Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection, the lovers, the dreamers, and me...

just passing through...

2007-06-26T22:29:00.001+08:00

we were. even if it was just for a moment...

2007-06-04T22:24:00.001+08:00

nobody's on this blog anymore

2006-07-31T10:20:00.000+08:00

must love airports for free internet facilities. =)

i strongly recommend a good vacation for all peeps not having the chance to disrupt-- that is, uh, when you do get the chance to take your leave, i.e. during block leave or after vocational training.

motherlode of books bought in san francisco at dirt-cheap prices include Rushdies' Satanic Verses, Burroughs' Queer, Vonneguts' Mother Night and Slaughterhouse-Five, Nabokov's Invitation to a Beheading, Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, Kafka's Metamorphosis, etc. etc. The fact that some of them really really cannot be found in either kino or borders does increase the satisfaction; but otherwise, am stuck halfway in Verses, Beheading and Fahrenheit. Gah too much variety.

But wonderful wonderful; didn't expect to go to san francisco city, monterrey and carmel, napa and sonoma, then up to seattle for a ball game at qwest stadium, washington for a rural retreat, and even alaska for salmon fishing and the oceans for deep sea fishing. me gosh i love my relatives in the us- makes things all so versatile with their thorough hospitality. and will not forget, clearly, ichiro/ belfre/ betancourt hitting a home run, or fishing up two 18 pound salmon at a creek in ketchikan.

lucky shits who are going overseas quite soon, never forget the great other things you should do if given the opportunity, which doubtless will arise in the course of your study.

A Class To Call Our Own

2006-07-12T23:10:00.000+08:00

For the class of A01A 04/05

It's hard to believe how much time has passed
Since we first met over cinnamon rolls.
Then, we were guarded, wary of giving
Ourselves again so soon to new strangers.
Yet as days rolled to weeks and on to months,
We grew to love this class with all its quirks.
We studied hard but we partied harder!
Who would have thought two years could sweep us by?
Our time together was richer for its
Brevity, each shared memory a gift.
Yet all too soon, present fades to past tense.
Now as we scatter, each to his own path,
May that past not be a cause for regret.
Instead, let it remind us that whither
We wander, these friends keep us in their thoughts,
Awaiting tidings of our safe return.
Time continues to refine our friendships,
Like aging wine of exquisite vintage.
Till we meet again, we will still remain
Part of 1A - in a class of our own.

2006-06-25T09:24:00.000+08:00

Guys and Gals! In a bid to reignite this class blog (well, actually, it wasn't ever really 'ignited' in the first place), we're supposed to update each other periodically here. ESPECIALLY those people who are going overseas (like Tommy... and, uh, the whole bunch of girls) -- update so that you can instill in our NSF minds some forward looking thoughts.

Of course, as for us NSFs, I presume we could all post on our various existences; just so for comparison, if you will. It's nice to know the various degrees of training we must go through in this phase of life.

Anyhow, Kay Hwee/ Ian, post the fricking poem!! Hahahahaha

Exercise in self-importance

2005-10-13T20:20:00.000+08:00

i have decided to post on this blog - mainly because my blog's been dead for awhile, but also because i'm engaging in a shameless exercise of self-advertisement. having watched ian painstakingly craft his poetry over the last week, i have decided to go one up by writing a poem in 15 minutes - one that is also undoubtedly superior in sophistication and technique (not to mention language) ^^

Wankers

Who can stand all those bloody wankers?
They who whinge and whine without recess
Making all thought impossible but how
And where and when you want to stuff them.

I know your life isn't all flowers and fun.
But hell, no one's is! Be thankful -
Not so much that you're whole-limbed and God loves you
(after all I can't stand bloody evangelical Christians too)
But that you haven't been kicked in the arse for being one.

So while you sit in your chair and bemoan your ugly hair,
Realise that time passes you by while you stone and you sag.
What'd you expect? Quit complaining that
You can't find the meaning of life in your next Gucci handbag.

mingyong and kats charity run

2005-06-05T09:37:00.000+08:00

yo peeps!

as you may or may not know mingyong and i have devised a brilliantly fooooolhardy plan which involves us trotting 42 km around singapore. the route is designed to mimic the migration patterns of north australian kingfishers and has the capability to fell a thirty ton elephant on steroids. as mingyong and i have not as yet determined whether we possess the unbounded stamina required for such a trying course-- i.e. we are utterly, totally, absolutely, god-forsakenly unprepared-- we have no idea whether the plan will go successfully enough. Of course, this is the cue for you guys to start clapping openly and naysaying under your breath, but damn it, you guys gotta give it to us for being the first (and most possibly the last) people silly enough to think a full marathon could be run without prior bleed-your-guts-out preparation.

the run should be next weekend-- except that i haven't confirmed with mingyong yet-- but as soon as we do get a fixed date we shall shout it to posterity at large. yes, that is the extent of our unpreparedness.

i have a deep suspicion that this voyage into the anaerobic unknown will end with me spreadeagled across a traffic junction and mingyong carrying the water supply through the entirety of 42 km. good proposition but nonetheless i hope no potentially immobilizing disaster occurs such that we proceed as fast as two blind asthmatic men with three legs. sigh.

2005-05-27T07:08:00.000+08:00

hiiiiiiiiie!

-from boston =pppp

today is the last day of all your sch!!

happy holidayysss!!! =)

2005-04-12T21:05:00.000+08:00

despite taking into account the blatant fact that i have been maligned so by ian, i have nonetheless decided to give him the cold shoulder. =P

anyway i agree with thong, ns medical checkup is totally mind-numbing. good luck for those who will go in the near future, its actually quite fun in some ways, although i wish they didn't have a two hour long test section in the end. :P

oh and if i'm not in school tomorrow its because i have a bloody flu and sorethroat.

Kelong Quotes

2005-03-28T20:57:00.000+08:00

This was from Ka Tsai while we were filling in immigration forms:
"My tick was too big, so now I'm bisexual."

Might I point out that you really meant hermaphroditic, because bisexual implies a preference for sex with both genders. If you really meant bisexual, I am disturbed. Severely.

I only remember one other quote, and it's from our favourite candidate for blond hair from 2A13A, but I won't post it yet, because I'm nice. (Even if the quote was highly amusing, considering the circumstances.) I hereby demand that everyone post about their experiences at the kelong, or I will let Eugene Oh seize control of the blog! Haha...

Junior Class Blog

2005-03-06T01:44:00.000+08:00

Our junior class has a blog, which is a lot more active than ours really. For those interested: http://wewantbreakfast.blogspot.com

Battleship Potemkin

2005-02-13T22:24:00.000+08:00

This might be of interest to the History-mad:

http://edition.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/02/13/germany.potemkin.reut/index.html

Rilke

2005-02-05T22:30:00.000+08:00

Have been reading an anthology of Rilke's poetry and prose, and I came across some interesting stuff. This one's for Thong:

Death is the side of life that is turned away from us and not illuminated. We must try to achieve the greatest possible consciousness of our existence, which is at home in both these unlimited realms, and inexhaustibly nourished by both.

Obviously our class blog is only being nourished by one realm! Oh, English 'S' people might be interested in two prose pieces entitled For The Sake Of A Single Poem and On The Young Poet, in light of yesterday's lecture by Mr Purvis.

Blog-hopping

2005-01-24T22:05:00.000+08:00

Instead of doing Mr Sowden's essay, I've been amusing myself by blog-hopping through our juniors' blogs, which have been extremely easy to find. I've found seven! Can't believe I'm actually blogging about this. Oh well, anything for a new entry, I guess...

salut mes amis!

2005-01-21T13:14:00.000+08:00

hello friends
for whoever still checks this blog, these are our groups for econs essays

J92 lijun ian yumun khwee thong
N95 chunlong ling kats shiqi ben
N98 dan allen jenn chern mingyong
N2001 mel yeemeng ray jose yixun

presentations start on thurs 270105 so be prepared. yup thankew

chern

New Year's Eve's Eve

2004-12-30T23:50:00.000+08:00

Just because I won't be at home for most of tomorrow, Happy New Year's Eve! Now there's a new post here! Aren't you glad, Eugene? Haha...

2004-12-25T02:34:00.000+08:00

MERRY CHRISTMAS PEOPLE OF THE DEAD BLOG HEH
cya all real soon

strange connections

2004-11-28T17:47:00.000+08:00

dug out a set of 50s print postcards with naughty slogans on them the other day, at the discount bin of the liang court kino. and the connections are hugely amusing!!!!

o happy horse.....

you show me your abs..................

On the Road

2004-11-18T22:03:00.000+08:00

don't listen to ian's bullshit and his list of pussified books ^^ the only book really worth reading now is by jack kerouac, entitled 'on the road'. jonny recommended it to me: its an american classic, and goddamnit it's brilliant. the guy wrote the original manuscript in a feverish 3 weeks of rapid typing, fuelled by a drugged-up high of benzedrine. apparently he felt that stopping to change pages would interrupt his 'kick-typing' style of flowing writing, so he taped a roll of paper together. after 3 weeks, he had a 120 foot long manuscript. this guy clearly is da man. he lived a life of travelling, drugs, sex, and jazz. life and language infused with the pulsating rhythms of fifties underground America and jazz - a exhilrating ride and read. here's a quote from the book to whet your appetites

the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centrelight pop and everybody goes "Awww!"

oh and by the way, kerouac perished at the grand old age of 47 ^^

2004-11-16T21:00:00.000+08:00

All glory is there.

The Reading List 1

2004-11-11T22:10:00.000+08:00

Books you should read before you die, if only because I've read them! After seeing Claudia's list for the plebeians (and I've actually read some books from it), I decided to compile an even more plebeian list! Doubt it'll actually be plebeian really, but here goes:

The list is in alphabetical order by author. Bold means I've read it. Italics means I'm reading it. Underlined means I own it (and will lend it to you if I trust you enough, I guess).

