Fernando Torres!

Friday, March 13, 2009

My 500th post! (which may be my last also)

Nah seriously speaking, I will be going for the Leadership Training Camp for the 32nd Student Council of SAJC, which also means that yes, i chose Council in the end! I really hope all goes well and yes, i will attempt to be at my very best :D

So, the week has been really hectic. We have been having our MSA which also means a lot of last minute mugging. I think I've done alright though i didn't finish studying Geography D:

With 3 minutes left till 11.30 pm, actually 2, i should sign off now and enjoy my last few minutes (probably) on facebook HAHA.

Labels: Council, Holiday, Random

11:14 PM

Sunday, March 08, 2009

I just realised that i haven't blogged for almost a fortnight while conversing with my friend.

Well well well, the past two weeks have been really hectic, hasn't it? Actually, i haven't been blogging properly ever since school started. Days end around evening time and i will waste the day away upon reaching home, not a really good way to start my JC life i must say.

Anyway, just to update you all, i gave up soccer and have been running for the Student Council. Okay this may seem appalling to some of you out there but now, i am not sure whether i should continue running for Council or stick to my passion, soccer but i will make a decision in due time, in fact, by tomorrow!

Man i really don't know what to blog about. There are common tests next week and i have touched barely anything D: Coupled with the fact that i missed school on both Thursday and Friday, my hopes of getting As for both Geography and Math is going down the drain :\

I also owe so much of homework and this is mainly due to the rekindling of my computer addiction and also, yes, PROCRASTINATION, that bitch. HAHA okay it's all down to myself lah i guess :(

I shall get going already, there's SAJC band concert later at 7.30 pm and yes, I'm attending it. I am so screwed for the MSA :S

Labels: Council, Random, Soccer

2:37 PM

Sunday, March 01, 2009

Just when i was about to blog, Itunes changed to Enter Shikari - Sorry You're Not a Winner

This is not an emo post, or one to lament about what i could have done (okay maybe i'll do that unknowingly) and things like that.

Anyway, I've a 9 for my L1R5.

English-3
AMaths-1
Emaths-1
Geography-2
Combined Humanities-1
Science-1
Chinese-3

The day started with me waking up early despite sleeping at 5 as it's really tough to sleep the night before. Upon reaching school, i mingled with everyone before heading to the General Office to collect my Good Progress award, as well as clearing the arrears i owed the school.

Then Mdm Wong already gave me the gauge that i didn't do well, though i wasn't expecting 9.

Surprisingly our batch did a lot better than most of the previous batches, in fact our mean L1R5 was 10.0.

Sadly though, the results did not speak that way as many people didn't meet their expectations. Maybe we did not get 10.0 after all.

Anyway upon getting my result slip, i took another 5 minutes before deciding to open it up. Looking at the alphabets, i was surprised i had a B in there, which was English. Feeling appalled, i immediately went to check out my results before finding out i had 9.

As promised, i called my mom immediately and she was shocked that i had 9, though she said she'd be there for me. Honestly i nearly teared during that short conversation.

Like they all say, the higher you aim, the better you'd achieve even if you do fail. However they also say, the higher you climb, the higher you fall, just that the latter isn't told with the former to make us dream.

Yes i dreamt, dreamt of 6 points. I dreamt of going into RJC, dreamt of getting 7 points minimum. Dreamt about this, dreamt about that.

Reality struck and my bubble burst. All of my dreams were just a facade. Maybe i aimed too high. I probably wasn't capable of achieving 6 but then i just told myself i could. Perhaps that explains the hurt i felt.

Frankly, i guess i deserved an A2 for Geography because i really became overconfident and many things happened which is too draggy to talk about anyway. And then for English. Okay it hasn't been A1 material but a B3 is really unexpected for me.

Well at least I've learnt something from this episode, though the price is really too high to pay. 9 is honestly for me, bullshit (not rubbing in at those who fared worse, no) but i guess God wanted to teach me a lesson :)

This brings me to my resolution for the year school term.

