The Sentosa trip.

We had lots of fun today in Sentosa. We went as a group; Zi Cai, Liang Zhi, Clarence, Chu Xiang, Vincent, Jerry and me.


We went in the afternoon and boarded the MRT train. After that, we boarded the bus that would bring us to Sentosa.


On the bus to Sentosa!





Welcome to Sentosa!





And we finally stepped into the little island. Of course, we doesn't have money to go to tourist places such as the Underwater World or Dolphin Lagoon.

We went to Siloso Beach! The beach where men lust besides Palawan Beach!




Beautiful sceneries. All taken by me!




And guess what? Humans not only patronize the beach, but peacocks too!




They too, like men, trying to spot babes and lust.



Okay, enough of those. Well, we have lots of fun in the sea, swimming and playing.




Boys will always be boys.



We took some great pictures too!




Chu Xiang with me!






Vincent and me!






Chu Xiang, Vincent and me!






Liang Zhi, Clarence, Jerry and me!





Zi Cai and me!




If you had spotted that the previous photos, the guys were topless and I was the only one who wasn't, it was because due to my size, my chest was bigger than them. Inferior? Yes.


Anyway, we had lots and tons of fun today. Great day yeah! It was a fun but tiring day. And I'm going to East Coast Park tomorrow! I'll blog about it tomorrow night!

The Pasir Ris trip.

We went to Pasir Ris Park today. We were on the way in the bus when Mrs Yap called and asked me how did I feel about the N level Mathematics paper. She shows concern for me and I appreciates it. Thanks Mrs Yap.


Clarence proposed to walk to Pasir Ris Park from a bus stop. We walked and talked, walked and talked.


Exploring our surroundings.



While we walk, we pick things from the ground!




Anyway, I had a surprise while walking to Pasir Ris Park. I saw Hui Fen, my choir senior, who’s enrolled at Hwa Chong Junior College. It’s been months since I saw her, and she is still as pretty as gorgeous! Oh my! We exchanged a few words and about choir matters. She gave me her number so that I could contact her for the choir concert. Also, she is rich; she lives in a bungalow. Wow! Got the looks and the brain. Perfect!


Jealous friends taking our photo. *blushes*




Clarence lusting for her even after she went back home. Pervert!




There was not much people. We swam in the sea and wrestled, coming out finishing moves like RKO, Chokeslam and Bulldog. We are childish, but we are just relieving our childhood memories.





The blue-but-not-clear sea.





Besides having activities in the sea, we buried Clarence in the sand.




The process on burying his body.






Look at him, smiling so graciously despite being buried. He loves to be buried!



After that, some people went to play football while others fly a kite. Yes, fly a kite. We are still young. We played even after the sun has set. I lost severe weight because there wasn’t any wind, and I had to run around like an idiot to keep the kite up in the sky. It did not last long in the sky. But it lasted long enough to drain my body.




Getting ready to leave Pasir Ris Park after the whole afternoon.



There should be more pictures, but I didn't had the time to load them; the time taken was too long.


I will blog another trip tomorrow; I am going to Sentosa with some of my friends! It is going to be a tiring yet exciting day tomorrow. I will blog about it tomorrow late at night!

I'll fully enjoy myself during the holidays.

I'm having Design and Technology 'N' level paper tomorrow. Ah, after tomorrow's paper, I'm a free man for around 8 days.

Then, we will have to start schooling till 18 November. Anyway, I heard a piece of good news. Mr Lim Wee Hing told me that when the markers came to mark our 'N' level project work, namely a folio and an artefact, the markers shown great interest in my work, looking at the sides of my artefact, turning it around to view it more closely. Besides, my artefact has luminous acrylics, which makes it a outer-space-and-future-design kind of feeling. Plus, the ambience in the CosmicWaves@Vista where our folios and artefact is placed and marked at, it certainly is a bonus for me, as the place is filled with outer space objects and other stuff. I can assure you that if you view it personally, you will probably think its nice. But never mind, let my camera do the wonderful job and I'll blog and post it here.


Also, for the next few days, I'll be going out often to enjoy and relax myself. I will blog all about the trips that I went and other stuff. Do check in daily!

Last but not least, I'm intending to lose weight this November-December holidays. I'll be jogging around the blocks in the evening like I used to. I need perseverance and determination like I always do in Mathematics. By then, you may see a brand new James, and my blog's template pictures will be changed! But action speaks louder than words. I will do my best. Yeah. And then, I'll blog about it too!

Personal review of 'N' levels (Another 3 subjects)

I've almost finished all my 'N' level papers. I shall blog about it.



Combined Science

Physics

I felt I did pretty well for Physics. I could do most of the questions except for some. The Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) section was not very easy. But still, I felt I could do well for Physics overall.


Chemistry

Personally, this one was above average. The MCQ section was average, and the second paper was quite easy, except for a few questions.




All in all, I felt I could do well for the paper, instead of aiming B3, I may even aim an A2. But still, everything lies with the Cambridge markers.





Mathematics Paper 2


My knees already went weak and I had butterflies in my stomach before I took the paper. I was extremely worried my mind will blank out like it always does during previous exams. Sin Wee was kind enough to give me consoling words and confidence. Zi Cai advised me to relax and tell myself that the paper is easy. I went to the exam hall, and I said a prayer before I did my paper.


I started doing my paper. I could do the first few questions till the bearing question. My mind nearly went blank! I told myself to recap what I learnt. And then, I remembered. Cosine rule and sine rule! I happily wrote down the formulas and did the workings.


