Me as a Spokesman!

Yeah. Refer to Kelvin's blog, where he graciously invited me to be the spokesman for Popster. Here's the refined advertisment.

Lol. Thanks Kelvin!

Anyway, it's good that it's finally raining. During the last weekend, my answer to "What's up" would be "Rain clouds!".

Yesterday I saw Stef Sun's "Wo De Ai (which means My Love) " MTV, and the song was really nice, I think. Too bad I still don't have the money to buy the album.

Heard recently that Stef was a student from SAJC. Haha so that means she heard quite a lot about Christ there lah... Maybe...

OK. Never mind.

Today I was supposed to re-crystallise the crystals I got last Monday (refer to post "My First Yield"), so I did the last few procedures of the last experiment. This time, when I got the crystals on the filter paper, I sandwiched it between 2 pieces of filter paper, and used the test-tube tongs to hold the "sandwich" over the heating pan, "barbequeing" it.

In the end, the srystals came off the filter paper like a shed skin! Cool!

However Ms Fong reminded me that some crystals are unstable to heat, so... I can't do that for all kinds of crystals. Sigh...

Then during break I changed my blog template once again. More features: Now you can listen to radio on my blog! Pretty nice, huh?

And I was late for math lecture because of that :P

OK. Today during Computing we went to Lecture Theater 2 for the Gigahertz Competition (An IT competition organised by NTU) presentation. It was meant for the Year One students, but because they were then at their secondary schools awaiting their results, and because most of the Year Two students were having lessons...

Only 6 of us, the Year Two computing cohort, turned up.

The competition was quite interesting (I took part in it last year), and I was just thinking of leading a Year One group to take part again this year.

During the presentation, however, what really surprised me was that one of the posters they showed in the presentation about the poster design competition was our group's poster.

Which I did using only Microsoft Paint.

After lunch was Physics SPA. Skill C.

The experiment was quite easy, and the equation was easy too. It's just that I forgot the formula for Resistivity. Later I just guessed the formula as :

" Resisitnce = Resistivity x Length x Cross-sectional area "

If I was wrong, tell me. In the tagboard.

Mr Chua gave us the Tikam game program during the 2nd computing period. We gotta add some other features to it.

And we're supposed to do it in my free time. Not lesson time.

And hand in by March 28.

Done for.

Pe lesson. Failed my pull-up and standing broad-jump.

More involvement.

In ITC, and in my church prayer meetings.

Firstly, I got to teach html to the year ones! Woohoo!

Yesterday was my first try, and initially I was a bit slow (until Kuti asked me to accelerate). Basically I was recapping what Joel taught the previous session (as some were absent) before moving on to web site components. Quite a thrilling experience, I should say. Freaked me out.

Thank God I was able to get my stuff across. And there'll be an online tutorials blog up soon.

Today after the CHC prayer meeting, one of our members brought up that it should not be just a weekly event; it should involve most of us caring for and serving each other, so we began allocation of posts. I got in the "Songsheet-Prayer-list-and-Zap" team. I'll Zap for next week.

(Zap means photocopy, in TJC's context)

Also, we are to start paying attention to our weekly study hours, and if we do not fufill the designated hours, there's gonna be a (get this!) "sabo" i/c who will... oh well, I'll definitely mention it here if I get "sabo'ed" in the future.

Sobx.

I did a crossover picture this morning. Pokemon and Star Wars. Battle going on in Cerulean City (as in Pokemon Fire Red).

Battle in Cerulean

Haha... I think Wenrong will understand the picture...

Bye!

Happy Day

Quite a nice day, today was. I have always considered Thursdays timetable as being relatively relaxing(compared with the hectic Monday).Had mass PE this morning and this time, we did circuit training (as in we go one round around the track, stop for some push-ups and whatever, then continue another round...). Me and my classmates crossed this "circuit" and DC Circuits in Physics, and we came up with "Resistance" (the push-up stops) and other stuff.

So we do have an "ohmic" track in TJC.

After that was Chem tutorial. Judgement day for us who are going to recieve our Organic chem test (refer to post "A totally Organic Experience"). Before that, I was supposed to take a shower as usual, but since all the cubicles were full (sobx) I had to just give up waiting.

Worse still, in the days when I had shower, I could actually arrive at the classroom punctually. In contrast, today, without shower, I almost arrived late! What the heck?

Got back my paper. I was prepared when Ms Fong said only 4 in my class passed. After she called the first 4, I heard my name.

10 upon 22. One mark short of the passing mark.

Thank God anyway. I mean it!

I gave my best in studying for the test (rhyme: best and test), unlike the past test which I actually forgot about until the last day (I got famous for that).

