Don't bother me with things like titles.

2007-02-12T04:51:00.000-08:00

That's what a computer crashing and a hard drive re-format does you, you forget about your blog. I'm sorry I won't neglect you again...

Never did make a New Year Resolution.

Meanwhile, I'm loving my CCAs! The new batch of J1s are awfully liberal (from time to time it matches my tastes. Please do not read this wrongly. Grr.) and an interesting bunch, definitely much different from those I knew back in RI.

Loss : An Avian Regiments tale is going along nicely, finally found the motivation to get the rough part over and done with. Can't wait to get to Lizalria and Raven's special chapter. Check it out in the link in the links!

Argh history is beginning to lose it's allure.

2007-01-26T03:40:00.000-08:00

Do you sometimes wonder, what you'll do with something you've strove so hard to get? Like when you finally get it, what are you going to do with it?

Hmm.

Anyway, it's been a good while since the opening of school, and life is starting to go back to normal. Hey, I still go down to PI on Satudays, though I wish I could get a game this days though, sigh.

Man why can't I get my old charisma and confidence back? I enjoyed my first few months in school last year. Wonder what happened.

It's all cool now, never even slept in lectures this whle year, and homework's going on nicely. Although my comp crashed after stupidly installing Service Pack 2 by mistake >.< http://www.40konline.com/mos/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=861&topic=128935.0 It's like a novel, I'm like writing it whenver I can, though I've come to a rather tiresome part. Man this chapter is draggging.

Gotta get back to 5 Bio summaries in one night! I blame my old computer. Why must she crash, whyyyyy.

2006-12-26T09:52:00.000-08:00

Well, after several batches of photos on the JC Band Feste, I finally found some that has my face in it!

Even then it's in passing. Grr.

Anyway there were some recordings of us in action, well, I'll say if you've missed the concert, too bad. Listening to these recordings sound a bit... flat.

I blame the camera.

Oh, and Merry Christmas.

2006-12-22T04:00:00.000-08:00

It's moments like these where I'm just inspired to write, and just write. The constant motion of my fingers producing nothing but lines of text with the sounds of music (techno right now) in the background just feels good. At least it's something happening.

Well, I've promised a Band update, and just yesterday was the last day of the JC Band Festival, so I feel this is a good spot to start again.

Of course I've missed a huge update which was the J1 Batch Chalet, but I guess it hardly matters now anyway.

So, the JC Band Feste 2006.

Yeah, this was a small little annual event where the bands of the JCs of Singapore come together to form up different other bands, and practice during concerts and sectionals, to finally put up a concert at the end of the festival. I was in Saint Saens, and yes, I was the only RJC Euphonium. Darn you Alvin. (heh) I would just like to say that my section was nice. (Yes I understand some of my batch mates are getting tired of hearing me say that, especially since they have less than amicable sections...) Many thanks to Shannon and Xin Yuan for making the JC Band Feste memorable. My only regret is that I didn't get any pictures, all I have a small piece of card from Xin Yuan...

Yeah and I loved the music that we played, especially St Florian's, the melody was great and sounded perfect for a Euphonium piece. Copacabana was fun, just that we didn't really get much melodies. I don't mind, if we had we'll have to stand up. March Suite Espanol was great too, Folk Dances was not as great (but has lots of potential if I had practiced it more).

It's funny though, the purpose of the Band Feste is for the players of the different JC's' bands to come together and to get to know each other, but for only a short period of 3 days... After this, can we remember the time spent together? Can we keep in touch, to keep in contact with each other? Only time will tell.

Till then, I can't help but feel it was a pity. I want that contact list.

2006-11-24T07:56:00.000-08:00

Bah, might as well start now. Lol.

Warhammer 40k update: I'm now painting on commission, though painting Starship Troopers models all the time can get... boring. Probably explains my lack of motivation from time to time, where i drift off to paint my own Vostroyans :p hey, they're nice ok.... i'll get a pic. Think I'll win that Brushstrokes competition with these guys?

Won 3rd for the Novice Tournament! Choked on my first game, but bounced back by massacring my next two opponents. Great games, eh. ;P

The new Eldar rocks! So far, with my 750pt list I've had 3 straight wins. Just need a bigger guy to come along and scold me for bullying the newer players ;p school of hard knocks, that's what i say. You learn best from defeats.

Though I get pretty miffed when others jump in to help the novices. I mean, granted it ain't fair to them, (lol) but when I started out I didn't get that sort of help! Aw well, I don't mind it now. We all have to start some where.

Coming up: Band Update!

2006-11-19T09:10:00.000-08:00

Goodness has it been so long??? Freak, where has the time gone?

I mean, where was my motivation?

Damnit.

Well, quick update, I'll leave out lots of info due to irrelevancies and outdated-ness...

Tomorrow. I'm tired. :p

2006-10-15T08:03:00.000-07:00

Wow, it's been crazy since I made that last post, after the promos are over we all just go wild, till we forget to maintain our blogs. Thought frankly I've nothing much to say, except...

I don't mug DotA. And I can get careless, and way out of my... way.

My Xeno-Riders are done! At least 5 of them. That's enough for the tournament, I'm going to start on some of my Lizardmen Conscripts first before going on to the next squad of 5.

Here's a pic:

2006-09-30T05:24:00.000-07:00

Today, Forbidden City finishes its run at Esplanade, and I missed it because I didn't have the confidence of acing my Biology exam. Damn you exams...!

It's was a great show, at least when I watched it. On Friday morning, I just switched on the TV and started surfing random channels when I reached Arts Central, and guess what? They were playing the I Need Him soundtrack from the show. I remember actually purchasing the CD, but I can't find it to this day. Anyway, the soundtrack brought back memories. If I'm not wrong, the last stanza went:

Like children need their mothers, like rivers need a sea.
Like couples need each other, like prisons need a key.

Like winter nights need fire, like temples need a shrine.
Like lovers need desire, like prophets need a sign.

I need him (I need her)
Can't he see (Can't she see)
I need him (I need her)
To... be... mine!

Man I loved that song. Aw well.

In other news... Death Korps of Krieg!!! I want I want I want.

2006-09-26T04:38:00.000-07:00

Kiddies, don't be like me. Don't get distracted during mugging by switching on the computer.

In unrelated news, Guardsmen blitz have come in! Xeno-Riders conversion project will begin... after promos. I've an kick ass idea on what to do so hold on to your hats folks!

2006-09-18T04:51:00.000-07:00

How can I forget? Band chalet!!!! WOOHOO

2006-09-18T04:46:00.000-07:00

Hey all,

yeah I know it's been a while since I've last updated. Some people's gotta mug ya know...!

So yeah, Madness Antipathy has brought life back into the series, and got me hooked on their damn beats again. I'll upload a clip as soon as I can. Go watch it on Newgrounds.com today!

Meanwhile...

mug mug mug chem's fun mug mug mug maths' aint mug mug mug grr mug mug mug wh40k mug mug mug

2006-08-21T05:53:00.000-07:00

Now Playing: Davy Jones by Hans Zimmer.

This song is stuck on my head. Listen to it and you'll see why.

There's just something about music boxes and pipe organs being put together that leaves an impact.

Or is it just a reflection of my current state? Hmm.

2006-08-19T04:20:00.000-07:00

The dramatic end to an epic. Kyo reaches its 38th and last issue, and I'm happy. All questions have been answered, all plots have been finished satisfactorily. The only downside to this series is that the good guys always win. A loved one will call out to them, a hidden ability unlocked etc... and the good guys rise from the dead and pwn the bad guys. Get's a bit frustrating, but the plot was enough to keep you going. The final answer, "The Greatest Secret" was so well done it was shocking. Go read it already.

2006-08-16T05:01:00.000-07:00

Things to do:

Do Int. History Tutorial.
Do Maths AP GP Tutorial.
Do EOM.
Start writing Chem notes.
Sort out Imperial Guard Army Lists (I've dozens of these)
Start working.

Woe be me if I don't get to work soon.

2006-08-15T07:10:00.000-07:00

Damn. I need a study group. The thought of peers breathing down my neck should I think of slacking should pressure me to work. Harder.

2006-08-11T05:02:00.000-07:00

A bit overdue, but I'm posting this cos of something that cropped up. Remember www.myheritage.com? Yeah, I ran this through to them. Here's the list and the supporting evidence:

Me : Alan Tam
Jay : Fasha Sandha
Asiyah : Tia Carrere
Sam : Kim Rossi Stuart
Steffi : Gillian Chung
Rebecca : Gillian Chung
Lip Kai : Kim Jung Il

2006-08-09T04:46:00.000-07:00

Seven random facts about me:

I like waffles.
I have a thing for the underdog in most strategy games (e.g. Imperial Guard, necromancers etc.)
I can cook decent Italian
I still watch the occasional cartoon.
I need to be in the right mood to work. Pressure helps too.
I'm quiet, but when I get started I can't stop.
I don't hesitate in taking gambles in strategy.

Seven things that scare me:

Failure.
Defeat.
My imagination.
Loss.
Inability to get work done in time.
Embarassment.
Being locked out of my house.

Seven songs at the moment:

Uptown Girl by Westlife (What? It's catchy.)
He's a Pirate by Klaus Bedelt
If I Let You Go by Westlife (I agree, I shouldn't be listening to it too many times...)
1812 Overture by you-know-who (bah, I want that remix)
Cry of the Slovak Women (it's a Russian march. Don't look at me like that.)
It's National Day. What do you think.
...

Seven things I like:

Waffles.
Appreciation.
Victory after a hard fight (simple victory is just not satisfying enough.)
Revenge.
Computers. What will I do without them.
Success.
Finished work.

Seven bad habits:

Five more minutes...
I got an itch up my nose...
Can't get priorities right...
Stubborness...
Loss of words at incovienient times...
Swiping back my hair when it grows too long...
Crazy laughter...

