It is at this point of time when I remember what Meiyi said about everybody leaving for university at the various countries in the world, caught up with school work and having activity commitments with new groups of people. It feels sort of surreal, recalling all the times we did all the things together – chilling at the piano, playing board games, LANning, mahjong, even mugging – then moving on to meeting every few weekends to take a break from the military and catching up with each other, and even now, still meeting up once in a while to do stuff. And then, for the next few years, we’ll be attending our respective universities, living out the school life that may or may not prepare us for the next stage of our lives as part of the working adults. And then we graduate and start working.

It makes me feel melancholic, just thinking about all these. Where has all the time gone?

(related video)

Time is marching on… and time… is still marching on… DUN DUN.

I know we should always be moving on to face the future, but I really hope we will still be able to meet up in the further future.

(Facebook doesn’t count.)

Another related video (I think):

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Okay, back to calculus. Oh wait, it’s 4am.
…
nope. back to calculus.

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

August 20 (Sat)
2.20pm: Figuring out Order of Growth
11.30pm: Realizing that CS1101S DG is on Monday and not on Wednesday (Recitations).

August 23
1.20pm: Clueless about lambda.
4pm: Coding in MA1521 Lecture

August 26
3.50am: Sudden realization that Mission 4 is due on Saturday 2359h (27th) and not Sunday 2359h (28th).
4.20am: Also, not sure about the difference between unit-circle and alternative-unit-circle.
4pm: Coding in MA1521 Lecture again, instead of listening to lecture.  Finally able to complete Lecture 5 Path.

August 28
7.50pm: Trying to figure out how to merge curves into a single curve in Side Quest 4. 1
9.20pm: Realizing that Ctrl+I should be used in DrRacket and not in the JFDI code window.
11pm: Sudden realization about parametrics.
11.45pm: Submission of SideQuest 4.1 just before deadline.

August 29
3.55am: Can’t remember how rcomp works.
1pm: Submission of Mission 5
2pm: Submission of Sidequest 5
6.10pm: Pon GEK1505 lecture to do coding.
9.35pm: Thankful for deadline extensions. Submission of Mission 6.

August 30
12.25am: Full marks for 2 side quests and 2 missions in a row? Deadline extensions? I know everyone else has been keeping a perfect streak since Mission 1 but for me… :everythingwentbetterthanexpected.jpg;
2.35am: Changing drRacket settings – open new racket files in new tab instead of new window. -_-
3.55am: Still here at UTown coding Mission 7. Task 3 Done!

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I’m really neglecting all my other subjects, am I not? This thing is addictive.

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

So, after 9 months of whiling my time away as a NEET, I’m officially back in school where I can learn to become less of a burden to society.

Modules that I’m taking this semester:
1. CS1101S
2. CS1231
3. MA1521
4. GEK1505
5. LAJ2202

At the same time, as a resident of Raffles Hall, I’m planning to embark on
1. RHMP Technical Crew
2. Board of Photographers
3. ComMotion
4. Softball
assuming that I get accepted into these activities.

Simultaneously, I have registered as an official member of the Japanese Studies Society, as well as indicated an interest in joining the NUS Contract Bridge Club.

Tutorials haven’t even started, not to mention hall activities, and somehow, I’m already foaming really badly. Yet, I chose to torture myself with my module choices – that of choosing to take on Scheme as a non-programmer, as well as Japanese 3 taught by a certain notorious Chiba-sensei. And due to my masochistic love for Mathematics, I’m taking Discrete Structures [To F1 or not to not F1... what is the question??], as well as Calculus (for Computing) [actually, they were pre-allocated, but that's besides the point].

Year 1 Semester 1 Timetable - I can go kill myself already. (Also, tool for potential stalkers.)

(Oh, I don’t think I mentioned that I’m also taking Japanese classes at Ikoma at the same time.)

So now that I’m done with officially reviving this blog, I can now proceed with posting trivial school-related rages on this blog.

…

I still have not figured out how to manage my non-lecture/tutorial time. Woe.
Well, I see that my very first tutorials as an NUS student will be GEK1505 and CS1101S so I guess I should clear these first?

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Meanwhile, I’ll leave all [redacted]-related stuff to my livejournal, as always.

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

I sent my elder girl to Bukit Timah Primary School. [...] she was selected for the GEP along with 13 of her schoolmates.

Seriously, what’s with Bukit Timah Primary School (formerly known as Bukit Batok) and GEP? My batch from BBPS had 10 going to into GEP.

I’ve been watching the livestream on Al-Jazeera for the past 2 hours, it’s 2am, and I can’t bring myself away from witnessing every minute following this really historic moment.

It’s really heartwarming to hear the emotions of the Egyptian Al-Jazeera reporters when the anchorman from the studio asks them to remove his reporter’s hat and not be impartial for a moment and tell the viewers how he is feeling.

“It’s not sunk in yet.
I’m shocked that it actually happened so quickly.
It used to really upset me that it reached a point that 85 million people only have 1 choice of a leadership.
[...]
I couldn’t believe that the government unravelled all its darkest secrets in 48 hours.
Cairo become an unrecognizable city.”

“Okay, now you may put on that reporter’s hat again as we proceed on with the coverage of the Egypt Revolution.”

Hey Egypt, this is your chance to get the future you want for yourselves and your country. Please do not screw this up, and I wish you a smooth, safe and peaceful transition to your next government.

Twitter tag #jan25 never forget.

See you guys in 17 days.

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

I wished I had taken a screenshot.

So how this works is, they will present you with 5 sets of 2 photos. In each photo, a square tag is marked out, and you are supposed to choose from 5 options who is the one that has been tagged in both photos.

You’re given 2 chances to skip (but still have to meet the 5 set requirement) in case you forget who that friend is (or if you added this person just to help you in Farmville).

Or, in case your friend has been tagged as somebody’s left breast as well as the top left corner of a French roadside restaurant sign in both photos. (Or perhaps, tagged as “The Crazy One” in one of those photo-tag memes. in other words, this friend does not appear in the photo.) lolwut.

Answer any set wrongly, and they’ll lock you out of your account. Or something.

Okay so,
I THINK THIS SHOULD BE MADE INTO A FB GAME.

Useless information – who FB asked me to identify:
Set #1: see above
Set #2: Ng Qihua
Set #3: Tan Zi Hao
Set #4: Eugene Seow
Set #4: Feng Yi Fei
Set #5: Vanessa Koh

and they used rather old photos where they were much younger and thus look a little different, at that.

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

That man is very tall.

I look at that tall man.

We are both intelligent people.

We are also father and son.

We love each other very much.

…also, check out Alfian Sa’at’s FB note on Some Useful Tips For Writing Your Secondary One Composition.

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

One difference this time is that this time, this one person did not imply, but instead actually said something along the lines of “I don’t really care that you’re in 6 Coy. You suck in frisbee and you have no right to play for us. Also, I fucking hate you.”

Another difference is this time, I looked him right in the eye and said something along the lines of “Fuck you. I don’t fucking care if you think you are the best in every fuck thing you do, I’m going to play.”

He then went on to insult my looks even though he recently recovered from a skin problem that made his facial skin peel excessively under sunlight.

Context: I was supposed to sub someone in the second half of a match in an inter-coy frisbee competition. Above-mentioned person wondered why this guy wasn’t about to play, and got pissed off when he found out that I was going to be his sub. It wasn’t like above-mentioned person was my OC, CSM, DC, DS, or anyone specially important who has any right to choose a frisbee team that he doesn’t even have ownership over anyway.

I later managed to play the second half of the match and helped create and score another 3 points for the team.

I don’t deny that I generally suck at sports because for the last 18 years of my life before NS I’d never been in a sports CCA nor train especially hard to hone my skills for any sport, but for someone who really enjoys playing sports, it is only in such non-professional and friendly games where I would ever have a chance to experience playing sports competitively with a small prize at stake.

(And I take this opportunity to thank the ORA softball people for letting me join in in their weekly softball sessions as well as play in a few friendly matches.)

So to end off, here’s a shout-out to all such obnoxious and selfish people who have made my life extra miserable for no good reason, and I say it loudly and proudly: Fuck you.

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

Aside from Cosfest, that is.
And that I accepted NUS’ Electrical Engineering offer. Though I’m still hoping to be able to get into Science.

Junior Bravo Coy is finally back from Brunei, finally turning ops, finally getting their red beret, and thus finally able to do guard duty for us once again. hooray.

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

But somehow, my DC still made me do IPPT. And I almost died while running the 2.4km with a blocked nose and phlegmy throat. Not a pleasant feeling at all. At least I managed a sub-11 10:46mins timing, and secured my 2nd year IPPT silver. I’d say, 9:14mins is still too intense to train for before ORD.

Also, http://i.imgur.com/0UEqe.jpg

Lousy result for Iluma Tornado’s Jubeat Random Song Challenge.

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Parade today was tiring…

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

!!!

w00t!

And I decided to put the anime on-hold; didn’t want spoilers for the visual novel.

I opened the visual novel save file, and found that my last save-date was 30/11/09.

Has it really been 4 months since I last touched it? goodness.

well then. moving along.

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

Dentistry, anyone?

the thailand training phase is finally over.

2 weeks to go.

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link
I look at this list, and decided that I shall give up on trying to get a place in the Faculty of Science for the Mathematics course. Guess I shall just settle on trying for an Engineering course. That’s why I took Physics in the first place.
Or perhaps, NTU’s maths/math-teaching course.

But that aside, congrats to Raffles Class of ’09 on getting such brilliant results for their A Levels. Beat our batch sia.

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Since meiyi did a wishlist-which-needs-a-lot-of-money-to-be-fulfilled, I shall make one too.

1. External hard drive for my anime.
2. Trip to Japan (VERY LIKELY)
3. A new dSLR.
4. Prime Lens.
5. A bicycle.

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

LezlieMaholmes9002@hotmail.com just sent you a nudge.
WE’LL LET OUR LIGHT SHINE ON says:
yes?
LezlieMaholmes9002@hotmail.com says:
Yay someone to talk to :
-) !! how are u? I found your name in the msn online members search
WE’LL LET OUR LIGHT SHINE ON says:
huh
LezlieMaholmes9002@hotmail.com says:
my roomates just stepped out I only have a little while alone… are u alone too? we should cam2cam
WE’LL LET OUR LIGHT SHINE ON says:
this is disgusting
i am blocking you bye

Moral of the story:
When an invitation window from such people to add you on MSN appears,
1. Click on “Reject invitation”.
2. Click on “Block user”.
3. Click on “Report user as spammer”.

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

I had high hopes for this website when it was first launched back in I first joined the forums in 2006. The concept was interesting and new: You see something interesting, you write a report, take some photos, maybe include a video of it, and you submit it to the website, which will be read by many people since it would might become popular in the future.

Fast forward.

It has basically degenerated into nothing more than a English version of the 新明日报/联合晚报. Full of gossip. Full of shallow stories. People complaining about trivial matters. People complaining about people complaining about trivial matters. etc.

Add to that the fact that it’s not about “citizen reporters”, it’s about kaypoh aunties tipping off Stomp [in addition to above-mentioned Chinese tabloids], and the Stomp staff writing a sensationalized, inaccurate, misquoted, full-of-assumptions ‘report’ about it.

Someone should just shoot the editors of Stomp. They fail as editors.

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Interested in citizen reporting? Visit tomorrow.sg and The Online Citizen instead.

This post is a summary of my thoughts in the last 1 hour, which I’ve wasted on my re-visit to stomp.com.sg.

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EDIT:
“‘Grandpa Gaga’ dances like a pro, puts youths to shame”

STOMPer JC spotted this elderly man dancing to the tune of a Chinese song based on a popular Lady Gaga song and said that he put the young people to shame.
[...]
“It is rare to see men of his age dancing to such music, much less out-dancing the young men who tried to join him,” the STOMPer said.

Either “STOMPer JC” does not know the meaning of video-editing, or the STOMP staff who wrote this is trolling us.
They could, possibly, link us to this video instead.

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

But really, how have i changed?

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

The OC drove his car in to the middle of the circle, amid much cheer, and blasted Power 98′s Top Songs of the Year Countdown. Imagine doing push-ups to the tune of Poker Face and I Gotta Feelin’. We all had a feeling, and indeed, that night was a good good night.

2 down. At least 4 more to go. But before that, ATEC THAILAND. T_T
KNN, had to spend 70 bucks on a new passport. My old one 10 years old liao.

And so, I said hello to the real world for the first time in 2010. It really did seem like last year when i last saw it. And so it was.

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And so, because of Coy PT at 2300h, I was unable to fulfill Resolution #10 of 2009 in time. Sigh. (It remains unresolved.)

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

The first sign of returning consciousness was cold. Then sound. She was aware of voices that seemed to be travelling through her across an arctic waste.

Yet, no matter how hard she tried, she just couldn’t move her body,

She tried to open her eyes but the lids would not move. She tried to sit up, but she could not stir. She struggled to turn over, to move her hands, her feet, but nothing happened. She knew that she had a body, but it was lifeless as a marble.

…she just couldn’t make a sound nor make any form of signals to the people around her to indicate that she was very much conscious to her surroundings.

She wanted to call out to them. “I’m alive! I’ve very much alive! Only I’ve been turned to stone.” But she could not call out any more than she could move.”

And the agony of having the people around her thinking they saw movement, then doubt it, even though she was finally able to make the slightest of twitches on her eyelid (read: blink).

Calvin: “What happened to the first man?”
Her father: “We don’t — look! Did her eyelids move?” Silence. Then: “No. It was only a shadow.”
But I did blink, Meg tried to tell them. I’m sure I did. And I can hear you! Do</em. something!

And after reading this chapter, I imagined a lot about what it’s like to be trapped in a body that refuses to respond. The agony, the horrors, the terror.

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And now, almost a decade after reading this story, I come across this story: link

Locked-in syndrome. So this could really happen. It got me thinking a lot recently, once again.

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

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confinement next weekend.
21nov: ora softball friendly, anime asia fest @ suntec, M:SG mission.
missing so many things \=

woonie rly rly wants to borrow a video-playing device for the next 2 weeks. like an iPod. or PSP. or just a mp4 player that can support the codec of my mp4 videos. no idea how to convert.

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

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Turning operational is the best thing to happen to my NS life so far. (Though, my bunkmates are commenting that I’ve already turned ops at least 3 months ago in terms of my bed-cupboard area [read: messy].) Now that we are done training, it’s time to do do real stuff. As in, really real stuff. Like protecting an entire off-shore island. And I’m not referring to the one that’s infested with Number Fours. Plus, all the privileges like bringing in food, magazines, mp3 players and my non-existent PSP (xmas is coming – hint hint).

