:59:00.004+08:00

Stacey, a friend of mine, recently passed me the link to this song. Little did I know, this video is actually one of the most touching I've seen in a while. Take some time to watch this video and listen for the lyrics, its pretty meaningful. This is also based on a real story of the singer's niece (apart for the angelic part, i assume). Makes it just so much more impactful.

Concrete Angel
Songwriters: Bentley, Stephanie; Crosby, Rob;

She walks to school with the lunch she packed
Nobody knows what she's holding back
Wearing the same dress she wore yesterday
She hides the bruises with the linen and lace, oh

The teacher wonders but she doesn't ask
It's hard to see the pain behind the mask
Bearing the burden of a secret storm
Sometimes she wishes she was never born

Through the wind and the rain she stands hard as a stone
In a world that she can't rise above
But her dreams give her wings and she flies to a place
Where she's loved concrete angel

Somebody cries in the middle of the night
The neighbors hear but they turn out the light
A fragile soul caught in the hands of fate
When morning comes it will be too late

Through the wind and the rain she stands hard as a stone
In a world that she can't rise above
But her dreams give her wings and she flies to a place
Where she's loved concrete angel

A statue stands in a shaded place
An angel girl with an upturned face
A name is written on a polished rock
A broken heart that the world forgot

Through the wind and the rain she stands hard as a stone
In a world that she can't rise above
But her dreams give her wings and she flies to a place
Where she's loved concrete angel

Watching this, I recall this book I wanted to get for a while already, titled "Mummy Doesn't Love You". This is probably a great opportunity for myself to indulge in emo-ness and feel really lucky at the same time that my parents are not alcoholic and/or abusive.

Phenomena.

2009-07-22T22:32:00.000+08:00

Wow.

Pity I missed it.

Unsatisfactory.

2009-07-15T20:48:00.002+08:00

Hmm, got back my english paper recently (General Paper) and I'm quite disappointed to know that I only managed to get a B. Oh, and i failed Math, as usual. Still waiting for my History, Literature and Economics results but I doubt I'll pass any of them anyway.

Life's been pretty tough, barely getting enough sleep, and yeah, I think I need more sleep. Seriously.

On a serious note, I really feel the rush to study again. Its back! Hopefully it'll stay, since the Promotional Examinations are only 10 weeks away, which is not a lot of time. *Gasp*

Update

2009-06-30T19:12:00.004+08:00

Just a little update, I'm now suffering with exams. General Paper (English) was pretty decent, except that the comprehension was super challenging to paraphrase, and Economics today, lets just say I'm getting my ass ready to be fried by my tutor. I actually knew most of the answers, but the bad time management still got the better of me in the end. Ahh the pain and pity!

The next few papers are not looking so bright either, Math I just suck at naturally, History which althought I have somewhat an interest for, yet have failed to pass any paper, and Literature, let's just say I need more time to get the hang of it.

This is definitely the best way ever to torture your students just back from holidays. Hell, i didn't even have much of a holiday, it was just a lot of mugging.

Way to go, higher education!

Why do I sound so negative lately? :-\

Wait, that's just life. :(

Shame.

2009-06-24T18:38:00.004+08:00

I've decided to make this post a little more interesting than my usual ones. (Or so I hope.)

I was on the train, on my way to

school .

and was listening to music from my

upon approaching the station i was supposed to get off, i decided to get up early and stood by the door.

Suddenly, the train jerked to a stop,

and my

hit the

train door.

People were

at me, so I had to ignore my bleeding lips and pretend nothing happened.

Meh, what a day.

Hope this was entertaining, cause life is too boring for all of us. Actually, for me, I don't really care about you. :D

*evil laugh*
*choke*

Stress.

2009-06-23T23:12:00.004+08:00

Sigh, I've been trying to complete my work and start on my revision, but there is this unknown sense of fatigue that keeps plaguing me. I'm pushing myself hard to not lose focus already, but it doesn't seem to be doing well at all, man, I think I'm really done for this time. What to do?

Anyway, while cutting news paper articles today, I chanced upon this article. Very interesting, I must say.

Click for a clearer picture!

Obama for the win! :O

I finally found time to relax though, I'm really stressed out, and the only way I can relax is to treat myself to an anime break every once in a while, I'm still waiting for the next episode of Hitman Reborn to be released though. :-x

I feel like exploding. Really. Stress is not for me. Nuh uh.

Fuck Math

2009-06-17T19:01:00.002+08:00

I can't stand math anymore. Its just killing too many brain cells. Heck, i should just fucking fail the MYCTs.

Alpha Bravo Camp 2009

2009-06-10T16:15:00.006+08:00

I attended this leadership camp that devoured 5 days of the first week of my holidays. Meh, the start wasn't as welcoming as I had expected, got punished with push-ups before we even left the bloody school campus, but that was just the start of a longer nightmare, which I later discovered.

