like a weed
it twists and twirls and stretches its arms.
it reaches and grabs and chokes.
it crawls and grows and creeps and swirls,
its outstretched limbs strong and sturdy
it strangles, it traps,
it damages, it kills.
it smothers, it rips,
it destroys, it harms.
it rips out your heart and destroys your soul.
how do you crawl out from a hectare of thorns?
how do you escape from its sweeping tendrils?
how do you recover from its vice-like grip?
the exam blues have killed and is damaging still.
there's no escaping the insiduous scourge
of the exam blues.
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seriously, exams are bad. so many people around me are emo-ing now, including myself. emo emo emo.
an extreme case was about 3 weeks ago some scholar from my school committed suicide from a place less than 2km away from my house.
people cry. people weep.
let this all go away.
Thursday, September 28, 2006
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
the best tv show in the world
i have found the best tv show in the world.
For those of you who know how much i love LOST and how good i think it is.. i found something BETTER.
PRISON BREAK!!
Ok here's the rough comparison between Lost and Prison Break.
The way Lost grips you is with its mystery -- each episode produces more questions and perhaps some answers. The intriguing plot slowly unfolds and you delightfully anticipate more and more answers and watch the story unfold.
The way Prison Break grips you is with extremity (whether violence, blood, or shock) and with crisis -- you know the general plan is to escape from the prison. So each episode you gradually learn exactly how they plan to escape.. but the thing is problems keep surfacing that screw up their plans or somehow damage their plans.
A simple example would be like.. let's say they plan to dig through the ground to escape. Then they spend alot of trouble then acquire this spade to dig. Then they have to plan their digging precisely at this time so that there are no guards, and if they are too late then the guard come they kena caught and can't escape.
Then the episode will like end with the spade being stolen or broken 5 minutes before the time.
SOMETHING like that. That was a purely fictional example because i didn't want to spoil it. but every episode is something like that, with a freaking OBSTACLE that screws their plans.
Ok so now you know how Prison Break grips the audience (you!) .. so what exactly is the show about? (a question that can never be answered in less than 5 sentences if you ask about LOST)
It is about a man, Lincoln Burrows, who has been falsely convicted of killing the Vice-President's brother, and is sentenced to hang in 70 days or something like that. Then his brother, Michael Scofield devices a complex plan to get his brother out.
Scofield is a structural engineer, and he actually had the blueprints of the whole jail grounds. (how he got it is explained in the 1st episode) So his plan quite zhai one. You watch the show you'll see his plan unfold.
So in jail, he acquires the help of various individuals which he needs.. rather skilfully. Very interesting and very witty. DAMN GOOD!
Also out of jail, Lincoln's ex-girlfriend tries to uncover who set Lincoln up and WHY. This leads to another ongoing sub-plot in the show.
Ok i know that's more than 5 sentences but it's to give you a better idea. I can just summarize it actually - Some guy trying to escape from prison with his brother, and he has a very complex and interesting plan.
OK, so now you know, must go watch! It screens every Thursday on Channel 5 at 10pm.
Oh oh, ok to attract you even more, there's eye candy for both guys and girls!
The lead actor . Not a very good picture, believe me i tried searching! But this is the nicest i could find.
The nurse in the show who has some sort of love-thing going on with Scofield but nothing substantial yet.
She's super pretty la!! She's prettier than these photos really.
okok. go watch.
And for those who cant wait, i know twins have , i have the dvd of season 1 too. Ask from me if you want :D
For those of you who know how much i love LOST and how good i think it is.. i found something BETTER.
PRISON BREAK!!
Ok here's the rough comparison between Lost and Prison Break.
The way Lost grips you is with its mystery -- each episode produces more questions and perhaps some answers. The intriguing plot slowly unfolds and you delightfully anticipate more and more answers and watch the story unfold.
The way Prison Break grips you is with extremity (whether violence, blood, or shock) and with crisis -- you know the general plan is to escape from the prison. So each episode you gradually learn exactly how they plan to escape.. but the thing is problems keep surfacing that screw up their plans or somehow damage their plans.
A simple example would be like.. let's say they plan to dig through the ground to escape. Then they spend alot of trouble then acquire this spade to dig. Then they have to plan their digging precisely at this time so that there are no guards, and if they are too late then the guard come they kena caught and can't escape.
Then the episode will like end with the spade being stolen or broken 5 minutes before the time.
SOMETHING like that. That was a purely fictional example because i didn't want to spoil it. but every episode is something like that, with a freaking OBSTACLE that screws their plans.
Ok so now you know how Prison Break grips the audience (you!) .. so what exactly is the show about? (a question that can never be answered in less than 5 sentences if you ask about LOST)
It is about a man, Lincoln Burrows, who has been falsely convicted of killing the Vice-President's brother, and is sentenced to hang in 70 days or something like that. Then his brother, Michael Scofield devices a complex plan to get his brother out.
Scofield is a structural engineer, and he actually had the blueprints of the whole jail grounds. (how he got it is explained in the 1st episode) So his plan quite zhai one. You watch the show you'll see his plan unfold.
So in jail, he acquires the help of various individuals which he needs.. rather skilfully. Very interesting and very witty. DAMN GOOD!
Also out of jail, Lincoln's ex-girlfriend tries to uncover who set Lincoln up and WHY. This leads to another ongoing sub-plot in the show.
Ok i know that's more than 5 sentences but it's to give you a better idea. I can just summarize it actually - Some guy trying to escape from prison with his brother, and he has a very complex and interesting plan.