Overall, I felt the paper was difficult, although I felt I know how to do some of the questions. I believe I will survive Maths Paper 2 and get maybe around 25-26 marks for the maximum.


No matter what marks/grade I get for my Maths, all I can say is that I've done my best. Deep in my heart, my mind and my soul, I know that I have no regrets. People who pinned high hopes on me, I hope you will feel the same too. This may contradict my previous posts and paragraphs but it's just a thought I want to type down. Once again, I still want to thank these people who guided me through the darkest storms of Mathematics in my life:

Mrs Yap Ee Ching, Wong Zi Cai, Chan Long Wen, Chong Liang Zhi, Clarence Liu, Sin Wee, Jeremy Wong, Jun Ping, Koon Xian, Bao Hui, Adilah, Janna Marican, Serene, Faezah, Pauline, Jasmine, Sharon and other people whom I forgot to mention, sorry.

I always believe in karma. You will get good grades by helping someone. All the best, everyone. Peace, don.

Personal Review for 'N' levels (4 Subjects)

I was suppose to be blogging yesterday night. But my sinus got the worse out of me, and I had a running nose. In fact, I already have it ever since 'N' level starts. My mom forced a pill into my mouth and I ended up breaking a record for sleeping more than 12 hours!

Anyway, I have took 4 papers since Monday. I'm going to give personal opinions.


Mathematics Paper 1

Honestly speaking, I was flabbergasted when I saw the standard of the paper. The paper even ask us to use a ruler to measure a triangle, and there we go, a 1 mark! Personally, I felt I could do most of the questions and I felt I did reasonably well. I really hope I can pass well for Maths. My effort haven't been gone down the drain. The pious effort of Zi Cai, Longwen and Mrs Yap, I express my utmost gratitude to them. Thanks a million.



Geography


Geography's standard was above average. The Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) was considerably above average, considering that the map-reading was hard. For Paper 2, I could do most of the questions as I learned them intensively. Some of the questions were based on common sense and not what we learn in the syllabus. All in all, I felt I would do most of the questions in the paper. A2 for me is absolutely possible.




English


Like I said in my previous post, the Cloze Passage was extremely easy, provided you read the passage carefully. I am extremely confident that I can get full marks for it. For the passages, the standard was above average. The questions required much thinking, especially the summary. As for the Composition and Letter Writing, I felt I did very well for it. All in all, I believe I can get an A1.




Elective History


Personally, I felt I did kinda well for Source-Based questions and fairly well for Structured-Essay. For Structured-Essay, I was racking my brain for the meaning of purges. I guess I pretty lost 6 marks for that one, as I cooked up some ridiculous story about Stalin and Lenin. All in all, I hope I can still get A2 or at least a B3 for Combined Humanities.

Quick review for 'N' level English and Elective History.

I'll do a short review about these subjects as I'm rushing against time for tomorrow's Maths Paper 1 and Geography Paper.


ENGLISH

I chose Question 3 "Do you think celebrities and sport stars are good role model for young people?". Basically, my answer is no and I gave examples such as Wayne Rooney for his unruly behaviour and David Beckham, who showed obscene hand gesture a few years back. For celebrities, I talked about their sex scandals and love triangles.

The letter writing also kinda easy.

I'm quite satisfied with the performance of my work.


For Paper 2, the Cloze Passage was so easy, I'm pretty much confident that I'll score full marks for it. For the other 2 passages, I felt the answers required alot of thinking and careful attention.


All in all, I believe getting an A1 for me is realistic and highly possible.





ELECTIVE HISTORY

For History, I believe I did pretty well for Source-Based and above average for Structured Essay; I chose Question 3 "The topic about Stalin's policy etc."




I'll blog about the fully on the subjects taken if I had the time.



Tomorrow's an important day for me. Gotta stop here. Wishes everyone all the best.

Hard work pays off.

I just came back from school at around 10+. And yes, I spent around 13 hours in school today. I was mentally tired. I spent 6 hours revising Maths and some sections of Geography with Longwen. He was patient and kind enough to teach me.


He went home after that while I went to Rivervale Plaza to have dinner with Jerry, Liang Zhi and Justin. We were having a conversation about the sense of urgency and the importance of 'N' levels. Justin was telling us that he would rely on English, Geography and History. And worse still, he was going to spend the rest of the weekend learning Geography etc. He was boasting how many marks he got for some subjects even though he claims he didn't study. Ironically, he didn't make it to 10 points though.


However, I slapped him with lecturing words and thoughtfully told him to go to the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) if he were to go by his plan. You see, he failed his Maths badly than me. And he didn't intend to revise or study Maths, he wanted to go Secondary 5. I told him, if he were to fail Maths in 'N' levels, it was nearly impossible to make it in Secondary 5. Besides, people such as Longwen and Zi Cai who are taking Express Elementary Maths are struggling, so can we make it? If he fail Maths, he can't go to a Polytechnic, much less a Junior College. So, the only choice was ITE right? If he fails Maths and went to Secondary 5, isn't it a waste of time and money? On that point, he was shocked by my words and reasoning, and he seems to have been "woken up from a coma"; he skipped the night class and went to his relative's house to study Maths. He must have excogitated about my words and decided to do something about it.

(Yes, you may say I am referring to myself, but I've "awoken from a coma long time ago".)


