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drogba 1 - 0 ballack

2007-01-20T22:47:00.000+08:00

say ra-ra-ra

2007-01-07T21:00:00.000+08:00

the sec 1 orientation camp is over! i went into the camp quite looking forward to it, admittedly for some of the not-so-right reasons. as PSLs we would enjoy more privileges during the camp as compared to when we were the sec 1s (obviously), and there was also Fright Night which promised to be very entertaining. anyway, i'm glad i experienced the camp, and even happier that i enjoyed it for all the right reasons. i don't normally talk about patriotism and stuff, but i can finally say that i am truly proud to be a rafflesian.

2007-01-02T21:51:00.000+08:00

school starts tomorrow but at least it's orientation for the sec 1s for the first week which means i get to skip lessons. then again that means i need to go for make up lessons. as in... extra lessons. sigh. january should be ok but i think it gets really weary around april. i just hope i can pay close to full attention in class and revise my work more often. sort of a resolution but i shouldn't call it that cos i never keep resolutions. anyway i'm too lazy to talk about the year in detail so all i have to say is that it has left me with a very strange feeling!

2007-01-01T01:08:00.000+08:00

a truly happy new year to all!

2006-12-26T10:41:00.000+08:00

oh yes how could i forget my last truth it was that i sleep at 10 on school days. actually that's not totally true of course sometimes i sleep a bit later... maybe 1030? haha

and yesterday when i got home i realised it was still christmas and not boxing day, so the football matches are only tonight! which means i can only watch half of the man u match cos of PSL camp tmr... SIGH

i just went to www.myheritage.com and here are the celebrities i SUPPOSEDLY look like using my p5 passport photo haha

in what way do i look like the first guy?

what else

2006-12-25T23:28:00.000+08:00

hohoho, merry christmas! so said the poor guy in his santa get-up at prego during lunchtime. he must have been sweating in there ringing his bell and giving out sweets to children (including me yay!). i like sweets.

i've been sleeping quite late the past few days cos i'm taking in the little that's left of my holidays. yes 1130 is considered quite late for the sleep-obssessed me. well today's been a good day because i feel good now! i was very pleasantly surprised to receive a new handphone (it's a nice and simple phone that NO ONE SHOULD STEAL!!!) for christmas. i also got a new pencil box because my old one looked totally tattered with ink stains from uncapped pens. i tend to lose pen caps.

going back to lunch and the subject of sleep, i was feeling awfully tired during lunch. i mean normally the prospect of food keeps me awake but this afternoon i just couldn't keep my eyes open. oh well must've been the medicine i took for my flu.

then there was also a youth gathering of sorts which was very enjoyable even though we spent about an hour walking through botanic gardens trying to find a suitable sheltered spot, only to settle at an unsheltered spot, although we did move to a shelter soon after. there were 2 other people there that remained where they were for the whole time we were gathered there! weird. they seemed to find our games amusing. one of the games was called two truths and a lie. so when it was my turn to say two truths and a lie, i said i like ginger beer, and another truth which i somehow can't recall. the lie was that i was a left-hander... but everyone thought it was true! mwahaha...

ok so that concludes an indeedly (hmm...) merry christmas! woohoo!

rain flame

2006-12-20T10:42:00.000+08:00

after a whole day, the rain has finally stopped!! thankfully singapore has an efficient drainage system or we would be swoshing around in water outside, like in thailand where the murky water came up to my shin! anyway i really dislike rain because it prevents me from playing soccer. that's just horrible. and i hate it when i have to turn on the lights during the day cos it's so dark outside. sunlight is so much nicer. people say rain makes good conditions for sleeping but i beg to differ. i mean how can one sleep with the constant and very irritating pitter-patter of the rain, not to mention the blinding sensation you get when lightning strikes and your eyes are closed. plus the thunder. bleah

caffeined carbonation

2006-12-18T18:43:00.000+08:00

i have been watching lotsa prisonbreak recently! woohoo! can't wait till 22nd Jan when the rest of the episodes will be released in the US and then i can watch them on ... no i guess i will have to wait till they show it on channel 5 right? right

anyway it is very good i must say and i have not watched a television series with such enthusiasm before. i think wentworth miller is an engaging actor who looks like alot of people, most notably alan smith. oh yes he does

came back from hk yesterday. can't say i enjoyed the trip because i was very ill on the first couple of days, then got better only to fall sick on the last day. maybe too many krispy kremes (doughnuts which do not exist in singapore unfortunately). but i did do quite a bit of shopping by my terribly sloth-y standards and got most of the stuff i wanted including a new wallet and new boots which all came cheap because they were either cheapo or on sale. yay.

so i recommend that you all watch prisonbreak

...

2006-12-06T16:51:00.000+08:00

my phone got stolen yesterday and i am none too pleased about that. sigh. so please do not call/sms me.

viva!

2006-11-29T22:33:00.000+08:00

http://viva-futbol.skyblog.com

ok ahgong is trying to collect quotes from us PSLs for the sec 1s and he has 3 so far:

i quote tom and mike respectively...

Take a little time off your busy schedules to peer at the sea of white around you, and be proud that you're a part of a force so sacred and meaningful, and that your life will never be the same again.