OK, so now you know, must go watch! It screens every Thursday on Channel 5 at 10pm.
Oh oh, ok to attract you even more, there's eye candy for both guys and girls!
The lead actor . Not a very good picture, believe me i tried searching! But this is the nicest i could find.
The nurse in the show who has some sort of love-thing going on with Scofield but nothing substantial yet.
She's super pretty la!! She's prettier than these photos really.
okok. go watch.
And for those who cant wait, i know twins have , i have the dvd of season 1 too. Ask from me if you want :D
Monday, September 25, 2006
happy birthday joanne!!
bah, don't have time to do a nicer one, hope this is good enough =X Wish i knew how to do proper text clouds, but since i don't, an oval will have to suffice.
Really appreciate the things she has done for me, especially the time during O levels when she came out and helped me photocopy alot of geog papers which i practised which eventually was the main reason why i got A1 for combined humans :)
Happy birthday! :)
Really appreciate the things she has done for me, especially the time during O levels when she came out and helped me photocopy alot of geog papers which i practised which eventually was the main reason why i got A1 for combined humans :)
Happy birthday! :)
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
jokes(2)
screwed up math test. made careless mistake for chem. gave a content-lacking presentation.
what the heck, tuesday is over.
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Once a rabbit hopped under a tree and looked up. It saw a bird perched at the top, just sitting there and doing nothing. The rabbit asked the bird, "Can I be just like you and sit around doing nothing?" The bird replied, "Sure." So the rabbit sat at the bottom of the tree and did nothing. Along came a fox and ate up the rabbit.
Moral: If you want to sit around and do nothing, be sure you're at the top
It was cold, bitter winter, and a lone turkey was wandering around in the woods, lost. It wanted to fly up a tree and look around to see if it could find anything familiar in the landscape. However, despite many attempts to fly up to the top of the tree, it failed, as it had been wandering for a long time and was weak. Along came a bull, who asked the turkey what it was trying to do. At the turkey's explanation, the bull suggested, "Why don't you eat some of my shit to give you enough energy to fly up to the tree?" The turkey consented. Sure enough, it had enough energy to fly up the tree. However, a hunter shot it down.
Moral: Bullshit can get you to the top, but it can't keep you there.
There was a fierce winter storm blowing, and a bird dropped down to the ground, too cold and frozen to fly any longer. It knew its end was near. Suddenly, a bull walked past and shitted on the bird. The bird fell deeper into despair. 'I'm already going to die, do I have to suffer this kind of humiliation before I go?' Suddenly, it realised that the shit was warm, and he was beginning to feel less frozen. Soon, he would be able to fly again. In his joy, he started to sing a happy song. A cat heard the song, dug the bird out of the shit, and ate him up.
1st Moral: The person who lands you in shit may not be your enemy, the person who gets you out of shit may not be your friend.
2nd Moral: When you're in deep shit, keep your mouth shut.
what the heck, tuesday is over.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Once a rabbit hopped under a tree and looked up. It saw a bird perched at the top, just sitting there and doing nothing. The rabbit asked the bird, "Can I be just like you and sit around doing nothing?" The bird replied, "Sure." So the rabbit sat at the bottom of the tree and did nothing. Along came a fox and ate up the rabbit.
Moral: If you want to sit around and do nothing, be sure you're at the top
It was cold, bitter winter, and a lone turkey was wandering around in the woods, lost. It wanted to fly up a tree and look around to see if it could find anything familiar in the landscape. However, despite many attempts to fly up to the top of the tree, it failed, as it had been wandering for a long time and was weak. Along came a bull, who asked the turkey what it was trying to do. At the turkey's explanation, the bull suggested, "Why don't you eat some of my shit to give you enough energy to fly up to the tree?" The turkey consented. Sure enough, it had enough energy to fly up the tree. However, a hunter shot it down.
Moral: Bullshit can get you to the top, but it can't keep you there.
There was a fierce winter storm blowing, and a bird dropped down to the ground, too cold and frozen to fly any longer. It knew its end was near. Suddenly, a bull walked past and shitted on the bird. The bird fell deeper into despair. 'I'm already going to die, do I have to suffer this kind of humiliation before I go?' Suddenly, it realised that the shit was warm, and he was beginning to feel less frozen. Soon, he would be able to fly again. In his joy, he started to sing a happy song. A cat heard the song, dug the bird out of the shit, and ate him up.
1st Moral: The person who lands you in shit may not be your enemy, the person who gets you out of shit may not be your friend.
2nd Moral: When you're in deep shit, keep your mouth shut.
Saturday, September 16, 2006
jokes
I'm gonna post jokes regularly from now on. I found a good source :D
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A couple were going out for the evening. They'd gotten ready, all dolled up, dog put out, etc. The taxi arrives, and as the couple start out, the dog shoots back in the house. They don't want the dog shut in the house, so the wife goes out to the taxi while the husband goes upstairs to chase the dog out.
The wife, not wanting it known that the house will be empty explains to the taxi driver:"He's just going upstairs to say good-bye to my mother."A few minutes later, the husband gets into the cab.
"Sorry I took so long" he says. "Stupid bitch was hiding under the bed and I had to poke her with a coat hanger to get her to come out! Then I had to wrap her in a blanket to keep her from scratching and biting me as I hauled her ass downstairs and tossed her in the back yard! She better not shit in the vegetable garden again either!"
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Dinner Conversation
_________________
WIFE: "What would you do if I died? Would you get married again?"
