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(Saturday, September 15, 2007-)
+11:45 PM]*
# An Update
Rare no? An update on my blog.
It's after YA service which once again was great. First time in a long time i got to be in the congregation and praise and worship. That didn't quite help my sorethroat, but oh well, it's worth it. Does this count as a sacrifice of praise or being a bad steward of my body? Oh, and I don't think anyone knows I have a sorethroat either. Why? Cuz I don't tell people.
Yup, that's my problem, I love talking, except about things that matter to me. Why? And perhaps that's why I can feel distant whilst spending time with people I care for. And I think that's why some people think I'm very serious, cuz i rarely talk about normal everyday stuff in my life. And yup, I know some people think I have no life either, but I'm fine with that. But I always remember opinions of people who don't matter, don't matter.
But I guess what Roland said was very true (thank God for godly wisdom from church leaders). Interpersonal skills is not easy and requires lots of prayer. Yeah, right now, I realise that apart from changing my selfish attitude towards relating with people (thanks goes out to Joshua Harris and Doris) I have to also learn to trust and believe in a God that wants to be my closest friend. Just wish that God, You would speak back like how a (human) friend could. Maybe You have, and that's called Cell Mates. But they're busy people too, or so I make excuses for myself for not first giving in relationships.
Ok, moving along, what has happened this week? I watched Ratatouille, and it's awesome, inspiring, not cliched and funny. Anyone can cook. Haha, love the animation, but dun like the "drawn" rats at the ending credits. And the world is full of TKGians!! Yup, watched movie with Hui Koon and Shujing. And they both know Jocelyn whom I ate dinner with together with Eugene for his farewell (SORRY I FORGOT TO PAY YOU!!). And Jocelyn knows Xiuyu and misses her lots. Oh, and Keow Koon knoww Xiuyu too... And all girls mentioned in this paragraph are from TKGS... Wow!
Next, I had my statics test today. Wouldn't say I screwed it up, but against all my inner knowledge of how to resolve forces, I forgot to check for clockwise and anti-clockwise moments, so my Dx is definitely wrong!... Oh well, i have better hopes for question two. Yup.
Oh just a little shoutout here
James-Congrats on passing ur bar test and may the politics not be with you
Matthew-Where r u?
Alex-All the best for 'A's!
Hui Koon-Yay for your perception change of rats. Hope ur wounds heal well (i think u know what i mean)
Shujing-Don't quite know what you're going through, but praying that God'll help you to sort things out. I'll help in publicity (=. No photoshop though. GO META07!!
Chellie-(random) U could pass to be the same age as ur cell members and you got a wise husband!
Gabriel-Don't stress too much? Way easier said than done
Alvin-I'm an honourary member? Yay!
Fang Xian-Wah, haven't spoken to you in quite a long time? Supposed to tell you a few things already
MeiYian-So hard to meet you!! We've prayed that you'll be ok. See an ok u tmr!
TJCians-All the best for prelims and promos (soon)
A11s-All the best for results of EG1109 Test
Happy Birthday Rachael!!!Labels: Chellie, Doris, Gabriel, Hui Koon, James, JoJo, Joshua Harris, Keow Koon, Matthew, Ratatouille, Relationships, XiuYu
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(Friday, May 25, 2007-)
+12:27 AM]*
# Memories
Hey ppl. Nothing much to blog about in particular. Wanna say txs again to the people who've made my life memorable.
The council. The thirtieth. It was nice hanging out at Justin's although i will say the freezing cold wasn't too nice to bear. It was fun playing mahjong although DOA was distracting (because it didn't have sound... what were u thinking??) Txs Justin for letting us stay there and use ur kitchen to cook instant noodles. Stephanie now knows how to use the microwave oven to cook instant noodles. Yay! But really, 30th, txs for letting me hang out with u guys although im like super old and retired. Retrenched even. And some of the 31st that i know too. Txs for the hospitality. I do appreciate it cuz its really out of ur hearts that u do it and not out of compulsion. At least that's how i feel. Yup, txs for the frequent times i crashed scroom too =)
The RTs, in particular The Tropics citizens. It was nice talking to you JoJo before u leave. Yeah, its all so sudden isn't it. Well, i admit i was rather sudden too when i came. But it was nice, the squeals, i dunno how u do it. The JoJo attitude, the piano playing, the handphone-Hillsong-listening-sessions. Just doing random stuff and teaching me quite a bit about band too! Modulation and transpose. I know the difference now! Also the cutting pipecleaners from the start. "You can really cut!" Haha, comment of the year! Yup, txs for all the nonsense times we shared, the lunches together, pre-orders and the occasional sardine puffs! Eugene, txs for always welcoming me and also teaching me how to gem. Hehe. And also Rubik's and lending me ur credit card and treating me quite a few cabs and lunches. Yup, even money matters quite a lot =) But really thanks for just being a friend during my stay in TJ =) Yup, really meaningful and all the best too!
