Saturday, January 27, 2007

Happy Birthday, Ivan!

We went to celebrate Ivan's birthday today at Marina Square. We went for dinner at Jack's Place then cake at Sweet Secrets.

Hmm.. I wonder how we took so much time just to do two things. Hahas..

Really, I thank God for this group of friends. They are like an oasis in the desert! We can talk about anything in the world larh. And I feel zero-ed. Hahas.. Like a rifle being equalised after a loonnngggg time. Or maybe like being cleaned up and freshened up.

Ivan looks weird with longer hair. I think I'm too used to seeing his normal cut. Hahas.. But it's a fresh look. I support it! We should all leave our hair long before NS. The aunty will snip it all off at $2. Worth the money! But then.. they have no skill larh.. just anyhow shave.

I feel like I can go back to camp and face BMT again. =) Jiayou, me!

Reprieve

Ahh... First book-out from NS!!

The first two weeks were tolerable. We chionged live range and completed it, basically. Now I can shoot a rifle! And I was only 3 misses away from a marksman. Haix.

It's definitely a new experience for me. You get to see a lot of different people in BMT, and then you find that there are certain people out there that rub you the wrong way.

For people like me who are not very good conversationalists, we tend to lose out. The sergeants are more biased towards those people who have something to show.. that's only natural, I guess..

I keep catching myself thinking that I can do certain things too, but I realise that I don't really show what I can do ba. Military life is all about showmanship, at least from what I see now.

But the benefit of having a low profile is of course, you get arrowed less. Hahas. So far there haven't been any jerks in my platoon, only a psychotic person who was diagnosed with short term memory. I'm glad he wasn't there in the live range with us! Who knows who he would kill with NDs?

Other than the people, I guess regimented life is quite a culture shock to me as well.

It's just really troublesome to have to greet all the sergeants, do drill all the time, don't say "har?". It's just the weird culture of army to point out your mistakes and screw you even if you did nothing wrong, I guess. And next week, it's gonna get worse because the so-called "adjustment period" is over.

Well.. I just hope things turn out for the better. And in the meantime, I really missed a lot of people in NS. Thank God for putting Enqing and Liansheng in the same coy as me to talk cock sometimes. Hahas..

I must try to be less insecure lar! If not really cannot survive this. I really hope to get into OCS.. but... I don't know. Hope for the best ba!!!

Okae. Stop crapping le. See you in 2 weeks again........ Field camp week, here I come!

Friday, January 12, 2007

Moolah!

Seems like I am not going to win the Youth.SG blog contest thing. No PSP!!! =((((

It's their loss! Hahas..

No larh.. I know I am not the "win-contest" type of blogger. I am too self-absorbed to care about social issues and what happens to others - mainly what makes a blog popular.

One thing though, I will be getting pay in NS!!!

Pay = Money = PSP!! Hahas... Wahh.. I'm reeling at the possibilities of 350/450 per month..

Let's see where that takes me!

Last Night Out

My lame self is tempted to post Plus One's lyrics here with some tweaking. Hahas.. But I shall resist!

It's the last day!

Nervous.. Anxious.. Eager..

What to expect?!

Argh..

Anyways, I shall use up my last chance to blog in two weeks wisely.

I don't thank people often enough, so I will take the effort to do that today. It seems apt enough.

Thank you, gang, for all the fun times we have together. All the DotA sessions, all the HOME sessions, kBox, Scary Movies, or just hanging and chatting. Thank God for letting me get to know you guys. Tan Long, Rich, Ivan, Enqing, Jun Yuan, Liansheng, and chow...... rocks! =)

Thank you 05s6A for the wonderful 2 years we had together. I think you guys are the closest class I ever had except 6B. You people are really cool too. Hahas.. All chio bus and yan daos!

Thanks to Jamie for occupying my time on crushing you. (hahas.. hope you don't ever read this!) But yeah.. It's been fun, and it kept my mind off the A levels.. And you are a really cool person too! A truly unique and independent individual. But maybe sometimes it's nice to show people that you actually care..

