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The Lonely Planet

2011-02-15T08:14:00.000-08:00

Dear blog,

I suddenly feel the urge to write cos I am kind of bored while actually there are many things around for me to do.. But both my body and mind are too lazy to do any progress about them at all.. I seriously think that I need to shift my gear to student mode. Actually there are quite a few things that I really need to talk about with somebody.. But right now, I just cannot think of any suitable person to talk about them with.. sigh.. Therefore, I am coming back to this blog then.

Alright.. Yesterday was Valentine's. Cool. It actually brings back those damn good memories with her. I think it is quite true when they say that, "when a heart breaks, they don't break even." Yeah.. No doubt I like her very much. No doubt about that. I have to admit that it is freaking hard to get over her. And it has been more than a year now.. And I have not seen or heard from her.. There is one burning question that I really want to ask her: "What went wrong?" Thinking about this can really drive me mad. Those times have been wonderful and it has never come accross my mind that I gonna end in that sad and abrupt way.. Seriously what the hell.. Well, the problem is that I always believe some things better unsaid. That is why I never brought up that question all the while. Probably I wanna consult one known person about this.. Guess I am just never lucky when it comes to romance.

Alright.. Tomorrow is English test.. I think I'm not gonna give so much shit about it.. I just gonna memorize the format tomorrow morning and go for the test in the afternoon. Probably, I need to keep writing and blogging to keep my English up to standard. I believe it is quite screwed up now..

Anyway.. CNY was good. That was a wonderful 2-week break. Thanks to AirAsia. There is a direct flight from HK to Medan now..

My new year's resolution:
1. Make more and more friends in HK!
2. Break into the HKU Badminton Team top 8!
3. Be more motivated to study, knowing that my knowledge will eventually be essential to people.

I think I am lonely. Probably it is time to give up and get going. The desert is encroaching over to the pasture.

2010-08-22T23:50:00.001-07:00

I am starting to feel that it might be a good idea for me to record about my new university life in Hong Kong. One day, I am sure to visit this site to look back at my past.

So yeah.. I have moved in yesterday into Hong Kong. Took CX736 here. Reached at about 1400hrs. However, there I had some problems checking in my luggages yesterday. My inclination to being presumpatious has again failed me. I presumed that Cathay Pacific has some extra baggage allowance for student. They don't. And apparently, it is also stated in my flight itinerary that maximum baggage allowance is only 20kg. My total baggage was weighted at about 50kg. So yeah.. So cool that I exceeded by 30kg and they are charging Singapore$26.33 for each extra 1kg. My first huge luggage successfully went by a little bit of negotiation. Another 10kg badminton bag has to be tagged with other passanger in order for me to avoid the ridiculous charge. Spent like 15mins to get a kind young couple who agreed to help me. And the rest are carried by hand into the cabin. I somehow believe that I am lucky, I am always lucky. This is a good philosophy. I read that if our mind focuses into something, there is a strong likelihood that we can attract that something. So if you think that you are always lucky, luck will somehow come to you.

New address: 109 Pokfulam Road Morrison Hall 1010A Hong Kong.

Morrison Hall is a hall that house both post-grads(mixed) and under-grad(men only). First impression is that hall people are generally friendly. They are quite willing to help and explain things to help me adjusting in. However, my first night was pretty horrendous. I could not switch on the air-con and without it the room was insanely hot. In the halls, we need to have 'smart card' which store specific amount of credits (to be purchased and transferred into the card) and these credits are to be used to use the laundry and air-con services. So things are done cashless here.

School is cool. Its pretty big. I just hate the fact that I am staying in a hall which is of a fair bit distance from the main campus and my faculty. It requires abt 15mins walk to the main campus. And a bus ride is needed to reach my faculty which is located outside the main campus. Had a hard time traveling around for the first day here. I dont think I'll be able to get used to the main campus map as I will be spending most of my time in the dental faculty. On top of that, it is still summer here. So its quite hot and walking is a chore. Looking forward to fall and winter where the temperature will be cooler.

Food here is generally nice with an average cost of HK$24 per meal. And now I am supposed to decide which optional course that I would like to take. There a lot of choices and many seem interesting to me.
Those that really interests me are:
1. Energy: Its Evolution and Environmental Impacts Details
2. Biotechnology - Science and Impacts Details
3. Stem Cells: Promises, Concerns and Uncertainties Details
4. Infectious Disease in a Changing World Details
5. The Science of Crime Investigation Details
6. Breakthroughs in Biomedical Science Details
7. Globalization: African Experiences Details

But too bad I can only choose ONE of them. I'll think about it. Probably, its wiser to do something to do along the medical line such as optiopn 2,3,4 or 6.

Thats all for now. I am tired of typing. Gotta go buy some groceries and electrical applicance.

Cheers!!

Personal Statement

2010-04-03T19:07:00.000-07:00

Hey there! I am short-listed for interview to study medicine in NUS :)

This is my personal statement for studying medicine.

My desire to study medicine stemmed on my longing to improve people’s lives. After achieving many things (sporting medals, academic certificates and other accolades), I am starting to become jaded about personal achievements. The more awards that I have achieved, the emptier my feelings becomes. It feels as if something is amiss about personal achievements and glory. After all, these awards are only concerned about my own self, as an individual. I finally come to the point where self-actualisation has to be my ultimate goal in life. I want to live my life for people; to serve people with all the talents that I have.

Undoubtedly, there are many ways in which we can serve and improve people’s lives. A civil engineer can contribute by constructing sound infrastructure that will facilitate the movements of people and essential goods. A food scientist may research on cooking oil with lower level of cholesterol and saturated fat which could potentially save millions of lives each year by reducing the risk of contracting cardiovascular-related diseases and stroke. However, I prefer to work along the medical line as a doctor. Being a doctor is magical. One can bring lives back to critically-injured victims of traffic collision by proper use of his medical knowledge and surgical handwork. Even though I may not have any first hand experience with any doctor who has saved the life of anyone close to me, I am aware that doctors are doing noble job and always try their best to help and save people’s lives. Besides, I love to be surrounded by and deal with people. I remember, how much pleasure I can derive from the appreciation of the residents of the old folks’ home after helping them out during CIP. Even as I am working as a dental assistant, I am very pleased that patients thank me for making his dental treatment less dreadful and more enjoyable. Each appreciation that I receive motivates me to work better and better.

Besides, I see studying medicine as a call of duty that has to be answered and I believe that every individual that is capable to take up the challenge to be a doctor has to do so. I count myself to be fortunate that I am studying in Singapore and thus exposed to a pool of choices for my career path. Imagine that I were a Brazilian boy who grew a village and always played soccer every day afterschool. How likely is the probability that I will ever think of studying medicine? This prompts me to think that if global individual ranking is to be made for my age group, it is safe to say that I stand a high chance to be among the top 25 per cent (of course, this artificial ranking is made based on many factors such as financial abilities, family issues, access to knowledge and information, sophistication of teaching and learning resources, and overall academic performance). Given the disadvantages and lack of resources, although the other 75 per cent may have the intention to improve and save people’s lives, they may not bear the same chance of succeeding as the 25 per cent group. Therefore, I see that the onus is on the best 25 per cent group to take on the heavier responsibilities by rendering themselves to take on the more difficult career path; one example is to be a doctor.

Thirdly, I see being a doctor can greatly facilitate me in achieving my dreams. As I have mentioned earlier, the feeling of being jaded has leap-frogged self-actualisation to be my ultimate goal. My wish is to devote my energy and brain to improving people’s life. One day, I read in the TIME magazine that approximately 4,000 people are dying each day due to lack of clean water. Do the math, in every minute, approximately three of our fellow human are dying. It breaks my heart whenever I read statistics like this. Ever since, I’ve decided that I will put my life into working on installing clean water system across Indonesia first and then start moving from there. The greatest challenge is how to actualize this dream. I realize that I need massive amount of funding. Therefore, I need to start getting people sensitized by this issue and get them involved with me in this project. Being a doctor allows me to relate to people from all walks of lives; from poor to rich, from clerks to managing directors, from house makers to conglomerates, from newly-born children to dying old men, from healthy to chronically-ill people, people from all races, religions and cultural backgrounds. The spectrum is amazingly wide. It covers almost all layers of our societies. I could influence and mobilize these people, you can imagine how plausible my dream could become.

I am fully aware that the path to be a doctor is extremely arduous and long. However, I believe that just like discipline, I can always condition myself each day to be stronger and more ready to face the challenges ahead. As days gone by, I believe that I am closer to the man I want to become and more optimistic that I am closer to achieving my dreams.

Writing Passionately

2010-03-21T06:31:00.000-07:00

I have been dying to write lately, but too busy to. Finally found myself some quality time to write now :) Well, the last time I write would prolly be A Level GP.

So many things have changed now. I think I have changed pretty much too since the beginning of the year. Working is very different from studying. I am really glad that I've got the chance to work as a dental assistant. I think it has exposed me to so many new scenes. Well, apart from learning about dentistry and the life of a dentist, I have the opportunity to interact with so many patients with different personalities. Some are very nice and genuine in their intention of getting good dental treatment and put laudable effort in improving their oral health and hygiene. On the other hand, there are many rowdy, impatient and furious patients who love to bully the staff in getting last minute appointments. Furthermore, in the process of arranging appointments we do come across patients who deliberately postpone their appointments to sort of accumulate their stains and tartar even more such that they will capitalise more of a dentist effort for the same charges.

Then I learnt about the complicity of managing a clinic. I have worked for 2.5 months now, yet i still find that although the clinic is very small in area, there are so many things that I'm still unaware of. Overall, I am very happy with my current job. Its really an awesome job. I see different things every day - dealing with different kinds of patients on the phone and in the dental chair; logistics, making sure that materials are at healthy stock, ordering from suppliers even taking care of light bulbs and leaking pipes; scheduling for major events such as wisdom tooth extractions which sometimes involves simple surgery and implant as well. Awesome!

My boss actually encourage me to write regularly again. He said that he regretted stopping to write regular journals as he wouldn't be able to look back to the past in a more detailed way anymore. By writing, the writer will inadvertently include his own emotions, feelings and thoughts in that period. I think its quite true, I've been reading my previous posts and I'm still amazed with the development of emotions that each post carry on to the subsequent posts.. :) I'm enjoying myself reading those posts.

Carrying on.... A level results :) I'm extremely happy with my results. After all , this is the maximum results that i can ever achieve after getting 2 Bs for Mother Tongue and PW.. :) Yeah, thats the best i can get for the year of 2009. Well, looking back, I realise that things get very exciting when they have not been revealed. For instances, I was very very anxious before getting my dental assistant job then days before the release of A level results have made me very exciting and even more exciting when I anticipate my name to be called. No words can ever describe my feelings when I waited anxiously when the announcer was announcing the list of students who got 6 distinctions. That anxiety and fear if he she didnt call my name. That anticipation and excitement that she would call my name just blend into one single unfathomable feeling. :) The joy, happiness, taste of victory and satisfaction of all the hard work that I've put in taste incredibly awesome. I would want to relive that moment of victory again :) I want to rewind, wind, wind, wind, wind.

However, few minutes later, I am stuck with disbelief and emptiness. Just as after successfully applying for my job, I start to reflect on the fact that I'll be committing 7months of my youth working and not indulging myself during the holiday that I believe I strongly deserve after a year of crazy roller-coaster in J2.

Just in a blink of eyes, its already time to apply for university. Lots of considerations to be taken into account of.. I think I'll only be applying for NUS as I am pretty sure that I should be able to get into pharmacy course. I seriously wanna do dentistry. Tough choice for the second choice, I would LOVE to study law, but as I listen to my heart, I think I SHOULD study medicine instead. :)
Current list would be:
1. Dentistry
2. Medicine
3. Pharmacy
4. Business

New Found Inspiration

2009-12-13T06:14:00.000-08:00

I guess its somewhat true that fresh and creative ideas are conceived when you are day-dreaming. I found one new inspiration that I would like to work on one day when I have grown up and, hopefully, be a successful man with strong financial and social position! I think this gonna be another people-would-think-that-I-am-arrogantly-noble kind of dream: SPECTACLE PROJECT.

I realize that in many rural areas, well say in Indonesia, spectacle is still an obscure technology. Recently, I read that there have been quite a number of projects working on building new schools and small-scale hospitals in rural areas. I believe that some time soon, many of the excited school children will find themselves plagued with the problem of bad eye sight. Well, most of the problems would certainly be the common ones such as myopia(nearsightedness) and hyperopia(farsightedness).

I believe that it would be very sad to see that their desire to study is hampered by their vision problem. Furthermore, due to their lack of knowledge, many of them may not realize that they actually have eye defect. Otherwise, optical technology may not be accessible or even affordable to many of them. With more knowledge, these kids would have more idea about dreams, hope and desire. Knowledge would be a bridge to their self-actualization effort. We, the more fortunate and educated generation bear the responsibility to give all that we can to help these less fortunate children. Dreams are like stars...you may never touch them, but if you follow them they will lead you to your destiny. We may have induced these school children with new dreams. Now, lets do to the best of our ability to keep their DREAMS and HOPE alive! And you! rich reader with internet access and solved eyesight problem, the duty is on you to help these less fortunate ones! So please keep this in mind :)

Referring to my former post:
"To be without dreams is to be without hope;
to be without hope is to be without purpose."

By far, this is definitely an easier dream that i could possible fulfill than the first one: Clean Water Project. hahaha! Now I have another reason to work even harder, improving myself in every department and live strong because I have dreams, hope and hence purpose. This is my purpose of life. I swear I will do to the best of my ability to achieve this :) Readers too, can keep this in mind :) two is better than one. Three is even better. Four is even even better. Everyone will be the best! :)

FIGHTING!!!

A Creed to Live by

2009-12-07T20:33:00.000-08:00

Hey there!
I am packing my stuff and found a piece of paper with words in it. Feel like throwing it away, but the words are worth keeping. So I shall record here in my blog to keep it forever.

A Creed to Live by:
Don't undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others.
It is because we are different that each of us is special.
Don't set your goals by what other people deem important.

Don't give up when you still have something to give.
Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.
Don't be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect.
It is this fragile thread that binds us to each other.
Don't be afraid to encounter risks.

To be without dreams is to be without hope;
to be without hope is to be without purpose.
Don't run through life so fast that you forget not only where you've been,
but also where you're going.
Life is a not a race, but a journey to be savored each step of the way.

~Nancy Sims~

Feeling Void

2009-12-04T07:23:00.000-08:00

A level is officially over. Funny it seems, remembering those times before A level started. We talked so much about what we gonna do once it finished and stuff. Even so, yesterday, as it ended, I don't feel anything overflowing or extremely exciting. I guess counting on the days before A's began is more suspenseful than counting the days it gonna end. Sigh.. It feels void and empty. Trouble 1.

I applied for a job, as a dental assistant and apparently i got it :)What's running in my mind is the fact that I will be committing my 7 months working as a dental assistant. 7 months is not a short time. I believe that this is quite a big decision to make. Long working hours, commitment to profession, having not to enjoy my holiday, having to wake up early for work. I guess this is somewhat similar to A level. I seemed to be very eager about this opportunity before I got this job. Now, when i got it, I reflect back on the fact that I'll have to commit 7 months for this job. Its important, of course, after all dentistry will be my first choice course to take in NUS. It will surely give me a head start. Trouble 2.

Lodging. This is trouble 3. I gotta figure this out very soon.

Trouble 4: I am having strange thoughts about my 'soon becoming dunno what.' I feel like I am a house of cards in a hurricane right now. I gotta fix this feeling. Let's make it alright because I can't go on without you. It is killing me.

The past few days have somehow given me the impression that life is about waiting. Yesterday, in order to get my job interview, I had to wait for 3 hours. On last Saturday, Kanin told me the same line 'life is about waiting', you wait for you birth day and death, eventually. My 'soon becoming dunno what' always keeps me waiting, jokingly said that I might even have to wait till my hair turns grey; always waiting for her reply and stuff. It practically sums up all about work, romance, life and death.

Those ballads actually have some truth, love makes people go crazy. It makes people wanna shoot the moon, put out the sun, run from Beijing to Capetown, call down the stars, etc.

I realize that what makes me come back blogging is that I've so many things muddling my mind. I need a healer. Can't just talk to this, literally, dumb blog.

Sometimes, its good to listen to our hearts. We have been trained to use our brains for too long

2009-07-06T08:15:00.000-07:00

A new season has begun. Enjoy life as if each day is the last day of your life. Regard each day as a bonus and invest your time carefully to reap good returns. The fruits that we harvest each day are the products of the work we sow.

Take your time, take one step at a time.
Do not hurry unnecessarily. We ought to enjoy our lives.
Do not worry unnecessarily. Things will iron out eventually.

Dream! Our dreams will only be realize if we put in our efforts. Keep your dreams alive. When you feel down, keep that small ray of hope alight. Do not let others kill our dreams. Keep on dreaming! You cannot lose what you never had!