Today was meaningful in the sense that i saw my first Shakespearean (how do u spell that?) play, and it was OH MY GOSH BRILLIANT!!!!!! Yes TJC Drama Club gets my standing ovation for a play well played. A show showcased in excellence. It was a moment in life. A memory. Well, let me run through this billiant performance from my point of view.
Firstly, i paid $26 to see this production. 10 for tix, 16 for the cab fare to get there in time. Shouvik, txs SO SO MUCH for saving me that front row seat. Yes, that's how i could see u Zhiyuan and Zsa^2 =)
The opening was nice! With the whole introduction of characters. Then there was the Mariam and Actors who were really the funny people of the whole production. And then we progressed into Fairyland with some evil guy and his little minion. Ok, not little literally but yeah, it got funny from there when the love potion thing started to get screwed up.
I liked/loved the entrance of the FAIRIES!! (not to mention the accompanying FIRE!! *winks at zhiyuan*) they were so well hidden!! And the whole play really took off from there, with the set coming to life.
Donkey was funny, really funny, Lysander and Demetrius were really convincing, and funny at times. Loved the fight scene. Was funny how Zsa was sat upon too! Haha!
Yes, anymore details u should have wathced the whole production!!
But i stuck around after the production to congratulate Zsa but she never came down. Congratulated the rest on an amazing show. Went up and the rest i'll jz let those who know, know.
Went home. Went to Justin's. Did the extra Innovation Day work till about 3.30am before sleeping. Couldn't really sleep cuz it was freezing. So wore socks but it was still cold. Put my towel but it was still cold. Did i mention it was freezing? Slept at about 4 plus but couldn;t relaly sleep cuz it was freezing. Yeah, freezing! Haha, ok ok, yes it was freezing. I mean, cold, very cold like freezing? So i woke up lots and only got to sleep like one plus hours before 6am came.
Went to school for Inno Day. We got pwned/owned. The other departments were so prepared lar, with videos, prototypes, experiments, demonstrations. We were like.. blabbering about blogs and sms voting... OWNED.... But the reception was nice and got a msg from JoJo that she was in school too! Haha. Then i stoned ard.. dun quite recalled what i did. Oh yeah, went to Mind's Cafe to meet Eugene and his class! Played amny funny games, like Jungle Speed, Banana Snap, Bucket-something. And then ate there (mistake) and was almost late for drama. No Zsa, I was there while the "wedding reception" was still going on ya? So i caught the WHOLE production!! Yayayayay!! It was so worth it. i know i said already, but yeah!!
Okay, post production, decided to overnight in school. Haha! Did a few stupid things. Used shampoo instead of soap, got the lights shut off while bathing, walked to scroom when the choc was on the table. But it was a nice experience. Although Aaron was acting a little weird into the night (or early morning) and zhiyuan wasn't exactly thinking right. Lie down and watch the movie *looks at ceiling and laughs*
Yup, had fun staying over. Played bridge, sorry Hui Min didn't get to bridge with you. And Big2 and watched a bit of some movie which was quite lame... Then talked quite a bit. Sorry for keeping u awake.
Finally decided to sleep at about 4am. Zhiyuan had to wake up at 5.15 for the overnight wheelchair marathon. But her alarm mysteriously didn't ring and i woke up at abt 5. Then abt 5.15 Di Hui came and immediately she woke up. Haha, cool eh? Walked to the sports com, then listened tothe briefing and went back to the scroom to rest. Didn't get much though cuz councillors started arriving for schooL. Yup, second day of sports carn. Yes i didn't bathe that morning but did help out later with the wheelchairs. Played a little badminton but the wind was screwy. Haha
Then basically bummed ard the whole day. Played the gladiator thing with Aaron and won. Hehe. Watched the funniest match ever between Cadence and Evelyn!! Basically did nothing till abt 1 plus, went home to bathe then came back for soccer cheering. Oh yes, before that i was promoting the soccer match too.
The PE tutors were drinking beer!
Finally the bus came, but not the people. Rather disappointed but oh well, 5 of us took the second bus. Cool eh, a whole bus for 5 ppl. But on the way zhiyuan and swee liang looked like they were dead. Zhiyuan was a little hard to wake, and swee liang was a little slow. Haha. We got in and cheered.
I cheered like crazy but it was honestly a disappointing performance by TJ and RJ deserved to win. Yeah, sort of lost my voice cheering for them. Then took an MRT ride back to TJ.
