A Crescendo.

5 Reasons why Batman > x10000 Superman

2010-01-25T21:06:00.004+08:00

1) Batman has brains, money and a laboratory. Superman has laser eyes, frost breath, ability to fly, super-strength, x-ray vision, super-speed....and *drumrolls* invulnerability.

2) Batman's archenemy is the Joker, who is 10000 times cooler than Lex Luthor, who is like a bald and more retarded version of Iron Man.

3) "The Dark Knight" was more successful than "Superman Returns"

4) Batman actually has to work out, not like Superman who has a 6 pack the day he was born.

5) Batmobile.

Knock Knock Knockin' on Heaven's Door.

2010-01-20T23:10:00.005+08:00

I have forgotten that i had a blog, yet again. -_-

Our unofficial start of year 2 has been nothing but misery and torment, for my course at least. We have been bombarded with tutorials, assignments, ICAs and tests. And i know absolutely NOTHING about MS Access, something i'm gonna be tested on. To add insult to injury, our exams are about a month away.

Crap.

I remember when i first entered poly. I was like, "YAY i'm in poly~". Those days are long gone. ;(

ONOW CIP, which is really a waste of time.

No time for doubt

2010-01-09T00:25:00.002+08:00

First week of school has passed, and i have gotten back all of my results. Can't say i'm jumping for joy or anything similar but....

Building Services : 63
Elementary Construction Technology : 62
Tort Law : 79%

Not happy with a single one of them, even Law. NO! Especially Law. I expected a 85 at least, and now i get owned like a dog by classmates left and right with 80s.

:(

:(

:(

Boss's Milo is the sweetest.

2009-12-31T19:21:00.003+08:00

I DID NOT CHOOSE THE CUP.

So, is smoking bad?

2009-12-29T19:23:00.003+08:00

I have long since insisted that smoking is bad (and expensive). But a few smokers i know of don't seem to mind the prospect of Lung Cancer. I've embarked on a quest to find out their reasons for smoking and here are the results of my research.

"We're all going to die anyway, and when we die is decided by fate. Some people smoke to age 90 years and still live!" - Smoker A

Smoker A insists that our fate is sealed the moment we are born, and all of us have a date whereby we are destined to pass away. I can't help but DISagree. An example, i'm not fated to die today, but i run down the road and slam myself into the nearest bus. My date of death would have been changed.

"People who smoke actually die later, as we are not breathing in 2nd hand smoke. 2nd hand smokers will die sooner!"

Smoker B is inconsiderate, but truer words were never spoken. In a country like Singapore, it's kill or be killed. Unless the people you are killing are your family members. :/

My stand on smoking has not changed. Smoking is bad.|

And also, R.I.P - Rev. One of the best drummers in the world. I shall go A7X tomorrow to honor him.

Telemarketing is lol.

2009-12-24T21:18:00.002+08:00

Ok so the first week of my telemarking job has ended, much to my dismay. Because my pay has been significantly lowered, from $500 to around $300. Why must Christmas EVE and New Year EVE be holidays as well... :/

Now, my job involves calling companies and verifying and obtaining information from them. I've recently found out that getting E-mails of company mangers is really hard. There are some instances in which my calls ended up in major failure, and hilarity ensues. Here is a short excerpt from my most retarded call.

Lying is harder than it looks

Me : Hello, i'm calling from *CENSORED*, and i was just looking to verify some basic details of your company with you, if that's alright.
Fag : Err.. ok but make it fast.
Me : Alright sir, may i have the address of your company?
Fag : Oh, i'm on the road now, bye. *Hangs up*

(I F***ING CALLED HIS OFFICE NUMBER!)

I totally forgot that i had a blog.

2009-12-20T12:02:00.004+08:00

In the longass time that i didn't blog, MANY MANY things have happened.

In no particular order...

1) Tiger Woods got a mistress.
2) L4D2 has debuted, although i hear it plays just like L4D1.
3) MSTs are over, although i still have fricking DND homework to do.
4) My PSP has been revived.
5) I got a job.
6) ...and some other unimportant crap that i don't care about.

I promise i will forget about this blog less in the future, so there.

2009-11-22T09:57:00.002+08:00

Life is fickle, cherish the ones around you, before it's too late

Saw VI

2009-11-10T23:07:00.004+08:00

Yes yes, i'm about a week late, but Saw VI has arrived in local cinemas. I wish to watch it in a cineman but THANKS TO MOVIE RATING SYSTEMS, i have to wait for a DVD rip online. Seriously, it's not as if i'd turn into a serial killer after watching Saw. Still, it's not as stupid as R21ing Borat and Bruno. Saw VI has had pretty good reviews so far and i'm excited to watch it, perhaps if anyone could teach me how to sneak into cinemas. ;S (I'm not serious, please do not STOMP me.)

For people who haven't watched any of the Saw movies. The Saw series revolves around a serial killer by the name of Jigsaw. Unlike serial killers in other movies, Jigsaw offers his "subjects" a chance to survive, usually by losing something valuable to them. By something valuable, i don't mean their laptop or PSP. Arms get chopped off, faces are disfigured and feet are crushed, and this is only the tip of a huge iceberg. Not to mention Saw has a really badass theme song which makes you want to become a homicidal maniac!

Go watch the original Saw if you haven't already. You're missing out.

Oh and, before i forget, here's a trailer of Saw VI. It's not particularly gory (or it'd be taken off youtube) but it still churns your stomach a little.

The final dance

2009-11-04T22:57:00.003+08:00

I've recently caught the movie, Michael Jackson's : This Is It a few days ago with a couple of my friends from secondary school. It was $10 well spent, and i don't usually spend much. I strongly recommend that everyone watches it at least once, MJ fan or not. In fact, i might go watch it again if i could find a couple of interested people. Sadly, everyone thinks "This Is It" is a crappy documentary film.

