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Tuesday, July 24, 2007:results
I just got my results.

wanna thank God lo. My results are not bad lahh, but because i expected abit more so i was disappointed by abit. however, still like to thank Him for seeing me through. taking 8 papers at one go was reallie tiring and my results is a testimony to Him lo.

i am juz quite irritated by 1 of my papers actually cos i got a 55. in fact, for those difficult papers i did damn well lo. it was those easy papers which everyone can do and i screwed up abit then my results was pulled down in the end.

i am not bragging here but juz to share wif my frenz my results.

M1A1 mechanics 92
M1F foundation of analysis 64
M1GLA geometry and linear algebra 66
M1M1 mathematical methods 1 71
M1M2 mathematical methods 2 88
M1P1 analysis 55 (!!!)
M1P2 algebra 79
M1S statistics 89

average is 75.5 lo.


heavenknows

11:50 PM




:Harry Potter
last sat went to the ne show. it was just another rehearsal for the ndp show but i am not complaining. cos this is the 1st year the ndp will be held at marina. erm... feel that it was a pity not as many people are able to attend the ndp to celebrate together. however, the programme was reallie good.

1st, this is to inform those who are gg for the preview or the real ndp show. if u are going wif ur frenz, get different colours for the goodie bags. cos the bag is designed in such a way where it is put together by stripes and the stripes are connected by zips. so u can actually make ur bag bigger/ more colourful.. yup. my bag has orange, green and blue stripes. hahaa...

another thing i know this is not within anyone's control but try to sit on the right side of the audience seats. cos this yr since the stage is on the sea, there are performances/ shows on the water so check out for that... talking about seats. me and ks pissed one of the captains off. cos we had already got our seats and sat down. then we saw astee and zy, so we decided to join them to sit. but the captain came to us and told us in a not very frenly tone that we are making life difficult for him. oh come on lo, the empty seats can be filled by the next 2 people who are coming up wad. i mean yes, their life will be easier but isnt it better if u can go the extra mile to make others happy and it is within ur control? it is not as if like we demand to choose particular seats and block others from having seats lo... haha...

the show itself was nice wif alot of digital effects and the perfomance display put up by the students and soka association was colourful and vibrant. missed those days when i get to go down to deyi sec to help them with their performance when i was in army... haha.

spoilers ahead
i din say who died in the book or wad the ending is like. but the next few paragraphs are more of my opinions peppered wif some stuff from the book. if u duwan to know anything before u read the book, dun read on.

i have also finished reading harry potter... hmm, let me try to say some stuff without spilling out any spoilers. i am reallie impressed by J. K. Rowling as i think it is reallie difficult to write somehting which is not only fictional but also something is not even existent in our lives. yet the story she weaved out, drew parallels with our present lives.

things that struck me in book 7 was that Voldermort was another Hitler, trying to kill and destroy Muggles/Muggled-born witches/Mudblood etc and the propaganda that was to follow like taking charge of all radio stations.. the chaos and fighting presented reminded me of WWII not that i experienced it before. also, Hermoine who was the smartest of the 3 was said to be limited/narrow-thinking... this immediately reminds me of the Singaporean context where people like to say that people who study alot dun dare to take risks blah blah and they like to follow the book as compared to those who are not that academically inclined like to think out of the box... hahha. maybe i am thinking too much.. heez.

book 7 also presented lots of fighting scenes right from the 2nd chapter and i would like to think that the last movie of the Harry Potter series will be set to be a smashing hit... and most of the fighting scene, someone has to die... i feel that the deaths made the fighting scenes more realistic but there are already some connections between those characters and the readers in the other books so i cant help but to feel sorry and thought that wouldnt it have been better if J.K.Rowling doesnt kill anyone.. haizz.

also, i realised that the progress of the story and the explanations of some loose threads in the previous books were all in the forms of conversations and letters and blah blah... well, i know that it is quite hard for the writer to write all these in narrative forms but that was juz a thought.

like there was this whole chapter of Dumbledore talking to Harry Potter.. (to those who havent read it yet, dun kill me for this... i am not saying that Dumbledore is not dead, neither am i saying that he has already died and revived. juz read the book and u will find out =p)

anyways, it is a wonderful book and everyone should read it. hope the movie doesnt disappoint us.

about personal stuff. was quite angry when my mum told me that her colleague brushed against the law and was sacked from her work. angry cos she almost caused my mum into trouble too. luckily got cctv to explain everything lo. haizzz...


heavenknows

12:57 PM




Friday, July 20, 2007:marriage
just came back from dinner wif the moe pople and got to know my moe imperial juniors just now in the evening too. can see that my juniors are feeling the way i am feeling last year too. ahhaha...

cant wait for my results to be out.. grr. think next week out liao.

