An Enemy Rush

Friday, March 06, 2009

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Haha, I just killed a cockroach in my house. I found the best way to kill cockroaches: use newspapers. Using insecticide will only stink up the whole place. Using newspaper is so effective, one whack then the cockroach will turn over, and once it turns over, it can never flip back even if it is alive.

Ok I think I am just stressed over Common Tests, which is in 3 days' time. First paper on Monday is GP which will probably demoralise me after I finished it, causing me to be unable to concentrate on studying for other subjects. A pass for that paper is relatively difficult for me. Tuesday is Physics and Geography. I plan to use Sunday to study everything of Geography... a rather ambitious plan to try to condense 1 term's work into 1 day. As for Physics, I think I'll need to study that chapter soon because I spent less time last year for promos and dropped by 20 marks :S. Wednesday is Maths but I planning to use that day (and Tuesday night) for Chemistry which is on Thursday. I hoped to do well for Chemistry because I spent much effort last year and improved by 2 grades, so I hope to maintain that good results. Not sure if I can though.

I just got back my Chinese results. Got D/Dist. Quite disappointed with my results given that I scored B last year for promos. And my 'O' level Chinese was totally opposite, B3/Pass, which meant that I did badly for oral but did relatively well for the essay/comprehension. Now it is totally opposite. I don't know if I should retake Chinese or not. Chinese won't affect the university admission score directly (it'll only raise the score if the average score of all subjects increases, but will not decrease the score), but D looks very ugly on the certificate. And I won't be sure if I will be able to score better if I retake.

Ok my aim for this common test is: Reduce the disparity between the contrasting subjects.

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Friday, January 02, 2009

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It's 2009 already. Happy new year. Dun say I'm too late just because it's not the first of January, it's still a new year anyway. I realise that there are a few things that I could do this year, which I could not do last year. Let's just name a few:

Watch M18 shows...

Drink beer...

Serve NS...

Bully juniors...

Ok I take the last one back. Actually I have been bullying juniors since quite long ago and last year wasn't really an exception.

Talking about NS, I just received a notice from MINDEF telling me to register for NS. I think that website is rather cool because it provides much information on many things. There's one page which even tells you the "secret" of passing NAPFA... haha, what a secret sia.

It's the new year already and of course I do have resolutions for 2009, at least. I basically do not wish to have anything, but rather I wish that I don't have anything. Laziness, bad habits, etc. I shall not list them here, it would take up a long list. Basically, I just hope that I will be a better person than I was in 2008.

And I think I am going to drop Geography to H1 this year. I dun really like the idea of studying something which I dun like, but if I were to choose to study 3 topics which I dun like, and to study 3 topics I dun like + another 3 which I should be ok with, then I'll rather select the former. I might even consider dropping H3 Maths. This holidays have made me lazier and lazier and I wonder how I am going to catch up with my school work. I haven't even started on my holiday homework and school is like starting 1 week later. Oh no...

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Saturday, December 20, 2008

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No money already. I think I am overspending like crazy and I just cannot help it. I think I really need to save up already. I have been going out because of different stuffs (lately it's because of choir caroling), and so most of the times I got to settle my own dinner. But I don't want to ask for more money so I am using my savings. If I continue spending like this then I will spend finish next year's April money in March. Well done!

I'll rather spend the money on contacts than getting the astigmatism problem.

Ok I just find this picture very funny. It is like total deliberate disobeying of rules which are so clearly stated. Like going straight to the Principal and punching him in the face. Like throwing a shoe at Bush. Like throwing the second one after the first one missed. Haha.

Anyway, after caroling today, I went out with Exco and Steven to IMM to buy stuffs for farewell party. Ok actually it's more of Exco buying, and Steven and I were just wandering around looking at things. I accidentally inflated a boob at Daiso, luckily the shopkeepers did not catch me. I was so shocked because at first we were wondering how it can inflate, then I pressed it and voila! And the thing is, there was no STOP button so it continued inflating. Thank goodness the fake boob was strong enough so it did not burst haha. Oh I went back to check 10 minutes later and the boob was just barely being contained in the paper box. Haha. Ok I dun think I wanna do it again although it's quite fun ;)

But speaking of which, I should have tried to inflate the other boob then see whether either or both of them will fly out of the box or not. Hehe.

