The Realistic Dreamer

a brief update

2008-10-28T01:03:00.005+08:00

I can't believe I have to endure another 14months of this nonsense......

What a fucking waste of time.....

On a brighter side of things....been listening to a whole lot of indie rock lately....Kaiser Chiefs, Vampire Weekend and a whole lot of artists whose names are just too weird to mention...but I like....music, not name....

And....Roxanne's got a new friend whom she apparently treats really badly...squishes him all the time....his name's poxy...and he's a bear....and she's mean...and evil....and a flower...what do flowers have against bears? I don't get it...

also, on a little sidenote, if anyone requires any design help for anything, please contact me(90010594), I'd be willing to help....just to help boost my portfolio....I'd really appreciate it...thanks

Dream car

2008-09-21T19:53:00.006+08:00

I've finally found my dream car.....anyone looking for a new car should seriously consider saving up to get this beauty
The scorpion by Ronn Motor Company

"Hydrogen use for cars is only thought to be possible with fuel cells or even in regular combustion engines, as BMW is trying to prove possible with some of its vehicles. Ronn Motor Company, from Texas, USA, has proposed a new use of this gas: to blend it with gasoline. According to the company, doing so can improve highway fuel economy up to 17 km/l (or 40 mpg). Even better, it can do that for a 450 hp sports car that sprints from 0 to 60 mph in about 3.5 seconds and reaches top speeds of up to 320 km/h (200 mph). Ladies and gentlemen, meet the Ronn Scorpion.

Although very little information can be found about the car at Ronn Motor Company’s official website, the company has sent us a press release that solves most of the doubts, but not all. The rest of them had to be sold personally. The engine the car uses, the Acura 3.5 litre V6, generates 289 hp in its stock form and 450 hp in twin turbo configuration. VCM (Variable Cylinder Management) is not present, or, else, all six cylinders work all the time, but even so the car achieves an impressive 17 km/l highway fuel economy

This is due to the blend of hydrogen and gasoline in 40%/60% proportion, respectively. Hydrogen is provided by the hydrogen delivery system from Hydrorunner, which generates hydrogen directly from an on board water tank that holds 11.3 litres (3 gallons) of water and only has to be refilled every 1,600 km (1,000 miles). This clever solution avoids the need of so far heavy and expensive hydrogen tanks in the car. The generation of hydrogen varies according to accelerator demands. “(It generates) more at higher rpms and less at lower rpms”, said Adrian Pylypec, VP for Sales and Marketing at Ronn Motor Company to World Car Fans.

Prices are also not mentioned on the press release, but we have already confirmed them: US$ 150,000, and Ronn Motor Company is accepting pre orders. It may look expensive, but there will only be 200 units of Scorpion around, so exclusiveness is a good explanation for the price, but not the only one. The supercar also features carbon fibre body, chrome molly chassis, Recaro seats, Indy car independent suspension in all four wheels, Bose 8 speaker sound system, HID Xenon headlights, LED sidemarkers and custom LED gauges, among other things. Even filled up with comfort equipments, Scorpion manages to keep its weight as low as 950 kg. And this is not a small vehicle, considering by its 2.67 m wheelbase. Total width is yet to be confirmed. Production starts in the last quarter of 2008 and deliveries at about the same time."

-www.worldcarfans.com/9080606.002/scorpion-the-450-hp-sports-car-by-ronn-motor-company-

I WANT!!!

2008-09-21T19:49:00.003+08:00

came across this watch on www.yankodesign.com and I so want it!!!

It's a Rosendahl Watch III so anyone willing to part with at least 200 euros please please please get me one =)

2008-06-27T23:58:00.001+08:00

The dying breath

So ever feared

Living in pain

Even more so

Life and death

Both feared with similar degree

Which is worse?

Dying or living?

Death or life?

Similar? But several miles apart

-Ioannes-

2008-06-27T23:52:00.001+08:00

Am I the angel in disguise

Or the devil to be despised

Am I to live in all these lies

Just to blend in and to survive

-Ioannes-

2008-06-10T22:05:00.000+08:00

Enough of storing all these ideas inside me....time to start work....

Restraining order

2008-06-08T20:06:00.002+08:00

NS really stamps out my ability to do anything else other than to spend time in camp and when I book out, family, friends and girlfriend....2 years is really a long time...but 9 years is even longer...

Unplugged

2008-05-24T00:06:00.002+08:00

Walking around unplugged(no damn rubber thingys that are attached via wire to a music playing device) makes one more receptive to the surrounding environment, it's sounds, tastes, smells, textures. I often feel that I tend to be able to see more and hear more while walking around without my mp3 on. Rather than being focused on the music and the task at hand, one will be able to enjoy the presence of the present, take in the sounds and sights of the urban lifestyle and the concrete jungle that we live in called Singapore. Sometime I think it's a better way to relax than to always have music pounding at your ear drums all the time.

But of course, I still do enjoy listening to some of my fav tunes whilst on the go =)

Reanimation

2008-05-10T23:44:00.002+08:00

It's been ages since I've posted anything of interest here...make that Eons..heh..well here's a rather quick update:

1. OOTed (Out of Training) from BMTC
2. posted as a driver to CDS
3. been on driving course for the past 2 months
4. about to complete driver's course
5. (for Saba) no, I won't be able to fetch u around since my license only allows me to drive military vehicles...
6. been dating this awesome girl for about 3 months now....her name shalln't be mentioned though =)

that basically wraps things up..yea...

2008-04-06T18:00:00.002+08:00

Though I know I may never always show it or make it reassuring enough for you to know and fully trust me, I shall always love you..no matter what....Thou shalt always remain in my heart and memories where ever you go....I LOVE YOU...I really do....

2008-01-01T16:39:00.000+08:00

Well, been a while since I myself have been here...bookouts for me are solely spent sleeping 1/2 the time, playing games 1/4 and the rest going out....Furthermore, in order to lawfully abide to the rather restrictive laws set by the SAF that one shalt not blog about NS life thus risking a couple of confinements and guard duties, I shall summarise the NSF experience here in just 2 words, "fucked up". That pretty says it all I reckon....not to say that it's been a torture, just takes a little while to get used to the strenuous physical training and the perpetually omnipresent
water regimes not to mention a diet that, at times, put even a rat off at the mere sight of it. If not for the friends and buddies I've made inside of camp, I'd sooner be the next guy caught walking around orchard road with my rifle. (however that is done still remains a complete mystery to me)

2007-12-11T18:37:00.000+08:00

And today marks the final few hours that I'll be spending in this lovely Australian city....finally, I'll be back in SG hopefully latest by 2000 tml....well, the stay here has been great and my host, whom by utmost coincidence my cousin too, has been very welcoming and hospitable to us. Great food too...O, how I would miss the savoury pies and tantalising, mouth-watering steaks...not to mention the fresh pork and seafood too.

Throughout my 1 week stay here in Brisbane, I've experienced almost what living here on a daily basis would be like...public transportation, road names and city zones remain no longer shrouded in mystery as when I had taken my first step out of the Brisbane international airport. Despite both our countries having basked in the glory of the glorious British Empire who had brought us such wonderful delights as the English language, the GCE O Levels and A Levels and O, who could forget, wonderful, delicious teas....well, despite that, i have taken a particular interest in how their public transportation systems worked in comparison to that which we are so accustomed to at home.

Firstly, buses. the massive fuel gargling monsters that roam the streets of cities worldwide. Despite the bus stations placed at huge distances apart, some even as long as 3km, it still remains, in my opinion, one of the fastest and most comfortable ways to travel around and into the city itself. The many services that run through the city do indeed make one spoilt for choice. Only one thing the traveler must note, each bus has it's own allocated stop which leads to some places, especially within the city to have one street littered with bus stations. One more thing that I would definitely love to see implemented in SG is a lane entirely devoted for the driving of pulic buses...cuts down loads of traveling time, especially traveling in and out of the city, during peak hours. That's exactly what they have got here...bus lanes and even whole separate roads just for buses! Ever try getting around by bus through Bugis and Katong areas before and you'll understand why I'd love to see such a system implemented...

Of course, as with other self-respecting first world city, there has to be a railway going throughout Brisbane too. Now, the trains here, other than the fact that it is existent, does not serve it's purpose well as a railway ought to. The trains here travel at speeds easily overtaken by a camel lugging a basket full of cement bricks through the loosest of sands in a sandstorm...they make even snails feel as if they were the "Flash". In fact, they SHOULD indeed replace the trains with snails! Other than moving at rather disgustingly slow speeds, another thing that comes to mind when I talk (type) about the trains are the seats...made hard as a rock and wrapped again in a thin layer of fabric, these seats were probably made with people with no backbone in mind. Brisbane's train seats are to comfortable is like what water is to oil. And so, I still stand by with what I have mentioned earlier...the bus is definitely still the most efficient way to get around Brisbane.

Not much to say about the City cabs though....same as every other city....

Oh yeah, one more thing....ticketing. Very efficient and traveler friendly. Unlike what we use in SG, where every time a visitor to our fine city want to commute by bus or MRT, he/she will have to continuously dig his/her pockets for loose change. Here, traveling by public transportation is very much simpler. Just head down to any ticketing station located in train stations and other places around the city or just purchase one from the bus operator. For just a few dollars spent on your part, you'll get to enjoy the many benefits of whatever ticket you have purchased. A single way trip costs just merely above AUS$1 while other types like the off-peak daily, costing only AUS$5+, which entitles it's holder unlimited travel by bus, rail or ferry between the times of 1100 ~1530 and 1900~2100 and the daily ticket which gives unlimited travel by either three of the public transportation provided for as long as they remain operational throughout the duration of 24hours frim the ticket's purchase...very visitor friendly....

