(:

2010-04-06T00:27:00.004+08:00

For my fellow batchmates; the 2008 outgoing president's speech you all never got to hear:

Good afternoon to our Vice-principal, Miss Cheong, distinguished guests, teachers and fellow schoolmates. I am Fang Jia Jie, President of the 40th Student Council.

I stand before all of you this afternoon with mixed feelings. On one hand, I am proud and elated to have been a part of this prestigious student movement, and yet on the other, I realize how quietly the sands of time have slipped through my fingers and how much I had taken for granted.

Yes, I consider the Student Council a movement because its inception was with the objective of trail-blazing and establishing student leadership here at Anglican High. I recall the day when I was first elected as President and with much trepidation, assumed what is possibly the most important position a student in his or her four years here can hold.

The task that we faced was tall, and the giants of uncertainty seemed to tower above us. As with any new beginning, there would always be birth pangs, and these, may I add, were not a bed of roses.

However, I’m glad we dug deep, fought shoulder-to-shoulder and secured the fortress so that the next generation of student leaders would benefit from what we have achieved.

It has been a personally enriching journey for me. I’m confident that the student councilors who have served alongside me share the same sentiments. Regardless of the conflicts of interest and clashes in opinion, we all learnt that differences can be opportunities for learning and growth. What matters at the end of the day is not what happens but our response to it.

I want to thank the School for having entrusted me with the baton of Student Council presidency and the teachers who had been quick to listen, slow to judge and even quicker to lend a hand. I also want to thank all my friends and fellow Student Councilors for their listening ears, helping hands and generous hearts. Further, I want to thank my mother who was patient with and supportive of me even when I had to go the extra mile for my Council work.

To the Executive Committee of the 41st Student Council, do not be daunted by the giants that come your way because it is only through adversity that your inner repose and true potential can be revealed. Take every conflict as opportunities for greater understanding and unity. All of you – as one united whole – have the potential of becoming history makers here at Anglican High. To all my peers – the 40th Student Council – against all odds we have made it through the year. I’m glad to have had the opportunity to be a servant-leader to you, and if in any way I had been less than exemplary, I ask for your forgiveness. One thing for sure: that as we put our hands to the plough, we developed a bond that time could never tear asunder and sown a seed that would surely bear fruit in time to come.

Thank you.

Nostalgiaaaaaa (:

Audition Craze --- In the midst of Prelims.

2008-09-02T21:15:00.003+08:00

Hey all, its been eons since I typed in this white window surrounded by brown borders.

In view of the recent Audition craze in my class, here's a whole playlist from Audition courtesy of imeem. Do note that some songs are history, whilst the rest are from the Korean version. Enjoy!

Personal favourite: Audition - You

P.S. May be closing this blog down soon, or just leave it on a perpetual hiatus as I've kinda lost the passion to report my life on a blog as you can infer from this post o.o

Zzz

2008-07-30T22:02:00.001+08:00

Because I hate Thirty-Eight People who cannot keep their mouths shut for a second, who condemn everything they see.

Student Leadership

2008-07-20T03:09:00.009+08:00

Hello. This is not a rant.

*This bears no offence to any personnel in the management of the school. Any unintentional attack is deeply regretted.

Was in a discussion with my P and VP when some words set me thinking quite deeply. I head this post with the title "Student Leadership", which has been a highly controversial issue in recent years. Though I'm old and retired, let me just express my take on this issue.

In light of the recent tug-of-war incident, many questioned the role of the teachers, and much of the blame was eventually pinned on them. Deserving of our sympathy yes, but had the teachers stepped in and as we presume, reject the idea, wouldn't that be a flaw in our system to nurture student leaders? Of course, we ponder about the accountability of the issue and fingers point to the teachers almost instantaneously. The current view supposedly sees a fair balance between the planning of leaders and the teachers' hand in activities, with both parties ready for compromise. However, it seems of less importance that the people who planned and executed the activity take up the responsibility when things go awry. Under 16 our students may be, but for true establishment of leadership take place, we definitely have to be accountable for our actions.

