ok people. time for an update.

last saturday was spent out at dhoby ghaut! had lots of fun with the ncc peeps at sakae (zaw and the lunch/lan saga, nelson and the weird guessing game...), lots of laughs and the only sad thing was that so few people from our batch were there.

ah well another time i guess.

another time to meet up is probably also because they would like to rematch with me in a pool game (i'd be more than glad. =D) after... a most satisfying time in the concorde (formerly the meridien) pool place.

and not all pool places are sleazy, gangster-ish places, so yay for concorde.

monday was also spent out. also in the orchard area.

went to school first to settle some school stuff before going out to lunch!

lunch was at wheelock place with an ex-classmate (from pri school) and our ex-teacher ms cheng! just came back from hongkong apparently, and she remembers us like we were in her class yesterday. (she likes to call me bahroooooooooooooooooo. ><)

so lunch was spent at a japanese place (again. this one was expensive though) and yeah, it was a really good 2 hours just talking about stuff in general.

we really must meet again! board game cafe hehe. =D

but then after our teacher left things started to go a little bit pear-shaped.

on a sidenote, it seems like A LOT of people i know are falling/have fallen in love left, right and centre. as if there were a shortage of beautiful girls on this planet.

(ok maybe there are. depends how you define beauty though. theo this may be blog post material!)

and i am utterly incompetent around people. especially females. that monday outing showed it pretty clearly.

so maybe i should pick up a few skills from them so i won't be so disadvantaged.

ok i'm JOKING. you know i am.

right?

MOVING ON.

tuesday and wednesday were spent doing nothing as usual. but thursday was pretty packed.

went to school early in the morning to play soccer (ohyes.) with what i thought would be 20+ 4K people, but in the end theodore, shanzhi, shanquan, jianxiong, danieltay and kristian were the only people around before i had to leave.

still it was good just touching the ball again. and getting (some of) my confidence back.

but i am terribly out of shape. i played for barely 20 minutes and i was already feeling the strain. big time.

gosh i'll never survive the cage if 1) i do go and 2) i don't work on it.

so yes that sheds some light on my old pm. =)

after that i went off to join some 4A people for a movie outing/birthday celebration! (happy birthday jaryl if you're reading this!) the movie was pretty ok i guess, except that sh... (one of my many "accidental" slips of the tongue) was rather late. but in the end we didn't miss anything but crummy old ads, so yeah. =)

and lunch, for the record, was japanese. yet again.

heh what happened next as we were commuting to dhoby ghaut (where i revisited the lovely pool place of concorde) was most interesting.

it also proves how small singapore is.

as we were leaving orchard for dhoby ghaut we saw shoujian! out to meet some frienda apparently. what a pleasant surprise.

but that wasn't the end - at dhoby ghaut i saw shenghao! strangely enough around the same area where we had gone out on saturday. and he was there to fix his phone, not to play pool, although i was, so i was seen to have lied about the regularity of my visits to pool parlours.

on a sidenote, i am really itching to play pool with someone now. anyone.

pool was fairly exciting, as usual - as you can guess from the tagboard nicchee and i thrashed queen slut and birthday boy 8-0 (although they claimed to have won 2 racks, but either way...).

and after that there was even time to go out for dinner (with my parents) and watch some tv (don't forget the lyrics is strangely appealing! and i actually know some of the lyrics up there even if i don't listen to a lot of songs) before stoning at the com and typing this word-heavy post with NO PEEKZHURS. DARN.

ok must camwhore more. but doesn't that mean i'll have to put a cross in:

[ ] Taken a picture just for the sole purpose of putting it on myspace/friendster/facebook

ah well. but reading further on...

(not photogenic sorry guys.)

which reminds me, because soon my eyes will disappear from my face permanently. MUST WORK ON IT. (amanda my eyes remind me of yours!)

wonder if typing O.O will help though. ><

Two roads diverged,and I-
took the one less taken...

first up, being really bored AND in need of a solid update:

a meme.


