Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Friday, May 11, 2007
exams over
dun feel like celebrating
din put in much effort so dun expect much results
also dun expect myself to be excited about end of exams
ya i know there are people who really tried their best
they deserve to scream when the papers are over
they are the ones who truly felt that the end of mye was a good thing
nt just another passing day
but among those who screamed the loudest, none seem to have put in effort
maybe tts y i wasnt in the really high mood that day
but i put on the clown's mask
and tried to play the fool
maybe i wasnt even close
hope no one notices
my results are nothing to be proud of either
the only 1 i can think of is probably 8/10 for the first part of cl paper 2
the one with a passage den feel in the blanks
usually i just get a 4 or 3/10
but nothing else really
i din get to see my compo today
i tried personal recount in a long time
it was quite dramatic
if i dun get gd results, i probably wont risk personal recount again
np day
raining again
no hiccups
gd
Walk Away And Move On
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Friday, May 04, 2007
An Old Essay keeping it here so i can remember next time
Write about an occasion when you were given some good advice and how you reacted to it.
“This could be your big break!” those words kept ringing in my ears. I could still remember that event clearly. I was spray-painting a wall about two blocks away from my school. The piece was almost done when I heard someone shout behind me, ” stop!” that voice was vaguely familiar, but my mind couldn’t process it that moment. Escaping was the only thought in my mind, I even dropped my spray can and bolted towards the nearest exit. At first, I was able to put some distance between him and I, but he soon caught up because I had difficulty breathing through my gas mask.
In a few seconds, the brutish man held on to my arm and shoulder, threatening to report the incident to the police. He said that he would only give me the slip if I took off the gas mask which covered my face. I hesitated for a moment, but after weighing my options, took off the mask. Both of us were shocked as we recognized each other. He was once my Art teacher who was promoted to be a senior lecturer at the Arts Academy. He dragged me back to the scene of the crime and gathered all my spray cans. He said that my piece was the greatest work of art he has ever seen from a teenager and wanted to give me a scholarship to the Academy. For the second time in one day, my jaw dropped. Never in a million years had I expected graffiti to be rewarding. It has only served as a form of self-expression until this point in time. He gave me his hand phone number and told me to give him my decision in a week’s time. He advised me to take this opportunity and make a name for myself.
With a box of spray cans in my arms, I walked home, deep in thought of the slightest possibility of my parents accepting the proposal. My parents were respected doctors who treated family like an army. They were people of science and worked with fixed formulas, unlike myself, who needed creative space to work to my fullest potential. I’m an underground hip-hop and graffiti fan, while my parents followed the National Geographic like it was the Bible. In short, we are the polar opposite of each other.
As I opened the door, part of me was hoping that my parents would accept my decision, while another part was trying to forget the incident. I wrote everything that happened today in my diary, hoping that it would only lighten my mood. I also tried to recall all the good times I had with my family, but it all seemed to turn sour. In a fit of anger and disappointment, I tore out the pages from my diary and threw it away, thinking of giving up and not letting my parents know at all
For the next six days, my world turned upside down. Everything and everyone just seemed to be in my way. My parents decided to take the day off and spend some time cleaning the house, surprising me as they had never let the cleanliness of the house, or anything else as a matter f fact, to obstruct their work. I went into my room, drawing my art pieces when my parents entered and showed me the pages of diary, which I tore out. They said that all they want is for me to be happy. For the first time, I saw their understanding side and a single tear rolled down my cheek as they said.” follow your dreams.”
In the next few years, I graduated as valedictorian of my batch in Arts Academy. My parents also amassed a small fortune, which they used to build a school for orphans, where I was one of the teachers. The school also has a mural facing the gate, the same one that I never completed back as a teenager, still incomplete, with the words written at the side. “ Follow your dreams.”
