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2010-02-01T23:53:00.000-08:00

i remember a particular incident two or three years ago where i injured myself. injuring oneself is common but not attending NCC training for 4 weeks is not.
it all started when i was trying to be helpful. the fruit delivery man came and placed three cartons of fruits on the delivery trolley(DT) and i told him to push the DT around the house to the back(where the kitchen is located).
first, i had to help the delivery man to manouevre the DT down two steps and so i began- he took charge of the front of the DT and i took charge of the back. the front went down first then i slowly guided the back down but i underestimated the weight of the DT and its contents and "bang!".
i immediately fell to the ground, clutching my big toe, blood flowing rapidly out-staining the floor and my hand. i did not realise that my big toe was protruding out when i pushed the back of the DT down and so the DT ripped off the nail of my big toe. fortunately, or unfortunately, this nail did not come off completely but was attached to my toe by a little skin.
the delivery man hurriedly informed my maid who rushed out and when she saw what had happened, she called out to my younger brother: "glen, call daddy! leon's toe drop out." my brother, who was on the second floor at that time, rushed up the stairs to inform my father. as my father was rushing down, my maid kept saying, "leon's toe drop out".
when my father rush out of the house, he heaved a sigh of relief as my toe did not drop out. my toenail (almost) did.
i was able to skip NCC training for four weeks and skip miss lee choon lin's four-hour detention. after i was told by miss lee that i had to serve a four-hour detention the previous day, i had the injury the next day so it was a blessing in disguise!

anyway, i have been in JJC for the past for four days already. i must say i quite like the school and the "fun" stmosphere. i was slightly disappointed that i failed to get posted to CJC but i guess He has other plans for me. most probably, i would be the same class as fiona and hoe xian as we took the same subject combination. however, i am not counting my chickens before they hatch as SM06 is a very popular subject combination choice.
attending lectures prove to be hard. i kept yawning in the lecture theatre. Shreya even said she slept throughout the econs lecture, angeline slept for 45 minutes, waking up only to get ready to be dismissed. so far, the orientation have been good though not as fantastic as i expected. anyway, i am looking forward to the orientation camp.
i also saw that to do law in NUS, i need 4 A's for my "3H2 and 1 H1" subject, provided i get good results for the others too, if not, too bad! basically, i need a majority of A's to do law plus a very good testimonial.this leads me to ponder on what to take up as my CCA. taking up a sports CCA would do me not much good as i would most probably in the recreational team. taking up "debate and oratorical speaking" club is quite good, nut i have no confidence in doing it. when i first told Sunthar, he laughed...hence the indecision.
i must start mugging!!! after seeing my two older brothers' results, i am afraid i will continue the trend so i am aiming for straight A's.

i am very happy that i have been to church a record number of times in 5 weeks- five- more than the total number last year. when daniel gave me the sermon CD for last week's service (which i missed due to pure laziness), i was quite surprised as i wasn't expecting it. i would like to extend my thanks to daniel here. thanks daniel!

all right, here is a true story to cheer anyone up.(if you think is funny, it will cheer you up)

The Banana Story

Intro: BBSS students know that there are two drink stall aunties who are totally opposite in character. one is always smiling, the other is always frowning as though the whole world owes her something. the former shall be referred to as Drinkstall auntie A(DSAA) and the latter would be Drinkstall auntie B(DSAB).
DSAA would put the change on your hands nicely while DSAB throws the change on the tabletop if you do not stretch out your hand on time. DSAA says thank you while DSAB has gold in her mouth and won't say a word of thanks. hey, it may be just a dollar, but every dollar helps to pay your rent and gives you your pay!!!
anyway, this story revolves around a secondary 2 boy(as of 2009) and DSAB

Boy: auntie, got sell banana anot?
DSAB: no. auntie no banana.
Boy: no...no lah auntie, not that banana lah. banana...the fruit.
DSAB: NO LAH!!! auntie no banana lah, never sell lah!!!
(boy walks away silently)

okok, it isn't that funny but you could see that the boy was a little sick while the auntie was hot-tempered,losing her cool so easily.

ok thats all. i will end of with what i learnt recently.

We are saved to do good deeds and not to do good deeds to be saved
faith is about doing and not just talk, faith without corresponding action is dead
professing faith is nothing
faith is not just beliefs
faith is action-true faith must be practiced

i am not acting holy or anything. rather, it is a reminder to myself that i should practice faith.
also, congrats to all the people who have successful appeals.

my experience in BBSS part 1

2010-01-05T00:16:00.000-08:00

WARNING:the following post is quite long and is rather uninteresting

Secondary 1
the first person that talked to me was Bervyn followed by Wayne seconds later. after a few weeks, i began talking more and made more friends. the teacher i hated most in Secondary 1 was Mrs Chiew and Mdm Fadilah. Mrs Chiew would take away or cut short HOM lessons, something which i dislike. being a clacker, HOM lessons gives me a chance to relax and when this "relaxation time" is taken away to practic mathematics, i got angry. loooking back, it is really silly of me. another memorable incident is seeing Daniel flare up and throw chairs. in fact, i was afraid of him then. being only 145cm when i first entered 1E1'06, i was afraid such violence wwould find me as a next target. thankfully, this violent side of Daniel died down eventually. i can't remember much about Secondary 1 but i only know i was the third shortest among the whole class.

Secondary 2
i don't remember too much about Secondary 2 life but i know that i was still one of the shortest in class. sitting beside Bervyn for most of the year was quite fun as he would tell me lots of class gossip, some of which i don't care actually. i remember that i had a crush on Huiwen and i told Josh and Bervyn about it-bad move i would say because less than a week later, the news spread. going to some Secondary 2 camp where the camp T-shirt was tasteless and i also had to kiss Bervyn's butt as a forfeit. of course, i am not that stupid to actually kiss his butt, come on, what if he deliberately farts, i would have died on the spot. anyway, i just used my head and knocked his butt hard which was accepted. my most memorable teacher was Mr Goh. he was the one who improved my physics greatly and allowed me to be among the top 5 for SA2 physics grade. i did not hate any teacher because it was streaming year and there is no use hating the teacher. i went to Sarawak with the school and had a lot of fun, the best school trip ever. the low point of the trip was that i lost about Rm42 in total when playing blackjack, even losing Rm7 straight to Yaode who got a triple 7. anyway, Jeremy's monney went missing too and i think i was the suspect because just moments ago, i changed some money with him. how unlucky. binxi and i also brought back a real kris from Malaysia and we were surprised that we cleared customs. SA2 was also memorable as during the exam period, the usual "LAN gang" would go LAN almost everyday. when the results were out, i was the best performer among the "LAN gang"-what a relief.

Secondary 3
i entered one of the most disunitd class ever. there were cliques everywhere and it was hard to even get a class T-shirt done. i was also disappointed that Mr Quek wasn't ouur physics teacher. anyway, i enjoyed or rather, the class enjoyed the jokes made my Hongzhang. at the end of the year, i remembered that a few of us were gambling for about an hour and i made money-$4.20 to be exact, but it was rather foolish to gamble and i didn't do it again so far. Mrs Goh was also furious with me for scoring a zero for her mathematics test-the first in all her years of teaching. wow, i broke a 20 over year record.

Secondary 4
i was feeling jittery even before 2009 begun because it was 'O' level year. i learned magic tricks from Derrick during the January but i am still a neophyte at magic tricks. i was still fooling aroung after 6 months into 2009. i only woke up a week before prelims where is scored a raw aggregate score of 22. the most memorable thing in Secondary 4 was being made to go to the famous staircase. what is memorable about this is that i got punished for forgetting or not knowing that i had to put a dot on the chromatography paper in the chromatography diagram. i still remember the conversation i had with Mdm Yaw over this incident.
Mdm Yaw: where is the start point? lazy right, don't want to check textbook.
me: you said that we can't check textbook
(a visibly stunned Mdm Yaw who spent time to think of her next sentence) Mdm Yaw: just go outside to the staircase
i am sure that many students who were taught by Mdm Yaw would remember some of her famous quotes like "cream of the cream", and "tom, dick, harry, jill, jean, jinny(or ginny)"
as you all can see, the fact that i remember so much about Mdm Yaw is because she has left the greatest impact on me. also, i finally grew tall and now, i am taller than about half the class.

now for a round-up of teachers and a little comments.

Mrs Chiew N C: don't remember what you teach.sorry. i do not have much memory of you. enjoy your retirement.

Mdm Fadilah: love your constant effort to pronouce 's'. e.g, girlssss and boyssss. no offence. love your P.E lessons though

Miss Dianah: my Sec 1 or Sec 2 Biology teacher, you make biology so interesting that i still remember some things.

Mr Ashley: my sec 1 literature teacher whom i don't remember much too.

Mrs Ruth Tang: strict teacher but you are really great. you helped me score an A1 for literature.

Miss Kavitha(EL): love your lessons although you teach less.

Miss Kavitha(LIT): fun and interesting lessons

Lui lao shi: Sec 1 HCL teacher. dresses up like a doll and a pretty one. love your teaching though you keep failing me

Huang lao shi(Sec2 HCL teacher): great and innovative way of teaching us through chinese songs.