I was, of course, very tempted to play the "if-only" game. If only I had written Dichromate as the reagent... If only I had given the full structural formula for the bromine thing (which was pretty complicated)...

But I was contented. I will strive next time. And I will pass.

Today during a free period (Econs test for those who are down with it. I'm not taking Econs haha) I went to the wall behind Auditorium (the "Wall of Presence", as I call it) for quiet time.

For those who were actually concerned about what I posted in the last post, this time I feel much better now about praying, as in I'm no longer feeling in a rut.

I wanna love God more.

Later I'll be teaching during ITC meeting. Teach stuff like inline frames and text areas. Hope I can teach well.

Walk on.

I have decided to post this last week (or was it the week before?). Anyway, this is about my walk with God.

I think in the past (for months, in fact), I could pray and read the Bible and whatever, but I just did not seem to be worshipping a God who loves me unconditionally. I was getting into a routine.
And worst still, I got caught up in a lot of issues ranging from "Should I read Harry Potter Book 5?" to "Should I use this image for my blog's skin?" I'm serious!

"And what are you doing to bring your friends to Christ huh, Weiquan?"

And I couldn't get out of infatuation. At that time. Pretty silly, that was.

OK.

So there I was, eating out with my Mom, feeling very depressed (like a few other days. Worse, in fact), pondering whether I was truly saved. Talk about being saved because of faith. Why do we all doubt huh?

Anyway, at one point when I couldn't take it any more, I just told God that I needed his presence, or I wanted his presence in my life, which was becoming far too dry (spiritually) for the taking.

Get this... I felt much better. It felt... almost like heaven.

I know there're loads of stuff in my life that are not the way they should be... like the fact that I still haven't told my Dad I'm a Christian. BUt then if I told my Dad I'm a Christian my Mom would be persecuted too, and... ... OK. Call that an excuse if you want. I don't really know. Sometimes there's a voice in me equating an unpersecuted Christian to scum.

And the fact that I can't go Church weekly. Quarrelled with Mom over that last evening again.

"Put your study first huh? Other things can be put aside!"

Crap! Load of crap!

But on further thinking, it's not that I get to go church if I tell my Dad anyway. I've always been the "cannot-anyhow-go-out" guy. Will it change if I tell Dad I'm now a member of the group of people he hates the most?

So, in the end I'm just a coward.

*Turns around*

Where's all of God's invitation of friendship which I was drawn to when I made the decision on Easter 2004?

I really need the confirmation of God's love in my life.

Read this article just now on Harvest Times online (it's in my links list) about God's love having the power to change us.

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John (one of Jesus's closest disciples) saw himself as a person whom God loved deeply. He saw this even in his immaturity, and as a result, he was radically changed....

The secret John discovered is the truth of God’s delight for His people. This is the secret the Holy Spirit desires us all to share. John was filled with human weakness but became fearless in love.

...

Deep within our hearts, we long to be lovers of God. But discouragement wars against us when we look at our cold, passionless hearts and question if it is possible for them to be set on fire. As weak human beings, we often see ourselves only as failures. But Jesus does not define us by our “immaturity.”

God has purposed from the time of our new birth that we identify ourselves according to the way He feels about us and by what He declares over our lives regarding the righteousness of Christ.

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Can I see myself the way God sees me from now on? I want to.

Bad Math day

This morning, during double GP tutorial, we discussed some of the changes in the 20th Century. We talked about stuff like reality TV (For your information, I hate reality shows). My tutor stated this point which I quite agree -- that shows like Extreme Gourmet are actually quite rude, as in it mocks at the ethnic cuisine of other races.

We also talked about the changing attitudes of the young towards the elderly. My tutor recounted an interesting (or should I say, horrifying) incident. An elderly woman went on a bus and saw a schoolgirl sitting there, and she boxed (WTH?!) the schoolgirl for not giving up the seat for her. The schoolgirl kicked her back.

*shivers*

Well, I myself would not have retaliated in such a way, but I would be very angry with the elderly lady... I mean, we have the right to ask for favour but we have no right to demand for favour, some more in an aggressive way.

Anyway, later I was doing my maths tutorial and I was very upset because I couldn't do the last few questions. I almost lost all my mood for the day and even wanted to skip my Chem lecture. Later Poh Woon wanted to crash the lecture, so I followed him.

In the end, we ended up at the front row of the Lecture hall.

Today I got back my Math open-book test and I got even more upset. I failed again. I was thinking, today my blog entry's title shall be "I suck".

Later, when I went to the toilet to pray, though, I decided not to wallow in self pity and rely on God for my future. I want to live with an attitude of praise towards God, because He is still holy and righteous even though we may face upsetting circumstances.

