How does it feel to be 19? Nothing extraordinary for sure. Today seemed like any other Sunday, except that the date was 28 march. This means that 19 years ago on this same day, I was thrust into this world. So far it doesnt seem that special though. I don't feel particularly happy or sad. Just thankful that I made it this far, since I almost died last month. I have much to be thankful for actually and this proves that God does take care of his own.

So maybe I already have everything I need, as I have received the greatest present I can ever receive from God, his love, mercy and salvation. Praise God.

YAY! Another major milestone in life over. I'm talking about A level results which came out on 5 Mar. Strangely I didn't feel as elated/anxious over this as I did for my O' levels 2 years ago. Except maybe for some heart-pounding here and there. In any case, my results were seriously run of the mill. Could have done better, but I'm already thankful it wasn't much worse then I feared. 78.75 rank points I hope can get me into faculty of Science @ NUS hopefully. I heard of people with (much) worse results than me so maybe I should be counting my blesssings. Still, a string of B's don't really look that impressive... especially that darned C for H1 Geog. Overall 22/08 did quite well as a class I suppose although the IP classes (naturally) did better.

On a brighter note, I already got upgraded to PES B (again) 11 days before my scheduled appointment on 24 Mar but they moved it to 15 Mar so I hope they send the enlistment letter for April intake soon.

Argh! Friggin pissed with the whole stupid way CMPB and by extension, MINDEF do things.

The story?? Here:

So after the fantastic events of 4 feb and taking painful long time to recuperate, I felt much better. So went to get the memo/letter from my doctor at the ENT centre, SGH. And thought this meant that I was well enough for enlistment. Then I went down to CMPB hoping to get an upgrade on my PES. Waited super long there and guess what? Stupid MO says he got to see me in 1 month again and refuse to upgrade me. WTH la. And all because of this one line in the memo: "He should refrain from strenuous exercise for 1 month." So the MO thought it means I'm not fit for enlistment and want me to wait 1 month, till 24 Mar. Stupid because the next enlistment is in april which is 2 months away!!! By that time I will fit already so why can't my PES be upgraded?! NO WAI!!!! This probably means I won't be scheduled in time for april enlistment. Which means more wasting time at home and finishing NS even later. And going in with all the poly, ITE ppl. No offence to these ppl but I will feel dam left out. Sianz!

Now the only thing is to get a new memo from my doctor and make him say I'm fit for enlistment. Hopefully then the MO will upgrade my PES and schedule enlistment in time for april. Otherwise I hope they can still get me a place in april in 1 months time. ARGHHHHHH


And doomsday is now just 6 days away XD.

The suckiest day of my life happened on 4 feb. Following a tonsillectomy (removal of tonsils) on 20 Jan, I thought I was on the way to recovery after 12 days or so after 2 follow up visits to the A&E department of SGH, Then, the bleeding started. Thought it was nothing serious as it would stop after a while even though quite a bit of blood would come out. This happened for 4 times every alternate day until the climax on 4 feb. Which is officially the worst day of my life.

Apparently some massive internal hemorrhage developed and blood was leaking from the op site into the stomach, which eventually was expelled through the mouth a.k.a vomiting. I think I lost about 1-1.5 liters of blood, which is no joking matter,. (I passed out for a few minutes or so) Ambulance had to be called at 2.30am in the morning. (my first time riding one) Reached the A&E dept of CGH, then had my throat vacuumed to stop the bleeding which was uber traumatic when you keep puking blood every few minutes. Eventually had to go for emergency operation to cauterize the bleeding part. Subsequent hospitalization for 3 days with transfusion of 2 packs of blood. Finally now on the way to recovery but my enlistment on 6 Feb had to be delayed. Downgraded to pes D awaiting medical review. Which basically means I'm going to waste 2 months of my time while I go for another checkup and reschedule enlistment, hopefully sometime in April with the last JC batch. All I can say is, it sucks to be me on the 4th of Feb.