As awesome as the movie was, it was unfortunately, only 3 quarters of the entire concert. Some of my favourite songs by MJ wasn't shown, perhaps due to time constraint. I expected Heal The World and You Are Not Alone, 2 of his more touching songs, to be shown though.

~~~~~~~

School is getting boringer by the day. Strange as it sounds, i miss the numerous presentations we had in Sem 1. Sem 2 has been nothing but LECTURETUTORIALLECTURETUTORIAL. And the lectures aren't particularly interesting either. Even Law lectures, which i consider as my favourite module, has put me to sleep.

CCAs, i now feel the pinch of having 2 CCAs. *Stares at my mountain of undone tutorials* Okay, DotA is partly to blame for that. If only i was Weaver, and could Time Lapse my way out of anything.

Lacking.

2009-10-28T19:29:00.002+08:00

I find myself missing a variety of songs due to my current lack of a music player. Those long bus rides are a chore without Guns' N Roses, Michael Jackson, AC/DC ... i could go on and on.

However, much to my delight, i will be getting a new handphone which will serve as a music player, hopefully by tomorrow. The train ride to Dhoby Ghaut will be hell without Smooth Criminal. During the long journeys that i have had to endure musicless, i realize how much i miss a few particular songs in my playlist. I shall now, in no particular order, list them out.

1) Sweet Child O' Mine - The guitar solo simply brightens my mood. Sometimes i even do a mini air-guitar solo on the MRT, arousing the stares of people around me.

2) Billie Jean - Ah, the unofficial greatest pop song ever. I never go one day without listening to it.

3) I Wanna Rock - Arguably, Twisted Sister's #1 hit song. It was covered in the Spongebob movie and that's where i first heard (and loved) it.

4) La Bamba - I'm positive most readers won't know about this song, because it's not really famous. Regardless, a funky rock song with a funky guitar solo.

5) Thriller - THRILLER! THRILLER NIGHT! AND NOONE'S GONNA SAVE YOU FROM THE BEAST ABOUT TO STRIKE! Need i say more?

And that concludes the top 5 songs on my playlist for now, as my playlist changes every week.

Stupid reasons to argue in DotA

2009-10-24T00:30:00.002+08:00

Defence of the Ancients, also known as DotA, has garnered a rather negative impression from many non-players. But most players can't survive a day without DotA. It has taken a life of it's own since debuting in Singapore many years back. However some things about DotA have not changed, like how every match will have some guy losing his temper and venting it on his teammates. I shall now share with you, in no particular order, the dumbest reasons to argue in DotA.

1) Arguing over who gets to solo. To non DotA players. Soloing a "lane" yields you more xp and gold, which you can use to strengthen your character. Human nature dictates that many players will want this advantage, and a good 20% of DotA players MUST solo a lane, or they will threaten to leave the game. Another 30% will get all vulgar if anyone else tries to solo a lane, occassionally involving their family members.

2) Blaming a player for not helping him when he gets ganged. Another stupid reason. Life lesson #1, don't expect people to help you if you can't help yourself. I have been yelled at by many players for not helping them when they are ambushed by the enemy team. By ambush, i mean 4 players targeting 1 hero. 4 > 2 , enough said.

3) Kill stealing. The main reason for 90% of the conflicts in not only DotA, but in other games. Usually, kill stealing is accidental. However, there are some bastards who live to kill steal, but that's an entirely different story. What i'm talking about is the annoying player who blames people for taking his kill when they help him, and blames them for not helping him when they don't.

4) Lag. Lag is everywhere. But in DotA, lag sparks the deadliest of flame wars. Be it the host, the player with a shitty connection, or some PRC from China. Anyone who lags will not be spared by the players in that game. An extremely vulgar combination of mothers, genitals and the F-bomb will be dropped upon that player. If the host is the lagger, God save him. He will be publicly named and disgraced in the channel chat of Garena, and most probably will be verbally abused by the other players in that game. If he's the typical internet ah beng, expect a flame war. If not, expect more "XXXXXXXX IS A NOOB DOG!"

TBC.

Para bailar la Bamba

2009-10-21T14:39:00.002+08:00

In the short span of 72 hours, i've been exposed to 3 of my newer modules.

Firstly, the one and only, Design & Drawing. As the name suggests, it's a mix of two of our Secondary School subjects. Design & Technology with Art. Sadly, i've always failed art. Fortunately, we have a good lecturer for that module. Can't say the same for my other modules yet though. :/

Secondly, the accursed IT module. Why we need IT still escapes me, but i can tell it's going to be a pain in the rear to complete the ICA. To add insult to injury, i can understand Ris Low more than i can understand Mr. Tan. Oh well, at least he doesn't "boomz" around.

Thirdly, my GEM module, Personal Selling. No, i am not selling myself as the name mistakenly suggests. It's a module which teaches me how to sell stuff. Hey don't laugh, at least it's better than other modules which teach you HOW TO EAT and HOW TO DO ASTRONOMY. No kidding. Our first lesson lasted 10mins, basically just the lecturer handing out notes. Hopefully subsequent sessions will be more fun-filled, although i know 0 people in that class.

PS - The title was totally random, i was just listening to a fantastic 80s song, La Bamba when i decided to put one of the lines of the song as the title for this post.

Idols.

2009-10-15T09:27:00.004+08:00

One of the rare times where i sit through the entire idols session. It wasn't particularly good, nor was it horrendously bad. Thank god nobody tried to do Beat It and Smooth Criminal. Anyways, as usual, there were good ones and bad ones. Due to lack of creativity, i have to comment on them.

Mr. Billie Jean, nobody does Billie Jean but MJ himself. Enough said.

Mr. Thriller, trying too hard to be MJ with all the high pitched notes but fails hard and ends up butchering a classic.

