tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41056652011-04-22T07:34:57.521+08:00"Most people will never know anything beyond what they see." - Kurt Wagnerxelanoreply@blogger.comBlogger1581100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105665.post-83204146245934295612007-10-13T23:52:00.000+08:002007-10-13T23:52:49.358+08:00

some links i retrieved from the "omnicrontesting" blog(which i have now deleted)i'm just using this post to store these blog addresses in case i ever need them in the future.most are defunct, but i'm feeling sentimental.avendesora christie & cuifenstaring into space dave liewparty house boon hanghost in a shell brendanpsyche up bryan the gargoylegay dude gone! debbieastrohealer realm guoyuando or

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just a thought just an idea: maybe caucasians tend to be friendlier than us singaporeans (on the street and in stores) because the air is drier and they don't spend the whole day sweaty, sticky and stinky, no wonder their moods are less foul than ours. heck, i was a jolly person just a few days back, but now the humidity is getting to me, and it's hard to greet people on the street and in

xelanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105665.post-1071654916545072512003-12-17T17:44:00.000+08:002003-12-17T17:56:28.983+08:00

kanga-woo alright! i'm back from australia, and i've replaced my old monitor which had a fuzzy screen. so now i can actually read what's on the screen instead of guessing, which is a great improvement. anyway, the trip to pearce and 130 squadron (flight training school) was a rather insightful one. got a look at how the pilot trainees lived their lives, and now i think i'm more mentally

xelanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105665.post-1070848068881683932003-12-08T09:33:00.000+08:002003-12-08T09:48:49.310+08:00

thoughts "Love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image... otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them." ... not going for prom. leaving for australia tonight to visit fighter training school in pearce. hope everyone has a ball of a time tonight.

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baffling well, i was at the gym today, exercising for the first time in over a month, when i overheard this interesting conversation, "eh, what beer you drink to become so strong?" "tiger tastes nice, but if you want to get strong, drink stout." "ohh..." my goodness.

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it is done "i now declare the campfire closed..." *woosh* and not a moment too soon did the a-levels end. good riddance to bad rubbish. had tonnes of fun today, it's been so long that i was worried that i may forget how to enjoy life. econs-s. western food. orchard. sushi. shopping. movie. pasta. arcade. some drinks. guilt-free pleasure. ahh, it's true. you don't know what you have to

xelanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105665.post-1070122094636382262003-11-30T00:08:00.000+08:002003-11-30T00:09:04.436+08:00

crikes since it's past midnight, i can technically say that my a-levels will be over tomorrow. but i don't know which is of a greater magnitude: the estaticism of knowing the end is so near. or the depression caused by the existence of an overwhelming majority who will chide this post because they were liberated yesterdays ago. even bentham probably would not figure it out. i think.

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"halogen halides" well, i'm still feeling rather miffed about the error in chem paper 3. i saw the question, and thought to myself "hmm, can start writing writing about hcl - hi already... oh wait, it says halogen halides, not hydrogen halides." spent a couple of minutes trying to figure out what a halogen halide was, and wondering why the term sounded so foreign. i ended up skipping the

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wrc and welcome to the 1st pit-stop of the 2003 a-levels. *change tires* *top up tanks* etc... less than 3 weeks to go... bring it on!

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revolutionary well, i had the pleasure of catching matrix: revolutions today, and i must say that the wachoski brother have put the profits (supernormal, i might add) of the two previous installments to good use. the animations and cgi in revolutions were really really good (ie: damn realistic, at least in my opinion). anyway, to all movie-goers who were disappointed in the 2nd film of the

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quote Albert Shanker - "It is time to admit that public education operates like a planned economy. It's a bureaucratic system where everybody's role is spelled out in advance, and there are few incentives for innovation and productivity. It's not a surprise when a school system doesn't improve, it more resembles a Communist economy than our own market economy."

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sad sat II 710 for writing. that's a tad sad. oh well. i really did try. i did. sometimes your best just ain't enough. --- 'a'-levels are coming up in a fortnight, and yet don't think i've improved substantially since the prelims ended 3 weeks ago. been practising some, but i just feel so inadequate and unsure of myself. with motivation waning, and university apps giving me a headache, i

xelanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105665.post-1066748236086597132003-10-21T22:55:00.000+08:002003-10-21T22:57:24.423+08:00

half of half of half in terms of mileage, we've finished 1/8 of the A-levels... that's 12.5%, which is pretty spiffy... can't wait for the noon of the 1st of december...

