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Pre NS

2012-01-30T23:48:00.002+08:00

So it begins, my last day as a civilian. Right now I'm feeling a whole mix of emotions. On one hand, I'm exciting on army life and the training. Paradoxically, I'm also afraid of the uncertainities associated with army life too.

Had a wonderful last week before entering the army especially the second jamming session last Friday with not just one unexpected surprise but two! Really want to thank the guys (Kairos including honorary members) for the double surprise!

3 weeks of confinement and then I'm just left with 2/3 of my 9 weeks before POP. I can do all things through Him who gives me strength!

Simplicity

2012-01-22T23:40:00.002+08:00

Suddenly reminded of the sermon which talks about simplicity in life...
I realise that in the army, things are going to get alot simpler. Going to adopt a lower state of technology like my mobile phone and even my bible! Bought a NLT version which is much easier to read than NKJV cause I realise when I'm very tired and try to read NKJV, I will end up not understanding it. Hm but then yesterday at DI, they issued a pocket NIV version so I ended up having three bibles now...and they are all camo!

Started playing portal 2 and it is definitely much bigger than portal, with puzzles of increased difficulty and quite comparable to that of Half Life 2, minus the shooting and what not. Chell should have a HEV suit!

Jamming!

2012-01-19T23:58:00.000+08:00

Originally, me, Justin, Zhi and Jeremy P. were supposed to go jamming after our O-levels. However, that plan didn't get realised until now, about three years later! First time going to a jamming studio and it kind of reminds me of a certain K-ON! episode where the band couldn't practise in school and had to go to a jamming studio. Ah now I feel like rewatching the series again!

Went to this jamming studio in Chinese Garden called X-Jamming. A pretty decent place with really good rates! $13 for an hour and the jamming room is really not bad. Many amps, chairs and a fan! Hm why didn't I took a photo of the room?

Never thought jamming could be this fun and different than just going to someone's house and just play music. Unfortuantely, my electric guitar's e string snapped so I had no choice but to use the jamming studio's guitars (which are $150 if I'm not wrong). Jammed to many Coldplay and We the Kings songs but we were sadly unprepared. Didn't expect us to jam to many old songs we listened to in secondary two such as Welcome to My Life, Disenchanted, Untitled and Everytime.

Highlights!
Jeremy saying "Let's play Fix Me, you know the song by Coldplay?"
Eugene and Le Fa making an appearance too! Really didn't expect them to be here. At first I saw Euegene through the small window while jamming and he gave that :o face. He came in and said something like "What the, what are you guys doing here?" Turns out they were helping Si Er tutoring some people with music. Didn't expect us to be jamming in the same place and around the same time too! It's times like these I'm grateful that the church is not a building!

Wouldn't mind going jamming again before enlisting! On a sidenote, I finished Portal and it's really a great game. Time for Portal 2!

Portal!

2012-01-17T00:47:00.002+08:00

I heard of this game back in secondary 4 but haven't really gotten into playing it yet...
until now. Might as well play it since I have quite the free time eh?
It's a good thing I don't know any spoilers for Portal except that the cake is a lie. Wait, is it?

Portal is a really fun and interesting game. Heh I stoned awhile at the start listening to the instrumental version of Still Alive on the radio. Got stuck at one point cause I thought the portals were one-way. Something like blue is strictly the start and orange the end.

I like the physics the steam engine has. Quite realistic actually. Like how momentum is conserved when going through portals.

Had some fun falling indefinitely through the ceiling and the floor.

Heard that the game is rather short though. 19 "tests"? I think I may finish it by tomorrow, assuming I don't play Skyrim.

Rhythm!

2012-01-14T22:53:00.002+08:00

I finally got the continuous strumming thing down! I realised it's actually much like how I learn how to play the drums on the iPhone. I broke down all the drum hits somewhat like DJMax or o2jam or whatever rhythm games there are nowadays and play them in time. At first it was mechanical but soon it became much more natural.

Justin asked me to play Happy Day on the guitar and I played it in a style similar to that of Promises. They sounded similar to me and I checked the chords and I was right! Justin said he can never hear Happy Day the same way again heh.

Wonderful,
beautiful,
glorious,
matchless in every way.

2012-01-14T02:08:00.002+08:00

Learning new songs on the guitar this week...
Here in Your Presence and Happy Day.
The first song is a challenge cause it has a 6/8 time signature which is not common in most songs we hear. I find unlearning the guitar and relearning to be very very difficult. It is not natural for me as I'm so used to playing the guitar my way for about 4 years. Apparently I have to learn this continuous strumming thing and to do that I have to unlearn my way of strumming =\.

Considering getting a new bible for my time in the army as I think my current bible is rather fragile!

2012-01-12T02:14:00.002+08:00

Ah Coldplay never fails to disappoint heh.
Haven't heard the rest of their album except Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall
I think I should buy their album heh

I think I'm beginning to find a personal meaning of worship, something which Andy asked me to find such that it can become something of a catchphrase for myself. Still have to work on it on the elaboration though.

2012-01-08T00:43:00.002+08:00

Interesting message today and it runs on the line of how the culture in the world today promotes speed and a faster pace in life. Pretty sure I heard a similar message before but this one was more elaborated heh. Isn't it quite ironic that the gadgets we have today that save us time and provide convenience instead rushes us?

Never thought I would actually learn how to cube. When it was trending in secondary two I thought it was stupid. Now I actually think it's fun heh. And it glows blue! Cause green is too mainstream.

2012

2012-01-01T01:39:00.003+08:00

2011 has came to a close and with that, a new year has begun.
Looking back at 2011, there were many (really many) seemingly bad things that have happened to me and also good things. Further reflection on these bad things made me realise that these bad things were actually for my benefit. Praise the Lord, for even His foolish plans are wiser than any Man's smartest plan (can't remember which day's ODJ article this came from).

For instance, the fact that I transferred to another class at the beginning of this year. I realised that if this didn't happen, I wouldn't have met Kenneth, formed a study group, be more studious and in a way be not as close to Zhi.

There were many situations that also occured that made me wish I had handled it differently but no point brooding on the past right? Like yesterday's message, look forward!

Here's to a new beginning or what I would like to call, the army year.

Kairos Ubin Stayover!

2011-12-29T00:38:00.004+08:00

22 December, Thursday

My posts are late and not in chronological order heh.
This is the second time I'm going to a chalet and also the second time I'm visiting Ubin again.
However, this time Ubin seems to be a little.....empty compared to the last time I been there. Maybe it's just my memory playing tricks on me or it's just because the whole secondary three cohort was there. Heard from some of the residents there that some of the people who were staying in Ubin decided to move to the city.

It's really nice to be in touch with nature again and also be in the company of Kairos + Rhema and few new people as well! Not used to cycling slowly (unless I'm super tired and can't take it anymore) but it's nice to slow down once in awhile and cycle around Ubin, carefully avoiding potholes and mud puddles. Unfortuantely, my bike broke down though. A case of a horribly off tuned rear deraileur that went into the spokes of the rim rendering it broken. Got to thank Le Fa for helping me scooter my bike back to the shop (he says he has longer legs so it's easier for him). Thanks!

Played a card game called Citadels and OMO I NEVER KNEW A CARD GAME COULD BE THIS FUN. This just owns Monopoly Deal or Uno hands down!! There's also this game called Bang! which comes in a pretty cool bullet case but I got addicted to Citadels. Heard it's also a great game with many expansions. Cool!

Went trail cycling after that. It has been a very long time since I cycled a trail because of A levels. Not sure if the trail has a name or I just forgot but the difficulty level is comparable to that of T15. After some uphills we were rewarded with an amazing sight that is this lagoon:

The pictures don't really justify the lagoon very well. The amazing thing about the lagoon is that the colour of the water is quite strange. Strange yet beautiful. Tried my best to recreate the colour in photoshop but I think it's not accurate enough.

There were accidents but thank God they were not major. There was one crash where two bikes got stuck together and amazingly the riders were not harmed!

We all later had some fun after the trail drifting around in some empty space. Good times good times. It reminds me of the time in secondary two where Me Justin and Zhi went around drifting on our bikes. Can't really do it now cause it's so expensive to ruin my $100 tyres =\

Soon it was dinner and thank God again that we were able to find a shop that is still open. Apparently the other shops closed early. Reason? According to them, there's really no one to sell food to after dark. Dinner was quite uncomfortable cause the dogs kept coming close to us sniffing our food. Comfort zone invasion!

It's a good thing I brought lights and that I also asked Zhi to bring lights too. Ubin is REALLY dark after the sun sets and it is indeed dangerous to ride without any lights at all. Still, the night ride is quite enjoyable and fun! Couldn't say the same if I were to be alone however...

Overall the trip was enjoyable and I wouldn't mind going again!

You Could Even Say It Glows!

2011-12-24T21:33:00.003+08:00

On the 24th of December, we gathered today in Honor Room for YCESIG!
Totally forgotten about the gift exchange and had to set off early for an emergency gift buying.
Settled for a jar (apparently not just a jar but a PREMIUM jar according to the label) of Sticky sweets. First time buying a jar of Sticky and it's not for me heh. Who doesn't like Sticky sweets?

Got to thank the organisers for the work they put in to make this possible. Could imagine all the hard work to plan for this event. Had a great time of fun and games and learnt about the meaning of Christmas. Cleared the misconception that Christmas was the birthday of Christ but it is actually the day where we remember the birth of Christ.

Will not forget the epic moments that happened like the enthusiasm Kairos showed when doing the 'forfeits' (our re-mixed version of Baby made another comeback!), the ridiculously oversized fishballs, the overused Skyrim 'I used to ____ then I took an arrow to the knee' jokes (which are still funny heh) and the epic unwrapping of Matthew's present!

And finally we learnt the meaning of YCESIG which is us. We are the light of the world!
Matthew 5:14

Saw these in Korea and my first thought was 'wow you could really say it glows!' and how it would made an apt gift. Sadly, I could only get enough for my own cell and not for the whole of Kairos =[. These crosses are literally light givers!

2011-12-03T23:04:00.003+08:00

Went to HOP this Wednesday and it definitely felt great. I have to get over my fear of prayer meetings and remind myself not to have a performance-based faith...I keep having this mindset that I'm inferior but I know that's just the work of the devil . It's not easy but I hope it gets better over time...

Resumed my so called guitar lessons with Andy after HOP that day since my lessons were postponed due to the A levels. Was learning the song 'Till I See You' and it felt like I'm relearning how to play the guitar in a way cause I have to learn how to play 'orderly' and not haphazardly like I do with other songs where my strumming patterns are never the same heh. Really difficult to play more than one hour on the guitar since I haven't touched it for a very long time and my 'armor' on my fingers are but no more. On the spiritual side, I have to define for myself what worship is to be able to tell others what it means.

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Today's service was more about how to refuel our spiritual lives. Message was great especially for me cause I fear that my spiritual life would be low or empty during my time in NS. I can sense the difficuly due to peer pressure and all.

Sigh leaving for Korea on the 10-18th December and I don't think I will be able to enjoy this trip at all, since I'm thinking of DI's LOL camp more nowadays. Given a choice, I would opt to go for the camp instead which others may find foolish. Well, it IS my fault in a way for remembering at the last minute the date for the camp just after the trip has been booked. As the days to the camp draw nearer, I can't help feeling more 'argh'. Well at least I will still be able to look forward to Kairo's Ubin Trip! WOO!

2011-12-01T01:59:00.002+08:00

Your love never fails, never gives up
Never runs out on me

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Day Nine : Finale

2011-11-29T23:29:00.002+08:00

Brillant end to the A-levels! The paper was of moderate difficulty! The whole (well except the bio students) erupted into shouts of happiness. Ah I was like smiling all the way as they were collecting the papers.

So...what now? I guess I have to embrace this rather short lived freedom before NS starts. Skyrim, cycling, jogging, guitaring (both worship and well...non worship songs)....and the list can go on!

I just realised I have lost most of my physical form (duh). Went jogging with Justin tonight and wow there's a considerably significant deprovement in my timing and stamina. Cycling form is also down as I can only cycle for one hour ( about 25km I guess) before the limit is reached. Well there's the two months to get it back (and improve it) before NS starts.

Day Eight

2011-11-28T22:44:00.002+08:00

Recently bought a Lycosa Mirror Edition.
SUPER COOL!
Feels really good to finally type on a normal sized keyboard and not on a keyboard that is like that of a Blackberry, my wrists hurts just trying to squeeze my hand into the small positions.
So nice to type that I feel like typing all the time heh.
Just wished I could have gotten the red LED version of the Lycosa but sadly it has been discontinued.

Physics Paper One
I guess this is quite a good paper. The early parts of the paper made me go "Wow why so easy" but then the difficultly kinda picked up when G and E field questions began to appear. Can't wait for A levels to end tomorrow. Not worried for Chem since I spammed quite alot actually. So many things to do after A levels!

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Saw this on Facebook and it's showing idolatry at its finest and it's quite sad actually whether it's meant to be a joke or not. What's the point of praying to something man-made and not real?

