In Vancouver

At last, I finally have access to a com. I was supposed to have written this yesterday, but I was so tired that I collapsed in bed immediately after dinner. I'm like really enjoying myself now. Geneva and London were fun, but nothing beats Vancouver. This place is simply great, from the shopping downtown to the parks. Wait a minute...what shopping?....those who know me know that I hate shopping:P
The only complaint that I have is that the familiar Singapore food is rather absent, and since I am rather addicted to spicy food, I really feel the effects of not having it around. Oh, and I don't really know how to say this, but I'll scream if I ever have to see wholemeal bread again in the near future. I mean, I really hate it, and as if I don't see enough of it at home, Grandma also buys it, but I'm going to try my best not to complain.
And just to share some of my muddled thoughts, on the flight from London to Vancouver, it was a full flight with near maximum load, and during take-off, the moment the wheels left the ground, the captain retracted the wheels so loudly that I actually thought that one of the clusters on the undercarridge had dropped of, and I got a little nervous when the plane started vibrating considerably immediately after this. It just isn't like me to let my thoughts run wild like this, right? But thank God nothing of that sort happened.
Going for a walk later with Mom and Auntie Eng. I'm really tired again.

Waiting

Waiting...something that I don't do particularly well. We're going to London tonight at 11:20, and I sort of finished my packing, so I'm just sitting around doing nothing:P Mum's giving the floor an extra sweep, so I think that it's nearly time to go. I hope we get a new plane today, top class cabin crew. I'm hungry, and I don't like to have to wait for dinner.
Oh yes, Yeng Wai and Hil May's wedding went so beautifully yesterday. Everything turned out simply well, and the bride and groom were really looking great. There was so much sincerity as they made their vows to each other, and as they thanked their parents for all that they had done for them. Only thing was that I took a few wrong steps at the beginning of the recessional, which I hope not too many people saw:P Happy day:) Thank God for the wonderful couple:)
By the way, I saw Kevin See at river valley yesterday when we went to buy dinner. I got to chat with him for a while, which was great:)
I'm looking forward to the holiday, and Christmas with Grandma, but I'll miss all my wonderful friends. Hope to see you soon.

Prom

I just came back from Youth Camp today. The theme for this year was knowing God, and I must say that I've certainly learned a lot from this year's camp, and got to know some friends better. In the middle of Youth Camp however, I took leave to go for prom on tuesday. It was certainly the most packed day that I had ever experienced. In the morning, we had this game called civilisation frenzy, which was basically war games in clementi woods, and was quite a lot of fun although I got a little dirty at the end of it. In the afternoon, I went home to wash up, and read harry potter and the half-blood prince for the entire afternoon. Before I knew it, it was already time to go.
I made my way down to ritz, and saw that the lobby was filled with people who were taking pics and were looking great. I almost could not recognise some people at first:P I first saw Alvin Toh, Kevin and DZ at the lobby, then saw Joan, Soon, Mari and Bryan Chua downstairs. From then on, it was an endless stream of pictures until my camera battery died:( I should have remembered to change the batteries before coming. Anyway, I managed to take pictures with most of the people I knew, but did not manage to see everyone due to the time constraint.
I would like to say a big thank you to all my friends in ACJC Class of 2005. I really appreciate you a lot, and I hope we can continue to stay in touch.
After Prom, which passed by too fast, I went to Momo with Jon Tui, Jiade, Daniel, Mel, Joyce, Shu and Kenny. I saw Edwin and Karno outside the door, too. Well, I wasn't really prepared for the deafening music in the club, and I was a little stunned at first. The cigarette smoke was present in large quantities, and the smell of it went home with me:P (I saw some friends smoking there, whom I never knew to be smokers.) Pravin and Ruiwen tried to make me dance, but I was rather unenthusiastic. Sorry to disappoint you guys, I was just really tired, and I have very little confidence when it comes to dancing:P But thanks for trying to get me to dance:) I still have much to learn.
The next day, I was totally out for a good part of the day, and I didn't get much done. This morning was the final day of Youth Camp, when Wei-En challenged us to live our lives in a different way, bearing fruit, because we know God better. There's another rehearsal for Yeng Wai and Hil May's wedding tonight at church, and I also need to study for driving theory.
Hope to catch up with you soon.

I don't know what to do...

I sometimes feel that I am too free, but of course that is impossible. We can be too busy but never too free. I sure appreciate the much slower pace now. Just had senior's reunion last night at oliver and josh's place. Their condo is simply huge and really nice. I really enjoyed the whole evening, the games, the BBQ, as well as the time of worship and sharing. I'm grateful for all my wonderful friends at BB. After that, they went to btp to play lan, while I couldn't due to parental objection=(
Actually, I have quite a packed time ahead of me. Tomorrow, I'm helping YFC with an event at PHS, and that should take me all the way til about 4pm, which means that I am missing a rehearsal for Yeng Wai and Hil May's wedding. Oh well... On saturday, I'm free for a large part of the day. On sunday, the heavy schedule starts. I have youth camp from evening, and I'm leaving on tuesday at lunch time. Then there's prom in the evening, and there's club momo after that until very early (in the morning, I mean) Wednesday, I'm free again, thursday there's the full wedding rehearsal as well as worship rehearsal, saturday is the big day, and then family holiday starts on sunday night. Yay! I'm going to raid the plane's kitchen of cookies at night as usual, and then catch whatever movies they have to offer. I'll only be back at the beginning of next year which is when I hope I can get a relief teaching job. I really want to teach in AC because I really love the school, but I don't know whether I'll even get the job in the first place. I specifically stated that preferably I want to teach maths in the application. I did not choose any primary school subjects in the application because I'm not confident of controlling the kids in class.
Now I am trying to get down to reading harry potter and the half-blood prince, which I should have done ages ago=P
To all my friends: Happy Holidays!!! See you at ritz