I went to study with Jerry and Zi Cai in the canteen. Zi Cai was patient enough to teach me Maths, and even gave me 2 papers to do. I had to do Serangoon Garden Secondary School Paper 1 within 1 hour and 30 minutes. I did my required work around 45-50 minutes. It was marked by Zi Cai. And guess what? I got 41/60!!! For once, I developed a sense of self-satisfaction and it certainly boost my confidence. I was contented if I got a passing mark. But this remarkable result made me realise that hard work pays off. And I didn't know what got over Zi Cai; he said I should aim an A and asked me to target 50/60.
I said it was ridiculous, but he said I could do it. Others asked me to stop looking lowly on myself.

(I didn't finished Paper 2 because I didn't have any graph papers. Zi Cai asked me to check the answers myself tomorrow and he will go through it.)

I decided to tell myself. Despite getting a desirable result, I will not fall into complacency. No matter what, I will continue to work hard. No matter what grade I get for 'N' levels, be it an A (which I thought it was nearly impossible.) or a failing grade (I seriously hope this will not happen.), I will not regret because I did my best to prove to the world and myself how high I can soar.


I seems to have wings. The feathers on my wings are like friends and teachers, who guide me and gave me motivation. Because without these feathers, I doubt I will be able to do it. These feathers and me will determine how high I will fly and soar in the eternal sky..


God bless everyone.

I will not be blogging daily till next week.

I will not be blogging daily till next week; will be blogging about the examination papers that I take.


The reason why I will not be blogging daily till next week is pretty obvious; I'm having my examinations next week.


I'm very stressed up and is rushing against time. Yet, I'm flabbergasted and take my hats off to those who are still fooling around in my class. Wow.



God bless everyone. Peace, peeps.

Thank you.

It's going to be a very busy week for me. I have to do very serious revision before the official 'N' level begins. I'm having tuition from Maths prodigies namely Longwen and Zi Cai. Of course, I have remedials conducted by my fave Maths teacher, Mrs Yap. Me, arguably the weakest person in Sec 4NA, I'm glad that there are altruistic people who sacrificed their precious time for me.


I thank these people who were willing to help me. I express my utmost gratitude and will and always appreciate their pious effort.


I will work hard for my goals; I'm aiming for 5 points. There's only less than 5 days left. What's worrying me most is that I'm having Maths and Geography paper on the same day. I'm afraid I can't cope. But I must believe in myself.


With that, I wish all the Sec 4NA and 4NT all the best for their 'N' levels. For the Sec 4NAs, you must believe that 'N' levels is the most important examination in your teenage life. I hope that will drive you on.

Not forgetting the Sec 4E and Sec 5NA, I wish you all the best in your preliminary examinations.




Stick on to your motto. Persevere and you will succeed.


Good luck.

The secret!

I'm quite pissed off just now. My father ordered my brother and me to go to the carpark to get his cigarettes. We forgot to take his car keys and went back home. When we went back, he said I was blur enough. Yeah, he contradicted himself because he was the one who was blur. Eh, his car is parked at 6A. When we reach the carpark, we couldn't find any cigarettes. Instead he doubt our effiency of finding his cigarettes in the dead of the night. When we went back, he said his cigarettes was at my grandma's house which was a few blocks away. And yes, we had to get the cigarettes.

He is a selfish guy who is hooked into cigarettes to get pleasure from the smoke and could risk his sons' health and life by asking them to go to the carpark in the dead of the night and when they couldn't find it, he still asked them to go to their grandma's house to get it for him. (Okay, it's a long sentence. Slowly get into your brain and digest.)

Let's drop the topic. Like I said in my previous post, I was giving you guys a hint. Yeah, you guess it. YES! I BOUGHT A CAMERA! If you are an avid reader of my blog, you would know that I was saving up money for Canon A400. But my mom decided to fork out $200 for me first and I had to pay off by deducting from my pocket money.


We went to look around in Sim Lim Square. We browsed alot of shops before going to Alan Photo to buy it. (Need to check other places too.) But their prices were a rip-off. One shop sold us Canon A400+ 256 MB SD Card for a whopping $315! Such exorbitant prices, only idiots buy it from them.


We went to Alan Photo in Sim Lim Square. (Not Funan the IT Mall.)


We went inside to take a look and there were many people asking for enquiries. Yeah, we finally talk to a salesperson. I asked for Canon A400 but he said they doesn't have it anymore because Canon had stopped producing it. He introduced me the Canon A410. It is a predecessor of the Canon A400 and was considered new. Needless to say, it's much better than Canon A400. So he quoted us a price. $270 + a free 256 MB SD Card without 5% GST. (The SD card is not Kingston. It's Panasonic!) Oh my! How cheap it is! Even the lower quality of Canon A400, I had to fork around $263 and I had to buy another SD card too. It was a good deal. (Mind you, it is a new one.) And my mom, who was so great at haggling prices, slashed the price to $268+ 5% GST.


Not bad.. So he taught me how to use the camera generally. And other specifications of the camera, I will look it up in the manual. At last, I'm the proud owner of Canon A410!


Here is a picture of my camera, talking:





"Weeeeeeeeee!!! I'm so excited! I was bought by James. Haha! He possess good eyesight in purchasing me! The wonders of me will be unveiled! MUAHAHAHA! *breaks into a hysterical laughter*


Lame.


Anyway, in order to test the camera, I took some shots and found them to be real cool. Here's a picture that I took:






My camera's kit.



For some unknown reasons, I was unable to put more pictures thanks to Blogger. I hope I can put more tomorrow in this post.



Anyway, I really like this camera. If you were to buy cameras, do go Alan Photo located at Sim Lim Square in the ground floor. I recommend it. The staff is helpful and its prices are fair and reasonable. They doesn't cheat your money. (Well, for my case.)


