2004 to 2005...

ok... its now the final treshold btw 2004 n 2005... last day of 2004 liao... a yr of fun, laughter, loneliness... wah... it feels real sad to say gdbye to all these... but lookin back at the yr... i tink i've really grown up a lot... n im truly glad for tt... suddenly realised tt smtimes i spend most of my time tinkin abt so immature stuff... n frm now onwards... i will stop tt... its time i look forward man... :)
btw... juz wanna tell all my frens, family n every1... im truly blessed to hav u all leavin footsteps in my life n heart... i truly appreciate all of u... :)

Tsunami Retrospect...

ok... these days the news is flooded wif reports on the deadly Tsunamis tt rocked many parts of Asia... wif an approximate death toll of abt over 70 thousand (sad case...)... den yday, received an sms frm lt abt the Tsunamis... made me really tink abt the fragility of life... as well as the powers of nature... but wad really infuriated me was the authorities... reports say tt the Thai meteorological station long detected the possible earthquake near Indonesia... but out of fear of affectin their tourism industry, they refused to inform the Indonesians of it... haha... the ironic thing is... in the end, the Thai tourism industry is still severely affected... but how many lives hav to be lost to pay for this selfish mistake... the more i tink of it... the more i tink tt these pple shld be shot... fortunately... there is still care n concern frm the rest of the world... many pple n countries hav did their best to try to help the pple... 3 cheers for these pple!!! :) (but mayb even 3 cheers is not enuf to commend them for their deed... haha... :) )
anyway... there is a war goin on within my body... n my white blood cells n immune system is actually losin the war against some stupid virus... but fret not... reinforcements hav arived in the form of medicine... *if any1 is still so slow tt u cant understand wad im tolkin abt, IM SICK!!!* ... argh!!! wad a way to end the yr 2004... :(

Inspirations???

hmm... im currently searchin for inspirations for a class song... hav a few nice tunes in mind... but lackin in lyrics... so fellow S73ians... if u all hav any idea or inspirations... feel free to tell me... i hope to be able to do smth for the class by gettin the class tgt to write a class song tgt... den mayb by the end of nxt yr we can go on an outin n sing the song tgt... i tink tt wld be a very nice memory... iseneh??? :)

Class Gatherin...

hooray!!!... the class gatherin was ultra ultra fun... n it was extremely nice to be able to catch up wif some frens whom i havent seen for the entire hols... haha... credit must go to those who planned it (wk, fy, bx) n those who contributed to it (the rest of the class)... haha... mayb let me recap some stuff tt happened durin the party... n keep it as an eternal memory here on this blog n of course in our minds... haha... :)
hmm... dinner started kinda late... almost till 8pm, i suppose... haha... but every1 was not hungry... but indulgin in the KTV set in the rm... haha... sang a lot of songs... n i really pity mz... he had to bear wif so many Liang Jingru songs... haha... shortly after tt... dinner started... n every1 started flockin to the table rather crammed wif trays of food... but i noticed one strange thing... mayb every1 is too "orderly"... there r 2 sides to take the spaghetti, but every1 was like qeuein up to take it only frm one side.. dun noe y... haha... den jas tried to get me to play some games wif him... i tink i disappointed him... haha... den it was pass-the-parcel... haha... notable forfeits r jas's "tehing" of yunli (who was ultra reluctant)... pole dance by lt... arnd Alvin Low the Pole... haha... (mayb being too tall is not really an advantage???)... :)... wk's proposal to fy (but tt one arh... let them off too lightly liao lah... i only hear a "oh" n a "yah"... n tt's it!!!... where got propose lah???) ... oh... n yw's wheel-barrowin of cj... haha... pity cj leh... cos it was supposed to be the other way round... haha...
nxt up was charade... haha... wif all the chinese idioms... gdness... u can c how the idioms got distorted till like crazy... haha... den the nxt charade topic was pple in the class... which wk kept insistin tt the category is "a thing"... haha... but pple like jy were too fast... in a short moment they immediately guessed the answer liao... oh... but there were some which the whole class knew the ans at a single action (tink xavier n yl)... haha... rox man!!!
i tot the gift-exchange segment was splendid... the mood was damn damn nice... wif candles... a song... n the element of suspense as to who their angel was... (well... some knew b4 hand lah)... yl gave me the hint b4 tt my angel is one who has great taste... haha... but i dint really expect it to be jy (who happens to be my class angel for the 1st 3 mnths anyway)... haha... n i tink yunli is quite shocked... haha... cos i was actually the one buyin for her... the rest all got their presents... n we ended off wif cuttin the log-cake, poppin the party poppers n some gift-exchanges privately... den some left for home... but its quite late den liao... abt 10 plus... haha... i went wif low out to beside the pool to "mug" my guitar... learned an extremely nice song... haha... while the rest stayed in the rm to sing again... haha... i left at arnd 11.30pm... cos I was rushin to catch the last train... haha... luckily i managed to do so in the end... :)
all in all... 3 cheers for 04S73 class party!!! :)