Free time / Exam Debrief

Well, I've certainly had a lot of free time on my hands recently. So much that I sometimes don't know what to do. Right now, I'm trying to pick up grade 1 music again, and have quite some trouble with the theory:P The flats and the sharps are particularly abstract to me, but well, I'll just keep going slowly. My enlistment date is 27 March, so I'll have about 3 months on my hands. I want to do relief teaching next year if I can, and I want to teach maths or chem. If not, then I'll just do whatever job I can find.
Ok, now for exam debrief. For those who do not wish to revisit those memories, please skip the next 2 paragraphs. I'll just keep it short because I don't want to say too much about what is in the past. In the words of coach (approximately) after the friendly match with RJ:"It's history. It's over. We can't change what happened, so just focus on what is to come and learn from your mistakes."
I am particluarly disappointed with myself for Physics 3 and Chem 3. This is because I was inadequately prepared for the option topics on both occasions, and this was rather terrible. In the case of Physics 3, I really didn't see that the expression to be derived in Q4 was E=V/r, so I was stumped there. And the worst thing was that I actually used that expression in my working later on without realising it. The examiner must be laughing at me now. And Q1 was rather simple but made to look tedious, and so, I left it to the last and left it unfinished as a result. -sigh- I can't believe that i actually let the marks go so easily. I wish that I could have been more organised for the essay papers (GP1, EC3). I am used to an unorganised, just whack approach for essays, and this resulted in my not developing my points fully, and not explaining stuff enough. An example is GP1, when I didn't get to explain comparative advantage as I should due to lack of time, and I have one toilet break to thank for that. The rest of the papers were seemingly ok, so I will not comment about them. What I do know is that God saw me through the whole thing, he provided, and that is all that I need to know.
As we wait for results, just trust God. His grace is sufficient. Nothing is too hard for Him.

"And the peace of God which trancends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." Philippians 4:7

Another day

Just came back from the club with Mum. It's raining outside, and my non-academic workpile, though still small in size, is waiting for me.
I wish we had gone to Alvin Toh's house yesterday. I only found out that they were jamming there when we met them at lido, and I can't believe that I missed it, especially since Rus brought his new bass. Never mind though, we had a great time nonetheless. Edwin and I went to Orchard first and we got there about an hour early, so we walked around, and looked at borders and this shop with all the high tech stuff for i-pod and the likes. Later on, we met Kevin, Joan and Alvin at lido, and we caught the 5:15 show for Harry Potter just in time. I think it's really the best out of all the 4 movies, but for the sake of those who haven't watched it yet, I won't spoil it for them. (To those who haven't watched it: You cannot miss this film! It is oscar worthy!):P I certainly wouldn't mind watching it again.
After that, we went for dinner at picnic on scotts, and I had to rush off after that because I was supposed to be home by 9. Maybe I'll be able to stay out late next time. Hopefully.

The week ahead

It's monday again, and no more monday blues! I could wake up late today, since there was no school today. But know what, I actually kinda miss school. Don't get me wrong: I appreciate all the extra free time and the movies with friends that I get to enjoy now, but it's just a big change from studying everyday as in the past.
Just went gymming with Edwin this morning, and saw Jasmine in the cafe preparing for FM2 in the afternoon. Her FM stats looks really interesting, but the mechanics is something else altogether. I still wish that I could have taken FM (in a way), but I'm still thankful for what I have.
Going to watch Harry Potter at lido with classmates. Yay! Right now, I'm at oldham wing with Mel, Joyce and Edwin. The temperature is way above my melting point, which is why we really need air-con in sunny singapore.
Wait a minute! How can I be blogging at oldham wing? There's no com!
It's quite simple, I writing this down on paper, and will type it into my com later, only after which you will see this, like now.

It's over!

Yupz, the 'A' Levels are over. Yay!!! Havoc! Just finished today with Chem paper 1, which was a rather interesting paper, but was not overly tough as was paper 3. I somehow don't know how to say this, but 'A' Levels was actually a great experience, minus all the anxiety when I didn't know how to do so many questions, and was reminded of how little I really know. But I know our gracious God saw me through the whole thing. Oh yes, and I didn't get thrown into the pool today as Edwin threatened :) I will talk more about it in the coming days.
Just came back from watching 'Just like Heaven' with friends at Lido. It was a really nice film, (well, considering this was the second film that I watched this year, and this makes a total of 7 films in my whole life, only counting those watched in the theatres, not very impressive statistics, so my standards aren't that high.) but it was my friends who made the experience nice.
Wishing Bio, FM and S-paper people all the best in the final lap!
Holidays are ahead of us, so let's enjoy.

A break at last!

We're halfway through the 'A' Levels already. Yay! 4 days down and 4 days more to go. 'A' Levels is surprisingly much more stressful than the prelims. I remember for Maths Paper 1, I panicked when I saw the first question, and I wasted time going around in circles to solve that one. Maths Paper 2 was a little easier, because most of it was statictics, which I find easier than pure maths. Chem paper 3 was quite an unpleasant surprise for me, as I realised how little I knew, and I'm so thankful that there is still papers 1 and 2 to come. I have mixed feelings about GP. The essay question I did was on the role of government in the business world, but I did not have enough time to explain everything clearly. I tried to avoid jargon and concepts so as not to make a pitfall which has been mentioned by examiners in the past on questions like this. I still have some apprehension in me over the coming week, but I was really encouraged by the writing on the tagboard in the void deck on thursday afternoon, which read: "Never underestimate my Jesus. All the best, J2s!" So many times, when I am weak, all I have is Jesus in the exam hall, and I find that He is all that I need.
Keep trusting in God, for He never fails!

This is the moment

I really love that song, which Taufik sang for the semis, and which I also heard over the radio recently. Well, this is the moment: The 'A' Level week is here. All that we've been working so hard for these past two years is finally here, and it's going to happen right here in the same hall where all the action took place in all the other exams. And its all going to end in a mere span of 2 weeks. Thank to you all who have been encouraging me and praying for me all this while, you have all been a great blessing to me:D I'm trying not to be anxious over it all, and it is really comforting to know that God goes with me into the exam hall each time.

