Nicolas Yong

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2008-11-24T08:54:00.002+08:00

A levels, have finally come to a resounding end, next stop: Army.

Spent the entire day yesterday in Chinatown area, walking around aimlessly, a certain someone wanted to check out his bike but once more forgot that sunday was the day the shop closed again :)

Anyway, no matter how, yesterday was a pretty good eye opener for me, being an eaterner who seldom ventures further than tampines mall and perhaps orchard, i finally got to see the 'other side' of singapore, they had some really good stuff there, pity i lacked the funds or i'd definitely buy something there.

Guess thats about it cos i hafta leave the house now, and by the way, does anyone know how to install graphics cards? i really need help in this area cos i'm a dummy when it comes to CPUs.

a time to be honest

2008-10-22T01:01:00.003+08:00

2 weeks nearing the a levels. Just had a friendly talk with some of my friends, i guess it may possibly be one of my last contact with them.

Admittingly, Meridia'n J (so that i don't get googled here) was indeed a place where i guess i matured quite a bit, i learnt the importance of responsibility for your own actions, i may not be able to articulate myself as well as some others, but i do now understand the meaning, that you reap what you sow

Regrettably, i did not form strong friendships with many in college, including my classmates, whom i probably spent the most time with, i think i kind of struggled with myself on that. I felt the sense of a lack of bonding, and the fact that as compared to the provisional admission excercise, all of us came in with one sole purpose: to excel academically. I guess after i've officially completely graduated from college, i'll probably only be in contact with about at most 7 of my friends.

And finally, on a final note, i wish you all the best of luck for any future endeavours.

P/S: i know this post sounds abit formal but these are heartfelt words.
P/s/s: i know i've used a lot of i's for this post and my language is truly atrocious in this post, but please bear with it ok?

the countdown

2008-10-18T23:18:00.002+08:00

2 more weeks till the start!

5 more weeks till the end!

time sure passes really fast, im really looking forward to going to Jappppppannn after the A's! been ages since i last sat on a plane!

Also looking forward to going to the ar~mee! (no sacarsm intended.) Why? For the past 2 years i really haven't been able to sleep well, every weekend, im studying, every weekday, im studying, being a student in a Junior College denies you any possible break.

In comparison in the ar~mee one gets weekends off, and despite the training and all that at least u get to take a break from the books which many of us have been hitting right from when we get to primary 4...

Doesnt matter when i enlist(they haven't sent me any letter yet), i'm just looking forward to a book free life after my a levels with no worries over the weekend yeahh!

last lap

2008-10-10T22:06:00.000+08:00

Sprint sprint sprint!!!

finally

2008-10-05T01:38:00.004+08:00

its hit me, the intensity of the A levels.
Today i woke up checking the calander and realised that A levels are coming in less than a month's time. Well, better late than never, today wasn't such a bad studying day, i reckoned i put in at least 8 hours in of studying today, still far from the ideal target of 12 hours a day, but its a start from i guess a mere 4 hours the previous week.

Yes i know im sounding like a geek but if thats what it takes than so be it!

I guess dont trust in anyone in the world now, not even the closest of friends and kins.

Formula 1

2008-09-29T00:39:00.002+08:00

I'm glad i watched Formula 1 today, because it taught me, 3 very important things that i had seemed to forget momentarily, in an impactful way.

1. When you're at the top, work 99999999 times harder than you did the last time, because all it takes is one screw up to screw you up, 1 to 18?

2. Even when you're currently at the bottom few, as long as you work hard, theres still plenty a chance to get back to the very top!

3. Even if you screw up, don't look back but look forward, because you cant change the past, but you can mould the future.

time well spent

2008-09-21T22:47:00.003+08:00

end of the week, 10:48pm, mental note to self:thus marks the end of my 3 days break from books and i'm fully recharged.

Spent the entire weekend with my friends, regretfully sorry to my family for not spending time with them... guess i'll have to make it up next week.

Spent the entire Saturday with good buds Joaee, Jon, Dan, WG + Rayson, its been quite some time since i last saw you guys, and i guess it'll be sometime later the next time i see you guys, but i had a good time on Sat, Bballing/Lan Gaming + hanging around.
And spent the entire Saturday afternoon and evening with long time no see good ol sec school friends, catching up on whats going on in each other's life with some of us still remaining as nerdy as ever *hint hint*.

Overall i'd say this was a really good weekend well spent, i did Most, but not all of the things i set out to accomplish these 3 days break, especially playing basketball which i hope i have improved!
Now that i've catched up and spent time with my friends, i guess its time to gear up once more, for the last sprint of the year, the A levels, and what better way to start off than a good nights sleep =)

On a side note, Prison Break Season 4 is back, and Heroes Season 3: Villains premieres tomorrow, GOOD NEWS TO ALL AMERICAN TV LOVERS BABY WOOOHOOOOOO!

AMERICAN TV FTW!
My 2 all time favourite TV shows, and these awesome shows are proof that Singapore TV shows cant hold a candle to American TV.
Why? Tight budget + too much censorship/propaganda
Just looking at advertisements, don't you find local TV shows like 'sense of home' with hidden meanings subconciously instructing you to stay in Singapore?

Goodnight.
Nicolas

freaking awesome!

2008-09-19T00:21:00.004+08:00

Preliminary Examinations are finally coming to a closure, whats next on the agenda would be the Big A Levels, but before that, some R&R keep yourself going, but the past few days have been pretty exhilerating, however you wish to spell it, got myself i pretty bad sunburn, i cant even rub the towel on my neck now due to 2 basketball sessions, 2 soccer sessions(1 which i may add was painfully long), and 1 swimming session all in a matter of 4 days, no shit!
seriously think my face looks so orangey-utany, can't even move without feeling the heat rash pain! Awesome dude!

A certain Joshua who looks pretty distorted in the picture

i just watched the show and it damn funny! I could've sworn i would've laugh till i fell off my chair if i was sitting on a chair.
'You smoke weed and you catch others for smoking weed? Dude, thats Hypocritical'
'Do you like giving or receving ********'
'Oh definitely receiving'
'THAN YOU'RE HYPOCRITICAL TOO'

think it went along that lines but the movie was freaking original and awesome IMO, though many wouldn't appreciate it because its kind of slapstick :S, would still rate it as a really good movie myself cos it made me laugh my balls off.

Anyway i finally got my carrier bag today too, a bag large enough to bring my study materials and stuff, including basketball and waterbotles + Clothing when i play bball, best of all this bag didn't cost me much cos i got it from Queensway and its not a very new model at that(specifically requested for an older model which matched my cap + shirt)
And that, sums up my retail therapy for this week.

Watched Mama-mia in the movies today with my classmates, was pretty reluctant initially, considering how i slept halfway through dreamgirls which was in a way, similar to Mama-mia as seen from its 'musicalstyle', and it sure ain't a good sign of you being able to tolerate such musicals if the only thing your friends remember about dreamgirls are that you slept halfway through the movie.
Frankly speaking, i almost slept halfway through Mama-mia because i was really tired, but the show WAS pretty good, if you're not that particular ignore poor camera angles and poor dance coordination for some of the song numbers, its pretty much like a trip down memory lane reminding you how good oldies really are as compared to most the thrashy out-of-the-mill scream into your mic that current musicians are producing just to retain their fame.

I guess thats so far till now, gonna take my 3 days of R&R pitstop before i sprint to the finishing line in my Formulae 1 gear, goodbye!

2008-09-13T13:03:00.003+08:00

ahh, finally a moment of peace and tranquility, its been ages since i last lied on that bed without setting an alarm, since i could just laze the whole morning away, could just feel that paperback edition of 1984 in the library beckoning out to me to read it.

Preliminary Examinations are not yet over but once its done, i figure i'd probably have 3 stress-free days, for which im going to

1. Pack my messy files papers and room!
2. Print all my missing notes!
3. Settle the printer which keeps giving me paper jam signs
4. Sleep
5. Go shopping for new earphones and a new cap

Nudge me on msn if anyone wants to go shopping ok? I need shopping pallllllls! bye!

2008-09-11T21:14:00.000+08:00

to fall and yet pick yourself up. its just too scary to lose your sense of direction at this point of time. i believe i can do much better than this, where did the spirit of fighting i used to have go to?

the moment of reckoning

2008-09-01T18:49:00.003+08:00

This is it. The point in our life which will define where we will go and what will become of us.

the smart, the ambitious and those who couldn't be bothered.

2008-08-11T23:13:00.005+08:00

Monday was the much dreaded ______ screening.
'in and out', the words that kept regurgitating in my head, right from the start of this morning, yet this was not meant to be.

Me foolishly hoping that the series of tests would be short, only to be disappointed in the end.

But going there was certainly an eye opener, a different form of experience that i would never plunge myself into unless left without choice.
Used to the sheltered environment like a halo over the school that comes with spoonfeeding from MJC, this was definitely beyond my wildest dreams.

All came from different walks of life, there was the incredelously smart RJC students, the self-employed workers and the polytechnic soon-to-be graduates, each with their own set of strengths and weaknesses.

There were those, similar to me, just forced to come down here on a school holiday morning, or face the consequences of 12months worth behind bars and a deficit of 16000SGD, with no intention whatsoever to ever make it to this course, yet there were too, the ambitious, attracted by the fringe benefits that came with this course, a certificate, a higher pay compared to others and invaluable experience.

I should have felt ashamed of myself, being shortlisted for such is nothing short of what one would call a prestige, only few even made the cut for the shortlisted, yet i was persistant in turning down this prestige that many could only dream of.

The RJ students, a cut above the others practically breezed through all their tests, while the rest of us struggled to even complete what we were assigned to do, be it physically or mentally demanding tasks, but what really differentiated us from them, were their attitude.

One could easily tell there that the RJ people only lingered around within their own groups, ignoring the rest of us completely, acting like the creme of the crop, not seeing us as their equals.
I found myself hanging around a group of individuals, the self-employed, the older poly-technic graduates and those not from the top 5 Junior Colleges, they were humble yet friendly, what they lacked in terms of IQ to the RJ students, they made up for it in EQ.
And this my friend, would be the edge we have over the Creme of the Crop of students in our batch, that would also be their pitfall despite being gifted intellectually.

Made to undergo tests after tests, what was left of the whole lot of us were nothing but a tired soul dreading to take 30 stops from the MRT station to our home.(never have i travelled so far)
Me? i just prayed they did not select me for this test, hoping that months from now, i'd be taking the ferry to tekong, and not the train to SEMB.

welcome to my life

2008-07-28T00:41:00.002+08:00

12:42am and taking this minimal chance to type up something.

week 6 already, it'd be an understatement to say that time has flown past, time seemed to have actually take the concord or something and sped past me way over the speed of light, i find myself with the need to rush despite the tight schedules.

i need better schedules and better time management on my work, spending more than stipulated time to do my homework chokes up my time for revision, im actually lagging behind on revision, chasing it, as long as i manage to adhere to this schedule i should be able to achieve what i wanted to do prelims, i guess its more rushing to meet the deadlines again.

to see myself rushing to be on time with my schedule
sleeping sometimes a minimal 3-4hours on weekdays,
no longer whining about the lack of free time,

i think.. i've changed, i now feel the sense of responsibility to myself, the need to answer for my own actions, the need to think rationally and do what i deem best for myself.
i think my friends may have seen this change in me too, i just hope this change, is for the best for the A's

'To sky's the limit, aim for the sky for even if you fail to achieve, you'd have at least reached the clouds'

TGIF

2008-07-18T21:57:00.002+08:00

Thank God its Friday.

The past week has been pretty hectic, but what promises in the next few weeks are perhaps something even more challenging indeed!

Heres a summary of whats happening to me in my life.

1. Averaged 4-5hours of sleep per day from Mon to Fri, staying up in the weehours just to complete assignments and tutorials. Yet still managed to stay reasonably awake, how i did it, i will never know.

2. Just played Basketball today after 1 month plus, had loads of fun and enjoyed myself, not sure for the rest though, hope you all enjoyed the final bball session before the final lap to the Big A's

4. Apparently missed out on a really good 2.5hours worth of TDK @ the movies today which i foregoed to play bball.

5. Have been practically living alone the past week since my parents only come home after i sleep and i don't exactly see them in the morning too.

6. Managed to stay reasonably satisfied since for the first time in my jc life i 'siamed' the MTPS which i have 'tioed' countless time since i entered MJC.

7. Listened to my Nano more often than i usually do, cranking up the volume on the ipod louder than usual, this usually happens when i feel really tired and need to stop dozing off.

8. Realised Sakae in MJ has reopened and happily waiting 'suakuly' in the long queue just to try out the new fad.

9. Turned down 4R4 SFC's weekly session due to heavy curriculum and never ending tasks which have shackled me pretty badly.

10. Had a don't go online and don't use computer that often 'marathon', only turning on the laptop when i really needed it.

And that basically sums up whats in my life right now. Yes, No Life! i know! but bo pian man, i actually expected this day would actually come.
I'm not regretting this because this was exactly what i had expected when i chose the JC path.
And now, for the long awaited rest.

Goodnight!

there's still blood running within the heart.

2008-07-15T20:26:00.002+08:00

Today's school was another 5pm day, it just had to rain only after lesson ended, again.
I guess i'm already accustomed to the uber long school days, absorbing like a sponge which i have no idea how huge my capacity to absorb actually is.

Actually, what Ms Wang said during lecture today really inspired/impacted me today, why hope for a miracle only when its too late when its still not too late to do well without the need for a miracle?
Whats going to be done now, will positively be paid off in the future,

this year determines whether my future income would be that of a stable one, landing my dream career.
or whether i'd just be waiting for and living on my current paycheck.

The choice is up to me, and its time. Its still not too late, but it will be soon. Till next time.

to have; no more need for tears.

2008-07-09T23:34:00.002+08:00

Hey, its been sometime, since i last accessed.
Life's been pretty busy lately, my timetable is comparable to a 9-5 job, perhaps even worst, yet at the same time mentally taxing, its only been the third day since normal timetable began and yet the numerous migraines have yet to subside.