The resultant paranoia of the incident seems to have caught onto the execution of CCA activities nowadays, with more stringent checks and certainly more impassable boundaries. Whilst this seems the obvious thing to do on the surface, I beg to differ. The very need for the second paragraph in this post reveals the trepidation students now face challenging the status quo in the conquest for a better schooling environment. We boast a sustained achievement award for consecutive years, with our all-rounded CCAs achieving nothing less than the best in every competition. Fair enough, our talents have certainly shone in recent years. Hidden behind the glorious record is probably the blood, sweat and tears of the noble seniors, giving in their all for improvement after improvement. Yet they are perpetually bounded by the intangible restrictions, making it almost impossible for any progress. Further, an equation between academic results and CCA involvement has been drawn in close relation, resulting in the drastic omission of various essential activities. Sadly, this sees efforts to maintain, much less improve, the standards of our CCAs diminished.

We've seen a significant number of workshops set up with the intention of maximizing students' potential, mainly in the academic aspect. Various reasons have been cited for the failure to deliver quality results, but "heavy involvement in CCA" doesn't seem to be the major culprits. In stark contrast, the lack of motivation and horsepower to push us in the war against fatigue is of much familiarity today. Whilst I have no agenda to disprove the above hypothesis, this would take years to prove true or false. Likening this to the environmental degradation of the world, the slide in standards would have already been irreversible. Wouldn't it be a case of too little, too late to recover all that has been lost? Quality leaders cannot be nurtured overnight, and a vicious cycle of unthinkable consequences would then be triggered, creating another problem which would take even more years and painstaking efforts to resolve.

I salute our valiant fighters for this cause today. To the CCA leaders who are still bidding for overnight camps in non-uniformed groups, I wish you all the best. There may be reasons for the broken tradition, but I sincerely hope that the original values are not lost. The school has been my second home for four years. I'd hate to see the decline of our dominance built on the back of former leaders, and I pray that the school remains a conducive environment for student leadership.

Investiture 2008

2008-07-09T23:02:00.010+08:00

INVESTITURE 2008

It was pretty different this year, I didn't have to walk the long aisle cos I had to make speech and had to sit at the VIP area o.O Well, as an audience I realized that the starting was subtle and it started to get hot due to the late air-conditioning. Auntie and Uncle Behind Me Said This:

Auntie: "哇热死人了"
JiaJie: (turns and look)
Auntie: "他更Cham"(points at me with the blazer)
Uncle: "Dr Boon省电啊?"
JiaJie: Speechless.

Being quite restless at that point of time, I decided to reach to the floor and join my class for some pre-Investiture talk. Mistake was that the seat I filled happened to be beside Amelia, which was when MJ and company hinted me but I didn't get it. Only when I moved away did I realize why. Sheesh, sorry Aziel!

The event then started, the school was its usual enthusiastic self in the presence of their peers in council. Time flew by and before I knew it, the two glamorous presidents had already begun walking up the stage. At the cue, I went up and delivered the speech. All went fine till the part I had apportioned for my Mum. This was when the whole school came alive again, and I caught some saying:

"Wa he like getting Nobel prize liddat."
"So fillial sia."
Hilarious.

Ended off with a bang and joined my Council on stage. Handover was a little EmoNemo as I pinned the badges onto my Presidents. As I embraced them in assurance and confidence, it brought the whole school into some uproar o.O Don't know why but some said it was because it was very touching, others felt the lag in YuJun was comical, lol.

Continuing the long list of gratitude, Thank you to Mr Kevin and JunLe who assisted me in the speech. Glad I saw See Ting today, she's changed quite abit and looks cool in the DHS blazer ^^

Ending off,

"The end of the journey marks the beginning of the other."

This isn't the end of our road, it simply marked the beginning of a new era. As expressed in my speech, I have utmost confidence that they would be history makers of the school. All the very best to the 41st student council!

Chongping's BBQ

2008-07-05T22:36:00.002+08:00

Council secfours, these are the details.

Address: 233 Paya Lebar Road
Condo: Le Crescendo
Meeting Point: Paya Lebar MRT, 5.30pm
For those going yourselves please inform me first. Those going for bowling and movie inform Reuben.

You're strongly encouraged to attend the BBQ as it's of chongping ge's goodwill. Please inform me if you have a valid reason, thanks.

See you there!

MYE

2008-06-30T18:46:00.003+08:00

Ok we have 2 more days before we start studying for Prelims. Life of a SecFour: Study for MYE --> Study for Prelims --> Study for O's.

