Saturday, July 29, 2006
Hoohaa was rather fun today.. It was about love. Marcus was in charge this week, and Mrs Jamie and her husband were there during the session for question and answering. Very informative and educational. The games part was very fun as usual, til one part Cleariese was laughing hysterically when Edmund accidentally did an unintentional hand action to Samantha, I think.. Haha! Lucky I got some recorded. :)
7/29/2006 10:41:00 PM
Thursday, July 27, 2006
Wohoo!!! First time using my brother's MacBook Pro.. He got it just 2 days ago, and it's sooooooooooooooooo beautiful!! Well, for $4,400 it better be, haha! :)
Anyways, nothing really much to update here though. Went to CCK Sports Stadium today to watch Isaac and the rest practice for the track and field events. After that all 14 of us went to Lot 1 to have dinner together. It's so fun, especially when James and Mawrice are around.. Haha!!
OK, just finished doing my Geography project now. it's 45 mins past midnight and I'm not in bed yet. Haha! Later peeps!! :)
P.S: Unfortunately I'm not able to format my text here. I'll do it later on in the day. :)
7/27/2006 12:49:00 AM
Tuesday, July 25, 2006
GRRRR!!!!! Not a good day at all! I can't keep my anger to myself and I finally just exploded.. AH!!!! Just as I thought I'd never get angry. Sigh..
Anyways, looking at the bright side, things have been going well ever since my Mum came to town. On Sunday she bought me the best present ever, a guitar, an Ibanez one to be precise! It's on a 20% discount from $525 to $434 in the end (pictures soon!). Marcus and his parents decided to help me out on choosing one, and Marc and his family met my Mum. Gotta say that they connected since his parents goes to Jakarta quite often. Glad it went well.. At least now my Mum knows what kinda friends I hang out with, heh! Thanks Mum! :)
Today my Mum left for Jakarta. I'm gonna miss her. Before I left for school this morning I had breakfast with her as I won't be seeing her again throughout the day. It was quite unfortunate that today's class ended pretty late compared to yesterday's which ended at 2+. Despite the fact that it ended late today, I could skipped Maths and fetch my Mum off at the Airport rather than staying in school and get myself more fucked up, really.. Til now I'm still having second thoughts about today's events.
Gonna be super busy this coming week with August just 'round the corner. Gotta go.. Later peeps!
7/25/2006 10:07:00 PM
Friday, July 21, 2006
Yay!! My Mom's here, heh! She arrived here yesteday at about 9.45 PM. Got my Nokia 3230 back too!! I'm so happy, haha! I decided not to go back home, but instead go fetch my Mom immediately after school. But school ended early, so I went to Marc's place, 'cuz it's more convenient to go the airport compared to my place. Had dinner there too.. Watched some Cheaper By The Dozen 2. Thanks man! :)
7/21/2006 09:33:00 PM
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Sigh, what a boring day in school today.. Feeling all lethargic from yesterday. Hmm, that rhymes, haha! That's not the point. Anyways, things didn't really go that well today.. Something went wrong, and a great friend of mine was kinda affected. Glad I got to spend time with 'm today with some jamming. Hope it's good enough to calm everything down after so much. :)
Nothin' much to update about today, really. Hope things will be better tomorrow in school.=p
My Mom is coming tomorrow night, gonna visit us for a couple of days. Hope her time here will be good, I hope, if you get my drift.
7/19/2006 10:16:00 PM
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Woah!!
Woah!! So much things happened today!! Well, not exactly a lot, but I think it is, haha!
Firstly, my 'jie' came back to school, YAY!! Yup, Cynthia came visit us today. Was so happy to see her back. Hope she's doing A-OK. :)
WAH!! So happy! 7 months of guitaring lesson and practice has finally been put to good use!!! I couldn't be happier! :)
Well, first of all, Chapel. Today was the first time I played for Chapel in my whole life in St. Francis, haha! Finally get to contribute something.. I played the guitar today to 2 songs: Blessed Be Your Name and Glory. I've always wanted to contribute something for my school in any way possible. Today was the day. I think that's how God wanted it to go, although this wasn't exactly my plan.