1. The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
I'm done with the first two books in the trilogy-turned-quintet, and it's funny stuff. Plus Adams is dead, and we all know the best books are by dead people. (Think Silas Marner, The Return Of The Native, etc.)

2. Little Men (Louisa M. Alcott)
Read this a long time ago, and no, I've never read Little Women. I did chance upon a copy of Jo's Boys once though, which is the book that follows the lives of the boys in adulthood. Read this if you like happy endings, and you want to believe, just for a moment, that there are good people out there.

3. The Flowers Of Evil (Charles Baudelaire)
One word: Lesbos. I haven't reached that poem yet, but after reading the introduction (and seeing my French teacher's expression when he saw me with the book), I'm sold. This is a twisted and bizarre portrayal of sex, which just happens to be good poetry. T.S. Eliot thought it was good, if that's worth anything to you.

4. The River Of Time (David Brin)
An anthology of science fiction short stories, which I normally wouldn't recommend, but some of the ideas in this collection are genuinely intriguing. In particular, the story that lends its title to the collection, and the one that has the Fates in it.

5. Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
I read it ages ago, and I thought it was boring. Tried to read her sister's book, Wuthering Heights, but that bored me too. Doesn't mean they're not good though. I'll re-read it one of these days. For those of you aspiring to be governesses (aka tuition teachers).

6. Time's Eye (Stephen Baxter & Arthur C. Clarke)
First book in a new series. This one's for those who like alternate history, with a science fiction bent. This one leaves you hanging at the end though, so you have been warned. Without giving too much away, suffice to say that Alexander the Great is one of the characters who makes an appearance, gay lover in tow of course.

7. A Home At The End Of The World (Michael Cunningham)
Now a major motion picture starring Colin Farrell. You won't ever see the movie in Singapore though, because not only does Farrell's character teeter on the edge of bisexuality (meaning he screws a man and a woman, but the gender of the person doesn't really matter to him), there's a child born out of wedlock and the single mother runs away at the end. All the values that the PAP does not want to promote. Nonetheless, read it, and maybe you'll value your family a bit more at the end.

8. Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Forget Silas Marner, this is about four times thicker. I've only gotten through Book I, if that's any consolation to all of you who haven't read it. A good story, more believable in my opinion than the multitude of coincidences that is Silas Marner. For sleepless nights and masochists.

9. The Surgeon (Tess Gerritsen)
I read this in one day. It's just plain old fiction, no serious literary merit whatsoever, but who cares? Sometimes you just want to be entertained, which this book does rather well. The sequel's not as good (as usual). Read on the MRT during peak hour, because you don't want to be alone reading about women being carved up, especially if you're a woman. (That doesn't constitute a sexist remark, right?)

10. We Are The New Romantics (Niven Govinden)
Sex, sex, sex and more sex. Oh yeah, there's drugs too. This is an example of hedonism, the Idiot's Guide To Loafing. Fag and fag hag gallivant around Europe, spending hard cash and getting laid. My inspiration for how to live, post-JC and post-NS. Anyone care to join me? Preferably someone with lots of money.

11. Chocolat (Joanne Harris)
This is a gorgeous book! Someone should make a box of chocolates based on this book. I'd buy it without a second thought. That aside, this is another of those feel-good stories that has you cheering for all the right people, at all the right moments. Good with a cup of coffee and chocolate biscuits. Enough said.

12. The French Executioner (C. C. Humphreys)
I suppose this is what Mr Rollason would call a historical novel. I liked it, and I've been trying to find the sequel ever since. Don't read unless you like the mediaeval equivalent of a car chase around the country. If you do, however, this is a rollicking good adventure.

13. Emily Of Emerald Hill (Stella Kon)
I'd like to see this someday. I know Wild Rice has done it before, with Ivan Heng cross-dressing as usual. I don't have much to say about this, except that I don't like the ending. Personally think it's too clichéd, the whole thing about tradition being eroded by progress. Still, anyone who doesn't pity Emily by the end of the play is heartless.

14. Into Thin Air (John Krakauer)
In a nutshell, it's about people climbing and dying on Everest. This is a true account by a man who was with the expedition featured in the book. What is it about Everest that induces so many people to climb it, and sometimes, die on it? Maybe this'll help you understand.

15. The Chronicles Of Narnia (7 books) (C.S. Lewis)
I read this when I was lying in a bed at Alexandra Hospital, with my left arm strung up like some marionette. (Fractured arm at the tender age of nine.) Can't remember who brought the whole set over, think it was either my godparents or my former pastor. If Pullman's universe reflects an anti-religion stance, then Lewis's universe is the exact reverse. Read both for comparison.

16. The Giver (Lois Lowry)
I've never seen euthanasia described in such innocuous terms before. I wrote a Commonwealth Essay about this book, claiming that it changed my life. Couldn't fool the people judging though, because it only earned itself a commendation. I always wondered about the ending though, and I'm bitterly disappointed that the author refuses to make up my mind for me on the subject.

17. The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
Whenever I feel like a dose of mass hysteria, the witchhunt in this play is what I turn to. A chilling portrayal of the power of theocracy, and more accessible than Pinter. Yet another play I'd like to see acted out one day.

18. Harold Pinter: Plays (4 books) (Harold Pinter)
Reading Pinter is an entirely different (and less painful) experience from watching Pinter. Considering him for 'S' Paper, but interpretating his work is beyond me at the present moment. Anyone care to enlighten me, because I'm really interested in this? I'm on the second volume out of four, which are all available from library@Esplanade. Tell me if you see it in a bookstore.

19. The Hot Zone (Richard Preston)
This freaked me out immensely when I read it. It's not exactly normal for a primary school kid to wonder what are his odds of dying from a haemorrhagic fever. I suppose the scariest thing about this book is that everything which happened in it is true.

20. His Dark Materials (3 books) (Philip Pullman)
A not-so-subtle attack on Christianity, but fascinating fiction nonetheless. I'm on the third book, The Amber Spyglass, right now. If you ask me, I think the middle book, The Subtle Knife, isn't as gripping as the first, Northern Lights. In any case, the cover artwork is nice, for a book from Popular. I disagree with the repeated comparisons made to Tolkien though, I don't believe Pullman's universe is as fully fleshed out in comparison.

21. Idlewild (Nick Sagan)
The sequel, Edenborn, is already out in the USA. The protagonist, Halloween, is one of my favourite characters out of all the stuff I've read. The premise is plausible: A plague has worked its way into the human genome, and the whole world's dead. Except for 10 genetically-modified "humans", created in a last-bid attempt to save humanity's future. They are supposed to work out a way to resurrect humanity, plague-free, but what happens when they start disappearing one by one? The denouement of the plot is realistic, and it'll be interesting to see what the sequel offers. Oh yeah, Nick Sagan is the son of Carl Sagan, in case you were wondering.

22. The Lord Of The Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
I can't remember why I bought this. For whatever reason, I bought it, read it, loved it. (I even read the appendices!) I now own almost every other published work by Tolkien. If you've seen the movie, but never read the book, what's wrong with you?

23. The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
Once you get the hang of the black English in this book, you'll be fine. The family relationships in the book are really messed up though. I think there's incest somewhere, but it's so complicated I can't be sure anymore. Read if you want a thought-provoking book with a (reasonably) happy ending.

24. No Other City (poetry anthology)
Ethos's anthology of urban poetry, which has very unique binding. That said, the poetry's all local, so this is a convenient way of getting acquainted with local poets and their writing. This naturally assumes you want to be acquainted with local writing. Believe you me, no cheesy stuff here à la Goh Sin Tub.

25. Sudden Fiction (Continued) (prose anthology)
This is an interesting anthology of a very specific type of fiction. The "sudden" is inspired by the Latin word "subire", and is essentially a short story of not longer than 2000 words. Haven't seen this in bookstores before, so if you're interested, be nice to me and I'll lend it to you.

We Are The New Romantics

2004-11-11T20:49:00.000+08:00

Bored, so I'm posting the blurb at the back of my current read. It sounds thrashy, but so damn relaxing...

Two kids bumming around Europe -
Madrid, South of France, Paris.
Looking for fun.
Best mates.
Shags and scrapes.
She is insecure, he is a hustler.
They are dependent on each other.
Boy falls for various Parisian troublemakers.
Dodgy discos.
Dangerous drugs.
High-class shopping and low-class whoring.
Friendship, love, loyalty tested.

Europe is ours and it owes us a living...

class stayover

2004-11-02T21:38:00.000+08:00

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH THIS IS THE THIRD BLOODY TIME I'M WRITING THIS ENTRY AND IF THE F*CKING SERVER DELETES THE ENTRY AGAIN I'M GOING TO RAZE THE BLOGSPOT HEADQUARTERS TO THE FRICKING GROUND

anyways class stayover!!!!! from thursday THIS WEEK to friday. guys at kay hwee's house and girls at mel's house. try to make it! i think we'll be going sentosa in the afternoon. should be fun.

(midnight dota/pool! nvm shouldn't raise hopes)

the last time i had a class stayover it was terribly fun. hopefully this time it'll be like that too?

acappellaaaa~

2004-10-24T17:20:00.000+08:00

hallo everyone!

sigh no one ever actually posts proper on our blog, its all on the tagboard. heh we should just scrap the posts and leave a msg: "the good stuff is down there" hee~

anyway, this is an advertisement for acappella stuff which is simply tooooo good to be kept to myself. its hilarious and zesty and sparkly. btw acappella = singing without instruments, which is pretty unbelievable if you listen to some of this stuff which has percussion and trumpet sounds etc all done by the singers =] yumm. yup so if anyone wants i have:
1. the longest time by rockapella. nice and romantic
2. where in the world is carmen san diego by rockapella, courtesy of kelly. aah darn coool
3. zombie jamboree by rockapella. fantastic vocal percut, nice swing
4. beatles medley by rockapella. nuff said
5. BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY BY ROCKAPELLA someone please ask me for this one you don't know what youre missing
6. io ci saro by neri per caso, courtesy of kelly. dunno what the words mean but the guy's voice is darn sexy

k so if you see me online can just ask. and if anyyone has anyyy acappella please send! am going mad over the stuff now *gushes* am happily spreading a little acappella love

take care people
"is this the real life?
is this just fantasy
caught in a landslide
no escape from reality
open your eyes, look up to the skies and see
i'm just a poor boy, i need no sympathy
because i'm easy come, easy go, little high, little low
any way the wind blows doesn't really matter to me, to me" -bohemian rhapsody
chern.