Met JoJo and Eugene! Haha, so nice. The final meeting of the Tropics before we part our ways. Went a little high in there but it was all cool. Stopped by the guitar prep rooms and JoJo gave her stuff and then i got seats with Eugene cuz shums asked us to go early to get good seats. Then went opposite a while then soon the concert started.
Let's jz say i did a lot of screaming and shouting for my students. And also, there was one "GO STAGE CREW" that was Mr Eugene. Stuck ard after the concert. Gave a little something to my students. Then left for home. Shuming looked dead tired. Haha.
Yup, point to note. In thesse two days, i slept only less than 4 hours, and I didn't feel tired or sleepy. Some crazy HIGH!!
OK, Next post shall be on church and the weekend! Yeah!!Labels: 30th SC, Cadence, Eugene, Evelyn, Guitar Concert, JoJo, Mind's Cafe, RTs, soccer, Sports Carninval, Swee Liang, Wheelchair, Zhiyuan, Zsa^2
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(Wednesday, April 18, 2007-)
+8:23 PM]*
# How Great Is Our God
Monday
Today was movie day with my classes. And, yeah, really God has been really good! He helped me a lot with this whole movie thing i wanted to do with my classes. Firstly, the movies, i had no idea where the movies were gonna come from, cuz i didn't have a DVDRom on this com, but God provided it through a portable hard disk. Then there was the expertise of projecting the video... For some unknown reason (at that time), everytime i tried projecting a video, it would appear black on the screen. Thank God my first double coincided with Siok's so we could combine classes! (=
Then it was the duration of the movie. 1 hour and 50 minutes. Impossible to screen in any double, but even after a long setup delay, it was just nice that break was after that and some stayed on! Yay! 8 if i counted correctly, which is more than 50% (=
Same miracle happened for 06! PW was after my screening session, and Ms Yanti wasn't ard cuz of MC, so i had the next period all to myself to finish American History X! Yay! But some in 06 were falling asleep while some wanted to run off to see soccer. But they were nice and stayed on *CLAPS* =)
Okay, the story itself, i regret the very coarse language. Really sorry to my classes, but ignoring that, the movie is really something solid on the big D.
Then to 21, the first up for presentations. Sorry i looked very black face, although i didn't mean too, im like that. Sorry ya... Didn't mean to expect so much of you guys. Im jz a very "presentation" kind of person. I expect presenting views to come naturally, so appearing unprepared sort of, yes, pisses me off. But i guess i did overreact. Sorry, i'll see how things go on Friday, but as for tmr, jz enjoy k? I'll pray that somehow, the movie will fit once again.
Oh yeah, Holocaust Remembrance Day wasn't on Monday lar, even u guys said it was in January!
After school, it was tuition. Not too bad once again, except there was once question i didn't know. Maybe any of u guys can help me? Its on electrolysis. In order to coat a piece of plastic with Chromium, two plastic rods are thinly coated with graphite, connected to a battery and immersed in Chromium(III) sulphate solution. The question is, "Why will this method not work for Zinc?" I think it refers to reactivity series or E-naught values. Txs for any replies!
Ate macs for dinner. Sorry Tristan.
Slept!
Tuesday
Shall skip what happened after my class, but for 03, presentations started. Not too good as well, but hope it gets better! Then after the part i skipped, Ms Ng asked me to help her relief CG28 and 12 for her periods that day. Not too bad i suppose, cuz i took 28 and i knew some of them. The presentations were overall good, except the fact i didn't know that it was a double period until someone asked me. Haha, and too bad that guy is gonna get killed by his classmates. Oh well, things happen. Lol!
Then after that it was 12, with JoJo inside there before me. Aapparently, according to JoJo, some of them were scared of me and didn't dare ask for sweets from her. Haha, and they weren't as prepared as 28, but some in 28 were abt their level too. But i guess its jz me being over expectant of presentation standards...
Went for badminton after that at Sigplap CC. Wasn't on form today, and got tired real soon. Plus that CC is white, so hard to see the shuttle. And i tried my first few jumping smash from the back, or is it base, line. Realise i never actually could do that. So i tried today and ddn't turn out nice. Cuz from the back, i usually whack to opponents back or drop, can't smash cuz i dunno how to jump and smash. oH OH, Anyone up for a game of badminton?? I'll treat u bandung if u win? But if u in school team then diff story lar, cuz i failed the school team trials... haha.
Then went for tuition. On the way there, Mrs Quek told me its cancelled. On the way back, she said its on again. So i walked back again. There was this dog that barked at me 3 times lar.. I guess he was fed up too with me walking past his gate so many times. Haha.