Miss Lee Choon Lin: best chinese teacher in Secondary school. i mean it. the famed lian bi lian zi helped me to remember the words a little. helped me improve my grades from a C5 to a B3

Mdm Chih: lovable teacher. funny. love your storytelling, especially stories of your duals with Miss Lee.

Mrs Goh: improved my mathematics tremendously. you were the reason for my love towards mathematics. i love your sarcasm and storytelling.

Mrs Liu or Miss Chua: extremely funny lessons. i remembered most of what you taught.

Mdm Yaw: best teacher. inspiring, occasionally funny/lame.improved my Chemistry tremendously and fuelled my love towards Chemistry. in fact, the subject that i want to to the most or the first is Chemistry

Mr Goh: occasionally funny. taught me to remember lots of things and helped me score an A for Physics.

Mr Latiff: funny. love your occasional sarcastic remarks. you can really take jokes(even when Hongzhang said his son was having an orgasm in the photograph).your lessons were very helpful although i usually shutdown during lit lesson.

Mr Pu: helped me a lot. whatever questions i had you patiently explained to me. also love the way you make us feel guilty without raising your voice. occasionally funny/lame.

Mrs Constance Chee(art): love your lessons, hate the subject. thank you for giving me a 67 for the SA2 art exam though i just drew a huge can of tuna.

Mrs Toh: interesting lessons, accurate map drawing, refuse to call me "leon" but "lay-on do not know if you nderstand sarcasm or pretend not to.

Mr Chia: so old yet so fit. extremely enjoyble PE lessons

Mr Ravi: funny and interesting PE lessons

i hope i do not miss out any teachers. thank you teachers for your patience and time.

Holiday

2009-12-23T18:16:00.000-08:00

24 more hours and i would be leaving home with my family to Changi Airport, preparing for the midnight flight onboard China Airlines to Taiwan. i am quite blessed to be able to go on a holiday annually. although my family and i are travelling to an East Asian country again, it is better than nothing. my mother commented taht maybe we should go to turkey or egypt next year-a fat hope i would say, considering our family size. in fact, the farthest we have been is to korea, and it is one of the best trips. spending Christmas and New Year's day overseas is a first for me but actually i don't care. i am looking forward to try the local delights in Taiwan and hope that it would be to my liking. 7days in Taiwan equals 7 days of rush and 7 different hotels. we would be covering the whole island in 7 days, a bit of rush if you ask me. luckily, three of our hotels that we would be staying in comes with a hot spring, and all the hotels that we would be staying in would be 5-star hotels!!! however, we would be travelling with 30 more people, something i do not like because there is sure to be one family who is deliberately late. our family would always be on time and that's why we would be angry that this "royal" family would make everyone wait for them. this happened twice on group tours and it is super annoying. most likely, we would be getting our rooms first as my father's surname is ang, so alphabetically, my family will get the room first, what a relief. also, there would not be any small kids in our group, if not there would be lots of noise.

i realised that i need to be patient, especially when playing board games with others. yesterday, 4E2'09 had a Christmas party which was held at Kellie Shae's condo and only about 14 people turned up. how sad...anyway, a group of six including me went up to kellie's house to play monopoly and i lost my patience with yijun because she kept talking and did not play. looking back, i realised i was very rude because i kept throwing the dice at her(throw at her legs only).

why am i talking about all these? anyway here is the verse of the day from www.biblegateway.com:"Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger." Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests."- Luke 2:11-14

questions answered

2009-12-22T00:47:00.000-08:00

today, chanced upon a website:http://www.allaboutlifechallenges.org/. it gave me answers to certain questions. i realised that i should be happy that i am a Christian. i realised that i should be proud to be a Christian. i realised that i shouldn't feel embarrassed at telling people that i am a Christian(when they ask). i realised that i should not b afraid to let my family know that i am a Christian-but i also realised it is easier said than done. facebook has an application "on this day God wants you to know" i think,and i am dying to click on this application but am afraid that my brothers(who are my facebook friends) will guess that i am a Christian. it is ironic that on one hand, i want my family to know that i am a Christian but on the other hand, i am trying hard not to give myself away. i do not know why? after hearing this song "above all", i felt guilty. i have indeed casted God away when i did not need him. i begged for his help when i needed him, treating him like...crap. i have wondered many times-Why are we here? why did God create us? i finally found the answer today through that website mentioned above. God created us because it pleased Him to do so-"Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created." We were planned and wanted by our Heavenly Father from before the beginning of time.

please do not get me wrong,i am not preaching. i don't think i can yet anyway. this post is actually for myself to see.

here is an extract from the website above:

The Meaning of Life: An Ageless Search
What is the meaning of life? This is one of the most frequently asked questions by all of humanity since the beginning of time. It is a question naturally asked by people because they have the ability to make choices about life. The question would appear to be difficult to answer and different for every individual depending on their circumstances. It is the ultimate search for truth and purpose in life; the reason we were born, wake up everyday and exist.

The Meaning of Life: The Truth
Although people have struggled for the purpose of their existence throughout history, the answer for the meaning of life is relatively simple and the same for everyone; it is to love God by choosing to have a relationship with Him through His Son, Jesus Christ. This is the simple and accurate truth about the meaning of life. There are many other ideas, definitions, theories and religions about the meaning of life that differ; however, if they do not include the above definition as the core truth, then they will ultimately be proven inaccurate and disappointing to anyone who accepts them. Skeptics that are apart from God throughout history have failed with their falsehoods of the meaning of life. However, knowing the truth is a very clear and easy answer. But, accepting and adopting the truth into your life is the ultimate life defining challenge that God wants to help you fulfill. The guide to helping you understand how to do this is the Holy Bible. The Bible clearly gives tangible examples and practical rules for living in accordance with God's plan for your life.

The Meaning of Life: How to Move Forward
Once you understand the meaning of life, the next step is choosing to follow God's plan for your life. God made you for a purpose. However, before you can fulfill that purpose, you need to establish a relationship with God. The start of a meaningful relationship with God is achieved by taking several steps, in faith, that are described in the Bible. First, in prayer to God, admit to Him that you have been living apart from Him and invite God back into your life as the leader. Next, promise from your heart to God that you will repent or change from your old sinful ways living apart from Him and will start trying to live according to God's ways. Next, ask for forgiveness from God and accept Jesus Christ, His Son, into your life as the leader and personal Savior. Finally, begin learning about God's will and plan by using your talents for His purpose in your life. God loves you like everyone else He created very much and it is the choice of everyone to accept or reject that love. If you just prayed the above prayer, then you are in harmony with God and the start of your adventure for the meaning of your life has begun.

The Meaning of Life: How to fulfill your Mission
The challenge to the meaning of life is being faithful to the calling of God and being dedicated to fulfilling the purpose that He created you for by accomplishing your life mission. The Holy Bible addresses these issues clearly to give people answers about how to lead their life in every circumstance, from poor to rich, from health to illness, from strong to weak, and from spiritual to sinful. Everybody has limiting circumstances, but God gives people this ultimate life instruction book called the Bible to help them understand how to make the right choices throughout their changing life. Also, it is important to fellowship with other Christians that have accepted Jesus for encouragement and support. The meaning of your life will ultimately be judged by God when you die. God will ask what you did with your talents. He will want to know if you chose to help others or were selfish. He will inquire if you accepted His Son Jesus and if you followed Him. Now that you know the meaning of life, choose to accept and apply this truth to your God-given abilities and circumstances. Learn about what God wants for you and submit to His plan for a life of fulfilling significance.

here is a verse: "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness."--1 John 1:9

everybody is working

2009-12-16T22:11:00.000-08:00

work, work, work. everybody is working except me. here i am at home doing nothing but play, play, play while everybody is working, working, working. my mum had asked me a few times to go out and work but i flatly refused. she replies by saying that i should work for the experience and not be bothered about the money. however, being materialistic, i care more about the money than experience. my mum knew i was lazy and so suggested that i should work in my father's company, to help in loading and unloading goods, or work in my uncle's company with the same task of loading and unloading goods, but i refused because i don't think i would be able to carry the goods. it seems like the trend to find work after the 'O' levels, something which makes me wonder? why must people work part-time after the 'O' levels? to pass time? to earn money? or to gain experience? whatever it is, i think that it would be hard for me to go out and work part-time given my character.