PW

2004-10-18T22:30:00.000+08:00

Actual snippet of conversation from a PW session:
"You show me your abs; I'll show you my hair."
"Okay, next time."

These kind of things are priceless, just priceless I tell you...

Class Outing

2004-10-11T22:59:00.000+08:00

Message from Mel: Hey let's go to Sentosa after hist paper! Bring extra clothes and slippers and towel, and pass the message.

2004-10-11T20:49:00.000+08:00

2004-10-08T22:24:00.000+08:00

ehh class outing to the beach 15th fri or 16th sat or 17th sun? shall we just do fri and skip farewell ass

2004-10-06T13:00:00.000+08:00

here is "the perfect antidote for christmas cheer". an interesting song.

Verse 1
All around me are familiar faces
Worn out places, Worn out faces
Bright and early for the daily races
Going nowhere, Going nowhere
Their tears are filling up their glasses
No expression, No expression
Hide my head I want to drown my sorrows
No tomorrow, No tomorrow

Chorus
And I find it kind of funny, I find it kind of sad
These dreams in which i'm dying, Are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you, I find it hard to take
When people run in circles its a very very
Mad World, Mad World

Verse 2
Children waiting for the day they feel good
Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday
And they feel the way that every child should
Sit and listen, Sit and listen
Went to school and I was very nervous
No one knew me, No one knew me
Hello teacher tell me whats my lesson
Look right through me, Look right through me

Chorus
And I find it kind of funny, I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which i'm dying, Are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you, I find it hard to take
When people run in circles it's a very very
Mad World, Mad World

Enlargen your world

Mad World

final note

2004-10-03T19:47:00.000+08:00

bob dylan in between econs is good stuff.

Come gather 'round people
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters
Around you have grown
And accept it that soon
You'll be drenched to the bone.
If your time to you
Is worth savin'
Then you better start swimmin'
Or you'll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin'.

Come writers and critics
Who prophesize with your pen
And keep your eyes wide
The chance won't come again
And don't speak too soon
For the wheel's still in spin
And there's no tellin' who
That it's namin'.
For the loser now
Will be later to win
For the times they are a-changin'.

Come senators, congressmen
Please heed the call
Don't stand in the doorway
Don't block up the hall
For he that gets hurt
Will be he who has stalled
There's a battle outside
And it is ragin'.
It'll soon shake your windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin'.

Come mothers and fathers
Throughout the land
And don't criticize
What you can't understand
Your sons and your daughters
Are beyond your command
Your old road is
Rapidly agin'.
Please get out of the new one
If you can't lend your hand
For the times they are a-changin'.

The line it is drawn
The curse it is cast
The slow one now
Will later be fast
As the present now
Will later be past
The order is
Rapidly fadin'.
And the first one now
Will later be last
For the times they are a-changin'.

though come to think about it now the lyrics seem to pertain more to history than to econs. but nonetheless! he's the true poet that can't sing.

nonetheless here's the point of the entry: good luck people! i know all of you have been mugging very very very very hard (mmmmm. -nod of approval-) so get that **^(&%%^$&^ over and done with so we can all go gallavanting after we put those sordid papers to rest. don't lose sleep (i.e. don't be like jose, who has eyebags as big as his eyes), don't slack and after that don't regret. one and a half weeks ain't that long a time period, so stick together and pull through... not as if we haven't gone through exams before. but.

another song, this time by joan baez (bob dylan's girlfriend). actually its a bob dylan song by right but joan baez sung a cover of it so.

They say ev'rything can be replaced,
Yet ev'ry distance is not near.
So I remember ev'ry face
Of ev'ry man who put me here.
I see my light come shining
From the west unto the east.
Any day now, any day now,
I shall be released.

They say ev'ry man needs protection,
They say ev'ry man must fall.
Yet I swear I see my reflection
Some place so high above this wall.
I see my light come shining
From the west unto the east.
Any day now, any day now,
I shall be released.

Standing next to me in this lonely crowd,
Is a man who swears he's not to blame.
All day long I hear him shout so loud,
Crying out that he was framed.
I see my light come shining
From the west unto the east.

Any day now, any day now,
I (we) shall be released.

Rumours

2004-10-02T13:05:00.000+08:00

Does anyone other than Chun Long, Dan and Thong want to go for Rumours? We're going (if any of us get down to buying the tickets) on Friday, 8 pm. To the French people: Can we buy on Tuesday after orals? Will check if there are tickets still available for Friday.

semi-charmed life

2004-09-29T20:27:00.000+08:00

study hard people! hee hee.
i like studying w people its quite fun
what a silly post
ah well.. i am missing friday again. and i suspectmany people willll. soo chernise jus in case... heh. you haf been semi fore-warned.

when i say out loud, i wanna get out of this
i wonder if there's anything im gonna miss
how's it gonna be.. when you don't know me
how's it gonna be.. when youre sure im not there?
how's it goinna be.. cos i dont care how its gonna be..~

i loooove this song! it's the only reason im online actually... to listen to it on the com.. clearly i need an mp3 playerrr. -boredd

i crave trashy fashion magazines.. shopping and sleeping..
turning into an insomniac - sulkk -
a n c a n c....... argh
can anyone suggest a good way to mug hist?
and my a nc pgs are blankk! i wonder why sigh

Bizarre

2004-09-28T22:24:00.000+08:00

How come it always takes a post from me to induce posts from the rest of you? To all the people who've been skipping lessons, I'll join you eventually! Maybe on Thursday, right after Ms Lim's revision lesson.

Here's what you missed today, the little entertaining snippets of the day edited because I don't have an audiographic (Yes, I think that's a made-up word.) memory:

[Before Economics.]
Yumun: Do they make space for boobs when they make blouses?
Rui Min: Trust me, they don't.
[The people around burst out in manic laughter, attracting the attention of a teacher on the third story. Another teacher subsequently walks past TS1, informing us that the first teacher thought we'd gone mad from stress. We stifle our laughter and troop back into the frigidaire which is TS1.]

[During Mathematics.]
Mr Tay: Everything is long and hard with you, Ming Yong.
[This induces another bout of manic laughter, as all Mr Tay's conversations with Ming Yong do.]

[Later, in the library, after Joseph has sent me three lame messages on Kay Hwee's handphone!]
Anonymous: [To Joseph] You're an unwanted gay!
[Various random utterances poking fun at Joseph, who is listening to music and can't really hear us. So he's deaf too!]
Me: You should go talk to Ben Woon. (No offense intended!)

muakz

2004-09-28T21:48:00.000+08:00

okie i dint noe wad 2 put 4 title so..hahaz well u noe me..i lurve kisses n hugs hahaz(refer 2 sunday times charlie brown comic strip 26/9) aniwae..hahaz yes that granpa song is pretty funny..hahaz dun we juz all revel in screwed up relationships eh hahaz..hahaz n ooh yongge posted that outburst..i was wondering who hahaz..dun worry darlin..everything will be fine..*hug* hahaz..we must have light to trusten by ! hahaz aniwae...dearie kats hows ur leggy..hahaz well goin by chinese med learnings...yi xing bu xing..so u prob should eat more pig's trotters or something hahaz..okie..i like pig trotters aniwae...promos r next week...but lets all think of wads gonna happen after promos..if promos r near..dat mean post promos are also close! soon we'll party all day long~~~~~ hahaz meanwhile i'll try 2 figure out how 2 get my fat butt movin n START doin work hahaz..oh well..hahaz..think tonites wasted..hahaz spent it eatin mooncakes n pomelo! =) happy mid-autumn fest ppl ! may the moon bless u all hahaz..i come up with such weird posts...ignore me ..hahaz

2004-09-27T22:56:00.000+08:00

what's wrong yongge? i can't make out whether you're exasperated or really umm frigging angry...

and well yeah!!! today really sucked. well any day with only nine people in class doth sucketh. except that i agree with dan, nine people makes for a more cosy classroom, and mengkeat gets to walk about the class without chairs impeding his progress, so. mr purvis wants our PW files in by tomorrow!!!! my groups' really screwed. oh and attn my group: only i came to school today, thank goodness mr purvis cancelled pw, or i'd be doing a dramatic monologue. sigh.

I SPRAINED MY ANKLE AGAIN. sigh. should have known better than to go play soccer. on the plus side, shall have fun studying at home, or trying to muster the determination to do something akin to it... whether it's actually effective or not ultimately remains to be seen...

only gerL

2004-09-27T20:48:00.000+08:00

how could this happen?!
and once again i reproach the other girls in our class
hey if youre not gonna come to school must at least tell me! dont make me sit in class with stinky guys all day!
no offense to the guys, but still. how could you?! and the aircon was freeezingg
*betrayed*

chern on dearth-of-mooncake-induced angst

p/s anyway. here is a really funny family relations conundrum in [brilliance of brilliance] rhyming song lyrics! if anyone can find the song send it k? to relieve pre-promos studying ennui. and if anyone is pro at diagramming you can try work it out..

i'm my own grandpa by Lonzo and Oscar
It sounds funny, I know,
But it really is so,
Oh, I'm my own grandpa.

