Eggs & Brains

SEASON FINALE!

2007-03-06T00:02:00.000+08:00

Okay, I haven't been updating regularly.

Yes, this blog is dead, and shall remain dead.

It shall rot in the abyss and never to be heard from again!

Or maybe?

Anyway, real reason is, I'm REALLY busy these days. I guess the blog has got to come to an end for a while. :(

Oh well, it was fun while it lasted. :D

TILL NEXT TIME! :)

I'm tired and it is time to rest

2007-02-18T11:45:00.000+08:00

I knew I would burn out eventually.

Juggling multiple commitments is pretty tiring.

Mytailisonfire didn't make it through the Temasek Idol (TI) auditions. I'm not exactly disappointed because I mean after all I didn't think we sounded fantastic. Besides, TI is very much a SINGING competition, they should have just kept it that way. And not getting in basically means I have one less responsibility to hold.

The strange thing now is Owen (one of the semi-finalists of TI) may intend to get us to join him as a backing band for him when he plays "Sway" or "Fly Me To The Moon".

We're going big band style man, I'm looking forward to it. But that's of course only if Owen makes it to the finals.

Well, it's CNY now and I'm really thankful for these days to rest and recuperate.

The past few days have been OGL meet-ups, and I haven't been shouting properly. (Projection of voice comes from the diaphragm, which I haven't been doing correctly) Seems like NCC and drama do teach you some useful stuff. :P

I'm running for clan master for Nyrah this time. I wasn't too keen at first cause I figured I won't be able to manage my time well enough. But since things have been going the way they have been, I guess I'll just run for clan master to see how it goes. :P

Nyrah has strength in numbers, but definitely not the loudness. :/

We're the size of Blazon and Orexus combined, and yet we hardly sound any louder than they are.

COME ON NYRAH! I personally think we can Orientation 2!

And did I mention Gamma won Road Run? Yeah I was really ecstatic about it.

I mean after all, when they announced the overall champions for Road Run, I was like:

"Aiya Beta is going to win this for sure."

And I would have been right, right? I mean after all, they won 1st, 2nd and 3rd for the male category for JC level. :/

So when they said Gamma won, I guess everyone was overjoyed.

You could really see the disappointment in Beta house though, I guess they really thought they could win.

S-U-C-C-E-S-S!

Ah well, I'm lazy to blog further.

Happy Chinese New Year to everyone out there!

Pfft.

2007-02-12T20:10:00.000+08:00

Jam with Mytailisonfire was...okay I guess. We scraped playing The Donnas' "Take It Off" and Pearl Jam's "Last Kiss" because apparently the range is way too high for Farid. :/

Oh well, so we're doing "Wherever You Will Go" by The Calling. Cliche song, but oh well what to do. The chord progression was really simple and it was a song Farid was comfortable with singing. We added our own touch to it, just to keep the song interesting. And we're too lazy to come up with a second song, so we're just going to go there and improvise something if they ever ask for a second number.

Met up with the CG 19/07 for some fun and just hanged around Suntec. I ran into Ryan, my guitar senior, and Carrie and Shi Hui. Gee, small world eh?

Well, most of them had to leave early. So I just hung around with Jerome, Nicholas, Gywnneth and Janice. I had my brunch/dinner (I didn't eat for the whole day) while they sat around and played taitee.

Hah, they were so afraid of being accused of gambling, so they were really careful as to where they could play taitee. Hahaha.

I ate at New York, New York. I decided to give myself a little treat (after the very busy weekend). Heh. Good food for once, muahahha.

Anyway, this week and the subsequent week is going to be busy as hell. The good thing is, after that I can slow down the pace of my work with my bands.

To Jonathan/Justin/Reagan/David: Not sure if you guys will ever see this, but I think I'll have to retire from playing with you guys after March 17th. I think I'm starting to feel the effects of juggling my social life, school/homework, and music. Playing in multiple bands is kinda tough. :/

And since Mytailisonfire is purely a side project, I'll retire from playing in it when the Temasek Idol contest is over.

So yeah, but until then, we'll see to it again.

That's all for now, gotta go finish up homework. :/

Go Green Day!

2007-02-12T03:29:00.000+08:00

It's 3am in the friggin' morning and I can't get to bed. Pfft. Not really a bad thing considering I have some stuff to accomplish.

I'm jamming with Mytailisonfire for the TI auditions tomorrow at Tiet Studio. Gee, to be honest I'm not entirely looking forward to it. :(

But then again, it is highly unprofessional to say you don't want to play for a band anymore just because 'you don't feel like it'.

As they say, the show must go on.

Speaking about upcoming gigs, Diorama and FourEncounting is set to play at my school (TJC) for the PAE bash on 23rd February. So to students in the PAE for TJC, do look out for us! :D Gosh, I think I'll really need a shitload of stamina to play that show.

Hm, and Calvin informed that we might be playing on Tuesday. More details to come.

And there's a CG 19/07 outing tomorrow too! Ahh I hope I can make it there.

Anyway, so today was Go Green Day! Hahaha, it's like one of those mass CIP programmes that schools organise these days (think Beach Cleaning and stuff like that).

We had to carry loads of newspapers and clothes. Not exactly very tiring though. And it's a good chance to bond with your classmates. I learned about some random stuff that I would have never uncovered unless I asked. Like the fact that Hui Yun once kissed a girl, Shi Hui wears contacts (honestly I thought she had perfect eyesight) amongst other stuff. I also realised the block 124-128 part of Bedok North Street 2 is really ulu. Most of the units have doorbells that don't even work. Or no doorbells at all. :/

Haha, we made this joke that perhaps the doorbell is like beyond the normal human hearing range. It probably rings such that the dogs can hear. And when the dogs hear the doorbell they bark. And when the owners hear the dog bark they realise someone is at the door. Roflcopter.

Well, I woke up in the morning and walked to the bus stop (Mum and Dad weren't at home cause they were overseas). At first I was like, "Hey wait a second, where's all the secondary and primary school kids?".

"I mean, I know the J2s are arriving later, but the bus stop shouldn't be THIS empty!"

Only then did I realise that it was a Sunday. Lollerskates.

So when I got to school, we had to go to our civics venues and tell our civics tutor our L1R5 score and stuff.

About 4/5 of the class of 19/07 are 9 pointers and below. I think the rest got like 11, 12 and 13? So sad to say I guess some of our classmates will be leaving TJC.

Similarly, those who got like 6, 7 points are considering VJC too. :/ With the exception of Alex of course, cause he's stuck with the ExCo SCIP. Heh.

Is it just me or is there something so attractive about VJC that everyone wants to go there?

I mean, don't get me wrong, I know Victoria is a great school. My sister joined VJC with 14 points and left with straight As on her 'A' Level certificate.

I mean, I have nothing against those who intend to leave TJC. VJC is perhaps a better place for them, so I'm not complaining.

To Jareth and Fann: I know I've been complaining about how I dislike those hypocrites who said they would stay but are deciding not to now.

I guess I'm selfish to say that.

I guess that I'm finding a reason to STAY in TJC. There is no 100% guarantee that I'll get into VJC, but I can be persuaded to at least put VJC as my first choice and try for it.

And perhaps you might ask, "What's the reason for staying?".

And the reason is loyalty, and not turning your back on others.

When I got into TJC, I said I would stay. I told several friends I would. I told the SYF people in guitar that I would stay. I guess everybody else who got into TJC said that too because they probably knew they wouldn't do any better for the Os and perhaps they knew they wouldn't do any better than they did for prelims.

And then surprise surprise, tons of people getting 7 or 8 points. Some even 6.

It is understandable why people want to go VJC. I guess everybody has a reason for doing so, some more justifiable than others. Despite whatever is said, people still put academic studies as a top priority. Getting into a good school is important for most people.

This isn't a case of 'dude, my friends are in TJC, I want to stay', this is more of valuing what I say.

I suppose nobody really gives a shit whether I stay in TJC or not, but I think what matters is that I KNOW and value what I said.

People these days say things without meaning it.

I can try and put VJC as my first choice and you know, perhaps I might just get in. Unlikely, but it is possible.

But what would I be leaving behind? I would be blatantly stabbing people in the back. I'll be leaving the guitar people to have to search for a new contrabass player and I'll be leaving all my friends who I told I would stay.

And big deal if I move to VJC, I don't really stand to gain anything. Sure, it's a lot nearer to home. Not sure if the girls are hotter. :P But VJC's guitar ensemble may not be better than TJC's guitar ensemble, I would have to stay back to make sure I can catch up with lectures and tutorials, I have to remake new friends. And orientation is going to feel like...orientation all over again. :/ I really wanted to be leading orientation the 2nd time, not being part of it like the start of the PAE period.

I'm being fickle minded. :/

Oh well, 2 more days to consider.

I ought to make up my mind soon. :/

SEVEN

2007-02-10T17:09:00.000+08:00

I scored a 7 for my L1R5 for my Os. :D

Practically screaming like an idiot when I saw that I was one of the top 50 students in TK. WOOT!

It was fcking scary man. The school enjoys taking a piss at students by showing who got straight As and what shit.

They started by showing the straight As students (Roshni, Huijin and Sophia are the top 3 students of TK for your information), followed by those who got 7A1s, 6A1s etc.

When it reached the 5A1s slide, naturally the L1R5 of the candidates were in ascending order.

And I saw Darwin's name there and his L1R5 was 11 already. And I was seeing a bunch of names with 8, 9 points for their L1R5.

I mean, I told myself that any L1R5 score less than 9 would be an achievement. Anything more would be a disappointment.

So of course, when I didn't see that slide I was really depressed. :(

AND SLIDE 5! HOLY MOTHER OF ALL BOMBS!

I SAW MY FRIGGIN' NAME ON THE SCREEN!

SEVEN POINTS. FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

I was cheering like a little kid. Derron, who was next to me was cheering before that cause he managed to get 8 points. :D

On the whole, 4A did extremely well. We produced tons of 6, 7, 8, 9 pointers. :D

Hip hip hurray!

I'm proud of my school.

And I think the combined humanities paper was rigged. Cause I got an A1 for that. Muahhaa.

Overall, almost everybody I know in TJC did fantastic. Ryan got 7 too, most of my classmates in CG19/07 got 9 points and below. Gernaine, Joanne, Fann Jialiang, Jareth all got 9 points or below as well. Leon got 10, but it's okay cause he can deduct 4 points from CCA and from the PAE. Elliot is a DSA student so he's staying. Jit Rui got 8 points so he can stay too. :D :D :D

And I'm glad most of them are staying. Haha, especially all the TK people and my classmates. :D
I shall go on to label those people defecting to other schools as disloyal scumbags. Hmph. :/

I'm glad Ryan is staying too, cause I really want to carry on beatbox and bass jams with him!

It's awesome to be able to jam with Ryan. Really let's me explore another level of funk and hip-hop.

Speaking of which, Ryan has finally got the input jack converter so that he can try out beatboxing on my amp. Bass amps probably work better for beatboxing since they carry the lower registers much better.

I've been leaving my amp in school for some time now (since the string ensemble performance which I screwed up quite bad, lol). I might be jamming with Ryan once again on Tuesday. But we'll see to it again.

Speaking about jamming, the performance for Ben and Jerry's yesterday night was GREAT! :D

Thanks to everybody who came down, which probably includes Justin and Jonathan Boon, Khia Peng, Leon and friends/family, Emma's family, and Calvin/Emma/Hafiz's friends from RP.

We played Plush, Aeroplane, Creep, Chasing Cars, My Sharona and Gel. Haha, Jonathan was laughing when we started playing Creep. (Inside joke, lol.)

My Sharona was played like we were on steroids. Super fast and stuff. Haha. Aeroplane was much better as compared to the previous time we played it at the gig at Bukit Panjang.

Emma's drumset was reeling back quite a lot, so during her drum solo she had to pause and go like:

"Wait arh, need to adjust pedals."

The drumset's quality was pretty bad so at least Emma brought her own gear.

Leon said it was a great set! Haha, glad you enjoyed yourself man. Khia Peng was astounded by Hafiz's ability to hold notes. Kudos to everyone! :D

Our next upcoming gigs will be on February 23rd at TEMASEK JUNIOR COLLEGE'S PAE BASH! :D Gosh I can't wait, I'm sure it's going to be a blast.

Life in TJC has been wonderful. All I need to start doing is start making more friends. :/

I feel like I know so little people in TJC that it gets boring sometimes.

All right, that's all for now. I gotta go off and blog on the class blog and do homework.

And write to my angel and mortal. MUAHAHA!

HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY AHEAD!

Cheers! :D

Bee-zee-bee-zee

2007-02-02T22:14:00.000+08:00

Okay! The past week has been really busy.

Practice with the Chamber (String) Ensemble on Tuesday, audition for Guitar SYF on Wednesday, long day of studying on Monday and Thursday, homework to complete...blah blah blah.

Nonetheless, a very productive week indeed! :D

Yesterday was awesome, we started practice for SYF already! Only four of the J1s were picked for SYF (me being one of them).

In case you're wondering, I'm playing the contrabass guitar. Yay! I'm absolutely in love with the instrument. Heh. The tone and feel of the instrument is great! :D However, I got a blister on my thumb from playing it today. Rahh.

The contrabass guitar is like a regular guitar just tuned one octave lower.

So actually it is a bass guitar...

With 6 strings.

So actually it is like a 6 string electric bass...

Just that the strings are tuned EADGBE, not BEADGC. :D

Yeah yeah, okay I shall stop amusing myself. Pfft.

