Singapore Grand Prix 2008

dunno if i can do this...but here comes...

the exclusive cover for the tix...cool huh?

the 3-day pass...very sleek cards

racing car. red bull, i think. LOUD.

pretty nice pic by following the car as it made the turn. dunno who the driver is though.

same car, different lap. this turn does make the best pictures.

this is the best grand prix i've ever seen, albeit the fact that it's the 1st i've seen and that it's raced locally, so i'm proud of it. my love for fast cars rekindled...

earplugs worked a hell lot, but if it gets loose, watch out! (or listen out!)

the BMW and Carrera support races were cool too...1st time anyone dared speed on singapore roads and not get a speed tix for it. hah.

well this is my last post for the nxt 40 days or so, dun want to procrastinate any longer.

watch this space!

toodles...

--defying someone with willpower is akin to defying the laws of physics--

more changes

drat.

this just in.

6.2 Without limiting any action available to SGPPL, it is a condition of sale that all Ticket Holders acknowledge and accept that it is a condition of entry to the Race that:
(a)
a person cannot make or reproduce or use any film or other form of moving picture, still pictures, photographs or any sound recording or any of them ("Footage") of the Race or any part of it for profit, gain, public advertisement, display or for any other purpose except for the private enjoyment of the person making the Footage, without the consent of FOM and / or FOA; and
(b)
if a person makes or reproduces or uses such Footage of the Race or any part of it with or without the consent of FOA and/or FOM, that person shall on request by FOA and/or FOM, assign in writing, all copyright and all intellectual property in the Footage to either FOM and / or FOA or their assignees.

therefore no pics...sry...
dratdratdrat...

that can't be helped, so nvm.
need 2 sleep now. goodnight.

-- defying someone with willpower is akin to defying the laws of physics --

changes

ok i'm gonna change this blogskin real soon...

the pinkish font is so gay...
being a true blue MALE i'm gonna make some changes...after the Os...
dun wanna be mistaken as a girl or something

ITS TERRIBLE.

but never mind, all this will go soon enough...haha
gtg now

toodles...

-- defying someone with willpower is akin to defying the laws of physics --

Paint My Love --excerpt

Paint My Love*
-michael learns to rock-

from my youngest years
till this moment here
i've never seen
such a lovely queen

from the skies above
to the deepest love
i've never felt
crazy like this before

chorus:

paint my love
you should paint my love
it's the picture of a thousand sunsets
it's the freedom of a thousand doves
baby you should paint my love

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this is just an excerpt of this amazing song

my parents fell in love with this song some 10 years ago
and now its attracting a whole new generation...me incl.

that's how great songs go--timeless. everlasting. ever resonating.
if you can get yours hands on it, do so. it'll be worth your while--although i don't have one myself...
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the world is beautiful. enjoy it while it lasts.
until then, its just another day.

toodles...

*i haven't fully grasped the lyrics, so i apologise if there're any lyrical errors. sorry.
this song still rocks, 10 years and counting.

-- defying someone with willpower is akin to defying the laws of physics --

jogging hurts

today was jogging day

i had to wake up very early, sleeping only 5 hours (i hit the sack @ 0040), so when i overslept, i had no surprises. all i needed to do was to shower, change, and do some preliminary warm ups. minor slip-ups still occur, and i arrived @ 0715, 15 mins late.

yh and sam were there already, waiting on me. qns abt where to place our valuables appeared, and in the end i had to lug everything with me. drat. that settled, we began running.

now i REALLY began feeling lyk an old man, with feet shuffling and heavy breathing. phew. 1st couple of rounds were ok. was able to stay ahead most of the way, till sam took me over frm 150m behind (how'd he do tt? its phenomenal) and i began trailing. 3rd round my engine began dying-2.1 km. @ the fitness corner i decided to call it quits when yinghong beckoned me to carry on. i did, and he gave me sound advice.

'dun stomp your feet on the ground all the time, you lose energy, tt's why u cannot run'

that's what friends are for-be it ex(ercise) or ex(ams), they push you all the way.

4th round my engine quit. 2.8km endurance. decent. yh continued running. so did sam. 18 mins-not too good. yh did 5 rounds; sam did 7. we were exhausted. my weak circulatory system made me light-headed, and sam barfed. oh wells-we weren't in top shape. thn we chat. no interesting details for that hour.

thn we ate. nothing interesting abt that either.

now my legs hurt-they're stiff.i haven't ran since cross country, so yeah. it hurts. will try jogging with frens more often. try to find more time during study leave. all the best...

just had a malay dinner. man it was good-beef kebab, briyani, roti john...dad says its to appreciate other culture's food. glad we do...haha

well that's it. back to school tmr! :0
toodles...

