Thursday, September 28, 2006
My wish.
I hope that the days come easy and the moments pass slow,
And each road leads you where you want to go,
And if you're faced with a choice, and you have to choose,
I hope you choose the one that means the most to you.
And if one door opens to another door closed,
I hope you keep on walkin' till you find the window,
If it's cold outside, show the world the warmth of your smile,
But more than anything, more than anything,
My wish, for you, is that this life becomes all that you want it to,
Your dreams stay big, and your worries stay small,
You never need to carry more than you can hold,
And while you're out there getting where you're getting to,
I hope you know somebody loves you, and wants the same things too,
Yeah, this, is my wish.
I hope you never look back, but ya never forget,
All the ones who love you, in the place you left,
I hope you always forgive, and you never regret,
And you help somebody every chance you get,
Oh, you find God's grace, in every mistake,
And you always give more than you take.
But more than anything, yeah, and more than anything,
My wish, for you, is that this life becomes all that you want it to,
Your dreams stay big, and your worries stay small,
You never need to carry more than you can hold,
And while you're out there getting where you're getting to,
I hope you know somebody loves you, and wants the same things too,
Yeah, this, is my wish.
This is my wish
I hope you know somebody loves you May all your dreams stay big
I wish I could make you happy.
Reminiscence the past, cherish the present, look forward to the future with hope.
10:15 pm
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
The final stretch.
Got back all our Preliminary Examination papers today. To be honest, I expected myself to do better, so it was a little disappointing. I am not too sure whether I am going to be able to acheive my target of an ABC B3/A2. Because I don't know whether my Chemistry will give me the A I targetted. Moreover, the results for SPA will be added on, which would give me that slight disadvantage since I made a pretty large error in the first exercise.
My results, with my targets for the Advanced Levels in square brackets.
Physics: E [C]
Chemistry: B [A]
Mathematics C: C [B]
General Paper: B4 [B3/A2]
Now that I am struggling through this period of trying to cramp 2 years work into approximately 2 months, my experience 2 years ago suddenly becomes so vivid. When I promised myself that if my results allowed me to enter a Junior College, I would study really hard so that I would not have to go through that kind of a predicament again. I obviously did not learn that lesson too well. I managed an escape for the Ordinary Levels, I'm not so sure I will be able to pull of one more this time round. Okay, back to Ananlogue Electronics!
Oh yes, I got the entire season one of Prison Break, courtesy of Jay. Hopefully I don't get over addicted. Haha.
Reminiscence the past, cherish the present, look forward to the future with hope.
9:37 pm
Finally caught a Manchester United match, currently watching it online. They played an extremely terrible first half. None of them played a decent game, save for Ronaldo. Despite that, his influence has been extremely limited. Michael Carrick and Jhon O'Shea are playing like idiots. I wonder how many passes they mishit between them. So much for Alex Ferguson buying him because he is a fantastic passer of the ball. It was fo frustrating seeing them sitting behind the ball and defending, rather than going out to attack and play the kind of game they are good at. Not trying to defend for their lives.
Just hope for a much improved second half. I'm so tired.
Reminiscence the past, cherish the present, look forward to the future with hope.
3:49 am
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
What a disappointment. Edit: I really, really hate analogue electronics.
It is getting pretty frustrating for me, being sick for a complete week now. I feel breathless when I do the simplest of things such as climbing a flight of steps at a quicker pace to catch the train. And I had really hoped to use this time to boost my fitness a little with one eye on my (probable) enlistment in december. Moreover, I badly wanted to play soccer before some cut off date when my parents insist that I should not play, because of the close proximity of the Advanced Level Examinations. Lest some freak accident occur and I fracture my arm and all. Furthermore, I had hoped to watch Manchester United play at least once, but that too did not happen because they had a 12am kickoff on sunday morning. And of course, I won't catch this morning's match because it is not shown on the local network.
It did not make things much better when Jonathan did not win Singapore Idol. Because as much as he had inferior vocals, I thought he made up for it so much more by having awesome stage presence and was someone who could connect with the audience. Apparently, not many people in Singapore agreed with me on that. It was not helped by the fact that most (if not all) of the Top 12 contestants seemed to be lip-syncing (is it slept this way? What I meant was they only were mouthing the lyrics of the song rather than actually singing it live.) rather than singing during their performance of a medley of songs. It almost felt as though they were treating the viewers like idiots.