So I headed to school for practice (again) with the String Ensemble today. Everything went pretty well and despite my minor role, I would say I'm impressed with the playing of the ensemble members. Kudos to each of you! :D

We're playing a setlist of theme songs and classics so do check it out.

Our performance is on the 6th of Feb during lunch break at 12.40pm at the TJC auditorium. Admission is free so do come and take a look! :D

And I just realised that I have maths tutorial at that time of the day...

Hmmm, I wonder if I'm allowed to leave? :/ Ah well.

The month ahead looks REALLY busy.

Let's see...performance with the String Ensemble, gig at Ben and Jerry's with Diorama, TalentQuestX finals at DXO with Diorama, gig at Sentosa with FourEncounting (not confirmed though), SYF practice for guitar, and not to mention homework and school. :(

And it has been announced that the guitar concert will be held on May 25th! Like zomg, that's a day after my birthday? -.-

Rahhh, oh well.

I can't wait for the results for the Os to be released soon. Rumours say it should be next friday.

Damn, I so hope I can stay at TJC.

Okay, I'm lazy to blog further. :(

Take care all!

Gernaine thinks lollerskates are cute.

2007-01-26T22:51:00.000+08:00

I realised I'm getting lazier and lazier somewhat as the days go by.

Not that it is a bad thing or anything, just that I've always been used to getting homework finished on time and not having to rush at the last minute.

I didn't finish my Chemistry supplementary exercise questions yesterday because I decided to just finish it today. (I have a 50 minute free period till guitar practice after my final lesson anyway)

Well, yeah so it worked out. Still, I feel I ought stop procrastinating so much. :/

I shall finish homework tomorrow before the OG outing at 5pm and I shall blog before I go to sleep today. :D

Anyway, today wasn't so bad. I've signed up for the Temasek Idol with Farid on vocals, Jit Rui whacking out the beats and Leon on guitar.

While we originally intended to include Elliot and Benjamin so we could do blues-rock stuff, Jit Rui thinks 8 bar blues stuff is a little boring. :/

I agree that's true somewhat, but still good music is good music. :)

Well, to be honest I'm not really looking forward to it because I'm somewhat skeptical about the organisation of the event.

To begin, I was somehow led to believe that TI was purely a singing competition whether you're joining as a group or solo.

The SC people called me up to inform me that 'there isn't any promises' as to whether they can get the equipment. Although in my opinion they are most likely able to get it, who knows?

Not that I have anything against playing in school-based performances, but it tends to suck sometimes because of bad sound and bad organisation. :/

I still recall Talent Search when they miced Jit Rui's kick drum but the mic channel wasn't even turned on. :/

Pfft. Oh well.

Anyway in case you're wondering, I named the band Mytailisonfire. It was completely random, but in case you're wondering where I got the name, think Charizards and Alexisonfire.

We're intending to play The Donnas' "Take It Off" and Pearl Jam's "Last Kiss". We need two songs for the auditions anyway, so we're just settling with these two first.

Hm darn, now I hope Calvin and Emma decide on the songlist for the TalentQuest X finals soon.

So guitar practice today was pretty okay. The bunch of us who could play and sightread went outside of the InnoSpace room to practice playing "A Whole New World".

I had to play rhythm because I learned the rhythm parts accidentally. :/

Haha, joining guitar ensemble is pretty good because I feel like I can finally sightread for once. Not to mention it really exposes you to stuff you normally won't try playing or even listening to.

After some practice we had some interaction session with each other. Moon says I have a lack of coordinaton which probably explains why I was the only person who had to do forfeits twice. :/

Oh well, after guitar I met Cheng Ying in the canteen and it was pretty cool. We did some violin/guitar jams which I thought sounded pretty okay.

We played stuff like Stand By Me, Fly Me To The Moon and just a range of pop songs or whatever could pop into my head at that point of time.

Classically trained people are a strange lot indeed.

They range from being really bad to being nothing short of impressive.

Like this guy from String Ensemble who is the concert master, his hearing was top notch.

While to be fair I played really standard chord progressions for him to improvise over, I was impressed when he started improvising over my basslines. :O

Kudos to you all! -applause-

TJ has so many talented musicians that I think it's just amazing. I'm looking forward to practicing with the string ensemble people on Monday and Tuesday.

I'm helping them out with their cover of Chrono Cross's main title Time's Scar. I'm providing the bass part, Jit Rui is handling percussion and violins and piano will do the rest.

I think it'll sound pretty rad. :D

Gee, and I can't wait to try collaborating with Ryan too. His taste in music is really good too. He introduced me to this hour long track full of grooves and beats that will get stuck in your head for days.

Well that pretty much wraps up today. I'm off to blog on my class's blog.

Take care!

Randomness

2007-01-22T18:57:00.000+08:00

I realised this is a good way to blog when you're feeling lazy :/

1. Gig at Ngee Ann Poly was pretty good.

2. Crowd was boring, as usual. :/

3. I'M IN GUITAR CLUB! :D

4. Econs is like the best subject ever.

5. I think when you're in Singapore, the six degrees of separation hypothesis holds true. :/ Go figure. Heh.

Ah dammit. I shall head back to finishing up homework.

Blah.

Randomness

2007-01-16T23:56:00.000+08:00

1. Muse gig was great, good sound, flawless performance.

2. The crowd was kinda boring to say the least :/

3. Darn, I haven't done my tutorial for Maths. :/

4. Rage Against the Machine rock live through an MP3 player. HAHAHA.

5. Diorama is through for TalentQuest X :D :D :D

6. One of the other finalist bands are 80% Alcohol, who played at the TJC gig.

7. Lemsip, as the name implies, you sip it.

8. Eggs and Brains rhyme with Aches and Pains. lollerskates.

9. I'm going to miss Winston. Awwww.

10. Oh and Shanti too. :(

DESTROY.ERASE.IMPROVE

2007-01-15T21:36:00.000+08:00

I took off my old decals on my jacket and sewn on two of them.

One of them is a decal with Meshuggah on it and the other is Che Guevara in technicolour. Heh :P

Anyway I'm very pleased with it and I think it looks absolutely rad. :D

Oh well, I'm lazy to blog further.

CAN'T WAIT FOR MUSE LIVE AT FORT CANNING TMR! :D :D :D

I can't wait for the results for TalentQuest X too.

And today's encounter with Mr. Tong was somewhat strange yet amusing. Hah.

GAMMA HOT NOT?

2007-01-13T19:08:00.000+08:00

SAY WE CAN DO WE CAN DO!
GAMMA'S GONNA WALLOP YOU!

Okay I'm not very sure about the rest of the cheer but the front part sounds pretty rad.HAH.

Anyway today was like jam session day. Haven't jammed in a long time so it's refreshing to get away from all the JC school life.

I jammed with FourEncounting in the morning to prep for the gig next saturday which is actually for Ngee Ann Poly's Open House. We're opening for some female singer from Singapore Idol?

Also Electrico are playing so I'm pretty excited because I always wanted to see them live. :D

We're only playing 3 songs but I think it's really solid sounding. They managed to get Reagan to join back the band so I'm glad everything is falling in place for those guys. They asked if I wanted to join them full-time but unfortunately I'm reluctant to make any promises.

Past experiences tells me that I suck at juggling multiple bands. :(

I'm sure when things become more routine and fixed I'll see to it again. :)

Afterwards I went for the TalentQuest X auditions with Diorama. IMO, not too confident of getting in because while we played fine, I'm guessing we lack that 'x-factor' that would make them want to include in the list of semi-finalists. :(

Oh well, I hope we can get in nonetheless though. The results will be out on Tuesday! Woo how exciting.

Anyway Dora the Explorer is sleeping like a pig on my bed. -.-

Pfft.

I can't wait for Muse's concert on Tuesday!

And not to mention TOWER OF POWER ARE COMING TO SINGAPORE.

ZOMG. I haven't got tickets but damn I think I should.

All right, that's all for now.

Take care all!

SAY TEE

2007-01-07T14:02:00.000+08:00

I KNOW THIS POST IS TERRIBLY OVERDUE. :(

I would just like to say that I LOVE IT HERE IN TEMASEK JUNIOR COLLEGE!

TJC FTW :D :D :D

Anyway since Joanne asked me to blog about TJC, I shall!

Since so much has happened over the past 2 weeks, this is going to be a rather lengthy.

Anyway, I will start from the start of orientation week till today! :D I shall try to make it as detailed as possible.

The first day of Orientation was like erm, awkward for most people I guess. We sat down in our respective House/Clan areas and randomly mouthed cheers and swung our hands even though most of us didn't know what we were doing. Hah!

For those who wish to know, our theme for this year's orientation was B.O.N.D. '07. The initials of the pseudonyms (Blazon, Orexus, Nyrah, Doogashaka) of the houses (Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta) spell the word BOND! Get it? :D

Blazon is some espionage agency, Orexus is some bunch of techies, Nyrah are a bunch of wizards, and Doogashaka...as their name implies, they are a group of tribal people.

We had to work together (Bond) to stop this fictional Dr. TNT (your generic evil villian) from destroying the TJ Island with his oh-so-creative-death-ray-from-a-satellite. -.-

I was in Blazon which was leading during the 2nd and 3rd day. Blazon has some pretty cool cheers but so do the other houses. OH SO SEXAAYYY! :P

Of course, the four clans stopped him in the end. Blazon didn't win the best clan though. :( Nyrah was the best clan for the orientation! Great job to you all :D

Anyway, KUDOS to the House Captains because you guys were awesome! :D

I think you inspired plenty to wish to take up the mantle of House Captain in the future.

Anyway, I'm lazy to go into details about what happen for each individual day. Let's just say it was great fun! :D :D :D

I love my OG too :)

OG 5 HURRAH!

Sadly we got split into our different CGs. AND I'M NO LONGER IN ALPHA/BLAZON!

I'm now a member of the Gamma house. -.- Which isn't so bad, now I can brag that we won Orientation '07. MUAHAHA.

Although I spend most of my time with the ex-TKsians (Joanne thinks I'm really funny :D), I've made plenty of new friends in TJC, some of which happen to be musicians too! And one of them sits in a chair with wheels :P Okay I shan't go into that before people start labelling me as insensitive. Roofles.

There's this guy from Temasek Secondary called Ryan who can beatbox pretty good. :O He was part of the pageant during the last night of Orientation and won the male category because I suppose the teachers were impressed by his beatboxing talent.

Haha I'm intending to collaborate with him for like bass/beatbox jams. :)

In addition, Jit Rui intends to form a band within TJC. So far we roped in a couple of people. One of which is this guy from ACSI called Leon who happens to know Elliot and has been playing the guitar for about 4 years? Rad.

Speaking of which, I'm joining Guitar Club in TJC!

We had our PDP exhibition just yesterday and it was pretty cool. I saw a lot of names of people who had applied for guitar.

Haha, Amelia (one of my OGLs) told me that the trend is that loads of people join guitar, and they subsequently drop out because they can't keep up. :(

Really sad IMO. But ah well. Fann actually joined soccer for girls! Apparently she made some deal with Shu Ning that they will both join soccer. I told Fann to get the number 10 shirt so she can be 'Fannaldinho'. Harhar.

I attended the Guitar Ensemble meetup on Friday and surprisingly the ratio of girls is to guys is like 5 is to 1.

Okay I'm not exaggerating, there really are a lot more females.

Anyway it's pretty cool so far, just that I can't sightread for nuts yet. AT LEAST I'M TRYING TO :(

During the meeting I also realised that you should never swear in front of Vanessa unless you intend to get pinched to death. -.-

Okay, no wonder she's the Vice President of Guitar Club AND in charge of discipline.

Fierceeee.

Ah okay, that's all for now.

JOANNE DON'T BE ANGRY :P

Take care all!

DON'T FEEL LIKE DANCING DUDUDUDU

2006-12-29T23:54:00.000+08:00

Scissors Sisters' "I Don't Feel Like Dancing" is stuck in my head.

FRIGGIN' CATCHY SONG MAN.

God I can't stop humming the chorus part.

Anyway today I was supposed to go to the movies with Chin Sheng and Bhavin. But since Bhavin didn't want to watch Death Note 2, Chin Sheng suggested we just cancel it and watch Blood Diamond when it opens next thursday.

So yeah, no movies. :(

BUT! I went to the Mind Cafe! :D :D :D

I FINALLY applied for membership. Cost me like $15 -.-

Apparently Mind Cafe doesn't have small change so they returned me $34 in SGD and $1 with Brunei currency. Hah.

Anyway, I came late so I didn't play much games.

We played two rounds of Betrayal and JENGA!

Hahaha, I finally got to play a traitor.

But darn, I lost because Jonathan's character's Might was way too high. Never got a chance to win. >.<

Ah well good try for a first time traitor I guess. Muahaha.

Anyway then we headed down to Bugis. I originally intended to buy a capo and some new guitar strings for my acoustic guitar.

But then I decided to just get it another day.

Only reason why I intend to get new strings is to practice fingerpicking on the acoustic.

And I've decided that if I'm going to join Guitar Ensemble for TJC next year, I'm not going to grow out my nails even if I don't get to play the guitarron or the bass.

I shall just get acrylic (fake) nails! :D

I got that from John Butler who uses acrylic nails for his hybrid picking too.

Anyway speaking about TJC, some bunch of orientation group leaders are supposed to call me to inform me about orientation.

Yet to receive any phone calls so I guess I shall wait till tomorrow.

