A meaningful holiday?

Just got a job at some company in Battery Road, and apparently I’m supposed to act as an understudy in some 15th floor department. Therefore, my holidays will probably be all but over, as the working hours are pretty long and I’ll be there till 8th January. But that’s okay, I must look on the bright side. This job will provide me with a huge wealth of experience and knowledge of the law industry, albeit only a small portion. Yes, we must think positive.

Anyway I think I’m getting used to living in my new house, it’s actually kind of cosy and all. My study table just arrived today, so I’ll be able to continue learning Jap properly instead of having to lie on the bed and remember all those Hiragana. Hopefully that phase will be done by the end of this year and I can move on to the more challenging part, which is the meaning of words.

Suddenly decided to play FM10 yesterday, so I started with Leeds. Coca Cola league 1 club. Haha… but its not bad! At least its something new, instead of beginning with a super pro club and not doing much…

Looks back with a smile

Commencement dinner, it was there for us to experience. Words alone fail to suffice, such intense emotions are not describable in black and white alone. Describing the events of the dinner, that is what anyone in the mood would be posting about now. I do not want this post to be a mere repetition of what has been mentioned by others, that would be meaningless. However, I must add that I do not recall ever feeling this way about HCI before, and I’m glad that we parted the High School in such high spirits. I can’t imagine how Liki managed to conjure up that emotional speech of his, but if you sit down and think about it, everything he said in his closing speech was entirely in frank honesty. These 4 years have undoubtedly been difficult to say the least, but the fact that everyone has passed through to HCJC is heartwarming. That, I feel, is more than enough.

Sometimes in such situations, we are more able to look back on our history. And that I feel is actually of utmost importance. It is human nature to neglect the small issues in life when focusing on what is ahead of them, most of the times we fail to notice what is most obvious and what is around us. This commencement dinner has had a great impact on my life, as I am sure my readers from HCI will likewise feel. When we mix around with the people around us, share the laughter, the joy, embracing the moment with open arms. That’s something we should always cherish. It is not common to find ourselves in situations as such, but what we do with those situations, that is most vital. If we do not treat treasure what we have, then I don’t think we can say much of ourselves can we? We’ll just be hollow skeletons basking in darkness. Last night was the night of our lives. I hope to maintain it as such, and perhaps emulate more of these occasions in the years to come. Times like these are what make the world a better place to live in. Grasp them, and never let go.

Tonic for the soul, what would my life be without it? He wonders, he wonders…

SUPER tired

Yesterday went for cage with the 6J guys, played for 4 straight hours. That’s 10am-2pm non-stop, which was extremely tiring, even though I was only the goalkeeper. Got my Arsenal jersey super messed up as well, sian. But I was actually quite glad that I went, because this was probably my best performance as keeper in my lifetime so far. Super shiok… can make saves that I would never have thought were savable by my hands before. Although maybe that’s because the ground was soft so I dived without much hesitation of getting injured. Speaking of getting injured, now my entire body is damn cramped up, like some sort of rusty machine. Cannot bend down properly, sit down also damn painful… ah well, all part of the experience I guess…

Then after that went to Dhoby Ghaut for LAN at IRC. Played Left 4 Dead, and I found it to be quite fun luh, rather worth the money. Went to chalet at 6+, played PSP, mahjong, watched people do things that were absolutely immoral, played Ban Luk. Overall the chalet was more fun than I expected, which is good of course. The BBQ was also quite good. Although I wish I could have gone to watch the late night movie with the guys (2012 at 9pm), but they did not book the tickets for me anyway since I wasn’t there earlier in the day. If I’m not wrong, we played some sort of music game at night where you’re supposed to hum out a tune and let people guess the name of the song, which turned out to be quite enjoyable. Played “Don’t forget the lyrics” as well but that mostly ended in shambles. Anyway at night we were talking cock until damn late, so only slept for 1 hr+, therefore coupled with the soccer earlier I’m feeling damn lethargic now. Shall go sleep now, bye bye. Anyways thanks for organizing the chalet, it was a great class bonding experience.

PS: Tmrw commencement dinner! What should I wear? Hm…

The more I watch One Piece, the more I find Robin amazing. She is more than what meets the eye. Extremely interesting to analyze, for no sentence is said for fun. That is sheer grandeur, and true beauty.
(Btw this song is even nicer in full version)

Latest update

Been trying to learn Jap but not making significant progress, guess I’ll have to wait for Edwin to get some Jap materials from his friends. Meanwhile I’m 3/5 done on Hiragana. which is actually considered quite slow if I am to keep to my schedule of 3 years to complete Japanese. This sucks…

Anyway class chalet has been scheduled on the 18th of November. Nice, really looking forward to it. But will be late because I wasn’t able to re-schedule all of my commitments in time. Therefore, I should perhaps fear a certain backlash when I post the next few sentences.

To the 6J people who read my blog (if any), Cage slot has been changed to 10am-2pm Court 4. Please try to make it as we already have very few people going. Thanks.

Anyway today went to Sakae Sushi with a couple of younger friends + sis for lunch. Nice takoyaki btw. Then after that went to update my PSP, so now I’m enjoying FIFA10, so fun! Then went back to their place and played Wii sports and Guitar Hero, which I found quite challenging but damn fun… I think my best record was only 47% :S hahahaha… Ok back to One Piece.

