Scary Thoughts

Looking at the blog's date, the last entry was posted on the 16th of August.

Apparently, 5 days has passed by since I last posted but I did not even realise that it has been such a long time already. This is a good illustration of what is going on.

I still do not realise that time is running out!

This has led me to think that I really should [I mean it this time] start on my schoolwork. However much I would love to take Art, one more year with totally new syllabus don't seem so appealing.

Anyway, I have a point to make. "Only Child" should be a term that is abolished forever.

However much other [lucky] ones who always think that their siblings should be abolished from the face of the Earth, hear the point fo view from our side.

It is not always easy without siblings. Though we have ultimate control of everything around the house [common sources of argument among siblngs being computers, telephone, televsion], these, I view as insignificant since being left alone without a confidante is much worse than fighting for the usage of these appliances.

Chidren have fun mostly when they are around others of the same age group, and those who gets left out normally displaying signs of self-pity. Children without siblings often find it harder to fit into the bigger group when they start since we do not have much exposure to group play unless the extended family is close and the cousins often visit [luckily for me that was the case due to weekly visits from the paternal family and to the maternal family].

Weird things happen to children without siblings.

I had this recurrent dream recently that had me as the second oldest child of the family. I have a younger that is on the less intelligent side, and another baby sister that always cry. The eldest sister is the sole breadwinner due to some reasons resulting in the parents' absence from the plot.

The first I vaguely remember as one where the four of us taking a walk somewhere. The second I have forgotten totally but I remember it happening. The most recent one happened today, whereby the three of us were waiting for eldest sister to drop off from work. It was something like the four of us sitting outside a shopping centre and the baby was constantly. Strangest part was the brother commented that I look like a demon because my nose is big [I have no idea why that happened].

It is always better to keep families complete for the sake of children [that's why my family will have four kids (2 boys 2 girls) and remain complete]. Not that I am blaming my mother's ex-husband or anything [its been quite a while] but this is just what I think.

On the issue of family, he who destroyed my bike shall not be spared.

Thursday, I walked from his home in Bukit Merah to the bike shop at Tanglin [about 4 km] with my school bag, file and the bike that cannot be rode, thinking that I would be able to go home after leaving the bike at the shop. At the bike shop, however, the man said that I either get new set of wheels, wait for him to import one wheel that is similar to mine for me, or change my bike totally. These choices mean that I have to wait till I have decided. So I once agin walked back to Bukit Merah [the same distance of 4 km] with the same load. Went home without acheiving after that. You so owe me a pair of gloves and shoes.

So, if you have anything to tell your sibling, say it as soon as possible, just in case. The feeling of having many things one wants to say to somebody very much trusted but not having the person available is vey tough [not that friends cannot provide that role, just that I am not that ready yet].

Go give your siblings a hug.

Later!

Foo Fighters- Learn To Fly

Awoken

The Physics Tutor has finally spoken.

"Chun Kiat, if you are not interested in this subject then drop!!" [I am interested, though I have to admit it gets a bit dry sometimes, but I am no Einstein or Newton!]

" You never do tutorials, miss too many lessons to catch up already!!" [I am now trying to have a clean slate, hardly missing school already]

So I fell asleep during the test today, but I really dont know how to solve the problems so after awhile of stoning I eventually fell asleep [after preventing 3 attempts of the mind to shut down].

"Drop Physics! I am telling you!" [to the whole class essentially since it was very quiet just now during the test].

I will consider.

Man I should have gone for the Art amplitude test 6 months ago.

Too bad. Not that I blame my Physics tutor or anything. I will just say that I will consider his opinion seriously.

Later!

Incubus-Morning View

Bone Matters

I am suffering from the "loose spine" syndrome from a bad night's sleep about 2 years ago. The one where the person suffering from it has to constantly turn around while on a chair, grab the back of the chair with both hands and pull.

