Tuesday, December 07, 2010

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M!©HæĹ at 3:57 PM

Saturday, August 21, 2010

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ioc's over, now on to prelims ...

i never thought i would be penning my thoughts on my blog once again ... it's been a while since i repeatedly wrote on my blog in a relatively short span of time ... anyways, it's the YOG now! and i've been catching some action on tv and of course rooting for team singapore! :D

some thoughts;
- i thought our swimmers did relatively well ... despite not winning a gold, a silver by rainer was indeed incredible! i didn't even think we could come close to a medal. but that proved everyone wrong! we can now move on to prepare for the 2012 olympics where hopefully we would shine!
- kudos to other swimmers too like ... arren, sheng jun, clement, amanda, cheryl ... was really nerve wrecking when i watched the heats, semis and finals! i was going wild when they were midway through their races, hoping that they would really make it and beat their opponents. but oh well, the spirit of YOG is to have like a "friendly" competition right? so nevermind that they didn't finish top 3 positions.
- was watching isabelle in her opening match with the british girl in table tennis girls singles ... so happy when she won 3 games in a row! off to an incredulous start! ;D

anyways, the past 2 weeks have been crazy. balancing ioc prep, aussie trip planning and studies prep for prelims. but oh wells, IOC ended on thurs. and lemme share with you my AMAZING experience about it!

it was 7.50am. i headed off to the library and was told that kenneth was there studying. nicolette was there too. when i arrived, kenneth was all smiles and we all were like feeling the nerve bites in us. i couldn't study much because i had to be at the board room by 8.20am. i simply flipped through some king lear extracts and some poems, looking intensely at the Robert Frost poems of course (woodpile, mending wall, after apple picking). but i didn't neglect my favourite of all poems there, background and friezes. then i told kenneth: "please please God, please let me do some justice to the nigerians who suffered during the civil war and let me pick background!! i really want it (if I get a poem of course). and he was like ... "haha ... hope u get it then!"

we went to the toilet. and only break before entering the board room to seal my fate. i was outside the room. seeing no one in sight ... i decided to pace up and down outside the board room until ms jacque yeo opened the door and said "michael ..." only then did i see the other 3 inside already waiting! and oh boy, i thought i was early when it was 8.20 - the time we were supposed to report. but then, okay, i went in, put down my stuff at the side table and took two pens and a mechanical pencil. i sat down on the fourth chair facing ms jacque yeo. in front of us were 9 envelopes, each containing either KL or a poem.

ernest came first. so he picked no. 4. the next guy picked no. 2. keefe went next and chose no. 7. i wanted 7 cuz' it's like lucky no. 7 right? haha ... finally, it was down to my turn. i hesitated for a while. whether i should pick no. 7 too (cuz we are supposedly allowed to ... but later i heard ms yeo doesn't allow). but then i went by my guard feeling and chose no. 9. she opened the envelope, took the piece of paper out. from the back, it looked like a poem because there was no box outline. the other 3 had king lear extracts, while i was the only one with a poem. ms yeo said ... "you are given 20 minutes. i will signal to you 15, 10, 5 and time's up. the time now is 8.32, your time starts now..." my heart was racing. i didn't want to blank out. i entrusted this extract into His hands. i flipped the paper. and guess what? HALLELUJAH! IT WAS "BACKGROUND AND FRIEZES!" i was so happy then i smiled so widely!! so from then on, everything else was history. i wrote as much as i could for the 20 minutes.

when i came out after my ioc recording was done, i walked around for a while to wait for the board room door to retrieve my stuff. and not long later, i saw tim lim, who came over to give support. we waited for kenneth to finish his ioc.before heading back to class. he got the same as nat nah though, edmund's soliloquy. so in the end, Tim got A5S3, Nat & Kenneth got A1S2, Yuen got A3S4 and I got B&F.

but now that ioc is done, it's now time for prelims prep. physics is already underway with many exam paper practices. same for math, which needs alot of practice. same for econs, need to do alot of essays. and history, need to buck up for P1 espcially and wars questions.

until next time, TA-DAH!

