Friday, May 29, 2009, 5:47 AM

Okay, quote James Loo when I talked to him, I've finally dropped all responsibilities :X

Well, sort of. Technically I have, but a chairman never stops their duty till the class disbands at the end of the year. Sucks right. Still, SLB Investiture was.....heartwarming. This was my 3rd and last one, and it does feel special to pass out.

I know this post is long, lllooooooonnnnnnggggg overdue, but it's still nice. We spent Tuesday rehearsing for the Investiture, it was boring but fffuuuunnn :D Talked alot with Chris Woo, KO, Joey and Yong Kee :D KO IS AN EVANESCENCE FAN AS WELL ^^ We realised that when we were looking at Michael's phone and we both asked him to play 'Bring Me To Life' by Evanescence~! Hee. And after rehearsals we had CMC pizza dinner :D I think that was the second and last time I had dinner with CMC in my 3 years. Sigh.

And the next day was -the- day :O We had one more round of rehearsals but got really bored waiting for the iMedia to get ready so..

PICTURES :D

From Left: KO, Myself, Irwin, Joel, Chris, John, Alan :D

Then Mr. Tan asked us to stop cam-whoring and get ready to rehearse :X

After our first round of rehearsals it was:

John and me :D John in his last hours of CMC PPRRREEEZZZZZ.

Joel!

And we hung about doing nothing but just talking and listening to music and taking pictures while waiting for invest to start, since Sec 4s couldn't do anything but just wait. Nor could we go entertain guests D:

When invest started, it was...well. I didn't know how to feel as I watched the excos pass their blazers on to the next batch. Maybe cause I'm not too involved in CMC (being a non-exco). But as we went downstage to receive our gifts, I felt a little..down. One was the feeling of passing out (just like in NCC), the other was the gift. It was...a slip of printed paper. With my name written on it. And printed behind is a picture of jets soaring (Theme of the invest was Soar). I was really kinda disappointed :( It's really not much to remember 3 years of being in the Chairman Board with.

And for the non-excos, we had a -little- something extra:

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See the video in the link! I don't have the video: this was videoed by Jeremy Cheok. Graduation - NO MORE TIES :DDD

By the way, I actually became a class chairman in Sec 2 was because Stefan decided to saboh me into by sneakily getting everybody to vote me into becoming one. But then again, all his judgements has always been good, I had my fun in CMC :D No more morning meetings to attend now.

And yes John, I feed off the joy of taking attendance every morning :)

Walking around without a tie for a week feels surprisingly good. It's like a relief somehow. But somehow I still miss sec 2 where Wei Yang and myself followed Ivan's words to the dot and only loosened our ties -just- as we stepped out of the school gate :D

Then there was the assistant chairman's tie bet with Damien, and DAMIEN IF YOU'RE READING THIS, I WON THE BET: THE CMC MEETING WAS A TUESDAY :D and Damien owed me Joel's tie (read post from way back to see the full story of the Assistant's Tie saga :D) but it got all resolved when Damien got me a teddie named Joel wearing a bowtie. So I owed Damien a bow. Hee.

Then there was ANOTHER tie bet, this time with John, Zongda and Yeung Kai. It was a disadvantageous bet: whoever caught one another without a tie in school uniform for the 2 weeks leading up to Investiture had to treat the others to Seoul Garden.

And I was the weakest link (seeing that I alway remove my tie after school hours). So they think they could beat me. But nooo :D I found a loophole: Change out into a t-shirt after school hours =D

And Zongda found a loophole with that, quote: "Technically, you can't take off your shirt without removing your tie, so for that one moment you're in school uniform without your tie." But no, Zong, technically I can remove my shirt without taking my tie off :D Just loosen and remove head first ^^ Ha.

Even without a tie, class chairmans we shall still be :)

Balthus

and a long way we have come and may the road never end

Friday, May 15, 2009, 5:40 AM

I truly am the hermit.

I've spent over 24 hours without taking a step out of my room :D I feel both a sense of achievement and irritation :O Mainly because it hurt to even stand on my right foot. It's a long story, but we'd get to that eventually.

Oh side note: all these pictures of the sky I post up is usually taken when I'm walking towards tuition in the evening :)

On Tuesday after school I hung about in the Air Store and talked to Yuk Tim and the other Air sec 3s about spec course and how it goes about. I really hope many, if not all of them, can pass out with 2SG ranks :D Anyway after that I went to the auditorium to listen to a lecture given by a minister who was an old boy. I was really, really bored until Mr. Lim Swee Say started talking into the mike: he was using Chinese D:

I immediately had to perk up and concentrate should I hope to follow what he was saying. Then he switched over to English. He was trying to show us the importance of bilingualism, just as our school mission plans to imprint into us. He carried on by talking about his life story and humble beginnings, and I love how he can tell a joke with a straight face, like "My English got better and betterer." Without laughing. Sweet.