--defying someone with willpower is akin to defying the laws of physics--

28 days more

well, the timer tells all...with the final month leaking away, i could not be more tense. haiz, mugging is priority...priority is mugging. at last, some exercise in all this mugger mayhem: tmr i am going out with yh, sam and i dunno who else for some morning jog-something lyk a rare commodity now...hah.

well at least i take back my words-back to 0750 mornings again...thk you so very much-can't allow a few latecomers to affect the entire lvl...

well, for whoever taking the Os, good luck once again, for this is the only chance to win some satisfaction...28 days more...! :)

toodles...

--defying someone with willpower is akin to defying the laws of physics--

bombed-out week :-0

school can be harsh on you....
its like taking a deep breath before a dive-the silence before the storm.
well this week is like any other boring week.
WORK WORK WORK.
yes life can be tedious, and immensely mind-numbing. i don't expect any changes...
and now, NO MORE 7:50 AM. WOW. why the sudden change in mood? night classes till 7-9 every night, and because of some pinpricks who come late you push it down on all of us?

this sounds like a rant now. maybe it is.

study leave's coming in 2 weeks, night lessons incl. phew.
well that's it for the week...haha.

ps. on the F1 grand prix thing, i think i am going. whoopee. if i do, i'll promise some pics, and tt's it...
toodles...

it's official

well, you've read it.

IT'S OFFICIAL.

this blog will periodically halt as of Oct 1st, due to the big big exams i'm taking (dun tell me you dun know), and i know i shd stop procratinating and such, but i'll try to keep this up till thn, however sporadic, shd anything interesting crop up.

well maybe my last big thing before then could be the F1 night race 'bout two weeks frm now. my dad bought grandstand tickets on the night itself, and i honestly don't know if i'll be able to go and perhaps get a few great shots for this blog. if this is otherwise, sorry folks, i'm in no power to make such decisions...so yup tt's abt it.

today
should i even talk about it? i'm really in tatters over this but, oh well. lets just say it involved alot of papers. absolutely boring day @ school. glad i am that such days are now numbered. till thn, its mugging down to the last paper...

even my physical well-being has taken two steps back, reeling in shock as the stress mounts. i'm growing in girth, my wrists ache once in a while, and i am beginning to have slight back and neck/shoulder problems. oh well-maybe i'm getting closer to feeling what a beer-belied, 40-yr-old is like (not that i want to be one-i'm still young!)-but this is all for my future:what more could be @ stake right nw? it'll be all worth it once it's over...

as such, i've made a few resolutions post-Os:

1. to be fit once more, so that i may prepare for ns in 3 yrs time;
2. find a job sometime in december( no point lazing all day @ home);
3. perhaps start reading more books; and...
4. GOOF!

well, that's it for now-will report on whether i can go for the F1 races.

toodles...

weariness kills

well it just happened that i am extremely tired coz of all the work i've been doing today...hmm lets see...

2 chemistry papers...
1 a math paper
2 compo pieces...

ALL IN 7 HOURS...!!!
when will the nightmare end???

sorry i simply wanted to get this off my chest...the LARGEST amount of homework i had to do in one day...EVER.

but other thn that, IT WAS FINE. swollen eyes in the morning, but nothing more. hope i can survive the last 5 weeks to the Os...at least when you've frens, it doesn't hurt as much, coz they are squirming and rolling on the ground lyk i am...

trying to get the most out of my sleep nw, coz WEARINESS KILLS. honestly.

well, good nite world-new day new paper(sss)...
toodles...

study session...

well, maybe i didn't see it coming. tuan boon, zibin, sam, pris and i were free from the arduous 4 hrs tt was to be the e math "nite" lesson, and so during lunch we debated on where we shd study...sch was taken, so we had plans to do so @ a void deck. too cramped they said. too cramped. thn, something popped in my head.

"there's no-one home this aft, so..." i began, and sam quickly caught on my brainwave.

1/2 hour later, i was home to a scene where a tornado seemingly struck: shoes scattered, clothes strewn and items cluttering the table. i cleared as quickly as i could, whlist they took a break watching some television.

1515hrs. TV off, table aet, we began work. i will not even begin to describe this part, but lets just say it involved a fair bit of discussion. that's it. end of chapter.

pris came fairly late @ 1630hrs, but managed to get to work nonetheless. some punch and snacks helped us along, and a joke cracked once in a while help soothe the tension. esp. tuanboon. haha. sam would thn leave @ 1700hrs due to tuition, but oh wells. there were still 4 of us.

1735hrs. i suggested that i maybe cook for em. perhaps it was ridiculous. i sweated 20 minutes doing it. but i believe it was all worth it. spegetthi, with saussies, bacon and scrambled eggs, mixed together into a nameless jumbo. maybe i shd name it. hmm...

well, they tried it. it was a little salty, i admit, and the noodles were not sufficiently thawed, but they liked it nonetheless, which was encouraging, given the fact that i flunked my home econ cooking practical 2 yrs back with tasteless chicken rice and soup tt tasted like crap. maybe i shd improve on this new-found dish. i may not grow up to be a renowned chef, or a chef at all, but i hope it can somehow be something unique. always.

after chatting a little while they packed up and left. what a pity, i thought, sam left early...oh wells. when i improve, perhaps he could get the better version? haha. study with a quick meal?

ok...this is all the time i have now. hope i can write more soon...
toodles...

