The Scuba Diving Trip!

Whoa I'm back! And, it's blogging time!

It's going to be a long post, so take a sip of coffee and continue reading..


ON FRIDAY

I excitedly went to meet up with Guan Jie at Compass Point to go to school, but in the end, he gave me some wrong information and I waited stupidly for 30 minutes and he was in school!

We board the bus and headed to Woodlands and after we passed the customs, we were at Malaysia!


The bus ride took more than 3 hours to reach our hotel, which the time was around 12.30 when we reached there.




We finally reached Hotel Timotel!


Everyone was extremely tired when we reached there.. And all of us hurriedly took the keys to the room. And was greeted with this sight:




It was a very nice room..


Weichong, Clarence, Sheng Jun and me slept in this room.. Everyone was dead tired and we went to bathe before going to sleep. Clarence said that he wanted to sleep at the wooden sofa, leaving the king size bed all to myself. In the end, he regretted. He felt so cold even after I lent him my jacket. Serves him right!

Also, some people even made prank calls to each other, feigning as a ghost and some other weird stuff.

I wasn't there to listen, and I was knocked out immediately once I got into bed.

*Snores*


ON SATURDAY


We woke up very early, around 6am. And everyone was getting prepared to go to Pulau Tioman. But early in the morning we have..




Sin Wee and Daphne posing for the camera.


Apparently, they loved our room so much that they decided to take a picture.




We had breakfast at the hotel, and later proceeded to the jetty.




Selamat Datang!





Waiting for the other groups to come.





The view of the jetty port.



Finally, everyone reached the port...



And we started boarding the ship!




Some ships that we saw..



We board the ship at around 9.30am... And we reached Pulau Tioman at 3pm! It was nearly 6 hours of ride, and some people were having sea-sickness and Guan Jie even puked. During the ride, I realise that Sheng Jun a.k.a known as SJ, is REALLY NARCISISSTIC. Daphne and I was asked to help him take a shot of him.. But then again, isn't it good to love oneself? Perhaps if everyone were narcissistic, suicide cases would have plummet. Anyway, he was really a nice guy.. And a helpful one too..


So tired..




Finally, after nearly 6 hours on the water, we finally reached Pulau Tioman!


We were greeted with seemingly crystal clear water, with the sun rays shining on it as the water sparkles..


Seriously beautiful Tioman..










No wonder it was named as one of the top 10 best diving sites in the world.


Everyone was relieved to see Pulau Tioman after spending so many hours in the sea.




"Don't push, one at a time. If not you're landing on the sea!"



Everyone then proceeded to the diving centre.



Fishermen Dive Centre, Pulau Tioman Branch!


Immediately after that, we went to have our lunch. We're all hungry you know!


After eating, the Dive Masters gave us the keys to our resort.


I love the room that was located. It was brilliant.





What a perfect location! My 4 other schoolmates and me were sharing one room at the extreme left of the house.





The side view of the house..







The view that you will be greeted after you open the door.



Some humongous rocks were also present, and during low tide, we saw lots of fishes beside our room, what's more, we saw crabs and even 2 juvenile octopuses!




The room that we were living. The room condition was not very good, but it was still habitable.



At around 4-5 pm we went to dive. We put on our diving gears and were getting ready. I was carrying a 15kg air tank, together with a weight belt of 12 kg, and I was walking towards the beach. I put on my flippers at the ankle-depth water with the support of Aziz and Clarence. It was hard to balance thanks to the currents. Some of us fell. I was one of them, and I suffered cuts and bruises because of the dead corals.


We later went to deeper depth, and began to deflate my Buoyancy Compensator so I can sink. The water was choppy, and I couldn't see the instructor. All I could see was his black gloves. After less than 15 minutes of diving, we returned back to shore. One of the instructors who were taking the other group said that the visibility was bad and it was high tide.


We waited for quite some time before going diving again.



5.30PM


We went diving again, but this time, the visibility was better, but still not very good. In the end, one instructor spotted corals and we went down to take a look. I saw many fishes and went near to them. Instead of going into hiding, these fishes crowd near me as if they were curious. I was extremely mindful not to hit the corals with my flippers, and I enjoyed much, although the colour of the corals and the fishes(some) were brown, contrary to what I watched on television, where it was so beautiful. It probably got alot to do with the choppy water I guess..