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight."
Proverbs 3: 5-6

This verse is something that I saw often during the 'O' Levels, because it is on the wall of the auditorium in ACS(I). It may be helpful when I forget how to spell the word "acknowledge"...lol... , but more than that, it is a great reminder of how we can depend on God during exams.

1 week more

It's about one week to the big 'A's now. Time is really tight now. It's the final lap for us J2s, before we can play like never before. Yay!
On friday night, there was worship under the stars. I really didn't know about it until Alvin Toh told me that afternoon, and at that time, I was not too enthusiastic about going. But I thank God that Alvin waited for me and brought me there despite my excuses that I needed to study, because I was really blessed by the whole event. The worship was so wonderful, and I felt God ministering to me during the worship, and also later on during rededication when a brother prayed for me. I was only interupted when I had to go back to the hub to get my bag, because I kind of forgot to bring it with me, and they were going to lock the hub at 9. I believe that the Lord knew that I needed a break from studying, and so brought me there to worship Him that night. And thanks Alvin for bringing me there:)
Ok, umm that's all I have for now.

Weekend again

What a week. There was so much time wasted, and so much slacking. I'm in danger of thinking that i've finished studying for 'A' Levels. I found out yesterday from AJC prelims 2004 chem paper 3 that this was not the case. I've almost completely forgotten my food chem already. And my GP is really lacking. I promised myself that from now on, I will only use the internet on Sundays with the exception of school matters. I seriously need to be more focussed.

Had church this morning, and the topic for cell was the qualities that we would want to see in our future spouse. Yeng Wai urged us to be honest in our discussion, but we only were really honest after a while. It's just a guy thing, really. What we present as politically correct answers on this topic are not very true:P At the end of the discussion, Yeng Wai then summed up that we should look at the spiritual aspect of a relationship, as that is the most important part of who we should choose as our life partner. He shared from Proverbs 31:30, charm is deceptive, beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.

I still haven't got my enlistment letter for NS yet. That is both good and bad. Good because I'll be free at the beginning of next year. Bad because it'll mean a later ORD. Oh well...

Rain, Rain Go Away

Its another rainy sunday afternoon, and I'm supposed to be working now, but I'm just getting a little tired and restless. I was working in my room just now but i couldn't stand the burning smell, and so went over to the study. No no, I'm not playing with fire again. The burning smell is because 2 wasps/bees flew into my room on wednesday morning while I was doing QT, and I couldn't be bothered to chase them out. As a result, they flew into the open lamp in my room, and got fried. They are still there now, probably well done, or even overcooked, and that is why the burning smell comes on whenever I switch on my lamp.

The memories of Baccalaureate are still fresh in my mind. It was one of the best chapels that I had ever seen in AC, and we sang my favourite song during worship. After the service, there was more photo taking than I had ever seen in my whole life. I wish I had brought my cam, but nevermind, I'll remember that for seniors night. The atmosphere then was simply overwhelming, and I'm really glad that I am part of AC class of 2005, a really special bunch of people.

After that, I managed to get permission from Mum (who reluctantly agreed) to go out with the class. Yupz, so we went bowling at Bt Panjang Plaza, with Kevin, Joan, Mari, Soon, Alvin Toh, Charmaine, Beck and Rus. It was my first time bowling in my whole life, and it is no wonder that my first ball went straight into the ditch. My second ball left 3 pins standing. Yay! By the next game, I was leading, second only to Rus, and Mari said that I cursed the opponents' lane to make the ball fall into the ditch...haha... And then, everyone suddenly made a comeback, which left me near the bottom again:P I really have a problem with bowling balls, because the 9 pound ball is light and easy to propogate, but it spins so much that it ends up in the ditch by the time it is halfway down the lane; while the 14 pound ball is so heavy that it hardly spins, but I just can't seem propogate it straight, resulting in it going into the ditch too. But I got a strike on the first time I went bowling. Yay! **clap**clap** After that, everyone went to Mari's house, while I had to go home cos Mum said so. -sigh- But then it's probably due to her that I actually find time to work.
At church this morning, the cell topic was on death, which is a little foreign to me. Uncle Peter was speaking at service today, which I really enjoyed listening to, and the sermon topic was false teachers and doctrine.
Ok I think I've written enough today. Tomorrow, I'm so going to go gym, because I'm getting fat, and I don't want to fail IPPT and SOC next year.

A packed and tiring week

I'm back home early today because I'm kind of tired. The last week has really been really taxing for me. I've been staying in school with my friends till about 9-10pm to study, and visiting the gym 2-3 times a week, and I am so totally worn out. The workload is kind of huge, and the time left to the A-levels is kind of short, and so the rest can be easily deduced. I noticed that the hub is rather crowded nowadays, especially when the J1s like to spend their break time between papers in the hub doing last minute revision.
I just visited the gym today, and I discovered to my horror that my 2.4 timing has risen to over 10+ minutes. This is given treadmill conditions, no air resistance, air con, and the TV, which by the way, had a really entertaining show on today called "return of the pink panther" or something like that. After that, I met Bryan in the hub, and that took me all the way to 8pm. Went home on 74 later with Owen and Shai. By the way, I appreciate the parents who so kindly cook dinner for us day after day, but I am seriously tired of pasta, friend rice, noodles, and the likes.
Oh yes, a special hello to Edwin, who, I recently found out, visits my blog. :D

Sick again!

