Zhong Qiu Jie <<中秋节>> is known in English as Mooncake Festival, or more commonly Mid Autumn Festival, is on the 15 August of the Lunar Calender. And boy, its been 10 years since i last celebrated it. I decided to go along since my friends mentioned they all had fun the previous years.
We went to Punggol Park, loaded with lanturns (including one Ultraman one), more than 10 packets of candles and loads of matches. Quite a few people went, though more would have been fun. I called, but most people arent free.
The girls were mainly chit chatting, and the guys were mainly creating rockets using the materials we have. Amidst the explosions and whistling of sparkles around us, we kept failing to create our own rockets. Meanwhile, i was creating words with candles. It was pretty fun, and the current wallpaper i'm using on my blog now is made by me. Cool huh? Too bad the night mode of my camera isnt of good quality. Most photos came out dark. But still, these arent too bad.
This is supposed to be WuShu's WU in chinese. But the cluttered flames made it hard to see.
I created another heart at first. But it was kinda a failure. The 2 contrast tones are due to one taken by my phone and another by a camera. I got quite bored at one point and didnt know what to make. It didnt really occur in my mind, but other words are quite complicated. Haha i'm still quite innocent.
Today is the 4th day of the prelims (but there's no paper today). For the first to third day, my combination had all 5 subjects. Monday was GP and Physics P3, Tuesday was Maths P1 and Econs P2, Wednesday was Chemistry P3. Its so tiring.
It was all ok, until Chemistry.
But you know, if i'm ever going to be a teacher, i'll make sure i propose that no tutors are allowed to make noise during the examination. Its annoying and distracting, seriously. If i don't get at least a B for my chemistry, i think someone may die, and its not gonna be me. Sheesh, seriously, i thought tutors should be educators with some EQ. But apparently that's a generalisation.
Yesterday was Teacher's Day. Thus 31st August was the school celebration for it. 31st August is also the Graduated Friends Reunion Day. Last year it was more of Teacher's Day for me. But frankly this year, i looked forward to seeing my friends more.
I didn't go to college, not really interested. It was optional anyways. At 9.45, i reached Xinmin. As i approached the gate, i saw a Raffles girl cat walking towards my direction. It was so distinctively Liyue. I laughed all the way until i reached the gate. Naturally she hit me when i mentioned about that to her. Coincidentally, i met Ed and her so we went to see the teachers together. The guards say "canteen only". My friends were like whispering to me "really ah?" and i said "of course we chiong up lah". So we went to the staff room and noticed that the door was ajar. We took this opportunity and sneaked inside. The science HOD asked us who let us in, but when we didnt answer that question, she just let it pass. But apparently we arent the only ones who attacked the staff room. We saw Mr Singh, Mr Ho, Mrs Teo, Ms Yeo, Mr Pah, Mdm Chua, Ms Pan, Mdm Tian, Ms Kuck, Mr Chan, Ms Abey, Mdm Hanifah and Ms Tee but unfortunately, we didnt talk much to them. It's really a pity. I remember last year i interrupted Mdm Tian's lesson and she gladly spoke to me until the bell rang for break.
The performance was, well, not too enticing as usual. Half way through i couldnt take it anymore and left the hall. But seeing the SL trainee kids do hard labour work with no grumbling warmed my heart a little. Afterall i was once a Junior Prefect too. Anyhow, i met Ching Yee, Han Kee, Jia Jian, Danny, Xiang Yeow, Eric, Joanne, Atikah, Noraini, Hong You, Jasper, Cassandra, Sandra, Stephanie, Hui Shan, Jason, Benjamin, Desmond, Elgin, Sabrina, Aishah, Wan Shi Ting, Yinning, some of my TJ juniors whom i dont miss at all (i see them often in college), and maybe more but i cant remember. I had a good chat with Ching Yee, Eric, Jason and Atikah, but seriously it wasnt enough. I also miss Zuli and Leon a lot. Hope i get to see you guys again soon. I also didnt get to see my other juniors like Khee Ern, Shalina, Zu Yao, Shi Ting, ya and many more. Oh well...
Then yesterday, 1st of September, halfway through studying, i smsed Mrs Melissa Tan, arguably my favourite teacher, who helped me get an A1 for O lvls from a F9 (E8 after moderation) for prelims. She thank me for remembering her, then i said "how can i forget you? i heard that you made me a legend from last year's class 402". Then she said this "Yes your performance was a big motivation for all of us. Nothing seems impossible as its still about diligence and perseverance." Haha... I guess diligence and perseverance was half of the key to my success. The other half was Mrs Tan. Last year when i went back to see her, she was with Mrs Song too. Then when 3 of us were walking back to the Staff Room, Mrs Song ask me "so can you tell me your secret?" I pointed to Mrs Tan and said "ask her". Mrs Tan said "how i know." but then its really the truth.