Thanks to all my teachers, especially Ms Sam, the one teacher I'd never forget, Mrs Chan, for being motherly and caring and totally supportive of us all, Ms Goh, for tolerating my not practising for lessons and being a hip at a not-so-hip age, Cher, for being a wonderful coach.

Thanks to the kayaking team for being them. Being passionate at what we do, being determined to win.

Thanks for the church for helping me grow in Christ and as a person. Especially HP, Eunice, Uncle Simon, Aunty Hwee Kiaw and Chee Keen and Chee Kit and Yen Chin

Love all of you guys..

Hope I can stay in contact with all of you...

I'd definitely miss everyone!!!

Alright. That's done. NS, here I come!

Thursday, January 11, 2007

iPhone videos

I know, it's not Wednesday (again).

But since I blogged about the iPhone, I thought I should post some videos from YouTube here. =)

iPhone Spanks Microsoft


Spills on iPhone


Steve Jobs on Nightline

Apple iPhone!!



What screams to blogosphere today? The Apple iPhone of course!!! Actually it was more like yesterday, but I weren't logged in to see. This Apple maniac is excited!! BUY BUY BUY
"iPhone combines three products — a revolutionary mobile phone, a widescreen iPod with touch controls, and a breakthrough Internet communications device with desktop-class email, web browsing, maps, and searching — into one small and lightweight handheld device. iPhone also introduces an entirely new user interface based on a large multi-touch display and pioneering new software, letting you control everything with just your fingers. So it ushers in an era of software power and sophistication never before seen in a mobile device, completely redefining what you can do on a mobile phone."
Yes, the iPhone is an iPod, a video player, an internet surfing device, a phone, a blackberry, a PDA, a camera.. everything!

But it has has only one Home button, and is entirely touchscreen. Somehow that worries me. The fact that the screen is so wide also means that it stands a higher chance to get scratched.

Not to mention the amount of grease that would be transferred from my face to the phone! Poor dear..

There was also some issue about the battery life. Seems to be really short for such a powerful device. 5 hours?!

I personally really like the sms function though. Seems like it tracks sms according to individual persons so you can totally follow the sms conversation. That's cool!

The sensors also work so that the phone can detect it when u put it near your ear so that the phone saves battery by turning off the light.

The major attraction is of course the design of the phone, and the fact that the interface is so freaking gorgeous. How did they even think about it?

The cost of this tech mammoth is gonna be about one grand, according to Mr Brown's calculations.

But who cares? I'm gonna so get it!!!!! Unfortunately, we would all have to wait until 2008 until it gets to Singapore. What the? Can't they send them over faster? All it takes is a plane! Not like Singapore Customs will stop you from selling such a chio item here!

Apple iPhone
Popagandhi on iPhone
Mr Brown on iPhone

What else is there left to do?

2 more days.

I just woke up! Went playing mahjong at Jason Soh's house after 6B class gathering yesterday. I lost $1.10 even though I thought I won most of the games =( Jason won everyone else, sweeping over five bucks off the table. Sly.

The 6B gathering was better than I expected it. I didn't feel as uncomfortable as I expected.

Thank God for Pamela for accompanying me! If not I don't think I would have much to talk about and I'd probably go into sian mode.

Anyways, we went to Xing Wang for dinner. It was quite bad this time. Bad service, bad food. How come it was better when I went with the gang?

I was saying it might be the pressure of having to serve up 11 platters of food within a certain time. They failed terribly at the test though. Now I must think twice before I go there again.

Well, I got to meet old friends again! Like Pei Fang, Xuan Ming, Wang Yu.. The rest I have met more often, I guess.

Okay, not really.. There was also Chin Swee, Jun Fan, Jason, Wei Xiong, Bambang and Jeremy. We ended up gossiping about primary school.

Truthfully, I never knew primary school had so much politics involved until I went to this gathering. Was Guan Wei really that hot in primary school? Hahas..

The day certainly was tiring...

Went gymming with Ivan, Rich and Enqing in the morning.

Went playing one game of DotA with them whereby Anuba'rak was totally useful =) Ivan got most of the kills though...