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Saturday, December 13, 2008

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Performed yesterday for some World Youth Choir Festival concert. And it was like my first time hitting the drum correctly for the last part of Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine. I think I did well for the percussion part considering that I had little practice and I only chiong through the whole thing the previous night at home. The performance was quite boring I would say, because we could not watch other choirs perform. And there were quite a few people watching only, I guess it was around 60% filled only.

Ok after today I guess I will be freer because there will almost be no choir practice. I can finally start studying already... something that I have been putting off since last month.

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Thursday, December 11, 2008

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You would have probably hear this dozens of times before but here I come again: When a person is there all the time, you will just take it for granted and not cherish him/her, but when he/she suddenly leaves you, or even when that person tells you in advance that he/she is going to leave, you suddenly want to cherish that person. Do you not think that it is too late already?

Sometimes, it may be too sudden for you to accept. You probably know that you should cherish everyone around you, but sometimes, you take things for granted and forget about it. It is until the last minute that you start to regret, thinking of what you have (or have not) done with that person and what you could have done.

Sometimes things happen, and sometimes these things are inevitable. But no matter what, always prepare for the worst. It does not mean to be too pessimistic - I am saying that because we are usually ignorant of potential misfortunes such that we are not prepared when they arrive. You should still have the spark of optimism in you!

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Thursday, December 04, 2008

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Wow I finally have some time for myself.

This past week I have been rather busy. So busy until I forgot what happened. I know I had food poisoning last week - or at least that's what the doctor said. But it was very predictable that he would say that, because the symptoms fit exactly. I was having very bad stomachaches and was blowing a lot of air from my ass. I am not sure if I have recovered now but I feel much much better already. I guess I need to take care of my stomach better because it has been giving me quite a lot of problems these few years.

Oh and I watched the movie Hotel Rwanda recently. The movie is based on a true story, about the Rwandan Genocide which happened in 1994. The government sent brainwashing messages through the radio, causing the Hutus to attack the Tutsis. Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager, silently sheltered 1268 refugees in his hotel during the genocide. Rusesabagina must divert the Hutu soldiers, care for the refugees, provide a source of strength for his family and maintain the appearance of a high-class hotel.

Why did I watch this movie? I was clearing up the files on my computer last week when I came across the movie. I remembered downloading it because my Project Work is on Paul Rusesabagina himself. I had actually wanted to watch the movie and it is such a joke that I am only watching the movie now. But better late than never. Haha. And oh our group pronounced 'Rusesabagina' correctly, well done! That movie is quite inspirational, you should watch it.

Yeah then had class chalet too. Too bad only a few people stayed over so it was not very fun. Went for a dinner with VSchoir people as a farewell to Ashwin, who has currently left for Nepal and will probably not come back. Skipped class BBQ because of that and Ruth thought that I did not even go for class chalet at all. Haha. Bye Ashwin, and go be a politician!
Nice breakfast, but at the bottom writes: Photo for aesthetic purpose only. Wonder what kind of serving they will actually give. Haha.

Okay I will probably be busy for the next few weeks because of caroling. Can come and find me while I am caroling if you want, haha.

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Monday, November 24, 2008

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Crap. My GC just spoiled on me. I wanted to do some calculations so I pressed the "on" button and the whole thing just went off. And now every time I press the "on" button, the main screen will appear but when I release the button, the screen blanks out. And good try, but you cannot press other buttons when you are holding on to the "on" button. So my calculator is officially spoilt :(

Luckily I still have my other Silver Edition that I won last time at some competition. But it sucks not having 2 workable calculators when you actually had them.