Anyway, I dont know if its a game craze but my sis has come up with a score to grade performances during exams:
GG - GoodGame
VGG - Very GoodGame
G - Great!

Papers so far still okay, History is my smoking paper cos I totally didn't know what I was writing and I studied 2.1, 2.2, 3.1; and 3.2, 4.1, 4.2 came out. VGG ^^

E-math, Physics, Physics&Chem tikamming session to go. All the best sec4s!

The Last Week

2008-06-19T13:50:00.003+08:00

Hello we're staring at the magical 4 when we look at the countdown list.

Yes, impossible as it sounds, we're four days away to the highly-anticipated MYEs!!! This is when we start pushing the panic button, screaming for help, complaining about stress, all too familiar. Maybe not now, but I might become one of them if I don't hurry. I guess the one crucial factor for most sec4s will be Motivation, because books are books and they don't exactly entertain you as much as I express here, lol.

Anyway, Grade 6 exam was a breeze. It wasn't too bad, other than some drama-mama stuff that happened. The examiners were quite nice and I think I should be able to get through and it's gonna be a long time till I touch that wooden thing again lol. My interest for this instrument has kinda waned and I just hope to pass this grade once and for all.

Going back for more heavenly revision, ciao!

Euro!

2008-06-14T01:04:00.003+08:00

Yoz it's already 3rd week lolz sorry for not updating.

Euro 2008 kicks off but I guess not many Sec4s will be in the mood for it? Not me though, but I only catch the first game. It's Italy v Romania now at halftime, with Italy denied an Onside goal.

Just a short post here, basically Math is more or less done, Sciences will keep me company for this week and Humanities will entertain me the following week. For the muggers out there, persevere! It's just O level hell brought forward so xian ku hou tian lolz. Oh and it's never a sin to mug so screw all the anti-mugger-but-secret-muggers out there, don't be fooled by those who try to demoralize you from studying cos they study more than you. In short(long),
mugmugmugmugmugmugmugmugmugmugmugmugmugmugmugmugmugmugmug.

Fall For You

2008-06-02T01:57:00.003+08:00

The best thing about tonight's that we're not fighting
Could it be that we have been this way before
I know you don't think that I am trying
I know you're wearing thin down to the core

But hold your breath
Because tonight will be the night that I will fall for you
Over again
Don't make me change my mind
Or I wont live to see another day
I swear it's true
Because a girl like you is impossible to find
You're impossible to find

This is not what I intended
I always swore to you I'd never fall apart
You always thought that I was stronger
I may have failed
But I have loved you from the start

But hold your breath
Because tonight will be the night that I will fall for you
Over again
Don't make me change my mind
Or I wont live to see another day
I swear it's true
Because a girl like you is impossible to find
It's impossible

So breathe in so deep
Breathe me in
I'm yours to keep
And hold onto your words
Cause talk is cheap
And remember me tonight
When you're asleep

Because tonight will be the night that I will fall for you
Over again
Don't make me change my mind
Or I wont live to see another day
I swear it's true
Because a girl like you is impossible to find
Tonight will be the night that I will fall for you
Over again
Don't make me change my mind
Or I wont live to see another day
I swear it's true
Because a girl like you is impossible to find
You're impossible to find

Fall for you - Secondhand Serenade

And let this hell start, till the light dawns again.

If I could, then I would.

2008-05-31T03:07:00.003+08:00

When your heart commands, the real you emerges.

Chinese O's!

2008-05-26T19:04:00.006+08:00

Yoz everybody Chinese O's just passed and it's another 7months before i touch a chinese book again hallelujah lolz. I'm just being very optimistic you know it's like A1 here i come yeah lol. I wanna thank Miss Chua Sok Koon for being an excellent teacher, with her around I don't have to look at my cert to know I got an A1 :3 Lolz sorry seriously too high okok I'm back on Earth.

Paper was okay, sihan was a little screwed compo still ok. Paper 2 was (Y) and boosted my confidence alot. I've spent the past 3 days balling with Balling Clique o.O and mugging Chinese, so it's time to take a break before indulging in the sweetly thick books I can't wait to savour.

This is good, done best by American Idol 7 David Cook:

I've been alone with you inside my mind
And in my dreams I've kissed your lips a thousand times
I sometimes see you pass outside my door
Hello, is it me you're looking for?