Day Seven

2011-11-22T23:59:00.001+08:00

Physics Paper Three
Overall , this was quite an easy paper with just a few challenging questions. Zhi said he finished the paper in 25 minutes (argh show off)

Shall go for cheap one dollar bowling tomorrow heh.

2 more exam days, 1 more week!

Day Six

2011-11-16T23:55:00.003+08:00

Finally glad that the worst exam day is over. With this a mini celebration can commence heh. The next three papers are less intense.

Economics
I don't know what to comment about this paper. The economics department did a good job spotting positive externalities though I didn't study much on that argh. Still doable but my economics teacher, Mdm Loh was rather furious about the H1 Economics Paper. Y U NO PUT FAIR MARK ALLOCATION AND SET NORMAL QUESTIONS?!

Chemistry Paper Two
Surprisingly easy paper, though I found it hard at first but after the paper I felt like 'wait were there any hard questions?' Zhi and Kenneth made a fatal 404 error heh. The phrase (1-x) is now so daunting.

Day Five

2011-11-14T23:19:00.003+08:00

Physics Paper Two

This paper is quite ok overall. Most of the paper is surprisingly.....easy, like the kinematics, semiconductor, electric field and the alternating current questions. With an easier paper, there is increased susceptibility of careless mistakes and pitfalls which happened to me. The planning question was really weird, something that I have not encountered before. Many share the same view heh. Varying answers on how to measure the frequency of the vibrating wire argh.

Next exam day is going to be the worst exam day out of all the exam days in the A level period. What kind of timetable is that?! Economics and then Chemistry?!

2011-11-12T22:37:00.003+08:00

Not much of a message today but we watched snippets of a film called 'To Save a Life' with some sharing!
Watching this film is going to be one of the stuff I shall do after A levels end heh.

Apparently, this mee sua thing is kind of trending in DI heh. I think me, Yue Mun and You Fu started it as most of the time we will buy the mee sua and bring it to Burger King. Heard that some of the younger generation does not know what is mee sua?! NOOOOOO!!!

Day Four

2011-11-11T23:48:00.000+08:00

Mathematics Paper II

First week of A levels over and I'm starting to see a trend in my exam timetable.
First week sees four days of exams, second week sees two days of exams. third week sees only one day of exams and the last week sees two days of exams. Nice pattern there!

Paper Two was rather ok just that I figured out how to do some questions when I step out of the room. Why does this always happen? I also realised I leave out free 1 mark questions where all you have to do is use your calculator or write one sentence. NOOOOO. Estimated minimum marks lost about 20. The possibility of getting an A is still there. With moderation I can see it increasing heh since most people said it was hard. Zhi said he might score full marks zzz.

5 more days of exams to go!

Day Three

2011-11-10T23:59:00.002+08:00

Mathematics Paper I

Overall a moderate paper. Couldn't do a few questions but I realised I committed alot of careless mistakes. I think my Paper I has the possibility of getting a B. I'm counting on Paper II to pull me up heh. Good thing about mathematics is that most of the time you do not need to worry about the time limit because sometimes it does not really matter how much time you are given. If you don't know how to do the question then you can take a long time and it still remains unsolved and at the same time gives you a headache.

Once again, some say the paper is easy and some say it's hard. Ive come to ignore what people say cause after all we're not fighting against only the PJ cohort.

7 more days. The first week of A levels is going to be over!

Day Two

2011-11-09T23:27:00.003+08:00

General Paper I and II

I have a feeling I did badly for Paper I cause my essay was quite short, (only three body paragraphs) but eh I asked around and some only wrote 3 paragraphs too. Don't know if this is reassuring or not. Well, as always you would not know how well you did for a language paper when you step out of the exam venue.

Paper II was a surprise! The insert featured Nero, a Roman emperor that was shared in a sermon a long time ago! He was a persecutor of Christians and was known for using them as torches to light up his garden. Kinda spent a little bit of time recalling the sermon heh. Overall, paper II was relatively easier with the exception of the AQ. I must have wrote rubbish there.

8 more days, 1/5 of A levels almost done!

Some people say that 1/4 of A levels is over and I'm still shocked that there is still the misconception that Science Paper Ones are not important...

Day One

2011-11-08T19:28:00.002+08:00

Chemistry Paper III

Well I guess it wasn't that bad. It's a doable paper but some said it's tough? Maybe they did the hardest question which is question three. Ms Koh later said that the combo 1,2,4 and 5 is the correct questions to attempt for the paper heh.

Was kinda sad that electrochemistry didn't come out. That's like my favourite topic. Guess this means it will come out for paper II! Had quite a number of careless mistakes which could have been avoided argh.

GP tomorrow, 9 more days to go!

It Begins

2011-11-07T23:12:00.002+08:00

Tomorrow marks the start of the A Levels...
I guess the only subjects that I'm quite terrified of are my language papers GP and Econs.
21 days to freedom! Though there are really just 10 days of examinations and alot of 'breaks' in the middle of some papers.

2011-10-24T00:53:00.002+08:00

Got my enlistment date and its on the 31st January. I guess it's kind of good not to go in too early like right after A levels (that would be really sad though) or not too late like May. Plus, it would be damn 'sian' if all your friends enlist earlier than you and you would be left.....with kind of nothing to do.

Great to hear that Wei Yang and Le Fa have the same enlistment date as me heh. Increased probability of being in the same company/platoon or whatever it is called! But we have to report at different times argh. Don't know what is the siginifance of the different times though. Really do hope that there's at least one Kairos member with the same time as me, that would make NS life much more bearable I guess.

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Got the camp invitation card on Saturday and it really looks great! Looks super nice for a camp for 100 plus people. Really great effort put there. I remember X Factor and Inside Out was just one slip of paper hm. Unfortunately I lost the card (argh). Really want to go for the camp but alas I can't sigh. Lost my 'Destiny' badge too. Omo why am I losing DI stuff?!

2011-10-17T23:59:00.001+08:00

Who knew a trampoline could be so fun?

Anyway went to study at JE library and we were already at the doors of the library at 9:30am. Not even opened and yet there's a queue outside the library. Now that's crazy mugging for you. Many highlights happened at JE heh.

One of them was Justin ignoring the librarian when she told him to wake up cause he thought it was us trying to disturb his sleep.

This one was more epic. It all started out with Matthew W. coming to the library to study alone....moments later more Impactors joined in until there was around 10? (Me and Justin included though they were studying at another table). I wonder if this happens all the time hm..

Justin, Zhi , Kenneth and me later went to the Science Centre's Kinetic Park. I wanted to see Jupiter but we found out that the telescope is only opened on Fridays argh. Can't remember the last time I went to Kinetic Park....I think the time was still in the primary school era. Lots of new things at the Kinetic Park that is so fun ESPECIALLY the swing that uses resonance (when driving frequency = natural frequency) or that dish thing that amplifies sound and the trampoline heh. Don't recall seeing them since primary school at all. Is it cool that we knew how most of the things in Kinetic Park works? Got to thank education for that!

The End

2011-10-15T23:55:00.004+08:00

Had my last day in PJC and I have to say, it really isn't like the last day in Kranji...
There's just something lacking...
Thus concludes my less than two years in PJ,
moments of pure awesomeness (mostly in year one which is what I call the honeymoon period)
and with all the rubbish and nonsense that came in year two.

Ms Koh, who is seriously so far the best and devoted teacher I have ever had did something really touching. She edited the lyrics to Guan Huai Fang Shi, (whoa I seriously love that song, haven't heard it for a long time...and it uses the progression of Canon!) that sums up things about Chem. Really great and touching I almost couldn't hold back the 'sweat' in my eyes, I know I'm not the only one heh.

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Bought Passion : Awakening from theGLOW! Been wanting to buy this for a long time and now I finally have it heh. The price is much lower than what PreciousThots sells! The album is amazing and it is worth to listen.

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Once again a great message today and one particular segment caught my attention which is the 'rubbish' that this generation currently indulges in such as the nonsense songs that are topping the charts and people really don't realise what they are listening to. I can totally relate to that.

2011-10-08T23:59:00.000+08:00

New version of Nothing Is Impossible! Sure brings back many memories of X-Factor camp heh. If I recall correctly, this is the fourth worship song I've ever listened to and the first that got stuck in my head cause it was played many many times. The new album is quite expensive though...$22 dollars rather than the usual $18 hm..

YESS I found a great Fix You cover! Gotta love the arrangement and dynamics on this one

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Great and awesome prayer seminar today. Really learnt alot and see in another aspect! Time to put this knowledge to good use heh.

Meaning

2011-10-07T00:21:00.003+08:00

Been doing the one word study method on worship lyrics too heh.
This particular verse came into mind
'All of my gains now fade away, every crown no longer on display'
and this kind of reminds us to constantly adopt the right attitude to worship. Not for the benefit of Man but to Him and putting away our pride. Hey I think I read this before in Unquenchable Worshippers heh. Intend to write some reflection on it sometime after A Levels

Photobomb?

2011-10-04T22:14:00.002+08:00

Saw this piece of news today reading the Straits Times.
It's about the recent hurricane that hit Philippines and apparently the DPWH (Department of Public Works and Highways) posted a poorly photoshopped photo with the caption that their three officials are 'inspecting' the damage done. Hm a piece of news about integrity issues and corrupted organisations....but what's funny is the response to the photoshopped picture. It spawned a meme where netizens photoshop the three officials in basically everywhere. Damn funny and I laughed alot in the library. This is photobombing to the max until cannot max anymore!

The image posted on the news...

And the photoshopped image which I think it's the best!!

It shows them photoshopping their own images to another photoshopped image. Imageception!

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Found out that my grades changed prolly due to moderation, so instead of BCC/S it's BCC/E.
One less grade to jump! Some random thought, if ligaments are made of collagen, does consuming more collagen strengthen/heal ligaments? Hm....

prelims!

2011-10-01T23:34:00.002+08:00

Omo haven't blogged for quite awhile.
The fact that blogging is getting increasingly harder due to my spoilt keyboard is not helping.
Anyway...

Praise the Lord!
My prelim results are not bad and quite surprising.
BCC/S
With an S for GP.
My H1 subjects fell while my H2 subjects improved.
Overall, an improvement from Mid Years!
At this rate, the goal of AAA/C isn't looking that far now heh.

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Kind of sick of hearing people saying that their answers are so long yet they get so little marks as compared to someone writing short answers or putting alot of studying effort yet the guy who isn't so hardcore in studying gets better grades. It's the quality and not the quantity! Efficiency is important and it's the effective output that matters. An analogy would be that of lousy fue like if one had to burn insane amounts of fuel to travel 1km.

So apparently Coldplay shared a link on their social feed of a cover of Fix You by Glee. I found it a horrible cover =\ I admit that the vocals were good but the song dynamics are ruined. There's just something different about how Chris Martin sings it. There's feelings poured out when Chris sings it and the cover doesnt seem to pick up that. But meh a cover is a musician's view of a song so it's up to him/her on the arrangement. Still, it's a minus rep for me on this cover.

Time to spam the orginal Fix You(s) heh

Pseudo Post Exam

2011-09-22T23:08:00.002+08:00

Kind of a relief that the 'harder' papers are over and what's left is the paper ones.
Cambridge is evil to put paper ones to be tested last and giving a one week 'break'.
I wouldn't mind having both paper ones if it means one day less to the end of exams.
I'm already having the post-exam feel already. I guess it's a sort of mentality that 'it's just paper one'.

Omo my right knee is degrading. I think it's due to the fact that I did too many lunges or perhaps using the stairs too often. It has that loose feeling hm. I think a lil bit of cycling should do the trick.

Andy passed me this book and I'm halfway reading through it. It's called The Unquenchable Worshipper by Matt Redman who I am more familiar with as the guy who writes songs with Chris Tomlin [i think?]. Pretty interesting read and it gives a whole new meaning of worship and being a worship leader. Got to finish the book soon heh.

Looking forward to the end [which is like twenty ninth of november] and I already have a list of things to do after A-levels at the top of my head. A little bit too early to create one?

sept surprise

2011-09-10T23:51:00.005+08:00

September Surprise!!
Turned out to be an interesting encounter.
It was like 3 times an Hour of Power, or rather 2 times an Hour of Power since I heard Hour of Power usually lasts 1.5 hours. What a paradox heh.
3 hours of non-stop praise and worship and prayer, physically draining but spiritually enhancing. Andy mentioned something about one being physically tired when one does something that is against the flesh, yet Jesus found prayer as a means of relaxation.
Actually I didn't even realise we did that for 3 consecutive hours. Gives a real meaning to leaving everything earthly and entering the spiritual world heh.

Great musical worship set and loved the sliding in of a few slides ,which showed various DI members' response to questions given , in between songs. There's this new thing where the musical team would go around humming/singing the riff of God Is Able. Quite funny and I can see why cause it's so addictive! It's stuck in my head now!

