New host, new look, new feel. I chose wordpress over blogger for its clean and user-friendly interface and, more importantly, the great themes the Wordpress community possess for its users. I totally do not wish nor do I have the time to make a new template, as I have to learn xml in order to do so. However wordpress has no support for tagboards, so Im stuck here till I find a way around it :/
Its the start of the year 2009, and its the time where most 16 year olds are stuck waiting for their O level results. Im no different. Not sure how mine will turn out, but lets just hope for the best for all of us :) Also hopefully the chalet would be a success and that the mood wont be spoilt. Its getting more mundane these days. Im wearing out my thumbs on DJMax and Topgear season 2 isnt getting more interesting :/
12 Jan marks the end of our childhood. It is time for us teens to grow up and start looking forwards, and think about what kind of futures we want, and what kinds of paths we should take in order to walk towards our ideal futures. I wish everyone a great year ahead. May we discover what we really want in life and strive towards that dream, so that we make the best out of our lives.
Fresh start for a New Year
Church Camp
Had church camp on monday to tuesday. Actually it was more of a overnight project than a church camp, because the camp was supposed to let us do our wall-painting for the Youth classroom. The walls were originally white, blank and plain, thus we decided on a project to decorate the class. We spent two days doing wall-painting and it turned out to be quite professional looking :D
cool black border we painted on impromptu
the white box hadnt been finished when i took this pic
What we did was to use a projector and project the words and images we wanted onto the screen and then trace them out, after which we would paint them. The silhouettes though were tracings of ourselves! The silhouettes are from the left: Kerrhui kneeling in prayer, Anhui reading the bible, my sister Joy playing the piano, Zhi ler playing the guitar, and me drawing the banner LOL
It was a very new experience, because painting on a wall is very different to drawing on a piece of paper. You cannot make mistakes, or the line would be wavy, or the paint would override another colour. In these two days, i can say that the fellowship worked as one, and even the adults couldnt believe how well we executed our own project :D The only sad thing was this project was rather impromptu and not thoroughly planned enough, or we could have painted the walls different colours (eg. neon orange) to look more like a bright ipod commercial. And everyone should watch Passion of Christ! It was a very awesome movie, and it even moved some to tears. Jesus' suffering was so great, all for the sins of man. What a great two days it had been!
O levels
O levels are over
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O levels are over
oo yeah, yippee yippee yeah
*tosses away 4 years of syllabus with wild abandon*
time to find a job
Social Studies....
...ROCKED!
Was almost late due to a traffic jam and an early entrance of students into the examination hall. But I made it and didnt die. When I was running up the steps of the back gate, I met Sathi and she said in a hearty booming voice " GOOD LUCK FOR YOUR SOCIALSTUDIES JONATHAN!" That brought an immediate smile on my face, however in the next instant I was at the class door, getting ushered in by some girls, while the rest of the people in the room were looking intently at me. Some probably wanted me to be late cough*jo*cough LOL no lah. He gave me a handslap and I sat down, jittery with nerves.
The exam was a breeze! I cannot believe governance came out, which is the first ever chapter Sathi taught us for SS. It kind of sucks to think that you could have studied just one chapter (and the first chapter at that) and score well. Being the stupid mugger that I am to ensure I scored well for SS I studied ALL of sec 3 + iraq-kuwait, so that what Ive studied would for 100% come out. I was freaking scared of chapter 6 coming, which was all about diplomacy and relations with ASEAN and UN. Not to say they are useless, but they do take up a whole lot of space in the brain.
For those who in any case didnt do well in this paper, dont fall into despair. Ive diligently checked Sgforums, and some people who did the Iraq-kuwait SEQ forgot the names of Bubiyan and Warbah. Some didnt complete the paper, while others spent 1 hour on SEQ, leaving a meagre 30 min for SBQ, which is totally too short a period of time to complete such a long question.
Bad news though, it is a general consensus that EM, AM and Chemistry were breeze-throughs. Physics was deemed impossible/hard/crazy. Those who are confident of A1/A2 (not me, im taking biochem) should be happy out of their wits.
