hi.

2007-03-04T15:38:00.000+08:00

MOVED.

MOVED.

MOVED.

MOVED.

MOVED.

www.xy-inretrospect.blogspot.com

2007-02-28T18:44:00.000+08:00

nth much happened recently. comp was down for nearly a week zzz

went biopolis for some sci talk just now. quite crap to be frank. and all i wanted is nth more than enough shelters.

BSP ppl.. lunwen is due VERY soon... very.

very.

2007-02-16T20:40:00.000+08:00

Ah todays what i call slack.

its good to have this kinda not-so-stressful days once in a while yea?

so in the morning we started off with chinese new yr celebrationn and like most other major events, its a dress down day so u will see red yellow orange scattered around the terraces and some realli gl ppl with black overalls. and if theres a poll for the most stupid attire, those sec 4s in sec 3 uni wld have my vote, but it was undeniably amusing lar.

the performance in the hall was...skip...and it ended at around 10am, we were released soon after. i went to staffrm with the crowd to give and take oranges and exchange new wishes with teachers, though i doubt they will remember ur appearance since there were hundreds of ppl repeating exactly the same 'ritual', and i thought it was seriously tiring for the teachers. n i guess i know why some chose to return home the day before =) T

then, went to town with a few others, namely chejian jensen wenbo mingyang. had a lunch buffet at seoul garden and a few rounds of pool in cine after.

the buses were ALL so PACKED today. oh ya.. we came across this attitude driver on our way to orchard who TURNED OFF the engine for a good 10 mins simply because some st mgt girls boarded the super crowded double decker from its exit, when the entrance doors were claimed to be open. and the entire bus was so stuffy that i had no choice but to initiate this bell pressing movement as a mini form of retaliation when an elderly was panting. when it was proven futile, ppl started to shout and it helped. i mean the girls were wrong but u cant simply do tht just to appease your pissed-off self. and somemore the bus was so packed. =(

and apparantly i didnt visit keming.

2007-02-13T19:39:00.000+08:00

I aint sure whether or not to pop into keming and drop new year wishes to some seemingly acquainted teachers with the more familiar ones all retired. I mean if its just an ordinary gettogether with friends and a meal at mc, there is seriously no need to find a day as auspicious as the new year eve

and on a happier note, tests are over and for the first time, perhaps in a long while, i could enjoy a nearly perfect peace of mind, notwithstanding all the hw and random stuffs...... at least till before the math test.

and the parodies composed by 4G ppl are darn funny can???

2007-02-06T17:39:00.000+08:00

wl eh. i didnt mug the chem notes and immediately i lost 3 darn marks during the test for mixing up metal hybrids. and the bldy carelessness at the bonus section did cost me a few otherwise life-saving points.

coming up: geog mock, physics, chinese, ihc, english, geog real.

2007-01-21T21:58:00.000+08:00

Those who used to tell me how relaxing and freaking-slack sec 4 life is had obviously been crapping. Not that ive totally tasted what sec 4 is like within the short 3 weeks , what has been going on since the beginning is enough to justify their amateurish lies. and ive expected all that to last.

On an irrelevant note, things are getting, well.. pardon me for the unsophistication, way too disgusting. PLEASE STOP.

2006-12-23T19:00:00.000+08:00

Though ive ample time, somehow i just dont feel like blogging. I'll update when i get into the mood. and you will likely to expect an uber long entry.

Its somewhat contradictory when i said im not blogging yet writing things here. But isnt life about ironies here and there?

2006-12-21T11:53:00.000+08:00

Connection to blogger was really slow past few days though im not sure whether it was because of the rain. And so i didnt update. Actually there isnt anything to update all thanks to the intermittent rain that makes staying indoor arguably the top priority. Meteorologists had expected the rain to last till Friday, but strangely enough, with a tinge of euphoria, they had made some mistakes in perhaps the calculation of clouds' density since it hasnt been raining yesterday and mostly probably today and the next few days, and that is to say, the rain has stopped! =)) Well at least i hope so la.

So this sunny afternoon shouldnt be wasted, and im currently contemplating whether to go for buffet with a friend or catch the Night at the Museum with another group. Whichever the choice is, i guess its gonna be fun, or satisfying yea? =D

2006-12-18T21:50:00.000+08:00

This is an urgent announcement: Is anyone interested in a seminar on 'Nano-tech in Biology' @ Biopolis, 19th Dec aka TOMORROW 2-3pm!!??

I guess no one's interested, including me. But with a few bio ACE points attached, tell me if you've changed your mind. =D
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Alright, i shall rewind to some days back when we had a primary sch-mates gathering. The original plan was to go sentosa, but on the way to habourfront, 3 of us continued our ride to Pasir Ris cos we suddenly felt like Escaping. To our deepest relief, it wasnt as crowded as everyone thought as it was a Saturday and tickets were at a historical low. We first entered the haunted house which failed to scare a hell out of our timid selves.

While we queued in front of THE SPACESHIP ADVENTURE and when it was about our turn, it RAINED. and every outdoor activity had to be STOPPED. So people were literally ESCAPING, some rather hysterically while being caught on the rides, to the main shelter where carnival games were played.

When the sun was out, everything restored normal. After another long queue, we landed our butts on the CRAZY BOAT ADVENTURE when our humble raft slided down from some 15m high into the water(which was supposed to be the river) and we were all splashed wet.