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Oops, I just swopped the batteries of the 2 calculators and the spoilt calculator worked while the other remains spoilt. Haha. I thought that the batteries were rather new actually, plus I thought they would give me a warning saying "Battery low, recommend change of batteries". Never mind.

Anyway yah, I was using my GC to do some calculations because I was studying Physics... study? Yeah, I think I will have to do some mugging during these holidays, contrary to what I have been doing for the past 12 years of school holidays. If I don't start now, I guess I will never be able to catch up on my work next year. JC work is really too much to handle within a short amount of time. Plus I have to cope with H3 Maths which is currently still very boring because they have not even finished one module yet (Plane Geometry).

Folks, better start studying now. One month is going to be over soon. You only have one and a half more months and it will pass by faster than you can imagine.

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Saturday, November 15, 2008

      post #582531063047614484

Wow yesterday was my first caroling session in my life. Went to Tangs to sing for 2 sessions of half an hour each. Ok I did not actually sing, but conducted one of the groups. And the guy was very funny because he Tangs us for coming on behalf of Tangs.

The first session was quite bad actually. But I suppose it was because of the acoustics. The place was quite dry and I think everyone sang until very tired. But the ground floor (2nd session) was quite good because we performed near the entrance, and the acoustics was quite wow. Like the first chord came out from my group and I got shocked by its fullness. My group made some minor mistakes here and there but I guess it's ok, because caroling is meant to have fun! So we can all work on our mistakes and prevent ourselves from embarrassment next time.

You know I love reading people's blog. I seldom know who to talk to online because the conversations may just end up stagnant after a while. So when I read people's blog, it's like me asking them, "Hey, how are you doing?" and they will give their replies through their blogs.

Going to crash VSchoir's camp tomorrow...

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Sunday, October 19, 2008

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Sometimes you get very influenced by what someone else says, even if you were previously being neutral and would prefer to be neutral. For example, if you find this person okay, but one of your friends dislikes him/her very much, then some time later, you will tend to dislike that person. This does not only apply to people, it applies to decisions as well. If you have a decision originally, and you get persuaded by people towards the decision opposite from your original one, you will tend to be swayed as well. In order to decide for yourself which is best, you should always try to take what people say with a pinch of salt. Comments made by others may or may not be useful, so you must decide whether to believe or not.

This week has been eventful. Yet I cannot remember much. For all I know, every day has been Chinese days... 2 hours of Chinese daily. And without fail, I would always enter the classroom at the last minute. Hey at least I am on time... it's better than being late :). But Chinese is boring. Not the subject though, and not really the teacher too, but rather, the lessons and materials given. Tomorrow is the Chinese Mock Examination, and another 10 days later will be the actual A-level examination. Hoorah after that.

Then there is Project Work occurring concurrently. We handed in our Written Report on Wednesday. Personally I think that we could have done better for our WR, but I guess our group is just too slack. I actually wanted to help to do more for the WR, but I think there is no drive. I need some "magic potion to improve my drive" (inside joke). Haha. Speaking about that, I really want to thank Ernest for doing so much for the WR... compiling, editing, formatting. I think without him, our group would have died already. Of course, thanks to my other group members too: June, Kelvin and Qianru. We still have Oral Presentation and Insights & Reflections to go... only 2 more weeks and this whole Project Work issue will be behind us forever. Go go!

Our OP is on the 31st of October, one day after Chinese. So lucky, or unlucky, up to you. It is on the first day of the whole OP, and I think our group is the very first one in the morning, so our group will most likely be the first batch of people in Singapore to finish presenting first. I&R will have to be submitted on the 3rd of November, which is good because I have the whole weekend to complete (and slack).

And there's choir. Choir is going to be busy with so many things going on. I am glad that there is no more Pre-Christmas Concert even though the committees spent quite some time discussing it, but it is all right. Now we can focus on the Siglap concert, CCAB stuffs, caroling, etc. Mr Kwei just gave us the SYF/SOV songs already, so I guess we can start working on them during the holidays. Plus the Musico will be planning some vocal lessons so these will definitely keep us occupied.

