we are who we were when

You are the best one of the best ones.

I thought I loved you, and it's just how you looked in the light?

What you said just left me cold and out of breath.

I should have known better than to call you out (on a night like this, a night like this.)

Suddenly we're all running out of time.

Cos if one day you wake up and find that you're missing me.

You know I'll do it all again for you.

And I swear on my life, I''ll always be there by your side.

Because a girl like you is impossible to find, you're impossible to find.

Kill me while I still believe you were meant for me...

Here's a music quiz for you. They are all amazingly nice songs (to me), if you can identify like 70% of them then kudos to you cos we will have awesomely similar music tastes. Yeah.

I find it amusing that a year has passed and we're back to the part of the year where people go around wearing the gaudiest of costumes and the fashion faux pas that you'll normally have not seen on the streets. I'm sorry, Mum. But it's true. ):

Also, it's the rare time of the year where you visit people that you don't know and don't remember, and shake their hands with a fake smile plastered on your face. Both parties would probably then be thinking, "Right, so who the fuck is this again?" Well, that's for me.

Me, I don't get to spend my angbao money but it's for my own good. So okay. I didn't really get to feast on CNY goodies cos I have to preserve my voice for Huangcheng, not that I really like them anyway. So okay. I don't really like lao-ing yusheng but I did it thrice. So okay.

But, stuff I liked/enjoyed/was amused by would probably be:
1) Suddenly abalone appears to be in huge abundance. What more to say? :D
2) So is wine, I like ice wine. (:
3) Playing cards with my maternal side cousins
4) My cousin saying I'm damn handsome (that day) and wanting to recommend her friends to me. Haha I lmfaoed then.
5) Sleeping in. The best.

That's CNY for me. 2 more days of bull after that and it would be a new week(end). (:

i have no idea why the hell i stayed up till now reading everyone's long past lj entries. maybe i'm just too nosy.

need to work harder, need to stay focused, need to manage my time well. yeah, thats about it. succinct to the max!

oh yes, eyeshield 21 rocks. why have i never noticed?! ip noobs coming in today, finally, time for them to get a taste of what we already have.

um, thats about all. oh yes, im kinda screwed for math and history test. and i havent exactly done my weekend homework but its due on wednesday so

pardon the punctuation and everything

As usual, I'm late. Better than never. Seeing as basically everyone has done their reflections about the past year, I guess I shall do mine too. Not such a sucker for all the new year new beginning thing but I guess I felt. Melancholic? When I felt the year 2008 drift away from where I stood in a pool parlor at Toa Payoh Central. Indubitably, one of the best years of my life gone. With what promises to be a tougher route ahead.

Yesterday was spent heading to school as per usual for kaisheng with the Huangcheng Dao Dus before having our meeting on Dao Du matters for the upcoming year. In between that, we held a KLEP Room, in which we tuned into Youtube MVs and sang along to ballads such as Shou Qian Shou. What a moment to stop and live forever for. You know, there are times in your life when you wish you could pause it as it is because nothing could ever get any better from where you are now? Something like this. Right, after that, I headed out to watch Australia with my friend. We bought tickets for the 5pm show so we had to stone around for 3 hours before going into to the approximately 3 hour long movie. Gosh, it was good. Shan't bore you with details but it's really worth a watch. Then I headed home for the XBox before heading to the Brotherhood countdown at Momo's. Played XBox, pool, walked around the town centre and watching people countdown, stocking up cup noodles for the night ahead and watching stupid Stephen Chow movies to while the night away.

The year that I left behind was one of numerous ups and downs. Shall do a 10 most memorable things, I suppose. Probably miss a few.

1) OG43 and [ŁMĊ] - I think it's amazing we've stuck together for so long. Do you remember when we all sat outside Mad Jack's after Orientation and formed this OG? And how we cried the night before when we realised that even though we've all moved to our new lives, as you might call it. We still remember each other. I think thats whupass. [ŁMĊ] - We still haven't done our photoshoot but lol wtf. Our attempted [ŁMĊ]esque activities were hilarious to say the least.