Another thing to note about Aussies are their friendly and benign attitude towards everyone. From what I've heard from others, Chewbacca and Poh, I've experienced something rather on the contary to their experiences...one incident to note is the massive discount the sales lady gave me on a pair of board shorts..from AUS$79.90 to AUS$35.90...not only have I been left with nothing but good impressions of the people in Australia but also in most of the other countries which I have visited..and trust me, that is no small number either....

Furthermore, since summer is prevalent in the southern hemisphere this time of year, Flies are in supply where water is in demand. Whatever bullshit this may occur to you as balance of nature, flies here are very much like PAP members in SG...once they come, they NEVER disappear! only way to rid yourself of a permanent flying pet is to try shooting it off with a 50. caliber machine gun where it has made it's home on you...well, ok...maybe that way a wee bit exaggerating.......but yes...they ARE that resilient!

Well, it's getting late over here right now, +10GMT, which makes it around 2140 now, so I guess I'll stop here and get started on my packing which includes on how the hell am I going to pack my brand new pair of Rollerblade GT4 aggressive in-line skates into my ridiculously minuscule trolley bag. Of course the next thing to worry about is my enlistment into national service which will be just 16 hours after I arrive on home soil......

And so I shall leave you with a quote that caught my eye in Brisbane's MoMA..."Prostitution is the rental of the body, marriage is the sale of it."

2007-12-09T15:08:00.000+08:00

4th day in aussie-land and counting.....

hours here pass really slow....to give an example on how slowly time passes here, I was in my cuz's car and we were driving around Mt. Tambourine (yes, they have an mountain named afer a musical instrument) and I sorta drifted off to sleep...note, it was 1300 then....when I woke up from my nap after what seemed to me like hours, I took a quick glance at the clock and on it, the bright, gleaming crystal display read 1330! They say Australia's not fun cause shops all close early and her night life's non existent....but who needs night life when 12 hours feel as long as 24 hours!

Anyways, the long hours spending doing virtually nothing at all has made me realise that I've been getting rather good discounts on products that I never even considered asking for one in the first place....

Examples:

New pair of specs for NS
original price: S$95 for frame alone
my price: S$85 including new lens

A bottle of Adidas eau de toilette
original price: S$12.50
price at John Little sale@Expo: S$12
my price: $9

A pair of board shorts
original price: AUS$79.90
my price: AUS$35.90

If anyone requires anything here from aussieland, you'd best be telling me before I leave on wednesday....

2007-12-08T15:17:00.000+08:00

This day makrs hence,
third day whence,
my home country left,
to come to foreign land.
The Sun here's hot as fires hell,
but not as so, where the PAP dwell.
the weather here, is as dry as dry permits,
sweat that refuses to be emancipated from mine pores.
The task of which mine neighbour beset upon mine goodly self,
I hath thus completed her divine task with none questions showered,
with but 4 days the heavens hath bestowed upon me remaining.
The hour passes slowly as with the people here,
dragging the days ever so longer.
But O how I dread mine return upon familiar soil,
for which I have to hang up mine identity,
relieve mine loved ones from mine heart,
and put on uniform, to be one like the rest.

bugger that.

True stories!

2007-11-13T20:16:00.001+08:00

P.S. click on the pictures to enlarge

2007-11-13T19:41:00.000+08:00

Just some funny pictures I found whilst surfing the web one fine day after Econs paper 2....

Kinda sexist this one, methinks...

When being plainly obvious is just not enough...

When computers rebel....

And we thought our math exams were tough...

This one sorta explains itself...

Hmmm...so time must be directionally proportional to arrow length.....

This one's for Nigel!

2007-11-02T21:19:00.000+08:00

Been a while since I've just worked out so today, I guess was spent rather fruitfully...Feels good to perspire out all the grease that I've been chucking into my body like a black hole over the past few days "studying"...haha...well, since I'm going into the army early, guess I should be working out more and getting myself fitter than I already am (which no more than a chocolate munching monkey)....

Anyways, out of randomness, I have noticed how people can be easily classified....

Firstly, there'd be those whom I call "within-the-line-colourers" basically people who colour within the lines...this type of person is one who follows the rules, as written in the book, concienciously....terribly hesitant to break any single rule, the "WTLC" is one who would attempt, to the best of his ability, to uphold the ideals of society but is however too soft-spoken and lily-livered himself to actually attempt to enforce it upon those who does not agree with him...horrified of the very idea of sparking controversy, his worst nightmare would be having to spend the rest of his life watching films directed by Michael Moore, Martin Durkin and the like...Being a conformist doesn't always mean that the "WTLC" is condemmed to spend his entire pathetic life slaving under the whips of others...in fact, because they are to apt at following the law and such, many "WTLCs" have risen to power throughout history...famous examples I would include will be Neville Chamberlain (Brit Prime Minister from 1937~1940 who thought Hitler was actually a nice and peace-loving fellow) and mainly several conservative party members...

Next, there are those whom I proudly call the "out-of-line-colourers"...the "OOLC" is in everyway opposite from the "WTLC"...contented with the idea that it is he who forms society and not vice versa, the "OOTC" is essentially the rebellious sort who would enthusiastically stand up for any forms of controversy, no matter how outragous they may sound, as long as they question the very foundation of modern society...he prefers to question athority rather than to follow it...he doesn't think of anything thing of impossible...rather, everything and anything is possible...aliens, time travel, big foot and faries are not simply stories of fancy for the "OOTC"...they are open possibilities that stimulates his imagination...the "OOTC" is most threatened when he feels that his imagination is stifled and when having to follow a structured life...structure is to the "OOTC" like what salt is to an open wound...anarchy is the best kind of government...famous examples of "OOTCs" from the past include Alexander the Great (ex-Macedonian King and Lord of Asia), Hitler (lover of peace and jews and the furer of the Third Reich) and Neopolean Bonaparte (The short French fuck who at one point of time ruled almost all of Europe)...

so which side do you belong to? the stiff-necked, conformists or the imaginative, fun loving, questioning, rebels...it's your choice....

Song of The Day : Suburban Knights by Hard-Fi

Post-College Education

2007-10-16T22:54:00.000+08:00

right then so I've settled with what I'm gonna do after A levels. Looking forward to doing product design over at Lasalle...either that or over at UNSW....good thing about this is that I could always use my O level results instead to get in and so foundation year...that would mean a total of 4 years in Lasalle before I get my degree which is basically the same as most universites....

2007-10-16T00:17:00.001+08:00

Stole this off chew's blog....how the they came up with the Bejing Olympics 2008 logo...

Random Rants For The Weekend

2007-10-13T21:42:00.000+08:00

An urban skater's worse nightmare...these new bumps that they install at the ends of practically every pavement in Singapore...they hate us.....that hate us....

Enlistment date confirmed

2007-10-11T22:48:00.000+08:00

Words fail me as I attempt to express the wave of emotions that swept over me as I read out the date that has been printed in bold black (well not exactly balck, more like greyish-black) letters upon the white sheet of paper...

13 DEC 2007 (THU) AT 1.00PM
BASIC MILITARY TRAINING CENTRE SCHOOL 2

Which means that as of that date and time, I am officially listed as an NSman and no longer a civilian...unless of course I fall sick, wake up late, am still in Australia, decide to skip it and no longer return to S'pore...but heck, NS, here I come...bugger....

Well, anyone who's of the same date and school tell me...at least I know I won't be alone....

Skate Log - 5/10/07~6/10/07

2007-10-08T23:06:00.000+08:00

Wow! been a while since I last posted...anyways, this will now be used as my sakte log too!

Urban skate:
friday night (5/10/07) till saturday morn (6/10/07)

Nigel, Si Rong and me met at Tenah Merah MRT at 2300.
Here's the log:
Nigel's house -> ECP -> Marine Parade -> Katong -> Macpherson -> Paya Lebar -> Eunos Link -> Hougang -> Tampines -> Simpang for breakfast

now that's long....total length: close to about 40km...

Playing with the reflective lights I hit off the traffic barriers...

So poor, we could only afford the front bumper...

Make a right turn here......

2007-07-06T02:26:00.000+08:00

Hey guys....now after more than a month, I'm back! yay!....I've been checking out webcomics and I've found one which I found really interesting...It's called Cyanide and Happiness and here's the link: http://www.explosm.net/comics

Here's a couple of strips taken from the site:

2007-05-31T21:47:00.000+08:00

Linkin Park's new album, Minutes to Midnight...Get it! It's awesome! Sound's become more mellow and sombre with lots of references to death...great stuff!

Song of the Day : Every song form Minutes to Midnight

2007-05-27T21:12:00.000+08:00

Bought almost S$150 worth of clothing today...feel so proud of my 2 new pieces of clothing.....

Song of the Day : Makes Me Wonder by Maroon 5

2007-05-26T12:34:00.000+08:00

TPJC Runway! one word:

AWESOME!

2007-05-17T22:09:00.000+08:00

Didn't go to school today. why?

