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Real Xmas with Snow

2011-12-14T21:02:00.002+08:00

Will be flying off to Canada till 30th!

Winter Is Coming.

Byebye Johnny

2011-12-14T20:56:00.003+08:00

91 England caps, 6 Lions caps, 1,246 points, 4 World Cups, 2 Lions tours.

The stats, however, only tell a fraction of the story.

Had Jonny Wilkinson not suffered such a succession of serious injuries after 2003 he would have undoubtedly set benchmarks in international rugby that would surely never have been matched.

And yet doubts persist (not least in his own mind) about whether he was/is a truly great player, doubts which should simply be dismissed.

From 1999 to 2003 no other fly half came close to Wilkinson on the rugby pitch. Forget talk of being manufactured or of being only a kicker and a tackler. Put simply, Jonny was a phenomenal rugby player.

And as for that drop goal...

Furthermore, his international retirement is a typically selfless act. How easy would it have been to hang on in there and win another 3 caps off the bench to take him to the magic 100? That Wilkinson instead chose to relieve the new management team of the pressure of having to decide whether to leave out England's favourite son is a mark of the man.

Enjoy the sun on your back in Toulon, Jonny...

Sad that so many players are retiring after this RWC.
Johnny, Shane Williams, Steve Thompson, Victor Matfield just to name a few.

Strange water Physics

2011-12-06T16:13:00.001+08:00

When a droplet impacts a pool at low speed, a layer of air trapped beneath the droplet can often prevent it from immediately coalescing into the pool. As that air layer drains away, surface tension pulls some of the droplet’s mass into the pool while a smaller droplet is ejected. When it bounces off the surface of the water, the process is repeated and the droplet grows smaller and smaller until surface tension is able to completely absorb it into the pool.

Cascade Coalescence

A Tribute to the Artful Dodger

2011-12-06T14:38:00.009+08:00

And so, a fond farewell to Ickle Shane Williams.

The IRB 2008 Player Of The Year has been around the international scene since 2000 and now retires with 87 caps for Wales and 4 for the British and Irish Lions with 60 test tries.

Well know for his steps, acceleration and his ability to find open space through opposition defense, he is an inspiration for smaller players(me included) in the big man's game. He was one of the few wingers I followed closed when I started rugby in 2003.

I still remember the 2003 Rugby World Cup match against the All Blacks where he almost single handled won the match and made everyone notice. I was like holy shit who is this hobbit of a winger carving up the All Blacks? You can watch some of them in the clip below. I also personally enjoyed his 2005 season when he was dancing around fatties on the field, getting one in for the small dudes.

The story goes that a good big man will always beat a good little man. People of his diminutive stature are now more likely to be overlooked in favour of bigger, stronger players, but 80kg Williams has proved that size doesn’t matter as the little maestro has outfoxed far bigger opponents and produced skills of such a sublime nature that few can replicate them.

Although not quite the fairy tale ending, Shane was an emotional wreck before kick-off and after the he crossed for the final try against Australia on Saturday. But what a way to end his international career: A try with his last touch of the ball in his last test. Watch the anthems/match on youtube here --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1FEXmHkH-k

It's a shame that his like may never be seen again on the world stage. I doubt we'll see his like again now that behemoth wingers have become the norm.

Goodbye Shane, you will be missed. Please let your hair grow and spike them again like you did back in 04/05. You look so much better (see 1st photo artful dodger above).

Hello George North.

W T F

2011-11-29T22:56:00.000+08:00

Warning: This video may cause your eyes and ears to start bleeding. You have been warned.

Flying Nemo

2011-11-23T16:06:00.001+08:00

Arise My Young Apprentice

2011-11-22T02:21:00.001+08:00

Little girl chooses the dark side.

iFold

2011-11-09T06:49:00.001+08:00

I should just quit poker.

Interesting Stats

2011-10-10T03:06:00.004+08:00

Ireland choked.
France showed up against England.
Australia scrapped over the Boks. (75-25% territory, 60-40% possession)
Argentina did a great job of screwing up the ABs game flow.

So the same four teams featured in the semifinals at the inaugural World Cup in 1987, the last time the tournament was staged in New Zealand. The All Blacks beat Wales in the 1987 semifinals and then had too much firepower in the final for France, which was coming off a comeback semifinal win over the Australians

I don't really care who will come out top for the France/Wales semi but I sure am rooting for the Wallabies. Yep. WALLABIES. I know their restarts, lineouts was crap against the Boks, but hey, was its against the current world champions. Breakdowns and scrums were pretty average in my opinion and Quade Cooper played like he was on the other team. I felt it wasn't really his fault because he only shines when his forwards get him frontfoot ball, and he tries to step up shit ball, this happens. Berrick Barnes came in and helped him out quite a bit.

And yes, yes, I know they haven't won at Eden Park since 1986, and haven't beaten the All Blacks anywhere in New Zealand since 2001 (frigging shit), but 6 things are in their favor:

1) Reds (filled with Wallabies) won the Super 15 in July this year beating Blues and Crusaders (NZ teams filled with ABs) in the semis and finals respectively. So wallabies they know how to beat kiwis.

2) They beat the All Blacks in the Tri-Nations decider in Brisbane this August to claim the southern hemisphere's biggest prize for the first time in a decade.

3) ABs have lost DC. And CS. Down to their 3rd choice flyhalf in Aaron Cruden with Stephen Donald as backup HAHAHA.

4) All Blacks haven't won the World Cup since 1987.

5) Since the inaugural World Cup in 1987 the defending champions(Boks) have, apparently, always been beaten by the team(Wallabies) that goes on to lift the Webb Ellis Cup.

6) In World Cup semifinals head-to-heads results, it's: Australia 2, New Zealand 0.

GO WALLABIES!

P.S

Point number 7, Quade Cooper will piss the fuck out of McCaw and the whole All Blacks team will not be able to play because they all want a piece of him.

Quarters Question

2011-10-05T21:39:00.001+08:00

So, now it begins. The “real” Rugby World Cup. Forget how well or how badly our respective teams have played to date. The fact is that for those teams who have arrived at the quarter finals, anything is now possible.

A few questions ahead of the weekend:

- Does this Welsh team have the bottle to dog it out in a tight game against the Irish?

- It may be a well-worn cliche, but which French team will turn up to play England?

- Can the Aussie forwards win enough ball for their backs to have a go at South Africa?

- How will the All Blacks cope with a fired up Argentina and a nation in mourning?

Mostly Australia

2011-10-03T11:11:00.016+08:00

This post is mostly about Australia so if you wanna read what I wrote on the other countries, skip these few paragraphs and scroll down below.

AUSTRALIA
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Australia played some quality rugby in the first 40 minutes against Russia then barely won the second half, if not for a Berrick Barnes charge down try. The tournament ending grade one strain to his left hammmie for Drewster was personally heartbreaking for me. I have been following him since his debut in 2005, when there was a mass exodus/retirement of Australian players and remembering who is this baby faced 21 year old, and will he able to fill the boots of the great Australian wingers like Joe Roff, Wendell Sailor, Lote Tuquiri, Matt Rogers and Stirling Mortlock. Fast forward 6 years and this dude is from having the form of his life for Australia and with the Tahs in Super Rugby. I was in Australia when he got the horrific ankle dislocation against the Reds which ruled him out of the remainder of the season and all but ending his World Cup hopes. I was remember being damn bummed going to a Tahs game and watching Lachie Turner instead of him and I was like man he is on a totally different level(only Beale was the only one worth watching in the backline then as Barnes was out with head injury). However, being the dedicated player he is, Drewster made a quicker than expected recovery through and forced his way back into the Australian reckoning for the World Cup and was named in Robbie Deans' 30-man squad for the World Cup. And he's out. Again.

This dude is a champion in my book and it was a tough call between him and Habana in my all time World 15 and honestly, I've haven't decided who was the better winger in their prime(I can't choose both of them cause the other winger has to be Lomu you see). I hope he recovers in time for Super Rugby next season and he continues to play for Australia in the next RWC, smashing many more records in the process. He joined the great David Campese as 2nd-highest ever World Cup tryscorer for Australia in the Russia game, that means 10 tries in 8 RWC games (Campese needed 15 matches to get his 10 tries). Only Australian legend Chris Latham has more.

Happier times:
1) When he was side stepping and burning everyone like nobody could touch him and scoring tries like it was free

2) Showing the world his butt tat

THE REST OF THE WORLD
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So the quarter finalists of RWC are decided and the semis will look something like this:
WAL / IRE vs ENG / FRA
AUS / SA vs ARG / NZ.

South Africa have looked good, in fact, pre-tournament I suggested a SA/AUS or NZ/AUS final. This is no longer possible. That loss to Ireland really screwed the groupings. Ireland has continued to improve. I, unlike many others, was not super impressed with their performance against Australia(just that Australia played like crap), but they were great in a difficult match against a committed Italy.Ronan O’Gara looked a different attacking player in this match – Alan Gaffney take a bow!

Wales look like a complete team, with that 66-0 match against Fiji. Keeping a Pacific Island team to zero points is something, but I think that this Fiji team was not much a challenge and I think that Ireland will prevail. Ireland can play a tight game, rotating between the two flyhalves Sexton and O'Gara, or a wide out game like we saw in the 2nd half against the Azzuri.

England’s hard-fought win over Scotland should not be under-estimated either. They look a very mature side, with real strike power and an ability to play whatever game is required. France were horrible against Tonga, but perhaps that just signals an outstanding performance around the corner. Argentina remain in the top tier, but they are not the side of four years ago in France.

The favourites must still remain New Zealand. They have been dealt a horrible blow with the injury(full tear to abductor tendon) to Daniel Carter and we all are saddened by his absence. In all honestly I thought the news was bullshit that they wanted to rest key players for the Canada game but after they made the official statement that he's out of the RWC the next day I couldn't believe it. I mean of all people. And the timing! Please take care of McCaw foot. Its one thing to lose Carter, but its another thing to lose both Cater and McCaw altogther and I feel McCaw is the bigger loss because of the leadership role he is in but that is for another story altogether. Carter is one of the truly great players and an ornament to the game. Aaron Cruden is named as the backup to cover the number 10 slot but I feel Colin Slade is a better understudy to DC and will continue to stay in the playmaker role. They nevertheless remain a complete team and can play a high-paced, high-power, high-impact game with real attention to detail.

The biggest game of the quarter final no doubt will be the number 2 and 3 sides in the world, SA and AUS. The question is whether Aussies can beat the Saffas 4 times in a row and have a shot at the Semis, who will most probably be the Kiwis. I feel that this game largely depends on who PDV picks. If he decides to go with guys like Bismarck du Plessis, Danie Rossouw, Francois Hougaard I'll be shit scared, but if he guys like picks John Smit, Bakkies Botha, Pierre Spies, I'll be more comfortable. And how great that Frans Steyn is out. And if the Aussies manage to win the Saffas, who knows, they might have the confidence to beat the Kiwis.

I’m excited!

REPLIES TO TAGS
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Shorm:
The minnows have all moved forward considerably, so some things are working. Maybe the IRB’s initiatives are having an effect, the next RWC will surely throw up some new threats and upsets! Japan Coach former all black John Kirwan himself said that Japan needs matches with bigger nations like 6nations and trinations to improve. Asian 5 nations is great but it's not helping much for Japan having yet to drop a game. I feel Japan has no problems with stamina, they lack intensity. Their players are probably as fit, or fitter than most countries but if you watch their matches closely you really see a drop in the level of intensity during the match once they or the other team takes control of the game.

And SBW is overrated. Period. Please look at Conrad Smith, he is the most underrated All Black player in my opinion because he works so fucking hard off the ball. He tackles are super low and his defence is effective plus he is one of the best support runners I've seen in rugby.

Nick:
I agree with the Alesana part. That is why Manu plays for England. Stronger Nation = Easier Group = More chances at attack = More chances at Rugby Glory. Franz Steyn is out due to shoulder injury and I am so happy for that because he has a damn sick boot with a penalty range of 60 meters and Australia won't have to deal with being stressed giving away penalties on the halfway line. Spies in my opinion has always been under performing for SA. It was between him, Henrich Russow and Burger in my Fantasy Team and I choose Burger because of experience and safety of performance, something Spies has yet to achieve. He can really be damn awesome one minute and like shit in another. Burger, on the other hand has really matured and knows his role in the team now plus he has stopped giving away stupid penalties and yellow cards, something that used to piss me off in the past whenever SA plays NZ or AUS in 3N. On to the topic of John Smit, I think PDV is playing him for his leadership/captain skills instead of his playing skills. I feel that ranked in order of front row ability, Bismarck is world's best player at the moment(along side Australian Hooker Moore), followed by Steenkamp. John Smit, CJ Van Der Linde and The Beast are all joint for 3rd place in SA my book in terms of skill/playing level. But his leadership qualities make him the better option. Now that Matfield's back and Smit had that 2 minute game against the Samoans because of that stupid yellowcard knock on, I think he won't be in the starting lineup much anymore. Plus being able to play both Prop and Hooker and not being a 'specialized' player doesn't do him any favors (CJ Van Der Linde and The Beast are more likely to start due to specialized positions and he will be the utility front row sub).

