Time Is On Your Side.

Goodbye, Blogger.

2009-08-02T03:32:00.000-07:00

I'm sorry Blogger, but times have change and all of us have to move on.

Sadly, I'm not blogging anymore. Don't really have the time to commit for it. Sorry guys :(

It's Over and the Decision is Made.

2009-07-04T03:52:00.001-07:00

The exams are over.

The cups are turned.

The time for celebration and jubilation is here NOW!

Excuse Me, Do You Speak English?

2009-06-25T06:56:00.000-07:00

This was the question that a guy asked me when he saw me at the lobby today. WTH.

Anyways, he seemed lost? And he didn't have the money to take the MRT and needed $2.40.

I had a $2 note with me and I passed it to him.

I felt good as I did a good deed!

But I really do hope that I wasn't conned. Haha.

Foil,Sabre,Epee.

2009-06-20T18:05:00.001-07:00

Here are some photos taken during last week's Under 20s' Fencing Competition at Clementi Sports Hall.

Enjoy, I only attended the mens' sabre and foil. No epee or female events, sorry :/

My $18 just got converted into 71 batteries.

2009-06-17T07:32:00.000-07:00

That's what you get for not double checking a secondhand product before purchasing it.

Batteries for life FTW.

Home Alone Again.

2009-06-15T04:16:00.001-07:00

Some dish that I cooked up for dinner :D

How's Life, Blog?

2009-06-13T04:29:00.000-07:00

Wow. It's been weeks again since I last updated and I can't just believe how fast time pasts and the many things that have happened...

Use Somebody.

2009-05-29T01:58:00.000-07:00

A week has just come and gone in a blink of an eye as usual.

Nothing much happened this week. Just had my GP paper last week. It was OK but who cares! The HOLIDAYS are HERE! WOOOO~~~

Just played soccer and LAN with my classmates and the people from 1T26 and sure did I have fun. Shoot shoot shoot, Headshot, Wack arh...

That's about it for today or should I say for the rest of the week. Can't wait for the LTC Pre-Camp tomorrow! Who's gonna be in my group and all those questions are rushing through my mind right now. Hahah.

Guess got to wait and see then...

FMD.

2009-05-22T08:20:00.000-07:00

It's my Day not my Life.

Today just really sucks. Sucks to the core, seriously.

Is it just that I'm just too unlucky? Sighs.

Firstly, I got hit by a netball in the face during PE. Darn. My gums was a little slit by my bracers and I tasted blood :/

Secondly, though I'm ealted with the results of the fencing EXCO elections and I really appreciate the support that you guys have given me but recalling the thought of me blanking back then just makes feel low and down. Guess that I'll have to learn a vital lesson from this and it boils down to Lord Baden Powell's cliche phrase: "Be prepared".

On a side note, I would like to congratulate the people who got in the EXCO and for those who didn't, you guys really did put up a tough fight (: Cheer up and all the best in your endeavors.

I know this may look ironic as in being happy for a second and being sad in the other but thirdly, after all the ups and downs I have experienced earlier in the day. I have to cope with something else or should I say someone else. Sigh. Although, it's been settled, I feel that it really took me by surprise and I'm real sorry for whatever I have done that made you mad. Yeah. No hard feelings, yeah?

That's about it and it's time to go and have a good night sleep already :f

Ciaos,
Justin.

PS: I will never forget this day. Darn.

Fight the Fight, Dream the Dream.

2009-04-23T05:07:00.000-07:00

Greetings. It's been a long time since we last met. Hah.

It's been weeks since I last updated the blog, thanks be with my busy life. Running from one place to another, doing work, meeting up for projects etc etc. Yeah, life seems to be more hectic than the holidays (Obviously) and the O Levels Days. Time passes real quick too. It's like in a blink of an eye, a day just passes by, then followed by a week then a month. Sigh.

It really sucks especially when you don't have anytime for yourself.

Anyways, look on the brighter side. I'm actually real busy which is a good thing! I can't stand just lazing around the house and doing nothing and just thinking nothing. I'll just go crazy. Argh!

Let's stop grumbling and let's get back to the 'real' stuff. Haha. Here's a summation of what I've done.

Joined Sabre instead of Epee in CJC Fencing Academy
Got myself a HP Mini 2140! Woohoo! At last, a 'laptop' to myself!

Haha, nothing much eh? So issit I just don't consider the others things being significant? Hah.

There's still school tomorrow but thank god it's friday!

Got to get back to work before my eyes close on me. Haha.

Ciaos!

Time passes like lightning, however it doesn't make a sound.

2009-03-14T18:08:00.000-07:00

Shot taken last April, Montfort Founders Day.

Time has really passed real fast or issit that I'm not as free to update my blog as I use to do during the holidays or during my secondary school life?

The JC life has been real hectic though it's fun with good company. Loads of work, project and mass PEs.

Fencing trainings have been just conditioning and PT, not really into the real stuff yet. It's gonna take months before we get to get our equipment ): But on a higher note, it's meaningful as in one is training towards a certain goal and that's to be better than what he has been before.

And thank god the holidays are here! Time for some much needed rest and time to get some stuff done!

On my list - Homework, Projects, Outings and Lifesaving classes at the SEA!

Yeah, that's about it!

Ciaos!

"How Many More ?"

2009-02-27T03:59:00.000-08:00

Many many more.

This week's crazy. Crazy with Physical Training that is.

On Tuesday, my class had our first ever Mass PE. It was held indoors due to the bad weather and I was super hiong, worst than the tekan session that my seniors held during a scouts meeting 3 years ago, how fast ?!?!

Anyways, after that, my arms were aching and my knee hurt cause of the Mass PE and some bangs at the edges of the bed when I'm at home.

Wednesday was D Day, the fencing trials. I was kinda nervous and excited for it and I did try my best for the trials though my knee prevented me to lunge even further. I lost 4-5 to some other guy. Everyone including me was worried sick and wondered whether if they're able to get in or not. I didn't had a good night sleep that night. My body's was tense and I just didn't get a good one.

Thursday was the results of the trials and I got in along with my classmate who's an ex-SJI fencer. It's really good to have someone from your class going to the same CCA as you'll never miss out any details of any training. Haha. Thursday was real long however I was too happy to even feel tired.

And it comes to today. Today is just hiong. My muscles were still aching and my knee still hurt. So after Econs lecture, we had our 2nd ever Mass PE. Things we had to do - 2 Rounds around School Compound, 2 sets of PT Exercises (Push Ups, Jumping Jacks etc) and lastly 3 r0unds around the track (Cause I didn't make the timing for the first two runs :P ) It was so tiring that I just stoned in class after that and didn't had lunch. I only had lunch after the GP and Econs tutorial later on. 2.30pm - Fencing training. It's a Friday so it's a PT Training Day. OMG. Additional things we had to do - 2.4km Run (Modified Version, Guys run 1 round, Girls in push up position, vice versa), Footwork, Arm Training, Sucides. Now I'm just too tired to do the homework that I've set out to do.

Sigh, I'm too tired to write anything else.

My Eyes are closing on me and my mind is just blank right now. LOL.

So I guess it ends here.

Ciaos.

It's Another Monday.

2009-02-23T02:50:00.000-08:00

Okay... I'm using my Dad's old laptop to do some web surfing. How cool...

I'm getting real real worried for my fencing trials on Wednesday. My left knee is feeling funky and I've lost most of the so called "free fencing matches" earlier on during the "extra" training lesson and my morale. I hope I'll do better on Wednesday and on top of that they'll judge mostly based on technique rather than points scored. It's so hard being a left hander as everything is so different when you're up against the opponent who's right hander. Guess that I've not really ultilised the left hander advantage yet. I hope I'll get the hang of it soon :)

Tomorrow's Mass PE. Jia lat. Haha.

Got to go, ciaos.

WSD's Here.

2009-02-21T02:41:00.000-08:00

Tomorrow's the 22nd of Feb and it'll be World Scout Day for the 102nd time. How great can that be? Real great.

So Happy World Scout Day to all Scouters and Guides :D

In addition, Happy Birthdays to some people :D

Anyways, this week is the real start to the real shit of JC life. Lectures, tutorials, homework, shitty timetables are starting to suffocate me of time and energy!

A few days ago, when I came back from school, I was too tired to do anything and I lazed around and after a while just lay in my bed. Next thing I know, it's 12am already and I didn't had my blanket on. Haha, so obviously,I unfolded my blanket and continued to sleep. Haha.

But other than that, school's great! Great company and programmes like the Fencing trainings. It's like only 4 days away from the trials and my legs are so tired from yesterday's training. Lunging , being on the "On Guard" position for such a long time and moving up and down are draining my legs out of energy but it's for the greater good. I real hope that I can make the cut to get into the CCA... Oh god, please...

Since tomorrow's WSD, obviously today the group had a celebration! And it was some sort planned by me and executed by my fellow ventures and I. Thanks guys, the event wouldn't be a success without you guys! The Scouts and Cub Scouts had "Sour Grapes", the game together and soon, the Cub Scouts had to leave and it all boils down to the "IPSC" a.k.a Inter Patrol Soccer Competition . It wasn't really that competitive anyways. LOL. At least, they had fun and everyone didn't walk home empty handed. They all received a souvenir each. Ranging from Badges which I so called "donated" to pins. After that, it was the usual talk cock session over lunch with my section at the nearby kopitiam. It was good, really miss that shit.

So I guess it's all over now and I really have to go and get some of my work done or else I'll be in hot soup on Monday. Jia lat.

Chows.

Let Me Out.

2009-02-13T18:59:00.000-08:00

Finally, the first week of school has just ended!

It's been such an event-packed week. Like as follows:

Welcoming Ceremony on Monday
Fencing Training on Wednesday and Yesterday
Blood Donation on Thursday
Lectures and Tutorials every other day, zzz.
Talking rubbish with my friends!

School is really eating my time up and I can't find the time for any other thing like Photography, Scouts and just getting the things that I need to do done.

Zzz, tomorrow's my Pool Lifeguard Award test and I've still have my mountain of homework to do before I can start revising the theory aspect of that test.

I better start doing stuff already before it's too late.

Ciaos and seeya.

The Bubble will Burst.

2009-02-07T18:22:00.000-08:00

The Orientation programme has just ended yesterday evening.

It sure was fun meeting new and old friends and playing games together during the orientation. I think CJC will be a great place even though the real shit hasn't really really begin. Haha.

I can't really think of anymore words to write down for this post as there are too many things to do and think about. Sigh.

Haha, I got to go already. Ciaos!

Life is Interpreted in many Different Languages.

2009-02-02T01:30:00.000-08:00

I'm so bloody tired from the first day of the orientation.

Come on, it's just some games, dance steps and some talks.

Man, I'm getting too old for these shits or issit that I'm not too accustom to these activites yet. Haha, I don't know.

Geez, I got to pack my bag for tomorrow's "BIG DAY". Damn, I don't know what they'll do to us.

Sigh Sigh.

Signing off, ciaos.

Flatiron Building, Singapore Style.

2009-01-31T21:10:00.000-08:00

Tomorrow's the Big Day - The First Day of School! Real Excited! New School, New Friends, New Environment, New Experience. Like everybody else, I can't wait :p

Yesterday's Scouts Meeting was kinda fun really. Saw some of my old friends back there like Mervin, Keith Chan, Matt and Daniel. Yeah. Had fun lar. Played soccer, captain's ball and most importantly talking cock. Hah. On top of that, went to give a small little lesson on Exploration to the Sec 3 and showed Sir the plans of the World Scouts Day Celebration which is like coming up real soon. Minor adjustments here and there. Hope it's gonna be a success and makes everyone in the right mood for the celebration.

One last thing, to those appealing, I hope you guys make the cut to whatever instituition you are heading for. All the best.

So looks like the post ends here.

Ciaos.

My Dad's Cool.

2009-01-29T03:37:00.000-08:00

Dad seen here in his room in NZ while he was studying. I think he was studying his degree when this photo's taken.

Ok. It's a day before the posting of the results are out. I wish you guys, all the best in whatever institution you go. Don't worry, just take it easy. I heard the results are out at 6am ? So early for what ? LOL.