Because I didn't feel like going.
also because I kinda overslept but that's besides the point...School's becoming a chore..life's becoming a chore...My fuel's drained and alternative sources are scarce and extremely difficult to come by....desperately hunting for a new driving force every single day...balancing myself over a thin line between sanity and whatever it's opposite is...many times have I fallen over but have so far managed to always find a net below me waiting to break my fall and catapult me back up...but one day I'll simply lack the energy to find that safety net there and whatever happens after might simple be irreversible..From vast green fields with clear blue skies to a dark, lightless room...A dark, lightless room..maybe that might not be so bad after all...seems quite inviting...a nice room all to myself..no one to intrude in my activites anymore...no one to shed false tears and no one to express fake or guilt-riden concern over me...But for now...let me just continue on this line till I reach the end the end of my existance...but don't bother worrying...I'm not that stupid to trip myself....plus I've got this stick to help me balence...so I guess I should be fine....so don't blame yourself if I might suddenly appear cold or irritable towards you...it's just me...

Well on a much brighter note....MJC's investiture ytd...caught up & met couple of old friends..plus I've successfully managed to promote runway to their council..hope they'll get back to me soon...

and here we see a prime example of that all so famous MJC disipline...a councillor, who despite having been invested out still takes pride in her duty to look into the gents to ensure that MJC students are not misbehaving or vandalising the toilets in any way. Great job..We at TPJC salute your commitment and perserverence in your one term in office...Good job MJC 4th council...

The Legacy of TPJC 21st student Council

2007-05-10T00:18:00.000+08:00

One term of service come and gone in the blink of an eye...on the 8th of MAy 2007, we, the 21st invested out and the 22nd was invested in...though we may never get the chance to work together on any school project again, our memories will always be there for us to forever treasure...

Fuck...only now does the feeling really sink in...our term of service is over...damn! with Bryan's words still resounding in my head..and fuck! I'm crying now..damnit....I love you guys! Our legacy shall live on in the annals of TPJC history, and our heads, forever!

2007-04-12T00:30:00.000+08:00

All Alone by Johann Pang

When the darkness falls around you
you really start to think
Where the hell is everyone
who promised everything

How come they're all missing
They've all disappeared
Suddenly the only one
around you is yourself

There ain't anyone who can help you
Ain't anyone who cares
Ain't anyone who understands
Ain't anyone who's there

Cause no one really gives a shit
Cause no one gives a damn
They're only superficial
devils acting like they're saints

well I'm sorry for being selfish
I'm sorry for being rude
but there's a time when you'll realise
in life, you're all alone

You can't rely on anyone
not even on your friends
Even family can abandon you
leaving you for death

Anything that you need done
You'll do it on your own
Friends, family, anyone
won't bother till your down

It's your life thay always say
you make what you want it be
as for us don't bother knocking
we have our lives to lead

Cause no one really gives a shit
Cause no one gives a damn
They're only superficial
devils acting like they're saints

well I'm sorry for being selfish
I'm sorry for being rude
but there's a time when you'll realise
in life, you're all alone

And now to everyone close to me
a message I will leave
In case you think that I need help
the next time you see me

Fuck you and goodbye
I can manage on my own
no need to come calling
when I'm already gone

And when you finally realise
that all those years I've cared
don't you come crying
cause you weren't there for me

Cause no one really gives a shit
Cause no one gives a damn
They're only superficial
devils acting like they're saints

well I'm sorry for being selfish
I'm sorry for being rude
but there's a time when you'll realise
in life, you're all alone

well I'm sorry for being selfish
I'm sorry for being rude
but there's a time when you'll realise
in life, you're all alone

This song I dedicate to all those out there who are feeling torn up inside and no one to whom you can turn to in your troubled times of need. All those who feel that after all they've done for their friends, they don't really care about you. All those whom friends and family have abandoned them. All those who are simply all alone in this world.

2007-04-08T23:30:00.000+08:00

My new N95 works like a dream...then only after 5 hours or so, i wake up to the reality of the bleeding crappy batt life. a few calls and a couple of messages later....the inevitable "low battery" will come out flashing on the screen..just hope nokia will either get a new longer lasting battery out or upgrade the firmware a little (if that helps)...

First day working at settlers katong and guess who decides to show up..Justin THONG! now he can finally get some payback...and uh...Nigel will be next (kinda leaked out that you were working at Gelare siglap) oppss... =P

that's bout if for now I guess...gotta get back to my 1 month overdue econs homework..till next time ;)

Song of the Day : One More Moment by Ronin

2007-04-02T10:14:00.000+08:00

Went to watch Phantom of the Opera ytd with my family.
Note to self: Front row seats are awesome! esp when u get to look below the stage and watch the orchestra play too! and every single expression on the actors/actresses faces can be clearly seen. Not to mention you get to feel the intensity of the special effects which those poor buggers up in the foyer & circle seats can't experience.
The actor playing the phantom was awesome but my mom's friend said that the previous actor who did the previous one was better...not sure bout that since I didn't watch it. Went down to Astons at katong for dinner....had a steak with mash & pasta salad...bought food home for dad coz he went over to funan after the play...looking for a new laptop and possibly a new Mac =)

Song of the Day: Love Me or Hate Me by Lady Sovereign

ODAC Orientation Camp

2007-04-01T20:41:00.000+08:00

2 days-1 night of fun and an extremely late night. After the art trip to NUS came back and went straight to this 24 hour orientation camp. Luckily I'm a senior so it was quite slack for me...
First night we just played a couple of night games like candle wars where the objective was to use your candle to burn your opponent's piece of string and cabbage captain's ball where basically the ball is substituted with a cabbage...cleaning up after the game was hell. then at night around 2 am was the night walk...then rock climbing and flying fox the next day.

P.S. Saba gets sedated on her on fragrance and is addicted to it but, she's still cool...

After the camp rushed down to Clarke Quay to catch Drift net which was an example of performance art done by a local artist. Loved it! Lightings and sounds gave me loads of new ideas for my coursework. Pretty excited to get that doen now... =)

Song of the Day : Estoy Aqui by Shakira

Visit to NUS Cultural Centre

2007-04-01T20:09:00.000+08:00

A visit to the NUS Cultural Centre on friday afternoon with the art students...

Affandi - Self Portrait (1952)
Oil on canvas
106 x 94.7 cm

Ho Ho Ying - Painting 701 (1970)
Oil on board
122 x 122 cm

Choo Keng Kwang - Street Scene (1966)
Oil on board
58 x 73 cm

Yeoh Jin Leng - the Trap Series: The Lure of Tun Tun (1997)
Acrylic on canvas
132 x 203 cm

Ng Eng Teng - Red Face (1986)
Ciment-fondu, paint & lacquer
59 x 34 x 20 cm

Ng Eng Teng - Torso-to-face (1997)
Colour pencil & watercolour on paper
75 x 55 cm

Baet Yoke Kuan - Untitled
Concrete & metal
200 x 180 x 70 cm

Honest Advertising

2007-03-11T06:27:00.000+08:00

And here we see an example of a shop who's not afraid to say it as it is.

2007-02-12T22:37:00.000+08:00

Introducing the FoTs members!!

Nigel the Faggot aka Son of Perry

Hung the other Faggot aka Faggot

Poh the Gay Shit

Jess the uh...Xi Wen...

Michelle Thumb..belina...

Mr Sennheisers Si Rong

Ms Roxanne Paddles...Fear her....

Lala Shu Rong

and what they got me on me b'day...I just love the fact that it has a pink flower too...don't you?

And I just can't resist the urge to put this up...Botak Chew with a megaphone stuffed between his legs...I pity the poor bugger who's gonna use that next...

2007-01-20T23:16:00.000+08:00

Just playing around with photoshop one night....

2007-01-11T22:08:00.000+08:00

Vertigo by Johann Pang, 2006
Negative Photograph, 310 x 33 mm
Manila Gardens, Singapore

2007-01-02T06:42:00.000+08:00

I guess you can call this post a 'lil late but I just wanna usher in the new year with a simple message:

Song of The Day : Hick Town by Jason Aldean

2006-12-30T00:53:00.000+08:00

Oh, I had this extremely exciting and exhilarating experience tonight..Went to this Chinese Orchestra concert and I swear it was one of the best I've heard in a long time, even if it was a CHINESE Orchestra performance...the music was uplifting, and when the melodic flutes kicked in, wow....and then the crescendo came, Whoosh! and finally, the gongs, Wham! whoo! great music man...I almost couldn't believe myself that I was actually enjoying a CHINESE ORCHESTRA performance......Then I awoke in my red chair in VCH...oh well, it was all just a dream....must have fallen asleep... =D

Song of The Day : Drinking For 11 by The Mad Caddies

2006-12-25T07:37:00.000+08:00

Feliz Navidad! and for all who have no idea wht tt was, it's 'Merry Christmas" in Espanol...ha Spainish lesson....well Merry Christmas everyone..oh and uh...on an entirely random note, I was sitting behind this Indian on the bus the other day and he smelt of mutton curry which made me kinda hungry all the way home...

Song of The Day : Super Massive Blackhole by Muse

2006-12-15T15:46:00.000+08:00

Okay, so it's been a while....well, cause I've been overseas most of the time...so anyways..here's a photo journal of my trips (simply coz I'm lazy to type and I know seeing too many words can make one giddy) so enjoy =)

First up : Chiang Mai

Our Hotel - Pang Suan Kaew

Well, AREN'T they demanding...

Ah...Breakfast...this stuff was really good cept for some slimy brown pieces of hell I know what...

Ooooo Shiny.....

One is supposed to be able to see the city from behind the trees...hurray haze!

This sign says : "I'm a cow and I go moo..."