Pirate Ship was our next stop and the queuing time was short due to the large capacity of the vessel. Wanting the most thrilling experience, which up till that point of time we havent had, we picked the extreme ends of the ship(we had that piriority cos we were the first and second and third in the queue =D). However, before it started, and also to our utmost disappointment, a staff approached us politely telling us how the two extreme ends were not for "passenger service". wth.. and we had the most centralised seats, which were the only left.

After an hour of waiting, we finally had a minute of fun go-karting. We drove like crazy downslope and according to shida, who was tailing behind me, a puff of smoke from my kart's exhaust pipe went into his left eye resulting in his defeat and discomfort tht entire afternoon. lol lar.. then we played JUNIOR COASTER, RAINBOW 360 and all that.

Finally we met up with the Sentosa group, had dinner together and waved goodbye.

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Some random stuffs here. www.pleaseparkproperly.blogspot.com showcases how some ugly citizens park, though some styles are really entertaining. =D

2006-12-15T20:50:00.000+08:00

While having dinner in westmall, i suddenly realised Christmas is drawing near, perhaps in a week or so? But i seriously dont see any trace of celebrations going on, instead it has appeared to me as a nationwide shopping festival when people are fanatically grabbing some more than 50% discounted stuffs, and to jazz it up, lightings and decorations were put up. Perhaps, thats the best we can have given a temperature of 28 C.

2006-12-14T21:13:00.000+08:00

I spent the earlier part of my afternoon working on our bsp research report which was deemed by many ppl as stupid and useless. i dont how it actually is, but however crappy that seems, what needs to be done has to be completed before sch reopens =(.. and still, im stuck at the survey stage.

For the later part of my afternoon, i went to Sakae with a primary school clsmate and had a teatime buffet. it was quite satisfying considering the fact that maggie mee was what i had for the previous lunch. The buffet's from 3-6pm and we left at 4. Wandering aimlessly in westmall is something i seldom do, but with the downpour outside, staying indoor is logically preferred. We walked into Harvey Norman and came out, then into a CD shop and out, then into popular and out... and except for shops selling stuffs not for our age and gender, we explored most of them. It was quite tiring, so later we ended up in National Library, not to do reading, but playing a tennis game with bluetooth. And the rain gradually stopped.

alright i randonly found some photos on our china trip =D

this photo shows the state of 2 seats on the bus that toured us around Shandong. that eventually became our rubbish damp that collects litters passively regardless of shape, type and size. everything can be imagined or not could be found, like fruit peels, scarf, gloves, umbrella, corn, QQ sweet..... felt so sorry for the bus uncle who in the end helped us with the clearing. =D

YES we are in a lift. the mega giga power lift is found in shanghai's pudong airport.

AND THIS IS OUR BSP GROUP '06 & '07 & '08 & '09!! Rockon!

2006-12-13T23:24:00.000+08:00

I broke a record. i stayed at home the entire day. While this doesnt appear to be anything unachievable to most ppl, not stepping out even for lunch or exercise is sth i hardly practise, especially during the boredom saturated december holiday. A packet of kimchi noodles, cooked with some veggie and egg and water ofcourse, and my lunch was settled. oh maybe i've made a mistake, it should be half a day instead of an entire, since i woke up at around 12.

Before the holidays, sometime in term 3 or before exams, i had anticipated the december holidays so much that i came up with a list of what-to-dos in mind, and i thought one would naturally know what to do when free, especially when there are so many counterparts he can contact with a few clicks on the msn or dials on the phone. But then when it really comes to the day you've longed for, disappointments would be somehow felt, cos you arent as hell sure of what to do as you thought you would really know.

so... i daresay this record wont last long

2006-12-12T20:20:00.000+08:00

holiday's halfway through, and it's getting somewhat sian. 2nd jan is both dreadful and lovely. why? with the start of a new years unfolds a new academic year of mugging, which doesnt deserve much celebration. but on a brighter note, a new year definitely promises new surprises im lookin forward to!

also, my BSP research paper is left incomplete. PAIN. wondering when i'll starting working on it again from the survey stage, when others have begun writing.

i find it quite surprising that, since the beginning of our eoy holi, there isnt any official committment in school. and my 2 visits to hwachong so far are both for books and uniform purchasals =D and looks like ive to make a 3rd trip if i still want my chinese workbooks.

okayyy, since i hav really nothing to do, i shall do some sharings on our BSP trip in Nov. we first touched down in shanghai and then took another flight to wenzhou, which is located around 100km from our final destination, yueqing. the school which hosted us(yueqing zhongxue) rocked from their school admin office to classrooms to hostels to staff to students... but unfortunately, half of the group had symptoms of vomitting and diarrhoea, and were hospitalised for quite a few days. so severe tht our itinerary had to be changed. but fortunately they got better and were discharged before the Shandong trip.

