Hello World.

Absence of an entry lately is due to a lack of time and motivation to bring myself to this page. Haha.

Last week was relatively peaceful..except that it marked the end of all my Science SPAs. After 1year 4 months and 14 gruelling SPAs later, its all over. [Actually I have already lost count of the number of SPAs I have done.]

Last week also received the confirmation slip of my A levels exams...by accepting that I am going to pay 493 bucks for 5 subjects, there is no turning back now. I can't drop anything, but have to continue till the end. Haix.

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"Are there any financial assistance available?"

"Oh yes there is, but you should note that the more subjects you take, the more you have to pay. So if you are unable to get financial assistance because your family income is over the cap limit, you can always go and see *."

(* => my 20th Jan 2006 entry)

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Although Science SPAs are over, we the computing students are in the midst of Coursework 2. The task is to create a website, and I only have 4 and a half hours left with nothing much to show. Haix. Its getting on my nerves. Haha.

Just completed my NS registration last night..after receiving an reminder sms from them over the weekend. There was a hell lot of things to fill in. Have to spend so much time on it. And the earliest free date for medical appointment is in mid-June. Sianx.

Tomorrow is Sports Day! No I'm not running haha, I'm just happy that something is happening in the otherwise uneventful week. Haha.

But then, tomorrow is also the release of PW results. The entire year of hard work is still rather unforgettable. I just hope I can get a not-too-bad grade.

Yet we the computing students have to wait later than the rest. For our coursework, originally on Friday, is pushed up to tomorrow. While the rest of the school is released at 1210, we have to face the monitor screen for another hour.

On the other hand, some of my classmates are guessing that our CT will only give back our results after Sports Day. Its not the first time my class is the last in the entire level to receive something. =X

Mugging season has already started for many year2s...many people are hogging the library tables during free time to study. Even my normally-slack- : p -classmates are burying their heads in books now...which includes me. Haha.

Fairly normal entry, fairly boring entry, fairly boring me.

Its very frustrating when I stare at a string of letters and numbers and symbols and I don't understand why is the formula written this way, how it is derived, and the concept behind.

I used to be complacent, accepting whatever formulas and equations the textbook gave me. Now? I am stumped by the simplest concepts, and I can't answer my own question when I ask "why is it this way?"

I can just sit down and read through every single piece of notes all over again, but I don't have the time.

Good News:

My handphone is repaired and back in my hands! The battery and some internal part is spoilt. The hp was back home today, and after charging it for 6 hours, I'm using it again. =)

Bad News:

Everything inside is erased. That will include all my smses, some pictures that I took with the camera, some pictures my friends had sent me, and each and every single of my contacts.
Perhaps its a good thing to start anew. People I have already lost contact with shall be erased, and in my phone remains only people that I'm still in contact with.

Meanwhile, my apologies if anyone smses me and I reply asking who you are.

Another Good News:

I have transferred all my data from the spoilt computer to a working computer!
Turned out its a easy job. I just plugged the hard disk into the computer as a slave and it worked fine as a secondary drive. Initially I thought the computer will get confused with two Windows.

Yet Another Good News:

Well, my mother says if its spoilt, then buy a new one.(haha so generous)
Haven't told my father that the computer is spoilt. Because if I told him, most probably he will try to fix the computer rather than agreeing to buy a new one. I am still considering my options.
But then at this weird time, it doesn't make much sense if I buy a new computer. I will (most probably) be mugging, and after that I have to enter NS for two bloody years. And there's also the laptops becoming more and more powerful these days.

Yet Again Another Good News:

I've finally downloaded Fedora Core 5! Total of 6 iso images, each taking 30-50mins to download (I picked a Singapore mirror ftp haha) Now they are eating up 3gb of my disk space (my this hard disk only got 7gb of space =( )
Shall find one fine day to burn them all into cds, then delete FC3 before installing FC5.

I signed up for a trip to Silicon Valley. Was informed that I only need to write an essay and whether I get selected will be based on my essay.

Then came the news that there were too many people signing up for it and thus, an interview has to be conducted to select the final students.

Well, I didn't get through it, so I have to stay put in Singapore.

No reason was given, though I guess its because of my late submission of my essay, my sucky performance during interview. And sheer bad luck.

Being an iCOMP member has alot of advantages.

For example, going into a concert free while others pay $10 for it. Haha.

I volunteered for filming duty for this year's Musicfest..one reason is to go for an event where every other Victorian is dying to go before I graduate from the college, while the other reason is to see if Musicfest is really worth $10 per ticket (by going through the balloting) or $20 (by going through the underground black market).

Rotted in school from 11.35am till 5pm, after which I went for a very important meeting, before trooping off with friends to Parkway Parade for dinner. On the way back it started raining heavily when we were mere steps from the canteen, and ended up running for shelter.

Got into the PT after we assured the SCs that we would not sit on the seats. (This is perhaps the only bad thing about going in as part of iCOMP. I have to sit on the stairs.) Set up the camera and tripod, waited for the PT to fill up, waited for guest-of-honour Felicia Chin to arrive, waited for emcees to tell us that she will be late, before the performance started.

Musicfest was spilt into solo, vocal group, dance and band, with 3 person(or group) fighting out in each. I must say that Musicfest is indeed a highly impressive event, because it gathered the best singers into one single event, and the singers were really damn good la. Although there were slight mistakes, like going off-beat and some lack of coordination, the songs were all well sung.

No wonder people were rubbing ultraviolet stamps on their friends' (or so I heard) so as to try to get past the SCs during the intermission.

Interestingly, the black horses were the ones who caught the judges' eyes tonight, while those who received the most cheers did not win. A friend of mine in a duet did not win, although I thought they sang real well, while 2 of my classmates won in the band category. Their group was not bad; I think because the hot favourites Camels were abit too rock for comfort. At least to me.

As for filming, I stationed myself with two others at one side of the PT, raising the tripod to a level where we could film without standing up. So I settled myself comfortably by the side against the wall.

Free coca-colas were given out during intermission, which was a pleasant surprise. Haha.

So my conclusion? Overall Musicfest is one of the better performances out of the many that I see. It is definitely worth going for, even if one has to sit on the stairs. But I still think $10 for a ticket is way too much. Of course, $20 for one in the black market is outragous. So if I was not assigned the job tonight, I may not have gone for it.

Musicfest aside, the eve of April's Fool Day was seen as a major event for Victorians. Early in the morning the plasma screens directed students to gather at the koi pond or drink's stall for assembly, chairs and tables and dustbins were deliberately displaced in weird positions, senseless announcements were made during assembly, and even a Tamil pledge. Fake Musicfest tickets ( $100 free standing Musicfeast tickets) were given out, and booths set up at the canteen to trick people into buying underwear and lucky draws.

-.-''''''''

Today was also the launch of Artery. Basically they hung up some pictures in the concourse, and changed it into a art gallery of sorts. There were even performances to accompany this launch.

What a day. And tomorrow I am going to school for an interview. An important one. And I'm scared.

I'm tired.

Yo.

Luckily ViCOMP 2006 was quite successful. Except for a few hiccups here and there, otherwise it was (surprisingly?) peaceful this year. Rehearsal the day before was horrible, as the emcees were inexperienced and not up to the job, while many others were not even present. But everything just pieced together on the actual day and it worked out well. Maybe my CT "motivating" speech spurred them on? Haha.

xI (where x=R) won this year...ending yCI (where y =H)'s 3 year champion run. During the final round, three of the schools were actually swtiching the champion position at every other question in the fastest finger round, but in the end xI and zCS(I) (where z=A) broke off from yCI.

Programming round wasn't too bad...except that the rules were not clear thus leading to some confusion. Shall take note of that.

Felt abit sad for the yCI kids though..because they did not get the champion they were scolded by their senior for a full 45 mins outside the LT.

"I have seen you all since sec 1......you all did not do your best......."

Aiyo competition only mah....why stress them until liddat....

AHS as usual didn't do well...lol don't know what to say.

I received a birthday card from my class on monday...well after my brithday was over. There was no surprise, as they passed the card right under my nose (or eyes, or mouth, whatever). I even held it once. Haha. Finally on monday it was sneaked into my bag and into my chem tys.

I liked the big words on the front of the card: Anything is possible with a willing heart. Haha.

My friends wrote very interesting and nice comments in my card....I feel rather guilty because usually I only write "happy birthday!" on my friends' cards, but I got a card full of words in return. Haix.

There were the usual stuff on my card..what me being very funny la, me being lame la, me bringing laughter and joy to the class la, wanting to see my face on Time magazine etc etc. A friend even wrote I am the most funny person she ever met. Haha she haven't meet G**.

The comment I liked most will be this: When you talk BIG and we laugh yet we sincerely believe you can do it! ....and continue to dream BIG!

BIG dreams I have talked about before:
1) Beating Bill and making his company collapse
2) Racing Michael and his F1 car using a bus and winning him.
3) Opening a food stall in VJC selling quality food, anything from roti prata to kuay chap to ban mian to ramen
4) Driving a taxi
5) Forgot others liaox.

Haha which one do you people think I can do? Haha.

Tomorrow is Musicfest! And I get to go (I think) as part of filming duty. Some people think Musicfest is a signature VJC event which cannot be missed, as seen by the huge underground black market for Musicfest tickets. Yet many also think that Musicfest is an overrated activity, as it is not as good as it seems to be. Well I shall find out for myself.

Sports season has started! Wonder if I will still get the chance to go to National Stadium this year? Haha.

While many science students are rejoicing over the fact that science SPA will be ending soon, computing students across Singapore have just received their second coursework -.-''. For the next four to five weeks the little heard of community in Singapore will be tearing their hair out trying to create a website within 9 hours. Good luck to them (and me).

