I just have one thing to say about myself over the weekend. Pathetic. I was supposed to be doing revision and project since Saturday, but i ended up getting very little done. Economics, I ended up getting stuck, not knowing how I should go about with the assignment. Mathematics, I must stop slacking as soon as possible, before I fail the the final test in slightly more than a month's time. So far, I am only glad that I managed to make some progress in the project under IAC. Alright. Let's stop all the nonsense talk that not studying carries chances of getting straight As. That was only possible as I had the so-called beginner's luck with me during the first semester. Now, it's coming to the end of the second semester and I'm still living in the sea of beliefs. If I do not navigate out of there soon, I might just get drawn into the whirlpool of failure.
I know I have to get my drive up and going soon, but it's not this week, due to the Joint Admissions Exercise. Damn. Just as much as I want to help others, I want to help myself get the grades and make the mark once again. Alright. I hate to say it, but if nothing goes well this coming week, I might consider suspending myself from CCAs all the way till when the exams are over.
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Anyways, I have updated the playlist on the blog. This time it's from the game, DJ Max. The song sounds a bit like the one you hear in one of the maps in MapleSEA. I have forgotten which map though, as I seldom play games nowadays.
Please, don't let it happen again. I have made a promise, and I'm trying very hard to keep it. Please, even if it must be broken, at least allow it to be broken in March during the holidays. Just not now. It's still too early and I'm still in the first year.
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Sunday, January 11, 2009
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Time Waits for no One
Today's post is going to be a short one.
Firstly, let's go back to yesterday. I managed to wake at 9am yesterday morning, 30 minutes ahead of my scheduled time for waking. I left for Jurong Point at 10.25am, arriving at 10.45am(I maintained my current record of 20 minutes!). Had nothing to do, so just did some walking around as I heard that the complex has gotten bigger. Indeed, the extension that was once under construction is nearly 100% complete, and there are more and newer shops. However, it was a little disappointing as I completed walking around the whole place in under 10 minutes. Other than that, I got lost at first as I did not know that I was already in Jurong Point, the moment I entered one of the side entrances, until I entered the older part of the building and recognised the design of the floor tiles. I bought an organiser at a bookstore at the basement, before going back to Pizza Hut to meet the rest. Did not take a picture as I thought that I was late when Pei Xuan gave me a call almost immediately after I made the purchase at 11am.
When I reached, almost everyone was there already. There were about 10 of us in all; Andy, Ko Hein, Gabriel, Yong An, Wei Xiang, Kamal, Chie Heng, Pei Xuan, Carina and me. The purpose of the lunch was to celebrate Ko Hein's final 3 months in Singapore before he sets off on his 12 month voyage around the world(I'm so envious. I had always wanted to travel around the world to see the sights), which would be split into two phases of 6 months each. Guessed our bonds were still there although we had not seen each other nor sat together for lunch for almost a year. Although it was only a quarter of the class, the mood during that one and a half hour was the same as always, I really missed those days in the classroom. Anyways, at 12.30pm, Andy left for home as he had training later on, Carina left for school, Pei Xuan left, Kamal and Ko Hein left to do some shopping, leaving Gabriel, Wei Xiang, Chie Heng, Yong An and I to walk around. We met Augustine later on, who happened to be in Jurong Point at the moment to collect his spectacles. At 2pm, we finally left for we were all bored with nothing left to do. I took the bus with Wei Xiang and Gabriel, while Yong An and Chie Heng walked home.
It was a bit of a last minute plan, but I alighted together with Gabriel one stop after Lakeside MRT Station, and went somewhere to slack with friends, till later in the evening before heading home.
Next, on to today! Nothing much happened, except that my cousin came to help troubleshoot the desktop at home, and found out that the power source was damaged and had to be replaced. So in the afternoon, we travelled to Sim Lim square to get a replacement at 50 bucks, the amount that we expected to pay the moment we set off to get the replacement. After that, in the evening, I passed time by playing games on the computer and watched the next installment of Star Wars on TV. So, I guess that's all for tonight?
It's almost coming to the end of the year, and so far, this year has been an exciting one, definitely. many things have happened, good and bad. I've felt that fear many times, great or little, depending on the number it affected in the near future. So, what exactly am I? Nearly always spot-on in detecting such things, is it good or bad? I just don't want to know whats the next one, for I still have no idea the best steps to take.
Firstly, let's go back to yesterday. I managed to wake at 9am yesterday morning, 30 minutes ahead of my scheduled time for waking. I left for Jurong Point at 10.25am, arriving at 10.45am(I maintained my current record of 20 minutes!). Had nothing to do, so just did some walking around as I heard that the complex has gotten bigger. Indeed, the extension that was once under construction is nearly 100% complete, and there are more and newer shops. However, it was a little disappointing as I completed walking around the whole place in under 10 minutes. Other than that, I got lost at first as I did not know that I was already in Jurong Point, the moment I entered one of the side entrances, until I entered the older part of the building and recognised the design of the floor tiles. I bought an organiser at a bookstore at the basement, before going back to Pizza Hut to meet the rest. Did not take a picture as I thought that I was late when Pei Xuan gave me a call almost immediately after I made the purchase at 11am.
When I reached, almost everyone was there already. There were about 10 of us in all; Andy, Ko Hein, Gabriel, Yong An, Wei Xiang, Kamal, Chie Heng, Pei Xuan, Carina and me. The purpose of the lunch was to celebrate Ko Hein's final 3 months in Singapore before he sets off on his 12 month voyage around the world(I'm so envious. I had always wanted to travel around the world to see the sights), which would be split into two phases of 6 months each. Guessed our bonds were still there although we had not seen each other nor sat together for lunch for almost a year. Although it was only a quarter of the class, the mood during that one and a half hour was the same as always, I really missed those days in the classroom. Anyways, at 12.30pm, Andy left for home as he had training later on, Carina left for school, Pei Xuan left, Kamal and Ko Hein left to do some shopping, leaving Gabriel, Wei Xiang, Chie Heng, Yong An and I to walk around. We met Augustine later on, who happened to be in Jurong Point at the moment to collect his spectacles. At 2pm, we finally left for we were all bored with nothing left to do. I took the bus with Wei Xiang and Gabriel, while Yong An and Chie Heng walked home.
It was a bit of a last minute plan, but I alighted together with Gabriel one stop after Lakeside MRT Station, and went somewhere to slack with friends, till later in the evening before heading home.
Next, on to today! Nothing much happened, except that my cousin came to help troubleshoot the desktop at home, and found out that the power source was damaged and had to be replaced. So in the afternoon, we travelled to Sim Lim square to get a replacement at 50 bucks, the amount that we expected to pay the moment we set off to get the replacement. After that, in the evening, I passed time by playing games on the computer and watched the next installment of Star Wars on TV. So, I guess that's all for tonight?
It's almost coming to the end of the year, and so far, this year has been an exciting one, definitely. many things have happened, good and bad. I've felt that fear many times, great or little, depending on the number it affected in the near future. So, what exactly am I? Nearly always spot-on in detecting such things, is it good or bad? I just don't want to know whats the next one, for I still have no idea the best steps to take.