Anyways yesterday was great. In the morning, met Matt at Raffles Place to walk around the CBD area to take some photos. Didn't take much photos, just talk cock sing song that's all. Once we reached City Hall, we just roamed around the stalls and realise most of the shops are closed. Zzz. Sat at Funan's Ya Kun and slack there. After that, we just went to Penin got some stuff and went off from there to Thomson.

Met the other guys at the prata shop there. Ate the Briyani there while the others just waited for the others to come. Hah. After much waiting, we went to Marcus' House for some gambling. Hah, I managed to earn some dough from 70 Cents to like 3 dollars + via "Show Hand". Nice. Off to QL's place next but didn't do much there. Ate dinner at some kind of peranakan restaurant and the whole "Bai Nian" thing's done. Went to walk a round in Thomson Plaza and then I went to Marc's place to learn some guitar skills. Haha, nothing much really :p

Today kinda suck. Didn't do much. I was so bored till to the point I went for a swim, a 34 laps swim. So bored, so bored.

I just can't wait for school to start and the shops to open! :p

My Dad's From the 1970s.

2009-01-26T20:05:00.000-08:00

Ok, it's Chinese New Year. Maybe to be more specific, the 2nd day of the Chinese New Year.

The past week has been good with LAN Gaming with the 4E1s, Solo Photoshoot at MacRitchie, Swimming and catching up with friends and family. However, on the down side, one of my friends has left for Australia to study. So just wanna say, all the best man in whatever you do if you're reading my blog, Reuben. Hah.

The last four days, I've been spending time in Malaysia where all my relatives, Uncles, Aunts, Grandmothers and Cousins are. Managed to catch up with them and I felt good as at least this time I've made the effort to get to know them better. In addition, I've also caught up with my grandmother who's still going strong. My cousins and I had a great time gambling, talk cock and watching loads of movies together (At home that is with all those "DVDs"). Great time, great time though the total amount of money I colllected from the Ang Baos were like hmmm, a little disappointing after you convert them from RM to SGD that is. Haha. But my Uncles and Aunts sure are generous with the RM.

However, the most interesting thing I found out during the trip was a photo album containing the photos of my Dad during his younger days. Younger days as in when he was around my age. These photos really gave me an insight of my father's life. Yeah, it was really like the missing link cause I'm sure there are no such photos of him during that time in my house. Haha. It was real cool cause he and the people in the photographs were like in the hippie era (1970's) and on top of that, the photographs showed me what was going on in his life when he was my age. He went to NZ to study right after the O's by himself. How amazing is that? Really, come to think of it, I think that only few now would do such a thing.

So here's a photograph of my Dad and his friends in NZ. I just scanned the photograph and restored it not long after. Just to inform you, if you haven't realise yet, my dad is the guy with the long hair on the far left. HAHA.

So that's all for today :)

Cheers and Happy Chinese New Year. Wishing you guys all the best in whatever you do.

School's gonna start in a week. Jia lat.

Mission Accomplished.

2009-01-16T06:35:00.000-08:00

Yesterday was cool.

Brian Kok and I went cycling via this "circuit" :

Bishan Park - Yio Chu Kang - Houagang - Ang Mo Kio - Bishan.

We stopped over at Hougang for Lunch and then went to Rong Li's House to play RISK for a while while Derek and Leslie went to cut their hair. By the time they're done, Brian and I have to start heading for home. Sigh, every parent with their "Chinese New Year" reason, I too cut my hair today. Zzz.

Thursday was cool too. Walked with Chris from the Marina Bay MRT to the Marina Barrage for a photoshoot-out. It took us like 45 minutes. The Barrage was real nice though it's kinda concrete-ty (?) and a little plain (IMHO). Anyways, the modern eco theme and the roof garden/field are both just as great. Super open and real nice scenery there. Weather was great too. Nice day overall.

Today's lepah day with Daniel and Matthew. HAHA. Just talking cock the whole morning. We met at school and then went to the nearby Indian Muslim foodstall for some Roti Prata. Good Stuff! It's been a long time since I had Roti Prata. Really love the dough like feeling in my mouth. HAHA. Making me hungry again. Zzz. After breakfast, went back school for more talking cock session and just seeing the scouts through. Nothing much really.

The Holidays are so coming to an end. Sigh. Really got to maximise the days left yeah!

Somethings Are Not So Easy To Be Achieved.

2009-01-12T17:56:00.000-08:00

It was just yesterday - The Famous 12 of January 2009 when I got my "O" Levels Results.

It was a hell out of a day. It started like this ...

I woke up real early at around 8am and did my morning stuff and got ready to meet Rong Li and gang at his house. So I went to his house and we were all watching Balls of Steel - Some British Gag Show. Just think of "Just For Laugh" and you push it to the extreme mode. Yeah, that's what you get - Balls of Steel. Anyways, soon it was 1.30pm. We all got ready and went to school.

At school, we all waited. Yeah, waited...

2pm came and the new principal congratulated us cause we did 10/14 subjects better than the previous batch interms of the Sec 4 Express ? I'm not too sure. Anyways, after that, he showed the names of the top students, like around 6/7 of them and I wasn't there. Personally, I was shocked. Real shocked :( Anyways, I panicked cause I was thinking "Damn, it's so gonna be like PSLE again. Shit, I'm gonna screw this up." So I was like jumping from one place to another till I sat down in the chair facing my form teacher, Miss Choy where she passed me the result slit. I calculated and I got an 11. I shooked her hand, just to thank her for all that she has done as in teaching us as a class and bringing the class up. Hehe, and also to thank her cause I got A1s for both my maths. Haha.

Like all Singaporeans and stuff, we all start to compare our results. Friends called, smsed and asked. Yeah, I feel like so inferior now. But anyways, I must be fortunate and remain postive cause there are some who are not able to go to their desired courses. To those, good luck in whatever you are heading for :)

After the results, we all headed to Compass Point to have subway. I have a foot long sandwich at 4pm and I was so full that I only had breakfast at 9am today as in Tuesday. Then we headed to Leslie's House for some HALO 3. I got pwned. Yeah, pwned. My excuse being I was so unfamiliar with the controls so I lost. HAHA.

In the end, we all seperated. I went home to rest and catch up with my parents whereas the rest went home to get changed and play some LAN. Whao, I was too tired to do any of that stuff already.

So 12 Jan, I'll always remember you like this.

I'm Going to See A Volcano.

2009-01-09T23:45:00.000-08:00

OK, I've just completed my NZ series and it's time to catch up on the recent stuff.

Got my Christmas pressie from Mom and Dad on Monday. It's an old but mint rangefinder, the Yashica MG-1.
Hang out with my ex-tuition friends (Alyssa, Gloria and Jacob) at Marina Square on Tuesday.
Helped out my Scout Troop at the Sec 1 CCA Orientation which was held yesterday.

That's all I guess for this week. Haha.

From A Blank Page to Something.

2009-01-09T22:03:00.000-08:00

So it's 2009 already. Actually the 10 of January and it's my first blog post of the year. Yay :p

Sorry guys for not posting. I've been quite busy with my Scouts, Swimming, Photography and gaming. Haha, maybe I've been lazy too.

I know my New Zealand posts were kinda draggy. So maybe I'll cut this short for the benefit of both you and me! So here are the highlights of the trip.

DAY 4 - Monday.

Today was nothing much happened actually. In the morning, Mom and I woke up early to get ready to take a ferry to another part (Tourist-sy) of Auckland called Devenport. There, the normal gift shops which sold goods at rocket high prices. Anyway, the main purpose of going there is to meet my other cousin, Kelvin where he brought us to this famous fast food restaurent called Burgerfuel to eat burgers of course. Their burgers were like huge, maybe 1 1/2 of my palm size and their ingredients were like so fresh and tasty :Q UBER HEAVEN! HAHA. After lunch, nothing much happened, just that we went to some nearby factory outlets to take a look at some bags and send my uncle to the airport where he took a flight back home in Wellington as he has to go back to work :(

DAY 5 - Tuesday.

My Cousin and her husband took leave today and they decided to bring us to the wild or should I say the more natural side of Auckland. So we took around an hours drive from the city to this beach called Piha. The beach was huge and amazing. You guys can see the photographs I took there on my flickr. After the photoshoot there, we went to town to get some famous fish and chips (On flickr too, haha) and I tell you, it's amazing. The fish was like so fresh so fresh and wedges, omg. Damn, my mouth is watering now. HAHA.

DAY 6 - Wednesday.

So today, it was our day alone in the city as my cousin and her husband has to go to work. Had branch at some German bar I guess in Queen Street where actually I had a big breakfast or something like that. It was huge and definitly filling. After that, we walked around the area and I found my Christmas Gifts/Souvenirs for my friends - Bookmarks! at some Swedish stationery shop called Kikki.K. Talk about globalisation man. Haha. Met my cousin for tea at some sushi bar and food was ok. After that, mom and I took a bus back to my cousin's place to rest off for the day.

DAY 7 - Thursday.

Nothing much happened in the day that is what I can tell you. Only thing I can remember is going to Kelvin's place to pick my aunty and neice off to the nearby seaside area to have tea. After that, Paul (My Cousin's Husband) and I just took the car to take photos at the nearby beaches. However at night, we went to a BBQ hosted by this Sri Lankan family who is actually Paul's boss' family. The food there was great esp the tandoori chicken, steam buns and lamb chops. It was there where I first had a taste of the sparkling? tonic water which tastes like water just that it gives you a bitter after-taste. IMHO, I think it's not appealing to all and I didn't like it alot, but I drank 5 cups of it though. HAHAHA. Soon the BBQ ended and we all rushed to the car to get back home as it was like 16 degrees celsius and wind was blowing like crazy!

DAY 8 - Friday.

2 days left to the end of my trip and Day 8 was the day that I went to see the famous, supertall, possesing translucent-floored elevators (WTH!) building - The Sky Tower. It's the tallest building in the Southern Hemisphere! Before visitng there, we went to a memorial of some guy. (With respect, I have really forgotten what his name was.)Anyways, Paul paid for my ticket, thanks and we also went up to the premium observatory which was of course higher than the normal observatory. It's just a pity that they put lightly tinted glass screens as the windows as the photos I've taken all seem to have the tint and I think I' will not be able to get rid of it through Photoshop though I haven't tried it yet. Haha and I was not trying to say that I want anyone falling off the building by not adding the windows there. HAHA. Anyways, after my visit to the tallest building in the Southern Hemisphere, Paul and I went to the 2nd and 3rd highest natural elevated points in Auckland city - Mount Eden and One Tree Hill where we did the usual, taking photos of the city from there. After that, I can't remember where we went already, sorry :p

DAY 9 - SATURDAY.

The second last day of our trip and it was spent seeing the NZ family there and saying our goodbyes as the next day we are leaving for the airport real early in the morning. And guess what? I got my christmas pressie from Kelvin which was actually a whole Japaneses released series of transformers which was never ever released in the US or outside of Jap before. Till now, I have not completed it yet.

DAY 10 - SUNDAY.

It's the last day in NZ. Woke up early to prepare myself for the long flight back home. After breakfast, while we were waiting for the right time to leave, I watched a drama/documentary about how this lucky Jewish lady who got out of the Holocaust alive and it was like she's the luckiest woman alive as in the events that happened that saved her life etc. It was a great show. Anyways, time ran out and we went to the airport where my mom had to abandon the 2 litre bucket of honey that my aunt gave. (She gave it to my cousin who was luckily still there) We said our last goodbyes to my cousin and her husband and soon we know it, we're on the plane back home. The flight was uber short though the sme thing happened- A Silent Gas Attack by some mysterious and irresponsible passenger. *Nudge Nudge. You know what I mean. Haha. After 10 hours and 5 movies, we reached Singapore and it's so good to be home.

So that's the end of my NZ trip. Finally.

A Minute from This Minute Now.

2008-12-31T21:28:00.000-08:00

It's finally 2009!

HAPPY NEW YEAR GUYS AND GALS!

All the best for the coming year and in whatever you do.

Cheers,
Justin.

Time Is On Your Side.

2008-12-29T20:09:00.000-08:00

OK, I'm back. I just got back from Malaysia on Sunday and thank god we decided to bring forward the trip as it was getting boring and we've done most of the things we have set out to do.

