Hmm... It's quite funny how I haven't updated this in 11 months... Haha... (ok, maybe not very funny also...) I think you can just ignore the previous post for now... Anyway you can bet a lot has happened during this 11 months... But I'd just thought to write a little something to, you know, help me get over this new period of low in my life...

Months just remind me of how long more to my ORD...

Whenever I hear or read the name of a month (January, February, etc...), I immediately think of how long to my ORD... Seriously, it's damn long later... For now, it's hanging at 1 year 2 months... My god... And worst of all, I'm in camp so far away from my home, it's not 8-5, my superiors (especially my CSM) are alpha male chauvinist pigs with no outside life and are absolutely one of the worst, if not the worst, superiors I've ever met in NS and I still have to train and do PT even though I'm not combat-fit... And the "best" thing is? I've only just started!! Man, this 1 year 2 months is gonna be looooong...

I have a lot on my mind... Particularly like wad my CSM had done that pissed me off... (and i've only been there for 1 month so far!) But I figure it's not very wise to tell it all on the internet where even HE can read about it... For now, the latest thing he did which irked me was telling me I can't go for my physiotherapy... Cos we would be too busy and I can't afford to book out every fortnight... Seriously?! Yet you still want me to participate in all the PT and training which I'm not needed to do in the first place becos I'm not combat-fit?!! Wad a lousy organisation this is... Not helped by one of the lousiest superior... Originally I was thinking of undergoing surgery to fix everything up once and for all so that it wun be a problem in the future, but judging from the previous reply, I think the answer would be a flat "Cannot" cos I'll be on long term medical leave, like for a month or 2... Should I really let an organisation like this determine my long-term health? Seriously, I'd like to put my foot down and say "No, you bloody fool!" but I'm quite afraid of the consequences and I'd never get out of camp if I'd said those last 3 words... So wad now? I guess I'll just have to wait and see... And ask my doctor... I really want surgery to fix everything (at least almost) and of course I also want to make use of the free medical treatment at government hospitals ^^

Oh well, we shall see wad happens in the near future...

Ciao.

Shoot for the moon; even if you miss, you might still hit the stars
Woo... Haha... Finally a post after 4 months... Haha... Just to update from the last post, I did like shit for the Block Test 2... Got something like DUDE... And got 35 ranking points... out of 80... Anyhow, my mother told me to work harder and buck up and wadever not... And today, I got back my report card and I got 1 A, 3 B's and a D for the prelims... 70 ranking points... out of 80!! Woo hoo... I was damn happy about my results... And when I told my mother, she told me to buck up. -rolls eyes-

Anyway I'm thinking now that the peak is over (that was the peak), everything will start going downhill... Hai... Actually I can anticipate that my studies will dip... But hopefully the A's will be easier than the prelims, so with both dipping, my grades can remain the same! Haha... I really happy with this set of results... It's the first time I got so high... I hope I can be in contention for the "Best Improvement Award" or something... Haha... Doubled my ranking points... Haha oh well... I think this happiness may be short-lived...

Anyway just saw my enlistment date... 11 April... So late... Start late also means end late... Hmm... Good thing is that can slack more lor... Haha... and play soccer...

Oh well... I probably wun be posting any time in the near future cos of A's and NS... And also playing and slacking in between those 2...

So... See you...

Sigh... The end of the holidays is coming and the Block Tests are starting... I'm so not prepared for them... My first paper is on Tuesday which means I have 2 more days... Whoa crazy, man... And I haven't started on some subjects... Ok, actually not some... I only started on physics... And I'm not even doing the TYS and stuff... I'm just reading through the lecture notes, memorizing the definitions... So totally gonna die... My first papers are chem and physics, and I haven't even STARTED on chem... Hoo, boy... Let's hope I can still do well... For chem at least... Sigh... Is it even possible to do well without studying? Siao ah..... And still have math.... Math math math math math math math.... This one confirm sure die... Vectors is still alien to me along with other topics... Chem... Hmm... Ionic Equilibria (although very simple to everyone else) is totally a dead-end for me... I'm just hoping that I can answer the other chem topics questions correctly... And get an A... Woo! Isn't that the dream...