But anyway, I think it went well! Pretty nervous in the first place.. My leg was shaking, and I kept thinking in my mind what if I dropped my pick when I'm halfway playing? I do have the tendency of dropping my pick when strumming. Thankfully today, it didn't happen. For the first song, Blessed Be Your Name, I can safely say that I played without any glitch. The drumming from Marcus also was very well co-ordinated and synchronised. I was so surprised at myself for pulling through the first song with SO MANY pairs of eyes staring at us, including Mr Chang. Now, Mr Chang was the one who put me in the guitaring, so he expects something from me. After that it was Glory. Now, this song was just a pure toughie. The chords for this song confuses me so much despite how basic the keys were.. It's been worrying me throughout the morning, even during Chapel time! Even after so much practices, I still screw up anyway. Right after the second pre-chorus, I was so nervous because it was the first time the worship team sung that song, and they weren't really familiar with the song. I just kept looking at Tasha's hands for signals that I forgot to switch chords!! I lost track of the song!!! But I just kept playing E and A, and the drum backed it up. Phew!! Thanks man!! =)
But I heard from some that when the drums begin after the second song, my guitaring wasn't loud enough. Guess I was too tired, heh! Both songs were pretty up-tempo, so strumming has to be fast. But I'm just glad that it all went well. After Chapel, for the first time, I got so many congratulations replies, including one from Mr Ian, haha! Very unexpected. I'd like to thank Mr Chang, Ms Sarah and Kevin for the opportunity. Not forgetting Marcus, my guitar 'shi fu'. He taught me at the beginning of this year from super basic, absolutely zero knowledge, with so much patience. If it wasn't for him I don't think I'd be able to pluck a single note even, haha! Thanks a million bro!! I really appreciate it! :)
I MET DENISE KELLER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! =)Next thing that happened totally came as a sudden for me, REALLY.. We met Denise Keller, that MTV VJ and Eye For A Guy II bachelorette, at the nost unexpected place, EVER: at the Hillview area when walking to the bus stop!! Marcus and I were on our way home and we decided to take 963 to Woodlands because it's faster. Then as we walked, I noticed someone who is SOOOO familiar. She was with a camera man, posing and taking picture at the weirdest place ever, and there she was with her WIDE smile (yes, she has a wide mouth. She even said it herself), and looking extremely, errm, white.. I then called her name, and she said, "What's up?" I then shook her hand, and said, "Have a great day!".. She then waved at both of us while walking to the bus stop. I was so hyper after that, that I kept jumping like a mad person over there, haha! Marcus didn't really know how to react when he met her, so he just kept quiet, haha! When we were at the bus stop, I saw Denise going into the condo at Hillview. Now we know where she lives, heh!! I should have taken a picture with her, but it was already too late.. But still, I got to meet her, FACE to FACE!! :)
That's all for today. Sorry for the long update. =p
p.s: Sorry if I sound to BHB today.. Abit hyper after what had happened today. ^_^
7/18/2006 06:05:00 PM
Monday, July 17, 2006
If you have noticed, blog song's changed. YAY!! Haha! This is 4Him's Solid Rock. :)
Back to school today. Today was O Level Chinese listening comprehension. Won't say that it was easy, but it was much easier than the one Mdm Yan gave to us. After that went to Woodlands' BK to complete some works with Marcus. Didn't go as well though, not with Marcus, but with my brother. Kept calling me and delaying me from finishing my work. Shan't go on..
Gonna play guitar for the FIRST TIME in Chapel tomorrow. I'm gonna be so dead!! Pray for me that I won't screw up, heh! x_x
Time update: August is coming!! Grr.. I'm not anticipating for it, not AT ALL!! x_x
7/17/2006 09:41:00 PM
Sunday, July 16, 2006
Family is important.. We must love our family.
That's what I have learnt on Saturday when I went for my 2nd Hoohaa session. Session may not be as fun as last week, but it was actually pretty informative. We watched I Not Stupid 2 to link it with the day's topic, which was about family. We were split into groups, and us, SFMS students (KC, John, Marcus and myself) and Edmund, opened up and shared stories of our families one by one. We seem to be very comfortable with each other, that's what makes it not boring. (Some secrets're spilled too, heh! *cough* KC *cough*. =p)What I've learnt is that sometimes we may not realise that our parents do actually love us, and sometime parents' love and affection may be 'too much' to handle and we often take it hard. Now I've come to realise that actually there's a purpose for them to do this, because they love us. We should cherish our time spent together with them, 'cuz every minute of it is precious. Without them, my life would be a misery. They mat be far apart from where I live, but that doesn't stop me from communicating with them. I love you Mom & Dad! :)
Went out for dinner today at Lemon Grass Thai Restaurant at Heeren with my brother's GF and her parents. Food was good, especially the green curry. Yummy! Was supposed to go to Cathay Cineleisure to watch Pirates of The Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest with KC, Rachel, Marcus and John, but I had a terrible headache after I got up from bed. After having breakfast I just went back to bed again. Thank God it recovered in time in the evening when I woke up. Watched some So You Think You Can Dance Season 2.. Oh boy, it's gonna be so great! Amazing dancers, and funny auditions too, haha!! Next time if you guys come by my place, I'll let you guys watch. :)
Tomorrow's O Level Chinese Listening Comprehension. Gonna attend school and leave by lunchtime. Good luck to everyone taking the exam tomorrow!! :)
7/16/2006 10:05:00 PM
Friday, July 14, 2006
Whohoo!! Titration today! Managed to get 3 perfect readings, all the same!! I'm so proud of myself, haha! Uh oh, becoming to BHB already, haha!! FINALLY!!!!!!! O level Chinese oral is done and over with! Went with Cherry for it.. We're allocated to the same school. Yay!!! At least I have some company, heh!