2) Dao Dus and Brotherhood - Perhaps I would call them what I go to school for. Seeing as I go to school everyday for Huangcheng now. I see them everyday and I guess they would be the kind of friends that you call new but fast becoming old friends. As a group, as a team, we've pulled through much together and I think we'll definitely succeed in the year ahead. (: Lol, the Yi Gu Brotherhood or Guild, which was set up damn randomly but has random but fun outings at Moxiang's. Love the slippers. And I think we can overrun Chou Wei with this haha.

3)  08A11 - Not everyone, I suppose. But I'm glad I have great classmates who share much in common with me and allow me to feel a sense of belonging to the class and its people. I think we have a lot of good memories of the stuff we did at our class bench and all, the DS, the 'stabbings' and all. Lol.

4)  Music - My music library has 'evolved'? And my taste has changed too, I suppose. A music addict junkie, I guess you can tell that music is an integral part of my life, especially when I turn up for something always with my earphones plugged in.

5) OG 5 - I remember us as one of the most happening OGs, with the easiest of handsigns and the coolest of facils. Definitely miss the fun we had in Orientation, too bad we couldn't keep up the morning at the bench thing, eh? ):

6) Overseas trips - Damn? I still miss the US, the people and the culture insanely. I think I will migrate there one day even. Definitely the trip that has propelled my interest to see the world even further. Vietnam was an eye-opener considering it was only a couple of hundred kilometres away from Singapore but such a world away. Indonesia was every resort fantasy and the view from the mountain was amazing, I guess I learned more about my limits more there too.

7) Academia - Sucks like fuck. Will work harder. Hopefully.

8) Mousehunt - The ultimate addiction. Actually its in general more of Facebook apps but I've weaned off them all except this current obsession.

9) onemanga.com - How many lonely nights have I whiled away with you, man.

10) Memories of you - What more can I say?

Yah, whatever. As I said, not a sucker for new year resolutions.

 

Here's the obligatory Merry Christmas to whoever reads this. Now to the main point.

 1.Who is the person who tagged you?
Howard aka geebai who called me cheehong

2.The relationship between you and her/him?
Primary school classmate (in P5?), so kinda knew him for 7 years.

3.Your 5 impressions of her/him?
Hyper and loud
Can be emo and introspective
Generally even-tempered
Quite niao but gets niaoed too lol
Hardworking and smart

4.If she/he becomes your enemy, you will?
Dao him?

5.What will you say to the person whom you like very much?
Lub <3

6.The characteristic(s) you love about yourself is... ?
My awesomeness. Nah, probably nothing. I'm humble.

7.The characteristic(s) you hate about yourself is... ?
Too lovable. Impulsive, can be anti-social, unmotivated.

8.For the person whom you hate the most, you say...?
We don't speak.

9.What do people feel about you?
Okay to talk to? Have a generally weird/interesting sense of humor.

10.Who do you have a crush on?
This is probably the stupidest question that meme setters always put.

11.The most ideal person you want to be is... ?
Rich, has time to enjoy life. Alive.

12.Pass on this quiz to 5 people : (actually i can't think of people, whoever wants to do it...)
1. vivala_fiesta
2. clemmyy
3. limitedcake
4. shadowsilver91
5. seraphictempest

No idea if you've been all tagged already so just do it.

13.If no.2 & no.3 were together,what will happen?
LOTS OF GA Y LOVE. That would probably be an understatement still.

14.Who does no.5 like?
Luey Chun?

15What colour does no.1 like?
Umm. Red? :x

16.Say something about no.3.
Hoebag

17.Who is no.2?
A cheehong who has established a harem in his class. Resident cute bastard.

18.Talk about no.5.
Really really nasty. And really really funny too, especially when he's nasty.

19.Who is no.1?
Mari

20.Who is the sexiest person amongst them?
limitedcake, probably because he oozes so much want for gay love but never gets any (:

21.What colour does no.4 likes?
Orange probably.

22.Is no.4 single?
I think so?