I can see it in your eyes
I can see it in your smile
You're all I've ever wanted, my arms are open wide
'Cause you know just what to say
And you know just what to do
And I want to tell you so much
I love you

I long to see the sunlight in your hair
And tell you time and time again how much I care
Sometimes I feel my heart will overflow
Hello, I've just got to let you know

'Cause I wonder where you are
And I wonder what you do
Are you somewhere feeling lonely
Or is someone loving you?
Tell me how to win your heart
For I haven't got a clue
But let me start by saying
I love you

Hello, is it me you're looking for?
'Cause I wonder where you are
And I wonder what you do
Are you somewhere feeling lonely or is someone loving you?
Tell me how to win your heart
For I haven't got a clue
But let me start by saying
I love you

Hello - Lionel Richie/David Cook

Awaiting the appropriate time, if there ever will be.

Hangover

2008-05-22T07:16:00.005+08:00

The Champions League Final between Chelsea and Manchester United has ended. And I'm kinda suffering the hangover now -.-

Well I watched the match from a neutral point of view, so it's like when both sides attacked it was exciting rather than the heartattack-nervous feeing. After FT it was 1-1, with yayapapaya Ronaldo heading in his 41st goal of the season and Lampard smashing home the equalizer. It got tantalizing to the end because Chelsea found their strength and was threatening to finish it in extra time whilst Manchester United just parked 10 men behind the ball. Okay I admit to some bias on my part because Manu fans are damn haolian and I bet they'll all come running to me saying they won the Double. (no joey i'm not referring to you lol) Anyway it got to penalties, and I braced myself to watch the whole thing through. In case you don't already know, penalty kicks were almost banned because they were said to cause heart attacks (seriously), you know those fans who are more emotional than the manager himself will just faint when the person misses -.-

It is now 2-2, with the first four players sending the 'keeper the wrong way. The crowd jeers like nuts as C.Ronaldo steps up to take the 3rd penalty for Manu. He places the ball in the most guailan position and takes a deep breath. With the referee's whistle, he takes a step and stop, and takes a step and stop, then he found out that Cech wasn't scammed, so he just rammed but he lost his momentum and Cech saved it. This is when you see my whole estate coming to life, (including myself) shouting out of the balcony so that everybody can hear us celebrating lolz. Everything was looking good as Kalou slotted home the 4th penalty. It was then 4-3 and if Terry converted the last penalty, Chelsea would win the coveted trophy for the first time in their history.

Okay this paragraph is the reason why I blogged. I know you feel scammed after reading two long paragraphs but too bad lol -.- So Terry stroded to the penalty box, and the atmosphere was tense. Possessing the captain's armband, this was the time when their team leader shone, and brought their team to glory. You could see the desire in his eyes, and the passion to do it for the team. Ball is placed on the spot. As he gains momentum in his run, his eyes fixed on the ball, he takes the shot. Everyone waits with bated breath. Edwin vandersar dives the wrong way, and half the battle is won. But before I could scream, I saw the ball hit the post squarely and out. Terry misses. Ok i skip everything because at this point I'm damn sian and I don't feel like elaborating on how the devils won. Just know they did -.- Anyway, if he'd scored, then I would see the Manu fans disappointed faces, the rejoice of a hard-earned victory for the Blues, and of course the most satisfying C.Ronaldo's dejected face. Because of a slip-up, he went unpunished and he can still maintain the act-cool face. Damnit, boo. I really feel for Terry even when I'm not a Chelsea fan, cos he really gains respect unlike the Fifa Footballer of the Year. Catch him next with the England friendlies cos England didn't make it to Euro2008 lol. Player to watch (Y)

You should have inferred that I didn't sleep the whole night (come on people SS rocks and it doesn't stand for SuperSian) Coffee works and I'm damn high now lol. Term's coming to an end and 4A's changing seats, no particular comments. I hope I'll be able to push myself to study, it's like 3 major exams up next so if I don't, ... Match with secthrees was a stroll in the park, 7-0 to Cage but I gotta say it's tough playing the first time and they have quality, so I believe it'll be a better fight the next time round. I like Cage because we're professional and we don't suan/tekan the other team when we trash them (like some team zzz lol)

And now I'm going to school Internetically and I really hope that the system doesn't crash LOL.

