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date: Sunday, August 31, 2008
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time: 4:09 PM
Not sure what to blog about, so I'm just going to recount what happened on Friday, Saturday and today (since I don't really have much on Sundays).Friday: Yes yes, I know we screwed up Teachers' Day, particularly Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader?. I'm not going to say that I'm not at fault here, but the teachers are absolutely o.O. Yeah, so it was like, they didn't want to be eliminated (wtf), Kala just RAN over to see Izumi's answer for a question, and if that's not enough, she TOLD the other teams (wtf X 2). I don't wanna say anything about it anymore, it's too diao. =.= But yeah, went back to KHS with Guan Koi and Yu Yang. Then TYY and I went to meet Mrs Tan. She's leaving for another job next year ): It's really depressing, since she's always one of my favourite teachers (:
Alright...so, went to watch a movie with TYY X 2, Amanda, Wen Yi and Eric. Clone Wars. It was horrible. Couldn't tell left from right in that movie. Don't watch it, really. Oh well...moving on... Saturday My mum's company's Family Day...and we went to sit the Singapore Flyer! (: Well...I have pictures...just to lazy to post up xD Sunday: I FINALLY went to 1st service! (: Sorry...nothing more, so let's do "what YZ does!" (: ------------------FUN!(:----------------------------------------------------------------------- haha...bye! date: Thursday, August 28, 2008
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time: 10:49 PM
Today was Council Elections. Wow. I didn't even know (I was planning on getting my campaign post up today xD). Haha...anyway, whether I get in or not, it doesn't really matter. I can always serve the school in other ways (though Council is still the best (: )Teachers' Day tomorrow. I really feel very extra. It's like, Ortus do almost everything then we butt in. It's like...uh...oh-kay...W.H.A.T. T.H.E. H.E.L.L. A.R.E. Y.O.U. D.O.I.N.G. H.E.R.E. W.H.E.N. W.E. H.A.V.E. F.I.N.I.S.H.E.D. A.L.M.O.S.T. E.V.E.R.Y.T.H.I.N.G.?! Urgh...anyway, seriously, being in this OT has really opened my eyes. It taught what is called leading (Secretary to OS...?) and what are some taboos of leading. And apparently I committed all of them =p Being an OS is definitely not easy. But oh well. I hope everything goes well. If we screw up tomorrow...well, don't be so suprised. We only had 1 rehearsal, and not all performances were done. Zzz... Justin...we should have Don't Forget the Lyrics for ProEd Nite. Then PUT BRANDON IN! (: Haha...so random. date: Tuesday, August 26, 2008
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time: 6:32 PM
Today was fun (:FREE BUS RIDE ON 74! (: It was to celebrate 100 years of Great Eastern, so YZ and I took it for 2 stops for no apparent reason (it doesn't bring us home)...BECAUSE IT'S FREE! (: Haha...too lazy to post more...next time bah. (: date: Thursday, August 21, 2008
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time: 3:43 PM
Copied directly from 6/2 Class Blog (if you are from 6/2 and read this, please pass the message. Thanks.):This blog can't go on like this. Something must be done. Yet, nothing can be done. Which makes it all the more frustrating. So, I'm proposing as such: Friday 29/08/2008 (Teachers' day Celebration) Movie Outing/Bowling...? Movies: 1. Mummy 3 (though I've watched it oh well) 2. Wall E 3. Money No Enough 2 (fine I'm lame...) If you've read this, please pass this message to all those you know who were from 6/2 Class of '06...it's been a long time since we've last gathered together...*shrugs* Oh well, good luck for all your EOYs! (: Regards, Woon Wei date: Wednesday, August 20, 2008
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time: 6:09 PM
Feel real bad today...):Darion is pissed at me (goodness I don't know why >.<), I think I pissed Zhao Yong off again, and generally feel like puking on the way home. Bleh. This sucks. And I think I'm the cause of it all. (Great. Now I feel light-headed.) Again. I suppose I ought to say sorry, even though I've no idea what I've done, really. (Perhaps for Darion it was not listening to him yesterday about the chess thing...) On the other hand, I've found Deceitful Wings! (: It's a real nice track. YouTube it, it'll be worth your time. Also, talked to Mr Tan (Chin Guan) with Yuan Zhi about anything and everything until 3pm. Now I'm positive he's a great teacher. Until tests, of course. I think I'll be putting Deceitful Wings on my blog. Yeah, that'll do. (: date: Thursday, August 14, 2008
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time: 7:32 PM
