Thursday, December 31, 2009

Try.

So here I am sitting in front of my computer, with my final episodes of How I Met Your Mother finished, wondering what to do next. There are no shows on the television worth watching, and all the websites/blogs/youtube I surf usual are all maxed out. =S

I know. It's really sad that I am sitting here on New Year's Eve with nothing planned out.. The temptation is of course to start making a list of resolutions that I will never ever look at again nor achieve, but I shall not do that. I shall just sit here.......

Urgh. What do people do when they have nothing better to do?!

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Wow. I am quite shocked that I am more upset than I imagined. =/

OG29 Gathering.

So it was our OG gathering yesterday! When I told Kaili that she was quite impressed that my first 3 months OG still met up. Hahas.. shows how tight we are eh!

I got to the meeting place late, only to learn that everyone was late anyways, so no harm! There was only Weiqi, Tiff and Julian there at first, and we had a late lunch at Just Acia in Dhoby Xchange for a looooong time, enjoying the free flow of drinks and ice-cream whilst we waited for everyone to arrive. Then came Chung Teck (rare!! I think since first 3 months..) and Shi Jia.

We then took another hour, I think to decide what to do before we finally decided to go explore PS. LOL! We ended up walking around Spotlight and Yamaha before going into Star Factory to look at others playing SF4. A totally strange itinerary for a gathering, but I guess we were very against the typical gathering mold of Lunch-Movie-Dinner-Bai!

For the lack of something to do, we ended up calling Jamie to ask if we could crash her place. Which turned out to be a good idea because her sister bought this KBOX set that was totally imba. WAHHHH. There was a touch screen selection monitor and it was totally like a KTV just more advanced. And that was how we sang until 11 plus and left.. Singing was fun!

Hmm. Come to think of it, it was really a strange gathering. But hey, we had fun, and I guess just meeting up was good enough already. =D

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And so it happens again. It happened in O levels, it happened in A levels, it happened during law interviews, and it's happened again. It doesn't matter how good your CCA record is, it doesn't matter how well you can articulate, it doesn't matter that you are actually passionate about what you want to get into. All that matters is that you have good grades.

I got rejected by USP.. I can't say that I wasn't disappointed. Because I was.. More so than when I got by horrible CAP score. Somehow something inside me told me that I was gonna get it since we had such an enjoyable interview. Well, I guess I should have known. I merely forgot that everything in our fine country is based on silly numbers. 6 points, 62 points, now CAP 5.

Oh wells, just got to suck it up and sock it to them next sem!

Monday, December 28, 2009

向肥胖宣战!

刚跑了3公里。虽然是很小的开始,但意义却是巨大的!我向肥胖宣战了!从今天开始,我将注意饮食运动,尽力把肚腩除掉!

Friday, December 25, 2009

Merry Christmas!


First and foremost, merry and blessed Christmas to everyone! It's a time where we can remember to share and to love the ones around us and those that are less fortunate than us, and remember that we love because Christ first loved us. =)

I spent my Christmas Eve with Kaili and went for my very first Catholic midnight mass ever. Quite an experience! It was very ritualistic, and not at all like a Protestant service at all. Hmm. Honestly, it was quite a culture shock and I didn't feel as at ease as I expected. But it was an experience nonetheless. Kaili was right when she said that Catholics seem to revere and respect the Word of God and God Himself alot more. Everything was done with a bow, every reading was ended with a Thanks Be to God. It sort of reminded me of the traditional services that I attended back at KKMC, but to an even greater degree..

Anyways, I wrote ahead. The initial plan was to go for dinner at Food for Thought because I went there for Anntic gathering and found it to be quite cosy.. Unfortunately the place was closed when we got there, so we went to Purvis Street instead for Miss Clarity's. Hmm. To be honest I think their food quality worsened since the last time I went there.. The company made up for it though =)

Next on the list was supposed to be One George Street (thanks Rich!).. but once again, the place turned out to be closed =(( I was really bummed by that. Really wanted to go up there. Haix. But alas, plans are made to be foiled. We ended up going to the TCC nearby and chilling there while waiting for the mass to start. Which wasn't really a bad idea, because the bean bags were really really comfortable. Hahas..

Back to the mass! Thanks Camillus for hosting us! Your singing was really imba. There was this part where he basically summarised the bible leading up to the birth of Christ? I think there must be an official name for it, but I don't know what it is. Quite an eye opener really. Now instead of hearing about, I finally get a sense of what is Catholicism.

