This is the night

This is the night.

The night 2000 years ago...

When the Son of Man, conceived by a virgin came into this world.

Not in a hospital, but in a manger in a stable.

Behold, this is the child, Christ our Lord, whom shepherds come and angels sing.

He, was our Lamb of God, the Messiah who took away the sins of the World, the One who endured death, even death on a Cross.

He came not to be served, but to serve. To teach us all to Obey God and His Holy Will, to turn away from our sins and be born to eternal life. To live a life for others, to love and serve all.

By His love and death on the cross, death was destroyed and life was restored.


2000 years later, we remember His love for us. And we celebrate, for He is still with us, in our presence.

Amen.

Thank You Jesus.

Merry Christmas to all

Time goes by

Time flies...how many times have we heard this...

Still not really enjoying this holidays for some reason...a.k.a my dad... =.=


It's just one week left before the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ.

My mind is just based on all the horrid things that are about to happen when school begins...namely O's...

So much for being festive season...

more boring shit to do now.....zzzzzzzz

Achmed the dead terrorist

Before I go on to my main post, I would just like to give kudos to the Austrian man, who breached Taiwan Security, jumped of 102 stories down with a parachute of the Taipei 101, got into a Taxi that was waiting, drove to Chang Kai Shek Airport and took off to China where he advertised his videos. My hats off to him.

Anyway, I introduce you all to Achmed the dead terrorist.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uwOL4rB-go&feature=related

Wangan on ID?

Been really short of cash lately... -.-...and thats really not good..

Went out with Dom to plaza sing to get my car in Maximum Tune 3 (or Wangan...as my frens call it now) tuned to 800 Horsepower just to match up to my good ol' racing bud Darryl :D

Despite hearing all the rumours saying that lots of ID pros there in Plaza Sing Zone X, I saw nothing but 2 noobs who don't even know how to AWP (anti-wall penalty)

I have 2 racing games which i really like namely Initial D 4 (ID) and Wangan. I started earlier off with ID and now i have a fully tuned license...wangan is like my 2nd game....

Darryl apparently prefers Wangan to ID...even though few months back we were both cursing the shit out of Wangan..

=.=


Childhood commitments are like what we do with clothes...we change them everyday...

But for me...

ID FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOT!


ok..enough rants about games....






And i only just realized how nice Ramly's Burgers taste...despite my hatred for **** (u noe who) i find that it is really VFM (value for money) Really beats any of the fast food restaraunts anyday of my life.

Keep this secret!

Not many people know about this special order you can ask...Dom (he's m'sian and purchases Ramly's on a daily basis back in his hometown) Only those who purchase Ramly's regularly would know about it....

Its called the double special where you have 2 patties you can choose from. Its quite big and really filling (not for me :D) and it only costs $4 where you can choose chicken, fish or Beef

So next time you're famished...and you just feel like a burger and if there happens to be a Pasar Malam going on, head to the Malay stall and ask for your double special

and please don't go asking for pork or you'll probably get beaten.......


Had lots of fun in church lately..even though i am damn busy....

sigh...

there goes holidays...

15 more days .....

and its O's...

Screwed up Staff members

My sis and I are really pissed off to our necks today.


Shall give a brief overview

My mom flew to Taiwan to visit her family (yes im half taiwanese, how cool is that?) on the 5th of november and intended to come back on the 28th of december.

But apparently, her visa was not renewed and she had to come back today in about 3 hours time, the 4th of december.

So my sister got changed the date of her air ticket to today and paid an additional $14 and a confirmation of the transaction was emailed to me and I sent it to my mom for priniting in Taiwan.


BUT TODAY.............

When my mom tried to board her plane, the receptionist did not allow and said that the bank did NOT approve of her transaction, causing her to be damn anxious and really angry. She called us from the local airport and told us about the problem

I think the reason why the bank did not approve, was coz that my sister spent 14k on the card for her wedding and amt exceeded her credit limit.

My sister went to enquire after Jetstar Asia Company... And they confirmed what my mom said.

What the fucking hell...if the bank did NOT approve, why the BLOODY HELL did you send the confirmation to my email and made us think everything was all right?

And my mom almost got stuck there in Taiwan had the bank not approved the transaction in time.

When asked why could not they inform us?

In the words of the operator :" Oh, ours is an inbound call service so we do not call the customers"


FUCK OFF AND DIE MAN.



This is a serious overlook on their part by just giving us the confirmation email when IT WAS NEVER APPROVED IN THE FIRST PLACE. AND THEY COULD NOT DO US THE COURTESY OF CALLING US AT ALL!!



I am very unsatisfied with their service and their complacent attitude in which they have treated this matter and you might just see a column in the Today newspaper screwing the shit out of their company, signed by yours truly.

Seriously and not say the ticket was cheap. $600 for 2-way ticket

I'd rather sacrifice a bit more money than to go through this kind of dumb shit that wastes time and risk missing my flight.

After this incident, 2 years ago was the last time I would ever board a Jetstar plane ever again.

someone tell me where is the "Today" newspaper website...

Their reputation is so going down.......

I'll see to that...

Holidays = time for other commitments

That's exactly how i view my holidays now...just another time for other commitments like church.

For a few things, I had a Servers' camp which I feel too lazy to elaborate on except that it was fun, though a few issues pissed me off quite badly.

Then there is so much training for Christmas and Investiture for the young ones which takes up about 2 weeks of my holidays. Thanks...

More things to be happy about..

I actually did something I really wanted to do...I went to the Super Import Nights which were held on 8-11 November (quite long ago yes but have not touched my blog...)

There were hot cars and girls especially one particular gal which i shall not mention :P


1 of my legionaries got officially became a child of God in the eyes of the Church last week. Went to Sin Hoi Sai to eat Cze Char (Sam, if you are reading this, you DO know what cze char is i hope hahaha)

And now after legion meetings for the few weeks to come or so...hope we can get to go more nice makan places for fellowship

More WOW oso...



The only thing that is also screwing up my holidays is my dad...who constantly talks about a plan in which he wants me to come up with.

Basically, a timetable for studies, exercise and more work DURING THE HOLIDAYS

2 words


FUCK OFF

And I just saw in the news that in some 3rd world country, a english teacher was having a lesson...After lesson, he gave his pupils all teddy bears (for wat i dunno) and one of the students named his bear "muhammed" and he allowed it.

And all the muslims over there are kicking up one hell of a big fuss...

As a result, the teacher got a few years jail and if memory serves, 40 strokes...

how fucking unreasonable and uptight this buggers can get over something so small like that.

This is uncalled for, unjustified. No point. I think that a public apology should be enough... I mean, we Catholics would not mind if some kid named his teddy bear Jesus...

At least I would not.

Very few things to look forward to, I think this holidays is just so insignificant...

Just wished there was more time..





all right, back to WOW...

and speaking of which...my hard disk not enough space for BC...

ARGH!!!



fuck it...life sucks...

3 men in the house, 2 ladies out, and 1 boy alone.

Things have taken a slightly different path in my life for now. My sis is in Europe honeymooing and my mom is in Taiwan back with her parents and her family.

That leaves 3 men in the house. Namely the 2 idiots and I

That means a bigger bed, a noisier place and an overall busier life due to the fact that i AM still getting ordered around like some dumb servant...I am the only person who actually seems to care about the laundry...ironing...

And the list goes on...



Anyway...just finished doing talks for all the required Lasallian Primary Schools...Saw some familiar faces in St Stephen's.... people like Andreas, Adrian, Jeremy and Ryan Lim.

The talk took damn short...So with nothing better to do I just went to Zion and WOW-ed for awhile...i met Dylan and Johnathan...(could heard Johnathan swearing a few expletives like cb and lots of F*** coming from the area where he and his friends were playing...

After which I went back home to rest...woke up at like 8.30 pm and next thing I saw my father brought a whole en-bloc gang of his and they are talking about a whole lot of things except the fucking thing they were supposed to talk about...

Tomorrow still have morning mass to wake up for...

and trust me...life is gonna alter my body for good now...


and im not to keen about it....

:\

Rest...

So it is over. My sister has officialy become wife of Tan Wen Zhan.

The dinner was yesterday night. Everything went extremely smoothly from the arrival of the guests to the departure. One of the highlights was the second march in of the couple into the ballroom, and they did a duet together much to the delight of everyone.

Food was ok....took quite a hell lot of pictures using my dad's camera (He's still using the old fashioned type which uses films instead of memory cards ... =.= )

Greeted the guests goodbye...then dad, mom, my 4th auntie, me and my sister's bridesmaid Pamela went into the car...

Went home and did not really sleep well due to my ******* cough which is back again...... (fuck it...) And went for morning mass (All Souls' Day)

Ultimate shag fest man..

or 'shack' (according to Damien)


Tomorrow still got Confirmation 1 (yes..ok..u can stop laughing) Reflection Day for God knows what...at the Botanical Gardens from 9am - 7 pm.. (attending mass together)

Sunday still got to re-train the little buggers how to serve mass...