Went back to NY to help out in the CCA Bazaar. It really felt good to know that I have juniors who love me. Hahas.. At least I love them. So cute! And so determined and strong-willed. 划族 will go far!!

Then I went to Dover to accompany Pamela to the gathering. Wah. Tired sia.

I guess a busy day like yesterday only serves to amplify the fact that I have nothing left to do today. I really want to go K-Box before I go in!! But I have no money left.. Not to mention there's only Ivan, Enqing and I left now that Rich and Chow are in. We are diminished!

And I can't even play computer games because my brother had to bring the XP laptop to work and I can only blog on my Apple. Argh.

Oh wells, I should try to find something to do now.. See you later!

Tuesday, January 09, 2007

Xiaxue

I used to really like reading her blog. It's so interesting and daring!

I read it again just now, and to my shock, I found it boring. I guess when you scold someone else for everything, even things you possibly not know the head or tail of, just to show that you have an opinion, it gets tiring. Like a Kelly Clarkson CD screaming all the time till you grow numb of her.

I'm not saying she's not good. In fact, I think it's really cool that our blogging culture is so vibrant. And I think we really have to thank Xiaxue for that. But isn't there more to write about other than clubbing, stuff you bought, the nose job you had, and people you think are stupid?

Maybe I really am getting old. Or maybe I'm just not too fond of such stuff anymore. Haix...

Movie Review // Stranger Than Fiction

Update: I was just blogsurfing, and found that Firda from Weblog Wannabe voted this movie as one of the best of 2006! Hahas.. Told you it was a nice movie!

DIRECTOR: Marc Foster
WRITTEN BY: Zach Helm

Go Watch It!

I thought since I am currently talking to Alicia about the movie, I might as well post it up to the blog as the review...
whιtεmotioη :: tick tock :: says:
i saw will ferrell on the poster and thought: this should be funny

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so i went to watch it

whιtεmotioη :: tick tock :: says:
but it wasn't as funny as it was meaningful =)

‡ ∂|ï©¡á ‡ Faith over circumstances says:
tt's quite a pleasant surprise

‡ ∂|ï©¡á ‡ Faith over circumstances says:
what is it abt?

whιtεmotioη :: tick tock :: says:
it's something of a "what would u do if u know that you are going to die" movie

whιtεmotioη :: tick tock :: says:
about how this writer is writing a book and the character is actually a living person

whιtεmotioη :: tick tock :: says:
and the writer planned to write the character to death..

whιtεmotioη :: tick tock :: says:
so that the story would be a good one..

whιtεmotioη :: tick tock :: says:
but then she eventually found out that her character was an actual person....

whιtεmotioη :: tick tock :: says:
blah blah blah

‡ ∂|ï©¡á ‡ Faith over circumstances says:
haha...so it's like she can control the fate of that person?

whιtεmotioη :: tick tock :: says:
yes..

whιtεmotioη :: tick tock :: says:
the story starts with the character hearing someone narrating his life

whιtεmotioη :: tick tock :: says:
and how he changes his boring life eventually because he knows he's going to die..

whιtεmotioη :: tick tock :: says:
the scriptwriter plays on the interweaving of reality and fiction to pull of a simple story...

whιtεmotioη :: tick tock :: says:
quite draggy at the start. hahas

whιtεmotioη :: tick tock :: says:
it's sort of a feel-good movie actually..

whιtεmotioη :: tick tock :: says:
meaningless meaningful movie.

whιtεmotioη :: tick tock :: says:
hmm.

whιtεmotioη :: tick tock :: says:
i talk too much

‡ ∂|ï©¡á ‡ Faith over circumstances says:
haha to e pt of getting a lil confusing..

‡ ∂|ï©¡á ‡ Faith over circumstances says:
but it sounds like sophie's world...