I wonder if I have blogged more than I should blog. Blogging seems a sensitive activity these days.

Two of the worst things that can ever happen to me happened today.

My handphone crashed.

My computer crashed.

AAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

My phone has been behaving weirdly since not too long ago. Pictures stored inside my phone can mysteriously turn black or get distorted to beyond regconition. White lines appear behind my phone menu. It crashes when one browses through the camera picture folder. Smses also become distorted that the phone returns failure to open them when i try to.

Today after smsing a friend, I placed it on my table and went out of my room. When I returned, the phone has turned itself off and refused to be turned on. The screen does not appear even when I charge it, and no charging appeared to take place because the battery did not warm up.

And the worst of all is that all my phone contacts are inside the phone.

When signs of failing first appeared I have already thought of recording them down on paper, but i kept delaying it because I was busy. Now that it crashed, I cant even do anything.

I'm very sad leh....not just because I may have lost some of those precious phone contacts, but also I loved that phone alot.

Haix.

My computer suffered a similiar fate. The monitor throws out a "no signal input" when I switched on the computer, and nothing else. Once the boot up screen came on, but the memory test did not run and the screen just froze there.

My many years of stuff are all inside that computer...but I'm not as worried since the problem does not lie with the hard disk, meaning my stuff are safe for now.

But with Win XP inside, I don't know if it will still run if I change a new component inside.

Haix. Suddenly the whole world is failing on me.

I have just submitted a very important essay....if I get selected it shall be a life-changing experience for me. Hope I get in, together with my friends.

I watched the table-tennis finals where it was Singapore vs Singapore. I wonder what their minds were thinking of when they have to play against their partners. From the looks on their faces, it seems like friends-turned-enemies where they refuse to regconise each other.

Or maybe they are just too engrossed in their games.

ViCOMP quiz is coming this wednesday and I just realised alot of things are still not done. At least for the programming round. Argh.

Not in blogging mood now. Blog another day.

Sorry for the absence in the past week. Was too drained out after each day to do anything.

Monday and Tuesday were spent first getting back rubbish common test papers, enduring a scolding from the chemistry teacher because the highest scorer in my class got 74, followed by 66, then 60, then 56...... Late afternoons were spent in the robotics lab doing some half-hearted preparations for micromouse.

Spent Wednesday at Ngee Ann Polytechnic participating in Singapore Robotics Games. Watched AJC and ITEs thrash the rest of us with their heavily modified mice and programs, wow-ing at RJC showing off their mouse-sized micromouse, before chey-ing when they crashed into a wall for going too fast. Went back to college for CCA, teaching the juniors how to use Director so they can start creating something for the Chinese Current Affairs Quiz next month, at the same time starting preparations for the ViCOMP 2006 programming round next week.

Spent Thursday afternoon in V23 installing Pascal and C/C++ compliers on some twenty computers, then restarting every single computer to ensure they still exist (because I installed using student account), then testing out each complier on each computer to make sure they do compile.

Spent most of today doing work, before going to a pathetic robotics meeting where only 7 year1s came (out of which only 3 are 2nd intakers -.-''), before ending off with the year2s being blamed for not doing enough to get more year1s in.

What a week!

Year 1 mid year: ADOO C5
Year 1 promos: DOEO C5
Re-papers: -O-E -
Year 2 march common test: CECO C5
Year 2 block test: What optimistic can I go?

Haix.

我的家沦落到这个地步, 真是失敗.........

NOoooooooooooooooooooo..........................

I lost again....................i want to cry................yet another setback......I should have continued, i should not have given up. Haix. Now my heart aches...really aches....

ARGH. I cannot give up. I must continue to fight on...i must presevere................

Ok, so I finally fixed up my links. Removed the non-existent ones, put in new ones, edited some of them.

Haha sometimes I wonder why I link up to some of them. I don't think they even know I read their blogs, let alone linking me!

As for a couple of them who chose to keep a low profile, I shall respect that too.

Have a nice day ahead!

Maybe its just me, but Blogger servers are getting slower and slower. Sometimes even accessing Friendster is faster than accessing blogs. -.-''

Post-birthday entry!

Rounding up, i received ~30 smses (I have a friend who sent me an sms but I didn't receive it, so i use a appox value la hor)

Some interesting smses I have received:

1) Hey the nation celebrates qing wei's birthday!
-- -.-'''

2) Congrats! You're finally 18 n can watch m18 movie le.
-- Haha who wants to join me? =D

3) Stay lame! x2
-- I wonder what wrong have I done that my friends want to curse me to lose a limb. Haix.

4) you first good deed turning 18 will be to give this equally gd friend a massage =P
-- -.-'''

5) i lk forward to seeing ur face in 50yrs' time on the cover of some bigshot magazine.
-- (Haha i told my friends to do look out for me in 50 years time on the cover of last issue of Time
magazine as their Person of the Year.) Well i too look forward to seeing my face in 50yrs' time on the
cover of some bigshot magazine.

6) May sharks b wif u... (and later in a second sms, SHARK UNITE!!!)
-- -.-'''

7) Wah lao, nv tell us today, or not whole of icomp can celebrate for u!
-- That's precisely what I don't want! With a crazy chairman and crazy vice chairman and crazy video
head I'm afraid I cant step out of school alive!

8) you're of legal age to club now.
-- Ahh....who wants to join me? =D

I have collected all my friends' wishes. Hopefully this year will really be a good year for me.

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I spent a little bit of time thinking about my future. Looked through some brochures I have gotten from the NUS open house and I still have not decided what I wanted. I have quite a few problems:

Problem 1: Local or overseas?

I'm a typical Singaporean who thinks that there's a better future to studying in overseas universities. Haha. But the major problem stopping me from thinking of going overseas is $$$$$. Overseas is darn expensive, near to the point of me pointing a knife at my parents forcing them to sell the house. So if I were to go overseas, the only way is to get a scholarship. That shall bring me to Problem 2.

If I do go overseas, I will have to think of which university to go to. That I put aside first.

So no money, (most probably) no scholarship, so how? Stay in Singapore lor. In Singapore there are 3 universities to choose from. I'm not considering UNSW, although its near my house the school fees will mean pointing knife at parents again.
Most prob I won't consider the one in town too, so that leaves me with the remaining two.

Well, both offer very good courses, which all the more makes me difficult to choose!
I for one is siding towards the one in Kent Ridge though, because its nearer to my house (err, relatively), and it offers a solution to Problem 3.

Conclusion: I don't know which university to go to. -.-''

Problem 2: Scholarship

Thanks to myself for slacking throught the entire Year 1, I have no S papers, and that leaves me with almost zero chance of getting a scholarship. Only a few do not require S papers, but without S papers is like going to war without a gun. Still can fight with fists, no problem, but others got guns leh. How many bullets can my hands catch?

However, I have still given my name for the infocomm scholarship; shall wait to see what happens first. Signing up for it throws me with more problems.

First, I'm not sure what's their criteria for their first round of short-listing. If its based solely on academics, I can kiss my ass goodbye liaox. If they look at everything, including my CCA records, maybe I still stand a chance. Another good news is that they will be giving out many more scholarships as compared to previous years, meaning more people can eat the pie.

Second, the infocomm scholarship offers only courses related to computing, which is rather narrow and I have not decided if I want to take or not.

Another scholarship I can try for is the DSTA scholarship. S papers are not required, but are preferred (can bang wall liao). A job in DSTA is very stable and dynamic too...but I haven't decided yet.

Then again, after reading G**'s blog, I wonder if I should even take up a scholarship at all. I don't want to be tied down in a company; secretly (no longer anymore haha) I'm playing around with the idea of starting my own business.

Conclusion: I don't know if I should (or should not) take up which scholarship. -.-''

Problem 3: Course to take

After using the elimination method my primary school teacher taught me to handle MCQs, I am left with the School of Computing -.-''. Even within SoC I haven't not decided which course to take. This is only considering the Kent Ridge university. I haven't even look at the others.

Within SoC two courses I can take are Communication and Media, and Computer Science. CM is definitely more interesting, because they offer stuff like Web technologies and creating games (!). CS is damn boring, or at least in my opinion. Its like repeating my computing A level subject and olympiad training! Then again, almost any Tom, Dick and Harry can create web pages now; web design doesn't seem very important nowadays.

Also I'm considering the possibility of taking a double degree (heh heh),maybe in CM and Mathematics. But after reading the Straits Times article on the Kent Ridge campus only offering double degrees to students with excellent A Level results (bang wall again), and that double degree is very hectic work, I have my reservations now.

I have the option of taking a minor in mathematics as SoC offers it, but then, minor doesn't sound very nice =p

I cannot anyhow choose a course leh...cos it will affect what career I can take in future. The reason why I have not decided to take up computing is because I don't want to be a nerdy programmer who does nothing but typing out text 24/7. -.-'' And my poor performance in NOI is giving me second thoughts on whether I can really do a good job in the IT field.

Then again, what other course can I take up in university? Engineering?

Conclusion: I don't know which course I should take. -.-''

Then again, I think before we think about what course we should take in university, or what scholarship we should sign up for, or what career we should dream for, we should first think whether we can survive

1) the bird flu,
2) a war between US and Iran or North Korea, or both,
3) rising sea levels and air temperatures.

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Its interesting to see a sudden increase in non- politicians being hauled up to court when elections are round the corner. Coincidence or strategy?

WARNING: A geeky post!

Its not easy to learn how to use a new operating system from scratch, with no one to teach.

