XLIII

ok from now on i'll post according to number, in this case roman numerals. and it'll all be in black. unless otherwise.

as per request (or demand =D) you know who you are.

basically life is uber mundane. open eyes, laptop, lunch, tv, laptop, dinner, laptop, sleep.
its drying my eyes out -.-
at least i've made my new model airplane, a Mitsubishi Zero-Sen A6M5c, complete with drop-tanks and rockets =)) very cool. now stands proudly alongside my Messerschmitt Bf-109E and Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Va. all that remains is my Vought F4U-1 Corsair (check wikipedia if you wanna know what the items in red are. heee)

see. now you know what my hobby-for-dry-eyes time is...

just yesterday i went to sakae (again) with tb, larry, alvin and weizhen. and i ate lunch (again). went to the arcade later. played initial-D. liked it, so played it (again) and (again)...
well thats my yesterday. don't complain.
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ADVICE FOR SYF AUDITIONING (copy and paste if you wish)

Especially for those new to this sort of thing, heres some personal advice:

• DO NOT PANIC: yes, it sounds cliched and obvious, but then again, with about a hundred pairs of yes staring at you and your group, it becomes all too easy to get jelly-knees. And that fear can arouse the suspicion that you aren't prepared.
• PREPARE: while the other groups sing prior to your turn, listen intently and make sure any mistake that may be made will not be repeated by you. Look at your scores and look out for error-prone parts. Once your turn comes, the practice you've done weeks prior, as well as pre-auditing prep will come in handy.
• LOOK at the conductor and only the conductor while you sing: no referrals to scores or looking around--this will help you allay the 1st issue of panic.
• DON'T FOLLOW the other people in your group, especially if you realise their beating, tune, key etc. is wrong. Follow what you know is right--listen to yourself.
• CONTINUE even if you've made a mistake earlier: stopping implies that you lack confidence in your own ability and preparedness, and will also lead to the issue of panic.
• BE SERIOUS and take it as though you are performing; nothing is worse than fooling about the audition, as it determines whether you make the team, and will NOT be taken lightly.

This is based on my personal experience, and the fact that my brother is also to take part in this audition. Feel free to clarify with me any of the above issues.

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thanks. updated!

cheerio!~

Singapore Poly! =DD

yes! i'm in sp's banking and financial services course!

6.53AM
MOE: TAN JING HAN, you're posted to S'PORE POLY, BANKING AND FINANCIAL SERVICES (S76) under 2009 JAE.

:DDDDD

turns out lotsa pple aren't happy with what they saw, so they're gonna appeal...
3 days to JC report, 2 mths 2 wks to poly.

cheerio!~

~wheeeee...!~

Rewind...~

to all readers...
haha sorry wasn't able to update all too often.

and as a result i missed many many things....

so (in this glorious, prosperous red) i shall rewind at least 12 days into a piece of my history...~

15/16/17 Jan
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4D class chalet!~
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kay i shall go through this in a little detail. please bare with me...

15 Jan.

went with tuanboon and zibin to joel's hse to help haul some items to the costa sands chalet.
i shall not bore you with any more details.
later, mengxin, lydia, and erika arrived with assorted items.
in the end, we had to all squeeze into joel's dad's 5-seater (which was by the way pretty large)
to location.
pple began streaming in thereafter...
we rented bikes. and i paid for all 7 bikes. zibin still owes me $60.

emo-ed after losing in mahjong too many times, and so went to cycle round the carpark for 1 hour half (which i later regretted).
yinghong learns to ride a bike.

ms kwek came by and ate abit from the BBQ. she left quietly.
and yadda yadda yadda till midnight...

16 Jan

dammit. couldn't stay awake long enough. by 4am (after lotsa cycling) i was virtually a zombie.
slept upstairs where the air was cold. i was freezing when i woke up at 7. i went downstairs to sleep more. till noon in fact.

had lunch with tb, zb, daryl, and pris (who we sent off later). and basically slacked our time off in the chalet all aft. later 25 of us had dinner out @ JustAcia, but the guys, cash-strapped, decided to sneak off to KFC for dinner. much cheaper, they say.

moses brought his ps2 to the chalet. so played and played and played. later watched death note on laptops, and bitched and gossiped at pasir ris park @ 2am.

returned to chalet and played 'polar-bear'. rules are simple:

1) 2 pple are assigned 'polar bears'. 1 as 'hunter' and the rest as 'civilians'
2) polar bears 'kill' someone, and the hunter must convince, without exposing him/herself, that whoever are the polar bears are the polar bears.
3)game continues until: a] all civilians die;
b] hunter dies; or
c] polar bears die.
4) everyone is involved in the discussion. more of a game of psychology.

and i'm the dumbest hunter you can EVER hire.