He went on to talk about 'the Singapore Way', on how we got to the society we are today through hard word and determination. And about the future of Singapore as well with all it's advancements. I found it very interesting mainly because the way he spoke made him sound very impressive yet so humble for a minister :D really amazing. And repeated quotes from him such as "don't believe in your own bullshit" :O and about the importance of bilingualism, innovation and creativity. We ended by singing a school song for he was an old boy :) And people like Ivan Ong keep making fun of how I look like him - alot :X I'm not interested in politics!

Thursday

Mrgh. Life just sucks sometimes. I joined PE, and finally we got to draw hockey sticks. Our class took some time to pick teams, I was just impatient to get playing. Finally when we got rolling, 5 minutes into the game I was defending the ball from Bryan Ching then he fouled and swung above the ankle, striking my right foot's ankle. Great.

I fell from the impact and the pain was like, crunching upon the joint. Mr Han had me stand up and lay myself down to relax. I spent my PE period lying down behind the tennis net keeping my foot straight and propped up by my shoe, just watching the other teams happily play hockey and defending my face from sec 1s playing volleyball. Those idiots asked me to get up and throw the ball back: I just yelled at them to shut up and do it themselves. Irritating.

As soon as PE ended Duo Geng ran to get me treated with cold compress and triangular bandage. With Jordan and Joey holding my stuff, Duo Geng piggy-backed me from ground to 5th floor single-handedly :X Even though I'm light it's still really heavy to do that right after he drained himself at training, and I'm really grateful for the three of them staying back to help me after PE :)

Things got bad to worst as I couldn't even concentrate on the math test with the pain, and the whole foot swelled till I couldn't move it without feeling sharp pains. By end of chem period I couldn't take it anymore, and Stef happened to drop by my class. He insisted that I was to get help immediately, so after much persuasion he got me to agree to let him fireman-lift me down to the 3rd floor to hobble to the sick bay. It was supposedly dangerous but Stefan made it safe, and I really thank him for that as well :) And Mrs. Tan has the habit of calling us "Friend!", it was very recognisable that I knew who it was before I turned around to see who called out to us.

Dad took me to Alexandra hospital, where I realised the hospitals are still stringent on checks in prevention of swine flu: temperatures were taken and we all had to wear face masks.

Random note: Talking on the phone with the mask on fogs my glasses up :X

Random note no.2: Wheelchairs aren't easy to maneuver when there are like dozens of people milling about with broken arms and headaches.

The waits for my consultation, my X-ray (scary, scary large overhead device swerving above my right ankle silently like a white-cloaked ghoul :X) and my re-consultation took really, really, really long. Apparently they were short-staffed because of an emergency, so the wait times got extended. I fell asleep in my wheelchair about 6 times :X and the TV was playing endless episodes of Mr. Bean over and over :D I guess laughter really is supposed to help the patients.

My doctor told me during the re-consultation that: nothing was cracked or fractured (thank god) but apparently I fell from the impact of the hockey stick and my body weight sprained my own ankle (such a stupid way to get injured) and I'm BANNED FROM CONTACT SPORTS for about 6 - 8 weeks. Great. I play two hockey matches and I'm out of it already. I'm also not allowed to attend PE for another 2 months, maybe I can again at term 3.

Friday

In total I've spent 37 hours and 10 minutes (and possibly 73 seconds) n my room. Not taking a step out, just basically transferring myself from the bed to my desk to the toilet and back to my desk. I actually like staying in my room for some reason, maybe I should become a hermit :O not like Li would ever let me though...so yea I won't.

Saturday

I got out of my room (yay.) for Chinese classes. Uneventful, but I was wishing I had a couple of throwing knifes at handy for some loud mouthed schoolmates about my foot. Hahah I met Sir Anthony who was grading the NCOs' footdrill mutual and the first thing he said was 'Wah you also paika D:" apparently Yong Liang is also injured and Yong Hwee chipped his nails. Agh.

I watched the NCOs have their drill mutual and accessed one of them. Agh, at the rate you'all are going, your scores are going to be really low even though accessed by our own officers. Remember what I told you'all about co-operation between IC and platoon: mutual respect for both parties and everyone will benefit :) I really, really hope you'all will push for high foot drill mutual scores and everyone will pass out with 2SG after Air Spec Course.

The Part Bs are flying the electric plane - when are you all ever going to start flying independently! I'm worried you guys won't have enough time to practice before the competition at SYFC in June. I nearly got injured by RJC softballers who decided to lob a ball over to Len and myself while I was talking to him, luckily both of us stepped back (actually, I stumbled, but still.) If not Sheryl would kill me again D:

OMG HIGHER CHINESE INTENSIVE STARTS THIS WEEK 10 periods of HCL in a week will kill!