;) mike

currently listening to: "Forever Reign" & "The One Who Saves" by Hillsong from the album "A Beautiful Exchange"

M!©HæĹ at 1:32 PM

Saturday, August 07, 2010

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1st post in 8 months!

wow wow! this is my first post in 8 months! i really wonder how it feels to blog again. it's been so busy and my blog has been kinda dead for the past 8 months ... nopes, correction, it HAS BEEN dead.

well, i guess you wanna know abit more about me in the past 8 months yeah? (haha narcisstic!) no luh, just wanna share ... it has been rather smooth for the first 6 months until the common tests came ... which really didnt meet mine nor the teachers' expectations ... and i was really disappointed. but im really glad that my friends and teachers supported me, knowing how i can still pull through despite what others might think or say. im really grateful for all their support and stuff. and God has indeed been so good, blessing me with all these friends and more.

anyways, was at the commando selection thingy last monday and it was kinda well ... a looooooonngggg day spent there. shan't reveal what's there cuz' if you are 17 now and awaiting for that letter next year, then have fun! keeping you in suspense! haha :D

and oh yeahh ... i really wanna change my hp ... but that M1 is always pricing their mobile phones higher than that of Singtel! i'm so pissed ... i cant change network cuz my dad wont allow! grrr ... im really very very pissed about it. so, every weekend is like some "moment of truth" kinda thing ... hoping that the advert shows the lowered price for nokia E72! but it never happens ... cuz M1 still wanna have a high profit margin for that and it's almost natural in business to do so i guess ...

okay okay ... im now in a "streams of consciousness" mode ... i wanna lay down some stuff ... some aims for the rest of the year;

1. new handphone
2. new album (yupp, third one's coming out in Nov/Dec 10 ... supposed to come out last year ... to all supporters: you won't regret getting your 'hands' on this!)
3. new clothes (as in every now and then kinda thing)
4. relatively good scores for prelims
5. relatively good scores for ib
6. worship God with all my heart, no matter what
7. rejoin back philos after ib

and ohh, some new music albums by artists coming up:
1. taylor swift - speak now
2. katy perry - teenage dream
3. david archuleta - the other side of down
4. kelly clarkson (pending)
5. britney spears (pending)

plus, the following songs are my current faves:
1. undo it - carrie underwood
2. king of anything - sara bareilles
3. somebody to love (remix) - justin bieber
4. our God - chris tomlin
5. california gurls - katy perry

until next time, tah-tah!

M!©HæĹ at 10:52 PM

Sunday, December 27, 2009

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(in no particular order)

THE TOP OF 2009 (My List)

[FIRST] Top 10 Songs of 2009 (Mainstream)

1. Poker Face - Lady GaGa
2. Just Dance - Lady GaGa
3. LoveGame - Lady GaGa
4. So Small - Carrie Underwood
5. Tell Me Why - Taylor Swift
6. You're Not Sorry - Carrie Underwood
7. No Boundaries - Kris Allen
8. If I Were A Boy - Beyonce
9. I Got You - Leona Lewis
10. Cowboy Casanova - Carrie Underwood

[SECOND] Top 10 Christian Songs of 2009

1. Run - Hillsong
2. You Hold Me Now - Hillsong
3. Yahweh - Hillsong
4. I Will Rise - Chris Tomlin
5. It's Your Love - Hillsong
6. The First & The Last - Hillsong
7. You Are Here (The Same Power) - Hillsong
8. The Anthem - Planetshakers
9. Sing to the Lord - Hillsong
10. Majesty - Hillsong

[THIRD] Top 10 Close Friends of 2009

1. Jonathan Wee
2. Benjamin Ng
3. Michael Saat
4. Gabriel Chan
5. Kevin Lee
6. Timothy Lim
7. Kenneth Teo
8. Jonathan Poon
9. Zacary Tan
10. Samuel Tan (BB)

[FOURTH] Top 10 Artists of 2009

1. Carrie Underwood
2. Kelly Clarkson
3. Leona Lewis
4. Daughtry
5. Taylor Swift
6. Beyonce
7. Chris Tomlin
8. Hillsong
9. Kris Allen
10. Lady GaGa

[FIFTH] Top 5 Movies of 2009

1. Avatar
2. X-Men Origins: Wolverine
3. Angels & Demons
4. Harry Potter & The Half-Blood Prince
5. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

