Just came back from worship prac. Was so tiring. I dunno why, but throughout the entire practice, I felt kinda awkward. I guess I'm not used to leading an entire band by myself. Well it's my first time worship leading with a full band, so I'll learn from my mistakes and awkwardness and really loosen up for the actual worship session. Also, I'm not toooo familiar with my band mates (except Isaac and Esther) and it gets kinda awkward. Half the time I'm worrying if I sound too bossy or anything. I must promise myself to loose the stiff and rigid persona for the worship during the camp. I must must must. Guess it's also because it's a worship practice, so I'm not really putting my full effort into it. Sorry to my band, I was kinda tired today. You guys did great, and the worship session for the camp will be a GREAT one. I'm sure of that. Must really pray for it to go well.
On a different topic, the internet on my computer is down. AGAIN. AURGH I have to call the computer technician AGAIN. We seem to be giving him a LOT of business, with all these faulty computers. Probably have to wait 2 more days before it is fixed. Have to use this com for the time being.
I'm thinking of changing the blog skin. AGAIN. Yeah, I'm kinda free now anyway. I'm currently trying to find a mexican/hispanic themed blogskin. Must be due to listening to too much Nelly Furtado, and watching the show "Selena" yesterday.
Speaking of which, "Selena" is a rather nice show. Watched it on HBO yesterday.It's a true story of the Latin singer Selena (obviously) who climed to the top of the billboard charts with a No. 1 album and eventually got shot by the crazed president of her fan club who was accused of siphoning funds from the club. Selena is portrayed by Jennifer Lopez. (who really looks like her, just with a bigger tushy) Lol. I must say she did a good job playing Selena. The best part of the movie was the last part, of course, when they play "Dreaming Of You", Selena's biggest hit to photos and videos of her as well as scenes of her family crying and the memorial service held in honour of her. It was quite sad. I would have been touched if I didn't stop halfway to take a bath and have a snack. I missed quite a bit of the movie, so I guess I couldn't really connect with it. Mrs Neo told us that she always cries at sad movies. She would probably have cried if she watched it. The only fake part of the movie was during the performances. Probably because I know what J.Lo's voice is really like, so the lip-synching was quite fake. Can't be helped I guess.
Apart from a few mishaps and bad decisions, I would say the holiday has been quite good so far. It's really a huge relief to not be burdened by the O's anymore. If everything goes well, I'll be going to CJ for the first 3 months next year. I have to really breakaway form my "clique-ish" behaviour and go out to make friends. I hope to at least make 3 new friends on the first day. Sounds so much like sims.
Wants: Make 3 new friends
I wonder what to do for christmas. We'll probably have another Pot luck at Matt's house. It's really fun, to all bring food for a dinner. We have to do it again.
Other than that, there's nothing else. Seeya!
:)
11:12 PM
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Haha, went for L.A.N with Martin, Matthew, and Yixin yesterday. I must say it was really enjoyable although we spent about half an hour looking for the raiders place. We sorta got lost in Ang Mo Kio. Lol. Had to call Sam Chew to ask him for directions. So we played D.O.T.A when we got our seats at the top row. I have actually played warcraft 3 for like, 3 years already, and NOW the D.O.T.A craze starts. I started using the crystal maiden. She's quite a good hero killer, but I REALLY liked the Lord Of Olympia. The whole lightning thing. He's definitely the ultimate hero killer.
Before that, I went to Yixin's house with Martin and we played X-Men legends on his X-box. Must say it was quite enjoyable hanging out with my friends. It definitely beats staying at home. However, today I have to stay at home to really prepare for my worship practice tomorrow. REALLY looking forward to that.
Anyway, I really enjoyed myself yesterday, and I hope to go out again on thursday. Someone please arrange! Lol.
Post O Levels are the best. You don't have to worry about studying and can enjoy yourself worry-free.
Matt says that he's getting a job at starbucks. I hope his interview goes well. Then we can go and patronize him. If I didn't have to go to JC for the first 3 months next year, I would try to get a job.
I also want to use this holiday to catch up on reading. I must NOT neglect english. It's not really studying, cos unlike studying, I actually enjoy reading. Studying CAN be fun, if you're studying something that you really like.
I'm actually reviving a hobby that I've abandoned since I started mugging for the O's. Song writing! Haha yeah I actually like writing songs. It's a really good way of expressing yourself.
Other than that, I dun think there's anything else left to type. Just gotta start preparing for Christmas!
