Glitz & Glam.. that was the theme for Dunman Sec Prom Night 2oo6 Held in Meridien Hotel on 28Nov.. it was totally a blast!
initially intended to head down to prom alone, but due to some inexplicable quirks of fate.. i met Rezza and Kelvin at City Hall Mrt.. and later met up with Shiva and proceeded to the venue and so on and so forth.. i aint gonna brag abt the whole process.. since pictures has its way of speaking.. i'll let the photos do the talking.. some aren't very clear though.. due to the fact i resorted to using digital zoom no thanks to the distance which seperated me from the stage. and the colour due to the lighting of the stage.. causing some of the pictures to be more of a reddish tint...


Shiva And Mel.. Our Prom King And Queens








Kicking off the dance








And here are some of the shots i took with my friends..



































































































After all the phototaking sessions and all.. we headed back in and literally had fun dancing till midnight.. well so that kinda wraps up my secondary school life.. only 1 more chapter to add to it.. it being the results day.. but hey.. it is 3months away.. =P

(10:52 AM)

someone got me thinking.. are things really what they are right now? are those whom i had alleviated our ill feelings really not hate me anymore? what was or is it that caused them to hate me in the first place.. thats what made me ponder.. self reflect on my personality.. which might have been the root of all my problems in my FORMER secondary school..
i admit i am proud and hurting my pride would be a huge blow towards me probably the reason why i have constructed a barrier against comments which might have an effect on it.. even the slightest of it.. hence.. the heck-care attitude i give towards negative comments. BUT that does not mean i do not make a concerted attempt to change the way i am.. all too rarely i have heard people telling me straight in the face what is it about me that seriously needs some changing.. people have attacked me with countless numbers of methods.. including virtually which i fervently defended myself against the waves of insults.. never once had these group ever told me the reason why they attacked me.. other than once it had something related to an entry on my blog.. period.
i shall take a neutral stand here.. no offence to anyone.. these people claimed to have forgiven me for what they assert i have done wrong.. of which i had absolutely no idea what it was [reason why it took so long for the matter to be resolved]. this can be pictured as an old lock which people try to unlock.. cursing at how old and vintage the lock is, hoping against hope that it will unlock itself without the key and so they might enter and change what lies within.. similar to that of the picture to the right which i took just a few days back..[ yes i haven been fiddling with my lumix camera again ]
long story cut short.. i juz hope people would tell me straight in the face what is it they do not like about my personality.. and appreciated if they told me how i could improve on it.. of cuz if they came and told me nonsensical stuff like about my physical features then they are simply asking for trouble for i am practically immune to those comments since primary school.. nothing u say about it would daunt me, break me much less demoralize or take me off guard..

i simply hope i can enter MJC for PAE now..

(8:35 AM)

Its Over.. Finally! after 4 years of pure madness studying our ass off 2 years of studying has finally reached its final chapter... ending today with a stupid idiotic insignificant ill timed Paper 1 for Phy/chem.. one which many of us finished with ease.. myself confident of attaining full marks for that section.. this despite having switched off my brain from studying for the past week since amath.. its over.. it finally was.. and so begins Life after 'O's.. Prologue..

went with maria and cass to Orchard in a hunt for jobs.. to fill up our otherwise dull holidays following the end of the examinations... we found ourselves at Ngee Ann City Takashimaya.. where cass claimed she found a clipping in the newspapers.. asking for job applicants.. full time and part time.. we went straight up to the Human Resource Department and were greeted by a guy who politely enquired our presence.. after learning we were.. after looking for a job he gave us an application form.. and we sat down for the next 5 mins penning down the information required... i never knew they needed so much info from us.. nevertheless.. we filled it up and handed it back to him.. we were then informed about the job we were to undertake if our application were approved.. we were to be stationed at taka square.. [picture on left].. its the area where the sales are normally had.. where the big TV was.. from what he told us.. we were to work 8hour shifts.. 5 times a week.. and were paid $6 an hour.. but our free days were entirely under the control of the management who would be coming up with the weekly roster which would determine which days we work.. day or evening shifts.. i dun mind really.. it is the holidays.. i can always socialize with my friends at night after work.. maybe heading to Vivo to catch a movie or maybe juz chill somewhere.. haha.. o ya.. that guy later gave us a gift.. all 3 of us were taken back.. i mean.. receiving a gift juz by filling up an application form? wah.. not bad sia.. taka rocks.. lol..
so.. i found a job but its not confirmed till they call us..

tml would be graduation day for my school.. jeannette, wei ming and soh would be Emcees[OMG].. its going to be so much fun.. espcially since i heard local bands would be coming to perform tomorrow during the ceremony.. wheez!!

Congrats to all O levels candidates who have completed their exams.. at long last.. =P

(9:28 PM)

sometimes i feel as if i am walking this path alone.. taking the ride of life on an empty train.. similar to the one i took last weekend close to midnight [picture on left].. am i really alone? some will argue that friends are always there for us.. i agree with that.. but could that be just another illusion to pacify ourselves? i don't know.. i really don't.