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nathan king hui mun, joshua and myself received our president scout awards today at the istana. it was a rather weird affair because we had rehearsed for it like a million times over, and yet on the actual day, it was all for nought as his excellency just rearranged the ceremony while presenting the scrolls. oh well, i guess being the head of state does have its perks ;p --- anyway, this

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shall we gather 'round the river Two more NS men lost their lives. May God bless their souls.

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beginning of the end well, today was the a-level chem practical exam. thankfully it wasn't as insane as the one we took during the prelims. can't believe the a's has started, hope it'd be over soon, and painlessly at that. today was also brendan's birthday. Happy Birthday man! Hope you like what the bunch of us got you. yup, 1.5 months to go till freedom... let's hope we live long enough to

xelanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105665.post-1065862757394962842003-10-11T16:53:00.000+08:002003-10-11T16:59:16.773+08:00

sound advice "If you see a guy walking faster than the speed of light, you had better check your calculations again." -mr. kadir

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exasperated xela "dear xela, why does mankind commit the mistakes of history again and again, never learning their lesson (e.g, war)? we're supposed to be the most rational of the animals, but this stupidity just goes on and on." -bryan Well, i guess the first thing you have to understand is that man is a creature that always tries to better his own comfort and satisfaction, and that

xelanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105665.post-1064994828159335822003-10-01T15:51:00.000+08:002003-10-01T15:57:52.463+08:00

*** There's one sad truth in life I've found, While journeying east and west - The only folks we really wound, Are those we love the best. We flatter those we scarcely know, We please the fleeting guest, And deal full many a thoughtless blow, To those who love us best. ~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox ***

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end of the beginning of the end well, just finished my prelims today with physics-s. didn't do as badly as i thought i would. either that or i'm just being overly optimistic. (cuifen might have something to say about the use of "would" there ;) anyway, don't really feel as elated about finishing my prelims as i thought i would. (again!) i see dark clouds looming over the horizon... *shudder*

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beautiful dreamer "dear xela, how do u stop urself from dreaming of killing people. The point is... i felt so good killing those ppl cos they made me mad in my dreams... n i noe itz wrong.. but it felt so right then... am i murderous?" - jove Dear Jove, I do not believe you to be murderous at all. Dreamland is a realm of fiction, where you hardly have control over your "actions" in the first

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tekong beckons well, i received my enlistment notice today. according to justin's blog, he's going to enlist on boxing day. kinda wish i was going then, at least i'd know someone at bmt. anyway, i'm going in on the 14th of january. tekong basic military training centre, school 1. hope things go well. if any of you lads are enlisting at the same time, or to the same school, just leave a note

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exasperated xela "dear exasperated xela how do u cope when ppl around u complain about 'aiya cannot get my A already la' when u struggle so hard n can't even pass?" - stranger Dear Stranger, I think this is another question of modesty. On top of that, you must understand that different people take examinations with different expectations in mind. Some will only be happy with an "A", while

xelanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105665.post-1064415831019505472003-09-24T22:49:00.000+08:002003-09-24T23:03:51.146+08:00

exasperated xela "dear exasperated xela, i have a problem with people who say they got raped for physics, and yet they nab a A or B in the end. please advise!" - black wind --- Dear Black Wind, From what i gather, the aforementioned individuals are either being overly modest about their academic capacity, or they're offering pessimistic speculation/ forecasts. I suppose all they want is

xelanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105665.post-1064384537577113422003-09-24T14:16:00.000+08:002003-09-24T22:35:22.263+08:00

exasperated xela "why do i get a feeling that u're gonna give lame advices to those in need of counselling... haha... and aid in bringing the figures of the suicide cases in S'pore to a sky high bcos of this service..." - bothered --- Dear Bothered, You needn't worry about lame advice on this column. Nope, this is a place for heartfelt counsel, healing and peace. (Don't worry, jove.)

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announcement this is to announce a new counselling service that is available from this blog henceforth. use the comment function to send letters to 'exasperated xela' about issues that are bothering you and he'll get back to you as soon as he can via the blog, a la agony aunt. yup :)

xelanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105665.post-1064242191229536862003-09-22T22:45:00.000+08:002003-09-22T22:49:50.700+08:00

yeah i think i've already failed chem. yeah.

