My thoughts and reflections on YISS…

I just got back from YISS yesterday, so I thought I’d type down my experience before I forget the entire experience.

I was actually supposed to go for the Youth In the Spirit Seminar last year, but I didn’t go in the end primarily because my O Levels were coming up, and I wasn’t too concerned with my spiritual life then. However, this year, so many things have occurred which really made me wonder about what I have been doing with my life all this while. So I signed up for it, hoping that it would change my life or at the very least give me a chance to relax after all the mugging.

DAY 1
I woke up late. The strange thing was I was dreaming that I was on my way there! I was dreaming that I left my house, got on the bus and got off at the bus stop, but when I went into CSC, there wasn’t anyone about. That was when I woke up and found myself still in bed and the bag which I was ‘holding’ in my dream was actually my pillow. -.- Anyway, I managed to persuade my mother to drive me there, but I was still late anyway lah. When I got there, I registered and went to the dorm. It was like some refugee camp in the dorm lah, with mattresses all over the floor. However, all the beds were taken up, so I had to sleep on the floor. We played some games for icebreakers and were sorted into our proper groups. I was sorted into this group named Ephesians 2:10, the namesake is as follows:

“For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

After having Praise and Worship, we had this session about the image we have of God, and it made me come to terms with the fact that how you view God is ultimately how people will view you. For example, if you think that God is a strict judge that sends people to Heaven or Hell based on their sins, then you’d tend to become like that image you have of Him and become judgmental of people you meet. Actually, the first day was just like any other typical camp. I shall not go too much into detail because I also can’t really remember what happened!

DAY 2
The magic started to work on the second day. We had Reconciliation in the evening, followed by a healing session. I thought that I would be at peace after confessing my sins, but somehow I still felt the same. I wasn’t really feeling heavy to begin with anyway. However, during the healing session, I prayed for the Holy Spirit to touch me, and He certainly did! Prior to that day, I had never rested in the Holy Spirit before, I got prayed over before, during Hearts on Fire, a youth rally held at CJC, but nothing happened, so I felt really inadequate then. But I felt the Holy Spirit touching me this time. No, scratch that, He engulfed me and literally floored me! So there I was: on the floor, stunned. So this was what it was like to feel God! The effect gradually wore off, and I felt really at peace. Then the weirdest thing happened, I suddenly cried, then laughed! This carried on for a while. When I opened my eyes, I saw the ceiling and for perhaps a fraction of a second, I saw Jesus. When I got up I went for a second time, however, I did not get the same effect. In fact, I think that the second time I fell, it was an accident, because I tripped over myself. I was lying on the floor and feeling very like eh, why doesn’t this feel like the first time?

DAY 3
The next day, the doubts started to sink in. I started to wonder if that was really God I experienced the previous night or whether it was only a figment of my imagination. This carried on for the whole day, until night, the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. I prayed to God that if it was really Him that touched me that day, let it happened again today. I couldn’t have been more disappointed. When Freddy was mentioning that the Holy Spirit was in the room, I prayed so hard, that He would touch me again this time. However, nothing happened. I didn’t feel light, nor contented. Even though there were people praying over me and fell again, I still didn’t feel the same as the first time. I got up and started praying again. Suddenly, I felt this hand on my shoulder. I turned and saw that it was my sister. I just hugged her ever so tightly and this feeling of misery came over me, and I started to wail damn loudly. I was wailing and wailing until people came over to pray over me, and I fell again. However, the change I felt this time was not so dramatic, I just remember that I stopped wailing and according to my sister, a big goofy grin spread over my face. After the camp, she told me that God could be experienced in 3 ways: physical, emotional and spiritual. She likened the physical and emotional aspects to sweets, and the spiritual aspects to rice. God gives us the physical and emotional experience as a treat, to make our day. However, the most important is the spiritual healing of God. This is not felt immediately, but as you go on with your daily life, the effects are very evident. It is the staple food from God, and we need this most frequently. Likewise, to put forth the converse, we cannot eat too many sweets or we’ll get diabetes. Anyway, I received the gift of tongues during the outpouring, so praise God for that!