My first yield.

In my Organic Chem practical today, I finally had my first yield of crystals. I still wasn't very fast, but... well, I think my yield was almost as much as the average amount. Phew.

Ms Fong said I improved in my chem, but... she also seemed to be hinting that I didn't manage to pass the previous test (the one that got me so freaked out just for studying it). Sigh.

Just came back from Physics SPA (School-based Practical Assessment). It was about using a thermistor (a super non-linear one). The graph part was easy, but then I could only come up with 2 sources of error in the procedures. I think I'm gonna screw it up again.

At the end of the experimant, my Physics tutor told me that I shouldn't have immersed the thermistor in the boiling water for too long... b'coz the wire would bend. I thought it doesn't matter that the wire bent... I mean, it's a wire after all! Argh... dunno what's going on.

Haha... quite a happy day. Dunno what awaits later for PE. Better be games.

Reformatted my PC.

Yes. I decided to reformat my PC because I believed that it was a virus which caused my internet (and the whole computer, in fact), to be so slow.

So I asked Joel (Lee) how to reformat, and he taught me the first few steps.

This afternoon, I did it at home, and it was quite successful. I was praying that the internet could be all right after reformatting.

I installed the Mysingtel dialler and connected, waiting for the homepage to load. It loaded.

Then I typed out my blog's url and waited.

It loaded as quicky as it does in my college computer.

Woohoo!!!

Thank God, my house internet is back to its usual self again!

Mosquitoes.

Recently, sleeping is like sowing seeds.

When I wake up, I'll reap a harvest of mosquito bites on my thighs!

Haha... this morning (I forgot to mention this in my previous post), when I was doing my quiet time, I had no choice but to leave as the "foggers" were approaching the TRC (Temasek Research Center) area where I was.

Thank God I didn't get fogged.

They Will Run and Not Be Weary -- Episode 2: TJC Annual Road Run!

Today was the Road Run, when all the stuff I've acquired from all my recent jogging trainings will be put to the test.

The girls were suppposed to run first, followed by the teachers and then the guys. So basically we had lots of time for preparation. I went with Joel to the Dance Studio and did some stretching, and during the forward body bend, I kept shouting "Lower!" to mimic one of our PE teachers... well if you don't get it, never mind.

Anyway, when the girls were starting to come back (with the usual ones i the first few places), I saw Joel Long waving the Beta House flag at the front of th Beta crowd, so I went to talk with him. Later I actually got to wave the flag, and it was quite fun!

Soon after that, was the boys' turn to run. Our route was about 5km (Our PE teacher actually said "It's 5km only"), which as longer than our usual 3.6km. I was determined to run a constant pace instead of doing the sprint-walk-sprint-walk cycle.

However, in the begining when I saw everyone (it was a really huge crowd, I tell you what) running quickly, I was presurrised and began running faster than usual. And felt the pain in my lungs again.

Sigh... ego took over me again, that's why my body failed me. Later, however, as I ran at a slower pace, I felt much better.

>> Fast Forward the slow pace part >>

Near the end of the route, when reached the main gate, I began sprinting like there's no tomorrow.So after the run, I was so tired that I actually forgot to look at my timing (there was a large clock beside the track). I reckon I completed the race in 26 minutes plus, because when I looked at the clock later, it showed 27 minutes.

After that was the cheering competition which I didn't really pay attention to. During the prize presentation ceremony, I was just talking to the 2 "Joels" about IT Club stuff.

And Joel Lee, if you're reading this, I wanna join web design division!!!

OK. After everything, I went for quiet time, then as I was about to leave college, I saw the SV crowd discussing about the cming evangelistic party we're gonna have in March, and there I learned the "mass dance" steps of the song "King Of Majesty". Very funny, the chorus part was.

A totally organic experience

It was the talk of the week.

It was a much anticipated event, from the point of view of both the students and teachers.

And it was not organized by the student council.

It is... the Organic Chemistry Lecture test! (*Orchestral music blares in the background* )

-___-

OK. Well, the scope of this test consists of 6 chapters in Organic Chemistry. The possibility of quiestions are many, as these 6 chapters already cover quite a lot of aspects of chemistry, like Reaction Mechanism, Test and Identification, etc.

In other words, lots of things to study.

More about the test in a while.

Firstly, during the Maths lecture (which was right before the Chem test), the lecturer noticed that a lot of the students actually skipped the Math lecture (Not difficult to tell, judging from the sheer number of empty seats in the Lecture Theater). Probably out there studying for Chem. So the lecturer actually asked the Class Reps to take attendance (unlike any other day). Sigh... what fate awaits those who... forget it. That's history.