We went watching the sunrise after mass, and it was altogether fun =) And that was how I had my Christmas eve.

So dawn goes down to day, Nothing gold can stay.

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

I realised that as I become older, I have also become more afraid. Less cavalier and carefree. More afraid of being hurt, of being left behind, of making the wrong moves, of so many things! Perhaps it's the realisation that I no longer have much of my youth to squander, or that my past experiences have grown me wiser.

Somehow though, I wish I could be that person once again. That person who would have a crush on someone for 4 years. That person who could shout in the middle of nowhere. The person who did whatever he liked even though he knew that people would talk (thinks knitting in class in Primary 6. Hahahs!) Where did I go to? What's stopping me now?

Do I have more to lose now than before? I doubt so, since I might be less of myself now as compared to before. It's difficult to understand I guess. And I have yet to figure it out myself too.. Perhaps when the time comes, I would know.

12 gathers.

Anntic Group 12 gathering today!! Only Alex, Cheryl, Amos and Limmy turned up. But I guess it was relatively good since we spent all the way from 12 to 9pm out. Somehow we were just walking here and there and eating here and there, and before we knew it, we were all exhausted and wanting to go home =)

I realised that my stamina for going out is seriously waning. Fatigue gets to me by midday and I lose interest in almost everything except for a drink and a seat in some cafe so that I can laze around.. Must be the lack of exercise!

=S

Results were released today. And I am alright. I am definitely disappointed. But I have had enough of such disappointments to know that the best thing that I can possibly do is to suck it up and move on, and do better next time.

I was quite glad to be out when I got my results. I wonder what I would have done if I were at home. Mope? Probably turn on my stash of emo songs and start singing.. Or sleep.

Anyways, it was great for the youth to unite once again for lunch at Aston's today. Lunch was great, and I really missed the little lunches we had together to just hang out. I initially envisioned it to be an explaining session, but I think we just sort of mutually understood that we are all in different places now and that we will move on in our respective lives but remain closely knit as friends. Maybe Chee Keen is right. Perhaps a different setting is really better for us..

The DotA and L4D2 games were quite disastrous. I lost all the games because I sucked at them, and L4D2 hung on us halfway. I ended up feeling dizzy and like puking. =S Horrid.

The nasi lemak at the end made up for it though.. really good!

And I think that was enough adventure for one day. Super tired without knowing why. I didn't do much at all leh. Old liao, I guess..

Sunday, December 20, 2009

iPhone.

Hello blog, you'd not guess what happened today. I finally got myself an iPhone! Mum and I had to queue for about 4 hours for it because M1's was way packed with people, but we still got it. =D

Haven't had a chance to try it out though. I was told to charge it for a minimum of 8 hours so I have been faithfully waiting for 4am to come. COME, 4 AM!

Saturday, December 19, 2009

Project XOXO.

I just completed the design for our VDay fundraising project. Check it out! The power of brushes =DD

This entry is dedicated to a certain Miss Oh.

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Friday, December 18, 2009

Avatar.

I think the worst is over in terms of my sickness. The headiness is totally gone, and I managed to hop out of bed today, which is much more than what I could yesterday. I'm just left with a very stuck nose and some coughing..

Anyways, the highlight of yesterday was watching Avatar the movie. I took a leap of faith there, considering the last time I stepped out of the house I broke out into cold sweat. Yes, it's that bad. But well, I turned out okay, and I survived!

Avatar wasn't half bad. Not the kind of movie that leaves you awed at the end of it, but you'd come out of it thinking that it was a good movie and that the plot was good, and that the director was really trying to address certain issues like indiscriminate deforestation, and how the Americans totally destroyed American Indian culture way way back.

I somehow came out of it feeling like a lot of parts of the movie was copied from somewhere though.. It felt a little bit like Pocahontas with Final Fantasy (the movie).. Not to mention that the 3D glasses made me a little dizzy after the movie. =S

Generally good though. Go watch it!

We had some time before the movie so we went walking near Somerset MRT a little bit. I must say, I never knew the place changed so much. Now there's a 313@Somerset and then there's an Orchard Central all full of shops. HOW DO THEY SURVIVE?! Anyways, the company was great =) and the Quiznos Sub was really not bad. Went a little crazy with the shopping too. It was fun! =D Let's do it again soon yeah? =P

Anyways, today seems like it's gonna be quite hectic. CLEARING OF RAG STORE! =S Wish us luck.

Thursday, December 17, 2009

Alice in Wonderland.



Looks like a must-watch to me!