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no title the chem paper was perverse.

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time flies like the wind. fruit flies like bananas two dawns seperate me from the impending onslaugt. i am not prepared. i do not feel ready. but time and tide waits for no boy (as a primary school math teacher used to put it.) will just have to suck it in and give it everything i've got (which i believe is sorely insufficient). 'at least when you fail, you'll do so in a blaze of glory' -

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*caffeine and amines* what a spastic day. was in school studying from 11am-11pm today. there's really a lot to study for chem. seesh. stepped into school, peeked into the canteen to see justin muggin', went upstairs to the library, joined ashok at a table, brendan carried out an addition reaction wrt the free seat at the table soon after (must be our activating nature). anyway, started

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*just a thought* if your bed is against a wall, it's pretty hard to get up on the wrong side of it.

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*practically dead* it seems as though i've not been online in ages (actually, you can tell when i've been online during the past month by the dates of my posts). just feels very guilty to be onlilne blogging with the main bulk of prelim papers right around the corner, like having junk food while on a diet. anyway, i'm pretty screwed for physics and chemistry practicals. sometimes, i wonder

xelanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105665.post-1061739572393404752003-08-24T23:39:00.000+08:002003-08-24T23:39:32.260+08:00

*time warp* reading through my econs notes was rather amusing. "cajun - a style of cooking" was frantically scribbled on one page of my elasticity notes. so was "don't anyhow remember ok? it's foolhardy!"

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*psychomotor* had that stats math test in school before heading down to cmpb careers centre with mun for that rsaf aptitude test thingy. met lots of other rj people there as well. quite interesting cos almost everyone was mugging in the waiting area. was a rather forboding sight. well, the test was 5 hours long in total and assessed psychomoto skills as well as spatial awareness, yada yada

xelanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105665.post-1061132648374234332003-08-17T23:04:00.000+08:002003-08-17T23:04:35.900+08:00

"i say brr, it's cold in here" well, it rained thrice within the span of 24 hours yesterday. pretty impressive, considering all were rather heavy downpours. fine job mr. climate-control. had a stoned day today. got up and did some gardening of sorts. re-potted my tomato saplings into a larger pot, supporting them with sticks and all. it was a rather tiring task, having to squat througout the

xelanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105665.post-1060962129610645602003-08-15T23:42:00.000+08:002003-08-15T23:48:57.936+08:00

*kaching* i think i made a very good buy today: bought an mp3 player that was supposed to have 64mb internal memory, but to my delight i found out that it was acutally 128mb worth of space when i started uploading songs at home. so it's S$166 for an mp3 player with 128mb internal memory, which can be expanded with smart-media cards (64/128/256mb). it weighs 55grammes (with an AAA battery,

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it's been a very long while since i last blogged. been busy with studies and other stuff such as cip camps and preparations for the psa interview. received my private pilot's license and logbook from the yfc teacher in charge today. doesn't really look very impressive, but i guess it represents a culmination of a lot of hard work and effort devoted to learning to fly. also took that nkf health

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why are you reading this? shouldn't you be mugging? you've just wasted 5 seconds of mugging-time. i hope you are happy.

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wake up. go school. eat. study. sleep. (repeat as many times as necessary to cover all 100 topics tested in the prelims.)

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i feel the need for speed.

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*Apologies* It has come to my attention that i have inadvertendly insulted numerous of my friends during a drunken stupor on the night of post-comp. I feel extremely embarassed and am absolutely sorry about the incident. I would like to extend my most sincere apologies to all parties i have maligned, and i would like to make it clear that i hold no grudges nor adversion towards anybody in the

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*surreal* it's been a really amusing day (sunday). don't have much strength left to talk about it, but in brief it went something like this: - woke up to watch cartoons. - had lunch at some filipino enclave thanks to dad. - dad went back to his office due to some emergency. mum went home and i took the mrt and walked around bugis trying to sort some things out. - took a nap at home then met

xelanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105665.post-1059269146714437122003-07-27T09:25:00.000+08:002003-07-27T09:25:46.656+08:00

*summation* well, friday marked the end of my short showing in canoeing. and for some, it was the end of much longer careers. for each other, we rowed our hearts out and came in 2nd against nj. there seem to be no words that can be said to salvage the situation, but there shouldn't be a need to. i am so glad to have joined canoeing, to have known such a zany bunch of individuals with an

xelanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105665.post-1058577501626260422003-07-19T09:18:00.000+08:002003-07-19T09:18:21.590+08:00