TP:
Tindall has been captaining England in 2011. Moody was captain before him and has a shitload of injuries this year so Tindall got the armband. Didn't really approve of Martin Johnson's decision when they played in the 6 nations. Got enlightened only until I watched England's Pool matches. Maybe because he married royalty that why so zai at RWC. Any idea he is the number what succession to the throne? He might be King one day haha.

Update on RWC (Pool Rounds)

2011-09-29T20:23:00.006+08:00

I know the pool rounds aren't over yet, with most of them with 1 more match to go but I'll still do a summary of positions and highlights that caught my eye.

Front Row
The Good:

Casgiovanni(ITA) is still a beast. Other worthy mentions include Macdonald(USA), Figallo(ARG) and Cole(ENG).
The Bad:

TPN(AUS) lineouts are shit, and where are his badass runs and kamakazi tackles from super rugby? I have no idea why Robbie Deans has so much faith in him and does not give Moore(AUS) more game time. Andrew Sheridan(ENG) too. How someone 19 stone plus, 6 foot 4, man-mountain, able to bench press 225kg and squat lift 275 kg - be quite so fragile?

2nd Row
The Good:

Tough decision imo. Contenders were Sharpie(AUS), O'Connell(IRE), Koll(NAM), and AW Jones(WAL). But I have to give it to Rossouw(SA) who is a monster of a man.
The Bad:

Courtney Lawes(ENG) suspension against Argentina. What was he thinking kneeing the dude in the head. I personally think he is damn awesome for England and he is supposed to be a better player to be doing stuff like that.

Back Row
The Good:

Played 3 games and got MOTM for 2? Gorgodze(GEO) wins this hands down. Honestly, I have never heard of him before this RWC as I don't follow much Northern Hemisphere rugby but he reminds me of Parisse(ITA) when he was constantly the standout player for Italy when they were the shits a few years back. Notable mentions include Parisse(ITA), Leitch(JAP) and Stowers (SAM).
The Bad:

Not really his fault getting injuried but I had huge expectations of David Pocock(AUS) and the NZ loosies and they failed to impress(well except maybe Kaino(NZ)).

Scrumhalves
The Good:

Hard choice between Yachvili(FRA) and Fotuali'i(SAM). I'll go with the Samoan because with all things equal, the French have a better team. Fotuali'i played really well in the tournament so far and he reminds me of a young Agustin Pichot(ARG).
The Bad:

Sadly, high expectations of Will Genia(AUS) but he didn't deliver.

Flyhalves
The Good:

Kotze(NAM) with his mad ass kicking. Popping drop goals and penalties during the Fiji game. Sick. M Steyn(SA) and Berrick Barnes(AUS) were looking good too.
The Bad:

Quade Cooper(AUS). Not much magic seen from him so far after 3 matches.

Centers
The Good:

AAC(AUS), Manu Tuilagi(ENG), M Nonu(NZ), G Pisi(SAM) were all really outstanding but I had to give it to Tindall(ENG). Weird choice I know, with his off field scandals with women and midgets and all but watching him in the England games, I realized why the Legendary Martin Johnson, known for being a hardass of a coach, choose him to be England captain. Tindall has been playing his best rugby in a long time. Funny how England Centers get so good when they mature with age(Will Greenwood, Mike Catt). Kinda like wine.
The Bad:

Couple of injuries and some players under performed but no center played that bad to be worth mentioning imo.

Outside Backs
The Good:

Bear with me this will be long as I'm more anal with this position having played here most of the time. Firstly when NZ put utility back Richard Kahui(NZ) on the wing, I thought they wanted to field a more physical team against the Tongans(he mostly plays center). It turned out to be a standout decision and NZ have stuck with having him as their first choice winger for the pool stages. Having made the winger position his own and playing out of position deserves to be the outside back of the pool stages. I also felt fellow kiwis Dagg(NZ) and Toeava(NZ) were super underrated. They were mad skillful in their matches. Mills' days as in the squad are numbered and I fear he won't be able to get his 100th cap with those guys around. Other standout players were Chris Ashton(ENG) who topped the try tally so far with 5 tries, and the Jonah Lomu of present, Alesana Tuilagi(SAM). I thought Martin Rodriguez(ARG) was another awesome player. Having Argentina to join the Tri-Nations next year will only improve and introduce players like him to the world stage.
The Bad:

Bryan Habana(SA). Record try scorer last RWC totally has no form. Will see how he fares against Samoa tomorrow, a team which he scored 4 tries the previous world cup.

Others/Coaches

50/50 Split between:

French Coach Marc Lievremont sticking to Parra(FRA) as 10 when he has two flyhalves in the squad

and

Robbie Deans not getting getting a backup 7, putting Samo(AUS) on the wing, having 3 halfbacks and 3 hookers in a single game.

We will see how both of them fare after their respective matches.

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Geocities plus ACL

2011-08-26T20:19:00.002+08:00

I just found out Yahoo Geocities has shut down.
I had a stuff in there man.
I have lost a part of my past.

Anyway, I don't know if I should stop playing contact rugby competitively and just make the switch to touch/coaching/watching.

I'm trying to get the CJC field for the old boys and make it a weekly thing so we don't get old and fat and die of some heart disease or something in the near future.

Condolences to Loo for tearing his ACL after less than 5 minutes of touch.

Current ACL tear count:
Nick
Adam
Sohail
Fadzil
Hazwan
Albert
Don
Fahmy
Loo
Kader

I'm sure there are more than 10 people I know with reconstructed ACLs but these were names off my head.

Take care of your knees and they will take care of you people, you'll need them in the future.

Finally...

2011-07-30T19:08:00.004+08:00

an update.

Much has happened over the past few weeks.
.
.
.
Reds won Super Rugby.

Tri-Nations have started.

and TP1 has ended!

Now all that's left is my last FOC as a senior, Rugby World Cup, my last semester in University and Canada in December (I know its gonna be mad cold).

Oh, and maybe house renovation where I can pimp my room.
:D

Can't wait for next season's super rugby though. So much movement of top players and Rebels backline is how imbal.

and Felicia has 1 more day before she flies off to Australia again! Byebye!

Road Trip to Melbourne

2011-04-24T17:47:00.012+08:00

So now everything pales in comparison to New Zealand. Food, Scenery, Stuff to do, everything. Road trip to Melbourne was great but NZ wins scenery hands down anytime. The 12 hour road trip there was crazy shit when we started at 3am and I drove through fog in the dark at like 100km/h.

Breaking dawn and the fog

After we reached Melbourne at like 2pm the next day. I discovered that the roads here are weird shit with trams and hook turns and funny lanes all over the place. Quite exciting driving in an alien environment though. We kinda walked about in the city and had dinner nearby our apartment and slacked.

The next morning we went to this place called Queen Victoria Market which is mad shit because it sells everything there from food like meat/vegetables/cheese/fruits to stuff like shoes and toys. The food they sell is damn mad.

$10 for 10 Oysters

Crazy Ass Hotdog

After lunch we went to DFO for shopping and had a $400 dinner for about 8 people but they have 50% off on tuesdays.

Stressed at the menu

Steak

Wednesday we went to this Greek/Kebarb place for lunch and got to know the lady boss who is damn fierce with her staff but really nice to us. She also has really giant boobs.

Went to Melbourne's Beaches. Totally turn off after you've been to NZ beaches so no pictures worth uploading here. Had Pizza at this aweseom italian pizza place for dinner.

Went to Crown Casino. Tempted to try my luck with cards but the little voice in my head willed me to just watch. Me and Felicia went to the bar and had a drink and she turns red damn fast it is retarded. Order simi wet pussy all. The chicken laska there was damn power.

Thursday was the great drive to the great ocean road. I really enjoyed this part of the trip. The driving, the beaches and their insane waves, the awesome burger place we had lunch at, the damn green fields where kids roll about. And the 12 Apostles. Regretted not spending more time there. Most probably would want to be go back there again.

Great Ocean Road

Me soaking it up

Crazy, really, huge waves, pictures don't do it justice.

12 Apostles, or 4 of them at least. The view is mad shit and it was mad cold when we were there. Again, pictures don't do it justice.

Me and Perry Eating 2 of them

We drove back in the dark and we stopped halfway at some smelly farm to see some a nice looking night sky because it was totally pitch black except of carlights which we turned off and almost every car that drove past stopped and asked if we were alright. Really nice people.

Friday was the trip back and it was less exciting and our asses was freaking aching and both our cars got pulled over by the police for speeding. Well, at about 4pm the other car got caught 1st, then when I passed the police car that caught them I just sped up again. Freaking sneaky policemen backstabbed me 3 hours later when it was dark. Having a police car with their flashing lights high beam siren all chasing you was quite an experience. Fine was $361 for going 138 on a 110 highway. Lucky for me he wasn't there when I was going 160+.

That summs up my Melbourne road trip. Sad that I didn't have enough time to stay there longer to meet up friends like Loo, Alex, Huimin and Jon who are studying there though. Will post the NZ trip when I get the photos!

Tactical Velcro Opening Secret-Special Forces

2011-03-29T00:33:00.001+08:00

AHHHH LOL

And Then, There Was One

2011-03-29T00:05:00.004+08:00

We found Short Tail body last tuesday by the grass patch on the side of the road just outside our house. Moustache's body was found on saturday morning in rag covered with blood almost on the same spot. There was a patch on blood on the road and we suspect that they were hit by cars as they explored further although there was no blood found on Short Tail. There was a huge debate whether there's a cat killer on the loose because of the mass of foreign workers in our area or it was just a tragic concidence of hit and run on the exact same spot. Moustache is rather shy so I don't think that other people will be able to catch him, or even get close to hm. Now only Long Tail is left.

We have installed night vision cameras outside our houses just to make sure, and since traffic will be heavily increased due to the construction work, we should just be safe. Our gates aren't really that great at keeping people out (I myself have climbed over loads of times when I don't have the key).

We are also trying to domesticate Long Tail, but cats being cats like to run off and do their thing at night so we can't really do much. We bought a sand pit and scratch post and collar for Long Tail and keep her in Xinhui's room everynight.

Rest In Peace Short Tail and Moustache.

You will be missed.

My Attendance Is Bad But My Intentions Are Good

2011-03-27T13:27:00.000+08:00

A great deal has finished in the last few weeks. NTU won NUS in the IVP, something that was a bugging pain in the ass has finally been dealt with.

(Bronze in 2009, Silver in 2010, Gold in 2010)

After losing to them in 3 finals, and after not winning anything in 7 years, NTU rugby has finally broken our trophy drought. Our forwards matched up to theirs and gave a great platform for our backs to attack. One of the most nail biting matches I have watched, with NUS throwing everything at us when they knew something was different about our team that day and it wasn't going to be a walk in the park for them. It was the best swan song for the graduating students, with most of them breaking down and going nuts after the ref blew the final whistle. Thanks Sid, Nicky, Kay, Albert and Dave. We have finally caught up with what eluded us the most, and you gave us something to defend next year.

SIM lost to SMU, a waste really. SIM have easily the strongest forward pack this Quad-Unis and if they kept it with their forwards or have a decent backline, it would be so much different. I personally felt that subbing Sugi out in the final 10 minutes was the single most stupidest decision ever made. Credits to SMU, who lives up to their schoolboy legends backs flair style of rugby.

Hall 11 got 3rd in the overall standings,

which is how sick. I remember coming in as a freshie with Sid and Nick wanting to pull me into hall 2 which is a sports hall but there was a cock up so I ended up in 11 and I was like this isn't so bad althought we were like 10th position or something. Now, we're 5th in IHG and 5th in IHRG. How sick. No thanks to the titans though, we screwed up and lost to a team we shouldn't have lost in the quarters, but whats done is done and we learn from our mistakes and we will get the gold next year.

