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I HAVE MOVED!

2010-01-26T23:41:00.001+08:00

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2008-06-19T23:17:00.003+08:00

right so now im enlisted and recently juz passed out of BMT!
POP LO!

tmrw's my posting order then ill hafta report to a new unit/command sch on mondae
im hoping to go to SCDF BOC...dats basic officer course for scdf..i hv come to a point where i realise i dun like taking arms..id rather save lives u see..i guess its juz me n the fact dat ive been into this life saving business ever since i joined red cross..speaking of which, my juniors have had their standard first aid test earlier this afternoon..they shud pass lah..at least most of them haha

u noe i kinda miss life in bmtc..basic military centre juz in case u dunno haha..its like u live wif a bunch of pple for 9 weeks n u go thru shit n joy together, of course ull bond..n the bond u forge will definitely be great!

n im thankful to b in jaguar platoon 2 section 3..unlike other sections where it may be kinda boring or sumtimes b disliked by the platoon (hehe no comments)
oh n my platoon commander 2LT Xun Yu is great man..he motivates us n really cares abt us..thought sometimes he disappears n no where to be seen

oh the sergeants too were very nice haha..though my section knew 3SG Salihin for several weeks, it seemed dat we had known him for a very long time..

training wise oklah
not sae shiong not sae not shiong
its oklah
really
but field camp was &^%@^&(
aiya wad to do...field camp lor...trouble wif my platoon is dat they seem not to b able to learn frm previous lessons n they like to get screwed by the sergeants, PC n APC..mann
irritating sia..oh well dats shit we all had to go thru

oh i hate camou cream on my face for 5 daes man!sux...my skin cant breathe LAH!
n after field when i washed the camou off, my face was kinda red n slightly itchy...next dae i had a breakout man!
it was really jialat lor...even JK asked me how come my skin condiiton damn jialat...haiz bo pian lor...i shud have visited the MO after dat n asked y the reaction...whether it was allergy onot..instead i asked him at the end of bmt during FFI

i still wonder wad FFi stands for..i only noe its a medical check up to see whether ur fit for command school or not..in any case i got an appt to the neurologist during FFI cuz i frequent the headache..dats ont he 28th oct...so long sia...after my bdae haha

i dun tink ill b putting pics on this post cuz im too lazy...ill juz let it words n words
too bad u like it u read it
if not suck thumb!haha
but if u really wanna see my bmt pics then go find my facebook acc n find the album lor
until ive put it nicely in community web haha

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=44288&id=552713792

2008-03-14T22:37:00.002+08:00

RED CROSS ANNUAL CAMP 2008

lets see...im a senior and a teacher
woahh

klah the ncos improved..i juz hope ur standard doesnt drop..ill kill u perhaps..anw ill help out wherever i can..soon my focus will shift to the sec 3s...afterall they're taking over u guys...but i need u help leh...

so oklah plan went on smoothly..they got their buddies and said the pledge OMG so funny i made the pledge on ym wae to sch cann
then bunk inspection...YES cadets it has to b very precise..pls lor given more time we wud tekan u guys more..
this is minimal leh..

then evac lesson..to those who were listening n practicing...gd for u..anw this is for ur mass accreditation..speaking of wich, ncos do plan ahead...heres ur chance to get all the badges u wan..
OH then we had fire drill cum sudden evacuation at night WOW SO FUN..i tink its the first time we had it...

n omg it seems the cadets cant tink at night...thnk god its juz some
cadets if ur reading this: the purpose of the fire drill cum sudden evac is to train u to prepare for future emergencies n whatever not..besides its gd mental training cuz u have to endure ur lethargy n sleepy mind to think on the spot.. =)

then theres the affirmation ceremony before campfire..its a gd idea to have this cadets recognition event..oh btw RED CROSS U GUYS WERE GREAT during pledge taking...impressive i muz sae...u had better keep it up mann
if only im a cadet...i wud stand a chance to get that plaque DAMN its so cool to have it lah omg

last dae, we went pasir ris park...cadets,looks like we need to train u guys on ur fitness...gosh the wae to run a long distance is not to stop, n to psycho urself that its juz a matter of mind..really..u guys had better improve ur fitness level cuz it wud really help u...as first aiders, u need to run for emergencies n be able to carry casualties...

2008-03-14T22:20:00.002+08:00

SO WHATS NEXT?

ive applied for physiotherapy and occupational therapy in NYP
NO WAIT listen before u think ive wasted 2 yrs in JC
for certain courses in NYP, u wud require an ALevel cert.
the courses are: physiotherapy, occupational therapy, radiation therapy and diagnostic radiation

sadly u only graduate wif a diploma..DUH nyp wad..3yrs btw

if u wan a degree u wud hafta take an overseas degree-conversion course in australia or UK for 1 year..there ive made my point

but my mum told me to apply for NUS...juz in case theres an overwhelming demand in PT, OT, RT, DR...tho i dun tink so...
in any case im not really sure on wad to apply...
i thot of putting 'medicine' for fun..ill faint or go into a cardiogenic shock if i get it lah...i mean cmon wif ABC how can u get into the medicine faculty...
in any case i dun tink ill b putting dat as a choice HAHA

1 then theres BBA(accountancy)...dats bachelor in business administration(accountancy),
2 project & facilities management...i heard its a pathetic course LOL
3 nursing...hmm ive heard scary stories
4 law...HAHAHAHAH WTH SIAO GET REAL JAZIMIN!
5 chem engineering...hmm yea ok..but not other engineering courses lah...like eee..engineering

hmm mebbe dats all
mebbe ill put: chem engineering, BBA accountancy then nursing
not many courses entice me leh hmmm

2008-03-14T22:07:00.002+08:00

YAY IVE GOTTEN MY ALEVEL RESULTS ALRD!

well it wasnt wad i expected actually..i had expected more As..but i guessi shud b thankful..besides my grades arent that bad for a 19 pointer guy frm innova..i tink its juz gd come to think of it..hmm..

subject target achieved
H1 GP: B A
H1 ECONS: C B
H1 PW: B C
H1 MALAY: C D

H2 MATHS: A A
H2 CHEM: A B
H2 PHY: A C

well im so happy ive gotten an A for GP knowing that i got a C6 for english at OLevel..my sincere thnx to ms tan li wee for her motivation and praises in my essays in year 1 n mr darren chan for sharpening my essay skills and helping me out during consultations

and for econs LIKE OMG WTH?!?!ive been getting straight Us in my whole life in now a B..like YAY! haha thnx to mr foo (i owe u a hug) for the consultations and persevering wif us during our econs lessons..oh the econs teachers were great to have compiled notes for us too..thnx a lot

maths..i wud have committed suicide had i not scored an A okayy HAHA oh but really thnx ms ng..thnx for everything! ur a great n funny teacher..we'll rmb ur tomato cheeks HAHA goodness

as for the rest of the subjects, i guess i really wud have expected better..nonetheless thnx mr lee(phy),cikgu juliana(malay),mr ong seck chye(PW), mr JLim(chem) for ur valuable efforts that are recognised,no matter how small it may be

2008-03-03T19:22:00.004+08:00

3march 08

relief teaching at prss today = babysitting

yepp damn easy job..i wanted to screen a movie but firstly i cant log in to the laptop and during the sec 2 class, i was late...blame the staff rm clock mann NOT me haha

so i decided to tell ghostly sightings in prss to the sec 2 class since they were all so noisy..oh wait they were still noisy when i was telling them the stories haha..i told a few but they insist on me continuing not my fault hehe

then went to meet cassandra to pass her xphysique consent form YAY we participating it again hope we can win it again..but its gonna tough this time..open category leh!too bad we cant cheat our way to joining the JC challenge haha!

OH last saturday i went shopping after gym!yay! i bought a pair of adizero course running shoe which cost abt $120 after discount and an adidas shoe bag wich is abt $17..yea

but too bad i cant spend anymore cuz i hafta pay 50bux for xphysique and dat we're having dinner together this thurs..the RT pple dat is..

2008-02-25T22:41:00.003+08:00

oh yes pple im too bz to update my blog
well dats cuz

im a RELIEF TEACHER AT PASIR RIS SEC! woohoo!

yea yea gd pay!hehe...

im considering teacher as a career..so my choices are finalised to
- physiotherapy
- occupational therapy
- teaching (maths/PE)

my sis said i cud b a PE teacher and a DBoat coach for the sch..not a bad idea eh..ill truly enjoy myself..my mum's supportive of wtv choice i make tho i tink she's more inclined to teaching cuz of the marvellous pay

oh but CMON the pay is good only because the students can bring up ur blood pressure..relief teaching is bad enuf cuz they dont take u seriously..ive seen the low points..no names mention, i dun wanna end up in the newspaper or worse sub courts.

the thing abt teaching is dat u have homework n stuff...sch projects, grade monitoring n stuff whereas physio is limited to patient's progress n little or no homework!

too bad the starting pay for physio isnt good...for deree holders it'll only be $2K+ like wth lah...i dunno how long u wud need to climb the ladder to earn abt $2.8K+...and yea i tink i wud wanna earn dat much per month...is dat alot?hmmm well the more the merrier! =)

now: occu vs physio
its kinda tied...dun ask me to explain wads the diff...ill probably take 1h to think, then another hour to explain wad it is...

OH WELL ILL JUZ SIGN UP FOR PT AND OT, wait for 2years(NS) and see whether i wanna change my mind onot

ps:the kids at prss can b like paparazzis...go away let me breathe =) hehe

2007-12-13T10:29:00.000+08:00

I AM DESPERATELY UNEMPLOYED!
mann..job seeking is tough

2007-12-06T23:25:00.000+08:00

CANOEING TRAINING!

yay it has been a long time since i had my wet training and today, ill b kayaking at mcritchie! woohoo

well in the end the session was tough..at the end of it i felt like im beginning to b addicted to pain..oh wth i hope its not temporal sod at i can push myself u noe...

anw the T1 was quite unstable for beginners(DUH) but me n vinleon didnt capsize, so YAY! lets see...we first kayak 6km (laps) wich was quite tiring actually, but can do more lah..
then we did bursting, which is like sprints lah..we did like 3 sets of 6-30, 4 sets of 6-20 and 5 sets of 6-10..the '6' is the minimum stroke to get ur kayak going...probably similar to a threshold frequency in quantum physics(OMG PHYSICS!)
then the 30,20 or 10 is the stroke required to continue sprinting..kind of the kinetic energy of photelectrons after being emitted via bremstrahlung, i tink dats how u spell it (true enough hey..)

OH n i noe wads a T-boat, K-boat and C..haha
coach is very good man, i salute him

after bursting, we did 250m sprints x4...so dats another 1km a the training was over...

OH WAIT i 4got to talk abt the warm up..mann the warm up it self can b considered as a wet training...haha..its like we did 3 sets of:
-run +20 push up,
-run +20 push up + 20 sit up
-run +20 push up + 20 sit up + 20 jumping jacks
-run +20 push up + 20 sit up + 20 jumping jacks + 10 pull ups

GOODNESS!3sets leh...plus it was drizzling so dat make the warm up itself, officially a wet training..mann...i tink i shud adopt this regime...power mann!

jiayou ijcanoe!
YOU CAN DO IT!

2007-12-06T23:21:00.000+08:00

5th dec

kay im back at downtown east HAHA
its 0612H class outing..we're going escape theme park n YAY they r having a $7 promotion
but TOO bad it rained..so it became a makan session at burger king haha oh yes and a signing session..

anw the rest went town but i had to go home cuz i had to go marine parade..
so b4 reaching home i dropped by Recruit Express cuz ahmad recommended me dat place and i NEED a job..so wth lets juz try my luck..so i signed up, chatted wif roy and pretty much dats all...i hope i get a job soon man..i dun wanna rott at home

2007-12-06T23:15:00.000+08:00

4th dec

canoeieng BBQ today. too bad i cant go, said my mum
oh well anw i met them for a while before i went home.
but i went shopping today!yay!i got a green funky polo tee frm bossini for $20, an IP Zone berms for $23, plain white havainas for abt $45 and also a photo album for $10 at popular..i dont really like green but anyway it looks good..besides i should try out different colours n not limit myself to my Brown/Red/Orange/Yellow (BROY) combo haha! but it looks good lah seriously..or at least dats wad i tink..anw i need to get a 'poser belt' haha..probably when i get a job

2007-11-29T11:42:00.000+08:00

IF I AM RICH...

i wud buy 2 of an item but different style:
- a classy pair of shades(like those frm A/X) AND a cool one (like those frm oakley)
- a rimless pair of specs AND an oakley specs
- lotsa boardshorts AND lotsa berms
- lotsa jeans AND lotsa staright cut formal pants
- a windbreaker AND a nice sweater(like those from adidas/num)
- 2 types of havaianas sandals
- a big family car AND a convertible
- 2 handphones: one slim n chic, the other good for data storage
- 2 belts: 1 black, one white, both with a nice medium-sized buckle

oh n also
- go for facial, spa n everything to pamper myself
- buy a big house
- skills upgrading
- n probably donate some

BUT IF I HAVE LOTS N LOTS OF MONEY
gosh ill go broke in one day at Orchard/vivo etc
HAHA
- oh n buy shares to grow my money hehe

2007-11-28T15:02:00.000+08:00

IJC PROM NITE 2007
TOUCH OF MIDAS
27TH NOVEMBER 2007
GRAND COPTHORNE WATERFRONT HOTEL

pictures are under 'collection'...

man prom was so fun but i got cheated several times. firstly, sufina found out there's a prayer room at the hotel cuz she called in. but when i asked the receptionist, they had NO IDEA. omg! but thank god i remembered vinleon's class booking a room in the hotel. so thankfully he allowed me to pray in his room. so dats me n ameerul

then we went down wif the rest n took photos. crap sumthin wrong wif my left eye..its alwaes smaller than my right urgh. so later i removed the flash haha

anw i was so hungry so i cant wait till dinner. its amazing how the waiters went in and the curtains drew to reveal a so called garden balcony.BUT here comes the 2nd cheat

i paid $70 for some malay food i cud have gotten better elsewhere..the appetizer wich wasnt appetizing was wad i ate on sunday but my mum's cooking was better

there..its juz soso u noe..tofu stuffed wif vege and some spring rolls

oh then we had soup! no....not mushroom soup but kambing soup *slap forehead* i didnt noe its hari raya haji alrd..it tasted ok but it was too kambing..or too goatish?
the whole 7 course meal was very malay..personally i dun prefer malay food..juz soso
like hello? halal meal does not equate to malay food haiz...other dishes include rendang, vegetable wif gravy which looks like leftovers, steamed fish, fried rice and pulut hitam..
n i heard the teachers get to eat better food and they paid less..

anw lets not talk abt food..the rest of the prom was great. i took lotsa photos on and off the dancefloor haha..oh let me show u wad i wore..initially i planned to wear a simple pants, shirt, pullover,gold belt and a tie..then sufina n munirah warned dat many might b wearing tie..true enough they were..so thankfully i heeded their advice n wore a scarf..so i borrowed my mum's pashmina wich i bought for her went i went to vietnam..coincidentally it was gold-green..so i decided to wear it and...:

this was taken at the hotel toilet
Black pants: G2000, 1 for $60, 2nd piece at half price
White long sleeve shirt: G2000
Gold belt: sister's
Pullover: Giordano concepts
Shawl/scarf: pashmina, mum's
Shoe: check, $99

i hope i dun look fat cuz if i do then its juz the shirt inside, not the food trust me

so i took lots of photos and ended up on the dancefloor towards the end..i really had a fun time and im sure gonna miss JC life oh btw
Prom King: Haashir
Prom Queen: Napthali
they really deserve it..i wonder if they're gonna join the inter-JC prom King and Queen championships...hmm..