:)
11:38 AM
Sunday, November 26, 2006
Watched White Chicks again today on HBO. I watched it quite a few times, but still laughed at the funny parts. It's really one of the funniest movies I have ever watched. One of my favourite moveis.
I can't believe I missed church again today. I set my alarm for 3 am so I could off my ipod that was charging but I forgot to reset it for 0730. Anyway I've got 2 worship sessions next week. One on wed and the other on sat.
I'm really excited about the worship session for the camp. This is definitely one worship session which I've put a lot of effort into preparation and everything. Really pray and hope that it'll be a powerful time.
Btw, the song that's currently playing is Say It Right by Nelly Furtado. Love that song. Her voice isn't exactly fantastic but her style's really good. I like the mexican/indi feel of it.
Hmm Cherilyn said that I'm quite dao. I must say I wasn't that surprised when I heard that. I kinda heard it before. WELL I really am NOT dao. It's just that I slouch and squint, both bad habits that I'm really trying to get rid of. The result of those bad habits is that I seem to be depressed, moody, and dao. Of course, me singing "My Immortal" during CHMA didn't help that either.
Christmas is a month away. Gotta start preparing all my christmas cards and gifts...
Other than that, nothing much to blog about.
9:55 PM
Friday, November 24, 2006
Ok grad night was a blast... It was a really great time spent with all my friends, eating and playing the silly but fun games.
We first called to meet at City Hall MRT at 5, but I was late and arrived at 0515. I arrived to see Martin wearing COMPLETELY white, Yixin with his dyed brown hair, and Matthew with his Oliver Twist look. We waited for a while for Colin and headed up to wait for the bus. Colin was rather happy that it was raining because we all wore rather formal and since it rained, we had to have it in the ballroom. So we hopped on the bus and headed towards Sentosa. We reached early and hung around, taking photos. Then, Gene arrived with all his bling bling. It was really hilarious.
We got into the ballroom rather early, so we went around taking photos with the teachers. The dinner was quite ok, quite nice. Not really fantastic but still good. One of the highlights of the night was the song guessing part. It was really really funny when they started playing "I Don't Feel Like Dancing" by the Sissors Sisters and "Fergalicious" by Fergie. Colin got so excited that he screamed so loudly.. Hysterical..
The hand movement one was very funny, couldn't stop laughing... All in all, grad night was a tremendous success. I'm really gonna miss this school, especially the wonderful teachers whom I have had for the past 4 years. They're really fantastic. It's kind of a shame that so many are leaving this year... Oh well... Grad Night was really something special. One of the highlights of my life.
Here're the photos!
5:41 PM
Thursday, November 23, 2006
For a change from going out everyday, I actually stayed home yesterday and played Sims 2 for almost the whole day. Lol. Also spent time preparing for the worship session for the camp. Today's grad night is going to be a blast! I hope that my dressing will not be too out of place. Matthew's right, the dress code that they gave us was rather broad and unclear - casual.
Hmmm, today's the last night that I'll be spending with my sch friends. Not the official last day though, the collection of the results is the last day. Nevertheless, it's been really great spending 4 years in Cat High Secondary and 6 years in Cat High Primary. Can still remember all the great moments spent in this school. Just want to say that Cat High teachers are the best. For all my four years spent in Cat High, I must say that I have been blessed with fun, interesting, dedicated, and hard-working teachers. I think I'll do a reminiscence post later.... Depends... Haha...
Anyway, I think I'll catch the American Music Awards at eleven later. There're some performances that I want to see. I'll probably meet up with my friends later in the day, like in the late afternoon.
I also recently bought Nelly Furtado's Loose. It's definitely worth the money. The songs inside are all very good, I would recommend it. "Promiscuous" is the best song in that album.
Another nice song would be Beyonce's Irreplacable.
Oh and I just watched a few episodes of Friends, season 6, and there's an episode where Reese Witherspoon is acting as Rachel's (Jennifer Aniston) sister. She's hilarious! Haha almost as good as she was in legally blonde.
K, gotta go, seeya!
:)
9:49 AM
Monday, November 20, 2006
Wow, just got back from a full day out. Heh.
Yup, for those of you who know, it's my B-Day today, and it's about to end in 40 mins. haha. It's quite appropriate too, that I got Beyonce's B-Day for one of my gifts... lol...