We went back to shore again and all of us washed our diving equipments and went to bathe.

We met at around 6.30 and we went to have our dinner at this place.

The food was pretty good, except that it was oily. I tried to eat fast so that I can shop for souvenirs.

I had to put souvenirs as top priority to my friends before I bought anything for myself. I managed to buy some nice keychains and other stuff for them, and I bought myself a luminous T-Shirt with beautiful Dolphin printing that was worth RM $20.

After that, we went to have our final exam. It was so boring and everyone was dead tired. And we were finally released at midnight. I was knocked out right after I head for my bed.

ON SUNDAY

We woke up extremely early, and we had curry puffs and sugar donuts for breakfast, and we went to pack our diving equipment immediately.

8.20am (Heading towards Marine Park.)

The ship arrives and everyone board the ship. While in the trip, some people were flabbergasted. I was wondering what was the commotion about and they said they saw dolphins. I was thinking where was it when I suddenly spotted 3-4 dolphins gliding! Wow! The instructors said that the dolphins were following us.

We went to Marine Park to dive first. I wore my equipment and did all the necessities and plunge into the water, and waited for my group members..

We went to the seabed around 48 feet. We used a long rope to help us go to the seabed. The long rope must be there for quite sometime as it was covered with corals, and there were even fishes there. I was experiencing pain. I went down to the seabed to fast, and my ears were hurting very much, thanks to the pressure. Luckily, I did the clearing technique of ears umpteen times to clear my ears.

Everyone reached the seabed. But I accidentally disturbed the sediments, and it became all choppy water. But after awhile, it settled down, and all of us began feeding the fishes. There were lots of silvery fishes and rabbit fishes crowding all around us for the bread. (By the way, the fishes are edible.) It was such a wonderful experience. After that, we did some exercises like finding the regulator etc.

We went to shallow water, which was crystal clear. We followed the Dive Master. There were many sea slugs, around us and some sea urchins. The instructor saw a sea sponge and carried it to let us see.

To be honest, I was pretty disappointed. Most of the corals were dead except some. I've been to Pulau Tioman in 2000, and the natives there told me that the corals were destroyed by tourists.

We went on to explore further and saw some wrasses and other fishes before heading back to shore.

Heading towards Monkey Bay.

We went there to dive and the corals there were better protected. The depth was shallower than the first location. We saw brain corals and some colourful fishes such as blue devils and lovely wrasses again. I only spotted one clownfish; it was enjoying itself on the sea anemone. We saw lots of sea urchins congregrating together. When some fishes saw us, they were hiding behind the sea urchins, using it was a protection.

But with a stroke of serendipity, we saw a medium-sized moray eel! Eureka! It was hiding behind some corals. According to our instructor Amin, it is extremely difficult to spot moray eels.

After diving, we went to swim in the sea for awhile..

Finally, it was time to go home. We took the ship way back to Mersing. However, something happened to the ship. The ship was stuck in the middle of the sea, thanks to low tide. The water was too shallow and the propeller was feared to be broken if the ship carries on moving. There was a high possibility that we would have to wait till 1am in the morning for high tide before we can move. Luckily, the ship was reversed and we managed to go back to the jetty on time.

To cut story short, we reached Singapore at around 11pm and reached school at around 11.30pm..

Anyway, I would like to thank ODAC for giving me this opportunity to let me get closer to my dreams. Yes, I have a qualification that would allow me to dive anywhere in the world, and it will be added to my resume.

Here are some pictures we took:

Guan Jie and I.

Sheng Jun and I.




Jeremy and I.

From left: Guan Jie, me, Gabriel and Jeremy.

Han Wen, me and Sheng Jun.

Chong Boon, Clarence, Sheng Jun and me!

A

Instructor Jason and I.

Thanks to those who helped me throughout the diving trip.

Last but not least, for those who sarcastically wished me well...

"I'm back in ONE WHOLE PIECE!!!"