Grandmas were doing great, heard that it was better than a few weeks ago and it's really good news. My cousins have grown up and all seem to have their own things to do which is good at least they're not rotting away during the holidays like what I'm doing. Haha. I paid my respects to my late Grandfather and my late Uncle and my heart sank while doing so. The memories I had with them suddenly just flash back into my mind. Those memories that I'll treasure for the rest of my life cause firstly my grandfather was the only grandfather I had who was still alive when I was born and my uncle was one cheerful man if I have not mistaken. The trip was great, at least I manage to catch up with my Dad, Mum and Sis after all I've been busy with my studies and have not talked to them that much this year.

Now back to the place where I left it hanging - Day 2.

So it's Day 2 and it's a Saturday. Nothing much happened, just a stroll down Auckland's one long shopping street called Newmarket and some shops really caught me eye as in clothes shop, not camera shops for god sake. Please don't associate me with cameras all the time, haha. Anyways, I got some shirts from the shops there and the cotton there in New Zealand is way way nicer than the cotton that is used in the shops here. So I'm really really happy about my new purchases.

In addition, the whole NZ family (My realatives in NZ) and some friends that they know there had a reunion at a chinese restaurant and I have to tell you something really really important. The best place to have Asian food is in South East Asia or of course in the other parts of Asia, not in some "Ang Mo Lang" country because the food they have there is just so terrible and so not authentic. Anyways, the reunion is great as when one is out alone in a foreign land, he'll try to find and make friends with people of the same origins. Yeah.

So here's a bonus to you guys - Day 3!

Haha, I know it's kinda lame but I'm free today so why not give you guys Day 3 ?!?!

It's a Sunday and I've woke up early to accompany my cousin and her husband to the nearby swimming pool for a swim. The swimming complex was gigantic. It was olympic sized and it was built like 60-80 years ago for the olympics then if I'm not wrong. In addition to that, they upgraded the place (Placing a shelter above it) a few years back. Swimming there was just crazy. There were quite a large number of people swimming in the same lane like 5 people ? And they divide the lanes out like slow, medium, fast and lightning fast! Nah, I'm just joking on the last one . Anyways, the chlorine content of the pool was deadly. My eyes burnt within a lap. I don't usually wear goggles cause I'm a lifesaver and that's how we train back here in Singapore, without goggles. In addition to the burning sensation in my eyes, I was just petrified when I swam to the other side of the pool. The pool was deep. Real deep. Super super super deal. Marina Trench Deep. I was so scared while swimming to the other side. I felt that I was sinking and was going to be drown alive. When I reached the other end, I grapped on the parapet and immediately continued swimming back. Too scared maybe. I'm not joking about this. On top of the depth of the pool, the temperature of the water also made you feel like you're going to drown in the "vast open sea". The waters seemed to be colder and denser at the deeper end and much warmer and less dense at the shallow end. Must be physics, I don't know.

After swimming, I didn't feel too good and I felt moody for the rest of the day. In addition, in the evening, there was a birthday party for a little girl (My NZ relatives' friend's daughter) and oh my god. It was like a cramped playground. Everyone there seemed to have brought their kids down for the party and I tell you, when all those little kids start running around the house, you'll feel so tired and drained. Too tired to do anything and I didn't ate much that night.

The party was soon over and my cousin's husband, Paul brought me to a nearby hill, Mt Wellington which was one of the highest elevated points in Auckland, just a few positions behind One Tree Hill and Mt Eden. It was windy till to a point that I almost got blown away. Anyways, I managed to take some shots that I found to be quite interesting to me.

Went back home for a nice chocolate pie and some good old hot chocolate and that was the end of Day 3. How fast...

The New Year's coming and there isn't any concrete plans for a countdown. Haiz, can someone really go and plan one? Haha.

Ok guys, I've have to go and get some stuff from the city already. Chows.

It's Christmas.

2008-12-25T02:06:00.000-08:00

Christmas is here again.

The past few days have been good, real good though yesterday was not too good.

On Tuesday, I went to do my christmas shopping along with someone who was kind enough to tag along even though she was sick. Thank you :) Anyways, I got my parents and my sister their christmas pressies. A laptop stand (Those ball type) for my Sister, a small little figurine for Mom and a bookmark I made for Dad (He doesn't like people to buy stuff for him as the present will somehow hinder him from buying anything new, haha) In addition, I finally managed to complete my Christmas cards that were supposed to be included with the gifts for the Christmas party on Wednesday.

Ok so it's Wednesday. Woke up at around 10am which I didn't want to cause it was raining and as all of us may know, rainy mornings are the best days to sleep in. But damn, my sister pestered me and woke me up to get the brownie down. Anyways, I didn't bake the brownie and it was my sister who baked and frosted the whole thing. LOL, so I'm just like the delivery guy, bringing the brownie to the party (Which was based on pot luck) Ok, so the we guys met at around 3pm for the party at the designated venue. Haha, the party was great though there were some disruptions here and there. Anyways, the party carried on till the following day which is TODAY.

We guys slept at 4am and woke up at 9am. Shit, 5 hours of rest which was actually good enough. Washed up and went to the nearby Prata store for some delicious prata. It's super shiok when you have good company and around 5 pratas (some plain and some really exotic flavours). Everyone was having fun which is what Christmas is all about. So after that, all of us came home and that was the end of the party.

Came home and did nothing much really. Tried to rest up but just couldn't sleep. So I just did the norm, being on the computer. Had a great chat with Matt and some others. Seems like the Christmas mood is really in the air. Haha!

So now, I'm really getting ready for my trip to M'sia tomorrow which the main agenda is to see my relatives (Esp Grandmas) and catch up with them. Hope it's gonna be worthwhile trip there.

So be happy and most importantly, MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Here's My Ride.

2008-12-19T21:59:00.001-08:00

Hey guys, long time no blog ? Haha, it's been a week since I arrived back here in Singapore, time really passes that quick. I hope this doesn't continue so I and I'm sure you guys can enjoy our well deserved rest in this tough and demanding society. Haha.

Away from social science, I'm all recharged and well rested. Anyways the day after my last post, I was down with a fever and wasted my day rotting at home. So I guess the days in Singapore is not as cool as the days in New Zealand huh. Ok so here's day 1, I'll do a day by day basis cause I'll be able to go more in detail than giving short phrases for each and every day.

Day 1.

So here's a photo of the French market in Parnell so posh place of Auckland in New Zealand that my mum, my cousin and my cousin's husband and I went to. They have everything mostly french foodstuff for sale, crepes (Yummy, however I didn't get to eat them cause I was so full.), wines, ICE CREAM (Have you guys heard of DARK CHOCOLATE ice cream in Singapore? It's a NO,I guess). It's so french that I think the ice cream man was even a french guy cause he had some kind of french accent. Haha.

Anyways, after that my cousin's hushand took me to a big camera shop somewhere which I can't remember. He too is in cameras and stuff. The shop was huge just like the double storey Macdonalds in City Hall however everything there is so expensive. They were like selling NZD 700+ tripods and there weren't any cheap stuff I should say like those cheap china-made tripods or equipment look alikes there. Anyways, film too is expensive. 3 rolls for 15 bucks? Just to inform you, Singapore shops sell them at 4 for 12 dollars. That's how expensive everything is! Maybe it is because New Zealand is so isolated from the world thus shipping is just so crazily expensive. I think I'll be broke even at the start if I started taking up photography there.

The first day in NZ was nothing much but catching up with family/relatives there. I met up with my counsins , aunt, uncle and saw for the first time my cousin's kids (Don't really know how to address them as in are they applicable to be called nieces and nephews ?I don't know.) They do seem to be happy down there and I'm quite happy to have caught up with them. It's so heart warming to catch up with family when you don't have any other family members here in Singapore except your own and a few cousins who are studying here.

So that is it for my first day in Auckland, New Zealand.

Christmas is so near and everything is so packed and tight, but to see everyone cheerful and together really liftens up my spirits.

So sigining off,

Justin.

I'm Back.

2008-12-14T20:01:00.000-08:00

I'm back home in Motherland!

Firsly, I want to apologise for not posting my adventures in NZ when I was there. Haha, I was just too lazy to do anything once I got back home. Home as in my cousin's place. Don't think I'm so rich till I have multiple homes around the world! Come on, I don't even have multiple homes here in Singapore. Just one and only.

I got home yesterday at around 7.20pm, unpacked my stuff and settled in for the night. Didn't have a good night sleep as I was just suffering from bloody jet lag. Woke up at 7am and was on the computer since then. No life.

I think I better rest now, maybe I'll start posting about my adventures from tomorrow onwards when I feel better (I hope) :p

Altitude: 11277m.

2008-12-04T22:15:00.000-08:00

The plane flight yesterday was horrible.

It was 9 hours (Not 11 hours, and thank god it was 9) long. Just sitting down in my seat and practically doing nothing. It was just sit, sleep, sleep, eat, drink and playing the same monotonous entertainment interface which hadn't change for like years! It was super boring, real real boring.

I couldn't sleep cause there was sunlight like till around 9pm. And god, it's still sunny here now in NZ even though it's 7.30pm and there's a 5 hour time difference between here and SG. And I'm sure that I'm really going to suffer from jet lag once I come back home. Shitz.

Looking at the flight in another light, the plane flight was quite amusing and disgusting.

Let's start with the digusting part and this is the best part. While flying, there would be like instances where you will smell the "frangrance" that everyone "loves" to smell - People's Farts and hell it's smelly. It was not a one time thing while a 3 or 4 time thing and I was just like covering my nose and I wishing that I was somewhere else.

Amusing. Or I should say more interesting is that the couple sitting next to me seems to be Germans. From the way they speak and the you know the hmmmm... pauses or slang they speak in sound so german-ish, though I didn't learn German in my life before. I don't know why this is interesting but it's just interesting that one can identify people of their origins just from speech. Yeah, and I'm sure some of you guys have instances like while travelling overseas, and when you're talking to your family members in Singlish or whatever language you guys communicate, people can tell of where you're from.

So the plane flight quickly ended and the usual happened. Got off the plane, customs then saw my cousin elder sister and her husband and went to their house. And bloody hell, their house is like a tech heaven with computers and gadgets everywhere, literally! Shit man.

Ok, it's kinda getting draggy already. I'll stop here for today and talk about the things I done today tomorrow! How cool is that!?!?! Hah.

11.23pm.

2008-12-03T07:23:00.001-08:00

Hey guys.
It's gonna be 12am soon so I'm gonna make this short.

Yesterday's dinner with Matthew,Misato, Kanika and Grace was good. Talk talk talk and made new friends. At least it was much more fun than playing computer games.

Today was kinda mixed emotions. I sold my guitar to Marcus who long to buy it from me like we had the deal for months and there's wasn't any action taken until now. Haiz, just when I wanted to play the guitar. Anyways, in the afternoon, I went to KJ's Dad's wake. Paid my respects and gave them a small token. Talked to KJ who seemed to be still composed but he's more mature than before. Be strong, KJ. God Bless man. Came home and battlefield-ed with Matthew (At last BF2 is working).

It's 11.30pm now.
My flight to NZ is 11 hours long and it all starts at 8.45am.
I don't know what I'm going to do. Just sleep I guess.
So excited! Don't really know what to expect from this trip.
Maybe a wiser person with good photographs to share.
I hope I hope.

It's So Boring.

2008-12-02T00:58:00.001-08:00

The Holidays are getting boring.

The games are getting boring. I have lost my interest in most of them like Battlefield 2 and Battlefield 2142.

I hope there's something better to do during the holidays.

And...

Thank God I'm going to New Zealand this Thursday!

Together We Cry.

2008-12-01T04:31:00.000-08:00

It's been a hell out of a day for me and my friend. Especially my friend, Kai Jun.

Today, Matthew, King Man and I went to Sarimbun Scouts Camp and helped out with the NPC team we sent for the competition to clear the stuff up. It's been months since I last touched giant wooden poles and rough manila ropes. And now my muscles are all aching and gosh, I'm getting old for this kind of stuff. Haha, still kinda early to say that, LOL. Managed to clear all those shit up and by then it's 4pm though my body feels like it's still 2pm. I don't know why. I'm just so tired.