Mr. Remember the Time, has a voice not suited for Remember the Time, better off singing something like I'll Be There. Or maybe he used up all his energy beatboxing, then i advise him to join Singapore's Got Talent when it debuts.

Ms. Rock With You, DO NOT TURN CLASSIC SONGS INTO CRAPPY 20th CENTURY KANYE WEST RAP SONGS. :/

Ms. I Want You Back, you didn't do the signature Jackson 5 dance in the beginning. :(

The rest did alright, especially You Are Not Alone which was really soulful. Now i really can't wait for Oct 30th, which my timetable clashes with. Guess i have to skip.

Rhythm of the rain

2009-10-09T10:44:00.003+08:00

Performed this song along with the other classical members in SPG 2 days ago. It's a pretty nice and soothing song, so i recommend you listen to it if you have had a rough day. Pity i couldn't stay for the Acoustic and Electric performances though. :(

In other news, class chalet yesterday. Can't say i'm a fan of chalets, since the word chalet basically means watching movies and BBQing. Surprisingly, it was fun. I even got a new pack of poker cards(not bicycle), next step is to actually master the various shuffling techniques and learn some card tricks. :/

Today, i've started learning One by Metallica on the guitar. It's pretty fun to play and also gives me something to do for the few remaining days of my holidays. Next up, learning a solo... ugh.

This Is It.

2009-09-30T08:46:00.003+08:00

The movie will be out on October 28th, guess i'm gonna have to break my WATCH MOVIES ONLINE rule just this once. Sadly, MJ movies don't appeal to the average 16 year old.

Reality check, episode II.

2009-09-23T12:49:00.005+08:00

As you may have realized, today is the unofficial release date for exam results, not only for SP but for all other polytechnics. Some people did bad, some did extraordinarily good. Others, like me, are sandwiched in between both. Also, before everyone asks me how i did, i shall put my results up here.

MODULE CODE	MODULE	CREDIT UNITS	GRADE
DE2103	BUILDING SCIENCE	3	B
LC0180	COMMUNICATION SKILLS	4	B
DE2108	BUILDING MATERIALS APPLICATION	4	B+
SP0102	INNOVATION, DESIGN & ENTERPRISE IN ACTION	2	C+
DE2105	CADD	4	C+

Semester GPA:	2.941
Cumulative GPA:	2.941

The table came out really nicely. Haha.

As you may have noticed, mostly Bs. I pretty much expected a C for CADD and IDEAS. Didn't finish the CADD paper, again. IDEAS was so nonsensical that i didn't bother to put in any effort for it, my fault.

Next exam in December, rest assured i won't care about it till the week before.

Now for the finale...

ALLOWED TO CONTINUE IN THE COURSE (:DDD)

We're all Goofy Goobers!

2009-09-14T10:27:00.002+08:00

For anyone who says Spongebob is for kids, i have irrefutable proof that it's way beyond that. But firstly, realize that Spongebob is so much more different from Hi-5. It's true that it's target audience are children between 2 to 10. But TARGET AUDIENCE doesn't mean anything! Just like McDonald's target audience being teenagers, but children still eat there. With that, i proudly acknowledge the fact that i am still a fan of the yellow sea sponge.

I, Ryan Wong of 1B/21, Singapore Polytechnic, am a Goofy Goober.

(I have to blog about Spongebob due the lack of excitement in my life)

Irrefutable Proof>

I'm not dead.

2009-09-09T10:39:00.003+08:00

My life has just been so uninteresting lately that i cannot blog on a daily basis like before. Currently, my days all have the same routine.

11am - 2pm = DotA
2pm - 3pm = Lunch
3pm - 5pm = Sleep
5pm - 6pm = Staring into space
6pm - 8pm = Watching videos on youtube
8pm - 9pm = Dinner
9pm - 12am = DotA
12am - 11am = Sleep

The time now is 11am, so i shall end my post here. Will post if something interesting happens to me, like Barack Obama paying a visit to my house or something.

Happy Birthday

2009-08-29T11:52:00.002+08:00

A happy birthday, to none other than the King of Pop, Michael Jackson himself. You may be wondering, why can't people let go of the fact that he is dead? Contrary to public belief, It's not because of his moonwalk. It's because he sought to heal the world through his songs. They have been accused by some people of being a publicity stint, but think about it, MJ's already so famous, why does he need more publicity? Without furthur ado, let me introduce you to this heartwarming tribute i found on youtube.

Such simple lyrics, such a powerful message. Someone once said there would be no more wars if all the children in the world owned a guitar, i can't help but agree. All the money used to build tanks, weapons and nuclear missiles, even a mere FRACTION of them would help the starving children in Africa and the Phillipines. War is truly a terrible thing.

If we try, we shall see in this bliss we cannot feel, fear or dread, stop existing and start living.
We could really get there, if we care enough for the living.
Make it a better place, for you and for me.

I'm bored.

2009-08-24T16:31:00.001+08:00

Thanks to the exam period. These few weeks, getting friends to go out is as difficult as getting distinction for all my modules. It's not as though not studying for a day will cause you to fail. Now now, don't think i'm a slacker, because i'm not. :/

Really.

If it weren't for my lifesaver, DotA, i would be rotting away and home and eventually be dismembered (DotA reference intended) when my holidays end. Though i pray that i won't be addicted to it.

Another thing, as pool training has ceased for 3 weeks, and i do not have a pool table at home, and i am currently bankrupt, i cannot play pool unless somebody treats me. It's sad, but at least DotA is free. And Doris, if you are reading this... Get someone with no tuition and birthday parties to attend to organize a pool outing. :/

Go Go Power Rangers!

2009-08-17T20:54:00.000+08:00

I am currently in love with the Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers theme, and i am sure everyone who was watched the series before will agree with me in saying that it is one of the best TV themes ever created by man.

I now bestow upon you, the MMPR theme covered by one of my favourite guitarists, Buckethead.

I remember when i was watching MMPR on a regular basis back in the 1990s, when i was a small kid. This track never failed to pump me up for the episode. TV themes nowadays, and that's including all the anime themes, can't even come close to taking this epic track down

"The power lies on their side."

The beginning of the end

