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Sunday, June 7th, 2009
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1:32 am - i don't usually post at all but.....
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this warrants special mention. all my pictures, files, photos, music and well basically every piece of electronic data that i had accumulated for about 5 years has finally decided to enter the gleaming abyss of oblivion. wah lah! over a week of camp, my hard disk has decided to kick the bucket! and since it was a back up for my laptop which died last year, my data is now permanently, all gone. woohoo. fuck my life.
current mood:  pissed off
current music: sweet sound of silence
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| Monday, December 8th, 2008
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10:31 pm - time flies
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i found lots of old stuff while packing my old house, like my nanyang p6 class photo, the address book, hwa chong magazines from 2003, a ball that beiru gave the SAM facs after SLC and so on. haha, sure brings back a lot of memories. sigh. lol. and then it hit me, i'm 18, out of school and going to NS soon! sigh. it's so saddening how time flies. seems only yesterday that i was sec 1 or p4. goodness, it's been a great time huh.
god, i'm feeling so sentimental now, haha i feel like taking out my box of stuff and looking through them. sighhh
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| Tuesday, November 11th, 2008
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10:42 pm - to all juniors: a new philosophy for next year
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prelims are easier than a levels. after prelims, you should all mug your asses off cos the As are going to be harder. wtf man.
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| Monday, October 27th, 2008
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4:04 pm
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| Saturday, October 25th, 2008
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11:53 pm - enlisting!
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on 8th jan 8:30. i have 2 more slots for inviting people i think. haha. msn me if you're interested.
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| Monday, October 13th, 2008
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12:06 am
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anyway, i was just re-reading my old entries from 2005. i think i was happier then lol. i think i also had more of a life. for example: this
sigh, but ofcourse, that isn't to say jc hasn't been fun. J1 wasn't all that fun but J2 most certainly was. lol, i think J2 was a much more fulfilling year for me in almost all aspects (except for studies). softball was much better in J2, haha i improved tremendously. seriously. i think i like doubled the distance i bat and got myself onto the first team. though ofcourse, still a lot more to be improved on batting wise. lol. but i was relatively satisfied with my fielding performance this year. haha in J1 i was probably not worth the grass i played on xD so yeah, that's improvement for you.
well, friends-wise, CCA and class friends have been great plus all the other things ofcourse. i think my social circle must have doubled in JC. but ofcourse, more hi-bye friends, less close friends. lol. i'm grateful for quite a few people though! let me categorise them.
SINCE ANTIQUITY FRIENDS(i.e. primary school):
YAMHUO
MARCHO
JY
CCA MATES:
basically the whole guys team. we are the champions yo!
and MONKEY lol
CT MATES:
MARCCHEW
WEIHAO
GAVIN
MISH
SENG
LIYE
WEIGUO
JAYA (woohoo lets vball! LOL)
PEIWEN
ELSEWHERE:
KAI QING =)
BEN CHOW
Academics wise! J2 has absolutely sucked. lol. gosh man, my promos were so much better than my prelims. wtf is ABBC drop to ACCC. lol. oh well. can't complain. after all, results have a strongly positive linear relationship with effort, with product moment correlation coefficient of 1. LOL. or, the more resources devoted to studying, the greater the returns. or, concentration of results increase as concentration of effort increases as by le-chatlier's principle, increase in concentration of reactants will increase concentration of products. or, okay i'll stop LOL. yeah so that's it for academics, i hope i do well for As >< GOODLUCK EVERYONE!
SPORTS! i think i became healthier in J2! lol i picked up so many new sports. for one i improved tremendously in softball, ofcourse this took a lot of effort, many thanks to junyu and kakin for training everyday with me lol. i also picked up a bit of tennis, i can play it semi-proficiently now. (at least i can serve overhand now! xD) and basketball, which i only started playing seriously (i.e. learning techniques and conciously applying them) this year, and LAST BUT NOT LEAST! VOLLEYBALL! omg this is seriously one of the most addictive sports man. i think i'll pick it up after As. i've been reading up and practicing at home with a relatively round soft toy pig. LOL but the pig's about half the size of a vball only.