I'm my own grandpa.
I'm my own grandpa.
It sounds funny, I know,
But it really is so,
Oh, I'm my own grandpa.

Now many, many years ago, when I was twenty-three,
I was married to a widow who was pretty as could be.
This widow had a grown-up daughter who had hair of red.
My father fell in love with her, and soon they, too, were wed.

This made my dad my son-in-law and changed my very life,
My daughter was my mother, cause she was my father's wife.
To complicate the matter, even though it brought me joy,
I soon became the father of a bouncing baby boy.

My little baby then became a brother-in-law to Dad,
And so became my uncle, though it made me very sad.
For if he was my uncle, then that also made him brother
Of the widow's grown-up daughter, who, of course, was my stepmother.

Father's wife then had a son who kept him on the run,
And he became my grandchild, for he was my daughter's son.
My wife is now my mother's mother, and it makes me blue,
Because, although she is my wife, she's my grandmother, too.

Now if my wife is my grandmother, then I'm her grandchild,
And everytime I think of it, it nearly drives me wild,
For now I have become the strangest case you ever saw
As husband of my grandmother, I am my own grandpa!

I'm my own grandpa.
I'm my own grandpa.
It sounds funny, I know, but it really is so,
Oh, I'm my own grandpa.

BACKSTABBED

2004-09-27T01:07:00.000+08:00

BACK STABBED BY THOSE I LEAST EXPECTED ARGH THIS IS A DAY OF INFAMY.

By Request

2004-09-26T23:08:00.000+08:00

Since Eugene insists, I shall post something. Bacardi coke! Haha...That made no sense whatsoever. Has anyone heard of Thievery Corporation? I'm thinking of downloading their songs, but I don't want to waste my time on music I'm not going to listen to. How about Franz Ferdinand? I saw the video for Dark Of The Matinee on MTV last week, and I saw their record in the store today. Didn't pick it up because I wasn't sure what the rest of the songs were like. Bought something by Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Natalie Imbruglia instead. Is this post long enough, Eugene?

2004-09-15T22:38:00.000+08:00

it seems it's always the crazy times
you wake up and realize
it takes more than your saline eyes to make things right -

Filler

2004-09-14T22:02:00.000+08:00

Why is it that a search for "rjc 1a01b" leads people here? Other people being Googled: "sheryl yixun blog" and "yeemeng rj".

Oligopoly Watch

2004-09-14T20:25:00.000+08:00

Go to www.oligopolywatch.com, which is a rather interesting site about (what else?) oligopolies. There's stuff that talks about the case study the rest of you have done (which I haven't) . It is suggested that firms prefer to be in an oligopoly rather than a monopoly. Compare Microsoft with Coke and Pepsi. Who attracts more consumer ire? How's this for a new term? The author of the site proposes that an "oligonomy" is a situation where the same companies act as oligopolies and oligopsonies.

2004-09-10T13:30:00.000+08:00

googling myself [ie. melissa tan rjc] comes up with vey amusing results.

List of GP teachers!!! including ms mel lim and a few other tan's
kenneth [i was posted to his grp when we went for cross training at sji]'s blog
wing's blog
sam's blog
one of my sec ones blogs [form one-one-ohthree! i feel so old!! the spsls05 are interviewing.. and my sec ones are going to be sec fours, and the sec ones i was spsl of are going to be sec three!!! i feel so old]
i got ian's blog too. hurhur.

and searching for [melliejellie] i got some funny stuff the google asks me "did you mean smelliejellie?"

these of the relevant few pages i had patience to sift through!!! hahaha my name is waaaayy too common!!!

Chernise

2004-09-10T11:18:00.000+08:00

Searching for "Chernise Neo" gives zero results on Google. "Chernise"+"RJC" on the other hand...

"chernise hasn't changed one bit."
http://web.pitas.com/cherub_rock/07_04_2004.html

http://www.enetation.co.uk/comments.php?user=jesusfreakdl&commentid=74&usersite=#1384885

There is one more link, but that's to Sophia's dead blog. It's funny though. Seems like some people used to think we had the coolest people. (Not that we aren't cool, but coolest? Really?)

butbutbut

2004-09-10T10:21:00.000+08:00

no wait but there is!! look! now who's egocentric.

22nd Annual Prize Presentation Ceremony of the Ministry of Education Language Centre
13 students from RJC were awarded prizes for good performance in 2003 French, German, Japanese and Malay Special Programme (MSP) Examinations.
S/N
Name of Students
CT Group
Language
1.
Chung Weiqiang Ian
1A01A
French
http://schools.moe.edu.sg/rjc/achievements-academic-2004.html

HE HEADS THE BLOODY GROUP!!!! Oh but anyways yeah there's a lot of ian chungs around. other excerpts from google:

Thursday May 8 - Sunday, May 11 The Lakeland Center No Test Compulsory Moves Group A1. Alexandra Frost, Sunrise; 2. Nova Lichon, Ft. Lauderdale; 3. Meahway Ngu, Longwood; 4. Kaitlyn Espinosa, Planatation; 5. Whitney Mastrangelo, ClearwaterNo Test Compulsory Moves Group B1. Bianca Galasso, Pembroke Pines; 2. Daniella Chiera, Boca Raton; 3. Franchesca Chiera, Coral Springs; 4. Brenna Spellissy, Clearwater; 5. Nathan Moreo, Davie; 6. Jackie Jablon, Parkland; 7. Ian Chung, Orlando <-- i.e. he came in seventh in a figure skating championship. imagines ian in frilly costume.
http://www.flasports.com/page_sunshine_results_spring2003.shtml

From there it was only a short jump to a thought she had during a Midday interview with Sydney hypnotherapy guru Dr Ian Chung, who uses a variety of spiritual techniques to help people gain insight into their professional and personal lives.
"I remember thinking in the middle of the interview, 'What a spunky guy!' Then I thought 'Oh stop it you old silly as if he's interested in you.' Then I began listening and it occurred to me that if Ian turned me down for dinner, offering to learn his technique would be a great way to spend more time with him," Kerri-Anne explained. "You know, some private tuition," she adds with a jaunty twinkle in her sea green eye.
http://www.gusworld.com.au/rotd/9801/kerri.htm

yay.

ian chung by chernise

2004-09-09T11:48:00.000+08:00

"Helping you cope with problems and with work - or the lack of it, by Dr Ian Chung (Law Society New South Wales Journal July 1995)"

http://sim.law.uu.nl/SIM/CaseLaw/CCPRcase.nsf/0/dc0cc7c63715183fc1256b52003f2353?OpenDocument
"1. The author of the communication is Ian Chung, a Jamaican citizen who at the time of submission of his communication was awaiting execution at St. Catherine District Prison, Jamaica. He claims to be a victim of violations by Jamaica of articles 6, 7, 10, paragraph 1, and 14, paragraphs 1, 2 and 3(g), of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. He is represented by Saul Lehrfreund of the London law firm of Simons Muirhead and Burton. On 11 July 1995, the author's death sentence was commuted to one of life imprisonment. "

http://www.loanuniverse.com/loansforyouth.html
"HelloMy name is Ian Chung.I have been searching for a loan provider for 2 months now and only found one that offers the amount needed to start my business, the problem being that I am 17yrs. old and do not meet all the requirements.If anyone has any suggestions I would appreciate them. (I am hoping for a $25,000 loan, I know it is a lot but it would be the most practical)ThanksIANIf anyone would like to contact me my e-mail is Ian_the_korean@hotmail.com"

http://www.flasports.com/page_sunshine_2004fsresults.shtml
25th Anniversary Sunshine State GamesFigure Skating - ResultsFriday May 14, 2004 - Sunday, May 16, 2004
Pre-Preliminary Boys Compulsory Moves1. Mickey Sinthawachiwa, Davie; 2. Patrick Rupp, St. Cloud; 3. Ian Chung, Orlando; 4. Derrick Griffin, Cooper City; 5. Ryan Jones, Palm Bay

gosh i'm bored. searched 8 of 17 pages and not a single thing on ian-chung-our-classmate.

2004-09-07T20:34:00.000+08:00

aagh was about to write about aubrey and guitar man and all the bread songs that pwnz and what should i see but a new entry from ian about yi xun. heh.

frankly speaking, ummmmmmmm, i found that more... humourous than anything else. hope yixun concurs. =)

just came back from some leadership camp with foreign scholars. couldn't do the drills and the more regimental stuff because i fell sick on the second day, but i still come back with abrasions and bruises on my feet from all that crawling about in mud. strange, but camp organisers always think mud is a good bonding device, and despite second thoughts it always turns out that way. thank goodness for the more enthusiastic people in my group. heh.

Tan Yi-Xun

2004-09-07T20:26:00.000+08:00

Allow me to kick off this indulgence in narcissism with what you get when you search for (who else but the ultimate narcissist in our class?) "Tan Yi-Xun" on Google. Imagine what you'd find if you didn't search for his full name...

"One looked amazingly like Tan Yi Xun, this RI debater, complete in yellow acrobat suit."
http://panisland.diaryland.com/031018_29.html

"and i am soo disgusted after angie let us read sheryl's diary on the conversation sheryl had with yi xun. I dunno why people like tan yi xun and sheryl exist."
http://rain9drops.diaryland.com/030305_67.html

"i mean, it would be a whole of simpler if he were some attitude-problematic person like tan yi xun..."
http://rain9drops.diaryland.com/030304_44.html

"and she kept saying that i should be having on a crush on tan yi xun instead because he's so much... ay..i forgot what she said about tan yi xun, i wasn't bothered to hear about him at all."
http://rain9drops.diaryland.com/030307_98.html

"people like tan yi xun and jon yap are added into this list. as angie would say, they are arrogrant bastards with no hearts. no, i forgot what she exactly said. either tan yi xun doesn't have a heart, or jon yap has a black heart."
http://rain9drops.diaryland.com/030327_2.html

I'm thoroughly amused by the search results...