One down side, however, is being confined over weekends for 2NTM. And the fact that the 2 weekends that are taken up this year are the ones that I really really want to spend out of camp.

(And I’m totally not looking forward to Ex. Falcon and ATEC.)

1 year to ORD LOH.

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Jubeat online play at Zone-X centres are down. ): At least I cycled about 11km today. Home to Lot 1 via Zhenghua Park – CCK Park PCN to Grandma’s at Cashew to Home. Cycling is <3 and extreme happiness. <3

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Please please please no duty next weekend please please.

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

source

Just completed a 10-episode marathon of Bakemonogatari last night, finally caught up with the series at ep.12. The rest of the 3 episodes will be aired via webstreaming from tomorrow.

Senjougahara Fascination!

Now, to book in to camp, once again.

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

Well, brunei. never again. literally felt like dying when 1. both my legs were entirely submerged in mud/quicksand in the swamp; 2. i was going up Ah Biang; 3. I fuck up at the objective during the missions.

As I’ve always said, fuck brunei. seriously, do something about your welfare state system. build up your fucking infrastructure. fuck the museums and mosques. and seriously, “The Mall”? Yo sultan, you better wake up your idea before your country implodes.

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72km w00t. I can now discard my jockey card for a new headdress. XD

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and, i’m addicted to jubeat. i still suck at lvl 8 songs and up.

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At the rate I’m going, I absolutely don’t see how I can avoid staying single for the rest of my life. hmm. (lol.)

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TweetSG is a good service, too bad it’s not accepting new sign-ups as the developer has reached his financial limits of running it.

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

Will be back in 3 weeks.

All I ask for now is to say a little prayer for me, that I won’t die here.

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

IPPT on 13aug:
Pull-ups: 12
4x10m: 9.4s
Sit-ups: cap at 40
SBJ: 239cm
2.4km: 9:45mins

I’ve finally reached sub 10 for 2.4km. Now for Gold.
Some more, improve by 25s from last PB, and doing the test with cough, running nose and a bad headache.

(On FB: Melissa Teo – cos your nose was running also. congrats!) heh heh.

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

and i think i’m addicted to jumping off planes now. with a parachute on, of course. the freefall feeling is no longer something i’m afraid of, rather, i look forward to it now. especially so during my 5th jump yesterday.

and, nothing beats the diagonal scenic view that you see during the drag caused by the deployment of the parachute. it’s really hard to describe it, and it’s hard to explain it. it’s a very unique experience that no one can ever take away from me.

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0 tarmac landings in 5 jumps. woonie levels up in parachute steering.

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

2.4km: 10:11mins (personal best) A

23 points – Finally a CDO Silver standard. ($100!)

Now for sub 10.

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

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

Reveille at 2am

Simple warm-up exercises at 3am

Pre-jump training at 3.30am

Load up parachutes and other stores at 4am

Breakfast at 5am

Up the bus at 6am

[From this point onwards, I lost my sense of time.]

Arrive at SBAB

Unload stores at RV point

Chinook-interior orientation

Back to RV point

Watch the first sortie fit up, enter the chinook. Chinook takes off, and flies circles in the air around the airbase. Streamers let out from chinook, floats straight downwards, to much cheers, considering the c-130 jump was cancelled due to ‘strong winds’.

And the first pass of sortie 1 makes their exit.

*Fast forward*

I fit up my parachute and reserve. Noticed that my mains is serial number 108 [block number of old home], and my reserve is serial number 656 [block number of current home]. I must be feeling damn sian.

Routine fit-up checks by jumpmasters, and we sat down to wait for our turn to load up the chinook.

…which got delayed due to the chinook going back to refuel.

More time-wasting.

Finally, the walk down to the compass ring. Chinook hovers down and lands. Hear the mighty roar and feel the huge blasts of wind. As I walked towards the chinook, the turbo suddenly started up, generating lots of noise and heat, that we had to run all the way into the chinook to avoid them as much as possible.

“Fasten safety belt!” And we have lift-off.

Looked out the window to beautiful scenery.
The never-ending, fast-paced “patta-patta” sounds produced by the rotary wings is the best metaphor for my heartbeat.

“500ft, prepare for action!”

“First pass, unfasten safety belt!”
“Stand up!”
“Hook up!”
“Check static line!”
“Check equipment!” “Helmet, capewell, life jacket, chest strap, reserve snap, ripcord, leg straps, pack tie, static line, clear and hook-up!”
“Sound off for equipment check!” “7 okay!” “6 okay!” “5 okay!” “4 okay!” “3 okay!” “2 okay!” “1 okay, stick okay!”
“move forward!” “Right left right left.”
“5 seconds, stand at the door!” “Right! Left! Right! Left!”
“Green on… GO!”

The people of the second and third pass started cheering as we watched the first pass sink out of view as they jumped out the back ramp. Being in the third pass, I cheered along too.

The guy on my right looked really nervous.

Second pass out.

As the chinook made a turn, it was our turn.

“Stand at the door” “right left right left”
“Go!” “right left right left”
“Go!” “right left right left”
“Go!” “right left right left”
“Go!” “right left right left”
And I found myself standing at the edge of the ramp.

“Go!”

-to be continued-

Every time I visit my paternal grandmother at my uncle’s house, without fail, she would ask about how I’m doing at school, and then I’ll remind her that I’m in the army now, and she’ll comment, with genuine surprise, that I’m already in the army and tells me to be careful.

Problem is, in her memory, I’ll forever be the school-going grandson of hers who had just enlisted in the army. Though, I’m actually glad that I still exist in her memory.

It’s scary to imagine that one day, my parents, or even myself, just might suffer the same fate as her.

I don’t know what your attitude towards your grandparents are, but I love my grandparents to bits.

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

Fuck.

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

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Birthday celebs this year had been awesome. Though, having pizzas for 2 days in a row, lots of cake and other junk food over the weekend, plus not much PT in the week after that, had made me terribly unfit, so much so that when the super-xiong PT resumed on Thursday, I was almost breathless after 20mins of non-stop running and couldn’t keep up with my pre-pizza pace.

Nevertheless, I’d really like to thank everyone for
1. Pool @ Beauty World
2. Lunch @ Wishbone
3. CTR @ Aaron’s
4. Pizza @ Pizzarella
5. the Oreo Cheesecake
6. the stayover
7. everything else.

(:

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Have I mentioned that constructing a ghillie suit is horribly tedious?

And why why why have I not received any offers from NUS? ):

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

AABBB 22 points
Pass. 1 point away from silver.

Frustrating.

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From one of the creators of The Students’ Sketchpad: ebget

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

Sit-ups: capped at 40
SBJ: 226cm
Shuttle Run: 9.8s
Pull-ups: 10
2.4km: 10:41mins

AABBC
Pass.

…but it’s never enough. The instructors even accused me of intentionally trying to OOC [before this test].

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

IPPT and 24-hour Guard Duty tomorrow. Will be missing RJ Photog’s outing to the Old Changi Hospital. ):

And I want to watch Detroit Metal City!

(Must remember to continually update my hardcopy NS journal.)

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

AABDD
Fail.

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

Say. Have you ever realized how insignificant your existence is on this planet?

I have. It’s something that I’ll never forget.

During elementary school, when I was in sixth grade, the whole family went to watch a baseball game at the stadium. I wasn’t particularly interested in baseball, but I was shocked once we got there.

There were people everywhere I looked.

The ones on the other side of the stadium looked like squirming grains of rice all packed together. I wondered if every last person in Japan had gathered in this place.

And so, I asked my dad, exactly how many people were in the stadium? His answer was that a sold-out game meant around fifty-thousand people.

After the game, the path to the station was flooded with people. The sight stunned me. So many people around me, yet they only made a fraction of the people in Japan.

Once I got home, I got a calculator and did the math. We learned that the Japanese population was a hundred million and some in social studies. Divide fifty thousand into that, and you only get two-thousandth.

I was stunned again.

Not only was I just one little person in that sea of people in that stadium, but that sea of people was merely a drop in the ocean.

I had thought myself to be a special person up until that point.

I enjoyed being with my family, and most of all, I thought that my class in my school had the most interesting people in the world.

But, that was when I realized it wasn’t like that. The things that happened in what I believed to be the most enjoyable class in the world could be found happening in any school in Japan. Everyone in Japan would find them to be ordinary occurances.

Once I realized this, I suddenly found that my surroundings were beginning to lose their colour.

Brush my teeth and go to sleep at night.
Wake up and eat breakfast in the morning.

People do those everywhere.

When I realized that everyone did all these things on a daily basis, everything started to feel so boring. And if there were so many people in the world, there had to be someone living an interesting life that wasn’t ordinary.

I was sure of it.

Why wasn’t that person me?

That’s all I could think about until I graduated from elementary school. And in the process, I realized something: Nothing fun will happen if you sit around waiting. So I figured I would change myself in middle school. Let the world know that I wasn’t a girl content with sitting around and waiting. And I conducted myself accordingly.

But in the end, nothing ever happened.

Before I knew it, I was in high school. I thought something would have changed.

…

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

It all started on Thursday when I saved the Documents_Checklist.pdf file onto my brother’s memory card so I could go down to the photocopy shop to print it. Then I did not put it back into the camera.

And as I was coming home on Friday, my brother was all, “Damn you.”, because he needed to use the camera.

So I went down to the CC to pass him the memory card, and found him in the conference room. Turns out that the toastmasters’ club meeting was about to start in 15mins. So what happened was that, my brother had to leave halfway to ‘go on a hot date’, so I took over his role as the AH counter, even though I’ve no idea what was going on.

It was actually quite a pleasant experience. The Zhenghua Toastmasters’ Club is a fairly new club, at an age of barely over a year old, and the people there are friendly and accommodating, not only to the new and unconfident speakers, but also to the guests.

As the AH counter, I was supposed to note down on a piece of paper every single instance of any person in the room saying ‘Ah’, ‘Uh’, “Mm”, making any repeated words, or any other pause fillers. As the president of this club has mentioned, pause fillers are used by people to get their audience sense their existence, but are frowned upon by the club.

I have a habit, however, of making it a point to include pause fillers in my speaking. [I even use it in SMS ._.] So it was quite a challenge for me not to use them during the session.

I also attempted the table topics section of the meeting. I was supposed to give an impromptu 2min speech on the topic that I’ve randomly picked from a bunch of topics [think Scenes from a Hat]. I’ve always liked impromptu speeches, so I was more than eager to try it out. I think I failed miserably, but at least the people there were, at the very least, entertained.

All in all, I thought it was a fun experience joining that toastmasters’ club meeting. Would love to officially join the club, but unfortunately, they only meet once a month, on weekdays. So maybe I shall join the club next time.

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Walked 7 clicks from Aaron’s house to Thomson Plaza in 90mins flat. whee.

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

Except for:
1
2

It’s actually a little less than 24km.

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POP LOH.

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

On a related note, I saw pigs fly.

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

Failed Low Wall, walked the rest.

26 February 2009

Chin ups: 6
Sit ups: 42
Standing Broad Jump: about 219cm
Shuttle Run: 9.4s
2.4km Run: (about) 11:20mins

Silver!

27 February 2009

Failed Low Rope, with about 20cm away from the top. Fucking rope kept gyrating, can’t hook with boots properly. Completed in 10:40+ mins.

Damn.

A Levels Results in 1 week. I just hope my platoonmates won’t pester me into revealing my results.

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

while doing PT

at the top of the MSVP,

Gazing at the stars in the cloudless night sky

while getting to sleep

on the muddy grass patches of Tekong,

I wonder

if I will ever get the chance

to spend such times

with you.

1. Take a picture of yourself right now.
2. Don’t change your clothes, don’t fix your hair… just take a picture.
3. Post that picture with NO editing.
4. Post these instructions with your picture.

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

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001. Real name → Chong Woon Hian
002. Nickname(s) → woonie, RJC [by my platoon sergeant]
005. Male or female → m
006. Elementary → BBPS, HPPS
007. Middle School → RI
008. High School → RJC (without the I)
010. Hair color → black
011. Long or short → very very short ><
012. Loud or Quiet → when i talk, i talk too much. otherwise, you’ll barely sense my presence.
013. Sweats or Jeans → Jeans
014. Phone or Camera → camera. but it’s not allowed in camp. =(
015. Health freak → no.
017. Do you have a crush on someone? → bigger SIGH.
018. Eat or Drink → eat
019. Piercings → zero
020. Tattoos → zero.
021. Water or Fire → water, especially during route marches.
022. Love of your life or 4 Billion Dollars → love
023. First fear → blood.
024. First best friend → Jia Jun, from P1-3. Now I can’t even rmb his surname. gosh.
025. First award → P1: Second in class, second in level, best in chinese (uh wtf?)
026. First crush → Some person called evangeline, in kindergarten (double wtf?). I heard she became some sort of delinquent now, but it’s just hearsay.
027. First pet → never had one. not that i wanted one anyway. would have adopted newton and dinger if not for ns.
028. First big vacation → Melbourne/Gold Coast, Australia, in Dec1997. One and only ‘big’ family vacation.
030. First big birthday → My birthdays are never memorable. \=

CURRENTLY:
049. Eating → Aunt’s prawn crackers.
050. Drinking → goat milk.
052. I’m about to → Slack in front of the com.
053. Listening to → crunching of prawn crackers.
054. Plans for today → Might be playing mahjong with family tonight.
055. Waiting for → A Level results.
056. Thinking of → A cute girl.
057. Want to → Meet a cute girl. HAHA.

YOUR FUTURE:
058. Want kids?→ yes
059. Want to get married? → see 058
060. What careers do you have in mind?→ (freelance) photographer, (math) teacher, (photo)journalist.
061. College? → would prefer NUS coz i’m poor and i didn’t take my SATs.
062. House? → would be fine with a large HDB apartment, but i would gladly accept landed property any day.
063. Car? → The huge red mercedes that has a number labelled on it. seriously, i can only imagine myself riding public transport for the rest of my life.
064. World Traveling? → sure. but no $
065. What do you think it’ll be like? → I quote my PS, “You guys are damn lucky. by the time you finish your 2 years in NS, and another few years in uni, the world would have fully recovered from the recession.”