Tomorrow's another 9-5 day, guess i'd better get ready, for round 2 of migraine.

Really need to revise again, A levels, are approaching, see the lot of you soon.

piloting my own life

2008-06-28T00:28:00.002+08:00

Friday. Finally, a breather everyone deserves.
This week's been really hectic, exams every single day, continuting until next week.
Decided to take a break today to duefully reward myself, and of course take a breather so i can work with optimum conditions the following day, no idea why im typing in this bio-like manner, maybe cos i had 2 bio papers recently...

At least after tuesday next week i can give myself a longer break, need to make a list of what i want to do, need to do and yada yada.

Good luck for the remaining exams next week!

stressed

2008-06-21T23:28:00.002+08:00

close to 30 hours till the General Paper mid-years, some are taking the mid-years with a little more than a pinch of salt, but you know me,

somehow before exams i always stress myslf up and am not at my optimal level, im not my usual self and i seem to appear very dao, just wish i could stop stressing myself up so i can sleep...

sianjipua

2008-06-19T23:29:00.003+08:00

yes indeed, my mood is actually reflected in the title.

Tomorrow's the NS checkup and i forgot to get the health booklet from my dad whose currently sleeping :(, SIANNNN WILL be classed into pes-retard with joaee and rayson!
Like the 3 stooges or something.

Hate my life :(, Holiday's ending soon, Back to exams, homework and tests galore, great.

wake up at 6am again =/
reaching the school gate with that sinking feeling in me once more
SIANJIPUA

Anyway if you're reading this, Tan Wei Guang's an ass! he typed my bloglink into macdonald's computer provided for everyone who eats mac there to use! Omigosh!

Anyway after A level's i've made a mental note to myself to buy either one of the 3 ultimate consoles, the ps3/wii/xbox360, playing till my hearts content!, which i may add, have been a thing of the past.

poetry in motion

2008-06-17T20:55:00.004+08:00

Hello, in a rush again, gotta go soon, its the last week before school starts.

Seeing everyone chionging has certainly not eased the fear within me.

Dreaming out loud by OneRepublic
~Cos everyone's allowed to dream out loud, but it only becomes reality when we put in enough effort.

the going's getting tough

2008-06-15T23:05:00.002+08:00

Nothing much's been happening for me these days, just dreading waking up, cant imagine the arduous 6am process when school begins once more in a matter of a week.

This Friday's the NS checkup and it just so happens it's the same checkup date as so many of my friends, i'd put it on fate, but i know theres a reason why everyone chose that date O_O.

I actually realised im not someone who expresses himself well in terms of...
im running out of time k, i'll tell you next time!

2008-06-11T16:19:00.002+08:00

Hi all, took a really long break that's lasted for about a little over an hours :S.

Anyway, since i had some spare time, i decided to for once, organise my computer as well as my screwed up itunes, i actually thought my itunes was just a little disorganised, until i saw this at the bottom of my screen.

18.06gig worth of songs that'd last for 10 whole days?

Doesnt help that my ipod can only store 8 gigabyte worth of songs; great, i have to delete 10gig worth of songs i don't like, which is also a hell lot of work.

B2W, goodbye.

alas, thy mortally wounded

2008-06-10T23:59:00.003+08:00

Woke up in the wee hours of 6am today morning just for chemistry lesson because Ms Ong said she'd feed me to the mosquitoes outside if i were late :(, which i may add MJC could be renamed as mosquito junior college considering the no. of times i got bitten, so the warning didn't seem to empty after all.

Messaged 9 boys whether they wanted to play/kick ball today, took the effort to lug 2 heavy balls to school, many thanks to all the sporting guys, Alvin, Joshua, Sidney, Zhi Wei and gals, JY and Annabella who were spontaenous despite the poor conditions of dust and constructions.
Was rather disappointed by the some of the others in the class, perhaps 15 minutes may have been to precious for some to spend frolicking in the sun, but i can really see the lack of class bonding within our class, don't think i'll ever be That close to s111 since i merely foresee future class outings that usually starts and end with early dinners and zilch bonding activities.

Went to study with Mr A @ T2 today, whom previously was known as my study buddy, it was really productive for me, achieving what i usually take 2 days to complete in a mere 3-4 hours, really productive :D, thanks A my study buddy!

Some people remain friends in your life forever, others would perhaps fade with time, but whether you choose to be remembered or not, all boils down to personal choice!- Nic.
Goodnight!

much obliged, amigo

2008-06-09T23:14:00.004+08:00

First day of week 3 of the holidays, not that bad, today was a so-so productive yet at the same time had a tad of unproductiveness within it, at least this is one day where i sticked and completed my schedule and what i set out to do.
Had a general paper consultation; 2 hours worth of pure absorbing knowledge and skills left me drained out for the entire afternoon, least till 4pm, but it was worth the consultation, at least i finally know what my problem is and how to solve it; i think.

On a backtrack basis, yesterday i had dinner with my family @ tampines, it was indeed, quite an awesome meal.

And the day before, on saturday, i finally met up with the guys, J,R & W, after much time, supposedly about 2-3 months (mainly due to my fault for not organising stuff and the never-watch-iron-man-had-to-study syndrome, sorry!), managed to catch prince caspian and threw a couple of tiles with them before heading home.
They're all still as fun as ever and i had a great time, thanks guys!

stubbed

With that i end my short post because if i don't report to school for my chem lesson early tomorrow, Ms Ong's gonna make me stand and feed me to the mozzies outside :(, ciao.

ze iron chefs

2008-06-06T00:49:00.001+08:00

Yesterday, at about 9+pm, while watching tv(yes caught slacking=/), nic received a text message from a rather gay R who wanted to taste some home cooked meal O_O

And hence today, we whipped up a storm!
-After 1 hours of cooking or so(which i may add is rather long), making a complete mess of the kitchen, me and gay R made our own lunch, with several hiccups along the way which i shan't bore you with.

And this; is the final product after slaving within the kitchen for 60 minutes.

the onion rings and popcorn chicken was cooked by me
Gay R cooked the soup which tasted rather good
and we both cooked the pasta

The food was pretty good, considering it was our first attempt on trying our culinary skills on pasta, but as you can really see from the picture, the pasta is a shit load lot, enough for 4 but eaten by 2!
We placed practically half of the whole pasta packet into the boiling water without knowing its portioning and ended up having a mountainful of pasta.

Was so full that i decided to skip dinner altogether.

Maybe going to study tomorrow afternoon, but am going to settle the really important things in the morning, hopefully it will end by noon so i can study more, today was not such an unproductive day considering i had so many other unproductive days.

On a rather long side note,
i really need a freaking haircut!
2 months of not cutting hair has made my hair really thick and ultra long, heres a picture of my hair at its longest just after a shower, omgwtfbbq long!

ultra long hairy situation

To make matters worst my mum no longer calls the hairdresser who comes to my house to cut the hair of our whole family, so i'm in need of a recommendation of a good hairdresser to save my dying hair!(which has probably died numerous times already)

a good inexpensive hairdresser to recommend, anyone?

PS: i purposely made my hair like that(using a towel) to show you all how long it is, my regular hairstyle is the curly dried up one, i hope this shot doesnt look too punkish :)

Nights.

to do work within the hero shop

2008-06-03T22:33:00.003+08:00

Out to study today... again
Hope the future days will be productive and will accomplishh more!

Because you make me smile, please stay for awhile- Colbie Caillat.

a planned life

2008-06-02T22:29:00.002+08:00

week 2 of the holiday has just started, feeling the urge and urgency to study now, since i really didn't do much last week, but at least today was not as unproductive as the rest of the days, and i finally got myself to the study mood, despite taking a week...
Got down to studying with R @ T2 today, saw a few familiar faces, was shocked when i saw a certain someone i knew pat-toring and etctera, went to this dejavu canteen which i seemed to have recalled going before when i was probably below 10.

Besides that i finally got the Adi T-shirt i wanted @ a discounted price, what can i say, nic <3 Great Sg Sale :D!... and kinda miss shopping, with both family and friends.
Show all of you a picture real soon

I finally realised the key to studying.. is.. Play!
yes, ironic but true.
Moderation is the key, and i plan to work 70% and play 30% this holidays, don't overstress yourself you know...

Making plans, both study and play with my Jc before first 3 mths, Jc after first 3 mths and secondary school friends thats going to keep me busy for this week

Mid-years ahoy!
goodbye.

where we last dropped off

2008-06-01T20:54:00.002+08:00

After about 8 days worth of ushering..
4 days worth of waking up in the wee hours of 430am in the morning..
My duty in Pre-University Seminar 2008 was finally over; last Friday.
*heaves a sigh of relief at this point

Despite hating my job of standing in the hot sun without sunblock, i really enjoyed myself, even the long bus rides to and fro NTU and MJC, all thanks to my friends/cca mates, you all have been the greatest, Jin ,YJ ,Xiao Nick, Law, Susu, Russh, Kenneth and all the rest if i've missed you out.
All the sappy jokes and ad-hoc psp's on winning 11/Bomberman/worms have finally come to an end.
Next time I'll probably see you guys would be when school reopens and thats when we'll no longer be 1 H&F.

And now, for the stuff in pre-u sem

an usher tag with my name printed on it

my trusty adi-zeroes which kept my feet intact despite standing countless hours under the hot sun

the reall tight XL pre-u sem t-shirt which material was really cmi and cutting was really short

And last but not least;

J! My fellow usher with his everlasting smile :D!

Thanks H&F guys! Its time to go now...

2008-05-29T01:31:00.002+08:00

revived

2008-05-29T01:10:00.001+08:00

Finally found my phone cable hidden within some obscure corner in my drawer, there's going to be an influx of low quality 3.2megapix photos soon...

In case you're all wondering how i am, heres an updated photo of me taken today, the really haggard me...smiling :)

left in the dust

2008-05-26T18:38:00.003+08:00

yesterday yours truly was truly sick; woke up feeling aches all over his body, brushed it off initially because he thought it was just muscle ache from overstrain, but apparently not, started feeling feverish and shitty and slept through the whole day, without studying, AGAIN and fever only subsided in the night.

Feels weird not having to go to school for lessons for the entire week but will still have to make my way to school in the wee hours of the morning tomorrow.

Today i went to airport and saw was tapped behind the back by Gay R :D.
Bye.

No more boring life updates from now on.

hot on my heels

2008-05-24T23:49:00.002+08:00

Saturday; day #1 of holidays.

Didn't really do much today, just did abit of shopping on my own, i know it sounds weird but sometimes when im feeling really down, i just like to shop by myself, ignoring everything else.

Got a couple of shorts and a bottle, went for dinner followed by coffee with family; nothing much.

Sometime ago, one of my friends actually told me that having blog is an AA thing, i don't actually think i created my blog to be AA or anything la, its just to record down what i do and review it years later.

Anyway, i may not be posting that often because i may switch to doing vlogs on my phone, more personal la, though more weird.

testing

2008-05-23T23:09:00.001+08:00

to see if the time change works

cooking with nic

2008-05-23T10:43:00.000+08:00

e-learning day #2.
missed day 1 because i slept through the whole of yesterday =/
slept at 10, woke up at 10, a whole 12hours of pure goodness sleep.

Decided to test my culinary skills again today,
just made my very own banana/low-fat yoghurt/low-fat skimmed milk/iced/peanut butter/strawberry smoothie, guess it isn't so bad for my first attempt at making smoothies, though im pretty sure my milkshake and frappes taste pretty much better compared to this low fat smoothie made from natural ingredients!

I might be cooking spaghetti for myself later; how it turns out, i have no idea.

Guess i gotta start on my e-learning too, not an inch has been started.
Shall see you all soon.

on our own

2008-05-22T20:36:00.000+08:00

3 more days-
to the 25th of May; did you forget?
its really been sometime; i've been trying to get the date out of my head, but the more one struggles; the more he drowns, indeed.

3 days-
of pre-university seminar training has passed
Its been really busy the past few days, i absolutely had zilch time to write anything or perhaps even so much as touch the on button to illuminate the laptop screen, but nevertheless; after bouts of tests and events, i'm finally back here giving myself an update.

During the 3 days training days, i woke up at 430am for 3 days already, coincidentally, i slept late the day before pre-university seminar ushering training; therefore that explains the lethargy and the feeling-like-shit and whatnots.
My job involves directing traffic and the very occasional answering of questions on directions, thats about it.

3 more days-
left of pre-university seminar ushering duties for me.
Despite having to wake up at 430am, i kind of enjoyed being involved in this ushering duty, critically because of H&F, its probably going to be the last activity the 5th H&F batch is going to do, thereby marks and end of our CCA journey together.
Besides, im doing ushering duties with J and his everlasting smile LOl, which is also another reason why i enjoyed pre-university seminar training.
Besides that, it also gives me a break from my books and ad-hocing psp with yj and j is certainly a highlight.

But i realised that i haven't really been that studiously intensive these couple of days, gotta go to the airport or something tomorrow, but certainly i need to study and at least pass my mid-years to give myself some assurance that im not within the dagner zone, besides, i don't want to be banned into the shitty zone.
START STUDYING NIC

Yesterday was the last day Mr LGP, our part GP teacher would be taking us, he is really one fun guy who has shown us alot in terms of knowledge and expanded our view of the world, before he left yesterday, he left us with some parting words, which i have conveniently translated into my own version since i can't remember what he said exactly, but the gist of it is there.

'no doubt the A-levels are important, but in doing so, do not neglect other aspects of your life, your friends as well as family'
100% agreed.

I will promise myself to not sleep too much so that i can have more study time and at the same time, still hang out with friends.

That ends my pictureless post (because i cant find my phone cable)
see you soon!

Unusual way

2008-05-15T22:03:00.000+08:00

Been busy the past 2 days.

Had basketball yesterday; played till night, with Mr T and W, cos i missed out last week's session.
Woke up in the morning with an aching back and almost didn't go to school.

Just for you to hear;
i remembered;
the 25th of May is coming soon; i'm not sure if you've forgotten.

dusk

2008-05-13T19:48:00.000+08:00

it is true; u do reap what u sow.

