Yes everyone.. Im back from the wonderful chalet island of Pulau Tekong.. or wad i call Tekong Slimming Centre. Corrections.. actually i think i gained some weight going there. The food portions are huge but quite detrimental to your taste buds.. training is incredibly tough but surprisingly satisfying.. Bunks at rocky hills are pretty large,spacious and clean (except for the bees that cause my bunk to be flustered).. people are pretty nice.. All JC people and no smokers in my bunk which equates to cleaning air and easier communication. Hahaz. Overall had a pretty good time so far. Nothing that really bothers me. Just that the day actually seems very long there. I wonder why.. Oh and the nights there are very cold. Yes. Its cold. Days without blanket are torturous. So unlike Mainland Singapore. Ok enough army information for my 1st entry as a recruit. ( Oh and im actually not allowed to reveal too much information..) So bye for now.=D 

Okz. Wednesday was fun. Met up with my 'family'. Had good dinner at bedok blk 85. Pigged away with all the good food and chatted alot. Haven't seen many of them since eons ago. Anyway that really brought back good old TMS memory. How i miss those days. Ok after that didn't really do much so just went home. I want more outings!

2dae was another good day! Met TMS ARC people again. Had dinner at the HK cafe at siglap. Food was good but the mango ice was so-so only. Haha, in fact it tasted rather bland. After that went Video EZ borrow DVD before coming to my house to watch. Hahaz. Had fun. Oh i realised its the 1st time they come to my house. Sorry for not inviting ya all earlier!=D Anyway going into army in 1 day plus time. Oh mind. Wish me luck!The few of us outside my house.. LOL.. Under the stars!

As army enlistment date draws increasingly near, i really begin to miss everyone. Have been meeting with groups of friends that are so important to me. Last Friday had JTS, which was a BBQ. Food was pretty little heh. Anyways did enjoy it. Thanks Nat and everyone for organising it. Then came Saturday. Had another BBQ with TMS ARC people at coach's condo at Bukit Batok. Finally met up with my bestest group of friends in ARC. They are the people that have trained hard with me and gone through alot with me. Actually it was quite a weird experience. Supposed to meet kel at bedok, but because i was late i stopped at tanah merah instead and told him to meet me there. He said that he would call me to board the train once he arrive. However, he misunderstood and when he called me, he had already passed tanah merah. So funny lah. then in the end, he had to stop at Bedok. Lol. Quite dumb. Then went Bugis to meet vick before going there. Anyway we were grossly late. Then once again, we were abit loss at Bukit Batok interchange. But our dear kel had GPS on his phone. BUT. The sad thing was that when it loaded, we were almost at the condo le. -_-" But we could find the place with our excellent map reading skills. =D

Such a waste that addy couldnt make it. Anyways me, vick, kel, da jie, kat, gab, cuishan, jj, leewei all went. Haha. Brings back memories of the old days. I really miss shooting. Or rather more of the people. The day ended very late, but coach was nice enough to ask a colleague to send us home. Thanks alot to coach for the BBQ! Coach BBQ is always the most enjoyable BBQ that i look forward to annually! Haha.
My 2 bestest ARC friends!

Yesterday went to this A*star talk with shan, ye wei and john. (too bad vincent's in army) Anyway, the talk was ok, some interesting speakers. But hey, what can you expect from a research scholarship talk! haha. Act it's shan's idea to go coz she claimed that goody bag was good.-_-" However, it turned out that it was pretty bad, coz of the many brochures and nothing exciting. Lol. Then came lunch. It was ok, nothing special though. So after the talk I had to go somerset for my specialist appointment. Seeing that it was still very early, we to Citilink shop with them. Then we settled down at Gelare to have waffle! Like it alot. Warm waffle with maple syrup and rum n raisin ice-cream.. Rocks man! Chatted alot about john! Hmm, shall not disclose anything here coz john will kill me. So yea, after ice-cream rushed off to somerset. When i went to the clinic, was abit late. But it so happened that there was some delay or something so i had to wait like 1.5 hours there before i could see the doctor. Watched this dumb video about Botox at the clinic, which lasted 1.5 exactly. Lol. Anyway learnt alot about Botox! So yea met the doctor and apparently the rest had just finished their pool session. So i went to meet them at City Hall before going home together. Hahaz. Turned out to be a pretty tiring day but yea, had fun.