*the beginning of the beginning of the end* you know the feeling you get when you sense that a chapter in your life is about to draw to a close? like the feeling you had as you began your last week of secondary school? it's this surreal sensation, a detachment from reality, your subconscious not readily accepting what your mind knows. today'll be the last official water training before

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*wassup* Canoeing nationals start next wednesday and end on friday. The week leading up to it has been rather edgy. All the anxiety bottled up inside is a rather interesting feeling. Just thinking about the race makes my toes tingle. Can't post too much due to tactical reasons *laughs* At least i'm practicing editorial editorial restraint, unlike a certain sensationlist (if there's even such a

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just realised that in a mere 2 week's time, national schools'll be over. woah. and i think that the physics optional topic is rather relevant to canoeing; buoyancy, balance, drag and all *shrugs*

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*Shag day* That's right, by toutatis, shag with a capital 'S'. Went for training in the morning with sji, and trained with the rj guys in the afternoon. Had a shagadelic 6 - hour - long water session today before washing craft and hitting the showers at national stadium. Can't believe i spent 1/4 of the day in the water, felt as though my arms were going to drop off at any moment. Had lunch/

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*the final lap* Quite relieved that the common test week has zipped by in a jiffy. It feels really good to be able to kick back and relax without feeling overly guilty about it *grins* Anyway, nationals' in 2 weeks, and i guess the canoeists'll be pretty busy with training and all. Hope it all pays off when it comes to crunch-time.

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*dababoom* well, i got trounced for physics. it was literally a mauling. econs' in little over 12 hours. i've a bad feeling about it.

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*swish* It's the end of the june "holidays", with the common test week beginning tomorrow. Ugh. I guess it's been a pretty exhuasting 3/4 of a month, with training every alternate day and then some. Hope it pays off come nationals. Feeling terribly screwed for common tests. Tried very hard to study, but there were certain days, especially after long training sessions, when just sitting up to

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today i had training. today i nearly puked during training. today my stomach was in turmoil. today i went home straight after training. today i did not have sushi. tomorrow may be better.

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*unravelling the mysteries of the universe* A little gem of trivia while reading through one of those ns booklets. What is fartlek? fartlek means "speedplay" in Swedish. It is a form of physical condition in which you interspace normal training with short-to-moderate durations of high intensity conditioning. A round of applause to the Swedes.

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*do i look fat to you?* Well, do i? Went for that bleeding ns medical thing this morning. And i guess it might please you guys to know that i'm pes b, cos i'm 'mildly obese'. Ok, you guys can stop laughing. Feeling quite bad about it. Am i really that fat? And my height was taken while i was looking at my toes, trying to get my feet right on the weighing scale. It's not fair. I know it sounds

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Sweet Child O' Mine She's got a smile that it seems to me Reminds me of childhood memories Where everything Was as fresh as the bright blue sky Now and then when I see her face She takes me away to that special place And if I stared too long I'd probably break down and cry Sweet child o' mine Sweet love of mine She's got eyes of the bluest skies As if they thought of rain I hate to look into

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*tourer 1* Well, i don't even know how to begin describing today. Basically i found training very tiring. Actually found myself training in a t1, a class of craft i've not set foot (or rather, butt) on in a year. T'was seriously quite a nostalgic experience. Coupled with a girl's 216 paddle (mine's with billy; blade-changing), it was a training unlike nothing i've ever encountered before. Went

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hong cheong was right, the more training, the rarer and shorter our blog entries become. And i don't see any reason to disprove him, for everyday seems to be a routine, each as shag, if not more so, as compared to the previous one.

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*0 hp remaining* Had training from 0930 till 1600hrs yesterday. Wanted to go online last night, but i was sleeping like a log. First there was water training, which we've grown accustomed to, i'm sure. The weather was so terribly cunning! Cos there was a thunderstorm in the morning, and it was very cloudy by the time we got to kallang. Thankfully i still applied my sunblock and wore an old cap,

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*it's been awhile* It's been quite a long while since i was last online, wonder who still reads this anymore... Anyway, the past four days have been absolutely tiring. Was helping to running some national camp for sec4 and j1 scouts at Sarimbun camp from thursday till sunday, whilst training on friday and saturday mornings. Really hope no one realised how exhuasted i was during training. But

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*upa ini hols?* Training started in the morning and finished by the late afternoon. Was a rather shag session. Had lunch at 4pm, had a musli bar at 9am. Fell flat on my back and went to sleep immediately after getting home. Brilliant, alex. Another day without getting any work done. My common tests are doomed to failure. Holidays? Ya right.

