Sorry, been darn tired the previous days and couldn't blog.
SJAB Camp is definitely getting better-planned each year. Sec 1 SJAB Camp was unanimously known as a pain among everyone, and Sec 2 SJAB Camp was so slack it was seriously very o_Oish (I mean srsly most pushups for SBB was 100 o_O). This year's SJAB Camp had definitely been pulled off well; They got their priorities straight this time round IMO.
One of the things I liked in S3 SJAB Camp to S2 SJAB Camp was factions. Sure, they started out chaotic, a few things were rushed here and there, and admin problems keep happening because I keep disappearing off lists, but hey, it turns out to be a very good way of inculcating team bonding among people. I'm not sure if they intend to change factions each year, but if they don't it'd be good to see if they want to change banners/cheers/names. It's a simple way of seeing which bunks are bonded together and which aren't as much.
Another thing I liked: Little drill. Drill is seriously xi beh sian. Camp shouldn't involve drill so much, we do that enough during normal parades. Besides; it's too darn tiring for me to like doing drill alot during camp.
FA IS FINALLY BEING FOCUSED ON IN CAMP ZOMG. Last time I was talking to J.Ang, Swami and David Raj; D. Raj (Haha suddenly he sounds like a slacker) was talking about how Malaysian SJAB was nothing but first aid and was very bad. I said that at least that way SJAB fulfills its primary purpose in creating first aiders; J.Ang and Swami said that that way our drill would be pathetic, SJAB would be boring, and it'll be slack etc. I'll stick to my view, and I'm sure that it's possible to teach FA at a somewhat frequent rate (More than <1 per term that's for sure) without compromising on drill. Oh well, I think I get what Ben Tan means by politics, haha.
Edward is seriously like damn pro lah. I've no idea how he manages to be a paramedic and a student at the same time.
Obstacle course = teh fun
Watergames = Not very fun (Rules were a tad imposing, free for all ftw >_>)
Amazing Race = Good; though the trust fall was >_>
Nightingale = Didn't go
SBB = Didn't go; but heard it wasn't too killer nor too slack, =)
FA Lectures = Teh awesome
FA Test = Teh killer, AND SHEU ZHI BEAT ME >_>
Oh well, I wonder if we'll be able to have a SJAB Camp next year as good as this one, or even better XD
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MEW was a rather new experience. NUS High people are truly geniuses; I have newfound respect for them after seeing what the average NUS High person is like.
BASIL >_>
Nevermind the mental trauma is pay enough. >_>
I wonder if I should be glad for Klow or sigh >_>
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Melty Blood: Re-ACT Final Tuned is AWESOME. =) Srsly. Pity I'm like the only one who plays it >_>
I must learn how to aircombo with Arcueid, otherwise my favourite character isn't my best o_O And I haveta learn Shion for Story mode >_<
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Just finished watching Kino no Tabi. It's such the nice show. It's also amusing how the worlds reflect our society at large in such an amusing way XD
But seriously, it's a nice and deceptively sweet show. One should watch it.
Friday, March 17, 2006
Saturday, March 11, 2006
The Mecca of Singapore Arcades
Chuang Yi at Expo was very disappointing. It was not hueg liek XBox, they kept only the new stock and didn't have any of the old stock over there. =
Nonetheless Cleon bought Ichigo 100%, Mon Colle Knights, and one or two other stuff I can't remember. Lou Ee bought Girls Bravo hahahahaha. Meanwhile TKK and I bought nothing and made stupid jokes >_>
"Haha it's Strawberry Hundred Percent! It's not just 90% Strawberry, it's 100% Strawberry!"
"Aah, Fresh Milk! (Pudge-ish)"
Mon Colle Knights is very disturbing >_>
Girls Bravo is just as disturbing >_>
Shortly after we left teh area and went and ate. Orange Julius is not lunch material; it is only snacks material. I mean, $5 for a hotdog and a small smoothie? Dude o_O
Since there was little to look at teh Chuang Yi booth we left for Bugis; liek zomg teh Mecca of S'pore Arcades.
No DDR there tho' hmm.
But srsly.
IT HAS KOF 94
IT HAS FIST OF THE NORTH STAR (Otherwise known as Hokuto No Ken)
IT HAS MELTY BLOOD: ACT CADENZA (Which is plain awesome; I'm going to look for that)
IT HAS GGXX/
They have everything damnit! It's just wonderful. I think I'll head there once in a while during the June Hols.