*really i have no idea as to why i said wad i did above.. so dun ask

with GCE 'O' levels finally coming to an end in 2days time.. one would normally look forward to the long break which followed shortly after.. the graduation day in school and obviously prom night where everyone would dress their best. and well.. erm.. go photo-taking crazy to an extent.. but what exactly is installed for us after these events?
i have yet to find myself work during the month of december which would be hard since im going on a week's overseas tour.[anyone wants souvenior?] that fact itself makes it hard for employers to hire me as there will be others who can work the full month.. i cant, for i know i will be entering JC for the first 3 months.. since my path have been assured.. been laid out since adam khoo.. for that reason.. i turned down my oppurtunity to serve NCC as an officer.. as a CLT.. the form was handed to me but i turned it down.. frankly because i wanted to take the JC course.. and i will not be able to cope with the workload if i became a CLT espcially with the heavy responsibility involved..
the rank i had craved for.. desired.. revered.. since i entered the unit.. the chance opened to me and i declined.. what in the world is going on with me.. is this what ppl call prioritizing? if it is.. then it aint something easy to execute.. i rather call it.. u want something.. u gotta lose something.. reciprocating in short.. but why muz there exist such a harsh reality? why cant the world we live in just be a "forbidden paradise" as many on the net call it? why cant North Korea and Iran just lay down their childish Nuclear Ambition! sigh..

ok enough with the wet blanket talk.. i am finally returning to church after a 3 months absence.. or maybe even longer than that.. but hey.. !! i'm back! i get to see everyone again! wheez!

(8:16 AM)

Donald RumsField Former Secretary Of Defence United States.. acting cute at the podium.. LOL..

(11:24 AM)

Endless solitary hours spent pouring through our books.. we sat down and wrote.. ink oozing out onto our exam scripts with what we have accumilated the past 2 years preparing for this coveted examination.. everything seemed to pass so quickly.. it almost seemed as if nothing had ever happened.. that our presence was never felt within the exam hall as we all focused upon doing our best, everything around us faded into oblivion during that time. it has passed and the end is now in sight. Liberation from studies, the light seeping through the rocks, slowly but surely shining its radiant rays upon us.. bringing forth warmth and assurance that our efforts would not go to waste. we have walked through a long dark tunnel.. the light at the end is now in sight.. we shall continue to walk and embrace it at the end.. just 3 more papers.. GAMBETTE ALL!

Doubts of me being able to enter the JC of my choice clouded my mind, this despite me knowing that i had done well for my papers.. or rather most of it except SS where my SBQ is everything except assuring, i simply hope my Geog is enough to pull my grades to a minimum of B3.. though i was aiming for an A2.. but i guess B3 would be fine.. with only A math and phy/chem MCQ left.. i would say there aint really much for me to study now.. nevertheless it is still not the time to dose the flame for it shall burn till the end of everything as would the olympic flame burning magestically throughout the duration of the revered event held once every 4 years to celebrate the accomplishment of hummanity.. we shall do the same to celebrate what we as student are capable of.. grades.. for it shall be excellant ones since we have put in the effort to attain for we set out to achieve.. 9Points nothing more had always been my goal... and i will stick to it.. i will not relent and strive on to get my A1 for Amath.. i know i can attain it.. and i will..

(10:52 AM)

National Library.. Situated close to the CBD and a mere stone's throw away from Shopper's Paradise-Parco Bugis and Bugis Street. this is the place where i had spent most of my past week dragging my body out of bed in the morning just to make it on time to reach the study lounge by 8.30am.. to either join the never ending queue of overnight turned study enthusiasts or start the queue.. OR jump all the way in front to join my my early birds JC friends..=P
the days spent there were more or less routine if i was just studying with yu heng alone.. but if with other friends.. well thats a whole new ball game.
we would pour through our books.. trying hard to memorize and make sense of the academic jargon which faced us. scribbling on pieces of paper, creating complex mindmaps.[colourful too]. all in the effort to get the information lodged within our brains. from the time the doors opened and the frantic rush to get seats amid the chaos till around 12pm would be the scenario for us.. before we break for lunch. either we would eat at Subway[i simply love their sandwiches] or the foodcourt at shaw tower.. it was well.. the most value for money.. yu heng went cookie crazy.. literally.. "da pao"ing back a large number of them so as he can nibble on it while studying.. after which.. it would be back to studyin.. likely to do either practice papers[tons of it] or simply pour through more text printed on fine glossy papers of our expensive textbooks.. coloured with multiple neon colours all over.. and to make things worse.. the lights reflected off the books at night.. making it impossible to read them at night after the sun had set.
ok im seriously diverging too much into that.. right.. so O levels looms just 2days away.. a whole week of pure stress which is sure to make me lose my mind or freak out if i am not prepared enough.. here's the menu..

Monday-Emath 1 SS
Tuesday- Chem
Wednesday- EL 1 2 Phy
Thursday- Bio 1 2 Geog
Friday- Emath 2

shucks.. 8 papers? my gosh.. wish me luck guys.. and same to all those taking As and Os.. we'll need them..

(9:34 PM)