Plaid Nightmares

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2007-08-20T21:29:00.000+08:00

I've switched powerbase.

I need a new start, a new breathe of fresh air etc.

so re-link

http://theplaidnightmare.wordpress.com/

Where's Powter when you need him?

2007-08-19T13:04:00.000+08:00

I must say yesterday was a relatively unproductive and overall, a bad day.

The drill trainings were of course part and parcel of what was bad, but still, it was good. But I think that holding the sax is much more easier than holding your hands together. It gives your mind to fixate on something else. Well of course I can't say much about the tubas.. well yep.\

The other thing was that bringing home the 'Horn' alto was pretty much a waste,at first. I finally figured the obvious problem. It wasn't much of the sax, when it was more on me. My embouchure is suited for the bigger mouthpieces .. so wasted air escaping from the sides of my mouth. But I still dunno why I don't have an airy sound on the sop.

The only thing that made me glad yesterday was Joel telling me he finally he figured out the first part of Wolfe's quartet. That would make any senior proud (or me at least), I let him take responsibility of his own part and he did it.

He's gonna do great things.

THE REAL IMPERIALITY HERE

2007-08-19T02:56:00.000+08:00

I can't believe Friendster now allows its users to upload a thousand freakin' photos now. Wasn't it like a hundred just last month?

I mean, who has a thousand photos to show to the whole world? (statement not for pornographers, voyeurs and insane people who have 40gb of photos) I barely hit 50 photos, which is, actually alot.

I still remember when you can only upload like 6? Now it's a thousand? A THOUSAND PHOTOS, PEOPLE.

SO REJOICE! PEOPLE WHO HAVE A THOUSAND PHOTOS TO SHOW THE WHOLE WORLD, YOUR PHOTO CAPACITY IN FRIENDSTER HAS INCREASED TEN-FOLD.

btw, brought home 'The Horn' alto sax (a Trevor J. James production) It's very airy, and I don't think it's me since I sound okay on the Yamaha/JK saxes. But it may also be the mouthpiece. Anyway, the low B and Bb is, well, 'un-playable'. So much for an 'SL instrument'.

So anyway, today's drill trainings was tiring.

I think by tomorrow I can't lift my arms already.

I can't climb the stairs due to 'abnormal balancing issues'

Yay, + 1 more week in the lovable & homey hub.

blahumbug

2007-08-16T21:31:00.001+08:00

Dunno why I've been very tired. My classes have end relatively early this week, so no reason to be that tired. Also, feel that I've been getting sick. Lucky for the Hub la hor, minimal movement.

Ahhh, I prefer staying in a classroom rather than moving around every lesson. Maybe I just prefer staying at the Hub. Class kinda bonded, have more fun etc.

One more thing is, as some people would know, I'm not happy with that particular chorale member. Yes, I have my utmost respect for the chorale, no mistake about that. But I don't think if you're going around saying the band sucks is really the most socially responsible thing right? If you get your kicks by stirring up trouble, please go ahead, stir up some controversy BUT PLEASE LEAVE THE BAND OUT. If a band MEMBER has done something to you, please settle your differences with THAT guy and don't insult the group, all 50 of us. So if you really think we suck and can't play a tune, think about this... Can you be better?

ah, you may not read this and I am fine with that. Just hope Terence has conveyed his messaged clearly just now.

tired

2007-08-15T22:40:00.000+08:00

Just got back from Resonance (aka St Gabs band + vocal ensemb concert) It was very good. Even though I went for their band, their vocal ensemb were the best in my book. One thing that really amazed me was that their oboist is also their saxophonist. And that fella is good at both. He played the solo for 'I want to be loved', and he even played the oboe solos in Danse Bacchanale (if I'm not wrong)

Very tired. Still got bio and emath homework to do.

btw, I'm still alive. Turns out that I handed in my O2. Raided my room for nothing.

MY 300th POST yay

2007-08-14T18:00:00.000+08:00

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- from the guy that says 'die' is a overrated word which has lost it's meaning. I contradict myself alot eh?

Anyway, I LOST MY 02 WORKSHEET! I DID THE DAMN THING LA. Plus the graph somemore. I did weeks ago. Now it's gone. And I'm very paranoid. It's either I misplaced it, lost it, lent it to someone or it's handed up! AHHHH DIE DIE DIE

And I haven't gotten my Mob Musicians t-shirt yet. Basket, maybe I've been had.

omgz

2007-08-13T19:22:00.000+08:00

When crossing the road, moving towards school, dunno why, but just felt the day would be a good one. And it really did was a good one. I didn't pass my Amath test but it's my first time getting a double digit for an Amath test. And yes, a 36% improvement since the last test. So yep, that kinda made me happy. Probably because I kinda listen during class la. So gotta keep it up.

There wasn't any geography and the sub actually thought we were the history elective class and he wrote damn big on the board '3E1/3E2 GRADED TEST'. Many of you can guess the immediate response. Then about a half hour later the substitute teacher for the history elective class came into our class... meaning the hist elective class must've been making a ruckus in the Hub. So yep, most of the time we were just talking. So in Bio, Mr Azman left us alone since he had to tend to some stuff, the class made quite a din la then he scolded us. But I actually did "some" of my work, so I don't feel the guilty "pang".

Recess was spent chiong-ing my emath and I was damn worried because I didn't bring my Emath book. Then English, sat outside class BECAUSE to take a test. So didn't have to be inside with them. But the thing was, since there was a visitor coming to the school (dunno why there have been many coming to our school) Was just worried if they were to come by the Hub at the moment of time. Talk about first impressions huh. So yep, the test was okay la. Emath learnt bearings but I didn't get caught for not bringing my textbook so saved for the day.

FIrst time I get to live such a happy day.

But tomorrow.... sigh

Go Ivan go... (the 'in-your-face' thing)

2007-08-11T23:37:00.000+08:00

I've had the worst plate of chicken rice ever.

now I'm bloated.

and I need to do some work.
Hate doing work on the last day, yet it happens all the time.

I contradict myself alot.

please read the previous post too :D it's really not funny.

2007-08-11T01:35:00.000+08:00

Rules of the game: Each player of this game starts off with ten weird things or habits or little known facts about yourself. People who get tagged must write in a blog of their own ten weird things or habits or little known facts as well as state this rule clearly. At the end, you ~~must choose six people to be tagged and list their names. No tagbacks.~~ can just leave it blank.

1. I like math.

Very hard thing to comprehend if you know my math results. I dunno lar, maybe not Amath, but I like Emath. It's easy at times, makes me feel good when I do alot of questions at once and get it all correct.

2. I HATE action/thriller movies

Because I don't a see a point to it. It's always about the spies and their normal life and then they get a call from the CIA/FBI/Some secret agency head officer, who always has a moushtache and will never be happy with the guy's work.

The head honcho says there's some conspiracy in a country that doesn't exist (usually in kid-based thrillers, if there is .. one) Then there's always a hottie that's an agent tagging along (the guy always say something sexist in context and the hottie will display her martial arts skills and whoop him in the nuts). In many a times, they should've been killed but producers must always follow this Hollywood Action Movie Rule : "20 men cannot kill 1 man, but 1 man can kill 20 men". In the end, the hottie gets captured by some evil guy in the movie who, most of the time, speaks with a British accent. The guy always escapes from the evil guy's dumb minions, who are really bad actors, and saves the girl. The evil guy either i. dies or ii. runs away or iii. both, the hottie and the protagonist either makes out or in an alternate ending : the hottie is unconscious and gets sent to hospital, and the guy will always feel ok and will have a talk with his boss, walking slowly down the path, which medics in sight.

I know I'm badly stereotyping movies here, but who cares?

3. I know most people that know me know this - But I don't see the point in MMORPGs.

An epiphany happened I think when I was in Sec 1? It's just games that you level up, and level up, buy stuff, then level up, level up, level up, level up... and it goes on. Especially stupid, if you pay $10.50 for virtual items that you can't touch with your skin.. which will be gone in a month. I pay $20 for pizza, but hey, at least I tasted it. I paid $15 for a reed, but at least I sucked, licked and blew (into) it. I wasn't trying to use sex to make a point.. but, it's a band thing.

4. I'm procrastinate alot.

I'll get back to this ASAP.

5. I feel the only way to deem a movie is the funniest, is to watch it 5 times, and see if you still laugh.

Self-explanatory. And now I question myself, is The Simpsons the funniest movie yet? So anyone care to treat me to another Simpsons showing so to make my point? I'm free tomorrow.

But maybe a cartoon that has been running for 17 seasons ... should be funny la.

6. I don't like sleeping late.

Understatement of the year. The guy that sleeps at 2am everyday (school night some more) says he hates sleeping late.

7. I only like 1 type of comic book - the funny ones.

Which means I hate Batman, Spiderman, the whole Marvel lot, manga etc. I like Zits, Peanuts, Archies, Foxtrot .. funny, just the way I like it. I mean, thrillers are boxing in at the box office, so please stay away from the paper & ink.

8. I only like 1 type of cartoons - the funny ones.

Please, action in cartoons? I think Keanu Reeves is covering enough of that on the big screen. Speaking about cartoons, we live in the age where liking Spongebob is cool. Even though you don't watch it, just say it's cool - and you're ... "cool".

9. I hate Marvel movies.

Read #2, #7 & #8 and you'll know why. It's a well known fact that Superman has been scrutinized about how it runs around with his red undies showing. I don't think a big picture remake would be the best thing... because in real life ... wait... what I wanted to say sounds crude.. but let me just refer you to a link, to make a point :

here

10. I don't get Lord of the Rings, The Matrix & Star Wars.

I can't say I hate it. Because I'm always asleep by the 10th minute of the movie. The movies are really hard to comprehend with a small mind like mine. But at least I know roughly what LOTR and Star Wars is about. Can someone summarize what's the Matrix about in like .. less than 50 words? (Your Answer here) ... I thought so.

...... ok, 11. I like crime dramas.

Though my enthusiasm for CSI has died down. But hey, those that use minds and hardcore interogation (not meaning to sound sexual) and not cramming oneself in a lab.

So here ends this very dumb meme. Please note : that this a meme (me, as in me) so it's purely based on opinion and how I view things... somewhat like a reviewer. So don't freaking swear an oath by it and repeat every word like some mantra.

hey! epiphany!

2007-08-11T00:46:00.000+08:00

Went to the movies today.

Dunno why but Gary & Fikri asked me to go. Seriously, they really wanted me to go so I jokingly told them I would go if they paid for the ticket and my lunch - which I did not expect them to actually agree to my dumb conditions (no take backs already)

So yes, a free movie - AGAIN. The last 2 movies I watched also free. Gary had to treat me to lunch, but I owe him $6. So, to pay back the money, he didn't have to treat me. And also, another condition was that I didn't have to pay for the St. Gabs concert ticket money which he already paid for! Good lar please. But I did spend my fair amount of money. A $6 lunch, a $3 candy bar and a damn fricking small packet of M&Ms (not expired, I think) and a bottle of Green Tea @ A WHACKED PIRCE OF $4.50!!! THE M&Ms were like $2 AND THE MOST OUTRAGEOUS THING WAS THAT THE $2.50 WAS THE GREEN TEA! In school it's $1.20 (or $1 at the old vending machine) I think some popcorn combo would be more worth it then King-sized crunchie (which I dunno why I keep buying when I dont like the caramel in it), a teeny packet of chocolate balls and some drink that (supposedly) kills sperms.

Rush Hour 3 is great. Dunno why critics just like to put down quality shows like these. Makes me wonder if the company's paying them top dollar to put down nice films and raise popularity with bland titles. Reviews are just opinions of some guy who is deemed 'El mucho greato' (I made that up, fyi) so you don't have to freaking swear by it. Maybe I should just read reviews and if they it sucks, then it should be the best movie ever made.

Other than my random rants, I've just finished practising my sax for a solid hour. Realized by self-practise sucks. I set up my horn, blow Concert Bb, check for sticky pads, rush through the scale and repertoire. Dude, no basics lar. Maybe I'm to accustomed to the an Eb horn rather the current Bb horn with me now. Like I'm being re-programmed or something. Scared I memorized some cheem 6 sharped scale then when I transition .. good game lar.

Anyway just to say : Alun Cook is a nutcase with his music. Genius nutcase

He's good lar.

Aaaaaa- Happy Happy Birthday, to You, to You.

2007-08-09T21:07:00.000+08:00

Yay. Singapore is 42.

Honestly speaking, I'm not a fan of the parades. Well, this coming from the 'home-viewer' point of view. I only like the first part, with all those marching, and a chance to catch the fanfares and all those stuff. Everything after that, well, doesn't grab my attention.

Anyway, spent the day playing the school's sax. Night before, I did a major search for audition pieces. Something like US band camps (I mean not bounded to their school, but something in their state, those type of things) Usually those type of camps, you need to audition for. So the organizer puts the audition pieces on the net, in .pdf form. Some are really tough, like TTU BOC's audition piece for sax was Ferling 42.. which is like 5 flats for the E flat instruments (E major) The one I found ok was the WIBC or something like that? Handel's Allegro in F minor.

So yea, somewhat a semi-productive day la. Really wanted to do some studying, but no show. I got 3 more days so hopefully :D

Anyway, on a grave note (to me actually) my dad has this very large fish he keeps in a tank. For those who've been to my place, you should know what I'm talking about. It's been here for a about 2 years, but I've gone many a days not noticing it, even forgetting it even existed. So about an hour ago, the thingamajig in the tank failed and no oxygen la basically. So my dad said it will be gone by tonight. Really saddened. I really don't like things/people going away forever. Even though, as I said, I've passed by days not even acknowledging it's presence, yet I feel sad for the guy. Death is imminent, I know.

Probably because, the same thing happened to me a few years back. My paternal grandma was staying with us and I never did talked to her. And the last moments of her life... I was scared. I didn't actually see her at her last breathe. I was expecting my dad to cry, but no one was exactly tearing up a flood.

This sounds stupid :/ Talking about the death of fish, with relevance to a closed one. It did leave some impact though. Whenever someone says 'die' (as in a serious context), I cringe. But now the word is really overrated and has lost it's meaning. You know, like, "DIE LA, NEVER BRING HOMEWORK." Or something like :

My, my. And on National Day?

Mr. Montfort 2007

2007-08-08T19:12:00.000+08:00

Yesterday, John fed me & some other guys M&Ms, which he found in the front of the Hub. I ate 1 packet, Russell ate 3 and the man himself ate 5. When I was playing around with the wrapper, I realized something. The expiry date .... IT WAS 6 MONTHS PAST THE FREAKIN' EXPIRATION DATE LA PLEASE. You know those buggers can last up at least a year or two, but I just consumed the ones that were 6 months long-gone! So at night, I woke up 12 (I slept at 6 by the way) I shit alot! It was like Type 7 of the Bristol Stool Chart. Wait, I don't think Type 7 does it justice. There should a Type 11. Ok la, very gross. So obviously I couldn't sleep.

So more on today, and as what the title says.

Woke up pretty late, so just went to school in band uniform, with my iPod, badges and the cake knife in my pocket. After that was the Joint Observation Ceremony (or whatever it's called) Then went back to the celebration in class. Honestly, pretty mundane. But mini pic-taking was nice (SO GARY SEND THE PICTURES) Then went up to the hall and it was time... *cues in that damn 'JENG JENG JENG' tune*

MR. MONTFORT

Mr. Montfort was really very very entertaining. Although John didn't win, it was still nice. Especially the Sec 4s, much more entertaining than the other levels. I specifically liked the teacher's edition, especially when the teachers had to pose, and of course the best was Mr. Lum who popped his chest! Not literally la

Anyway, I didn't think our class should've sent John. Should've sent Gary.

He's one heckuva model you know.

See, and believe it.

That day in school

2007-08-06T17:31:00.000+08:00

Today was fun. Well, minus the fact I missed one question on my Emath homework & screwed my Physics BADLY. My worst practical to date.

Sigh, I always say I need to buck up, but always ... leave it to sometime else.