Gonna meet my 'family' later. Long time never see them le. Hope it will have a good time. =D

Oh and vincent finally replied. Haha. Or rather, he called me to chat about his army experience. Sounds like good fun and slack. Oh and got some advice from him that seems useful. Oh and to john, i told Vin about it le. So sorry cant shut my trap, but it's all for your own good! =D

Chalet's over, so i guess the last event that I can officially gather with most of my class people would be during grad night. Anyway, looking back at the past 2 years in tjc, I can firmly conclude that my decision to go tjc is the right choice. I can still vividly remember this time of the year, 2 years ago. Post O's. I was struggling to decide where to go. Was it going to be vjc or tjc. But i chose to go with most of my friends to tjc, quite to my parents dismay. Anyway there i went on a journey of no return. Entered tjc and I've got to admit i felt pretty comfortable because of the many familiar faces. As for subject combination, I didn't really know what i wanted to do. And so once again, i got influenced by friends. John wanted to do PCBME, so yes, i went to do it with him. LOL. I sound like a mindless freak. I could still remember the trauma i went through initially. Everyone's timetable ended at 3 promptly. But guess what? Mine ended at 6! Yes, i felt like a lifeless creature. The worst was yet to come. I can still remember how horribly i did for tests and exams. As for lessons, i had to struggle to even keep awake because i had difficulty understanding and i was darn tired! I was really demoralized then. Really felt like dropping a subject. But guess it's the friends that I've made in the class that really gave me the courage and motivation to continue. That's what i love about 01/06. We're like one big family. There's this strong bonding among ourselves. Yes we do form cliques among ourselves, but we never fail to consider everyone as an important entity of the class.

In 01/06, there is no exactly a quiet moment. Every little free time we had together is filled with laugher. I don't remember laughing so much in my life before. It actually taught me to be more optimistic about life. There's no necessity to get all tensed and stressed up over everything. We can turn almost everything under the sun into a joke. Although our indecisiveness do make me feel quite pissed off sometimes, i guess i miss it still.

Many people out there perceive 01/06 as the "nerd" class. But i can't help but to feel quite disturbed by these remarks. Yes the people here are darn smart. >6A1s is quite common. But there are people in the class that are not born as smart. A.k.a. Me. To me, i feel that this class excel because we do assist each other and perhaps we do get our priorities right. When it's time to study we do put in the effort to do so. (Even thought sometimes we tend to be lazy and slack away) Anyway, no matter how much they traumatize me with their superb grades, i still love them. I've heard some of my friends feel demoralized because they claim they pulled the class average down. But hey, does it really matter. We aren't really bothered by those class rankings, that initially serve to spur us on but as time went by, didn't really bothered us. Rankings and statistics are nothing but a list of numbers used to discriminate everyone. So, i really feel proud to be in 01/06 and love you people.

Some messages to some people in the class:
Vin, Nerd, Ye Wei, Shan, QiHui-- a.k.a. my b****ing partners. Thank you guys for playing a BIG role in my JC life. Thanks for all the nonsense conversations and meaningless things we've done together. I just realised that I've been having lunch with you guys like almost EVERYDAY of these 2 years. And thanks for all the motivation through b****ing you guys gave me thoughout these 2 years. Outings are all great. Yes we do complain a lot but hey, i really enjoy your company. It's not the things we do that matter, instead, it's the people that accompanied you that matters. I really can't imagine life without you guys!

John-- My classmate for eons. Thanks so much for being my source of inspiration motivation. You'be been a really good friend and god (as all the TKD people call you), must not forget me after you become a doctor one day kz! Must give free consultation!

Ilyana -- Special thanks to you who was in my PW and dustbin group! Thanks for the dedication and I really couldn't have done so much without you! =D

Dar Dar!-- PW was made a real enjoyable experience with you! I miss the Raffles Place frenzy over sotong and fried mars bars and how we couldn't resist the temptation of shopping. And not to forget our efficiency! We rock as a team. And jia you in your attempt to conquer number 1,2,3 and 4! And keep building up your PF (joking!)

Wan Ting and Wan Yee--the sisters that differ greatly in size (joking!=D), Thanks for everything. The tattoo, the laughter, and all the screaming. The little thrills in life.

