this is pretty damn true.
Heres a little ‘sonnet’ I thought of in the shower:
Walking home, sunshine all around
cease to please me, I look down
Never been this busy yet so bored
With all this time to afford
My mind is happy while my heart is sad
Wishing I was not born this mad
If I could change anything for this day
What else my friend, could I say
I would exchange all my sunny afternoons
For a night with the stars and the moon
Beyond where dreams are not afar
Joining the ranks with the stars
As they shine brightly, lighting the way
For people stuck in Sunny days.
So there you have it; now that it is written, I would most likely not do any of them. I’m a sucker for planning. As for the last point, I doubt that would ever be fulfilled considering the fact that many people think this blog is dead. Anywhos, I got to go.
See you on the click side.
So true.
Greetings my unfaithful readers, looks like the ‘O’ Levels are finished (almost)! This trial by fire (pardon the cliche) revealed a lot about myself and other things that enlightened me about how the world works:
-Coffee is good in moderation.
-Don’t drink coffee excessively.
-Doing the same thing twice does not give different results.
-Coffee is good in moderation.
But more importantly, I finally managed to unlock that inner “pro-active” nerd in me and went all out; clawing for library seats and sighing loudly to display irritancy to the guy/girl next to me who is sighing loudly.
Talking about academics, I need to raise the issue on intelligence, cleverness and discipline. Just because someone knows how to memorize equations and formulate formulas faster and better does not necessarily make them intelligent; just disciplined. I’m sick of people who assume that books smarts is purely intelligence; it isn’t. Intelligent people are those who think in a more advanced degree, but not always about academics. An artist can be pretty damn intelligent for example. But in this double-standard nation, everything is arguably one sided. This trend is already spreading, but what to do other than make a noise?
Talking about relatives (see how I switched topics?) my brother came and left during the ‘O’ level period. It was perfect timing and I’m not being sarcastic. By this period, I should already be prepared about what I needed to learn; which is why I was rather intrigued with people who were still mugging. I mean, I was at Macs after 1am and there were this couple studying. But hey, whatever floats your boat.
Anyway, I still have a paper tomorrow and I’m feeling lazy right now. So this is just to let anyone out there that this kid is still alive.
See you on the click side.
ps, I think I should compile a to-do list tomorrow.
The “Historian” by the way is George Pendle, who isn’t a historian at all but an author with a great taste for humor. Currently reading his book : “Death: a life”
Oh yea, I also updated the other side. So yea, this is pretty unpresidented. Fancy that.
Is pretty a horrible timing especially when you managed a 9.40+/- for 2.4km in secondary 1. Well, there’s always a retest. But I doubt I would take it. Anyway, I don’t feel so tired nowadays and I’m almost done with my syllabus. I’m also trying advance study so that I can start my bloody revisions earlier. My March holidays was also burnt; with me going to school everyday only to return at 6 plus to retire with no motivation to work. At least it paid off on Sunday when my school got overall champions in the National Youth Business Challenge. Pity though, since I am not that fond of business.Wow, this is awfully boring.
See you on the click side.
Okay, It’s midnight now and it’s E-Learning Day, that means, no school right? Wrong. I still have to go to school later to complete some project. I just realized E-learning stood for Emergency Learning. I always thought the ‘E’ was there just to make it sound ‘hip and modern’; like how every damn product out that is technologically advanced must have ‘i’in front or some redundant alphabet/number.
Me being the smart-ass thought that I could do all my E-Learning homework just now since its past 12am. There was 2 problems with that:1. I’m using wireless and the bloody site is laggy-ish. 2. Firfox does not support the platform. So I guess I have to do it later in school then.
Also, I just finished planning 1/10th of my “Study/Revision” Plan for the Os. In other words, I began the slow Singaporean suicide. But it does give me a sense of security that I’m not wasting my time. However, that only applies if I followed the plan in the first place.
Oh yea, I was studying at Macdonalds when there was a sign that said “Studying are not allowed here.” Yea, that’s what happens when you don’t.
I don’t what else to talk about now. Except that I’ll be playing for Easter party and that Incubus is pretty decent and Wolfmother kicks ass. Yea, this post is for the sake of updating.
See you on the click side.
Okay, I’m updating again. It turns out my Dad reads this. Hi Pa.
Anyway, I forgot what I wanted to post again. It keeps on happening. If I just squeeze the contents of the day into this little post, then this would just be any other normal blog that no one really reads unless he/she has a lot of friends: something that I feel that I lack, or rather in denial with regards to it. But what’s wrong with mediocrity? Ha, that question should be posted to this Singaporean society. Oh yea, I’m now unofficially a Singaporean. I need to swear in on April. Also, I set up my facebook account once again. I won’t bother adding anyone though. I’ve been recently warming up to my studies.
