Mx kOh

OCIP to THAILAND, MAE HONG SORN!!

2006-11-27T10:49:00.000-08:00

i will be leaving in 30 mins' time, together with jocelyn, yvonne, yuan wen and samuel. a very BIG THANK YOU to those who are sending us out at the airport later! we really appreciate that!:) thanks for all those who messaged us, wishing us 'yi lu shun feng' don't worry, we will buy all of you presents. for those who want to receive us at the airport, here are the details.

arrving singapore: 1.05 pm Budget Terminal 3 on 13 Dec(wed) flight no. TR129

see all of you then!
with loves,
mingxuan, samuel, jocelyn, yvonne and jocelyn!

my experience with injection

2006-11-13T06:17:00.000-08:00

it has been some time since i last blogged. consider myself lazy as what some might say. well, there's a reason for me coming back to blog again. actually have a lot to say about my experience with needles! what a day!
there are only about two more week before my trip to thailand for the oversea community involvement programme. have to take a couple of jabs as preventive measures prior to the trip.
ok, shall start with my experience with the injections. went to yishun polyclinic with my mum for the injections. waited for some time for the immunization as there were a lot of people. bumped into allena who was there to treat her leg. she was badly scalded by the hot water from her cup noodle on saturday, during the service learning trip at sentosa. hope she will have a speedy recovery! remember the last time when my father was scalded by hot chemicals, it took some time for him to fully recover. ok.. the first jab was typhoid( dunno whether i got the spelling right or not). it has been some time since i last took injection in primary six. can't remember whether it was painful or not. i was very nervous, scared and tense. closed my eyes shut when the needle was being poked into my skin. actually, it wasn't as painful as what i had previously thought. i could feel the vaccine being forced into me. the sudden numbness in my thigh, the pain in my leg.. later, the vaccine started flowing to every part of my body and i'm now immuned! i thought it was rather weird to have injection on my thigh. i have never heard of people doing that. ha.the second jab was on my left arm. INFLUENZA! before the needle was being injected into my arm, my heart beat had accelerated. i could feel my heart beat and i know that i was frightened.i was very nervous and scared. took a glance from the corner of my eye and saw the syringe. there was a lot of vaccine! just could not bring myself to think of that amount of liquid being injected into me. the third jab was tetanus. i was brought to another room on the first level for the jab. the nurse who immuned me was very kind. she was very concerned of me, especially after the third jab. i really appreciated that.:) tetanus vaccine was much more than influenza. she warned me that it would be rather painful and i just nodded blanky as my mind was in a state of disarray. frightened! indeed, it was 'rather painful'! could feel my whole body overwhelmed with the vaccine. i had enough! all of a sudden, my vision was blurred. my sense of hearing deteriorated. i was slowly losing conscious. i complained of feeling giddy and the nurses helped me to the bed. guess i had lost conscious for a few minutes. i thought it was a side-effect cos everything just happened immediately after the jabs. i thought i was dying and never to return again. i could not see a single thing, neither could i hear vividly the noises around me! everything was so vague!i was extremely afraid that i could not regain consciousness again. thanks god, i was back to normal again after lying on the bed for some time. luckily, the nurses were all experienced.they knew how to handle situation like mine. after resting for about 20 minutes, i went out to grab some food and a cup of hot milo. it was cold inside, considering the fact that today was a rainy day. went for the blood test at around 2. before my turn, i witnessed one of the blood test which was done on another woman.. she was like ''sissssssssssssssssss......'' and the expression on her face worried me. the room was extremely cold. the cold, coupled with the fear, made me trembled like a mad man. i refused to take the test as i was trembling. was led out of the room by my mum. it was only after much persuasion that i could finally pluck up my courage to enter the room again. the nurse had actually offered me some sweets. my mum was like saying,'' hey the sweets are meant to coax little kids, now they seem to be useful to you!!!'' haha.. i lay on the bed for the test. as usual, my body trembled hard due to the cold and the fear which overwhelmed me. my blood circulation was poor. could feel the pain as the needle was being injected into my arm and when it was inside me. the nurse couldn't draw out much blood from me due to the poor circulation. so it took some time before the needle was being pulled out again! scary right? i think the entire blood test lasted for a hellish five minutes. really an experience!
have a lot to reflect on for today's experience. i may look strong and brave outside, but actually, i am not as brave as what most might think. i'm seriously a small, little boy! i have the gut of a small, little boy. i almost cried when i encountered the needles again and again! not myself alone, even my body gave way due to fear! furthermore, i learn to treasure my life even more. realise that our lives are actually very fragile, as fragile as a glass. at any moment, you can just pass out and never to return to again. it feels really bad to be unconscious..afraid of losing the breath and the heart beat.. arghhh... so, people live each day to the fullest and smile more! :)

hee....haha..

2006-07-15T20:10:00.000-07:00

hey... sorry people, i'm simply lazy to update my blog on a regular basis... have been rather busy with exams and non-academic stuffs lately... afterall, jc life is all about stress.. you have to manage your time very well..
shall talk a bit about my mid-year common test.. so glad that i've passed all subjects.. didn't manage to ace any subject though..some papers were hard,while some were okay.. did badly for my chem paper due to poor time management.. i got so annoyed with myself after realising that i could actually do the questions that i had left blank or didn't get correct... managed to pass my gp essay for the first time..so i'm rather satisfied with my performance... haha... overall, the mid-yr common test was okay...
went to orchard with justin and elson on fri, after the econs lecture.. played pool at singapore shopping centre.. haha, my pool skills have improved! played a few games before heading off for dinner.. elson had to leave for dinner with his family... took a train down to orchard station from somerset station... had dinner at the food court in wisma atria.. there were a lot of people.. actually i wanted to order fried kway teow stall, but there were really a lot of people queueing for it.. so i ended up ordering a plate of ''rice with fish fillet''.. the food was okay.. not very delicious and not very unpleasant.. haha.. after that, we went to popular to buy stationaries before going home...
saturday-- woke up in the morning.. after having my breakfast, i went to yishun polyclinic to see the doctor..my leg has been feeling very painful..the pain has been there for more than one week...so i decided to see the doctor.. the doctor told me that i have probably pulled the muscles at the area.. he gave me a cream and some painkillers and told me to go back to him if the pain doesn't go away after three days.. had lunch myself before heading to yishun student service for shg.. the kids gave me some balloons! haha.. we had briefing before starting the session.. the coordinator told us that we should not help the children just because we are aiming awards.. it's not because of the awards that we help the children.. we help them because we want to make a difference to their lives.. this is the satisfaction that we would get from helping them.. seeing the kids grow up into responsible young teenagers, excelling in their studies and eventually come back to help other needy kids.... after shg, i went to bugis to meet up with jar for dinner... taught him some maths before going home.. think i had a really meaningful day.. haha.

back!

2006-06-30T11:43:00.000-07:00

hihi... finally, the exams are over! yipee...it has been a long and mentally tedious week... had to put aside fun to make way for studies.. basically, this week is a boring week... went out to eat with jian long after the physics paper...went to toa payoh mac's for food... after that, we walked around for a while before i left to meet up with justin and xiong at amk mrt station.. took a train down to orchard.. along the way, we were all discussing about how tough our mid-yr exams were and the likelihood of failing.. reached orchard at about 1230.. bought our movie tickets at lido and slacked around for some time before our show started..we watched ''superman returns'' it is a nice show.. superman is really charming and cool! think he has a nice physique! haha.. big and broad shoulders and attractive facial features..trust me, it's really worth watching the show! haha..after the movie, we went cine. for pool... played for like only 3 games as i wasn't in the mood for pool.. i was reallly tired at that time..had been so deprived of sleep during the exam period... talking about this, i just recalled the question that i did for gp was, ''modern life is detrimental to family.. do you agree?" haha, if there's this question, ''exams are detrimental to health..do you agree?" i would surely have done it and back with many real-life examples...don't you agree? ok.. shan't talk about work since it's after exam.. went home after the 3 games, supposedly to grab some sleep while dinner is being prepared..in the end, i turned up playing badminton and watching soccer... germany had won!it's really sad to see the disappointment and sorrows reflected on the faces of the argentinians.. i can understand how it feels to be eliminated from a competition after advancing thus far..ok... think i really need to sleep..after all, i am still a normal human being.. hahaha... as for my saturday, i will decide my activities when i wake up tommorrow..

halow..