I sms other teachers and my JC tutors too, mainly those who i have their numbers and i am quite close to. Its heartening to see their replies (though some didnt reply).
Ah i just remembered that i didnt take any photos with my friends. Its a pity. But at least i made a promise with Atikah to have a gathering with some friends after prelims. And the final good luck handshake with Jason was warm too. Thus, happy teacher's day to all my beloved teachers and tutors. Really appreciate your efforts. If not for all your pushing and trusting, I wouldnt have gone so far. And to all my friends taking the prelims, lets Jia You together and chiong this last lap at maximum velocity. After the As, we can have a good rest and gathering.
Well lately i'm into this manga called The Strongest Disciple. Its really old and i'm surprised that an anime was made for it.
The Strongest Disciple is about this High School year 1 student who always got bullied. Tired of escaping reality, he joined a training school (sort of) which looked old and crappy. However, the reality is that 6 dangerously strong masters of martial arts live there and finally accepted him as a student. One of the masters' granddaughter also live there. And she sure has big assets. Lol. This guy eventually meets his destiny to fight all the disciples in the world, all desiring the place of The Strongest Disciple.
This manga is full of action and comedy. Maybe i like it cause i prefer action pack manga like Naruto and Bleach. You can read The Strongest Disciple here. http://dm.99770.com/Comic/1080/1080.htm
Hong You just informed me that Desmond tagged me. I went "what the hell?" and went to check out his blog. Halfway through looking at his blog, i realised that he might have tagged my tagboard and sure enough, he did.
Too bad des, just when i was about to write out the post, i find this tagging thing strangely familar. Sure enough, i did something like that already. It was in my post "10 random facts about me". Just scroll down. Looks like i shouldnt need to do it again. But for the sake that des actually remembered me while blogging (i'm surprised), i will rewrite out that post and maybe do a little change to it. (nonetheless, he remembered me when he was finding people to sabo, thanks ah)
The tag goes something like this:
Rules of the game: each player of this game starts off with ten weird things or habits or little known facts about yourself. people who get tagged must write in a blog of their own ten weird things or habits or little known facts as well as state this rule clearly. at the end you must choose six people to be tagged and list their names. no tagbacks! :D
However i have no intention to tag 6 other people cause i simply have no one to tag. People who used to blog all dont blog anymore.
1) My msn list is not grouped by how people associates with me but by how close they are with me ie. close friend, normal friend, enemies etc 2) I have a private blog. 3) I have a collection of other people's display pictures for MSN Messenger. I stole it using a software without them knowing. Now did that scare you? Haha. 4) The Doraemon clay model which my primary school best friend gave to me in Pri2 is still on my desk, right in front of me. 5) I had chicken pox when i was 1 month old. 6) I can't do cartwheel even though i have been learning wushu for about a year. 7) My favourite hobby is sleeping. 8) I go suntanning a lot but i hate to suntan. I like the colour, but its such a waste of time. 9) I like to cam whore, but i don't cam whore. 10) It took me 30 mins to think of this 10 stupid facts.
Alright. I changed 2 of the facts from my previous posts. So nobody should accuse me of not putting in effort.
When you are at the other side of the world My walk down the lonely road seems to never end
There's a lot of things we don't get to do in time in this lifetime when we realise we lost the most important things its already too late why do we have to do something wrong before we realise its our own fault they say this is life... trying to understand trying to hold back our tears but we will still feel those feelings that we should
i won't ask for the time to stop i know that escaping won't solve anything just that during this time especially in the night i still recall those memories i think my pining is a illness and it takes too long to heal
When you are at the other side of the world My walk down the lonely road seems to never end I always feel your breathe right behind me But i never felt your breathe in my heart
keep forgetting that the people around me needs love and care excuses always widen gaps unknowingly nothing is left we always grumble that things aren't going our way but we refuse to look back at ourselves and think what kind of stupid things we've done
maybe god is giving me a test maybe this wound just need more time to heal just that when i think of all this all the people and things are leaving me and we're all going to separate and become memories
oh pining is a kind of illness oh pining is a kind of illness
how long has it been since i said i love you how long has it been since you hug someone you love when this world isn't so good anymore only love can make it better i believe everything can be done in time don't care about all the distractions don't let the unhappiness stop you i'm just afraid that you won't say or you won't do don't let regrets stop you cause everything's still possible
Skill, wisdom, adaptation. Craft, cunning, depending on dignity.