Ate dinner at their house (so nice ryte, only God can provide such a nice tuition place!) and then taught tuition. Even had apple juice to drink while teaching! *BIG SMILES!!* Then headed home. Slept.
Wednesday
Relieved for Ms Ng again on 28. Not too bad, finished what i set out to do. And then had my own class. Not as good as i wanted, but yeah, its the over expectancy thing.
Major update of the day, Release of SC Results.
IT'S FINALLY HERE, THE 31st SC Elects.
Number of Councillors (without TA2) - 36
Number of TA2 (separate elections) - 6
Yes the 30th followed our "results slip method" but they stuffed it in a balloon and asked the nominees to burst it. Oh well.. Still had the "grade numerical" and "grade alphabetical". Haha, i still laugh when i see it!! I think the template is exactly the same. Jz modified.
There were happy people, abt 25 or more of them who came for the results ceremony. And there were the teary ones. Guys were the main crying ones. Diantha handled it very well i would say. Very proud of u! *smiles!!* Others jz left, while some had to be consoled. All in all, a solemn occasion.
So here you have it. The 31st Elects.
the full council - 42 (including a now merged TASC)
How the lockers will be allocated, i dunno, cuz there are 36 so maybe the Welfare Haven will have to make way. And TA2 councillors will face some discrimination maybe?
The SC room seriously isn't made for 42 ppl, so that'll be interesting to see. And new locker covers too! Haha, well, thats taking it a little far, council camp first. Be afraid Zhi Yuan, be very afraid. Know how to swim? Haha!
Oh Oh, this is an important part of my post!! Read read: Law Yifu Eve!!! Welcome to TJ for ur visit!!! I really thought i saw u, but i said, can't be lar, that's Julie only, can't be Eve. But guess what, it really was!!
And she so nice say she came back to see me!! Haha, although it was obviously Chinese Drama but ignorance is bliss. Haha. Talked quite a lot with her outside LT1. Sorry didn't go in and u had to fan urself with ZO Cards. Then finally went for dinner with Yumei, JarEN, YingEN, Zhi Yuan, Diantha, Aaron, and two other Elects whose names i can't spell. Haha... At BK. And it was my second meal out after a very very very nice lunch with JoJo and Eugene at Pizza Hut after they mistook our order! Yay, FREE LARGE PIZZA!
Shout outs
Cass-i'll be searching and praying
Dianthaaaaa-u've handled it really well
Zhi Yuan & Co- CONGRATS!! 31st Elect
Li Sze & Co-CONGRATS!! 5-0 thrashing
Shermin & Co-CONGRATS!! 4-0 thrashing
28 and 12-it was nice teaching you
Evelyn-im still holding on to ur pen. SorryLabels: 31st SC Elects, Aaron, BK, Chinese Drama, Dianthaaaaa, Eugene, Eve, Jaren, JoJo, Julie, Pizza Hut, Results slip, Tuition, Yingen, Yumei, Zhi Yuan
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(Friday, March 30, 2007-)
+11:42 PM]*
# Jesus I Surrender
Friday
Today was not too nice a day. I enjoyed myself, but htere are certain things i found out abt myself.
Lessons were alright, although i still must apologize to all my classes for not finishing on time.. And 06, txs for the spamming arh..
Gave out lots of sweets over the past few days. I think Louisa is gonna have to lower her sugar intake soon if things keep up. Haha. Hope u guys enjoyed version 0.5 of the current affairs quiz. Give me some feedback ya? Then after that, it was lunch
Tried out the unpopular Malay foodstall, and surprisingly, the food is actually jz as good. Really no idea why its not as popular... Sure gonna have to tutup kedai (close shop) soon. So sad. After lunch, got the sad news of staffroom table shift of Jocelyn. Just wanna say i think its really stupid and ridiculous. I know i dun have the full picture, abd im biased in my opinion, but let JoJo stay... pls... Why bother pleading.. heartless ppl..
Watched the ending of FMA in the morning too. Sad story too.. Sorry haven found Cepeta yet Wei Ren. Printed Yumei's PI for her too after some minor editing work. Gave it to her in the hall b placing it on a table. Yumei, u actually looked quite happy playing volleyball! Must really be ur passion (=
Rotted in the staffroom reading GP bulletin. Also waited for Siok to come back from her 1.20 but she never did and we were supposed to start the screening of The Rabbit Proof Fence and The Crash. Neha and I told Ms Kwan that Siok must have been "kid"napped by her students, and she was like.. "oh.. ok..". We were like, now we know Ms Kwa wouldn't care less if we died. Hahah, at least this was funny and not sad.