The oral.. OMG! The passage was so difficult! Out of like say 90 words, I managed to read 1/9 of the words there. How pathetic. The conversational part, however, was relatively easy, to my surprise. I was asked about mobile phones, like is it a necessary thing for it these days and why? What do I think about schools allowing students to use phones in classes, and the functionality of the phones, does it matter at all? I managed to answer the questions easily, though I used an English word, 'cuz I forgot what 'rule' was in Chinese, The examiners were really nice.. They knew I was a foreigner so they were a bit lenient on me because they know Chinese isn't my Mother Tongue, thank God.
Overall, it was fine. I hope I can at least pass, with the conversation in hand to help me. :)
7/14/2006 11:05:00 PM
Thursday, July 13, 2006
School's such a bore today..
Started the day off going to the library to study with Isaac, Prissy and Marcus. Managed to complete my Maths homework on time, heh! For Physics we did on moments and pendulum. Only 7 of us turned up, haha! For Chem, it was only Bobby and I doing some Electrolysis. Marc came along to do his own work with us since Bobby and I were studying without any supervision. Bobby left earlier, leaving us studying together while waiting for Isaac to finish on his judgings for Prom Night auditions.
After all that we left for CCK to Lot 1 for dinner, and then to Popular to accompany Isaac get his book written by Adam Khoo on becoming a successful person. Wow! Good luck on that man.. Around 830 plus we went home. We had fun overall.
My Chinese O Level oral is tomorrow. Gotta be at CCK sec by 2 tomorrow. Wish me luck guys! :)
7/13/2006 09:40:00 PM
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Hmm, today school was fine.. Won't say it was boring though.
Managed to learn something new in Physics, heh! Accounting's just a tough nut to crack. The questions are so difficult! I really need help.. Anyone? Haha!! After school ended went to CMS to find that everyone has left except for John. I decided to wait for Isaac until his basketball competetion ended, since he takes the same bus home with me. John left earlier.. The basketball match was not bad! SFMS took on the China newcomers, and they thrashed them good. The score came to 55-21, I think, if I'm not mistaken. Peggy and Cherry were collating the scores with the company of KC, Yessica and Ferry. (I wonder who Cherry and Peggy supported, 'cuz they're from China, and they're at the same time from SFMS, haha! What a big dillema..). But if it's not that, the margin was pretty big still. I think Rex and Lutfi did great! Lutfi was the captain there.. Ayo coy!! Semoga SFMS menang terus selalu! :)
I watched the match for a little while then went back into the hall and played some badminton. I'm so proud that I'm still able to play despite the long absence from the sport, haha!! Managed to smash.. But I need more stamina though, and foot movements. Gotta practice more, gonna compete at Sports Day on August, partnering Chandeepa for Badminton Doubles, representing yellow house. Come support us guys!! :)
OK, that's all for now.. Gotta rush back to homeworks, tons of them. Later!
7/12/2006 09:15:00 PM
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Well done guys!! :)
WOW!! What a great day today.. Went for an emcee audition today. I know, some of you may be laughing, haha! But I'm just givin' it a try.. Who knows? I'm really interested in it. The judges asked lotsa questions, and Jordan asked the most and the hardest, haha!! I got so nervous at one point I almost chocked, haha! Hope I did well..
As for the rest:
R.E.D went perfectly!! YAY~!!!!! :)Haiz, but wasn't all good in the morning.. Late for school again, only because of the stupid traffic light. Luck just wasn't on my side, at all.. Red lights all the way. First thing when I got to school I went to the recital hall with the rest of the worship team and watched them rehearse for one last time. While rehearsing, Ms Sarah briefed us on the ushering and the distribution of the response slip. It was stressful indeed, 'cuz the pressure was there.. They only had less than 4 hours to make their final preparation. We even had to skip break for it..
