my vision my passion

hello!

2009-10-14T20:17:00.003+08:00

It's been a month since I've last updated. I've been into photography recently, reading up on stuff and splurging on things. Shall stop spending for the time being. I realised I love to switch hobbies and explore or pick up new things real fast. Got a short attention span, but then again, multiple skills!

Here're some of my selected pics:

seriously this is screwed up. the pics are all over the place!

NOW IS THE START OF MY DOUBLE DIGIT COUNTDOWN TO ORD!

photos!

2009-09-15T22:55:00.001+08:00

yay i bought my nikon d5000 and I so love photography! I've joined in the DSLR race and from now on, i'll be posting my photos regulary (I hope).

Do follow my flickr here

http://www.flickr.com/photos/simpleone89/

to jeremy choo

2009-09-06T01:33:00.003+08:00

Jem asked us to send in our visions to him, so why not let me share mine here? After all it'd make another mark in my life.

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HELLO JOKER JEM, sorry if I'm the latest but I really procrastinated and I repent for that.

MY VISION:

currently, my vision is (or was) to build strong, skillful and biblical musicians to train strong, skillful and biblical musicians. However, apparently only Kaiwen turned out well, if you really considered him as a disciple as well.

I'll probably change my vision when I go down under, because I really don't think I can build any other musicians anymore that side. however, after all I am the FIRST YWAMmer to go international. As such I already discussed with Yao what I would do before I leave. I've planned to:
1. conduct an electric guitar workshop to discuss issues such as good tone, how to improvise, playing with different parts, and to inspire (indirectly fulfilling vision)
2. vomit out everything kaiwen needs to know, basically train him to train others (fulfills vision)
3. connect chris and kaiwen together as they'll be working together next time, and kaiwen can influence chris as well
4. continue to find out about joshua
5. source for younger, stronger musicians

Well, the personal vision for me in the long run, as I embark on my studies and then my career, would probably be to practice the gift of healing on those who are burdened, weak in health and spirit, so that I may be able to show the love of God through me. Sounds kinda cool huh?

I dunno what to expect when I get there, whether I would join a small church or a big one. and I wouldn’t know my schedule over there. as such I have no plans yet with regards to music ministry when I get to sydney. however, I plan to start building a network of friends and hopefully honing my faded, unpracticed pastoral skills. hopefully God has called me there to build the local church, by going back to the basics of evangelism. of course my musical skills would be put into practice.

so in conclusion, I'm afraid I can't join u guys on all that dreams of playing in indoor stadium, or a music school because I think my focus has changed pretty much. I won't see myself doing what I have done in the past 3 years when I get to sydney. I think it'll be more of "back to the basics" kind of thingy. but who knows, maybe I'm there to influence the whole music scene of down under. after all, playing so many musical instruments could finally have been put to great use?

Simon.

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And to continue from my last post, I'll just sum it all up into one very overused sentence:

God doesn't call the qualified. He qualifies the called.

And it so happens to be my car's bumper sticker! Coolness right? I tell you all of them copied that quote after seeing it.

So oh well I think I can't escape this calling, but it's my choice to follow it. 6 years of challenges await in Uni, probably like 40 years of challenges await in the hospital, and out of these 40 years, probably 10 years in further studies? I dunno...but all I know is I'm excited to embark on this new journey!

And so happening! Kai lun from BMT will be joining me in this 6 year programme overseas! I have a MATE to G'DAY with!

Bye!

hear me out

2009-08-30T16:17:00.004+08:00

Well, you'd have probably noticed, or didn't, I changed my blog title. "Called to serve" has been changed to "My vision my passion". Why?

Let me describe, elaborately, the process of my 2 years in army, which has led me to do some thinking, and eventually conceiving a new vision for me.

This vision, has got something to do with my medicine course, which will begin in less than half a year, for 6 years. This vision, is to be able to help the sick and poor to live the last days of their lives as if they were the best, and to show the love that Christ has for these people. I think I am privileged to be able to go overseas to pursue this noble profession. I've been praying for God to break my heart for what breaks His, tough prayer.

Before I go into any detail of what I plan to do for the next 6 years of my life, and for the remaining 6 months in Singapore, let me bring you back in time. Let me share with you why the sudden change in my career path, and hopefully, HOPEFULLY, it will change some the mindsets of some of you guys.

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It all began last year, after I received my A level results. Not knowing what to apply for, I chose the normal path, which about 60% of my classmates had applied for -- Business. Wow nice, business, such a vague degree which can be applied to any area in life. Business, hmmm, big money?

So I applied for a double degree in Business and Accountancy, not knowing what I would do in this course. All I heard was that it was challenging, but could guarantee you a place in a high-paying job with a 5 digit salary! $_$ that's nice.

So case closed. I would study that course and that's it!

NOT. Something deep inside me was struggling and trying to break out of that "let's-follow-the-trend" mentality to tell me, "Hey Simon, is money all you care about? Would you like that course, that job, that lifestyle?"

I ignored that thought.

I talked to one of my course mates in the army. He happened to disrupt halfway to study medicine in NUS. I vividly remember him telling me, "My dad wanted me to earn big money by doing business or accountancy. But I think I want to help people through being a doctor. I think it's really nice just to help those in need."

Later in the year of 2008, there was Missions week in church. A video was shown on screen, and it depicted the lives of ordinary but noble people, who left their comfort zones, went to a foreign land, and planted churches. One story was this guy who went to a certain part of Africa, I think Zimbabwe? Anyway, there are many poor people in this country, but the simple acts of kindness shown by this foreign white man were warmly received with immense gratitude. My heart was wrenching with grief but happiness, because I know there're certain things in the world beyond my control, but at the same time I was glad that some people actually bothered to try to make a difference.

The world needs love.

So turning point, in my life! Well, no, not yet. This was just one of the little events.

Fast forward about half a year. It was december camp, like finally! On the second night, when Torchie lead the PnW session, I was the guitarist, and he prophesied that many of us youths would rise up to be powerful and influential people in the 21st century. Nice. Powerful. He prayed for a number of people who would be influential in the Media industry, in the Financial sector, in the Arts industry. At that point of time, I didn't raise up my hand for the part of the "Financial sector", not because I was tired, but because something deep inside of me, was trying to tell me that that won't be it. This something was clearly the Holy Spirit speaking to me. So while everything was in slow motion, I found myself immersed in a conversation with the Holy Spirit, debating about whether it was the financial sector I should go into.

Instead, He challenged me to go into the healthcare industry. Wow, thanks God. HUGE responsibility.

I once told a few people around me, after receiving the A level results, "I would NEVER, EVER study medicine". Ironic huh? I will be soon. Well I guess I was a coward, not wanting to study that much, work that hard. But since that night, a seed was planted in me. I was CHALLENGED to take up that responsibility. After all, my results weren't so bad aye? ;)

Anyway, I shared that moment with people around me. Some were supportive, some tried to discourage me. Well, I put aside that thought for a while.

Ok post is too long, part 2 to continue...

new template

2009-08-30T16:14:00.003+08:00

Ok I'm such a block-head when it comes to all these HTML and fancy computer geeky language. But I changed the template to something nicer, more pleasing to the eyes, instead of them dark and gloomy black background. I don't care less for those fancy templates that many people spend so much time finding and changing regulary, just something pleasant and simple would do.

HIIIIIIII!!!!

2009-08-23T00:15:00.003+08:00

SUCH A LONG TIME SINCE I LAST WROTE HERE!

The previous post marked my 1 year to ORD, now 5 months to ORD!!! I've not written here on this blog cos I simply grew lazy of blogging, and no one reads my blog anyway so, whatever!

Well it's more or less official.

I'M GOING TO PURSUE A MEDICAL DEGREE IN UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES, SYDNEY FOR THE NEXT 6 YEARS.

YES! 6 years. What a bloody long time! By the time I'm back, I would be 27. Can't imagine that man, so old. (That's if I choose to come back, Sydney's too nice a place.)

And yes I'll be leaving Singapore in 6 months time, for 6 years. I still can't imagine studying for another 6 years. It's like primary school all over again, x10000 times the difficulty. However, I so am looking forward to ORD.

Looking back, I think I have grown so much in joy. Reading my previous posts months ago, I think I stopped complaining so much. I guess the more I put my trust in God, the more problems seem soooo tiny and easy to solve. Yes, God's favour's upon me. Many times I struggle in army, but He always provides a nice way out, and yes rewards too! LIKE OFFs! Hard to get offs in my unit, but there's still some!

I have come a long way. Time really flies. I think 2 years of army can't compare to what I'll go through in these 6 years. I'm free in army, but I have NO freedom. Don't think I'll be very free in Uni though.

I'll start a new blog once I get over there. Hopefully I'll be able to update everyone about my future place and Uni.

Bye!

:(

2009-01-27T21:58:00.004+08:00

and so the long awaited happy times have ended, although i'm only half as happy as i should have been, i'm still sad that i still have to wake up early and go to the s***h**** they call sungei gedong camp. well hopefully the remaining 3 days there this week will really be the last time i'll ever set foot back there other than going for master parades, running errands, or doing work. i DO NOT want to go back to CCO QM (the crappy unit i'm in, whereby i'm treated like nobody).

anyway, i failed my driving, i didnt get my 3SG rank yet. but i still managed to have loads of fun during my korea trip last week. it's scary how time flies when i had so much fun, and it's even more scary to look at another year of army life. it's like feeding a hyena kimchi! it's so torturing!
i took beautiful pictures in korea! check them out!

yes skiing is very hard. and painful.

oh well

2009-01-16T14:28:00.000+08:00

i failed driving the SECOND time. oh well, scored too many demerit points. hahaha. but the tester was really fierce and strict, what a pig. certain things cant be helped, maybe it isnt my time to pass yet. but still it's wasting my time and money.

off to korea tonight!

happy times

2009-01-13T11:23:00.002+08:00

let the happy times begin! i'm on MC today and tmr, and friday's my driving test, and i'll be flying off to korea at night, and once i come back i'll get promoted to 3SG, and then it'll be CNY!

awesome man, what a great year to begin with all these little but happy occassions! time will surely fly much faster when i look to little happy things in life.

soon, i'll be able to DRIVE!!! that's if i dont do any immediate failures this friday. i need to pass because my PDL's going to expire and i'm sick of lessons.

been spending lots of money recently as well, upgrading guitar, buying new pedals. but oh well i guess next time i'll earn much more to redeem them!

bye.

happy new year!

2009-01-01T12:58:00.000+08:00

YES! HAPPY NEW YEAR! it's awesome how time really flies. I think 2008 was a GREAT year for me. I hope 2009 will be SMASHING! 1 year left to ORD!

back!

2008-12-16T21:44:00.003+08:00

back from heroes camp! i'm sad that it's already over! 4 days really flew as fast as an F-15 in the sky.

i think i received much from the camp. it was a really fruitful and fulfilling time of learning and fellowship. God moved in wonderful ways.

i didnt sleep the last night, maybe except 1-1.5hours. was really tired, and i knocked out pretty bad after reaching home. slept from 2-9pm, cant believe it!!!

i'm excited for upcoming events such as christmas and the new year! i think dec 2008's going to end off with a blast! i cant wait for 2009 to start, a brand new year with brand new things to do! and of course, 1 year to ORD!

crossroads...yet again...

2008-11-18T21:17:00.002+08:00

I shall attempt to blog in a proper format with capital letters beginning at every sentence.

It's strange, that when you're bored, you tend to over-think things. Well, strange or not, I think it's common. With a bored mind, you tend to imagine the future, recall the past, think of how to escape the present. And army really gives you two years to think of what you want to do in the future, why you did certain things in the past, and why you sit around in the office, or carry a rifle in the jungle, or carrying heavy items.

Army made/is making me think of what to do after I ORD.

So once again, I'm reconsidering the choice of my University course. If it weren't for this dumb thing called National Service, I think I would have been complaining on how stupid I was to choose a double degree in Business and Accountancy at SMU. It's a hot and popular course, with good prospects, but the downside -- very very stressful. I see how SMUggers mug at SMU and i just want to piss my pants! Not only SMUggers but NTUians and NUSians as well. Maybe it's just uni life being 100x more crazy than JC. So much for uni being more slack than JC (I WONDER WHO EVER MADE THAT STATEMENT?!)

So once again, I'm standing at the crossroads (ok lah more like a T-junction), undecided on which career path to take. I currently have a few ideas:

forensic science -- whooh dead bodies, fingerprints!
medicine -- blood and body parts, drugs!
dentistry -- warm, nice-smelling breaths with strange dull-colored teeth
business and accountancy -- earn da big bux at shenton way!

The issue is, why did I ever choose Biz and Acc in the first place? Out of convenience that I didn't research on the different courses? Following the trend, again? Wanting a high-paying job in some bank? Going to school to see hot girls?

I think, I have to do something that I will like, and something that will get me into the high-income club. I can't imagine myself carrying a briefcase walking to meetings. But then again I think travelling around the world doing business is way cool!

Decisions, decisions, decisions...I wonder what will the outcome be. Stay in Singapore, go overseas? Stick to Business and Accountancy, or choose another course? Sometimes I wish I can see the future!!! But of course God has a plan, but there's free will so technically I can't see the future, because that would mean peeking at His plan, and therefore following a pre-programmed life, hence overwriting free will!

Never mind, I still have 1 year and 2 months to ORD. I need to give serious thoughts of this one. This is not some JC subject combinations in which you can just change after first 3 months, or you can just screw up your entire JC life but still make it to a course. THIS IS WHAT I'VE WORKED FOR! At least what I think I've worked for during last year's A levels.

On a lighter note (weighing only 500mg!), I'm currently not staying in, and I'm not too sure if it's a good or a bad thing. Good thing -- stay out gives me freedom!!! Bad things -- wake up early, travel far.

But the only thing I hope is that they grant me the freedom to take the remaining driving lessons. It's about two weeks to that dreaded Traffic Police test. I'm scared, like super scared, but at the same time pretty excited! I can't wait to VROOM VROOM!!!

