The cause

When you saw the title, did thoughts on salvation and hope by determined and willed Samaritans ring into your mind?
I am sorry, but I have to wash that splendid dream off.

I am referring to being the doom bringer, crisis impetus exemplified by ungrateful idiots.
It really sucks to be the sole cause for most of every problem inflicted upon one's loved ones. Be it innocently or accidentally, the bare fact is that one is the root of the problem tree

This time it is even worst, the problem tree grows bigger, and meaner
And you have no way to stop the problem tree from stopping growing - it just wont shrink, in fact, you do not know
how to really prevent it from developing further

You really want to be provided an axe to chop this damned wood down
But of course, this damned tree is too big to handle, too tough, it has probably even desensitized or inundated the affected individual

What will you do?

Untitled (on purpose)

its 4.02 pm and I am sitting here in my school com lab typing this
staring out of the window, i just face 2 blank white walls
well, the walls are initially harmless, but behind these 2 walls lies the LT3, where practically all my bio lectures are held

it suddenly dawned on me that this is the 2nd last day I will be touching my A level curriculum again - there will be nothing but constant revision
it suddenly came to my shocked realisation that tutorials in JC will be non-existent after tomorrow

wow, it just seemed that I just got pushed out of a classroom and never allowed to return.
And I am quite scared. Really.
From now on, my life is practically going to be my life, the way I "want it to be". No more rigid schedules to follow, no more complaining of lack of breaks, no more waking up at 5.45am...
But what replace it is quite horrifying to many, including me: the misdirection of direction
There are just so many things to do, but there is currently no pre-set order where we must do.
There is no deadlines to follow: no homework - teachers will not really be hounding you, but this just removes the very key pusher of doing homework

Shit, procrastination and other evils like sloth seem to be waiting for this very moment
I need my sword and shields up, in the form of my pen and paper
I need determination, in the form of that gleaming results slip

Everyone, its time to really realise what it means to be "free"

New handphone

:D haha my handphone contract has apparently expired, and of course the only way is to recontract, because my father sees no other reason to get a line that has free incoming :(

apparently my plan allows for a free phone upgrade every recontract, so I got a Sony Ericsson W508! :O wooo! well it is nice, and nicer compared to my old phone.. but nonetheless, I will still use the same features.

but the only problem is the darn phone is damn big, its width is almost as wide as the distance from my fingers to the wrist! damnit, so hard to press the buttons with 1 hand la.. gg, gone are the days of sms-ing under the table >.<

haha, no worries people! number no change :) I hope that means that my existing number still stays in your head =X

Jason Mraz

Jason Mraz is damn 强 lol. haha was listening to his songs again >.<
Oh man, what talent!
and he's funny and a good talker, fine additions to an entertainer's arsenal

And the youtube singer I have been following for quite some time has apparently signed on a contract! good job! wow, imagine getting your job through youtube?
mmm

lolx, everyone should just go to this

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=59296186201

seriously =)

National Day

Oh well, I watched it
and funnily, I felt immense pride surging within my veins
No, there's no sarcasm, just the real feeling of patriotism

Yes, our performances are not as well choreographed as the performances during the Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony
Yes, our floating platform can only accomodate a pea size of what the Bird Nest stadium can
Yes, our music may not be as popular or "cool" or "hip" as our commercial songs - hey we even used some of the songs into our show!
Yes, the staged military demonstrations are a far cry from what reality is

But, you can't help but swell with dignity when you watch the various selected clips of the speeches made by our 3 past Prime Minister, especially MM Lee's one - "Dont fear, 10 years from now, this will be a metropolis", I need not say anymore.

I particularly liked the segment where they briefly recounted Singapore's history from the 1970s to 2000s via music performances, as the various songs selected from each decade are in fact well-known and popularised. It was something my parents could connect to, and me as well.
I also liked the one where Michelle Chong and Vernetta Lopez were performing ( I think its the same Act lol )

There were several "new"s in this show:
1. Military demonstrations of the Navy, Air Force? and Army
2. We have a big giant screen to act as a TV
3. Much more famous personalities in the show
4. Incorporation of other commercial music and much more music remixes of the Singapore songs (which I do not like)
and more...