Sadly in this sem, I've realised that many of the feelings I once had towards hall, and the people in hall, have faded. People graduate, move on, and new freshmen come in. I guess i've moved on too, and now instead of spamming hall activities, I've been spending time with family, house hunting, school work and skype. Truth be told, I do feel a tinge of sadness. I feel sad remembering that it was such a good time, and that it's something that I'll never be able to experience again. I feel sad missing the company that with all the (fail) birthday surprises, mahjong/poker sessions, committee meetings that I try mt best to pon, going for IVP/IHG trainings and having Kay as my roomie to irritate the shit outta each other (ok not so much HAHA). I feel sad, that I don't attend events that I used to think was so much fun like night cycling, dragonboating, MAF, annual camp, DND, supporting IHG players anymore because I feel, there are just better things to do.

Well, my hall life is now basically me and my single room, my awesome fridge, going back to pack stuff on weekends, school work, skype, the ocassional poker session and counting down the days till I take over your hand from Rocky's flipper.

Jialat, Sibei Jialat

2011-03-17T05:11:00.004+08:00

Stuff due this sem:

~~ACM ICT Assignment~~
~~ACM Presentation~~
~~ACM MPCK & MCP Test 1~~
~~ACM MPCK & MCP Test 2~~
~~ACM Lesson Plan~~

~~Theory of Coaching Presentation~~
~~Theory of Coaching YPI~~
~~Theory of Coaching Assignment~~
~~Theory of Coaching Test~~

~~Track and Field Presentation~~
~~Track and Field Assignment/Presentation~~
~~Track and Field Skills Assessment~~

~~Instructional Methods Lesson Plan~~
~~Instructional Methods Run Sheet~~
~~Instructional Methods Wet Weather Lesson Plan~~
~~Instructional Methods Journal~~

No exams,
but damn shag.

3...more...

YAHOO~

$200

2011-03-10T05:32:00.007+08:00

Test Date: 9 Mar 2011 / 6 Mar 2010 / 10 Jan 2009
CAT X
SIT UP (rep): 40 - 5points / 41 - 5points / 42 - 5points
SBJ (cm): 243 - 5points / 239 - 4points / 243 - 5points
CHIN-UP (rep): 12 - 5points /12 - 5points / 12 -5points
SHUTTLE RUN (sec): 9.9 - 5points / 9.9 - 5points / 9.4 - 5points
2.4KM RUN(min:sec): 11.19 - 3points / 11.31 - 3points / 11.22 - 3points
Total Pts. Overall: 23 / 22 / 23
Band: Silver / Silver / Silver

Strangely consistent no?
Well, this marks my last IPPT as Cat X.
Cat Y here I come!

Learn From The Master

2011-03-08T11:43:00.000+08:00

How awesome is she?

All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone

2011-03-03T03:06:00.003+08:00

Late night chats with Melmel and Tngtng and all the mehmehs cracked me up good.

I only had less than 2 hours of sleep before I woke up to school to teach, and teaching the sec 1s was awesome. TB is being his anal self so when he gave me B grade, I wasn't really that affected as I thought I would have been because I know the kids enjoyed the lesson as much as I did and he was only for the first 2minutes. I would have wanted them to continue playing the first 2 games I created for them because they were just having so much fun but I had to stop and try out the remainding 2. Really hard to stop them when they were just going at it good.

I also saw Yang Meh Meh in school. Almost went up to say hi but D7 was holding me back haha.

NTU against SMU tmr.

Its only gonna get better.

37 more days.
Hang in there.

Did I Marry the Right Person?

2011-03-01T19:55:00.003+08:00

Chanced upon this a few years and ago and chanced upon this again. I guess at 24, turning 25 soon, marriage doesn't seem that daunting and far away anymore. Personally I think marrying after 30 is quite retarded (esp if you want kids), so after graduating at 26 and after working for 1/2 years is probably a good window in my opinion. Still, damn stress. Haha.

DID I MARRY THE RIGHT PERSON?

During one of our seminars, a woman asked a common question. She said, ‘How do I know if I married the right person?’ I noticed that there was a large man sitting next to her so I said, ‘It depends. Is that your husband?’ In all seriousness, she answered ‘How do you know?’

Let me answer this question because the chances are good that it’s weighing on your mind. Here’s the answer. EVERY relationship has a cycle. In the beginning, you fell in love with your spouse/partner. You anticipated their call, wanted their touch, and liked their idiosyncrasies (unconventional behavior/habit).

Falling in love with your spouse wasn’t hard. In fact, it was a completely natural and spontaneous experience. You didn’t have to DO anything. That’s why it’s called ‘falling’ in love… Because…it’s happening TO YOU.

People in love sometimes say, ‘I was swept off my feet.’ Think about the imagery of that __expression. It implies that you were just standing there; doing nothing, and then something came along and happened TO YOU.

Falling in love is easy. It’s a passive and spontaneous experience. But after a few years of marriage, the euphoria (excitement) of love fades. It’s the natural cycle of EVERY relationship. Slowly but surely, phone calls become a bother (if they come at all), touch is not always welcome (when it happens), and your spouse’s idiosyncrasies, instead of being cute, drive you nuts.

The symptoms of this stage vary with every relationship, but if you think about your marriage, you will notice a dramatic difference between the initial stage when you were in love and a much duller or even angry subsequent stage. At this point, you and/or your spouse might start asking, ‘Did I marry the right person?’ And as you and your spouse reflect on the euphoria of the love you once had, you may begin to desire that experience with someone else. This is when marriages breakdown.

People blame their spouse for their unhappiness and look outside their marriage for fulfillment. Extramarital fulfillment comes in all shapes and sizes. Infidelity is the most obvious. But sometimes people turn to work,a hobby, a friendship, excessive TV, or abusive substances. But the answer to this dilemma does NOT lie outside your marriage. It lies within it. I’m not saying that you couldn’t fall in love with someone else. You could. And TEMPORARILY you’d feel better. But you’d be in the same situation a few years later.

Because (listen carefully to this): THE KEY TO SUCCEEDING IN MARRIAGE IS NOT FINDING THE RIGHT PERSON; IT’S LEARNING TO LOVE THE PERSON YOU FOUND. SUSTAINING love is not a passive or spontaneous experience. It’ll NEVER just happen to you. You can’t ‘find’ LASTING love. You have to ‘make’ it day in and day out. That’s why we have the __expression ‘the labor of love.’

Because it takes time, effort, and energy. And most importantly, it takes WISDOM. You have to know WHAT TO DO to make your marriage work. Make no mistake about it. Love is NOT a mystery. There are specific things you can do (with or without your spouse) to succeed with your marriage.

Just as there are physical laws of the universe (such as gravity), there are also laws for relationships. Just as the right diet and exercise program makes you physically stronger, certain habits in your relationship WILL make your marriage stronger. It’s a direct cause and effect. If you know and apply the laws, the results are predictable… you can ‘make’love. Love in marriage is indeed a ‘decision’… Not just a feeling..

Remember always this: "God determines who walks into your life. It is up to you to decide who you let to walk away, who you let to stay, and who you refuse to let go."

In the Blood

2011-02-26T22:29:00.001+08:00

Rugby Rugby Rugby.

Cj old boys match.
Hall 11 IHG
IVP Quad Unis

You're Always Saving Me

2011-02-25T09:53:00.006+08:00

I'm way over my teenage emo phase and my emotions, behaviors and moods have been kept relatively well in check over the past few years.

Perhaps, a little too in check for my own good, hence the nonchalance and the indifference towards well, everything.

Grades, rugby, health, relationships, life.

Becoming detached made everything more laid-back and easier to deal with.

So I didn't think much of it when we were gonna meet up after about 8 years. You would have changed, I sure hell have changed, and we both were two totally different people when we were in secondary school/JC.

Who knew?
Now we can't stop this thing we've started.

So 5 weeks from now, after my 8 hour flight, this is the first thing I'm gonna do when I meet you at the airport. Lift you up and let everyone stop and stare.

Hello Jabronis

2011-02-16T00:22:00.001+08:00

The people's champion is back.

Still Got The Blues, For You

2011-02-07T22:33:00.000+08:00

Gary Moore, former star of the Irish rock band Thin Lizzy, has died in Spain. The Belfast-born guitarist was 58.

I am sad.

2011-02-06T04:52:00.000+08:00

♥♥♥

Felis catus

2011-01-31T16:19:00.003+08:00

A mummy kitten made the back of my house her home for her litter.

They're getting braver, coming out to play with the laundry and explore.
I guess giving them milk and food helps.
(The black and white kitten got moustache like bobby)

And today my aunt found a baby snake and killed it.
She told me she found a larger snake skin moult behind her the house as well.

Beware kittens!

Results Year 3 Sem 1

2011-01-20T19:21:00.002+08:00

Teaching and Learning Mathematics I: B+
Educational Psychology II: Teaching and Managing Diverse Learners in the Classroom: B
Multicultural Studies: Appreciating and Valuing Differences: C+
Biomechanics in Sport: B+
Applied Psychology of Physical Education and Sport: B
Swimming: B

Expected grades.
AMX sucks I hate sociology. Too much reading and writing.
C+ is worth it for doing an essay the night before submission I guess.
Thanks Beavan!
GPA moved up by 0.01.
Retarded.

Brightly Wound

2011-01-11T02:33:00.002+08:00

I shall never grow up
Make believe is much too fun
Can we go far away to the humming meadow?

Mr Crowley

2011-01-05T01:17:00.001+08:00

Its the new year and I won't make resolutions because I give them up halfway throughout the year.

Its time to grow up.

Venus has the hottest surface temperature in our SS due to its rich CO2 atmosphere

2010-12-14T15:56:00.001+08:00

You know you are screwed for the Astrology Test the next day when you forgot Planet Neptune and you think that the Moon is bigger than Earth.

GG.

Holidays start NOW

2010-12-06T13:28:00.001+08:00

I can't wait for exams to be over and play Assassin's Creed Brotherhood.

I'm not even stressed.

2 papers? Bah.

Altaïr ibn-La'Ahad

2010-11-23T23:58:00.001+08:00

I bet they are decendents of Altair.

Poms vs Ozzies

2010-11-14T03:39:00.002+08:00

I am shocked. Flabbergasted. In all honestly I expected Australia to come up tops against England because well, it's Australia! The no. 2 side in the world. And I get my predicitions right most of the time.

Sure, their scrumaging is crap and England's forward pack is imbal at times but it's all they have(except for a certain Mr Foden at the back). I feel Australia has the best back line in the world at the moment, with 3 world class flyhalves. JOC played fly before too. Besides having Beale who is a gem of a player and fast becoming a world class fullback, Australia also has an openside who is threatening Richie McCaw for the top spot. David Pocock is a great number seven and a key component of how Australia play the game. With unbelievable biceps, he is like a velociraptor all over the park looking for loose scraps. Watching the Wales-Australia game last week, the words that left the ref's mouth more than any other were "stolen by seven gold".

I was reading this funny article on how England can win Australia and it was to kick the ball out at full during kick-offs and restarts. Then the it'll be scrum Australia and the England pack will just pwn them and milk the penalties and maybe produce a few cards. Their version of the haka. Haha.
Read here if interested http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/international/england/8129646/England-v-Australia-Element-of-surprise-could-leave-Wallabies-on-the-back-foot-at-Twickenham.html

Anyway, from kick-off, England starting running with the ball, and Australia seemed to have a hard time coping with that. One of the best matches I've seen England play since 2003. Their wings were unstoppable, and EVERYONE contributed. Australia's defence was disgraceful, seemingly allowing the England to run whenever they felt like it. Wave after wave of enterprising and fast moving attack was sent by the English (Cannot BELIEVE I am having to write that) with either the defence parting like the red sea or a silly penalty being given away for Flood to kick another 3(he had an awesome night with the boot, kicking 9 out of 9).

Well Australia, just a couple of things to note:
1) Don't work too hard on the scrum machine, rugby involves passing kicking catching tackling etc.
2) You need a decent kicker to win matches.
3) Get Quade to man the fuck up or get a flyhalf who can tackle, England was obvious targeting him the whole night.

Cake Smashing and Water Splashing

2010-11-13T19:29:00.003+08:00

I just realised that I lost all my new links. Bah.

I can't wait for next week to be over.

I got owned at Giap's birthday. Because of Justin. And slippery arms due to oily cakes.

The Only Thing I Know

2010-11-12T03:12:00.001+08:00

I guess we all have to grow up at some point in our lives. Sad.

Procastinator

2010-11-09T03:51:00.002+08:00

Just wasted the whole day away when i have sport psy report, biomech lab report, AMX assignments, aed presentation and a test coming up.

FML and the internet.

