The Time Before

Which school are you from?

Interested parties should hit that link above, it's really quite interesting though can be inaccurate at times. I got diagnosed as an ACS boy, which is so untrue (no offense to ACSians), because I'm Josephian through every vein in my body, but it's still an intriguing quiz nonetheless.

This brings another thought to my head. How we ignorant boys used to be against each other from different independent schools, and the kind of "feuds" and traditional rivalry that was rampant in all our educational institutions.
I never forget the atmosphere at the National Track and Field meets, or at the National Badminton Finals, where often all the prominent independent male schools are present. Toa Payoh Sports Hall is always rocked with the massive numerical support from ACS(I) and ACS(B), with RI and SJI support represented in small fashion. When ACS(I or B) wins a game against the other ACS, RI and SJI students both jeer at the announcement of the result. When RI wins a game, both ACS schools jeer at the unfavorable result. No offense to anyone from any school, but that was the case as I best remember it.

But one step into JC and everything changed. No more rivalry, in fact some of my closest JC friends came from "rival" secondary schools, and I've never regretted that one bit. I guess that comes from a certain sense of maturity, and overlooking the childish bits of our past. How we can end up mixing with people we had previously jeered at. And no better can this be represented than in the army, where team cohesion is essential to survival, to everything. Not that I like the army, though.

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On a better note, I would just like to dedicate a little bit to my special someone

That's me in the corner
That's me in the spotlight
Losing my religion
Trying to keep up with you
And I don't know if I can do it
Oh no I've said too much
I haven't said enough
I thought that I heard you laughing
I thought that I heard you sing
I think I thought I saw you try

Thanks dear, for trying too. I do appreciate it, every little sniggling bit of it. To me, love is best when it is felt through the heart, through the soul, overflowing with pleasant emotions. Thank you, for loving me.

21 MAY 04/05

I like today. I like it very much. It is a good day.
Today, this year, I officially finished my exams.
And more importantly, today, next year, I officially finish my NS!!
I ORD!!
I like.
Just have to bear another year.. I need strength.. I need energy..
NS is making me fat, lazy and unmotivated in life. Haha.
Who would have ever thought NS would do that to a guy?

Shrek 2 is a comic I tell you, it's so damn funny I laughed until I teared in the cinema. Sometimes I wish I had Eddie Murphy's voice and humor so that I could make people around me laugh too. Not to mention be able to do that irritating pop sound with my lips, as Donkey does. Wonder if I could instigate traffic accidents by making that sound while I take cabs.
Anyway, for those who haven't yet seen it, Shrek 2 is definitely worth the 8+ bucks; even the soundtrack alone is good enough. I think I'll even get the DVD when it comes out.

One year more.. just one year.. it's a damn long year.. one whole bloody year.. argh

Life goes on

Another uneventful week of attempting hard to stay awake in the office but constantly failing to do so.. Training full-time starts this week again, for couple of weeks more and I think it's great, to help me get back into shape, other than to stay round as a yoga ball. Keep telling myself that I will get back into shape during each chance I get to train full-time, but I always fail. Sigh. I need more inspiration, more motivation. Please give me guidance.

Thoughts have been the crux of my mind these days yet again but I think I'm improving in keeping them controlled, bad nasty thoughts at bay while keeping the nice pleasant ones at the top of it all. Still, no matter what, life goes on, with whatever feelings you have, like it or not.

Managed to catch Troy over the weekend with my dearest, really quite a movie I must say. Got me all interested in the whole Greek mythology thing and I even bothered to search up stuff on Achilles and Menelaus and all that Greek thingy. Greek mythology is really quite interesting, if I only had all the time in world with nothing to do, I would actually make it one of my pasttimes and hobbies, but too bad, there's something called the SAF..

Exams are gonna be over by the end of this week and I will have my freedom!! Oh yes, finally, I can start reading my tall stack of new books which eagerly await my devoted attention. My list of favoured authors (in no particular order): John Grisham, Jeffrey Archer, Tom Clancy, Michael Crichton, and all Star Wars novel authors. Always wanted to add in other quality authors like James Patterson, John leCarre, Robert Ludlum etc. but the apparent lack of financial support has forced me into defeat from purchasing their collection of writings. And the way I've been brought up to think of borrowed library books being infested with worms and infectious bugs by my dad disallows my conscious self from pulling anything off any library shelf.

Been having a bit of a talk with my dad lately about going abroad for further studies, he's quite in favor of sending me off someplace to study with exposure and independence.. most likely melbourne or new south wales. Anyone with any info/opinions about these pls drop me a line, would do me a great help with anything at all.