Next are the TJC ARC people which also contributed to my library of pleasant memories.
Vicki Chan Hui Qing-- Known you for... 6 years?? Very very long le. Anyway, AR would never be the same without YOU. A friend that share the same passion in shooting as me. Initially joined ARC to slack, but you together with Kel has made everything so enjoyable! Thanks for being my inspiration and motivation too, and not to forget all those fun time spent together. All the nonsense and stupid things we've done together will forever remain in my heart! Cheers to many many years of friendship!

Ernest-- Known you for only like 1.5 years but I must say that you have been a great great friend! Perhaps the few people who share the same passion in shooting as me! Sharing my workload in ARC and making my life so much easier. A good friend to talk to! Good luck for everything in the future! Jia You!

To those not specially mentioned, please don't feel left out. I love ya all too! Everyone that has crossed my path in my life is important to me. So I really appreciate and love everyone.=D

Have been spending my whole afternoon watching youtube videos. I think vincent's right, 星光幫 is really good. Hahaz. Lol.

Anyways A's are officially over for me. So yes i feel liberated. So long are the days where i cant help feeling guilty for not studying. And yes no more tests and exams for at least 2 years. So thats the nice part. But somehow, when i am studying, i want freedom. But when i really get it, i am not as happy as i think i should be. Strange enough. Perhaps thats human nature. Anyway headache's never ending. The next thing i have to fret about is which university course i will study. Frankly speaking i really do not know. People tend to get greedy, especially in this competitive world of ours. There are courses that i am interested in, but that very often is NOT a feasible choice. So i have to compromise. Tentatively, i think my few choices are: (in no order of preference)

1) Double degree in Chemical engineering and Business Administration
2) Medicine (for some reason)
3) Chemical Engineering
4) Chemistry
5) Pharmaceutical Science

But it all depends on my grades next year. Scholarships are also a great hassle. There are so many of them that i do not know which is the one i really want. I just want to learn to be more independent and not depend so much on my parents for university funding. Yes i do have a few choices in mind but I've got no idea which is better. Anyone can enlighten me? My choices are:

1) ExxonMobil Scholarship
2) PSC Merit Scholarship
3) NUS Undergraduate Merit Scholarship
4) Engineering Scholarship

Oh mind, mention scholarships and I never fail to get headaches. Anyways I've got till March 2008 to think through and hope my results are not as atrocious.

On a happier note, yesterday after biology p1 went to orchard with class people to do some shopping. Bought 3 CD's and a pair slippers. And I have a long list of things to get before i get enlisted into the army. My shopping list:

1) Prom stuff
2) New hp without camera
3) Hellgate : London
4) New graphic card and RAM for my PC
5) New Shoes?
6) Christmas present for my cg-mates?
... and the list goes on.

Haha.. I suddenly feel so empty. I mean my wallet. On never mind because I'm gonna get my 1st paycheck soon. Not any paycheck. Army paycheck. Oh and i haven't met up with lots of friends for a long time man. Hope i get to go out with them soon before i get enlisted. Oh and there's class chalet too. It's gonna be an exciting 3 weeks before i get enlisted. =D

Yes! LAST PAPER ON THURSDAY! Yes.. it's the LAST paper. Hahaz. I can begin to sense the liberation already. (Actually i already felt it since after econs.. lol) Oh n congrats to all the physics people. It's post As already! Unfair.. =X

Anyway i think 蕭敬騰 is damn good. Must go listen to some of his songs. =D

Chem was ok, so 3 papers left! Ah Biology paper 3 just spoils everything. I've been wasting my entire weekend. I need help sitting down to study. 3 more papers. That's the greatest motivation i guess. Hahaz. Feeling good. Tmr is gonna be a good day. I hope. =D

Yes, another free day without any paper. This week has been full of ups and downs. Physics P3 was pretty bad, and i can't help feeling damn terrible because i changed lots of my right answers for wrong ones for some god knows reason. Haiz. Anyway hope that does not deprive me of an A for physics. Chemistry was pretty good! Happy. Then economics was okay. Essay was quite ok because I've done the monopoly question before and so it's mere regurgitation. BUT i think I'm quite stupid. I actually read the question wrongly and wasted 25 minutes writing an essay totally OFF. Oh mind damn panicky. The question was something like should the government relax control on market dominance.. but i interpreted it as should the government relax control on imports! And there i went to write 1.5 pages on international trade! Damn scared man! But lucky i made up a lot of time during case study and i wrote super fast. So at the end i could finish, but not sure if its good enough for an A. Anyway economics is OVER! OVER! OVER!It's as good as the end of A's man! 4 papers to go. Chem P1 tomorrow, followed by Biology P3, Physics P1, Biology P1. 10 papers down! 4 to go! I need some discipline now. LOL.