And this is "GAY" in Thai...honest....really....comeon believe me...

And this says: "Warning, Perry ahead. Please keep your hands and legs inside the vehicle at all times. Have a pleasant journey."

And this requires no translation...well, cause it has the English translations there already...
Hmmm...so that's where they teach people to behave like monkeys....

And some random pictures of pretty orchids =D

Our guide showing us how to use a traditional Malay sex toy....uh....I mean mouse trap...

"Row row row your boat...uh...raft..gently down the...river..."

Now I know where tricycles come from...

And Money...

A hot mineral bath prepared by 4 hot Thai babes...or so I would have wished...haha..

Elephant poop! =D

Squirt Squirt

And some other random pics...

And now for Turkey...

Magic spring water! (or so they say...)
Drink from tap number 1 for health
Drink from tap number 2 for wealth
Drink from tap number 3 for beauty
And drink from all 3 to pee

Rules of the city Ephesus :
Rule 1 : Thou shalt not step on thy neighbour's horse
Rule 2 : Thou shalt always ensure that thou has pants on
Rule 3 : Thou shalt not pee on thy friend's feet
Rule 4 : The stones that these rules are written on cannot be used as toilet paper
Rule 5 : Cats do not make a good after dinner snack
Rule 6 : Please ensure that your hands and feet are kept within the vehicle at all times
Rule 7 : Flowers planted along the street are for beautifying purposes only not for one to stuff up their arse
Rule 8 : Same goes for the trees
Rule 9 : Pies are good for you

Well...okay...whatever you say boss...

The Trojan Horse - Still under construction..they ran out of wood..they accidently let the Indonesians run wild and they burnt down all the trees...

The view of the European side of Istanbul from the Asian side

Told ya I had my very own private helicopter...

One bloody talented Japanese artist...

2006-11-14T22:17:00.000+08:00

Well great....recieved a msg from my Supervising Tutor sent me a msg telling me that my group had to redo our presentation as the school wants to record our presentation for the exemplary archives...well on one hand that's a good thing as it means that and proves that my group had done an exceptionally excellent job...and then again it's a bad thing cause well...I have alr torn up my cue card (note : singular) away right after the presentation on friday and that means that we can't really forget all about PW for now....so yea...great...

Song of The Day : Summer Sunshine by The Corrs

2006-11-12T20:22:00.000+08:00

And so here I am once again to signal the end of PW after our final Oral Presentation on Friday...and what else can I say but fantastic job everyone! I think we have the right to boast that our presentation was indeed the best we've ever done or anyone else could have done well cause it's OUR presentation and who else could do better but us? Anyways......moving on, now that PW's over and done with, it's time to focus all energy on TPJC Orientation '07 and perfecting the designs for the T-shirts...here's an example:

So what ya reckon? Imagine that on a black background....Thought that fit the theme rather nicely which is Pirates! But that's only on the front. I'll upload the back design ASAP when I get my scanner fixed....

Now that I've run out of things to type out....I'll leave you to enjoy some "motivtional" posters I found whilst wasting my time on the web one night...

Song of The Day : It Ends Tonight by The All-American Rejects

2006-11-01T22:57:00.000+08:00

And.....due to popular demand and not to mention countless threats from a certain someone, here's to all FoTS members who will, of course, be part of every other free day I'll have during these hols... oh and not to forget these other very impt ppl whom I had accidently left out in my previous posts:

1) All Poly students who hve whteva impt exams they hve during this period, Good luck. Esp to Nigel, Shu Rong, Si Rong, Ahmad, Azri, TXQ, ROXANNE ++++

2) To every other J1 from whteva JC who have managed to be promoted, Good on ya! nxt yr's the real challenge. Esp to 06A05, Poh, Xi Wen, Mich, Fyonne, Marc, Manel, Shuyun...cya again nxt yr...

Oh and happy 1st of November everyone! coincidently Gissy's birthday as well...so...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY GISSY!

Song of The Day : You And Me by Lifehouse

2006-10-31T02:21:00.000+08:00

Happy Halloween everybody!

This goes out to all O level & A Level Students:
esp Evelyn, Hung, Gissy, Rachelle, Charmaine, Clarice, Ming Bei, Jun Siang, Jit Rui, Michelle, Alverina, Jolyn, Liqing - Good luck with ur papers! =D

and to those whom I know who never managed to get promoted to J2, it's alright...after all, what is 1 year out of 80? An extra yr means you'll get to meet new friends...it ain't so bad is it?

Oh, and do get Company of Heroes. It may require a supercomputer with the best graphics card to be able to enjoy the game to it's best but heck IT IS the best!

Btw, did you know that 1 out of 10 fish are afraid of water? That's why we have flying fish...
(acctually it's 0.28% but who acctually bothers to count?)

and now with the conclusion of the promotional exams, which of course I breezed through(sort of), now comes our PW Oral Presentations & A Level MT papers(which of course I don't give a rat's ass about)...I'm rather confident that my group's presentation will be able to reach "Exceeding Expectations" with our wonderful skits, soundtracks, movie & superb presentation skills of all my group members..GO TP105! we've come a long way & gone through so much together. But we've got ourselves a great team & a great project to work with together....our band 1s are confirmed...no doubt about that....

Another random fact:
Each year, 30,000 people are seriously injured by exercise equipment.
(and they say exercise is healthy...)

November for me is gonna a tough month, Art, ODAC, Photography, ODAC overseas trip, Prom, Art overseas trip and not to mention Inline Skating trainings every Monday & Friday and when the month finally comes to a close, I'll have 3 days of rest in Dec before heading up to Turkey for holiday...Whee! I've always loved going up to Europe...It'll always be my favourite continent...

Game to get in November : Medieval 2: Total War - Can't bloody wait...ha!

Song of The Day : El Nin Yo by Tata Young

Promos

2006-09-28T22:45:00.000+08:00

and thus commences my Promotional Examinations...

29 Sept, Friday - GP & Econs
2 Oct, Monday - Art
3 Oct, Tuesday - Lit
4 Oct, Wednesday - Math
6Oct, Friday - Lit

then I'm home free...till next yr of course...

So wish me luck as I tackle this last obstacle of my academic 1st yr in TPJC...can't wait for post-Promo activities...

Random notes to self :

2006-09-25T19:50:00.000+08:00

1) chinese class can get really interesting when only 2 people turn up.
2) kempt is not a word. Neither is couth but unkempt & uncouth are.
3) however, both unfaithful & faithful are words.
4) Pie always tastes good on any day.
5) Lit sucks
6) Chinese sucks
7) School sucks
8) so do suction cups.

Song Of The Day : Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go by Wham!

I Seriously Need To Study

2006-09-11T02:18:00.000+08:00

Heck I do....feeling rather guilty one could say due to me playin' my hols away while people I know have been spending their's studying...Shuyun, going down to starbucks everyday to study. Cherie, unable to survive without spending a single day with her history notes even when she was sick. Hell when I was sick, I just spent the day sleeping, eating, sleeping, taking medication, computer...haha gee thanks guys...even Bryan, my president, has been spotted @ Marine Parade library with another guy (although kinda gay) studying...Then I tell myself, I'm sooo dead for promos unless I start to gather my notes & stuff and begin to get down to work...then after typing out this post I begin to wonder to myself...Why the hell have I just wasted 5 mins of my time typing this out which could have been spent brushing up on my Econs concepts or attempting to understand the difference between Cubism, Expressionism, Imperialism, Surrealism, Da Da, Pop Art & Abstract Expressionism... even I know not what I've just typed out here..or maybe this time could have been spent unravelling the secrets hidden between the pages of "The Handmaids Tale" & "Great Expectations"....then I again wonder why the hell have I spent another 5 mins typing all that other crap down...well I guess I'd better start work eh? Better late than never....

Song of The Day : Motivation Proclamation by Good Charlotte

2006-08-29T21:18:00.000+08:00

ok finally done with the teachers' day banner today...they'd better appreciate my work cause I've alrady sacrificed one night's sleep, one pair of pants and two days staying back late in school just to do it...and now for prom banner and tickets..bugga G-10 informed me today that instead of having the banner anf tickets designed by an outside designer, I now have the honour of the job...boy surely the school can't be THAT poor.....oh wells....another chance for me to improve my graphic design skills then...one last thing : I LIKE PIE :)

Song of The Day : My Generation by Chapeaumelon

Random Pictures

2006-08-28T01:51:00.000+08:00

Welcome to my post where I dig up some old photos in my archive and showcase them...

they forgot the word, "ME"

Hopefully u could read that...

Whatever happened to "the customeris always right"?

Ever wondered what my weekly timetable looked like? well, here ya go!

Spot the spelling and translation errors and win a prize!

Events that led to WW2

2006-08-23T19:57:00.000+08:00

WW1:
This was the major event which eventually would lead to WW2. Why? because it was simply called WW1 and no World War series would be complete without an equally exciting sequel right? We're still awaiting WW3 to break out once North korea test fires their nuclear missiles and "realised" that they've "accidently" set the coordinates of impact on Washington D.C.

The signing of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919:
This treaty was signed by the major powers at that time. Namely Atlantis, Troy, Rome, Persia and of course the United States. The only few countries to have survived the war with minimal losses due to the fact that their empires existed a long long time ago. A major cover up done by the US followed this with the names of the previously stated countries deleted and replaced with the current ones as they wanted to include their allies in the signing of the treaty so as to be seen as being humble. The treaty included that all apples be collected on a spaceship and sent into space. This was due to the fact that WW1 started after the Archduke Franz Ferdinand died after having bought an apple pie. His course of death was never revealed but the blame of his death was put on the Serbians. This course of action however, was never carried out as not only was harvesting all apples very tedious work, the spaceship was not yet invented at that time.