By: glennard sim
4 Hum 2007
Sunday, April 22, 2007
Music
it is usually a form of breaking the rules or confines of society throught its lyrics / rhythm
some examples
Pop - Breaking the rules to earn (a lot of ) money
Gospel - Breaking the rules to spread religion / religious principles
Christian rock/any other genre - Breaking the rules to spread christianity
Jazz - Breaking the rules to showcase vocal or instrumental talents (they are really good at that)
Traditional - Confining to most rules while spreading their culture
EMO - Breaking the rules to tell others of their pain inside
Blues - Breaking the rules to show their sadness but not as much as emo (sometimes fun though)
Rhythm and Blues (RnB) - Breaking the rules to merge jazz and blues but mostly with happier and funner lyrics
Soul - Breaking the rules to express themselves or their ideas
ROCK - Breaking the rules to make other genres possible
Punk - Breaking the rules to preserve their ideas and principles (anti-establishment)
Metal - Breaking the rules to break your ear drums or just because they can
Goth - Breaking the rules because they hate everyone else
Hip Hop - Breaking the rules to Preserve their history or pride or make people aware of their issues
Electronic - Breaking the rules to showcase their computers
Dance - Breaking the rules to make you move your feet on the dancefloor
Techno - Breaking the rules to give you something to rock your head to when you take ecstasy
Raggae - Breaking the rules to infuse dance and culture
Country - Breaking the rules to IRRITATE THE HELL OUT OF YOU
HEAVY METAL - Breaking the rules to MAKE METAL 10 TIMES WORSE
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Friday, April 13, 2007
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Time
post number 45 liao
5 more posts til the big 50
Lotsa ppl have been telling me to link them
i probably wont till im desparately bored or olvls
only half a year left till Os
im aware of it but i dun seem to be doing anything about it
10 points seem very far away if i carry on like this
HELP!!
We probably have like 1week - 2months before we actually fall out
i probably wont know about it until the day itself
Am i going to miss NPCC? Or will i be glad its finally over? :(
both answers seem to be excuses
Why do all the teachers who teach subjects that i excel at always seem to say U are a very smart kid?
And all those whom im weak at suan me even when i actually work hard?
If You Had A Choice, Would You Choose To Be A Thief Or A Police?
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Wednesday, April 04, 2007
Sorry Starts With An Ass
Im sorry
Today i was the ass
Im sorry
sometimes people just stop thinking and do something stupid and make everything from bad to worse. And The Even worse part comes from the fact that it was my fault. I know im stupid, sometimes i just forget to think and start acting like a jerk. And I gt wad i deserved, A cold Shoulder and a few drops of tears. IT was thoroughly my fault, I shouldnt have laughed so loud and so hard, i shouldnt have distanced myself. But i did and the onli one i can blame is me.
Im sorry
The Biggest mistakes in the world are not caused by evil intentions, but idiots who stop thinking, even for 1 sec.
A Burst of laughter can lead to millions of tears
A drop of rain can lead to a flood
An angry thought can lead to violence
You can say its a stupid mistake but the guilt never goes away until you are forgiven
Im sorry
Will You Forgive Me?
From The Bottom of my heart,
Im sorry
___________________________________________________________
We Don't Need Your Money, We Just Need Your Support
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Friday, March 16, 2007
Camp's Over
the hard work that most of us put in has paid off
although i wouldn't mind more manpower throughout the camp
I felt proud of myself after the camp, for the first time. Seriously. I felt that i have really contributed to my squad and the instructors. i just hope everyone else feels the same way about me!!
The preparation itself had a lot of hiccups along the way. mainly due to time constraints and the stupid after school lessons. Plus there were many things we really really din know until we became ncos, such as instructors can sleep on mattresses and kerosene bombs and ropes will spoil if they touch water. It's these little things that really gave us a lot of problems.
The first day of the camp was probably the worst. We were all very lax and left a lot of things to let the senior ncos do like suicide window, so we gt scolded basically. We din really know what to do cuz some went to help sec 3s but ci taking so we dun dare go near them then others try help suicide window but they are doing everything and we dont know what to do.the seniors also made a 5 spar flagstaff but it broke so we reduced it to 3. so the first day was nt quite successful
there was 1 sentence during debrief that i remember very well and motivated me for the next day. " You all know that you are short on manpower, so you have to do 2 person's work. My senior Ncos are only here to help you all, not run the camp for you all."