2006-06-22T21:38:00.000-07:00

wah... i'm so slack.. haven't update my blog for so many days... ok.. shall start with last saturday..
went sentosa with the marist badminton clique... supposed to meet at about 130..but everybody were late..reached sentosa at about 3pm..this time, we went to palawan beach..as usual, the beach was very crowded.. there were a lot of people..handsome dudes and bikini babes..we finally settled down at one spot, and left our bags on the sand..the weather was good, considering the fact that it wasn't as hot as the usual days..haha, i went into the water although i did not bring extra clothes to change.. never mind being wet.. as long as we were under the sun for some time after coming out of the water, our wet clothes would be able to get dry..after coming out of the water, we ended up hurling sand at one another until all of us were rather ''sandy''.. borrowed a ball from one of the group of teenagers there.. played a while with the ball even though neither of us knew how to play volleyball.. we played monkey and i ended up being the monkey most of the time.. cos i was damn lousy lah.. haha..took some pictures of ourselves at the shop beside the hawker before going for wash-up.. time flew.. before we knew it, the sun was already setting.. we made our way out of sentosa to have our dinner at harbourfront hawker centre.. later, some of us went to sk's house to gamble..i lost $1.. that was the only coin that i had at that time and i lost everything!!! haha.. just no luck..prior to that, we had gone to the coffeeshop near sk's house to eat roti prata.. i have been eating a lot these few days..food is great! i couldn't stay too late at sk's place as i was going out with my parents early in the morning the next day.. went home with pk and jar at about 1030...
sunday... woke up at about 930 in the morning and prepared before setting off at about 1030... took a few buses before arriving at our destination--changi village bumboat terminal... just found out that a new terminal has been built.. haven't been there for a very long time.. think the last time i went there to take a bumboat to p.ubin was way back in sec.1 or pri. sch.. can't remember.. we took a bumboat to a floating kelong right in the middle of the sea...! it was my first time at a kelong, and a floating one! this time we were on a trip to ''set fishes free''.. think there were a few potential perils at the kelong if one doesn't observe basic safety measures.. for instance, at any time, you cannot have too many people standing at one spot.. if not, the whole structure that is made of wood would just collapse....also.. some paves were very narrow.. if you happen to lose control of yourself.. go luck to you.. you would be swimming in the water with the fishes.. after collecting the fishes, we took the boat all the way out to the deeper water, right in the middle of the sea, where the sea was choppy.. from that spot, i could see changi airport control terminal! aeroplanes were landing at regular intervals... when the aeroplanes flew past us, they were barely 20 storeys above us...wanted to take a picture of a SIA plane..but missed it.. wasted.. released many fishes into the sea.. the fishes were free on their way.. they had gained freedom! went back to changi village for our lunch before heading home in my uncle's truck.. the truck was damn big lah.. think it was cool!
had the most boring time of my holiday from mon to wed.. reserved most of my time for books! had been once a serious mugger when i was in sec. school.. kinda realised that there was no point in studying so hard... should not waste my childhood studying, while bearing in mind not to totally neglect my studies.. realised that life is short.. ought to do something meaningful in this life.. from mon to wed, i had basically studied, eaten, slept and run...on tues, had to help zk. coach his boys at clementi sports hall..
thurs, which was yesterday, i had met up with jar to mug at the esplanade... it was one of the productive days.. had mugged non-stop for 4 hr! really hope time would fly.. and quickly let me get over with the mid-year common test... after mugging, we were off to 'scout' for food..haha, that is the word we usually use... shared a plate of mee goreng because i had to go home for dinner...took a train home..

hi!

2006-06-14T08:58:00.000-07:00

hey people! remember to tag before you leave!just to keep you informed, especially for those in pri, sec sch and jc... you have about 1.5 weeks for all the fun.. remember to enjoy yourself to the fullest! i know jc people will have to mug for their upcoming mid-year exam!jia you wor! and dun forget to take some time off for fun=)
went jogging at around 1 pm today.. jogged all way to sembawang beach.. there were many people fish at the jetty.. most of the people were catching crabs... stayed at the jetty for quite some time watching the people fish as well as to enjoy the sea breeze.. i was so unlucky lah.. it rained abruptly and i was forced to take a bus back to sembawang mrt! i had planned to jog back, a routine which i always follow.. i was so pissed lah.. along the way, the rain stopped.. stupid! wasted my money! furthermore, the bus was so warm! it was super stuffy inside.. the air-cold did not seem to be functioning.. there was a strong stench in the bus! yee.... reached sembawang interchange in about ten minutes' time.. walked alone for a while in sun plaza sc before returning home for lunch.. slacked around at home for some time before stepping out of home again.. went to sun plaza again to do some work as well as to help my mum run some errands.. after that, headed home for dinner... i think i'm crazy! guess what? i went to run again! put on my track shoes and off i went.. it was 11 pm at night.. there were very few people on the street..never mind.. to me, the night is still young at 11pm..:) i felt much better running at night than in the day.. very cooling.. reached home at about 11 30 and did some work-outs myself.. i don't want to pile on the extra pounds during this holiday! i simply can't resist the temptation of eating food! can't imagine myself eating vocariously when i'm sitting in front of a table full of delicious food! haha... ok..just a fact here, i haven't bathed! hee... need to go shower now... remember to tag on my tagboard! scroll all the way down.. it's at the bottom of this page.. thanks..

tired.fun.coolz.

