白色的风筝
安静的纯真
真实的感觉
梦境般遥远

甜甜的海水
复杂的眼泪
看你傻笑着
握住我的手

梦希望没有尽头
我们走到这就好
因为我不想太快走完这幸福
很可惜没有祝福
但爱你并不孤独
不会再让你哭

我陪你走到最后
能不能不要回头
你紧紧地抱住我
说你不需要承诺

你说我若一个人会比较自由
我不懂你说什么
反正不会松手

我陪你走到最后
能不能别想太多
会不会手牵着手
晚一点再到尽头
你说不该再相见只为了瞬间
谢谢你让我听见


因为我在等待永远

Therapy

Every now and then therapeutic songs come my way. I like.

听妈妈的话。 懂吗？

I miss school.

I miss the innocence, i miss the joy.
I miss the carefreeness, i miss the laughter.
I miss the friends, i miss the people.
I miss the lectures(not literally hahaha), i miss the movement.
I miss the CCA. I miss the CIP.

I miss school.

I miss talking to nadia in the mornings and pissing her off.
I miss walking along the long white corridoors on my way to meet friends.
I miss bumping into my friends around every painted corner.
I miss the silent flag raisings where i always stood with kenneth or yang or brady.
I miss the noisy, long bus rides home with brady.
I miss the jokes. I miss the expressions.
I miss the heavenly makan sessions.
I miss guitar. Attending or skipping it.
I miss the mini-concerts =P
I miss the soccer.
I miss the badminton.
I miss the basketball.
I miss the nice piano lessons.

I miss school.

I miss the warm warm tuesdays.
I miss the crazy lazy outings.
I miss the food.
I miss using the company fridge.
I miss being late.
I miss the long walks. And talks.
I miss the rides home.
I miss CBR. CBR isn't CBR all the time.

I miss school.

I miss the Yingjun and the Yandao.
I miss the warm friendly atmosphere.
I miss the feeling.
I miss Ghim Moh. A lot. A lot a lot.

I miss school.

I miss waking up late and tapowing Macs in for everybody.
I miss the ice lemon tea. Okay it's not great but it's something to remember.
I miss Coronation Plaza.
I miss the ogs i crashed.
I miss waiting for everyone to be dismissed and going for dinner together.
I miss the vj Os i so often get pulled to.
I miss the smiles.
I miss the cheers.


Know how a blind man shoots?


They say you don't appreciate things till you lose them.
I think i did. But still.

And i would have done everything over again.



Again.



Oh well.. On a lighter note. Haha.
The BMTC School 1 PT Branch Office (in short, My) office is... Awesome. Right smack in the middle of it there lies 2 large office tables joined together, and a table tennis net suspended across it, 2 paddles, and 2 balls.

And next to it, there is a huge Hi-Fi set. With large, large bass speakers. Cue in Jay Chou and Perfect10.


Bingo.


Hahahahahha!

Just about shows the culture huh. =)

Spend my afternoons swimming. That sparkling pool in tekong which recruits can only stare and dream of jumping into as they walk by - it's my 11-2 hangout now. Hahaha.

Conducted games day for school 1. And there was an activity which involved a blindfolded guy having to walk across a field being guided by a partner with a loudhailer across the breadth of the field. Sounds like fun. With a huge crowd surrounding you, and 5 teams to go... I assure you you hear absolutely nothing.

So you see 5 little blindfolded recruits with their arms stretched out haplessly roaming the field like little walking mummies. And we as the judges aren't really supposed to help them out... So how?

We all went to each one, posed behind them, and had a nice Kodak moment.

Say cheese. Hahahahhahaha!

Today i took my first real real lesson on my own. No seniors around to back me up. Just 3 people - Me Myself and I.

I introduced myself, told them some expectations, laid out some ground rules, and carried out the lesson accordingly, abeit in my style. That means lots of talk cock. Hahaha! it feels good to hear them laugh at your jokes, your expressions. I told them about my school, i told them about Ninja. I gave them tips to improve their fitness, i half scolded the stone stone ones. Ever been to a lesson where an instructor did something ncie and funny and you still remember that special moment? The sudden nice warm side out of the often cold, professional voice you hear all the time?

I carried out all of those. Whatever i could impromptu. =)

And i still have more.

I saw that they enjoyed it. I saw that i touched them.



And i think, they touched me too.

Hey pti....

Want to go for a swim?

=)

I. A.M. B.A.C.K.

Had a sudden impulse to blog, so here i am.
And i realise, it HAS really been ages this time.

Haha.

Hmm well, so i'll start slow. Firstly, an update. After BMT in tekong, i went over to SISPEC. Next i joined the Basic Fitness Specialist Course(BFSC). And now, i'm posted back to Tekong. As a PTI!!! =)

The bright, sunny tropical island with lush green vegetation, exotic coral reefs and vivacious pink dolphins(remember?) have never felt lusher, greener, and fresher. =)

First day i was posted back to tekong(just this monday), i was exhilerated. Stepping on the island like i did on my first day of BMT, remembering the initial feeling of fear, apprehension, and 舍不得-ness, drawing back the memories... I wouldn't say the feeling was all nice and warm and fuzzy, haha..but being in Ninja is still something i am damn proud of today.

So... first day was sorting out of admin stuff. Swapped a 5-day week,8-to-5 admin desk job for a 5.5 day, irregularly timed active conducting post where i would be moving around, attached to companies, taking recruits for pt. They taught i was crazy. Furthermore i live in Jurong. Haha.. but the only thing on my mind was - I WANT TO TEACH.