WHICH IS BETTER FOR A GIRL/BOY (opposite of you)?
066. Eye color → so… what’s the comparison? i don’t care about eye colours haha.
067. Sporty or Sidelines? → doesn’t matter, as long as she’s not, like, fat?
068. Lips or eyes → eyes. how do lips differ from person to person anyway?
070. Shorter or taller? → shorter. to boost my ego haha. i’m always among the shortest in class, and now, my platoon.
072. Romantic or spontaneous → are they supposed to be opposites? how about romantic spontaneity?
073. Nice stomach or nice arms → arms, for me to lean on heh. though, a nice stomach would make a good pillow.
074. Sensitive or loud → moderate.
075. Hook-up or relationship → relationship.
077. Trouble maker or hesitant → uh.

HAVE YOU EVER:
080. Lost glasses/contacts → no. but broke plenty of them.
081. Ran away from home → never. but close.
082. Hold a gun/knife for self-defense → no. would have been cool if i did.
083. Killed somebody → cursed people to die, rather. though, i killed 4,788 people on Battlefield 2.
084. Heartbroken → about a month ago.
085. Been arrested → no.
087. Cried when someone died → yes

DO YOU BELIEVE IN:
089. Yourself → never, but i’m working on it.
090. Miracles → yes, but they rarely happen.
091. Love at first sight → no.
092. Heaven → technically, no.
093. Santa Claus → never.
094. Sex on the first date → no.
095. Kiss on the first date → i wouldn’t have dared to anyway.

ANSWER TRUTHFULLY:
097. Is there one person you want to be with right now → right now, yes.
098. Are you seriously happy with where you are in life → truthfully, i’ve no idea if i should be happy with what i am now, or wish that i be taking a slacker vocation.
099. Do you believe in God → technically, no.
100. Post as 100 truths and tag 11 people and why → lazy to tag leh.

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

I respect my family a lot, because that’s how I want to be treated, but the problem is I still respect them a lot even when they obviously don’t deserve it.

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

Bye to all humanity, I will certainly miss you guys. Help keep me sane by sms-ing me okay? =D

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

11. Cut the insecurity crap.
12. Improve on anger management.
13. Learn to love myself more.

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“I’m a bit stupid in that respect, aren’t I?”

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

2. Slept in a different bed?
compared to? I slept on the couch several times,when my relatives come to visit.

3. Loved someone so much that you couldn’t live another second without that person?
Felt this feeling before. but not so extreme la.

4. Made out with 2 different people in one night?
no.

5. Thought your cousin was hot?
Haha yes. She acted in random channel 8 shows, and was a calefare on Police and Thief.

6. Been in love?
…and lost. and rejected.

7. Slept past noon?
too many times.

8. Taken a shower with the opposite sex?
No.

9. Gone over the speed limit?
140+km/h on the Malaysia North-South Expressway.

10. Painted your room?
nope. it hasn’t been re-painted since i moved in in 2001.

11. Drove a car?
bumper car, daytona, NFS. but not a real one.

12.Danced in front of your mirror?
er… depends. define dance.

13. Gotten a hickey?
no.

14. Been dumped?
It was more of a mutual consensus.
(and now, i’ve no idea why i even agreed to it. dammit dammit dammit.)

15. Stole money from a friend?
no.

16. Gotten in a car with people you just met?
yes.

17. Been in a fist fight?
with my brother. he started it, and i refused to punch back, just because he’s my brother.

18. Snuck out of your house?
yes, but forgot why.

19. Had feelings for someone who didn’t have them back?
Right at this moment.

20. Been arrested?
no.

21. Made out with a stranger?
no.

22. Left your house without telling your parents?
(isn’t this the same as qn18?)

23. Had a crush on your neighbour?
haha yes, used to.

24. Ditched school to do something more fun?
sleeping, recovering  from jet lag.
does ponning school to participate in competitions count?

25. Slept in a bed with a member of the same or opposite sex?
same: yes. opposite: i might have, but i can only rmb being chased off beds that members of the opposite sex want to occupy, or are occupying.

26. Seen someone die?
seen someone dying? yes. discovering my great grandma lying in a pool of blood on the floor next to her (raised) bed at age 8 . Well, she might have been dead already, but I’ll never know.

27. Been on a plane?
yes.

28. Kissed a picture?
yes. my ex’s [not yet ex at that time] passport photo hahaha.

29. Slept in the opposite sex’s bed?
i think so? my mom’s.

30. Love someone or miss someone right now?
yes, badly.

31. Laid on your back and watched cloud shapes go by?
yes. plus the cool breezes… <3

32. Made a snow angel?
wish i could see snow.

33. Played dress up?
no?
this reminds me of the joke with the punchline: “Woman with dress up run faster than man with pants down.” har har.

34. Cheated while playing a game?
yes, lots of times, unfortunately.
like cheatcodes in warcraft 2
and ‘accidentally’ taking the wrong change in Monopoly
and ‘accidentally’ pressing the space bar one time too many during WWP.
whoops.

35. Been lonely?
yes.
can be a good or bad thing la.
sometimes i just want to be alone.
sometimes people just want to dao me and leave me alone.

36. Fallen asleep at work/school?
Became a habit after Sec 2, and never corrected it since then. \=

37. Been to a club?
DXO during raffles street dance performance. just that one time.

38. Felt an earthquake?
No. but my house shook violently when the machine-thingy was creating holes in the ground to build the LRT track supports back in 1997-1998.

39. Touched a snake?
yup. scaly.

40. Ran a red light?
too many times.

41. Been suspended from school?
no.

42. Had detention?
yes.

43. Been in a car?
yes.

44. Hated the way you look?
used to. but i’ve learnt to love myself more.

45. Witnessed a crime?
cases in point:

46. Been lost?
never.

47. Been to the opposite side of the country?
yes. chalets are all at the east side. so is the airport.

48. Felt like dying from embarrassment?
yes.

49. Cried yourself to sleep?
yes, very recently.

50. Sang karaoke?
kbox is too ex! =( my house has a karaoke machine, though.

51. Done something you told yourself you wouldn’t do?
yes.

52. Laughed till some kind of beverage came out of your nose?
yes. bonus: laughed till food came out of my nose. painful; you wouldn’t want that to happen to you.

53. Caught a snowflake on your tongue?
no snow caught rain with my entire body.

54. Kissed in the rain?
fantasized about it, but no. i do think i’ve kissed after getting caught in the rain. hmm.

55. Sung in the shower?
yes.

56. Had a dream that you married someone?
yes.

57. Played getting married?
don’t think so, but i might have, during random drama classes.

58. Got your tongue stuck to a flag pole?
no.

59. Ever gone to school partially nude?
see JJ‘s answer.

60. Been to a blind date?
don’t think so

61. Sat on a roof top?
yup.

62. Ever not take a shower for a week?
a few day, but not a week. whoops.

63. Ever been too scared to watch scary movies alone?
I still am.
Though, I can watch Scary Movie alone. eh heh heh.

64. Played chicken?
hm?

65. Been pushed into a pool with all your clothes on?
yes. haha.

66. Been told you’re hot by a complete stranger?
no.

67. Broken a bone?
no.

68. Been easily amused?
too easily.

69. Laugh so hard you cry?
yes.

70. Cheated on a test?
used to cheat during mo xie in P6 habitually. then i finally got caught during the first ting xie in sec 1, and had to write a letter of undertaking for the GEP HOD.

71. Forgotten someone’s name?
all the time.

72. Blacked out from drinking?
never drank, ever.

73. Played a prank on someone?
yes. =p

74. Gone to a late night movie?
yes, with my parents, to watch Pirates 3, at 12.30am (i think).

75. Made love to anything not human?
wtf?

76. Failed a class?
failed many tests, and exams, but never the subject coz the teachers are always kind enough to moderate. got last in form for lit in sec 4, with a score of 51%.

77. Choked on something you’re not supposed to eat?
no.

78. Played an instrument for more than 10 hours?
no. max was 3-5 hours?

79. Cheated on a girlfriend/boyfriend?
never. never will.

80. Did you celebrate the 4th of July?
Juanhe’s birthday haha.

81. Thrown strange objects?
thrown some random acorn-like thingy at the beach into the sea from at least 25m away, on new year’s day.
also threw chairs and tables.
and tantrums.
and up. (throw up. getit? vomit do contain strange objects.)

82. Felt like someone else?
no?

83. Thought about running away?
yes, from all my troubles.

84. Ran away?
still here.

85. Had detention and not attend it?
no.

86. Made parents cry?
yes.

87. Cried over someone?
yes.

88. Owned more than 5 sharpies?
?

89. Dated someone more than once?
as in?

90. Have a dog?
no.

91. Own an instrument?
yes.

92. Been in a band?
wish i could.

93. Drank 25 sodas in a day?
don’t drink soda.

94. Broken a cd?
yes.

95. Shot a gun?
yes. both real, and arcade.

96. Been on IM for more than 5 hours?
too many times.

97. Fell asleep at the computer?
yes. while rushing overdue essays, and editing videos for project.

98. Have a major crush on someone right now?
yes. as in, majorly major.

99. Have a religion?
technically a buddhist.

100. Thought about what people would say at your funeral?
when i was in the depressed state.

101. Loved someone but didn’t dare to tell that person?
yes.

102. Slapped someone in the face?
yes, but mostly jokingly.

103. Swam in the sea?
yes.

104. Made out in a movie theatre?
so many places to make out, must do in theatre meh? watch the movie la.

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okay so, i just found out what being in an open relationship means. wtf.

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OMM concert was one of the best concerts i’ve ever seen.

Liverpool are through to the next round of the FA cup!

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

I don’t even know where I went wrong.

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My Resolutions for 2009:

1. To be stronger: physically, emotionally and mentally.
2. To be more sensitive to others’ feelings.
3. To make friends, keep friends and not lose friends.
4. To be more aware of my surroundings.
5. To better understand myself.
6. To make time for my family.
7. To improve on myself in every aspect possible. There’s (too) much room for improvement in me.
8. To have more confidence in myself.
9. To make no enemies.
10. – redacted-

In turn, I hope others would:

1. be more forgiving
2. be more understanding
3. ignore me less.
4. realize that I exist.
5. not doubt my abilities.
6. not cause others to doubt my abilities.

That’s all I ask for.

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sigh.

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

How much difference should I make
to have an impact on others?

And how do I do it without others labeling me as
a failure,
a misfit,
an insignificance,
and spreading falsities about me via truthiness?

…especially for the people who matter the most to me?

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

Play softball, instead of just watching.

2. Did you keep your New Years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?

Well… I survived the year 2008.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?

My neighbours. They live rather close to me (next door, actually.)

4. Did anyone close to you die?

Thankfully, no.
On a lighter note, many of my friends declared that they have actually died many times over already due to the increased stress by the increased workload and mugging.

5. What countries did you visit?

UK, Paris for MEP trip.

6. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?

My sanity. But I would probably still not get any due to NS.

7. What dates from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory?

26 November, 5 November, 5 August. But the significance of these days can never match certain other dates in previous years.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?

Surviving the A Levels; Getting at least one A for the A Levels; composing for a string quartet.

9. What was your biggest failure?

Failing to get a single A or B for common tests/prelims.
Failing to get recognized for my efforts in my CCAs.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?

Getting a very high fever in the middle of the last round of the CJC inter-JC bridge tourney, causing my team to lose the consolation prize at the very last moment. And other minor stuff here and there, like falling ill after getting caught in the rain after cycling at East Coast Park.

11. What was the best thing you bought?

Mugger T-shirts. And did I buy the photog hoodie this year?

12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?

In particular, Royce Yap.

13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?

Overachievers who complain that they are underachieving, fellow House members who deny others a chance of participating in the Inter-house competitions by reserving the spots for their good friends and people who are in the school team, “popular” people who bully less popular people ["Perhaps you’re too nice, but that’s just you? Perhaps so, but I would think everyone else is much nicer, for having spent two years putting up with your being nice." <-- wtf?], and certain other people.

14. Where did most of your money go?

Food, public transport, class fund.

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?

Release of Math results, though they often result in much disappointment. [Math is my favourite subject after all.]

16. What song/album will always remind you of 2008?

My 250% composition.

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:

happier or sadder? happier
thinner or fatter? fatter.
richer or poorer? poorer.

18. What do you wish you’d done more of?

Work.

19. What do you wish you’d done less of?

Work.

20. How will you be spending Christmas?

I’ve no idea yet. Someone ask me out on a date pls. =)

21. Who did you spend the most time on the phone with?

Aaron, Mark, Meiyi, JinJun, Mavis.

22. Did you fall in love in 2008?

It wasn’t a two-way thing, though.

23. How many one night stands in this last year?

0

24. What was your favourite TV program?

er… how about a list of them?
The Big Bang Theory, Avatar, Hannah Montana (haha!), Friends, America’s got Talent Auditions, The Noose, Calefare, the Japanese Viking game show on Ch U and many others.

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?

A particular classmate.

26. What was the best book(s) you read?

The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch, Movies in Fifteen Minutes by Cleolinda Jones link

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?

That I really lack any musical talent. Does anyone disgree?

28. What did you want and get?

A for Project Work.

29. What did you want and not get?

To ride the bicycle to places in my estate.
And to get a bridge partner.
And many other things.

30. What were your favourite films of this year?

- Wall-E. Probably the only film I watched this year, except torrented ones, which do not count.

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?

- 18. Nothing special really happened, other than a hilarious encounter during music lecture, and receiving a grand total of 2 presents, both being cakes (and it’s not like I really like cakes or something [but thanks anyway =)] ).

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?

Getting on the Deans’ List for any subject.

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008?

Bowties? wtf?

34. What kept you sane?

- Friends, while my family always tried to do otherwise.

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?

Hmm… Tina Fey? For her brilliant impersonification of Palin on SNL.

36. What political issue stirred you the most?

- US Presidential Elections. It’s not like I’m really pro-Obama, I’m just really anti-Palin, for everyone’s sake.

37. Who did you miss?

My maid(s). They kept changing because of their inability to do real household chores, and my mother had had enough when the last one was caught trying to steal our money. like, wtf? And you all should know the implications of not having a maid after 17 years of having one in the house.

38. Who was the best new person you met?

Vanessa and her infatuation with Muse heh heh.

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008.

1. Do not smile inappropriately. Or rather, don’t smile at all.
2. It’s impossible for anyone to know and understand my thoughts and feelings. It’s not as if anyone cares anyway.
3.  Live life to the fullest, without regrets.

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year?