17 Jan

this time managed to stay up all morning. and we actually had BBQ @ 4am! went in to cam whore till 6.30. almost everyone slept.

9am. simple: pack up and leave. had brunch with shirong and yinghong at noon.


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MISCELLANEOUS!~
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19 Jan

was @ daryl's hse swimming. and i forgot (conveniently) to update (check 19 Jan post.)


20 Jan

went to see the choir with tb, erika, mindy, yuling, and yuenching. OMG bass what's happened to you TT did eugene really hv to do that?

anw, later had a long chat with ms thong. and it resulted us getting treated by her to mac! =] so cool...


21 Jan

went with tb, yinghong and shi rong to bugis street. after hours of hopeless, mindless browsing
finally got the item i want: a really cool watch =DDD
later they came to my place to watch random stuff and chat random stuff. that's all.

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MOVIE+DINNER (4D '08)!~
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22 Jan

went to orchard cineleisure with most of the class to watch 'changeling'. any movie reviews pls redirect to moses's blog ( http://hellobeautifulday.wordpress.com ).

had dinner later at some jap restaurant. serving was hearty, but i couldn't help myself in getting more. the desserts rock! :D

went back to tampines mac to chat with moses, sakshi, erika and tb b4 going home. a great day.

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MISCELLANEOUS (II)!~
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23 Jan

blah. my brother forgot to bring his choir scores so i had to bring it to school for him. and thus, i was late for badminton that aft. and my dad kept pestering me to get home to do hse cleaning. and got scolded. not really a good day x(

24-26 Jan

not good days either. is it me, or is everyone getting angry and unreasonable with every move i take. i'm an emo anti-social...and my dad passed the chance to allow us to play @ someone else's hse cos the adults were chatting until late. too late. arrrgggh! >< #$!#$*(...

NOT A GOOD WAY TO START THE YEAR OF THE OX... :((((

ok. updated. at last. photos below (chalet)


the chalet @ costa sands (pasir ris)


two-storied chalet


moses's assorted ps2 games. yay=]


the reason i emo-ed (mah-jong)


the 4am BBQ. joel is an excellent cook.


the bikes we rented...


yumyums~


yiliang, the apprentice cook ><


yiliang, the guy with the bad hair day x)


'zilian' moses (I)


'zilian' moses (II)


oliver's 'sleeper cell' :x




moses t., detail


haiz...~


moses(again), our hero biker >< ><


moses leads the way...again...


shirong and his bike


mmmmm...~ =DD


simply put:me =]


who i was looking at (he preaches! xD)


cheerio~
~why does this happen to me?!~

HAPPY CNY!!!

happy prosperous 'niu' year (of moo if you wish to put it that way...)

hope all will get the ang pows they deserve! :))))
will post about previous 10 days within the hour!

cheerio!~

~seeya~

procrastination

now wad did i say abt procrastination, huh?

anyway, just witnessed barack h. obama being sworn in as the 44th president of the united states of america. truely awe-inspiring, the man. captivating the whole world. me included.

will post again soon! somehow, sometime...
cheerio!~

~yes, we can. way to go prez!~

later!

i'll blog about chalet later!

out to swim at daryl's house now!!!
also to start learning japanese!!! woo!!

ciao~

~procrastination? what procrastination?~

GCE O level

wow i'm like blogging so late now...oh well.

12/01
my eyelids were twitching when i woke up. typically not surprised, since my dad 'jokingly' told me "either i congratulate you or bash your head in". NOT A JOKE.

well, went to school to catch up with friends and tchers. ms kwek gave each DnT student a DVD and a book that sorta personifies the person receiving it. that goes to xianda as well (he got a 'toilets of the world' book LOL)

well here are the results:

ENGLISH : A2 (arrggh! fell short)
A MATHS : A1
E MATHS : A1
COM.SCI : A1
COM.HUM:C6 (well i was surprised that i did so bad...)
DnT :A1
CHINESE :C6 (expected)

L1R4=06
L1R5=12 (i have com humans to thank...TT)

well anyways my camera screwed up here, so sorry ><

later on had sakae sushi @ century square. and we were there for 2.5 hours. imagine that...
i ate myself silly, up to the point where when i saw pictures of food, i feel like puking LOL.