Finally realised the severity of what i did.
Now, nothing but the best will do.

Just tell me, its not too late.

Monday

2008-05-12T23:15:00.000+08:00

yet no monday blues, for the first time.

Its been a pretty mild day, and i'd say it'd be a mild school week this week with only 1 thermochem 1/2 test.

Today's highlight was Basketball vs 4 Huge guys, 2 of 19x cm and the other 2 of >185cm, L,Z,M,C, first time i found myself sandwiched between 2 guys a shitload taller than me, wtx!!!

sometimes...

2008-05-11T17:45:00.003+08:00

things don't always go the way you want them too.

Changed the blog; fell in love miike strickland's songs the moment i heard it, i felt like for that moment all anger and negative feels around me dissipated, in other words; it just felt really good.

Today was a wasted day, set out to complete a lot of homework but did none at all due to impromptu change of plans etc.

Realised that i really need more time, how nice it'd be if i had >24hours a day...

I'd make full use of my time to
1. Revise for tests and exams and of course most importantly, A levels
2. Do finish all my tutorials
3. Spend more quality time with friends & family
4. Watch some movies both on comp and on screen
5. STUDY STUDY STUDY
6. GET NEW CLOTHES!! GET NEW SHOES!! SHOP TILL I DROP for which i haven't done since last year.

with of course, 1235 taking up most priority time like now.

:( better get back to tutorials before its too late and i hafta sleep.

finale; end.

2008-05-07T22:43:00.001+08:00

9:35pm. Finally have the time to blog, perhaps even if its for brief moments.
Some updates in my life.

Wednesday was the final day of H&F, we're finally stepping down, after a year's worth of work.
For the first time in my life; i'd gladly say that i did not regret my choice at all joining H&F, i enjoyed going for every single session of H&F and spending time with the rest of the guys.

The above picture, was taken on wednesday, the H&F bball members, i'm really going to miss those guys, all the tues/weds playing basketball way past sunset before going home. Missing from the picture above are Jun jie and Kenneth tham.

Thursday was shit, forced myself to wake up with a throbbing headache but still persisted on my electrochemistry tutorial, waking up at 330am after sleeping for a mere 3 hours despite the migraine is definitely no easy matter i tell you.
H&F Exco elections were after school, this year's batch definitely has the potential, but whether they can perform, only time will tell, we have ASM's, head's of CCA's that i've probably never heard of and numerous scouts leaders O_O.
Was supposed to play bball with My Fav Teacher on thurs, but my so coincidentally my shoe decided to open lor :(, the sole almost completely detatched from whats left of the shoe, but no worries, i think next thurs can play again despite friday being the thermochem test, :) just have to remind myself to chiong this weekend, have been overslacking the past 2 weeks, mid-years are just round the corner and i really need to complete tutorials and do revision, 30days in the holiday cant possibly be enough time for me.

Friday was a short day ending @ 1255, i however, was thrown unknowingly into pre-u sem, there was supposedly a Short briefing today which started at 230, hence i spent time reading through my notes in the library with J the class chiongster :D
IMO, the briefing was pure bull, instructing us how to answer questions when guests do ask us, being ushers, we're not even allowed to offer our own opinions when guests ask us questions and are required to give TYS answers, wth?
Besides, my job is a no brainer, just directing people and giving help when required, i doubt i'll even make conversation with them :S.

Looking at My Junior college which i don't wish to name in this post though everyone knows which it is, i realise that it, while striving for its own set of goals, have lost sight of the entire meaning of education.

I mean, which JC forces you to memorise answers in standard formats, penalising you for something you well deserve credit for? Isnt education's purpose to impart skills and knowledge, i do not mind memorising, but at least give me the basis or explanation in theory as to how those standard answers came about, not memorise blindly O_O.

what i just said are purely my own comments and are directed to nobody in particular and no harm is intended nor does this comment serve any particular purpose, no ulterior motives intended, i really need to say this since i know the school probably watches me post too, somewhere, someplace, sometime, especially since its so freaking easy to find my blog too! i think u just need to do a google search on nicolas yong: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1T4ADBS_enSG221SG235&q=nicolas+yong and my blog just pops out can! or even do a simple search on blogsearch/technorati and can find already :(.

Oh and this week's the end of all SPA's, everyone's perhaps burnt their SPA notes already, IMO again, i'd rather have practical over SPA as SPA is almost not practical at all lor!

and that ends of my post. Bye.

past and present

2008-05-04T22:56:00.000+08:00

weekends have ended, again.

Damn, can't help having that sinking feeling knowing that i've failed my Biology test miserably, again, despite studying more than my fair share. It just that perhaps i lack the practice on data based question as well as structured questions and it so happens that the test was filled with chunks of words that took me forever to digest :(. Oh well, Biology has always been my weakest subject since secondary 3, so i guess i need to put in more MORE effort.

Next week's going to be a hectic week again, with an international trade lecture test on Tuesday as well as the final real Biology SPA on wednesday, thats the big one.

Gonna bring coffee to school tomorrow cos i dont think i can stay awake without it, last week's been pretty unproductive, thanks to the sweltering heat, i think today's temperature must have been a whooping 35 degrees or something, i'm like perspiring even when studying under the fan at speed 3! Cant help it if the fan blows hot air all around, i think im like studying for 1 hour and sleeping for 2 hours, making the week absolutely unproductive, stupid heat.

At least i finally got my GP essay done, though i spent a lot of time on it, i must say i didn't put in a 100% effort into it, i was doing it half-heartedly while listening to class 95.

Gotta refocus my priorities, go out less often, study more often, constantly reminding myself that this year is my biggest year in my life, it determines whether i can get into my interest, math; accountancy; banking and investment.

Wednesday's SPA and Tues going to be very important, we'll get through it, as a family, till then, i'll be praying.
Nicolas.

IMO

2008-05-03T17:01:00.001+08:00

im just grateful for what i've got in my life.
I'm not taking anything for granted; least i dont think i am.

Hot weather's really getting to me, lethargic/difficulties concentrating

Yesterday mrs tng's farewell dinner, we'll all miss her a whole lot.

Bye.

homealone

2008-04-25T22:34:00.001+08:00

10:34pm

Been doing all the housework these few days, vaccuuming, washing clothes, washing dishes, mopping, cooking, cleaning etcetera, actually, the feeling of being homealone is actually rather refreshing; a test of my independence.

Its finally friday night, its been a pretty mild week, cant say the same for next, chemistry actual SPA, bio/econs/maths tests; but nevertheless i shall focus on mainly the big one.

Havent gone shopping in a long time, my closet's full of last year stuff, but this year i want a birkenstock sandal!

But the problem with getting this does not lie in the price and the location as well as availability, but whether there's even sandals of such of my size :(

On another note; today, i have something to whine about.
On my way home, i had a sudden craving for subway, again. At least the craving's are for something healthy so it aint that bad. Eating subway's becoming a habit that perhaps the staff there might recognise me O_O

I actually took note of something really important.
When i go to subway, there are 2 kinds of staff, the middle-aged ones(mid 40's)
as well as the part time ones(early 20's)
Many say that people of the Y-gen, born in the 1980's are rather impatient as well as spoilt, everything must have speed, broadband, fastfood, fast service etc.

But thats really not the truth lor!

The younger staff at subway are in fact more patient leh! They actually asked me what kind of vege i want etc, but the older ones hor, REALLY IMPATIENT AND OFFER REALLY BAD SERVICE LEH, i mean like fast-food chains always take special note of their service one right!

Heres a list of things that i took note of the older staff, in tampines telepark

Everytime the older staff are in charge in subway, the subway cookies, have its variety reduced from the usual about 5-6 types to only 2 types, not only so, when i ask them 'got ____ cookie?' they give me the kiampah face and tell me 'SORRY DONT HAVE' and the worst part is that its only lunchtime leh, not said sold out or something, they still have crates full of the cookies stored at the back. Not only so, i learnt from friends that subway cookies dont actually need cooking or preparation by the staff lor! at most just reheat abit than put into the container CAN ALREADY, thats inefficiency number 1.

Secondly, they don't ask questions, they just ASSUME LEH. Usually the younger staff will ask me whether i want my sub heated or cold, what kind of vege i want, but the older staff just ASSUME i want my sub COLD WHEN ACTUALLY I WANT IT HEATED LOR, what kind of efficiency IS THIS, just so you can serve more people you COMPROMISE ON QUALITY LOR!

Thirdly, they also very impatient LOR!
i havent even finish telling what kind of vege i want, what kind of sauce i want on my sub, they straightaway demanded from me 'YOU WANT MEAL? MEAL IS 8.70' and they stretched their hands out like i owe them money liddat, got this kind of one mehhh!!!

Ruined my day eating a cold sub for lunch :(, bad staff.

Ok i actually feel much better now and i hope i don't come across as being too angry because im usually quite good natured, :).

lucky.

2008-04-20T21:00:00.000+08:00

back to school tomorrow, adjusting myself for: back2school mood.
9:02pm, am currently packing my school bag, changing the old addidas bag cos the zipper's stuck 90% of the time, adding to my already very fruastrated day, so i bought a lecoqsportiff bag @ a steal today, 50bucks discount =D.

9:04pm, didn't really do much revision/tutorials over the weekend, because i more or less completed them during the weekdays, so this weekend was actually to recover from the hectic week last week that i had.

i don't really want to talk about what i actually did last week in detail, its just the usual things, going out for a bit, watching abit of prison break, chilling out.

Realised that i've been really down on my luck this year, in fact, almost all born in the year of the horse are facing this bad luckk patch this year, but i guess we'll all pull through.

Pictures sometime soon when im free, till then its goodbye, see you all soon, and thanks for reading! :D.
Amen.

snowball

2008-04-17T22:08:00.000+08:00

hello there;
its approx. 10:10pm, and i've pretty much sworn to myself i'd go back to doing my homework by 10:20pm, sleep by 11:30 pm, and im still left with my thermochem tutorials; as well as my cell membranes revision supp. worksheet.

haven't been online lately, even if i did, i'd possibly appear offline because the only reason why i'd be online would be to
1. Print stuff from IVLE
2. Sign up for NS
and that's the reason why you haven't been seeing that much of my lately.
Besides, with the amount of time i'm sleeping and the cups of coffee im getting, i'd be better off sleeping rather than chatting.

tomorrow's colosseum and school would probably end at around 630pm, there goes my friday, i'd guess.

and that pretty much sums up my life lately, occupied 100% by schoolwork, schoolwork and more schoolwork, but i guess i've more or less adapted to it.

10:15pm shown on the screen.

Thanks Lu, for that encouraging comment, if you're reading this, i think your school's starting next week, so have fun nail filing in the meantime :D

Guess i've more or less picked up myself, picked up my pace, tomorrow's yet another long day before reaching the weekend that's probably going to be filled with tutorials.

10:18pm, 2more minutes left.

i've actually wanted to rush this post out, but i can't believe i actually am running out of things to talk about.

Oh and the most exciting thing that happend to me today was when i tried my Tapz Card on the school gate for which the light turned green :D, though the gate still wont open, but its a start, if i can figure it out i can enter the school via my very own passcard :).

10:20pm, bye =D. End.

2008-03-25T17:29:00.000+08:00

dont you just have it when you study so much harder than some others and your results are just rock bottom... sigh, i wish god would just be more fair and at least reward those who really put in the effort, i really did put in a lot of effort! the time has come.

miss you

2008-03-24T15:05:00.000+08:00

3:05pm

the 5 day stint from homework is almost over, truly enjoyed myself over these 5 days, while chilling out and gearing up to get ready to move into full gear once school starts again.

What i did over the holidays
1. Played 10 hours worth of sports and got myself a sunburnt face.
2. Spent a lot of quality time with my family.
3. Tidied up on everything
4. Caugh some episodes of Prison Break
5. Spent quality time catching up with my friends.
6. Ate REALLY good food,
starting with on Fri:
Joo Chiat air-conditioned hawkers homecooked food :D
Steamboat @ night
Sat:
Subway for lunch
Sun:
MOF @ Marina Square for lunch
& Homecooked food for dinner.

School's starting again tomorrow, gotta get myself ready for 'back2school' mood. Bye.

elation

2008-03-21T23:03:00.000+08:00

11:04pm

Damn, its already the second day of my short 5 day stint holiday, though i'm feeling exceptionally well today :)
This Good Friday has indeed been really Good for me, so
Happy Good Friday!

Sparked of the day with a trip down to buy breakfast for the whole family, and coincidentally, saw Ku Cheh & Ku Cheong downstairs buying breakfast, hence i decided to tap on their shoulders to give them a shock. Ended up eating breakfast & chatting with them.

Went home and of course chilled some more, read the papers, found out more about commodities before catching some long time no see Prison Break Season 3 episodes which were given to me by someone really nice, though i don't usually admit his really nice, until i saw the HD quality of the PBS3 :D!
Sona's really heating up and the plot was actually getting really good, stopped at around 11plus to go lunch with my family @ joochiat, 6 of us ate really nice food in which i'd like to quote from my mum 'this taste like the long-lost jia-chang-pian-fan that i haven't eaten for a really long time!'

Went to some nearby Temple for about 10minutes where the adults, being adults would of course ask for 4D numbers taken out from this deity with a slingbang full of numbers, i didn't actually go inside to pray, the stuff there was pretty foreign to me.

We went to parkway after that to shopp for awhile, looking at electronics and etc., there we got a flexi keyboard that doesnt damage when u spill coffee on it, can be easily cleaned and the entire keyboard can be folded for storage! Perfect, for someone like me whose really needs a lot of space and always eats in front of the computer while dutifully watching his episodes of Prison Break,unknowingly dropping crumbs of food in between keyboard, only to realise it after millions of crumbs has gotten in between the keys, which by then the crumbs are already stuck inside the keyboard and disappeared to some unknown parts of the hard drive -.-

Had a little bit of high tea @ Delifrance where as usual we just chilled again

my Mum & Dad + Ku Cheh & Ku Cheong @ Delifrance.