Lookin towards the New Year...

haha... its the last wk of 2004 liao... i must say tt this yr has passed indeed very very eventfully for me... lookin back... i really feel tt i was as tho in another stage of life (well... I am anyway... haha)... but the feelin is so undescribable... let me pen down some of the big events tt hav happened in my life this yr...
1) entered HCJC 04S73... hmm... this is definitely one of the best n most impt things tt ever happened to me... love the class damn lots...
2) joined guitar as CCA, became exco member... hmm... i must say tt this indeed opened up my chances to get to noe pple n to upgrade my musical skills... helped to revive a bit of the dyin passion for music...
3) graduated frm piano lessons... wah... I've been waitin for tt moment for like since P5... 6 yrs??? ... i can still rmb the examiner's remark: "A well-earned pass at this landmark grade..." haha... how much time n effort r involved in the "well-earned pass"???... only I will noe... :)
4) got confirmed tgt wif my childhood frens on 19th Dec 2004... erm... tot it was a very impt event... so I had better note the date as well... God bless all of us!!!... (n I only realised on tt day tt I was child-baptised on 6th Dec 1987) ...
5) helped to bring the kolintang ensemble to greater heights... ok... we managed to be invited to orchard rd to perform... quite an achievement for the junior ensemble... our next target: overseas performance???... :)
hmm... basically the 5 main big events i can rmb... plus many other smaller n smaller happenings... such as developed closer frenships... alienated some frens... but im glad its all over now n we r gd frens once again... got to acknowledge a god-sis... haha... n many more...
n now... for the new year resolutions...
1) enjoy my last yr in HCJC 04S73 (now formally known as Hwa Chong Institute)... sadz... but the spirit still lives on...
2) mug hard for 'A' levels... notice tt i dint use the phrase "mug like crazy"... i still want a social life... haha... :)
3) do a gd job for SYF n guitar concert... one of my last tasks for guitar exco... but this task will require abt 6 to 7 mnths to complete... haha...
4) interact n at least get to noe the names of ALL the juniors in 05S73 (if they r still called by tt... esp wif the new cluster system)... hmm... i believe this shld be not much of a prob... I like to mix arnd wif pple... esp new pple... :)... n i hav an aptitude for rememberin names... ;)
5) graduate for "Discipleship" course... it has been long enuf liao... its time we graduate this yr...
6) go out wif frens more often... hmm... i hav to try workin on tt... or else my social life is like quite crappy... only confined to limited outings n MSN chats... mayb phone calls... hav to prepare to Uni social life rite??? but only after 2 yrs of NS... erpz...
hmm... ok... guess tt's all... wish every1 a smooth yr ahead... for 2005... :)

Carolling...