Kuang Kai is good at racing; I mean teh ownage @ racin'. Don't see any as good as him around in ACSI. Pity too, we need more arcade gamers in ACSI. Too many LANners =
GGXX/ is wonderful. And so is Bugis. Never before have I felt such happiness playing Ky; it's just satisfying playing on such a good machine. The stick does everything correct; it registers my VTs as VTs and my SEs as SEs. 1/2 Circles are a prob though; but it's probably moi. Though I must say the AI was toned down quite significantly; I could get past I-No without any problems. Only Holy Order Sol was bad. And I mean bad.
Ky: *fights HOS as normal, generally does well*
HOS: *Dragon Installs*
Ky: *runs forward and tries to attack*
HOS: *Gun Blazes past moi BAM two pawaa gayzahz appear and own Ky for 1/4life*
HOS: *Gun Blazes back BAM Ky gets owned again for 1/2life total*
Me: o_O
HOS: Napalm Death
HOS: Napalm Death
HOS: *Bends down and groans as Dragon Install ends*
Me: YESH
Ky: *Runs forward to attack*
HOS: *Dragon Installs*
Me: NUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
Damn it HOS is so cheap >_<
Saw another pro at HotD4, got all the way to Star by himself till' he died. =\ Saw Empress for the first time; wasn't as awesome as others had put her out to be.
Melty Blood is amazing and awesome. It's just as awesome as GG. Hope I can find it sometime. Match vids for it make it seem pretty darn cool; but it seems somewhat repetitive in comparison to GGXX/. Meh, oh well. =
After that went to X-Zone at PS because TKK went there thinking we went there already >_> Adwyn and TKK played MvC2, and Adwyn won by button mashing XD
Met Salad again, cept he was playing Ky this time. I tried to challenge him with my Ky too.
Enemy Ky: Run forward
Ky: *Inputs Slash x3*
Ky: *Nothing*
Enemy Ky: *Owns me*
Me: o_O >_>
GGXX Machines at X-Zone are depressingly low-maintainence. =
Boom Boom Fire on PPP is way too tough for me. I humiliated myself in front of a number of strangers by failing miserably on it while looking like an idiot (I mean if you were failing you'd start to go from being pai kia to being n00b). Then saw a guy play PPP freestyle easy and though it was n00b difficulty he did it rather classy, as Cleon said.
If only girls would stop playing PPP so uhh well, wimpily. I mean, dude, PPP is TEH POSEZ0RZ it is not for widl gurlz to just whoosh their hands left and right in leh ghey fashun rite. It is Pose^3 dude comeon.
So Deep is actually quite fun, but I'm not sure if I can pass it without the bar.
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ISO makes me smile. I have a feeling this year's ISO is going to run smoothly, and many things I feel have turned out right thus far. Apart from the horror at the start of ISO (The oh-so-memorable quotes from Siew Tee like "BUT PHILOSOPHY EES QUITE ALIVE WAD" and "I DON'T THINK THIS TOPIC IS GOOD" and "CAN YOU WRITE SO MUCH ON THIS TOPIC" oh gosh I shudder knowing that she's one of the people I get for Oral Defence. >_<)
SJAB Camp is probably going to be very tough. >_>
HCL homework is alot. >_>
I think I'm getting stressed; but hey, who isn't =). It's how well you work with the stress. IQ/EQ/AQ, eh. Sure, I'll take ya on.
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Due to SJAB Camp I shall not be blogging for some time. Well, ja.
Nonetheless Cleon bought Ichigo 100%, Mon Colle Knights, and one or two other stuff I can't remember. Lou Ee bought Girls Bravo hahahahaha. Meanwhile TKK and I bought nothing and made stupid jokes >_>
"Haha it's Strawberry Hundred Percent! It's not just 90% Strawberry, it's 100% Strawberry!"
"Aah, Fresh Milk! (Pudge-ish)"
Mon Colle Knights is very disturbing >_>
Girls Bravo is just as disturbing >_>
Shortly after we left teh area and went and ate. Orange Julius is not lunch material; it is only snacks material. I mean, $5 for a hotdog and a small smoothie? Dude o_O
Since there was little to look at teh Chuang Yi booth we left for Bugis; liek zomg teh Mecca of S'pore Arcades.
No DDR there tho' hmm.
But srsly.
IT HAS KOF 94
IT HAS FIST OF THE NORTH STAR (Otherwise known as Hokuto No Ken)
IT HAS MELTY BLOOD: ACT CADENZA (Which is plain awesome; I'm going to look for that)
IT HAS GGXX/
They have everything damnit! It's just wonderful. I think I'll head there once in a while during the June Hols.