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*by the kallang basin* xela: are we early? bryan: we are early. xela: are we late? bryan: we're late. bryant: suppose so... ... almost poetic... almost...

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From 9am to 6pm i felt as though i were in a cage. 11am to 2pm was an especially heart-rending duration, the time during which i knew the team would be training. I thought about the other guys, and i thought about jing hao. It was an extremely awful sensation, knowing you're not there for them when they're out there training their hearts out, my stomach churns just recalling it. Being quite

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fcuked up day I know my blog has never played host to an expletive before. And it never will. But, oh look, i made a typo. So sue me, can't be worse than the truckload of crap i got today. At 0830 hours my phone rang and i picked it up half-expecting bryan to ask if i were going down to support hockey boys (which won. Congrats!). As it turned out, it was joshua ng. What he told me left me

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*pearly whites* brendan sans braces. That's what i saw for the first time today. Really shocked man, but seriously, now people like celeste can't say he looks like a cockroach anymore ;p

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[rant] *a little revelation* Hmm, i've been harbouring this thought at the back of my head for some time now and i thought i'd just blog it out, just for the heck of it, to see if the theories are true, come the release of the matrix: revolutions later this year. Well, the theory is that there are actually two matrixes in the whole virtual world that the machines created. At least two, that is

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*for no rhyme or reason* Little Mr. Muffet Little mister bryan (and brendan, hong cheong, kaywee, bryant, justin, tony, etc...), Sat on a tuffet, Eating his curds and whey (gnc whey protein that is, or myoplex, the EAS equivalent). Along came a symian, Who sat down beside 'em, And chased the druglords away.

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*short and sharp* Training today wasn't very long. But it was damn tiring. --- erm... free enneagram test

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*idle thoughts* How do some people manage to exude so much exuberance on their blogs? It's something that's been gnawing at me for some time now. Even though i must admit that the absence of restraint is as puzzling as it is refreshing. *more idling* Just read bryan's blog and i can't help but imagine an njc canoeist browsing it too and thinking to him/herself: "oh shit. i think they've found

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*animatrix* Caught the animatrix after school today at PS. Thought it was as worthwhile a watch as matrix:reloaded, if not more so. Though the featured animation may have been slightly graphic at times (hence the NC16 rating), the themes and issues portrayed were really deep and fascinating to explore, especially through such a medium. Some might take offense at the slightly overdone violence,

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here's another funny one from talkingcock... Singapore Hires Former Iraqi Information Minister to Head MITA Topic: Politics In the latest foreign talent-hiring coup, Singapore has recruited former Iraqi Information Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf to join MITA. Said MITA spokesman Chwee Chin Tee at a press conference yesterday, “Mr. Mohammed is great! Now that Singapore is facing crisis after

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There're some people i'd really really like to thank: Thank you tseyun for being there right at the start of it all. I still remember that fateful day in november when you went down with me to register for yfc at paya lebar airbase. Thank you so much for your invaluable support and faith. Thanks to the friends, students, instructors and staff at yfc for your tutelage, guidance, support and

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*final flight of the osiris* Completed and passed my final handling test (fht) today at yfc. To say that i am relieved and elated would be a gross understatement. For those of you who're remotely interested, here's what the test profile included: Circuit profiles: 1. Normal 2. Flapless 3. Low - Level 4. Short Field Takeoff / Landing 5. Glide (variable spot landing) 6. Precautionary Forced

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hey guys, in view of the recent spate of taupoks after land and water training sessions, i present to you: taukpok! 1 x 2 x 3 x 4 x 5 who's feeling lucky? 1: Wong Hong wba Cheong - 1.27 2: taufik Tan Kay Wee - 2.10 3: Brendan chao buaya Ng - 1.14 4: Jiao Lian - 9.42 5: Others - 2.36 stack predict the number of layers! 2: 8.23 3: 7.38 4: 6.59 5: 5.29 6: 4.97 7: 3.43 8: 3.83 9: 4.79 Whole team