"Silent Night, Holy Night... All is calm, All is bright"... so the familiar tune of christmas carols started... dis yr's carollin was not as tirin as b4, when we had to hurry frm one house to the nxt in order to hav the countdown on time at the last hse... only had 4 houses for my team dis yr... the other team went 6 (officially only 5, 1 is impromptu one)... but it was quite a nice experience... n i tink i was smiling when i was singin... haha... not a bad feat for me... considerin tt i was quite nervous... hmm... must thank my partner, ks... she co-ordinated quite well wif me... hehe... esp when i was usually lazy to open up the songbk... :) ... but i tink every1 did a gd job, n im sure every1 enjoyed themselves...
some interestin happenings tt r worth writin abt... haha... after the 2nd hse... the bus was suddenly flooded wif a stench... yucks... yx actually stepped on "black gold"... haha... he went to wash... but 1 of his leather shoes was wet... so he was a bit lame (literally) thruout the rest of the hses... hahaha... n of course... not to forget our wet bday boy... happy bday dom... anyway... they threw him into the pool at the last hse... haha... i tink tt can be a tradition every yr liao... haha...
anyway... Merry Christmas n a Happy New Year to all who r reading this entry!!! :)

The Santa Attack...

hmm... ks's blog seems to hav a new visitor... some1 by the nick of Santa... *if u realised, it has the exact alphabets to be arranged into Satan*... n Santa suddenly starts to tolk all kinds of crap... well... mayb i giv him a bit of face lah... not really crap... but rather superficial stuff... (which translates into crap)... i absolutely dun noe how he stumbled upon the blog... but all i noe is... he apparently wants to psycho us into believin his religion... well... pls get lost, Santa... i dun noe hu u r, n i dun care hu u r... but if ur intentions r to try to tear down us... sorry... but u r absolutely not welcome... :@
ok... im juz damn bloody pissed wif this Santa person... but for the benefit of the rest... i shall write abt smth else as well... oh yes... finally im preparin christmas cards to giv to every1... be it a real card or an e-card... but i juz hope tt i can spread some of the christmas well-wishes to pple arnd me... n im lookin forward to the 04S73 class party... hooray!!! finally can c the class again... missed them a lot... but i havent got my gift ready... die... :(

Family time in Pulau Ubin...

went for a trip to Pulau Ubin wif my family frm 20th to 22nd Dec... haha... enjoyed myself quite a lot... tho i came back wif some prizes... an injured butt... a bit of sunburn... but i guess all was extremely fun for me... n the ability of the pple there to find their way home at nite in pitch black darkness indeed amazed me a lot... but wad was most impt was the family time... haha... :)

New Life...

today is a big big event for me... had my confirmation ceremony in church... after 17 yrs... n i went thru the ceremony tgt wif my childhood frens... haha... i tink we r one of the very 1st groups to undergo the ceremony tgt... was extremely nervous somehow durin the ceremony... it was like a final big struggle for me... but i guess i got thru it... n now... im finally qualified to partake the Holy Communion... n the wine tasted like some chinese herbal medicine... haha... i hope tt frm now on i can put my past aside n move on well as a new person... cheers!!! :)
after the christmas lunch... went out to have dinner cum plannin for nxt sunday's orientation for the P6 students... as usual... in charge of games... oh... n we r goin to hav charade... haha... im in for another round of endless laughter liao... :) ... took some photos wif funny, "act cute" poses {courtesy of the gals} (poor jj n me)... :) ... den went out for dinner at fish n co... ok... the dinner was very enjoyable... had a great time playin "2 truth 1 lie"... got to noe a lot more abt them... esp jj's apparently "superhuman" feats... the only not so pleasant stuff was tt my pocket caught fire -- a hole was burned in it... i tink im seriously goin to be broke... n i still hav a lot of christmas stuff to buy... :(

Happenings Upon Happenings...