I felt like I was back in primary school days, when I got my first PC, a 80486 IPC running on Win 3.1. I still remembered I just came home from school that day when I saw the PC in the living room. It was switched on and showing the desktop, which was left there for testing to ensure it did not crash. I was curious and clicked on an icon. A window popped up and my heart skipped a beat because I did not know how to close the window. Haha I thought I did some irreversible changes to the computer so i quickly ran off.

Its the same nervous feeling now that I'm playing (or rather, trying to play) around with Fedora Core. I'm afraid a wrong move i make will harm the system. Haha.

Firstly, the documentation is full of words and that puts me off.

Secondly. the help system embedded in the terminal is greek to me, so I could not understand half of what its saying.

Thirdly, Linux is different from Windows in terms of concept; Linux is a multi-user environment and it runs on a tree-like system where everything else, from normal text files to entire hard drives, are nodes linked to the root. So I dunno where all the important system files are located for me to explore.

Fourthly, there's a whole new lot of extensions, so instead of .exe or .bmp or whatever, they are now .out or .rpm.

Fifthly(is there such a word?), the strength of Linux seems to lie in the terminal (aka the DOS-like screen) rather than the GUI. I have no complaints about it, just that its difficult to learn when I can see nothing but text.

I'm not touching Linux for now, primarily because I need to do my homework. Haha. But then again, there are some problems with the updating of my Fedora Core. Two of the components cannot be updated because of "package dependency" problems, then it hung at the updating screen a few times, and now it hangs at the installation screen. I give up.

I don't blame it actually. Its not easy to handle 243 updates.

Good news is that the latest stable version of Fedora Core, the fifth version, will be out next monday. I shall then take out some time to play with it. This shall be my first step to coming up with my own OS. Muahaha.

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http://kevan.org/johari?name=thewestdoor

Err yes I have one too! Haha just do for fun la hor. Thanks ah!

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Hello everyone!

Well today is my birthday. Haha.

[It feels kinda weird cos i usually don't announce my birthday to others. Haha.]

Had icomp today...well I was afraid my icomp friends would know about my birthday and do unexpected things to me, so i came up with some stupid excuse to remove the tagboard. I also changed my friendster profile and refrained from taking out my pencil case today, all in the hope that I can keep as low a profile as possible. =P

Luckily cca went on smoothly.

But I think someone told my class about today, resulting in me suddenly being flooded with a stream of smses while I was lunching. Very sorry I could not reply to all, cos i smsed too much liaox.

All in all, i have received (so far):
21 smses (which includes one on united sharks -.-''),
2 dedicated blog entries (haha),
2 tags from tagboard,
1 msn conversation,
1 angbao,
1 email.

Thanks to all! Really appreciate all the effort in pressing out all the sms texts and uploading of photos and tags and so on. =D

Birthday aside, cca is quite busy these days.

Besides preparing for micromouse competition, icomp will be hosting its annual vicomp quiz, and helping out in the various maths/science/humanities/chinese current affairs quizzes. Since I have done the chinese quiz last year, this year I have to help guide the juniors along.
For vicomp quiz I am helping out in the programming round, and they are thinking of using Linux...so I have to help ensure everything runs smoothly. Argh.

Oops. Was trying to do something drastic when things went horribly wrong. Will try to fix it another day.

I'm getting more and more uncomfortable by the minute.

I deeply admire my friend for his sheer determination and patience to fix his micromouse. The only antique top-sensing micromouse left in the arsenal, it has already being sent for repairs many times, but it still doesn't work properly, especially the motors. The place to repair the mouse is very far and ulu, so my friend had to DIY.

Since a month ago (he started doing his mouse way earlier than me) he has been permuting the 10 plus motors, chips, circuit boards, sensor boards, frames etc which he dug out from the cupboard, removing the circuit boards, turning the screws, removing the tires, the frames, changing the motors, then putting everything back together again, only to see the mouse crashing again.

On top of that, he has to endure the other 2 teams using the new-er (and the new-est) side-sensing mice running through the diagonals and overcoming long straights without any problem, plus the occasional tease. Thankfully he's a cheerful guy.

He is always the first to reach the lab and the last (at least later than me) to leave the lab.

He was (finally?) on the verge of giving up today, until i sympathise with him and decided to give him a helping hand.

[ I had thought of letting him take my mouse and I take over his mouse, since I have used a side-sensing mouse before and they hadn't, but my selfishness to hold on to my working mouse and unwillingness to use a half-spoilt mouse overcame my generosity. Argh. =( ]

Still, the problem is not quite fixed, for I'm no hardware expert, so he and his teammate are going down to AI tomorrow. Seriously I hope that will be the last time we have anything to do with them (at least for my batch).

I am totally impressed by his endurance to continue and not giving up, despite all these challenges. I don't think I would have survived for so long if I were him. I felt rather sorry for him and i myself feel quite bad, because I thought I could have done much more to help him.

Haix.

One bloody bronze was all I got.

I have not blogged for one whole week.

Short as it seems, the past week has been a *very* eventful week.

Besides all the unexpected stuff that (unfortunately) happened, there was also the release of my common test results, the promise letter i wrote, the NUS open house and the NOI results.

I didn't do exactly very well for my common test..got E for my physics, a C for maths, and 20/33 for section A of my computing.

I must work harder.

Went to NUS early in the morning with a friend to attend the open house. We were late for the computing talk, so all I heard was the salaries one can earn in the infocomm industry.

The hall was only a quarter filled during the computing talk, but the numbers swelled to a full house when the talk on the NUS Business School started after that.

After listening half the talk on Law I made my way down to SoC for the NOI prize presentation ceremony.

I was still feeling sore after sitting through the 2 hours listening and watching the Raffles and Hwa Chong clans wiping off all the top prizes (for the record, i meant all 7 golds, top 4 contestants, top sec sch contestants, top sec schs and top JCs). And as if I wasn't feeling bad enough, the top four each received a Mac Mini.

I have made my trainer disappointed; I have made my senior disappointed; I have made my teacher disappointed; I have made myself disappointed. I felt that I could have done better if I have trained harder for it, because this year's questions were not exactly too difficult. I could have solved more questions.

And so, I shall declare that I am NOT giving up in competitive programming. I must take part in NSC, I must win something, no less than the top 3. No one can stop me. This is no longer an issue about what bullshit accepting challenges or what crap about the experience is all that matters. This is about personal honour; this is about glory for the college.

As i have written in my promise letter, I have promised not to participate in any more competitions (the Singapore Robotics Games being the last) until I have proven that I can handle my studies well. Therefore, in order to earn a place in NSC, I must first get good results for JCT.

Last but not least, to the distant yet near friends, rest in peace.

I went in so relaxed, no stress, no worries.

As I read the questions, they seem ever so familiar, ever so do-able.

One question down, in less than 15 mins. So relieved I was. So delighted I was.

Yet as i continued, i got more and more stuck.

Irritating bugs are in the way.

Stopping me from submitting any more questions.

And no, they refuse to go away.

Demoralisation. Disappointment. Devastation. All settling in. Slowly and steadily.

As if to play a joke on me, I realised my mistake when there was only five minutes left.

Five minutes. What can I do?

The torture wasn't enough. A guy had to be sent to come and bug me.

Oh how many questions did you solved?

Oh I solved this question!

Oh have you participated in this before?

Oh.

Poof! And all was gone.

All gone. All gone.

Its not over. Yet. More are coming, or rather, going, real soon......

WARNING: LONG POST!

Breaking out of the hiberation earlier than usual...cos tomorrow is a holiday!

Yesterday I had the chance to watch the seniors getting back their results. Same as last year, nothing special. First the powerpoint slides, then the top students went up on stage to shake hands, take a photo, then the rest get back from their CTs.
Those who went up on stage were those with 8 or 9 distinctions..I want to go up the stage and see and hear people applauding me leh, but I have no S paper or A1 for chinese.

So the only way is that I do something drastic.

Like topping Singapore for physics.

Somehow people's dress sense have improved alot since graduation from jc, or maybe just that I have only seen them in uniform. Most were very well-dressed, though there were some slippers around too.

Next year I will be doing the same thing too.

I mean getting back the results, not wearing slippers.

VJC did okay for the A levels....though preformance was a slight dip from last year. According to the principal last year's batch complained that the questions were "unusual". As in unusually difficult. That panicked her and she called the RJC principal, who reported the same thing happening too.

So she told us that since our batch is the last batch doing the old syllabus, we can expect "unusual" questions too.

Shit man.

After announcing the A levels' results to us the principal declared today a holiday.....for the year1s. Tomorrow will be holiday for them too..cos "vjc don't have so many computers for them to check their posting results".

For us the year2s, it was as usual, chem in the morning and fmaths and literature in the afternoon. For more than 7/8 of the year2 population today will be the last day of their common test. So the teachers say today take common test, so tomorrow holiday.

Therefore, tomorrow's tests (whom the remaining 1/8 will be taking) will be pushed to monday.

And those 7/8 of them do no need to come on monday (unless they are helping out with the cca walkabout for the year1s).

I belong to the remaining 1/8.

Not too bad also la, because this way I have time to prepare for NOI before chionging computing on sunday.

The only problem is that thanks to a friend who told me today may be a full day off, my mind totally slackened out and my soul was gone when i was studying chem. I know i shouldn't believe in rumours (i'm not blaming my friend either, before that i was already having this illusion), but then given my optimistic nature, i couldnt help but..haha.

And so, chemistry was a complete disaster. Probability of passing it is 0.

Not that i did fantastically well for my maths and physics.

I still remembered my CT saying that there will be no second chance. If i fail any subject again, I will have to drop one subject. So i know i will be facing him next week, with the merciless question of which one to drop (or which poly to go to).

However listen (or rather, read) carefully everyone: I am not giving up!