Thursday, December 25, 2008
A Simple Christmas in 2008
Here's the first thing I did on a Christmas morning: 
It's been 10 months since I last logged into my account, so today I finally reinstalled the game and played it, going all the way to kill some time before sleeping and waking at 10am in the morning.
Had lunch at 12.45pm, before continuing with training, but I soon gave up when I lost 10% in an hour. So, at 2.30pm, went to collect my new glasses and went on to Ikea with parents to get new stools for our dining table(our dining area is very unique). So reached home at 4pm, and we had guests coming down soon after. Heard and learnt a lot of things during the conversation too.
At 6.15pm, we went to Jurong East for dinner, before going home. So, I broke my television record for tonight: watching programmes on free-to-air channels from 7pm to 11.30pm. Guessed I neglected the computer so much that it appeared to my contacts that I was having lunch from 1pm to 11.30pm tonight.
Alright, that's all for today, and I'm glad it did not turn out to be a boring Christmas! Tomorrow, going for lunch at Jurong Point with some classmates from 4E1, looking forward to seeing everyone again after 3 to 4 months!
Sunday, November 09, 2008
Wave 13
This post is for yesterday, as I was too tired to sit down and post something decent. I woke up at 11am, did some revision till 12, had a snack(it's a snack as I did not take enough for it to be considered as a full meal), went back to sleep, and left home at 2pm. Anyway,I'm trying something different for tonight's post, using phases. So, let's see. There were 10 phases in all, almost every phase has a time limit at least 30 minutes. Come to think of it, I spent more than 10 hours away from home.
I had three main things to do yesterday. First, was to get a suitable and affordable tablet from either West Mall or Challenger at Funan the IT Mall. This first part was a little challenging, for if West Mall had a less costly tablet, I would be facing a it of a problem rushing back to West Mall before heading to do the next task, which might cause me to be very rushed for time when doing the third thing for the day. The next thing was, to collect 2 tickets from Andy, who sadly was not able to make it that day as he was still recovering from a stomach flu. The third, was to deliver the ticket Taufik and watch a concert at Singapore Polytechnic. A fourth came out later on, which I will touch on later on.
Phase One was to get from home to West Mall in 30 minutes, and that was pretty successful, and I was 6 minutes ahead of schedule. That 6 minutes might become very useful when I have to rush back from the City Hall area or when I am waiting for a bus or train to arrive. Next, at West Mall, I had to check out the shops which sold IT products. However, I did not manage to find any shops which sold tablet products there, so in 20 minutes, I was back at the bus interchange, waiting to catch a bus down to Funan the IT Mall. Phase 1: Get to West Mall before 2.30pm(completed at 2.24pm). Phase 2:Search for a tablet at West Mall before 2.50pm(completed at 2.45pm).
In case you are wondering why I did not take the train, I wanted to save up that money BADLY. I only have a concession pass for buses, for I only need to take 2 buses to and from school each day. Although I'm still a student, I don't eally understand why Transit Link or the authorities-in-charge did not grant polytechnic students concession fares in bus and train fares which the stdents in the Junior Colleges have been and are still enjoying since their Primary school days.
Entering Phase Three, I took bus 106 all the way to Suntec, and walked all the way to Funan the IT Mall in under 1 hour and 15 minutes. So now, I'm 5 minutes behind schedule, with the time at 4.15pm. I spent 20 minutes at Challenger, of which I bought a Wacom tablet, the company that WM recommended me to buy a tablet from. I also bought a pack of printing paper for Andy before leaving at 4.35pm. Now, here's the silliest thing I did yesterday. I made a terrible mistake at Phase Four by estimating that the journey from Bras Basah to Boon Lay would take only 50 minutes, when it took 1 hour and 20 minutes. To make things worse, I was more than 15 minutes behind schedule when I boarded bus at 4.48pm. I was supposed to reach Andy's place at 5.30pm, so that I could take a bus and train to Dover MRT station at 6.35pm. Instead, I ended up reaching Boon Lay at 6.10pm, 30 minutes behind schedule. The journey to Andy's place via bus service 242, took another 20 minutes. It was a good thing that service 242 had a high frequency, or I would be exteremely late. Phase Four ended at 6.30pm, 1 hour behind schedule. DAMN. It was a good thingAndy was feeling a lot better than the previous day, for if not for him, I might end up being behind schedule for another additional 5 to 10 minutes. Phase Five was completed under the planned 10 minutes.Phase 3: Get from Bukit Batok to Suntec before 4.10pm(completed at 4.15pm). Phase 4: Get from Challenger to Andy's place before 5.30pm(completed at 6.30pm). Phase 5: Deliver Andy his printing paper, collect tickets for Wave 13-the concert that I would be watching with Taufik-before 5.40pm(Completed at 6.35pm).
I was in luck, as Andy had to go to Queenstown MRT station to meet his family, so we could take a taxi to Dover MRT station together, and the cost would be divided between the both of us. So, Phase 6 was completed very quickly, and I recovered quite some time. It has been more than 3 years since I took a taxi, and 17 years since I hired a taxi. This was the first time I took a taxi in the event of an emergency(though it did not seem to be like one). I was surprised when Pei Xuan suddenly called my phone. As far asI can remember, she has never given me a call before, and I could not recognise her voice at all! It turns out that that night, Taufik and I would be accompanied by friends I have not met for some time. Randall told us in the taxi, by sms that Yisin was also performing that night! Wow! Anway, we caught up on quite a lot of things that happened over the past 2 months, it was very delitful to know how well many friends did for their promotional exams in the JCs, and at the same time, it was sad to hear of friends being retained in the JCs during our journey to Dover MRT station. Phase 6: Get from Andy's place to Dover MRT station before 6.35pm(completed at 6.45pm).
Once there, I ran to meet Taufik, who has not really changed much, so it was definitely easy to recognise him! So sorry for making everyone wait so long for me yesterday!!That was the first time I was so late for a gathering. Normally, I was either the first or among the first few to arrive at a place. From here, Phase 7, things went on very normally. Phase 7: Attend Wave 13 till 9pm(completed at 9.00pm).
So, this is where the next 3 phases came in. After I met up with everyone, Suzanne suddenly asked u if we wanted to have dinner after that. My immediate answer: YES! It's been a long time since I had a meal with the group, and also, I had not eaten breakfast, lunch an dinner, nor have I drank anything since I left home at 2pm. The performance was really great! The choreography, lights, sounds, everything was very well planned out. We spotted Yi sin and Randall many times as well. At 9pm, they came up to meet us, and Justin and his sisters came up too. Justin's looks has changed, though his character was still the same. His sisters have grown quite a lot as well. Phase 7: Meet Randall, his sisters and Justin before leaving.
