Tuesday, January 31, 2006
And I must say you guys are very photogenic leh! And I really mean ALL of you!
(* my current classmates did comment that all our class girls are quite pretty when I showed the class photo that Kaiyun had kindly provided)
The superficiality in me demands that I look to aesthetics. I shall stare intently at all of you the next time I see you.
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Xiu Juan out
@ |10:44 PM|
24th February, I wrote this to the forum in Straits Times:
I refer to the recent article "PAP disappointed with Workers Party (WP)'s response" in which the ruling party criticized for a "superficial" response when it was accused of planting "time bombs" in its manifesto.
It is undeniable that racial harmony is of utmost importance in a plural society like that of Singapore. Nobody would want Singapore history especially in the perilous years of 1950s and 60s to repeat itself.
But these themes of "vulnerability" and the pressing need for "communitarian values" nevertheless have also been seen by critics as an insidious means to preserve the ongoing hegemony over this nation state.
However, my main point of contention is not with the contents of the WP's manifesto or the ideologies that the government has conscientiously thought out. It is the act of various cabinet ministers calling on WP to rethink it stance which reveals both ethnocentrism and disrespect for its opponents.
I believe these policies whether they are aligned with the official government stand are not cursorily developed. To dismiss a 52-page manifesto with claims charging that it will destroy the key pillars of Singapore's stability and success is oversimplifying convoluted social issues.
As quoted from our Prime Minister Lee "Singaporeans are not daft. They're sensible..", may both parties present their arguments to the public and allow the "sensible" Singaporean to judge for themselves. I will be looking forward to perusing the manifestos of both PAP and WP.
26th February, this appeared on the online ST forum. (NOT the newspaper itself. Grrr...)
Let political parties present their arguments and let S'poreans be the judge
I refer to the recent article 'PAP disappointed with Workers' Party's response' in which the ruling party criticised it for a 'superficial' response when the opposition party was accused of planting 'time bombs' in its manifesto.
It is undeniable that racial harmony is of utmost importance in a plural society like Singapore's. Nobody would want Singapore's history in the perilous years of the 1950s and 1960s to repeat itself.
But the PAP's themes of 'vulnerability' and the pressing need for 'communitarian values' have also been seen by its critics as an insidious means to preserve its political dominance.
However, my main point of contention is not with the contents of the WP's manifesto or the ideologies that the government has conscientiously thought out. It is the act of various cabinet ministers calling on the WP to rethink its stance that reveals both ethnocentrism and disrespect for its opponents.
I believe the WP policies, whether they are aligned with the official government stand, are not cursorily developed. To dismiss a 52-page manifesto with claims that it will destroy the key pillars of Singapore's stability and success is oversimplifying complex social issues.
As Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said, 'Singaporeans are not daft. They're sensible.' May both parties present their arguments to the public and allow the 'sensible' Singaporeans to judge for themselves.
I will be looking forward to perusing the manifestoes of both the PAP and the WP.
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Kelvin Lim out
@ |5:47 PM|
Leh-long, leh-long ah!!!
Anyone wanna have SPECIAL massage service?? [no pun hor] Come to my home!!
cus my little cheeky brother has jus set up his own private-limited massage service at home!
*lol*
Yesterday, he handed me his handwritten 'namecard', drawn on a piece of white drawing board and carefully cut out to a size that fits exactly into my wallet.
Heres how it looks -
well, without the spelling & grammatical errors, the card reads:
"Email: limwenxin@hotmail.com
10 stickers will get a special service massage.
Each massage 20 cents."
And guess what is written at the front of the card?
hehe..wat else but his company's tag-line!
" Massage for Care "
hahahahahaahahhaha...I can't stop laughing when I saw the card yesterday..
Kids yearn to be entreprenuers as young as 9 years old...or maybe in some cases even younger.
He earned his first 20-cent from his Er-jie yesterday..
She said it super worth the every single cent of it.
Cus the massage is from HEAD to TOE, and lasted for about half an hour!
dun see my brother small small and skinny skinny...he is quite tough and got strength one hor.
hahaha...
i will have my 1st massage service tmr after school.
so, anyone wanna give a hand to my brother for his new start-up?
he said that he wanna earn more $$$....haha...
I can ask him to draw a customized card for you.
*wink*
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eeynis out
@ |12:36 AM|
Date of death: 13 March 2059.
One of my friend's birthday is on 11 March and since she is suppose to die a couple of years after me, I figure that it will be her birthday celebration that will elicit my fatal cardiac arrest at the ripe old age of 75 (read: my penchance to consume foods which are high in sugar and saturated fat in shocking quatities).