Dinner.
Went to dine eating steamboat buffet @ some sengkang/punggol area, i hope the sign in the picture below gives a good indication of what place it is, the food was pretty ok, though i really spending time with my family, its been sometime since all of us just sat down for dinner and chilled, which i think i won't be able to do so in the near future considering the workload that's gonna accumulate after this 5day stint from homework/studying.

me with my cousin and the signboard!

i really like this photo because its the first time i dont look like shit on cam, taken by Kendrick :S

A really cute Qi^2 posing for the cam

Ku Cheh & Ku Cheong with their pictures taken again :)

Me & Qi^2, she's really fun company! My fav cousin.

& last but not least, don't forget me!

Have an early day tomorrow, meeting my secondary school friends for soccer followed by an outing and basketball lined up with OG27 soon, I BETTER NOT BE LATE OR i tomorrow HONGKAN LIAO, SFC members are gonna kill me if im late ha, they already reminded me a thousand times not to be late so i better not be.

Goodbye to ya'll! Bye and see you all soon.
And last but not least, courtesy to w960i for the photos, i know some of them are really poor quality even for a better megapixel phone like this but the lighting at the steamboat area wasan't really good :(

Oh ya, i almost forgot the group mugshot:

stolen from me

2008-03-20T22:22:00.000+08:00

my life.

10:22pm
Emptiness, 'happyness' stolen from my life.
Been so deprived of social interaction by my notes lately that i find myself unable to communicate as effectively as i used to.
What's worst is that i really need that set of skills right now. Yet i find the one i have rusty.

I miss: My family, and my friends.

I miss eating meals with my family, playing mj with them, we used to even play monopoly together, just the 4 of us on weekends.
Now, we're reduced to couch potatoes, sitting lifelessly in front of the tv, engaged in a one-way conversation with the tube.

I miss talking to my friends,
NASians, TPJCians, MJCians, and the rest of every single one of you i used to know, no matter whether you have had a good or bad influence on me.

i just need to get a grip of myself. It isn't really just about me.

time.

2008-03-19T19:43:00.001+08:00

7:44pm

Mbt's are over, had a really long 6hour's worth of papers today.
Which actually means i have thurs/fri/sat/sun/mon free :D!

Shiok man ^_^.
Yet, im overwhelmed by the unpredictableness of life, yes, nicyong is worried, never before in his whole life, but this has nothing to do with schoolwork at the moment.

I know that being cheem is not really my forte sooooooo, i really want to do a review for my w960i!

But first, a tribute to my old & trusty Nokia friend, Nokia 6280!

My nokia 6280 actually tided me through 2007, it is a really, really trusty phone, and the 2 megapixels worth of picture quality isn't actually as bad as it seems.
Its also extremely user friendly, though i had it changed because of its frequent hanging up on incoming calls, which would of course lead to unnecessary conversations of 'EH WHY U CUT OF MY LINE WHEN I CALL YOU HAH', in which i'd have to humble myself and apologise =(.

Anyway, i actually did my own market research before getting me w960i, i wanted to actually get the MotoQ9h, but i learnt that its internet is actually gprs based, hence its more of pay/use which i really cannot afford in the long run! I'd rather spend a little more to get a good wifi phone in which i can surf the internet on my phone at wireless hotspots 4 free :D.

And so here it is

my w960i

And what i really like about it!
-the 3.2megapixel with multizoom cum multi effect photos taken
-the wifi capabilities
-touch screen
-a really good walkman interface
-and my old time fav quadrapop :D

i shall get my pictures soon, what i do go out =(, someone plz ask nic out ok :)

shockvalue

2008-03-15T09:20:00.000+08:00

9:22am
2days before the big T starts.
cramming 1.25years worth of work all in 1 week really stresses one up; my whole body's immune system is falling down on me, Ulcers, coughs, insomnia.

Not only so, my rooms in a mess!
i know this is really short but i'll try to make it longer on wednesday.

2008-03-15T00:28:00.000+08:00

oh testing from my phone

warheads

2008-03-14T00:08:00.000+08:00

12:08am.
Hi, long time no see.

Brain's going awry at this moment, revision: day 3; progress- not as fast as expected.
Urgh; theres really humongous loads to cover, even when i didn't go out at all this holiday, sacrificed most of the time i have for studies, i'm still unable to keep on track with time. The school's pushing us real hard this time, i mean like, i still had tests the week before this holidays and needed to study hard for them, so i'm pretty much left with but 6 days to cram 1year3months worth of work, since sat/sun/mon went all out go General paper.

I'm drinking an average of like 2-3 cups each day of instant coffee, the chao bitter ones; shit, the coffee addiction which i fought hard to get rid of during O's are back again.

Perhaps; there maybe a silver lining admidst this mess, indeed, i have pretty much decided on my direction in life and i guess coming to MJ made me think of my future, unlike Sec school which i just played away my life.

I guess its time to sleep since i really cannot continue right now, i can REALLY feel the migraine coming on strong this time. Goodbye.

deadlines

2008-03-11T01:12:00.001+08:00

1:12am
Finally, have the time to even type, even if its in the wee hours of the morning.

Find my life getting busier as each day passes, first holiday for which i didn't even relax at all on the first day, really because there was a Gp block test exam today, mind was dying after paper 1, guess i'm not really acclimatised to the exam attitude, feeling drained after my paper 1 and bring unable to focus on mua paper 2. =(, if only i could upload information and skills into my computer and then use a USB cable to connect it to my brain and sync both of them, just some food for thought.

Im actually rushing through this because i'm really tired and tomorrow's another early day, im actually typing at a speed of possibly 60 words per second without actually thinking much, so pardon me for my lack of grammar or the lack of content whatsoever.

After my GP exam, was @ whitesands eating @ e kopitian foodcourt before going back to school in the rainy weather to have a final make-up lesson before off we go to our block test the following week.
Went to the library to study with ck + roygay for which ck being the lethargic one as usual went home to sleep, used massive library ink to print my handouts, was evicted from the library and had my belongings thrown out, was driven out by the caretaker out of the classroom, and was forced out of will to go to Ikea, all in a day. Walked in the rain while kicking rainwater on the floor into someone's mouth.
Was @ Ikea eating dinner, realised that omfgwtfbbq inflation had got to Ikea too, and where the hell is their fish and chips? The swedish meatballs cost a whooping 7.50, you'd think its the substitute for real ball's or something!
Went to Giant afterwards to digest the really filling meal of Nasi Padang with ultra Sambal Belacan @ Ikea FC by walking around the Giagantic giant looking for something to buy but that plan pretty much didn't work out, ended up walking aimlessly and sitting on trolleys.

And so that sums up my frigging life story for a single day.

Oh and for *******, its actually my new w960! So new until i myself have not fully mastered the phone, i actually spent like a total of 2 hours trying to figure out what my phone has to offer and till now i'm still unable to find the damn opera browser man!

Pictures sometime later, elaboration on other events too. Goodbye.

consumed by ability.

2008-03-07T22:54:00.000+08:00

10:54pm
Today was the release of GCE A'Level's results, me? i got back my chinese results, managed to scrape through an A, my guess is barely, im sorry if i did B(Bstard) anyone, i really didn't mean it, was just happy, please don't take it to heart =(

Group of us went to makan @ airport, eating fried chicken before the results actually did come out, indeed, MJC did almost the same as the previous year, which was pretty much considered as an improvement since the syllabus for the current year is probably tougher with more thinking questions, i think about 244 out of 788 got 3 distinctions or more (or was it 100+?)
Their names were appearing one by one on the slides, Nic was actually reminded of when he collected his O level results, NAS actually did the same thing of announcing the top students with 7/more distinctions in their powerpoint slide, i wasn't within that list =(. i really envy those JC2's last year who managed to get their name on the powerpoint slide this year, so i solemnly swear to myself right now, that i will do all it takes to get on the powerpoint slide for 3H2's or more with distinctions, so it's going to be mug like i've never mugged before.

And last but not least, i got my ********** today! You want to know what ********* is? come here tomorrow kay's?

To desmond: i've never travelled beyond orchard by mrt before ma -.-

Holiday

2008-03-07T01:00:00.000+08:00

1:00am

school was, as usual a drag, with time dragging its feet while wearing army combat boots.
had a trial try thingy @ bishan today, had to pay 50bucks just for a sit-in, told mum travelling to Bishann was waaaaay to far for me, but she offered to fetch me home late @ night if i joined in, guess i may just continue, anyway i have 2 weeks to decide till i bring the cash then.

tomorrow's the release of A-level results, goodluck to all and me taking my chinese results which is ohnosoimportant relative to the seniors.

+ the fact that if mum comes home 'early' tomorrow i get to finally get my phone!, no promises though, she comes home late most of the time so i shan't get my hopes too far high.

Oh and i finally did get to see the mrt moving tv that gayroy mentioned from novena to orchard today, it was kinda cool but just way too short, it was indeed a good idea though, applause to them.

blast

2008-03-05T22:06:00.000+08:00

10:07pm

got back the results for my maths lecture test, was really bad, i'm kind of disappointed with myself, not cos i didn't study for the test, but its really because i just lack exam skills, doing the easier to do questions first, time management and spotting the right skills to use, i could have easily gotten really good marks if i hadn't been careless and if i had seen that those questions were so friggin easy to do.
so next test i have, which is the MBT i'm really going to hone all my exam and test skills to save myself from drowning!

speaking of results, A-level results are coming out soon, i too have a small share within of my chinese results, of which i'm totally not worried and cool about it cos it really doesn't what grade i get, though it'd definitely be good to get an A =)

tomorrow's definitely going to be a long day with the usual double periods as well as thriple lectures, march 'holidays' are finally coming so i can at least get more revision done than what im getting now, still rushing through tutorials, with an occasional hour or so to do minor revisions.

had a really refreshing nap in the afternoon of 1 hour so now im gonna try to get some info in my head before its too late, goodnight and sleep tight ya'll!

and im still considering what phone to get =/. Any advice?

hunger or thirst.

2008-03-04T22:03:00.000+08:00

10:03pm

Today was a freakishly long day, time passed sluggishly, while my stomach growled hungrily while waiting 5 whole damn periods for lunch break.

Did gym during phy ed. today, nothing much followed by a longtimenosee class bonding activity of soccer, did actually remind me of when i used to play soccer with the 4r4 dudes during my sec3/4 years.

Mum gave me a first time phone budget after plans/subsidies of 500bucks to get my phone!
What should i get!
The p1i?
N95?
w960i? i actually need a phone with a decent megapixel(at least 3) as well as wifi capabilities to surf the net as well as msn on the go, sound quality isn't really important since i already do have my ipodo with 1.5k songs thats enough to store all that i have.
i'm actually considering the iphone but i heard that the start up price is gonna be like a thousandfivehundred which is way over anything i can afford, though the touch screen and back buttons do seem kinda cool,
& how long is it gonna be till the iphone is released.
After A levels?
Before june?

Am feeling really lethargic right now, guess i gotta start doing at least some homework before i go to sleep.
i'll mention about VMC once i get the group mugshot.

zee monsters

2008-03-03T23:21:00.000+08:00

darn, feeling pretty lethargic now, gonna sleep soon and wake up at 5am tomorrow again to read through some stuffs.
Weekend really passed by way too quickly, i merely had 12 hours of sleep for all 3 nights in the entire weekend and on sunday night i had 4 hours of sleep, so im now pretty much fighting a losing battle against the zee monster!
Starting to feel the intensity and the need to study right now, really do hope that i'll turn out fine for MBT, really don't want to go down to 3H2 without putting up a good fight, so i'll pretty much just rush out with the remaining time i have.

Chemistry test was a killer today, lots of thinking required, not enough time to think.
On a lighter note though, today marks the end of all mini lecture tests as well as consolidation ones which gives me more time to study for MBT's, so im pretty much happppppy =)

Heres a picture of the gay who'd keep grabbing my phone when i wanted to take a really candid shot of him

This shot candid enough for you?

And, for the first frigging time in my entire jc life,

i passed my Biology test!

I know you may think that chey not a big deal, its only 1 lecture test whattttt, somemore this lecture test easier than chicken mcnuggets.

At least it serves to motivate me that i can pass bio!

Onward MBT's :S

VMC 2008

2008-03-02T22:50:00.000+08:00

10:50pm, sunday.
Woke at 6am today, was startled by the hour hand reaching 6, when i was supposed to wake up at 5am for the vmc this year, quickly rushed out of the house, bringing my psp and chemistry test notes whose fate was a near pulp state by the end of today.
will mention vmc on another post, haven't got the group mugshot yet, details soon. mental note to self.

des-thepwnedbyme came over in mid-afternoon when it was raining and my eyelids were getting really heavy in the shiok weather, my CPU was really slow in transferring stuff and pretty much turned itself into a laughing stock =(, but nevertheless he got his games and i got a shitload of music plus a couple of tv shows ^_^. His hair was OMGWTFBBQ long, looking like some typical beng filming lion king 2 =D.

evening soon came, went out for dinner with my family @ jumboooooooo, eating crab/prawns/sharks fin etc., and of course had some family bonding which time which was really really great, saw the cable wakeboarders surf and fell and laughed at them being evil in nature.

Pretty much all for today, i've got a test tomorrow, AGAIN, at least its going to be the final damn test before the March Block Tests arrive, at least this gives me a chance to study for my MBT rather than to have test after test piling on one another that i cant even breathe, let alone concentrate on studying for my MBT.

see you all soon!
Ps: thanks for linking me Alvin, if you're reading this.

SOS

2008-03-01T18:14:00.000+08:00

6:15pm.
Spent the entire day mugging my brains out with frequent breaks so i achieved pretty much less than what i wanted to do, but nevertheless i still did some work.

Going out for dinner later soon, i just, JUST might be able to get a new phone and dispose ot the old 6288, slim chance though.