At 11a.m sharp, it was showtime.. Students came pouring in + the guest of honour (forgotten who he was, heh!). Everyone all settled down, and Mr Chang gave word of prayer. All of a sudden, I got a frantic message from Marcus, saying that he had misplaced his lyrics which contains some information which he has been noting down for the past couple of weeks; basically it was all the ammendments which needed to be made on his drummings. Tried looking for it near me, but couldn't, and I can't just stand up 'cuz I'd interrupt the event. So Marcus decided to just go ahead without the lyrics. So I just kept praying and praying that he won't screw up, 'cuz his role was pretty major in the songs. In the end, I must say that he did extremely well.. He played perfectly despite very very very tiny minor glitch in one song, For All You've Done, which I doubt no one 'cept for about a few heard it, 'cuz it was at the ending of the song when he made some errors. Not that obvious, really. If he had the lyric paper, he'd have played much better (not that I'm saying that it wasn't good without the paper, it was already excellent! ^_^). About 6 songs sung together, and I must say all did a great job. The solos of Natasha and Angeline, nice! Kudos!! *me stands up* :)
The dancing was perfect too!! I attended all their practices, and I thought that they can never nail it, looking at the amount of glitches and errors some had made and with such little time, I just didn't think they'd make it. But during the event, it was pure perfection! After their dance they decided to dance again, this time, they invited students and staff to dance. Mr Puni, Ms Dini, Dr Yong, principal and the G.O.H went up on stage and joined the dancing team, and boy did they dance their heart out, especially Ms Dini and the principal. They're very sporting indeed, heh! What I was proud about was when Marcus actually stepped up and danced on stage, haha! He was like saying to me how embarassing it'd be if he got pulled out. In the end, Angeline pulled him out anyway, and he danced, haha.. Nice one man! Can't wait to see it on the DVD, heh! Alan also managed to learn the moves finally, and he danced well, and I congratulate him, and the rest, Angeline, Nicole, Jonathan & Inez. :)
The acting, I have to say, was the best of all.. I enjoyed it the most. They acted so well, especially the one which involves Nicole, James and Karen. It was so dramatic and real, and acutally Nicole told me that she actually tried to shed some tears, heh! James pushed Nicole hard indeed, and it was all very natural. I loved it. :)
Once again, well done guys!! A great event indeed.. I enjoyed myself immensely. =)
After school, went back home with Marc and took 171.. Both of us were so exhausted, we could barely speak, haha!! Who could blame. Anyways, his O Level Chinese oral's tomorrow. Hey, good luck man! Don't give up! You can do it..
Jia you!!! :)
That's all for today. Phew! Long update. . Sorry, hope you guys enjoyed! Thanks for taking your time and readin' it! :)
7/11/2006 08:59:00 PM
Monday, July 10, 2006
Phew.. These 2 days have been fun.
Yesterday, met up with Marcus at KAP McDonald's at around 3 pm. It was raining on that day and the weather was so cold. I got afraid that I might catch a cold. Fortunately I didn't, thak God.. Anyways, we managed to complete some of our works, though half the time we were actually doing 'something' else, heh! After KAP went to Northpoint to have dinner with Marcus' parents. Bought Korean once again, haha!! I'm really a Korean food freak, and before I know it, like what Marcus' Mom said, I'll be a Korean dramma addict! Haha!! NO WAY man, heh! Nevertheless, thanks for yesterday Marc! Hope you had fun.. :)
Today was interesting. Stayed back after school to attend the RED final rehersal in CMS room. In the end, I get to see the play, haha! I've heard so much about it, and now I finally get the story, heh!! Isaac, Natasha, Marie, James, Karen, Nicole and Marcus are gonna act. Can't wait for it, heh!!
That's all for now.. Gotta rush with work. Later peepz.. :)
7/10/2006 09:37:00 PM
Sunday, July 09, 2006
THANK YOU PEOPLE!
Well, it's been a few days since I updated.. Been busy lately, so had no time to update.