Hitler:
Hitler had served in WW1 under the Russian army. He was originally from Austria but however fell in love with Tsar Nicholas's moustache and left his homeland for Russia where he hoped to learn moustache grooming secrets from Tsar Nicholas. He fought well and hard as a clerk where he got promoted after beating the shit out of his superior with a stick for pissing him off badly. His superior was found out to be a spy after confessing that he'd rather be hung than face an angrt Hitler with his stick. Hitler was then sent to the front lines to fight as a trench-digger. However, one day, a friendly shell exploded near him. Luckily, he escaped unscathed except for the sides of his moustache were blown off. Fearing ridicule if he stayed on in the Russian Army where the men had such lovely moustaches due to the Tsar's emphasis on good moustache grooming products despite food shortages, Hitler thus escaped into Germany where men did not normally spot moustaches and where he made his iconic moustache the "in" thing.

How Hitler gained power:
He gained power in the government eventually though the monopoly of the company which he had set up there called , "Hitler's wonder moustache" which sold a variety of products from moustache pens for people who want to draw moustaches on themselves to moustache shampoo which kept moustaches dandruff free. For economincs students, this is what will happen when the Government does not intervene to stop a monopoly from getting too strong. President Hindenburg, whose moustache was considered too long at that time was kicked out of power and replaced with Hitler.

Rebuilding a greater Germany
After Hitler gained power, he called his suporters NAZIs, accronym for the Nitwits Association of Zealous Idiots. His first course of action was to march into the Rhineland. This was done for no other purpose than to show the world that German boots were quality stuff which could last the march into the Rhineland, the turn around to Czechoslovakia then into Poland and then into France. Hitler's intention was not to cause war but to rebuild the German economy by selling army boots for extremely long marches. Of course in order to prove that, he had to give a live demonstration. The other European countries of course didn't know this and thought that hitler marching his soldiers into their country was a declaration of war so they fled their homelands. What they didn't realise was that Hitler's soldiers wer not carrying guns and that they had very beautiful moustaches so Hitler decided to seize the best of this opportunity and occupy Europe. The very next day , Hitler recieved a bid on eBay for 100 million of his boots from Mao Zedong who ordered them for his soldiers who were participating in the long march.

Nazi-Soviet Pact:
We of course already know who the NAZIs were, but who were the SOVIETs? SOVIET was yet another accronym for Socialists who Order Variety of Indian Eating Tools. This pact was signed by the NAZIs with Russia as they were short on forks and spoons due to France taking away Germany's raw materials as war reperations. But of course being NAZIs, they didn't know that Indians ate with their hands. so they were hoodwinked but the Russians and when they found out, declared war on Poland (This was the spark which started the war) so as to get closer to Russia as Hitler did not have the heart to kill fellow moustache lovers just yet. He decided to do so in 1942 when he almost choked to death on a Russian made apple pie.

Song of The Day : Good Day by The Click Five

2006-08-14T00:13:00.000+08:00

Bugger...victims of both Rox and Mich..or should I say Poxanne and Pichelle..haha

Random facts about me :
1) Why
2) Need
3) 7
4) Random
5) Facts
6) Bout
7) Me?

alright now that's done...
NEXT...

Things that scare me :
1) Xiwen going crazy
2) Poxanne's magic stick..or should I say paddle stick
3) Poxanne even without her paddle stick

I swear those things really ARE scary..esp nos. 2 & 3

Songs at the moment :
1) Deadeye Dick - New Age Girl
2) Bowling For Soup - Almost
3) Backstreet Boys - Just Want You To Know
4) Blink 182 - All The Small Things
5) 2be3 - Excuse My French
6) Plastic Bertrand - Ca Plane Pour Moi
7) Gwen Stefani - Harajuku Girls

Good songs aye! and many more...

Things I like :
1) in-line skating
2) slalom
3) drumming
4) black with any of the following colours : orange, green, red
5) design
6) pie
7) PERRY!
8) FoTS

Bad habits :
1) going to bed late at night..or early in the morning..depends on how u see it..
2) not studying enough or should i say not at all
3) iresponsible at times
4) spendthrift
5) playing truant once too often
6) going out too often and returning home too late
7) rebellious

Victims :

alright this sucks cause all potential victims have already been "forced" to do this crap which wasted 15 mins of my life doing this..not alot, but it was still 15 mins..but here goes anyways..

1) Amanda Wee
2) Perry (doubt he'd do it anyways)
3) Nigel (likewise)
4) Wei Jean
5) Poxanne (Roxanne has done it but not Poxanne)
6) Pichelle (likewise)
7) Xi Wen

Watashi Uma Uma Wasabi

2006-08-04T00:58:00.000+08:00

Désirez ardemment il y a le long temps, au-dessus de l'océan bleu et les pâturages verts du pays de foriegn de la république de la porcelaine occidentale, là ont vécu un homme vert court avec le nom de l'homme vert court qui a apprécié un petit déjeuner quotidien des oeufs et du jambon verts. Cet homme vert court cependant, a eu un ami qui a apprécié les pâtés en croûte de pomme faits maison chauds et ils ont toujours discuté au sujet de quel type de petit déjeuner est le meilleur et leur fournirait les vitamines essentielles pour le reste du jour. Ainsi ils ont discuté et ont discuté jusqu'à ce qu'ils aient finalement décidé que le meilleur petit déjeuner du jour à avoir devait manger des crêpes. Maintenant pendant un jour après avoir mangé leurs crêpes, les deux ont décidé d'aller monter à cheval. Cependant, quand ils sont montés sur leurs chevaux, est tombé en arrière et a cassé leurs dos. Tous les deux sont morts une heure plus tard dans l'hôpital. L'Extrémité =)

This time it's a story..and it's in french..enjoy =)

Song of The Day : I Want You by Savage Garden

2006-08-04T00:28:00.000+08:00

Kuh ist zum Bauernhof gegangen läßt alles. Spiel im Schlamm und erhält sich schmutzig, damit die Hunde uns lecken können sauber. Die Schüler entfernten ihre Hosen und pissed ganz über dem gefrorenen Boden, den der ganzer Schnee schmolz und die Welt kam zu einem plötzlichen Ende. Eier sind Grün und sind sehr einfach, geöffnetes, das das blaue Eigelb heraus auslaufen läßt und schmutziges zu brechen der Fußboden, der das Mädchen sehr verärgerte becasue bildet, das, sie gerade den Fußboden gewischt hat. Apfelkuchen sind geschmackvolle besonders selbstgemachte warme Apfelkuchen und können nicht ohne zusammengedrückte warme Milch der Milch besonders gegessen werden frisch, die nicht ohne ein gebildetes Glas des Glases besonders getrunken werden kann eben, das vom Heizung Ofen gerade warm ist. Ich mag...

although the above text is entirely in German and will look very tempting to translate..please do yourself a favour and don't..It's entirely random nonsense which will make entirely no sense to the sane...

Song of The Day : New Age Girl by Deadeye Dick

ENTP & ENFP - Dominant Extraverted Intuition

2006-07-31T01:09:00.000+08:00

Words, ideas and possibilities spew effortlessly from them. Words are their best friends. They dance around ideas, the more, the merrier. Imaginative, spontaneous, original and enthusiastic, they have a knack for seeing other possibilities, other dreams and options. The world is never as it is but as it could be, as if it were but an artists sketch begging for colour. They initiate change and often are prone to trespassing a few known boundaries to take themselves and others where no one has been before. The status quo tends to lack inspiration.

When inspired, they are fearless and tireless. Their energy will know no limits unless red tape takes over. Routine drags them down. Their faith in possibilities and belief in the benefit of change often inspire others to follow. They are challenging, ingenious and innovative. They will give their best to what appears to be an impossible challenge, a place unknown to man or beast.

They use metaphors, stories, images and analogies to make their point.They love theories and often shape their own. They see patterns emerging. Keen improvisers, they are rarely caught off guard, there is always something up their sleeve. The sky is the only limit.

They are sometimes entertainers, artists or otherwise engaged in public demonstrations that allow their ideas to bloom. Their greatest difficulty is not in initiating projects but in choosing among so many possibilities, setting realistic boundaries, establishing priorities and correctly assessing resources.

2006-07-30T21:20:00.000+08:00

Back from camp....

This LTC was really differnet from previous camps that I've been to..usually when one hears, "LTC camp", one can picture:
- constant shouting
- scolding from superiors
- punishments
- 5 minutes to eat
- 4 hours of sleep every single day
- super harsh PTs

this one was completely free from the above mentioned ....really slack..slack BUT meaningful and fun...really learnt alot about myself and the way I work with a group...come the last day..I really almost broke out into tears during the ribbon presenting ceremony...really emotional...but overall, it was a good experience...

Song of The Day : Where Is Your Boy Tonight by Fall Out Boy

2006-07-26T00:21:00.000+08:00

And so on the eve of my LTC camp....Wed to Sat, 26-29..hopefully they'll let us keep our phones...well..till Sat guys...

2006-07-23T22:04:00.000+08:00

Oh wow...haven't updated for quite a while now.... well then..it's sad coz my life's boring...haha well...ok, maybe not really boring...but yea..nothing exciting been happening the past few days plus someimes I guess I'm just too lazy to put my days happenings into words here...so I guess I'll just update what has happend the past week...