I will take the initiative.

Chinese with SK

2008-05-04T23:56:00.010+08:00

Ok I'm here [ :O ]

This post will solely be on an event that totally humoured me today. It's called Chinese with SK. Well I was mugging with Janice, Hexian and SK today when we decided to have some fun with Chinese. It was 8pm and I'm roflmao-ing away. It starts when SK points to his sauce and say "The way I eat my sauce is damn nuan." Enjoy.

P.S. Janice is also known as Legend. She's a celebrated Chinese god so everything she said is translated into English as we're a multi-racial country so people of all races can also enjoy.

Legend: SK STOP SAYING NUAN IT'S LUAN (乱)
SK: No it's nuan you wanna bet I write it out for you
Legend: Ok la write for me to see
SK: *scribbles on Macdonald's free tissue paper* (舌几)
Legend: *wtf face* got what link?!?!
SK: there there, can you see the right side?
Legend: ???
SK: You see, Luan has a L (乱), so Nuan has a N (几) for the right hand side, that's why it's L uan and N uan. Get it?

- Legend shows signs of falling, but gets back on her feet and shows us why she's hailed as the Legend -

Legend: Ok la then tell me why Che is written as 車 last time but 车 now?
SK: *hides his stun face* Uh walao so easy still need me to explain..
Legend: Shaddup don't make excuses
SK: You see ah.. *buys more time* The difference is the square at the centre right, but now it's a zhe hen. Last time the car square square noob noob but now there's a need for speed. It's a STREAMLINE revolution. That's why now the (车) word looks like that.

- Legend couldn't resist but laugh, and at this point SK was so into the mood of "Chinese with SK" he decided to form beautiful alphabets. Below is the list that was born from this session -

A - 人
B - 阵 (the left side)
C - 区
d - 入
E - 日

Legend: Why B is like that one?!
SK: Orh cos last time people couldn't think of anything else so they decided to use their right ear
Legend: *finds a loophole* Then why they didn't use their left ear?
SK: Uhh..
SK: Hmm..
SK: *thinks*
SK: By Convention.

Legend: *not convinced* So how do you get the left ear?
SK: zzz you like left ear so much.. uh.. *flips the FOC tissue*
SK: there.. that's your left ear..

Legend: Why are the letters not standardized..? Some big some small leh.
SK: Uhh..
SK: Hmm..
SK: *thinks*
SK: Variation.

- Legend was left with half-life after that marvelous counter-attack, and decides to deal one final blow -

Legend: Okay why sunlight is (阳)? Isn't that like B+E?
SK: *wah good move*
SK: Cos people Hear last time that it was very Hot, and hence concluded that it was the sun

- A defeated Legend marches back home and ponders why she lost -

Lol the humour is much reduced in black and white, but I really laughed till my stomach ached everywhere. Cheers!

Hoping against hope.

4.02pm

2008-04-28T16:20:00.006+08:00

It is 4.02pm now and I'm sitting in front of my laptop at home. It's called life devoid of CCA & Council. I hope to see myself studying, because that means that the school succeeded. Apparently they haven't (:

Doing commanding tomorrow, the last stage duty 40th SMExco will be doing. I wonder why I don't feel the melancholy of the graduating batch; maybe because the organization has changed so much it's lost its form. Or maybe all the drama I've seen from the seniors were just exaggeration. And I realize doing studying purely in school without any "distractions" is way much easier. Now I comprehend why CCA-less Legends perform so well in class. (any similarity to persons, living or dead, is purely unintentional and coincidental LOL) Haven't been exactly scoring for tests, should this be a cause for concern? :O

Okokok basically time flies everyone so mug hard, because you take O's once in a lifetime and it's too late to do anything once it's over.

P.S. Changed template ^^

Update!

2008-04-13T13:27:00.004+08:00

Sec 4 life is ._.

Handover in less than 7 days, something to rejoice for most, but not all. Perhaps the school has successfully influenced us to concentrate on O's, the mindset for materialistic people. To think about it again, that is the penultimate factor the determines whether the school succeeded in grooming us to be Holistic people anyway. I guess this is the time to really let go, and trust the successor to continue the hard work and bring council to greater heights.