2009-08-14T21:48:00.004+08:00

Today unofficially marks the end of semester 1, with our exams next week. This also means that i will not see a majority of my module lecturers anymore. It saddens me that we had pretty uneventful farewells. It saddens me further when one of our lecturers treated us (our whole class) to a meal at McDonald's, something that is a first for me...

I shall now list out, in no paricular order, the lecturers that won't be teaching us anymore and what they have done for us.

Mrs. Maribien Z Sanchez Tan - AutoCADD

As much as i'm gonna be loving AutoCADD-less semester 2, i'm gonna miss Mrs Tan's funny English. Okok i'm kidding. She was ALOT of help to me when i was doing my AutoCADD coursework. If it wasn't for her, my house would be roofless,columnless and beamless right now. So thank you, i will do you proud on Monday. :D

Mr. Yeo Huang Kiat - Building Science

Seldom tells jokes, but whenever he tells one, i'll be the first one to laugh and the last one to stop. Perhaps it's because i laugh at almost everything :S. The one thing i hate about his lectures is that it reminds me of Secondary School, as the notes he hands out are usually full of blanks where we copy stuff in. He says it's to keep us awake, which actually does the reverse. He gives pretty good advice too, like telling me not to write my name on the exam paper as he will deduct 10 marks from me when he sees my name. (True story)

Mr. Edmund Lim - IDEAS

I would be lying if i said Mr Lim taught me stuff. IDEAS is retarded module and a total waste of time, as i have learned absolutely nothing for it. However, Mr Lim is a pretty awesome lecturer. Tells jokes and doesn't mistake me for Sean. Come to think of it, i shouldn't have slept so much in his lectures.

Ms Lim Lee Yee - Communication Skills

Makes boring English lessons fun. She has a sense of humor, but rarely uses it. Of all of the modules that have ended for me, i'm going to miss CS the most. I mean, the next language module we're taking is in Year 2, quite a long way to go. The silver lining is that i won't have to organise my thoughts for my presentations in the future. Ms Lim, hope to see you teaching us next year!

Mr Benjamin Tan - Construction Technology Semester 1.

ECT&P isn't over yet, but Mr Ben's contract with SP expires next month. Although Mr Ben only does tutorials with us, i can tell that he wants all of us to do well. I used to think he was a boring lecturer who didn't have a sense of humor. But gradually, he starting joking around. Only when he gave me an amplifier a week ago did i realize that he sincerely cares for us. He made my list of top 3 lecturers today, when he did something for us and treated us to McDonald's. No, it's not because of a free meal. It's because we had only known him for 3 months, but he already treats us like his own children.. Spare the cornyness, i'm bad at being sentimental.

Mr. Koh Soo Seng - Building Materials Application

Why are our good lecturers going one after the other? Truth be told, i'm not one who takes down notes during lectures. In fact, if you see me writing notes, you better go buy 4D. I depend the lecturer's ability to explain and and keep me awake. Mr Koh does both of them effectively. When i studied for my BMA test last term, i found that i already knew most of the stuff. I figured it was because Mr. Koh's loud, booming voice had nailed the information in my head. BMA remains the only module which i have not dozed off in. Kudos to Mr. Koh for keeping me awake! :D

Oh really?

2009-08-09T20:05:00.003+08:00

No, i did not skip school. I simply went to NYP to help an ex-club mate.

Proof?

Here.

Also, happy national day, Singapore. I will continue by 16 year wait for a National Day song with a guitar solo. :)

Im still alive.

2009-08-05T23:15:00.002+08:00

So many things have happened since my blogger failed me...

So many things to blog about...

But i shall start off with the most important issue at hand now, my resolutions for next month. I shall now list out, in no particular order, bad habits that i will have to change or correct by the 28th of August 2009.

1) Thrusting my hips to Billie Jean in a public transport
2) Blurt out everything that is on my mind during a presentation
3) Dressing like a bangladeshi worker (Jeans + Slippers)
4) Arriving late for classes
5) Listening to music at maximum volume
6) Procrastinating
7) My inability to think of more bad habits.

There they are, my seven deadly sins. So, dear readers, wish me luck in correcting them.

What the hell is wrong with blogger?

2009-07-29T19:53:00.001+08:00

CAN'T...

Change font size
Change font colour
Upload pictures
Upload videos

Edit : Yes, i am still alive, i shall update once blogger stops being an asshole. [3/08/2009]

90 days.

2009-07-21T20:38:00.003+08:00

During my 3 months in SP, i have learned various useful stuff in all my modules. I shall now list out, in no particular order, the most important information i have received from my 7 different lecturers.

1) AutoCADD is solely responsible for brain cancer.

2) You can punch through a partition wall.

3) A skyscraper starts from one building block.

4) If you like a girl, you have to tell her.

5) Always bring a Sound Level Meter when going jamming.

6) NEVER let people, especially students, insert their thumbdrives into your laptop.

7) The residents are always right, even if they are wrong.

Healing the World

2009-07-09T21:01:00.002+08:00

Meaningful lyrics, harmonious melody, powerful reason.

Please take 10 minutes of your time to watch this video. Even if you don't listen to MJ. I assure you that this 10mins of your life will be well spent.

We are the world
We are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day so lets start giving.
There is a choice we're making
We're saving our own lives
It's true, we'll make a better day, just you and me.

Heal the world
Make it a better place
For you and for me and the entire human race
There are people dying
And if you care enough for the living
Make a better place for you and me.

"Maybe now, they will leave you alone"

Reality Check

2009-07-03T17:31:00.002+08:00

Got back all my test results, which is pretty average. I shall now list out my test results, in no particular order.

AutoCADD - 43% (E)
Elementary Construction Technology & Practice - 65% (C+)
Building Materials Application - 76% (B+)