HUSBAND: "Definitely not!"
WIFE: "Why not - don't you like being married?"
HUSBAND: "Of course I do."
WIFE: "Then why wouldn't you remarry?"
HUSBAND: "Okay, I'd get married again."
WIFE: "You would? (with a hurtful look on her face)."
HUSBAND: (makes audible groan).
WIFE: "Would you sleep with her in our bed?"
HUSBAND: "Where else would we sleep?"
WIFE: "Would you replace my pictures with hers?"
HUSBAND: "That would seem like the proper thing to do."
WIFE: "Would she use my golf clubs?"
HUSBAND: "No, she's left-handed."
WIFE: - - - silence - - -
HUSBAND: "Shit."
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A couple were going out for the evening. They'd gotten ready, all dolled up, dog put out, etc. The taxi arrives, and as the couple start out, the dog shoots back in the house. They don't want the dog shut in the house, so the wife goes out to the taxi while the husband goes upstairs to chase the dog out.
The wife, not wanting it known that the house will be empty explains to the taxi driver:"He's just going upstairs to say good-bye to my mother."A few minutes later, the husband gets into the cab.
"Sorry I took so long" he says. "Stupid bitch was hiding under the bed and I had to poke her with a coat hanger to get her to come out! Then I had to wrap her in a blanket to keep her from scratching and biting me as I hauled her ass downstairs and tossed her in the back yard! She better not shit in the vegetable garden again either!"
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Dinner Conversation
_________________
WIFE: "What would you do if I died? Would you get married again?"
HUSBAND: "Definitely not!"
WIFE: "Why not - don't you like being married?"
HUSBAND: "Of course I do."
WIFE: "Then why wouldn't you remarry?"
HUSBAND: "Okay, I'd get married again."
WIFE: "You would? (with a hurtful look on her face)."
HUSBAND: (makes audible groan).
WIFE: "Would you sleep with her in our bed?"
HUSBAND: "Where else would we sleep?"
WIFE: "Would you replace my pictures with hers?"
HUSBAND: "That would seem like the proper thing to do."
WIFE: "Would she use my golf clubs?"
HUSBAND: "No, she's left-handed."
WIFE: - - - silence - - -
HUSBAND: "Shit."
the weirdos at mcdonald's
zz. SO MUCH TO COVER by promos! how to finish sia. and to top it off this coming week has a crazy tuesday - on one day i have a math test, a chem test and a GP presentation.
*!#%@#%
I haven't played dota in over a week, but i dont really crave anything from it. I think i'm actually fine not playing it, i'm not really addicted. wahaha. still use computer though. zz gotta study moreeee
anyway i went to mcdonalds near my house today to study at night, because i was afraid if i stayed at home i wouldn't be able to concentrate with the computer right there and because i had to get dinner anyway.
So after eating and studying for a short while.. this guy next to me started singing.
DAMN IRRITATING !
1) He was singing 80% of the time in falsetto
2) He was offkey most of the time
3) His voice was terrible
4) He sing until very emo, his head also like move with the song
5) It's some chinese song so it's more irritating
6) It was almost as loud as the background music playing in Mcdonald's meaning the music couldn't drown him out.
7) He was singing a chinese song he was listening to in his earphones so it totally clashed with the mcdonald's 9.87FM music too
like OMG can!!! I seriously wanted to walk over to him and rip off his earphones and throw his ipod/mp3player/handphone/whateverwasplayingthemusic on the floor and tell him to shutup. But then there was this manager in mcdonald (wear the special maroon shirt one, not the uniform) who was like.. big. like 1.8m and 150kg size. So if i went to confront the singingfool i think the bigmanager can throw me out literally.
After some time he stopped, then occasionally started again. the moments of silence(not really silence since it's mcdonald's and mcdonald's is never quiet) were sheer bliss.
Then there halfway through this indian couple sat down next to me on the other side.. the girl must have been 18/19 at the most, with her little sister of maybe 5 years old, and her NS boyfriend. The boyfriend brought a laptop for the sister to play with, so the stupid sound effects from the game super irritating.
Then, the boyfriend was making NOISY kid sounds and saying irritating things like 'nananeepoopoo' and 'haha you lose' and 'orr horrrrrrr... you lose already.. howwww?'
WALAO EHHH. Then the girlfriend was like glancing at me sympathetically once in a while because i was obviously covering my ears and trying to concentrate on my tough physics problems and her retarded bf was making unnecessary noise and the stupid guy on the other side was singing so loud that even she could hear it.
like OMGWTFBBQISPXAMQ.
So much to study.
so little time.
zzz
take a look at this:
This is my class :) haha. looks like an ordinary class photograph right. taken with a lousy camera.
hmm.. wait how come it looks slanted abit. camera problem?
!! It's on the screen!!
=D My class was just waiting for our GP teacher to come (who is always always late and gives stupid stupid excuses) then there was a visualiser in front, so we just turned it to face us and some of us started posing stupidly. Then suddenly someone say 'eh class photo class photo ! all come!' then we all just gathered around and we selected 'Freeze' option on the visualizer =D hahaha
~~~
Went to coffeebean for the first time in my life! yes surprisingly i realised i never really patronized coffeebean before, because
1) paying over 1 dollar for a cup of coffee sounds stupid to me no matter how good it is
2) i went to starbucks last time instead of coffeebean.
I bought an expensive $5 hot chocolate cos it was super cold. It was big and .. rather nice. But worth $5?? nah. can probably do the same with milk and hershey's syrup, and get like 3 times the amount.