2006-06-13T07:42:00.001-07:00

hey! this time i'm back with a longer post.. i'm now so deprived of sleep! haven't been sleeping much these days.. my face has gone black! haha.. weirdo
friday was the last day of the second week of the school holiday.. there wasn't a need to go back to school for lesson..so i had the day solely for myself..! mugged a little for the upcoming exam as well as to get certain things done..went jogging under the oppressive heat of the 12 o'clock sun. it was damn tiring running under the sun lah.. friday was rather a boring day for me..
woke up rather late on saturday evening.. went downstair to play badminton with my neighbours before heading home for shower.. after dinner, met up with qi ren and xin hao at abt 830 pm at bukit batok mrt.. we took a cab down to east coast park for the cdac night cycling, an event organised solely for the volunteers and their friends.. along the way, it was pouring heavily... qi ren was like saying that we gonna be spending the night at east coast mac's watching the world cup.. never did we expect the weather to be fine at east coast.. reached mac's at about 930..qiren and xin hao went to discuss with the organisers about the route and other issues pertaining to event while i made my way into mac's to watch the live telecast of the match between england and another country(can't remember).. there were so many people watching the live match..it's just so exciting watching with the crowd..guess the whole world is currently running an extremely high fever-- world cup fever.. we set off at about 10 20 after collecting our bikes and making sure that they were in good condition.. cycled along the route in east coast park before exiting to fort road... cycled along the road, passed tanjong rhu, duman high school, mountbatten road and finally came to our first stop-- indoor stadium, in front of stadium oasis.. prior to this, we had cycled along a quiet and deserted road.. not even a single person was in sight expect for the 50 of us.. took a short break at the open space in front of the indoor stadium before cycling along kallang road.. there was this time when we had to cycle beside kallang river.. cool! the next stop was the toilet near the esplanade..took turns to use the toilet before continuing our journey.. cycled past the esplanade to get to esplanade drive, the road where fullerton hotel is situated..proceeded straight to shenton way via fullerton quay and raffles quay.. passed lau pa sat food centre but we weren't allowed to stop for supper cos it was not supper time yet..the next stop was marina south, the place famous for its steamboat buffet.. upon reaching the tunnel just before marina south, it was drizzling.. we stopped for a while in the tunnel and some of us put on our disposable raincoat( or whatever it is called..)after leaving marina south, we headed to lau pa sat for our supper... supper was great...imagine being out in the cold for quite some time with an empty stomach... how nice it would be to tuck yourself into some hot, steamy food.. after filling our stomach, we were off to complete the remaining 50 percent of the journey..cycled back to shenton way before exiting to keppel road... passed brani psa port..psa doesn't sleep at night! it was still operating at 350(such an unearthly hour!) when we passed by.. passed harbourfront shopping centre and hbf hawker centre as we were cycling along telok blangah road..cycled into henderson road followed by alexander road... passed ikea at about 4 30 am.. stopped for a while at the carltex petrol kiosk nearby for toilet break.. i kinda thought i was very great when i saw ikea.. i had actually cycled to ikea, a place i deem far away from my house! passed alexander hospital before turning into tanglin road.. tanglin road is very quiet and deserted at night, especially the stretch just after alexander road.. realised that crescent girls' school is in tanglin road.. wah... so good lah.. it's in close proximity to orchard road.. cool!after school can go jalan jalan.. exited tanglin road and came into orchard road.. orchard road at night is totally different from what it is in the day... there are very, very few people walking at night..cars travelling along orchard road were practically whizzing past us.. it was so unlike daytime when there is a long jam stretching all the way down to tanglin... exited into river valley road and got to victoria street.. the final stretch of road we cycled along was geylang.. the night rain did not seem to abate.. it began to rain even heavier.. as a result, we had to stop at the cdac headquarter in paya leba, slightly ahead of the planned end-point.. we were just a few km from our end-point--east coast park! seemed so near yet so far.. haha.. at least we had completed 95percent or more of the journey! we were so lucky that it hadn't rain heavily in the earlier part of our journey..
realised that i was the youngest person who participated in the night cycling... my group had about 6 people.. some nice, friendly people i should say..
slept till about 5 pm the next day... woke up and watched the aviva open finals for a while .. spent the rest of the day slacking at home, a place u would find comfortable especially after a long, tiring, sleepless night..
met up with the vj clique on mon evening at cine.. had dinner together and talked for quite some time before proceeding off to buy present for jia ling.. shan't write about what we bought.. wishes u a happy birthday in advance just in case you read this..=) hahaha.. jion chun and i realised something.. after being separated for so many months, people in the clique no longer converse about the same common topic.. at times, i was clueless about what the rest of them were talking about, all thanks to the different schools that each of us is in now.... i slowly turning into some night cat! took a bus to the airport at about 11 pm to meet up with leonard..waited a while at the airport for leonard.. was at the arrival gate.. noticed this family..when the mum stepped out from the gate, her children who were earlier waiting anxiously ran forward to hug her.. her husband then gave her a kiss.. i like seeing family unite, especially when one member of the family has been away to a destination far far away... la la la..we walked around t1, searching for the best spot to mug.. it was finally settled at some 24-hr food court, the place where we were driven away by the supervisor the last time we were there.. this time, marrybrown fast food restaurant wasn't opened..and there was no supervisor to drive us away! we bought food from mac's to eat at the food court.. nobody gave us a damn..it was already so late at night.. the foodcourt stall owners have no reason to drive us away.. buried ourselves in books for the next four hours or more until my body gave way.. it was chilling cold in the airport at night.. nevertheless, i like the serene atmosphere of the airport at night... i was trembling like hell due to cold... regretted not bringing jacket there..we had our breakfast at the food court in t1... i helped myself to a bowl of fishball noodle with soup.. soup is great especially when you're cold.. slacked for a while more at the viewing gallery before going home..hey! aeroplanes look so nice la! i haven't taken an aeroplane before! and air stewardesses are cool! can't imagine my wife being an air stewardess.. but it would be sad if she were to always away from home.. took the long way home instead of the usual way as i wanted to sleep in the bus... reached home at about 10 plus... and helped myself to a second round of breakfast again.. slept for about 4 hr or less and rushed down to clementi sports hall.. i was there to help zhi kang coach five boys... think the boys have improved by leap and bound after going through so many training... after that, took a train down to choa chu kang to meet up with zhi kang, ming yuan and a few other pjc people for dinner... took a train to khatib to help my mum collect some medicine from our family doctor.. later, it was home sweet home..

yup yup..

2006-06-08T03:15:00.000-07:00

i'm just too lazy... haven't been updating my blog on daily basis.. basically, this entire week revolved about work and going back to school.. indeed a boring week! we were called back for extra lessons and make-up lectures..
mon was the start of the second week of the school vocation... went back to school for lesson.. after that, went out with jar and jian long to j8 for lunch..window-shopped for a while before rushing off to cine to meet up with my brother and his friend, dennis. watched x-men 3.. quite a nice show with all the exciting scenes... many characters died in this episode... i wonder what the next episode will be like.. went home after that for dinner..
tuesday was a little more lively than monday.. went back to school as usual for 2 different lectures as well as a maths tutorial lesson..headed down to clementi sports hall to help zhi kang coach 4 boys before attending my cousin's wedding at yishun... helped myself to some sumptous dishes.. the food wasn't that great.. i deem it as satisfactory.. haha, i'm a person of high taste and expectation when it comes to food..
wednesday was pretty much the same.. went back to school AGAIN!!!! after lecture, i went to the hawker centre nearby for food... had a plate of carrot cake.... it was quite delicious although i feel that the sambal chilli can be further improved.. met up with leonard at hougang interchange and we boarded a bus down to the airport.. we were there to mug for our upcoming mid-year common test.. went from terminal 1 to terminal 2 and back again to terminal 1 again as we couldn't find a best spot to mug.. we eventually settled down at a food court in terminal 2.. yu siang was in terminal 1.. he was departing for japan, on a cultural exchange trip with his schoolmates... i didn't send him off as i was not in the same terminal as him.. haha, just too lazy to go back to t1 again... hee... went to sam's house after that... i was still in school uniform in the middle of the night! we had supper together and i kinda stayed there until 6 plus in the morning before taking a train back home..
went home to wash up as well as to get changed... went to school for chem lecture without even sleeping! stayed in the audi for about an hour plus until i could no longer take it anymore... went off in the middle of lecture for breakfast...haha... after that, it was home sweet home for a nice sleep! haha.... well, justin will be leaving for uk tonight.. hope he will enjoy himself during the two weeks there....

meaningful weekend

2006-06-04T06:18:00.000-07:00

just came back from camp today... feeling listless and severely drained of energy, but it's all worth it..haha.. i shall blog about the camp that i had over the weekend as well as my fri..

went back to school for training on fri.. after training, went out with jian long, barry and calwin to eat at the kfc in AMK... i didn't eat at KFC because the food there was unhealthy.. instead, jian long and i went to the hawker centre nearby for lunch.. i had such a big appetite... ate hokkien noodles and chicken rice...went home after that to rest as i was rather tired.. met up with ming yuan and we took a train down to city hall..window shopped a while at suntec before taking a bus to east coast park for pjc badminton team bbq.. zk had invited me although i'm not a player of pjc...there were a lot of food.. chicken wings, sausages, crab sticks, sting rays, sotongs, bee hoon... they were very delicious! zk's players had made him a board(or whatever it is called) with pictures and words of compliment... he was so touched by it.. afterall, all the time and effort spent in coaching his players have not gone down the drain...had a lift home on barry's car and reached home at about 12.. packed my bag for the camp the next day before turning in..