Balthus

I'm painting on the walls, cause I'm the one that falls.

Labels: because it will get better :)

Thursday, May 7, 2009, 7:48 AM

Wednesday

On Wed the sec 4s had a really interesting activity - we had the Careerfest organised by the school, with JCs, Polys and unis setting up booths around the primary school hall.

After Mr Leong had his opening address and presenting gifts to the professionals and the institutions, we were left to go free-and-easy. I had to catch the career talk at 3.30 (I signed up for both engineering and teaching talks) so yea, I decided to attend the engineering talk because the speaker was external. I waited there for awhile and De Sheng came in to tell us he'd be either really late or is cancelling on us, so I ran over to the classroom where Mr. Fernendaz was just starting his talk on teaching. He asked me why I was considering the profession, I replied because it looked like one which was really fulfilling :)

Miss Tan came in as well and sort of, explained to us why Mr. Fernendaz was picked for the job of telling us the life of a teacher - it was because he was one of much passion in it and one with a BIG heart :D He shared with us the requirements, the unwritten ones as well such has having paitence and passion towards teaching all sorts of students, and about being a civil servant. I realised that teaching as a career branches out to many different routes of advancement, progressing from the classroom teacher. So yea, education could be one of my options to consider in the future, like as Mrs. Anna Tan suggested I should try out relief teaching first. The talk was great because Mr. Fernendaz was doing it and I learnt more about being a civil servant :D

We walked back together towards the hall to view the booths and Mr Fernendaz and I just chatted more about scholarships. Back in the hall I visited NUS' booth and could not understand much of what they told me, just the sound advice to choose my JC subjects wisely so as to be able to open the path to as many courses as possible in uni. VJC sounded kinda fun and interesting, can see why so many cat high guys end up going there. CJC talked more about fulfiling NYAA gold. RJC was kinda cold, the ex-cat high guy couldn't even speak, the teacher had to swoop in. Hmm. A better insight in the JCs, though.

Thursday

The only few things eventful about this long, draggy day was PE and Chem O level SPA.

We finished watching the movie of the novel, 'To Kill a Mocking Bird', which Mrs Yap so vehemently forbade us to watch before we finished studying the novel, and she was right about it: the movie did dilute much of the novel and it's content, it only captured the key events and dramatised on them, and people kept making fun of the actor for Tom and Mayella. It was really alot more dramatic then I pictured it to be when I read the book. Then after the attack on the children came the scene where we finally saw:

BOO RADLEY. GASP.

Okay we seriously didn't expect him to look like that. He seems too muscular and healthy looking to be the Boo in the book, Ivan was like saying there's a problem with the casting, showing the best looking character only for last :O

During PE we played hockey, finally getting into the game :D It's fun and very, well, in two games there were like 5 accidents, so yea. Duo Geng hit the joint above my ankle while I was on offensive :X hurt like nuts, but I carried on playing (then DG got hit in the nose by the ball :X He's okay now.) and only felt the pain during Amath later. Mrs Tan had someone go get a triangular bandage for me I made a cast out of it :D I'm still on the makeshift cast, though finally the vein which was swelling is subsiding. This is why I love first aid :D

Chem SPA was kinda uneventful, just that it hurt to go and get the reactants. I think at most I'd minus a mark or two for getting too low an enthalpy change.

And I have my own fair share of encounters with creepy, middle aged men who stand up when a bunch of cat high boys board the bus, squeeze inbetween us in the crowd and keep knocking into us, not getting off the bus anytime soon. Usually when someone stands up it's to give the seat to someone or to exit the bus, but notorious Mr. Bishan G on bus 156 did it to squeeze into the crowd. I was really pissed with him and exited asap.

Friday

After school I was talking with Wei Kit, Wei Xuan and Samuel about how to fill up our testimonial forms. I seriously got nothing to fill in under 'Aesthetics' :O

After that I went to study till 5, and just as I sat down Ernest joined me :D We were basically just talking and making notes. Two NCC air part As who had too much time on their hands with no training dropped by and talked to us, and decided to do PT for the fun of it. So enthu :O

For some reason Leong Shuan came by and talked to Ernest and myself. Apparently he was waiting for his peer mentor. He, erm, introduced me his form of metal music...which was rather...extreme. Even females singing d-e-a-t-h metal sound tortured with their low voices, and the drum beats at such fast frequencies. Just listening to the fast drums scare me D: and the song titles are all...gory, with the singers screaming practically every line. Ernest and I were freaked D: I think I like my form of metal alot, alot, alot better: symphonic metal and goth metal incorporate keyboard very often with slower drums, and all the lyrics are very clearly sung. And they are slow in tempo. Like Evanescence and Within Temptation :D Never will I go near anything heavy metal-ish ever again.