anw, yesterday was at my aunt's place and my grandfather was there. he suddenly for no reason asked me to get married after i graduate when he is still around. haha... damn farnie lahh, it was soo out of the blue. my grandfather is still quite healthy now lahh, dunno wad on the earth gave him that idea. but that reminds me of the dream that i had sometime back where i saw my paternal grandfather and my maternal grandmothers sitting side by side at my wedding dinner. cool dream rite? heeez.

my mum was damn farnie oso lahh. there was this night where i was still wearing my contact lens in my house. den i was talking to her. suddenly, she asked me whether i was wearing my lens. i asked her why and she told me cos i kept blinking and winking at her. haha.

was the emcee for some event yesterday at moe for my juniors. then the principal from Northlight School came to talk to us. she is my role model man... she is super influential, inspirational and she spoke with lots of conviction. i can really see that she is in the ministry not because she wants to climb the minsitry ladder but she is really into education and she really wants to change lives. i hope i can be like her. =)

tmr is the big day man! the last book of harry potter has finally arrived and i am watching the ne show ie ndp rehearsal tomorrow!!


heavenknows

11:08 PM




Tuesday, July 17, 2007:vents
this entry is going to be a revenue for me to vent my frustrations in me.

1
singaporean drivers are not only bad drivers. they are blardy hell inconsiderate ones. the carpark at my HDB blocks are relatively small. there are only 2 lanes for the cars to move. and each lane are only big enough for 1 car to pass through. yet, there are always cars stopped along the carpark on the lanes, restricting flow of the traffic. it is super inconvenient lahh, and my neighbour was damn sad. his car plate was being scratched and the whole plate fell to the ground. his car was parked properly in the slot somemore lo. so wad if these people spend thousands of money to buy cars? big f**k ar? there are other pple who spend their thousands of money on their cars and they have the same rights to use the carpark and the roads lo.

2
this is not the 1st time already and i know this is not the last time. i really dun like the feeling of being sandwiched in between. something is seriously wrong somewhere. i feel like i am the cushion. if only this sandwich thingy can make me thinner den i ll be more happy. hahahah... reallie do not feel good at all.


heavenknows

11:21 PM




Friday, July 13, 2007:harry potter
back to blogging! haven been blogging for awhile. cos i am reallie slacking and rotting and still enjoying it. heez.

yesterday, went to watch harry potter and the order of the pheonix for free. cos safra bought the cinema for 1 timeslot and duane and gy went to queue up for the tix some time back. and so i have the luxury to watch it for free. ahhaha. thanks dudes!

the show is alright lah. quite a no of pple say it is abit of a letdown blah blah. but i beg to differ. cos 1stly, the book is really thick and the content is more of to explain and link the front few books to the last few (cant wait for the last book). and 2ndly, alot of pple have placed a huge amount of expectation on this blockbuster and so when expectations not met, they will feel disappointed.

but i have to say that of the 3 children, i think emma watson acted the best. not cos she is cute but ya.. hahaha. i feel that harry potter can portray more anger in the show cos in the book he was fuming most of the time.

after the show, we went back to duane's car. he rented the car for this week and the best thing is the car could not be started at all. think there isnt enough battery water. diaoz. in the end we waited for quite awhile for the repair company to help to jump start the car. haha.. duane arhh reallie quite suay lehh.

and for today, my beloved brother is in tekong right now!! ahhaa. and i drove my family to pasir ris and i went in to look around too... everything looks the same to me. the only difference is the people bahh... when i was watching the videos, i had goosebumps all over me lahh. ahaha. well, i ord lo!! heez. but i dare say that i had a memorable time in the notorious Foxtrot company where our OC treated us like shit and gave us alot more physical and mental training. his aim was to turn us into psychos. hahaha.


heavenknows

8:21 PM




Saturday, July 07, 2007:fulfilling week
alot of things had happened for the past week and i dunno to start blogging from where.

anw, today went to sentosa wif the other imperial singsoc pple to try out the games for sojourn. it was quite a relaxing and fun day i muz say even though the rain in the morning put me off a little. and when i was talking to the others, we reached one concensus that we are slacking now and not working. hence our bank accounts are always on the drop. and that irritates me!! think i must find a job in august to curb that... hahaah.

anw, juz now we were trying games. doing those usual stupid orientation games and we got alot of looks from other people. but who cares lahh huh, we were all enjoying ourselves. ahhaha.

then last week went swimming for more than 3 occasions. maybe that accounts for my tan. ahhah... then duane rented a car so he drove me and gy to diff places. tried driving the car alittle cos it is a manual car! never drive a manual car for ages le... ahhhaa. proud to say that i din stall the engine at all. heeez.

but we were unlucky on friday cos we were having lunch at thomson den duane parked illegally at some place. then power ranger/uncle sam/fatimah (wadeva u call them lahh huh) came and gave the summon. haizzz.

met up wif my class last night too. it was one of the best turnouts lo. hahahha good to see everyone doing well.. and catching up on old times.