Anyway I was just remarking to my secondary school friends on how angsty we sounded in our gang-books, which are basically physical versions of group-blogs. My friends countered me deftly, albeit mercilessly, by stating that I was the only one amongst them with the too-frequent PMS-es and mood swings.
Ah well. Where else can you find such honest friends like them?
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Xiu Juan out
@ |3:47 PM|
We had to do some practical session regarding cardiovascular endurance yesterday. I merrily volunteered to be the subject of my group, thinking that it would be fun to be fussed over by my groupmates while they take my blood pressure and heart rate in various positions.
The bombshell dropped 1 hour into the lab session. All subjects are to proceed to the 3rd floor, and RUN up as FAST AS THEY CAN to the 6th floor, where the rest of the groupmates will take assorted readings again.
To the typical reader who is oblivious to the structure of my school building, the floors are spaced quite wide apart, and runing from 3rd to 6th is like going up 6 floors. To a typically unfit 21 year-old female (females have a higher percentage of fat) whose most strenuous activity is retrieving 1.5 cm thick journals from a shelf 40 cm above her head, that's like, running up 9 floors.
Anyway, 5 of twittered down to the 3rd floor, feeling a weird sense of anticipatory response to the unexpected mission. Run up three floors. Yeah. No big deal. Let's just stroll up.
Signals exchanged. Are you guys ready? Ok, we are ready.
One of the subjects ( the solitary, and sometimes, misunderstood guy in my class) motioned to the stairs with moderate flourish. You may run up the stairs now.
I should have expected the scenario that followed. Was it in the way our stances underwent a sudden, yet almost imperceptible dynamic change? Or was it the way cheers suddenly erupted from the 6th floor? Or was it the way I felt the rush of adrenalin, so fast that I could feel the beat of my heart?
Anyway what happened was a blur. All I remembered were loud smatterings of footsteps, laughter from one of the subjects (the male subject, who reached the final destination after me only because I blocked his way, hahaha) and me thinking, what in the hell?!
But I ran all the same.
You see, my dear friends, everybody wants to win. We all want to be better than our peers.
If you deny this, I understand. You are trying to fulfil a particular ideal. It's ok to lie.
You say you are happy just to pass a test. Will you still be happy if you passed marginally and the rest of your peers get, say, 85%?
You say looks don't matter, but won't you feel some kind of 暗爽 (secretly pleased, almost like mockery) if your boyfirend is better-looking than those of your girlfriends?
You may still be telling white lies to yourself, but keep in mind:
Everybody else wants to win.
(Anyway, my lecturer anlaysed all the subjects' cardiovascular parameters. He implied that my results indicate either 1) I'm very fit or 2) I'm on drugs or 3) I have some cardiac condition. Go figure.)
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Xiu Juan out
@ |9:59 PM|
1. The activity most important and valued by me is reading
2. Quiet time for me means lying on my bed with my mp3 player.
3. I feel really happy when I have downloaded a song that I want (for free!).
4. I feel contented when I am totally free the next day.
5. Spirituality for me is knowing myself and what I want out of my life.
6. I really dislike passivity/ indecisiveness/ inability to take care of oneself in people.
7. During significant moments of difficulty I need to be still and think.
8. If I am disabled, I need to read.
9. Helping others for me means I need to sacrifice a part of myself.
10. The culture I belong to is unique because I like it.
A sharing session soon ensued between my lecturer and my class. And guess what?
I am a Gollum in a classful of saints.
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Xiu Juan out
@ |9:43 PM|
Heh, quick post here. Just gotta tell all of you that Lush 99.5 has been playing this song by UK Electronic Pop band, Temposhark, called It's Better To Have Loved. And woah, with the collaboration of the acclaimed producer, Guy Sigsworth, this song is the epitome of how all songs should sound like.
Ok, let's get to the meat... --> Click here for a multisensory feast.
Oh, under video option, just click on either "High" or "Low" to hear/see the whole song.
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Kelvin Lim out
@ |5:37 PM|
I like to stare at people. To scrutinize their expressions. When I am in a good mood I will imgaine where they have come from, where they are going, what they are thinking. I will think, "Why is that ah-mah getting down at a deserted bus-stop?" or "Why is that guy smiling to himself?" If the subject in question (be it male or female) is good-looking I will tend to stare even more. Unfortunately, it means that some of them can sense my stare, and I will have to stop.
Dark eye-rings and dark eyebags.
