though I might not know you personally,I just hope you found a better place up there. there is just so much I can say,but to go off in a blaze of glory after you did yourself and your peers proud,all efforts aren't likely to be wasted
many people haven't seen the blood,sweat,tears,...,that puts to training. though we might debate about all those circumstances for a long time,I just want to tell you,you're still a warrior
finally someone I missed so much gave me all the news about who's gone where
Germ(aine).Joyz/Joyce.Deb.Rara/Sarah.Joce.VanC.Norma.CY: they stuck together through thick and thin.that notwithstanding I suspect all are taking lit classes.NUS FASS(Fac of Arts and Soc Sci)
has a whole gamut of courses and I don't know any details. it was late in the night when Germ smsed me. sorry Germ for the book snatching incident,Joyz for giving you a lil bit too much to handle(altho thanks for tolerating-barely),deb for making my self seem misunderstood,Rara and Joce for being a little too friendly,VanC and Norma for slackin during PW and Chen Yu for a lotta stuff which i doubt you'd forgive
NUS Biz: Rosanne. prospective junior? I promise there won't be anymore antics like last year. enjoy your time there and I think I'll look for you next time for serious business.and yeah,scully you look different
NTU Lit: Meryl.Jialing. Firstlove called Lit. I think I'll miss you both.I won't be applying for lit(I've other plans),so you're guaranteed lots of time mugging peacefully. but then,i don't know if you'll become a big hit in lit circles,so keep fingers crossed
NTU Masscomm: Ci and Jang. I see the latter almost every week. but for Ci,I miss you. and I don't know if you'll ever see me again
SMU law: PPX.impressive.judgment reserved whether I'll go there or I'll 'terrorise'(
the above word is not intended to instil any fear) NUS. but there shall be drastically little nonsense if I go both places.2 years in NS and 4 more months of VC style torture will see to that
Yiwen: I don't know if there will ever be a class gathering,but inasmuch as I'd miss you,the fact that you're bound for Toronto will mean that ...(whatever I say won't count)
Daryl and Jeremy: allegedly in NUS.I can't confirm with them.
Cleavon: SMU.unconfirmed
Soldier X: ? under heavy artillery fire
things never meant to be that boring nowadays,just that there are no more things to say about. quite a nightmare to think about the vast killing fields that come next.
can your fate be decided on a few papers alone?yes and no. eventually we have to go through judgment day,and as everything flashs back while you're terminated,would you want to go off well?
well I certainly hope so.I'll be back
I think I might be gone by then.but it's time to kill.there's nothing to lose,but one wrong move,there's nothing to gain either
to the death!
I'm so in love with the Pet Shop Boys. sounds so retro and futuristic at the same time...mann I can't wait to buy their greatest hits
Whatever the case EMERGE has been a rocking 4 days full of fresh revelations,helluva lotta fun and God as always made a rocking day even more rocking in His own house for all of CHC
Day 1: POS! morning was the normal conference session. when night falls,though,it's VERY different. though the JC cluster didn't win the top prize,it's kinda great to shine on the hallowed stage. Halleujah! too bad the guys have to watch the service and STRIKEFORCE via videolink.rocks but not enough. especially when broadcasted overseas
Day 2: got remedial,so only evening. the only time SIM/SMU climbed over the JC guys. and I was lucky to sit with Wayne even if I made it at 6.55-normally ushers would start carving up tribal territory
Day 3: come 1h before EMERGE to line up for seats.this is not a joke. I came only 30 mins before the session starts,and I basically can forget about any seats,but I was lucky yet again.there's a very long queue and I nearly got marooned in the back entrance.good grief!
Day 4: THE END. well,if it is,then it is a good one. towards the end,the first time I stayed 6h in the same hall,and apparently the JC guys were kept on tenterhooks before they got a third straight cluster trophy(by virtue of bronze medals!) camera whoring awaits
that's just a few of the revelations. I shall tell you more when I remember.meanwhile,peace out!
P.S: video quality may be a little bit off.and don't count on FBI technology to identify anyone out there since you can't make out the faces
my fren just managed to burn the Borat movie into a vcd form. which means my birthday present,though 2 weeks late,is still a present. life's been fine, except for the fact that my frens in AJ were talking about the black wednesday 2 days back where we just lost everything. sad
equally odd is that there are a few rude shocks this year in the A division. VJC and SAJC,oddly missed out on the soccer finals. RJC (shock) and MJC (ok lor) won on penalties...which means that many were commenting how funny the final would look like. it capped off a miserable year for VJ,where their netballers crashed out of the first round as favourites for second,boys hockey agonisingly sent out on penalty flicks and their boys,normally functioning, couldn't get out of the group of death.
that means the DSA is turning into a territory cutting exercise. what's with RJC and HCI playing out their fantasies of winning their track and field championships at the expense of the rest; the painful battle of ACSI,ACJC,SAJC and RJC snatching rugby balls like kids;(AJC,NYJC and TJC) and MJC having their eggs forced into one basket with respect to volleyball and soccer, and VJC trying their best to live out their passion...it's a crazy world
what a birthday it was.didn't wake up to expect a mayday shock.but what's over is over and there must be more drama.I'm promised a borat dvd next week by a few of my buddies and I got my favourite breadtalk blackforest cake on that day as a surprise.
from another gang of my buddies things back at AJ have been a little jittery when you have soccer looking as if they were in the scrap heap with 5 straight losses.I feel sad and the other guys back at camp would. and except for our volleyball guys the rest get dirty jobs in second rounds,much less the tragic combo of AC+RJ(hockey boys) and HC+RJ (netball).
haha blessed are those who bought Sun's new CD yesterday,because they happily got to see their idol.not Puff who thought Sunday got...but there's a catch.they probably are sulking at the airport,trying to get past the barricade of minders
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.
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
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
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)
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
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)