Accept failures and defeats gracefully. They are parts of growing up and learning process. Only by analyzing our past failures can we improve and avoid making the same mistakes in the future.

Winning philosophy: winning does not always mean being the first; winning means you are doing better than what you have done before.
Tiger Beer: ENJOY WINNING! :)

Shakesphere: Three sentence for getting success:
a. Know more than others.
b. Work more than others.
c. Expect less than others.

Sometimes, its good to listen to our hearts. We have trained to use our brains too much.

Lead a full life and reap its rewards!

Aja Aja Fighting!! <3

This is an empty post

2009-06-25T08:46:00.000-07:00

Nothing interesting strikes my mind now. So this gonna be an empty post.. :(

Except for this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZA1NoOOoaNw

Swine Flu, school homework,catching up with lectures..people getting quarantined. Transformers...

Oh well, as i have promised: this is an empty post.

Ciao

Butterfly

2009-06-10T08:10:00.000-07:00

They say that happiness can be likened to butterfly.

The more anxious you are in chasing after the butterfly,
the further away it will fly.
But if you stood still and keep wishing,
Perhaps it will come and stay close to you.

I watched 'Remembering Children of Palestine' this afternoon. It made me realize how grave the situation at Gaza has been ever the last decade. Many have died, lost their family members, lost their homes, food resources and opportunity to have proper education.

Butterflies are pretty.

Stop Codon

2009-05-21T08:22:00.000-07:00

Finally the Nationals Badminton season has ended. Phew.. I have been looking forward to end this crazy roller-coaster ride. It has somewhat tossed my life upside down. We ended up in 4th place, having lost to ACSI this afternoon 1-4.

Overall, I am still pretty sad with the conclusion of my role in the team. Guess I have just simply been a fringe player in the team having just played 2 matches out of possible 9 :(

The happy part is that i played pretty well against ACSI this afternoon. It was an all indon doubles match. Somehow it can be said to be a match between Medan and West Java. We played ACSI best doubles, Kalvin and Rheza. :) Although we didnt win, i think that i have put up a very good fight. So it wasn't very disappointing after all. We started of playing very poorly. We lost 21-9 in the first set. In the second set, we gained our momentum and played with awesome synchrony. By the time of interval, we were leading 11-8. We kept on winning points by points til we led them by 19-13. I guess we were getting very excited and started to let our guard down, knowing that we were just 2 points away from winning the set and hence rubber set. But our opponents kept their cool and gained 8 consecutive points from us who finally won 21-19.

Well, I guess thats what make them excellent player. They are able to keep cool even though they are in an extremely pressure situation. They are so experience that they can play crucial points with fantastic composure. Thats basically what I lack of for sure. Anyway, I am happy that somewhat i have fulfilled my own promise that i would play the best game i have ever played in my life. Oh well, though the score was not that cool, but i think i have done a great job; being able to produce such a surprise game to everyone :)

It was quite irritating too, knowing that my smashes couldn't penetrate their defenses for almost all the time :( I really enjoyed that match and I still can't get it out of my head now. I am very proud of myself :D :D

And yeah. One sad thing about today is that I missed the blood donation drive at school. I have donating twice so far and looking forward to the third time.

Uh.. I shall list out the result from the preliminary rounds to the 3rd/4th placing.

PRELIMINARY ROUNDS:
ACJC 5-0 NJC
ACJC 4-1 NYJC
ACJC 4-1 PJC
ACJC 4-1 MJC

QUARTER FINALS:
ACJC 3-2 AJC
ACJC 5-0 HCI
ACJC 0-5 RI(JC)

SEMIFINAL:
ACJC 0-5 JJC

3rd/4th PLACING:
ACJC 1-4 ACS(IB)

I am looking forward to team farewell dinner next Friday at Ritz Carlton Hotel! YEAH!!!!

CHeers!

This Is An Emo Post

2009-05-14T07:18:00.000-07:00

Well, even the most tempestuous storm will abate one day. So does the rumblings in my heart, it is pretty much unheard of now. The fire will soon die out if no firewood is added at the crucial times.

Newly introduced species of plant may not survive or grow well in certain environment, no matter how religiously you water and fertilize it. While other existing plants are more guaranteed to bear fruits even if they are not watered and fertilized as much.

There is a time to start and you must realize when to stop.
Its time to give up. I am going to officially tell myself to give up fighting for the main 7 spot. There is no more point in pushing myself further when i know that it wont make any more difference. All the efforts that i have put ends here. phew.. i has been an arduous 5 months i believe.

Honestly, over the 5 months i had placed badminton as my top priority, over studies and socializing. Think about it, giving 100% in every training is not easy and you will surely feel damn exhausted after that, to the point that it will compromise your mental strength to study in the evening. I have religiously give up my Saturday for training and sunday to keep up with school work as much as possible. I even went on to decline going on holiday, recently, over the weekend with my parents just to stay back for training knowing that there's still a chance for me; although i am very certain that i have immensely disappointed them.

It makes me think, whether i have to consider the process or consider the end result. The process is surely not very disappointing, I am certain that i have improved pretty much. But the end result is horrifyingly disappointing. I started the campaign with high confidence that i will at least be playing around 4 or 5 matches, but in the end only 1 so far. 3 times i had been promised and 3 times i had been let down. This afternoon was the last straw and I am going to give up. This is very disappointing to me. Knowing that whenever I was about to lose my hope, they gave me new hopes. New hope to be my new motivation to strive further. 3 times. So its really heart-breaking to be continually given hope and losing hope for 3 times. Its just too difficult to come in terms with.

Jealousy becomes selfishness.
Selfishness becomes impatience.
Impatience becomes angst.
Angst becomes despair.
Despair marks the end of everything.

Now its time to shift the gear back to studies, and gymming. My studies has been churned upside down inside out over the time. Its time to catch up with everything and focus on mid-year exams, should be take it if we dont qualify for finals.

There’s a storm raging deep in my soul.
There’s a howling wind that I just can’t control.
There’s a fire inside me I can’t explain.
Am I in too deep or should I swim to the shore?

I gotta to blow this away.

This is an emo post.. phew..
Feels a little bit better now. :)

Rendezvous

2009-05-10T08:31:00.000-07:00

I love today!

Rendezvous, celebration, simply having great time. Met my mummy and daddy again today. :) Been missing them like crazy all the while. Not many things have change, every thing is still the same old lovely past. :) and uh.. got my share of extra allowance too, which made my day even better. I have been running pretty low in cash lately. Another thing that I like about today is that, I ate out throughout the day. I haven't been eating much other than school canteen and hostel food for some time. We went to eat tortoise, black chicken, meatball soup and blah blah blah.. :D :D

Perhaps there will be a change in plan for my June holiday. I may be heading to Sydney for real this time. :) Really hope that the plan go through smoothly. I have been looking to visit Sydney. I can recall that we have canceled our visit to Sydney for about 3 or 4 times. Oh well, statistics does not bode well. Shall do my homework by researching the relevant documents for australian visa application. :)

On the way home today, I pondered quite a lot of stuff and seems like I have found a few satisfactory answers to my personal problems. Such as: "How far should you go in the name of dreams or rather ambitions?" and "How far do you have to dwell in past memories?"

"How far should you go in the name of ambitions?" Well, my answer will still be until you achieve what you want. But I have to realize that not all ambitions are worth achieving 'no matter what it takes'. In due time, one must realize whether he has or has not made 'satisfactory' progress. Currently, my ambition would be to break into the first 7 in the badminton team. However, as time goes on, It is becoming a somewhat more and more far-fetched dream. I realize that 6 or 7 months of intensive training can't really make a superstar. There are many more things, other than hard-work, that i need to have. Competitive experience, mental strength and ability to read the game are some of the departments that i lack of compared to other more seasoned player. Truthfully, I am a somewhat naive player in the court. Although I may not entirely achieve what i have been dreaming of, the journey is really an eye-opening and i am very grateful to have gone through it. The learning process has made me a better player and man as a whole! :D :D

There is another dream and I won't let it go no more. :D Aja AJa FIGHTING!!

And uh.... today is mother's day! I am pretty contented with myself for remembering to wish my wife happy mother's day! hahahaha! ;p

I LOVE MY MUMMY AND DADDY!

Things will surely get better and better over the time!
Adios!

Lean on Me

2009-05-02T02:41:00.000-07:00

Its long weekend.. But still, it seems so short. Time flies rapidly. In a glimpse of an eye, its Saturday evening already. Uh.. I think I need to get a hair cut soon. Its getting really thick and annoying. :( But I dont feel like going when there is no one to accompany, everyone has their own agenda to do this evening. Phew.. :(

Ah yea! We have played our first two Nationals games, won 5-0 on NJC and won 4-1 on NYJC. Gotta keep the momentum going for the next to games this week. We gonna be playing PJC and MJC on Monday and Wednesday respectively. Its really getting me anxious, anxious because I may not be able to break through the ranks.. :( Oh well, as a matter of fact there horse is already available to set me running and fight, but the saddle doesn't really suit me. At least thats what according to them; that someone else has a more suitable ass to sit more comfortably on it, rather than my ass. :( Yea, guess thats the right analogy for my situation here. I am doing whatever I can right now, such as adapting my ass onto the saddle and stuff... :) They say that we have to protect the small ray of light at the end of the tunnel at any cost.

But there are always margin of errors to your plan. Nothing can be done about it, just try to minimize the severity of the possible errors. :)

A little bit burned out here. This boy is breaking down.. hahaha! Guess not that severe actually. :) Just feeling lethargic and fatigued. There is another thing that I am very certain of, I AM ENTHRALLED. Gotta do something about this amazing emotion.

And uh.. my parents are coming over next Tuesday for a week. I think I am such a loser, knowing that I would be only be able to see them for a day in that one-week period. Well, they invited me to cruise along with them over the weekend, which I decline. Well, I think I should put Nationals competition as the first priority, shouldn't I?

But guess their visit is somewhat timely, I am in need of cash injection now. hahaha :)

Adios!
Cheers!! :)

Thunder In My Heart Season 1

2009-04-26T07:30:00.000-07:00

'A' Division badminton nationals starts tomorrow! First match against NJC. Its gonna be our first test after all the trainings. :) can't wait for tomorrow.

But oh well, my place in the first 7 is still not confirmed yet.. sigh.. :( I think I have really worked hard for it. Perhaps not hard enough, yet. This passion is burning inside me, like a thunder bellowing in my heart. Well, it doesn't matter for now, I still have little time to improve in many departments. It seems like every second is becoming very precious to me. There are really a lot of things that have to be done. I think I will seriously do WHATEVER IT TAKES to claim my spot in the first 7. After all, this is my last year playing in school and I do really wanna retire proudly knowing that I have worked excessively hard, competed very tenaciously and won whatever that I truly deserve. Yea, I will do whatever it takes. This thunder in my heart is getting louder and louder as time goes by. It wont be stopped.

A few parts of my body is aching right now.. not too severe though.. phew. First is my hamstrings, perhaps its due to the thousand serves that i did on Saturday. I am really grateful for the self training that I did on Saturday. I am now more confident of my serves and learned a few good pointers by experimenting different serving strokes. :) somehow I feel pretty accomplished. Second is my forearms and shoulders. Most probably due to backhand shadowing that I have been doing for a few days every day. Third is my lower back. I have no idea whats going on there, but it gives me a little annoyance occasionally.

And uh.. I have watched prison break til episode 15 of season 2. Its getting a little more complex there. Gotta find some time to watch soon. :)

School work seems to be a bit out of control now.. Walah.. hahaha! I have start picking up my pace to catch up with it.

I think the hostel that I am staying now is becoming a thief now. On the course of deterring further thefts cases here, they are implementing rules that are making them seem to be an even bigger thief. Oh well.. Dudes, you gotta pray hard and start hoping that what you pray for gonna be answered by the upstairs such that there will be no more theft cases here..

FIGHT FIGHT FIRe!

Gimme a Break

2009-04-19T08:38:00.000-07:00

Hey there! havnen't been posting for quite a while, I believe. Well, always the same old reason here: I'm busy.

Busy. Yea! I filled my whole weekend watching Prison Break Season 1. Just finished it a few minutes ago. The good news: I finished the entire 22 episode, worth of 42*22=924minutes or 15 hours and 24 minutes. In just one weekend, the whole series is completed. Pretty proud of myself here. The bad news, my weekend studying plan went haywire. :( I am supposed to fill in the gaps in all H2 subjects, the result, only bio essay is done. Oh well, guess that's a compromise for the satisfaction I get from watching prison break. But the hell with it.. I'll try to fix it over the next week.. haha..

Nationals is starting next Monday. There are still dark clouds around the teams' line-up though. Gotta prove myself worth the place! Train fiercely and fight fiercely. So little time, plenty to prove. FIGHT!! :)

School has been as hectic as always, there is unending homework bugging and there are lectures that go without you knowing whats going on. I'll just have to enjoy those times while I still have 5 months in college i guess. Perhaps there is no more such thing in university in the future.. haha

And uh... I was trying to research about the relationship between brain and oxygen. I have been speculating that brain should not have direct contact with the surrounding air because it causes the brain to lose its memories and thus ability to process the 5 senses. This, most probably caused by the oxygen. Still unsure about this though, gotta keep carrying on the research.

You gotta be strong, auntie, your family and your children need you. :) Get well soon! :)

Another day in paradise

2009-04-04T18:54:00.000-07:00

Nationals is 3 weeks away.. Woooo.. Time to really raise the gear and pick up a very-fast pace to reach peak performance. From now on, there should be no joke in training and shall put 110% for every training. MUST FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT!!!

Gotten a few terms results back. I find them pretty satisfactory although i know certainly that i could have done much better anyway. Well, given the little time to prepare, i think its good enough. and chemistry was rather surprising. Most of us agree that somewhat the results do not reflect the fact that we could pretty much able to do the questions on the exam day. phew.. :( but overall the results are great. :)

So yea. Since nationals is coming very soon. I shall put more thoughts into it than anything else for the moment. I shall do more PT when i have free time. Since this is my last year playing for ACJC i really wanna put my best into it, so that i wont regret when i look back in the future. :) so yea! I must retire proudly this year!

I guess I am addicted to Prison Break and Texas Poker now.. I have been playing lots of poker in this weekend. But i have been losing a little over the time.. haha its pretty fun to play cos it gives you some suspense and tension! haha

I gotta visit my auntie in the hospital this afternoon. She underwent head surgery yesterday. Hope she gonna be fine today. :)

Adios! :)

Title-less

2009-03-28T08:08:00.000-07:00

Ahnyoung Haseo!

phew.. today was a tiring day. Started training again after pausing for almost 2 weeks since last wednesday. its fun getting back into the court and bashing the shuttles around, though it wasnt very productive cos the of my unfit physical condition. haha. and planned to run 5X800m in 3mins for each set after the training. It ended up with me just running 2 rounds as everyone couldnt really keep up with the intensity. Hope that we can get back on form in the next four weeks. Season gonna start in 4 weeks. shit! don't think i'm ready yet.. sigh...

And yesterday was fun. Went back to school in the evening to catch acjc and tezukayama high school combined concert. Then after that we went to clark quay for dinner! at billy bombers! yay! it was great and was damn super full after having 4 courses.

Ah! I am watching a japanese drama now! Proposal Daisakusen! Which means 'operation love'. A pretty touching drama. haha. Well, one thing that i've learned from the show: "the one who always says that there is tomorrow is an idiot." The moral of the story is that, if you like someone, it might be better just tell him/her or end up regret having been keeping it inside for so long until to the point when you lost him/her. If the answer is no.. oh well, thats to bad. but if its yes.. well, good then. haha.

Okay! I shall finish the last episode now.

And nothing beats the pleasure of ending a tiring day with a can of mixture consist of water, malt, hops and yeast! :)

bubye! :)

bright, brighter, brightest

2009-03-26T07:59:00.000-07:00

Wheeee!! Term examns is over! Days gonna be even brighter from now on.

Well, I guess terms should be okay! So happy about it! But there are two other things looming in my mind now, badminton and chem h3. Well, I think these 2 subjects will take over my priority till the end of the season. I shall say goodbye for normal stuff for the time being. Right now, its post-exam mood and I shall just enjoy my weekend to the MAX.. haha. but there is training on Saturday afternoon so yea, gotta get this engine back revving.

Oh well, I dont have any appointment in the morning tomorrow. So yea, i guess i just gotta gym to improve on my strength a little bit. Then perhaps watch movie or start Prison Break marathon. haha. And uh.. gotta go school tomorrow evening for the ACJC and Tezukayama jap school concert. Hope that its gonna be interesting. :)

Today was really tiring. Haha. The class went to east coast after bio test. We had lunch, then bowling and end it with 2-hour-of-ultimate-fats-burning-session cycling. wheeee! My legs are really aching now.. I hope they will recover by the day after tomorrow. Bowling was fun! I really wanna learn how to spin the ball properly. Still find it hard to consistently throw good spins. and haha.. In the end i always got the rock-bottom position. :( never mind, one day i shall perfect my spin and throw like a real professional. :)

Just watched Hancock. hahaha! its pretty funny! I am listening to taylor swift's hey stephen. hahaha..