Hey I know myself best. I know I can handle four subjects, even the S papers if I was given the chance to. Its just that i slacked a little too much last year. This year on I have worked rather hard (my friends can vouch for that! Last week I was already chanting the reagents and conditions necessary to prepare the various organic compounds le leh!)

And according (ya again) to my dear principal the previous students council president got BOOO for his june common test (june leh!) , but managed to get AAAA for his A levels.

I believe I should be given the chance to fight back too right? I just need...more time.

And so I shall try to keep my 4 dear subjects, in a bid to stick to my 2006 new year resolution. I'm secretly (cant do that now) hoping I can bypass my CT and go straight to the HOD Econs, the teacher in charge of dropping subjects. She's better.

What right does the JC has to get students to drop subjects huh!?!?!?! HUH!??! (haha just kidding)

On the other hand if I can secure something good this saturday, maybe *maybe* I can use that as an excuse for my poor grades. *Maybe*

People in my class are dropping subjects...i'm the only one going against the stream.

Please support me when the time comes ok? Help me write a petition or something haha.

I always wonder why my mother doesn't like computers. When she saw me holding two algorithm books I've gotten from the library she got agitated and said I should be studying for my last paper. Instead of wasting my breath explaining it was for NOI (and furthur agitating her), i just told her it was for my computing paper.

Today i went to the barber to have my haircut.

While waiting for my turn an old man carrying a black handheld bag came in. He settled down in a corner, quite near to me. After sitting down for a while, the old man left the barber, leaving the black bag on the floor.

The black bag immediately caught my attention. You know, since 9/11, and subsequently the bombings in trains and buses and pubs and god-knows-what-other-places, people around the world have been very sensitive over black-coloured bags.

No i'm not over sensitive, but i just couldnt help but stare at the bag, with images of ka-boom replaying in my mind, at the same time wondering if something explosive is going to happen soon.

Cannot blame me mah, but then i was sitting only about half-a-metre away from the bag. If it really explodes, I am sure to be the first to die.

Imagine, my body being ripped off into bits and pieces, scattered all over the place, some of them still burning, others charred to beyond recognition.

A seventeen-soon-to-be-eighteen-year-old-boy died, so many things still undone. Haven't got his 4 As, havent got his NOI medal (maybe gold leh! maybe top 4 then can rep singapore leh! maybe can get scholarship maybe can go overseas study maybe can work in some research institution maybe can invent some mind blowing thing maybe can become world famous leh!!!), haven't earn my first million (maybe i start a company then become famous and earn alot of money leh!), haven't dated a girl, haven't buy a car, haven't buy a new computer etc etc etc etc etc.

To say the truth, I did thought of running out of the barber shop. Haha.

Luckily, I was able to balance reality and imagination. Eventually I got my hair cut.

And for the security people who may have been alarmed by my imagination, halfway through the haircut the old man came back.

(As i'm typing this, suddenly i thought: what if the bomb goes off while my hair is being cut? I will die with a horrible hair-style!)

Before I end this entry I shall declare the start of the hibernation of my blog, which shall last for a week. Good luck to all in anything and everything they will be facing this coming week.

http://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~noi/result2006_prelim.html

VJ's team is complete! All 5 of us are in to the final stage!

And interestingly there's a familar name in the list, other than the 2 I know.

The battle is becoming more exciting...~

I shall KILL!!!!

I wonder why people back then have so much passion and patriotism for their country. They can actually spend their entire lifetime throwing their mind and soul into building up the country.

[And they were not even born there!]

I admire the determination and energy they have to keep the country going despite tough times. You know, building up a country from nothing is definitely not an easy task. Managing finances, building up defences, building up housing and parks and shopping centres and public transport and airport and seaport and schools and librarys and cinemas etc etc etc etc, creating jobs for the unemployed, setting up unions and boards and agencies, establishing friendly ties with countries all over the world etc etc etc.

That is hell of a work to do!

Comparing their generation with our new generation kids, we seem to be doing real bad in terms of sense of belonging for our country huh? Every other person you rubbed shoulders with everyday has at least said once that he wants to get out of his country and migrate to some other better(or so they claimed) country.

I'm not saying that I'm patriotic. (Sadly) I'm one of the many (i'm quite sure) young kids out there who don't really know who the guy who died today is and what contributions he has done for Singapore until I watched the news.

But then again, at least I don't work hard to try to get good SAT scores and S papers grades for the sole reason of leaving Singapore to live in some "First-World" country for good.

I guess the reason is that people back then do not have to get stressed up in school or workplace, and standards of livings are low such that they can meet their daily needs easily and so, have time for their dreams.

Maybe in today's world, stress levels and cost of living are replacing sense of belonging as the factors that one considers which country he wants to live in.

On the other hand, should I say that technological advances and economical well-growth is driving us greedy and asking for better and better and even better things? People back then are satisfied with a little 2-room flat and a bicycle. People nowadays? 5-room flats are too small, the brand Toyota is not 'high-class' enough, and they want plasma TVs in their bathrooms, dozen-core-CPU-powered computers (hmm i wished for one of that too) etc.

Maybe because the past generation have been through tough times, so the tortures they endured made them more determined to run the country themselves, and run well, so that the country does not have to go through tough times again.

So our generation have never been through tough times, which make us not as bonded to the country as compared to the older generation. So everyone is thinking of leaving.

Perhaps we should start hoping that xI and xJC (where x=R) will churn out passionate leaders who are willing to lay down their lives for Singapore.

Meanwhile, i salute Mr S. Rajaratnam for his determination in running the country.

And maybe, we should start paying a little more attention to the country that gave us food and warmth and family and education.

A little update here...since i'm *slightly* free now.

I was registered for the olympiad! Its just that, according to one source, my email was truncated, and according to another source, my email was wrongly typed in.

Regardless of the mistake, I'm happy to be back in the race. Muahaha.

Actually I think the best i can go is only a bronze. Maybe *maybe* I can get a sliver. Gold....if heaven is on my side...top 4...if the Sun rises from the west.

I just do my best la.

One competition aside I have another competition coming up in not so distant time. The teacher is breathing down my neck wanting me to find out if there are enough people to justify the purchase of a third micromouse.

The year2s badly want a new one to replace an old spoilt one, but our dear money-saving teacher thinks that if there are not enough people to form a third team, then don't buy.

He has cause for worry though. The number of new year1s this year is terribly low. Not enough people to "carry down the family line". Besides, each mouse does not cost just $2.

And I'm supposed to call the year1s to find out who is interested in taking up micromouse. But given my shy nature towards strangers I don't know how to do it.

"This is your job. Otherwise why do I put u as the head?"

CCAs aside, SPAs and common test are coming soon. The next 3 days are SPAs days, but mine is on Thursday and Friday, so tomorrow is free for me. I will still be going school, because if i stay at home I will be spending more time on my bed and with the computer rather than my books.

Next week is common test, and with the release of A level results predicted to happen that week (and therefore, a declared holiday if my seniors did well), exams on Friday may be pushed to Monday, which is computing.

Which makes me wonder where I'm going to find time to practise that last bit for olympiad and watch my friend's drama, which will happen on the same day.

Life. Or the lack of it.

It gets increasingly discouraging when competition's coming in two weeks' time and I am still getting many Wrong Answer and Time Limit Exceeded.

It doesn't help when everyone else have received an email from the organisers asking to verify their information and I haven't received mine.

The fact that common test is coming is adding on to the pressure. Haix.

Hello everyone!

It has been a little stressful this week. Ever since the "battle" has begun almost everyday has been busy and tiring..running between college and Macdonalds' and home.

Firstly was Valentine's Day (or rather, Friendship Day) on Tuesday. "Friendship" Day is a rather hyped-up event in vjc...with the house comm blasting love songs in the canteen throughout the day and balloons and presents and cards appearing everywhere in the school. It was one of the rare times of the year where the canteen is so noisy because everyone was hanging around giving out presents.

My haul:
4 chocolates
1 sweet
1 cookie
1 rubber
1 candle
2 letters
2 snacks
1 sunflower
(did i miss out anything?)

Muahaha. Thanks to all for the presents...though i never prepare anything for others lol.

Anyway walking through a park with a sunflower sticking out from your bag is not an easy task to do.

The next day was Total Defence Day...nothing special happened la...just a talk in the morning on Total Defence.
Highlight of the day was the retrieval of the college yearbook. Finally after so many months and so much money the yearbook is in my hands.

Lately there's this news about police asking kids under 17 to stay at home after 11pm. They will record down names of those under 17 spotted loitering around and send them home...maybe even writing letter to their parents.

Wah gg liaox...now those kids cannot go out late at night liaox. Luckily i'm already 17 hahaha.

Sians i tired liaox. Blog another day.

Yo!

Just reached home from JTS!

(Technically speaking should be JSS...junior subsidized senior...cos we helped pay abit.)

Ate at this place called Sakura at Parkway...a place i never heard and stepped into until a few hours ago. Haha.

Went for the buffet..and like last time at Seoul Garden, i ate until damn full so as to maximise the value. Except this time got people paying for my meal. Haha.

The dinner was nice...because many people were there, there was nice food, the environment was nice, the atmosphere was nice.

Not forgetting the lemon-juice-laced-cream puff then i fell victim to.

There aren't many chances where one can just put down everything and enjoy a nice meal in a relaxed mood, esp ever since we entered JC. So i enjoyed it very much.

Yay i have recouped all my losses from my JTS last year..muahaha.

Tomorrow is Valentine's Day...nice lovely day for the many couples out there who will be giving and receiving presents. Good day for a liitle date after school.

That is, if there's someone who will give him or her presents and someone whom he or she can give presents to.

And someone to hold hands with after school.