Yah, went out with Martin, Yixin, Colin, Matthew, and Matheus to buy grad-night stuff at orchad but we ended up going our separate ways soon after. We met quite a lot of people from school. Not very shocking... Considering that today's the official last day of the O levels, (I think). Managed to get a shirt, belt, and some accessories. Went out with my family to Speghettis in Tanglin
To everyone who wished me happy birthday, thank you! Means a lot to me. Yup.
To those who DID NOT wish me happy birthday, it's okay, I can live knowing that you don't care.
Kidding!
Haha no lar, it's ok i'm fine with it. (Erm, if you did wish me happy birthday from about 10 a.m to about 11p.m on msn when you saw me online, and I didn't reply, it's cos I left it on but someone in my house accidentally off-ed it and when I came back I couldn't see it.) So it's not too late to wish me happy birthday again!
Kidding again!!
Haha ok i'll stop that. Well give me a break, it's my birthday anyway... haha....
Other than that, I'd just say that I'm really looking forward to grad night...
Ok, Seeya!
:| :} :] :> :) :o ;)
11:18 PM
Sunday, November 19, 2006
Wow, it's two fifty in the morning and I'm awake, typing this post...
Was playing Sims 2... It's so fun....
Whopee....
By the way,
Happy Birthday,
Matt...
2:50 AM
Friday, November 17, 2006
Wow.... What a ride it has been. The whole process to the O levels. Now it's finally over. Haha. The whole hall went nuts after the paper, people yelling and stuff. I actually wanted to go out to eat with my friends but they were mostly mentally exhausted. Yeah and Matt hasn't finished yet, so we don't want to make him feel bad and not concentrate on his last paper.
Anyway, by the time I got home, I had to quickly shower and dress for the dinner which I just came back from. Yeah my family and my dad's side went to eat a buffet dinner at The Conrad Hotel. The dinner was really great. Here're some small photos I took with my phone. Gossiping... Lol... Lemon Meringue in a cup! Nice Glass... Nice colour...
Yah, the food there's really great. Esp the dessert bar.
I WANT TO GO OUT AND CELEBRATE THE END OF THE GRUELLING EXAMS!!! SOMEONE GO OUT WITH ME!!! AAAA!!!
Yeah and there's a "special occasion" next week too... If you know what I mean... On the Monday... haha..... GO ON FRIENDSTER AND SEE FOR YOURSELF. Lol
Ok I'm just quite crazy after the O's and all.... Please forgive me.... haha...
:) : ) : )
11:38 PM
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Well. I just got news from my mom about my cousin. (whom I rather refer to as my uncle since he's more than trice my age) It turns out that he's fast approaching the end of his line. Yeah and my mom's kinda feeling down about it.
Life's really short isn't it? Honestly, I've never really known my "uncle" very well. I always thought he was a jolly, fun and nice guy, but I didn't get to know him well. What I do know is that he's a very loving husband who loves his wife dearly. That is a really rare trait in today's world, where marriages come and go and people treat it so lightly. For that, I respect him.
I just want to sort of "dedicate" this post to him. Although this is going to be the second death in my mom's side of the family, I have sort of learnt to accept it. I guess I don't really feel that sad because I wasn't that close to them. Nevertheless...
Here's the lyrics to the song "One Sweet Day" B y Mariah Carey and Boys II Men.
I think the lyrics speak for themselves. Even though this song is about a past lover who has died.
Sorry I never told you
All I wanted to say
And now it's too late to hold you
'Cause you've flown away
So far away
Never had I imagined
Living without your smile
Feeling and knowing you hear me
It keeps me alive
Alive
[Chorus:]
And I know you're shining down on me from heaven
Like so many friends we've lost along the way
And I know eventually we'll be together
One sweet day
Darling I never showed you
Assumed you'd always be there
I took your presence for granted
But I always cared
And I miss the love we shared
[Chorus]
Although the sun will never shine the same again
I'll always look to a brighter day
Lord I know when I lay me down to sleep
You will always listen as I pray
[Chorus]
Sorry I never told you
All I wanted to say
9:58 PM
Saturday, November 11, 2006
Wow, Today's Lit lesson was the best and last Lit lesson ever. Well, we said that we won't type whatever that she said on the blog, so I won't. I'll just say that it was indeed a very fun-filled lesson where we talked about almost everything. It was really great, something that I will truly miss.
On my way home, I was just thinking about a lot of stuff. As I always do after lit lessons.
You know, some people spend all their lives in hiding. Not physically, but emotionally. I know of someone who has spent all his life being subservient. I do not know this person on a personal level. Just someone I heard about. In order to inherit the family fortune from his father, he spent his life being almost a slave to his father, even to the point of betraying his mother. Please don't get me wrong, I'm not judging here. I'm not going to go all self-righteous and say that he's wrong, blah blah blah.