Then we toured shanghai, mainly its places of interests. Shandong trip was memorable since we were arranged to stay with local students. and i'd like to thank my host huizhong and his bro zhizhong for being so friendly and helpful.

photoxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx!

this river BELONGS to yueqing zhongxue, and tht partly explains why their school rocks

as tap water isnt potable in china, we the lazy people had to depend on these.

boey.xiaoyao.chejian. dunno doing what.. maybe selling scarf? RMB 15, no bargain.

taken with the debate ppl who visited hwachong in aug. and my head isNOT leaning on hers

lianseng and i resting our super tired legs on chejian, after climbing mount yandang

me and hongsheng @ Shanghai's F1

mingwei.jasonlim.lianseng.me.hongsheng.guodan.yiding @shanghai's WaiTan

jasonlim.xiaoyao. behind us is Shanghai's landmark DongFangMingZhu

the friendly shandong hosts..

me at Mount Tai. the chinese words read "di yi shan". *my hand is highly stretchable*

QingDao's pub for the underaged! lol no lar.. visiting TsingTao beer manufacturing plant

Qingdao's beautiful LaoShan!

xiaoyao at Jinan's Da Ming Hu

My host family. frm left: huizhong.me.zhizhong.mdm zhong.

i guess thats all =D

2006-11-26T18:46:00.000+08:00

back from the bsp china trip.

it's gonna take ages writing about the trip, and so... to save my time and yours, i shallnt blog about that yea? =) but it was fun, really!!

and there's still a loooonnggg december before school reopens. enjoy the days!

2006-10-22T20:52:00.000+08:00

I'm leaving for china coming Thursday. I've not prepared, for the performance, clothings, things-to-bring... and everything. Not that im procrastinating, i seriously find no interest in the china trip. no freedom no nth. all about listening to instructions all the time. do i sound like complaining? actually im not, ohh maybe im. i dont know.

wake me up when it returns

2006-10-20T19:23:00.000+08:00

Nothing much to write about this week. eh.. but to keep my blog up-to-date, i'll try to make mountains out of molehills...

Festival of sports. ALL the sports were FUN! but could only choose 1. So i chose badminton cos other sports like bball and soccer can play anytime anywhere since the courts and field are always there. OH badminton was quite okayy, supposed to have 2 official matches in 2 days but i spent most of the time fun-playing. =D then the PSI today was 2 points above full marks, 102(unhealthy lar). So our caring p.e teachers gathered us in the hall and filmed some sports related movies.

Went to play basketball during recess though we only had less than half an hour. it was interesting to see 10 over ppl running about in a tiny little half court. =) Then we had to move up again to the hall to witness the prize presentation.

Special mentions here, which is also not a molehill definitely: ProEd clinched e champion for sec 3 games, but ironally, noone frm sec 3s was near the stage, and in the end, a sec 2 guy went up... ok tht was an appetiser. MAIN course: ProEd won the OVERALL best consortium title!! though i dare not say i contributed much, just feel hmm.. happy?

Then went home, took a shower and realised i was late for a prize ceremony. But i wasnt late in the end, ohh not tht i was early, its they started late. OK the speech competition was held a few months back with its prize presentation held together with some other competitions' prize presentation today. Some pics to add colours to this dull blog..

(taken outside auditorium with a researcher, whose name i forgot)

(solid champion trophy, which can only be kept for 2 days before surrendering it to e sch)

took a good nap on the bus home.

2006-10-17T22:49:00.000+08:00

HEY BSP ppl!

contemplating over what to buy for your family hosts? here are some suggestions:

merlion (quite a common choice)
singapore notes collection (special, ex)
singapore stamps collection (cliche, not too meaningful)
the book: "singapore's today in history" (too cheap[free]! maybe for student hosts?)
singapore T-shirt (practical, cheap)
books (nth special, very buying-for-the-sake-of-it)
fountain pens (with singapore logos! or at least a made-in-singapore)
CDs (music? not a good choice act.)
chocolates (too normal, unless with a card or sth attached)
artistic prodt/decorations (diff to find, but definitely not a bad choice)
watch (too ex, nth special)

if the worst really comes to the worst,
buy presents in china lor..

well, just some of my ideas here and there. share yours on e tagboard!! =DD

2006-10-17T17:38:00.000+08:00

today was anther paper checking day. bio all that were fortunately fine.

I was in the canteen having lunch alone then jensen, chejian and some aphelion ppl joined. and jensen even called mr tieu to join us... omg for the first time words had to be refined when talking during lunch. felt somewaht uneasy though im sure jensen enjoyed very much the thrillll...

Then there was a BSP meeting for the scholars group going for china immersion. filled up some forms, listened to some instructions and it was called a day.

for days, we havent talked.

2006-10-14T16:45:00.000+08:00

I know, It has been verrryyyyyy long since my previous post. sorry! =(

I'm getting lazier these days. Usually ppl blog more frequently after exams because of the sudden influx of free time. but i dont blog that way.

friday was our first paper checking day.

I'm not showing off or what, but math was seriously a paper screwed up by both the setter and me. it was freaking easy and as quoted from ms wong, our math teacher, "this is the easiest paper i've seen in my past 20 years of teaching". Naturally, XX is a super lousy grade. well, just forget about MATH.

IHC score in our class is super imbalance and mrs tay told us she marked very strictly, so its very sad for those who wrote out of point.

These few papers are not very important to me frankly speaking. and im most distressed by the coming bio paper check. ARH!!

Today was DSA day, i was hosting p6 kids who were selected by hwachong from DSA. just brought them around the campus for amazing race, which was quite amazing to them, and had our lunch together. OT catered too LITTLE food and ppl like shuren yuxin jason qihan who went to get their share late had to bear with the hunger. But tht group of ppl eventually benefitted when ms letchimi bought them fried rice (i think it tasted nice, after trying) =D.