I just got sick again today at school. I was helping Bryan with something in the hub, and then I felt this sensation of pain in my stomach. It must be that indian stall again. I have resolved not to touch their food again as long as I live...not even the potato wedges. I have not forgotten that the indian stall gave me food poisoning during A 'div' just before the match against JJC, but I am so thankful that it was raining so heavily that day that the umpires postponed the match to the next day, and I didn't get to play anyway.....sigh.....
Anyway, I had to go home after I got sick, and then Mum gave me a long talk on watching what I eat, as this has been a common occurance with me, and that I should have been eating something healthier instead after the weekend of unhealthy eating. Well, I wanted to at first, but the queue length at the "healthy" stalls were long enough to waste up to 10 minutes of my life, and I made the mistake of choosing the stall with no queue. I should have known that there was no queue for a reason.
Prelim results came up like quite a long time ago, but I still don't know the final score till today. I was really so scared that they were going to shift the band marks for chem to make everybody score worse, especially since I was at the tail end of my band. WTH told me today that that would not happen. Thank God! God was really gracious to me, even though I was rather ill-prepared for physics. (Imagine not doing a single question on superpositions except in paper 1 for the entire exam.) On the whole, I have much to be grateful to God for. However, I am not anywhere near being satisfied with my grades.
Given the competition level for admission in NUS, I am really not sure whether I can get the course of my choice. My ambition is to be a pediatrician, because I love children. However, the competition is so tough that I am not even confident of being shortlisted. All I can do now is trust God and give my best for Him.

Prelims are over!

Just finished chem paper 1 this morning. This has really been the slackest day that I have had for a long time. Imagine going to school, and being free just one hour later. However, there were 9 questions which I was either not sure of or got wrong. -sigh- And some of them was because the question was ambiguous. I mean, take the chlorobenzene thingy for example qn 38, I thought that the -Cl would get hydrolysed to O-, cos the reaction condition was boiling, but then the conditions for hydrolysis of the -Cl group is 400 degrees, 150atm, so how hot is the boiling? but it's my fault because I didn't realise that there was no mention of pressure at that point in time. -sigh-

But now we all have a wonderful holiday ahead of us. Yay! That means more free time for me, oh, and by the way, I just got my tagboard up. Yupz, today was one of the rare days when I was bored enough to spend close to 1 hour on the com: just enough time to find out how to get it up. So please start posting!

In the midsts of prelims

It's really amazing how time flies. Just a while ago, we were all preparing like mad for prelims, and suddenly, we've already crossed the half-way mark. Now, we have a long weekend break until tuesday. Yay! Ok, the past 7 papers were varied, some brought discouragement (e.g. Physics 1, GP 2), while some others brought extreme discouragement (e.g. Maths 1). Finally, I have an extended weekend to rest. Yay!
Prelims haven't been a bed of roses, obviously, but God has been there for me when I needed Him. He never promised that I would do well, but he has said "My grace is sufficient for you," and that is all that matters. All God wants from me is to give my best for Him, and let him take care of the rest. "And the peace of Christ which surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus," I feel that this is a wonderful promise from God, something for all of us to remember in the midst of prelims. May we all give our best for His glory.

And by the way, I noticed something during prelims that seems different. After the papers are collected, and when the invigilators are taking their time to count the scripts, the hall seems a bit....quiet. I mean, during the 2 term exams and promos, the hall would be buzzing with chatter which can sometimes reach the volume of the void deck, that is, until the CPE goes to the mic and tells everyone to shut up. For prelims, everyone seems, like so obedient, probably due to the area cleaning "incentive", but well, this is not in any way a bad thing, it's just something that I've noticed, and I'm rather curious about, but never mind.

Wishing everyone in the midst of prelims all the best. God Bless!

Forever

I'll worship at your throne,
whisper my own love song
With all my heart I'll sing
for You my Dad and King
I'll live for all my days,
to put a smile on Your face
And when we finally meet,
it'll be for eternity
And oh, how wide You open up Your arms
when I need Your love
And how far You would come
if ever I was lost
You say that all You feel for me is undying love
That You showed me through the cross
I'll worship You my God,
I'll worship You my God
I love You, I love You
Forever I will sing,
forever I will be with You, be with You

Exam prep

I really haven't posted for a long time simply because I have had no time to do so. The exam prep has been so hectic that I sometimes did not even have time to eat. --sigh-- The last 2 weeks have been the fastest passing weeks that I have ever seen in my whole life. My average day was a repetitive routine that went this way: wake up, go to school, assembly, tutorial, lecture, tutorial, tutorial, recess (code name for self-study), double lecture(oh no!!)
(but don't get me wrong, Keith Tan and Mdm Rahimah are really great teachers), lunch, the day ends, study in the hub/go home (depending on what time I end and what I feel like doing, do past year prelim papers, go to sleep, wake up, go to.... hey its the weekend again, and there's church, and it's monday again. I'm starting to go through my daily activities without really feeling them (save for QT....i hope....), but one thing for sure is that I'm going to miss AC and all these wonderful times real badly when we graduate. But for now there are the A-levels to worry about, or maybe not..."Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, present your requests to God, and peace of Christ which surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus" Phillipians 4:6-7 (pardon any errors, because I typed this out from memory)
This is a something that God has spoken to me in times when I was just so pressured by the world around me, and even in times when I just felt that the stakes were too high. God has promised that he will provide for me always, and all he asks of me is that I trust him. Isn't it wonderful to know that we are never alone because God is here with us.
I would like to wish all my friends who are studying hard for their exams all the best, God Bless!

Youth Sunday 2005

It's Youth Sunday again! Yay!!! Youth Sunday is a great day at church, and this year was no exception. It's something that my church has every year : the youths will take over the entire running of the church services for this one sunday a year, and we do this because we want to bless the congregation through our service to God. The youths serve in areas such as refreshments, bulletin, welcome & hospitality, and the worship service itself. My DG served in the choir this year, and the choir was simply beautiful with their singing. Praise God! Yiling was leading with me, and it was such a great joy to work with her, and she was such an encouragement to me. Praise God! I still remember the time when Celine and Yeng Wai asked me at one of the worship rehearsals whether I was comfortable with leading worship with Yiling on Youth Sunday. I was like a quite apprehensive then, because, I'm not usually comfortable with large groups of people. I remember praying and telling God that if this was what he wanted me to do, I was more than willing to do it, as he has promised to be with me. There were 5 rehearsals altogether, but I missed one because I was in hong kong. The musicians, the choir, Yiling and Celine really demonstrated a lot of commitment in the way they come down faithfully for the rehearsals, and that encouraged me greatly.
Today, when we were praying, I remember telling God that this was his day and not ours, and that we could not do this without him. He certainly answered our prayers, the congregation responded well to the new songs, we just had a great time in worship of our God. I know that God was with us when we were worshipping him, and he certainly blessed the services greatly. Praise God!!
Oh well, I better start doing my hw:) School's reopening tomorrow....