today, someone asked me what is the name of the church i go to, a question which i dislike because i hardly go to church,so i feel guilty. i would still give the answer but i would not consider that church as my church because i hardly go. each time Daniel asks me whether i can go to church, i would feel guilty replying "no, can't go" because i have been to church less than five times in two years. very seldom i would be dying to go to church, but most of the times when i am dying to go, i would have something on. one example is this Saturday.i really want to go to church, but my father wants to bring my brother and to Johor to stay in some hotel as my father has some complimentary stay thing, and i do not know if i would be back in time for church. sometimes i wonder why i became a Christian.of all my family members, why me? from young, i have been exposed to a Buddhist upbringing but somehow only i chose not to become a Buddhist. Buddhist fellowship member, visit to temples, getting Buddhist items to wear, offering incense-i have done almost all Buddhist practices i think and yet i chose not to become a Buddhist. up till today,years after i accepted Christ, my family do not know that i am a Christian. i think they only suspect that i am not Buddhist. in fact, every time i am supposed to go to a temple, it would rain without fail. even inSri Lanka, it rained heavily when i visited a temple.i have no idea what it means. it can't be such a coincidence. from young, i have naively believed that Christians brainwash people and pastors earn a lot of money. i was at fault for believing such nonsense. i was at fault for not daring to tell my family that i am a Christian. even a simple question like "can i go to Youth Impact camp" took me quite a while to ask. *sigh*! i don't know how my family members,or rather my parents, will react. i have asked them if we can choose other religions and they said yes, however i highly doubt this as they've said rather hurtful (to me) comments about Christianity but i don't blame them because they don't know anything about Christ. enough about that, here is a verse: "No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it."-1 Corinthians 10:13 God is good. in case you people haven't realised, this blog website,gracia de dios, means 'grace of God' in Spanish.

list of things i want to learn

2009-12-15T22:34:00.001-08:00

i have compiled a small list of things i would like to learn in the near future.

learning to read reports on horse-racing
learning how to play bridge
learning how to play badminton better
learning other languages like spanish and malay

i want to learn how to play bridge because my primary school friends are playing bridge now, so i would like to learn to play. i realised it is quite fun just seeing them play, so i want to learn it.

learning how to play badminton better is so i can win my maid, whom is quite good. she always thrashes me during practice sessions and i am not too happy to get thrashed everytime.

oh wait! someone just pressed the doorbell. ah, i am back. i get very irritated whenever someone presses the doorbell, especially so when my grandparents are nearer to he gate and can see who is at the gate. they would just stand there and continue watching television programmes as though they didn't hear the doorbell. how irritating is that! anyway, i have changed this thinking as most likely, they would not know who the person is, so they would not open the gate. however, i am rather fed up with their morning routine.

wake up
on the TV
read newspaper
have breakfast
go to room
go out

this is for grandpa. next is for grandma.

wake up
on the radio
read newspaper
have breakfast
ask me "have you eaten"

...and so on. what irritates me is that my grandpa does not watch the TV program but occasionally glances at it but the volume of the TV is 40, disturbing those who are still sleeping. likewise for my grandma-turn on the radio but never listen. turn on radio but ever listen is okay, just don't let the volume be too loud!!! once, our whole family just got into the car, the car engine was just turned on and we heard a sound- a familiar fart sound coming from my grandpa. we immediately said "oooiii!" and he had the nerve to say "buay chao lah". what the heck right. anyway, i don't really care about all this anymore, i guess i am used to all these noise. what still irritates me though is my grandma's without-fail question: "have you eaten" in teochew. want to eat you eat lah, i hungry i will eat what. coming home from school, reading newspapers in the morning, lunchtime, dinnertime, "have you eaten??" it makes me very irritated. aaaaaaarrrggghhh!!!!!!!!!!! however, its nice to have more people in the house and i am grateful for that.

i still remember this particular verse though i read it quite long ago.

"Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship."--Romans 12:1

finally back

2009-12-14T23:17:00.000-08:00

i am finally back to posting. i was too carried away studying for the 'O' levels as well as playing hard after the 'O' levels. it is simply wonderful after the exams as i can do anything i want. i still haven't thought of any birthday present for myself. my mum states that birthdays and christmas presents have budget of $50 each. over the years, my brothers and i have combine the two budgets and sometimes make use of this budget to persuade my mum to get that present. for instance, the purchase of some present which costs $55 perhaps would still be bought if my mum is there. if my dad is there, we can "accidentally" overshoot the budget by quite a lot. this year, i intend to get a PSP which costs about $200 and below i think, so i shall overshoot my budget and hopefully my mum would be willing to fork out the money. there were some discussions about getting a new puppy at $200 but it was definitely all talk and no action. our current dog, latte, was supposed to be the responsibility of my brothers and i, but as we shifted house, this responsibility shifted to our maid too such that she took care of latte while we played with latte, instead of the other way round.

last month, i found my very first Bible which was missing for seven years. somehow when we shifted house, the Bible followed too. what is amazing is that this Bible as thrown away twice, and yet it manged to appear in my room, in a place where i would always take thins from. how can i not see the Bible if it is in that place. i think someone put it there, and there are only two likely suspects, the two fellas who threw away the Bible. however, both have different religions, so why do a non-christian want to give the Bible back to me indirectly when they expressed anger during the "Bible-throwing session"?? i choose to believe that the Bible that was returned indirectly was an act of God. if not, i can't explain why after seven years plus the moving of house can lead me to finding this Bible.

on to the next thing, i am trying to learn how to read the results of horse-racing, it seems fun and challenging to learn something new. The New Paper has always dedicated a few pages to horse racing and its results- the only newspaper that does this i think. anyway, sports is getting more and more interesting, with scandal(Tiger Woods), expensive footballers, F1 and whole lot more. t seems sports players are earning more and more as the yeas go by. from a $1000 footballer in 1977(Trevor Francis) to a $30m footballer(andriy shevchenko) in just 30 years. sports has evolved and i can't wait to see more evolution.

Manchester United' loss to Aston Villa is saddening. firstly, i support this club. secondly, the match is played at Old Trafford. thirdly,aston villa have not won at old trafford for about 20 years. the unfamiliar back four, th lack of fighting spirit and the determination of the visitors are what i think won the match for The Villians(nickname of Aston Villa). however, we std a great chance at winning the Premier League title for a fourth conscutive time as bitter rivals Liverpool are out of the title race surprisingly early, Arsenal lack the experience and Chelsea are the only strong contenders i think. hence this year's title race is just a fight between two teams while the others fight for survival or a champions league spot.

rather funny

2009-09-21T01:31:00.001-07:00

The following are actual statements found on insurance forms where car drivers attempted to summarize the details of an accident in the fewest words possible. The instances of faulty writing serve to confirm that even incompetent writing may be highly entertaining.

Coming home, I drove into the wrong house and collided with a tree I don't have.
The other car collided with mine without giving warning of its intentions.
I thought my window was down, but I found out it was up when I put my head through it.
I collided with a stationary truck coming the other way.
A truck backed through my windshield into my wife's face.
The guy was all over the road, I had to swerve a number of times before I hit him.
I pulled away from the side of the road, glanced at my mother-in-law and headed over the embankment.
In my attempt to kill a fly, I drove into a telephone pole.
I had been shopping for plants all day and was on my way home. As I reached an intersection, a hedge sprang up, obscuring my vision and I did not see the other car.
I was on my way to the doctor with rear-end trouble when my universal joint gave way causing me to have an accident.
I had been driving for 40 years when I fell asleep at the wheel and had an accident.
My car was legally parked as it backed into the other vehicle.
The pedestrian had no idea which direction to run, so I ran over him.
A pedestrian hit me and went under my car.
As I approached the intersection a sign suddenly appeared in a place where no stop sign ever appeared before. I was unable to stop in time to avoid the accident.
I was sure the old fellow would never make it to the other side of the road when I struck him.
I saw a slow moving, sad faced old gentleman as he bounced off the roof of my car.
I told the police that I was not injured, but on removing my hat, found that I had a fractured skull.
The indirect cause of the accident was a little guy in a small car with a big mouth.
I was thrown from my car as it left the road. I was later found in a ditch by some stray cows.
The telephone pole was approaching, I was attempting to swerve out of its way, when it struck the front end.
To avoid hitting the bumper on the car in front, I struck the pedestrian.
An invisible car came out of nowhere, struck my car and vanished.

holding on to a glimmer of hope

2009-09-13T23:09:00.000-07:00

today was the prelims Additional Maths paper 2. after the paper was over, i was feeling both relieved and worried. i waas relieved because the last major paper is over, worried because i may not get an A that i want. i am holding onto a glimmer of hope that i can still get an A. i hope God helps me.

i shall now post some interesting facts. i am using a different computer so i do not have the website for the "letters to insurance companies". anyway, here are some good ones. i chose those that are not sick in content.

Males, on average, think about sex every 7 seconds.

Each day, there are over 120 million sexual intercourse taking place all over the world.

Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.

We are about 1 cm taller in the morning than in the evening. Layers of cartilage in the joints gets compressed during the day.

There are approx. 550 hairs in the eyebrow.

Grapefruit scent will make middle aged women appear six years younger to men. The perception is not reciprocal and the grapefruit scent on men has no effect on women's perception.

Thinking about your muscles can make you stronger.

The most sensitive finger on the human hand is the index finger.

After eating too much, your hearing is less sharp.

If you ate too many carrots you would turn orange.

A baby is born every seven seconds.

There are more people alive today than have ever died.

The human body is better suited to two four-hour sleep cycles than one eight-hour one.

The hardest bone in the human body is the jawbone.

Women's hair is about half the diameter of men's hair

The colder the room you sleep in, the better the chances are that you'll have a bad dream.

The foot is the most common body part bitten by insects.

The most common time for a wake up call is 7 a.m.

The typical person goes to the bathroom 6 times a day.

The fastest growing nail is on the middle finger.