Building Science - 77% (B+)
Contract Law & Tort - 86% (A)

If i were back in Secondary School, i would have a B3, 2 A1s and 1 Distinction.

And as they all say, with every silver lining, there is a dark cloud. Our Law lecturer, Mr. Ong Kung Yew has left us. He made law lectures extra interesting by telling jokes, and made law concepts easy to understand by relating it to BGRs. One thing's for sure now, i won't be looking forward to Fridays as much anymore. :(

First day of school.

2009-06-29T17:21:00.005+08:00

Always a waste of time. I've learned literally NOTHING from 9am to 5pm. Slept through 3 hours of ECT, which was extra boring and extra cheem today. Got back my test results for AutoCADD and ECT as well. 43% and 65% respectively, just as i predicted. Wish me luck for Building Materials Application tomorrow.

I'm already starting to miss my holidays. Why won't SP extend our holidays?! UGH!

Missing Pool... with Saifuddin, Christopher, Stella and Shiyan.

Missing LAN... with Hakim, Wei Kang, Alfiyan, Teh Maun and Ziyaad.

Missing Jamming... with Nabil, Fadhli, Shafiq, Jun Hao, Farhan and Haziq.

Just for laughs.

2009-06-13T22:38:00.009+08:00

I shall compile all of the stupid stuff that have happened to me and the people around me starting this Thursday, for your entertainment.

Thursday (Pool training + Tai Ti)

1) Clement and i cheated by fixing the cards, giving us all the Aces and 2s and giving the others 3s and other weak cards. Sad part? We STILL lost to Dennis's Full Houses.

2) Cheated by faking a house, and still lost because I GAVE EVERYONE THE CHANCE TO UNLEASH HOUSES.

Moral of Story : Cheaters never win.

Friday (Guitar training + BBQ)

1) Asked a lecturer if he wanted to play cards, by mistake of course. I MISTOOK HIM FOR A STUDENT, thank God he's a kind lecturer. :)

2) Played pool at the billiards room in ECP. $11.00 an hour, f*** that place i'm never going there again. I tried to pocket a ball in a broken pocket, and the ball went in and BOUNCED RIGHT BACK UP ONTO THE TABLE. I AM NOT BULLSHITTING.

Moral of Story : Never judge a book by it's cover.

Today (L4D + CS + Pastamania)

1) L4D, bastard Hakim pushed me out of the building(i was crouching on the window sill) when i was trying to snipe the zombies. WORSE STILL, i got pounced on by a hunter and he left me to die.... :/

2) Pastamania, yet another $10 gone. Wei Kang, the self proclaimed 'Cheese Freak', accidentally poured the whole bottle of cheese into his Baked Rice. He tilted the bottle and THE LID AND ALL OF THE CHEESE FELL INTO HIS RICE. Made Pastamania history today.

Moral of Story : God has a sense of humor. :)

Last day at NYP. :(

2009-06-09T19:02:00.005+08:00

As you may have noticed, my links list has expanded! ....by 3!

As usual, 3 segments.

Segment 1 - No boring lectures this time, as Nabil,Shafiq,Jun Hao and new friend Fadhli skipped lecture :). Used the time to play cards at Koufu. During the start, me and Nabil were losing hardcore, then we found our mojo and it was Jun Hao and Fadhli's turn to lose consecutively!

Segment 2 - Fadhli and i met up with Saifuddin while the rest went for Tutorial. Went to the cafe in the library and Saifuddin brought his pepsi along, and sipped it realllllly slowly -.-. Then went to *DRUMROLLS* play cards in the project room. Hey don't look down on poker cards, they have made me lots of friends! Something hilarious that happened, was that they kept telling me to get a girl as our 4th player. I then asked random girls that passed to join us in Tai Ti, and BOTH OF THEM HID BEHIND THE WALL, which makes me look like a pervert trying to get a girl alone in the room with me...

Segment 3 - You guessed it! Pool! Won as much as i lost today, thanks to awesome partners Nabil and Fadhli. Played Nabil 1v1 and i was doing good during the first half, pocketing 6 balls while he pocketed 2. Then i grew complacent and Nabil pounced on me, pocketing all remaining balls. My most humbling defeat ever! Concluded the day with Psychology lecture, the Nursing equivalent of DPFM's Contract Law. Our most interesting module! :DDD

Shoutouts to Shafiq, Fadhli, Jun Hao, Siao Huan, Prem and the *GIRL WHO PLAYED CARDS WITH US*! Don't think we'll be meeting anytime soon but we WILL meet again! That, i can 100% guarantee! Coolest bunch ever! Come visit me at SP sometime!

NYP is just SLIGHTLY better than SP.

2009-06-08T21:33:00.002+08:00

Visited NYP today and it was better than what i imagined it would be. Honestly, when Nabil told me there were no Billiards,Jamming,Karaoke or Bowling, i was like...that's PRISON! But i see the good side of NYP today.

1) You don't have to walk 10000 miles to meet up with your friend from another school.
2) You don't have to walk 10000 miles from 1 food court to the other.
3) You don't have to walk 10000 miles to get to the MRT. (Why must ABE be at the end...?)

If i lived nearer to the school, and if NYP had facilities like SP, it would beat SP by a landslide. :)

My day can be broken up into 3 segments.

Segment 1 - Went to lecture with Nabil and met up with his friends, really cool people. Chatted till Saifuddin came and he got Nabil's poker cards confiscated, then he blamed us for it. Real nice. Also, i have found a lecture more boring than SP's very own ECT&P.

Segment 2 - Nabil and co. went for Lab Practical or something. Me and Saifuddin went to play Bluff and Tai Ti for a whole 3 hours, with me winning majority of the rounds. (Of course...)

Segment 3 - Pool with Nabil and co. , lost all my rounds Nah, i will not blame HIM (for this), even though he's REALLY ungrateful. Me and Nabil taught HIM how to play/hold cue properly and got scolded. Real nice.

PS - New friends of NYP, don't be surprised if you see me at NYP as a freshman next year!

Holidays commence, MST concludes.

2009-06-05T21:32:00.003+08:00

Previous post was deleted because i'm not gonna give up on going to Uni. In fact, i'm going to work doubly hard to cover for my horrible AutoCADD. That means i have to rely on the 10 credit subjects to pull my grades up.

"Don't let what you can't do stop you from doing what you can do"
-John Wooden

In other news, SPG practice finally started today. It was a rather simple lesson, teaching us the correct posture, plucking and also the SIMPLEST chord. Looking forward to the next lesson! Hopefully i will be able to play independently by the 3rd or 4th lesson. :)