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a lil..

whιtεmotioη :: tick tock :: says:
sort of..

whιtεmotioη :: tick tock :: says:
but not really...

whιtεmotioη :: tick tock :: says:
cos sophie's world is a confusion of what is real and what is not.

whιtεmotioη :: tick tock :: says:
in this case, all is real.

whιtεmotioη :: tick tock :: says:
hahas.. quite luan right? u have to watch it to know lah

whιtεmotioη :: tick tock :: says:
i give it 3.5 stars

whιtεmotioη :: tick tock :: says:
which is a go watch it! rating
The stellar cast consisting big names such as Emma Thompson, Queen Latifah and Dustin Hoffman definitely added the subtle whimsical emotions which made the movie better that if it were by lesser actors.

The movie also showed that Will Farrell is definitely capable of much more than pure comedy. I was waiting for the laugh to come, but it never really did in a slapstick manner, but in a heartwarming one. Kudos!!

Done and over with.

This is frustrating. I just had to force quit Firefox because of a stupid attachment. ARGH. I've lost my entry now. Ahhhhhh..

I was saying:

The workers were taking down the Christmas/New Year decorations in Orchard when I was passing by Meritus Mandarin. The new year is no longer novelty! We are nine days in it, and there's only 4 days left before I sail to the isle of Tekong.

There was supposed to be a sisters gathering today. Huimin, Jamie and I. Yes, I am a sister. Damn. I don't like it either. But a Loser can only make do with being a sister.

As fate would have it, Huimin had to come down with a fever. I don't really know if it's the truth anymore. There had been too many coincidences on days when we have outings to suggest that maybe she just didn't want to trouble herself by coming out. I will give her the benefit of the doubt, though.

We were supposed to eat dim sum and take neoprints. Well, on the brighter side of things, we did manage to eat the dim sum. I thought it would be weird if it were just Jamie and I (which I was totally correct in, of course. We didn't really talk at all at Coffee Bean), so I called Alicia along. Thank God that she had an interview in Ngee Ann City and it was totally convenient for her. Turns out she was going for an interview at Kallang and had another, you see.

The flip side of this was that eating dim sum was all we did. No neoprints. Haix. I was so looking forward to it. A final memory for me to take away. It had to be Jamie meeting her friend as I left alone to look for things to do. That's one bad point about going out with Jamie, actually. She always had somewhere else to go.

I spent the next hour reading a guide to Cycling in Kinokuniya.

That's free knowledge! I was always interested in upgrading my bicycle from the small stunt bike I have, or to learn how to do some basic repair, and well, I learnt that today! Turns out that there's more to cycling than take a bike and ride. I was ignorant, I guess.

After everyone refused to DotA because Enqing couldn't make it, and I ran out of things to do after finishing the November issue of Men's Health, I decided to watch a movie alone.

That was only the 2nd time I watched a movie alone. What a movie!

I went in feeling terribly alone. The seat I occupied was a lover's seat because someone took away the armrest on my left side. That coupled with the rain outside and my very single marital status came together to leave me feeling horribly desperate. The lesbian pair in front of me didn't help.

I left the cinema looking at the world with new eyes. It was as if everything became sharper and my field of vision had extra vigour and colour. What a movie!

I am quite surprised that it never made blockbuster status, or I never heard of it until I stepped into Cineleisure and looked at the movie listings.

It wasn't a comedy as I expected when I saw Will Ferrell of Anchorman fame.

It was more of a tragi-comedy. Very meaningful meaningless stuff. Great emo fodder =) Hearty and wholesome, I say. Movie review coming up!

Watching a movie by myself wasn't as bad as I thought. In fact it felt great having no one doing comments in the movie, and I really could feel the full impact on myself instead of being conscious of others around me. I shall do it again!

Hmm.. and that ends the day!

Monday, January 08, 2007

Time is running out.

The days get shorter; the date gets closer. 13th January 2007: 5 days away.

Somehow everything I do these couple of days is always done with the nagging realisation that I will be going into the army soon. True, I am really looking forward to it because life outside is probably just as boring as like on Tekong, but then I think of all the people I won't see again, and it saddens me.

Just yesterday, I had a class gathering with 05S6A. It was great to see everyone again - even if everyone does not constitute everyone.. I was kept down, though, because no matter what, I probably won't see much of them anymore.