Kuang Kai is good at racing; I mean teh ownage @ racin'. Don't see any as good as him around in ACSI. Pity too, we need more arcade gamers in ACSI. Too many LANners =
GGXX/ is wonderful. And so is Bugis. Never before have I felt such happiness playing Ky; it's just satisfying playing on such a good machine. The stick does everything correct; it registers my VTs as VTs and my SEs as SEs. 1/2 Circles are a prob though; but it's probably moi. Though I must say the AI was toned down quite significantly; I could get past I-No without any problems. Only Holy Order Sol was bad. And I mean bad.
Ky: *fights HOS as normal, generally does well*
HOS: *Dragon Installs*
Ky: *runs forward and tries to attack*
HOS: *Gun Blazes past moi BAM two pawaa gayzahz appear and own Ky for 1/4life*
HOS: *Gun Blazes back BAM Ky gets owned again for 1/2life total*
Me: o_O
HOS: Napalm Death
HOS: Napalm Death
HOS: *Bends down and groans as Dragon Install ends*
Me: YESH
Ky: *Runs forward to attack*
HOS: *Dragon Installs*
Me: NUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
Damn it HOS is so cheap >_<
Saw another pro at HotD4, got all the way to Star by himself till' he died. =\ Saw Empress for the first time; wasn't as awesome as others had put her out to be.
Melty Blood is amazing and awesome. It's just as awesome as GG. Hope I can find it sometime. Match vids for it make it seem pretty darn cool; but it seems somewhat repetitive in comparison to GGXX/. Meh, oh well. =
After that went to X-Zone at PS because TKK went there thinking we went there already >_> Adwyn and TKK played MvC2, and Adwyn won by button mashing XD
Met Salad again, cept he was playing Ky this time. I tried to challenge him with my Ky too.
Enemy Ky: Run forward
Ky: *Inputs Slash x3*
Ky: *Nothing*
Enemy Ky: *Owns me*
Me: o_O >_>
GGXX Machines at X-Zone are depressingly low-maintainence. =
Boom Boom Fire on PPP is way too tough for me. I humiliated myself in front of a number of strangers by failing miserably on it while looking like an idiot (I mean if you were failing you'd start to go from being pai kia to being n00b). Then saw a guy play PPP freestyle easy and though it was n00b difficulty he did it rather classy, as Cleon said.
If only girls would stop playing PPP so uhh well, wimpily. I mean, dude, PPP is TEH POSEZ0RZ it is not for widl gurlz to just whoosh their hands left and right in leh ghey fashun rite. It is Pose^3 dude comeon.
So Deep is actually quite fun, but I'm not sure if I can pass it without the bar.
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ISO makes me smile. I have a feeling this year's ISO is going to run smoothly, and many things I feel have turned out right thus far. Apart from the horror at the start of ISO (The oh-so-memorable quotes from Siew Tee like "BUT PHILOSOPHY EES QUITE ALIVE WAD" and "I DON'T THINK THIS TOPIC IS GOOD" and "CAN YOU WRITE SO MUCH ON THIS TOPIC" oh gosh I shudder knowing that she's one of the people I get for Oral Defence. >_<)
SJAB Camp is probably going to be very tough. >_>
HCL homework is alot. >_>
I think I'm getting stressed; but hey, who isn't =). It's how well you work with the stress. IQ/EQ/AQ, eh. Sure, I'll take ya on.
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Due to SJAB Camp I shall not be blogging for some time. Well, ja.
Saturday, March 04, 2006
Gwin, A Levels and Moi
So my bro did badly for his A-Levels.
With that comes immense worry from Mom and Dad, particularly mom. Now she's been worrying head over tails about my results, because I failed my A Math and my Chinese. Telling me to stop using the com so much, playing the PS2 so much, etc etc.
How often do I use the com? 4-11, 8-11, 4-11, 8-11, 7-11, assuming I've no homework at all for the whole week. To not use the com so much? Fair enough.
She says that I'm doing badly because I'm neglecting all my work and stuff. While I will admit I neglect my A Math and HCL quite a fair bit, I will also state rather clearly that I am bad at those subjects. Physics too, but I somehow managed to get a decent score on that. Dunno how. o_O
The only results I've shown her so far are my A Math and Chinese, mainly because I don't see any good in showing her that I passed CMath or LArts or Chem or whatever. After all, how many parents out there actually praise their son/daughter for being among the huge amount of people who passed? Last time I did well for Y2 mom was pleasantly surprised; yet I hardly recall her saying anything particularly memorable to me. Have I been brought up to ignore every single compliment said to me; or have I been placed upon a situation where doing well no longer grants any merits of its own? I could care less about doing badly if others could care less about me doing well.