2007-11-24T21:55:00.001+08:00

gosh im getting kinda bored..anw i went to this career preview at suntec this morning..its suppose to b for those who are in non-healthcare industry and wanting to do a career switch to becoming a physiotherapy or an occupational therapy..but who cares im juz going there to now more abt physio..and yea im so into physio(again)

then i went to animal n bought this brown polo tee with horizontal white yellow n orange stripes on the chest area..there was a 50% discount storewide(sam doesnt noe wad storewide means haha)..i tink it really fits me..afterall the colour scheme is juz 'so jaz' HAHA..

OH n i hafta force myself to start n continue my fitness programme..i juz went gym anw..vinleon's gonna buy a newurbanmale tank top as motivation for him to work hard and pump more steel so that he can wear it...HAHA im not ready to wear it lah...still skinny..in case vinleon u need to tan (AGAIN)...well so do i..i wasted today mann..shud have gone tanning cuz its kinda sunny...these daes are rare u see cuz we're in this monsoon season (right?)

2007-11-21T15:43:00.000+08:00

THE A'LEVELS ARE OVER

OMG

FINALLY!!

mann its finally all OVER!i can now relax and renew..which is of course why i can finally update my blog..haha..overall the papers were so-so..of course there were some tough papers..my aim is to get AAABCD but i tink i can only get AABCDD..oh well im juz leaving it to fate and the Cambridge examiners..

can u believe it: right after the last paper (physics P1) ameerul and i went to play tennis..in fact it was really a CCA day..theres tennis, street soccer, basketball and floorball!haha..after the game sam, kess and i went citylink mall and later met up wif the rest at marina sq seoul garden..it was really fun mann..this is the 2nd time 0612H has had a class outing at marina sq seoul garden..oh btw fadhli owes me sumthing mann..he used my student pass as proof of being a student..as for me thnk god im wearing ij sch U..haha

anw after that i had to go down to NDC for my dental appt.this time my braces is red in colour!wooohoo hotdaymn..haha

n yea ill b using it for prom..speaking of prom i tink i might gonna get a geeky look..it wun b too geeky cuz im gonna spike my hair...well guess ill realy spend the rest of the time i have b4 prom to shop, beef up n probbaly pamper myself..tanning anyone?haha

2007-11-21T15:32:00.000+08:00

iProject Day Seven - Ten
29Nov - 2Dec 2006

Kay Im juz gonna wrap up everything here..basically we taught the Vietnamese kids English while some other Innovians played games wif them..On the last day, we had a farewell ceremony..The Vietnamese presented several performances while we danced the ACES Day workout, performed the Singapore Town dance and joined them for the 9 step techno dance..The 9-step techno dance was fun, tricky and FAST i swear..

We took a long time to eventually depart it was a very tearful moment for all of us but we were told to not keep it too long cuz it might b hard for them..Thus it was no surprise that the ride back to the hotel was very silent with a couple of sniffings after all the crying

We left Lao Cai by train, return back to Hanoi overnight and checked in a hotel in Hanoi..It was nothing special..We spent the last 2 days shopping and relaxing..I will never 4get Wei Jean's snore when she came over to watch TV but fell asleep..Don't worry she went back to her room eventually..haha

The OCIP trip was really meaningful and has brought back many fond memories..I also learnt several skills that are very useful..Added to that I got to know my peers better..However the journey doesnt end here..back in Singapore we had to plan several post event activities such as a sharing session with the entire college, a local community project and a way to spread the meaning of OCIP

2007-02-17T22:59:00.000+08:00

iProject Day Six
28Nov 2006

My new team of English Innovian tutors(i transferred to another class) could not conduct outdoor lessons like my previous class, mainly due to the fact that they do not have a strong foundation in the language. So we continued teaching chapters after chapters like colours, animal objects etc. usual stuff

My previous class enjoyed the outdoor learning where they're suppose to use the camera(their first time) to snap shots of what they like n then form simple sentences. So for half of the session, they spend time outdoor. Here are some of the pics they took:

For the other half of the session, they played 'I got peace by the river'. They found it hard to concentrate on the hand actions, what more both the actions n the singing. However, they were all determined into getting everything right. special thanks to da wei who kept the guys engrossed n interested in the song. he made the kids shout on the second 'in my soul'. as a results, the guys became enthusiastic n keen in learning the song. thats a secret i found out.

2007-02-17T22:25:00.000+08:00

iProject Day Five
27Nov 2006

I did a good deed by waking Winston, Da Wei, Hafeez, Arshad n You Ying in the morning =)

Unfortunately I didnt really enjoyed breakfast cuz its EXACTLY the same thing. guess they dunno how to vary.anyway construction at Tavan was great. We managed to flatten the entire ground surface by stepping, jumping and using bricks or the spade. But the thing i enjoyed the most is of course the teaching of English. The kids were so hyped up and active! so the lessons were really enjoyable especially when we played the games nd gave out prizes. Thank god we fought our way to teach for 2 more days cuz we're suppose to do a rotation where my group has to teach other kids arts n crafts and games. BUT we insisted on teahing them English. personally i juz wan the kids to have a good education. we already know their standard and wad has been taught. so to continue teaching them wud b easy. NOT that i dun wanna play sports or do arts n crafts.
besides, i think im kinda good at teaching English to them. an English teacher in the future?i dun really tink so esp wif the Olevel C6 grade i got..haha!

Anyway i got praised my Wen Chong today. He said I was an all-rounder. its a big deal to me cuz i have alwaes believed dat it is important n essential in being an all rounder. being praised, i think i have achieved what ive aimed. :) Now that appraisal has motivated me to enjoy and carry on with the CIP. You made my day wen chong!

oh let me share a photo.its actually a picture of a swing. except dat it is made of bamboo. yep yep.n its damn big lah! just look:

dinner at nature restaurant. me, hafeez, arshad n faris had springrolls n spaghetti. hafeez got 2 bread. he ordered garlic bread. first one wasnt, but 2nd one was.haha..2for the price of mann..anyway the spaghetti serving was little actuali..its close to wad u get in fine dining restaurants.

reflections:we claim teaching english was good.rue enuf. even the other class which wasnt active i the beginning became lively

goodnite vietnam

2006-12-22T17:27:00.000+08:00

iProject Day Four
26Nov 2006

After we left the hotel lobby, i was so happy i met sunh and her counsins!so i took a picture with them. Oh n faris stole them n took a picture too. haha. Oh man she's so cute!

sunh is on the extreme left. The girl in front of me is also cute!i cant remember her name though. but its one syllable for sure. haha

Today we'll be taking a break from construction and going to Bac Ha market. It was a VERY LONG THREE HOUR ride on the shaky van. Almost got headache. Oh You Ying got motion sickness. haha. Heres some strawberry vietnamese chewing gum.
strawberry. pink. braces. pink. strawberry milk. pink. SHIT.

We had stops along the way for toilet break, one of which was at Lao Cai. I was told there was a porno picture in the toilet. OMG. What's that for? ok maybe the guys noe. haha. i didn't go to that toilet but the one ont he second floor rather. 100% no porno. im clean.

So when we're there we shopped for about 1.5hours. We bought a soccer ball for the TaVan kids. I got shawls for mum, bracelet for my fwen, ancient coins n a few more stuff. The Bac Ha market is popular for its rendezvous for many minority tribes. They will gather after walking for long distances just to interact with other people and buy their essentials. Its quite silly to travel 6h in total (to and fro) just to shop for about 2h come to think of it. ANyway we met some saints from sajc. They're there for OCIP also but at a different place. I think they're gonna hike a mountain also.

Anyway after the shopping we had lunch. The muslims ate our food like snickers, milk, tuna n stuff while looking at others eating noodle. oh well. anyway later we return back to Sapa where we had our own dinner. the muslims gathered at nisa/raidah's room to makan.we shared the food we had. theres luncheon meat, campbells soup, potato chips n more!then we went back to our rooms n took our materials for sharing session.

goodnite vietnam

2006-12-20T16:24:00.000+08:00

iProject Day Three
25Nov 2006

So now its about the same thing everyday when we're here in Sapa. Morning would be construction for about 3 to 4hours. Followed by teaching and interacting in the afternoon after lunch for about 2hours. For the construction, it seems that everyone is very hardworking at it and had the persevering spirit. We were so hardworking that the teachers were afraid we were too exhausted working hard. So they insisted on takign breaks. For me I didn't want to take a break until im tired. Besides, if i stop, i wudn't want to get up and continue working. haha. so once i lied =X about taking a break to one of the teacher. hehe. but i took a mini break about an hour later. =)

On day 2, i tore down their hostel furniture n removed the wooden planks. Then i went outside to level the ground by digging the rocks. So today i continued leveling the ground. We found more huge rocks underneath and so we had to excavate it out. No joke okay! And of course they're damn heavy. We had to first use different sort of spades to dig around it and loosen the soil. Once the soil is loosen we hafta dig it out and try to move the big rock. Slowly but surely we got it out by making use of the first class lever system whereby the fulcrum is in the middle and we just had to add force downwards. Oh and thanks for the big and long bamboo!

So we had our lunch. Today we had packed lunch; 1hard boiled egg, 2 baguette(one with cheese), 1packet of yoghurt, 1orange, 1cheese, some vege and tomatoes. Yea thats all. It just taste alright. Nothing marvelous. Then we played with the kids. haha. some of them were shy. most actually. but i rmb playing hide n seek with 2 vietnamese kids. my god they can play hide n seek the whole day n not gte sick of it.haha!

And then its time for ENGLISH LESSON! This would be my first time to teach about 20eager Vietnamese students on the language. I had fun. seriously.

Lesson 1.1:
Colours

Red --- Orange --- White --- Black --- Pink --- Purple --- Blue --- Green --- Yellow
ok class read for me. what is this?(points to every word)
rage --- oh-range --- whait --- be Lack --- pink --- per pearl --- be ler oo --- grinch --- yea Low

now THATS what i call ENGLISH!

Lesson 1.2:
Colours-sentences

The shirt is blue
what is this (points to every word in the sentence)
Zhe jhert is be-lu

bravo BRAVA! =)

haha dats funny..they have a bit of zhe french accent..they use to be a french colony u see

so we went back to our hotel, washed up and prepare for dinner.

before we went for dinner, we walked around the streets for some shopping and went back to put down our stuff. While waiitng for the meeting time, hafeez, arshad n i meet 3 ADORABLE tribal girls who talked to us. I was amazed at their competence int he English language given their age n education standard in school. So we talked n talked. I found out that all 3 are cousins and that they live in Lao Cai. Tonite was their last night in Sapa and they would be returning to Lao Cai tmrw. So let me guess..they walked to Lao Cai?! OMG we took about an hour an a half for a van ride and they're WALKING home? geesh strong people. I was quite sad i didn't take a picture with them. I only remembered one of the girl's name. Sunh. i think thats how u spell cuz THATS how u pronounce it =) i just hope they wud still be there until after dinner

Today's dinner was at this restaurant called Nature's. Its very nice i think. VERY cosy. So those taking the vegetarian meal were segregated from the rest. Sadly? Not at all!

NUMBER ONE: 8 of us got to sit together and we were comfortable
NUMEBR TWO: we played chap chili chap with crappy gestures
NUMBER THREE: we got dishes no one else had like omelette and fruit curry

i LOVE the fruit curry. its a hot dish with fruits like watermelon, pineapple and banana in a mild curry sauce. I kept on tasting the curry sauce to investigate the ingredients. Guess im not as expert as my late aunty. But if im not wrong i tasted a bit of curry(DUH) , cream and thousand island. Sounds like a weird combination BUT bottomline its NICE. seriously. I kept on eating till i burn my tongue slightly cuz its still hot. OH n did i mention about the Vietnamese springrolls? Its superb! We ate vegetable springrolls by dipping it in the light soya sauce and put the WHOLE thing in the mouth. Its not that big if your thinking of Old Chang Kee's springrolls. It just about the length of your index finger.

AND THEN.....the finale for the coursed dinner is a BIRTHDAY CAKE! Happy birthday Hui Min! Last year for Mission 45 someone celebrated his/her birthday in Thailand. So now's iProject's turn! The teachers ordered a cake and we got THREE CAKES. u noe why? they considered a 3 tiered cake as one. So yea.. We ate one or two, gave some to the restaurant's customers and gave the last one to the TaVan students.

No sign of Sunh and her cousins when we returned. how sad...

goodnite vietnam

2006-12-10T15:53:00.000+08:00

iProject Day Two
24Nov 2006

GOOD MORNING LAO CAI! So the train stopped at Lao Cai train station and we packed up out stuff and alighted the train.

We met up with some others at the gate later as they were in another cabin and rode 4 separate vans to go to Sapa. The ride wich was 2hours long was filled with the sounds of horns from vehicles and picture perfect view of the mountains, low lying clouds and also man-made terracing. The best part was when we were shocked at the piles of cow dung left on the road. eww. We also passed by several schools, none of which we're going. Soon enough we reached Royal View Hotel and brought our luggages down to the lobby where we were served with some Vietnamese green tea. It wasn't really nice- or maybe we're just pampered with the sweet things in life.haha. Anyway we're not ready to check in, so we had breakfast at the hotel's restaurant. I could only eat the vegetarian noodle (wich looks like maggie mee), the fried rice, fried egg, some sandwiches and the fruits. Too bad I can't eat the bacon or sausages. oh well... After breakfast, we brought our bags to some holding rooms as some of us will be living in another hotel (Mountain View Hotel), wich is a 1 minute walk from Royal View. And so the guys who will be shifting to another hotel posed on the bed. haha

ok ronald's EXTRA..haha

OH and guess what?when i wanted to remove some big waste at the toilet, i found out that I CANT FLUSH IT! omg...so i called for room service. I pity the plumber assisting in the plumbing works. oh wEll..So we went down to ride the van to Ta Van School which was about a half an hour ride. We were welcomed by a banner n two neat rows of vietnamese kids who clapped when we walk pass them. OH MANN.. the schools doesnt look dat bad.theres 3 buildings.2 belongs to the secondary schools wile 1 for the primary school.n so we went into a classroom for a welcome greeting and dance. There, we were also served Vietnamese green tea. This time i forced myself to gulp down half of it.

