//These Are The Days//I used to be able to blog those really long entries, heartfelt ones, even on the eve of a exam or a test, or even when I have a million things to do, I can still heck those and come blog when I feel like it...but somehow, recently, I can't seem to be able to do it...
So it doesn't really help, when I finally have something I really want to blog about...my mind refuses to let me to....I cannot let go of the fact that I've got 101 other things to do...so I put it off...thinking that I would blog about it some other times...but I've came to realise it doesn't work that way, once the moment is gone, the feeling is not there, you can't really blog about the same thing anymore...
Lots of entries that were supposed to exist didn't materialise in the end...kind of a pity I think...
So finally after such a long term..of doing god knows what...I had a rather relaxing 3 days...
These are the days that I've been missing, give me the taste, give me the joy of summer wine- Jamie Cullum (These are the days)Went out with 4 groups of different people in the last 3 days...something unusual for a person like me...
Wednesday was a good day, only because it was sort of considered the last day of school since Thursday was meant for Teachers' Day celebration and Friday's a holiday. Went back for St John training finally after so long of wanting to go back...
It always feel great to meet the squad as a whole...played basketball with them...and it's just nice, 10 people, 5 vs 5...it's been ages since i played basketball with them...I seriously think it dates all the way back to sec 1...
I seriously suck...i suck in all the sports i play...squash...table tennis...badminton...basketball...
tennis (though i only played once)...but that day...it doesn't really matter, cause i was playing with them...and it's with them that i can feel at ease with everything i do, i won't fear playing too badly and getting judged by them...
It really feels good to be able to be 100% me...cause half the time..i will be worried about how others perceive me..and sometimes being too self-consicious can be really tiring at times...that's probably why I have more fun with the squad...
After training...we TRIED to buy presents for Miss Yap and Mr Loh...but ended up in Action City...and someone just randomly suggested "let's take a neoprint and give miss yap!" then everyone just agreed without hesitating! I think we all have the "since-we-want-to-crazy-mite-as-well-crazy-together-since-it-is-the-squad" mentality...
It's a pretty hilarous sight...13 guys trying to squeeze to take neoprint...and shouting and making lots of noise cause no one knows how to operate the machine...and it doesn't help when there's a very short time limit for all the choices we have to make regarding the design etc....and it certainly didn't help when it's all in Japanese....
We made so much noise that the sales person in Action City had to come and scold us...lol...but we're acting reall sua ku....and we tried to make it as gay as possible with all the stars...glitter...hearts...and so on....and here's our PROUD PRODUCT:
Since it was pretty late and all the shops are closing...we just quickly settled on a gift for Miss Yap and Mr Loh...but the neoprint taking experience is still pretty much the highlight of the night...
Teachers' Day Celebration was pretty uneventful...but going back to visit the secondary school teacher was actually more fun than I expected...I was pretty shocked that most of the 4A people met and visited the teachers together...I thought it would be more fragmented...kind of funny and ironic that we showed slightly more class spirit and unity now that we have graduated...
We were never a very crazy class...we have lots of crazy people...nice people..but for a class as a whole...we're never that united I think...the fact that we only have one pathetic class outing (with a turnout of 30/36) says it all...
Part of the blame lies with a lousy CMC with me as a lousy chairman...part of it lies with the disgusting huge numbers...how can a class bond
truely as class with so many people...you can have big groups or rather big cliques of people bonding, etc...but it's really impossible to bond 36 people and make them like each other...so it ended up being big cliques of people or in this case I would use "factions" of people against each other...mutual hatred/dislike = no class spirit.
Though we may not be that united, but like Mdm Loke, she hasn't seen one class quite like ours...we (as in around 18+ of us) went around teacher-visiting in the staff room...met Mdm Loke whom I think we all really respect...she's really an awesome English teacher...I don't think I've seen one teacher quite like her too...she's got AMAZING memory too...I think the reason why Chinese High is full of cynics and sacarstic people is cause of teachers like her...haha...no one can beat her in terms of sacarsm...Ms Sunita will be on par I guess...but not anyone else...
Ms Sunita's still the same...and I really pity her that she has to mark so many MRPs...but at least she got no EOY papers to mark...and just like last time, we don't have much to say to Mrs Ooi...except a "Happy Teachers' Day"...we did tell her our Maths grade now...she must be so proud of all the 'A's and 'B's our class produced in the block test..except for maybe me...who told her "mrs ooi! I'm still failing my maths!"
Mrs Har's been promoted...now she got a bigger cuibicle...and more space for us to squeeze inside...to talk to her....she's still owning with her project groups in Projects Day...Chen Lao Shi is still a bit nutty like she was...fortunately she didn't get us to do the "shuai shuai shou" thing...
It's really a pity that miss ng...mr lam...and miss mok are all overseas now...easily 3 of the more memorable teachers we had...
Went J8 later and ate at Cafe Cartel after that with the 4A peeps...this is second class outing we had in these 3 years...and for the first time...we played zhong ji mi ma till someone (weixin) vomitted...probably cause we added butter with wasabi with lemon and lettuce...feel kind of bad...
