Stay-over Blues...

hehe...didnt blog for 1 day cos i spent the night with some of the lighthouse kids at candice's...yesterday's activities kicked off, no, tipped off with basketball...initially started playing at 4 plus with jase, julian, ben cher and my bro...later more people came...played till abt 5 plus when i went to help uncle victor start the BBQ fire and prepare the tables...the special charcoal he used was so difficult to start so we ended up using like nearly 10 pieces of starters...finally got the fire started just when the people came pouring in...

PLHers who came:
- jase
- ben cher
- zara
- charlene
- candice
- julia
- sean
- matthias
- gabriel
- ryan
- julain
- hannah
- ben smith
- sarah
- calvin
- and myself that's all i think....

hehe...dinner officially started off with a prayer said by rev ridge orr, PSPC's new pastor...the dinner was quite a spread with all sorts of food...chicken wings, lamb chops, pork chops, kebabs, prawns, stingray, potatoes, bee hoon, squid, sausages and the stars of the show, crabs and lobsters...ate until i dropped man...then i sat down to catch a documentary about israel's nukes...quite a cool show...ben s. enjoyed it through...after that, it was back to the court...another 3 hrs of bball...quite a good day for me...practically scored 50% of my team's goals...matthias was also super on-form too... bagged a couple with layups...of course there was jase putting most of the other team's goals home...though we lost, we stilled enjoyed ourselves...made a new friend too...candice's cousin, andre, was my teammate...he's a fellow saint, currently studying in SAS and in 4S1...says tt he wants to go to JC but i tried to make him change his mind by telling him abt the amount of work that has to be put in in order to survive...haha...quite the traitor right?...anyway, went back to the house at abt 1030 when the lights went off...tt was when i decided to spend the night there...brought ben back to my place to get clothes for church the next day...too NEL to sengkang and transferred to LRT...it was ben's 1st time in an LRT and in sengkang...wonder whether he was impressed with my place cos it was in a mess when i got home...so we packed a bit of clothes and headed back to candice's place...by the time we reached, it was 1145...most of the party had dispersed...the only ones remaining were the cell-group ppl...oh, did i mention tt it was a party to celebrate auntie doris's b'day?... sheesh...haha...the kids were watching the animatrix when we got back...on disc 2 and the 2nd last show...sheesh...missed almost everyting...it was TV time till abt 1 plus...caught WWE Smackdown and part of rush hour 2...with the TV finaly off, most ajourned to the kitchen to have even more fun cooking, playing cards and mahjong...as for ben and i, being the hardworking ppl we are, headed to candice's room to mug econs...finally completed up to the mid of international trade...spent most of the next hour talking with the "sisters" as they each went in and out of the bathroom...after a while, got reseless and went to the kitched to see what was going on...helped out with the cooking of some truly awesome dished...ok lar...they were only scrambled eggs...but they were elaborately done with spices...smelt more like pizza after cooking...and the noodles weren't too salty!...after most cleared to the upstairs, stayed behing and watched mahjong...quite cool...didnt play though...got bored after a whinl and went up to the room...found the kids watching more TV...some horror show which they were laughing to...then candice suddenly came in and asked me to help her with some work...did tt for abt an hour...then ppl started having crazy ideas...we started helping a sleeping calvin look nicer by adding make-up and toothpaste in to his ear!...i just watched...then it was backt o the animatrix...rescreened cos julia missed it earlier...however, tt turned in to a pillow fight...everybody started whacking julia...boy was it the best blanked party ever manz...it all stopped whrn ben suddenly got up and ordered everything to STOP...kowz...everone in the room was so scared manz...by tt time, it was already 6 something...tt was when i realized tt i didnt bring shoes...so after about 5 mins of contemplation, i decided to make my way home for a shower and the shoes...reached home at abt 715...then i left my place an hour later for church...wanted to catch some sleep on the way...but i'm telling u man...u cant sleep in NEL cos of the door buzzer...it's super loud...every time it goes off, i'll wake up...and due to it's fast speed, i woke up every 4 mins cos it reached a new station...sianz...then, had b-fast with ben, zara and julian at the prata place...at 930, band prac started...went in half-cocked but still managed to survive...a little grouchy due to the lack of sleep though...luckily shelby was there to encourage me to just follo along and play...worship started late cos the tecchie ppl didnt have to ppt presentation up on time...so we started 15 mins late...spent most of tt 15 mins trying to change chord on time for the fast songs...the rest was spent trying to sleep...worship went without a hitch 'cept for the chord changing...sianz...class time was, in my opinion, a waste of time...instead of doing what was set out for us, we ended up talking abt service...class ended at 'round 1245...attended a meeting with the ppl involved in service...had a tiff with someone who pissed me kinda bad cos of bad attitude and made me wonder...was last year's camp on material posessions really useful?...PLHers, pls post your opinions k...went to the arcade to shoot off all my worries...packed a packet of mee goreng and had it at church...thank god for Mr Chang...he found my pick once again...and gave me another...many thanks...headed home straight after that...fell asleep on the bus...tt was my first wink of true sleep in 31 hrs...kowz...a new record for me...reached home and went straight to sleep after a shower...been sleeping till 915...then it was blog time!...so here it is, 2 days worth of blogs...*haiz*...no matter though...leave a mark k....