Oh well, I feel so sleepy and tired now.. gotta get some ling sleep man! :)
See you! :)

Touch Down!

2009-03-20T17:28:00.000-07:00

Good Day! Commander! :)

hahaha.. Okay! Let's talk about my ambition! And yeah. My ambition sounds somewhat Hippocratic to begin with. hahaha. I wanna be a philanthropist in the future! My biggest dream is to be part of the set-up or people who will work on building clean water system all across Indonesia! Its pretty sad to see that so many innocent lives are lost during child-birth because of lack of clean water in some villages. Well, its just about the child but also the mother. Their lives are in danger in each giving birth process... :( pheww sad story isn't it? From then onwards, we can start promoting education, proper health-care and so on to the villages!

But yea! It needs hefty sum to fund the project. Thats why i need to work hard and save lots of money to make it happens. :) Well, I hope that by the age of 30 i can start saving and gathering people of the same interest of mine and establish a proper organization to realize this dream. yay! :)

Having a final goal in your mind helps you keep on track with your activities and achievements. Well, it sort of becomes a motivation whenever you feel down or something. It spurs you on because you'll understand that the efforts that you are putting in at this moment is part of the build-up to make your dreams come true. :) :) Its just like a racing competition. Knowing how long you are going to run and where the finishing line is, will help to set the pace in the course of the race. :)

Well, thats basically the major part of my dreams. Some other satellite dreams are like providing more orphanages, old folks' home, and the idea of having $10 hospitals sounds like a great idea too - as in for every treatment regardless of the severity of the disease, all you need to pay is only $10. hahaha! Oh well, right now, dreaming is all i can do. If only i could make them come true. :D :D

Okay, its time to get some sleep.. Fuuah.. I am feeling damn sleepy. And uh.. it was pretty fun just now... watching people baking pizzas, tasting their cookings and little bit of gymming. It was a really pleasant day. and yea! gotta wake up early tmr to jog around and burn the excess fats that i have accumulated from the isanely-rich-in-cheese pizza that i had. :) :)

Good night! :)

Counter-Attack

2009-03-18T07:53:00.000-07:00

Yee! I am back to normal civilization with computer and internet connection. Have been away for 3-day badminton camp at school. Well, its pretty tiring, though I didnt find the training to be somewhat intensive. Probably because of lack of sleep. And the sleeps were not satisfying at all. First night got to sleep in the hall cos we couldnt turn the air-con on in the classroom that we have booked. Second night, we stayed in the classroom with air-con but got to sleep on the table which is damn hard and damn unfriendly to my back. oh well.. hahaha. The camp was uh.. pretty fun! hahaha! I find it more like team bonding camp than training camp.

Oh well, the bad news is that looks like my right knee has swollen a bit from the training. It feels like uh.. so annoying. It feels damn-not-comfortable to bend my knee every now and then. =.= I feel a bit thankful that I didnt get this injury during some crucial periods. Cant imagine to have knee injury during cross country run, track meets or hopefully not during nationals later on. :) Gotta get rid of this soon!

Gotta sleep earlier tonight! need to wake up early tomorrow for 'senoko power plant' visit. I think its gonna be exciting tomorrow! hahaha.

And uh... its time to change gear.. Its terms gear now.. so i better start the engine revving. haha.

I shall finish watching soccer highlights soon and then call it a day! :D
I am a class chem rep... hahaha! :D It makes me happy in a strange way!

Sayonara! :)

Terms holiday is here! yeeha!

2009-03-14T17:51:00.000-07:00

Yeah! Term holiday is finally here. One great week to enjoy and rest. :) :)

But oh well, our badminton team gonna have a 3-night camp in school starting on Monday. So yea! means I gotta have to pack my stuff and sort out the admin stuff by tonight. :( and uh.. on thing thats bothering my mind now is term exams, which will continue once the term exams is over. Oh well, I really wanna get over this term exams as quickly as possible so that i can concentrate in improving my fitness and games. I must start pushing myself till I reach my optimum form. No matter what I must achieve my best forms before the nationals starts. Gotta work hard man!

Spent the whole day yesterday traveling. Went to NTU open house in the morning. Got back to school in the afternoon for short training. Went for late lunch with the team and finally spent the rest of the evening playing soccer in acsi and then gym at night. hahaha! it was somewhat a fun day. I like it because I could catch up with a lot of old friends. :)

And uh... Operation Breaststroke was extremely successful! Fabulous job guys! Too bad, we didnt proceed till phase 4. Phase 4 is supposed to be feasting together. We should really celebrate this next time. We really made their day dudes! :) Perhaps it was the best project that we have ever done together as the ministers of republic of love. hahaha! We made the white day became so precious to them! :) me and faisal also bought flowers and chocolates for our class' girls too. Guess it was a pretty satisfying thing to do. Cheers for the two of us! :)

May good happenings come all the time.. :)

2009-03-11T08:35:00.000-07:00

Hello!

Today was a great day! I got another medal for track meets. Jing Kai, Joshua, Jeco and me ran for badminton in the inter-CCA relay. We came strong in the third position. Not bad! Considering that we decided to sign up in that morning itself. hahaha. I really pushed myself to the limit. I have promised that I gonna make that run be the best run that I had ever made in my life. I never want to let my friends down and so yea! I ran the best that I could. But sadly, after the first 300m my legs started to fail me; they got freaking heavy that I felt like dragging two pillars of metals. I mustered as much energy as to proceed as much as I could til the finish line. Well, that explains why my face looked extremely crumbled as I was kek sai-ing. hahaha! but who cares, I rather sacrifice that bit moment of unglamorous for greater glory in the end. Well, I must say that it was the craziest run that I have ever made in my life. I really enjoyed that run and I guess i will never run like that anymore in my life. Reason being, I pushed myself beyond the limit. My body almost literally collapse after the race, catching my breath very hastily afterward. I took like about 15 minutes to remove the giddiness and regain my full consciousness. hahaha!

Anyway, I am so happy that it is third medal of the year! way to go! this year seems very promising. :) and to top my happiness up with my o' level plague from acsi :):)

Spent almost my entire night doing m econs project. Its finally done and I am extremely fired up to give my best speech tomorrow during the presentation. I gonna make the whole class dazzled and stunned at my public speaking ability man! hahaha! Learnt a few great speaking skills from Mr.Obama in the youtube just now..

Anyway, Terms is approaching as the March break approach. This friday is the first test, GP paper 2. well, I wanna try to score 33 or above. hahaha! :D I really wanna get rid of this terms as quickly as possible and then I can fully concentrate to train for the nationals.. I think my games are seriously still sub-standard. Phew.. Fight on! turn on the beast mode! hahaha!

Well, what spurs me on is the idea that I think not finishing your dreams is the hardest thing in your life. So yea! thats why I keep on working hard to achieve my dreams. Maybe next post i gonna talk about my future dreams. I think it pretty interesting. hahaha!

Its 11:50 now.. gotta go sleep soon. Its time to wash my 2F and T- face and feet and brush my teeth. haha
Til then!
Bubye! :) :)

Romantic Rhapsody

2009-03-02T07:03:00.000-08:00

I guess there are just too many things that need to be settled right now that i feel so saturated that I dont feel like settling any of them. Well, homework is somewhat piling up and I am sort of behind every tutorial and lecture. This is really insane, considering that this is just the beginning of J2. Phew.. Well, the good news is that I could still keep up with the exams; my aim was just to ace every single test like by 70% and so far, everything is still within my target. :D gotta keep up the good job! :)

I am suppose to read my GP package now. but i feel so tired that i just wanna abandon that package for a day and go to sleep earlier today. hahaha! Maths and GP package test on Thursday, so i gotta keep myself checked for these two exams. :) I feel i somewhat need supplements to keep myself going. Oh well, but i feel sad for my own body though. hahaha! Looks like I have been torturing it for some time. Well, there is like never ending activities and activities recently, school and sports. Glad that i have recovered from my illness. I feel fitter now! But still I felt a little lethargic during training just now. Somehow the strength just wasnt there. hahaha! oh well, perhaps because i was too sleepy just now. Funny when i think about how i must keep my eyes open with my fingers during chem h3 lecture to keep myself alert. oh well..

And uh.. i got caught by the DM this afternoon. He spotted my pants. hahaha! Well, I am a bit surprised that he could spot my tapering, which I think doesnt look that obvious.I have been wearing it for 2 months now and somehow not many of my friends had ever asked me about the alteration. hahaha! So he wants my pants by tomorrow. He said he gonna keep them until the baccalaureate service before returning them to me. I dont feel guilty but just disappointed that he found it out. hahaha! well, somewhat sound like Aaron carter's "You found out! I've gotta crush on you.. No more charades, my heart's been displayed.." and so on. hahaha.

Anyway. gotta get moving now..
hahaha!
Adios! :)

CHEERS X 4!

2009-02-26T21:31:00.000-08:00

YOKOSO!! This is really a great week. Week filled with good news!

Firstly, I got 14th position in the x-country race! Yeah! I could fulfill my target: getting into top 20 position and grab a medal. Honestly, I am pretty desperate for the medal, this is my last year and so yea, I die die my fight to claim this medal.. :):) and CHEERS for x-country!! :D :D

And I passed chemistry h3 test! 12/20! WOOO! I am damn happy! cos I heard there was only two students who passed the test. I guess it put me the second highest in class after another guy who scored 12.5 anyway, this means that I have secured one place in the chem h3 class which will be announced in a few weeks time. CHEERS for chem h3! :D :D

This morning was founder's day celebration. It was pretty boring, I almost fell asleep during our principal's speech, which i think was overly long and detailed. Phew.. Had a little suspense waiting for the prize presentation :) so yea! i got scholastic merit award and best progress award and $50 voucher from kinokunia. :) I am quite disappointed that the prizes are only certificate.. :( well, in acsi they give you sparkly and beautiful plague with your name carved on it.. oh well.. hahaha! CHEERS for promos results! :D:D

And uh.... I suppose to get my scholastic award - well, its just another good-sounding name for getting 7A1s - plague from acsi too. but i didnt go to acsi founder's day celebration to collect; of course i chose to come to acjc one. :) so I gotta find some time to go there and pick my plague up.. hehe :D:D CHEERS for o level result! :D:D

I feel so sleepy now.. :( I haven't had adequate rest since the beginning of the month. damn hectic siah.. My cold have been annoying me for like almost a week, I guess taking drugs without proper rest doesn't really help you to recover from cold. :( This weekend! I must drive this cold away! :)

There are few things in my mind that i wanna do this weekend.. phew.. work is topping-up at a faster rate than i can finish them.. :( FIGHT! FIGHT! FIRE!!
and uh... walau... its the end of february already! argghh.. there is sth urgent that need to be sorted out boys.. :(

Cheers! <3 <3

Taxi wk7

2009-02-21T07:41:00.000-08:00

hellooo..

Another awfully hectic week has passed. phew.. This week is horribly tiring. School is really getting damn taxing recently. Well, gotta stay healthy and positive all the time. Damn it! I am suffering from cold now. Oh well, the symptoms just started this morning. I am gulping vitamin C and panadol to subside it as soon as possible. Just one aspect lacking: rest. :( :(

This morning bio spa was... OKAY, i guess.. Heard of many different interpretations though, sadly mine is not the most common one. hahaha. oh well. who cares, its over already. then went Holland for breakfast, back to school for gym and study. Studying at school was not very productive though; barely covered a few pages of isomerism.

Followed by training til 5pm. But I am glad that tonight studying was very productive. yeah! covered the entire topics for h2 test on monday, so tomorrow I can better focus on chem h3. :) :) Hope I can pass the selection test on monday. Gym for a while after that and it was quite productive too, did quite a lot of exercises in 40 minutes. :D

I realize my standard is still a lot far-off from getting into the first 7. :( I really gotta pull up my socks and train harder. There are still many aspects that have to be improved. Gotta really work super super super harder then. I wanna retire proudly, this should be my last year playing competitive badminton for school i believe. I wanna try some other sports in university, perhaps rugby sounds interesting. Its a tough game played by gentlemen :) unlike soccer which is very barbaric.

so yea...
FIGHT FIGHT FIRE!!

Doesn't it feel good?

2009-02-14T18:07:00.000-08:00

Saturday, 14/02/09

Wheee..!! Its valentine's day! Love is in the air!
:)

Another arduous week has passed. Its approaching week 7! This is ultimate madness. Time flies with rapidity.. :( I am finding it hard to catch up with time's flight..

Valentine is pretty sad this year.. thanks to badminton training which has effectively taken my day away.. hahaha. oh well. I think I received fewer chocolate this year.. but somehow more eventful. Yesterday was a fantastic day. I was made to carry a balloon around school whole day for the first time. hahaha! it was somewhat embarrassing but it was cool. and today was fun too. We went to Orchard after dinner and think had lots of fun and laughter especially about Nakajima Shuisan - a random Japanese food that we bought from Cold Storage which apparently was bbq sotong with salty sauce - part. Then bought a can of Barons' beer, which I am sipping very lightly and slowly now.. :) :) Its really crispy and tasty! hahaha! Its written: each can of Baron's Strong Brew is brewed in the classic European tradition, and inspired by a Black Forest Brewmaster's timeless recipe. Forceful and full-bodied, Baron's also has an intense, malty flavor that helps deliver a smooth, satisfying finish every time. :) :) this is awesome!

And uh. we celebrated lele birthday just now.. The mango cake was superb! and the celebration was more superb.. :)

Uh.. somehow i think my studies has been adversely affected these days.. I am having difficult time catching with tutorials and lectures.. I have been ponning more lectures than ever, trying to utilize the time to finish my homework.. well, its coming to an end soon, in...2 months time. :) come on! yeah!! FIGHT FIGHT FIRE!!

If its true... i think you seriously have to get another boyfriend. He is not worthy for someone like you, just another player playing in the name of love.. :( :(
....
If i ask would you say 'yes'?
arrrghhh... forget about it! I hope i am wrong this time.. :) no happy valentine's this year.. *-| keep smiling like you always before! :) :)

I have been playing more pick-up lines with yoshi.. hahaha! This time round, I impress him more than he do..

Surprise is on its way.. but gonna take time. so be patient! :) :)

Cheers... uh.. HONOURING EUROPEAN BREWING, BARON'S, BREWED WITH DEDICATION!
:) :)

Dazzling happenings

2009-02-06T18:33:00.000-08:00

Salve! :)

Its a beautiful Saturday morning here. 10:50.

I love weekends. I can really sleep as much as i want. It the period when the accumulated fatigue can be removed in just one super long sleep. It feels good, but i feel hungry too. :(

Dazzling happenings have come to strike me this week. cool.
First is that there are two good news! Apparently I am receiving two awards this coming AC founder's day celebration. One from ACJC and another one from ACSI. Well, I ma invited to both events. But of course i choose to come to the one in acjc! :) :) Well, the letter tell me that I gotta wear college No.1 for that occasion. I havent really found out what college No.1 is. But definitely, blazers is needed. perhaps white pants and long sleeve shirt. Kemal is also receiving the same award as me. hahaha! Its roomate power siall.. =) the award is called: Sholastic Merit Award and Best Progress Award

My badminton passion is also burning the fire in hell. Its impossible to put it off now! I really wanna go to the finals and I gonna train harder to realize it! YAH!!

The internet connection is really annoying. It has been blocking me entering into my e-mail account, facebook, and friendster.
It says: Anomalous Behavior Detected -- Request Blocked
Your computer was automatically blacklisted (blocked) by the network due to an abnormal amount of activity originating from your connection. It is possible that your computer is infected with a worm and/or virus. Please contact your network administrator for assistance or more information.

This is really annoying! curse the internet provider! :(

I crashed into the J1 orientation firande//campfire-less last night. Oh well, there is also severak small lame but effective jokes every now and then. I was surprised how scary the cheering looked like from the balcony. The effect was really great man. I was trembling at the sight of it and it made me shivered. cool!

There is an announcement just now, asking us to get ready for hostel orientation. Oh well, I gonna be wasting my Saturday doing stupid, childish and silly stuff in the boarding school this afternoon. phew.. :( wish someone could pull me out of this misery...

Okay then... till then. :)
Adios! Amigos!

update! :)

2009-01-30T07:21:00.000-08:00

Alright! For the sake of my dear teammate, I shall update this blog! :) :)

I cant really find any good topic right now.. aduh...! Except for the sleepiness that is really bothering me now. I feel more and more tired these days. Well, primary reason is because I have been giving almost my 100% in training since the beginning of the year. It really saps my energy away man! But it really feels good, cos I feel accomplished and happy that I rally put in effort into badminton. Badminton gets more and more interesting when you reached another higher level of playing. I am loving it more than ever! :)

I am pretty surprised that I didnt gain much weight during chinese new year holiday in indo. Reason being is that I just couldnt stop my jaws from moving up and down during the holiday. I think I finished average of around 15 mandarin oranges in a day and plenty of cookies while visiting people houses. Well, I think I dont care too much about red packets anymore these days. I didnt even bother to count how much i have earned or even bother converting them into singapore dollars..