Teachers. i think i only came to appreciate my teachers this year. especially teachers like mrs lee. now i know what vivien (lee), our senior meant last year when she told us mrs lee was nice. haha she's a great teacher! and very motherly. i guess all the misunderstandings came about cos well, she, like a normal mother, is sometimes quite anal about how stuff is done. but at the end of the day, she really does have good intentions. i really appreciate all that she's done for us man. seriously. she rocks! lol. then there's Ms Tee who managed to pull my math grade up to A for prelims. lol. she seriously rocked. when i couldn't understand hypothesis testing, sitting through her tutorial just once, allowed me to understand it inside out. lol, that's imba for you. (i mean ms tee, not me. xD) there's Mr Kwek, still an enigma. haha. i always try to be friendly whenever i see him, haha, i always greet him! but sometimes he daos me =( lol. and i dunno, maybe i'm overly friendly lol. gen tan, haha i think she's quite a good econs tutor, she does go out of her way to help weak students like me sometimes. =) then ofcourse there's Mr Ho. yep. thanks all!
CLASS! i couldn't ask for better classmates than those listed above man. they really are one of the cornerstones that made my JC life worthwhile man. haha. let me write a short thankyou for each of them.
MARCCHEW: haha one of my pre/during/post prelims basketball mates. haha always play with him. he helped me to improve too. lol, besides that, he's also a great guy, and is just plain nice. lol. thanks man, goodluck for As!
WEIHAO: haha easily one of the most kaobei funniest guys i've met. never fails to crack me up lol. plus we talk about lots of stuff. i'm glad to have met him! haha. thanks and goodluck for As!
GAVIN: easy-going fella, but don't be fooled, gavin is a closet mugger! lol, not exactly but he sure is motivated and hardworking man. though extremely messy, you dun need to look further than his math tutorials to figure that out. but he's a great guy man, sociable and talkative plus a great PW mate to boot. lol. thanks for everything and goodluck for As!
MISH: the half-a-man of 4 and a half men. tomboyish and friendly, michelle is extremely noisy umm... happy? in groups. lol she's one of the most fun girls i've ever met and a great friend! thanks MAN, and goodluck for As too!
SENG: SIZE does not matter when it comes to seng, for his powerful presence will blow you away! lol, not really, but, he's a great guy man. multi-talented, (i still love his rendition of i'm yours) and a great speaker (according to my dad, he's better than junshyang!) lol. thanks for everything man, good luck for As
LIYE: black dude who frequently gets niao-ed lol. but actually, i may be blacker than him now. lol. so it's pot calling the kettle black! but well, he's a fantastic friend haha, good going home partner after H3 too. like gavin, he's a closet mugger hardworking person. thanks for everything man and goodluck for As too! lets own H3 haha.
WEIGUO: a super nice guy, i dun think i've ever seen him kao bei or scold anyone before. most definitely have not heard him utter a single vulgarity. lol. he's a great guy, very helpful and great pw mate too. thanks for everything! goodluck for As
JAYA: woohoo lets vball! haha, an EXTREMELY optimistic girl who is a vehement opponent of my life sucks movement. haha. she almost always smiling! omg? how do you do that man. haha, my face would be cramping if i tried to be jaya. lol, but yeah, never fails to spread joy around her haha. plus, if i'm not wrong, she was the one who started me on volleyball in the first place! haha so thanks jaya! goodluck for As!
PEIWEN: very talkative girl, haha and a great friend too lol. thoughtful too. she printed extra NJC econs questions for us. haha. yep. thanks peiwen! goodluck for As.
last but not least, thanks to kq for being a constant in my life. without you jc life would obviously have been harder. so thanks a lot for being there =) much love.
there that's it, my jc life, summed up in short. hope i didn't miss out anything or anyone. haha. sorry if i did >< feel free to comment and tell me what an ass i am for missing you out haha. ;)
[edit] SALI: bubbly girl who is always smiling whenever i see her! haha cheers! THANKS FOR THE SLIPPERS THAT WEREN'T REALLY A PAIR! haha =) take care and goodluck for As. uh, what is jia you is malay again? haha
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| Sunday, October 5th, 2008
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3:35 am - happy birthday to me!