Day 1

Nothing much exciting, pretty much boot camp, regimental, but this is where the bonds within the group started growing. Just a lot of games and workshops. Oh yeah, and punishment push-ups.

Day 2

Meh, pretty much the same as before, but lesser punishment. Still, the instructors kept us up till rather late at night, and once again I totally did not hear my alarm go off. And for once I was the first to reach the bathroom for wash-up time! Woo! But then I realised I forgot to bring my soap and shampoo. By the time I got back, there was like 10 people queuing. Wonderful.

Day 3

This is where the camp starts getting fun. Actually, i can't remember much of the day, just the part where we had a day expedition to Kent Ridge Park. Pity Tim wasn't awake then. :\ Ooh, and Sandcastle building in the afternoon. It was orgasmically fun. Actually, that just means very fun in weird words.

Day 4

Omg, this is getting annoying right? But I shall carry on. Bleah. Ohh, fun day! Like major fun. We had our Service Learning project, and we went to Mayflower Primary to teach the little prefects about leadership qualities. I got a really energetic group, they were like going *KABOOM* all the time with energy and craziness. So like at the end where we had to take a group picture, I was so tired coping with them that I had an emotionless face. Actually, that's good luh, cause I always screw up my pictures. And we had early sleep, from like 9- 11. Which was really good, cause we had night expedition afterwards. Night Ex was amazing, good company, good weather, good everything. 7.5 hour walk didn't feel as bad as I thought it would be.

Day 5

Graduation. Yeah, and fun lunch, then I cabbed home for a super long sleep of like 14 hours all the way till the next day.

The end.

Oh, and ZOMG Cheyenne do you know how amazing you guys were(are, will be)?
*insert dramatic expressions, sound effects and blinding (and seizure inducing) lighting*
Like seriously, the easiest group of people to work with ever.

Who's the best in AJ? Go Cheyenne, go Cheyenne! *auto fade out*

I'm Back!

2009-06-07T01:08:00.002+08:00

I'm back from AB Camp, tired, aching, but enriched and a better leader. Made new friends, new discoveries about myself, and learnt new skills as a leader along the way. My group was fantastic. Hmm. Very tired now, will do a more detailed account of the camp soon. :)

Go Cheyenne!

My non-existant holidays.

2009-05-31T13:19:00.001+08:00

I'm about to start packing for this 5 day camp i'm going for. Hope that i'll be back in 1 piece, and that the 6 hours walk won't kill me.

Phew.

2009-05-21T19:31:00.010+08:00

Kris Allen won. WOOHOO!

YESS! *Pops Champagne*

Finally, the one year that a contestant I liked actually wins.

A Lieutenant Colonel from the Air Force who came to our school to talk about unconventional threats faced by Singapore during Civics ( Aka National Education) Lecture today, and I was selected to be on of the emcees.

After 4 years without emceeing in secondary school, I got my chance again!

That was super cool, like OMG! I'm back on stage! Whoa, I'm so glad Ms Ng asked me if I wanted to emcee.

The adrenaline rush,
the spotlights,
the mic,
and the crowd.

I love these so much.

Hopefully, I'll get more chances to continue emceeing in the future. Damn it, I really miss emceeing.

This song is one of the favourites, revolving around the theme of war and the suffering it brings about.

Waiting on the World to Change by John Mayers

Me and all my friends
We're all misunderstood
They say we stand for nothing and
There's no way we ever could

Now we see everything that's going wrong
With the world and those who lead it
We just feel like we don't have the means
To rise above and beat it

So we keep waiting
Waiting on the world to change
We keep on waiting
Waiting on the world to change

It's hard to beat the system
When we're standing at a distance
So we keep waiting
Waiting on the world to change

Now if we had the power
To bring our neighbors home from war
They would have never missed a Christmas
No more ribbons on their door
(This part was especially meaningful, I felt)
And when you trust your television
What you get is what you got
Cause when they own the information, oh
They can bend it all they want

That's why we're waiting
Waiting on the world to change
We keep on waiting
Waiting on the world to change

It's not that we don't care,
We just know that the fight ain't fair
So we keep on waiting
Waiting on the world to change

And we're still waiting
Waiting on the world to change
We keep on waiting waiting on the world to change
One day our generation
Is gonna rule the population
So we keep on waiting
Waiting on the world to change

We keep on waiting
Waiting on the world to change

Waiting On the World to Change, John Mayer - Music Video @ Yahoo!7 Video

Random fact : David never had a girlfriend. He can join my NBA (Never Been Attached) Club. :D

Tits - XL

2009-05-18T19:21:00.003+08:00

I went to watch Wolverine with the DOS members a while back. The movie was just fantastic. Although I had hyperventilating-giggling-twitching-non-stop girls beside me when ever Hugh Jackman appeared,I enjoyed the movie a great deal. Effects were good, storyline was BOOM!, and I learnt something new - Sabretooth is Wolverine's blood brother! Have always wondered if they were related, seeing that that have both rather animal-like appearance (actually, just really hairy), and both claw-like weapons. Wow, this makes their rivalry so much more interesting. Oh, and they had the same orgasmic reaction the Wade guy, played by Ryan Reynolds. Woah, even though I've always considered myself an X-men fan, I got to realise how little i know about the side characters in the Team-X. I really liked the effects of this film, especially how the severed head of Weapon XI slices the nuclear reactor thingy, and the way Gambit's powers were shown. If only there was more of Gambit, *sigh*, yet another one of my favourite characters. Better yet, throw in Quicksilver too. That would just make me explode in ecstasy.