This post ends here. Roger, over and out.

girl from ipanema!

2008-11-11T19:59:00.002+08:00

finally i sort of completed this song that i've been dwelling on for a year! but one year ago i was limited to only acoustic recordings, but now i can do a full band line up! whooh!

and i really love big bang songs! i wish i was in the big band era because big bang music just seems sooooo happy and relaxed! the lyrics as well, they're all happy and everyone's happy!

i dunno how to upload a song onto here...

hi!

2008-11-09T11:38:00.002+08:00

due to the negative responses on how my previous post was, i shall never attempt to do such a thing again! but it was 2am and i was tired and then u start writing and doing nonsense when u're tired.

when there was team rally on monday, i was looking for the answers to "what am i doing here? what am i going to do? why do i do what i'm doing?" they can be summarised into one word -- vision. what's my vision? what will i do for the next 5 years in church or in life?

one thing's for sure i'm left with 1 year and 2 months in the army, and time really flies so sooner or later i'll ORD. as much as i want to ORD, i'm still fearful of what's to come. i enjoy my army life cos it's so slack and relaxing it gives me time to think. but the clock's ticking and i dont have much time to find the answers to the questions. i'm not too sure if i'd ever want to go into business. i mean it's the trend that young people follow. last time it was electronics, then engineering, now business! what's next? moreover it seems the financial market's a real mess, then what's the point of studying so hard for a degree in which may not get u as far as the seniors did? i mean i would love to earn a handsome 5-digit salary per month, but i dont think it's easy or even possible?

so the clock ticks, and i've been thinking of other ways. overseas study? but then again, what will i study? as much as i want to go to the states to study, there're other factors that make me want to stay back in this country i call home. ministry, family, friends, etc. some things are just hard to leave behind.

but anyway, back to the team rally! u know there's a point of time whereby u've served a long time and there're times whereby u want to give up, quit, start somewhere else. many reasons why people want to do so -- lack of faith, spiritual dryness, lack of focus, boredom. i would say i had faced some of these moments, during these 2 years 10 months serving as a musician. i get bored easily, and recently i've been thinking of my vision in the team. why are we doing the same thing for weeks and weeks? services week in and week out, camps every twice a year, ESS 2-3 times a year. there's got to be more than just standing on stage with my guitar and playing some chords and solos! i know it's easy to say "hey why don't you help out in this...or that" or maybe like "oh maybe you could do this to help". the point is i dont want to see myself doing the same thing for the next 50 years of my life! there's got to be something else than just playing chords!

so i felt a lack of focus at that time, bored at what i was doing, didnt trust that God would place events that would help to spur me on.

but oh how on time God's word came! he's never late, nor is he early (kinda like what gandalf said in LOTR). i believed the word for me was "persevere". as we played the song "O How I Long", mama jac (serving the longest for 15 years!) encouraged everyone as she shared on how sometimes she felt like giving up, and felt angry at God for doing things/not doing things, but she still held on to God's promises because she made the decision to. whoah man! that's the very answer i needed. although i may have served for 1/5 of the number of years she did, i still think we faced pretty much the same thoughts. "what is God doing for me? what's going to happen? what am i seeing such things? what am i doing? why am i doing this?"

i guess i made the decision to serve, and i will stick to that decision. that's why my blog's called "called to serve". i have the talents for music, and i'm called to serve the maker who gave me these talents (eh don't play play man, talent power sia). but i hope as i continue to serve, which i will for the next 50-60 years, God will give me new visions and new territories, new people, new leadership etc.

as for now, the only thing i'll see myself become in the next 3-5 years, is probably a leader in wam? i think many of the current leaders may move on by then, so i'd probably rise up then? who knows maybe i will, or maybe i'll go overseas for study and help out with the church over there.
one day, i would want to be a pnw leader, not because it's cool or what but i think i can do something like it.

oh well, so the quest for saving up for a PRS still continues...

oops wrong topic! i meant the quest for a quest continues. will our hero find a quest during this quest? ok i meant i want to find a vision for me.

hello!

2008-11-02T02:00:00.002+08:00

looks like my blog was getting dead! haven't updated in a while, but i doubt it's interesting and that anyone would actually bother coming here. but oh well it's just for me to practise my writing skills so that i dont become completed retarded in the army.

*disclaimer: close this page if you have an average IQ or above average. i dare you to read the bottom!

ephraim: hi simon.
simon: hello ephraim.
simon: nice to meet you yong sheng.
yong sheng: well hello you guys!

ephraim: hey! did you guys go for tommy emmanuel's concert on wednesday? i thought it was great!
yong sheng: definitely! how could i ever missed him? i went last year too at the esplanade. sound was much better! but this year i was sitting right at the front! i could almost touch him! and he was looking at me for some parts!!! whooh!!!
simon: how can i be a better guitarist guys? i want to play like him!
ephraim and yong sheng: practise more?
simon: anyway, i'm looking forward to the driving test! it's like in 5 weeks time! i'm ready to go and face some fussy old man driving instructor! hope i can pass!

cpl tan: oi you guys stop talking so much cock! the govt pays u $400 to sit around office and talk rubbish ar? downstairs very dirty, go do area cleaning!
everyone else: but corporal, encik and sir not around, do for what? we dont want to clean, let us play psp, or use i-net!

ephraim: eh simon, are you going to get a new electric guitar?
simon: i dunno leh, now economy so jialat, and i just got a new keyboard! i've recorded one more new song with reiz already. jay chou's caihong.
yong sheng: oh man i so love that song! i'm so cheena, my name is cheena, and i love cheena songs. send it to me!

everyone: book out lor!

simon: i'm going home to sleep! been up so late for the past few nights. all my pimples coming out liao, sian ji pua!
yong sheng: bye guys!

bzzzzz...

2008-09-04T22:55:00.002+08:00

bzzzz...SMACK!!!

i hate mosquitoes, and i dont really like going to the field without proper attire, e.g. no insect repellent, no combat boots, no mopiko

today we had our very first testing of our CQMS job. we went outfield! sux man it's so tiring, loading the stores, setting up stuff, clearing them, washing, unloading, returning. so boring sia. still got long ways to go! about 20 more days to corporal, hopefully.

and while driving yesterday i splashed water on some stranger by accident. i think it's rather funny if u're in the car, but it's NOT when u're the victim. i was splashed by a TIBS bus before. yucks.

off

2008-08-17T22:01:00.002+08:00

i'm feeling rather unfocused at the moment. my brain's in a midst of confusion. there're thoughts just having war with one another.

i'm confused at what i should do with my life. it's just plain meaningless and boring everyday in camp and when i'm at home. i know it shouldnt be the case cos i'm a christian, but then again it's not about life purpose i'm confused with, it's just a stage of life i'm uncertain of what i should do.

i want to go back to school. army's really wasting my time.

thank you!

2008-08-17T01:40:00.002+08:00

thanks everyone who wished me happy 19th and who celebrated/will celebrate with me. actually being 19 doesnt feel as good as being 18, cos i guess it doesnt really matter. at least at 18 u feel older, more mature, can buy alcohol, cigarettes, watch m18, but that's not the point.

i'm looking forward to my 21st birthday, cos that would mean i've started school and i've ORDed.

thanks to all those who gave me stuff/will give me stuff. *ahem*

i feel loved.

national day!

2008-08-09T22:40:00.000+08:00

it's the 43rd birthday of singapore!

and there's a very special occassion coming up soon, in 6 days' time! hmmmm, i wonder what it is?

The Story of the Goldfish

2008-08-05T20:57:00.002+08:00

today in camp, we had something exciting! we decided to pool our money together to buy a couple of fishes and put them in this fish tank that was lying around. each of us contributed about $2 to buy 2 big packets of goldfish, one packet contained super tiny goldfish and the other contained normal sized ones.

and so God sort of spoke to me in a cute way through these little aquatic creatures as we poured them into the tank. here's the inspirational story of the goldfish, written by me!

THE STORY OF THE GOLDFISH

Once upon a time, there lived a little goldfish in a little bowl in a little fish shop. This little goldfish was sick of staying in that little bowl, and he was a very sad goldfish. He longed to see what the world was like, instead of being trapped in a little bowl.

One day, a man walked into the shop and wanted to buy a fish. In this fish shop, there were many different kinds of beautiful fish, all of different colour, shapes and sizes. However, at the corner of the shop, stood the little bowl containing the little goldfish.

The man walked over to that goldfish, and noticed that it had a flaw - it's tail fin had been torned.
Immediately, he bought that goldfish, despite having seen all the other beautiful fish.

Upon reaching home, the man decided to place the goldfish in his huge aqaurium, beautifully decorated with gravel, rocks and water plants. He took a fish net and tried to scoop the goldfish up.

As the goldfish saw the net coming towards his way, he panicked and tried to swim away. It was really hard to try to coax the little fella into the net, and into the tank.

So the man tried a different way. This time, he lowered the bowl half way into the tank so that the goldfish could swim out. However, the poor little goldfish was afraid of what was in the tank, so he kept swimming towards the base of the bowl.

The man sighed, and said, "Why won't you be courageous and step out into my tank? Oh well, I will have to do this!". After he said that, he poured the contents of the bowl right into the tank, and the goldfish dropped into it.

As soon as the little goldfish entered the majestic looking fish tank, he was so amazed! He had never seen anything like it before.

The man smiled and said, "I told you so! You could have trusted me."

ok that concludes my little short story. a little connie, but while pouring out the fishes today, i saw them frantically trying to swim away from the tank and pack into the packet. kinda dumb right? swim away from the tank?! hahaha! but here's the good part:

Christians, some of us are like that little goldfish. we all have flaws like his little tail fin. we long to be used by God, and we long to be part of his perfect plan for us. however, here's the sad part. Sometimes, we don't trust God enough, and we long to go back to our comfort zone the moment things get rough.

the little goldfish couldn't bear to leave his bowl to enter into the tank the moment he encountered threats, obstacles and struggles. sometimes we are like that too. we can't bear to leave our own small bowl and venture into the great plan God has for us the moment we find that things aren't going right!

as a result, sometimes God has to give us a push, or maybe a reminder or a miracle, to show us a glimpse of his perfect plan for us. like that goldfish, we lack faith, we rely on our own strengths, and we dont trust our master. however, once we enter into the "tank" he has for us, we will then be able to see how awesome and cool his plan is for us!

once we received his plan for us, God smiles and says, "I told you so! You could have trusted me."

ok that's it! heh.

Simon the bangla worker

2008-08-04T19:55:00.002+08:00

Simon has become a bangla worker, a maid and a cleaner. why?

we shifted so many big and heavy cupboards, drawers, tables, and partitions from rooms to rooms for the past week. we even had to do cementing of tiles, and we will be painting the walls tmr!

and i became a maid, mopping the floor, sweeping, cleaning, laying bedsheets etc. just that i have no official employer except the government. hehe.

but i guess all these "saikang" and extra work helps me be more useful in cleaning, so i'm basically an expert in house cleaning. i remember spring cleaning my room after my BMT, it was soooo nice to look at! but now it's back to the pig sty it used to be during A levels. oh wells! men werent created to do housework! HAHA! but nonetheless my wife will be so blessed cos i can do it! :P

i'm starting my driving lessons this wed! finally! after passing my BTT last year end october, and after waiting for for 5 months after BMT. oh well, hopefully i can claim my license and the right to my car. yes i have a car! but it belongs to my parents oh well...

1.5 years to ORD! 1 or 2 more months to corporal! haiz...

bored...

2008-07-29T22:05:00.001+08:00

work is so boring! we have really nothing to do it's soooo boring! i think i shall get a psp soon!

but meanwhile i'm reading "i kissed dating goodbye" by joshua harris. i think it's a great book that gives me another perspective of BGR. hehs.

bye.

SWIFT AND DECISIVE

2008-07-26T22:45:00.003+08:00

and so i have been posted to HQ armour, at sungei gedong. however i'm in the Armour Project Group, WHOAH sounds top secret and mysterious! my main office will be in kranji camp, and the lame thing is i have to report to gedong monday, wed, fri for live run which i cant do cos i'm excused lower limb. oh well it's stay out so i have nothing to complain!

speaking of stay out, i think there's some sort of divine plan God has. why stay out? i've got many friends who kana stay in, tough units. mine's pretty slack I THINK and I HOPE. but i've got to do many things when i'm staying out for the next 1.5 years. i'm going to:

1. get my driving license
2. play for JUMP
3. get new comp?
4. improve guitar skills
5. train some ppl
6. tuition for extra cash?
7. beef up somemore(:

i realised setting goals and plans is real easy, but actually getting down to do it is not that simple. heh. now, for my promotion to corporal! i dunno when but it should be soon! 1 or 2 more months?

anyway, one year ago i can vividly remember studying MY GUTS OUT for prelims/A levels. nostalgic man i tell you, whenever i walk past the AMK library, or some random fast food chain and see J2s mugging their butts off. funny sight to see, but such events bring back good/bad/ugly memories of intense mugging. looking back at the past year, i've seen how much i've grown.

and when i went back to school to collect my cert last tuesday, memories of my school life from sec1 all the way to j2 started gushing out of my memory bank into my mind like how water leaks out of a small crack in a dam.

as i walked up the slope of the hwachong entrance, i can still remember wearing that set of faded biege uniform, carrying a big bag pack with a file, dragging my feet along the concrete ground, sighing and asking myself when would the dreaded A level exams end. as i walked up the slope that day, this time with a different perspective, this time as a soldier, i still sigh and ask myself when would i ORD and get back to studying. the army is a good break for 2 years, but i would rather get back to the books than rifles. the power of knowledge, more powerful than any ammunition or weaponary you can possibly find in the SAF. heh.

as i walked towards my class bench, i can remember the days when it was 7.15am, and i would see J2s mugging away, and as i approached my class bench i could still remember everyone greeting all those that just arrived for another hectic day in school. slackers would be slacking, muggers would be mugging, lazy students would be copying homework, hardworking students would be burried into their notes. this was my JC life.

and so i walked towards the kong chian admin block, the ex-ep3 or ex-cca block. this was were the most time was spent in my secondary school days, in the string orchestra room. ok lah maybe not a lot but i was rather involved in string orch last time but i think i suck at the violin. and so i could remember being a blur 1.56m sec1, lugging my violin case and my bag to this rather spacious room. as i walked towards it, a bunch of NCC or St. John people would go running to the 2nd level. and the NPCC people would obviously be pitching tents again. hahaha!

and there was the AEP block, where painful memories of staying back late to finish up that 3D animation project or painting or sketch(YES i PAINTED but i wasnt that good :( ). hey i have artistic capabilities OK?! i didnt really like my teacher cos she sort of "used" me, but hey man she really opened up some opportunities. Now 3D animation remains as a past memory, something that i dont think i will do again forever. sad huh i had quite a promising future in that, but i've moved on.

aiya no time to write so much about my secondary school life. it was indeed fun too. i loved my bunch of friends in sec school. i loved sec school, it was relaxed and just plain fun. boyish fun, things that boys do without the restriction of any FEMALES. oh well, fun as we can be, the friends i've grown up with are now in the army, all becoming mature MEN.

time really flies, i'm going to be 19 soon, SO OLD! i'm reaching the 2* age next year! oh man!!!

anyway here are tips/pointers/encouragements/hehe/haha/lol/tools in which you can get that stack of notes done and score for prelims/A levels.