Best of all, I could take good quality pictures for my blog.


I'm also looking forward for the graduation high tea and other events and outings! Yay!

My thoughts as a Vice-Chairman

I've been a Vice-Chairman since the beginning of 2005. However, I failed as a Vice-Chairman. I do not command respect in my peers, even worse, people even hate me.

Still, I have to describe some students of my class. Recalcitrant. Incorrigible. Let's take a student from my class for example, he repeatedly refused to sit despite many warnings but keep going out from the class. Or others, who went as a group to other classes to disturb people when the teacher is absent. I asked them to went back to class, but they refused and continued what they were doing.

I can't do anything to them. They probably listen to Maliha. But sometimes, Maliha can't stand them. We can't do much anyway.

I doubt the other classes have the same problem as ours.

So please, if you're a student reading this, put yourself in our shoes before you do anything.





Anyway, I intend to make notes of Elective History for 'N' levels for Chapter 1, 2, 4 and 5. However, I wouldn't be liable if anything goes wrong. I will not print for you, but send you in MSN Messenger.

If you need it, just put your comments in this post if I'm away from keyboard. Either that, or you have to ask me in MSN Messenger. Don't nudge please.


*UPDATE*

I may not make notes for Chapter 4 & 5. There's too much to cover. I may or may not make.

My email: Jameslancer@hotmail.com




Oh my, I'm very excited! If I get the device I wants tomorrow, I'll blog ALL about it here. *hints*

It's around 1 week before 'N' level starts. I've been stressed out and very tired. Remedials given by Mrs Yap, Mrs Teo and Longwen. I can't let them down. It's N levels. I can do whatever I want after this period (Well, not really. Because we still have to go for lessons taught for 'O' levels.).


These are the targets that I want to achieve.


English--- A1
Mother Tongue (Chinese)--- A2
Elementary Maths--- C5
Combined Humanities--- A2
Combined Science--- B3
Pure Geography--- A2




Anyway, I will probably not be blogging daily from next week onwards. I really hope I can achieve my targets and hope you will reach yours. With that, I wish the Sec 5NA, Sec 4E and Sec 4NA/NT all the very best in their preliminary exams and 'N' levels. God bless everyone.

An unpleasant dream. A dream nobody wants.

Yesterday, I had a an unpleasant dream. A nightmare. I dreamt that my younger brother had bitten the dust, or missing. In the dream, I kept weeping and was inconsolable. I kept crying and felt miserable and terrible.

Suddenly, I woke up to dry my tears, then I went back to sleep. When I woke up again, I was very perturbed by the dream. Is this a bad omen? I have never lost any relatives before.

I kept thinking about the dream for the whole morning. I thought what will happen is someone or my brother had met with a mishap? I couldn't afford to lose someone. I guess I cannot take the blow. For now, all I can pray is that it is all a DREAM and it was just me being over-superstitious. Nothing else. Nothing else at all..............

I have said it in my previous posts about buying Canon A400. I did research and asked people in the forum. They said Alan Photo (One is in Sim Lim Square and Funan the IT mall.) was the best. They said they charge reasonable prices and have good service. I asked other shops dealing with Canon A400 and found that their price was much higher. I decided to email Alan Photo. This is what my enquiry and their reply:







(Please click on the picture for better viewing.)


Hmm, kinda reasonable. I decided to buy from Alan Photo. And the good news is, I may be able to get the camera next week! My mom had said she will pay for me first, but will deduct from my pocket money. Great! I'm looking forward to next week. If I were to get my camera by then, I blog all about it!

I'm sick.

It was a bad day for me. I felt so sick. Apparently, my sinus was working up. I had flu and running nose all the time. My eyes felt watery and Miss Chen asked me to go to the General Office to report sick so that I can go home and rest. But I refused, because I know it is just a common illness for me. Besides, I have to get a MC; I didn't knew I had to see a doctor. However, things worsened. I even fell on my way to the classroom. I spent more than 3 gruelling hours in classrooms, trying to concentrate and stay awake. I was on the verge of collapsing.

Also, I had an inflammation in my jaw. When I tried to move my jaw, there were Klick-Klack sounds being made, a sound similar when you break your bones. After school, I went for lunch and I couldn't open my mouth. It was too painful.

As a result, I called my mom to see my family doctor, whose clinic is at Tampines. I just came back and Dr Tan just prescribed some pills and said it wasn't serious.

As I'm writing, I feel groggy and tired. Guess I will have a good rest since I doesn't need to wake up early in the morning. Oh well.

I finally realise that money isn't easy to come by.

It's been a week since I started saving, and I've already saved up till $35 or so. I still need weeks or even months to save up till $320 for this is the first time that I wanted to buy something so expensive and have to save money for it. Unfortunately, this is not the case. I expect the price of the camera to plummet maybe a few or tens of dollars.

I did some calculations and realised that since I have $10 for pocket money per day, I would have to save $8 and spend the rest on food. All in all, by the end of October, I would have saved up $267 including the $35 that I've already saved.

Besides, its also killing two birds in one stone. I can save up money while losing weight. (I suppose so.)

I need to be penny-pinch. I have to be thrifty to buy the camera. I doesn't know when is the end-of-year holidays so I guess I gonna borrow some money from my brother.


Anyway, do anyone knows where can I purchase the camera at a low-price? Not second-hand though. Sim Lim Square seems to be the ideal mall. But there's so many shops, I can't possibly go every one that deals with cameras to ask. Any recommendations? It would be greatly appreciated.

That's it! I'm saving for Canon A400!