After that was the test! I was actually not very confident, but I prayed about it (of course), so at least I didn't worry too much. Ha. Heard that 10 marks out of 22 will be on deductive questions, and I actually was relieved to hear that!

However, during the test, I was actually "OK" for the Mechanism question (which was on nucleophilic addition). Then, for Test and Identification, I got this pair of aldehydes (C=O group with at least one hydrogen atom bonded to the C atom) which looked pretty similar. Later I realised that the first one had the C=O group directly bonded to the benzene ring while the second one has its C=O group bonded to an alkyl group. Saved the day.

But the deductive question wasn't so nice. I only deduced the identity of 2 out of 5 compounds. Never mind. Thank God that I could at least pass.

Vector test next week. Better watch out.

IT Club 1st official meeting!

Yes. I'm blogging in the middle of the meeting!

This afternoon, near 3pm, I went to buy the CD-RW prizes for the IT Club year one members (those who won in the Members' Orientation). Only to realize that they're sold out! So I made a wasted trip!

I'm with the forums group right now, inducting 3 new moderators. And more to come.

Haha... Wacky sent a Private Message to Kuti in the middle of the briefing... so the whole message was projected on the screen... anyway it just read, "Where are you all?", so nothing much. Haha.

Just now before the meeting I unraveled this hidden "treasure" -- Joel's video for the Exco hustings (because he wasn't in Singapore at that time)... and we all had a good laugh! Dunno why, the video just looked funny...

Haha... the new generation of mods will have much more secrets of the forums in store for them... LoL ...

P.S. The forums ranking (according to number of posts) now uses titles that are very military...

For example, a "New Member" is now called "Private", and the "Platinum Member" now has the title of "General"!

Haha.. I sense Kelvin eyeing for the "General" post!

*Yawn*

Because I was basically sleeping during the first 2 lectures of today.

Hmm.

OK I'll talk about yesterday first. I went for Electone (Electronic Organ) lesson, and while I knew that I seriously lacked practice during the CNY season, I didn't expect to be so off-form when I was playing my Winter Sonata song! Sigh... but I like that song and I know I can master that song in no time.

*Murmurs can be heard in the distance...*

OK lah... need to take some time lah!

I was fasting yesterday, but when my Electone teacher offered me some pineapple tarts, I couldn't refuse! Not because I was hungry, but because I couldn't really reject that offer. So... the rest was history. God forgive me.

Back to today's adventures!

This morning the AV club played Taufik's "I Dream". When they started to play the song, Kelvin, NCC and I were at the parade square, so I went to sit with Kelvin to listen to this song (Haha... I think this song is one of our shared memories, you see...)

>> Fast forward >>

After that sleepy lecture I mentioned previously, it was break, during which I discovered that photobucket will be a bit slower than usual because of some technical issues. Also, during the same fateful break, I realized that some of my classmates have completed up to 9 questions for their maths tutorial.

As for me? Not bad lah, 5 questions!

During maths tutorial, I saw this question that I did not complete. Question 4 of Differential Equations. I realised, after further thinking, that I gave up too soon when I was only one step away from the answer! LoL... better have more perserverence in the future.

After the usual lessons and worship gathering, here I am, freezing to death in the computer lab!
Bhrrrrrr... ...

And thank God photobucket is back to its usual self again!

Later I'll be doing my jogging again (after the CNY season break). Gonna keep up the momentum huh?

And I'll be doing my Math tutorials. At least 5 questions.

And start studying for my Chemistry test (especially after my previous humiliating defeat)...

Ganbatte!

Lost and found... again.

This time, it my pencil case and my homework file.

Yesterday, after Physics practical, I left it in the lab, and didn't realize it until the time I needed my pencil case during Bible Study. Which was about 5pm, when all the labs were closed. I had to wait until this morning when I could get my stuff back.

So, yesterday evening I could only do my Chemistry tutorial.

Back to today (after getting my stuff back in the morning), I think my Gp essay is gonna screw up again. Among other questions, I chose ...

"Disease results from the greed of man. How far do you agree?"

Sigh... even though I knew at least what to write for this, my writing still sux. Last year I could write some substantial essays waht... why can't I do so this year?

We have reached the topic of Amines in our Chemistry syllabus. It's Ms Fong's turn to give lecture again. When I reached the lecture theater, I told a friend from another class that the first word you will hear from Ms Fong is "People... ".

However, just after I finished my statement, Ms Fong started to say something like "OK, settle down... ". Wah kau, why was there an exception this time? Just when I was pondering about this, she suddenly shouted -

"Stop talking! "

Whoa! I was freaked out! Didn't hear her shout like this before! But then, this is a lecture, so she had to deal with a whole lot of students, not just one class...