Hai.... Oh well... I'm just very sian... Dun wanna study at all... Which is why I'm writing this in the first place... To waste time so that I dun have to study... Ah damn.... I already knew that for the 'A' levels, I wouldn't be working as hard as I did for 'O' levels... Not that I worked exceptionally hard for the O's... I think my feelings now are the same as in Sec 4 before the exams... Haha... I think it should be written here before, in 2005... Where I was saying it is the start of my downfall... Haha...

Oh well, back to physics...

Btw, I was just thinking... Imagine you are on top of a train moving at the speed of sound and you transmit a sound (let's say a beep) every second in the opposite direction of the train (backwards). Let's say there's a man on the tracks behind the train receiving the beeps. Wad will be the rate of beeps he receives? Put it another way: Will he still hear the beeps 1 second away from each other?

I'm thinking it should be MORE than 1 second apart... As in, the beeps are heard more than 1 second away from each other... Here's why (i think): The speed of sound is constant, 330 m/s (not impt here actually) However, the distance between the sound transmittor and the sound receiver increases every second (becos the train is moving away from the receiver) Hence

Haha, I spotted something wrong with my supposed answer... But the truth is, I dunno... Haha... And another thing: Wad if this time, the sound is not in the opposite direction of the train? Let's say the person transmit a sound forwards, with the receiver standing again on the tracks, but in front and at a distance away from the oncoming train (quite suicidal, dun you think?).

Hmm... I think I will follow up on this in later posts... Haha... Dunno when that will be... But I must get back to my physics now...

Wow... Haha... In the last post I mentioned "1 month 1 post... Not bad..." Haha... Looks like I missed the May post... Anyway... Can't be helped... Was quite busy during May... Especially the last week of May... Had the street soccer competition organised by some class and I was leaving for Spain on the night of the last day of school... Haha... Anyway, let's talk about the street soccer comp... =)

There were only 16 teams altogether... So we were divided into 4 groups of 4 teams... Anyway, our group had 2 J1 teams and another J2 team... Our 1st match was against the pai kia team... Haha, that's how I remember them... I saw the pai kia before in school long before the competition... and his pants were like, wad the hell... I would think if he wore his pants at his waist (or hips, like any other normal person), his school pants would be more of a three-quarter pants... Man... I bet when he pees, he doesn't even have to unzip his pants, just pull out his underwear... Lol... Anyway that was our first match... We scored first through Steiner, so it was 1-0 to us... Then they scored twice to make it 2-1... And that was the half-time score I think... We were losing to J1 pai kias!! Omg! They were like damn rough and damn attitude... But I think they were rough becos we started it... Haha... Anyway, 1 of the guys zam my face at a freekick... Haha... Then kena scolded by the teacher/referee... "Have I blown my whistle for you to start the freekick? You dun start until I blow my whistle!! And did I say it was direct freekick?" Haha... Aiya wadever la... Lucky I bought and wore my spectacle hooks... If not my glasses would start imitating Superman and fly around (and more than 1 count, too!) Anyway, we managed to equalise, again through Steiner... So it was 2-2... And guess wad? You zam my face, I score the winner... HAHAHA... It was quite an easy goal... just a tap-in with my left foot... And so we won our first match 3-2... Yippee...