Eleoquent and charismatic both verbally and in writing, you are clever, witty, inventive and persuasive.
The Magician is the male power of creation, creation by willpower and desire. In that ancient sense, it is the ability to make things so just by speaking them aloud. Reflecting this is the fact that the Magician is represented by Mercury. He represents the gift of tongues, a smooth talker, a salesman. Also clever with the slight of hand and a medicine man - either a real doctor or someone trying to sell you snake oil.
Today Mr Tan showed us a local movie. The title of the movie is The Letter and you can watch it here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Du4JkpR6iNg but be warned its gay-themed. Its not really nice, not a multibillion production in that aspect and not played by fantastic actors. But its a true story they say, how true i wonder.
BUT all this is besides the point. The 2 songs that was played in the movie were my concerns. Its really very nice. Written by Kevin Fok, a Singaporean and sang by Punkd1 (not sure?), the 2 pieces are called It's You and Beautiful. It really took me a long time to find these songs but you can download them here for free http://www.purevolume.com/punkd1 .
Beautiful
I dont know If Im the one for you in this life I cant help Hearing my voice calling your name Cuz when I Trying so hard not to look in your eyes Maybe I Have fallen in love with you
Well tonight Maybe this time I can hear your breathe Its alive To see you smile with those tears in your eyes They may say That you're just a girl in this spinning world In my heart You're like the world to me
Touch my hand; feel my heart Hold me close and You'll find me You'll find me
I cant so describe How I feeling deep inside So much more than I can say With your touch it feels so right
Oh my, you're so near All the time in this place For I know in my heart I'll never let you go In this lifetime Do you know why oh baby Cus youre just so beautiful to me
It's You
Wake up every morning And find you by my side There's no one in this world Like you Jesus Who can touch a heart like mine
Suddenly it's over All the cries that's In my heart It all seems B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L All consuming by your grace
I may not sing as well as Clay or Ruben I may not be the cutest guy I may not look like Leonardo Dicaprio But I do know one thing ..
It's you who make me stronger I need you more than ever You're the reason why I'm singing for you It's you who create the wonders In all my days of struggles It's your love that surrounds my whole world
Sometimes I cry when I'm lonely When it all just seems so real But there's one thing that I can't deny Is your love that's in my life
1) My msn list is not grouped by how people associates with me but by how close they are with me ie. close friend, normal friend, enemies etc 2) I have a private blog. 3) I am quite a geek. 4) The Doraemon clay model which my primary school best friend gave to me in Pri2 is still on my desk, right in front of me. 5) I had chicken pox when i was 1 month old. 6) I can't do cartwheel even though i have been learning wushu for about a year. 7) My favourite hobby is sleeping. 8) I'm a vain guy. 9) I like to cam whore, but i don't cam whore. 10) It took me 30 mins to think of this 10 stupid facts.
day Tuesday (earliest school day) month March (a week of holiday plus one self declared holiday...) country Singapore, so that i can be hot! Or Switzerland so that i can be cool! food geez, i don't know. fish and chips sounds cool. animal snake, so that i can sleep for days after a full meal scent Rose smells nice and gentle. Or maybe my new Adidas Victory League deoderant is not bad either. beverage maybe some alcohol? phrase you bastard word fuck (do you know that this word has many meanings? http://www.wellbored.com/funny_animations/pages/history_f_word.htm) number 2 instrument electric guitar... or maybe drums cartoon chacracter Doraemon! (fav childhood character) car Merc since i don't know much about cars taste Spicy and hot! colour black season Spring song too many, maybe Love Story subject Chemistry flower rose material titanium (the name gives me a hard cold cool feeling)
This year's Sports Carnival for Wushu was more fruitful than last year, mainly being last year i did not participate but this year i did. Not much, but at least i watched all the matches.
First up was the dodgeball. Even though i got Chen Shao in team 2 and i joined team 1 myself (the teams are made up of year 1s entirely), both teams still lost. Better yet, the 2 of us got out in an instant. We lost to swimming team and table tennis. It was quite bad but then we used the rest of the time to play the sparring balloon thing which was really fun.
Then 2nd match was floorball in which team 1 lost to table tennis again. Kinda flustered, really. But team 2 won some PDP first, can't remember which, then netball, then basketball, then hockey, and finally won table tennis in the finals! It was a great job well done. But because of this we missed the chance to play foosball. They should have waited for us, its not like we have no valid reason anyway.