And I know I've heard that LS can do it, but I didn't believe it entirely until I heard him recite the whole, frigging periodic table infront of me according to mass, from Helium to Actinium, then moving on to the lower group from Cerium to Lawrencium. In perfect order :O I was like, dumb-founded. He couldn't say what memory technique he used, he said he 'just remembered for kicks'. Oh god. Then we memorised like, in groups as well, like reciting the halogens in order of reactivity. Now I'm freaked yet amazed o.o

When it was 5 I went down to the parade square to watch the 30th CHS NPCC batch graduate with Ernest and Chek Wei:

Sebastian was super smooth with the drill cane, it seemed so light yet he could whip it into 90 degrees under his shoulder in one movement :D

Mr Daniel Yong inspecting the GOH

Sebastian returning the drill cane, symboling their stepping down as the NCOs of 2008-2009.

Then came the best part of the short POP:

That was the freestyle drill performance they exited the parade with. After I heard the MC cueing the performance I quickly hobbled to join Damien and Shi Min on the second floor to film. It was amazing from my angle. They basically thanked the Sirs and Madam, formed a circle to do a CHS NPCC cheer, formed the number '30' as they slow marched out of the parade and threw their berets :D

I know that many of the 30th batch didn't choose NPCC as their CCA of choice back when we were sec 1, but look at them now. Even though not everybody was highly interested in NPCC, through their four years together they have come out to be the most bonded part amongst all the uniform groups, proudly being the 30th batch. It's all apparent in the video, for a part to rehearse together to pull off this freestyle drill performance for their grand exit, it really is amazing :D

I'm glad I'm friends with many of them and was able to watch them make their grand exit :)

Balthus

Time in a blink of an eye.

Labels: and we move on

Monday, May 4, 2009, 4:43 AM

Sugar rush is BAD, seriously.
It may appear as an awesome idea to help you stay awake, as demostrated during class today when Ngiap Seng offered homemade cookies to Wei Yang and myself. SUGARRUSHSUGARRUSHMRRGGHHH we didn't bat a eyelid the whole chem lesson :D

It was only until nearing the end of the period did the effects start to fade and you start to slip into a drowsy, weak state. Until you fuel yourself once again with more sugar, that is ^^

Choon Searn is still the king in sleeping. Today, we watched him sleep while digging his bag for physics notes. Amazing, really is second to none. I wonder what he does till late at night, seeing that he isn't a crazy gamer like his partner is.

Are our O level papers really that late in the afternoon? We were told so during the EL Mock Paper 2 exam in the hall in the afternoon, that the O levels would be about that late as well. Gah, then we have to train ourselves to be alert in the morning AND in the afternoon. Without sugar. Great.

Oh and if some of you are wondering, I didn't bleach my watch or anything. I just got the same watch, but in alternate colours: It's now black on white instead of white on black, so yea. When I said "It's white black, not black white." after lit lesson to a friend, Mrs. Yap was giving me the 'Are-you-being-racist-like-in-To-Kill-A-Mocking-Bird' look ._. Mrgh.

Walking into school through the sidegate today was scary - teachers were like staring you down there with face-masks on, it's like walking through a imaginary X-ray where they try and sieve out anybody who looks remotely sick or flu-ish. I seriously got a shock when I turned in and nearly walked into one of them. Wonder what would happen if one of us walked in and gave just a -little- sneeze: they'd either shoot us instantly to 'eliminate the source', or body-bind us, stuff a mask on us, carry us with gloves on and throw us into a nearby ambulance on stand-by to be transported to the nearest water body :O

Too much imagination :X

Back to note-making!

Balthus

sugarsuagrsugar"girlyou'remysugar,IcallyouCandy~"sugarsugarsugarrush :D

Labels: Do you have sugar?

Friday, May 29, 2009, 5:47 AM

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Thursday, May 7, 2009, 7:48 AM

Monday, May 4, 2009, 4:43 AM

Protagonist

Within Nobody, Within Me

Stars to favour

Raindrops to catch

Scrawl the Walls

The Other Path

archives

credits

Friday, May 29, 2009, 5:47 AM

Friday, May 15, 2009, 5:40 AM

Thursday, May 7, 2009, 7:48 AM

Monday, May 4, 2009, 4:43 AM

Protagonist

Within Nobody, Within Me

Stars to favour

Raindrops to catch

Scrawl the Walls

The Other Path

archives

credits

Friday, May 29, 2009, 5:47 AM

Friday, May 15, 2009, 5:40 AM

Thursday, May 7, 2009, 7:48 AM

Monday, May 4, 2009, 4:43 AM