Yeps half way through the A's already. It has been pretty good so far other than GP that i can never do well in. Lets hope everything will get even better.=D

For some reason, I've the urge to blog again. Yes, exam's starting on tuesday and i'm not fully prepared yet. But, there's always time to laze around. Yesterday my neighbour's maid's going home so my maid went to ask her to bring some stuff back. When i asked what she sent back, she told me a few bars of toberonne and some clothes and that's it. Then i asked her "what for? Its available everywhere.." Then she told me how rare toberonne was in the Philippines and that anyone who grabs hold of one has to be filthy rich or have friends that are filthy rich. Only then did it actually struck me that not everyone is as fortunate as me. And that she has only eaten toberrone in Singapore because my bro has lots of them in the fridge. Momentarily, i felt quite terrible. Maybe its because i never knew that a bar of chocolate would be that valuable to others because its so available here, but had the urge to buy a box of toberonne and send it back for her. I never knew that such little things can make someone else's day.

Or rather, Singaporeans should learn to appreciate the things that we take for granted more. To us, we complain over every trivial thing, from slight GST hike all the way to gay issues. But never once did we sit down and reflect on what we have. Yes i got to admit things in Singapore is quite costly, but at least they are available to us. As long as we put our hearts to do things, we will get somewhere. I not like other places around the world where not everyone has this chance. In Singapore, most of us stand on a common platform. All we have to do is to try our very best and that's it.. Sigh.

I been studying a lot these few days, but simultaneously thinking about lots of stuff as well. Guess it's about time, me, an eighteen year old guy gain some enlightenment about life. For the past 18 years of my life, I been living it like a brat. I know nothing much about life outside of this island. I guess thats the excitement and passion for traveling. To understand others, their home, their culture and their way of life. These things never bothered me before, but i guess people do change. Or rather mature. Now i understand why my parents are so eager to travel around the world at least once in their life. To discover a world so different from our's yet inhabited by people too.

I sound weird above, but i guess those are words of a child that has thought through life for the first time. Anyway I've got no idea why I'm spending like 1 hour thinking and typing while i should be mugging and slogging it out like any JC2 student now. Confidence? Not exactly. No no, it can't be it. I've got a strange habit of watching more TV than ever during exams period. For me, the amount of TV time must be equal or greater than the amount of study time. Any imbalance and i will just feel stressed out. LOL. Got to kick the habit. But the series of exciting TV coming up ain't helping me that bit. So just hope i can find time to study. I guess that it for now till the end or the exams, which is on 22 November. Wow, i wonder how i would ever survive, but i just have to i guess. So mug hard people, and don't ever neglect your health too! All the best!

The plight of JC students.. When the As approach, everyone gets overly anxious mugging away. And yes, no one seems to be updating their blogs. As for me, i tend to blog only when i get stressed coz other than then, i just cannot be bothered. Revisions well on the way. All my H2s seems to be on track, but the stupid economics is still driving me mad. Yes, MAD. Econs is such a turn off man. Anyway its quite strange not going to school these few days. First, its darn boring. Next, its still darn boring. I prefer those nutcases in class to keep me alert 24-7. Haha. I feel strange not talking for like the whole day, coz back in class, i cant even keep my mouth shut for more than 3 minutes. Haha. Lucky there's still GP that i can give myself an excuse to go school. School brightens up my day man. Or rather.. the people. Haha.

In conclusion: I MISS THE BITCHINESS OF MY CG-MATES. I MISS THE SUPER EXCITING TUTORS. I MISS THE OLD AND RUNDOWN BUILDING OF TJ. I MISS TJ.