The strongest muscle in the human body is the tongue.

The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.

Humans were first infected with the HIV virus in the 1930s.

HOW COMPANIES GOT THEIR NAMES:

Apple Computers

It was the favourite fruit of founder Steve Jobs. He was three months late in filing a name for the business, and he threatened to call his company Apple Computers if the other colleagues didn’t suggest a better name by 5 O’clock.

CISCO

It is not an acronym as popularly believed. It is short for San Francisco.

Compaq

This name was formed by using COMp, for computer, and PAQ to denote a small integral object.

Corel

The name was derived from the founder’s name Dr.Michael Cowpland. It stands for COwpland REsearch Laboratory.

Google

The name started as a joke boasting about the amount of information the search-engine would be able to search. It was originally named ‘Googol’, a word for the number represented by 1 followed by 100 zeros.After founders - Stanford graduate students Sergey Brin and Larry Page presented their project to an angel investor, they received a cheque made out to ‘Google’

Hotmail

Founder Jack Smith got the idea of accessing e-mail via the web from a computer anywhere in the world.When Sabeer Bhatia came up with the business plan for the mail service, he tried all kinds of names ending in ‘mail’ and finally settled for hotmail as it included the letters “html” - the programming language used to write web pages. It was initially referred to as HoTMaiL with selective uppercasing.

Hewlett Packard

Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard tossed a coin to decide whether the company they founded would be called Hewlett-Packard or Packard-Hewlett.

Intel

Bob Noyce and Gordon Moore wanted to name their new company ‘Moore Noyce’ but that was already trademarked by a hotel chain so they had to settle for an acronym of INTegrated ELectronics.

Lotus (Notes)

Mitch Kapor got the name for his company from ‘The Lotus Position’ or ‘Padmasana’. Kapor used to be a teacher of Transcendental Meditation of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.

Microsoft

Coined by Bill Gates to represent the company that was devoted to MICROcomputer SOFTware. Originally christened Micro-Soft, the ‘-’ was removed later on.

Motorola

Founder Paul Galvin came up with this name when his company started manufacturing radios for cars. The popular radio company at the time was called Victrola.

ORACLE

Larry Ellison and Bob Oats were working on a consulting project for the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency). The code name for the project was called Oracle (the CIA saw this as the system to give answers to all questions or something such). The project was designed to help use the newly written SQL code by IBM. The project eventually was terminated but Larry and Bob decided to finish what they started and bring it to the world. They kept the name Oracle and created the RDBMS engine. Later they kept the same name for the company.

Sony

It originated from the Latin word ’sonus’ meaning sound, and ’sonny’ a slang used by Americans to refer to a bright youngster.

SUN

Founded by 4 Stanford University buddies, SUN is the acronym for Stanford University Network. Andreas Bechtolsheim built a microcomputer; Vinod Khosla recruited him and Scott McNealy to manufacture computers based on it, and Bill Joy to develop a UNIX-based OS for the computer.

Yahoo!

The word was invented by Jonathan Swift and used in his book ‘Gulliver’s Travels’. It represents a person who is repulsive in appearance and action and is barely human. Yahoo! Founders Jerry Yang and David Filo selected the name because they considered themselves yahoos

BIZARRE SEX LAWS:

01. The penalty for masturbation in Indonesia is decapitation.

02. In Lebanon, men are legally allowed to have sex with animals, but the animals must be female. Having sexual relations with a male animal is punishable by death.

03. In Bahrain, a male doctor may legally examine a woman’s genitals, but is forbidden from looking directly at them during the examination. He may only see their reflection in a mirror.

04. Muslims are banned from looking at the genitals of a corpse. This also applies to undertakers; the sex organs of the deceased must be covered with a brick or piece of wood at all times.

verse of the day:The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance. 2 Peter 3:9

die hard habit

2009-09-08T23:13:00.000-07:00

i have many habits that i have not changed. one examples is my famous handwriting. since primary one, teachers have been telling me to improve my handwriting and in a year i would have countless number of penmanships but mu handwriting remains the same. i don't know why too. maybe it is because i am lazy to change but one thing is for sure, i write very slow when i am neat. this year, mrs toh had told me to improve my handwriting for the second time alreay but i didn't pay heed to her words. the good thing is that teachers don't mind me typing out my work. for example, mrs toh once said that work is to be handwritten but after a while, she didn't care whether i typed out her work or not. i think she got fed-up over my handwriting. another good thing is that i do not need to write my name(just class only) and people would know it is mine.

i always procastinate when it comes to doing work. i do not procastinate when it comes to watching televison programmes or using the computer and somehow i cannot bring this over to my studies. maybe i am addicted to the TV and computer...

here are some interesting facts...

4,000 people are injured by tea pots every year.
In an average day, a four year old child will ask 437 questions.
SCUBA divers cannot pass gas at depths of 33 feet or below.
In 1843, a Parisian street mime got stuck in his imaginary box and consequently died of starvation.
Smearing a small amount of dog feces on an insect bite will relieve the itching and swelling.
Never hold your nose and cover your mouth when sneezing, as it can blow out your eyeballs.
In ancient Greece, children of wealthy families were dipped in olive oil at birth to keep them hairless throughout their lives.
The increased electricity used by modern appliances is causing a shift in the Earth's magnetic field. By the year 2327, the North Pole will be located in mid-Kansas, while the South Pole will be just off the coast of East Africa.
If you put a bee in a film canister for two hours, it will go blind and leave behind its weight in honey.
Human saliva has a boiling point three times that of regular water.
The Venezuelan brown bat can detect and dodge individual raindrops in mid-flight, arriving safely back at his cave completely dry.
If you part your hair on the right side, you were born to be carnivorous. If you part it on the left, your physical and psychological make-up is that of a vegetarian.(amazing!!!)
Due to the angle at which the optic nerve enters the brain, staring at a blue surface during sex greatly increases the intensity of orgasms.(????)
You *can* get blood from a stone, but only if contains at least 17 percent bauxite.
A team of University of Virginia researchers released a study promoting the practice of picking one's nose, claiming that the health benefits of keeping nasal passages free from infectious blockages far outweigh the negative social connotations.(should dig more then!!)
Without its lining of mucus your stomach would digest itself.
There are more living organisms on the skin of each human than there are humans on the surface of the earth.
Each rubber molecule is made of 65,000 individual atoms.
Every second around 100 lightning bolts strike the Earth.
If every star in the Milky Way was a grain of salt they would fill an Olympic sized swimming pool.
Every hour the Universe expands by a billion miles in all directions.
Every year over one million earthquakes shake the Earth.
When a flea jumps, the rate of acceleration is 20 times that of the space shuttle during launch.
Somewhere in the flicker of a badly tuned TV set, is the background radiation from the Big Bang.
In the 14th century the Black Death killed 75,000,000 people. It was carried by fleas on the black rat.
The average speed of Heinz™ ketchup leaving the bottle is 25 miles per year.
You consume one tenth (.1) calories when you lick a stamp.
60 % of statistics are made up...
The first non-human to win an Oscar was Mickey Mouse.
Pi has been calculated to over 2,260,321,363 digits.
The left leg of a chicken is more tender than the right one.
There are only 18 countries richer than Bill Gates
Every year more people are killed by donkeys, than in aircraft crashes.
The number of births in India each year is greater than the entire population of Australia.(!!!!!)
In 1977, George Willig was fined $1.10 for climbing the World Trade Center building.
If you yelled for 8 years ,7 months and 6 days you would have produced enough energy to heat a cup of coffee.
Banging your head off a wall uses 150 calories an hour!(ouch)
The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps blood out to the body it could squirt blood 30 feet!
In downtown Lima, Peru, there is a large brass statue dedicated to Winnie-the-Pooh.
There are more plastic lawn flamingos in the US than real ones.
2,500 left handers die each year using products designed for right handers.
The Roman Catholic Church did not acknowledge that the earth revolves around the sun until the mid 1990’s.
In 50 million years, it is likely that Mars will have a ring around it.
A deltiologist is someone who collects postcards
The shortest war ever recorded lasted only 38 minutes. (Britain vs. Zanzibar in 1896)
Despite a population of over a billion, China has only about 200 family names
In 1892, Italy raised the minimum age for marriage for girls to 12
Up to three thousand species of trees have been cataloged in square mile of the Amazon jungle.(wow!)
We are in the middle of an ice age. Ice ages include both cold and warm periods; at the moment we are experiencing a relatively warm span of time known as an interglacial period. Geologists believe that the warmest part of this period occurred from 1890 through 1945 and that since 1945 things have slowly begun freezing up again.
A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 69 years.(poor thing really)

verse of the day: “Teach the older men to be temperate, worthy of respect, self-controlled, and sound in faith, in love and in endurance.”- Titus 2:2

next time:funny facts (entirely copy pasted)

episode number:

letters to insurance companies........preview:

The pedestrian had no idea which direction to run, so I ran over him.

