finally got to touch my gibson again today, after about more than a week due to msa. it was quite alright although physics will turn out bad. you see, after putting in so much effort to prepare for this assesment and heaping so much pressure onto yourself, is this what you deserve? think again. if i didnt study much, waste my time throughout the holidays, i would have no complaints if results turn out bad. i will only have myself to blame. but when you slog day after day trying to figure out why things work that way, and it doesn't reflect in your results, thats when you will feel as if you are shot right in the head. you feel disappointed, you feel down, you lose hope that you will ever do well again. after studying so much, what have education really brought the world today?

in 1997, during the economic crisis, people lose MILLIONS. now, 12 years later, they count in BILLIONS. if you are not so good with numbers, 1 billion has 9 zeros. education taught people how to cheat others out of their savings and how to get around rules by finding loopholes in them. if you take a closer look again, its the very-well-educated that landed the world in this state. we may not become one of those in the future, i do not want either, because after these 16 years of education(take it as you go to a JC, dont get retained and move on to a university and study for a honours degree), you are most likely going to end up sutck in a cubicle in the office building. lucky enough, by hook or by crook, you may land youself in a fish tank in the same office. but if somehow you are gonna be bad enough, you will work behind a counter at one of the fastfood outlets. or even worse, you might be working at casey leong's condo handling the bookings of function rooms. some will take up the 'noble' job of educating the next generation to cheat others, i dont know what will it be.

its not that i love to complain just because i did not get what i wanted, but i just think that you cant judge anyone by the looks. quoting shakespeare's macbeth, " your hand, your tongue: like th' innocent flower, but be the serpent under't". in simpler terms, will be looking like the innocent flower, but be the serpent underneath it. education does really make your portfolio looks good, the more education, the better it gets. but its actually breeding people that could bite you one day, and turn the world upside down like whats happening now. its not only about the economy, think about the environment too. get this straight, education brings you far. but you need deception to bring you beyond where education can.

i just simply hope that my hardwork will pay off, after getting so much rubbish in my head. just a while more and the a'levels will be over. i want my As, i will do anything to get them. i believe in prayer too, i dont wish to lose any of my trust in prayer, just hope God will answer them and i will understand His answer.

valentine's day local cip, i dont know whats that gonna mean to me. spread the love, maybe? i dont care that much actually, just want to get it over and done with. im not in a very good mood now anyway, so i may change my thoughts about certain things i have said now. leftover cash for chalet? i wont mind that, but thats not a good idea though. outing tomorrow evening? i'll see how it goes. im not going to go back to anglican high anyway, the people should most likely be gone by 12. save up taxi money and convert it to happy money.

yes, please leave a comment if you want.

i turn 18 today. life will still go on as normal till this weekend. i'll be drinking, be happy and feel terrible the next day. thanks to those who wished me a happy birthday.

and i won't touch my guitars till i reach home tomorrow. i still have to exercise a bit more self discipline and prepare for physics msa part 2 tmr. the paper one was alright, but some joker can still score a 4/25 according to miss huang. but msa have been good till now. math was good, chem was good. gp was as usual, you never know when you're gonna fail. maybe its time to change the gp teacher. i wont mind any of the gay dudes in the gp dept, i just want my A for gp.

chinese new year is just round the the corner, i'll pack up my room, clean it up over this week. life's getting a bit bland, i shall think of something to make it fire up and be interesting again.for now its PHYSICS!

good luck and have a nice day.

today will mark the end of the first week to school, and the start of msa which im getting all over it to get my good grades. physics mcq went well, some minor bumps, but that should be only be about 3marks. im glad im back in school, after the first week, nothing much really changed from last year. theres still people playing poker in school. when you see a classroom with all windows closed and doors locked, that should be it.

physics lesson was the best lesson i had so far, especially today's. ms huang kexin was talking to us about how to replace your teacher when you could not bear with her because she's lousy or for whatever reason. that was a half an hour talk, starting from when aranab popped that question. obviously, it was annie tang. ms huang gave us a few reasons that we could use to get annie tang out of our system.