Today is also one of the saddest day for my young friend, Kai Jun who is my classmate in 3E1/4E1. I just wanna say I'll really really sad for your loss and I'm not too sure why I'm also feeling the pain you feel. My deepest condolences to your family and I'll be going to the wake most probably on Wednesday. Just stay calm, relax and continue life with your joyful, happy-go-lucky style and I'm sure your dad will be proud of you. God Bless.

Chows.

Talk about Marketing Startegy.

2008-11-30T05:29:00.000-08:00

My nose is now running due to the swimming I did early in the afternoon.

It's 9.30pm and my eyes are closing on me, I can't believe it.

It must be the chlorine. I don't know.

Just got scammed accidentally by some shop lady in some music shop in some shopping centre.

I went into the shop, looking for a set of guitar strings (ACOUSTIC) and I saw one pack that was red and the other that was black. They had the same designs and look kinda professional. I grab the black one (Which I thought was cooler, LOL) and just to check if everything's fine, I asked the lady who seemed to be day dreaming, sleeping, just starting into the computer if there was any difference between the red and black and she just said with a smile on her face that there was no difference. I believed her and happily went home with it, thinking that i could use the holidays to do something different, learn something new. When I was walking home, I curiously opened it up and realised there were nylon strings in it. "Oh shit, it's for the classical guitar" I exclaimed. Damn, there wasn't a single word from the lady nor on the packaging I swear that it says it's for the classical guitar. If you tell me the letters "S.P" means classical guitar, I'll be stunned. Anyways, I tried to fit the strings onto my acoustic guitar and realised that the differences between the two guitars are of course the material of the strings and secondly the diameter of them. They are actually different if you didn't realised. Hehe, at least I learnt something new.

If you think I should return it, I just got to tell you two things actually. The strings are now in like the "used" state and the pakaging is already like in pieces already (Look how excited I was, haha). In addition, the lady didn't give me any pakaging so I'll definitly be at a lost if I would ever argue with them. It's my word against their's.

OK, that's so much said. I'm gonna sleep and go to my part time job tomorrow as a disaster relief officer at the Sarimbum Scouts Camp. Hope there won't be so much "casualties".

Hah, chowz. I'm off to NZ this thursday. So EXCITTTIINGGG....

A New Record for the Spaceman.

2008-11-29T02:23:00.001-08:00

It's a new record for me.

I woke up at 12pm.

Such a lazy bum.

There's nothing to do till tomorrow.

Faster come, Tomorrow!

Who Created the Circle ?

2008-11-27T21:21:00.000-08:00

It's around 1.30pm already.

I slept at 2am this morning as I couldn't sleep.

And I woke up at 11am as I couldn't wake up.

Half of my day is wasted.

I still have to cut my hair and get The Killers new album (If available) later on.

The Holidays are so boring.

Hope there's something better to do.

Gosh.

2008-11-27T05:03:00.000-08:00

What is this World turning into?

Firstly, there's the Mumbai Terror Attacks in of course India. It's so bloody scary when people just drive past you and start shooting at you and then you relised you have a bullet in your hand and start screaming for help. On top of that, people raiding the hotel you are living at and take you as hostage where you live in fear and go hysterical cause you don't know whether if you are going to make it out there alive. I do hope that these attacks are going to be over soon and hope India can recover and most importantly hope my Dad can come home safely who is in Ahmedabad, India (Which is kinda close to Mumbai) studying. He loves studying and taking courses in Business and Management. There are piles of books in my house regarding the topics above.

Secondly, I'm not too sure that this is pure arse luck or just plain sui (Bad Luck). I was cycling to meet Brian at the Salvation Army HQ near Bishan Park then from there we can cycle together around the park.

On my way there (I was late already), I had to cross this Bicycle crossing to the park where then I saw the green bicycle sign flashing and the red light for the cars is on and I decided to make a dash for it (Which I don't usually do. Don't really know why the hell did I got the instinct to make a dash for it, maybe the need for speed?) So I made a dash for it, out of the blue, there were two cyclists, bengs cycling cross the crossing in a breath-wise manner (I was cycling in a length-wise manner of course) and the obvious happened.

I managed to cut through the gap between the first and second cyclist however crash into the second cyclist while doing so. I fell to the floor hard and realised that I was in the middle of the road. I got up and cleared my bike of the traffic road. The second cyclist just said " Chee Bai lar" while I just said "Sorry man" while taking the blame thought I think I was not entirely at fault and I do not want to state my point of view here.

So we're now in the recovering stage. The first beng-cyclist was just taking a stick to smoke while the other beng-cyclist was just like checking out his bike. Then suddenly the jsut rode off as though nothing happened like most hmmm minor accidents here in Singapore. A "Sorry man" from me and a "Chee Bai Lar" from the Beng-Cyclist was just the two phrases we exchanged in the aftermath. Then a passer-by, cyclist said I had things on the road and I realised it was my water bottle and a bike light on the floor. I watched as my items got destroyed by a bus and car as they drove over it. Haiz.

Then I cycled to the Salvation Army as planned the whole cycling journey ended at my local bike shop where I asked the kind uncle there to repair my bike which front wheel was kinda slanted due to the force of the crash. I also bought a bike flash to replaced the destroyed one. The Uncle there also told me his story of him trying to dash for the traffic light however his was more bloody and more forceful than mine. He had 8 stiches near his eye brows where I came out unscathed (Not even a single scrath, even though it's a hard road, thank god) Now the wheel is still slanted though the brakes aren't in the contact with it. Guess I'm gonna changed the front wheel soon. Better to do it, or not my Dad will be pissed for sure as the bike's his and it's a new one :p

I'm getting tired thinking about this. Guess I better do something else, haha.

Chows, signing off.

Battlefield Madness.

2008-11-23T19:53:00.000-08:00

It's been around 1-2 weeks since the O's ended and into my holidays and I've still yet to think what I'm going to do for the rest of the holidays.

I have been playing the computer for the past few days (Battlefield 2 and Battlefield 2142) and my bones and muscles and aching . It's not only from the computer I guess but also from the Scout CCA Ceremony Preparation and the Pulua Ubin Shoot with Matthew and Benjamin which was great for us as it was like an escape to the wild from the concrete matchboxes we all live in and also to the mosquitos and bugs whom feed on our blood there. Zzz, so many bites till I'm now iching all over.

The Scout CCA Ceremony is on tommorrow and I'm feeling kinda bored and just want to get over with it as to me it's just a normal ceremony though alot of effort has been "invested" into it. And on top of that I have Marcus Clothes Shoot on Wednesday and some hmmmm outing on that evening which I'm quite puzzled about. Haha, look's I'm going as tired as a dead dog sooner or later.

But to look on the bright side, my well deserved rest is coming in around hmmm 10 days time? Cause I'm off to NZ. YEAH! HAHA :p

It's Over, Over.

2008-11-12T18:14:00.000-08:00

OH OH OH OH, OH OH OH OH, OOAH!

The O's are finally over! Woohoo, one month of just plain mugging is just so shitty!

So look's like my blog's revived from the dead.

It's been like 2 months since I last post something up. Haha, so here are some updates!

CCA CONFIRMED!
DA CONFIRMED!
"How Starbucks Saved My Life" COMPLETED
"Deception Point" COMPLETED (AT LAST)
Canon 17-40mm f4 L USM Lens BOUGHT!
ALBUMS BOUGHT!

Now all the books are just pilling up and looks like I'm going GREEN! Recycling time :)

Just so bored right now, 2 1/2 months of PURE, UNSCHEDULED, FREE TIME. HAHA.

So just take your time guys and relax. Chill like Mr.Cool (IDENTITY TO BE KEPT CONFIDENTIAL) HAHA.

I'm gonna catch my spaceship already, BYE.

"The Dream Maker Is Gonna Make You Mad!" - The Killers.

Forward!

2008-09-24T02:00:00.001-07:00

The Prelims are done.

The Results are back.

I'm satisfied though much can be improved.

I'll not be complacent and distracted.

I'll try my best in this last lap.

For the Win!

Lesson Learnt: Not to be Complacent.

2008-09-08T20:34:00.000-07:00

OK, it's currently in the middle of the Prelims. So I'm gonna make it short.

I just wanna say.

Maths was just so bloody challenging.

Zzzzz.

Bye.

Damn, There's Light Leaks !

2008-08-31T23:54:00.000-07:00

Hey guys, here are some photos I recently took with my XA2! Enjoy!

Zzzz, the camera has light leaks! It's the first time it's appearing after the 1st roll! Is it really the camera or just the film, i don't want to spend another $100 to repair it. :((((

Inactive-ness.

2008-08-16T22:45:00.000-07:00

Hey guys, it's been a long time since i wrote my last post, maybe two weeks ?

I'm really sorry as I can't find the time to blog due to the upcoming prelims and the O's which is like 60+ more days! Oh my god, so i can't be really that active, so this blog may be kinda dead for while, but i promise that I'll be back. Muhahaha!

Acid Jazz/ Lounge Music has really been playing in my head recently, looks like I found a new favourite genre to listen to and I really can't stop the tune in my head. Haha.

So I guess that I'll have to go now, chows.

A Picture Speaks a Thousand Words.

2008-08-06T06:10:00.000-07:00

Maybe not this time. Let's just say I went to SINGFEST 2008 ! :D

Hanging On.

2008-07-29T04:49:00.000-07:00

Sorry guys.

Didn't have the time to blog these few days. Kinda busy with homework, revision etc etc.

So I guess why don't just I just slack for a while ? Haha.

Recently, everyone is like getting their minds focused and making the right choice, haha in preparing for the PRELIMS, damn, it's so close. Better not talk about it, caused feeling stressed already...

So yeah, nothing much has happened in school EXCEPT for the fact that one of our school's canteen vendors, Uncle Daniel passed away last Tuesday in the canteen late afternoon due to heart failure. It happened so abruptly and it has been said that a few students have bought drinks from him around 5 minutes before he was reportedly passed out. May his soul rest in peace.

So my time's up for tonight already.

So long and see ya.

Modern Knights of the Round Table.

2008-07-19T20:51:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was kinda like a marathon for me. What did I do?

1. Woke Up.
2. Rushed to School.
3. Covered Event.
4. Went directly Tuition.
5. Dinner.
6. Homework.
7. And of course, sleep.

A day just passed by like that.

The event yesterday was some kind of national event, different schools coming down for some activites with the theme of the modern knights of the round table. Looks like fun however a job is a job.

Here are some shots of the event: (In sequence: Icebreakers, softball game, dance and debate)

Time Flies.

2008-07-12T22:47:00.000-07:00

So fast it's the end of the week and the weekend is almost gone.

Nothing much happened this week, just plain old boring school life. :(

BORED BORED BORED !!!

BTW, anyone wants to go to Singfest ?

Feel What It's Like to be New.

2008-07-04T06:42:00.000-07:00

A Whole Week has past in just a blind of an eye and it's just 3 more months to O's.

Can't believe how close it really is.

The whole week was kinda boring. Mostly home alone until yesterday. Dad was on a business trip, Mom and Sis on a vacation in Australia, just leaving me here trying to survive. LOL, it wasn't that bad lar :p

Today was kinda boring. School was suppose to end at 12.30pm however chem lesson was extended to 1pm which is the original time of release. Sianz loh. Anyways, I managed to get the class t-shirts done today along with Caleb at the printing shop which was around RJC there and it's gonna be ready by the 23rd of July, just 2 days before the Racial Harmony Day Carnival. Can't wait :) Heeheee.

Sunny Saturday Morning.

2008-06-27T19:07:00.000-07:00

Finally I'm entitled not to attend any scouts meeting anymore. Suddenly, Saturday mornings feel so free :p

This week has passed by so fast, in just a blink of an eye, the whole week ended with the O Level Chinese Oral Examintation which was kinda difficult, I almost screwed the whole thing up, but thank god i asked the teachers to re-explain the question in simpler words. The idealogy of "Ask and you shall receive" i guess, haha. :)

My whole family's not home. Dad's on his usual business trip and Mom and Sis are having their vacation in Melbourne where I so wanna go, but school just holds me back. :(

Anyways, I still got another few more hours to use before this morning ends, got to make FULL use of it. Chows.

Back to School.