Hey, it's easy to say that we'll have gatherings and we'll definitely meet again, but we all know that gatherings don't happen easily, and 2 years changes everything. We'd all become strangers with nothing in common to talk about. The guys would be blabbering about SOC and OCS and DB and this and that, and the girls would be in the university. We will finally be facing real life. And that's a totally different ball game from primary school, secondary school, or JC.

On a lighter note, there's another gathering on Wednesday for 6B people! That's really cool because that would be the 2nd gathering I didn't organise. Hoorays! If you are from 6B and you didn't know about the gathering, sms me or e-mail me okae? Must go hor! It's rare to have these things, and like I said, we might not have much time.

Hmm. Today was spent gym-swimming at Tampines again. Gotta grab every opportunity to build myself up and to spend time with the gang. Now there's only 4 of us, with Jun Yuan working and Tan Long in camp and chow sick. Get well soon!

Nothing memorable really, just that YMCA played in the gym and we thought of how Samuel Ho said that the song lyrics had gay content. HMM.. Is young men's christian association a gay organisation? I didn't hear anything lah. The song was too fast. Ivan and Rich were talking about how to YMCA action would summon Albert Ching too.. some founder's thing, I guess.

Oh, I've taken to watching the famous fake vblogger, lonelygirl15 on YouTube. I am quite amazed that she's fake, really.. But you can see that's she's not a very good crier. Hahas. And her change in accent is not very detectable. Rich said that I should go make videos too cos I have such a comedic air. Hahas.. maybe. But can I stand the world laughing at me?

Hmm. I shall make it a point to be cherrier tomorrow! To infinity and beyond!

Saturday, January 06, 2007

Home away from home

I'm trying to figure out how to put the links to each "label" on my links list. Apparently Blogger Help isn't of much help in this area. And I don't want to have to copy and paste everytime I create a new label! Argh. If only administrators look at our blogs everyday and see who complains. Hahas.. Then they can help me solve this problem. =) Maybe I should just write an e-mail when I find the time to...

Well well.. I won Tan Long in DotA today! Hahas.. Actually not really. We were trying out the 2 new heroes on The Scourge side in map 6.39 and I lost terribly with the agil hero while Tan Long also lost terribly when we swapped heroes in the next game.

The agil hero was really quite sucky. His ultimate allows him to have a clone which can only have his boots, but the clone gathers experience and money. He was really sucky because of the low health he had. Only 700+! And the Dark Priest's damage was up to 79 lorh! How to not die? Tan Long was saying that it takes a pro to be able to use that agil guy.

Dark Priest is another story. Intel hero with strong base damage, and Poison Dagger. The ulti allows him to die without losing any money, and at the point of death he releases a 300 damage nuke at level 3. And he regens with full mana! Like OMG. Essentially, you don't want to kill him when you have low health. He also has 20 percent chance of reincarnating lorh. So it's really really.. wonderful.. I think he would get nerved sooner or later. Hope Sentinel side would come up with some strong heroes too!

I went Home after DotA. Hmm.. I still maintain my Narutimet 3 championship title. Hahas.. Strictly speaking, Tan Long still holds it since our showdown didn't really happen last year. But we all know I am the best. Muahahahas.. Looks like everyone is good at something. Tan Long has DotA, Rich has LOTR, I have Narutimet, Ivan has everything else. What about Enqing? Hmmmm.. That's why he would have a girlfriend first. Hahas.

I tried playing the LOTR game too. The graphics and sound were wonderful. I loved the way the arrows travelled across the space and hit the enemies causing them to fall backwards. Like so real-life! (Like I would know how it's like to be shot by an arrow) Superb larh.. Just that the skirmish I played was too disappointing at the end. The enemy base turned out to be quite sparse and empty. I was hoping for fortresses! All I found were silly tunnels. =( But wah.. Gandalf was qiang. Too bad my computer sucks too much to be able to play it. Haix...