Well its 2010 now. Happy new year to all =D Anw, life hasn't changed that much. I'm currently slacking before enlisting next month =.= Tried to find a job but srsly, can't find any that have a hiring period of only 3 weeks or so, even in the temp jobs section zz. I was so bored today that I went out with my sister and her classmates to some of the poly's open houses. It was quite interesting as I have never been to any poly's open houses. Even though I wasn't an O lvl student I still went to take their free stuff lol. Feels a bit cheapskate but wth la. I went to see what and how poly students learn and it is quite diverse. They learn much more interesting stuff such as film and media studies as well as engineering, chemistry, biomedicine, and even forensic science. Interesting, but I think it's more worth it to do it at a higher lvl, i.e University. Now counting down the days left to enlistment. Haix

A new year is dawning. Christmas is just over, I've just come back from the US. Woot! The trip was a blast. Took many photos and went to so many different places. It is a nice place to live for sure although Singapore is still not bad for its sense of security. One thing the US can do much better than us: Service standards. Service staff there are definitely more polite and helpful. After 16 days there I find it quite hard to adjust back to life here. Anyway there's also not much to look forward to in the next year. A tonsillectomy and enlistment are in the works argh.

Seriously wondering what army life going to be like. although I think I'm not really looking forward to it.

Yay 1 more paper till the end of A levels on 3rd Dec, although I've been slacking since my unofficial last day on 23rd Nov. On that last day this piece of paper is finally useless I so can't wait for it to be over so I can go on my US trip =D. At least theres 1 more month before ns so I can hopefully get a job or something. These few days have been quite boring, went out on fri with Sam, Andrea and Atika to Bukit Timah hill. It was so tiring! Then went to Raffles City for lunch. Tmr will be attending Mr Gan's wedding reception. Holidays rock =)

I know at this critical juncture 1.25 weeks before my first A level paper I should be studying. But I decided to blog now after reading Lavina's post about the last day of sch. Well it was 3 days ago but it seems more like 3 weeks. The last day of sch was well not really the last since I have to go back tomorrow for mock bio and gp lessons. But the stuff that the teaching staff wanted to communicate to us was that we decide our future. That day, 26 Oct began with assembly. Funny how ppl sang the national anthem louder that day. Then it was time for the last cohort meeting. The VP tried to encourage us that our prelim results didn't matter much. What matters is the A's. She showed us results of our seniors that despite getting S'es and U's, getting 3A's or more is still pssible in the actual exams. After that was the farewell concert which I'm not going to elaborate much on except that our class seemed to be the only one not getting any last words or farewells from our STs. (unless you count those generic to all [insert subject] students) When the concert ended I just stayed behind for a few photos and left to eat lunch with SC.

That was my "last" day of TJ. I remember the first. Actually it was nearly 3-4 years ago when I was in sec 2. SC told me about TJ's IP program and I was sort of interested. Even though I said I would apply I was lazy and didn't get to it. Fast forward 2 years and it was after O levels. PAE still existed then and I was sent to MJ. While not my first choice it was ok and I hoped that my actual O level results would eventualy let me enter TJ. MJ was not a bad school at all but I hated the travelling and the fact that I had little friends that did not compel me to stay even though my PAE class were quite a nice bunch. I will still remember 08S305. It eventually dispersed and nearly half the class went to different sch's after that. When the actual results arrived I was quite anxious. I did better then prelims though - but still not enough to enter TJ. I immediately started the appeal process. SC was freaking lucky. He appealed for PAE AND JAE and got in both times! The first day of JAE was weird for me. All the ppl I knew well in sec sch left for other jcs, leaving me alone. It was a weird experience for me since my PAE class had sort of disbanded and I felt kinda lonely. The next day however, during lunchtime when I was slacking in the library instead of participating in orientation, I got the phone call that told me I had been accepted. I almost screamed with joy but it was the library after all. What happened next was that I had to rush between MJ and TJ. Luckily they were quite near each other. Well, what happened next is history.

22/08 has been and will always be my best experience in TJ. The dynamic bunch of people having such close friendship through thick and thin, PW, teachers leaving and our class events will never be forgotten. That basically made my experience in TJ all the more better. Despite not having the PDP I wanted and not having any leadership roles I will remember TJ for 22/08. Leaving it will not make me cry, but at least there's something to look back on.

Alright that concludes this megapost.

WOW! I managed to NOT blog for 1 whole month. (Not that I like blogging anyway) Well in 1 month prelims came and went. Tmr will be the day of reckoning to see if my inverse-studying law that says the less you study the better you score actually works. Anyway it has been quite a crazy month. F1 was in town recently..... natural disasters are wreaking havoc on 10% of the world's population etc. Anyway my life still has been quite boring, but it could have been worse so I'm not complaining. A's are really around the corner now and I think its time I start memorising stuff and understanding them. I compared the old AS AO level syllabus with the 'H' series and I'm kinda glad now that we're taking the new syllabus. The old one was insane! Mechanics in maths? Food Chemistry in Chemistry? How did they cope? Oh right...... they didn't have PW or SPA.....