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hello world! lol, the past two days (plus one day two weeks ago), i had my best birthday ever. thank you everyone! thanks to the 74 ppl who posted on the blog and ofcourse the 1 SPECIAL PERSON who made the blog and got people to post there in the first place =) haha. and THANK YOU TO KAX, JY, BEN CHOW, BAY, TOK, CHINSENG, BRYAN, MOZ, SJ, SNG, YAM, JON and WEIBIN! haha it's okay that you smashed a cake in my face, cos y'all gave me a crumpler after that xD haha. but oh well, what a waste. it was a rather pretty cake too LOL. and dinner with kq on friday was good too =) haha. and today, my parents brough my bro and i to eat jack's place steak for dinner lol. woohoo. but the dinner two weeks ago at manhattan's fish market was fantastic too! haha i think i'm becoming a small kid again. keep going on treasure hunts lolol! i think kq and chng min should go be puzzle makers xD THANK YOU EVERYBODY!!!!
IN ALL, I HAD A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY =)
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| Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
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7:05 pm
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one reason why i want a scholarship: JOB SECURITY. omfg at the credit crisis now that has ballooned into a crisis of the ENTIRE BLOODY US FINANCIAL SYSTEM. lol holy shit man, the banks, investors and insurers are falling like dominoes. ~and they all fall down, like toy soldiers~
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| Sunday, September 14th, 2008
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3:36 pm
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apt video to describe situations in many countries today *ahem malaysia*, here
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5:06 am
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hmm i think obama is going to lose and i think that it'll be very sad day for america. it's shocking how many people vote for Mccain-Palin just because of Palin! haha, like she's going to do anything as VP. lolol. and the extent of misinformation in the presidential elections is shocking! wtf at america. they're just gonna screw themselves up again, good luck to them.
in other news, i lost many contacts cos i updated the software on my phone without saving all my contacts =( my com sucks la. i selected back up all my contacts but somehow, all those i saved this year were not backed up. wtfffff
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| Monday, September 8th, 2008
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8:21 pm
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dear higher power that be,
for my birthday, please grant me photographic memory. it would be just in time for the As.
Thanks,
Ashley
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| Thursday, August 21st, 2008
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11:08 pm
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you know, i think bolt is such an ass. why is he so good? and he's only twenty two! omg, i'm eighteen and i've practically achieved nothing =( happy birthday and congratulations to the world's fastest man!
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| Friday, August 15th, 2008
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10:34 pm - whooo
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a medal for singapore! lol. omg it was so intense! ahhh omg omg omg omg.
btw, hwa chong students are damn patriotic man. being in the fish tank watching the match with everyone was just surreal!
singapore ftw! hopefully we at least don't get whitewashed by china in the finals! all the way! omg i wish the finals was on a weekday instead of sunday man lol. then i can get the fish tank experience again haha.
btw, boycott the fishtank! !@$#$!@#@!
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| Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
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11:52 pm - i will say this much.
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life sucks, frankly. i know i should be satisfied with what i have. after all, my life would be heaven to some poor guy from an african warzone, or the irrawady delta, but sometimes when i'm studying or doing something, anything, i ask myself what the hell am i doing it for and i realise that, hey! i have no answer. why do we pursue all these scholarships and degrees and what not. it's all so futile. for a better future? yeah sure, carbon copies of thousands of other people's futures. a good stable job, high pay, nice house, big car. frankly, what is it all for? admittedly, such a high life does have its draws. comfort, convinience and besides, with money you can get practically anything you want.
i'd rather my life mean something. ofcourse, i'd love to go all noble and wax lyrical on how i'm going to do something great, like pioneer a technology to end suffering and all that crap, but realistically my ambitions are far more humble. i am or was essentially, an idealist, and perhaps i still am, but i doubt i'm that strong an idealist anymore. my viewpoint has changed over the years, but at the core, i'd still rather our world not be one so fraught with disaster and conflict and i would very much like to help find a solution to it. ofcourse, my results, mediocre as they are, are quite telling of how far my capabilities extend. in other words, you're not going to hear about any new technological breakthrough or anything coming from me.