Monday
Forgot what happened...oh I only remember I was on time for sch =P

Tuesday
I think I skipped school on this day...kinda woke up late (0630) and just decided to stay in bed

Wednesday
Lemme just try to recall what had happened to me on Wed....ok, forget it, oh I remember one thing! I was in school...

Thursday
Well, came in late for school today just to skip PE....haha...well I guess that was all?

Friday
Outing with Nigel, Hung, Mich, Xiwen, Roxanne after school today...met Jess and Mich first..went with them to go visit AHS....them being ex-students and me, a wannabe ex-AHSian. Ate their famous (well according to them) chicken rice and stayed there to slack for a while then went off to meet Hung at his house...Bloody hot weather...Long walk...Heavy Bag...spast! So we met, and off we were to Settlers Cafe to spend the rest of the night...Love the place..though their rates are extremely expensive, the games are however were fun and the company was great..well worth the cash I say...Well it'd be better if I didn't have to pay...haha REMINDER: Mich, Xiwen, both of u owe me treats! ^^ Oh and Hung got super high too...
Note to self: Hung's methods DO work at times...spast!
Got home and went out blading with Jean at 2330 to 0230.....got home dead tired...

Saturday
Woke up at 1400...took a quick shower, grabbed my camera and stuff and went to meet Jean to go get our blading equipment...$38 for my helmet, $10 for club tee...went to meet Nigel and hung after sending Jean home..had loads of time to spare since it was, at that time, 1730? and I was to be in school at 1930...2 hours to spare..why not? in the end, came in late for duty..spast...met my "Sis-in-law" after and we went to TM since she was also going there to meet a couple of her friends for a movie.....(Mich, no questions here) haha...so just met them after their movie to send them home...buggers made me wait 5 minutes just to go home?!?! haha

Sunday (Today)
Morn - Lan
Noon - Blading ard my neighbourhood
Night - slacking in front of first the TV then the comp

I'm soo gonna get screwed tml after not having completed some of my responsibilities which consists of:
1) 20+ reading logs
2) GP essay
3) Compre
4) Lit essay
5) Desgin for National day tattoo
6) Art Preliminary Sketches
7) Econs essay

I'm dead...delima! should I pon Sea Sports Carnival tml? But my class needs me....hmmm...

Slalom

2006-07-16T22:42:00.000+08:00

Ever gone to NY Central Park and saw skaters put a line of cones and skate through it? that's slalom...and I'm gonna take that up now....Slalom's cool...

2006-07-11T21:53:00.000+08:00

Times have changed...things have changed...I used to think that I'd never be able to live without you...now I just think otherwise...You used to be my fuel, my driving force..now, u're just polluting the air while not getting me anywhere...how I wish things could go back to the way they once were...but of course, that's just selfish on my part...well...I hope I can enjoy life as much without you now...

2006-07-06T05:02:00.001+08:00

Viva La Francias indeed....hurah! France have bested Portugal on the pitch and will now face off with Italy in the Finals...my hopes are with France.....teach the Bastardos Intaliano a lesson for beating the expected champions....

2006-07-05T23:15:00.000+08:00

Two words. "bastardos italiano!" no more Deutschland in the World Cup finals....sad...now leave me alone to cry....well now time to root for my second favourites...France! Viva La Francias!

A Level MT Oral

2006-07-03T17:19:00.000+08:00

Chinese shouldn't even BE my mother tongue! Neither my mum nor my dad writes, reads or even speaks Chinese unless the need is really there..but whatever the case, MOE doesn't really give a shit and I hve to end up taking Chinese as my 2nd Language and of course had to take my Advanced Level Oral last friday....

I was the 2nd last of my batch to go and honestly I wasn't feeling really all that nervous..maybe it's the thought that I still could go to an Auzzie Uni even if I can't get into NUS or SMU - Auzzie Citizenship does pay off sometimes - esp when you wanna clear those pesky customs in Australia or NZ hahaha...well it inevitably came to my turn....of course I could hve used my MC which I hve gotten but didn't...no use prolonging the agony..so anyways the passage was full of weird little squiggles which mean absolutely nothing and I found it my job to make this string of nonsense sound logical...yes! I only read those words I knew and those I didn't, I replaced them with something to make the passage still sound coherent even after the more difficult words have been replaced.

Next up, the convo section..no worries, I could easily converse in Chinese as long as I knew what the topic was about...first question, "Do you read chinese newspapers?" I actually wanted to answer yes to this just to see the reaction of my examiners but then restrained myself since this WERE my A Levels...haha but of course my answer was no....then they asked me why? Well, coz my family doesn't speak Chinese and we don't bother ourselves with the language, much..
..and then the third question was whether I'd bother to read a Chinese newspaper specially published for youths using very simple Chinese and with english translations at the side...well why not? Who knows? It might actually help...and so thus ends my A Level MT Oral...what a great day it was....

Things I Hate About S'pore Part II

2006-06-27T22:33:00.000+08:00

1. Holidays
What holidays? more like stay-at-home-to-do-loads-more-homework-days...so much for getting some R&R..jeez...I seriously wouldn't mind that much workload if we had summer vacations in S'pore coz well, it's summer here all yr round! haha....well...we can all link this to our education system...they don't want us going overseas to learn new things...happened before (pre-independence), and they won't let it happen again..of cause they can't restrict u from going overseas...that's a dictatorship and a restriction to human rights and the UN won't like it so solution, load the kids with homework, remedial lessons and camps so that they'll be busy for the entire duration of the so called "holidays" and in turn mummy and daddy can't go anywhere with litte boyboy and girlgirl stuck in school everyday....

2. Smokers
Ok, so it's a worldwide problem and yea...I don't only hate S'porean smokers...I hate em all! Spast! the World's already very much polluted thanks to you...now you're contributing...oh and hey, why don't you just gimme the cash you'd normally pay for 10 fag packs and I'll kill you myself...faster and way less painful lemme assure you....well ok, maybe we shouldn't really ban it but only allow smoking in certain areas like small glass boxes no bigger than the size of a telephone booth and ZERO ventilation...that might allow u smokers to enjoy alot more of that foul stench you're soo addicted to and keep it off the streets...

Things I Hate Bout S'pore

2006-06-24T21:11:00.000+08:00

1. Our service
Slow and steady doesn't always win the race. "Service with inefficiency and unfriendliness."....I'm pretty sure that's the mottos for most firms here...either that or it's "who gives a fuck bout the customers? Not us, we only care about the money they'll be paying after they realise we're the only shop in the area providing such services."
2. Our beaches (with exception of Sentosa's beaches)
Green and murky waters that would look inviting only to those well prepared with chemical protection suits and oxygen tanks. Rubbish filled sand or is it Sand filled rubbish...can't seem to tell the difference...
3. Our education system
As technology advances, what would normally take a man 5 years to master now would take him 1 day to learn how to operate the machinery...sad to say, the government still has to keep as going to school for a straight 12 years before going to university. Why? the answer is simple..where else would the revenue that would otherwise have come from school fees come from? So they think, why not dump all kinds of useless knowledge on the youths today and let them think we're doing them good and to figure out why the hell they hve to learn stuff like Additional Math and what good does the other crap they teach in secondary school do when teachers in junior Colleges are going to re-teach them adding in stuff to prove that what was learnt was in fact wrong...and where'd creativity and self-expression disappear to? I guess they're afraid that in learning to be more creative and expressive we'll be better than the current PAP members and worse..join the opposition parties...

2006-06-21T23:20:00.000+08:00

When you think life's all good, life has a way to bite u in the arse one more time...bloody hell...

2006-06-09T23:54:00.000+08:00

Excuse My French - 2 Be 3

Je t'adore je t'adore
When you walk through the door
Voulez-vous voulez-vous
I wanna be with you
C'est la vie c'est la vie
You were made of me

The time has come
And this is the night
I'm gonna make my move
Get everything right

I'm gonna buy your sweet perfume
And champagne on ice
I'll be your sugar and spice
Any everything nice

I may not be
What you had in mind
But if i get my act together
It's just a matter of time

I'm gonna tap on your shoulder
Offer my arms out to hold ya
Show ya that you need a lover
Who can be smooth debonaire
So fine that i'll drive you crazy
That way you'll make you my baby
Damn girl excuse my french
I can't believe how good you look to me
Damn girl excuse my french
I can't believe how good you look to me

Well here we are
Movin' to the beat
I feel like fred astaire
But with two left feet
I seem to fall flat on my face
cause when it comes to love
I feel so out of place
I'm tryin' to be the man of your dreams
But every time i look at you
I come apart at the seams

I'm gonna tap on your shoulder
Offer my arms out to hold ya
Show ya that you need a lover
Who can be smooth debonaire
So fine that i'll drive you crazy
That way you'll make you my baby
Damn girl excuse my french
I can't believe how good you look to me
Damn girl excuse my french
I can't believe how good you look to me

Don't be afraid of me
I'm just a diamond in that rough girl
Shining for your love

Je t'adore je t'adore
When you walk through the door
Voulez-vous voulez-vous
I wanna be with you
C'est la vie c'est la vie
You were made of me

I'm gonna tap on your shoulder
Offer my arms out to hold ya
Show ya that you need a lover
Who can be smooth debonaire
So fine that i'll drive you crazy
That way you'll make you my baby
Damn girl excuse my french
I can't believe how good you look to me
Damn girl excuse my french
I can't believe how good you look to me

"big" day today..went out with rox, mich, xi wen, hung and nigel..watched Cars (Nigel's idea) then had Carl's Jr. for dinner..damn..I've fallen in love with their burgers...that's how burgers were meant to taste and look like!