Well, on Thursday, Marcus invited me out for a dinner at Bliss Garden Restaurant at Singapore Expo for an evening with Rick Warren, where we attended his evangalistic talk on dealing with stress and life. His parents couldn't come on that night, so Marcus and his sister took their parents position and invited me and Deborah, Marie's friend, to come along. Dinner was great! It was an 8 course Chinese dinner. A pretty grand event I must say.. I also learnt alot from that talk, and I benefited somehow. When we were there, Marc and I thought that we're the only school kids there, 'cuz everyone was in suits and gowns! We're like, err... We were also honoured to have met the CEO and Founder of 77th Street, Elim Chew. She's a great lady.. Great to talk to, and very entertaining. We also saw Jasclyn Tay (correct the spelling if I'm wrong), the MediaCorp actress and the iGallop lady, haha! She was prettier than on TV I must say, and she's pretty tall. Didn't see that coming. But overall, the talk + dinner was great. Glad I went for it. Thanks Marcus and Mrs Seah!! You rock! :)
The next day's school day.. Well. what can I say? As boring as usual. Attended a small RED practice in CMS room. Got a sneak peek of what's to come this coming Tuesday. Natasha, Nicole, Jonathan, Marcus, Alan, Isaac, James, Karen, Angeline and Marie will be inolved with RED this Tuesday. There'll be some acting, singing and a whole lotta things. I'll be part of the response slip giver, heh! Can't wait for Tuesday!! :)
Then yesterday was SpeedPlus at RJC. As usual, Cheryl's absent. What a surprise.. She promised us that she'd come, but she didn't. Mummy, what happened to you? Heh! Anyways, the weather was so hot and humid yesterday! Anna, Marcus, John and I went met at J8 and went together. First thing when we reached RJC, we walked all the way to the end where we usually have our classes.. Or so we thought!! After walking for so long, we then realised that the class was locked and we had to study near the garden with the hot weather, and we had to walk all the way where we came from!! Oh my.. I was dead beat!! About an hour later, we got into a debate about a question on trigo, involving the RJC students. Boy was it fun, hehe!! We then went into the class, FINALLY. But things just got worst when we found out that the air conditioning wasn't working in the room!! Haha!! So we told ourselves that we'll just study. It was so freakin' hot!! Couldn't stand it.. After RJC, made my way down to TPMC with John and KC for their Hoohaa session. Must say I had loads of fun, especially bursting the balloons!! I managed to burst 6, I think.. Our team were leading, but my aiming kept on decreasing and decreasing, and Edmund burst the last balloon on the other team and they won. After that we went on playing Taboo.. Haha!! It was so fun! Words can't describe how fun yesterday was ('cept for the noisy BB kids. Pure annoyance!). Thanks guys!! :)
After Hoohaa things got a little rough for me.. It came kind of a sudden for me, and emotion really struck me till now. I shan't go far, 'cuz this is rather personal. For the people who were there they should know what I have went through. For all who've helped, I thank you from the bottom of my heart, especially Cleariese, KC and Marcus. God bless you all!
7/09/2006 09:15:00 PM
Monday, July 03, 2006
Yay!!! What a great day today.. A very good Youth Day indeed! :)
Went for lunch today with Marcus.. I was supposed to have lunch with John, but then he couldn't wake up 'cuz he stayed up to watch World Cup. Met up with him at Woodlands after his RE(D) practice. For the first time he ate his second serving rignt in front of me, LOL!! I've never seen him this hungry before. I mean, we ate beef bowls, that I think might last me throughout the day, which happens to be true! I didn't really have apetite for dinner, surprisingly. He ate another plate of carrot cake. Amazing.. Way to go Marc! We had a really great talk back then. :)
After lunch we went to the library at Civic Centre. I actually didn't intend to bring any book, but I just wanted to bring my Physics text so I can read up a bit. In the end it was put to good use, heh! Also managed to complete my Accounts homework which I completely had forgotten about. John later came by because his Physics tuition got cancelled (what a surprise, haha!). We studied + joked for about a couple of hours and then headed to Yishun to go Pasar Malam. (I believe we studied more!). John wanted to get betting tickets for World Cup but S'Pools was closed by then. But I'm glad that it was closed. I don't want him to get addicted to betting. Overall, we really had a great time socialising throughout the day. It couldn't have happened at a better time. Thanks guys!! You guys rocks! :)
After outing I went to Yew Tee's Mac's, and to my surprise, Amanda and Inez were there studying. Haha! I didn't know that Inez has shifted out of ACS. Had my dinner there, than talked for about hour plus when Ervin came by. Such a long time since I met him. About 11 plus I left for home, and here I am.. heh! Wish I could have stayed longer. Didn't know my brother is coming home late tonight! Arrgh.. Haha!
That's about it today. Phew, I'm exhausted! Needa break. See ya guys tomorrow in school! :)
7/03/2006 11:24:00 PM
Sunday, July 02, 2006
Hmm, been searching You Tube about guitars.. I think this guy is good! He barely playes any chords and the sound the guitar prouduces makes it as if the chords are played! Amazing.. A technique called 'slapping', is that it? I don't know.. I'm a n00b with guitars. =p
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsmU2hwAyU0
7/02/2006 07:07:00 PM
Saturday, July 01, 2006
Sigh.. What a boring day today. No acitivities, nothing. At home the whole day, lol.. What a good day to start off the the first day of the month. Man, I've been slacking so much. When will I realise that I should study more often? It's July already, heh! Haiz.. ;p
7/01/2006 11:46:00 PM