Anyways, we had dinner again at Ivan's. So wen xin! We had multiple sporadic dinners at his house before, normally because we always stay till pretty late playing those games. It's really something to sit in a Home eating dinner on a dining table. I don't really get that at home. We eat out all the time. Not that I am complaining or anything, but it's really different. So warm! Hahas.. Emo!

Well, because of Home, I had to reschedule my meeting with Huimin to get back my Princess Hours and I had to return my Bleach comics later today (past 12 le). That means 60 cents fine for me! *sobs* The price you pay for fun. Hahas.. Actually thinking about it, sixty cents is quite cheap for so much fun. =)

Oh. I have a number of gatherings coming up. 05S6A and 6B gatherings. Finally.. 6B gathers again. I am really looking forward to it. Hope a lot of people go. So we can catch up! Wonder what they are doing le. Are they as bored as me? Are they working? Married already? Hahas.. Kidding lah. Hope the response would be good. God bless the gatherings!

Okae. Enough said. Go watch videos! Bubyes!

Friday, January 05, 2007

Video Wednesdays

I have decided to initiate Video Wednesdays to spice up this place! Basically, I will post up videos from YouTube or somewhere else which I found interesting to share. Cool right? Hehs.. I thought this up while walking home from Khatib after watching a video at Ivan's.

Why Wednesday, you ask? That's cos Video Wednesdays makes the short-form VW. Volkswagen! Super cute brand of cars don't you think? I was thinking VW Beetle. Hahas.. So that's that!

And why am I posting videos on a Friday when it's called Video Wednesdays? Well, who said a blog had to make sense? =P

How to chat someone up on the train, bus or tube

Link to VideoJug Video

There are some other funny videos in the list too, like How to be the Perfect Boyfriend, How to be the Perfect Girlfriend, and How to Kiss Someone Passionately. Enjoy! Check out VideoJug too for more absurb videos to teach you how to live life. =)

Thursday, January 04, 2007

LAN Shop

Hellos! Guess what? I'm blogging at the LAN shop! We were just playing DotA in which I totally owned a game. Yes, Tan Long, muahahahas..

Right now, I have thoughts of a possible identity theft passing through my mind. Can you imagine? The lao ban niang can probably access what I am writing right now! And someone might use some key remembering program to save all my passwords! By tomorrow, maybe this blog would be deleted. Hmmm...

Anyways, the day was fairly tiring. Gym-swimmed in Tampines (again!) and went to Century Square to makan at Sakae. Then I saw Jamie's friend! He called my name out loud and then I gave a really puzzled look I think. So paiseh that I couldn't remember his name lorh.. Was it Darryl? Hmm... That bothered me quite a bit. But wah, I was impressed. He remembers my name! I must be famous. Haha..

Army Market was the next stop. Not as I would imagine it. Really small, actually. Not how one would envision a market to be at all. And the things they sell are rreeallllllyyyyy boring.. Can't imagine that I would be facing those things for the next two years from next Saturday on. Oh wells!

Gee.. Rich is blogging next to me, and I am thinking "wow, he writes a hell lot more than me. shit. wish i could blog like him. like at least with some humour." Arghs. Self-loath overcomes me. Hmm.. that sounds kinda like Lians.

Alright. I think I should shut up le. Nothing much to say anymore.. Other than.. Hm. Nevermind. Doesn't really matter what I say. It won't happen. So.. see you and you and you and you and you! And tag please. Feels really leng qing here. Thanks arh!

Wednesday, January 03, 2007

Army Wishlist

I've thought about it. I'll get money in the army! (rhymes too!)

So here's my wishlist......

  1. Nikon D200
  2. PSP
  3. PS3
  4. LASIK Surgery
  5. More clothes
That's all. I'm not greedy =)

It's about time..

.. that I hit the beaches of Singapore!! No, not to show off my hot glob, but to take photographs..

I've been waiting forever a Nikon to arrive in the mail, but it seems like I'm not going to get it. I'll have to make do with my FinePix A203. It's vulgar, I know..

I've always wanted to walk around taking photos of things around Singapore and try to expand my limited photography skills. Just never imagined that I would be walking everywhere alone though..