ODAC LTC '06

2006-06-09T12:02:00.000+08:00

well finally...couldn't update last night coz I couldn't access this site...well, for those who don't know, I finally broke camp last night...and oh how I had missed loads of things...oh and you made my day yesterday too ^^

DAY 1
Treking in Pulau Ubin for 14 hours non-stop...walking around the island, or the parts of it which is not under OBS or Chek Jawa, for bout 4 times carrying our full packs which contained our equipment and stuff for a 4 day camp...most of ours weighed at least 15kg and only food we were given were dry rations..note to self : Khong Guan biscuits are super dry and they taste horrible...only managed to slp by 0200 on the ground

DAY 2
Wake up time was 0700...took a boat back to Changi Jetty...then walked again to the Changi Sea Sports Club where we were briefed for our sea ex that day...a 10km journey from CSSC to Corney Island in a 2-man kayak where we were going to have lunch (dry rations) but instead, we stoped at Pasir Ris...personally, I felt kinda cheated..lol

DAY 3
Day was spent doing the obstacle courses from stamania in the morning like the flying fox, commando crawl, temple blocks and giant ladder...afternoon was wet and dirty games where the 1 thing I could remember from that is when they made us crawl through the drain next to the track area in school. Seniors asking us really stupid questions at every openning with every answer given "rewarded" with a splash of water from a jerry can...then at night they explain to us that this was to see how fast we can respond to under pressure...campfire at night but to our dismay rain came so we abandoned our fire and went to the carpark to come up with a makeshift one out of candles and torches...what can I say, Deimos, as expected (lol), came up with the best skit and well one can say the campfire was kind of a success..

DAY 4
Final day of the LTC camp...couldn't wait to get home..day went rather smoothly with us learning pioneering skills in the morning and building structures..of course Deimos's structure is the best and most innovative haha and we displayed the best teamwork..after lunch was our final activities for the camp which were our situational tests where there was a set of 3 activities to do under a very strict deadline of no more than 20mins...appartly this was to see who were capable of becoming the new Ex-co members..well who cares, coz I finally got a phone back and could go home and take a nice long bath and a nice hot dinner of real homecooked food..haha

Song of The Day : In Too Deep by Sum 41

2006-06-05T01:51:00.000+08:00

Outing this friday guys...can't wait...this will really help me forget the crappy stuffs happening in not only my life but in those of people around me..

To my dearest "bro", have fun in Czech alright...forget bout ur troubles and get me smth nice ^^ sadly won't be able to make it to the airport to send you guys off..stupid ODAC camp..haha..but yea..I'll be sleeping in my tent sending you guys off in my heart...will cya again when you return for PW and econs proj..haha hols IS indeed crap!

Song of The Day : Dani California by The Red Hot Chilli Peppers

2006-06-04T04:28:00.000+08:00

Haven't updated in a while and I'm leaving for my ODAC LTC camp tmr (Dread Deimos)..decided I best update my blog b4 I left.......well ok done =)

well alright...basically, life has been rathered screwed up lately with all the friendships breaking apart, the constant backstabbing and not to mention my long nights sitting around just thinking of you...some things I wanna say to certain people..but I guess this just ain't the correct moment for certain truths to be revealed just yet...ignorance IS bliss...well it's life and shit happens...

and this goes out to Bryan Wong - Happy Birthday!
(Why pink? coz I thought it suited u best. Don't mention it)

Song of The Day : Crazy Little Thing Called Love by Michael Buble

2006-05-26T00:17:00.000+08:00

Screw it..I must hve been half drunk when I said I wanted to do potraits for Art CT..I must hve been filled with 70% alcohol when I said I'd do it in paint..shit..now I've screwed up what was initially a very nice and beautiful piece of work..bah...

Song of The day : Move Along by The All American Rejects

2006-05-21T20:21:00.000+08:00

Another day out in the waters of Changi Beach...but it wasn't so bad this time...water was much cleaner further out...went to buy dinner for my family after..storeowner gave me extra food, and she gave me a discount of $3 from the original $39. haha this shows that kind peple still do exist in S'pore or that a little charm can go a long way...hahaha..well screw this...I've still got my preliminary sketches to complete as well as a lit eassy all by tml and I'm already dead tired! this 2-day 1star course couldn't have come at a worse time with CCTs just next week leaving all TPJC ODACians with no time for hw or study....

Song of The Day : Come Home Soon by Pug Jelly

2006-05-20T22:59:00.000+08:00

Friday, the day before today....we went dragonboating as an ODAC activity...3 boats, shared mine with Mich, Sum and Jimmy...hell I was lucky Nordin didn't take our boat..he made all ODACians in his boat jump into the water...well if it were the clear blue waters of Lake Tahoe I wouldn't mind but this is the murky green salty waters of Kallang River..I don't even wanna know what else lies beneath the surface...then today...day 1 of a 2-day course for our 1 star award....one more thing to add to my hate list now - the waters in and around Singapore - they were exactly the same as tt at kallang river! for those who've never ever in their many years of existance in Singapore have never gone down to a beach before...you should one day..you'll be surprised and taken aback at the variety of things there that will make you lose your lunch...after met Rox, Theo, Hung, Mich and Dicky Balls (Nigel) for dinner first at TM then at Simpang Bedok...haha oh and thanks Meiling for asking me to join you guys for dinner after everyone has left for home...came back really red everywhere...I'm lucky I haven't gotten sunburnt yet...well...there's still that chance tml..argh! the water's not doing my face any good!

Song of The Day : Everlasting Love by Jamie Cullum

Ownage

2006-05-15T21:48:00.000+08:00

Pure and simple 06A05 beat the rest and has become the best! First for 2 events we've taken part in at te sea sports heats - 6 man doubles relay for canoe and dragonboat - well the other teams put up a jolly good show at tt too but heck we now know and will always know that 06A05 of hawk house is the best and will always be! now preparations for CCTs and our finals...it's gonna be tough but as they say, when the going gets tough, the tough gets going!

Confused

2006-05-15T01:18:00.000+08:00

I just don't know wht to think anymore.....this is definately pulling my spirits down...

on a more positive note:

06A05 is sooo gonna win at sea sports heats later today!

Song of The Day : Just Want You to Know : Backstreet Boys

2006-05-10T00:38:00.000+08:00

Well who cares bout girls when you've got friends hahaha...gals just give ya the probs...friends cheer ya up

ARGH!

2006-05-07T21:35:00.000+08:00

really busy there few days....and the hw just continues to pile up...lit, GP, chinese, art...shoot! how am I gonna cope with all these? with CCTs just around the corner as well....

Song Of The Day : I Still by Backstreet Boys

Rinascita

2006-05-03T23:42:00.000+08:00

Yup that's the theme for our 21st Student Council Investiture...means rebirth and of course this is a rebirth into something new, fun and exciting...heck we're the best, most united council I've yet ever seen...50 ppl stong and we're not lacking in quality...21st Student Council : TPJC's Elite Best!

And to the 20th Council, don't be sad coz you're leaving...be sad coz you're unable to join us =)

Song of The Day : Pump It by The Black Eyed Peas

2006-04-27T23:58:00.000+08:00

Whoever said TPJC was a slack school ought to have hois balls hacked off!
FUCK! PW, council, runway, and a week full of tests every single day! oh, that's not to mention the neverending stack of hw I face everyday...well, that's JC life for ya :)

Song of The Day : O. Lover by Jason Mraz

Sudden Realisation

2006-04-26T01:39:00.000+08:00

I just realised smth....I love u..I've always loved you...you're still in my mind..you've always been...oh how much I've missed ya...

SYF Central Judging

2006-04-23T11:02:00.000+08:00

Years have changed things...now we've got loads more bands competing in the outdoor competitons. used be around 5-7. This year, we've got 9! But of course, as usual, since the new bands are still new to the competition, it's still the big 3 bands who are the real competition - Bowen, Deyi and Tanjong Katong. Must say that this yr's competition is extremely close with our competitors improving tremendously as compared to previous competitions. But hey, we clinched our gold with honours award! We're still the best! TK Band, We define excellence!

Song of the day : Crazy by Simple Plan

2006-04-23T10:59:00.000+08:00

I resolve that from this day onwards, I'll treat everyone nicely. No matter how mush I detest that person.

2006-04-20T23:06:00.000+08:00

Loads of things weighing me down....

Firstly, school work...the pressure of tests, CA and the upcoming yet still not so near common tests, PW, homework...it's alot to cope with...but however, gotta pity the history students more...BUT, art still takes it toll...

Secondly, personal life...it's just screwed up...not sure if things have taken a turn for the worse or better though I hope it'd be the latter. cool that rhymes ^^

But however I've resolved to focus right now on my studies and not let anything else affect me...ok maybe that really isn't entirely possible. But I'll try...but it's doubtful that my personal life will not interfere with my studies...

Sometimes I just wish that things were back to what they once were....changes...just gotta adapt..just gotta move on and screw the past...yet the past always finds a way to haunt me...I hate that...

TPJC open house cum carnival's this saturday...hopefully I'll get to see you guys (Ex-Tksians as well as present) there..It'll be great fun..that I'll guarantee you or your money back. Wait, it's free...ermmm sooooo ya..since it's free then you gotta make an effort to come check things out...