I might as well just die now la....What holidays man...I just wish I was well again to truly start enjoying my holidays...

But with Legion Camp 15-17, and then Server's camp 26-28... grr..

And perfect, I still have to call up Brother Michael Broughton who still refuses to answer. =.=


I need a breather....



NOW!

BUSY

really describes my life now.

And true to popular belief, I didn't retain as I thought I would. But I got moderated (or some would call it advanced) to Sec 4 Express. I've said this once, I'll say it again. Time fucking flies like nobody's business. Next year its not just the big 'E' its the GC'E' O' levels and God help me cause I think maybe its better if I retained.

Touch Wood :X

Anyway, just to touch a little on my sister's wedding...


I was extremely shagged on 27th October (wedding ceremony day) as the night before I really could not sleep well...(thought of sister leaving the house...) and I had to wake up at 7 am, get dressed full suit and go down to open the bridal car door for Wen Zhan, my present Bro in-law.

So I escorted a delegation of the groom and his 'brothers' (close friends) up the lift and to the corridor outside my house.

There my sister's girlfriends were all assembled inside the gate, waiting to unleash their little tests upon Wen Zhan to prove his worth for my sister, to make sure that fetching the bride would not be such an easy task.

First up,

"Suan, tian, ku, la"

These 4 chinese hanyu pinyin describe 4 different tastes which translates into (Sour, Sweet, Bitter and Spicy)


They had to finish a plate of food (I dunno whether you can call it food coz its barely edible to me) which consisted things that fufilled the 4 different tastes

There were 'Warheads' (the sour sweet), chunks of lemon, bittergourd and chilli padi (be4 i continue, let me stress that the chilli padi is the small ones that burn your tongue and destroy your tastebuds. Courtesy of my dad who eats them daily :D)

"finish the whole plate" said my sis's bridesmaid, Pamela.


I was laughing at their predicament like some son of a bitch as I watched their faces of agony, espcially Wen Zhan and Jackson, his best man. They were the only ones who touched my dad's killer food (Wen Zhan ate 4 in a row, downed it like a true man to prove his worth) and Jackson ate 2.

The other brothers?

Useless bunch of sissies who dare not stand up for their leader... =.= lousy pieces of shit!

They were the ones who chiong-ed for the warheads 1st which were the easiest to consume.





The next test?

60 push ups and star jumps (in their suits) and sing a song while doing them...

Once again, Wen Zhan and Jackson did the most....... useless brothers.....




following up was the QNA...

Stupid questions were asked like " What is the length of my sister's longest strand of hair?" to which he hantam-ed "90 cm" and "how many moles has she got on her body" (Imagine the scandal if he knew :P)



He was let into the house, but not spared.


He was in the living room, and only my sister's room door separated him from her.

More things like "Say 'I love you' in 10 different languages/dialect


English, Chinese, Malay *tsk tsk*, Korean, Japanese, Bahasa Indonesian, Hokkien, Teochew, Cantonese and surprisingly, Latin.



and so he completed the test of fetching the bride..


Ladies, who get marrried next time, make sure ur sisters tekan the groom more!



Barely having a few hours rest, following up, the wedding ceremony.

I arrived at church 1 hour earlier to have a look on the final touches and preparations...

And of all fucking times...nature called...

I rushed down, full suit and all into the toilet....and after i finished.... I ended up sweating like some ********


My heart was pounding after the opening prayer...as it was time for me, Greg and Pamela to Proclaim the Word of God.

Thank God, for he did not let any cough or sore throat ruin His Divine Words...and everything went smoothly......Thank You God, for your Divine Intervention.

After the ceremony ended and we were up at the reception room...it was discovered that Father Patrick, the celebrant of the wedding mass decided to take his afternoon nap...

Which meant me, to say grace on behalf on him...for the food... :D

Probably half the guests present were like thinking "Who the hell is this young punk think he is to say grace on behalf of a priest?"

Well, I would prefer to think of a quick prayer of grace than to bang on the door of Father Pat who's in his little dream.... so fuck off........



Had a great buffet, before we rushed home again for the tea ceremony.........

zzz


which took another 1 and half hour.......

and then...I slept until the next day.......literally....





Thanks to all servers once again... Chris, Damien, James and Ryan.










Anyway, had my hair highlighted XDD!

And I served mass with Shawn Khoo(his first mass) Greg, Damien and Sean Paul. Greg was a little unhappy about me serving mass with my dyed hair.... XP

IMO, Shawn did really well for his first mass...much better than me at least...

Went out for dinner... Me, Greg and the Khoo family at Jago Close.


That's about it for now...


But anyway...still have to prepare myself this week also... I'm helping Ms Pereira move some of the O' level art pieces (about 30 of them) from God knows where, back to school... with some other students...this coming thursday

She did mention that we could come in home clothes, really hope this is just a personal matter and she won't mind my hair.... ;X

And lastly for the wedding dinner this thursday also...

God help me...


and God Bless you...

A Tribute

This post is dedicated to the memory of Supercuts stylist Dor, who passed away yesterday at 11.30pm.

Many people who have gone to Supercuts at Parkway and Wisma Atria would have known him, or even have been his customer.

Dor was a stylist for more than 20 years of his life, attaning more than 300 regular customers in his career as a stylist.

Although I did not know him very well (only got my hair cut by him once before), I heard from people 1st hand about the great deeds he has done in his lifetime.

My stylist (from whom I heard the news) was also a protegee of his. Dor taught her many things in her training to become a stylist. Also touching the lives of his many colleagues.

Dor was already ill for more than a few months due to an illness which I do not know of, but apparently smoking was one of the main factors. During the period of his illness, he had even difficulty walking normally, and throughout the later months had some severe diarroeah.

A month ago he was making recovery and thus discharged from the hospital. Today was supposed to be the day of operation. The night before he was still talking to one of his colleagues, in a joking manner, talking about how happy he was to return to his job after a few months. But he passed away in his sleep on that fateful night, just before the operation was to take place.

The funeral was this morning.

Many of his customers who were waiting for him to return now retreat in disappointment and regret.

His death poses a great loss for not only Supercuts, but also in the world of hairstylists.

A person who gave such great contribution will live in the hearts of those who knew him. May his soul rest in peace. Amen.

Musings

yes yes exams are over...gotten over the joy of it. =.="



I am in a very great holiday mood. I went to the doctor's today, and he gratefully gave me a 3 days MC (actually I only needed 2 since Friday's a holiday...but heck) for me to rest at home due to my lasting cough(maybe bronchitis?) that has clung to my sensitive throat for 1 month, thus, granting me an additional 1 week holiday :D!



Downside is I have to go for another X-Ray tomorrow early in the morning. Hopefully I am not diagnosed with bronchitis (thank you dad for smoking like a mud for 15 years of my life and in the process destroying my lungs.)



Exams and sicknesses aside...



This holidays is busy as usual with many other commitments like church and school.



But I wish to do some things that I have been procrastinating for more than a year or so.



Number 1, the other big "E"



I joined Greg for a brief half an hour ( :/ laugh all u want..) workout in the gym 2 days ago, which we wasted our efforts on later that day at Werner's Oven.



Hopefully since Greg is also on a new personal program to lose his weight, I aim to lose this mountain of lard in my body as soon as possible by joining him regularly.



How easy it is to say, yet difficult to do. :P



And we also cut our hair at Supercuts too.





2, On a side note.....I have started WOW.. currently a level 6 mage, aiming to be Frost spec.







3) Maybe if i do have time I hope to visit another country I have not gone before... Like Australia or something.









Yep...hopefully can achieve all these goals within this holidays.



Speaking of which my dad decided to take his own holiday by going to Macau (2nd time this year) to lose all the family's savings by executing his mediocre gambling skills at the local casino with his group of retirees, to the amusement of all the local pros over there.



With any luck, he will just only lose his capital... hur hur.....



And he'll most probably attempt(note the word. He does not stand a chance against the government buggers at customs) to smuggle some contraband items like cigarettes (there goes my lungs) Alcoholic beverages and what have you.









And God help me, I am f****** shit scared of my results.

Due to my unforseen (:P) sickness, I am not getting news of my results 1st hand, though that's what friends are for. Only thing, I do not know which is worse. Going to school and getting the results personally and see what a complete moron I am, or hearing the brutal truth over the phone from my friends. I guess it just feels the same, but the difference is that I do not have to go to school and waste time. zzzz

For a few days, I have been having this ominous inkling in my heart that I am going to drop to Normal Academic. (crossess fingers)

With all the bloody muds over there, I don't know what is going to happen to my life. My whole life is gonna get ruined if ever I transfer into such a class

I guess that is the only reason for motivating me to study, so as not to be like them, let alone one of them.

Seriously, I think I'll probably kill myself first before becoming a mud. I would never want to be the thing I hate most.

If i DO become one of them, odds of which are one against the avogado number (6 X 10 to the power of 23) I....


I really cannot contemplate the idea of it...sorry...its just way too terrifying.


But overall what's done is done, and all the rest I leave it to God.

What choice do I have anyway?... haha...