I think people with dark eye-rings or eyebags look good. Which explains why I like Julian Casablancas of the Strokes:
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Xiu Juan out
@ |10:31 PM|
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debbie out
@ |4:46 PM|
the luge was SUPER fun..super super super fun..well worth the $8..all of you shud try it..SUPER fun hahaahha
HAPPY BIRTHDAY GINA!!! hee..i hope you reli enjoyed the day! being thrown in the sea is fun too rite?? in a way la..hahaha...(and no that doesn't mean i wanna be thrown in the sea..it juz means that it CAN be fun hahahaha)..thanks guys for helping us carry gina all the way..i reli wanted to help but i donoe where to go..at least i betta than eunice who was eating chips machiam see show liddat rite hahahaha
eh...was juz reli fun la..donoe wat to say oso..thanks to organizers thanks to people who showed up...sy and deb upload photos soon k?? =D
love all of u
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j_foreva out
@ |9:47 PM|
Happy new year =)
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j_foreva out
@ |3:31 PM|
That
This will be a year
Like no other.
I shall take more risks.
Happy new year everyone.
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Xiu Juan out
@ |1:23 PM|
Hey, good-lookin' (Ego-booster right ahead!)
Right. Have finally managed to access the class photos in googlemail.
And I must say you guys are very photogenic leh! And I really mean ALL of you!
(* my current classmates did comment that all our class girls are quite pretty when I showed the class photo that Kaiyun had kindly provided)
The superficiality in me demands that I look to aesthetics. I shall stare intently at all of you the next time I see you.
Xiu Juan out
@ |10:44 PM|
Spot the Difference
Allow me to bore all of you... Bwahahaha...
24th February, I wrote this to the forum in Straits Times:
I refer to the recent article "PAP disappointed with Workers Party (WP)'s response" in which the ruling party criticized for a "superficial" response when it was accused of planting "time bombs" in its manifesto.
It is undeniable that racial harmony is of utmost importance in a plural society like that of Singapore. Nobody would want Singapore history especially in the perilous years of 1950s and 60s to repeat itself.
But these themes of "vulnerability" and the pressing need for "communitarian values" nevertheless have also been seen by critics as an insidious means to preserve the ongoing hegemony over this nation state.
However, my main point of contention is not with the contents of the WP's manifesto or the ideologies that the government has conscientiously thought out. It is the act of various cabinet ministers calling on WP to rethink it stance which reveals both ethnocentrism and disrespect for its opponents.
I believe these policies whether they are aligned with the official government stand are not cursorily developed. To dismiss a 52-page manifesto with claims charging that it will destroy the key pillars of Singapore's stability and success is oversimplifying convoluted social issues.
As quoted from our Prime Minister Lee "Singaporeans are not daft. They're sensible..", may both parties present their arguments to the public and allow the "sensible" Singaporean to judge for themselves. I will be looking forward to perusing the manifestos of both PAP and WP.
26th February, this appeared on the online ST forum. (NOT the newspaper itself. Grrr...)
Let political parties present their arguments and let S'poreans be the judge
I refer to the recent article 'PAP disappointed with Workers' Party's response' in which the ruling party criticised it for a 'superficial' response when the opposition party was accused of planting 'time bombs' in its manifesto.
It is undeniable that racial harmony is of utmost importance in a plural society like Singapore's. Nobody would want Singapore's history in the perilous years of the 1950s and 1960s to repeat itself.
But the PAP's themes of 'vulnerability' and the pressing need for 'communitarian values' have also been seen by its critics as an insidious means to preserve its political dominance.
However, my main point of contention is not with the contents of the WP's manifesto or the ideologies that the government has conscientiously thought out. It is the act of various cabinet ministers calling on the WP to rethink its stance that reveals both ethnocentrism and disrespect for its opponents.
I believe the WP policies, whether they are aligned with the official government stand, are not cursorily developed. To dismiss a 52-page manifesto with claims that it will destroy the key pillars of Singapore's stability and success is oversimplifying complex social issues.
As Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said, 'Singaporeans are not daft. They're sensible.' May both parties present their arguments to the public and allow the 'sensible' Singaporeans to judge for themselves.
I will be looking forward to perusing the manifestoes of both the PAP and the WP.
Kelvin Lim out
@ |5:47 PM|
"Special" Massage service. anyone?
hahahaha....
Leh-long, leh-long ah!!!
Anyone wanna have SPECIAL massage service?? [no pun hor] Come to my home!!
cus my little cheeky brother has jus set up his own private-limited massage service at home!