She told me that as a mother, she has to worry about me. I told her that I already got a number of results back and only showed her those where I did badly on; she said that that was not the point. The booklist had so many reference books; I had yet to read them. That worried her.
As much as I would like to be an utter jerk and completely indulge myself in reference books and completely kick her out of my acknowledgement for one week, something (Namely everyone else and my own conscience) tells me that that won't be a good idea.
Would she worry so much about me if my bro did particularly well for his A Levels? She told me that Gwin already did badly for his A Levels, what would happen if I fell down that route too?
Would she worry so much about me if I showed her my results for my other subjects? Or would she worry even more because my results were only decent and not amazing?
I have to be thankful that my mom is not one who threatens her child unlike Daniel's, but then again no one's mom is perfect. Haiz, it's really annoying when your mom ignores you for some time, then suddenly shows immense worry for you, then suddenly reverts back to ignoring me.
With that comes immense worry from Mom and Dad, particularly mom. Now she's been worrying head over tails about my results, because I failed my A Math and my Chinese. Telling me to stop using the com so much, playing the PS2 so much, etc etc.
How often do I use the com? 4-11, 8-11, 4-11, 8-11, 7-11, assuming I've no homework at all for the whole week. To not use the com so much? Fair enough.
She says that I'm doing badly because I'm neglecting all my work and stuff. While I will admit I neglect my A Math and HCL quite a fair bit, I will also state rather clearly that I am bad at those subjects. Physics too, but I somehow managed to get a decent score on that. Dunno how. o_O
The only results I've shown her so far are my A Math and Chinese, mainly because I don't see any good in showing her that I passed CMath or LArts or Chem or whatever. After all, how many parents out there actually praise their son/daughter for being among the huge amount of people who passed? Last time I did well for Y2 mom was pleasantly surprised; yet I hardly recall her saying anything particularly memorable to me. Have I been brought up to ignore every single compliment said to me; or have I been placed upon a situation where doing well no longer grants any merits of its own? I could care less about doing badly if others could care less about me doing well.
She told me that as a mother, she has to worry about me. I told her that I already got a number of results back and only showed her those where I did badly on; she said that that was not the point. The booklist had so many reference books; I had yet to read them. That worried her.
As much as I would like to be an utter jerk and completely indulge myself in reference books and completely kick her out of my acknowledgement for one week, something (Namely everyone else and my own conscience) tells me that that won't be a good idea.
Would she worry so much about me if my bro did particularly well for his A Levels? She told me that Gwin already did badly for his A Levels, what would happen if I fell down that route too?
Would she worry so much about me if I showed her my results for my other subjects? Or would she worry even more because my results were only decent and not amazing?
I have to be thankful that my mom is not one who threatens her child unlike Daniel's, but then again no one's mom is perfect. Haiz, it's really annoying when your mom ignores you for some time, then suddenly shows immense worry for you, then suddenly reverts back to ignoring me.
Wednesday, March 01, 2006
Founder's Day
Founder's Day was pathetic. Everything went wrong. =
Thebandscrewedup
NCCLandscrewedup
NCCSeascrewedup
NCCAirscrewedup
NPCClandscrewedup
NPCCSeascrewedup
SJAB screwed up.
Everyone says they screwed up because of the band, but seriously, is that the point?
Jarrel was pumped 20 because NPCC(Sea) did badly for their drill. Well, I can't say much for that.
We were at the top of the hill when Kai Lun pumped us, and asked us how many we should owe him. Someone said 20. Wtf? You disgrace yourself in front of the entire school and you say 20? If this was rehearsal I would agree with you with 20, but wtf this is bloody Founder's Day lah. I wanted to say 100 but then I realized I couldn't do that myself, so I was thinking of 50. Should be more initiative next time >_>
So we went down to bus bay, pumped 40 (20 first, then 10, then 5, then 5) and had a 1h break. SZ and I just sat down at one side of the SJAB room being damn depressed and annoyed (And drinking alot of water >_>). Then Kevin Wong comes along and says "Come on lah, this isn't the end of the world, right?"
Wow, smart reply. I feel very glad that I'm not alone in feeling that he's imperceptive of things (And I have to thank the Nohari window for that; I never thought of that word prior.) It's not my damn fault if I have pride in something you have absolutely none in right. At least you weren't marching otherwise I would've been even more angered.