Well...let's be fully clear about this:Zhao Yong, I'm not talking about you, nor was the post about friendship to talk about whatever has happened. The friend I was talking about was someone from my primary school...and the friendship thing was really all directed to him...yeah, me and my mouth that always get into trouble. And it is just so convenient that there are two people I offended at the same time. Sigh...it seems too coincidental, but I guess that I'm the one that is contradicting myself. Despite all that I understand, I...am a failure when it comes to relationships. Sure, I got a full 100% last year for introspection, and I understand myself fully and best, yet, my inter-relationship scored a mere 70%...Useless, that's what I am. I may have comprehension of philo stuff, but it's easier said than done. I'm contradictd all that I've written on friendship, and in the end, my friends are all there for me, and I am the I have failed you. I have not been the good friend that I should, I have not done anything that I should, yet I did everything that I ought not to do. I suppose it is because I've never been good at relationships, rather, keeping them. It's hard for me, really. I suppose this came from the time I was hurt from a friendship that was kept running for quite some time already when I was in primary school...then that friend of mine just well...it's too hard to talk about it anymore. Since then, it's become hard for me to fully understand anyone else. I'm really sorry Zhao Yong, and Brandon, and Yuan Zhi, and Darion, and anyone else that had ever treated me as a friend. I have failed you as a friend. I have failed all of you, because of my selfishness... To Zhao Yong:
I'm such a failure. date: Wednesday, August 13, 2008
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time: 9:38 AM
I've thought it over, and I've come to a conclusion.It isn't worth it troubling myself with a friend that doesn't treasure a friendship anyway. Perhaps it's just wishful thinking on my part that friendships can last forever. But now I've to learn the hard way that there are no such things as forever friends, just friends who stay as friends for a long period of time. Fortunately, on the flip side of the coin, there are no enemies that are forever enemies. In fact, there are no such things as enemies. Enemies are just a manifestation of hatred and anger concentrated onto a person, evolving it into a tangible form of being, called enemies. Alternatively, enemies are just the absence of friendship, just like how darkness is simply the absence of light. Then this brings up the question of neutral people, but I suppose I'll deal with it another day. Continuing on my previous post on friendship (whereby my thought process just left me in the lurch, thereby stopping there): Now, moving the focus onto ourselves. Perhaps the reason that we have fairweathered friends are by the very merit that we ourselves project such an image upon others when we make friends. Perhaps it's not intentional, or indeed a facade to hide behind to avoid great hurt and big blows when you realise that theat person is an unreliable person. After all, it isn't every day a person will hurt you in a friendship or otherwise, and that friendships will blossom after time. However, we must also consider the fact that you may also be the one at fault. Human nature is always to shirk the blame, and transfer it to someone else, but perhaps it's high time we did some inrospection. Are we projecting a veneer of coldness, and that perhaps, just perhaps we cannot be trsuted or taken to face value? Or are we the ones that are at fault when a friendship breaks down, when just the previous day, you two were inseparable? Of course, no one will be perfect enough to see through the murk and realise that it is their fault all at once, but through time, perhaps they will see that, and time is what is needed to heal. But in these days, whereby you need a friends to survive in this cruel world, a world whereby if you do not have large social circles, you will definitely not succeed, or go any much higher than you were. Friends are there for a reason, treasure them, don't take them for granted. That is the way to survive, and that is ultimately the way that we can still be called... Human. date: Monday, August 11, 2008
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time: 5:11 PM
Friendship.It's a word that many people take for granted. It's a word that was sacred, used only when there is absolute trust between two people. However, in recent days, the whole notion of friendship has been twisted and contorted and perverted, and out from the abyss pops out things such as fairweathered friends, and other types of undesirable stuff. This is a crisis we're living in, and this crisis is not global warming, though admittedly it is obviously a crisis that we're living in. The crisis is that we now have no idea who to trust anymore, or who to believe in. When was the last time your friend stood up for you, be it maligned or you being really at fault? Since when did your friend last helped you pick up from where you fell? In this world, we have no longer lived by the principles of the past: working together for success, and victory belongs to both. Rather, we're living in a world whereb it all matters about YOU. And when that is the case, you do need friends along the way. Correction, disposable friends that you can utilise, but when you have used up what they can offer, you throw them to the side. Friendship has never been perverted to such a degree before. Never. Where did the building pillars of friendship (mutual trust, mutual care and mutual understanding) go to, only to be replaced by the pillars of self gain, self expectations and self care? This is something that has to be addressed, or else the whole notion of friendship will crumble into pieces, and future generations will never understand the real meaning of trusting someone else.