2008-06-24T02:29:00.000-07:00

It's time to go back to School !

Saturday was very fun! Went to St Gabs Campfire. It was great, their programme and the atmosphere there was really good compared to ours. Haha, performing there with King Man and Sanjay was awesome too. After that, We, Ventures just went to a nearby coffeeshop for some talk cock sing song session.

Sunday was boooring. Just tried to complete my uncompleted homework which I can't :P

It was great to see everyone back in School yesterday and everyone seemed to be fine except Brian Kok who has just got a swollen toe from an in-grown nail. Come on, cheer up! On top of that, School ended early at 1.30pm yesterday which was great cause it was kinda draining.

Studied after tuition till midnight yesterday for the GEOG test but it was cancelled and broken down and postponed to some other day. WHAT THE HELL!

Montfort Knights Biannual Campfire 2008.

2008-06-20T03:40:00.000-07:00

The weeks of Preparation has boiled down to Wednesday and it's so fast that just 48 hours ago, the campfire was just about to start.

These weeks were good as each of us have played a vital role in making the campfire possible. Like the gifts (Ivan, Daniel Phang) , firepit (Matthew), Emcees (Mervin), Performances (Kingman, Sanjay, Zhi Kai, Stuart) and food (Keith).

The campfire was good in my opinion although most of us may not like the results of the campfire, how dead the audience was etc, but we got to remember one thing - It's the process of preparing for the campfire that is more important - We as a crew managed to solve the problems that we encounter along the way and these problems have taught us lessons that we can learn from and the ideas that came from our brainstorming and how it can be implemented in the next campfire.

This is the final leg of Scouting for us this year, Ventures and i feel that the time we spent together has bonded us very closely.

It's has been 4 years since we first got to know each other and through the punishments, swearing, hardships, fun times, le pah times, camps and all the other times, we really got to know each other better, one's strengths, weaknesses and how one reacts to a specific kind of situation, may it be good, bad or even funny.

But now it's time for us to go and get ready for the final sprint - the O's. May all of us put our final burst of energy in this final sprint and get back again some other time.

On a final note, I would like to thank those who have made this campfire possible, your effort was greatly appriciated by Montfort Knights.

So long and take care :)

Empty Apartment.

2008-06-13T07:15:00.000-07:00

Busy.

In School everyday from 9am to around later afternoon or evening preparing for next week's campfire.

Hope it doesn't rain or screw up.

God bless the campfire :D

Got to go, chows.

So Who's Gonna Watch You Die.

2008-06-04T22:02:00.000-07:00

I feel damn emotional today.
I helped out an old man.
My heart broke while helping him.
He was going to die.

The thunder roared and the rain fell from the sky like nobody's business.

I was on my way home from J8 where i topped up my EZ-Link Card and check out if the new Coldplay and Death Cab for Cutie albums were out. However, they weren't.

So i walked the usual way home. From J8 to the Bus Interchange then through Kim San Leng (the Coffeeshop) as it was sheltered all the way.

Suddenly, while walking through Kim San Leng, an old man grapped my hand and mumbled a few words. I couldn't hear it, i took down my headphones and asked him to repeat what he said.

He said "Excuse me, can you help me to get up ?"

The old man was an Indian, his hair was all white and wore glasses that seemed it was made ages ago.

"Ok, but what's wrong?" I asked.

He took my hand and placed it on his left leg. His leg felt hard like plastic and the old man said that it was a synthetic one.

I was momentarily stunned and I immediately tried to help him up.

He got up on his two feet and I helped him carry his bag. The old man just swaggered through the walkway of the coffeshop and suddenly fell down near a table where a family and some other people where having their lunch.

A member of the family and some other guy immediately helped the old man up while a lady pulled her baby up as the old man had accidentally fallen on her. She was crying on top of her voice. “What’s wrong with him?" the men asked and the old man was just repeating "My leg is fake... My leg is fake..." Everyone just stared at the old man and wondered what happened.

Now, the old man was back on his two feet and I placed my hand on his shoulder and guided him through the walkway to the bus interchange where he wanted to go there.

We made a few pauses along the way as he wanted to catch his breath and he heaved and when he exhaled, I can smell the stench of alcohol and tobacco in his breath.

While walking to the bus stop, he told me something that I couldn't forget the tone of his voice. He said "I have cancer and i'm going to die sooner or later." That really took me by surprise. I asked him if he had any family members that he could contact but he just shooked his head and told me that he was just alone on his own.

My heart sank and wondered if what will I do if I'm in his position when I'm frail and old.

We crossed the zebra crossing to get to the other side of the road where the bus interchange was. Step by step, we made our way there. He asked me what religion I believe in, I told him I was Buddhist and he just nodded his head and said that he had some Buddhist books at home.

Just around 10 to 20 meters away from the Bus 54 stand, we walked along the rails of the other bus stands. He stopped, grapped the railings and tried to catch his breath. "Heezzz...Arrr..." He heaved in the air into his lungs. He looked at me and said that that respiratory system was very weak. The look on his face reminded me of my late grandfather who passed away 4 years ago due to the same illness, Cancer.

After that short period of rest, we reached the Bus 54 stand and I assisted him to sit down on one of the seats behind the stand. I asked him if that was all the help that he needed and he just nodded his head. He thanked me and offered me his hand for a handshake and i took his hand and gave him a firm handshake and I wished him good luck.

From there, I left him there, seated all alone on that seat. While walking back, I turned back to take a last look of him. He had his elbows on his knees and his hands on his head, facing down, looking very depressed.

I walked back home with a heavy heart and I cried when i came home.

Although this may sound like a scene in the movies, this is real and it's not a joke.

So whenever you see someone needing help on the streets, please do help them out.

Comfort in the Sound.

2008-05-30T06:02:00.000-07:00

"Marching Bands Of Manhattan" - Death Cab for Cutie.

This week has been mad or should i say kinda busy.

Monday -Chinese O's. Nothing much to say about it.

Tuesday-School started off normally. After that, had some free time and me and some of the others went to Leslie's House for some Halo 3. Fun indeed and i realise one thing. I suck at it or it's just that i'm not used to the controls maybe. Haha, playstation all way!

Wednesday-Physics OA3. Jeez. Next.

Thursday- Leslie's House again for the Halo 3 again, but this time with new "foes" or greg and ka chun. Damn funny, had fun! Thanks man, Leslie. TEETH! HAHA :P At night, went late to Anderson Guides' Campfire. Well done indeed and now i'm starting to stress out for our own campfire cause "nothing" had been done yet i guess. Got to chiong man people!!!

Friday- POSED Day. Learnt very much about the route laid down after Secondary School. Attended the talks by TJC, IJC and NYJC. All the talks were not bad and i'm quite tempted to go to NYJC. Maybe i'll add it into one of my choices then. But hey, work hard then talk bah. Had a good afternoon nap just now and i'm still energise now. After that, went to J8 for dinner and got my new phone cause my old one just can't help but shut down. Grrr... Anyway it's over now :)

So bored right now, maybe i'll just go back and sleep again. BAWHAHAHAA!

Make It Mine.

2008-05-22T04:07:00.000-07:00

Chinese O's coming up real soon damn and it's making me damn nervous.

Got back my results and i'm satisfied with it. However, there's still room for improvement and most important of all, i must not to be complacent.

Grrr, i just don't know how to process my Kranji War Memorial shots. So i may not be able to post most of the shots and on top of that i'm not shooting recently, can't really find the time. Most probably during the June holidays.

Oh oh, just got the new Jason Mraz album yesterday, i must say his songs are just amazing! Very melodious indeed...

I'm so tired yet i gotta still push myself for the final lap for now.

FORWARD !!!

They Died for All Free Men.

2008-05-19T04:22:00.000-07:00

Today's Vesak Day.

Woke up around 5am to go to the temple to do the prayers. After that, i just came home and slept for a while, felt exhausted due to the lack of sleep.

In the later part of the morning, i went to the Kranji War Memorial Cemetry/Park i guess to do some shooting. Very peaceful indeed. Check out my flickr soon if you wanna see the whole series of photographs i took(Around 6/7 i guess).

Came home and Ivan ONG came over to do the Scouts Campfire Songbook/Programme Sheet. The sheet looks very cute to me :p Full of childish pictures, maybe cuteness is the theme of the programme sheet :P

After that, i slept again, lazy monday afternoon. Hehe, tired lar, what can i do.

And that's about it.

Oh oh, just updated Graphet, please do check it out. :)

The Hand that Comes Out from Nowhere.

2008-05-16T04:37:00.000-07:00

Feeling delighted.

Today is the last day of the MYE.

Just got my Battery Grip and a new set of batteries. Feeling much more comfortable on my camera after equipping it with the grip.

Feeling happy but tired. All my brain juice has been squeezed out during the exams. Hehe. I'm just lying down on the sofa and just dazing as the day goes by. LOL

Unfortunately, my parcel didn't arrived this evening, so i just made a refund. So, i don't know what to do with my 'dead' blogshop. Maybe i would like to hear some opinions from you guys? And maybe for the time being, i will take more pictures so as to put them as designs for the bookmarks.

Just waiting for the battery to charge. Wait wait wait. :i

I've Been Waiting for 6 Weeks!

2008-05-12T23:19:00.000-07:00

And damn the parcel from Moo still isn't here yet. Grrrr...

Just finished watching "House", really enticing episode, it's actually the Part 2 of the episode shown last week. Rested, feeling happy now :)

Saturday was great. Went to the Canon Experience Day held by VJC. Had 2 talks - 1 by a car photographer and the other by a vacation photographer ? Forgot what do they call it already :p After the talks, there were demo sessions about the various aspects of photography - Car, Model, Sports and Macro. I like the MODEL section the best ! Heeeheee, just joking. Really like the sports one the best. Played with PROFESSIONAL gear ok? Bloody big cameras with bloody big lenses. There's one that can zooooooooommmmmm alll the way to the other end of the field and we were on the one end. LOL, didn't know where the lens was zooming to until i look around. Haha.

Sunday, Monday were nothing. Just practice and papers. Geez...

Can't wait for MYEs to end! :p

It's Nine In the Afternoon.

2008-05-07T05:47:00.000-07:00

Time now - 2105 hours.

Going to keep this short, cause i'm feeling tired just trying to wake up 0545 hours everyday for the past 3 days for the MYE and on top of that the stress levels of the various papers. Geez.

Did nothing much recently cause of the mid-years. Studying sia.

On Saturday, it was the Scouts Annual General Meeting and my Exco was in charge of it. Everything went out smoothly i guess, no really major cock-ups. Well done guys.

Had Mother Tongue, Social Studies, English, Mathematics and Biology papers since monday till today. Tomorrow is EL 2 and Geog. Friday is Maths 2 and that's the end of week! Relax.

It's been a month and my parcel hasn't come. Damn it! ARGH.

"You Gotta Spent Some Time, Love" - Death Cab for Cutie

SYPA.

2008-04-28T06:31:00.000-07:00

Today was busy, hell busy.

Went to school with my long sleeves, thinking that there was council photo taking today, but guess what? It's postponed to Wednesday, damn. So i have to walked around with the long sleeves and black leather shoes around school and town this faithful day.

School ended early today with no Mr James lesson cause he was taking the other classes for English Oral Examination in the afternoon, so we had biology lesson instead. Got back my Biology test results along with Mr Azman's "stare", kinda weird indeed. Really happy with it and my physics test marks i got earlier in the morning. MYE is just next week, can't wait to get done over it.

So enough of classes, after bio, stayed back for a while to complete my chinese compostion writing, 4 pages sia, didn't know i could write that much :p Left school from Habourfront at 3.30pm to meet up with Chris. Reached Habourfront at 4.20pm and had to wait around minutes for that guy. After that, we went to SAFRA MT FABER to hand up our shots for the SYPA (Singapore Young Photographer Award). Just trying my luck haha, it would be great if i got anything from it :P

After that, we had some talk cock session at the Ya Kun Toast shop next to the reception counter. Real intereting, he demoed some skills on Photoshop and it was interesting yet complicating, haha.

From there, we went home. End of storey. Had English tuition in the night, and i'm feeling damn tired to do anything right now. All i can think of is just to sleeeeep. :)

Founder's Day 2008.