I think this coming week will be a very busy one for me.

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Saturday, October 11, 2008

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Whoa, today I nearly got knocked down by a car.

I was walking out of Siglap South CC after a long day (of Sports Fiesta and practice with VJC choir and Victoria Chorale). I was looking down and being confident that there were no cars along the thin stretch of road. However, I was wrong. Suddenly I heard a car honked at me. I looked up and saw a car just stopped right in front of me... I was quite scared at that time and immediately apologised to the driver (who just looked at me plainly through the window and drove off).

After that, I was reflecting through that. I realised that I was scared not because of injury/death, but I was scared of making the driver angry. I don't know why too. Perhaps I have been too lucky for my whole life that I don't see death in front of me. That's why I immediately apologised to the driver instead of running off to the side of the road.

It is the second time that I nearly got into a car accident. The first time happened quite recently, last year or 2 years ago, when I was crossing the road near my house. A taxi suddenly honked at me while I was crossing the road, but it braked quite a distance away from me. Then it drove off immediately.

I must conclude that I am a heckuva lucky person.

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Sunday, August 17, 2008

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This is my fifth post since about a month ago, but it is the first post which I am (intending to) put some effort in writing. The last four posts are, for your information, posts which I type for the sake of typing, for the sake of updating my blog, for the sake of not letting my blog die.

I cannot guarantee that I will update my blog like this from now on. Perhaps after typing this post I may leave it even more outdated. If I could I would update like this, of course. But laziness is a factor. Time is another factor.

Laziness has always been a limiting factor for me. I know very well I can stretch my potential further, but you know actions speak louder than words. I never seem to be meeting my own expectations when it comes to being hardworking. You know like how they grade your Project Work, from best to worst: Exceeding Expectations, Meeting Expectations, Approaching Expectations, Nil. I'm somewhere between AE and nil.

I wonder why people use "actions speak louder than words". Of course I am no exception, because I can't find a shorter and a more powerful string of words to use. This idiom in itself is powerful in argument, but literally, it is meaningless. Actions speak louder than words, but it does not mean that the softer party always loses. The loud one shows that he is confident of what he is saying, confident that he is correct. Being soft does not mean that he is not confident, he probably has already given up trying to argue back with the loud one, the adamant yet stupid one.

"Time is not just a magazine". It was said by a senior. Upon entering a Junior College, it just dawned on me that this is really true. Time is so precious that no money can buy. Every minute is precious. You will get a scolding from the Principal for being in the hall at 7.42am when you have to gather at 7.40am. But on a more serious note, time seems tighter the older I get. I did not really see the problem of time constraints last time. Teachers seemed to finish their lessons on time and did not rush for time. But things here are different now. You have lecturers rushing through 20 pages of lecture notes within 1 hour, and not even being able to finish the lecture. The lecturer's name is not important, so let us call him 'Mr Chang'.

Once I was waiting outside the chemistry laboratories for my practical session. While waiting I took a look at the notice boards just outside the laboratories. I noticed that the whole year's lectures timetable was printed out already. And just a side note, we were quite behind time for the chemistry lectures. From there I noticed how tight time was. There was almost no more buffer weeks that they could afford. That means do or die, the lecturers have to complete their lectures by a stipulated week. That explained why Mr Chang was rushing through the last part of his lecture. I never had this problem in Victoria School, when the teachers seem so free in their schedule. Now, every minute is so important, there is absolutely no time to waste.

Because of that, whatever I do requires a schedule to follow, a timetable, a structure. Of course the timetables I come up with do not work on me. Take today for example. I planned to finish chemistry and mathematics tutorials, assignments for the latter, finish studying chemistry to prepare for this coming week's lecture test, read General Paper article and do some Physics. But so far I have only done mathematics and studied for chemistry lecture test. This proves my point exactly - time is so tight that I got to finish all these by this weekend, but my laziness got over me.