Sigh. study study. organic chem's a b*tch. there is SO much information to memorize la. can die.
This is my class :) haha. looks like an ordinary class photograph right. taken with a lousy camera.
hmm.. wait how come it looks slanted abit. camera problem?
!! It's on the screen!!
=D My class was just waiting for our GP teacher to come (who is always always late and gives stupid stupid excuses) then there was a visualiser in front, so we just turned it to face us and some of us started posing stupidly. Then suddenly someone say 'eh class photo class photo ! all come!' then we all just gathered around and we selected 'Freeze' option on the visualizer =D hahaha
~~~
Went to coffeebean for the first time in my life! yes surprisingly i realised i never really patronized coffeebean before, because
1) paying over 1 dollar for a cup of coffee sounds stupid to me no matter how good it is
2) i went to starbucks last time instead of coffeebean.
I bought an expensive $5 hot chocolate cos it was super cold. It was big and .. rather nice. But worth $5?? nah. can probably do the same with milk and hershey's syrup, and get like 3 times the amount.
Sigh. study study. organic chem's a b*tch. there is SO much information to memorize la. can die.
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
pink timo
hahahaha.
what's making me laugh? hang on i'll tell you very soon.
anyway as you can see, i have a new banner! :) did it last night, kinda rushed it so the arrangement isn't ideal. I reblended several parts today, so i hope the edges are pretty smooth.
and.. i have a shocking declaration to make : i'm gonna stop playing dota for 3 weeks.
yep. To prepare for promos, i'm going to stop playing. so you can now check by messaging me on MSN if you see me online.. i -should- reply, unless i'm playing NBA =X which is unlikely.
But i'll still use the computer. i think every night 9pm then i come on. last time is 7+ come on and play dota till 10~ then stay online till 11+.
Now, i'll study till 9pm, use com, then go off at 10.30 to read storybook ^_^
guai me.
Anyway why was i laughing? check out what i did with photoshop:
^_^ sorry timo i was bored ^_^
what's making me laugh? hang on i'll tell you very soon.
anyway as you can see, i have a new banner! :) did it last night, kinda rushed it so the arrangement isn't ideal. I reblended several parts today, so i hope the edges are pretty smooth.
and.. i have a shocking declaration to make : i'm gonna stop playing dota for 3 weeks.
yep. To prepare for promos, i'm going to stop playing. so you can now check by messaging me on MSN if you see me online.. i -should- reply, unless i'm playing NBA =X which is unlikely.
But i'll still use the computer. i think every night 9pm then i come on. last time is 7+ come on and play dota till 10~ then stay online till 11+.
Now, i'll study till 9pm, use com, then go off at 10.30 to read storybook ^_^
guai me.
Anyway why was i laughing? check out what i did with photoshop:
^_^ sorry timo i was bored ^_^
Monday, September 11, 2006
new banner
After playing with the blending effect on photoshop for my spectacles picture, i couldn't resist doing it again. Hence, the new banner :D like it?
12.01AM good night. zzz.
12.01AM good night. zzz.
Sunday, September 10, 2006
red specs
Woot. drums was shiok. although i missed a beat then totally lost ... during offertory that time.. doing the 16beat thing then i missed a beat. then.. oops. haha.
Anyway. i liked the reaction i got about my specs ^^ haha. everyone was saying 'eh cool specs' or something like that. of course got the few that said 'you look funnneee!' . hahaha. nvm la make people laugh also can.
anyway here's something i did with photoshop.. everyone in it were willing parties!! like they ownself say wanna try my specs. Then i told them 'eh must close your eyes ok'.
so...
enjoy and laugh ^_^
Anyway. i liked the reaction i got about my specs ^^ haha. everyone was saying 'eh cool specs' or something like that. of course got the few that said 'you look funnneee!' . hahaha. nvm la make people laugh also can.
anyway here's something i did with photoshop.. everyone in it were willing parties!! like they ownself say wanna try my specs. Then i told them 'eh must close your eyes ok'.
so...
enjoy and laugh ^_^
Saturday, September 09, 2006
a waste of time
zz. today was one of those days where you just wished you had spent your time more wisely.
It started off with worship practice.. well, was quite fun. Full band, with two WSL , electric guitar,synthesizer, bassguitar, percussions. and me on drums la. overall quite ok la.
oh yea kel always has this look.. when he ask you to try something then after several times you still can't get it, he'll try to be patient, then just nod slowly but not maintain eye contact with you, kinda like a 'nice try.. but still wrong. nvm. i'm trying to be patient. grr.' gesture.
oh well.
Then right, i'm supposed to meet my mom at 730 at some spectacles place near bishan to go check the lens cos it's blur - i can't see faraway words clearly. worship prac ended around 3~, then i planned to study either downstairs or at J8 /bishan library. Didn't want to go home cos troublesome, then must come out again.
Then when i went downstairs, the old building was all locked up. ok great. ok off to bishan.
when i reached bishan, all the food places were full, absolutely no seats. so i decided to check out the new bishan library...
it was packed to the brim la!! SUPER crowded man! all 4 stories ALL full! every single seat was taken, and even all the prime floor spaces were gone.
Oh but the design is quite nice.. each floor has these.. nice corners that peeks out of the building, with glass panels. So you're like sitting on a suspended part of the building. Kinda hard to describe it you need to see it for yourself.