Life is not about what acts upon you, but how you react.

then you have mine...

the weak only survive if the strong are weaker.

tqtq

2006-11-28T19:39:00.000+08:00

oh yes how could i forget to talk about vivocity? i went there on saturday along with about 5 million other people and watched happy feet. finally a decent show woohoo. so anyway the thing about vivocity is that it is immensely crowded and it's supposed to be huge and all. so why is it so densely populated?? it's scary!

oh my FM addiction level reads 'it's time to change your underwear'. i can't remember what follows that.. so i guess i'll have to play more to find out :P

2006-11-26T19:51:00.000+08:00

today at open house...

A (student): Hello welcome to the school :)
B: Hi, you too.

.

2 days ago at care team...

alistair: hai, my free life is over.
-everyone waits in solemn silence-
alistair: i now have chinese tuition!!!

lol

aphorisms

2006-11-25T09:52:00.000+08:00

an aphorism is a term used to describe a principle expressed tersely in a few telling words or any general truth conveyed in a short and pithy sentence, in such a way that when once heard it is unlikely to pass from memory.

pithy is a cool word.

As you ramble on through life, brother, whatever be your goal: keep your eyes upon the donut, and not upon the hole! (???)
- Murray Banks

Spel chekers, hoo neeeds em (you still got the message right?)
- Alan James Bean

next year i'm doing gulliver's travels and the importance of being earnest (by Oscar Wilde who is famous for his aphorisms) for literature. they are such strange books. i thought gulliver's travels was a kiddy book cos i read it when i was young but obviously that was the super abridged version. this unabridged one has funny words with no vowels in them!! and places like lilliput (did i spell it correctly?) woot?

listen to the radio

2006-11-24T16:40:00.000+08:00

today i heard several songs from class 95 and i conclude class 95 plays nicer songs than other stations! gold 90.5 has too many random oldies, power 98 is ok and 987 has too much talk. i think in the time i hear 4 songs from class 95 i would only have heard 1 from perfect 10. ah well

tellyphone

2006-11-22T18:56:00.000+08:00

ok cool i got a new handphone cos my old motorola (...) one died. just like jozy's phone the display screen doesn't display anything, and who wants a black screen? so i go a sony ericsson cos i have something against motorola and my previous phone (as in previous previous you know what i mean) was a sony ericsson.

show me the money

2006-11-20T16:33:00.000+08:00

hello all. i just watched 'jerry maguire' and it is pleasantly surprisingly extremely nice! i mean after all the dodgy films i've watched lately (dead or alive? certainly not?) this was a breath of fresh air. and cuba gooding jr is really funny. tom cruise is also not bad but i just cant relate him with any film other than MI. anyway, it's a good show. i think it's the first show i've completed on HBO. hm.

in other news, i've had alot of camps/retreats ok fine only 2 but thats more than enough which have been quite fruitful i have to say. ok it's back to slacking now

we are the champions my friend

2006-11-01T17:37:00.000+08:00

yay we won interclass soccer but with lotsa luck. seriously. anyway paul (head prefect of Raffles Institution) handballed us to victory cos he stopped the ball on the line with his hand (purely reflex, of course) and both mikey and hanni missed the penalty (2 peeps cos it had to be retaken). anyway of course i'm happy but not extremely because i didn't score! no i'm not a selfish player who just wants to score but i was hoping to score grr and i didn't even play well. i will blame it on my bad stomach and the slippery floor. ding and i both hit the post, as in our shots hit the post. sad. but in the end we won on penalties (again). yay for 3P and i hope next year's interclass is not so stretched out cos then the excitment dies down after a while.

there's lotsa gas in my stomach and i feel so bloated urgh but at least i have FM07 to occupy me. can we hurry up and network game?

sick to the stomach

2006-10-30T22:31:00.000+08:00

so i fell ill today. with the supposed viral stomach flu thingy that's going around, and it sucks. i woke up at 6am feeling sick and i puked. the culprit was last night's grapes, don't ask me why. i guess i didn't chew well enough. i've had this before and that time one puke was the cure but no, not today. so i went to see the doc who gave me medicine which i took immediately, and about 5 mins later, i puked again. ... so i had to have an injection. .... actually they're not so bad, and at least now i feel better but mr. stomach flu, i hope never to have to see you again.

warning

2006-10-28T20:57:00.000+08:00

do not watch doa (even though it actually passed the newspaper review when i think it should've gotten 1 star and ding thinks it should've gotten negative) unless you wish to numb your brain and waste your money.

nuff said.

sir, can gimme half a mark?

2006-10-26T17:18:00.000+08:00

we got into the finals and i must say we are quite lucky. i mean my shot hit soon yoong then the bar and it went in (woohoo) but it could have gone anywhere else. so that's fortunate. 3R are our opponents are and they are playing pro-ly but i have faith 3P will win! it's been such a protracted interclass tournament this year and we have to wait till tuesday to play the finals. not that i'm complaining that tmr and monday are holidays... yay.

we got the sciences and math and ss back today and i am unsatisfied!!! only happy about my chem (which was threatening to be scary because when i got it back the paper read 35/55 [??!!] but i couldn't believe it so i counted and it turned out that mr. koh had left out 8 marks!). long bracket. yes phew so i did relatively well for chem and i guess bio but physics. physics.