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On Wednesday, we had another one of those customary stayovers during a school holiday. This time though I wouldn't call it an overnight session cause we had quite adequate sleep. I blame Justin's powerful curtains who trick us into thinking its still morning even though its already noon. Took a trip down memory lane when Zhi showed us videos taken when we were in secondary school and omo we were so lame [and funny] last time. The technique where you pause the video and move out of frame was overused in many of our videos heh. I'm pretty sure we were not the only ones who use that. So, in many of our videos we would see disappearing people/objects and what not. Me and Justin being Hereos influenced would do the Sylar-cutting-people's-head thing. Justin would go around doing baby freeze like everywhere. Zhi upload! Watching these videos again brought back nostalgia. Why didn't we took more videos lol. Sad to say we stopped doing lame stuff like bowling, badminton, random jamming, psp sessions ever since JC. Argh the education system!

2011-08-30T23:36:00.002+08:00

Great week laid out ahead....with only like a day of lessons for this week and that pretty much ends Term 3? But argh have chem remedial after teacher's day celebration. I think my class is the only class that has it?! At this rate I'm going to be super pro in Chem with all the intense lessons. It seems like I do, eat, sleep, play chem everyday.

Day 28 - a song that makes you feel guilty
huh....none?

Day 29 - a song from your childhood

Can't vividly recall when I heard this song and loved it. During some Singapore event? Can't remember. I think it's some sort of talent competition.

Day 30 - your favourite song at this time last year

I remember preparing for OP with this song. Ah good times

Prelim!!

2011-08-25T22:23:00.002+08:00

Tomorrow marks the start of Prelim!
And then after that Prelims will be put on hold until about 3 weeks later where it will start again.
After GP, there's lessons also. NOOOO

Anyway I learnt alot since my Mid Year Examinations, some exam strategies of some sort.

It is cardinal to drink coffee or some energy boosting substance in the morning to avoid possible fatigue and headaches in the middle of doing a paper. Experienced this quite a couple of times during mid years and it wasn't pleasant. Couldn't concentrate and lack the will to do the paper altogether. Didn't get quite a good grade either. Subjects that use extremely high brain power for me at least are Math and Chemistry.

Pray immediately when seat is located. I find it quite annoying and distracting when the person in charge of the examination begins interrupting by repeating the rules of the examinations which by now we are all so familiar with.

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Had the hardest Math paper I've ever had yesterday. Really quite demoralising. Heard it's the prelim paper last year? The kind of paper which makes you feel like giving up halfway. Who knew putting in unknowns could make a question seem ten times harder?

Day 27 - a song you wish you could play

Wish I could play the bridge part. I bet I could but I can't find time to actually properly practice that part.

2011-08-24T23:57:00.003+08:00

Day 26 - a song you can play on an instrument
So many songs I can play on an instrument heh

2011-08-23T23:35:00.002+08:00

Day 25 - a song that makes you laugh

It's Justin's fault heh. There are alot of songs that make me laugh, most of them are altered in some way or another but I think this is the best heh. The altered version has been removed but I still remember them when I hear the song, like I don't hear Japanese when this song is played but rather English.

The Siddharth Returns!!!

2011-08-22T21:40:00.002+08:00

Today marks the day of Siddharth's return!
After about 2 years since he left for Canada (and is doing quite well there, already being in a university even though he is the same age as us), we finally got to see him again!
The most drastic change was his voice. What happened?!! It sounds like he has a sore throat or something and his voice is like really really low. Like he would be a singer for Bass 2.

Met him together with Zhi, Jun Yong, Jeremy Pang, John and Eugene at Lot 1 and had dinner at New York New York heh. Of course, Siddharth's accent and manner of speaking changed to resemble more of a foreigner and a little American-like. Or is it Canadian-like?! Couldn't get used to it at all! Shared more about Canada and his endeavours..it's like Kranji all over again!! Sad he came back to Singapore for less than a week for his NS checkup before flying again.

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So my form CT noticed the lack of reception for the signing up for tables for Graduation Night, so she wanted to subsidise our class to form another table. A $500 subsidy! Is Grad Night a positive or negative externality? Anyway, nah I'm just not feeling it for PJ's Grad Night. Though there's that chance to win the iPad and the fact that there will be 98.7FM DJs including the Muttons, I don't think I'm going. Wouldn't mind if there's a Kranji Alumni Grad Night though. What makes a Kranji Grad Night more appealing? Hm..then there's also the extra pressure(s) involved in a typical Graduation Night..

Day 24 - a song you want played at your funeral

2011-08-20T23:59:00.001+08:00

Majority of my sickness is gone except for traces of cough and phlegm. Why does phlegm take really long to clear?! Kinda had an average week, but as Le Fa puts it, rejoice in the Lord always!

Presidential Elections are coming soon, and what Singaporeans did during the speeches was indeed disheartening. As soon as Tony Tan went up the stage there were jeering and 'boos'. No respect for an elder who contributed much to the nation? And just because he is connected to the PAP he is shot down before he made his speech. Of course, it isn't surprising. Just look at STOMP and the other citizen journalism websites and the comments. Although it is quite polemic (jyeah new word) on whether the government should oppose the PAP so that it would limit the PAP's powers.

Wednesday had PJ Got Talent! Although I think it should be renamed PJ Who Got More Popularity/Friends. Fastgam was good heh. Le Fa and Justin grooving to the rhythm...although the singer kinda messed it up. There's this girl but I can't remember her name. She's really good at the piano and writing songs! Whoa when I heard the piano intro, I had goosebumps - the good kind - and makes me wanna learn the piano. (Oh no am I going to learn another instrument?!).

Great Encounter and message today! Speaking of which I'm tasked to prepare acoustic arrangements for a slow and a fast song. When I first saw the word slow song, one song immediately came into my mind. But this song is rather hard to arrange for an acoustic version. Partly because its more of a hymn and the recorded version has no guitar (except for some distorted strums in verse 2) and is more piano driven. This would prove to be quite challenging.

Day 23 - a song that you want to play at your wedding
I don't think Canon in D is considered a song so...

A little cliche heh but still it's a good song. When I first saw the video the first thought that came to me was "Where's Taylor?!"

Encounter!

2011-08-14T15:06:00.002+08:00

Made a decision to join Encounter Service Team!
Although this period of the year is the most hectic...
I'm pretty sure I will be able to manage both serving and A-levels
As it is said

But seek the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be added to you

Luke 12:31

Had the so called 'Encounter Academy' yesterday! Andy is the principal heh.

Was asked to prepare a song and here it is. An amazing song and it's the opening song for Day of His Power. A really powerful song and it is really apt to be used for an opening worship song in my opinion.

Learned about dynamics for song, how to approach a song and interpret lyrics deeper. The dynamics part kinda reminds me of the good old choir days. Whoa reminiscence. Charis who is also in Academy and more or less my classmate learnt basics of guitar. Reminiscence again of my secondary school days. First time touched a guitar in secondary two and couldn't play for more than 5 minutes. Then there's also every new guitarist's hated enemy, the F chord (or barred chord in general) and the fact that most songs are very hard to play. Reminiscence overload!

Message on Saturday was really good and really applicable. Wei Yang then shared something that I can relate to. Must write down in notebook before I forget.

Day 22 - a song you listen to when you are sad

A Wonderwall derivative!

2011-08-13T00:11:00.001+08:00

Day 21 - a song you listen to when you are happy

All yellow

2011-08-10T23:32:00.002+08:00

What a short schooling week this week will be..

Day 20 - a song that you listen to when you are angry

I guess it's the overall feel of the song heh

Singapore's 46th Birthday!

2011-08-09T23:55:00.002+08:00

Although I watched a little part of the NDP parade before going off for night cycling to NTU, it was great! Didn't really like the MRT rap part though, maybe cause I hate rap. Why does it have to be portrayed in rap? Trying to blend in with the younger generation? Another thing I couldn't stand was the male artistes crossdressing to act out a female role. Bleah

Sucks to be studying on the nation's birthday. Such is the reality of Singapore's Education System, one that is energy sapping, stress inducing, time consuming...you name it. Not to mention the increased competition sigh.

Day 19 - a song from your favourite album

Once again, We the Kings ftw!

Day of His Power!!!

2011-08-09T13:10:00.004+08:00

Day of His Power yesterday!! And it was an awesome!

Had National Day Celebration in PJ before that and sad to say it was not really that great compared to last year. It feels like just another one of the pointless and time wasting events that happens this year. I don't remember seeing much of James Koh last year though. What happened?
Not to mention that he made a joke out of the Singapore Pledge....if someone were to video it and upload it to the internet, I think he will lose his job. There are clear distinctions between being patriotic and making a joke out of something that symbolises the nation. Anyway that's not really the point of this post.

Day of His Power at Singapore Indoor Stadium! When Justin said it will be a totally different experience, he wasn't joking. With all the churches in Singapore gathered together in a HUGE stadium, the effect was simply overwhelming. Not the usual Honour Room prayer meeting setting but like 100x of it. Worship experience was totally awesome too, and it strengthens my calling to be a worship leader heh. Overall, it was an awesome time at the stadium in His presence. Had a CUTENESS OVERLOAD when the children were called up to the stage. Their actions were super cute and couldn't help but smile when they did what they did.

On a side note I was told of a third Bundaberg flavour thanks to Le Fa. I thought there were only two flavours initially heh. This third flavour is not bad!

Day 18 - a song that you wish you heard on the radio
There's something about hearing a song on the radio than hearing it on your music player. It feels totally different and gets you excited!

I wonder if Singapore radio will play this?

Time

2011-08-08T00:30:00.003+08:00

Hm what have I been doing? Haven't posted in nearly a week....
Guess I have been too tired after school everyday.
The condensed timetable sees the official school ending time to be 1-2pm, but there are invisible timeslots called Subject Days. The past week had been tests everyday.

So PJ has this banner hung up counting down the number of days left to the A levels. (I think other schools have this too). 90++ days or 3 more months...
3 more months and all the hard work will be put to the test.
3 more months and it will be the last time setting foot into the college (though I still will be able to see it whenever I pass by the PCN).
3 more months and its NS time which I would describe it as ammesia period where you forget everything you learnt in the past 2 years and go to university.

Am I ready? Everytime I see the banner at night i begin to reminiscence once again about PJ, mostly on orientation night. Fun times and the fun night games. Memories of the canteen filled with every class and everyone on enthu mode with loud music playing.

Day of His Power later on in the night but before that, National Day celebration. Kind of remembered about what happened last year at this time.

Day 17 - a song that you often hear on the radio
98.7 FM ftw! My long absence from being a regular listener to Muttons At Midnight left me shocked at the vast changes 98.7 Fm has gone through.

Arguably one of the nicer new songs on radio other than the rubbish ones topping the charts nowadays. Coldplay ftw!

2011-07-30T23:39:00.002+08:00

Basically yesterday I KO-ed instantly when I reached home.
The act of sleeping 5-6 hours on weekdays is too much =\ not to mention studying.

On Friday it was sort of action-packed. It was the deadline for the CCA achievements part of the testimonial. Students are required to run around the whole college looking for teachers to verify this information with their signature. Kinda like fans running to their idols for their autographs. Finding teachers are hard especially those you don't see around in school. It feels like I'm playing TeacherHunt.

Had GP Paper 2 mock later in the afternoon and it went quite well! Finished 5 questions in 20 minutes and this is the first time I finish the whole paper with 1 minute to spare. However, time taken to finish paper does not necessarily translate to good grades. So we shall see how well I understand the whole passage. Argh classmates keep saying I'm pro in AQ (application question) in GP. Actually I find the difficulty of AQ questions to be how well you can relate to the question. Like for the mock it was about food. That is something everyone can relate to. A previous TYS I did was on animal rights. I was stumped there and couldn't write much.

OMO seeing people drinking Gong Cha and being close to Milk Tea shops isn't good for me. Fasting from tea is hard when the temptations are strong. When fasting ends I shall buy Green Tea Frappucinno heh.

Day 16 - a song that you used to love but now hate

I used to like this until it annoyed me countless times by appearing at unexpected times or waking me up at night. Players of mousehunt who enlist the help of....greasemonkey or whatever can relate to this heh.

Bizzare...

2011-07-29T00:50:00.002+08:00

Had a weird dream yesterday night...all I could remember was seeing a blue moon...that's on fire. What sort of significance does it have? Can a moon be blue and on fire?!

Singapore vs Malaysia yesterday. Not really into soccer but somehow I want to support Singapore! Didn't watch the match but judging from the shouting and screaming I hear occasionally, I think the game has gone well. Then there's twitter. With twitter and like 20 tweets coming in per second, I know the game without watching it o.o. Knew about the 'spectacular laser show' Malaysia put up for Singaporeans and many nonsensical things.

Day 15 - a song that describes you

Good times...reminds me of secondary two days.

And....another bizzare news...apparently some teenager killed his girlfriend....to get free breakfast. WTH?!

Sports Carnival?

2011-07-27T22:45:00.002+08:00

What's a sports carnival with only two sports? A not so interesting one. Last year's one was interesting; there many games and MUSIC! Spent the day playing frisbee after a really long time not frisbee-ing. Captain's Ball match was interesting too heh. Like the Polo-Byron match if I recall correctly. The score difference was astronomical!

Day 14 - a song no one would expect you to love

I think I have a certain liking to local songs heh.

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2011-07-26T21:47:00.002+08:00

Argh my knees feel weird, after playing handball yesterday. It's like pain but not pain?!
Must be the sudden stop and start and impulses during the game. I should stick to cycling, it's the best sport cause it does affect your knees heh, provided you cycle the right way.