And uh.. shit! My racket strings burst again! second time in a week's time. Another unnecessary expense.. aduh! :( :(

J2 gonna be a damn busy year man! school sucks la! 4h2 + 1h3 + badminton + GEL = ultimate fatigue. I am currently thinking what are the things that I wanna do this year... hmmm.. hahaha!

Wah! its 11:11 right now! hehe! :)

Oh! I feel asleep during Bio lecture just now! hahaha! It was pretty funny! but didnt really got scolded though. Just got an opportunity to joke with the lecturer. hahaha!

Oh boy, I am dazzled.

Cheers!

Plateau

2009-01-21T06:03:00.000-08:00

I am so so tired... :(

Today's training has really exhausted my energy. But somehow it feels good after a tiring day.

I gotta train much harder than this.. I wanna reach another higher plateau before the seasons starts! FIGHT ON!!

Just applied for leave and got it approved alr. :D

Cheers!

My personal brand of heroin

2009-01-15T06:21:00.000-08:00

I am damn damn burnt out this week! Super tired siol..

These past two days havent been very nice. I have been feeling under the weather. Well, it all starts off thanks to lack of sleep. First I had eating disorder... kidding! more like I didnt have appetite, coupled with minor gastric and intestinal discomfort I think. Thankfully it has subsided by now. Second, I am damn tired and have been sleeping at school. Oh well, almost took pink slip on last Wednesday. I slept during the first math lesson today, then skipped Econs lecture to sleep in the library. Worth it! I think! I rest was really helpful and I have to say that I am quite fit now. :)

I think I havent adapted to waking up as early as 6am yet. :( shouldnt have moved to OH :( besides lacking of sleep, I am experiencing eating disorder too. :(

I am very glad that I have succeeded in pulling myself to finish bio tutorial and 3 GP essay outlines! yup! PULLED MYSELF! If only they dont due tomorrow I think I wont be busy doing it just now; though I believe the quality is pretty bad. Cant really find the momentum to work yet.. phew. My gear is still at holiday gear.. :D :D

I am happy that I think my class has finally gotten an AUTHENTIC econs teacher. hahaha! He is a cool guy! The fact that he could make me fully awake throughout his entire lesson has proven his capability. It was an interesting lesson.

Pondering how the hell I have spent so much money in just 2 weeks.
Flying back home for CNY! Yay!! cant wait to be back home again. :)

Your smile is like a personal brand of heroin to me

Cheers!

Relaz, take it easy,

2009-01-11T07:03:00.000-08:00

Hell! school starts tomorrow. Gotta wake up REALLY REALLY early for the first time since 2 months ago! I feel damn shitty! Guess I gotta wake up as early as 6am tomorrow - to give me enough time to do my morning businesses before the school bus leaves at 6:40.

I am imagining how tomorrow morning gonna be. For the first time, I will be taking school bus to school, like literally school bus; not buses with two numbers - the number plate and the bus' service number - that i normally take.

All my room occupants are here already. Two Ationgs and one Indian who stays next to me. So its crowded now. Those two Ationgs are talking about something intelligible to me right now. Honestly, I think the smell of my room has drastically changed especially after the arrivals of those Ationgs.

Packed my bag and I am ready for school tmr. Guess there wont be any lesson tmr, should be just contact time and pricipal's address i suppose. And uh.. not forgetting open house preparation. Phew.. -.- And then I shall go gymming! Havent been gymming for so long, feel my body has slackened so much.. T.T

I hope to finish my harry potter by tonight.. and I am happy that I just got two new books: Twilight and New Moon. I hope to start it as soon as possible once I finish my harry potter.. Cant wait to start at it anytime soon! yeah!!

And uh.. I am glad that I didnt do any homework today! hahaha!
Well, who cares! :D bet many didnt do their either. Relax... Take it easy! :)

Cheers!
Au revoir! :) :)

piles of junkies

2009-01-09T02:01:00.000-08:00

Just barely the internet connection after shifting into oldham hall on monday. Well, I guess I have somewhat settled in here. Not a very nice place though. I still prefer nushigh to oldham hall. I still resent about the proximity between oldham hall and acjc.. Phew. Which means I gonna expect myself to be back in oldham hall at 9+ at least four times a week when the school reopens. Yea! school gonna reopens on next monday... so sad... :( I want more holiday. haha!

Well, holiday homework has piled up.. and uh... should consider the first days of school as the deadline.. which means, i wont be able to meet the deadline. Right now, I am forcing myself to complete maths tutorial which I have just heard from my friend last night.. took me quite long to finish the tutorial.. At one hand trying to solve the problems, on the other hand the temptation of internet is too tantalizing. :( next thing in my agenda should be bio tutorial.. hope I can listen to the online lecture later after dinner.. Arrrghhh... I just wanna slack and lazying around! GP and econs are... i think gonna be abandoned for the time being. well, who cares.. the should give homework on holiday.. holiday is holiday, time to slack and lazy around. :) :)

Oh yea.. did my porting service last Sunday - porting my number from m1 to singtel. I wonder why it hasnt worked still.

I have been reading harry potter and the deadly hallows.. hahaha! quite interesting, i find it. its the first harry potter series that i read.. there are a few unknown characters to me cos I never read harry potter. Just watched them on TV. My other three room-mates arent here yet. so I shall still be sleeping alone tonight..

And uh... the class had a gift exchange party last tuesday! hahaha! it was pretty fun! well, I got seet's present, which is a swedish product: LINGONBERRY! dunno what it actually does or contain. shall google about it later on. and my present fell to 'bala the monster' hahaha! I am happy that first it didnt fall to a guy, that present isnt very suitable to guys though.. hahaha! so uh.. yea! hope she likes it as much as i like it. :) :)

I spent close to $300 for shopping yesterday. pretty scary i think. think i should tell my parents about this.. hahaha!

Oh well, I shall go shower now.. dinner soon. :):)

Auf Wiedersehen!

F**H!!!!

2008-12-25T06:48:00.000-08:00

I HATE TODAY! 25Dec'08!!! Two super unfortunate happenings occurred.

First. My mum accidentally washed my new Nudie jeans.. :( well, its supposed to be worn for 6 months before the wash. so that when it is washed, only some parts of the outermost layer is washed off and thus they sort of becomes 'customised' according to your wearing style.. oh well. since she said she didnt wash them with hot water and that she didnt actually scrub clean the jeans, I still have a little hope that they gonna be ok still.

Second. I had my first car accident.. well, not really a major accident. I just accidentally bumped into someone's car. Just a minor damage, actually, just a slight scratch.. The ugly-looking driver took away my driving license and keep on asking for compensation. Poor driver I pity you. money-minded. I was with my mum at first before my dad rushed over. I suggested him to bring his car to a car workshop to have the paint scratch cleaned away and I gonna pay for the fee. But my dad came over and shouting making the whole situation worse, i guess. Well, I think I should have been more fierce. According to my dad it was just a very trivial matter, nothing to be really disputed about. What a miser that driver is.. I particularly hate his eyes, his two cock-eye looking eyes were bulging like tennis balls and staring at me like I have made a damn big mistake. I was damned pissed of course. I just wanna pull that two stupid eye balls out with my fingers... GRRRRR!!!! I wanna eat him inside out and tear him apart alive!!

Hell yea! I admit my mistake. But the fact that he made such a trivial mistake seemed so big surely piss me off like hell.

F**H!!!!
FISH!!!!

IM TAGGED BY INEZ SO I HAVE TO WRITE THIS NOTE. lol

2008-12-23T01:58:00.000-08:00

Havent been posting for a while.. Wrote this on facebook just now.. kill 2 birds with one stone! haha!

Rules:
1. Once you’ve been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 16 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you.
2. At the end, choose 16 people to be tagged.
3. You have to tag the person who tagged you.
4. If I tagged you, it’s because I want to know more about you. (or let's just pretend i do,lol)

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16 Random and So "Whatever" Things about Me:

1. I am damn pissed cos I forgot to publish the notes just now so it gotta have to write another one!! damnit! :(

2. I like to watch Korean Dramas... hmmm.. yea! thats the fact. :)

3. I am obsessed with body-building. I used to go to gym 3 times a week last years during second semester.. I wanna make my biceps even bigger! :D:D

4. I love my chinning bar. I bought it and installed with much hard-earned carpentry skills on my room door. So I am doing lots of chin-ups a day.. I guess I do around 100-150 in a day! yeeehaa~! I shall beat gong tuo in chin-ups next year!! :D :D

5. I wanna be a big man someday. I wanna be a millionaire - hopefully in some better currency like GBP or EUR or USD not IDR of course - and a philanthropist - my dream is to install clean water system in Africa . I wanna amass wealth which is enough to afford the expenses of 3 generations under me, and before I die, I will donate half of it for charity like building orphanages.

6. I wanna be a DIALTH.. hahahah!

7. I am pretty much an agnostic. I dont think that religion is god-made, but man-made. So i find no real reason to believe in any religion. My belief is simple, I believe that there is a God, but there is a stronger force behind him which is karma. therefore, God is not omnipotent and omniscient otherwise there wouldnt be SARS outbreak and tsunami. I wont create those two extremely destructive force if i were an omnipotent god.

8. I believe in superstitions. I have my own personal reason and experience to believe in it.

9. I dont believe in prayers and miracles that make the donts come true. well, only people who have 'coincidentally found' their prayer coming true will advocate it. Have you ever heard of people sharing their unfulfilled prayers? NEVER! Can we ever get the fatalities of a certain calamity to testify that their last prayers didnt come true? NEVER! Although i sincerely believe that they did pray before death came to take them away.

10. I wanna be a vegetarian one day. perhaps when i turn 40 plus later.. Meat is getting more and more disgusting day by day.. But its simply not realistic to become a vegan right now.. later.

11. I have blood-phobia. I dont like the view of blood. Its making my whole body trembles with disgust and I cant stand looking or touching inner organs of any mammals.. :(

12. I love blue colour. Especially Navy blue. :)

13. I am an idiot when it comes to love. :( I still regret my decision to break up the last time.. took me one year to fall for another girl.. :(

14. Real gentleman cries and so do i.. hahaha!

15. They say guys with thick eyebrows are emo dudes.. and i think to a certain I am..

16. I am pretty materialistic. I love branded goods! It gives you extra confidence and pride! :D

Phew,,,

A + B = C

2008-12-17T09:39:00.000-08:00

Hola!

Just got back home from Karo Highlands. Well, I believe the sleep over was a great success so I wanna take this chance to thank our beloved master of ceremony Aliong :)Guess the photos gonna be up on facebook pretty soon. So tiredddd... Its over midnight though, I am supposed to be sleeping.. But now I got 3 younger cousins to take care of.. Oh well, they keep on making loud noises which prevent me from resting. :(

Oh, they are coming over with my aunties and uncle to commemorate the 49th day of passsing away of my grandmother tomorrow. So yea! we gotta wake up pretty early tomorrow and head to my grandmother's resting place. I miss her so much... My house feels different without her presence. :(

Today, I am happy because someone has called a moon down from the sky for me.. a really cute moon :) :) thanks. It amuses me and makes me laugh whenever I see it. :)

And something made me sad. :( A buddy of mine informed me that his scholarship was terminated. He is having dilemma right now, he doesnt know what exactly to do.. I hope he will figure out the best solutions as soon as possible. :)

Well, I have to decide soon. I dont want to see my heart hurt. I dont want to see my mind shackled.

Cheers!

Dear Grandmother

2008-12-12T23:06:00.000-08:00

Dear grandma, I am so proud of you. Now, its my turn to make you proud of me.

Pizza Pasta Tortellini

2008-12-11T07:07:00.000-08:00

Salve!

Uh.. today I feel like talking a little bit about religion.. hmmm. Oh well, I guess I am experiencing crisis of faith. Well, it not actually caused by my current belief, more like by another belief. I think this is a great disadvantage of being too 'curious'. Curiosity leads to you making assumptions and hypothesis. And yea! so it leads to further researches to look for more clues and evidences to support those assumptions.. Oh well, guess I am feeling really bad about this. skepticism. But still, I look upon those religious heroes or rather leaders for their unparalleled compassion and wisdom..

Oh well, went to temple too just now with my dad. And I learnt these few lines which struck me extremely much. It is titled "Mind Garden":
-Two people are waiting for a late bus
One is frustrated,
But the other one is taking it easy.
Thus, the real source of frustration cannot be the bus.

-Is there an evil bus-driver out there to be angry at?
The seeds of anger lies within.
The "late buses of life" are only conditions which ripen our anger.
In the end, it is you who cause your state of mind.

-The causes of un/happiness are within your mind.
Take care of your mind then.
It is a garden-you decide what seeds to plant and nurture..
:) :)

pretty nice huh?

This afternoon I watched Twilight for the second time. Oh well, it just makes me craving to read the book more than ever..

I am playing BSB's "get another boyfriend" again and again.. find it nice to hear. :)
And uh.. a little improvement in my guitar, now I can play the opening of Qing Tian. YAY!! :D but my German is having a little bit of congestion. Grammar. Oh well.

I am also doing like around 80 chin-ups a day.. Wanna make my biceps bigger! HAHAHA anyway, there is another motive too. Looks like my tummy has gotten a LITTLE BIT bigger. Guess, I have been drinking much. haha!

Well, I am happy with a buddy of mind, who has just got back from a trip and apparently had a crush during the trip.. you know who you are!!! haha hot stuff siah!! =D

Arrividerci :D

Poster Girl

2008-12-08T05:39:00.000-08:00

Phew.. Barely got back from the Karo Highlands... Well, that's the international name of the place; it is more well-known as Berastagi to locals. Spent 1 night there. As its name suggests, it is pretty balmy there, guess its average temperature is ~16'C

Drank pretty much there. With those uncles, we finished a bottle of Chivas Regal while listening to them talking about business, life, food, sports and some dirty stuff. hahaha.. It was quite fun. Listening to them gives me some adult perspective about many matters. Drank 2 cans of Guiness and a couple of glasses of wines too. Then slept like until the afternoon. I was damn tired. Had a potluck at my friend's earlier on Saturday night after watching Twilight. It was a good movie, probably I am watching it again pretty soon with the scholars. :)

I think I had sudden surge of Hormone Ghrelin over the weekend - well, dont bother to google this hormone cos you will definitely be able to infer it pretty soon. So yea! Over the weekend I keep on gorging food incessantly.. I believe I have grown around 1kg in this 1 week in Indo.

I bought and installed a chinning bar! yay! so happy! I am doing chin-ups everyday. It will be one of the means to keep my body in shape here. :)

Ah! I also watched Street Kings starring Keanu Reeves. Love that movie so much!

My fingers are smarting... I am learning how to play guitar! yay!! hahaha. :) Inspired by Depapepe - well you should google this i think, wont be able to infer it. :)

Oh! For J1 Medanese dudes and lasses check this out:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/event.php?eid=49935134017&ref=mf

Why don't you ask him to move mountains and rivers to prove that his love has worth?

Bis Demnachst

AQUA!

2008-12-03T20:52:00.000-08:00

Arrgh.. My hamstrings and quads are aching.. Oh well, simple reason: didnt stretch before and after playing soccer yesterday. Pretty fun yesterday. Just that it wasnt a very intensed game. It reminds me of SC4 winning the runner-up position in soccer for AC games.. Not bad siah.. If I recall our games.. :) :)

Had a reunion dinner yesterday.. It was so so fun! Guess the stuff that we talked about has pretty much change over time. Everyone is so much more mature now. And uh.. one food for thought, outing here is very practical, it can be organized anytime and anywhere we want.. cos almost everyone here can drive. And of course there is no curfew to abide by. Planned a pot-luck and stay over on this Saturday. I gonna cook mashed potato. :)

oh! Twilight is out in Indo. Guess it will only out at around 7 or 9 Dec in Singapore.

I am so inspired by this project by AQUA-an extremely well-known brand for mineral water in Indonesia. The project is called 1 litre for 10 litre. It means that for each 1 litre of AQUA that you buy, they will use the profit to provide 10 litre of clean water in some more-desolated villages across Indonesia. When I saw the video, I was marveled and cant help myself admiring their philanthropic attitude! Again, I am inspired. Oh well, now I wanna be 2 kinds of person when I have grown up: a millionaire and a philanthropist. :)

I hope that you will not say that you do not understand why we held hands that night

Cheers!

Welcome Tea

2008-12-02T04:25:00.000-08:00

Howdy!
Back home! Yea!