Ah well, that's all for today.

CHEERS!

BOXING DAY!

2006-12-26T13:21:00.000+08:00

GOOD AFTERNOON ONE AND ALL! :D

I'm back from a party at Tracy's place. THANKS FOR THE HOSPITALITY TRACY :)

Keith, Jia Heng, Ho Ming and Kester were there. And some random people who I think are Tracy's relatives.

Anyway, Wen Yu and Ming Jiang came too but they left earlier. Awww...

I brought Munchkin which was as Keith puts it, "The Highlight of the Day".

MUNCHKIN FRENZY!!!

Muahahha. The games were fun like hell. Plenty of backstabbing and surprises.

Ah well. Christmas doesn't seem all that perfect this time.

The Godfather of Soul has passed away.

I was very disappointed when I heard the news. He was such a great contributor to music. And one of my personal favourites too.

FUNK WILL NEVER DIE!

REST IN PEACE JAMES BROWN!

MERRY CHRISTMAS! :D

2006-12-25T01:03:00.000+08:00

Today was great as usual. :D

I posted out my Christmas cards! Yay.

Thanks to Khia Peng and Marc for making Christmas Eve so much easier to pass by!

Well, so today was mostly shopping and just wandering around Parkway with Khia Peng. We walked around in the rain with my mighty umbrella!

Headed down to Hallmark and got a Christmas card. Then once again we braved the rainy weather and to the post office!

We spent a good 20 minutes there or so, with me telling Khia Peng stupid random jokes whilst writing down the addresses of the recipients as while as making out the wishes on the card. Heh.

Then Khia Peng and I ventured for some shopping to find a gift for her little 9 year old cousin. In the end we didn't find anything good so Khia Peng decided to just get him something when her family heads out to Genting tomorrow.

While shopping for the gift, we stumbled upon a certain Dora the Explorer toy that was very creepy to say the least.

It is by no means a toy suitable for children because that toy is way more freaky than Pennywise.

The toy swings its head left and right like it's friggin' possessed. :/

Let's just say it's like Chucky but in Dora the Explorer disguise.

So we had dinner at KFC at where I realised iced tea is delicious. :D

After dinner, we met up with Marc at the bus stop outside my house. Hiked back to my place where we watched "Wish Upon A Star" on Channel 5.

Hahaha, Khia Peng claims Jonathan Leong is UGLY. :D

TAKE THAT SOPHIA! MUAHAHA :P

And she says Jonathan Leong tries TOO HARD to be charming. :D :D :D

WE PLAYED JENGA! And 3 man titee? WTF HOW DO YOU SPELL IT? Goddammit.

Muahaha. I won a couple of times and I'm like so proud of my achievement. LOL!

I suck at card games whenever I'm playing at family/friends gatherings.

During Chinese New Year sometimes my luck is pretty good so I score when playing Blackjack.

But titee (sp?) requires a little bit of anticipation and skill besides plain dumb luck.

Haha and finally Marc suggested we have supper.

So we headed out to the food centre at the back (or is that side?) of my home to have some prata!

Yummyyyyyy.

Life without parents is such a joy.

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ONE AND ALL!

Have a great holiday!

DON'T LOOK AT ME I'M UGLY IN THE MORNING!!!

2006-12-23T22:13:00.000+08:00

Dolly the Sheep and my parents have flown off to Taiwan! Awwww.

This is the first time in my entire 16 years of my life I'm not spending Christmas with my whole family around.

But today, I spent quality time with Dora the Explorer!

I RARELY go out with my siblings. The last time I went out with either one of my sisters was to get my new spectacles made. Only reason I would go out with them to get my spectacles is because my sisters have good fashion sense :D

Dora looks like the cartoon character in question that's for sure. Anybody who dares argue with me can go ahead and flip open my family's photo albums and take a look at Dora's photographs when she was a kid.

:D

We did shopping at Bugis and Suntec. I bought my new Ibanez Series 96 cable and FINALLY...THE SANDMAN VOLUME 6 :D

Let me just say that Ibanez Series 96 cables are a BITCH to open. :/

Just plain frustrating. The wires are tied around the cable so tight I can't even get a clean cut across it. Grrrr.

They better be worth my $24 and my time taken to open them. Pfft.

And while I was near Kinokuniya, I stepped into Absolute Comics, and WOW!

I found them selling Arkham Horror, Munckin, amongst other REALLY UBER COOL board games.

I'm thinking of buying one of them because Munchkin and all these board games are FUN!

It's wonderful because it's Christmas so I have a reason to spend! :P David says he wants to buy a set of Munchkin too.

Dora the Explorer bought new shoes which she says is really comfortable.

Haha, it was really funny. While we were walking through Suntec, some lady who was promoting her company came up to us and thought we were dating. -.-?

DAMN IT I KNEW I DON'T RESEMBLE MY SISTERS ONE BIT. Bleah.

I also checked out Popcorn Pop (not sure if that's its name) and I saw some pretty kickass trailers for future movies.

300, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer and friggin' GHOST RIDER man!

Awesome stuff. And I still can't wait for Spider-Man 3 and Pirates of the Caribbean 3.

2007 FTW!

Then we had dinner at Cedele so I could visit FANN! :D

Haha I think Fann cut her hair, but I forgot to ask her.

Awww Fann was so sweet too. SHE GAVE ME FREE COOKIES! Muahaha.

THANKS FANN!

Darn, I missed visiting Zong Yao at his workplace in Plaza Singapura.

He says he's working at Raffles Hotel now. Hah, shall go find him if I have the time.

Yay, today was great.

TOMORROW IS CHRISTMAS EVE! Gosh I realised time flies pretty quick.

TIME TO SEND OUT THE CHRISTMAS CARDS SOON!

CHEERS!

The (rather) Long Post

2006-12-22T22:40:00.000+08:00

Okay so my previous posts have been boring to say the least.

Fine, let's make this one as lengthy as possible.

Well okay, I just spent the last hour or so heading down to Felicity's home to 'mail' her her birthday gift.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

And I really really hope you like the gift :D

I'm convinced I'm a total cockanaden. I wrote clearly in my notebook that Felicity lived in Lorong M. Yet, I walked around Lorong L instead. -.-?

Well the good thing is that there's a couple of people I know living in the area so I could ask for some directions. Since Zhang was away in the P.R.C, Winston and Michelle Aw were the only alternatives.

While Winston provided some (useful) information, it didn't really help a lot since I got the address totally wrong. Bleah.

Michelle Aw is so random la -.-

WHEN I FINALLY FIND FELICITY'S HOME...then Michelle calls.

-.-

Okay la, at least she called. THANKS! :D

So Miss Chow was apparently afraid I got her house wrong, so I had to provide like a 20 word description and send it to her in the form of an SMS. Of which she also asked what the colour her house was.

Darn, I'm still pissed I can't tell colours apart properly.

Damn you colour deficiency! >.<

Her house had some peach-coloured outlines on the roof/balcony/whatever-you-call-it. I played safe and just said "white".

Of course, I added in some other details just to be sure.

And finally! I got the right house. Heh.

1000 points to Team Bryan.

Lawlfunnehroflcopterdamnyoustupidmcforpromnitepfft.

So on my way back I saw the trailer for Blood Diamond starring Leonardo Dicaprio on TVMobile.

IMO, looks pretty good. I'll probably watch it if I have the time.

And since it is Christmas and I'm feeling particulary 'christmas-y', I shall post my wish list for the holidays!

1. Watch The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly (and probably the whole of the so-called "The Dollars Trilogy" if I can get my hands on it) starring Clint Eastwood
2. Watch Saving Private Ryan (okay fine I know it's an old film and I'm probably really out of touch to not have watched it. But Terry told me to watch Band Of Brothers over SVP back then! BAND OF BROTHERS FTW!)
3. All the other "The Sandman" books that I don't already own
4. Catch a couple of movies with friends before the JC PAE term starts (and also head down to the Mind Cafe with them some time soon)
5. Jam more often with Diorama
6. Lose weight, doh.
7. SIN CITY BOOKS!

Well, option 8 is open for now.

I shall keep updating it as more stuff comes along. Heh.

Seems like the music section for my wishlist is rather empty.

Haha, I got Saosin, Circa Survive, Faith No More, and Fantomas albums recently.

Yeah, I got MORE FNM albums because FNM is JUST AWESOME :D

Fantomas is great too, although I've only finished listening to their self-titled album.

Haha, and I have to agree, Patton's vocal ability (or rather versatility) is just second to none.

He still passes off to me as some sort of crazed genius though.

As much as he makes fantastic music, he really DOES enjoy pissing people off just for the sake of it.

Combined with his crazy antics on stage (not crazy, more like way way beyond comprehensible), you probably either really hate him or really adore him.

He makes some of the most random quotes too.

"I don't trust anyone who doesn't like Slayer."

HAHAHA!

Saosin's new stuff isn't too bad I guess. They were way way WAAAY more hardcore with their previous members around. (Translating the Name EP era)

But they still make reasonable music now with their new lineup. So I'm not really complaining.

Circa Survive is pretty cool. I've yet to finish listening to the entire album, but I like what I hear so far.

Ah okay, post ends here! I shall blog another time then.

CHEERS!

WE CARE A LOT!

2006-12-19T18:49:00.000+08:00

Well, so I headed to the gym yesterday. Funny thing was that I entered the gym at say 4.15pm?

And Felicity tells me she was actually there before me from like 2 to 4. HAHA.

I found it amusing because we were exactly 2 hours away from each other.

And then I went to Parkway and got Christmas cards! Muahaha. I spent quite a lot on the cards alone. But I'd say they are definitely worth every cent.

I've been thinking of getting a Zippo Lighter because after watching Sin City I think Zippos are beyond cool.

And not to mention they are highly collectible too.

Oh yeah, Sin City is like THE BEST movie I've watched in a while.

Haha okay fine, I know I said The Usual Suspects was amazing.

But Sin City is just too badass for words. I love the whole film noir thing. Damn I couldn't believe I've been missing out on so much.

And I also got Faith No More's Who Cares A Lot? - Greatest Hits compilation album.

Great stuff, I'm trying to get my hands on the other Faith No More albums.

Okay I admit, I know what you are thinking.

"Damn, this post is so lacking in enthusiasm."

"Come on Bryan, make the next post more interesting."

TILL THEN!

Cheers. :D

Roomful Of Blues

2006-12-16T01:47:00.000+08:00

Just had a sort of mini-gig at Roomful Of Blues.

Although we screwed up the guitar solo for My Sharona, and me forgetting my parts for Plush, I guess everything else was fine.

I felt kinda guilty for screwing up those parts.

I mean, I'm somewhat a perfectionist so I guess that was unacceptable.

Big sorry to Emma, Calvin and Hafiz. :(

We played Creep and Venus too.

I liked the crowd's response, even though most of them were much, MUCH, older than me. Haha.

Still, it was pleasing to know that they liked our playing.

And before the mini-gig of sorts, I watched TK Band in concert for the year 2006!

This year was a lot more professional.

I mean like, ten times way more professional than last year. Kudos to the great performance by TK Band. Minor glitches though, but other than that, fantastic work. (:

And I'm going for another school band concert tomorrow!

This time is Temasek Junior College's.

Oh yeah, I got posted there for the PAE! :D

A couple of people (Roshni, Darwin, Leong Hock, Jareth etc) got posted there too, so it's all cool. Even Fann got posted to TJC too! Haha I was so glad to hear that.

Gee, I'm too tired to blog somemore.

And my shirt smells of nicotine. Pfft.

Sexyphone.

HAHA :P

Flags Of Our Fathers...

2006-12-09T13:45:00.000+08:00

...was a pretty good movie IMO.

It's got the distinct Clint Eastwood style on it (e.g. Mystic River, Million Dollar Baby etc).

I liked it a lot actually.

Yet, I left the cinema realising that perhaps I belonged to a small minority of the audience who actually enjoyed the film.

While I suppose it is subjective, I have the impression that the majority of the audience in the theatre that day were too shallow to comprehend the sort of ideas that Flags Of Our Fathers wishes to put forth.

Which is really sad.

The row of people in front of me had this bunch of teenagers who were complaining the film was boring.

Well what were they expecting? Another Saving Private Ryan?

And while I was leaving the theatre, some bunch of people behind me were saying:

"I don't careeee where's Iggy!"

For your info, Iggy is actually Ralph "Iggy" Ignatowski, one of the characters portrayed in the film.

I'm not going to spoil it for you, so just watch and find out.

Anyway, it's horrible how stupid Singaporeans are these days.

I'm not trying to be an elitist or anything. Not like I attended school at Stanford or Cambridge or Harvard.

I'm sure as I speak, someone is out there blogging about how god awful boring Flags Of Our Fathers is.

Pfft.

Well last night I spent about 2 hours or so with Calvin and Emma at the Roomful Of Blues.

And my shirt smells of nicotine now. Doh.

But I love the atmosphere of the pub. It has this really erm, 'family gathering' sort of feeling to it.

Everybody knows one another and stuff. Really cool.

I met this Filipino guy in the pub who was playing 70s acoustic folk songs.

And afterwards he jammed the blues with these two other men.

It was really good actually. I wished I could stay longer to jam with him too.

But darn, my mum was nagging and stuff.

Haha, and the Filipino guy (his name is Gilbert B.) was saying how we should drink more. (Alcohol of course, duh.)

Supposedly drink more, and the songs sound better.

Haha, damn, too bad I didn't drink though.