spent my sat and sun on the cdac camp with pri school children.. the venue was sembawang sea scout campsite, a 5 min walk from sembawang park.. woke up rather early on sat and reached yishun student service centre before 930.. when i entered the centre, all the kids were like calling me ''banana leaf''.. haha..i had earlier made fun of them by asking them to wear banana leaf instead of the camp tee.. we boarded a bus to the sembawang campsite... the bus driver didn't know his way... we couldn't find our way to the campsite even though i knew where it was situated... the driver was clueless as to which road to turn into when we were at sembawang road.. we eventually found our way there..at the campsite, we were divided into different groups. each group with students and facilitators from different centres.. this year's theme was world cup as it coincided with the world cup year..i was assigned to group ten and we named ourselves japan... there were two hyperactive boys in my group.. they just couldn't stop fooling around.. at times, we, the facilitators were so agitated with them when they were unco-operative and refused to help out with the group during games.. we 'face-painted' ourselves using face-painting crayons.. the two boys chase me and drew on my face, neck and hand. by right, they were not allowed to draw on the bodies of their facilitators...so naughty lah! went for the tent briefing with wei peng as we were designated as tent coordinators for our centre.. learnt the proper way of pitching a tent and helped the kids pitch theirs after the briefing.. they were so exicited about sleeping in the tents as it was the first time for most of them.. proceeded with our lunch before going for our station games..after that, it was wash-up time for the kids, followed by dinner.. after washing-up and taking our dinner, we had campfire.. every group had to perform either a skit, act out an advertisement or sing a song.. our group performed a skit.. we had mass singing session beside the fire.. guess it was also a perfect time for the facilitators to bond with one another, especially when most of us were jc students, sharing common interests.. we danced a bit before proceeding for our supper... got the kids to sleep before going for the facilitator briefing.. we were told to be firmer with the kids and not to let them 'climb over our heads'. the age gap between us and the students is quite small since most of us are jc students.. naturally, the kids would not be so afraid of us, compared with the senior facilitators.. after the briefing, we were free on our own.. each group was assigned to a time slot to do night patrolling in order to ensure that the kids did not move out of the tents unneccesarily at night.. most of the students couldn't sleep as the condition in the tents was unfavourable.. it was so hot and stuffy inside.. i understood how the students felt as i had slept in a tent before during my camp at sentosa campsite.. our group performed the 2-4am duty.. it was again bonding session for our centre facilitators..we talked about almost anything under the sun.. after the duty, we finally could shower.. managed to rest for about 30 minutes or more before waking up at around 630... breakfast was fried bee hoon with sausages.. after that, we headed for our telematch before doing area clean-up.. our group was assigned to clean the guys' toilet!! haha... had lunch later followed by prize presentation.. our group got second, behind team italy.. after that, it's home sweet home... walked all the way home from the campsite... took a long nap as i was really exhausted.. i'm so thankful that everything had gone so smoothly.. a really great experience i should say

i'm back...

2006-06-01T04:30:00.000-07:00

i'm finally back to blog again! really wanna apologise to all my faithful readers for not blogging over the past few weeks... had been really busy with schoolwork, cca and other external commitments.. it's holiday now! i'm so delighted..! needa take a break from the heavy workload of school and enjoy myself to the fullest!
i shall start blogging about mon..
mon was the first day of the school holiday.. went back to school for training, make-up tutorial lesson as well as to get my pw gpp endorsed...surprisingly, there were a lot of people in school.. it seemed as though i was in school on a normal school day.. after tutorial, we went for class outing. this time, we decided to catch a movie at j8... it was initially decided on watching X-Men 3, but due to the late showtime, we eventually split up into two different groups, each group watching a different show.. i chose to watch OVER THE HEDGE.. it was so funny lah.. all the cute little animals..haha..guess what? allena and lindy were somehow observing me during the show.. they said i always laughed after everybody... i'm no wonder a reputed 'starhub'.. haha..
tuesday was a slack day, considering the fact that there wasn't a need to go to sch for any sort of activity.. met up with justin for lunch, followed by pool.. my pool is damn lousy lah.. but i feel that i've improved a bit since the first time i started playing it... after that, i'd to rush off to another place to help my coach to coach some small kids..went home after coaching for dinner even though it was late.. i believe home food is always the healthiest as compared to the food you find outside... went mac's after my dinner. obviously, i was not there for second round... i was just trying to mug! haven't been touching my notes for a long time.. jc life is really so boring lah! can't stand it.. feel that i'm kinda struggling with my jc life.. i was at mac's supposedly to mug for the upcoming mid-year exam..guess what? i ended up eating a sundae and doing only a few sums in my maths tutorial.. left at around 1230 am.. this time, went to look for food again..tred the deserted pavement and finally reached the coffeeshop near my house.it was so quiet late at night... not even a single person was in sight.. most of the stalls at the coffeeshop had already closed.. bought some pre-packed steamed rice and a siew mai for supper. it wasn't really delicious, but i deem it satisfying..headed for home after that..
woke up rather late on wednesday... i'm just damn damn enthu about running lah! ran all the way from my house to sembawang beach under the sweltering heat of the 12o'clock sun..reached the jetty in less than 20 min's time.. other than a few people fishing and a couple of children playing at the beach, there were not many people in sight...rested a while there before running back home...i shall run frequently during this holiday to prevent myself from piling on the extra pounds.. haha...food is an irresistible temptation for me! took a long long nap at home and woke up just in time for dinner.. at night, met up with yu siang to mug... talked a lot since we have not seen each other for a long time.. by the time i left mac's, it was already about 1 30 am.. went to the 24 hr prata shop to eat prata... i'm forever eating lah! prior to this, i had bought the newpaper from the 7 eleven store beside as i was curious about the news of the mersling bus accident.. poor little kai kai and the bus driver who had been killed in the accident.. i'm so sorry about their fates...:( realised that there are many misfortunes happening around me...i feel that i am so lucky to be what i am now...we ought to treasure every moment we have in life... la la la..

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2006-04-14T09:22:00.001-07:00

had been sleeping and sleeping today like a pig... woke at 11 am today. the weather was good. it was showering outside. windy and cooling. indeed a perfect day to stay in bed the whole day! slacked for awhile before going back to sleep again at around 1.30.. had lunch late today. can you believe it? i took my lunch at 5 30 pm! met up with jar and jian long to mug.. guess what? i ended up with doing only two simple maths questions. have been really slack these days. think it will take some time before i get settled down for serious work.
after packing up, we walked to the nearest pool place to take a look.. they eventually decided on playing. i couldn't join them as i had to rush to another place-- the hospital. my grandma was sent to TTS today after losing consciousness at home. think the cause of it was probably due to the sudden dip in the blood glucose level in her blood. saw a lot of my relatives, among which was my pri 1 cousin... a chubby,cute and inquisite little girl. haha.. after the visit, we headed to bukit timah food centre for dinner. i noticed that quite a number of people were looking at my uncle. he looks like a university professor! i'm serious! last time i joked with my sister, saying that he looked like a scientist..haha.. went home after that.. even though it was late, i went for a run round my estate.. i love running at night, away from the scorching heat of the sun.. it's a fact that you won't get tired so easily when you run at night.. believe it or not, it's the true lah.. have the feeling that today is a rather peaceful day..the street was rather deserted.. many people stayed at home even though there is a long weekend ahead.. afterall, it's good friday! i ought to enjoy myself to the fullest on this day....:)yay....

yipeee..

2006-04-13T07:57:00.000-07:00

i'm so happy! tomorrow is a public holiday! has been feeling rather stressed up these days. it's really a challenge to juggle school work and studies at the same time.. i was really busy and had no time to blog.. i shall blog about the week from tues onwards...
tuesday
school ended at 1245 on tuesday. i met up with jion chun and took a bus down to east coast park to meet up the s45 people. the weather was good.. by the time when we reached east coast park, the slight drizzle was already gone. the sea was calm and the beach clean.. there was not even a single person at the beach, except for a few pairs of lovely couples. we picked many pebbles and stones to hurl into the sea. we tried to make the stones and pebbles bounce out of the water after it had entered the water.. of the many tries, few were successful. haha, jialing was initially amazed by what she had seen- the stones could actually bounce out of the water for once or more after they went into the water.. soon, we began to turn wild and started dunking people into the water... later, we found ourselves drenched from head to toes. i was the last one to get dunked as i had been running away from them.. i didn't want to get wet because i was in school uniform.. i would say they're indeed an evil bunch of people.they were all up to no good..i had unwittingly fallen into the trap that they had set up for me... before i knew it, i was already pushed down to the sand, all limbs facing the sky. they grabbed my limbs and restricted my movement. i tried to resist, but to no avail. one of them took off my shoes, while the other took my handphone and wallet out of my pockets...the next thing that i knew was, i was already in the water, swallowing gulps of sea water. we played for a while more before finally settling on the edge of a huge rock wall to talk. after that, we bade farewell to one another.. embarked on a long journey home... on the bus, we talked about a lot of things.
school was as usual on wednesday.. had training in the afternoon. the skin at the bottom of my foot had come out! think it's abrasion. it's extremely painful. i could barely walk in school today... i was staggering in the morning.. i almost screamed my lungs out when my legs came into contact with water... thankfully, the pain has gone down now..
today was a long day in school as there were eight practical periods on thursday. we had physics and chem practical lessons. for physics, we did some experiment on electricity. we were introduced to a new electronic meter, which can function as both an ammeter and a voltmeter. i have forgotten the name of this instrument... haha, guess my memory is getting poorer. i couldn't even remember where i had put my bag in the canteen after buying my food. i can't believe that i'm so forgetful! all thanks to the upcoming competition, people from my cca are exempted from afternoon pe lessons. as a result, jar and i left earlier than usual... jar, jian and i went to j8 for dinner. window shop for a while before leaving...met up with a few of my guy friends for dinner.. actually, they were the ones having dinner, not me. i was just accompanying them.. went home after that...
congratulation! vj's cross-country team got third for the national schools' a division title... i miss training with the cross team in east coast park and turf city even though the training was tough. also, well done to the SAINTS for winning the b div. rugby title. the ac boys should be taught a lesson after all the nasty acts they had done to their rival teams.. to all the sports people, fight hard!

i miss MARIS STELLA!!