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Sick.

I was about to drive off for the evening service Tan Long invited me for when my head started spinning.. It was pretty scary really. Almost like the whole world was throbbing. I decided to U-turn in the end to get back before some accident happened. When I got out of the car, I broke into cold sweat and I was really dizzy. Looks like I'm sick....

Is this God's will? I thought of going for the service after talking to Chee Keen yesterday and deciding that it wouldn't do any harm to just go check it out even if I had reservations about Tan Long being so overtly enthusiastic. You see, I am on a quest to find my convictions and beliefs, so I am rather reluctant to plunge myself into a friend's church just because I know many people there. It might be a good start to my journey, but definitely not a destination in itself. Haix. But I guess it's difficult for people to understand. Somehow everyone just sees their own side of the story and their own picture in the whole story.

Anyways, I am feeling like crap now because my nose can't stop running and I feel clammy. Argh. HELP.

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Rag Wind and Cloud!

The day more or less started with Rag meeting, since I was pangseh-ed upon by TYL for lunch =/ It seems like we still have a long way to go before anything concrete comes out from our Rag plans. I think things are gonna get scary as we approach Sem 2........

Anyways, we decided to go shopping at Orchard after Rag meeting since Ah Kong came along with his car! =DD And so we went to Wheelock to look at books and all while waiting for the movie to start at 8.50.. I figured it was great too, since I was meeting Yen Chin at 7 and I could shop in the meantime.

Hmm.. The meeting with Yen Chin was good I guess. At least I had could talk to someone about what happened so that he could understand where I was coming from. To be honest, I don't know exactly where I would go from here.. So it's really just trusting God for direction and guidance!

Anyways, I eventually rejoined the guys to watch Feng Yun 2. If you are looking for a plot, this is definitely not a movie to watch. In fact, they barely spoke. Hahas.. But the graphics were great and the fighting was not bad either. I was quite impressed that the director managed to mimic quite a number of Hollywood effects.. We have progressed as Chinese Cinema! LOL.. Oh and neither Ekin Cheng nor Aaron Kwok aged a day since Feng Yun. Quite freaky! Which really reminds me that I have to start exercising!! Swimming tomorrow! ^ ^

There's one other thing I have been thinking about these past few days, but I guess I shan't say it out loud. Hmm.. Trusting God to do what's best!

Monday, December 14, 2009

Tired...

Sunday, December 13, 2009

Left. Anntic.

I love the title I came up with for this post because it really summarises what happened this past week.

If you didn't already know, I went off to Melaka for VCF's Annual Teach-In Camp, or Anntic, for short. Attempts to blog about it would probably leave me very bored and tired because I have already written everything in my notebook. Also, I doubt my words here would do it the true justice it deserves. Suffice to say that I would definitely go for Anntic again next year, and that I learnt more that I ever expected. Melaka was lovely too and I bought a Mr Bean bear there to add to my tiny collection of bears =) If you want to stalk me, feel free to check out the photo album on Facebook =P

Then, of course, is what happened today. Suffice to say again, that I left. I think it turned out as amicably as it could have been. It wasn't easy, but it's done. And now I am officially without roof over my head, so to speak. But I trust that the Lord will provide, since He has led me to this decision..

One thing I have decided though, is not to follow my friends blindly anymore. I shall take this time to really seek out my convictions and truths as God intends for me... Pray for me if you read this yes? =D

Sunday, December 06, 2009

Have you ever had the thought of whether anyone would ever notice if you died the next day? I know most of you wouldn't and would use this chance to accuse me of being emo. But I just had this thought flash past my mind when I was at my grandma's eating dinner just now. I get such thoughts at times - so sue me.

I remember once sharing this thought with a friend of mine and her saying how she cried when she imagined what her friends would say at her funeral. Well, honestly I never thought that far. What would you say at my funeral? <- Tag please =P

Well, I seriously think that it wouldn't matter much if I died. Which is probably a bad thing because it means I haven't made a big enough impact with my life yet. Now, I just have to figure out exactly what to do...

Another Sunday.

Somehow it has become my most dreaded day of the week. Well, I still said nothing, even though I feel like I am close to it. I am giving myself up to the Watchnight Service to settle things once and for all.. although I am pretty sure it would be faster than that.
Another hectic day.

It all started with Anntic briefing in the morning back in NUS after I slept for only 3 hours after Night Cycling.. We had an ice-breakers game try-out and there was a briefing as to what the Group Leaders are supposed to do for the camp. =/ Honestly speaking, I don't feel up to the task at this moment, mainly because of how tired I've been feeling. I want to just relac jack and sleeeeep!