And you know what? I slept during the lecture! Oops! I just became drowsy for some reason...

Today my class (10/04) and Kelvin's class (23/04) had "open book" Maths test (separately, of course).

And I forgot to bring my notes, so I had to use this "Topic summary" I made myself... quite a trusty sidekick it was, but it was lack of quick thinking on my part which cost me my marks for the Partial Fractions question. 3 marks only, though. Thank God I managed to complete the Summation question in the last moment and save the day!

Later there will be a meeting of the Chosen Ones (the IT Club exco lah!) in which we discuss the fate of the year ones. Muahaha...

Breakthru'

After all the feasting during CNY (you know... the bah kua and pineapple tarts and the high-in-cholestrol prawns...), I was afraid that my running for PE today will be off-form big time.

However, today I actually improved in my timing for 3.6 km! My average timing was 20 minutes, but today I finished in 17 minutes 35 seconds! Woohoo!

Just to share my joy here.

A toast to friendship.

Well, today is Valentine's day! Or Friendship day for some people.

Like me.

So, last Friday, Mrs Lim (our principal) told us that we can wear home clothes to school for today, so I naturally chose home clothes (unlike some un-enthu bunch who wanna come in uniform...). I decided to wear this blue polo tee and a cool pair of berms I bought for CNY.

Yeah. Cool.

This morning, however, when I put on my blue polo tee, I was suddenly a bit worried that I might look a bit... "girly" in it because... oh well, it looks something like this...



I know I could have taken a snapshot of myself instead of using this pathetic drawing but... oh what's MS paint for, besides this?

OK. The colour scheme sort of reminds me of Cedar Girls... lol. However I still went to college in this shirt and my cool berms anyway, but eventually it turned out quite fine. Phew.

In the morning(the pre-flag-raising time), I was in the canteen (as usual) and the usual guys were there. Near the assembly time, me and NCC stayed and waited for Kelvin but... sigh, Kelvin, why are you late again?

Then I went for Chem practical. Today's reagents were, according to Ms Fong, "expensive", so we're supposed to do group work in groups of 6 and 7 (very "friendship-day" indeed!) so as to minimise the use of the "expensive" methyl benzoate. Lol.

Halfway through the practical, the Guitar club group came into the lab and sang "Ning Xia" for us.

*Ning~ jing~ de xia tian*
*Tian kong zhong fan xing dian dian*

Eh? Sounds like my blog background right? Aww, whatever...

In the end? My group couldn't even produce the solid benzoic acid. Arrgh! And we still must hand in the report by tomorrow. But what to write? Zero yield? Hmph!

OK. Then it was math lecture. Mr Low actually dismissed us early after he finished like, 3 examples. So I had time for a chocolate-milk break. Then, a few usual lessons followed.

I'm getting into Object-Oriented programming in my computing curriculum. We'll be programming DOS games soon! ... ...Text-based ones lah, what are you thinking?

Speaking of friendship, yesterday during my quiet time with God I came across this Bible verse...

My heart has heard you(God) say, "Come and talk with me." And my heart responds, "Lord, I'm coming." -- Psalm 27:8

Many people think that God wants us to become some sort of highly-religious dudes, but actually God just wants us to invite him into our lives as a friend. Many are thinking, "What does God want us to do?". In response to this question, Jesus simply said,

"This is what God wants you to do: Believe in the One he has sent." -- John 6:29

Chinese New Year!

(Damn it! Internet was down so my previous attempt to post this entry failed... now I have to retype everything all over!)

FOOD

This year, I ate less bah kua (jerky) than the previous years... not solely because of my self-control (which was pretty weak in terms of food), but because most of the homes I've been to didn't prepare it.
I had steamboat dinner for all 3 days (Eve, Day 1, Day 2), and steamboat means... lots of abalone!

THOTS

I think that the movies channel 8 prepared for CNY day 1 are quite nice and meaningful. So much so that I was glued on the TV set and did not talk much with my relatives... oops!

On day 2, I met Kaiyuan, who's doing Primary 6 now (he's the son of my dad's friend). he brought Pokemon Ruby, so I gave it a try. Basically the graphics are nice and realistic, and a few cities like the Fortree City (with lots of treetop houses) were pretty impressive! However, I still didn't have much desire to buy Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire. Just as well.

Lavaridge City-- Notice the hot spring at the top left of the picture. You can actually go in for a dip!



Fortree City


During the festive season I met some of my cousins who, by now, have families and children on their own. While I still remember them as they were at my current age, I can already see in them the weariness caused by stress from working and parenting. Sigh...