ok... havent blogged for like 3 or 4 days liao... hav damn lot of things to write abt... esp after 2 very very eventful days... so readers... pls bear wif me... cos this entry might be the longest one i've ever written... but i promise to cut it short... hehe... :)
16th dec is always a special time of the yr... cos del will invite a whole bunch of pple (abt 14 went this yr) to east coast park (our usual haunt) to celebrate her bday... well... as expected... meeting pt was at paya lebar mrt... but the whole grp only arrived at like 12.45pm when the meetin time was 12pm... haha... nvm.. all the late kings n queens... :) ... went to east coast hopin to meet the other 3 members... but realised tt they were at katong shoppin centre when we were at Parkway Parade... dotz... communication prob... but nvm... daniel kicked up a bit of a fuss abt ty... haha... the 2 loggerheads r always like tt... upon reachin the park... headed straight for cycling... hmm... competition was very fierce there... practically every rental shop had this sign "Rent 1 hr, 1 more hr FREE!!!"... haha.... but we eventually found (or rather, they dragged us into their shop) a shop which gives the whole day free (till 7pm) for just the rental fee of 1 hr... haha... rented there anyway... but in the end turned out tt our butts hurt like mad cos the seats were not really cushioned very well... after cyclin n meetin up wif the 3 other members of the grp, realised halfway tt the 2 young ones (dory n jayce) got lost... spent a lot of time findin them... tink they were scared stiff... well... mayb its becos of our negligence... but no one tot tt they wld get lost... i mean... its a straight rd rite... but somehow they U-turned n cldn't c us anymore... den after gatherin at the beach... played bridge for abt 2 rounds... it was nice keepin them in suspense as to who was their partner... :) ... den started to throw pple into the water... one by one, everybody got their feel of dippin their heads into the water... haha... some were so scared of gettin thrown into the water tt they volunteered to jump in themselves... hahahahaha... but del was the best... bday gal was SWINGED into the water... tho we dint really throw her far enuf... den played some games in the sea... the "knock-out" game was absolutely hilarious... the 3 "seaters" (huangting, dory n jayce) were tuggin at each other's legs, hands... hahaha... very funny... den played eagle n chickens... but stopped it abruptly becos we were headin too far out into sea... i almost cldn't stand on my feet anymore... went to arcade after washin up... played for so long tt we were late for our kolintang pract... haha... so had to rush off to mac's to buy our dinner n eat on the way back... haha... :)
17th dec... the day when all our kolintang practices since september paid off... shall skip the practice part... move straight into the performance... the stage was disappointingly small... our instruments practically occupied the entire stage... n we almost had no place to move... n the mic system was very very bad... one of the mics cldn't work at all... n we were under the constant threat of it raining... cos the whole programme will den be cancelled... n our practices wld be wasted... but luckily, tt dint happen... :) ... performance proceeded as planned... started of the 1st song too fast... had a very very bad feelin abt the 2nd song... which will surely speed up... haha... worst fear came true... the 2nd song can almost be likened to a bullet train... must apologise to the grp abt this... since i was the one who gave the command beat... n i actually screwed up the last chord!!! ... haiz... so much for wantin to act "sei"... :( ... the last few songs were luckily still ok... cos i learned my lesson... but smth bad happened for our finale song... my angklung dropped halfway while i was playin it... tt nva happened b4... n for a moment i was a bit shocked by it... cos tt angklung represented an impt note in the song... but luckily hx was there to pick it up for me... haha... ended the whole performance on a high note... every1 was quite high n excited... must thank the pple who hav helped out in the transportin n those who came to support us thruout the whole performance... ur presence really encouraged us a lot... :)... after movin the instruments to the vehicles... the entire ensemble rushed off to buy a gift for our teacher-in-charge... haha... turned it into a mini-outin... finally settled for an ornament at lucky plaza... quite within our budget... haha... walked to cineleisure frm there to take neoprint wif the gals... upon their strong n earnest request... haha... compared to the time when i took it wif 04S73, this was less chaotic... cos the formation was not really changed tt much... but i dint really turn out well in the photos... sad... had a nice time distributin n snatchin up the pics... haha... den it was home sweet home for every1... n the post-performance feelin came back... haha... a bit sad tt everything's over... i tink the entire grp will agree wif me... we did hav so much fun practisin our stuff... tho we often complained at first abt how tirin it is... pple get scoldin... pple created a lot of jokes... haha... we went thru quite a lot tgt durin the past 3 mnths... i hav wif me an excellent kolintang ensemble team... n i must say tt im quite proud of ourselves... n after i leave the team... i hope tt they can continue wad we hav done... haha... n im sure they r capable of tt... :)

Forgive n Forget???