After that, I left with the group for dinner. We took a train to Jurong Point. Taufik alihted at Jurong East MRT station, leaving 2 guys in the group, and they are Hui un and I. by the way, I still don't know some of the names of the people in the group I joined yesterday for dinner, for I was sort of like a no-body during my four years of life back in Secondary School. I guess, only mainly the people from 4E1 would know me, though there are more as well. Whatever it is, I will always remember those days. We chatted a lot, and ate a lot too I guess? half of us went to MOS burger, while the rest of us, Pei Xuan, Suzanne, Hui Jun and I went to MacDonald's. As expected they were stunned at the amount of food I ordered at MacDonald's. I ordered a full up-sized meal, and an additional burger. Frankly, that was around a third of my total capacity. Throughout, We found out a lot about one another, and I got to know them better as well. Just like the old days, Suzanne and Hui Jun never failed to provide an enjoyable entertainment. I' m so Looking forward to going out with them again someday! I seldom sat with their group in Sec 3 and 4. We chatted till 10.45pm before leaving for home. I was dead beat when I reached home 2 minutes before midnight, breaking my record for this year. My previous latest time was 11.45pm, clocked somewhere earlier this year. Phase 8: Get to Jurong Point from Singapore Polytechnic before 9.30pm. Phase 9: Have dinner till 10.45pm. Phase 10:Reach home before 11.59pm.
I was extremely tired yesterday after reaching home, and turned on the computer for an hour before going off. I guess Pei Xuan was still very surprised when she saw me eat that amount of food yesterday, as I seldom ate so much whenever I had lunch back in the old days at Yuan Ching. Photos wil be up tomorrow.
It's been a long time since we sat together as a group to have a nice chat. Really brings back lots and lots of memories. I will never forget the last days of Secondary School life and all the memories. Dinner last night was great! I'm so looking forward to the next time we could all meet up again, though I don't think it's soon either.
Come to think of it, I would rather have a group whose bonds are strong and a group whose members are always in touch with one another and there are always opportunities to meet up for gatherings, compared to a group whose bonds are extremely strong and whose members lose touch with one another over time and there are few opportunities to meet with one another for gatherings.
I had three main things to do yesterday. First, was to get a suitable and affordable tablet from either West Mall or Challenger at Funan the IT Mall. This first part was a little challenging, for if West Mall had a less costly tablet, I would be facing a it of a problem rushing back to West Mall before heading to do the next task, which might cause me to be very rushed for time when doing the third thing for the day. The next thing was, to collect 2 tickets from Andy, who sadly was not able to make it that day as he was still recovering from a stomach flu. The third, was to deliver the ticket Taufik and watch a concert at Singapore Polytechnic. A fourth came out later on, which I will touch on later on.
Phase One was to get from home to West Mall in 30 minutes, and that was pretty successful, and I was 6 minutes ahead of schedule. That 6 minutes might become very useful when I have to rush back from the City Hall area or when I am waiting for a bus or train to arrive. Next, at West Mall, I had to check out the shops which sold IT products. However, I did not manage to find any shops which sold tablet products there, so in 20 minutes, I was back at the bus interchange, waiting to catch a bus down to Funan the IT Mall. Phase 1: Get to West Mall before 2.30pm(completed at 2.24pm). Phase 2:Search for a tablet at West Mall before 2.50pm(completed at 2.45pm).
In case you are wondering why I did not take the train, I wanted to save up that money BADLY. I only have a concession pass for buses, for I only need to take 2 buses to and from school each day. Although I'm still a student, I don't eally understand why Transit Link or the authorities-in-charge did not grant polytechnic students concession fares in bus and train fares which the stdents in the Junior Colleges have been and are still enjoying since their Primary school days.
Entering Phase Three, I took bus 106 all the way to Suntec, and walked all the way to Funan the IT Mall in under 1 hour and 15 minutes. So now, I'm 5 minutes behind schedule, with the time at 4.15pm. I spent 20 minutes at Challenger, of which I bought a Wacom tablet, the company that WM recommended me to buy a tablet from. I also bought a pack of printing paper for Andy before leaving at 4.35pm. Now, here's the silliest thing I did yesterday. I made a terrible mistake at Phase Four by estimating that the journey from Bras Basah to Boon Lay would take only 50 minutes, when it took 1 hour and 20 minutes. To make things worse, I was more than 15 minutes behind schedule when I boarded bus at 4.48pm. I was supposed to reach Andy's place at 5.30pm, so that I could take a bus and train to Dover MRT station at 6.35pm. Instead, I ended up reaching Boon Lay at 6.10pm, 30 minutes behind schedule. The journey to Andy's place via bus service 242, took another 20 minutes. It was a good thing that service 242 had a high frequency, or I would be exteremely late. Phase Four ended at 6.30pm, 1 hour behind schedule. DAMN. It was a good thingAndy was feeling a lot better than the previous day, for if not for him, I might end up being behind schedule for another additional 5 to 10 minutes. Phase Five was completed under the planned 10 minutes.Phase 3: Get from Bukit Batok to Suntec before 4.10pm(completed at 4.15pm). Phase 4: Get from Challenger to Andy's place before 5.30pm(completed at 6.30pm). Phase 5: Deliver Andy his printing paper, collect tickets for Wave 13-the concert that I would be watching with Taufik-before 5.40pm(Completed at 6.35pm).
I was in luck, as Andy had to go to Queenstown MRT station to meet his family, so we could take a taxi to Dover MRT station together, and the cost would be divided between the both of us. So, Phase 6 was completed very quickly, and I recovered quite some time. It has been more than 3 years since I took a taxi, and 17 years since I hired a taxi. This was the first time I took a taxi in the event of an emergency(though it did not seem to be like one). I was surprised when Pei Xuan suddenly called my phone. As far asI can remember, she has never given me a call before, and I could not recognise her voice at all! It turns out that that night, Taufik and I would be accompanied by friends I have not met for some time. Randall told us in the taxi, by sms that Yisin was also performing that night! Wow! Anway, we caught up on quite a lot of things that happened over the past 2 months, it was very delitful to know how well many friends did for their promotional exams in the JCs, and at the same time, it was sad to hear of friends being retained in the JCs during our journey to Dover MRT station. Phase 6: Get from Andy's place to Dover MRT station before 6.35pm(completed at 6.45pm).
Once there, I ran to meet Taufik, who has not really changed much, so it was definitely easy to recognise him! So sorry for making everyone wait so long for me yesterday!!That was the first time I was so late for a gathering. Normally, I was either the first or among the first few to arrive at a place. From here, Phase 7, things went on very normally. Phase 7: Attend Wave 13 till 9pm(completed at 9.00pm).
So, this is where the next 3 phases came in. After I met up with everyone, Suzanne suddenly asked u if we wanted to have dinner after that. My immediate answer: YES! It's been a long time since I had a meal with the group, and also, I had not eaten breakfast, lunch an dinner, nor have I drank anything since I left home at 2pm. The performance was really great! The choreography, lights, sounds, everything was very well planned out. We spotted Yi sin and Randall many times as well. At 9pm, they came up to meet us, and Justin and his sisters came up too. Justin's looks has changed, though his character was still the same. His sisters have grown quite a lot as well. Phase 7: Meet Randall, his sisters and Justin before leaving.