I really don't have much to say here, except the fact that I totally got owned in yesterday's badminton session. Graci invited Brenda and Pandora, who happened to be in the school's team and showed me why I wasn't on it lol! Oh and Mdm Hidayah's words have enlightened me cos I've started studying :O

All the best,

Outstanding AHChoir

2008-04-06T13:19:00.002+08:00

AHChoir, that was outstanding (:

Disappointment

2008-04-02T20:19:00.007+08:00

Sorry for not updating for a not-very-long period of time lolz.

Well the run-in from March to April has been everything but smooth. Never knew elections could be so tedious, but I guess it's worth the effort anyway. Nevertheless, losing sleep is the worst and last thing I want to compromise because it sparks off a vicious cycle; i.e. never sleep = not alert = cannot perform = cannot absorb = frustration. In the end, though you get your tasks done, you get more undone work from the new day, and it continues. You reach the weekends dead tired, and if you let the respite go by you just like that, it continues for the whole week, term, semester, year. After much deliberation, I realized I've allowed such instances to happen, and sometimes due to small factors. It could be a trap of procrastination in disguise, but in any case it's time to stop it. Haven't been able to perform for the past fortnight, constantly failing to keep up in class. Sec 4 life is definitely taxing, but I feel 4A adapting as a class quite well. Priority should be to break free from this cycle, and get back on path hopefully.

Recent embarkations have seen quite a positive trend, as many of the sec4s should already know, the possibility of Prom this year. If the statistics go right, I'm confident we will be able to garner support and bring the pursuing matter to light.

Hey, it's time to step up to the game. You people say brilliant stuff, possess the potential, but refuse to step up. Do you think it'll work if you just think about it, talk about big philosophies and then take the backseat? If so, then everybody should go back to communism and work without a leader. Continue to back out, and you will face a scenario no different from the previous year. If you need to know the hell you will be going through taking that path, I am ready to testify. Or you could start getting wise and think about taking over. It's not something to be taken lightly, and detrimental outcomes will be seen if we choose the wrong people for the wrong job. If you need to be there to realize this, by all means. But it would have been all too late. And a gentle reminder, everything I do is for you people. And if you all fail to see it, less appreciate it, I'm fine with that. Just don't point the finger when regret sets in, because it's going to be something you'd never imagine.

This could be mediocre work for me. But I have been through it and I don't want anyone else to sink into the bottomless pit. With utmost sincerity, I want to provide the best headstart so that you guys have something that we didn't. Time and again I've tried, but I'm really tired already. And I think this is the worst disappointment of all. Last words;

Step up to the game.

End of Holidays

2008-03-16T18:54:00.005+08:00

handover in 34 days, or lesser.

Well election calendar to be out by tomorrow, something that would bring this journey to an end. I guess the last matters to be resolved now should be our promnight, a proper election and handover. Election's coming on the way, seems like a tight race up at the top (:

Caught [The Leap Years] on Wednesday, but the movie didn't rise up to the name well enough in my opinion. It was very literature, (I'm literature-illiterate) and inculcated several quotes, which were quite touching and inspirational, but the plot was too melancholic and unrealistic. Reminded me strongly of Disney Channel Movies, where the ending was always perfect. Nevertheless, here's a beautiful quote and song to honour it.

"It is not in the stars that hold our destiny but in ourselves" - William Shakespeare

Holiday has really flown by, with my first 4 days taken up for Jobweek. Then came 2 days of respite, before a council meeting on Friday. Saturday was wasted away regretfully, but I'm glad to have spent today well.

Holiday Assignment;
Undone:
English - Disasters Essay
SS - pg30 q2
History - SBQ

and the rest are done zomg can you believe it ;D

The routine of school starts again tomorrow, and I'm
Fired up and Ready to go [quote from Future US President Barack Obama] LOL.

We've performed.

Start Of March Holidays

2008-03-08T23:31:00.004+08:00

Just came back from 2 hours of non-stop badminton.