After the outpouring, I felt really emo the rest of the evening. I even lost my usually voracious appetite during supper. After lights out, at about 3am, I decided to go to the Adoration Room to pray. I went in and started to pray. The room was empty at this point, so I thought that if God were to make His presence known to me, I should be able feel it. A few people came and went and I continued to pray until all of a sudden, I blacked out. When I woke up, it was about 4.45am, and I was still on the floor of the Adoration Room, but there was a jacket over me and Lucia was praying next to me. I got up and looked around and saw that there were quite a few people in the room at this point, and I felt quite convinced that this was God’s way of showing to me that He is real.

DAY 4
3 days had come and gone so quickly and it was the last day of the camp already. The friendships I made during this camp were so strong and as I worshipped God together with all these people, I really felt God in each and everyone of them. I just hope that all of us we can meet up soon.

Since I didn’t get a chance to give people a warm and fuzzy, here’s one for everyone in Ephesians!!

Clarice – ACsian, don’t act sian!!! Haha… You’ve been a really great friend and it was great talking to you about stuff. You have big eyes, people agree with me, so accept it. Take care, and all the best in whatever you do, cos the best is yet to be! God bless!

Oliver – Hey, Father Oliver! It’s been a pleasure being a listening ear to your problems, I’m really happy that I could help you throughout the camp. I pray that you will reconcile with your friend soon, and don’t worry, God will always be with you!

Stefanie – I feel that you have lots of problems going on in your life, judging how often you talk to other people and the combined length of time you cried. =) But don’t worry, all of us will always be here for you, and I will pray that you will get your life sorted out. Don’t worry! PS. I’ll show you a tongue of fire the next time!

Glenn – Triple-G!! You are seriously one cool dude, and I can safely say that I’m sure that all of us certainly had lots of fun with you around! It has been great listening to your sharings and I feel inspired by your fervent faith! All the best for your O’s man!

Boris – Even though you were a bit quiet, I think that you are a great friend. It’s great that you acknowledged that Christ has not been at the centre of your life all the time, and I’m sure all of us will pray for you and that you will find your calling to serve in a ministry soon. Jesus loves you!

Kristofer – I sensed that you were troubled during the camp and got worried when you went ‘missing’. But I never stopped praying for you! I sincerely hope that you will remove your excess baggage and let Jesus give you strength during the lowest points of your life. Remember, when you only see one set of footprints in the sand during your walk through life with Jesus, it’s not because He has left you, it’s because He is carrying you in his arms.

Emilly – I would never have imagined that you are a debater. You were quite quiet during the course of the camp, but I got to know so much about you during that time when we were talking, and I even found out that we have things in common. Although you had to leave early, it was great having you in our group! All the best for your O’s too!

Gavin – Hey, I think you didn’t update your Friendster for ages, the pictures show you with short hair! O_o Anyway, you have been a great facilitator and your advice really really helped me a lot! I’ll never forget your goofy antics and your ‘sensitivity’ to zapping!!! HAHA.. God bless you, man.

Nathalie – Yo yo yo!!! The crippled girl sat on the bench and she cried and laughed at the same time!! You’re damn funny can… Although you injured your ankle, I bet your zeal to praise God owned the pain easily! You are always so bubbly, I think it’ll uplift the spirits of the most emo person in the world! Your O’s are also coming up, so I’ll pray for you and hope you’ll get into RJC, where you want to go right? HAHA!! Damn, smart lah. Next time if I’m not sure about my Maths, I’ll ask you. All the best!!!

God – Although Your name wasn’t in the list, you certainly were present throughout everything, existing in the hearts of all those that accept you in their lives! I pray that You will alter our lives for the better and hope that we will serve you with fervency and zeal all the time. I also pray that each of us will go forth and spread Your Good News and bring the Church into greater glory! Lord, give me the strength and courage to rally the Catholics in SAJC, so that we can gather to worship in your name, for if 2 or 3 are gathered, you are present. Let us not regard the other Christians with disdain, but accept them as our fellow believers in You, and I hope that they will find the real Truth and come and see for themselves the true greatness of Your glory!

Amen.

First proper update in ages.