What a Noob

2010-11-06T07:09:00.000+08:00

lol. I screwed up my template and I don't know how to get it back.

How Awesome

2010-11-06T00:11:00.001+08:00

Huge Ass Worm

2010-10-29T20:28:00.001+08:00

Operation Scwal

2010-10-28T01:05:00.002+08:00

Dude, grow up and stop being a whiny ass bitch.
Fucking punk.
Seriously, I am not gonna drop to your level to explain anything to you.

Roo Saga

2010-10-23T00:14:00.001+08:00

And then he signs a 5 year deal. Wth is wrong with these people.

What happened to Roo

2010-10-22T00:30:00.001+08:00

Loyalty, or the lack of it, has a funny way of biting you back in the behind.

Back in 2004, when Manchester United fans – me included – were celebrating the arrival of wonderkid Wayne Rooney, a Liverpool-supporter friend of mine made a remark that, at the time, seemed a little cryptic and tinged with jealousy.

“He wore a T-shirt that said ‘Once a Blue, always a Blue’, and yet he still left Everton,” he said.

Now, I have no choice but to bite the bullet and agree with him regarding Rooney’s back-stabbing ways.

I’ve been a long-time admirer of the England striker and his passion for the game has been a constant inspiration to fans the world over. By no means an angel off the field, his hard-running, badge-kissing celebrations and play-till-you-drop spirit made him a fan favourite throughout his past six years at Old Trafford.

But his reason for wanting to quit the club, pardon my French, stinks to high heaven.

Rooney’s declaration that “for me, it’s all about winning trophies” and his waning confidence in “the continued ability of the club to attract top players” is complete hogwash.

His bitterness is not something that developed overnight. After all, this is a player who just had the most prolific season of his career in the 2009/10 season.

If he was feeling so disgruntled about the club’s inability to attract top players, he should have just issued a “come-and-get-me plea” in the summer, saving the team and its fans the ongoing emotional turmoil right in the middle of the season.

The “ankle-gate” fiasco in which Rooney and his manager Sir Alex Ferguson both give contradicting accounts of the striker’s fitness in recent week? Mere smokescreen.

My guess as to the real reason why Rooney wants to leave — he had a bad, bad bust-up with Sir Sir Alex Ferguson.

Ask previous United players like Paul Ince, Jaap Stam, Ruud van Nistelrooy and David Beckham – cross “headmaster” Fergie once and you’re out the door.

What caused the bust-up?

Are you kidding me? His cussing, smoking, whoring, hard-drinking and philandering behind his pregnant wife — pick any one or even combination of factors.

His rejection of the astronomical 150,000 (S$300,000) pound-a-week contract tabled before him at the start of the season could, just maybe, have been the final straw.

I’m not the only one disgusted by the once-a-hero, now-a-zero Man United superstar. Make no mistake, I really like the player, but the man is another matter altogether.

A sudden 180-degree turn in loyalty, an overflowing ego (even during a period of poor form), and greed that is becoming ever more apparent – Rooney’s questionable character is now clear for all to see.

“United have always traditionally relied upon bringing through youth players as well as investing in exciting young talent,” said my friend and fellow Red Devil of 16 years, Gregory Loo.

“Rooney and Ronaldo are products of that system and suggesting that the club hasn’t invested in big names is a hollow reason that spits in the face of those honoured traditions,” said the 26-year-old.

Another Man United supporter, Benjamin Tan, 26, also feels betrayed.

“I feel betrayed. Of all the players, I thought Rooney played football for the pure love of the game, but right now, he isn’t any different from the next money-grabbing player who would jump ship for a greater fortune,” said the IT executive.

Nicholas Lee, 24, an educator and a Red Devil, said, “I just think that under Fergie’s management, no player is allowed to be bigger than the team, and he had it coming with his ego beginning to play a part in everything. I think that given his poor form, the manager didn’t see that it was right for him to play, but he probably saw it as treading his ego as he thinks he is better than the rest.”

So what now?

As much as I don’t wish to see United’s brightest star leave, the man has lost all credibility, and his situation has now become untenable. Regardless of what the truth is, Rooney must leave the club, the quicker, the better.

With a long line of clubs, from Barcelona and Real Madrid to Chelsea and Manchester City falling over themselves to sign him, there will be no shortage of suitors once the January transfer window opens.

But as another Red Devil, civil servant Lim En En, 26, so eloquently puts it, there will be no turning back.

“We’ll always warmly welcome back Beckham and even Ronaldo. But Rooney? Never. He messed up his own life and blamed the club for it. The fans won’t forget this.”

From Yahoo Sports

My Eyes

2010-10-20T01:49:00.002+08:00

Stupid Indonesia burning their shit and screwing our weather.

Backstroke is fun. Only because we kept swimming into each other and having our noses filled with water.

Rugby is the shag.

Linesman got medal?

2010-10-15T07:38:00.002+08:00

Stupid blackout woke me up.

Had friendly game with INSEAD Uni and yay I survived without getting a dead leg!

Test later so screwed.

0.999...

2010-10-09T12:55:00.005+08:00

Is 0.99999... less than 1, or equal to 1?

Most of us think it is less, but today the Mr Ang the Mathematics Teacher will prove to you 0.999... *drumsrolls* equals to 1.

Let x be 0.999...
10x = 9.999...
10x - x = 9.999... - 0.999...
9x = 9
x = 1
Therefore,
1 = 0.999...

How cool am i.

2nd method:
1/9 = 0.111...
9 * 1/9 = 0.999...
Therefore,
1 = 0.999...

How awesome is math.

Transformer Owl

2010-10-09T01:36:00.004+08:00

I have a love hate relationship with poker.
Because I find myself winning at the start and losing at the end.
I think I play differently when having more chips, and my concentration dies down as the game goes on longer.

Anyway, how awesome is this owl.
Freaking evil face.

Extractor FTW

2010-10-02T13:13:00.001+08:00

MOST. EPIC. MATCH.
EVER.

IBG medal in year 3

2010-09-29T23:32:00.002+08:00

Its quite sad that there are so many things in hall I wanna do but there just isn't enough time.

Takraw hurts like a bitch, but sports are always fun.

Pyjamas in the pool tmr! Hope I get my voice back and my nose won't be blocked anymore.

Modern Biathlon

2010-09-24T04:26:00.002+08:00

I might have rekindled my passion for swimming.

We did 250m swim and 1200m run today.
My hamstrings freaking died when I started the run.

It is not safe to park there anymore

2010-09-11T02:38:00.002+08:00

The story:

I was sleeping at 12pm last friday because I was damn shagged from the rugby matches and kept waking up in the middle of the night because of the pain in my leg. Giap woke me up and told me my car got bwanged by a van and I was wtf no you're kidding this isn't happening I don't need anymore of this shit.

So I hobbled out of my room, with my hair still standing and messy and all out to my corridor and I see Justin just in his towel like a retard looking intently at our 56 carpark. And I saw the purple van kissing the white civic which was up the kerb. GG.

When I was limping down the stairs (we stay at the 4th floor), the van started to reverse and I was like fuckfuckfuck Giap go stop him and I tried to get down asap with one good leg. I got pen and paper from Daryl and went to the carpark and saw that the van parked at the lot further down and the drive came out.

Then I saw my car.
Then it hit me.
HENG AH.

Basket.

So I called Maxton and told him the good(for me) news.

FrontCrawl FTW

2010-09-09T15:07:00.004+08:00

Swimming Module
---------------
I never drank so much water from swimming in my life. Maybe I have, but it was probably a long long time ago when Daddy used to bring our family to swim weekly. I almost died during the 1st lesson when he told us to do a 4 lap warm up at the pool. At first I was like aiya no kick la 4 laps bah then during the second lap I was like omgshitmyarmsarecrampingupiamscrewed and it was only WARM UP.

Its the 2nd lesson now and I feel I'm getting my stroke back and I'm more comfortable in the water. Hopefully afew more dips in the pool and I'll be back to my former non-existant swimming day glories form. Today, Kong Sing indirectly almost made me drown because when we were using the kiddy board to paddle I overtook him and we were wondering why the fuck he was so slow when we realised he was holding the board the wrong direction and he was like ehhhh and I was freaking laughing/drinking chlorinated water because he was damn retarded with the goggles in his face and all and coughed I like mad. Asshole.

Hall
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Hall life is about the same, but apparently the more senior you are the less fun you have when you're in hall because everyone is leaving. Plus, freshies and juniors are quite tight with their own batches. Giap has it worse though. My OG guys are quite fun, but the girls are really way too quiet imo. Hope they'll warm up during the sem. Restrung my Volki Racket with the guys at Queenway! Can't wait to play. Tee Jay is back in Jamband, which means a wider range of songs to rock from.

Dead Leg
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I hate getting injured. No matter how minor or major. Freaking sucks. Probably the worse dead leg I've gotten. Hopefully its not that serious because it really close to the knee and I'm quite worried because its a weird kind of aching pain for the past week.

BB
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I have a blackberry storm2 which pwns every other hp. Add me on bbm!

Teaching Assistantship

2010-08-25T01:44:00.004+08:00

Hello world! I am back! Time to catch up on updating my online life so that in 10 years time when I am bored and have alot of time I have something to read.

Teaching Assistantship
----------------------
It was my second time going to BHSS. Wasn't really looking forward to it considering what happened last year when I was there for only a week. I mean, a school with no punishment system, no detention, with 20% students late and 10% absent daily, thats quite hardcore.

Refer to --> http://sh4uni3.blogspot.com/2009/07/eh-cher.html

How was I to survive 5 months there?

So anyway, 6 July came and it begun the daily routine of waking up and snoozing to multiple alarms and trying to beat the morning rush to pick up Liz and Gay. (Morning traffic is insane btw) We were relatively familiar and comfortable with the school, having back the same mentor and CT. We even sneaked out to buy lunch on the first day! And I was like shit by the last week we probably be driving out to Bedok to buy food. I met afew a bunch of trainee/contract/part-time/scholars teachers there besides my NIE classmates. Christine the diarrhoea girl, JK the late comer, Denise the Chancery BMW girl, year ones Samuel and Emily, Valerie my fellow observer and Celine from cjc who knows people I know. If it wasn't for them I wouldn't have survived the 5 weeks. Serious. They made all the escaping saikang from hewhoshallnotbenamed, getting the white relief slip from the gay malay dude and being in school bearable.

Yes it was bad. The kids, the canteen food, the work we did, and stuff some we should not have been doing. For those who do not know, BHSS is a special needs school. That means they get kids with ADHD, hearing impaired, special disorders and whatever stuff that makes them different. So if you mix this bunch with a normal bunch of kids in class (yes they do not seperate special kids from class), you basically get chaos. Imagine this: you step in class and most of the students are not in their places, some running about, some kicking a ball in class, some screaming, some using their handphones talking/playing games, some kids disturbing other kids. How in the blue hell are you supposed to get them settled down. Chaos. And even after you get them settled down, there are still a couple of pain in the ass students who cannot listen to instructions. It was tough working with these kids.

That being said, not all of them are like that. There are a small few who really come to school to learn and study, which sadly are the ones getting picked. Throughout my five weeks, I have broken up fights(throw chair and table pushing, kicking, punching each other in middle of lessons those kind), witness students hurl profanities are the teachers I was observing (I was never at the receiving end of any, lucky me), but I also managed to have decent conversations with a few of them, and actually connect with them in a certain way their normal teacher couldn't. I helped those who wanted help and seeing their faces light up when they understand something which they couldn't before with me was priceless. And very satisfying.

There were a few kids that I really found an interest in and I will remember them for quite awhile.

Keith was in my math and PE class. Everyday, he would come to school late about 9-10am, pass an excuse letter to the teacher and just sit in class and give the 100 yard stare. He does not participate in PE. He does not do any work in class. He does not talk to anyone. He responds to his name by looking at you but does not reply you when you ask him questions. A teacher told me he has this problem called selective mutism. Means that, Keith only talks to people he wants to talk to. During the level meeting, I found out that Keith had a history of anger management problems and violent tendencies during sec 1 and sec 2 (he's in sec 3t now). During sec 2 his attendance dropped drastically and he just stopped doing his work. He went through counselling and they found out that his case was very serious and sent him to the professionals, who found out that Keith was suffering from a serious case of gaming addiction. Keith cannot tell the difference between the vitual world and reality. His parents have been informed but they say they are too busy to send him for professional help. Hardcore much?