So i went back to junction 8.. then got a seat at the Mcdonalds. Then after doing my work for like 10-15 minutes.. this blur china-woman manager came and told me i couldn't study there, no space, very crowded.
ok wait, tell you what, i'll try to reenact it so it's easier.
A - alan (me)
C - blur chinalady manager
(some parts she mix chinese and english, but i'll just put all english)
C: Er excuse me sir, i'm sorry, you cannot study here, weekend very crowded, later customers complain.
A: -turns to my right and stares at the empty table next to me-
C: Please sir, later got more people, then they no space to sit.
A: Then if i buy something to eat i can stay?
C: er no no, cannot.
A: ?? What? I buy something to eat then i cannot stay?
C: Oh can, but you must close your book.
A: ??? -look of disbelief-
C: You can go the library nearby, there can study also
A: I went already, it's full.
C: -thinks for a while-. Are you a member at the CC? There also got some nice study area. -goes on a rather long pitch on how good the CC is for studying and how cheap the membership is. wth. she must be some part-time committee member there-
A: -nods understandingly and starts to pack-.
~~~
Well, i could have argued alot more based on that bolded sentence she made. but because i was too lazy and kinda tired and the place was quite noisy anyway, i decided not to.
Possible argument:
A: Eh wth?? I can stay but i must close my book? eh excuse me i buy food means i'm eating right. I'm sure you won't approach a group of people who eat very slowly and tell them 'er sorry please eat faster we need the table space'. So if i buy food/drink then i'm free to stay and read my notes as long as i want right? maybe i can only drink 10ml every 30 minutes otherwise my large intestine will explode?
Anyway after i left the place.. i walked around and still no space. It was already around 4+ then. After much consideration, i decided to go home. SO WASTE TIME I SHOULD HAVE GONE HOME IN THE FIRST PLACE FROM CHURCH.
So i took a long train ride home (bus must walk longer, lazy) , and reached home around 5+. Took a nap and woke up at 6, then went to eat at KFC (they always got pretty secondaryschool girls working at the counter there =X) (eh no that's not the reason why i ate there ok. i didn't even queue up at the counter with the girls) , then headed to the optician.
Then right.. i think my eye got problem. Well my old spectacles degree is 650 /650. Then the new one is 675/650. Then somehow the old one is clearer. Like i look at words a distance away , it's sharper. With the new one it's a little blurry.
Then i tried all the different variations of degrees,(with the mechanical glasses. wear already look like robocop) 650/650 , 650/675, 675/675, 700/700... but all were not as clear as my old spectacles!!
So after like 20 minutes of testing i decided to stay with the new specs degree, and try to test it out for another week, maybe have to adjust to it. :S
i hope it works la.
anyway. WASTED TIME AGAIN. went all the way to that optician then actually i'm staying with my old specs. zzz.
What a waste of time.
It started off with worship practice.. well, was quite fun. Full band, with two WSL , electric guitar,synthesizer, bassguitar, percussions. and me on drums la. overall quite ok la.
oh yea kel always has this look.. when he ask you to try something then after several times you still can't get it, he'll try to be patient, then just nod slowly but not maintain eye contact with you, kinda like a 'nice try.. but still wrong. nvm. i'm trying to be patient. grr.' gesture.
oh well.
Then right, i'm supposed to meet my mom at 730 at some spectacles place near bishan to go check the lens cos it's blur - i can't see faraway words clearly. worship prac ended around 3~, then i planned to study either downstairs or at J8 /bishan library. Didn't want to go home cos troublesome, then must come out again.
Then when i went downstairs, the old building was all locked up. ok great. ok off to bishan.
when i reached bishan, all the food places were full, absolutely no seats. so i decided to check out the new bishan library...
it was packed to the brim la!! SUPER crowded man! all 4 stories ALL full! every single seat was taken, and even all the prime floor spaces were gone.
Oh but the design is quite nice.. each floor has these.. nice corners that peeks out of the building, with glass panels. So you're like sitting on a suspended part of the building. Kinda hard to describe it you need to see it for yourself.
So i went back to junction 8.. then got a seat at the Mcdonalds. Then after doing my work for like 10-15 minutes.. this blur china-woman manager came and told me i couldn't study there, no space, very crowded.
ok wait, tell you what, i'll try to reenact it so it's easier.
A - alan (me)
C - blur chinalady manager
(some parts she mix chinese and english, but i'll just put all english)
C: Er excuse me sir, i'm sorry, you cannot study here, weekend very crowded, later customers complain.
A: -turns to my right and stares at the empty table next to me-
C: Please sir, later got more people, then they no space to sit.
A: Then if i buy something to eat i can stay?
C: er no no, cannot.
A: ?? What? I buy something to eat then i cannot stay?
C: Oh can, but you must close your book.
A: ??? -look of disbelief-
C: You can go the library nearby, there can study also
A: I went already, it's full.
C: -thinks for a while-. Are you a member at the CC? There also got some nice study area. -goes on a rather long pitch on how good the CC is for studying and how cheap the membership is. wth. she must be some part-time committee member there-
A: -nods understandingly and starts to pack-.
~~~
Well, i could have argued alot more based on that bolded sentence she made. but because i was too lazy and kinda tired and the place was quite noisy anyway, i decided not to.
Possible argument:
A: Eh wth?? I can stay but i must close my book? eh excuse me i buy food means i'm eating right. I'm sure you won't approach a group of people who eat very slowly and tell them 'er sorry please eat faster we need the table space'. So if i buy food/drink then i'm free to stay and read my notes as long as i want right? maybe i can only drink 10ml every 30 minutes otherwise my large intestine will explode?
