hodge lodge

My class recently got this comprehension passage for GP which is about the forms of paternalism the state is adopting on its citizens. There’s this part about individuals requesting casinos to ban them from their premises in a bid to cut their gambling addiction.

I do think I need to ban myself from the video games section of the hodge lodge. Though, I pwnz in the Wii. Even though this is my first time touching that device.

Also, I need to ban myself from my dSLR. I’m spending too much time on Photoshop as a result. Photography can indeed be an addiction; I’m suffering from withdrawal symptoms.
(I WANT TO TAKE PHOTOS OF DANCE NIGHT. RAWR.)

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Ok so, during music lecture today, Mrs Chee wanted people to narrate a passage which was on the screen.

Mrs Chee: “Ok today is the 28th. Whose birthday is on the 28th?”
MeL: “Woon Hian’s birthday is on the 28th. It’s his birthday today actually.”
Mrs Chee: “Orly? Let’s sing him a birthday song shall we?”
Mrs Chee goes to the piano and plays the birthday song while the class sings and I was like, woah.
Mrs Chee: “Ok now that we’re done with that, Woon Hian, could you read the paragraph on the screen now?”
Me: “Right.”

Thanks to all who wished me a happy birthday today, especially Mark and Meiyi for the cupcake and chocolate cake respectively. ^_^

On a side note, my wallet’s missing. It should be somewhere at home but somehow it’s succeeding in its little game of hide and seek.

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Mission: TPT was a success! =D
Jazz Concert was really entertaining!
CJC Inter-JC Bridge Tourney in 3 days!

Till the next time, it’s me, woonie, signing off.

(foam)

Turns out that by today, I’ve got to complete:
1. Math Assignment 13A
2. GP Group Work on Terrorism
3. GP AQ
4. Econs Remedial Essay

And by Tuesday:
1. Music Essay (while scolding myself for forgetting to check my mail since last wednesday)

I’m foaming.

Till the next time, it’s me, woonie, signing off.

music ct

What happened was that I got 49.4% for music ct. I’m still finding out if this should be rounded up or down. rawr.

Till the next time, it’s me, woonie, signing off.

napfa

I’m not really concerned that my grades in certain stations have dropped. Blame it on my stamina coz all the stations were done in a single period unlike all the previous NAPFAs. or maybe i shall blame myself for not having breakfast before the test. zz.

2.4km: 12:15mins [5mins on the last 2 rounds ._.]  D
Shuttle: 10.2s [still tired from run] A
Sit-ups: 36 [really exhausted already] E
SBJ: 218cm [unofficially 220cm] (my thighs were starting to hurt rly badly) E
Sit and reach: 38cm D

But what i’m really glad about is that:
Pull-ups: 1!!!!!!1111111oneoneoneone

Ok so I’ve finally managed to do one pull-up consistently i.e. whenever I hang on the bar after rest, I can do at least (at most) one pull-up.

Though I failed NAPFA, there’s improvement!

Onward with Operation Minus-Two! Go woonie!

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Okay this is stupid there are tons of resources about causes of terrorism, and just one lousy, unsubstantiated, out-of-point essay on effects of terrorism? That’s not counting another essay that requires me to pay in order to unlock the essay contents.

Till the next time, it’s me, woonie, signing off.

So it happens that I got an A in Project Work. I should be happy, considering that this just might be the only A I might get for A levels.

So it happens that my entire class got an A, many many many people got an A, very few people got B, and just 1 person getting C (from Jared’s class, i heard).

So it happens that HCJC has a 98% A-rate for PW.

%As for PW
HCI – 98.2%
TJC – 87.2%
RJC – 85%
MJC – 73.7%
YJC – 50.9%
SAJC – 17%
SRJC – 7%
National average – 43%

Suddenly getting that A doesn’t feel that special anymore, even though this is the very first A i’ve got in my entire JC life.

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To summarize, Friday was happy day, but Saturday was bad day.

Friday: Trip down to PI, looked at amazing board games. Aaron, Roger and I bought a game each. Storekeeper = happy man. Back in school: Bridge, pasting stickers and APPLES AND APPLES XD though that session was quite bad coz there’s only 4 of us playing. Dined at this HK eatery which offers really good food.

Saturday. Woke up late (having originally planned to reach RI at 8.30). GP remedial at 11, so I left the house early to have some time looking around at ORA fair. But the jam. All the way from Bukit Panjang, BKE to Eng Neo, PIE all because everyone wants to take a look at some crunched-up cars on the road shoulder and slow down. So in the end, I reached school at 11.45 when I projected to arrive at 10.35.

By the time remedial ended:
1. Aaron Tan and co have finished lunch and are making their way home
2. ORA fair has somewhat ended already i.e. no more food, stalls were closing. Dunking station was still very much alive though.
3. I didn’t meet anyone I knew to talk to.

On a side note, I managed to try a bit of Guitar Hero at J8. Managed to touch the guitar 2 times before the staff came out and announced they wanted to change the game. Bah.

Ok so, I came back home at 9.30 after visiting my grandma. 3 hours later, I’m finally right here at my computer with this to say: Ironing sucks. Yes Ngiam, it really really sucks.

If I may quote (coz it applies to me word-for-word too):

I absolutely HATE ironing clothes. I DETEST it. LOATHE it. If I could I would throw the iron and board out of the window but I would be thrown in jail if I did that. Most of all I HATE myself for being so damn particular about my own ironing. I cannot tolerate a single crease when I iron, so I use damn a lot of strength or go over it a lot of times. Damn bloody ironic (pun pun) when I go to school and don’t give a shit about crumpling up my shirt or dirtying it. There’s just something about the act of ironing that makes me so damn perfectionist. I can’t stand it and I won’t stand for it. I hate ironing. I hate ironing. I hate ironing.

Problem is, I have to do this every week. (foam)

Oh hell, I’ve only been on the com, at this blog post for half an hour (while checking my Mail and Reader and GP stuff (terrorism) at the same time) and my parents are declaring that they want to confiscate my keyboard and mouse. Or turn off the switch to the living room at the circuit board. Why dammit why. Leave my computer alone. ><

all for nothing

So it happens that putting more effort and upping the effectiveness of mugging sessions didn’t help. at all.

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I’ve been going through a few albums on Jamendo recently and found this nifty artist by the name of Rob Costlow. He plays piano instrumental pieces and has submitted 2 albums to the website. I’m bad at writing reviews so i shall summarize by saying that the music he plays is really nice and you should go listen to them.

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woonie is officially colemak-proficient. yayyness.

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Softball: RJC 5 – 12 ACS (I)
Soccer: RJC 2 – 0 TPJC

Might upload photos on flickr, if i feel like doing so.

On the other hand, MTDF 08 photos are finally up. Go take a look.

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Random photo taken during Qing Ming Festival, visit to random columbarium at commonwealth.

Till the next time, it’s me, woonie, signing off.