I should say my thanks…

So the O level Chinese paper is over… finally

We can now enjoy the holidays properly. And I can also devote more time to One Piece and learning Jap.

So now I guess its time for some sort of tribute, this being the end of the year and all…

Thanks to 4A2 for everything :

The ban luk gang (Damnit I’m never going to be banker again…)
The soccer gang
zx for his invaluable guidance in math and chem
shawn for everything he did since sec 3 till not a very long time back
Incessant niao-ing that has now made me a stronger individual (This goes out to quite a fair bit of ppl in class, thanks again)
People who have helped me tide over the year as companions (Nor, apple and gang, others)

Now that the 4A2 bit is done,

Thanks to 1A06, 2A07 for organizing the latest gathering at buddie hoagies
Special thanks to Penguin and Mrs Chan for their unwavering support
Stronger bonds in xingkia and penguin
Mr Chan and Mrs Ng for making literature lessons such a blast
And eternal thanks to people in 6J05 who have made life so wonderful

Yosh I believe that’s about all. My heartfelt gratitude to everyone !

And now we can (finally) SLACK!
Sayonara mina…

Oretachi Wa Family

They say a picture paints a thousand words. So I guess there’s not much of a need for me to add any narration here, given there are 11 pictures…

Thanks for the good times guys!

Ok youtube is officially fucked up for blocking this nice video for copyright infringement. No matter, there are always alternative ways to watch it…
http://www.animecrazy.net/one-piece-episode-128/
http://www.animecrazy.net/one-piece-episode-130/

I’m bored

Studying Chinese can get so freaking boring sometimes, Jap is much more fun… I guess I should save the Arabasta finale video for a more inspiring post, no? How weird this has been though. Roughly 6 months ago, I was convinced that reading manga was a complete waste of time. Then apple came along and introduced me to the OP manga. Since then my views on manga (and anime) have undergone a complete turnaround. Actually its more of OP than anything else. I then begin to wonder how different my life would have turned out had I never gone on the experience the wonders of manga/anime. So I guess, exposing yourself to new things in life can change your life forever. Adopting a different approach towards unfamiliar issues can sometimes prove to be more beneficial than one can ever imagine. Haha… who knows?

Damnit, I’m bored…

Last day of school

Today was the final day for me as a Sec 4 High School student. So yes, it means I got promoted to JC albeit the unnatural way. I feel so bad really, because I kind of dragged the class MSG down again… . Although… class MSG of 2.12 is really quite good, right?

Still today was a very happy day for me. First off, I managed to make up with a friend whom I had until a few days ago never dreamt that I would ever get to talk to him on amicable casual terms ever again. So yeah, I’m glad that issue was settled and we have reconciled, it’s always good to have more friends around you. Secondly, met up with many ex-classmates and reminisced in many old memories from Secondary 1 and 2. It was very fun, and we also took group photos, such nice people. I think I shall upload them soon. Really looking forward to Monday when I’ll be going for 2A07 dinner with ex-classmates, Ms Tong and Mr Sng.

PS: I may have been promoted to JC, but I’m still in a dilemma about whether to take Geog or History, given that I have never taken them in upper sec… have until 5th Nov to respond, so I should probably ask around. If you want to do me a huge favor, please post whatever you think about it in the comments section, they’ll be greatly appreciated .

Today is my last day. Is the nightmare over?

We could all take a few lessons here…

Last day of soccer?

Today played soccer. And being the second last day of school, it should be safe to assume that it will be my last playing with the 4A2 and 4A1 ppl for this year (unless we come back during holidays to play). Very sad luh, time really flies. And I think I played slightly better today, at least I did not screw up badly. But Clarence was alot better, make so many imba saves. IMBA.

I think ChiuCC got her facts wrong. THINK. She said all of us passed into JC, but I’m not even sure if I passed (and I think I didn’t btw), so ya. Although if what she said was 100% true, that would be very very good. Had long recess + early dismissal today, so today was super slack. Anyway it would be good if I could replace my Chinese EOY grade with a better grade from O levels, so must study hard. Maybe that is why they have not posted the re-exam schedule on SMB yet, because they’re waiting for the jump/drop in MSG based on Chinese O level results…

Moving Business

I’ll be moving house in December. Quite sad luh, considering I’ve lived in Watten for the past 8-9 years or so, I’ll sure miss the spaciousness of the house and the convenience, but nvm life still goes on. Therefore, my weekends were (predictably) spent on house shopping, whatever you might call it. And as such, my Jap failed to progress much over the weekends. Bought quite a bit of stuff already luh, like wallpaper etc, although the entire process was rather exhausting. So from next year on, I won’t be known as the guy who lives opposite the school anymore. Haha…

I’ll sure miss the times we had when we used to walk to school and home together in lower sec and talk about how our lives were progressing, those days were the best I had in a long time. Even in upper sec, I still had that privilege because we were in the same EP3, and I’m very grateful for everything. In any case, thanks for all the fun times we spent together, hopefully they won’t be the last.

And finally, ONE PIECE!