Study hard.

As September comes to an end in about a day, October is to kick in, and it's the month which most secondary school students dread:

'O' levels.

I'm sure that people will be mugging (who started this word?) for their 'O' levels, flipping through textbooks and assessment books, while doing their ten-year-series.

Or queueing up to consult teachers on various topics and subjects.

I hope by now, everyone will know the importance of 'O' levels. It is the most important stage that determine your course of life.

You will only have a say in what course or school if you get good results.

AND PLEASE.

Don't end up like me, failing Maths and Science. It will haunt me for the rest of my life.

I hope everyone study hard and I sincerely wish you all the best.

To these people:

Ivan Tan, Janna Marican, Feng Wei, Chong Boon.

I hope that all of you have started preparing for the exams, and if there's anything that you do not know, do ask the teachers. Do remember that deep inside your heart, you want to do well. Once you have the determination, nothing can stop you.

I hope you guys let me know how you all are doing, as I do care.

Here's a line from the song: Bridge Over Troubled Water

Your time has come to shine, all your dreams are on their way.

Good luck everyone.

Funny conversation.

I was in one of the toilet cubicles when I overheard a conversation between a father and his very young daughter.

Father: Come, sit down and pee.
Father: Okay, use the toilet paper and clean your vagina.
Daughter: Daddy, why didn't you clean your vagina?
Father: Daddy doesn't have one.




Oh my god, that's one of the most hilarious conversations I've ever heard!

HAHAHAHAHAHA!

Rude shock.

Tomorrow is going to be the Mid-Autumn Festival, and how I miss playing with candles and wax, and the traditional lanterns. Ahh, miss the old days.


Anyway, I had a rude shock today. No, not about the result 2-0 of Manchester United vs Chelsea.

It's my concession card. I was enjoying my 45 cents ride for more than half a year, and suddenly my card turned to adult fare today. One trip cost $1.50 cents.

I was already worrying about whether I can afford to buy a good camera if I get my pay, and now, the adult fare kicks in.


Because I got in to the photography course with the help of YaoZhong, I thought my current camera would suffice. But no, it has already start to wear out after 2 years.

I was intending to buy a good camera so that I can use it for the course, diving, and other interesting trips for my blog.

So is that considered a want or a need?

I still can't decide, and if I ever buy one, I'm limiting my brands to Canon and Nikon.


Sigh, more money woes.

Don't write off Chelsea yet.

Although people will say Chelsea will crumble after the sacking of Jose Mourinho, I say it's true.

But don't you dare write off Chelsea for this match today between Chelsea and Manchester United.

As the match is now currently going on, I believe the emotional Chelsea will put on a fierce fight for their former manager Jose Mourinho.

I do hope the Blues will win.

First Leo Club event for me.

I went back to my school today, because there was an event held in our North Canteen, where old people from old folks home came for the Mid-Autumn Event.

It was indeed hard to interact with them, because of the wide age gap, and that my dialect is horrible.

Old folks people from Toa Payoh.

We had to entertain them, and I was intending to ask if they had any children, but I thought it was best not to ask, because they might be ditched by their children.

Anyway, we had a a line of programmes for them.





Singing karaoke.




















An auntie singing a dialect song.


(Please pardon the lines that my camera is producing. It's wearing out after more than a year!)







Guessing game.


I didn't take many photos, because I was busy being a waiter there; serving them drinks and throwing away their finished food.


Then, it was a short tour for them, and the old lady whom I was appointed to had night blindness, and she could walk out of direction because she couldn't see. She was already perspiring all over despite a short walk, and I got worried for her.

Luckily she was alright.


When it was over and they went back to their bus, I looked them in the eye. I think most of them liked the event. Seeing them smile made me feel good, as I thought I manage to shine a light of a lantern out of their lives for a day.


These people had probably been through World War 2, and they are the ones with richful life experiences.



It's not easy to plan such an event, but I do hope they like it.

Flying without wings..

I've felt much better, after listening to Ruben Studdard's Flying without Wings.

I'm so glad that such meaningful songs accompany me during the low times.