Now thats us sitting on small benches. If you were to notice my hair colour is somehow different. I LOVE it anyway. haha

The performance were so cute especially when the small kids came in to perform. haha. so after that we walked around the school and by the time it was around noon, we went back to our hotel, check in, have lunch and return to the school to begin construction

DIG SCRATCH DIG SCRATCH
the ground mind you, not elsewhere...geesh!
we had to do some levelling works u see..we also tored down their beds with hammers n the power of shaking..haha..OH n a hammer flew to the wall..its like OH MY GOD..luckily no one was in that direction...so it was about 4pm(singapore 5pm) dat we left the school to return to our hotel to freshen up, have dinner and debrief/reflections. I enjoyed reflections i guess.

After that we returned to our hotel n had supper. Fortunately 3 of the guys' room could merge via the balcony. so we had fun eating supper, talking crap n sharing jokes.

oh n look under 'collections' to view all the pictures!

goodnite vietnam

2006-12-06T22:26:00.000+08:00

iProject Day One
23Nov 2006

We're all so excited to go to Vietnam. The whole iProject team were suppose to meet at the airport at7.30. I was the third to come. First was Hafeez followed by Jie Ying. My mom spoke to this lady on her left whose daughter from TKGS is going to Australia for netball training. It's like woah, u go all the way down-under just to train. Anyway in the end the last member came at about 8am. Well he has a valid reason; there was a traffic jam. haha. I was so glad some Innovians came over to bid us farewell. Yep, people like Yong Feng, Isa, Sling, Nigel, Te Chun, Kenny. Yong Feng ur stud sux. Thnx for dropping by so early in the morning btw. Oh n Nigel, ur labelled as the loud guy, though i thought Kenny would claim that title. Oh n i was so lucky Mr Lim n Te Chun told my mom im a good guy, which is true anyway =).By the time it was around 8.30, everyone had their baggage checked in and after waving our last wave, we went pass the officer and cleared the first row of customs. It was so funny when we all did a 'general wave' to the parents n our friends. Anyway we proceeded to BK to grab a pre-flight meal. I went to 7-11 to buy some potato chips. Oh n the lady at the counter was quite horny. But nvm. I shall put it to discreet mode.

It was about 9.00 that we met at the boarding gate n took a group photo. OH n i LOVE travellators! If u brisk walk on it, ur practically walking twice ur normal speed. After the group photo we went in, scanned our hand carry and sat down for a while before boarding the plane. Oh n we all started talking Viet. by reading our arrival/departure card. Too bad we cant talk out loud as we are afraid we might insult the language in front of some Vietnamese people there =X

The flight was 3h 30mins long and im proud to be a Muslim cuz we got our food served first. haha. Oh n thanks to Marsha for switching place wif me. Thanks to her, me n Faris could karaoke our way to Vietnam to the soudns of HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL.

mann..i love KrisWorld. haha. i have alwaes loved the in-flight meals. I got chicken initially but swopped with Faris for salmon. Prefer fish sometimes. I forgot what movie i watched but it wasnt for long cuz i learnt some Viet. language with KrisWorld, the entertainment set. I found out later that i could have asked for soft toys cuz they have it. Winston got this dog(i guess) from Barnyard. Freddy, u noe him, that crazy fella? yea.

So we alighted the plane and found ourselves going out by two tubes. So we took pictures of each other. haha. Singapore isnt like that okay?

After clearing immigrations, we all had to check for the number of stamps we have cuz some of us lack of stamps. haha. SO funny. At the arrival, some Viet. pple were holding this red banner bearing our college name on it. There were some girls(some hot ones haha) holding several bouquet of flowers. For the teachers i guess. So when the formally greeted us and gave out flowers, i was so shocked that i got a bouquet also!! AARRGGHH OMG OMG OMG!

I have never gave pple flowers, wad more received them..haha I decided to hold the bouquet for the whole trip. Some sort of a companion and something to pose wif u noe..

In the bus we went and travelled the streets of Hanoi. It is beautiful! You can literally feel the clamness the capital has to over. Sad thing is that the traffic conditions is quite scary. Then can never get their hands off the horn button! I found out later that they don't obey traffic regulations either. I juz hope i can survive here. We headed to an old prison which has become part of their heritage. It's because it is that very prison that sparked the birth of an independent Vietnam. It's also sad to see how the prisoners live by each they. Most of them were given a concrete 'bed' to rest on while having their ankles locked to the ground. Their 'toilet' was alos pathetic. Its just a whole wif a big pail underneath. mann.. And for serious criminals they get sent to the dungeon. On the other hand its creative to see that instead or barbed wires they have on the walls, they used pieces of broken glass. PLUS the walls are 5m high n 0.5metre broad. For me i could really feel the sufferings by the prisoners. Also cuz the place is rather creepy.haha

After the prison visit we went to a local supermarket to stock up our supplies. So me n You Ying shopped for food, food n more food. We got about 8 bowls of instant noodles, 8 small packets of milo, 4 strawberry milk, 4 choc milk, 4 plain milk, some chips, snickers, sardines n stuff..i think its quite cheap as compared to grocery shopping backin Sing. Our 2 bags full costs us 240,000 dong which is about S$24...dats S$12 per person. Yep yep.

Then we walked around Old Quarter Street which is like Chinatown + Geylang + Little India and the pasar malams. Theres alot of stuff there. I got some communist badges wif Ho Chi Minh on it. Its 10,000 dong per piece(abt S$1) Bought 10 of those and bargained till i got 7,000dong for all 10. Yep yep. Should have bought more. It damn nice lah! Anyway as we walked on, we got kinda 'conned'. Some peddlers came forward and put the wooden plank wif 2 basket thingy on Hafeez' shoulder and she said 'photo, photo'. Well alrite, we'll take a photo. Then she gave us a bag of bananas n pineapples and said '100,000dong' WHAT THE HELL. $10. oh nono. So i gave her 2,000 dong initially (20cents oops) "NO...100,000 dong" oh mann..fine i return her fruit bag n gave her 4,000 dong(40 cents haha) take it or leave it. And she helped her hands to my money. I pity other who paid her about $3 and even $10. Oh well..i guess its for the experience. That was after we went to this shop wich sells flags, badges n more! they bought this HUGE flag for sling. Can u imagine shorty sling with the big flag?haha i bet when she holds up the flag, it wud be touching the floor!haha kk not that extreme lah. Anyway i bought some Ho Chi Minh badges here. I got a 30% discount, paying 70,000dong instead of100,000dong for 10badges.

Dinner was at Nisa restaurant. Khairunisa(Nisa) was very happy. haha The Malaysian-Muslim restaurant serves Indian, Malay n some Viet cuisine. It was NICE!i felt like home. I ate lotsa meat cuz i noe i wun be having much meat later on. haha. Oh and damn the omelette is nice!

After dinner we headed to the train station at Hanoi to go to Lao Cai and later Sapa. The overnight train was a long 10hour ride. It was quite comfortable and the toilet was amazing. Its literally juz a whole down to the railway track. yep yep. haha. The night was quite cold but i had a good sleep. Cabin roomies: Yeow Sheng + Padro

Till tmrw then!
goodnite vietnam

2006-10-24T11:48:00.000+08:00

I DID THIS =)

2006-10-19T00:13:00.000+08:00

SEVENTEEN OCTOBER i will remember

the day
the day i lost my cat
the day i lost my cat at the mosque
the day i lost my cat at the mosque thanks to somebody who misplaced/stole it

haiz...
u muz b wondering y i brought my cat 2 the mosque..to wear LAH!u need to wear footwear rite..i lost my puma slippers..i wasnt for one month before its gone now leh..no joke..its in the holy month of Ramadhan some more..i hope the person returns it cuz he MIGHT have thought i was his..oh well im juz beign optimistic here..no harm rite..

anyway 2dae, as in 18oct i had an exam wif SEAB..H1 mt paper..wasted i cudnt finish the paper..i wrote the compo wif no effort and only did less than quarter of the second paper..i had a bad headache..worse i had pw later..
NAH..dun sympathize me..its a mock exam that SEAB is conducting..we wun b getting back the results..SEAB juz wanna see our standard..i think they think its fun to do so..oH wEll..

oh gosh intensive MT n PW is gonna start soon..like this fri..but never-the-mind cuz its holiday for sat-sun-mon-tues! n then back 2 sch on weds...oh gosh..
HAPPY DEEPA-RAYA!

btw i got my baju kurung alrd..its this dark pink outfit that is pattern wif what seemed like rough surfaces..quite nice though..n got a new samping(so called malay skirt) that matches n contrast a little to the outfit..oklah not so bad...im thinking on whether 2 wear my kitty(puma) shoe onot..hmm..that'll b later..

2006-10-05T22:35:00.000+08:00

i hate project work
PERIOD

i guess all jc students wud agree wif me
no, really...
wads the point of doing pw now...its gonna be out of the curriculum like in afew years time wad...
juz get rid of it NOW
yes NOW
urgh...

tmrw i hafta go sch JUST for pw...n i tink we're gonna do intensive written report writing...no joke...8-12...its WORSE than studying for exams lor...to think we can celebrate when the mid course exams are over...ouh pullease...

i wanna jog n gym
inspired to work those muscles...haha..the thing is im fasting...hmmm...yay this sat we have wet training...but i wun b exerting much...and later (urggh) i have gp tuition..yea even the exams are over..waddehel...oh well it has been paid...yea yea...

i need a moisturiser...
my skin is dry...seriously...i should go for those beautican outlets n solve the problem...easier...faster...any sponsors? =)

2006-10-04T15:34:00.001+08:00

hey im back!

yea i juz ended my last mid-course paper juz now..physics..well i juz hope i can get promoted..all the papers were alright though im not very confident of my answers for chem, phy n malay..oh well screw malay..haha..then i juz remembered i had a blog..one which i hvnt update it for a VERY long time..

sadly i cant rest much now all thanks to pw..if not for project work i would have rej0iceD..haha..these few days i feel like volunteering at pertapis children's home..thanks to the collaborated activity with MINDS Youth Group(part of my project)..i mean its easy volunteering a the children's home..juz call them up n render ur services..no u dun have to clean the place..u can juz give them free tuition..simple..btw the children there are very cute..as in the younger ones lah..i rmbed one..haha..i tink dats wad moved me to wan to volunteer there..anyone wants to follow me?its somewhere near kovan rd, serangoon mrt..frm home ill take direct bus 81..

oh i cant wait to break fast wif my friends..next sat the ex-pasirians frm 4e7 4e8 will b breaking fast at orchard..we hvnt decided where to dine though..hmm..

oh gosh now that exams are over i tink i hafta do more housework..haiz..anyway i tink im gonna make a new blog skin..but first i hafta get the adobe cd frm rafidah again cuz i lost the progamme..sis had to reboot it..oh well..

2006-06-18T16:24:00.000+08:00

well i cant blog much now..JC life is damn bz..n gosh my keyboard is sumthin wrong...i cant type the letter easily...i hafta press = backspace 2gether and this will appear:'=rrrrrrrrrr' continuously n so i have 2 edit..haiz..summer test is cumin n i hate PW..well so does everyone else..btw im watching happy tree friends 2 destress..haha...NO im not a sadist!i think..this june holiday is not a holiday afterall..its not even a break..1st week i had preU sem which i enjoyed..view this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btnaoeb8_Ro&search=gfc%2060

so dat was the 1st week n thnx to the preU sem i was sick 4 one long week. thats sore throat, flu, slight fever, lethargy, headache and cough all in one.haiz..2nd week i had school, brunei red crescent exchange programme, dental appointment and first aid course at one go.i had to miss the first aid course(and got scolded by the teacher) but i promise 2 make up with hq.in which i did.NOT.mum didnt allow me to go today.so i will hafta make up at some other dates and start all over again.btw my cert expires this august.so technically im still a certified first aider.and so now is the third week.i really have to study(im relaxing 4 a while now).nxt week is already my exams.damn. i hope i score really well.my aim is quite high.its A for H2 maths, H2 chemistry and H1 econs, a high B for H2 physics and a low B or high C for GP.i dun care abt MT cuz i think im gonna score low(as i alwaes do)haha..

k fine im goin back 2 study soon..cya(not so soon)...

2006-04-29T21:26:00.000+08:00

wiped room ceiling fan
mopped room
mopped study room
sweep balcony
10 laps breaststroke
2 laps freestyle n breastroke
2 laps freestyle n breastroke
6 laps breastroke
played wif water
bathed
studied econs
lunch
memorise surah
slept
dinner
blogging

wonder whats for tomorrow..

2006-04-29T20:51:00.000+08:00

JC1 Leadership/Outdoor Camp 2006

camp @jalan bahtera was fun.80% fun. it wud have been 99% fun if not for the first night.grrr.damn pissed lor.
in brief somebody did a bad baD bAD BAD thing.n i mean bad. mr lee wung yew caught the evidence n the whole pe department activated a bag check on the guys.wif the help of the odac leaders too.we had to run to our dorms, packed our stuff, run back to the hall, unpacked while going to the push up position at times, run to the parade grounds, stand in three rows and in sediya position, stand, stand n stand, take off shoes, stand, stand n stand.then after everything is done, we packed back our bags n went back to our dorms.

edeleine:jaz u alrite?u look pissed...

well obviously im pissed.damn that guy.my mood for the whole day was spoilt.seriously i was very motivated after watching the video on shackleton,t he adventurer.after that, it all went to a negative value.

oh canoeing was soso.its not even a canoe lor!its a sit-on-top.aquila lost to sagi for rafting but luckily it wasnt included in points calculation.-phew-we had to quickly change n set off for friday prayers at the pusara aman mosque.however we missed the bus.haha.panic a while.then i asked mr lee whether the bus had left.indeed true.thank god mdm zalinah drove us to the mosque.he car was nice.thnx cher anywae!

day2
2dae was the best day ever.for the camp dat is.we had games all the wae.high elements, low elements n stuff.for the challenge pole i caught the bar hanging for 1 second.lucky shafique he caught it.it was scaree leh. damn scaree.i accidentally let go of it cuz i din hold tight enuf to hold on to my weight.hmm.nvmlah at least i jumped.khehee.the other high elements i cudnt do was the last one.that is climbing this pole wif rock climbing tiles.i was tired so i cudn't carry my weight much.i only climb until about 2/3 of it.i think.
campfire i like!
our performance was the best.obviously.it wasnt graded but can see lah.first up 12H danced hornily to the song 'Do you want to' by Franz Ferdinand.the music cut off halfwae and we sang the class acapella-'the reason' by hoobastank wif a twist. basically last part was 'and the reason is..AQUILA!'
haha
then since its a combined campfire performance,43A continued wif their own percussion performance.we supported them by the side by playing around wif the class bandana n dancing to the groove.haha.
shawn the emcee said 'i think that was the best performance'
AQUILA CHEERS LOUDLY!!...
so happy =) this is the best campfire performance i did. thanx 12H n 43A!u rock!

day 3
haiz. we're going back soon. but before anuything we have to do big sweep.aka area cleaning. thank god me, samuel n wilson cleaned the guys toilet earlier cuz we were posted to cleaning that veyr biys toilet.it was rather clean at that time.so our scrubbing was less intense.oh wait.it was still intense cuz we wanted the toilet to be 5star hotel-sparkling clean.n indeed it was at the end of the dae.happee...
too bad our class didn't win the best CG award.shud i feel guilty?hmm..anyway after dismissal we went to KFC and gobble up our food like we never ate before.k fine dats an exaggeration but u get wad i mean rite..