Well, at least three men in this world will be going through a lonely Valentine's Day. Haha. Not too bad also la, they have each other and their computers for company.

I have invited them to put messages up on my blog. So here it goes:

TEMPLE SAYS

THIS YEAR

DRAGONS BETTER TO NOT START DATING

WHY?

CAUSE DRAGONS HAVING A LEVELS

DRAGONS ARE THEREFORE ADVISED TO FOCUS ON STUDIES

AS THEY HAVE A LEVELS

Pls +- 1 horoscope year in the case of uncertaintities

Wiseman available for bidding to be v-day partner!!! Starting bid price: SGD$100

愿天下有情人终成眷属

Love is like brushing teeth. If unmanaged well, you bleed.

If you experience too little, you bleed also.

If you use too much forece, you bleed even more.

Conclusion?

Use a softer toothbrush.

wish everyone can be with their lovers

wish all the girls cherish their loved ones more and all the guys love their girls more

Happy Valentine's Day to all!

YeS! The feeling is back...the feelING is baCK...THE FEELING IS BACK!

Muahahaha...Qing Wei shall rule the world......Qing Wei shall conquer all! Kill all! Fight all!

I shall win the battle! I shall survive the fight! I shall be the last one standing! I shall receive the greatest honour!

Qing Wei shall ROCK this world!!!

Darn i was late for school today.

I was caught in heavy traffic at the Bedok North PIE bridge there..by the time i reached the school the student councillors have locked the latecomers out.

After that i had to write my name down at the general office.

"Today is the Hongbao Toto ah...thats y the queue so long ah~"

Reason for being late: Traffic jam

"Good morng mr sum r u in sch today?"

"Yes i'm late. In GO now."

Immediately after that was my mock napha...muahaha i passed all 3 stations! But then i nearly failed my 2.4k and my CT knew about it...so i may ba down for "healthy lifestyle". Haix.

Today was the release of the O' Levels results....the little kids were worried over the results. The seniors were pretty excited as well. During my one hour in the canteen i have heard countless times of "AHH!!!!!! (i-dunno-who) got 6!" "AHH!!!! (i-dunno-who) got 8!"

There was this girl who ran all the way down the canteen, came in the row of bench i was sitting in (If i didnt react fast enough and give way to her my legs would have been gone) and to a friend to proudly announce her junior got many A1s.

There were loads more who were yakking on their handphones asking their little brothers/sisters/juniors/cousins how they have fared.

I wonder if our seniors did anything similar when we took our results last year.><

Well, getting results back is indeed nerve wrecking. The process of waiting shouldnt be experienced too many times. Haha.

Congrats to those who have achieved good results...for those who did not do well, it does not mean the end of the world, so stay optimistic =)

Internet Explorer users who suddenly find my sidebar missing, its at the bottom of my blog. I'm lazy to fix it.

Today went for my one-hour yoga course....

This yoga course was part of Feeling Fab 2006..so this morning the year2s went for courses that they have chosen earlier...besides yoga there's self-massage (they con people one..need two pple to massage), self defense, kick-boxing (aka muay thai), and non physical activities like personal grooming, business and enterprise, communication strategies (slack lor...just sit in LT listen) etc etc

Wah lau the yoga course was tiring la...stretching and twisting here and there, no difference from mass PE...there were weird postures that were impossible for me to do, what one hand go under a leg the other hand from behind the back then both hands have to touch each other.

LAst 5 minutes they have a "relax" posture...basically just lie down on the floor and keep eyes closed while they played some music. THe guy was there "Relax....relax your muscles....relax your back...relax your arms....relax..........................................................................................." They even switched off the lights so we could rest properly.

It was really relaxing..but because i watched too much tv, the whole time i was a little worried that we get too relaxed, they will inject something into us then make us their slaves. So i didnt really rest well, occassionally opening my eyes to make sure no one was near me. Haha.

Anyway the course isnt too bad...I think maybe they should make this a weeky event or something.

Tired.

I learnt something new yesterday.

Next time u all punch me hor, i won't get angry one. In fact i will treat you to a meal to thank you for only punching me once instead of punching me twice and kicking me.

Crap aside, i'm attending a yoga course tomorrow! Haha. Wish me good luck..i hope i will still be in one piece after the thingy tml.

Haha Valentine's Day is coming...interestingly our horticultural society is organising a flower delivery service not just within vj, but also to tj, for a mere delivery charge of 20cents.

Fearless!

Movie isn't too bad, though it fell slightly short of my expectations. I was expecting alot of fight scenes, but there were alot of talking.

Maybe the fighting weren't too "action" enough. Haha.

Anyway I thought it is too harsh to be tio a NC-16. Only a couple of fight scenes got bones breaking leh...parents can cover their children's eyes when watching that de ma. Otherwise there are alot of things little children can learn. Haha.

But overall its a good movie la. Worth watching.

Sianx holidays over liaox. No more holidays until march leh. Haiz.

*tHe BaTtLe HaS bEgUn...In ThE mOnTh Of FeBrUaRy...*

Good morning!

Before anything else, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL!

Its 初七人日 today..that makes it everyone's birthday!

My trainer took MC today..so I have the rare chance to stay at home instead of slogging my mind out in school.

Its nice weather today, not hot not cold. Sadly Year 2s don't have the fortune to enjoy it.

( In case anyone is still immersed in the CNY atmosphere, January has already passed. Its Feburary now. )

( Err yes, that brings us one month closer to A levels and one month lesser to preparing for A levels. )

( But then! We must be optimistic! That brings us one month closer to the end of A levels! )

In case you are thinking why I'm blogging rubbish again, this time I'm really blogging rubbish. Haha.
Because I want to delay doing my homework for as long as possible.

So the fact is that I'm wasting your time as your read this. Haha.

Sorry about that...have a nice day ahead.

( Actually you didnt waste all the time...because by reading this you have gotten a morning greeting, a birthday greeting and a "have a nice day" wish from me to you. )

( And I have just jolted you awake from your honeymoon. [Its Feburary!!!!!] )

( To a certain extent, I have just made you [slightly] more optimistic about life. Haha.)

Just one last statement..if this blog is giving you an impression that I am crazy, please allow me to loudly declare again: I AM NOT CRAZY!

-.-''

I'm damn tired today, so i shall just make a short post.

Today is the launch of Igloo, which is basically our students' lounge. They called it Igloo because it is a place for us to "chill out". Haha.

A huge launch party was organised...with some ice-breaking games (literally ice breaking), free food and drinks.

Basically the Igloo is a scaled down version of AHS's students' lounge (which they call Eagles' Nest haha). In Igloo there's a pool table, table soccer, a dartboard, a plasma tv hooked to a dvd player (i think), a PS2 hooked to a small lcd screen (there are two games currently), and a magazine rack with seats.

The ps2 and lcd screen are in a small little room. The principal told us that there's a sound proof room in the lounge where we can use to sing, and since it is the only room i saw, i guess that is the one ba. But there are no singing equipment leh. Correct me if i'm wrong.

I agree with one comment in cosiety that RPG games aren't very suitable to be put into students' lounge, since not many people can play at once.

In conclusion the Igloo is similar to the Eagles' Nest...but its abit too small to....attract many people?

I'm starting to not know what I'm typing. Haha. I shall stop here.

When the government announced the policy to ban smoking in public places I was rejoicing, because i thought i can finally breathe fresh air when i go out.

But so many months after the ban has been implemented, there isn't really much impact on the people huh? People still smoke freely on the streets, at the bus stops (despite the huge anti-smoking signs on the pillars), at the parks etc etc.

I hate most when i'm trying to enjoy a slow leisure walk along somewhere and then this guy must appear in front of me smoking (walking at the same pace and route as me somemore!). Then the puffs will fly backwards then i smell them -.-''

So i have to walk fast to get past the guy before i can enjoy my slow walk. But the fast walk past the guy and the puff that got into my nose already got me irritated.

They should ban cigarettes!

EDIT
I forgot to mention that the guest-of-honour today was the owner of Sakae Sushi (am i right?). He was a fellow Victorian.

Maybe 10 years later I become some famous guy then i also be the guest-of-honour of cross country, at the same time opening the new Sum Qing Wei Lecture Theatre. Haha.

Then i will create many false starts then make the good runners tired, so the normal people can win.

"Shock at VJC Cross Country - Top runners lose to gu niangs!"

Depending on what company i open i can donate some prizes also huh? If i open a computer company then i donate computers. If i open taxi company i offer discount coupons for taxi rides. Aren't these more practical? Lol.

END OF EDIT

So today was our annual cross country.

Nothing special about cross country this year, basically about the same every year:

-- The girls and teachers start running first, 3.2km
-- The guys run next, 4.8km

My CT came in first again, not just among the staff, but also among the girls. He has been doing so for the past 9 years -.-''

There were initially some talks about a threat from a girl. My CT expressed concern about this cross country girl who may be able to beat him, but alas, the threat didn't succeed. She came in after him...

While the girls started at the linkbridge, the guys started from the starting line of the stadium. As the race started, one can see crazy sportsmen running for their dear lives at the opposite side (its the truth man..they ran the 4.8km like they were running 100m)

Some ideas I came up with:
1) The first to reach the finishing line will be recarnated into the President of some country, second will be recarnated into Prime Minister etc etc
2) VJC kidnapped their girlfriends! They have to complete their race in a specific amount of time in order to save their girlfriends!

I'm talking cock.

Anyway i got a real nice position: 400. Muahaha.