PS - Very sorry for the lack of pictures. :|, i will save up for a camera soon.

Randomness.

2009-05-28T19:50:00.021+08:00

SP Pool club! We didn't take any group photos as a group because noone in our group had a camera, and we had to surrender our phones. :(

But still, shoutouts to the GREATEST group members in the world, Don, Zack, Jermaine, Guan Yan, Dennis, Adenine, Clement, Sze Hui, Li Khong and Yuan Tong. (Sorry if i forgot anyone :S) But of course, what are we without our awesome group leaders, Wee Kiat, Kian Tat and Evelyn! :D

SPARTANS UNITE WE SHOW OUR MIGHT!
WE SHOW THEM RIGHT, WE SHOW THEM PRIDE!
WE SHOW THEM HOW WE SPARTANS FIGHT!
WE ARE WE ARE SPARTANS WOO!
SPARTANS WOOOOOO!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Introducing Pokerface(that's our group name), along with the BESTEST group members EVER. Eric, Halik, Zul, Vincent, Mogan, Hui Fang, Fifi, Alif, Rui Chuen and Ismadi! Not forgetting our Group leaders, Farhan and Ninah! You guys rock!

I SAY TAI YOU SAY TI!
TAI TI TAI TI!
I SAY BLACK YOU SAY JACK!
BLACK JACK BLACK JACK!
I SAY POKER YOU SAY FACE!
POKER FACE POKER FACE!
GO......POKER FACE!

:)

SP Guitarists FOC!

2009-05-24T12:39:00.000+08:00

Saturday

8:30 - 12:00

Began my journey by meeting up with Shawn at Bukit Batok MRT at 8:30 and we went to the SPG clubhouse together. Met up with Omega (That's his real name) and made friends with ANOTHER Shawn! When it was finally 9, the SPG seniors announced the groupings and i was grouped with people i've never met before, which is probably their intention. Played a few rounds of Tai Ti with Fifi's poker cards (thank god), our own icebreaking game! My group mates then opened up and i found them interesting and really cool. Got to see our bunks at 11:00, it was air-conditioned and we stayed there for quite a while, playing Uno.

12:00 - 18:00

Lunch and Amazing Raced. ALL Amazing Races are pointless and boring and this one is no exception. The only good point about the race is that i learned that Zool and Ismadi are big fans of
Avenged\m/ Sevenfold. We finished the race at 4pm and were all tired out. Went back to our bunks and our Entertainment Manager, Eric, hooked up his Mp3 and laptop to the projector in our bunk. Rocked out to I'm Yours by Jason Mraz and Hotel California by Eagles. Then for the rest of our time, we watched funny Japanese prank videos. Japan really is too free...

18:00 to Bedtime

Had our Dinner, and then watched a live acoustic performance by seniors, who played as we ate. After that, had 2 hours of Don't Forget the Lyrics. I only knew 2 songs out of the ~30 played, but our group still had our first and only victory during this game. Watched a full band jam by SPG's very own band and i am STUNNED by their drummer....

Captain's Ball directly after, and we lost our match 2-5. I was half expecting everyone to blame one another but no, everyone accepted defeat and shook with the other team! Best group ever! Night Walk at 1am, but the creepiness factor was halved as we walked as a class, and not in pairs like other clubs. We had to search for clues to a murder and one station required us to search in a dark toilet. If i had to go in alone i'd have stood outside the toilet door and cried. Night Walk ended at 2:30 am, went up to our bunks to bathe/sleep/ROCK OUT TO AVENGED SEVENFOLD. Finally went to bed at 4am.

Sunday

09:00 - 11:00

Had our very own sing-along session outside our bunks, Breakfast, then Debriefing.

One step backwards.

2009-05-23T07:17:00.000+08:00

HAPPY ADVANCED BIRTHDAY SHI YAN!

ECT Practical as last lesson, we actually mixed and poured concrete into formwork! FUN! After school, Darren suggested we play a board game named Giza so Sean,Terence,Yamato,Larry and I went entertained him for a while. Game was funny, especially when everyone kept "sabo"ing Sean. Game ended at 5:30.

Went to collect the cake and met Shiyan, Nabil and Stella at Dhoby Ghaut. Everyone decided to eat Long John's Silver (thank god) and i happily complied. Sometime during dinner, Khairul and Christopher arrived. I was also the last one to finish my food, which is UNUSUAL BECAUSE IM ALWAYS THE FIRST ONE TO FINISH! :/

After that, we had a 2 hour pool session. With me beating Nabil once, losing to Nabil and Khairul once each, and tied with Shiyan. (don't ask how...) Sadly, i didn't manage a game with Chris. Talking about Christopher, he made us laugh for 2 hours straight. Funniest part : trying to aim for the black ball at the start. :|

Finally MRTed home with company and finally ended the day. Although i had to waste another $5 on f***king Taxi because i missed the last bus.

OFFICIALLY BANKRUPT.

PS - There will finally be pics here, as soon as Nabil stops being lazy.

Warmness on the Soul.

2009-05-20T20:54:00.000+08:00

Ever dreamed about being in a band? I know i have.

Whether you're the lead guitarist dishing out insane guitar solos, the bassist providing the heart of the song or the vocalist enchanting the audience with melodious tunes, the atmosphere and feeling of being up on stage sharing your music can't be described in words.

Recently, i've read a magazine that interviewed this local band (name escapes me). They've been around for 4 years, but they still haven't made it big. Their albums aren't exactly selling like hot cakes too. 9 out of 10 bands would disband just because of a minor setback, but not this band. What keeps them going? Their passion and drive to share their music with the world. That alone makes them far greater than bands like (No offence)The Jonas Brothers and Fall Out Boy.

SP Guitarists will be my first and largest step forward to achieve my dream. Mark my words, in a couple of years, i'll be rocking out with Nabil and co.

Being a band...that would complete my life.
-Nabil 'Akif

Pool Club FOC!

2009-05-17T14:15:00.001+08:00

A quick summary of my 3 days 2 nights in the camp.

Friday

- Lessons from 8am to 5pm. Camp officially started at 7pm due to everyone being late (even me). Had icebreakers and i got to meet some really cool people from Business, Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and etc. After supper, 4 people left as they had stuff on during the weekends, leaving 6 people in the group. Got to check out our bunks at 9pm and i was SUPER HAPPY about the fact that we could sleep in an Air-Conditioned room!

Saturday