Tragedy in the World of Sport...

woke up this morning to very sad news...chris chau msged me early in the morning to inform me that man city player, marc-vivien foe died suddenly in france...it was the confederations cup semi-final tie btw cameroon and columbia...cameroon was 1 goal up since 9th minute...18 mins from full-time, cameroonian star midfielder, foe, just collapsed in the middle of the field...he was pronounced dead by the cameroonian team doctor after 45 mins of unsucessful attempts to restart his heart...the cause is yet to be determined...however, my brother believes tt foe was on drugs and collapsed when his body couldn't take it...chau has this theory tt he collapsed due to the heat...but come on lar...they were playing in France where the temp was, on average, 28 degrees...well, no matter what anybody says now, he's dead and tt's it...soccer has truly lost a brilliant star...emotions ran high during the other semi-final match btw france and turkey...henry dedicated his goal to foe, pointing to the sky as a celebration...many of he players on both sides actually broke into tears just before the match...desially even added that many of the french players have either played with foe or against him...what a sad day for soccer indeed...*sigh*...now, back to me, a tragedy ever since....

Left home for school at around 12...took NEL to harbourfront to meet grace for lunch...and then, the classic girl syndrome showed itself yet again...she arrived 20 mins late...i still cant understand girls manz...*haiz*...anyway, had lunch and headed to school for consultation with ms seet...though my attention only lasted one period, i'm glad tt i actually picked up some stuff from her...soon, it was time to leave...took NEL with grace...she was on her way home to Kovan while i alighted at dhoby ghaut and made my way to church for band prac...band prac went kinda smoothly tho less than 1/2 of the the musicians were there...after prac, there was DBS... uncle nick took the upper sec class and alex took the kids...but for some reason, alex dragged ben into the next room...but heh...BS still went on for the older kids minus the philosophy talks as shelby wasnt there too...she had to leave early cos she had maths paper the following morning...learnt quite a bit abt spiritual gifts and tt we should not put those who only possess the 'lower ranking' few down cos "We are family! I got all my sisters with me! We are family! Get up everybody and sing!"...haha...after BS, followed uncle justin's car home...i practically dumped my brother to his commitments and just scooted off...uncle justin had to fetch julian and aunty ross home 1st so the journey was a little longer as well as crowded...just got home abt an hr ago and now i'm typing away, as well as trying to solve a friend's problem...*haiz*...how do you comfort a girl who's bestest best friends just stabbed her in the back (not literally lar)?...i just dunno man...got any ideas??? leave 'em in the tag-board as you leave a mark...thanks for stopping by...JIMMY!