I want meaning in my army life.
I want to interact with more people.
I want to, when ppl ask me Hey what did you do during NS, say Oh. i was a PTI at Tekong. I trained recruits!

NOT oh. i was a clerk in tekong.

NO.

And at first i was worried about the time and energy i would have left for my friends and family. I do not deny that 8-5 clerk job did sound a bit tempting at times. It is seriously VERY SLACK. Like, omgwtfbbq slack. Like, an empty sack. SLACK.

Then i realised, i was burning to go over to the active side, even if it meant losing regular, good work hours. No way i could stay to a desk for the next year. Think of all the experience, fun and sun i would miss.

And when i conducted my first lesson on Friday... It was all worth it. =)

I love every single bit of it.

Sometimes 4 days a week i go straight to my tuitees' place after travelling 2 hours from tekong. And by the time i reach home it's 9-ish 10, and i am so so so zapped. And i get up at 5 the next day and it goes on and on and on.

Holy. It's quite a handful. But ba-ba-ba-ba-ba I'm Lovin' It.

THIS, ladies and gentlemen is the meaning i am talking about.
And I believe there's more to find out too!

Was talking to my other friends in other vocations.. In comparison my army life rocks. Ninja to Golf to BFSC to Tekong. My friends think(and i concur) that what i have gained to date is already much more than what they ever would in army.

The people, the friends, the environment.
The skills, the exposure, the experience.
After Ninja(ninja is the GARANG stage. hahaha) - this is where the warm fuzzy feeling comes in.

What can i do without you all.

And 3 of you are in tekong with me. IT'S TIME TO PARTY.

I wouldn't say my effort hasn't played a big part in what i have today, but i have been lucky too that things turned out this way.

And i will make the most of it.



And somehow, i feel that the past 5 months have been the best of my life.

我站在教室门口的小角落
偷偷看着你可爱的笑容
你就像天上的云朵
我好想变成彩虹

橘子汽水的香味飘在空气中
你嘴角的奶油看的我好心动
我和你的默契有种节奏
牵着我的心跳跟你走

就这样牵着你一直走(这路没有尽头)
就是喜欢你偷喵着我(的害羞)
让我紧紧牵着你的手望着星空
直到我们心灵相通

就这样牵着你一直走(这次绝不放手)
我会努力变成属于你(的流星)
帮你实现心底所有的期待的愿望
不管四季变化我的心意不隐藏

天空突然下起了一场大雨
我该不该现在送你回去
不想打断你给的甜蜜
干脆就让我陪你淋雨

橘子汽水的香味飘在空气中
你嘴角的奶油看的我好心动
我和你的默契有种节奏
牵着我的心跳跟你走

就这样牵着你一直走(这路没有尽头)
就是喜欢你偷喵着我(的害羞)
让我紧紧牵着你的手
望着星空直到我们心灵相通

就这样牵着你一直走(这次绝不放手)
我会努力变成属于你(的流星)
帮你实现心底所有的期待的愿望
不管四季变化我的心意不隐藏

拉拉拉拉拉拉拉拉拉拉拉拉拉拉拉~

--------

Book in... Sooo not used to it liao.

But then... Sispec rocks so far. A Ninja-Sispec transition could never have been better.

=)

Cross over?

Yeah.

Cross over.

It's been so long baby...
So many hours, so many days..
我心里的这句话，还是想对我新的刺客说。。

杀到没有?!?!?!?!

-in the event you don't get it.. switch to unicode, wait for the song-

Hahahahhaha!!!

Oh but this's a superb song in any case =)

One night my mum and dad were waiting for me to reply whether i wanted them to pick me up.. After a while of waiting they decided ah don't care him..let's go to the Esplanade for a stroll! Hahaha.. -guilty look- I'm going to check my phone constantly from now on. And here's what they took. (click on the pictures to see them larger they look fantastic)






Wahh.. Nice right. I want to go down and see one day!

Went down yesterday to Suntec's IT Fair with brady to look for a new monitor, cos mine's pretty much spoilt.. The screen's shrunk to the centre.. and although it is still useable, it's rather uncomfortable to look at it after a short while.. $419 for a 19'' LCD. Sounds very, very good! But when i consider that i have to go back defend the nation soon and would probably not have so much chance to use the computer.. Hmm.. i wonder whether it's worth it.

They say neccessity is the mother of invention. How about architecture as well.



And from the side...


Yes, the printer is, and has to be, on top as well. -_-"

I found out that applying some pressure on the top of the monitor helps.

Hahahaha..

Oh well.. At least the screen works for now. Hahaha!

POP
Thought it felt a little empty.. But otherwise, pop was great!
Our bmt really ended with a pop(bang)!

=)=)=)


-Dad, Me, Mum


-my section(or half), some of my closest friends in NS.. with the PC


-with the section commander.


- ah miss pang, the one in the mid's zicheng =D

- more friends


- thought it looked nice. Sky very blue.


- Ninja.


- in the bunk

Haha.. Have got lots more.. but there're too many to put up here.

Wahh.. this is a dunno-how-many-thousand word post lah(need i still say why? =P)

=)

Home!

I used to dislike stoning at home. Now i love every moment in it.

I used to think my friends would always be around. Now i now how precious they are to me.