- AMAZING RACE! I was liking it until the Sudoku part, where i suddenly felt very sleepy and couldn't do anything to help. I hate and suck at Sudoku anyway. Had Water Games next where we played Captain's Ball, our team lost during the penalties shootout but hey, we fought a good fight. Next came the HIGHLIGHT OF THE DAY. We went to Moberly and played Pool there for 2 hours. The seniors were MONSTERS, and they even gave us some tips and advice. After one of them taught me how to hold the cue properly, my aim increased DRASTICALLY! :D After Pool, seniors told us Ghost Stories and made us watch Shutter to get us prepped for the Night Walk. I admit that i was pretty scared when i started the walk but after 10 minutes, i realized the majority of the scarers were sleeping. Evelyn and co. made me fall though :/. Finally went to bed at 5am.

Sunday

- Nothing much actually. Had breakfast and debriefing, then we could go home. :|

100% workable Dating tips.

2009-05-14T16:42:00.000+08:00

Disclaimer : These are NOT by me....

Dating Tip #1

Step 1 - Bump into girl.
Step 2 - Say "Sorry for bumping into you, my name is *INSERT NAME HERE*, what's yours?"
Step 3 - Tell girl that you bumped into her because there was a mosquito near her.
Step 4 - Offer to massage her.

Dating Tip #2

Step 1 - Get friends to position themselves with a basket of eggs at the 5th storey of HDB block
Step 2 - Lead girl to HDB block.
Step 3 - Get friends to throw all the eggs down.
Step 4 - Shield the girl and get her gratitude. (Bear with me...)

Dating Tip #3

Step 1 - Hand your phone over to friend.
Step 2 - Tell friend to text "I love you" to girl.
Step 3 - When girl confronts you, tell her that your friend was the texter.
Step 4 - Girl gets pissed and remembers you forever. (i know this is f***ing retarded)

To think THESE are the stuff i got in return for my help in DOING HIS SKETCHING FOR HIM. No points for guessing who "HIM" is.

English Language, with a twist.

2009-05-13T16:30:00.000+08:00

That's what i would say if someone me to describe Communications Skills in 1 sentence. Unlike English lessons in Secondary School, what we learn in CS is actually useful and we can apply it in real life. Honestly, in 4 weeks of CS lessons.. i've learned way more than 2 years of English lesson. Not to mention our CS lecturer is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better than my Secondary School English Language teacher. :D

After 2 more days, it will be the end of week 4. It's scary how time passes so fast. And in 2 days, i will attend the SP Pool Club's overnight camp, which is held right after school. Unfortunately, Friday is my presentation day, which means i have to bring my laptop. Go ahead and connect the dots. Oh well, i will think of something...

Happy Birthday to Chia Yang!

2009-05-12T18:53:00.000+08:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO CHIA YANG!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!

"A person does not grow older, he grows wiser."

Our ECT Practical , credits to Amir and his 10 megapixels camera.

Monday Blues.

2009-05-11T18:08:00.000+08:00

*Yawn*

Day started off really crappy, with me forgetting my Laptop at the bus interchange and having to Taxi back to get it,t hen i had to taxi to Dover MRT as i was late. Way to start off a Monday. eh?

AutoCADD class was as usual, un-interesting and un-understandable. Funny thing about our lecturer is that she pronounces words in a weird way, as she's from Indonesia/Vietnam/Myanmar or something. A few examples; Reproduce -> Raproduce, Counter Clockwise -> Counter Cluckwise, Row and Columns -> Row and Condoms. Nothing against her though, just found it somewhat funny. ;)

I have also officially joined my first CCA in poly, the SP Pool and Foosball club! ...At the cost of my weekends. But hey, camps are fun! :D

Mother's Day.

2009-05-10T16:25:00.001+08:00

Also known as; The day before Monday, the day before the results of the pool club interviews, the day before crappy AutoCADD. I'm not super enthusiastic about going to school like i was before. It seems like with every passing day, we spend less and less time chilling out after school. Starting tomorrow, i will be burdened with ECT&P,Law and BMA tutorials.

Today was as uninteresting as it could get. Family outing to Jurong Point where we had lunch, then walked around the place. *Yawn*

And Hakim, i still blame you for standing me up. :(

EDIT : Just realized JC, ITE and Secondary Schools have their Vesak Day on Monday. I am now immensely jealous of them. FIRSTLY, they have LOWER BUS FARES. And now, THEY HAVE ONE MORE DAY OF REST. (*($#YR*(E

New Earphones!

2009-05-09T18:34:00.000+08:00

Yep. This means i'll be bringing my Mp3 to school starting Monday!

I'm kinda upset that the earphones don't block out all sound, but i guess you get whats your money worth. My budget didn't allow for a Sennheiser, so i had to settle for Sony's earphones. D:

In Other News...

1) Went Bowling with Kenneth today, didn't completely suck like last time. :D

2) Went to get my hair cut, hair looks umm....i'll let others judge.

3) Finally did one of the Sample papers for CS.

What the hell is a "drawback"?

2009-05-08T19:27:00.000+08:00

Went for the pool interview/trials alone today, because everyone had something on. Met a camp friend there and we trial-ed together. He decided to give up halfway and go home, so i had to trial alone. I was doing good till that guy told me to do a "drawback", which made me give the "what the hell is that?" face. He probably realized that i didn't know what it was and told me to aim at 6 o clock position on the cue ball. Needless to say, i failed the shot and my cue ball went in the wrong direction. I was then told to line up for the interviews.

Seriously, the queue was nearly as long as the queue during Ben & Jerry's Free Cone Day. Finally finished the interview at 6. Unfortunately, i had to sacrifice my weekend to go for their camp in order to maximize my chances of getting into the club. In other words... So sorry Nabil,Stella and Saifuddin, i guess we'll have to postpone the outing yet again. :/

MINDBODYSOUL

2009-05-07T14:12:00.000+08:00

Mind
-> 3 hours of Building Science today. Surprisingly, i found today's lecture+tutorial interesting and completely understandable. Guess it's because Building Science is 75% numbers, which means i don't have to memorize long definitions. School ended at 10:30 for my group members as we finished our work almost an hour early!