23.What is your relationship with no.1?
Ran for Council together. :o

24. Are no.1 & no.3 best friends?
Noes.

25.What is no.5's surname?
Chong

26.What is no.1's nickname?
Mehmeh

27.What things do you wish to say to no.3?
Merry Christmas. (: Looking forward to the sleepover hehe.

28.What will you do to help no.5?
I will tape up his mouth to seal the nastiness. Probably give him a bitchslap or two to improve his looks. (:

29.Who does no.1 admire?
Um. People on America's Next Top Model and So You Think You Can Dance? shrugs

30.Where does no.1 live?
Eh. Bukit Timah area.

31.Does the 5 of them know who you like?
Never!

32.What do you wish to say when you see no.2?
I own your ass crack and you better remember it.

Actually, I  just kinda lost the impulse to blog so yeah. But it's been some time so I guess it would be good to do a brief recap for the sake of posterity aka myself. The main happenings in my life involve going to school for Huangcheng and going back home for the mass convo, DotA, Huangcheng stuff, VBA. Nope, no homework. Don't care so don't ask.(: The main highlight would be the Drama Camp last week. It was fun watching a bunch of hoes aspiring thespians go about doing their stuffs but I would say most of the fun came from working with everyone to make the Drama Camp more of a success than it could have been. Really enjoyed the night walks and talks, when we head down to Salt Centre all the way from LEP Room and back, all the while bitching, telling ghost stories or just plain chatting about the affairs that beleaguer every teenager.

Actually, it sucks cos I really have done no homework. No plans to do so anytime soon when apparently to my parents (and I guess to me) I should be spending my holidays scrabbling to buck up and do better for the oh-so-important next year. But yeah, like everything else, I've lost the impulse to do work. The holidays have nua-llified me. If there's such a word. And the next few weeks promise to be full of happenings like chalets, outings, meeting up for Huangcheng moar, etc. So.

Actually, I kinda posted without an aim. Yeah, could you tell?

RULES:
1. Put your music player on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. Put the title of the song as the subject.
4. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MAT

IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY", YOU SAY?
Secondhand Serenade - Fall For You
I'm as puzzled about this as you.

WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
Taking Back Sunday - New American Classic
I love America! (:

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GIRL?
Snow Patrol - Hands Open
That fits but doesn't make any sense. Wtf.

HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
Oasis - Don't Look Back In Anger
O_O

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
Howie Day - Collide
I hope that doesn't mean I'm bound for a life of crashing into people and sidewalks, GTA style.

WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
Eminem - Mockingbird
And I don't know what motto I'm supposed to derive from this song

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
Jason Mraz - Geek In The Pink
OMG. Is it true? T_T

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR PARENTS?
Five For Fighting - 100 Years
I sure do hope they live to that age. (:

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
The Click Five - Catch Your Wave
Hm. Leave it for you all to interpret.

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BESTIES?
Bowling for Soup - Girl All The Bad Guys Want
Trust me, I'm as disturbed by this as you all.

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Goldfinger - Stalker
I wish.

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
Westlife - World of Our Own
I hope this means I REALLY like my job.

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Bowling for Soup - 1985
Holy shit, that better not mean she's way older than me.

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
Yellowcard - Cut Me, Mick
...

WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
My Chemical Romance - Disenchanted
I guess that's what marriage (or what follows) is about.

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
Green Day - Good Riddance (Time of Our Lives)
WHAT THE.

WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
Ashley Parker Angel - Let U Go
I don't know how I'm supposed to go about with this hobby of mine.

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST FEAR?
The Script - The Man Who Can't Be Moved
I guess immobilization is a scary thing...

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
Switchfoot - We Are One Tonight
Secret tryst worhx.

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
Lifehouse - Cling and Clatter
Say what?


Koped from Alan!

THE CHOCOLATE ROMANTIC

You’re a dreamer, who often retreats to your own world. You believe in true love and the healing power of beauty. You love sad books and movies, but then again, you love happy books and movies, too. You’re introspective, tender and caring. Face it, you love a chance to have a good cry. When it comes to chocolate, the packaging is just as important as what’s inside.