I used to listen to music. Now i appreciate music.

I used to think of nothing of the things around me. Now i feel them.

I used to be bored. Now i'm clinging on to time.

I used to take it that everything was there for me and wouldn't change. Now i know better.

I used not to bother. Now i care.


IT FEELS DAMN GOOD TO BE HOME!!!

=) =) =) =) =)

Hahaha.. Home rocks. Seriously, seriously rocks ^^ I have never, never felt so attached to home.

Ripped open Nan Quan MaMa's first album and listened to it for the first time.. It is freaking nice. The OH MY GOD type. And from what i know about their 2nd album which i've already heard.. It's sooo not-surprising they're so hot.

And how very apt that my favourite song in that album is Track 10 - Jia (Home). I think it's one of if not the best song in the album.

Hahaha i think i'm obsessed with the notion of Home. It's the one thing you can think of to motivate yourself throughout the week in NS. To be frank, NS isn't very bad. The training's tough, but managable. Like when we hear our commander shout FORTY COUNTS OF FOUR and behind us, coming from another company sharing the same basketball court on which we do our 5BX, we hear a matter-of-factly "Five Counts of Four".

-.-

Siiiaaaann diao.

Hahaha but then you know that the 40 other Ninjas are all in it together with you, and that when the day is over you'll be talking kok with your section in your bunk and cracking jokes and complaining together and imitate certain funny characters and having a good laugh out of it all, it doesn't feel so bad doing his FORTY COUNTS OF FOUR.

After all, we stand to gain. And like my famous commando OC infamously said, "Morale is inversely proportional to pride. When you're knocking it down on the ground, your morale is low. But when you walk outside, you can do it with pride!"

Yeah.

Back to the point, it's not the training that kills - it's the being away. Away from family, away from friends, away from HOME. Which is why home's such a great source of motivation - you don't know how sorely you can miss it until you've been in NS. And thinking of it really helps.. It can lift your spirits! Which is why everytime we book in, the only thought in our minds is - BOOK OUT DAY.

Hahahaha.

Anyway yes.. Nan Quan Mama's Jia.

If you haven't realised, they have same success formula as Jay Chou!

1. They write their own songs.

2. Their songs are very very nice.

3. Their tunes have a bit Jay Chou influence in them.. Hahaha which is good ain't it =)

4. Their lyrics are written by Vincent Fong.

5 and so on : read the post below.



歌曲：家

曲:盖瑞 (one of the members)
词:方文山 (omg)

相片内底那个纯情ㄟ世界 你骑着车加阮载
你答应过马代阮去ㄟ所在 到最后你拢没来
相片的纸 亲像 刀那么利
阮ㄟ悲哀 现在才知

照片里一整个消失的年代 很想知道个大概
关于空气的味道我还在猜 很像樱花都还在

墙角青苔 总是绿的太快
回忆慢慢 慢慢爬进来

煮一杯 热咖啡 喝一些 固执的以为
我们一直到最后才学会 哭泣时候谁安慰
而成长让人觉得累
却已没有办法后退

啊咿啊 转眼之间已经长大
啊咿啊 梦与现实的落差
啊咿啊 我们还有什么剩下
回家吧 声音沙哑 只是想找人说说话
所以阿 别让牵挂 变成一种孤单害怕

我们一直到最后才学会 哭泣时候谁安慰
而成长让人觉得累 却已没有办法后退

啊咿啊 转眼之间已经长大
啊咿啊 开始跟理想摩擦
啊咿啊 我们好笑的在挣扎
雨在下 家乡竹篱芭 南下的风轻轻刮
告别了繁华 将行李卸下 我们回家

墙壁上的老挂钟 是过去某个时空 我说你就懂
已经消失的生活 是不可能再从头 我说你难过
客厅里的裁缝机 是否再发出声音 我说你伤心
回到儿时的街道 是不安夹杂心跳 我说你微笑

Aren't the lyrics beautiful..



On top of that, they rhyme. They ACTUALLY RHYME.

-stares at the lyrics for the umpteenth time in amazement-

Vincent Fong is.. Unparalleled. That's the only word i can think of.

And it's about Home sweet home ^^

-right click, encoding, unicode if you can't see the lyrics-

(oh by the way, the previous song title was : Home. By Michael Bublé.)

Hahaha. HOME!


"Snow White bought a new camera. She happily took pictures of the dwarfs and the forest, then dropped off her first roll of film to be developed. A few days letter she went back to pick up the photos.
'I'm sorry,' the clerk told her. 'They aren't finished yet.'
Disappointed, Snow White started to cry. 'Don't worry,' said the clerk.
'Someday your prints will come.'"

In transition..

I'm BACK!!!!!!

After 11 days of the "adjustment period", they finally let us OUT!!!

AHHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHA.

To be truthful, the adjustment period really works. If i hadn't wanted to come out so badly, i think i won't die if i were to stay a bit longer. After a while, you really get used to staying inside.

I miss my life.

A lot of things go on behind the scenic, tranquil, sunny, tropical exterior of the island i am having my holiday on.. The sunny, tropical island surrounded by crystal-clear sparkling water, kind, vivacious pink dolphins, stunning kaleidoscopic coral reefs, located right smack on the equator - the air i breathe, the food i eat, the sweat i, er..sweat, all the morale-raising laughter (my section is a congregation of jokers), the stories and training, all the stories to tell.. This NS thingy is an entirely whole new experience.