2006-04-12T09:21:00.000-07:00

just completed my pi for project work... project work is really a damn terrible subject.. it's so boring and irritating! i have just received a letter from maris stella high, calling for me to return back to collect my o level cert, sch magazine and testimonial.. i was really sad when i saw the letter with my sch logo and stuffs on it..it immediately triggered back memories of my friends and the fun we had.. hai.. sian... time really flies.. when i was in maris stella, i looked forward to the day when i would officially graduate from the school. now, i'm in already in jc, experiencing a different life, meeting new friends and embarking on the next journey of my life..more often than than, i wish i am back in secondary school again... i really miss the days when i'm in all white, fooling around in school like nobody's business and most importantly, the freedom and fun of an all-boys' school......hai.....

saturday

2006-04-08T10:15:00.003-07:00

whee... it's saturday..! woke up rather late today.decided to make a trip to my uncle's shop to purchase a earphone(not again!). chose a blue one as it looked cool to me.. after that, went to the same place where i went last week to help out as a mentor.. the kids were generally well-behaved today, except for a few. after all, they're still a bunch of growing-up kids, who ought to have some form of ruggedness in them. after that, wayne treated us to dinner at the nearby coffeeshop. the food was sumptous and i kinda overate! even though i have big appetite, i felt super bloated. went to rent vcd at the shop near my house for the first time. my bro is usually the one who does the renting..today, my bro wasn't at home. i was so bored and desperately wanted to watch a movie. rented fearless even though i had watched it once. the movie was thrilling and exciting, despite the many violent scenes. just found out that my zen has some problem. it's malfunctioning! i will have to make a trip down to creative to get it repaired... the thought of this irks me! i can't do without music. haha, but the reverse isn't true..! music can do without me. i'm not music-oriented. most of my friends are able to play piano, but i can't. i feel so upset to recall what i had done as a child. i had really wasted my childhood. spent most of the time riding bicycle and watching tv. i should have attended music lesson! i feel so comfortable listening to classical music. how i wish i could play them on my own. well, shall stop building castle in the sky and look at something more realistic instead. if i have the money now, i would definitely buy an apple's ipod, preferably an ipod nano. it is user-friendly and cool! hai... just a wish.. will it ever get fulfilled? i doubt so.

another week passed....

2006-04-07T09:30:00.000-07:00

time really flies...! again, the week is coming to an end! i was actually quite busy this week, so did not really have the time to blog...
today was a fun day, even though lessons ended at 345. lessons were supposed to end at around 445 for our class. but jar and i got to skip the last lesson because we had race at the track. i participated in two events, namely the inter-cca race and the 1500m run. we got second for our inter-cca race, behind the much-expected sprinters from the school's track and field team. this race really involved a lot of teamwork, especially when it involved 8 people, 4 of whom are boys. i was the first to run. the girls were placed as the third, fourth, fifth and sixth runners as we felt that it was important to get a head start and end off well with fast runners, which are the boys. up next was the 1500m event. there were only 5 participants, 3 of whom are track and field runners. not surprisingly, they grabbed home the first, second and third positions. i came in fourth. went training after the race. today is indeed a physically tiring day. after training, i headed to cine to meet up the stoneage s45 people for dinner. ordered some food to feel our hungry stomach before walking to the square in front of ngee ann civic plaza . played many games there. one of the games involved a lot of memory.. one person would have to scrutinise the other from head to toes before turning back. the one who was being scrutinised would then do something to himself to make him look different from what he initially was. for example, one of us took off our school collar pin. afterward, the person who was looking away would be asked to turn around and try spotting the different.. it was so fun.. think ruiyi has good memory.she was very observant too. jia ling, on the other hand, took pain in spotting the difference.. we laughed at all the silly changes that we made to ourselves in order to give the person spotting a hard time.. after that, we went on separate ways home. bade farewell to one another even though that we knew that we would be meeting up together again. z.wei and ruiyi went to take bus, while jia ling, jion and i took a train home.. it is already 1 am on the morning of sat. i feel that my whole body is drained of energy as a result of a physically-demanding friday. shall end off here....:)

monday..

2006-04-03T07:52:00.000-07:00

it's definitely not a head start to the week.. i feel so troubled, stressed up and sad today, seemingly for some unpleasant reasons.. never have i ever felt this way before, not that i remember. not even when exams are round the corner. sian... i hate myself for being so careless, i hate myself for being so irresponsible , i hate myself for being so stupid....hai.. what to do? that's me. i'm utterly disappointed with myself.. i ought to seek a way out to all these..

school has been fine so far. i just simply hate the lessons and the lectures. they're so boring! i always find myself wandering in dreamland in the midst of lectures... just couldn't help but dozed off.. perhaps, i had too much of fun during the long period of break after o level...school work is slowly exerting pressure on me.. i'm starting to feel the stress.. ahhh! i missed the stoneage 06s45 of vj.. i miss all my ex-classmates, the fun that we had... will time ever turn back???

what a day well-spent

2006-04-01T05:27:00.000-08:00

never have i ever done something so meaningful in my life before. it's really a joy helping those kids with their studies... they're simply a bunch of boisterous boys and girls! talking abt this group of children, it brings back memories of my early childhood. my parents used to think that i was a hopeless boy with no future.. back then, i was a rebellious boy. my studies weren't good at all because i was overly engaged in fun.. haha and i mean it! but look who i am now! a totally different person! haha..
SATURDAY
woke up early today for coaching... after that, i went to cdac to helped out as a mentor to a group of primary school children. it was my first time there. everything is so new to me.. the people and the many children.. many of the mentors are much older than me. haha, i really feel proud to be the youngest mentor there.. i was assigned to a p6 girl for today. she's really an industrious and motivated girl! a self-directed learner i should say.. she's extremely serious in her work. she wouldn't hesitate to ask question whenever she has doubts... after that, due to inclement weather, we had indoor games before calling it a day.. it's been raining alot since the end of march...guess the rainy season has already set in.. met up with my family to shop at northpoint and sembawang shopping centre.. bought another pair of shoes at a resonable price... headed for home after that...indeed an enriching and fulfilling day i have!

back to school

2006-03-31T07:03:00.000-08:00

finally, after a long break, it's back to serious work again.. the change from sec sch to jc is really tremendous... you have no textbooks to rely on and rules in which we have to abide by are generally quite flexible.. i miss my friends and those who have walked in and out of my life.. i will never forget my maris stella friends.. you people are great! no matter where we go, we are all originated from the same root! afterall, ONCE A MARIST, ALWAYS A MARIST! haha..
i'm glad that i've adapted rather quickly to my new school.. the teachers, the school environment, and most importantly, my friends!they are all perfectly fine with me.. jaryl is in my class!