[X] I'm afraid of silence. (depends on the situation, but probably yeah)
[ ] I talk A LOT when I get really nervous.
[X] I am really ticklish! (fairly)
[ ] I'm afraid of the dark. (when I was small?)
[ ] I'm afraid of facing my back to open doors at night.
[ ] I can't sleep in a room if the door is open.
[ ] I can't sleep in a room if the door is closed.
[ ] I am afraid of gay or lesbian people.
[X] I believe in true love.
[ ] I've run away from home. (came really close to though)
[ ] I listen to political music (does "obama" ("umbrella" parody) count?)
[ ] I collect comic books.
[X] I shut others out when I'm sad. (depends on who the "others" are)
[X] I've stayed out all night.
[X] I open up to others easily. (if the other is a close friend, yeah)
[X] I am keeping a secret from the world. (oh most definitely yes.)
[X] I watch the news. (not consistently though ><)
[ ] I own over 5 rap CDs. (hate rap!!)
[X] I love Disney movies. (sweet :D)
[ ] I am a sucker for green eyes.
[X] I am a sucker for brown eyes. (i certainly wouldn't mind)
[ ] I am a sucker for blue eyes.
[X] I don't kill bugs, unless they irritate me. (heeheehoohoo.)
[X] I curse. (infrequently nowadays.)
[ ] I have an "x" in my screen name.
[X] I've slipped and fell in public.
[X] I've slipped out a "lol" in a real conversation.
[ ] I love Spam.
[ ] I bake well.
[ ] I have worn pajamas to class.
[ ] I have owned something from Abercrombie.
[ ] I want a better job.
[ ] Talked on a phone for 6+ hours.
[ ] I love Dr. Phil.
[X] I like multiple people. (duh. i have many friends.)
[ ] I am guilty of tYpInG lIkE tHiS. (hardly. i prefer informality.)
[X] I am self-conscious.
[X] I love to laugh. (whose line is it anyway! xD)
[ ] I have smoked a pack in one day.
[ ] I loved Lord of the Flies.
[ ] I have cough drops when I'm not sick. (strepsils!)
[ ] I can't swallow pills.
[X] I have a lot of scars. (PHYSICAL, not EMOTIONAL please.)
[ ] I can't sleep if there is a spider in the room. (just don't BUG me.)
[X] I love chocolate.
[ ] I bite my nails.
[X] I am not comfortable with being me. (sometimes.)
[X] I play computer games when I'm bored.
[ ] Gotten lost in the city.
[X] Thought of suicide before. (fine, i'm an emo kid.)
[ ] Seen a shooting star. (on tv? ><)
[ ] Had a menage a trois. (no thank you.)
[ ] Gone out in public in my pajamas.
[ ] Have kissed someone really strange. (wish i had the courage.)
[ ] Hugged a stranger. (i don't think so.)
[ ] Been in a bloody fist fight with someone of a diff. sex.
[ ] Been in a fist fight.
[ ] Been arrested.
[X] Laughed and had some type of beverage come out of my nose. (water, thankfully)
[ ] Pushed all the buttons on an elevator.
[ ] Made out in an elevator.
[ ] Swore at Liberace.
[X] Kicked a guy where it hurts on purpose. (kneed. didn't feel much though.)
[ ] Been skydiving.
[ ] Been bungee jumping.
[ ] Gotten stitches. (thankfully not.)
[ ] Drank a whole gallon of milk in one hour.
[ ] Bitten someone.
[ ] Been to Niagara Falls.
[X] Gotten the chicken pox.
[ ] Crashed into a car.
[ ] Been to Japan. (I wanna go!)
[X] Ridden in a taxi.
[ ] Shoplifted.
[ ] Been fired.
[ ] Stole something from your job.
[ ] Gone on a blind date.
[ ] Had a crush on a teacher/coach. (o.0)
[ ] Celebrated Mardi Gras in New Orleans.
[X] Been to Europe. (italy!)
[X] Slept with a co-worker, and/or employee. (during camps, sure.)
[ ] Been to New York.
[ ] Been married (we're a bit young for this.)
[ ] Gotten divorced (younger still.)
[X] Saw someone/something dying. (figuratively)
[ ] Have a list of people you want to kill.
[ ] Been to Canada.
[X] Been on a plane.
[ ] Seen the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
[ ] Thrown up in a bar or club.
[X] Eaten sushi.
[ ] Been snowboarding.
[ ] Taken a picture just for the sole purpose of putting it on myspace/friendster/facebook (not photogenic sorry guys.)
[ ] Been ice skating (JOOU DID YOU BULLY GEOFF OR NOT?!? xD)
[X] Cried in public.
[ ] Walked purposely into traffic with your eyes closed. (not that kind of suicidal.)
[ ] Been at a party and instead of giving out your phone number you give them your myspace name and say look me up.
[X] Thought of someone a lot lately. (oh yeah.)
[X] Hate the world. (for all the pain they bring to themselves, yes.)
[ ] Love LIKE someone who doesnt realize it. (if it reads as i think it should, then yes.)
[ ] Have your cell phone permanently attached to your hand/hip (no it's more often on the floor.)