Seven victims (Do I have to?)

Matthew. So easy to tease. Gee man ya gotta be quicker to beat me...!
Zhu Feng. D'oh.
Sam. Sorry man, another easy target. >wink<
Jian Wei. Hah.
Lip Kai. Work harder at DotA, you. Sam, you too, eh?
My sis. Fulfilling my role as a little brother. Not easy you know.
...

There's a lot more, but I just can't remember what nasty/evil/sneaky thing I did to y'all. Just you wait.

On a side note, played my second game of Warhammer 40k today. Man I got to do something about those assault types. Maybe a couple of mortars or hiding in cover...

2006-08-07T06:05:00.000-07:00

Alright Jian Wei, 7 things about myself. Thanks for the inspiration, eh.

I'm awfully prone to mood swings, and I have come to describe these moods to be 'Raven' and 'Phoenix'. The former being overly serious, moody, anti-social... while the latter just doesn't know when to stop talking. Too sociable. (You can guess which mood I'm in now.)
I have a real hybrid of hobbies and interests. My main distraction right now is Warhammer 40k, where I'm still painstakingly painting my Guardsmen... but I do the occasional writing and sketching.
Despite my two moods, one thing is for sure. I have a soft spot for cuddly things.
Despite me being serious most of the time, I'm prone to occasional bouts of lameness, more so when I'm in a 'Phoenix' mood.
I'm awfully stubborn. Nothing sways my opinion or my course of action. In short, I won't stop till my objective is fulfilled.
Contrary to popular belief, I'm still studying French, but at the Alliance Francais Singapour. My lessons only start on 1 September.
I tend to make connections and read too much into things. Not good at all.

Yeah... that should be it.

2006-08-05T05:47:00.000-07:00

My balck primer has come, and you know what that means.

That's right, black fingernails, and sore thumbs.

2006-08-04T06:24:00.000-07:00

A heart that pins,
a mind that wonders.
An answer that I seek to find,
one that can only be hers.

Thinking to days gone by,
to times that might 'ever return.
And I ask myself why,
how has is it come to this turn?

So listen to the Ballad of the Fool,
The song of the confused and the lost.
For even if I know one leads to two,
I still hold one to the life that was.
You'll tell me to move on,
to live like any other.
But I'll shake my head and say,
not till I get my answer.

The rain beats on and I look outside,
feeling the weight of my heart.
The day has already given way to night,
and yet here I stay, looking away has 'ever been so hard.

But's nothing I can do,
;cept wonder about the cold.
So I hum a little tune,
the first words that go...

Yep I just realized writing lyrics for love songs can be awfully cheesy. But hey, it was... refreshing.

2006-08-01T05:26:00.000-07:00

Okay, just remembered a couple more of jokes that you need to watch Black Pearl before you can understand them:

"Elizabeth! Quick, hide the rum!" Elizabeth is guilty for using several crates of rum that Jack hid to light a beacon.
The eunuch joke. I kid you not. When Jack "inspected" Will, he made a scissors motion with his hands, and all the tribe natives went "ooooh, eunuch...." When Jack first met Will, he said, "Or, perhaps the reason why you practise three times a day is because you already found a girl, and unable to woo said strumpet. You're not a eunuch, are you?"

Go watch the movies already.

2006-07-30T03:07:00.000-07:00

I might have detered some of my reader base, but a blog is a place where you put forth your feelings, and I make sure that it damn well fulfils it's role.

Excuse me for bitching.

So nayway, some have asked why I felt that POTC: Dead Man's Chest was a disappointment. Don't get me wrong, I like the comedy and all, but to me a movie that ends with a cliffhanger is an instant penalty. Second thing, this movie relies heavily on you remembering the first so you won't be confused.

Who recognized Barbossa in the end? A friend thought that was Bootstrap.

Another thing was that some jokes also depend on you to remember the first movie. Here's a few of them. I feel it fair to warn you of potential spoilers.

The undead monkey. Anyone who watched the first movie's credits to the end will realize that the monkey took the Aztec gold out of the chest again, hence it became undead again.
The candlestick in the jail. Governor Swann broke it while he was there, coincidentally interrupting a rather tender moment between Will and Elizabeth. In the first movie, when we firs see grown up Will, he was in the main hall of the Governor's residence, and he broke a candlestick. Yeah. I guess I was the only one who chuckled at that one.
The prisoners. In the first movie, the prisoners were waving and whistling to the dog with the keys to come closer. In DMC, it was Elizabeth they wanted.
The waterwheel. Gee y'all forgot the wagon fight scene already? The scriptwriters must have loved balancing acts while fighting.
The apple. In the last scene, Barbossa was seen FINALLY eating his apple. He was quoted from Black Pearl that the first thing he wanted to do after becoming mortal again was to eat a whole bushel of apples. An apple rolled out of his sleeve when he was killed. Well, at least he got his wish.
"Bloody Pirates!" Heh, classic.

I'll try to remember a few more. But frankly I'm glad that most of the characters came back. I for one was glad that Barbossa never really died, tell me any of you felt a slight bit of pity for him when that apple rolled out, eh? Norrington looks bloody different. I suppose it's the wig that he's NOT wearing. Oh, and anyone remembers Murtogg and Mulroy? Our comical two Brit soldiers? They were there when they escorted Governor Swann to that new guy's office.

Ok I've said too much. Go watch it already.

2006-07-29T00:36:00.000-07:00

I'm pissed. Very, pissed. Fortunately for y'all, I was distracted by the disappointment that was Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, so I did not blast out yesterday. Now I'm going to do that. And I'm not going to bother about the niceties. If no one else bothers with that on me, why should I bother either? I might piss off a couple of readers, I apologize for that, but this is damn well what I feel.

Sure, it has been a while since a class outing was organized, but in the end it was just a small event, just four of us guys and three other girls. We were walking down the path that led to the cross junction at Junction 8, when the topic of conversation became that of a friend's... orientation. No names. So the comment made was that they didn't know this guy's... preference. The comment went roguhly along the lines of, "Look's what he's done during PE, and look where's he's walking right now." I looked down and saw the the guy in question was working on grass beside the path, but looking up I realized what the comment meant. He was walking beside me.

Damnit, and I had told the guy that MADE the comment well enough of MY preferences. I even let out a secret to him and warned him not to make gay comments like that AGAIN. Now it has come up. What do I have to do to remind him? Stitch his mouth shut so he doesn't spout out such nonsense again?

But I kept silent during the whole journey, and just walked on ahead of the group. I'm not going to hang around to listen to such comments about me. I don't know how the guy in question felt about the situation (they continued teasing him about it even in the train journey) but I damn well know how I felt. Downright pissed.

Let me tell y'all why I don't appreciate the gay comments at all. I've been a couple of... relationships (for lack of a better word) with girls, and they didn't turn out well. In fact it left me thinking about what went wrong, and I figured I was brash, and stupid. But one thing is for certain, I like girls. Even now, I'm wondering about my current... situation, and calling me gay is just going to make me more frustrated and pissed. Up to the point that I've taken to isolating myself from the rest of the class. The sharp ones should've noticed this.

But what happens? I get called anti-social. Granted, that is true, but what happens when I get together? Comments like me being gay come along. I'm not going to be hanging around just to hear these remarks.

Granted, I can understand why these comments come about in the first place. I've been in all-boys schools for the past 10 years, and as I told my OG, that can seriously screw a guy up. The only girls that I talk too back then were my sisters and cousins. So I become shy around girls, I can't find much to talk about around them. I can find plenty to talk about with the guys, cos I'm a guy, and so what's wrong with that? I spend more time with them means I'm gay?

What do I have to freakin' do to prove my point? Go out with a girl? That's just low and wrong.

And I want to warn all of you out there. Just because I write this entry, doesn't mean I'm gay and trying to defend otherwise. I'll seriously clobber the point that I'm NOT gay into your heads, literally.

Now you know how I feel. I want to leave this point in your heads.

I'm straight.

2006-07-25T04:20:00.000-07:00

You know, I'll rather things be more hostile. At least there's communication between the two parties, and both sides know well what the other feels.

But I can't let these distract me now, other commitments have come along, and I must... push other matters aside if I am to concentrate on the tasks before me.

2006-07-23T07:30:00.000-07:00

Alright, confession time. Confession 1: I've let the yearbook of 2004 into the hands of the girls of my PW group. Guys of 07S03O (with the exception of Jye Yee), they now know how you look like 2 years ago. Just in case you think it ain't serious... "OMG so cute...." "Is that really him?" "He smiles so nice..."

Confession 2: Sam, I let the girls listen to your album I Can't Tell You. Now you got yourself a fan club.

2006-07-21T06:54:00.000-07:00

I'm just repeating If I let You Go again and again, till I get some understanding of the situation around me. If you excuse me...

2006-07-17T05:53:00.000-07:00

Know what I hate about rumours? You never know if they're correct. And it leaves you wondering as well. Speaking of which, I never did get my answer.

My second shipment of IG equipment has arrived, I'm glad I'm back to my hobby. My army lists ain't complete though, but it hasta wait till next month. But I must admit, I'm not really motivated to do much work right now... too much on my mind.

National Band Compeitition ended yesterday, RJCSB snagged the second place after TJc (grr). If the Euphonium judge marked us down then I claim responsibility, screwed up once too many times. (It was like a "Shit! Not him!" kind of situation, for those who get it)

2006-07-14T06:21:00.000-07:00

Man, really haven't been blogging. I don't know where to start. At all. Well, I'm glad that I finally got another chapter of Tales of Avia coming up. But first, I'll write about the political players of Avia first. You can blame Warhammer 40k for one of them.

Kick-ass coffee, know what it does to you? It keeps you friggin' awake. Awake long enough to figure out what's wrong with Heroes V and make it run super smooth and fast. Eat that Matthew.