Wish to get my Black Pearl soon. Maybe at the end of the month, or probably next month. Hope Accent has some Black Pearls by then.

wasis

2007-08-05T22:00:00.000+08:00

What wasn't good today :
- Slept only 2 hours the night before
- Headed to band, and bandroom wasn't open
- Throat damn dry
- I put my badges wrongly
- Setting up the instruments and walking through the very small & crowded Kovan Heartland Mall
- Getting the band to just put their stuff and get to the performance area was getting on my nerves
- The performance area
- Tuning in front of a crowd
- Performance #1
- The lunch
- Tuning again
- Performance #2
- Packing up
- Finding out there's a ding below my bell
- Some of the lacquer on my instrument has been peeled off
- Losing my clear green file with the quartet scores
- Sleeping straight away after getting back

What was good today :
- Got to try Wolfe's Quartet
- Finally got to eat roti prata after a long time
- Found a vending machine in school that sold bottled drinks on Sunday
- Getting Malgene to help me
- Got to try conducting the band for the first time

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What won't be good tomorrow :
- Getting back geog test
- Getting back bio test
- Physics OA

What will be good tomorrow :

- Ummm....

lar

2007-08-05T02:05:00.000+08:00

Less than 12 hours to the performance. Not nervous, just some small scale performance. SO 3E2 please support me and 7 other of your classmates ok!

Anyway, Mr Sukit talked about the ensemble thing and about the audition in September for some concert, not too sure on the details. So I'm happy to say that I declare the section competition POSTPONED. I'm waaaaay happy if it's mixed ensemble.

I think I was the first one to form the group. Mine's a quartet, with Terence, Darren & Joel. We should be playing Wolfe's Quartet, movements 1 & 2. Some challenging pieces for them to try, aside from the very draggy Montfort repertoire. I'm gonna print out the scores to let them try later during the break.

So after this performance, no more practising with the saxophones (except Darren) Yep, a breathe of fresh air. Finally.

Anyway, Baybeats was ok. Really changed since the one I attended in 2005. That year, didn't really know much. Only knew Electrico, and I was at their set. I also watched Copeland! Free somemore, way better than Mercury Rev ($38!) Alot of moshing going on, especially during Blindside. Didn't join, cause it's much more entertaining watching them hit each other, then run away, then join back, then eventually some get sent out.

Don't know whats the real point of moshing or hitting each other while listening to the music. If it's appreciation, how does hitting each other, banging your bodies and getting lifted up in the air help you appreciate the music. Must have some super duper good attention span lar, then I cant say much. If it's fun, you all damn extreme la hor. For me, you want have fun (and sweat at the same time), can just play Third Symphony over and over again. Very fun.

So yep, got my Plainsunset album (though $20) and honestly, the band I enjoyed listening to the most was Lovesong, others was good, but Lovesong got very little movement behind me.

middle of the night musing

2007-08-02T22:33:00.000+08:00

Baybeats starts tomorrow. Can't go because of POP, dammit. Gonna miss Plainsunset (and probably a chance to not get their album) So going on Saturday with Poh Shen. Only know AVA on that day, unless from AVA's site isn't true, LMB is also playing, yay. And I think I'm missing the one on Sunday. This year's kit not as good as 05's, when the last time I went. 2005, if I'm not wrong, was a t-shirt, the B-side CD, some pins, sticker? in those plastic microwave tupperware things. So dunno if I'm gonna buy any memorabilia there. Dunno if they're gonna sell Plainsunset albums.

crap, homework. Emath, Amath, SS & Phy03.
bored.

HAI, I BAK FRM FYUCHER.

2007-08-02T20:03:00.000+08:00

Really sick yesterday. Literally blacked out yesterday night. Sat on my bad, then everything went black. Couldn't study for bio and physics test. Both test also screwed. Sigh.

Anyway, read Daren's blog, and really like his posts.

So here's a very (big & user-friendly) excerpt from one of his posts
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In a second thought, nevermind.
Sorry Daren, what I will post may affect you indirectly (in school perhaps)

Anyway, stay happy and keep on wondering why everyone is sick.

Simpleton

2007-07-31T21:18:00.000+08:00

Man, I should've asked my dad about getting an instrument months ago. The Accent sale has been over for about 9 days already. The sax I want could've been 15% off! Don't say '15% nia' please. That's more than $600! (so you can guess the price of the horn [another term for instrument] I want) Did my research on the horn I want, and only seen good stuff about it. Even a Singapore reviewer said it was good. And P. Mauriat cases are damn damn nice please. It looks a small luggage, with extra compartments and stuff. Sigh, just need to do well for my EOYs. Need to buck up alot now, my chem test sucked. Now need to look forward to Phy and Bio on Thursday. Hopefully can revise some bio tonight.

Hmmm, just need to convince my dad that the P. Mauriat is the one for me. I may not want a second hand Selmer from his friend - even if it's an S80 series II.

Anyway, POP is this Friday. Gerald & my tag hasn't been made yet, and venturing around Golden Mile Complex was useless today. Teo Locksmith was closed, and on the way back, got sudden headache (probably car sick or something, been happening to me alot) and my sorethroat is back. Well, it wasn't actually virtually gone, because the doctor didn't prescribe any throat lozenges during the last time I met her. Daily indulges of fizzy drinks and fried savouries don't help - obviously.

SIgh, just hope to get the sax by September or the latest by next year. After passing out next year, no instrument to play with (but must focus on O's of course)

He who doesn't know, doesn't know.

2007-07-30T23:34:00.000+08:00

Asked my dad about getting an instrument. He kinda agreed but with the usual 'must do well in your studies' thing. Maybe by the end of the year, so I shouldn't get fixated with this thought of having my own sax.

Either a 2nd hand Selmer or a first hand P. Mauriat (hopefully Accent still has promotions until then) Always good to have a dad who has contacts with people =)

I hate napping (after the nap of course)

2007-07-29T20:52:00.000+08:00

I just realized I got a couple of things to do tonight.

i. Math homework
ii. History presentation
iii. Geography test to mug for
iv. English stuff

Dunno how to do the third one, since I don't even have a textbook.
Think I go early cope someone's book to study.

At least, my Threadless shirt order will be ordered on midnight.

I just realized I may not make it for BayBeats (look at the sidebar for info)
3rd - Totally can't make it, POP
4th - Probably after SSW (which means lugging the tenor to the Esplanade)
5th - Probably after the performance

And I realize someone's tagging Joshua's board under my name.
Curse your life into eternal damnation in hell, whoever you are.
Well, I can't help if someone likes my name so much.

The boy who cried 'Wolfe!'

2007-07-29T11:35:00.000+08:00

Yesterday was kinda fun. Even though I wasted 18 smackeroos going to Sembawang, but what's done is obviously, well - done. After some Third Symphony self-practising (I think I'm playing tenor in SSW) went to AMK Hub with Mr Ng, Tianze, Jonas and the twins. Went to the arcade, where we met the birthday boy (~~Freaky~~ Fikri, *cough*) and went to watch Mr Ng own at Time Crisis. Then Mr Ng left and we went to Pizza Hut to have lunch/dinner (linner/dunch whatever) then I went to accompany to watch the funniest movie (this year, the least) - THE SIMPSONS!

The movie is freakin' hilarious la please. Pure Simpsons humour. Then went back home.

So today.. well planning to play my sax (even though I don't have Third Symphony tenor sax part yet) until 2, then meet my friend to pass him something, then go back and do some homework and physics/bio revision for this Thursday.

I found some nice quartet music for free (uploaded by the composer) on the net. Originally for flute, alto sax, bassoon and cello (which is a weird combination, but sounds really nice) and he arranged for saxophone quartet. The bassoon/tenor sax parts are kinda boring so I'm indulging in the alto sax part, especially movement 4. Wa damn nice sia, something else to add to my repertoire. Dunno if I should let my MSSMB saxes try this.

The Five People You Meet In Heaven.

2007-07-27T22:24:00.000+08:00

I've finish reading 'The Five People You Meet In Heaven' in the afternoon. And straight away after band practice, I took a quick shower and watched the TV movie adaptation of this great book.

The book, is a good one. Heck, it's a great one. It's must-read at least, for everyone. Some find it confusing, *cough*Ivan*cough*, some find it boring *cough*Gary*cough*Gerald*cough*, and well, some might find it one of the best books ever to be written..(no cough) But well, I'm a believer in the phrase - "To each, their own", even though sometimes I contradict that phrase I live up to.

So yeah, the movie ~~was~~ is great. Even though the book calls for alot of, well.., technical work such as : suddenly switching from a Philippine war ground to some tropical island or appearing on snowy mountain tops. But hey, it's a TV movie made in 2003. I bet movies then, had about the same graphic value as this.. I think.

-may contain some spoilers about the book/movie. you have been warned-

Well, it was kinday cheesy. But Jon Voight is a great actor.

I think the things that spoiled my 2 hour experience was - i. bad graphics (but I've mentioned it's a TV movie made when I was P3) ii. the little girl meets at the end was... well, she just spoiled Jon Voight's presence there. Didn't suit the scene.

Well, that's about it. Yep, 2 very minor things .. wait, a third thing that really bothered was when he meets the third person.. when Ruby reveals herself - I didn't like her face embedded in the gateway and revealing her true self. Corny. Such a solemn sorta book, was kinda uncalled for.

Well other than that - masterpiece. Favourite part would be when he has the final walk with Captain, and when Captain talks about sacrifice. Really hit me at the moment. Call it an epiphany if you want, or some common day-to-day revelation, but when he talks about sacrifice, well, it got to me is all I can say.

I think Mitch Albom has attained divinity or something.

Can't wait to read his other 2 works.

WA, I AM SO INTERESTED,

2007-07-26T21:55:00.000+08:00

Tired tired.

School was kinda nice today. I was prepared for the classes (a rare case in my story) and homework was done. So yes, a very good day. Chem test wasn't that hard, given the fact that I don't know much about chapter 6 and I just learnt to draw dot-and-cross diagrams the night before. And I'm glad to have done the FYS. IT period was ... IT-related yes. Was more of the entertainment IT than the 'get-down-in-the-dirt-and-do-them-videos' IT, if you get what I mean.

So I hope tomorrow will be a breeze. 3 lessons, all I'm prepared for.

Wait, I forgot there's mass workout tomorrow. Gah, half-hour of snoozes deprived.

On a smaller note (a semi quaver at least), I've tried doing Tenacious D's "Master Exploder" for band, sounds okay okay, but it's tonguing everywhere HAHA. I can't even tongue that fast.

Day 2 sir, hut hut

2007-07-25T18:57:00.000+08:00

The day started out well, with the mass workout. At least this time I don't feel awkward with my attire (because the last time I went for workout, I was in eider pants) The workout went out faster than I expected. Ke Ping looked dumb with his school uniform tucked in into his PE shorts.

I'm very tired, I wanna read 'The Five People You Meet In Heaven' (because I have the copy of the movie already), I have homework, a chem test to mug for and the SYF presentation night review to do.

I soo love life.

dabadabdababda

2007-07-24T21:02:00.000+08:00

Chem test pushed forward to Thursday. Well, most likely.

Started reading 'The Five People You Meet In Heaven' which Ivan loaned to me. Great book, but gets confusing at times. When I read until the part which he meets the first person, I thought "Heck, this would be a great movie"

But hey, did some searching and there IS a movie. That's too awesome. Eddie is played by John Voigt (or something Voigt) Can't wait to get my hands on a copy.

And The Blue Man is some short Arabian dude, or so I deduce.

ithinkihaveissuessoimtypingitthiswaysoithinkpeoplecantreaditbutitsclearlyeasytoreadhahahlolol

lolcats tagged fer yer convenience

2007-07-23T22:46:00.000+08:00

I've been asking myself the same question the whole day.

I think I found the answer.

Thanks to Jeremy & Daren. Ok, more or less Fikri also.

(ps. Not some love/emo question)

oh yea, 3E2 bagged the Highest Selling stall (at $799, the other two is 2AB and 2E3) award PLUS the Quality & Variety award (the other class is 2AB)

Mrs Lee's class has been winning every year since it started. Very uncanny, and she didn't think we would win it this round :P

C'mon, Montfort-Affair 2008, Mrs Lee will get it again :)

The new stuff

2007-07-22T20:11:00.000+08:00

Woke up from my 3-hour nap and dragged my lazy self to the computer. Saw various people's personal messages on MSN saying they got the new Harry Potter book.

You mean it's out already?!

So I'm slow. If one were to be documenting every second of my life, he said 'Why would you care?' I was a big fan of Harry Potter last time. But once I entered secondary school, I totally stopped reading. As in TOTALLY. I nearly read finish one of the Pendragon books (which, no offense, is a way better series than Harry Potter) during the exam periods in sec 1/2 but stopped due the intense ~~force/area~~ pressure of, well, the exams. Next was continue reading The Da Vinci Code (which I can't finish without dishing out 17 bucks) but yes, exams.

Seems I only read during the pre-exam period.

Ok back to the topic. Harry Potter ... I have read book 3 to 5. Honestly, it was very good. Haven't read the first 2 books but I think I sufficed enough info from the movies. Don't tell me it's not the same thing because I wanna get the main gist of it not become an authority about it.

Dunno if I'm gonna get the book within the next few weeks. It'll be probably be like my Half-Blood Prince issue (which I have not read, sad to say) which I bought a year after the release, in Malaysia's MPH at around RM40. I think I got better ways to use the money.

Bleah

2007-07-22T13:20:00.000+08:00

Now that Könzert XIV is over, I got nothing much to look forward to.

POP/Promotion - 3/8
Performance @ Heartland Mall - 5/8

yep, that's all.

Countless number of tests that I never take not of. Okay I think Physics Pressure test is next.

Bored.

I'm sick, not an inch from death.

2007-07-19T11:04:00.000+08:00

Yes, I did not go to school again. Still sick, but much much better after proper medicine. Anyway, was reading XiaXue for fun and she made a post on Top 7 Most Disgusting Bloggers in the Singapore blogosphere (or something like that)

To tell you the truth, not a really a big fanboy of hers nor do I detest her to the point where I would curse her nose to suffer the same fate as MJ's. Yes, some of her posts are entertaining, yet some are .. well, not entertaining.

So, this (my) post isn't really focused on her and her post but the ones she deemed disgusting, specifically Steven Lim.

The 5 bloggers (minus Maddox the great and herself) did not retaliate THAT much except Steven Lim.. which can't retaliate to save his life. I really wanted to support him and his rebuttals but .. hilarity ensues.

The video is too funny to be a rebuttal. I think he's being laughed at more than being laughed with eh? I would imagine a proper retaliation be witty and proper so to put down XiaXue's post ... but it was too dumb and funny (towards him) And at the end of the video, I'm not too sure if it was even serious.

But I think that retaliating is useless in a sense. XiaXue's band of readers can beat any blog in Singapore, even if it is for moral and personal rights.

And in the video....

looks like........

....

Maybe not.

I am no cheezburger

2007-07-18T21:17:00.000+08:00

Went to SYF Presentation Night yesterday with the Band Fusion guys. Cost me only $3! ($2 subsidy) Have to admit something. When I reached home, my temperature was like 38.1°, but really wanted to catch the concert, ever since not getting in during the JC bands adjudication.

Saw Mr Sukit in SCH. Saw alot familiar faces around, local heroes of the band scene (presumably) So I was on Row F seat 24. Wasn't on the high rise seats up above (a definite no-no for people who have acrophobia)

Overall, the concert was good. But have to say, that the combined band for Sunrise was too big. Intonation problems all over, and the b.cl/b. trb intro was ... too loud. But the sax soli was good. Safari was good, but couldn't hear the toms.

More on today..didn't attend school today (3E2 people should know why) Then Tianze and some SWO people wanted to go to my school and promote Konzert (this Saturday, get tix NOW!) So they arrived early today. Came in a big group but the girls couldn't get in the school. I seriously didn't know that girls weren't allowed, so apologies! So yep, and another problem is that the band didn't have a working speaker because Tianze wanted to play clips from the songs they're playing. Apologies again. So they advertised and it did work. More response than last week. Can't say who buying from me because later the twins would swoop in a sell them at $6 (seriously unethical, pay them to watch us)

So went back home fast. Went to the clinic and got a 2 day MC. Dunno if I should skip tomorrow. It's a 3.30pm day tomorrow. Then Friday is YRHD already. Gotta get the fondue done tomorrow night and I have not gone shopping!

ok gotta go

I am ...