ok who am i kidding. more about what's been happening in my life (like you would want to know really) in a SOLID post coming soon! (like tomorrow? ><)

Two roads diverged,and I-
took the one less taken...

usually, on a school day, the first thing i do when i enter the toilet is (in order):

1. wipe my face.
2. wet my hair.
3. comb my hair. (although i tend to be rather lackadaisical in this)
4. brush my teeth.

and just a few minutes ago, as if to prove how much school has become a part of my life:

i went into the toilet and unconsciously started doing all of the above. before i knew it the towel was in my hands, my hair was wet and the comb was within reach.

i scared myself a little there.

but other than that today's been normal, and tomorrow's not (because i'm actually going out for the first time this holidays to have fun!) so yeah, an actual post coming soon.

Two roads diverged,and I-
took the one less taken...

this comment on my apr makes me feel downright guilty.

under "English Literature":

Aaron is a ... student. He ... has put in much effort to excel for Lit.

I hope he will continue to pursue this discipline because he certainly has the heart to be a humanist!

and what am i taking in rjc? BCME. (for the record.)

i don't spy an L.

what a difference a day makes eh. or could have made.

and speaking of english lit, from sec 1 i have this certain splendid memory (this phrase is hereby shamefully plagiarised from a certain eminent british politician) of a poem, rather a song, which our then teacher ms chim read/sang?!? to us.

i think. i seem to strongly associate this song with our english lessons then.





Cat's In the Cradle

My child arrived just the other day
He came to the world in the usual way
But there were planes to catch, and bills to pay
He learned to walk while I was away
And he was talking before I knew it and as he grew
He said, "I'm gonna be like you, Dad,
You know I'm gonna be like you"

And the cats in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man in the moon
When you comin home, dad, I don't know when,
But we'll get together then, Son,
You know we'll have a good time then.

My son turned ten just the other day
He said "Thanks for the ball, Dad, come on lets play
can you teach me to throw?" I said, "Not today,
I got a lot to do" He said "Thats okay"
And then he walked away but his smile never dimmed
And said "I'm gonna be like him, yeah
You know I'm going to be like him"

And the cats in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man on the moon
When you comin home, dad, I dont know when,
But we'll get together then, Son,
You know we'll have a good time then.

Well he came from college just the other day
So much like a man I just had to say,
"Son, I'm proud of you, can you sit for a while?"
He shook his head, and he said with a smile

"What I'd really like, Dad, is to borrow the car keys
See you later, can I have them please?"

And the cats in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man on the moon
When you comin home, Son, I dont know when,
But we'll get together then, Dad,
You know we'll have a good time then.

I've long since retired, my son's moved away
I called him up just the other day........
I said "I'd like to see you if you don't mind"
He said "I'd love to Dad, if I could find the time.
You see my new jobs a hassle, and the kids have the flu.
But It's sure nice talking to you, Dad,
It's been sure nice talking to you........"
And as I hung up the phone it occurred to me
He'd grown up just like me,
My boy was just like me..............