Entrepreneur Bazaar was some bomb, everyone prefers candy floss to popcorn. Now we have an entire stock to sell, and damn we've to do smth about it. If the stock goes soft, I'll march riiight home.

And on a side note, people who think I'm in a state of two minds, I think you're right. Don't worry, it's just that I'll go uber serious and anti-social one moment, and emotive the other. Kind of like Raven and Phoenix. I'm beginning to understand how I came with the two, it's really like writing about the two sides of me. Freaky.

On another note, why can't things just remain the way they are? Previously I can talk with you no end, but now I just can't think of what to say. Damn I'm confused. And confused. Such an irony, I try as I might to even get a chance to speak with you, and when I get it I don't know what to say.

What, y'all listening to my inner thoughts?

2006-07-09T03:42:00.000-07:00

Germany has found a new fan. At least, I think so. Really loved their game against Portugal. (Ok, so I was a little biased, but so what? Germany kept their attack strong despite having lesser ball possession, and hit in three goals. Fine, the second one was an own goal.)

This is it. The Finals. France vs Italy. Personally I'm rooting for France, but everyone else thinks Italy will win. Frankly, I have no real idea since I've never seen Italy's matches, but I have heard of their infamous defence. But I quote the commentator "If France can keep Brazil from scoring, they can keep ANYBODY from scoring."

Let's hope Barthez doesn't screw up.

2006-07-07T05:25:00.000-07:00

day after day
time pass away
and I just can't get you off my mind
nobody knows
I hide it inside
I keep on searching but i can't find

the courage to show
to letting you know
I've never felt so much love before
and once again I'm thinkin' about
takin' the easy way out

but if I let you go
I will never know
what my life would be
holding you close to me
will I ever see
you smiling back at me
oh yeah
how will I know
if I let you go

night after night
I hear myself say
why can't this feeling just fade away
there's no one like you
you speak to my heart
it's such a shame
we're worlds apart

I'm too shy to ask
I'm too proud to lose
but sooner or later I've gotta choose
and once again
I'm thinkin' about
taking the easy way out

but if I let you go
I will never know
what my life would be
holding you close to me
will I ever see
you smiling back at me
oh yeah
how will I know
if I let you go

if I let you go, oh baby

oooh

once again I'm thinkin' about
takin' the easy way out

but if I let you go
I will never know
what my life would be
holding you close to me (close to me)
will I ever see
you smiling back at me
oh yeah
how will I know
if I let you go

but if I let you go
I will never know
(oh baby)

will I ever see
you smiling back at me
oh yeah
How will I know
(how will i know)
if I let you go

Yup. Kinds of sums up what i'm feeling right now.

2006-07-06T07:11:00.000-07:00

England got knocked out of the World Cup about a week ago, I guess I was too bochup to even blog about it. Dam you Eriksson, lousy planning. I'm sure you bring in Crouch when Beckham is not even around to send the ball to his head, or when his ball control cmi. Good thing for Hargreaves and Lennon. But you had to sub Lennon out for Carragher, huh? Did he win that penalty?

Heck, it's all spilt milk, so I don't mind. Thing is, Brazil got knocked out by France, so now there's no interesting team to watch. Aw heck, I'm just watching the matchs anyhow. Kudos to Domennech and his humour. Finals this Sunday, can't wait.

Man, I don't know what happened. I'm beginning to listen to pop songs again, I blame external influences. Can't blame em, the songs that I listen to are nice. (Well, duh)

2006-07-01T07:23:00.000-07:00

Exams over, IG army finished, rediscovered Heroes (III! V, meh)...

It's a cause for celebration!

Went for the SYF Opening today, it was kinda boring, but the Outdoor Band Comp. Was GREAT. Loved the TK display, they had like motifs of heroes like Batman, Superman... and they played like snippets of each theme song! Imnagine the shock when I heard The Incredibles as they entered... They even did a Darth Vader! Never thought they could do that. But their 1812 Overture Finale was the best. Seriously, they made that St Petersburg Cathedral, and had a couple of cannons in the front. People who know the song should know what the cannons were used for. Or even those that watched V for Vendetta. Woo wee, that was awesome!

Deyi Secondary School's Drum major was scary. They had formations too, but not really as interesting as TK's. Bowen just had plain formations, but they had style, plus their music was one of the louder ones.

2006-06-28T05:31:00.000-07:00

Ne fais pas concentrer. A l'aide.

Les nouveux compartiment sont arrivés. J'y allais... and sayez quoi?

Ils ajustent! Mais qu'est que yous expectez?

Mon certificate d'acheivement pour le DELF est arrivé, mais je ne peurais pas le montre, parce que le 'ne' a la dernière de la 'singapourien'.

My apologies if I sound grammatically wrong, it's been a while since I wrote French.

2006-06-27T05:16:00.000-07:00

Two down, two more to go.

I looked at the History paper, and I laughed.

Bet I'll eat my words if Ms Ng or Ms Kaur can't read my handwriting.

2006-06-26T02:16:00.000-07:00

The last of my models for the 1,500 pt IG army have been assembled... just in time for CTs. Damn. Well, At least I know I can depend on painting them to help de-stress from time to time.

So yeah, manaaged to watch the England V.S. Equador. Nothing much, England still not playing up to expectations, save a long overdue shot by Beckham and a nice tackle by Ashley Cole that prevented Equador from getting a goal in. Paul Robinson did a David Seaman and injured himself catching a ball. Well, at least he saved that goal.

Cameras show Beckham vomiting on the field, says that he was suffering from dehydration even before the match. But he still played on. Are they trying to make a hero out of him or something? But let's no be too hard on him yet, he had to perform during this match to counter his critics. As said, ironically he was subbed out for Lennon during the last three minutes, just as his critics have wanted. Wow.

Sven tried out his funky new 4-1-4-1 formation, but I think the team under-performed to really show the world what that formation is made of. Sure, they kept their possession and passes mostly found their target... Well, next is Portugal. People who watched THAT match know that Portugal is down two men, and I don't know, is Christiano Ronaldo injured or something? That thigh has got to hurt.

And guess what? The match is this Saturday at 11. Right after CTs. Woohoo!

2006-06-21T02:33:00.000-07:00

Damn proud of my Imperial Guard army liao, pity abt the Kasrkins. I think I'm going to need a huge bucket of Dettol to redo them.

On a completely different note, England V.S. Sweden. I seriously don't know what to say about England ah, but I don't think they're going to last long. Owen got himself a knee injury in just one minute, Rooney's throwing a tantrum and the English defense deserves to be shot. Makes me wonder why they brought Campbell in the first place, that fool let in the Sweden equalizer goal by jumping at the wrong time. And so close to an English victory too.

But England was great in the first half. Their ball play was superb man, and the goal by J.Cole, brilliant. But when Gerrard came in (swapping Rooney, cue in the boot-throwing sequence) in the second half, the formation beocmes 5 midfield? Leaving poor Crouch as the sole striker? What chance does England have?

As I said for the T&T match, everytime the opposing team attacks it's damn scary for England. Ok, so Terry did make that goal line clearance in T&T and Gerrard in Sweden, but some goals were just in-excusable.

At least England now faces Equador, I don't think they'll last if they played Germany.

2006-06-17T20:50:00.000-07:00

Nothing much to update about, except that my Imperial Guard Army might take some time to be completed, owing to the fact that I need at least 2 command squads before I can get the army on the table. Necrons have it so much easier.

But yeah, having lots of fun painting the figures, it's great for relaxing in the midst of the storm that is CT's revision... On a different note, AMK Library Gallilee Cafe has become my haunt, I mean the staff knows what I want when I approach the counter. "Ice Latte Hazelnut?"

2006-06-15T21:04:00.000-07:00

World Cup match: England V.S Trinidad and Tobago (hope I got that spelt right)

Anyway, I watched this match with little expectations, never really heard about the T&T, so I kind of figured that they were a weak team.

Part truth.

Their defense held Sweden at 0-0, and they got a couple of good players in there. However, their offense leaves much to be desired. Frankly, I don't know what to decide. They refused to attempt to get the ball, but when they do my heart was in my mouth when they attacked. I remember checking the shots checklist, England 16 : T&T 5 at one point. All 5 of these shots were DAMN close. One of them would have scored if not for Terry and his lucky boot. One of them strikers was in a tussle with Terry and another defender, can't remember who, when the ball came their way. Robinson no where in sight. The striker nudged the ball in with his head, and would have gotten the goal when Terry stuck his foot out and cleared it out into the playing field. Eveyr England fan must have screamed with joy. Imagine the shame if T&T had the one point lead, and England did not seem anywhere near scoring any goals.

'sides from that, the match was pretty interesting, seeing the England team attack again and again... Beckham was pretty off-form early game, a couple of shots landed the ball in T&T's possession, but late game he got better. He better. Anyway, the rest of the team was pretty off form as well, Owen missed a couple of good shots, and Crouch was just too tall. In the end, they subed Rooney in to replace Owen (thank goodness) and Lennon to replace Carraghas (I think). Oike 20 mins after that, Beckham landed a cross into the penalty area and Crouch finally headed a ball in. Frankly I couldn't believe my eyes.

Rooney was still off-form, I blame his foot. However, in like 10 mins after that, England socred another goal. Can't remember if it was Gerrard or Lampard, the latter kept trying to score from the penalty area. Almost got in too, no thanks to the goalkeeper and a couple of shots that was WAY off. So yeah, England got themselves a two point lead, no need to worry since it was so late game and T & T is not offensive enough to attempt to equalize.

Wrong. T & T came along and scored a goal agst England. Fortunately, the goal was disallowed because of offside. Woohoo!

In the end, T & T couldn't attack fast enough. The match was England's. Next is Sweden.