2006-04-14T16:52:00.000+08:00

theres a new star wars movie i heard..it features mainly jarjar binks, darth vader n anew character..so wondering what's the title of the movie?

Yep..star wars-return of the human brother
haha
i forgot to change the episode number though but well..thanks to adobe here..

so why me n jaja?well ask the j2s,esp rafidah..she n her fwens are all behind these..haha..jajabinks n jazimin..not bad eh..haha..n coincidentally i posed like that on a picture n jaja posed the same way..too much of a coincidence..haha.. thanks to yahoo image for jarjar binks' picture

rafidah actuali made a poster before this..here it is..

hahahhahaa...

2006-04-12T09:29:00.000+08:00

PRSS 21st Speech Day 2006

on the 8th of April 2006, pasir ris secondary school celebrates her 21st birthday. today is the speech and prize giving ceremony. im so happy ill be receiving my school Colours Award(Gold) for Students' Council. hehe. i decided to wear ij tie with ij uniform but then the tie doesn't match with the uniform. really. imagone blue and cream. eew. so i decided to get a brown ij pullover. thanks to rafidah i got one. yay. so i put on the pullover and tie when i reached there. woah. its so nice. its not that warm actuali. well cuz i didn't run around(dUh). haha. the teachers and some of my friends thought it was nice. well indeed it was. and no innovians don't wear this everyday to college(u have got to be kidding). the college should make us wear this set when taking prize, CG photo or any other formal events when the college blazer is used. so u can imagine prize winners for ijc 1st speech day wearing ij uniform, tie n pullover, while student officials wear ij uniform, tie n blazer. yea.

oh and many were surprised when they found out that all ij uniforms are fitted with tight bands at the bottom to make it look tucked in. so while otehr college students fit in their shoe laces into their uniform or tuck them in, innovians don't have to. jealous? haha.

today the principal unveiled a sculpture to represent our school. its quite interesting though. its called 'Vivo Pasirina'. haha. it looks like this stylized flower made of steel/brass. very nice. we took a picture with the sculpture with Mr Ow. the excos(xcept rena), ms jiang and mr Ow dat is.
food was nice and we excos did our normal routine. we made our own buffet line. haha. oh i have a picture...

so fUnny...

2006-04-01T22:41:00.000+08:00

freitag/friday/jumaat
went to tpjc after prayers with aznita and hakim(who went TM instead) for this 'pidato' or speech competition..yay i can meet my fwens who went tpjc, n the rest who will be meet there..i din really listen to the presenters though..the presenter for innova is this girl also in pre-U seminar..wah..damn pro gal..khai represented meridian..

then we ate during the break and caught up..gosh i miss them..faiz, nizham, hakim, aisyah, seha, khai, lina, sharifah n all..den i met this guy from tpjc but lives in woodlands..haha..dats the opposite of me..we two should switch houses..haha..he's from riverside sec, the skool dat has lotsa pupils in innova cuz its near..he noes gareth..its a wonder why he couldnt get in after trying to appeal..probably innova is popular n dat alot of pple(esp pple wif good Os) wans to come in..haha..

after the whole thing we went to eat at food culture at century square..we couldn't decide where to go initially..and so we talked..me, zee and aznita talked to the easterners(mainly faiz initially form ijc, danilah from sajc and hafiz frm tpjc)..they were looking at me eat cuz i told them the reason i eat slowly is cuz i can only eat on my left..and so they stared..waddeheck..haha..but it was funny lah being stared at n stuff..danilah noes jannah previously frm ij..n they're classmates!gosh wad a small world..haha..they helped themselves to my fish n chips..i din mind..seriously..danilah asked around for tissue n faiz took out a roll of toilet paper tissue..waddeheck..haha..now i feel like im in a cubicle wif 5 other people of different sex, and eating..my gawd..haha..but oh well at least he has a tissue..i shud pack tissue packets into my bag..hmm..its a good habit u see(dUh)
g0sh this pple are nice pple..if only we can have more of such meetings..i wonder if any of them are going pre-U sem..then can meet them again!wooho0..tml is the semi-finals for the hollaback crew..i SO want to go but dunnoleh..i tink my mum wun allow..hAizz..ad astra must win man..i watched the video..the song is creative though the chinese instrument is quite overpowering..haha..den de cheerleadingw as of course superb..dance was not dat coordinated..theres room for improvement though..
I-N-N-oh-O-V-A!
INNOVA!

2006-03-29T18:29:00.000+08:00

cross country @macritchie

damn i handed my name along wif kien seng's n sufian's name late..if not we cud be doin first aid duty instead..but ohWhell..running isnt that bad..yay gonna tone my calve muscles..haha..oh i had to help fadhli(J1 Aquila house captain-woohoo) make n print cheers for as many people possible..its quite cool..most of it is original..anyway i went macritchie wif ameerul, amirah, ain and fadhilah(i tink dats how u spell)..nice meeting fadh..anyway i dropped down at novena wif ameerul(the rest went bishan) and walked to the bus stop and thus macritchie..i rEallY felt like doing duty but nvmlah..got the blue tag and waited..

fadhli:cher jazimin cher!
jaz:huh?!
mr lim:ah come come jaz..write ur name here..number 173

wAdeheck!im running competitive?!g0sh..frm FA duty to mass run, to c0mpetitive..haiz..darn u fadhli..n so we ran..ran..ran..the last time i ran mCritcie was in sec 1..haha..the forest terrain was uneven..n soon and emerged at the path along lornie road which is so long..worse still my chest is hurting..damn..run..run..yay im gonna go into the finishing area..run run..

a grp of J2 gals: go jajabinks!!

waddeheck..rafidah was there covering her face..hmm..mUz be her..haha..running down the slope is easier..i could take bigger strides,conserve energy n thus run faster..haha..but then why run so fast..i got number 44 for competitive spot..haha..not surprised..phew tired..got a no.44 tag, bottle n an IJC Xcountry keychain..quite nice leh..
so relax n stuff..n next:cheering!
there was some discrepency in cheering..haha..but well nvm lah..i guess some hardwork printing it out gone down the drain...khahaha..probably we save it for sports day or sumthin..

house results for Xcountry: Sagittarius, Taurus, Aquila, Rasalas..now its back to the proper STAR order..haha..

after Xcountry we went towning..ate at far east..quite nice ah..den walk to cinelesure..bye fadhli bye nigel..so sam, shahidatul, kien seng,michael n his fwen went to watch V for vandeta...i decided not to watch..im gonna be broke soon man..alex came town after returning to tanglin sec n we walked at heeren..ouh saw a bunch of ij gals..those frm elite skool..natria n her friends dat is..such a small singapore, such a small town..so we went round heeren, then to peninsula plaza, den citylink mall n lastly raffles city..ate 2 special pies frm polar while walking..its was nice man..2 for $3.90..YUM! haha..
we went new urban male at heeren and i felt intimidated..g0sh..its like the tanned sales assistants were all so bulky in size..most of them wore sleeveless, berms n slippers..veyr urban male..wah seh..im juz a skinny guy..haha..alex said 'shops shudnt get bodyguards as sales assiatant'..haha..true..but well i guess that forces us to bulk up..hehe..i bet they dragon boat eVeryday..haha..

2006-03-26T13:01:00.000+08:00

shUd i look on the bright side?well fine finally after days of waiting and procrastinating im g0in wild wild wet TODAY. yuep. confurmed. its gonna b me, zai, meerul n probably azfar. hurray. pasir ris swIm team reunited. khahaha. i bet its gonna b damn fun esp when crazy lunatic zai wud b there. he's so happy to find out im treating. but he'll now it later that im using c0mplimentary tix rather than cash. khahaha. who cares. at least iM treating him.

2006-03-24T20:44:00.000+08:00

omg omg omg..WWW tml!! arrghh!!
lets see who's goin: me, farhan, azfar, ameerul, hakim
dat means hakim U MUST GO!!
go leh..walau..juz have fun ah..its not as if we meet up everyday rite?i got 4 complimentary tix. the rest of the cost we'll split lor..go leh go leh..

meer u also muz go..u can recharge urself after hockey for -err- ard 8-10 hrs?then after dat hit the waters ah..its gonna be fun =)

who else shall i invite?hmm..zai..?hmm...klor..wif zai around things gonna be n0iSy!haha

if WWW's tml dne ill hafta do housework today..haiz..sian..wash toilet, sweep balcony floor, mop..yea guess dats it.
oh and yea!i dun tink ill be running for Xcountry..haha..gonna do first aid duty!hurray!so fun do FA duty..can treat injured pple, socialize and stuff..at the same time can brush up my FA skills and see pple suffer!MUAHAhaha..im so sadistic..but i heard innova hvnt purchased their first aid stuff..so they HAVE to buy it quickly..wah..dat means new FA stuff..so cool..new stretcher, new FA kit etc.wah..

2006-03-18T18:24:00.000+08:00

i was so looking forward to having fun at wild wild wet downtown east. i completed my houseworks over 2 days so that i can enjoy myself. yep. wild wild wet. on mE. actuali its cuz i have 4 complimentary tix. haha. but too bad only three came-me, azfar n farhan. hakim cudn't come cuz he doesn't wanna get any more black(uRgh) and cuz he's broke for makan after fun, ameerul went JB, zai cudn't be contacted and faizal in the end cudn't come(not his fault though). i was quite pissed only three came but well. we'll juz go next week. hope it doesn't procrastinate cuz the complimentary tix is only until 31st march. anyway i wasted $10 on the funkey card that is needed to pay for locker usage n stuff. if only i knew i cud have just saved that $10 and use it for something else. like. err. new bag? haha. anyway the funkey card is actually this so called downtown east membership card that has a stored value and can collect points. so u can use it at places like WWW or the funkey balls(pool and fooseball) to pay or collect points. so i shud make use of this -err- privilage. but i wonder what i can do wif the points collect. redeem stuff? hmm.

so the three of us decided to go next week with more pasirians so that we rEally eNj0y ourselves. woohoo. so pasirians/tpjc-ians mUz all psycho hakim to go =)
i can provide sun block (spf 30). haha.

BK, off we go cuz theres the student offer meal. well. not really. today's a weekEnd. so ill juz buy the bk big fish meal. healthier alternative (and cheap) though i didn't change the c0ke to like -err- milo or wtv. i cant afford to spend more money man. gotta save up. then spend later. haha. lets see. hmm. havaianas sandals? new bag? ill see how. haha.
we caught up on things while eating since we're separated now. farhan n azfar at tpjc while me eNj0yiNg in inN0va. =>
haha. wonder where to go next. wonder. wonder. lan gaming? pool? home? hmm. in the end we just went to T.mart n played lan gaming. haha. farhan's gonna teach me a game since i dun game. they were quite surprised i ever laid my fingers n eyes on CS(wadehell). im not a pro but i eVer played. d0ta it shall be. wtv that is. it was quite interesting though hours of playing d0ta cud result in myopia, headache and excessive sebum production. haha. really. i have a new theory on me. i shall call it the J theory. haha.
it states: long hours of computer and fast work triggers and increase in jazimin's facial sebum production.
haha. but true. thank god im using a cleanser that controls sebum production. if not oil wud be dripping of my face. GROSS! ewww...

dota is quite interesting and -my god- rather addictive. but fret not the game cost about 70bux and by the time i save to such amount of money(which rarely happens), dota wud only become the opportunity cost incured, ceteris peribus. haha. applying econs here. L. lemme juz reiterate in simple english.
basically if i hAppen to save $70 ill buy something else rather than dota or some game. simple?

anyway i had to leave for home already. gtg pray, relax n probably study. oh yes i hafta complete my assignments n tutorial if not then im s0 dead. haha.