Most of the time, the inflicted can hear little "cracking" sounds emitted by the spine that managed to transmit through the various tissues and membranes into the ears. Along with these sounds come slight discomfort/comfort that feels about the same as the sensation felt when one pulls his finger [rather hard] and give it a little twist to one side.

A medical form of this known as spinal manipulation exist, but I am not sure if what many are doing is exactly this.

Then came the shoulder.

Waking up on 12/08/05 resulted in a sensation in the right shoulder blade that felt similar to what was felt 2 years ago on that faithful day. To relieve that discomfort before going to school, I tried to stretch it out in the hope that the demonic resident causing havoc inside would be expelled.

All that to no avail.

With that, I tried to enjoy myself the following day at Marina Bay with the choir. The pain aggravated during those rides, but the eternal laughter really seems to have dumped enough endorphins into my bloodstream to keep it in check.

I still feel that discomfort lying deep beneath the skin and flesh, and maybe just right beside the bone.

Somehow, my wrists, fingers, ankles and knees have also caught up with this trend of cracking up everytime they feel like it. Wrists and ankles can do it anytime. Fingers are totally capable of producing altogether 28 "pops" consecutively. The knees are not so good at it yet. Maybe after sitting down for awhile or after placing my weight on 1 leg for about 30 seconds, but the knees are capable of producing the loudest, mother-of-all "pop". When I wake up in the morning and give a half squat, the mother of all "pop" sounds would emerge from the knees like children let out of the house.

Starngely though, I am not one that is capable of creating excrutiating neck cracks. However hard I twist my head, I am just not able to create any sound. Not that another cracking joint would help in any way though. A few of my friends are able to spin their heads so hard, producing such a loud "ccrraackk" that together with the visual part of this stunt would many a time lead people to think that they are going to self-behead just like that.

Ouch.

Maybe time for a visit to a chiropractor.

*crack*Later!

Blue[with Sir Elton John]-Sorry Seems To Be the Hardest Word

Riding The Day Away

TJ choir performed at the Marina Bay National Day celebrations today. I became the unofficial manager of choir since I never practiced the pieces much [unofficial manager cum photographer]. The organisers gave us this complimentary ticket and part of it is exchangeable for a wristband that gives the wearer unlimited rides.

So during the break between the two performances, we had a crazy time riding the free rides [typically Singaporean to maximise anything that is free].

One of them were "Music Dance" [seems to feature Michael Jackson].


Spun for a total of about 3 times [knocking my head on the back of the seat during the first time due to mis-anticipation of a change in velocity].

The Octopus.


Twirled about for 4 times in the Octopus. Each time with different people.

The Viking. Though small, basic carnival fun.


I experienced the effects of G for 4 times. Along the way we wondered how puke would flow during the course of the ride.

Crazy Surf. This is crazy with a crazy operator.



Repititive cycles of the above in both directions proved addictive for members of TJ choir. I ended up taking this ride for a record of 6 times in total! The operator was very cool. He recognised us during our second stint on the surf, and gave us extra long rides, at neck-breaking speed and direction changes.

Euphoria set in after awhile. I actually feel tired after being tossed and twirled around by machines! Yawn after yawn.

All these at the expense of Council Day. *awww*

Later!

Vertical Horizon-Best I've Ever Had

Summing It All Up

Recently, I came to realisations that my past few entries are of the lowest standards the blogosphere is ever going to witness. Complaints, whines, apologies, quiz(?) but nothing about my silly little life. Nothing at all! As such, at the end of the long National Day weekend, I have a bit of patching up to do.

07/08/05

Surveying

Getting people to do surveys for you is never fun. Thinking from the general public's perspective, it is easy to understand why.

Amelia and I stationed ourselves in front of NTUC FairPrice [Marine Parade] on a nice Sunday afternoon [07/08/05] to try to collect 100 opinions of the public regarding our project [to replace the giving out of plastic bags by raising the general public usage of reusable shopping bags.