date: Saturday, August 9, 2008
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time: 11:32 PM
I wonder what's really unique in Singapore. I mean, Singapore's really unique only because we're an amalgam of cultures, and nothing more than that. Which is the reason why I'm cynical of Amazing Race, really.Durians? They're just the good quality ones imported from Thaliand and Malaysia. Esplanade? True, but it's a design by some architehts of other nations. Terminal 3...the ceiling? Hardly. It's some Greek guy who did it. Chicken rice? Malaysia. Chicken rice balls. So there. Seriously, there's nothing real unique about Singapore. Sure, secularism and religion co-exist here, but it also does in many other first world nations! If someone can tell me what there is so unique to Singapore, I'll take my hat off to you. And don't tell me it's 'cos of some multi-racial thing. I already clarified at the start, Singapore is only unique due to the amalgam of cultures. Then, let's talk about visiting Kong Hwa (which was the only relief and solace that I managed to seek yesterday after the Amazing Race briefing. Which I will talk about later, anyway). It was kind of boring, 'cos NO ONE WAS THERE! ): Well, Mrs Tang was there, and so was Yi Yun (OMG she looks so DIFFERENT!). So, we went to Kallang Leisure Centre (to see the teachers) but lo and behold. Mrs Tan was not there bowling. Boohoo. ): Anyway, we then went to watch Mummy 3! (: It's a good movie, GO WATCH IT! (: I mean, it's real funny, and also it's spastic (Yu Yang, Yi Yun and I were all laughing at the wrong moments). Just imagine Jet Li being your mum, calling you up every morning (that's how spas it is (: ) And it was only after we finished the movie did the teachers finish bowling. xD Talk about taking your time. (: SO, Amazing Race. Personally, I have nothing against the OT (they have very capable people in there). I'm just really skeptical about the meaning behind it, which is the reason for my cynicism and actions during the briefing. It may have ruffled people's feathers, and seriously, I'm sorry, but this is simply spreading propaganda to the visiting people! And I so do not endorse that move. Contrast: Amazing Race VS National Day Seriously, nothing different about the two. I'll deal wih that another day, as it isn't appropriate to blog that down...now anyway. Amazing Race is a flawed concept. It attempts to bring out the uniqueness of Singapore, and for that very merit, it is worth commending. However, beyond that, and on the other side of the coin, Singapore has really nothing worth mentioning. All the good durians have gone to the streets near Geylang. And even then these durians are not from Singapore. Aeroponics, something that had been tried and tested in Singapore. Alongside many other nations. Of course, I reiterate this point: I have nothing against the OT. I just hope that in future, Amazing Race takes a different stance towards the 'uniqueness' of Singapore. Perhaps something more of introducing the many different races in Singapore, and also introducing Singapore through its roots and heritage, something more of appreciating all the cultures that have shaped Singapore into what it is, and this, in my opinion, should be the focus of Amazing Race. Not about introducing the 'uniqueness' of Singapore. No point introducing something non-existent, non? Finally, in closing, Amazing Race in the future should take a different stance towards it's aim. Yes, the aim is still introducing Singapore, but to introduce something non-existent is nothing more that delusion and distortion of facts.