Got back my chemistry papers today and got 65.5%. I, obviously, had hoped for a much better score. But the fact that my paper 3 was done extremely poorly means that I will just have to try much harder. It was probably my only hope for getting an A, and since I did not, I am not exactly looking forward to the checking of scripts tomorrow. Its 35 days to the Advanced Levels, and I am far from ready. Sigh, I guess its now or never. Haha.
All the best to those taking examinations!
Reminiscence the past, cherish the present, look forward to the future with hope.
7:57 pm
Saturday, September 23, 2006
Welcome to Prisneyland.
Prison break is the best show ever man, its really cool. Jus caught episode 1 on channel 5, but its already season 2 in the USA. Crap, thought of buying season 1 on dvd, but I wonder how much is that going to cost. Anyway, if you have spare time, catch it on channel 5 at 10pm on thursdays or 4pm on saturdays. Its a nice show, trust me.
Reminiscence the past, cherish the present, look forward to the future with hope.
5:06 pm
Thursday, September 21, 2006
I'm feeling, really miserable!
The last time I blogged, I was having cough. Now I am having cough and post nasal drip, whatever that is. I'm so miserable! I wanted to go for some exercise, like running around the neighbourhood or doing some sit-ups to stop my tummy from growing! My stomach is so fat now even my sister laughs at me. I really, really hope I can go play soccer tomorrow.
Sometimes, I do wonder how people with physical defects and terminal illnesses get through life. Its so sad, going through everyday wondering if you will wake up tomorrow. Not being able to do things normal people take for granted. So, I shall stop complaining about this silly little cough of mine because the discomfort it brings pales so much in comparison to what so many other people are going through.
Note:
I'm so sorry that I switched on comment moderation, and promptly forgot that I did. Anyway, I have published the comments (3 only lah), but will be keeping the moderation on. Remember to leave comments okay? Haha
Reminiscence the past, cherish the present, look forward to the future with hope.
5:05 pm
I've been feeling so lethargic over the past one day. Began with a throbbing headache yesterday. And once the headache was relieved by 2 tablets of panadols, a sore throat took its place. The sore throat was gone this morning, and in its place was a perfect replacement, cough. Which will probably give me another sore throat after that, seeing how hard I am trying to cough out the phelgm in my throat. Must be the result of snacking throughout the past 2 weeks of revision. I think I scared my parents with the amounts of chocolate I ate.
I really really hope I can recover by today man. I am dying to play soccer, and, I have not exercised in almost a month, I think. Please, let me recover?
Reminiscence the past, cherish the present, look forward to the future with hope.
10:29 am
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Soon, very soon.
It didn't seem too long ago when we were all assembled in the hall and received the Preliminary Examinations timetable. And I have been looking forward to today for quite some time. And in another couple of weeks, the actual examinations. I feel extremely under-prepared for the examinations, and I hope I can motivate myself to study much more, and much harder. As for the prelims, I think the teachers kind of went a little easy on us, giving us papers which were marked more at the TYS level, other than for today. For me it was definitely good, and hopefully a morale booster and encouragement to go on. I mean, the last thing you want to go into full swing revision with is knowing you just failed your 3 A level subjects.
We went to catch Singapore Dreaming, which i thought was going to be a great show judging by its trailer. But alas, it was mediocre at best. I suppose, it falls under the category of shows which are the same whether you watch them on the big screen or on VCD.
I know that my blog is getting really boring, but there is nothing interesting to blog about. Although sometimes I would prefer that my blog be private, a place where you can be alot more honest and frank with what you talk about.
Aiya, whatever.
Reminiscence the past, cherish the present, look forward to the future with hope.
9:12 pm
Thursday, September 14, 2006
To my friends,
wish you a speedy recovery, good grades and never lose faith!
And I will need to do some catching up once my prelims end.
Reminiscence the past, cherish the present, look forward to the future with hope.
12:23 am
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
What the hell.
Now even the Champions League matches are gone from the free-to-air channels. Sigh. Now, poor people like me cannot even enjoy the most basic soccer games. Screw all those idiots who keep raising the cost of screening rights. I really want to catch the Manchester-Celtic game! If you know of any website/programme that allows me to catch the game online, please leave the link below!
Screw free-to-air channels as well which are making millions but don't provide their audiences with sufficient variety. Okay, I'm just in a bad mood trying to cram physics. The graph of my brain's retardation against time is an exponential function!
Reminiscence the past, cherish the present, look forward to the future with hope.
11:32 pm
2 down, 4 to go!