TIRED TIRED.

2006-10-10T16:13:00.000+08:00

last paper ended at 0945h! yay

2006-10-07T20:09:00.000+08:00

In the midst of blankness.

2006-10-06T16:09:00.000+08:00

ok.. my blog disappeared for a couple of days, and it has just reappeared.

friday.

exams are mostly over by now. but with the most scary one dangling on monday, i doubt weekend's gonna be slack.

science and math papers this year are seriously much simpler as compared to languages, particularly chinese, according to most people. yea, with compulsary O level chinese exam next year, reasons for this difficulty imbalance are self explanatory =(

not going to comment on my performance thus far. cos i find it hmm.. quite unnecessary to write about the simplicity of each paper before results are shown.

congrats to those whose exams are over
and goodluck to those whose exams are not.

当记忆的线缠绕过往支离破碎
是黄昏占据了心扉

2006-10-03T21:17:00.000+08:00

Freeze me now and defrost me tmr noon.

can you?

will you?

explanation, tmr.

2006-10-02T19:44:00.000+08:00

I felt guilty. because ppl were doing a killer chinese exam paper(according to CJ and Jindao) while i slept till 9 sth..

OK today was a slothful one. spent most of the time online. tmr: eng ppr 1 and social studies.

I went jogging just now but not for very long because of the HAZE! an advice is to exercise indoor these days. Surely you dont want to suffer from lungs impairment while trying to keep fit during exam period. =DD

I thought i figured out the actual date of that day. then she told me i was wrong and i thought she was right. so i thought i was right again, when i was again WRONG.

2006-09-30T23:44:00.000+08:00

I slept till 11 this morning though sleeping has been perceived as a waste of time by many, esp before exams. BUT i just couldnt help it!!

AND worse still, i was so tired the whole afternoon=(( so slept again at arnd 3 =P

glory to mitochondria.

Sites of cellular repiration, energy produced by.....

YES mitochondria! you've got to work overtime these days..

distractionconcentrationdistraction

2006-09-29T23:40:00.000+08:00

I felt super tired this morning, since the minute i woke up. my whole journey to sch was in a state of semi-consciousness and i could have fallen asleep if the guy beside me on the bus wasnt talking so loudly over the phone.

but i felt better after some singing at the terrances.

eric's exam strategy rocks. mugging at home is far more efficient than coming to sch, and i admired his courage for putting that into practical.

oh im blogging at weird hours again with my eyes half-closed.. i think nonsense will appear if i continue writing..

and so i slept.
weekend is full of suprises!

2006-09-28T18:14:00.000+08:00

a long day.

mrs chu was absent and we had her period in lt2.
i went back to class after that, and was waiting for mrs tay to enter and conduct ihc, but soon i realised it was recess. it was 5 mins wasted =) photocopied many many stuffs during recess.

ihc.math.bio.ihe(skip..)

we then had double physics. FUN! haha it was basically a self revision period. liuzhen thought i sat near him to teach physics, when i actually wanted his 6-flavors-mentos. but WINWIN afterall =) soon, ppl gathered around and even sooner the mentos were gone.

i could get a bowl of bak chor mee for lunch because ortus ppl were having IT at home today(mathemically, queueing time was shortened by 5 mins) yay! *evil* haha =)

PING! a glass-made french mineral water(perrier) bottle(filled with watercooler water) shattered into pieces when hanxiaoming tripped over his own table.

hxm:" wl*.."
the rest:"encore! encore!"
-_-"

chinese.englishx2(skip..)

coffee is good.

2006-09-27T16:05:00.000+08:00

Announcement: I wanted to update but modern technology failed me.

I guess comp is all right now so i'm getting back to normal. 3 days w/o comp is no joke seriously. Not that im addicted to games or online stuffs or what, it just feels different to spend hours w/o comp. To exprience that, simply pour water into your comp.

I thank all who wished me happybirthday yesterday!

Oh ya exemption list was out. was kinda disappointed when only 3 subjs were exempted. average score of 83 for math didnt earn me exmeption, but ive decided to give myself exemption by not touching any math related stuffs at home(school cannot, teacher wont allow), because i think all i need is 59% in the eoye.

Ortus' having IT emergency these days. so we watched a german film "goodbye lenin" during assembly. =) They'll be back on friday.

TAKING exam is good!

2006-09-22T23:09:00.000+08:00

I guess im one of the few who blog on a nearly daily frenquency before exams. =D and i think its alright.

Exams werent meant to be so scary actually, esp in hwachong where it constitutes only 50% of the overall grade w/o taking exemptions all that into consideration, its you(or we?) muggers who stiffened up the atmosphere.

eh we had BSP exam this afternoon. 2 hours for 2 questions. It was an open-book ppr and all went well, except for the 1st qns which i thought some ambiguities with the phrasing could have been avoided, like the way IH teachers did =P.

"Next week is ALL revision." ~ ALL teachers

2006-09-21T21:57:00.000+08:00

My posts are getting shorter, simply because time doesnt allow me to write, neither does it allow ppl to read.

Today was a long day. 6 to 6, considered long in term 4.

It was hoped (and some insiders info confirmed) that IT emergency exercise is tmr, so tests like BSP and history have to be postponed, but the very fact that i havent received any calls till now clearly tells everyone to rest early tonight.