Woah! I really like all the movies in the X-men series so far, and I'm praying for the origins of Scott Summers (Cyclops) or Storm! God I just love Storm. Beautiful, great leader, amazing powers. Dang, she has it all.

Company was great that day, and we got Angeline a pink care bear since it was her birthday. But people kept forcing me to hand over the gift. That was pure mean! :\

Ooh, and Physical Education today was hell-ish. I seem not to feel my legs anymore after squatting for almost 40 minutes. Kudos to the school for finding ways of punishing/torturing/abusing those who failed the fitness test. But still, the ones who passed didn't exactly had a fun time too. In this case, PE teachers are mean from all sides. :(

AH, and I found out that I might just be overweight today. WTF! Weight issues used to be the last thing that worries me, but now, due to the countless breaks I have, my eating habits have grown. And so has my midsection it seems. I blame breaks, and puberty, and stress, and everything and anything but myself. Ok, actually I'm the most accountable culprit. But still! :( I need to freaking grow taller to combat the weight gain. Or eat less. But I don't see any of those two happening. Fudge, I'm going to be Tits - XXL soon.

On a side note, something I discovered. David likes I'm Yours, just like me!
Take that, Kat.

I need to de-stress.

2009-05-14T18:53:00.001+08:00

piano man @ Yahoo! Video

I hope this guy wins. Don't like Adam. :(

But why is Allison out... WHY!??!

Literature - Gah!

2009-05-11T22:01:00.002+08:00

My hate for literature is really starting to get to me. AH! I need some help. I'm dying under literary terms and close analysis!

My literature work is so crappy now that I have a new term for it. "Lit Shit". It rhymes too. The rhyme highlights the shittiness of my literature work. True.

And I have some much homework left undone.

Failing NAPFA tomorrow.

YAY I love life!

Brain Pain.

2009-05-10T00:16:00.000+08:00

AH!

Long weekend, but more homework than usual.

This is slavery!

Poor AJCians.

Bleah.

2009-05-04T18:14:00.007+08:00

Speak Ez didn't exactly went the way i wanted. I was so freaking tired cause I only had like 4 hours of sleep max, but more like 3 hours actually. In the end, only got 3rd. I think its the cue cards that actually screwed things up. Ah well, better luck next time :)

And, thanks for the 37/09ers who cheered for me! Thanks guys! :)

Not his best cover, but it's decent :-)

I actually like this cover more.

UPDATE: Ooh, this one is better! :)

Woo, I think im starting to go crazy putting videos on my blog. Hope it doesn't lag people up.

Oh, and there is this other girl called Esmee Denters who has a really nice voice. Check her profile up :)

O.o

Crazy shit I am, huh?

Gee, Pee.

2009-05-04T00:35:00.001+08:00

Just finished my Speak Ez. And its 12.35am. I better get something good tmr. I mean win something. Pfft.

Talent.

2009-05-03T00:05:00.008+08:00

Ooh. Found this very good youtube-singer today. Well actually found him a long time ago, but didn't have time listen to all his covers. This rendition of I'm Yours is exquisite! I love his voice quality.

Meh.

I'm Jealous.

Very.

This is his YouTube profile : http://www.youtube.com/user/south9border

Recommendations : I'm Yours, Disturbia, Closer, Migrate and Don't Stop the Music.

And he has the voice to die for.

Why!WHY?WHYY! Life is not fair :-\

Stuff.

2009-05-02T19:30:00.003+08:00

The barber guy commented that I seemed to look fatter.

Time for exercise.

And oh, my haircut is ruined.

Ffs.

And buttons on my handphone just spoiled yesterday. WTF.

Pessimism.

2009-04-27T18:46:00.004+08:00

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?"

2009-04-26T00:01:00.003+08:00

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.

2009-04-22T19:38:00.003+08:00

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.

2009-04-21T19:07:00.002+08:00

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.

2009-04-20T18:13:00.003+08:00

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.

2009-04-19T11:20:00.001+08:00

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.

2009-04-18T21:24:00.000+08:00

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.

2009-04-17T18:24:00.000+08:00

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.

2009-04-15T21:32:00.000+08:00

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.

2009-04-14T22:34:00.000+08:00

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.

2009-04-12T22:54:00.001+08:00

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!

2009-04-12T18:26:00.000+08:00

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.

2009-04-10T22:49:00.001+08:00

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!