The question posed here is, is this all worth it? Is it worth being someone whom you're not for almost your entire life time all for the sake of money? Is it worth hiding your true emotions for the sake of pleasing others?
I truly believe that it's not worth it. It's not worth being someone whom you're totally not for the sake of money or for the sake of pleasing others. When we contemplate on what clothing to wear, we always ask ourselves what others would think of us if we wear a certain type of clothing. Sometimes, we are so caught up in what others might think that we forget about ourselves. Why are we living a life that strives to please people, and people who aren't worth pleasing? Sure, it's worth it to please the people whom we love or most importantly to please God. That's totally fine, but why are we caught up in endless doldrums of pleasing people whom we hardly know?
In life, we have to grit our teeth and please people whom we don't like or don't really know, but at what cost? Being totally fake people? Ending up hating ourselves at the end of the day? It's understandable to have to suck up to your boss for the sake of survival and for your family, but we really should not live our lives totally revolving around that.
Why are we all concerned about how people view us? Must we conform to society? Must we do something just because everyone else is doing it and become mindless zombies who can't think for themselves, allowing others to become masters of them? When we are so caught up in bothering about what others think, we become slaves to the people around us, slaves to society. We no longer control ourselves, but let others control us. At the end of the day, are the impressions that people have of us important?
I'm not saying that we should just do whatever we want, going around killing people because we feel like it. There are limits. When we do things without considering the consequences, we become a danger to the people around us. I feel that we should live life being true to ourselves, but doing it on a firm foundation of morals. The things that we say or do might hurt people, and we must always consider that.
I feel that we must not be afraid to do things that other people might laugh at. People who only bring negativity to your life are not worth listening to. They bring you down. I'm not saying that we should be proud and not consider the opinions of others. We must be able to differentiate between constructive criticism from the totally useless ones. Everything must be done with the consequences in mind, and decisions should not be impetous or rash. An example would be Amy Lee from Evanescence. She dresses in whatever way she wants, and does not bother about whether everyone dresses in that way as well. The way she dresses doesn't endanger others or bring harm to others or herself, so why shouldn't she dress that way? Just because others don't dress that way, doesn't mean we can't.
Even now, as I type my posts on this blog, I type whatever I want as long as it doesn't insult anyone or any group of people, as long as it doesn't bring harm to anyone. I don't really care about whether people might think I'm self-righteous or whatever. The purpose of this post is only to encourage others to dare to be different. We should dare to be different and not to do something just because everyone else is doing it and others would laugh if it is done a different way.
We can't control the way people think, and we can't change the impressions that people have. People are free to think in whatever way they want. Of course, we should not be different for the sake of being different. We should dare to be different when we know that the things that others do are morally unsound. After all, we don't live life just to please others.
Yup, just typing out all my thoughts. Hope that people will be encouraged.
"Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice." "I am not bound to please thee with my answer." - William Shakespeare
2:25 PM
Friday, November 10, 2006
AAAA today's maths paper really sucked. It seemed easy at first, then I got stuck at the 3 dimensional question. I skipped it and went on to the last question, and I wasted about half an hour doing the last question, cos I forgot it was an Either/Or question. I did the other one instead of cumulative, and then scrapped it and did cumulative. Wasted about half an hour.
In the end, I left out the 3 dimensional question, losing 7 marks, and didin't have time to check. AURGH. Oh well... Just have to move on with my life.
Here's the breakdown on the remaining papers
Literature In English Paper 2 A Maths Paper 1 A Maths Paper 2 Chemistry Paper 1 Chemistry Paper 2 Elective History
After that...
FREEDOM.
Yup... and I'm thinking of doing something crazy after the O's....
Anyway, I can't believe the dress code for grad night is casual..... I would much prefer it to be formal...
Besides that, there's really nothing to blog about.
Seeya!
:)
8:42 PM
Sunday, November 05, 2006
Here's just a hilarious video of Mariah Carey going nuts on TRl... haha.... it's really funny
4:33 PM
Saturday, November 04, 2006
Ok, Here're somemore funny censored album covers. Haha, looks like Mariah Carey's album covers are too revealing for Saudi Arabia too... Although I suspect someone might have done it with photoshop. The Christina Aguilera one is probably true, since I found it on Wikipedia
6:31 PM
Yup, I changed the blog skin back to the old one cos I was kinda bored with the country - themed one.