A pedestrian hit me and went under my car.

letters to the landlord.(actual extracts)
funny signs
classified ads in newspapers
headlines in newspapers
table manners
bizzare questions that the Smithonian museum had been asked by the public
dubious/funny awards
absence excuse notes from parents
courtroom humour

and much more:

Driving Test Answers

Tourist questions to workers at national parks

The Dumbest Deaths in Recorded History

Strange Facts

Air Force Issues

Some true tales of Individuals

simple quiz(or game)

2009-08-31T00:38:00.000-07:00

Finally, I have the time to post. To day was teacher’s day and the concert was fantastic, well some parts of it only. Anyway I went to watch “The Proposal” with a few friends and it was really funny and couldn’t stop laughing. However we bought the tickets at around 11am, when the first opening time was 12.50pm so we had to spend our times wisely and we went to Popular to read horoscopes. The horoscope was quite accurate-amazing. Anyway, we went to the library after that and hoe Xian got scolded by library personnel for making too much noise. We were also scolded for “blocking the path” by sitting at the corner. How amazing!

Here is a simple game for all of you. It is titled “mind-reading”. (The real one was “2% or 98%)

Think of a number from 1 to 10
Multiply it by 9
If the number is a two-digit number add them together.
Subtract 5
(The next few instructions would be a little confusing, just make sure you follow it)

Now, if A=1, B=2, C=3 and so on…substitute a suitable letter in it. (For example, if I got 2, then my letter would be B)
Now, think of a country that starts with that letter.
Take the last letter of that country and think of an animal
Take the last letter of that animal and think of a fruit

Got it…got your country, animal and fruit??
Now scroll down

This is where I have predicted your answer.

Were you thinking of a kangaroo eating an orange in Denmark???
If yes, I have succeeded.
If no, you are 2% of the population who thinks differently and would probably get: “a Kuala eating an apple in Denmark”

The motive of this game is to see if you are able to be one of the minority to think differently for this question.

Verse of the day: “Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the LORD our Maker; for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care. Today, if you hear his voice,”- Psalm 95:6-7

LEFT OR RIGHT?

2009-08-20T02:08:00.000-07:00

this is a rather fun test that determines your personality.

First, identify yourself as right or left brain person:

1. Hold your hands together, as if you were praying.
Look at your hands. If you see

Left thumb is below the right thumb ---> left brain
Right thumb is below the left thumb ---> right brian

2. Fold your arms in front of you (as if you are angry)

Right arm above left arm ---> left brain
Left arm above right arm ---> right brain

Based on 1+2 (order important), below is the interpretation of your
personality:

Right-Left
Considerate, traditional, indirect type

can instinctly read other's emotion, and respond friendly by natures.
Although not very into taking intiatives in moving forward, but this person
will always take a step back in supporting others. Stable personality and
considerate, give others a being protected feeling. But the weakness is
they cannot say no; regardless how unwilling they are, they will take care
of others.

Right-Right
Loves challenges type

Straightfoward. Once they decided on one thing, will take action right
away. Very curious, and love challenges. Dare to face dangers without
thinking through (sometimes foolishly). Their weakness is they dont listen
to others, will filter in only what whey want to hear in a conversation,
and very subjective. However, because of their straightforward attitude,
they tend to be fairly popular.

Left-Left
Dedicated, cold, perfectionist

Very logical in all aspects. The only way to defeat (or win over) him/her
is through reasons. Has a lot of prides, and feeling strongly about doing
the right thing. If they are your friends, they are very trustworthy.
However, if they are your opponets, they will be very tough to deal with.
Because they can be very "anal" as a perfectionist, they usually leave a
bad impression of being hard to deal with when first met.

Left-Right
Likes to take care of others, leader type

Has a cool and keen observation ability to see through situations, yet
still can be considerate in others needs. Because of their cool and calm
nature, and strong sense of responsibility, they tend to become head of a
group. Popular among people. However, they may not be able to help
themselves in meddling because they want to take care of others too much.

verse of the day: “I have set the LORD always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.”- Psalm 16:8

Very concerned about how others view them, and always on alert.

tired!

2009-08-17T01:51:00.000-07:00

today was the first day of the 'O'level oral and i heard that that the picture was super hard but the conversation was super easy. the picture, according to Daniel, shows an Indian man selling some souvenirs and this makes up most of the picture. i forgot the conversation question-go ask 4E1 if you want to know. i am hoping that tomorrow's oral would be the opposite of today-picture easy, conversation hard, because conversation no matter how hard also can crap around a bit(like i did during PSLE). good luck people!

as you can see from the title of this post, i am feeling very tired because Sunday is the only day i can wake up naturally, but not before i get disturbed at 7am every sunday because my grandparents would watch TV at this time. 7am-there are TV shows?? beats me, i believe those shows are repeated. even though i can wake up "naturally" on Sunday, i still feel tired and would just lie on my bed till 9am, before slowly doing the usual stuff. how boring!

prelims are coming, and i am feeling the pressure and i am a little stress. the thought of teachers not coming into class is scary, as it means the 'O' levels are coming. oh no!!! good luck for your prelims people!!

here is an IQ question, to see how smart you are:

There was a very, very tall coconut tree and there are 4 animals,

A Lion, a Chimpanzee, a Giraffe, and a Squirrel, who pass by.
They decide to compete to see who is the fastest to pluck a banana off the tree.

Who do you guess will win?

Your answer will reflect your personality.

So think carefully .... Try and answer within 30 seconds

Got your answer?

Now scroll down to see the analysis.

If your answer is:

Lion = you're dull.
Chimpanzee = you're a moron.
Giraffe = you're a complete idiot.
Squirrel = you're just hopelessly stupid.

A COCONUT TREE DOESN'T HAVE BANANAS.

Obviously you're stressed and overworked.
You should take some time off and relax!
Try again next year.

verse of the day:“But, "Let him who boasts boast in the Lord." For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.”- 2 Corinthians 10:17-18

vulgar words

2009-08-12T02:29:00.000-07:00

today i heard a secondary one boy saying "what the ****!" it makes me wonder whether they even know the meaning of the word. when i did CIP, i was in charge of a group of kids whose age range from 7 to 9. i was shocked that their young minds, which is supposed to be pure and innocent, are actually sick. they kept talking about sick stuff(which i will not disclose). speaking about vulgar words, i first heard about vulgar words in P2 and said the 'F' word when i was P3.thereafter, i kept saying it and as i look back now, it was simply shocking. now, i hardly say vulgar words but i just said it last week when i am playing computer games like Counter Strike. there is a saying that it is easier to learn words or phrases that scold people than words that praise people. the first phrase i learnt in hokkien was a phrase to scold people. the first phrase i learnt in teochew was also a phrase to scold people.

here are some jokes to lighten our day:
TRADITIONAL CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You sell one and buy a bull.
Your herd multiplies and the economy grows.
You sell them and retire on the income.

AN AMERICAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You sell one and force the other to produce the milk of four cows.
You are surprised when the cow drops dead.

A FRENCH CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You go on strike because you want three cows.

A JAPANESE CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and
produce twenty times the milk.
You then create clever cow cartoon images called 'Cowkimon' and market
them World-Wide.

A GERMAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You re-engineer them so they live for 100 years, eat once a month, and
milk themselves.

A BRITISH CORPORATION
You have two cows.
Both are mad.

AN ITALIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows, but you don't know where they are.
You break for lunch.

A SWISS CORPORATION
You have 5,000 cows and none of which belong to you.
You charge others for storing them.

A CHINESE CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You have 300 people milking them.
You claim full employment and high bovine productivity.
You have the newsman who reported on the numbers arrested.

AN INDIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You worship them.

A MALAYSIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You signed a 40-year contract to supply milk at RM0.06 per litre.
Then midway through, you raised the price to RM0.60 or you cut the
supply.
When the buyer agrees to the new price, you change your mind again and
now want RM1.20.
The buyer decided you can keep the milk.
They go look for milk that comes from recycled cows or the cow urine
instead. Your two cows retire together with the Prime Minister.

A SINGAPOREAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
One cow-peh and one cow-bu

verse of the day:“Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.”- 1 Corinthians 6:19-20

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2009-08-11T04:03:00.000-07:00

on sunday, i watched the NDP parade. much to my surprise, it was new. the ideas were fresh and it was simply
fantastic.i can't remember much already but i love the fireworks!!!

anyway, i am going to be sent out of class to the staircase-with-the-beautiful-scenery because of a dot.
i fogot to put a dot on my chromatography diagram and Mdm Yaw caught me. i really don't know that i need
to put the dot.one dot cause me to sit at the staircase for the second time. one dot would cause me to be
have more mosquito bites surely. one dot would cause me to suffer in the heat. anyway, six other people would be joining me, maybe more if people don't score their
Chemistry Nov'07.

here are some jokes(if you consider them as jokes).

New definitions

ADULT:
A person who has stopped growing at both ends and is now growing in the middle.

BEAUTY PARLOR:
A place where women curl up and dye.

CANNIBAL:
Someone who is fed up with people.

CHICKENS:
The only animals you eat before they are born and after they are dead.>

COMMITTEE:
A body that keeps minutes and wastes hours.

DUST:
Mud with the juice squeezed out.

EGOTIST:
Someone who is usually me-deep in conversation.

HANDKERCHIEF:
Cold Storage.