2006-06-15T06:21:00.001-07:00

This whole week has been band band band, so I know I must blog about it. It all starts with a three day two night band chalet, then the piece de resistance, the invesiture. A bit different than standard investiture from RIMB, but memorable nonetheless. 'sides, I'm in a writing mood. My RP posts are finally exceeding form space again.

So yeah, first off the chalet. Went the first day, the first day was actually dominated by J1s. Lester was the only J2, then Richard came along at night. We spent the first day playing bridge, playing X Box, eating pizza, playing more bridge, then huddling around a torchlight to play Mafia and telling each other spooky tales. I took delight in being gamemaster for Mafia, but the alcohol I had earlier prevented from thinking of more ways to 'kill' the victims off. In the end I think I repeated a couple of killings. What to do? I don't take 43% alcohol often. Can't be as bad as Venetia though, her face went red after half a cap full. Argh don't kill me.....!

Anyway, the batch decided to squeeze all into one room. kind of successful, but that's cos Enyi and I decided to stay out of the room. I had enough sleep when the batch was chatting, and Enyi just didn't feel like sleeping. We ended up playing Gin Rummy with Lester and Richard who were happily mugging DURING chalet.

Morning of the second day, we had cornflakes for breakfast. The batch that could wake up by then went off to the beach to catch the sunset while stubborn me remained behind to defeat Count Dooku. Call me anti-social, but I finally cleared that level, k. Stubborn stubborn stubborn. Anyway, when the rest of the batch woke up, I remember going up to the room to nap since there was nothing to do. Woke up a bit for lunch, then went back to sleep again. Woke up to GM a round of Mafia, before preparing for the BBQ. Found out there was a lot to learn abt BBQing, at least I now know how to start a fire.

After BBQ, half of the batch went to the beach. A few remained behind to watch the seniors play Winning Eleven. Then a few of these few went off to join the rest, while a couple went off in a totally different direction. Freaked the three of us who remained out, so I and Yi Heng went to look for the batch that went to the beach. We eventually found them, after we walked out to the beach and they shouted for us from the chalet -.- so anyway, we decided to form a search party to look out for the missing two, Narishka and Jasmine. Two small girls. Out there alone. Not very comforting. So we called out for them, decided to turn in the other direction, sent a couple back to the chalet cos of a twisted ankle, and continued. We eventually managed to contact them, turns out they had walked out a long way, couldn't see the chalet. We decided to meet them on the main road, and brought them back to the chalet. Sure hope I didn't turn out too fierce on the both of them. I bet i sounded like a old woman.

Anywaaay... we had less problems squeezing into a room, since a large grp of us went to watch the Brazil Croatia match, but it was so boring that a couple of us including me went up to sleep first. Third day morning we played a little more ps before checking out and going back home. Jasmine, Enyi and Shaun went over to Fatimah's house to bake, not too sure abt Jeff. Oh, did I mention the scandals during the chalet?

So, investiture. Turned up late, but a good thing it hadn't started. Didn't get the SL post, but I guess I didn't really deserve it, since I didn't really throw myself into band. Went batch outing after, had lunch at the girls' place (they called it "Our Place"). Went on over to Lido to catch Silent Hill. Yep. Two horror movies in two weeks. Go me. It wasn't really scary though, guess I was numb after Omen. Popcorn did help.

So yeah, interesting week. Here's to a new era in Band history, and the best of luck yo our couples!

Heh.

2006-06-09T10:25:00.000-07:00

Just had to make a post. It's late in the morning, I know, but I think I've reached the time in which I won't be able to sleep as easily, so I decided to just do something about it.

A Tempo was great, but I seriously think we could have done better. Awayday was not really satisfactory, but I loved Fairytale and The Incredibles. Can't wait for the recordings to be done. I'll listen to them again and again and again... hah, self vanity.

Just to set the record straight, I DON'T hate Germany, I just don't follow them cos I don't really know about the players, style etc to certify myself to watch their matches... so many apologies to the Germany supporters that I might have offended by mistake. I DON'T hate Germany.

YES my Imperial Guard Codex has finally arrived, along with a couple of other stuff that I requested but never really expected to come so quickly as well. I'm damn happy, finally I can have a game as soon as I finish assembling the models.

2006-06-07T05:42:00.000-07:00

Alright all, It's been a long time since I last posted, and I'm guilty of not tellin' you guys where I've been. I was in Korea. And it was awesome. I'll post about it another time, when I'm not feeling so wasted. All I have to say is that thanks a lot for celebrating my birthday three times, people. Really appreciated that, in fact it's the first time someone else other than my family celebrated my birthday like that. Really, really means a lot. Thanks guys.

Imperial Guard Codex taking a looong time to come in. Getting mildly frustrated if you ask me. The Cities of Death expansion looks really neat though.

Went with the batch to Watch "The Omen" today. First thriller I've seen in like, 4 years? Yeah, never saw another horror movie after "The Phone", with the exception of Scary Movie but I think that hardly counts now doesn't it? So it'll be either I die while watching it, or I'll be numb to the horrors. Guess what, I guess I'm still stuck in between. The suspense can kill, but after the shock is over the rest is rather mild. Not a bad film, a bit anti-climatic, and some parts are left kind of unexplained... no, no spoilers.

World Cup is coming! Gee I'm pretty excited about it. I'll be supporting England (cos I'm been supporting them for some time already), Korea (Asian country that stands a chance, their match with Ghana was disappointing though.) and will just be following Germany, I was rather impressed by their play in the last Cup but I'm not too familiar about them yet to be a real supporter.

2006-05-23T04:14:00.000-07:00

Just finished one Kasrkin, I'm developing a style for my painting. Just need a fiddly brush for the Insignias. I'll post up a pic sooner or later alright?

Hmm, need to have something scandelous soon, such is the art of the journalist to maintain his reader base.

But what to do? Zack ain't thickskinned enough. Sure I'll make up stories here and then (all for the sake of good fun people, let the flames begin) but really, posting about relationships and scandals and letting the whole world see is quite another thing altogether. How would X feel if he sees someone post about him liking Y while it might not be the case of Y liking X? The uncertainties of such is far too large, and thus makes it far too risky to actually... confirm... such scandals. Relationships can actually go bust because it has been announced that X likes Y, and Y comes along and says he/she doesn't like X. It'll be the end of the story, cos anything is possible. Even if Y doesn't like X, X can still work his/her way up to make Y like him/her. All it takes is one lousy scandal report to actually turn all eyes in their direction (think Eye of Sauron, ow), and Y would distance himself/herself from X as much as possible. So much for THAT dream.

'sides, how does it feel to be at the butt-end of these scandals? Sure, if the two REALLY like each other and don't mind the jokes then that's fine, but what if nothing is confirmed? What if the two are just warming up to each other? Example. Let's say Z likes this girl D, and accidentally let that slip during a conversation. Z get's a sleepless night, worried that D might find out and distance herself from him. Cos one leak is enough to get the whole scandal thing going, and if Z really wants to get to know D better, that single worry of D stepping away can keep Z awake. throughout the night. 'sides, Z doesn't know if D returns the feeling. He might be a bit thick there, but still! A scandal like this is enough to break the dream.

Like I said, example. Pure coincidence if the story sounds familiar to any of y'all.

So don't gossip lah people. Gossip can really kill a dream.

2006-05-21T08:07:00.000-07:00

Gee haven't blogged in a long while, sure hope I don't lose my viewers.

Meanwhile please go to Tales of Avia and leave comments! My writing can't be perfect! But yeah don't go crazy and start marking down every single grammar and spelling mistake. Comment on my style, how i can improve.

Mrs Rascal is coming to stay over tmw for a month, so expect a crazed white furball to knock you over when you return home.

Behold, the beginnings of the Imperial Guard Army! Yeah i'm collecting Warhammer 40k right now, and I know two others that play too. It'll be a while before I can actually play a game though, don't have a big enough army yet. Dry painting is fun, but needs LOTS of practice. My Sentinel is unfortunate enough to be my first victim, not bad for a first attempt though. I'll need epoxy glue before I can go on to my Kasrkins.... sigh.

Tuesday is gonna be a holiday, stay home and mug GP time. Sneaky school admin.

Band concert! Yeah please go. Music through the ages. An opportunity not to be missed.

2006-05-17T06:03:00.000-07:00

Hey people, Tales of Avia is up and running, so please go there and check it out, leave comments and tell me how I can improve... I've also got RoH to go there as well, so expect to see... different... comments.

Feeling awfully unfocused. Argh.

2006-05-15T05:47:00.000-07:00

Alert! Just found out my mom knows about my blog! Ahhhhhhh.

2006-05-15T05:42:00.000-07:00

People, gossiping is bad. Don't gossip.

Yeah, finally finished my Soviet SAM launcher... ok, not exactly finished. I plan to build a base but I never really got round to doing it. but ya, take a look.

Yep. I really like it.

In the meantime I got myself a giraffe.

2006-05-05T20:18:00.000-07:00

Just received word that my whole family will be heading off to Bangkok during the Vesak Day holidays, so I'll be home alone! Wicked...

So yeah, my mom said it's fine if I organise a stayover of sorts. Anyone interested?

2006-05-05T05:13:00.000-07:00

Alright all, I understand that it has been a LONG while since I last updated, I have been really busy this whole week, especially with Entrepreneur business. Even now I'm still working on proposal version 5.0.

So I'll just give y'all a brief update.

Got myself Two Towers DVD, loved the Special Features
Sneaked a few games of BFME2 while working
Got myself a wicked set of EarThumps, mutes the surroundings so it's bound to get you in trouble most of the time.
Yeah, new comics.
Soviet SAM almost done, I'll get the missile launch assembly and the painting done as soon as I can.
Been a DAMN long time since I touched my wife. My euphonium

Yeah, so I think that's it, for now. I'm beginning to write character stories for my characters, expect them up soon.