Now that I think of it, no one would want to walk around with me while I take photographs. Hahas.. Now that everyone is working or waiting to die, like what my brother says..

If only Singapore had beautiful sunsets and sunrises like the one I saw in Port Dickson!! Too bad I didn't bring my camera with me then. Or else you would be looking at a Malaysian sun instead of a Thai one. Too bad our little island is blocked by Indon and M'sia and all we can see are huge oil tankers and cargo ships. Haix.

So anyway, I guess I'd be going out the next few days to be trigger happy =) Snap snap snap!

Tuesday, January 02, 2007

It's 2007!

I can't really get used to the idea of 2007 yet. Year-lag! I feel like I am still in December hols for 2006. The Christmas lights are still there, and the MRTs are still bloody crowded! How could this be the end?

Just today, the gang was discussing about the huge expenses we would incur from bus trips because we are not kids anymore. HAIX. That means no cheap gym, no cheap swimming, and most importantly, NO CHEAP TRANSPORT!!

Man, I was so psyched when I turned eighteen cos I could finally watch M18 and go to clubs. Right now, it feels damn bad! Not worth it lorh. Clubbing is good for nothing except secondhand smoke and alcoholism. And there are no M18 movies this year except Scary Movie 4 which I watched on DVD!! I am totally not reaping the benefits of being 18!! Darn.

Darn. I just lost a game of Go with a 11 kyu person. Sorry for the weird jolt..

I was saying, it's 2007! That means the world has not ended yet. You remember those Armageddon scares near 1999? People were afraid of Y2K and then people said the world will end by misquoting Revelations 20:7. Hahas.. Don't hear much of such prophecies nowadays... except maybe the one on the Mayan calendar ending in 2012. Maybe people are starting to heed the Word that "it is not for you to know the times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority".

Hmm.. I don't really know what to look forward to this year. Good results, I hope. I shall not worry about it because I committed all my exams to God, and like what Chee Keen said, I shouldn't insult God by worrying about what I already left to Him.

I hope I get wonderful section mates too. And a good company. And get into OCS! And hopefully get posted to Air Force =) I was thinking.. maybe I can be a pilot when I come out to work! Best of all, I hope I get a girlfriend.. Hehs..

Just on New Year's Day, Jun Yuan, En Qing and I were talking about who will get attached first. Hahas.. We have this sub-group in the "gang" called the Jedit for all the "losers" who have no girlfriends nor history. That's Jun Yuan, En Qing, Dezhi, Ivan and Tan Long. Rich has history and Zhaoyu supposedly has eight exes. Hahas.. So that's that. We were thinking who will get out first. En Qing thinks me or Ivan, I think En Qing or Ivan. So I think Ivan will. =)

Oh, guess what? I am the chairman of the losers because I actually told the person I like that I liked her and still got nowhere. Ultimate lorh! Wah. So sad. Hahas.. So hope I get a girlfriend next year! .. I mean this year.

Anyway, today was spent at gym and HOME. Wah... Ivan got this wonderful new game <> Surabashii desu!! But I still think Narutimet 3 is nicer larh.. Waiting for 5 to come out this spring.. Which is now, I think.. Man, Bleach was fun for all the Bankais and Shikais. The graphics and gameplay is really quite cool. Makes me wish I had a PS too! Haix. Have to wait for NS money for a PS3 larh.. God drop me a sack of money!!

Well.. yeah. Nothing much to report. Pray that tomorrow would bring good weather for me to run! =))

Till next time.. I go watch Tian Wai Fei Xian on tape le. Why must lovers part? Haix.....

Monday, January 01, 2007

I am @ Youth.SG

It is strange to me that I got sent an e-mail by a certain Mr Alvin Lim from Youth.SG to tell me that they "have identified your blog as one of the popular youth blog around and we seek your help in making this event a success in the blogosphere."

Hoho! Um Chiou! Nevertheless, I should at least try larh hor? No harm getting a PSP before i get into the Army. Muahahahahahas...

I AM.........