I haven't counted my red packet money yet. Too lazy lah...

One thing I don't like about CNY is the superstition involved. Some may say those things are traditions to be observed, but I don't really think all of the so-called "traditional" practices are correct or even sensible.

IMHO.

AHS still rawks. Big time.

I originally wanted to post about this after chinese new year, but I realised I couldn't wait!

Anyway, today we TJCians were supposed to report to school for "Civics" period (just to make it official when it's not). In the end all the girls in my class pon'ed and our class turnout was only 6 guys! Can you believe it?

Haha. Remember my post yesterday about my thumbdrive? Well I got it back! So I actually left it in the lab after computing lesson, and one of my juniors kept it for me. Thank God for answering my prayers!

And when he passed the thumbdrive to me, I almost asked him, "Do you know what it feels like to be an answer to someone's prayer?" LoL.

Then I went back to AHS with Kelvin, Benson and the CG 04/04 people. When we reached there, the new year performance was still on, and Mrs Goh actually offered some seats at the back! Kelvin sent message to Wenrong and so Wenrong was aware of our arrival. (Wenrong, my junior.)

While watching the remainder of the performance (which I wasn't really paying attention to), I pondered about some possible things I could do there, like... seeing my juniors?

After the performance, I saw Wenjun and Jiemin. Wenrong couldn't find us and we couldn't find him. By the time Kelvin called him, he had already left school. The 04/04 people were out of sight. Our purpose of visit became... undefined. We almost went home at the moment.

Then we decided to go see the teachers, so we went to the staff room. It so happened that most of the alumni (Wow, "promoted" already!) were there, so we just mingled in the crowd. It was later, when we met Fatima and Wenzi that we decided to see our dear wwX. Fatima showed me her book and I was like... "Okay...".

So in we went (again) to look for her. Beside her table was Miss Li Liqun (also a HO alumni in its golden days!... That was like... which year?) who told us that wwX had already left. So she suggested that we leave a note and 2 oranges for her. Which we did reluctantly. Ha... Ms Li actually reminded me to pay attention to the format (remember "Functional writing"?) but I was like... Aww, who cares?

Then, Kelvin and I went back to the concourse where some of the Ex-AHS TJCian Year Ones were doing mass dance... "Heartsdale"! I was too shy to join in at first, but then later Walter joined them with so much enthusiasm, so I joined in too. Kelvin was pestering me to just lead the TJ cheer, but... you know, I didn't know some of te Year Ones very well, so I was a bit shy.

Then, VJ people came and what I would call the "Clash of the Titans" came to pass. We all were doing our respective mass dances and cheers. And I finally joined in the cheerleading. Frankly speaking, I like VJC's cheers a lot. But then, their mass dance can never beat ours!

And TJC has another winning factor against VJC -- our online forums!

*Cheers!!!*

OK... in conclusion, AHS rawks.

What a day!

I actually thought I'll have nothing to blog about today. I was right. Until 3pm.

That was when I realised I'd lost my thumbdrive! I was preparing for the computing lesson, and naturally I just put my hand into my bag's compartment, expecting to feel my thumbdrive, but it wasn't there! What the heck?

I went on to look for it, and looked through the places I've been to, like the back of auditorium(my prayer place), and the Physics lab. Though I did not find my thumbdrive, I actually found Yong Chuan's ruler which he left there after the practical. LoL.

To no avail.

Sigh... can only hand this problem into God's hands and pray hard that I can find it. And if I do find it in the future, you'll surely see the news here :)

Anyway, today I was off-form in my running. For whatever reason, my right lung was suddenly in pain when I reached the "Lucky Valley" area. So my timing for today was... understood.

Oops. The comp lab is closing... bye!

Isaiah's "A Series of Exciting Events" Episode 4-- Flag Day!

Heh. The flag day I posted about in... ... I forgot which post already. Heh.

Anyway, today we started at about 8 a.m. , and I followed Maoxin, Joel and Yong Chuan. Originally Maoxin suggested that we go to the Bedok Library area, but then later, when we crossed the road and arrived at the market area opposite TJC, the guys decided that we might as well station ourselves here for the time being.

And thus began the wonderful flag-selling time!

I was, like, pretty nervous at first (as was I during the Sec 4 flag day) butthen I got used to it some time later. Recently I think I've got some minor problems with my lower spine, so I got quite uncomfortable from standing for so long.

And bored.

In the end the guys dropped the plan of moving place and decided to station ourselves here until the end!
Maoxin was particularly efficient, and finished selling 3 sheets of flags (about 150 of them) by 11 a.m.

Even until almost 12 p.m. (our time to report back), I was still left with 21 (es I counted them) flags. Sigh...