Anyways... Better go get something's done

Still have to brush up on my oral skills for my sister's wedding, coz if i so much as cough during the reading she'll most probably stab me with a hairpin or something...

Better take meticulous care of my throat.

1st of which I will throw away every single god-damned pipe, packets of tobacco and packets of cigarettes my dad brings back from Macau.

Or the better alternative, sell them to the muds who can only afford Marlboro. At least can earn profit :D.

Its a win-win situation.

My dad does less harm to his body
I get less harm done to my lungs
and we get to earn money.


lol...



okies..better go rest now...can't stay up late...


Good nite ..

oh sorry...Good Morning,

and God Bless!

When two become one

Your Truly's sister is getting out of the house of the Yeos officially on the 27th of October...Its good riddance.! MUAHAHAHA......NO ONE TO ORDER ME AROUND ANYMORE!

jokes aside...haha

Its kinda hard to bear the thought of my sister married. After spending 15 years with her, just seems weird, even more when she becomes a mother...lol...i pity the child :P

Anyway speaking of marriage, I seriously think that couples feel that marriage means, 'ok reached your destination. Courtship is over. Next phase of my life please....'

How wrong can they get.

Marriage does not signify the end of courtship. Everyday when we wake up to see the face of our spouse, a whole new day of possibilities await us. Why should we stop giving flowers, stop showing special love on Valentine's Day, stop going to the movies, have a date, and stop the spice when we get married?

Does marriage mean that all these should stop? I don't think so.

The love of a couple should never cease and our actions of love should not stop at marriage.

I think the main problem is that, once the kids come in, responsibilities start flooding in between career and family, and the idea of reviving that passion is out of the question.

No time?

You would have if you were not spending time in bars drinking with your workmates during men or ladies' night wouldn't you...?

Sadly, some couples get married, have a family, face financial and emotional problems and then say "I had enough, let's get a divorce"

Of course, more time should be devoted to your children. But husbands and wives, please please do keep that fire in your relationship burining and never stop to show your love.

Marriage is also a lifetime commitment where you give your life (er hem, thats metaphorically) to each other, spending each day together.




For those who are about to get married, here's a little something for you

(the following was adapted from my sis' blog from someone's blog, any term of copyright infringement will not be beared by the author)


Before Marriage:

Guy: Excellent! The day I've been waiting for has finally arrived. I can't wait!
Girl: Can I regret this decision/ take back my word?
Guy: No, you mustn't even think that!
Girl: Do you love me?
Guy: Of course!
Girl: Will you ever betray me?
Guy: No! How can you even think that?
Girl: Can you kiss me a bit/ for a while?
Guy: Of course! And not only "for a bit/ a while"!
Girl: Is it possible that you will hit (or abuse) me?
Guy: Never!
Girl: Can I trust you?

After Marriage...

Read upwards...

there you have it....



Final words from me....


Getting married is one thing, Staying married is another.

God bless!

the big 'E'

Exercise?


not quite.....

but its something that will happen

(god i've been saying this for 2 years and still procrastinating -.-)




but yep...

EXAMS...


The killer week has just begun....5 more days before I am finally free

I screwed up the format for my english paper letter writing. It was supposed to be an email for- mat, but instead of writing to, from, cc...etc....i wrote mine and the recipient's address...minus at least 10 marks or so...for nothing

Chinese paper was quite ok except for the composition which was quite difficult. It discusses about being responsible for what you blog about. The 2nd comprehension was fucked up....

Really Thank God for this 2 days break to catch a breather.


looking forward to exams ending...zzz...so many things I can do with all that free time.
Church, Initial D 4, going out............


hmm...better keep an eye out for my attendance though.... :P

Things have been pretty normal, except for the constant 24/7 nagging dished out to me by my parents...like a fly that refuses to bug off....(no pun intended)

I do wonder if I might retain in Sec 3 though...there are some possibilities of me retaining...attendance like shit...I'm not sure if i can even pass english and 2 others.

Whatever the case, I'd rather retain than transfer to 4NA.

Coz the god damned fucking Ministry of Education has once again implemented a new rule

Students who are in 4NA in the year 2008/9 *not sure which year..better go check* will be required to pass 5 subjects (including english) to be promoted to 5NA

Thanks you fucking arseholes

In 2006 you implemented a "teach less, learn more" policy in the objective to create more creative right-brained students. (guess wat, its not working well)
you changed our 'O's from Cambridge to Oxford.
Then you take away our 1st 3 months of holiday.
And now this which makes life really more difficult for the people in the Normal Academic Stream.

I do not know what the fuck is going on in there, I do not know why are people at the Ministry making so much changes to our already failing education system in Singapore, whose syllabus is constantly changing.

All I ask is just less interference from you government dogs.

zzz

.

I never wanted to be this way. But you, whom i thought would understand turn your back on me and say a million and one other things with no sense of logic and no link.

Perhaps it is my fault, but it is not that I really love what i've done. If you so despise me and I am unfit to be what I am to you...why go through all the shit and regret it in the end?

In saying those words, you pierce me with no consideration for my feelings. I know myself better than anyone else...I know what would happen...

I just don't want to hear anymore

happy b'dae sis

Had a short hectic day at school today.

Mass was ok...except for a few cockups, er hem....choir master cocked up...but all went well

I rushed to Astons' Prime immediately after mass...My day was ruined to the idiot restricting everything.

On top of everything there was no fries and crab cakes...-.-...salmon was a teeny bit small...

went to glory catering with greg to supplement our stomachs...
went home and slept like a log....


English tomorrow, not like i give a damn....wat the hell is there to study....



Wanna play ID 4!


zzzzz

quizzie 2

i dunno wats with girls and blog quizzes lately, but i promised myself after procrastinating for a few months on Sharon's quiz (really sorry!), I would check out my friends' blog regularly and see if i get tagged...

it shows they remember me...wouldn't you feel the same?

anyways..these are 20 qns for you to answer...than you can tag others to do it...and they cant tag you back....


1) someone knocks on your door at 2 am...who do you want him/her to be

a person whom i love, and havent seen for a long time.

2) your boss tells you he'll give you a pay rise of $20 if you do your job naked. do you stay and take the raise?

I'll tell him i'll give him $50 for him to do S&M.... before i leave...

3) put yourself in a nutshell

I have many nicknames...gentle giant, holygangster...

4)ever seen a ghost
1st things 1st define a ghost. and i would say yes

5)happy with your body?
hahaha...look at my waistline.....__ off!


6)smth abt me
i dun listen to Metal...metal sucks in all forms.

7) a place you wanna visit
The Vatican, Heart of Catholicism

8)a job you'll never do, no matter how much you are paid
Suicide bombing.......

9)a band/group i thought was cool when i was 13
yellowcard, and it IS still cool to me..

10)you have a nightmare. who is the first person you would call for?
Usually i dun call for anyone. I take a deep breath, reflect upon it and go back to sleep

11)wanna have kids before you're 30
hmm not really sure, have to see how my life goes

12)a memory from secondary school.
i am still in sec school so ill take smth from lower sec. Getting punished for skipping school :D

13)ever had a crush on a friend's parent?
Do i love muds???

14) do you look like your mom or dad...
do you know why the sky is blue?

15) smth you always wanted to learn how to do
learn a musical instrument or a new language

16)how would you like your life to be in 10 years
I would like to be at the beginning of the prime of my life

17)smth you learned this year
so many things...we learn something new every day

18) what would you want for your b'dae
things that come from love and thought

19) name 4 things you did yesterday
Lunch with my siblings, sleep, study, watch TV

20)last item i bought for myself.
er...food?...or other things .....
a mp3 player...

following pple to get tagged....

1)greg
2)sis
3)darryl
4)sharon
5) anyone who reads this...


ok
gonna go ARES frenzy

God Bless

Timeless

Time.

The Beginning and the End.

The Alpha and Omega

All time belongs to Him

Christ Yesterday and Today



For those of you who do not know, the following verses above were taken from the Easter Vigil Text, the 1st part of the celebration: Service of Light.

All time belongs to God.

But alas time waits for no men. Time flies past without any conscious thought and next thing I know its my Promos coming up in about 3 to 4 weeks. As usual I have not really anything much to preparre..ahem retention ahem...

*crosses fingers*

But being the "meticulous student" I am, I am of course distracted by my other things. Church, leisure etc etc...

I missed a lot of Cathechism classes lately :X If I retain again I might as well not get confirmed at all. =.="

And the new boys have started pouring in. This Sunday would be our last training sessions before they actually start to serve weekday masses.

We split them up into 2 groups, one to train and one to learn to don their attires properly

Well for one thing the first training session was ok but there was a little incident.

Not gonna mention any names...

But apparently one trainee server pointed his middle finger at a parent, due to the parent disturbing and poking him, as said by the server. Apparently the parent of one of another server saw the boy disturbing his child, which led her to manhandle him.

This of course warranted immediate disciplinary action by the Mentors a.k.a Greg, Nick, Chris, Damien, Josh, Daryl and me. So after the training session, he was summoned back into the vestry where Greg gave him a little counselling.