Tomorrow's the vertical marathon challenge at Raffles Place, yj called me and asked me if i actually did any preparation for it; sad to say i didn't =(, i don't think i'll even have an early night cos i'll probably be mugging my guts out till not so early, gotta reach the place by 630am but the first train starts at 6am, so its pretty much bo pian if i'm late =0.
Why'd they change the date for the challenge when it was originally supposed to be Monday =(, at least some lessons don't need to go, Sunday's are indeed important, they're a source of rest.

March Block Tests are just round the corner and here i am still worrying about the summary map i need to complete. Ciao.

tamed meanders

2008-02-29T20:55:00.000+08:00

8:57pm.
Pretty much nothing to look forward to this weekend, its just more studies, gotta have less appointments, more study time.
Damn; got a mountainload of tutorials to do, and lots to catch up on.

unsung heroes

2008-02-28T19:26:00.000+08:00

7:27pm.
The day's been pretty bad today, no wish to elaborate.

Yesterday was CCA recruitment day, H&F, also known as *F&B, fitness and basketball had our booth @ the gym as usual, recruitment went pretty well; i guess. I was pretty much there playing basketball with the guys.

Sometimes, i really don't understand how some people can persist to err in their ways even though they've undergone something so major that they almost paid with their lives,
please, spare a thought for yourself, spare a thought for others, spare a thought for your own future.

2 tests tomorrow, not so major but still big enough for me to actually study for it, guess it's gonna be a short post.

nerdy specs

2008-02-26T23:56:00.000+08:00

11:55pm, five minutes to midnight- boys like girls.

Fatigue's starting to settle in me, the toll of strenous excercise, running 2.4km 2times as well as playing an exorbidant amount of basketball is coming to me, always feels this way on every tuesday since theres co-curricular activities after physical education. Guess i'll be waking up early to continue on my work tomorrow.

Though i'm not lagging behind in terms of homework; yet, theres definitely more room for improvement in my grades. Am really just too tired right now to study, my brain's in a half suspended state, i stared at the same tutorial question for 10 whole minutes without thinking, just stoning right now, a definite sign of a need to sleep, guess that always happens when you've only slept 4 hours the previous night and tonight u really need more sleep because you're no bionic bunny O_o.

Also, today i had a relapse of what happend to me during my end of sec3/early sec4 phase of my life, heres a short summary of what happend then: apparently i knocked myself in the head somewhere, wasn't feelin too well so naturally went to consult the doc, bouts of dizziness + low heartrate + difficulty in breathing, next thing i knew i woke up in kk hospital. Kk pretty much couldn't find out what the hell was wrong with this guy so they let him go but he had to come back for regular consultations on his health. There could still be some ailment in my body that no doc found out. shit.

As i was sayyyying earlier, i had a minor relapse again today, pushed myself during interval 2.4km training a bit more, but ended up feeling really dizzy, as well as had difficulty breathing, similar synthoms to that of last time, perhaps more minor cos it pretty much lasted only for about 20-30minutes, was feeling much better afterwards.
Guess that tells me not to push myself way too far during pe next time, cos i never ever want to get hospitalized again in my life.

H&F recruitment tomorrow, yet theres a science-based practical assesment on the following day, guess i'll have to just bring my notes to the gym since its compulsory to go.
School starts @ 8:25am tomorrow =D. tired. goodbye.

emo hair.

2008-02-25T18:04:00.000+08:00

6:06pm. Sitting in front of the laptop, gulping yoghurt, wishing this moment would last forever, or if not indefinitely. Monday blues.

There just too much time cannot erase, can't seem to get them out of my head. Gotta reprioritise, reorganise my sense of direction, get my gears working and prevent burnout at the same time.

School was pretty mundane today, workload's piling up, gotta complete them before i come back here at night to re-edit this post and continue.

Some replies
Desmond: SO SORRY :S thought your blog was inactive =D
Zsa: Sure! Helpppp me next time u come online kkk?

Lyrics from Augustana sound like an all too familiar dialogue.

1.00 am
Pretty much just completed work that needs to be submitted tomorrow, nic's brain is pretty much becoming stale as it gets later, so i guess his gonna sleep soon.
Having serious migraines and bouts of dizziness right now, feeling really bad too, just have a few last things to say before i hit the sack.

Nothing much to look forward to, got a chemistry SPA assesment on Thursday, Maths Test on Friday, Chem test on the following week's Monday.
At least tomorrow's CCA day =D, means i will get to play bball with H&F members, i hope, always enjoy playing bball or soccer, no matter who i play with.

On a final note, can anyone tell me if the Q9 can watch youtube videos? O_o
Sleep. Goodbye.

6:25pm

2008-02-24T18:25:00.001+08:00

Sunday, school starts tomorrow.

Been a pretty long weekend, friday was e-learning day and saturday was pretty much my off day, blink of an eye; its sunday once more, school starts tomorrow.

If u all do notice, you'd notice that the template has changed such that its no longer blogger.com template! Oh, and i almost forgot about the song.

Credits go to Lee Desmond, thank you for spending so much time helping me to settle my blogger template, though it looks pretty much like your old one i still like it a lot =D.

Mental note to self: Treat Desmond to the meals i owe him, for all the help his given me.

Tagbox is probably not going to come up since im such a noob at blogs and i cant even really figure out how to resize the tagbox such that it fits nicely into my blog, so if you do want me to link you, leave a comment :), thank you.

This is definitely not going to be a long post since i have a biology test tomorrow, Chemistry SPA on thursday and a maths test on friday, which comes with an extra workload and the added pressure of the need to study for my block test, i guess i won't be coming online that often, but u bet i'll still be here =D, you won't even know i'm gone.

And so for now lets just have some pictures while im off studying my Biology test, im sorry for the low quality bcos my phone's just 2.0megapixels

gayroy #1

Ran & Zsa engrossed in the psp

'uh' me @9pm after cca

An ultra ugly picture of me after mugging for light years.

Ps: I realised Desmond wrote: Nic wrong this shit @

& ive no idea how to change it =(. Is the font size too small for you all though?

test

2008-02-24T16:32:00.001+08:00

will have a blog post later, testing for now.

feverish

2008-02-23T20:01:00.000+08:00

To Desmond: im hao :S

Finally got to play bball today after quite sometime, guess its gonna be the last time im playing bball till perhaps the march hols or even after the march block test which is just beckoning at me to study for it.

'march block test': Nic please study!
Nic: i will, as soon as im done with this which shouldn't take more than 5 minutes!

really do miss playing bball with the guys, joaee, jon, weiguang and daniel, though we got our butts kicked pretty badly in the first round, nevertheless; it was pretty fun, drank 3 whole litres of ice mountain, ate mixed rice which was flooded in curry before proceeding home to get ready to study.

lazed around for awhile before proceeding out to meet zsa @ tamp lib, apparently the 'nua'ish tampines library which has a pretty bad studying environment is full on saturdays! Why?, i have no idea. Guess its not that nua after all, since i did manage to finish most of my tutorials which actually gives me spare time to study for my upcoming tests =D.
Was @ tmall for a couple of minutes to grab a bite, was actually supposed to catch a show with mum today, CJ7 but for some reason she got back late due to busy work & i guess i'll have to wait for my q9 =(

I still want that Q9 =(.
Oh, and Rayson pangsaed us again, which makes that the 8th time his pangsaed us so far, perhaps even more than the no. of times his actually met us =/.

e-learning/blog revival

2008-02-22T22:51:00.001+08:00

hello; its been a long time, i think its time to put the link for nicolasyong.blogspot.com into my msn nickname for all to know, its gonna be up soon so if you're reading this, i probably already have incorp this URL into my msn nickname.

decided to put nicolasyong.blogspot.com back into action once more, get its 'veins/arteries' pumping once more, probably been like a month since a post was last typed.

And so; back to my life, today wasan't really much, i spent the day study @ the expo with 'gay'#1, eating bk and drinking coffee @ coffeebean, that pretty much summed up my morning as well as afternoon, which reminds me now that i still have some way to go for my e-learning.
looking forward to a new day tomorrw, playing bball with OG27 again! Its been sometime since i last saw the bunch of you, guess we've all grown in one way or another.
Also, im watching CJ7 with my momma 2ml =D! i think. And shes paying too; i think, which is all the reason to smile more considering that my life's overloaded with tutorials, lectures, the need to revision, the need to keep up with at least a bit of social life, the 2 (or was it 3?) tests next week as well as the big one next week, Chemistry SPA exam, no to mention the upcoming March Block test which menacingly threatens to undermine all that im worth for =/.
On yet another lighter note, i hope i get my moto Q9 soon!

I do love this phone =/, hope mum does get it for me :)

Oh well, guess its back to e-learning, an hour before the clock strikes 12, not that it actually strikes in my house anyway, but i guess i'll see the whole lot of you soon!

gnaws.

2008-01-19T22:55:00.001+08:00

Yes, i'm back with limited time to spare.

Updates on my life.

Homework galore, life's on basic homework, 1hour tv, sleep. after school.
i feel like im on life support, something's just sucking my energy away.

Yes, i went to register to take my BT test on April, wish me luck, and be jealous im a Jan babbbbyyy and you're most probably not =D

Failed my chem test, had to copy mind-maps 10x which totally didn't help me at all but waste my time.
Taught my a lesson though, study for your damn test.

The world's an unfair place. Goodbye.

Tomorrow

2008-01-09T18:40:00.000+08:00

is my birthday!, 18 marks a new age, can buy 4D can buy beer can buy ciggarattes, can go to jail can get hanged =(, all the bad things, hopefully none comes true to me.

I've always thought that forgetting your birthday is only a thing which happens in the movies, not true at all.
Yes, i even forgot my own damn birthday is tomorrow, not even the slightest memory till my friend wished me today. Wtf!

Yes its damn pathetic, spending the eve of your birthday studying for a chemistry test, all appointments cancelled, i can't even celebrate it alone because i dont even have the time! How damn pathetic is that man.
To make matters worst my half body aches from the killer timetable and it hurts whenever i move.

Thank you my friends, for remembering its my birthday, for which i even forgot about it myself. Some of you guys i'm puzzled you can still remember, thank you.

And its a birthday even spent.. studying for a test. =(

Sunday, 6th Jan

2008-01-06T21:37:00.001+08:00

Means that tomorrows monday,
means there're a lot of kick ass subjects such as the 4H2 content ones, both tutorial and lecture.
means that theres a h&f meeting tomorrow at 5pm
means that the school weeks starting

Means that i'm left with 4 more days till 10 Jan,
means that i get to buy 4D(not that i want to)
means that i get to buy all the unhealthy stuff like alcohol, barcardis and the stuff that causes severe lung cancer (not that i ever want to)
means that i get to watch m18 shows(that i want!)
means i get to laugh at the 17 year olds =).

and etc.

No matter what, life still goes on and i willl remain happpy =)
Its not as if i want to freeze time and end up in the future.

Back 2 school!

Day out with mum

2007-12-30T01:49:00.000+08:00

@ Vivocity.

Yes, i'm finally back after a long day, its 1:50 am and no, i didn't come back at 1:50 am but watched anger management for the second time in my life before typing this.

You may think Nic is a wuss! Going out with his mum? Wtf! I used to think he was hip!(fake assumptions)
Nothing wrong with going out with your mum ok! In fact i enjoy the company with my mum =), and a side note is that she pays for my clothes/meal!

Summing up day's events, embrace yourself.

Woke up in the morning by startling vaccuum noises(as usual), went to wash up and change and took the ECP to Vivocity, saw St James powerstation and thought, damn, i'll be able to enter real soon, sooner then you think!
Entered the carpark and recorded down the lot number on my phone cos my and my mum have real bad short term memory, lunched at Food Republic, and then went to G2k. The fitting room queue was omfg long shit, end of year sale you see, 10% = poor buisness, 20%= soso, 30%= Starting to have more people, 40%= crowded areas and 50%= Madness, thats the crowd for various stalls offering its various discounts, G2k had 50% discount, so u can guess how long all queues there are, with clothes strewn all about.
Got tired of waiting, mum wanted to try, so i told her to call me after she's done.

Shopped around myself, saw electronics, couldn't find my earphone sponge and mum conveniently forgot to call me =/.
Stopped at PageOne and finally saw the George Orwell series but Big Brother(the book, not the ns boy) was missing, damn.

Met up with mum, shhopped together somemore, got 4 tees and a pair of jeans, mum got her er, clothes which i cant remember.
Went home, played psp, watched AM for 2ndx and that sums up my lifestory of the day.
Goodbye.

29th December

2007-12-29T01:06:00.000+08:00

indicates the end of the year, as a new chapter of my life unfolds in 2008, i have no idea whats in store for me.

I shall type/pen down my new year resolutions on 31st December! Due to a determination-less nic, every year shall the resolutions seem to juts dissolve or fade away, this year, it's going to be different, yes, 2008 will be the year that would determine the path i'd take.

Whether which industry i go to, whether i go uphill or downhill in my life, all depends on 2008.

I want to study hard, i want undaunted inspiration and determination.

Yes, i do want to stick to that resolve, try my best and have no regrets.

So, heres a list of things nic needs to do before school reopens
Finish Econs homework
Finish Maths homework
Study for upcoming Chemistry Test
Get his haircut
Get new stationary supplies
Settle everything thats needs settling 2007.

On a siddddddeeeee note,
What a way to end 2007!
don't wish to talk about it, 2008's gonna be important, distractions unneeded.
Shall ignore it.

Yes,
Promised mum i'd go shopppppppppppppping with her tomorrow =)
we're gonna shop and catch a show i already watched.

I think i'm supposed to do something for this Sunday,

Goodbye.

National treasure

2007-12-27T00:33:00.000+08:00

Was freaking nice!
Hello people, its 12:35am right now, no more waiting for brother to bath/use the toilet, his gone off to OCS for 3 weeks and i won't see him till then!

Pardon me, i'm really tired so this is gonna be really short.
Here goes, take care.

Watched National Treasure today, was quite good, the usual action/thrillers show you'd find with a tinge of DaVinci within it, yes i knew i watched it late but better late than never man.
Show kept me on my toes yet had its very own tinge of humour, not slapstick mind you, i'd rate that its pretty good, 4.6/5 for me.