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*economies of scale* Something very weird happened today. It was 3.10 and i just had a block of pe. Econs-s would start on the next block. I was famished, but all the canteen stalls except stall 2 were closed. Walked up to the auntie and asked for 2 half-boiled eggs and 7 slices of plain bread. I figured that since the eggs cost 30 cents apiece and the bread 20 cents a slice, i'd have a

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*sets sats shats* Can't believe there was training on labour day, nor that it felt more tiring than the session the day before. *bleh* Was worth the time and effort though, because i couldn't make it to training yesterday. Took my sat1 test yesterday morning till afternoon at the singapore conference hall. It was a terrific place to take the test, much much better than rjc at least. With

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*napfa and cmpb* Completed what may very well be the last napfa test of my life today; mnaged to get an aaaaac. Standing board jump has always been my archilles' heel; and i'm really glad to have got a 'c' for it this year after quite a bit of technique-practice, i usually get a bronze or silver overall because of it. Don't think i ever got a gold for napfa prior to this, thanks to the jump;

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= R.I.P = sup, my siamese fighting fish died while i was at training today. Named him as such because he shares the same nationality as a friend of mine, supanee c. I really wish i knew the cause of his death. There was still food in the tank, and the water was clean. Maybe it was old, or sick *sigh* Feeling quite bad about it,and i hope that he's happy, wherever he is now. *moment of

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*part two* Woke up early this morning and went to yfc again. Didn't get enough rest and felt extremely sleepy during the whole thing. Quite lucky i'm still in one piece... Came back to school and proceeded with lessons. But then i felt damn sick during pe, so i opted not to go for econs/physics-s after school and came home to rest. Had some medication that alleviated a bit of the pain. Hope

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*heck it* Yesterday was a very hectic day of sorts. Went to yfc in the morning, then headed to school for a brief civics period and gp tutorial. Lunched with the canoeists at ghim moh before heading for training at kallang in that shag chartered bus *geez* sat on the floor with roy cos there weren't enough seats for the j2 guys and gals and j1 gals. Training was rather exhausting, did quite a

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*what the fish* After lunching at suntec, i went back to school to meet up with christie. We went to yishun to look at the fish shops there, cos i wanted to get a siamese fighting fish. Ended up procuring a rather pretty specimen that had blue fins streaked with red. It's quite a sight actually, especially when it flares it's tail and all.

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*training* Yesterday's torrential downpour really put the 'rain' in training. It started raining like crazy after our warm ups and 2km sprints. Jiao lian must've felt psyched up too, so we continued doing pyramids in the rain. Damn psyched up, though we were continuously pelted by raindrops the size of prunes. Ok, maybe small prunes. Then there was that bloated rat on the beach from which we

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*good friday* For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. -- John 3:16 happy good friday to one and all.

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*wet and stormy morning* Blight the weather. Went to YFC in the morning only to find myself in the midst of a torrential downpour over at Seletar. I'm beyond pissed. And to think i could have got my PPL course over and done with by the end of the month *pfft* Shall have to see how it goes... Headed back to school once they sounded the thunderstorm warning and arrived in the middle of the math

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Don't bet on it... Today marks the end of my brief stint in singapore pools soccer betting that started on wednesday. Over three days, i've satiated my curiousity towards calculating the odds and watching figures, even making quite a bit in the process. But i see no reason to continue on this track: calculating the odds and manipulating figures, placing bets at the counter, checking the scores

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end of days It seems today marks the last day of the quarantine for jc students. Just thought it'd be appropriate to take stock of what has come to pass during the past 2 weeks or so in this particular bubble of mine... Learnt to play mahjong thanks to hui mun's inexhaustible patience. Thanks :) Had 5 training sessions. Canoeing, not mahjong. Did my pre-fht quiz; but missed 2 weeks of flying.

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kena caught Went for water training this morning. At first we were all quite happy cos we had the whole place to ourselves. But in the middle of training, we were 'informed' that we were to discontinue the session because some guy from sdba said that we weren't permitted to train during the quarantine. Well, he took the liberty to inform the school before talking to the coach (who was present)

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clementine, oh clementine... Ok, so it was training at clementi stadium on saturday and today. Sue me. I don't know who reads this, but i'd just like to commend the clementi gym supervisor, bala, for doing such a fine job! (Wonder if he's reading *laughs*) He's really friendly and exceptionally helpful towards anyone who uses the gym. You'll always find him checking to see if everyone's doing

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the red dragon Can anyone spot hong cheong?