After that, I left with the group for dinner. We took a train to Jurong Point. Taufik alihted at Jurong East MRT station, leaving 2 guys in the group, and they are Hui un and I. by the way, I still don't know some of the names of the people in the group I joined yesterday for dinner, for I was sort of like a no-body during my four years of life back in Secondary School. I guess, only mainly the people from 4E1 would know me, though there are more as well. Whatever it is, I will always remember those days. We chatted a lot, and ate a lot too I guess? half of us went to MOS burger, while the rest of us, Pei Xuan, Suzanne, Hui Jun and I went to MacDonald's. As expected they were stunned at the amount of food I ordered at MacDonald's. I ordered a full up-sized meal, and an additional burger. Frankly, that was around a third of my total capacity. Throughout, We found out a lot about one another, and I got to know them better as well. Just like the old days, Suzanne and Hui Jun never failed to provide an enjoyable entertainment. I' m so Looking forward to going out with them again someday! I seldom sat with their group in Sec 3 and 4. We chatted till 10.45pm before leaving for home. I was dead beat when I reached home 2 minutes before midnight, breaking my record for this year. My previous latest time was 11.45pm, clocked somewhere earlier this year. Phase 8: Get to Jurong Point from Singapore Polytechnic before 9.30pm. Phase 9: Have dinner till 10.45pm. Phase 10:Reach home before 11.59pm.
I was extremely tired yesterday after reaching home, and turned on the computer for an hour before going off. I guess Pei Xuan was still very surprised when she saw me eat that amount of food yesterday, as I seldom ate so much whenever I had lunch back in the old days at Yuan Ching. Photos wil be up tomorrow.
It's been a long time since we sat together as a group to have a nice chat. Really brings back lots and lots of memories. I will never forget the last days of Secondary School life and all the memories. Dinner last night was great! I'm so looking forward to the next time we could all meet up again, though I don't think it's soon either.
Come to think of it, I would rather have a group whose bonds are strong and a group whose members are always in touch with one another and there are always opportunities to meet up for gatherings, compared to a group whose bonds are extremely strong and whose members lose touch with one another over time and there are few opportunities to meet with one another for gatherings.
Thursday, April 03, 2008
Marina Square,again
Today the same few of us,Wei Wen, Joycelyn,Lim,Sean and I went back to Marina Square for a nice and appetising dinner at Long John Silvers. Tonight was perhaps one of those times that I took longer than usual to finish my food ya,since I had just undergone dental surgery a couple of days back.
Well,before that, went over to Bedok to meet a friend for a short moment before heading down to White Sands at Pasir Ris to stock up on some basic stationery for the new life in two weeks time.It was already 4.20pm when I received Joyce's message saying that the time was indeed confirmed as 4.45pm today. I immediately rushed back by train to City Hall Station in 40 minutes,reaching there at 5pm, and met her and Wei Wen near New York New York.. So we headed for MPH where we met up with Lim and adjourned to Long John Silvers at Marina for dinner. Sean came soon after, meant as a surprise for Joyce and Wei Wen.
Once we were done, we went to Famous Amos to get Joyce's cookies for her school visit tomorrow,before parting ways to head home.Met one of Joyce's friends on the way home,and Lim helped form the new bonds with a fellow freshman from Ngee Ann.So,for now, it seems like I cant complete a model given to me by Thadd,Vera,Wei Wen and Valerie as a birthday gift and another model given to me about a year ago by a friend.So, hopefully I can stay up late into the night tomorrow till sunrise.
So,guess it's just going to be at least the same few of us for the next few outings yea?Well, at least I know, that I have made many great friends back in MI, and even though those days are over, we're still together as a small flame of the torch that would never die out under harsh conditions...
[Blog Update]
-Re-linked Chong Siang(CS LEO)
Well,before that, went over to Bedok to meet a friend for a short moment before heading down to White Sands at Pasir Ris to stock up on some basic stationery for the new life in two weeks time.It was already 4.20pm when I received Joyce's message saying that the time was indeed confirmed as 4.45pm today. I immediately rushed back by train to City Hall Station in 40 minutes,reaching there at 5pm, and met her and Wei Wen near New York New York.. So we headed for MPH where we met up with Lim and adjourned to Long John Silvers at Marina for dinner. Sean came soon after, meant as a surprise for Joyce and Wei Wen.
Once we were done, we went to Famous Amos to get Joyce's cookies for her school visit tomorrow,before parting ways to head home.Met one of Joyce's friends on the way home,and Lim helped form the new bonds with a fellow freshman from Ngee Ann.So,for now, it seems like I cant complete a model given to me by Thadd,Vera,Wei Wen and Valerie as a birthday gift and another model given to me about a year ago by a friend.So, hopefully I can stay up late into the night tomorrow till sunrise.
So,guess it's just going to be at least the same few of us for the next few outings yea?Well, at least I know, that I have made many great friends back in MI, and even though those days are over, we're still together as a small flame of the torch that would never die out under harsh conditions...
[Blog Update]
-Re-linked Chong Siang(CS LEO)
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Long Day
A couple more hours and those performing arts members going for the Shanghai trip would be leaving their homes.Anyway,wish them all the best and hope they enjoy their trip,and back to the main topic...
Yesterday,there were mainly FOUR main events that took place. First one? It's the YCSS open house, which is finally opened to the public for the first time. Although the turn out was not that good, the graduates from the previous years, along with some of the secondary 4s, visited the school once again. Well, we sort of formed the bulk of the visitors who came.Once again, I never failed to head over to my two CCAs that helped me clinch an A2 for my CCA record upon arrival and before leaving the school again.
Next, went home with Randall before heading off with him for a movie and some other contacts at Vivo City.The movie was Hero,it's a nice movie, and I think it's a sequel to a previous movie shown on television. Surprisingly, Randall was very slow in understanding the whole story.Strangely enough,even after it had ended, he still did not know roughly what was going on.At around 5.37pm, both of us made a dash for the MRT station.Along the way, we were stopped to do donate some money.We did something nice. The moment we refused him(it was a him by the way),we sprinted for the sation.We told him we were in a rush(really),so, we were really in a hurry,thus,we sprint.
So,we were obviously late for the third major event yesterday.
That was 4E1's barbeque session.Both of us arrived at around 6.10pm.and got down to work almost immediately. For me, I felt a little tired, and decided to take a short walk around the condominium. It looks big, but the places were really easy to find(That's Andy's answer to how I could buy the pack of fire starters so quickly).Played with Randall on the swings when we felt real bored.Mr Liew had only arrived then.Randall still held the upperhand, being the one to reach higher faster.I'm the type who prefers to climb slowly,then descend slowly.Then again,at 9.06pm, I had to make another dash for the MRT station.This was going to be the fourth great event that took place yesterday.I would like to apologise for not being able to stay longer,with the band members I met at the gate before running to the MRT station and the others who came later that night,for not being able to stay for the photograph taking session and for not being able to witness the handling of momentos to Ms Lim.Ran along the canal in the opposite direction toward the MRT stationfor the first time in 4 years(tonight was also my fastest lap timing ;P ).
Another 40 minute journey by train to Paya Labar MRT station before I was picked up by my uncle and my mum tomy cousin's place at Katong. There was another barbeque over there,which started at about the same time as the one for 4E1.So, this one was more lively, with a live telecast of a socccer match of Liverpool against another team.I din't watch for too long, though at that time, Liverpool was leading by a 3-0 win over the other team at that time.We chatted alot, and thanks Clara for finally reuniting me with my ELDDS CCA photograph after my countless forgetfulness made me leave it in the hands of the teacher in-charge for close to 3 months.at around 11.30pm,we had toleave, since Clara would be going on the Shanghai trip as well and had to get some rest before the flight.She'll do just fine over there with the rest of the group, so let's not worry too much about that for now, and,please don't say that I'm thinking of someone else now ok?(that spot is empty again...making me feel light).