Well, well. I’ve finally the presence of mind to sit down and post at my fairly neglected and cobwebby blog. Perhaps I’m not accustomed to pouring out the day-to-day happenings of my life for the whole world to see, or perhaps I’m just plain lazy. Be that as it may, quite a few things have occurred in the course of my not-very-holidayish holidays, unless holidays are supposed to be as boring and mundane as school days. Currently the usual course of events for me every day is:

1.Wake up (usually in the range of 10.30am-1pm)
2.Read Newspapers (To find out what’s going on in the world, I’m not a freaking hermit!)
3. Eat Breakfast/Lunch (Perhaps only two meals a day isn’t such a bad thing.)
4. Turn on computer and watch episodes of Family Guy (Humour keeps me sane… Then again, not really.)
5. If in good mood, mug a little bit (A LITTLE BIT IS NOT ENOUGH, YOU LAZY SLOB!!!) yeah, I know…
6. If lucky, get to go out with similarly bored individual, with the ostensible purpose of studying, and end up watching Shrek 3 (Hey, it was a Tuesday, and it was at Eng Wah, you don’t get to watch a movie at $7 everyday, Richie Rich.)
7. Go home and repeat step 4, probably switching to whatever else I have on my hard drive)
8. Get yelled at Dad for wasting my life away.
9. Sleep.
10. Repeat process the next day.

Not a particularly inspiring lifestyle. Anyway, 2 weeks have passed since Pre-U Seminar, and I still miss everyone. We had an outing to watch POTC 3, and damn it was good! Although it was a couple of days ago, I still remember that both Wen Si and Diyanah baked COOKIES!!! YUMYUMYUM!!! (in a Cookie Monster voice) And Wen Si actually looked mature for once, cos you see, even though she’s J2, she doesn’t look or act like one, which lead to widespread disbelief initially, but oh well. Anyway, her cookies were nice, but SHE DIDN’T BAKE ENOUGH!!! Diyanah’s cookies were nice too, but she made TOO MANY!! Way after the movie, while we were discussing where to have dinner, she was still pestering me to finish the last one, which I reluctantly did. But that didn’t really affect my appetite because, well, it’s just one cookie, and well, I’m John!

Anyway, Melissa had to leave right after the movie and couldn’t join us for dinner, otherwise Truth or Dare would have been much fun. No pillar is safe from Cai Lao Shi!!
BTW: She is the similarly bored individual in Step 6. J

After arguing over where to eat dinner, we finally decided on Fish and Co at the Glass House. However, a certain couple decided that walking was more romantic and did just that. I was surprised that they actually got to Fish and Co at about the same time, and didn’t ‘conveniently’ get lost. We played Truth or Dare (our de facto favorite game!) while waiting for our food, and Joycelyn was unanimously paired up with Shawn, who had to kiss her hand. Please lah Shawn, it’s JUST the hand. Be thankful that you didn’t have to do anything more. Honestly lah, our ToD games have to get more daring, otherwise it’ll get boring when all the permutations of hand-kissing are carried out!

Anyway, I heard that there is going to be another outing, to Sentosa this time, but I think I’ll pass for the following reasons:

1. CTs are too close
2. I don’t like the beach. (Too sandy)
3. I don’t like the exercise that is involved in beach-going.
4. If we have too many outings, we’ll run out of places to go next time.
5. I’ll be away overseas in the 3^rd week anyway.

 

Well, I have fulfilled up to Step 3. of my daily routine and I probably will start mugging properly today. Till next time, this has been:

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention, I’m experimenting with a new screen name so the 1^st draft is:

AmpersandMan!

In case you losers don’t know what an Ampersand is, it’s what is more commonly known as an ‘and’ sign: &. I’m doing a wordplay thing here, in case you haven’t figured it out, because there is the word ‘sand’ in ‘ampersand’, so I put man after ‘ampersand’, so it’ll be like amperSandman, like as in Sandman with an extra amper at the front? It’s cool ok, you’re all lousy because you didn’t think of it first!

To end off, here is a super unglam picture of Wen Si sleeping:

 

I miss Pre U Sem

I’m lazy to type, so i just copied and pasted the message from Yahoo Groups:

When I got home yesterday, the first thing I did was fall unconscious
on my bed. However, it was no cure for the withdrawal symptoms I was
experiencing from being away from you guys!

When I first encountered SG9, I thought it would be just like any
other group.

Wrong.