....

ss was fine and oh yes math was quite heartening cos my math has been pretty rubbish this year even though i do study but carelessness never fails to creep in. buuuuutttt i managed to steer clear of too many careless mistakes this time yay! however it's painful cos my math is still 69... just one mark away from a 3.6. GRR. same story for physics. GRR. and then i think i've got the french 79 curse this year (that struck jerome last year). GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

well i really have to practice harder next year. please remind me to!

fortune favours the brave

2006-10-25T16:43:00.000+08:00

ooh we got into the semis! today we played 3D and after several controversial decisions, we drew 0-0 only to have more drama in the penalty shootout (cruel way to settle a match). i scored mine thank God my first ever successful competitive penalty and they scored too. tom then scored his penalty (very nicely) but there were complaints that the ref hadn't blown his whistle, which i have to say is right. so anyway he retook it and missed, but we still won in the end! yay! now it's 3 gep classes and 1 express class in the semis... heheheh. sadly jerome's class lost (on penalties) or it would have been gep dominance.

however i'm feeling sad now because tmr we're getting back our papers and i really mucked physics up... marred my whole ct-period which was otherwise decent. and we have to play the semis during recess... hope i'm not too demoralised

interclass

2006-10-24T10:12:00.000+08:00

interclass soccer really did take place yesterday, but we didn't do too well. actually in the first game we were on fire and passing really nicely so we won 2-0 thanks to a speculative shot from me (which the goalie really should have saved) and a great header from ding who despite being 163 (heheh) jumped soooo high that he momentarily became taller than everyone! yay! then we drew the next game and finally lost to 3M, our long-time rivals! never mind we qualified by the hair of our chinny-chin-chins and i'm confident we will meet 3M again. fun.

death note

2006-10-20T22:11:00.000+08:00

ok death note is a nice show if you want to confuse yourself and have a good laugh at weird japanese storylines at the same time. it was nice for the first half and then it got complicated and too cheem for itself. not really a waste of money though.

post-ct

2006-10-19T21:32:00.000+08:00

wow apparently interclass soccer is on monday which is really fast!!! i just hope i make use of time well during this period of time. exams were ok except for physics and i thank God for the year he has given me.

go 3P!!

he who schools in ri says...

2006-10-18T21:25:00.000+08:00

6.0/0.6 = 9.6!!! all the better when a calculator was used!!!

!!!!!

today was bad. i realised i didn't have my protractor AND blanko and was saved by lee he who had an extra protractor. sigh.

at least it ends tmr but lit ends at 1130. why???

???

snails

2006-10-16T19:14:00.000+08:00

today's chinese test contained a jay chou song! i was pleasantly surprised when i saw it but... it's one of the few songs i don't listen to although i've heard it before.

ok... hours of math practice has left me like a bear(ing) with a sore eye, as dead as a log(arithm), and feeling er... linear?

2006-10-15T19:44:00.000+08:00

thank you i scored and assisted today i need to do that next week again against UWC :-O

:-O

2006-10-11T21:06:00.000+08:00

didn't think cruyff was that good...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kov9DsAmPMY

clocks

2006-10-10T20:22:00.000+08:00

5 of the world's weirdest alarm clocks (as stated in the guinness book of world records 2007) :

5. Sfera alarm
hangs from ceiling; each time the snooze button is hit, it slowly retracts towards the ciling by 20cm. after a few more snoozes, you'll need to get up to turn it off!

4. Anemone
vibrates violently, throws itself off your bedside table and rumbles around till you turn it off. the 'off' button is also difficult to locate.

3. Clocky
every time the snooze button is hit, this clock rolls off your bedside table and hides. (dunno how)

2. Blowfly
this cunning clock takes flight (woot?!) when its alarm rings and buzzes with an irritating insect-like hum, forcing you to awake to chase it around the room and slot it back into its base.

1. Puzzle clock
when the alarm rings, a four-piece jigsaw pizzle is fired into the air, and the alarm will not stop until the pieces are found and slotted into place on top.

3P '06

2006-10-08T20:02:00.000+08:00

coolpix

2006-10-07T21:12:00.000+08:00

ignorance is bliss as ding fails to see that i'm winding up to whack him with my blind-man stick

it's a boy! it's a girl! it's jot!!!

who stole the cookie from the cookie jar

2006-10-04T19:30:00.000+08:00

woohoo our lit parody got into the finals even though our acting wasn't very good! it's thanks to the good script written by pau and ding.

O: oh great see-er (seer), we are sorry that you were delayed by the unexpected circumstances.

T: huh?! what's un-ex-pec-ted?

showboat

2006-10-03T20:32:00.000+08:00

aaahhh amazing trick from whelan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7crjHxGtiY

headline making headline

2006-10-02T21:08:00.000+08:00

soccernet.com says: "police to probe Barton's backside" (barton had pulled his pants down in response to taunts from opposing fans)

what a great headline.

Then Wear the Gold Hat

2006-09-30T09:30:00.000+08:00

Then wear the gold hat, if that will move her;
if you can bounce high, bounce for her too,
Till she cry "Lover, gold-hatted, high-bouncing lover,
I must have you!"