Tired out from training the whole day, gotta get some rest now.

Empty Words

Once again, been one rollercoaster week again, full of so many ups and downs. I think this has now become my life, the vicious cycle of emotional instability. One moment it's high on cloud nine, the next it's eighteen levels underground. Really hope it'll end soon, even prozac has little effect on me in such times. what a poof.

Managed to squeeze time in to catch Van Helsing earlier today, quite a nice show I must say. Hugh Jackman is so convincing acting the role of a werewolf again as he previously did in X-Men, that I bet if I see him in any other movie, I would presume it's another werewolf show. Kate Beckingsale too. Always vampire-ish shows. I shall call them vampy and wolfish movie stars.

Apart from that, I have decided to be a self-proclaimed critic and offer my worthless reviews on such mundane events in my life, as I have just done as above. And so, I shall proceed to offer my recommendations on two CDs that are worth mentioning, and well worth my money.
The Very Best of The Beach Boys and The Best of R.E.M. In Time 1988-2003.
For darkened souls in search of happy tunes to liven up the mood, turn to the Beach Boys for their ever-so-bouncy songs and lyrics never fail to make me bounce along to their music. For sadistic and vengeful souls, turn to R.E.M. to experience a fair amount of hatred-inducing lyrics and rough sounds.
For those miserly tweebs that refuse to support the purchase of CDs due to the abuse of MP3s over the Net, I would recommend these songs for personal download.
Wouldn't It Be Nice , Good Vibrations , I Get Around by The Beach Boys
Man On The Moon , Daysleeper , Everybody Hurts by R.E.M.

Exams have started and I successfully flopped the first paper this morning, effectively finishing a 3-hour paper in 1 hour 15 minutes. Let's all hope the other papers aren't such spoilsports and that I do actually try to study to prepare for the exams. Think my dad will burn my ass for wasting 12K just like that. lol.

For My Special Someone

Wouldn't It Be Nice - The Beach Boys

Wouldn't it be nice if we were older?
Then we wouldn't have to wait so long
And wouldn't it be nice to live together
In the kind of world where we belong
You know its gonna make it that much better
When we can say goodnight and stay together

Wouldn't it be nice if we could wake up
In the morning when the day is new
And after having spent the day together
Hold each other close the whole night through
The happy times together we've been spending
I wish that every kiss was never ending...

Wouldn't it be nice?

Maybe if we think and wish and hope and pray... it might come true
Baby, then there wouldn't be a single thing we couldn't do...
We could be married and then we'd be happy,

Wouldn't it be nice?

You know it seems the more we talk about it
It only makes it worse to live without it
But let's talk about it...

Wouldn't it be nice?

Give it some thought. It would be nice. I assure you.

How Time Flies - Not Fast Enough

Yet another week has passed us by, in the blink of an eye. Things are slowly improving, but also more rough patches are finding their way in as well. Sigh.

50 First Dates is one great movie to watch if you need to relax and de-stress. It simply makes anyone laugh their butts off the chair. I laughed so hard at one part of the show I actually teared. That is how good it is, and I never knew that Adam Sandler could play such a serious role. I mean, not that it's a very serious show, but his character was pretty stable without any weird inclinations unlike his past movie appearances, and it was such a new aspect, a new look. The Serious Adam Sandler. Gosh.

Do you ever feel as if time was going too slowly for your liking, and that at certain points in your life you wanted time to whizz past much much faster, eating up every hour, gobbling the day away and practically burn through the entire week, month and year? No, it's not about wanting to age faster. Simply want Time to pull up its socks and buck up, get moving quicker to get over this tough and draining period of mine. I hate it so much and I so wish Time could do me a favour and get its big hairy ass moving quick, 'cos it's moving far too slowly now and it's not something I like to endure.

Exhaustion has devoured my outer life and inner energy in its entirety and now I am barely surviving on reserve energy, no kidding. Maybe a can of redbull a day will keep my doctor away. LOL. I don't exactly need wings, though they could come in handy someday.

Latest News Update : I have decided not to be such a fat slob anymore; going to start working off my flab and blubber. If all goes well (meaning I can actually discipline myself for that long), I told myself I should get in shape by the end of June. Wonder how the hell I'm going to manage that with my whetting appetite and endless meal timings. If any of you out there have any ideas/suggestions to help me along this rocky and trecherous path of weightwatching and weightloss, please drop me a note/comment to help me. Any assistance rendered will be most graciously accepted and sincerely thanked.