sad-happy slap in the face

cheers to Vas and Pris,aka Dance Floor winners.I mean,I haven't been interested in talent shows until recently when I readily liked the dancing duo.at least my 1 call per week vote didn't get wasted as they wowed the house.too bad I couldn't watch the second part because I was evicted from the TV,damm! basically I've a list of the 20 most promising youngsters below 20,but I shan't say who is which YET. but one thing's for sure,Jas Ser the shooter is one of them if the current AJCians knew more. I heard there was an exclusive interview,so I'm looking forward to a smuggled copy

what's with happy slapping nowadays.maybe kids nowadays weren't literally drowned(in water.you get my point),but are drowned in a welter of schoolwork and crazy expectations that just got higher and higher like a rising tide.it's sad to hear of people my cousin's age +/- 2 years drowning in the sea,the canal,whatever.when they could have been made for better things,but even more sad when they can't be liberated from the nightmare of being slapped in the name of happy slapping,whacked in the name of protection...and well...the list goes on and on.

thresholds

for quite a while I have a massive scare of losing my wallet with so much at stake.haiz for all of 3h I felt scared that I've to lose my money,but luckily I found it at last.

(The following post DOES NOT reflect the views of the owner of this blog)

A disclaimer: The Writer is ready to defend His ideals.Unlike a bunch of ragtags whose main aim is to sabotage

Maybe the only way to explain why some angry AJCians(I suppose) are forced to rant in their blogs under the anonymous cover of the anonymous blogger about the sad state of affairs is to see who's at fault.both seems to be at fault here.but what can be helped?if you take away this last right wing bastion,as the current regime thinks,it'd be one hell of a disaster.disaster?come on,don't stay as if it were the 90s (or even the 80s) where subservience is king and any kind of speech is anathema. but if students are allowed to have a large say,the rules seems to be bent and ambiguity sets in

the conservatism and apparent bias that is evident in the state of affairs in AJC IS stifling the population as a whole.while the policies have been effective in the 90s where getting the necessary results are concerned,and it's encouraging,there seems to be a mentality where if it ain't broke,don't fix it,and if it ain't even profitable anytime,don't bother.that includes update.the sad fall of grace of the track team from top 5 to the hard surface of the asphalt,sadly was a neglect of the current regime.having convinced that the DSA will mean that less talents are available,they set a Soviet style quota system.quoting from an insider the school expects these people to win when trained from J1 even when training is a long term thing and it's DSA where it helps.while it is good that better allocation of resources are achieved,VERY little support were given to non niche CCAs which brings us to the next point:

rules should be followed.fine.I've no objections about that.there are some norms to be followed.ok.granted there are good rules,BUT the needlessly excessive and pharisee-style enforcement of the rules turns many people off instead.it's important to know how to present yourself.fine.but to even go into the smallest details,far from helping matters,breed resentment as many just learn how to survive by looking 'smart' for checking and then reverting to their usual 'sloppy' selves.tucking in,no doubt is ok,but excessively doing it even with PE attire,and constant nagging of girls skirts lengths,whcih to them nothing is ever too long enough,manages to breed only resentment

(back to my normal self)

POS-Parade of Schools.cheerleading meets christ.they must have had lotsa energy.fancy training from 6-10 excluding a few stargglers who started filtering out from 2046 onwards.first timer goes find out and had a few problems with tense muscles.from one of the most stressful colleges out there please consider the implications.stunts should not be attempted by noobs,which is a long while before they will allow the whole team to work with the music

sick shit

the final solution for desperados is always take up arms and shoot.you've a recipe for disaster when you can buy guns as if you buy beer and ammo as if it were lollipop.but thanks to the americans they talk alot and still nothing happens.just like the kyoto protocol.and even the most inconvenient truths fail to shake the rednecks.you take away the petrol guzzling abilities of their chevys and chryslers,and it reminds them of wartime austerity.you take away their guns and they were pleading because they thought osama bin laden would have his kakis hide behind bush and take down every american they can find in the us and a.and one more excuse means that they kinda look like duffers when it comes to domestic and foreign policy.

that makes singapore so nice

AJ Tifo-what it looks like if the Councillors made it happen

AJ are really crazy

AJ Classy Tifo

AJ Blank Tifo

Stupid little tifo by some AJ Ultra who I shall not name.Guess what will the Council think?