If it was me I would immediately have been kicked out without any questions asked. :P

Fortunately, the boy realized his mistake and apologized. His parents was also informed about this.


The second week was one when the mentors displayed their authourity. During the 1st half of the session we were joined by ex-server Michael Chow, Damien and I, divided them into their original groups. Most of the other mentors like Greg, Nick, Joshua and Dannel could not make it due to prior commitments

Damien and Michael were being stern on that occasion so as to ensure high levels of discipline and full attention. They trained the first group. We were pretty shocked at their lack of knowledge of mass responses. There were a few incidents, but one which was most memorable was when after The Lord's Prayer was said, the new boys followed up with a Hail Mary. This blatant error caused Damian to lose his cool and he (for lack of a better word) shouted at them
and it was a very uncomfortable 10 minutes or so listening to him lecture with raised voice, in front of the parents.

For myself, it was extremely disturbing for me to know that the young boys did not really know or understood the type of responses to be proclaimed. But deep within me, I somehow think it is because that Damien and Michael were being stern, so they were afraid to respond for fear of making a mistake and getting scolded. But seriously, the incident mentioned in the above paragraph warranted a real good scolding.

Damien and Michael said that this also really reflects on their religous upbringing at home.

I was tasked to train the 2nd group, who were watching group 1 first

I must admit I was not feeling myself on that day, due to my very bad cough (which I am still sick with) and my reluctance to actually shout at them. As a mentor, I do not really know where does the line of my authourity lie, and I wish to gain the respect of the new boys by giving them some first. When I accidentally forgot a part and made a mistake, Damien helped me and took over me. I really was not feeling well (I still am not) and I was grateful for his help.

We could only train them for an hour or so because we had to let them take their measurements at the foyer. Those who were done with their measurements went back to the main church, sat in the PEWS and were lectured once again by Damien, about basic mass responses.

Things ended off in a rather moody note as the new boys went home perhaps, to reflect upon their religion and their calling in the society.

And a week from now I am going to have 2 servers with me. These 2 new boys (one of them who is my junior at school) have just moved house and also changed their parish from the Church of the Sacred Heart to our parish. They were servers over there, and they asked to be able to serve here.

Sigh, as mad as this might sound, I AM going to miss serving a 1 person mass on Sunday 6pm...It is pretty fun come to think of it, for the past 9 months. But if I am sick and unable to make it, and if Father Patrick is celebrating that particular mass, the repercussions on the society would be very dire.

Somehow by His Grace, (not Archbishop. God's Grace) I have not sustained any injuries serious enough for me to be not able to serve mass. And I am really thankful for that.

Anyways, now as the days come closer by our society would be enlarged by a considerable number. There might be problems over communication, authority etc etc. But we'll take them as they come along.

'nuff said for servers...




ID 4!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oli's really getting the hang of the game...I'm about to expire my 3rd card....My AE 86 is almost full tuned...And I am considering what would my 3rd car be...(considering the Honda Integra Type R DC 2 or the Honda S2000 AP1)

At school, I am finally able to put my server responsibilities to rest with regards to serving mass, and finally able to join the Legion formed choir. It is still in its early stages. And most people in there do not have musical background. We are practising really hard for the upcoming exam mass on Thursday 27 September.

Oh and speaking of which, it would be my sister's birthday on that day. :D

25 going on 26 this year, she is an October Bride to Be. (Better go practise my reading on Corinthians Chapter 13)

We are going to Aston's Prime a more sophisticated version affiliation of Astons' Specialties which is already booming with business on a daily basis

That day also happens to be the feastday of St Vincent de Paul, where there are many branches of the society named after him, all in aid of the poor.



I think all in all, that's has been my life for the past 2 to 3 weeks summed up.

Exams coming...looking forward to the upcoming wedding and holidays.

Time waits for no men

Carpe Diem

Seize the Day.

God Bless!

quizzie...

Been delaying this quiz for some time too...

List out 5 presents you really want

(some of these may not be materialistic)

1) A person who loves me as I love her

2) A little more money never hurt

3) A really nice flute where I can give my time to

4) A MUCH MUCH BETTER COMPUTER

5) MOST IMPTLY A HANDPHONE!!!

Answer the following questions:

The person who tagged me is : Sharon

My relationship with her: Good Friends

My 5 impressions of her

1) A person who's mature in her thinking

2) Able to empathize with other's difficulty

3) Has her crazy times too!

4) Supportive towards her friends

5) and she really really hates smokers...(Screw u muds)

The most memorable thing she had done for me: Landing a listening ear and complaning with each other of how life sucks big time during our difficult periods, and always there to give advice on how to solve our problems :)

The most memorable thing she said to you: Which is none other than her mantra which is always stuck in my mind 'It takes one to know another'

If she becomes my lover I will " lol she's attached oredy...."

If she becomes my lover one thing she would have to improve on would be " Refer to previous answer, and fyi she does not have anything to improve on to be a great friend :)

If she becomes my enemy I would : Forgive and forget....duh...better to have one more friend than one enemy don't u think...

If she becomes my enemy the reason would be: does not matter does it.....refer to previous answer

The most desired thing I would want to do for her now is: Perhaps to bring her and the rest of us for a nice treat some day....

Overall impression of her: =.= did i just answer this...? for the sake of clarity: Caring and person who can empathize

How do you think people will feel about me: I dunno that's for them to answer....

The characteristics you love about yourself are: I can say i am tolerant enough to endure insults. I would never want to see any of my friends hurt in anyway. And I am willing to go that extra mile for friends

On the contrary the things i hate about myself is : Not able to give commitments to things that really matter.

The most ideal person you want to be is: JESUS! The One who loved and served all. I would like to follow his way of love and service too...but just look at the amount of my sins, it can even reach the height of heaven.... =.=

For people that like and care for you, say smth to them.

I thank you all for just the simple fact that you exist in my life. Thank you for including me in your lives. The care and concern that you have showed me is more than words can ever express.

Pass this to ten people (not that im sure they will read about this)

1) Charles! BEST BUD IN LEGION

2)Gregory my bro

3)Darryl (i dun give a shit how many times u do it man.muahahahahahaha.....nvm if u dun wanna.)

4) SHARON (revenge is sweet ain't it XD)

5)OLI!...what more can I say

6)Furt....havent seen u for long time man

7) James Kwa

8) Joanna my sis

9)Sean Lai

10) to the person a.k.a you who is reading this (Gotcha...)

SO there it is.....my answers...

take care and God Bless!

5 Presents?

Happy birthday Darryl Jeremiah Leong!

haha well...

Been a long time since I blogged...

Now that it's a break time from school I can at least catch a breather before running the final mile...

Academic paths aside...


Today was Darryl's 17th birthday...been 2 years since I met him...still remember meeting him for the 1st time in LAN...yes those were happy times...

Always played games together like HOTD 4 and presently, ID 4.

Nana (Christina) took Darryl, I and Oli to Cafe Oliv for lunch where we had a nice spread of dishes like Oliv Platter, German Cheese Sausage and our own respective main courses.

The treat was really filling and great! Thanks Nana!

After which we went to Settlers for a game of Taboo!

haha...we had many occasions where we just fell apart laughing our assess off..

For instance, Nana was trying to make Oli guess the word "Ceremony" She said things like, wedding smth.....I helped out by saying...Morning Flag Raising....


Oli obviously did not get our hints and she just shouted "FESTIVAL"

Then it was Oli's turn to describe the word "Multiply" in which she took a bible verse. "Go forth and???)

MULTIPLY!!!


Everyone fell apart laughing......


oh btw, the Taboo! was special as it included some Singaporean stuff like "Chiam See Tong", "Cashcard", "Temasek", "Lee Kuan Yew"

We played there for 2 hours after which we left the place. Nana had to go off to City Hall.

Darryl and I helped Oli to shop for some stuff for her culinary experiments at Cold Storage Parkway. After which, we hit the ID 4 machines at Timezone. And now my Toyota AE 86's engine has been tuned to Step 7, thus gaining myself a racing engine, which can go up to 11 revs...

F****** gay...................


Then now I came back and find that I am the only one at home...cool...

Time really flies...My holidays are ending real fast, and I still have some work to do..

Thats it...Dota till 6 am today...


Really great day today..

and once again

Happy 17th Darryl. May all your wishes come true, and hope you like the wallet :D!

take care and God Bless!

haha...school mass rocks

All right...just had an excellent mass at school today, despite my hectic day, I was really proud of the choir especially..

although the animator/conductor needs to fine-tune his technique...

As is with church, I served alone in school today =.=

But the main highlight was the choir who sang really well, and for the first time, we got Mr Noel Loh to play for us the organ, and the mass was a great success without any hiccups.

As a legionary, I really hope he will be the regular organist for the Legion Choir, which will only benefit the choir and school.

I feel it is also time for me to take a break from my Servers responsibilities (in school, not in church where we are getting new boys) and perhaps just join them for a few times.

And its time for the younger ones to take over serving :P


anyway, really feel happy for serving mass in school....




oh and btw....


