Thursday, January 20, 2005

its been an eventful week..i'm actually really enjoying myself in this new environment. i think i've been making an effort to talk to people in class whom i wouldn't find myself normally associating with, and its really God helping me to have the courage and the motivation to talk to these people.

JC is like really new environment...there're like no uniform groups, its either clubs or sports or musical groups so everyone is in a scramble to join sports(usually). i wonder if the motive of everyone in joining so many CCAs is really for the points. i think this whole 1st 3 month thing is really quite weird..people just join for CCAs for fun and then quit for fun because the 1st 3 months is for fun. something along that line. nothing really is taken seriously.

that goes for me too...i can't join soccer by principle because if i do i'd have to quit gym and whatever else i have..and its not something i want!!!!! i like gym. but nevertheless we went for training today and i think it was quite slack. we did some passing drills and then this drill in which u dribble into an enclosed square surrounded by 4 cones then u quickly dart out and pass it to someone else. thereafter we played matches..the teams were jc1 team A, jc1 team B, jc2 team. so we just played against each other, and it was pretty fun.

then we had some dance practice so me and david walked back to RJC(the soccer thingy was in bishan park :( ) where we had a short orientation session where we ate ice cream and brownies then we did a short self intro. after that we split up. the guys had a choreographer over to teach us our steps for the dance night item. the girls were to audition for their dances...

oh yeh, a jc2 girl called bernice from dance lives in farrer court TOO!!!!!!! block F. im block G. how cool is that.

oh well...tomorrow im really excited because keith and patricia are coming to my church. whoopeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

looking at the past week....i think im quite happy because i have made an effort to talk to people i normally do not associate with! especially those in my class! and i *think* i have become more enthu............i think........and im also quite happy because i have been disciplined enough to do my homework and pay attention during lectures!

but there's still room for improvement...this week i've been especially snappy to my parents, cuz i dont really find a need to tell them wehre i'm going and what time im going home, and what activities i have. haaaaaaaiiiii on one hand i felt i've grown up..........on the other i haven't.......hahaha. eugene once gave me an analogy about this whole issue. when i play warcraft, every unit is important. i, as the commander of the whole army, do not want to let ANY unit die...so its important to know where every unit is and whether it has red life and needs healing. so my parents are supposedly the commander, and i am supposedly a unit...i think it makes some sort of sense. hahah.

oh yes...i have to be really disciplined now. our GP teacher told us to really read the newspaper everyday. i dont like doing that!!!!!!! and also, mr low the soccer coach says that on sundays your supposed to do a 45 minute run yourself. 45 minutes!!! thats maddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd. and by yourself!!! so boringgg.

thank God for this wonderful weeekk!



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Friday, January 14, 2005

matthew 5:16
"In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven"

i think i haven't been doing so in my new RJ life, i've been really laidback and un-enthu. i've been feeling detached from my OG AND my class, somehow i dont really feel that excited about them. and i think this really makes other members of the group feel 'sian' also...hai i should really think of other people's feelings before i give my dao, sianjipua face. i should know this best, it really makes me feel upset when i see fellow TFers giving that bored look :(

on the other hand, the new friends in RJ are really exciting (but maybe not so with my class ;P i've yet to come to accept and love all of them - something i reaaaaaaaally must strive to correct). todaaaaay there was only civics so i went out with jem's class, and extra-ed my way through...it was really funnn but soo tiring. we had lunch at nonya wok (u'll never wok alone -_-) and then we went to orchard to play pool then LAN then eat dinner.

my ride home was REALLY roughhhh..two buses full of people, only the 3rd bus had some resemblance of space. then when i opened my gate, it swung open and the metal bar attached to it whacked my head -_- fortunately, i still have more brain cells than cedric and yehmin combined =D

yay tomorrow singapore'll trash indonesia! im going with my uncle, hope i can see all the ri people there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



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Monday, January 10, 2005

[i koped this entry from team-x ha ha ha ha]


its officially the end of our secondary school lives...and i really am not looking forward to a new environment. i think making good friends such as you all is really difficult...and it took 4 years for us to form the close bond we share today.

so this entry is a shoutout for alllllllllllll of you =D

starting with breastist...we were in the same class in sec1 only i think, and i remember in primary school we had some GEP math competition or whatever, and i always noticed you around because of your distinctive goldfish eyes, and IN SOME WEIRD WAY OR ANOTHER I HAD THE IMPRESSION YOU WERE A REALLY SMART PERSON.

but anyway...in these 4 years and in recent blog entries i have realised otherwise, but i've really enjoyed your company these 4 years. your chicken dancing on the soccer pitch always is amusing.