Thomas Parke D'Invilliers

filler

2006-09-28T17:31:00.000+08:00

maybe i should not be doing this
i love soccer
i don't understand why we learn some of the stuff we learn in school
i lose sleep all the time
people say i am the epitome of ... sloth?
love is very complicated
when i like someone i want to spend time with her
somewhere someone's got to be eating...
i will always think
'forever' is a word
i never want to go out
i think the current US president looks like a i-can't-say
i will never say never. except never mind la
my past is pretty boring man
my greatest fear is not going to heaven
my dog advertises for starhub. right
kisses are the best when i wouldn't know
tomorrow is a chance to play more soccer
i really want to not to have to want
i have low tolerance for sad things

say hello to a tus

2006-09-26T16:23:00.000+08:00

this blog is on hiatus (yes i learnt that word from another blog when i was younger). because of test after test that have stemmed the flow of writing juices to my brain, and which render me too tired to post. yea right.

2006-09-16T17:38:00.000+08:00

hmm.. seems like i may be updating only once in six days.

anyway the first week of the last term of school has been fine, except that i'm now sick! on tuesday/wednesday my nose and throat were already feeling funny, but i could not resist the temptation of singing along to jay's songs (who can?). so now i'm paying for it. i think the worst of the flu is over, but i still can't smell/taste anything. that's really quite sad. SAD.

and i need to get better before tomorrow morning. but maybe the game will be cancelled cos of the wretched rain that is er... raining now.

why???

2006-09-10T21:46:00.000+08:00

apparently local teams play their soccer on sunday mornings (totally bad time to play) so ANZA has decided to move our match timeslot from saturday to sunday. which means...

5 important-in-more-ways-than-one weeks coming up...

2006-09-04T22:20:00.000+08:00

life can be short

nil

2006-09-03T19:48:00.000+08:00

the holidays are here and for once i am quite free. yesterday i watched the devil wears prada, and it's surprisingly good. maybe cos i'm a guy and these fashion-y shows don't really appeal to me.

apparently jay chou's new album has been leaked on the net, so his songs are up for download. i think that's ok cos jay has enough money but the guy who leaked it is a baddie! anyway i can't say if i got the songs or not, for obvious reasons. but i encourage all of you to listen to jay chou.

time to watch president's star charity for some death-defying acts of bravery (yea right) but at least they are doing it for a good cause.

the mixed metaphor and its relatives

2006-08-30T21:29:00.000+08:00

some funny stuff i came across in a random book i found:

are we going to sit back and take this lying down?

every director bites the hand that lays the egg
- Sam Goldwyn

West Berlin is an oasis of democracy in a sea of communism
- John Hosken

Mr Speaker, i smell a rat; I see him forming in the air and darkening the sky; but I'll nip him in the butt (??!!)
- The Oxford Book of Quotations

that man in the wheelchair is always jumping to conclusions

your insurance claim is proceeding like a house on fire

and finally...

for a man with a moustache, drinking soup can be quite a strain

questions

2006-08-29T22:16:00.000+08:00

1. When you looked at yourself in the mirror today, what was the first thing you thought?
i'm tired

where's question 2

3. What's a word that rhymes with "DOOR"?
four

4. Favorite planet?
earth i suppose..

5. Who is the 4th person on your missed call list on your mobile?
me leave phone at ding's house

6. What is your favorite ringtone on your phone?
none - motorola is dumps

7. What kinda shirt you have on?
er... coastal 94 shirt. woot

Describe yourself in one phrase.
sporty and lazy but those don't really go together!

9. Name the brand of shoes you're currently wearing?
like chia and most people, i don't wear shoes at home

10. Bright or Dark Room?
bright room

11. What do you think about the person who took this survey before you?
she really IS miss brightside

12. If you're alone in a room with two beds, which one do you sleep on?
the comfortable-r

What were you doing at midnight last night?
sleeping woohoo

14. What did your last text message say that you received on your mobile?
i said i lost my phone...

15. Where is your letter box?
at my gate

16. What's a word that you say a lot?
dunno

17. Who told you he/she loved you last?
mommy

18. Last furry thing you touched?
ding's dog

19. How many drugs have you done in the last three days?
i don't do drugs. i take antibiotics

20.How many rolls of film do you need to get developed?
photos are not my thing

21. Favorite age you have been so far?
9, 12 and now?

22.Your worst enemy?
satan.........

23. What is your current desktop picture?
funny nike thing

24. What was the last thing you said to someone?
discounting msn it's 'bye'

25. If you had to choose between a million bucks or to be able to fly?
who doesn't want to bypass the foulness of the aeroplane..

26. Do you like someone?
yes (i am not gay friend)

27. The last song you listened to?
L.O.V.E by ashlee simpson... how apt

28. If the last person you spoke to was getting shot at, would you jump in front of the bullet?
oh... i really wouldn't know

29. If you could punch one person in the face who would it be?
michael brown. how can he stamp on giggs like that? i'd punch him elsewhere too if i could

30. What is the closest object to your left foot?
my toe? the floor? some drawer

pres chou

2006-08-24T20:50:00.000+08:00

jay chou! his new song was aired on radio yesterday and it's nice! i think shan hu hai (which i'm listening to now) is still the nicest, but this song is original cos he colloborates with an old guy called fei yu qing. strange choice but i guess he knows best. i used to think jay chou was lousy and just popular cos of his hair and all, but he's actually a really good composer! his singing's not the best but i get to improve my chinese by listening to his songs... marvellous.

music makes the people

2006-08-22T20:13:00.000+08:00

www.lastfm.com if you like music!

language, gender and power

2006-08-21T22:21:00.000+08:00

recently we've been having a module called language, gender and power. and it's fun, for various reasons jozy should know. anyway our assignment is to record a conversation and analyse its dynamics, as in pick out the kind of language being used and who dominates the conversation blabla. so, today (actually just now) me jozy ding and sambor held a conversation over msn! kinda cheating but nvm. here are a few excerpts of the very amusing conversation, it may be kinda hard to read.