I went back to nap for a bit after the briefing because I was really feeling damn shag. Then there was lanning with the guys at 4 pm followed by our long awaited dinner. Somehow I didn't really enjoy it even though the steak was to die for. Conversation was stifled at best, and it just wasn't interesting to me. =( I guess I get such days sometimes.

Then there was the W chalet over at Downtown East. I felt I couldn't not go because I've been missing so many class outings. I guess I have been sacrificing too much of my class time in Bizad Club whiling away. I shall devote more time to W next sem! Anyways, we had fun playing Saboteur.. Too bad I couldn't stay too long cos I still have to go to church early tomorrow morning.

I actually contemplated going back to school tonight to grab stuff from the clubroom, but I think driving in my state now would place me in mortal danger. SO I SHALL GO AND SLEEP NOW. Hopefully tomorrow gives me more time to breathe!

Saturday, December 05, 2009

And the fun begins!

It's been so long since I blogged! Exams have since ended, and I have been lazing around since Tuesday. Hmm. I would have to say the week was rather eventful....

Papers ended on Monday with Management Science and Stats. YAY!

On Tuesday I decided to meet up with Tan Long and Ivan for lunch since I had nothing better to do, and Tan Long only had his Bio MCQ left. Somehow that meeting escalated to a gathering including Teckie and Chow. We went Aston-ing at Katong and played Mahjong at Tan Long's after. =DD

You know, when we were eating the vanilla eclair at All About Fries, I suddenly realised why we lasted so long as a clique. We actually don't have to do anything at all to have fun. Simply just sitting down together is an ultra fun thing to do. Because each and every one of us is so screwed up and fun in our own way. LOL.

Did I mention I almost killed everyone by making a right turn when there was an oncoming lorry? Right after that turn, I almost drove us into a BMW too.. BUT BECAUSE OF MY L33T DRIVING SKILLS, WE SURVIVED!!!

Mahjong was great too. Haven't played it for the longest time!! Hahas.. I think that was a good start to the hols eh!

The glitch only came when we went to Siglap Centre for dinner at KFC and I drove my car up a kerb =S The plastic came off from the bottom of the car, and I had to have it replaced the following day. Now, I didn't know it was only a minor thing that day, so I felt pretty much screwed up the whole night =/ It was at KFC where I realised how much a simple call can brighten up your day. =D

I ended up dragging the plastic all the way from Bedok to Serangoon, where I went to borrow a pair of scissors to cut it off. Thanks you!

So.. That was Day ONE of the holidays

Day TWO was basically just spent on going to AutoBay to replace the plastic cover under the car and eating at PP. We went playing Left4Dead2 after picking up my car. It's fun! The addition of the melee weapons really makes the game more fun and additions like the puke bomb and defibrillator made everything more interesting. Thumbs up for L4D!!

Anyways, I went back to school hoping to have dinner with someone, but well, that didn't happen. So I went on a bingeing trip with Yi-Lin instead at Vivo. AND WE SAW FIREWORKS!!! And super brilliant ones at that. Apparently it was to celebrate Vivo's 3rd anniversary. Wahhhh. Really really great. The food was good too, although I think we ordered a little too much for our own good and I had to wolf down most of it. =S

I took the chance to PageOne to buy some books too, to quell my boredom during the hols eh!

I don't actually remember what I did on Thursday, but I do remember clearing out my room... OH! I went back to school to clear my room and then to wait for the others to finish their exams. Then we went Vivo again for dinner and gift shopping. HAPPY BIRTHDAY OH KAI LI!! Hope you liked your presents eh? We celebrated her birthday at Clinic E in Clarke Quay and then spent the rest of the night playing 4 Kings. I think the plan was to go to Zirca since it was free, but it turned out that everyone was too shag from mugging to want to club =S By the end of the night, my contact lenses were literally fdry. LOL. But I made it back home in one piece.

Friday was NIGHT CYCLING DAY!!!! It rocked, really. The distance was just nice, and the food stops were great without becoming too heavy. The weather was great too: windy and not too humid. FUN FUN FUN! Thanks Kenneth for organising! Now I have busted quads and an aching butt, but it was all worth it =) We totally pwned the mega slope at Bedok. LOL.

Today? Just came back from the Anntic GL briefing from school, and I think Imma take a nap before heading out for dinner with the guys. NIGHTS~!
 
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