Happy Chinese New Year!

Hey guys, just felt in the mood to blog. Hope you have awwwwwesome Chinese New Year chums and chumettes.

Formalities aside, why does everyone wish each other prosperity during Chinese New Year when we all know money isn't everything? Sure it can buy you stuff like Lamborghini-es and Jimmy Choos but cars break down and shoes go out of fashion. Isn't it all just a chasing after the wind leaving you even more uncontent?

Just thought up this while having breakfast. Hope you guys can contribute!

At long last

I've finally come to updating my blog. Anyway, before i start, i would like to wish everyone a *inhales deeply* MerryChristmasHappyNewYearandCongratsonyourO's.

For those curious about my results,this is how i fared

English.................B3
Combined Humanities.....A2
Mathematics.............A1
Additional Mathematics..A1
Physics.................A1
Chemistry...............A2
Biology.................A1

that gives me an L1R5 of 9 and L1R4 of 8

O level results came as a both a pleasant and slightly unpleasant surprise.
For those that don't know, i have never once passed my Social Studies component in Combined Humanities and I didn't do very well in the Geography component either, scoring around 51%
The only time i passed Combined Humanities was during the prelims and even then, it was again around 51%.
So understandably, getting and A2 for Combined Humanities was like "Waaaaa!" for me.

Then the slightly unpleasant surprise came. I was quite confident of getting an A1 for Chemistry, cause it is the subject i think i was doing best in and did the most practice of.

Oh well, Results are out and the choices are submitted already. My choices are,in order of choice

1.Victoria Junior College
2.Temasek Junior College
3.St. Andrew's Junior College
4.Anglo-Chinese Junior College
5.Anderson Junior College
6.Meridian Junior College
7.Catholic Junior College
8.Chemical and Biomedical Engineering at Ngee Ann Poly
9.Chemical Engineering at Singapore Poly
10.Biomedical Engineering at Ngee Ann Poly
11.Bioengineering at Singapore Poly
12.Tampines Junior College

So those are my choices.

Thanks for reading.

World Slalom Championship

or in short, WSC, 3 days of awesome world class skating action happened not too long ago. With contestants from countries like China, France, Italy, the U.K. and the USA, it was almost impossible for it to be boring. On top of that, it was the inaugural WSC and Singapore was hosting it. The Chinese contestants really stole the show with contestants that are younger than 10 showing up. Contestants from Korea and Taipei were also very entertaining pulling of fast and sometimes cheeky moves and without ado, may i present, images of WSC.




That's Chen Chen from China she's only 10 but she's the world number 1 in women's slalom category.


Italy's Ferrari Tiziano, world no. 7 in men's slalom category.


Singapore's very own Terence Cheung world no. 17 for ment's slalom category.


A picture with the French competitors. from left, Azri, Le Xuan(Competitor), Fanny Violeau (Competitor), Melvin, Me!


A picture of me with Ferrari Tiziano and someone else lol.


Us with Sebastien Laffargue

so that's just some of the pictures i have, hope you enjoyed reading this post. Justin's blog has some pictures uploaded as well.

See you at the next post.

Remember me?

Hey guys! I'm terribly sorry that I haven't been updating recently. Probably cause i was always too lazy, i dunno but sometimes you feel like blogging but then the back of your mind tells you not to even though you won't be doing anything productive for the rest of the day?

Anyway, for those interested in what i've been doing instead of blogging, here's the list.

Working at sitex
Church camp-ing
Skating
Playing Call of Duty World at War (not a really good game though)
Watching top gear and a few anime series.
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I think that's it. pretty short list but i've been spending quite a lot of time skating.

Oh yeah. World Slalom Championships started yesterday. Ending on Sunday. If you are feeling bored and have nothing to do this weekend, drop by the competition. Today it'll be at Sembawang and Tomorrow, it'll be at Velocity mall at Novena (don't really know where velocity is though) If you're coming, bring a camera.

Well that's it for today. Maybe I'll update on Monday with the WSC pictures. Bye!