I know I shouldn't despair, because there's still such a long way to go. But I still can't help it. It's time I pick myself up from the ruins.


Meanwhile, there's a possibility that Nanyang Polytechnic will have a scuba diving as a co-curricular activity, because my scuba diving agency, Fishermenscuba is willing back us up, so I might start this CCA going on.


I'm going back to school this Saturday to do something really meaningful. Pretty looking forward to it.


Thanks all for being there.

The feeling is coming back again.

1st semester for polytechnic results:

GPA= 2.1


GPA means Grade Point Average, and since I got 2.1, it means I've just passed the first semester, which is UPSETTING.


Now I'm feeling the heat and horror of the choices I made in my 'O' levels.

I'm now asking myself this question: Have I made a wrong choice?

Persevere James!

My weight is plummeting because I've been eating only 1 meal per day since like 2 weeks.


When I was in OG Peoples Park, I didn't eat breakfast when I came to work, so when I had my lunch break, it was like 3pm. And when my work finishes at 9.30, I head straight home every single day.

I've been carrying this routine ever since, and surprisingly, I don't feel hungry when I stand for long hours. However, I try to combat hunger by gulping water every once in a while.


Which is definitely a good thing, as I can fit into the wetsuit!


I do really need to persevere, because that's the only thing that I lack in my character.

I haven't been going out with friends or watch a movie for the past few weeks. Plus a holiday assignment due on Oct 2, it seems even harder.


Finish this 2 weeks with work and holiday assignment, and from Oct 1-14 (except Oct 2), I'm going to play like a kid. NO HOLDS BARRED!

A new assignment in the holidays.

Just when I thought holidays really meant holidays, here comes a proposal from Singapore Philathelic Museum, and they wanted the Visual Communication students to design stamps with the theme: Singapore.

You didn't hear me wrong. It's STAMPS.

We will be involved in a stamp designing workshop, and the top designs will be displayed in an exhibition at Harbourfront.


Now, I need to submit a sketch on A4 based on the theme Singapore. I will do this assignment before 2 Oct, but don't expect me to do a single thing after that, because I will be enjoying my precious 2 week holidays before the school reopens.


I don't think I will use icons such as Esplanade or Singapore River. Hmmm..

Pressure is on.

Now OG's fair is over, I'm being transferred to Bugis Junction's B H G Departmental Store from Friday onwards, the building which is previously known as Seiyu.

Pressure will pile up, because I'm the only one at the counter for almost all the days; from 14-27 September. Moreover, I'm still a rookie. Ah, I just hope I don't get zero sales!

I will have to make friends with fellow promoters from other brands, and hope they will be friendly. Hmmm..

But anyway, the only interesting thing that today had happened is that we felt the tremors from Indonesia, and the OG staff were asking us to look at a certain direction. The section where plates and utensils were placed were vibrating moderately, and I looked both in awe and shock, because I suddenly thought of Geography, and the explanation of earthquakes, and that it was the first time I experienced a natural disaster.


Ah, but anyway, hope that everyday will be a smooth day for me this September!

The thought of diving just sends adrenaline to my friend! I can't wait!

Chinatown..

I've been posted to OG People's Park which is located in Chinatown over a week now, and tomorrow's the last day for this particular fair.

Well, generally OG staff there aren't very friendly, but rather hot-tempered. But I've made friends with other promoters from other brands.

But back to Chinatown. Besides its overwhelming number of old people, it is also where people from China go to.

It is common to see China sluts with old lecherous men holding hands together, getting lovey-dovey. Wow, I guess the women probably sucked out all the savings from the old guy's account.

One such couple came to the bedlinen section and I was serving them. Here is their conversation:




Woman: Baobei (Darling in Mandarin), which design do you like?

*Choosing bedsheets*

Old man: Anything you like, but I prefer this one.

*Woman starts to behave in a saccharine manner*

Woman: Ok dear, you share the same thoughts as me!

*Goes to the cashier, and the old man took out a $50 note out from his wallet to pay.