Then i started off The Crash for 4 TA3 students. Sad. But oh well, at least there were no major problems. Except me NOT catching the whole story of The Crash. When i went in to check on the TA3, all i heard within 5 minutes were more swear words than on Zsa's blog for the past month! And also there was a sex scene where the woman's was showing... Yes, the movie was M18, but still... But I clarified that it actually has an impactful story.
Back to the real movie for JC1s, Hotel Rwanda. A really good movie abt the heroic efforts of Paul Resjhfadacir (dunno how to spell or even vaguely pronounce his last name, but truly awesome guy!!!) Sad story on genocide of the Tutsi tribe in Rwanda. Dianthaaaaa didn't like it very much either. Esp the "bumpy" truck ride from getting the supplies (not surprise hor MY)
Then went off to close the Geog room which is VERY dusty. It felt like the beach of East Coast Park when u walk in the room lar. Ok i know im exaggerating, but u get the idea ryte? Shuming or Zsa maybe could tell me more abt the geog room?
Then went to scroom, talked to Evelyn, had dinner opposite with cass while Aaron and Evelyn refused to share a table! Hmmph!
Then went for music prac. Helped move e stuff into place. Couldn't get the accoustic to work but Addy with the magic fingers with the sound board managed to get it working somehow. I tried 4 different ports and 2 cables and produced no signal at all lar...
I finally played bass today. It was Jesus I surrender. Im almost deaf on my right ear, but thats the price bassist pay i guess. Hehe. It was nice playing bass one again. And tmr im on! Yay!!!!! Gtg sleep now!Labels: bass, FMA, geography room, hotel rwanda, JoJo, Lousia, ms kwan, neha, PI, sad, Shuming, Siok, sweets, the crash, the rabbit proof fence, Yumei, Zsa^2
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(Saturday, March 24, 2007-)
+11:39 AM]*
# Temasek Idol
Thursday, part II
Yup, after blogging, I did go for class and met 03/07. Funny thing was Mr Tong was in the classroom before that. memories of being a GP rep. Haha. Aand the outdated diskette. Thumbdrives are the way to go man (= So I entered the classroom and there were jz two people. Out of thirteen, i thought that wasn't too bad excpet that eventually the class started like 15 minutes late. Xuewen and Selina were hopelessly lost. Oh well, others were lost too.
But lesson was great and fun. And best part is.... I WON the Current Affairs Quiz. Haha. With a close margin of 5 to 4, but the guys and girls tied each other. So Im the big winner. Haha. Yeah, whatever ryte? Was nice getting to know the class. Will have to read more of the papers though, bet Im gonna forget 90% of their names when i enter on monday.
Then it was off to the scroom to see what was going on. It was manual labour once again with the packing of TI Goodie bags. Steffi Bond and her agency have been redeployed from top secret agents, to Kacang Putih sellers. Haha!
Ok I have a major GROUSE *winks to 21* here. Why do Singaporeans call tid bits "KacHang PutEh"??? Well, it's pretty obvious ain't it? Firstly they don't know that kacang (which is THE correct spelling btw) means nuts, and not random stuff u get from a snack shop. And putih means white. So kacang putih refers to a PARTICULAR type of nut which is white after roasted. Aarrrgghhh!! The uneducatedness of Singaporeans continues to amaze me. But then again, if everyone's wrong, it doesn't matter does it?
Yup, then left for tuition in church with Nelson and AMaths Differentiation. Met Bertrand first though who was doing Sem 2 Matrices of Engineering. Haha, feel so dumb that i forgot how to find determinant liao. So sad. Oh well, eventually Nelson came and we started and eventually finished. Like.. duh. Haha. That wrapped up church and it was back to TJ
The sc were almost done and then packed up and went for dinner. Then walked home with some (which means more than 1) councillors. Surfed a bit online, got frustrated cuz my net here is so slow. Couldn't watch the stupid japanese dance video on youtube and Shing Yee is becoming more evil! *crashes stone on head* Apparently Joanne is too... Hmmm... scary people hiding in innocent looking faces =S
Friday
This was DDAY. Both for me and my beloved junior Ying Xiu. It was FireFly interview for me and final project, Temasek Idol for YX. Day started off bad.
Had to rush my certs and all, and eventually forgot one cert. Ah, nvm that, got most of it in order and left it at the GO for certifying and went for lessons, saying i would ocllect it at 9.30. But little did i know 9.30 was lesson time. Darn.
Had the crossword with 21. They seemed to be rather stuck at first with most guessing brands as 1 across but its NOT the correct answer *hints to next classes* But slowly they did get better. Some of them even got the lame ones like "she keeps quiet" *pokes shuming* haha. The clues didn't really help I guess, i dunno, comment anyone?