After that, I went opposite to have lunch with Maoxin and Felicia. After ordering my food, I saw Maoxin playing the "Rain of Shit" game on his handphone. Felicia was quite disturbed at the mention of "shit".

(And sorry if you've just had your meal.)

Seeing Fel's reaction to that word, Maoxin began attempting to talk about some gross scenes he watched on CSI, but Fel was not so "disturbed" this time. Mission failure. Well, maybe I should have taken out my oil absorbing film, wiped my face with it, and then wave it around like a banner. It worked on my Mom.

Ugh!

Isaiah's "A series of Exciting Events" Episode 3-- CNY Carnival!

Haha yesterday was the CNY carnival, which started at 4 p.m.

I heard that the M.A.G.I.C. club booth has Time Crisis 3... but then when everything was finally set up, it was discovered that the gun controller couldn't work. So they had to use the normal controller. Sigh. Nevertheless, the game still looked enjoyable... but more of it in a while.

First, I went to the Popster stall (the E-club group with Kelvin, and NCC in it). Their drinks are... sort of like cocktail, with 7-Up added. And it was actually quite nice.
Then I went to Kelvin's class' (23/04) stall, which sells barbecued stuff. Also not bad.
Then Kee Meng asked me to go his class' stall (31/04) so I went to buy a pizza and drink. Their "pizza" was actually normal white bread topped with pineapples and sausages, then baked.

I actually wanted to go support 35/04 (NCC's class. And Waysi also kept pestering me to go that stall...), but their stall is like you go and catch some small fish then you get to bring home whatever you caught. I thot it was very troublesome as I'm not a person suitable of rearing fish, so in the end I didn't go.

Then the M.A.G.I.C. people played HALO 2, so Junqun, Chronorec and I went somewhere else to play Time Crisis 3. Damn fun lor, I tell you what.

Then went to IT Club room and slacked until 7 p.m. After that, it's when my eating frenzy started.

In the evening, most of the stalls were desperate to sell off their stuff already. 23/04's barbecued sticks were now priced at $1 for 2 sticks (originally it was $1.50 per stick!), so I bought some for my Mom also.

Then I saw Jeremy they all coming with the LEO Club marshmallows, so I bought a stick too. It was so delicious, my view of marshmallows changed from then on! (Initially I didn't like marshmallows you see...)

Then I went to 18/04's stall to buy their ice-cream scoops. Or did I buy the ice-cream before the marshmallows? Aww whatever...

Near the end of the carnival, I saw Nadia (one of my CG mates in first 3 months. She left for New-Zealand in February last year) along with some 15/04 people.

When my mom came and we're about to set off for dinner, some VJC students did one of their VJ cheers before they left. And got boo-ed. LOL. At that time I almost had the urge to lead a TJ cheer, but what if nobody responded? So I kept quiet.

Wow. I was away from the action during most of the carnival, but I already had quite a lot to say. Wierd, is it not?

Isaiah's "A Series of Exciting Events" Episode 2 -- City Harvest Church prayer meeting.

Unexpected. Today I was passing by the Audi block (actually on my way to do my Quiet Time), then I heard guitar music and reckon that it's the CHC people.

I was right.

Then I joined them for praise and worship lor... since I was planning to pray anyway...

Recently during worship gatherings I always had difficulty focusing on God, maybe b'cos I worry too much about stuff like how I stand, where I put my hands and whatever. But all these don't really matter; it's the heart that counts.

So... yar lah! Then the second song had this verse:

My dreams and my desires
I lay them at your feet

I really felt the Lord's presence when I decided to lay my worries and other thots at his feet. Haha... CHC is really an anointed church (as I always believed!).

Then we split into smaller groups (I was with Hubert) and we prayed for each other. At that time I felt the Lord's anointing even more!

Thank God I was there.

Isaiah's "A Series of Exciting Events" Episode 1-- IT Club Orientation!

After many weeks of waiting, the IT Club Orientation finally came to pass.

Lots of planning had been done. Plan for the games, I mean. First we decided to do human-treasure hunt. Station masters will hide themselves and the groups will be given oddly-angled photos of the station master they're supposed to find to proceed in the game.

Haha... Junqun's close-up profile photo is so... ka~wa~ii~ desu~ !!!! Like what Ming hwee has said, I really have the urge to pinch the cheeks! Sorry Junqun, I know you would tag in protest, but... too bad!

Then, they decided to drop the treasure hunt plan, 'cos Junqun (yea, the same guy) said it would take too much time. Ankur suggested a "Guide the blindfolded" game. Sounded interesting. A leader guides other blindfolded group members to a designated point.