And the cats in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man on the moon
When you comin home, Son, I dont know when,
But we'll get together then, Dad
We're gonna have a good time then.




and maybe, just maybe, some people out there feel that songs of today have less "substance" than those of yesteryear.

in 1974, this was the #1 song in the USA.

in the new millenium, the top songs include Touch My Body and Glamorous.

hardly on the same emotional wavelength as a good number of the oldies.

ah well i seem to rant on about a lot of things nowadays.

Two roads diverged,and I-
took the one less taken...

history buffs, this one's for you.

the original version: Billy Joel - We Didn't Start the Fire (1989)






the singaporean version: Hossan Leong - TalkingCock in Parliament (2006)

Two roads diverged,and I-
took the one less taken...

it's time to update my blog isn't it.

so let's start where i promised to leave off! with graduation ceremony.

ok admittedly i didn't feel totally emo during the ceremony, but i'm not going to force myself to feel something i "should" be feeling - maybe i'll look back and see that it was really significant.

ah well the effects of merger.

but really the ceremony wasn't too much to shout about, other than our dearest guest-of-honour's advertisement for the boon lay youth club.

oh and it was one last chance for me to see my juniors before we leave for the junior college section, and well it's going to be a pretty long time before i get to see them again, and they've been very nice to me (even if i haven't been too nice to them, especially all of them), so i'll remember you guys.

ah well it was sort of emotional i guess. but not in the teary kind of way.

and i must say that the cheering and singing was possibly the best i've ever heard in my 4 years here.

after graduation ceremony was class chalet!

had quite a bit of fun for this one. especially the gaming portion of it. =)

i went half-crazy during the saturday night card session (and i went all croaky a la psl cheering sessions) and it was great stuff to see lots of people (even the scholars came down to pasir ris from boarding) getting together for the last time.

sad that the teachers couldn't come though.

and i must say that mdm cai isn't as bad as we thought she is. we've fairly villified her haven't we, but yes she is still prone to those mood swings.



sunday was avenue q and grad night! great stuff this one.

avenue q was a good chance to reunite with all the apcg people! plus a few others, including a certain claire whom i had met under the most random of circumstances.

this is how it went:

after hmt o's i was walking around J8 when i bumped into theodore, who happened to also be walking around for no real reason.

then as we were standing outside popular this happened (theo! i'm still not sure what to say xD):

me: maybe the 4D people (who had been walking around before going to catch a movie) are down there. (i pointed to the 2nd floor atrium where there was a sale going on)

theo: (pointing to a area closed off by curtains) is that a changing room?

well all would have been fine and good if firstly, it looked as if there were more clothes on sale, and secondly (more importantly), it wasn't an open-top area.

and as we were busy reenacting the scene (for lack of anything better to do) claire walked past! and so we got to know each other.

on a sidenote, i so need to get to know more people in my batch.

ok so long story short, theodore introduced me to claire, claire came along on sunday to watch avenue q.

(semi-theatre review coming up)

"avenue q" was terribly hilarious, although it didn't do itself too many favours by petering out ever so slightly after the intermission. seemed to run out of ideas, judging by the ending songs which were remixes of previous ones. then again it's not easy to maintain the level of performance after a break, although this was something "the pillowman" achieved superbly with its chilling story of "the girl who wanted to be jesus" right after the break.

and in always keeping a keen eye (or ear) out for thoughtful laughter (meredith ftw!), "avenue q" didn't really excel there, although as mr kwok pointed out in his own review (much better than mine i'm sure), some songs were rather emotive and had a rather more tender touch than the others.

enjoyed the dirty bits thoroughly (i must admit) though. even the dirtiest amongst us were overwhelmed (and bowled over) by the barrage of sick songs, which says something, and of course the audience obliged with thunderous rounds of applause.

overall, i'd say it's a pretty good show, and a good way to spend a sunday afternoon. =)

the only regret?