Boys to Men to Boys

it's a long circle before boys turn to men before they turn back to boys.funny huh,but I'd think that in JC they kinda end up being fossilized by all the schoolwork.depending on your perspective the uniform is a symbol of pride or oppression,and the Poly students the freetown gang,although I might like to point out that their growing-up is forcibly accelerated.I might say that JC boys are more likely to spiral back to their boys days because (especially this generation) they seem to be over-protected until they lost all their hunting instincts.a greenhouse I must add.maybe that's why they are chronically cynical complainers with a dwindling porpotion of people who are willing to do anything.

If blogs are anything to go by,I suspect there's a resignedness to life that makes stories all the more sordid,their emptiedness makes it all the more eerie that was downed by DOTA.which is to say it's the new alcohol,just as pawn is the new h*roin.and that resignedness is still the same.

Insolent kids,I don't know how the generation after dragon year will ever percieve army to be.will it be slack,will it be too tough?maybe not.whatever the case they still complain and still give some excuse it's feedback.can't they see that complaining takes you nowhere and being numb is the only way to tide through and still get the same problems.to them,NS=Nasty Service and that they wished they're back to their boy-days of antics and stuff

which is why football hooligans never die.because their boyhood that was suppressed long ago is back,and nasty as ever

and maybe that's why cutting or raising ministers' wages is still drearily debated,just because whatever the government does,it's going to sway like a coconut tree until it stays the same and nobody moves.

Anyway nothing beats an afternoon enjoying a glass of chardonnay with a whole fish to yourself.it takes all of 15 minutes before a simply steamed fish and wine becomes heavenly tea-time(though that would be missing the point)

Easterification

terrific 'long weekend' at stake. Have a good friday

Friday: Q: How do you know when there's a packed Expo? A: When City Harvest comes
Political joke? Maybe not. Kinda have a great day for Friday,not that the cell cancelled the lunch last minute and no one called, but i'm happy in Heaven. Among all firsts,going up on to stage to stick light sticks is hardly an idea/excuse to go up to the hallowed stage. I didn't realise there were 3 AJ ushers from 3 generations,and maybe we'll have the next generation.Easter rocks so much,they must have packed like sardines and still no one complains

Saturday: dinner is superb.just don't mention I drank sherry and Italian red that was a ill-fitting partner for the intense beef,especially French aped black pepper sauces. If they would have allowed riesling then it'd be better,but I'd have to choose the lesser of 2 evils

Double Header

Extracted from the art pages review of a Synapse Reporter

This is not a joke. The editor had to rush to 2 locations within the span of 5 hours for 2 concerts happening back to back. just to chase both AJC's and ACJC's concert. and to top off the insult,it's april fools on that day.wonder why he didn't hit the speed limit here. nonetheless,enjoying 5 hours straight of music is a very nice experience. vertical tasting notes down here

Since the next day isn't a holiday, AJ decided to hold their concert on a midsummer evening.5.30pm(pretty unusual time to start) in the historic VCH. slightly confused musical arrangement aside,there's a coherent flow of good music. maybe/or because of their less lofty expectations,it's a more relaxing type of concert. not the heavy going stuff so beloved of SYF.an aperitif perhaps

back at the Esplanade, the renowned ACJC band concert suffered from a few minor technical glitches,as well as a behind the scenes episode of a (nearly) falling sleigh bell.
but this being the 30th anniversary of the band,it's one helluva production,with glamorous operettas,classics and more showmanship(with the organ on top dutifully producing some deep notes for Turandot)

Trying Times

Should I say that there isn't any thing much to say on my part?maybe the fact that I've been doing sudoku took my mind off a lot of stuff.to be honest,this is not what I'd describe as a bit of a nonsensical idea,but maybe it's how you define perfectedness

I bet those naysayers are back at it again when her album comes out,with more juicy 'fodder' to feed the legions of tabloids and their cynical readers.maybe not,but something to note that in our process of trying to be perf,we tend to magnify whatever flaws and whatever i-doubt-you-should-say-it. to those cynics,who cares if people from other places are able to take heart of her experience in moving out of the darkness.pardon me for being pharisical,but do we necessarily end up being sucked deeper into the vortex/black hole.that's why we've got 251 and Singapore's most notorious citizen,and the system just f***in ends up being pharisical again

game

Rollercoaster

I wished I didn't have to get myself into such a mess.I wish I did.but now that the damage's done,I think I would need to get myself out.my tags tell part of the mess I did,but it's nothing compared to the fact that I just simply lost interest.at least someone cares for her,so I shan't dwell too much unless I'm RIPping

maybe not

Having to go through a emotional roller coaster is bad enough.not knowing whether she's got someone or she's just trying to escape from the fact that someone liked her but fatally had little by-way of showing his feelings or emotions.confused at whether she liked him but was too shy to speak out(for whatever reason) or whether she dont because (a: someone else came first or b: she didn't like him and somehow got confused)