Anyway, I really wanted to stay put at the class gathering, for we would meet less freqently nowadays, and would hardly meet as a full class,and for now,time to get back to more training at MapleSEA.Dammit...If only I had time to buy Flight Simulator yesterday, I would be playing that instead right now...
Those memories were really sweet ones, and still, I don't know if I should be happy or sad, or even both,since I'm going to miss the people I had aquinted with for the best 4 years of my life in the 10 years education.Nevermind about the other 6 long years,I still hate those days to the CORE.
Yesterday,there were mainly FOUR main events that took place. First one? It's the YCSS open house, which is finally opened to the public for the first time. Although the turn out was not that good, the graduates from the previous years, along with some of the secondary 4s, visited the school once again. Well, we sort of formed the bulk of the visitors who came.Once again, I never failed to head over to my two CCAs that helped me clinch an A2 for my CCA record upon arrival and before leaving the school again.
Next, went home with Randall before heading off with him for a movie and some other contacts at Vivo City.The movie was Hero,it's a nice movie, and I think it's a sequel to a previous movie shown on television. Surprisingly, Randall was very slow in understanding the whole story.Strangely enough,even after it had ended, he still did not know roughly what was going on.At around 5.37pm, both of us made a dash for the MRT station.Along the way, we were stopped to do donate some money.We did something nice. The moment we refused him(it was a him by the way),we sprinted for the sation.We told him we were in a rush(really),so, we were really in a hurry,thus,we sprint.
So,we were obviously late for the third major event yesterday.
That was 4E1's barbeque session.Both of us arrived at around 6.10pm.and got down to work almost immediately. For me, I felt a little tired, and decided to take a short walk around the condominium. It looks big, but the places were really easy to find(That's Andy's answer to how I could buy the pack of fire starters so quickly).Played with Randall on the swings when we felt real bored.Mr Liew had only arrived then.Randall still held the upperhand, being the one to reach higher faster.I'm the type who prefers to climb slowly,then descend slowly.Then again,at 9.06pm, I had to make another dash for the MRT station.This was going to be the fourth great event that took place yesterday.I would like to apologise for not being able to stay longer,with the band members I met at the gate before running to the MRT station and the others who came later that night,for not being able to stay for the photograph taking session and for not being able to witness the handling of momentos to Ms Lim.Ran along the canal in the opposite direction toward the MRT stationfor the first time in 4 years(tonight was also my fastest lap timing ;P ).
Another 40 minute journey by train to Paya Labar MRT station before I was picked up by my uncle and my mum tomy cousin's place at Katong. There was another barbeque over there,which started at about the same time as the one for 4E1.So, this one was more lively, with a live telecast of a socccer match of Liverpool against another team.I din't watch for too long, though at that time, Liverpool was leading by a 3-0 win over the other team at that time.We chatted alot, and thanks Clara for finally reuniting me with my ELDDS CCA photograph after my countless forgetfulness made me leave it in the hands of the teacher in-charge for close to 3 months.at around 11.30pm,we had toleave, since Clara would be going on the Shanghai trip as well and had to get some rest before the flight.She'll do just fine over there with the rest of the group, so let's not worry too much about that for now, and,please don't say that I'm thinking of someone else now ok?(that spot is empty again...making me feel light).
Anyway, I really wanted to stay put at the class gathering, for we would meet less freqently nowadays, and would hardly meet as a full class,and for now,time to get back to more training at MapleSEA.Dammit...If only I had time to buy Flight Simulator yesterday, I would be playing that instead right now...
Those memories were really sweet ones, and still, I don't know if I should be happy or sad, or even both,since I'm going to miss the people I had aquinted with for the best 4 years of my life in the 10 years education.Nevermind about the other 6 long years,I still hate those days to the CORE.
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Mass blog overhaul-Phase 1
Here's the list of updates:
1. 5 new links, they're quite obvious actually
2. Added a new link segment, MapleSEA Peeps
3.New Blogskin
4.More coming up in the weeks to come, but let's leave itlike this for now...
1. 5 new links, they're quite obvious actually
2. Added a new link segment, MapleSEA Peeps
3.New Blogskin
4.More coming up in the weeks to come, but let's leave itlike this for now...
Another final Farewell
Oh well... secondary four is one of the most emotional times i had gone through. Everyone can be seen to have very strong bonds with one another, yet, we end up leaving one another at the very end.Will be talking more about that next week, shortly after the actual blog overhaul.
Anyway, here's another sad, yet memorable outing by a quarter of the class today.Before that, let's start off at midnight today. Was playing MapleSEA again,but theres a little difference to this one. We're sort of imitating the DJs at 987 till 2am. After that, since there was nothing to do, we decided to train a little till 4am when the patch starts.Was falling asleep till we were finally logged out at 4.05 this morning.
Slept for 4 hours till 9am this morning,before preparing for Vignesh's farewell gathering at 11.30am. Andy,Gabriel and Zhong Rong at Zhong Rong's place... its for another gathering,known as "4E1 1st anniversary 2007" at his condo's barbeque pit 1 on Sadurday,241107,6pm. Those from 4e1 who are going can just sms Andy or Zhong Rong... Snyway,back to story. Damien(meeting someone) was at the MRT station as well, and so was Yong An(going for his job),followed by Vignesh~,Wei Xiang and I.... Soon,the train arrived and off we went,first to Viviocity for lunch and to stock up for the gathering later on.
WE were separated by heavy rain shortly after arriving at Palawan Beach, the Southernmost Point of Continental Asia. Liked the suspension bridge,was enjoying the violent swaying of the bridge,caused by the strong winds,though it did freak some friends out.I was second last to be thrown into the water,and it seemed like my sprinting and ability to turn at high speed was not so rusty afterall.Gave in after I got bitten by a red bug and endured a short moment of intense pain,got pulled in by Vignesh and Gabriel,but before I fell intot he water,I pushed them in first(XD).By the way, we found this large,brown possibly dead jellyfish stranded on the shore,discovered by Jun Jie(not the singer though).
We played games like murderer and volleyball before going on to water bombs while the girls were changing. When we finally did, we thought that we were being given a warning by the beach patrol for littering,but it turns out that he was given others a stern warning instead for something more serious, and also to warn people near the shore not to venture to far out due to the increasingly strong currents and high tides...
We packed up, and we were off to Juring Point with Steven,Gabriel,Fong Yong and Jun Jie for dinner(finally a decent meal). Played Truth or Dare and found out how to sort of attract people of the opposite gender, and we all gained new insights from Steven again(Thanks for all that). Now,here I am, typing this, before going on for another MapleSEA marathon till around 2 or 3... till then,see you soon,and Vignesh,we will miss you for 2 years straight...
Friday, September 07, 2007
Trials
THE school holidays has finally hit the last weekday. Puting many things aside, seems like many events unfold during this one week of intense revision period and other things.