Chris de Silva, Musical Director of St Brendan Church is having a concert at the Church of the Holy Family on the 26th of August Sunday. Admission is free. There will be a repetoire of songs from praise and worship singers like Marty Haugen, David Haas.

Do come if you are free and spread the word!



(ok Darren, hope this goes off well hehehe...)

God Bless!

Love Will Keep Us Alive

I was standing, all alone against the world outside

You were searching, for a place to hide

Lost and lonely,

now you've given me the will to survive

When we're hungry,

Love will keep us alive.

Don't you worry,

Sometimes you just got to let it go.

The world is changing, right before your eyes

Now I've found you,

there's no more emptiness inside

When we're hungry,

Love will keep us alive.

I would die for you,

Climb the highest mountain

Baby, there's nothing I wouldn't do...

Now I've found you,

There's no more emptiness inside.

When we're hungry,

love will keep us alive.

I would die for you,

Climb the highest mountain.

Baby, there's nothing I wouldn't do...

I was standing,

all alone against the world outside.

You were searching,

for a place to hide.

Lost and lonely,

Now you've given me the will to survive.

When we're hungry,

Love will keep us alive.

:@

Just one of those times when i feel like ranting at the whole damned world

and my family ........................




What appeared to be a normal day yesterday turned out to be a day of shouting of words of hatred, a cold war, and most unfortunately, tears from my mother.

and of course my father.....who THINKS he's so good in running the family

he just never seems to be able to SHUT HIS GOD DAMNED mouth so that my mom can actually work in peace within the house to cather to our needs, (and HIS whim and fancies)

But tell me, who the hell can actually work in an environment where people keep scolding you when you did actually nothing wrong...

Most people will reach breaking point after a few days or weeks.

My mom took it in her stride for 27 years ever since the day she bonded her life to the monster that is my father.




So yesterday, my mom was just doing the dishes and my dad had to NAG...NAG at her about how much water she was using, and how she was not allowing ventilation into the kitchen by closing the window.

Of course the next level is to shout at each other...

And on occasional times (like yesterday) screaming....shouts and claims of divorce

and finally.... my mom going mad...

literally...

Bellatrix Lestrange pales in comparison to my mother when she's mad.

The usual throwing stuff, cursing my father an early death (which at this point of time i do hope) and screaming out...

What has she done to receive this sort of emotional and mental abuse of my father?

FOR 27 YEARS SHE HAS GIVEN HER ALL TO THIS FAMILY, SO DON'T SCOLD AND KEEP NAGGING AT HER... ALL THIS TIME SHE TOLERATED YOUR UNCONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISMS, INSULTS...

if it was me i would have done the time where she almost wanted to stab him...many years back.

You might say that if my dad was dead, i would not have been born.

no shit, but sometimes i rather not be born, and not face his tyranny too, and at the least my mom could face her consequences, and get another much better man, who would at least love her faithfully.

And the worst thing is that, there is no love between them anymore.

So be it, but even mutual respect and understanding is absent in their relationship.

The ring on my mom's finger, like an emotional prison clings to her, reminding her of the time of her suffering all these years. And it would not come off with soap either, just like a curse embedded on her for life.

It was only after moments of consoling, and tears shed by me that she finally calmed herself to sleep.

And another thing was that Leonard was having lessons with my sis, and so he heard the shouting...

The cold war between them now carries on...

But you know the political strategy:

Force the enemy to battle on 2 fronts...

he had to find trouble with me too...


yesterday was on my way to school, but had dirroeah, so din go school...went to doctors and got 2 days MC.

Ms Pereira called up, (thx ma'am, but im fine now...just still having some dirroeah)

My father, being the asshole and not understanding, unfeeling bastard that he was used force on me....scolded, shouted at me...

(a side note... Doc says I have some sort of pustules in left tonsil, and I have high blood pressure. 145...normal person's reading is 130..my time is almost up i guess)

So fine, i got dressed in my uniform and went to school...

But either way, i have reached my breaking point...where sooner or later he's gonna get it from not just me, but the whole family...

with his constant overdominant attitude of the family, everyone's gonna rebel.

And seriously, your life does not really matter to me anymore. We might be poorer when you die, but i can say at least we won't have to stand for your bullshit.


Call me an ungrateful bastard if you want...but thats the way im feeling right now...i cant think straight so forgive me if i offend you (readers) in anyway.

I'm just feeling very tired and sickened of all that is going on in this family.

If there was one thing that God had to improve on my dad, it was his mouth.

And that's why God gave men only one mouth instead of 2.

yeah, and you can stop trying to pretend being a good father and wake up at the crack of dawn and make breakfast for me to eat, which you know I do so reluctantly under your threats and nagging,

COZ I DON"T FUCKING NEED IT.


You call me an undeserving prefect...with all my poor results and laziness...

WELL I TELL YOU, IT TAKES A GREATER ONE TO KNOW ANOTHER.

TAKE THE LOG OUT OF YOUR OWN EYE BEFORE YOU TAKE THE SPECK OF DUST OUT OF MINE.

you were worse in your younger days, much worse than any of us...so don't expect any different either.

Anyway my time is short, so why not just do whatever I want before I go peacefully...

Life is that fragile, 15 and I feel I am already on the brink of death...or at least i choose to believe.

I'd rather live a short life full of happiness than live a long life of misery.

Either way this is it...I am not gonna stand for this anymore...

You want something done for you...

GO FUCKING DO IT YOURSELF YOU ASSHOLE!

ben this ben that, who the fuck do you think i am....



Just let us have some peace and silence

for once in your life, hold your tongue.

Addiction kills

So far, all my little adventures have just almost landed me into trouble if not by the thin line that held me back, from ruining my academic life totally.



yes, surely you all would know what I speak of, the thing that always lands SCHOOL children into BIG BIG trouble, the thing which THEY DO NOT DO.



it really has been difficult for me to stop, I mean who would want to listen to teachers drone, getting scolded, having responsibilities to fufill, instead of choosing a more freer path to do what you want.



But this excuse does not justify my offence. My 3 classmates bore the consequences of the actions, the same offence I've committed. If not for seeing them get lashed under the wood by our principal I would never have stopped and reflect heavily on my actions.

I was extremely lucky to be able to produce a letter that was signed. I just hope that will be my last offence and I want to bring this matter to a close forever. I really can't face up to the consequences should the things i commit resurface.

i pulling my hair out, thinking of what I've done...The foolishness of it that could lend me into deep trouble. Doing something without thinking...the faces of disappointment of my teachers and parents, my status as a prefect...

One of my friends, who just did not go to the museum got his badge and tie removed in less than a minute... My heart was pounding so badly it could just break out of my chest and I would die, right there and then.

i really regret my actions, and I really hope that I would not have a repeat of last year's events.

******* sc**** is a real addiction, where you push your limits, being free from school work and teachers and being to go to any place you want to.

But like anything and everything, too much of this is bad...and you can't stop. The prospect of returning back is just dampening and irritating...

dun try it...once you start it is more difficult to quit than smoking...i tell you....

I just hope nothing bad happens from now on. and just start afresh.

God Bless...


and on a side note, miss all of ya...

Vitas Bumac- Onepa

A Russian SOPRANO Singer...Enough said...just listen...

Warning, may be quite traumatising to some

Table of plenty~food glorious food

Come to the feast of Heaven and Earth, Come to the table of plenty. God will provide, for all that we need...Here at the table of plenty.


So far, siblings and I managed to keep time off our Thursdays to spend an hour or two to be together.

Lately, our favourite get together place is Cafe Oliv near Church. The food there is simply nice and it has got that home-cooked feeling.

The chef there is Kevin, a SHATEC graduate who decided to take a leap of faith towards setting up a new F 'n' B business.

And now Im starting to like his food better than Aston's :P!!!!!


haha....enough about food...


School's been ok so far. Nothing much going on, except that I screwed up my Geog test today :P


As for LOM, we are gonna watch Harry Potter OOTP this monday after our meeting !!!!

woot...funfair


haha



because now theres something wrong with b logger, I shall stop here...


Cya and God Bless!

Road Curtosey pls.....

It has come to a point where I cannot keep my silent about this matter anymore. I face this every single day I walk to school, and I cannot help but express my feelings on this.

A CERTAIN JUNIOR COLLEGE....EXTREMELY NEAR MY SCHOOL seriously needs to re-examine its students with regards to road curtosey.

Every morning, students whose parents send them in private vehicles are usually will drive along Marine Vista.

The problem is, the students crossing the Zebra Crossing do not actually walk a little faster so that the waiting vehicles can drop of their cargo (students la) and drive off... But because of this inconsiderate behaviour, the queue sometimes stretch across to the main road of Marine Parade.

Another incident is that, after my family lunch on Thursday, when we are drive to the Zebra Crossing at the JC, there are a few students who walk slowly as though they are in their school compound and thus fail to see with their oblivious eyes that my sister who is driving is actually waiting for them to walk across so that we can drive home. It took my sister great effort not to horn at fellow students of her alma mater. That was not the 1st time.