No more.
No more.

2006-09-19T22:33:00.000+08:00

my day

home.bus.school.
flagraising.magazine.
chem.badminton.recess.
consortiumAssembly.chinese.
lunch.math.chitchat.bus.home

as i trudged my way back

2006-09-18T22:06:00.000+08:00

She asked why are my entries getting emotional? im seeking an answer for that too.

Perhaps, blogging is about writing things you like and expressing feelings you have.

Especially now, when the exams are drawing near, i dont think many ppl will have a life other than mugging most of the time, thereby highlighting the insignificance of sharing things you've done everyday.

Also, blogging serves as a platform to de-stress. i dont really know how, but thats what most ppl believe in.

OH today we had bio test in the afternoon. As usual, an easy paper with strict marking. Aww.. thats worse than diffcult ones with lenient markers. NVM thts for our own good.. i hope

Last question was about comparing and contrasting xylems and veins. Some ppl wrote: xylems are found in plants, veins are found in animals.

speechless.

2006-09-17T01:35:00.000+08:00

Announcement: Posts are getting emotional.

130am.
It's late now, or is it early? i cant be bothered.

There're just too many happenings in the past few days to talk about, and im sorry, for sharing none. Reasons being simple, its gonna take ages writing and i doubt ppl are interested to know.

As i stare at the notes beside my pen, im lost. Not knowing what to write anymore, i shall stop here. take care!

suddenly, you left
so silently,
i couldn't do anything.

2006-09-11T16:36:00.000+08:00

To: all

First day of term 4, and i find it different from any other term. Every teacher seems to be in a hurry completing the syllabus so as to proceed on with revision.

Physics test deprived us of recess! but our nice mr tieu bought us BREADS!(which were highly suspected to hav been koped from e boarding sch, but NO! mr tieu is sooo nice.. and ya he bought them from canteen) they were for those who didnt take breakfast. and as expected, most ppl claimed they didnt. The physics ppr was ok.

OH this morning hwachong network was down! and teachers who depend heavily on IT teaching were so miserable. ms tan had to use whiteboard-and-markers for the entire bio period. =( but it turned out well!

Math period was all about returning and going thru the test paper we did in the previous term.

Chinese lesson: half teaching-half singing! haha

and today i reached home really early at 330pm!! its like the earliest since the beginning of term 3. But im tired. i think i need a sleep. yes i need one..

2006-09-09T21:23:00.000+08:00

To: all

Yesterday: In the morning i called shida whom i expected to be playing comp at home. However, a feeble voice was sent thru the phone to my ears. I couldnt even hear what he was speaking at first as it was really soft and weak.

Later, i figured out that he was hospitalised due to food poisoning. and it was suspected(or rather confirmed) tht the culprit was the plate of fried oyster he ordered the previous day.

Shocked.

Immediately i contacted a few ppl and organised a simple hospital visit. Ironically, those who turned up were exactly those who saw him eating the fried oyster.

Shida looked quite ok in the ward and we started playing games to stir up the deadly hospital-atmosphere.

Then we left. played bowling. had dinner. went home. (shant elaborate)

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To: shida

we'd really like to see your speedy recovery and take care!

as i write this post, i hope you are getting better. =)

2006-09-07T22:46:00.000+08:00

To: all

council review started at 8 this morning.

Conducted national day after-action-review(aar) with the organising team till 9am, followed by a presentation. I'm now another step closer the offical full-top of NDC, an extremely energy consuming event. and i wish next year's organising secretary all the best.

A talk by mrs mok, election briefing by mr lim and winter retreat by aaron were all we had before going down for lunch. they went to buy packet lunch from coro. it was lemon chicken rice which i deemed unpalatable and i felt like vomitting after tht.

Did some reflection in the afternoon and those not involved in end of year events were freed.

Went kap to join some pri sch friends who were having a mass studying session there. and i was shocked to see the miserable 5 ppl who turned up. at about 5, we went to westmall where around an hour was spent in arcade. Then, had dinner together in the food court.

and something worth mentioning. we played Truth&Dare after the meal and punishment was to drink a spoonful of soup.
Here is a summary of the ingredients:
-herbal chicken soup
-black pepper beef w rice
-beef noodles
-fried oyster
-chilli sauce
-tissue paper
-ice-cream wrapper
-fried egg
-used utensils

I was the only survivor throughout the game, but was pranked to take a small spoonful. and frm my pov, the soup's:
Taste: not bad. Smell: not bad. Appearance: very colorful. Nutritional value: unknown =S

upon reaching home, shida messaged me sth which worried me loads.. till now.

2006-09-05T22:16:00.000+08:00

To: all

I did myriads of non school related stuffs today and thts what holiday shld be like! eh?

and I fell in love with a game.

2006-09-05T00:16:00.000+08:00

To: all

I spent the whole day in school from 8 to 5.

Started off with physics lesson at 8. as usual, an interesting session (not the things taught (obviously, i mean since when have those physic concepts per se been interesting?), but the atmosphere at large). we talked about transverse waves..longitudinal waves... then SINGAPORE wave. and the lousy positioning of the loud speakers in classrms.