SG9 is NOT like any other group, because we rock!! (though some of us
also stone) It doesn’t matter if our presentation didn’t get
selected, we gave it our very best, and personally, I think they’ve
lost out by not choosing us! I always believe that the memories never
lie in the destination, but the journey; and I can safely say that we
had a pretty damn good journey together for the 5 days.

I have to admit though, although the first few days were rather
dreary, and the lodgings left much to be desired, SG9 really made it
worth enduring parallel presentations and panel discussions. I miss
the lame story that wrote during the panel discussion (starting with a
cat named John and a super ugly old lady named Melissa… =D) I miss
watching Saw III, playing Truth or Dare even though the game was
rather inhibited. (I’ll miss you anyway, sweet lamp-post!), the
aimless walks, the endless camwhoring, the cheers, thanks to Chuan
(HOT! Tsssss…) the crappy breakfasts, the endless camwhoring, the
blazer swopping, the German lessons (ich weiß nicht!!) the mushroom
croissants, the non-24 hour 7-11, and the endless camwhoring…

Of course, there is nothing more I miss than the individual people
that make up our wonderful group!

Arif – Fellow Camwhore! I miss the time when we did the NewsMaker
video, (Agent YouTouchYouDie!) All the best!

Naveen – I do hope you weren’t traumatized by the gayness during T or
D! Nonetheless, it’s been great getting to know you. Cheers man.

Jeremy – I’m so sorry for making you look fat in the video, though
there wasn’t much I could do. Anyway, you can pass off as a Chinaman
anytime! XD

Shawn – Fellow bandie! The thing that I will always remember about you
is your blurness! Do take care!

Janice – NY girl! I had lots of fun being around you, stay cute! (like
me!)

Diyanah – Thanks for lending me your laptop for the Animaker workshop!
Please upload up the videos that I left behind! Anyway, you sleep like
a log, I was trying to rouse you during Saw III and you didn’t budge.
The weirdest thing was that your insignificantly quieter handphone
woke you up!

Hema – Hey, you’ve been great to have around. Say hi to Murukku and
Charleston for me! =D

Anittha – Next time, don’t tell people about your shoes lah. When you
told me, I couldn’t stop looking at them lah. HAHA!! You take care hor.

Melissa – Cai Lao Shi! You’re especially missed by me! I miss sitting
next to you on the bus and talking to you about nearly everything
under the sun. It’s been great talking to you and I hope that I’ll see
you at YISS! Try not to get a heart attack if you miss me too much!

Amanda – Ah Ma! You’ve been the ‘mother’ and official madwoman of our
group. You certainly brighten up our group. Do take care!

Jia Bao – Fellow video editor! Both of us certainly had a lot of
stress doing the video editing hor? But it was all worthwhile in the
end! Anyway, it’s been great getting to know you. All the best!

Chuan – We had some crazy times huh, especially with that ant
infestation! I’ll miss your butt fetish, and your very weird, mildly
disturbing activity with the window. HAHA!! You rock man!

Joycelyn – MSNer!! Everytime I see you, always on MSN!! Haha, nothing
wrong with it though, I’m online on MSN 24/7 so you can always talk to
me when you miss me all of a sudden! Take care..

Wen Si – I am so sorry for corrupting all the pictures in your camera
because of my face! Anyway, you’ve been a great friend to have, even
though you’re super childish and do not act your age. Dank für die
deutsche Lektion! (Ich weiß nicht if it’s correct, I merely translated
it on BabelFish) I’ll miss you terribly. Seriously. You’re one of the
people I’ll miss the most.

Andrew – I have never seen a bigger crucifix than the one on your
body! Anyway, you’re a great friend man, and I’m sorry about that
incident. I wish you all the best and God bless!!

MelMel – SRJC all for you, your call is ours too! Even though I’m now
in SA, I have always had an affinity for SR, and part of it will
always be in my heart. Say hi to Nicolette and Jason for me. Take care!

Dominic – Hey, roommate! I’m so sorry for always borrowing your
toothpaste and soap! You’re a great guy, damn funny too, with all your
jokes! Do take care!

Woon Yee – Although you’re one of the more low profile members of our
group, you’re a member of SG9 nonetheless, and I’ll miss you too! All
the best!

Not forgetting our wonderful SLOs!!!