INFLATION:
Cutting money in half without damaging the paper.

MOSQUITO:
An insect that makes you like flies better.

RAISIN:
Grape with a sunburn.

SECRET:
Something you tell to one person at a time.

SKELETON:
A bunch of bones with the person scraped off.

TOOTHACHE:
The pain that drives you to extraction.

TOMORROW:
One of the greatest labor-saving devices of today.

YAWN:
An honest opinion openly expressed.

WRINKLES:
Something other people have. I have character lines.

verse of the day:“I rejoice in following your statutes as one rejoices in great riches.”- Psalm 119:14

jokes

2009-08-06T01:23:00.000-07:00

Today was a half day and I got back my physics test result. Amazingly, I got 21/30, my highest score for physics as far as I can remember. After school, I treated hoe xian to subway, pretty expensive but since it is his birthday then nvm. Anyway, after subway we went to watch “the hangover”, an extremely funny and sick movie, it was cool. I give it 4/5 for movie rating and 3/5 for sick rating. It is a must-watch, extremely funny. I was like laughing the whole time but it is really sick too. Just make sure you are born in 1993 at least. Alright, I am too lazy to post. Happy birth day again hoe xian.

Here are some funny jokes to brighten up your day.
Funny truths about life in Singapore

1. Night - Sleep with air-con; Day - Bathe with heater on

2. Day - Cannot Wake up; Night - Cannot Sleep

3. Cigarettes - Convenient to buy; not convenient to smoke

4. Chewing Gum - Can Chew, Cannot buy? (Chewing Gum banned)

5. Smell Of rubbish besides Letter boxes; Rubbish inside Letter box

6. Private Cars - Cheaper & Cheaper to Buy, harder & harder to Maintain

7. Education - Teachers teaching Less but expects students to learn More

8. High-tech barbaric Singaporeans - know how to use state-of-the art equipment, but don’t know how to use a simple dustbin or a toilet

9. There are quite a number of rich/poor in Singapore - They have Car, Credit Card, CPF (Gov't forced savings for old age) ....but no Cash and lots of loans

10. Translation is needed between Singaporean Chinese (Singlish) and Mainland Chinese

11. Singaporean never like to vote, but like to complain

12. Half Singaporeans rushed to buy Hello kitty, but the other half busy killing stray cats

13. Public Bus - Half the Crowd squeeze in front section of the Bus, Second section is for Carrying Ghost passengers (no one likes to move to the back of the bus)

verse of the day: “All your words are true; all your righteous laws are eternal.”- Psalm 119:160

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2009-08-05T00:57:00.000-07:00

Everytime I cut my hair, people will ask me, “hey you cut your hair ah?”, and I would reply the standard, “yes!” from P1 to now, ten years, i have been asked many times. It was only when I reached P5 that I gave this type of answers,”no, no, I pluck my hair”. Come on people, of course I cut my hair right, if not I pluck it, or my hair get stuck in a fan. Please stop asking real silly questions like these.

Anyway, NDP is coming and I am excited to see the new parade. Wish the NDP all the best. I would watch the NDP for the first time since many years and hope that I would enjoy it. Recently, a few Singaporeans broke records, congratulations. This shows that Singaporeans can do it, and also show our budding young talents. Keep it up!
The EPL season is starting next week, really looking forward to it. Meanwhile, this Sunday is the community shield final between Manchester united and Chelsea. Go Manchester united.
Prediction for EPL season 09/10:
1st Manchester united
2nd Liverpool
3rd Chelsea
4th arsenal
5th tottenham
6th Manchester city
7th everton
8th Aston villa
9th fulham
10th west ham
11th blackburn
12th bolton
13th sunderland
14th wigan athletic
15th portsmouth
16th stoke city
17th hull city
relegated: 18th birmingham city
19th wolverhampton
20th burnley

There was once a very good barber in NEW YORK, he gives
Free Haircut to everybody who comes into his shop to have their haircuts.

One day a florist goes to him for a haircut..
After the cut, he goes to pay the barber and the barber replies:
'I am sorry. I cannot accept money from you. I am doing community service.'

The Florist is happy and leaves the shop.
The next morning when the barber goes to open his shop,
there is a thank you card and a dozen roses waiting at his door .

A policeman goes for a haircut and he also goes to pay the barber after the cut.
But the barber replies:
'I am sorry. I cannot accept money from you. I am doing community service.'
The cop is happy and leaves the shop.
The next morning the barber goes to open his shop,
there is a thank you card and a dozen donuts waiting at his door.

A Singaporean software engineer goes for a haircut and he also goes
to pay the barber after the cut.
But the barber replies:
'I am sorry. I cannot accept money from you. I am doing community service.'
The Singaporean software engineer is very happy and leaves.

The next morning when the barber goes to open his shop, guess what he finds there............

Can you guess?
Come on, think like a Singaporean......
have you got the answer ........... ?????
come on .............
guess
guess
guess...................................................

a dozen Singaporeans waiting for a free haircut!
Shame!

verse of the day: “The unfolding of your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.”- Psalm 119:130

road rage

2009-08-03T02:10:00.000-07:00

today at school, one cockroach freaked out people sitting at the east wing of the class. finally hongzhang killed it cruelly.how sad. yijun was shouting at hongzhang to get rid of it when the cockroach was nowhere near her, how interesting.

anyway on saturday, my family was travelling back home, with my brother taking the wheel. he is a learned driver by the way. on a four-lane road, two were for turning right. so my brother drove on the first of the turning lanes and then he signalled that he was turning, but he made a mistake and did a want-to-turn-don't-want-to-turn kind of thing and cut into one and a half lanes. the car behind who is left with half a lane honked irritatingly. then my brother turned to her lane and she turned into the outer turning lane now. then she drove side by side with our car and scolded. you can see her mouth moving but we couldn't hear anything, that was funny. anyway, after the traffic light turned green, my brother drove past her but soon she caught up and scolded again. then my mother stuck out her tongue and the woman pointed the middle finger with two hands many times(as she had to use two hands to drive also). that was also funny because this woman has lost her cool. my brother then sped ahead and the woman caught up. this time she was on our tight so now her husband shouted and pointed the middle finger at us. i really can imagine how angry they were haha.

NDP is coming and i am excited for the long breaks. always remember when the PM gives a national day speech and all channels show the speech,my brothers and i always watch videos instead. i can't remember the last time when i heard the speech, maybe never at all. i have also not watched and attended the NDP for many years now, since P5 to be exact.i find it rather boring really. no offence but every year is the same thing. you would have the parachutists then the firemen who would spray water at the crowd, dancing, singing, president waving, guard of honours, etc. rather standard in my opinion, but i sincerely hope this year would still be good despite the econnomic downturn.

verse of the day: “But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The LORD does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.”- 1 Samuel 16:7

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2009-07-29T02:18:00.000-07:00

today was the a maths paper 1 test. after i did it i felt scared because i realised there are still many things i do not know. oh no!!today is the second day that i forgot to give daniel a little present, crap!! just totally slipped my mind.

anyway lets not talk about boring school. i am awaiting the day where i would sit outside the class, which is tomorrow. i would like to comment on the fact that i am "rich". i am not rich ok, stop spreading messages that i am rich, stop telling everyone that i am rich because i am not!! i just live in a slightly bigger house than average 4-room flats. so please stop thinking that people who live in a slightly bigger house is rich, what rubbish.

anyway, i went to West Mall today to shop for a gift for my mum and i saw people walking around aimlessly.seeing these people makes me wonder whether they are too free or want to really get something but cannot make up their minds. as for me, i spent 5-6 mins inside West Mall and i am out. i am too lazy to continue to comment further.

the new EPL season is starting, for those who don't know what is EPL-too bad, i don't care and won't explain to someone who has no knowledge about football, even if you are asking out of courtesy. anyway, hope manchester united can fend off liverpool and manchester city, hoping man utd can trash mancity at Eastlands and Liverpool at Anfield so as to humiliate them haha.

here are some real life situations, quite funny.

Spread the Stupidity

Only in America .....do drugstores
make the sick walk all the way to
the back of the store to get their prescriptions while healthy people
can buy cigarettes at the front.

Only in America ....do people order
double cheeseburgers, large fries,
and a diet coke.
Only in America ....do banks leave
both doors open and then chain the
pens to the counters.

Only in America .....do we leave cars
worth thousands of dollars in the
driveway and put our useless junk
in the garage.

Only in America......do we buy hot
dogs in packages of ten and buns
in packages of eight.
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Only in America ....do they have
drive-up ATM machines with Braille lettering.
EVER WONDER ...

Why the sun lightens our hair,
but darkens our skin?

Why women can't put on mascara
with their mouth closed?

Why don't you ever see the headline 'Psychic Wins Lottery'?
Why is 'abbreviated' such a long
word?
Why is it that doctors call what
they do 'practice'?
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Why is lemon juice made with
artificial flavor, and dishwashing
liquid made with real lemons?

Why is the man who invests all
your money called a broker?

Why is the time of day with the
slowest traffic called rush hour?

Why isn't there mouse-flavored
cat food?

Why didn't Noah swat those two mosquitoes?