and huanna..you're always so tolerant, and in the gep i think it is common consensus that your one of the nicest people around. i was never in your class but i think we're pretty close, which is COOL

and jian! we were in 4M and 6M together, right? can't really remember..we used to be really close, but after i defected to chelsea....hahahah =D

and moski, u are teh most gosu keeper around, u dont even play much but your reflexes are probably inborn. i still remember the match at RJC, i was worrying that u wouldn't save the decisive penalty, and teo was like 'aiyah, he'll surely save it' and moski SAVED IT and i was overjoyyed. i shouldn't have been surprised, should i?

haha natalie, u were always so silent in primary school, but this yr your in my class so i hope we get to know each other better! man u sucks!

shuakuuu my buddy, we were so close in our p4,5,6 years, and after sec school by some cruel arrangement we were never in the same class and hence we stopped celebrating our birthdays together :( i hope we can rectify this ^_^

jekhau is a defender i hate to face, at least toc toc looks dumb so u can laugh at him but if for some tyco reason u get past jekhau he'll be in front of u again -__- i was never in jek's class, but soccer brought us closer! and being in the same OG was COOLSTUFFFFFFFFF

i regard taoni as one of the most gosu penalty takers around.......i haven't seen him miss before. despite some scandalous rumours with michelle sim and marian, he's still a fun guy to be around ^_^ and i shall forever be associated with his famous campaigning speech/joke =D

teoooo we were never close in primary school, and i DISLIKED u for scoring the winning goal vs 4M which so obviously didn't cross the line. ha haha. but we got really close in sec2 and i hope we can sustaiinn it and here i am fulfilling your request of finishing up my draft ^_^

toktok.....no comments. ^_^

and i like cedric's latest entry, about the one where he compared RI to RJ, yeah i really think its true...........HAAIIIIiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

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Friday, January 07, 2005

the week of orientation has gone by really quickly...and i've thoroughly enjoyed myself, though certain mishaps have happened.

this orientation was much better than expected, especially since the only comparison i have is the sec1 torture camp. oh yeah...according to my cousin HC's orientation for the first few days was awful, with academic talks stretching up to 3. that's really quite sad...

yup my OG is pretty cool, but there're some of the quieter, introverted ones which i find difficult to socialise with. my OGLs are fun people, really happy about them =D

actually, im kinda disappointed with my class. but thats how it always is, i think. cus u dont know everyone. i think im quite lucky cus i know quite a lot of people prior to class orientation.

the only bad thing that happened was when we went to esplanade for the optional mass dance thing, there were a few breakdancers there and i talked to them, and i was dumb enough to attempt a wallflip and i landed SPLAT on the marble floor and now my right thigh hurts like @)(I#@#!(!@()!)(@

but still, i thoroughly enjoyed myself. thank God for this wonderful week!

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Saturday, January 01, 2005

the last day of 04 was spent quite meaningfully. we had a nightwatch thingy at church, combined with the youth fellowship(around 20 years to early 30s). it started off with some light snacks, and afterwards we played several warmup games. it was pretty fun...but afterwards vincent took charge of the sharing and we gathered in a circle. he shared on 3 passages in the bible, and with each one, we were to gather in groups of either 2s,3s or 4s to share with one another. one of the sharings was about thanksgiving, and i thanked God for my results because i think i didn't sow but reaped. that'll give me more motivation to work hard next year....

vincent then shared about God asking Isaiah(i think) a prophet to marry an adulterous woman. the adulterous woman was compared to the israelites, chasing after other gods after the exodus from egypt, in search of the promised land. so its like us, prioritising visible stuff over the unseen. so during the sharing we were to identify our idols, and identify problems in our spiritual life, stuff which hampered us from communicating with God.

vincent then shared on a passage from habakkuk (i think),about the israelites being busy building their own houses instead of building the house of the Lord (church). when compared to us, the church does not mean the building itself but the people, so we figured we were all too busy 'building our own houses'. so during the sharing we were to commit ourselves to different ways we could 'build the house of the Lord' in the coming new year.

i really enjoyed everything. so after the programme ended, it was free and easy and some of the older people went home, but quite a few people stayed over in church. we counted down and played with sparklers. opposite the road there was a KTV and we were like shouting happy new year to each other,,,pretty amusing. we went to chompchomp but it was too crowded so we bought back food, the stingray was good =D so throughout the night we played table tennis, talked, and played zhongjimima. i can't stay up too late, i've no stamina, so i conked out like 3+. the zhongjimima penalty was to drink a cup of water (the stakes were slowly raised to 2,3 cups i think), and by daybreak..2 tubs of water had been DRUNK UP!!!!

yeah...so..happy new year to you all! oh yes, the nanyang gathering was prettttty okay, i left early cuz i had dinneR, but i think it was a cool way to catch up. though i was playing soccer for most of the time hahah. and before i left, jonsng and amy said 'see you on monday' and i was like stunnnneddddddd. thats TWO DAYS AWAYYYYYYY NooooooooooooOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo


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