I was afraid my mum would suspect I was out drinking and smoking.

-.-

Well anyway, I can't wait for next week! Well sort of. Heh.

The results for OverDrive 2006 will be released tomorrow.

I'm going to jam with David and co. (FourEncouting) on Tuesday.

The results of the PAE will be posted on Thursday.

Then there's the TK Band's concert on Friday.

Well at least there's something to look forward to next week. Hah.

And then, he's gone

2006-12-06T00:52:00.000+08:00

Well today was rather boring I guess.

I hurried down to Bedok Interchange today to hand Imee her piano scores.

I still can't sightread for nuts but ah, I'll get started. Heh.

Headed down to Parkway to get The Sandman Volume 6. Pfft, so bloody disappointed they didn't have it.

But I got myself the DVD version of Splinter Cell 3: Chaos Theory :D

It's really fun so far, but I play like a wuss. HAHAH. I'm always creeping up on guards and taking like forever to sneak up on them. LOL.

Oh and did I mention I got it for only $24? Kinda amazes me how fast the price of the game dropped.

I just rewatched The Usual Suspects!

Oh I can't resist watching a good movie.

The Usual Suspects, while confusing as it is, thrilled me from start to finish the first time I watched it.

Watching it the second time really allowed me to grasp the entire storyline and plot twists.

And of course, drum roll please!

My favourite scene from the movie. Muahaha.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hj5vERbLtYI

[Suspects in a lineup are asked to read a phrase]
Cop: Number 1, step forward.
Hockney: Hand me the keys, you fucking cocksucker.
Cop: Number 2, step forward.
McManus: Give me the fucking keys, you fucking cocksucking motherfucker, aaarrrghh.
Cop: Knock it off. Get back. Number 3, step forward.
Fenster: [laughing] Hand me the keys, you cocksucker.
Cop: In English, please?
Fenster: Excuse me?
Cop: In English.
Fenster: Hand me the fucking keys, you cocksucker, what the fuck?

Hahaahaha. Comedy gold in its own way.

And I read that entire scene was improvised, how cool is that?

Ah well, I'm having supper now. Holy crap I'm going to put on weight again. Dammit.

And the auditions for OverDrive 2006 is tomorrow! Gosh, it's so last minute. I hope the rest of the band is well prepared. We're doing Led Zep's Rock and Roll and RHCP's Hump de Bump.

I'm quite excited really. Wooo.

And with that, I shall leave you with the coolest quote from a movie I've heard in a long while.

"The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled off, was convincing the world he didn't exist".

The Usual Suspects

2006-12-03T21:02:00.000+08:00

This morning I thought I head down to the gym.

Unfortunately, laziness got the better out of me. Meh.

Oh well, I shall head down tomorrow morning then. Besides, today is a Sunday, so I was under the impression there would be a lot of people (although past experiences tells me this is not necessarily true).

Anyway, so instead of working out today, Chin Sheng dropped by my place and we exchanged CDs.

Fucking awesome I tell you. I traded Lunarin, Incubus, and Concave Scream's albums for Leslie Low's solo debut album, Astreal's Fragments Of The Same Dead Star, and a couple of movies too.

One of which is The Usual Suspects, a movie which I have really been wanting to watch for a while already.

It has an extremely complicated plot, confusing even, but nonetheless a great crime-drama film.

He also got me Inside Man and Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.

Good stuff, and it's quite disappointing they don't make such good crime/thriller/drama flicks anymore.

I also bought The Producers yesterday after the Bukit Panjang Plaza gig/CDC Hip Hop Fest. The Producers is pretty funny too. Enjoyable film overall I guess, but not one of my favourites still.

Ah yes, the Bukit Panjang Plaza gig was pretty good. Other than the god awful boring crowd, and minor hiccups in our setlist, overall I say the band covered every song near perfectly.

And Calvin and I learned that next time if we're playing and we aren't miked up, he said we should put our amps side by side.

Apparently because some feedback was that the bass and guitars sounded split up (ie sounded like stereo, bass in left ear, guitars in right ear, lol).

Ah, seems like you can learn a lot from playing gigs.

I'm kinda looking forward to OverDrive 2006, not sure how that one will turn out.

Ah well, I shall return to watching movies.

Cheers!

LIGHT GRENADES!

2006-11-27T21:29:00.000+08:00

I got myself Incubus's new CD. How awesome is that?

And Incubus said it would be released tomorrow. Yeah right, haha!

I'm so glad I went to HMV today. I also got Lunarin and RAFE's album.

I'm going to listen to them for the next few days. Yayness.

My audio CDs collection may have increased, but so has my VCD collection. Muahaha. I got Pirates of the Caribbean 2, V for Vendetta and Over the Hedge. While I have watched POTC2 and V for Vendetta (which is great stuff), I got it so I can re-watch it. One, because V for Vendetta is totally awesome, and two, because I think POTC2 deserves my 're-watching' so that I can consider whether to include it in the list of my "favourite movies of all time".

I feel some movies take some time to grow on you. Its appeal doesn't always get to you first, so you gotta watch it a few times. Just like the movie Fight Club, I'm sure most people thought it was crappy the first time they watched it. But, Fight Club is indeed brilliant stuff.

Same for music. And everything else I guess.

I just like to have this opinion of stuff: If their appeal is quick to get to you, it is probably quick to wear off too.

Anyway I went out with Chin Sheng today. The original plan was to watch a movie at Vivocity.

While we did watch a movie eventually, we watched it at Cineleisure instead. I'm really pissed that Vivocity, as much as it is huge, is pretty disappointing.

We watched Happy Feet! Which had a pretty predictable storyline, but was enjoyable nonetheless. It is the first movie that has made me laugh in a long while. All thanks for the 5 Amigos. HAHA.

"The last time I heard an animal make that sound, it rolled over and died."

HAHAH. Probably my favourite line from the movie.

Funny how I met Xu Chang, Isaac, Eugenia, Rachel Bok and other random people today. And just yesterday I met Ajit at Parkway. Holy shit man.

What the hell, is Singapore really that small that I keep running into people I know?

Anyway, about Vivocity, well to put it simply, most of the space is devoted to just making the place look big.

Or perhaps to give you more air to breathe. Lawlfunneh.

The shops are...well, just really disappointing in some ways. Vivocity is plain boring to put it bluntly.

For example, most of the shops are posh stuff? It's not really in any case affordable for most people. Maybe for tourists eh?

Furthermore, as much as Vivocity is big, that doesn't mean the SHOPS are gargantuan. That is totally misleading.

Very, very misleading actually.

Vivocity probably has the biggest GV theatre. That's true, but they also have one of the smallest Toys R' Us.

Ah crap, Vivocity is such a major disappointment.

Okay, I'm off to 'enjoy Incubus'. Hah.

PANDA PORN?! HAHAHAH

2006-11-23T21:43:00.000+08:00

THIS IS SO FUNNY, RIDICULOUS, ABSURD YET ADORABLE ALL AT THE SAME TIME!

I was in the NUS training room today, when I decided to check up on the news today.

And this is what i got!

http://archives.cnn.com/2002/TECH/science/06/27/giant.panda/index.htm l

HAHAHA. I mean, pandas are kinda cute on their own already.

Pandas watching porn and making love is just...so hilarious yet cute.

THIS, my friends, brings a whole new level to animal porn.

We'll never look at National Geographic the same way ever again!

Well I'm lazy to blog further, more to come tomorrow!

And I can't believe it's coming true

2006-11-20T23:38:00.000+08:00

I thought jamming yesterday was pretty good. Not superb, but reasonable I guess?

I think we still need to tighten those loose screws a bit.

We jammed a couple of random covers.

Since I've never really got to HEAR Hafiz sing, and since this is the first time we're jamming together as an actual band, I was pretty amazed by his vocal capabilities.

Haha, okay I know that sounds ridiculous, but since I'm the new member and all, it's not like I got to know everyone so well already.

We discussed a bit about the band competition (Overdrive 2006) too. What songs we were going to play and stuff like that.

The band competition sounds pretty exciting to me too. Will update in time to come!

Anyway, today is Day 1 of the whole NUS chemistry course thing.

IMO, it's not really that boring, but it's pretty lengthy (ie, the time frame of the whole event is a tad bit too long)

Everything can be finished up by 2pm I believe, but since all the professors on campus are so busy, I guess the extended prata breaks in between is a necessity.

Me and Keith paired up to to do an experiment which wants us to find out the percentage composition of calcium carbonate in eggshells.

If that doesn't ring a bell to those who just took Chemistry for an O Level subject, yes, we are doing titration.

Okay, most of you may be wondering, "WTF Bryan, isn't NUS supposed to be really high end with stuff that secondary schools don't have? What the hell are you doing TITRATION? Why aren't you synthesizing aspirin or something?"

Well the truth is, we were given a choice.

But me and Keith, being a bunch of lazy bums, decided to pick the easy way out.

Compared to the other 17 experiments we were allowed to choose from, this is A LOT more easier.

Perhaps I'm wasting my time doing titration when I could be doing something new.

But hey, it's not like this is exactly VERY new. For the first time I'm PLANNING a titration experiment, carrying it out, analysing the results, and having to present it at the end of the week.

If you ask me, this isn't all new.

Sure it might be a waste of time, but heck at least we won't hurt our brains trying to figure out how to extract caffeine from tea bags.

Oh so anyway I was on the MRT home with Keith. We took a train from Buona Vista.

And somewhere along the way we got into the link between two carriages. And to my left and right were a bunch of Caucasian tourists. Australians I guess?

And so the woman on the left said to the guy on the right, "HI!".

And me, being ever observant, and not wanting to appear UNFRIENDLY, turned and said "Hi?".

HAHAHA.

Oh well, the tourists has a little laugh. But the guy on the right was really nice.

He shook my hand and smiled. I smiled back too of course, just that I was terribly embarrassed.

And Keith was being a jackass by laughing all the time. Dammit.

Oh well I'm off to bed now.

I have to wake up in the morning tomorrow and head down to NUS once again.

Oh my science.

This is the return of the space cowboy

2006-11-18T10:20:00.000+08:00

ALL RIGHT!

THE O LEVELS ARE OVER.

I'll drink to that.

I woke up the day after the Os with a sore throat.

Damn, that is so depressing.

Anyway, it has been SUCH A LONG TIME since I last blogged.

Not like I really wanted to, but I had this urge to blog about something.

Today is Part 2 of Operation Clean-Up-Bedroom-And-Throw-Away-Secondary-School-Material.

I didn't update about it, but yesterday was Day 1 of the whole thing. I'm quite proud to say that I've cleared all the junk in my cupboard that I have accumulated for the past 4 years.

In addition, all the dust. Ew.

I didn't take pictures because it wasn't a Kodak moment in any case.

For those of you who think that cleaning up your bedroom is a chore, I seriously beg to differ.

IMO, cleaning up your bedroom is especially rewarding. Because not only does your room look so much neater, you can probably find a lot of gems you didn't know you had.

You probably kept them in your closet or under your bed for so many years, you didn't even know they existed!

Well, what I found was a copy of "Anger Management" (the movie with Adam Sandler and Jack Nicholson) and a N-Gage input jack converter that lets me use my ER6s with the N-Gage.

I know it is like blasphemy to use ER6s with a N-GAGE, but let me assure you that mine works like a charm.

The sound is really good, I couldn't be more glad.

I'm going to finish blogging real soon so I can go buy breakfast for my sisters.

But before that, I feel the urge to blog about the recent article where this person of Iranian descent was tasered by the police for not complying with orders.

The article covers several issues:

1. The use of tasers as a non-lethal (or rather LESS lethal) alternative to firearms and brute force.
2. Racial discrimination in the US.
3. And finally, the whole big fuss over the USA PATRIOT Act.

Go YouTube or Google to find the damn video or article, I'm too lazy to provide a link. It's quite recent, and it even appeared in the MSN News section.

Supposedly the Middle Eastern-looking dude thought he was being singled out just because he looked Middle Eastern. I can understand about that, and yes that is downright damnable. Racial abuse shouldn't exist these days.

The dude screamed "This is your fucking PATRIOT Act, this is your fucking abuse of power". Well, I myself don't like the whole idea that the USA government can search houses without notification, or detain suspects just because they have probable cause.

IMO, Americans are getting somewhat paranoid. Yeah and I'm supposed to believe that CIA agents plant microchips in the back of your tooth that controls your thoughts eh?

It is all part of fighting terrorism, not so that Bush can control your minds dammit.

Everytime they pass a new law to set things straight, people whine about it.

It's a damn cycle I tell you.

Same with the tasers. When people want tasers to get banned, then they'll bring back pistols and baton sticks.

More injuries will occur and people are going to bitch they want non-lethal methods to take down suspects instead.

Sure, then they'll start using tranquilizer darts instead.

And then people are going to bitch that the darts are inhumane.

Oh okay, so what alternatives are there? Train your police officers to be Shaolin Monks? That isn't very plausible since how much time and money goes into training someone to be able to disarm a suspect with little effort.

Or maybe we could work to inventing some sort of anti-gravity gun that traps suspects in some anti-gravity field bubble. Lawlfunneh.

I agree that in the incident mentioned above, the dude didn't deserved to get tasered 5 times.

However, I think people are confused with the abuse of power and the use of tasers.

Tasering a person 5 times, beating to you to a pulp, spraying you in the face with pepper spray, and tasering you another 5 times when you have done nothing wrong IS an abuse of power.

Tasering you once to bring you down if you are charging towards the police officers like a maniac is by no means wrong.