Then it was my first time with the new 06. I forgot where the lesson was supposed to be so I walked back to the staffroom, only to find out it was in the same class... So lame... So i walked back with my laptop and all and set it all up again. 06 was even later... Baa... lessons cant end on time.. never...
Did the same thing although it was hard to remember whos who still. Except a few who stood out but I think I'd forget all other than the GP rep Abishik. But it was fun and guess what, I did the current affairs quiz again. Nosurprise ryte.. Haha, the Team White lost to Team Green and it was good fun, i think. But they were also randomly shooting. People, please please start reading the papers!!
Okay, play time was over. Haha, play time, why did i use that phrase anyway? Lolz.. And it was soon rushing off to EDB. Took my certs from the GO and Mdm Aini was so nice. She saw I was rushing and sweating so she offered some perfume. MEN's perfume if you're wondering! -.-''
I knid of liked the smell too! Haha. A cab took almost forever to come but i still made it ot EDB before the 15 minute buffer time they asked for. Took the lift up to the 28 floor and my ears were already feeling the pressure. Met some other ppl who were there as well. Majority from RJ. Majority for GEP. Me? Only foreigner... Sighs. But it was cool. Jeline i think from RJ was the quite friendly bimbo. Yup, i think she knows shes quite bimbotic. Quote of the day was from her friend. "Jeline, stop being bimbotic, this is an interview for INTELLECTUAL people" Haha! We were all laughing in the quiet and pristine lobby of EDB.
EDB ppl were so not punctual lar! Wwhen it was 11.40, I found out that the 11.15 group hadn't even gone in yet (they do in 30 minute blocks). Then we knew we were in for a long wait. Initially the silence was so thick we were like in different rooms already. But after a while, we loosened up and started talking. Quite interesting ppl. Jeline guessed Mark's name cuz he "looked like a Mark" Yeah ryte, pure luck i think. They were from the same primary school and knew each other and even their friends. Mark-HC, Jeline-RJ, Me-only TJ.
There was this other girl who came later and she has a younger sister in TA1. If anyone knows who she is, gimme a tag? This girl was from RJ. And it was so funny cuz Jeline asked if she was from HC when they both were from RJ. We obviously bot bored and started making up lame stories like how the waiting time was actually the interview and there were hidden cameras to see what we were doing or the windows were actually one of those one-way screens and they were actually watching us. Mark even waved to the window. Haha.
Then came the stupid part. Mark asked us if we wanted to try the EDB Mint that they had. He said he tried it and it tasted like Mentos. But I said, it's our turn any moment and what if we get called in with the mint in our mouths. Jeline even crunched the Strepsils in her mouth before she entered the Lobby on 28 lar... So he said jz swallow lar. Sounds logical ryte?
NOT!!!! I stupidly took the mint and, yes it did taste like mentos. But after 30 seconds (I had already waited 30 minutes) of taking the mint, they called my name!! I was like.. crapz..
So I did swallow the mentos and my throat was burning for the whole interview lar... So stupid.
The interview was normal. The usual why did u choose FireFly and tell me abt some problems you encountered and how u handled them. So i spammed my council stories like mad.
Then came the part where we were joking about outside. The Singapore 6.5 million target. Mdm Lisa (my interviewer) asked what do i think the potential problems are when SG hits 6.5 million and i rambled on abt job competition and congestion and bla bla bla.. I was apparently (or obviously even) off topic cuz she had to ask again. "What are the MAJOR problems u would see, from EDB's economic perspective". So i restructured my answer and yeah, went on to more friendly questions after that. She even said i had better be good at the current affairs cuz I was a GP tutor. Darns. So biased lar!
And while the Mint was still burning, the interview came to the last parts abt do you have any questions abt the scholarship. Did the usual where would i work kind of thing, asked abt the shuffling, if they provided training and all. Yeah, and it ended quite nicely. Even the fact that i did go for EDB's Next Big Thing last time helped as she recalled some TJCians. Told her abt Zhongshan and Sean who were there as well. Yup
After I came out, Mark came out as well. The blur pork brought along only ORIGINAL copies of his certs lar... So he had to zap them at EDB. But then again it was quite wise cuz he could zap it for free there. And the zap machine at EDB so chim one. Touch screen, green light, auto detect paper size... Jeline and I had more fun playing ard with it than anything. Was quite funny with how one cert came out with the top part missing. My fault. Haha!
Then we waited with Jeline who was waiting for her friend. Talked more and then we made our way down after girl-from-RJ-with-sister-in-TA1 came out and then we parted, hoping we would meet again.