Diary

2004-09-07T20:04:00.000+08:00

bread pwns. they're highly therapeutic. talking abt the band, not the food.

DIARY
I found a diary underneath a tree
and started reading about me
The words she's written took me by surpise
you'd never read them in her eyes.
They said that she had found the love she waited for.
Wouldn't you know it, she wouldn't show it.

When she confronted with the writing there,
simply pretended not to care.
I passed it off as just in keeping with
her total disconcerting air
and though she tried to hide
the love that she denied,
wouldn't you know it, she wouldn't show it.

And as I go through my life, I will give to her my wife
all the sweet things that I can find.

I found her diary underneath a tree.
and started reading about me.
The words began stick and tears to flow.
Her meaning now was clear to see.
The love she'd waited for was someone else not me
Wouldn't you know it, she wouldn't show it.

and as I go through my life, I will wish for her his wife
all the sweet things that she can find
all the sweet things they can find

randomness

2004-09-07T13:14:00.000+08:00

hallo everyone!
am holed up at home and cant even bake, owing to dearth of (cheap) eggs. this is a travesty.
anyway, have therefore been dreaming up ways to spice up class stuff online. had an idea just now for a class project, but am really not sure if it'd work cos not everyone's on the class blog-

option #1 for the narcissists
google yourself and publish the details!

option #2 for the narcissists who pretend they aren't
google the person after you in the class list. or google random pple in class. if enough people participate we'll eventually know everyone's. heehee fascinating no? what does everyone think?

about class party on thurs is the senior class invited? and would really like to bake butbut. you know. hai stupid bird flu. so im still not sure what i'll be bringing..would you all like to boggle? and OH OH AN IDEEA i could bring my veggietales cds, they're hilaaarious. they're these cds of childrens' songs which my family used to listen to and they have inane lyrics like "everybody's got a water buffalo, yours is fast but mine is slow" its daarn cuute. but prolly not everyone wants to watch rite? okay mayb not. i suppose pple's vegetation inclinations are leant more towards the salad fingers variety :S

lastly, does anyone have suggestions for songs that sound good in acappella? or suggestions for funky acappella group names? or mp3s of great songs in acappella? my acappella group needs ideas, otherwise we may be stuck with the tragic name The Gang Who Sang- which sounds really has-been. heeh. that said, am still really smitten with the magic of acappella! went for this concert where a local group called In A Chord [cheesy name, but still] performed and it was ORGASMIC. they did a cover of if youre not the one by daniel bedingfield, complete with the background techno-ish stuff and percussion and i SWEAR the soloist sounded exactly like bedingfield only better. his voice was like, well, like molten gold. it was hot and sparkly and repining and adoring and morose and ahhhh. i never eeven used to like that song.

anyway, take care everyone
til thurs then!
chern

p.s as a parting shot here are ridiculously funny lyrics parodying boyband songs

"Title of the Song" by Da Vinci's notebook
http://www.bobandtom.com/gen3/title_song_windoid.html [i cant get the music to plaaayyy!! someone explain howw]

Declaration of my feelings for you
Elaboration on those feelings
Description of how long these feelings have existed
Belief that no one else could feel the same as I

Reminiscence of the pleasant times we shared
And our relationship’s perfection
Recounting of the steps that led to our love’s dissolution
Mostly involving my unfaithfulness and lies

Penitent admission of wrongdoing
Discovery of the depth of my affection
Regret over the lateness of my epiphany

Title of the song
Naive expression of love
Reluctance to accept that you are gone
Request to turn back time
And rectify my wrongs
Repetition of the title of the song

Enumeration of my various transgressive actions
Of insufficient motivation
Realization that these actions led to your departure
And my resultant lack of sleep and appetite

Renunciation of my past insensitive behavior
Promise of my reformation
Reassurance that you still are foremost in my thoughts now
Need for instructions how to gain your trust again

Request for reconciliation
Listing of the numerous tests that I’d perform
Of physical and emotional compensation

Title of the song
Naive expression of love
Reluctance to accept that you are gone
Request to turn back time
And rectify my wrongs
Repetition of the title of the song

Acknowledgment that I acted foolishly
Increasingly desperate pleas for your return
Sorrow for my infidelity
Vain hope that my sins are forgivable

Appeal for one more opportunity
Drop to my knees to elicit crowd response
Prayers to my chosen deity
Modulation and I hold a high note

Title of the song
Naive expression of love
Reluctance to accept that you are gone
Request to turn back time
And rectify my wrongs
Repetition of the title of the song

Party?

2004-09-02T23:57:00.000+08:00

Can we have a party soon? What do you think of this line: Self-love is nothing new for the species that invented the mirror.

bane of my life

2004-09-02T23:46:00.000+08:00

history essays! argh. i shd be using this time to think to type the thesis to the treatise on imperialism. (look at that, eleven Ts! how's that for alliteration!) or, enough of stoppage time. hopefully i can extend the length of my woeful existence and finish it soon.

muakz!

2004-09-02T21:51:00.000+08:00

oh dearie me...does seem dat our blog is stagnatin...hahaz oh well heres chirpy silly me to make 2 cents worth of idosyncrasies hahaz..okie tomo is the last day of sch(yay!) but dat evil econs lecturer refuses 2 let us off n plagues us with a stoooopid drq/case study wadeva..hahaz...we shud go out..or at least do somethin b4 we all start hidin in our rooms n muggin 4 the dreaded promos hahaz...okie i've ran out of stuff to say hahaz...well i'm not too good wif words aniwae..so do take care of urself ppl...n have a happy last day~ laa dee dum...

Randomness

2004-09-01T14:58:00.000+08:00

Someone from Iran has apparently visited this blog, not to mention Italy and the Philippines. Oh, and a search query for "kay hwee" on Google seems to lead to this blog. I'm vaguely amused...

Dead Certain

2004-08-29T11:43:00.000+08:00

All of you who didn't go for Dead Certain with me yesterday, you should all regret it, because it was damn good! If you don't believe me, just ask Yumun, Li Jun or Eugene...

Proof that 1 + 1 = 2

2004-08-17T23:01:00.000+08:00

Peano's Postulates are:

1. Let S be a set such that for each element x of S there exists a unique element x' of S.

2. There is an element in S, we shall call it 1, such that for every element x of S, 1 is not equal to x'.

3. If x and y are elements of S such that x' = y', then x = y.

4. If M is any subset of S such that 1 is an element of M, and for every element x of M, the element x' is also an element of M, thenM = S.

Just as a matter of notation, we write 1' = 2, 2' = 3, etc. We define addition in S as follows:

(a1) x + 1 = x'

(a2) x + y' = (x + y)'

The element x + y is called the sum of x and y.

Now to prove that 1 + 1 = 2.

From (a1), with x = 1, we see that 1 + 1 = 1' = 2.

Standard properties of addition - for example, x + y = y + x for all xand y in S - can be proved by induction (which is based on Peano'sPostulate #4

oh and btw, SALAD FINGER ROXOR. it aer vary funneh.

Salad Fingers

2004-08-16T01:06:00.000+08:00

Salad Fingers is disgusting! Come to think of it, the whole thing kind of grows on you after a while. I still prefer Happy Tree Friends though. I mean, don't you think cute animals doing disgusting stuff are a lot more scary?

warped amusement.

2004-08-13T21:16:00.000+08:00

http://fat-pie.com/flash.htm
only for psychopaths and people with a warped sense of humour. images may be disturbing. enjoy.

2004-08-12T00:19:00.000+08:00

i am insanely happy because ive just realised the opportunities open to me to do various courses in art/ art related stuff and am bloody happy i have kept my end-ofyear hols freeee!!!!!!! yesssss hoorah betterment, here i come!!! i shall scout pottery maybe get a wheel myself find somehwere i can attach myself to and use the kiln, and then i shall do the funky silver clay stuff and start the entrepreneurial venture with aunty kat, do a course on acryllic, start on still life [actually with new sketchbook i shall embark on that now along with my series of stylized contortions some plebs will always call unbelieveable] dont know what i will eventually get down to doing. night classes sound like fun! though i swear my mom will not sanction it. maybe after a's. maybe i should take a year or two off to take courses and stuff. but then again how much can i accomplish in such a short time- after all these things require above all focus dilligence and practice. and of course $$$$$$ which remind me that crap i only have 10c left for this week next week and the week after!

but anyways does anyone wanna do courses with me??? crap i forgot i wanna do tailoring too :)) crap so many things so little time!!! when i grow up i want to be either a strapping lady raking in the chips and spoiling herself, or a happy taitai indulging in high class hobbies! sigh its so sad i cant get anywhere in my particular area of interest without time and money, both of which i dont have now.

Coding Woes

2004-08-11T21:15:00.000+08:00

Feeling accomplished because I've just faked another set of PW minutes. Despite the supposedly idiot-proof nature of Blogger's guide to coding, I've surrendered. I have no idea how to modify this template at all! So we shall just have to wait until the goddesses of code take pity on our blog. I think they're both occupied though.

Speaking of music, everyone should listen to Maroon 5! Adam Levine's vocals remind me of Darren Hayes's, but they sound less androgynous. The lyrics are very sexual, if you pay attention. The video of This Love is interesting! (Plus I like Levine's hairstyle before he shaved his head.) The desperation of those auditioning for Singapore Idol is appalling. Do people really crave that 15 minutes of fame so much? Let's all join the next round of Singapore Idol! Haha...

2004-08-11T09:26:00.000+08:00

hmmm i seriously should compile a list of recently bought cds so that i can fully realise the extent of my spending while simultaneously escape from kwok's essay. so here goes.