SO now ive been slacking for the past 5 hours or so, enjoying my time till tomorrow morning when ill be mugging for HCL. What a chore, that the government had to have bilingualism implemented in 1966. Bah.
OMG im so high
Im as of now feeling very elated/exuberant/ecstatic/overwhelmed for some reason. I cant keep still to start studying, and even if i settle down on the spot, my legs' skeletal muscles will start undergoing vigorous muscular contractions. Ive been walking around the house for quite some time now and my muscles have started fatiguing so I sat down to type this blog post out. See, even my fingers cant rest. And this is the second post in 3 hours.
Time: 9.44pm. Alleged time to start: 9am. Progress: 0%
I can almost hear Sathi's voice screaming away in my head "Don't you DARE slack, you birdbrains! And how many times must I STRESS, PEE~! Always link back to the issue! Wake up your ideas people!"
A1 FOR SS!
2nd week
2nd is up! I can finally let off a BIG sigh of relief. Biology was one constant worry in my head, because of its volume and wide variety of questioning style. I jumped right into the essay questions at the start in fear of running out of time, but my worries melted away once I laid my eyes on the first question. An ace subject for sure.
However, I probably wont get higher than a b3 in physics. IM SO GLAD I TAKE TRIPLE SCIENCE MWAHA!
Time to mug SS, time to please Ms Sathi!
Wow
Ive just gone through the first week of hell-on-earth. It really has been a harrowing experience, what with going to bed without being able to sleep, waking up with headaches and going into the examination hall with your head racked with thoughts of doom. I believe our first week to be the most hectic one among the candidates throughout singapore. 7 papers in 5 days omg
Hopefully ill get an A1 for chem ><, unless jesse was right and i screwed my spa.
Finished Maximum Ride after the AMath paper. The feeling was sooonnnnnnng, to finally get my hands on a book and read it, and not stupid textbooks o level guides pastyearpapers and whatnot.
now its time to mug for bio and physics -.- damn sian
O LEVELS
lol didnt expect to get 8 points for l1r5, due to moderation and using chinese. the last week to o levels is here, As come unto me! Mugging bio now. Wonder how ill fare for the test that really matters. All the past 3 years of school life are for these three weeks of exams. All the best to everyone
LHC
Cern has created a particle collider, more powerful than any one humans have created before, and this collider is called the Large Hadron Collider. Its job is to collide protons by accelerating them at 99.9999% the speed of light, in hopes of forming smaller sub-elementary particles. Scientists want to test their current theories on sub-atomic particles, and to see if the existence of Higg's Boson, God's particle is true, and if string theory is valid, by observing if gravitons can pass from our universes' brane to others.
Collision:
And it can create black holes! Scientists think that the black holes will be smaller than atoms, and be only a few thousands of atoms' mass, so it would convert its own mass into energy and radiate all its energy (mostly thermal) faster than it would receive energy by e=mc^2, thus disintegrating into nothing. But some scientists think they would be stable and start eating atoms and more massive objects until Earth gets sucked in. I read about this 2 years ago, and I thought, wow, this thing is happening in MY generation, just like how the internet phenomenon occured in our parents'. If the 27km collider makes black holes that eats the earth ill see it! wooo
Cool way to die man, i wont mind :p Its like hey look whats that black spot thereeeeeeeeeeee nooooooooo----- *
Its either this or the Mayan Calender's right. We will all die by 2012 anyway!
And i thought we were supposed to have died in 2000, but the doomsday theory apparently failed then. Well, looks like some people keep trying :/
In any case my O levels are in no way getting disturbed by black holes or ancient mayans, so better get cracking.
Battle Plan
Ok today's Saturday, the day Im going to start the Revision-for-rest-of-the-prelim-papers-Week. Drawn up a plan to attack!
First up, do a run-through of the content papers (ie Bio first then Geog.), then hit the AMaths and Physics. Not much time left, no, but I suppose with hard work and dedication of time, it is not an impossible feat.