2008-04-25T21:30:00.000-07:00

Happy, real happy.

Just bought my Canon EOS 450D with the 50mm f1.8 Prime Lens at MS Colour yesterday. School ended early yesterday, just half an hour earlier but it's was good enough for me, haha. When school ended, i met up with Matthew and we went to MS Colour which is in Ang Mo Kio and got my camera from there. Real happy, no more deprive-ness from Nikon :p After that, i went to Habourfront alone to collect the free gifts Canon gave ( 4GB Memory Card, books etc etc). Took so long to get there, it seemed like an endless journey on the bus. It was so long till i managed to read 10 chapters of a book by Dan Brown while on the bus. Came back home by MRT which was much faster. Thank god. In the night, just waited for my battery to charged.

It's Founder's Day today and the fellow ventures and I joined in the scouts contigent for the parade. It was really great, everyone was great. Well done guys ! After the parade, Matt and I took some level shots of the Scouts.

It's Been 2 Weeks.

2008-04-24T06:53:00.000-07:00

Time passes fast, really fast.

It's been 2 weeks since VLC and the deadline for the VLC project (Campfire) is drawing nearer and nothing's done yet.

Monday was AWESOME. School ended around 12pm and then half of the school went down to Toa Payoh Sports Hall to cheer our own badminton team on. What can i say, we just simply rock the whole stadium down. We won sports school like 4-0 ? Can't believe it either.

Founder's Day is just 2 days time and on tuesday and wednesday, rehearsals were being held. March here, march there and that's all. The best part is, quoting from a "RELIABLE" source, scouts are going to be the Guard of Honour next year if we achieve some requirements that is.

Today's half day and i spend most of the day dealing off my camera equipment and tuition, chinese in the afternoon and physics in the night. It really sucks sitting down in a confined space and just keep on hearing words that just keep on repeating. Gosh, thinknig about it makes me feel damn tired already lar.

On a higher note, tomorrow's gonna be great, i'm going down to get my Canon EOS 450d !

HAHAHA, JUST CAN'T WAIT. :D

Back From Camp. Gosh, I'm Getting OLD.

2008-04-14T01:43:00.000-07:00

Just came back from Venture Leadership Camp last night after having my long-sought-after Prawn Mee and Peppermint Bubble Tea. Haha.

Camp was really awesome. No push-ups but loads of strainous activities - Rock Climbing, Tug of War, Raft Building, Campfire, sleeping at 2am and waking up at 6am etc in 24 hours can make anyone shagged. My muscles are currently aching and guess what ! I didn't go to school today!

Everyone it's legal. My fellow ventures and I have the permission, so don't come and kao bei! :p

Today was real good. Really happy. WOKE UP at 8am, i think you guys woke up at 6 plus to go to school ? Haha :p Managed to do finish my amaths, geog and physics homework pile that i didn't managed to complete. HAPPY. After that, went to MS Colour to check out Canon's new DSLR - Canon EOS 450D/ REBEL XSI / KISS X2, whatever you wanna call it, but it's god damn awesome. Tried it out with the 50mm f1.4 lens, cause they went out of stock on the 50mm f1.8 and using my SD card. God, it just rock. Took some pictures, but my photoshop can't seem to open the files! So, I NEED PHOTOSHOP CS3 then, haha.

Came back, ate fried rice with luncheon meat that mum cooked for me. It gave me back memories of the times that i used to have it every monday after coming back from Primary School at 1pm. Oh, i so wanna be p1 again, hah.

Studied Physics and Bio in the afternoon causes the 2 killers are coming and laying their knives in my head on Wednesday. HUAT ARH.

My bones and muscles are currently aching. Got to stop typing already :p Bye :)

Running Out Of Time.

2008-04-09T07:22:00.000-07:00

It's 10.30pm already. Late.

Saturday and Sunday were the same old stuff.

On Monday, school started again with all the levels coming back from their various camps. They looked real tired and tanned too, hope that they got a good rest.

Had tests too, A Maths on Monday and E Maths today.

Yesterday was sort of a disappointment. We had our Nokia School Invasion Tour by some local artists. It was an acoustic setup actually, awesome performance but a dead crowd, not very enthu. You can even hear the disappointment in the voices of the artists when they talk due to the weak response from us as a school. On top of that, there were some discipline matters that are settled in the hall after the performance while the Nokia crew were still there. I guess what an impression we made of us on them ?

Anyway, it's over. By the way i took some shots of the singers, but they are just headshots anyway. Check them out when your're free then.

It's late, got to go, chowz.

Let Me introduce to You My Style.

2008-04-01T06:03:00.000-07:00

Saturday and Sunday were real busy. Hell yeah!

Saturday was filled with the VLC lectures, finally felt like a venture with a whole load of new responsibilties and tasks to accomplish. VLC camp is coming up in 2 weeks time and the timetable looks real fun! Can't wait :p

Rushing Sunday. Woke up around 8am, didn't had much time for myself till i have to see the dentist for my braces. I just got an upgrade, rubberbands. OMFG, it hurts so much till i almost cried while trying to removed a stucked rubberband within my braces on Monday morning. After that, i went to Physicks tuition, nothing much over there. In the afternoon, was the usual afternoon stuff, swimming yeah. At around 7.30pm, Matt and I just went to the hill near Bishan swimming complext to shoot. Long exposures baby, going to upload soon. So keep updated!

Monday was nothing much, nothing to talk about. Hehe.

Supposed to have archery today. Was so excited ! But due to the "beautiful" weather, it was postponed. Damn, but ended school early! Hehe, managed to find some time to complete what i'm suppose to do - Campfire Programme Sheet and my class T-Shirt design ! Took an hour each to complete, now my back aches. Haha.

Really hope you guys like the design, by the way comments and critics are welcomed. Hope to hear some response from you guys :)

Looks like it's kinda late or is it just the usual cliche to end of a post ? I don't know, haha. Just got to go, bye.

Run.

2008-03-28T06:07:00.000-07:00

Happy yet Tired. Word.

School ended early today at around 12.30pm as today is SPORTS DAY! Had lunch with my classmates at Hougang mall then we headed down to the stadium. Bought bubble tea on the way there too, it has been ages since i drank one of those stuff.

At the stadium, i managed to cancelled my council duty and it simply rocks. The whole sports day was like just taking photos with Matt, Mr Peter Ho and the xtra IT/AVA guys. Haha, it was really fun as we were all using Nikons (Matt and Mr Ho) and we were sharing our gears around and sharing some tips. We were like the official photographers can ? Haha. Really good experience. The best thing is that we are allowed to shoot other school events in the future. Haha, maybe a photographers union in Montfort i guess ? LOL.

Sports Day ended with my house, Proulx winning the annual sports meet. Took a bus home with the house captain, Aaron. Great job man...

My eyes can't open now, real tired and tommorrow is VLC !!! But it's also St Nicks Feista !!! Damn !

Open Shop.

2008-03-27T04:53:00.000-07:00

Wet. Word.

It rained heavily this afternoon. Finally all the tests for the week is over and tomorrow is sports day can't wait.

Recently, i've been thinking of setting up a shop to sell my photos and i finally did one. Here is my small little printing shop that i set up recently, the link is here graphet.blogspot.com . I do bookmarks currently but will be doing more in the near future. Just check out the blog for more information. Thanks!

Got to do my work now, tommorrow need to hand it, jeez. Chowz.

If I Know I'm Well, I'll Know What I Did Was Wrong.

2008-03-22T05:54:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was a day to remember. Was playing my computer at around 11am when i suddenly see my friends just stomping into my room and singing a birthday song with a cake in their hands. How touching. =p

We ate the cake and started to make our way to Sentosa but dropping off at Vivocity area for lunch and some walking around. Yummy cream puff but it's damn ex. Took the monorail to the island and played on the beach. Played touch rugby, tennis ball, swimming and even building the great wall ! It like a metre and a half long and it just can't seem to be destroyed by the waves. However, it got destroyed by ME! Haha, buried myself in the sand. Really cool but you will realise that there will be sand in your pants ! Haha.

Soon the sun set and we went back to Vivocity for our dinner. I had a bowl of lasksa that COST $7!?!?! So expensive but it was really filling. After that, we took the bus back home, really couldn't open my eyes. Zzzzz...

It was really fun and thanks all for taking time off from your busy schedule to celebrate not my birthday only but juanne's too... So here is it that you guys have been waiting for :p THANKS Y'ALL.

Today was great. Ran the 2.4km route, did pull ups, played soccer. Scouts seemed to be some kind of sports CCA already. HAHA, but the rough roads are just ahead. Next week is the VLC briefing already, argh. Faster get over with it ! :p Scouts ended with some packing up and dog and bone for the Scouts. After that, me, king man and ivan went to have lunch together. The Same 3 people but with Daniel missing out. He must have went to tuition or Bishan ? HAHA. Ivan and King Man bought my a birthday drink - Ice Cream Soda. THANKS! Will remember it yo... Really didn't expect it, they just went to get some drinks and came back with 3 cans. Haha, thanks again.

Looks like it's 9pm already. Got to get my homework done and get some well deserved sleep and one last thing - TOMORROW IS MY SWEEEEEEET 16TH BIRTHDAY !!! CAN'T WAIT !!! :D

Please Make This Go On Forever.

2008-03-20T05:45:00.000-07:00

Fly.

This week was kinda short. Fell sick on the second day of school due to food poisoning. It must be my sister's mashed potatos ! Haha, but the experience was horrible. Visiting the blue bowl at 2 hour intervals, just make me sick.

Today was kinda long. Ended school at around 1.30pm but had to stay in school till 6pm for some kind of leadership course. Real interesting indeed when the method of 6 thinking hats came out. It really reminds me of the years, yes YEARS i spent learning that stuff. I think it's in me already... Haha, just that i really don't think that much of it anymore.

Went to collect my Elitechrome roll from Kim Tian. The evening crowd on the way home was just horrible. Packed like sardines indeed. So check out my photos when i post it up on flickr soon. =)

Downloading the Battlefield 2142 patch, can't just wait to play it again. BANG BANG BANG !!!

Come Home.

2008-03-17T04:18:00.000-07:00

Took my Senior Resuscitation test yesterday. Passed it.

Real cool. The test was held at Delta Swimming Complex, Redhill there. My teacher drove the 6 of us in his van all there way there. The test was held from 6pm to 8pm. Quite difficult with so many facts to remember. After that, we had dinner together, real fun and then my teacher drove us back. Real kind indeed,hehe.

First day of school really sucks. Feel so tired, but can't sleep in class... Kept on yawning, jeez. But anyway it's over, hah.

So looks like 2morrow is a new day then. Got to go, chowz.

Audiophile.

2008-03-15T04:14:00.000-07:00

My Earphones are just screwed. Damn.

Scouts Meeting was as usual. Played soccer, pull ups, 2.4km run, basically P.T and ended normally too - Searching around the scouts room for the bloody key. Haha.

Ate lunch with the same 4 people i ate last week during job week. Talk cock sing song, really great to have them as company.

Feeling real damn tired, almost feel asleep during Physicks tuition, but luckily didn't. Haha.

Really got to go now, chowz and my birthday is just next week ! Can't wait. :D

Flashgun.

2008-03-13T04:26:00.000-07:00

Happy is the word.

Morning was Sunny, that really make me happy. On top of that, school ended early at around 11am and borrowed Matt's Coloursplash Flash. Fun indeed.

Did nothing much in the afternoon, keep on thinking on the PE Project about Fad Diets. Finally it's done and night came. Time for some coloursplashing. Fun Fun!

Feeling kinda bad now. Just now it was raining heavily and there was a girl dashing through the rain. Should have shared an umbrella with her. And the "best" part is she is living in the same block as me. Didn't know, paiseh. HAHA!

Can't wait for tommorrow. Chowz.

Rain, Rain, Go Away.

2008-03-10T23:47:00.000-07:00

Word.

It's been raining for the last few days and everyone seems to be catching the flu bug. Or should i say the flu bug is catching everyone else. HAHA.

Holidays aren't really like holidays. Got to still go to school, tuitions etc etc just like any other week. Just got to persist till the O's are over, but that's a long way to go.

Work is just piling up, just got to clear them now, chowz.