2006-03-17T21:15:00.000+08:00

EXCO lunch

its been a long time since we had an exco outing. so today is de day where PRSS SC 9th EXCO gather + ms jiang who treated us (THANKS CHER!)

so after prayers i went to tampines mall pizza hut. i thougth they're all already inside so i juz entered the restaurant. i then found out that they're not inside. wakaka. so i went out and stood by the railings. hmm. ill call si han. damn hp got problems. hmm. oh wait. isn't that jik yuan? n wait isn't that hidayu n stacie? WAHAHA. i stood beside them without noticing them. haha. anyway we ask for table for 8 though in the end only 7 turned up. rena had to work while ms wong cudn't come in the end

ms jiang was late so we ordered first. we ordered like a set meal of 4 (that wud be like 1 cheese lava pizza, 1 hawaian pizza, 4 bowls of soups and pepsi), beef lasagna and chicken-err- baked pasta?something liddat i guess.

eat
eat
leftovers?
pass to jazimin

haha but seriously i dunno how pple can get full so fast. jik yuan, eat leh. wasted lah ming ur sick. but its good u sneak out and joined us. but dun u feel tempted to eat? if i were ill juz eat. but then again im a food lover. ill eat anithing. thats halal dUh.

ms jiang then ordered MORE. yay! lets see. so we have calamaris and chicken drumlets. yay! haha. lucky for us the restaurant wasn't packed when we finished eating. so we cud like sit down and crap. well not crap exactly. juz talk about things back in PRSS like ms cheng wanted collapsable stuff (hall-cum-ava-that-can-host-lotsa-pple-dunno-wad-lah), the jog-a-thon and nearing speech day. yay for us excos we're getting the colours award. wonder what i shall wear on speech day. innova uni + tie? but the colours dun match. should i add the ij pullover. it wud be warm but at least it looks nicer. hmm.

imagine
dull cream innova uni + brown sleeveless pullover + blue tie
too bad i dun have the pic.

excuse me, can u take a photo of us?
and so the waiter took this two pics:

2006-03-17T11:58:00.000+08:00

GCE 'O' Level results

i was quite disapointed when i got the results
when i see the first two i felt so useless n hopeless

English:C6
Combined Humanities:6
E. Maths:1
P. Bio:2
P. Chem:2
A. Maths:2
P. Phy:3
Malay:5

L1R5:19

haiz....
guess i cant go meridian. but well innova isnt bad at all. i didnt really feel sad cuz i wanted to stay in ijc. haha. but still!
haiz...
i cant believe my malay is better than my eng. at most i thot i cud get a 4 for english cuz i think my oral will pull me up. haiz.. guess not
and bio n phy shud switch grades. i dread bio n can do better in phy. unfortunately i got the reverse.
wasted amaths isnt one
w0rsE: i lack one distinction to get into distinction clUb!!

haiz...nvm..now i feel quite motivated to study(im just relaxing by blogging..haha)
its now me, studies and cca

2006-03-17T11:27:00.000+08:00

College Life

lets just sae its quite fast paced
u have to read ur notes beforehand, really pay attention during lectures rush to other end of the college and start tutorial where u can ask questions n homeworks are gone through
homeworks aren't little ok
true enough: dun procrastinate
u have assignments, tutorials etc
plus project work question is gonna come out soon
betta start doing n planning when it is released
n my God, science practical at As isn't one shot at the end of year 2
its spread out over 2 years (one's at year 1 around may i think)

but other than the academic side of college life,
college is fun
u are closer with ur friends esp when ur civics group is about 20 pple
n its different from sec n pri skool life
06S12H obviously is the best class

the whole lot of us during PAE with Ms Tan(GP) and Mr Lim(Chem) some of them migth be hidden at the back.haha

=)

those who came for the CNY concert @IJC (those who aren't there skipped skool) haha
-point to Mr Lim-

crazy bunch of fun cool n smart pple =)

Formal pic of us..haha too bad only 12 out of 21 pple came..haiz to pple like faiz, heider, siya etc..wasted

kien seng and me. different by nationality, reunited by Red Cross(Singapore) Red Crescent(Malaysia)

Me posing at Innova JC's street name. IJC-do it the Champion's Way
behind me is Singapore Sports School. Its very near to IJC; just in between is what we call Tellytubby land n hill...LOL...seriously...

Innova Junior College Orientation 2005

2006-01-30T17:09:00.000+08:00

Bode'Wadmi- Day Four

Alright, thank God today's whether isn't bad. We went to the grand stand for the briefing for the second game and proceed to play. At first i wanted to throw the water bombs 'cause of insufficient people. But as people volunteered i decided to run.

When we proceeded tot he starting point, Alex went up to me and started talking about running as though i know a lot about running. He started to know my past like me running for sports day last year. He asked me whether i could run fast and i juz answered 'quite '. So i just asked him what was it that made him think that i could run fast, and he began his explanation. He said that since he is in the track & field team, he recognises the different types of calves. So let me get to the point: he praised my calves as of an athletes'!!
I was so happy 'cuz nobody has ever praised my calves.haha.
Well maybe the shape of calves is like that because in primary skool i was in athletics(i was a pathetic runner, seriously) and that now i run when there's an emergency(RC people are first aiders mah...)

Anyway, today's wargame was quite though. We had to like run pass human walls formed by our team members and our opponents alternately. For the first few times i managed to pass them. But later it juz seems quite impossible. In the end, i didn't score any points, but getting wet and running all over is fun enough. haha.

After war games, we got changed and went to the nearest mosque(in Woodlands) which was near the Woodlands checkpoint. The mosque was quite old(like Ansar in Bedok) and I didn't really like it there though. I hope theres another mosque other than An-Nur. Btw a councillor(Hanafi) led us to the mosque. I really should have known someone was having nose bleed. At least i could apply first aid. hmm...nvm he's alright...

After prayers we walked around checkpoint area. It was nothing much but just an old place with not many interesting shops. We missed clan meetings btw. haha.

We quickly made our way back to school and went to the CCA fair. It is today that we signed up for a cca. I knew what i was going to choose. Anything watersports =)
When i was at the hall, i saw a very prominent banner. It says 'Red Cross Humanitarian Network'. haha. I did thought of joining RCHN but i think i'd go for watersports. And guess who i saw?! DOREEN MA'AM! haha... Its been a long time since I saw her. I greeted her and she said 'hey!what are you doing here?don't you live somewhere in pasir ris/tampines?' haha... Then she tried to persuade me in joining RCHN and told the J2 that i MUST join RCHN since once an RC cadet, alwaes RC. haha.
Too bad they only have one watersports cca- Canoe/Dragon Boat. Well canoeing and dragon boating is quite ok. Alex kept on telling me to join track & field saying i have the legs. haha. NO WAY. I only run when there's an emergency =)

After dinner, was the BOOMBA nite! woohoo. Boomba nite is the orientation nite where the clans gather and celebrate. Also, the bets clan would be given the Golden Maple Leaf. I hope Blackfoot wins it!
The nite started off with the entrance of the principal and the emcees. Then, the four tribes presented their item. Firstly was Miccosukee whoch was quite impressive. Then Walla walla's was less impressive but good enough. Now i don't think Blackfoot can win. But we'll see. During Dakota's item, we went 2 the back of the hall and stole time to pray. It was raining then. Blackfoot's performance was engaging in that the last part involves the participation of the whole hall audience; that is the FRIENDSHIP DANCE conducted by KHALDUN! woohoo!

it was quite difficult to control the crowd-duh its like at least 500 studEnts. in the end it was fun.those who NEVER heard of friendship dance(thats sad) can now dance.then it was time to gr00ve!YAY...this time grooving is better than PRSS prom =x
haha...cuz its wif a larger crowd, there's spotlights and the deejay was cool. yes fine wtv farhan tpjc has 987 deejay but SO what?! lol

dance
groove
dance
hit nose
ouch!
bleed
bleed
toilet

really. it was quite funny though =x anyway fadhli, me, khal, nizham, faiz, heider, alex(the whole gang of us) were dancing in a circle. then fadhli put his hand up and suddenly hit alex's nose. ouch. 'im so sorry' 'nah its ok'
and then: 'n0se blEed!'
i rushed alex to the toilet at the back of the stage and applied first aid. this nose bleed took a long time to stop though. anyway he was afraid of this punch cuz he once got hit by a zooming soccer ball and thus fractured his nose. but thankfully his nose was still alright and not crooked whatesoeva.

unfortunately the gr0oving had to end.i was damn sweating l0r! haha..anyway the OGLs then treated us to anotehr mass dance by pink. ian the president paired up wif this hot gal. haha. wtv. i tink this dance is better than the other mass dance('its so easy'). the moves are cooler but u have to be paired up lah. mebbe thats why they didn't teach us this mass dance cuz it wud be messy for freshies to find partners. n same sex partners would be t0tally wEird. hmm.. dance dance. we thought it wiuld end just like that but then the OGLs continued by dedicating songs to us. they sang songs while playing guitar. gosh it was so nice. this councillor hanafi sang well man. he cud like reach a higher pitch voice or wtv u call it. damn impressive. i found out later that he's from choir. not surprised. OGLs shud stop this. its preventing me from going home. going home is not fast alrite. approx 45/50mins frm woodlands to tampines. thank god they ended it. we went back home. we as in easterners. yup. its me n khal frm PRSS, masselia frm TKGS, faiz frm TKSS, heider frm East Spring SS n nizham frm Dunman SS. we easterners shud stick together. go skool together etc. i juz hope they all stay after Os results are out. hmm...

Innova Junior College Orientation 2005

2006-01-28T23:29:00.000+08:00

Bode'Wadmi- Day Three

After assembly, we handed in our subj. combi forms and went down to the grand stand for mass dance. woohoo! its so easy. That's the song. Its quite easy indeed though.

After mass dance, we had our Boomba briefing followed by the clan meeting. Boomba is the name of the orientation night. I heard that there's no campfire. Thats sad. Anyway i hope its gonna be fun.

During our clan meeting we invented our performance. In the end, a group of Northlanders came up with an idea. It sounds great, but i dun know how well it will bring us to the success of getting the Golden Maple Leaf. The GML is a prize the clan will get for being the best clan. That's according to legend. It is said to possess magical powers. hmm...really?

Lunch wasn't really great cuz i couldn't eat, but i met 2 new friends via Khaldun. Best of all, they're easterners! They're Nizham from Dunman sec and Heider from EastSpring. Intitially, i thought Heider was Hydil but pronounced wrongly by pple. haha. And i got confused whether the Dunman guy is Khairul or Nizham. Then i found out that he is Khairul Nizham. hahaha. i thot i was wrong!

Unfortunately due to bad whether, my clan and another couldn't play wargames 1. Only the other 2 clans managed to play. But fear not, theres another wargames the next day. woohoo!

Innova Junior College Orientation 2005

2006-01-13T22:21:00.000+08:00

Bode'Wadmi-Day Two

My sister said that the second day of orientation is where most of the fun activities would be done. Not true though. It's all talks and talks for the whole day. Thank God i miss almost all of them.Nope i didn't play truant. In the morning i went to National Dental Centre(NDC) to put in spacers. What it does is that it moves some teeths away from each other so that the next stage of braces can be done. The feeling is so uneasy. It's like flossing with a super thick dental floss. Probably about 1mm thick. geesh. Anyway when i returned IJC, i had to walk all the way to the front gate at Champions Way. Firstly i walked the wrong way. So i had to walk more. haizz. But thankfully Faiz was there to accompany me. Btw Faiz is this guy from TKSS and from my orientation tribe.

Did i mention that i missed a bus stop when going to skool?causing me to end up in Sengkang? It's like this: NDC is at outram park. So from there i took the train to woodlands. True enough. Then i took 161 to skool. True again. But because the bus stop isn't directly in front of IJC and i didn't know the distance from IJC to woodlands, i missed a bus stop, leading me to Sengkang via SLE. haiz...

I couldn't eat much for lunch. After queing up i saw this girl staring at me from the corner of my eye. I looked pass her and she's still staring. So i looked at her in the eye. EH! 'Are you frm Temasek?' Indeed it was true. It was Bao Zhen. See i remember her name though she didn't. haha..I've met my long lost primary skool friends. woohoo! haha...

After break we went to the hall for a super long subject talk. I regret returning to skool.haha...

Innova Junior College Orientation 2005

2006-01-10T09:50:00.000+08:00

Bode'Wadmi-Day One

Me, Boon Ern and Khaldun coordinated with each other and took the same bus to IJC;168. The bus came at about 7am and the journey on the doucble decker bus was about 35-40 mins depending on the speed of the bus. After leaving Tampines Library, the bus went to a few more stops in Tampines(say about 6-7 stops...) before entering the TPE. And whoosh we went to skool. Actualy i shouldn't use the word 'whoosh' cuz the bus wasn't travelling fast. We then went to the Seletar camp after about 15minutes in the expressway and returned to TPE/SLE for another 10 minutes of travelling before reaching school.

Unfortunately the bus stop isn't directly in front of the school. We had to walk a distance to school. Probably like from Tamps. MRT to Tamps. interchange. Yeah. So good luck to people like me on rainy days. From far(and later near) the school looks marvellous. Duh its a new school set up last year(2005). We went in the school and hang around the canteen area. Then we moved to the parade square. When we were told to assemble, i could see the disorganization of the 1st Student Council and Orientation Group Leaders. They were holding papers that has the orientation group number written but the SCs and OGLs did not raised the cards. Instead they just stand around and talk among themselves. Later, we were told to line up in rows of 10. Hello?Like how many of us will cooperate? And it'll make matters worse when we proceed to the hall later. Btw, we saw Ms Yeo!haha...

The flag raising ceremony was odd. The commander said 'school sediya!' when it should be 'maktab sediya!' rite?I mean thats what most JCs do.
Anyway after the flag raising ceremony we proceeded to the hall and settled down. Ms Yeo started talking about the school and i found out what our school name and motto means.

Innova= a new(in-) star(-nova)
Ad astra= to the stars
School emblem= the blue waves symbolizes water(continous learning-i think), orange line symbolizes something like fresh or vibrant i think and purple star means eagerness to learn i think. Also its like a torch and it is in the figure of '1'.

The names to our Orientation Group number were revealed-both clans and tribes. My clan is Blackfoot while tribe is Atsina. Basically clan is like houses while tribe is like group. yeah. After moving to our tribe, played ice breakers and received our orientation bag(an M1 bag with stuff including IJC bottle and shoe bag and 2 Bode'Wadmi shirts-mines green), we continued with the programme, that is mass dance!woohoo!They used this song that has the lyrics 'its so easy, its alright...' I don't know the title of the song though. Anyway it was quite fun and easy to learn.

After mass dance we had our clan meeting and then lunch. Unfortunately there's only two halal stalls.haiz. Other stalls include western delights, thai food etc. I bought mee siam for lunch. It was quite spicy even after i removed the sambal(chilli). wah seh. We report about 2 and played the station games. It wasn't quite lame and we enjoyed ourselves.

Day One orientation ended at about 5. Tiring but fun.

Prom Nite 2005

2006-01-07T22:13:00.000+08:00

Shining Stars

Tonight was one of the most memorable days of my life. It was the first ever Prom Nite for Pasir Ris Sec. School after a period of silence for about 5 years-thanks to the 9th and 10th Student Council EXCO-hehe. Anyway I went to Orchid Country Club via Hakim's dad's car with him and Khairani. I quite thought i was disturbing their privacy.haha. The journey wasn't quite long cuz we went via expressway.

Upon arrival, we left the Mercedes car with glamour. I straighten my coat and went up the stairs. Btw, I wore a brown-cream striped OP long sleeve shirt, an olive coloured pants, a coat that felt like a carpet and has some shiny beads arranged to form the letter 'J'-i ironed that myself and a brown Puma shoe. So basically my colour theme is BROWN.and its shades.

We then proceeded to the ballroom.Sorry. A function room rather. It was quite small u see. We met up with our friends shook hands. Farhan's dressing was so cool! It doesn't fit his personality but who cares?he looks like Jon Bon Jovi seh. And yet he didn't like his dressing. He claimed that it was informal when the rest wore something formal. Hakim and Farhan should switch their outfit. Hakim's rather rough u see, while Farhan should go for formality. Hmm.