Won't be blogging for the next few days.

I will be going to Pulau Tioman tonight and will not be blogging. However, I hope to deliver a good post and many pictures after I come back. I have many friends, who all nearly said the same thing. "Come back in one piece." And one said "TRY to come back in one piece." Notice that I put the word try in capital letters. What do you mean TRY? I ain't sure if that was suppose to be sarcasm or what.

But nonetheless, I have some well-wishers who wished me all the best.


May God bless me to have a safe and sound journey.

Resemblance.

Ever since my brother came to North Vista, many people (especially from Choir) walked up to him and asked if he was my brother. Teachers, such as Mrs Nashita, Mrs Amy Ang, Mr Malvin Lim, and Mrs Tan even asked. Almost everyone said we both bear a sharp resemblance, only that I was bigger and he was smaller. Some said I was cute and he was handsome.


I compared myself with him. And personally, I DO NOT THINK that he really resembles me. Just in case if you haven't seen his picture, here's one:





Visualise people! Do you really think he resembles me?

Final pool session.

No, we're not talking about pool, the one that is similar to Billard. But rather, swimming pool. Lame? Uh yes.

For the past 2 days, I've been having swimming pool sessions with other ODAC members. And gosh, I tell you, I was suntanned unevenly.



On Saturday.

We had our first pool session. We took a school bus to East Coast Park to go to a resort nearby. And everyone were pretty bored over the long journey.




Nothing to do..



And boredom was finally over when we reached the resort! We met up with the instructors and gave a briefing. After that, the instructors taught us how to put those scuba equipment. Everyone was getting excited. And everyone started wearing their wetsuits. I started wearing mine, XL, and I was extremely conscious of how I looked like because it seemed tight-fit. I wore it with no problems and started asking how do I look like.

And I have sicko friends who said "Wow, you look sexy!"

And I have Mr William Goh who said "Zhao Lun, you look cute!"


I wasn't interested in looks but my body! And I asked around again, and they said "You look okay in this. I then sighed a huge relief, thankful that my bulging stomach wasn't protruding out of the wetsuit.


Okay okay, I know you guys must be dying of how I look like right?


Here it is!






Haha, I think I look cool and muscular in this wetsuit. *Smirks*



Okay, enough of my crap.


And we proceeded to the pool with our equipments worn.





The pool that we were in.




We headed straight into the deep pool and its depth was 2.4m. At first, with the equipment, I was feeling weird and extremely heavy, with the air tank behind my tank. After I went to the pool, I felt alot better. But it wasn't staying long. Right after I put my regulator in my mouth for air, I panicked. I was feeling very bad and extremely tense. And my breathing wasn't normal. It was fast. The instructors kept asking me if I was okay. I just gave an okay sign. Luckily, I managed to pass the lessons underwater. Signs were important underwater. After a while, I got used to it and so were the others.


But Sin Wee got a nasty and bad experience. As far as my memory can tell me, Sin Wee was under the water when she had water or something in her mouth. In order to remove the water from her mouth, she decided to take the regulator out of her mouth and spit it out again, and put it (the regulator) back to her mouth. But no, it wasn't working. To make matters worse, her mouth was again filled with water. And she couldn't breathe, and started struggling. She kept struggling and struggling deep in the water, and until an instructor found out, he immediately took off his Buoyancy Compensator Device (BCD) and went to save Sin Wee. Fortunately, she was okay. What a bad scare!


On Sunday.


Today, we went to the same place again to scuba dive. I was already getting used to the equipments and was enjoying myself.


Everything went okay, with some lessons that we had to repeat under the water.


However, there was this emergency exercise that distressed me. All of us were underwater, and this particular lesson, was well, cut off the air supply from the air tank. One by one, the oxygen supply was cut off, and though we were out of air, we had to take off our weight belts and give it to the instructor. And we kicked the fins and rise up to the surface to breathe and inflate our BCD. It was abit frightening because you will pay alot of attention to your breathing.


Speaking of weight belts, I had to wear 6 weights under the weight belt, because my buoyancy was abit high, while others wear 3-4. This means that they could sink easier than me.