But it is not just the students who take public transport and walk to school. Sometimes, students whose parents send them also cause jams at the road of Marine Vista

A few days ago, when I was taking that path again, I saw a car that was stopping just behind the Zebra Crossing for at least 15 min...(the opposite side of the JC) and was forming up a queue, which led to frequent horns from vehicles behind, who then decide to take other lanes.

Being curious, I took a closer look inside the stationary vehicle.

The reason for the stoppage?

A mother who was driving was waiting for her daughter to finish her drink


This is way overboard. We have designated times to take our meals. Its called Breakfast.


People who are from that particular JC who are reading this might be cursing and flaming me in their hearts and probably thinking "who the hell is this punk from SPS...and what right has he to criticise us?"

Well, my response...

Although you might be academically better than me or any other students in my school,

if that is the way you show your attitudes, just because its the zebra crossing leads to your institution so you assume you can walk as and how you like, you will face problems later on in your working life, because you do not show basic curtosey to others.

Your selfish attitudes disgusts me to no end!

You jolly well know that you can reduce frustration by actually quickening your pace and actually showing some curtosey to the cars that have to wait for you.

but no, you choose to walk as though you guys are taking a stroll in your garden, talking to your friends and oblivious to the people around you who are affected by your inconsiderate behaviour.


Perhaps it will be in the better interests of the institution there to inculcate some form of basic road curtosey to its students so as to save time, and reduce the frustrations of drivers who wait for you all to pass the crossing.


I do hope that there will be an improvement in their way of life.

Be more considerate, don't be so self-centered and think that the world revolves around you. Other people have lives to lead, and if their time should be wasted because you choose to be inconsiderate, what thick skins you all have to call yourself tertiary students.

Nice timing

Just recovered from my fever and dirraoeah which I had yesterday.

I did literally soaked a towel in cold water and wrapped it around myself. It was really hell, and what more I turned on the shower head and had cold water running down on me.


=.=.....

But now my stomach feels damn bloated... dunno why also..

Anyway...holidays are ending way too soon enough, and I still have like 2 more AMOAs to complete before I get screwed real bad.


I intend to finish by today, but hmm..i dunno if i might procrastinate though.


Things seem kind of quiet now among us...


later...

God Bless...

Make a stand

This is it. This is my last stand in terms of usage of the family computer. I want my DotA, and nobody's gonna stop me

:X

I feel that since I am using Hamachi, I don't see how I could contract any form of problems, since I am keeping to a private LAN server.

Warcraft's RECOMMENDED requirements are 256MB of RAM, 55o HD Space, all of which fufills my computer's specifications, and also thanks to Charles who helped me inspect my computer.

I don't see any reason why I am NOT allowed to install just 1 game into my com, when other people have like 4-7 on theirs.

So anyway, this is my right, and all of you can go piss off to somewhere else. __

But now, since this is a new copy of Fronzen Throne, patching is gonna take a bloody long time

=.=


But never mind, all for the sake of DotA.

:D


Let's just hope I can play without any problems at all.

God Bless


*Ben got banlisted after getting d/ced by his dad in a game in B NET*

It's back

Haha...guess who's back in my life

if you say Sharon's back, I solemnly tell you, You are lagging in life, oh and speaking of which....my apologies for the formal welcome back!


so...

WELCOME BACK SHARON...EVERYTHING's BEEN QUIET WITH YOU GONE...

and according to her, Genting really sucks big time...and so I will not go :D!


But what I am blogging about today......


It is that a favourite past time of mine has recently been ressurected in me, and now I am back into cravings for it.

That's right... HOTD 4!

Yep. Ever since the day I lost my Timezone Gold Card, which had $2 value inside, but $200 accumalated inside. I got so depressed that I decided to quit HOTD 4. Also, the fact that Darryl told me that the HOTD 4 machine in ZONE X Dhoby Ghaut XChange was removed from the arcade. These were the 2 events that caused me to lose my interest.

But a few days ago, I bought the $2 paper card and tried again. And I lost my touch on the Last Boss, the World Gamma, when he send out the dragon that moves in a circular pattern. I could not even reduce the health to 1/3, let alone kill it. That really demoralized me to the core.

Until today, when I decided to literally roam about, I ended up in PP again. And when I told the salesperson at the counter I wanted to straightaway buy the $20 powercard, he asked me what happened to my other card (The guy knew me quite well as he always helped me topped up while I was at Timezone Parkway)

I told him I lost it, with an extremely disappointed face, but he said that it will just cost $5 to replace my card, with the value, and value accumulated inside.

Apparently, all those with Gold Card membership have their details recorded inside the computer, how much you top up, how much value you accumalated and your card number.

I was really delighted when I got my good ol' card back. And Immeditately, I went to the HOTD 4 machine.

After watching some noobs get thrashed at level 2 (:P...yeah yeah, I was once a noob too. But hell yeah, I still can't resist a good laugh occasionally, But I know they will be more proer, once they watch me play. XD!!! I'm serious about this, coz I know I definetely got better while watching other pros play!)

And today people, was REALLY REALLY REALLY ....THE best session. (I'm talking about the first game I played.)

Today, was the day I made history, with one of the greatest comebacks ever since my recent stoppage of playing


The score was 1:S
2:A
3:A
4:A
5:B
6:S


And the best part was.........





I MADE IT INTO THE HOTD 4 TOP SCORE LIST

TOP 5!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


I never expected to even get into the score list. When the first session ended, I walked away, only I saw that I could enter my score I was shocked to the max !!!!!!!


And TOP 5 SOMEMORE!!!....The screen flashed 6th - 10th, I din see my name

1st-5th, and lo and behold, there was I, Ben. With a score of 328,333. (seems a little lousy to me, wonder how I even made it there. And the 4th one was 500,000 +. So long way more.)

And I saw in 6th position was this guy called "DAR"

I wonder if it is Darryl :P!!!!!!!!!

hahaha.....

But my ultimate gold is to get 1st la. Beat this guy called "BCY" He is a guy with a short hair cut, he carries a bag pack, and wears gloves when he plays. He is a damn good player. Majority of the scoreboard belongs to him. i think 7/10 is all his name, and he even beat this guy called "Lou" who I suspect is the 40 year old+ Uncle......

Yeah, I am talking about THE HOTD 4 PRO UNCLE


:X Man, clash of the titans, but if you ask me, i think the Uncle is pro-er la.

Coz, in duel wield, BCY is not that proficient yet, he cannot really survive....

BUT THE UNCLE..........OH MY


his score

S,S,S,S,S,S DUEL WIELD!!!

Dun play play man, who says uncles can't play? (Except for people like my dad and most of the other workaholic kiasu parents in Singapore)

And please refer to previous posts for more details about him.



But anways, I had a great time roaming around today. Bugis, Plaza Sing and my second home (PP la)


AND I STILL CAN'T GET OVER THE FACT THAT I MADE IT INTO THE TOP SCORER'S LIST

But most importantly, my card is back, and are my days of HOTD 4.

Hmm...somethink to take a break from CNC... :P!!!!


BUT DUN WORY GUYS, IF THERE IS A CNC OUTING I WILL PRIORITISE IT 1ST.!



XD!!!!!!!!!


ok...back to my old days once again

Good Bye and God Bless!


*Ben retires with a huge blister in his right index finger due to overexertion of the finger bone and muscle, not counting contact with plastic)

3 drivers.

Now that both of my siblings have their licenses, I, for once in my life agree with my dad on something: It is the fact that, he thinks far ahead and buys insurance for things like his children, his house, and more importantly now, his car.

:D

Hmm come to think of it, currently Greg who was the first child in the family who got his license is using the car to his full advantage for purposes best known to himself, but at least now he does everyone a favour by fetching sis and mom occasionally to their destinations.

Of course, now there will be another topic of debate among the 3 of them, them being my dad, sis and bro. Of times of usage...paying of petrol costs...etc etc.

I still stand by the saying:"The driving license is an asset, but the car is a liability"

But who am I to comment? haha...I do not even have a license yet.

But the blo*** government plans to raise the age limit for obtaining a license from 18 to 21 due to those young bunch of mother******* who dash around immediately after they get their licenses. And next thing we know, we have a population crisis, the cause of which is that more people are losing their lives due to vehicle accidents, and having more babies ain't gonna help much and will increase burdens in other aspects of life.

So although the government does think of this possibility, I still think it's fu***** disadvantageous to people in my generation. They should ban all those drivers permanantly who got their licenses in less than a year, who cause accidents resulting in injuries or loss of lives.

Accidents and vehicles aside. I am almost reaching the final week of my holidays already. And as off this Saturday, I am to be in Taiwan visiting my maternal grandparents. I am not in Singapore and no teacher or fellow student ever saw me.

You didn't see anything.......