Day 12 - a song from a band you ~~hate~~ don't like

I don't think there are bands that I hate (like really hate to the core that I will DSGFDSGDFDF when I hear a song from that band.) I don't mind listening to Justin Bieber songs but only once though. After that it's arghhghgh

Day 13 - a song that is a guility pleasure

Funny I can't find any 'normal' studio versions of this song; the ones I do find are lower in pitch. I guess this song is a guilty pleasure cause...I don't know....maybe people think its gay for guys to listen to Taylor Swift

Analogy...

2011-07-25T00:07:00.003+08:00

Lol came up with another chemistry analogy cause I was bored. Kind of realised that drinking coffee can be linked to an exothermic reaction? The energy boost you get from caffeine [adrenaline rush heh] could be like the activation energy, and the moment you have an energy crash when the caffeine runs could be like how the products of an exothermic reaction have less energy....

Hm if that's the case, what would be a catalyst? Tea? Or something that has less caffeine content?

Meh realised for the last week I have been drinking coffee. The time lost sleeping in tutorials and lectures is not something that can be gained back.

Day 11 - a song from your favourite band

We the Kings ftw!

2011-07-23T22:51:00.002+08:00

Noo didn't post yesterday cause I KO-ed when I reach home. Night study ftw?
Kind of regretted choosing to do Electrochem as my TYS (twenty year series) topical revision cause it's one whole big topic! Three sub-topics seperately! (Redox, Electrolysis and Electrocell) Spent the whole of my revision doing it and i ended up only doing the whole of paper one, even though I'm motivated. So many questions argh but it's good revision. I can imagine after finishing the whole of Electrochem and I will like be owning it in the exams.

I observed a trend lately...it's like it will rain on Fridays and the rest of the week will be super hot. Liked how the school played NDP songs yesterday. Ah how I miss NDP songs, so nice to listen to, like Corrine May's Song For Singapore. They didn't play What Do You See though, which is the song me, Justin and Zhi studied to during O-levels heh.

Great worship and cell time today. DI has a virtual bookshelf now heh, shall go check it out later. Played bowling today for cell-time! Quite a different experience. Quite funny cause me and Le Fa were the only ones doing the so called fake spin. I was owning with that technique in the first few rounds but Le Fa owned in the end. Great game heh. Looking forward to next week's one which is a surprise. Heard it's going to be awesome?!

Day 09 - A song you can dance to

Remembered this was one of the songs used during my secondary two street dance class to dance/choreograph to. Was kinda nice to dance to heh.

Day 10 - A song that makes you fall asleep

SGC

2011-07-21T23:32:00.006+08:00

Yeah finally finished writing my SGC, though I still find it retarded that you write your own testimonial. The whole system is complex and it involves praising yourself and running around getting signatures. ZZZ

Saw a bee at morning assembly and in class during school yesterday and it triggered off one of the great memories I had in Kranji. There was a time in our graduation year that there was a bee infestation! Heh could remember people avoiding the parade square area or even running through the area to evade the bees. The beehive was located on the roof of the hall? Can't remember the method they used to resolve the matter, it could have involved flamethrowers but I remember the next day seeing alot of dead bees on the parade square. Literally everywhere.

Had the first GP lecture in the term. Not considered a lecture cause we watched a documentary and an interesting one at that. Very insightful and addresses why there's inequity. It's called Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond and they only show like the introduction episode.

Day 08 - a song you know all the words to
想念 - Andy Philip

Hmm I know the lyrics to most songs in my playlist =\
I memorised this one while Wei Zhi, Justin, Jeremy and I were deciding to perform in Kranji's Cultural Fiesta heh. Andy's songs ftw!! Omo I'm suddenly reminded of iHeart Cafe

此刻你在我的脑海里面, 绕了一圈又一圈

Breakthrough

2011-07-19T23:46:00.002+08:00

Day 07 - a song that reminds you of a certain event

X-Factor Camp!!

It's time to break through barriers!! Road ahead is tough but no one ever said it was easy...

First satellite built by NTU engineering students in the Undergraduate Satellite Programme (USP) that was started in April last year, called the Velox-I, is to be launched in 2013!

Gig!

2011-07-18T23:07:00.002+08:00

Whoops this post was meant for 16th July,
anyway went to Orchard Cineleisure after DI!
Fastgam was to perform at 8pm but somehow it got pushed back to 8:45pm?!

It's kind of amazing how much stuff you can learn just by watching a gig. The band before Fastgam who was playing some sort of heavy rock music was kind of cool and i thought the sound mixing was cool. Until they stopped playing. The sound crew in charge was simply unprofessional. During a sound check they played their own music (probably with an iPhone cause the song got interrupted halfway by a push notification). Throughout the gig the sound crew was as good as non-existant, only adjusting volume like only once and pushing the high-pass filter for no apparent reason? To think they get paid to actually do this seems kind of shocking, not to mention they are a company after all.

Fastgam! Their gig was good but the sound wasn't really good. Lots of feedback and horribly adjusted volumes. The sound crew was just slacking and seemingly oblivious. I think if it was me performing I would be super sian, considering you have to pay to perform too. Lead singer may not have the best vocals but he has great stage presence! Throughout the gig Le Fa was probably owning the whole thing heh.

Writing my SGC now and I realise, there's really nothing much for me to write...oh no...

Day 06 - a song that reminds you of somewhere

This song reminds me of mountain biking trails. Probably because the first time I heard this song was from some sort of advertisement featuring a super nice trail, one which Singapore doesn't have. Kind of associated any nature trail to this song now...

donation drive?

2011-07-14T23:22:00.002+08:00

Yesterday we had some assembly to talk about initiating a donation drive for PJC.
Objectives? To raise funds for the needy and renovate the school premises.
James Koh (again?!) went to address the whole J1 and J2 cohort about this raising funds thing.
He brought up some story about some student whose father is the sole breadwinner of the family of 5 children losing his ability to provide for the family. Whether this is fictional or real I don't really know.

It's funny how when he keeps talking about the needy having no money for books, notes, entertainment and food because apparently the school is running low on funds, yet he was the one who initiated the useless iPhone app that probably cost about 4000 dollars if I'm not wrong? Sigh more rant about the PJ iPhone app which has absolutely no useful function whatsoever. No I'm not exaggerating, it really has no useful function. Then comes even more stuff about the donation drive which I cannot comprehend.

So, every person in the school is expected to donate a certain amount of money. The class who donates the highest amount gets to win 'prizes', which include branded items like shoes, limited edition shirts and what not. Heard that there's going to be a subsidy for the graduation night as well. Seriously? What happened to the raising of funds and the talk about helping the needy? Man the things PJ come up with LOL.

Day 04 - a song that makes you sad

Day 05 - a song that reminds you of someone

This song and the meaning behind is beautiful but when I hear this song I really can't help but think of Le Fa lol!

musing?

2011-07-12T23:42:00.002+08:00

Yesterday we received this community chest red packet asking for donations for some 300,000 disabled children. Now when I received this, I can't help but immediately think how is it that BMT NSmen get iPads and yet these 300,000 children still need finanical help? Do NSmen ready need this iPad? I still can't draw the link between the iPad and how it helps training in the battlefield. From what I heard, one of the uses is that NSmen can use some sort of messenging service on the iPad so they don't have to go bunk to bunk to deliver message. I think there is something wrong with society. Not to mention it kind of waste tax payers' money when it could be better channelled to other areas.

Day 03 - a song that makes you happy
Hm ok this is a really tough one LOL. It kind of depends on the mood you in. I guess a song that would do so in a general situation would be...

Maybe it's the tune, the lyrics or just the MV but it makes you feel happy doesn't it?

GP Snippet
Seventh body to be found in Singapore in seven weeks. Is there a serial killer around? Perhaps we are taking security and peace for granted.

304

2011-07-11T23:52:00.002+08:00

Day Two - your least favourite song
I guess they would have removed the song by now. But it's probably the Fun Pack Pack Song haha.

School resumes and as usual, my Monday timetable is screwed up. Only this time it's worse. All subjects in one day. Timetable fully used up. Can't wait for condensed timetables to kick in. Will it be good or bad?

Found some shoes made especially for parkour and freerunning! Made by Five Ten! Which is not found in Singapore...at least that's what the website says. Have to order online or something. But they are good! Supposedly it's claimed that these shoes dont leave footprint marks on walls (ideal for wall running) and great cushion and grip. Not to mention it also serves as MTB shoes (which is how I found this brand of footwear).

One

2011-07-10T20:56:00.004+08:00

A year has passed since accepting Christ as Lord and Saviour,
I guess that makes me a year old spiritually?
I could still remember that moment as though it was yesterday, Andy coming up to ask people to respond to the sinners' prayer, and then the so-called official confirmation with Andy behind the drum set.

Like to thank God for Justin for his continuous effort in trying to bring me and Zhi to DI. It's not easy and now I kind of know how it feels now when you get rejected. Can't imagine me and Justin used to be enemies back in primary school. For what reason? I can't recall.

Looking back, I kind of progressed quite alot! From my first time trying to pray, where I would stone trying to find the correct words to say or even structuring a format, from wondering why Christians do this and that. Although I did have some background information since primary school. Still can remember when Justin asked 'Do you know how many days before Jesus was resurrected?' and I immediately replied 3 instinctively and kind of subconsciously. Justin then gave the 'WHOA HOW YOU KNOW' face. Was surprised how I knew this even before accepting Christ and properly reading the gospels. Do I regret deciding to follow Jesus? NO!!

I do hope that my passion and flame for Christ will not weaken as time passes by but continue to just grow as I learn more things each day. NS may make it difficult to maintain this but I guess I would probably find a way.

Heh feel like doing this too

30 day song quiz:

Day 01 - your favorite song
Day 02 - your least favorite song
Day 03 - a song that makes you happy
Day 04 - a song that makes you sad
Day 05 - a song that reminds you of someone
Day 06 - a song that reminds you of somewhere
Day 07 - a song that reminds you of a certain event
Day 08 - a song that you know all the words to
Day 09 - a song that you can dance to
Day 10 - a song that makes you fall asleep
Day 11 - a song from your favorite band
Day 12 - a song from a band you hate
Day 13 - a song that is a guilty pleasure
Day 14 - a song that no one would expect you to love
Day 15 - a song that describes you
Day 16 - a song that you used to love but now hate
Day 17 - a song that you hear often on the radio
Day 18 - a song that you wish you heard on the radio
Day 19 - a song from your favorite album
Day 20 - a song that you listen to when you’re angry
Day 21 - a song that you listen to when you’re happy
Day 22 - a song that you listen to when you’re sad
Day 23 - a song that you want to play at your wedding
Day 24 - a song that you want to play at your funeral
Day 25 - a song that makes you laugh
Day 26 - a song that you can play on an instrument
Day 27 - a song that you wish you could play
Day 28 - a song that makes you feel guilty
Day 29 - a song from your childhood
Day 30 - your favorite song at this time last year

Day 01 - Favourite Song
Kind of subjective cause it changes overtime. Favourite song now?

GP snippet
It's no secret that hawker food > food courts (to me at least) . This hawker continues to tend her stall even way past beyond her retirement age.

what happened to marking day?

2011-07-07T23:59:00.001+08:00

There wasn't supposed to be school today, but somehow an event was made up at the last minute.
Something about some cultural day or some racial harmony day.
So we were to come to school dressed in smart casual or preferably an ethnic costume.
However, most of the school, like myself couldn't be bothered and just decided to come in school uniform.
Well, they didn't really define smart casual did they? (wait did they?)

Can kind of see the lack of enthusiasm from the J2s (not sure about the J1s). Afterall, we are kind of forced to go back to school when we could pretty much get some sleep. Sadly, I find it a waste of time to be honest. Heard that this is the first time PJ came up with this. Also heard that it was a certain teacher who came up with this, who alo came up with the PJ app. Well I can't really say much about this teacher cause he did not teach me personally (don't know what subjects he teach anyway), but other people tend to give rather negative testimonies about him. Hmm...

Had some Australians come to perform in school. If I'm not wrong, a classical guitar quartet, jazz band and I forgot. Thought they would have performed some well known piece like Canon (which I anticipated but sadly no).

Spent most of the day not going to the specified events but staying in one corner of school with Jun Yong and Yixuan talking about....bikes?! And some random stuff. Hm I can't wait for my 661 gloves and grips to come in heh.

And the things of earth will grow strangely dim

punggol!!

2011-07-06T16:07:00.004+08:00

Road Trip to Punggol!
Physics Paper One yesterday was unexpected. Quite a few questions were hard to do.
Anyway turns out we cycled 100km+, falling short of what my cyclocomp says. Weird. My cyclocomp went haywire as we cycled through Seletar Airbase, or the SYFC place. Magnetic interfernce?! Nah, probably not. I guess my magnet was out of place.

Matthew L.'s full XTR groupset bike. Gotta give respect to him as he rode a full suspension bike whilst cycling on road. Not easy, as I have been there. Never gonna touch a full sus bike ever. Singapore doesn't need one anyway, not like we've got insane downhills or insane terrain that would warrant a full sus system.