“Everybody’s screaming/
I try to make a sound/
but no one hears me. “

I actually found this quiz a very useful tool in reviewing what I was like and what I have done for this year.

Till the next time, its me, woonie, signing off.

First job was to pack and wrap hampers in the conference room at the office, at No. 87 Defu Lane 10.
Then it was working at the warehouse which is located right next to the office. It was all unpacking, pasting “Imported by Focus Network Agencies” labels on the chocolates, and repacking.
There was also deliveries. Delivered stuff to Police HQ and a random church in Toa Payoh. At the same time, I found myself on the front passenger seat of my boss’ car back to the office. The Boss sort of asked me about my life, universe and everything. Nice conversation, it was.
Last, and currently, I found myself selling stuff at a temporary shop set up for 3 months at Bukit Panjang Plaza. Today was the Opening Day. And apparently, since it’s only temporary, The Company decided not to invest in any renovations. So the shop is fugly. Walls are just plain white, the floor is untiled and dusty, and the display racks look old. Even the cash register produces receipts that don’t look professional enough, like those used by mamak shops. And when a rare power outage struck our shop and the shop beside us, all the sales records for the day stored in the register were entirely erased. sian.

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Singapore was terribly unlucky. But Vietnam deserved to win by exploiting a terrible Singapore defense by scoring in their only shot on target in the game.

Random photo

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

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Remember our English i-Learning homework back in sec 1/2? The one where we had to watch humorous videos and comment about the humour? One of them was from Friends, about Chandler smoking and his friends (har har) telling him to stop smoking, and Chandler telling them that everyone has flaws.

I had embarked on a Friends Season 1 marathon, and I found the episode which had that scene in it, and I finally found out what Rachel meant when she said of Chandler’s smoking: “It’s worse than the thumb!” That was the one line in the video extract we were given that I could not understand only because we are not given the context.

link

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I really should be in HK now. Damn airplane ticket prices. Have fun, people.

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

Worse still,
By means of removing input hardware
To implement.

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

PRE-
Prom attire from G2000. Lucky to have found something of my size 2 days before prom.
Shopping + Pool with Meiyi and Shuyi day before prom. Was pestered into getting myself a bowtie.

ACTUAL-
Lots of photo taking. Calvin gave away his lucky draw prize. Zei won the grand prize wth. People say the food wasn’t really nice but I beg to differ. Fish maw soup was especially delicious heh heh. The Boyahs’ new lyrics for their trademark song was, well, entertaining. (“big… dustbins.”) Dances were excellent, but prom king and queen nominees’ performances were a joke. (I was fooled for a moment, though, by the Aladdin lip-sync.) Pity Yong Fountain of Happiness didn’t win haha. Photography booth was epic fail, apparently they didn’t even manage to sell a single photo print. I feel sorry for them. Partly because I remember selling photo prints as a Sec 3 during 2005′s Sec 4 Grad Dinner, and the prints sold like Hello Kitties at McDonalds, without the scuffling. Imagine, 15 people in a single photo, all of them want a copy = 15 prints * selling price = $$.  Okay la, maybe it’s because now compacts are so cheap and everyone has their own camera, and printing photos isn’t cool anymore because all people want to do with the photos is to see it on facebook, which, by the way, is a rather depressing trend for me to notice in people nowadays.

POST-
Over to Abtzy’s with Meiyi JinJun Paul Yezi Calvin Raphael. Wii Music was fun fun fun. First time conducting since trying out for student conductor in sec 3. And Meiyi’s just giving excuses when she said that the Wiimote was unable to read her hand movements during the handbell game – she just lags. hahahaha. Plus JJ playing WTFmode on WC3 and Abtzy demonstrating his 1337 flying skillz on his airplane simulator by crashing into this famous HK tower which probably isn’t really famous because I forgot its name [we made a screenshot of the plane half-submerged into the tower].
Cycling at East Coast Park + enjoying the scenery at the jetty + being stuck in the pavilion due to the rain. So we ended up playing impromptu stuff from Whose Line is it Anyway! Hilarity ensued. Lunch at Burger King before getting caught in the rain again as we were heading back, this time having no shelter nearby and ended up being more drenched than a fish in water.
Which was probably the reason why I had been sick for the past 3 days. \=

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Really enjoyed Class BBQ yesterday. Cycling + Frisbee + BBQ + bluff neopets-rules + bluff samenumber-rules. Nick is really adept at the art of deception, with his epic decoy of the year during bluff, which is really hard to describe, you have to be there to believe how it pulled it off haha.
My classmates are really awesome people. =)

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So apparently I wanted to crash Jap Club Chalet, then I forgot the date. Ask Meiyi, who only replied in the evening declaring it was “today haha!”. Now to find out if it’s 1 or 2-night.

But first, Board Games at Minds Cafe tomorrow! =D

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

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Learning Jap, using this website for flashcards: http://www.realkana.com/
Glee.

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

Ice-cream by Rui Heng’s mom was awesome. Jane and Shunta’s mini-recital, lunch at KFC, and talking to Shunta about (OMG The As Are Over!).

MEP chalet was fun. Mahjong, Wii Sports, and Kirby is still the only character I can play well with on SSBM. Yaa~ENG! XD It’s a pity the owner of the game did not unlock Falcon.

Photog BBQ was great. Playing Frisbee in the water, discussing about Uni Apps and NS, and sharing of memorable JC experiences that we had.

Mahjong at Weijia’s. Emo Avatar, surplus of chicken meat during dinner, and Raphael hu-ing just when I was on the verge of completing my ban se + peng peng + 4 flowers. (Won a grand total of 20cents after 4 winds.)

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Woon Hian needs help for prom attire! Oh no.

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

Now to pack my bag for chalet. yayyness. mep people are awesome people.

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

1. What is your full name?
Chong Woon Hian

2. Are you single?
Yes.

3. What is your favourite number[s]
8 [Gerrard], 9 [Torres], 10 [Owen], 25 [Reina], 28, 4, 90.

4.What is/are your favourite colour?
Red, White.

5.Least favourite colour[s]
Don’t know.

6.What are you thinking now?
20 hours to go! Rahh.

7. Are you happy with your life right now?
No. Or at least, not yet.

8.What are your favourite subjects in school?
Math.

9. Do you shop at malls?
Yes. Where else?

10.Where do you wish to be right now?
Hong Kong. If only the plane tickets weren’t so expensive, then my mom would let me go.

11. What should you be doing now?
MUGGING MUSIC OH NOES.

12.Do you have any crush on anyone?
Tohsaka Rin XD

13.When was the last time you bought a clothing item?
I can’t remember. The last time I _remember_ buying clothes was back during CNY shopping.
But it should be more recent than that.

14. What was the last thing you drank?
Milo. For breakfast.

15. Do you hate liars? Do you hate backstabbers?
Yes.

16. Can you make yourself sneeze?
Well i just tried to, and succeeded. so yes. haha!

17.Do you fall for people easily?
Define ‘easily’.

18. What does your last text msg read?
Calvin telling me that HK plane tickets are $570. zomg.

19. Are you too forgiving?
Yes. I find myself forgiving people who obviously deserve some sort of punishment for what they did. All the time.

20.How many windows are open on your computer?
2 word documents, 1 folder window, 2 messenger windows, 1 firefox window containing 5 tabs, and 1 picture-viewer window.

21.Who was your last call from?
My dad, last Friday afternoon, asking me if I’m having dinner at home.

22.What do you do with most of your time?
The computer, unfortunately. Hope it will change (i.e. REAL people please.) after the exams are over.

23.Will you & your ex get back again?
(Can I say yes?)
(Rather, will she say yes?)

24.Do you sleep with the TV on?
No TV in my room leh.

25. Which of your close friends live the closest?
Friend: Zi Jian, less than 1km away.
Closer friend: Mark Yeow I guess.
(Not-so-close friend lives closer than close friend har har)

26.Which item could you not live without during the day?
The means to communicate with friends.

27. Would you share a drink with a stranger?
?

28.How was your weekend?
Bad. Nothing but mugs.

29.Do you believe ex[s] can be friends?
Yes, why not?

30. The last person you quarrelled with?
Yezi.

31.The way to win your heart?
Even I myself do not know. I have a love/hate relationship with myself.

32.What did you do last night?
Mug, facebook, email, blogsurf.

33. Do you have the same name as one of your relatives?
No.

34.Are you looking for a boyf/girlf?
Unconsciously.

35.One song that is meaningful to you?
untitled by Simple Plan. It’s the story of my life.

36.Do you twirl or scoope you spaghetti?
mix of both.

37.Do you drink milk straight from the carton?
Rarely. which means, yes.

38.How long is your hair?
About 6cm.

39.Do you like batman?
Gotta watch The Dark Knight to find out OH NO I HAVEN’T WATCHED TDK YET.

40.Who was the last person who told you that they love you?
No one, in the past year.

41.When was the last time you sang out loud?
During the 30 seconds in the elevator back home yesterday. HAHA.

42.What did you have for breakfast?
生熟蛋 plus milo.

43.Is your birthday on a holiday?
It occurred on Good Friday and Hari Raya Haji before.

44.Can you cook?
Cook water, instant noodles lor. I think I can cook some random othe random food but I can’t remember coz it was a long time ago since I did so.

45.Where did you get the shirt you are wearing?
Raffles Voices T-shirt. Self-explanatory.

46.What was the reason for the last troubles you were in?
Not mugging hard enough for prelims.
Or it could be self-doubt.
Or maybe, yesterday, misjudging the flight path of the frisbee thus not catching it properly. “Troubles”?
Oh wait. Touching Yezi’s laptop without permission. Sorry. ):

47.which do you wear more? Sweats or jeans?
Jeans.

48. When is your birthday?
28th April. Same as Saddam.

49. Do you swear alot?
Unfortunately yes.

50. What was your first alcoholic drink?
A tiny sip of champagne (?) during some random wedding dinner when I was younger.

51.Do you have any regrets?
A lot, unfortunately. Too many ‘if only’s.

52. Who would you like to see now?
Anyone who can provide me with the questions [and answers] for the Music A Levels.
No one in particular actually. At least, not until after the exams are over.
(But then again, I would love to have some company right now.)

53.Have the cops ever come to your house?
Yes, years ago, for some education thingy about protecting our home.

54. Are you a social or anti-social person?
Social, contrary to popular perceptions. So ask me out for my sanity’s sake.

55.Who are your best friends? Are you still friends with them?
Aaron Mark Roger Jared Meiyi Shuyi JinJun Shunta RoyceLee Mavis WeiJia KahHou Raphael GabrielQuek. “Better” friends, so to speak. Might have left out some others, I apologize.
WeiZhong, but for some unknown reason he’s unwilling to talk to me in RL anymore.

56. Ever been in love?
Yes.

57. Ever had braces?
Yes. But everything got screwed up after Norman told the cleaner that my [expensive] retainers could be disposed of. Then I was lazy to replace them and it all went downhill from there.

58. What do you wear to bed?
The same clothes that I wear at home.

59.Who was the last person who disappointed you?
Myself.

60. Do you trust people?
Yes, everyone, unfortunately. Except maybe George Bush.

61. Who was the first person you talk to today?
My mom.

62. Who was the first person who text you today?
No one.

63. What was the first thing you did today?
Read the newspaper.

64.Ten people to tag
Anyone.

Back to describing and commenting on the structure of the Indian extract in detail.

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

Physics MCQ wasn’t too bad, in my opinion. Considering that I’ve been getting an average of 25/40 for practice mcqs, I found that I had gotten at least 32 marks for this MCQ, which is excellent by my standards, even though I know that some are lamenting the fact that they got at least 3 questions wrong.

On to music. 8 days. I can hardly wait. Time to immerse myself in mridangams, imbals, the Les Six and whatnots.

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

My sis went to this music store which was having this sale, so upon request, she helped me get Bach’s 2 books of the Well-Tempered Clavier and Debussy’s Clair de Lune. yay I’m happy I shall indulge in Bach after the A’s.

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

In order of what came to mind first,

Things to do
1. Solve the problems on projecteuler.net, which means that I have to…
2. Finish learning Python.
I forgot all the Python code formatting after learning how to code/write prgms on the GC

3. Transcribe music, for the piano.

4. **Take Photos** [as a group, perhaps?]
My dSLR is rotting away in my drybox.

5. Play sports: soccer, basketball, badminton, bowling(, softball?)
Haven’t played sports for a long time.

6. **Exercise regularly for NS**
Haven’t exercised much lately either.

7. Learn to play touhou music on the piano
So people won’t laugh at my awful touhou-playing skills.

8. Learn a. Japanese b. Cantonese c. Hokkien
Hokkien: especially essential for NS.

9. Try Red Alert 3 [my brother already bought the game on Launch Day]
2 Russian generals mess with the space-time continuum and came back to a world without nukes, where they are attacking Britain and being attacked by the Japanese.
And oh, did I mention, Amphibious Engineers! ahahaha!

10. Hang out with people, real people [i.e. don't spend the whole day in front of the computer]
I’m spending too much time at home already.

11. Volunteer, possibly for Magical Holiday Camp organized by YPPAE
Good opportunity to meet up with old friends too.

12. Re-learn the guitar
Haven’t actually touched it since learning it in P6.

13. a. Compile addresses so I can b. Write and send X-mas cards
Failed to send them last year coz I was busy having diarrhea in China.

14. Learn to solve the Rubik’s cube without the manual
Right now, I can solve the top 2 layers without looking. Now for the 3rd layer.

15. Re-organize my photo archive.
Especially the Uk/France trip, and the F1 qualifiers in Singapore. And upload them to FB or something.

(Mark Goh adds: 16. Play Atlantica Online)
Some random MMORPG that he thinks I should try.

17. Go LANning.
Closest I’ll ever get to computer games that are not made from Macromedia Flash.

18. Watch concerts, any type.
Possible genres: a. Classical music b. Rock/Pop/contemporary music c. Musicals [Cats!] d. Comedies etc. etc.

Would have added “19. Get a relief-teaching job.” if not for the early enlistment.

Movies/TV shows to watch
1. **The Dark Knight**
[I feel ashamed not to have watched it already *sob*]

2. House

3. CSI
I see the ads all the time on Channel 5, but I’ve never actually watched a single episode of it in my lifetime. Someone recommend a particular series please.

