now's not the best of times to be having strange (second) thoughts flooding your head.

but there's no turning back now i suppose.

although looking at my schedule for the next few weeks makes me cringe.

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

it's 2.45am as i type this.

and we've just gone through a mind-numbing number of instant messages, proposal updates, poster designs and the like.

as are all the other councillors i daresay. what a way to start your journey as a campaigner.

i haven't felt like this in a long time, and short of saying it feels good, it definitely feels different to be up so late doing so much. different in a nice way of course.

good luck all campaigners! it's going to be a tough week ahead, but we'll be tougher. =)

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

watched IBE at the national library today, and i definitely enjoyed it a lot. good staging, timing and acting, faithfully following the script wilde set out and the main issues were very well brought out and sustained throughout the play.

there's no reason why it shouldn't be allowed for the sec 4s, so go and watch it if you can people. i think it'll be well worth your money.

short update today amidst the hustle and bustle of school life! tomorrow's going to be an equally long day i foresee.

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

i love monday mornings. here's why.


sine cosine cosine sine
three point one four one five nine
plot a graph, draw a line
sine cosine cosine sine!


accompany with a clapping beat, do it in front of unknowing and unsuspecting people, and there you have instant randomness, highness and laughter.

of tintin and the math faculty. <3

sacrificing 2 hours of sleep at the start of the week isn't so bad after all. =)

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

ok this blog is starting to be a bit neglected.

essentially, nothing eventful has happened in the last few days, except for that pool outing i had with the awesome threesome on tuesday.

and! i played this filipino chap after we were done among ourselves, and he's pretty good (then again you'd expect that from a filipino) and i lost on the 9. what a pity, but hey, i'm not terribly great, so it's ok.

and because nic has been busily pointing out on facebook that i'm pretty good at pool (which i said i wouldn't deny), i must quote my chem tutor here:

"it's tough to be humble yet honest. when you say you're very good, people will think you're not humble. when you say you're not very good, people will think you're suanning them."

(something to that effect yeah.)

how relevant it is eh.

and grrr school's going to start again in a few days. and this time the term will be 10 weeks long. for real. ><

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

because i felt the first edition didn't do my point enough justice. so i must necessarily insert a second stanza.


I Saw You - v2 (16 March)

I saw you die on that cloudless morning,
Slipping away as you tried to scale
One more hurdle than your heart could handle.
I saw you drift slowly but surely
Like the leaves on an autumn tree
To a fate symbolic of what you meant.
I saw you fade into the dark clutches
Of a blinding apparition who had stalked you
And possess you for himself forever, and yet
I saw you etch yourself on flesh and blood,
Scratching deep scars in smooth stone
Where innocence would never dare.
And as I saw you die, I wondered not
Why you died at all, but whether
Having died after living,
You would live after dying
Or simply die forever –

Too many times we see what we want to see –
Helpless are the blacks of the herd
When nature deals their fatal fate;
Blameless are the threads of our lives
As they unravel in our very hands;
Shameless are the prideful among us
Who can only savage as the beasts they are
And yet be savaged by the humble.
Pride colours our vision, and makes us see
Pain, death, evil and blindness,
But the blindness of humility confers us
Strength, renewal, spirit and clairvoyance –
How different the same world can be.
Fallen hurdles, dying leaves,
Ghostly figures, soulless graves –
This darkness in black or pureness in white
We should never see,
But too many times we see what we want to see.

I saw you die on that cloudless morning,
And as I saw you dead, I wondered
Why you died at all, and then
I saw you speak to me, a deep resonance –
That life was not about the black or white,
But the existence of gray.

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

the last week of school, and it's been fairly relaxing so far. then again so has all of school.

but if you wanted to look at it another way, you could. i'm probably not doing quite enough around school nowadays, and i know it, but yet i don't want to do too much because unlike in ri, some serious consequences are at hand.

and of course i get reminded about it every day as if i get daily onsets of dementia. but let's leave that behind.

last friday was council interview, and thank goodness it went fairly ok (although of course looking back at it i think it wasn't the greatest interview i've ever had. then again i'd be hard pressed to find one), although i had some mixed feelings about having jonlim as the councillor at the interview. it's definitely weird getting interviewed formally by someone you know.

this week has hardly been busy, and then the holidays beckon, and i shall need to really get into the groove for what's to come.

ok i'm barely making any sense here. coherence is at a premium at night i sense.

i shall be back soon, maybe on friday! with an update on more og outings.

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

I Saw You

I saw you die on that cloudless morning,
Slipping away as you tried to scale
One more hurdle than your heart could handle.
I saw you drift slowly but surely
Like the leaves on an autumn tree
To a fate symbolic of what you meant.
I saw you fade into the dark clutches
Of a blinding apparition who had stalked you
And possess you for himself forever, and yet
I saw you etch yourself on flesh and blood,
Scratching deep scars in smooth stone
Where innocence would never dare.
And as I saw you die, I wondered not
Why you died at all, but whether
Having died after living,
You would live after dying
Or simply die forever –

I saw you die on that cloudless morning,
And as I saw you dead, I wondered
Why you died at all, and then
I saw you speak to me, a deep resonance –
That life was not about the black or white,
But the existence of gray.

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

somehow i just get the feeling from what's been happening in the last few weeks that i've well overstayed my welcome.

but enough of that.

tomorrow's a big day indeed. and then it'll be over for a few weeks, thank goodness.

and i think i shall get back to writing something sometime soon. i seem to have a relatively free weekend this time around, so yes hopefully i can keep to my promises.

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

ok it's been a whirlwind few days, and lots and lots of people (surprisingly!) wished me over the last few days so here goes:

A BIG THANK YOU to:

*takes a deep breath*

on facebook: isaac cassandra nigelchua chenchen benaw ernie(koh) michael titus jiajin shihang ernestaw zhuoyang aarongoh cuong terence linh yuanjun leonardtan daniellim jiehao marcuslee geraldsng desmond bengoh kiathong linus nicole yuhsuen leonhan jeremysia abhi danfer ernestwong arthur renyan charles valerie joou lincoln kimberly gregory boontiong shanzhi antariksh vincent aidan rachel nigelfong peiling kaiyang yiwei nigelkoh kailun junsean kaushik chrisanda haozhi nitya willzhang eugenewoo yingjie!

*exhales*

by sms: edmund michael ryantan abhinav kengchee elizabeth benji amanda haozhi kangjie kieran danielchander guanlin elias(BRUDDERTIONG)!

by email: haozhi + max!

in person: those at YGH! and of course not forgetting the lovelies at HH06! I'M SO SORRY I DIDN'T MAKE IT FOR THE OUTING. =((((((((((((((((((((((( another time ok!



and of the above people, BUCKLEY CAPT LEEGUANLIN deserves special mention because believe it or not, BUCKLEY WON SWIM CARN. (yes, all of us buckley-slaggers, me included, it's for real.)

i'm proud of you guanlin. =) because they're also 9 points clear of HULLETT! (ok i get mixed feelings here but it's always a nice feeling to root for the underdogs. reminds you of the feel-good feeling after watching "slumdog millionaire" perhaps?)

haha yes so that's what's been happening to me in the last few days. i'm still rather high after what happened on friday, saturday and sunday - it took me a while to realise there's work due tomorrow. ><

more interesting things to come this week! and it's only 2 more weeks to the march holidays, with some time to regroup and really start getting into the thick of things, so yeah. =)



edit at 12.04am: thanks to yingjie too! i think you should be the last one. =) and sorry edmund! almost forgot you. ><

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