Then we played tug of war. Team 1 lost to swimming, naturally. They're all twice our size. Then team 2 won basketball after having a walk over with squash. Then we played with swimming again and won and then lost to soccer and netball. So we got 3rd. It was not bad too. If Song Yan had been there, then soccer and netball should be no problem too. But netball was really strong, even my soccer friend who is a guy couldn't win.
I didn't join the class events caused i had stomach ache. It's a pity, then again i think most of the classmates are all ill or something and aren't in school. There's gonna be plenty of walkovers.
Hmm, this was done a long time ago. But it still awes me to no end. I never knew I was mature, trustworthy and confident. I thought everyone thinks of me as one big gossip mouth and spills everything out easily. People who think i'm mature as generally my junior which explains why. Confident? It's mostly my juniors again. People say i'm observant, well can't deny that much. Reflective, able, dependable, friendly (eyes buldge out), independent, organised (like what the?), sensible.
2 days ago, we had quite a cool Contact Time talk on marriage. The speaker was pretty interesting. However what really caught my eye was this 2 slides which he say are irrelevent to the topic. He claims that either he had forgotten to take them out or accidentally put them in, i forgot which. Anyhow, this 2 slides got my eyes cause i saw this few lyrics which were all too familiar.
The title of this song is "Thank You For The Music". Why do i remember it? Thats because its my primary school graduation song. Pretty cool huh. I just checked online and found that the lyrics my primary school gave was only part of it and some of the lines were changed. Anyways here goes.
Thank You For The Music
Chorus Thank you for the music, the songs i'm singing. Thanks for all the joy they're bringing. Who can live without it I ask in all honesty What would life be? Without a song or a dance what would life be So I say thank you for the music For giving it to me
Bridge I've been so lucky I have the chance to sing for you I wanna shout it out to everyone What a joy, what a chance, what a life!
Chorus x 1
Yup. So thanks, for the music, for giving it to me. If you think you've given me music, feel free to ask me to sing this song for you to hear.
The things i want to talk about in this post is the performance costumes. Yup i became a spying cam/peeping tom/perverted old man on days which i did not compete. Worse still most of the photos i took are guys. *Gasp!* Thats mainly because i didn't notice many girls with fanciful costumes. Oh people please forgive me, blame it on your costumes.
This is more of a white costume than a silver one. Some people looks really good in it, but some looks really disgusting. But dang, this colour is definitely one of my top 5 favourites.
This is more of a hydrid between magneta and pink. It also has silver linings on its sleeves and collar. Looks pretty cool actually.
This is a shade of orange costume. Not bad i say.
Yet another white costume. The previous guy looks better i think.
This guy is a very pro pro. He has nice costumes too. Bright yellow is one of my favourite colours. His is a hybrid between gold and yellow with black linings. One of my top 5 too.
Look at the array of costumes just before an event.
This girl is like the most pro female in the arena i saw in this season. She's looks really good with super long legs and she's also very graceful. Not that i'm interested in girls taller than me...
Just a sidetrack. Guess whose white long and slender legs is this?
The answer is Wai Yeow! He's the whitest guy in TJ Wushu. But man, those legs look like they can kill in one hit...
This is the previous guy who had a magneta-pink costume. A close up look.
I prefer this orange than the previous one. One of my top 5 favourite colours. In fact its my 2nd favourite.
This is the pro i mentioned just now. His costume looks like the kid before. But this is more pinkish i guess. Also has silver linings.
This costume is totally pink! But its not really hot pink. Seriously, this is at the top of my favourite list, though i don't think it will look good on me. I prefer costumes which don't have linings though some do look nice.
I rarely see southern fist costume which is light blue. Southern fist costumes are all sleeveless by the way. Not bad.
Another southern fist costume. A fine blue colour.
This is the group event costume this year. Pale yellow doesn't look bad but i don't look good in it. I usually wear a bright yellow colour.
Top 5 list
1) All Pink
2) All Orange
3) All Gold
4) All White
5) Gold with black linings
Thats all for my review and this draws the curtains to the Inter School Wushu Competition 2007. =)
Good Work everyone! Temasek JC ranks National 4th in A Division Boys. This was the first time i participated in the competition and it sure felt different from last year when i was merely a spectator.
Allow me to describe the events on each day.