4. 30 Rock
Tina Fey is <3

5. Saturday Night Live episodes
More Tina Fey <3 <3

6. The Big Bang Theory
Very Very entertaining series, 5/5 Highly Recommended.

7. Avatar: The Legend of Aang ^_^
On okto channel. Hahaha I actually enjoyed watching it.

8. Tropic Thunder
Read that it’s quite funny, shall go watch yay.

Things to Get
1. Earphones for handphone
So I can listen to the radio/music on non-speaker mode.

2. Prime Lens, new camera body [D300? D80?]
Prime lens aren’t really compatible with my D40 though.

3. Book of insanely difficult sudoku puzzles
And I shall see how fast I can complete the book. XD

4. A hardy and waterproof watch [of Casio type, maybe?]
For NS

5. Playstation Portable
Also for NS, when boredom ensues, though a very anti-social device.

6. Book: The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
A very good read, would like to own a copy myself.

7. T-shirts from webcomics [xkcd, QC etc.]
Been wanting to get them for years, but never actually done any online purchasing of any form before.

8. Team Fortress 2
To play with Aaron, Roger and Mervyn.

9. Laptop (?) [Mark Goh recommended Gateway P-7811FX]

10. Better camera-free phone for NS
Because my current one has no Bluetooth, infrared or USB port. which means I can’t upload anything onto the phone, which doesn’t have much memory to begin with anyway. 200 sms limit for incoming/outgoing smses combined? this sucks.

11. New sandals
because my present one is sole-less

(12. Softball glove?)

I’m trying to accomplish all these within 1.5 months, from music paper to enlistment day. How is this even possible?

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Back to mugging. I think I’m going to fail/do worse than most others for Econs. \=

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

My solution:
10(1.02²⁴) = $16.08

b) How much in total is in the account at the end of 2 years?

My solution:
Ans = 10 * Sum of (1.02^r) from r = 1 to 24.
Forget about the seq() function in calculator, and start panicking. What to do?
Prgm –> New –> (any name)
rompt X
:0->A
:Lbl B
:A+1.02^X->A
:X-1->X
:If X=0:Then:Goto C:Else:Goto B
:Lbl C
isp A
Run prgm(any name) from PRGM
X=? 24 [because 2 years = 24 months]
Calculator displays 31.03029972
Sum of (1.02^r) from r = 1 to 24 = 31.03029972
31.03029972 * 10 = $310.30_//

c) After how many complete months will the total in the account first exceed $2000?

My solution:
10 * Sum of (1.02^r) from r = 1 to n > $2000; to find least n.
2000/10 = 200
Modify earlier code, like so:
:0->X
:0->A
:Lbl B
:X+1->X
:A+1.02^X->A
:If A>200:Then:Goto C:Else:Goto B
:Lbl C
isp X
Run prgm(any name) from PRGM
Calculator displays 81.
Least complete months = 81_//

To quote Aaron Tan, “Hence [...] (proven by GC prgm)”.

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This is why I love the prgm function on my pink GC. But maybe next time, I should remember how to use the seq() function. My only regret is not putting down the source code for the examiners – bonus marks from teachers who are programming freaks. w00t.

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

I realized I’m pretty much screwed for GP. Tried the HCI and DHS GP papers and did, um, badly. oh no.

3 papers in 2 days, and I’m not ready for any of them. Oh no.

I want my A for Math and Physics, the rest I don’t really care; as long as they’re not below C, I would die happy.

Back to mugging.

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

It’s May 2009 in the Cat and Fiddle pub on Stanley Road, Bootle.
Two fella’s are sitting at a table motionless, staring into their pints,
Refusing to acknowledge what is being beamed out
to the world on the Big Screen in the corner.

“Thought you’d have gone to West Brom lad”

“Nah, couldn’t be arsed mate, i’m fed up with it……….
I never thought i’d see this day when these *****
equal our League Title’s record.”

The screen in the pub is showing footage of
Manchester United players running round the pitch
with the Premier League trophy, the fans delirious
knowing that they have finally ended Liverpool FC’s
reign as the team to have won the most league titles.

“Sickener innit? You know our problem don’t ye lad,
too many draws, look back to the likes of Stoke and Portsmouth
at home? The week before Stoke, we beat Man U,
the game before Portsmouth, we beat Chelsea away,
and then we go and draw against them ***** teams.”

“Tellin’ ye…the team and the crowd are just not up for it in them lesser league games, and we’ll never mount a decent title challenge
until both the team and the supporters go into these games and give it their all…..I just wish I could turn back the clock
to October 2008 when we’d just beaten Chelsea and we’re sittin at the top of the Prem.

I’d do absolutely everything that I possibly could to drill it into our players
hearts that it was our year. And if we, the supporters, believe in them
and could transfer that belief from the terraces and into their
minds…then we would’ve done it. We’d've stopped this ******* nightmare!
We’d beaten the best, we just had to then beat the rest.”

“I know mate, I know….can’t turn back the time though can we. Just got to focus on next season now, see who we buy in the summer, and then hope we
mount a decent challenge…..aaaah who am I kidding?

We’re always out of the title race by January…can’t see that ever changing….”

The two fella’s gulp down the last of their pints and shuffle
out onto the street, Sky Sports is now showing footage of the Man U
game, “Beautiful Day” by U2 accompanying the celebratory scenes at the end…

…then, the music stops,

And you realize that it’s not May, it’s not 2009, it’s October 2008.
You’ve got your wish. The time has been turned back and you’ve
got that second chance to make a difference.

So what are you going to do with it?

Cos I don’t wanna be sitting there watching those ***** run round whatever pitch they clinch it with their 18th League Title…**** THAT!

We know we, the supporters, can make a difference.
I’m not arrogant enough to suggest we’ve won games ourselves
(ok, maybe the Chelsea semi 2005 like) but we DEFFO make a difference.

So as long as we do our bit off the pitch,
We might not be watching them horrible ***** celebrating their
18th League Title come May 2009.

Singing, flags, banners, getting’ in the ground a bit early etc. Sound. No problemo.

What about something different though,

What time does our Team’s Coach arrive?

What about a proper mob of die-hard Redmen waiting on Anfield Road
for the Team Bus to turn up. That could give them a bit of an edge,
seeing a load of contorted faces, clenched fists and banging on the
side of the coach instead of a gang of blerts with Anfield Arnie Autograph books.

Some of our younguns could get down to Melwood the training session before a game,
let the ***** know that WE mean business and we DEMAND them to mean it too.

Things like, if ye see Riera doing a bit of shopping in the Allerton Tesco,
Don’t blimp his trolley to see what scran he’s just bought,
Grab the **** by the ******* throat and scream down his ear
How important it is that we beat Fulham this Satdee!

Cos ye know what la, I’d hate to be watching that shower of *******s with number 18,
knowing in the back of me mind that there was something more
I could’ve done to prevent the horror show of what we’d be witnessing.

Oh and just to re-iterate, man u could be winning their 18th League Title in May 2009.

MAKE A DIFFERENCE

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But what about supporters residing in places other than Merseyside?

Nothing much, except to post on facebook/blogs/forums warning the players to not get complacent against ‘weaker’ teams, or else. sigh.

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

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asfddsafdsa
(obviously fake email)  | 220.255.7.223

is it bad to be a commando? if it is, then it must be retribution lar. get over it, loser.

From vocation, 2008/10/25 at 3:50 PM

Oh why do such idiots exist?
1. There’s no mention at all that says that it’s bad to be a commando. I’m just unsure if I wanted to endure more “Commando Chong!” exclaims by fellow schoolmates after I told people about my commando vocation assessment back in July.
2. But honestly, who have I offended to be called a loser? The only person qualified to call me a loser is myself.
3. Retribution? Retribution for what?
wtf?

Why did I even bother to reply to the comment? gosh.

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

Apparently John Cheo “found out that commandos enlist on the 9th of January”, and told this to Mervyn Tan, who promptly announced to the whole world that he had inferred that I’ve “gotten the commando letter”. So lately, I’ve been asked by many people, mostly the arts and humans people, if it is true.

So, rather than to continue being pestered about my enlistment status, I shall say this:
Yes, I’ve been directly enlisted to the Commando Training Institute at Pasir Ris Camp, and will be enlisting on 9 Jan 2009.

And, for my sanity’s sake, please, stop asking.

EDIT: Though,
junhan says (9:20 PM):
so u goin pasir ris isit?
[ 炫 ]  ㋡    says (9:24 PM):
yesh
junhan says (9:24 PM):
jiayou!
[ 炫 ]  ㋡    says (9:25 PM):
haha thx
junhan says (9:25 PM):
take gd care of urself at all costs
[ 炫 ]  ㋡    says (9:27 PM):
alright.

I really appreciate the well-wishes.

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The first thing my brother told me, when he returned home at 10.45pm last Friday, is to change up and go for a late-night run around the neighbourhood. Everything went well for the first 10mins, then I started dying and finally decided to stop at the 15-min mark, even though we planned to run for half an hour. oh no this is bad i’m unfit. But considering that I haven’t been exercising at all for the past 1.5 months, it’s a good start.

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In terms of sports, this weekend has been a fantastic one. First is Liverpool’s 5th match this season where they come from behind to win the match. 2-1 down, Liverpool scored twice in the last 10mins to remain at level terms with Chelsea on the Premiership table.

Second is Hamilton’s victory in China. Absolutely no mistakes at all for this driver throughout the race. I’m hoping that he finally wins the title this year after a disappointing end-season performance in last year GP season.

Third, a fantastic display of skill and determination by the Boston Red Sox saw them force a Game 7 in the ALCS against the Tampa Bay Rays. Despite being 3-1 down, they made a comeback from a 7-run deficit to win Game 5 and won 4-2 in Game 6. The commentators also mentioned that Boston had gone 10 games without a single fielding error. Game 7 tomorrow at 8am will decide who faces the Phillies at the World Series.

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In terms of mugging, I got much revision done, though my stats and physics qualitative aren’t rly up to mark yet. I also haven’t touched Econs for a long while, but I’ll get to it once I get my 1/3 share of the Econs Prelims 08 from Shu Yi.

And I just realized that Math Mock Paper 2 is tmr. Ahhh stats stats stats. Gotta re-read my notes on X bar and related stuff.

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As I mentioned on my blog a year ago, I got a pair of $10 Starbucks vouchers which are valid for a year until 18 Oct 2008, for my “best progress in class for Econs” from my Econs tutor.

Somehow, I managed to postpone my usage of the vouchers (I keep convincing myself that I don’t deserve these vouchers based on the fact that my econs grades have not improved much since then). I asked people out for a mugging session at Starbucks but no one seemed interested. I even offered a few people (whom I know are coffee-lovers) the vouchers but for one reason or another, they rejected the offer.

So in the end, I gave them to my dad and my brother. After all, what better way is there to share freebies than with the family.

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

Got my enlistment notice last tuesday. I’m enlisting on the 9th of January. So damn early. I’d wanted to either do some relief teaching for the money and experience, or perhaps take up this teaching internship programme and hope that my enlistment date would be in march, like my brother. But it isn’t. =((

Went to find Mr. Seah yesterday coz I wanted him to help train me up before I enlist. I haven’t been exercising; there’s isn’t even enough time to mug. gosh. And I’ve gained a lot of weight; I’m almost 70kg. Oh nooo…

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Seah: “I’m really happy for you, you know.”
Thanks.

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

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

Anyway, if you have watched the movie already, you would already know that it is full of references to many many things, including other PIXAR movies, Apple and even real-life events.

Wikipedia has an entry on this but compared to the following link, it might as well not have written anything at all.

Spoilers after the break.

CONTAINS SPOILERS: Wall-E Easter Eggs compiled by /film and commenters

As if the list compiled by /film is not comprehensive enough, commenters to the entry provide even more references that they have spotted, though some are really too far-fetched.

Some include:

1. Apple: Mac Start up Sound when Wall-E charges up, Leopard Wallpaper-like rays when Eve scans for lifeform, iPod on top of Wall-E’s TV etc.
2. Spaceship crashes through Sputnik, the first man-made satellite ever launched, while going through the huge mass of satellites.
3. Reference to other Pixar movies: Wall-E throws away the Piston Cup from Cars, Skinner’s (from Ratatouille) scooter among the trash, Pizza Delivery Truck from just about every Pixar film ever made, ‘A113′ also appears in every Pixar film ever made.
etc.

Click on the link to read more.

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

My mom has been reminding me about this fact way too often for my comfort.

Not to mention that I’ve got one of the lowest scores for prelim prac, probably the lowest in all of RJ MEP history at 64%.

BUT IT’S OKAY I’M GONNA PULL THROUGH AND DO WELL FOR PRAC.

I’m just afraid that all these extra hours put into piano practice for the past 2 weeks will all go down the drain due to lack of confidence and a case of cold fingers on the actual day.

Oh f- this.

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

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Wiki vandals ftw!

First [20april]:

Last Wednesday [10sept]:

And that’s not including the one about peanuts-and-kidneys.

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Back to mugging.  ”The transport analysts were skeptical about the potential benefits of a merger between SMRT and SBS Transit as the ‘economies of scale would be limited’. To what extent do you agree with the above view?”

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

The world didn’t end. Time to get on with mugging.

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

Monday, 11+am
Venue: Block A Windy Bench

woonie meets taufiq, siti, both are mugging econs.

wh: hey.
t: hi woonie
wh: you guys going for lunch?
t: uh. we’re… fasting.
wh: oh fuck. [awkward pause] sorry.
s: it’s okayyy.

damn malu.

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As I had mentioned, the world just might end 2 hours into our math paper. Just in case it does, here’s an illustrated overview on how the Large Hadron Collider, constructed by CERN, works so at least you know why it happened.

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Math in 11.5 hours. Careless mistakes ftl.

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

On a related note, the world might end in the middle of our Math paper.

Right now, I’ve completely given up hope on my essay which makes up 12% of my music grade, so i’m focusing on the 16% from indian music and gamelan, and hope for the best from 12% commentary.

On a related note, I realized I haven’t compiled my compositional works which makes up 20%.

On another related note, I haven’t touched econs today.

On an unrelated note
1. Next to each number, write only the name of the person who fits.
2. Answer one question with one name.
3. Don’t tell the questions to anyone who isn’t doing the meme.
[after the break.]

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

We’re always making choices. How we will use our time, how we’re going to get to our destination, what we’re going to have for lunch, what colours should be used for our logo, what proposal should be dumped and which one should be taken up. Every step that we take presents us with an option of “Yes” or “No”.