1. sleep 6 hours. it's enough.
2. drink coffee
3. sleep in lessons that you think aren't important
4. DO TUTORIALS
5. HIGHLIGHT your notes, and i mean IMPORTANT points not the whole chunks
6. do the TYS!!! i've completed my maths TYS THREE TIMES!!! HEHE
7. select certain schools' prelim papers. some schools are just plain waste of time.
8. take power naps of 10 min everytime u feel tired
9. find the optimal time of studying, night or day or afternoon?
10. memories if you need to
11. practise questions
12. practise questions
13. practise questions
14. time yourself for papers
15. time yourself for papers

prelims aren't everything, so dont be stressed you horse babies J2s! by prelim u should roughly know about 80% of your work? around there. by A levels it should be 100% and a few rounds of revision. my prelims i had EESSD, rearranged to become SEEDS, which are seeds that God planted so that my testimony may be shared to inspire everyone. the SEEDS sprouted and became AAAAB! praise God man! it's possible!

simon: simon to everyone, blog ends here. roger out.

SWIFT AND DECISIVE

2008-07-26T22:45:00.000+08:00

what's new?

2008-07-15T22:03:00.004+08:00

here are updates in my life:

ARMY IS REALLY SLACK! we're ending our course with effect from tmr. block leave begins on thursday to the following tuesday, but i wont be taking block leave. saving for end year! i hope it will be slack!

anyway, i've been playing a great RTS game called company of heroes. real great graphics and gameplay. the sad thing, my obsolete comp of 6 years isnt able to support it well but only the minimum specs, but it still lags a lot!!! go check it out!

http://www.companyofheroesgame.com/

that's my newest baby! welcome to the family u'll be well taken care of! hehe

peace out!

lol!

2008-07-14T00:06:00.002+08:00

it's been almost a year since i made a post. i was soooo lazy to update!

anyway, i'm currently serving the nation as a supply supervisor, aka CQMS but NOT A STOREMAN. ok lah something like a storeman but i would prefer to be called a SPEC. HAHAHA! anyway BMT was rather fun cos pes C is sooo slack and my friends are a whacy bunch!

my CQMS course ends in 2 weeks. it's the stay out period already. initially it was stay in, and i went to the gym regularly for about 3 months, and pumped protein. small increase, but hope to continue more in my unit. hehs.

time really flies, the last post was before A levels, and yes one year later i have:

achieved 4As
passed BTT and FTT
earned some cash from the government
2 new guitars!

ok time to sleep it's late, or tmr i cant wake up and will be charged for AWOL.

one...

2007-08-12T01:09:00.000+08:00

it's been:

one year since 2006
one year since my last 17th bday
one year since my mom and sis left for china
one year of indepedence
one year of great friendships that spurred me on
one year of mugging for purpose
one year of spiritual growth
one year of building my ministry

one year has done so much. proud of what happened the past year, definitely God's divine plan!

looking back, my relationship with my parents have grown so much. i guess absence really makes the heart fonder.
looking back, my relationship with my classmates have grown much too. got to spend time with them after school, just chilling around, mugging, hanging out etc. they're the reason that i go to school with a smile renewed every morning (except for rainy mornings, i hate the rain!)
looking back, my relationship with my church friends have progressed to a stronger and deeper one. talking about ministry, personal life, opened up our lives. they're the reason why i continue to serve in church.
looking back, my skills in guitar have really grown too. i guess the more you're willing to give, the more you receive. of course it came with practising hard.
looking back, my relationship with God has really grown too. i guess this is the factor that contributed to the rest above. i've learned to trust in Him more, especially during times when it really really sux. the centre of my life, the centre of everything!

now, looking forward, i want to:
1) study real hard and get 4As
2) build more strong musicians
3) venture into jazz fully
4) learn driving and get a damned license
5) earn some cash
6) grow myself and work towards PnW leader goal (will take years :D hehe)
7) stop wasting time on stupid stuff

one year has passed so fast, wonder what's installed for me the next few years. probably a girlfriend? HAHAHA! i wish man. not now or within the next 5 years. =P

oh reihorng and i just recorded 2 songs! quality's not bad, but there's some stuff we need to touch up on!

my head's bursting! got a headache. it's too late already! hahaha!

bye!

hehe

2007-07-30T23:10:00.001+08:00

whooh check this baby out! latest proud acquisition!

so fun!

and revision's getting on track again, after 4-day slacking campaign from thursday to sunday. now back on track, mind focused, and ready to chiong and GROW FAT! i mean, if i ever can grow fat! i just lost 3 kg the last time i measured height and weight! somemore i had my handphone and wallet! not fair! :(

going to sleep now! bye!

BAHH!

2007-07-26T03:00:00.000+08:00

I CANT SLEEP! I CANNOT SLEEP!!! it's already 3 am and i've been trying to sleep for past 3hours and 15minutes, and i just cannot sleep!

this is the first time such weird thing is happening to me. i'm hungry, tired, my eyelids are heavy, my eyes want to close, but my MIND DOESNT WANT TO SLEEP! it's so wide awake like i can still go through tonnes of bio/chem/econs notes even though my eyes dont want to open.

WHY? BECAUSE I DRANK COFFEE AT 9! i swear i'm never going to drink another cup of coffee at such a time because i cannot sleep! ARGH! only to burn midnight oil shall i drink coffee at night!

i'm so dead can, 3 hours before i officially wake up and prepare for school. going to die in school later. i think i'm going to sleep the whole bloody day!!! AHHHH!!! complains sure will come from teachers. oh well, dont blame me, blame the evil drug caffeine!!!

I CANT SLEEP!!! it's 3.03am NOW!!!

WHOOH!

2007-07-24T19:03:00.000+08:00

ok i watched tommy emmanuel on saturday night and he is THE BEST guitarist i've ever seen. in terms of feel, techniques, creativity, no one can beat him! NO ONE! i mean that's how guitar should be played, and he does it damn well on acoustic! MIND BLOWING!

and so the ESS was great, heard there were lots of converts. but i had to do some embarrassing stunt. oh gosh, me in the right mind wouldnt do that man, but it's for entertainment so oh well. haha. and check out this cool dude!

and i'm not sticking to my revision plan! Ah God help me! 5 weeks left!!!

bye!

hello!

2007-07-18T20:22:00.000+08:00

it's been 3 months since i've posted! hahahaha! super sian of udpating dunno wat to update. my life's more happening man!

anyway just got back all my block tests results. i would say i've improved and done better than expected. shall continue to work hard!

and i got a new bike! or rather my 2nd bike. i didnt have luck with bikes in the past. they always spoil or get rusty. hehe. hopefully this bike would be a workhorse, i mean workbike. hahaha.

got tickets to tommy emmanuel this sat! one of the greatest guitarists! cant wait!

bye!

easter!

2007-04-08T23:40:00.000+08:00

easter's over! i'm so happy to see the number of ppl crossing the line of faith! and it was fun working with other adults! they're so lame man, always bickering/niaoing/laming/teasing.

anyway i really have to catch up on my studies, but i hope i can really do well for As. i have no interest in science or watsoever and i dunno why i'm in this JC? haha but it's a path i'm led, i shall just follow. hopefully i can get a music scholarship to the US, now that will be AWESOME!

shall blog more tmr, darn tired! thank you Lord Jesus!

yay!

2007-03-24T12:53:00.000+08:00

round one of block test is finally over! i would say i'm pretty screwed? but there's still block test 2, prelims, and...As!!! :O :O :O so fast so fast!

and guess what our tutors told us? "pls come to school prepared for your tutorials on tuesday!" -.- gosh we just fought a crazy battle and we're going for war again!!

and guess what i fell sick, after days of 4hour-sleeps. but i'm considered one of the lucky ones who actually got more than 2hours of sleep. *coughckcough*

i think i'm transforming to a LAME NERD! below are some evidence, drew them when i was bored studying bio, not because it's boring, just that i was bored. (:

cells taking a bath!

ever wondered how mRNA recruits transcription factors before transcription? via propaganda posters!!!

and of course, the HEAVY METAL resistance!!!
\m/

and now blocks are over, for now, i got the weekend to slack away and start work on monday again!! :'( poor physics ppl dont get to enjoy much! hehs.
and so i got some new stuff! hehs.

bye

powerful!

2007-03-11T23:15:00.000+08:00

whooh! MOSAIC FEST ROCKS! should have more of these things every year! i went for tower of power! WHOOH! TOP!!! damn great soul band, really gel together real well! they rock man!
some pics:

Larry Blanc is awesome! really awesome!

had a great time man, so inspiring! PRS guitar here i come! :D

and blocks are coming, super unprepared! hopefully can pass all subs and get a B for chem! :D

CNY celebration!

2007-02-18T20:27:00.000+08:00

CNY so far is sooo boring! been stuck at home doing NOTHING, and so far only gone to visit ONE relative. hopefully tmr's going to be better! but the CNY celebration on friday was BORING too, except that playing around with one another was fun! hehe. here's some pics i took!

we must cover chris' hair! it's too pubish! take the box quick!

so after celebration i went for steamboat with minops at the north pole (puay's house).
ate quite lots of food, and they made this chocolate fondue (or however u spell it). it's digusting man! so much chocolate! i ate 4 marmallows then wanted to puke! how can GIRLS stand eating SO MUCH RICH chocolate? yucks man! grow fat only!

yes so CNY is darn boring! so much homework to do still! ARGH! how i wish i can just be in a dream and dont wake up for a few hours! cant say dont wake up forever wait if it happens it's not good! hehe! i had 2 nice dreams so far! hopefully dreams do come true! :D

bye!

CNY!

2007-02-13T22:03:00.000+08:00

CNY's coming! Vday's tmr! went shopping for 3 days. bought quite lots of stuff!

here's some attempt at cam whoring:

lol we bought a pair of retro sunglasses! so cool!

and i bought 4 shirts already!

happy CNY!

wah!

2007-02-06T00:00:00.001+08:00

wah i never blogged for one month! been so busy and lazy! mauahah! but nothing much to blog about lah!

just finished chem spa today. was rather easy i must say, standard lah. chionged then got like 5 min left to check through. quite fun but was very cold. and i keep laughing at the ppl around me. robert kept dropping his stuff, and wah toon kept making stupid faces.

so far, we had all the tests, maths, bio, chem, econs. and i'll probably faill 3/4 of them, caused i passed my maths! whooh!

anyway, just sold 1 of my guitar and dismantled another one and sold some of its parts. earning more cash now! going to invest in some cool pedals! i mean have already invested, need to recover. but there's one i've been waiting for DAMN LONG! not here yet. so nice, marshall kind of sound. marshall my fav amps. whooh!

ok that paragraph isnt for guitar fanatics, so u'll probably skip it.

and fac dance is cool, but i decide i wont go for anymore sessions. i cant dance! i cant remember anything! haha, wasting my time if i go there. boohoos. well i'll just stand aside and watch. hahaha

and so chinese new year is coming. wait, valentine's day first. hmmm that one ar, dont care lah. i've not celebrated it since i was born, and shall keep it that way until 23? haha! valentines...wat rubbish! but! CNY! that means ang pow and money! but i bet i'll get less than $100? ah heck! i never really like CNY except for the breaks and the bagua. i prefer christmas season. but last christmas was real boring. didnt do much, everyone was visiting here and there, i was stuck at home. and new year was ok only. hmph. must do more stuff once i turn 18 this year! :D

ok i shall go off now! will try to blog more! bye!

:(

2007-01-24T10:30:00.001+08:00

simon is sick! boohoos!

:(

2007-01-24T10:30:00.000+08:00

simon is sick! boohoos!

2nd day of school

2007-01-04T23:45:00.000+08:00

today marks the end of 2nd day of school. 1st day was horrible. why?

1. ms wang said i look like a korean because of my supposedly SLITTY EYES! what! i dont have slitty eyes! hmph.
2. i lost my way on the way home. walked in circles but couldnt find the place home! so i took the usual long way. reached home sweating like crap. was very angry.
3. had a stupid bio test to study for, but only studied for 2 hours. reached home at 8.30 only. started to study at 9pm after dinner. what the hell man!

today, the 2nd day, we had to write a stupid GP essay, and do a stupid bio test which was rather easy if u studied but i didnt. oh man crap. luckily not counted hehs. and bukit timah is seriously such an ulu piece of land! there's no MRT. traffic jam how? walking to main road with all my equipment how? can die man! so jialat!

anyway hope 2007 will be great! because the teachers are scaring the bones out of us, saying how horrible As are and how we will die if we dont start in midyear. GOSH!

bye 2006! i miss you!