This picture reminds me of Black Mesa...for some reason

Super tiring but still worth it. Cool sights and argh now I know why gloves have padding on them. Mine is some gym glove with no padding and my wrists hurt at the end of the day.

GP snippet
Singapore's NDP funpack song got into trouble as it derived from Lady Gaga's Bad Romance. Seriously? A funpack song? And it was ripped off from a song. Kinda looks like some primary school kid made this or something

300

2011-07-04T23:59:00.001+08:00

300th post!
Haven't been posting cause was so tired.

1/7/11
Went night cycling with John last Friday on 1st July.
John couldn't decide where to go at first. Then we decided on West Coast Park but that wasn't our intended destination at all!
So the Tanjong Pagar rail has closed down and apparently that's where me and John rode. Not on the rail but the weird narrow overgrown trail that is next to it.
Problem is, I didn't expect to ride somewhere that is pitch black! If I knew about this, I would have tried to attach every light I have to my bike to add to the lumen count. Sadly, all I have is some cheap $10 light which is brighter than I expected but did not help in lighting up the path.
Thankfully, John's 1W light saved the day (or rather night).
Quite creepy actually, cause you could only see in front of you. Turn to the left, right or behind and you see nothing.

Saw some unknown people on the trail with super bright lights. Couldn't identify who they were. They shone their super bright lights at us and was blinded temporary. Argh they killed my eyes that just got adapted to the darkness. Was worried for awhile that they would attack us or something. Crazy imagination.

Lagged behind for a split second and that split second alone is really scary cause I depended on John for light. Thankfully I caught up with him..

Got out of the dark and finally to somewhere more comfortable. Time to invest in a light?
Made our way to Holland V.
Very happening place. My second time there, of which the first is DI's Next Stop where we ate awesome KATONG LASKA!

2nd-3rd July
Had another overnight camp right after DI, only this time it's for fun. Kinda resembles a chalet though. Interstingly, without caffeine we all stayed up even later. Is it because there's no energy crash? Played lots of board games before KO-ing at around 5am. Won my first monodeal game! What an achievement heh.

Woke up at 8.30am and went for Youth Service. Wow sleeping only three hours makes your more energetic than sleeping ten hours. But if you try to pull off this stunt the next day it wouldn't work anymore. Youth service was really interesting. Worship was great. I like the dance they included during worship heh.

4/7/11

Went Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf to study but....
what's there to study for Physics Paper One?
Coffee Bean vs Starbucks...
I think Coffee Bean is nicer although their menu is smaller compared to Starbucks (i think)
Their serviettes aren't that great though.

Gonna have a road trip tomorrow after Physics or rather the end of MYE. Off to Punngol we go!

GP snippet
This made me ROFL. It's great that there's Quidditch in real-life but the limitations of gravity wouldn't make it as fun. Still, if schools have a CCA like this I wouldn't mind joining!

One Last Paper!

2011-07-01T19:30:00.003+08:00

What a relief!
One more paper to go and I can take a temporary break...
before the hectic studying schedule resumes.

Maths paper 2 was surprising easy. But there were others who, on the contrary, found paper one much easier. Which is really weird. Maybe those who found paper one easy found paper two hard and vice versa?

Chemistry papers 2 and 1 were okay as well BUT after finishing paper 2 I had a major headache. Headaches and papers which require speed and accuracy such as paper 1 do not go well at all. Found out I committed countless mistakes....

Physics paper 3, relatively easier than paper 2. I found out that I finished 4 questions in half an hour. However, I stoned around for like 15 min deciding which 2 questions to do next out of the 3.

Shall go do some night riding and destress. Not surprisingly, many people ignore or do not care about paper 1 (the last paper) and self-declared the end of exams already!

You are good You are good when there's nothing good in me

Mentally Taxing

2011-06-28T23:11:00.000+08:00

The things I do instead of studying =\
But I guess it's okay, considering I had 2 exams today which requires alot of mental usage. Physics and Maths, they are mentally demanding.
I feel like I'm overclocking my brain sometimes.
Having a minor headache now argh.
Both papers were okay, they were balanced in their difficulty somewhat. I have a feeling Maths Paper 2 will be super hard since Paper 1 was moderate.

I aM mE!
Great dance crew focusing more of "visuals". Was browsing through some of their videos and chanced upon the finals. Was simply amazing! Especially the part somewhere around 2:34 where there was a shadow.

...

2011-06-27T23:49:00.002+08:00

Hmm ok Chemistry Paper 3 was really unexpected.
When I looked at the clock and there's only one hour left, I was like "Oh shit!" cause I realised I hardly accomplished anything.
Left alot of blanks so I increased the pace.
I realised I wasted alot of time on the part (a)s for every question when the part (b)s were relatively easy.
Nice try Chemistry Department, that almost killed me.
I hope the other papers are not this hard cause it is really demoralising argh.

Latest news. BMT NSmen are to receive iPads which supposedly are to help in training. I can't really figure out how iPads will accomplish this goal though. The news source I read did not went into further elaboration. I can imagine the commander saying "Alright guys, take out your iPads and launch the Angry Birds app. We are going to study projectile motion!".
Kind of interested as to what reasons they would give to justify the act that iPads will aid in training. Furthermore, aren't cameras not allowed in camps? Are they going to disable the cameras in iPads or something?

Now the sky could be blue, I don't mind
Without you it's a waste of time

MYE

2011-06-26T22:49:00.003+08:00

So Mid Years will commence tomorrow...
I'm not going to worry about how well I'm going to do.
I guess I more or less tried my best in studying.
The rest is all up to Him who shall provide.

Had the so called customary overnight study we will always have every school holiday.
This overnight was kind of late though. Furthermore it's only partial heh.
I got some reasonable amount of sleep then can reset my body clock conform to the usual school routine.
I think I just found out that the less sleep you have, the more epic your dreams will be.
I remember vaugely dozing in and out of sleep while Justin and Zhi were making alot of noise and studying.
Made some makeshift earplugs and was able to sleep.
Dreamt that I was like in some kind of a game like Mirror's Edge and Half-Life (great games of all time) where you have to solve puzzles. I was chasing some guy around some place? Can't remember. Also dreamt something unlikely such as Yew Tee Point having a sports shop selling skates and a LAN shop.
Did some epic timelapse of studying too and when I reviewed it, it was kinda funny because of all the random stuff that was happening.

Heh finally found out the meaning of the song by The Killers "Human". I used to hate the song cause it didn't make sense to me.

Are we human (having the freedom of free-will), or are we dancers? (adhering to a dance routine/choreography)

GP snippets
I see more and more diasters happening such as typhoons in S.Korea and more earthquakes hitting Asia such as China and Indonesia. Does give some food for thought on the significance of these events..

Beyond Love Beyond

2011-06-25T20:53:00.002+08:00

Woo great to be back in DI after three weeks!
Great to see the familiar faces that I use to see every week.
Had presentations of the Love Beyond movement and had an insight on what the other groups have done.
Andy wrote a new song especially for Love Beyond too and it was great.
Love Beyond doesn't just end after June, this gives me alot to think about. Reflected upon the month of June, what I could have did differently and what I'm going to change after June to apply what I have learnt during Love Beyond.

So, mid year exams are coming soon. I feel pretty calm but I can't say how prepared I am. I guess I will find out during the examination itself. I think it's great to not feel anxious and panicked for the exam or being too overconfident.

Argh have to go soon to Justin's house. Some partial overnight study. I strongly oppose overnight studies but meh, it doesn't hurt once in awhile.

Great video from Vi Hart, a mathemusician! Her videos on mathematics are great!! I feel I learnt more about mathematics then what JC could teach me. This video took me awhile to realise what happened. I kinda cheated by viewing the inverse of the video though argh.

Found love beyond all reason

time out!

2011-06-19T23:57:00.003+08:00

I wish I could just stop time, so I can enjoy more of this study break or 'holiday'. This year is ending way too fast. I still can remember how I dreaded the first school day of 2011, a year into a new class, against my will. Sometimes it's just great to slack around enjoying the so called 'holidays' but I know I can't, for there's the A-levels. Much like the calm before the storm.

Studied in Justin's house after church today. This is something new, studying with Kairos + other people. But those not having major exams are jamming in the next room, which is kinda tempting cause I haven't touch the guitar since.....3.141592654 months (exaggerated). I don't know why I bother memorising the square roots, Pi, exp etc. I guess it can help me identify them faster when the calculator shows a string of numbers hmm.

Made some white mocha today! Insipred by Le Fa and Starbucks' White Mocha Frap. Made with Nescafe Gold and Cadbury White Choc. Tastes good! But I think I added too much chocolate.

GP snippet
no interesting news...or maybe I'm too lazy to search more..

Since we are surrounded
by such a great cloud of witnesses
Let us run, let us run
with perseverance the race not done,
let us make a way
For those who are to come, those who are to come
Every generation, every nation, every tribe, every tongue
They will sing, they will pray,
with one voice they will sing

Hosanna

medical checkup?

2011-06-18T02:30:00.001+08:00

16th June 2010
Went for NS medical checkup at Depot Road!
Which is near Redhill.
Checkup went quite well, was less painful than I expected?
Alot of people said the blood test thing was painful, and that you should look for the older guy to do it cause it's less painful.
Well, I ended up with the young guy and while I sat down I could feel my heart rate like increasing really fast. Meh my fear of needles. I think there's a scientific term for it.
*wikipedia*
Trypanophobia - the fear of medical procedures involving injections
The guy was really good. He asked if I want to be distracted with him talking and I said no.
Felt no pain at all when the needle went in but I could feel the unmistakable feeling of a needle in my arm. I wonder if I were to make a sudden action, would it break the needle?

Thankfully Justin asked me to bring study material to the checkup, if not I would be seriously bored with nothing to do. No music or phone to keep me entertained. The survey took a good 1 hour and the questions were unconventional.

Got a PES D, which basically translates to temporary not fit. Reason: Lipids. Not really sure what that is though, something to do with fatty acids. Now this is quite uncertain. Is it lack of lipids? Excess lipids? Or requires more research to analyse lipid content?

Had what I could say one of the best chicken rice I have ever eaten in a long long while. It's at some hawker centre in Redhill Interchange. Cheap and really good food can mostly only be found in hawker centres....not like some of the rubbish food that is served in food courts like Koufu...
Saw a Gongcha shop too, heard it serves good bubble tea but eh it was closed.

Being in Redhill kind of brings back memories. Most of hockey trainings were at Delta. I like how the MRT station is painted a shade of red heh. Was curious as to why the place is called Redhill and decided to do some wikipedia research on it. Turns out there was some legend (kinda bizzare really) behind it. Then I got more curious and decided to research on the names of various places in Singapore. Yew Tee has it's name cause it used to be an oil pond (literally) and Kranji is named after....a tree?

Thought of some chemistry analogy. (Too much mugging?) Just as chemical reactions require sufficient energy for it to occur, so too must you put enough effort for something to be realised. I shall apply studying here. But that does not mean blindly studying as much as you can. Chemical reactions require molecules to have the correct orientation and energy. Hence, there has to be some sort of study plan involved which sadly I do not have one yet argh.

GP snippet
5.9 quake strikes Eastern Japan. Another earthquake?!

This is love to break the world indifferent

No Eclipse D:

2011-06-16T00:35:00.002+08:00

Argh I'm not going to be able to see the eclipse!
Guess I have to wait for the next one....in 7 years.
Sky is rather cloudy and I have NS checkup today, but I think I can wake up in the middle of the night to expect a red sky/moon heh.
I'm unable to see any sign of the moon from my window which I usually can. Maybe it's the clouds?

Had a weird dream yesterday which come to think of it, was rather absurd...like most dreams.
Can't remember everything but I can remember the parts that stand out.
Firstly, I was in this cinema with like schoolmates? Apparently, we have to watch some movie as part of an exam. Yes, it sounds stupid and unbelievable.

Fallen sick after Day Two of Extreme Makeover. The state of the house then was really unsuitable to live afterall. Perhaps those two brothers have lived long in that enviroment for them to be immune and used to a run-down house. Day Two was surprisely short as there was just a few more areas to touch up. Was already feeling slightly sick on Day Two and felt extremely tired. Did more painting and Le Fa brought his boom box to blast music heh. It made a huge difference in getting work done! But then the uncles started to get worked up and started to 'chase' us out saying it's time for his tea break. But as soon as Le Fa lowered the volume of the boom box, eh the degree of 'worked-upness' started to decline. It was the loud music afterall heh.

The finished house was simply nice and suitable to an extent to live in. From that relative classroom scale of cleanliness, it's now a 7 out of 10. I wonder how long that state of cleanliness will last though?

I'd rather be a comma then a fullstop

EM: Day One

2011-06-13T22:13:00.002+08:00

To start off, I was definitely surprised. Then again, when I heard this was the worst house we have been assigned to, it's not that bad after all. Better to start off with the extreme then have it easy later heh.

Met up at SAC in the early morning to help transport equipment. When we were outside the house we have been assigned to, we could smell an unpleasant odour (well come to think of it, can an odour be pleasant?). It smells like...cat litter. Got a shock when I saw the house, it was really dark and really filthly. To rate it on a scale out of 10 relative to the state of a classroom, i would rate it negative two.