Well I have just exactly 30 days to spend in Medan. Gotta go back to Singapore on 30th with my family. So I will celebrate New Year's Eve in Singapore, or more exactly Singapore waters. Well, we havent been cruising for quite sometime though, ever since the Tsunami in 2004. Feels great to be back on waters pretty soon. The last time I celebrate new year's eve on cruise was 2003, I guess. It was awesome and so I am looking forward to it. Partly because there will certainly be much more to enjoy after all I am 18 now! Legal age! Yay!!

Didnt do much stuff today. Just had 3 hearty meals today. :) :) and spent most of my afternoon at my mom's office and shopped a bit. Bought 3 nice shorts.

Well went to a bookstore as well just now. But cant really find the books that I want, though it is arguably the most complete bookstore here. And most of the English novels are out-dated too. There are some new novels but they are translated novels - from english to bahasa - which i hold much aversion to read. So uh.. it was a futile trip to the bookstore.

I just finished a book and this phrase from the book keeps ringing in my head, "how far should you go in the name of love?"
Perhaps my answer gonna be, "how much time left do you have? I you have 10 minutes maybe a 2.4 gonna be worth it!"

Everyone wants to be loved. And so am I.

Cheers! =D

Ich bin Stephen.

2008-11-30T20:49:00.000-08:00

Guten Tag!

Gonna leave Singapore this evening! Yay! Almost done with my packing. Only left to pack my loud speakers and toiletries after showering later.. :) Hate packing so troublesome..

I am learning German! hahaha. it is a pretty interesting language. Hope I can maintain my learning attitude for at least a month for the holiday..

Aiyo. Nothing much to say left.. hmmm..

Auf Wiedersehen, mein Freund! Bis demnachst.
Schonen Tag noch! :) :)

REANIMATE!!

2008-11-27T08:14:00.000-08:00

BOO!

Phew.. Still doing my packing. Should be 75% done now. Yay!!

Well, have been pretty hectic these two days. Watched Beverly Hills Chihuahua already; yesterday! YAY!! It was a great movie. Very funny and really enjoyed myself throughout the show. Now I feel like watching Madagascar 2. Supposed to watch it with my foster parents and family just now but couldnt get the ticket, so yea.

Spent the whole Thursday with foster parents and family today. Enjoyed myself pretty much. They are fantastic people. :)

Gonna spent almost whole day at school tmr! Sian! Gym training in the morning and court training afterward. BAH!!

Oh.. I am desperately waiting for the replyyy... -,-
But slowly, I found out that missing you is a beautiful tidings.

There is something that kept me happy. While packing I found this handwriting on my GP worksheet. Though it just consists of my name, class, a star, and a heart, the simplicity is amazingly reanimating! :)

Ah! read and found at Sparks' the wedding that love must have 4As. They are attention, appreciation, attention and affection. not bad eh?

Cheers! :D

No Title

2008-11-22T22:51:00.000-08:00

Bonjour!

I dont believe that recession is bad for everyone in business. Not at least in my mum's case. She told me yesterday that recession, that has brought the value of Indonesian Rupiah to its worst ever along the course of human history, had and is still helping their company to earn like several times extra profit. Well, she said the current situation helps exporting companies to thrive like crazy while importing companies is struggling like mad. And yea! I am happy for her, of course! :)

Good news also came from my elder brother in Australia. He told me that he had saved massive(in student's perspective) amount of money. Well, at least more than enough to buy a 2-way ticket from sydney to medan. He is happy because this time he doesnt need to depend on my mum to buy his air ticket home for holiday! Cheers for you! :)

Well, for myself self-imposed recession has taken its toll on me. I have only several hundreds of sing dollars left. Considering that I'll be departing on 1Dec, this is not an issue of course. There is nothing that I really want to buy now. So yea! depend on how much I have left, I'll perhaps just duty-free shop at the airport on Monday.

Training schedule is becoming screwed up. Two afternoon trainings on next week - Monday, Friday - and Wednesday morning.. =.= I prefer morning training to afternoon. :(

I wanna watch Beverly Hills Chihuahua. This kind of movie, in which animals could speak like human, never fails to interest me! Satisfaction guaranteed! :)

Went to my aunt's house yesterday at park infinia. Talk a lot about singapore's property. hahaha considering that she just bought the house, it was pretty fun discussing about it. Wanna get my own house and car too.. :(

I am so happy! she sent me an e-mail all the way from China! :) :)

Cheers!!

!!

2008-11-19T07:30:00.000-08:00

Shalom!

Today was a damn cool day.
Morning was just like normal training days.
In the afternoon, went to friend's condo to celebrate f's birthday. hahaha it was super fun. I got tricked too, by the girls -.-" A trickster got tricked. Uh.. pretty ironic, eh?!?

Then I had dinner with the boys in this indian-muslim restaurant called Al-jaherah or something. Anyway, guess it is a long the line of the notorious terrorist gathering ,Al-Jazeerah. Budget was $6 and yup! we managed to stick to the budget and in fact it cost everyone just $5.50 cos the drinks were paid by the birthday boy! hahaha. pretty lots of dishes! Like butter masala chicken, ginger beef, hotplate tofu, satay and kangkong belacan. It was worth I must say. Definitely so much better than a big mac set meal.

Then went to b's house to explore, chill and play cards and did one 'prank' call to one of the girls in our class. Love b's house! its a cool place. I suggested that we should make it our gathering headquarters from now on..

I believe that love is in the air for g. hahaha we kept making fun out of him.. <3

Yup! once again, today was a cool day!

1sc4, where the love unwinds.

And uh,, I am starting to love using '!!' while chatting in MSN.. hahah learnt it from my classmate.. Cool!! Apparently, it is used to express your shock or surprise or any adjective that suggest you getting flabbergasted like with both your eyebrows elevated and mouth agape. hahaha

!!

!!Cheers!!

Curious to see how my days gonna turn out tomorrow(S).

2008-11-18T07:25:00.000-08:00

Hey there upper east siders..
Nah, just kidding!

Well, I am official jobless now. Nothing to do at all for at least another 2 weeks in Singapore. I just have to wait for the Olympiad test results to come out. Guess I would just spam my friend's nlb card and borrow a lot of books from there and start reading.

Talking about reading, it reminds me of the piles of holiday homework that is lurking to spring on me.. Dude! There are lots of work to be done. Name any subject and there is homework for all of them, WITHOUT FAIL. Certainly, now is not the mood to do those stuff. Holiday is holiday, and it always be.

I am running out of cash too. But I dont feel like asking my parents to send me more money. Well, I guess it is enough to sustain me for the last two weeks. I have not been shopping much and I am not planning to shop now. Thinking that 1 Singapore dollar is equivalent to Rp.8000 is enough to deter me from shopping unnecessarily. I am determined that I will just spend my money for social occasions. Like dinner with people or chipping in for somebody's birthday present.

Just went to Long House for dinner with .(point)4. It feels awesome to catch up with everyone. There were gabe, paul, kun, conrad, hy and me. Took bus home with hy and chatted quite a lot. hahaha

Curious to see how my days gonna turn out tomorrow(S).

CHEERS!! ~~
PS: I love this morning! <3

Choiken Wings

2008-11-17T02:21:00.001-08:00

Phew.. I was making my way round the chem notes when I started to feel helpless. I cant understand what the heck are n.m.r, a shape thingy in valence bond theory section that looks like the symbol of Bermudas' - a country - flag which looks like a fork to me. Then comes -sigma- -asterisk- p3. -.-' Oh well, I cant imagine what I gonna do for the whole 4 hours tmr! Maybe I will work on the questions for the first 1 or 2 hours and then just sleep. :(

This reminds me of the cliche: when the going gets tough, the tough should get going. Pretty UNapplicable this time. hahaha.

Oh, we just cook the rest of the leftover chicken wings yesterday. They smelled fantastic. I wasnt allowed to try though, cos there may not be enough for everyone tonight. :(

Guess I am addicted to Premier Soccer game in Facebook. Played 4 games, won 2 and lost 2. Anyways, I am pretty annoyed to see how my 18 challenge invitations to the other teams have not been accepted. I am dying to make my team stronger :(

And uh. perhaps I should take the 'runaholic' picture down. Not a passionate runner anymore. Too old to run.. hahaha

Dinner soon.
Cheers!

Ferry Fatimah Fatigue

2008-11-16T22:22:00.000-08:00

Yesterday was a pretty cool day. I had barbecue at Labrador Park. Second time there, first time barbecue-ing there.

Oh well, reunion with former acjc(pae) lads. The food was superb. Never had i ever tasted any chicken wing better than the ones that i had yesterday. And Love the mussels too! HONEY-GLAZED mussels! :)

Had some setbacks initially, the charcoal did not want to catch fire. T.T We tried for perhaps almost 2 hours and we used up all the 20 fire starters and still no fire. Well, we finally asked help from those Caucasians. They gave us 4 (possibly) made-in-germany ball-shaped charcoal; but still the rest of the charcoal did not catch fire. Only until we asked them over to help us start the fire, our barbecue began. hahaha. pit was retty embarrassing and they kept on telling their friends that they were sharing some fire-starting skills with us. :)

Just got back from training. Well, i got held up at acjc for 1 hour THANKS to the rain. -.-
Chem olympiad is tmr! yea! CoP here I come!
~stephen~

PS: CoP = Certificate of Participation. :D

One night thing

2008-11-13T23:17:00.001-08:00

This phrase is stuck in my head for so long that I really feel like writing something about this. About how meaningful it was and also about how ambiguous it left me afterward. Okay, it has nothing to do with sexual intimacy or whatsoever. I can guarantee that it will pass Singapore's censorship very easily as PG.

So, let me tell you about this one night stand. out of nowhere, coming from my little thoughts in my head. On that chilly night, you were there. There, just for me. It was the night that everything I have never thought of, came by just for me and I bury myself in those overwhelming emotions; of happiness, curiosity and uncertainty.

But now, you were gone. Gone to somewhere, all the way to the land of white mountains. Probably it is just a one night thing to you. But that means so much to me. Just to know, it is so much much more to me. The propinquity that we, or I, felt was so close. But I am wondering why it feels so far for me now. I am solemnly hoping that there could be another night, or just another try. Just another try and I will not care whatever they would say about me.

Sometimes, I think about how pitiful I am. Thinking of how hard to say those 8 letters 3 words. I will never forget that night. One night with you seems like worth of hundred nights with anyone else. Everything seemed perfect, the air was sweet and loving though filled with uncertainties. I was certain that we were doing fine. It was filled with hope, the hope that you gave. And the hope is still being kept alive to the point that ambiguity comes; that it goes on and off that I feel helpless.

I will never forget this one night thing. Even though when I find myself in someone else's arm, I will never forget this one night thing. Sweet and loving. I do not know how much it means to you, whether it is just a one night thing to you or more than that.

I am drowning in those sweet recollections.

I want to sleep some more so tired after coming back from training :(
Ccccc....Hhh.....E....E....R.....S

You found out

2008-11-13T01:26:00.002-08:00

Yea! I cant bottle my happiness up of having finished the choice.

Its a pretty cool book by Sparks. On the contrary, the ending is a happy one. Earlier on, I guessed that either Travis or Gabby(the protagonists) would die; and yea, it didn't actually happen. So I can say that its the first time that I feel satisfied and happy after reading his book.

Nothing much to do now.. -.- Class reunion was canceled or rather postponed as too few people can join. Oh well, havent been seeing .4 for sometime. :(

oh, I find myself in nostalgic mood. I am listening to Aaron Carter's. I used to listen to him pretty often when I was 7 or 8 I guess. hahaha. Around 10 years ago. :)

Wish there is something meaningful that I can do tonight. Perhaps I gonna stick my nose down to the untouched Chem Olympiad notes. Feel like playing some computer games, but dont really think it worths the while.

I feel like borrowing another book from the library. Perhaps, Jodi Piccolt's. Oh well, I gonna look out for some recommendations of her best book. :)

How did you know, because I never told.
You found out.
You must have heard it from my best friend.
You found out.
Were my emotions so easily read.
You found out.

-stephen-

Everyone

2008-11-13T00:49:00.000-08:00

Everyone needs a little time
Everyone is a reason for a smile
Everyone wants to have some fun
Everyone wants to love someone

él estar chiflado por alguien

2008-11-10T06:02:00.001-08:00

Today was pretty tiring!
Badminton training in the morning and watched movie in the afternoon. Well, I have to really admit that I am not really brainy on court - as in I am not really capitalizing the wonders of brain on court. I play more like a strength-type player who has little strategy behind his head but just charge blindly. hahaha.. Oh well. :( this is pretty embrassing.

And uh.. watch nights in rodanthe just now! it was quite nice. story-wise is great plus ultra cool grey-haired richard gere.. hahaha sad ending in the end.. T.T it makes me feel like reading the book itself. Anyway, I am reading, The Choice by Sparks, which i hope i can finish by tomorrow? hahah I suck at reading books - get distracted so easily! :(

I am going to study again tmr at library! then going to science centre with 2 classmates to somewhat 'crash' our class' bio trip. hahaha hope its going to be fun! :)

Cheers!

!stephen!

2008-11-09T07:11:00.000-08:00

I went to Jurong library again after lunch. :( Somehow I feel guilty if I completely abandon the idea of preparing for chem Olympiad, so I really went to study just now. Pretty productive, I guess. Definitely, more productive than yesterday. I managed to study for 3 hours only, inclusive of me dozing off at times.

Phew.. It is not an easy stuff to learn. Stereoisomerism, enantiomers, diastereomers, cycloalkenes, chiral, blah blah blah.. all new to me.. -.-

Well, went back to hostel after that for shower and dinner before going plaza sing with y to meet up with some acsi dudes. Well, we are supposed to go there for dinner. But Y persuaded me to have dinner at hostel before going; recession. Well, he has a point there, i admit.. Gotta be more conservative in my spending.. :( perhaps I must postpone my pre-christmas shopping.
Well, we had dinner at cafe cartel, me and y ended up chomping at the free flow bread plus unlimited butter. Looks like I am a bit tipsy cause of too much butter.. hahaa

Oh! I have training tomorrow morning! I have missed 3 sessions!! hahaha..
1st cause I didnt receive the text
2nd cause of class chalet
3rd cause of OP..
Oh well. So I am not a ponner or slacker!

Cheers!!
!stephen!

Quiero hacerte sonreír!

2008-11-08T07:31:00.000-08:00

Uh.. feel so lethargic now.
There was PAT 'miniature' concert just now. Pretty well done, I guess. The food was.. just okay I think, wasnt that incredible after all. But anyway, for young cooks, it is considered to be awesome.

And uh.. I was glad I could keep my foster parents happy just now.. Think we had quite a good time chatting. :)

Oh! I just made up my mind that I would actually 'DO' something about my Chemistry Olympiad thing. I went to Jurong Library to study. Took up the 3 hours of my day today. But it wasnt very productive I must say; I kept on dozing off after reading a few paragraphs. All in all, it was pretty interesting. I learnt about Organic Chemistry. It was such a big topic that there were books as thick as Oxford 6th Edition dictionary just to discuss about Organic Chemistry. -,- Well, of course I am aware that there is nothing much that I can do right now, but guess i should just take it as a learning journey! (Oh dude, I feel like puking when I find that I can come up with this 'learning journey' term, disgusting i think!)

But there are analytical chem, physical chem, and inorganic chem yet to be covered. -.-

Something is keeping me happy right now.. :) :)
Pienso en ti todos los días

Cheers!
~stephen~

UK Garage

2008-11-07T04:26:00.000-08:00

Finally PW is officially over. Yay!! EUPHORIA!!

But I am pretty sad as well. PW was be last thing that would gather everyone at school. So, once PW was over, it will be very unlikely for SC4 to meet up. :(

So, for the whole holiday, I'll practically have nothing to do = sian, eh!?!
Anyway, I am supposed to be studying and preparing for my Chem Olympiad. But I cant! The library is being so uncooperative for not allowing people to borrow books for at least the next few weeks, I think. Yea. So Practically I have nothing to refer to; actually there are notes compiled by our lovely Chem subject head, but those notes are very complicated and so yea! pretty un-understandable. -,-"

By the way, I have lost my interest in it too. I would like to pass the theoretical tests and then selected for the practical test = at least bronze, depending on your performance in the practical test, you will get either gold, silver or bronze. But, looking at the rate at which I am preparing, it seems impossible. Well, to add NaCl to my wound, school library is not open on weekends. Which means, provided that I WANT TO STUDY, I have to go to National Library.

Perhaps it is a good idea to keep my nose on those chem text books rather than going out shopping; especially in this period of recession.

Oh! I guess our OP was 'A' material! So, all we have to do now is to wait and see the results.. Ah! The suspense is killing me! ^^ Cheers for AC153. PS: Maybe we should have gone to celebrate it with a drink or two... hahaha just kidding.

Cheers!
-Stephen-

Fueled to Claim 5As for All PW Group Members

2008-11-05T04:49:00.000-08:00

Well, I suddenly feel the surge to shout this out loud!
My heart is beating fast and extremely fueled to materialize this!