2007-07-18T19:00:00.000+08:00

... still sick

blar de blar

2007-07-16T19:24:00.000+08:00

wasted the afternoon sleeping (5 hours!)
still sick, I think even sicker.

got amaths test.

blah.

sick sick sick sick

2007-07-16T14:26:00.000+08:00

Woke up sick. Hate it when I wake up and my face feels squashed and everything above my neck feels sick. Sore throat also (must be from Gladys LOL okay joking only) At first wanted to pon school but just went ahead with school, since I end at 1 anyway - 3 1/2 lessons.

Coincidentally, PS & JR is also sick.

Now, I'm at home feeling very giddy. Want to take a short (which eventually will turn into a long) nap before cramming for my Amath test (which I don't know how am I ever gonna pass)

ciao,chao,chow

Lucky for You Xian it isn't called a Trenor sax

2007-07-15T22:03:00.001+08:00

Was late for SSW practice today, overslept. Initially woke up at 7 but decided to sleep again and guess what, woke up at 8.30am! The time I'm usually already at AMK.

Okay, so dragged Tanny to Yishun. Was already like 15 minutes late. Lucky got 2 others with me (coincidentally both from my section), Nicholas (Gid's cousin) and the bari sax, Joon Lei was it?
Anyway, yup set up Tanny and did some warm ups before moving on to Aroldo.

To sidetrack abit, YX used to say he can't play the G due to some embouchure problem OR due to Tanny (if you have not read my posts, Tanny is what YX named his tenor sax) Dude, not to worry, I think it's Tanny. Since I think we're not that screwed to have the same embouchure problem and also I can play G's on the other tenors. Anyway the problem it's hard to produce a clean note. The sound is like growling+flutter=going damn high (probably an octave higher, but what do I know?) But figuring how to really get the note not to go off track.

So anyhoo, yep practice was good. Big band, more on the right side that is. Couldn't get the running notes/stacc part yet. Sad for me :(

Then after practice went to eat the cafeteria and then accompanied Cheng Fu to LJS. Damn funny how I got an idea how Fikri got his dad to buy him that 3.5k RC. I think it's true, bet he went to Bandworld bare assed :p Kay joking.

Anyway, Amath test on Tuesday on Log. Seriously, logarithms is bothering me ALOT. I had a dream about it ok. Super weird some more. Nevermind, I'm released from school at 1 tomorrow, can revise (or re-study) the whole chapter.

I just realized I'm the third one to join the ranks of Lim Guo Hong and Gary to be quoted in the MSS school blog. Ok, maybe fourth if you count that RI guy quote.

siiiiiiiiiiiaaaaaaaannnnnn

Too many, too much

2007-07-14T23:07:00.000+08:00

Buns (the literal one)

Mum baking too much. Started with the muffins, then buns, then my birthday cake. then agar-agar (ok she didn't bake this) and alot alot of savouries. I'm getting sick at the taste of cake already.

Anyway, band prac in the morning was good. The band improving, maybe just in time for the Aug 5th. Revealed about the section competition, no one seemed that hyped up about it.

So skip to the YCK concert. Enjoyed the first half, especially Persis, which was great. Moorish Pirates also was great. The first note especially. Second half was okay, liked the combo band. Shostakovich 5th was nice also. Especially liked Elisabeth. But I think the highlight was El Bosque Magico lar haha. Super nice sia.

Er, to end off this tad boring post...

Name-calling in band, especially percussion section.

We got no Lemuel, Farhan, Malgene, Daniel, Jonathan & Yuan Xuan anymore.
Only got Boss, The-One-That-Always-Play-Bass-Drum (aka Bun), You, Mallet, Small Boy and BO.
Jasper & Jarrett no nick name. Maybe The-Ones-That-Never-Turn-Up-For-Pracs

Sax section also got, ever since Mr Sukit said Sesame Street the grandfather (me, bari) lead the saxes at the soli part.

I'm Elmo

Ivan is Emo

Syakir is Weirdo

Darren is Asshole

Gideon is Homo

saxpwntz

Plaid Nightmare had his first nightmare in a long time.

2007-07-13T20:03:00.000+08:00

Last night tried to sleep early due to the mass workout in the morning. Had a nightmare and a damn scary one, able to beat any M. Night Shyamalan or Stephen King movie. It went something like I was in school, at night, at the study area beside the General Office. I was with a few people (can't remember who though) then suddenly just got screams from nowhere. Then realized that small maggots or worms were growing out of my hands. They were just like popping out. Then I don't know how, but I knew water would kill it (like the Aliens in 'Signs') Then when I went back, got possessed sheep running around the garden near the statue. Flicked water at them then they ran off. Dreams are derived from stored memory.. and I was dissing the new horror movie 'Black Sheep' the night before, so that may be where I got that sheep part. Then that dream ends there.

Second dream after I woke up from the first one. Wasn't that horrifying but still scary. Was locked in my own room and had to get clues to get out of it. Weird, I know.

I jolted from my bed at 4. Couldn't sleep, too afraid to get back to sleep. So at about 4.10am I just slept. Guess what? Another dream, but a very very weird one. I dreamt Ellen DeGeneres had a birthday party but no one came.

I am weird la ok.

Ok 'nuff about my dreams.

So, might as well break some news out. After our performance in August, there will be a section competition. Sections got like around 2 weeks to practise 2 pieces - a choice piece and a set piece, somewhat like SYF. The set piece I have already done it. A very very simple 16-bar piece (or chorale) mainly focusing on intonation and colour. Problem is, very hard to make one for percussion. Got to find a way soon. Anyway, it's called Suo Gân. It's a Welsh folksong/melody so yep.

To end off, noticed today the band played very very well. I guess we're at that turning point.

Super the draining

2007-07-11T18:45:00.000+08:00

Today kinda breezed through. Been along time since I've "breezed" through school periods. Learnt inverse matrix in Amath, which is surprisingly easy. Then had a small quiz during History. This one confirm fail please. I forgot about the Munich Agreement, Nazi-Soviet non-aggression pact and the Geneva rearmament convention! Die die la..

So during band.. used YX's YTS-62 (a.k.a "Tanny") Somewhat conducted the woodwinds which really didn't turn out so good. Erm then had the band meeting with Ms Ong then the Sec 3 meeting with Mrs Yeo.

So yep, mundane as usual. I got some class later so can't have fun with Tanny :( Alot of homework also. Theres :
- Pressure P2
- Emath
- Read up on Light
- dunno what else

Got half an hour with Tanny. YX don't mind sia, not bad.

Montfort Presidential Elections : In A Nutshell

2007-07-10T23:15:00.000+08:00

For the past 2 days, candidates for the spot of council president have been having their rallies. I've only heard 2 candidates' rallies and heard comments on the other 1, and 1 seems to be MIA for some reason. Only heard him during the introduction, haven't seen his rallies.

But, seeing the posters around school, 2 or so promise to give, give and give some more. Ankle socks, coloured laces, no-study week etc. In this context and enviroment - it works. So this whole election becomes this = POPULARITY CONTEST. Sad to say, it is, really a contest to show how many people like you. Getting votes by giving empty promises, very tough if in the end, what the candidates promise said actually turns out false.

In the first place, in all the obscurity, what does the council president really do? I am no councillor so I can't really give the real layout of the job. He's the head of the student body so I guess he administers stuff or something like that. But he must be a leader, so how does one gauge leadership?

I do not know.

In the topic of promises, I think when promising something, it must be realistic. I keep hearing "Guy X will let us wear black shoes leh" or "Guy Z let us wear home clothes" etc. Before the guy can let you do this, he of course must go through the school administrators. I think if the issue of school morals is brought up, the answer for everyday ankle socks, black shoes, long pants etc. would be a straight no. But if they think we need a 'change', so be it.

But no one can really 'promise' this. That's why it's an empty promise. If they say 'I will try' it sounds better than 'I promise' because the thing never happens, I think that candidate's life in school will be hell for the next year or so.

So what criterias do you place a vote on? For me, I abolish all the things that they offer (e.g ankle socks, shoelaces) I wanna see the first guy to say something about the school.. how he will make it better. The only guy I've seen say so much about the school is.....

Justin.

Maybe because he reiterates his point in his presidential rally blog (http://jpr2007.blogspot.com) by saying the graffiti wall, canteen problem, toilet etc. Others been giving what you can wear and do. Whats the point if you can wear black shoes but in the end step on the bird matter in the canteen. I think those material things must be on hold on a higher level.

So here I end my rant. Reiterating on the empty promises, if someone promise girls to the school every also flock to that guy right? Or maybe not, since the possibility of it happening is a mere daydream.

By the way, I'm not asking for anyone to vote for Justin - just that what he promises is more realistic than no-study-week. Plus, I've worked with him on OM and he was a great a person to have around. Ok I sound bias, but who cares? So since there's lack of Vote4Justin posters around school, the information superhighway will be a great way to advertise.

VOTE JUSTIN!

I think we should implement SMS voting.
60c per sms
Persons under 18 must seek parental allowance.

"Ma, can vote for the school the president anot?.. 60 cent only.." x 1400

:(

Read my blog in Benglish.

2007-07-09T17:03:00.000+08:00

http://benglish.kennysia.com/?add=http://plaidnightmares.blogspot.com

hilarious.

drawings ensues

2007-07-07T22:21:00.001+08:00

A very bad drawing of a classmate during Physics. It's not a surprise why I'm not doing well in that class eh?

100 things you don't know.

2007-07-05T15:25:00.000+08:00

Read this very interesting list of 100 things most people don't know. So I'm gonna list my favourites here for your reading pleasure. Must say thank you if you like it hor.

# 2 - There are 200 million blogs which are no longer being updated, say technology analysts.

# 7 - The lion costume in the film Wizard of Oz was made from real lions.

# 12 - The Pope's been known to wear red Prada shoes.

# 20 - Sex workers in Roman times charged the equivalent price of eight glasses of red wine.

# 27 - Just one cow gives off enough harmful methane gas in a single day to fill around 400 litre bottles.

# 28 - More than 90% of plane crashes have survivors.

# 31 - The Mona Lisa used to hang on the wall of Napoleon’s bedroom.

# 47 - Watching television can act as a natural painkiller for children, say researchers from the University of Siena.

# 58 - Forty-one percent of English women have punched or kicked their partners, according to a study.

# 61 - A domestic cat can frighten a black bear to climb a tree.

# 64 - Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobiacs is the term for people who fear the number 666.

# 67 - Music can help reduce chronic pain by more than 20% and can alleviate depression by up to 25%.

# 68 - The egg came first.

# 72 - Modern teenagers are better behaved than their counterparts of 20 years ago, showing "less problematic behaviour" involving sex, drugs and drink.

# 81 - Iceland has the highest concentration of broadband users in the world.

# 84 - Thinking about your muscles can make you stronger.

# 87 - Goths, those pasty-faced teenagers who revel in black clothing, are likely to become doctors, lawyers and architects.

# 88 - Nelson Mandela used to steal pigs as a child.

# 90 - The Himalayas cover one-tenth of the Earth's surface.

# 93 - If left alone, 70% of birthmarks gradually fade away.

# 96 - Flushing a toilet costs, on average, 1.5p.

# 99 - The term "misfeasance" means to carry out a legal act illegally.

# 100 - In the 1960s, the CIA used to watch Mission Impossible to get ideas about spying.

original link here

Lethargic

2007-07-04T21:02:00.000+08:00

Currently Playing : Celebration Song - Unwritten Law

School is draining everything out from me. After I get back, I can't dream on lying on my bed and just sleep.

Today forced myself out of bed to go for Amath remedial. I usually have those morning moments when I have something on but I'm really really tired so I get back to sleep. I woke up 30 minutes earlier ok. I AM A GOOD BOY :)

But don't really get logarithms. Don't believe that PS really did those sums on his own (PS dont bluff k :p) So for today, nothing much happened. History was more or less interesting. Anything on modern world is interesting but I don't think it would be the same if I elected for elective history. I wouldn't be taught under Mr Yeo and learn all those interesting facts. So thank god for pure history!

I've a bunch of homework to attend to.

school & band

2007-07-03T23:42:00.001+08:00

Back to my mundane school life. Have somewhat grasped the fact that school has resumed and I think I'm more focused. Don't want to repeat last semester's vomit-inducing results.

Anyway, I'm in a bit of a situation. Not only me, but for the the twins as well. SWO will be having a concert on the 21st of July, which is a Saturday. SSW will be playing 1 song (Aroldo) on that day. The situation is that MSSMB has practices on Saturdays now. I told Ms Ong about the concert day already BUT I do not know if she will approve of us going for practices.

It's a 3-practice commitment that I have to make. I don't want to hear "Which one more important : Montfort or SSW?". It's like also saying "Which one more important : Mother in hospital or Band?". I will commit to SSW for this 3 weeks only SINCE concert is very very near, then I will focus my time on Montfort band. It's not like the band will dissolve if the 3 of us are gone for 3 practices. If this matter is to be negotiated, the least I could go for is : go for Montfort on the 21st for awhile, then go to Sembawang DEPENDING on what time Mr Ng wants us report at. Or maybe go for the 14th of July MSSMB practice.

This is just a minor issue, but I if it gets out of hand (e.g. posts being involved) then I dunno what to do. The 7th July practice will lack alot of seniors due to Youth Rally. It's also an important day, since I need to bring in the new members and get them acquainted with the places and help them get there. If not, I'm just being an ass by saying "Go yourself". I have my rebuttals in mind. The fact that it's only : 3 practices and not 3 whole weeks, I would do the same if Montfort has a concert and I would undoubtedly go for MSSMB's concert IF it had the same concert day as SSW. The fact that the concert is nearing (3 weeks) and Montfort's performances is practically a month away. I would only be missing 1/3 of the practices.

Mindless ramblings.

Satin in a Coffin

2007-07-01T23:28:00.000+08:00

Last year, I did a song quiz. And I'm back for more.
Link to last year's song quiz : here

Songs Quiz

1. Put your music player on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS!
(commentary in italics)

IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY"YOU SAY ?:
The Sound of Music Medley - Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra (Easy, I say "Doh, a deer, a female deer..")

WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?:
Bolero - Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra (The slowest crescendo ever)

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?:
The Final Song - The Juliana Theory (I like their final song)

HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?:
Last Goodbye - The Hurt Process (I have no idea)

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?:
Terminator Theme - John Williams (To be t3h n3xt t3rm1n4t0r)

WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?:
Our Lives - The Calling (I dunno, but it's a nice song)

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?:
Symphony No. 5 (Mahler) - I. Trauermarsch - Rafael Kubelik & The Bavarian Symphony Orchestra (OMG, they think I'm a funeral march?!)

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR PARENTS?:
Samurai - Nigel Clarke (I have samurai parents, hai!)

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?:
Teenage Riots - The Ataris (Rebel against the conformists!)

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BESTIES?:
Persis Overture - James L. Hosay (We persis alot)

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?:
You Talk Way Too Much - The Strokes (So... apparently she talks way too much)

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?:
Parable of the Sower - Forgive Durden (I do not know what that means.)

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?:
Miami - Taking Back Sunday (Someone better play that ridiculous guitar solo properly hor.)

WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?:
English Folk Song Suite Mvt I - Ralph Vaughan Williams (Hmmm...used to actually)

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST FEAR?:
Rhapsody in Blue - George Gershwin (If I were the clarinetist to play that solo, I would fear it.)

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?:
I'll Forever Sing - Run Kid Run (Now you all know liao!)

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?:
Walrus - Unwritten Law (Bunch of walruses)

WHAT SONG WILL BE THE SUBJECT WHEN YOU POST?:
Satin in a Coffin - Modest Mouse (faiyn)

sick again

2007-06-30T16:18:00.000+08:00

My shitty illness (literally) stopped for a holiday yesterday and came back for more fun today. I spent like half the day running to the loo and getting it all out.

And yesterday's walking in the rain didn't help me recover. As you all should figure out, it added on to my "What-I'm-Currently-Suffering-From" list. Oh and wait, yesterday's official footdrill period as a DDM didn't really help with crossing off some on the list. Yes yes, adds on.