Disturbingly,he got tormented because he wasn't sure if he should really continue or he should just give up. conflicting messages go haywire in his head and he just goes ____...well get the story

maybe not

Monsieur

The Chairs must have had enough of South Africa when they wanted one vote of non confidence too many,when they messed up palestine and somalia and disputed 5 times for an ECOSOC world fund resolution before they had a special one,all because someone changed the terms such that it controversially evaded the topic.sick shit.last resolution wasn't even bothered except for voting as I wrote with the team and my new UK crony a fake resolution that was supposed to be debated but was passed without vote.

all that remains is for tomorrow,which many people are looking forward to

Rodong Simun-a parody of North Korean propaganda

Arseholes has 'conquered all the devils of the imperialistics' at the SIMUN at the French School this afternoon. With the help of fellow 'gringo bashers' Venezuela and Cuba and other cronies they have succeeded in making the Canadians and Belgians look like Jackasses when they were caught dead supporting a resolution.and best of all the p5(Russia excluded as a super crony) were silent.hahaha

fake one la.update l8r.more business to do

whatever that is,Monday rocks,with a 4s3 outing that was supposed to involve most of them but just ended up with dinner and sentosa for 10

Hilario

Interestingly I managed to be able to stay sane after yesterday. as it turned out Val didn't get what I mean when I told her about the butchery at Parkway B1.so what happened was that they came late.luckily it wasn't east coast or something although the dog whom the 2 were playing with might need to be though dsome manners Borat style

it's pretty much fun when the 2 guys get cooking and the rest crapping about their NUS/NTU escapades.and bring the wine out too,although the 2002 Shiraz seems abit alcoholic due to its awful temperature at room temp.maybe that caused the blunder of the year,when everyone laughed when I get dipped into the koi pond instead,leading Val to remark that the fishes are afraid of me when they congregate in one side...aaaaahhhh.but coup is that they were overwhelmed by the bratwurst which none(i think) have ever tried this juicy

that's it...I can't wait for emerge 2007,although I think I might be considering POS,a trouble since I can lead cheers(Euro style with adrenaline and alcohol fueled delirium and vulgarity spewing chants) but not cheer lead(the American way.read:fancy suits and crazy jumps)

I've never seen a pastor candidly talk about sex and the impact on culture,but I think I seemed suitably enlightened by Sy Rogers and his really hilarious way of putting the message through. Maybe that might draw flak from conservatives,but I think the way to salvation doesn't just mean believing,but also having faith in Him to deliver me from bondage.just yesterday I was slightly bored during cell and I thought that maybe the world would have been for His glory had He not (to some conservatives) 'condoned' such ridiculous games as online rape games. while I thought that was sick,maybe it really showed how God might actually be useful in the marketplace,that even the darkest gardens and corners in the world,of which the world have forsaken will see the light at the end of the tunnel,and of righteousness and truth instead

I'm only human

Hey guys,it's St Pats day and I think I might guinea pig the BN people with guinness for their BBQ this sat,but I can't find Murphy's or Beamish's.I forgot all about the Murphy's at duty free last time out and the Beamish is quite hard to find.

What's over is OVER,I suppose
What's the big deal about AAAA A1 (DD M) when in fact only 2 of the S papers and 3 of the As will do for PSC,Presiden't Scholar,blahblahblah

That's what I think about SOME RJC students. Sure,I've friends there,and otherwise I'm proud of their achievements as a friend.But being paranoid about that isn't a solution
I know,67 failing GP in AJ isn't a glam thing,but at least in AJ there's still a semblance of humanity Just like his stories,it's all a dream.but it does sober us up to what we stand as humans nowadays. up to a point,after I hear too much of AAAAs,I suddenly think about the all-too-perfect surroundings of Super-Cannes...and I don't know if Rj was another Super-Cannes,except that you take out some of those stuff you see in the novel.

From this threshold,I suddenly think that the A levels have lost quite a large amount of its prestige. the old uncles at Cambridge and the old fashions duds at the MOE would be blase,but it just shows how badly this system is abused.now you've RJ ppl breezing through, and AJ having a 'rich poor gap'. either way it's like you threaten to kill a golden goose which may be impotent after laying so many golden eggs

suddenly thought of a very apt song to describe my mood.just one thing,most of my peers would find my music selection ridiculous

rare updates

Updates have become increasingly rarer as times have not went past smoothly.don't bother with asking me anything,because life is tough.not to say getting assaulted on many fronts.

that means nothing much except another lovely BN bbq on sunday and memories of being with 18 instead of 35 at pastamania