forgive n forget... to me... its totally a different issue altogether... or mayb its the same... i dun noe... but the feelin tt once i was very confident of forgivin any1 tt offends me is now totally shattered... i dread, hate and absolutely dislike makin enemies... but smtimes... one side of me always prompts me to go into the "cold war" era... den i will nva tolk to u for as long as tt feelin remains... its a very big struggle for me to even attempt to start a conversation wif u... esp after how u maligned me... tho i understand tt u were also feelin quite confused at tt time... im glad to c u back... but for the time being... i guess i nd some time to get over it n re-start a conversation... but one thing to noe is tt things will nva be the same anymore... im sorry... but i guess tt will be the case...
sigh... im feelin so damn bored now... i really hate this feelin... m i so lousy tt i cant even find smth meaningful to do apart frm readin blogs??? *im not sayin tt readin blogs is not meaningful... but den... is there any other thing tt i can do???* ... im startin to lose interest in quite a lot of stuff... sadz...
suddenly realise tt im in quite a trouble... my active social circle is gettin smaller n smaller... mayb tt's a sign tt i hav been too involved wif cliques... *oh... tt word again*... i find tt i seriously cannot have in-depth conversations wif pple whom i once cld hav... when they tolk... i shut up... when i tolk... they ignore... given this situation... its better for me to shut up... or at the very most... giv a bit of a smile so tt pple wun tink tt u r some stupid anti-social fellow... or mayb in a chat rm... juz giv some "haha" occasionally even tho there is simply nth to laugh abt... is tt all i can do now???... once i pointed out tt some pple cannot survive outside their clique grps... n the ironic thing is tt now i tink the one being accused shld be me... or mayb my dad was rite... i really hav low EQ... wad's the use even if i can get straight A's for everythin???... :(

Before Performance...

performance is comin soon... dis fri... 7pm in front of C K Tang... its a big thing for us... n esp since this shld be my last yr in the kolintang ensemble... yday's practice was quite unsatisfactory... i must say... still a lot of stuff not done up well... co-ordination needs improvement here n there... all im glad to say is tt at least we ran thru the entire programme... hope all turns out well on tt day... n frens, pls come n support... thx... :)

Leadership Camp...

haha... went for a leadership camp frm tue to fri... at TTC... glad to meet up wif some old frens (like jas...) n made some new ones... a lot of things to tolk abt... mayb i juz select some interestin trivia for u all...
1) upon reachin the registration station, realised tt we dint fill in the registration forms beforehand... so our names were not on the name list... gosh... tot we were cheated... den they said there r 2 guys n 1 gal... well... the actual fact was tt there were 2 gals n 1 guy... funny...
2) ice-breakin was extremely fun... had scavenger hunt... n one of the items to be obtained were 2 live ants... haha... but we made a mistake of not puttin smth heavy on the namecards (on which the ants r put...) den the ants were juz blown off by the wind... so in total... we had to catch like 6 ants... the 2nd game was "guess-the-pattern" which was ultra n hyper hilarious... i was roarin wif laughter the whole way thru... will play the game nxt time... den u all can c how absolutely stupid but hyper funny it is... :)
3) started a whole series of seminars followed by small grp discussions... learned a real lot frm those... will share wif u all if u r interested to hear abt it... or u all can ask jas... he also attended the talks... :)
4) had very nice rest durin the 1st 2 nites... strange... tot i will be up n playin till abt 2 or 3 am... but mayb im too tired out den... haha
5) the most happenin time was the last nite... n im proud to say tt i chiong the whole nite w/o slp... haha... tho im kinda payin the price for it lah... very very sleepy now... den we played a whole lot of games... polar bear, zhong1 ji2 mi4 ma3, indian poker... haha... polar bear was so so so damn funny... wif pple tryin to accuse each other n such... n wif all the wierd defence statements... haha.... 04S73, we really shld play tt durin our party iseneh???... :)... den after tt played bridge frm 5am till 7.30am... wah... i really had a lot of energy tt day...
6) visited St. Andrews Cathedral on the last day... had the rare chance to climb up to the bells area... wah... but the stairs were extremely steepr, narrow, n twistin... the pastor there told us tt the choir used to climb up n down the stairs... tt amazed me a lot man... especially when u start to tink of the usual size of choir pple... n the passageway is very very narrow... :)
all in all... i enjoyed myself a lot durin the camp... n i learned a lot of stuff as well... made new frens... which i always enjoyed doin... haha... hope we can keep in contact... :)