Anyway after i left the place.. i walked around and still no space. It was already around 4+ then. After much consideration, i decided to go home. SO WASTE TIME I SHOULD HAVE GONE HOME IN THE FIRST PLACE FROM CHURCH.
So i took a long train ride home (bus must walk longer, lazy) , and reached home around 5+. Took a nap and woke up at 6, then went to eat at KFC (they always got pretty secondaryschool girls working at the counter there =X) (eh no that's not the reason why i ate there ok. i didn't even queue up at the counter with the girls) , then headed to the optician.
Then right.. i think my eye got problem. Well my old spectacles degree is 650 /650. Then the new one is 675/650. Then somehow the old one is clearer. Like i look at words a distance away , it's sharper. With the new one it's a little blurry.
Then i tried all the different variations of degrees,(with the mechanical glasses. wear already look like robocop) 650/650 , 650/675, 675/675, 700/700... but all were not as clear as my old spectacles!!
So after like 20 minutes of testing i decided to stay with the new specs degree, and try to test it out for another week, maybe have to adjust to it. :S
i hope it works la.
anyway. WASTED TIME AGAIN. went all the way to that optician then actually i'm staying with my old specs. zzz.
What a waste of time.
Friday, September 08, 2006
the evolution of dance
haven't been blogging anything for a while, haven't had the mood.
bahz, promos are coming, and gotta study. not really in the mood, though i've drawn up the study timetable which actually starts today but i didn't follow it. ^^ sigh.
discipline! gogogo alan.
Oh i got bad news. you wont get to see my funky specs this weekend! cos well, i realised it's kinda blur and i can't see faraway things clearly.. so i'm gona go change it or something. sigh.
anyway, i uploaded a whole bunch of stuff on my portfolio site, go check it out (look at the side bar). =D
Andd.... click this and have it at the side or something, before watching the following video. it's basically the song list of the songs that occur in the video. it's super funny!
bahz, promos are coming, and gotta study. not really in the mood, though i've drawn up the study timetable which actually starts today but i didn't follow it. ^^ sigh.
discipline! gogogo alan.
Oh i got bad news. you wont get to see my funky specs this weekend! cos well, i realised it's kinda blur and i can't see faraway things clearly.. so i'm gona go change it or something. sigh.
anyway, i uploaded a whole bunch of stuff on my portfolio site, go check it out (look at the side bar). =D
Andd.... click this and have it at the side or something, before watching the following video. it's basically the song list of the songs that occur in the video. it's super funny!
Wednesday, September 06, 2006
new specs!
Haha. This is a sneak preview of what i look like. Keep you in suspense :D
Tahdah. i like man it's chio. ^^
Quite heng at first i thought i'll look super faggy then my mom keep saying 'i never see any guys wear leh.. only girls wear red one'. Then she thinks i'm gay or something.
but after putting it on and looking at it for awhile.. it's not that bad! i like! :D
Monday, September 04, 2006
a good website
I have a website to recommend. It isn't very often that i recommend websites, so this one must be really good ^_^
I've been reading from this website for quite awhile: http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/
just start reading from 'Best of StevePavlina.com' from the sidebar.
Some of his articles are really really interesting, full of useful information as well as motivation. I wish i could print out everything and read them offline, so i can appease my nagging mom who keep saying 'alan ah you must read more stop using computer' when i'm reading all these super helpful articles.
Go read!
I've been reading from this website for quite awhile: http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/
just start reading from 'Best of StevePavlina.com' from the sidebar.
Some of his articles are really really interesting, full of useful information as well as motivation. I wish i could print out everything and read them offline, so i can appease my nagging mom who keep saying 'alan ah you must read more stop using computer' when i'm reading all these super helpful articles.
Go read!
dear unhappy
I'm sorry for how you're feeling now. I never intended things to be interpreted this way and for things to turn out this way. You should know that, if you think about it for a while. Why would i.
I have editted away certain portions of a certain entry so it isn't as bad as before. I am personally against ENTIRELY taking down a blog entry, if you follow all my old blogs you would know. Even when threatened with legal matters and stuff.. i didn't take anything down. But now, i have taken down several paragraphs. So it should be clear that I want to try to rectify matters.
What i do now or say probably wouldn't change anything that you have felt or anything that has happened. But i promise i will not do whatever i've done again, or at least consciously try not to.
Once again, i'm sorry for what has happened. I hope everything turns out fine. You noticed i didn't spam this whole entry with 'sorrys'. Because that, in my opinion, seems the most insincere, as i've seen people do before. People just use that term too loosely.
Anyway. Yup. I've said what i wanted. If you have no idea what this post is about, don't worry. You don't have to know.
bye.
what a way to start the holidays
I have editted away certain portions of a certain entry so it isn't as bad as before. I am personally against ENTIRELY taking down a blog entry, if you follow all my old blogs you would know. Even when threatened with legal matters and stuff.. i didn't take anything down. But now, i have taken down several paragraphs. So it should be clear that I want to try to rectify matters.
What i do now or say probably wouldn't change anything that you have felt or anything that has happened. But i promise i will not do whatever i've done again, or at least consciously try not to.
Once again, i'm sorry for what has happened. I hope everything turns out fine. You noticed i didn't spam this whole entry with 'sorrys'. Because that, in my opinion, seems the most insincere, as i've seen people do before. People just use that term too loosely.