42.5 days more...

today was really uneventful really...did a little of papers and am now having the rest of the day to myself...siblings out for fencing competition and such, so pretty uneventful...

well tmr is back to school, so sayonara to holidays (if it was), and bonjour to the new, and last, school term. to those O lvl students who think the national exams are a lifetime away, please scroll down to my countdown timer @ the bottom of this page to remind yourself how pitifully short of time you are, and thus make it enough of a reason and a motivation to take that practice paper more seriously.

and to my friends taking this monumental hurdle in their stride, GD LUCK!!! 7 weeks more of painful, brain-swelling torture and we become ordinary teens again...

oh well, good day :)

Race to the Os

44 days to go. that's what i tell my self. just like a beijing olympics. 100 days seemed so far away. now, 13 days have gone since the closing ceremony. how time flies. how 50 days are gonna conclude. very quickly, i hope. quick and painless. O level exams is just another ordinary everyday ordeal, i tell myself. phat.this is the ONE exam which will determine my future-whether it will skyrocket it or undermine it. oh wells. 2 papers a day won't hurt now, would it? or 3?

today's quiet. all is well. 2 papers finished, another one coming. that's how it is. practice, practice, practice. just for 20 oct-12 nov, i will fight for my life, my future. it all grinds down to this. and i shall walk out of the exam hall, no regrets, no worries. for my life depends on it.

hahas. and i shall play lyk mad once this is over. a 5-year-old i will become. 8 mths have gone, so what is 2 mths gonna be?

zibin, wanna see you cut ur fringe!!! (sry but i really do)

hope i'll write soon, lyk i said, blog may be in hiatus till an unconfirmed later date.
toodles...

The day isn't complete without...

who had ever wished that these were all but fleeting dreams?
who had ever dreamed that the days would just...fly by?
heck, how i did, how i grieved,
as the sands of time began to run dry...

man, that was how i felt yesterday...too soon, just too soon...hey, the food was great, and all we did was to get our bellies bloated, and the coke wasn't making the situation any better. all yiliang did was to play basketball and puke doing it. actually, its was pretty quiet the entire time while the entire group sat around ms kwek and listened to her struggles all these years...shortage of manpower, troublesome syllabuses and students...and the list goes on.

9:20PM. is "lau sai" the best answer we could give? couldn't we find a better way to conseal the real purpose of the party-to celebrate (very early) her birthday while we still could? anyway, it worked. hahah.

the cake was huge. nobody could have finished it. ashley cutting it into 32 slices wasn't helping either. but heck, it tasted good. but best of all, the present. she said the best present is our pictures and writings, and guess what? that's exactly what we gave. 2 years of wonderful memory condensed into a little album as a little keepsake. and the blanks? that's her story.

and to top the day off, we foolishly went to do something we had earlier detested-basketball. 2 minutes of running and jumping and i ended up camping. catch, hoop, score, and that's all to it. more people puked-and laughter really killed us then. ow...

well, i m not a guy of pictures, so words are as far as i go...and 11:15PM was as late as we could get. well, that's all for now, i m sorta lazy...see you around...

ERRATA: ms kwek's birthday is only nxt mth, so any birthday wishes can still count...sorry misinformation can really go a long way...

NOTE: blog may be in hiatus until november 1st, so any irregularities...well...its too bad. SORRY!

I'M BACCK!!!

YES!!! After THREE days of static, ITS BACK!!! Sry, but i'm itching to write right now, but later i have to go for ms kwek's bdae party!!! HAPPY B'DAE MS KWEK!!!

although the 4 years @ dmn has been swift as err...swift, there will always be a precious memory of all the teachers whom have taught us there...heres a poem which hopefully would echo a time past too soon...

IN DEDICATION:
many years have come, and come to past,
and yet memories are hardly overcast,
as we just reel back in absolute shock,
while the days seem to just run amock.
through days, weeks, months and years,
through the hard work, exams, laughs and tears,
there will always be someone to fall back to
while days are bright, or dark and cruel,
to laugh with us when spirits are high,
or lend a shoulder to those whom may cry.

and now as we run towards this ultimate goal,
believe me, it isn't just some simple stroll,
the teachers will always be around,
to look after us when we are down,
thus pushing us all the further down,
saying "look, this is really the final round"
soon as the dust settles, and calm has come,
the dreadful parting-the time has come.
yet lets not be sad, as the chapter ends,
coz' we'll still remember you-the teachers-as friends.

happy belated t'chers day! :)

drat i m late, see you around!