Yosh! Thanks Alan, who got it from Yonghui. I don't really like sad books/movies. >_> Okay only. But the rest is okay though I don't know wtf is the healng power of beauty supposed to mean.

Went to Sitex today! I bought a 250 GB PHD for 89 bucks and headphones with mic for 12 bucks. Woohoo Skype is addictive, and very useful for DotA games. (: Haven't tried my PHD yet, which effectively has 3x my com's hard disk space. Winz.

Hey yes, I'm back, reached at 0030 and have been home since but I just can't sleep. I'm not really sure if its plain jetlag or insomnia. Or maybe I'm just too emo. I keep thinking about what happened in the US, how in the short span of 12 days, I saw so many places, I saw the world, and also the people I've met and befriended for life, and I realise that I will and am missing it all. Terribly. Argh. I've been both trying to cry and not to cry and I'm just really zonked out, emo and bored now.

Compared to the other posts about the US previously, this one would probably be less frivolous. You know, all the talk about being Singaporeans becoming global citizens with a root in Singapore? I realised I've taken a rather major step in that direction when I experienced the US culture. For the first time in my life, I felt a strong urge to migrate. Suddenly, Singapore does not seem enough for me anymore. I can't really attribute it to a certain factor, maybe it's the fact that I've fallen in love with the American culture where people I met in Virginia are so unbelievably friendly and open, or that you could drive for hours on ends on wide open routes that lead to nowhere and everywhere. I really would like to see the world. And I really would like to revisit Virginia to again see the friends I've made there. But I realise I got to work hard towards that goal too.

I am really really emo now about the fact that it came to this day that we must part, where newfound but good friends have to be left behind as you return to your world that is half a world away. Both geographically and culturally. Damn, I miss you all. Christelle, Roy, Saurav, Neil, Kevin, Yelena, Matt, etc etc! It would probably be years till we see each other again, if ever. I hope all of you can come for the exchange that is expected to materialise next year. Sigh. It's a really heartwrenching feeling that has really no solution. I know there is no point troubling and emo-ing over it but I just do.

The first outing at the Tysons with all those guys, the party at Christelle's, the Math lessons, the 2nd outing at Tysons, playing Rock Band at Mat's house, Roy's Hard Gay moments and everyone's general gayness (in both senses of the word), the random Youtube videos, all these I would remember, man. I hope you all do too. (:

On the frivolous sidenote that contradicts what I said previously, I've carefully budgeted and spent only 2/3 of the money I brought! (: And I got alot of stuff I wanted plus more so yaye. Sorry, didn't get souvenirs, really I went around the airport stores looking for last-minute cool stuff but no, it wasn't cool enough. The trip back was 24 hours long but it didn't seem that long, probably because I watched like 5 movies on the plane from Washington DC to Tokyo and from Tokyo to Singapore. But during that 24 hours, we missed Thanksgiving Dinner ): and also the Black Friday sales (which starts at like 5 am in the morning in the US where almost everything goes for rockbottom prices) Damn, we missed it by a day!

Now I'm back to the cold (or in this case, hot) reality of work, school and perhaps abit of play.

dood man, we totally hit the stores today and i just. went. wild. went to leesburg premium outlets thanks to the wonderful advice of noreen and keeen. sorry keeen! i didnt see any sports watches! the whole place is rly cool, it was like a mini-town with all the shops and all. in the short span of a few hours, we visited the adidas, puma, levi's and pacsun stores. ONLY. ): i'm quite sad that christelle and anna and andre dragged us away at 3 for lunch. BUT my haul for the few hours include:
 

levi's jeans for 27 USD (STEAL!!!)
pumas for 21 USD (STEAL!!!)
a couple of shirts for about 10 usd each (not bad la :D)
a billabong wallet for 22 USD (it was an impulse buy)

one can't help but notice that my shoes cost less than my wallet. but it wlda still been cheaper than singapore anyway. im awesome! shenhong was damn sad that he couldn't find his red puma suede skates or something. and he didnt buy as much as i did. :\ he got 4 shirts and a jeans though. WE ARE GOING BACK TOMORROW. i still hvnt bought any souvenirs cos theres rly nth awesome ): sorry guys but i think i'll just stack sweets + try my best to fulfil all the requests.