[SIXTH] Top 5 Teachers of 2009

1. Mrs Yeo Chih Fong
2. Mdm Ruma Banerjee
3. Mr Bernard Low
4. Mr Brian Ng
5. Ms Diana Chng

[SEVENTH] Top 10 TV Shows of 2009

1. Glee
2. Gossip Girl
3. Supernatural
4. The Big Bang Theory
5. Desperate Housewives
6. How I Met Your Mother
7. Heroes
8. The Mentalist
9. The Amazing Race
10. One Tree Hill

[EIGHTH] Top 10 BB Friends

1. Goh Jia Hao
2. Jonathan Poon
3. Lu Si Yinn
4. Samuel Tan
5. Andre Chan
6. Shaun Low
7. Benjamin Ng
8. Samuel Wang
9. Eunice Wong
10. Zacary Tan

[NINTH] Next Top 10 Friends (2nd Circle)

1. Douglas Tay
2. Andre Chan
3. Cliff Lim
4. Nicolas Soh
5. Ryan Liew
6. Nat Nah
7. Sasha Martin
8. Chester Lim
9. Jia Hao
10. Lu Si Yinn

[TENTH] Top 5 Church Friends

1. Gabriel Chan
2. Tao Han
3. Sze Wing
4. Caleb Lim
5. Yaan Meng

M!©HæĹ at 9:55 PM

Tuesday, December 01, 2009

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M!©HæĹ at 4:22 PM

Monday, November 30, 2009

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HAPPY 17TH BIRTHDAY (TO MYSELF)!


(23 Nov)
1. Nicolas Soh
(24 Nov)
2. Samuel Tan (BB) (and again on 29th)
(29 Nov)
3. Jia Hao
4. Jin Yee
5. Lim Guo Sheng
6. Samuel Tan
(30 Nov ~ Actual Day)
7. Douglas Tay (First Person!)
8. Tao Han
9. Natalie Nah
10. Gabriel Chan
11. Shawn Ong (Bro)
12. Mervyn Lim
13. Daddy
14. Michelle Ong (Sis)
15. Chester Lim
16. Mummy
17. Nicole Lee
18. Tym Teo
19. Eunice Wong
20. Birthday Alarm (haha!)
21. Sze Wing
22. Eddie Lim
23. Noel Cheong
24. Michael Wong
25. (Mr) Oliver Loke
26. Eugene Leong
27. Kevin Elbert Toa
28. Mark Yung
29. Chua Lee Yang
30. Hannah Tan
31. Duane Boey
32. Patricia
33. Dean Chong
34. Paul Enoch Koh
35. Huang Po Hau
36. Keng Gene
37. Marcus (BB)
38. Navkaran Singh
39. Nicholas Lim
40. Vikram
41. Adrian Chong
42. Xu Zhuo'er
43. Benjamin Wang
44. Joshua Ong
45. Kenneth Tan
46. Mark Ong
47. Joseph Gwee
48. Benjamin Ng
49. Zacary Tan
50. Jecolia Tong
51. Petrina Cheng
52. Alison Low
53. Danielle Tan
54. Nicole Andrea T
55. Agam Chandra
56. Florence Yun
57. Nicole Evangeline Poh
58. Elizabeth Saat
59. Eunice Wong (again)
60. Wee Yeong Wei
61. Alex Goh
62. Kevin Wong
63. Choong Jia Shun
64. Chua Hsieh Li
65. Jin Yee (again)
66. Mark De Winne
67. Daniel Kwong
68. Louisa Wu
69. Janie Chee
70. Tarun
71. Kurt Tanyu
72. Lu Si Yinn
73. Malcolm Chui
74. Joshua Liew
75. Kenneth Teo
76. Jonathan Wong
77. Zhi Wei
78. Alex Loo
79. Timothy Liang
80. Jonathan Wee
81. Vinay Rohira
82. Raemiguel Lee
83. Kevin Elbert Toa (again!)
84. Timothy Loh
85. Caleb Lin
86. Nicholas Zhang
87. Jonathan Wee
88. Zacary Tan
89. Gabriel Chan (again)
90. Zacary Tan (again)
91. Jonathan Wee (again)
92. Kenneth Teo (again)
93. Timothy Lim
94. Michael Saat
95. Cliff Lim
96. Kevin Lee
97. Fiona
98. Kevin Lee (again)
99. Timothy Lim (again)
100. Gabriel Chan (again!)
101. Nicholas Tye
102. Cliff Lim (again)
103. Chang Wan Yin
104. Amanda Goh
105. Nicolas Ng
106. Jie Rong
107. Sean Liou
108. Kegan Lim
109. Miyuki
110. Ian Lim
111. Jonathan Aaron Sim
112. Natalie Nah (again)
113. Jordon Lim
114. Johanan Chua
115. Sasha Martin
116. Adrian Chong
117. Natalie Wong
118. (Mr) Jonas Chow
119. Rachel Miao
120. Marcus Liu
121. Zhang Zhihong
122. James Junianlie
123. Hilary See
124. Clement Yue
125. Gek Lynn
126. Joel Chew
127. Christopher I. W.
128. Calida Chua
129. Grace Chan
130. Alicia Tan
131. Eugene Lur
132. Elijah Lim
133. Timothy Lau
134. Dennis Tay
135. Bryan Andrey Fabregas
136. Ng Boonhwee
137. Daryl Cheng
138. Tan Hao Yi
139. Petrina Liam
140. Lin Xunliang
141. Jeremy John Kum
142. Ervin Lim
143. Nicholas Tye
144. Mavis Leong
145. Darren Ling
146. Reuben Ho
147. Aileen Tham
148. Timothy Tan
149. Shaun Tan ZY
150. Ryan Lee
151. Samuel Ong
152. Lim Joonkiat
153. David Chong
(1 Dec)
154. Tan Wei Jian
155. Nicole Ng
156. Jia Hao (again)
157. Jonathan Lee
158. Alvin Surya Tjahyo
159. Adriel Chua
160. James Koh
161. Winston Chew
162. Ryan Cheah
163. An Nguyen Nguyen Ngoc
164. Daphne Ng
165. Winston Chew (again)