31 march---
today was i&e day... it was a fun day, considering the fact that we had no lesson. our class helped our maths teacher man the maths booths... we took turns to help out with the booths. at any time, one group of us would be manning the booths, while the others walked around the school, playing games and learning innovative ways of teaching. that's for the day... anyway, our class decided on having a class outing at east coast park... think we gonna have a bbq session there....think it will be a great time for me to know my new classmates better. afterall, we will be spending the next 1.5 years together as a class before going on our separate ways to pursue what we want in life..
after dismissal, i went for training... it was rather fun today partly because today's training wasn't as tough as the previous few... as it is friday today, i didn't want to go home early.. a couple of us( ajbt pepx) went toa payoh to have our dinner... food wasn't that fantastic although it was very spicy( my favourite!) i was sweating all over and had nearly turned into a duck! serious! my lips went swollen as a result of that hot sambal salmon! i guess i'm allergic to it.. after that, i took a train home with jian long... i' m really exhausted now! feel that i've been drained of all my energy after a long day in school... what to do?! there's no cure to it... only a deep slumber later will do the trick! haha..

sian...2 nd post in 1 day

2005-12-05T12:22:00.000-08:00

haha...dun feel lyk slping leh... sian...back again to tell my grandfather story... dun fall aslp hor! wah... after exam arr.. me also damn sian... really have nt to do... just eat and eat and eat.. dunno why.. food is just so nice... yum yum.. haa... eat until ltr become round round liao... tat's why arr.. force myself to run.. everyday sia... last time holiday gt lots of badminton trng in sch de... but now graduate le.. so no more... must balance food intake and output wat? tat time also dunno why.. me just run from sembawang to serangoon garden to find my friends... damn shiok ah... the run! 1hr 20 min.. my goal for this holiday is to run from sembawang to orchard... wan run? bring your whole gang come! we run ! if not, shut up! the next day.. nv rain lei.. heng arr... ! me, pk, leo, jar and sk went sentosa... the so-called last badminton outing... with the few of the close-knit gang.... haha.. haha, den me arr... sunday went sen again... see... lim pei bo liao until lyk tat.! haha... me went there to jog again... siao de! haha... just luv to jog dunno why...friends call me out watch movie i dun wan... waste money sia! hey...pple... pai seh leh... i dun know how to put the tagboard thingy in my blog.. tat's why u see arr.. this thing... i can go fly kite liaoz... anyone gt nt bttr to do arr... dun stay home shake leg or pluck ur leg hair.. come! help me lah! haha... so far if i offend anione... just tell me... dun know why arr... nowadaes some pple like to make racist remark..? really jia ba bo dai chee zou... haha!

hihi... i'm back again!

2005-12-05T11:22:00.000-08:00

finally back after a long long time... ::sigh:: felt damn f***king relieved! bloody hell!!?!?^*%(%$* this sec four arr...LiM bEi WHOLE DAY WHOLE LIFEE nid to study leh... u say sian bo not lah? triple sci course u think damn easy meh? knn, dunno what cambridge is setting for bio pract! si bei chim le... can get a1 really damn super duper heng i tell u! btw, o level is less stressed compared to prelim in maris stella... wah.. really can't imagine arr.. time flies like housefly like tatz... last time was thinking:'' when this misery will end arr?''... now like:"OMG, what am i going to do?? and i have pple coming to suggest i go be duck to earn some cash and since have nt bttr to do.. go geylang find chicken... wtf! lim bei bu lai ze dao de! what find chicken!?!? as if i like damn freaking desp. to poke pple like that!?! simi laN! okok, shan't tok bout this...
ok... since i have nt bttr to do.. must as well tok bout i have been doin these days(after o)

immediately, after o, me and few of my friends zhao to orchard go chiong.. dun feel like going home lei! i dock gong bet u...mst of u would not want to go home, esp after a major exam.... so went PArAGoN ... go makan at this restaurant...tell you arr.. i damn bey song! spent 14 bucks to eat two popiah-shaped food.. dun know what it's call lah! so hard to bite... seem to make of rubber like that....like condom! wtf... really arr bey worth it lei! after that.. went jalan jalan wif few of my peng you..
tell you arr... m bunch of marist friends lim bei will nv nv forget! boys' sch really damn fun arr! lots of memories that are bttr than what ur ah gong ah ma can tell u! CONFIRM!
kinda sad to leave boys' sch also... in les than 1 mth time, me going jc for 1st three mths le.. wa piang.... shy lei how?? haha... me gt 7 pts for prelim.. hopefully tat will end moi up in vjc... quite far lei this sch...imagine whole day whole life zhao from sembawang to east coast sian not...but nvm lah... just 2 yrs nia... 1 hr wat... i looking forward go sch... everyday can pass by suntec ..song bo? can shop until ur legs cry for help....! ai yah... dunno lah.. dun care abt all these lah... must think of how to spend this holiday though it's damnnnnnn... short! just dun understand why arr.rr... this o level thing.. thing cannot be together with the sch final yr... make us pple arr.. suffer like mad dog....! i syaing this is not to criticise anyone hor.. make it clear! anyway... happy liao lah... everything is over .. shan't look back.....
moi been spend money like maddie.. after o arr.. all the friends come jio go play... eat.... pool arr.... makan arr... this holiday like spend like mad like tat.. when sentosa also... think i wanna go work liao.. bttr dun stay home shake leg... ma ma and pa pa bey happy leh... must be gd boi..! ok.... wah.... shack liao.... bo xin write anymore... u wan read again come back tml! huan yin guang ling! gd night to pple who haben slp.. and gd morning to those who wake up liao....! cya!<400>

last week of sch holiday!!!!

2004-12-31T08:14:00.000-08:00

hey! it's the last week of sch holiday! everybody ard me have already geared up for the upcoming sec4 level test.. and i'm still dreaming away! haha... anyway, promised myself to enjoy as much as i can this vocation. next year will have to work really hard for the 'o's....! haii.. it's now 19 minutes into year 2005, and honestly, i'm not feeling sanguine and excited at all! sch will be starting in two days' time. the thought of going back to school again upsets me... okok... to one and all, happy new year! as we send away yr 2004 and welcome yr2005, i wish everyone a great yr ahead! nobody can predict the future.. so do cherish each precious moment that you have! god bless!
love..

weekend...

2004-12-27T07:17:00.000-08:00

yet again another weekend! school holiday is so fast drawing to a close! first of all, i would like to pray for those affected by the earthquake and the resulted tsunami...i was away from home over the weekend. felt so saddened and startled when my family broke to me the news of this terrible disaster over the phone.... hai... okok... here's the story of my weekend...

SATURDAY
w0ke up rather late today all because of yesterday's training... my family and i went to sembawang shopping centre, supposely to buy my sis swimming costume. but then, we went to shop at GIANT.. we bought lots of stuff, among which included a box of chicken pies. i was so famished in the middle of my shopping.. so i bought the pies at a resonable price to stave off hunger for the meantime. after the, we took a slow walk to a nearby coffeeshop to have our dinner. dinner was rather sumptous. i helped myself to a spicy meal, which included a plate of mee goreng and a plate of fried rice cooked with sambal chilli... all these were later washed down with a cup of ice, cooling herbal tea! shiok man!*!*! back home, i packed my bag to gear up for the night at my uncle's house... he stays at a condon in tanjong rhu road, right next to the indoor stadium.. before we headed to his house, we packed supper from the hawker centre along old airport road. supper was great... bbq chicken wings, otah and orange juice... love them all! after supper, we played through the night and i managed with only a mere two hours of sleep. i find my cousin, daughter of my uncle, cute and adorable! wanna pinch her cheeks.. haha..