NO PICTURES even though i had my camera all ready for camwhoring.

oh well but facebook saves the day! thanks aaron. =)

after avenue q it was off to grad night!

haha it was really enjoyable. it's the last time our batch is going to be together, and what a time it was.

loved all the weird costumes (bryan glenn and sungming among others!) and the atmosphere was just awesome.

ok everyone's stolen what i want to say...

except that not everyone got their picture up on the slides! =)

yes the infamous "ash ketchum" photo strikes back! although some people say i look rather punkish.

thanks to KATE for the picture! and whoever happened to be holding on to kate at that point in time and take the picture (i couldn't see without my glasses), and whoever said i looked like ash ketchum! xD

my gosh all the memories of kate (the 51st facil! xD) and apcg are flooding back. love it.

but back to grad night, it was totally fun (especially the songs! gosh the batch went a little crazy during that) and the ending. emo yet incredible.

photos on facebook! lots of them (not too many from me though), trust me, but i'm too lazy to tag my own >< so i'll need some help hehe.

and that ends the post i promised! i'll be back with other stuff soon so yep stay around and enjoy the hols.

Two roads diverged,and I-
took the one less taken...

i've said this for what feels like a million times before, and i still don't understand why i still have to say it again.

i appreciate what my parents do for me, no doubt. i may not show it, but that is no reason for them to deliberately make me show it.

what do you think i am, a empty template waiting to be stained with the most obvious pastels?

wrong combinations can be absolutely hideous.

it's interesting how i was talking with one of my teachers (strange how i do so much of this these days) and she was talking about parents.

and she, being a parent herself, said that if parents try too hard to control their children, it ends up having the opposite effect.

basic human psychology isn't it?

yet i wonder how some parents can manage to overlook this notion sometimes.

yes, i think i'm becoming more independent (fiercely, in process and as a result). although i still depend on my parents for basic necessities, i try to keep them to the most basic, and i tend to settle the rest myself.

and being (fairly) prudent with spending money, it really irks me to see money being wasted, at home of all places, where i can at least do something to stop it.

enough of this issue i think. it's not leaving anything vaguely constructive and positive behind, it's a repetition of what i've been saying before, and nobody likes to read this kind of a bitchy trashy monologue.

but that's the exact point, isn't it?

i want to be constructive and positive about my life.
it may be repetitive, but it makes perfect sense from my point of view.
nobody likes to read this kind of a bitchy trashy monologue. including me.

this is one of the few times i wish my parents (more specifically _______________) would just read my blog, be more receptive to an alternative viewpoint, and actually listen me out without dismissing me straightaway.

it gets particularly tiresome sometimes to be a child, believe me, and sometimes we get an even shorter end of the stick than our parents do, no offence to them.

enough's enough for tonight i think. my heart aches, and i mean it. in case you were still wondering.

Two roads diverged,and I-
took the one less taken...

hey guys!

back from grad ceremony and grad night over the last few days (with class chalet and avenue q sandwiched in between)! it's been hectic, but i promise i'll go through each and every one of those events.

but not now! got an industrial attachment this week all week, so i'll try to find time in between i guess.

keep visiting! and love you guys from the batch of 2008. <3

Two roads diverged,and I-
took the one less taken...

my blog has become inundated with words (and sad ones at that) of late, so let's get into the mood for some peekzhurrs.



YES i have my own picture of the apcg gathering! and it's of fik, what ho. thanks so much for being a good sport and coming down during your fasting period! (and zaki too of course)

the great irony, of course, is that i didn't take this picture, being absolutely drained (and so sound asleep) from ncc camp and a make-up math cct earlier in the day and the day before. but hey it's on my phone so many thanks to whoever took it! =)



artistic? absolutely not. a result of boredom? hell yes.



a valiant (but ultimately epic fail) attempt at taking a close-up picture of a dead mosquito on my table. wonder how it got there in the first place.