Wg was really dirty and didn't wash his hands at all after using the toilet, ultra disgusting!
Joaee had a poorer movie experience because he lost black&white
Jon bought 2 shirts from topman sale!

Thats all for today guys, goodbye.

this christmas

2007-12-25T23:12:00.000+08:00

1. i didn't give anyone my heart, ha, guess that doesnt give me a reason to play last christmas next christmas during christmas time!

2. Was a psp(playstation portable fyi dummies) oriented one =S. Normally i'm not one to indulge in games when there ARE people around, if you knew me well enough, i don't like and think its rude to listen to your ipod/mp3(both earphones) or play your gadgets when you're with people!

So, if you DO catch me doing something like that means i either hate you and dont feel like talking to you, or you're not interracting with me enough and i think you're a bore, or i'm just tired and don't feel like talking, and u can really see what mood i'm in =S, not that i'm pms or something.

3. Was madness during xmas eve but i wasan't a part of it.

And so, here begins your christmas post, embrace yourself.

Christmas eve was spent together with my very very old friends, (i can't remember how old too), we had drinks and chatted old times, very very old times.

Then i proceeded down to Somerset for the celebrations, its more of war alert then Christmas celebrations i tell you, those damn media or whoever is in charge reported that the roads will be closed, and wtf, when i went home the roads were still open as hell, so much for 'roads closing'. Kids spraying foam sprays, Ah bengs beating banglas, baglas groping anything they can reach for, u name it, they got it.

Many sorry's to Zsa/Ran/Wg cos i really wasan't in the mood yesterday, and you guys aren't to blame for that, it was the crowed, the lack of oxygen and what happend before that which really dampened my mood, no wish to speak of it.

The crowd was mad, people spraying foam everywhere, and mad chinese men shouting 'DONT PUSH LA' in chinese which is 'BU YAO TUI LA' while they pushed through the crowd themselves, how inconsiderate can these people get man, wheres their Christmas spirit?

Had enough of it and decided to go back before countdown, ended up spending countdown in the train, with wg shouting madly MERRY CHRISTMAS everyone and no one replied him lol, reminds me of standard chartered when he wanted to give the runners high fives and they slapped him on his head instead LOL.

And so we spent Christmas early morning at macs, had no mood to talk, no mood to eat so zsa went back first, i really wasan't myself yesterday if i could say so myself.

Went back seeing the adults playing mahjong, and chatted to Uncle and Auntie kwan, my 2 hip elders who travel all around the world, but they spoke cantonese and i couldn't understand a shit lol.

Slept at 6am or so, was awoken by the doorbell, OMGWTFBBQ cousins arrived, Nic has yet to bath and wash up, quickly rushed through wash up and voila, there i am speaking to everyone before u can say Alakazam.

What i did during Christmas, heres what i remembered this Christmas about everyone,

ad-hoc-ed with Sam psp Ape academies,

talked to Jan about her taiwan trip and their school kids,

talked to Ashlyn about why i'm really struggling with my Biology now and gave her a mini how i used to do so badly for Biology so don't worry kind of pep-talk,

saw San play her crazy taxi,

ate really nice beef stew given by Uncle Dennis,

ate Uncle Steven's really tasty restaurant hot dawgs,

talked to Auntie Alice who had a really powerful and happy voice,

saw Jane who was pretty shy,

got beaten badly by 3 girls who seemed to gang up on me in brdige ha,

played Kendricks game on his notebook and owned all the online players inside,

saw Auntie Clementi and her son, which is my uncle, who had 2 really cute bald sons and Auntie Clementi had a really infective happy personality, Helped Auntie Cindy get her Axe oil

Talked to Uncle Raymon about tomorrow's boxing day soccer fixtures,

Tried Auntie Veron's salad and thought it wasn't as bad as she said it was,

Talked to Qi Qi but she kind of ignored me,

Talked to Uncle and Auntie Kwan again, with their even louder voice and nicer personalities,

Saw Auntie Linda take care of Qi Qi

Played mini Mahjong with Marcus, Joan and Sam who was the evantual winner, and me the biggest loser cos of my really not so lucky streaks

Teased mum about not wanting to try her curry

Thanking Dad for the Boxers he gave to me for Christmas Ha

yup, and thats it.
hope i didn't leave anyone out,

And a happy Boxing day to all of you now!, its 12:05am and Christmas is over, goodbye.
DESMOND U STILL OWE ME HELP WITH BLOGSKIN, U DELAYED.

i'm back and really sorry

2007-12-23T23:18:00.000+08:00

To those i didn't reply on msn today, was out for today, only left the com on for my dad, who wanted to transfer the songs >.<

Left home @ 1125am today morning, was supposed to meet zsa to write on ran's xmas/birthday card, she sms-ed me yesterday, DO NOTE BE LATE, but i was the early one today, she was 20mins late, ha!

Met up with zsa, ran, weiguang, li ting & phy, the 6 of us were supposed to meet @ about 12pm, end up everyone was late =/.
Group of us lunched @ Century's baked rice before proceeeding to take a train to Bedok, which was where Mrs Teh's house is!

Mrs Teh, is my favourite teacher, she taught me chemistry in secondary 4, and i seriously, seriously think that the world today needs more teachers like her =D. She's strict, but we all love her. Now this, is the kind of teacher you want, not only do you get your grades but u have fun @ the same time ^o)

Yes, Mrs Teh's house was yet another of the hundreds of semi-ds/Terraces i've been to! She was really hospitable and we got to meet her entire family too =S. Uncle is just a really nice guy, and both her son and daughter were friendlyyyyyy people.
They ordered pitza, 2 for 1 and everyone shared pitzas, chicken wings & chocolates. =D. the group of us had a really long chat with her, about 5 hours++ & we got to meet the families rabbit too, which was ultra hyperactive!!

There was an open invitation for her to go during CNY, to go get red packets from her ha.

Back to the rabbits, it was truely an active one, running all about the house, ransacking wastepaper baskets, nibbling wires etc.
I love animals, but sad to say, i don't think i'll be getting any in my house, mum doesnt allow them and even when i stay alone by myself in the near future, i don't think my rabbit would survive by itself ha, especially since i won't be home most of the time.

I will promise myself to help out at the SPCA as often as possible though.

4 of us, me, wg, ran & zsa later went to macc, sat down and chatted even more, got a headache because i was the really noisy one today(as told by them but i didn't think so), and now i'm at home getting ready to sleep soon.

Today, i told them about my philosophy, the world, has 2 kinds of people, leaders & followers, i'm the leader and you guys are the followers! (told them while aimlessly walking to Mrs Teh's house)
Totally true =D

And that sums up my life story for today. Goodbye.

wee hours

2007-12-23T02:32:00.000+08:00

2.33am
Yes, i'm still awake, its already etched into my body alarm, courtesy of sleeping late every night for the past few weeks. Worst part is, i can't seem to remember how i spent these nights, they're like time that flew away without me knowing it. =/

Note to self: Sms steph merry xmas at midnight =S. Last time i was supposed to sms someone happy birthday i was late for a whole 3 minutes!

Why i'm still awake now, i'm loading grand theft auto into my psp for my dad, my dad gets a kick out of kicking people out of cars in games, how hip is that? o_O.

Families got a new 42inch tv. Finally, a chance to watch tv on a bigger screen! Imagine play fifa on a wide screen! Zomg itsthecoolitzoz!

Gathering at Teh's house tomorrow, no idea who's coming, ran's organising, guess its just yet another chance ot catch up on old times.

Oh and today, the basketball match didn't happen. Luckily for us, it didn't. Ha.
Told jon about our players on msn, we both had a good laugh about it, =D.

It went something like that.

Jon: U guys cancelled todays bball match?
Me: Ya not enough people =/
Jon: Why?
Me: Most cannot make it
Me: So we're left with a walking zombie (thats jon who played mahjong for the whole night), a late monk (thats weiguang who overslept), and 2 sick coughing plague bearing walking corpses with vicious coughs and sexy voices. (thats me and joaee who was sick =/)
Jon: LOL! like that sure tio owned.
Me: Ya, Zomg, Weiqing whose like in Tpj First team is playing, and his team consists of Tj's first team too. WTF!
Me: So its like Sg slingers (us) and San Antonio spurs (wei qing's group).

Do the math, no matter how on form we could have been, i think we'd still lose.

No goodbye this time, rather, Goodnight.

my shopping list.

2007-12-21T16:45:00.000+08:00

Since i do have some 'me' time now

I'm gonna make my shopping list!

damn i need to manage my expenses and spend less + save more.

its time to do some back to school shopping.

What i'm planning to get.

1.Plain Khaki Haversack from BugisStreet, to match my khaki berms too :S

2. My Nike-Air Shoes, since other designs don't fit my feet!

3. More of those clip thingies that allow me to clip my papers together temporarily, black ones.

4. Headphones, behind the neck.

5. Earphone protectors

What i already got for back-to-school shopping.

1. Music prepared

2. 2008 planner gotten

Hmm i just realised my nanobytes has games! how cool is that o_O.

Theres this bouncing game of some sort that is actually kinda fun for 5 minutes, but afterwards, its snore city.

Basketball tomorrow with OG27, shopping to do, Mrs Teh's xmas party+ house visit on sunday

Gotta recover quick! Flu Flu Fly away!

Oh, and this is where all the spare clutter in my room went to

Theres actually more, i think i threw out like 10-15 of such bags @_o

Perhaps enough to start a garage sale.

Random, i know. Goodbye.

Edits.

Nooo! Blogger just deleted my words below =(.

To cut a long storey short, i was feeling damn gay today so i got joaee to share sushi and eat fishball noodles today while i looked at my bags which none suited me and he got his ankle band thingy. Met the wg and rayson later but realised no movies were suitable for us so we kept ourselves occupied with other stuff.

Oh, and i've decided, today is the turning point of my life! Why?

Watched reality tv today, trading spouses

The 2 families traded were, a really poor family of hippies whose parents did nothing but lazed around and asked their kids whose still studying+ working for cash, and another very well to do family, whose parents train their kids very hard, keep them on a tight schedule so that they are good bother physically and academically!

The former lived in a really small like 600 square feet house whereas the latter lived in a 5000 square feet mansionette!

Yes, i've decided to stop wasting my life away and study hard! I even went to study in the lib today, quite proud of my self =).

YES, SUCCCCCEEEEED IN LIFE YONG WEN HAO NICOLAS!!!!

Thats all for today, this is the true Goodbye.

Day 3

2007-12-20T11:27:00.000+08:00

Of being sick and battling the flu virus this time.

Woke up this morning feeling disorientated and as usual, whole body aching and appetiteless. =/

Many thanks to Randolph and Zsa^2 for their concern!
Ran was nagging at me for through his sms on why i never take care of myself O_O, why i overdose my medicine, why i still take the anti-histamines when i'm not sick already.

This is one time that i think that my friends are my concerned about my illness then my family is.

No one in the family actually bothers to ask how i am.
The kitchen's empty without any food of some sort, not even biscuits, apparently they prepared breakfast but didn't prepare any for me AGAIN.
Mum came into my room to vaccuum AGAIN while i'm resting in bed.
Dad's blasting some Radio music right now while im trying to sleep, so i'm here typing the post.
No one gets my hint of volunteering to buy breakfast =(. i always volunteer when they're sick at least.

Guess i can rest better without them at home on this public holiday,=(

Goodbye.

Homeworks and viruses

2007-12-19T23:04:00.000+08:00

Maths and Economics undone =/

1. Lost mcclaurin series notes.
2. Mum threw Econs workbook already
3. No cheek to ask others to help me photocopy

Cough's getting worst, Mum says she got the virus from me last cos she started coughing 1hour after drinking my soup. Wth?

Aren't viruses supposed to enter the host cell, take over their body machinery to reproduce themselves before actually infecting you with the synthoms? that'd take about 3 days O_O

Mum's probably just paranoid.

So much to do, so little time to complete it, doesn't really help that i'm falling sick soon.

Guess i won't be going out tomorrow, just stay @ home and get a good night's rest!

I hate dust =(. Yes, i support Nicole Kidman's organisation in the Golden Compass, because asshole dust infected me with this virus indirectly =(

Shit, an ant just bit me while I typed the last sentence.
Goodbye.

verge of sickness

2007-12-18T22:18:00.001+08:00

Dammit, i think i'm falling sick soon, and school's gonna start soon =( WTF!

Yes, the synthoms are there if you'd ask, the sore throat, the minor occasional coughs and occasional sudden rise in body temperature + a little bit of phlegm. =/

It'll probably escalate tomorrow since im eating caramel corn which is super heaty and vicious =(

I have no idea whether its the anti-histamines which make me feel drowsy, but today morning, i woke up with my nose all stuffed up, high body temperature and the whole world seemed to be spinning.

Guess its just the old synthoms that i'd always get when Nic cleans up his room to find his homework :S

Nothing much happend today, was studying was zsa @ lib, had dinner and walked around, at least i did my bio hmwk!

Damn, one should never visit the library for long hours during their holidays, its like dementors draining the energy u have within you!

After 3 hours of study

My Biology Homework

Library view outside the window

battle against the dustmites and the usual 3+ 1 gang

2007-12-17T23:50:00.000+08:00

The day had finally arrived.

Nic started checking all his equipment for one final time with utmost care, embracing himself for the ever-lasting battle against his arch rivals- The Dustmites. Oh! They were a cruel bunch, leaving turmoil and destruction in their wake, every other place they ever sojourned turned into instant oblivion. They have penetrated even the flawless of defenses, no matter how much aegis u fortified your castle in, they'd still be able to infiltrate your defense effortlessly. Silently but surely, they could destroy you with a single wave if you weren't well prepared enough.

Yes, the signs were evident, they had crossed the straits of Malacca, entered Singapore, moving their way from West to East, all with signs of imminent victory, however, despite the countless battles these Dustmites fought, it was apparent that they had no weaknesses to exploit, they seemed almost invincible, resistance was almost futile! It seemed, that it was only a matter of time before planet earth returned back to 1 b.c., an era with no humas.