SUNDAY...

woke up at ard 9:30 am.. was so astonished to find myself lying on the floor of one of the bedrms. i was watching television on the sofa of the living rm during the wee hour of the morning, when i fell asleep. consequently, i felt so weird and surprised to be lying on the floor when i woke up.. probably had sleep-walked into the room at the crack of dawn.. was rather listless this morning due to the lack of sleep.. after washing up, we again headed for old airport road, which is the nearest place that serve great food, for our breakfast... after that, we went back to my uncle's hse for a swim, followed by an hour in the sauna.. it was so comfortable to be sitting in the room, especially after a swim. hot steam blowing at you, the kind of feeling is simply undecribable! later, we went down to cck for tea... amid tea, i happened to notice this girl who looked like my friend, karen(aka godsis).. ''haha, karen, luckily, at that time, u were at orchard!'' following tea in cck, my uncle drove us home. reached home at around 6:30 pm to find myself late for the badminton bbq. hasitily, i rushed to pasir ris costa sand.. got there in appro. one hr time. food there were great!!! but i was somehow bloated from the afternoon tea... i did however, grabbed myself some chicken wings , fruits and fried bee hoon... i mingled with lots of my badminton teammates, as well as the players from st. nicks. had a really enjoyable time there.. soon, it was close to midnight. i didn't want to stay overnight at the chalet, even though my friends had enticed me into doing so... decided that i should better return home as it was getting late.. however, the only bus service that plies the area is bus no. 354,and the service had already been terminated by then. so i was left with only one mood of transportation, that was TAXI!!!!!!! made a call to another uncle of mine(not the one who stays at t.rhu rd) , who is a taxi driver. coincidentally, he was queuing at changi airport to pick up passengers. changi airport is in close proximity to where i was. so he decided to send me home... so kind of him! as a result, i took a free ride home. he is such an experienced driver, who drives smoothly...he seems to have the road directory in his brain! by just mentioning my whereabout, he could reach there in 5 minutes! moreover, he was able to negotiate the bend along the way swiftly, even though he was travelling at a breakneck speed... he really deserves a round of applause for all these! haha.... i got home at around one in the morning, after the 25 minutes trip. 25 minutes was fast enough for a trip from pasir ris to sembawang!!!!!!! fell asleep almost instantly......

my MP3!

2004-12-24T05:55:00.000-08:00

hey! i promised to talk about(or maybe appraise) my new mp3 yesterday... so i shall not breach this promise..coincidentally, i seem to have gotten myself a christmas pressie! it comes two days prior to christmas! it is about the size of a cigar box, able to be fit comfortably into a handphone porch. its small size and light weight make it highly portable, which is closely akin to a FM radio receiver! best of all, it scores for its multiple functions, that include 256 mb of memory space for music and other data files(eg. project work), fm radio receiver and a voice recording system that comes with a mic... it's predominantly white in colour, with a small portion naval blue in colour.. it comes with a strap that enables the user to put it ard his neck for carrying... what's important is that it has a solid sound, which is peculiar to all reliable portable players.... it's none other than CREATIVE MUVO 200!
*_*music rocks my world*_*

friday, christmas eve!

2004-12-24T05:36:00.000-08:00

wow, today's christmas eve! haha, today's christmas eve is all about badminton....! woke up early in the morning and headed for st. nicholas for a friendly game. it was my first time there! i was so jealous of sngs.... i would say that it's three times bigger than maris! they even have a runner track, that is comparable to the one in the stadium! after visiting quite a number of sec. sch, i have the feeling that mshs is a sucky school! really... ::no offend:: low-quality and pricy food, poor sch furniture... and much, much more! i shan't go into detail... i partnered kenny to played with two other st. nicks pairs... in total, i played two games today... hey! there's a lot k! each game consists of two sets. each set, boys must get 21 pts to win the game, while on the other hand, girls need only 15 pts... despite being unaccustomed to the windy condition at sngs, we managed to win both our games. it was so tiring man! after that, i went to choa c.kang for zk training...currently, he is considering on setting up a training centre on his own... maybe, i going to be under him, after i stop training in mshs, due to the upcoming ''o''s... this is to help me maintain my skills and strokes because after being put through so many intensive trng in mshs, it would be so wasted to give the cca up.... after that, we went home.. had a tiring day today.. i guess later, while scores of people are counting down to x-mas, i might have been fast aslept! haha...

wednesday and thursday..

2004-12-22T22:05:00.000-08:00

goosh!!!!!!! apologise for not updating my blog regularly. i have the habit of not updating my blog daily.. so people really sorry! so this time around, you'll see two anecdotes in a row...
wednesday... found myself waking up at a place unfamiliar to me, for i had stayed overnight with a couple of friends at kenny's house. kenny is a junior of mine, whom i have known through badminton. it was my second time staying at a friend's house. back to where i was just now.... after waking up, we went to eat at seoul garden in tampinies mall. the food was great! but i was simply too greedy and ate non-stop until my stomach gave way. now i'm sicked of bbq chicken! for the next couple of weeks, sighting of it will sure to distaste me, let alone eating it again. i was bloated eventually, when i started to realise that my stomach couldn't take it much longer.. amid feeling full, the three juniors of mine were playing with food! they were so carried away with it that they didn't realise people around were casting a glance of disgust at us... my juniors created a terrible mess on the table, which attracted lots of unwanted attention. they were whipping up such inedible stuffs as ''watermelon soup+chinese herbal'', omelette with rice(not the usual type'' and many disgusting food! yucks! i really feel so embarrased to be among the quadriplets of attention! i considered this meal to be sumptous as i feel it was rather pricy...
thursday...
woke up somewhat later than the usual thurday mornings because i didn't go for training! i had taken the plunge to give training a miss to accompany my sister to her new secondary school. she'll be in sec one next year. my family and i were stunned, when we realised that my cousin will be my sis's classmate, when sch starts in jan2005... we went to purchase my sis t.books and sch uniform... okok..i'm updating my blog on afternoon after being urged by my friend to do so.. now, i'll be heading for my uncle's shop to collect my mp3 player.... there's a sudden surge of excitement in me, for i've been waiting long for it.. hey, i'll describe in detail my new mp3 the next time i blog again.... bye! happy thurday!

tues, december 21

2004-12-21T08:00:00.000-08:00

had badminton training in the morning.. wasn't really very tired after trng because i had enough of sleep yesterday(literally yesterday, as the clock had long ago hit 12 am when i post this entry) i was supposed to be home doing revision for the upcoming level test scheduled for jan 4,5,6 and 7...but i was away from home, staying overnight at my friend's... haha... unaccustomed to other people's bed, will i be able to fall asleep tonight? considering myself piggy, i guess you should know the answer... okok.. i think there's nothing much to write about in this entry..... that's my tuesday....:)

last week...:)

2004-12-19T22:23:00.000-08:00

woooooaaa... haven't been blogging since last tuesday! this time round, i think i'll post an extremely long anecdote to make up for that. let's talk about yesterday. it was a sunday, on the 19th of december. christmas is just around the corner! to be more exact, six days more, u'll be greeted with loads of present! yesterday, i was'nt out shopping to purchase christmas present or whatsoever. i knew there would be hordes of people thronging the city to do last-minute shopping. i doesn't relish the feeling of being stuck in a crowd for hours. get me? i paid a visit to my grandmother in yishun. i don't know the exact age of her, but one thing that i'm most certain of is that she has already passed 90 years old. today, it's hard finding people who can live to such a great age. her memory has been deteriorating along with her age. currently, her memory is so poor to the extent that she couldn't recognise me whenever i visit her! feel so sorry for her. after visiting my grandmother, we went to shop at northpoint shopping centre. it is within a walking distance from my grandma's house. my parents intended to buy clothes for younger sister as chinese new year is approaching in two months' time. we are the kind of people who have the habit of doing early shopping. my sister was so reluctant to try on school shoes and clothes. i was so surprised by that. girls at her age loves to buy new clothes and go shopping. surprisingly, my sister don't. that makes her kind of eccentric, when compared with the norms. later, we had supper at a nearby coffeeshop before calling it a day.
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monday..... i started off the day, feeling so tired from the little sleep that i had yesterday. felt so exasperated at having to wake up so early for badminton training. after training, i went to eat on my own at serangoon central because my parents were out. earlier, i was wondering how i should spend the day. i had the freedom of doing things in whichever way i desired for my parents were not at home! haha, obviously, i won't imitate the young actor of the movie, ''home alone'', and wreck havoc at home. what if i try to cook something and burn the whole house down, including myself. what if i play techno at a deafening volume, that prompts my neighbours to lodge a police report against us... what if..... the thought of the various consequences already made me shiver, let alone doing all those stupid things... by doing some mental arithmetic, i realise that in two weeks' time, i 'll be starting school. so fast? maybe, i should be thinking of how best to spend my last two weeks, apart from revising for the upcoming level test due in jan2005. if not, otherwise, when school starts, i'll be so remorseful when i look back to this holiday.
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SENTIMENT OF THE DAY

hey people! be glad that you're so fortunate to have everything before your eyes so smooth-sailing. whenever you want to bemoan about how bored or bad your live is, do look at the less-fortunate ones around you! people who have maimed in wars, people who have unwittedly lost their lives overnight, when fighter jets hammered their homelands while they are deep in their dreams. imagine one who succumb to a deadly disease and has to bid goodbye to his love ones unwillingly............ now you'll see that you are so fortunate... reassure yourself that you're among the most fortunate people in the world and you shouldn't take this for granted. so don't you ever complain about a small little thing out of unsatisfaction! be thankful of everything you have!

tuesday...