Why do they sterilize the needle
for lethal injections?

You know that indestructible black
box that is used on airplanes? Why
don't they make the whole plane out
of that stuff?!

Why don't sheep shrink when it
rains?

Why are they called apartments
when they are all stuck together?

If con is the opposite of pro, is
Congress the opposite of progress?

If flying is so safe, why do they call
the airport the terminal?

Now that you've smiled at least once,
it's your turn to spread the stupidity
and send this to someone you want
to bring a smile to (maybe even a chuckle)....

verse of the day:“I will never forget your precepts, for by them you have preserved my life.”- Psalm 119:93

untitled as usual

2009-07-28T02:44:00.000-07:00

today is my record 11th post. yay!! i would like to take this chance to wish Daniel Ng a very happy birthday.

i am too lazy to post. i can't think of anything really. something is wrong with my blogger, i can't post pictures and cannot save. sad case.

the answer to the IQ question in the previous post is: and

here is a lame joke:

Q: What did the bird say after his cage fell apart?

A: "Cheap, cheap!"

here are some interesting facts:

1. Chewing on gum while cutting onions can help a person from stop
producing tears. Try it next time you chop onions.

2. Until babies are six months old, they can breathe and swallow at the
same time. Indeed convenient!

3. Offered a new pen to write with, 97% of all people will write their own
name.

4. Male mosquitoes are vegetarians. Only females bite.

5. The average person's field of vision encompasses a 200-degree wide
angle.

6. To find out if a watermelon is ripe, knock it, and if it sounds hollow
then it is ripe.

7. Canadians can send letters with personalized postage stamps showing
their own photos on each stamp.

8. Babies' eyes do not produce tears until the baby is approximately six
to eight weeks old.

9. It snowed in the Sahara Desert in February of 1979.

10. Plants watered with warm water grow larger and more quickly than
plants watered with cold water.

11. Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your
ear by 700 times.

12. Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave.

13. Those stars and colours you see when you rub your eyes are called
phosphenes.

14. Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears
never stop growing.

15. Everyone's tongue print is different, like fingerprints.

16. Contrary to popular belief, a swallowed chewing gum doesn't stay in
the gut. It will pass through the system
and be excreted.

17. At 40 Centigrade a person loses about 14.4 calories per hour by
breathing.

18. There is a hotel in Sweden built entirely out of ice; it is rebuilt
every year.

19. Cats, camels and giraffes are the only animals in the world that walk
right foot, right foot, left foot, left foot, rather than right foot, left
foot.

20. Onions help reduce cholesterol if eaten after a atty meal.

21. The sound you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually the sound
of nitrogen gas bubbles bursting.

verse of the day:“I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.”- Philippians 3:14

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2009-07-27T02:39:00.000-07:00

today got scolded by Mdm Yaw for leaving one PART ONLY blank!!!! i shall not vent my anger, so i have to sit at the staircase on thursday. on the bright side, it is not a bad idea because i can enjoy the breeze(if there is one) and see the greenery, also can take my mind off things.

yesterday i watched Singapore get trashed by a football club-how embarrassing. club vs country, club win.goodness. anyway i assessed the team's performance.
-give ball away too often
-poor marking,there is nobody marking the wings, allowing Kuyt to assist twice from the right and Riera to score from the left.
-poor man marking in the penalty box too, coupled with poor decision making from the keepers. Torres was free to get a header to score and the defenders stood rooted to the spot. anyway i shan't comment too much as i am sure Raddy Avramovic would have commented also. you people can see the match at http://www.footytube.com/video/liverpool-v-singapore-17589 or
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9za50_liv-v-singapore_sport

here is a lousy IQ question: what is one thing that all wise men, regardless of race and religion, agree is between heaven and earth?

verse of the day: “[God Disciplines His Sons] Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.”- Hebrews 12:1

funny names part 4

2009-07-25T02:55:00.001-07:00

i just read a report yesterday, that fast walkers live longer, so that means i would live longer, yay!!! moral of the story is to walk faster because it improves your blood circulation and it is a healthy form of exercise.

today is one of the rare days that i can blog on weekends. usually i wouldn't dare in case my family sees it, the blogskin, the posts, i dare not imagine their reactions so i do not post. really wish i could post openly soon. anyway i am too lazy to carry on.

i shall post the funny names now. disclaimer:"if you names are featured here, i do not mean to mock you but it is just for fun, hope you don't mind and if you are offended, i am sorry" these are the funny names found on the internet, which i copy pasted, no edit.

Gunboat Ramasamy

Seymon Goh

Dean Windass - soccer player

we had a waiter on the east coast and his name tag said "Semen"

Sandra Shitole

Cinderella from HK

See Ling Fan (Ceiling Fan!) from HK

I taught a boy from Vietnam called Phuk. Poor kid didn't know what it meant. First day, I sheepishly asked him how to pronounce his name and he boldly said "F****" Everyone cracked up. Next day he asked to be known by his surname "Trang".

my old history teacher was called richard holder.

Thought Chek Lap Kok Airport is bad enough. Came across two Chinese restaurants - one named Lu Bo Lan and the other Chao Chi.

Kok How Long

This from a police officer friend's investigation file:
(Tay) Eat Cum.

thats all for funny names.

verse of the day: “I will hasten and not delay to obey your commands.”- Psalm 119:60

funny names

2009-07-24T02:05:00.001-07:00

this is getting boring, but in order to make my posts longer, i shall talk about school. physics test was today and i am afraid i would fail. my first page had only 1 mark-pathetic. anyway, today had 2 literature lessons, it was unusually fun for me due to the humourous passage. i really regret taking literature but what's done is done and i will just have to live with it. i am not looking forward to the weekends as there are too many tuitions and homework, and i will go crazy!!! however there are only 23 days to the prelims and the stress level is up, so much so that my pimples are still there, albeit a little smaller.

due to my laziness to post further, i shall post the funny names now. disclaimer:"if you names are featured here, i do not mean to mock you but it is just for fun, hope you don't mind and if you are offended, i am sorry" these are the funny names found on the internet, which i copy pasted, no edit.

There's 'Porn Laundry' on Ko Samui for a full service cleaning

Arnold Gay

Bon Aventure (Good Adventure)
Pearl Innocent
Xiting Lee

Iron Ho (from HK)

Yichi (pronounced Itchy) from Taiwan

Merry (from China)

Khun Moo - Mr. Pig.
Khun Nok - Miss Bird.
Khun Mot - Miss Ant.
Khun Kee Mao - Miss pissed out of her head

Monster Liu from Taipei

Don Touch

Merry Christmas

Christmas Lee

Million and Trillion Soo

Justin Smallcock

Gay Search

Tacky Chan

Hi Jean

Randy Pratt

Dr Dick Seaman

Polly Styrene

Coco Nutt

Pussy Galore

Power Tang - Dr in HK
Lumber Wang - Shanghai (Absolute winner, spelt it like he'd pronounce it)

in S'pore named Diva (and he isn't very good)

Chris Peacock

Fatrick

Shadow

Cowboy Lo from HK

There used to be an undertakers in Singapore called Goh Soon

Longnecker
Singleton
Sharpless
Washington (washing-ton)
Burn

Randy Wancker

Dick LesJohn

Hitler Balasubramniam
Stalin Karunanidhi
Woffles Whoo

verse of the day: “Good will come to him who is generous and lends freely, who conducts his affairs with justice.”- Psalm 112:5

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2009-07-23T01:53:00.001-07:00

nothing memorable about school today, and no more abut mdm Yaw breaking records. i would like to talk about my height and unfortunately my weight. =)

anyway, my height is 171 cm now, weight is 46.4 kg, and i am underweight as usual. out of countless number of times of weight taking, my weight has been considered accceptable on a pathetic two occasions only. anyway, my height was only 145cm in sec 1, 155cm in sec 2, 162cm in sec 3, and now sec 4 mid-year 171cm and counting. my target is 175cm, won't mind if i overshot this target though.

i got a minor shock today when yijun didn't know where barcelona was. however, i realised that not many people know so i am sorry if i sound as if i am showing off. i just thought everyone would at least know a little. oops!

now its time for funny names again. these are all copy pasted, no editing. these are all true life encounters. disclaimer:"if you names are featured here, i do not mean to mock you but it is just for fun, hope you don't mind and if you are offended, i am sorry" these are the funny names found on the internet, which i copy pasted, no edit.

Chin Chiller - a lady who works in a furniture shop up at Dempsey Road. I had to take her business card to make sure I was hearing correctly!

Mr Fat Soh - a very thin Singaporean taxi driver.

Leong Kok (he kept reminding me to pronounce the 'e')

A set of siblings called Faith, Truth, Earth and Worth

Another batch called Geneva, Austria and Athens

Rollin Ball.

Randy Bumgarner.

I always like Chlorophyll Yip. She has a sister called Photosynthesis

had a Malay classmate named
Ribut Binte Petir
(Storm daughter of Lightning).

got a fax once from a "Saw Kok"

There is a famous Indian producer whose last name is "Screwwalla!" (walla means person)

Strawberry Wong (MacDonalds)

Ponz Goo

Katherine GotoBed
Johnny Growcock
Poo (waitress at McDonalds)

A. Lawn - Landscape gardener
Sergeant Major - A policeman
Judge Jury - A judge
Mr Sharp from Autoglass

I was walking down Joo Chiat Road the other day and saw a place called Long Kok Acupuncture Services.