I kinda feel lousy at the moment since I don't think I have achieved any of my goals set out. SC is training hard in preparation for NS and I'm just lazing around =( And today I meant to thank the person who found my wallet but I felt embarrassed and the oppertunity jus slipped away. Feeling really bad about it now =_=

Time to buck up. Its now or never.

What is this world coming to? Everyday in the news more and more retarded stories keep coming up. First I saw this article about how a teenager in the USA was charged for recording 20s of a Transformer's movie (which totally sucks btw) to show to her brother. And the people involved felt that the cinema was a "victim" . That's right, they will lose $18.6 bn from her 20s recording! And apparently theres good and bad stealing. WOW!

The second article comes from the Straits Times, about how our really close neighbour cant seem to make up its mind whether Muslims can attend a concert sponsored by a beer company. This is not really news, since they have a long history of proposing something and then changing their mind. Recall: Teaching using English, SG cars and MY petrol etc. Anyway, I was more incredulous at their suggestion that they have a "first world" democracy while Sg has a first world mentality but third world democracy. Give me a break! The political situation in MY definitely sux more than in here. They have democracy? Thats what they call by blaming their loss in elections to everyone else? I don't even want to talk about their NEP. Its about as effective as a waterproof sponge.

Anyway about more serious stuff, prelims are like in 2 weeks or so. I know that its pretty late compared to other JCs but I still havnt internalised some maths concepts such as complex numbers and graphs. At this rate I think I can only scrape by a C to B average. Really need to get my rhythym back. Think I'm also going on hiatus for quite a while. Don't really think anyone will miss me anyway.

Today was a really tiring day for me. Although it was supposed to end at 12.30pm I had some geog talk conducted by a Prof David Higgins from NUS geography department giving a talk at 4.20pm about landslides. It was sort of interesting learning about some new techniques that geographers use to map cliff faces and see the impacts of landslides. Quite a bit of stuff was repeated from the A level H1 syllabus but it was quite informative. We had a sharing session with some 2003 seniors after that. That has motivated me to get an A for H1 geography and my other subjects. Also, there was pizza! There was also an interesting comment about speeches. Apparently good ones are like skirts, they must be long enough to cover the essentials yet short enough to catch others attention. I loled at it.

Ok now on to slightly more serious stuff. There is approx 100 more days to A levels and I must so start preparing. I must get serious now since its like the last lap. I guess I'm like the 2nd type of person mentioned by the senior. I feel stressed that I'm not feeling stressed enough about the impending A levels. This is seriously getting me worried. And I have a chemistry concept test tmr that I havn't even prepared enough for. Dang it.

Extra: Anyone wants to send their name to mars like me? My name is erased for privacy purposes since I'm not like most people who are willing to post all their personal details online which sort of explains why I'm nt really into social networking.

This is horrible. Liverpool vs Singapore. What a disaster, 3-0 to liverpool. Seriously wuuuuttt! And dang it, this is distracting me from my homework. Really can't seem to get anything done over the weekend. Then there's bio PQ to do again and chem concept test coming up. Really sian-ded from all the work and stuff. On the brighter (dubious) side, A levels are coming in 4 months time. Target this time is AAA/B at least. Must........... get............... back......... to.............. work.




Edit: Liverpool is up to 4 goals.
Further edit: 5-0. Think they will beat Man Utd's score last time?

Felt really crabby today after P.E at the thought of bio MCQ tests tmr and the large amount of work that is steadily piling up. Was really quite tired after PE that I just had to take a nap. Oh well, there's the partial eclipse that is going to take place this Wed at 8.40am SST. Pity that I don't have any glasses/filters to observe it. Although it will be during my break time I hope that clouds won't obscure it. Lucky ppl in China will get to see the whole sky turn black while we see this pathetic thing:



Anyway got to get back to doing my bio CCC practice questions. The writing is really killing me.