All these decisions, or in the case of some of us, in-decision, affects our happiness. How consciously do we make our choices? What happens when we can’t make a definite “Yes” or “No” is that we become stuck in the wilderness of “Maybe” land. When we spend too much time in this place, we allow others to decide how our lives should be led. Here we have no hope for fulfillment because when things go well, we can’t take the credit. And when things go awry, we blame ourselves for trusting the judgement of another.

Imagine that your partner or friend prefers to watch a particular movie and you’d really like to see another but you don’t say anything. You give your partner or friend a weak “maybe”, “it doesn’t matte” or a reluctant “oh ok…” Later, you feel resentful and angry because this always seems to happen and you “never get to see the movie that you want to see.”

Sometimes we justify this by believing that we don’t assert ourselves because we are easy-going or generous. If this is the case, then why do we subsequently feel lousy and on the losing end?

Now, asserting yourself doesn’t mean being demanding or unreasonable. By all means, empower yourself by expressing your feelings clearly, but be ready to negotiate or occasionally give in or come to a compromise. The important thing is simply to make your feelings known. Hiding behind a mask of indifference creates a lot of inner tension which may explode in the future.

It’s very important to empower yourself to make conscious choices to create the relationships and life that you want. A lot of people feel anger and resentment toward others but what they’re actually feeling is resentment towards themselves for not having the courage to go for what they really want.

Whenever you’re faced with a decision, take the time to go within yourself and ask yourself what you really want. Is it true that it doesn’t matter? Is it something you can take lightly? Or something you feel strongly about? When you evaluate your options consciously and express your feelings clearly, you’ll feel more empowered, and as a result, move confidently toward creating the kind of relationships and life that you want.

Eugene Loh, 938LIVE, Mediacorp Pte Ltd
from A Slice of Life

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

2. woonie has completed his free composition! Now to compile the drafts, complete the articulations and to actually give it a title.

3. Who has Vectors 2 and Binomial lecture notes? Mine are missing.

4. woonie is failing at physics!

5. woonie hasn’t even had time to touch econs yet!

6. oh no oh noez!

7. Target: No less than a C for every subject.

8. When was the last time I actually enjoyed school holidays? Not since every single major exam is first thing after the holidays.

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

All EZ-Link cards, the stored-value cards used to pay for train and bus rides will be phased out starting next year.

That, after spending hundreds of millions of dollars, and being in use for only 6 years.

I remember reading this ST Forum letter, about this guy expressing his concern about the cost of implementing ez-link, whether spending so much money just to prevent people from underpaying their fares is worth it, and a LTA rep replied that the ez-link card would be used for a very long time so it’s okay.

6 years? Are you kidding me?

So now, LTA is spending another $100million on this new smart card thing. Seriously, there are many other transportation-related stuff [MORE FREQUENT BUSES! oh what the hell.] that the LTA should be working on instead of this.

I mean, if it is just a new multi-purpose card to complement the current cards (ez-link + NETS), it’s okay. But what I’m unhappy about is the “phasing-out” part.

Yet they’re still happily increasing the ERP rates and adding more gantries to add to the woes of both drivers and shops within the ERP zone. So that’s where the money went.

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

“We tried to organize a meetup for the old gang.”
1 2 3 4 5

The same person who drew this really nice picture of Junction 8.

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

Seems like only people disgruntled about Singapore’s politics are commenting on the online ST discussion board. here

Though I have no negative views about the print edition, I wholly agree that the webmasters of ST Online are doing a very very bad job. It seems like the entire website is mostly broken, if not entirely.

Some egs:

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

So what happens to those who are not as good? It seems that their response is akin to that of “That’s just too bad. I don’t really care that you’re in MT. You suck in volleyball and you have no right to play for us.”

A few days before Volleyball IHC, after noticing the absence of MT sign-ups sheets, I asked Jeffrey, who’s in Volleyball, about sign-ups for this IHC, and he said that his volleyball friend is forming a team, and that this team must be specially picked by him so as to ‘allow for maximum team bonding’. Um, wtf?

Just last year, when I wanted to join the sports IHCs, I was told to leave space for the J2s. This year, I’m told to leave space for better players.

Last year, there was a shortage of MT people participating in IHC. This year, their solution to this problem is to handpick their team in advance.

However, I think there’s one particular person whom I think is the most disgusting, the most biased person I’ve ever met, aside from my choir conductor. He thinks that he’s the greatest, that he’s good at every single sport, that since he has a lot of friends [as seen by his long list of birthday presents], and is so high up in the social ranks, therefore he has all the right to say “You suck at volleyball. You do not deserve to play.”. He is willing to sacrifice the use of a female school team volleyball player, in order to ensure that I do not play. Yet, as I spectate all his volleyball games, I dare say that I can play just as well, if not better, as him.

If not for the rest of the J2s in MT, I would have completely lost faith in the house I’ve been faithful towards for the past 6 years. I don’t care if they are faking it, but I shall believe that they are sincere, and I’m appreciative of the fact that I’ve been given the opportunity to play during Captain’s Ball IHC, even if it’s just for a few minutes of one match.

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

Somehow, I find the need to describe the entire napfa process to remind myself about the horrors of taking a napfa test. I’ve done this without fail for the past 4 years, since sec 2, when I got a blog, and this year shall be no exception.

Ok so, yesterday my pe teacher asked the fitness class if they wanted to do the test 1 day in advance from the ‘official’ test date the next day. At first, I wasn’t really sure if I was ready, as I was feeling rather sleepy and tired, and it was almost 10am, when the sun would be scorching hot [bad bad bad for 2.4]. Nevertheless, I decided to give it a try.

As most of the people in this batch of retakers felt that their pull-ups is their weakest station, that was our first station. Until then, I’d never reached the 5-pullup mark, which is what I needed to get a D, which is also one of the requirements for getting a Silver, which is what I need to shorten my life in NS. See the implications?

Anyway, I was the last to enter my name in the retest group, so I was to be the last to attempt each station. As I watched the rest do the pullups, most of them successfully, a few of them getting 2 or 3, I started worrying about whether I was just going to fail the first station there and then. But no, I got my 5 pullups. It was a historic moment in the life of Chong Woon Hian: getting 5 unassisted pull-ups. Achievement Unlocked! w00t w00t

Then there were shuttle run and situps which I completed without difficulty. 10.2s and 40 respectively.

It was the Standing Broad Jump station that gave me a rude awakening from my complacency that I could easily get my D [222+] anytime. For the past 4 months since the first napfa test in april, I’ve been training on pull-ups and running stamina and endurance, and paid no[t much] attention to my SBJ. And so it turns out that I got 219cm, 3cm away from the ‘D’ standard needed for a silver. And so, napfa 2008 v.2 came to a braking halt.

On hindsight, I’m thankful that I went for this test, or I would certainly would not have trained for it during the pe lesson then. Right after failing the SBJ station, the PE teacher in-charge of those training in their gym gave me some exercises to improve my SBJ techniques. That included jumping over the seat-height of the chair, the bench used for bench press, and the canoeing machine – individually and consecutively. The first 2 objects were rather intimidating when I was trying to jump over them, and I wasn’t convinced that I had overcome that fear at the end of the pe lesson. Still, I’ve learnt something during that lesson.

On to Tuesday. I warmed up by jogging on the trackmill, pulling at the lat-pull down station, and making some test-jumps on the mat. [I did not managed to get 222cm at that time. I thought it was a bad omen.]

And so, it was 4pm. The bunch of us napfa failures gathered at the track and registered our names on the teacher’s list. My batch was the ‘can get bronze but want to get silver to avoid extra-long NS’ batch. There were Jun Jie, Ali, Roger, Taufiq, Isaac, Joshua Ang and many others, about 20 in all. A quick poll indicated that the batch was weakest in SBJ, so SBJ it shall be to start the test.

This was the very test that I failed at the day before. I wasn’t even sure if I’d recovered from the day before.

The test began. SBJ was to take place at the sports hall. There were those who passed effortlessly, those who barely made it, and those who were told to take a rest and try again later. Fast forward a few minutes later, I found that I met my 222cm target.

SBJ: D – 222cm

Another teacher came to man the next station, sit and reach, so as to get things done more quickly. I kept reminding myself “37, 41, 45. 37, 41, 45″ which are the distances i need to cover for D, C and B respectively. I got 41cm on my first try, and decided not to waste any more energy.

Sit-and-reach: C – 41cm

We made out way back to the stadium for my most-feared station: pullups. Could I do it 2 days in a row, I kept thinking to myself. Roger was before me, and he managed to do 3 before deciding he couldn’t do anymore. Soon, it was my turn. At the 2nd pull-up, I started feeling really really tired. At the 4th, I was extremly exhausted. I mustered all my strength to get that 5th pull-up. Imagine the relief when I heard the teacher say the word “five!”. Achievement unlocked: getting D for both SBJ and pull-ups in a single test. w00t! The other retakers were really encouraging, congratulating me, and those who managed to pass their pull-ups with a D.

Pull-up: D – 5 pulls

Shuttle run? No problem.

4 x 10m Shuttle-run: A – 9.9s

The very last station before the 2.4km run was sit-ups. I don’t know if it’s all in my mind, but my leg and especially my stomach muscles started aching really badly. I must admit I didn’t do proper sit-ups, that is, I finished some of the sit-ups by landing only on half my back.

Sit-ups: C – 39 sit-ups

It was the very last obstacle to that coveted silver. I have done sub-12 for 2.4km a few times before, the first time being Napfa Apr 2005, but that was without the 5 stations before the run. My last few self-trainings on the track was proof that it was almost impossible for me to do so in this run, as I found myself still having a rather low stamina, as I felt really tired after 4 rounds each time.

Mr. Seah, the PE teacher who gave me 1-to-1 trainings for the past 4 months since the April NAPFA to work on my pull-ups, lent me his stopwatch to keep track of time, but I found it to be much of a lucky charm.

After resting for a while to recover slightly from the earlier 5 stations, and waiting a little while more for another group of retakers to finish their run, we were off. We started at the midway point of the 100m stretch nearest to the stadium steps. Mr. Seah was conducting the run for some J1 girls at the end point. He would cheer me on each round as I passed by.

“Remember to pace yourself. Don’t exhaust yourself too early.”
“Not bad. Keep it up.”
“3 rounds already. You can do it.”
“2 more rounds woonhian! Come on come on!”
“*was busy tending to a J1 girl*”

When I started, there was the intial tiredness in me, but eventually, momentum took on and I was breezing through for the first 3.5 rounds, making sure that I keep to my pace of 2mins per round. However, at the end of the 4th round, I found myself losing my pace, completing that round with a time of 8mins despite giving myself a 15-second lead in the first round.

5th round was spent thinking if that was my 11am lunch swirling around in my stomach. It was a really awful feeling. Many times, I felt like slowing down to a walk, but I managed to maintain my jogging pace.

In the middle of the 6th round, after being at the 2nd position since the start of the run, Jun Jie overtook me. I wasn’t too happy, but it was a blessing in disguise as I proceeded to pace myself behind him instead of slowing down, which I almost did. With 150m left, as I made the final bend around the track, My watch said 11.50mins. No more C, so be it. I increased my speed even though I kept feeling like vomiting there and then. I just couldn’t afford to assume that I would able to walk to the end within 50 seconds. [12.40mins is the time needed for a D.] So I increased my speed at that last stretch and finally completed the run. And so I found out that I was 3rd out of the [about] 12 people left in the test, and only 5 people passed the run. “Aiya see la waste my time at the first 5 stations.” – PE teacher who conducted the test.

2.4km run: D – 12:17min

Final tally: DDDCCA 17 points – Silver

To quote myself in my sms-es to fellow Minus Two-ers:
“Operation Minus Two is a success! Hell Yeah!”

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Many people to thank:
Mark, Roger, Jared, and especially Aaron – The participants of Minus Two
Mr. Seah – PE teacher by day, commando by night.
Friends who encouraged me in one way or another
My brother, for mocking me for my inability to do pull-ups, for questioning the authenticity of my PES A status and thus pressurizing me to get my napfa silver.
All those who made it possible in one way or another.

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

These are the top 150 commonly used words on my blog, excluding common English words like “the” [it would have filled half the screen if i allowed it.]

back to gary’s physics.

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

EDIT: I’ve decided to leave out the words “till” “next” “time” “woonie” and “signing” since it appears in every single post [hence they were the largest, as you can see in the previous wordle].

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And back to mugging…

EDIT: Facebook apparently fixed it. It now just shows the word “facebook” in its trademark font and blue background. To the unaware, the image used to show the viewer’s own profile badge, and tricking them into thinking that everyone would see their name there. It’s like that parable of the few people looking into the mirror.

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

Math:
1. Functions
2. Graphing Techniques
3. Inequalities
4. Differentiation + Applications
5. Integration + Applications
6. Differential Equations
7. AP & GP
8. Summation + Mathematical Induction
9. P & C
10. Binomial
11. Power Series
12. Vectors
13. Complex Numbers
S1. Probability
S2. DRV
S3. CRV
S4. Sampling Methods
S5. Hypothesis Testing
S6. Correlation and Regression

Physics
1. Measurement
2. Kinematics
3. Dynamics
4. Forces
5. Work Energy Power
6. Motion in a Circle
7. Gravitation
8. Thermal Physics
9. Superposition
10. Wave Motion
11. Oscillations
12. Electric Fields
13. Current of Electricity
14. D.C. Circuits
15. Electromagnetism
16. Electromagnetic Induction
17. Alternating Current
18. Quantum Physics I
19. Quantum Physics II
20. Lasers
21. Semiconductors
22. Nuclear Physics
23. Radioactive Decay

Music
1. Gamelan – Bali + Java
2. Traditional String Music of India – North + South
3. Neoclassical Music
4. Commentary
5. Practical
6. Free Compo!!!!1111oneoneoneone

Econs
1. Opp Cost + Scarcity
2. Market Failure
3. Govt Intervention
4. Types of Firms
5. Elasticity
6. Macro Objectives
7. Fiscal, Monetary, Exchange Rate, Supply-side, Demand-side Policy
8. Others to fill in later

GP
1. Essay
2. Compre, Summary, AQ

But now, time to get some sleep. Or I’ll end up like that kid on Chew On It in today’s Lifestyle.