Lennon Legend-- The Very Best of John Lennon
Linkin Park-- Meteora Tour Edition
Sada Masashi-- Slow Life Story
Joan Baez-- Diamonds
Andy Williams-- Moon River Collection (technically bought by my dad, but who cares)
Sentimental Hits 2 and 3
Glen Campbell-- Simply the Best
The Very Best of Women's Jazz Vocals
Don Henley-- Actual Miles
Natsukawa Rimi -- Teida
Natsukawa Rimi -- Sora no Keshiki
Jose Feliciano -- Light my Fire (again, technically, my dad bought it, but I abducted the cd)
Gospellers -- Dressed up to the Nines

not a lot, i see. gives me reason to buy more good discs. oh carole king rocks-- here's the lyrics for her song tapestry. dunno why i just find it quite enchanting. she won three grammys for her album of the same name sometime back in the 1970s. yay.

Tapestry

My life has been a tapestry of rich and royal hue
An everlasting vision of the everchanging view
A wondrows woven magic in bits of blue and gold
A tapestry to feel and seem impossible to hold

Once amid the soft silver sadness in the sky
There came a man of fortune, a drifter passing by
He wore a torn and tattered cloth around his leathered hide
And a coat of many colors, yellow-green on either side

He moved with some uncertainty, as if he didn't know
Just what he was there for, or where he ought to go
Once he reached for something golden hanging from a tree
And his hand come down empty

Soon within my tapestry along the rutted road
He sat down on a river rock and turned into a toad
It seemed that he had fallen into someone's wicked spell
And I wept to see him suffer, though I didn't know him well

As I watched in sorrow, there suddenly appeared
A figure gray and ghostly beneath a flowing beard
In times of deepest darkness, I've seen him dressed in black
Now my tapestry's unravelling; he's come to take me back
He's came to take me back

boo! =)

2004-08-10T23:37:00.000+08:00

helloz ppl!!!!! hahaz realised i haven popped up 4 quite long oh well...anyway the long wkend was quite fun hahaz..except once again my work is still rotting somewhere..i'm so headed towards self-torture cum destruction at the end of the year.... dearie kats do take care of ur legs..sprains..hmmz..muz use RICE procedure...rest..ice..compress..elevate hahaz..i still remember lotsa of my recdcross nonsense..yep...my last fishie juz died today..sighz...hahaz okie i'm becomin less talkative nowadys so i shant say anymore..been readin edna st.vincent millay's poems..found this one which i cant really understand but i think its a notty/sexual poem hahaz..i sense disapproving looks..hahaz

Love,though for this you riddle me with darts,
And drag me at your chariot till i die, -
Oh heavy prince! Oh, panderer of hearts! -
Yet hear me tell how in their throats they lie
Who shout you mighty: thick about my hair,
Day in, day out, your ominous arrows purr,
Who still am free, unto no querulous care
A fool, and in no temple worshiper!
I, that have bared me to your quiver's fire,
Lifted my face into its puny rain,
Do wreathe you Impotent to Evoke Desire
As you are Powerless to Elicit Pain!
(Now will the god, for blasphemy so brave,
Punish me, surely, with the shaft i crave!)

Nat King Cole is myy heroooooo

2004-08-10T22:29:00.000+08:00

let me park here and RAVE.
just bought a gorgeous nat king cole cd from hmv it has his beautiful gravelly romantic warm fuzzy sweet laid-back understanding consoling comforting affectionate tender thoughtful exciting whimsical wistful colourful golden personality-distilled-into-amazing-vocal-callisthenics. okay i exaggerate; mayb he's actually really bland in person. but OH the VOICE. THE VOICE. aaauuugggghhh it just makes you dreaam with his special balance of sappy and sincere.

mayb also cos its the first time im hearing alot of these famous classics. oooooohh aaaaahh

"Nature Boy" by Nat King Cole
There was a boy
A very strange enchanted boy
They say he wandered very far, very far
Over land and sea
A little shy and sad of eye
But very wise was he

And then one day
A magic day he passed my way
And while we spoke of many things
Fools and kings
This he said to me
"The greatest thing you'll ever learn
Is just to love and be loved in return."

hmn just seeing the lyrics up here doesnt quite cut it. they have to be delivered in his voice sigh. ohwell. and btw i will gladly lend cds to anyone who so requests, have: the beatles, jars of clay [first, second and third cds], the corrs in blue, u2 all that you can't leave behind, norah jones come away with me..

btw mel the cd has that "Unforgettable" song =] its quite nice.

Coding...

2004-08-10T22:27:00.000+08:00

I'm in the midst of (unsuccessfully) attempting to modify our blog's code, so that it'll display the archives and titles again!

2004-08-10T19:47:00.000+08:00

ian if yu didnt realise the blog doesnt display titles. hmmn

well anyway i spent the whole "hols" lazing around at home attempting [and failing] to start on revision. haha too lazy even to have done filing. on another note i like fort canning a lot!

on singapore idol i refused to watch it! we wanted our exclassmate to join cos she's really good, composes her own songs and all that- and she said singapore idol is below me!!! hahaha my moms student joined and got kicked out for two resons 1 that he was too young and 2 that they asked him where he got his audie tracks from and he said from the internet!! hooray piracy!!!
mich popped by my place and she said that there was only ONE cute guy hahaha which is the guy ge mentioned- christopher michael something. but thats sad yu know i thought the lack fo cute guys was only an rj-wide phenomeneon.. that its sg wide is quite sad!

took a long walk through the estate this afternoon after sending mich to cheryl and lauras house [and crashing 3c's class thing] cos she didnt now how to go. decided to take a new route back and walked through hitherto unexplored parts fo the area and got an eyeful eg of these terrified kids running away from a bee and the old man's orchard [durians tied back to the branches like my mom alleges] etc. somehow i like that, walking aimlessly. so took lots of detours despite it being sweltering. maybe next time i'll bring the dogs [wait scrap that bad idea.]

Too Fast, Too Soon

2004-08-10T12:01:00.000+08:00

That about sums up my feelings on the reopening of school. Anyway, why doesn't anyone like that version of Home! I liked it! Then again, I like National Day songs that sound like proper pop songs. Like Where I Belong, even We Will Get There irks me less than Home. Home is just too blatantly tearjerker. The stripper on Singapore Idol is Singapore's self-professed most handsome man. How the hell is that possible? Speaking from a scientific point of view, if that's the best the Chinese race can offer, we need some infusions into our gene pool. More like tranfusions actually...

2004-08-10T09:46:00.000+08:00

to compound matters, this year's version of 'home' is EXTREMELY distressing. i never thought that such a soothing song could (or should) be transformed into a pseudo-rock ditty complete with breathless high-pitched vibratos that certainly don't fit the bill.

on another note i thought singapore idol was quite cool. the judges are spot on most of the time-- never mind the contestants. though there was one guy who had a really cool voice/look. a certain christopher i think, can't really remember. i think he sang your song by elton john, but then again i think he wasn't the only one who tried that song. the rest were just different varieties of the same calibre, though some certainly had more potential than others. mm i certainly prepared for much worse prior to the airing of this program.

oh the stripper was uber cool, though lacking in good taste.

i am now rolling about at home with my left ankle in a bloody big bandage and my right in an ankle support because i had the stupidity to sprain both legs whilst attempting mount ophir. =( i can either choose to spend the next two days (i.e. wednesday and thursday) at home (heh! the powers of medical certificates!) or i can come to school hobbling on crutches and order people around... which certainly sounds like a good idea now that i think about it. hmm. will leave my choices open.

Marché Cakes

2004-08-09T18:53:00.000+08:00

Oh! I ate four gorgeous chocolate cakes at Marché today. They were really nice, really unhealthy, really fattening. It was really worth it though. I like maple walnut ice-cream now. This post feels utterly random, and pointless. I'm tired of the National Day celebrations. The same songs recycled year after year. My sister just told me we don't even have an original National Day song this year. Like how sad is that?

hurhur

2004-08-09T13:47:00.000+08:00

not so much about weight and fats as the distribution of weight and fats and looking at myself i am not happy where my fats have gone hhahaha!

random. very random.

2004-08-01T20:07:00.001+08:00

i haven't eaten the double chocolate fudge from marks and spencer that ray gave when we went to her house that day-- and now that i scrutinize the wrapping paper i'm like WTF THIS IS BLEEDING 200 CALORIES! hmmmmmm so now we all realise that girls aren't single in their obsession with weight. i'll probably munch on it before pe tomorrow and skip breakfast or something.

kudos to ian and jen and dan for a wonderfully sexual fancy dress item! was uproarious, although of course everything pales in comparison with the "white ewe and black ram" of karl and ranon... but nonetheless, for an afternoon of effort, the returns are astounding. =)

Chocolate Fondue

2004-07-30T23:09:00.001+08:00

I feel like a pig, a statement which some of you are probably going to reply to with an unequivocal "Yes!". I ate one whole plate of the banana slices with chocolate on them. Irritating Ben and Liz, who refused to sin with me by eating the fondue left in the container! Anyway, Mel, Claudia says she might start working on a template for our class after Aparna's and Kitson's. Anyway, the keyword stats for our blog are interesting. The latest one? Someone searching for "xiaofang rjc".

Unlimited Wants, (Severely) Limited Resources

2004-07-25T21:58:00.000+08:00

Speaking of books and reading, I'm beginning to regret buying this medical thriller novel, The Judas Virus. Turns out it doesn't have details as lurid as I'd have liked. (I personally believe it takes a helluva lot to disturb anyone who's read The Hot Zone.) Does Kinokuniya have a return policy? I know Borders does, but I'm immensely happy about the Eliot book I bought there. You should all go and read it, if only because it's so mind-bogglingly weird. I mean, at least Silas Marner made some sense in the end. Incidentally, Middlemarch is an interesting book too. Damn, I hope I don't turn into some huge fan of Eliot like Mr Purvis. Then I'll end up feeling intellectually inferior for the rest of my life. Anyway, The Lifted Veil has a bizarre ending, the sort of stuff that appeals to Eugene. Personally, I think the ending wasn't as well-written as it could have been. (We are talking genius here, after all. Maybe I'm just too stupid...)