2007-01-01T19:01:00.000+08:00

last year 2006 has been an eventful year. there were a series of events, in which some were worthy to remember, and some were painful to remember. let's recap...

1. start of JC life
i remember the first day of school, i was excited to go JC and experience life there. one year has passed so quickly. now it's As this year. then NS, then uni, then what's next?

2. second generation of HCians in YHope
i remember bringing robert and ryan once again at start of the year. i kept praying they would commit. one year later, they're doing strong and well. same for the rest like Jon, Yvonne, Fungmin (easter batch).

3. june encounter camp
my first time playing for all slots in camp. i had just enlisted into the most cool CG, ywam! hehe. where the cool and good looking people are! no wonder i belong there man! AHAHAH! no lah jk jk. during that time i was super tired balancing pastoral and playing for church. i already started playing since january i think, but only part time. thanks ian for guiding me!
during camp everything was awesome! the whole youth grew to a next level in the Holy Spirit including me. great to see the new believers joining us then. like yongsheng too.

4. blocks
not so eventful thing to remember, but lesson to learn to work hard. but they screwed us up lah stupid HC!

5. Hope 15th Anniversary
first mega event for me to play for church level. was really excited but usually ended very late and got scolding from parents/sis. was a period of testing as i was struggling to stay awake in lectures, complete tutorials, study for tests, and play guitar. but was a great one for the whole church!

6. promos
another not so eventful thing, but luckily i made it through with God's grace! didnt expect to make it though. 2007 will chiong hard!

7. theory exam
after promos, still have to study. but thank God was the last theory exam i had to sit for. finally cleared it once and for all! hopefully can teach part time and earn cash!

8. water baptism
a new chapter in my christian life! was water baptised, now called ephraim as well. but there's still problems i struggle with. i commit them to God and i will be strong!

9. december breakthru camp
another great camp as always. had a new addition to the team. sherman who played part time. great job boy boy! God sees your spirit!
pastor David Chen really taught well, and it fired up everyone's hearts. including the MinOps. subsequently, great things would happen...

10. christmas harvest!
woot! this is the highlight of the year! christmas! everyone loves xmas! i love it to bits and pieces and pins and needles!
we hit our target! the whole youth did! so happy! a new beginning for 2007 with new people to join us!

looking back, lots of things happened, but only these 10 major events. 2006 is really a good year. i feel i accomplished so much compared to 2005. 2007 will be better!

yeah!

2006-12-29T23:59:00.000+08:00

hehe

2006-12-21T23:58:00.000+08:00

hello! i'm shifting house pretty soon, everything's messy and packed and everyone's stressed! except me! i'm sitting at my comp hehe. i've nothing much to pack!

and holiday homework is just super sian! it's never ending! oh gosh! WHY WHY WHY!

but these past 2 nights i've been having fun trying to learn some korean. learned some basic conversational korean stuff, so you can approach me i'll show off! HEHE! but there's lots more to learn i cant seem to remember everything! and it's hard to read the korean words, i have to decode them slowly into letters!

but guess what? my korean name is...*drum roll*

SAN YOUNG SHING!

and here's a korean writing for it!

this is so fun!

rain down

2006-12-19T22:20:00.000+08:00

it's been raining for 2 full days already! when will it stop!

boos!

2006-12-17T00:18:00.000+08:00

camp's over! xmas youth svc's over! soon xmas going to be over then 2006 is going to be over and hello to 2007HELLAsCRAPmorehomeworkHELLAsCRAP! yes 2007 is so going to be hell for me! As! i cant cope with J1 work now and u want me to sit for As? hahaha! but it's the starting, i have faith by 3rd term i'll know most of the stuff! c'mon! 3As 1B! can do it!

guess what? i'm not even 50% through my homework! i'm so dead, just dont feel like doing la...

but nvm! this christmas is going to be great! whooh hooh! end dec going to get more new stuff! it's going to be a fruitful 2007! new additions, new stuff, more things! :D

what things? dont tell!

busy busy busy!

2006-12-09T08:03:00.000+08:00

i'm super busy these 2 weeks. camp is in 2 days' time and xmas service in 1 week's time! still havent done much homework, i dont really feel like doing. haiz...i hate homework.

i'm embarking on a saving money scheme. aiming to save up $340 by the start of next year. possible? dont ask me man. i'm cutting down on food, taxi, and movies. havent been watching movies, the last one was prestige. that's super long ago!

sad sad sad. i need more money! :(

bye!

back!

2006-11-29T23:10:00.000+08:00

i'm back from china! went to GZ and HK! the things in GZ are super cheap man! super super cheap! if you think thailand is cheap, go china. u get cheap stuff and better quality!

boughts lots and lots of clothes. so many i cant list them out. all for less than $500 i think. but lots of stuff. what to do? labour and production is freaking cheap there! so many ppl argh!

bought some nice jacket outfits, but i'm afraid too hot then cannot wear sia. crap man! last thing i want to be is a crazy looking homeless man drenched in his own sweat! yucks.

but their nice, cant deny my good taste! :D hehe...

and on the way home in a taxi, i swear i was freaking pissed when i reached home. WHY? THE DAMNED TAXI DRIVER DIDNT HELP ME CARRY MY BAGGAGE! ok at the airport, he just stood there, arms folded ARMS FOLDED! ok lah, maybe he dont want spoil my stuff. BUT HELLO? HELP HERE?

not that bad, reached home, paid money, expected him to get out of the taxi to help unload baggage, BUT WAT HE JUST SAT IN THE TAXI NEVER SAY THANK YOU AND NEVER BOTHERED TO GET HIS CANDY SKINNY ASS OUT OF HIS SEAT TO HELP ME UNLOAD! what kind of crap service in singapore? he ought to be fired! i should have taken down his name and lodged a complain! what a mailto:!@#^%!#%^&%!(@^!~^%^$(&@
hahaha. but seriously, all my life i've never encountered such a bo chap useless unhelpful taxi driver! especially one that sends ppl from the airport! i mean, they're supposed to help you carry ur bags out. and not to mention help me because i was alone struggling with 2 heavy bags and a guitar! he didnt even ask "do you need help?" DAMN YOU MAN! :@
hope someone else encounters him and gets him fired! super angry! what rubbish man! sickening...

ok sorry this may seem very unbiblical but i really cant stand such ppl! it's not often i get very angry like this. he should thank God i didnt yell at him!

anyway, bought something from HK too! a telecaster! like finally? after how many months!

and china blocked blogspot so i couldnt access blogs for the whole weeek!

:(

2006-11-20T20:36:00.000+08:00

havent been posting much! been real busy, going to get busier!

going china this wed, also dropping at HK! WHOOH! so cool! HK! never been there before! great time of eating, shopping and doing piggy things!

ok!

2006-11-05T00:53:00.000+08:00

ok as promised, here are the pics! hopefully they appear!

i cut my hair too!

spas

2006-11-02T00:47:00.000+08:00

today is spastic day! took lots of pics! went to toys r us to play! LOL!

feels like i'm 7 then. but i didnt use to have much toys when i was young. toys r us definitely wasnt a scene from a memory. and the toys nowadays are so ex. kids these days, sigh...

ok what the...the uploading of pics stopped!

ok it doesnt work now. shall upload tmr.

simon ephraim

2006-10-29T22:03:00.000+08:00

whooh! i'm officially married to Christ! i'm now called

SIMON EPHRAIM TAN YONG SHENG

wat a mouth full! but it was really exciting today. although this decision was rather last minute, i still thank God for it! at least i knew i'm ready!

so i played for adults service today. oh man the atmosphere is really really different from the youth. very scary, very solemn. but the ppl are still praising and worshipping the king. yup. cool man. i bet the service was an eye opener to them. new stuff, youth incorporated. IT FEELS GREAT TO BE YOUNG!

ok so i admit i was dozing off in sermon. not because pastor ben is boring. i love his sermons, full of conviction and meaning. i fall asleep because i always do, when i'm on duty. sure fall asleep. oh man now coffee doesnt work!

baptism pics! only got 2 from my phone

baptism

2006-10-24T23:08:00.000+08:00

yay going for water bap this sunday! still deciding on my name though. the registration was soo last minute. shall work on my testimony soon.

sorry!

2006-10-22T11:18:00.000+08:00

sorry i never blog for 11 days! been busy with PW and stuff...
anyway i took lots of pics with my phone!

top left: our noticeboard for tkd! i'm proud of it!
top right: guys night out at cine e2max!
bottom left: our cute little tkd toy!
bottom right: free milo whooh!

openhouse was sian but quite cool because i played a prominent role in doing the sound! :D and i'm so happy to see our batch putting up a good show! tkd rocks! and kicks! but i ended up sleeping during the long long break hehe

we wanted to watch stay alive, on a friday night. but we realised that we should have bought tickets way earlier because the tickets were sold out when we were there like 1/2hour before. so we ended up playing some xbox and lan of 5 comps in e2max. reasonable price i must say.

ytd's service was great! everyone improved after last week's evaluation! i must say the crowd was very excited and God visited and gave us surprises again! hehe. after service we went to esplanade. luckily i went with them, or i would have missed this super cool and zai jazz band! oh man they're sooo damn pro! jazz is sooo hard to play and they can do it well! whooh inspiration inspiration! hehe

well that's it! holidays are coming, and i need to study hard. got a freaking SEEEC (see ethan chong) for my overall. i cant complain much because i was sooo close to retaining but God's grace saw me through! and to all those that didnt do too well: dont worry too much, there's still As, the final mark. just work harder next year! we can do it!

yup ok bye!

fun fun fun!

2006-10-11T20:36:00.000+08:00

whooh! today went to watch Rob-b-hood at PS with ck, rob, ivan, toon, yuting and yingchern.
it's damn nice show! so funny and the BABY IS SOOOOOOOO CUTE LAH! makes me want to have kids next time! super cute! the eyes so huge and so smiley! hahaha

here some pics with my new phone!

and sorry i just had to take a pic of that balding guy in front of us! hahaha! took it secretly! imagine myself being like that 40 years down the road! but he isnt that old. 40+ i think?

and the last pic i drew it when i was bored. reminds me of someone! so cute! :D

freedom!

2006-10-05T21:08:00.000+08:00

yay exams are over! wat's to come, i'm very afraid and shall not elaborate.

anyway, just got a new phone! sony ericsson 750i! it's still charging so havent explore yet :(

finally, got a good phone (but rather old model) that can take pics and upload to come. well i'm simple person, hence simpleone89, so i shant need a complex phone. can sms and call and take pix can liao! :)

2 more days

2006-09-24T17:29:00.000+08:00

2 more days to the start of promos. i'm not that worried, i'm looking forward to it, and get this whole thing over and done with.

here's my revision plan:

sunday night: i shall finish up bio and vectors by tonight.
monday: study econs, memorise everything, draw graphs, read tutorials, and look thru GP
tuesday night: start memorising periodicity and atomic structure
wednesday: doing revision papers and look through tutorials. memorise organic chem equations, revise periodicity and atomic structure
thursday afternn to night: practise maths
friday: maths and bio

the rest of the week, havent planned out yet. hopefully i can stick to schedule. at this rate, i can complete 2 rounds of revision and 1 round of looking through tuts/papers.

WHO'S THE MUGGER NOW??? MUAHAHA

2 more weeks, i wont be here.

whooh!

2006-09-21T23:10:00.000+08:00

ok man! i realised that i can finish my revision after all! there's still time. and after wat mr ngoh told us, i'm so much more encouraged not to give up bio. and speaking of him, he played bball wif us. he, me and robert one team, and reiz and pubes. obvious reiz owned, but mr ngoh's pro i think he lost touch.

anyway i'm slacking now, listening to recordings from anniversary. sounds good i must say, got the live feel. not planning to do anything now, damn tired. tmr shall chiong

bye!

dead

2006-09-18T22:58:00.000+08:00

8 more days to promos, and guess what? i'm not even half way revision!

and i dont think i'll touch the tutorials, which is rather risky, except for bio. i mean, they never come out with anything that we're familiar with.

here's my progress:
ECONS:
only 2/9 chapters done.

CHEM:
organic chem done, just need to memorise (leave to day before). stoichio's dead as usual. left chem bonding, periodicity, atomic structure, and gas laws (i'll probably skip it's easy)

BIO:
HAHA! BIO! sean calculated 479 pages of bio! can u believe it?
bio molecules, done, maybe except proteins, not very clear. enzymes done. mitosis, cancer done. transcription and translation done. virus and bacteria done. left with cell membrane, DNA, genome, and genetic variaton. HC sux! HC BIO SUX! so much of extra stuff that wouldnt be tested in As! after all, it's the As that matter! but get past promos first...