2004-12-14T06:25:00.001-08:00

went back to school in the morning for badminton training.today's training was very light, simply because i had cheers international youth tournament in the evening. tell u something. the courts at singapore badminton hall are great! rubber court, no wind, 'non-irritating court lights''... too many to say abt!i reckon that even for those who are completely clueless about badminton(a noob), would find the SBH courts among the bestest in singapore, even if they are to watch competition! i was so unlucky! first round opponent was a taipei guy. bystanders watching my match could easily tell that i'm the weaker player. i was extremely nervous just now as it was my first time participating a competition like this. moreover, i was taking on a overseas player. in the court, i was determined to wage a good fight with him, even though i already knew that i was going to lose. i was far from agile moving in the court, all thanks to my nervousness.despite moving with a awkward footwork, i tried my very best to make up by trying my best to steer clear of absurd mistakes. nevertheless, i did however,commited some silly mistakes, such as lifting half-court to allow him a chance to ''kill'' me with his smashes. my main weakness lies in defence. haha, i think it was because of the fact that i hardly trained defending over the past couple of weeks. consequently, he had the edge. eventually, i lost 6:15 and 5:15, after approximately 25 minutes. this game gave me a good experience. hey, i seem to be so long-winded! i had actually gone into detail the way i played just now! okok, i think that's all for today... so tired now... gotta have an early night!

back again!

2004-12-10T05:11:00.000-08:00

hi..i'm back again! i didn't use the computer yesterday. yesterday was a training day in school. went back to school for my usual badminton training. after that, i got home and found myself really tired. i lay on the bed and got sent off almost instantly! see how tired i was! don't have to mock at me for my laziness. i've been going through the same routine for the past four weeks of the school holiday. what a bored holiday i have!okok, stop bemoaning about my holiday now. it's three weeks away from sch, and there're so many upcoming class tests! but, honestly, i've yet to touch a single sch book! ai yah, probably, time will eventually spur me to start work! i'm still not in the mood for books! anyway, i realise that i've actually foster a kind of ''odd relationship'' with my bed this holiday. i feel that there's always a strange urge, calling me to go to bed. i'm so pig! haha
okay, about today. i'm currently feeling kind of sanguine. reason being? hey! i don't wish to reveal, k? so, i'm in a good mood now. today's actually all about badminton. i played a couple of games with my friends who are much better than me. at first, i was hoping of winning them by trying my best. but my hope was shattered after my body gave way. i was so exhausted from all the runnings, so tired that i couldn't last for another minute. haha, i'm simply too lousy that i have to admit. i'm not their match! haha, that's about training.... definitely not an issue to dwell on after heading home. okok... i think this is a rather long posting.. got to end here...

sad?? of course not!

2004-12-07T08:35:00.000-08:00

hey people! just here to clear the airabout me feeling sad after losing in the tournament. hey! i'm not sad at all! i consider myself just an average player, so losing isn't a big deal for me! the reason for posting the previous post is to help my friends get over quickly from their losses in the Ashaway competition. i saw lots of unhappiness faces around me... get me?
anyway, people out there, if you want to tag in my blog, i prod you to leave down your name (or nick)even if you drop me a nide comment or whatsoever. i'll not be angry at you! thanks a lot! good night!

feeling sad??!!

2004-12-07T01:44:00.000-08:00

to all feeling sad.. feeling sad isn't the way out to every failure in life. it unwittedly destroys your body in one way or another. one really has to get over himself quickly. one way is to turn to a trustworthy friend for consolation or help. if one continues to rattle on himself, both his mind and body would eventually devastate... remember failure is the step to all success... one can't be always flying high. if not, otherwise, there wouldn't be a term called ''loser'' in this world. if one encounters any problem, get to the root of the problem and try to find a solution to it. learn your mistake and try not to commit them again. the best is to stay cheerful forever!

p.s:'' life is full of winner and loser, it's how you play the game".............:)

all abt my monday

2004-12-06T07:37:00.000-08:00

yet again another week! today, it was all about badminton. woke up somewhat earlier than usual and headed for Tampinies to participate in the Ashaway B.H-nippon paint tournament. i met a rather easy opponent for my first game, but nervousness just got the better of me. i couldn't do all the proper strokes that i've learnt for i was simply too nervous. because of that, my footwork was hopelessly awkward. consequently, i waged a tough fight with him to make off with an eventual win in the first game. second game of the day was also a single match. my opponent, brian koh, is a SBA player. wow, he's fast and his netting and smashing are superb. already expecting a loss, i wasn't under any pressure. eventually i came down with a score of 9-15 and 5-15, yet felt rather satisfied with it. it was my first encounter with SBA players who are not from my school. anyway, brian's name differs slightly from mine. he's koh ming chong and i'm koh ming xuan! haha... a friendly guy, i would say... we shoke hand twice!
after returning home in the late afternoon, i took a long nap. i wasn't feeling really well today because i had been in the rain. i was feeling giddy and tired then.fortuanately, i'm fine now. okay, i think that's all for today. everybody around me seem to be fast asleep, and i'm feeling so serence at this point of time, while sitting in front of the comp.the night breeze is so cooling and comfortable... i can't wait to go to bed now! tomorrow will be my doubles tournament tmr's pair will be a rather tough fight... good luck to me! ;) .. and good night!

my sunday story

2004-12-05T06:41:00.000-08:00

my sunday story unfolds here... woke up rather late , at close to noon today. feeling dead beat to start the day off. i was so deprived of sleep for the past few days. i didn't want to turn in so early as it is school holiday! after indulging in a simple lunch, i tagged along my brother to a sports shop to restring his racket. the shop is in a shopping centre, which is in close proximity to my house. after restringing my bro's racket, we bought a ''super big gulp'' from 7-eleven. it was rather cheap.... affordable, i would say.. but having to drink that ''reservoir'' all by yourself would make your stomach feel terrible! even though i shared it with my bro, i still had the kind of feeling that ''i'm bloated''! maybe one day i could try going without a proper meal and drink ''super big gulp'' instead! but it's not good for health man! all the acids, sugar and other unhealthy stuffs...
after all these were done, i went downstairs to play.. in case you might be wondering what i was playing, it was badminton! i seem to be so crazy over badminton because there was nothing much i could do at that time. can't be always heading down to town. i stay in somehow a suburban area. so getting to town and school needs a considerable amount of time! in fact, it's rather inconvenient to move around the island from where i stay. okok, back to today, i had a sumptous dinner just now. i look forward to all kinds of meal, be it big or small as i'm always hungry! haha, i'm sure to be the first people to die if food doesn't exist! after dinner, i kind of wasted my time all the way to now, when i sitting in front of the comp, ''pasting'' my sunday experience onto this blog... oh it's rather late now.. gotta sleep
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december4

2004-12-04T22:47:00.000-08:00

woke up today to realise that i've actually slept for 12 hrs::so piggy:: hahaha.. i had never had a chance to sleep for so long since school holiday kicked off in late october. i think i should post something about yesterday. i went for badminton at two places. realised that i was not playing well... think i kind of get myself sick with badminton! after so many games, i was totally worn out, and couldn't help myself but laid on the bed and slept for hours.....back to today... what can i do on saturday! another weekend again! time really flies! i came to have the feeling that i've been spending the past couple of weekends meaninglessly, doing nothing. no choice! what can i do? force myself back to the intensive drilling and memorising of books? NO WAY! i'm not a swot! just want to enjoy my life as much as i can before sec 4 starts. there's actually more to life than studying! should i throng orchard road or play badminton again today? really gonna have a hard time deciding. hai... i'll end here... nt much to write about! haha........