Curiosity is a painful thing. I was standing in Borders, and later Kinokuniya, trying to decide just exactly which book my money ought to be spent on. So many books to buy/read, so little money/time. Does that count as a parallel structure sentence? From now on, I shall not ask for any present other than a book or a CD. Just an hour or so ago, I was standing inside a Sembawang Music Centre branch (which was not in Sembawang but Yishun's as close as you can get), trying to stop myself from picking up every CD in sight. Picked up something which I never thought I'd see (Libera's self-titled debut), then got myself a concesssion to radio-friendly pop (A*Teens' Greatest Hits). This is what was foregone by yours truly: a Ten Tenors album, a compilation of ambient music, Bond's Classified, Amethystium's Odonata and Aphelion, and lots of other random New Age/ambient stuff that I haven't heard of before but looks terribly enticing. I need to win the lottery. Now.

warning-- GREAT RANT AHEAD.

2004-07-25T20:04:00.000+08:00

aah frankly mei i couldn't care less about the template, cos' at present it looks fricking good (then again anything looks rather good compared to the previous layout) and so what if the jpeg doesn't fully cover the banner-- as long as the banner doesn't fix that horribly techno-supercillious gaze on me from that lofty perch of his/its, i'm completely, absolutely, terrifically fine.

so much for a day which i spent in a rather irritable mood. finished portnoy's complaint, now on to white teeth, cos' i'm retracing my steps right before the gay sex scenes in burrough's naked lunch, and want to leave the best for the last (! nothing like a well-described homoerotic boudoir tussle, if i may be permitted to add). all good reads though, if one forgives the outrageous interjections.  bugger the fact that i can't find jg ballard's crash in kino or borders, cos' i have too many books to devour now and i can't be bothered to search for another collectible... though in retrospect i really want that book cos' its apparently all about the prurient nature of a car crash. now how can a mere mortal actually lucidly describe that scene (let alone relate to it), i cannot conceive, but the mere fact that its in existence makes it a must-buy. now that i think about it i really shouldn't be irritable cos' i burnt lots of cash buying stuff like a gundam model kit and some francis fukuyama book on statesmanship in the 21st century (which would have warranted a WHOOPEEEE! from me on a normal, slightly dejected day), but noooo all i can muster is some half-hearted complaint about the weight of the frigging book and having to carry it all the way from centrepoint to cairnhill plaza carpark. i can be a jerk when i really want to be, and when i am i ought to be shot, big time.

and whilst i'm being dragged about in the sweltering pulsating welt that is the heart of orchard road mei has the heart to sms me from a sumptious lunch at sheraton.  wooooooohooooooooooo! the tsunaminous (bah) swash of jealousy crushes me like deadweight loss bludgeoning the clueless and crestfallen consumer, and out come the complaints (again) like those limpid shits floating about the backwash at east coast park. in that shockwave of pseudo anger, with that mortal kombat finish him deathblow to my sunday morning vitality, like an arabian bird-- like the goose they christen the phoenix-- i am revived! i rampage at sports connection, buy an extension for my woefully inadequate hydropak, and relish the 50 percent off storewide, even pausing for that splitsecond just to wonder whether a nalgene bottle's worth outweights its poseur value!   oh the (c)overtly nationalistic joy of pre-9th august half-price sales! the joy of effective income (leeched off parents)! and what do i do after that?! i come out of the store displaying the bald, resigned, even revulsively OFFAL distaste of some dick with a chronic case of constipation! my face as if stuffed to the cheeks with sour prunes!! which begs the bloody question: whats so bleeding wrong with me today?!

turns out pw is all to blame. not hard to conceive, is it.

oh i wanted to promote the interfac rock wall competition but now since the fire's doused i'll just say that you all better bloody join or i'll wring the stuffing outa ya. 'nuff said.

2004-07-25T19:27:00.000+08:00

uh i sorta remedied the colour thing but the names still dont show up! how? ian im sorry the jpeg is, as jpegs are- well i dunno how to get it to cover the banner. my apologies. anything else to fix just tell me allright, then i'll go squint at the code again and see whats wrong, to the limits of my understanding of html. hurhur.

m

2004-07-25T12:02:00.000+08:00

mel the new layout is simply wonderful! love it.

2004-07-24T13:49:00.000+08:00

uhh as you can see i have changed the blog but it seems some names dont appear and since i am a html dinosaur i cant figure whats wrong so uh, leave your names? but its a nice template, result of being sick and bored on a saturday. grins. mel here btw.

Rui Min

2004-07-23T23:08:00.000+08:00

now we all know tt ruimin loves banglas, cos of their animalistic scent and because of her stated, somewhat oxymoronic belief that 'big things come in small packages'. however some really interesting things cropped up recently during debate prep sessions.

Anecdote 1: ruimin's intelligence
us debaters were talking in the canteen abt our case, when ruimin suddenly interjected.
RM: hey u know stephen hawking the physicist?
sam: yeah why?
RM: i heard him on the radio, he sounds just like a computer!!
kitson: (sarcastically)... yeah he just sounds like that.
RM: oh ok that's so cool!

Anecdote 2: how Ruimin views our teachers
and as if her questionable knowledge isn't enough, this is how she views our teachers?
jon: if u had to choose between purvis and sowden as a boyfriend, who would u choose?
RM: hmmm that's a tough one...
me: just choose!
RM: i'll choose purvis. because sowden wont do the things that i ask him to do

i leave the interpretation up to the audience

...just me...

2004-07-23T12:30:00.000+08:00

what a way to begin blogging on the class blog...i'm just so bad at computers i just found out how to post this. ahhh, i felt i just HAD to exercise my right to respond and post a reply to yixun's latest attack on my reputation.

re: Anecdote 1: ruimin's intelligence
okay i just was really sleepy and not thinking properly in the car when i heard that stephen hawking's 'voice' over the radio... information about stephen hawking having to speak by means of a speech synthesiser due to his neuromuscular disease of sorts just slipped my mind in the lapse in my consciousness. so yeah, i agree that i'm not as smart as yixun ya'know...but i'm no dumb blonde either.

okay, that being done, next comes a more disastrous example of me being quoted out of context again, or yixun butting in before i actually have a chance to finish my sentence. =). other than 'big things come in small packages' which i had no idea how i came up with (i think i was trying to defend yixun's teasing of jon or something, trying to say that nice things can come in small packages though it just came out soo sooo wrong), here's yet another time. anyway, so we were talking about choosing between people for boyfriends and girlfriends as a break between prep, and they were throwing all sorts of bizarre choices, and mr purvis and mr sowden come along. so i chose mr purvis, cos you know how mr sowden neglected to pass us the fax that came in regarding the change of sides of debate preps? so i said 'mr sowden wont do the things that i ask him to do' meaning to continue it by saying like, extending the logic of his interference with debate, or the lack of it, if i need him to get groceries and stuff he might just forget. and i was so unfortunately misinterpreted by yixun who just got it all wronggg...just so wrong.

yep, i hope this sufficiently frees me from whatever weird interpretations you peeps might have, and presents a truthful account of how things went =). yixun should actually be thankful that i'm not taking this opportunity to get my back at him. on a side note, his post was actually an impetus to get me to be part of this blog. kudos to me.

theatre

2004-07-20T18:11:00.000+08:00

hello people, as you may know some of us want to watch "Women in Black" and "Private Parts". Please think about it. We could ask Mrs Perry (i hope this is how you spell it) about some mass student booking or something. and people from 13A may be interested as well; claudia is trying to persuade them to go.
interested? refer to ian for more info.

titleless

2004-07-18T23:22:00.000+08:00

yeah sounds like a good idea then we can have a different colour other than black [even though i think black still is good and pink cn never be the new black because pink carries with it too much baggage- but dont get me started on that] since im going to the printer's soon anyway. so how? we could have a shirt instead of a sweater, fi you like?

anyway thanks so much yall for making yesterday so memorable. yu guys rock. hugsss.

Random Stuff

2004-07-18T22:25:00.000+08:00

I think we should make a new t-shirt/sweater that says 1A01A - Profoundly simple, simply profound. Haha! That's like damn intriguing. Don't you agree? Oh, does anybody want to follow me to Kinokuniya tomorrow? I'll only be going if I can get someone to come with me. Don't want to take MRT alone...

random.

2004-07-16T23:49:00.000+08:00

woahhh blogger has this whole new font thing! cool!

yeah ge its not your fault you dont know. i wish i didnt have to know yet either. haha.

and adding on to quotes- kwok: "let your hands do the listening!"

uhhuh

2004-07-16T22:50:00.000+08:00

flattered but no thank you. and wat's tt thing abt dedeforestation/defrostation and wadeva u all talked abt over lunch..?

woohoooo

2004-07-16T20:50:00.000+08:00

my goodness chunlong my admiration for you knows no bounds. ;)

mmm on the point of quotable quotes i humbly submit thong's horrible joke concerning "deforestation" and "defrostation". as well as us boy's total cluelessness on the topic of... nvm, chern and mei should get my drift. the things we talk over lunch at ghim moh. :(

dammmit

2004-07-15T23:07:00.000+08:00

hei chern i din sae "oh shit!" and i was only talking abt the shopping not the bikini dun make me look like a sicko. =P but fine tt mango slip was veri embarrassing. its like stepping on banana skin. and shane was there too. argh.

i say you say..

2004-07-15T21:38:00.000+08:00

hello people
sushi was fuun~! tho in the end we dint buffet but just à la carted cos we were too full. next time we won't eat lunch yaaa mel? and everyone must try mosburger strawberries they are scrumptious delumptious goooooooood. *raves* ooh ahh.

anyway i have three funny quotes to talk about- wrote them down in my notebook over a coupla days last week.