I excogitated, and decided that I doesn't want to buy Nokia N90 because the phone is too expensive. Rather, I'm going to save up for Canon A400; it wasn't an impromptu decision.

The Canon A400 is considered quite old since it came to the market around August 2004. I had consulted my a friend of mine, Kelvin, who was a professional photographer studying in Singapore Management University. I had asked him which camera is cheap and good; I'm a student, and he recommended Canon A400.

I decided do some research on the camera and found out that it had been given good reviews. To know more about it you can check out : http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/canon/powershot_a400-review/ It's a useful site. Besides, I have a good computer and a Canon printer, so that should be a good combination right? However there were some problems like batteries dying out fast etc, but since I've got rechargable batteries, that shouldn't be a problem. Here are some pictures of Canon A400:





The simple and sleek design of Canon A400.







Canon A400. Small and cool!







The various colours of Canon A400!




Perhaps, when you're reading this post, you may be asking 'But why do you need a camera?' Well, I'll answer it simply.

1. My family doesn't have a digital camera besides my paternal aunt. But her's cost more than $1000. Too expensive for me to handle.

2. For my birthday and the graduation high tea. I wouldn't want to regret not taking photos as many of my peers are leaving after 'N' levels and others who are graduating soon. I will miss them!

3. It's a good investment, I could use it for holidays and outings as well.

4. For my blog. My Nokia 6230 phone's camera is really bad. The quality is mediocre. So it's best for a digital camera.

5. Lastly, to feed my narcissism! Haha! Jokes aside, it's also a matter of time before we need a digital camera anyway.





I have decided to save up enough money for it. I've checked the price from the internet for Singapore. People said they bought the camera at Sim Lim Square for around $250-$280. I went to Hougang Mall's Harvey Norman just now to check about the price of the camera. To my surprise, they said it wasn't available! Maybe they considered it obsolete? Duh. I hope to buy it after the 'N' level examination finishes or around the holidays. I'm hoping the price will continue to plummet so I can buy it even cheaper. I'm going to save more than $300 (If I can) for a 256 SD MMC card to store photos.


Wish me luck for my ever dying preserverance!


Ahh, before I forget, have a great day for Mid-Autumn Festival! Gobble up mooncakes! Quick!

Eventful Saturday.

Its Saturday and I had to go to Mrs Teo's chemistry lesson. Well, actually it's complusory. But many ingrates didn't appreciate so they didn't turned up. I learned quite alot of things today. Sometimes I pity Mrs Teo. She always seems to be making a fool of herself when incorrigibile students disrupts the class and she scolds them. Anyway, here's a picture of a typical Saturday chemistry lesson.


















A picture taken during Chemistry lesson.




After attending the lesson, a group of friends and me went to Hougang Mall to have lunch. I was eating tom yam soup. Oh my, its really delicious. The best I've ever eaten so far. Its at the 4th level food court. Go try it.

Yum Yum!



Anyway, after eating, they decided to play basketball. Clarence was telling Vincent and the others about reserved or something. I didn't know what the heck they were talking. Liang Zhi wanted me to go but I refused. In the end, I relented and went.

In the end, when we went there, they were ACTUALLY playing a match with outsiders. At first, I thought we were playing a match together, but I was wrong. Liang Zhi went to Justin's house for a ridiculously long period of time. After that, they started the match, so I was alone with other friends who came, watching the match (3 sets) under the scorching sun. I was intending to leave because I wasn't very interested. However, Yingying said she will return home after the match and asked me to wait. I felt the 3 sets were not time-consuming, so I waited while watching the match.

I wasn't in the best of mood but I watched the basketball match nevertheless. It was very intense. Because both teams were very close to winning the final set of the basketball match. In the end, our team won, thanks to the classical shot from Vincent. That shot destroyed the hopes of the other team of winning. Thus, winning the game. These are 2 pictures of the match:






Basketball players running to the opponent's side, trying to shoot.







Basketball players watching as the guy jumps and tried to shoot using a 3-pointer.




A very intense match indeed. After the match, I wanted to go home. In the end, Yingying said she doesn't want to go home. What the hell? I waited for so long, yet she doesn't want to. I was irate with other happenings too. I took a bus together with Chee Wei, because he wanted to go to Tampines to retrieve back his Nokia phone, as it was faulty.



My mood was much better when my family friend had invited me to go to the neighbourhood to celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival. I was kinda happy because it's been quite a while since I celebrated. God, I love candles.. Messing with them and playing with fire. I started to think of childhood memories. My mom and Weiyan's mom was loquaciously talking away. Weiyan's father came down with his dog too. Well, his dog was a pure breed called Schnauzer. They named her Yuki. Here are some pictures:







A picture of my hand stroking Yuki's fur.







Yuki, trying to climb up to my lap. Isn't she cute?
(Forgive me for the bad quality picture.)





Anyway, like I said, we played with candles. It was very fun and kinda time-consuming. These are some pictures:






Burning candles and turning them into wax is a fun thing to do.











Don't mistake them for birthday candles!






Fire fire! Your pants on fire!







Burn candles, burn!







A picture of clustered candles!







Anyway, when we were about to leave which is around midnight, we witnessed a phenomenon. Apparently, the moon was full and bright. And guess what? Our naked eyes witnessed something that is probably clouds surrounding the moon like a ring. It was a perfect round and I had never seen anything like it before. It was certainly astonishing. Unfortunately, I wouldn't take the picture because it wasn't very visible. Besides, my Nokia 6230 camera phone doesn't even have 1 megapixels.. So it wasn't very clear. It was truly a great night.