What the?! The conversation was so disgusting, I vomited all my human organs out. Okay, not that bad. But I have to say I was laughing inwardly because of the stupidity of the old guy because he probably thought that woman loves him. Now who says old people have wisdom?


However, it is incorrect to say that all China women are like that. There are those who came here for a living, or to study.

Some of them bought pillows because they're living in some rented houses.

Hope they feel at home at our Chinatown.


Ah, I guess I'm going to miss Chinatown after tomorrow.

Why is the feeling coming back?

I just wish to have a girlfriend. I don't know why, but everytime I see a couple get lovey-dovey, I get envious of them.

I told myself that the right one is not yet to appear, and I should let fate decide for me, although I pretty much prefer caucasian girls.

I thought of how good being single is, because you're not tied down by anything, no worries at all.


Grrr, hope this feeling will fade off too.


Oh, and.. the viewership of this blog is dipping lower and lower..

Encountering a scam.

Just now while I was working, someone called me. Nothing unusual you say, but when I look at my handphone screen, it showed no number at all. It didn't even show private number.

Weird, so I decided to pick up the call. This chinese lady spoke with a strong accent talked to me, and said I was invited to some grand hotel in Macau.

My bullshit detector went off, and I immediately I knew it was a scam, because this dumb bitch called me Mr Zheng, and my name is not affiliated nor related to the name.

Acting interested, she further on tell me how I could get my prize on a 2-night stay in Macau, and that I was a VIP.

On realising that it is most probably from an overseas call, I decided to cut the conversation short, telling her I wasn't interested and that she should stop spewing bullshit. My phone plan doesn't have free incoming calls, so I don't wanna waste my bill on such nonsense.

Before I can finish my sentence, she hung up the phone.

Wow nice one you wretched bitch. You knew I wasn't hooked for your indeceiving scam, so you hung up the phone. Let's just say you messed with the wrong guy.

I hope you choke and die from all the money that you have scammed with your unscrupulous ways.

PLEASE TAKE NOTE: Initially, I only heard of this scam in Malaysia, and other foreign countries. Now that it has hit on the shores of Singapore, please do not believe in such scams.

Be careful!

We are born to serve.

Oh my, I should stop thinking of things that's way beyond me and behave like any 18-year-old people does.

Whenever I follows a bad routine, my mind goes haywire.

I thought of this: Do we live to serve the society?

When I was in Serangoon Junior College, the school's motto is: Discere Servire

It means to Learn, to Serve.

I just didn't like the word Serve, because it feels like being a servant, which doesn't sounds good.

So what does serving means? I've checked the dictionary, and it came up with so many different forms of meanings, that I think the best one is assistance; to help.

Actually, I wanted to blog about how bad living like that is, but I suddenly decide to take a good look at my surroundings.

My monitor, my mouse, my air-conditioner, my speakers, my printer etc, all are made by my fellow people who decided to serve the society. They did research on how to improve things, in order to improve life.

Because human beings are never satisfied with the way they want, and to put it in a magnaminous point of view, we work in order to let the younger generations live more comfortably, but then again, they work to let the even younger ones live better too.

I take a look at myself. I'm using things that are being invented and improved on from the older generations, and I take it for granted.

I guess another fine example is scuba diving. Such a sport only exists, thanks to people who did intensive research on physics and other subjects and made equipments in order to dive.

So I guess we need to serve the community, the society; Mankind.

So I guess if you look life in its broadest sense, it goes to show that we live, work and die, so that Mankind will benefit over the generations. And so, the cycle continues forever.

Let's take it on our stride, and appreciate the loved ones around us, in order to find joy in our life.

And seriously, I sometimes startle myself when I blog about a certain topic with a point of view, then suddenly change to something which I never thought I would thought of.

Hmm..

How's everyone?

I kinda miss everyone; teachers, friends.

I kinda neglected and haven been able to catch a movie or something due to work commitments.

But fear not, I think after working till the end of September, I'll be able to PLAY for 2 weeks before school reopens!

No I don't sound excited that school reopens. It's the friends in polytechnic that I miss.


Ahhh.. take care everyone. I will update soon with more important matters!