Left at about 4pm with Kai Herng to meet up with the Taiwan Immersion peeps at Orchard...in the end...only 5 out of 20 ppl turned up..me, kai herng, bing qian, chio and chuan han...I guess everyone's busy...so the 5 of us ended up at Food Republic Food Court at Wisma....and we talked and talked and talked....about all sorts of stuff...gossips...our siblings...our taiwan buddies...etc.. and luckily bing qian brough his guitar, which entertained us for quite a while...
We left to dinner at Cine basement at around 7...and after that we continued talking...about horror movies...ghost stories and Chinese High and River Valley...etc...which creeped chio and chuan han out a lot I think...we just kept talking till around 10...which makes 6 hours of talking time! Amazing isn't it...
I wouldn't say it's super fun....cause we didn't do much...didn't go KBox, or movies, pool or anything...but I did enjoy myself a lot truely that afternoon...afterall..how often do you get to sit down...and just chit chat with your friends non-stop...not caring about anything else in the world...
Nowadays, everyone is so busy with all the things in the world...block tests...PW...and all the crap...that even sitting down and talking to friends become a luxury....so I would consider myself really lucky to have 6 full hours of that that day...add that to the unexpected gathering with the 4a peeps...I must say I like days like this...
These are the days of endless dreaming, troubles of life are floatin away like a bird of flight - Jamie Cullum (These are the days)Not an exciting day...but definitely a fulfilling one...
Friday was a different kind of outing...went Klunch with ever and wilson...I was late as usual...haha...it was supposed to be mugging day for us...as in we were supposed to mug after Klunch...but of course...being us...of course we didn't.....we simply resist the temptation to play pool...
Paradiz is a great place actually...there's KBox that is pretty much deserted so there won't be much people and you won't be face with the problem of not having enough rooms and being turned away...there's pool...there's arcade that I think is pretty cheap...there's 90 cents LAN (though I don't play LAN)...and the foodcourt there is totally quiet and deserted...which makes it an ideal place for mugging!
A good mugging place for me is a place with food..and preferably LOTS of food...which is why I don't think fastfood restaurants are the best mugging places....of course there must be stuff like aircon..it must be quiet etc...and the food court at Paradiz fits the bill totally...
So you can imagine...we went Klunch from 11 to around 2.30...played pool from 3 to 4....mugged from 4 to 8.30...with occasional chit chatting here and there...what a well-balanced and fun-packed day! There's fun! There's mugging! That's how a student should live his/her life!
All 3 of us happened to be mugging bio...and doing the virus tutorial....I came to the conclusion that viruses lead pathetic life...all they do is to reproduce..reproduce and reproduce...though I don't think I'm in the best position to comment on their life...cause it's not as if I have a much more fulfilling life than them...
The good thing about mugging at Paradiz...at least for yesterday when we were there...was that at night, from around 7.30 onwards...there's a couple of lounge/bar singer (or whatever you call them) performing outside the food court..for the people eating at the restaurant...so at around 7+ to 8+...we could go out to listen to them sing (they have really soothing voices) when we're tired to looking at the viruses...
Had our dinner at the foodcourt at 8+, the Western Food stall there has the BEST MUSHROOM SAUCE! I melted on the spot when I saw the picture of the chicken chop with the mushroom sauce...after dinner...in view of the fact that ever mugged till she had fever...we decided to packed up...go out and just sit there and listen to the performances...a great end to a great day...
These are the days that bring new meaning, I feel the stilness of the sun...and i feel fine.- Jamie Cullum (These are the days)We talked quite a fair bit about Singapore Idol and other general stuff too while sitting out there...as much as I don't think Joakim deserves to be in the top 5...I really think Mediacorp has went overboard with what they did...especially during the week Nurul was eliminated...it was so discriminating...that I was so hoping he would make the final 2...and piss all the judges and producers off...
I like chatting with them...cause with them...I feel like I can speak my mind freely...about almost anything..just like how i feel at ease with my squadmates...cause most of the time, with most other people, I always make a conscious effort to make sure I know what I'm talking about, so I don't say things that I'm not supposed to say...it's generally more relaxing with them...
My friend (yes, it's you again, I just don't like to publish your name out here..unless you don't mind) and I were discussing the other day...how we both have the tendancy to behave differently with differnt groups of people (which I think is the same case for most people)...he even said that he have the ability to change his personality to suit whoever he is with....
I don't quite agree with him on that though...cause I don't see how one can change his personality just like that...unless he/she is one big hypocrite...I think it's more of like with differnet people...different sides of your personality comes through....instead of you totally changing your personality to something that you are not...
With different people, I will tend to behave differently...just take the 4 outings for example...I can be totally talkative...and do all sorts of crazy stuff with st john squadmates...but with the 4a peeps...i am generally the wallpaper...the flower pot of the group...kind of invisible in the background...not giving much input most of the time...while with the TIP peeps..we share this common experience...and that always make having conversations much easier...and with ever n wilson....there's lots of common interests so there's always lots of talk about...
Am I talkative? Yes...Am I crazy? Yes...Am I quiet? Yes..It just depends on who I'm with...cause they will bring out the different sides of me...
What a long and boring entry...I think I have officially lose my ability to write anything remotely interesting after my 2-3 weeks hiatus of non-writing...