1. i was telling shiqi about my dad's tonsilitis op, while eating yongtaufu during one of our breaks. it was last year and he had his tonsils removed. so shiqi's listening with a semi-grossed-out-fascinated look on her face then suddenly she goes,
"are you sleeping?"
and i stop in the middle of my yongtaufu and give her a huh? stare. it turns out she meant, "when you are in the op are you under anaesthesia [correct spelling?]?" haha so out-of-point "are you sleeping" oh my goodness hahahaa =] sorry shiqi am i allowed to say this you wont be offended will you i seriously think its so cute and funnyyy.

2. chun long remembered reading mel's wishlist on her blog. was talking about it and her wanting a bikini then he suddently [suddently! accidental nice word] said "i remember she wanted to shop at orange. oh SHIT! oops. i mean mango."
baaahahahahaaahhaaa
'nuff said

3. my french teacher Monsieur Quenot when we were attempting a/o level standard compre for the second time only and asked if we could do pairwork:
[in a french accent, à la doomsday-prophet]
"you have to learn how to die alone"

heehee yes people this is how i amuse myself. now dont start watching your words around me or life will get dull! *grins*

love y'all our class rocks.
in spite of abysmal ct grades i shall continue living.
chern

Chill Out...

2004-07-13T22:33:00.000+08:00

Yes Mel, you can stop buying me lemon tea. Haha! Actually, I didn't really expect you to buy so many cups. For that, you have my undying gratitude, until your birthday's over at least. As for the Pinter parodies, we're talking genius here! Haha, our delusions of grandeur and seeing our play come to life. We can make it happen someday! Incidentally, does anyone want to go for "The Woman In Black"?

The infamous third dialogue is not supposed to be related to its predecessors. The humour's just of a different sort, way more scandalous but very much in keeping with our latest Civics discussions on SEX. (Capitalised, so that Yi-Xun will notice it and respond.) It's mostly true anyway, my PW group can testify to that. If you mangle me, I will haunt you forever. This is where you go: Ah. Forever.

grr.

2004-07-13T22:26:00.000+08:00

so there ian. i suppose i can stop buying you lemon tea now?

feeble

2004-07-13T19:43:00.000+08:00

point one: act one and two are, urm, ghastly accurate takes on what the heck happens in lit tutorial.
point two: i think act three pales in comparison to the first two, and doesn't have much relation to its precedents anyway.
point three: ian if you dare put it up i'll mangle you.

ahem.

stoshuposhidosh ianosh. =P

anyway, the song is by peter paul and mary, and its called lemon tree. think its a 1960s song. anybody who wants it can get it from me, i've the disc. =)

Lemon Teas & Lemon Trees

2004-07-12T00:05:00.000+08:00

Glad to see that the Pinter parodies are entertaining people. Still, I'll spare Mel the embarrassment of having our latest Pinter parody spread around like wildfire, because I'm nice. Besides, it's a very good way of getting free drinks for the rest of the year. I want to determine the price elasticity of supply of lemon tea for Mel. Oh, and someone buy me Maroon 5's Songs About Jane! Or at least lend me a copy to burn. Haha...

Heard this song on Class 95 a week or so ago. Thought the lyrics were interesting, so here they are:

When I was just a lad of ten, my father said to me,
"Come here and take a lesson from the lovely lemon tree."
"Don't put your faith in love, my boy," my father said to me,
"I fear you'll find that love is like the lovely lemon tree."

Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet
but the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat.
Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet
but the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat.

One day beneath the lemon tree, my love and I did lie
A girl so sweet that when she smiled the stars rose in the sky.
We passed that summer lost in love beneath the lemon tree
the music of her laughter hid my father's words from me:

Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet
but the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat.
Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet
but the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat.

One day she left without a word. She took away the sun.
And in the dark she left behind, I knew what she had done.
She'd left me for another, it's a common tale but true.
A sadder man but wiser now I sing these words to you:

Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet
but the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat.
Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet
but the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat.

here are the infamous pinter parodies.

2004-07-11T21:43:00.000+08:00

act one and act two hahah its hilarious!!!! i hope ian never puts act three up though. hurhur.

and i think we should all do pw at peoples houses form now on. it's so much more fun! grins grins. im going to paint my slut tonight and i feel happy. positively radiating sunshine. :))

Pinter

2004-07-09T23:41:00.000+08:00

Look at this nugget of information I dredged up about Pinter. From some website: "Harold Pinter's plays are noted for their use of silence to increase tension, understatement, and cryptic small talk. Equally recognizable are the "Pinteresque" themes - nameless menace, erotic fantasy, obsession and jealousy, family hatred and mental disturbance." I think I know what to write now, the dialogue the French people were playing around with has some elements already, albeit in embryonic form.

damn sian

2004-07-09T22:16:00.000+08:00

hello all screw dat guy la neway mebbe he was juz refering to me haha i m so big he cant c the rest of the class so he assumed the whole class is stupid haha

sch is damn sian i m damn bored with life i nid sumthing damn fun to do neway hope every1 is having fun unlike me

(Un)popular!

2004-07-09T22:13:00.000+08:00

I'm working on a Pinteresque play at the moment, with contributions from Daniel, Yvonne and Kelly. It's only about half a scene at the moment, because I haven't really worked out where the whole thing's going. What I've got so far is hilarious though! Will post it up at my poetry blog, which ought to be turned into a creative writing blog anyway. http://mingledsoil.blogspot.com Unfortunately, I don't have a shoutbox there yet, so I can't receive flames. Rest assured though, I will put one up soon for the gratification of all the beautiful, intelligent beings out there just waiting to remind us ugly people without brains that their grammar leaves just a little to be desired.

Some posheoploshe have to groshowosh uposh, sosheroshiousloshyosh. I bet our froshienoshdoshloshyosh is going to coshomoshmoshenoshtosh on this paragraph, and say it's stoshuposhidosh. Incidentally, the coshodoshe has been modified slightly. I fear though, that you are all too doshumoshbosh (not too mention ugloshyosh) to get it. A (soshiloshloshyosh) word of advice for the flamer: Don't mess with us, or there'll be hell to pay. The poshenosh is shosharoshposherosh than the swoshoroshdosh. To all my classmates who actually bothered to decipher this decidedly unacerbic post, kudos to you and see you on Monday. In the meantime, don't look into the mirror. Wouldn't want it to crack now, would we?

PS: Can you continue flaming us? It makes ugly and stupid people immensely and deliriously happy when some cool guy/gal decides to take notice of us. Make our day...

if we are stupid ugly people

2004-07-09T00:24:00.000+08:00

aha. our first flame! cool cool!!! light our fire baby! okay that was irrelevant. blogging here is so much more fun than blogging in my own blog. monologues are boring. and we get to get hate messages!!!! whee! how fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hmmn each to his own i guess. whoever i tell you is, he/she is certainly missing out on a lot of eye candy if he/she thinks we are ugly! and if we are stupid... uh..... whoops i just porved his point? okay but mel is an exception in terms of intellectual capability. :)

i am sorry for my behaviour these days. which i think is going to continue, cos i am suffering from artistic constipation!!! i feel some deep neeeeedd [to be read gollum-style] to draw but everything comes out wrong!!!!!! and i want a fat fuzzy sweater like yeemeng's but i have too many alr.. actually what the hell right? i should just go and buy one.

i am sorry because i am cranky and complaining. and AS

and come to think of it i feel like playing pool!

weird contradictory notions

2004-07-08T22:14:00.000+08:00

weee!! weekend's nearin again~ hahaz..who's itellyou dat said our class was full of ugly brainless ppl...so mean..and if our class was really full of such people den wads itellyou(he/she or otherwise) doin here anyway..hahaz guess sch is not the only contradictory thing on earth..hahaz i'm such a bitch...oh well sch's really boring at times but there are interestin stuff like lit lectures hahaz..and our arts fac t-shirt is so cool~ yay...oh well...better stop gushin bout thing lest i be branded brainless(i noe i'm ugly alreadi~ but at least i dun go about callin other ppl ugly...as the chinese say..ur looks stem from ur heart..evil heart evil looks! so do more good deeds ppl..like our class cip!)okie dats enuf bitching 4 one day..tata~

thought of the moment

2004-07-08T19:59:00.000+08:00

There's something about sitting in school at seven in the morning awaiting the unfolding of the day in dread. something quite churning.

why do i both love and hate lessons. bah.

Post-holiday-cum-midnight Blues

2004-07-08T01:08:00.000+08:00

Mel, how could you betray Chernise and me? Abandoning us to finish our essays without you to disturb us and provide us with an excuse for not doing them. Terrible. Unspeakably terrible. You ought to be ashamed of yourself. I just realised that I was totally wrong about school, and that I really want my holidays back. Except this time, I want all of you in it at some point, so that I can get the best part of school with the holidays. Aren't you touched? You rightly should be. It's 1.10 am, and my essay is half-done. I want to stage the Ben-and-Ian version of Antony & Cleopatra! Mel has already rejected the role of a lesbian Cleopatra though. Spoilsport!

A Dash Of Economics

2004-07-05T21:57:00.000+08:00

You know, I'm actually somewhat happy to be going back to school tomorrow, for assorted reasons. One of which is that it confers an opportunity cost on my free time, which is now as good as a free good! People who haven't done Ms Lim's assignment (including yours truly), deadline is by Wednesday (which we all know some people won't comply with). Remember to bring your thermometers tomorrow for the frigging pre-exercise check. (The stupid things only a Singaporean school could come up with...)

PS: Chun Long, don't be petty!

from me with love

2004-07-05T19:57:00.000+08:00

thank you ian but tt was not funny.

17th.

2004-07-05T00:43:00.000+08:00

oh yes by the way keep 17th july [thats a sat.] free for MY birthday party! grins. should be at my place dont know if it will be a joint with soph. :)) we should have a party every forrtnight! grins.