M!©HæĹ at 10:55 AM

Sunday, September 20, 2009

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wow! it's been really a while since i've last posted. ah wells, let's have a recap of things. zoom zoom zoom.


hmm ... erm, let's see ... i remember celebrating saat's bday together with gabs, kev, ben, ryan ... about exactly one month after his birthdate. we surprised him and it was so funny to see him "blur blur" when his mum asked him to hurry up to the car. this was obviously all a ploy and i must say that her acting was totally flawless! haha, she didn't laugh ... but really just acted herself!

haha, the cake was bannana chocolate .. and it was just so good! after the pizza dinner, it was immediately the cake. we were all so full to eat the huge slice each of us were given that we didn't finish it. sighs, such a nice cake, but too full to finish it! haha, then we were all treated to the exclusive world premiere of the mpac-only teachers day video 2009 which was supposed to be shown to the whole school, but the student council disappointed us once again.



speaking of which, it has been a roller coaster ride having to work with the council. but ah wells, it's too long a story to tell. just know that, we're all just so upset with the way they work that we can be speechless to describe our working experience with them.


back to happier things, i commanded for morning assembly on FRIDAY! yup, just 2 days ago! it was scary. at first i was rather relaxed, but when the whole school became quieter and quieter in prep for the start of assembly, i became more and more nervous. my legs were shaking the moment i stamped before bursting out into the command "baris sediya".

haha, oh wells, it's been a long journey ... and it's towards the exams now. had games + study session + lunch with bb y5s and y2s ytd. so productive!! haha, and erm been having study sessions before going home on school days too! thats good!!! forcing myself to study. :) and finally got physics tuition ... ah, THANK GOD!

im also just waiting for year-end ... so many things bb stuff (oh rite, there was LAMP in sept hols) and will kick off post exams with CCC on 17 oct (i think?). and then also there's sdma for mpac and a whole load of other things. and coming soon: the summer palace meets winter! hahahah, anyways, yupp ... here's some shows to recommend:

1. the big bang theory (for the funny)
2. gossip girl (for the lonely)
3. melrose place (for the paparazzi)
4. the vampire diaries (for the blood-suckers)
5. one tree hill (for the just-past-teenage-years-people)
6. desperate housewives (for the desperate)
7. glee (for the high-school-musical addicts)

M!©HæĹ at 6:09 PM

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