So now there's diarrhoea, slight fever and sore throat.

I'm like those guys that is prone to minor illnesses.
Sickly, is it?

die ar, Rea

2007-06-28T22:34:00.000+08:00

Didn't go to school today. My stomach exploded, something similar to what Ivan had on Tuesday but that was his eye.

Diarrhoea lar.

Slept the whole day. Only starting on my homework now, actually could've started earlier but no more foolscap. So mum ran out for errands and bought me a pad (of foolscap please).

Yes, boring stuff.

Now, my parents and my brother are going overseas, business trip to KL. Sigh, primary school kids are damn lucky. I remembered when I was sick I didn't need an MC for it, just a letter. So he has school off for a day just to go to KL. Lucky, holidays just ended and he gets to go on another "holiday".

hmmm, left with 2 emath and 1 amath homework. + English

Tomorrow's periods is kinda ok, kinda slack but it's something like the old Friday but with a new change. Then band.

My first day as SL was ok. Went through the basics for awhile then off to repertoire. Pirates was ... "ok". The problem as a section was that they didn't blend as a section. Sure, the altos were as 1 most of the time..but alto and tenor had no link. Alto's only problem was that and rhythms. Tenor was rhythm & pitching. I suspect his reed is too hard. He's on a Vandoren traditional 3, need to get him a 2 1/2 and don't think the QM's reed supply has that. Maybe should ask him to do the warm-up that Mr Gavin asked me to do when I had problem's with low notes. Then again, it may be the instrument (like the Selmer bsax I used before the new Yamaha) Have to wait till tomorrow to find out.

Been listening to some operatic music, specifically arias of the opera (i don't know how to phrase this) Maybe should listen by composer, not by performer. Either way is okay. Con se partito is only nice. The one that goes "Time~ to~ say goodbye~" by Bocelli.

sian.

humbug.

It's you.

2007-06-26T23:39:00.001+08:00

2 days of school, and it hasn't been quite good.
As usual, I bestow the woe unto myself.
I have got to get out of the holiday mood and into the regular (normal context) school mode.
Timetable changes have been very tiring.
5.30pm days especially.

i'm tired and worried.

Committee 2007-2008

2007-06-25T20:09:00.000+08:00

Montfort Secondary School Military Band : Committee '07-'08

Band Major : Jeremy Leong
Drum Major : Melvin Ho
Deputy Drum Major : Muhammad Alif Zaini
Secretary : Ivan Ng
Student Conductor/Chief Section Leader : Gary Lim
Brass Quartermaster (Head Quartermaster) : Clarence Chong
Woodwind Quartermaster : Gerald Lim
Head of Logistics : Terence Lim
Head of Media, Publicity & Welfare : Joshua Melvyn Pereira
Head Librarian : Kamal Alsagoff
Treasurer : Gideon Low
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Section Leaders

Flutes & Double Reeds : Hongzheng
Clarinets : Joshua Melvyn Pereira
Saxophones : Muhammad Alif Zaini
Horns/Trumpets : Gary Lim
Trombones : Kenneth Ang
Tuba/Euphoniums : Zhen Hui
Percussion : Jia Wei

Goose Creek my fooot!

2007-06-24T18:48:00.000+08:00

I was surfing SoundClick.com (and totally neglecting my homework) and I went to Goose Creek band's page. Heard their supposedly "Ride" before and it was damn nice. BUT when I was at their page, they had Barnes' Third up there. But it's not played by them! But they cope Philwinds recording and out it on SoundClick, renaming it to their band!

SUCH TRAVESTY!!!!!! OMG!!! BBQ!! LOL!!!!

homework so boring.
school so boring.
i wanna play an alto sax now

giddy like gideon

2007-06-24T00:11:00.000+08:00

It is not an accomplishment if I do 3 vocab worksheets in 4 hours.
Sigh, the other English assignment is so confusing.

WHY MUST LANGUAGE BE SO TECHNICAL?!

The most technical that I can go with a language is format of letters. Identifying topic sentence or whatever confusing phrase is wayyy to technical for my taste.

And I'm damn giddy/high/dizzy/whatever word applicable to what I'm experiencing now.
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Damn worried about where my file is. I HOPE it's in school. But I don't remember putting it there. Sigh, Third Symphony, Deux Mouvements and my other favourable but fairly hard scores. POC also!
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School starts in 31 hours 40 minutes. That's just a lil more than a day. Ay Caramba, stressed. Dunno if I wanna continue with my work, which will totally infringe my commitment for the day (which has passed fyi) Damn j00 Anglais homework. And my hair needs some cuttin'.

how to end a post?

The day down

2007-06-23T16:55:00.000+08:00

Yesterday was the SGBandFusion BBQ. Not much of a turn out but it was still good. Enjoyed the chit-chat session even though I didn't contribute to the lot heh. Took a taxi home with the twins and paid for the ride lar, since they always pay for the fare.

Slept at 2 the previous night and the first time this holidays I woke up before 7 (without any motive within the day), so yea woke up at 6.45am. Took out my homework and took quite a long time on just the English 'Week X' type of work. Because Star World shows comedies from 7-9.30 or somewhere around that time. First was Seinfeld then That 70's Show then Still Standing then My Name is Earl then finally it was The Simpsons. Yes, I only did Week 8. Not good.

Then I was damn tired. First time sleep so late wake up so early. The past few days I slept at 3 and slept through until 12. So I'm frigging tired la. Slept and woke up at 12? Ate my supposedly breakfast but it became my lunch .. so technically - brunch. Bathed and went out with my mum to get my specs done. Went to Optic Point (Kovan) but wasn't really impressed with the array of designs that they have. Then went to the one inside Heartland Mall. Got 2 pairs made.

Wanted to get my hair cut but the EZ house or whatever it's called was full. Then I walked straight with my head looking the other way and I accidentally bumped into this lady. She was those type of people that when you bump into that won't forgive your or something. She was like 'OH MY GOD!' with this smug look on her face. Then I run lar, with saying sorry lar. Then that incident didn't really make my day.

Now I'm at home, with a file of English work to be done. I have E & A math work plus bio & chem. I can salvage A math and chem to be done tomorrow or on Monday since I don't have any of those classes on the first day. So I'm planning to do all of my English homework by today (even though I've said that a few posts back) and some of E math.

I'm such a klutz.

3E2 (+ one 3E1 + one 3E5) BBQ @ EAST COAST PARK (20/7)

2007-06-21T05:50:00.000+08:00

The barbeque was good. "Nice" food, plus enjoying each other's company.

This BBQ was very sudden. Idea was proposed only on Monday night. Meaningless MSN conversations led to some mediocre plan. The day before the BBQ, after English class, me & a group discussed the plan and whatnot. Discussed for a good hour in school before booking a pit at Hougang Green (via AXS station) Then ate lunch at LJS, where I did admin work (a.k.a calling everyone up) Then shopped for stuff at Shop N Save. The stuff totaled to around $114~. Went home, with heavy stuff. Okay, so that was a brief overview of Monday.

So yesterday (in a technical sense) left my abode at 6.20pm, waited for like 15mins for Gary with a bucket of raw chicken in one hand. Then picked up JJ & Terence, so after that headed for ECP pit 49. We were the first to reach there. Unpacked our stuff, cleaned the tables. Ivan & gang arrived around 5 minutes prior to us getting there. Then started the fire at around 8. I think most of 'em were there 'cept for Jeremiah & KO.

JJ starts things off.

Jiong Le & Terence

Stupid way to use wire grillz.

As Ivan claims it to be, "fireflies"

cheeeeekeenn

this guy likes "posed-candid" shots

alamak; "candid"

fire

3E1 do all the work la hor

BENG!

JJ using my leek a.k.a butter brush thingy a.k.a the-thing-that-eventually- smelled-like-lemon-chicken-then-like-satay

pyromania

he's always in my shots with his damn drink.

Jeremiah's wieners

salty (+ wet) bee hoon

The Art of _______

eat skewer

eat bottle
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Now presenting, Alif's upclose shots that looks so noob

Beng 2~

Beaver/Guy with drink/Melvin

(I toldja, he's always in my shots with his drink)

OBEY THE BENG

Beaver Ho, how heavy are your balls?

AWWW~ Section mates
(notice he has a drink)

9 YEARS CLASSMATE CAMARADERIE!

look at Melvin's stupid face

group ar

Yam Seng lar

My happy, warm, not-evil smile.
Reminds of a 'Reba' episode.

3E1 do work, ok lar I not class-ist (JR's term)

rich kid do work

Junior copies the senior

I promised to put this up, and I did.
Gerald's fav shot.

Lantern 101.
Materials :
Box
Lighter
Stupidity
Friends
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Random pics :

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The BBQ was good. Everyone was happy. Need proof? Fret not.

CJ happy
JL happy

KO happy

Terence happy

Gary very happy
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Melvin's best friend for the night was the coke can and the cups.

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Then got mini argument between 2 people about something BBQ and the venue or something.

The 2 are :

1. Jeremiah (which I wonder why he wasn't at Scout camp)

2. ~~Beng~~ JR

Geniuses flock together.

There; proven.
Q.E.D.
Quod Erat Demonstrandum

Mum's muffins - gone! All 36 of 'em

KO Superstar

superstar

East Coast Food Village - Salvation, Food, Water & Relief

in deep thought - bullshit

Primadonna

Striped boyz (3rd & 1st in class respectively btw)

striped smart asses

take me take you

Okay this is the part, where we were not hungry anymore. Damn bored. So do what ar?
As you all may know, fun can come in many forms. In this case, in came in a form of JJ, fire and a bottle of deoderant.

Do the equation : JJ + deoderant + fire
= instant flamethrower.

first few failed attempts

I think it came out okay, but my camera couldn't get flame since the flash was on.

Ground Supernova

gathering for the show

Best one I caught

Yellow

small

Upclose, kinda cool pic

Say Genius! and Greg will storm off.

Tonight's specialty : Barbequed paper plate with a dash of Chinese leek

Beng play with fire

Presto, Bon apetit

Nerd Boss

HAHAHAHA FOOL!
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We ended at around 12, so much for wanting to "stay overnight" or until "2 to 3am"

the cleanup crew

3E2

This eventually turned into a mini taupok, with Ivan as the base and me just second after the base.

& then Ivan escapes

Ivan with his dumb hand ...

... in the freakin' air

Look ma, I'm at the front.

preparing for the standard "formal" shoot

guffaw

formal la hor

alamak, NWO say act cute and I'm the only one up for it.

"Emo"

yay.

Jeremiah's dad was eyeing us for a long time. And they did this middle finger shoot with his dad just beside us....
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Wee Ong's photosnaps ..

dig nose

pole dancing .. we emulate everyone and anyone la

BENG!

BENG!
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12.30am, and waiting for a cab.

Me, Twins and Melvin took the first cab. Didn't realize that from ECP, it followed the same route that I'm very familiar with. The cab driver cut through Defu Lane to Melvin's home (I didn't know he lived in a condo) then to my house, with the twins dropping off last. Reached home around 1am. Damn tired, but didn't sleep (I'm here la @ 5am, please)

Uploading of the photos took me 2 hours, and I didn't realized you could upload 5 photos at a time. Alamak.. imagine how long would I take if uploaded 1 by 1.

Need to complete my English by tomorrow. Then can do the other Sciences/Maths on the weekend.

Sleepy... And if anyone wants the full .zip file of ALL the pics ask me on MSN (again, practical deja vu) It may take a long time, but not as long as the 6G one ok (camp attendees should know) The pics I posted are of same quality (when you enlarge it) as the one in the .zip file. The ones are posted here are just the tip of the iceberg. Lots more in the .zip file.

ok, gonna go sleep.
good morning.

EDIT -
the link to download the .zip file

http://www.wikiupload.com/download_page.php?id=163348

good day!

My neck ..

2007-06-19T02:37:00.000+08:00

hurts like hell ...

Hear ye

2007-06-18T21:28:00.000+08:00

Sembawang Symphonic Winds Recruitment

Sembawang Symphonic Winds is currently recruiting for new members. All young musicians between the ages of thirteen and eighteen are welcomed to join. But, we are NOT looking for players on project basis.

If interested, please kindly e-mail Alif/Cheng Fu your FULL NAME, SCHOOL and INSTRUMENT PLAYED to nitro_seven@hotmail.com / chengfu90@gmail.com or you can add them in MSN if you want.

Thank you.

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Band Rehearsals:
Every Saturday, 9.30am-3.30pm (1 hour of
lunch break included)

Venue:
Sembawang Community Club, Music Studio

Bus Services:
Bus No. 169 (from Woodlands, Yishun & Ang Mo Kio MRT Stations)
Bus No. 882 (from Sembawang MRT Station)

Audition:
Audition is NOT needed.

Instruments:
Instruments WILL NOT be provided.
Except, Percussion Instruments and Tuba.

Music Director:
Mr. Desmond Ng

Resident Conductor:
Mr. Andrew Ng

About Sembawang Symphonic Winds:
The Sembawang Symphonic Winds was formed in February 2005 and inaugurated in July 2005 by former Deputy Prime Minister, Dr. Tony Tan, advisor of the Symphonic Winds’ parent band, the Sembawang Wind Orchestra, under Sembawang Community Club.

The Sembawang Symphonic Winds cater mainly to youths between the ages of thirteen and eighteen. Its formation is to encourage community service through music making.

The Sembawang Symphonic Winds envisions to create an environment fosteringmusic appreciation and awareness, in the process enhancing creativity and thinking skills. In line with the Ministry of Education’s call for young to be more actively involved in community service, the Sembawang Symphonic Winds aims to participate in various community activities like charity fund raisings, visits to old folk homes and community outreach programs and performances.

The Sembawang Symphonic Winds also aspires to develop young musicians towards musical excellence. It also places a strong emphasis on character building and interpersonal skills.

Through the Sembawang Symphonic Winds, the Sembawang Community Club and the Sembawang Wind Orchestra hope to cross cultural boundaries, to appreciate and encourage music culture heritage.

In July 2006, the Sembawang Symphonic Winds participated in the 2nd Division of the 1st National Band Competition and was adjudicated by both local and foreign musicians from Japan and Thailand. The Sembawang Symphonic Winds clinched the Gold award and attained champion in the category.

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Current Repertoire :
Deux Mouvements - André Waignein
Aroldo - Giuseppe Verdi/Arr. Frank Cesarini

Vünderbar

2007-06-17T03:21:00.001+08:00

I'm fifteen already. Can't believe it. Can't believe that it's half-way through the year. Pretty amazing, IMO.

Cut the cake only at 11, the hour I was born 15 years ago. Mom decided to try out her cake-baking skills in the form of my birthday cake. She worked hard for it, that's what I can say. The night before, she got back at 12+ and baked the cake up until the morning. And she didn't rest there. She started make quiches (which I have to say, really really really tasted bad :P) So I just slacked the whole day. Don't go thinking "what a pathetic way to celebrate your birthday", ya ya whatever. This is what I wanted. A quiet day, just relaxing - no troubles. Rather than going out, spending money and all that stuff. But gonna have a proper "celebration" tomorrow, having dinner somewhere.

So mom's cake tasted nice. Initially, she put the cake in the refrigerator to let the icing on the cake to harden or something. In the end, the icing was perfect - smooth & soft (like my a baby's bottom) But it froze the stuff that's covered by the icing - the cake! When I was taking the usual "cut-the-cake-while-posing-for-the-camera" photo, the knife only cut the thick icing, not what's beyond it. And mind you, it was sharp metal knife for cake diving/layering .. not those pink birthday cake knifes with funny ridges. It was damn hard please. My face had this "What the ..." expression in the photo.

Anyway, after that just slacked. Watched 'Tenacious D - The Pick of Destiny' again. It's still an ok movie. The comedy is very minimal. Most of it is about, well, music. & vulgarities is like the main part of the movie (especially 'fuck') I was like "Am I watching a Jack Black movie or a porno?" Each minute of the movie, they have to mention the word 'fuck' (be it songs or normal talk) So a censored version is highly impossible. End result would be an hour of silence. Like ..

"If you think it's time to _________ rock, and _________ roll, out of control
then you know you gotta rock the block, or _________ suck my __________ cock."