I am not really sure if it is VS or VJ which has taught me to be more structured, but my guess is the latter. VS (and its geography elective) has taught me to bullshit, like what I have been doing so far. VJ has taught me to bullshit while following a format. Education certainly has something to progress from! Notice that this post is quite structured. First two paragraphs introduce why I have not been updating and give two reasons. The next two paragraphs talk about the first reason - laziness (actually paragraph four is bullshit if you have not noticed) and the next two is about time. Then the discussion shifts to being structured. I have no idea how the rest of this post will be about, where it will lead me to, where it will end, etc.

Being structured is not easy. Firstly, you have to know everything that needs to be said/done. If you are really smart then you do not need to write them down, but if you cannot process everything in your mind then you should jot down these things. After that then can you start arranging the points into a certain format to follow. It seems easy, but it is not. Some things are not like science where you can just 'know everything' and just jot them down. Also, arranging these points into something logical and something which flows is no mean feat too.

In case you are wondering, I was actually referring to something I had done for VS choir. I planned early this year to talk to the new committee. Talk about what? Choir stuffs of course, but the topic is so broad that I did not know where to start from. But by forcing myself to find an area to talk about, I have gradually built up the skill to be able to be structured, a skill which will remain with me for the rest of my life. By the way I have lost an interest to talk to them, mainly because of two reasons: lack of time (no, not because I am lazy now), and because I feel that the new committee should be able to manage on their own.

Being structured has its downsides as well. You become too inflexible in the things you do. You do not take into account human nature. You become too involved in the schedule you have to follow. This will lead to criticisms to your actions especially if you hold a high post in a particular co-curricular activity, and especially when that CCA has members who are leaders in themselves. Issues need to be brought up, discussions need to be made and time and effort need to be spent (read: lack of time and laziness).

The solution? To strike a balance, so that people will not argue with you. You cannot be too structured, yet cannot be too flexible (otherwise you do no productive work). It seems easy, but if you think you have struck the balance, do think again. Are you feeding the baby on the nose? Are you sure you have struck the balance? You cannot feed the baby with food too high in nutritional value (being too structured) because it will not eat too high quality food. The other side is the same. You have to add some garnish to make it look appetizing, and a bit of salt and pepper to make it taste nice. In this context, you have to know exactly what you are doing, by memorising the whole schedule in your head and not just follow it blindly or not even following it at all, then use the schedule to suit to people's needs. Being structured is level two, level three is knowing how to strike the balance.

These levels increase with increasing level of maturity, and longer time of course. So let M be the level of maturity and T be the length of time. So the equation M = kT is set up, where k is a constant. The constant varies from person to person. Some people have a small k, which means that they take longer to become more matured. Some people do not even fit into this equation, their level of maturity against time goes like a logarithm curve, like M = p lg(T), where p is another constant. For those who cannot visualise or are lazy to take out a calculator, the curve shows a decreasing rate of increase in maturity with respect to time. Although the curve has no horizontal asymptotes (the level of maturity has no limit), it takes even longer to achieve a even higher level of maturity. Just like in Maple Story or even other role-playing games, the higher your level, the longer it takes to level up.

Take note that the level of arrogance has no relationship with the level of maturity. Some may argue that arrogance will directly influence the level of maturity because if you are arrogant, you do not know the right from wrong and hence your level of maturity decreases. The fact is that there is no direct way of measuring maturity. My definition is that maturity is how open-minded a person is and it does not decrease under normal circumstances (except in accidents or illnesses). But the level of arrogance can float at any point in time. Once you become mature, you show off to the world, only to be neglected and rejected by the world. You start to realise it, and your maturity increases while your arrogance decreases, both being good news of course. Then the cycle repeats and your arrogance level looks like a sin curve. Some people may determine from this post (or in fact, from me) that I am arrogant. I take it as a compliment because it shows that I am more matured than before. For those who are really serious that I am arrogant, ok I am sorry, but I will try to change.