2006-04-22T17:16:00.000-07:00

Just came across something that I thought I would like to share with y'all in a "How Evil are You?" test.

You Are 38% Evil

A bit of evil lurks in your heart, but you hide it well.
In some ways, you are the most dangerous kind of evil.

How Evil Are You?

Yeah, 38% is nothing to holler about, but just goes to show that you shouldn't give me a reason to come after you. Good thing I'm an optimist.

Heh, chill, ya?

2006-04-20T04:34:00.000-07:00

Yep Zack was bored during 2 hour break again, so after my meeting I grabbed my foolscap pad and started to draw again. Forgot to bring my sketch pad, so my foolscap will have to do. Yep this little fella here was actually inspired by Sam's birthday present, I just took the liberty of adding hands, feet and a mouth. Kind of reminds me of Kirby.

And that's not all. Here are a few more sketches I made. Yes, one of them was done during Bio lecture. And thumbnail quality isn't really very good, enlarge'em to see them in their real glory. Ok not really, since my scanning quality isn't exactly very high.

2006-04-17T05:04:00.000-07:00

I would like to take this opportunity to announce a piece of rather good news. Northern Hyrule has been opened to the Realms of Hyrule! After what had seemed like decades of feuds between the Royal Family and the Church, the king has decided to reopen it's borders to the rest of Hyrule.

I and a travelling companion was part of a team that took part in the rat race to reach Northern Hyrule, but an inactive member and lack of proper equipment on the part of a teammate forced us to cut our journey short. Stupid Iron Knuckle.

So go join Realms of Hyrule already, it's really a whole new world.

2006-04-15T22:53:00.000-07:00

Well just thought I'll put up a sketch of mine, this is actually the best out of three (the other two were terrible, this much I'll say.)

Looks much better on paper than on screen, I blame the scanning. But other than that, I apologize for not completing the sketch. I know the Mumakil looks funny, not all the Haradrim were drawn in, but I'm still practicing, ok? This is a sketch of my new character, Cassowary. To those that aren't familiar, I kinda have a fantasy storyline going, all sprung up since I started RPing in RoH. To dat I have a whole list of characters, plots, but no physical result. Sorry for the disappointment, but I'll get around to doing it, k?

So, introductions. According to my RoH story, Cassowary is one of the Pendant Bearers, and is supposedly capable of skimming across dimensions. When I drew this sketch I scrapped that idea. I thank Battle for Middle Earth II for helping me create a new story for her. Basically she's an elite archer, capable of stealth and calling the birds to scout areas for her. Extremely resourceful, she can take down entire battalions without even being seen and when the going gets tough, she can call the winds and summon a tornado in the middle of the battlefield. Yes, she can heal herself even in the midst of a fight.

Yeah, so this sketch is just her, preparing to intercept a Mumakil convoy. Wheee.

p.s. I hope you notice, Cassowary is a girl. Aaaand I realize I forgot to draw a quiver of arrows.

2006-04-13T06:57:00.000-07:00

Drawing and sketching is a good way to help ya relax. Spend an entire hour in the library working on one of my sketches, and I felt much better after. It's still not done though, give me time and I'll see whether I want to upload it.

Entre has reached a bump, and we were going at a rather high speed. Ms Lee, our teacher-in-charge, has a distinct habit of leaving for home VERY early, making contacting her nearly impossible. Not there at recess, not there after school... how the heck do you expect us to contact her??? And furthermore she's not replying to our emails... If we don't get confirmation and permission soon, the entire project might get delayed.

On the bright side, we had a pretty short week. And a long weekend. Perfect for doing homework given by rather opportunistic teachers. Oh yeah, and selling flowers for sale during Gym night. Which reminds me, we still haven't got confirmation for THAT yet. A guy can lose his hair over things like this. All these worries, delays, miscommunications etc, are beginning to bog down on my spirits. So expect me to be rather cold the next few days, till everything is sorted out.

2006-04-11T04:33:00.000-07:00

Was browsing through some magazine stands today, and I chanced upon a really cool magazine that revitalised a previous hobby of mine, model kits. Yay. The designs were so cool, that it just compelled me to make one more, so I'm gonna have to go down to Marina one day and get myself another kit and glue and paint.... But Zack needs to save his pocket money first.

Meanwhile, Entre concert becomes more and more exciting! We have broadened our performers base, it's confirmed we got Ying Wei to perform for us. Zhi Yang is a distinct possibility, and our contacts say our chances are good. Not so bright with regards to Wei Lian though, but no harm trying, right?

We'll be holding audtions for the concert the week after, so remember to sign up with us next week eh, and stand a chance to meet your Superstars! Ok, that sounded cheesy.

Yeah, and Zack is feelin' much better now.

2006-04-10T05:12:00.000-07:00

I haven't blogged at all during the weekend. Damn. Now I got lots to cover.

One, Entre dinner was da bomb. Met this damn nice girl, very nice to talk to. People don't get misconceptions, she's attached already, which made it much simpler for me to discuss... stuff with her. Stuff that I'm still kinda worried about.

Two, class outing was da bomb. Went ice skating, got myself a couple of abrasions at the same time. I'm just glad I can glide across the ice on my own right now. I still owe Michelle and Mei Ting their drinks though, for having to coach me. Remind me people.

Kudos go to my class for cheering me up this morning, but reality has sunk back in man. Guys don't worry that I seem depressed, I hope that it'll all work out by tomorrow.

2006-04-04T08:05:00.000-07:00

Lost out in the race to be a councillor, I kinda saw that ccoming. Just have too many commitments already, but I don't mind. At least I tried. But hey, nothing's stopping me for running for EXCO of Entrepreneur Network now. Cue in the evil laughter.

Found out I'm most masculine in the class, with a score of 55. The rest got 120+, with Jye Yee getting a wicked score of 75. But hey, the test was to find out how wired you are, not how manly you are. I'm just glad that I do things the way a normal guy does it.

2006-04-03T06:35:00.000-07:00

Alright all, listen up. I just want to address a situation that has arose last Thursday, and only recently I've been reminded of it. I didn't say that agression is the first sign of love!!! I said that the best romances usually start in conflict! How in the world did aggression get into the picture?

With that aside, let me tell you how I felt when I got home. I walked up to the mirror, looked at my hair, and said, "You look wierd." Forget to wax your hair before stepping out of the house and you find your self wierd. Speaking of mirrors, did you hear of the blonde who broke her mirror? She tried to shoot herself.

On a completely different note, I got myself Munchkin Bites 2 : Pants Macrabre. Expansion pack of Munchkin Bites, the undead variant of Munchkin. Will be trying to get the original Munchkin Bites sometime next week. As of now, have fun fighting these undead dudes in space. yes, I combined the decks. I now carry three boxes and a bunch of KEESE. They are called KEESE. Not Pokémon damage counters! Sheesh.

Just realized April Fool's Day was on Saturday. And nothing happened. Damn. That doesn't give y'all the right to come up to me and pull a prank on me though. Grow up. Heh.

2006-03-30T03:52:00.000-08:00

Oh yeah, did I mention Bio test? I didn't? Or did I?

Anyway today was a good day. Council Interview was smooth, don't think I screwed up badly, at least Senthil said I didn't do too bad. Won a few games of Star Munchkin, just returning the favour after Lip Kai's victories over me. I think he's still pissed that I made a Lvl 1 Chair telepathic, making it undefeatable by him. He went on about how I should have targeted Michelle Jane, who had a higher level and therefore a bigger threat... Yeah I guess that's true, but it was MJ's first game anyway. Give chance lah you.

Last round was awfully close, Lip Kai almost won, lucky I got initiative and killed a monster before he did, he had traded away his monster enhancers for a low level monster in hopes that he would get his turn before me. Thing is, I think he forgot he drew a monster first turn, so he can't "look for trouble", allowing me to kill my monster before he can. So this victory was lucky, in a sense. But hey, that victory in the holding room for Council interview was sweet, ok? Go me.

'Sides, when we played our second game with Mei Ting, everyone was level 9, and she fought this monster that she couldn't kill on her own, but she chose to fight with Lip Kai and together they whooped the monster's ass, giving them both a level each, making them both the winners of that game. Zack felt really sad after that.

Glad that more people are catching on to the game, it gets boring playing with the same people all the time. I think it's the idea of backstabbing that makes it fun and attractive. Will try to get other versions of the game...

2006-03-29T06:27:00.000-08:00

One term paper, one history essay tutorial, one application question yet-to-be-done, one debate to prepare, one Council interview to prepare for, one CIP project to worry about, several games of Star Munchkin, one PE session, one headache to tend to, one band concert to practice for, one more term paper to write...

Yeah I'll say I'm pooped.

2006-03-26T00:13:00.000-08:00

Apparently dissatisfied by the previous attempts, I managed to uncover a more recent photo. This one was made duirng Play '06, our band concert. Woo hoo!

So here's the new list. Please note that the band trip photo is 2 years old? So this is much more accurate. Knock yourself out ladies. By the way, Jian Wei, you look like Beyonce. So says the program.

2006-03-25T23:48:00.000-08:00

I ask myself this. Who's Al Pacino?

Anyway, I was taking a break from History term paper, and came across this quite dandy link where you upload a photo of yourself and they see which celebrity you resemble. So, thanks to the fact that I don't take photos often, I resorted to using last year's band trip photo. So should I be glad that I don't look a bit like these people? 50% and below is not a lot. By the way, the web url is www.myheritage.com.

Bet y'all aching to see who I look like. Go on. Laugh your socks off.

2006-03-24T23:01:00.000-08:00

Just got back from a trip to the library, more like a shopping trip in fact. Couldn't find any books to help with my history term paper, but I did snag a few good catches.