*lol*
Yesterday, he handed me his handwritten 'namecard', drawn on a piece of white drawing board and carefully cut out to a size that fits exactly into my wallet.
Heres how it looks -
well, without the spelling & grammatical errors, the card reads:
"Email: limwenxin@hotmail.com
10 stickers will get a special service massage.
Each massage 20 cents."
And guess what is written at the front of the card?
hehe..wat else but his company's tag-line!
" Massage for Care "
hahahahahaahahhaha...I can't stop laughing when I saw the card yesterday..
Kids yearn to be entreprenuers as young as 9 years old...or maybe in some cases even younger.
He earned his first 20-cent from his Er-jie yesterday..
She said it super worth the every single cent of it.
Cus the massage is from HEAD to TOE, and lasted for about half an hour!
dun see my brother small small and skinny skinny...he is quite tough and got strength one hor.
hahaha...
i will have my 1st massage service tmr after school.
so, anyone wanna give a hand to my brother for his new start-up?
he said that he wanna earn more $$$....haha...
I can ask him to draw a customized card for you.
*wink*
eeynis out
@ |12:36 AM|
Deathwish
I went to this website back in 2000 that told me the date I will die.
Date of death: 13 March 2059.
One of my friend's birthday is on 11 March and since she is suppose to die a couple of years after me, I figure that it will be her birthday celebration that will elicit my fatal cardiac arrest at the ripe old age of 75 (read: my penchance to consume foods which are high in sugar and saturated fat in shocking quatities).
Anyway I was just remarking to my secondary school friends on how angsty we sounded in our gang-books, which are basically physical versions of group-blogs. My friends countered me deftly, albeit mercilessly, by stating that I was the only one amongst them with the too-frequent PMS-es and mood swings.
Ah well. Where else can you find such honest friends like them?
Xiu Juan out
@ |3:47 PM|
Everybody wants to win
Everybody secretly wants to win.
We had to do some practical session regarding cardiovascular endurance yesterday. I merrily volunteered to be the subject of my group, thinking that it would be fun to be fussed over by my groupmates while they take my blood pressure and heart rate in various positions.
The bombshell dropped 1 hour into the lab session. All subjects are to proceed to the 3rd floor, and RUN up as FAST AS THEY CAN to the 6th floor, where the rest of the groupmates will take assorted readings again.
To the typical reader who is oblivious to the structure of my school building, the floors are spaced quite wide apart, and runing from 3rd to 6th is like going up 6 floors. To a typically unfit 21 year-old female (females have a higher percentage of fat) whose most strenuous activity is retrieving 1.5 cm thick journals from a shelf 40 cm above her head, that's like, running up 9 floors.
Anyway, 5 of twittered down to the 3rd floor, feeling a weird sense of anticipatory response to the unexpected mission. Run up three floors. Yeah. No big deal. Let's just stroll up.
Signals exchanged. Are you guys ready? Ok, we are ready.
One of the subjects ( the solitary, and sometimes, misunderstood guy in my class) motioned to the stairs with moderate flourish. You may run up the stairs now.
I should have expected the scenario that followed. Was it in the way our stances underwent a sudden, yet almost imperceptible dynamic change? Or was it the way cheers suddenly erupted from the 6th floor? Or was it the way I felt the rush of adrenalin, so fast that I could feel the beat of my heart?
Anyway what happened was a blur. All I remembered were loud smatterings of footsteps, laughter from one of the subjects (the male subject, who reached the final destination after me only because I blocked his way, hahaha) and me thinking, what in the hell?!
But I ran all the same.
You see, my dear friends, everybody wants to win. We all want to be better than our peers.
If you deny this, I understand. You are trying to fulfil a particular ideal. It's ok to lie.
You say you are happy just to pass a test. Will you still be happy if you passed marginally and the rest of your peers get, say, 85%?
You say looks don't matter, but won't you feel some kind of 暗爽 (secretly pleased, almost like mockery) if your boyfirend is better-looking than those of your girlfriends?
You may still be telling white lies to yourself, but keep in mind:
Everybody else wants to win.
(Anyway, my lecturer anlaysed all the subjects' cardiovascular parameters. He implied that my results indicate either 1) I'm very fit or 2) I'm on drugs or 3) I have some cardiac condition. Go figure.)