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finally At long last, i decided to get off my ass and work on the layout, this morning... Well, i just wish i had a place to put images so i could create something more... original... Oh well... Think this looks quite reasonable i guess...

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argh, heck. shall rectify the blog layout tomorrow or something... coincidentally Today was a damn coincidental day. MOE has apparently disallowed all cca's from training, but somehow individual members of the canoeing team just happened to meet at bishan gym today, we had all intended to do individual training you see, just so happened to bump into each other. So qiao, wouldn't you say? For

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WHAT HAPPENED TO MY BLOG LAYOUT?!?! I just posted this quiz and suddenly my blog looked like this! (i'm not saying it looks bad, brendan). But still... Pfft... Stupid blogger... Now i've to put in all the stuff again... Grrr... Too pissed to work on it now... On the other hand, maybe it's a signal that i should attempt to design a new layout... Hmm... Or not...

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mythical quiz You are the Dragon. In medieval Europe, dragons were considered mostly evil and a generally bad omin. Christianity linked the dragon with Satan because of the dragon's snake-like apperance. However, to the Orient cultures the dragon was a symbol of wisdom and roalty. It was a benign animal and the fifth creature of the Chinese zodiac. It resided over the east and the sunsrise. It

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*yawn* Due to extreme boredom, here's a quiz that's circulating faster than sars... 1. Name: Alex Chan 2. Height: 170cm 3. Siblings: 2 younger brothers 4. What are you wearing?: RJ shorts 5. Birthday: 11th March 1985 6. Gender: Male 7. Righty or left handed: Right handed for most tasks... GUYS - FOR GIRLS TO FILL OUT 8. Underwear or boxers: 9. Long or short hair: 10. Tall or short:

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FOR EVERYONE 39. Chocolate milk or plain milk?: Chocolate. Got milk? 40. Coke or Diet Coke?:Coke. Diet sucks quite a bit. 41. Mud or Jelly wrestling?: Mud. Jelly'll be wasted... 42. vanilla or chocolate?: Chox 43. Skiing or boarding?: Skiing 44. Day or night?: Nights are cooler and more comfortable 45.Summer or winter?: Winter. 46. cake or pie?: Pie. 47. Silver or gold?: Silver looks

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show me the money Hmm, apparently after sanctions were imposed on iraq at the end of the gulf war in 1991, the oil-for-food programme was initiated to help the nation's populace acquire basic necessities as there was widespread suffering due to hunger and lack of shelter. Over the years, iraq has received billions of dollars under the oil-for-food scheme. But guess what, the lot of the iraqis

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iraqi blogger Hey guys, check this blog out... It's updated by some dude in iraq who's quite objective in his blogging, making the posts an insightful to read... http://dear_raed.blogspot.com

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stonez I'm seriously feeling damned stoned! There's nothing to do! I was thinking of preparing for my yfc flight later today, and fly every morning till school re-opens, but guess what? Yfc's seized flight operations till the 6th of april. Geez... But i guess it's only right, it is after all a cca... But i was seriously counting on completing my course by next week, now i'll have to wait 2 more

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SARSe Oh man, it's seriously quite scary... What if it becomes an epidemic and we all die? No A-levels. Alright! Yes! ... I seriously need to get my priorities in order...

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SDBleedingA Well, what can i say, RJ canoeing guys got 2nd overall and the girls were champions for the u-19 category. It was an event marked by quite a bit of mishaps and unexpected circumstances. Congratulations to those who did well. And to those who messed up or under-performed, look ahead to the nationals, that has always been what's important. It'd be pointless to elaborate more on the

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news It's quite fascinating that these few days, you can always rely on channel newsasia to keep you occupied for as long as need be with their war coverage. Think the station's having a field day with viewership going through the roof... Hmm, actually, what i really wanted to say was that their london correspondent, alastair wanklyn, has a really weird (sur)name...

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tyranny It just occurred to me that there're a great many iraqi defectors: thousands of iraqi soldiers have surrendered to coalition forces, and some are even commanders. It really speaks a great deal of saddam's reign: a lot of the people under his rule must be terribly disgruntled with his regime. You'd hardly expect soldiers to defect so easily, fighting has been reported to be very light,

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