Thanks for boosting my ego.

I seems to be recovering from the outbreak of my pimples. I even jokingly said they looked like popcorns. Disgusting? Yes! I regretted. I regretted not taking care of my face. It goes like this:


Ever since I was in primary school, I felt I was fugly. Totally ugly. I refused to look in the mirror and buy attractive clothes. Hence, I had low self-esteem. I didn't bothered asking people how good-looking I am. I didn't care how I look and I continued to be voracious. In secondary, I didn't take care of my face at all. I continued having low self-esteem till Secondary 4.

However, thanks to Friendster, my low self-esteem increased; thanks to the testimonials. I don't wish to say anymore about testimonials. (If you say testimonials are meant for people to bootlick or something, you're probably someone who's pure sour grapes.)

Anyway, I didn't take good care of my pimples still, until an outbreak happened. Apparently, my case was considered acne. They were big and red. Some of my friends were concerned and said:

"James, why your cute face liddat? Last time so flawless, now so many pimples liao."
(Translated as "James, why is the cute face of yours full of pimples? Your face used to be flawless, but now there's so many pimples!)

and

"Wah seh! Your pimples so many... Very er xin leh."
(Translated as "Oh my, you have so many pimples! It's very disgusting!)



After excogitating, I decided to do something about my pimples. I tried Follow Me (Silkpro) facial products which I spent over a whopping $80! However, I always expect and preferred quality over quantity, but this wasn't the case. It worked against me. It made my acne condition even worse. Thus, I stopped using it. I contemplated consulting a dermatologist, but consulting one means the prices will be exorbitant. In the end, I decided to consult a doctor at a clinic in Compass Point near the bus interchange.

The female doctor pointed at my pimples, saying that it was considered serious and wanted to give me strong oral pills and cream. She wanted to give me something to cure my pimples, probably Accutane, and said I had to do a blood test because it have side effects. Sounds inane right? My mother refused it so my doctor prescribed antibiotics and a pimple gel.

The antibiotics were called DOXYLINE while the pimple gel was called Differin. Congruent to the one below:









It's been 3 weeks since I faithfully took the medicine. At first, the condition worsened because of the medicine. It has improved slightly and my pimples were no longer that big. I have to be patient. I probably had to get stocks for my medicine soon.

My friends told me some of the DON'T-DO things. I've done research and found out about it.

I write 2 of the myths here.


Do not eat oily food because it can make your face more oily.

Seriously, that's bullshit. There isn't scientific evidence to support this.


Acne is caused by poor hygiene and washing your face frequently will prevent it from happening.

Don't be gullible. Well, the fact is, if you wash your face too frequently, it will make the acne even worse! Just gently wash your face 2 times a day.





For now, thanks for reading. I just hope my acne condition gets better...

Funny ad

I've came across this ad from a blog. It was meant for Father's Day. Thought I would share it with you guys. Anyway, just in case if you don't know what is Durex, it's the world's leading brand for condoms.








One of the funniest ad I've ever seen. It seems to be making sarcastic remarks while smirking secretly to the person. They probably felt "Look, you don't trust the world's most trusted condoms, now you get what you deserved!" Haha, so now you get it, always trust Durex.

North Vista Chorale is striving!

Being a chorister and a tenor 1 in North Vista Chorale, I'm extremely pleased to say that our choir will be having a concert in Singapore Polytechnic with Singapore Polytechnic choristers. Being one of the second batch, I can say I've watched the choir grown as years go by. Let me say my piece.



















Mr Francis Liew (The person I respect most.)



I developed a phobia when I joined the choir. He would scold and shout at us most of the time. As a result, I became fearful of him. I no longer had the phobia because he became more understanding, and could joke with us around. No matter what he did, I have absolute respect for him. Ever since the birth of North Vista Chorale, he was the one who taught us the methods of singing, making us improve even better each time. During the Singapore Youth Festival 2003, we trained so hard and we attained a bronze. Not bad for a choir who didn't had experience at all.



Our choir, clinching a Bronze award in SYF'03



After that, some of us went to Genting to compete in the 21st International Choral Festival, and they did us proud by achieving a Silver C award. For once, the award shut some of the performing arts as they mocked at us for getting a Bronze in Singapore Youth Festival.





A picture with some of my seniors in Genting.


When our seniors were leaving choir for their 'N' and 'O' levels examinations, we held a party for them. There are sad faces and some of us cried.




Our seniors posing for a picture.


This is one of the events we took part:

School Opening Ceremony



Glamourous choristers performing for the audience.



Since this year, we were the seniors of the choir ever since the pioneers left. And it was the year of Singapore Youth Festival 2005 again. We were determined to do well. We had many sectionals and practised hard; we even had a camp as well! Hard work do pays off, and we clinched a Silver Award!





The professional singers compete in the SYF to clinch the Silver award with the guidance of Mr Francis Liew.



It was our swan's song for the Singapore Youth Festival, and we had thus stepped down for the juniors to take over.

Every year, the calibre of the students of North Vista Chorale improves and I'm sure we can get a Gold award if everything goes well.


THE GOOD NEWS

There have been news that North Vista Chorale will held their first-ever concert in Singapore Polytechnic, together with another choir, possibly Singapore Polytechnic itself.

There's also been plans that there will be an overseas trip next year.

Since North Vista Secondary School is going to be 5o years old next year, the performing arts may possibly be performing in Singapore Conference Hall (I think) with teachers, principals etc.

With these events coming on, North Vista Chorale will strive to success!