I love pushing my limits (: Played with Pin Rui just now, he's J2 and spent his DHS life playing badminton. Jia Jie, Sec 4 and no badminton experience in school. Imagine the imba-ness, lol. After incessantly running forever with that skill difference significantly showing, I felt like I ran 2.4 thrice. Mm learnt that when I smash, it doesn't kill because I cut (slice the ball to make it fall at an acute angle, skill shot) while smashing and when I do so, so the power is greatly reduced. Haha seriously ran like nuts, just nice 11pm when my legs started to protest in the form of cramps ._. But it was a fruitful game, when you endure through the game and coming up with something new at every serve to outwit your opponent. Good game (:

A glance through this week, big blow came during PTC. My mum enthusiastically went (I just submitted 1 person without asking her I knew she'd confirm go, told her only on the day itself :x) Statistics of 4A08: 5 people got l1r5 x>15, 2 people got l1r5 x>20. And when I left my duties to join my mum, who was in deep conversation with Mdm Hidayah, I realised mine was 16 which placed me in the.. bottom 7. Okay even though it's like 1 point away and my combined humanities missed the next grade by 0.05, (yes, 69.45) but I have to admit that I haven't been firing on all cylinders this term. SK's on the same boat (17) so we're gonna come up with study camps at JiaJie's house to pull up our socks. (recruiting muggers who have screwed this term, it's not too late LOL)

Yup but nevertheless Mdm Hidayah was really nice she didn't suan me (ahem) but just gave a motivating glance of "You know you shouldn't be there right.." (meaning bottom 7) which I feel gives me a boost compared to suaning (ahem). But with good news comes bad news, I realised that CL aka dijihuawen is seriously disadvantaged now cos we don't have loyalty -2, but the cut-off points will not be raised. So RJC literally grew out of grasp.. definitely demoralizing. Screwed system but ah well.. just do your best and be proud of it ;D

Jobweek today. Thanks SK for delivery and chionging high-risk haha seriously I was too lazy to go back to school thanks thanks (:

Ending off with a
Random Fact: After a term, I realized that Miss Ng isn't that bad after all. Though I thought she'd be similar to our resigned former teacher, she proved me wrong. "Never judge a book by a cover" lmao she looks/sounds/talks/stares/scolds/laughs like her but she really drives an impact. Evi: I was thinking about how we should do things that make us happy in life when I saw something saddening today and I came up with this sentence,
"Wow I shouldn't ruffle his feathers, being happy will be the axiom of my life from now on." I was stunned by myself (:

Lesson Learnt

2008-02-26T20:34:00.005+08:00

Yesterday
It just dawned upon me the true purpose
Of this tough and uneven journey
"Authority doesn't mean leadership, it just gives you the opportunity to be one."
And if you don't take the lead
You're just another ordinary person

I've learnt that
Countless matters demand maturity
Although it may not appear so
But maturity brings about calmness
The ability to think straight no matter how stressful the situation is
Rashness doesn't get you anywhere
And probably even further from your destination
In the heat of the moment
Anything and everything you've done
Could diminish just like that

Misunderstandings
The area where conflicts begin
And it is of the essence
To clear things up
When there are doubts or disagreements
Also not to neglect my own studies
The need for prioritization and time management
"不能正己，焉能化人"

Although majority will maintain
That given the countless obstacles
And previous mistakes we had to amend
We've done a great job
Because I thought so too
We've overcome the odds
And broken through 40 years of council
When many plotted our downfall
That alone could have been our pride
But as we look upon how much we've done
It shows how much more we are capable of

As we embark on the final lap of our journey
Though most of us will feel like giving up
"It wouldn't even affect us, why should we care?"
But I remember that
We were once victims of this mentality
And we're in the position to stop it
In this final two months
It's do or die
Maybe not for 40th
But certainly for 41st
To provide the aid we never received
"好的开始就是成功的一半"

Last but not least
It might seem as though we've wasted our time and effort
Persevering and giving our all
But the experience we take away with us
Is something nobody can rob from us
Yet invaluable at the same time

I'm a strong believer of
"Do your best, and be proud of it."
We've done well
But has this been our best?
Let's not wait after handover
Before regretting not giving our best shot
Amongst the dominant strengths
I've realised my flaws
But it's not too late
For there's still two months
Chiong Ah.

It was harsh
But at this critical juncture
That was perhaps what I needed

Thank you Mr Mok.

The best is yet to be ;D

test

2008-02-24T22:43:00.000+08:00

NEW ONE LOL ;D

okay guys i've decided to resurrect my blog, lol.
profiles and all will be updated soon i hope.