The harsh reality of term 3 has finally started to sink into me. I am like so frustrated trying to find out what I can type for my top 3 achievements for the SGC. Just realised that the CIP that I did at NUH in January is still not recorded down even though I have the verification letter. I still have to go get it approved then submit the letter to the General Office. And yeah, clubs and society type of CCAs suck! I have nothing much to write about during my tenure at the entrepreneurship club. Then again, I didn't even choose to be in the E-club, it was a result of appealing to TJC. Just my luck when I thought I could try another CCA for once. /facepalm Now I have nothing much to write for my top 3 achievements except CCA and CIP. The last one is really a headache when you have no leadership positions or intellectual achievements. Writing about duathlon or some obscure CCA activity sounds lame too. Whatever, I'll just take ideas from other ppl. And anyway, having a perfect SGC with all E's isn't going to do much good when applying to unis either, which brings me back to the topic of JCTs

Yeah they suck, with me failing almost all my subjects before moderation. Surprise though, my best subject was maths. Bio sucks now, requiring the regurgitation of so many keywords and terms. Hate the answering technique. Srsly, I so think life sucks now; nt sure if NS will suck more. Worst years of my life. And whats the point of ranting here when no one reads my blog anyway? *depressed*

Today was youth day in lieu of yesterday, when ppl who still had papers for JCTs had to mug instead of relaxing. Since my papers ended last week, I had 2 days off instead =D . Spent today going to tampines and playing dota with csc lol. I saw that there was a Hokkaido fair at tm. Really cool stuff they were selling like this ikameshi which is squid stuffed with rice. I saw it on a taiwan tv show on saturday. Apparently its really popular in Japan as a form of ekiben or railroad food. I find it cool that railway stations are associated with different types of bento. I also wanted to buy the butter cakes but the queue was so long! Maybe I'll try my luck tomorrow. Its from 3rd to 12th july.



ikameshi box



the squid - its actually quite delicious

Sigh after two days of JCTs, I really am feeling tired. Stupid papers this time were quite hard. Need a break

Oh man, yesterday was such a cool day that I will remember. Reason: I went to the VGL concert. It was a blast!!!! Music by the NUSSO playing themes from Metal Gear Solid, Sonic the hedgehog, Super Mario Bros, Final Fantasy and much more was awsum live! The pianist Martin Leung was cool too. Imagine playing the theme to Super Mario Bros blindfolded and at a speed of 280 on the piano. He's imba.....

I liked the following poem too:
Roses are#FF0000 Violets are #0000FF

ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US!!!!!


The intro video:




Theme to metal gear solid:



Theme to sonic the hedgehog:



The crazy guy who can play the piano blindfolded




I dunno, but I might go again next year hehe.

Today after tuition we went to the Science Centre at jurong to view the Da Vinci exhibition. It was quite interesting really to see all his inventions and artwork, especially to see the Mona Lisa as Da Vinci intended and not the faded colours of the painting hanging in the Louvre today. Also watched a IMAX show about Vincent Van Gogh's life although honestly I did not find it that interesting. The new maths exhibition in the main building was also sort of interesting. I find that applying what you learn in class to the real world definitely gives it relevance instead of just poring through the subject for its sake. But I do sort of wish that I could solve one of the Milennium Prize Problems. Such as the Riemann Hypothesis, mainly because its like a challenge that no one else has been able to tackle. But of course, I must first work on my H2 maths syllabus now. Really in a dilemma as to what my real interests really are and what course to take in future. Guess I'll take it slow and easy first.

Went for TJCSB band concert on the 23rd of May. It was a blast. The pieces were played nicely and excellently and the theater cum performance part was really funny. Made me roflol when I saw it. No wonder ppl said that the band deserved a gold and not silver during the SYF judging. I so agree.

Owww now my legs are aching cos NAPFA was just over. Im so #@$%$#^% angry that I missed silver by 3cm for SBJ and 2 pull ups and like 40s for the run. Is so can make it one lor! ARGH

Decided to update this post with the bacterial transformation pictures which were done during bio prac period. They look so cute glowing.

Ok. I dunno who this person is or why he/she is being such a jerk, but one thing is for sure, spamming my blog is the lamest thing anyone can do. Anyway, since the posts are obviously flame bait and are entirely false they are so laughable, I shall not bother to respond to such acts of extreme stupidity. As such, I decided to lock the tagboard for a little while. You can still leave any feedback you have via the comments link on each blog post. Today marks some important events. Mas Selamat Bin Kastari has finally been caught after 13 months. He was still planning attacks on Singapore! And the H1N1 threat is finally subsiding, we're moving to code yellow which means the cessation of daily temperature taking. Phew. I totally hate having the thermometer in my mouth twice a day.

Plus X-Men Origins: Wolverine is not a bad watch, although some reviews said that the ending was rushed which I sort of agree to. Looking forward to Terminator: Salvation which will be sort of the last in the Terminator series. Man, the first movie came out like 2 decades ago and now its finally coming to an end!


EDIT: tagboard has been unlocked