Oh, and tomorrow, my class will be visiting Ju Eng Home: some old folk’s home. AND, I was assigned to play some songs to them because no one wants too. Pity. Anyway, I’m getting out of my pessimistic spell, so you won’t see pissed of posts like this anymore, not that I am angry now. But don’t expect me to talk more; screw that, it’s me talking too much that got me in this crap anyway. Not that I’m in any trouble with anyone.
See you on the click side, my imaginary readers, and Pa.
Wow, it looks like I’m posting again. Well, school was as usual today. I got a lot of Potassium Iodide on my hand and it got yellow-ish for a really long time, despite constant scrubbing. Lets go back to the old format shall we?
14th February ” Valentine’s Day “:
What better date to chose for a birthday party than on this special day in question? A friend of mine made that choice. It was pretty fun. With love in the air and couples publicly showing their affection, what better to do than spend time with good old friends; away from watching potential divorcees making out.
15th February:
It was on this day that I finished reading “The Kite Runner”. It is one of the best books I have read in a very long time. It blends racism, guilt, politics, friendship and evil into a perfectly woven work of art that dances into hearts and minds of readers. Khaled Hosseini has gotten my respects and is now on my list. Go look up the book on the net or borrow it from a local library; I did, and will never regret it. It took me about 4 days to finish this book. I also realised that I have been reading prolifically. From January till now, I have read “The Kite Runner-Khaled Hosseini”, “The Graveyard Book-Neil Gaiman(woot!)”, “The Picture of Dorian Gray-Oscar Wilde”, “A Fishing Rod for My Grandpa-Gao Xingjian” and “Pictures of Hollis Woods-Patricia Reilly Griff”. I still have yet to finish 2 more books.
NOW:
I sometimes wish I was an insomniac, that way, my days feel longer and there is more ‘life’ to live. Plus, I can do crap-loaads of revising on those long nights that seem to have frozen in time. But cold is the last thing I feel now. For some reason, wind has stopped blowing into my room. Also, I was pretty damn happy/lucky to experience the moon coming closest to Earth. I love the moon. Oh yea, I’m pretty hyped about finishing Secondary school. I can’t wait to get a damn degree. Theres the possibilty that I might be studying overseas after my ‘O’s. I’m really praying that it would happen. That way, I can get my degree faster. Only problem is, if the course is beyond 3 years or so, I need to come back for NS, spend 2 years here and then return to finish my degree. If only I could finish my degree first. Oh well. I just want to get on with life.
I have recently sought comfort within myself by forfeiting as much external disturbances as I can. In other words, away from others. I am okay now that many read this but there is always the risk. For the curious, I am not depressed or anything; I would just get those emotions to bugger off. But I am tired of altercations within myself. In other words, I am tired of who to please and always trying damn hard. I remembered when I was just “that guy”; I am starting to really miss that. You won’t understand anyway. But hey, I’m always still around, just a miss call away.
Alright, aside from not updating on my church camps and my school camp(s) and my OBS camp, I also missed out on my laptop being sent for repairs a few days ago (monday to be exact). Once again, I am sorry; one can only apologies so many times. I also failed in the writing competition; only reaching 3 or 4 pages. But that was because I really had limited time last month. Do not fret though, there still is next year and the year after that.
Just finished painting a portion of my house wall, which, despite my mom’s persistent insistence of a job-well-done, was done with a half-assed effort. I was already tired from the days constant pestering of chores thrown at me. I had to go to school early in the morning for orientation preparation. Waking up was already a problem. Then I went to Cathay Cineleisure to collect my MacBook. Turned out that the problem was in the battery that was faulty. I went to Plaza Singapura shortly after to look for those paint-roller things and a paint tray. After a failed search in Carrefour, I went to Daiso and got the ‘paint-roller’ thing at just $5. The paint tray was still nowhere to be found. It seems that the Japanese don’t use such ‘contraptions’. Heck, they have robots to do painting for them. At least the stuff at Daiso was awfully cheap. Had a quick hair cut to be ‘a role model to the up and coming batch of secondary one students’ for tomorrow.
Oh yea, I forgot to mention that I went to school the other day just to buy foolscap since all the books that I planned to purchase were unfortunately, out of stock. Just when I went to school today, the book I needed to buy was finally in stock; and I the only money I had was for the painting materials. Well, shit happens and a lot has happened in the month of 2008. But just like how painting walls go, we just paint over them. Hopefully with a different colour in my case.
See you on the click side.
This is to compensate my lack of updates. I have been meaning to but there was a problem with trying to post any posts. Sorry once again for keeping you waiting.