Its such a relief that the social studies and language paper ones are over! Argumentative for english, Chinese news report, and spotted the chapters correctly for SS. Not too shabby a start, I would say.
Hopefully, I will be able to squeeze in some time for Counter striking! If the others dont mind. Haha!
Off for bio. All the best for everyone who is mugging and hitting the books for prelims! May the As be with you
Just Stand Up For Cancer!
I chanced upon this song while i was trolling the net for Celebration by Kool and Gang. (Celebration time come on!!). Its RnB, but somehow its lyrics attracted me to like it. Sung by an all-star group of artistes including Mariah Carey, Carrie Underwood, Beyonce Leona Lewis and more. The song is supposed to be sold for charity to help cancer patients. Fortunately, it had been leaked onto the net for download. Rather inspirational, it tells you not to give up in the face of adversity but to be resilient! Best two vocals are probably Mariah and Beyonce
Beyoncé:
The heart is stronger
Than you think
It's like it can go
Through anything
And even when you think
It can't it finds a way
To still push on
Though
Carrie underwood:
Sometimes
You want to run away
Ain't got the patience
For the pain
And if you
Don't believe it
Look into
Your heart
The beat goes on
Rihanna:
I'm tellin' you that
Rihanna/miley cyrus:
Things get better
Through whatever
Rihanna:
If you fall
Dust it off
Don't let up
Sheryl crow:
Don't you know
You can go
Be your own miracle
Beyoncé:
You need to know
Chorus (sheryl crow):
If the mind
Keeps thinking
You've had enough
But the heart
Keeps telling you
Don't give up
Sheryl crow/beyoncé:
Who are we to be
Questioning
Wondering what is what
Don't give up
Through it all
Just stand up
Fergie:
It's like
We all have better days
Problems getting all up
In your face
Leona lewis:
Just because
You go through it
Fergie:
Don't mean it got
To take control, no
Leona lewis:
You ain't gotta find
No hiding place
Keyshia cole:
Because the heart
Can beat the hate
Leona lewis:
Don't wanna
Let your mind
Keep playin' you
Keyshia cole:
And sayin' you
Can't go on
Rihanna:
I'm tellin' you that
Miley cyrus:
Things get better
Through whatever
Rihanna:
If you fall
Miley cyrus:
Dust if off
Don't let up
Leann rimes:
Don't you know you
Natasha bedingfield:
Can go
Leann rimes:
Be your own
Natasha bedingfield:
Miracle
Carrie underwood:
You need to know
(chorus-all)
Mary j. blige:
You don't gotta be
A prisoner
In your mind
Ciara:
If you fall
Dust it off
Mary j. blige:
You can live your life
Rihanna/carrie underwood:
Yeah
Mary j. blige:
Let your heart
Be your guide
Rihanna/carrie:
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Mariah carey:
And you will know
That you're good
If you trust in the good
Ashanti:
Everything
Will be alright, yeah
Light up the dark
If you follow your heart
Mary j. blige:
And it will get better
Mariah carey:
Through whatever
(chorus-all)
Fergie:
You got it in you
Find it within
You got in now
Find it within now
You got in you
Find it within
You got in now
Find it within now
You got in you
Ffind it within
Find it within you
Find it within
Jonathan Yap
Oh no Jonathan Yap has infected me with FO culture! I am now compelled to watch Family Outing! And when Im not watching, ill be playing Counter strike. With just 67 days to O levels how can i be doing such sacrilegious acts?! Am I a glutton for punishment?! Omg lah see its all jyap's fault. Though he is my namesake, he is not anything like me! He listens to dark and metal bands Nightwish and Within Temptation, and always dons black clothing whenever going out - he is evil.
Violent and strongly-built, he isnt one to be messed with, unless you want him to commit some indescribable, with you as the receiving end of the act.
Now how did such evil get named Carebear? Thus, all the more we should be wary of him! For he is wolf coming in sheep's clothing! False prophets!
Scary person yeah? Look at his merciless glare. Evil literally emanates from those two black pupils of infinite depth.