MATHS:
oh maths is just tonnes of practice. i'm dead for vectors and integration. sequences i'm still half clear about it. differentiation is not bad. MI rox! graphs, functions, inequalities should be easy. PnC i always get it wrong so it's ok lol.

so i figure out i would be able to promote. i expect, or rather, i'm aiming for a
C for econs, D for chem, E for bio, and C for maths.

i need a miracle! argh!

aftermath of anniversary

2006-09-17T09:29:00.000+08:00

whoah! i slept the whole night so i didnt blog! ok here's what my thoughts are after hope's 15 anniversary, a super mega event at expo. u know it's a super large production. so many ppl are involved, so many props, so many MM, so many activities!

the feeling is great, knowing that you're called to play for this mega 3000ppl event at expo leh! dont play play! haha. ya the practises were tiring, time consuming, strict, fierce, but it was worth it at the end! although it wasnt 100% perfect due to technical stuff, stage fright, etc, i still think it was fun and the people still had a great time!

here's what happened the past 2 days:

15th september, 2006
I didnt go school as i was feeling sick. my flu was back, i had some kind of red eyes thing.
i reached expo at 3.30, a whooping 1 hour earlier, so i studied econs! speaking of study, 9 days to promos and i'm so dead! i need a miracle! hahaha!
and i chatted and got to know geoffrey (bassist) better. he's a really humble guy and can see how he still clings on to serving God in the ministry after sooo many years haha. and i talked to some other people i didnt talk much to before.
then whole run through ended pretty late at 11.30. fortunately, we were going to stay at Gwen's house. thank you Gwen for opening ur house up to the 3 of us! appreciate it a lot!
but we only left the place at 1am. before that, about 20+ guys were transporting the huge deco "HISTORY MAKER" to the stage. it was a beautiful sight, seeing the teamwork and effort and love in getting the job done. the pictures will show you why! can use for the next men's service! hehe. anyway, i've never felt such teamwork for God in my whole life. i just saw so many ppl like ants carrying a piece of food, and there were a few leaders who gave instructions. they weren't appointed to do so, they just did. so this made me feel this particular situation reminded me of the church. the deco is the church, and the people are supporting it. and without the people, the church would not exist. and without leaders, the people would not know what to do!
funny thing is, as they transported the thing, more people came to help, such as...ME! hehe. so yup can see this as more ppl joining the church too. HAHA.
great insight.

16th September, 2006
today was the big day. i was already feeling very nervous during the rehearsals. ok maybe not that nervous, but the smoke machine was killing me! it kept on spurting out tonnes and tonnes of carbon monoxide that smells so horrible! argh! i had carboxyhaemoglobin instead of oxyhaemoglobin! decreased oxygen in bloodstream! no wonder i felt faint! ;)
and the lights were super hot! wearing the 2 layers already made me sweat, in fact, wearing one already made me sweat. hahaha...
right on to the actual event. i saw most of the seats filled except for one column at the extreme left of the stage. other than that, i think the attendance was great! the atmosphere was there.
so we had the dance, then the music, then highest, then praise.
dance was great! jovin looks so cool with his hair! haha! i like the music and coordination and the steps! very nice.
for our music presentation, i think it was really good! from what i could hear, there were like no obvious mistakes! maybe there wasnt mistakes! hehe.
so the choir entered, and we sang highest. i think it was pretty good too. but the crowd werent spiced up yet. pastor jeff had to get them to lift up hands. :(
and now it was praise and worship. oh man, i was sooo nervous because i had to start 2 songs. and my fingers are so painful after playing time has come over and over again! hahaha. i think i screwed up some of the bending parts. crap. and the tempo was wrong because the choir and crowd were rushing the tempo and i tried to listen to the metronome. i think davin didnt hear the metronome too.
then the horror came. you are good. i think i forgot to switch off my distortion. then i combined it with acoustic channel. imagine how horrible it sounds like. i think the crowd was quite taken aback. i was shocked too. but fortunately i solved the problem after the first phrase. and to make things worse, the singers' voices became distorted and me and davin were shocked too. i think he went out of time because he was distracted by that. but the crowd still were getting excited.
fastforward until altar call. i think altar call was great! what pastor ben said was sooo true! if not for a vision and trust, i wouldnt be here at all, doing what i do. i would be some sianed out guy in my parent's church, week after week, longing to go home, not looking forward to the "God thing". and i would be playing those dumb death metal songs jamming away in clarke quay. indeed God has a plan for everyone, and that day when leon brought me, i'm sure he said, "i'm going to use Simon for a great purpose for the good of my kingdom". wow man, come to thing of it.
so i challenge every christian to have a goal or a vision for himself/herself. only with a vision we can remain here, and only with a vision we are able to stretch ourself to serve the kingdom and grow. join a ministry man! robert, ryan, LEON. join ushering or smth lah! :P it's good to serve in pastoral, but it's good to be in a ministry too!

and my vision for myself is to be an influencial musician who is able to minister and prophecy to the people, who is able to train a next generation of strong musicians, and to write beautiful and ministering PnW songs.

Amen. expo, 3000+ ppl, wow! getting there, but wat's next?

oh no

2006-09-09T23:25:00.000+08:00

ok i just spent $75 at zara on this vest but it looks very very nice! for anniversary! i look stunning in it! HEHEh no lah. i'm sure brat pitt wore this in mr and mrs smith, but as meanie ruizhen said, "U DONT HAVE HIS BODY LAH" hahaha i wish i do...one day...one day...

PRIDE

2006-09-09T00:08:00.000+08:00

Pride, is something that we should not be proud of. It is something that causes the downfall of many great people who should be proud of what they've done. Pride, is not being humble.

I've always thought of pride as something that has it good and bad, good being, you feel high and you feel like a king. Bad being everything else.

Why are people proud of things they've achieved? They think there's no one better? They think it's their own doings? They dont want to be humble? Well there're many lessons on pride and how it leads to the downfall of great people. One example i can think of is dear mr wise Solomon. He asked for wisdom and he got it and achieved many many great things. Truth is, he became proud, and didnt humble himself, thus his downfall in the end when he didnt turn back. The Israelites too.
2 Chronicles 7:14 "if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land."

Yes indeed that's very true.

Why do i choose to write so formally tonight? I've been thinking of pride and my past. Truth is, i used to be a proud ass when i was young, dunno if it still applies hehe.
I remembered being one of the top students in my primary school class, and i would often despise others that did rather badly. I, that time felt that everyone was stupid and what they did was dumb and that i was a higher level than all of them. Who was i to judge? Who was i to be proud? I mean the brain came from God not me!
While i still struggle with pride, I still just sometimes stop, and just surrender everything to Him. After all He gave everything.
Sometimes when you think your the best in something, in a particular area in a particular place, you cant help but feel proud, that your the BEST and everyone sucks and should "ALL HAIL" you. That feeling sucks, you know you dont want it, but it just happens. But the fact is, why not just admit your not THE BEST and just move on, make friends with others better. The chinese proverb "one mountain is higher than another" EXCEPT MT EVEREST HAHAHA!. Ok serious, see I typing capitals at every sentence. Well the feeling of just surrendering, humbling yourself, and willingness to learn from others is just great. You realise how much more you can improve if you humble yourself and stop thinking you're totally the BEST. It works, instead of trying to supress the pride, why not just confront the pride? Go out and do something that you wouldnt do, something that helps you lower your pride, and just make you humble in whatever you do. Afterall, Jesus came down to die for a bunch of sinners like ME and YOU!

Pride, a very evil thing indeed. Hope i've instilled some guilt and some insights into people! haha..

amen!

2006-09-06T23:15:00.000+08:00

ok just had a real great day today! had a lousy mugging session but had a great night! metamorphosis concert! can see the excitement of all the new believers who have crossed over for eternity!

anyway it was awesome, the atomsphere, the spirit etc. although i was falling asleep during praying (oops, but i had headche :( ) it was still great! and thx to pastor shirley for encouraging us once again to work hard! i'm determined to study hard and get my As for A level next year! for promos, i'm aiming for a min. D, hope to get mostly Cs and Bs. i'm studying hard i'm studying hard!

and here's some encouragement to those who are feeling down, or are struggling with studies!

"till the spirit is poured upon us from on high, and the desert becomes a fertile field, and the fertile field seems like a forest." - Isaiah 33:15

everything that u do in the name of Christ will be multiplied greatly!

i was telling robert on the bus today, that sometimes when do great things for God, serving, ministry etc. God gives us small things, and we may be sad or disappointed, but time to come, he will give us great things. so he really will multiply everything we do, even if we attempt small or great things for him! so dont worry boy ur smart and there's still time to study!

and here's a little story:
i passed chem and maths! got C and a B! it's not about the grade, but it's about how God showed his faithfulness and how i claimed his promises. i remembered, for maths test, i didnt have time to study, had anniversary and service practices, so very tired, didnt study. but thank God the paper was rather easy and i claimed a B! not just that, didnt have much time to study for chem too, didnt understand concepts, but i got a C! yay!

and i realise as i study, i understand better and remember more! u see! it's really his faithfulness as he said he will help me, he really did!

ok i dun have a word for that because i forgot it! man should use a highlighter! but enjoy the one above!

"till the spirit is poured upon us from on high, and the desert becomes a fertile field, and the fertile field seems like a forest." - Isaiah 33:15

bye!

and now for dumb pix!

2006-09-06T00:16:00.001+08:00

ok i realised my blog is so dull there's no pix! so here's some retarded pics taken over the past weeks!

no.1 dumb pic:

ronald mcdonald really deserves a kick in his nuts! look at wat he's done to me! fat belly!

no.2 dumb pic:

ben posing for a punch from me!

no.3!

my fav drink! GREEN TEA! HAHAHA

ok that's it!

back to earth...

2006-09-05T23:53:00.000+08:00

haha back to earth now. no more rich life in meritus mandarin eating good food. nvm will have more opportunities when dad comes back next time! hehehe...

ya and so i've been studying, but not much. went to esplanade library with ck, robert, yt and ky. yc came later. we met uchi there! so skinny lah u dare wear sleeveless HAHAH! so proud of myself! studied from 11 to 5.30! whoah! hehe...i concentrated damn well man! so i've finished carbonyl and alcohol tut! and tried to study meiosis. still lots more to go there's no time! but u noe every year's the same, we study way last minute, with lots of topics, in the end, still never fail! hehe...

ok i'm tired of blogging. bye!

ah it feels good to be rich for a while

2006-09-01T23:20:00.000+08:00

whooh as i type i'm lying back and relaxing in a NICE FIVE STAR MANDARIN HOTEL. WHOOH! how often do u get to relax in a 5 star hotel shaking leg and watching a nice high quality plasma TV? did i mention the lovely bathroom? everything is sooo beautiful and nicely in place! i think all singapore hotels are great! from meridien, to shangri la, to hyatt and to mandarin! how cool! enjoy these benefits from my dad! hahaha

anyway i love holidays. especially during exam time. u dont go school, u take ur time to mug, u mug outside with frens, and u can catch up wif ur tuts and notes! how nice!

i went to NUS central library today, whoah! SUPER COOL AND QUIET! it's like
u fart from a mile away, u can hear it! HAHAHA! that shows how quiet it is! anyway, must study there more! the food is uber cheap and great! haha lots of pretty girls too! :D

ok i shall be a good boy and start my full blast mugging this week! bye!

yay!

2006-08-24T20:24:00.000+08:00

haha! PW is finally over for now! gosh was damn tired! and i need to catch up with my tutorials! gonna be hell next week, econs timed assignment and chem test! sian lah and i havent started my revision. too much things going on lah, PW, class test, lecture test etc.

today was a very sian day in school, as usual all thursdays are like that. but i slept the whole GP and bio tutorials. hehe.

we didnt have PE because michael wont didnt come, but we still played bball! whooh! we played full court with an extended team, and it was damn tiring. i only scored 2 goals. i'm damn lousy but reihorng is coaching me! he's so pro!

and guess what? i'm training now! under the coaching and advice of mr mak chan keet, i'm going to attempt to build my body! hard to believe but i'm trying! need to get rid of this bag of bones and make them a bag of potatoes! hehe...and uchi is like a bag of bones too! " "

and yesterday, while going home, i did a stupid, unintentional and embarrassing thing. my bus suddenly came, then i realised and flagged it while running. i didnt noe my hand was near the metal poles, so i still ran, and BANG! my arm whacked the pole lah! damn pain! i was like "ARH! SHIT SHIT!" then i think ppl were laughing at me! so embarrassing! but fortunately managed to catch the bus hehe

and there was another embarrassing moment on the MRT last year. when i was waving goodbye to my pals, i stood at the door, peak hour mah. then i waving bye bye, then the stupid door closed on me!
it slammed right into my face and hit my specs. luckily i moved back quickly! damn pain lah! so many ppl laughing at me!

argh, embarrassing moments! hehe

the waste is cleared and flushed down the toilet bowl

2006-08-20T22:52:00.000+08:00

YES! the storm's gone, the shit is flushed! everything is back to normal!

sorry if i sounded too gloomy (DAMN GRANDPA JUST FARTED AGAIN DAMN SMELLY!) or too dark or trying to draw attention in my previous post, but i feel that a blog is smth that we write out our feelings. i'm human ok!

but right now i'm ok, back to my strong, fit, healthy, cheerful, happy, jovial, cute self again! did i say cute? HAHA!

so sorry to those who worried but i'm recharged once again after much talking and sharing with jerel and others. thx guys really needed it!

now i'm not sooo tired, and coping well wif my studies now! mauahaha!

bye!

shit happens

2006-08-16T23:53:00.000+08:00

there's lot of shit going on in my life now i just want to KO and just drop down dead on the floor! it's a re-enactment of what happened 3 weeks ago when i was about to KO again!

there's maths test this friday, i can say i studied for differentiation and integration but i noe i'm going to fail. 100% fail. why? because i suck i'm a dumb piece of shit everytime i study and try my best i still come back with crap! sometimes i ask myself why too! why the hell am i in HC? i want to cry and just...just...ARGH!

monday was anni prac, came home 12.30am, tues was WAM night, came home 11, studied till 12.30, today's wed, came home at 7pm, chionged EOM, prepared for music prac. tmr has music prac, will reach home 11, no time to study.
CONCLUSION: i will fail my maths no matter what!

sometimes i wonder, am i serving for God or has it gradually become a chore, a duty? something that u'll go "AIYA sian la! go la quickly come back". deep down it's still something that i do for the one who loves me. but sometimes when the going gets tough, all u can say is "WHY? wat's happening?"

besides my tired self (i slept for 5hours consectively 3 days, sleep in lectures blah blah), he had to make it worse by like giving me shit, too much testing! i cant take it!

like wat happened yesterday, on my bday. my mom called me to wish me happy bday, i cried because i miss her. GUESS WAT? at night, after a few hours, she called me all the way from china just to scold me the same shit that i have been receiving for the past few months! i mean, come on! i'm 17 i noe wat to do just trust me i'm trying very hard ok!
i apologised, but i still feel that certain things are beyond my reach, that wat makes me want to break down and cry.

i'm excited to minister to souls and gain rewards, but at the same time i just cannot be recharged and do the work of a normal student. i mean, all my other classmates have no church commitment? i still have my music theory to study for man! when i joined the ministry, i noe these thigns will come, i'm excited for these, i want them, i want to see how i can overcome them. but i dunno why some ppl think it's easy to come home at 11pm, not feeling sleepy after a shit day of school, sit down and study for 2 hours. i mean, playing music, so wat? so wat? it's not easy doing a task of that! as much as i want to study, i just cant because sometimes i just really cant do it. i noe a student is meant to study, and a musician to play, wat about a mix of both? cant do both?

and guess wat? i dun even have time for myself. i dun watch TV, i dun play computer games, i dun learn my crazy rock guitar songs, i dun even go out after church to chill. what do i do? i try to spend my time studying. u see! i TRY TO STUDY! i WANT TO STUDY! oh man i'm just going to break down one day, all this things going on...

but God works for the good of those who love Him. am i really starting to treat service as a chore? is this a period of testing, or is this a time i should take a long long break and recharge? or will i even backslide? scary man, these kind of thoughts that i have, but it's human nature after all.

and to add on to the shit, my family's not in Singapore, i'm staying with my aunt, my grandma's a real irritating old woman who keeps asking about everything and anything and IS SOOO DAMN DEAF. i mean, get a hearing aid!

i noe this post seems damn whiny, complainy, bitchy, meany, watever la. i'm just penning down my thoughts about all the shit that's going on this week, and the weeks to come, and in future. i just want to get out of it. i dun want to backslide, i dun want to retain.

oh yes i just remembered, i may want to drop a subject next year. i cant take it anymore! i noe one friend who wants to drop too. hmmm...

but anyway, on a lighter, happier note, i thank all those who remembered my bday! i'm one more year from becoming 18! thx for the celebrations, the songs, the cards, the gifts etc! i appreciate it! but for now, i have to take another 5hours to recharge my batteries again.

bye!