If I could clearly define what I am, I wouldn't be blogging. I am my blog. My blog is part of me, more than I can adequately describe, really.. Sometimes I find myself reading past entries and laughing at how silly I was, and other times I get amazed at my soberness in certain periods of time.

It's great timing, this contest. Wonderful. Just when I was thinking of not writing anymore because I think I keep writing the same old thing about how I am low in self-esteem and all that angsty crap, a Mr Alvin Lim pops out to entice me with a PSP. Hahas.. I have to thank you then, Mr Lim.

I am born quite cynical really. I like to look at the half empty side of things. The newspaper read 7.7% growth rate for Singapore in 2006, and my mind wandered to the reason being government funded projects such as MRT lines we can do without.

But really, this is a contest. I am supposed to sound vibrant and youthful!! After all, it's Youth.SG.

So, I am funny. All my life I knew I was funny. People looked at me and laughed. I have a knack of making people laugh just by talking =) I make friends easily and try hard to understand them. I sometimes over-commit myself in relationships.

I am @ Youth.SG because I bring my real self to my blog. Because I don't feel righteous for other people, but bitch only for causes I feel strongly about.

I liked Xiaxue until she became complainsome and whiny. I like Mr Brown for his candidness and his love for his family. I like supercolor for his emotive photos. I like Mr Miyagi for being a cool ACS boy (although RI guys are still much better =D).

I blog not because I think by blogging the world would be become better. I blog so that the world can understand me better, and then I would not be so lonely like everyone else.

I have an inane fear of losing all my friends and not being able to find a common topic to say and being degraded to political issues which my father discusses with his friends to hide the fact that they ran out of things to talk about.

I believe that the internet brought about the phenomenon of global connectivity and yet also global apathy and disconnect because we are too stuck in our own virtual worlds. We all drive on the Information Superhighway, waiting to be knocked down.

I am @ Youth.SG because I am young, yet I am old, and I just keep getting older. I feel like getting a baby boy, but I can't seem to get a wife. Lols. I speak of things beyond my age, because I don't know what's of my age.

I love DotA but I am bored of it.

I used to talk about idealistic abstracts like love and hope and all that, but I've become disillusioned about them. I know God will make all of them happen, but the world is becoming intolerable.

I should win this contest because I want the PSP. (hahas! that's frank for you!)

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If you are interested in joining the contest too, go to Youth.SG for details! Go join it because it's something unique we have in Singapore. Plus the government wants to engage us! Hahas =)

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone!

It's a joyous occasion, because I finally have access to the new blogger! Look forward to a new layout because I think I've used this for too long a time. Hopefully I can find nice photos to decorate it!

My last day of 2006 was spent counting down with CCC and listening to the wonderful testimonies of the church members. God has really been good to me this year. From the bottom of my heart, I really want to thank CCC for being so real, and so kind, and really being a community that follows Kingdom culture.

Special thanks goes out to Uncle Simon, Auntie Hwee Kiaw, Chee Keen, Hsia Pin and Eunice. I don't think I would have felt as comfortable in church if not for them. Then there's David, who's always so friendly, and the youth! I actually feel guilty for being so inactive in church. Hmm.. Maybe it's time I should step up to some kind of plate.

The past year was a busy one, with A levels and all. I really thank God for all the friends I have made, and all the life lessons I've taken with me. God taught me to see things, and especially relationships with a light heart, and not to expect too much. Also, God showed to me that I really do have some gifts, and I should not be so low on self-esteem.

Strangely, according to Hsia Pin, I don't show my low confidence. I have no idea how I look to others, really, except that this girl in the Thailand tour said that I looked 24. HMMM...

I also thank God for the rest, so that I realise that busyness is a good thing too, and school is actually more fun than sticking around at home or in town.

On the whole, I think really grew quite old this year. Hope it doesn't show! Hahas.. Interestingly, Angeline was sharing that God had white hair and all, and old age is not a negative thing in heaven, but revered as wisdom incarnate. Hmm. Perhaps I am too young to be wise. =P

Okae, I shan't say very much. My New Year Resolution is to be a good soldier!!!

Have a merry merry new year, and may all your aspirations come true with your hard work =)
 
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