Before entering we started off with prayer and off we go. Moving the furniture out and armed with newspapers and the all-powerful insecticide, exterminating any insect life-form we saw. Felt so gay when our group of guys were shouting when we saw insects argh.

Was super tiring but in the end, I guess it felt satisfying. From what was seen to be seriously unacceptable living conditions, it turned out quite good. Didn't manage to finish the whole house though. We could but eh, we ran out of stamina. Painting the ceiling is super tiring. My neck, arms and back are dying. The old layer of paint would also fall off. Should have scrapped it off before painting it hmm. Going to continue tomorrow and hopefully finish everything.

Felt quite sorry for the two elderly brothers living there. Both are mentally impaired, with the elder one impaired to a small extent. Heard that they have been receving support for 21 years and their mother passed away 3 years ago. Really can't blame them for being in a state like this. Although I really feel that this would not help much, after all the house would become dirty again and this is all but a short-term solution. But I guess making them satisified is all worth it?

GP snippet
6.8 magnitude earthquake in Indonesia. No tsunami potential or any reported damage. Another
earthquake happening in the course of a few months. What could this mean?

When there's nowhere else to run, is there room for one more son?

It Begins

2011-06-12T23:49:00.002+08:00

Extreme Makeover will commence tomorrow!
Although other groups have already started I guess.
I wonder what will happen during the whole of next week?
I'm prepared to be surprised by what He is going to show me.

Apparently, a total lunar eclipse will happen next week on June the 16th at 1:24am.
Whoa super excited to see a lunar eclipse!
Will probably be my first time seeing one.
If the 'super moon' was epic, I wonder how much more epic a total lunar eclipse will be?

source: Straits Times

The 'Coldplay' Feeling

2011-06-10T23:11:00.001+08:00

Coldplay released a new song!
It's called 'Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall'!
Although the music style is a little bit different from what they usually do,
it still retains that 'Coldplay' feel that other Coldplay songs induce heh.
Especially like this part of the song,
'And we saw oh this light, I swear you emerge blinking into to tell me it's alright'.
To me, Coldplay songs induce emotion and power, one such example is the guitar riff in the instrumental part in Fix You. That was just pure epic-ness.
The lyrics in Coldplay song are somewhat interesting too, in the sense you have to interpret the meaning, much like literature.
Not like most new songs nowadays that to me sound rubbish.

Woot We the Kings also released a new clip of their new single today!
Why are so many bands releasing new songs? So cool!

Didn't study in the afternoon today but at night.
Seems a little bit different but I seem to accomplish more work at night?!

GP snippet
Teen in China sells kidney to buy iPad 2.
I wonder if it's really worth it to sell part of your body for material possessions. You could save up to buy an iPad but you can't possibly get back part of your body...unless your kidney can regenerate. Speaking of which, I'm not sure which body part in humans can regenerate. I think it's the liver?

Spirtually Dry?

2011-06-08T23:17:00.002+08:00

Andy sent me a text yesterday about how there are spiritual attacks around and I tend to agree to this.
I have seen my fair share of these attacks and I think I'm one of the victim.
The transition from XD2 to ODJ is much like mugging intensely for A levels and then finally relaxing when the A levels are over.
My QT feels does not feel rather extreme anymore hmm...I guess I should start another reading plan yeah. I think James is a good start.

Felt a sense of accomplishment when I successfully put new shoelace through my hoodies.
Had to replace the laces because i forgot to 'cauterise' the laces and they got destroyed when they got in the washing machine.
I wonder if the word 'cauterise' can be applied to this context hmm.
It was difficult the first try! Spent like 1 hour doing it.
I will never take the lace for granted again!

3 more weeks,
time to get it on!

GP snippets
BEIJING - CHINA'S state media say a magnitude-5.3 earthquake has sent rocks crashing down onto a road in the country's north-west and caused car crashes that left five injured.

WASHINGTON - A STORM churning off the Mexican coast is expected to strengthen rapidly on Wednesday into the east Pacific's first hurricane of the season, US meteorologists said.

hm more natural diasters coming up again. more signs of the end times or..?

Extreme Makeover: Love Beyond Edition

2011-06-04T20:09:00.003+08:00

No DI today, or rather for the whole of June but instead we have Love Beyond!
Went for some briefing today and had an insight of the main stuff we're going to do.
To be honest, looking at the very worn down places and thinking of the painting and cleaning to makes me dislike doing it. But of course, we have to step out of our comfort zones and go for it.
Can I step out of this comfort zone? I have stepped out of many comfort zones before but this is not really one of them. I don't even clean or paint my house so this is one breakthrough.

Felt weird to leave WCRC early (around 4pm) which is not usually the case of a normal Saturday. Usually it would be 6-7pm. Then there's dinner which would bring it to 8. If there's monodeal involved it could see the time going to 10 or 11.

Came to realise that time is not really on my side now. Three weeks are left for part two of the mid year exams. This would be shortened to only 2 weeks. With the NS checkup and Love Beyond taking up one week. Have to mug and not procrastinate!

GP snippet
Hm no articles of interest today. So I shall learn a new word today.

Foist - to force upon or impose fraudulently or unjustifiably

I will never let you fall
I'll stand up for you forever
I'll be there for you through it all
Even if saving you sends me to Heaven

ASM!

2011-06-03T23:30:00.003+08:00

2nd June
Arts Science Museum!
Never have been there before.
I did pass by the museum once before while riding through CBD area but at that time I did not know it was the museum.
Went with 10s20'10 but I was really late cause Mr Tai ended the remedial late..really late.
What have I learnt from this museum trip? Not much really.
I can't remember the guy's name. I only know it rhymes with Darlie (the toothpaste).
His artistic style is really weird and outlandish, it does not go with the conventional way of thinking. If I remember right, the guide said he has a fascination of the beauty of the female body, which explains most of the art pieces there.

Adam and Eve! Before the first sin was created.

Saw many many religious art pieces too. Really interesting.

Okay, the way I took the photo didn't really portray this art piece really well.
It's a bunch of furniture placed on an extremely steep curved slope.

Highlight: Bob/Yixuan bought the wrong coffee which was really really bitter. How bitter? It took 10 packets of Equal (supposedly the equivalent of 10 teaspoons of suger), 3 packets of brown sugar and 1 packet of white sugar to make it 'acceptable' coffee.

The main highlight of the day wasn't so much of the museum visit, but rather hanging out with 10s20'10. Kinda brings back the good old (ok not really old since its only 1 year) times and nostalgia. Went around Orchard after that and I saw many clothes which look pretty dope. Unfortunately, cash is not what I have. Saw some Vans shoes too which surprised me cause I thought they were expensive (but they are not!).

I learnt another thing today. I noticed alot of bags, including my new one have this '2 pin plug socket' on the outside of the bag. I didn't what it's for. Aesthetics? Or for you to plug in your power o.o? But I found out it's actually for you to put your carabiner . What a relevation!

Almost ate Marche today. Marche to me is a really nice place. Honestly. However, the prices of the food there is unbelievable. The price of the food can buy you 2 proper meals elsewhere =\ Perhaps maybe only after getting a job can you eat at Marche. Settled for some nice lasagne for only $4. Walked around alot (some window shopping too) before going back at 10pm.

What a day, I don't regret at all!

Pre-Econs!!!

2011-05-30T23:11:00.003+08:00

The Best Spot in Jurong East Library...Ever

I think this spot can be considered one of my 'homes'.
It's like a cross between a cafe and a library.
You can talk, play, eat, drink, study. Not to mention air conditioning!
And the noise level there is really acceptable. Only a few occasional whispers can be heard. Which is really surprising.
The activity room that most libraries have is really CMI.
It's even noisier than the outside of the library, probably because the sound waves can reverberate around the room.

Studied economics for the past two days. I think when I study economics, initially I wouldn't get it. But I can derive many points that are in the notes (and sometimes not in the notes but they do make sense) out of let's say a question.
Gonna have faith that I will do well for econs!
Must not spin my pen and just continue writing. This is probably the key to owning a humanities subject.

GP snippet
Carbon dioxide emissions reach a record high in 2010. Dimming the prospects of limiting the global temperature rise to 2 degrees.

The article never mentioned how much emissions in 2010, but it did mention 30.6 gigatonnes emitted in 2009. The costs of rapid globalisation/industralisation? Woot I have an enviroment example now.

College Day?

2011-05-28T23:11:00.002+08:00

Was down for some College Day event and couldn't go DI today...
Justin told me to 'pon' but I don't know...it doesn't feel right.
Got to be responsible since I got chosen by the drawing of lots.
Wouldn't be fair to those fortunate few who became reserves.

So yeah...
Met Zhi and ate this awesome new meal from KFC.
I think its called...KFC BOXMASTER!
It's like the lunch version of the KFC AM TWISTER!

So...College Day.
Pretty much just see the performances, see people getting awards, hear speech and that's it.
Though I think the band and choir's performance is not bad!
Was still kind of sleepy from yesterday's ride and argh I couldn't study during College Day...maybe only abit.
Ended at around 6pm, thought it would drag on longer. Thankfully it didn't.
Ate some Ajisen (too good) and attempted studying (but it failed cause of the new awesome game 'Solomon's Boneyard'.

GP Snippet
'Typhoon approaches Japan, may threaten nuclear plant'
Reading this I kind of feel great pity on the situation of Japan. It seems like more and more unfortunate events come one after another when Japan is down...

Eye contact

GP Down!!

2011-05-27T23:19:00.003+08:00

Zyeah!
One H1 paper down!
But I find the questions for the comprehension passage to be...a tad harder than the usual questions that teachers will usually give.
For the AQ, I could only find one point..
For the essay, I tried a question which I have never tried before. I hope it answers the question and does not go off topic.

Re-visited Bukit Timah Trail like since what....6 months?
Can't remember exactly how long I haven't cycled.
Was pretty intense.
Is it because the trail is horribly damaged (by erosion) or is it I have become more weak?
I guess it's the latter.
Really enjoyable ride though, takes my mind off things and enjoying nature.

Arc Reactor!!!

Made....this!
Though it's incomplete as of now, it still looks bad ass! (to me at least)

Rapture?

2011-05-25T00:57:00.002+08:00

24/5/11

Matthew 24:23-34 "Then if anyone says to you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or 'There!' do not believe it. For false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

Was reading this particular chapter during my QT and it really struck me.
With many events happening now seemingly pointing to the end of the world and even 'predictions' as to when the end is nigh.
Which got me thinking, is the end times coming soon?

Anyway just read more news (Straits Times is now my favourite reading material...) and Camping, who wrongly predicted the rapture says it was a miscalculation and that the world really ends in October. Hmm...really? I don't know. He had many wrong predictions such as in 1994. Whoa, Straits Times makes me know alot of stuff.

Lazy day today. Not much stuff accomplished. The heat? Or Economics is too boring to read?

GP snippet
Singapore's first locally built satellite, X-Sat, which is 105kg and the size of a fridge has begun beaming images. Its aim is to help scientists better understand the effect of enviromental changes.

planking!?

2011-05-23T23:44:00.002+08:00

I guess I shouldn't do pull-ups when I still haven't recovered from Showdown III...
Anyway, there's this new trend of planking that was introduced into Singapore.
It's where you lie face down like a plank in the most random places and snap a photo.
However, some 20 year old Australian died while attempting a stunt by performing a plank on his balcony and fell 7 floors down.
But of course, who would actually plank on something so dangerous?!

Did some planking myself which was really epic heh.
Climbed all the way to the top of a pull-bar and did a plank.
But at what cost?
I was in a rush to get back down and my shirt is now torn.
Ah.....but I guess it was worth it.

Mid Year Examinations coming really soon.
Time to increase the mugging intensity.
Must really achieve my targets this time!

GP snippet
Singapore loses its No.1 economic competitiveness ranking to USA, with Hong Kong coming in second. The high pressures of living cost in Singapore has played a part in this.

let me light up the sky, light it up for you

Clouds with Fire

2011-05-22T22:10:00.003+08:00

coming on the clouds with fire

Simply beautiful!
I was doing my QT around this time (to prevent myself from sleeping before doing QT) and to also take a break from studying. I decided to look outside the window halfway doing QT and was just stunned by the magnificent view.

Ah...my whole body is aching now.
This is what I get for not stretching (or what they call cooling down) after exercising.
Too many impulses/changing of momentum from the Showdown!
On one hand I like this because it's a sign that my body is pushed to the limit, but on the other hand I don't like it cause it hurts when I move.

the delicious that is Formosa cup noodles!

Woot my mum returned from Formosa and brought back cup noodles!!
Formosa has the most awesome cup noodles. Ever.
Thought I should start another habit of reading up newspapers/articles, though I think this is kind of late since other people have already did this since like J1?
All of these will hopefully enhance my GP powers yeah.

GP snippet:
An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale struck near a group of South Pacific Islands though currently there is no news of any tsunami generated nor any damage.
Is it me or are there more earthquakes happening this year?

Spark up like fireworks, exploding in the sky

Showdown III!