Maths, maths and more maths...*sianz*

the title says it all...it was maths the whole day...with a pinch of physics...started with a quick trip down to school on NEL for maths lecture at 9...was quite useful though...learnt somethings that i really didnt know before...it lasted till 1130...then went to seah im hawker centre fo lunch with the S41 bunch...the food there is super cheap manz...a HUGE plate of kway teow only costs $3...saved a lot of cash on that trip...then it was back to school for physics consultation...the consultation session was kinda good...went thru op-amp, electro induction and most of the other blk test 2 topics...very fortunate to have a tutor like mr chan...after that was over, it was off to church to go mugging with my best bud, ben...spent almost and hour talking crap before delving into our various subjects...guess what subject i did?...yes, you're right!...it was maths...did a couple of p&c and probablity qns...that took abt 2 hrs...suddenly, i recieved a call from shelby saying that there was tution tonight...it was already like 530 and tuition was at 6...i went "how in the world do you expect me to get dinner and go to admiralty in less than 30 mins?"...luckily, hong tatt graciously gave us an extra 30 mins to get to tuition...*heng man*...so i had a quick dinner with ben staring at me in sunshine plaza...that was followed by a quick dash to dhoby ghaut mrt station...the train was super crowded when i boarded but the crowd died down by the time the train reached bishan...finally after 1/2 hour of being squished by the hoard of people, the train pulled into admiralty station...a short five minute walk to hong tatt's place and tuition commenced...it was yet another 4 hours of maths...non-stop...finished at 1030, exhausted...so i decided to use the last of my allowance and took a cab home...the cabbie was driving like a madman...i got to my doorstep in 15 mins...and it was from Woodlands!...super dead beat now...and i still have to go for maths consultation tomorrow...*sigh*...*yawn*...while i go off to bed, you leave a mark ya?...nitez~! *yawn*...

Lost in the Woodlands...

Mid-week...super no mood to study...started doing perm and combi...got stuck at the 1st qn...called zif and asked him for help, he also didnt know how to do...but luckily there's maths lecture the following day...*phew*...what a relief...so after trying that question, i basically became too demoralized and gave up trying to do maths questions...putting my hope fully on the lecture...*fingers crossed*...practically spent the whole day on the com...played CS, CM4 surfed the net, MSN, MIRC etc...in the evening, bought the new paper...as usual, being the sports fan, i started reading from the back...flipping thru about 8 pages, i stumbled upon an article title 'Lost in the Woodlands: Local soccerfans went to the Bishan Stadium last night to catch the action in a mouth-watering Singapore Cup clash between Home United and Woodlands - the top-two S-league teams this season. But what they witnessed was a 10-0 slaughter of the rams."...after reading the title, i was already laughing...how can a 2nd placed team go down by 10 goals to the team placed just 1 rung above them?...it's just too ridiculous...maybe Woodlands ought to find themselves a new coach...haha...die...it's almost 8...gotta rush off to school now...u rush off to leave a mark ya!?...ciaoz...

New, News, Newsy...

today's the day for new things...got up to a brand new day that the lord has made...many thanks, lord...shelby msged me saying that her tuition teacher didnt mind me crashing one lesson...OVERJOYED MAN!!!...finally, i found myself a maths tutor!!!...better get better grades too...just then, i remembered my bro kinda owed me a little $$ so i decided to go to compass point to get a new optical mouse with his $$ cos my old trackball one was getting kinda screwy...anyway, had my lunch there and got the new equipment...and boy does it work great!...glad i made a right decision...so it was back to the books...i lasted for abt 1 hr then my eyes got heavy and went to nap for an hour...2.45 i got up and got ready to go for the 1st tution lesson with shelby...took a bus to Yio Chu Kang MRT stn and then transferred to a train to Admiralty...a bit far rite?...heh...got to the station at 'round 3.35 though we planned to meet only at 3.45...see, i'm always punctual...but guess what?...she only came at 4...haiz...why are girls always late?...could someone pls answer that?...i can't imagine myself saying this but tuition was kinda fun and helpful...got "reunited" with an old tuition buddy too...we did statistics today and the lesson was more of a recall lesson, remembering the long forgotten methods and formulae...die man...haha...finished at 7.10 and headed home...shelby went to her grandma's place for dinner and to study...sez that her grandma's place was a more conducive environment...well, whatever works man...on the train, she actually asked if she could crash one of the holiday lectures...i was like 'go ahead...if u can find a uniform lar'...haha...kk...reached home at abt 9 only to find my bro watching x-men2 on the com...kowz...had to wait for him to get off then i could write this...i need another com man...haha...kk...enuf said...now go get to work...leave a mark...