Monday 9/4/07
Events: International Routine Nan Quan (Southern Fist) (A Boys) Participants: Song Yan
The event was supposed to start at 6 but it was delayed till almost 7.30. A lot of us were tempted to go home but we stayed to cheer Song Yan on. Even pros can be nervous you know, though he was sleeping half the time while waiting for his event (from 11.30 to 7.30). His event had 6 people. At least one of them was from National Team (they train an insane number of times of 6 days a week i heard). There was at least 2 strong people excluding Song Yan but one of them was quite injuried. Song Yan did us proud by clinching Silver.
Total no. of points for A Boys: 5
Tuesday 10/4/07
Events: 4th Routine Broad Sword (A Boys), 4th Routine Straight Sword (A Girls) Participants: Alwin, Li Min, Sze Ying
Alwin's event was at 3pm. There was about 2 or 3 strong opponents excluding himself. There sure was stress especially being the last person. The National Team member got a shockingly high score. The 2nd last person also did very well. Alwin did us proud by winning the 2nd last person by 0.02 points and clinched Silver. It was worth my time serving him water and grooming his appearance while waiting for his turn.
I didn't stay for Li Min and Sze Ying's events but i heard they did quite well too though not in the top 4. Well done people!
Total no. of points for A Boys: 10 Wednesday 11/4/07
Events: 4th Routine Cudgel (A Boys), 4th Routine Spear (A Boys) Participants: myself, Song Yan, Alwin, Guan Wen
My event was at 3 with Song Yan. I was terrified, seriously. Even though i did sleep for a while. Song Yan went up first, scoring a rather high score. After seeing some of them did their routines, i felt more confident. How naive was i. I didn't screw up at all but i lost badly. I got 2nd last with another person. Though there was a few that was only 0.01 or 0.02 above my score. Coach says its because my basis of foundation is not there and there was a feeling of stiffness and fright in my actions. Oh well, the experience counts. But Song Yan did us proud by cliching Bronze even though he only practised for like, 1 week? Pros will be pros. Too bad i don't have his video since i was competing.
The next event was 4th Routine Spear. Guan Wen was too nervous, Coach says. But he didn't do too badly nonetheless. Alwin was pretty good. But this is where the competition turned ugly. For some unknown reason his 0.05 was deducted from his score. This had never happened before. Actually we do know what is happening. Another school's coach is trying to be funny apparently. Our teacher-in-charge was not very useful either for refusing to appeal. I wonder whats his reason? Was it sheer annoyance of trouble or fear of trouble? However there was 4 unbelievable strong opponents in this event and they all took the top 4 positions. So we decided to let it pass.
Total no. of points for A Boys: 13 Thursday 12/4/07
Events: First International Chang Quan (Long Fist) (A Boys), First International Straight Sword (A Girls), Second International Cudgel (A Boys) Participants: Wai Yeow, Jia Yi, Chen Shao
First international Chang Quan and First international Straight Sword were both the 2nd events of the day. While testing grounds, Wai Yeow was still very relaxed and his moves were not at its best. Thank mother nature for adrenaline. Despite not pracitising very hard for this season, Wai Yeow did us proud by clinching a bronze. Actually i don't understand how he can still be so good even though he's so slack. 8 years of foundation sure wasn't for nothing.
Jia Yi's event had 6 people and she also did well by clinching a Bronze. She's also the only newbie getting a medal despite starting wushu only last year.
I didn't stay for the last event but i heard that the incident occurred again. This time he was deducted 0.2 points out of 10 (FYI, 0.2 is A LOT in wushu). Because of this his ranking fell from Silver to 4th placing. Geez.
Total no. of points for A Boys: 17 Friday 13/4/07
Events: Second International Routine Cudgel (A Boys), 4th Routine Straight Sword (A Boys), 4th Routine Cudgel (A Girls), 4th Routine Spear (A Girls) Participants: Chen Shao, Wai Yeow, Guan Wen, Sze Ying, Li Min
I only stayed for Chen Shao's event. Actually didn't intend to stay for any but Coach caught me sleeping and wanted me to go help Chen Shao. Oh well. This time the corrupted judge wasn't at Chen Shao's court and he did us proud by cliching a Silver. I didn't take the video well cause the gold awardee keeps blocking me and i was squeezed at one corner already.
I heard that none of the other events got into top 4th but everyone did their best. So well done!
Total no. of points for A Boys: 21
At this point in time, we are ranked national 4th with Hwa Chong and National JC tailing closely behind us. Victoria was first, Meridian second and Anderson got third. National JC was no longer a threat as they do not have anymore events. The only event left was Group Event which any school can participate once, twice or none. Hwa Chong has one more event which it will win us as long as it can secure the third position. I think they had 17 points. So our main focus is to not let them get third. How does poisoning or tripping them over sound? Lol. The first and second places were already secured by Victoria and Meridian because they are too strong. Heard that Anderson's Group Event is also very strong so by right the first 3 places were already taken away.