2011-05-21T23:25:00.002+08:00

So tired...yet so fun!
Played touch rugby, which is a new sport to me.
I thought it wasn't fun at first but after playing a few matches, it's not really that bad!
Before the Showdown I was thinking to myself,
"Hm I think I will be in yellow group."
Then I tried asking Justin to check and to my surprise he said
"Yah you are in yellow. No jack"
Whoa seriously?!

Sprinted alot during the matches. I think even more than in frisbee or hockey.
My whole body was aching like after I went home.
Justin said that since it's touch rugby there would be minimal injuries...which is a lie LOL.
Yellow team had the highest number of casualties...
I got knocked in the head by fellow team-mate You Fu but thankfully it wasn't that bad.
I thought I would have a headache after the knock but nope it was all good.

Supposedly today was the so-called Rapture Day or Judgement Day, where the world would end with multiple earthquakes. Nope, nothing happened at all. This came about because of some televangelist called Camping who predicted the end of the world. But if I remember correctly, no one but Him knows when He will return again. I just brushed aside this "end of the world" thing when I first heard it.

Last day...

2011-05-20T23:07:00.002+08:00

Ah good things don't last forever..
No more Starbucks half-price frapps after this! Nooo!
Wonder when's the next time such an offer will come by again...
Even then NS will make it impossible to get Starbucks...

Had some GP consultation at 2pm initially...
but my teacher was late so it ended around 2.45pm (normally it lasts half an hour)
I predicted that it's gonna be too late to reach Starbucks before a long queue starts...
and I was right.
Reached Starbucks before the weather started turning ugly and somehow we ended up waiting for an hour before we got to order our coffee.
Had an even bigger mass order this time...
even helping teachers buy coffee lol.
Did something stupid.
Zhi passed me 10 bucks ( made of plastic) for me to buy coffee and there was a slight tear on it.
Unconsciously I started playing with it and then it tore into two.
Er....I'm so dead.
Did I just apply a contractionary monetary policy?
Either way I guess I own Zhi 10 bucks.
And no I wasn't trying to attempt a magic trick which some people thought I did -.-

Left Starbucks at prolly 4:15pm.
In my hand, all 3 versions of mocha frap! (how cool)
Dark Normal and White.
Should have taken a photo...that would be so cool!
Just found out that I have to attend College Day, which I seriously don't want to.
It's on a Saturday!! ARGH
But I don't want to "buy" an MC. Firstly, I have never tried it before and secondly, the idea of it sounds wrong.
Must.Try.To.Pursuade.CM.To.Strike.Me.Out.From.the.List

my heart starts to drum a fast song..

Energy Crash?

2011-05-19T21:29:00.003+08:00

Argh I slept at 9pm or so yesterday.
I think I had an energy crash from Starbucks, which usually happens if I drink coffee sometimes.
I got a huge energy crash only if I drink the Pokka Coffee Milk.
Was so horrible I felt like fainting and had no energy at all.

On Wednesday it was my 2nd day of Starbucks craze.
Yeah tried the Java Chip which was not bad at all!
Bought like some massive order.
5 drinks in total and they do not have carriers anymore!

Wand?!

Saw this cool looking "wand" in Daiso.
Was tempted to buy it but nah....
I had to save money for the Starbucks coffee.
Apparently on Wednesday there was an M1 outage.
I was one of the fortunate few to be unaffected...
but I still had some minor problems sending SMS or even using data plan.
M1 WHY?!!

Thursday...
Made some few breakthroughs today during PE.
For one I achieved 10:50 for 2.4km, which should be lower cause of the obstruction in the track.
Making me lose momentum and turning around every round the track.
Then I think I jumped 270cm with standing broadjump.
But the soles of my shoes slid and I ended up sliding to the 300cm mark.
Some people watching thought I jumped over 300 and gave the O.O face.

NUCLEAR PHYSICS LECTURE.
OMO THIS TOPIC IS LIKE MY FAVOURITE.
Whoa looks like when there's a lecture on your favourite topic you will listen to it attentively.
Very interesting lecture indeed.
As usual got Starbucks after school.
Got some Green Milk Tea Frappuccino, which was great!
But half of it was gone when Liu Xin and Yi Xuan drank some. NOO!

Her eyes her eyes make the stars look like their not shining

STARBUCKS STARBUCKS GOTTA GET DOWN ON STARBUCKS

2011-05-17T22:26:00.002+08:00

Pursuant to Starbucks' half price off all frappuccinos, I declare the whole of this week "Drink-all-frappuccinos-before-it's-too-late" weekend.

So apparently today is Vesak Day but meh, I don't celebrate it. Although it's great to have a break and sleep more than my usual 5 hours.
Went to Starbucks to study and get my frappuccino heh.
Was very crowded like a library during a school holiday.
But thank God we were able to secure a place.
Whoa seriously everytime I believe that I will find a seat and pray, it happens!
Got my favourite drink of all time, White Chocolate Frappuccino.
Ok maybe its my favourite cause I haven't tried the other flavours yet.
Strawberry and cream looks promising.

Gonna get more frappuccinos after school tomorrow and bringing them back to the cafe.
Starbucks' tables are too small! It's very difficult and challenging to study. I can't remember how many times my GC fell off the table...

I remember, we were walking on to Strawberry Swing.

Monday!

2011-05-16T23:45:00.002+08:00

Ah how I missed Mondays...
GP lecture after three consecutive weeks...
A very refreshing lecture because there many video clips!
One of which is some cartoon from Bugs Bunny I think...
How nostalgic (again!)
They don't make cartoons like they do nowadays...
To me the current ones pale in comparison to the old cartoons.
Old cartoons are totally random and hilarious and some actions don't make sense, all of these makes up what is good about them.

Ah then another clip was shown which is...argh.
I thought I would never encounter stuff like this after primary school o.o
Apparently I share the same name with a particular actress from China.
Reminds me of the times in primary school...
I would say "THATS NOT ME!!"

Had Physics SPA and I am proud to say it was perfect.
I thought it was like Chemistry SPA where one would find there's lack of time but no, I finished half an hour earlier. I was so bored I took the string they provided to use as a guitar. Seriously? Why is there so much time given?! Kind of regretting doing the experiment like lightspeed as I did in Chem.

PE. Jason who I paced last time to pass his nafpa finally passed today!
What an achievement! His will to pass his nafpa is o.o
But I found out something disappointing about myself...
I find myself having trouble running 12min for nafpa which is seriously bad compared to my usual 2.4 timing. Time to train more?

Nostalgia

2011-05-15T23:55:00.004+08:00

How epic is this!

So gonna study in Starbucks for the whole of next week....
if time permits.
Monday is a definite no....
Starbucks should have this more often!
Decrease in price leads to more than proportionate increase in demand!

Feeling nostalgic nowadays when I see/hear stuff.
Amazing how music can bring back a past memory...

For some reason this song "Bohemian Rhapsody- Eagles"
reminds me of my PW days and my last few JC1 months.
Thinking back those days were great but it's all in the past now....sigh.
Adding the fact that my JC2 life is also coming to an end soon makes it...argh.

Justin physco-ed me to play Drift City again.
Reminds me of when I was secondary two...playing this game with alot of memorable people yeah. BUT NO I CAN'T BE ADDICTED TO THIS GAME (AGAIN) ESPECIALLY WHEN I HAVE MID YEARS!!
Ah the temptations..

You know you know no you don't you don't

comfort zone

2011-05-15T01:52:00.001+08:00

Went out to town today with my mother to eat at Fullerton Hotel with my extended family...
but didn't end up eating there.
My mother couldn't find the place and was like pissed off with the GPS.
Heh I guess this proves something,
we have become too reliant on technology that we can become enslaved by it.
GP question much?
Ended up eating elsewhere cause the buffet ended.

So weird....it's like everywhere I go especially the CBD area I would think to myself,
"I think I cycled here before".

Great sermon and encounter today!
Encounter was especially different...maybe cause a new song was shared?
Sermon was on stepping out of our comfort zones.
I guess it's a preparation for the Love Beyond movement!
"When we do something that makes us uncomfortable, we break through our comfort zones".
How very true...this can be applied to many aspects of my life...
No cell again today but rather had activities with my "Extreme Makeover" group.
Thought up a name for the group..."imPAINTERS"! Which is like a double pun.
Ate at Botak Jones and sigh I can never finish a Botak Jones meal to this date...
maybe if I did extreme PT I may have a chance to finish a meal.

John shared some link on my wall,
how to play Fix You - Coldplay on the piano.
Tried it but....yeah i failed.
Its extremely difficult to play it on the iPhone...my fingers will press 2 keys at once.
Maybe if I had the iPad I could do it.
Nah I think I shall stick to the guitar

Friday 13th?

2011-05-13T23:11:00.003+08:00

Today's Friday the 13th.
The so called unlucky day...
but meh I don't believe in luck....not anymore. It doesn't exist!

Had Chemistry SPA today and I would like to say it was almost perfect.
Just that I forgot to write one sentence that could prevent me from getting 1 mark.
Seriously the space they give for answering questions is so small.
There's the space of the A4 paper, but only like 1/3 is given for answer.
That's probably why I forgot to write that important statement down.

Very cool weather today. I hope it persists.
Heavy downpour but only briefly in the afternoon but that was good enough to bring the temperature to "acceptable" conditions. Love the cool weather and the breeze it brings!
So PJC has this "Pioneers of the Carribean" contest where you find a clue and it wins you a pair of movie tickets.
Hm I couldn't care less =\
Why do you need to interview winners of the tickets?

Took out my Les Paul today.
One of the rare instances I come back home early and be able to actually touch the guitar.
Feels good jamming worship songs.
Learnt the rhythm part of "One Way" but didn't manage to learn the lead part.
Speaking of which....

I came across this remix from Hillsong London of Till I See You and it's....very weird....and wrong.

You will never ever change,
yesterday today the same

Half-Heartedness, away with you!

2011-05-12T23:05:00.000+08:00

"Absence makes the heart grow fonder"
I guess there's a reason why quotes are cliche.
Cause it's so very true.

Argh sometimes I hate myself.
I want something but then when I'm nearly going to have it I will have second thoughts.
This happens most of the time.
If I didn't have this feeling, alot of things in my life could have went differently...
For example I would have this dirt jump bike

A Polygon Cozmic DX 3.0 2009 edition at like 60% off.
Yeah and now there's totally no way of getting another model like this.
The new models especially 2011 suck so bad...

Decent temperature today....finally!
Bring on the rain! It's not really that hot anymore to the extent where you can blame almost anything on the heat.
Had the final physics lecture on Quantum today and the lecturer showed 3 videos, of which 2 were very epic. One was some Indian accent video and another was some weird floating chrome head explaining quantum while doing ridiculous stuff such as going off screen for no reason and appearing in close-up shots.

So apparently the drinks stall started selling this Red Tea,
which is basically black tea with sugar.
Tastes great!
Tried turning it into a milk tea drink.
So I grabbed some left over soy bean milk
(bad idea)
and mixed it in...

The colour looks like milk tea!
Unfortunately the taste wasn't like milk tea at all.
It was horrible.
I guess I know why there's no such thing as soy bean milk tea.
Felt nauseous when I took a sip. Argh

Frisbee!
Just downloaded this game.
Really fun and at first I was laughing while playing this game cause it's kinda ridiculous.
Playing this game makes me realise how much I miss playing frisbee hmm...

SPA tomorrow..
I hope I don't screw up the chemicals

Last Long Weekend :(

2011-05-09T22:44:00.002+08:00

Today marks the last day of the three consecutive long weekends :(
Why can't Vesak Day be on next Monday?
Then there will be like a month of long weekends

No school today yet I was near school this morning...
Went for some 5km run through the canal in the morning but ended up running around 4.5km I guess. Ate some banana for breakfast. Wonder why so many athletes eat bananas...
Did some research and found out that it is very nutritional!
Funny how after I finished running the sun came out of the clouds and began shining till no end.

Went to study with Zhi today but was unable to find ANY table seats.
Yup it's virtually impossible to find any vacant spots at all during a school holiday in the library.
Everywhere is jammed pack with students.
And I saw alot of people sitting on the floor.
Ended up seating in some comfy chair which makes me really sleeeeepy.
Decided to have early dinner and then this amazing thing happened.
I prayed that when we go back to the library we will be able to find seats.
Sure enough when we went back, we decided to split up to find seats.
The first area I sweeped and I found 2 seats. No less no more. Exactly 2 seats.
The power of prayer!

Unproductive today. Can I blame it on the weather?
Gonna try wearing my new reflective badge tomorrow. Wonder if it will go unnoticed...

I knew a girl in shades of blue

Literally "Sun" Day

2011-05-08T23:47:00.005+08:00

Had a weird dream today...
Dreamt I was in this sort of home...
Can't remember if it's an elderly or children's home...
I think I was helping out there.
Meh everything else was blurry.

Short service today.
About one hour and the worship was pretty hyped up.
The worship leaders were energetic and danced while singing. Funny ttm!
Message was something about how God looks at the heart and not like men who look on the outside. Meaningful especially when you have negative thoughts and doubts about your ability.
Remember that God chose you!