I know some people think, "All right smart ass, how would you like to be tasered?"

But really, would you prefer to get shot or beaten to a pulp instead?

And then there's the big hoohaa about people dying from getting tasered. Let's face it, if somehow police officers could analyse their suspect and SOMEHOW determine whether or not to taser him, we would be saving erm what, 79 lives out of of 100000? That's a small percentage compared to how many people die from AIDS and shit like that.

And if the suspect was high on alcohol, meth or cocaine, then he would have probably died sooner or later anyway.

People die easily, it's sad but true. It's unfortunate if you die from being tasered. It's just like how some people die from a fatal allergic reaction to bee stings. It's just that they ran out of luck.

Then there's the whole media fuss about WHO deserves to be tasered and who doesn't. Kids shouldn't get tasered because it is 'abusive'. It applies to old people too. Oh wait, does it mean I can taser dogs and cats repeatedly then? What is considered humane then? For some reason everybody has the stereotype that all the cops are sadists.

Supposedly because people have the assumption that a 5 year old child and a 89 year old granny with an axe or a crowbar is less dangerous than everyone else. When did tasering a suspect depend on the level of severity? So we use tasers on dudes who threaten to shoot themselves...and for maniacal psychopaths we use RPGs?

Like that incident where some 6 year old kid threatened to cut himself with a glass shard. The police tasered him to stop him from doing so. And what, the parents sue the cops? Obviously the parent felt tasering someone was worse then cutting open themselves with a glass shard.

Tasers aren't truly replacements to firearms of course. BUT, it's the best thing we have at the moment. Officers are still trained to use a pistol against a maniac charging towards them with a katana or chainsaw. If you don't know why, the reason is because tasers aren't always effective against homocidal madmen. It takes some time for the damn thing to work, and if you miss, it's not like the taser is going to reload on its own and hit the target again for you.

The lines between the use of tasers and the actual abuse of power has been blurred so much it seems like it is the same thing.

Let me reiterate once again, I agree that when authorities abuse the power they have it is unacceptable. But this, BY NO MEANS, should be the reason why tasers should be banned.

If tasers didn't exist and police officers were given the order to shoot to kill, people would probably bitch that they want guns banned and tasers introduced instead. And when people get prissy about the use of tasers, they'll bitch that they want tasers banned instead.

As I said, this is a cycle.

If we are so smart and if we really want to help the world to be a better place, why the hell are we bitching about how humane or inhumane tasers are.

Go do something good for humanity then. Save Africa. Help those with cancer, with HIV. Save the cats being killed by crazy women with stilleto heels.

Or you could invent the anti-gravity bubble gun like I said. Lawlfunneh.

I guess that is about all I can think about saying. Any rebuttals or criticism is welcomed.

All right I'm off to go finish packing my room. I can't wait for jamming tomorrow.

TAKE CARE ALL!

Check the heads bow in Vietnow

2006-10-22T21:06:00.000+08:00

Hah! I suppose this post is late by a couple of days.

Ah well, I've been resting for the past few days. The last week has really put a strain on me.

Rehearsal sessions lasted till really late. Like 10.30pm? We had to fix the sound because it was giving us a little problems at first since nobody in the band really knows how to work a DI box. Hahaha.

I think when you're playing music it's kinda important to know how to tweak and set up your own live rig.

Well, you just have to KNOW how to work it, you don't really have to DO it.

Yes, that's what your tech is for. Lol.

Anyway the gig on Friday was pretty good. (In case you're wondering, the event was called Staffroom R(A) which was organsied by MGS ROCs and held at the MGS auditorium.) I'm sure a lot of people enjoyed themselves. (:

The MGS teachers are really nice though. The MGS people gave the band cushions as a gift. Haha. I thought it was pretty cute. They even offered to tutor me. Hah.

Mine was yellow, cause Hafiz took my red one. Lol. Emma one was also yellow i think. Calvin's one is green?

No idea.

Haha. Well, music aside, I ought to start revision for the 'O's.

Damn, in taking time to rest for the past few days, I feel like I wasted my time instead of putting it to good use.

Well at least I've studied something on Physics practical today.

Ah well, study study.

Oh yeah, they moderated our prelims grades. Muahaha.

I jumped 4 points.

9. :D

My sister and mum want me to apply for Temasek now for the first three months. Ah well, it's after the 'O's anyway, I'll have to reconsider then.

It's amazing how quick this year has passed. No shit, feels like yesterday when I just got to know everybody in 3A/4A.

And in a blink of an eye, here we are now - weeks away till the end of the 'O' Levels.

I'm still thinking of what to do with all the time I have afterwards. I mean, it's just amazing, really.

It's kinda like playing a video game, and you're so super engrossed in completing it.

And when you have completed the final level, what do you do afterwards?

Okay poor analogy, but you get the idea. You pretty much realise you have nothing to do then.

I think it's really worth to just go all out for it from here on.

Get the As for the 'O's man, I just can't stress how much there is to GAIN. Not to lose, but to gain.

It's a pretty facile task. Just work for your damn 'O's from now and stop playing video games or talking to your girlfriend.

I'm sure we can all do well. (:

All right, I'm off to watch the rest of the Manchester United-Liverpool match.

And then afterwards I shall study Geography Elective.

Take care everybody!

Whiny, whiny

2006-10-10T00:32:00.000+08:00

I don't particularly like to complain about things in life.

Sometimes we learn to adapt and move on, and at times you feel the need to let it all out.

I suppose we've all done so before.

But when you're Singaporean you have a lot of things to complain about.

The cab fares, the rudeness of commuters on public transport.

And of course, the education system!

DISCLAIMER: The following blogpost has been constantly ranted about by my fellow countrymen.

Anyway, apparently today my dad verbally abused my mum once more.

Not like it's so fascinating or interesting since he does it all the time. Supposedly the reason is because he found out that ACJC is really far. And that the only reason I'm probably going there is because I'm too 'incompetent' to go to say...Victoria?

Ah right, and I suppose if I can go Raffles then travelling shouldn't be an issue, eh?

I think that's a really good point Mr. Chan put forth the other time. Should distance really be a factor?

I mean, say you live in Pasir Ris, and you're offered a slot in Raffles JC. Are you telling me you're going to reject it just because:

"Eh Raffles, cb far sial."

...And go meridian instead? I mean, that doesn't quite make sense does it?

Maybe it does to some. Joel said that you'll waste a lot of time travelling and you'll feel tired at the end of the day.

I'm not too sure about that. Unless you're telling me one can experience jet-lag just travelling from Jurong to Pasir Ris?

Furthermore, the amount of emphasis Singaporeans have on education is ridiculously huge anyway. Any Singaporean student who is smart enough or kiasu enough would probably figure out that studying in Raffles JC more or less ensures that you'll proceed on to more opportunities in life.

In other words, it should probably ensure you a place in a university of your choice.

I might be stereotyping a lot, but it is true isn't it? Your education route in Singapore is predetermined from the start of Secondary 1.

Or PSLE rather.

I doubt I can find 1000 students who managed to go ITE, jump to Poly, and somehow get into NUS.

If so, I suppose the New Paper or the Straits Times would have repeated articles about how Tom, Dick or Harry had to look after their disabled sibling whilst working in the army and having to study for his examinations all at the same time.

Either that or the editors at the papers say,

"We had this one last year, find me something new!"

"We have better news to report about. North Korea has gone nuclear! -gasp-"

Ah whatever the case, the point is that I personally feel that such cases are rare. Unless someone can point me to a different direction that is.

Let's face it: ITE just plays on that 1 or 2 success stories to boost its image.

I'll be honest, I'm patriotic. I love Singapore, really. I could die for the nation.

But the education system just pisses me off.

I'm fine with the cab fares and the senior citizen or auntie bulldozing his/her way into a SBS bus through hordes of people.

But the education system? Hell no.

It seriously needs some tinkering. I'm not particularly sure if this education system is going to work all the way til the future.

Let's face it, everything is prone to changes. Change is good. For better or for worse.

Goodnight everybody. Let us wake up to a better tomorrow. (:

PSI 150

2006-10-08T19:37:00.000+08:00

Well it's reported the haze got real bad yesterday. PSI hit 150.

Looks better now though around my neighbourhood though. I ought to check up with the news for updates.

Anyway, I'll admit, prior to the big hoo-haa that we're all going to die because the PSI hit 150, I didn't know PSI stood for:

Pollutant Standards Index.

I mean, let's admit it, PSI stands for a lot of things.

I was thinking they were talking about the Pound-force per Square Inch. After which I realised it was totally ridiculous to use that PSI unit to talk about the WEATHER.

Damn do I feel stupid.

Ah I'm off to study Chemistry.

Indonesia is invading Singapore

2006-10-07T13:21:00.000+08:00

Good morning world!

It's true, Indonesia is secretly invading Singapore.

Everybody knows it, but nobody dares to admit it.

Lucky Plaza is their headquarters. It's no surprise there are so many Indon food stalls there.

THEY ARE FEEDING AN ARMY.

And Indon girls are just secretly sent to breed with Singaporean males to begin the eventual domination of Indonesia in Singapore.

Crap, we're all done for.

And the haze? Well yeah, it's part of the plan to wipe us out as well.

I'm sitting at the computer now, feeling bored, making poor use of my time, and to top it all off, getting fat.

Ah dammit. I feel like Garfield.

I woke up really early today. Only because I slept early.

Apparently Felicity messaged me at around 11? Unfortunately I was sleeping already. SO SORRY!

I feel so silly. The other day I messaged her, but I couldn't reply because I fell asleep.

Hmmm, makes me wonder if sleeping early is actually good or bad.

I still feel sufficient rest pwns all. Nothing is worse than waking up feeling tired and then the rest of the day just sucks.

Well, this morning hasn't been so wasted. I've learned the entire bass parts for Hump de Bump.

In case you're wondering why, well, we playing that song for the gig at MGS on the 20th.

The other song we're playing is "Boyfriend" by Ashlee Simpson. Man, the guitar riff for that song is so cute. Haha.

Emma just emailed me the info for the gig today. It's pretty cool, we're providing backing for the teachers from MGS as part of some Singapore Idol spoof. Haha, it's really cool.

We're doing a large range of backings. The backings are only for like a minute or so. Probably include only a verse and a chorus.

Anyway, the backings begin from like, hokkien/canto-pop to 80's pop to funk to current bands such as Snow Patrol. There's also some random tunes thrown in for good measure, like "Camptown Races".

Damn, this sounds so exciting. I can't wait to hit the studio for jamming.

Oh wait, 'O' Level Biology Practical on the 17th.

Zzzz...

It's been so long...

2006-10-06T19:35:00.000+08:00

Since I last blogged.

I'M BACK!

Muahaha.

I know I haven't blogged in a while, the exams are just over recently. Truncated timetable started this week. Honestly it feels like truncated timetable is pretty useful. The school makes you study because THEY know you won't. (:

Anyway, I've got back my prelims results already.

They aren't fantastic, but reasonable to say the least. I expected 11 actually, and if it wasn't for A Maths, I would have got it.

Well I got 13 for my L1R5 anyway. A Maths was the biggest disappointment: B3. -.- It should have been an A1 in any case. Oh well. Damn those careless mistakes, it's a disease I tell you.

Anyway, I got B3 for English, B3 for Combined Humanities, A2 for E Maths and A1s for Chemistry and Physics.

Haha, Biology was the only C6.

And I actually got a D7 for Chinese without even trying. YAY!

So overall I guess I did okay.

Hmmm, I'm still figuring what JC to apply to for the first three months thing.

I have my mind made up on ACJC at the moment. Hmmm, not sure if I can make it into the school anyway.

Ah bleah, there's so much to blog about.

First of all, the MGS gig on the 20th of October is confirmed. Woopie! I can't wait. We hardly jammed together as a band but I suppose we'll be able to put something up. Emma and Calvin went down to MGS today to confirm the song and all.

Imagine the crowds of schoolgirls. :X

Haha I sound so perv. :P

Anyway lately I think i'm gaining weight. Only because I've been sitting around playing Command And Conquer Generals and Zero Hour. DAMMIT. Video gaming makes you fat.

Zero Hour is great fun though. Matthew thinks his China Tank General with Emperor Overlords is REALLY powerful.

Aiya whatever la. lol.

Tomahawks with Search and Destroy Plan still pwn anything from long range.

lol I sound so damn geeky with all this video game talk.

It's funny, really.

ZOMFG.

ZERGRUSHZERGRUSHZERGRUSH!!!

Ah okay. This post feels kinda short.

I'll promise to update more tomorrow. I need to rest.

Goodnight world.

September 11

2006-09-11T15:40:00.000+08:00

If you think I'm going to start posting a sappy or touching story about the power of the human spirit during 9/11, think again.

TERRORSTORM.

And as Matthew Bellamy said, "Go to Google Video, type in Terror Storm and you'll find a nice little surprise. It will shed some light on world affairs, put it that way. I rather point you in the direction than preach about it myself."

I know it's the prelims, but this two hours is worth your time.

Indeed, most of us have been willfully ignorant for too long.

Quotable quotes!

2006-09-06T20:29:00.000+08:00

So while I was faithfully revising my Biology textbook this afternoon, I decided to pull open the drawers of the dinner table in my living room to satisfy my curiousity.

Interestingly, I found a book.

Things that makes us Singaporean.