One, Star Munchkins. The card dungeon rp game. In space. Woo hoo. My cousin has the original, so I got this version. Extremely good fun. Will try to bring it to school.

Two, New X-Man comics. Haven't got them in a while. Yeah I'm following the Academy X storyline now, the one with the New Mutants. The latest instalment is cool, but fortunately didn't give us a kind of a cliffhanger. As I was reading it I was so afraid that it would be a cliffhanger. Fortunately it wasn't. Zack is happy. Another one is a side story on the Academy X, focusing on the Hellions. 'Bout time these guys get their own comic.

There's actually a lot more I want to talk about, but I can't really remember what. Give Zack time.

2006-03-23T03:10:00.000-08:00

Today, the Second World War was fought once more, to rather astonishing results. I'll try my best to recount the events that led to the peace agreement by all four factions.

The year is 1941. Germany is at the height of its power. Britain was fighting a war on both the home front and in North Africa, and America has just entered the war. The only Allies faction that seemed ready for war was the Soviet Union, who had troops in her borders. Germany opened up the conflict by violating the Nazi-Soviet Pact. German troops from Poland and Hungary invaded and captured the Soviet territories of East Poland and Bessarabia. Unsatisfied with the promises of Vichy France to remain peaceful, Germany moved in troops and occupied the territory, boosting their economy once more. Meanwhile, German U-Boats attacked the convoy supply lines of the Allies, crippling the economies severely. The Bismark and an accompanying destroyer sank the British destroyer fleet at the Strait of Gilbraltar, and moved on to the Azores Sea.

The Soviets, unhappy with the Germans for violating the pact, began a mass movement of their troops. Infantry and war equipment throughout Russia was sent to the borders to stave off the German invasion. A submarine moved in to liberate the Russian Convoy centre, and Britain sent troops into Libya, bringing the war closer to the Germans in Tunisia. Displeased with the destruction of the destroyer fleets at the Straits of Gilbraltar and the British conovy line, the Brits returned the favour by sinking the German subs and transport waiting in the Danish Sea. America sent a destroyer to hunt down one of the German U-boats stalking their convoy line, but was unable to destroy it, as the U-Boat retreated before the destroyer could fire a shot.

Germany eyed the lush lands of Belorussia. German troops poured into the territory, but the Soviets fought back, forcing the Germans to retreat. Tanks from Poland took the Baltic States, but it was only a tempory respite. The Soviets mobilised their entire army and pushed the Germans out from East Poland and Bessarabia. German U-boats began their journey to the Mid Atlantic, just off the American Eastern Coast. Bismark and a transport lay in wait in the Central Atlantic. Meanwhile, a German aircraft carrier and several transports were under construction in Northern Italy. The British unloaded all their troops from Britain and invaded Norway, supported by coastal bombardment by the British Royal Navy and air cover by the RAF. Canadian factories began production of a defence force. America lay in wait of the upcoming German invasion.

It never came. The Germans in a brilliant feint, attacked the British fleet at the Davis Strait, just off the shore of Canada. A destroyer was destroyed in port, and a transport holding a tank never got the chance to unload it's goods. The Germans captured Canada, severely crippling the production facilities of Britain. The Germans were now just next door of America. Meanwhile the German aircraft carrier moved out of the Mediterranean into the Atlantic Ocean, carrying a cargo of two fighters and accompanied by two transports, each carrying tanks.

The Soviets, hardpressed by the Allies to march on to Germany, captured Poland from the Germans. Foresight allowed the Germans to withdraw most of their forces back into Germany to prepare for the impending Soviet invasion. Back in North Africa, British forces destoryed the Germany army in Tunisia with aid from a destroyer offshore and a fighter based in Malta. Troops from Norway went over to Denmark, but were unable to capture it despite destroying all land forces. America reacted to the German threat in Canada by marching across the border and driving the Germans out. In a bid to show their worth, America went on with D-Day and proceeded to land troops in France. The British RAF offered to help, but America declined. Without enough air support, the Germans easily drove the Americans back into Britain.

Britain make a crucial mistake of emptying Britain during the invasion of Norway. Germany seized the chance and unloaded his forces in Britain, capturing London. The RAF and the American Air Force scattered, determined to fight another day. The situation was now critical for the Allies. If Germany held Britain for long enough, they would win the war. Russia hastened productions of strike bombers and fighters, meanwhile bolstering their forces in Poland. The force was not strong enough to be able to capturing Germany surely.

The British was determined to retake their homeland. Together with the newly formed Russian Air Force and the American Air Force, the RAF and the Navy proceeded with the land invasion of Britain. The German aircraft carrier was destroyed by un-forseen Russian subs. The Germans put up a brave fight, but were in the end defeated by the air superiority of the Allies. Britain learnt never to leave territories empty ever. America bolstered their air force.

By now the war was dragging too long. All factions desired resolution sooner or later. Germany decides to make one last attack on the United Kingdom. The Allies scrambled to aid Britain, and Germany had a much harder time fighting against the now rebuilt British Home Guard. The invasion failed. All faction leaders met aboard a British battleship, and signed a treaty for peace. The leaders agreed that this war will be fought another time. Spirits were high as the war was now over, and the German and American leaders were reported leaving the conference together...

2006-03-22T06:52:00.000-08:00

Well it was quite a screwed up day. First thing I did in the morning was to grab the shower head and ripped the thing right out of its tap. Next I almost died during PE when my back gave up on me during the last time trial. Then I lost 6 troops while attacking North Africa from Brazil, WITHOUT KILLING ANY OF THE OPPONENT'S TROOPS. Sealed the fate of the whole game.

On the bright side we were released early from History tutorial on the grounds that we didn't prepare. True, we all thought it was gonna be International History. Who knew it was gonna be SEA? Plus GP was like a free period.

Vernus got 4 white slips IN ONE GO. A teacher who felt that she needed to show some authority around, decided to come along and give her a white slip for every dress code error she could find. Caused quite an outrage in my class. What made me feel really pissed was the fact that there was nothing we could have done to lessen the consequences or avoid the situation all together. The school must re-access their policy with regards to white slips.

2006-03-21T03:28:00.000-08:00

Ow. Second day back in school and I'm already tired out. I blame the fact that I can't wake up at 5.55a.m. anymore. Always hit the snooze button.

Entre Network project going veery smoothly, meeting this Friday with VSA. Till then nothing to do y'all.

Chem test today was a bomb. I think I found out I got two questions wrong. That's gonna kill my score. Plus I didn't do a certain 3 mark question. (Explain why chromium and copper has 1 electron in it's s orbital, or smth like that.) Can't believe I missed the big jump in the Ionization energy question. So instead of valency 5, I got 3. Freak. And I have no idea whether it is N2 or N2O as a product. My calculations tell me it's N2, but friends tell me its N2O.

Will be bringing Axis and Allies tmw, hopefully I can find somewhere to stow it whilst I'm gone. Or maybe I could find some way to stow it in another manner... Nah. I'll bring it around and cover it with my books or smth.

Time table change. Whoopee. Now Tuesday (today) is a loooong day. Don't know how I survived. And double History on Wed. Don't know whether it's good or bad, won't know till tmw.

Pirates of the Caribbean soundtrack helps alot to help me concentrate. If only I had anything to concentrate on anyways.

2006-03-17T23:40:00.000-08:00

Haven't been posting all holidays, was thinking of actually making a mega big one at the end to sum up all that happened... okay fine. I was lazy, busy playing Battle for Middle Earth II. Happy? That game rocks, by the way.

So. On Tuesday I went out for OG outing. We went down to Cineleisure, scouted out locations for lunch, met up with the rest of the group, got tickets for a movie, had lunch at Cartel (everyone just had to get the same meal.), freaked out at Kenneth's stalking tendencies and we shot some pool before watching Date Movie. That show was funny, especially if you know which movies are being parodied. It's real funny, to see different movies of different genres being put together. All in the tradition of Scary Movie. After that we planned to walk to Plaza Sing for ice cream but the OG thought it was too far, and we split up from there.

Wednesday. Band batch outing. Met up at City Hall, went down to Marina Square to grab a 'fast food' lunch (the plan was to get slow food). Jeff got a kick from telling everyone about Date Movie. After that was pool, again, and after that was what I actually dreaded. K Box trip. I'm not a fan of Chinese pop songs, gave them up a long time ago. So naturally I don't even recognise most of the songs that the girls took delight in picking. Well, with the unique exception of Tong Hua, since we played that for Play '06. So when coaxed to sing a song or two, I just picked a couple of English songs (thank goodness for that) and crowed along. Not a really good singer there, but I can survive. Mel was good, and Yi Heng was great on the fast paced and higher pitched ones. After 4 hours of loud music, we split up for another fast food dinner at KFC. Flouted the "start eating together" rule twice. No one reminded me. Pfft.

Thursday, class outing. This was split up into two portions, East Coast trip in the morning and barbeque at night. Cycled for who-knows how long, before having lunch at a hawker centre, then cycled some more. Interesting, no? Anyway we headed off to Aaron's house for barbeque. Took special delight in starting the fire (long way to go, but I was relatively successful.) and cooking the food. The rest of the class turned up and took turns singing campfire songs (ironically, not around the barbeque pit.) After everything was consumed (especially the piéce the résistance, the sting ray. Go me.) we sat around, and played Truth or Dare. We agreed that whatever happens then will not be revealed. So... too bad.

Yeah, Friday was stay at home and do your work day. Saturday abit different, it was go-to-library-and-do-your-work-cos-repairmen-are-coming-to-your-house day.

2006-03-14T07:33:00.000-08:00

Ok ok, y'all might be getting bored of seeing things like this, but...

Your Personality Is

Idealist (NF)

You are a passionate, caring, and unique person.
You are good at expressing yourself and sharing your ideals.

You are the most compassionate of all types and connect with others easily.
Your heart tends to rule you. You can't make decisions without considering feelings.

