Life never really been the same since i stepped into TPJC.. the numerous friends i made, countless faces i've seen, familiar faces of primary school days.. i can more or less say i never regretted placing TPJC as one of my choices for the PAE excercise..
now that the orientation camp is over.. it was time for us to select our subject combination.. mine are as follow..

Biology H2
Chemistry H2
Math H2
Knowledge Inquiry H2
Econs H1
Chinese H1

this placed me in this wonderful class of 07S04..
this was taken during Econs tutorial

filled with ppl with limitless openess and sociability [there are of cuz the exceptions].. and those who seems to disappear all together but reappears from time to time aka pink forms warriors.. lol.. with such a class.. it no wonder we hit off so well together.. not to mention that we have such a great civics tutor who is also our chem tutor. if i am not mistaken.. we went out for lunch together on the second day we were a class and did CIP together too! yea u must be wondering why we did such a thing. it was suppose to be a movie but we could not make it in time.. so hey its great to help the community u know?.. =P

strange occurances reared its face at us too..
including this cat who seems to love our window grill.. kinda looks like an owl in the day.. haha.. we tried our best to help it get down but was faced with anger and resistance.. nearly scratching some of us.

i truly love this class of mine.. never was there a dull day in JC.. unlike some i had before this which i do not intend to digress into it. if i were to be granted just 1 wish.. it would be for all of us to continue this way.. in the same class for our JC life.. o how that would be a dream come true..

Amanda taking a pic of me holding my cam and vice versa.. =D
hey.. no funny ideas now..[ just kidding]

taken during civics lesson when cher was on MC.. [ppl abesent Ryan and Jason]

with 2 more months left in this class's lifespan.. i hope we will all make the best of it.. and create more fascinating and wonderful memories..

07S04s rox!!
and yes.. please check e class forum ppl!

O YA.. here's e links for the Mass Dance's songs..

• Gia Farrell-Hit Me Up[Happy Feet OST]
• T.O.K.-She's Hot
• Diana King-Shy Guy

note there is limited bandwith so.. dun complain if u are unable to download.. =P

(10:18 AM)

TPJC.. it is somehow comforting to know that i am one of the 20% in singapore who actually made it to JC.. though not my first choice.. no thanks to rumours from peers and school mates abt its slackish culture.. all that was erased though.. who cares if the environment is slack.. it dosen't mean u cannot mug.. which is exactly what most of my cg ppl are doing during free breaks.. if it aint playing basketball or eating at the canteen.. we would be together mugging either in the canteen if it is empty or the library where the sound level is considerably high for a library.. but its still acceptable..
Now.. on to the orientation.. PIRATES WAS THE THEME.. consisting of names such as blackbeard.. davy jones.. jack sparrow.. captain morgan.. barbossa and my own CAPTAIN HOOK..[aka hookers.. we hook you].. okok.. so this was how it worked.. there were 6 groups in one family.. and i was in Hookers7..
filled with fun laughter literal hooks7 dominated gamesthe whole event was really great.. something i had not experienced since i have no idea how long.. probably since i facilitated the sec 1s in dmn sec?
Hooks7 on the first day in the midst of games..
Group Shot.. Pose 1..[where in the world are we pointing to?]
Pose 2 [ erm.. kinda self explanatory right?]
Hooks7 once more.. with OGLs right after wet games and the major family water wars.. a friend of mine.. ansel.. got one of those standard size NTUC plastic bag and converted it into a Big Bag Water O Bomb.. the 2 of kamikaze towards the "ang moh" in the cohort.. since he was the most prominent.. we actually planned to smash it into kim walkerman..[ yes she is in TPJC right now ].. but hey.. she's a girl.. so we decided against it..
the guys of Hooks7.. yes there are only the few of us in a group of 22..
one of the poor guy who performed a forfeit in front of us..

MASS DANCE.. it was well enjoyable to an extent.. esp the couple dance.. haha.. thankfully for me.. i got quite a cute gal to be my partner.. i had to ask her personally.. for if i did not.. we would be paired by the OGLs.. i really do not wish to know what would happen if that were to happen.. for individual dance.. we danced to 2 tunes.. namely Hit Me Up by Gia Farrell..[u can play it from the playlist on the right] and shy guy by Diana King... for the couple dance.. it was She's Hot by T.O.K. really nice songs i must admit.. i downloaded them almost immediately when time permitted me to do so.. JC life is really very busy ok.. alright.. enough with this.. let's end orientation'07 now.. it was orientation night.. similar to campfire night for most camps..

[self explanatory]
Campers.. eh.. no.. 07Sj1.. =P
Performance by the council..

Unfortunately.. Jack Sparrow won.. with Hookers coming in second.. congratz to those in jack sparrow.. esp Yijun.. ur grp won in the end.. haha.. o yes.. we had a rock performance at the end of everything.. it rocked the roof down and all of us had a blast of a time.. jumping.. screaming.. forming an extreme long caterpillar.. lol..