Wronged...

ok... u receive this call frm this person who once entrusted u to inquire abt some stuff for him... the very first words he says r damn rude... n he scolds u for shunnin his calls... *ok... mayb i really shldn't hav shunned his calls all the while...* but is tt any reason for u to accuse me of spilling ur secret as if i was a stupid broadcaster of secrets when i did my very best to keep it???... u r insultin my character, mind u... n tt was wad made me damn damn damn pissed off... :(... n worst still... u accuse me of causin u to not want to meet anyone anymore... say u lost all ur face... well... all i can say is tt i dint do any of the stupid above things... n u even say: "its my turn to lecture u, not urs to lecture me..." oh... i must tell u tt it took quite some patience b4 i lashed out at u... sorry sir, but i seriously tink tt ur tellin me off will juz piss me off all the more... i tried to explain... but u dint giv me the chance at all, sir... plus i suspect smth is amiss amongst this... but w/o further evidence, i will not jump into conclusions like wad u did, sir... if u feel tt i cannot be trusted, den pls dun trust me anymore!!!... oh... but u can relax... i will not take revenge on u... its meaningless to do tt... but all i want to say is tt u really shld listen to wad i hav to say... i will be ETERNALLY grateful for tt, man... :(
P.S: sorry for the sarcastic tone in this entry... but this was written in a moment of intense anger...

Appreciation Party...

hmm... went to the SGH volunteer's appreciation party today... haha... turnout for HCJC guitar club was only 5 pple... n to my suprise... i was the only guy... well... tt meant a lot of "duties" to be done ltr... which i shall elaborate on... haha... n as usual... our dear pres was late... as she promised... but nvm... haha... gl dint mind cos she had her bk... but as for me... cld only entertain myself by tellin some lame n stupid jokes... which is my forte anyway... :)
in the process of walkin to the venue... the 3 of us (gl, irene, me) were investigatin some names... n we concluded tt some months r absolutely not suitable for names, such as March... haha... well... felt a bit insecure wif them leadin the way cos they appeared to be not very sure of how to go... sigh...
met the other 2 representatives(kai hui, may) there at the venue... quite nice... n there was this grp of SCGS gals runnin arnd wif Santa Claus caps... haha... they were the helpers there... n cocktail reception was kachang puteh... haha... n the 1st job of a guy there was to help the gals clear the rubbish... tt was for dinner as well... haha... guess tt's the job as the only guy there... used to it liao...
the programmes were quite ok... except tt they forgot to take note of the fact tt many of us were eatin... n hence... we cant clap... esp for the choir... it was not bad... but the applause was quite soft... cos many pple were holdin their plates... how to clap???... entertained myself a bit tryin to figure out the chords the guy was playin for "we wish u a merry christmas"... ok,,, gave up halfway... cos the gals were laughin away at my "serious" looks... nth to say abt them... joked a bit here n there... esp abt the 10+10+10+10 joke... will tell the rest if i hav the chance one day... :)
P.S: i hav a pot of money plant... if any1 is interested in takin tt... pls come look for me... thx... :)

Idol Finals...

hmm... watched Singapore Idol yday nite... the results were expected by me... haha... Taufik rox!!!... *tho i still support Olinda more*... but i felt tt out of the 3 songs tt each of them sang... sylvester was abit ambitious to tackle the 2 songs... well... he was a bit flat at the high notes... but i felt tt his real strength is in his feelings... esp the song "I Dream"... wow... i tink he did tt much much better than taufik did... at least he had the feelings in it... which was wad this song required, i tink... haha... but i must admit tt Taufik indeed had better vocal power... but as ks says... altho her laogong lost... she is still proud of him... haha... i tink im proud of the 2 of them... they r really gd... hehe... *very diplomatic iseneh*... :)