But somehow, this year's NDP made me connect to Singapore
I don't know why, I stood up and said the pledge at 8.22PM
I don't know why, I watched the entire NDP without deciding to play Mousehunt or do my homework
I don't know why, I sang some of the songs they were playing (to my dismay cuz the remixes made me sing wrongly :( )
I don't know why, i just know I will be staying here in the future

I read somewhere that no one can teach a man to be patriotic or feel for the country
These National Education and Parades and stuff are merely tools to get people inspired, but not feel
The feeling will somehow come naturally
I think it just did, maybe we just need to grow older and finally realise, that Singapore is indeed a very good and blessed country, no matter how shitty other people (even Singaporeans) have made it out to be

Indonesia's ex-president Habibie once referred Singapore as "the little red dot". Well, we apparently took it in our stride this national day, and showed that size doesn't matter :)

study damnit

damnit kevin seng
can you f**king start studying!

doesn't mean you did "well" for your Blocks and you can slack
everyone else is studying damn hard and you, still goofing away

why think about prom when its freaking after As
why think about getting medicine when your bio isn't A and GP isn't A yet

what the shit
don't be a complacent ass
damnit

Was reading online about indie bands when I bumped into Keane, and found out that many of those familiar great songs were in fact played and sung by them.
Wow went to check them up on youtube and I was right!

The powers of Wikipedia and Youtube =)

anyway I think this is quite cool

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5DmYz0B32Q&feature=PlayList&p=F3EB8CCA08514215&index=70&playnext=2&playnext_from=PL

EMBed is disabled =( so you might have to copy that onto your address bar :)

Just for laughs

Was watching the hilarious show during dinner just now
I just can't seem to stop laughing at the funny albeit stupid pranks/jokes that they make onto hapless poor innocent people
You name it, they've done it
I can't help but be in awe of their boundless creativity .. and of course a dash of liberalism
They can really pull off a good act that leave many people fooled, even though the green little devil mascot is a household icon

Of course I must admit some of the gags do get repetitive, but nonetheless it is still endless hours of amusement

Humour can be such a wonderful, uplifting thing, why shouldn't we have more of it then?
I won't go into the scientific details on why humour is good, but basically the chemicals that are released when you laugh are supposedly beneficial to our health

Let's laugh :)

Raising Standards

My parents are watching Transformers 2 : Revenge of the Fallen
(as usual, my father bought another version - ended up getting crap quality... lol but oh well.. what do you expect with a couple of dollars? Haha I am not hinting anything ;) )

Watched snippets of that uber cool show
seriously, second time and I am still dumbstruck by the superb 3d graphics and animation..
which leads me to this post

Do you realise our standards for graphics have skyrocketed in the past few years. With the introduction of CG-technology into films in the beginning of the 21st Century, we have seen an increasing number of films utilising such graphics and stretching the limits of computer animation. Every new blockbuster show will certainly emphasise on the new technological barriers broken during the production of the film - Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings and recently Transformers, not to mention all your new horror flicks powered by your dear animators.
*oh man the robot morphling is so darn cool and sleek*
*oh gawd look at the freaking gazillion armies of Mordor*
*wow cool spells and effects*

But do you realise that with each new show, our expectations are pushed further and further? Like now we expect alot of computer graphics in our shows, and that the animation should be on epic proportions. Oh well, but then again, should we lower our standards? I don't think so :) besides we are paying a hefty $6 to watch in the cinema.

Think about this, and link this to our life.
Our parents keep saying how lucky our lives are these days, with a relatively high standard of living and ... yea you know what we mean.. but we keep putting them down, saying how life sucks and school is boring and bla bla bla (put rant here)
So should we stop our ranting, because we are technically "supposed to be glad of the increased comforts in our lifes"?
Or treat life like how we treat each movie before we watch it - supposed to be better and better each day...