another fail attempt at an artistic shot. at least my pikachu sits pretty. =)



the winning group from the sec 4 dramatisation. kieran's smoking oh dearie me.



max and chander studying (NOT) in the library during the eoy period. not at that point in time at least.



the time on the clock is 12.55 AM, not PM. that name tag winnie the pooh is holding is from sec 1 orientation, how sentimental.



coming back from sungei buloh (and the end of our re woes) in a lorry! this was after the kranji express pangseh-ed all of us and this uncle driving the lorry was nice enough to give us a lift to choa chu kang. 这分明显示新加坡社会仍然充满温情。 (in the mood for chinese now aren't we? good luck for o's everyone!)



mr law in the lorry. (alternatively, spelled law-ry.)



jonlim at rafflesian spotlight rehearsal! trying on some look-cool glasses.



the sec 3s at today's year head assembly! doing something pretty special. kudos to mr law for giving his batch such a special celebration. =)



the balloons mr law provided for the sec 3s released into the sky.



a "rare" shot of the un-photogenic bengoh. or so he claims.



and finally.





this photo just about sums up the feelings about the merger. it was on the bridge between ri and rjc, soon-to-be (sadly) ri(ss) and ri(jc) - don't know whether it's still there though.

that's all for now!

to end off, here's a line you might just consider saying in future. something along the lines of "i lost my number. can i have yours?", but something tells me this is a little itsy-bitsy teeny-weeny (yellow polka-dot bikini) bit less lame.

i don't mind being a drug addict, as long as you're willing to be my drug.

cringe-worthy, wasn't it?

16 more hours to freedom!

Two roads diverged,and I-
took the one less taken...

i don't usually want to judge people. it's very easy to form biased opinions of people that way. and then it becomes almost too easy to spoil relations with those people.

but i find myself being more and more judgmental these days.

this whole issue seems so literature-ish.

and i feel like a gulliver. won't bother elaborating further.

there are two kinds of gifted people in this world.

those who manage to develop their gifts in a suitable environment.

and those whose gifts conflict with their environment.

everybody's gifted; just that human institutions (of academia, sport, art and so on) selects for specific gifts which not everybody is entitled to possess (given genetic and environmental variation).

resulting in a perception that some people are un-gifted.

so which kind of gifted person are you?

which kind of gifted person am i?

feel free to rubbish that theory by the way. it's highly unlikely that a young kid like me can come up with something like that in just 5 minutes.

i think i need someone to talk to. seriously. seriously.

Two roads diverged,and I-
took the one less taken...

my gpa hasn't been totally up to scratch, but given that there are people who have scored much lower than me, we'll leave that.

instead let's talk about the things (simple things really) which made me feel so much better over this period.

let's start from last wednesday shall we? returning of scripts and house meeting.

maths paper was first period. nothing to say, still floundering in the ra context but doing pretty well compared to rp, which i guess is the only difference i can use to comfort myself.

paper 1 was fine. didn't get the extra 1 mark, and maybe it would have changed my gpa, but i don't really care now. it's over, so let's leave it at that.

paper 2 was much better of course, but again it's painful to have that "9" as your unit digit in that overall math score.

twice.

and another two times for bio and english, but my feeling is that 1 mark here and there for the eoy wouldn't have changed anything.

simply put, my effort wasn't consistent enough, and it showed in the ca mark, which rightfully has a higher weightage than the eoys, so no complaints, no bitching.

and most of all no sulking over it in front of people who didn't get as high as me. that's just nasty.

academic-related stuff ends here.

on wednesday there was the returning of lit scripts, but it wasn't so much the results, but more of the gathering of the lit people which made the day.

the little play put up by the teachers was a really nice departure from the "normal way" of going through the scripts too.

poor ms kuo - she suanned the people with poor grammar and all, but in the end she wrote "this ideas are interesting!" for one guy's paper. really funny incident that.

house meeting came next, and being the hardworking exco we were we got a really special treat from the incoming exco! thanks for the mug you guys. hullett ftw (next year)! =)

haha and while next year's exco was busy going through the admin stuff with the house the 9 of us were backstage having a ball of a time.