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

then i was working on a brand new draft 1 and after an hour i found that i’m horribly stuck and devoid of any creativity whatsoever. i’m pretty much screwed. i have no idea how to convey the ideas that i brainstormed using music. i look through my practical pieces, and wonder how those composers even managed to figure that all those dissonances actually work in the piece. i look at entire orchestral scores and wonder how they managed to even put all the different parts together and make it sound… fantastic.

maybe i’m working on the free compo with the fact that it’s “only” 10% of the A-level music score in mind. or maybe i’m just afraid of negative comments on the compo, that no compo = no negative comments. but i know such trivial escaping from my problems does not solve anything.

oh why did i even take music in the first place? it should have come with a huge warning label.

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

I dunno how to feel about this. Should I just count myself unlucky, or should I wonder why I wasn’t invited in the first place?

So in about half an hour I would be watching the match alone. Maybe my dad would join me; I do enjoy watching football matches with him, but it’s not quite the same, you see.

Perhaps, I’m not close enough to specific people, that I try to make more friends instead of making closer friends. I know many people, but it seems I have not made so much of an impact on anyone. So what if you know many people? So what if you have hundreds of people on your MSN contacts, or your facebook? If you haven’t made much of a (positive) impact on anyone, then you won’t be noticed. No one would think of inviting you over to any of their activities.

My pleas are being ignored.

Maybe all these insecurities were a result of something my P6 form teacher said to me at the end of the year, after PSLE: “The Australia trip is too full, and I’ve decided to take you out of the trip because you won’t have any friends there anyway.” I didn’t show it right then, but that was the ultimate blow after 3 years of being ostracized by most of the hpps gep people in my batch, not to mention the express people, who generally dislike the geppers.

I thought secondary school would allow me to make a fresh start, but my bad habits made sure I would be generally disliked for the next 4 years.

And now, JC. I made a bigger effort to let others have a good impression of myself. But still, it’s all in vain. I couldn’t correct my bad habits, and learnt a few new ones along the way. They are the type of bad habits that let others despise not like you. I get the impression that people think I’m not doing anything about it. Despite that, I want to make this point that I’m still trying really hard to correct them, even if it takes a long time.

Maybe I have been permanently-marked “weirdo” already, and there’s no way I can wash it off.

I still think all my shortcomings are due to one main problem: my lack of self-confidence, fear of failure, that I think I will fail in everything I do. And during times when I actually am quite confident in myself, others would just remind me to lose faith in myself just before I attempt to do something I have never succeeded in before.

To summarize: woonie certainly does not enjoy being left out even though he has much experience of being left out, which is why he has decided that he does not enjoy it. at all.

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Went to the Toy and Comics Convention at Suntec yesterday afternoon, mainly to visit Otto Fong’s booth, where I bought a copy of his latest book. Took photos of several cosplayers, and witnessed darth vader and a storm trooper battling it out on Wii Tennis, which attracted many photographers who are eying the top prize of the Convention’s Photography Competition.

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

Nothing is better than a good steak.
A loaf of bread is better than nothing.
Therefore, a loaf of bread is better than a good steak. Discuss.

We should get this in our GP exams. Really.

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

Can someone ask me out for a date for anything at all?

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Played softball with the ORA softball people. Fun. wheeee.

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

Just had a lunchtime concert, totally screwed up the first part of my piece but apparently some people thoroughly enjoyed my performance. Ok lor.

Went to the Cadbury World yesterday. We all got really high on really rich chocalate, and took rides and exhibitions meant for really young kids. wahaha.

okie class ended. got to go.

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

whee… gonna mug on the plane.

Wei Zhong came to send us off wahaha. yay thx for coming.

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

If I enforce some discipline on myself I might actually get some mugging done at the same time.

If you’re free, we’re meeting at T3 at 9.30pm tonight.

Who wants souvenirs? Sms me nao. =)

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

You know sometimes, when you dream about something while you’re asleep, and when you wake up, you forgot what your dream is about?

Let’s say you are attending a lecture, and you’re feeling rather bored, and your mind starts wandering off to other things like how to dribble past everybody to score a spectacular goal, or make an unassisted triple play, or managing to bid to a cold grand slam contract which is hard to find. Then all of a sudden, your mind wakes up, the lecturer is explaining holes and n-states and what-nots, and you just can’t remember what you were day-dreaming about just a few seconds earlier.

Oh yes, forgetting a day-dream. It has happened to me quite a few times already. It’s really scary; it feels as if I might forget who I am one day. I’m so going to suffer from Alzheimer’s one day. Or maybe I’ve already contracted that disease.

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

To think that for the past few years, I’ve been sending “happy belated birthday” sms-es just after midnight on people’s birthdays. oh my gosh.

All because back in P1 (plus minus 2 years), I first came across the word whuen I saw my mom write “Happy Belated Birthday to [...]” on the wrappers of birthday gifts. And my impression was that it had something to do with being sincere. Since then, I’d never bothered to check its meaning on the dictionary.

New day new discoveries. Oh wells.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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 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. ><

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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.

…not really. I’ve been putting random stuff and images on my livejournal. Something like tong’s and b3′s tumblrs, except that i use LJ.

Anyway, I think I’m rather pleased, but not satisfied with the amount of work i’ve put in into mugging for this CTs. I think I’ve screwed up every paper this CT. \= I shall start mugging earlier next time. rawr.

Am doing overdue MTDF pics. Expect them up on flickr soon.

And in case you’ve missed them:
take 5
J1 MEP Concert 2008

Rawr. Seems like I have to sleep by midnight. >=(

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

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

His mother said, “I’m afraid it won’t come up.”

His father said, “I’m afraid it won’t come up.”

And his brother said, “It won’t come up.”

Everyday the little boy pulled up the weeds around the seed and sprinkled the ground with water.

But nothing came up.

And nothing came up.

Everyone kept saying it wouldn’t come up.

But he still pulled up the weeds around it every day and sprinkled the ground with water.

And then, one day, a carrot came up.

Just as the little boy had known it would.

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“Its author, Ruth Krauss, claimed that it took her an entire lifetime to craft. Not satisfied with the impact the original version had, Krauss whittled the text down to its final 101 words, making it one of the shortest picture book texts when it was published in 1945.”

Comments about the story are welcome.

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

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

Mr. Gooi wanted me to find text for my piece. After all, most music for choir have l yrics.
I can’t find any that I like, as of now.

I’m screwed.

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

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

That’s all.

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

Alright it’s finally time to reveal the answers. ><

#2
You see the green light so please go ahead.
Taxiback – The Stars The Stars They Say

#4
And there’s no hope
That’s what we’re told
Now we can’t go back.
The World is Black – Good Charlotte

#6
Baby Don’t hurt me,
don’t hurt me no more.
What is Love – Haddaway

#7
Why do you think we should suffer in silence?
My heart is broken there’s nothing to break
Tripping – Robbie Williams

#8
You’re sufferin’ from delusions of adequacy
You’re Pitiful – Weird Al Yankovic

#9
neh neh neh neh neh neh neh
neh neh neh neh neh neh neh
neh neh neh neh neh neh neh
neh neh neh neh neh neh neh neh nehhh
[tuba sound comes after the above lyrics]
Happy Tree Friends Theme (woonie is upset no one got this)

#10
I could use a little fuel myself
And we could all use a little change.
All Star – Smash Mouth

#14
爱是什么什么是爱
接近以后就电
喜欢以后就追
腻了以后就飞
在梅边 – 王力宏

#15
Where do we go
Where do we go now.
Sweet Child O’ Mine – Guns ‘n’ Roses

#21
Plain talking served us so well
Travelled through hell
We know how it felt.
Lift Me Up – Moby

#25
Last night, I had a dream about you
In this dream, I’m dancing right beside you.
Digital Love – Daft Punk (from the Nokia Ad)

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

Reasons:
1. OG skits: Titanic (Victor speaking mushy stuff) , Cross-dressers dancing, can’t rmb the last one.
2. Orientation video recap: basically candid photos mixed with videos of OGLs something that we can’t hear coz the wires from the AV room are screwed up.
3. Skit about Orientation by random OTeamers: OMGYanNeng the bunny, Nigel and MelHo, Wei Zhong “That was… weird”, Ali “How about T’urnmeon”, Daryl “Choosememememememe!!”, random guy with 2 bimbo-escorts. that skit ftw.
4. Batch Dance Broken-disc Remix. Though it seemed like the only thing the remixers knew was to play “you can’t stop the beat” more than twice the actual speed.
5. Auyong, the magician’s speech. The magician wears sports shoes! “We read the Youtube comments…”

Other highlights:
1.  Burning of T’Sparanza: Being right at the front watching the burning had a different feel compared to being stuck in a crowd of sweaty people having much difficulty trying to take a peek at the burning L’audeamus.
2. Storyline, which I couldn’t make sense of. But Kean Yung looked cool as pharaoh hehe.

Some photos on Facebook, more to come soon.

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L’odges now known as T’owns and T’averns. wahaha.

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

music montage

I’ve wanted to do this for a long time, but I decided to start with lyrics. So now, above is a montage of extracts of 10 songs. These extracts are the beginning of the songs and contain absolutely no singing.

The challenge is: listen and guess the 10 songs in the montage above. Have fun. =)

EDIT: My freewebs bandwidth has not died. The file is 2mb. No one is attempting the quiz. =(

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

All we need now is running water, instead of having to rush to-and-from the “council toilet”, and film negatives. Yes, film. We’re talking about real photo printing and editing here, not Photoshop. The feeling u get when u see your creation just appear out of nowhere on the paper is simply priceless.

Haven’t used the darkroom since Jun 2003, at SAFRA Bukit Merah. Can’t wait to use this one once i get myself some photos on film.

yayy yayy yayy!

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CCA Feste next Wednesday.

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

woonie should: Be more confident. Be more mature. Be more responsible.

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I arrived at Changi Airport at about 9.30pm on the 1st day of 2008. Let me tell you, the feeling of being homesick is really really terrible once you fall victim to it. Having been overseas (in Vietnam and China) for 9 consecutive days, I missed home, frens, RJC, Singapore. It worsened on the last day, 1st of Jan, when all the New Year’s greetings sms-es started coming. During the last few days of the trip, I jumped at every opportunity to come online just so I can have a small chat, no matter how short, with my MSN contacts. I cursed when the hotel I was in had no wireless internets.

(for the record, out of the 7 hotels I’d been to during the trip, the 2 hotels in vietnam i went to had wireless connections in the vicinity. On the other hand, 3 out of the 5 china hotels I’d stayed in had no wireless, 1 required a one time fee of 10RMB but the internet died after 15mins, and 1 provided weak wireless connections that kept dropping.)

Okay so anyway, I was thrilled when I finally reached Singapore late last night. However, my lips were in a really dry and sore state due the humidity in China. The lip gloss/balm/what do you call it? that i used had no effect on my lips. And i didn’t even buy it in china. My dad commented i looked like a demented clown (all clowns are demented anyway but that’s not the point) with large exaggerated lips whenever i smiled.

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Earlier in the holidays, I expected myself to dread coming back to school. Maybe it was the homesickness, but I felt the exact opposite upon stepping into the canteen. The familiar faces made me feel right at home once again. I talked to friends whom I had not met for ages. I received souvenirs from people who had gone overseas. (thanks mark for pop-eye the frosty the snowman.) I drank free milk provided by Council. I automatically fished out my wallet before I remembered this is not give-tips-to-everyone-who-serves-you China. I thanked the councillors manning the counter for their efforts nonetheless.

Lim Lai Cheng gave her inaugural speech as principal of RJC during morning assembly. I must say that she did a decent job at it, considering the fact that we had to endure pain and suffering as Bob Koh did a really bad job at his first speech as RI headmaster back in 2005 (read: long, clichéd, sleep-inducing). On the other hand, her speech, constructed around the 2008 j1 orientation theme “(T’)Sparanza” (hope), was short, succinct and straight to the point. Not a bad start to her career as RJ principal.

The class quickly found out that our homeroom for the year is at A65. 6th floor. rawr.

GP was self-introduction for some of the class as we had a new GP tutor.

2nd period spent in MEP Room, 3rd period spent in canteen.

Economics tutorial was discussing key economic indicators.

Lunchtime!

Read abit of chinese novel, did abit of math and music before going home.

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I didn’t mean to dao, but by the time I thought to myself that I should move, someone took the place I had planned to occupy. Sigh.

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

SQ176 would be leaving in about an hour, and I’ll only be back on 1 Jan. Which means I’ll be missing class xmas gathering (if we actually manage to organize one), class new year countdown gathering (ditto), and RV Alumni gathering. \=

So meanwhile, I’ll try to have as much fun as I can in Vietnam and China.

Bye bye.

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To 2007 MT J1s: Check out the MT’licious MTV at vimeo.com! =D

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

The original photo was down, so someone claimed that this photo was a mirror. link

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

So the final result:

Section AA
RJC MP DUPLICATES Saturday Aft Session November 10, 2007
Leaders after 21 boards Average: 31.5
Place Pct Score Pair
1 66.67 42.00 AA-8 Marvin Lai - Yeo Licai
2 56.35 35.50 AA-1 Marco - Waihan
3 53.97 34.00 AA-2 Jingsheng - Xiuhue
4 50.79 32.00 AA-6 Kiat Wee - Woon Hian
5 46.83 29.50 AA-4 Terence - Sky
6 45.24 28.50 AA-5 Alvin - Natalie
7 42.86 27.00 AA-7 Ling Zhang - Rong Bing
8 37.30 23.50 AA-3 Eric - Muhd

Note that the top pair includes Marvin Lai, the teacher ic who goes to scba to train. And note that yay my pair is above average. <3

Not a bad result for someone who hasn’t touched bridge since end of august.

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

enjoy. =)

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

GP:
Essay: 24/50
Compre: 23.5/50
Total: 47.5/100

Music:
World Music (16%) – 9/40
Commentary (12%) – 19/30
Essay (12%) – 1/30
2-Part Writing (15%) – 19/25
Lieder (15%) – 11/25
Practical (30%) – 61/100
Total: 48/100

Physics: 41/120

Econs:
Essay 1 (32.5%) – 10/25
Essay 2 (32.5%) – 9/25
Case Study (35%) – 11/30
Total: 37.5/100

Final grades: C E E S S

I may or may not analyze my scores. But it’s very obvious that my EOY hols are meant for revising everything.

On a side note, I got best progress in my class for Music and Econs. And their results are still sub-50%. My CT results must have sucked really bad. But anyway, thanks for the bug-shaped stapler and the $20 Starbucks voucher yayy.

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

Tong’s 6-word fics

woonie attempts 6-word fics:

1. click. click. click. click. high score!

2. God: “Abort Project Woonie.” Results Day.

3. ha ha ha ha ha bonk.