You seek out other empathetic people to befriend.
Truth and authenticity matters in your friendships.

In love, you give everything you have to relationships. You fall in love easily.

At work, you crave personal expression and meaning in your career.

With others, you communicate well. You can spend all night talking with someone.

As far as your looks go, you've likely taken the time to develop your own personal style.

On weekends, you like to be with others. Charity work is also a favorite pastime of yours.

The Three Question Personality Test

Only thing I disagree with is that charity work ain't no pastime of mine. And I have times when I just don't know what to say.

2006-03-14T07:23:00.000-08:00

Haven't been updating for a while, I blame Battle for Middle Earth 2. It's just too addictive for my own good. Yeah, we got tons of homework this week, but we got tons of chances to relieve all those stress too. Just today, I went for OG outing, a band batch outing is planned for tomorrow and a class outing on thursday. Three straight days. I'm going to be pooped.

Otherwise... nothing else really. You don't want me to bor you with rants about BFME2.

2006-03-11T09:21:00.000-08:00

Well, kind of a tiring day. Woke up at 9 (when I slept at like 2 that morning) and went off to Chris' house to refresh my Battle for Middle Earth skills. Took two games for me to return to my speed. Pity Xian Ying left when I played my second game. At least we all go a kick out of watching Matthew go on bloodthirsty rampages around GTA San Andreas. He really likes hijacking ambulances and using it to INTENTIONALLY crash into others. At least when I play, I hit those people by accident.

Yeah, then after that I had a cousins dinner of sorts, and we chatted about developments since we last met. Before that, I got myself Axis and Allies (the Board Game) European Theater. Freaking awesome. Very similar to Risk, but a lot more strategy and less luck involved. Why? Cos Germany is freaking outnumbered. Germany is playing like 1 v 3 (the Big Three), and they are totally surrounded in the beginning of the game. But thing is, two of the Allies (Britain and Soviet Union) suffer from low income, and U.S. is too unprepared to be too significant a factor. It's 1941, Pearl Harbor had just been bombed. The U.S. were unprepared. So Germany is VERY strong early game. Furthermore, their navy of subs spans across most of the Atlantic, rivalled only by Britain's destroyer fleet. The German could easily blockade the U.S. from transporting too many troops in the early game, but the Destroyers' advantage over the subs (units are able to attack subs in the same area as a destroyer, subs lose first strike agst units accompanied by destroyers) would own the Germans. The German main navy is too far away to effectively land troops into U.S. to send them out of the game (The U.S. start with only two territories in the game) early.

The only chance that I see for Germany to survive is to send one of the weaker Allies (Britain or Soviet Union) out of the game asap. Britain suffers from lack of land troops, but her navy is one of the finest. If Germany keeps the pressure on Britain (Strategic Bombing, amphibious assaults), I'm pretty sure it would fall. Then again, I haven't had a chance to play the game, so I can't really comment just yet. In fact, I'm looking for people to play with over the hols. Anyone?

Know why I like the game so much? Cos it's freaking realistic. Each faction have their unit style of units, the situation of the Battle of Atlantic, the strength of the armies at the beginning of the game... Even the fact that Turkey (neutral) didn't allow ANY naval units to sail into the Black Sea is there. How cool is that?

In other news, I found out Grace and Jasmine wouldn't be joining us for the rest of the band year. And I still owe Grace her birthday gift. How in the world am I gonna pass it to her now? Stupid Zack.

On a totally different note, I'm tired out. Whee.

2006-03-10T08:46:00.000-08:00

Phew, tired out after two straight days of concerts. Something that I and my pals in the band haven't done before. Sure we have concerts, but never had them twice in a row. Well, the first one wasn't as good as the second one. I blame it on nervousness. Yeah, so we went to celebrate with a little supper at everyone's favourite prata shop. Now I'm back, and you can't go to sleep on a full stomach, so I'm up.

On a completely different note, Narishka thinks I'm thin. Never had that one before. Yeah, and she's nice to talk to. Had a hard time trying to convince her to come along though. Aw well.

2006-03-07T05:25:00.000-08:00

Come, gather ye mates. Let me tell ye the story of me hermit crabs. (Too much Pirates of the Carribean)

Yeah, those that have been following my blog since Blogeasy would have heard of my pair of crabs. Well, only one remains. Crabby unfortunately died while he was moulting. He was attacked by Hermy. Well, Hermy got depressed and escaped during the night, we panicked for one whole day before my sister found the reascal during his nightly migratory journeys. The joker was asleep during the entire day.

So Hermy is now a bachelor in his little pad, all alone, with nothing to keep him company since he well, killed his friend. I gotta do something about it soon, cos crabs cannot live alone for too long.

Yeah, and I finally watched Pirates of the Carribean today, loved the show a LOT. Now to find the sequel. Loved the soundtrack. Really corny lines too. "I've never have thought of that." "Well obviously you haven't been to Singapore." Tell me you don't go "Huh?"

2006-03-05T04:24:00.000-08:00

Was feeling a little bored at home, so I took out an old DVD and popped it into the player. Guess what it was.

Woo hoo, it was Princess Mononoke. Haven't watched THAT for a long time. I used to remember how I went crazy over it, I'll watch it like 7 times in a week (I was Sec 2 then, I had the time). I loved the soundtrack, the characters (koff San Koff), the story... Now, come to think of it, the script was kinda corny though. I mean, San goes "I'm not a human! I'm a wolf!" Tell me you don't go "Uh?"

But hey, I'm a fan of animation, and this is a great animation. Loved every minute of it. Ok, 'cept for the script and the fake goriness (an arrow cutting off both arms at the same time. Classic. And no blood to boot.) I remember how I used to like analyse it in my head like it was some literary text, asking myself questions like "Is Eboshi really evil? Or is she a saint?" Hey, I was Sec 2, remember?

Heh yeah, I'll watch it again if I have the chance. Thing is, the disc cranks up my computer everytime I try to load it. I had to watch the movie in my sis' room. Aw well. oYou can't stop a good thing.

2006-03-02T06:44:00.000-08:00

Dear all,

in light of recent events, I felt a great urgency to make this post before anything goes horribly wrong. You've all read my previous post, and I've received and reflected on what y'all have said, and I thank y'all. It seems that there has been a misunderstanding. According to a friend of mine, the girl mentioned was not angry with me at all. Upon hearing that, you've no idea how relieved I've felt. That little thought that she had been angry with me no longer haunts me, and I'm... glad.

It had all been a big foolish mistake on my part. Many apologies to those that have been affected somehow, and I thank all that have given me advice and so forth.

2006-03-01T04:15:00.000-08:00

What I'm going to tell you is a true story. A birthday of a friend of mine is coming soon. I've only bought her a present once, and several times before for different occasions. Some people reading this would proabably know who I'm talking about.

I've known this girl for a couple of years. She was sweet, pretty, and very nice to talk to. However the relationship was purely professional. We've only met a few times to swap scores between our bands. I'll give her small presents and short messgaes to wish her luck for her upcoming concerts and SYF, and she'll message me at times. All seemed well.

Till Cadenza '05 came.

Cadenza was an RGSSB concert, and they invited us (RIMB) to come perform with them, along with another Japanese school band. Thing is, it was minutes before RI went on stage, and in tradition, I got her a small rose to well, wish her luck once more. Here comes the stupid part. Feel free to slap me for it.

She was well, talking to a friend, and I was standing there, beginning to feel rather akward. But who was I to just interrupt their little conversation? So when I finally got her attention, I was in a rush. RI was going on soon, and I was still stuck here. I gave her the flower, and ran off. But what I said to her, still haunts me till today. I said sorry.

What kind of jerk would say sorry for giving a girl a rose? I did. And after that, I don't know what happened. I kept getting the feeling that she didn't want anything to do with me anymore. I didn't dare to even send her a SMS. Not even to see her nick on MSN. I once asked for the conductors score for a particular song, and had originally wanted her to pass them to me during a RJC scholarship talk that RI and RGS went for. At first, she said she couldn't go. A few days later, she said that she went with someone else, and she passed the scores to my junior.

Who clearly couldn't have gone for the talk, he was only secondary 2. He had no reason to go to RJC. Even after i interrogated him, he said that no one met him or passed him anything. My secondary 3 junior said the same. Up till now, I still don't know where the scores are.

Then came J1 life. You all wondered why I initially didn't want to join band? Here's the real reason. Half of me didn't want to join because I've lost passion for the art of music making. The pther half was that I didn't dare to see her. Call me a coward for all you care, but I just didn't know what I would do if she joined. So when I went for the first practice, I was partly relieved to see that she hadn't joined. Don't get me wrong, I'm not against her joining RJCSB, that's her choice. I just don't know what I would do.

Then one day, after a few months of silence, she messaged me. You wouldn't believe how glad I was at first, then my fear re-sank. She asked why I didn't join band, because I hadn't like come for the two pracs that SHE went. Half of me rejoiced of being able to see her once more, but the other more dominant half reminded me, haunted me of the incidents of times past.

Now I see her everytime I go for band. A pang of guilt everytime I see her. Sometimes I see her talking to the other guys, laughing, and I would think back to the times when we chatted. I just didn't dare to even start a conversation with her, cause everytime I see her, with the other guys, I just can't help but feel, that I was out of the game. Others are definitely better than I can ever be, and would probably make her much happier. Furthermore, I just feel uninvited. It's not as though I could just join in the conversation, not after I "joined" their conversation last year, Cadenza.

Now her birthday is coming up, thanks to Jian Wei who "hinted" at me to do something about it. I am. And so begins the biggest gamble of my life. It's about time I came clear with my past. I cannot let it haunt me any longer. I feel that I can't even buy her a gift, so I'll have to do something else. I'm going to make her an E-Card, much like the one for Valentines. In it I'll explain it all, why I've been a jerk, avoiding her, not even daring to look her in the eye. I'm not looking for pity, I'm looking for forgiveness. For saying sorry for giving a rose. For even thinking I had a chance. For even bothering her at all. It's the least I can do. For now.