Xiaoxuan, the crazy bitch that left an impact on me last year till I remember her name. Yes, I got back my 2t class back who are now all 3ts. Still the same as last year, skipping classes by walking out of class infront of teachers, screaming at the top of her ah lian voice (Talking is not in her dictionary I swear). And in every sentence she ~~talks~~ screams in, confirm got vuglar stuff inside. True blue lian. Luckily for me, she was absent most of the days.

Plenty of other kids that made my stay there memorable. Kiat Seng, dude cannot sit still and cannot keep his mouth shut. Joey, class monitress. Azman, Khairul, Casper, Ting Hui, Shaun Ang (Yes the dude as the exact same name as me), Eswari and others that I need the class list the rmb.

ANYWAYS, a typical short conversation with my student:

CHER CAN GO TOILET?
No. Teacher cannot go to the toilet.
WHY?
Because teacher doesn't want to go to the toilet.
NO LA I MEAN I WANT TO GO TO THE TOILET LA.
...Then why you ask me to go to the toilet for what?
WALAO MR ANG WHY YOU LIKE THAT ONE?

Jackass 3

2010-08-12T01:18:00.000+08:00

HOW EPIC IS THE HIGH FIVE.

Liquid Mountaineering

2010-07-28T02:50:00.002+08:00

Personally, I think if they're able to get like 7-8 steps off in water like they did, they should be able to actually run on water if they maintain their speed. They look like they weren't even running that fast anyway. Hmm.

Flood Ver 3.0

2010-07-18T02:39:00.003+08:00

My house at 6++ am yesterday

Daddy at mainroad. Supposed to go for golf but the flood happened so he went out for a walk in the waters.

Your car is in danger

2010-06-26T04:11:00.003+08:00

Flood part 2.
This time I went out to play in the muddy rain water abit.

This is Pomplamoose, from the french word pamplemousse, meaning grapefruit.
They are nice yes.
And what is cool about them is that:
1. What you see is what you hear (no lip-syncing for instruments or voice).
2. If you hear it, at some point you see it (no hidden sounds).

Tough luck for Isner who bowed out of Wimbledon after the epic match.

Isner Vs Mahut

2010-06-24T05:47:00.000+08:00

59-59 wtf. how did they play tennis for 10 hours and still look fairly fresh.

A little pride

2010-06-23T05:33:00.002+08:00

I think I am quite mad enjoying sleeping at 6/7am and wake up at 2/3/4/5pm daily.
Thats when the school day starts and ends.
I am so screwed for teaching assistantship next month.

On another note, the adidas F50 felt pretty good today after I tightened it although it totally weirded out my feet when I wore it for the 1st time.
Then again, any boots at costs 150 bucks should feel good.
Might get another pair.
Shopping with Sid and Justin for Nike ones on thursday.

Tennis and BBQ and world cup with classmates tmr!

Help my house is flooded!

2010-06-17T16:07:00.003+08:00

This is the photo of from my house yesterday morning.

It devastated my cousin's bean sprout farm and kinda screwed up our little gardens. Some poor cars were stalled though like mr van in the pic.

Town had it way worse though.

More photos of the flood at orchard see below.

http://www.flickr.com/search/show/?q=flood%2C+orchard+road%2C+SIngapore&s=rec

I bet Mel and Angela had damn alot of fun shopping in the rain and drowning other bitches who tried stealing bargains from them or something.

It's my birthday!

2010-06-15T00:33:00.001+08:00

Monopoly Deal is awesome.

But Deal Dreaker is just cheap.

Just say no owns.

Blunder

2010-06-14T00:07:00.002+08:00

And so the whole of next week is gonna be filled with line umpiring for YOG at Kallang. Very irritating because I the programmer is an ass who doesn't want to give us our time slots until we get there but I say screw it I got better things to do so I shall go on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Maybe I'll only go on Monday. Haha.

World Cup was fun.

Bafana Bafana = Mehico
Veron = Retarded
Messi = Sick
Robert Green = Sad
Shaun Wright-Phillips = Wasteful
Wayne Rooney/England = Overhyped/Overrated

Not really a soccer person but very much a sports person and you get to learn new stuff everytime! Like how the Mexico goal was actually really offside.

The 2005 edition of the Laws of the Game included a new International Football Association Board decision that stated being "nearer to an opponent's goal line" meant that "any part of his head, body or feet is nearer to his opponents' goal line than both the ball and the second-last opponent (the last opponent typically being the goalkeeper). The arms are not included in this definition."[1] This is taken to mean that any part of the attacking player named in this decision has to be past the part of the second-last defender closest to his goal line (excluding the arms) and past the part of the ball closest to the defenders' goal line.

It is not necessary that the goalkeeper be one of the last two opponents. It should be noted that any attacker that is even with or behind the ball is not in an offside position and may never be sanctioned for an offside offense. Regardless of position, there is no offside offense if a player receives the ball directly from a goal kick, corner kick, or throw-in.

I'm completely lost

2010-06-11T04:38:00.001+08:00

HAHA retarded.

Rock your body, Everybody

2010-06-08T23:13:00.006+08:00

Shaun's back alright!

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Okay firstly, results;

AAM202 Algebra II - B
AAM203 Statistics I - C+
APC221 Fitness and Conditioning - A-
APA232 Quantitative Methods in Biomechanics - B+
APA233 Psychology of PE and Sport - B
APC247 Tennis - A+

GPA: 3.42

About freaking time i got a A+ for my sports module. Stupid rugby and volleyball screwed me over big last year. Like all the other sports modules I took, it wasn't as fun as I expected it to be, but hey, I think teaching 20+ ppl with 4 courts is quite mad. But honestly, I was expected a high B or low A. Throughout the sem Dr Kim was constantly nagging that my single backhand didn't have enough sting and my technique was shit and all. I mean, even he himself switched from a single to double backhand about 2 years back! But after looking at the digusting videos of my stroke at the start at the sem and playing tennis with friends now, I'd say this module really taught me shitloads in past sem. Different grips and their advantages and disadvantages, technique, players, ranking, rules, equipment. Like, I knew there was grips in tennis but I never knew there were grips for different types of strokes! It was like enlightenment I tell you. Like when I hit the ball with eastern backhand for the first time *Prayer Chorus* Haha. The motion and contact felt good, and the ball flew beautifully. Time to destroy people next IHG BWHAHAHAHAHHA.

All the other results seem appropriate considering how much time I put into studying. Thank god for no math exams in NIE, the freaking bane of my GPA. Fitness and Conditioning = LOL. Wonder how swimming with Kim and Sport Psy II with John Wang next sem will be like.

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Met the MPs over steamboat, talked shit and remembering the days at gombak and what crap we had to do there. Wasn't that fun, but catching up is always good yes. Felix is cock as ever, James = Duapao, Howie is Howie, Jiawen is Jiawen, so on... The food was crap though. Never going back there again.

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I spent 600 bucks changing all 4 wheels of my car cause their all worn out and there's 2 holes in my left back tyre. And I'm prob gonna spend like another 600 servicing it this week or something cause its due. $$$$$$$ pain.

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World Cup is starting like in 2 days and yes, I gave in and subscribed. What to do. I'm not gonna watch through my 21 inch computer screen and wait for the video to buffer while I rather pay $70+ amd watch matches on my 60 inch LCD TV in the living room. Beer. Check. Chips. Check. 2 more days. Woot.

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On a more serious note, Daddy wants to sell the Sunset Way Apartment. The price the dude gave was good, 2.3m. But he's asking for 2.5. I personally think that its a good deal, its an old but big 5 room condo estate and the income of renting it out at about 4k plus doesn't really do it much justice. Plus, he's gonna retire soon so the money can be used to pay off the rest of his loans and have quite abit leftover. Quite sad because I grew up in that neighbourhood and I won't be able to go there and emo anymore. Haha. Everything's changing, Sunset way is gone, Nan Nua Pri has moved, Clementi is changing with a hub and all, my place at Bukit Timah will have the big fat condo built infront of it. I have officially no childhood places to go back for memories. I don't wanna grow up. Bah.

The Regime

2010-05-30T02:17:00.001+08:00

+10kg starts tommorrow.

random stats daily
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100 push ups
100 diamond push ups
100 spider push ups
100 sit ups
2.4km run

weekly
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Gym
Touch
Tennis
Tamoko?

Still to come
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Sprints

iq2uhfgiawuevabgiugbhpw9

2010-05-07T10:45:00.000+08:00

I wanna go BMT again.

BAZINGA!!

2010-03-24T03:18:00.002+08:00

This is super overdue. Haha. Jade prob tagged me like 6 months ago and I promised to do it but totally forgot about it and since I was facebooking and realized, I shall do it now.

I tag anyone who reads this.

Three names I go by:
1. Sunshine
2. Shaunie
3. Shorm

Three Jobs I have had in my life:
1. Delivery Boy
2. Sales (YUCKS)
3. Tuition teacher

Three Places I have lived:
1. Keng Chin Road
2. Sunset Way
3. Clementi Ave 4

Three Favorite drinks:
1. Water
2. Water
3. Water

Three TV Shows that I watch:
1. Flash Forward
2. Lie to Me
3. Big Bang Theory

Three Countries I have been:
1. USA
2. Japan
3. Korea

People that call me regularly:
1. Mummy
2. Daddy
3. I don't do calls much

Three of my favorite foods:
1. Pasta
2. KFC
3. Ah Fang's Chilli/Black Pepper Chicken Rice

Three friends/ cousins I think will respond:
1. Fatty
2. Shorm
3. Liz

Three Things I am looking forward to:
1. Me starting to win at poker so I won't quit
2. NTU getting gold for IVP Rugby
3. Power Hour Round 2

Three Things that are always by your side:
1. Handphone
2. Car keys
3. Guitar pick

I am that bored at 330am yes.

Its All About Us

2010-03-19T07:43:00.002+08:00

The shitty feeling I have now is not that we lost,
but I didn't/couldn't do much to help out the team.

Hello life, I'm coming back.
Plenty of catching up to do with you.

Harlow. Byebye.

2010-03-16T07:13:00.001+08:00

This blog is so dead. Will update when I have the time!

Up and on

2010-01-28T21:09:00.002+08:00

Winning never felt so much like losing.
5 tries to 3 against16 year olds?
Wished I picked up rugby earlier.
Maybe I should have went to barker or sji instead of whitley.

Astro turf is shit for judging bounces but thats no excuse.
Perfect fielding please.

Wait for it...

2010-01-11T01:36:00.002+08:00

(RAH)² (AH)³ + [ROMA (1+MA)] + (GA)² + (OOH)(LA)²

HAHA.
Feels like he can't wait to get the song done to scratch his nose.

Just Whack

2009-12-11T05:22:00.004+08:00

I am sunburnt, my whole body is aching, but I never felt this satified in such a long time. Tennis, Softball, Cable Ski, Running and soon to have Rugby and Volleyball coming up next week.

Speaking of Softball, I'm just joining it for the fun and experience. I cannot catch as safely and stable as I want catch, and I cannot throw as far and as fast as I want to throw. It is not a boring sport, but it is very skill and techniqued based so its hard to be good at it if you just picked it up and I don't really like be average at a sport. Mistakes like missing a catch and throwing short makes me really pissed at myself. I feel damn retarded when I actually get into a position to make the catch and the ball hits the glove and does not go in or rolls or bounces pass you on the ground (uneven fields are fucking irritating). It seldom happens, but no one is perfect so when it happens I really feel damn stupid. I mean its just catching, like wtf noob. I guess I've always thought that catching and throwing sports are super boring and everyone would be able to do them but there's alot of difference when you actually perform those movements and think you are able to perform them.

Tennis today was ok, the guys were all damn shagged from the heat and I was gearing up to go on. Me and Rizal won the double's match and get a free meal. Gay was being gay and Jac was dreaming most of the time.

Also, for some inexplainable reason I was starting to miss my Whitley days and secretly wish that I could travel back in time and relive all the memories. I also secretly wish that when my friends from secondary school meet up we would all switch back to our 13-16 year old minds and do and feel all the beautiful, retarded, awkward, childish and carefree stuff we used to do back then when we were young.

I miss those times.

My softball friendly match against I dunno which hall starts in 45mins. I'll go get out of these recovery tights and grab some breakfast.

Pictured Week

2009-12-09T05:04:00.003+08:00

Played Tennis with my classmates and helped my Dad like mad over the past few days. And some of the other stuff I did. Btw my facebooked hit 1000+ photos. Sick. I've also completed Assasin's Creed. In like 3 days. The graphics and storyline is quite good. But the gameplay can be abit repetitive at times. I heard AC2 is more fun. Playing it now.