Benjamin – Thanks for putting up with our tardiness! You’re a damn
patient and overall great guy man, and our appreciation is evident by
the taupoking you received! =D All the best!

Jorina – Hey, sorry that we have been such a bunch for you to handle,
but it’s been fun hasn’t it? Take care!

Xinhuan – You look very different with and without specs on! Sorry for
not recognizing you that day =D. Anyway, although you have been sick
for most of the seminar, we miss and will still miss you terribly.

When we did the cheer for the last time before leaving NTU, I really
felt like crying. Although we were all from different schools and
backgrounds, we certainly built strong bonds during this Pre U
Seminar. It’s funny though, after all the buzz is over and I’m sitting
here in front of my computer, the memories of the 5 days we spent
together just keep coming back one after another. I really hope that
all of us can make it for the outing.

Anyway, I wish everyone in SG9 all the best in all your endeavours!

John the Camwhore

Long-due Update!

I finally have the time and presence of mind to update my cobwebby blog!

Well, lots of stuff have happened during my hiatus. I have been made Head of Admin for Cantate Domino Choir! Woohoo! It’s going to be hard work though, considering that I have to rush off for Philyouth at 1.30pm every Sunday so I can eat my lunch and take two buses to reach La-Salle on time. All this while lugging a stupid trombone case about. Don’t get me wrong, I love my baby, I just hate the case she’s in.. Next item on wishlist, good strong trombone case or gig bag with shoulder strap!

Anyway, JC life sucks, as usual… Just mindlessly following routine, class after lecture after break… Luckily it’s only two years, otherwise I’d go insane! I keep eating in school! I’m so going to grow fat and ugly, and all the girls will dao me… Sob.. My BMI is 24.5, from 20.8 in Sec 4, how ever did I manage to grow that much sideways??

Anyway, I’m going to watch Jayne’s DEP exam performance tomorrow!! I was supposed to meet her yesterday at Toa Payoh Central but the clever girl took 136 to AMK interchange instead of 153. Her reason, “I thought the bus was the one I was supposed to take, cos it started with a ‘1′, and i didnt see the other numbers.” Anyway, we sat and talked at Delifrance, she had onion soup and I helped her finished it because i was too lazy to buy something and also I didn’t want to splurge on bread that costs more than necessary..

Anyway, I’m going to bed now, good night. I might type more tomorrow..

Once a bass, always a bass!

We had re-auditions during choir practice today.

Alas, my two fellow basses, Gerald and Jerome, got ‘demoted’ to Tenor 2… I, on the other hand, got to stay in Bass, and what’s more, I was the only one assigned to Bass 2! Apparently I sang lower than the organ keyboard’s range… Then again, it comes to nought, because the lower I reach, the softer I get and ultimately, my lowest note is barely audible… =P

Anyway, Head of IT is a really hot position and I probably won’t get it. At worst, I’ll take Admin, although I think I’ll do a bad job at it…

I didn’t have Philyouth today, so I ate lunch with Joanna and Gerald at the bubble tea shop place across LJS at Entertainment… I always forget the name, but the food there is quite good… After that, Gerald and I went to Bishan Library to mug; I’m going to die, I still don’t understand APGP!!! And my H3 Maths selection test is on Friday… Oh well.

Gerald and I were traipsing about in J8 when I bumped into Stefanie and Samantha… It was so darn embarrassing when I introduced them to Gerald and realized that I forgot Samantha’s name, even though she remembered mine!! Damn paiseh can?! Okok, must remember, pretty girl who is Stef’s sister = Samantha. =D

I talked to Jayne on MSN when I got home and realized that she has the same problem as me! It’s so freaky; we have so many things in common… Anyway, I’ll share this problem with all of you when I feel the time is right. Currently, I’m trying to find the best way of recourse out of this quandary.

To conclude, I’ll leave with all of you some food for thought: Has it ever occurred to you that some of the things you have always accepted indisputably as true in your life could be the result of, for want of a better word, ‘brainwashing’?

Peace be with all of you,
-t8dT

Choices, choices……

I am at my wits’ end.

Just had Philyouth practice just now and it was awful from the start.

When I stepped into the room, the words that greeted me were, “I’m angry with you!”
Of course, these words came from Mr. David Glosz.
For those who are unaware of the ongoing saga, a certain conflict arose because I did not want to join the SAJC band.