Body
-> Pool Club interview tomorrow, i wonder what questions they're gonna ask me. In any case, i'll do my best to make it past the interviews. Even if i don't, i still have Floorball to fall back on. SP's floorball stick things are SO MUCH better than Dunearn's 20 cent sticks. :D

Soul
-> Yet another interview, this time by Guitar Club next week. I know i'm at a disadvantage as i have no idea how to play any chords, but we'll see how it goes. Like that guy from SP Guitarists said..."It's not about how well you play, it's about how much you want from us, and how much you can give us." Really gave me a big boost of confidence there.

Spoilt For Choice.

2009-05-06T17:44:00.000+08:00

Today was the first day of SP's CCA showcase! Went with classmates to check out various CCAs and we eventually got seperated after 15 minutes. Followed Sean around as he searched for "Chinese Orchestra" and i met my old Primary School friend, Shawn along the way! After Sean was done with his Chinese Orchestra c***, we went to tryout for the pool TEAM. Sadly, the gate to the clubhouse was still locked, so we had to climb over the stupid gate AGAIN. We didn't make the team, but realized soon after that the POOL CLUB AND POOL TEAM WERE TOTALLY DIFFERENT THINGS.

After the tryouts, i made my way back to the heart of the CCA showcase and i signed up for the Pool Club, Guitar Club and floorball. Of course, i'm not planning to join all 3 CCAs. Floorball is just a backup in the event that i fail the interviews for Guitar and Pool club. HOPEFULLY, i get selected for both of them! :D

Wish me luck!

What irks me?

2009-05-05T18:33:00.000+08:00

Commuters.

I'm sure most people who take the MRT to school agree with me. Being at the front of the "queue" means nothing at the MRT station, as commuters will successfully squeeze in from every direction. It's also quite hilarious to watch people squeeze into the train, especially if their attempt fails. There was this lady who tried to rambo into the MRT train at the last second, and the door closed at that exact second when she was squeezing in. Too bad the MRT doors open when they come into contact with something. :(

Lectures today were okay, and school ended at 12 for us. Me and my group members went to do our Law project at the library, and finally finished at 3.30. That's right, we're so hardworking!

Tried Squash for the first time after that, which was really fun if you knew how to play. I'm still not too sure about the rules though. After Squash, me and Sean went for the non-existent Pool Tryouts, which was supposed to be held tomorrow. So, instead of wasting our effort walking and climbing through the gate (no joke), we went bowling instead. Broke my all-time low record at bowling. I shall not post my embarassing score here but know that it was half my previous all-time low. Guess i gotta start playing Bowling again.

Overall, today was cool. Would have been better if i didn't fall during the game of Squash, as my calf is starting to hurt now. But hey, at least my right arm is fine. :D

Wish me luck!

AutoCADD should burn in hell.

2009-05-04T13:50:00.000+08:00

For those of you who do not know what AutoCADD is, just know that it is the equivalent of slamming your face into a furnace. I know that it will give me excellent job prospects when i graduate but i'd probably die of brain cancer before i even get a chance to excel at it.

In 10 minutes, another boring lecture which will consume 3 hours of my life will begin. Elementary Construction Theory, which teaches us how to be construction workers. Hopefully i won't fall asleep this time....

EDIT : I Didn't fall asleep after all! :D

i was here
amir.

My Life Story.

2009-05-03T15:26:00.000+08:00

Met up with Nabil today at the library near jurong point after 30 mins of asking for directions. The people i asked would either say they didn't know where the library was, or they would just point in a random direction. How do i know they are randomly pointing in any direction? Nearly every person i asked pointed to a different direction from the person before. Nabil then called me and gave me crappy directions which resulted in me crossing the same road four times, back and forth. The people around me probably thought i was retarded. =/

When we finally met up, we went to play soccer with his friends/cousins and Christopher who arrived 1 hour late because he "overshot" (I have no idea what it means too...). It was awesome and 3-4 hours well spent, however tiring it was. I even made a few friends. :D

NOW NABIL CANNOT USE THE EXCUSE THAT I'LL BE THE ODD ONE OUT WHEN THEY PLAY POOL TOGETHER! >:D

PS - Nabil and his cousins are cool people. Nabil is exceptionally cool.

Acer's battery life is a joke.

2009-05-02T22:44:00.000+08:00

1 hour 45 minutes, even on a 100% charged, 1 month old battery?

I'm willing to bet that by the end of my whole 3 years in poly i would need my power cable to watch a 9min youtube video.

To all Secondary School students : Get Lenovo or Fujitsu. That way, you won't have to carry the charger around wherever you go.

Red Alert

2009-05-01T19:39:00.000+08:00

If you haven't heard, MOH have already raised the alert level to Orange.

A year ago, i'd be happy as that would signal a closure of school. The present me is actually afraid that school would close, as that would mean E-Learning BS for me and everyone else. I would also miss Law and BMA lectures, if only ALL of our lecturers were like Mr. Ong and Mr. Koh.

As much as i hope that there won't be a Red Alert, this seems like the most likely scenario.

It's already 3rd week of school....

2009-04-30T20:39:00.000+08:00

and i haven't even took any of my notes out to revise yet. An even sadder thing would be that i'm more worried about the Pool Club tryouts than the Exams on week 7. And everytime i try to glance at my notes(especially Building Science), i flip through it and put it back into my bag in less than 15 seconds.

Keep this up, and i might as well throw my dream of getting a GPA 3.5 away. Therefore....

I SHALL MUG THE ENTIRE DAY AWAY TOMORROW. >:D

Blogging is harder than A. Maths.

2009-04-29T22:22:00.001+08:00

Thank you Zakiah, i owe you a meal. :D. The others who refused to help, you owe me a meal.

29th April 2009. Remember it.