One Day...

what a waste of a day...woke up at 10...fooled around with the com till about 1 when my bro took over...had a nice Mac's lunch...finally decided to get to work but somehow, i just couldn't start...i remember my principal saying something about inertia, once you stop (church camp), its just going to be difficult to restart and get back into the mugging...well, at least i'm starting...really hope to cover what needs to be covered in time...anyway, at 'bout 6, i went to my aunt's place for (a free) dinner...was planning to leave at 8 but my eyes were just glued to discovery channel so we left only at 9...once a home, it was time to hit the books once again...mug...mug...mug...till 1130 when SMALLVILLE just ended...i just wanted to SCREAM!!!what a waste of a good day...*sigh*...but leaving a mark ain't a waste of time...so pls do leave a mark!

Sunny sunday...not so sunny for me...woke up slightly late, rushed to church, had band prac and finally did worship...committed a few mistakes but luckily nobody noticed them :P...then alex calls me and tells me tt we've gotta talk...so we go to the 1st floor and had our little discussion at the stone tables...he sez tt i stirred up some trouble wif the younger mentors wif my attitude and tone or something along that line...after i heard that, my mood went *kaput*...we finished at 1230 so by the time i went back to class, most things were over...so much for productivity...but at least i had a chance to reflect...as i said, my mood was at rock bottom so i started ignoring people...so to those i 'daoed' today, my humble apologies i hope you accept...then, i followed a couple of mentors namely germaine, tommy, shaun, joel and jeff out for lunch at parklane...and boy was it hillarious...jokes and teases were thrown about freely, mostly at germaine(bachang) and tommy(fatboy)...it was a great time...finally at abt 2, we decided to break and head off in our own seperate ways...so i took a bus home...on the way back, i really had a chance to reflect and get the opinions of jane and shelby...the sms conversations lasted till abt 4 plus...so a special thanks goes out to jane and shelby for really being the truest of friends in times of need...also a GREAT BIG THANK YOU TO YOU, LORD for sending special people like alex, jane and shelby to really lift me up in these troubling times...so here i am now, writing this blog and trying to study...kk...shall close it now and get down to newton-raphson and linear-interpolation...you get to work too k...leave a mark!!! :)

The 2nd last week of the hols are coming to a close...one more week of mugging and *voila* it's block test 2 time...even after so much preparation and revision, i still don't feel ready for BT2...and my targets are all Cs...as candice puts it, it's a Hard Knock life...Hooray! there's church tomorrow...at least there's still something to be happa about...i'll be playing in the band tomorrow for my bro's and zara's worship...have to be in church by 9 cos joyce needs a little more practice...really hope she does get it right this time...*sigh*...anyway, i think PLH does need good musicians cos in this new age, people are attracted to the music...so if it's good, then i think PLH's attendance will increase threefold!...i'm really looking forward to that day...enough rambling...it's time for me to get outta here so i hope you enjoyed reading this...and yeah...do leave a mark...

Ah...finally a place where i can pen down...no, wait...key in all my thoughts and experiences for the whole world to see...Anyway, I really hope that it'll turn out good...And do remember to leave a mark...