Oh btw Kev I'm still very willing to argue about your statement that "Things are only complicated because you make them out to be", but I'm guessing all you're going to do when I say something is quote some friend or higher authority on how I should guide my life, so nevermind >_>
So anyway, after a while we decided to head down to the canteen instead. We meet Cleon, Lou Ee and JX over there and chat a bit. Jarrel comes over and tells us that everyone went wrong, and that comforted me a bit. KW comes and tells us to go back soon because of a change in plans.
SZ and I head back, feeling somewhat better but still rather depressed and annoyed.
We open the door and shout Permission to Enter Room Sir
"Enter"
o_O wow, that was quick.
We enter the room, and walk a bit. We turn our head left to see what's going on.
We see Kai Lun playing DDR.
Uhh
Uhh
Wtf
All sadness and anger and depression and seriousness and solemnity has suddenly been converted into a gigantic WTF Flag.
Why oh why must everything turn out so bloody ironic. Woe is me. >_>
Thebandscrewedup
NCCLandscrewedup
NCCSeascrewedup
NCCAirscrewedup
NPCClandscrewedup
NPCCSeascrewedup
SJAB screwed up.
Everyone says they screwed up because of the band, but seriously, is that the point?
Jarrel was pumped 20 because NPCC(Sea) did badly for their drill. Well, I can't say much for that.
We were at the top of the hill when Kai Lun pumped us, and asked us how many we should owe him. Someone said 20. Wtf? You disgrace yourself in front of the entire school and you say 20? If this was rehearsal I would agree with you with 20, but wtf this is bloody Founder's Day lah. I wanted to say 100 but then I realized I couldn't do that myself, so I was thinking of 50. Should be more initiative next time >_>
So we went down to bus bay, pumped 40 (20 first, then 10, then 5, then 5) and had a 1h break. SZ and I just sat down at one side of the SJAB room being damn depressed and annoyed (And drinking alot of water >_>). Then Kevin Wong comes along and says "Come on lah, this isn't the end of the world, right?"
Wow, smart reply. I feel very glad that I'm not alone in feeling that he's imperceptive of things (And I have to thank the Nohari window for that; I never thought of that word prior.) It's not my damn fault if I have pride in something you have absolutely none in right. At least you weren't marching otherwise I would've been even more angered.
Oh btw Kev I'm still very willing to argue about your statement that "Things are only complicated because you make them out to be", but I'm guessing all you're going to do when I say something is quote some friend or higher authority on how I should guide my life, so nevermind >_>
So anyway, after a while we decided to head down to the canteen instead. We meet Cleon, Lou Ee and JX over there and chat a bit. Jarrel comes over and tells us that everyone went wrong, and that comforted me a bit. KW comes and tells us to go back soon because of a change in plans.
SZ and I head back, feeling somewhat better but still rather depressed and annoyed.
We open the door and shout Permission to Enter Room Sir
"Enter"
o_O wow, that was quick.
We enter the room, and walk a bit. We turn our head left to see what's going on.
We see Kai Lun playing DDR.
Uhh
Uhh
Wtf
All sadness and anger and depression and seriousness and solemnity has suddenly been converted into a gigantic WTF Flag.
Why oh why must everything turn out so bloody ironic. Woe is me. >_>
Monday, February 27, 2006
Johari, Nohari
I don't get what the big deal is about Johari and Nohari windows. Sure, they let others give their ideas on what kinda person you are, but seriously, how many are there out there who actually don't know what kind of person they are? Not too many IMO.
What else could Johari or Nohari windows be for? Self-satisfication derived from the possibility that someone would place you as 'warm, gentle, sensitive'? Meh.
And what's up with that 6-adjectives only rule. Perhaps for people's opinions of others, but most certainly not just 6 for the person describing his own Johari/Nohari. That's just screwed up. =
All that said, I've decided to have a Johari/Nohari window. So come on, amuse me with those fragile and vain things you call opinions. =)
(Holy crap, this is one of my few posts without a >_> inside. OH NOEZ I JUST PARAD0XX0RZ'D MOISELF NUUUUUUUU)
What else could Johari or Nohari windows be for? Self-satisfication derived from the possibility that someone would place you as 'warm, gentle, sensitive'? Meh.
And what's up with that 6-adjectives only rule. Perhaps for people's opinions of others, but most certainly not just 6 for the person describing his own Johari/Nohari. That's just screwed up. =
All that said, I've decided to have a Johari/Nohari window. So come on, amuse me with those fragile and vain things you call opinions. =)
(Holy crap, this is one of my few posts without a >_> inside. OH NOEZ I JUST PARAD0XX0RZ'D MOISELF NUUUUUUUU)
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