Our 2nd match was against the team called "Luke's Team"... Lol... Haha... Luke is just the captain for that team... But wadever ok? His team was our biggest rival in our group... The only other J2 team besides us in our group... Anyway, we started out like shit... Haha... By half-time, we were losing 3-0... Tsk tsk... they even managed to score by shooting against the wall and into the goal... Not that our goalkeeper was that great... But come to think of it, for that to happen, the goalie's reflexes couldn't be that fast... And if I remembered correctly, the ball went into his near post... which means that his positioning was like shit also... Haha... Sorry for the criticism, if the goalie ever sees this... but hopefully not... Anyway all's well that ends well... Well, quite well... Anyway, after half-time, Steiner scored 2 goals (again) to make it 3-2... Could a comeback be possible? Wooh... The tension~... Haha... Anyway, guess wad? I managed to score the equalizing goal... Woo hoo! It was a damn nice goal, man... Haha... I was taking the ball out of my own half... And I was waiting for the ball to cross the half-way line so that I can shoot... When the ball touched the half-way line, I started to swing my leg back... Which means that the ball was in the opponent's half when I shot... And so I shot to the far post and scored! Yeah~... Wad's more, their goalie was damn good, and I managed to score past him from such a distance... Haha... Anyway the match ended like that... From us 3-0 down at half-time to 3-3 at full-time... Sounds familiar? Think Istanbul, man... Haha... And I heard someone shout "Eh... Penalty leh!" Haha... Anyway, moving on... We thrashed the oppenent 7-0 (i think...) in our next match... But I didn't score any goal for that match... Haha... Didn't have to anyway... Haha...

On to the knock-out stage... Our first match against some j2 team... His catholic high friends call him "lao3 liu2"... I also dunno why... dun need to know also... He was the pro-est player in their team... Anyway we thrashed their team 5-0 without Steiner (heh heh) with me contributing 1 goal... Haha... Again scored from a distance... I was on the left side of the court... I was taking the ball out of my half and as soon as I had the chance, I shot, with my left foot... It went into the far post and the goalie didn't even move... Haha! Not bad... For someone defending... Makes me wonder why I was defender and not attacker in the first place... Hmm... Oh well... Doesn't matter... Anyway we were on to the semi-finals... Where we had to face the S11 team, arguably the strongest team in the whole comp (not counting us... heh heh) It was damn irritating cos we were supposed to meet them in the FINAL (both of our teams even agreed to meet in the finals) , not the semis... And it was originally planned out like that, until the organisers decided to change the system... And hence we had to play the S11 team in the semis... Haiz... We lost to them 4-2... And I think I should take some responsibility for that... Tsk tsk... I still remember their last goal, the guy was free like anything... And I was supposed to cover that area... But I went up to support the tussle for the ball near the centre of the court... Sigh... And also, for the previous matches, I managed to saved my team by scoring the winning goal and equalizer... But this time, I couldn't do it... Hai... Just when they needed me, I couldn't do it... Anyway, they won the whole competition by beating the other finalist (J1) 9-1... Like wad the hell... Our semis were the 2 strongest teams and the other semis were 2 J1 (somewad noob) teams... HAI... Oh well... I managed to score 3 goals in 5 games... as a defender... Funny thing was 2 of them were with my left foot and the other my right... Haha... Can't wait to play street soccer again...

Everyday I fight
Everyday I struggle
Everyday I face my toughest opponent
Me.
Hmm... 1 month 1 post... Not bad... Haha... Anyway, saw this advertisement on the way to SCH for the guitar ensemble syf... Unfortunately I forgot who was the one who said this... but it's certainly not by me... I think it's some ceo guy or something like that...

Anyway the Guitar Ensemble SYF was a bloody disappointment... In fact, it was downright pathetic... And the worst thing was that I couldn't do much about it... Everybody else was in their own world...

The good thing was that the next day was Sports Day... And my class people asked me to run for the Inter CG Relay 10x200m... Of course I agreed! I wouldn't have joined if they didn't ask me... I was never the one who'd stand up and say "Hey, man. Put my name in there." But anyway, that Sports Day was like the happiest day of my entire school career!! YEAHH!! Haha... Let me just recall and write down wad happened, so that I wun ever forget it... Haha...