1st day of holidays

Well, I'm like really having a good time. The flight was nice, nothing eventful, so thank God. This place is like really generous with free internet access, so I'm using this com at this star centre place by the harbour at TST, while my parents have gone shopping. I havn't been doing as much work as I should, and so I really need to wake up immediately after the holidays and start working. I love to holiday a lot, I admit that, but now's like really not the time for it. It's like blowing a storm outside now at the moment. I wonder how the people on the star ferry outside are doing now, anyone's seasick?:) The harbour is supposedly rougher now because of the reclamation that has been going on, and the star ferry ppl complained that it is harder to dock the ship as a result. Hopefully the ferry is stable, yupz, (if metacentre and centre of buoyancy are in the right places of course.)
I keep thinking about friends back in Singapore and all that stuff.

Some thoughts

I'm like at the airport now waiting for the flight, and the airport provides free internet access. So nice! Well, naturally, I'm bored, so I'm looking for something to do, and this is the most attractive option. Going to HK today, yay!, I havn't sat on a plane for like 1 year, or maybe 1 1/2. Anyway, I have to bring along my HW cos I'm like nowhere near finishing it. We had worship rehearsal yesterday, and all the musicians could come. Yay! They can play all the songs, so we just need to work on the transitions and stuff like that. I'm like really disappointed that I can't make it for the next rehearsal cos I'll only be back on thursday afternoon. But we're having combined rehearsals on Friday afternoon, and I can go for that one. Yay! It's such a joy to serve the Lord with them. O.K, maybe their opening the boarding gate, so I'll end here.

Russell's Joke

Hey everyone, I really like the Health Q&A that rus sent. lol- it's really funny. Read it for yourself and have a good laugh:

Q: I've heard that cardiovascular exercise can prolong life. Is this true?
A: Your heart is only good for so many beats, and that's it... don't waste them on exercise. Everything wears out eventually. Speeding up your heart will not make you live longer; that's like saying you can extend the life of your car by driving it faster. Want to live longer? Take a nap.
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Q: Should I cut down on meat and eat more fruits and vegetables?
A: You must grasp logistical efficiencies. What does a cow eat? Hay and corn. And what are these? Vegetables. So, a steak is nothing more than an efficient mechanism of delivering vegetables to your system. Need grain? Eat chicken. Beef is also a good source of field grass(green leafy vegetable). And a pork chop can give you 100% of your recommended daily allowance of vegetable products!
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Q: Should I reduce my alcohol intake?
A: No, not at all. Wine is made from fruit. Brandy is distilled wine, that means they take the water out of the fruity bit so you get even more of the goodness that way. Beer is also made out of grain. Bottoms up!
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Q: How can I calculate my body/fat ratio?
A: Well, if you have a body and you have body fat, your ratio is one to one. If you have two bodies, your ratio is two to one, etc.
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Q: What are some of the advantages of participating in a regular exercise program?
A: Can't think of a single one, sorry. My philosophy is: No Pain...Good!____________________________________
Q: Aren't fried foods bad for you?
A: YOU'RE NOT LISTENING!!!. Foods are fried these days in vegetable oil. In fact, they're permeated in it. How could getting more vegetables be bad for you?
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Q: Will sit-ups help prevent me from getting a little soft around the middle?
A: Definitely not! When you exercise a muscle, it gets bigger. You should only be doing sit-ups if you want a bigger stomach.
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Q: Is chocolate bad for me?
A: Are you crazy? HELLO ...... Cocoa beans .. another vegetable!!! It's the best feel-good food around!
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Q: Is swimming good for your figure?
A: If swimming is good for your figure, explain whales to me.
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Q: Is getting in-shape important for my lifestyle?
A: Hey! 'Round' is a shape!
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Well, I hope this has cleared up any misconceptions you may have had about food and diets.

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Kampong Games

Well, I've never played much of kampong games, nor thought much of it. That is, until church camp this year when the camp comm decided to play kampong games in the inter group tournament so as to reflect the desire to go back to basics. Why, I wonder? I mean, why do we want to go back to basics. Isn't the idea of life to move forward? Well, I mean basics are important to some extent, and even coach agrees on this, saying that they are the most important part. That's right in a sense, as we have to learn how to pass and stop before we can drag-flick into the corner top-net not just on the pitch but also in the other parts of our life, even our walk with God. My FG went to west coast park to practice the kampong games today, and it was great fun. I was playing the 1-legged catcher, and I had great trouble catching the kids. Ok, that says alot about my fitness level, especially since the season ended. No more trainings, no more 400m circuits, and no more PE (since its the hols now). Later we went to this coffeeshop place for dinner, and had chinese food. The food was nice to some extent, but then flies kept dropping into our food, especially Mark's. The man selling drinks was taking orders from us and he was doing a terrible job of it as he got all confused because we were all firing our orders at him, and he did not even have the common sense to write down our orders which would have simplified things greatly. Now I'm at home, with more hw to clear. -sigh- Guess I will have to bring it along to church camp. There's church tomorrow, and I'm on PA duty. I'm also leading worship on youth sunday with Yiling, and I'm like really excited about it. I mean, it's such an honour and privilege to worship the Holy God who created everything, and yet sacrificed His Son so that we can have eternal life with Him.
Which means I have to start my prep now, so I'll just stop here.

Holidaez!!!