DISCLAIMER: please do not take anything that is said here at face value, what we say does not entail who we are, what we do and who we like. most of all, the vulgarities are there for a PURPOSE and NO OFFENCE MEANT

TOPIC: 4 guys talking about boy-girl relationships (simple enough you would think... but no)

DiDi

stupid phone joystick, ...., gareth ·· nevele

Ya like you take so slow....

gareth ·· nevele

stupid phone joystick, ...., DiDi

slow to what?

DiDi

stupid phone joystick, ...., gareth ·· nevele

Why don't you tell her?

....

stupid phone joystick, gareth ·· nevele, DiDi

i cant

stupid phone joystick

...., gareth ·· nevele, DiDi

crazy weirdos

DiDi

stupid phone joystick, ...., gareth ·· nevele

STFU GAY

....

stupid phone joystick, gareth ·· nevele, DiDi

i have my difficulties

gareth ·· nevele

stupid phone joystick, ...., DiDi

i think he talking bout me idiot

stupid phone joystick

...., gareth ·· nevele, DiDi

no abbreviations you moron

....

stupid phone joystick, gareth ·· nevele, DiDi

oh right sory

DiDi

stupid phone joystick, ...., gareth ·· nevele

yeah both of you are too slow...

....

stupid phone joystick, gareth ·· nevele, DiDi

which both

gareth ·· nevele

stupid phone joystick, ...., DiDi

u fag

DiDi

stupid phone joystick, ...., gareth ·· nevele

now now gays talk more gayly u know

gareth ·· nevele

stupid phone joystick, ...., DiDi

me and you

stupid phone joystick

...., gareth ·· nevele, DiDi

thsi is getting nowhere

....

stupid phone joystick, gareth ·· nevele, DiDi

i hereby announce that I am a SNAG!

DiDi

stupid phone joystick, ...., gareth ·· nevele

WOOOOW

DiDi

stupid phone joystick, ...., gareth ·· nevele

Erm

DiDi

stupid phone joystick, ...., gareth ·· nevele

Wussy

....

stupid phone joystick, gareth ·· nevele, DiDi

ding, tell us why we should be fast

gareth ·· nevele

stupid phone joystick, ...., DiDi

fast?

DiDi

stupid phone joystick, ...., gareth ·· nevele

Coz your too slow!

....

stupid phone joystick, gareth ·· nevele, DiDi

what you mean by fast?

DiDi

stupid phone joystick, ...., gareth ·· nevele

I mean tomorrow

....

stupid phone joystick, gareth ·· nevele, DiDi

what should I do if I like one girl

gareth ·· nevele

stupid phone joystick, ...., DiDi

stop interrupting him

DiDi

stupid phone joystick, ...., gareth ·· nevele

You know you should hurry coz you like people older than you...

gareth ·· nevele

stupid phone joystick, ...., DiDi

faggot

gareth ·· nevele

stupid phone joystick, ...., DiDi

why the hell you tease him like that?

stupid phone joystick

...., gareth ·· nevele, DiDi

oh dear

gareth ·· nevele

stupid phone joystick, ...., DiDi

think you very cool isit?

DiDi

stupid phone joystick, ...., gareth ·· nevele

YOU GOT A PROBLEM WITH THAT?

....

stupid phone joystick, gareth ·· nevele, DiDi

stop swearing gareth, its bad

DiDi

stupid phone joystick, ...., gareth ·· nevele

YEAH

DiDi

stupid phone joystick, ...., gareth ·· nevele

F*** YOU
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....

stupid phone joystick, gareth ·· nevele, DiDi

ok i admit, i want to know more about girls

stupid phone joystick

...., gareth ·· nevele, DiDi

girls have great personalities!

DiDi

stupid phone joystick, ...., gareth ·· nevele

Like you?

stupid phone joystick

...., gareth ·· nevele, DiDi

totally!

gareth ·· nevele

stupid phone joystick, ...., DiDi

but youre gay it doesnt matter
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ok... if you've made it until here (without just scrolling down of course) without being confusedi salute you. anyway once again i emphasise that the bad language is to portray the characteristics of the alpha-male (me and ding). btw jozy is the SNAG (sensitive new-age guy) and sambor is just gay. fine... effeminate

touch

2006-08-20T19:41:00.000+08:00

YES, fleet feet are back!

must i have one

2006-08-16T21:54:00.000+08:00

ri lost to acs(i) 10-15 in rugby... quite saddening. the game itself was quite fair (as in no fighting), but given the bad blood between us two schools, there were bound to be words exchanged. haha. it's fun supporting such matches cos of the adrenaline rush you get when you see your school score or whatever. i like the feeling. too bad i don't get it during table tennis cos it's such a me-against-myself sport. like golf and all that (but obviously table tennis is more interesting... hehe).

fauni:mIks

2006-08-15T18:19:00.000+08:00

phonemics ^

bilingual teaching applies not only to chinese and english, but extends to french and hokkien...

monsieur quenot: c'est son stylo (is this his pen)?
edwin: er...
monsieur quenot: think of something boring
class: SIAN
edwin: ah... c'est le sien (it's his)

who wants to be a cat

2006-08-14T22:10:00.000+08:00

today in the very interesting phonemics class i started singing 'everybody wants to be a cat' without realising it. then ding said... wth??? and then i realised how weird the song actually is!