Oh dude! I somehow lost my interest in Chem Olympiad. I wonder whether I should just settle for Participation or go the extra mile for Bronze which means I have to do well for the theoretical test on 18Nov such that I am selected for the next practical test on 27Nov.
I have to admit that it is a daunting task. I know my limit well and I am not really confident about Chem Olympiad.
Gotta find some things to inspire me soon.

Anyways, First priority must be PW!
NO EXCUSE!! AC153! Lets FIGHT AND CLAIM FOR OUR As!!!
WoooHAAAA!!!
FIGHT!! FIGHT!! FIRE!!
Cheers!! ^^

Class Chalet

2008-11-04T05:34:00.000-08:00

Hey there!

3/4 Nov 2008. Just had class chalet and barbecue yesterday. It was very much awesome, but definitely very tiring; I reached hostel at around 12pm, showered and simply just collapsed into my bed and hibernate. I slept for almost 7.5 hours. Yes, I woke up at 7:20pm. Wished I could sleep longer.. -,-

I was really having fun yesterday! Enjoying 2 days and 1 night together with friends. Swimming in the sea, frees bee-ing, playing soccer, plucking coconuts, smashing coconuts, prying coconuts until my finger bled, dumping and being dumped into the pool, enjoying the night air at the pool side by a can of Budweiser, watching people getting high due to alcohol, night walking, ghost-story story telling - which left me having perpetual goose bumps in the night.

Almost died of fatigue.. phew..

Great days. Good friends. Great Pizza
~stephen~

I think about you

2008-11-04T04:19:00.000-08:00

I have to be working but I can't concentrate.
I have to be memorizing, but just staring, staring nothing.
I have to be practicing instead of stoning about.
I have to be reading instead of drifting, drifting nowhere.
I have to be sleeping not tossing around in my bed.

I think about you.
I think about you.
I think about you.

Can't get a rest.
Can't help myself.
There is no one else.

That is all I can do.

Mourning

2008-10-31T18:13:00.000-07:00

31/10/08 turned out to be the worst Halloween that I ever experienced.
It is the day that one of the persons I love the most, grandmother, left me. FOREVER.

It seems like a part of me is lost together with her departure. No one can ever enrich my life as much as her.

She was the kindest person that I ever known.
She was the most modest person that I have ever seen.
She was the most respectful person that I always look up upon.
She was the most patient person that I can ever identify with.
She has the most caring touch that I ever felt.
She gave the warmest hug that I have ever experienced.
She had the over-flowing love that fell like rain.

I am sad because I cannot be with her in her last days.
I am sad because I cannot attend her funeral.
I am sad because I cannot see her for one last time.
I am sad because I cannot fulfill my duty as a grandson.
I am sad because I know I have not fulfill my promises to her.
I am sad because I know I will never be able to feel her love anymore.
I am sad because I know I will never be able to hold her hands anymore.

I am mourning.

Always in memory
-stephen-

Oh dear!

2008-10-21T06:02:00.000-07:00

Oh dear! This is so pathetic; I almost forgot that I have a blog that I have to update.
Well basically my time is taken up by some activities after promos: Evening movies, playing championship manager, read books - finished two volumes of Nicholas Sparks and reading 'The Grandma's tale' now by Narayan, DoTA, and not forgetting Project Work, OP presentation and finalization of Written Report.

Oh. I achieve my goals for Promos. 4As and 1C. So Cheers! I am so happy about it. My result landed me into Chemistry Olympiad team for ACJC.. Phew... -,- So I have to stay in Singapore for the whole November holiday preparing for the olympiad. Which includes theoretical tests and PRACTICAL tests - well this surprises me! practical tests for olympiad. Anyway, I have been let down by my practical skills lately; I screwed up the last 4 practicals(SPA). Aduh.. this doesn't bode well.

I just got Jay Chou's latest album: Capricorn! Yay!! I am so happy and I am listening to it know. And uh... I start to like Backstreet Boys' Something that I already know so much! ~~~

I like this phrase: 'she lit the fuse and I am ticking away like a bomb'

Oh! Everyone in SC4 is promoted to 2SC4! yay!! haha..

I somewhat screwed my oral presentation as well. I was the only one experimented to present without any cue cards. Oh well, the good part is that my eyes were always in contact with the audiences and examiner and since I was not holding any cards, my hands were not 'chained' and somehow had good gestures. BUT... My speech came in fits and starts since I hadn't memorized my texts very well, so I kept on mumble and repeating points that I had said earlier on. Furthermore, I overshot the time limit by 1m30s. Quite bad eh??!?

Oh well, forget about it. Next time I will be more prepared for it!
AJA AJA FIGHTING!!!!

Cheers!! Cheers!! Cheerio!!
:D:D

Exams Philosophy

2008-10-04T20:48:00.000-07:00

Finally I come back to my posting habit after the grueling week of intense promos. Well, guess that I have done pretty well. At least I can make myself pretty sure that I can secure 3 As.

Alright, I heard lots of different perspective on exam philosophy. Some said that exams is just a gauge on how much they have understood their content; some told me that without exams, no one will ever study; some said that exams make you realize that you need to study some more or blah blah blah.

So, let me share my philosophy about exams. To me, exams is a war and the exam hall is a battlefield. It is war that I must fight; attack(to defeat it) and not defend(to gauge how much I have learned). There is only one expected outcome: victory; nothing else. So I go to the battlefield, fight and come back with victory. Because I am born fighter so will fight until the last drop of me.
So I always take exams very seriously - except for mock papers - make myself confident before every test by studying sufficiently, sufficient enough to get me an A.

And I believe in karma - cause and effect. If you study WELL enough, you can definitely do WELL. I believe that man can create up to 70% of his own luck - so that counts for an A! So study hard, play hard and keep yourself fit for the exams. Well, fitness and knowledge make up that 70%. While the other 30% accounts for other unexpected happenings. ^^

Well, its my philosophy. Some may agree, some may not. But I am glad with my philosophy; it is proven to be a solid philosophy and perhaps the fact that I have never failed any exams and even got 7 A1s 1 A2 and 2 B3s for my 'O' Level can be a strong evidence to the effectiveness of my philosophy.

Cheers!

Smoke, PW, Tennis

2008-09-13T00:42:00.000-07:00

Smoke is coming out of my head.
Pw overheats my head, brain, neuron, and my medulla oblongata.
Dude, this morning's discussion was sure a massive brain drain, but i am glad that we generated more-than-sufficient or very detailed ideas for our WR. So the expectation is high now. =D

Barely finished and sent my research part to the rest of the group. YIPPIEE!! I am so happy now, but its still first draft though. I gotta work on it again later at night. Its still a bit dull with so many words. So I shall find some relevant pictures to addm colour to it.

I need my very-much-deserved afternoon nap now. T.T I only have 20 minutes left for sleeping. After which I will go to play tennis at my cousin's house.

Tennis. Yippie!! ^^

ok. that all. bye then! cya!
Cheers!

Grapevine, Gossip, Gosh <3

2008-09-06T08:50:00.000-07:00

I heard through the grapevine that there is a gossip circulating in the Choir that I was rumored to be with one of the more-prominent member of the choir.
Oh dear...
I think it is because many gossip enthusiasts have been spotting me walking her over to the sports complex on Mondays and Wednesdays and Fridays. So the chorists might be gossiping about it. Well, the truth is that I am just going to the gym, and she is going to the sports complex to practice. So uh.. since we are going the same direction, why not walk together.

So uh.. thats cool! Gossip spread at the speed of light, just like the 'Team Rocket' in 'Pokemon'

And yea! Gossip Girl Season 2 has stared airing.

Cheers! :D :D

When you meddle with GT's feeling.

2008-09-06T08:33:00.000-07:00

Alright, I shall write this post for GT, my dear classmate.

When you hear 'GT', two things might appear in your brain:
1. GT for 'Dragon Ball GT', an anime series which most of us liked so dearly when we were around 7 or 8 years old - about 1997 or 1998. In which there are Goku, Vegetta, Trunks, and other buff Saiyan dudes.
2. GT for 'Grand Turismo', racing car game which gained so much popularity in 1997 or 1998 before being trashed by 'Initial D' or 'Maximum Tune'.
Sadly, GT is not either of them.

GT is someone who claims that he was born in Beijing, but somehow many evidences have led to a conclusion that he was born in Ulan Bator, a capital city of Mongolia.

Oh well. Cut the crap///

Last week, there was a HUGE misunderstanding between me and GT. I told him, when we were chatting, that 'I am going to leave'. as according to my pm, "Thank you for everything, but I have to leave now.' Concerns from GT poured in like a broken dam - especially though SMSes that he sent me that night. Like him saying that he was damn sad to know that he didnt make enough effort to know more about me, that I was his best friend, that he was damn sad that I was about to leave, and that he prayed for me, and blah blah blah.. Oh dear..

It was super touching. But I thought he was mad.
In the end, I found out that I forgot to tell him that I was going to 'MUGGERland' before going offline. So he got super duper ultra emo then.

So, CHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE........ Muggerland.

Oh well, hope I didnt make him cry. :D
Some of my classmates said that I was so bad for playing/fooling with GT's feeling. But uh... it was because I forgot to tell him before I went offline. Oh dear.. hahaha

Cheers!

Hello! its your 18, my friend! :)

2008-09-01T08:16:00.000-07:00

Hello!
Yesterday was my 18th BIRTHDAY!! YAYYY!!
I was so so happy yesterday! cos it was perhaps my most happening birthday. Thanks dude!! :D

And yeah! This is the birthday which I got the most greetings!
Statistics:
Short Message: 37
Facebook: 18
Friendster: 18

GREAT!! but sadly, there are two persons, that I have been expecting, yet to wish me. -,-

Anyway, I bought a birthday present for myself, a dark-blue padded original Eastpak bag. Also bought a new Billabong tee and a pair of beach slippers.
Oh well, my birthday presents were kind of unexpected as well! hahaha. Two pairs of boxers, one is playboy boxers and the other one is 'The Simpsons' boxers. And yeah! those dudes painted their names and wishes on the playboy boxers; like "Sutan, Happy 18th birthday.." , "Now that you are 18, hope you would have more 'postitives' and less 'negative'. OH WELL!! :)

Oh dude, someone told me that a guy is like a wine, the older he gets the better he is. haha. Not to be chauvinistic, but I admit that, to a large extent, it is true. hahaha ^^

Cool!

Oh there are some pictures here. Credit: Inez for her nice Sony Camera! :) :)

The 'gay' = happy playboy boxers. back view

Savoring my 18th drink

Front view.. -,-

And.... My cake!! :)

Cheers!

shines like a candle in the dark

2008-08-28T07:29:00.000-07:00

Bonjour friends.

I have been spending an hour reading people's blog and catching up with them.
(chuckle) well, there are lots of funny discovery during that one hour periods - Dude, I just sneezed twice perhaps somebody or some people have been talking about me.

The greatest findings so far:
1. x(x-1)(x-2)...(x-n)=life.
2. read that someone is going to hire cupids.
3. read about discussions made about male genital.

hahahaha!!
funny how these things can amuse me and motivate me to uh... dont know!

Well, time to get back to reality.
cheers.

Pride complex

2008-08-26T08:22:00.000-07:00

Well, they term this 'feeling' as pride complex.
I am clueless whether I have to put me as 'suffering' from pride complex or rather 'enjoying' pride complex.

Truthfully, pride plays significant part in determining what I am, and how I act. Just like the 'Saiyan' race, I have overwhelming pride. Pride as a boy, as a man, as a fighter, as a sportsman, and as a love-slave - nah! just kidding!

Well, that makes me value myself so highly that I may seem despicable to many. But still, I have to admit that I am not just an ordinary guy - as opposed to how many would describe themselves be it in the facebook, friendster or their daily lives. Just as my former teacher told me that I am 'born to be king' but 'never get over your head and stick to second not first as the first will bear more responsibilities and had you fallen, the fall would not be as painful as the first.'

Peace! =D

Teachers, Cameras, Actions

2008-08-26T08:11:00.000-07:00

Ah! Perhaps I am going to buy some chocolates for my beloved teachers on this Friday.

First on the list is, of course, GP tutor/CT.
second, Chem tutor, Nicked as Jackie.
third, Bio tutor.

Well, getting some more to give out - hahaha sounds like giving sweets out to kids - on my visit to acsi.

Cheers!!
Adieu.

Trivial, Flight, Bullshit, Inspiration

2008-08-26T07:53:00.000-07:00

Another great boost along the march to promos today. I scored 32/50 for compre in GEL today. cool! way to go. I am so much more confident with compre now. Oh well, but i need to sharpen my AQ a bit more to be more concise and more convincing bullshit about applying those arguments into my 'beloved' Indonesian society.

Well, bullshit as in I like to make up my own funny statistics up to back my arguments. For example, a recent survey released by the Indonesian Ministry of Environment shows that.. blah blah blah... Cool! I love doing AQ! :)

And oh! My mum canceled my flight today. So I am not going back Medan for this September holidays; Aduhhh!! and Cheers!!
I miss home, but must prepare for promos as well.

Yay! Friday is teachers' day celebration and another free movie outing! Cheers for that! Anticipating 4-bia to be so scary that could me make unable to sleep. yeah!!

Dude, I recently find that there are so many small or trivial-looking things can inspire me. for example, my roomate's bald head is capable of making me laugh and then motivate me to work - well this is sort of random. Well, I get so tired and sleepy so easily these days especially when it is about 4pm and 8pm. And I Just woke up from my short evening nap. XD

Okay, thats all for now.
X.O.X.O
PS: I just found out that X.O.X.O symbolizes hugs(X) and kisses(O)! Cool! :)

Thoughts, Draught, Naugh.

2008-08-25T08:47:00.001-07:00

Hey dude.

Today is a fabulous day, uh.. or rather just great.
First, I got back my Econs class test back. I got 18/25 which is 72%. So uh. Its my first A for econs after being stuck at B for the past two tests. Alright, this is a fantastic boost before econs promos! Great! Morale is high! FIGHT!! =D

Second! uh.. well, today I got closer to someone who has exactly the same name as Miss Y. Same name and same surname. I have no idea why I am so enchanted with that particular name. Its strange, I think, how I am so obsessed with that name. COol. Although they have completely different personalities, both just seem as attractive to me - perhaps because of that 'strange' name.

Oh. I may need to go back to Medan this coming September holidays. Parents' wish is absolute. haha. Well, it still depends though, they are deciding right now. For me, I will just board on the plane through the e-ticket that they would buy and get home.
I MISS HOME-COOKED MEAL. ><

Oh well. Its midnight already. gotta go sleep. Maths test tomorrow. haha. I have a bet with my roomate to see who will get full marks for tmr's test.
Aja Aja FIGHTING!!

Commitments

2008-08-22T05:13:00.000-07:00

Hey! Dude.

Recently, I experienced these new-found commitments.
Alright.
First, its my new-found commitment to the badminton team. The recent team talks and training have motivated me so much that I am all fired to improve much faster. Oh well, FIGHT FIGHT FIGHTING!! :)

Second, its about my studies. Promos is coming up. Its decided that from this moment.. Nope! Tomorrow! I shall put much more efforts in revision. Cut down afternoon nap. Cut down Dota. Listen less in lectures while catching up with work. Well, I realized that lectures are generally useless, but perhaps, except maths lecture. So, i will set my targets pretty soon and put it up here! =)

Third, its about.. ah, studies come first now no matter what.

Cheers!!

Cos the game that I play keeps driving you away

2008-08-12T07:02:00.000-07:00

ASEAN DANCE. YIPPIE YAY YAY =D

2008-08-11T07:29:00.001-07:00

I SURVIVED THE CRUSH

2008-08-11T07:24:00.001-07:00

Dude, I like numerical cipher.

2008-08-02T23:53:00.000-07:00

Hello!!

Numerical Cipher such as this!
144713 -> 1417 -> 147 -> 1447 -> 433111
It is a numerical cipher that i created and it contains a very very important secret of mine!! ^^

I just found that my last post is dated 24th July, which is 9 days ago. Oh well, this is primarily due to the slow and unstable internet connection which have been getting into my nerves these days.

Time flies with rapidity. Without realizing it, it is entering week 6 already. Which means that the J2s will be having their prelims in less than 2 weeks time. Oh well, gambatte ne!! seniors!! :)

This weekend is cool! very hectic! on Friday, there was ACSI FOA - Festival of Arts. Did lots of funny stuff, like cheering for random people name who are not the performers but spectators.

And yesterday. There was boarding school games day, which I find very reluctant to join. but it got more exciting as my team kept on winning and gaining points. With the winning points plus the points awarded for 'team with best cheer' - well, we did sort of 'haka' cheer which was so fearsome that the whole crowd went silent and then applauded like mad; well, they even requested for an encore which we had no choice but to comply.

The evening was a slot for 'ASEAN JC DANCE' "the twilight". It was a great event for party and reunion and catching up with old friends. We did lots of funny stuff such as throwing random people who were engrossed in dancing up into the air again and again. Well, the event was not an event exclusive for scholars though, I saw some local AC students as well.