Bah im off to do physics. Hate electro induction. Totally sucks. In addition to that, 410 people have to get up bright and early for physics and chinese remedial. T.T
No FO and CS then. Oh sht, shouldnt be thinking that.
I know JO will silently brand me a loser in his heart after reading this descriptive dedicated to him. And after reading this sentence he will say even more vehemently FUCK loser!! hahahahaa
ok im lame off to physics. Sorta high today after CS. CS with communication owns !
V- tonnnnn
national day
Wow this 16th birthday has got to be the best birthday in my life! Never received so many presents before: Royce chocs, fake merci chocs(snickers, m&n, mars), pencil case, swensens cake, handphone. Plus, tomorrow we are going to play CS! \m/ pwnzzorxzxz !
Had bio test today, wasnt as bad as i imagined it would be, since i only studied for 3 hours. Probably able to get 30 and above :/
Seriously i think one teacher is getting extremely annoying and fked up. She blew her top two days back, ranting about how she thinks we are more stupid as compared to her.
Please, given her command of english, I am sure Sathi will trash her. Should give up teaching. I swear, once she opened her mouth, her fk-factor went up exponentially like a tangent curve.
when t is 0, mouth is unopened. Mouth becomes fully open, with vocalization at t=5.
I am freaking out
Freaking hell O levels are like 80 days away!! Prelims a (insert horrific word) 3 weeks away?! WTH lah i havent prepared anything. IM gonng die. Worse still, my study concentration span has reduced to 10 minutes. Anything duration longer than that will cause my mind to drift to sleep mode. And at this time with less than 24 hours before chemistry common test I have not even really started revision. Plus bio plus phy. OH TIME BABY TIMELESS?! no time how.
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IPOD CLASSIC FTW
I FREAKING IMPULSE-BOUGHT AN IPOD CLASSIC!!
I was like surfing on the singapore classifieds on the guitar forum and 88db. AND then i saw this impossibly cheap deal! "Black ipod classic 80gb mint condition for only $250! Deal at Tanglin. Contact Larry."
When i saw it i was like wtf?! Sure bo Larry?? perhaps the price has dropped? I called up Harvey Norman to check the retail price of the Classic, and they reported letting it off at $388.
Then I called the guy up and asked if he really is letting it off at that dubious price, and he said sure. We then agreed to meet up 2 hours later at Commonwealth.
Freaking impulse! The whole transaction was carried out in less than 4 hours after I saw the ad. Larry was a typical ah beng, skinny scrawny and wears skinny jeans, scratchy voice. About 17, but way shorter than me. Then i asked him, "Eh why are you letting it off at such an outrageous price?" He said he wasnt the seller, it was his boss. So i took a quick check of the ipod's appearance and functions to see if they were as mint as he said. Nothing out of the ordinary, and it even came in a crystal plastic case, so I wouldnt have to spend extra! No scratches at all.
Gave him the moolah and sat there fiddling with it for 10 minutes. Everything was perfect except that it was loaded full of Muslim and Malay songs, all of which I didnt understand. You know those deep droning long songs? Yeah those.
Quickest second hand deal Ive ever made. Not to mention sweet~
Hahaha I bet no one has a cheaper ipod classic than me!
Weary
This holiday is not fun at all :( The past three weeks have all been preoccupied by homework homework and more homework. I got so much chemistry homework that my typing skill improved. Dont know what got into Jesse's head, she wanted us to complete the whole o level syllabus. Answer all the 'candidates requirement' in front of every chapter. Like 140 questions! wtf. Plus 13 chem papers. Add that to 6 math papers, 1 geog paper, 1 SS sbq, 2 compres, 1 compo and the worst - chinese hw (which im totally not going to do). Then the 4th week of hols Jesse is giving us an online quiz.
The truth finally dawned upon me. I am in love with jesse.
However I did go out many times for LAN sessions! Got pretty much sucked into the whole CS thing. It is fun! Thurs shall probably be the last session (my 5th LOL) before the Os. These four months shall be pretty dull and stressful ones, and I sure hope i dont die of sudden cardiac arrest or something.