Tuesday 17/4/07
Events: Group Event Participants: Wai Yeow, Chen Shao, Song Yan, Alwin, Guan Wen, myself
Actually we were quite relaxed. We didn't try out our moves and at the very last minute we were still adding moves and clarifying things. With all due respect to other's school's hard work and perspiration, we did not deserve to win. While we were doing our routine, my mind was blank, really really blank. I can't remember doing anything at all. In fact, there were 3 moves in the routine that i rarely practised and they were all very difficult moves. I still don't understand how i did them out. Oh well. But we did great and cliched the 4th position. For some reasons, Anderson lost to us by 0.01. Hwa Chong was supposed to win us but they did a stupid error which cost them 0.2. Yishun JC was the unexpected one. We did not expect them to win us, attaining third place. Actually one of them dropped his weapon, which cost 0.5 points. However only one judge saw so it was pretty useless. As usual my dear teacher-in-charge for unknown reasons refused to appeal to the central judges. If not we would have gotten third.
Total no. of points for A Boys: 24 Rank: National 4th
Actually throughout the whole competition we were very angry with the school which protrayed itself as corrupted. It wasn't just the belief of Temasek but also other colleges as well. So we kind of staged the walkout.
Ranks for A Boys 1st VJC 2nd MJC 3rd AJC 4th TJC
The various top 4 JCs discussed and we decided to walk out when the award was announced for that school which happened to be right after MJC. Since all the schools have gotten their awards before MJC, when MJC got its award, all of us immediately left. It's pretty obvious which school is corrupted. I wonder how the students think of their coach. Sure they were strong, but they shouldn't have gotten their rank.
All the other JCs were crowding around with each other, declaring that we won without being corrupted. It was kind of funny.
This is my specialised weapon, the cudgel. I'm definitely not a professional since i only learned it last year and has no talent. But i do know a little about it.
Wushu may be seen by many as very chinese. Oh well, no excuses it is. The basis is fist and it forms the foundation of wushu and every style that we do. Wushu has many weapons and even those that you won't believe. The common types are straight sword, broad sword, cudgel, spear. We also do fist styles such as the Long Fist and Southern Fist. Other types include Taiji sword, southern sword, southern cudgel, 9 section whip, fan, umbrella and even the stool!
The way to learn Wushu is to follow routines set by China. These routines include the 4th, 5th and international routines. Because of this fact, many says that Wushu is not very practical. But it sure is cool yeah?
So, the Annual Inter School Wushu Competition is starting from tomorrow onwards. Lets work hard and go through this together! Temasek Junior College Chinese Pugilistic Club!!
So like, i finally managed to get a few friends to go out and help me pick the Levis jeans. I've got a 60 bucks voucher for buying my handphone last year and decided that i might as well spend it. I missed the chance when i got held back for lessons when some of my friends, including one that has good sense of fashion, went out for a movie earlier. So i had to make do with the ones yesterday. Haha. But its really better than shopping myself. Firstly i have absolutely no sense of fashion. Secondly i'm very shy. Thirdly i don't know how to shop for expensive clothes. Yup, that's why i'm blogging about it. Cause this pair of jeans is the most expensive clothings i ever owned. It cost 70 bucks even after the voucher OH MY GOD!!! (alright, pardon me. i really know nothing about fashion nor do i care)
So luckily for my friends, i was able to make a wise choice. But i'm still sore over the fact that i couldn't buy the model 523 because i'm too thin!! Size 27 was ok even if i jumped but with a hard pull it will come off. It didn't look as good as size 28 either. However for size 28, a slight pull will make it come off. With promises from both my male and female friend to pull my pants off whenever they see me wear that, i had to buy 506 instead. Oh well, i will defintely buy it when i'm rich and have gotten fatter.
To people who are unpopular, loner etc, birthdays dont really exist. No one bothers to remember it anyways. One thing i dont agree with what Aizen said is that "just knowing your birthday is already a happiness". I rather not remember it.
But there were people who remembered, so i guess im not all that unhappy.
Not everything in life goes on like how we want. Even if everyone or anyone looks happy, some elements of sadness exist. I dont pretend but i dont seek it either. Just wanna say thanks for the wallet (really loving it).
We climb, shine and always go our separate ways, becoming further apart.
My classmates say my blog is rusting so i shall procrastinate no longer. I had wanted to blog about this long ago. The list for the Top 100 Movies in 2006 was out on 21st Feb and i just went to dig it out of my pile of newspaper.