Supposedly it is a collection of random quotes from Singaporeans about what truly defines a Singaporean and what makes Singapore, er, Singapore? I have no idea who is it by, but most likely a collective effort between Singaporeans and the government.

Not that I'm complaining, some of the quotes inside are pretty hilarious. Others are pretty intelligent. But the vast majority of the quotes seem to place emphasis on what we Singaporeans are supposed to be proud about.

If you're Singaporean and you're reading this, you know what I'm talking about. Racial harmony, that Singapore is supposed to be "clean and green" and the like. *Cough* Propaganda *Cough*. Go figure.

All right. As stated above, most of the quotes aren't really that worth your time. But I'll quote those which I feel are more interesting (Pardon me, I didn't take the time to include the names of the people who said the following):

Referee kayu, kelong half ball - these are the things that Singaporeans talk about when we mention football.

Never see chewing gum for more than 10 years.

It's the way we speak English, a second language and also Singlish, lor.

Laughing at a man with a pair of yellow boots with curly hair.

TEN THINGS THAT MAKE US SINGAPOREAN

We use too many acronyms and keep coming up with new ones.
We think that $100000 is a reasonable price for a Toyota Coroll, and $1000000 is a reasonable price for a bungalow, but $5 for a plate of noodles is a barbarous outrage.
We think that everything should be 'topped up'.
We wear winter clothes indoors and summer clothes outdoors.
In a country where people use smart cards for public transit, we have no problems with construction workers riding in the open backs of pickup trucks.
We're not ashamed that the government needs to care if we know how to use a toilet or urinal correctly.
We're sure that the best way to change social behaviour is through consistent and comprehensive government-sponsored campaigns that permeate as many aspects of life as possible. And if they don't work, we never speak of them again.
We think a bus is incomplete without a TV.
Every task we take on and every group we form is incomplete without a mission statement and a cheesy slogan.
We understand everything on this list.

We complain loudly when subjected to inconveniences but are willing to stand like penguins for hours for freebies.

English, Chinese, not so good.
Maths and Science, good, good, good.

I am Singaporean because I know our government is clean like the streets.

August 9th, 1965.

This post is rather lame, but I have the sudden urge to quote the super funny Mitch Hedberg as well after rewatching his standups.

I went to a pizzeria and I ordered a slice of pizza; the fucker gave me the smallest slice possible. If the pizza was a pie chart for what people would do if they found a million dollars, the fucker gave me the 'donate to charity' slice. I would like to exchange this for the 'keep it'!

My apartment is infested with koala bears. It's the cutest infestation ever. Way better than cockroaches. When I turn on the light a bunch of koala bears scatter. And I don't want them to, you know? I'm like, "Hey, wait, come back. Let me hold one of you... and feed you a leaf."

A dog is forever in the push-up position.

You know, people think I'm into sports just because I'm a man. I'm not into sports. I mean, I like Gatorade, but that's about as far as it goes. By the way, you don't have to be sweaty and holding a basketball to enjoy a Gatorade. You could just be a thirsty dude. Gatorade forgets about this demographic. I'm thirsty for absolutely no reason. Other than the fact that liquid has not touched my lips for some time. Can I have a Gatorade too, or does that lightning bolt mean "No"?

You know, if I made orange juice, I would not be so hardcore on people. I would be more polite, like I would not print 'shake well' on the carton, cause you don't know how good people can shake, you know? I would write, 'Shake to the best of your ability.' Then I'd have a diagram that shows the uninitiated how to shake. 'Alright, put it over here, then put it over here, then put it over here quicker.'

I like waffles better than pancakes. Because waffles are like pancakes with syrup traps. They say to syrup, "You ain't going anywhere, don't even be trying to creep down the sides. Just rest in these squares, if one square is full, move to the next one. When you hit butter, split up."

I like refried beans. That's why I wanna try fried beans, because maybe they're just as good and we're just wasting time. You don't have to fry them again after all.

I've got a do not disturb sign on my hotel door; it says, "Do not disturb." It's time to go with "Don't disturb." It's been "do not" for too long. We need to embrace the contraction. "Don't Disturb." "Do not" psyches you out. "'Do', alright! I get to disturb this guy! 'Not'... Shit!!... I need to read faster!" I like to wear a do not disturb sign on my neck so that little kids can't tell me knock knock jokes. Say "Hey, how ya doin', nephew?" "Knock knock!" "Read the sign, punk!"

I have an oscillating fan at home; it looks like it's saying 'Noo...' so I like to ask it questions that a fan would say 'no' to. "Do you keep my hair in place?" "Do you keep my documents in order?" "Do you have three settings?" Liar! My fan fuckin' lied to me! Now I will pull the pin up. Now you ain't sayin' shit!"

One time a guy handed me a picture of himself, and he said, "Here's a picture of me when I was younger." Every picture of you is of when you were younger. "Here's a picture of me when I am older." "You son of a bitch, how'd you do that? Let me see that camera."

I was walking down the street with my friend and he said, "I hear music." As though there's any other way to take it in. You're not special. That's how I receive it too. I tried to taste it, but it did not work.

I wrote a script for a guy, and he said he liked it but he thought that I needed to rewrite it. I said, "Fuck that, I'll just make a copy."

My friend said to me, "You know what I like? Mashed potatoes." I was like, "Dude, you have to give me time to guess. If you're going to quiz me you have to insert a pause in there."

I wish my name was Brian because maybe sometimes people would misspell my name and call me Brain. That's like a free compliment and you don't even gotta be smart to notice it.

I wanted to get my teeth whitened, but I said, "Fuck that. I'll just get a tan instead."

Classic.

This is unfortunate.

2006-09-04T14:48:00.000+08:00

STEVE IRWIN IS DEAD.

I couldn't believe what I read either. But the Crocodile Hunter is dead man. He died after being attacked by a stingray while diving in Australia.

Please go read the article on MSN or Yahoo! if you have got the time.

I'm feeling terribly disappointed now. I used to watch Irwin's documentaries as a kid. And to think he's dead now? Man, it's just horrible.

People die so easily, it's not funny.

Just earlier this year Syd Barrett died. That pissed me off.

A little back further, Eddie Guerrero died. That didn't bother me much, but still I felt it was rather shocking.

And just last year, Mitch Hedberg died of a heart attack.

It really made me think, we need to treasure those around us.

When people say "Live today like it is your last", they aren't kidding.

It does happen. It does.

You may just never see your loved ones the next morning.

Newton's Third Law:

2006-09-03T20:56:00.000+08:00

Says that for every action, there's an equal and opposite reaction.

Of course this isn't the oh-so-scientific version, just the one you use to observe events in life.

Kinda like the whole Zen Buddhism and Karma idealogy in My Name is Earl? Do good things and good things happen to you?

Anyway, why the hell am I discussing philosophy. lol.

It's an area of interest of mine, but by no means my area of expertise.

Anyway, today wasn't too bad. Tuition, and I did some revision yesterday.

I had a mini study group with Lilian and Tiffany. We went to East Coast once again and studied at the Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf. I've never really been to the Marine Cove area, so I'm still quite fascinated by it. The area is really nice but just terribly small. Well at least is is conducive enough for me to do three papers of MCQ questions for Physics.

That's 120 questions, 480 answers.

And on average I scored about 35/40. Well not too bad, at least my MCQ is getting better.

I'm feeling semi-confident for prelims. That doesn't mean I don't have to revise of course. I'm going to have to work really hard for Social Studies and Geography Elective. Afterall it's my only Combined Humanities subject and I really don't want to screw it up.

I realised I screwed up two of my compre questions for English already. That's 4 marks? Argh WTF. Zzz.

Oh yeah, today is Wayne's birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY FOOOOOO! (no pun intended.)

I was chatting with Siantzu a while ago. She was asking who was the two people I would fall in love with, as stated in my MSN nick.

"Don't tell you." I said.

And then she proceeded to say like:

"Fine fine, and to think I treated you like a good friend."

LOL!

"Well maybe, one of them is my mum?" I said.

"You don't fall in love with your mum, boy," she said.

"You loved her since you were born."

So I retorted,

"OH FINE miss i'm-so-complex."

"Do you want a t-shirt that says 'HEY I'M COMPLEX!'?"

"Yeah! Next year birthday present," she said.

Ah great, now I have to find a t-shirt supplier and think of a design.

LOOK OUT SIANTZU! I'LL MAKE SURE I LIVE TO MAKE THAT SHIRT AND SEE YOU WEAR IT. BWAHAHA.

Well this post will be short. Not much to talk about over the past few days.

Crap, the only revision I did today was a Chemistry paper. I need to start working. OMGWTFHAXBBQ.

Hmmm, not sure what to start with though. I think maybe Biology and my Humans.

Ah well, this is a boring post coming from a bored person. Oh wow, Newton's Third Law at work here?

CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES! HUR HUR.

AUDIOSLAVE.

2006-09-02T23:16:00.000+08:00

I just got Audioslave's self-titled album and Out Of Exile.

GOOD STUFF.

I'm suddenly reminded of the good ol' days of Rage Against the Machine.

Chris Cornell has a superb voice. Commerford and Wilk continue to be a tight rhythm section. And Morello just continues to abuse his guitar like how he does best. Cornell's voice just keeps getting better with each release. I read it is because he quit smoking and drinking? All the more you shouldn't smoke in the future.

I'm so looking forward to their next album Revelations, which is set to be released sometime this month. ORIGINAL FIRE IS FUNKY. Ironically the drumbeat isn't too 'original'. Good stuff though.

Not to mention Incubus's new album is set to be released later this year as well. OMG can't wait.

Anyway, I know I haven't blogged lately. It was only when Sophia decided to link me in her blog did I realise what a sloth I was.

This week has been fantastic. The Teachers' Day Concert was disappointing, IMO. Sorry for being so harsh, but the AVA screwed it up bad. And to the bands that performed, you guys should have soundchecked before the curtains drew open.

Ah well, Pedofunk won this year's Talent Search. Eh, no comments really. I felt it was a well-deserved win. They did something that required little preparation and setting up. HENCE, the chances of anything screwing up is pretty much, zero.

Unlike the bands who have the constant problem with sound. Ah bah. Sound sound, it's the very thing that contributes to a good live performance.

I'm not complaining, congratulations to all.

PDS WAS GREAT. PERHAPS THE BEST PERFORMANCE OF THE WHOLE CONCERT. (CALL ME BIASED :X) GOOD JOB TO ALL IN THE SQUAD.

Sure, the performance wasn't anything fancy. But for first timers, you guys have come a long way. Don't mind the minor errors. Overall, you guys have done a lot better than I expected. Kudos to all.

Prior to the concert, I was hanging around backstage. I found out Miss Wang has a diploma in piano and teaches the double bass.

WTF?

I'm taking up double bass lessons from her sometime. HAH!

Oh, and to the PDS people, keep practicing, there's a lot of potential in you all.

Anyway, after the concert and all, I had to settle some minor errands. One was to get my amplifier home safe and sound. And afterwards I had to head down to Tao Nan to meet up for a 6E'02 gathering.

I can't contain my excitement. Muahaha.

Anyway, so yeah I went home first. Brought my amplifier home, and Winston tagged along too. The rain was like OMGWTFHAXBBQ. Wouldn't stop pouring. God, they cancelled ACES Day for the Sec 3s and 4s because of it. ARGH!

So at my house, I showed Winston the Mitch Hedberg (R.I.P) clip of his performance on Comedy Central. Winston thought it was funny.

"I like an escalator because it can never break, it can only become stairs."

HAHA. It's so sad he passed away so early. Why do all the good people die first? Tsk.

Oh anyway, at Tao Nan was when the fun started.

We arrived at the bus stop outside Tao Nan, and we realised that:

"CRAP. IT'S RAINING CATS AND DOGS AND WE AREN'T ARMED WITH UMBRELLAS?!"

Winston even had the cheek to say that he INTENDED to remind me to take an umbrella before we left my house. ARGH WTF.

So we called Lilian and Tiffany for reinforcements! They brought umbrellas and came to our rescue. Winston and I shared this terribly small umbrella (It was meant for a single person I would say). And we looked homosexual sharing it and walking it to Tao Nan. I wore berms so luckily it was only my shoes that got semi-drenched.

When we finally arrived at the General Office, we met CONSTANCE! She stuck her hand out, and I thought she wanted to give me a handshake!

To my dismay, she just wanted her UMBRELLA back. No wonder it's so small la.

-.-" total WTFAGE. And everybody was laughing at me. lol.

Ah well, I hung around the HOD office and General Office area for a while. Then Terry called and asked where I was.

So I headed to the canteen to find him. And WHAT A SHOCKER.

TERRY IS TALLER THAN ME NOW. LIKE WTFFFF. I couldn't believe it. When we were in Primary 6 he was still shorter than me?

It's amazing how fast he grew.

Haha, he claims he grew lengthwise though.

"I'm more skinny now," he says.

Haha, couldn't help but agree.

Then we spent the remainder of the stormy and wet afternoon by the HOD office meeting up with Mrs Chua and Liang Lao Shi. Liang Lao Shi recognised me but TOTALLY forgot my name. Mrs Chua actually remembers me!

"WOW BRYAN YOU LOST SO MUCH WEIGHT!" -.-"

Yeah that's what she says. Muahaha.

Anyway, Mrs Chua says she keeps a copy of my notes from Primary 6. Amazing eh? I must be like damn popular with the current batch of her students.

She claims because my handwriting > all. YEAH!

Haha Mrs Chua was really funny too. She looked at Siantzu, then looked at Terry, and said:

"This one your boyfriend arh?"