No. 1
Learn to settle for second best

The quote on my blog, "If you are first, you are first. If you are second, you are nothing." by Bill Shankly only makes things worse now though that man made this comment when it really was fact.
Second best isn't that bad actually. Imagine, i wouldn't be half as sad had i scored 7, would i?

All my life I've always wanted the best. The best clothes. The best shoes.

When i play football, i expect the my teammate to put in their very best. I don't expect mistakes. I expect to win all the time, not lose.

(continued from two days ago)

Wouldn't my life so much better if I'll settle for something simpler. Wouldn't i enjoy the a game of football better if i just play my game and let the others play theirs? After all, "it's just a game"

I guess it would be a whole lot better. And that's why i guess i got over this so soon :)

No. 2
Not be so confident/Appear confident

I don't know actually, not be so confident or not appear confident.

I typed an entire paragraph before this but thought I'd just let my case rest and be quietly confident, confident inside me and be ready to shoot others (like me) down whenever i can.

Alright alright i admit I'm overconfident at times, that I'll change but i don't think i am cocky, am i?

Maybe letting my confidence be known to myself would suffice since i suppose there aren't any positives to one being confident.

And to Jun Yao, really, i believe this episode teaches us/me about Karma and i really do believe that it exists.

No. 3
Think twice before taking any actions

Actually i think this was my resolution for 2008 and I'm glad to say that I've met it though to err is human. Thinking twice before saying or doing anything will indeed reduce the chance of erring something, really.

So i shall not go further into saying this but i hope that this will continue for the rest of 2009.

No. 4
Plan early and stick to my goals

I think this will be my last resolution for this school year. I'll be getting a really good planner, those with dates and sufficient space in it to write on and well, I'll plan!

I'll plan out my days in advance. I'll plan to find time to study for my examinations (i really hope to). I'll plan to not make any event clash. Last but not least, i plan to score 4As for my A' Levels!

Yeah big talk again but the aim of this 4th resolution is to lead me to the 4As by hook or by crook. I checked and ACJC has approximately 140 students who have 4As and above so i will make it into that small group of students if i do go into ACJC!

If you're wondering why i have this 4As goal, that is because i found this out which wanting to decide if not taking certain subjects will hinder what i can take in university.

And yeah, Oxford gives "Conditional offers for A-level students are likely to be AAA. Providing that any specific subject requirements have been met, all A-levels are approved for admissions purposes, with the exception of General Studies."

So 4 As should be enough! Won't it?

So start working towards your aim Neo Jun He! You all should too and yes, I have learned so, so much. Just too much for a lesson though :)

All the above was typed around a month and a half ago but now, i am still procrastinating. I don't even have time to do a proper post.

COME ON JUN HE!

Labels: Random, reminder

11:03 PM

Sunday, February 22, 2009

Just hum hallelujah..

Labels: Random

6:35 PM

Thursday, February 19, 2009

What's Left of Me - Nick Lachey

Watched my life pass me by
in the rearview mirror
Pictures frozen in time
are becoming clearer
I don't wanna waste another day
stuck in the shadow of my mistakes - yeah

(Chorus)

Cause I want you
and I feel you
crawling underneath my skin
Like a hunger, like a burnin
to find a place I've never been
Now I'm broken, and I'm faded
I'm half the man I thought I would be
But you can have
what's left of me.

(Verse 2)

I've been dying inside
little by little
Nowhere to go
I'm goin outta my mind
An endless circle
runnin from myself until
You gave me a reason for standing still

(Chorus)

And I want you
and I feel you
crawling underneath my skin
Like a hunger, like a burnin
to find the place I've never been
Now I'm broken, and I'm faded
I'm half the man I thought I would be
But you can have
what's left of me.