The second day was much better IMO. everyone knew what to do and we werent like first day keep running around aimlessly. but still quite problematic cuz cannot find each other when we busy. But our squad still can't motivate a large group of cadets, esp sec 1s, well enough yet, since they are more afraid of CIs than us. Another problem about taking squad is that, sometimes we dont know the priorties, whether to train them discipline first or to save time first so we usually get very confused over this matter, and thats when the CIs or senior Ncos start to scold us.
the main problem in this day was that a lot of us was too caught up in preparation that we din take the sec 1s at all, some people even played with flour and water. The campfire was successful but only after using wei quan's wood. our campfire nearly died cuz we din have a kerosene bomb and our wood wasnt dried properly. So lesson Learned here. the campfire really gt high after the sec 2 and 3 performance. YOU GUYS DID VERY WELL!! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!! thx to all who contributed esp the instructors.
Third Day was area cleaning plus urban hike. The urban hike was quite interesting but it was very tiring. WE WON. Our group was the first and we did it b4 lunchtime. THX Kelvin, elaine, woei jiun, wee kit, jun xian, jun liang(energizer), ming hui(map man), nina, lijing, Shenn Ma'am plus ME. if i miss out anyone must tell me hor. shenn maam gave jun liang a lollipop and he suddenly energize liao and walk dam fast. But he made us run cuz usually he reach checkpoint first.
lesson learned here is that mus keep encouraging cadets and let them navigate on thier own dun help too much.
The sec 1 leisure camp is over, Ive learnt many things as an NCO, i only fear that its too late.
When u try your best and people still shoot you down, that sux. THX jianyong for trying to up my morale
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
VDAY'S EVE another sucky "holiday"
ok im bored
Once again its the stupid holiday that reminds me of the infinite loserdom that im trapped in. as if Christmas hasnt done enough to the poor psyche of a young fragile teenage mind.
life sucks when you cant celebrate valentine's day. If only.
I've always wondered whats wrong with me. Maybe i wasn't born with looks like mr.shawn and maybe i wasn't born with talent like alam shah. Maybe i wasn't born with social skills like edwin or maybe i wasn't born smart but who really likes smart guys anyway. maybe im just too scared or maybe i dunno the right words to use or maybe im just dumb.
Someday
When my life has passed me by
I lay around and wonder why you were always there for me
One way
In the eyes of a passerby
I look around for another try and fade away
Just close your eyes and Ill take you there
This place is warm without a care
Well take a swim in the deep blue sea
I go to leave and you reach for me
Somesay
Better things will come our way
No matter what they try to say
You were always there for me
-sugar ray
i wonder who will be the 'you' for me in those lyrics.
maybe im just too stupid to realize that 'you' are just in front of me
Monday, February 05, 2007
Dam Migraine
every attack seem to happen after go in or go out of aircon room or very cold place
summore onli gt migraine when brain stop working
when
play com
surf net
listen music
play with dog
or do homework den no attack
summore everytime sleep wake up either migraine or no appetite
been trying to act macho to the problem for 2 weeks
onli try using panadol 3 days ago
gt abit effect but must have relatively slow music
like SUGAR RAY
summore when do homework until dunno how to do sit there stare at qns den start migraine again
dam
doctor say may be due to stress
but everytime i tell ppl i have stress they laugh at me think i joking
sianz nvm its your own opinion
my mum say maybe have 'hidden' stress, cuz got stress also dunno or trying to repress it
today went to see doctor during lessons
at start of lessons during chem no problem onli start when doing corrections in english lesson
den recess force myself eat
so that can eat panadol
but when eating feel like want to vomit cuz no appetite
dammit
den take 1 panadol see gt effect
after 10 mins migraine worse so take second 1
then later go up 4th floor with eyes almost closing like wanna faint like that.