After that, we had to practice to get a netural buoyancy. And we swam around the pool to practice.

I also have to mention that I was extremely envious of Sin Wee and Han Wen. They were together, and they helped each other during the diving sessions, which makes me longing to have girlfriend. Bah, I knew I was dreaming.


Finally, the session ended with a lesson teaching us how to jump from the boat into the open sea when we go to Pahang, Malaysia.



That's all for the pool sessions, and I'm sure all of us look forward to next Friday's Pulau Tioman trip!

What a busy week!

I've been very very busy these days. My schedules are so tight. I've been staying back almost everyday.

For this week:
Monday-- Personal Remedial + Choir Sectionals.
Tuesday-- History Remedial.
Wednesday-- Nothing at the moment.
Thursday-- D&T Remedial.
Friday-- Weekly Chinese Test.


If this weren't enough, Mr Devan and Ms Tan are going to give us remedials too. It's so jam-packed. And I have so much homework to do! Sigh..



On a total irrelevant note, I've been told that during my absence of going to my grandmother's house for dinner, my aunts were making fun of me or something. My mom told them that I was going Scuba Diving in Mandarin. They were flabbergasted and questioned "Are you sure?" And my father, being a smart-aleck on that day, told them that I was going SNORKELLING instead of SCUBA DIVING. They then decided that I was going on snorkelling, thinking that I couldn't possible go scuba-diving. One of my aunt even smirked when she was told that I was going "Snorkelling."


What is wrong with these people? Why are they so surprised that I'm going Scuba-Diving.? Is it because I'm slightly overweight? Or is is other factors? I could remembered clearly that when I told one of my aunts that one of my ambitions were to be a marine diver, instead of encouraging me, she asked me this question. "Do you know how to swim?" And another relative of mine, when I told him my ambition, he said "You need to separate fact from reality."

What remarks!

And I guess I shall give one excerpt that I read from the Diving Manual to comment on this.


"The world is made up of 70% water, and you have a license to explore it."



Guess what am I trying to say?

Campus Superstar!

I was invited by Jia Yi to join her for today's Campus Superstar survival round. How nice of her, but I had to accompany her to Shenton Way to get the tickets because she received a SMS that she won 2 tickets.


So today, we took Bus 165 from Hougang Bus Interchange to Mediacorp which took around 4o-50 minutes.



MediaCorp. (Taken after the show.)


When we reached there in late evening, we went to the building, where we saw lots of hired cabs coming to Cadlecott to watch Campus Superstar, mostly students.







Wow so many people!


There so many students crowding the area, but we spotted somebody.


Guess who?




FELICIA!!!


Not only her, but we saw Heng Wai, Yu Wei and the others, and were even surprised to see Pei Ting!!!


Jia Yi and me went into the waiting room first because they have not received their tickets from their friend and were waiting for that guy.



We went to the waiting room, and were greeted with this sight.








It was so crowded and so stuffy and people were crammed and we tried to squeeze ourselves in.



After they opened the gates, people cut queues and join their fellow schoolmates. Luckily, we were among the first to get in and we managed to find a seat.




Students trying to find a seat in the studio.





And this is the stage which is surprisingly small!


Also, the front seats of the studios had to be occupied by the fans of the 12 Campus Superstar contestants; only fans who wore school uniform only. And I tell you, the arrangement for them was simply pathetic. There were lots of mixed-up of where to seat etc. Jia Yi and me secured 2 seats but later on, we suddenly found ourselves as Geraldine's fans, though I supported Sheena only.


Just in case you doesn't know who Geraldine is, here's a picture:






I chat up with a female fan of Geraldine, and she was so excited about Geraldine.



Finally, when 8pm strikes, the live show begins, and ALL OF US BEGAN SCREAMING AND SHOUTING, with our eardrums blasted with full volume of high and piercing soprano voices. But it's for the show right?




JunYang, Sugianto and Zhen Rong (not in picture) as Campus Superstar hosts. (Pardon me for the poor quality and the right man who was accidentally captured.)



And it was time for the contestants to come up!






The 6 female contestants.