On the actual day itself, we discussed possible changes to the plan. Kuti wanted to play that treasure hunt game, and since Junqun was to leave early anyway, he didn't object this time. (But it's still a pity he couldn't be station master... his photo's so kawaii!)

In the end, when the Year Ones finally came, we started with "Whacko 3-- Reign of Chaos".

No it's not Warcraft.

It's actually Whacko with three (yes, THREE!) whackers in the center of the circle. Had lotsa fun. Fatima kept saying "Joel Lee" b'coz last time in AHS she had a senior of the same name, so easier to remember. (by the way the senior Joel was also in TJC IT Club!) Then once when my name was called, I was looking at Ji Zhong but I wanted to call Ji Gang, so I ended up shouting "Ji Gong" !

ROFLMAO.

Then we played treasure hunt. Junqun and Wuliang were not here, so we only had 5 station masters. But it was enough already. Haha, Yong Tze was the hiding master-- he went to hide on the staircase leading to the back door of LT1! A lot of groups were having much trouble finding him.

In the end, Joel's group won the hunt. And we dismissed.

P.S.
Sorry Ankur, we couldn't play "blindfold" b'cos they didn't bring blindfold and we didn't have much time anyway.

Cool Origami Pics!

Ha! Today I went on the web and found a site for Origami stuff.

There're actually ppl who can do Star Wars stuff with Origami.

Origami AT-ST



Origami AT-AT



Origami X-Wing



Origami TIE interceptor



Cool, huh?

Physics test, bendable fingers, and changes to my layout

This morning took my physics lecture test. You must be saying "dun tell me you forgot the test again!"

Yes. I didn't forget about it.

But still, I started revising only THIS morning. Lotsa tutorials to complete and... OK I slacked again. Oops! But thank God I did summary of my physics last year, so what I had to know was all condensed into the few sheets of paper which could be easily studied.

The physics test had a Qn (I couldn't even identify its topic!) about Tarzan swinging on a vine to save Jane, in which we calculate his speed when he almost reached Jane. LoL.
I was thinking, why not use Spiderman's web swing for Circular Motion question?

During the break I went StarWars .com again and found rather cool pictures!

First is the "Predecessor" of the Imperial AT-ST scout walker.


Then it's the Separatist Walker-Tank hybrid.


Cool!

During Physics tutorial, Mr Desai was going thru' Qns from Electromagnetism. Most of you all will know about this "Left Hand Rule" for determining the directions of... current, magnetic field, etc.

Then Maoxin (the Time Crisis pro I told you about yesterday) happened to have very flexible fingers. He was like... doing the "left hand rule", and then (don't try this at home!) folding his middle finger to the other side of the hand (perpendicular to the back of his hand) to imitate the "right hand rule"!

So, he could actually do both of the "rules" using one single hand! Scary sia!

After that got Civics, where we discussed future career options. I wanna be a teacher!
Then I went for worship meeting. Then I'm here blogging!

Oh before that I changed my layout. The text color became something like... golden-yellow? Oh well, I just wanna make my text look more like the "Star Wars" roll-back synopsis. And check out my new "Credits" section!

Later I'll be jogging again, then going to buy the prizes for tomorrow's IT Club orientation.
Seeya!

Lessons for the day.

Today during Chem lesson (1st period), Ms Fong told us there will be another session of CIP this Saturday. We'll be doing flag day. A lot of my class ppl are like, "hUh?!"

Well Maoxin was sitting beside me, so i told him why not we go arcade (OK I know it's not allowed, we're just crapping) and play Time Crisis, than tell those who wanna watch us play to pay $1 for watching. Like we're some pro like that. Haha maybe he is, but I'm not. Yet.

Anyway, later i was thinking to myself, why not I take the can into the arcade and say,"Insert Coin" ?

*cold...*

Later during GP my class did comprehensionon the topic of philosophy. The first passage was written by an author who was like... disillusioned with the current world mindset and the emphasis on scientific discoveries. The author lamented that scientific discoveries do not show us the origin of life, the significance of the individual, the existence of a loving Being who created everything etc.

Actually I disagree with the author a bit. I mean, a lot of ppl actually think that science and faith don't go together. My opinion is that science actually points us to God as a creator. How?
Well, does the huge variety of species on this earth not suggest that we have a creative God? Does the physical world, with all the physical laws, not suggest that we have a Creator who loves order?

Later was math tutorial. Got back my maths test. Failed.I spent too much time figuring out the Functions Qn and didn't have time to complete the next 2 Qns on Induction and Permutation/Combination.In the end I got careless mistake in the function Qn which took away 3 marks.

Tml still got physics test. And must update math tutorials. Sigh...