feeling like when you stand at NDP until the stupid guest of honour come that type
try to endure the pain through maths lesson
cuz we go com lab
dam stuffy plus hot so pain become worse
then finally give up weixiang bring me go find mrs ng
she say call parents so can go home
my mum came in about five minutes time cuz she working nearby
then go see Doctor H. H. Tay (i think)
around kovan area
the doctor say that nothing wrong with muscles
he also say its hereditary cuz my mum had it as well plus hers is worse
he also say maybe due to sudden change light or sound
extra sensitivty
he also say maybe cuz nerve problem in my right side of the brain
cuz i still young den maybe gt have more severe problems or blood clot
sianz
scarly i gt nerve or brain cancer sianz
my brain right side pain onli left side not pain
Sorry to all the people who had to waste time because i was sick
sorry mrs ng for making u waste your time on me when you could have marked other papers
sorry Weixiang for making you waste curriculum time to bring me to sickbay
sorry guanzhong for helping me tell teacher i was sick
sorry wenhui for wasting your time to worry about me and calling me
sorry xiaotong for wasting your time to bring down my bag
sorry bryan for helping me carry my books up
sorry ZhiHui for asking about how i feel and wasting your energy on me
sorry MUM for making you waste money on going doctor and taxi fare
AND THANK YOU ALSO for worrying about me
but i dun wan uall to waste your energy as you could have done better things at that time
PS CONGRATS LIONS!!! for winning the ASEAN Cup
esp Daniel Bennett, MUSTAFIC FAHRUDIN, Aide Iskandar, Noh Alam Shah, Khairul Amri, Indra, Precious, LIONEL LEWIS, Baihakki, SHI JIA YI, Ridhuan, Fazrul Nawaz, Shahril Ishak, Subramani, Hafiz Osman, Noh Rahman
and Of course
Raddy Avramovic
Monday, January 29, 2007
Homework Song
(electric guitar solo NANEINANEI)
Is Doing His Homework
(NANEINANEI)
The Kind Of Work
(NANEINANEI)
You Do At Home
(NANEINANEI)
Guess thats Why They Call It Homework
(NANEINANEI)
WILL YOU STOP IT (josh)
--- Drake and Josh
Sunday, January 21, 2007
Suddenly I See
no wonder we dun have enough space for other stuffs.
thurs
went to Temasek Poly in around tampines area
one way trip
quite okay la, except tt the students very enthusiatic
everytime we enter or exit one school they start cheering, which gets really lame after a while
reminds me a lot about PSLs
anyway, itz quite a organized school, although itz big, they gt alot of exhibition so take up alot of space and make ppl squeeze thru so they dont break their exhibits
also got quite some people cosplaying but all very ugly. the onli 1 mildly acceptable is the guy trying to be L of deathnote. he still quite okay except hair abit wrong.
to the school itself, still quite nice. architecture still quite new, not much wear and tear on their stuff cuz they jus built(?) or something. but still quite ok la can get around the school without getting lost. we had some kind of tour or something so the whole class had to see IT,applied science and engineering until 3plus.
the engineering school was disappointing, cuz all the exhibits never explain plus all jus gt blinking light nia, nothing impressive.
throughout the trip, i carried wenhui,xiaotong n jelena goodie bags cuz they carry so much school stuff and im the only one that dun have any books hahas. but they also quite good la, the only ones waiting for me when i too slow. ONE WAY SUX especially when you dont know the way. whats the point of putting 1 way when u go so far and 2 ways when the school is so near.
FRI
went to ngee ann polytechnic
clementi area
its like a small town in itself. its really big and some are areas are quite high up compared to the roads on the highway
also 1 way so road back sux
REALLY REalLY big. starting go to some lecture hall for a video clip den aso get goodie bag
aso same help the girls carry bag. we went to some convention hall den split up liao. cuz no tour except at the seperate schools. met up with the integ ppl and takkin den go IT school first. quite far from the main hall. quite interesting, but aso disappointing cuz they guide mention bleach n naruto so the whole integ ppls all waiting to see thier face. in the end is just 'this the the room we used to animate' HAHAHS. den we go shuttle bus stop wait for bus. wait for 3 bus still none of them want to alight. somemmore so dam hot den we wanted to walk back den sweeswee gt 2 bus com at the same time, so we split up cuz bus no space. we went to mass comm with onli about 6 ppl. we went up 9 floor ON STAIRS cuz the effing adrain wanna see plus the lift overflow of ugly girls. so we went up to find them, lucky at the end gt air con if nt die of exhaustion. when we finish come down liao, adrain n ben say they wanna go see business den edwin say wanna go home. so i call jelena they all and waited downstairs until they finish their tour.yang and shuan waited with me. whil waiting saw kenneth and edwin tan(?) come down. den we talk for awhile den they go off. finally the 3 vip girls come down summore with black face. so dun dare make jokes hhahahs
later the guys n me met up and went for dinner at 401 near the church via 74 bus.