then met up wif my dear ct councillors on tuesday too. had dinner and talked a lot of cock. think we juz crapped and laughed alot that night. hahaha. the jap food at uma uma was not bad i have to say.

my BB frenz all look the same. even though josh has gained alot of weight again!! haha..

that summed up my week actually. =)


heavenknows

11:27 PM




:lousy mood
some things just dun change.

wanted to blog but got no mood liaoz.

shall blog more when i am in the mood.


heavenknows

12:39 AM




Tuesday, July 03, 2007:msn
oh man!!! i still cannot believe it!

ermm... i juz got to know a girl on internet and we talked quite abit juz now. and before you guys think that i am those ugly horny testerone-filled guys looking for prey online den u are wrong. hahah... i am very innocent one hor.. =p

the thing is msn screwed up. dunno why i have this gal's contacts and she has mine. den we both added each other and juz now was the 1st time both of us online. we started talking and then it went on and i am amazed that we talked majiam like we are close frenz for some time le...

haha anw nice talking to her lahh.. but still cant believe such thing can happen. =)


heavenknows

12:58 AM




Sunday, July 01, 2007:super duper lucky
yeah. got my 21st birthday from my dad lo.. heez. got my finally coveted flip phone. bought the LG chocolate series, hope i ll be able to use it for 2 plus yrs. =p

i am super duper lucky today lahh... i was shopping at compass point with my dad and we were already heading for the carpark. i was talking to my dad and din notice the floor. suddenly i felt like i was stepping on soft ground and i heard a 'piak' sound. i said shit before looking down. it was brown in colour and at that time i was hoping that i stepped on chocolate lahh......

but as i went to the toilet and began to clean my slipper, the smell was super horrendous. luckily it was easy to rub away the shit and the smell din linger. i have to say that leaving shit in the middle of the road in the shopping centre is like... leaving sainsbury trolley outside of south kensington station waiting for people to clear... HAHAHHAHAHA... heeez.

anw my mum juz told me about this yesterday.

women are just like different kinds of balls at different age groups.

20yr olds are like soccer balls cos got 20 men chasing after 1 ball.
30yr olds are like basketballs cos got fewer no of men chasing after the ball.
40yr olds are like pingpong balls cos only 2 men are in play and they are shooting away the ball.
50yr olds are like golf balls cos guys will shoot them as far as possible. but after that the guys will still pick the balls up.


heavenknows

11:59 PM




:family gathering
went to maxwell food centre wif kha and xian on friday. cos there got alot of food. had all the local delicacies there, ie hokkien mee, char kway teow, fried oyster, chicken rice and kway chap. =) it was a nice and super filling lunch. haha and now only me and ks are slacking =p the rest have attachments or working.. haha.

going to start tuition again tmr. juz teaching 1 or 2 people to make my bank account not always be decreasing. hahaha...

anw, after that lunch, went out wif gy to vivocity. walao ehh, think of the moe imperial pple, i am the last to go there lahh.. ahhaha. we wanted to shop cos muz shop before 1st july so that we will not pay more for the GST. vivocity is quite a big shopping centre but the shops are quite high end. and there are quite a no of shops from london like river island, ted baker etc. etc. but all are damn expensive. sianzz.. even lonsdale is expensive here lahh.. met tingjun and xiufang there too.

last night had gathering wif my extended family. it was more like a belated grandfather's day. cos my grandfather wanted to wait till me and jevon come back before meeting up. the catered food was nice! got lots of seafood and i like the crayfish too. but the highlight of the day was my aunt bought the karaoke system and the whole family juz ktv all the way. lols. and to sing in front of so many people are so malu lahh. then my aunts and my mum cant stand the noise (haha not music) and they were hiding in the room all the time... hahaha. even my grandfather sang some hokkien song lahh. ahhaha. so cool...

oh wanted to say that driving wif a p plate license is more dangerous than driving w/o. my dad says most drivers will take care of you. but i beg to differ. my car has that stupid plate cos my younger bro juz passed his test 6 months ago. then when i drove my brother from school last week, i met 3 incidents where vehicles think that p-plate cars are slow and easy to bully, they make illegal u turns, drive out of car park SLOWLY. if i din brake, i would have crashed into them and it is their fault lo. wth... and wif today's newspaper article which mentioned that singapore drivers are among the worst in the world, how true can it get?

londoners are much better drivers lo. when police cars or ambulances have those sirens on and speeding on the roads, they will really let them go 1st before moving off.

talking about volunteering to help wif the pre departure course and the tspc for our juniors. i was shot by 1 big fat arrow lo. my scholarship officer called my home to ask me to be emcee for some relatively small function but i was reallie caught by surprise. and this is the 1st time i am gg to be an emcee lo. haizz. nvm it is going to be a new experience for me. anw i am gg to be a teacher le, next time may have to lecture in front of hundreds of students, so take this as a learning experience lo. =p


heavenknows

12:12 PM




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