First few lines of Classico (album cut). Labeled as 'Bourée in E minor' by Johann Sebastian Bach in the movie.

That's around the starting. The starting already had his (Jack Black) kid-self sing stuff with phrases like "shoot a load" and "fucked the dragon".

But good movie, thumbs up!
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So boring .. Matthew G. Gubler's character on Criminal Minds is getting whacked man. Abducted, drugged and released. Now, he's craving for the drugs he was given... hope he's not cut from the series like Lola Glaudini (even though she left on her accord)

To end this very boring post, is a scene from the movie I mentioned, which is part of the OST called 'The Divide'.

Jack Black asks Kyle Gass if playing at a sorority party with hot girls was more important than getting the pick of destiny.

Jack Black : What's it gonna be Kyle, you have to decide - Tits ... or destiny?
Kyle Gass : (Lifts shirt up) Tits.

aiya go watch the movie or ask your mum/dad/brother/sister/anyone over 18 to go to Carrefour and buy the DVD! Can get free Gibson guitar pick!

(o it's M18 btw, hence the vulgarities)

Happy Birthday To Me

2007-06-16T00:13:00.000+08:00

Yay I'm 15.

Introverted excitement ... did I just make an oxymoronic statement?

Yay I'm 15.
Happy birthday to me.

it bean long time

2007-06-15T13:50:00.000+08:00

Not much happened the past few days. Dental for 2 days (yes). My pearly whites are clean and I'm still the same.

If you have read a multitude of posts back, there's this post that I commented on the, well, "structure" of the holidays. It goes like where it starts of boring, slammed with remedials and whatnot. Then when you're hitting the third week it kinda grows on you and you get used to it.

YAR I AM AT THAT STAGE.

I'm used to the stay-at-home-and-sleep-for-5-hours-in-the-afternoon kinda regime. Can't believe it's nearing the end of the 3rd week! A little bit over a week till school resumes! NOO!

Anyway, been surfing Sibelius alot. Still adore Jan Snoeckx '3' - trio for bassoon, trombone and baritone sax. Just very modern and neo-classical. Heard 'Divertimento for Saxophone quartet'. It sucked. The piece was toooooooooo abstract. Then heard 'Scherzo for 3 trumpets', kinda nice.

So Mr Sukit wants us to prepare a piece for the August test. Been wanting to play Paganini's Caprice nr. 24, but worried if Mr Sukit knows the piece inside out and wants me to play the the last few variations. So I don't want to play some well-known transcripted piece (No Bach Cello Suites & Mozart's Bassoon concerto!) So found a nice piece on Sibelius called "Schwarzer Tänzer" (literally meaning black dancer) Damn nice. It's a dance, nice tempo, nice balance with the piano (even though I can't request Mr Sukit to accompany me on the piano during the test)

So bored ... and I have not watched Criminal Minds for 3 days! Achievement, no?

The Springing Povich

2007-06-13T11:54:00.000+08:00

Watched alot of Maury Povich & 2 Jerry Springer clips on YouTube. Kinda nice, it's like Oprah but more violent, somewhat more troubling ... and both hosts go all the way out to embarrass their violent guests. And let me tell you, their audience of the 2 shows really like to get into the guests' faces.

MTV's HomeWrecker doesn't stand a chance againts Maury Povich and Jerry Springer, THE REAL Home wrecker.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh no.

2007-06-12T23:04:00.001+08:00

The Art of Taupok

Just read like 20 pages or so of my new book (the so-called 'wrong' one) Okay la, for me is beginner stuff into FP, cause like the authors (who are the directed audience), they are n00bz like me. Just that every new section I begin to read starts off like 'If you wanna write about a good psychologist...' pisses me off.

CSI and Cold Case bores me already. Can't focus on 'em. So Criminal Minds is the outright best crime drama out there.

The media has made it clear that people can solve crimes with anything. Science, the mind, bones ... heck, even numbers. No need for the police squad, gather a bunch of math teachers and you can have a real life Numb3rs episode!

anyway, to end off with today's second post ... MSSMB has this small matter that if the lower sec gets the drum major post then all will rebel/protest/quit/starve/turn gay whatever. So here's a quote..

"Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself."
- William Faulkner

Quickie

2007-06-12T15:01:00.000+08:00

My books arrived at about 11+ today.

Kinda disappointed :( One of the book was a like a writing guide to Forensic Psychology. For like authors who wanna learn to write stories circled on forensic psychologists and his tales. So, I may not be the right audience, but got old cases like the renowned Unabomber, Ted Kacyznski,the psychopath who killed ladies looked like his fiance, then 2 sorority girls which lead to disorganized killing of the 12 year old girl .. I'm talking about Ted Bundy. Got others like Ed Gein, which I know nothing about. So I may gain limited knowledge from 'The Criminal Mind - A Writer's Guide to Forensic Psychology' but 'SERIAL CRIME - Theoretical and Practical Issues in Behavioral Profiling' is perfect for me .. therefore - more expensive.

Satisfied - kinda. Need to get 2 more books down to sunny Singapore soon :)

Overall stupid

2007-06-10T13:06:00.000+08:00

Philwinds concert was okay. Kevin Bobo was amazing. Sad if any percussionists missed it, especially those mallet enthusiasts. He performed Goh Toh Chai's Marimba Concerto, then performed his own composition titled Gordon's Bicycle (in 2 movements - I. Uphill, II. Downhill) then did a possibly on-the-spot piece named '9th June 2007' (aka yesterday) on the snare drum. The on-the-spot piece had him doing the repeating passage in Ravel's Bolero and of course, whistling in the flute intro.

Not bad, but bad experience (nothing to do with the performers or the concert)

Anyway, kinda bored now. I will dread what will happen in an hour's time... but whatever.
Books arriving tomorrow. Can't wait, and still ... any takers for my Amazon offer? Hello?

Left with 9 episodes of Criminal Minds .. 14 days till holidays end (yes, that fast)
Need to pace myself with my episode-watching .. I dunno what to do when I have no more episodes to watch :( Probably reading up on the new books or something ..

Last Monday, overheard a conversation between 2 classmates. Went something like :

"Eh, I'm left with 1 piece of English homework"
"Wah, I left with English .. do the rest liao"
"REALLY AH?! So much left .. siao issit?"

I think the first guy would die of cardiac arrest if he heard I haven't touched my work at all :)

Oh cool.

2007-06-09T13:56:00.000+08:00

I'm back already from band. Foot drill was more or less a screwup for me. Did 3-5 mistakes in total (in my book at least) So in the eyes of the adjudicators I did pretty bad. At least I got to be first 3 secondary 3s to attain the footdrill badge.

Nevermind, worries aside. I've got the whole day to look forward to. I've a couple more hours before leaving for the Philwinds concert. Parents aren't at home .. ahhh bliss :) God's way of giving me some 'relax time' after 5 hours of work.

Hmmm, can't wait for my books to be delivered from Kinokuniya. Still contemplating if I should order the 2 books from Amazon (don't ask me why I like to order books) Like 10USD (around 20 singapore dollars) Like not worth it. So anyone want to order anything from Amazon.com, please tag. More people .. less shipping charges after splitting :D Tell by the end of next week. CDs, books or whatever.

Criminal Minds Season 2 Episode 13 gonna finish downloading soon. So fast ...
And I don't have to go SSW on my birthday!

va-va-vooom

2007-06-09T01:59:00.000+08:00

Posting now, about well .. technically yesterday.

Instrument-slash-theory test was okay. I got a B, and 3 others also had it. Surprised 2 of 'em were from the tuba section. More surprising it was ZH and Alvin, a sec one. Kudos to them.

I finally ordered the 2 books on profiling at the Kinokuniya bookweb thingy. Costs me $92.80 and arriving approximately on Monday. I'm still speculating if I should order my other 2 books thru Amazon. It's gonna cost me SGD60 just to get 2 books worth SGD40 ... around US10 shipping charges. Wanted to get Philip Glass' 'Symphony no. 2 : Interlude from Orphee' CD that I've been dreading for and can't get because the torrent just can't connect .. but it's US16? It's either listening to a concerto for saxophone quartet or indulging in a book on sociopaths :\

Foot drill test tomorrow, kinda worried because they put the 'stresser' there. This would decide THE post and if we get to brandish off a nice foot drill badge on our sleeve. THE post I'm referring to is of course, the Drum Major post. The fact that have been told to us that ANYONE that gets the highest for the foot drill test WILL BE the drum major. So there IS a possibility that the one seniors may have to take orders from WILL be a junior (or if the case happens - a senior) So I'm kinda worried. Like someone can just come out from the blue just rises up and grabs that authority. That is, if a lower sec did that.

So after footie drill, gonna rest at home for a couple of hours before heading for my all-expensed paid Philwinds concert! Woot, first ever PW concert. Should be good...wait MUST BE good. Any band that has played Samurai, Third Sym, A Myth for Symphonic Band must be good! And can catch that Kevin Bobo guy and his marimba.

So fun.

Anyway, I'm done with Season 1 of Criminal Minds. Went straight on to Season 2 because the last episode I caught on Channel 5 was 'The Fisher King pt I'. Cliffhanger episode. Then just watched the first ep of season 2. Kinda anti-climatic, if I do say so myself.

MJS Camp post will be up by tomorrow or Sunday.

Hmmmm, and the Zodiac killer has been uncaught for 30 years ...

Seems that I'm drifting from History books to psychology ones...

Helter Skelter theory

2007-06-08T01:17:00.000+08:00

Tomorrow will be a traumatic day for me. Hope not.
Gotta carry the bari sax back to school, and I've made up my mind ... gonna keep it there!
Yay! Whoopee! Actually I just borrowed on impulse (like everything I do) though my chromatics did get a tad better, but not good enough.

Anyway, gonna do some research at Kino tomorrow to see if they carry the books I want. If not need go online and order.

Hmmm, to watch episode 20 or not to watch?

The day before tomorrow is the day not after tomorrow before the next day of Easter

2007-06-04T23:20:00.000+08:00

Today's practice was demoralizing for me. Just wasn't a good day.

Theory test on Friday and I'm worried. My chromatics just sucks please. How am I ever gonna achieve chromatics in semiquavers at 120 bps? My D to D# transition while going down the scale is just ...

Anyway, could borrow my instrument. YAY! Yes, I brought home a baritone saxophone. Not the first time ok. I carry from RP (Woodlands) back home ok. I carry to Sembawang before ok (bus some more). From school to home is no kick. Yes, loan period till start of school. Still thinking of how to bring back to school ...

Been practising alot. For about 2 hours, mostly on the basics. Don't want to touch on my repertoire. Found a online metronome and worked on chromatics. Still like shit. Then took a short nap then continued on for a few hours. Did interval studies, chromatics, scale studies, the exercise Mr Sukit taught us. Recorded myself. My sound sucks, very ermm ... reedy. Tone also sucks. My fingers are super stiff, especially my right hand. Ahhh need more scale studies bleah. And also, my multiphonic sound .. it's either that it doesn't work or my camera can't capture my voice through my instruments sound at once.

Sun rising from the west liao, because KO brought his bassoon home.

Sir's camp tomorrow. Gonna go back MJS after very long liao..
Cup noodles for supper! memoreez

Some stuff.

2007-06-04T01:30:00.000+08:00

Have watched 7 episodes out of 22 of Criminal Minds. Most of 'em I've watched before on channel 5, before they removed it. But re-living the experience brings back the excitement. Now I'm talking like them. Nonetheless its a good show, and I have 22 episodes and can watch them back-to-back.

And I can't believe Carrefour sells 'BONES' DVD but not 'Criminal Minds'. Please, that's such a big mistake.

Went to the PC show just now. Dunno why I ever came back since '05. It's freaking crowded and I had to do the 'penguin walk' just to get around. Yes, everything was cheap. XBox games are like 20%-70% off? Some were less than 20 bucks. Didn't buy much because me and my mum just went there on impulse, because it's the last day and all. We actually didn't need anything there :/

Hmmm, I can't find my new reed received on Wednesday. So it's June liao, so dunno if I can get a new one... Ahh if not, I will have to sound thin on that dumb Rico Royal reed. Hope my Vandoren is inside my instrument case...

Need to get a reed case to organize my reeds. And NOT La Voz reed slots. It's like a normal reed case and I'll still leave it around. Need something big, a case. Like the VRC30, which holds 4 bari sax reeds. Like a La Voz but bigger. Their hygrocase looks cool, but dunno anything about reeds so I dunno if I suddenly set at a certain temperature the reeds may just crack or something. The Reed Resurfacer looks okay but dunno how it works or how it really looks like. I think is what Gerald said, prevents warping :\

Hmm gonna watch episode 8 before hitting the sack ..

[delayed] Day Camp + Desford Colliery Brass Band Concert + Dinner with bandmates

2007-06-01T22:27:00.000+08:00

Today was good. Started off with english class with only 80% of the class present? Kinda boring la, 1.5 hours of boredom. Learning about compo writing and stuff la, didn't really pay attention.

Then headed off to Whitley for day camp day número dos, when we reached there it was already lunch. Food was okay, x100 better than the packet of cold chicken rice that we always get. Then got my stuff from their bandroom, went to fall in, paid my money then combined. Played Star Wars, which I got confused at some parts. Bad day I guess. Then by 4, we packed our stuff and I went to fall in the band near the car park. Waited for instructions before boarding the bus to NYJC.

We reached there kinda early. Saw Clement there, he was moving around alot haha like he was busy (but not saying he wasn't) Then by 5 we were in. MSSMB occupied the first 2 rows. The band was simply superb.

Desford Colliery Brass Band

Euphoniums/Baritones

Their intonation was superb. No need to say about individual tone, that's pretty obvious. Volume ... wow for a band that's that small, they were very very very loud. Not blasting hor, it's sound projection :) Anyway, the band made it a point to make the audience part of the concert, rather the strict and serious concerts that are held in Singapore. Songs, hmmm .. can't really remember the titles of it ... let's see.. I forgot the first one, the second one's called Jubilee Overture by Philip Sparke then I can't remember the rest. There was 'Comedy Night' and some Leonard Bernstein song that sounded like Slava which had Simpsons tunes in it (or maybe The Simpsons took the song, I dunno) Comedy Night .. the Euphoniumist injected Csardas into it? Haha.

Soprano Cornetist aka the guy Jeremy Leong hugged after the concert

Haha Jeremy was really like some of the player's favourite. His witty jokes, and the band didn't seem to mind him. After the concert he (the Soprano Cornet guy) was talking one big group of us MSSMB people.

Then after the brilliant concert was "over", obviously encore HAD to be shouted out. Toccata in Fugue in D minor - jazz style (LOLOL JAMES LOLOL JAMES JAMES) Starting was perfect, like keyboard tone. Then it gets jazzy, cornets injected Flight of the Bumblebee tune somewhere in there?

This is what a fabulous concert looks like when it ends

After the concert ended, we talked to that soprano cornet as mentioned. Then from NYJC, Mr. Sukit told us we could leave by 2 ways - one to Ave 2 and one to Ave 3. Ivan wanted to go out through the Ave 2 way, well, since he lived around Ave 2 but they all just went out through Ave 3 way, with all it's condominiums scattered around. And so we walked ...

Did anyone of you noticed the new band tees? Ok, you can only see the back which is the ugly side. Ok in case if they are some people who can't really see the "abstract" brain-child result of our Media head Gary, here's Kamal, kindly trying to shun away from my camera, to show us the back of our new tees.

Sad I don't have a picture of the front, which is the better side. But I guess it will somehow grow on us, so to speak. OK, so we walked and stopped at this bus stop in some very alien place to most of us. We were damn happy to find a bus heading to Hougang (to makan), which is 159; which stops at avenue 9. So did alot of stupid stuff such ..

1.) Run away from the camera (ala Joshua Melvyn Pereira) (By the way, you can see the nice design on the front on Jia Wei [extreme left])

2.) Taking candid pictures *cough*

3.) Act Sadako and run away from the camera

4.) Play ' Make the twins shun away from the camera and look at different directions or cover their faces with two hands which will make them look stupid so it's a win win situation duh ' Best game everr.