1: she's old
2: she's not good enough
3: generation gap-annie tang should be in her mid-50s, she couldnt understand us
4: poor dress sense-ms huang even said that we could use her clothes for the class cny decor. and she wouldnt even use it for her curtain
5. we dont understand her lesson

but, if we really want to change, we need a good and persuasive person to speak to the principal. wait, do we have the time?

school started like 3 days ago on monday, but i felt that i really dont have time for my own stuff other than school work. i know this sounds ridiculous as it is just the start of a new school year, but my friends in tj and vj, you all dont have this assesment by the name of "MSA" or something along that line. i think it is supposed to help us in one way or another, i hope it does.

on the first day of school, i realised one huge difference.08S02 shrunk terribly, from last year. only 3/4 of the class remained, or 21 left. in other words, 7 did not make it the jc2.then, theres this special assembly. nothing really special to me actually, after being in an anglican mission school, or anglican high school, which runs about the same way as sajc does in terms of such stuff. so i managed pull through that, and then was followed by civics. a new civics tutor, but still miss tan, only that you can call her jasmine tan. thats the difference. BUT, i dont think she is someone to mess with. she speaks with loads of confidence, can be a bit scary at times. a few things have changed too. econs teacher, mr benjamin liang is out! that sounds good.wait, but nothing else changed except for econs and chem. im still the service learning rep for my class, same as last year. i hope to do something more meaningful this time round, and not play with some animals at spca for 2 hours and call it service learning. i want my class to understand the true meaning of service learning, as i have learnt from ocip not so long ago.

and discipline wise, the girls are really fed up with the school. although im not a girl and the rules for guys have also changed to weird weird ones, i think the 5cm thing is rather funny, and im not gonna elaborate any further.

by the way, i initially thought that my timetable was terrible, because last year the lessons end latest at 2.30pm. and this year its 4pm. but i still end at almost 2.30 any other days. so, its still good.

the ocip team video, that dear mark and olivia made, and i contributed the photos, was rather tear evoking at the first few moments, because of the slow song used. but when this picture of "beer girl" came out, it wasnt that feeling. it became a mixture of weird feelings running through me. i guess john and a few others may think the same way. after asking melodie what was that all about, it was a shirt that she wore in vietnam. i dont remember, but do i seem to care so much? NO.

while on this ocip thing, the open house was finally over today. one job less for me now, which means i got more time for my books. but melodie was nowhere to be seen for most of the open house, at least at the ocip booth. melina who helped out to pin up some stuff was more interested in the polo booth though. which left the same 3 banner painters to stay at the booth. watching girls pass by, while fiona continued to talk and comment about them. then when gen came past, hahahahahaha(: john was left in a super embarassing moment. want to know more? ask john. ocip made me learn a lot from other people, and also working with people. i will look forward to the next meet up.

back to msa, its this friday, all the way till 20th jan. which just happen to fall on my birthday. i think im prepared, yet i feel im not. i just hope to do well as i have worked for it. i deserve a good grade. i will not touch any of my guitars, till msa ends. i'll try to keep my itchy fingers away.good luck for msa.

LAST DAY.of holidays \Y/

i guess its luck, im the in-charge for the ocip booth for the SAJC Open House. so, since i/we have to do something on our own, i decided to paint a banner, that is durable and can last for more open houses, which was what mr.ho wanted. supposed to be a 8 person meeting, but ended up with fiona, john and i. maybe the open house is only about the vietnam team. i guess because i dont want things to be left undone, we finised a huge(you know its really huge, see it on open house day) banner, as above. and 59 wooden clothe pegs painted and written on. finished in just over 3 hours for 3 people, including some clearing up. you will know what i mean when you take a look at the fitness corner and see some evidence that we worked there and painted a banner with blue, green, white and black. this will end real soon, and school starts tmr.yes, its tomorrow.

LUNCH

250grams of beef top side: $4
120grams of chuck tender: $3
1 Thai cocunut: $1
Hunger and knowing to cook: Free
Satisfaction of a good protein-filled lunch: Priceless.

BUCKETHEAD!

i really enjoy listening to Buckethead's instrumental tracks.especially whitewash. if you can't see whats on the bucket on his head, it reads "KFC FUNERAL".one hell of a guitarist.with his 24-fret all white Gibson Les Paul Custom.thats the guitar on his hand.

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im on open date appointment for the changi sports medicine clinic. thats very very very good news for me.no need to miss lessons anymore, and pe too.i did ont have pe lessons for the whole of 2008.

We the Kings

its the 3rd day of 2009. now, im not gonna make any new year resolutions, as studies have shown they cause more anxiety and worry among people.anyway, i've been listening to this band called we the kings, i think their music is rather good and quite catchy, of course there's travis clark. sometimes, moving away from to usual stuff to newer bands like this is good. below are 2 videos of their songs. the first one is my favourite, Check Yes Juliet. the one further down will be Skyway Avenue. Enjoy, We The Kings!