And tonight, there is a high-table, 8-course dinner at 'FRIENDS' over in holland village. Gotta wear something formal, such as long sleeve shirt, long pants and black leather shoes. Expecting great dining period over there! yay!! :)

welll, thats all for now! ^^
Adieu!

only impressed and only admiring!

2008-07-24T03:13:00.000-07:00

I must admit that this heart secretly praises and wonders you. But hold on, it does not necessary mean that I am liking so much. I only acknowledge that: I am only impressed and only admiring!

I am admiring that little honey aroma that smiles, of your perfume. very lightly.
I am admiring that little tenderness that smiles, in your looks. very lightly.
I am admiring that little ice-cream that smiles, in your words. very lightly.
I am admiring that little cookie that smiles, in your encouragement. very lightly.
I am admiring that little cotton candy that smiles, in your grace. very lightly.
I am admiring that little sweater that smiles, in your stare. very lightly.

So lightly I am admiring these wonderful items, that are able to smile, that I hope it can last for very very long, all the sweetness that make me blushed and admiring.

what does it feel like?

2008-07-21T05:29:00.000-07:00

They say that those who work very hard have feet that smell.

They say that even the most lovely rose would have thorns.
It is up to you whether you would take the time to cut them one by one.

They say that they are bound to love one another when a guy and a lady live together.
She asks whether I know what it feels like to like somebody that you know scrambling to throw you away.

But what if 'I love you' came too late?

Good Bye, eh?!?

2008-07-16T03:04:00.000-07:00

In the awkward expressions that we exuded when the first time met,
It was hard for us to talk, so we hesitated.
The many days that are now buried in these lines,
have become regrets that I cannot turn back to.
Then, came the time that we have to part,
We said goodbye with many unresolved regrets.

Hoping that TIME will help us to meet again,
We will be missing each other so much by then. But let's wait!
The lines that we recite will be buried in our memories,
but fear not it will be in our hearts forever.
Goodbye is not saying farewell forever,
In fact it is a promise to meet each other again.

Keep the time we have spent together as memories,
Because we have to leave for our own paths.

Dedicate this line to our time in ACS-BS!!
Really missing those times!! =D

Cheers!

Forbidden

2008-07-16T02:29:00.000-07:00

Another truth just unveiled itself today, with so much gusto and so unfortunately. Along with it bringing an indication of something forbidden.

They say that something forbidden brings even much satisfaction when you successfully defeat it. Still, not so certain about the extent of it being forbidden. It implies that I have to swallow the bitter pill called 'TIME' to figure it out.

Despite not being sure of how well I can fair, I have seen some who have been successfully defeating it. But, another avenue is standing so conspicuously in front of me. Hate backing down.

Should or should not?

Sunday!

2008-07-12T22:58:00.001-07:00

Yay!! Finally I finished watching 'Three Dads One Mom'!!!

Oh well.. This is the first time I am putting some pictures here: ^^

Batch Outing!!

Boarding School Badminton Games.

Credit: Inez, for the photos! ^^

Koala Koali

2008-07-07T07:50:00.001-07:00

Whoa!
The long weekend is finally over! Well, so many thing happened during this time. It will surely take years to narrate everything. So uh, just let me list them out chronologically.

Saturday!
1. Lunch with K at The Crystal Jade Palace at Paragon
2. Watched movie with K and B at Cineleisure.
3. Played soccer at ACSI
4. Dinner at Broadway with soccer people.
5. Back hostel and played pool.

Sunday!
1. Went to Bugis Junction with Y
2. Head to Marina Square, met up with everyone watching the ACJC Choir concert and dinner.
3. Head to Esplanade to watch.
4. Forgot my ticket.
5. Stucked outside the theater.
6. Ended up shopping at Raffles City instead.
7. Came back as the concert ended, gave some chorists flowers.
8. Cabbed hostel and punished for getting back late.
9. Goodnight.

Monday!
1. Labrador park. PAT outing.
2. Principal was there! OMG!!
3. PAT lunch.
4. Afternoon nap
5. Dinner.
6. Pool.
7. Bio tutorial
8. Pool.
9. Blog.

Phew..
Anyway I am currently occupied watching Korean Drama:

Details

* Title: 아빠셋 엄마하나 / One Mom and Three Dads
* Also known as: Three Dads and a Mother
* Genre: Romance
* Episodes: 16
* Broadcast network: KBS2
* Broadcast period: 2008-Apr-02 to 2008-May
* Air time: Wednesday & Thursdays 21:55 (9:55 Korean time)

Synopsis

Song Na Young and her husband, Jung Sung Min, desperately want a child but her husband is unable to get her pregnant. Her husband's friends decide to help them. But Na Young suddenly loses her husband in an accident and she gives birth to her daughter but does not know which of her husband's friends fathered her child. The father of Na Young's child can either be Han Soo Hyun, Choi Kwang Hee, or Hwang Kyung Tae.

Cast
* Eugene as Song Na Young
* Jo Hyun Jae as Han Soo Hyun
* Jae Hee as Choi Kwang Hee
* Shin Sung Rok as Na Hwang Kyung Tae
* Kim Bin Woo as Park Seo Yeon
* Joo Sang Wook as Jung Chan Young

Romantic phone

2008-07-02T07:57:00.000-07:00

Oh well. just got back of the term papers back. They are Chem and Maths. I got B and A respectively. I must be glad, yet I am a bit unhappy though; so overall okay la. Quite satisfied with them.

If I am to be asked that I cant sit on the fence, then I would rather put myself in the position of being unhappy. Anyway, I have promised that I would get at least all A for the sciences: Bio, Chem, Maths. Chem was really full of lousy and careless mistakes la. Oh well, gotta concentrate more on the coming exams! FIGHT! Maths was great! Happy!!

Oh well. I never shy, but this is really different. Perhaps I like you so much that making me this stupid and wild. I am losing control of the beating of my heart, and this feeling is really inexplicable. Well, nothing I have ever said recently seemed to have come out right. I really wish that I can transform to be another better part of me. Phew.. Browsing back the messages on the phone can even make me smile ridiculously. Funny, I think of how love can be sent very easily through messages but not in real words. So uh.. there, I cant bear to erase the messages and let it stay there although it has been for months. Well, its a romantic phone indeed.

Cheers

I am tagged!! OH MY SON!

2008-06-29T08:47:00.000-07:00

A) People who have been tagged must write their answers on their blogs & replace any question that they dislike with a new question formulated by themselves.

B) Tag 5 people to do this quiz & those who are tagged cannot refuse.These people must state who they were tagged by & cannot tag the person whom they were tagged by.Continue this game by sending it to other people.

tagged by BASTA.

1. If your lover betrayed you, what will your first reaction be?
- find out why! =D

2. If you can have a dream come true, what would it be?
- Live by a ranch with a warm family in New Zealand.

3. What is your dream car?
- Scuderia Ferrari. F1!!

4. Are you confused as to what lies ahead of you?
- Not really. Tomorrow will be more beautiful than ever.

5. What's your ideal lover like?
- Motherly. one that can cook me food!

6. Which would you rather, loving someone or being loved by someone?
- loved by someone.

7. How long do you intend to wait for someone u really love?
- Until she wants to run away from me. hahaha. LOL!!

8. If the person you secretly like is already attached, what would you do?
- FIGHT ON!!

9. Is there anything that has made you unhappy these days?
- GP ARTICLE!! 36! I am currently short of 24 articles!

10. Are you in love or being loved now?
- In love.

11. How do you want to see yourself in ten years time?
- Well-established career with a loyal girlfriend = potential wife! ^^

12. Who are currently the most important people to you?
- My family. WHO ELSE? like duh...

13. What kind of person do you think the person who tagged you is?
- Joker and uh, very nice like strawberry.

14. Would you rather be single & rich or married but poor?
- married but poor. Love enriches one better than money!

15. What's the first thing you do every morning?
- yawn.

16. Would you give your all in a relationship?
- I will try to.

17. If you fall in love with two girls simultaneously, who would you pick?
- DEFINE LOVE! hahaha. The one who cooks better.

18. Would you fall for a friend?
- DEFINE FALL!! quite likely, strangers do not trip me anyhow.

19. What type of friends do you like?
- Friends.

20. What type of people do you dislike?
- The one who keeps too many secrets and selfish.

5 people i'm tagging:
I am not tagging!

Riddle

2008-06-27T21:14:00.000-07:00

This will Mess With Your Head.

3 MEN GO INTO A MOTEL. THE MAN BEHIND THE DESK SAID THE RO OM IS $30, SO
EACH MAN PAID $10 AND WENT TO THE ROOM.

A WHILE LATER THE MAN BEHIND THE DESK REALIZED THE ROOM WAS ONLY $25, SO
HE SENT THE BELLBOY TO THE 3 GUYS' ROOM WITH $5.

ON THE WAY, THE BELLB OY COULDN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO SPLIT $5 EVENLY
BETWEEN 3 MEN, SO HE GAVE EACH MAN A $1 AND KEPT THE OTHER $2 FOR
HIMSELF.

THIS MEANT THAT THE 3 MEN EACH PAID $9 FOR THE ROOM, WHICH IS A TOTAL OF
$27, ADD THE $2 THAT THE BELLBOY KEPT = $29.

WHERE IS THE OTHER DOLLAR?

Everyone has a little dirty laundry

2008-06-26T18:45:00.000-07:00

Finally, the mid-year terms ended.. with spectacles, perhaps.
Anyway, I think I have done pretty well. So far, I cannot rule out the fact the I can still get all As for all the subjects. Still, GP and Econs are the two most doubtful ones. I am elated, of course.

After that was a class outing to Dhoby Ghaut for lunch and movie-marathon - alright, two movies can be considered too, cant they? Watched, "Get Smart" and "Wanted". Both are pretty entertaining movie, well at least worth the $6 each.

There are three significant events on my itinerary:
1. Beach party at West Coast Park in the afternoon.
2. An intra-boarding school Tennis Competition.
3. Reunion with pointFour(.4) and overnight cycling.

Phew...

Missed the Semis last night between Spain and Russia cos all my plans went wrong due to the not-working internet connection. Plan was that I will watch Desperate Housewives all the way until 3am then went down to the TV room to catch the match. Oh well, I accidentally fell asleep. Woke up ridiculously at 6:20 - by reflex - and got back to sleep. Just finished D.H ep2 part B and watching the ep3 now. Hope I can finish the season 1 by the end of next week.

Tomorrow!
Tennis and stay out at my cousin's house.

So uh.. thats all.
Adios!
CHEERS!!

I love tennis!

2008-06-20T20:11:00.000-07:00

Phew.. Yesterday was definitely a tiring day. Woke up early at 8am in the morning for GEL after watching Portugal vs Germany at 3am. The GEL was.. a bit helpful; learnt some useful answering techniques! Then went to POSB over at Holland where I met two canoeing girls asking for direction to Orchard. hahaha. What a coincidence.

Next after lunch in the afternoon, toured around vivo city to look for a present that I already had in my mind. So I wandered around and around for two hours there but to no avail. Anyway, I was surprised how could vivo city doesnt have that 'thing'. So I took MRT to City hall and go to Raffles City Mall where I finally found that 'thing' and the other 'thing' at Marina Square. It was already 5 and I supposed to reach ACSI for a soccer match already.

Coincidentally met an IB Indonesian scholar at Suntec City who is the organizer of the "reunion-soccer" match. So, we took MRT back to ACSI together. Completely unprepared, I borrowed his shirt and his pants and played bare-footed. We played until 7+ before having dinner at 'Broadway' which is just opposite ACSI.

The match was so tiring cos everyone was scattering around leaving the centre-half empty and I was forced to take up that position otherwise, without a centre-half player we would definitely lose. So it was like a linking player between the defenders and attackers, kind of dictating the opponent's tempo and build up the offense. So I had to run and run receiving passes and then scanned around to spot for attacking opportunities. Overall, played quite well, made a few trademark dashing runs to confuse defenders, and scored several times. It was a self-fulfilling game! NICE GAME, friends!! =D And so, the whole day GONE!!

Find it satisfying to catch up with the rest. And we are expecting for a comeback in ACSI Annual Asean cup which we won last year. So uh, the J1s will form a team and play as guest-team in the competition which will be held on Mid-August. yay!! Lets show them what the last year's champion is like, and rock them!

ZOMG!! GP test in Monday! Mid-year exam is starting!! YAY!! DIE!!

Going to play tennis this afternoon. so I am analyzing some tennis videos now. Tennis is flowing in my nerves! I love tennis! ^^

Cheers!!

midnight call to slumberland

2008-06-18T09:32:00.000-07:00

I almost spent my entire afternoon changing my blog skin and uh.. so this is the result!
Quite nice! I like it.
After sometime, it really looks like it needs a change. A pre-washed denim for my new skin, quite timely to freshen up this obsolete-looking blog of mine. hahaha.

Then spent the whole evening revising chemistry. yay!
The hostel seems to get more crowded now since everyone has started checking-in after going home for holidays.

Hmm.. I need to plan my birthday present for my friend.. think-thank-thunk.. ^^ Must be of the best and nicest, SS's trademark!

And uh.. Here is a fabulous work-of-art by my classmate:

The real canvas work is appraised at approximately SC4$100,000,000. The money will eventually go to "Sutan's pocket money welfare fund", a non-profit organization seeking to improve the quality of my life. so uh.. anyone interested? so I am not plagiarizing other's art, merely promoting it. ^^

Alright, the clock ticks 12:40 now. gotta go brush my teeth, wash my face and feet then surrender to my slumber-paradise.

Adios!!
Cheers!!

Quiz + Quiz = 2 Quizzes

2008-06-18T09:11:00.000-07:00

Here are some random quizzes that I have been taking recently, not so reliable though, I guess. but who cares! hahaha

What English Word Are You?
CURIOUS
You love to investigate and find out about the mysteries of life and nature. You always ask a lot of questions until you get an answer.

What's Your Style?
My result is: You're casual!
You go with the flow and hate freaking out or jittering over simple things. Your clothes, like your handwriting and attitude reflect contentness and fun. You love getting out and living the sweet life and nobody can stop you from smiling

What's Your Best Quality?
My result is: Ambitious

Your best quality is ambitious! People like you because you are a determined person. Once you set a goal for yourself you do whatever it takes to achieve it.

what fragrance are you?

My result is: Aqua blueYou are clean fresh fragrance.Your color is cool aqua blue. You are like DOLCE&GABBANAs light blue

When will you get married?
My result is: Average 23-29 Years
You know you love this guy/girl,and you have, but you wanted to make sure before commiting. Good choice.

Ahh.. I am a bit ridiculed by the last one though. hahaha! ^^

你說地球是樂園

2008-06-16T07:07:00.000-07:00

Hey there! Finally can find a time to write something today cos today was a considerably hectic day!

Alright, yesterday, Foster parents outing was so exciting. I had a great time and they were very warm, yea! absolutely warm. Aunt picked us up at the Kallang MRT then went over to her house to have a home-cooked dinner.They have 3 children, 2 boys and 1 girl. One of the boys is in ACJC, J1. Anyway, I forgot to bring my back - nah! bag la - back from there and just realized it when I got back and found out that I didnt have my wallet with me. hahaha it was so funny! Then this morning he passed it to me and that is the reason why I brought 3 bags - people have been asking me and I have been tired explaining it - to the class today, inclusive of a shoebag!

After the essay feedback thing I had one-on-one CAPERS with my own tutor, which is when I start to realize that actually she is better in teaching content subject rather than answering questions techniques. It was wonderful that I could finish up the entire chapter three in a very short time, 1 hour and 10 minutes, I think. Not only finish up, but completely understand the concepts and get the real BIG picture about it. and yea! I am very glad of it.

Then, uh.. there was ACJC badminton trial. I was there to help out and unfortunately, this year the applicants are pretty bad. sigh.. never mind then! since our team consists of mostly J1 players this year. I felt so tired after the entire thing. No wonder the badminton girls told me that I looked really tired today, like from my face. My strokes got a bit rusty but more powerful, after all the gymming that I have done during the beginning of school holidays. Still, I didnt lose any game today, 1 singles and 2 doubles. Good! so uh. My plan is just to concentrate in increasing my strength somemore, especially for my backhand and smash. I am hoping that I can have a one-hit-K.O smash! ^ ^

so uh. It was a fun day all in all. get to meet up with classmates (finally?) and someone told me this: '地球是樂園' Cool! I am loving this quote and hope to spread it!!

And uh.. I got this chocolate gift from my classmate who just came back from Vienna! A Mozart Chocolate! How cool is that! hahaha. It think I wont eat it and keep it sitting nicely on my desk. Perhaps, I will only eat the chocolate like one day before it gets expired! cool!! ^^ And that made my day too.

hahaha. Its true that:
地球是樂園
地球是樂園

by the way, it means the world is a happy garden
Cheers!!
1417

Catching up with you

2008-06-14T22:31:00.000-07:00

Update on what happened yesterday, Saturday, 15June.
Woke up late, went down to the computer room and watch Gossip Girls then had a bathe and light brunch before heading to my cousin's house to play DOtA and tennis.