Siantzu nods her head.

"Don't tell me he's from St. Pats?..."

Siantzu nods again...

"...AH COME ON THAT'S SO LAME!"

LOL. Haha. I was surprised at how open minded she is with regards to relationships. Not to mention the former DM who told us Poly > JC. HAHAH.

Oh so afterwards we left Tao Nan and headed to East Coast. We played BOWLING! Hah, I think I pulled a muscle. My fingers kinda hurt now.

BUT OVERALL, it was good fun. Eirene couldn't help making fun of Winston. HAH. Stephen was on the phone for the whole second game la. His phone was in his left hand, since he bowled with his right. Haha, Nicholas and I thought it would be funny if Stephen got so engrossed in talking that...

"Eh darling, hold on arh."

-accidentally throws cell phone instead of bowling ball-

-holds ball up to ear-

"Hello?"

AHHAHAHA. Oh man, we had a blast.

Then we headed down to Mcdonalds, and we sat around one of the tables and started talking about a lot of stuff. TALK TALK TALK. Yes, that's what we did. And a lot of laughs in between.

And it was then we all found out that the ACES in ACES Day stands for:

ALL CHILDREN EXERCISING SIMULTANEOUSLY. WTF? AHHAHA.

Then Jake decided to call Stephen AND THEN me, asking us to buy him tongs for the BBQ later for Desmond.

He called Stephen and still called me? So I placed the placed the phone on the table, unanswered.

Enter NICHOLAS KANG.

HAHAHHA. Don't take it to heart, Jake. But what Nick did then afterwards was comedy gold.

He proceeded to answer my cellphone, and started lambasting Jake in his signature ah beng accent that I haven't heard him do in a long while. Not the damn garand ah beng la. Just that he drags all his words, it's funny. lol. Some what like Johnny in the first of the zhng my car series.

DAMMIT. I should have recorded the conversation. It was so hilarious.

"You tell me: You want your barbecue tonight, or for breakfast?"

HAHA. He's like the master of sarcasm.

Reminds me of when we were Primary 5, and he retorted to Albert's comment. We were learning about Singapore in World War II, and we were told that the Japanese had bombed our water reserves so that we wouldn't be able to last long.

So Albert remarked:

"You mean the Japanese bombed our water supplies ON PURPOSE?! OMGWTFHAX!"

To which Nick retorted,

"No la, accidentally one."

HAHAHHA.

The rest of the day (or night) was just spent hanging out with the gang and Desmond Chow. Unfortunately I didn't stay around for long cause my mum was nagging.

Overall, a wonderful day, and a good week.

Time to mug for prelims!

Driving slow on sunday morning...

2006-08-27T08:21:00.000+08:00

GOOD MORNING!

No tuition today, Mr. Chan cancelled it a few days back. My original intent was to sleep really really long, but then I decided to wake up and BLOG. Hah.

So yes I know, I haven't blogged in awhile. Damn is it hard to keep consistent. This post WILL be long.

Justin has been posting a lot of those 'So-tell-me-more-about-yourself' chain mails of sorts on his blog. Lol, I'll do one of those later on.

Well, the week hasn't been that bad. I really think Mr. Kang is a hilarious guy.

He doesn't really have much of a 'sense of humour' if you look at it, but he says some stuff in such a child-like and innocent manner, it's funny.

So on thursday we were going through some E Maths paper, and afterwards Mr Kang decided to talk to us about integers.

So he told us about integers and that they were represented by a Z with a line parallel to the /.

And then he went on to tell us the most random reason why:

"It's like Zorro. You know, Zorro has two swords. -makes funny gesture with hands-"

Like LOLWTF, he's damn cute.

Then he went on to tell us the REAL reason why integers were represented by Z. Supposedly it is because it was discovered by a German named Zahren. So I asked:

"What about Zorro then?"

"Erm, I'm not too sure myself, but I think it is because he wasn't born then."

AHHAHAHAH.

Anyway, just in case you're wondering, Mr Kang is misinformed. There's no such German as Zahren, so he got it 3/5 correct. Integers are represented by a Z, which stands for ZAHLEN, which is German for "numbers".

So then the next day, he was telling us about percentage increase. He told us that some companies and people sell stuff at 300% the cost price. Ridiculous eh? Although I suspect that's how much a meal at Mac costs.

I was pretty skeptical so I said:

"300% the cost price? But who is willing to buy?"

And he gave us the example of fake jewels and all.

Okay I know right now you must be thinking I have a REALLY odd sense of humour. But you have to see the WAY he said it. It's all to do with his expressions and the way he punctuates that makes it funny.

"So what about Zorro's two swords then? Anybody willing to purchase them for 300% the cost price?" I said.

He looked at me and said,

"Well no."

"...But I heard you can get a replica of King Arthur's sword Excalibur on the Internet for $200."

"It's like the real thing, except a replica."

"Then you and go around and bluff people that you used it to kill DRAGONS. -smiles-"

LOLOL.

Man, I love his lessons.

Speaking about selling stuff overpriced, I've been trying to find an article on Starbucks. Supposedly the article was about SOMETHING about Starbucks policy. I'm not too sure if anybody can help me out, but it's about the policy that if you ask the barista to make a better cup of coffee, he WILL make a better cup of coffee for you.

Don't make sense?

Well that's the reason I want to re-read it too. lol.

Kudos to anybody who can relink me to the article. And did you know, Starbucks earns a lot just HEATING milk.

I got back in touch with Tiffany yesterday. It's amazing how everybody in Singapore seems to somehow be related to one another.

It's like a little Friendster network going on.

For example, when my sister was in Victoria Junior College, she knew a friend, who happened to me my NCC (Land) Cadet Lieutenant.

And then she knew someone else, who was my primary school friend's brother. Double that, cause she knew ANOTHER friend who was my friend's brother.

So apparently Matthew and Stephen actually know Tiffany. They go to the same church.

Haha, but it was really great getting to talk to her again. I remember in primary school we didn't talk much, and no I so want to get back with everybody I have lost contact with.

Tiffany actually has an interest in dolls and art. Haha, I thought it was really neat. Most girls I know don't really have an interest in dolls?

Of course, there's CK who draws amazingly well.

But then dolls? Haha, not many.

Her doll is so expensive. It costs like $300?

My bass is worth two of her dolls then. HAHA.

Anyway, most of the time we kinda linked back to the education system and that it sucks. I have to agree. I feel the education system makes us stupid in some ways.

I agree with Tiffany when she said:

"We have the brightest kids, but not for the working population."

You have to admit that is true. Singapore wants to promote creativity and talent, but IMO the education system kills it. And no, I don't think IPW helps promote much creativity.

I guess the main reason why is because the education system is too rigid.

Looking ahead, Singapore is entering a new phase. Maybe things might change in the next 5 years? We'll see.

Hahaha, but then I'll get to vote. COOL.

And Tiffany says she wants to go to either Temasek Poly or NAFA. I was quite enthralled when I heard that.

Maybe it is because everybody in TK I know (with a couple of exceptions like Justin) are either done with their DSA admissions, or just really want to go to some JC. So perhaps it is refreshing to hear someone say that they want to go somewhere else.

And coming from someone from TKGS? Hah, when I first entered TK, all the girls I knew from Tao Nan wanted to go TKGS cause it was so prestigious.

Then their standard dropped? It's so sad really. And Michelle told me that it's because of their former principal, who is the current principal of TJC.

ZOMG LA. That means TJC's standard is going to drop even further.

Crap, I'm steering clear of TJC given the choice. VJC or MJC then.

And if you're wondering why I'm so 'traditional', it's not because I want to. But my dad won't allow me to go to a Poly or anywhere else.

"Old minset," Tiffany said.

Well, I'm really glad to know that SOME Singaporean parents are a bit more open minded now. When I have kids I really hope the education system changes.

And when I have kids I want to teach them how to appreciate music as well. HAH, okay fine it's so long from now. But hey, no harm looking forward eh?

Haha, I sent Tiffany my recordings of me playing bass as well. Lol, I feel like such a show-off sometimes.

She's the person who said it is 'funky'. HAHA I'm like so overjoyed. Finally someone who KNOWS what makes something funky.

And she really likes the Red Hot Chili Peppers too. WOW. It's like one of my favourite bands.

Haha, I guess we somehow connect a lot. It's great.

Okay okay, so here's the thing Justin wants me to do:

Once you've been tagged, you have to write a blog with 6 weird facts/things/habits about yourself, saying who tagged you. In the end you need to choose the 5 people to be tagged and list their names. No tag backs.

INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Do the following without complaining.
2. Choose 5 people to do this after you've completed yours.
3. Leave a tag on the person's tagboard to say that he/she has been tagged.
4. Start your post with "I have been tagged!" then do this.

FAVOURITES:
colour : Blue, shades of grey, black, white and sometimes really funky colours.
food : Hah, too much to say.
song : Too much to say too.
movie : PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL!
sport : Foosball.
day of the week : Friday.
season : I would say autumn although I haven't experienced it.
ice-cream : I'll settle for a Cornetto.

CURRENT:
mood : Lethargic.
taste : Er?
clothes : Shorts and a tee.
desktop : Laptop palmtop?
time : 9.32 am
surroundings : My room.
annoyance : The rain.

FIRSTS:
best friend : No particular one.
crush : ST, hahah zomg :X
movie : I can't recall, but I would say Top Gun with Tom Cruise in it.
music : Britney Spears was cool back then.

LASTS:
cigarette: No I don't smoke or do drugs.
drink : Water.
ride : Taxi ride home.
movie : ONE HOUR PHOTO!
phone call : My mum.
CD : The Raconteurs' "Broken Boy Soldiers".

HAVE YOU EVER:
dated one of your best friends : Nope.
been arrested : Almost, on the count for assault. LOL.
skinny-dipped : Nope.
been on TV : Maybe?
kissed someone you dont know : Nope.

THINGS:
4 things you did today : Woke up, walked around, turned on the computer, blog.
Sounds you can hear now : The rain.

The chosen five to do this!
1. My anti-self
2. Jian
3. Winston
4. Someone who doesn't know me
5. Tiffany

So the printer died today...

2006-08-18T20:51:00.000+08:00

The printer doesn't even feed paper properly. It's like a snail compared to the oh-so-fast printer my dad and sisters have.

Hmmm, so apparently Freddy The Computer Guy will be coming over to fix it. Or maybe I'll get a new printer.

I think it'll be kinda redundant to get a new printer, but heck, it makes life a hell lot easier.

Apparently what happened was my sister tried to print with it this afternoon, and supposedly the printer just took more than it could chew.

In other words, instead of drawing in ONE sheet of paper to print, it took in the WHOLE pile.

Bah. Stupid printer.

If you noticed, I posted a picture of a note written to me to explain the situation.

And yes, THAT is written by my mum.

My mum writes funny.

SHE ACTUALLY QUOTED WHAT FREDDY SAID. LIKE WTF? LOL.

"PRINTER CAN USE BUT CANNOT LIFT UP THE PAPER," FREDDY SAID.

AHAHAHA.

Okay, my mum has a rather odd personality. I suppose those who have been at my place know. HAH.

Anyway, today I headed down to Kallang KFC with Henry, Isaac, Matthew, Jonathan, Baskhin, Keith, Jian, Darwin, and Umesh.

Darwin and Jian were feeling down because of some problem. I have totally no idea so I don't want to talk about it either.

Ah well. Hope they get through their troubles.

We had a great load of laughs. Man, I just realised it's so fun to be with them.

Matthew initiated his usual plastic straw bursting routine. I think it pissed off those guys from Dunman High who were trying hard to study Biology.

Bad idea to study in KFC in the first place. Hah.

Matthew then proceeded to tell us the funniest thing to happen this week:

HE WAS LITERALLY STRAPPED TO HIS CHAIR DURING BIOLOGY LESSON BY PAKIN AND HOU CHIAT. LOLOL.

If you have a good imagination, you can probably imagine the scenario. I was in stitches just thinking about how it was like.

Matthew was day dreaming. So Pakin used his belt and chained him to his seat.

Hou Chiat and Pakin then went on to simultaneously tickle Matthew, whilst shouting the phrase:

"MEATY!"

HAHAHAHHAA.

MATTHEW GOT SO PWNED. I wished I was there when it happened.

Anyway, I just got The Raconteurs' album "Broken Boy Soldiers". It's good stuff really. Nothing revolutionary or groundbreaking, but good music nonetheless.

It's really solid sounding stuff. I would recommend you to give it a listen if possible. "Steady As She Goes" is catchy as hell.

Oh well on a sidenote, I tried singing whilst playing the guitar in 4J today.

Well so Matsurah and Malak heard me, and they were like:

"OH MY BRYAN YOU SING SO WELL! DO YOU KNOW RYAN CABRERA SONGS?"

Haha, I don't even know any songs by Cabrera. I'm just amazed as to how he keeps his hair in that shape all the time.

I'm not intending to brag of course, but I would just like to say thanks to them for their compliments. Malak's comments sounded rather exaggerated though. LOL.

Okay, so today wasn't so bad. Rather productive and not to mention I think I'm working just well towards prelims.

Sure, so my Combined Humanities and English sucks, but who isn't doing badly for these two subjects anyway?

Haha, ah well, I'll figure something out.

Prelims are in a month's time people. Let's all go study and get good grades.

GET AROUND WOOHOO!

GET AROUND, WOOHOOOOOOO...

2006-08-17T21:08:00.000+08:00

I just love The Beach Boys.