(Hook)

Fallin' faster
barely breathing
Give me somethin to believe in
Tell me it's not all in my head

Take what's left of this man
Make me whole once again

(Chorus)

Cause I want you
and I feel you
crawling underneath my skin
Like a hunger, like a burnin
to find the place I've never been
Now I'm broken, and I'm faded
I'm half the man I thought I would be
You can have, all that's left, (yeah, yeah, yeah) what's left of me

(Outro)

I've been dying inside you see
I'm goin outta my mind (outta my mind)
I'm just runnin' in circles all the time

Will you take what's left? x3 -- of me

I'm just runnin' in circles in my mind

Will you take what's left? x3 -- of me

Take what's left of me

Labels: music

12:16 AM

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Here i am, as promised earlier.

Things i have discovered this week

1) I am a cyber addict! I fit into the descriptions mentioned during the cyber wellness talk. I use the computer till late hours like this. I need the computerrrrrrrrrrr oh my god :(

2) Friends are gems bestowed to us by someone above and i hope everyone who reads this treasures as many friends as they can!

Speaking about friends, i have really made a lot of them for the past few weeks! I have quite some friends in SAJC currently. I actually feel quite at home now since i am rather familiar with the surroundings and the people in it :D

Friends made elsewhere have also been plentiful. Despite being in ACJC for only 2 days, i have made a couple of friends from the awesome institution and we still keep in touch and talk online all the time! Ironic huh, i spend more time talking to some of them than to those i already know for so long D:

Then there are also friends of friends (if you get what i mean) that i know as each day passes!

Well as you can summarise, i have been making really a lot of friends these days. So many that I'm afraid that i cannot know them well individually and i may be neglecting some of them.

Okay why are we even talking about friends!

Okay after a very early ending to our lectures today, Nigel and i headed to Saint Joseph's Convent to support our dear juniors who were playing their last game against SJC! Sadly they lost 5-0 but i am sure all of them tried their very best!

For the graduating players, i really hope they have enjoyed their years in Anderson Badminton Team, just like me, and everyone else who had been in ABT before us!

Alright, we followed the team back to Anderson Secondary and had dinner there. Really long time since we've dined there. I reached home around 8.30 pm and realised that it was my brother's birthday as my family were having his cake at the dining table.

I went to jog (after eating the cake duh HAHA) soon after as the urge to do so came to me suddenly!

Anyway i was supposed to study Economics but again, i procrastinated and here i am, still online at 00.38 am :( I really have been procrastinating so much these days that i am really pissed with myself! One of my biggest aims this year is to NOT procrastinate any more but looking at the current situation, i really doubt that it's possible.

Which brings me to the point, i didn't feel happy at all in school yesterday! Not sad but just not happy! I really have no idea why i am not happy at all because i am supposed to be D:

The Heart Never Lies - McFly

Some people laugh,
And some people cry,
And some people live,
And some people die,
And some people run,
Right into the fire,
And some people hide,
Their every desire

[Chorus]
But we are the lovers,
If you don't believe me,
Then just look into my eyes,
Cause the heart never lies

And some people fight,
And some people fall,
Others pretend,
They don't care at all,
If you wanna fight,
I'll stand right beside you,
The day that you fall,
I'll be right behind you,
To pick up the pieces,
If you don't believe me,
Then just look into my eyes,
Cause the heart never lies

Woaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhooh
Woaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaoooooaaahhoooh

Another year over,
And we're still together,
It's not always easy,
But I'm here forever,

[Chorus]
Yeah, we are the lovers,
I know you believe me,
When you look into my eyes,
Cause the heart never lies,
Cause the heart never lies, yeah,
Cause the heart never lies

Labels: cyber addict, music, Random, SAJC, School

12:26 AM

Sunday, February 15, 2009

Okay i know i haven't been updating since God knows when but i promise i will do it soon!

Okay just a short update. The 6 of us from Vina's tuition group went over to her place for a steamboat dinner, as promised by her if we have 12 A1s.

If I'm not wrong, i gained 2 kg after the dinner. Shows you how much i ate ah, and i don't think i ate the most HAHA.

Labels: Random, Vina

10:55 PM