We are ready

We are ready, we are ready,
To be the best that we can be
...
With strength and courage in our hearts,
pressing on to victory!
....

That was an excerpt from the NCC song and i hope all the Secondary 4's are feeling that way around now as the O levels are only 3 days away. Today I just felt like writing a post to encourage everyone out there slogging their hearts out studying. (even though they probably won't be reading this)

As the curtains close on your secondary school life, may we all boldly proclaim that these four years have been a victory for us all, even if your grades are bad, even if you have no friends. Know this my friend, that you have impacted the lives of possibly hundreds of people, that you have woken up almost everyday in the wee hours of the morning for 4 years and the list goes on. The point is, you are already a victor in your own right but don't stop just yet as yet another set of tests approach us.

As we march on to the front lines, know this my brethren. You have worked hard and that is all that is required of you. TK has prepared us thoroughly and there is no need to panic. It is now time to look forward as we face the last battle of this act. May the knowledge that we have acquired be our swords and our experience be our shield. Unsheathe the sword you have polished through revision and prepare for BATTLE!

As the last pages are filled

It was the last day of school for us this Friday, it was heartbreaking to say the least. The feelings we had of finality, happiness, sadness all just manifested in us as a single feeling or mood in every single one of us.(i think) To me, the feelings which we had of school were captured perfectly by Azri's poem/song/rhyme, were about to be just a memory of the past.

Azri's poem

"For four years
I wake with disdain
Every day repeats
Again and again

But as I walk to class
Expecting nothing new
I see friends and happiness spreads
Like a pandemic - much like bird flu

I sit and talk
And I joke around
Imitating teachers
And their trademark frowns

We make fun of each other
And we have a good laugh
Joy then fills the air
Increasing like an exponential graph

In some classes we focus
In others we sleep
In most classes we talk
Or we stare like lost sheep

In any case
Life there was great
All thanks to the staff
The cleaners and schoolmates

The past four years
Are four I won't forget
For they are of paths crossed
With the people I met"

As i looked around at my class and TK for that matter, the silence of the school due to the lack of the sec 1,2 and 3 students felt like the school was saying goodbye to me; sad to part hence the solemness unlike other days, filled with excitement and noise. Time truly waits for no one, even best friends. Yes, i now consider TK as my friend, one that i have been seeing almost everyday for nearly 4 years. Tough not to feel attached to TK, an institution that has seen us grow.

On a lighter note, I would like to thank every single staff member of the school for the unrelenting effort they put in. You have touched my life in a way i can never explain and it would be IMPOSSIBLE to repay you for what you have done. Thank You.

Photos of the last day of school are here

http://s352.photobucket.com/albums/r350/xzone1/

Thanks for reading.

wheee-boom!

Hey guys, I know I haven't been updating recently. I've been taking a break from blogging for a while now cause I've been busy studying. For those that don't know by now, my first paper is on the 20th, that's almost 7 days from now.(since its already 11:00pm)

As promised, here are some of the pictures of the Singapore Grand Prix. Sorry for keeping some of those anxious souls waiting. F1 was phenomenal to say the least, at least if you're into the sounds as much as the speed, like me. As the cars were racing, they were so loud, you could hear the cars about 400m away at 400m away, you could hear the engines (they sound more kickass than that Lamborghini you saw drive down the street the other day) as loudly as a truck 10m away from you. As they come around the bend where you're situated, you feel an adrenaline rush and your heart is pounding (it just happens, maybe its the fear of something so loud?)As you turn your head with your eyes tracking the 1st car, the moment seems to last for at least 5 seconds when in actuality is only 1 second. Despite what you see in pictures, the car does not pass by in a blur, but you can see the car very clearly. As you turn your head back, expecting the second car, 4 cars whiz past and you are stuck in a dilemma whether to try to turn and see the 4 cars that just passed by or to ignore them and just watch out for the next car.

That was the kind of situation at the Singapore Grand Prix for me at least.

i only put up a few cause most of the other pictures didn't look good

http://s352.photobucket.com/albums/r350/xzone1/

you can get the pictures here.