The lesson was supposed to end at 10, according to the schedule in ivle.
But: Efficient teacher + Efficient learners = Efficient teaching and learning = Early dismissal

9am and we were free to leave. but with Bio lesson at 1.30pm, nth could be done.
1330h - 0900h = 0430h

Yes.. a slothful 4.5 hrs before getting our brains squashed during bio.
She spoke too fast, with chimedologies saturated. most of us were staring blankly at her ppt and i could tell tht many have decided to go home and read up everything all over again. also, the occasional detours on certain slides in response to enthu learners' qns were simply misleading. But SHE's a good teacher after all. =)

Returned home and upon stepping into my room, Zzzzzz....

2006-09-03T20:18:00.000+08:00

To: all

I feel happy. Not for a particular reason or two. perhaps its just life's gettning more relaxing for me.

I've been turning in pretty late the past few nights, and obviously, waking up very late the past few days. oh this is the feeling i had during the june break.

I feel sad now, for i think tht wont last longer than just a few days.

2006-09-03T00:26:00.000+08:00

To: ppl with "Busy" displayed 24/7 on msn

If only I had time,
I would stop and listen to you.
If only I had time,
I could rest my load awhile.
If only I had time,
I might return your smile.
If the day had more hours,
I might get everything done.
And then I could take some time,
to enjoy some hard-earned fun.
I hope I have more time,
To spend before I die,
To figure where my years went,
And why I want to cry.
But no time now for tears
No time to calm my fears.
No time.
No time.
No time.
If only I had time.
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why make yourself so busy? take a break and relax, my dear friends..

2006-09-01T20:15:00.000+08:00

To: all

Nothing much to mention regarding the TD celebration in hwachong. i mean its like the same thing running year after year, with perhaps the only exception being the fact tht more teachers are receiving cards and presents frm me this yr. =)

On my way to keming, bumped into our retired primary sch chinese teacher mdm siew who's now a relief teacher there. well, we chatted throughout the ride with shida n jiahan till we reached her office.

Being someone frm hwachong, which is always the most efficient sch in terms of celebrations n all tht, we were no doubt the earliest there. loitered arnd the campus as memories flashed into my mind.

Soon, RV ppl came. found a corner near the library and started gabbing till more joined.

Too many things happened after tht and im definitely not in the mood nor have the time to elaborate. heres a summary..

Cut a cake, took a photo, said goodbye to teachers n sum ppl, took bus, ate mc, went bowling, disappointed, returned to westmall, watched a movie, had dinner, seeing each other off, went home.

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To: 6AA'03, Keming

Evidently, our class's cohesion is still there and it's proud going arnd telling ppl tht our gathering ended after 9pm while theirs before 2pm(some didnt even have any).

As mentioned in the previous post, mrs hong and mdm siew would have both left the sch in the coming yr, foreboding a question of our gathering's sustainability. Also, some are taking O lvl and its doubtful whether they are still coming back. Personally, i will, whenever theres opportunity.

Will our friendship last? for eternity?

we may not be seeing one another

2006-08-30T22:15:00.000+08:00

To: all

Today was a short day, quite eventful though. We started off with temperature taking exercise after flag raising, but since i had to meet up with a teacher, i missed the FUN! Then we had lessons till recess.

Printers in library were down during recess so couldn't get my emcee script out in time for assembly. I therefore had to chair the session off the cuff, luckily i had a pen and paper with me. NEVER 100% trust machines.

Math test was right after assembly and it turned out to be erm.. quite ok.

Use-your-hand is definitely not for 3E. EVERYONE was waiting eagerly for the return of MR tieu, not to conduct physics lesson, but to give out the result slips. But seriously, 3E hasnt been performing as it should be since term 2. The disparity in terms of results is worsened when ppl are getting 1.00 while others get 5.00.

Then we had bsp talk in lt3 regarding bsp exam format.

I went shopping this afternoon! to get some presents for our teachers, i went westmall, and it turned out to be extremely silly.. imagine a guy, shopping alone, and wandering aimlessly in the mall staring at the presents comtemplating over which to buy. met a hwachong guy in uni there, and he said: hi xiaoyao. i didnt know him personally but still, reciporcated with an greeting. oh and i saw some ny ppl too, arrogant as ever.

Proud of myself for being able to return with some cards and presents.

Teachers' Day celebration tmr, will revisit keming and thts perhaps our last chance? mdm siew has left, and mrs hong is leaving this yr. T_T

Happy teachers' day! =)

2006-08-28T22:24:00.000+08:00

To: All

A normal day for me. Lesson ended at 210. Went to see a few teachers and some ppl. Reached home at arnd 5 something. Last week of the term still so busy and thats what i dun understand. Sept holiday already pre-booked by teachers and council, but will try allllll i can to catch a movie or something holiday-like. If not, i will be very SAD.

Visiting China for immersion prog in Oct. Really looking forward to it, not the programme, but meeting those debaters from wenzhou yueqing sec, zhejiang province.

EOY exams coming. Try your best on ur part, and all the best to you frm my heart.