I miss my life.

Sometimes, i really feel those children who join NCC or NPCC. As if being stuck in the regimentation of NS is not enough, they have to integrate it into part of their school life, into part of their childhood, even before they reach 18.

-.-

They say it makes you stronger, it makes u disciplined, it allows u to take it easier when u go NS. I say it isn't worth it at all. Whats worse than stifling the freedom of a carefree child?

However, one of the good things about NS is.. it really makes you appreciate whatever you have around you like, a lot. Really, really a lot. Thats why bookouts are so precious to us. Hahaha.

Went blog hopping.. read read read, then i realised : eh, why everyone's entries like so sad one???!!! Because i not around is it? Hahahahaha.. But hey, be cheerful and optimistic ya, appreciate and make the most out of what you have.. That's what i learnt in the past 3 weeks, and thats what i think everyone should do! Then everyone will be happier =) It really works! ^^

Gonna have to leave like, now. Booking in at 7.40. Drats.

"A chain is as strong as it's weakest link" - from some army poster.

My last post...

... before i go for my holiday on the sunny, tropical island surrounded by crystal-clear sparkling water, kind, vivacious pink dolphins, stunning kaleidoscopic coral reefs, located right smack on the equator!

Aren't you jealous?

Hahaha..

To those going in, take care ok! Hope to see ya inside lots.

And to those who missed the last tickets.. Take care too. Till we meet again. =)

Adieu!

How to be the next Jay Chou

1. Have a good voice, be able to sing. No need to be shen like Andy Lau or Jackie Cheung or the Eagles, but can pass can already.

2. Have a personal, distinct style which stands you out. Write nice songs without wearing your underwear. Swing nan-chuks around!

3. Look cool.

4. Write a lot, a lot of very, very nice songs. As in, A LOT. Let people see your little booklet in front of the cd, flip through it, and see your name over and over again under the Song By - .

5. Be friends with Vincent Fong!!! It's a grave understatement to say his lyrics are good. Gives your already-nice songs a punch.

6. Example:
Track 1: Song - Jay Chou. Lyrics - Vincent Fong.
Track 2: Song - Jay Chou. Lyrics - Jay Chou.
Track 3: Song - Jay Chou. Lyrics - Vivian Hsu. some pro singer/songwriter too(miss pang knows her ^^).
Track 4: Song - Jay Chou. Lyrics - Vincent Fong.
Track 5: Song - Jay Chou. Lyrics - Vivian Hsu(again! ^^)
Track 6: Song - Jay Chou. Lyrics - Vincent Fong.
Track 7: Song - Jay Chou. Lyrics - Vincent Fong.
Track 8: Song - Jay Chou. Lyrics - Vincent Fong.
Track 9: Song - Jay Chou. Lyrics - Vincent Fong.
Track 10: Song - Jay Chou. Lyrics - Jay Chou.

Wahh.

Get the idea?

Especially if you wrote it youself!!!

Wahh.

7. Make sure that they all are very, very nice. Go listen to Fantasy.

8. And of course, some of that elusive bit of luck everybody won't mind. Hahaha..


Listen to omniscient me(hahaha!) and do it right, and you will...

1. Be a star.

2. Be able to hold concerts. Thousands of people there to see you, to hear you sing. Not to mention the fireworks, the lasers, the little bits of shiny paper they let fall from dazzling heights to make the entire place, well, dazzle. All in taiwan of course.. Don't expect all these in the singapore indoor stadium. Hahaha! And the best thing is, the night is all yours!

3. Get to play the leading role in Initial D, with veterans there as supporting cast to ensure the movie is fail-proof. WAHH.

4. Get to make the music for the movie's OST as well.

4. Get awards.. Till you lose count of them.

5. Be able to direct MTVs for SHE and see Hebe! Wahhhh....

6. Be invited to talk/gameshows with SHE, and see Hebe! Wahhhh....

8. GET to know SHE, and know Hebe! WAHHHH!!!!!

Plus, people still love you even if you mumble za bit here and there and they really need the lyric book to make out the lyrics. Hahahaha!

To any critic out there - emulate half of his success before we start listening to you! Hahahaha.

=) =) =)

"Q: What do you call a donkey with three legs?
A: A wonky donkey.

Q: What do you call a donkey with three legs and one eye?
A: A winky wonky donkey.

Q: What do you call a minature donkey with three legs and one eye?
A: A winky wonky dinky donkey.

Q: What do you call a minature donkey with three legs and one eye that can play the piano?
A: A plinky-plonky winky wonky dinky donkey.

Q: What do you call a minature donkey with three legs and one eye that can play the piano and has a bad case of wind?
A: A stinky plinky-plonky winky wonky dinky donkey.

Q: What do you call a really clever minature donkey with three legs and one eye that can play the piano and has a bad case of wind?
A: A thinky stinky plinky-plonky winky wonky dinky donkey.

Q: What do you call a really clever minature donkey with three legs and one eye that can play the piano and has a bad case of wind that has been attacked by a squid?

A: An inky thinky stinky plinky-plonky winky wonky dinky donkey."

My New Year Resolutions:

1. To be more driven. HA. Thought for ages before i came up with this word.. I like this word. Not only cos i'd like a car and cars are also driven(wow coincidentally! =P) , but also cos i think it encompasses a few other qualities.. Like being determined. Being daring. Being disciplined. Really putting in the effort. I had been having an increasingly laid-back attitude to the stuff i do.. Perhaps i've been taking things for granted, expecting everything to fall into place nicely for me like they have been since young.