It's party time!

2006-08-15T00:44:00.000+08:00

WHOOH! I'M FINALLY 17! WISH ME HAPPY BDAY QUICK!

and to Chris, sorry i forgot to include ur pubic name! i mean, i hate this kind of things, because i will sure forget someone and i remembered putting ur name but it disappeared! :O did u hide it in ur hair?

anyway, yesterday was crap! woke up ONE HOUR late! i set the alarm clock at 6.40 instead of 5.40! wah panic sia! but took a cab and reached at 7.15 just nice!
things that seem bad turn out good! siva didnt see us for ponning 15min of his BORING PW lesson! whew!

and my pedalboard looks damn good and sounds damn good! had anni prac just now, my new SD1 modded 808 just sooo rocks! i'm starting to diss the distortion unit on my J&H pedal! hmmm should i sell? get a gt2! lol

tmr's a busy day, i mean, later, lol. sooo many ppl wished me happy bday that i cant count! lemme try to remember...
ck, robert, toon, samuel, jerel, daniel, yao guo, small gwen, jiayi, jiemin, jolene, yk, yushu, yueqi, yuting, ah crap! mental block! many many la! hahaha and if u havent, FEEL GUILTY! MUAHAHAH

ok i shall go sleep now! bye!

Little did i noe...

2006-08-11T23:52:00.000+08:00

today is the last night with my mom and my younger sis. sadly, 4mths have passed since my dad left. i remember vividly the times we had with my dad, but sadly, the times i shared wif my mom and my younger sis are more. that's make it harder to leave and say goodbye.

oh well, i may seem like a jovial person, funny, cracking jokes, but deep down i'm actually a very serious person, who puts others before him. i dont want to see my mom suffer in a foreign land, but i noe for sure that there's someone looking down on us, watching us sleep, blessing us every moment. He is God, no doubt, the creator of the heavens and the earth.

so i would like to thank these ppl in advance for their support in rough times, and as the bible says, do not worry about tmr, let tmr worry about itself. i wont worry i'm sure, because the lord is my shepherd, He leads me beside quiet waters, and His staff and rod comfort me as i walk thru the shadow of the valley of death! it's very comforting, my Father in heaven. ok havent thank yet, but i would like to thank:
my beloved YWAM CG, and jerel my shepherd
my beloved ex-HC CG, for being with me in school
my pals, leon, sam, ryan and robert in church
my good frens in class, toon, ck, ivan, reiz, robert
my sec4 frens, hongyi, yushu, tengen, lenard, wilson, yingcheng, boon, feng, chunrui etc sorry if i forget ur name it's so many!
all those who love me and want me to be strong!

well i'm sure this post is a short one, but i'll blog more i promise. bye!

Internet! wow!

2006-08-10T22:30:00.000+08:00

wow i tell u technology is damn advanced that my parents can quarrel online via a webcam! haha it's damn funny if u think like that!

anyway school's tmr! it feels like a sunday today! but it's gonna be a busy week ahead! there's econs ILP due on monday, tues is the mock court session and my bday, and there's maths test on friday!

damn! so much to do, so little motivation!

haiz i wish i had the remote in click! hehe...but then maybe not, i'll end up dead like him and end up fat! LOL. but it's a nice show man! i cried during the 2 sad parts! hehe

bye~

Kaox! new speakers! =D

2006-08-07T22:49:00.000+08:00

in order to celebrate the birth of a wonderful, fine, nice, caring, great, smart, cute (all the good things u name it) boy called Simon Tan, my mom bought me a nice set of creative speakers that have a subwoofer! it's sooo powerful! and iut goes for a whooping $100 only! so cheap for the quality!

anyway so many ppl have their bday's in august! and mine's significant because it's the day when japan surrendered in the pacific some 61 years ago! and korea's national day! so happening man!

and our country's national day is coming! but sadly, there's sooo much work to catch up and tests to study for! i dont think i'll enjoy it!

but oh well...bye!

Everything to be moved...

2006-08-05T10:04:00.000+08:00

i'm going to shift to pasir panjang in just a few hours, and i'm going to miss my home in lentor. haiz...it feels damn weird for my uncle's family to 'invade' my house, intruding my privacy, littering my house wif their bags of stuff (DAMN MESSY LA!) and blah blah...

why must all this happen? take away my parents, put me with my aunt, leave me alone with my elder sis, in a foreign home...haiz sometimes i wish i know why! i dont want more pocket money, i dont want more freedom, i just want a family...

ok sorry if this post seems too emotional but for those of ya with a complete family, pls treasure them, because u never know what will happen. learn to appreciate what ur parents do for u, and control, dont always think they nag but it's good.

for the next 3 years, i wont get any nagging (maybe online la via webcam LOL) but oh well, it's time for me to be independent. going to be 17 in 10 days! *hinthintiwantabballhinthint*

ok to a lighter note, we went to seoul garden yesterday, and i went to cartel on thurs! been eating so much larh! getting so much fat on my belly! must train harder.

and ytd afternn, we were released early! at 1.30! but i was falling asleep in chem tut la :P so we played bball again! i love playing it and learning from reiz, pubes and ck! so fun la! hehehe...i'm improving my shooting also, and my lay ups, although i'm short but reiz is damn pro hahaha...anyway there's NB svc later! so excited for the extended PnW! yay to all those who crossed over to eternity! :D

ok la must finish packing. i think cant bring all my stuff la but i can come home and take them! home is lentor! lentor is home! pasir panjang is temp home, then bukit timah! bukit timah sux it's sooo damn ulu there's no mrt! :@

bye!

Yeehaw! whooh!

2006-07-31T23:14:00.000+08:00

haha i've never blogged for so long liao! wat's going on? nothing much! just that stupid PW is sooo irritating and i've been having little sleep!

and oh! we have 4 new ppl added to our HC group! welcome!

and i realised time is running out! i have to start studying...

there will be a funny post tmr too haha watch out for it!

bye bye

Totally lousy results!

2006-07-21T22:30:00.000+08:00

haha i got EEUU for my grades! wat crap!

had shep with jerel today! and i was like dozing off! oh man i'm soooo sorry! was really really shagged! i remember i just slept for a second and woke up! hahahaha!

and i slept in PW/econs too! wah lao i just cant control my sleeping! now coffee doesnt seem to work! :(

i saw a very funny sight too! at bugis junction, some little kids were playing in the fountain. at first the water was very little, not powerful. then this 2 little super small and cute kids like 2-3 years old were walking slowly to it, with their parents coaxing them to go nearer and play. then to their horror a super mighty jet of water sprang up from the holes up to about 6m in the air! the little children screamed and ran away! HOW CUTE! it made me laugh! i really want kids next time! hehe...

tmr's the big day! i'm soooo excited!

sunday

2006-07-16T23:08:00.000+08:00

i came back from stayover at daniel's house at sengkang. the place is so new la all the flats and so much land! and no trees and so hot! not like ang mo kio at all!

anyway i was damn dumb. i wanted to eat cup noodles. i forgot to close the lid, so the aluminium part was exposed. i put it in the microwave then went to get some milk. then i heard a pop and i saw smth bad! THE LID WAS ON FIRE! little flame on it! wah damn funny! i quickly off it damn dumb la. luckily never spoil!

then we went to CGoverdrive 2006 to collect primary sources for our PW! yeah! damn fruitful! we collected like 50 surveys from strangers and like 3 good interviews from professionals! so cool man!

then on the way home in the mrt, damn embarrassing! i kept nodding when i slept, and my head always happen to find its way onto the man's shoulder on my left! so embarrassing la! like i nod, then my head will lean on his shoulder, then i quickly move back up, then seconds later it goes back down! so embarrassing! so i just put my hand on my chin and rest it there! i didnt dare face him so i quickly ran out once i reached the stop!

HAHA but it's real funny to see how ppl sleep! like during lectures! how their heads would move around in a circle, or keep nodding in one direction, or just lie face down on the table!
hhahaha!

tmr is monday and i hate mondays! argh!

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2006-07-14T22:54:00.000+08:00

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HAHAHA

2006-07-11T22:59:00.000+08:00

hahaha i failed maths! and i've expected it so i'm not that sad, but i didnt expect to FAIL SO BADLY! oh man i better do something about it!

nvm! if i cant do well, i shall do ok! because i really totally suck at numbers, calculations and blah blah! hopefully by A levels i can do much much better!

and i'm going to fall asleep in class! i just slept the whole bio lab today! i dunno why but issit the lab or wat, I ALWAYS FALL ASLEEP THERE! it's not boring, just that i cant hear wat teacher is saying, and it's very hot!

BAHH!

SO HOT

2006-07-05T16:03:00.000+08:00

THE WEATHER'S DAMN HOT I WISH I CAN STAY UNDERGROUND OR SMTH.

DAMN HOT I'M MELTING!

DAMN HOT DAMN HOT...

yuck

2006-07-04T10:24:00.000+08:00

i woke up this morning and went to get a glass of milk.

*pours a glass, drinks*

hmmm, tastes funny, is it spoilt?

mom, help me taste if it's spoilt.

YUCK! i drank 2 mouthfuls! YUCK! PIU PIU! sour milk sux, but extremely sour milk sux more!
i drank one mouthful of like 2 days spoilt milk, YUCK! sick man...

then my bread got sooo chao da (sophia) and sooo burnt (sophia)

there went my breakfast! i hate breakfast there's nothing to eat!

MADNESS

2006-07-01T22:09:00.000+08:00

exams over!

i went to fire conference 2006 at indoor stadium after collecting my guitar after lunch. went wif minops ppl. WOW man! paul baloche really really rocks la! i so want to be like him! lead pnw and play! ahahah!

anyway, the indoor stadium was really packed. reverend reinhard bonnke is a really good and inspiring speaker! he's the evangelist that lead millions to christ! power sia!

then after the whole conference, i went wif daniel leow and jovin from tertiary svc to go and camp at sweelee. there would be a sale on 1st july!

reached bras basah complex at 12am. never been that mad before! my first time queuing up for such thing overnight! soooo kiasu la. it was very long already at 12am, around 80-90 ppl! siao man!

and it was sooo hard to sleep. i din bring sleeping bag, so i just layed on the floor wif my bag as pillow. so painful la my back. stupid hard floor hard gay HOOOOO!

then at around 9am the doors opened. when it was our turn, it was like 10.30am or smth. we chionged in and i grabbed what i wanted! the boss acoustic simulator ac-3, the ibanez valbee and a gig bag.

but the dumb thing was the paying of the stuff. STUPID STUPID SLOW SLOW AUNTIES at the cashier were sooo inefficient and slow. i queued for 2hours+ to pay la! sian man. stand until my back hurts! :(

then when it was over, i was sooo tired. i took taxi home. reached about 1pm.

i love my life man! it's sooo exciting to add stuff to ur collections. God is good! He gave me wat i wanted, but not that i'm greedy or materialistic, is that i want to experiment new ways of playing!

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next week would be a good week. exams are over. i think i can pass bio. but maths fail. chem got lil hope of passing. econs can pass. GP can pass.
i will promise to work harder!
and i'm looking forward to lesson in school again! i think it'll be fun to mix around wif my frens and classmates, eat together, study together, sleep in lecture together, talk together, lame together, lots of stuff to do! very fun!

and i hope to make more frens this term3!

bye!

2 more days

2006-06-28T16:18:00.000+08:00

2 more days to end of blocks! but i'm not prepared!

maths and chem tmr i think i die

bio on fri and confirm die

bye!

hahaha

2006-06-23T00:10:00.000+08:00

here's a dumb video for all u ppl to watch and destress! it's damn funny!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gNsDp2N6yM

ok today was sooo not fruitful in studying lah. went to kap to meet robert and leon, supposed to meet leon but he pang seh us. anyway, waited DAMN LONG for them to come! but luckily i saw hongyi my good fren at kap! chatted wif him!

and i only did chem bonding, some binomial questions and damn little? nvm tmr i shall not talk and do my work! must aim to finish chem at least! and remember bio! OH SHIT i forgot econs! econs got sunday!

bye!

the blocks...