I'm sorry. date: Monday, August 4, 2008
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time: 9:49 PM
250th post.THE THREE TESTS ARE OVER! (: Too esctatic to post more. Revel in the thought (: date: Sunday, August 3, 2008
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3 test tommorow. And 1 is not legal at all. Read: Chinese. What the heck man. It's so irritating. Zzz...as if Physics and Geography clumped together in one day isn't suicidal enough.Let's see... Physics: - Photonics - Lasers - Reflection - Refraction - Total Internal Reflection At least I understand the last 3 topics...and Yap Shinn shouldn't have started on lenses...it'll get confusing. I mean, drawing ray diagrams for: - Reflection - Refraction - Total Internal Reflection - Converging lenses What the heck. Ah...I need to go...for church (: I'll update later...mmhmm. [UPDATE FROM HERE] Well yeah, it's 6:23pm now, and I'm doing Geog. Geog is kinda suicidal too, look: - Forests - Water as a Renewable Resource - Deforestation - Land Reclamation - Pollution - Arable Land Dammit. This makes a total of: - Photonics - Lasers - Reflection - Refraction - Total Internal Reflection - Forests - Water as a Renewable Resource - Deforestation - Land Reclamation - Pollution - Arable Land And as if that's not enough, 尹老师 (note the sarcasm as I call her 老师) had conveniently decided to test us on 20 marks of 词语/成语 which in actual fact is worth 100 marks. Look: - 课文：雨天 - 课文：责任感 - 成语第121条到第140条 So, that adds up to: - Photonics - Lasers - Reflection - Refraction - Total Internal Reflection - Forests - Water as a Renewable Resource - Deforestation - Land Reclamation - Pollution - Arable Land - 课文：雨天 - 课文：责任感 - 成语第121条到第140条 Yay. I die. Fortunately, I have Leona Lewis' songs to acomapny me in this suicide journey. (: They are weirdly (but not unexpectedly) soothing. On a side note, ExCo Interviews for HC db8's coming up (: On a second note, ExCo Selection for ProEd Council is also coming up (: On a third note, the thre extremely spastic tests will be over in one day (: On a fourth note, I suddenly thought of Jeffery Lim carryin eggs for Glendon (I'll post that next time) xD On a fifth note, what would your first though be if I told you, "[insert name]. do you want see cave?" (next post) =D On a sixth note, now's 6:33pm. :O On a seventh note, 7 is a prime number. =.='' On an eighth note, the next note is true. o.O On a nineth note, the previous note is false. O.o On a tenth note, GOOD LUCK TO ALL 2G! (: date: Friday, August 1, 2008
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time: 10:40 PM
It's touching how inspirational stories happen all around us, and how the simple knowledge that humanity is not all there is to what we see in this world of deception and striving to be at the top of the social strata, the champion of the corporate ladder and the quintessential person. Rather, the simple acts of nobility and compassion, founded on a real yet intangible force. A force to help, a force that shows the little things around us that we take for granted even though they are in fact, the things that make things happen in our lives.Here is an example: When Western Oregon senior Sara Tucholsky hit her first career home run in one of the last games of the softball season, something odd happened. She missed the bag at first and when she doubled back to touch it, her knee gave out. Her teammates were unable to help her around the bases so it looked like her only career home run would turn into a single. Then a member of the other team, a senior with knee problems of her own, said: "Excuse me, would it be OK if we carried her around and she touched each bag?" And here, is the video: Touching, isn't it? Food for thought: Life isn't a rat race to be at the top of verything. Sit back, and enjoy the slowness and little things in life, for they are the ones that bring true satisfaction in life. |