Looking over the past 2 years, apart from being in rj, being the ct rep of a wonderful class(=)), getting rj guitar's first ever syf gold.. I don't have much to show for.. Not that i'm dying for something to show off, or dying to be some high-flying over achiever. Nevertheless, it remains that i have not used every opportunity i've been given, in school as well as in other aspects of my life. Come to think of it.. It is quite a pity, isn't it? Cos we've left school, cos we'll never get the same opportunities again - small they might be, yet better they're for for learning to taste failure. But i digress. I think it's important to grab and make use of every single opportunity which comes by - something now at least i'm encouraging my bro to do so he can get the best from both his and my world(which is experience). Hahaha!

There're a few things i know i had missed.. And it hurt to see them go by me, out of reach, knowing that i could have them safely in my arms had i dared to take that extra step forward to reach out closer. Sometimes i get the damn i should have! feeling.. But then ironically i know that without the luxury of hindsight, i would have done the same thing again..

Yeah. So for resolution number 1: grab EVERY opportunity, and do EVERYTHING to the fullest. And give it my all, whatever i'm doing. And not be afraid to go for what i really want.. so that at least, even without that hindsight i'd make the choice and do the things i would regret not doing.

Not that i'll turn into a mean Work Work machine overnight.. hahaha.. I know the enjoy-life streak in me won't ever change, nor do i want it to change =P But something nice which could sum it all - work hard, and play hard!

2. Be nicer. I know i'm very nice already ^^ But then unfortunately, nobody's perfect.. Hahaha! Hmm.. resolution number 2: be more considerate, and take the extra step in being a better friend - something i'm guilty of not doing my utmost as well.. Ahh well but now.. it shall be! =)

3. Sleep earlier and wake up earlier. Something implicitly stated in Resolution 1 but not explicitly.. so here it is! Like my dad loves to come into my room at 1am (or whatever time he goes to sleep) and say: "jianxue ah.. sleep early ah!

Me: Hmm? Orh.. ok.. sleeping soon (but usually not-so, hahahaha)

Dad: Yaaaa.. Early to bed, early to rise! Heard before? Blahblahblahblahblah..

Me: Ok (zzzzzz).

(it worked)

Heeee.

But i find night beautiful... Don't you? It's like.. Seeing a beautiful, sunny day in a different light. Err or rather... no light. Hahahaha!

Anyway.. In my 2-year holiday to the tropical island located smack on the equater(aren't you jealous) i should be able to fulfil this resolution fairly easily. Hahaha..

4. To be a better man. (omg this is so clichéd)

I can't believe i'm (deliberately)adding the song to go with this. Ultimate lameness. HEEEEE..(if i don't add this little disclaimer i'm afraid you might think i'm really trying a little too hard. hahahaha!)

But then.. it's true. Resolution no.4. To be a better man.



"Quiquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur."

(Whatever is said in Latin above sounds profound.)

Thank you all for the

wonderful Saturday! Loved every single bit of it.. The food(of cos), the bacardi(hic), the merry christmas-handshake dares(which, i tell you, lit up the entire christmas of the last 3 ladies, hahaha), even the acquiring of the sparklers(piece of cake). Thing i appreciated most though, was the company =)

=) =) =)

Thanks everyone, for being there.
Thanks miss pang, for making me feel like i've had 2 birthdays this year ^^

Leaving for a 2-year holiday on a nice tropical island located at the equater(aren't you jealous) next Thursday... And after all the hype of christmas , well, it's time to reflect! What better time to say this than now?

I like the people around me. I've really enjoyed all your company, and i appreciate you all in ways more than i would have ever expressed. These 2 years have been really funwith you all around.. and thinking of all the things i've done, man I sure as hell wish school could have lasted a little longer than this.

Awwww....

Apart from the ThankYou speech i STILL think i should have made in the middle of citylink mall rather than just at the side.. I'd like to say i'll never, ever forget any of you and what you've done for me, and i'll be there for you always, and always. =)

And this applies to ALL my friends. All. =)

"Icing - What I do when I attend choir practice"

The Beach, Harry Potter, and Jonah Bobo

Woke up today VERY late, cos i had slept very late last night. Slept late last night because i had missed the last train home and thus had reached home late. I had reached home late cos earlier on i had left the house late. I had left the house late because i had woken up late. I woken up late cos i had slept late. I had slept late because.. well.. you get the idea.

As i sat down for my breakfast/lunch i exchanged a couple of smses with brady and alroy.
with Brady:
Brady: blah blah blah...
Me: blah blah blah.. Eh, wanna go to the beach?
Brady: ...TO DO WAD???
Me: Hahaha.. Beachy stuff lahz, swim, slack, relax. OH can play sand somemore =)
-pause-
Brady: Anything.. blah blah blah... Bring guitar...

with Alroy:
I can't remember. Something to do with colouring our hair. Lolz.