Anyway, I set up my instrument in silence, and started to warm up, when he called me over. Apparently, my articulation was not up to par. He asked me for an explanation, but I did not have one. A suggestion was made for me to practice in a field or large room to improve my projection, but when I interjected and said it was not possible for me, the subject of SA was broached yet again. “You’re missing out on a great chance”, said he, indicating the number of people that had band practice in the morning.

I returned back to my seat and practice started proper. I was only so-so until the moment I had been waiting for come:

 

“Ok, let’s do Noah’s Ark”

 

The song which I had grown to love over the past few weeks. What’s more, I was the only trombonist present, which made it even more cathartic when I played that magical solo.

 

As there were a lot of absentees for practice, it ended rather early, with Mr. Glosz giving us some anecdotal advice where traveling overseas was concerned. When I had packed up and was about to leave, he called me over yet again. He reiterated the benefits that SAJC band members receive, “$700 subsidy for overseas trips!” “Plenty of funds for masterclasses!” It would so beneficial to my technical ability, he said.

 

Mr. Glosz, if you are reading this now, let me ask you something which I didn’t have the guts to just now.

 

Would you even be talking to me if you had enough JC1 players? What if there wasn’t a 2^nd Trombonist vacancy to fill? Can you truthfully say that you want me in the band solely because of my ‘potential’? If you can affirm that you’d want me to join regardless of the number of current trombonists in SA, let me just say that with all due respect, you should have done so when I appealed during the PAE. I can still remember your first words to me when I stepped into that room for the Philyouth interview.

 

“I’m sorry, we have too many trombonists.”

 

Or perhaps it only occurred to you when I got posted to SAJC that this excess of trombonists was only until the seniors stepped down?

 

I had so much hope when I applied for an appeal. With a prelim L1R5 of 17, I was not about to waltz into SAJC the academic way. As the only trombonist who appealed through band, I thought that I stood a better chance compared to all the clarinets etc. who came in droves. I practiced so hard; so very hard. Although the actual audition left much to be desired, you said I had a good chance. I was so confident of getting in. When I called the office to enquire about my appeal, the impassive voice which informed me of my failure to secure a place in St Andrew’s Junior College totally devastated me. To rub salt into my wounds, my friend who also appealed with an L1R5 of 18 got accepted. Do you have any idea how the implication of that felt? I admit, I’m not the best of trombonists, but I was willing to improve my ability, for the sake of being accepted. After that, my passion for band slowly dwindled. I had no motivation to practice. Perhaps it was the will of God that got me into Philyouth, because I screwed up my audition. Perhaps they were desperate for players, seeing how Philyouth still only has 3 trombonists.

 

It was perhaps only when I got back my O level results and later purchased my trombone did I start to have motivation to practice again. However, since I did not expect to get back into SA nor join band, I thought that Philyouth would be adequate to keep my technical ability in check. By then, I had already made up my mind to join something other than band. It was when I was still in canoeing, that I got approached by Mr. Glosz during Philyouth practice, to persuade me to join the band, when I voiced my concern about not being able to participate in the SYF, apparently he made a provision for me to join the SYF band. As irresponsible as I may seem, I have morals. For one thing, there is no point to join a band halfway just for the SYF, or otherwise. I always remember the words that my conductor in Guangyang, Mr. Wilson Ong, uttered in 2005, before we headed for SCH, ”It’s not the destination that is the most important, but the journey that matters the most.” To join a band, halfway or later than everyone else, just for the sake of participating in SYF to earn the CCA points, is not only very unscrupulous, it does not help you in any way.

 

Well, I think that them kicking me out of canoe (for reasons undisclosed) was a blessing in disguise. I feel so much more at home in the Debate and Oratorical Society; can really click with the people there.

 

Anyway, hope our Good Lord can pull me out of this mess.

 

I’m going to bed, damn tired, still got church tomorrow. By the way, I got voted into the choir’s exco! I’ll probably opt for Head of IT, much less stressful..

Oh well, good night!!

 

-t8dT

Weakling on the way to MANLINESS!!!