Xiu Juan out
@ |9:59 PM|
Me, fraud
One questionnaire I had to answer in my OT models tutorial today:
1. The activity most important and valued by me is reading
2. Quiet time for me means lying on my bed with my mp3 player.
3. I feel really happy when I have downloaded a song that I want (for free!).
4. I feel contented when I am totally free the next day.
5. Spirituality for me is knowing myself and what I want out of my life.
6. I really dislike passivity/ indecisiveness/ inability to take care of oneself in people.
7. During significant moments of difficulty I need to be still and think.
8. If I am disabled, I need to read.
9. Helping others for me means I need to sacrifice a part of myself.
10. The culture I belong to is unique because I like it.
A sharing session soon ensued between my lecturer and my class. And guess what?
I am a Gollum in a classful of saints.
Xiu Juan out
@ |9:43 PM|
Temposhark
Heh, quick post here. Just gotta tell all of you that Lush 99.5 has been playing this song by UK Electronic Pop band, Temposhark, called It's Better To Have Loved. And woah, with the collaboration of the acclaimed producer, Guy Sigsworth, this song is the epitome of how all songs should sound like.
Ok, let's get to the meat... --> Click here for a multisensory feast.
Oh, under video option, just click on either "High" or "Low" to hear/see the whole song.
Kelvin Lim out
@ |5:37 PM|
Very random thoughts II
Staring at people.
I like to stare at people. To scrutinize their expressions. When I am in a good mood I will imgaine where they have come from, where they are going, what they are thinking. I will think, "Why is that ah-mah getting down at a deserted bus-stop?" or "Why is that guy smiling to himself?" If the subject in question (be it male or female) is good-looking I will tend to stare even more. Unfortunately, it means that some of them can sense my stare, and I will have to stop.
Dark eye-rings and dark eyebags.
I think people with dark eye-rings or eyebags look good. Which explains why I like Julian Casablancas of the Strokes:
Of course, it's alright if some people are not naturally blessed and choose to DIY instead:
Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance
So. My friends. Don't despair when when your fair countenance produces another dark eye-bag or eyering. Xiu Juan thinks you look great.
Xiu Juan out
@ |10:31 PM|
Did you happen to be at Suntec on Friday night?
Tell you.. I was there after dinner on Friday.. and oh my.. was i shocked at the sight of the number of Victorians I saw.. they practically flooded the whole suntec.. they filled up the entire fountain of wealth.. spilling to the corridors of the basement.. into the food court.. EveryWhere!
I bet the whole school was there.. and it suddenly dawned upon me and friends that they must be 05 & 06 batch.. the whole lot of them... and then.. we just felt so old.. they are like.. sigh.. half a decade younger than us.. we were even contemplating if we would dare to join in the crowd if they did start to do mass dance there or wat.. but nah.. they didnt.. and we didnt dare either.. haha.. wanted to take a snapshot of the crowd one.. macham like countdown liddat... but we were super outnumbered la.. so abit paiseh la.. haha..
ok.. i noe it sounds like no big deal.. but if u were there.. then u would be able to see and also feel the atmosphere la.. brings back memories bah.. ok la.. not like i joined any of the Orientation.. ( i skipped O2 also.. ) but 1 thing for sure.. i bet the school wasnt as happpening as now lor.. alright.. other than the fact that there was 01s44 then but not now.. Hahahaha.. (",)
ok.. thats another random one from me.. tot of adding a new post to this new blogskin mah.. speaking of which.. where is everyone? Blog pple! b4 school work comes tumbling in and we will all go into hibernation mode again.. haha.. Take care peepz!
debbie out
@ |4:46 PM|
Dear S44...
thank you for the wonderful day out..as can see from my super unsporty appearance i dun reli get alot of sun...hahahaha
the luge was SUPER fun..super super super fun..well worth the $8..all of you shud try it..SUPER fun hahaahha
HAPPY BIRTHDAY GINA!!! hee..i hope you reli enjoyed the day! being thrown in the sea is fun too rite?? in a way la..hahaha...(and no that doesn't mean i wanna be thrown in the sea..it juz means that it CAN be fun hahahaha)..thanks guys for helping us carry gina all the way..i reli wanted to help but i donoe where to go..at least i betta than eunice who was eating chips machiam see show liddat rite hahahaha
eh...was juz reli fun la..donoe wat to say oso..thanks to organizers thanks to people who showed up...sy and deb upload photos soon k?? =D
love all of u
j_foreva out
@ |9:47 PM|
5 min walk..rite
i did come and blog o =P
Happy new year =)
j_foreva out
@ |3:31 PM|
A new beginning
I sense
That
This will be a year
Like no other.
I shall take more risks.
Happy new year everyone.
Xiu Juan out
@ |1:23 PM|