Heats
We were in Heat 5, and there was only 1 other j2 class. Haha... The rest were j1 classes... Surprisingly enough, the other j2 class was like 1 of the last to finish... Haha... But NOT surprisingly, we came in 1st!! Haha... Sad to say, our class girls were quite slow... When the baton reached our first guy, Yuda, we were like in 5th position (out of 8) I think... Then our comeback began... Yuda became 4th position... Passed to our next runner, Ziyi... Overtook some pple (I'm guessing 2 pple?) But I remember that when I received the baton, the guy in 1st position was like 40m in front of me, and I was in 2nd... And I managed to overtake him!! Woohoo!! Haha... His curve was kinda slow, and I could feel the gap between us closing quite quickly... But at the straight part he went faster I think... I saw that the gap was closing at a slower rate... But nonetheless, the gap was closing! Haha... I managed to pass him just before passing the baton to our 4th guy runner, Steiner...!! Once I passed the baton, I knew that we would be first... Haha... No normal person can overtake Steiner once he starts sprinting... Haha... I dun even have to mention our last runner, Reng Fu... And we finished 1st by like 70m? Haha... Anyway, we had the 4th best timing and we were in the Grand 'A' Finals... Yippee!

Grand 'A' Finals
During the time between the 2 races, I was trying damn hard to get rid of the tightness in my quadriceps... Haha... Anyway, the finals was not bad... Unfortunately we didn't get first... We got third... But I'm still very proud of it!! Haha... Anyway the first part was quite sad... Haha... We were last at some point... For the girls, that is... When Yuda received the baton, I think we were 7th (again out of 8)... And I think our first 2 guy runners overtook 1 person each... Haha... When I received the baton, I was 5th position with the 4th position guy like 20m in front of me? Then I started running... I overtook him on the outside quite easily... YEAH MAN!!! Haha... I was chasing the guy in 3rd position... And I managed to pass him just before I passed the baton to Steiner... WOO HOO!! Haha... Unfortunately the 2nd and 1st position guys were too far away for him to catch... And so we maintained our 3rd position until the end... Bronze... But still elated with it! Haha...

I'm just very happy that I managed to overtake pple (and not they overtake me) and that I helped the class to our 3rd position... =D Haha...

And I'm not even going to mention how I dropped the entire bench reagents on the floor in March... Haha...

Pain is inevitable, misery is optional.
I find this particular quote very meaningful... Haha... Wad more can I say? Haha... Actually this quote reminds me of how intricate the English language can be... Haha... Truth be told, there's not much difference between "pain" and "misery"... Both pretty much means suffering... But in this instance, they are 2 distinctly opposite sides, where 1 is necessary and the other is by choice. But if you think about it, isn't everything by choice?

Anyway, the other day when I was getting a new handphone, there was an elderly woman queuing up at the handphone shop... And I think for quite long, too... cos I was waiting for my uncle for like 1-2 hours... and who never showed up... Anyhow, the woman was queuing up the whole time... And suddenly, while I was at the counter paying up for the handphone, she started screaming while walking away from the shop... I dun really know wad happened (maybe she wanted to get something but got rejected... can't really think of any possible scenarios...) And she was screaming about waiting for 2 hours for nothing... a waste of her time... and hope that the shop closes... Haha... Then as she went on the escalator down, she continued screaming and shouting... I could even hear her 1 level below... Haha... And she would occasionally shout out loud... Like just, "AHHHHHH!!!" Haha... Now, do you think she needs anger management therapy? And before you answer that question, you should really read the February 21 2007 post if you haven't done so... Haha... Like I said in a previous post, stuff I say seldom get obsolete... But more importantly, stuff I talk about always seem to occur soon after I talk about it... Like in this case, after I ponder about the basis of anger management therapy, an incident like this comes up... But it should be a coicidence, right? Haha...

Anyway, I also wanted to talk about how I took like 1 hour plus to travel from sch to Tampines to get the free m1 simcard that came with the handphone... But I forgot to bring my IC which was needed to claim it... So I pretty much wasted 1 hour plus of my time... Haha... Anyway that's pretty much the summarised version... Just wanna say that I went there the next day on my way to drum class... I spent like 35 minutes (thank goodness there was little traffic!) to go to Tampines from my house... And it took like 1 hour 20 minutes to get from Tampines to PS... Wow... Now isn't that fun?

Well, the good news is that she didn't say no... But the bad news is that she didn't say yes either... Hmm... Sometimes that kind of answer is not a good thing... Like how "yes" means yes, "no" means a straight and direct no, while "i dunno" means a polite and indirect no... Oh well... Wad's there to say?

Ever so willing to forget all about it...