This is the result of the education I am receiving now. I can describe it in one short sentence: it is driving me up the wall! It causes some mild head damage which leads one to blog in such a manner. And if you had lasted all the way here honestly (and correctly, by reading through all the bullshits and not just scrolling down in under two seconds), I congratulate you, and I hereby propose you a job which you may have some future in: marker of geography examination papers. I have no time now, I need to go sleep already.

"Time is not just a magazine."

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Sunday, August 10, 2008

      post #8311357706367726234

The more we get together
Together, together
The more we get together
The happier we'll be

Cuz your friends are my friends
And my friends are your friends

The more we get together
The happier we'll be!


That's the song used for the McDonalds advertisement. And it's very irritating because they keep advertising it over and over again especially now when it's the Olympics season. I never knew that a nursery rhyme can be so irritating! It's now stuck in my head ya know. Until I know all the dynamics they use already!

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Friday, August 08, 2008

      post #572463637345423725

I have a feeling that someone is envious.

Or maybe there are even more.

But I'm sorry, it's too bad.

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Wednesday, July 16, 2008

      post #7841294827200889148

There is something perpetually bothering me.

This has been happening since a very long time ago, but as far as I can remember, it has occurred numerous times since the start of this year.

I tend to be able to know the cause of a failure, either through intuition or through reasoning, I don't know. But the problem is I am unable to relate it. Or that I did not emphasize it enough.

The environment has really changed. It has prevented me from speaking openly because whatever I say may be frowned upon. And the more I say, the more 'luo suo' I become.

It's time for school soon. Need to catch up on my work. When I have time I will blog about my UK trip.

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Friday, June 20, 2008

      post #2738406390134755671

3 things I've learnt during the holidays:

1) The more you want something to happen, the more it won't happen.
2) If you keep thinking of someone, it shows that you miss that person... badly.
3) I cannot study without the computer, yet I cannot study with the computer in front of me.

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Friday, June 13, 2008

      post #8880535928078615759

Circling round the stars,
Like satellites we are.
A light to guide the way,
No matter where are you,
You are always here...

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Saturday, June 07, 2008

      post #5123691838632836240

I am nothing to the world.

This statement is very true, and I know it very well too. But my knowledge in this will somehow contradict why I am typing this post. But since I have started it, I might as well continue with it.

These 2 days have been quite demoralising to me. I have realised how I need to be changed... drastically. People say that the process is more important than the result. For my case, I care too much about the result, sacrificing the process completely. Perhaps and hopefully the result of this event (call it event A) is the process of a bigger event B, so at least I won't lose out too much. But my sacrificing the process of event A, I am downgrading myself.

Does it matter so much when I downgrade myself? Is it really necessary for us to be upgrading ourselves all the time? On the contrary, upgrading oneself is not always as good as it seems. Like people always say, there is always a peak before the curve starts to drop, and the faster you peak, the faster you drop. But you don't intentionally downgrade yourself. Not that I can help it, and as much as I don't want to, I am.

Perhaps it's the fall. I don't want to end up like 1 or 2 of my friends, who simply think that they are everything to the world. Obviously they are not really accepted by many people. I have a feeling that I am starting to have their mentality. At the same time, I am confident I will not downgrade myself so much, but some things can't be helped... or can they?

I often feel pleased when I am being upgraded. I feel even better when I am being upgraded by other people, because it shows that the way I do things do have an impact on the people surrounding me and are being acknowledged. But at the same time it contributes to my arrogance level subconsciously. Until now I don't know how high my arrogance level is. I used to think that it is nearly zero. Now? Dare not say.

Event B is my ultimate aim, and I want both the process and the result to be paramount. Event A is just a subset, but it is these little subsets that determine my character. Do I not realise it? Am I doing too much for myself, but in the end harming myself? What should I do?

I realised I have been asking myself too many questions - questions that can only be answered by me. Yet I cannot find answers to those questions. I understand that only one person in the world can help me, and that person is me. But I am such a loser, because I can't help myself either.