XD, all for the sake of escaping stupid camps. It's worth it

And thank God I finished my Chemistry and Maths homework. *breathes a sigh of relief*I shall complete my Physics and English on the last week *Tension rising*

Speaking of which my dad wanted to bring me on a holiday, which I think its bloody pointless due to constraint of time, and his failure to inform me in time...zzz

I shall find ways of entertaining myself meanwhile...

ahh.....yes yes yes....CNC 3, Blockbusters in cinemas, Chatting...And more importantly, I wish to enjoy a meal at Aston's before school begins.

And now, Dad is now going down to grab his pipe from his car

wait...what car?


Dad: "Dude, where's my car?"

haha




God Bless, and do not drink and drive before the government finds another excuse to implement some of their new policies with regard to traffic management.

P.S I am SO looking forward to school.

Command and Conquer 3

Seeing as now everyone of my friends are blogging about it, I guess I might as well too.

Lately this game has become "our" game ever since Darryl, Me and Roderick introduced it to every one.

A few days ago, The matchup was: Me, Terence and Roderick
vs
Oli, Furtado and Darryl.


Oli and Me: GDI
Roderick and Furtado: Scrin
Darryl and Terence: Nod


So each of us from 1 team chose different races. Anyway, just to fill you in a little

GDI (Global Defence Initiate) is the "good guy" in the game.

NOD: GDI's mainstream enemy. In the game, they are branded as the "bad guy" and terrorists

Scrin: A race of extraterrestrial nature, which later in the game becomes the enemy of the other 2 races.

The storyline is that : In 1995, a green crystal known as Tiberium appeared on the Earth's surface. Its nature was peculiar as when the green crystal came into contact with matter, it will turn it into more of itself, thus causing a widespread. Tiberium is harmful to the human body and causes poisoning. However, Tiberium is also a powerful catalyst and resource which can be also used for industrial purposes. GDI, the then protectors of the Earth, felt that they needed to contain the spread of Tiberium to prevent Earth from being infested with Tiberium which causes humans to lose their habitat. But another group, which later called themselves The Brotherhood of Nod saw Tiberium as the next generation resource for the future and began to study and use it without control. Contradiction in their beliefs and motivations led to war. And in that year, the first Tiberium War began with GDI forces battling on 2 fronts, one to contain the spread, and two, to prevent Nod from using Tiberium for their own purposes.

(I did not know how the 1st war end, my apologies)

Years later the second war followed, and it was then that Kane, the leader of the Brotherhood was somehow "killed" and believed to be dead. Since then on, the Brotherhood's actions became discreet, and Nod activity was from then on quiet, disorganized and uncoordinated

However, now in the year 2045, Nod activity began increasing in frequency and it was found that Kane was still alive, and has once again rallied the Brotherhood, to plunge the world into the Third Tiberium War, with all their arsenal of weapons new and improved to fight once again, to decide the future of this planet, and the use of Tiberium.

But then as the war goes on, a 3rd party becomes involved, one that is found to be not of this planet, begins to invade Earth. Their motives and agenda, are still unknown, only their race is to be identified as Scrin.

Currently, the world's landmass is classified into 3 categories.

The Red Zone, where spread of Tiberium have reached critical levels, leaves the land to be uninhabitable by humans, consists of 30% of the Earth's landmass.

The Yellow zone, where presence of Tiberium is partial, but still able to support life holds 50% of the Earth's land. The Yellow Zone is where The Brotherhood of Nod is believed to reside in.

The Blue Zone is the only remaining landmass that is not infested with Tiberium and is considered the last human city where humans can lead normal lives in, constitutes 20% of the Earth's land. The Blue Zone is also the main Headquaters for the GDI forces.





ok, i hoped you truly liked my explanation, but for the full details you can go play the game for yourself.

Anyway, today after I mugged like 4 hours at the Airport, I went to play with them again. Furtado had a personal agenda of vengeance as he wanted to rematch the last game where his team got totally owned by us.

History repeated itself again, as Me, Terence, Roderick and Marcus (Terence and Rod's friend) vs Oli, Darryl, Furt and Mark. Under Rod's leadership, he with his 55 Planetary Assault Carriers (he played Scrin) and I with my 75 Venoms (i was playing nod) owned them again.

But, special thanks must go to Terence, as he and I coordinated our superweapons. Each race has a superweapon that can cause immense damage, but needs 8 minutes to charge. So everytime there was an enemy building their's, we send ours to go destroy his superweapon building. (the building which houses the superweapon is extremely hardy. It takes 2 to destroy it fully, so coordination is of critical importance)


So in conclusion, we enjoyed another game. Now, I am starting to find Nod pretty interesting.


Command and Conquer 3 FTW!!!!!!!!!!

WOOT

Have Fun trying it and God Bless!

(Bodily disfunction detected, entering sleep mode in 8 min)

Casiopea vs T-Square - Kapiolani (Live)

An acoustic Guitar Duet.

Kapiolani- composed by Masahiro Andoh, T-Square

sianz..

I know, probably, your life is just a hell lot like the song that is input into this post.

Hectic, rushing, topsy turvy, up and down.


So much for holidays now...

I really wished i could put aside all my duties for awhile and have a true long break. But time refuses to give me that little incentive which is why I can forget about doing what I really want to do.

Anyway, starting a new exercise regime for myself which involves running for 45 min every day. I really hope I can stick to this particular commitment, and it's not going to be easy to will myself to suffer everyday, especially when I am in a bad mood.. =.=

But either way, I still have to get my work done, so bye bye holidays in advance.

zzz

God Bless...

DN Angel OST: True Light

DN Angel: True Light

Kanashii hodo, hikari da shita

Shiroi yami, kirisaku, tusbasa ni nare

tsumetai taiyou ni terasareteta

karinarasareta jiyuu ga atta

kagami ni utsutta kiseki no yoru

masuka o hazushihajimeta my soul

kuzurete yuku kabe no mukou wa

zetsubou mo kibou mo onaji kao suru

mitasarenai kokoro anu nara

tobitateru shuumatsu no puroro ogu e

yaiba no you na kaze fuku sekai

mamorubeki mono wa nan na no ka

hitotsu hitotsu itami o shiru tabi

hontou no jibun e to chikadzuku

kieyuku fake light

umareyuku true light

koto te ni...

shiroku somaru yami tsukinukete

atarashii jidai o kizamitsudzukero

tokihanashita kokoro mama ni

hateshinaku tsudzuiteku byakuya o tobe...

Legion Camp

This year's camp, I can safely say was one of the best in my 3 years as a legionary.

We had a few recent members whom we bonded very well with,through games, morning mass, sessions and meals together.

And once again...Adrian, Dylan, Mark and Nicholas, welcome to the family.

We really had fun throughout this camp, only one thing bad that happened was that, after morning mass on the last day of camp, we were supposed to have quiet time in church. Some of them went to Adoration Room, and they fell asleep.

I was a little angry, because this was disrespectful to the presence of the Blessed Sacrament inside but i just told them not to do it again. They were tired after only having 5 hours of sleep ( I had 3...) and I suppose, Jesus did say "Come to me all you who labour and are overburdened and I will give you rest.


Overall, everything turned out well, and I really hope to see more camps like this.


Right now, I have to concentrate on my piling holiday homework. 3 f****** AMOAs to do and like 30 pages worth of maths... Which I apparently bought the wrong book.

And time to start my new phyiscal regime.

But for now, lets try to catch a breather.


:D

God Bless!

B'dae dinner at Pasir Ris Downtown East Suki Sakura Buffet

I can't believe I met Mrs Irwan (my last year Home Econs Teacher) at Parkway today...lol....I was just hanging out there stoning until 5 o'clock came.

I met Brother Edward and Dannel in school. After Bro Nick had finished we made our way to Pasir Ris to enjoy a buffet dinner.

I was convinced that the Suki Sushi Buffet was better there, than Parkway, as there was a larger variety and a bigger sitting space...

We enjoyed our meal very much, and I was in horror, when Bro Nicholas was laughing

Bro Nicholas "I just saw Mrs Lak"

I was in total shock and horror, coz that meant that the Principal of St Patrick's school would surely be there, and I with my dyed hair and all.....


Sure enough, there was pot-bellied Lucas Lak Pati Singh getting some food. Bro Nicholas went over and said hi.

When I greeted him, I got so bloody nervous I called him "Brother" instead of "Sir"

1)been in Ipoh and too many brothers...too used to using brother
2) I AM bloody nervous, like what f****** chance is there in the world you meet your bloody principal in the same place you are dining at...

Apparently, it was Mrs Lak's birthday and she decided of all bloody places to come here. Luckily, Mr Lak did not address me formally..he just said "I am going to stuff myself tonight"

lol.......

After a few desserts, we sang softly the b'dae song for Dannel, before we made our way off.

Oh and, I paid only $10 for the buffet, even though it costed $26. Thanks to Brother Edward
subsidy. :P

Thank you all brothers.

And happy birthday Dannel. (he'll kill me for revealing his age la.)

P.S: As confirmed by Bro Nick, it IS a sin to waste food.

God Bless!, think of the hungry people in those places.

Back to S'pore

Ipoh Lasallian Encounter 2007 at St Michael's Institution, La Salle Centre totally rocked.