later tb, moses, daryl, hanwen, alvin, yinghong and i went to safra to bowl ^^
i sucked big time. whenever i tried to amend my spin error by twisting my wrist another way, the ball would end up going to the other gutter *sobs*

oh well. won't cry over gutter balls.

after 2 games went to play foosball. i sponsored $1 for us to play ^^
lastly played pool with em. i lost to hanwen..................
well will post the pictures of our time @ safra below once the pics are ready (they're with tb)

now busy with application to JAE. i do wish i get into my 1st two choices~
had to do meticulous research for the whole day *sighs*...

ok will slp now...
cheerios!~

~haven't i reason to celebrate?~

24 hours~

woo 24 hours to go. good luck 2008 O-level takers~

~i can. i will~

countdown-.-

the clock is ticking...less than 47hours to go.

i know i can make it. i know i can.
i have before and i can repeat it again.
i can. i will.

i dare say, in times like these you really have to believe in yourself.
i have.
time will lift its reclusive veil and light the path of our future.
lets make it as sunny and positive as possible.

no more monday blues for me.

banking and financial services, here i come!
all the best this yr sec 4s! you can do it.

cheerios!~
~one life. live it.~

lyrics for a day I

ok i'm gonna start this new weekly item called 'lyrics for a day'.
each week i'll post lyrics of 2 famous, well-loved songs of any random time period.
hope this will last for awhile...ok

this week: only you
sealed with a kiss

ONLY YOU
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the platters
1955

only you
can make this world seem right
only you
can make the darkness bright
only you and you alone
can thrill me like you do
and fill my heart with love for only you

only you
can make this change in me
for its true
you are my destiny
when you hold my hand
i understand
the magic that you do
you're my dream come true
my one and only you

only you
can make this change in me
for its true
you are my destiny
when you hold my hand
i understand
the magic that you do
you're my dream come true
my one and only you
(one and only you...)

SEALED WITH A KISS
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as sung by brian hyland
lyrics by peter udell/gary geld
1962

though we gotta say goodbye
for the summer
darling i promise you this:
i'll send you all my love everyday
in a letter
sealed with a kiss

guess its gonna be a cold
lonely summer
but i'll fill the emptiness
i'll send you all my dreams everyday
in a letter
sealed with a kiss

i'll see you in the sunlight
i'll hear your voice everywhere
i'll run to tenderly hold you
but darling
you won't be there!

i don't wanna say goodbye
for the summer
knowing the love we'll miss
oh let us make a pledge
to meet in september
and seal it with a kiss

guess its gonna be a cold
lonely summer
but i'll fill the emptiness
i'll send you all my love everyday
in a letter
sealed with a kiss
sealed with a kiss
sealed with a kiss
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ok its done. i'll be much nicer if there were the soundtrack...
oh well, 1st series done.

and i'll take much photos nxt monday! LOL
cheerios!
~do you like the things that life is showing you~

--no title--

ok big news...~
SEAB confirmation--O level results out on 12 Jan, Monday, 2pm.

its big, and its pretty humbling--its my future. gosh...gd luck pple...
TARGET L1R4: 7
L1R5:11
and i find this very reasonable. LOL

ok anyway today helped my uncle with errands at somerset. went to repaint the offices and clear up e messes. and i am very tired. i went for dinner later on, and so ya i am home.

theres so many things going on nxt week--ok maybe not tt many:

mon: o lvl results + celebration?
thurs-sat: 4D 08' chalet @ costa sands

so ya i updated ok? cheerios~
~time is SERIOUSLY flying~

NEW YEAR!!

1st post of 2009...
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

woo~my m&s contract already ended, and the temps and some full-timers began cam-whoring. haha fir and your ninja style LMAO. dun worry will visit wheelock soon enough =]

well later went to bryan's place for his annual countdown party. reached there @ 1145pm, just in time. so many pple were there. at least 20. or 25. and all were there to witness the new year come into power...we sang a few songs later on, but of course singing eventually gave way to screaming, and i practically lost my voice. thereafter were the movies.

firstly, death race. no wonder its nc16. its details on death is pretty focused, up to how a head exploded on impact with another death vehicle, and all in all a pretty cool movie.
next, the maid. horror movies are so not my cup of tea, so i skipped this one completely.
thn, get smart. uber funny spy movie. watch it to believe it. seriously.

i later overslept......thn watched some andrea borcelli on tv. finally took 28 home later on, tyo where i am nw.

so yeah tt's it. wishing all the best in this new year.
cheerio!~

~keepin' the dream alive~