There's a driving school in Dubai called Karbash Driving School!

An English guy-John Runningwater !!

Had a friend who used to work in Sales. She asked for the name of the caller and was given the answer, "Mrs Fu". To ensure she recorded it correctly, she asked, "How do you spell that?" and was told loudly, "F..U!" Needless to say, she was taken aback at first but is quite eager to repeat this story now.

Chow Chee Fai (smelly vagina, in Hokkien) and a Ngoh Yew Kai (I wanna a whore, in Cantonese). Also met a guy with his initials printed on his name tag as "S. A. TAN".

Kitty Pu

Good old Cardinal Sin (God rest his soul!) of Manila

Pope Rat Zinger

singapore idol and others

2009-07-21T02:36:00.000-07:00

dirst, i would like to talk about school as usual. the record has been broken-mdm yaw called me for the first time in three days, haha, i think she cannot stand it not calling me. i know the answer, just don't want to raise my hand and answer only. anyway, today is the second time my brain did not shut down, luckily. i also learnt the sick meaning of PhD, corrupting my mind further. today almost late because my father woke up late and he fetches me to school, so i entered class just sit down only need stand up say pledge. i dare to say i have hardly been late, late also most of the time is because of other people.

anyway i would like to talk about singapore idol show. before i continue, i must type a disclaimer first. "this is strictly my own opinion, if you are not happy, don't read, if you still want to read, it is not my problem anymore. if you are not happy, and want to sue me, go ahead, i am not scared because i have said it is STIRCTLY my own opinion, it is subjective, so don't waste time sue me.

i like to watch the singapore idol auditions only, as i see some no-talent people trying to sing. come on, if you want to be on TV, there are other ways, why must you waste the judges' time at pretending you can sing. anyway, some people just refuse to give up after being rejected, and went for season 2 audition but failed. hello, there si a reason why you failed right-you can't sing face the truth. the truth hurts, but face it. anyway, the auditions will showcase many people, most of which have no flair at all in singing. you can't sing means can't sing, still want to say in front of the camera "i am the next singapore idol", please, if you really are, i think singapore will snow man! no talent, don't go. simple. but as i said earlier, if you want to be on TV, then fine whatever, provide some entertainment value as well. anyway, i believed you people who can't sing don't waste time trying. if everyone can sing, there would be no singers already. once again, this is strictly my opinion.

the next section must write disclaimer also. "if you names are featured here, i do not mean to mock you but it is just for fun, hope you don't mind and if you are offended, i am sorry" these are the funny names found on the internet, which i copy pasted, no edit.

check it out:

"Leaflet" because she thought it meant "tiny leaf".

Fanny Pong

Milky Wei, the marketing manager of McDonalds and Fanny Sit, an ICAC investigator.

Miss Arse

this is entirely copy pasted: "I remember a person serving me in McDonalds in HK called 'Happy" who ironically was as miserable as sin."

Young Bum from korea

Dr. Hu (Dr. Who)

"Dairy" from Beijing!

Goh Lik Kok

Richard Head

Randy farmer

Frog Chan

Milky Wong

Baby john (40 year old Malayalee man)

Merry Everest who used to read the weather in Hong Kong in the nineties

Singaporean - Harry Kok

Hong Kong - Dick Long, Vagina (she works at McDonald's), Chlorine, Hero, Wan Fuk

Wednesday-customer service girl

Kan Fook Sing

South Korea's foreign minister of the '80s used to begin his press conferences with foreign media with the words: "Hello, my name is Lee Bum-suk. You can laugh now and get it over with."

Long Lie Yin

there was once a restaurant in ngee ann city named Fook Yew Chinese restaurant

there is a filmmaker in HK named Fruit Chan

There is even this Chinese female singer named Fish.

thats all for now. tml will post some more, strictly for this only. the above are all copy pasted. once again, this are all from internet.

verse of the day: “I have chosen the way of truth; I have set my heart on your laws.”- Psalm 119:30

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2009-07-20T02:36:00.000-07:00

first let me talk about school as usual.

today is the record third school day that mdm Yaw did not say anything about me although she did check my work. this is really a guiness world record. anyway, today school was really fun, listening to hongzhang and co talking about sick stuff. i gradually liking chem more and more so much so that i will concentrate on it to make sure it counts for my L1R5.

on to the next topic-death. well, someone once said(can't remember who) that death is just the beginning of another path. i totally agree. i think that death isn't something we should be afraid about. simply put, you would not want to be worrying about when you are going to die, thats ridiculous. if i can choose which way i am going to die, i woulld choose a painless fast death. to say that i am not afraid of death is not entirely correct. i fear death in certain ways, like a person rushing towards me with a knife, wanting to kill me. my mum always says this, when its your time to go, you will go. i would like to cite an example. the fatal Air France flight- the lady who missed the flight survived but was killed in a car accident days later if i remember correctly, so this reinforces my point that when it is your time to go, you will go, hence don't be afraid( if you are).

anyway, today mrs toh discussed on an oral topic, on how old people should live. if i have retired, i would like to see the world. travel to spain, italy and england are my top choices. yay!! looking forward to it.

verse of the day again:

“But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.”- 1 John 1:7

Dislikes and my bad habits

2009-07-17T02:41:00.000-07:00

firstly, let me talk about school. school was boring as usual. today was the second day that Mdm Yaw didn't calll me for whatever of her reasons. today was also the day that my brain did not shut down. phew, got some hope for 'O' level exams. i also noticed Mrs Toh was angry with us. Oops!! sorry mrs toh.

what do i dislike, i would just list a few. i dislike mosquitoes and road hoggers. mosquitoes are like my "brothers", following me everyway, only differencee between my blood brothers and my "brothers" are that i would long to kill all of my "brothers", as many as possible. the reason is simple. they wouldn't even let a poor boy get a peaceful night's rest. i have always imagined how nice it would be if birthday wishes do come true, my first wish would be to have 10 wishes daily, and my next wish would be that all mosquitoes would die...die is too mild a word...i wish that all mosquitoes would be exterminated, crushed, chopped!!! anyway, on to my next dislike-road hoggers. road hoggers are those who have a car and theoretically move faster than pedestrians but practically move slower than tortoises. mankind created cars so that we may get to a place FASTER, but these road hoggers doesn't seem to realise that. even though i do not drive a car, it irks me to meet with a road hogger who refuses to accelerate. maybe its in the genes, for my parents get irked by raod hoggers too. just to clarify, when i say road hoggers, i do not mean people who is learning to drive or just got their driving license.

my bad habits...i would just list one. that is wearing slippers to almost everywhere i go (except school of course). my mum would always chide me for wearing slippers. my range of places include my grandma's house, tuition centres, hawker centres, relative's house on CNY, and lastly, the most embarrassing one-restaurants. hotel restaurants, i won't wear, lower classed ones, yes, why? i don't know. it is something like a reflex action, otherwiise known as a bad habit.

time for verse of the day: “I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile.”- Romans 1:16

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2009-07-16T02:31:00.000-07:00

today was a normal day as usual, only that my brain shut down at 3pm and couldn't absoorb anything that the teacher was saying. anyway LOA was fun, extremely fun. i got additional sleep, extra hours that i have longed for. today was also a surprising day because Mdm Yaw did not say anything towards me. she did not even check my Nov 2003 to see if i did, which she usually does for other years. don't worry Mdm Yaw, i have always done your work. haha

the exams are coming and i am feeling the stress, so much so that i have three pimples on my face, a record! it is also my fifth pimple in fifteen and a half years. honestly, i fear that if i get too much stress, i would have a major pimple outbreak and become pockmark.

my grandfather recently promise me $500 for 5 As, which works out to $100 for 1 A(although he didn't agree on that) and i must say that i was motivated for like a minute only. it is not that the money was too little, i just can't find my motivation. only seldom do i have motivation to study, anyway i would try, no.. i would do my best to motivate myself, for the $500 as well as to get into a respectable JC.

now for the verse of the day from biblegateway.com--“For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, and you have been given fullness in Christ, who is the head over every power and authority.”- Colossians 2:9-10

Leave Of Absence

2009-07-13T20:34:00.000-07:00

second day of being quarantined and the last. it is actually quite fun to be quarantined, as you can do your own things at home without anyone saying anything, it is really nice. anyway, i am not sick ok, just so happen that i sit behind the affected person. i do not blame the affected person, but would like to thank him instead for letting me have 2 extra days of rest. i spent my time studying maths, as there is a test.

tomorrow, 15/07/09, will be the day that bukit batok secondary school will host its sister school, Wenhui middle school, and one of the students will be staying in my house for 3 nights, really looking forward to it!!!

2009-07-09T03:13:00.000-07:00

this is my new blog, just started and hopefully i would remember the password. this time i set very easy, so i won't forget.

i finally know how to make blogskin, link people, add in my ownstuff. yay!