Jillian and Tian Rong's Wedding at Sentosa.
The beach was super hot.
Bad idea to hold outdoor ceremonies in Singapore afternoon/mornings.

Eating competition. (Refer to history)

Went Cable Ski-ing.
2nd time since Batam.
Managed to go 1 full round at the end of the day.
DAMN SHIOK.
Time to do stunts next time.

Jean's Birthday (Me in the Scream mask failed to scare her)

Turned out to be Block 56 water fight which lasted for like 2 hours at 12mn.
Insane. No security guards, so we just continued spamming.
Flooded the 4th floor, everyone got drenched.

Hall like should be like this everyday.
Spontanous, Unpredictable, Fun.

Before the chaos started.
Super soaker was broken by Justin and everyone got pwned by basins, rubbish bins , pails filled with water.

Last but not least, HAPPY BIRTHDAY BIMBO!

YEAR 2 SEM 1 ORD LO

2009-11-21T02:12:00.003+08:00

Pool and Cs was fun.
Played alittle L4D and C&C3.
Managed to knife Bala and Swarup.
Haha.

Played tennis with Rizal.
Damn shiok laaaaaaaa.

Good Game

2009-11-19T14:51:00.003+08:00

CAN'T WAIT TILL TMR ZOMG.

Things To Do After 1700 Hours
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1) Meet Dr. Thomas Brownie for task cards and results
2) Go out with classmates for lan/arcade/ice-cream/other crazy shit
3) Send LDS claim
4) Send car for service
5) Fix tennis rackets
6) Run
~~7) Play tennis with classmates~~
8) Pack room
~~9) Disturb Kay~~
10) Go online, facebook, dota, ninja kiwi, tower defence, freecell, old school sega games from Sarah's modulator
11) Catch up with family issues (who's getting married and when)
12) Bring back chicken essence (because my mum bought me 24 freaking bottles for my 4 papers SIAO RIGHT)
13) Sleep
14) Laundry
15) Disturb Kay

Well, I've got 2 papers tmr and I'm feeling like exams are over. GG.

Ashley Stabbed

2009-11-04T21:15:00.002+08:00

or you can see
http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_450332.html

Mel, you got stabbed 15 times.
Auntie somemore la.

Numbnuts

2009-11-04T15:59:00.003+08:00

I've got retarded friends.
The older we get, the more retarded we become.
I like retarded friends.

Calculus test wasn't that bad!
Many thanks to Kong Sing aka Director NIE.
:D

Watermelon for Ridzal

2009-11-04T07:02:00.002+08:00

Rugby Carnival was damn shag.
Didn't even run that much.
Stupid morning sun was a killer.
I think shopping for prizes with Eliza, Jason an Rosaimy and coming up with names for my classmates with Sarah was more fun.

Seriously, I don't blame my group mates that we didn't do well in the carnival.
Sure I was kinda pissed at times when they started crabbing and missing tags and dropping balls. But they(Cheese, Eliza, Alex, Jason, Ros, Fidaus) really picked the game up.(though not as much as I would liked them to have) I remember the 1st few lessons when all of them were just super blur over switches, esp jason, who kana fucked by TB until damn jialat. Was really damn high when they scored a damn chio try without me touching the ball. Terror. Ty Cheese for saving me from my cramp when after I stepped and dived for the try.

With the module over, I can officially say that Tom can't teach for shit, and occasionally pmses. Congrats to Tao Tao, Daniel 'Superstar Chia' and Nicholas 'ACL' Koh for making history by winning against Arzhar's class. No more 730am classes! WOOT.

Damn shag.

Calculus test later. Its all alien to me. FML.

The Bat

2009-10-29T06:31:00.002+08:00

This was the dude that inpersonated the rugby guy in a match.
Dived for the try, did a drop goal and all.
Respect.

Funniest part for me was at 1.10 when the police car drove by and reversed with the lights on. Haha.

Flamming Arrows FTW

2009-10-29T06:04:00.003+08:00

I have been so busy doing stuff I shouldn't be doing.
Like Sarah's blog games.
Shit man.

I've got 3 weddings to attend to this december.
All cousins.
Damn stressed.
I'm like 4th in line if you go by seniority.
Haha.

I ate 4 and a half bowls(900 grams) of spaggetti in 10 minutes during Halloween.
And no I didn't not win but got 3rd.
The guy who got 1st hit 5 bowls and 1 mouth. (2nd guy finished 5 bowls)
I could have finished the remainding 5 and a half bowls if I had more time.
I bet the other 2 dudes would have given up.
Too bad there was a time limit.
I got a feeling it was Maxton who voted for me to participate in the competition.

I'm choosing Tennis over Softball and Hockey for next sem.
No way I was choosing Hockey because I don't want to crown my teeth anymore.
I want most of them to be natural.
And I want my back to be working.
I picked Tennis because
Softball = Lots of waiting involved = No adrendaline = Boring = Zzz

And I choose to specialize in Biomechanics and Sport Psychology.Over Sociology of Sport, Neuroscience, Sports Management, and Physiology.(I think I'm missing one more choice here hmmmm)
All sounds interesting to me.
Gotta hate making decisions.

I'll most prob be going over to Selangor if for IVP Rugby if it doesn't clash with any of my wedding dates. So it means I won't be able to make it for AC or Softball camp. Sads. Plus, my psych-ed up level for Uitm is like damn low compared to before school started. Sads.

I did pacer(beep) test for Measurement and Evaluation Module. I didn't know where was the class(usually it was at PESS computer lab) but thank god for Sarah who picked up my call and I found out they were at the Gymnasium. So me and Diana ran there and Bala told us all of us are gonna do the run. And I'm like I'm fucked. Because I had a McSpicy burger and a McChicken burger 5 minutes ago before class. I survived till level 9.5, only because I could the burgers from my stomach forcing their way out of my gullet. I wasn't even breathing that hard and my muscles wasn't even lactating that bad. I think I can hit around 11++ maybe? Definately not above 13. Can't wait to try it for Fitness and Conditioning Module next sem.

The sun is rising and the birds are literally chirping which really annoys the shit outta me because this is when I usually sleep after completing one of the millions of mini-games from Sarah's blog.

My sleeping patterns are as fucked as a pornstar in an overcasted gangbang scene.

Rawr

2009-10-20T21:42:00.003+08:00

I have to thank Eliza for helping me install SPSS on my laptop the day before the test at 1am in the morning. We had fun doing it like 94893949 times.

I went for my 1st softball training in hall. It was kinda expected, relatively boring, long waiting time, lots of fumbles and plenty of mud. But I found it quite interesting. Not my type of game, no adrenaline, too much stoppages, but interesting.

SUNIG 2009

2009-10-04T20:55:00.003+08:00

Tough luck to the boys at SUNIG.
I'd like to think they lost it rather then NUS winning it.
We were the highest scoring team.
And conceded the least tries.
But after 2 converted tries up in the 1st half NUS scored 3 tries.

Other than the finals, I was quite surprised NUS B won SMU A.
And it was pretty shiok to score like 50++ points against a side and concede nothing. Even though its against SIM. A taste of how RJ, ACJC, SAJC feels like during A'divs.

Group
NTU A 27-7 NUS B
NTU A 0-12 SMU A
NTU A 59-0 SIM B

Cup Semi
NTU A 26-0 SMU B

Finals
NTU A 14-26 NUS A

I didn't play any part in the games, but I was glad to be there.

Class Chalet/Power Hour

2009-10-04T19:54:00.003+08:00

Class chalet was insane. I never had so much fun in such a long time. Sorry and thank you to all the sober people who were cleaning up after us. I felt quite bad for them who didn't get high with us and still they have to clean up our shit. I can't really remember the details after power hour, but here's my version.

Summary:

When I reached there everyone was still more or less sober except for Eliza who was kinda red already.

Everyone was chilling watching Singapore Idol and playing poker and all.

BBQ was super shiok. Salmon, cheese, crayfish and all. Damn power.

Then we started playing circle of DEATH(our hall calls it ring of fire) and it was damn funny. I think the best one is to pick the little green monster up and put it inside the cup and gently put it back down.

Played Beer Pong and Poker.

POWER HOUR. It was the one that wiped out most of us. We had like 3 cartons of tiger, and cartons as in not 6 packs but the 24 packs. And we finished them. How? Every minute the song on the speakers is changed and when the song changes, we drink half a cup. Mad. Just whack only. Alex 'the policeman' Ang was 1st to KO. Going over to the sofa and mumbling giberish and all. Jac who was beside me puked. Chengwei aka Hall King was damn quiet and only make noise during the change of song. Everyone was super high and crazy. So after we finished about 100 cans of tiger, they brought out the hard liquor.

Personally I died after we finished like 4 bottles of the volka, jack daniels, johnny walker and dunno what other shit. I only remember Daniel and Gay unable to open one bottle and they took the fucking knife and cut the tip off and started pouring them into people's cups. I also remember laughing at Jac after she puked.

After about 45mins of pure drinking and shouting and screaming and laughing at each other Sarah's cake sudden came out and after the birthday song all hell broke loose. Cake was everywhere, at everyone, people are pouring drinks and some yellow lemon detergent at everyone. I taopoked somebody(Caleb I think). Gay was judo-ing everyone. Fucking crazy. Daniel or Gay kicked all the poker chips about so we don't have to pay Yoseff because we dunno how much he won.

After that it all kinda died down. Everyone was so smashed they went to the rooms and KO-ed. I managed to play 1 round of mahjong(Yoseff so good let me play) before bathing. I remember trying very hard to arrange the tiles and get the tiles. I kept knocking them over or missing them when I try to pick them up. Damn retarded.

After bathing(I heard no freaking idea how I managed to bathe when I couldn't even stand or walk properly), I KO-ed on the bed for awhile before I went to the toilet to puke my guts out. I can't really remember the details, but I do remember feeling really weird and Kong Sing kept coming in the toilet to check on me and telling me to aim into the toilet bowl. I don't know how he managed to come in because I really thought I locked the toilet door. So it means I probably I didn't.

I puked in the sink in the end. I don't know how, I don't know why the sink instead of the toilet bowl. I tried to clean up(I really did!) but I couldn't. I tried to push the soap dispenser and all but I kept missing so I gave up and washed up and went to bed for the 2nd time.

I woke up fucking cold because of the aircon with Gay cuddled up like a baby on the other bed. The mahjong people were gone.

I wanted to drink from the tap but when I realised that my puke was clogged up in the sink so I went to the kitchen tap to drink(apparently there was puke clogged up in the kitchen sink too but I was too drunk to notice).

When walking back to the room I was Cheese sitting outside looking like crap and started laughing at her and we talked for abit.

Birthday girl came out to join us.

I remember killing a cockroach.

Attempted to go to the beach but didn't know how and met some of the sober classmate driving back to the chalet from prawning.

Went to eat mac breakfast.

Went back to chalet and talk cock and played poker/mahjong abit, waiting for the other to wake up.

Attempted to play rugby and volleyball while Caleb cleaned his car.

Had damn good Yong Tau Foo at dunno where.

Came back for training. Felt damn shitty during training. Knocked on ball after the try line after running though everyone. Without pressure somemore. Ball slippery + hangover = stupid shit.

Went back to chalet with Shorm and played mahjong.

Picked up AC people from airport after their recce.

Back to hall.

WILL POST PHOTOS UP SOON.
In the mean time, you guys can go facebook.

No excuse for anything

2009-09-30T03:48:00.003+08:00

Hello hello. I am back from being sick. It was really crap as I have a shitload of assignments and tests(it was more leaving everything to the last minute). In short, being sick plus stuff due not equals very nice. So thank you everyone who helped me with all the shit I had to do, really appreciate it.

Felt kinda guilty with all the commitments I couldn't handle. ICG, IVP, Jamband, work, girlfriend, studies and all the other shit. I haven't even been to one hall rugby training session. I mean, compared to last year, I didn't know how I managed to cope with almost all of them. I ORGANISED the sessions for hall, performed for like almost every jamband performance and still made it down for IVP trainings. This year this sem, its like, overload. And I can't seem to figure out why. I have no idea what BOTH of my math modules are about. I need to catch up on my measurement and evaluation module, I have to read the netball rule book, I have to do some IRB test shit and register it or something and come up with a 3 min long script.

I should learn to pace myself. Relax. Not slack. My back is fucked and I'm in no shape to play but I still wanna play in SUNIG for NTU team B.

OH YA. I met Wingman and Clarrisa at NIE swimming pool when I went there for my Dexter test. Can't wait to catch up with them.

Sorry for the lack of coherence in the post. Vent typing out whatever shit's on my mind now.