First, Monday was sort of like off to school for a course. Polytechnic life, the student is free to come and go as and when he or she wants to go. I came just to experience polytechnic life as well as to gain new insight into a course that I had never heard of(that's what made this trip interesting).Singapore Polytechnic that was, and I went with Randall and Attiqah on board course H(I think it's more to design). There were practically no examinations for the 4 Diploma courses offered here, though there is one, which is like an audition. Not to forget,heading out to Jurong Entertainment Centre with Chong Siang,Suzane and Wei Fan for dinner, before setting my eyes on two more ptential models(the Eternal and the Minerva from the gundam seed series,an anime)
This week seemed to be an odd-numbered-day orientated one, since the major events occured only on Monday,Wednesday and of course,today.Tuesday,nothing, just some intense Mathematics,Humanities and Science revision,same for Thursday.
Wednesday. This day shall be ranked number two in the things that passed time most quickly.
Went back to school to ask Mr Liew some questions on Mathematics, as well as did Social Studies and Physics revision in school. There were only eight of us there,Andy,Gabriel,Fong Yong,Banu,Carina,Jun Jie,Steven and I that morning, although someone said that most of the class,if not, the whole class was coming.Since I did not have many questions to ask, I practically did more questions which were challenging all the way till 12 plus in the afternoon. By the way,we started at 9.30 that morning. Went for lunch near the school, and found out that Mr Liew sure deserved the Most Energetic Teacher Award during the Teachers' Day Celebrations. We talked about almost anything while waiting for me to finish my noodles(extra spicy,should have resisted the temptation).Come to think of it, you don't have to spend six or even nine hours a day on revision, since all you need is to understand and remember what you had revised for that day. Surprisingly,I completed my revision for the day within five hours.Wow.
Alright,now on to today. I tried this out for today exclusively,but not for the fun of doing it though. First, play some computer games shortly after you awake early(and I mean early) at around 4am perhaps? After that, grab a textbook and some notes(especially for science) and just do the memorising. You will find that you can actually remember most of the facts very quickly. However, don't try it for mathematics, in the sense that you do a full mathematics paper(I practically failed as I did it half awake). It was almost 6am when I did that. After that, get some sleep before you start revision again at 10am. Now that's really extreme.Sadly, Dad found out about it(maybe becasue I forgot to keep the notes after finishing the revision?) and got away with advice(I don'thave to use it at all). And as for the reward, I could head out again on another lone trip to Suntec City for the Cyber Games Convention.I din't go,unfortunately. First it was going to rain, next,my mother told me there would be more chances of going out with friends after the examinations, so why bother to go there alone for now?I prefer to visit exhibitions alone,especially when there's a crowd there(no need to worry about losing sight of friends and family and you tend to squeeze through the crowds more easily). Nevermind, one hour might not be enough for this, so, why not go again with my whole family tomorrow,when things would be more fun with them around.I had planned to go at 3.30pm, but I calculated that I would not have enough time to complete walking around the whole thing in one hour,since you could play some computer games there as well,since I had to be back by 6 for dinner and more revision.
Anyway,this holiday sure has been a fruitful one for me,given the circumstances that I was ale to experience both the bright and dark sides of polytechnic and junior college life before I made my final decision(confirmation and determination of where to go) this week.So,three more days it is to the prelims, wishing all taking examinations all the best as usual!
First, Monday was sort of like off to school for a course. Polytechnic life, the student is free to come and go as and when he or she wants to go. I came just to experience polytechnic life as well as to gain new insight into a course that I had never heard of(that's what made this trip interesting).Singapore Polytechnic that was, and I went with Randall and Attiqah on board course H(I think it's more to design). There were practically no examinations for the 4 Diploma courses offered here, though there is one, which is like an audition. Not to forget,heading out to Jurong Entertainment Centre with Chong Siang,Suzane and Wei Fan for dinner, before setting my eyes on two more ptential models(the Eternal and the Minerva from the gundam seed series,an anime)
This week seemed to be an odd-numbered-day orientated one, since the major events occured only on Monday,Wednesday and of course,today.Tuesday,nothing, just some intense Mathematics,Humanities and Science revision,same for Thursday.
Wednesday. This day shall be ranked number two in the things that passed time most quickly.
Went back to school to ask Mr Liew some questions on Mathematics, as well as did Social Studies and Physics revision in school. There were only eight of us there,Andy,Gabriel,Fong Yong,Banu,Carina,Jun Jie,Steven and I that morning, although someone said that most of the class,if not, the whole class was coming.Since I did not have many questions to ask, I practically did more questions which were challenging all the way till 12 plus in the afternoon. By the way,we started at 9.30 that morning. Went for lunch near the school, and found out that Mr Liew sure deserved the Most Energetic Teacher Award during the Teachers' Day Celebrations. We talked about almost anything while waiting for me to finish my noodles(extra spicy,should have resisted the temptation).Come to think of it, you don't have to spend six or even nine hours a day on revision, since all you need is to understand and remember what you had revised for that day. Surprisingly,I completed my revision for the day within five hours.Wow.
Alright,now on to today. I tried this out for today exclusively,but not for the fun of doing it though. First, play some computer games shortly after you awake early(and I mean early) at around 4am perhaps? After that, grab a textbook and some notes(especially for science) and just do the memorising. You will find that you can actually remember most of the facts very quickly. However, don't try it for mathematics, in the sense that you do a full mathematics paper(I practically failed as I did it half awake). It was almost 6am when I did that. After that, get some sleep before you start revision again at 10am. Now that's really extreme.Sadly, Dad found out about it(maybe becasue I forgot to keep the notes after finishing the revision?) and got away with advice(I don'thave to use it at all). And as for the reward, I could head out again on another lone trip to Suntec City for the Cyber Games Convention.I din't go,unfortunately. First it was going to rain, next,my mother told me there would be more chances of going out with friends after the examinations, so why bother to go there alone for now?I prefer to visit exhibitions alone,especially when there's a crowd there(no need to worry about losing sight of friends and family and you tend to squeeze through the crowds more easily). Nevermind, one hour might not be enough for this, so, why not go again with my whole family tomorrow,when things would be more fun with them around.I had planned to go at 3.30pm, but I calculated that I would not have enough time to complete walking around the whole thing in one hour,since you could play some computer games there as well,since I had to be back by 6 for dinner and more revision.
Anyway,this holiday sure has been a fruitful one for me,given the circumstances that I was ale to experience both the bright and dark sides of polytechnic and junior college life before I made my final decision(confirmation and determination of where to go) this week.So,three more days it is to the prelims, wishing all taking examinations all the best as usual!
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Near Misses
That does and proves it. I'm good at evading~ Best of all,I liked the thrill of it(though doing so too often would put many in danger). During today's Physical Education Class, we were playing Frisbee,and Randall and I used a competition frisbee(the black one). I was getting the hang of it, though mine kept flying real low. Ok, consider it going a little overboard, but I actually played long range with Randall. That freaked many of those nearby out. I was in the middle of the danger zone, with many frisbees going in all directions.Those going at low altitudes were slow, so it was simple to avoid them, but there was one particular one, which I remember was a black shadow whizzing past my eyes, narrowly missing me(whew).However, Damien and Ko Hein did not seem so lucky, when their frisbees crashed onto the roof of the store house at the parade square(if you see it there tomorrow, I got nothing to say, since Mr Lim, our class mates and a few other upper secondary friends have tried in vain to get it down.sep11 sure comes early...f7[some game code where you get that zzz look])
Then,next up was Physics. We were doing this practical which was very similar tot he one we did some time ago.However, luckily,my marble fell off the bench and veered away from the drain and rolled towards the bench in front.