After seeing the different polys, i found 2 feasible choices to take.
one is Engineering/Physics
One is Doctor/Biology(wadever tt school is called)
but im not going poly im going jc so the choice is still very much open.
mass comm and IT is out of the question cuz my father will kill me cuz he thinks gt too much ppl out those diplomas and diff to get job
business is possible if i going poly but nt if i go jc cuz by then it will be too late plus im nt a businessy person
Applied science is out cuz CHEM SUX
Design is still possible but diff to get idea when stressed during exam plus i dun think jc have.
my father kept bugging me to be doctor or more specifically specialist(specialise in one thing like eyes or cancer)i always dismissed tt suggestion cuz i din think i could get that much of education. what if i failed, tt means i wasted up to 10 years of tertiary education. but now after seeing ppl in poly, i suddenly rmb my dad's suggestion. it wasnt becuz i gt smarter out of the blue, but because i remembered y i went for tertiary education. because i wanted to give my parents and my future family a good life. which i can onli achieve with MONEY and a good job. So suddenly i felt like specialist was my onli career choice and yet i dont seem to be working any harder. maybe sumone need to wake me up.
the other choice is engineering which deals with physics. yay physics. I love physics. so obvious choice. but my onli fear in this job is that wont get gd job in the end end up as air con servicer. cuz there may be too many engineers in singapore already. sadsadsad. zomg. somemore a good job in engineering is nothing compared to a small time doctor in a clinic. the $$$ difference is quite big.
WAKE ME UP FROM THINKING OLVL IS """ONLY""" a few months AWAY
"Suddenly I See, This Is What I Wanna Be,
Suddenly I See, Why The Hell It Means So Much To Me" -- KT Tunstall (Suddenly I See)
Friday, January 05, 2007
New Year Resolutionzzz
but Ive come up with a few new year resolutions ( finally)
i used the first few days of 2007 to try and collect 'opinions' of what people thought of me
there were people who knew me for 4-5 years but also people who onli remebered my name after 2006, so the opinions were quite different. there are still many similarities.
i did this to find out how people with different levels of contact with me thought i was. like how someone who knows me for onli 2 months thought i was, its a little difficult to explain but i wanted to know what kind of person i was from their point of view
so my findings include ( all comments are quoted ) ::
"erm...still ok.very depressed.think alot about life.often ask qns. gd 2 ppl. lazy.
easy to get along with.dif 2 understand me"
ok...quite expected except the "gd 2 ppl" part, maybe i am but no one seems to appreciate or thank me when i do ( or i din rmb them) so it doesnt stick to the mind
"can be funny.. straight forward.. quite cool at times.. pro at some kind of thing like paint and photoshop... good as a friend.. "
once again quite a positive 1, maybe cuz he knew me for a very long time, but cool only "at times" but still ok rite.
"u sometimes seems to find me at the wrong time"
basically it means bad timing, but i can see why.
"sometimes you think to much. thn is like. small lil stuff you think until so big. causing headache for others."
understandable
"i think u r a person who needs more confidence in whatever you are tasked to do... but i believe, u can do great things if you have the correct attitude towards the things you have to face.... =)"
obviously this comes from someone much wiser than myself.
"a gd fren, accept u keep on say i typical humility, then so much philosophy, others still ok, not serious abt studies, but other than that really a gd fren , can keep secret"
pretty much the same thing except the not serious about studies. SO TRUE and the can keep secret as well
"hahas. easygg lo, but stm i think u too straightforward bah"
wow im easygoing? but ive been straightforward all my life, and proud of it!