And so, we left for the beach. Took the usual train to harbourfront and bus to siloso beach, where we sat on the sand and played guitar.. We played stuff like Jay Chou's 黑色毛衣 (Black Overcoat), which the pro shit brady figured out on the spot by just listening to the mp3, and 浪漫手机 (the name of my T630 =D) (also figured out by brady). Then we got bored.. and brady suggested we challenge the 2 kids in the beach soccer court next to us to a 2v2 and i said OK so we went and played with them.. Signs of our Victory (duh) were eminent when those 2 started squabbling even before the game started, hahaha.. Half way through the game a foreigner and his hunky friend joined to make it 3v3... We got the full-pint-beer-bellied foreigner while they got the hunky friend, but still.. They weren't a match. Heeeee. ^^

Next we went down to orchard to watch Zathura. It's like another Jumanji, but this time it incorporates yes, Family Values.. It's about a typical big brother lording over his younger (CUTE) brother but the little one never minding it, still always approaching his older brother to play, how they stumbled upon the game, how they saw themselves (literally), how their little relationship was shaped throughout the course of the game.. Heartwarming really; the older brother turned out to be much nicer than we all thought.. Cute even. However, his cuteness CANNOT beat Jonah Bobo. Who's Jonah Bobo? He's the (CUTE) little brother in Zathura.. And omg omg omg... HE IS DAMN CUTE LAAAAAAA... He exudes all the small-boy charm you could ever imagine.. The innocence, the bright, sparky, chubby look, the way he walks, talks, yells '' I KILLED LISA!!!'' AWWwwwww... Man, HE IS SOOO CUTE. Seriously. Go watch Zathura. Story's not bad, can bring you lots of laughs, and FULL marks for the cute factor.



Cute!



Cute!


Everyone watched Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire yet? I watched it twice.. And around me (mine included) reactions were the same- too rushed, jumpy sequences, Hogwarts not as nice as before, generally something missing- the magic you feel from reading the book, it just isn't there, is it? Thus, i (and brady concurs) have come up with a few pointers on how to improve the movie. Sigh. That directing fellow really should have consulted me first, ya?

Number 1: Capture every scene, you cheapskates.. When they showed the Weasleys and Potter and Granger in the little tent-house after the Quidditch match was supposed to have ended - i didn't even know the match WAS supposed to have ended. -.- After all the glam opening in the beginning of the match, it's suddenly over without a trace. Also, know the part where Harry Potter was preparing for the first task - the dragons? In the book Hermione had to actually teach and practice with Harry how to accio, Firebolt! right? It's a minor detail, but one of the cosy, friendship-building, homely(they swung cushions about in the room in the castle) parts in the book which actually lets us feel for the book the way we do... Instead all we see is a Mad, One-eyed, Moody (pun intended) fellow sneering ''You are allowed a WAND HARRY''. And that's why the movie isn't satisfying. They wanted to keep to the conventional less-than-3hr time limit, and in doing so missed out on the many parts which make the story whole. And nice. And complete. So the movie becomes like, summary? This is Riddikulus! Why not make a 10-hour movie capturing every single detail? People will love you for that ^^.

Number 2: Give Dumbledore a makeover. Isn't he portrayed in the book as a nice, wise, fatherly old gentleman? In the show he displayed signs of aggressiveness, like grabbing Harry and shaking him and saying "DID YOU OR DID YOU NOT PUT YOUR NAME INTO THE GOBLET OF FIRE HARRY". As far as i recall, he hasn't been so beligerent in the book. I've always had the impression that he never showed an angry face, never lost his temper.. Isn't it a bit wierd to suddenly give him such characteristics. Also, he somehow doesn't strike me as the powerful, impressive, authoritative figure in the magic world he's supposed to be, as much as in the book.. Suggested improvements: Make Professor Dumbledore more powerful.. Let us see more of him, his leadership, his authority, his kindness. Oh, and remove his aggressiveness. It ain't good for his image.

Number 3: Give Emma Watson more screen time. ^^ We all watch Harry Potter not only for the story, we want to see how the characters evolve over time too! Especially now that the actors are older, it's more interesting to see how they adapt and pull off roles of different age differences, correct not? Harry Potter - we see him like ALL the time. Ron Weasley - never mind. But Hermione... Really not enough, lahz. No focus on her except during the ball and in the champion's tent before the dragon fight loh!! How can.. After all, giving eye candy a bit more screen time wouldn't hurt! =) Hahahahaa.. And right, by doing so and showing support to promising up-and-coming new actresses(and actors of cos), they'll make more movies, and make more money. Got more money, cinema ticket prices can go down. DVD prices can go down also. Then go down until cheaper than pirated DVD and VCDs, then no one will buy pirated stuff anymore -- see, fighting piracy!!

Number 4: Change the actress of Cho Chang. Hebe should act as Cho Chang! The present one looks not bad in the movie.. But my Candidate should be much, much better! =D After all, both got black hair, both got chinese look, just that one more chio. Had Hebe been casted right, she would be called Chio Chang already, not Cho Chang. Then not only Harry Potter would want to go to the ball with her.. Viktor Krum, Cedric, Ron Weasley, even the band conductor also will call her go lahz. Hahahahaha!

With these 4 improvements... Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire will capsize Titanic i tell you. Assuming it still is the no.1 movie.

Ok.. i know you're itching to click on the little red box on the top right corner of your screen already. -) Brady refused to carry on talking to me after i brought up points 3 and 4, hahahaaha.

But eh, i DO have a point right? XD


"What does an air con and a computer have in common?
When you open windows, they both don't work."

-Actual date of post - 03-12-2005. Just felt i should complete the post. Haha.

zzzzz

Wanted to blog.. but i'm fallin asleep in front of the com already.. i'll finish it and post it sometime tml.