The 6 male contestants.



And they sang and sang as one man show, and I was extremely excited about Sheena. Most of them sang very well, and throughout the whole show, including breaks, my ears were not spared from the screaming of the fans. And I tell you, Adriano had a very huge fan base. When he sang 'Will you marry me?' many of the fans replied 'I do.' Samuel sang Lian Ai ING and brought the whole stuido into the mood, and most of us sang along with him. The others did reasonably well too.



Anyway, here are some cool shots:








Sheena singing.





Geraldine singing.






Sugianto hosting the show live in front of the camera.


And by the way, we didn't stayed back to look at the results.

That's all for now!



I'm watching the results from TV now and Sheena is eliminated. So sad, but I'm also happy for Geraldine.

First lesson for Scuba Diving.

It's official. I'm in for Scuba Diving. I was flabbergasted when I saw I had more than a whopping $1000 in my Edusave account. We went to SAF Yacht Club and learned some theory lesson. We learned how to dismantle the scuba equipment and vice versa. The speaker had a great sense of humour, and made us laugh all the way through. I learned new things like Buoyancy Compensator Device (BCD) and things like inflation tube and other stuff. And I finally knows that the tank that a diver carries is not an oxygen tank, but rather an air tank or cylinder. The lesson was great, and so are the instructors. I look forward to the upcoming Saturday and Sunday's pool lesson, before we go to Pulau Tioman on 3rd of March!

Happy Valentines.

Geez, it's Valentine's Day. And I'm spending it alone. When I wished people Happy Valentines Day, there's this sort of bitterness inside me that I couldn't spend it with my girlfriend. I didn't had this bitterness inside me for the past few years, and I cannot explain why this year's Valentines Day was so significant to me. In order to console myself, I've decided to post about, well, my ideal girlfriend!


I love girls who have nice and lustrous hair, and they should be gentle. Most importantly, they must have a gracious smile.


I shall give 3 examples.



Sheena from Campus Superstar.





Selina from S.H.E.





Charlene from Twins.




These are girls whom fit my description for an ideal girlfriend. Anyway, though I'm spending Valentines Day alone, I guess I should be contented with the mega S.H.E poster that's pasted to my wall!



Also, Happy Birthday Koon Xian!

Some news.

Now for some good news.


I'm going scuba-diving! I'm going to learn how to scuba-dive and be a step closer to my dreams of being part of the Underwater World. I'm so excited! It costs around $400+ and hopefully it will be subsidised. I will be going with a group of a CCA called Outdoor Activities Club (ODAC). It is the only CCA that provides such activities, and though I'm not part of the CCA, Ms Audrey Tan and my fellow friends kindly invited me to join them, although I'm pretty aware that some of the members there may think I am an "extra". So I'm going to be ignorant, as the saying goes, ignorance is bliss. Anyway, the course will start a few weeks time. I will bring my camera along and post some pictures! Geez, I can't wait!


Also, my couple krib, bore me some cute little babies! I was looking at the tank and was shocked to find the babies! Since the cichlids are mouthbrooders and according to my research, they wouldn't eat the babies and will take care of them and search for food, my mind is at ease. What good news!


The Choir will be performing for the school this Saturday for the Homecoming concert. I doubt we will put a good performance because of our extremely tight schedule and because of the hall. Choir cannot be heard in the hall as the slide doors are wide open and not designed to suit the performing arts I guess. But we will try our best.


This news is probably going to be ridiculous to you.


The performing arts are going to perform in the Golden Jubilee Concert a few months later. And guess what? We have to buy the seat tickets. Imagine the surprise I felt when I heard Ms Quek said the performers have to buy the seat tickets even though we are performing. The seat tickets costs $17 each and paid by Edusave.

But isn't it LUDICROUS?! I'm a performer in the concert, and yet I have to buy the concert tickets and will performing. Wow, does that mean that if Stefanie Sun stages a concert here, she will have to pay for one concert ticket?


Now for some questions that may shot back at me:


You can purchase the ticket and ask one of your relative to go.