Try To Walk Away But I Stumble

2009-09-14T00:08:00.007+08:00

Point form

DND was great.
Even better than last year.
Jamband kicks ass.
Jerzeel shall be now known as 'The Bridge'
Luo Jun's snare choked during I will survive.
Tan Jian = Fret Man
Alvin Yeo = The forgotten member when taking photos
Zijia = Hall King
Elieen = My Hall Queen
Chun Ji and Me = Cheated at Far East
Pearl = Black chicken rice
Jean = Too much make up HAHAHAAHAH.

Yes. I didn't go for IVP training and went for my hall's IBG touch, Jamband and DND. If my timetable wasn't so shitty, things might have turned out differently. I would be going for IVP trainings, missing out performing with the dudes at jamband. Its a choice I guess. Sure, I played 15s against RP. But I didn't even play with them in 7s against them. Kinda like last year's midnight 10s when I only could make it for 1 training day per week and didn't play in the tournament at all. Play out? Adapting to circumstances? Change of priorities? I don't know.

Sorry to Aaron for giving him a hard time refereeing IBG touch(as if YingHao wasn't giving him a great time already) but I admit emotions got the better of me and I did some really gay shit that I normally wouldn't do. But 53 was really playing some contact touch. Anyway Feline trips and falls on two feet so I think she's still most comfortable being all fours on the ground next time but I don't know how is she gonna get the ball. Pearl is another hardcore runner. Chin Chao has mad skillz and Edmund would have scored a 'intercept try'(passed by Feline) if he grounded the ball. Haha. All is well in hall 11 rugby. I think we got a couple of good freshies this year.

And Jezreel actually believed me when I told her I want to retire from Jamband because I have a rare diease that causes my fingers to spasm once in a while and I shouldn't be playing the guitar and it got worse after DND. HAHA. The bridge. Spastic fingers. I rmb someone calling me that, but I forgot who. Deja vu.

Swing Batter Swing

2009-09-06T16:46:00.004+08:00

HELLO I R BACKZ.

FOC is over, WW is over, Midnight 10s is over, IBG is halfway over and I am reaching recess week in 3 more weeks. Basically I've missed out on a whole lot of shit to blog but I have no time so you all can go facebook stalk me and my photos if want to.

The freshies in hall are great. And I'm glad the seniors who were on attachment or overseas came back and made hall life all the more fun. Quite sad for those who didn't manage to get to stay though. My classmates are TERROR as usual, as almost everyone was there during our 1st ICG (even RuiEn). I think our class is really damn high when we get tgt. We didn't win volleyball, but 3rd place isn't so bad. Hey, we even let our girls field the whole team during the end of the 2nd set. And I just discovered a new hobby. POKER. Haha. So everything's good fun and all but there's just one thing I don't like about this sem and that I don't have any freaking time for anything/everything.

My timetable sucks. One 730am class(wed) and four classes ending 830pm (mon, tue) and 730pm (wed, thur).

So add my timetable to Hall stuff, jamband, IHG,IBG trainings, IVP trainings, my PE class outings, ICG, poker sessions, school work blah blah blah I basically have no time for everything. This sem sucks, seriously. But life sucks anyway so we just suck it up.

Side notes for me to remember:

1) Sumiko is fucking sick at poker. She is either super pro or super crazy. But I can't read her pokerface.

2) Going for IVP trainings once instead of thrice a week really sucks.

3) The freshies at Jamband are fucking insane.

3.1) If Tan Jian digs his nose I swear it'll bleed. His fingers are sick.

3.2) Daryl's bass is damn power. Makes the music we play all the more ball-isy. Like the HMMP sound you know? Haha.

3.3) Alman is a cockster and a damn R&B/Hip-Hop/Jazzy singer. I prefer the more rock type, but he's really a cool, talented dude that makes everyone laugh.

3.4) Jezreel is this sweet girl who is like Lynn version 2.0. Sings sweet bubble gum pop love songs like coby whasshername caillat and Taylor Swift. Makes everyone go AWWWWW(esp the Beaver). But we're trying to make her perform I Will Survive for DND.

3.5) Ahmad a.k.a. ROGER FEDERER. Need I say more?

3.6) Min Zhen the keyboardist. (WOOTTTTT WE HAVE A KEYBOARDIST)

3.7) Nhi, who's not really a freshie but a senior in her final year who's into really indie stuff who's got a really indie voice to go along with.

4) The freshies for Zephyer are also fucking insane. Kudos to Mr Lai and Jean Ang for rallying the horde. I'd like to go through everyone of them like I did for JamBand but I have no time because I am supposed to be doing my work but I am doing this so ya. Being fake freshie was really not that bad. Not that great either, because I was undercover for only 2 days. Yuan Ting deserves respect.

5) 56 shall pwn all and win IBG champions again because WE ROCKS. Sorry everyone about saturday's softball as I was really bored so I swung at every pitch and I r striked out twice. But I shall makes up for other sports stuffs yes.

6) So sorry to the other people that I can't find time to hang out with once school started. IVP peeps, Gombak MPs, the Crew, Liz, Wing & Stacey, MeiDing and the rest of the dudes. This sem is teh shit.

And thats all about I have for now! That I am alive and Jean Ang is still madly in love with me. Haha.

Byebye!

Cut My Life Into Pieces

2009-07-27T02:56:00.002+08:00

Jamming today was not that productive as I liked. It was good catching up and gossiping with the band though. Think we're gonna perform POPOPOPOPOPOPOPOKERFACE and NOBADY NOBADY BUT CHEW because the FOC chair wants a 'happy and high tempo song so everyone can sing along to'.

Went down to PS and had MFM with the crew. Good shit. Xbox360 my house because my brother lend the Wii set to his friend. Kian killed us by singing Papa Roach in Guitar Hero World Tour and Resident Evil with Alvin was damn funny because they were damn noob and kept dying. Bought 2 capos for my guitars. :)

My fingers are still sore. Bah.

High School Sensation

2009-07-25T22:10:00.000+08:00

LOVE THIS MUSIC VIDEO.

Watch out for the cat on 1.30. Haha.

Popopopopopopokerface

2009-07-24T12:55:00.002+08:00

Honestly, I'm getting quite sick of ntu ivp rugby. Kinda like the feeling I had in cj.

Been practicing guitar for jamband performances for FOC and WW.

Eh Cher

2009-07-20T04:58:00.004+08:00

Sec sch wasn't really that bad. Ok it was bad, but once you got yourself adjusted to the noise and all the angsty atittudes of the students, you'll find that they're really nice people after all. They're just... misunderstood teenagers(we all were like that at some point right?). They just wanna rebel, do some funny lame shit that will break something or injure someone because they think its fun. Actually, it is fun what right. Heck, sometimes even I feel like joining them. Like playing soccer in the courtyard. Might break some windows and shit but it makes it all the more exciting. Haha.

So yea, Balestier Sec Sch was really an eye opener for me. I mean, I'm from Whitley and Whitley is supposed to be damn screwed up in the student department but Balestier was on a totally different level. And don't say its different because I'm on the receiving end now because its not and I know it.

Anyway about the girls, they don't really try to flirt and all that shit but just keep asking me stupid lame questions. Lame like EH CHER WHY YOU SITTING IN CLASSROOM WITH US and I'm like because I'm observing how to teach the most misbehaved(I really wanted to say the most fucked up class but teaching ettiquette prevents me from doing so) class in the whole school. And EH CHER WHAT SUBJECT YOU TEACHING and I'm like this is maths class right? And you see me in PE class right? And I'm wearing PE attire right? So I'm teaching PE and MATH. And CHER WHY YOU SO QUIET ONE and I'll be like no I'm not quiet is you all very noisy. And you know sec sch girls? Like those damn ah lian high pitched voice with their hair rebonded and pinky pinky stuff all over and have names like Xiao Xuan(she is one fucked up kid I swear) all that shit. Damn er xin.

The guys are the bunch I can click with. They ask me to play on their team during sports and stuff which is damn lame because they'll go EH CHER ON MY TEAM POWER LA SURE WIN and all that crap. Quite fun to bully them actually. Most of them are like noobs anyway. Then there'll be afew damn unfit noisy ones that are not allowed to play games because they failed their NAPFA so they'll do fitness and conditioning and they'll say EH CHER WHY YOU SO SLACK NEVER DO WITH US ONE. Then I'll be like ok I run with you all but whoever behind me run will extra round. Then he'll be like EHHH DON'T LIKE THAT LIKE CHER OKOK I KIDDING ONLY. Anyway I ran with that fat noisy dude named Haswan from 2T2. He's nice la, but damn talkative and loud. Then I was looking at 3T1 guys doing their pull ups and this dude goes on about teachers being slack and all and I told him you shutup and do your pull up, you do how many I double it. Lucky he did 4 half fuck ones only. If he did 10 I'm fucked. But I did 12 to triple his count and shut him up la. They are required to do 1 to pass only. Didn't rmb NAFPA being so slack.

The students keep asking me if I'm coming back next year and I keep telling them I don't know and said maybe if you all behave I consider but I really dunno if MOE will post me back there. Didn't interact much with the teachers there because they're perpetually busy over something and we're in the staff lounge all the time. Staff lounge's locker room to be exact. But we had fun playing gunbound and telling each other stories about the students. Gay has one student from 4t1 that is seriously going to be a serial rapist when he grows up I swear. He's like:

Eh cher wanna go clubbing or not.
You can go meh? Underage la you.
CANNNNN. I got fake ID. Want I show you?
O.o Eh don't. Don't show me this type of stuff get you into trouble only.
Okok. So how cher, you got girlfriend or not?
Why? (I can totally see where this is headed)
I wanna know la. How many times you do it already huh cher.
-.- How does it concern you?
No la just asking la cher. I do it alot of times already. Got alot of different ones somemore. Tudong, chinese, ang mo all I got do before.

-there's plenty of other insane and sick stuff he said here, but I think I shall not post it up here because its really sick shit-

Ok. I think you shouldn't be talking to me about this.
Okok. So what other class you teaching at cher? Got teach 4E1 or not.
Ya, I got. Why?
4E1 got one girl damn hot one right?
I don't know.
Got, next time you go see. I tell you I plan already. I want to fuck her.
O.o What?
Yeah, I want to fuck her hard. Fuck her until she cry those type. And bondage her.
Errrkay. I think your class has ended and I'm supposed to go observer another class now. Bye.

Like WTF right. Sec Sch guy like that. Confirm serial rapist already. Must be his fucking hormone imbalance or some shit man. One thing I couldn't get the hang of was they keep calling us CHER. It was frigging irritating. I mean I rather be called MR ANG than CHER. And its really quite fucked up to be called Mr Ang(I don't like being called Mr Ang seriously/actually I'd rather Shaun) so CHER is really damn fucked up. Plus although primary school kids are loud, sec sch kids really pisses the shit outta you sometimes.

Oh well. Now its left with Hall 11 FOC and hello to Year 2.

Will be updated

2009-07-14T01:56:00.003+08:00

Dear Mdm Heng B H,

I am a year 1 NIE student teacher and was posted to your school during 7th to 10th July for my practicum module. I would like to thank you for allowing me to have the opportunity to experience the NYPS community during the past week. I apologise for not being able to meet you in person to thank you and Mr Ting H S as you both were in a meeting on friday and I had NTU training after school.

It has been 10 years since I was a student in primary school and I was abit overwhelmed by the school culture at first but my Coordinating Mentor (Miss Serene Yeo), Cooperating Teacher (Mr Numayama Jyoji) and all the other staff in the PE department were very hospitable and made me feel at home. I would liked to have spent more time sharing and observing school and lesson related issues with Mr Lim Chee Min and Miss Eng Li Li but I understand that Mr Lim had track and field competition and Miss Eng has been very busy the past week.

I would like to tell you I was deeply impressed with the school sports facilities especially its gymnasium and sporting equipment. It really provides NYPS students opportunities to excel in the PE and sporting arena. I have also learnt alot from my fellow teachers. Observing Miss Serene Yeo's Math classes and Mr Numa's, Miss Sabrina Wong's, and Mr Lim's PE classes has greatly opened up my views on different methods and pedagogy used to teach students of different level(P1 to P6) and of different ability(gifted, normal).

I really enjoyed my one week at the school and have grown quite attached to the students and teachers in my short time spent here. Once again, I appreciate and thank you and all the other staff for the memorable experience I had in NYPS.