2006-02-26T05:50:00.000-08:00

Stupid Fairy Tale song. It's stuck on my head now, and it had my sister wondering since when I liked Chinese Pop. I don't. I just like the melody.

Maths test coming up this week, not too sure when, I'll die if it's tomorrow... Not that I'm not prepared of course, just not prepared ENOUGH. Did I put that in caps? Sorry.

Bump on the side of my head subsiding, arm injury healin' fine. That means it's back to the stupid Weights Room. Didn't get to train on Fri thx to class lunch... Not that I'm complainin' of course. Just have to train a bit more so I don't look so lao kui during PE... Haiz.

Had grad photo shoot with my sis last night, felt great. Can't wait for the photos to be done, but it might take a while. Had passport photos done as well, which reminds me, Steffi, if ya readin' this, I'll probably get my passport photo done by mid week as well. Better to apologize now, than to have her glare down on me like that. It's like she grows up to Lip Kai's height, and that's scary.

She think's I'm mean. Ow. Where did that one come from?

2006-02-25T01:57:00.000-08:00

Just got myself a knock on the side of the head trying to escape from the flurry of licks the two crazed furballs inflicted unto me. Doesn't really hurt, but don't be surprised if I go to school on Monday and go "huh?"

I like waffles.

Blue orange elephant peanuts

Ok never mind that, the flower sales have been quite successful, but I seriously feel we can do much better. Didn't really like Gordon always asking about our profits, but I understand he's just curious and he can't help it. Kept askign me whether we were planning any performances as well. The only other performance I know I'm going for is Play' 06, have you gotten your tickets yet?

Oooh bump on the side of me heaaaad

Finally, there's a new issue of Kyo in the stores. I'm going to read it, and read it, and read it...

Ow, bump really getting to me. Random rambling from now on.

Woo hoo woo hoo woo hoo

I'll walk this lonely road on me own...

I don't need that ice cream cone...

Feeling tired, feeling alone...

Yippe doo, call my phone!

Hey, I did warn you it was going to be random.

2006-02-23T06:15:00.000-08:00

Concert repertoire really building up. We now have tracks like Pearl Harbour, Joe Hisaiki's selections, Soundtracks from Pocahantas, even a very nice piece entitled Fairy Tale. No idea why it's so familiar, but the rest of the band seem to be quite sick of it already. Beats me, I don't know where that came from.

Other than that, nothing much eles happened. Kudos to Sam for introducing this cool new game called Anarchy, that got us all hooked. Long game, but fun nonetheless. Feels like Bridge, but a bit different. Good enough for us.

Finding it quite hard to talk to girls, especially girls that I have a past with. The thing is, I can talk to other girls perfectly fine. Then why is it that select few that I have a problem with...?

2006-02-22T02:41:00.000-08:00

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It's a test that tests ya on commonly confused words, from complimented to complemented etc. Go try it out! I got Exceptional.

2006-02-22T00:03:00.000-08:00

Please take some time to look through this piece of shameless advertising.

Hey all, just want to bring to your attention to the following. On the
9th and 10th of March, RJCSB will be holding their annual concert,
Play. It will be held at the PAC, 7.30p.m. Come on down to listen to
classic pieces like Die Fieldermaus, Paris Sketches, Fantasy of Light,
even the Mr Incredible theme from the Incredibles.

Also, take this once in a lifetime opportunity to listen to the
original Merry Widow Selections, the song that is now becoming fast
popular in the Singapore Youth Festival. Yes, RIMB was the first to
play the song, now hear the orignal members play it once more! (Just
in case y'all wondering, I'm one of the original few that played the
song for the first time in Singapore.)

Also see instruments that you've never seen before in action!
Trombones, oboes, even the oh-so-strange euphonium. You don't get a
chance like this everytime! So come on down. Tickets are priced at $4,
and are available for both dates. (9th and 10th). Free seating. Come
on down as a class, a group, heck even a couple.

I have 5 tickets with me, two for the 9th and 3 for the 10th.
Additional tickets can be purchased at the booth just at the entrance
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In other news, band practice was concelled today. Sources tell us this is due to the PSC roadshow that the J2s have to go for. Band practice has thus been officially transfered to Thursday, the 24th of Feb, starting at 5p.m. The writer wishes all to note, this might be only applicable to the Euphoniums, and is unable to confirm whether or not it is an official practice.

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I have a list of songs on my Ipod, under "Zack's Favs." These songs are songs that help to perk me up, help me lift my mood. Songs that include the likes of Merry Widow (SYF version), Throne Room (ending from SW4. I liked that song, reminds me of victory), The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny and many others. Many thanks to Jian Wei for providing me two more songs to this little collection. Two piano instrumentals that sound vaguely familiar. Were they renditions of pop songs, JW? Never got to ask him that.

Seems like I'm listening to that list momre and more often though.

In "non-depressing" news, I got myself a left arm injury, incurred upon me by lifting my bag up and down the cubby holes outside the Shaw Foundation Library. It's not like one of those cramps you get early in tthe morning from turning and tossing too much, but rather a sharp, stabbing pain as though a muscle ripped itself. Because of that, I couldn't go to the weights room to pump those iron. Will be going tomorrow, if my arm feels better. Oh yes, I finally figured out how to work the forearm. Yippee.

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Ya know what I hate about blogs? You can't really write your feelings about certain stuff without the whole world reading it. Aw well. That's just too bad for ya.

2006-02-21T05:14:00.000-08:00

Came back from blood donation, arm still feeling kinda sore, and it was kinda cool to see all that blood ooze (did i say ooze?) into the tube and all... Only guy in my class that went for it though, Sam is still trying to get parental consent, no idea about the rest.

New guy in our class, very quiet, quite shy. I think our class scares him.

Card ban really getting to us, it can get extremely boring without any type of entertainment.

Entre group going full steam ahead, with a 13 man strong team now. (sry, 3 guys and 10 girls) Next project, selling flowers for Dramafeste.

No, I've nothing much eles to report. Kinda boring isn't it? I blame Bridge Withdrawal.

2006-02-16T05:16:00.000-08:00

Felt a little bored today, so I thought I start on a little animation project of my own. Check it out. It might be a little cute now but rust me, if you've seen Madness, you know htat looks deceive.

2006-02-14T04:07:00.000-08:00

Feeling a bit brain drained (as usual) to post, but I'll try my best. It's V'Dae today. I gave my Valentine as nice little gift, it's was a stuffed pig sleeping on a pillow, which is actually a jewellery box with a pair of earrings within. The original idea was to have the pig sleeping on a bed of roses, but I never got around to understanding how to fold the things. So I substituted it with tinsel that looks like hay. Or at least that was the idea.

To the girls of my OG, apologies for not getting anything material for y'all. If you've checked out the E-groups, I've uploaded a Valentine's Day card that I've made last night. If you ask my opinion, the card was successful in a way, cos I realized my design has greatly improved. Animation wise, not so good yet. Music sense... Let's just say I was kinda desperate to finish the thing.

Other things to take note, the Class CIP project is going fine, we just carried out the survey today. Collation will be done by Thursday, but seriously I hope I ain't pushing my commitee so hard. Sometimes I get that impression, but I really want the project to be a success. Same with the Entrepreneur Network. We met for the second time today, and we acheived quite a bit. I've been made the project leader, and that means I'm responsible for whatever the group will be doing. I've better do a good job.

Good thing is, the entre group seems very excited in seeing it completed. All the more reason that I don't screw things up. We'll be meeting this Sat, to finalize the proposal, which we will finish by next friday to be sent for verification. Once it is cleared, we can go on to finding guest performers.

Great. Now I'm officially drained. That's all.

2006-02-11T03:03:00.000-08:00

Saturday. Whoopee. Felt a lot smarter today, cos I finally understood how my Bio. Now all I need is a smarter guy to come along and ask a question and make me go "uh?"

2006-02-10T06:12:00.000-08:00

Ok, now that I'm over my defeat in the O Level's AND the failed outing, I can post. Don't ask me abt my O's.

Eyesight getting worse, entering the 1000 range. Got to get new glasses for lectures and classes. Keeping my old glasses for homework though.

The only good thing today, is that we know that the class is going to stay intact. But what's the chances MORE will come in.

2006-02-09T03:50:00.000-08:00

Class outing to my place for this Saturday cancelled. Aw. Now I got nothing to do for the weekend. 'Cept mug for Bio + Chem test. What a joy eh?

Feeling kinda productive today. Finished Hist assignment, Chem outline and reflections, and other stuff. Things to look out for, O Level results. Then come home to package that Valentine's gift.

Sounding semi-interested to you? Let's just say that I'm in one of those moods where I don't really want people around me. I'll siam to a corner and watch on in stoic silence. Don't ask me why, cos I don't know. Just unlucky I guess.

2006-02-08T01:29:00.000-08:00

Random picture of the week. Feeling quite wu liao.

Feeling too mentally drained to make a post. And I'm not going to write another two page letter on what we need to do etc. Grammatically imperfect, but long. I only hope it packs the omph I intend it to deliver.

Okay, in a few short sentences. We've met up with the Yellow Ribbon Project rep, and he says our project is feasible. We just need to iron out a few details, and we're probably set for our CIP.

That's it, too brain sapped. And I still got Maths to do.

2006-02-07T13:53:00.000-08:00

A little pissed right now. Told four others (no names) to send in any possible errata that could be present from the Yellow Ribbon Proposal, asked them to send by midnight. No reply. Not even a 'No change' mail. Gee, My horoscope is true. I'm getting highly volatile this week.