This has never happened in the past. Perhaps I am growing old, or rather growing up, and I start to realise more things that I won't have realised in my early years anyway. I start to face the reality. There are ways to chicken out, like not facing the facts directly, but I know I can do much better than that. Facing the reality is hard, it creates more hatred when I am not careful. I don't mind, it's others who will mind, and I will regret in the end.

I think the only way is to stop completely. Then think.

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Tuesday, May 06, 2008

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Today is the luckiest day of my whole entire close-to-17 years of life I swear.

While walking to school I felt something drop onto my head. Something like a huge raindrop, but it was clearly not raining. I reached over to wipe it off my head, but that 'raindrop' was not transparent, but white.

Bird shit!


It's not as sticky as what most people will think it is. It is quite watery and it got off my hair easily, but not my hand. Quickly rushed to the toilet to scrub every part of my hair and hand. Wei Liang told me to buy 4D. I forgot to buy on my way back home.

SOV next Monday. Don't Give Up!

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Saturday, March 29, 2008

      post #5069399323836491474

Just to post some ancient stuffs first.

Last Sunday I went to the tailor to get my measurements for the choir blazer done, together with Wenbo. On the way there, at Lavender, the train got delayed by 1 or 2 minutes. That's because the train stopped at the station too late and went too far in front. And I really meant too far.

At the background, the thing just behind 'armycareers' is actually the door itself. Throughout the whole journey, the train didn't really go smoothly, as in the acceleration and deceleration is not what I usually experience. But I didn't expect something like this.

This is how far it is from the train doors. The train actually overshot by nearly half the distance between 2 doors!


I had GP vocabulary test yesterday, and it was the most unique test I had ever taken. First, Mrs Ch'ng squeezed us into 2 rows, so that was like 10 people per row. Then she distributed the question paper such that every other person will take one set, while the others will take the other set. So our neighbours were all taking a different set of paper (it was actually 1 sided for each of the test). The surprise was that she suddenly said:

You have 7 minutes to complete.

Wah! 7 minutes... My set of questions were very difficult, mainly because I did not really study for the test. I just read through a little. After 7 minutes, Mrs Ch'ng surprised us again. After collecting our test, she gave everyone the other set of questions and told us to complete in another 7 minutes...

Yeah so after the test, she gave everyone another person's paper to mark. I scored 21/30 btw. Not bad for someone who did not study. Plus the passing mark was 20.

Sian, gotta rush my GP essay + PW PI draft + Chinese paper tomorrow. Sorry Ching Chieh, really cannot go for Vocal Consort concert. Need to chiong.

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Sunday, March 16, 2008

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This post marks the end of the March holidays.

I am looking forward to Chemistry Practical. We're supposed to do QA last time whereby you react alkali to some chemicals and get some precipitate and change in colour. So after I completed everything, I was playing with the bench reagents. After reacting sodium hydroxide to zinc cations, I added massive amounts of sodium carbonate and sulphuric acid. Effervescence of colourless gas was seen which provided me a few minutes of entertainment.

But that's only on Tuesday. Tomorrow there will only be Physics Practical. Besides screwing up the vernier calipers, the traveling microscopes and other expensive gadgets by worsening the zero error, there is not much fun in the practicals. But I must say Miss Ng is a very nice Physics teacher who gave a lot of comments on my work rather than just put ticks and crosses.

There are 2 tests tomorrow. Maths CT which clashes with choir practice and Chinese cheng2 yu3 test. If I have the time, I will study the Chinese one.

I end school early on Wednesday and Thursday, 1.55pm. But I have choir practices on both days. Wednesday will be VJchoir's practice and Thursday will be VSchoir's and I'll be going back to help. Hopefully I can improve their Credo so that VJchoir doesn't have to sing it. I dunno why but somehow I have the urge to go back VS to help the choir on their singing.

Friday is going to be a holiday! That will also be the day when I hope I can catch up on my work. Good Friday! That Friday better be Good.

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