oh yes after the brief shopping trip, we went to chipotle(?) which is this mexican restaurant or sth owned by the mcdonald's chain. dude, their burritos are HUGE. i got the easier way by eating the burrito bowl but even then it was mind-boggling. AND I THOUGHT I WAS HUNGRY WHEN I STARTED. by the end of it, i was half-delirious cos anna kept telling me that i'm not leaving till i've finished it all. AND I DID. :D

sheesh, checked out the local music store but what they have it really limited. i guess i will just have to order online and pray hard that it'll deliver before i leave. ): sheeeet.

oh yes, we went to a bonfire in someone's backyard just now where we kinda freezed our asses off and stoned around and roasted smores over the bonfire. oh before that, we trawled the streets in reston town center where roy, shenhong, wenbo, christelle and i ran around like ninjas a la naruto, visited starbucks and ben&jerry's and went to visit stores like gap which consisted of the guys just standing around and the girls hemming and hawing over their potential purchases.

yosh! must get my drumsticks!

wow, had a real blast of a day. we shadowed christelle for her lessons today which was really fk boring. but after school, we went to hang out w her friends in various places like the fast food restaurant, the parking lot and eventually the mall. wow, tysons is fricking huge but the stuffs are kinda exp and we didnt have much time. haha they really have q alot of amazing stores, like lids, which is this store that sells caps and hats! just that and theyre all oh so nice! but i dont rly wear caps so ><
 

we bought tickets to madagascar but sneaked into this r-rated movie which wasnt rly r-rated anyway. we had to sneak in because we didnt have student ids but we were definitely of the legal age! omg it was rly fking funny, im not sure if its in singapore now but u all have to watch this shit man. its titled role model. holy crap, the ending, the battle. EPIC.
 
man, in retrospect, the behaviour we exhibited coulda been bordering delinquency in  singapore but i guess in the usa, they're really more liberal. i mean, roy was like kinda shouting hard gay!! complete with the actions. and the other dudes were like holding hands and like shouting 'look at us! we are gay!' i mean, lol wtf. i kinda went crazy abit and shouted hard gay!! in public hahahahah wtf. in the spirit of hard gay, one of the coolest shit japanese out there.

the dudes were all rly fking funny. during math lesson today, these coupla dudes kept shouting hokkien and chinese vulgarities (which some of us noted down for them a few days ago) and no one knew what was going on cept them and shenhong and i, who were busy trying not to roflmao and be rude. lol but the teacher just dao-ed them, guess they're really more lax in the usa.
 
yeah they were all BAMFs like i am (btw BAMF = bad ass mo fo!).

tomorrow is the ultimate omfg shopping day!! bankai time on all the cash that is (: and sunday sounds promising. (: haha i cant say too much heehee.

SO WEIRD! but the usa is the NICEST.

i know i know, i havent done any shopping yet! the only things ive bought so far is food! (like lunch even though my hostess's mum piles us with packed lunch everyday! so nice (: !)  the only things other than food ive got is like this pair of hard rock cafe drumsticks and this notebook for huangcheng. ): but we're going to leesburg and all this weekend so im prepared to blow all the cash there soon.

oh yeah it snowed! not sure if i mentioned it in my previous blog entry  but yeah man. it was very light though and it stopped pretty soon. but still, it was snow. that is SO legit. i totally love how the american kids talk and act, theyre so fricking amusing, shenhong and i keep trying to learn all their funny lingo. haha.

