Open house at TCHS today was really good. Good in the sense that:
a) I spent two hours catching up with my judo friends
b) All I did was fight one bout of shi-ai with my junior
c) The visitors were impressed(i think...)

So actually open house for me is just sitting there, watching. Not much difference from the visitors if you come to think of it. Vernon and Yong Keong did their jobs very well, considering that they received their jobs only 30 minutes before the actual performance. GJ guys.

Anyway, during the youth service worship, shumin was the worship leader. Obviously something was not right because she kept on forgetting what to sing(chorus, verse 1, 2) and caused alot of confusion during the worship, in the end it was really awkward. It's a vicous cycle really, the more nervous you are, the more mistakes you get. And that causes you to get even more nervous. Haiz. Despite that, we could all see that she tried her best in serving the lord and didn't really criticize or what lar.

Percussion freak rocks. It allows me to play with a "drum" really horribly and not look too stupid. Just a little lol.

Getting updated with Taiwan news and politics recently. Full of colourful and vibrant politicians. And their news sound like some soap opera. Prez got shot on eve of election day. Won by margin. US forcing them to buy weaps. Politicians scolding other countries with words like "mucus" and LP, and more. Truly amazing. I wish Singapore were like that...





Maybe not.

Now Listening to: Nothing

Yay... finally getting a new graphics card for my birthday. Getting one that is around the 600++ buck range. Wait... don't fall of your chair yet, the reason why its so expensive is cos my dad, mom and grandma are pooling their money to get it. Amazing huh.

Here are three contenders:

ELSA Ati Radeon 9800XT ($655)
POWER COLOR ATI Radeon 9800XT ($699)
Geforce 5900 Ultra ($650)

I'd really want the 9800XT cos its much smaller than the Geforce and doesn't require 2 empty CPU slots. And btw all these cards require their own power plug. Yeah. The graphic card's very own power plug. Hopefully can get it during november, since now's the research phase of the purchase process. Hoping to find more and better cards tomorrow. Maybe check out Geforce 5950 Ultra, heard its a little bit more expensive than 9800XT. One way or another, I'll still be going into nirvana in November. Doom3, Far Cry, Halo 2, Half-life 2, here I come!!!!!!!one!!1!11

Now Listening to: System of a down
By: Roulette

Found this blog by accident.

"""It was my misfortune of browsing through some blogs. The American blogs were fine. The Indian blogs were fine. The Kuwaiti blogs were fine. The Malaysian blogs were fine too.What made my blood boil was the SINGAPOREAN blogs. OH MY GOD. Here's a cruel sampling:

ahax...happi a bit 2dae cause MT exam over le :p...e paper okie lahx...sum difficult...HE stressin me lehx...fin so fast...both e compo n paper...hahax...jus now after sch saw those BITCHES @ e bus-stop...cant stand them...sum okie lahx sum really irritatin lorx...TW ish 1 of them...c boyz onli scream lyke end of e world lyke tat...a bus came but den alot of ppl so we skip unfortunately, THEY aso skip e bus...!@#$%^&*....haiz...den they lyke tokin bout us lorx...its damn obvious...also those malay ppl frm NT came n keep beatin e metal thin...we leanin on it lorx...pa jiao lahx...wan 2 scream @ them n throw them into e rubbish bin since they so close 2 it...heheh...den HE n his buddies came...den got 293 so BITCHES went over n HE too...sigh...den ganma n bla bla bla came...mummy ish supposed 2 cum with them 1...but got tuition...haiz...poor thin...aniwaes back 2 e topic...after they left i was damn irritated liao...den blablabla came which make me wan 2 kill ppl liao...hahax...

What the hell was THAT?!?!? I read through it half-way and fell into a coma. Is this what our country is producing? If a world-class education system yields this, i'm moving to Cambodia. How long does it take to spell "to"? Do you have to use 2?!??! OH my god..And another thing: the blogs are so...empty. Here's what they have in common:

1) Singapore Idol
2) How hard the science paper was
3) What somebody did to somebody

That's all they talk about. Other blogs are different. I've seen blogs from other countries with subject matter ranging from the election, to the Mount St Helens eruption. But the Singaporean bloggers probably don't even know their Yusof Islams from their Osama bin Ladens.

*breeeeethe.......breeeeeeeeathe......* """


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I couldnt agree more with him. There is something seriously wrong with the way singaporeans write and express themselves in writing. Is singapore the only country that uses MsN alot to the extent that the quality of writing decreases? No. Other countries don't have such problems, why singapore?

y is dis wae of riting onli cuming frm sgreans??? y we so diff??? i omos abit ashamed of dis wae of riting.

Sure, there is always freedom of expression. But what you want to say must be legible in order for people to actually understand it! To end it off, here is a really good blog that has good content and good writing.

Today marks the start of after-exam activities, but somehow I don't feel the excitement and euphoria the I normally feel after the exams. Just a monotonous sense of "sianness" and nothing-to-do attitude. This year, just playing the computer all day long will not do. I need something new, something fresh and exciting. I'm thinking of going to east coast to cycle with velden and the others, or doing something that doesn't involve computers. Somebody give me some suggestions.

Anyway. Today's oral defence was a mixed bag of feelings. I did well for the Q and A, but I stuttered abit in the presentation. The guy judge looked like vincent tan, could be his long lost brother.

When he asked me why my paper didn't have a conclusion, and I told them it wouldnt be fair now since the dispute didn't finish yet, He nodded his head and smiled. Felt like he was saying, "Correct answer, I wanted you to say that."

Uncle Jimmy just gave us our newest assignment. We'll be acting out a play. Practice on Saturday. Every time its a different thing. Woohoo.

Now Listening to: I-E-A-I-A-I-O
By: System of a down

Today I have turned older by one year. I am less young by one year. I am nearer to A levels by one year. I am further from PSLE by one year. I have been breathing for one more year than last year. I have known God for one more year.

Amazing isn't it.

Celebrated my birthday today with my family at Crystal Jade restraunt in Toa Payoh, which was really nice. At first when my mom asked me where i wanted to eat I meant Crystal Jade as a joke. haha. She took it seriously. The "la mian" bowl was as big as a soccer ball, which is just right for stuffing your face into the bowl. I only managed to eat a bowl of la mian, 3 wanton, and 1 sesame ball thingy, which shows how much noodles they gave us.

I just realised recently that my father is super pro at electric guitar. Knows all the famous rock songs' chords by heart. Deep purple, Rainbow(??), ACDC, Metellica, you name it. Im thinking if he didn't become a pastor he'd probably join a band and be a rock star. And now my sister also wants to learn electric guitar ever since she went jamming with her class mates.

Cool huh.

Yay, im now 15 years old.


Now Listening to: ATWA
By: System of a Down

A singaporean guy in Brisbane.

"this afternoon, i was walking to school from the city. i saw this group of angmos, quite beng. you know like walking and shouting,.. disturbing people.. etc. when they cross the road, they think its their road. fucking red man still walk. heng the people here in aus generally quite nice. they wont horn and horn like singaporeans. they will stop the car and let you walk..

when they aproach the next light, they balonglong cross it again.. this time, a small car horn them. the biggest guy among the group, turned ard as the car drove slowly past behind them, kicked the door real hard and denting it...
the small car immediately park by the side and the driver got out..
the big guy walk towards him like big shot like that.. walking as if he is going to beat the shit out of the driver..

the driver, a small guy, came out of his car, walked to the guy. and as he is near him, he took out his wallet and flashed his Police badge in the big guy's face...
.....
WAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA :D:D:D:D"



Now Listening to: 海啸
By: Harlem Yu