Everybody Wants to be a Cat

Everybody wants to be a cat,
because a cat's the only cat
who knows where it's at.
Everybody's pickin' up on that feline beat,
'cause everything else is obsolete.
Now a square with a horn,
can make you wish you weren't born,
ever'time he plays;
and with a square in the act,
he can set music back to the caveman days.
I've heard some corny birds who tried to sing,
but a cat's the only catwho knows how to swing.
Who wants to diga long-haired gigor stuff like that?
When everybody wants to be a cat.
A square with that horn,
makes you wish you weren't born,
ever'time he plays;
and with a square in the act,
he's gonna set this music back
to the Stone Age days.
Everybody wants to be a cat,
because a cat's the only cat
who knows where it's at;
while playin' jazz you always has a Welcome mat,
'cause everybody digs a swingin' cat.
Everybody digs a swingin' cat.

i wanted to say something else but i forgot. ...

libre

2006-08-14T11:49:00.000+08:00

11.44 am? shouldn't i be in school? NO! cos of DMPs, i get to slack today. actually it's also cos my RE mentor didn't come today, and since it's the last 2 periods, and my module was at the start of the day, i got to go home! i still have to go back for training later though... but life is good for now.

videos

2006-08-12T17:56:00.000+08:00

YAY i've discovered how to edit videos. actually the problem was getting the video into my com, and now that's been solved. how, you ask. well last time i would insert the usb cable into the port, and wait for it to load. nothing would happen. so, today i took the great initiative to actually turn my video camera ON first. and lo and behold, it worked! it's really quite fun editing videos, maybe i'll upload some soon.

headaches...

2006-08-10T17:43:00.000+08:00

today i went to the cage to play soccer, and it would have been fun had i not gotten a baaaad headache. i've been doing some research and i think i had what's called a migraine with aura. sounds cool but trust me, it isn't!!! the cage, being, well, a cage, doesn't really have good circulation. so... i guess i was inhaling all the CO2 expelled by my friends without much oxygen intake. soon... i started to have visual disturbances. whoo... not hallucinating or anything, just feeling that what i was seeing was weird. yea, then i got sick :(. at least now i know about headaches and what pain in the heads they are.

ah well...

but that nothing

2006-08-08T19:17:00.000+08:00

yay i managed to upload a song, but i can't get it to play automatically so you will have to press the little player on the left if you wish to hear it (which you do).

patw

2006-08-08T15:35:00.000+08:00

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1002234057604838621&q=palleno one's legs are supposed to be that fast!!! woot.

national day celebrations are over; i can finally slack. ate some malt candy today and i think it affected my brain a lil... feeling high! can't type coherently

and maybe i'll change my blogskin, although one that i like has these gay-looking hearts. grr. and how do i upload a song to my blog?

so it-unsavvy

...

2006-08-06T20:08:00.000+08:00

ergh... the stinking lit test i mentioned before has become all the more stinking cos it takes place tomorrow, and i happen to have the whole day free besides the first block of lesson!!!

never mind... the bright side of it is that i'll have more time to study for lit. but since when is studying a bright prospect?

while i was playing soccer today, someone stepped on my precious boot and now it's splitting. as in the sole and the not-sole. grrr. well actually the bright side of this really is bright, cos i can get new boots. woohoo

potential ones...

REALLY BORED

2006-08-04T22:02:00.000+08:00

Gareth --
[noun]:

A person who likes to steal tins of tuna

'How" will you be defined in the dictionary?' at QuizGalaxy.com

right on.

i'm really really really bored now, but no, i don't want to do homework. nighttime is not for homework. i think i really really really want to play soccer, but no, nighttime is not for soccer. soccer is not for nighttime. whatever. oh today andrew scored a great goal during soccer, too bad he'll be gone by the time there's interclass. AND ri lost to hci today in the friendly match that we are supposed to organise next year. we better get to play in it (not like this year)... grrr

ron

2006-08-04T18:00:00.000+08:00

good video bout ronaldo (the fat one). and i don't see how he can be good-looking, even with his mouth closed. haha
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1FJKYovcCA

recess

2006-08-03T19:59:00.000+08:00

1 more day of school to...

4 more weeks of school! but what's so special bout the next 4 weeks? national day? no. EPL starting? no. actually that is quite special... never mind.

what i want to say is that after a tough 2 weeks, we at ri can look forward to a slack (i hope) 4 weeks of DMPs. this means no tests, although unfortunately we have one stinking lit test on monday. other than, it's potential free periods (more soccer) and time to chit-chat with friends. better days...

since singapore idol is commencing in a minute or so, i shall say that you, yes you, should vote for hady. so that i don't need to vote for him.

interesting notes

2006-08-02T21:33:00.000+08:00

here is an excerpt from a set of physics notes, supplied kindly by our very random teacher:

Scalar addition is very difficult. See the example below:

Example
1 grapefruit + 1 grapefruit = 2 grapefruits

Nonsensically large equations
v = u + a t
v2 = u2 + 2 a s
s = u t + 0.5a t2

The large font is to aid your memorisation. I hear repetition also helps, so:
v = u + a tv2 = u2 + 2 a ss = u t + ! a t2v = u + a tv2 = u2 + 2 a ss = u t + ! a t2v = u + a tv2 = u2 + 2 a ss = u t + ! a t2v = u + a tv2 = u2 + 2 a ss = u t + ! a t2v = u + a tv2 = u2 + 2 a ss = u t + ! a t2v = u + a tv2 = u2 + 2 a ss = u t + ! a t2v = u + a tv2 = u2 + 2 a ss = u t + ! a t2v = u + a tv2 = u2 + 2 a ss = u t + ! a t2v = u + a tv2 = u2 + 2 a ss = u t + ! a t2v = u + a tv2 = u2 + 2 a ss = u t + ! a t2v = u + a tv2 = u2 + 2 a ss = u t + ! a t2v = u + a tv2 = u2 + 2 a ss = u t + ! a t2

i doubt i will forgot the equations now, so i guess it's effective. woohoo?

look both ways before you cross the road.

oh yes road reminds me of cross country, because we had to run on the roadside and the smell of exhuast was really putting me off. i think it made me run even quicker to get back to the lush greenery and unpolluted air of macritchie reservoir, so that's why i beat jozy (right...) [and yes i had to mention it].

rêve

2006-08-01T18:38:00.000+08:00

i've noticed and have been told that alot of my posts are related to soccer. well can't help it cos soccer is THE best sport. in my opinion at least.

i do not like logarithms because i do not know how to operate the stupid button on the calculator. isn't a calculator supposed to make life easier...

anyway, cross country's tomorrow, or so it's called. i mean running at macritchie can't really be considered cross country right? whatever it is, i must beat jozy!!! jozy if you read this before tomorrow, be afraid!!! haha it's just friendly rivalry, but the pride of our CCAs is at stake. in fact he's real fit now la, cos of all the PT he does at squash while i rot (fitness-wise) at table tennis. no issues with that though.

another golden oldie:

All I Have to Do is Dream by The Everly Brothers

When I want you in my arms
When I want you and all your charms
Whenever I want you
All I have to do
Is Dream... Dream Dream Dream
When I feel blue
In the night
When I need you
To hold me tight
Whenever I want you
All I have to do
Is Dream... Dream Dream Dream
Of trees
Swayin' in the summer breeze
Showin' off the silver leaves
As we waltz by
Soft kisses on a summers day
Laughin' all our cares away
Just you and I
I can make you mine
Taste your lips of wine
Any time, night or day
Only trouble is
Gee Whiz
I'm dreamin' my life away
Oh I need you so
That I could die
I love you so
And that is why
Whenever I want you
All I have to do
Is Dream... Dream Dream Dream
Dream
I can make you mine
Taste your lips of wine
Any time, night or day
Only trouble is
Gee Whiz
I'm dreamin' my life away
And when the rain
Beats against my window pane
I think of summer days again
And Dream of you
And Dream of you
And Dream of you
And Dream of you
(Mr Sandman, send me a dream)
And Dream of you
(Mr Sandman, send me a dream)
And Dream of you
(Mr Sandman, send me a dream)

goal

2006-07-31T20:19:00.000+08:00

a del piero, a sidestep...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsdT_mc2bP0 (this first move is a del piero)

more from andrew:

tedric: i'm tedric
andrew: tedric? i though there was only cedric?
tedric: nah... tedric with a T
andrew: ...WHAT THE HELL? (in cool aussie fashion)

and a random joke from carvin -
what should you eat to become good at logarithms?
a piece of log cake.

elastico

2006-07-30T19:58:00.000+08:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfJRpmdlKVg&search=ronaldinho%20elastico
ELASTICO (and a nutmeg to boot) sadly its in jap...
one more:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXqPEpeokCg&mode=related&search=ronaldinho%20elastico

the lake house

2006-07-29T19:50:00.000+08:00

i like the lake house only for one thing, it had lotsa nice songs!

here are several quotes from yesterday:

during C(haracter)L(eadership)E(ducation):

ding: blablabla. you have the option of returning the $10 to its rightful owner, or donating it to a charity that obviously needs it more.
andrew (new aussie guy who's joining our class on an exchange programme for a month): ding dong bell, i think you should just take the money.

chinese teacher: 你们认为这样做是对吗？
andrew: (even though he doesn't understand chinese) yea!

jokes

2006-07-27T21:04:00.000+08:00

here's a joke (if you could call it a joke...) told to me today, courtesy of edwin.

there was once a fish trainer who had a special ability - he could command a fish to move in any direction with just the point of a finger. one day, a man approached this trainer and asked for his guppy to be trained. "alright," said the man, "come back in 2 days". and so after 2 days, the man went back to the trainer. the trainer pointed towards the left, to the right, and finally in the centre. the fish followed suit. "amazing!" exclaimed the man.

the following day, the same man brought a goldfish for training. the trainer enjoyed similar success with the goldfish, but the man was still unsatisfied. "do it in a reservoir," challenged the man. the trainer complied, and brought the goldfish to a reservoir. he pointed towards the left, to the right, to the centre and towards the heavens just for fun. unfortunately, the goldfish, which had jumped very high up, plummeted back down into the reservoir at such a speed that it disappeared forever!

the trainer, saddened by this tragedy, trudged home a guilty person. he went into his toilet, turned on the tap, and guess what came out?