Well, I'm like really glad the holidays are here already. The first week passed by really fast, well, cause I was at global youth summit, and time really flies when you're having a good time. Needless to say, I have a large pile of hw waiting for me in my room, and I'm just too tired to clear any of it now. The city tour on the last day of global youth summit was fun. I was sitting with Alvin Toh on the bus, and the bus driver drove us from YMCA to chinatown, to the malay heritage centre, to little india, and finally to 1 fullerton. All the while, the tour guide was boring us by talking crap at the front about all the places that we were visiting and blah blah.....Until we reached this palm beach place for dinner, when this supposedly expensive high class place could not even set up enough tables for us. That's the Singapore tourist industry for you. So me and a few others had to sit at the side, against the restaurant window. However, the food was nice. We had this seafood fried rice and fried maggi mee (or something that looked like that) with some other seafood dishes. Then the rain came, and the restaurant ppl had to rush to set up some tentage over the tables and chairs. Dinner was wrapped up after quite a while, then we went to night safari from there. But Alvin had to go off from there. Hey, Alvin you don't know what you missed. After the creatures of the night show, and this really cool tram ride, Mr Tye treated all the seniors to ice cream, yupz, so thank you, Sir. It was all really nice. The rest of my holidays havn't been as eventful. Oh yes, now I have 7 ec prelim papers to clear, even before I've finished with my tutorials. Oh well......

My Wonderful Team

There is no "I" in the word "TEAM". I have really learnt this over the past year spent with my hockey teamates, who are all wonderful people. I also think that we have the best coach that we could ask for. Through all the trainings, U18, U21 and finally A div, the late nights at SPC, the lighter moments as well as all the outings, I really think that we have grown really close to each other. This morning's 3rd/4th placing match is still fresh in my memory, but I have no time to put everything in words. In short, I feel that my team played commendably today, and the outcome is not as important as the fact that all those who played gave their best. I didn't get to play today, but well, I can always play another time. After that, we had this team talk in the MPH, where the season was rounded up. At this point, I would like to say thank you to all my teamates for being such wonderful people, and also to coach for doing such a good job training us. After that, we all went to BK at Far East Plaza, but the girls disappered somewhere else and reapperaed again after lunch. We went to play LAN at this shop which was in a carpark, and we stayed there the whole afternoon. It was my first time playing LAN in my entire life, and I found it fun, save for the fact that I kept shooting my own people, and always ended up shot within 2 minutes of a new life. Well that kind of wraps up today.

Mother's Day

Today is a day when we all show our appreciation and love to our Mums in a really special way. I really love my Mum a lot, even though I forgot that today was mother's day (oops), and as a result, had to secretly get something ready for Mum at the last minute. Thankfully, I got it ready by dinner time, and she liked it quite a lot. She's just soooooo nice to me. I'll remember mother's day next year so that I can get things ready in advance next time instead of rushing at the last minute. (Sound's familiar? I do that with hw, too.) Mothers are God's gift to us. I should honour Mum by obeying her, even when it isn't easy. Thank God for Mum!!!

Fridaez

I'm not supposed to be on the com now, because I'm supposed to be doing my hw during my free period, but well, my self discipline has failed me once again. Today is another match day. Yay! Against SAJC. I hope we can win by a large margin this time. We're soooo going to win every team in our group, i just know it. I hope that I get the chance to play today, as I didn't get to play in the last match. Anyway, I have a few other lessons to attend today before I can finally get out of school. I feel soooo tempted to skip the rest of my classes, but my mum forced me to attend all my classes. --Sigh-- Why did I have to tell her? me and my big mouth! Yup, yesterday's training at NIE was rather eventful. Dark clouds loomed as we boarded the bus, and by the time we reached NIE, it was raining cats & dogs. Lightning was striking all over the place, and every time we wanted to walk to the pitch, lightning would strike just before a loud clap of thunder. At one point, lightning struck the grass patch about 3 feet away from the bus stop, followed by a thunderclap as loud as a synchroniszed 21 gun salute. This deterred us from even trying to go. Before this, Gurmit Singh had driven by in his car and told us to walk to the pitch in the rain despite coach telling us to wait at the bus stop for him (because of the lightning threat). After a long time, Gurmit Singh came by in a raincoat and a loudhailer, and made us walk all the way to the pitch despite the presence of lightning. He then said that they didn't pay $180 for the pitch for us to wait at the bus stop. (Fancy staking 20 lives for $180. That means **calculator punching** that each of our lives is only worth 2 extra value meals from Mc Donalds. I'll leave the rest up to your own judgement.) Ok, enough of the bad memories. I've really gotta go.

Let me Say...

I'm sitting in the com lab now because I'm free, because that Sean Tan cancelled the Chem lect. Yay! Because the projector blew up or something and couldn't be repaired in time, and then Sean Tan said that he would go and get his trasparencies, which I suspect are non-existent. Anyway, here I am again, after a short drop in at the library, bored as usual. Adeline just reminded me that I owe a huuuuuge amount of hours in library duty, which I don't see myself being able to do anytime soon. I wish that I could have cleared my hours consistently during term 1, but I just could not find the time, because of so much training. --Sigh-- Guess I will just see how it goes--well, I've cleared a backlog of hours before --> during december hols last year, but june hols this year is another thing altogether cause we all need to study for prelims --sigh-- So much for that, well I need to go for maths tutorial soon so I guess I'll end here. And now that Bryan Chua is sooo irritating me while I'm trying to type....lol......Joking lah:) Bryan don't angry, yah?