All in all, North Vista Chorale, I love you.

Upset.

These are the results that I've received.

Geography

Paper 1= 28/40
Paper 2= 33.5/60

Overall= 61.5/100 (B4)



Combined Humanities

Social Studies= 25/50
Elective History= 35/50

Overall= 60/100 (B4)



Combined Science

Chemistry= 29/50
Physics= 28/50

Overall= 57/100 (C5)



English

Paper 1= 45/60
Paper 2= 55/80

Overall (Including oral)= 73/100 (A2)



Chinese

Paper 1= 45/70
Paper 2= 51/70

Overall (Including listening comprehension and oral)= 72/100 (A2)



Mathematics

Paper 1= 30/60
Paper 2= 15/40

Overall= 45/100 (D7)


That's about it. There's only the Design and Technology Paper left.



Upset.


I felt so upset over my English paper. I shouldn't be scoring such marks. My composition scored 22/30. Mind you, alot of people get that marks too and Mr Malvin Lim said it was marked leniently. Since I am a top-scorer in composition, what does it got to say?

1. I didn't do as well as I expected.
2. Maybe it's the marker's problem.

Despite feeling confident that I'll pass my composition with flying colours, Mr Malvin Lim said I did not do as well as the Mid-Year Paper. I'm not sure why are there so many red lines across my composition, as I used to write in that kind of method before and scored higher marks. The new marker, Mr Devan felt my way of writing or whatsoever was inappropiate and gave me such marks. People told me it is because of different markers. But how would I know where I gone wrong? Therefore, the best choice is to ask another teacher, Mrs Singh to tell me what went wrong etc. I'll do just that, probably tomorrow.

After everything has been clarified, I will aim and work hard for an A1 and graduate to Secondary 5.


*UPDATE*

Also, I had (J) who made snide remarks about me. Apparently, the snob said I kept failing my maths all the way, adding that I should not have take E Maths at the first place. There's even more derogatory remarks made, but I found it superfluous to type it here. I really don't care if it's a joke or something. If you attack my weakness, you don't go beyond the line. There's a limit to my toleration, and whether you know where you cross the line depends on your sensitivity.

I am someone who is not offensed easily over trivial matters, unless you attack my weakest point.



Note: There are some things which I cannot say in my blog for fear of offending anyone and sparking off a controversy. As of such, this post is carefully written and revised by the owner, himself.

Most memorable store ever.

I was eating with my mum and brother at a food court near Boon Keng MRT station and was walking around the area. We chanced upon a departmental store which sold pots and pans and other toiletries and cloths. (No, it's not those departmental store such as Metro or Tangs.) I found this departmental store memorable. Why? Look at these pictures :


The owner rummaging his goods for something that the customer requested.




A clearer view of his goods.




His pots and pans with other stuff.




His cloths and other plastic containers etc.




After looking at the pictures, what words came out of your mind? Untidy? Unorganised? Well personally, this is by far the most messy departmental store that I've ever seen in my life. You can see that his things are lying around, which probably look like a typical storeroom. I can't help by wonder how is he going to find those items he needed for the customer. But then again, how could you blame him? His departmental store was probably around 2-4 times the size of your toilet. There were humongous goods around and the owner was in a foul mood.

I asked him about the situation. He said "I used to have much larger space to put all my goods. However, due to the reconstruction of the building, there were limited space constraint and now, I have too many goods to squeeze into my present shop."

Perhaps it is true. But his departmental store was the only one that was messy while other shops were quite neat and tidy.

No matter what, I feel it's the most memorable and messiest store ever.

Nokia N90

After a few weeks time, it's going to be 1 year since I signed a 2-year plan with M1. I was intending to upgrade to a new handphone, I searched for a suitable Nokia handphone (I love Nokia, it's my fave brand.) that has 2 megapixels and other cool features in the stores because only Sony Ericsson has such a phone. However, it proven to be futile. Then, while I was logging in Friendster, I found an account dedicated to Nokia, and it showed a phone called N90. Serendipity? You bet! I decided to check at Nokia's website and there I found, Nokia N90!

- 2 megapixels, flash, autofocus
- 256k colours, Bluetooth, GPRS
- Mp3 player






There are ALOT more features but I couldn't elaborate it here. For more information check this website :http://www.zfone.com/mobiles/phoneid/11072/nokia-n90

God, I want this phone! Besides having cool features, I needed the 2 Megapixel camera so I doesn't need to buy a camera; I was interested in CoolPix S1. Anyway, I intend to trade in my current N6230 for around $200-$300, and I'll start saving really hard for the camera phone. However, I am oblivious of the price. If you know, can you tell me what's the retail price in Singapore? Thanks alot!

Main blog is alive again!

Hi guys, I hope you like the revamped blog. I decided to use back Blogger.com because it has much more features than Friendster do. I could design and create any templates FREE but Friendster ridiculously charge users to design their own blogs. For those who doesn't know HTML, Blogger.com even have much more templates for people in that category. Still, the best about Friendster blog is that once you updates your blog, friends will be notified of it. Thus, gaining more viewers. Anyway, I will probably not add music into my blog as I find it superfluous to do so. I hope you continue support my blog. Thank you for your time.