great stuff.

oh there was also the matter of the rinspire interview with the rinspire team, shanzhi, kristian and mr tan about rjc becoming rijc. yeah don't really agree with the merger and all, but i guess in the end it SHOULD work itself out fine.

thursday was slightly different - a few teachers came in late and some didn't come at all for the r&r, so we had lots of free time.

but amidst all of that i'm really glad i didn't blindly take the time off to go sleep in the library or fool around somewhere.

i have free periods when the rest of the class is having bio, but this time for bio r&r i decided to stay in class instead.

and it was a good one hour.

mrs foo read "half a haycorn pie" to the class (it's part of a winnie the pooh series) and i guess that's the kind of thing that just makes you feel good inside. a return to the good old days before studying in ri (or studying anywhere in general, for that matter) and you had your parents to read you to sleep every night or at your own fancy.

it may have been rather childish in the book, but sometimes it's that kind of simplicity which is so hard for adult writers to put across.

and it had a good lesson behind it (sustainability!) which made it pretty satisfying.

then again i think i just have weird tastes.

but once again, it was just a few hours ago when i was watching scooby-doo on the new okto (yay for okto!) and it really reminded me of the times when i used to watch it every afternoon on cartoon network in anticipation of the next mystery they were going to solve.

it almost feels good being a child without a care again.

thursday afternoon was rs rehersals, and when mrs smith dropped by it was a very interesting time indeed. we talked about almost everything - from jc subject combos to apcg to some "more personal" matters.

it was really an eye-opener, and she's one of the reasons why my lit is where it is today (a small fry among the big fish who are the lit ra people - some kind of guardians, stalwarts, defenders of literature perhaps? but meanwhile the lesser beings such as me can only dream of being as humanist as they are.) so for that i can't thank her enough.

she's a really good lady, even if the school seems to have a different idea.

friday was more r&r, and i guess what made it more meaningful was that it was the last lessons we were going to have in ri.

math was pretty good i guess. got to talk with mr kwa (something that doesn't happen every day) a bit about some jc and school stuff which is always nice.

chinese was almost too good. mdm cai (i believe that's the first time i'm calling her that) was pretty nice to everyone - no scolding or shouting - and i guess it was a good way to end the year after all the resentment the class harbours towards her.

she can be nice if she wants to.

bio (ra) was after recess and mrs low talked about evolutionary intelligence and that famous last lecture by randy pausch. reflective stuff, that one.

and finally was chem with ms low.

it was quite sad how the class went off to their own games with ms low there all by herself, seemingly. she's been such a wonderful teacher, and any student who knows and is taught by her is one fortunate boy, and i guess the least we could have done was to show some appreciation for that.

and she was nice enough to play the games with us (and get suanned by us at some times) and have a photo with the class which is nice to remember us by i hope.

and of course friday night was rs finals, which was a tremendous success (aarongoh and interleches ftw!), and all credit goes to the people behind the scenes too.

but it's been personally a bit of a letdown - i haven't been able to find the passion which i seemed to have in such abundance last year and at the beginning of this one. and of course that translated into a very superficial contribution to this year's rs.

maybe a bit of a recharge is in order.

but not as soon as my head tells me.

and looking out at the audience, feeling the sense of accomplishment at pulling this performance off during the voting sessions made me realise one thing:

i haven't been able to sit down as a normal student and enjoy events like this for almost 2 years now.

it's almost all been behind-the-scenes work, then executing it as part of the team, and the cycle repeats itself for the next event that drops by.

that is quite a big realisation, come to think of it.

oh meeting the apcg people (chris, liangzi, juan, jeanhui, chngyan - hellohello! xD sorry if i missed anyone out!) who dropped by was really great too! met some of them during the post-eoy period as well in rjc which was also really EXCITE. =D

and now wandering about the house, looking for something to do (other than revise for chinese) is getting to be rather boring.

i need to go outttt!

Two roads diverged,and I-
took the one less taken...