The cool part was that his PC's monitor was in a good condition two days ago but when we were about to switch it on, it sort of burnt! Whenever we tried switching on the monitor, I crackled and the sound was just like the burning wood in a campfire. So scary. hahaha. Smartly, we made up for the spoilt monitor by using his HD Panasonic TV instead. cool. I have never played computer games in a TV before and in such a super big screen before! Despite of the crisis that we had, we managed to play 3 gammes before heading down to the tennis court and try my new tennis racket.

The game was fun, managed to learn quite a number of useful techniques and spins. Anyway, just like how normal amateurs train, we spent more time picking up balls than rallying. Time flew with rapidity, without knowing it was 8.20 when we finished playing, which means we played for almost 4 hours. Unbelievable. Anyway, my right hand hurts. Probably because of too many shocks "unabsorbed". I completely forgot to buy a shock absorber to my new racket on the day I bought it. Uh, I will buy one when I am going out later.

Then we drove to IMM to have a dinner at pepper lunch and it was my first meal in peeper lunch. I didnt know that it is good. As long as I can remember, most my friends have never recommended to dine over there. Now that I know. ^^ after that we went checking on electronic goods at the 'BEST' before he drove me back to the hostel.

Quite a nice day! and I had lots of fun!
No soccer match for me yesterday, wanted to sleep early but ended up chatting until late at 2am. It means someone just had at most 5 hours of sleep before this morning activity or rather, commitment. ^^

And uh yea! Happy "Singapore's" Father's day!
cos all over the world, Father's day is celebrated at different days; maybe for the sake of commercial gain or something else. anyway, my point is that since there is almost 200 nations in the world it means that you can wish you father or some other guy Happy Father's day every day since there is probability of 200/365 that it is a father's day on that particular day , which is higher than 50%!! cool isnt it?!?

Gotta meet my foster parents at the Kallang MRT at 5pm today. They are picking me up for a dinner somewhere. No dress code specified, means we will just have uh, not-high-table dinner? I suppose? glad that it is not cos..uh..never mind. Hope that it will be a wonderful bonding-time together and not an awkward dinner.

'And who am I? thats a secret I'll never tell. you know you love me. X.O.X.O' I dont know why this thing keeps on ringing in my mind. hahaha
Cant wait to finish the series soon. 1 more episode to finish!!

Cheers!!

Agrrresive

2008-06-12T08:57:00.000-07:00

Another The one and only source to the scandalous lives of the Manhattan's elite, X.O.X.O Gossip Girls day. not bad, watching the 10th episode now! :)

Went to the Indonesian Embassy to collect my passport today after going there yesterday to apply for changing my address in Singapore. Yay! Anyway, I regret for not extending my passport earlier in Singapore. It would just have cost me around $50 compared to $150 that I paid to renew in Indonesia. Sigh.. I could have used the excess $100 for my extra shopping budget. ><

Then went to Cathay to have dinner at the Pasta Mania and watch 'The Happening' with A. The dinner was kind of weird, I say. I asked A to suggest me the oddest or rather the most exotic name of pasta from the list. A chose one that sounds like "Arabbiata", If I am not wrong. Recalling such exotic name gives me some problems too. So, uh. yea! its name sounds as exotic as its taste. I found out from the menu book later on that it is just a vegetarian pasta with lots of chili. Lucky me, I can take spicy food cos I am INDONESIAN - not a so-big-deal-to-brag about actually. Added up plenty plenty of parmesan cheese and I think it tasted better so.

The MOVIE! uh, its a failure. I think it is just a movie inspired by a hard-end-extreme environmentalist who kind of THREAT or SCARE you about how the nature will revenge for all the harm that we have done to It. He made it as if It gonna be a very big deal cos In the movie, it says that the plants are actually releasing some kind of chemical toxic that will attack your nervous system causing distorted speech(like when YOU are drunk) and then will kill himself in the most unthinkable way such as construction workers will continue on walking past the barriers from some considerable high storey of the construction site and finally fell down flat to the floor unconsciously and eventually die. OR some loggers hanging themselves on the trees and DIE. aiyo! the entire movie is just ridiculous and suggesting someone to watch the movie will be the last thing that I will do. And suggesting someone to watch X.O.X.O Gossip Girls will be the first on my suggested-things-to-do list.

And the cool part about the movie was our seats! To sacrifice for a better view for the movie, we picked the seats C6 and D6 which C6 was right behind D6 cos we booked the ticket too late kind of 40 minutes before the show started. And to decide who sit where we played ci ku pak which won, yay! hahaha

And uh. we gossiped a lot too. and.. nothing to be shared! ^^

Okay! gotta go now. I have to watch Germany's match. Gonna be an exciting match cos Germany will be playing an exciting attacking style of football. Sounds awesome.

Ah, and my dp for today: 如果我要看上她有什么关系？反正我想爱你, 也见不到你.
So scandalous, but maybe thats actually what I am thinking now, perhaps, thats all.
Shaken but not so much.
my deepest apology.

so, uh..
X.O.X.O
CHEERS!!

HOMESICK

2008-06-10T08:23:00.000-07:00

HOMESICK

Whirlwind on a sand-castle

2008-06-10T07:11:00.000-07:00

Hello! Today was a shopping day! Oh no! My limbs are dying! So tired. I think I walked somehow around 10km today.

Went to the Indonesian Embassy - Chatsworth Road - at first to change my address in Singapore for some administration purposes only to find that their working hours are from 9am to 12pm (I arrived at slightly before 2). Oh so sad! hahaha. Then I intended to walk from there to the nearest bus-stop which is 400m away to go to Orchard. I walked and walked but couldnt find the bus-stop until I saw a road-sign saying like 'turn left to Orchard Road and Scotts Road'. Haha So in the end I walked all the way to Orchard! The total distance was around 2.4km, I guess, eh estimate, eh exaggerate.

Anyway,just shopped around the vicinity of the TANGS. Its a bit unbelievable though, I spent just slightly over $50 today. Not my day I think, haha. But its good. I am getting able to restrict my shopping craze.

Oh! on the way home while riding a bus, I listened to three 50s fellow passengers talking about the transport system in Singapore. haha. They are so vocal and interesting that I removed one of my earphone and listened to their conversation. I remembered about them talking how stupid the people who designed the bus to have triangular seats at the corners of the bus which eventually results in less space available for passengers to seat and ALSO, the possibility of wrong accusation of molestation when a woman sits in between guys at these corners. I found it amusing and intriguing as well. So I just smiled to myself. And one of the more vocal uncles praised my smile, he said 'young man! I like you smile, you smile is so handsome!' but not with the kind of soft and ku niang tone, haha he sounded very Macho! And somemore they criticize the government too! They talked about how they are living in luxury and do not experience the live of commuters, waiting bus for hours and so on! COOL! Its difficult to find such vocal Singaporeans these days! And They somehow sighed about this too! So interesting!

hahaha. SMILE!!

Its a beautiful day! but not for now, I guess. There is gale, or whirlwind, or some noisy and powerful wind outside! Funny I think, It rained just for a while and the stop very soon. Freaky weather on Tuesday, hmm not so cool.

Oh! CHEERS!!

hahaha. Means I have to go to the embassy again tomorrow. Phew.. so tiring! Ah, so FUN! I love traveling! ^ ^

Cheers!!

Stephen Opera House

2008-06-09T10:38:00.000-07:00

Hello! uh. Its 10/06 midnight. ><

Today wasn't a productive day. Phew.. Barely finished my EoM after spending the whole afternoon looking for an appropriate article and I fell asleep like around 4pm while doing that. A lot of trivial intermittent distractions. Anyway, Its DONE!! Yea! I am so happy.

By the way, Stephen Opera House. Perhaps it is suitable for me. Its freezing cold here in the Sydney Opera House, apparently. I am supposedly visiting my brother THERE and have dinner with my mother and brother over THERE in Sydney. I am surprised that some of my lovely classmates believed my story or rather fairy-tale. Cool!

Okay! my last days in Indonesia was so heart-thumping and exciting at the same time. Last Saturday, we planned to hang out at SUN Plaza(arguably the best and most prestigious shopping mall in Medan). The outing started off nicely as I grabbed a Chocolate Croissant from the BreadTalk and a cup of 'caffe vanilla frapuccino' - which I did not know why I ordered because all this time I would only have Caramel Machiato - while waiting for the rest to come. They came and we gathered.

THEN I SAW MISS Y.

So shocking was it that I couldnt believe she was there right in front of me. My heart jumped and I turned my back to her instantaneously trying to digest the fact, my pathological fear for all this time came to haunt me. I knew that going there on Saturday was risky. I knew before hand that I might see Ms Y, but remembering that it might be my last outing with the 'gank' I shrugged it off with the unlikeliness to SO COINCIDENTALLY meet her in the vast Shopping Mall. I hoped that she did see me, as I did not notice her initially until we came to as close as 1 metre apart. She was sitting savoring her drinks while chatting with her friends. But my friends said that she had been staring at me when we were talking towards her and they were surprised to know that I did not notice her at first. Phew.. So scary.

I just caught a glimpse of her face, turned my back, and walked away like a loser.
Truthfully, Mr.A misses Ms.Y. but the past is so scathing that Mr.A doesnt want to see Ms.Y for now. At least He still can't see anyone with her name, her face and her voice. Somemore in this period when I... uh.. forget about it!

Uh. dont want to get emo now.. Arrghhh.

Alright! Then we went on to have karaoke at a place called K2(Karaoke Keluarga or Family Karaoke). I didnt get much chance to showcase my golden voice though, for the entire hour I only sang four songs.yen lai ni se me dou bu xiang yau......... hahaha.

And for the finale.... we went to a nearby hawker center to eat. I find it amusing when they say the hawker center is yu phi, yu chi, yu ke lo pi(Hokkien) - also cheap, also fresh, also on the roadside. It is funnier in Hokkien cos it rhymes with the 'i' endings.

Cool!

Okay! I gotta go! gotta watch soccer now. Nice match! the Netherlands vs Italy! Yay!!

And yea! I am in Singapore. not SYDNEY visiting my brother nor in ALASKA fishing seals and penguins and baby polar bears.

Cheers!

Listen to the merry-go-round goes

2008-06-05T21:29:00.000-07:00

So I tell you "good morning" and then fall asleep and get back to my dreams again. Even if I'll do this every single day, I will never be bored because this is what I have been wanting. I will put my arms around your shoulders and my hands on yours speaking words of affection because I want to be your best bestest friend.
So I say "good morning" and then leave you a happy message. Hoping that today will be a beautiful day, more beautiful than the days before. Actually, These kinds of simple and obvious things are the easiest to lose track of. Therefore, I want to live up the most precious 'me' to everyone else!

And so yea!
Listen to the merry-go-round goes.

CHEERS!! ^^

Cheapo Romance

2008-06-03T21:11:00.000-07:00

Your eyes stare like an arrow, which you released to the centre of my heart. Although you keep your emotions still, your breath still beautifies the atmosphere.
I dance at the end of sadness, following the rhyme of your manners. Although you sow the seeds of your grace, when will you ever harvest the fruits of love? What remains are just a bouquet of missings.
My nights would be like nights with thousands of stars lied on the skies framed by the starlights, if you were here. Just to accompany, just to cope with the grace which are all served on the side of the punctured heart.

Cheapo Romance

DOOD! DOOD! DOOD!!

2008-05-31T02:23:00.000-07:00

NO DO! DO! DO!!

DOOD! DOOD! DOOD!!

I just received an e-mail from Divya reminding me about the deadline of our personal EoM. I really didnt have many clues about what EoM until I read the PW hand-outs yesterday. E0M = Evaluation of Material. DOOD!! This is the consequence of having skipped too many PW lessons - Please mind that I didnt ponteng these lessons cos I have valid reasons like the A div Badminton. Somemore I went for a barbecue party yesterday and we ddidnt sleep the whole night. Okay! It was SUPER fun! We laughed as if we just had some Gymnopilus luteofolius. "Gymnopilus luteofolius, also known as Yellow-Gilled Gymnopilus is a large and widely distributed mushroom which grows in dense clusters on dead hardwoods and conifers. It has a rusty orange spore print and a bitter taste. It contains the hallucinogen psilocybin. In Japan this mushroom is called waraitake, which translates to 'laughing mushroom'". We just couldnt stop ourselves from laughing so wildly that some neighbours came over and complaint about our noise level that disturbed their sleep, apparently. hahaha

I got back at 7am (GMT 11pm) then sleep all the way until 2pm for lunch cos my mum forced me up. Had a shower afterwards and then slept again until 20 minutes ago which is 4pm. Fortunately, I dont feel sick or sore-throat though I had slight cold this morning.

Alright, I gotta have some rice-dumplings now and I think I am going out for dinner with my family. AWESOME! ^^

Oh! I succeeded in resisting myself from taking any alcoholic beverages yesterday! COOL! Just had some cans of Coke and plenty of water + sparkling Grape juice - which is non-alcoholic!

That reminds me of some Heineken cans that I just bought yesterday! Shiok!! ^^

ShOOt EoM. HAHA OH NO!

Cheers!

goats-on-lifeboat

2008-05-29T04:03:00.000-07:00

Yo!

Today was quite a fun day!
This morning I went to the immigration office with my mum to get my passport done. She told me that I was lucky. She talked to an old acquaintance of her and she said that she has been waiting for like 3 weeks for her passport cos apparently the immigration office sort of ran out of passport book to print on. Amusing, I find it. In Indonesia, you can expect to see numerous unusual events. This is one example of them. Ah yea! There have been a lot of public demonstration/outcry here. The Mahasiswa - Maha=supreme/majestic/superior/or aything concerned with super duper quality and siswa=student. So Literally. mahasiswa means GOD-LIKE Students while actually they are just normal undergrads. LOL! What an awesome irony! Anyway, they are protesting against the government's decision to raise fuel price by 28.78~~% - cant really bothered by it. They burnt wheels - LIKE REAL RUBBER WHEELS such as Bridgestone and Michelin , etc - causing traffic jams and fear of casualties and at times fatalities too!
Haha. Creating uncertainties and insecurities have been the speciality of our infamous Mahasiswa! Cool but idiotic at the same time.

Never mind about it.
Ah! I played futsal with my old friends this afternoon. Quite fun! I owned! not bad! After all the fear that my skills have gotten rusty since I havent been playing much soccer this year. Scored some and created a few for my team mates. And we owned though we were short of one player!
Hahaha. ^^

Then we continued to have lunch at a padang food restaurant near my house. Though it is somehow just around 400m away from my home, I have never heard about this restaurant! Not bad! The food was quite nice and I ate heartily. Anyway, If you feel hungry, however sucks or rather bland the food is, they will taste damn nice. Oh, I ate damn a lot of chili just now, I scared that diarrhea my haunt me back again. T.T

Reached home at around 4pm then went on to shower and finish off my "further differentiation" tutorial. hahaha. Awesome la!! ^^

Oh, tomorrow I got a barbecue party, and I have told my parents. I better tell them now. :)

Cheers.
NB: (to soomebody) "d:" (AIYo!! It cant spin!) ^^ HAHA OH NO

Breathless

2008-05-26T20:02:00.000-07:00

Sigh.. I just got back to medan, life suppose to be more blissful but then fell sick. Super ironic 1.
I am contradicting my statement earlier on. I am posting one at the moment. Super ironic 2.

Ah! I am pressing on my mum to go to "Terengganu, where nature embraces heritage". But she is getting my passport extended now cos it is expiring in 5 months time. I find it rather amusing that in Indonesia, you cannot leave the country if your passport is expiring in 6 months time. I guess it is just another avenue to scrap your money off from your wallet to the government, since you have to pay around US$80 for a new one. Sigh.. >.<

And as usual, mum scolded me for getting thinner and ,as always, darker. I wonder whats with being fairer. ^^

I have no idea how I could get sick - headache, vomiting and slight diarrhea - yesterday. perhaps food poisoning or something. I took some medicinal charcoal and a good long rest and TADA! I have recovered this morning. Fully energized and cheerful. It is quite fun to fall sick cos dad and mum are quite worried and they paid extra attention to me. An evil excuse to fall sick. hahaha.

Nothing so happening till today. Oh, I got a barbecue party with old friends this coming Friday! oh, it reminds me of SC1 barbecue over at jiayi's house last march. ^^

Bye Singa Land

2008-05-24T00:42:00.000-07:00

Haha Yea!
I am taking off tonight.
4 hours to go.
Nice!
I think I wont be posting anything then.
For two or three weeks.

I hear people say a real man cries.

Times of laughter and cry.
There are times you make me laugh
There are times you drive me insane.
There are times when I think I am yours,
But there are many times that I feel unsure either.

Never mind!
cos my patience is super strong.

Cheers!