Well, Mathematics was not very good today, with Andy and I dosing off at times.Did he look so obvious(even Pei Xuan said she saw him nodding his head)? Our worksheets have fade lines drawn during the times we slept during the lesson...Funny thing was, while I was dosing off for a couple of minutes, I was dreaming. Strange eh? Maybe it could be possible, since being banned from the game takes only a couple of seconds.
Now,I feel glad that I have finally gotten the go ahead to go into full gear(this is the time I work best at home)...For now, maybe a short visit to the server would not do much harm,ya?
Then,next up was Physics. We were doing this practical which was very similar tot he one we did some time ago.However, luckily,my marble fell off the bench and veered away from the drain and rolled towards the bench in front.
Well, Mathematics was not very good today, with Andy and I dosing off at times.Did he look so obvious(even Pei Xuan said she saw him nodding his head)? Our worksheets have fade lines drawn during the times we slept during the lesson...Funny thing was, while I was dosing off for a couple of minutes, I was dreaming. Strange eh? Maybe it could be possible, since being banned from the game takes only a couple of seconds.
Now,I feel glad that I have finally gotten the go ahead to go into full gear(this is the time I work best at home)...For now, maybe a short visit to the server would not do much harm,ya?
Wednesday, August 08, 2007
National Day celebrations and Speech and Prize Presentation Day
Overslept this morning and reached school slightly later than usual. At 6.50 am, I came in with Gabriel, before we went to meet up with the rest of the class at the canteen and outisde the staff room.
Today was definitely different from other days, since we were there for celebrations in the morning, followed by some Math later in the afternoon. Things were slightly different for me this year. Instead of being at the parade square, Darren and I were in the hall throughour most of the parade this year. So, we sort of like missed watching the parade inspection and the march past, but, we did catch one thing;The choreography of the Guard of Honor and their new drill, whereby the middle row is to join up either with the row in front or the row behind, forming only 2 rows. While the rarade went on under the sun, the 100-strong prize winners were enjoying the air conditioners inside the hall,though we still had to run through our steps once again.
We watched the National Day video today(my first time viewing one in the school), and the scenes were great.
Now the moment has arrived, but things did not go as most of us had expected.Mr Chia went up on stage with the Guest of Honor(dint really remember his name)?Some of us were wondering"what is this? Wasn't it to be that only the Guest of Honor went on stage, and with the help of an ursher(a councillor)?" Nevermind. What's past, is already past, it can't be undone anyway.
The Carnival. YES! TOday is the first anniversary of me putting on my braces~ However, want to know how I celebrated it? I could only eat things that required minimal biting, since I had changed the wire again(the fourth so far). Cazua,Darren,Wee Keong, some 1E3 peeps and I shouted our throats hoarse today,but it was a good attempt to draw the crowds(including some VIPs to the stall). The service that the kids'(as Andy would say) provided was efficient and great.Nice effort put in!
After that, went back to staff room as most of the class was there. There was some sort of a small question and answer session about Junior Collgeges there, listened a little, and found out that I did not quite know many things(more than those Caleb had told me a couple of weeks ago). Nonetheless, rushed to Randall's place for Guild Quest later, and the initial processes seemed fast, as we completed the first stage in 5 minutes! Another record broken. I messed the boos stage up by forgeting to use my skills to avoid being killed, and caused the bags to disappear.
Now, almost time for our lesson.Randall packed his bag, I took two slices of bread(thanks~ though, but I can't really bite well) and we took a taxi down to school. We practically brought it to Ms Lee, who happened to flag down our taxi as it stopped near the bus stop. Nice.
The lesson was refreshing, though most of us were starting to dose off. So, Mr Liew went into Plan B. We did a graph question, and that really worked(at least it kept me fully awake for an hour), before I started to feel lethargic again. 4.59pm. Wow, he sure kept his promise, to release us before 5pm today. I like it, feeling that I had recovered some lost skills in Mathematics.
Next up, a miracle(not really).I accomplished part of my resolution of the year today, by talking to more than one teacher(as I had not done so for the past 6or 7 years) in one day. Somehow I felt really close after that, and new insights amd truths.
Home Sweet Home at 5.50pm, I read the papers for awhile before starting to feel unwell. Maybe like Cazua said, we are going to watch the NDP tomorrow at the hospital(sounds like fun)... On second thought, maybe not. 7.30pm, I dosed off after staring at the computer for 20 minutes. I had finally depleted all that energy for the day.Now, I did not even have the mood to study, since I was still feeling really tired before I finally forced myself to even type this in.
Alright then, time to go. I'm dead sleepy now. Hope I get well soon tomorrow morning...
so, it all boils down to today, that I feel the committment that I had put in for the last 3 years fading away. Seems like it is time to get down to serious work, and less socialising for now at least, I hope. Right now,I'm still wondring, did I even make the right move two years back, to make the choice of coming this far, and doing little about it?I'm still lacking that determination and courage...
Today was definitely different from other days, since we were there for celebrations in the morning, followed by some Math later in the afternoon. Things were slightly different for me this year. Instead of being at the parade square, Darren and I were in the hall throughour most of the parade this year. So, we sort of like missed watching the parade inspection and the march past, but, we did catch one thing;The choreography of the Guard of Honor and their new drill, whereby the middle row is to join up either with the row in front or the row behind, forming only 2 rows. While the rarade went on under the sun, the 100-strong prize winners were enjoying the air conditioners inside the hall,though we still had to run through our steps once again.
We watched the National Day video today(my first time viewing one in the school), and the scenes were great.
Now the moment has arrived, but things did not go as most of us had expected.Mr Chia went up on stage with the Guest of Honor(dint really remember his name)?Some of us were wondering"what is this? Wasn't it to be that only the Guest of Honor went on stage, and with the help of an ursher(a councillor)?" Nevermind. What's past, is already past, it can't be undone anyway.
The Carnival. YES! TOday is the first anniversary of me putting on my braces~ However, want to know how I celebrated it? I could only eat things that required minimal biting, since I had changed the wire again(the fourth so far). Cazua,Darren,Wee Keong, some 1E3 peeps and I shouted our throats hoarse today,but it was a good attempt to draw the crowds(including some VIPs to the stall). The service that the kids'(as Andy would say) provided was efficient and great.Nice effort put in!
After that, went back to staff room as most of the class was there. There was some sort of a small question and answer session about Junior Collgeges there, listened a little, and found out that I did not quite know many things(more than those Caleb had told me a couple of weeks ago). Nonetheless, rushed to Randall's place for Guild Quest later, and the initial processes seemed fast, as we completed the first stage in 5 minutes! Another record broken. I messed the boos stage up by forgeting to use my skills to avoid being killed, and caused the bags to disappear.
Now, almost time for our lesson.Randall packed his bag, I took two slices of bread(thanks~ though, but I can't really bite well) and we took a taxi down to school. We practically brought it to Ms Lee, who happened to flag down our taxi as it stopped near the bus stop. Nice.