Most people turned me away, with reasons like "in a rush", "not interested" or just a mere wave of the hand. I don't blame them since my project's success or failure would not matter them and would not even affect them in anyway. Look, MOE implements PW in JCs but of all the hard work and research, proposals and reports, none of these projects actually would catch the light of day and really be implemented.

Oh well. After spending about 1 and abit more of the hour, Amelia and I gathered a total of 27 completed survey forms! that is, a rough average of 0.18 survey form per man-minute.

Going out to do surveys is hard!

Celebrations At Tampines

Went to the National Day Celebrations event at Tampines after that to meet my sec 4 friends and support Yumin. She got into the finals of the National Song Composition Competition and she sings the song her cousin composed. Cool! I wondered how could I have missed a event like this. Anyway, it would have been perfect if I actually had the right sense of mind to go home and change out of full school uniform instead of heading straight to the event after PW survey at NTUC. Imagine how odd I was feeling being the only person there on a Sunday in full school uniform while evryone else was dressed in civilian. Odd it was, but still bearable though.

Congrats Yumin for getting Merit for the judging that day!

08/08/05

The National Day Celebrations in College

I don't wish to harp too much on it but if you are unhappy with the concert in anyway do tell me so that I can improve (but I don't think there would be a second time for me right? haha)!

Silly Me

I took 14 intending to go to Suntec City before going to check out my bike at my cousin's house in Bukit Merah but Fate played a trick on me and made me sleep on the bus. In the end, I did not make it to Suntec nor my cousin's house, but instead woke up to the sights of ACS(I) and then Singapore Polytechnic. Just incase you don't know yet, Clementi is 1 MRT stop away from Jurong East. Well, at least I know where ACS(I) is now.

Waking up slightly late already (1:15 pm), I realised that it was rather impossible to make my way back home and meet the rest of my House Committee members at 2:30 pm [I took 1 hour and 20 minutes plus to reach Clementi]. In the end meeting time was changed to 4pm.

Gamma House Committee BBQ

I hereby declare 8th August Gamma House Committee Day.

Well it's a day when everyone is free [or nearly free] and hence by commemerating this day as Gamma HC day, any future HC BBQ would be held on this day. Good attendance can then be expected since those in NS are 'released' in view of National Day holiday [correct me if I'm wrong].

It was so much fun!

The seniors are really nice people to talk to [and I mean really senior seniors from the 7th HC (we are the 13th)]. Oi Lam [10th Captain], Yi Jie [11th Captain] and Izzat [12th Captain] are such a blast to be around. Also, I was rather surprised to see Joanne, my Chung Cheng band senior at the BBQ [did not know she was in HC before the BBQ].

At the BBQ, captain-secretary bad blood was discovered to be tradition. Captain is supposed to bully the secretary and the secretary is supposed to bash up the captain. Imagine if both are male [sounds weird!].

Looking forward to next year's BBQ!

09/08/05

Apologies!

I "set free" Samantha by waking up late and not meeting her at 6:45 am at Yio Chu Kang MRT station for the Music Ministry picnic cum jamming session. Wished I could have helped her at the event though [smile!].

Maple Syrup

Spent the rest of National Day playing Maple Story [I did some work prior to that!]. Training up my resilience to defend the country[Maple Story really does trains one's patience and resilience! Try it here!]

National Day Parade

Was rather disappointed that they did not show the dance accompanying this year's theme song "Reach Out For The Skies" [click here]. The song is really considered overplayed, dominating 95% of National Day publicity airtime and defeating titans like "Home", "Where I Belong", "We Will Get There" and the rest of the gang [I seriously believe that they were never shown at all on any of Mediacorp's channels].

I loved the showcase of all the army tanks, machinery, police cars, firefighting trucks etc.