"Expect new content next version" - IceFrog

Animal activist Bo Derek was horrified to learn that the Queen of England wears antique sable coats. She decided to confront the Queen over the issue, and arranged to get herself invited to an event which the Queen was also due to attend.

So a couple of months later, there they were at a very high class tea party. Rich people everywhere. Bo started looking around for the Queen. Sure enough, there she was. It was time for the confrontation!She marched up to the Queen, and demanded an answer.

Elizabeth responded haughtily: "Some wear old fur to reign, Bo."

weeeeeeee.. i'm blogging again!

it's been eons since i last blogged.. bloggiing skillz all rusty le XD

anyways.. skiped school today! went for my ns checkup(ii).. it was just some iq? test and eye checkup. then i went HOME.

aah.. glorious thurday. =)

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Was talking to alroy, when he told me that benny lee would be asking a selected few to present the solutions for the revision tutorial.

omgwtfbbq.

i immediately mounted a search for those long-forgotten pieces of carbon, my heart set aflutter.

why do i panic so? i BET i'll be called out to present tomorrow la. ><


"Can someone come out and do question 1 on the board?"

*pause*

*avoids eye contact*

"JIANXUE, you can come and do question 1".


-shudders-

and because i smartly placed them together with my chem stuff, i have just found them like, now.

alamak..

Go do physics liao.




"How can you tell when a bucket gets sick?
It becomes a little pale."

Common Test 2

It was a dark, stormy night.

After happily playing gunbound with brady for like 3 hours (yeah we owned =)) i have been very merrily struck with the buoyant newfound realisation that the joyful Maths paper we'll be taking in like 2 weeks consists of the following hearty topics:



- from Miss Pang's consolidated data:

Mathematics ( I really think they hate us)
-Inequalities
-Partial fractions and binomial theorem
-AP/GP
-Trigonometry
-Then they came up with some 3D trigo thingy...those mathematicians are really free
-Vectors
-Integration
-Numerical methods
-Permutation and combination
-Probability
-The not-too-obvious-hence-Discreet Random Variables
-Binomial Distribution
-Poisson distribution…

I told you they hate us…



Yup, they do hate us.
In view that it could be possibly my fault that i hadn't checked out the topics properly, i shall be lighthearted, mirthful and graceful about it. Just laugh it off..



WAS I THE ONLY ONE WHO THOUGHT THAT THE TOPICS COVERED STARTED FROM INTEGRATION ONWARDS???


Bless the poor souls who have been joyously ambling through the first half of this sparkling jubilant june break carrying the misconception that out dear jolly Maths department could have been a tad kinder.

Gay. Trigo will kill me.

Nevertheless, in the tone of reason i have found that it is actually beneficial to us for them to have included the easier like those before Integration (save trigo). Ya? Hahaha.. Prolly so. Bring on the Inequalities. Gimme a 20 mark inequality question.

I thank the powers above the same scare has not occurred to me regarding bio chem and phy.. I'd scream.

Oh, there was this fine day, when i dreamt that it was the day of the bio paper.. and i had not studied..

I woke up frozen.. like your ant in a freezer.

The HOLIDAYS Are Here!!! Woohoo!! Yay!!

可爱女人

Actually, maybe not..

It's nice that june is finally here.. It's like..a refreshing breeze in a desert. Cold water on a hot day. Warm water on a cold night. Something like that.. So, like any other child 7 years up in Singapore, i welcomed the holidays. A grand total of 4 weeks without boring lectures, insufferable tutorials and those dreadful pracs - HEAVENLY.

想要有直升机 想要和你飞到宇宙去

However, this hols ah, a bit different leh.

The very things on our very minds that makes this holiday lose it's magic and splendour - A levels, prelims, and primarily CT2. They're like adhered somewhere at the back of my head and creating a sense of urgency and no matter what i do it seems to be there.. Like some barrier preventing me from throwing myself into enjoying this holiday. And its NOT FUN lahz.. What kind of holiday is a holiday if you can't enjoy the holiday? Got work to doo!! Important wan somemore.

想要和你融化在一起 融化在银河里

Eeew.

On another note another reason i'm apprehensive about this june is cos it came so fast.. Zip and it's here. It's scary lahz.. I've always heard j2 life will be very short, but i didn't expected it to be so damn short. Wth.. Week 7 seemed just like yesterday. I still recall walking down the little path downstairs in primary 3 thinking...Streaming is still so far away! Don't care first! ^^ Right. *Snap* and it's all over.. I expect june to be the same?

我每天每天每天在想想想想著你

They say, time passes the fastest when u consciously don't want it to.

这样的甜蜜 让我开始相信命运

Shoo time shoo.. Go away.

感谢地心引力 让我碰到你

I don't want time to pass so fast lahz..er no. i WANT time to pass fast. Studies's among one of them. More time = more work done. Or more time to do that same amt of work and slack around too =P But the other reason is, ironically, school. To tell the truth i don't want school to be over so fast.. It's one of the excuses i get to use to see my friends. It's only cos of school, that u get to see your people on a daily basis. To talk cock, to play basketball, soccer, piano, to go Coro and eat, to go S11, to buy bubble tea, to watch movie, to play badminton, to pon lecture, to go bugis eat, blahblahblah, etcetera. Hahaha.