The lesson was refreshing, though most of us were starting to dose off. So, Mr Liew went into Plan B. We did a graph question, and that really worked(at least it kept me fully awake for an hour), before I started to feel lethargic again. 4.59pm. Wow, he sure kept his promise, to release us before 5pm today. I like it, feeling that I had recovered some lost skills in Mathematics.
Next up, a miracle(not really).I accomplished part of my resolution of the year today, by talking to more than one teacher(as I had not done so for the past 6or 7 years) in one day. Somehow I felt really close after that, and new insights amd truths.
Home Sweet Home at 5.50pm, I read the papers for awhile before starting to feel unwell. Maybe like Cazua said, we are going to watch the NDP tomorrow at the hospital(sounds like fun)... On second thought, maybe not. 7.30pm, I dosed off after staring at the computer for 20 minutes. I had finally depleted all that energy for the day.Now, I did not even have the mood to study, since I was still feeling really tired before I finally forced myself to even type this in.
Alright then, time to go. I'm dead sleepy now. Hope I get well soon tomorrow morning...
so, it all boils down to today, that I feel the committment that I had put in for the last 3 years fading away. Seems like it is time to get down to serious work, and less socialising for now at least, I hope. Right now,I'm still wondring, did I even make the right move two years back, to make the choice of coming this far, and doing little about it?I'm still lacking that determination and courage...
Monday, April 16, 2007
SPCA Flag Day
This might seem a little outdated, but i have just only found time to write about it tonight. Anyway, I woke up at 4am in the morning to catch up with my maplesea account...Strange eh? I would not have anymore time for that once it hits daybreak. For your information, I am a ludibrium-based level 44 cleric in the world of Delphinus of MapleSEA. My IGN is RY91D. Soon, I will be creating a new character. Anyway, back to topic. Ended at 6.30 to prepare for the Flag Day. I reached Jurong Point at 8am, as it was the reporting time. The people from SPCA came late, at around 8.25am. Andy,Randall and I formed a team, collected our can and flags(not stickers) and headed out to on our quest to "beg" for donations.
First stage, Jurong East MRT Station. As we travelled by MRT, we were among the first to arrive. Weselected the first spot, the traffic crossing. It was extremely fast, though, within less than an hour out of the 2hours and 30 minutes allocated to us, Randall had already completed our first page of flags! However, as time passed, so did more groups pass by. Time to change our collecting location.
Next stop, Jurong West Market. We headed back to Lakeside MRT STation, rehydrated ourselves before heading there by bus 187. Sadly, we hardly sold more than 10 flags there. 3 groups of 2 had already taken that spot. So we moved on to the third stage at our final location, Ghim Moh Shopping Centre. We rehydrated ourselves again before taking bus 99.On the way there, guess what? Yong Chuan(pardon my spelling),together with a few others was playing basketball at a nearby basketball court!Wow!There they were,slacking away while having a job to do. Think about this, someone having 2hours and 30 minutes added into his CIP hour bank for playing basketball??? Anyways,back to the scene.Andy did a little while outside the shopping centre. By then, our can was already three quarters full. I took over after that, and completed our 100th flag before going off for a lunch break at 11am. We went back at 11.35pm to fill the last quarter. I managed to get out of my shell this time, ask anyone who came our way to collect a coin or two.There were kind ones, morale boosters and also, those who would not like to make a donation or they had already made one. That, was in fact the hard reality of society.
12.10pm, I sold the 150th flag that filled our can to the brim(RECORD BROKEN!!!) 5minutes before time. We took a bus straight back to the end point, Jurong Point Shopping Centre. We were praised by the collectors at the collection point, for achieving a grest collection that filled the can. That day was the second time this year that I participated in a flag day. The last time was two weeks ago when St John Ambulance Brigade had one, but I did not have to "beg", as I had Mathematics remedial that day. Now, what comes after each party quest in MapleSEA is completed? The BONUS Stage, of course! We got a certificate of participation and a bottle of water for the hard work.
I headed back to Jurong East after that to buy some paint and brushes for my model set, which is already nearing its completion, due at the end of term 2. Headed home for lunch and to get ready for tuition at 2.30pm(that's why I could not make it to the school's Chinese Dance troupe's full-dress reharsal at 3.30pm)...Tuition ended at 4.30pm, and I prepared for the next one at 6.15pm, at Bukit Panjang... Finally, at dusk, I reached home at 7.30pm,had my dinner, completed somerevision before participating in Azure Sanctum(my MapleSEA guild)'s next attempt at the new Sharinean Guild Contest and guild quest...
For now, maybe its back to a little more training before i reach level 50 and help the guild once again...
First stage, Jurong East MRT Station. As we travelled by MRT, we were among the first to arrive. Weselected the first spot, the traffic crossing. It was extremely fast, though, within less than an hour out of the 2hours and 30 minutes allocated to us, Randall had already completed our first page of flags! However, as time passed, so did more groups pass by. Time to change our collecting location.
Next stop, Jurong West Market. We headed back to Lakeside MRT STation, rehydrated ourselves before heading there by bus 187. Sadly, we hardly sold more than 10 flags there. 3 groups of 2 had already taken that spot. So we moved on to the third stage at our final location, Ghim Moh Shopping Centre. We rehydrated ourselves again before taking bus 99.On the way there, guess what? Yong Chuan(pardon my spelling),together with a few others was playing basketball at a nearby basketball court!Wow!There they were,slacking away while having a job to do. Think about this, someone having 2hours and 30 minutes added into his CIP hour bank for playing basketball??? Anyways,back to the scene.Andy did a little while outside the shopping centre. By then, our can was already three quarters full. I took over after that, and completed our 100th flag before going off for a lunch break at 11am. We went back at 11.35pm to fill the last quarter. I managed to get out of my shell this time, ask anyone who came our way to collect a coin or two.There were kind ones, morale boosters and also, those who would not like to make a donation or they had already made one. That, was in fact the hard reality of society.
12.10pm, I sold the 150th flag that filled our can to the brim(RECORD BROKEN!!!) 5minutes before time. We took a bus straight back to the end point, Jurong Point Shopping Centre. We were praised by the collectors at the collection point, for achieving a grest collection that filled the can. That day was the second time this year that I participated in a flag day. The last time was two weeks ago when St John Ambulance Brigade had one, but I did not have to "beg", as I had Mathematics remedial that day. Now, what comes after each party quest in MapleSEA is completed? The BONUS Stage, of course! We got a certificate of participation and a bottle of water for the hard work.
I headed back to Jurong East after that to buy some paint and brushes for my model set, which is already nearing its completion, due at the end of term 2. Headed home for lunch and to get ready for tuition at 2.30pm(that's why I could not make it to the school's Chinese Dance troupe's full-dress reharsal at 3.30pm)...Tuition ended at 4.30pm, and I prepared for the next one at 6.15pm, at Bukit Panjang... Finally, at dusk, I reached home at 7.30pm,had my dinner, completed somerevision before participating in Azure Sanctum(my MapleSEA guild)'s next attempt at the new Sharinean Guild Contest and guild quest...
For now, maybe its back to a little more training before i reach level 50 and help the guild once again...