Happy National Day

10/08/05

Mizuno to New Balance
With NAPFA arriving like an impending storm, I decided to get a pair of proper running shoes to avoid having to run anymore in my white sneakers that are already showing balck streaks from kicking Zhao Xiu.

Made a trip down to Orchard in my no-company gear [anyhow wear since no one with me, this time being my sec 2 OAC leader shirt (!) and TJ pe shorts (!!)]. After browsing through a few stores, finally end up at Royal Sporting House Paragon. I never thought that I would actually buy shoes from RSH since they carried really weird brands such as Elle Active (?!) and Gola(!). So I stepped in, took the one shoe that i have been eyeing for awhile and asked the person, "Are these shoes for running?"

"Yup, of course! *glances at my feet* But you cannot wear Adidas because generally their shoes are very narrow in the front and your feet are broad. Come, I introduce to my colleague who will introduce you to Mizuno, whose shoes are generally broader."

Mizuno? Again?

"Can I try this?"

"How much would this be after discount?"

"Does this come in any other colour?"

"Can I try this?"

"Does this come in any other colour?"

...

If the salesgirl was a little more irritable she would have flipped and stuffed the shoes up my mouth. I felt that I was being irritating and the thoughts of escaping RSH after my trying on my third pair of shoes. Guilt got the better of me though, and in the end I got a reasonably good looking pair of New Balance, with extreme comfort for a rather affordable price [my other option was a pair of Mizunos that have a sole that ws entirely orange. Yes, the thick part of the sole as well.]

That quite sums up everything [I suddenly feel a craving for ban mian].

Later!

James L. Hosay-Persis Overture

Disgusting Me

I have to apologise to Samantha. For pangseh-ing her just because I cannot manage to wake up in time to meet her at Yio Chu Kang MRT at 645am today. *bows*

I feel so disgusted with myself.

1. I woke up at 3+ pm nearly everyday that I do not have to go to school (school holidays, public holidays, weekends etc)

2. I even woke up on bus 14 near NUS when all I intended was to go to Suntec City. I took the bus to Clementi in the end, wasting 25 minutes of my time to go from NUS (where I woke up) to get to Clementi and another 45 minutes to get back to Suntec City.

3. I can waste the whole weekend away and end up doing only a Biology experiment report.

4. I like to act like a monkey. *see profile picture*

5. O0f course my disgusting sleeping habits and programmed lateness.

Nevermind all that, and try not to blame me for not updating often yar?

Congrats to Yumin for performing at the finals of the National Day songwriting competition!

Happy National Day!

*where is holland grove road?!*

No Doubt-Don't Speak (acoustic)

Request

From CY's blog.

THREE SCREEN NAMES YOU HAVE HAD:

Kahnakata
mike.chinaboy
[not too sure]

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:

My legs [haha!]
Big hands and feet
Sensitive Ears [hehheh]

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS YOU DONT LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:

Big Head
Inadequate Height
Bad Hair

THREE PARTS OF YOUR HERITAGE:

Sinagpore
Chinese
Hokkien

THREE THINGS THAT SCARE YOU:

No Friends
Cannot Cycle
Cannot Be Alone

THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS:

Music
Food
Rushing About

THREE THINGS YOU ARE WEARING RIGHT NOW:

World Walking Day Shirt
Parma A.C. shorts
Spectacles

THREE OF YOUR FAVOURITE BANDS OR MUSICAL ARTISTS:

THREE?!
Jazz [ I cheated]
The Beatles
Puddle Of Mudd

THREE OF YOUR FAVOURITE SONGS:

Twist And Shout - Beatles
Flowers In The Window - Travis
Blurry - Puddle Of Mudd

THREE THINGS YOU WANT IN A RELATIONSHIP:

Same Sense Of Humour
Be Loved
Mutual Presence

TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE:

I hate cycling
I would rather be by myself sometimes
I would curse and swear in the middle of the road if I forgotten to bring my keys out.