Today, I had to do CIP around the SengKang area.. We had to collect newspapers, unwanted clothes etc.. Similar to a rag-and-bone man.. There are kind souls who offered to help us.. It was kinda great.. Anyway, during the afternoon, we went to watch a movie. War Of The Worlds. This is the first time, I shed tears for a movie. Why? This movie clearly shows that ManKind can do anything in order to survive. For instance, Tom Cruise killed a man to shut him up so that his daughter would be protected. (Aliens can hear them.) From an uncaring father to someone who tried to protect his daughter and son, I would give the movie 8/10. It really blends well with Science-Fiction and social reality. But, the ending was lame.. The aliens were killed because of bacteria ; they breathed our air, thats why they started to die. Nevertheless, Steven Spielberg had done a great job. Oh, Tom Cruise and Dakota Fanning, they're great too!

Terribly pissed off. I had Daniel that idiot who called me a bootlicker. Saying that I "por" the vice-principal. What's his problem? Anyway, I had a shock after I reach home, I was experiencing a blackout! Thanks to the stubborness of my dad and refusal of paying the utilities bill, the electricity was cut off. I was irate. VERY PISSED OFF. I ate my dinner with a torch-light when it was pitch-black. I wonder how can I sleep through the night with no air-con or even a fan. I have to bathe with no lights on and cold water. Now, the electricity will be reconnect the next day. I seriously hope my father learns a lesson. I am in a terrible mood.. Argh.. I wonder if I can get my P.E attire by tomorrow..I couldn't use the washing-machine, and WORST OF ALL, I am worried for my fishes in the tank!! It's the first time I experience such a terrible black-out.. Alright enough of my whining.

I am writing this because I am in my grandma's house now. We had to go to iron our clothes...I am trying to figure out how I am going to sleep through the night..

Alright gotta stop here.. Imma be greeted with pitch-black after I reach home. God bless and take care.. best wishes..

It's a unforgettable day. Let's not talk about what happened in school. Let's talk about what happen AFTER school. The Vice-Principal summoned both 4N1 and 4N2 to the hall to talk to us. He talked about the mentality that we guys have, stressing the importance of urgency once again, and compared 'N' level with kindergarten certificates. Saying that foreign students can do much better than locals if they had the opportunity to come here to study. I was flabbergasted by his tone. He seems to be a nonchalant and nice guy but when he is serious, he gets down to business. Anyway, I was also surprised that he even asked our subject teachers in, encouraging them to say out the feelings of teaching us. Perhaps some but not MOST, were incorrigible. What's even appalling is that we were warned that if our attitude sucks and continue not to do our assigned homework, we were to be kicked out of school. We were even made to sign a committment letter, saying that at any point of time, if we play truancy and doesn't do any homework, we'll be kicked out of school..

About the whole speech, I only had 1 thing to say. If Mr Yong had the intention of making me change for the better, he succeeded. Effective to some, I must say, but I can't understand why some people hate him after that talk. Totally no clue.

I did some soul-searching and decided what I gonna do. Hope you guys had the strong mentality now. Gotta go now, god bless you. Best wishes.

Hi people! It's been quite a while since I've updated. June holidays is ending soon.. And within a few weeks, 'N' levels is gonna start.. Trying to aim well for my results.. maths, science, history.. etc.. Hope I pass well.. Anyway, I've still need to do my Design and Technology folio.. hee..Gonna be very busy from tomorrow onwards.. Hee.. Recently, a friend of mine from Pakistan, gave me a very good encouragement.:

IMPOSSIBLE = I M POSSIBLE

Cool huh, thanks alot Babar! Gotta use that motto and work towards my goal.. Alright, gotta stop here.. God bless and take care!

Yeah, we tried it at Changi Airport.. It's really quiet and cooling..Nice place to study.. But food's expensive.. No grumbling.. hehe.. Anyway, I revised algrebra the whole day.. So tiring.. We were studying well.. After that, we went around, and we took the Skytrain, not forgetting to go to the viewing mall, where the aeroplanes took off are held.. Cool indeed.. I also saw some pretty caucasians.. I'm not lusting,don't worry.. Haha.. nice trip indeed.. Gotta stop here.. Been so tired.. Gotta revise again next week.. Hehe.. God bless and take care!


Thanks to Serene and Faezah!

I woke up at around 9.30am.. Gotta prepare to go to chemistry remedial.. Hmmm, I was late for a few minutes.. Anyway, Mrs Teo taught some new chapters.. Managed to know some.. Also, I heard that Liang Zhi's been back from Hong Kong.. Probably around 1 week. Guess he had lots of fun. I've finally finished my artefact, and wanted to bring it home.. But it was SO fragile, it broke when I accidentally hit it.. Great, now I need the help of Mr Yusri to help me stick back by using chloroform. I'll be bringing back home.. Also, Justin was copying my design. I was making a dipper and he a stirrer and dipper.. What the.. Ah, hope my overall beats him. I believe tomorrow's gonna be a great day. I'll be going to study at Changi Airport with 3 of my friends. Pretty cool right? It's a marvellous idea. Gonna find some quiet place for some serious study.. Because 2 of them will be having their 'O' levels..Let's just hope it turns out well. June holidays is going to end pretty soon.. I'm praying that I pass my 'N' levels well. Alright, gotta stop here.. God bless and take care! Best wishes, reader.


Special thanks to Serene and Faezah for the help you've given me. Don't expect me to get distinction. But expect me to do my best.

I've been so busy during the June Holidays.. Remedials, remedials! And also, I finally finished my D&T "workpiece". Ahh, it's finally done. It's called the Tea-Dipper. Guess I doesn't need to explain further right? Heehee, hope you guys can try it out and give some comments.. I still got my folio to worry about..Not forgetting, my other subjects.. oh well....... I am so tired.. my schedule is so tight. Uh.. Gotta stop here, I still got some work to do.. God bless and take care.