Another packed Saturday

Well, it's certainly been a long and tiring day for me. Let me start from the beginning. Well, i woke up late this morning because I was dead tired after yesterday's training. I'm so glad that I finally had some time to clear my undone tutorials this morning, which are still many in number-a considerable pile. Had lunch at home today with my mum, who nicely cooked for me. After that, it was time to leave (for my mum actually, cos she was fetching my dad from the airport, and I did not want to stay home alone.) for the match at NYP (friendly against RJ). I arrived too early. I had been planning to go to the pitch early and hit around until 3, but someone had beaten me to it-the RI kids were training there. I walked back to the mrt and met vijay, who was looking for a place to have lunch, so I went with him to this food centre buried deep inside the housing estate, and we made it back to the mrt in time to meet all the others, then we all went to NYP together, and got held up by the security guard who wanted to copy down our names from our ezlink card-nosy fella. Dynamics, then coach gave this team talk, which I missed because I was helping David Loh guard his video camera which I didn't know how to operate (well, it's one of those hi-tech gadgets-what do you expect? I never use the stuff.) I guessed it was probably about the 3-3-3-1 formation tactics. Then the first half people went in to play. I was put in in second half. Today, coach changed my positions a lot, and I kept worrying that I had done something wrong. First, I was in left wing, then I missed 2 tackles, then I came out for a while, and went to play right back, where the RJ people played the ball so fast that I didn't know what was going on for quite a while, then I got put to right half, and that was when some real disaster struck- I did not run into space so as to make myself available for passes, and by then, I felt that I was physically dying. I also overan quite a bit, up to the opponent's 25 at some point, only to have to sprint back to the half line immediately. (RJ was crowding the midfield with 5 ppl, and it's hard to get them once they have the ball. I felt soooooooooo relieved when umpire blew the final whistle, because I was close to puking out my lunch by then. The team encouraged me a lot today, so thanks a lot guys- you'all are the best:)After that, cool down at the NYP track (a great place, especially the field, which I damaged considerably after I hit a few stray balls out of the practically unused field, without getting scolded for violating the sports complex rules of course...lol...) Ya, and the team went out for dinner at AMK after that - this food court near the mrt station that was as crowded as can be. After that, I came home straight away by mrt, and that's the end of another day in my life. Yay!

I think...

Well, I have had a packed week. I am damn tired as a result of my very busy week. On friday, we had class party at Gareth's house which is probably one of the best parties that I have ever been to, so thanks ya, Gareth. The next day saw me at BB the whole day. It was relief of duty parade for J2s. It was rather fun, but then I sorta screwed up the slow march at the end during the inspection of the goh. And I reached home really late at night. The next day was easter, and I was leading worship. Well, I was scared naturally when my laptop did not work before it started, and I though that the technical stuff was not going to work. Thankfully, my wonderful friends in the ministry got the mic and the guitars plugged into the speakers, and the display off the laptop. Quite a few people told me after that the worship went very well, so praise the Lord for he never fails us. Yesterday, had a long day at school followed by training at the ccab pitch. Yup, and we got scolded by coach for having bad performance during the passing drill, and the people at the side were cracking jokes, and blah blah, and that we were going to disgrace ourselves and him during A div, and that he was going to stop being nice to us during training anymore:((( Well, he sure kept his promise yesterday, and it started raining heavily at night, so the ball was running havoc when the pitch got flooded, and yeah, we got shouts and push ups every time we screwed up. --Sigh-- I'm so glad that it's over. But there's another training tmr. --Sigh-- And I've at least 10 undone tutorials waiting for me at home --Sigh--

Holidays!

The March break is here at last. I just returned from the BB expedition 3 thingy yesterday evening. I'm damn tired, and I feel cramps and stuff all over. (Well, what do'u expect, when you are in Oliver Loke's group) Now, I'm trying to enjoy my hols, but I have a huuuuuuuge workpile waiting in my room, that I am aiming to clear before half the holidays are over. --Sigh-- I'm hungry now, and I hear lunch calling....hehe....so I'll stop blogging here.

A packed day

Here I am again, in front of the com in a comfy air-con room on a really hot day. I still feel depressed at times about coach cutting me out of the Bandar trip. I really wanted to go for that trip, and now, it looks like I may be stuck in S'pore, probably passing time by studying. --Sigh--
Today was a really packed day for me. i had to get up early in the morning to go with my BB people to explore the hike route for the upcoming expedition (complex name for walking and carrying your bag). The length of it was rather scary. I hope that I don't die halfway during the actual hike, especially since the Sec 3 kids will be coming along, and they are really on about it.
After that, we all went for lunch at Jurong Point, ended up eating at the food court, because McDonalds and KFC was too crowded, and MOS Burger didn't look appetizing (it never does).
After lunch I went back to school, only to run into my hockey people who scolded me for porning physicals in the morning ;) Well, I could not make it because the BB thingy was compulsory, but I didn't want to slack either, so I did some physicals on my own after they had left. Today, I learnt the reason why the team doesn't do physicals at 2:30pm. (The sun is not that comfortable for running in) I also learnt the reason why the team doesn't do physicals after lunch. (I nearly puked out my lunch) Due to these 2 reasons, i only managed to finish 2 sets. I had been planning to do 3. And my timing went up to a high of 1:55 at the 9th lap. --sigh--
Well, I'm happily resting at home now, and I'm probably going to go out for dinner with my family later. Maybe after dinner, I'll try to clear my maths tutorials which should have been done quite some time ago.
I'll catch up with you'all when I see you next...

Rainy Days

I really do hate rainy days. I do feel rather bored and depressed today, and I really don't know why. I just don't feel like preparing for SPA tomorrow, and I just disliked almost every class that I sat through today. I just wish that I could just go home and sleep... Now that Aunty Bea is going to show us a movie which I have no interest in watching. --Sigh--

Founders Day 2005

It's Founders Day again. This is the 12th year that I'm celebrating Founders Day, and probably the last time I will celebrate it as an ACS student (unless I really screw up my 'A' Levels really badly at the end of the year). I really feel at the last leg of my education in ACS. I feel sorta sad that the wonderful time in ACJC is coming to an end so fast. It seems only yesterday that I stepped into the gates of ACJC for orientation 2004 with my wonderful OG. I really will treasure the rest of the time that I have left in ACJC now.
On another note, the Term Exam results for Ec came out today. I can't believe that I got such a bad grade, although I am grateful that I passed. This term exam is really a shock to me. The rest of the results are coming out tomorrow (supposedly), and I'm really filled with tension at the thought. Oh well, I'll just wait. All the best to all those who are receiving their results. God Bless!!!