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS ABOUT THE PREFERRED SEX THAT APPEAL TO YOU:

The Right Height
The Hair!
Decent-looker

THREE OF YOUR FAVOURITE HOBBIES:

Sing
Cycle
Do really silly things

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO REALLY BADLY RIGHT NOW:

CYCLE {someone owes me a bike repair]
Sleep for 10 hours
BE at the airport on time!

THREE CAREERS YOU’RE CONSIDERING/YOU’VE CONSIDERED:

Physiotherapist
Emergency Room Doctor
Paediatrician

THREE PLACES YOU WANT TO GO ON VACATION:

Japan
US of A
Australia

THREE KIDS’ NAMES YOU LIKE:

Michael
Trisha
[i need that book.. i need that book..]

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE:

7 Days in America with US$ 200
Read everything I want to read
Tour De France [quite hard but I hope can!!]

THREE WAYS THAT YOU ARE STEREOTYPICALLY A GIRL:

Shopping
Chocolates
Talk about others

THREE WAYS THAT YOU ARE STEREOTYPICALLY A BOY:

Messy table
Ugly handwriting
Laid-back attitude

THREE PEOPLE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE TAKE THIS QUIZ NOW:

YONGSEN
RACHEL
SAMANTHA

Later!

Plain Irritated

Imagine you lend someone your bassoon and the person did not tell you that he broke your crook until you ask for your bassoon about a month later.

Imagine you lend someone your car and the person did not tell you that he scratched the door by accident until the day to return the car arrives.

Imagine what my feelings are like when a friend of mine wants to borrow my bike for his triathlon, and I finds out that my bike needs repair upon calling my cousin [whom the bike is with].

The story at first.

'Huh why cannot get back this week?"

"I spoilt it by accident."

"Huh! Why? That means must send for repair le. What happened?"

"I rammed it into the traffic light by accident."

"So you were not careful lar."

"Sorry! Sorry!"

"Why never tell me earlier? Aiya, call you later."

The full story later on.

"You sure no scratches hor?"

"Eh, actually I rammed into a fence by the side instead of the traffic light. I rammed sideways into the traffic light lar, but still got ram."

'So you ram into the traffic light from the side. That means you scrape the sides of the bike with the pole lar?"

"Yar. Then the front wheel now misaligned."

"You sure no scratches? Front wheel not big deal."

"I think so."

"When you at home? I go down see then take for repair."

"Eh, Thurs, Sat, Mon....."

...

Sigh

From his description, I think my bike looks something like this [taken off Casa Henry's site (thanks!)].

Lets just hope my frame is fine.

Don't worry I don't want to hate you.

Bad things do happen.

Corrinne May-Fly Away

Little Glimspe Of Life

"Singapore AND Four AND Floors AND Whore"

Type that into the Yahoo search engine and out comes my blog. Well, at least I know 1 person did. Really wonder what people are using search engines for.

Anyway, I want a camera too. That's on my wishlist.

This came about from cy's blog where she has loads of great photos.

Had this mega MP3 transfer session with Sam K just now. What can I say? Two jazz crazy students talking on MSN will lead to illegal activities. So envious of her. She's in the Jazz Club of RJC! How come TJC don't have such kind of fun activities. Miss her presence many many as well, choir and class is not as fun anymore but things usually don't go our way.

I am beginning to miss alot of people, things, good old times but let's just move on. No much of a point.

I think I am not doing enough yet. Hmm..

You either fight back or go home

The Eagles-Midnight Flyer

My New Label

I hereby declare myself a procrastinator. Ah ha! I am down with senioritis!

Like, I completed my lab report in 1 1/2 hours!

That's more than the time given to complete an experiment and submit the report. Which means during actual SPA I would suffer greatly.

I still having alot more work to do, but here I am [self-explainatory].

Now, only 3 other contacts accompany me on MSN. Let's take it that they have alot of work to do too.

Better get back to work.

Switchfoot-Adding To The Noise