However, only in times of crisis, do true heroes emerge, and from the depths of darkness, came forth Nic, the last hope against these dustmites, alone, dressed in full body armour comprising of his iPod with earphones, comfortable clothes, and most importantly, the most appropriate headgear for fighting against dustmites.

Nic in full body armour

Despite being fully prepared and all, little did Nic know, that he was going to fight the hardest battle in his life, a losing battle which he had to overcome astronomical odds in order to win, those left alive expected defeat as the most probably outcome.

This is the moment. The dustmites were within visible range of Nic, and in no time, they stood yards away from him, poised in an offensive position, ready to attack on command.

Nic removed his headgear with dignity, and bellowed to the army of Dustmites- ' I wish to speak with your leader, before battle commences'

But Alas! Nic sneezed! Yes, apparently he was allergic to dustmites, like Superman was allergic to Uranium!(or was it some other element?) Without his headgear, Nic was useless against them! He decided, that it was best he put on his headgear for this fight of his life, and in no time, it was back on him.

The Dustmite leader stepped forward and sniggered to Nic: 'U, are not worthy of my time, i do not see the need to communicate with you. Let this battle be swift, i have many territories to conquer, admit defeat now and i shall spare you your dignity.'

Nic replied: 'NO! I'd rather go down in glory, then live in misery and shame. I will not go down without a battle!'

Dustmite Leader: 'And so it begins, TO ARMS!'

The dustmite troops roared with confidence and charged to Nic, who seemed unfazed facing such a big army alone, for he knew that he had prepared for this, all his life, and now would be the moment of truth.

The Battlefield.

As soon as the dustmites approached, Nic raised his weapons in both hands, one hand holding a clean wet rag, the other holding a feather duster, he started slashing at will, and one by one, each dustmite fell and disappared into the air as nothing.

However, there was one fact that ensured constant victory of the dustmite, they could multiply at will, if u killed one, another three would respawn from nowhere!

It was then, when Nic realised that brawn would get him nowhere, he would evantually wear down, and Nic would be defeated by the dustmites if, he continued at this rate, slashing aimlessly. He had to think fast, think of a way that he could swoop a large amount of Dustmites at one go, kill them before they mutiplied!

It was then, when he remembered of the prophecy his mum had told him, which lead to the legendery victory of the new breed of viruses who named themselves, the SARS.

She said: ' The world lived in darkness for that point of time, SARS instilled fear into all our people, it seemed as though all hope was lost, when suddenly, someone crucial, who held the key to victory, surfaced from the abyss.He called himself, Phua Chu Kang, he rallied everyone against SARS, and defeated SARS, albeit temporarily.

Despite his victory, Phua Chu Kang(PCK), remained humble, and told the people 'This, is not the end of SARS, the prophecy foretold that newer breeds of microviruses will continue to spawn, we must always remain vigilant and take good care of ourselves in order to win! With that, i take my leave, and whenever in doubt of how to gain victory, always remember my words, that i have formed in a rhyme for easy remembrance: (Insert virus name) is the virus, that i just want to minus, no more surprises if you, USE YOUR BRAIN, USE YOUR BRAIN, USE YOUR BRAIN LA!'

The flashback then ended in an instant, and Nic snapped back into reality. PCK's words and the prophecy continud flashing through his mind at high shutter speed, and Nic started using not only brawn, but brains as well.

He observed his surroundings, and noticed, that the dustmites, before they could spawn and fight, they had to land on the surface. Nic thinked hard about this point, and from nowhere, a sudden inspirational idea hit him! YES, the dustmites need to land on surfaces to attack, they are not that good airborne, if i remove all the obstacles on land, i could then use my weapons, the rag and cif to wipe out all of them at once! YES, this would be how he'd do it!

Operation: Wipeout commenced, and Nic started packing and filing all obstacles in their proper places (bags, papers, stationery), and by the time he was done with it, the room was spick and span with no obstacles to get in the way of him wiping out all of the dustmites!

The Battlefield after Nic cleared the obstacles

Now, all that was left for Nic to do was the final swipe, he raised both weapons and started using the feather duster and clean wet rag to wipe and dust the floors as well as the tables, killing numeous Dustmites with every swipe and dusting.

Finally, all Dustmites but the Dustmite leader was killed. He whispered feebly in my ear 'Please, spare me.' The iron hearted Nic replied: 'NEVER! Did u spare the people you Dustmites attacked? You had your chance, but was defeated at battle, now, prepare to face the wrath of my rag and feather duster!'

The dustmite leader was killed, and that was the last of all Dustmites. All that was left of the Dustmites were now the stains of their crimson blood left on Nic's rag and feather duster.

And that, my friend, is Nic's life story against the dustmites today!

Oh, and i also studied a little today with the 3+1(Nicolasx2) gang, but i spent like 1hour+ typing this post and now i'm super tired+ drowsy from the pillls, goodbye!

Vivo, Gunners and Taxi Drivers

2007-12-17T02:35:00.001+08:00

Made up my mind to do homework and study today, plan didn't work out, was out practically the entire day AND night! Wtf!

Even though nic feels kinda guilty for being out the whole day, but nevertheless, he had a great time out today =D

Was awaken by vaccuum sounds of the home vaccuum today morning, apparently for some reason or other, today is house mini spring cleaning day O_O

I had to help with the curtains, windows cleaning and cleaning my own desk, all done in groggy state having just woken up at 9am and apparently sleeping at 4am on the very same day.

Watched some Old time tv show before my whole family (inc My bros gf Joan) went to Heeren to get Mum's Ad Hardy cap exchanged, its those kinda caps where there are skulls everywhere on the cap

Ad Hardy caps

Sorry, at this point of time i'm off to play D2 with hector! brb in blogging for awhile, shall update in a min

Back to the day, we went to vivocity after Orchard to shopppppp.
Bro and Mum had a huge shopping harvest, I only managed to get my earphone covers and starbucks coffee =/

Last place in vivo we went to was Daiso, i got my caramel corn, Mum got her stuffs, and we all went home to peng and watch the star awards afterwards.

Star awards was pretty much the same as every year, we ordered macdelivery which took Ages to come =/, ordered at like 730 but food came at 920pm, i guess its cos today has the Asian Idol and the Star Awards, everyones ordering delivery.

Received a call from Rayson and 2 missed calls from Joaee afterwards, inviting me to watch the Devils vs 'You'll Never Walk Alone' and Gunners vs Chelsea.
Final Score: Devils1-0Liverpool Gunners1-0Chelsea, the trip there via taxi was damn hip! We got this taxi driver uncle who was damn cool man, he had the 80's flower power long curly hair, and kept telling us about the Aquas @ Changi, His army life, his previous so damn cool job and all his views, i think its probably one of the best taxi uncles i'll ever meet.

Rayson was feeling Emotional/Cranky after seeing that the Gunners beat Chelsea for this match, and almost flagged down a police car LOL
We got into the taxi, and decided to drop off Rayson first.
Taxi Uncle: 'To where?'
Rayson: Uncle, 510**5
Taxi Uncle: HUH? WTF?
Rayson: Thats my postal code.

That was a huge classic lol, at first we thought he was punking the taxi driver or something, turns out he wasan't, was just being himself LOL

and thats all for today, Goodbye.

elation

2007-12-15T17:47:00.000+08:00

Argh! Woke up feeling a sharp pain on my damn neck! I think theres something wrong with the way i sleep or something!

Nothing much today, spent the morning playing bball with zhiwei/eugene/tk, listened to them on their latest expedition.

Spent the afternoon sleeping/playing

Marc just called, telling me the ipod cannot be exchanged because of their should have check-on-the spot policy =/
Felt really cheesed off at first, blaming the stall for their policy, such a big mac company unable to give compensation. Blamed myself for being impatient in not checking the ipod for defects because i was anxious to get out of wheelock so that i wouldn't be caught in the upcoming thunderstorm.

But evantually i realised theres no point in blaming anyone, doing so would only make myself more unhappy.

Let this be a lesson for me +D

*update*
Just came back from the mini class outing, Thank you organisers for putting in the effort!
Though we didn't spend that much time together during this outing, but nevertheless, all of us had a fair share of fun during this outing :)

Read Alvin's xmas mail, it was really great and personalised!

nanobots

2007-12-14T23:29:00.000+08:00

Hi everyone!

I think its becoming a habit for me to blog before my nightly bath, i've been doing it for the past 2-3 days or so!

And for those reading this, thank youuuu!! Though i have no idea how u managed to find your way here, but if you're willing to listen to me, you're always welcome =D

3 Random things for today

1. i wore sunglasses out when it rained today
2. i learned that u must be at least 18 to buy medicine from the pharmacy
3. i learnt that my bro is a very nice guy!

He offered to help me change my scratch ridden new ipod cos his going to town tomorrow!
Thank you.

Yup, today i went to collect my ipod nanooooo 3rd gen *=D*

I travelled all the way down to city hall, went through the OneRafflesLink, walked through the overhead bridge to get to suntec, i think its about a 1km walk from the station to there WTF!
Proceeded to epicentre but learnt that they had no more stock =(
Apparently the sales people were either inefficient or had a miscommunication, telling us there was stock, a case of incompetency in this scenario, but i saw that they were like younger then me so its excusable :S

Had to proceed to wheelock to get my ipod =/. As luck would have it, it rained when i reached there, had to run through the rain before finally getting my ipod. The whole journey was like journey to the west, LONG.

Got home and realised my ipod was scratch ridden, very disappointing.

Because i bought my ipod through internet purchase, i get this goes to show how technology can actually slow things down instead of speed things up, not only did i have to travel to 2 places to get my ipod, but had defects, i guess i wont use internet purchases anymore.

IF u all managed to sustain reading such a BORING post for so long, continue reading on about a weird habit i have!

Yes, i name all things i consider precious to my with a nickname! By things, i mean non-living things !

I'm gonna call my replaced ipod nanobots, the changed one was called nanobytes
I call my notebook lenovo because, thats just the brand name
I call my psp Whitney for no particular reason

And many many others.

Thats it for now, goodbye.

something special

2007-12-13T21:00:00.000+08:00

Christmas or Birthday came early this year for me!

Mum got for me what i always needed, a new Mp3!! THANK YOU.

Think i'm gonna upload all my songggggggggs inside =D

I'm gonna collect it soon, and now's worktime

Goodbye.

wear and tear

2007-12-12T22:08:00.000+08:00

As usual, an average day for me.
Spent the morning watching VCD's, getting damn hooked on to movies.

Movies watched today: 1. Initial D 2. Shaolin soccer I kinda watched both shows before, just that i quite like racing/kung fu shows.

Rain's been on & off lately, damn, i wanted to jog =/, i want my fitting pair of jogging shoes!

Settled what i had assigned myself to do in the afternoon, errands etc.

Then went with wg to study for 3hours or so @ lib, sort of managed to FINALLY finish my chemistry after eons. Ate at a nearby FoodCourt

And i got a couple of lib bks!

thats all for now, goodbye.

Shoes and fatigue

2007-12-11T22:14:00.000+08:00

Dad's in the toilet, hafta wait for him, won't take that long though

To make todays long story short, i searched for a pair of shoes that had my size(size 13) and was something i liked, but the search wasn't that futile.
And, Alvin got his series of unpopular books o.o
Oh and there was this mini noise exhibition at heeren promoting local art =/

Damn, i know the blog's still damn screwed up, fixing up is gonna take time, which i don't have much left.

Just realised today that the class bbq shit is coming, OMGWTFBBQ i have no idea its this week!

While dad's still bathing/shitting(hopefully not), i'll just make a to-do-list for myself

1. get my damn homework done (priority)
2. get my fitting pair of shoes which i really like
3. Jog
4. Help out with the deco again as i promised.
5. RENT MORE MOVIES FOR MYSELF =D, and of course watch more

Speaking of which i think P just told me GV is having the usual EOY movie marathon! (pretty low profile)

Well, i'm really tired now, i think i'll just rap the toilet door hurrying him up

OH HIS OUT ok bye.

Childhood & Movies

2007-12-10T22:21:00.001+08:00

Nothing much to talk about today, finally got down to serious work, did my stuff (though not yet finished), made my way to challenger to get the gadgets i desperately needed.

Lets see, i finally got something that would prop my notebook up for better movie comfort + using comp on my bed :D, the stand even allows me to rotate my notebook 360degrees, how cool is that shit? All for 10bucks! I also got my CD-R's, all for quite cheap a price i'd say.

Today, i watched this show, its kinda like an old movie, titled: Unaccompanied minors

Yes, Nic likes to watch kiddy shows.

But then again, i love watching movies.

Its somewhat like HomeAlone, airport style, 5 kids get stranded at an airport, punk the adults in the course of escaping, and evantually gets everyone to like them for some reason or another.

Yup, its like a repeat of homealone and everything also happens during christmas time, with all the snow and whatnot.

Honestly, although the plot was kinda cheesy and half-baked and seriously made no sense, i kinda enjoyed the show. Well, not all movies have to make sense.

This kind of led me thinking about my childhood, or the lack of it whatsoever.

I realised my childhood kinda just past quite calmly, nothing dramatic, nothing to remember about, in fact, i don't think i quite enjoyed it that much ^o) (sacarstic smilie)

Possible the only fond memory i have would be that of me, going to gold coast for 7days, visiting movie/sea/dream world, where i sat in what was thought to be a damn scary ride when i was 7 years old, and my untied shoe dropped into the water, where the guard guys just had to fish the shoe up using a fake shark.

And, the best thing about being a child is that everyone will forgive you, no matter what you do, not to mention er, lighter setences etc. etc.

And lastly, the whole point of this post is just to tell you all i love movies, so GOGO INVITE ME TO WATCH A SHOW OK?

Ps, Desmond agreed to help me fix up my blog during his holidays next week :), MAC treat 4 u :S

discrepancies

2007-12-09T13:25:00.000+08:00

I'm sorry mum and dad, but i really hate my room and the privacy im getting.