Then MRT-ed back to Bedok and met Grace. W/Talked back to TJ with her and met Julie and Zhiyuan on the way. They were meeting Yi Ning and hadn't eaten so I walked backed to the interchange and ate with them. Saw Yi Ning at the double pedestrian crossing and she didn't dissapoint, being slow as always =p But i think she realised we were laughing at how slow she was walking and started running. haha
She was in the nicest uniform in SG, the Meridian uniform. Jx realised i dunno if its spelled meridien or meridian. Oh well. Its the nicest blue ard! Yup yup. So we talked a lot and decided on BK cuz Macs was full. Yi Ning led the way and we did find it. Ordered and ate my first BK meal in a long time and soon it was time for Julie's PDP so we had to walk back
Things I found out
-Julie's bullied at home
-Meridian takes attendance at lectures
-Triton is the Meridian equivalent of Gamma (=
-Zhiyuan stays very far from TJ
Talked even more and Julie soon had to go for PDP. Met Dianthaaaaa under the stage who was with Pui Yee (though i forgot her name twice) She introduced me to a fun (and sadistic) game. Happy Tree Friends. And after a lot of trying, I eventually beat Jeryl's highscore. Haha. 15410 I think was my record. Lolz. Im sorry Jeryl, jz lucky i guess. Brought Dianthaaaaa to see the rehearsal of TI for a few seconds before she had to run off to her LEO GM
Now the day shifted to Temasek Idol. It was only 3 something and the room was already all set up and ready with lights and posters all in place with the laptops and everything. I helped with some of the setting up like taping wires and running ard with bits and pieces of information. It was dragging once again and i left jz before the final soundcheck. Got Julie's ticket and coulnd't hear Yi Ning on the phone. So sorry, she had to msg me. Haha. Then met JoJo and went for dinner.
It was late so I rushed a quick chicken rice and met Pearlyn, Zhi Ying and Mei Hui. Took Zhi Zhan's chicken rice back for him too. Haha, Pearlyn still welfaring ppl (=
Reached the audi and the arena was ready for stars to shine.
The atmosphere was just right, except perhaps the ludicrous PSI index in the room, courtesy of Zhi Zhan. From now on, I shall call the smoke machine the IndoFire. Haha. Qquite cool how it was remote controlled though. And before long, I was wandering ard with my students. Met the Temasek MTV people in the upper gallery. Who? Yes, the Temasek MTV, namely Shuming, Yi Ning, Julie and Shi Min. Go figure out why they're Temasek MTV.
Ran back to the control room and soon, the show was underway and I can honestly say the atmosphere was electrifying! The show started of with the theme song of the day I'll Be There For You (popularised by the Friends comedy series) by the Rembrants. The idols walked onto stage with a thunderous applause (with desibles of screams as well). Back in the Panic Room (read AV Control Room), the pressure and stress was on to get everything going right. Adi was the main projectionis, handling the backdrop and videos seamlessly. Soedar did the music with the help of ZZ's iPod for intervals and Claire was the lightings woman.
The atmosphere was tense in the room as votes were coming in even before the idols performed. Judges were straight to the point. Oh, they were Mr Daniel Chung, Ms Kwan and Alvin Tan of J3, Project Superband. After a great round of performances where Gordon peaked and Imran sank while Xiang Yun outclassed everyone, it was time for the groups
SPZ started things off but sadly, were quite off themselves, getting some negative comments. Same for Sarah and Zhi Wei and even Kita. Quaver were the obvious best although they weren't at their best. Sounds smooth ryte? Nope.
In the Panic Room, the walkies talkies were going almost non-stop and Adi was furiously swapping cables with Soedar for each video. And then swapped back for the voting procedures. For me, i voted
VOTE IDOL S4 S4 S4 S4 S4 S4 twice and
VOTE IDOL G4 G4 G4 G4 G4 G4 countless times. Hahaha!! In case u're wondering, thats for Xiang Yun and Quaver. But sadly, Xiangyun still got the least votes, but shes only TA1, so she has a bright future! Quaver got in and soon, it was time for the break. PSI went up to the max as even the outside was smoky.
Guest performances were really the best, with Alvin Tan and Chuang May being obvious winners for solo and group if they had participated. I need a HERO. ahha
Then things were tense as Arthi and Gordon made it through and Quaver and Kitaa were the finalists for the group. The American Idol Theme music really sounded nice as the results were announced!!!!
Then it was the solo category which i couldn't be bothered with anymore cuz Xiang Yun was out. But in the band category, Kita vastly improved but were no match for Quaver's killer song, My Immortal. The lightings were perfect and i think Yee Chiun took my advise on wearing red-black. The atmosphere was really there!! And at the results, it was obvious that Quaver was the winner and Arthi got the solo category. Err.. dun really care, but QUAVER WON!!! CONGRATS!!!