Hello everyone, I’m a weakling.
That’s right, I am not physically fit! I can do a grand total of 0 pull-ups! I’m a loser who can’t even support his own body with his arms! And what’s more, I joined canoeing and am going to make a bloody fool of myself! Heck, I’m a slob with a potbelly!

I’m in such a self-deprecating mood now..

Oh well, I’m good at making a fool of myself, cos guess what? I signed up for H3 Maths, geewhiz, I’m one of the 3 Arts people of the 95 who signed up! Not just that, I was arrowed to do a Maths question on the board during tutorial, and I screwed it up and wasted the teacher’s time! Yay!

Anyway, I met Jayne for waffles at Gelare just now. Both of her eyebrows are still exquisite! (inside SR H1 Lit joke) Anyway, we went to the Esplanade library, cos she needed some monologues for her DEP thingy.. She was telling me about her school stuff, and about the guy she has a crush on (oh yes Jayne, absolutely blush-worthy! =P).. Had lots of fun, hope that we all can go out again soon…

Need to do my Econs, sian…..

Cheers
-t8dT

Finally, time to relax…

I finally have time to relax again, after a whole week of Pre U Sem… Finally finished editing the video, I’ll post it on YouTube when I have the mood later.

Anyway, I think I’m slowly to get to know my class better, but still not as close to them yet. Some of them are really nice, but haiya…. I don’t know lah… Still miss my Argo1 and 1A06 peeps from SR… Saw Yoke Ming today at TPY Central. He had the Karrimor armadillo bag, damn cool lah.. Haha… Anyway, I think I struck a bad chord with the girls in my class, after I described my dream wife, during Lit tutorial, as ’submissive’. They obviously got it the wrong way lah.. I mean, which guy doesn’t want his wife to listen to him once in a while? I suppose it was the wrong word, my apologies to those that might have been offended..

We got Noah’s Ark for Philyouth last practice. I’m going to practise the solo section and blow them away man. =D I’m going to set more time aside for music. Maybe i’ll even take up guitar or start piano again. I admit, trombone is not the most entertaining instrument in the world, but i love it. Never mind that it takes several minutes to warm up with scales before beginning to play, unlike guitar or piano where you can just sit down and just start playing like that. Sigh…

Oh well, I better go and sleep.
-t8dT

Dog-tired…

Finally, I have time to sit down and blog! This week was indeed a hectic one; lectures and more lectures; Pre-U Seminar meetings and the like.

I went for the Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra last Saturday. It was the best performance I’d been to for ages! They were clearly very energetic and passionate about their music, and I have got to hand it to the trombonist, who played his bone PERPENDICULAR to the ground! I was amazed he didn’t choke on his own spit, or didn’t miss a single note, for that matter. Overall, an infectiously enthusiastic and entertaining ensemble.

Choir was as usual on Sunday, although they burst into a rendition of Happy Birthday with organ accompaniment, for both Jesslyn and I, who share the same birthday! We went to eat at Long John Silver’s, and the bunch of them tried miserably to surprise me with a cake. Haha.. I saw them coming a mile off lah..

I shall not bore you with the details of the week in school, but an interesting fact is there are 2 Priscillas in my class and another one in KI. Rather popular name, so it seems.

I had my first canoe training today; land training. Joel and I decided to join today. But it was so weird, cos the teacher addressed us together; me first, then him. It sounded like he was calling me only lah. (John, Joel) Anyway, I had fallen so out of shape ( I never really was in shape to begin with, actually =P) that I was lagging behind them when we went out of the run. I still can’t beat my personal best of 1 pull-up (quite expected), but the other stations were quite manageable.

I was too tired that I didn’t go for Amplify today, as originally planned.. =P

Anyway, I’m so sorry that I didn’t write enough to justify a whole week of events, but I’m too tired can?!

Going to get my graphic calculator tomorrow, yay! I’ll try to go for water training tomorrow, if I can wake up on time..

Jubilation!

I got my cards back! I lost my wallet on the bus last Thursday.. I prayed to St. Anthony, hoping that at least my IC was returned and true enough, my cards arrived in the mail. The bugger kept the cash and the wallet itself though.. Please lah, it’s only a $5 Popular wallet. But had about $20 cash, cos just collected weekend allowance from my mum… Sian lah… But at least I dont have to pay $100 to replace my IC! =)