Against all Odds.

2008-03-08T03:28:00.000-08:00

Day 1 of Job Week - $48.

Started out early at around 10pm. Went to the flats near the school with Ivan Ong, Daniel and King Man. Earned like 14 bucks ? Then it's time to set off to Mimosa Park, hell know where is it! Got lost in Yio Chu Kang, then went to Presbyterian High there. Did 1 block and everyone was pissed. Nothing much over there.

Shared a cab to Sengkang and that's when the monet came flowing in. Flow flow flow till i got $48. HAHA, so cool. But ALL these money will be donated directly to the HQ itself ok.

Feeling quite tired now from all those talking and persuading. HAHA, got to go. Chowz.

An Inconvenient Truth.

2008-03-07T05:21:00.000-08:00

300th Post.

Imagine having council duty for 6 hours while your friends are having fun at home or just hanging out. This just totally sucks but what can i do ? I'm holding a high post in council. But anyway, the duty was kinda fun or should i say, after the duty.

After the duty, played Winning 11 with my fellow councillors on the XBOX at the Heritage Gallery, super awesome. It's been a long time since i last played Winning 11. Played with Feng Hua and the others. But most amazing of all, is that i drew 3-3 when i played with 3 other councillors. I alone on one team and the other 3 on another. HAHA... Real fun when your heart is starting to pump adrenaline.

Tomorrow is the start of the job week !!! Don't be surprise if a scout comes knocking on your door ! HAHA.

Talk about Pacing.

2008-03-06T04:56:00.000-08:00

Word.

School ended early today, just half an hour for the councillors cos 2morrow there would be like a huge event at our school and 700 ppl are expected to be there. Took a train to Chinatown, just really took me 20 minutes. Felt kinda secured on the train as there were 2 police officers on it, maybe trying to nab the wanted man if he took the train. Hah.

Reached Chinatown, went tot Kim Tian, got my roll. First time at Xpro, felt satisfied with the results, could expect more from it. Maybe next time. Took the train back and went for tuition, just on time.

After tuition, went to J8 to get a roll so as i can try Matt's Olympus XA, in exchange with my 50mm. J8 is just becoming too popular, the place was filled to the brim like road blocks everywhere!

Looks like my day just ended like that.
Just can't wait for the weekends to come !!!

I Need You Right Now.

2008-03-03T05:28:00.000-08:00

Geeez. So many things coming up, looks like i'm running short of time.

Had council meeting in the morning for some DOS meeting on Friday. Half days on Thursday and Friday seemed to be wasted just like that. :( Can go and get my film on one of those days.
But got these 2 events, what to do. Just got to do the duty.

Scouts Orienteering Competition in the March Holidays, Scouts Campfire in the June Holidays, also going to hold some big post, can SOMEONE just take some of the burden off my shoulders ?

Daft Punk just rock socks, can't believe they performed in the Grammys with Kanye, hope they are real, not some kind of imposters just trying to act daft punk.

Fried Food gives you Sore Throats.

2008-03-01T05:55:00.000-08:00

Today was great. Woke up early and prepared for the usual Saturday morning scout meetings. Ate donuts for breakfast, and went off to school. Reached school early but it rained on the way there. No flag raising and soccer... =( The scouts did some cooking while the transition ventures just slacked, haha. Went to Bio class half way and came back not long after and realised that Matt and Keith just fried some nuggets. Looks nice and tasty, took some to eat, damn shouldn't have taken it lar, not having a bad sore throat, feel like cutting it off, haha.

After scouts, we went to have lunch at the nearby kopitiam, talk cock sing song. Damn funny esp Sanjay's response to something. After that came home, used the comp not for too long and then off to tuition. Physics Tution. It was like damn crazy lar, the tuition teacher talking so fast and the terms that come out of his mouth were like ... chim, damn chim. Managed to catch a hold of some of the words.

Tuition was over and i went with my family for dinner. After that, went to Chinatown to find Kim Tian Photoshop to x-pro my slide film. It's gonna take till Monday and can't wait to see the results ! After Chinatown, i headed to Cineleisure alone, yeh alone to check out on the Bamboo Fun. If you guys wanna know what it is, then go search the web. It's pretty cool. Went there and saw that they have one of those things. Picked one up... I paid for it first and then my sister will pay for me later as it is a birthday gift to me, HAHA.

Just played it not too long ago and here is a pic that i drew. C&Cs welcomed, haha... Still learning lar. It's kinda late and 2morrow is gonna be a long day, so got to go... Chowz.

It's Raining Like Sunday Morning.

2008-02-28T03:10:00.000-08:00

Tomorrow's the Investiture. Butterflies are flying my stomach and my heart is like pumping like petrol pump. LOL.

It's raining now, just got to love the feeling of having a shelter over my head whenever it rains. Today was kinda fast, frankly speaking this week passed real quick. So fast it's thursday already. Had council meeting in the morning like any other day, after that got my tags. Oooooyeh, VICE PRESIDENT baby ! Just got to love the 2 joined words. Bought a Agfa Precisa slide roll from Matt, first time @ X-Pro, hope that the results are nice... Hehehee.

Did nothing much in school and had chinese tuition in the afternoon. Fell asleep for a while, woke up and realise it was time to go home, haha.

My table is filled with paper right now, got to file them up nicely and neatly. Got to go, can't wait for TOMORROW !

Lucky Lucky, I'm so Lucky.

2008-02-23T04:53:00.000-08:00

Today just simply rocks. My luck can't get better than this.

Woke up early, around 5.30am to go for the Singapore Aerospace Exibition. Got ready and off i go to school to meetup with the others. Reached school at around 6.50am, went to check the scouts room and thank god my Nikon D40 was there. Haha, thanks Mervin for taking it.

Everyone was there at 7.15am and we set of to Ngee Ann Poly for some talks. From 8.30am to 11am, was all talks. Very informative indeed, really like the SAF Officer's speech. Really funny when he said that the Apache combat helicopters have shared rader so as your colleagues won't KS or Kill Steal you... HAHA!

Another bus took us from Ngee Ann to the Changi Exibition Hall. It was kinda messy there, i think 10 000 people in total were there! It was chaos and reminded me of the scene in "I am Legend" where everyone wanted to go to the other island because of the quarantine. The airshow was great. Loads of airshows like one from Canada or was it Australia, i can't remember, but it was damn awesome. Another one would be the Airbus A380 which was flying gracefully in the air. Spent around 3 hours there, cut the queue when taking the shuttle bus back to Pasir Ris station. Felt damn bad but who cares ! Everyone was cutting until the police ward off the area that is...

From Pasir Ris, my friends and I walked around White Sands Mall aimlessly until we just bought Old Chang Kee to feed off our hunger. Then half of the group, went to PS while some went home. I went home... I went to J8 first to pick up my D40 from Mervin and then went home to prepare myself for Chingay.

Chingay was great. Love the floats but it was kinda short. If you wanna see the pics, check out my flickr. After that, i went to J8 to settle my photos, council gifts stuff. Thank god ! Popular sell those cubes that i have been searching high and low for. Bought 30 of them, their for the council gifts. Got to start work right away on Monday !

Today is such a marathon, high and low i go. Feeling so drained of enery right now... Got to bath and HELLO DREAMLAND !

Happy World Scouts Day!

2008-02-22T03:31:00.000-08:00

HAPPY 101st WORLD SCOUT DAY !!! WOOHOO.

Today kicked off with the flag raising ceremony, although there were hiccups, it was still great. After that, we had a group photo, didn't upload the photo because, i will tell you later.

After school, had the council investiture rehearsal. Still really shitty, got to do more, practice more, perfection !!! *Points to the star.

Once rehearsal is over, got my bag and went off to mass order the Rubix Cube as the gift for the investiture. However, the guy at the shop said that it was out of stock and will take 2 weeks to come. My jaw dropped, litterally dropped. Got to damage control, now must think of an alternativbe for the 3rd time, argh !

Went to Camera Hospital after that to collect my EM. At last, after a week, the viewfinder is clean, crystal clear baby ! Sadly, 100 bucks gone ...

Came home, unpacked my bag and realised my camera isn't there. Damn, hope it's in the scouts room... Got bless me...

Run Away Like a Prodigal.

2008-02-18T22:42:00.000-08:00

Todae's half day. It just simply rocks. It's the first day like out of the whole year that the school announces that it's a half day. Todae is also the day where the first 3 fights of the year started out in the canteen.
ARGH...

Past few days were kinda usual. Sunday went for swimming or should i say more on the theory of resuscitation ? Yeah, swam like 2 laps then got out of the water and started with the CPR stuff... Test is coming up in the near future, just don't know when...

Monday was terrible. Came home at 2.30pm, an hour earlier cause there isn't bio, woohoo ! But fell sick in the evening. Can't go for tution, hehe. But felt damn terrible. Sat on the couch, watching TV and rotting away... Slept at 9pm. Woke up at 9.30pm after some major sweating. Felt much better, but couldn't go back to sleep after that. Grr....

Got to do my work now, can't afford to waste this afternoon away, hehe. Chowz.

I tried to Paint you a Picture, but the Colours were all Wrong.

2008-02-15T05:56:00.000-08:00

It's just 10 plus and my eyes are closing on me. Jeez...

Today was kinda fun, played soccer. As usual, scored some goals and let in some, maybe one or two ? LOL. But it was fun ! Then had to do the pathetic council gifts. Feeling really pissed man !!! ARGH. So little people helping, people coming out with their lame excuses. KILL THEM ALL !!! Or should i say TEKAN them all !!!

Came home, all dirty and my hands are covered with spray paint. Just to find a packet of Chicken Rice for dinner. Quite ok lar, watched TV and realised that i wasted most of my time on it. Grrr....

Did some work and now i'm talking to someone i dunno... Dunno how she add me sia, lol.

Yummy Tummy.

2008-02-14T03:34:00.000-08:00

Valentine's Day is here.

Today was kinda impromptu. Had a great night sleep compared to the day before, but still there is a test today. Omg, 3 tests in 3 days. Die die die. Went to school and mugged with a mug. Then realised i had to attend an interview in the afternoon for some kinda of Health Promotion Board award for school. Really impromptu. Wasn't really to attend the interview but hey, the president wasn't in school, so had to take over with my other vp. Didn't know that 1 p = 2 vp. LOL. Wasted few hours there.

After that, rushed to Sunshine Plaza to drop off my camera for CLA. 100 bucks for cleaning. Feeling kinda ripped but that guy repairing are reliable. Since 1968 ok ? Haha.

2morrow is finally Friday. Scouts, Soccer, Fun. What more can i ask ?

1/52.

2008-02-12T05:21:00.000-08:00

Jeez. What a day, tiring yet fun.

Tommorrow is Bio test, damn scared. A lot of things to memorize but later some only come out, argh.

Study study study and Valentine's day is coming up, just 2 more days.

Jeezzz, and there is a test on that day. Gosh.

Got to go, chowz.

Wear Your Seatbelts always.

2008-02-10T00:42:00.000-08:00

Back from CNY Trip, back to the old salt mine.

It's been great spending my time like 4 days in Malaysia. Had the chance to explore KL with the help of my tour guide - My Dad. LOL.

Went to the forest reserve, the famous Batu Caves and Titiwangsa where the Eye on Malaysia is located. Shot 4 rolls through my Nikon EM. 1 Black and White, 3 Coloured. Thank god for Nikon's Metering system. It's like the best compared to my f**king Russian SLR which can't seem to get any correct exposures. Just processed a roll to see if anything is all right. Yeah, the results are on my flickr already. It's the one i shot in the forest reserve. C&Cs are welcomed, hehe.

Ate good food, slept well ( I guess?), shot loads of pictures, learn more. This just simply rocks.

Now waiting for my friends who are on the way to my house for some bai-nianing. Haha. Chowz.

Glory.

2008-02-02T00:04:00.000-08:00

Thanks Mervin for posing in this picture.

Today was great. Usual scout meeting. Reached school around 8.40am, talked to the Sec 3 about CCA but didn't finished talking about it as was interupted by the inspection.

After inspection, played soccer for the whole meeting. Hehe, damn fun. Scored a goal...Take loads of pics, like this one. I think it's a great shot. Thanks again, Smurf. LOL

Feeling kinda tired now, played too much i think. Got to go, chowz.