2006-06-21T23:50:00.000+08:00

it's wed night, just about 5 more days to block tests! i'm looking forward to them, just finish and be done with! and dont have to worry so much about studying!

here's my progress:

bio - left 3 chaps not read, but havent memorised the important stuff yet
chem - only done with organic chem
maths - only left PNC
econs - only done first 2 chaps

there's still time! tmr i shall do chem! friday will be bio and econs. sat take break, sunday econs.

monday - econs paper, study GP
tues - GP paper, study chem and maths
wed - break! study chem and maths, go for paul baloche workshop at night
thurs - chem and maths, study for bio
friday - bio! last paper! FREE! watch movie, play, eat, etc

ok sian bye!

thanks!

2006-06-16T15:59:00.000+08:00

thanks to the JC caregroup for everything! sorry if i posted this a day late, didnt have time to post yesterday, and yes i have not started on maths chem and econs! :@

anyway, went for my supposedly farewell CG yesterday. actually i pretty much expected a farewell "surprise" but samuel and robert told me that it was a farewell CG lol.
we played games first, 3 Up and then 3 & 7 Up lol, and then follow the leader. expectedly i was supposed to go out during follow the leader and they would prepare the surprise.

i came in, and they took out a chocolate fudge cake! but the thing was that no one had a knife so i had to bring the cake home lol!
then they presented to me an ashley PIG and a handmade cardboard flying V guitar! so touching! thanks a lot to those who did it!

then it was time for affirmation...

oh man i'm leaving central already and it's almost been 2 years since i'm in there...but now i'm transferring to ywam. i will miss this bunch of guys and girls, a fun-loving bunch!

to HC cg, grow strong in the Lord and expand our size! 20 by december!
to the JC cg, the CJ, NJ, AC ppl, thanks for the fun and games we had during our combined CGs this year! i'll remember the fun we had too!
to Leon my shepherd, STOP BEING SO SIAN! study hard la and shepherd robert into someone great!
to Robert my sheep, sorry i didnt shepherd you formally, but i hope u had a great time under my care and grow stronger!
to Ryan my sheep, i also didnt shepherd you formally, but it's good to see you being so convicted to the Word! balance ur studies and CCA well!
to Samuel my cg leader, thanks for the support and advice given to me these 2 years! i'm sure HC will increase under ur leadership!
to xiangyu, i still got ur shoes! and study hard for A levels dont miss me! i'll still see and hang out wif you guys!
to cheryl and qinyan, study hard for As and God bless!
to yongsheng, jon, yvonne and fung min, it's great to see the group of new believers joining us and already growing sooo fast! hope to see you guys serving God in church soon!
to tracy and suet, work hard for God and he will reward you!
and to Jin Qi, it's sad to leave but i'll promise i wont backslide and i'll do more things in ywam!
and to the rest of the ppl in JC group and central, bye i'll miss you guys! i'll still stick around and see me on stage too! lol!

ok i'm going off to study bye!

i miss camp...

2006-06-11T22:57:00.002+08:00

i wish life would slow down and rewind, back to church camp. it's just been one day and i miss it so much. and the thought of me not starting to study for exams is scaring me. nvm still got 2 weeks...

it all happened so quickly...here's how...

precamp day-6th june:
i left the house at 7.15am and reached nexus at 8am to help move things to PGP campsite. fortunately one of my guitar and pedal case were with gwen already! so i brought my other guitar. it was pretty fun moving stuff although the amps and drums were VERY VERY VERY HEAVY. we squeezed everything into the church truck in order to help daniel leow save a trip. however there were the missing drum clamp and a keyboard stand, so they had to go back again...
so we arrived late at PGP at around 10+ and started to setup. then had lunch at the central library. the food's so cheap and nice lah! better than HC! :@
so we arrived back at around 2+ and started our concert practise. we had many sessions for the concert already and i was pretty excited...
me, walmond and lee jun then went to eat roti prata at night after everything and went home...

camp day1-7th june:
it's camp day! and i was pretty excited! arrived at the campsite around 11.50am and went to our rooms. but then there were games and we couldnt play, but we had to sell drinks instead...hahaha and the most incredible thing was riding in the truck! i tell u it was a nightmare inside the church truck, esp when daniel's driving! HAHAHA...not that his driving is bad, but it was bumpy :P
and there was pnw1 at night! the sound system screwed up quite badly and the mics werent working. but thank God the crowd were enthu and excited!
at night we went for roti prata again!

day2-8thjune:
i was sooo tired because i slept at 2am and had to wake up at 8.30...there was pnw2 and the crowd was very hyped up also! praise God!
i'm trying to recall what happened later on because we never played games... :( :( :(
then there was the spiritual gifts workshop. i have the gifts of
1)musicians/singers
2)pastor
3)encouragement/faith
whooh!
pnw3, then prata again at night i'm typing faster now lol...

day3-9th june:
the last night! which means the concert night! IGNITE! whooh! we had pnw4 the last one in the morning, then bring it on! in the afternoon, and then concert practise and then the concert!
before the doors were opened, we could hear the crazy bunch of 500+ youths outside the hall, queuing up to get the front seats haha...they were SINGING as we were practising! praise God!
but the sound system screwed up again and poor jiayi was very stressed trying to fix it!
then...the time has come...we played lots of songs from the new united we stand album! i could see that the youth werent that familiar with the songs. but they're nice!
then there was ministering time...i could see that the youths were really hot for God, and i could see the Holy Spirit moving and touching each and everyone of the youths, new or old christians. i could see ppl crying and kneeling, as hands and hearts were lifted up. the Lord then dropped a word into my heart when i was playing too. He said "do not worry about your parents going to china. it may seem a bad thing, but u cant see the situation for now. it's like a horizon, your eyes cant see beyond, but i can see and my plan is the best plan. trust in me the Lord your God always." and this touched me and i was assured of God's love for me that i cried when playing the song. it stirred up lots of emotions in the crowd as well, as the Holy Spirit descended upon his children and moved the place.
and yongsheng receieved Christ and yvonne receieved the Holy Spirit! and the others of HC were growing! the newcomers, jon, ryan, robert, fung min, yvonne and yongsheng have seriously grown a lot through this camp. God has created a new generation of J1s who are close in fellowship and hot for the word! amen! 20 HCIans! here we go! (even though i cant help much)
then after ministering time, dennis and shirley brought up sparkling wine for everyone to YUMSENG! it was to represent the kind of victory and pledge for the number of ppl each CG wants to have. but they go and shake and shoot the sparkling wine on everyone la! make the floor so sticky and dirty and we had to stay back and clean it THOROUGHLY! hahaha...
but now it was 12+ and i was zombified. i joined my new CG, ywam! and we celebrated wynnie's bday and they welcomed me and ben wai...lol i was dozing off :( too sleepy la. then when the rest went to play, i went back to my room and KOed...very tired...

last day :( :( :( -10th june
it was the last day. everyone was tired as most didnt sleep much. LOL! we had the final high praise and everyone took pics before leaving. i went home and KOed again...
then ywammers had a movie outing at PS to watch cars! it was damn cute! the idea was just brilliant! PIXAR ROCKS!
then me, walmond, ethan, ruizhen and yao guo went to harry's @ esplanade to watch paul pannochiaro (i dunno how to spell) perform his weekly dosage of jazz/funk/blues. HE'S DAMN PRO! WHOOH!
but then it was late and there were no more trains. so i took 162 bus all the way back to YCK mrt. i reached like 1am? :O then i had to walk back home and arrived back at around 1.20! i was zombified already. KOed!

ok enough typing my hands are tired. i shall start studying this week!

bye!

back

2006-06-07T00:11:00.000+08:00

i'm back from china, well not really came back 2 days ago. got to do this fast, need to sleep soon...

came back on sunday 7pm. was at the guangzhou airport and we couldnt get into the lounge. so we went to some stupid cutthroat-dumbass-cheatmoney restaurant that cheated our money and guess what? 63RMB for 7up and a cup of tea. that's around $12? STUPID RIGHT? when we saw the price, no choice liao cause we sat down...heart pain...
and on the plane i watched pink panther and firewall. i also watched the intro of date movie again! DATE MOVIE IS DAMN FUNNY! it's sooo stupid and damn lame.

ok anyway some 10 things about china...
1)the air was bad. it made my lungs dirty and my cough grew damn bad
2)the food are damn cheap. i ate a lot and hopefully gained weight
3)it costs about $40 for a full meal for 4 of us at some posh restaurant
4)clothes are cheap i bought 2 jeans and a belt
5)i learned more cantonese so now i can converese better. CHALLENGE ME!
6)they have lots of korean dramas
7)the fashion is quite backward >.<
8)'desperate housewives' is episodes ago
9)they dont spit as much as winter
10)mcdonald's breakfast costs half the price here

well i enjoyed china and i met my father. my sis and my mom maybe going over during august or smth...

and tmr is camp! we had music prac just now for damn long but it was tiring lol...we moved everything from nexus there so tiring and heavy! wah but it was fun! FIRST TIME! :)

have nothing much to write now...but i...oops i forgot wat i wanted to write...OH! i havent started studying yet! only next week can, after camp! :)

oh i also dropped my strat from the stand on stage and there's like 3 dents and 2 paint peel offs i can see the wood! HEART PAIN HEART PAIN! it's worse than getting dumped hahaha...

sweelee sale on 1st july and i dunno if i'm going or not...hmmm...got lots of tempting items

bye!

angry, frustrated

2006-05-30T17:13:00.000+08:00

simon has never been this angry and frustrated in his entire life these few weeks...

i dunno why but lately i've been getting very angry and frustrated over little things, and stupid things. like i totally lose control of myself and go into a rage and start, becoming mad. i need to cool down man. i think the reasons why i have become like that is due to my stupid computer which is totally busted and gone, my inability to find things before i go out, and my irritating sisters.

since the crashing of my comp, i did not feel much. just very pek chek. but wat i cant stand is not being able to access the internet. it's like being cut off from the world, from the frens, forums, news etc. damn sian la. and now my sis comp also cant work so i'm using my other sis laptop. it's soooo irritating. and also i'm angry over little things like not being able to find my stuff. i'm a grumpy old man i need to beat things up and punch stuff. haha dont think i'm crazy i just need to let loose...and also my sisters sometimes really irritate me a lot and i dunno how to control my temper and just scream. then my mom will come and scold and my sis will yell and i will yell and in the end everyone gets angry and starts shouting. so unhealthy la! haiz someone help me!

camp is drawing nearer but it seems my spiritual life is not getting much better. hope it will be different after the camp but right now i need to control my emotions and prepare for the camp. sorry to those who have been affected by my temper lol...

anyway on a lighter note, my classmates just returned from ubin camp! surprisingly it looks quite fun but too bad i had to miss it lol. and i just missed another movie outing! they went to watch xmen3 and right now i have missed MI3, da vinci, and poisedon. now have to miss xmen3! :@:@:@

but because i had to get something more impt, i had to miss xmen3. i got a VINTAGE 80s japanese flanger! wah it's damn cool it looks old and vintage but still works damn good. made in japan someone sia! can still see the laber. the owner really took great care of it hahaha...

and check out my pedal rig! it's all done now, finally...for now! haha but there's no more space for another pedal :(

the whole damn thing costs me 2 legs, 2 hands, and a head! oh man hahaha...but it's fun la just a hobby i love doing what i like! and you should to!

tmr i'm leaving for china to visit my dad and just now i just erased a big chunk of words by accident :@. anyway quite excited because stuff are damn cheap. and oh i'm not chinese FYI because momoren think i am *coughyutingcough* hahahaha...jk no hard feelings :P

hope it wont get boring but i have to study for my blocks also. i'm rather scared about it actually lol. my maths and chem are like shit lah dunno how to help myself... :(

holidays are here! whooh!

the aftermath

2006-05-28T00:09:00.000+08:00

*oh no i lost one chord sheet paper!* long time no blog also!

today, marked the day, wait, YESTERDAY, the saturday, of my first sports competition i took part in. HWA CHONG TAEKWONDO sent everyone down to YCK sports hall. we got overall silver in the end. HWA CHONG GOGOGO! WE ROCK!
but so sad i didnt even get thru the first round of the comp, the prelims. i trained very hard and prayed hard also, but God didnt answer my prayer but letting me get through. it could be because of a few reasons, being:
1) i dont deserve to win, maybe God doesnt want me to get thru
2) God is testing me
3) He wants me to wait before my prayer gets answered

i think the last 2 are the most logical reasonings. hehe...

anyway it was quite sian, 11am-9pm for the comp. BUT MY WHOLE class is in PULAU UBIN camp now hahaha! i get to pon! WHOOH!
but today i could sense the spirit of my tkd club. although we may be ill disciplined, rude, slack, etc and all the bad stuff, we're all very united and supportive for the competitors. but it was awesome the HC spirit. but we cant compare to VJ because they're always cheering and waving banners. they're mad! hahaha...

and i realised my STUPID EZ LINK is INVALID and spoilt i have to go sembawang or hougang to fix it! :@:@:@

anyway here are the things i'm going to do during the JUNE HOLIDAYS!!! WHOOH!
1) go China visit my dad
2) CAMP CAMP CAMP ENCOUNTER!!!
3) wfl? i think i can go for 1!
4) MUG FOR BLOCKS
5) practise guitar
6) anticipate for sweelee mid year sale (get 7string!)
7) hang out wif buds and watch movies!

so i'll be away from 31stmay to 4th june in china! i'll eat lots and live like a KING! Simon the Great! hahaha!!!

i wonder how's my classmates suffering in UBIN HAHAHA and i'm slacking right here. my mom's watching the ring! so scary dont dare watch. channel 5!

i'm so random. BUT OH YA! was so busy past few days, forgot to post about sabbaticals! rock climbing rocks, and western oils is...oily! but it rocks too! and check out my nice paintings!

i dont have my teddy bear one i dunno where it went :P

btw it was meant to be an impressionist painting but it turned out bad?

let me explain to u my painting! this is the painting of the classroom. and we all noe the classroom is not a nice place to be in, because we have to listen to boring teachers and struggle to keep awake.
but the main explanation is this. i used dull colours, brown, grey and simple monotonous colours to represent the boring and monotonous routine we go through in school everyday, every week and every year. notice the colours, they go from light to dark, left to right. this represents the class being divided by the intellectual abilities of the students, e.g. smart, average, dumb, very dumb, simon etc...and the 3 chairs in the middle represent the rankings, smart, average and dumb. the tables next to them represent the results, and the dark side is the lousier side. haha...
nice explanation right! :p

I'M SQUASHED!

and jiemin wouldnt stop laughing to herself about the old woman with the harmonica. seriously! is it that funny? hahaha! and she reminded me of my emoticons all gone, and my computer's seroiusly BUSTED FRIED DEAD MRS SAM GONE DETSROYED DOOMED and there's no way i noe of to recover it. and speaking of jiemin, she told us a question on giving $1m to a:
1) old woman playing the harmonica on the road
2) 5 year old boy who's parents died in tsunami
3) 23 year old man suffering from cancer.
the $1m would help someone, and the moral of the story was that God chooses to give things to ppl that He wants to, i.e. spiritual gifts. and i chose to give to the man. arts people would give the money to the man or child, but science ppl would take the money, invest it in a bank, get enough money, and give it to everyone! hahaha! that's dumb

this is a super long post. it's late now and i'm typing on my lap because the stupid keyboard holder went in and wont come out! it's stuck la! everything arounds me seems to be spoiling and DYING AND GETTING BUSTED AND MRS SAM!

ok bye for now!

the day has come...