At the last "fastest 100m stretch we ever ran in our lives" (i didnt run fast becos of the cheering girls -.-'', but the fact it is the finishing line) i was challenged by this guy. I tried to outrun him but he didnt want to lose out, so the two of us raced all the way down the stretch (at that point of time it appears i am the one who wants to get recarnated into the President or save my girlfriend haha)

In the end i outran him (yay!), but was overtaken by two other guys from my other side ><)

Cross country is one of the rare event where the prize presentation ceremony took a longer time than the actual competition. Got IP guys top 5, IP girls top 5, Staff top 10, guys top 20, girls top 20, the top 3 ccas, the top CTs, and the overall champion house.

Besides those there's also a whole range of lucky draw prizes..which includes (according to the emcee) *attractive* New Balance ........ socks!

-.-''

I didn't win anything (which is good also. I dunwan to stand up in the midst of the entire school and walk up the stage to receive $30 jean yip vouchers)

Finally the prize presentation was over after one freaking hour. I was totally drained of energy to do any mass dances.

Afternoon went to watch I Not Stupid Too with some friends.
I thought it was an excellent movie, because it accurately portrayed problems that families face today, though not so extreme but to a certain extent. [partially because i'm a teen myself so can relate to it]

Actually I don't expect my own parents to speak my lingo (serious, i cant imagine them yelling "So cool! So lame..") or to read my blog (No they mustn't see this!). But i will appreciate if they nag less often and praise me more =D (like passing my chem r)

Sometimes i wonder what will happen to me if my parents spent all their time working and neglect me. Will I still be studying in ahs and vjc or will I be helping my gang create webpage?

I realise that lately i'm writing alot of rubbish. Lol.

So today i went to my cousin's house, a three-storey house in changi, to watch a lion dance.

(Yes they are rich, rich enough to have two cars and three kids)

It was a huge affair, with (estimating) at least 5 different families turning up, that's about.....20 over people?

Its not a good thing for me because i was there alone. My mother and brother had to work so couldnt go, so my only "shield" was my aunt [cousins were too busy entertaining the crowd].

So i quietly sat at a side observing my cousin's three young kids. They are rather smart; oldest one smart enough to steal a whole container of some cny goodies and run upstairs for some teenagers gathered there [i'm left out =( ], the middle one able to yell 'lemme see!' when someone took a photo of her, and the youngest can recognise one particular relative and execute a rare *open arms, spread towards the auntie, eyes eagerly looking at her, making ahh!ahh! sounds* to be carried by her.

I am also particularly amused by the adults making funny actions and sounds to get the babies to smile or laugh. Secretly i'm wondering if they are trying to make the babies happy or make themselves happy =X

Occassionally there's the "WEi ah~ got get some food to eat! Go help yourself with the food! Got drink or not? Go get some drinks!" from the hosts.

The lion dance was not bad, though they fell down once.

Yes they fell. There's a little story to it, but in short, they made a mistake becos they are too rushed.

And then for the first time i saw my cousin's wife leading the lion run around the house like a little girl. Also the first time i saw my cousin flaring up, abit though.

After the dance everyone stayed around for a while. Started gambling haha.

Then someone had to see that i was very bored and asked my cousin who i am. Then my cousin had to announce to the whole world that i am my mother's son and studying in vjc. And so the whole world looked at me for a good few seconds, making me totally embarrassed.

Anyway tml have to return to sch liaox. There's another hurdle to cross tml...the cross(pun!) country. Argh...

But the immediate hurdle i have to cross is to, be shocked, write and submit a draft of my school graduation certificate before 2355 tonight.

Some random images.......

Well people these days are hao-lianing their desktop wallpapers on their blogs. Sadly, not many knows what a wallpaper means. Allow me to enlighten:


I wonder am i so detestable that everyone wants to block me?


A photo we took when we went back to ahs on friday:

Can you all see that I was being sexually assaulted?

Finally, a corny picture i saw on vj blog:


Have a nice day ahead!

While waiting for a slow(thanks to my soviet era hard disk) file transfer to G** to complete, i shall blog some cock again.

Actually i quite agree with G (another G) that as a person grows older, CNY seems less and less exciting.

I remember when i was younger i will be looking forward to CNY alot, especially the countdown show on channel 8, and eating butter cake for breakfast(that's what my mother buys every year for CNY). Then there's also all the CNY goodies, porridge with bwa gua, tv shows, time to play comp, visit other relatives' house, relatives coming to my house, and of because, all the hongbaos =D

I enjoyed the fact that it is CNY than anything else. I'm look forward to CNY just because of the fact that it is CNY. Lol.

But then, as one grows older, CNY doesnt feel as exciting as before. It now feels like just another weekend or another holiday where we can take a break. Maybe due to the fact that Singapore is too fast paced for us to really enjoy the festivals ba.

Maybe CNY is just to make little kids happy.

Of course CNY is also a time to catch up with all the relatives and friends whom you probably won't see at any other time. The same questions appear every year: "Where are you studying now? Which level? How are you coping? .......... Do you have a boyfriend/girlfriend? When are you getting married? How are your kids doing?"

When your guests leave you sometimes will say: "Remember to drop by when you have the time!"

And the next time they drop by, its CNY again.

For introverts like me, CNY is the time to refresh your aged distant relative's memory that you exist in this world as her brother's wife's sister's son (and vice versa)

Coming back nearer to talk about our own immediate families, CNY eve is the time for the prestigous reunion dinner. However i think reunion dinners are only for families that are so busy that they can't eat at the same dinner table as the same time. Generally, reunion dinners are useless if

1) the entire family are already sitting together every evening to eat (like some of my lucky friends)
2) there is no family to speak of (like me)

For the curious, I have not eaten reunion dinner for the past 3-4 years. My 'family' did sit together for dinner on the 15th jan 2006 at a kopitiam opposite my house, the first time in the 3-4 years. That's thanks to an aunt who came visiting from Malaysia. This is a secret I hardly told anyone about.

Nah i'm not encouraging people to not celebrate CNY. In fact i'm saying these so that people who read this will make an effort to celebrate CNY properly.

Please DO NOT make me famous by talking about me in the papers all because i made some O_O comments. I just wanted to kill time.

I think to be able to click with my relatives, i must first be able to speak hokkien like i talk cock with you all.

Oops. Sorry for the empty promise made yesterday. I really wanted to blog....but my headache was still there =(

Anyway yesterday i visited 3 houses with the ache...and i had to pretend i'm alright. Haha.

First stop was my aunt's house a pebble's throw from my house. Because she is my closest(in terms of location and relationship) relative it becomes a must to visit her every year.

After that, my cousin drove(sat in a skoda for the first time! abit noisy, but i like the vroom!) my aunt, me and my bro down to a distant relative's house (my mother's sister's husband's sister, aka cousin's gu gu). Were plenty of people there, including my another cousin's family. Just physically present there got me quite a good 'harvest'.=X

Lastly it was my uncle's house before returning home.

First day not bad, total hit 3 digits liaox. =p Very rare de leh...

Today another cousin is supposed to drive me and my bro to another aunt's house in sengkang...though i not sure what time.

But seriously my hope now is not to have more money, but for my headache to go away asap......it somehow is killing my appetite.

An interesting conversation between my mother and cousin got me understanding why my father never talks about his family in Malaysia anymore.

Some birds are making a nest somewhere above my brother's room, maybe my neighbour's ledge or something. For the past 3 days they fly up from somewhere below, then land on my air-con before going up. My mother says its too noisy, but personally i quite like it. They insert some life into the otherwise boring concrete. Haha.

One sign you can tell that Chinese New Year is here is that you see cars you have never seen before parked at the carpark. I actually saw a Evo 9 yesterday at my flat!

Backtracking a little i spent the Eve spring cleaning the house...hanged up new curtains, wiped the tv cabinet, cleared up the mess in the living room tables and of course most importantly, my own table. (which sadly leaves me with no time to create a CNY version of 'noob')

My own table is still abit messy, because my files are overloaded and i need new ones, which i have to wait till the bookshop opens. Otherwise, my house is rather neat and so, welcome to my house! =)

Sorry to be slightly late....my headaches keep coming back these days and i couldn't blog last night.

So,

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!

To everyone who comes across this blog!

I got yet another email from my CT, and as usual it came with a powerful message. Shall share it with everyone here, and at the same time, that's my greetings to everyone too =p

money can always be earned back, but time squandered will be part of your life which is lost forever that no amount of money can ever earn back.

have a meaningful n angpowful holiday.

I shall blog again later in the day. Hopefully can get some photos up. CHeers!

Today was cny celebrations!

Early in the morning went to school relaxed, then was suddenly thrown with alot of work, then in the end all the stuff we rushed became useless as we could not use them. In conclusion, busy for nothing.

Finally got out of the backstage, squeezed into the back of the hall and sat there rotting till the end.

This year CO came up with a percussion performance which i thought was quite refreshing, though the percussion competition at the end was, erm, boring. In the end its still the CO people who performed well.

After that went back to ahs. Just in time their celebrations were over and the teachers were having a little party at the hostel canteen. Alumnis all over the world flooded the semi circle infront to greet the teachers, though as i said in my previous post, the friends are the main draw, not the tchers. Haha.

They have air-conditioned the new school hall...a task which was impossible a few years back. I didnt see the air-con myself though, heard it from friends. I wonder did they really build a new sub-station just for the air cons.

Met a teacher who told us that the AHS alumni dinner promises to be worth more than the $10 we are paying.

After that went off to tampines for lunch and movie with friends.

Memoirs of the geisha....quite a good movie, because it was about a Japanese tradition which I have never heard of before. I interpret this movie as one that tries to tell how the geisha occupation was of high standards in the past, before being downgraded to the same level as postitutes.

There were some hints of Japan being glorified in World War 2 though.

Finally, the backdrops that was never meant to be seen:

Yes it looks strikingly similar to the Cultural Fiesta backdrop i did last year, because it is the same design. I'm lazy to come up with something new.