That’s all for now. And good luck deciphering story #3. =)

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

18.3/30

Composition – 30%
30/50

18/30

World Music – 16%
9/40

3.6/16

Commentary + Essay – 24%
??

I need 13 out of 60 marks for this section to pass music Promos.

Go woonie!

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

I really should have found this video a day before. Very useful in answering question 1 of today’s econs paper.

And for those who still remember their sec 4 SS notes: Colbert Interviews Tom Friedman (Author of “The World is Flat”)

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

1 day to Promos.

4 days to end of Promos.

At least I’m confident of passing my music practical exam. That’s 20 out of the 40% weightage for music promos.

But no. I’m still going to flunk my econs. I took out a random essay qn and tried doing it. I could recall absolutely nothing that I had read earlier in the week.

woonie is so going to die a horrible death during the promos. either that or he’s going to get retained. either those or he’s going to have to be forced to drop a h2 subject.

Or maybe a miracle happens. I accidentally knock my head against a hard object, go unconscious, and start getting full marks for my test papers. Then after promos I promptly forget my newfound knowledge. (read: Czech crash victim wakes up speaking English)

[or maybe everything's gonna be fine after all. i hope.]

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

Now make way for the Lit Genius! link

…featuring Oedipus. =)

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

PHYSICS
1. Measurement
2. Kinematics
3. Forces
4. Dynamics
5. Work Energy Power
6. Circular Motion
7. Gravitation
8. Thermal Physics
9. Wave Motion
10. Oscillations

ECONS
1. Scarcity
2. Resource Allocation
3. Elasticity (demand side)
4. Firms (supply side)
5. Government Intervention
6. etc.

MUSIC
1.  Practical:
a. Beethoven Sonata in C minor
b. Rachmaninoff Melodie
c. Bartok Diary of a Fly
d. Grieg Anitra’s Dance
2. World Music:
a. Gamelan
b. North Indian Music
3. Hindemith
a. Commentary
4.  Composition
a. Two-Part
b. Lieder

GP
1. Essay
2. Comprehension
a. Summary
b. AQ

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

Yay for MEP!

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

I am not going back in the closet. When you ask me who I am, I will answer: I am a son, a brother, a long-time companion, an uncle, a teacher, a classmate, a colleague, a part of your community, a HDB dweller, a Singaporean. And I am also gay.

link

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

Notes, tutorials everywhere!
…
I didn’t file them.

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

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

you chose BX – your Enneagram type is NINE (aka “The Mediator”)

“I am at peace”

Peacemakers are receptive, good-natured, and supportive. They seek union
with others and the world around them.

How to Get Along with Me

• If you want me to do something, how you ask is important. I especially
  don’t like expectations or pressure.
• I like to listen and to be of service, but don’t take advantage of this.
• Listen until I finish speaking, even though I meander a bit.
• Give me time to finish things and make decisions. It’s OK to nudge
  me gently and nonjudgmentally.
• Ask me questions to help me get clear.
• Tell me when you like how I look. I’m not averse to flattery.
• Hug me, show physical affection. It opens me up to my feelings.
• I like a good discussion but not a confrontation.
• Let me know you like what I’ve done or said.
• Laugh with me and share in my enjoyment of life.

What I Like About Being a NINE

• being nonjudgmental and accepting
• caring for and being concerned about others
• being able to relax and have a good time
• knowing that most people enjoy my company; I’m easy to be around
• my ability to see many different sides of an issue and to be a good
  mediator and facilitator
• my heightened awareness of sensations, aesthetics, and the here and
  now
• being able to go with the flow and feel one with the universe

What’s Hard About Being a NINE

• being judged and misunderstood for being placid and/or indecisive
• being critical of myself for lacking initiative and discipline
• being too sensitive to criticism; taking every raised eyebrow and twitch of the mouth personally
• being confused about what I really want
• caring too much about what others will think of me
• not being listened to or taken seriously

NINEs as Children Often

• feel ignored and that their wants, opinions, and feelings are unimportant
• tune out a lot, especially when others argue
• are “good” children: deny anger or keep it to themselves

NINEs as Parents

• are supportive, kind, and warm
• are sometimes overly permissive or nondirective

you wanna know MORE?

so check out, what Wikipedia says about your type…

…even more you’ll find in Google

I love rock and roll…!

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ACES Photos goes here.

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Some random class made Andrew Neo wear this really funky shirt.

scantility ftw.

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Sleeping is the most fun a boy can have without ponning lectures
by Sabrina Lau and Ali Tanjim
performed by The Boyahs
(Ali Tanjim, Naing Yelin, Daniel Wu Yang, Ng Wei Wen)

Just an ‘S’ and there’s remedial
Clashes with my H3, yeah!
But there’s myh tutor standing next to me,
‘A’ for Promos.

Just because I don’t do my work,
You issue me white slip, yeah…
I promise I won’t pon lectures
‘A’ for Promos.

I know that I’ll be okay,
‘cos you changed my world.

CHORUS
Lectures in LT2, I haven’t got a clue
I need you by my side to pull me through
I’ll meet you after school,
Without you helping me I’m like a fool…
Teachers, that’s why we love you.

It’s just GP and I can’t get by,
My England CMI, yeah…
Integration’s also cannot do,
I’m only good at PW.

Tried to mug Demand and Supply
But my essay made you cry, oh no… (yeah…)
Tried to pretend that I was imba
But I even failed my SPA.

I know that I’ll be okay,
‘coz you changed my world.

CHORUS x3
Lectures in LT2, I haven’t got a clue
I need you by my side to pull me through
I’ll meet you after school,
Without you helping me I’m like a fool…
Teachers, that’s why we love you.

youtube link goes here. (right now it’s 446450kb, gotta make it smaller.)

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Meeting with RI teachers goes here

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My original plan for the day was to go back to Henry Park to visit the teachers. Then Mark said he had to go back home to prepare for his trip to Phuket.

The plan changed to going to LAN with Aaron Tan and co. Then when I spotted the Sec4GEP2006 pple playing soccer, my plans changed again.

And so, I found myself playing soccer with the Friday Afternoon Soccer gang. I missed those days already.

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Reasons why I liked Ratatouille the Movie goes here

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To be continued…

I deleted your comments, not because I’m a coward, but because you’re one for commenting using my email address.

lol. =p

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

Cases in point: HCL ‘O’ Level Paper 1, Sec 2 history essays, EOM, math assignments, sec 3 and 4 lit essays, music essays and commentaries etc etc.

Econs and GP essays do not count. I just need more time to finish them.

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

The songs will mainly be chinese because yay I’m a c-pop, or rather hk-pop person, but if I put hk songs in, I doubt many people will know. So only chinese and english songs that pass through my mp3 player as I shuffle are going to be listed.

(woonie: woah… first 25 random minus hk songs, still no english? o_o)

Have fun guessing, whoever who comes by!

#1

我可以假装看不见
也可以偷偷的想念
直到让我摸到你那温暖的脸

#2

一片云掉落在我面前
捏成你的形状 随风跟着我
一口一口吃掉忧愁

#3

你哭红的双眼
被淋湿的诺言
淹没在心里面

#4

不然如何能把泪水
变成回忆的彩虹

#5

年少轻狂不知天高地厚
整天满脑子是你阳光般笑容

#6

我的心想唱首歌给你听
歌词是如此的甜蜜

#7

它像梦一眨眼一次心动

#8

加速度中的脉搏
预告你要爱上我

#9

只能陪你到这里
毕竟有些事不可以
超过了友情还不到爱情
远方就要下雨的风景

#10

还不习惯孤独街道
拥挤人潮没你拥抱

#11

放任无奈淹没尘埃
我在废墟之中守着你走来
我的泪光承载不了
所有一切你要的爱

#12

会不会手牵着手
晚一点再到尽头

#13

也许来阵风雨花谢满地
黯然神伤的困扰

#14

你的项链
在我身边
带我穿梭回从前

#15

你是我一见就爱上的人,
你说的话似乎有点天真.
我真的怕,
失去爱的分寸.

#16

我不是一个人在这世界停靠
因为我拥有你在我心里

#17

真心会给人力气
穿越过所有距离
带领我们走进永远里

#18

望远镜 看不见你 你的心飞去哪里
雾上飞行想像黑夜的经

#19

梦加点感觉
思念装上翅膀
爱是无限可能的飞翔

#20

爱由我们自己决定
不必理跌破谁的眼镜

#21

受伤在所难免都值得纪念
等到你遇见完美的人选
离胜利那天已经不远

#22

爱能不能够永远单纯没有悲哀

#23

那一种寸步不离的感觉
我知道就叫做缘

#24

我将眼泪流成天山上面的湖
让你疲倦时能够扎营停驻
羌笛声胡旋舞为你笑为你哭

#25

认主程序自动站一边
我属于你没有期限

#1

拥抱这时刻这一分一秒全都停止

屋顶 – Jay Chou
guessed by Mei Yi

#2

You see the green light so please go ahead.

#3

I can’t stop falling in love with you,
I’ll never stop falling in love with you.

Better Than Life – Hillsong

#4

And there’s no hope
That’s what we’re told
Now we can’t go back.

#5

But since your dad walked out
Your mom could use a guy like me

Stacey’s Mom – Fountains of Wayne
guessed by Kaimeng

#6

Baby Don’t hurt me,
don’t hurt me no more.

#7

Why do you think we should suffer in silence?
My heart is broken there’s nothing to break

#8

You’re sufferin’ from delusions of adequacy

#9

neh neh neh neh neh neh neh
neh neh neh neh neh neh neh
neh neh neh neh neh neh neh
neh neh neh neh neh neh neh neh nehhh
[tuba sound comes after the above lyrics]

A/N: ahhhhh please let this be the FIRST to be solved.

#10

I could use a little fuel myself
And we could all use a little change.

#11

I’m just a poor boy, nobody loves me.

Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen
guessed by Jared (MAMMA MIA! mamma mia!)

#12

某年某月某日某时某分某秒

恋爱-ing – Mayday
guessed by Mei Yi
#13

你已经远远离开
我也会慢慢走开

安静 – Jay Chou
guessed by Mei Yi

#14

爱是什么什么是爱
接近以后就电
喜欢以后就追
腻了以后就飞

#15

Where do we go
Where do we go now.

#16a

I don’t wanna run away
Baby you’re the one I need tonight.

No Promises – Shayne Ward
guessed by Jared

#16b

I don’t wanna run away
But I can’t take it, I don’t understand.

If You’re Not The One – Daniel Bedingfield
guessed by Kaimeng

#17

Looking back at the things I’ve done
I was trying to be someone.

Shape Of My Heart – Backstreet Boys
guessed by Jun Ying

#18

两人之间
用默契相连
从那天我就会许下愿

遇上爱 – 杨丞琳
guessed by Stacy
#19

Wash your hand whenever you can
Wash with soap then at least got hope

SARS Rap – PCK
guessed by Jared

#20

用阴谋
阳谋
明说
暗夺
淡薄

曹操 – JJ Lin
guessed by Jared

#21

Plain talking served us so well
Travelled through hell
We know how it felt.

#22

Asereje ja de je de jebe tu de jebere seibiunouva
majavi an de bugui an de buididipi.

The Ketchup Song – Les Ketchup
guessed by Yi Hui

#23

Mother looking at me
Tell me what do you see
Yes, I’ve lost my mind

All The Things She Said – t.A.T.u.
guessed by Jun Ying

#24

How was I to know
You never told me.

Fool Again – Westlife
guessed by Kaimeng

#25

Last night, I had a dream about you
In this dream, I’m dancing right beside you.

Have fun. =)

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

Physics: 12/25

Must. Work. Harder.

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I shall not run out of points for essay tmr. i hope.

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

EDIT EDIT: The quiz has ended! A total of 13 questions are answered correctly.

Steps:

1: Get your playlist together, put it on random, and play.
2: Pick your favorite lines from the first 25 songs that play.
3: Post and let everyone you know guess what song the lines come from.
4: Cross out the songs when someone guesses correctly.

To Kah Hou, and people with similar intentions:

Search engines are forbidden in this game. Thank You. =)

#1

I’m more than a bird…i’m more than a plane
More than some pretty face beside a train

Superman – Five for Fighting

#2

A thousand prayers, a million words
But one voice was heard.

One Voice – Billy Gilman

#5I know I left too much mess and
destruction to come back again
And I caused nothing but trouble

White Flag – Dido

#7Make your heart believe a lie
It’s stronger than your pride

The Trouble With Love Is – Kelly Clarkson

#8

如果能有一天再一次重返光荣
记得找我我的好朋友

孙悟空 – 五月天

#9

Everybody cries, everybody bleeds.
No one ever said that lifes an easy thing.

I will Carry You – Clay Aiken

#11And if you ask us, to do anything
we’ll just tell you, we don’t do anything

The Pirates who don’t do Anything – Reliant K
[haha i got it from Ngiam too]

#13I’m searching everywhere to find her again
To tell her I love her
And I’m sorry ’bout the things I’ve done

25 Minutes – Michael Learns To Rock
[a nice song this is, indeed]

#14

Listen to me now
I need to let you know
You don’t have to go it alone

(Unanswered) Sometimes you can’t make it on your own – U2

#15

Lay down a list of what is wrong
The things you’ve told him all along

#17

I know this is a feeling that I just can’t fight.
You’re the first and last thing on my mind.

You Make Me Wanna – Blue

#20

And I don’t want the world to see me
Cause I don’t think that they’d understand

Iris – Goo Goo Dolls
A/N: OI This is a giveaway question lor. \=

#22

Glaciers melting in the dead of night
And the superstars sucked into the supermassive

Supermassive Black Hole – Muse

#23

Male: I’ve got lips
Female:And I’ve got lips
Both: Let’s get together and use those lips
Female: Let’s go

(Unanswered) Time a-wastin’ – Carl Smith

#24

I’m a little used to wandering outside the rain
You can leave me tomorrow if it suits you just the same

Free Loop – Daniel Powter

#25

I’m just so sick about it
Can’t believe it’s ending this way

What Goes Around Comes Around – Justin Timberlake
[This guy got death threat by Al-Qaeda (!)]

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

Originally posted on July 8 2007 23:31

Your IQ Is 120

Your Logical Intelligence is Below Average Your Verbal Intelligence is Exceptional Your Mathematical Intelligence is Genius Your General Knowledge is Exceptional

A Quick and Dirty IQ Test

I shall also complain about my substandard logical intelligence. \=