I'll change the skin to a new one after the O's.
I'll link everyone back asap...
5:25 PM
Haha... Just something funny to add....
Notice the difference? Haha the left one was the international release, but I think Saudi Arabia thought it was too..... revealing so they censored it.... haha...
5:06 PM
Thursday, November 02, 2006
Smelly Cat, Smelly Cat, What are they feeding you? Smelly Cat, Smelly Cat It's not your fault!
They won't take you to the vet You're obviously not their favorite pet Smelly Cat, Smelly Cat, It's not your fault!
You may not be a bed of roses You're not friend to those with noses I'll miss you before we're done Or the world will smell as one
Smelly Cat, Smelly Cat, What are they feeding you? Smelly Cat, Smelly Cat It's not your fault!
Haha, familiar to anyone? Well, I was just watching some videos on youtube, and came across this hilarious song from friends, sung by Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow). It's absolutely hilarious.
Here are some more of her hilarious songs
I went to the store Sat on Santa's lap Asked him to bring my friends all kinds of crap.
Said all you need is to write them a song They haven't heard it yet So don't try to sing along Don't sing along.
Monica, Monica, Have a happy Hanukkah Saw Santa Claus He said hello to Ross And please tell Joey Christmas will be snowy And Rachel and Chandler *mumbles some nonsense that rhymes with "Chandler"
Here're somemore
Now, Grandma's a person who everyone likes, She bought you a train and a bright, shiny bike. But lately she hasn't been coming to dinner, And last time you saw her she looked so much thinner. Now, your mom and your dad said she moved to Peru, But the truth is she died and some day you will too
More! Oh, the cow in the meadow goes moo, Oh, the cow in the meadow goes moo. Then the farmer hits him on the head and grinds him up, And that's how we get hamburgers. Now, chickens!
Some more!
Sometimes men love women Sometimes men love men, And then there are bisexuals Though some just say they're kidding themselves. La lalala lalalalala la La la lalala lala la la
Haha.... watch this vid on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QP3iDf8SLw
Yup, that's all!
11:25 PM
Today's Lit paper was quite ok, quite manageable. I panicked at the start though. Yeah it was the case of the jitters.
I was reading the question, then suddenly this thought came to my mind.
"YOU'RE SITTING FOR THE O LEVELS!"
Then, I panicked. Suddenly my mind went blank and I didn't know what question to do. I kept trying to tell myself to relax, but I just couldn't. I picked the first question and started doing it. As I wrote, I got even more nervous because I thought I wasn't making sense. Yah and while all that was happening, this person behind me (not directly behind) was coughing and coughing. Yeah so that added even more tension. After about 2 pages, I decided to do the unseen, hoping that I would calm down.
And I did, thankfully.
Luckily, the unseen passage was quite a fun passage to do. Not like all the dark and depressing passages that Mrs Neo gives us... I prefer doing those fun stories. Yeah, so that helped me relax and I managed the unseen quite well (I hope). Then, I returned back to the TET question and completed it. Yeah, my time management was much better this time as compared to the other prelims.
Anyway, I met an P6 classmate whom I have not had contact with for about 2 years or so on Monday, after Chem Prac. Those who were in my P6 class would know him. Jeriel Goh. Yah. It was really good actually, to meet someone whom I have not seen in such a long time. We chatted at the bus stop about our schools and stuff, and about the O's of course.
The chem prac was quite ok, just that at one point I couldn't tell what some of the colours were. Dark green looked brown, brown looked dark green. Blah blah blah. Although I panicked at the start (again) when my first 2 titration readings were 24.9 and 25.5! Yah, I think there was some contamination. It was like deja vu all over again.(*does crazy dance) Cos for the prelims I had a similar problem. Luckily, I did it another 2 more times and got the answer that most of the people I asked got. 25.2 I think. Yeah, so that wasn't so bad, although If I averaged out the first 2 I would have gotten the same answer. Lol.
Oh and there's this really nice song that was introduced to me by Martin. It's "Too Little Too Late" By Jojo. Go listen to it if you haven't. She's a young talent. (our age according to Martin).
Yup, So all the best to everyone having their O's! If I'm not wrong, the next paper for everyone will be on Monday. E Maths. Then SS.
Oh and there's this really nice song that was introduced to me by Martin. It's "Too Little Too Late" By Jojo. Go listen to it if you haven't. She's a young talent. (our age according to Martin).