Save not, being a chorister for 4 years, I've never ever asked my relatives to go to concerts or school events that I performed, let alone the Jubilee Concert. Since that's the case, isn't it a waste of money?


You should support the school by buying the tickets and the school is celebrating its 50th Anniversary.

Wait a minute. I'm already supporting by performing for the audience. Why should I buy a ticket which I cannot see and watch the performing arts perform?




On this point of time, I cannot think of any questions.


But for this controversial issue, I can say that it's unjustified and unfair.

Chinese New Year Celebrations

This year's Chinese New Year Celebrations isn't as nice as the previous years. I couldn't feel the enthusiasm.


Anyway, during Chinese New Year Eve, we had reunion dinner! The mood was pretty good, and the spreadings were wonderful.





The sumptuous steamboat reunion dinner.







Let the dinner begin!


With our ravenous appetite, we ate and ate... until I forget to take more pictures.


And after that, we had the Lo Hei.



And we toss and turn.. toss and turn..






Toss until it spilt out..



And we kept saying the auspicious greetings that you can think of.


Cool! I don't really like the taste, but for the sake of Chinese New Year, I ate it.. Yucks!


And over the next few days, I went to relatives' houses and collected lots of angbaos, which my money accumulated to around $300. Too bad I couldn't touch the money, and have to put it inside my bank.


We took alot of pictures.. But I show you some:




Cousin Eunice and me.




Cousin Shermaine and me.


and last but not least,





Chihwahwa WingWing and me. (First time pose with a dog)



Hehe, I would like to wish everyone all the best in their studies, career, and everything!



Happy Chinese New Year! PUNKS!

Last day of school before Chinese New Year.

It was the last day of school before Chinese New Year. And being a chorister, I had to perform for the school audience. We sang He Xing Nian and Kuo Le Yi Ge Da Fei Nian. I must say it wasn't a very nice performance, and tried to project our voices but couldn't. And the audience were dead, with little or no expressions at all.


Anyway after that, I went to KBox with Jia Yi, Xi Boon and Jerry. And I must say that I have the worst experience ever. I was so pissed off. I paid $11 for 3 hours in KBox, and I sang a ridiculous amount of 2 songs!!! The girls kept on singing and singing, and they didn't spare a thought for me. And Jia Yi kept ordering me to tune in the microphone volume and other stuff. After they sang so many songs, I can FINALLY sing one song. While I was singing halfway, GOH JIA YI rudely CANCELLED IT and said "The time is going to be over soon."


Do you know how pissed off I was? They could sing full songs and yet I couldn't.


I will not go to KBox with them ever again.

Will be busy.

I've been busy for this week as there are tests and remedials. I'm also involved in the Chinese New Year Concert. So I wouldn't be blogging often.


Anyway, I've notice something about teachers. In order to make you study hard and be very afraid, they tell about how scary exams is. Last year, when I was taking my 'N' levels, teachers kept emphasising on the importance of 'N' levels saying we cannot slack or we will fail it. And now I've passed, teachers again, tell us the importance of 'O' levels. A friend of mine, Kelvin Yap, went to Innova Junior College for the first 3 months. His teacher told him "You can slack and do last minute work at 'O' levels, but you cannot do the same for 'A' levels or you will fail." Every graduating class, teachers kept saying the same old thing, hoping that we can study harder etc. So now you know.


The other thing I would like to mention is about discriminating of obese people. I myself is overweight, and people discriminate us. Just like you condemn racism and sexism, you should condemn discrimination of overweight people. I was very unhappy during today's P.E lesson. Girls were choosing the guys to partner them, and I realise that in the end, 5 boys weren't chosen (including me). 3 of them were overweight, while the other 2 were skinny. I was extremely pissed off. And to make matters worse, when we were playing a modified ball game of Softball, I was standing at the field with a friend of mine like a motionless scarecrow, while others got a chance to throw or hit the ball.


By leaving obese people out until there weren't enough people to play, you are saying that obese people are unimportant, useless, and a liability to sports. By doing that, you're destroying the confidence of these people and made their self-esteem feel low.


I've been tolerating people for a long time, not just this incident. When we play a match of basketball, I was usually among the last to be chosen. If I were to be chosen, fit people will not pass the ball to me anyway.