Saturday Nights

I really wonder what to do with Saturday nights after exams. I just don't feel like studying, and anyway, there isn't anything very useful to do at the moment except to sit tight and pray really hard that i didn't flunk my terms or the 'A's (PW and chinese). The wait is really unerving. Today was a really fun day. I went for hockey in the morning, and we had physicals. We only ran 10 rounds instead of 15. Now wasn't that nice? After that, me and the hockey people went to havoc the pool. I just found out that coach has cut the team down to 22 down from 25. I'm really thankful to the Lord that I wasn't cut yet. I keep worrying about it for the whole term. However...................coach is going to cut the team by 2 more soon, and the coach has promised hell during the Bandar camp, should I be fortunate enough to go. (well, he's promised hell since last year, but it never came, so I don't know about this time.) Anyway, I'll not worry about it but continue to trust in the Lord. Ok, I'm going to fall asleep in front of the com if I continue on, so nites everybody!!!

Exam Withdrawal Symptoms

I really feel that I'm suffering from exam withdrawal symptoms. After maths, which in my view, is the last important paper in terms, I feel that I don't really know what to do. I don't feel like studying for SPA on mon. Anyway, how do I study electricity and matter for practical? It's rather impossible, right? I occupied my time today trying out the Organic Nitrogen Compounds tutorial, and it was rather interesting, but I still feel weird from the sudden disapperance of the high stress that has been getting at me for the past week. Tomorrow is a busy day for me. i have hockey and BB clashing in the morning, and I chose to go for hockey, even though I know it means 15 rounds of the track, but I still wish that i could go for BB. High opportunity cost. --Sigh-- Then I have MTM in the afternoon, which will probably take me until evening. Oh yes, today we went to visit Roberta Tan at her house. Her children were really cute, especially her new baby girl, Mia. Bryan Chua went to terrorise her other daughter, Raine, by unhooking the swing and threatening to release it from a rather scary height, and she starting crying almost immediately. Fancy how shy she is and how little it takes to scare her, but well, she's only a toddler, and meeting Bryan Chua can be quite traumatising....hehe.....no offence Bryan (but don't offer a crying girl tissue as if you are offering her cookies...lol...) Ok, enough of this SB6 gossip. I'll end here. All the best to all who have SPA next week!!!

Exam time

Math's over at last. It really had me worried sleepless all night. All that Pravin's fault. He went to scare me by saying that Keith Tan said that if you pass, you're good, and that Esther Leow said that the paper was designed to make sure that if you do your work, you will just pass. I got really scared because I thought that we were going to get an FM paper...lol...Well, it wasn't really as bad as I thought, yup, because my heavenly Father was there helping me through the whole thing. The rest of the day was rather boring. I just don't feel like studying for SPA tomorrow because I will not only never see my script again, I will not know the results. That is, until it is too late. --Sigh-- Oh well, guess I'll go and find something to do now.

My favourite sunday

I really loved today. I had breakfast at macs with my church group, had lunch at my favourite place opposite church, and knocked off 2 tutorials 'mtoday. I feel really good about that. I just returned from an outing to the beach with my family. I'm like really dirty now from all the seaweed and sand and all that crap you find at the sea. Tomorrow's a long day for me, so nites!!!

Wasted

It's CNY eve already. I'm really happy about it. Just thinking about all the red packets tomorrow really cheers me up a lot. I'm still quite upset over what happened yesterday. During our friendly game during training, coach put me in centre forward for a while. It was my first time there, and well, naturally I was scared. I keep forgetting that I'm supposed to stay far up on the pitch, communicate, and come back down when we loose the ball all at the same time. Well, I was tired out from all the running, and the ball came to the last line of defence when someone passed it there. I tackled that guy, and I had the ball in space, and I wanted to shoot an open goal. Only problem, was the ball was running too fast. By the time I stopped it and tried to flick, the ball went out of the back line. 16 yard hit for the opponents. I nearly cried, because coach had said that we would not have the opportunity to go so near the goal in an match to shoot, and when that almost impossible opportunity came, I sent it down the drain. What a waste. I got subbed out even before I was close to being satisfied with what I was doing. OK, enough about the bad memories, now I can look forward to catching up on my work during the next 2 days.
Ok, Happy CNY everybody, God Bless!!!

Saturday Blues

Yoyoz, watsup?! I just came back from BB parade. It was fun, we had some hard core drill, followed by interwing games, and I could slack during games because today was my competition day. That meant that I didn't get wet. (well, not much anyway) I'm supposed to be doing work now, but I can't really concentrate. I'm forever worrying about the match later. I'm seeing SRC for the first time, and I don't know wat to expect. I really hope and pray that I won't screw up again like I've done before. U21 is finishing this weekend, and this is the last lap, including tomorrow against CSC, which I'm equally anxious about. A saturday afternoon is a time when I am supposed to do work, which means I shouldn't have been blogging now in the first place, so tata...:->

Night Falls...

Its after hockey training. I just managed to steal some time to blog before bedtime when my mum's not looking <;) To cut a long story short, I feel dead. I have undone tutorials waiting to meet me. I feel really worried about A div team selections. Coach says he's going to select using the friendly matches, but I havoen't been performing well in matches. My U21 performance was a disaster, and I sort of feel really bad. May God help me.
Anyway, I dunno wad else to crap about, so I'm going to sleep. Nites!@>;?/<:'"

The Next Day...

Its the next day oredi, and I'm damn tired. Just sat through one of Wong Teck Hee's tutorials and I almost fell asleep. What's happening to me today? Usually, chem is my favourite subject, and I always enjoy it...its physics tutorials I hate...Oh No, my recess is over already. I haven't said anuthying yet. What'd I do now? **paper flipping** I have GP with Aunty Bea, and swimming PE later. Guess I'll blog again when I find time. Problem is, I can't tell when that next will be...Argh whatever.

Morning Sunrise

Its another day already. I do hate getting up at 4am to do my work. Well, I guess that this is the only way that I'll ever get my work done. I think that my 3 CCAs are killing me already...I am left dead at the end of each day without enough time 4 anything else. Haharz..Well, i gotta go now, cos I shouldnt be blogging when I'm supposed to be doing my carbonyl compounds tutorial..:(

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Hi everyone, watsup? Answer that later becos I have to go for library duty now. Bye!