I understand why some people hate studying. Yes, I'm feeling rather sick of studying already. Maybe it's the feeling of burnt out. Whenever i see those stacks of prelim papers that I've yet to complete, I feel like puking. To think that the A's is just 2 weeks from now. I'm actually totally not confident this time round. During Os, at least after prelims, I felt that i could conquer the world. But now, prelims was all right. But everyone around me seems to be improving like 100x faster than me, so yea my level position experienced an exponential decrease. What a time for this to happen. Anyways I giving myself a break to day to enable myself to last through the As. I'm sleep deprived, food deprived and until now, i still haven't had time to get my ipod. A's, end soon.

Ok sad things aside, another bad news. I just got my enlistment letter and I'm going in on 15th Dec. Actually, I don't really know if its considered a bad thing. Anyway I've been wanting to get fitter since eons ago and my chance has finally come. Army, a time or very much physical pain but at least my brain could be given its much awaited rest. So thats the good thing about army i guess. Never mind, just hope everything turns out fine these few weeks.

For everyone mugging out there, take a break=D

Here's my results for prelims..
GP- 59
Econs- 66
Maths- 65
Physics- 69
Chemistry- 72
Biology- 63

Yea looks like i've improved quite abit from JCT.. from ABCCCC to AABBBC.. hahah.. yea hope i can push on to get my As=D

Jiayou everyone!

Dont know y.. but i suddenly got the urge to blog. Yea its has been like 6 mths. Yes 6 mths. Cant really discipline myself to blog regularly. I have been rather busy these couple of months. Hmm.. things that happened.. Firstly, my career in shooting has finally ended after 6 yr. I have mixed feelings about it. I feel glad coz i can finally concentrate fully on studies and have more free time to play with. But also quite sad coz that means that i dont get to shoot le.. The sport that i love the most. Thinking back, i actually joined shooting to slack. But somehow, i met great people and a great coach, so i began to love shooting n till now, i still have the passion to shoot. Damn, i must focus and stop drifting away.

Ok, next was JCT. Did ok.. ABCCCC.. but who cares abt JCTs anyway!? Hahaz.. anyway prelims are finally over.. 2 weeks of horror. Got back some of my papers. Its actually ok.. but somehow its neither here nor there type of result. There's improvement, quite significant for bio and chem, but i think i could have done better. I've got only myself to blame for starting too late bahz. The As is in 34 days time, hope i can get my As for at least all my core subs, except GP which i aim only to get a B or C.

Yea 2day's mum's birthday, so i went with my family and bro's gf for dinner at parkway. Karthini's Indonesian restaurant is really good. Serves damn nice food man. Haha.. ordered like 10 dishes for 5 people. LOL. I'm still so bloated lah. Thats the problem if i eat with my parents. I will grow damn FAT. My nemesis, the 3 letter word F-A-T. Hahhaz.. Anyway prelims has already driven my weight up. Studying is detrimental to one's health man!

Ok, will update again soon. Yes soon. I just to wait till i have the next spur of motivation and perhaps free time. So cya till then=D

Woah. Have been 5 months since i last post. Really dont have the energy to write these days. Actually nothing much has happened so far, except the immense pressure from school. Yes. The pressure is immense. After getting the wonderful progress report, i finally realised how much i've lagged behind. Never in my life have i seen so many Es. Yes. Es. Believe it or not. Lol..

Yes I've gotten over it. But at least there's a HUGE improvement for bio. Ahahaz. Darn proud of myself.=D Anyways Im back to mugging mode; doing TYS every now and then only to realise how dumb i am. At least my grades have started to pick up. Got my B for maths, A for physics.. and the best thing that has happened to me this yr is my A for chinese. Damn happy n kinda unexpected, coz in school at most i get a C. Hope everything will turn out fine this year.

Today's pretty terrible for me. Mr lee jus dropped by and told us the Home Team NS competition is this sunday! So unprepared lah. I think i will jus take this as an experience. Hate it. I feel like dying. Savvveeee meee... Oh and the chem test on ionic equilibrium is crap. As in C-R-A-P. Its crazy.

Anyways, i better go rush my econs case studies before mrs than make me drop econs (altho i cant.) LOL. I can imagine her killing me. ahhaz. Life only going to get better! Im positive about it.

Oh and heard PW results is gonna be out on friday. Wish me gd luck. If i dun get Band 1 i realli dunno wad i will do man. hahahz.. joking. So thats all for now.