Hookers family [some of us.. went with the OGLs]later went off to Simpang Bedok where we occupied almost the whole of the outdoor restaurant.. had a blast of a time eating.. drinking..[non alcoholic lah] and simply talking thrash and gossiping..

one half of the long row of tables we joined.. lol..

(7:36 PM)

Day 7[0730 GMT+9] Place [Seoul Palace Hotel]

come and gone the days had.. soon it was the final day i was to be in Korea before returning to Scorching Burning HOT Sunny Singapore.. Korea is the birth place of Da Chang Jin.. the drama seriel which had taken Singapore by storm.. and what is more appropriate then to put on those traditional clothings? and so.. here we were!! My whole family in our various clothes..

Bro N Me.. i know we are wearing the headdress wrong.. dun rub it in
WE TURNED KOREAN!
Dun we just look so nice together?
i know i aint in a Samurai clothes.. but hey.. its fun.. LOL
*is there a need for a comment?*

Kimichi.. love it hate it.. it does not matter much.. cuz it will be served at every meal u have there.. of cuz u can choose not to eat it.. but i'm simply a sucker for it.. ok fine.. maybe not so much.. but its nice.. and we learnt how to MAKE it.. how cool is that!!

it really aint as exquisite as u tink it is.. it really was a rather messy process.. or at least that was how it turned out for most of us.. haha.. splatting chilli paste made of various ingridients over the many leaves of the cabbage.. the end product was really disgusting.. of cuz i didn eat it.. mine was hidieous!!

Finally.. its was time for.. SHOPPING!! along the cold winter streets which weren't white.. YET.. but i didn get to see it snow either ways.. haha..

the food there is simply delicious! really! and this was bought from a roadside stall! with rather reasonable pricing for Korea.. did i mention the portion is extremely large? what i was holding in the picture cost 1000won.. or around $1.50!! compare that with Old Chang Kee.. its really a big difference!
of cuz.. some shops had really.. erm.. interesting name.. i'm not sure if the koreans there even realized it.. the name of the shop in the photo reads "Nude".. gosh..

alrights.. so that more or less concluded my trip there.. so sorry for the late post.. been bz with JC life.. update on life in JC will be up soon.. if the tutorials and lecture notes do not take a toll on me.. not to mention CCA trainings..[its still the trails for now].. so.. stay tune ppl!

(8:46 PM)

First of All.. HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL!! i know i haven't been updating lately and that some of you are interested what happened during the last 2 days of my Korea trip.. so.. i apologise for the delay.. all rights.. let's get started!

Day 6[0730 GMT+9] Place [Seoul Palace Hotel]

Despite all the excitement and high hopes for the day.. it really was a dismay.. we went to the government buildings if i remember correctly.. and the only magnificent view there was the photo on the right.. a pheonix to represent the government body with a fantastic mountain behind it.. other than that.. believe me.. nothing interesting about that place.. MOVING ON.. we went to a ginseng museum.. gosh its so NICE!! did i mention korea is extremely famous for its ginseng? it even has farms which are paid to grow ginseng! the government PAYS the farmers to do just that! but the bad point is that after 1 season.. just 1.. the soil becomes barren as all its nutrients had been absorbed by the ginseng.. hence why ginseng is so beneficial to the body..
and NOW!!.. the growth of Ginseng roots.. 6years is need for maturity and harvest.. and so.. here are the pictures..

YEAR 1
YEAR 2
YEAR 3
YEAR 4
YEAR 5
YEAR 6


if u people realised.. every year meant a new root forms on the ginseng.. bet yea didn't know that huh.
we went on to some jewel refining factory.. amethyst if i remember.. no photo though.. wasn't allowed to take any.. sigh.. BUT.. we did witness a peaceful protest there!! YUP!!

Bored policemen sitting on their shields.. chatting and SMOKING away..
the site of the protest.. is was on the bus.. so its kinda of a wild shot.. which turned out quite well.. =D

alrights.. so now the next item.. went to a indoor theme park.. Lotte World.. once more.. i'm not in the mood to type.. so here's some pictures.. cuz.. theme parks.. u really gotta experience it urself to know what i mean.. so yea.. =P..[ its juz a lame excuse to not type]

Lotte World's outdoor area.. with a erm.. Disneyland copycat theme?
Indoor roundabour ride on a hot air Balloon!
Gyrodrop.. lifts u up 100m into the air and drops u.. freefalling for 6seconds before slowing down.. yes.. the experience is extremely thrilling!

at the end of the day.. IT rained.. SIGH!! its was probably the best chance to see snow falling.. o well.. guess i aint that lucky huh.. lol



DAY 7 up in X days.. i'll try my best k..

(10:05 PM)