Other than that well...it's going on great haha

And a final message for my bud Evelyn! Happy birthday! it's a pity that I couldn't go over to your side of the island to celebrate your birthday with ya...sorry not to have put in the effort..but hey I'm honouring your birthday here on my blog..you SHOULD be honoured haha

PW Groupings

2006-04-18T19:49:00.000+08:00

Ok..so we finally got our PW groupings today...something everyone waited for in anticipation hoping that none of the "certain" people end up in ours..and today, it was finally announced! I wasn't really given any time to feel anxious or whatever...came back from the toilet and boom! I was given my group...haha not really my dream group but hey, I can't really complain when I have such execellent groupmates!

Jian Hong - My Counquer Buddy
Sochenda - My Brother
Talisa - My OG6-mate and hard worker

Well, here's to working with you guys and we're sooooo gonna get ourselves a band 1! I can almost taste it ^^

Student Council

2006-04-14T22:12:00.000+08:00

Well...now on to more less heartbreaking stuff (well to me that is)...It's official..they let us all into the student council...bloody hell just when my campaign was in full swing...yup too few people ran and they decided to let all the independant candidates into the council just like this...GREAT..now we've got certain people that I'll be having to work with...well as they say..life ai'nt made of no marshmellows..though sometimes I just wished it were..haha

Song of the day: Cash Machine by Hard-Fi

Moving on...

2006-04-14T22:10:00.000+08:00

You were swell and all and it was fun being with ya...but you've left scars deep within me...it's time I moved on..stop thinkin' of ya...cya around some other time...

I'm almost over you

2006-04-13T19:53:00.000+08:00

At first I thought that despite all obstacles thrown at us we might actually make it through...now I start to think differently...I'm almost over you...

Thinking

2006-04-08T20:00:00.000+08:00

Thinking of withdrawing from student council elections....should I?

Coming Back Home

2006-04-05T21:33:00.000+08:00

I'm coming back home
Home to where I belong
I count the number of days I was gone
Days that seems like aeons
Oh how long was it since
I had left this fair green land
To one of red hues
Like many of kin
We've left our homelands
Paid to disown it
This place where we're born
And now I tell myself
I'm coming back home
But which home is it

Well Damnit...

2006-04-04T09:14:00.000+08:00

Well foud out last night with the help of Bryan that the speech was in fact not today but next week...got me all worked up for the past few days over nothing...anyways..I'm using the school's computers in the library yo update my blog....and yes the computers here suck...CRT monitors and a keyboard with un-sensitive keys..well I guess I'm done here for now...really takes quite alot of effort to type on this computer...

Recent Affairs

2006-04-01T21:17:00.000+08:00

Fuck...damn how much I hate it when people try to tidy the place up and they put my stuff in nice neat little places which is later very conviniently forgotten...Leave my stuff alone! It's may seem messy but at least I know where they are...

I may seem as though I was indifferent towards you but in fact I've been trying to conceal my true feelings...

Speech on tues has gotten me all worked up...been trying to come up with something that mat both leave an impact on the J2s as well as to promote myself in a non-cliche and unique way...this stinks...hope it'll turn out good.......

Student Council Elections

2006-03-29T20:55:00.000+08:00

Ok ppl this post is to ask you guys for support...

VOTE FOR BRYAN (06A05), NASIR (06S03) AND OF COURSE ME, JOHANN (06A05)! GIVE US YOUR SUPPORT GUYS AND WE PROMISE TO SERVE YOU GUYS WELL!

My Friendship Scale

2006-03-26T00:04:00.000+08:00

-2 is my personal sex slave
-1 is my sex partner
0 means I'd love to spend eternity with you and hope that our "more than friendship" relationship would never end
1 is family and close friends
2 says I'd like to get to know you better
3's when your first impression leaves a positive impact
4 says let's just stay as friends, nothing more
5's right smack in the middle
6 is crossing the line
7 is when it's possible to repent and still be forgiven
8 is the point of no return
9 is when you die
10 says welcome to hell!

It's Decided

2006-03-25T23:48:00.000+08:00

So yea...it's decided...I'm gonna run for the school elections instead of class for Student Council...after all, Meiling and Soh are already running for class...would love to avoid an internal strife that may tear the very foundation of friendship and trust that 06A05 was built on...and here was my initial slogan for my campaign - "Vote for me or I'll eat all your ice cream" then I realised that I don't really enjoy eating soooo much ice cream that I changed it to "If you don't vote for me then you'll be voting for that other person who is running against me" I thought that made much more sense than the first one anyways...

Soh is now my BROTHER! Let's celebrate...or maybe we'll just sit in a quiet corner of a dark room and....eat ice cream....ah well...haha

Random thought of the day

2006-03-25T12:07:00.000+08:00

Men are a good source of protein :D

Fucked Up

2006-03-23T20:02:00.000+08:00

Things aren't exactly going my way
Screwing up here, there, everywhere
Making mistakes where they shouldn't
My life's in a complete swirl
Not sure what's going on

1's empty
2's dead
and 3 never was
4 and 5 just never existed

Should I continue
Should I move on
Or should the present stay in the past
Or should the present move on to the future

But life moves on
Memories flash by
Fuck it!

That's it
My mind's made up
I'm moving on
Leaving what's passed as past
A past that I've just thrown away
A past not worth re-visiting
Not worth reminiscing

For now that is
The present shall remain the present
Live for the moment
Come what may
Let what's in stall wait
For my moment is now

Joke Of The Day

2006-03-19T22:30:00.000+08:00

My mum called me a son-of-a-bitch...

haha...go figure!

Updated

2006-03-16T23:12:00.000+08:00

Yes! I've finally decided, after much persuasion, to update my blog... Class postings were released today.... 5 mins after Bryan put up a post criticizing the efficiency of TPJC admin...and...we're all staying! 06A05 is here to stay... Guess the admin decided to listen to me and leave A05 as it is filling the spaces of those who have left us with those who are going to join us... Here's to welcoming the new A05ians into this wonderful class... and now to how I've spent my hols...

WARNING:
IF YOU FIND SUCH EXPLICIT CONTENT OFFENSIVE, I SINCERELY ADVICE YOU NOT TO SCROLL DOWN ANYMORE AS YOU WILL AND CERTAINLY FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE AFTER READING ABOUT THIS.

Wee Khai's Chalet @ PA holiday chalets

Apparently, this was organised as a class gathering for TK 2D '03 but when we arrived, only Wee Khai, Chu Hong, Jun Rong, and Shu Rong were left... and I'm pretty sure them all having only chinese names had nothing to do with the crappy turn up which led to the cancellation of the bbq...and so it was in the middle of the night... when CH and WK decided to take porn pictures of their very own ...acctually, more like CH's idea...WK just got forced into it...

That's Chu Hong on top and Wee Khai beneath him...here's to Brokeback Mountain II, cheers!

TK Band's annual March holiday camp

Went back for a couple of days to check up on the progress the band has made since I had left them... We were pretty much done.. I guess and hopefully this junior batch would still be able to clinch the gold and best display band awards for maybe and possibly the last time.... Can't really say much about the new batch of sec 1s though...sloppy posture, crappy drills, attitude problems... and this is already into the 3rd month...I remembered when we had already learnt all or most of the commands by the second month... Well, guess the band masters have been trying their best haven't they? Of course after the hard work in the sun all day long...there's always a little time to have fun right? On to the wet and dirty games!

As the sec 4s prepared for the games...

The rest of us were slacking in the canteen waiting for the fun to begin....

Poor buggers had cheap thoothpaste smeared all over their faces...

As they stood to attention...

And let the games begin!

This reminds me of some Iraqi torture camp...

TPJC Council chalet

3 days and 2 nights...almost zero hours of sleep...ALMOST...and slaving over the hot bbq pit for the first night...of course there were some fun times as well...

Our bbq pit...doesn't look like much have been cooked or is cooking...wht can I say, we were all on diets....

Alvin staring at the moon....

Nasir taking a picture of Alvin staring at the moon....

Daryl and Alvin alone sharing a bed...oh my....

Amelia's Birthday

Happy birthday Amelia! haha hope u liked our presents...the 06A05 contribution to someone we can never bear to leave out...or at least I hope it was :P

Bryan and Khairi getting comfortable whilst awaiting for "her highness" to arrive....

And we leave Khairi and Amelia to have some *ahem* private time alone...

Radhika with the birthday girl...

The A05 beauties...sadly Hui Qi has left us....traitor :P

Poo ALWAYS forgets that there's always someone there to help her take pictures...

Bryan looking into his favourite mirror at City Hall station...trying to do up his hair to look good for his photoshoot..sadly I thought this one looked nicer....

TPJC 2nd Orientation

One word : Sucks!

need I say anymore?

Posting

2006-03-04T00:38:00.000+08:00

Well, wht do ya know? TPJC Arts...first choice...haha no surprise there....

Egg protector turned out pretty well...haha well mine worked perfectly! Plus, it was the cheapest and looked da best and that's not only limited my own personal opinion =P... sweet huh?

Thanks Bryan for today's treat!

that's it...I'm dead beat...gonna slp...

The Final Countdown

2006-03-02T20:52:00.000+08:00

And here I stand, awaiting the for posting results to be released. Good luck.... :)

My egg protector's finally complete!!! haha hope it works....i'll try to take good pictures tml during the testing...haha