I shall end this post with an email from my CT to my class. After some modifications, it shall be my new year greetings to everyone who reads this blog:

May I take the opportunity to wish one & all a joyous and meaningful lunar new year

It shall be a great year for every one of you:

-- you will get distinctions in all your subjects at A-level (and also do well in your common tests & internal assessments)

-- you will participate actively and excel in your ccas, and engage in meaningful acitivities in serving the community of which you are a part of, and benefit greatly from the learning experiences

-- you will lead a healthy and balanced lifestyle, both physically and mentally

-- you will continue to bond well as a class, and to enjoy your remaining time in your JCs together (and I hope also thereafter), through good and at times not-so-good times, but you will support and encourage one another on nonetheless

-- you and your family will be blessed with good health and fortune

-- may all your unfulfilled dreams come true, though you may have to work hard for them

Chinese New Year is coming.

Usually its a busy time of the year...have to spring clean the house, prepare the altars, buy new stuff, throw old stuff etc etc etc

And msning.

Chinese New Year is also the time where one goes back to their sec sch or pri sch to greet their teachers.

Of course, the main objective of going back is not the teachers, but the friends. Haha.

So, just one day before, everyone will be asking everyone whether they are "going back" tml.

Now on my Start bar i have 6 msn windows and one IE window, which is this blogger.

I haven't clear up my table yet.....and i don't know where to find the energy to do so.

From AHS website:

The school will celebrate Chinese New Year on 27 January 06 (Friday) morning and it will close at 12.00 noon after the celebration.

From my friend:

Dear Fellow Alumni,
The AHS Alumni is organizing a CNY Dinner Get-Together on Feb 11th(Saturday) at 6.30pm. All AHS alumnus are strongly encouraged to join>us! In addition, we are also having some school facilities open from 2pm onwards, so please feel free to bring your fellow AHS friends down early and enjoy a game or 2 before the dinner.

Here are more details:
Date: 11th Feb (Saturday)
Venue: AHS campus
Fee: S$10 per pax

Schedule for the day:
2pm - Free-n-Easy Games & Activities (we are looking for teams to play>basketball, street soccer and badminton!)
6pm - AHS Alumni AGM
6.30pm -CNY Dinner!

This is the perfect opportunity to call up AHS friends whom you have not met in years and get together for old time's sake!

Kindly RSVP by 6th Feb (Monday) so that we can make the necessary logistic arrangements.

See you all soon!

Regards,
Alva Chew
on behalf of
AHS Alumni Exce Comm

Stupid G** killed all the surprise.

But anyway,

I CAN KEEP MY FOUR SUBJECTS!!!!!!!

Yay.

Actually its kind of conditional...cos have to see my march common test results..

My CT doesn't seem happy though...i have to hand in a letter to him tml stating I will drop a subject, without bargaining, if i didn't pass all my 4 subjects in the march common test.

But i couldn't celebrate cos i have caught a flu =( throughout the day i was a walking zombie, only getting better when i went for robotics later.

Hope i won't fall sick..i want to eat all the chinese new year goodies!

Year 2006 shall be Qing Wei's year. Muahaha.

*If i were you if i were you...if u like to be me so much u go teach la...ask me teach then stand there do nothing...*

Everyday, some people come into this world, some people leave this world.

Many of the great and famous are honoured and remembered for their contributions they have done to the world. Their dates of birth are etched into the hearts of the common folks, and they count their blessings that these great men had lived and brought good things for the benefit of mankind.

Today, the 22th, and tomorrow, the 23th, are the birthdays of two ordinary men.

At this point of time.

They will grow up to be two great men too. They, too, will bring great inventions and ideas to mankind. They shall be known by everyone living on this planet. Their birthdays will be celebrated by all.

They shall never have to celebrate their birthdays alone...anymore....

And most importantly, they are my friends. Muahaha.

I HAVE TWO FUTURE GREAT MEN AS MY FRIENDS!

Happy birthday to them. May all their most sincere wishes come true.

I'm down....but i'm definitely not out.

I shall be back...one day.

"Good morng mr sum u hv been scheduled to c *, hod econs on mon 23 jan 1210pm to decide ur dropg subject. Pls think thru carefully ovr wkend thks."

GG.

Suddenly I'm faced with the biggest dilemma ever since my birth.

"In life everything has an opportunity cost, in economics terms. What you forgo in one aspect will probably be made up for in terms of your gains in other experiences. It could be getting good in some past-time hobby while forgoing your studies or fitness, if you deem it important enough and better worthwhile your time. It all depends on the choices you make, and the priorities you have in life. You live with the consequences of your actions."

I'm thinking..I'm thinking...

The sms i dreaded most finally came today.

"Pls c me asap"

I have the following options:

1) Drop Maths.
2) Drop Physics.
3) Drop Chemistry.
4) Drop Computing.
5) Drop NOI.

I have the slightest chance to keep all my 4 subjects..that is i drop my NOI, my computing olympiad.

With these kind of options, what else can I choose?

Anyway still have to see...while my CT will try to convince the HODs, if it doesn't get through I still have to drop one subject.

Which will most probably be Chemistry.

Or even Computing.

Feels kind of sad...because I have survived for one year, learnt so much stuff, spent so many mondays, thursdays and saturdays in school, solved so many problems, beared with so much scoldings, overcame so many disappointments, used so much of my father's taxi's diesel etc etc etc etc etc, and I just got the school laptop lying on my desk with gVim and DJGPP installed.

Brute force. Dynamic programming. Longest Increasing/Decreasing/Common Subsequence. Divide and Conquer. Graphs. Adjacency matrix. Adjacency list. Adjacency list in matrix. Edge list. Depth-first search. Breadth-first search. Single-source shortest path. Bellman-Ford. All-pair shortest path. Floyd-Warshall. MinMax. MaxMin. Dijkstra. Binary tree. Pre-order. In-order. Post-order. Forest. Minimum spanning tree. Kruskal. Prim. Floodfill. Network Flow. Bipartite Matching. Greedy. Backtracking. Permutation. Geometry. Circles. Triangles. Vectors. Computational Geometry. Convex polygon. Convex hull. Graham Scan. Jarvis March. Bignum. Prime numbers. Fibonacci numbers. Chinese Remainder Theorem. Accepted. Wrong Answer. Time Limit Exceeded. Presentation Error.

Nah..i haven't learnt everything yet.

And soon, all these may be gone. Forever.

[yes yes yes i know, its the process that's more important, i have learnt alot throughout the year, I have done something many people in vj don't know how to do or are not interested in doing, I have gained experience and blah blah blah yea yea yea yea yea yea yea yea yea yea yea yea yea yea yea yea yea __ ]

Why can't I be a smart guy who can understand everything without studying then ace every single shit i get?

Sianx...for the past week it rained everyday...then suay suay today my class PE then the sun come out...

OH ya...its Friday the 13th mah......

Nah my day isn't as bad as it seems.

I still haven't got back my physics R....because my physics teacher gave my friends their papers back during their econs...so i was isolated from them thus until now, I still dunno my marks.

My friends keep telling me to go and find him..but i'm rather reluctant...for I know i didnt do well and i simply didnt want to face up to the truth =X

Perhaps a consolation is that when i was walking out of school for home today, i ran into my CT, who was about to go out for his daily evening run. He saw me, greeted me and my friend "Good morning!" but didnt say anything else(eg. Are you dropping computing?).

Maybe I passed?

But then again, it may just be because he also dunno my marks yet.

Or maybe he knows, but he ran out of subject dropping forms.

Or simply he knows, but he was more interested in his running than me at that point of time.

Or maybe he knows, but the school is allowing me to keep 4 subjects?

Or maybe i was conned and actually i failed chem, and now that i failed physics too, so the sch is still discussing which 06Sxy or 06Akj class to send me to.

Or they are contacting the polys to find a place for me (That's thoughtful of them.)

Secretly i'm hoping that everyone is dragging this issue..then slowly everyone forgets everything and i can keep my 4 subjects. Hehheh.

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(I've got a weekend to pass...)

I got one more very interesting issue to talk about..but this entry's getting too long and I am getting damn tired..so i shall continue tomorrow.

I PASSED MY CHEM R!!! YAY!!!

Wah more big fat clouds flying everywhere in Singapore.

After 10 days with my new handphone I just realised today it has a counter stating how many messages I have sent out.

No I'm not stupid..I know most phones have this function and I did try to find it the last time but I couldnt, until today.

You can't really blame me if the phone programmers decide to put the "Messages counter" in "Time & Cost" under the "Calls" tab in "Settings".

Anyway I've got a shock when i realised I have sent out 117 messages! In 10 days!

(Why was I chosen to sms the juniors informing them of the first robotics session......T.T)

Haha maybe that is the norm..since i never keep track in the past.

I only have 300 free smses and I still got 20 days to go! How am I going to spam people with "Happy New Year!" ?!??!

Sianx school tml.

Today one not-so-fat-but-still-quite-fat piece of cloud flew over Singapore.

Rained the whole afternoon..

A supposedly, relatively busy day today turned out to be a free day.

By right I have physics and chemistry tutorials today, and i have not finished my physics and chem tutorials so was thinking of doing them during the free time today and worrying about how the teachers will skin me when i show them my incomplete work.

Then during assembly, the principal announced that she heard of year2s who want to join the year1s at East Coast Beach for Sea Regatta, so instead of the year2s having to sneak there, she decided to let us off at 10.30am so we could all go there!

Suddenly i have no more chem and physics!

So after going through a torturing 2 periods of computing, i was free.