I shall type out a few significant ones and only up till no.62 since i didnt watch anything beyond that.
1) X Men 3: The Last Stand (watched) 2) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest 3) I Not Stupid Too 4) Mission: Impossible 3 5) Night At The Museum (watched) 6) Superman Returns (watched) 7) The Da Vinci Code 8) Casino Royale (watched) 9) Fearless (watched) 10) Happy Feet 12) Curse of the Golden Flower 15) Rob-B-Hood 16) Click (watched) 17) Memoirs of a Geisha (watched) 20) Dead Note 2: The Last Name (watched) 22) Dead Note (watched) 29) The Lake House (watched) 32) The Departed 34) Dragon Tiger Gate (watched) 35) The Prestige 36) Garfield 2 (watched) 37) The Banquet (watched) 47) A Battle of Wits (watched) 57) The Covenant (watched) 62) The Guardian (watched)
Ok by significant i meant either i watched it or i wanted to watched by no time or got PSed.
Wow i didnt know i watched so many movies last year. Its really a pity that i didnt catch Pirates, Mission Impossible and Rob-B-Hood. The rest of the movies i watched are quite nice except a few like The Banquet and The Convenant.
The best ones have to be Night At The Musemum, Death Note 2, The Lake House and Fearless. I really laughed till my tears came out for Night. Death Note 2 had a surprisingly good plot for a movie though the manga was still better. At least the plot wasnt cheesy and L still died in the end. Fearless was a nice martial arts show though the plot is quite lacking. The Lake House has to be first romance movie i ever watched. One of my female friends actually said that she didnt believe that one of my male friends and myself will come and watch this kind of show. I dont crave for it but i do watch romance movie as long as they are not the usual predictable stuff. Lake was really nice. Its about how a woman was communicating with a guy who lived 3 years apart. Ya years not miles. So its kind of magical. Kind of cheesy but still engaging. My female friends cried. (oh lord) There was this one part which the male lead was crying after knowing his dad's death. Being a man he tried to hold back his tears, thus some weird noises as he weeped. Guys go try and you'll hear it. Well i wont say how i myself came to know about this but then most guys should (we're all humans right?). But this 2 male friends of mine actually laughed at it. Bless their day of hearing themselves doing it wont come too soon.
The best movie of 2006 for me would be Night. Its just too funny to be endured. Thumbs up for it.
In a few more minutes, i will have to wait for 365.25 days before i can ask you again, "can you be my valentine?"
Nope I'm not in love.
Didn't really feel any love today anyways though its supposed to be Friendship Day in Temasek Junior College.
The first line was just to remind people out there who failed to ask their crush the ultimate question. I have a few friends who wanted to thrash it out today (please don't expose who you are yourself since i have more than one friend who did that). There were many opinions, such as "make friends first mah, or u're gonna scare her away" or "today is valentine's day. how can u ask to be just friends?".
I don't have strong opinion since i have zero experience. But it came to my mind, that if you don't ask now, you probably have to wait for 365.25 days. Maybe that's why people say if you love someone, everyday is valentine's day... So that you can ask this question everyday, "Can you be my valentine?"
Yes yes, i know i should at least update once in a while. Though i never believed in things like "oh im sry guys that i cant update more frequently. i promise that i will blog more often". Its kind of bullshit. How do you know that people want to read your stupid blog? I'm not referring to anyone. Oops, i mean, i'm referring to EVERYONE. (almost everyone writes that, i think). Then again, i shouldn't let my blog rust and rot.
My life is so boring, who would want to know about it? Nonetheless, like Hong You said, J2 life is indeed very busy. And i am so glad that Mr Lim H.Y. my maths tutor is back. I can finally catch up in vectors.
Lately, Mr Calvin Tan side tracked and discussed about homosexuality. He mentioned that 10-15% of the population is homosexual... Meaning 1 in 10 people is gay. Maybe the one sitting beside you is one. Beware. Lol.
Happy new year everyone! I know this is kind of late but i've been tired and busy.
I havn't really done my resolution yet. But among the resolutions-to-be will bound to include studying hard for A levels and practising hard for the upcoming competition. Good luck to my fellow JC2 friends too. Best wishes and have a good year ahead everybody!
The final verdict is K618i, decided on a frustrated impulse. I felt that M1 was still better and i have doubts in the durability of the new generation Samsung Slim phones which are the best deals of Singtel. After much research, i realise that K618i may not be a music phone and it may not come with a pair of earphones. But like i said i bought it on impulse.