If you are one of those kind who I mentioned, you better start thinking about your actions, or you're just an insensitive idiot.

I'm back!

It's been weeks since I've blogged. Apparently, due to my family problems, I was unable to use the computer. I express my sincere apologies for not giving a notice, and those who kept visiting daily hoping that I would blog.


Now that my family problems had settled down, I can blog once again!


I know that my previous posts had sparked comments, and I must say that I would like to thank those who supported me all these while, especially Angie. Jenna said I shouldn't questioned God like that, but sometimes, in desperate times to be exact, you can't help but think of such a question when you knew that God is the ultimate ruler of the Universe; a saviour.


I've just visited the statistics of my blog, and realised that people still visit daily. I would like to thank those who visited, and I won't name names just in case they want to remain anonymous.



What was I doing for the past few weeks? Well, I attended S.H.E's signing cum singing session, and I was obsessed with the trio, especially Selina, when she looked at me with her brown hazel eyes and smiled at me. My heart melted like an ice-cream being put in an oven. I'm also adjusting to the new syllabus of my subjects as well.



I will blog again soon, and meanwhile, rock on!

Family problems.

I've encountered family problems, mainly financial. Those who think that I'm rich, I'm not, and I can say that it isn't always what it seems when you're with me.


Just now, my mom cried while talking to my father. She had already bottled up her feelings and could take it no more. All I can do was to ask her to stop crying. But it didn't work. While she was crying, my grandmother called, and she could sense her daughter was crying and told my uncles and my grandfather. my mom was so distraught that she put down the phone, and suddenly, my grandfather, my eldest uncle, my 2nd uncle called and asked what happened. My mom told them what happened, and my grandmother was crying.


I'm extremely saddened, and I can't help but think: "What was God doing?" It may be selfish and unreasonable but I just couldn't help it. I'm not an atheist, but I sometimes wonder why wasn't God help us when we needs him? Sigh...

New Year, new resolutions.

It's New Year, with lots of challenges and uncertainty that faces us.


Welcome to the Year 2006, 6 years after the millenium. But before 2006, let us recap about some events that happened during 2005.


Infamous National Kidney Foundation (NKF) Saga

The NKF Saga all started because of a golden tap. And it leaded to suing between T.T Durai and Singapore Press Holdings. After that, Durai dropped the case, and later quit as CEO of NKF. At late months of 2005, there were startling facts about the old management of NKF. If my mind serves me right, only 10% of the funds went to the patients. NKF exaggerated its patients under its care. There were alot of truth being said, and I won't say it here as I guess Singaporeans should know, except foreigners who read my blog.



Eddie Guerrero and George Bests' deaths

I won't say much here, but for those who doesn't know them:

Eddie Guerrero is a professional wrestler, and once won the prestigious WWE Champion.


George Best is a famous football Manchester United Legend, who's known for womanising.


'N' Level Results

Based on my school's information, 17 people failed among the 75 Normal Academic (NA) students who took the national exam. The atmosphere was sad, and crying could be heard during the hall when we took our results slip.



My message...

Based on the fact that almost 2 billion people (That's half the human population) lives off less than $2 everyday, I hope everyone will know how to treasure their possessions and family. No matter what, there will always be people who will be poorer than us. We must understand this. In Singapore, we are lucky to have a good geographical location, which fends off earthquakes and other natural disasters. Other foreigners who read my blogs, you guys are also lucky too.


This paragraph is dedicated to my friends. To those who failed 'N' levels, I know that we are going by different paths. I once watched a movie which says that friends come and go. However, you will remember the friend forever and he/she will always have a place in your heart. I know that we will meet sooner or later when we graduate or during adulthood. And to those who passed 'N' levels, my congratulations to you, and I'm glad to say that we will have to prepare for the biggest battle of our teenage life. We need to be armoured with knowledge, attitude, and mentality to do well in the 'O' levels. Let us strive and do our best, without any regrets.



Last but not least, I wish everyone bountiful happiness everyday and hope for world peace.



Goodbye 2005, hello 2006!