105 came first so Jia Wei, Ivan and ~~JemZ~~Jeremy left us, so sad. Then did some other stuff and as always el alif is always el equippo with el camera.

Beaverotic

159 came and guess what? It was headed at the wrong direction! HONG ZHENG! It was like headed towards Bishan? NOT going anyway near Hougang. Then we were like paranoid if we were gonna end up in Tuas or something. Anyway, the bus made a turn towards Ang Mo Kio and I had a magnificent idea of us dining at AMK Hub, that is IF we were headed there. But Hong Zheng's brilliant street directory skillz said we were so every stop we will 'One more stop!' and do the math .. we were like one stop away la.

Walked around AMK Hub for awhile then we ate at the food court at the top level. The food's freaking EX la please. I had only 4 bucks with me. One bowl of mediocre mee rebus already had me forking out $3.20 please. So let me see, Zhen Hui, Clarence, Ken An & Ong, me, twins, Beaver, Kamal and Joshua were there if I'm not wrong. Then I bought desert, at least the ice kachang was at a more reasonable price. When I was getting down to my last few scoops they all rushed me sia, uber brainfreeze please.

Then Clarence had stomach ache I think. Joshua had a long time understand what me & Melvin was telling. From cakes, sound effects plus graphic explanation of what Clarence was gonna do in the bathroom. Anyway, done with the toilet revelry.

Walked to the bus stop, 88 came first so the stomach ache-stricken Clarence and few others went leaving me, beaver and Hong Zheng. HZ asked me hand in some form for him. So 74 came, we all boarded. Had a nice chat in the bus until HZ went off. So leaving me with the biggest numskull ever to walk the planet. 'twas okay I guess, of course he spread his lameness as usual. Then he went off leaving me all alone :(

Okay that's it.

This post was started after I got back, but I got sleepy so I continued this morning [2/6] and drafted it, went for band and finished up at 11.45pm ... k?

Anyway on a side note ..... MY CRIMINAL MIND SEASON 1 DONE LIAO!. Watched 3 episodes already ...all watch before but who cares! It still kicks ass. But have to get to use to the Swedish subtitles. But hey, I've learnt 'thank you' is 'tack' in Swedish :D

Mozart's bassoon concerto is very easy with the ears ..

Adidas+ Challenge

2007-05-31T21:36:00.000+08:00

Went to the Adidas+ Challenge to support Kamal & Nawas and their team, Blazing Salvo. The atmosphere was very good. Very very loud music and the crowd just, well, made it happen. I went a tad too early and Blazing Salvo was on only at 4.30+? Anyway caught quite a number of matches, all were quite good.

Think that was the first match I watched, not bad. But I think ended in a goal-less draw.

The teams there were damn creative when it came to group names. Of course rather than Blazing Salvo (meaning Blazing Sun), stuff like Nerdy Noobs, NOOB, Who da man, Skillz that Killz, Milkshake and stuff like that.

The guys in white there, are of course, team ACS Independent. Yes, they registered with their school name. How quaint.

More of ACSI
But forgot the outcome of that round.

Kamal's brother with Simon

pre-game nervousness

Ok, that picture, focus on the middle of it. Ok la my cam sux shitzors, but can you see a group of people in the centre, in tattered rags, & one of 'em is carrying a piece of cardboard with the words 'FREE HUG' on one side and 'BEG FOR A HUG' on the other. I el thinko that they're emulating the 'FREE HUG' guy in Australia (which how I got to know of the Sick Puppies). Paradoxical how one side says FREE HUG and the other side asks you to beg for it :/

Steve-o

An Australian team I think. Socceroos, they call themselves.

Goalies wait for the kill

Ok, rather than guys have all the fun, of course girls want part of the competition too. This is the 2nd all-girl team that I caught so far (first was in the U-19) I think the one below is called Arsenal Bishan Girls B or Bishan Arsenal Girls B... either those two.

They didn't win but they did well. When I was browing through the pictures I realized something. The girls were playing against my friend's team (not Blazing Salvo) No wonder that small kid looked vaguely familiar.

Blazing Salvo

Defense; Kamal and Huan Si with Marcus at goal

Bang Hur

It was a draw at the end. They didn't play that well but A for effort. That was their first round, I missed the second round.

Kamal and his brother

The team and I walked around Ngee Ann for abit. So I left at 6 to meet my mum at Dhoby Ghaut. She went to Carrefour to buy some stuff, I just waded around, my feet damn sore. Then I bought "Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny", before eating dinner and going home.

The movie isn't that great. ALOT of vulgarities. Funny, yes but if I were a world-renowned music critic, I'd give it 3 stars, just because of it's humour, music and my years of idolizing Jack Black. Oh yea, it comes with a free Gibson guitar pick, so that'd be 3.5 stars :/

Nostalgia - sort of.

2007-05-31T07:30:00.000+08:00

Woke up damn early man. Especially on a public holiday when people usually sleep in till 2pm.

My parents and my bro went to Mustafa yesterday night. I think they went home damn late because my brother, aka the-guy-who-wakes-up-early-no-matter-what-except-for-this-instance, is still asleep and it's nearing 8! OMG~~ AHH~~ aha.

Flipping through my old music library, those not in iTunes, was rather nostalgic. Reminds me of sec 1 days, enjoying the tunes. Especially Jimmy Eat World, remembered my favourite track is (and will ever be I guess) Work. Yep, damn nice song if I do say so myself. I wanna hear the acoustic version! (and I have to wait a few hours for it :p)

Anyway, it's Vesak Day and I don't really know how to wish you guys so here goes;
Happy Vesak Day?

Oh ok
Happy Vesak Day ! :)

the -e,-i and the new -u prefixes

2007-05-30T20:20:00.000+08:00

Tired out from today. When I got home, went straight for the bed and just knocked out for around 2 hours.

Let's see, slept at 10+ yesterday night (unearthly hours for sleeping) then at woke up at 2am (proper sleeping time) then slept again until 4am. Then stayed awake till 7am, which I then slept for another half an hour. Prepared myself for physics/amath class. Then after my classes was over, boarded the bus to Whitley Sec. We reached there when it was just about lunchtime. Lunch was okay, free la so it was okay. Ate up fast then went to practice my Third Symphony. Dammit, the piece is just too hard la. Especially when I have no time to practice (15 minutes of practice is obviously not enough for Third Symphony :/) Gonna get scolding from Mr Ng the next time I turn up for practice haha.

Realized my sound is very thin. Maybe because I'm on some cheap Rico Royal reed that came with the instrument, and I'm using it because Gerald just "didn't" have the time to get one for me. OR maybe it's just me. Sounds weird if I have this sound and play the solo from the third movement. 2nd mvmt solo, sigh. Only the first few bars is ok, when reaching those drastic high-to-low passages, just can't do it right now. Then worked on those running passages which just sounded weird with my thin sound.

Okay moving to combined practice. Started with some singing exercise for note pitching. Then moved on to some chorale passage with no bari sax part (such a travesty!) Can bet Mr. Sukit just lifted that one from Sibelius. Then broke off into sectionals for half and hour to work on the piece. After sectionals just went through the chorale for half an hour before we packed up and placed our instruments inside Whitley's band room, how kind. Just went home after that. Bought bubble tea and lepak there for quite long. I bought a disgusting cup, peppermint shit. bleah.

So tomorrow's Vesak day. No need go school, can rest at home. Yay yay yay.

Hmmmm, my Philip Glass torrent can't connect to peers. AHHH, can't listen to Concerto for Saxophone Quartet and Orchestra!!! Nooo, and his 8 symphonies!!

Third symphony giving me nightmares... weird nightmares to make it worse ...

errand to do

2007-05-30T04:34:00.000+08:00

Anyone can run down to HMV and see if they sell The Receiving End of Sirens' 'Between the Heart and the Synapse'? :D :) :D :)

Humouro uno

2007-05-29T15:24:00.000+08:00

Had to attend a reception in the morning, so my whole morning was gone :( But I could skip the 3 hours of remedials, which I say would be very fruitful if I went. One and only Bio class and I missed it. Luckily got physics tomorrow, so make up for today's class. Hmmm, tomorrow there's day camp at Whitley. Don't really feel like playing the songs prepared for us, I'd rather practise on Third Symphony and Deux Mouvements.

Anyway, to kill the holiday boredom, here's some funny videos for everyone. Be it band members, classical fanatics or normal people, so don't worry - it's humour.

Victor Borge : Page-turner (that's his son by the way)

The funniest skit I've seen him (Victor Borge) in.
(the guy who uploaded this restricted embedding of the video)

Victor Borge and some guy from Instan~~cow~~bul

Danny Kaye conducts The New York Philharmonic

... in a funny way (MUST WATCH FOR EVERYONE!)

Re-post of the video. Kinda gets lengthy if you watch it multiple times.
Drummer Assaf Seewi & Beatbox champ Donny Gambles

Torrents so slow ....

When is mainstream exactly mainstream? What is mainstream? AHHHHH

2007-05-28T12:07:00.000+08:00

Answer that ^ for me.

Mainstream? Is it categorized by how the music sounds like or how many people likes 'em or WHO likes 'em or what? Radio music?

Just wondered about this topic when I was on my way to Amath class just now.

I've had small talk topics on this before, like which band will lose their 'status virginity'? (of course it's just a figure of speech) It's more of a euphemism for probably - going mainstream? no?

Ok I confess, I used to label mainstream music in SEC 1 (13 only ok) ya ya I was Alif the naive in oh-five. But not now la. But that doesn't mean I shake my butt to the tune of any Pussy Cat Dolls song.

So.. there is a difference between labels and preference.
Because Fall Out Boy sounds like FM Static.
I prefer both :/ Aye, don't go saying "AHAHAHAH dumb [insult] listen to FOB!"
Their new album not bad ok, got screaming one. Like "Saturday".

Ok, so there's also intolerance, to add on to labeling and preference.
Intolerant to PCD
Intolerant to M5
Intolerant to Sanjaya
Intolerant to Hip-hop/R&B etc.

Aye?

So when is a band mainstream? When it's being publicized? The first chord on their song the radio is played they're mainstream? Album advertised on TV?

ANSWER MY BURNING QUESTIONS.

ok la, I'm just bored. Got Amath homework to be handed up tomorrow. & I can't find my exercise books :(

Holidays : In A Nutshell

2007-05-27T12:23:00.000+08:00

On a normal Sunday, when it wasn't the holidays, I would be doing the same exact thing every Sunday. Moping around my room, doing nothing, blasting 40 seconds of a song on iTunes and then lay on bed for 2 minutes before doing the whole damn cycle again. I was never bored.

Now, I am doing the same thing. BUT now I AM BORED.
Dagnabbit.

I hate the boredom-inducing holidays.
Well, kinda.

Holidays goes like this :
1.) YAY HOLIDAYS LIAO YAY YAY YAY
2.) ALAMAK REMEDIAL/CCA BUT STILL YAY YAY YAY
3.) ALAMAK DAMN BORING SIA HOLIDAYS :(:(:(:(:(
4.) WAH I'M GETTING USED TO IT LIAO YAY YAY YAY
5.) CRAP SCHOOL IN 2 DAYS TIME
6.) 5 HOURS BEFORE SCHOOL : ALAMAK GOT HOMEWORK

Okay la, something like that. Stereotypical :/

Second day in and I'm bored already

2007-05-26T22:15:00.000+08:00

I'm bored already.
No more "new" South Park episodes to watch. Can't download some more until I clear some space on my drives because I'm left with around 4GB to work with. Maybe gonna put my South Parks and various vids on CD. Like that = 30+ GB already.

The thing about torrents is that it can be damn fast (like 4 episodes in 2-3 hours) when conventional downloads (eg Save Link As downloads) have a kinda uniformed download rate. Torrents also can be damn slow, because depends the number of people seeding that torrent. SO it can be a bitch sometimes. Criminal Minds, currently, is estimated to be ready in 39 days. Might as well don't download. Dunno la, just leave it overnight :/

So more on today, went back for SSW after a very very long time though it didn't feel like it. Felt like I went back there every week for the past month. Been a long time since I handled the CC's instrument. The thing about that Selmer is the low notes are quite hard to access as compared to the 2 Yamahas I've tried (YBS-32 and 62E) But the sound from it (Selmer S80) is just superb, better than Yamahas anyday. Yet to try a Yanagisawa though.

Anyway, attendance was bad. Two clarinetists came down but both no instrument. So went through Deux Mouvements first. First time that I saw the score was like more than 4 months ago? Remembered that I messed the piece up. Today was okay though, 2nd movement was abit better than the first time I tried it. Remembered the first time went I played the quavers Mr Ng say my notes were very packed and tight (and not tight as in cool) Then went through, dare I say?, THIRD SYMPHONY! Okay la, most of you guys know this..

Alif (inexperience noob at sax) + the great third sym = catastrophe + disaster + disease + unlawful + many more

Easier equation to remember than " A-P-P + P + energy -----> A-P-P~P "

Then lunch, blablabla, went through third symphony mvt. III. My solo was ok-ok lar, can be better. Even though it is a cadenza got my rhythms mixed up. Then after the third sym revelry, off to Aroldo which I missed the Allegro brillante part and messed up the bassoon cue.

Heh :/

Way Away Days Away Yay Yay

2007-05-25T15:20:00.000+08:00

Click to enlarge the uber noob marks.

Yes, the worst has been dealt with. My results suck but I PASSED! YAY! I FAILED MY OVERALL PERCENTAGE YET I PASSED!

I got 71.3% for History yet I still failed my overall (BUT PASSED MY EXAMS :D). My CA1 History marks was not expected, 100%! I think Mr Yeo didn't add in the essay into the CA1 marks. Heh, SBQ test I got 11/11 :) But SA is crap lar, 54% only means what Gary told me was true, sigh.

Nonetheless, I passed my exams and it's time for some holiday action (and I meant that in a PG13 way) But gonna do some revision on my subjects especially Amath, Physics and Bio.

SOUTHPARK!

The real pop sensation

2007-05-25T02:12:00.000+08:00

Bored sia. Nothing to do.

Well, it's kinda like the holidays. Keyword is 'kinda'. There's still meet-the-parents session which my parents will bust a nerve looking my overall percentage. I am really hoping for a 70% for my History which I seriously doubt so, even though my CA is like kind of good, my SA (not the Brownshirts) are ... okay I don't know my Hist SEA marks. Gary told me my 'marks' but you can never trust people these days. If I get 70% for Hist 1st Comb, I will jumping in joy (and not get stuck - fat guy joke)

Moving on, my class conduct is kinda like crap , work attitude also like crap. Seems I'm only interested in 1 subject and that's history. So, Singapore has paid homage to the arts by opening with various arts school, homage to sports with the SSS, so I think it's time to pay homage to humanities. I can imagine the enrollment list :p

So I just want get tomorrow over with, get lectures by my dear ol' parents then can 'enjoy'. Yeah remedials and the comeback of the homework monster. Of course, jolly band practices with footdrill, pfft. 9th June, footdrill assessment AKA drum major selections AKA choosing of the guy who's gonna lead us in SYF'08.

My first 2 weeks are packed, but the last 2 weeks are not so bad. I think I'll be coming back once for English?

"Holidays"
28/5 - Add. Math (9.30am - 10.30am)
29/5 - Biology (7.30am - 8.30am); Physics (8.30am - 9.30am); Add. Math (9.30am - 10.30am)
30/5 - Physics (8.30am - 9.30am); Add. Math (9.30am - 10.30am); Day Camp @ Whitley
1/6 - English (10.00am - 11.30am); Day Camp @ Whitley
2/6 - Day Camp @ Whitley (8.00am - 2.00pm)
4/6 - Band Practice (9.00am - 1.00pm)
8/6 - Band Practice (1.00pm - 5.00pm); Rhythm XXI (still thinking about it)
9/6 - Foot Drill Assessment (9.00am - 1.00pm)
16/6 - Some pro guy birthday
19/6 - English (10.00am - 12.00pm)

Majority of it has got something to do with band. Sigh, I wanna go for the Desford Colliery Brass Band concert at NYJC, but it clashes with day camp. Personally, I would rather go for the concert, but no choice lar. But not bad lar this holiday, -9 days leaving around 21 days. -5 for SSW practices, leaving 17 days. Yay!, more than half of the holidays to sleep at 5am and wake up at 2pm!