i've been thinking, and maybe i should go work in social services in the future! too bad the pay's low though. sigh, and at this point, i've come to another realisation! at the end of it, no matter how much i may say i'd rather my life be like this or like that, i doubt i'd ever go for it. maybe it's cowardice? or perhaps an adversity to risk? or maybe a lack of belief. i don't know, but at the end of the day, my pragmatism never fails to prevail, perhaps a trait of my Singaporean upbringing. if you look me up five, maybe ten years down the road, you'd probably find me like one of those thousands of other people in singapore, chasing the high life, fighting for that promotion. just like some cheap plastic product, straight off the mould, like the many other identical cups that exist. bummer huh, i bet you didn't expect my post to end this way. lol.
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| Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
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9:59 pm
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| Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
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7:42 pm
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I recently read in the newspaper about the punishments meted out for the lapse at the Whitley Road Detention Centre (WRDC). For the most part, I believe the disciplinary action taken to be more or less reasonable. However, one particular case caught my attention. This case was that of the ISD comman director who was relieved of his duties at the WRDC despite the committee having absolved him of any responsibility in the lapse. While this punishment alone was not very eye catching, the circumstances of it made it all the more significant. Minister Wong Kan Seng justified this punishment by saying, “He [the director] has a statutory function to ensure the smooth functioning of the WRDC. So in terms of institutional responsibility, as far as that role is concerned, I decided that I should find another person to do the job."
I find this explanation unsatisfactory as it belies a very glaring double standard. While the ISD director and Minister Wong Kan Seng themselves escaped punishment as they were deemed to not be responsible for the lapse, the command director in charge of center however, was punished despite being absolved of responsibility by the Committee of Inquiry. Furthermore, by the same argument given by the minister for the action taken against this particular director, Minister Wong Kan Seng and the ISD director should also be held accountable. In the minister’s case, the ISD came under his ministry and hence, does he not have a “statutory function” to ensure the smooth functioning of ISD? The same could be argued of the ISD director.
While I have no express wish for the minister to be relieved of his duties, I feel that the action taken against the command director in charge of WRDC should be better explained. Otherwise, the minister and the director should also be disciplined for this lapse. It is only fair after all. As P N Balji succinctly summarised Minister’s Wong’s argument for the action take against the command director, “You are responsible for what happens in your department.” Hence, I feel that if the minister and the ISD director got away scot-free while someone else who was deemed not linked to the lapse was punished, a gross injustice would have been committed and this should not be overlooked.
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| Monday, May 19th, 2008
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11:57 pm
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we are the champions. woot double champs. i know it's a bit late lol, but oh well. besides, its hard to feellike a champion when you've a tournament with 1 on base for 10 at bats which was by a walk. also, got 5 Ks this season. all swinging. fielding was so so. so disappointing. haii. anyway. HCSB 08 ftw! =D
i'll miss this =(
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| Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
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9:42 pm
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school is becoming a real chore these days. i don't even know what i'm doing anymore. zz -.- it's like as though i'm drifting through lessons. i'm not even really listening anymore these days. physics is a total talking session and i'm sleeping so much in lessons these days. well more than usual. a lot more.
everyday i go to school, i find myself looking forward, not to school, but to softball. it's like as though suddenly studies disappeared from my priorities and i totally cannot focus. well i dunno, i hope it's a passing phase. well, i hope we win champs this year. really, it'd be a great end to cap off my six years of schools softball. =D all the way!
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| Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
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11:50 pm - whoo
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was looking at obk pictures where everyone looked so puffy in full gear. man, those were a good 11 days. =D
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| Monday, March 10th, 2008
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10:56 pm
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sometimes, when i'm in an unusually reflective mood or when i'm alone, i tend to wonder, what the ultimate purpose is in everything that i am doing or have done up till now. and up till this day i have no answer. life can sometimes be a real chore.
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