Regards,
Shaun Ang

Thank you very much for your kind mail Mr Ang! It's a pity that we do not have a chance to meet last week due to the ICP Conference. May we wish youall the best in your future endeavour! Have a great time at NIE = )

Best Regards
Heng B H
Principal
Nanyang Pri

Hi Shaun

Despite your short stay with us, you have left a great impact with the colleagues. I have many colleagues complimenting your good loods and asked if you are Chinese? Lol.

You have been very attentive even though my pupils were merely doing group discussions at the beginning. Glad to see that you mingle well with the P.E. department and feels at home. My apology to place you at Chee Min's cluttered desk, many of them were worried how you comfortable you can be but I assure them you don't look like the type that will mind and the main purpose is to place you near the P.E. teachers.

All the best to your Sec school experience.

Rgds
Miss Serene Yeo

Dear Miss Serene Yeo,

I can assure you I'm 100% chinese. Haha. Both my parents are too, just that my mum is really very fair so I guess she passed that on to me.

Nevermind about Mr Lim's workspace, I was glad that I was in the staff room with the PE department. In Balestier Hill secondary they put trainee teachers in the staff lounge. Its really very different here. Every teacher here has a form class, except for HODs, so we didn't really get introduced and we can't really interact with the teachers because they're all very busy and we're placed in the lounge. The ratio is like 60 teachers to 1200 students I think. They do get a number of trainee teachers in the school, 14 of them infact. So what they do is a senior teacher will pass them a booklet and have an hour of induction on the 1st day then thats it.

BHSS is also a school for special needs and hearing impaired, so we have people in class communicating with students in sign language and all. But the most noticable thing about the school is the student's discipline. I sat in for a math class today and it was quite bad. Students walk in and out of classes, talk back to teachers, answer handphones in class. For PE some don't come in PE attire and some refuse to follow instructions and you see them walking instead of running. And they are only in lower secondary! I can't imagine how the upper sec classes will be like when I observe them on thursday and friday. *shudders*

I was sharing my experiences with my fellow trainee teachers in the staff lounge today and found out that every school is really different. My classmate from PE also got placed in the staff lounge during his attachment to ACS junior and he only got only 4 periods of english to observe for the week(yes only 4 instead of 24). None for PE. So he was quite happy we could wear PE attire to BHSS as he was wearing formal for last week in ACS Junior.

I'm not so keen on teaching secondary track now after my 1st day at BHSS. Haha. I miss NYPS already. But we'll see how the rest of the week goes. Any exposure will be good experience I guess. I hope all is good at NYPS.

Regards,
Shaun

SED2

2009-07-08T12:04:00.002+08:00

I think I've adjusted well enough today. Not that much more wtfs. We went to the gymnasium which was apparently donated by one of the parents. Freaking state of the art can. It has like the vault, uneven bars, balance beam, pommel horse, high bars and trampoline. It even has the FLOOR. Like the bouncy 12m x 12m gym floor where those pros do their routine and stuff. And it was really funny seeing all the little primary 1 kids do all the stuff. Like there's this balance beam that's just above the floor for those noobs not those high high type where you will have no father's day when you fall. They're supposed to balance walking on it front and sideways. Then we'll start added blocks so they'll have to go over them and its damn funny when they try to balance and all. Since I never really jumped at the trampoline before I had a go at it after the lesson ended and its actually quite hard. I mean the going up high is easy and all but the controlling and direction is tough. I wanted to just ZHAM on it and bounce into the pit with all the sponge cubes but they kids will prob go all hyper and crazy after they see me do it and I really didn't want that to happen because I cut see them all peeking through from the outside like waiting to pounce so I decided to be mature and went out to join them and put on my shoes with them. :(

Seriously, NYPS has prob one of the most sports equipment and opportunities for its students for PE. You know their sports store room has like the PESS indoor sports hall store times 10. Serious. They have like ten thousand hulla hoops, shitload of balls, sticks, rackets, sashes, cones, bean bags, mini goal posts, you name it, they have it. And the gymnastism is damn gay, even PESS doesn't have one. I think the only other school with facilities that comes close is the ACS and Raffles family.

Waiting for a staff meeting later at 2pm, then I can go back and take my nap.

SED1

2009-07-08T00:35:00.005+08:00

School Experience Day 1

Ok, so the first thing that came to my mind was like fuckshit this school is uber huge. Even got lifts and all. I made my way to the general office and tried asking around for the teacher I'm supposed to meet but ended up asking a parent instead. Damn awkward for both of us. Haha. Anyway, I found Mr Ting who was this over serious dude in charge of the staff of the school and he handed me to Miss Serene who's this really nice motherly senior teacher and Mr Lim who's level head for PE and they made me feel alot more comfortable. And then I met the rest of the PE department of the school and shiok I've got NIE students there. Wai Leong and Raymond both from diploma. We don't know each other, but we all wore the exact grey PESS shirt which is damn funny because the other teachers say you all pakat one right pull each other in come here. I got to know them better although degree PE don't really mix with dip PE students but we're good. Both of them are in Primary track and Wai Leong taught there before so he's familiar and stuff so he brought me around the school compound for abit. Raymond's this 30-plus year old really quiet dude that made a mid-career switch to teaching.

Me and Raymond headed off to follow Mr Lim to observe his lesson. Note at this point in time I was kinda overwhelmed by the culture in primary school and all that crap. You have like students running the shit all over the place. None of them walks. Only the teachers I swear. And their running is like, you know noob running, where their arms flap madly and go all over place and they look like they're about to fall over anytime. Seriously culture shock.

Won't go into details with Mr Lim's lesson but since their napfa is next month we did sit ups the primary 4 boys he took really cmi. Not all of them, but most of them damn chui. Like do 10 assisted sit ups(I was literally pushing them up) and die those type. The girls are so much fitter. Then we when down to the track which is a cute triangle shaped 240m track which they have to run 4 rounds on. Mr Lim was really good with the encouraging giving high fives and all and I ran with the little fatties to keep them going or they'll just walk. Btw they're damn sneaky they walk the whole round then reaching you they pia think like we dunno they slacking like that. Haha.

So after the sit ups and run we played a game of freeze and melt with them were we 3 teachers(Mr Lim, Raymond and me) are supposed to touch them to freeze them and they needed 3 other student's hands on them to unfreeze them. And I thought this is cake my one step is like their 3 steps and I can pwn them with sidesteps and change of pace and all but guess what. They're like freaking pyscho energiser bunnies times 1000000. I mean they're like high already running all over cannot sit still during lessons but when they play a GAME, its like stem pack from Starcraft Marine and Haste Rune from Dota combined. They're like freaking adorable little midgets screaming and running all over. And they really run. Like bang into each other, bang into walls, trip, stumble, fall down. There's even this kid who fell down and rolled down the freaking flight of stairs! Like facedown front first not those fall of back kind. Flight of stairs like half of CJ's grandstand. I was like fuckshit and ran over and wanted to check if he was ok and when he saw me coming he just BOUNCED back up and started screaming and running again. Like. Wtf. I managed to freeze quite alot of kids, prob dude to rugby. But it was tough work man. Plus I didn't dare like run too hard in case I step on them or something. Could see Mr Lim and Raymond were like dying. So they bell rang and we were all saved.

So I'm like shitz this is hardwork and I'm sweating like a pig and all and I need to find a water cooler and a toilet and I got lost. Yeah. Like walked up and down. Then I met MAE. My saviour I swear. She's this girl who was my eye candy during PESS FOC. Found out she's from Dip and graduated already so she's like fulltime teaching in NYPS now. And she showed me the way to the toilets. Me, her and Wai Leong had recess(1030am, don't know if its breakfast/brunch/lunch) together, and turns out she's pretty nice too.

I got to meet Georgie(his name isn't spelt like that, its like Jyogi or something). Another new PE teacher whose primary 4 class I went to observe. He tried pairing up the girls and guys into same teams but I could tell that they all were really reluctant and like screaming AHHHHHHHHH OHHH NOOOOO in a cute way when they find out their group members were. They kinda played something like handball, but you're supposed to whack down a mini goal post instead of shoot in it. They boys were like all damn enthu running all over the shop but some of the girls really shy and didn't wanna move around much. There's this kid who tried to block the ball and got hit in the stomach and he was like OWWWWW almost crying and I'm like EH BOY CANNOT CRY ONE. ONLY GIRLS WILL CRY. And he was like okok holding back his tears. Haha. Really cute la.

I went to observe Miss Sabrina's Primary 1E class with Wai Leong who's taking them for dance. Was kinda looking forward to it because of Lendal and Megan but Lendal wasn't there. This PE lesson was the funniest shit ever. Primary 1s are the fucking cutest shit in the world. They were supposed to make shapes with their bodies then get tgt in groups to make shapes again. So you can try imagining all the positions they were like trying to get themselves into. Like ok form the letter A! Then they will like spread their legs and put their hands up tgt and some will like try to do the small a and curl up into a ball and stick a limb out. Fucking. Funny. Other letters like M T K X were damn funny also. Plus since its 'creative dancing', their allowed to pretty much do whatever they want so you get to see them trying to do headstand with their legs in the air then some of them one the ground all that crap. And when they COMBINE. HAHA BEST. Oh man. I was laughing most of the time there. So after the lesson I went to ask Megan hello Megan where is Lendal and she said he's sick and I was like oh then do you rmb me and she was like no and I was like I'm Shaun Kor Kor, Yi Yi's Audrey's friend, rmb that time I went your house during christmas? And she thought for awhile like like BEAMED and went OHHHHHHHHH then she stopped and pretend no I dunno and went to hide with her friends. Haha. Damn cute la. Then her classmates where asking her HOW YOU KNOW MR ANG ONE and she like was shhhhh he's my Yi Yi's friend. Haha.

Basically that sums up what I went through in NYPS that day. Crazy. I was walking out of school when this silver mercedes honked at me and Audrey was driving it going back home so she gave me a lift back. Went to pick Jean up and I KO-ed because I didn't really sleep much and she wants me to post this "how ur gf is so patient and capable" because she waited for me to wake up by packing my cupboard and fixed my cat noise making machine. So good right? Haha. I also got pick her, her sister and Joyce and send them back home so I'm also good too.

Anyway Joel is dumbshitz because when he came to my blog he panicked and asked me EH WTF HAPPENED TO YOUR BLOG and I was like nothing what, I unlocked it only and he's like ALL I SEE IS THE GUITAR and I was like SCROLL DOWN YOU DUMBSHITZ.

Gonna sleep now. Another crazy day tmr.

Mr Ang

2009-07-07T00:29:00.003+08:00

Going to primary school again tmr! Kinda intimidating actually. Its been what? 10 years since I was in primary six and 16 years since I was in primary one.

I r old manz.

On another note, Joyce is a crazy woman who scolds me for no reason.

New Layout

2009-07-04T20:04:00.001+08:00

DONE. Pretty darn proud of myself.
:)

YOOHOO

2009-07-04T06:02:00.002+08:00

Yes, I know its been awhile since I was here. Was kinda down with fever (don't worry not H1N1) and busy with other stuff. I've finally taken off my password because it's starting to piss me off when I try to enter but if Kay or someother noob comes to make noise at my tagboard they can go eat shit because I will slap them and lock this blog again.

So yes, updates.

I'll be going to Nanyang Pri next week and Balestier Hill Sec the week after for my school experience.

NIE and PESS's FOC are cancelled due to H1N1.
Hall 11 FOC is still going on. Can't wait.

I want to buy alot of stuff (tennis racket, shoes, berms, tights) but I have no $ because I have to save.

Me and my brother has been playing old school sega games. We laughed until we cried just now because when we were playing Golden Axe 3 there was this one mount what really fucking funny. NO SCHOOL LIKE NO SCHOOL.

My fitness sucks shit. I can't gas people anymore and I see yellow spots when Sidney/Jeff makes us do some hardcore drills. TRAIN UP AND DON'T ATNA PLEASE.

I went for a haircut and the girl cut my ear. I didn't know until Jean told me my ear was bleeding when we came outta the salon. I look like a kid again.

Msn and FT is down so I spent the last 4 hours looking at videos and selecting a playlist for this blog because I am prettay sure you guys are sick of Elliot Smith even though he rockzmysockz.

I think the 63 songs I choose are like. the coolest. ever. Haha.

Volkl

2009-06-18T00:00:00.003+08:00

Shit la.
Me and Ansel were talking so much about skiing and going to the states and tennis and all.
Damn gian now.
Started saving already.
Hopefully H1N1 dies down by then.

And Volkl rackets are damn chiooo. I wanna get one.
Still talk about saving huh.

The Bimbo

2009-06-17T16:08:00.002+08:00

So yes, enough with the spamming and shit stirring already.