I'm so missing the old house, with my huge room, my huge privacy and quiet life.
Sound

For starters, we have the neighbours, whose baby cries are my morning calls, i have no damn idea why, but the baby just keeps crying every single day, and it doesnt really help that the neighbour's door is just less than 50cm away from my room.

Ok, back to the topic on the closets, i have 3 really HUGE closets in my room, yup. The middle one belongs to me, left one my dad takes and right one is used to put bedsheets/photoalbums.
Yup, as u guessed, dad keeps knocking on my damn door once every 10 minutes just to get his stuff or put some stuff inside, distracting me, causing me to lose my concentration.

Then, every morning theres always mum's morning call with the huge industrial vaccuum she uses to vaccuum the floor, im not saying cleaning my room is a bad thing, but at least do it AFTER i wake up right?

Oh don't forget the fruit sellers selling 5 for 3$ fruits that i will always remember my entire life, the madman that screams in the middle of the night waking me up, and the construction sounds.

Space

Ok, as earlier mentioned the closets are indeed really HUGE, they take up 30% of my room, my bed takes up about another 30% and the table takes up 30%, 5% is taken up by some mini drawers on the floor. Well, that leaves me with just 5% of space left to walk, as proof of the minimal amount of space that i really do have, heres a pickle:
I cut myself around the edges of the bed or table while trying to move around very often, about once a week?

Mum just usually nags to me about how messy my table is, when actually its considered as normal by other mums, but i cant really help it.
Think about it, there are virtually no spaces to put my file because the room is filled with other litter that doesnt even belong to me, and i only have 1, yes 1 MISERABLE power point thats deep below my table, that is why i cant help it if just the wires along for my electronic stuff clutters up the entire room

Privacy

Same as sound, mum wakes me up with housework, dad just moves in and out once every 10 minutes
Then theres the shitty layout of the entire building, if i open the bottom layer windows, neighbours can practically see what im doing, leaving me with just the choice of leaving the upper layer open which just makes my room too damn stuffy

patches

2007-12-09T01:58:00.000+08:00

Another days past, workpile doesnt seem to be getting smaller, in fact, made more plans to distract myself from it. Damn.

Day was spent shopping, got myself a shirt, a v-neck tee, linen berms and regular cotton ones, would've cost a bomb if mum hadn't sponsored me. thanks.

Caught at movie at 5, golden compass, i'd say its a good movie, excellent CGI, good plot but something's missing, i guess its the feel, i didn't really feeeel that absorbed in the show, could be because the damn stranger beside me kept fidgetting about, eating with popcorn with such gusto that i couldn't concentrate, didn't bother to warn him.

Reached home, packed my room, watched taxi on vcd and here i am now at approx 2:05am

and that rounds up my life story for the day, its 2:05am in the morning and you can call me bushed. Goodbye.
Oh and, i realised that the feeling of being in singapore still sucks after such a long time, betcha i'm gonna get my ass on the plane next year to some place

Vaccation

2007-12-07T13:33:00.001+08:00

Damn, almost everyone i know is going on a long trip for a min of like 5 days, yet here i am still in Singapore =/

Lets see, there's people going to Australia/HK/Italy/Korea and i'm going to town. -.-

Has it ever occured to you that different people like to enjoy their holidays differently? Holidays as in trips aboard not locally.

My dad for one, likes to go to resorts, places to relax and just laze the whole day away, with good food, a good book, somewhere like Bali, a quiet retreat from the bustling never-ending city life that never seems to take a break, even during festive seasons.

resorts

Then, there's always the shopping type, who'd go to shopppppppppppppping heaven! These are the ones with the stamina, they could just shop all day, 8am-10pm, just buying new clothes and stuff alone satisfies their desires. One hotspot for such people would probably be places with night markets, uncountable malls, somewhere like Thailand?

Shopping Malls

And last but definitely not least would be the scenery enjoying type. These interest those who appreciate the culture of the country, love to take photos of monuments and rare phenomenons as well as those who just want to see more, widen their scope of horizon, know more about the world itself. Perhaps somewhere like Egypt would interest this group, the statues, the science behind the pyramids, the wars fought and the culture of the area.

Egypt

I for one am the third type, its always been my dream to backpack, whether with friends or family. Not as in the forest kinda backpack, but the type where one would just rome around the country, enjoying the scenery, soaking in the lifestyle of the country, as well as knowing their history (this sounds geeky).

I love museums, monuments and rare phenomenons, and hopefully, by next year i may just get the chance to backpack! Hopefully.

Aus

But for now, i guess its still more of Singapore for me.

stan chart

2007-12-04T21:32:00.000+08:00

life's been pretty much average for me, the only recent highlight would be

2007 Standard Chartered Run

Wtf? Nic the lazy shit run 42.195km? No way man, i still have a life ahead of me and i don't intend to shorten it. Naturally, i chose the second option to take part in this event, to volunteer for it. When you volunteer, you get paid, you get a damn free addidas t-shirt (which is why weiguang volunteered ) and you get a 1 time 20% discount @ addidas stalls, why take part and slog your damn guts out running when the perks of being a volunteer are so much better? Personally, i give it 2 thumbs up (:

The night started off at 745pm, but we told weiguang to come at 730pm, because of his record for tardiness. 2 fags and a genius(thats me!) alighted at city hall, and being the one with the ultimate intuition, i chose the exit on the left of city hall which proved to be the wrong choice. 3 stooges ended up walking one large round around the stamford hotel, through CHIJMES and the memorial, evantually reaching the tents around the padang.

we arrived at around 2020, 25 minutes early for the event #_#, many thanks to des and his kiasuness, me and weiguang decided to go to jason's supermark for some goodies, desmond, being his usual lazy fag self, decided to just sit in the tent, being a loner.

The event started off with us doing the packing for the drinks station crew/ route marshal, that was kinda slack, with me just inserting ponchos into the bag, but we were later assigned to do this shitty task--> Stack a mountainful of shitload chairs from one end of the tent to the other tent in 8's. weiguang being the usual slacker that he was decided to slack once more, running over to the bikes to test them out, in which he got CAUGHT slacking. Instead of getting his just deserts, he was offered a slacker job instead, checking the bikes out. Wtf? BUT he slacked AGAIN, and was caught AGAIN, the leaders got tired of his slacking and decided to ignore him this time.

Afterwards was a damn RUSH HOUR. the volunteers started to pour in 'minutes to midnight' and we, the VLC(volunteer welfare crew) had to give out their volunteer packs, t-shirts + ID cards. Saw some old friends there as well as some MJ friends who volunteered for this event too.

Our job pretty much ended afterwards, but we had to stay until 7++ am. Imagine, from 1am to 7am with no job to do, but we still get paid a paltry sum =).

The 3 of us ate supper at some benches, together with this newfound friend, YaoLe. the 3 of them for some reason or another decided to find me a girl within the large mass of thousands of crowd, eh but wth?

One whole day + night of no sleep + Sai Kung work stacking chairs = a tired nic, had totally no mood to go for some girl chasing, but tagged along with the 3 of them to go find some chiobus, we totally looked like 4 desperate guys man.

After hours of 'scenery watching' and weiguang & his info counter girl, the lot of us decided to experience the thrill of 40k, YES, 40k people running, it was definitely a sight to see and the highlight for the night for me. the experience was exhilarting and yes, i'd volunteer again, although this time i won't choose VLC anymore.

at 7+ am we collected our t-shirt and cash, and peng-ed in a bus before going home. Goodbye.

Drifting apart

2007-12-03T13:47:00.001+08:00

Nostalgia's gone;
Disappointment has settled in;

Ive lost the motivation to initiate
Im sorry,
perhaps my faux pas was that i imposed my thinking and what i wanted on all of you.

maybe this was just a passing phase in my life.
Godspeed to all of you for your future endeavours.

But im afraid, for now its farewell;
least till we meet on the streets; under the shimming blue moonlight.

Nicolas.

Procastination

2007-11-22T22:55:00.000+08:00

Damn, somethings been haunting me lately, and thats my conscience, right now, im sitting here, typing this while drinking the chryst tea mum bought, and wondering what is it i should have done that i didn't do and have been it off for weeks.

The thing is, even in the phenomenon that you do have spare time, you'd rather spend it doing something else, when it comes to these chores, though you do know that you'll eventually have to do them, I'd normally do it when the need arises or when the biological alarm foroces you to.

First up, i need a damn new blogskin, this one's the default, I'll have to start putting up a new blogskin before i can even make my blog official on msn, done through personal messages.
Seeing how my pathetic blog is, not much pictures, mainly words with little posts, i'd say this blog is in a half-dead kinda state.

Sorry Blog, its just that i don't really have the spare time to post, and i don't really take pictures when i go out.

While we're on the topic on pictures and holidays, this reminds me i still need to pack my damn bag for the short batam trip, yet i've not started packing; screwed again.

Last on the important list would be the homework, lets see, i've got

GP
Chem
Bio
Maths
Econs

and this pretty much sums up my life for now.

On a lighter note, today was spent out with the ex-OG27 clique;

played ball;
ate paste;
CS-ed;

Thank you guys for making my day today, in no particular order

Kenny
Jon teo
YK
Joaee
WG
Rayson

Lastly, a quote;
Jealousy will get you nowhere, the only harm inflicted would be to yourself

Pardon my bad grammar, i'm in a half-dead state now.

A picture for anamnesis

2007-11-17T14:12:00.000+08:00

This weeks been a rather mediocre week, i have no idea why, i just cant grasp my usual self back, when i talk to my friends i'm sometimes just.. lost for words, no idea what to say, no topic to talk about, i just cant get a grip on myself, perhaps its just whats in turmoiled brain of mine.

Looking back, lifes been rather good to me, i'm the passive one.

I realised, in every school phase of my life, be it primary, secondary, pre-u, theres always someone whose been there for me all the time, my good friends, i'm glad i have you guys in my life, you guys will be where i shall draw strength from.

Do or die.

2 Gig

2007-10-31T22:06:00.000+08:00

Today's been a pretty mild day, stayed at home almost the entire day, doing I&R.

Sometimes it just irritates me, some people just use you when you're needed, and cast you aside when they don't really need you.
Call me skeptical, but i'd keep my distance.

Memories are but thoughts in the brain

summary and reflections

2007-10-29T22:50:00.000+08:00

Exam's have come to an end, so has the year.

2007 has well been, a pretty eventful year.

From the time i first stepped into TPJC, reluctant to interact

To being chummy with my OG27, we were a tight bunch then.

Got to know my 07s10 too, both girls and guys.

Over there, i made new friends, learnt how to play basketball, as well as bridge

After which came the quitting of the Cinema Service Crew at GV, those guys, some were school dropouts, some were smoking bengs, yet, i could relate to them, and we became a GV big family

I will, never forget, what my manager, Jennifer Tan has taught me, why people hate working,its not the job that sucks, its the attitude towards it that sucks. Everyone looks forward to payday, some get more, some get less, its the work we actually put in.

Then it was retrieving O level results at NAS

Would always remember, the time Mdm Sharifah looked at my results slip, opened her eyes wide and told me i got 6As and 10 points, it was as literally a dream came true.

Then came entry to MJC, which marked the end of the route of my extremely long hair

came to know the guys of 07s111, not as tight, but still okayable, perhaps its just the wide interests.

The failed tests, depressed mid years, poor promos performance, as well as personal problems, made me a changed person at the time of my life, i came to understand, and mature.

This, has pretty much summed up my year.

This years been a pretty rough year i'd say.

Indeed, i do have a lot of regrets.

I skipped classes in tpj for basketball, and struggled till today

Then it was Dads major OP, straining my limits

Afterwards came Leaving TPJ mates.

Then it was the dislike of MJC

Followed by the failed mid-years

Then it was effort put into tests which did not bear fruit

Afterwards personal problems started to surface

Then it was the failed to perform promos

This year, was also once again, plagued by serious bouts of insomnia, headache, fatigue and migraines, no different from any other.

However, this year also has its fair share of joy

I enjoyed life with classmates and OG mates at TPJ

I got my above ideal O level results

I picked up new skills

I worked part-time and matured (even though i liked that slack part time job, and no, its not the job at GV)

I got into the school of choice

I understood joy, as well as sorrows

I subconciously, enjoyed the company of 07s111.

Every single one of you, who just got to know me this year, as well as those i already knew, each take a special place irreplacable in my heart.

Thank you all of you, in one way or another, who got me through life.

These, are my To-do-lists for this holiday

1. workout

2. do end of year revision packages

3. study hard

On a side note, i remember, someone once asked me, why i am so good natured, adopting a joking attitude towards life. (Not that i think i am okay!)

By doing so, others will take advantage of you

You will constantly be the target that everyone unites and 'shoots' at

Nobody will treat you seriously

I wasan't able to answer you at that point of time, but now, i have the answer.

I don't mind being taken advantage of, as long as its not too serious

I don't mind being 'suaned' at

I dont mind being treated as a child.

But doing so provides joy to others, thats all that matters.

the perils of life

2007-10-24T22:10:00.000+08:00

I wish for life to revert to the way it was, and i really mean it. Things are starting to get complicated for me, yet there's nothing i can really do about it. I find myself not answering to calls and messages to almost all my friends, yet all i want to do right now is to take a walk.

Finding it increasingly hard for me to keep the boundaries visible, my life is.. one huge mess now. I used to think that i could separate personal life from school life, yet i found myself unable to do so, on this very day. My sleep cycle, emotions, behaviour, interpersonal skills are all deteriorating. I found out that, it is indeed difficult to be someone u are not.

Today, Nic lost his temper during H&F basketball impromptu friendly with the ODAC guys, i found that i could not contain the monster within me anymore, and i unleashed it in school. Nic became a fiend for that minute, playing basketball with such rigour and incense, not my usual playing style, for that minute, i felt that i was someone different, couldn't control myself.

Sorry guys (H&F and ODAC guys), I'm not usually like that, the sudden anger wasn't caused by you guys, it was me, i just couldn't contain the pressure built up inside me over time, life kinda sucks for me now, and i just want to lead a normal school life, like the rest.

I wish for all these to be over soon, and i know that you will be seeing this.