Anyway. Yup. I've said what i wanted. If you have no idea what this post is about, don't worry. You don't have to know.
bye.
what a way to start the holidays
Sunday, September 03, 2006
eggy egg. church.
Woot. church was quite happening today. well ok not really but i got alot to blog.
Well, i entered church with some sort of a cold. Then when i went choirloft and sit.. wa damn cold then i was sitting with clara . Then i changed places with her so i was further away from the aircon.. then STILL damn cold. my nose was killing me la. keep sniffing and stuff.
so after a while buay dahan already, i left the place. Then i went down to main worship hall ... WA LAO EH!! FREEZER AH!!
So cannot la. i think i will get a fever by the end of service if i stayed. So i went to staircase there stone awhile. then keep changing places. was at the hut , stone awhile. then i saw aunty geraldine run from the old buildling to the new building. i think she was checking on aiko.
THEN YEA HOR! GOT CRECHE!
So bingo i went to play with the kiddies. or rather.
aiko!
hahaha damn cute la she. she got this super mischevious grin that she occasionally does. but dunno how to get her to do. haha. initially she keep saying 'nnnnnOO!' to me. haha damn cute still! but after awhile friendly le. ok not really, but at least stop saying noo to me.
oh oh i tell you a secret. (the following part is fictional)
.
.
.
aiko has a boyfriend!!
.
.
alan: or hor aiko... so young got boyfriend already.. how can?!!
.
.
.
aiko: hehe! don't tell my mommy can le!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
haha ok. thennn. oh yea during lunch time daniel perform magic trick.
haha cool right. and no, the can isn't leaning on the cup. and even if it was, i don't think it's easy also. It is just balancing like that. haha. you go try la. must vary the amount of water in the can.
alright then after that, it was just basketball for 3 hours. quite sucky i wasn't shooting well.
Oh but i won 3point shootout =) against gabs and johnson (tianen's friend who's quite zhun at 3pt in game). First to reach 3, i won the 2nd round. =) first round the johnson IMBA he shot 3 in a row.
i'm damn shacked now la!
2 days straight of basketball.
Oh yea in case some of you don't know, yesterday was the inter church basketball competition and i got two guys, alwyn and kokting from my school to come down and play for us. They were damn good la! i think without them we wouldn't even win 2 matches.
Then we actually reached finals!! but kena thrashed then by tianen's friend team a.k.a bethesda serangoon.
damn shack.
oh yea i was just thinking about - eggs. Did you realise that they're super useful and good! Just for the function of eating, there are so many types already - half boiled, boiled egg, scrambled eggs, fried egg, omelette!
and if you branch off even more, there's ludan, (the brownish egg that mixed rice stalls have) cha ye dan (egg boiled in tea or something), sian dan (salted duck egg i think), pigeon's egg (my sec sch yong tau foo stall have)
So many! I think my favourite is omelette. followed by scrambled eggs, then followed by boiled egg, then fried egg, then half boiled.
ok you know scrambled eggs actually look quite disgusting. haha. I think if you add brown dye it'll SERIOUSLY look like.. erm. shit. hahaha. i've been trying to find a picture of scrambled eggs. so heck i'm posting this one since got other nice food next to it.
YUMMY!
then besides eating, got so many other uses also. can do magic trick! you know the one where they put salt underneath a table cloth to form a mini-mount then balance the egg on it then they say the egg is standing.
then can do physics experiment. spin the boiled egg and spin the normal egg, then because of some physics law one will spin longer.
then can use for decorative purposes! easter eggs are nice!
Nice man! All hand painted leh!
It also created some English phrases which have totally no link to eggs. 'i will egg you on'.
egg- –verb (used with object) to incite or urge; encourage (usually fol. by on).
It also led to the makings of some idioms:
—Idioms
wow! so many uses for eggs! so i hope i've convinced you that the egg is one of the best creations god has made besides Man and dota, and of course dont forget one last function of the egg: to puzzle silly scientists/philosophers who dont have anything better to do but wonder and theorotize at the question 'which came first, the chicken or the egg?'
^_^ cheers. good night.
Well, i entered church with some sort of a cold. Then when i went choirloft and sit.. wa damn cold then i was sitting with clara . Then i changed places with her so i was further away from the aircon.. then STILL damn cold. my nose was killing me la. keep sniffing and stuff.
so after a while buay dahan already, i left the place. Then i went down to main worship hall ... WA LAO EH!! FREEZER AH!!
So cannot la. i think i will get a fever by the end of service if i stayed. So i went to staircase there stone awhile. then keep changing places. was at the hut , stone awhile. then i saw aunty geraldine run from the old buildling to the new building. i think she was checking on aiko.
THEN YEA HOR! GOT CRECHE!
So bingo i went to play with the kiddies. or rather.
aiko!
hahaha damn cute la she. she got this super mischevious grin that she occasionally does. but dunno how to get her to do. haha. initially she keep saying 'nnnnnOO!' to me. haha damn cute still! but after awhile friendly le. ok not really, but at least stop saying noo to me.
oh oh i tell you a secret. (the following part is fictional)
.
.
.
aiko has a boyfriend!!
.
.
alan: or hor aiko... so young got boyfriend already.. how can?!!
.
.
.
aiko: hehe! don't tell my mommy can le!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
haha ok. thennn. oh yea during lunch time daniel perform magic trick.
haha cool right. and no, the can isn't leaning on the cup. and even if it was, i don't think it's easy also. It is just balancing like that. haha. you go try la. must vary the amount of water in the can.
alright then after that, it was just basketball for 3 hours. quite sucky i wasn't shooting well.