oh we went to the capitol building and the supreme court today in washington dc. dude man, dc is amazing! all the buildings are so beautiful, they have like 20 buildings that are as grand as our old supreme court building or whatever. and theyre like for the environment agency or the department of justice or whatever. each department like gets one whole spanking building to itself and its like so beautiful. oh yes we went to capitol building and were shown around by this guy from senator webb's office. they have this mini-subway tram thing from the russell building (one of the senate offices) to the capitol building itself, haha wth it was totally badass, and the journey on the tram thing was like only 20 seconds. >_> they really spare no expenses.

yeah but the architecture and all is amazing. my interest in us history has definitely been piqued when i saw all the beautiful paintings and frescos of the founding fathers and other important individuals. its hard to begin to describe all the splendor we saw but if you really want, go check out liansengs (our official photographer)'s facebook photos! that should give you an idea (:

ee we are gong to some newseum thing tomorrow and we need to wear our formal uniform again! we really stuck out like a sore thumb today in our council uniform + blazer in washington dc. >< but we have like the weekends off for shizzle with our hosts so im looking forward to that.

think i'll be sad to leave and no longer see all the cool ppl ive met here like christelle, roy (the cool dota guy who jukes police cars roflmao), emile, yelena and so on D:

now i really want to be a global citizen more than ever. like, someone who works in many different countries and sees all their cultures, their people and learn to take the best of them. (:

yoo wassup homies, america is a real fine place. the weather's kinda nice, especially in the afternoon when it all warms up and you could basically walk around outdoors with one layer of clothes if you're as meng as me. (:

we spent 24 hours plus travelling. we left on like 6 am on the 15th and got to dulles at washington dc at like 6 pm. but we flew across a dozen time zones so it was actually a whole day spent flying. >< our hosts are really nice! the girls are super cute, singapore girls are fugly (HOPE YOU ALL READ THIS) and they're all so damn enthusiastic and friendly! i mean, like, the storekeepers wld make small talk with us (though that makes them inefficient) and we have random strangers asking where we are from. like there's this woman we met in baltimore harbour today who just started chatting with us when she found out we're from singapore (cos apparently she's been there recently or something) the friendly culture needs abit getting used to from singapore's conservative culture but i must say its been interesting.

my host's family is super nice! and her house is really really nice. shenhong and i are stayng together in the basement, which is really an awesome place cos theres like a couple of v nice couches, carpeted flooring, a tv, a table tennis table, a foosball table and a pool table! omg (: yeah it's a really nice place in a neighbourhood, haha our host's mum keeps telling us that we should have came 2 weeks ago when all the leaves are still on the tree and it's all a landscape of red and yellow. D: haha damn, but there's a possibility of snow tomorrow so we're hoping for the best.

mmhm we basically spent the first day on the plane and recovering from jetlag. the second was spent with our respective hosts' families, so some of us headed to luray caverns which is apparently the best caves in the east or something. it was interesting looking at the stalactites and stalagmites i suppose. and we ate pizza afterwards.

mmhm then today we headed to baltimore harbour in maryland but we didn't really learn much cos... we basically just went around visiting shops instead of the attractions/museums/aquarium/whatever. >_> kinda lol.

americans are seriously crazy funny people. but they can be quite ass i suppose. shenhong and i learned a few things that we can't wait to bring back and try on some specific people. ^^ destroyed! haha sorry i sound like a himb, havent really got anything for anyone yet but we promise to try our best! glhf everyone back in singapore! (:

Hey if anyone of you want anything from the US, leave a comment here and I would help you all look out for it? Leaving on Saturday, about 6 am, so if you're an insomniac, feel free to come to Terminal 3 to send me off. Should be back in about 2 weeks barring a terrorist bombing.

Huangcheng has been taking up my life recently. Lol. Leaves little time for stuff like DotA or packing or whatever. Stress is piling. But we're damn joke, I'm glad we are all so enthusiastic. Hope we all pull through together. (:

I won't care if you don't care.

I swear, I'm not coming within 5 metres of a fucking bicycle for at least the entire December holidays. I AM HORRIBLY SPENT AND TERRIBLY SORE FROM THE NIGHT CYCLING EXPERIENCE.

