gruelling

pheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeew.
this marks the end of a gruelling week. sports, band, homework and more homework! PLUS i got the shock of my life, quite stunned really. oh well, life goes on. i have to get used to such things man. its only gonna get worse.

so i shall dedicate this post to dear touchme!
we were deciding between louyapokai and wonky nerds when deyao - by a stroke of genius nonetheless - came up with touchme! and so it became the name of the champion team : D
it wasn't easy to start with, NO ONE ever played competitive touchrug before, the most experienced was deyao who learnt it in his SJI days. firstly, there was a MAJOR shortage of sporty girls. nj's supposed to have much more girls than guys cmon! AND we almost pulled out twice. number one, right at the beginning when we discovered using street soccer boots on the muddy field could be compared to ice-skating in winter. so.. we resorted to cheating methods which was to kop the soccer boots from the soccer players at the back.(which we had to answer for in the end ><)
number two, three of us had to leave after the second group match so we considered pulling out, but thank God for team sji who came to our rescue and played for us.
NEXT, we lost the first match, quite terribly i must say. but we reorganised and turned on the style in the second =) never looked back woooo!

sports really does unite people huh, and it has this strange power to transform otherwise GENTLE and affable boys into beasts RAHH. down boy, down.

SPOT ON!

spot on was definitely well.. SPOT ON!
it was like a huge ignyte ministry orientation! fun fun fun :)))))
was caught by a surprise when i found out my group had 4 nj peeps!
even though we didnt win anything(WE CAME CLOSE!), it was the many new friends found which made the games all worthwhile. glad joe managed to enjoy himself : D

we are one big family and no one can tear us apart.
kacang puteh, a mixture of nuts. ignyte ministry, a mixture of hearts.

haha the second line was modified from nj's nemation entry. anyways, i really pray that this unity will grow even stronger week after week, so that we'll be even more toughened up to face the world.
Colossians 1:17 "He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together."

I've never been the kind to ever let my feelings show
And I thought that being strong meant never losing your self-control
But I'm just drunk enough to let go of my pain
To hell with my pride, let it fall like rain
From my eyes
Tonight I wanna cry
sigh, emo crap.


anyways, njc has returned to its original greyish splendour.(save for a few extras who cant find the right uniform size) as deyao says, its really hard to spot juniors now. without the kaleidoscope of colours dotting the landscape, its plain janes and jim's galore - not being superficial though, its just less pleasing to the eyes.
oh and i totally admire debaters. wonder how they can think so fast on their feet and still put on a confident front. sure takes a lot of mental composure.
how i wish, really, that i could be just like them, even half of them would do.

music and lyrics

went to watch 'music and lyrics' yesterday with joe, julian and yingxu. wonderful movie :) must be the feel-good film of the year. oh gosh and i love the songs inside, must get the soundtrack! all the witty lines and booty-shaking(especially)kept us thoroughly entertained : DD haley bennett was hotttt.
looks like it was worth it to pangseh 300 cuz julian watched it already. i mistook 'prepare for glory' for 'prepare for GORY' in the poster LOL. super toot la.

shall end with an excerpt from one of the songs! a little corny.. but still worth the listen.

There are moments when I don't know if it's real
Or if anybody feels the way I feel
I need inspiration
Not just another negotiation

All I wanna do is find a way back into love
I can't make it through without a way back into love
And if I open my heart to you
I'm hoping you'll show me what to do
And if you help me to start again
You know that I'll be there for you in the end.

3 things

there are three things in this world that men will never understand, not even stephen hawking, my civics tutor or even my dad. females, women and girls - they must be the number one cause of headaches in males aged 3-99.
shall not delve into details, lest i want to be subjected to incessant bitching, or worse - heels in my face. ouch.

ANYWAYS, this has been the most slacky holidays i've ever had in the history of njc life! no homework! like.. since when did the HODs become so altruistic? the only explanation i can think of is that they were brainwashed by martians. so.. ya.

i love band! making music is fun! but its so energy-consuming =( my brain feels all shrivelled up after band practice, like all the brain juice flew out through my mouth into my instrument. eeew. so all those people who say we are a slacker cca cuz we sit in an air-conditioned room all day should just take their words back. go do your 1000 push-ups or something.

one hurdle crossed

one hurdle crossed! but where is that feeling of liberation? the bittersweet emancipation of yesteryear? it sure doesn't help that A's are looming ever so closer, i can almost hear its thunderous footsteps. aiya why am i even talking about it, for now just enjoy! =)

anyway went to watch pursuit of happyness with class peeps after chem spa. it was pretty heart-rending, but being the manly guy that i am, the tears were held back hahahah :DD its quite touching to see someone trying so hard to be the best dad he can, at the same time screwing up his life and living to regret it. beauty really cannot be confined to a single definition. i guess it is most genuinely displayed through imperfection, when someone falls, gets back up on his feet, but is pushed right back down to earth again. it is when we are weak that our faith is strong!

feels weird that i wont have to hit the books for the next week or so.(someone scream NJ MUGGER!) march break full of band, band and more band! CHIOOONG!

days go by

"Out on the roof just the other night
I watched the world flash by
Headlights, tail lights running through a river of neon signs
But somewhere in the rush I felt

We're losing ourselves"
- keith urban

HANG IN THERE!

this is for you, my beloved chinese subject.
alas, it is time to say goodbye. you have been a wonderful companion throughout these 17 years of education, never failing to make me cram in for some 听写 or some 作文 or memorising tons of idioms which i probably will never use again for the rest of my life. long and arduous the journey might have been, but it has been worthwhile - at least im contented with what 17 years of chinese lessons has culminated in : DD

GP was okaaaaaay la. dont think i did fantastic but my target is to get within 5% of her percentile! which is quite difficult really.
NJ library is currently the hottest spot in school, so..
be there or be square!