Re-watching Southparks, sian.

Stuck in the very middle

2007-05-23T19:19:00.000+08:00

Today was relatively good. My ENG file was 5/6 complete haha, not bad for an unorganized person like me.

History was the good today. Alot of interesting stuff, because t'was about the Nazis and of course, Hitler. Nearing the end of the lesson, Mr Lloyd Yeo explained about the breaking of churches from the main church and some other stuff that I can't recall. So before the lesson, Mr. Yeo played Johan Strauβ's (or Strauss) Radetzky-March because he wants to emphasize on what was important to the Germans - their army.

And I borrowed the CD of marches from him! Damn cool, he got it from Germany. The Berliner Philharmoniker conducted by Herbert Karajan. The CD is called 'Radetzky-Marsch; Preuβische und österreichische Märsche mit Herbert von Karajan'.

The tracks are :

Radetzky-Marsch - Johann Strauβ
Yorckscher Marsch - Ludwig van Beethoven/Arr. J. Schade
Torgauer Marsch
Pariser Einzugsmarsch - Johann Heinrich Walch
Unter dem Doppeladler - Josef Franz Wagner/Arr. K. Mosheimer
Florentiner Marsch - Julius Fučík
Königgrätzer Marsch - Johann Gottfried Piefke
Wien bleibt Wien - Johann Schrammel/Arr. W. Schmidt-Petersen
Petersburger Marsch
Hoch- und Deutschmeister Marsch - Dominik Ertl
Preuβens Gloria - Johann Gottfried Piefke
Kärntner Liedermarsch - Anton Seifert
Fehrbelliner Reitermarsch - Richard Henrion/Arr. H. Männeke
Erzherzog-Albrecht-Marsch - Karel Komzák/Arr. M. Villinger
Fridericus-Rex-Grenadiermarsch - Ferdinand Radeck/nach Carl Loewe
O du mein Österreich - Ferdinand Preis/nach Franz von Suppè/Arr. L. Doblinger
Des Groβen Kurfürsten Reitermarsch - Cuno Graf von Moltke
Mir sein die Kaiserjäger - Karl Mühlberger/Arr. J. Blaha
Vindobona-Marsch - Karel Komzák/Arr. A. Mader
Hohenfriedberger Marsch - Friedrich II. von Preuβen
Troler Holzhackerbuab'n - Josef Franz Wagner/Arr. S. Tanzer
Alte Kameraden - Carle Teike

Yes, I get kicks from typing down German stuff.

The hols are packed with remedials. Band practices aren't hectic 'cept for the day camp at Whitley. Then SSW will resume so during the free time I can entertain myself with Southpark and CRIMINAL MINDS!

Yay for ~~torrents~~ technology!

suay once again

2007-05-22T20:23:00.000+08:00

Argh, damn suay man. I'm always losing my stuff, and I mean ALWAYS.
I can't find my Amath books and some other stuff.
Die la, I just want school to end. 2 more days to endure.

I think I should bestow upon myself a new moniker. Hmmm, 'Suay Boy'. Or 'Suay Boi' so it emphasizes how suay I am, can't even spell 'boy'.

School was good today. Particularly because of History. New topic that I've been been anticipating to know about :D

suayaus

Paranoia sucks

2007-05-21T21:09:00.000+08:00

Lucky me, I didn't get in that deep shit (yet) today. Expected worse, like x2.

I'm paranoid now.
News spread that there's a huge increase in dengue cases.

Guess what? I'm feverish now.
AHHHHH dumb mosquitoes getting nourishment from my precious blood that I hope kills you(s).
And to further conclude (omg history essay) I got like 2 spots, probably treacherous bite marks of those mozzies.

nevermind, the cure will be ...

to play Niccolo Paganini's Caprice no. 24! Then all will be better.
if not, always got Bach cello suites :

DUDE, I AM SUAY.

2007-05-20T22:33:00.000+08:00

I have 7 classes tomorrow.
Rest assured I will be scolded in at least 2 classes.

Argh, so screwed.

My P-T-M form is in my The Da Vinci Code book (which I read 3 times, not 17).
I left the book in school. Crap.

That was the third time I left an article in school, IN THAT WEEK!
1st was my bio workbook in class.
2nd was my physics file which was in the lab.

Strike 3, yer out.
And I dunno where I left the book. I remembered I put in my bag.
Maybe in AMath class :/

And I have another form which I've yet to hand up. The travel declaration form. I CANT FIND IT!

Die die die die die die die die die die

and to reiterate that I'm suay, my suay comb1 results :

English Language - 61.9%
Malay Language - 51.6%
Additional Mathematics - 16.8%
Mathematics - 48%
Physics - 33.3%
Science (Chemistry/Biology) - 49.7%
Combined Humanities (Social Studies/Geography) - 63.0%
History - ???

only good thing is I topped for English in my class (yes, with a B4) and I think I got second for combined humans (losing to KO). Like 0.3% more to pass science, my amath is like crap, my emath needs work. And hey, look at that, I passed malay :)

I need to get 70% for History to pass my overall (which I doubt so) My CA is quite okay lar, 80% for 1 essay test and 90.9% for my SBQ test. So thats 85.5% for CA?

Argh, my forms .... hmmm ....
I think I feel a cough coming up ;)

Stone, Pebble, Rock

2007-05-19T11:37:00.000+08:00

Damn stoner, rather stone than work on that G!

Gonna waste the day away man. This may be the last free Saturday I have before I kick into SSW-practice mode.

Lazy to go out these few days. Dunno why I turned down an offer to go to Funan with my mom. She wants to pawn off the old laptop and then go to a movie. Aiya, just wanna stone at home.

The family got financial windfall sia. So lucky. Mom's pay got increment, two-fold some more. And grandma got like $5+k yesterday? How eventful. And my birthday is less than a month away :)

South Park kinda sucks now :/

So goooooood

2007-05-17T18:13:00.000+08:00

I've gotten over my damn mid-year results which sucks [insert spherical object here].
I calculated my raw score and like failed by 1.somethingsomething mark.

I failed 2 math & 2 sciences.
I passed 2 languages & 2 humanities.

Wah lao, I failed the rather more 'impressive' subjects and the passed the slightly less 'impressive' subjects. I must buck up lar... though I dunno if I can picture a scenario I could PASS an Amath paper. Dunno if I should drop it.

So more on today, got back my final paper, which is SS. I did quite okay lar, seeing the average, I did quite good but of course, can be better. My SBQ got only 14/25 which sucks like hell. MY SEQ was quite okay I guess, 19/25. First part got 11/12 but my second one, 8/13 only.. wrote ALOT for the transportation (2nd part) which I studied alot for. The good governance (1st part) was like a run through before the papers.

So my humans is Geog - 33.5/50 and with SS, it adds up to 66.5%, B3 blah. Though I didn't expect to pass Geog which I gave up studying (kinda like bio, but with mirrored results)

Then, yesterday got back my compre part of English Paper 2. Got 18/25. Second in class for that quarter of a paper haha. Quite average though. Then today, my summary. I knew I did like crap for summary. My english use wasn't good enough. Failed summary, got 11/25. So total only 29/50 for P2. Screwed for me. Then Mrs. Lee announced our results and I got 64/100. Damn dissapointed. Lost to Daren, who got first, who got with 65.5/100. Second for English again, second time losing by 1.5 marks. First time getting a B4 for English also. Argh, A1 to B4. Big fall, but I should get over my marks already. So should rejoice right.

I haven't touched the laptop yet, so can't do my Mario suite (for now). SSW resumes on Saturday. Wrong timing, because we should be running through Third symphony on Saturday and I only touched my sax yesterday after a month or so (and I still dunno if I'm on tenor or bari). Screwed sia. So yep, band pracs resumed. Obviously, being only 50-member band of Sec 1s-3s, the sound wasn't there YET. Sesame Street (easy version) sounded QUITE nice though. Eupho section, only sec 1s, were quite good except that Eugene.

Anyway, dug out a funny picture which I posted before, so to just re-post...

Shaun humping his trombone case ^^

REVUP

2007-05-16T19:55:00.000+08:00

Told mum about results already. Glad she understood. So second load has been lifted.
Liberation.

Sigh.

*plays Bad Day by Daniel Powter*

I am not in school.

2007-05-15T13:34:00.000+08:00

Yes, I am not in school today. Got my MC already, don't worry.

Yesterday felt really depressed and felt well-off being dead or non-existent. But I'm okay now and not emo (emo for one day only hor) and not feeling suicidal. Though the term suicidal is very extreme, I do not know of any other word. So I kinda feel like an ass right now.

Ok la, never felt suicidal. Dude, I love my life (just not that much right now)

I am fine and okay now. Don't call the counsellor on me.

So my results are something like Gary's results. Got back 5 papers yesterday, and passed 2 only. Malay got a B4 (when combined with my LC) and a C5 for History MW paper. I had my very first F9 in my life for Physics and my second F9 for Bio. I was damn pissed with myself. So were the rest of the class (with themselves, not at me). And I failed Math too. SIgh, life kinda sucks now. And I guess Meet-the-parents is next week, and I think I'm gonna tell mum about my horrigible results later or tonight. Hope she understands.

The class got back their Amath just now and I doubt I'll pass. PS got 5 and JJ got 2. Wonder how they feel now and I wonder how I faired. Hopefully a 2-digit result, please? Ok, should be Pure humans right now and I think Mr Yeo is giving out the SEA paper right now. I hope I pass (even though I wanna get more than a measly pass). I want my History grade to be a B at least.

I wonder if the upper sec had assembly today. Hmm.

Anyway, moving on to a less boring topic. I am finally getting to know more bands through unearthly ways. Takes a long time to get it though. Ahh, I guess this topic is less boring than before.

Ok, if anyone just wondered why my weblog has very little photos of my own, to tell the truth, I HATE uploading pictures. Very, how do you say, mafan? My CPU is t3hn00bz and has only 2 workable USB ports. 1 is used by my mouse, and the other is used by miscellaneous plugs. iPod USB cable, Printer/Scanner USB cable and of course my camera's USB cable. Lazy to plug out one and plug in the other.

I guess the best part of my post is when it ends.

Hoooray.

Waste myself with South Park episodes for the whole day.
or just sleep.

For the depressed (like me)

2007-05-14T19:23:00.000+08:00

"The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That's real glory. That's the essence of it."

- Vince Lombardi

SYF Central Judging for Junior Colleges and Centralised Institutes

2007-05-12T11:33:00.000+08:00

So yesterday after my SEA paper, I headed down to the Singapore Conference Hall for the SYF. It was nearing the afternoon session. So, waiting outside the hall itself for tickets, it was damn crowded. Approximately 200 people at least, queuing for tickets. We reached there quite early, but the BandFusion didn't get the tickets. So I don't know how to do the reviews now.

Then they made attempts on how to sneak in the hall. They tried sneaking into the back door on the 5th floor, but failed. They tried it for the 2nd time, failed. So get the drift?

So the results are quite good.


1	Pioneer (Safari/Invocation and Toccata)	S
2	Anglo-Chinese School (IB) (Sunrise/Ghost Train)	G
3	Meridian (Sunrise/Orient Express)	G
4	Anderson (Sunrise/St. Anthony's Variations)	S
5	Yishun (Sunrise/Lord of the Rings - Mvt. 5 Hobbits)	S
6	National (Safari/Internal Combustion)	G
7	Hwa Chong (Sunrise/Symphonic Overture)	G
8	Nanyang (Safari/Sinfonia Nobilissima)	G
9	Victoria (Safari/Spartacus)	GWH
10	Raffles (Safari/La Mer)	G
11	Tampines (Sunrise/The Inn of Sixth Happiness)	S


12	Saint Andrew's (Safari/Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini)	GWH
13	Serangoon (Sunrise/A Longford Legend)	S
14	Temasek (Sunrise/Hymn to the Sun)	G
15	Anglo-Chinese (Safari/Feste Romane)	GWH
16	Catholic (Safari/Feste Romane)	G
17	Jurong (Sunrise/Hymn to the Infinite Sky)	S

Pretty good work by all bands. Congratulations to SAJC, VJC & ACJC for the honours. Congratulations NYJC for their gold in how many years haha. Clement & Jeremy Chan must be happy.

So before going off for dinner, congratulated Sean (ACJC) for their work. Went to Starbucks so Joshua Low could update the site's page. Then went off for dinner at BK.

Talked about alot of funny stuff, especially Victor. He's a damn funny guy (and does magic). Joshua also talked how people really use Multiply. And it's true! (wanna know ask me :P)
Went to Gelare after that, and Fikri got stuck with shit cookies. Haha, damn funny episode there.

Then went our seperate ways, I went home - very very tired and not feeling accomplished since I didn't get to watch the festival.

Exam update post

2007-05-11T23:19:00.000+08:00

NO MORE EXAMS!

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English Paper 1
The paper was okay la. Very tough decision to make during the exam.. on which question to write on. Chose Qns 4.. went something like "Television influences young and old alike. Discuss." Wrote 428 words. Was worried because it was my first time pacing my writing and I left lines in between. And also my first argumentative essay for an exam. And it was damn messy. Didn't have a correction tape with me and I became like Ke Ping. Cancel cancel.. argh. Okay moving on, letter.. I think I had my format correct. My content little bit ... ick. I think I exceeded the limit... bleah.
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Social Studies
Thank god for Pure History man. Mr Yeo taught us the skill properly and did the SBQ questions in a snap. But 1C held me down. The text seemed shallow in my head, couldn't get it after reading both sources 5 times. Then figured it out (I think) and finished it. Essay .... more like essays. Been told to write 1 question out of 2 options. I did not know that 1 question = 2 essays. Ahhh so had to chiong sia. Yep, finished both essays. Very messy, again. Just regurgitated everything I remembered. So, yep .. no more stuff about ALS,ERP,Park-and-Ride scheme & VQA for some time now.
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Malay Paper 1
Surprising not much of killer. Didn't study anything about this paper. Yep, never study l33t phrase, format or whatever possible worth studying. Chose Qns 2 & 5. Qns 2 being dialog writing (tops letter tenfold IMHO) Had to write a conversation between 2 friends about the lucky youth of today being able to do work by themselves without help. And 5 was descriptive. Wanted to try argumentative but the first word of the question I already don't underrstand. So Qns 5 was something like .. write about 2 friends who got into an argument then it must end off with a good ending. I think. Anyway, 2 hours was much too long for the paper, but ZH still got his lag.
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Geography Elective
Killed me. Then killed me. Then tried to kill me.
Go figure.