Yeps, 08A11 had their first class chalet and the turnout wasn't too bad. Basically, we turned up, we played a hell lot of XBox games (the guys), the girls came late, we started a BBQ, we ate, the girls went home, the guys went night cycling. Ed and Mingwei went road-cycling (wished I went) and the rest (like 9 of us) went skedaddling around the entire East Coast. And I mean the entire East Coast, and probably a hell load more. The plan was to bike to Bedok Reservoir and then head back or something. In the end, we kinda took the road less travelled, and we passed a hell load of weird places I didn't even know exist.

Jensen insisted we follow the park connectors but due to fucking bad signages or whatever, we kept getting lost and cycling around in circles. Tempers frayed and everyone was feeling wtf. I think we ended up in the vicinity of Bedok Reservoir near 1 am? (We started at 10pm wtf). We were kinda cycling around Pasir Ris MRT for an hour or so, I have no idea why.

Whoo, then from Bedok Reservoir, we somehow ended up near Kembangan MRT, where we camped out at the 7-Eleven and stuffed our faces with cup noodles and caffeine. Along the way, we rode through countless HDB estates and I felt damn paikia doing so. Like I'm in this biker gang who frequents the void decks of HDB estates in the wee hours of the morning. >< Which we were doing.

I swear, I hate the park connectors, we ended up getting lost so many times. We even ended up at Changi Village, which is wtf. WE SAW THIS SCARY LONG HAIRED GIRL STANDING IN THE SHADOW, UNDER A TREE THERE. She wasn't facing us. I swear I was freaking out cos my mind kept screaming PONTIANAK and I was freaking out that when she turns around, her face would like be like a devoid of features or something. Arghhh. She didn't turn around (or at least I didn't look cos I was looking away) but my friend told me she was kinda chio. At least she didn't suck out my soul.

Oh yes, we saw this other scary woman who was standing below the Pasir Ris MRT track, as in kinda in the middle of nowhere. As in just standing there. In the shadow again. WTF, what's with these women, seriously. Do they get a kick out of standing at secluded places in the darkest night just camping for innocent bikers to freak them out?!

Some parts of the trek were kinda scary when we rode through places without streetlights and it was kinda dark and I could barely see the dude 10m ahead of me. My specs kept fogging up due to the high amount of water vapor near vegetation or whatever so it was even harder to see. I think I hallucinated quite a lot cos I kept seeing weird figures that evaporated when I took a closer second look. Maybe I'm just too imaginative.

My bike broke down close to the end with like 3km to go but Jensen the pro managed to figure out what was wrong. Whew, I was not looking forward to wheeling it back all the way. But some of the guys were nice and offered to walk back with me. Wah, nice guys pls.

Anyway, we like went through numerous detours and longer routes than we should have. Think we through three parks? Changi Beach Park, Pasir Ris Park and East Coast Park. Gods, next time, I'm bringing my own fucking map instead of relying on the stupid board maps in the parks and the Geog students to read them. Damn. So it was a 10-6 sojourn that left my wrists, fingers and general ass area in much need of an ice pack, which I didn't administer cos well, I can live with the pain but not the shame.

But the important thing was WE FUCKING SURVIVED. Our hearts really leaped when we saw Downtown East. I mean, seriously wtf, we fucking whooped when we saw the sign. We would have hugged each other if we weren't on our own bikes and thus would have caused a major traffic accident. We must have shocked the morning crowd when we screamed as we rode past the bus stops and charged the pedestrian crossings. But, damn, we were happy.

We arrived back at the chalet to realise it was in a mess but who gives? We promptly fell asleep for an hour before some of us managed to drag ourselves up amidst much groaning, pain and consternation (Can't move...) to a Mac's breakfast. Then another 3 hours nap. Then home. I took another 3 hours nap.

Not for a long time again, man.

The 黄城 scripts have been finalized and the 导督团 results are out! There's 10 of us now, Liang Zhou and Cheryl are the Assistant Production Managers, Boey and Jiaying direct the 1st script with Jueying as their Stage Manager. I direct the 2nd with Yiren as my SM. Yi Jing and Chen Xi direct the 3rd with Yisheng as SM.