Went to McDonalds to eat with a couple of friends, then stayed at the beach looking at the year1s play, kicking a ball around with friends, and keeping myself dry while waiting for mass dance to come.

It never came...cos the big fat cloud came earlier.

At first i envied my friend who was down for icomp filming today, because he could sit on the safety boat out at sea and film.
Until he (and the camera) was caught in the rain. And now the camera.....

Yay tomorrow holiday.

Today one big fat piece of cloud flew over Singapore.

Its still raining now...

Then there was the Exercise Northstar V..an exercise to simulate terrorist attacks on our public transport system to test the reactions of 22 government agencies.

Actually i question the usefulness of this exercise.
They seem to be afraid of troubling the commuters and thus try their best to minimise the inconvenience.

For the preparations they tested out the flashbang to make sure the sound is not too loud as to affect the commuters' eardrums.

They told the whole world the exercise would be happening within this week, then gave the game away with the intensive news reports throughout the week (If the ka-boom is going to happen next week they will not do the news reporting this week).
They also prepared "goodwill ambassadors" on the trains to guide the commuters, prepared shuttle buses to ferry the commuters to their destinations etc etc.

Even worse, hospital staff already started preparing themselves at 5.30am, way before the ka-boom...

So what's there to test if everyone knew something is going to happen? And at a time when 90% of the population is still playing chess with Zhou Gong?

Commuters are cursing why it happened on the trains they were in, and were more worried about getting to the shuttle buses and out of the place rather than learning something useful out of this exercise.

I'm also amused by two civilians nailing down a "terrorist" who is about to set off the bomb he's carrying. Isn't that too dangerous? Are they sure we can do that?

You see ah, if really ka-boom and there are no goodwill ambassadors on board the train and the police all over the stations, will we really know what to do?

Aiya to say the truth, when ka-boom happens, it will be so loud that those near the bomb will be temporarily (if not permanently) deaf. We will all be in a state of panic; it is inevitable.

Maybe this time round the exercise is more for the government agencies to test their operating procedures and not so much of civilian reaction. I expect more to come though. I want to be part of the action too. Haha.

Hello everyone.

Backtracking to yesterday, I had my Chem R paper in the morning. They have upgraded the air-conditioner in LT1, and now its worse than LT5. It was the first time i actually shivered in a LT. Haha.

Because of the bloody R paper i could not meet my junior class. But from the photo my CT rep took i saw at least 4 AHS people in my junior class! Yay...better than my class where i'm the only Anglican haha.

After that, set off for AHS. It was their CCA exhibition for the sec1s so went back to take a look.

A huge surprise for me..because I realised that the computer club teacher-in-charge has changed. Not just to any other teacher, but a long-time-no-see physics teacher who taught me for a while two years ago before going to Australia for studies. This friendly guy who always uses his Apple laptop for physics lessons is finally back...anyway i'm quite happy he's taking over the computer club.

The NPCC girls' unit clearly showed everyone its still a new CCA, responding to wrong commands and their less-than-perfect marching. The other uniformed groups had roughly the same performances as previously years.

Wah I didnt know the block of flats and carparks behind the AHS 长城 had been torn down, in fact since a long time ago. Now its a piece of empty land!

After that went off to Suntec to meet my friends for dinner, before going for the event for the night - mass dance at the Fountain of Wealth. It was part of orientation for the year1s, but i just went and joined in. Had to help film too.

The mass dance was fun..everyone was high..but perhaps abit too high that there was chaos. When they switched off the fountain so that people can go into the fountain to touch the water, Victorians actually ran into there in swarms and splashed water at each other. We had video for evidence haha. In fact we are saying we will receive a complaint from Suntec on Monday. Haha.

I think I am going to get a 'shorter' timetable soon. I have never had miracles in exams. Blog about this another day.

Quite a happening day today...have quite alot of stuff to say, but i am so damn freaking tired now.

I went back to AHS today..it was their CCA exhibition and i had no lessons after my Chem R, so went back lor.

Anyway I met my Chinese teacher and have asked her about the AHS history book; she said she herself have not received one.

I also asked the bookshop auntie; she said the bookshop is not (and will not be) selling it, so she don't know.

I will blog the rest tomorrow. Can't continue anymore.

Went to the Anglican High website and was super surprised when I saw the new homepage.

The first thing that caught my eye is the 4 words REN JING QI CAI or Where Talents Soar.

Anyone who have never studied in AHS before will immediately assume that Where Talents Soar is our school motto. In fact I myself thought they hsve changed the school motto to this and only found out in the school motto page that it remained the same.

"Where Talents Soar" is the school vision. -.-''

Second thing was the computer club page. My junior won something at the National Software Competition and got his trophy at a Micromouse competition prize giving ceremony. Wow.

AHS has a second vice-principal now!

The new principal actually has a welcome-back-message, and the school is going to re-develop our indoor stadium.

In conclusion, the new website looks nice. That's all.

Read the Chinese newspapers yesterday? There's an article about AHS. Now the sec1s that come in to AHS must learn about the school history as part of their history lessons (I think). They even produced a book on it. I wonder if I can get my hands on one.

When i said "she had nth to do" in my tagboard, i really meant that my friend (in fact, the whole class) have nothing to do.

This week there are no lectures, only tutorials, with practicals being converted to tutorials. Plus the fact that my new maths tutor is busy with VIP orientation, we have no maths tutorials till next wednesday.

The first period today was CT session, which means no chem prac. After my Physics R paper, i only spent 10 mins in the physics lab and we were dismissed.

Then we had nothing to do all the way until 2.30pm for a chem tutorial!

(The prank came about because laptops were set up in the canteen for the year1s to do their subject combi registration.)

I spent most of the time before chem tutorial filming the year 1's orientation. Sad to say, but its so similar to our batch's orientation.

It will be a similar day tomorrow. Besides the CT session during the first period, I will be free for the rest of the day. I will be involved in the CCA walkabout, so haha it goes right till the end of my lessons.

Thursday I will be down for filming the whole day (actually I am down for duty only on Thurs. Today I helped out a friend.)

Friday haha basically i will only be here for my Chem R paper. Because my class shifted the physics tutorial to Thursday, and there is no Maths. Haha.

I know I can't do so many things..i need some time to study my Chem......

Anyway I have a new handphone le! Actually got it yesterday le...some friends already knew about it. It was during the M1's three day New Year sale that i bought a cheap phone. Not bad so far.

Can finally replace my dying phone, in which a fifth button is starting to be unresponsive le. Haha.

Most exciting is that my new phone got a camera..so means can take pictures! Sad my computer don't have infrared or bluetooth cannot upload my photos to my computer. Hopefully the laptop i am getting from the school has infrared. Haha.

I'm blogging here in the morning because you cannot expect me to hit the books after waking up just an hour ago. Haha.

So its the new year! Not a good year for me, because will be taking my A levels this year. Of course before A levels can come i have to pass the so many other tests and obstacles, with the 2 R papers coming up real soon.

I realised I got worried over my CT's comments for nothing, because I am already promoted. So if I fail my R papers, chances are I only drop one subject.

Err..right?

To welcome the new year I went to cut my hair, firstly to avoid trouble with the school when the new year just started, and secondly, cut away all the bad things I had in 2005, so i start the new year with a fresh me!

Last night as usual, everyone disappeared from the net, leaving me alone and cold.... So welcomed my new year together with yes933, the TV which telecast the Mount Faber celebrations live for 20 minutes, and my organic chem notes.

And of course, I carried out the most important tradition of all: change the calender!
Removed my Tampines Town Council 2005 calender from my desk, and replaced it with the Tampines Town Council 2006 calender. Haha.

Reflecting on 2005, it has been a hectic year for me..the culture difference between AHS and VJC has greatly impacted me. I didnt write a resolution for last year...but some of the things I have done would be.....

1) Broadband!!!!! (Finally got it after 2186986320462034671 years..can surf net 24/7 now without worrying about bills)
2) O Level results! (my best results throughout my 4 years in AHS haha)
3) Getting into VJC (got into a really good and fun JC, but at the expense of my friends...is this a good thing?)
4) Competitive programming (it started as another co-curricular activity, but since I cant get S papers now, this has become ever important to me)
5) 4th in micromouse! (I was much happier this time...because it was my own effort, though i was damn sad of the drop from 2nd to 4th T.T )
6) My midyr and promos results (nothing to say...i'm now "enjoying the fruit of my labour")
7) Linux!

As my CT said in his email to us last night: let's not brood over what could have been done and look forward to what we would be doing. 2006 promises to be hectic but nonetheless exciting.

So..my new year resolution! Well my resolution is simple, i don't wish for much things =p :

1) Get 4 As! (This actually also means keeping my 4 subjects =X)
2) NOI gold! (Abit far-fetched..but..)
3) Complete my senior's micromouse diagonal movement C program! (This will end in May haha)
4) Keep myself fit! (So I won't have to suffer in NS T.T)
5) Be more optimistic! (As i have sweared in my holistic report)
6) A new computer! (Wtf i have been wanting one since 2186986320462034671 years ago!)
7) To go out with my gay friends more often! (missed so many outings with them......)
8) To celebrate Chirstmas 2006 and New Year 2007 countdown somewhere outside! (I don't want to be left out anymore!)
9) World a better place! (Copied from G**'s blog haha)
10) Contribute something to society! (Not sure how yet..maybe CIP ba)

New Year Day is just another day. Its all the hope, wishes, anticipation and resolutions that we place into the next 365 days that makes New Year Day a different one. It serves as a form of moltivation to get us going; to start fresh and anew; to be optimistic.

As i end my entry here, I hope that everyone who comes across this blog will have a fruitful and smooth year ahead, enjoy yourselves and look forward to a better tomorrow.
Once again, happy 2006.