A few hours ago, I asked David if he ever considered being a vegetarian.

"No."

Well of course, his answer was a lot more detailed than that. He says he would be a vegetarian for health reasons, but not just because of the whole 'animal rights' thing.

Hmmm, well honestly, after watching the damn cat killer video that has been circulated by Jake, it gave me a good enough reason to be a vegetarian.

Nobody deserves to be killed like that.

It is funny really, sometimes I feel that war is a necessary evil and here I am rambling about animal rights and being a vegetarian.

So it's all right to kill humans with bullets and artillery fire but it's not okay to kill a cat with stilletto heels and large amounts of pressure applied onto the cranium...

Is that logical? I suppose many people like to think of death in a first person scenario rather than third person. Some people don't get why shooting you in the head is inhumane. After all, you die instantly.

But if we look at things from a third person prespective, REAL images of war are indeed gruesome. You're just lucky if you haven't seen pictures of Iraqi citizens losing their heads.

I meant that literally.

It just doesn't play out right. It seems like, when you join in the hippie gang, it's like a package.

You probably have to be anti-war and vegetarian. And smoke marijuana.

Seems like I can't be a pro-war vegetarian. Because technically, that would be contradicting.

Like an oxymoron...

ANTI-MISSILE MISSILE. MICROSOFT WORKS. PRETTY UGLY.

Hm. Can't really think of anymore. But I suppose that a vegetarian meatball is funny and hence should be added to the above line. Why didn't the EA Games creative team think of a Command and Conquer Generals anti-missile Patriot missile.

Like lawl, so imba. And as Winston would say:

"G33K SPEAK."

Anyway, so far it's all talk and no action for me though. I just haven't had that 'push' factor that would make me go vegetarian.

Apart from all that, David also stated that he gets pissed when people go up to him during meals and tell him all the stuff about how the chicken he is eating was killed or how that cow got slaughtered. Then they will look at it pitifully as though someone just murdered their pet hamster.

Hmmm, pretty logical I suppose. It's one of those universal truths that we can all agree on: You don't impose your beliefs onto others, and keep your opinions to yourself until asked.

I suppose many people fail to get that sometimes though.

Ah gee, time is running short.

Time to get my homework done.

Music is such a wonderful thing.

2006-08-14T21:03:00.000+08:00

I'm on inspiration overdrive now.

And no, I didn't take LSD nor am I on an acid trip.

Hahaha, I came home, so ready to get my Geography Elective and Social Studies essays done. Unfortunately, I decided to procrastinate once again.

"Ah, let's just play bass for like...half an hour?" I told myself.

Okay, so while I did stick to the time limit, I'm totally turned on by jazz funk now. I just nailed down the intro riff for "Silly Putty" by Stanley Clarke as covered by Primus. I haven't got the verses down though, god, there are mutes all over the place it's so tough to catch.

I'll figure that out IF I have the time tomorrow of course.

Apart from that I was grooving along to this track called "On The Move" by some group called "Count Basic". Uber jazz chillout, and the bass is still funky as hell. I love it. I managed to transcribe out the majority of the groove by ear. I haven't figured out the rest though.

Once again, I'll figure that out IF I have the time.

Music is such a wonderful thing. If you can't appreciate it, it's really sad.

Anyway, as much as I love music, I officially proclaimed myself to be a good cookie and study hard for the upcoming prelims. So, I guess I'll have to set the four string groove machine aside to allow time for studies.

Gah.

I thought I managed to keep up pretty well today. I don't now if it was my excessive hyperactivity that got me through, but I didn't feel tired for the entire day.

Heck, I didn't even yawn during the Chemistry paper.

Anyway, apparently my classmates noted that I got scolded by various teachers for the entire day. No idea. It started with A Maths lecture with Mdm Halilah.

I was telling Pakin this joke Shane had told me over MSN yesterday. It's really hilarious, I'll talk about it again.

Now, when you are in a super quiet room, telling a joke is pretty hard. Coupled with my supposedly 'very audible' voice, I guess Mdm Halilah could hear me like a mile away. So she went on with the usual "Shut up before I do something really mean" routine.

Of course, I suppose that didn't stop me.

Mdm Halilah went on to target Jian An and co. at the 4D camp in the auditorium.

She was like, "Jian An, you like to talk so much is it? Come down and teach la."

Total silence for like 10 seconds...

Which was broken by my sarcastic 'Hur Hur'. Apparently Keith thinks I did it on purpose to get back at her. Now now, that's a misconception.

So if this was a football game, I supposed it's 1 - 1. Of course finally, Mdm Halilah got the final move. I was busy entertaining myself with Lianny's ponytail, cause I thought it looked kinda funny.

Yeah yeah, I know, I have a weird sense of humour.

Mdm Halilah's super senses heard my giggles of course, and she went on to say the same thing to me she said to Jian An previously.

Bummer.

Ah gee, I don't really want to go into detail for the scenario with Mrs Koh during English. If this isn't boring to you, it's boring me out.

Anyway, so I guess the rest of the day was pretty cool. Miss Erma didn't come to school so we had 2 free periods. SWEET! So we get to choose what time we wanted to go for lunch etc. CE on Monday is great.

Okay okay, just to make your stay worthwhile, here's the joke Shane told me yesterday. I've been telling it to various people in school today, and god is it funny. According to Shane he got it off the Something Awful forums.

Anyway, so this is how it goes (it isn't exactly RA or anything but just some references to the genitals. Hope no one finds it offensive):

A few days before Jack married Wendy, he had her name tattooed on his penis to show how much he loved her. When fully erect, the name was visible, when not, it read "Wy".

So Jack and Wendy went to Jamaica for their honeymoon. Their hotel had two beaches: A traditional one and a nudist one. After spending two days at the traditional beach, Wendy suggested that they spend a day at the clothing-optional beach.

At the nudist beach, Wendy asked Jack if he would bring her a cold drink. Jack walked across the sandy beach to a little hut. He saw the bartender, also naked, and asked him for two pina coladas.

Jack tried not to stare, but he noticed that the bartender had "Wy" tattooed on his penis as well.

Jack got curious.

"Hey," he smiled. "What a coincedence, your girlfriend must also be named Wendy?"

"Oh no, mon," replied the bartender.

"This one says: WELCOME TO JAMAICA. ENJOY YOUR STAY."

Happy Interntional Lefthanders Day!

2006-08-14T01:04:00.000+08:00

Meh. Well, I got bored so I figured I started blogging again.

-wipes off dust-

Last post was in May, now it is...August? Haha. Looking back I thought my previous two posts were rather boring to say the least.

Anyway, just in case you didn't know, today is International Lefthanders Day. I don't know what that means for us righthanded people, but I suppose it's a day of fun and laughter for lefties.

Samuel once told me that lefties are more prone to committing suicide though. Lmao.

It's interesting, I found out that Calvin is actually lefthanded. He plays the guitar righthanded though. He claims he did so because his guitar teacher started out by telling him to play righthanded because it was probably cheaper that way.

Furthermore, he claims lefthanded guitars "look like cock sia". Take that, Hendrix.

Well, I wasted today as usual.

I had some random discussions with Zhang and Winston over MSN. I guess the common topic was probably the FA Community Shield match between Liverpool and Chelsea.

I'm not a huge soccer fanatic, but I guess I enjoy rambling about what formation kicks and who should play in the left wing. Zhang was like...

"OMG! BRYAN AND HIS WINNING ELEVEN STRATEGIES!"

-.-?

I don't know if what applies for Winning Eleven applies for football, but I'm pretty sure not every player in the ENTIRE WORLD can do 10 step overs successfully without tripping over and looking like an idiot. If that's the case, then what applies for Winning Eleven 8 doesn't apply for real life football then.

Stupid video game reality.

Anyway I like to express a big warm "AWWWW, THANKS I'M SO TOUCHED" to Terry and Siantzu. I'll look forward to that double date someday :D

Ah gee it's 1am and I'm up here blogging.

I'm pretty sure I'll feel awfully wasted tomorrow. Not to mention I have to stay up til 5pm tomorrow for the Chemistry test. Caffeine?

Maybe not.

I think I'll blog again tomorrow. LOOK OUT WORLD!

Okay, post two.

2006-05-29T22:49:00.000+08:00

Well I'm back. See, I kept my word. Hah.

Okay, had the MT 'O's this morning. I guess it wasn't so bad. I can't say for sure I'll get an A, but I hope at least a B is within my reach.

I watched X-Men 3: The Last Stand a few days back with the gang, and honestly I left the theatre feeling terribly disappointed.

Honestly, X-Men 2 was much better.

SPOILERS AHEAD, DO NOT READ IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO HAVE THE MOVIE SPOILED FOR YOURSELF

Yeah, cheesy dialogue, and just a really weak storyline.

I mean, I'm not a Bryan Singer fanboy, but I felt Brett Ratner lacks the kind of intelligence and elegance that Singer brought to the previous films. Perhaps it's because Ratner isn't gay? Just kidding.

Seriously, I felt like Ratner was trying to combine way too many plotlines into one film. It just doesn't work. I'm not a director or a playwright so I don't have any right to criticise the fellow, but as part of the audience I'm sure many people would have felt at some point of time the story just wasn't flowing right. Cyclops is killed off from the beginning of the film, followed by Professor X. After he killed off the professor it just felt like he was making room for the other characters in the film to develop. Part of the story shows that Mystique gets her powers stripped off completely after she's hit by some hi-tech dart gun that utilises the mutant 'cure'.

Despite all the 'room' that is made, the newly introduced characters like Colossus and Shadowcat/Kitty Pryde were still underplayed. In the previous films Bryan Singer manages to introduce characters so easily they fell right into place instantly. He introduced Nightcrawler superbly in X-Men 2. Yet in X-Men 3, the introduction of the new characters such as Juggernaut and Callisto and Arclight seemed totally awkward. Perhaps it was due to the fact he was trying to fit in so many new personalities to feed the thousands of X-Men fanboys across the globe.

Did I mention that Nightcrawler doesn't appear in X-Men 3? Hah. Yeah he doesn't. Which is bad in many ways. I'm not a huge Nightcrawler fan, I think he's badass though. I think Alan Cumming played Nightcrawler extremely well in X-Men 2, so does Hugh Jackman as Wolverine and Sir Ian McKellen as Magneto. Nightcrawler was one of the more interesting personalities in the films anyway, so it was a shame in my opinion that he doesn't appear in the third installment of the X-Men franchise.

The action sequences were great (not all though). I thought the final battle scene was really, for the lack of a better word, stupid. It features 6 of the X-Men (Colossus, Shadowcat, Iceman, Beast led by Wolverine and Storm) taking on like an entire army of Magneto's goons, as well as his Brotherhood of Mutants (Pyro, Juggernaut, Callisto, Arclight, Phoenix and some guy who is credited as Kid Omega but appears to have the abilities of Quill). The chase scene between Kitty and Juggernaut was TOTAL WTFAGENESS. I mean, it just made Juggernaut seem terribly stupid and retarded. In the comics it took like the entire team of the X-Men to bring down Juggernaut, and in the film all you need is Shadowcat (and a little help from Leech). Juggernaut just doesn't get the credit he deserves for being a total badass. Tsk.

Anyway, I felt the final fight scene was in some ways kinda similar to LOTR's siege of Helm's Deep. Not sure if anybody notices the similarities. Hah.

And of course, I just have to talk about Pyro and Iceman's fight scene. I thought Pyro's terrorist attack scene was pretty cool, really showed what they were about, but Pyro vs. Iceman was just ridiculous. The ending was really too predictable.

And Angel? Oh god, I really felt cheated when he got so little screentime after all the trailers featured him so much.

I felt the number one problem was still the revival of Jean Grey. I mean, it is true she's one of the most powerful mutants in the Marvel Universe (let's not count the cosmic entities), but when you have such an overpowered character in a film, it just spoils the mood of the whole story. It's pretty typical, it's either the really powerful dude wins, or the underdog wins through some deus ex machina. Perhaps in X-Men 4 (that is, should they continue the series), we'll get to see Iceman at his peak starting the next Ice Age? (Iceman is one of the strongest mutants out there too, but err just hasn't realised his true potential yet) Nah, let's hope not.

Now that X-Men 3 is crossed off my list of 'movies to catch', I'm looking forward to Cars and Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest. JOHNNY DEPP IS GOD!

And let's hope Spider-Man 3 will surpasses all expectations next year. I heard Topher Grace might be playing Venom. LOL. That I oughta see.

Pilot. Hah.

2006-05-28T22:03:00.000+08:00

Hah. First post. Anyway, yeah I've decided to start a blog just for the fun of it. Hmmm...

I'll promise to keep updating. Haha.

Anyway, my MT 'O's are tomorrow. That's bad since my command of chinese is pretty poor, and here I am starting a friggin' blog? Lol, talk about not setting my priorities right.

Teachers have agreed as well: MT just acts like friggin' bonus points if you wish to get into a top junior college. I'm not sure if anybody else disagrees? Apart from that, if you fare well for your other subjects, you should definitely get a position in a decent junior college. And for people planning to get into polytechnics, chinese doesn't count either, and of course once again act as bonus points.

Bleah, anyway, I have decided to apologise to Miss Yap over the incident that happened a few days back. Hah, I guess the reason I'm doing so is for some sort of 'greater good'. Oh well, I'll have to see how things goes.

I think I'll just bring things to an end for now.

Cheers, and let's pray for a miracle tomorrow. Hah.