"DUNNO"
no comments
"straightforward guy"
read above for straightforward
"you appear to me as someone with quite low self esteem. thus, not being happy most of the time. kinda think lowly of yourself and don mix much with people. err...
from wad i see in npcc as well as in class last time la"
this was actually 1 of the longer conversations ive had about tt qns (what do you think about me?) cuz most ppl jus say DUNNO hahaz. but ya i agree with it mostly cuz tts how ive been in 2006
and then comes the most unexpected of all
"unpredictable"
WhAT? when i asked if it meant depressed like most answers ive gotten, i gt a no
I'm Actually unpredictable? wow
OK so on to my actual resolutions
1) actually study this year
2) be less depressed, i dunno how tts actually possible but...
3)get better timing
4)always tell people of how straightforward i am so they do not get hurt as much
5) get a CHIO girl to fall in love with me ( so far that has not happened yet, oh well )
6) umm make more friends who will remeber me after my secondary school years
Thursday, December 28, 2006
5 Days Left Before Hell Starts Anew
November seemed very slow but december seemed very fast.
WHY the teachers take away our 2 weeks if not is just nice 2 months of holidays liaoz
SIANZ
5 more days and we sec 4s liaoz
have to prepare o lvls
i haven done any homework yetz
imagine teacher's reaction
SIANZ
onli 4544 hitz on my blog since it first started on January this year (i think)
Can someone spam refresh on my blog so i can show off my 5000 hits banner on my blog
PLEASE at least in 3 days time so atleast i have 5000 before the new year starts
PLEASE
and if you want to be rmbed put a tag on the tagboard so I know you helped me gt 5000 hits
You will not be forgotten
hahahz
PS i din get any christmas presents this year cuz everyone was working (including me)
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
JOURNEYman vs RESULTer
That was an old saying
To me, results are far better and they tend to give me more motivation than the process itself. Im sure most people see results as motivation too. But just to check :
I eat because i like eating ////or//// i eat because i want to survive
i drive because i like the road//// or//// i drive because i like that place im going
i know i hurt people ////or//// I know i hurt people because
because i like it//////////////////they are in pain
Im happy with my marks if ////or//// Im happy with my marks if i know i did my best //////////////////i get better than somebody
I know i have great friends if ////or//// I know i have great friends ifi made the effort to stay close /////////they will remember me
I have a loving gf/bf //or// i have a loving gf/bf ifi love him/her with all my heart /////she/he thinks of me and loves me
JOURNEYman ///////////or ////////////RESULTer
this 'table' may be a little difficult to read
Personally im a resulter, even though sometimes i keep reminding myself that the journey is more impt, i just dont get that kind of motivation. Whereas if i saw my results which was good i will work even harder
As for me its the results that tells me whether ive worked hard anot. I tend to compare myself with others ALOT, even though they dont know it. If the event i was planning was successful, i know i did a good job. If I don't get high marks for a subject im good at, i will automatic feel very low, even though i did or did not work hard for it.
So its a matter of personality, some ppl no need results to please themselves. All they need to know is that they did their best and they can sleep well at night, without any worries. but tts not me
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Im Bored. Period
Haven't met up with the 2cha guys for 1 month i think, that makes it even more boring. tomorrow's the bbq, suddenly feel sad after 1 week's hype of it. maybe cuz pretty much everyone who usually attends cha gatherings are there so unusual faces cannot be seen Again.
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I have been calling ppl up almost everyday for the past week, almost all phonecalls were not picked up or sms nt replied. IZIT BECAUSE I NOT IMPORTANT ENOUGH. have been calling np ppls and 2cha ppls, both dont seem to hear me when i scream. but when someone else call them at any given time they answer, WHY. I Not big enough izit. NOT respected enough izit. all the exact same ppl who my frenz call and they pick it up. DAM EFFED UP
I think the guy who invented the phone's objective was to let ppls have access to everyone else at any time, NOT PURPOSELY IGNORE IT JUST CAUSE SOMEONE like me IS CALLING.
2moro bbq is very pathetic, i think less than 20 of a 42 mamber class is going. and onli about 5 of the 42 member class is realli interested in it, the other 15 are just callefair. Bloody hell. STOP CALLING IT A EFFING 2CHA GATHERING IF CHARITY PPLS ARE NOT GOING, INTENTIONALLY.
Life sux when your not respected, itz almost like not having friends or having a mouth but you can't talk