WATER!!!

i wanted to kill edwin after spending 3 whole minutes listening to his 'joke'. grr i was expecting something good from such a long joke. then he played a prank on me. it's a good prank to play on your friends if they are as silly as i am. i don't think it works well with text so i won't bother describing it, and anyway that gives me the chance to play this prank on other people!

the great chemistry escape

2006-07-26T21:32:00.000+08:00

today we did a very naughty thing in class. we ran away from our chem teacher! first, we tried to lock our classroom from the inside, but realised that our back door was unlockable. so we turned off all the lights in class and hid under the tables. of course there was a lot of sniggering going on, and when our chem teacher came in, he looked puzzled. ok fine i couldn't see his expression but i would imagine he would have been confused. unfortunately someone broke out into a laughing fit and we were found out!

8:07

2006-07-24T20:11:00.000+08:00

maths (or is it math) test tomorrow prevents me from blogging extensively. i will, however, bring you the quote of today.

teacher: have you heard of the famous line in Romeo and Juliet? it goes "methinks ... blabla"
kevin: wait, didn't that come from jar jar binks?

hilarity

2006-07-23T20:00:00.000+08:00

AHAHA go to www.yougotpenged.blogspot.com (my class blog) and watch the videos in the latest post. you don't have to be a soccer fanatic to appreciate the videos.

pirates

2006-07-23T13:11:00.000+08:00

i've taken down my persuasive speech that i posted yesterday cos there's a section in the marking scheme named 'audience response', and i can't possibly have my lame puns fall dead on my classmates who've read that post can i?

so, for those who are sorely missing my inspiring speech, i shall placate you with keira knightley pictures.
anyway yesterday i watched pirates of the carribean and i think johnny depp is very funny. especially when he talks in the funny cannibal language. sample: pooky wooky shup shup. savvy? completely incomprehensible. but i do recommend that you watch the show even though its storyline is kinda pointless. after all there's keira knightley for the guys, orlando bloom for the girls and parrots for animal lovers.

an obscure term

2006-07-22T14:04:00.000+08:00

i learnt a new word while reading Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee

OBFUSCATE

1. To make so confused or opaque as to be difficult to perceive or understand.
2. To render indistinct or dim; darken: The fog obfuscated the shore.

and here are a couple of ppcoc (pasir panjang church of christ) pictures

YAY we won the soccer tournament

PPCOC youth. can't see much though (any bigger and the picture becomes very pixellated)

your song

2006-07-20T17:03:00.000+08:00

this is my favourite golden oldie song. yay.
incidentally it is also the 'greatest song every written of the century', but i think no one can really judge this kinda thing.

In My Life - The Beatles

There are places I remember
All my life though some have changed
Some forever not for better
Some have gone and some remain
All these places have their moments
With lovers and friends
I still can recall
Some are dead and some are living
In my life
I've loved them all
But of all these friends and lovers
There is no one compares with you
And these memories lose their meaning
When I think of love as something new
Though I know I'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I'll often stop and think about them
In my life I love you more
Though I know I'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I'll often stop and think about them
In my life I love you more
In my life I love you more

what's yours?

numb3rs

2006-07-19T18:55:00.001+08:00

let me tell you something about my favourite number, 11.

when i was young(er), i preferred 5. i believed that 5 was the best cos it was the 'middle' of everything and thus the most powerful. actually it's just the middle of 1 & 10. nevertheless, i persisted that it was the greatest number on earth.

(<---- obviously photoshopped (by LEE CHUAN YAW aka john nash aka ronaldo aka shakespeare) -.-

but i have been enlightened, and now i like 11! simply because two ones are better than (one) one. 7's not bad but when i think of the number 7 i think of david beckham. no thanks

it's all about the wordplay

2006-07-18T21:10:00.000+08:00

bored i am. yoda i am not.

let me bring you the quote of today (not quote of THE day cos that implies that i will have to quote a quote everyday which like, totally sucks!) *val-speak: a language spoken by dumb girls, usually blonde, comprising of high-rising intonations and additional meanings to the word like and totally. kevin did a funny presentation.

back to the quote
a few weeks back-
me to faris: eh clear your tray la
faris to me (jokingly): eh you think i malay i troublemaker isit?
today-
faris to me: oh no! the chinese is coming. better clear my tray

humm. i got limewire today after considerable deliberation (pun intended). after the bad experiences with kazaa...

well it's good to have a blog, now i know cos one can rant and rant and rant and waste time when there is time to... . time. which i have now cos there was no third lang today

what does capri-sonne mean?? wikipedia is taking awfully long to load.

ah! ok sonne means sun. capri refers to some nice italian island. so maybe when you drink it, you get the feeling of being under the sun on a beautiful island. perhaps, perhaps, perhaps

some soccer stuff

2006-07-18T20:55:00.000+08:00

OLE!

now what am i doing here?

see that pic on top shows a 'nutmeg', where the ball is pushed between the opponent's legs (evidently.) this causes great humiliation to your adversary. yay! i have an unhealthy obssession for nutmegs, cos it's so satisfying when i manage to pull it off.

who could be in this pic?----->

well he is none other than zinedine yazid zidane (what cool initials). this is his famous marseille roulette in action. although maradona and MANY other players (even mere mortals like me) use this skill, i believe zizou has perfected it. well done

hello

2006-06-17T18:08:00.000+08:00

hmm... as you can see i'm bored.