PASSED.

2008-01-31T05:27:00.000-08:00

WOOHOO.PASSED THE CCA HIKE.

REALLY HAPPY RIGHT NOW COS IT ISN'T JUST A BORDERLINE PASSED BUT A 60+ % ONE...

JUST TOO HAPPY...

HAHAHAHAHEHEHEHEHE.

11.22am, 28/1/2008.

2008-01-28T01:14:00.000-08:00

I finally solved the Rubix cube for the first time ! Wooooohooo !!!

Have been trying to solve it for the past few days, but didn't have the time to learn the algorithms and my cube was a little bit off, the colours came off.

Ok, off the Rubix Cube. Hmmm, Saturday and Sunday was great. Managed to rest up. Saturday, had scouts and the Sec 4 played soccer while the lower scouts were doing some discussions, so fun ! We have to play soccer for 3 months in order to get a badge. Haha, doing something that we like. :p In the evening, went to East Coast to have dinner at one of the seafood restaurant. Magnific ! Ate till i wanted to vomit, so many fried buns... Then met some uncle whose mother took care of me when i was a baby, didn't know who he is but it's been a long time since my parents met up with him.

Sunday was usual. Catch up with my homework and learned the algorithms. Muhahha, i solved it. Then went for swimming, tiring sia, no stamina... Got to build it up again.

Feeling nervous now. Investiture invitations sent to 36 plus schools but only 8 replied ! Come on where are the other 28 schools ! Deadline is on 1st Feb.Please reply ASAP, haha.

Got to complete my physics ws and el compo, gtg. Chowz.

Finally, some free time for myself.

2008-01-24T01:34:00.001-08:00

At last some free time for myself.

Last few days have been really tiring. Life was like School - Tuition - Sleep and the cycle continued for 3 days. Depressing isn't it ?

Took the chem test on Monday and just got back the results. Didn't like the sight of it due to some careless mistakes (I must be blind.) Got to put in my 110% already ! Chiong towards the finishing line...

I also have not been taking photos these few days due to the fact of the tight schedule. Can't find any time for it... Canon just released their 450D, looks damn cool and nice. So when is Nikon going to release their's, can't wait. Haha.

Homework is piling up, got to finish them up, chowz.

Come Back.

2008-01-20T04:06:00.000-08:00

Firstly, i would like to say i'm sorry to the readers cause these few days kinda busy with school, tuition, scouts and student council. Can't really find the time to blog.

But i found some time today and i'm here now. Last 2 weeks has been uber tight. 6 days in school, 1 day at home resting. I think my life is more stress than the average Singaporean on the street going to work everyday. Just an assumption, if it's real i'm damn shocked. If it's not, i'm shocked too... LOL

Council Investiture is coming up and i'm in charge of the invitation card and gifts. Invitation cards are done and sent out. If you see it, tell me your views... Must say nice ok ? LOL... Gifts are still in the process. Just completed one yesterday but it looks kinda weird, got to touch up on it.

Yesterday went to celebrated Grace's Birthday at Newton Circus Food Court. Haha, a really 'different' place to celebrate a birthday huh? Smoke everywhere from the BBQ stores. Ate Hokkien Mee, Carrot Cake, Chicken Wings, Satay and the list goes on. Ate till i feel like bursting... Can't take anymore already. Anyway, i think it was really fun as most of us managed to find some time from our busy schedule to hang out, chill. After that, we stayed on the train and it took us from Newton to Marina Bay and then back to Bishan. Very long ride, felt really tired as my day started at 7am, hurrying to school for A Maths Remedial.

Tired tired... Energy and Perserverance is what i need right now.

Got to go, chowz.

Trashing It Out.

2008-01-05T20:18:00.000-08:00

It's a Sunday. And i'm down with some coughing and wheezing. Argh... It has beeen 2 weeks already since the CCA hike, hope i get well soon.

On Thursday and Friday, i was in the Sec 1 Orientation Camp. Kinda fun... =) Slack in the scouts room, skip classes and eating outside food. Yeah, no camp food man... Muhahahaha. But on the 2nd day, around 2am, we had an exco meeting. There i finally trashed things out that i was not happy with. Really hope that we will backup and get the council running.

Slept really little on the 2nd day and camp finished at around 5pm, reached home at 6pm. Was really tired till i couldn't carry a load of clothes that i was supposed to hang. Lol, just left it there and went to sleep.

Pitch black was all i saw. Damn tired, didn't dream of anything. Woke up at 7am and went for Scouts. CCA Orientation is next week, got to put in that 110% of commitment so as to draw in as many members at possible. Hope that the numbers are going to be great- At least larger than last year...

This year is O's already. Really nervous about it... But feeling happy now as i just found out my sister got a higher L1R5 score than me... Muhahaha, everytime come and kao bei me one, at last now i can kao bei back... -.-

Got to do some catching up, got to go...

B'dae in 77 days time, can't wait. Lol...

2008.

2007-12-31T23:21:00.000-08:00

It's 2008 already. In a blink of an eye, it's finally here. The last thing i remember of last year at this period of time was the Sec 1 Orientation Camp. Damn, was OIC then ! But this year, the teachers are in charge, woohoo.

Celebrated and counted down with my groupies. Hmmmm, there was so error with the time... To many variations, didn't know whose phone to trust. But anyway HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!

Spring-cleaned my room today, so much dust. Argh, coughing like mad. But it's now all neat and tidy and ready for the new year !

Regarding the last post, i think D300 is just too far, haha. Maybe something than my current one can already ???

Just wait and see.

12 and a half more hours.

2007-12-30T19:09:00.000-08:00

It's just 12 and a half more hours to the new year.

Can't believe that this year has passed in just a blink of an eye. Really happy with myself and what i've done this year. Learned more stuff, more expriences and made more friends.

Finally, i done finished all my homework esp the 80 A Maths questions and Chinese assignment. Really happy. =)

My new year resolution ? Loads of things but i can tell you guys one thing.

NIKON D300 just right after O's.

WOOHOO, yeah !!!

Before the Concrete sets.

2007-12-26T23:40:00.000-08:00

Its been 5 days since the CCA Hike, still kinda tired from it.

Christmas is good this year. Celebrated with my friends on Christmas Eve. Counted down to Christmas. Tell me who does that on Christmas ? Haha. I think it's only us. The real Christmas was kinda boring. Library was closed, did nothing much but just to stay on the computer for hours. Wasted. Slept alot too.

Yesterday, i got my Christmas present ! A 55-200mm VR lens, finally a telephoto lens. But, i had to pay for it, geez... Still learning about it and started to take some candids, you can check my flickr out.

Today, woke up early and went to school for the Sec 1 Orientation Camp briefing. It was like a hour and a half long. After that, king man, mervin, keith and i went to daniel's house to play some XBOX slim. Its a new version. Haha, no larz. His TV has a problem. It starts up with a really small screen then it grows into a bigger screen and finally the whole TV. Took around 5 minutes. Played FIFA 2007 and Topspin. Fun fun with Daniel's hmmmm remarks. LOL

Damn my room's light just got blown and i'm straining my eyes. Pain pain, got to go. Bye and hope everyone spends their last few days of holiday wisely. LOL.

Life is a Long Hike.

2007-12-22T22:25:00.000-08:00

After 28 hours and 26.05km later. I'm back home.

Firstly i would like to thank my companions for accompanying me through the hike where they could be doing something else if they didn't. Companions - David, Ivan, Ryan.

Just camed back from the CCA Exploration Test. It was really really challenging. Had to fight with fatigue and time, to complete the hike and the report. It is really a good experience for me as it is really an eye opener to discover some parts of Singapore that one don't usually goes and one will also have to sum up his courage to ask or should i say interview a person about the place but got turned down in the end. You know the suan feeling ? Yeah, thats it. Whatever the results may be, i would definetly remember the hike for the rest of my life with my fellow companions.

Christmas is coming in a few days and i haven't got a present for myself. Haha, wish i could get one soon. Still thinking, must be keep the cost around my budget. Haha.

To all, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Lonely.

2007-12-18T06:37:00.000-08:00

Its late already, yet i'm still on the computer. It must be the coffee that i drank this morning.

Today is D-Day. Yeah, its the results of the CCA Preliminary Hike Report. Guess what, i passed, thats all that i'm gonna say.

Tomorrow and Thursday, there loads of packing to be done. Got to go and wish me luck ! Chows.

Monday Rainy Monday.

2007-12-17T04:30:00.000-08:00

Its raining like for the whole afternoon.

No ones home today. Had to settle all 3 meals by myself, how lonely. Managed to finish up the First Class Hike Logbook with sketches and binding them up. Mainly stayed at home today like some kind of jailbird.

Kinda happy as i managed to come up 2nd place in the Nikon D40 Challenge group with my photo "City Life". Haha, thanks to whoever support me. =p

Better stay away from the computer already, chows.

A Week's Post.

2007-12-16T05:49:00.000-08:00

Hey guys, didn't blog for a few days. Kinda busy with a number of programmes, let me start off with Thursday.

Thursday- My tuition centre came up with some business course and since it was free to its students (Maybe no one joined thats why they made it free ? Haha.) i attended it. Met Reuben, Jacob and an unexpected friend - Terence who was from another branch. What a coincidence. The whole day was mainly lectures. Mostly common sense but with more tactics and plans to it.

Friday- CCA Hike Briefing was finally pushed back for a few days and the CCA participants can finally go for the dinner. Met up with Mervin, Ivan, King Man and Matt at Bugis MRT at first and then we made our way to a hotel that we thought it was Hotel Royal @ Queens at first. Then suddenly realised it was the wrong place and we walked through the back alleys to the real hotel. Waited quite a while for some person to come. Then at the restaurant, my friends and i realised that it was an adult leader dinner for the Singapore Scouts Association. Felt out of place as adults were surrounding us (Haha.) and especially when we won 2 of the 20 lucky draw prices. Pure luck.
The dinner ended at around 10.45 and reached home around 11.45. Too late.

Saturday- Had little sleep and woke up early to prepare myself for part 2 of the business course. On that day, the Singapore Service Club had some kind of Christmas Open House. People set up stall around the club, trying to make some cash and thats when our business skills comes into play. My friends and I setup a stall and started selling some goods provided by SPCA and SPD. Made around $80, and was last in the "competition". Nevermind, we helped to make some money for these charitable organisations. After the whole thing, i rushed off to Somerset MRT, then walked all the way to 145 Killiney Road (Mitre Hotel). Some spooked out place. Was really eerie in there. Went there to meetup with some Flickr members. Quite cool, people from different walks of life - SAF officer, Photographers (The...), travellors i guess and like me, students carrying all sorts of equipment ranging from the basic (Canon 350d, 400d, my Nikon D40) to the pro-est (Nikon D300, Canon 5D and Olympus E-3). Was the youngest there, but who cares ?!?! Managed to make some new contacts and quite happy. When the bar opened, Chris, Sam and I left the place. Someone felt that the place was too eerie but anyway we were underage to drink alcohol. Walked to S11 to have dinner. Ate Bar Chor Mee for dinner (Yum Yum) and walked down Orchard Road. It wasn't SPARTA, it was MADNESS ! Human traffic jam. Walked to Orchard. Really like the Christmas lights ! So cool. After that, walked home. Damn shacked.

Today ? Usual stuff, swimming. Dad got me a photography book at Border's Sale. Looks like updated and informative. Thanks Dad.

Mum and Sis are on holiday, Dad just left for a business trip. Home alone, can someone accompany me ? Haha =P Damn, my nose is blocked again, thanks to swimming. Got to get some well deserved sleep, chows.

Good Day to Sleep.

2007-12-11T19:23:00.000-08:00

Rained heavily in the morning and i'm sure its a great day to sleep.

Sadly, i didn't. Woke up and started my day with chinese tuition. Haiz, but it was ok as it was a long time i saw my teacher and she went through some operation not long ago. Glad to see that she is doing fine.

Heard from my sis that Maroon 5 is coming to Singapore ! Anyone interested ? Better get the tickets quick or else it would be the same old thing like my experience trying to get the Linkin Park tickets.

Its approaching noon already, got to get lunch, chowz.