Played some Taboo before heading off to mug.
Argh I realised how I suck in Taboo.
I remember I was quite good but...nah I just couldn't find the words to describe that word.
Headed off to CCK to study and yeah as usual it was really packed.
WHATS WITH THE WEATHER?!
Ate some Ajisen ramen! for early dinner...prolly about 4pm with Zhi.
Tried the Miso Vegetable Ramen and wow is it good!
I think every ramen there is good.
Note to self: NEVER ADD CHILLI POWDER TO MISO SOUP
I think i just killed my ramen when I did that...

Went back to activity room and it became super noisy -.-
Basically there were 2 groups of Koreans talking super loud, completely oblivious to the "Please keep quiet" sign.
I had my fair share of super noisy people in the library partying (partying yeah) in the library and like totally NOT doing work. But I did nothing and just put in my earphones. This time it was different. Helped myself and the other users and looked for the libarian.
Seriously, if you want to come to Singapore to study, please be a good representative of your country and not create a bad impression.
Alot of people were staring and creating that loud SSSSH sound but no they just ignored it and went on making a ruckus.

Went home and immediately....did this!
Got to thank Zhi for giving me the inspiration heh.
"Why not use those shiny origami paper primary school students use?
"Yeah why not?"

Silver reflective!

This has got to be my new favourite...
Its so shiny and its acts a little bit like a mirror.
Too.Cool.
Time to scout for some glow-in-the-dark paints to create a badge for night study. It will be epic.

What's up with the weather? It's like 32 degrees at night!

love beyond self

2011-05-07T23:11:00.003+08:00

Had a short sermon today but still powerful.
A continuation on Love Beyond!
Had no cell today but rather had discussions on Love Beyond and some bonding activities.
Learnt that that for Extreme Makeover, it's not just about painting the walls but there's more to it.
Saw a slideshow on the expected living conditions the houses would be and they are certainly terrible. It looks unlivable! Soot covered walls that are so black and pest infested houses. Also learnt about how some of them would turn violent on the last day cause they don't want the people to leave :(

Saw this when we left WAC and its BEAUTIFUL!
Why do I dig sunsets lol.
Whenever I try to take a picture of a sunset, my camera can never capture the "fullness" of it sigh.

Apparently election results will be released today...
but at a rather late time I think.

Woot addicted to this song.
Jet Lag - Simple Plan feat. Natasha Betingfield
Great that Simple Plan is releasing another album since their last album which is when I was Secondary Three I think.
Love Simple Plan...
Reminds me of the times I grew up during secondary school listening to them

You say good morning, when it's midnight

epic-long--trilogy-post-which-shall-not-be-named

2011-05-06T23:40:00.006+08:00

Omo time to recap the last three days and the start of a long weekend!

Wednesday
Had some sexuality talk for assembly and I think it's a waste of time (as usual).
Basically all of these talks are the same more or less.
Except this one in particular is....more disturbing/interesting?
I think its the former.
Shall not go in depth with it.
The talk contains disturbing and explict images...

Went home and this girl who I have probably never seen before (i think shes secondary three or four) said hello to me.
Ok not exactly said cause I was wearing earphones and I sort of lip read what she was saying.
Then there was this 5 second awkward stare.
I was trying hard to recognise this person but....nope nothing.
Could it be someone from amazingrace? I don't know lol.

Thursday - Pseudo Monday
Something embarrassing and to a certain extent funny happened to me today.
So I was helping my friend to pass his napfa and be his pacer.
And it so happened that the school is destroying the natural field to change it to an ASTRO TURF and they fenced the outer perimetre of the field.
Was jogging the first lap and then I was following this guy in front of me.
Then Mr Kwok shouted something that may have went like
"OI DON'T RUN INTO THE FIELD"
I was like huh?!
Then I realised there's like a pathway that leads into the field and I blindly followed the guy into it. I think the pathway is meant for the vehicle!
Justin saw it and he ROFLed -.-

Putting that aside I was spurring my friend on to pass his 2.4.
Is this considered edification?
Anyway it feels great to shout out encouragements but alas he failed.
He was doing great for the 5 rounds but gave up on the last.
Quite a pity though...
Nevertheless, it was a good effort.

Had photo-taking later that day.
As usual there will be guys in the toilet styling their hair.
"Should I style my hair?"
Then again my hair is already naturally spiked.
But I went ahead to spike anyway.
Took like a 5cent amount of moving rubber and strengthened the spikiness
Spike + Spike = More Spike?
While having the class photo taking I can't help but think of s20 again....
argh damn PJ

Lent Justin my golden badge while he took his class photo. WHY DIDNT I WEAR IT TOO?!
Ahh guess it's too late.
Le Fa went ahead to wear his Red Bull Tab Badge which I had already forsaw. Epic.

went to look at the green bean seeds Justin planted and...
I thought it would be more obvious like...
the whole school will be filled with green beans. I was wrong lol.
Had some scrambled eggs for a snack and I couldn't decide whether it should be eaten with a fork or a spoon...and Kenneth didn't want to help me clear my plate argh.
Thursday was almost like a Monday in the sense that school ended late that day.
Had some remedial GP lecture from 5-6.30pm. Super tired.

Friday Friday?
No chem practical today but....
There's some filming! Apparently for some MOE stuff.
Half of the class had to do titration and I was bored...
so I made rainbow chemicals.
Originally started with just yellow and purple but soon (and very soon)...

Cool to the max!
Then they annouced that the footage will be shown on College Day.
Omo...the horror..

Had some so called compulsory GP consultation in the afternoon which I almost forgot.
If not for Matthew L I would have skipped the consultation.
Kenneth totally forgot about it so it became solo consultation.
Was quite surprised that I actually had alot of questions to last me half an hour.
Though at some point in time I got distracted and I think I asked some ridiculous question...
Surprised that I can recognise people with my peripheral vision.
Either that or...

Bought ice-cream sticks today and finally got about making some weapon replica from the game
MONSTER HUNTER!
probably the best game ever cause it forms bonding between friends heh
It's incomplete now cause I cant decide what to use for that weird necklace thing hanging around the hilt of the sword...
Then I have to think how do i make it into a keychain hmm..
And i just realised why there's such a thing as wood glue!
I think it's cause other types of glue will just be absorbed into the wood.
Meh my DnT days are so long ago.

people moving, all the time
inside a perfectly straight line,
don't you wanna curve away?

2/3 of a long weekend

2011-05-03T23:56:00.005+08:00

Nothing beats coming back to school after a long weekend and missing a Monday!
However there's something about Mondays that make me miss them....

Such as that mystery low frequency sound I will always hear during Physics pratical.
I think it's around 10Hz.
Yeah strangely enough I can hear 10Hz sound o.o
(I know this cause I'm so bored that I hear these sounds)
But it gives me headaches as it feels like it's screwing up my head.
Maybe that sound originates from some idle vehicle.
Yeah I think that's probably it.
But I certainly don't miss the freakishly long hours Mondays give me.

Saw the =3 video today
=3 is a show where the host reviews viral videos, oh and not to mention the host will add in humourous comments.
There's one video where some poor (or should it be lucky?) guy gets struck by lightning...twice.
I know its possible to survive a lightning strike (called a flashover i think) but twice? I don't know.
Video seems fake though.
Another video that caught my attention cause it's so funny. It's a video of a Metal singer doing vocal exercises (Metal singers do vocal exercises?!).

Time to get some shut eye

High up above, or down below.

Friendship

2011-05-02T23:53:00.003+08:00

Today's ODJ talks about friendship...
and i find this devotion to be quite interesting and meaningful.
Have I been a good friend?
The devotion talks about friends going all the way to help one another, to spur each other on,
celebrating with one another and dreaming together.
Much like Jonathon and David in 1 Samuel.
Perhaps I should follow Jonathon's example...

Holiday today! Can't remember which holiday it is though.
I think it's Labour Day.
Spent my afternoon finishing up Quantam Physics and starting on Normal Distribution.
I find normal distribution to be.....harder than Poisson and Binomial zzz.
Took out my acoustic guitar again
(lazy to set up electric guitar)
and just jammed for about a good 1 hour and a half which is my limit or should i say threshold my fingers can take.

On a side note, news about Osama's death was spread today.
Finally the supposed leader of the Al Qaeda is dead and apparently USA is kicking celebrations to full-swing.
However, although Osama is dead I can't help but think that it won't solve anything.
About the terrorist war that is ongoing.
Another leader would just step up and take his place and the cycle would just go on...

May

2011-05-01T23:49:00.005+08:00

Can't believe that May is already here!
I honestly don't remember my J1 life passing this fast...
perhaps with the consistant mugging and all time seems to pass through so fast.
5 months more to go...am I ready yet?

Was mugging physics all night.
Quantum physics I.
Part of the so called trilogy of quantum physics.
My first impression of quantum physics was : it's really hard.
I was inclined to believe this because of what Grant Imahara (One of Mythbuster's host and 1/3 of the Build Team) confessed during some myth they tested.
Well so far I'm taking it easy. People say II & III will be the harder parts of quantum.
Will this be true? Hmm...

Study companion of the night

Haribo Cola Gummies!
They are freaking nice!
Courtesy of Matthew Wong (thanks!)
Yupi Gummies can never compare to Haribo.
Speaking of which I wonder where I can get my hands on some Haribo gummies...

Another Tempest Freerunning Academy I came across while browsing Youtube.
SO COOL!
Very inspirational for parkour/freerunning.
I remember I could do backflips last time....but I lost that ability argh

Love Beyond!

2011-04-30T23:39:00.005+08:00

Sermon today was interesting!
As usual started off with an encounter/worship.
Really great and thinking back I see that the set chosen is a great lead-in to the sermon shared today. "Free", "Our God Is Love", "How He Loves".

According to C.S. Lewis, there are four kinds of love in this world. Phileo, storge, eros and agape. Phileo is the love between friends, storge is of that between parent and child, eros referring to romantic love and finally agape which is unconditional love.

Shall be a tumblr user and quote this from DI blog.
Throughout the sermon one song was in my head that is relevant to what is shared.
"Found love beyond all reason, You gave Your life Your all for me."
Its really amazing how we have this everlasting, unconditional, unfathomable love.
Meaningful message and a video was shared! But we were only able to catch like the first 2 min of the video as it couldn't be buffered.
And no it wasn't "Passion of the Christ"
That video has been seen alot of times and no matter how many times I've seen it, it never fails to make me depressed because of what Jesus went through...
Shall watch the video later after i finish this post.
The video (really well done animation by the way) is on the perspective of a robber who was also crucified along with Jesus.

Had an activity for cell. How to be a great listener!
Motives are how to enhance cell life and equip us for evangelism.
Another great and meaningful information shared today.

my first ever KOI

Woohoo tried my first ever KOI of my existence.
The cashier taking my order was so cool.
The way he keys in orders is totally =O
Super fast and cool.
He does it with the motion akin to a bass player using the slap technique.
Bought the medium ice-cream flavoured milk tea and....
it was nice!
But not to my first expectation of KOI...
I perceived it to be like the king of milk teas...
then again it could be because i didn't stir my milk tea properly and I only tasted ice cream only at the end.

Twinings Tea! (random picture of super nice tea I bought while waiting for KOI)

Played monodeal (again) until 10.30pm.
I'm starting to detest monodeal...
not because I haven't won a single match but...
I don't know...it instills hatred especially when your friends take away all your property and money LOL.

K shall watch the video now.

Hockey!

2011-04-29T23:52:00.002+08:00

Today marks the very last day of hockey...
PJ vs MI!
And this match was very very intense.
Probably the most exciting match ever!
The team played really well today.
Played for their pride and all and gave it their best.
Throughout the match I was thinking,
"Wow if they played like that throughout A Div they might have won ACJC or at least draw with them"
Really exicting match!
Although the score was 0-0,
I'm pretty sure there were no regrets.

Some highlights...
Byron getting a yellowcard for some stupid reason,
mostly everyone being on rage mode and playing their best
many shortcorners given to MI but PJ was able to defend well
PJ had many near goals as well!

probably dont think there will be another time i'm gonna pick up my hockey stick again

Glow!

2011-04-27T22:32:00.003+08:00

Me and my fascination of things that glow!

lumed watch
source: wikipedia

This is super cool and I would love to have one of these lumed watches!
Cheapest lume watches are like 100 dollars but then of course it isn't as nice as those expensive ones from Luminox or Ball.
In fact Ball watches are super nice! The way they use the glass vials are really creative!

some old picture of my glow in the dark pick with Elixir strings in background

too cool too cool

In fact I want to make some modifications on my bike...
I want to make my bike night-friendly (is there even such a word?) by illuminating the controls.
If cars/motorcycles have illuminated dashboards why can't bikes have them?
Sadly I tried to search but couldn't find bike controls that have light, nor can I find any computer that has an infinite background lighting.
It's so difficult to check what gear/speed I'm on at night!
I can choose to lume (permanent glow) my controls or install LED lights within the controls.
Problem is the cost and how I should go about fixing/water proofing the power source if i use LEDs.
Alright enough of the glow stuff.

What a wonderful feeling!
There's going to be 3 consecutive weeks with a long weekend, of which 1 has already passed.
But argh the next two holidays are on Mondays.
NOOOOO!

always running through my mind...