Oh but i won 3point shootout =) against gabs and johnson (tianen's friend who's quite zhun at 3pt in game). First to reach 3, i won the 2nd round. =) first round the johnson IMBA he shot 3 in a row.
i'm damn shacked now la!
2 days straight of basketball.
Oh yea in case some of you don't know, yesterday was the inter church basketball competition and i got two guys, alwyn and kokting from my school to come down and play for us. They were damn good la! i think without them we wouldn't even win 2 matches.
Then we actually reached finals!! but kena thrashed then by tianen's friend team a.k.a bethesda serangoon.
damn shack.
oh yea i was just thinking about - eggs. Did you realise that they're super useful and good! Just for the function of eating, there are so many types already - half boiled, boiled egg, scrambled eggs, fried egg, omelette!
and if you branch off even more, there's ludan, (the brownish egg that mixed rice stalls have) cha ye dan (egg boiled in tea or something), sian dan (salted duck egg i think), pigeon's egg (my sec sch yong tau foo stall have)
So many! I think my favourite is omelette. followed by scrambled eggs, then followed by boiled egg, then fried egg, then half boiled.
ok you know scrambled eggs actually look quite disgusting. haha. I think if you add brown dye it'll SERIOUSLY look like.. erm. shit. hahaha. i've been trying to find a picture of scrambled eggs. so heck i'm posting this one since got other nice food next to it.
YUMMY!
then besides eating, got so many other uses also. can do magic trick! you know the one where they put salt underneath a table cloth to form a mini-mount then balance the egg on it then they say the egg is standing.
then can do physics experiment. spin the boiled egg and spin the normal egg, then because of some physics law one will spin longer.
then can use for decorative purposes! easter eggs are nice!
Nice man! All hand painted leh!
It also created some English phrases which have totally no link to eggs. 'i will egg you on'.
egg- –verb (used with object) to incite or urge; encourage (usually fol. by on).
It also led to the makings of some idioms:
—Idioms
| 9. | egg on one's face, Informal. humiliation or embarrassment resulting from having said or done something foolish or unwise: They were afraid to back the losing candidate and wind up with egg on their faces. |
| 10. | lay an egg, Informal. to fail wretchedly, esp. to be unsuccessful in front of an audience: He laid an egg as the romantic hero. |
| 11. | put all one's eggs in one basket, to venture all of something that one possesses in a single enterprise. |
| 12. | walk on eggs, to walk or act very cautiously. |
wow! so many uses for eggs! so i hope i've convinced you that the egg is one of the best creations god has made besides Man and dota, and of course dont forget one last function of the egg: to puzzle silly scientists/philosophers who dont have anything better to do but wonder and theorotize at the question 'which came first, the chicken or the egg?'
^_^ cheers. good night.
Friday, September 01, 2006
new new
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ok when you see me in two weeks time don't laugh at me.
First day of holidays today, woot. Slept quite late last night because i was listening to someone talk talk talk =) quite interesting past week got several people confide in me. i feel so trustworthy. ^^ haha.
anywayy. went with mommy to go and buy specs + shoes.
My new specs are like square, completely red, with a spot of black somewhere i can't remember where. But it's like 80-90% red. AHH. Don't laugh too hard when you see me with it. But it takes 1 week to make, so i won't be wearing it this sunday yet. next week lor .
new nike shoes!
I like =) Sooo much nicer than my previous grey/black one. Hope this one lasts longer.
anyway if you havent seen the boogaloo dance in the previous entry, go see it now! the 2nd video. I'm like so in love with it i watched it at least 20 times le.
This entry seems so short compared to the longer ones i'm used to ugh.
Anyway, i'm quite excited about tomorrow =) It was the.. -thing- to look forward to this week. Don't you all have -things- that you look forward to? Like for example you make a date with this hot guy/girl then the whole week you look forward to it. or you love BAY alot so you whole week can't wait for saturday. etcetc.
tmr got dota against ivin's students, then interchurch bball!! heh i'm asking my school friends to come down. cos we not enough players. hope we win although i'm so noob. hope i score a few =D
ok when you see me in two weeks time don't laugh at me.
First day of holidays today, woot. Slept quite late last night because i was listening to someone talk talk talk =) quite interesting past week got several people confide in me. i feel so trustworthy. ^^ haha.
anywayy. went with mommy to go and buy specs + shoes.
My new specs are like square, completely red, with a spot of black somewhere i can't remember where. But it's like 80-90% red. AHH. Don't laugh too hard when you see me with it. But it takes 1 week to make, so i won't be wearing it this sunday yet. next week lor .
new nike shoes!
I like =) Sooo much nicer than my previous grey/black one. Hope this one lasts longer.
anyway if you havent seen the boogaloo dance in the previous entry, go see it now! the 2nd video. I'm like so in love with it i watched it at least 20 times le.
This entry seems so short compared to the longer ones i'm used to ugh.
Anyway, i'm quite excited about tomorrow =) It was the.. -thing- to look forward to this week. Don't you all have -things- that you look forward to? Like for example you make a date with this hot guy/girl then the whole week you look forward to it. or you love BAY alot so you whole week can't wait for saturday. etcetc.
tmr got dota against ivin's students, then interchurch bball!! heh i'm asking my school friends to come down. cos we not enough players. hope we win although i'm so noob. hope i score a few =D
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