Ok, seriously. I only really studied this at 1am? Ended off at 4am. Couldn't remember anything... and a question on coniferous forest came out. Ahhhh, not surprised if I do badly (or even, fail for that matter) But gotta buck up and subconsciously think that Geography is the best humanities subject that tops history (which I concur) but yeah... work harder la.
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Malay Paper 2
Kind of hard, but did it. Yep. Truthfully ah, I was in a trance (ok thats how I will put it) because I was sleepy and flipping the pages then stared at one page for 10mins, doing nothing on it, flipped, did nothing, and etc. SO did that for an hour. Seriously did the paper and finished it :)
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Mathematics Paper 1
In short : can cry
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English Paper 2
Probably was one of the most hardest EP2s I've taken to date. Damn worried now because I feel that my summary was a little to short (loss for words, I'd say) And the questions was a little confusing. Nonetheless, finished it with 5 minutes to spare (spent 15 minutes on summary heh)
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History (Modern World)
Was rushing mad during assembly to just get down with the facts. During the exam, SBQ was a breeze. The SEQ was the killer one. One question was on the Treaty of Versailles + USA's involvement in world affairs and the other one is on League of Nations. I focused mainly on LON yesterday night only and before that, TOV was my main priority. So 3b was something on what did the Weimar Republic benefit from USA assistance. Sigh. Didn't know anything so I just wrote stuff about Germany. In the end, after the paper .. they all said it was something on the Young Plan and the Dawes Plan. Didn't mention either. Didn't study either. Sigh. Hope Friday's SEA paper will help me push up the mark.
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Physics
Whole class was like "Chiong ar!" before the paper. Yes, the paper was hard. 20 minutes before the paper ended (at 1.44pm) The questions that I didn't do, the marks accumulated to 38! (and not counting the horde of skipped physics MCQ questions) So what to do.. C&C lor - crap & chiong. In the end, lost 18 marks. 20 mark recovery in 20 minutes. Doubt I can pass lar, and this is a pure subject.. it's on it's own :(
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Science (Chemistry)
Surprising very easy, though MCQ was a tough section to go through with. First run through the paper, did only 70% of the MCQ questions and most of 'em were C or D. And overall, only like 2/3 of them were B's and no A? Okay section B, damn pissed off with myself for not knowing how to seperate crude oil and pretroleum (which is fractional distillation). Gah. But the rest was a breeze. Section C was quite easy too. Now I need to worry for Emath 2 & Bio :(
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Mathematics Paper 2
Was very surprised. Surprised at the fact that it was the easiest math paper that I have taken in my life. Was damn nervous because I didn't revise anything since bio was in my mind. Breezed by the paper, only blindly doing one question. Lucky for this paper, I may not fail my Emath!
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Science (Biology)
Sigh. Don't wanna elaborate much, just that ... I hope my chemistry marks are high.
So to pass science :(
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Additional Mathematics
A real toughie. Did the first question in pencil first before outlining the finalized work. Of course, simultaneous question had a problem and lucky for me doing it in pencil. Then 2nd question, wrote stuff down and skip. 3rd, wrote stuff down then skip. And et cetera. I can honestly say that I will fail. 10 questions, did 3/4 questions fully (and not skip a part) and numerous question parts. Will be absurd if I pass, unless I get step marks, which I highly doubt so. Time for some colonization and stuff.
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History (SEA)
Relatively easy paper. And I don't want to waste my time elaborating on this, NO MORE EXAMS! YAY! YAY! YAY! yay! yay! yay .. erm, okay.
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Jubilation, Liberation - 7 hours 30 minutes

2007-05-11T03:10:00.000+08:00

Paper in 6 hours. Only 60% done with revision. And let me illustrate to you all how I studied.

3pm : lay down on the bed, writing down notes on reasons for SEA colonization
4pm : lured away by distractions
7pm : read textbook reasons for French colonialism
8pm : TV got magic show, strike two for me
10pm : calls to Jeremy Leong, JX and KO about stuff
11pm : supposed '10' minute nap on the top bunk
11.10pm : went back to bottom bunk, and fell asleep (strike three)
2am : woke up
2.25am : chiong-ed, memorized the 5 Phases of French colonialism, political, social & economical impact on Vietnam
3.17am : short break, before chiong-ing at 3.30am

A very sad case. I'm sleepy as hell, but need to get over studying Malaya. Doubt I'll get any sleep now, though 3 hours is NOT okay.

Why must the last paper of every exam that I take always require me to stay up late doing up the stuff?

ONE more.

2007-05-10T17:38:00.000+08:00

I've no motivation to study. Seeing everyone reveling in jubilation, and feeling oh-so liberated, just makes me not want to study more. I can't focus on the textbook, notes. Heck, I can't even stay focus on staying awake. History is a great subject, no doubt about that, but it's kinda torturous to see about 97% of the Sec 3EXP level enjoying post-exam life.

There are so many things I could do right now like finishing up my Mario suite but sigh, don't feel right complaining about an elective subject which I opted for and can drop anytime. It was my choice, so yeah, I'll get through this very day of mugging. Who knows, I may miss it.

I'm confused on what to study. Okay, there's reasons for SEA colonization (and how was it different; Brit/Fra). Impact of colonization and which of 'em are not important; which seriously I don't get. So, I hope reasons of colonization comes out, impacts are just too hard to digest.

On a lighter note, finally going to serve my duty as a writer for SGBandfusion.com tomorrow at the SYF central judging for JCs. Other than that task, got one more that I've been told and I'm quite stoked about it. So, after tomorrow (and after SYF for JCs) it's back to the mundane school way of life. Results (argh) and more results, and band will resume on the first Monday of post-MYE week. New songs I hope.

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF ftw.

Discriminant > 0 no?

2007-05-09T21:10:00.000+08:00

Exams are going to end soon. A math & Hist SEA papers are left. And for some unknown reason, I'm more worried about the Hist SEA paper on Friday rather than the one subject I truly dare to say that I seriously suck at, which is of course, A math.

I just realised that I may not have a choice but, to cram both topics that were given to me to study. So from what I wrote in my trusty textbook,

2.1 -> Why did SEA become colonized? In what way was it different?

2.2-> What was the impact of colonization which was not important? In what way were they (impacts) different? similar?

I can only remember of 2 colonization studies. The one where Vietnam was colonized by the French & the other one is the colonization of Malaya by the British. So 2.1 suggests that I compare both French colonization & British colonization. So, I guess it's kinda like a bigger SBQ? Okay, point noted.

2.2, hmmmm. Impact of colonization ... I think this was what the first essay test was about. Impact of the colonization of Vietnam. There's the religious, social and some other reasons/impacts. Argh, lucky son(s)ofagun twins no A math. Extra day to cram all the info down.

Nonetheless, I tomorrow on 'mad chiongz' mode. Armed with a pen, textbook, ubër hax (notes), my notebook & my iPod playing stuff ranging from The Ataris to Antonin Dvorak; I will be the walking SEA terminator.

"I'll be bachk."

"After lunch."

amathamathamathamathamath is =/= <3

Apple Cider Vinegar

2007-05-08T18:27:00.000+08:00

My dad has been hit by a bout of the gout.

And coincidentally, the last line rhymed.
It's been a month now, and it's been quite stable.

So, mum read up on this new home-made remedy that work wonders for treating gout, along with other problems. It's called Apple Cider Vinegar. My mum has been giving high praises about it and bought 2 big bottles of Braggs Apple Cider Vinegar (with Mother, whatever that is). Mind you, it's not the nice tasting cider that people can freely drink. It's vinegar. And trust me, it smells like the one around any household.

To make this remedy of a drink, just take 2 tablespoons of this ACV substance and add it into 8oz of water. To make it just right, add 2 tablespoons of honey just for taste. Honestly, I kinda like it. It tastes like any regular sour apple juice but only with that pungent smell.

But read up on the internet and I found info that has been kept away from most people's knowledge of the drink. It has no such medical properties at all. Oh ok, so I wasted 10 minutes of my life drinking something that tasted kinda bad for a total of 3 times, and doesn't help me for that matter. But dude, this ACV (as it has been called) ruins the enamel on the teeth. Or in ghetto terms "Dawg, this stuff been screwin' wit ma teeth." So okay, my teeth will be destroyed. It ALSO causes corrosive esophageal injury, hypokalemia, hypereninemia and osteoporosis.

Is that enough to stop people from drinking ACV? I guess not.

Hundreds of testimonials have been written to praise this 'sacred' concoction. But for every ying there is a yang (and not in the form of a Matthew). And that is, Baking soda water. And somehow, I THINK I've heard about this before.

ICuredMyGout.org is a website created by some guy who accidentally cured his gout by alkalizing his body. Of course, foodstuff with less purine will help in preventing of gout breakouts. But this fella.. experiments on his body on one very fine day, by putting 2 tablespoons of baking soda into water. And drank it. He took the risk and now he's sharing that very same risk that cured his gout in 3 days, to the whole worldlike appetite loss, urge to urinate everytime and much, much more.

No one wants to pee every time right?

This guy, who's been suffering for twenty-seven years. Twenty-seven long & painful years; and he cured his gout in 3 short days! He says that the alkali in the baking soda helps the uric acid in your body dissolve. Since uric acid somehow the main "villain" behind gout, so isn't it good to have more alkali in your body?

Okay I'll break it down for y'all.
Uric acid -> kind of like the cause
ACV -> 5% acid
Baking Soda water -> alkali

Drinking ACV brings down your body's pH level (anything less than7 pH level is acidic) when there's uric acid to deal with? So more alkali brings up your pH level? Isn't that true?

(Note : I may be wrong. Don't put your 100% trust into this because I am just 14 years old. I am not a doctor. I barely passed biology. This is my opinion. So don't sue me for false information, because I am a kid. I have no money.)

There is the saying "fight fire with fire", but there is also "adding salt to the wound". There have been people who say that ACV has helped them! But Baking Soda is more focused on gout.

I am not preaching the battle of ACV vs Baking Soda water as a cure for gout.

The real question here is, why the hell can I memorize this useless information and I can't even memorize anything on 7 chapters of bio?!

Sigh.

bio. sigh.

2007-05-08T17:39:00.000+08:00

only at chapter 1 for bio! shouldn't have wasted time writing down points so I can memorize 'em better because it only worked twice in my life.

so maybe just finish off with writing down points on organelles and just bury my head in the book then.

Killer week is half-gone. Left with Math 2 (NO!), bio (NO!x2), A math (NO!x203211334) and Pure Hist SEA paper (ok-ok la). Then freedom arrives.

"Your face looks like the colour when a charged particle passes through a TRIGA reactor core at the speed of light... HAHAHAHA."

nerd humour. go figure.
and I made it up >.< gee, james too

Remember the Titans

2007-05-06T15:47:00.000+08:00

Watch this movie. Seriously, it's very good. It's those type of inspirational movies that just makes your eyes glued to the tv set. And afterwards, makes you go .. "Wow."

There alot of these movies that go unheard of. Always the action-filled thrillers always get to the top of the chart. I'd rather watch a movie with a good storyline (and which makes you think) then can inspire people than 2 hours of special effects and masked men saving people. It will just make little kids think that they can swing from place to place.

This type of movies > any marvel movie. Anytime.
But if you talk comedies (I mean real comedy .. throughout the movie and not 2 second giggles) then it's another chapter :)

So please BUY the DVD or VCD because it's too good to be downloaded.

The new killer question - "Mummy, Where does money come from?"

2007-05-05T17:27:00.000+08:00

Today went out to study. Let's see .. woke up around 9.15am then do the usual morning rituals. Left home at 9.30am? Headed for Bishan, then on the way bumped into Mark Chua. He freaking scared me la. From behind suddenly got pushed. As irritating as always la he. He was headed to Somerset to buy a new board. Rich kid.

Anyway, yes went to Bishan library. It opens at 10 and by 10.30am, all the tables were taken. Nevermind, I sat at the 2nd floor chairs. Read up on Stalin - his rise, his impact, his reforms. Even though in the exams Stalin is only tested through SBQs, just needed to read up to support any possible motion that will come out. Yeah, then met Justin. I thought he was like gonna mug or something but he just borrowed one book on photography. Yeah, then about 12+ I left. Walked around J8 but nothing much there. And oh yea, outside the MRT station there was one long line. Free stuff la what else. They gave out the Cookie Crisp cereal.. the normal big size one. Damn kiasu sia .. saw one family with 4 or 5 boxes.

Then headed to library@esplanade, to read up on TOV&LON. Before that ran thru some scores. Saw Paul Creston's Alto Sax concerto and found Elgar's Cello concerto but it was arranged for solo viola. Then studied for about 3 hours, and time passed by very fast. Then finished with history moved on to physics. Was really getting into it (yes, I know its very hard to believe) then the staff asked me to move because I was sitting at the listening area.. the one with the headphones. Yea so was ... the 'momentum' was just gone.

Then went home.. Stopped by MPH to buy stationery then when I was walking back I saw Mitchell working at Gelare? I think it's him.. looked like him. Then yada yada yada went home and slept till 7.30pm.

Need more mario themes .....

Bowser no show

2007-05-04T18:51:00.000+08:00

Sigh, this MYE is screwed. I have risen from the ashes but now I will fall from grace.

HAHAHAHAHA I always wanted to say that.
Anyway, EP2 was quite tough don't think I can maintain that A1 from Sec2. Emath was just too tough for me and alot of people. The marks I lost accumulates to 15! And those are the ones I didn't do! Must buck up for P2.

So, P.Hist(MW) & Physics on Monday. Worried about both. Heh, worried about the whole week. I shall christen it the 'Killer Week'. Anyway, thinking about going to some library to study alone or with a friend. Big groups always lead -> talking -> not studying -> not too long ahead you're out of the library and at the food court.

glhf.

dull x2

2007-05-02T19:23:00.000+08:00

Math paper 1 ... wonder how it will be like. Haven't done much, just did 34 indices equations. Lazy to do the other 20-odd left. 4 chapters + some sec 2 topics.
I'm damn bored. Need to get down with coordinate geometry, which I am lousy at. Dunno what to do, so blur right now.

Just realized, I have nothing much to look forward after exams. Yes, other than that "Yay-no-exam" feeling (which follows by the "Damn-get-back-paper" feeling) .. nothing much la. Band pracs will resume. No new songs to really look forward to (Mambo bleah) then the promos. Hopefully I can get a good post so I can serve it well. Then SSW pracs will resume also. Then fast forward to July, which I will have to perform in 2 concerts. Yep, bland. And whats on Ch5 now doesnt help.

Only good thing is that I'm part of sgbandfusion.com's Editorial team. It's cool being a writer for them. Can get interviews with conductors, soloists, composers (weeks back, they interviewed Mr Robert W. Smith!) and write reviews. Yep, kinda nice. And can go concerts for free heh (sometimes). But I guess, the current writers for the SYF reviews... damn stressed up also. Lucky me, but probably have to cover the JC SYF on the 11th (which is my Hist SEA paper). SO have to look forward to my first ever task :p

bored .. then the TYS pages are so confusing...

Geog = not win

2007-05-01T21:46:00.000+08:00

ahhhh, my geog is ahhhhhh.

I'm damn worried I dont remember anything.
Geog textbook like, words damn dense ... word after word ... word after word that I cannot recall ...

dunno sia, feel like pulling an all-nighter (EOY flashback) .... (done) but, shouldn't make it even worse since like, don't you tend to forget when you're damn tired? I dunno la. The night before SS paper, I slept at 4 (and stopped studying at 1) and could remember some stuff. But the progress I'm making, an all-nighter WILL HELP ALOT.

ANYWAY, been watching the Ensamble Pleiade performance video & tons of Greg Patillo vids.
Watch videos only .. how to pass geog?

Beastie Boyz

2007-04-28T21:13:00.000+08:00

edit [shit I can't post Cyanid & Happiness comics]

Anyway, don't think I wanna go out to study anymore because in the end just talking and for me .. I end up laughing at other people's misery (inside joke).

After Amath remedial just now, went to study with Poh Shen, Jun Xiang, Shi Jie, Chris, Raphael & Timothy. Same people as yesterday. Went to Compass Point and had lunch first. Then after some time went to the library which is seriously not conducive to mug. The ambience really bleah lar. Then they wanted to go back to Hougang Mall. So blabla took MRT back to Hougang.

Followed Poh Shen to Singapore Post to ask how much registered mail is. He damn ass lar, cause we spent 10+ mins there and he didn't wanna ask. Then I went to see the newly opened Challenger at Hougang Mall. It's very small... cannot compare to the one at Funan lar. Then he followed me and then we went back and he asked the person there. Like finally.

Then went to the library where some were in the process of asking numbers. Shan't elaborate much. And guess where they settled at? The same as yesterday ... Children's Section! Like WTF?! Ok let me explain.

On weekdays (like yesterday) sitting at the children's section is fine. Whoop-dee-doo. Got 'kids'
On weekends it's bad because there are real kids in their pampers prancing around the books. Imagine how noisy it was. And seven 15-year olds are right smack in the middle of the pathway. Awkward.

Then in the end they walk around. Go up, go down .. seriously .. You cannot roam Hougang Mall more than 2 times. It's too damn small to 'roam'. Then I went home and sleep. Chuan Heng came and asked for History notes on British colonization on Malaya.

ahhh I can't find my old SS notes! The ones that have been compiled well by Mdm Punitha.. all the stuff on good governance or whatever... ahhh I can't flunk SS since my geog is like crap.

The un-chio one

2007-04-27T20:35:00.000+08:00

AHHHH WHY EVERYWHERE ALSO DON'T HAVE THAT MARSHALL CAVENDISH ELECTIVE GEOG TEXTBOOK?!?