So they had confetti thrown down and Arthi and Quaver re-sang their last song and we ended with I'll Be There For You and the TI video.
The Panic Room was now over. And it was clean up. It was fast and smooth. Had "kachang puteh" from the sc. A thank you talk by my junior and Ms Fong and then we cleared out.
Last project and soon, its gonna be the 31st. An amazing night. Superbly done. 3 generations of PCs were there as my senior came back. But the last words of this post go to my beloved junior Tan Ying Xiu and thats all from me for Temasek Idol. Kenneth. OUT.
You more than made me proud, u have something to be proud of yourself! It was AWESOME!!Labels: Dianthaaaaa, EDB, FireFly, Grace, Jeline, Joanne, JoJo, Julie, Mark, Mdm Lisa, Mint, Shi Min, Shuming, Temasek Idol, Yi Ning, Ying Xiu, ZZ
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# New Thursday
Haha, a quick little post before i run off for lessons again with the "new and improved" 03/07. Yups. Today has been quite eventful. Started off the day by seeing Mr Eugene do pull-ups and then came back to the igloo (read : staffroom) in the antartic (spelling error, i know).
Then the day got livelier (looks weird, maybe sp as well) as me,siok n aaron went to print the masterpiece crossword puzzle. i had the discounted 65 sheets while Siok and Aaron had 75 each. Within minutes we were done although Siok almost printed it wrongly as she's forgotten how to place the paper as Aaron gave a yawny-warning.
Left the place with our masterpiece but to ur horror, no.39 was missing! and so were two clues... So sad. So the masterpiece was actually incomplete. And Siok, who wants to save trees, decided to print it all again. We were like, write it on the white board lar *laughs together*
Then we decided to give clues and be nice RTs, which we always are btw =p so i surfed the net for pictures and created a rather nice automatic slideshow and soon it was time for lessons. Clues ranged from .... wait... i can't write it here or 21/07 will know the answer. Phew..
Yeah, it was a nice slideshow! Technically and aesthetically, for me at least. Met the new 21/07 in CR232. They were late, but considering their rojak combinations, I jz let it be. And after quite a while, they were all in except Shuming. She was at a medical checkup apparently but then she appeared right after my lesson... so suspicioius... the plaster must be fake! =p
The lesson was ok, i think. Maybe 21 could give some feedback? Did intros the way Ms Kwan did it with the old 04. Not too bad as i could roughly, very roughly, remember most of their names and associate them with relevant CCAs (cuz uniforms, are well... uniform) And they like Spanish footballers and chocolates. Then did the current affairs quiz with 5 groups. Here's how they fared. I think.. hehe
Polo Group - 7 - Winner!
Touch Group - 5 - Close second
Guys -1 - 4
Choir - 4
Soccer - 3
Me - 2
Haha, sorry if the scores are wrong, but yeah, i actually scored 2 points cuz they all got 2 questions wrong. Guys-1 cuz the last row were all guys except for Yee Wen (i think thats ur name? hehe) Choir cuz of SY (dunno her full name, and Valerie), Soccer-shermin and sarah, Polo-cuz they were all in TJ Polo (and Jianhui was spot on for them). Touch cuz of A Dell, ok ok, Adele and Yasmin.
Conclusion of this quiz
-they don't read newspapers
-Jianhui must have been lucky =p
-my laptop or the class is haunted
Then went off for lunch as today was Fryday. And Mr Eugene was late cuz of a Rubik's tutorial. Haha! Then as I was leaving, Phildia came back in with 21! Yay! Nice to meet her again and the first thing she said was that i cut my hair. And Zhi Yuan had to comment that my head looked smaller. Then talked with Phildia, Julie and the rest lar. Followed them to chem lab lesson with Ms Tay.
Phildia apparently doesn't like tall ppl. Or jz me. Haha. And it was quite funny cuz Ms Tay actually let Phildia in. And she was in a purple England top. Must have looked so weird. Oh oh, Julie is SLOW. haha
Then walked further on and saw Mr Eugene in the chem lab. And even funnier was Jojo who was stealing chemicals *sounds the alarm* Haha, so sad that the IP lab had no chemicals so she had to steal 4 bottles with droppers. Looked so funny. Yeah. Aactually thats all i wanted to blog about. Haha. Chemistry is so funny. First with Phildia in the lab in outside clothes, then JoJo stealing chemicals, and finally Ms Quah letting the students out late. And those students were 06. Im gonna see u people soon!
Alrights, back to being a tutor now..Labels: Aaron, Adele, Chemistry, Eugene, Jianhui, JoJo, Julie, Ms Tay, Phildia, Shermin, Siok, SY, Valerie, Yasmin, Yee Wen, Zhi Yuan
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