2006-05-25T17:14:00.000+08:00

the day has come...and TAYLOR HICKS WON! whooh! i'm so happy! this is the FIRST time someone we supported actually WON! haha he rocks man!

had western oils sabbaticals today. woke up at 8.30 and reached school at 9.10. but whooh can wake up later a bit! i'm lovin' it! ;)
we did a water colour painting, and i painted yushu's teddy bear! it's so cute but my technique was wrong, i used acrylic style, so didnt look nice! robert's one was nice because he's ang moh and the teacher likes him. LOL
we ended around 1.45! whooh! and i chionged home to prepare for music prac later. so exciting i look forward to the camp! got new effects rig too! so shiok! but my stupid wah pedal keeps dropping off so i take it out first. :)

pics of rock climbing coming soon when i have the time! bye!

happy bday!

2006-05-25T00:14:00.000+08:00

happy bday wah toon, and wah kiat! it's past 12 now and that means i've not written for 2 days lol. i'm so tired so this will be short...

after music prac, i waited for a damn half hour for a cab! and my cab driver was an old man, so he was hard of hearing, and my chinese so lousy. but thank God managed to get home safely hahah...

i wish taylor hicks will win!

music prac tmr, havent transcribed everything yet, still got stupid sabbaticals, i want to pon go home prac. haha...

bye!

i'm pissed

2006-05-22T23:48:00.000+08:00

simon is very angry over the stupid computer because it doesnt agree with him!

i'm not going to blog much tonight and it's like 13min away from tmr! i'm so angry and fed up with the stupid comp. it's so bloody slow and i just reformatted it. i have to reinstall every single shit and IT'S MAKING MY BLOOD BOIL! i'm so angry right now...the comp is slow and it reminds me of a comp 10 years ago. it's like a younger-than-mrs samuel kind of computer! i want to bash it up...

GRRR...

OH! BUSTED!

2006-05-21T23:11:00.000+08:00

I AM SO PISSED! MY STUPID COMP IS SPOILT! i'm using my sis one and it's like a tortoise! i still prefer my own comp! must reformat tmr and if everything is gone, KILL ME! luckily i have 2 hard drives and i contain most of them on the second drive! (: smart right! ahahaha

tmr is rock climbing i dunno wat's going to happen. but i hope i dont have to belay someone twice my weight *coughryancough*! but jianmin's going tmr! haha can talk to him and catch up with old times!

and i just realise i'm such a money-spending-whore. which reminds me i just placed everything in order! so happy!

we went to KFC for dinner today. it was freaking oily makes me wanna puke! that means...MORE PIMPLES! ARGH!!! and i saw smth very funny...a family of fat people eating KFC. i guess they must have go there every weekend because they're arms and thighs can probably feed an entire army for a lifetime! LOL! oops i'm so evil! but i saw the woman, or you can call her YO MAMA, her arm was larger than my thigh! haha, oh btw "yo mama so fat that when she fell in love, she broke it!" HAHAHA damn stupid!

i also managed to catch like 10min of singapore idol. it's quite funny very dumb. haha i think it would have been fun if i joined. TOO BAD NO ONE wants to queue with me! pity pity...

enough injuries for the pass week, hope tmr rock climbing i wont split my pants or whack against the rocks! HAHAH!

bye!

somebody kill me...

2006-05-21T00:21:00.000+08:00

i spent so much money today (wont say how much :P). my atm is like unlimited but i cant imagine that number of years i take to save up so much! *recalls all the cny where i get sooo little and the days in primary school where i save a dollar a day* that's real pathetic no wonder i'm so damn skinny! :@ wait i'm not skinny, i'm thin! skinny sounds weak, thin doesnt :P

anyway went to meet ashley for lunch before church. robert and ryan went to buy junwei a present. happy bday junwei! i ate BK wif ashley and we chatted about our schools. it's so interesting to catch up and compare our schools. LOL! then i went to bras basah complex to check out the 7string guitar. BLOODY HELL! THEY DONT HAVE! i was quite angry because there were stock a month ago! and i have to go to aljunied lah! wtf! :@
so i went to another guitar shop and LOW AND BEHOLD! i saw something damn tempting! a pedalcase going for half the price i saw on the web. i'm not professional so i just buy la heck care the brand can use can liao! WHOOH! so happy! ok here's the dumb thing about carrying a big pedalcase around town:

1. when carrying a pedalcase that's so big, ppl tend to stare at u and siam u!
2. ppl think ur carrying a bomb but they realise i'm chinese and i'm a young boy
3. no security officer approached me to say "HANDS UP! OPEN THE CASE SLOWLY!"
4. i was sweating so much when carrying the big case that ppl think that i'm nervous to detonate a BOMB
5. the MRT was SO DAMN UNUSUALLY crowded today

and so i went to church carrying the pedalcase. xiangyu, ryan, robert, tracy, fungmin all asked me the same qn: "what is that? is that a bomb ur carrying? what mrt u going to bomb?" this is so dumb!

i learnt about serving in church today. today's sermon was real great and inspiring! although pastor ben quite chim, but the sermon was great! so after church i went to city hall to purchase my other guitar stuff. SO START KILLING ME NOW: (btw skip this if ur not into guitaring haha!)

met daniel at 6.30 and bought a set of Dimarzio NEW7 pups from him! would be my pups for my next guitar! whooh! and i was so excited because i was meeting ark to get back my EQ pedal. he changed the footswitch, making is sooo much easier to press. i remembered the horrid days of gigging when i couldnt press the damn thing in time to boost my solos. anyway i went to guitar77 and bought 2 sets of curt mangan strings and a daisy chain. were they $5.50 each or $6.50 each? i dunno! i may have been cheated cos i heard him say $5.50 and he charged me $6.50! but nvm i still <3 G77! the ppl are so funny la. they were DRINKING as USUAL and uttering lame and stupid nonsense hahaha...they're cool they're cool...and i bought 2 patch cables from luther. feeling sooo broke!

i was satisfied from my shopping spree! it's so nice to shop for things u like, NOT FOR THINGS U DONT LIKE. =D

and now it's quite late but tmr's a SUNDAY! and after which is sabbaticals! so that means slacking but still have to wake up early :( and i finished my part for PW! yiwei i'm sooo efficient! ;)

and i just realised my entries are super long so bear with it! i'm leaving lots of paragraph so as to make it not look wordy!

i love saturdays! and my pedalboard is so nice now! much bigger! pix soon! bye!

i'm lame

2006-05-19T22:09:00.000+08:00

ok i'm going to die right now someone help me. my legs are like going to break and i having a headache now! this is how my day began:

maths was real boring i didnt understand how to do a single shit lah. but i wrote the letters for ms wong, ms ho and ms tan. they left already! so sad. we had a farewell to them later on...
then we played captain's ball during PE! and guess wat? i had like 3 injuries? i was defending my team, and i tried getting a long high ball, and i jumped, and the stupid ball whacked my assets! :@ wtf i fell to the ground rolling around screaming in pain. it was DAMN embarrassing! luckily i recovered fast, and rejoined them. then i got whacked in the spine! ouch! then i fell down while protecting the ball (i was hugging it so dirty!), then i saw someone CHARGING at me i thought it was a guy, but i saw pink small shoes! it was SAMANTHA so violent. she kicked me! but she always kana whacked by the ball in the HEAD damn funny! hahha

then i played bball with chris, robert, toon and shaun choy! oh man it was damn funny! me and chris vs they 3 and they so n00b and we owned like 12-6 or smth? c'mon i scored like more than half! hahaha! scored 4 goals in a row! i'm getting more pro! must play more bball! hahaha

but then i was damn tired before tkd, and i was going to die. my legs were sooo tired! and i swear they made us do like 40 times the pattern? argh almost died la! but then quite slack later on...competition next sat and we're all dead! hahaha!

tmr will be a fun day! there's church tmr and will go shopping with robert and ryan before church. then after church i'll be getting back my pedal! and also buying 2 7string pickups for my next one...damn fun! hahaha!

bye!

day2

2006-05-18T20:02:00.000+08:00

ok updates:
i changed my blog title, the old one was real stupid and makes no sense. this makes more sense. :)

just reached home. played bball and ULTIMATE friscbee with our CG. yongsheng is damn pro at bball, and reihorng who crashed also damn pro! so tall it's so funny so see 2 giants snatching the ball and bending down REAL LOW hahaha. leon was like a FLY u see, flying here and there wif the ball. so funny! i totally suck at bball, because i cant control it well and i seriously cant aim! but friscbee was damn fun! but it was like 4-4 WHOLE bball court! made us run until damn tired. in the end, leon sam robert and xiangyu won. :( nvm but was damn fun!

and we played captain's ball wif my beloved class 75 for PE. i was the captain! first time man, real slack and quite fun, but damn scary standing on the chair. and siyun...haiz...hahhaha she couldnt catch properly at the start, but she scored twice? :D

and guess what? i didnt sleep in lecture! but i slept in siva's lesson because he was super SUPER boring! oh man, luckily he didnt catch me! i'm getting pro in covering my eyes when i sleep! and i slept in PW too (siva's lesson) and my grp woke me up, and i just woke up, so i was like STARING at them for waking me up!

and so sad...all our J3 teachers left...as in LEFT NEVER will see them again! :( maybe got la, but it was damn sad, could see it in their eyes. they couldnt bear to leave us la, but although they J3, but they're better than the new NIE teachers. and ms soh from yushu class is going to teach us bio, dunno about chem. i heard she's real nice but very very slow...and we have to go back for remedial bio lesson!

ok i'm going to eat dinner now! will BLOG AGAIN later! it's soooooo fun! :D

back from dinner. so sad elliot is out from american idol :( i totally dont want kat to be in top 2! she will def win taylor because she's younger and prettier.

i'm doing chem ilp now and i dun want to. there's still maths but i have NO MOOD to do. and i'm lagged in msn because the class just invited me into a mass convo. lagging 10mins and counting...

this is so boring...

bored...

2006-05-18T15:17:00.000+08:00

i'm in the comp lab now with mswong talking about bio test...i'm so bad i'm blogging now! hahha...

guess wat...I PASSED my bio test! WHOOH! first time first time. but i failed my stupid chem! :(

it's so cold where i'm seating and i want to go toilet! SO BADLY! and i'm going to change my template soon! look out for updates hehe...

bye!

freak

2006-05-17T22:43:00.000+08:00

simon is such a freak. he just posted 7min ago and he's posting again! SOMEONE STOP HIM! WHOOH!

*me thinks it's damn fun! WHOOH!*

pics of my babies! enjoy! (i'm just filling up space :P )

<-- i sold this baby... :(

and if ur thinking wat my blog will be like, it will be NOT made of:
1. scandals and gay shit
2.philosophical stuff
3.complaining about how dumb the world is (hmmm maybe can la)
4.writing poems and about how wonderful life is

BUT it will be just crap and bullshit and fun and more fun and crap and bullshit and fun and more fun and...

*edit. it took me a damn 10min to figure out how to post images! :@

BYE!

brand new!

2006-05-17T22:33:00.001+08:00

ok this is my virgin post! i'm officially a blogger! whooh! but i'm so n00b to these kinds of stuff la, i dunno how to use the HTML! it's like...TAMIL or GREEK to me la...hahaha

so tired after taekwondo today. ended at 7.30 WTH and reached home at 8pm! super super tired now la! but guess what? i'm going for competition! seh right! my coach said we good sia, whooh! damn tired, but my kicking improved! we also sparred (is that how u spell it???) and my moves were GREAT! WHOOH! hahaha been practising man so cool

went home to catch americal idol! taylor hicks really rocks! i think he's going to win. but i think elliot yamin will get voted OUT tmr! oh no! i prefer him to kat, but i wanted chris to win! :@
and sg idol next sunday! i think it's going to be damn stupid and funny...

oh guess what? tmr got bio test and i havent studied! so tired, and had to do stupid econs tutorial or siva will kill me, and go like "Simon, why havent u done ur work? ur supposed to prepare for ur tutorials every time u come to lesson" i mean c'mon la! other classes dao him and never do tutorials, they despise him openly :)

ok it's getting late, my virgin post ends here. blogging seems fun! :P

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