Haha wth the 10 of us has already clicked so well after just 24 hours of the release of the results. We've got really insanely high and noisy people that EVEN Jon Lee finds noisy. And we've got some quiet people as well haha so I guess you could say we're diverse. I'm the sane one, of course, but I get niao-ed insanely cos of what went on in the interview (Gr!!) and the fact that Yiren and I are gay cos it's just the two of us guys handling the 2nd play. >_> Hurh.

We also got down to giving each other nicknames, like cos there are 10 of us so we liken ourselves to the 十兄弟，  I happen to be sitting in the No. 3 position when the roll call was made so I'm 大力三! Wahaha, the irony.

But yeah, we've already started work! Stayed till like 10 pm yesterday in school and then met up again today from 10 - 6 >< But all we can tell you about next year's theme is that it's Frozen Meatballs. Go figure. :D Please go watch and support!

导督团 rocks (:

I'm still smarting from what I've gotten in Promos. I think I deserved better, considering what I've been consistently getting throughout the year, stands to reason I should maintain my percentile? Maybe not. Don't wanna talk about it, wtf, find me a river and let me jump in it. And drown. And die. Same thing anyway.

Hey just in case ppl miss the PM or whatever. Just saying that for all geppers nubbs out there,

iSpark Nite '08 is at the Drama Centre on 16th October, Thursday. Try to be there before 7 pm or you might get DPs. ):

Alright that's all. Help spread the info! Thanks

Burn After Reading was a mindfuck to say the least. Walter, Keeen and I were rather flabbergasted at the ending. It was a completely pointless movie where nothing was at stake and no one knew what the hell was going on, a mockery of present-day Hollywood spy and counter-intelligence thrillers, I suppose. But wow, I think I wouldn't have minded something less um controversial anyway, something funnier or more impressive. But yeah whatever.

I GOT OWNED AT THE DRUMMANIA MACHINE AT THE ARCADE. It was bad.

What else happened? Open House was boring as hell. But Boey, Jonlee and I went to hang outside 7-11, with them scarfing down their cup noodles while I drank my milk tea. Lots of bitching ensued along the way, where hoes like Jinyao, Junlin and Kanzy joined us. The final turn out was 13/15? Not too bad. Only Jerrold and Alex were missing from the 34th congregration. ):

Well, a moment like this makes me think of How Far We've Come, not the song by Matchbox Twenty, just the title I suppose. A year has passed since we promised to come back for Selection Camp to talk to our juniors and be the inspiring kickass seniors that our seniors have been to us. I suppose age and experience does come in. Where I realise people have matured, Li Xiang was spouting somewhat sensible shit and so was I and I think the juniors kinda lapped it up. I hope they live with less regrets than I do in my Council term. (:

I like the fact that we've built up quite a rapport from just working together for one year. I like the fact that I feel as part of them as anyone, that we have something in common that have binded us and continue to bind us. Maybe that's why guys are such a sucker for stuff like organisations and gangs. HSC Outing/Stayover please (:

Some of us went to KAP together where we (or they actually cos I'm so damn unbitchy) bitched their asses off about each other and our respective relationship status. Needless to say, Terence and Li Xiang were the most obvious and fun targets.

Ha yes, I suppose Council in High School is off for another big change. The downsizing, in my opinion, is much warranted though I'm not too sure about the change in image. High School has long evolved into something I do not recognise anymore. So too has Council.

I just hope that the world will not pass me by while I keep looking back.

Something happened at home near the end of the tonight's DotA game that made me feel like the most (or close to, anyway) pathetic and miserable in my life. I'm not really comfy with revealing the details. But it was fucked, really really fucked. I feel so down about it. And it was probably my fault to start with. And maybe my parents' too? In a sense. And perhaps a bit (or a lot) of providence.

It was pathetic and I will not repeat it again. And no, it wasn't anything sick. :\