Anyway we treated ourselves with the buffet when Mdm Mariam came up to us. She should wear something more stunning tough.Anyway she was kind to tell us a place to pray. YAY. so we quickly finished up our food and proceeded to another room. It was our responsibility to inform the rest of the prayer room. However dissapointment came to us. BIG dissapointment. Can you believe it? OUR Muslim people actually would rather watch the performance than pray?OMG. One guy even shook his head which meant 'It's okay'. Humble my foot! Geesh. In total only 4 pple prayed there. Me, Hakim, Farhan and this sec5 guy i dunno his name. truely dissapointed. Well girls are quite excused cuz i dun think i saw a telekong(used for girls to pray) and they have make up on etc. To the rest of the guys who didn't get the news im so sorry cuz we have to beat the 8 o'clock dateline and we thought that pple would be smart and responsible enough to spread the news.

Anyway i enjoyed prom. For sure it was better than my pri. skool's cuz we get to grooved and there's a lucky draw. Wasted my camera battery went flat halfway through the prom. All 4 batteries aye. Food was nice but i didn't eat alot. Cuz time was spent grooving, chatting and sipping coke/sprite. I didn't have much soft drink-bad for ur health.hehe. Wasted i didn't win anything during the lucky draw. Farhan and Hakim got something.

Anyway prom was fun lah. I don't mine having an encore.

Thailand trip Day 6

2006-01-02T19:58:00.000+08:00

8th December 2005

We didn't do anything much today. Just breakfast at the hotel restaurant, packed bags and checked out. The trip from the hotel to the airpor was VERY long, my sister slept during most of the journey. haha. We checked in and got in line for immigrations check. Soon later we hanged out at the gate and ate some fruit chips. Quite nice. When it was time, we boarded the plane. I went to the toilet once during the flight and found out that the plane has many empty seats. What a waste, but who cares?hehe. Unfortunately we ate the same thing we had when going to Bangkok from Singapore and i listened to exactly the same music as when going to Bangkok, in the same order. Dejavu. hahaha. Upon arrival at Singapore Changi Airport, we went through immigrations faster than the foreigners and took the cab home. HOME SWEET HOME!!

now, must prepare for tomorrow(9 dec)
PROM NITE 2005!
woohoo...

Thailand trip Day 5

2005-12-15T12:50:00.000+08:00

7th December 2005

Breakfast at the hotel restaurant was fabulous.There was a wide variety of food that my family could eat,like the mashed potato,danish, crossaint,vegetarian dishes and salad.I personally like the mashed potato (though some are not really mashed up) where i put an italian dressing and some salad dressings on it.It was perfect.The italian dressing made a bit of the sour taste while the salad dressing is healthy.But beware, don't take too much or you'll feel like vomitting.Yup. Not that i had vomitted though.We went back to the hotel to do what we always do;letting it all go.After that we left the hotel to start our tour around Bangkok.The streets of Bangkok hold many historic monuments and sculptures and decorations to commemorate the King's birthday. The streets were quite busy at that time and we passed several fast food restaurant including the ancient A&W.Unfortunately all of the fast food resturants aren't Halal.Now who the heck labelled A&W as a Halal foodstore on the internet?tsk tsk tsk.

Anyway we reached our destination.Surprisingly we had to take a long boat that could occupy about 30 people down the river.I was hoping a lot from this.The boat started moving and soon a tour guide started introducing herself and the river.It was the quite famous Chao Phraya river.The 'Phraya' isn't pronounced at it is.Instead it is pronounced as 'Phya'.That is if my memory did not fail me.The ride was a bit bumpy but all in all it was awesome.The tour guide was efficient.She ran through some key words to say during our stay in Thailand and introduced the significance of the river and the buildings we passed.There were many temples but I only remembered one.It was nicknamed as the 'James Bond temple'.No, James Bond did not build it but it was that temple that one of the episodes of James Bond 007 was shot at.Yup.We moved down the river and saw this place where we could feed the fishes with bread our tour guide gave us.It was catfishes that we fed to.The sign indicating the place where there is a lot of catfish was very funny.

Im so bad...

Anyway there was a lot of hungry fishes coming up to the surface as soon as we started feeding them.They must be really hungry!Soon we continued our journey where we saw this HUGE lizards on the edge of the river.They looked like komodo dragons, but a little smaller than that, probably half as tall and half as thin as me if they were to stand on 2 legs(in which they didn't). Later, there was a lady in a smaller boat that went against our direction.She was selling some handicrafts from her floating shop. There used to be a lot of such smaller boats that formed the floating market.The government then reduced the huge number to only a few as to make way for a passage for tourists like us.Yay. We stopped after a few minutes of travelling once again where we visited a local shop selling local merchandise like souveniers,clothes and handicrafts.The half an hour long break was a necessity to shopaholics and tolietholics.What a coincidence!My mom found out that one of our boatmates is my aunty's friend(with her family)!haha.What a small world.

Soon we boarded the boat again and stopped later at the local snake zoo.We didn't want to go in not only cuz its quite expensive but the fact that we were very tired and just wanted to rest.The rest was certainly fruitful but a little extra long.We continued our journey by ending at where we started.Unfortunately the tide was high and some barricades that protects the buildings near to sides of the river was activated.We had to wait for it to open, enter and wait for another barricade to open.Its somehow like the one in the Suez Canal just that it is simpler.It took about a total of 15minutes before we set off to our starting point, passing government buildings and more temples.

Back on dry land and in the van!We now proceeded to another restaurant for lunch.On the way, we saw something we don't see in modern Singapore.A protest.Yup.It wasn't scary as they weren't very rebellious.Armed with orange headbands, they marched their way against our direction.

The food wasn't that fantastic but it was enough to fill our stomachs.My mom ordered spring rolls that had chicken fillings, to be taken back to our hotel for muching purposes.After lunch, we prayed at a mosque across the street where we met my aunty's friend's family again!haha...

We then went to a local jewellery store where they showed us how they make their jewel studded products.The precious stones ranges from ruby to sapphires.If I'm not wrong, this is the only place where you can find authentic and cheap jewellery since it is the largest precious stone production factory in the world and that the stones are from Thailand itself.

Next, it was shopping time at the largest shopping mall in Bangkok.The Mah Bung Krong(MBK).That should be how you spell it.I guess.Here is where i bought my coat and belt for prom.The coat cost me 1600baht(about S$64) while the belt 350baht(aboutS$14).The coat was originally about 1880 baht while the belt 390baht.So it was quite a good deal i guess knowing that u can bargain.But don't even try to bargain at Tokyu.Tokyu is this shop that is similar to Metro or Isetan.And obviously u cant bargain with them rite?

We went back to our hotel my taking the sky train system.Let me introduce you to the sky train system.Firstly, like the MRT system in Singapore, it is run by 2 companies, forming the MRTA and BTS(we took the BTS).Secondly the distance apart between stations of the sky train is about the same to the distance apart between stations in our LRT system.So the prices isn't as expensive as the ones in our MRT if you were to buy the single trip tickets or the standard tickets.Its like 10baht(40cents) for one station.Well of course if you were to travel about 5 stations, it would be cheaper than50 baht.say around 40 or 35 baht?Did i mention that the Bangkok sky train would bring memories to our passe fare card?Well the Bangkok sky train system used the fare card system.You know, those thin flexible magnetic cards we have?I bought the cheapest one for memory.haha.

That's my sister buying the tickets.I taught her how to buy the tickets.haha =)

Our ride was 4 stations long.We boarded at National Stadium and dropped down at Nana.Btw the announcer had to speak both in Thai and English and the train is about the size of 2 LRT carriages and the ride was very seamless.Probably cuz its small compared to the 6 carriage MRT.Or is it 8?I forgot.

We reached Nana and with the help of a salesperson, found our way back to hotel.We quickly prayed and left for dinner at First Hotel, where we had our first lunch upon arrival.Today's dinner is a buffet of tomato rice or plain rice, chicken,vegetable, and frien wanton!YAY.Gosh the fried wanton was nice especially if u add the chilli sauce that was a bit hot.

After dinner we took the van back. My parents wanted to go to MBK centre for some shopping but then due to some miscommunication between us and the driver, we went back to the hotel. Furthermore, if we were to go MBK centre, most of the shops would be closed by then. On our way back we saw some elephants along the streets. I was so shocked that there were elephants along the capital state of Bangkok especially along the busy streets. There were two owners to each elephant who were selling bananas and sugar cane for people to feed them. The elephants quickly eat the food when given the food unlike in Chiangmai. The elephant must be very hungry. Things people would do to make business. They'll make the elephant go slightly hungry so that it'll eat whatever the people give.

Thailand trip Day 4

2005-12-12T15:04:00.000+08:00

6th December 2005

Thank God today will be the last dejavu breakfast at Lotus Hotel.Before breakfast i thought of looking at the swimming pool since i didn't have time to visit the pool before.Unfortunately it was closed so i couldn't swim.Instead i just walked around the premises.Its quite nice lah.Beside the pool is this place where you can chill known something as 'Sah Lah Fah Ham'.Well it sounds like 'salah faham' which means 'misuderstood' in Malay.haha.So funny

Anyway after breakfast we went to the pool area as a family before heading back to our rooms to let go and get ready for our departure.Yup letting it all go.Again.

We then went out of the hotel and walked around the area near our hotel.By the way, did i mentioned that there is a lot of 7-eleven shops nearby.Once i saw two stores across the street,facing each other.What the?I don't see any purpose.Anyway my sister came across a signboard to all drivers.Unfortunately it was poorly said.Meaning that the English was poor.Why not take a look.

Gosh that is so funny.
Fault 1:the sign is for cars only, not all vehicles
Fault 2:be afraid,or else you'll be finded...muhahaha...
Fault 3:"disobey must..."?
Fault 4:Pedestrains?Choo choo...

We checked out about half an hour early and so sat at the hotel lobby to read newspaper and wait for our tour guide.When it was about time, she fetched us and we took a picture together before leaving for the airport.Our flight was about at 12.15 in the noon.Yup.The flight would be from Chiang Mai to Bangkok.Taking the plane is so fun.hehee

The tour guide might look like Ms Annabel Ho at some angle.My hair sucks cuz i didn't style it.

Anyway we then proceeded to ChiangMai International Airport.Each Thai airlines has a name.The one i took to Bangkok from ChiangMai is called Srisoonthorn.By the way before the plane we bought some Lays to eat whenever we feel like muching.Now here's the twist.The word 'Lays' isn't written as it is.It is written as 'Lau'.the 'u' is actually a Thai alphabet.So instead of Lays, its Lau.WALAU! khahaha...Then what happened was the whole packet became very turgid when we were at high altitude in the plane.The Lau is so hard,its like a balloon.Gosh i feel like bursting it.haha...

Thats my sister.As in the thumbs up lah...

We reached Bangkok International Airport and there is no need for our passports to be checked.Well cuz its still within Thailand u see.Our tour guide wasn't there, but we were welcomed by the driver who could speak very little English.First stop, First Hotel for lunch.The road to the hotel was a long one, passing highways and busy roads.It feels like in Singapore where you have the expressways and busy road.The time in Bangkok is one hour later than Singapore.
We finally reached the hotel and waited a few minutes before food is served.We met a Singaporean family in the hotel.My mom chatted with them and found a similarity.We both know my sister's friends's family.Riiiite...
Food is here.It was quite hot but its still nice.Duh hotel food must be nice mah.

We left for our hotel(Ambassador Hotel) which is quite a distant away from First Hotel.We tooked a long time to checked in(I wonder why).Before that i went to the toilet to let go.I shall not elaborate much.But lets just say that the flushing wasn't easy.haha

Dissapointingly the hotel room wasn't fabulous.I expected the standards to be higher than in Chiangmai cuz Bangkok is the capital of Thailand mah.Firstly the design wasn't great, secondly the 'bed skirt' was dirty, thirdly there was no complimentary drink unlike in Chiangmai,fourthly the toilet is small and WORSE it had a bad view of a construction site(dun really blame the management much).haiyo...i mean WaLau..haha
guess what?I can't swim here.The pool is under renovation.Its suppose to end on the 5th of December,but its delayed.haiz...

We spent the whole afternoon in the hotel either relaxing, unpacking and then walking around the hotel area until about 6 where we prayed(its at 7 in Singapore) and left for dinner.It was only when we're going to our dinner restaurant that we met our tour guide and another family from Singapore.My mom chatted with the mum of the other family on our journey to the restaurant.When we reached there, we were invited to this restaurant where it had all the Arabic writings and nice Malay decorations.few minutes later a family of 7 arrived and joined us.So now we have a table with 12 people.All Singaporeans.All Malay.That is unless some of them are Javanese, Boyanese or wtv.Main point we speak Malay.Dinner was nice.Rice, fish, meat,tom yam, vegetables and some other dishes.After dinner we decided to go to the night bazaar.It was this time that we saw some weird coloured taxis.They come in green and yellow, red, purple and HOT PINK.Yup.Different colours represents the different companies just like in Singapore where we have blue, yellow, silver, white but sadly not pink.haha.

Thailand trip Day 3

2005-12-11T18:09:00.000+08:00

5th December 2005

Woke up abit late and almost missed the prayers time.Its so cold when i woke up.The aircon was put a little low.haha.After prayers and bathing we headed down to the familiar hotel restaurant for a familiar meal.Yup same thing.Crossaint, danish, egg cake and cocopop/crunch.Hmm..But after eating all the food, some have to make way.Meaning after breakfast i went back to my room toilet to..err...let go.Yup.We then get ready our cold outfit as we're gonna go up the highest mountain in Thailand and its gonna be VERY cold.Probably about 16 degrees.
The trip was long and boring that i slept almost throughout the whole journey.We stopped at a checkpoint for toilet break where some people sold tamarind and flowers.Not in the toilet of course.Hahaha...Anyway the trip to the peak of the mountain from the hotel is about 3 hours.

Finally.Oh yeah its so cold that i was shivering.The sun is shining but its so cold.Wanna noe why?Well obviously cuz its high up and that the clouds is practically passing through me.Its so gd to have the passing clouds to touch your face.It doesn't feel anything but u noe its good.haha.

Nono thats not a haze.Those are clouds.Yup

Then we took a picture at the signboard which says that it is the highest spot in Thailand.

Thanks to our tour guide,Miao I think thats how u spelt it.yes Miao Hua, she's your friend.haha

Anyway we went down to the sounvenir shop.Thats how they spelt it (American style) though the 'i' dropped,naming the shop 'souven r shop'.heheeIt didn't really sell a lot of interesting stuff except this fridge magnet which has a thermometer on it.I read it.16degrees.Mum bought it

Lets take the van.We went down a few metres and visited 2 Pagodas dedicated to the King and Queen.You know why there is a lot of people?Cuz its Father's Day today.Notice the position of the apostrophe.Confused?Surely.In Thailand, today is Father's Day.Not a day to celebrate all fathers but to celebrate the King's birthday.Since he is deemed the 'father' of Thailand and that today is his birthday, today is Father's Day!YAY

The pagoda contain a statue of Buddha each; the King's Pagoda has a sleeping Buddha while the Queen has a standing Buddha.I noticed too that the King's pagoda is higher than the Queen's.Well, thats not surprising.