Went out with JO today to mug chemistry on laptop in library. Two days back we mugged at Je Library. Je lib is really a hard place to find powerpoints! The library opens at 10 and he went in at 10.15, only to find all seats taken?!! So after having brunch with Sheryl and 409 people at some western restaurant at Bukit Timah plaza. It has the best value for money stuff there! One pasta/baked rice + iced tea = $5.90! This is like 3 -5 bucks cheaper than pasta mania or pizza hut. After the wannabe-DSAers left to cab back to NJC for their test, we slacked around enjoying the ambience before going back to westmall library to mug, which thankfully has less people.
Mugged from like 12 to 4pm. Went home. Rested awhile then went out to jog 4.5km. Did it at leisurely pace this time, so obviously i didnt clock my pb of 22.21 min. Mugged after dinner, and here I am, complaining about chemistry. Left with the last chapter: organic chem!
Mugged.
Fun and ugh
im currently suffering from a neck sprain which i dont know how i got during the games at sentosa. ugh. icepackkkk. currently typing with my head tilted 45 up against the arm chair with the ice pack at the back of my neck. so my typing is awkward. the games were great, but the forfeit was um. overall, it very much exceeded the expectations of a class outing, because i thought it would be dull: what can we do in sentosa?!
bah....only finished all chem papers. left with loads of hw.
Schools OUT!
HAHAHA school's finally over! Though its probably not worth a shoutout because its Olevel year - mug year. BUT there is still the consolation of finally being able to wake up when the sun is shining high in the sky, instead of doing so at unearthly wee hours in the morning, when humans are supposed to be asleep!
Wednesday:
Super happy, because I found out that my Social studies topped the class at 42/50. I had totally expected to fail like shit, because I only read like 2.5 chapters(!!), and had totally no confidence after the paper. Kept asking Sathi "I did badly this time right? I didnt do well right???" when its my turn to claim my paper, but she didnt write the freaking score on the paper! It was such a suspenseful 5 seconds, during which she referred back into her score sheet, saying " Nonono you did well. YEAH you dare to not do well for SS?!"
Thursday:
Super happy, because i clinched 3 more marks for total shitty e.geog, scoring 28/50. This pulled my combined humans to A2.
Friday:
Collected results, which were rather good. 28 in express, 2nd in class. If i were a special student, i would have been 72nd. Played my eyes out at LAN with 410 guys. Skills slightly improved during this 3rd session of counterstrike in my life LOL. Clarence owned at AWP, causing counterterrorist to totally dominate in d_dust.
Today:
Went out with my little sister Joy to Takashimaya to buy Godiva chocolate for mama as a belated birthday gift. We are both no lifes! (prolly due to my conservative dad) It was like my 6-7th time along Orchard Road for heaven's sake (her 3-4th time). Besides that, my family members typically dont know how to play Bridge, Blackjack, Mahjong, (insert fun, entertaining, comrade-bonding games) etc etc. My dad revealed to me that he frequently topped his school last time (maris stella i think) and he does not have any hobbies or interests! He always hit the books once he reached home from school when he was a student. Appalling info! Explains largely our incompetence in entertainment. Well, at least im learning -.-
Today's the first time I went out with my sister for leisure, and it was a rather interesting 6 hours outside. Felt thirsty and bought an avocado smoothie at Pass the Juice, which we shared. Wandered around and saw a Coffeebean&Tealeaf outlet, and we felt compelled to buy another drink. So we shared one regular cup of 'The Ultimate' ice blended, costing us 8 bucks. It had chocolate chips, whipped cream and fragrant ice coffee, damn ultimate.
Ate at Carls Junior. As expected, their burgers are REAL burgers, their onion rings are REAL onion rings. We ended up overeating and became extremely bloated.
Shopped at Levis and I bought a new shirt with $80 gift voucher from aunt as early bday gift. Went to Times and read some books together.
After reaching home at 8+ pm, we rested awhile before going out to jog 4.5 km. Great cool night breeze and weather conditions! I did a timing of 24.04 min
Sleep.