漂亮的让我面红的可爱女人

They say with a smile, "Nvm lah, we can still meet up! =) " but yeah right, i know it and i know you know it too, it just will not be the same. We wouldn't be in a LT, wouldn't be in uniform(not that uniform very nice..haha..but memories, lahz), wouldn't be free to share the nonsense and spend time together like we do now. So sad right.

温柔的让我心疼的可爱女人

Can you imagine, after this year we're like adults already??

聪明的让我感动的可爱女人

We live life but once, and the stage where we enjoy most and touch life at it's most natural, beautiful infancy is about to pass and never return. (Wahh.. Cheem stuff!)

"Work, work." - Peasant, Warcraft 3

"Work, work." - Me, CommonTest 2

Still, Gunbound and Diablo2 are super tempting(especially now. Aahh..) So will DotA and tower def. Nvm.. an hour or two a day won't hurt XD


坏坏的让我疯狂的可爱女人

The GP paper was okay.. Usual stuff lahz, just filling in all the bull you can come out with in 1 1/2 hours. No surprise they call that book the GPBull too.

Thanks a lot to those who came down for the guitar concert. Appreciate it lots =) Hope u all had a good time.. I did! ^^ Songs nice right, this time... Hahaha.
My sixth year.. and probably my last. SNIFF. You guys made it specially memorable. =)

I GOT BEEG BEEG FLOWER.
And here's where i put it.

Haha.. Nice cosy corner right.

What better place for a sunflower than it's very own fountain? =)

WE GOT GOLD!
WOOHOOOO!!

Yeah that's it. RJC Guitar Enssemble's first ever gold medal(so i've been told). We made it babies! Didn't let anyone who had faith in us down, so there. =) We've made history, lalala, history! Hahaha..

That was one magical moment, a fabulous afternoon.. Here's how it works. You wait with your guitar with your friends in a series of locations in the Singapore Conference Hall, slowly moving up to the tuning room where you tune for the last time and do some last min runs, then move, move, move till you reach the backstage and await the time when you step onstage. And from that moment onwards every single movement, every single sound is observed and noted for the next 10 min till the 2 songs are over. You walk, chest up, shoulders broad, in a well-rehearsed progression to your seat on stage. Beyond the stage is a blur, you don't have the consciousness to notice much, but you know that there're like 200+ pairs of eyes staring at you, most importantly the 5-6 pairs in the centre holding the scoresheets. You can't really think of anything; your heart is pounding as you stand at your seat (just a nice lil chair). This is when you look up, look around at the audience, the judges, and take in the majesty of it all. The expectant faces, the formality of the occasion, the pains taken to practice, rehearse, to dress up (oh we looked FANTASTIC).. It strikes you then, how important this is for the GE, as well as how you perform later will mean so much to you later on, something you can look back on and say, hey.. i tried and i made it. The exact stuff which makes one as an adult want to say I want to be a student again.. It's very meaningful actually. Very, very meaningful. =)

Then you wait for your cue to be seated, and once you do so you hear the emcee introduces you to the audience. Our little introduction title brought about some commotion from the audience, hahaha, and i was rather pleased with it. It was the song title; i believe all the rest had reasonably shorter, more coherent titles. Ours was a breathtaking and as indigestable "Aria de la Bachianas Brasileiras No.5". Hahaha.. Coupled with the RJC name being read out alongside it it probably sounded like some bombastic classico piece. Next one was more normal though, "Taking The A Train". Superb, nevertheless =D

Thus, we played, and we won gold. Hahahaha..

Joined the audience after the performance, and we watched the other teams play before the judges rounded up the results and promulgated them. As they read out "Raffles Junior College, Gold." We all got up and cheered happily. Before i knew it i had gotten up and pumped my fist in the air, along with all the customary yays and woohoos and wowees, etc. Hahaha.. It was a magical moment lahz. It was then that i too realised, i actually cared more than i've cared to admit. For the enssemble, for its status, for its players. And i was proud to be part of it, cos i was proud of it. At that moment, it was like..watching your child take his first step. Or the wright brothers flying their first plane. Or archimedes running naked down the street.

Eureka.

The truth is that, in RJ guitar wasn't as well percieved as band, co, even RI's GE. Probably cos we weren't good enough(unlike in RI were every single musical group owned and all had some distinguished, exquisite aura about them despite not being a sports cca). It was an honour to be in Ri's GE, but in Rj it was kind of different, you know what i mean? And it was because, i rightfully believe, since results are all people want to see, especially from a musical group, of the reason that Rj GE had never, ever gotten a gold medal in SYF. So hopefully with this small step we can continue to progress and finally attain that aura of invincibility the band, co, Ri's GE has. Bahahaha.

And brady and kenneth, AHEM, i am NOT a ponner ok.. I simply skip tues pracs cos of cip and, of late, babysitting commitments. Hahahaha. So there. My secretary can attest to it. Right? =P

Ok, short post today, cos my com's down and my bro lives right next to his com.

Oh, i nearly forgot about Miss pang my secretary's birthday, which coincidentally fell on secretary's week too. It's magic i tell you.. In short, we all bought presents, balloons, ate at swensen's, and had a good time. You'd probably have read it off the other's blogs by now.

This was supposed to be here 22/04, 11.30pm but my grandpa com took a nap and (still) doesn't want to wake up yet.

Happy birthday! May you be happy always =)

"What do you call a sleepwalking nun?
A Roamin' Catholic"

not counted, told you all already.

"Two biscuits walking down the street.
One gets crushed by a passing car.
The other one says, 'Crumbs.'"