Lets go down.Here its no longer cold.We visited a local tribe market where a lot of vegetables and fruits can be found.I saw this girl carrying her brother/sister by her back.Darn its cute.haha.

I thought of buying somthing and so bought some red cherries and white atapchi(whoever u spell it).You noe, those white thing u put in ice kacang?Yup.The atapchi wasn't hard, surprisingly.It was a little harder than a normal jelly.And for the cherry, its not really cherry.It is quite hard and has a seed in it.Then we went to have our packed lunch at a nearby seat.Unfortunately it started raining as soon as we sat down.Thankfully the hawker across the street allowed us to eat our food in their area.

Guess what?The chicken tasted like KFC's.Im serious though KFC's is still better.Its finger licking good!haha

Then we moved on and visited a natural water fall.It so big and its splashing water all over.But so fun...haha

Its vegetarian if u get what i mean.hahaha

Back to the hotel and left again for dinner.Since today is the last night in Chiangmai, we decided to take a picture with the restaurant people and the driver(since he won't meet us tomorrow).The mum of the Yunnan restaurant owner took a picture with my mom.As though 2 long lost sisters reunited.haha.Awww...

Next stop, Night market again!Hahaha...
I wanted to buy this traditional shirt that looks nice.Unfortunately i have to reserve my money for buying my prom stuff.darn.Anyway I'm quite choosy.Some of the designs aren't really nice while most of them are quite translucent.haiz...
My mum bought this cushion with someone who looks like a ladyboy.You noe, ladyboy.Guys who dress up like women.Yup IronLadies. I have met a few already.Its quite obvious they look a little like men.Well for all you noe half of the women i saw were previously men.MUAHAHAHAhaha...lets not be so bad here.

We returned home by the taxi.here are pictures of it

back hotel passed by the hotel and saw something

OMG!ITS NOT HALAL!its babi..there's pork in it...haha
babi=pig in Malay

Thailand trip Day 2

2005-12-10T18:49:00.000+08:00

4th December 2005

Woke up around 5.30 for morning prayers since it's earlier than in Singapore and watched the TV before heading down for breakfast.Darn the restaurant for not having an all Halal meal.So we could only eat the ceral, drinks and some of the bread.Today i met a new friend.He's from the southern part of Thailand and could speak Thai and Malay.Now here's the funny and regretful part. Firstly he greeted me in Arab and i greeted him back.Then he asked "Boleh cakap Melayu?", which means "Can speak Malay?" I said "Boleh" which means "Can" but accidentally, these few words came out of my mouth: "sikit-sikit".DARN. Basically it means "a little".HELLO?!I study Malay in school and although its quite bad, conversational Malay shouldn't be much of a problem rite?Haiz...so regretting.I told my family members and they laugh.Anyway I had cococrunch(they called it cocopops) with milk, croissant,danish and this thing which looks like an egg pie.It was quite okay.

Then we went to an Maesa Elephant Camp.Yup u heard me.I mean saw wad i typed.=P
Aniway in this camp we could feed the elephants with the sugar cane and bananas sold by the vendors and take a close shot with the elephants.

Its scary okay.Look the baby elephant seems to be smiling with the lion(me)

By the way, each elephant has a personal trainer.Yep.Then all of the elephant made their way to the river to soak, bathe and have fun and all of de sudden, this yellow coloured mass came floating.What on earth is that?OH GOSH!It's the elephant's faeces!By goodness its all yellow and could float.The reason is that the elephants are vegetarian and have A LOT of roughage in the faeces.Then we went up and sat at what looked like a stadium for the elphant show. My goodnes they're smart.They carried objects, lay down on the floor, placed the feet on their trainers body without hurting him,played with the owner's hat,PLAYED SOCCER(better than me) and PAINT(its nice, really for an elephant)

I told you.It's a plant with flowers.

After leaving the camp,which has their very own natural waterfall, we went to the Orchid farm where we observe how orchirds are being grown.The farm holds a wide range of orchids of different colours.In the farm there is this enclosure that has 'metal curtains'.I was wondering what it was until i read the heading over the door "Butterfly Fram" No, really fram.Why not take a look and laugh.Hahaha...

Welcome to Butterfly Fram! =>

In the enclosure theres quite a number of butterflies, many which likes to land on my sister's head(on the scarf rather).Sorry mum they don't like your scarf.Well probably cuz the colour is not very attractive.Yeah.
After that, we went back to our hotel for prayers and chilled out a little.It wasn't long until we went back to the van and proceeded on with our tour.Firstly we went to an umbrella factory where they make umbrellas using a fibre known as 'saa', from the mulbery tree.You noe, those traditional umbrella that looks like its been made of paper.Well its not really just paper from the tree, but saa paper.As most Malays like to say,'Saak ah!' Yeah something like that.It was quite interesting how they make the umbrella.By the way its mostly hand made, especially the designs.These artisans are really skillful okhay.The drawings on the umbrella are attractive.
Next we went to the jewellery store.Well they don't only show and sell how they make the jewelleries for accessories but product that has gold on it. Yup.For example these ducks you see here(below) are painted gold and then added gold to it.

Here ducky-ducky...

Then we went to the silk factory.Obviously u noe that silk comes from silk worm,but do u really noe how exactly it is being done?Well first they will feed the smelly silk worms until they become ultra fat.You normally see them moving.In order to see their movements, gently blow on them and they'll all move creepily.When they are ultra large they will go to the pupae stage by producing threads and wound themselves up.While some pupae are saved so that the young can be produced, the rest are thrown into a cauldron of piping hot boiling water where they simply die.RIP?Not really.The cocoon is then taken and the threads are taken out.Now that is raw silk.The person would then wound out all of the silk into a ball. And voila!A ball of silk.Now the ball is used to make lengths of silk cloth that can be used to make clothes, scarf and boxers.Yup u got me.Boxers.Well come to think of it its quite okay.Imagine something smooth protecting your little brother.Hmm.Your brother is so pampered.haha.
Anyway we went to the next factory,where all the wooden products can be found ranging from statues, furnitures and handicrafts.It was nothing really interesting.Just that they have an enormous gallery of wooden products.

The tour is done.Now we proceeded back to the hotel and wait for dinner.Yup same place for dinner.

After dinner is the fun part.Shopping!Well not at town but at the local night market.I heard that the night market is like in Brunei, where it is opened every night from about late afternoon to about 9 or 10 at night. By the way the time there is about 1hr 10mins later than Singapore.The night market sells mainly clothes and accessories.Not much of food.I saw many branded clothes ranging from billabong, adidas,abidas,Von Dutch, Guess,diesel and many more.Really.Its 99% original if u get what i mean.Cuz some of the Von Dutch has been changed to Vond utch, adidas to abidas and diesel to die sel.haha.You might think hard on whether the Billabong boardshorts and shirts are imitation copies or not.Think no further.If it is sold in the night market at low prices, you noe its fake.Furthermore, look closely.It says Billabong USA, instead of Billabing Australia.Hahaha.Yup

Thank God.We saw a stall that sells halal food.Time for me to munch!She sells 'rotee' which looks like prata with fillings.Btw the writing in thai looks like 'Isa'.Hahaha isa is rotee/roti.ANiwae the fillings include corn, milo, cheese or chicken.For me i still prefer the original chicken where we call is murtabak back in Singapore though the cheese is quite okay.I don't really like the corn.hehee...

Back to hotel.We took a taxi that looks like a van.We can bargain for the price and they can take more than a group of passengers.Which means strangers other than my family members can take it.But thankfully none did.I forgot to bring my camera so can't get a shot.Maybe tomorrow?

Thailand trip Day 1

2005-12-10T15:18:00.000+08:00

3rd December 2005

Ok i forgot what time i woke up but ultimately we took a cab(2 cabs rather cuz got 5 pple) to the airport, checked in and waited for the gate to open.We were so early that we could spend time at the toilet, walk around the terminal and look what 'santa' gave us.It's this bag with brochures, chocolates and a plushie hung on the handle.It's so cute n i can hang it on my bag or use the sock to put my handphone in it.haha.

So exciting!When i boarded the plane i was a bit dissapointed that not only the personal screen wasn't there(like what i had when coming back to Singapore from Brunei) but they didn't have that mime!You noe the MacDonalds advertisement for the grilled chicken foldover.Yeah.But aniwae it was alright in the end.I ate curry rice with tofu and chicken,this thing which looks like an hors d'oeuvre and a cake with cream.Oh yeah i had orange juice but no plain water cuz it wasn't served.Darn.Oh and did i mention that i was listening to an audio Thai airways had while eating?Yeah.First up was Hilary Duff's Wake Up(haha), Simple Plan Crazy and some other tracks i forgot.

The flight to Bangkok International Airport was 2hours.Then upon arrival we had to move to the transfer gate for another domestic flight to Chiangmai.It was 2 hours.Oh yeah did i mention that when we board down at Bangkok, we had to take a shuttle bus to the terminal.So un-modernise but i was fun though its about 5mins.Flight to Chiangmai wasn't that fun.The flight meal was only a snack;no rice,no music, onli nuts,drink and dried longans.Lucky when we alighted there was no shuttle bus but only a passageway to the terminal where we checked out.The checking out counter was so cool, no wonder Chiangmai Internationaol Airport has an ISO 9000-something.The counter has this camera where you're suppose 2 look into.After the immigrations officer has checked your passport and arrival card for a few minutes, the camera will record an image of you from head to toe via the camera.Cool rite?

Anyway, we then met out tour guide and proceeded to the hotel;Pang Suan Kaew Lotus Hotel.Okay now i cant remember where we went in order.But i do remembered that we had dinner at this Halal Yunnan restaurant.The food served was in large quantities that we couldn;t finish it.So my mom started telling onw of the staff to cook lesser since we're gonna eat at the same restaurant for the rest of the stay in Chiangmai.Yeah u heard me.The same restaurant for 3days.Be it lunch or dinner.

That's my sister.The thumbs up says it all.But i'll give 3.75 stars out of 5.hehe

We went back and spend some time and money at the hotel shopping mall.After that its lights off for me.

Official re-launch of ..::aqueous::..

2005-12-01T15:24:00.000+08:00

Date:1st December 2005
Time:15oohrs
Venue:tampines Street 42
Guest of Honour: Mr Muhammad Jazimin Bin Haron

Speech
A very good afternoon to all present and welcome to the re-launch of ..::aqueous::.. . It is my honour to re-launch my very-own blog after a very long period of dormancy and silence due to my tight schedule.From now on, I hope to continue to update my blog and keep you inform with all the events and happenings.
Thank you

PS:there are some things not completed like some of the hyperlinks and some troubles with the music video...sorry...

..::chlorine::..

2005-11-23T09:21:00.000+08:00

[chlorine can be used as a bleaching agent in its compounds]

HEYA all!yeah u might kinda miss my blog(and me) cuz its like not updated for centuries...but anyway not that im kinda free and that OLEVELS ARE OVER...yeah...over...O V E R...khahaha...i can now update my blog...

i thought of making a whole new blog...something different from now...so these days ill be 'bleaching' my blog for a new one...getit?...wakhakha...any suggestions feel free to shout on the tagboard...for now...enjoy kelly clarkson: because of you...dedicated to all you people out there...

cheers
n selamat hari raya...(kinda late though but nvm...)

..::sulphur::..

2005-09-07T06:41:00.000+08:00

[S + O2 --> SO2]
[2SO2 + O2 --> 2SO3]
[SO3 + H2SO4 --> H2S2O7]
[H2S2O7 + H2O --> 2H2SO4]

Simple Plan- I'm Just A Kid
_______________
I woke up it was 7
I waited till 11
Just to figure out that no one would call
I think I got a lot of friends but I don't hear from them
What's another night all alone?
When your spending everyday on your own
And here it goes

[Chorus:]
I'm just a kid and life is a nightmare
I'm just a kid, I know that its not fair
Nobody cares, cause I'm alone and the world is
Having more fun than me
Tonight...

And maybe when the night is dead, I'll crawl into my bed
Staring at these 4 walls again
I'll try to think about the last time, I had a good time
Everyone's got somewhere to go
And they're gonna leave me here on my own and here it goes

[Chorus:]
I'm just a kid and life is a nightmare
I'm just a kid, I know that its not fair
Nobody cares, cause I'm alone and the world is
Having more fun than me

What the hell is wrong with me?
Don't fit in with anybody
How did this happen to me?
Wide awake I'm bored and I can't fall asleep
And every night is the worst night ever

I'm just a kid (5x)

I'm just a kid and life is a nightmare
I'm just a kid, I know that its not fair
Nobody cares, cause I'm alone and the world is
Nobody wants to be alone in the world.

I'm just a kid and life is a nightmare
I'm just a kid, I know that its not fair
Nobody cares, cause I'm alone and the world is
Nobody wants to be alone in the world
Nobody cares, cause I'm alone and the world is
Having more fun than me tonight

I'm all alone tonight
Nobody cares tonight
Cause I'm just a kid tonight
_______________
-im just a kid who's in stress...haha...

..::phosphorus::..

2005-09-02T02:39:00.000+08:00

[NPK fertilisers contain phosphorus which is necessary for plant growth]

McFly- All About You
_______________________
It's all about you(It's about you)
It's all about you, baby(It's all about you)
It's all about you(It's about you)
It's all about you

Yesterday, you asked me something I thought you knew.
So I told you with a smile 'It's all about you'
Then you whispered in my ear and you told me too
Say 'If you make my life worthwhile, it's all about you

And I would answer all you're wishes, if you asked me to.
But if you deny me one of your kisses, don't know what I'd do.
So hold me close and say three words, like you used to do.
Dancing on the kitchen tiles, it's all about you.Yeah...

And I would answer all you're wishes, if you asked me to.
But if you deny me one of your kisses, don't know what I'd do.
So hold me close and say three words, like you used to do.
Dancing on the kitchen tiles,
Yes you make my life worthwhile,
So I told you with a smile...It's all about you.

It's all about you(It's about you)
It's all about you, baby(It's all about you)
It's all about you(It's about you)
It's all about you baby

It's all about you(It's about you)
It's all about you, baby(It's all about you)
It's all about you(It's about you)
It's all about you

It's all about you
_______________________

That's our Teachers' Day performance by Contemporary (Ameerul, Afiq, Asyrani, Azri, Azfar and Jazimin)...Guess I'm the only 'J' out of the 'A's...hmmm...Anyway I think its a good performance overall though many poeple say that my piano couldn't be heard...Some even thought I wasn't really playing but only immitating...I guess onli the stage people could hear(thanks Ming Li for hearing me out)...