Finished mathematics paper 1 and chemistry paper 3. It wasn't easy, and my management of the allocated time was not good. So I kind of ended both papers rushing through and wishing I had made better use of the time at the start. Somehow, I always allow myself to work at a leisurely pace, and suddenly realise to my horror that time is running out. But nevertheless, I am pretty thankful that they did not set a paper that would just kill all of us. Comparing with some of the other schools, I guess ours was definitely more manageable. The last 2 days has been nothing short of crazy, because I started on my final revision way too late. I have this habit of doing a run-through a day before the actual exam, and this time round I just could not complete it. Another heavyweight paper tomorrow, then I can have abit of a short respite before continuing.
49 days to Advanced Levels!
Reminiscence the past, cherish the present, look forward to the future with hope.
6:05 pm
Friday, September 08, 2006
Its painful seeing you like that.
Reminiscence the past, cherish the present, look forward to the future with hope.
9:36 pm
Why is everyone sad.
When I go through my daily ritual of browsing through peopl's blogs, like almost every post I read seems sad. Or is complaining about something. Or is scolding someone. And almost everyone I know is sad, or seems to be sad.
Working adults are sad because they find their careers really stressful while still having to care for and provide for a family. And usually, they believe their boss(es) are overly demanding on them. However, if they are the boss, they believe their workers are not doing enough to justify the salary they take home. So whether one is the employer or the employee, they are both sad.
Non-working adults are sad as well. Because, the world outside is much more interesting than the world at home, because all you do at home is to stare at irritating children who irritate the shit out of you. And also, probably worrying about health problems and symptoms which are beginning to surface as they approach midlife and beyond. So they too, are sad as well.
People serving National Service are generally sad as well. When they undergo training, most of them cannot wait for the day they graduate and don their rank. After that, they cannot wait for their ORD date to arrive. And they tell me to enjoy studying now, before I share their pain soon. And once they ORD and get back to civilian life, they cannot wait to ROD.
People studying for major examinations like the A Levels are sad as well. Because they know they need to study but they would very much rather be doing something else. And they cannot understand why on earth do you need to know how to draw a graph when maybe you will be a lawyer in future. Moreover, people studying for promotional examintions are sad as well. Because if you don't study hard enough, you might just be giving your principal the chance to retain you, and waste away a year of your life. People not studying for examintions are sad as well, because they find life too boring and need a spark to make it a tad more exciting and interesting.
People who are not in relationships are sad as well. Because they would dearly love to have that special someone to care for, share their joys and pains with. But people who are in relationships are sad as well, because they cannot learn to tolerate each other? Or maybe they are sad because they don't know when is the next time they can meet each other.
People who are young are sad, because they cannot wait to grow up and gain independence and freedom they crave for. But people who are old are sad, because they wish they could relive the days of their youth when everything was so much more fun. Children wish to be adults, and adults yearn to be children.
I guess, life really is not that bad for many of us, although we always make it out to be. The one who learns how to enjoy and cherish life even in the midst of different trials and tribulations is the one who would have lived his or her life to the fullest.
That being said, I'm not one of them.
Reminiscence the past, cherish the present, look forward to the future with hope.
5:19 pm
Tuesday, September 05, 2006
Damn, I never knew how good he was until I watched this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKmIRcBEhfo&NR
Reminiscence the past, cherish the present, look forward to the future with hope.
6:21 pm
Sunday, September 03, 2006
Half of me is smirking and awaiting the day when they screw up so bad, and I tell them straight in their face that's what you get by going your own way.
Reminiscence the past, cherish the present, look forward to the future with hope.
7:36 pm
Friday, September 01, 2006
Knowing what we want in life.
Watched The Devil Wears Prada yesterday. It was a not-bad show which really spoke about knowing exactly what we want in life. Because sometimes we are too obsessed with chasing something we think we want. In the case of this show, a career. And in our determined reach to acheive our goals, we sweep aside the people and things in our life which actually mean the most to us. But of course, the movie was much nicer because the female lead is gorgeous too. Haha.
Okay, one week of study break then its the Prelims!
Reminiscence the past, cherish the present, look forward to the future with hope.
1:21 pm
Name:- Chen Yixiang John
Eggcrack:- 8 April 88
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When discipline is present, it is evident. It is the precise control of every aspect of one's self. It is the bedrock of success.
Favourite Bible Verses
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him, should not perish but have everlasting life.
John 3:16
And we know that all things work together for good to those who are the called according to His purpose.
Romans 8:28
He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him.
1 John 4:8-9
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control.
Galations 5:22-23
For I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that Day.
2 Timothy 1:12
I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
Galatians 2:20
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing.
2 Timothy 4:7-8
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