2006-08-27T01:54:00.000+08:00

致：大家

此时此刻，又是凌晨。两个星期过了，太多事发生了，有喜有忧。

先报下喜吧！我两星期摘了两个冠军呢。

全国电子专题作业比赛夺冠乃意料之中的意外，不过我们确实花了不少时间与精力制作此作业。感谢：陈老师，俊伟，雨藤，乐翔。

亚太华语辩论赛称雄一路走来的确经历了不少坎坷。在这个小空间内，又如何能表达我的感触呢？算了，说了也词不达意。

累了，想休息一下。就让忧的记忆在梦中销声匿迹，不在这儿跟你们这些大忙人们分忧了。

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致：06年度亚太华语辩论赛辩友们

诚然，大家一路走来都不容易。回头看看，又觉得挺值得的，下面，我将逐一论述。

来比赛的，固然要争个输赢。第一场碰马国冠军宽柔中学一路打下来并不容易。我个人欣赏他们的辨风，尤其是自由人-罗意思同学，场上表现是不错，挺有意思的。

到了大决赛，碰上了中国乐清中学。当时，我们几个辩手都已成了好朋友，赛前一晚大家还分享blue-tea的鸡腿呢! 两方最后辨的都不错，我们幸运。

下午，跟马骁他们带台湾辩手们出去玩，他们是蛮可爱的。以后要到台湾玩玩！

再过三小时，乐清的朋友们将踏上归途，祝他们一路平安！

就此搁笔了。

辩论结束了，但友谊才刚发芽呢！

2006-08-11T20:32:00.000+08:00

To: all

Sun Yat Sung memorial hall was where we had our bsp lesson hours ago. INITIALLY i was rather skeptical of the fact tht the return trip wont take longer than 2 periods(1hr20mins), esp with the project finals at 2pm. FINALLY i was proven right when the bus reached hc 15 mins late, but was fortunately just in time for the projects judging.

hmm.. it was irrefutably an enriching learning experience but its somewhat too routine to have e trip yearly. a forboding question is however posted: whr else can we go?

snapped a few photos with my phone, not phoney definitely.

an artistic impression of the place

... u shld know what they are

those days werent v. safe..

notice the flying object on my head? whats that?

foot binding. its obvious how lucky girls nowadays are

and they had to squeeze into those shoes(if you even call tht shoes)

a photo with mr sun. historically valued.

if you think ive accidentally stepped into a conference rm, then i think u are wrong.

trying to slack with kj..

chejian.me.guodan

oh thts e last photo i guess. lets all FEN DOU!

2006-08-10T22:50:00.001+08:00

To: all

3E used to top the school.

no more is 3E now.

what's wrong?

i wonder.

2006-08-09T23:25:00.000+08:00

To: all

First and foremost, which is also what i guess most Singaporean bloggers will write: happy national day!

Had dinner outside just now, and for the first time, i failed to watch NDP. nvm, i shall catch the encore, hopefully.

time goes by really quickly nowadays.. day after day....

Now, carnival's over. Positive comments received. However, i wasnt a v. good organising secretary frankly speaking. Im srry ms teo for the days i couldnt stay till the end of the meetings when you had to carry on frm whr i stopped. much more to say but i guess to put it, is sth im unable to. Before i end off, really want to thank u guys again for making the carnival, a success.

Thank you:

Teacher advisor: ms teo
Assistant OS: desmond.mark
Secretary: shoukee
Programme team: zhonghan.xiaobin.benjamin.xuean.jarrold.max
Logistics team: jonquek.jonfoo.warren.zhihao

and ofcourse class2F.jason.wb.victor.proedcouncil.sec1&4.AllThoseWhoCameDown!

the fullstop is written.

2006-08-06T00:46:00.000+08:00

To: nocturnal ones

Now, Sunday morning, around 1am.

Yesterday(sat) morning went for physics lesson in the proed room at 8. Before tht had breakfast alone at mc then 852-ed to sch. It was supposed to be a whole class event, but ultimately only 10+ turned up and it somehow felt like a remedial. But it was fun, for we crapped with mr T most of the time. (=

Debated in the afternoon. got my brain screwed.

shant write anymore.

2006-08-04T23:00:00.000+08:00

To: All

Well, last few days were packed with tests, today inclusive. Fortunately, 2 more tests on the coming Monday and thts it!

We started off with georg mock test paper checking on mon. 7.5/12; SHOCKED. SHOCKED again when mr chng said no one scored higher than 8. A no. of 7.5s widened the disparity in the infamous mugative 3E when ppl behind were scoring 0.5. Since it was a mock, didnt really care. But the real one came this morning.

Nxt was bio. the paper was okay but ms sandra is whom i feel a bit(or very) stingy when it comes to awarding marks, im not sure whether its gd for us, perhaps so. And i thought she's really efficient when the papers were ready for checking this afternoon. plus file check, revision test bonus all this n tht, i did slightly better. AND YES. i wrote iodine turns brown when starch test is negative(which is exactly what anyone can see frm her notes), yet marks were generously deducted away as e correct term shld be yellowish brown.

MATH test was a KILLER. even prc scholars didnot perform well accordin to ms wong. i shalln't elaborate.

Chinese was okay except tht i completed the essay ending abruptly in the last min.

Still waiting for chemistry results, while preparing for physics and ihc nxt wk.

Study-related things end here
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National day CARNIVAL!

our banner. not bad yea?

Last lap already, but its the toughest. A lot of things to settle beforehand and i dunno how much the committee had absorbed from the meeting this afternoon. Miraculously, the 75 2m bamboo poles didnt appear as bulky when 10 men went down to carry; half the manpower settled everything in a single trip. Lest u still do not know, carnival next tuesday from 8 to 1130am. All are welcome. (=

I bought CHOCOLATE for the whole committee! but the silly victor guy left the chocolate inside his pocket. and this is wat happened to e merci choco

singapore's temperature is not optimum for choco storage

then comes PROJECT. a headache. a pain. left with the presentation script to do. OK i shall not drag anymore. DO IT NOW!