Im a little lazy to highlight everything we did, so I'll just pen down some of the more memorable ones:

The talks by all 8 brothers really 'transformed' (theme of the camp) us in our lives. And so I look forward to transforming others.

We watched 2 movies in 4 days...lol....

Those from St Martin's, Tambunan, Sabah had extremely good musical background, they sang extremely well.

And the best part is, I learned an unforgettable quote.

Bro Michael Kang (m'sia) was telling us on how, his father while going after the girl he loved, wanted her to be Catholic ( a little selfish, I know)

When Bro Michael's dad confessed to her "I am Catholic" , she said

"If I truly loved you, I must also love your God too."

And lastly, I did not get to try their renowned "Ipoh Hor Fun"...

Lol, but never mind, I can officially say that this was the best camp in my life.

I high and low-lighted my hair today :D, 5 hours after I came back at 7am.

Anyway, all this stuff aside.

Once again, somethings happened. I don't know what is going to happen from now on. All I can say is, I can only do whatever is in my ability...

That's all I am saying.

Coming back to the real world, now we have to face all our problems again.

Only this time, I am going to face it with a whole different new way.

Bring it on.

God Bless!

Final Fantasy IX - Melodies of Life (Piano Collections)

This is just too beautiful not too share

Goodbye, at least for a while...

Yours truly will be leaving for a Lasallian Encounter, by making a trip to Ipoh tomorrow the 25th of May, and I shall return on the 30th, a Wednesday.

Through recounts of my seniors, I really hope to have a true Spiritual Encounter in a foreign land, while having fun at the same time. They gave positive feedback on how it was enriching but yet fun at the same time.

Sounds better than LLTC anytime to me...

Somehow deep inside, I have this apprehensive feeling that this trip, being in Malaysia, my mind flashes back on the school camp I had in March and all its negative features.

But I suppose since this is Legion, things would be better after all. Even if things will go bad,

I will always have my faith, at the very least.

But somehow with recent events, (refer to previous post) I have been down in an all-time low, until my friend told me these words.

"Have faith, that you have faith"

Picturing this words in my mind, this sounds like a bloody conundrum or paradox to me.

What if you never had any faith in the first place to begin?


Because, If you have faith that you have faith, then initially when you did not have faith, but then you believed you have faith, you have faith because you had faith, that you had faith.

Ok, this is seriously getting no where, let me sleep on it.

But here's another one for you, : Can you trust the Cretan who tells you all Cretan are liars?



Paradoxes aside for now...



Also we had our various CCA photo taking today. Since I was a prefect, I had to wear white long-sleeved shirt (we were give one day's notice =.=) and today being a Thursday we had PE in the morning.

Imagine wearing a PE attire inside, and long-sleeve outside. The heat..................

This year's legion photo looked good to me. Mostly comprised of the next-generation legionaries a.k.a lower sec members.

Somehow when I ascend to Sec 4 next year, (Oops, sorry let me re-phrase that.) IF I ascend to Sec 4 next year, (but either way) my responsibilities grow larger, as I have to succeed Michael in taking charge of the Student Assembly Prayer Leaders, which could once again affect my prefect duties.

Dickson is gonna be pissed. Again.

Wait, what the hell, since when did I ever care about his feelings after the time I got Mr Salleh's approval to smack him in the face (figuratively) by stating that I can go for Morning Prayer and can report to Prefect's Assembly at 7.10am, thus elimintating his stand of not allowing me to go?

And teachers gave so much, like 4 AMOAs (Alternate Mode Of Assesment) and holiday homework... There goes my freetime.... Thank you all teachers...We really appreciate all the effort you come up with to ruin our holidays, and we shall reciprocate by giving you shit the moment we come back :P __

at least most of us will...




And of course, another week without you guys, thus dampens my spirits though hmm......

I suppose there is always after the trip. :D Lookin' forward to seeing all of you again.

and for now, take care of yourselves alright?

tis' goodbye

Con Te Partiro, Bon Voyage.

God Bless!

I lost many of the people You gave me.

I saw the new faces, eager and willing...

And yet...many of them changed...what was once the right path in their eyes now becomes a path of bore, chore, and time-wastage.

Influenced by circumstances, I have tried to reach out to them, to guide them back.

But, alas... Many chose to take the wide and even path that was easy for them, which no doubt at the end, is a dead end.

Is it really that hard, just to sacrifice an hour? Do those things really matter than the very essence of what you believe in?

Once again, I've lost to the devil. He managed to steal away many of Her legionaries. And as leader, I have failed terribly in the execution of my duty.

Fighting an enemy may be hard, but at least with a loyal and devoted army, one can stand his ground.

But what happens, when your enemy uses propaganda, leads them astray, and you as the leader of your batallion, helplessly look as one by one, your men walk the path of no return?

Temptation overcomes their spirit, even though it may be strong, but the weakness of the flesh is just too weak to resist it.

Their young minds are just unable to resist it. Their faith was not strong enough. But I refuse to give up.

Not when I still have my faith that one day they will return, not when I still reign as President and I will see that they walk that path no more, and to return, to what was truly just and righteous.

If he wants a war of mind-games, he shall get one. At the end of the day, we know who is the clear victor. He may have had a good start.

But this is only the start, and it is not over till it is over. I have lost them, and its really up to me to bring them back..

God, help me seek and return your lost sheep to your flock, O Good Shepherd. Guide our paths, protect us from wild animals that seek to harm us.

Amen.

God Bless!

Morning dawns

It is so rare that I wake up so early like at 9.35 am despite I am on MC.

And thanks to my MC I managed to skip my School's Annual Jogathon at Bedok Reservoir.

(sorry, I don't really fancy waking up in the crack of dawn with my vision all blurred, making my way to some water catchment area and running 4.3 km just to air-condition the hall. I care more about the beloved chapel though :P)

Anyway, according to my friends Ascension mass at school was not bad as there were 2 servers. Hopefully everything went well...

Mass at church was ok as there was at least Damien to assist me for the 1 pm mass, but could not make it for the funeral as I had to see the doctor.

The doctor gave me 2 types of medicine. One was an eye drop and the other was an eye ointment which I had to run INSIDE my lower eye bag. Hurt a little and because of its sticky nature I could not really open my eyes.

(Oh and Edmund if you are reading this, fyi the medicine was not white so go get your own mayonaise and chilli and go fantasize all you want...)

oh yeah, I also toned my hair a bit, so it looks a little brown. :P

Came back home and I slept for a few hours. Woke up, eat my over due dinner and slept again.

God I am living like a pig these days......... :X


But never mind, when the holidays start I will forget what is called rest...

Ipoh Lasallian Encounter, Legion Camp, LLTC.

can die...................................

oh, but before I go Ipoh, I would really like to catch POC 3 At World's End.

hey guyz, free on 24th night?

aww nvm. I guess not. You all better concentrate on your studies la huh......


Omg...coming from a student who failed 4/7 of his subjects.. LOL!


I may be going Zion later to meet my friends for some LAN.

and can't wait to highlight my hair next Friday :D

God Bless

And have a good weekend ahead.


I am surely enjoying mine ;)

Sick

Really not feeling well, and I am hoping I get 2 days' MC. My eyes are swollen and I am running a temparature.

And I hope everything goes well in Ascension Mass in school today. Thomas I am so sorry I cannot serve with you and bring you the cinctures, I think there should be cinctures in the school chapel's vestry. And I hope Christopher will step up.

I am gonna serve the 1 pm mass in church since all the other servers have school (Muahahahahahah what better time to get sick).

Oh yeah, Day of Obligation today hor, do not forget to go. :D

Alright then, time to go to the doctor's and get my 2 days MC (oh i will MAKE SURE he gives me 2 days since Friday is jogathon...)


Take Care and God Bless

oh and take a look towards the sky, you might just see a light coming down, and a person going up..
Hee..


ok that was F******** lame...

Signal Fire

It's been forever since I blogged here, but hey! Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Anyway, have you seen the MV for Signal Fire by Snow Patrol? It's SO CUTE (:



HEHE. Happy watching people (:

Why?

Why?

Why do things have to take a turn towards the path of no return?

Why is it that we can't always keep something close to our hearts, and it constantly eludes our grasp when we realize how much we cannot live without it?

Why must our weaknesses and differences break us apart, even though we know that at the end of the day, this does not do us good?

Why do we let somethings in life take over what truly matters in our hearts?

Why in our hectic lives do we forget that we who constantly seek out the weaknesses in others fail to see the good in them, and fail to love them as what they truly are?

Why is it that, we keep feeling that others should change for us, and yet, we do not change ourselves for the sake of others?

Why can't we love others, as He loved us?

Why is it so hard to love others and look beyond them, and to love them for who they are, showing them total and everlasting unconditional love? Just like he did for us.

He loved even his enemies. "Father, do not hold this against them, for they know not what they do"

What more, our friends and families?

Let go...Let go of everything and love. Love is patient and kind. It is not jealous, conceited, or proud.

I'll take you for who you are, if you take me for everything...

Please...