There was once when there was some technical difficulty only to find out Rhadji didn't turn on his guitar volume or somthing like that...so me, Hakim and Ming Li had to bravely come out of stage and entertain the crowd...We were some clueless so we just did some clapping...Well, only some botehred to clap...anyway I was dissapointed in myself 'cuz only when I got home then I could think what better ways to entertain the crowd...it goes something like:

Jazimin: Hey Ming Li!
Ming Li: Hey Jazimin!
Jazimin: Well you sure look pretty today and you too Hakim!
Ming Li and Hakim: You too!
Jazimin: Hey do you know what our school vision is?
-Ming Li and Hakim deep in thought-
Hakim: Is it PRIZE?
Jazimin: Well...it has PRIZE but the main vision is "Great Pasir Ris Waves-Shaping Learners, Creating Leaders"
Ming Li: Oh yeah, yeah...it's on the wall outside the AVA theatrette
Jazimin: Yupz, so why not we make some Great Pasir Ris Waves here?
Hakim: Ok!With pride and zeal that is!
Jazimin: So Pasirians, we not we make a wave from the back of the hall to the front and then from the front of the canteen to the back?
Ming Li: Ok, so at the count of 3, we will do from the hall to the canteen
Jazimin, Ming Li and Hakim:1, 2, 3!
-Great Pasir Ris Waves-
Ming Li: Ok, thats all we have, Happy Teachers' Day and enjoy the concert!

..::silicon::..

2005-08-27T06:40:00.000+08:00

[silicon oxide or silica is used to absorb water]

this is what is extracted when crude oil is being fractionally distilled
-petroleum gas
-petrol
-naptha
-kerosene
-diesel oil
-lubricating oil
-bitumen

the ones at the top have shorter chains than the ones at the bottom beacuse since they have shorter chains, they have a lower boiling points and so can condense at the top.Bitumen will not boil to the gaseous state but instead flow out of the frationating column
well...u can ask ameerul on how to remember the fraction order...yeah...

..::aluminium::..

2005-08-26T15:18:00.000+08:00

[aluminium oxide or alumina is used in the extraction of aluminium in electrolysis]

The prelims are here(darn)...gotta study hard n be XTRA hardworking...yeah...luckily i step down frm Red Cross alrd...but not officially lah...den i found out Mr Halim sae we're not havin Passing Out Parade (POP)...den i was like wad de? WHY? Red Cross Youth is a uniformed group and we deserve to have a POP...its tradition! Just that we didn't have it when Royce sir's and Chung Hang's batch step down...but we had it when Yong Cheng sir stepped down...so, why can't we have it this year...my idea is very grandiose: where we invite people from other school, people from other UG, head of departments and even principal and Vprincipal...why not? haighz....guess i have to talk Mr Halim out...

..::magnesium::..

2005-06-16T13:30:00.000+08:00

[magnesium burns in air to produce a VERY bright light]

..::sodium::..

2005-06-10T10:43:00.000+08:00

[sodium reacts VIOLENTLY with cold water]

Apocalypse
I woke up this morning with great reluctance, but thank God its the June holidays. Otherwise I'll start my short skit and act like I'm sick just to skip school. I wore my specs and then stared blankly at the ceiling, thinking of what to do. I guess I have to continue on my mountain height homework.

After bathing and having my non-so-mouth-watering breakfast, I dragged my body to the study room and chucked myself on the chair and started doing my homework. My mind wasn't focused on the Physics 5Year Series exam paper but instead on life.

I was thinking of me in a place I have always dreamt of. A place by the calming sea, a place where the flowers bloom and a place where people really enjoy themself. Just imagine yourself in board shorts, sleeveless shirt and a black neck band, sitting on the floor of the beach while watching children playing merrily. Then came a group of college students in their beach attire and starting to play a game of beach volleyball. Just imagine.

Unfortunately I came back to reality and saw the sky turning dark as the clouds marched in. Instantaneously, I got up and started closing all the windows myself since nobody else is at home. Today is different. Very different. Strangely, the clouds that conquered the sky began to rotate in a circle. Flocks of birds were then seen flying in the same direction and residents came out of their homes, looking out to the sky in curiosity. Drops of water started to fall and soon the morning was dark and stormy. I felt fear hugging me. A fear that something bad might happen. I threw myself on my bed and clutched my favourite pillow. Strange 'whooshing' noises began to be heard. "God, help me...I'm really scared." My heart began to pump faster as I felt a cold sensation runnning from my toes to the end of my hair. I dared myself to peep out of the window. I was very much taken aback when I saw people walking lazily towards the carpark. I got scared. Really scared.

After a few minutes of torture by the sights and sounds on that very morning, I saw the world starting to fall on me. The ceiling began to crack. I took this precious moment to reflect. The sins and good deeds I have done. Tears of fear ran down my shut eyes. I remembered, the moments of folly and the moments of joy. I remembered, of all the ups and downs my family went through. I remembered, about the days that I wasn't on good terms with the members of my family. I remembered, of the days when we came back together again. I cried even louder as I reflect on the things I did to my mom. The tears and joy I brought her. There's just so much things I haven't done for her. Too much. I regret. I should have been a more filial son. But it's too late now.

The time I wished would happen like in another few years time came too soon. It's here. Here now. The last day. The apocalypse.

..::neon::..

2005-06-09T15:44:00.000+08:00

[neon lights found on sign boards]

Social Studies Workshop: >I wore my yellow class tee under my black council polo tee; >Gosh, it was so nice...it wasn't hot as the class was at the computer lab2; >The class wasn't THAT boring...it was ok as i thought...; >I learnt to analyse questions and the source

..::fluorine::..

2005-06-07T19:16:00.000+08:00

[found in swimming pools to disinfect germs n stuff liddat]

Direct School Admission (DSA): >Argh...TJC didn't call me...; >Lucky Mingli, Sebas, Shiqi, Amy etc...; >Nvm...I still have MJC...
Swimming: >Went swimming alone since nobody wants 2 follow(it was juz on my msn nick); >When i came back and logged onto MSN, daryl tay asked me,'when?'; >I was like,'I already went 2 the pool'; >Nevermind...maybe I'm goin this Sat; >Anyone wanna come?
Madagascar: >I like 2 move it, move it...i like to, MOVE IT!; >I'll be watching it on de 17 wif my 2 sistas n mummy at PS at night...FAMILY GATHERING...sori dad, u got work; >so sorry kim, farhan and yong siang...its not that i dun wanna watch wif u all...juz dat i'll be watching it later...

..::oxygen::..

2005-05-26T17:50:00.000+08:00

[6CO2 + 12H2O -> C6H12O6 + 6O2 + 6H2O].photosynthesis.

Direct Schools Admission (DSA): >I took the TJC form from Mr Halim, filled it up and asked for the teacher's recommendation also; >Lots to write for achivements and stuff...hehehe...; >I'll just have to get my CIP record and CCA cert. to complete the required; >Ouh...and also attach my passport size photo and a copy of my secondary school life results(rahh...if sec 1 and 2 onli can lah...)

..::nitrogen::..

2005-05-21T23:54:00.000+08:00

[N2 + 3H2 -> 2NH3]

Day One: >Ran a workshop for the juniors about traits of a leaders and good speaking skills; >Had to leave for EMaths tuition halfway; >Return to help run a game(Kidnap),eat maggie and MacDonalds; >Was pissed off when the paint they use to 'vandalise' the juniors spilt on the floor and caused a stain; >I helped them a bit lah~ to remove the paint; >I dun mind cleaning it all when the game ends, but this is PAINT...hello?
Day Two: >I only came for the Night Gala but not Amazing Race; >Found out that Lenard has the same pair of shoes as me(Nike Aquasocks); >Smelled something bad going to happen to me; >Indeed true when i received my own clap; >Councillors, give me 1 Jazimin clap: *clap*aTTrAcTiV3~; >One casualty: Lips bled due to a skit gone 'wild'; >Had to leave early...Be back before 10.30

..::carbon::..

2005-05-17T03:02:00.000+08:00

[C + O2 -> CO2]

FREEDOM: >Yeah, finally...my exams are over...; >But then, there's still my O'Levels..haighz...; >Let me see...er...AMaths was SO difficult..when i went home to do my paper 1 as a revision(Sharifah couldn't agree more)...i could do some of the questions!...damn!; >Nevermind...only physics and EMaths was easy...; >Makes me think again on my eligibility for the Direct Schools Admission...haighz...

..::boron::..

2005-05-13T14:52:00.000+08:00

[semiconductor]

Direct School Admission (DSA) Exercise: >Thankfully, the Ministry of Education (MOE) has introduced a new admission exercise for students taking their O' Levels from this year onwards; >The new system allows talented students (mainly in sports, arts or leadership) to go to a Junior College that wants such talented people; >Either the secondary 4 mid-year results or both the sec 4 mid-year AND sec 3 end of year exams will be used to gauge their eligibility; >They will be going through interviews and in which will be notified of their eligibility; >After one round of 'straining' off students, there might be a second round of interview for other students; >My choices are limited as I will be using mainly my leadeship skills to enter the JC of my choices; >The JCs are: Temasek JC, Meridian JC and Saint Andrews JC; >I'll take Temasek JC as first choice then Meridian; >I REALLY hope I enter Temasek JC...; >Luckliy I have other skills to increase my chances of being in Temasek JC...hehehe...; ....First Aid skills; ....Swimming; ....Err...anymore?

..::beryllium::..

2005-05-09T14:15:00.000+08:00

[Be + Cl2 -> BeCl2]

World Red Cross Day: >Today is World Red Cross Day (WRCD)!; >Let me see..Red Cross is 142, 141 this year?; > Thanks Mr Jean Henri Dunant (Sir) for founding Red Cross; >Yeah and I have my madrasah exam (reciting of some surahs/holy 'sentences') and my friends told me that I have to be happy today...hahaha...

Teenage Pregnancy: >When I was walking home from tuition with Ameerul, I saw this pregnant lady from far holding the bottom of her 'pregnancy' dress; >As we walk closer, I saw her face. It was so familiar; >I then noticed that that girl was actually a school drop out from my school; >I gasp with buldging eyes. The phrase 'Teenage Pregnancy' printed out from my head; >It is sad how teenages can mess up their life just by making wrong decisions; >If she didn't had done such a thing, she would have taken her O'Levels this year; >God knows how well she fair for her N'Level, or whether she did it or not; >This ex-Red Cross cadet has changed

Dysfunctional Familes: >I walked a bit further and had to cross the road; >From far, I saw this mid 20year old half-naked guy at the void deck take a dust bin cover and hit it on a late 40 year old man; >I thought that guy must be crazy and made a loop around; >I had to see what happen; >I then saw the victim on the floor with another man; >Aftering ensuring the young man wasn't there anymore, I approached the victim; >Luckily his breathing and pulse was there and soon, he regaiend consciousness.; >He also survived with no injuries; >I learnt that the young man was his son, and the reason he hit him was that the old man had just quarrelled with his wife; >In my opinion, both parties are wrong. The old man shouldn't have quarrelled with his wife, especially when it's Mother's Day, and that young man shouldn't have injured his dad. He could have just confronted him. The old man said he wanted to report this matter to the police. By then, I made my way home, as I only wanted to make sure he is alright

..::lithium::..

2005-05-04T13:17:00.000+08:00

[Li2CO3 + 2HCl -> 2LiCl + CO2 +H2O]

Chemistry Practical (Before the war): > I reached school and saw that there's nobody at the old foyer..Shocked and panicked; > They were already in the AVA lah...
- -gasp-! Ming Li forgot to bring her calculator!; > We had to be lcoked up in the AVA by Ms Ang while she look for a calculator...

Chemistry Practical (Aftermath): > I got one ion wrong!; > It's suppose to be lead ion! But I wrote aluminium ion. Well...Its quite close mah...Both give the same result as when it is reacted with sodium hydroxide (NaOH) and aqueous ammonia (NH3); > Then there's the potassium chromate lah and sumthin else...Dunno lah; > I don't think i'll fail for Chem prac mebbe 70% for just the practical?...hmm...

Tomorrow will be my Biology practical...I'll be studying for the whole of Biology anywayz...So much to study liao...21 Chapters!

..::ease of discharge::..

2005-05-03T15:08:00.000+08:00

The ease of discharge follows the ions of the elements in the reactivity series, with the most recative metal being the most difficult to be discharged and the least reactive metal, the easiest to be discharged.

For the anions, the ease of discharge (ease increases) is shown below

Some..............Sulphate
Naughty..........Nitrate
Children..........Chloride
Borrowed........Bromide
Iodine.............Iodide
Hurriedly.........Hydroxide

..::reactivity series::..

2005-05-01T19:15:00.000+08:00

The reactivity series is specially designed such that the element on the top is the most reactive while the bottom is the least reactive. The acronym sentence created helps in remembering the elements in order...

Pasir.............Potassium
Ris...............Rubidium
Students.......Sodium
Can..............Calcium
Make............Magnesium
A................. Aluminium
Crazy...........Carbon
Zoo...............Zinc
In..................Iron
The...............Tin
Large............Lead
Huge............Hydrogen
Chemical......Copper
Science........Silver
Garden.........Gold

Yes...Go Pasirians!...You can do it!...Pride and Resposibility!

..::hydrogen::..

2005-05-01T01:47:00.000+08:00

[ 2H2 + O2 -> 2H2O ]

Pure as water, I refreshingly started anew. I have promised myself not to go beserk again...
The hydrogen from cracking of dirty fossil fuel has now reacted with pure hydrogen. I hope this invigorating start of a new chapter would not switch lanes...

Mugging

>Did a small vocabulary book for both English and Malay. I think I'll create space for other subjects like my sciences and err..oh!...maths...

> Mebbe studying PBiology tonight

PRSS Speech Day (20th Anniversary): > ROCKS!; > Performers get to eat fried rice (I took 2 packets...hehehe...); > No guard belts...sobs...nvm Azlin...ain't ur fault...; > Mr Ang didn't smile?...sobs...; > Obviously Red Cross did the BEST performance! (although we did some mistakes); > Stage set up was nice (2 plasma TV, flowers, HUGE white tents with fans etc...); > Music by Chinese Orchestra and Choir during dinner time...(how cool can that be?...); > Helped carried chairs n stuff when everything was over...(Mr Josh Tan was like so hyper...I bet when he went home, he's super dead tired; > Took pictures when everything was over with Farhan and Hakim (as though that was our last day in school...lolx!)

AMaths Tuition: > No AMaths tuition...Celine's sick...so continued helping at Speech Day
Chillin' out: > Went Macs with Farhan and Hakim and met up with other people like Irsyad, Razif, Ain, Diyana, Hanan and Nadia (we did lame things like taking video of Ziph doin some soccer thing at Macs, laughing at improperly made Speech Day performance video by Khai and some kid who FARTED loudly in the toilet