2006-07-30T16:07:00.000+08:00

To: all

Woke up pretty late this morning but the sleep was quite restful.

OH no i afraid i cant slp later at night and the whole of tmr will be a day screwed. NOO!

erm.. I guess i should do some vigorous stuffs to tire myself out.

2006-07-30T01:27:00.000+08:00

To: lonely ones

Since my blog doesnt show time, i shall do it manually. Time now: 1.46 am.

My right arm is aching, due to the intense 2 hour+ badminton i had with a friend. Just realised that I havent been exercising for quite a while except for some half an hour swims we had during p.e lessons. Unfortunately, doing sch works is NOT considered as any form exercise, albeit extremely tiring.

Somewhat happy coz ive just finished my eng assignment, but not v. satisfied as i turned to the first page.

Note
1. Pen this letter in your best handwriting. Attach this cover to the front of your work.
2. Submit your written work on......

What kind of quality work do you expect from my aching hand. =(

I thought today was fine as we had much progress with the debate. Had lunch in our boarding sch, and thts when i started thinking of our bsp boarding-sch-stay days. I used to queue up with friends while getting the dishes and then seated along an extremely long table to enjoy our food, though unpalatable at times. The whole experience was great! and the happenings in the boarding sch i bet will remain etched in everyone's mind. ya? jason chejian liangsai mingda alton juncheng lukuan siyuan mingwei xingyun wbhxm n many more..

Oh its almost 2 now.

i guess im turning in.

To: all

2006-07-28T20:47:00.000+08:00

Today's friday, much to rejoice about:

1) a week's over, so fast yea?

2) can take a good rest! :D

3) no major screwup in recent tests but more are coming v soon =S

4) proud of myself for Juggling rather well among debates, Nat'l Day, projects and tests. =)

5) and ofcourse.. can finally add new things here =P

OT finished stamping 1000 coupons for the carnival this afternoon. haha thanks: mark jonathonfoo alfred xuean zhihao and seniors who popped in. the grand 200 over sq feet banner design has been sent for printing, will most likely be up in front of KKH by nxt tuesday so do look out for that. (= We have purchased 75 bamboo poles at $1.20 each but currently puzzled by how we are going to carry to proed rm nxt week.

This afternoon was the deadline for project submission, and now i feel super cool coz PW is off my mind at least for the nxt few days before presentation.

Debate training was held in boarding sch this afternoon coz according to the teacher, no vacant rm was available then. how incredulous, as i started to wonder what physical property differentiates hwachong from other schs when the 72 hec. campus has NO vacant aircon rm on fri afternoon. but true enough, our sch is hosting a lot of overseas grps these days, so maybe its becoz of that. But a least theres something comforting, a revisit to the boarding sch was definitely something appreciated so much by me even though didnt have e opportunity to explore it again. Tmr's debate will be held there as well =)

Are your tests over? mine's NOT! next wk is what most ppl call the hell week, but after being corrected by our english teacher, hellish week is more appropriate grammatically. at least 5 tests for me, HP students are taking arnd 7.

SO Better begin preparing.

2006-07-23T22:13:00.000+08:00

A new week unfolds tmr. all e best! =)

2006-07-22T23:21:00.000+08:00

The hectic term isnt that worthwhile to think about but strangely, I just feel like adding something to this humble little space. After having a bare tagboard here for days, i guess the impression of a blogless blog is what ppl were left with.

The blog is now revived. Nobody knows. I wont advertise the place much since i enjoy writing whatever nonsense i like.

2006-07-22T00:31:00.000+08:00

Yes, this is my first entry in sec 3. I cant wait till the legendary figure of 1000 before stretching my hands over the keyboard.

I guess tonight, or this morning rather, is one of the very few chances, after school has reopened, when i can enjoy the night's tranquility and get some school-unrelated stuffs done. It just uncontrollably makes me flash back into the June holidays when i chatted late into the early morning on msn. The nights were even quieter then.

OK enough of that, i guess writing emotional words is just not my forte so i will move on to MYlife. I was dragged into the debate team some days ago but i jus dont like it somehow. ): I simply have lost the enthusiasm which i used to have during the interclass debate last term. and the debate training was scheduled to be 4-5 times a week under the name of "asia-pacific debate competition is drawing near", as if my tests, projects, council stuffs are still years away before deadlines. Sec III Term III, a very once-in-a-life-time experience.

Very fortunately, we had early dismissals for consecutively 2 days with today having lessons started at 930am. Credit goes to T&F-ers, Judo-kas, AR shooters, gymnasts... 10 golds in total exchanged for hours of liberty. 2 bio lessons before BSP lecture were the only periods we had this morning. COOL (= "happy?!" racial harmony day!

OHNO. Im runnin out of things to write! it must be all the works! they are now finding ways to diffuse into my mind exactly like how water enters the xylem in a root. I guess i need a rest, YES i need one, before my brain gets satuarated with those stuffs.

AND my blog will appear lifeless at times, due to the lack of inspiration, and time, and effort.

MAY the tagboard stay alive. (=