Frustration 1: i waited for the whole of 18-22 Dec offers to be over for the new offers to start only to realise that the new 23-29 Dec offers are the same Frustration 2: Nokia 6230 looks too cheapo and Sony Ericsson Z610i's features isnt very good Frustration 3: im not getting sponsored
So on the fateful 24 Dec, i went to get the K618i cause the advertisement says "free bluetooth headset worth $128".
I went to Compass Point they say dont have. Hougang Mall Arrow Communications say dont have. But i clearly remember the advertisement is Arrow Communications de. So i went back home and take the newspaper. I went to Hougang Mall's M1 shop and they said the K618is with bluetooth headset are sold out. Then i went to Hougang Central's Mobile shop which also advertised the same thing. The guy without a twitch said "You see it says while stock lasts. so sure no stock one. always like that one lah"
... ... #$%^&*
So i went back to Hougang Mall's M1 shop thinking that i should just forget it and buy it. The sweet lady says "sorry the free 3G card offer is only available at the main branch"
... ... ... ... ... ... #$%^&*()@#$%^&*(
So i went back to Compass Point and queued for 45mins. And finally got my K618i. Lesson learnt, NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER trust the advertisement.
My K618i!!
Its quite cool but its giving me some network problems. Oh well.
A few days ago i went out with my usual gang. When we were going home, at the MRT, one of them mentioned about "SMS". He mentioned it quite a while before. And now that im reminded of it, I thought i would want to blog it down.
This "SMS" stands for Sudden Male Syndrome.
Im not flattered.
And then, another guy goes laughing and nodding his head. Another guy giggled and thought i didnt see it.
Funny.
If i really have SMS, that other than the times im having SMS, what do i act like? Sissy? Or maybe there's "normal" mode?
There are 4 types of people in a typical company: the competent jerk, the lovable fool, the lovable star and the incompetent jerk.
The explanation is quite simply, "competent" and "star" means you have talent, "lovable" means you are well liked, "fool" and "incompetent" means you have no talent and "jerk" means you are not well liked.
Quote "informal work relationships play a more vital role than most bosses realise or value. Their essay is not about formal work relations, but in workers' choices of informal, though work related, interactions".
Research shows that people rather choose a congenial colleague over a more capable one.
There is a variety of reasons why people choose who they want to work with. Some choose the lovable star so that there is prestige being associated with him/her. Some choose a strategically placed superior in the hope that this will later enhance their carrers. But whatever the reason, most of the time its based on 2 reasons: job competence and likeability.
They researched in 4 types of companies and found that everyone wanted to work with a lovable star and nobody wants to work with an incompetent jerk. (duh~). But things got more interesting when people can only choose between competent jerk and lovable fool. Logically they should have choosen competent jerk right? But no, they chose lovable fool. Thus its shown that Quote "personal feelings played a more impt role in forming job-oriented friendship than is commonly acknowledged, even more impt than evaluations of competence."
"...if someone is liked, his colleagues will seek out every little bit of competence he has to offer."
I think i was somewhere between competent jerk and incompetent jerk back then. Or maybe just one of them.
I will choose lovable fool between lovable fool and competent jerk too.
You're not miserable, but you could stand to be a lot happier. Focus on what's right in the world, and you'll be happier than you ever thought possible.
My computer crash, AGAIN. Second time in 2 months, while i was trying out some crack/hack cause i was too lazy to call up microsoft and ask for a serial code. Seriously i want to say "to *oppo-heaven* with microsoft" for such bo leow system but blog is public just in case they sue me. But trust me my Windows XP is genuine. It cost me $147 alright. I'll have to make do with my backup hard disk for now and think of how to stop that stupid f***ing hack from interfering with the bootup. Pissed.
Saw this from Derick's blog. Cool. But its over 12am now. Dad dont want to sponsor me either. But the W850i sure is enticing. My phone is spoiled and my mp3 player is half dead. Edz suggests that i might as well get 2 in 1. But they aint cheap you know.
Creative promotion is extended! How come i din notice. Darn i got cheated. Must go back and get the EP230 earphones. Check the offers out. http://sg.creative.com/promos/whs_nov06/sspecial.asp Creative Audigy Value at 29 bucks? Its insane.
This is supposed to be WuShu's WU in chinese. But the cluttered flames made it hard to see..JPG)
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I created another heart at first. But it was kinda a failure. The 2 contrast tones are due to one taken by my phone and another by a camera.
This is the group event costume this year. Pale yellow doesn't look bad but i don't look good in it. I usually wear a bright yellow colour.
