and so, the ndp rehearsals at padang have started... didn't get close to the action this week round... but if u wanna see some spoiler pictures of this year's mobile column, go and visit http://haojiankang.blogs.friendster.com... my company mate's blog... he's in charge of helping to flag off the vehicles for the drive pass, so the pics u see at his blog are all close up and of pretty gd quality... of course if u want to see the rehearsal itself, u could always go down to city hall westin stamford for a gd view... next rehearsal is on this sat... be there at ~1pm and ~6.45pm if u wanna catch the action... if u saw the sunday times yesterday, u could also catch some aerial action by the RSAF @ the esplanade...

to huishi: VVIP? hmmm... didn't see u talk much abt yr role in the ndp on yr bloggy... did u manage to catch any of the action during the rehearsals?

to meiwen: my friend's sick this few daes, so still waiting for him to burn the dics... ya... next time u hear from me will be when u can collect the dics...

new com arrived on mon... and oh great, didn't expect tt i'll have problems connecting to internet using the new com... so now i'm listening to 93.3 online with my new speakers and subwoofer, looking at my 19" LCD screen as i type, but the system's running on my old CPU and i'm connected to the net on a 256 connection... wth...

some error 692: hardware failure in port or attached device... modem failed to respond to query modem for diagnostics...

seems like singaproeans are really indispensible with their handphones... hmmm... can i survive a day without my hp? i think so... a bit troublesome, but i'll survive... ya... some ppl's so hardcore tt they even bring their hp to the toilet... no wonder u hear of ppl picking up fishing... fishing their hp from the toilet bowl tt is...

someone pls tell me tt i need a life... haven been really doing any productive since who noes when... tell me tt i should stay off the com... it's my achilles' heel...

just visited the ndp 2005 website www.ndp.org.sg and listened to this year's theme songs... feel tt previous years' songs sounded nicer... hmmm....

two 20hours days within the span of 3 days... sianz...

at last, the ndp rehearsal is moving into the combined rehearsals and it's padang, city and nicoll highway for the subsequent wks till the actual day... exciting! hopefully...

actully nothing much to blog about... new com coming tml... zzz...

to meiwen: trying to get my friend to burn me the naruto anime... ~5 dics... from episode 1 to the current episode... naruto movie included too... if u want, i can ask my friend to help me burn an extra set of dics... just send me a sms before sat...

finally updated my 2nd set of lyrics... hehe... ya, if u noticed, it was completed on the 10th of march and i only posted it now... started on my 3rd set of lyrics liao... but still can't really make up my mind wat story the lyrics are going to tell... if u understand wat i mean... so it's only like 2 lines+ done currently...

to meiwen: i dun have any other naruto songs, but i think my buddy has them... i got this song from him... ya...

to lei^3: not yr fault la... it's all NTI and their evil plots...

to tty and xin han?: now guess again who i saw at the ndp rehearsal yesterday? i saw wei xiang! hmmm... he's taking part in the mobile column and driving an ambulence...

read the newspapers the other day and saw this software from www.workshare.com ... basically shows u who made changes (and wat changes they were) to files of particular windows applications and when they did it... so now u'll be able to find out who tempered with yr msword document or yr powerpoint presentation...

Laying Towards Brutality!!!

Lyrics no. 2

毕业典礼

我
望着湖上的涟漪 心中几许叹息
手上紧握着相机 双眼关闭
在脑海里追寻你的足迹
鼓起了勇气 我走向你

你
享受柳树的绿意 心中充满欢喜
沉醉于美景之际 晚宴完毕
在人海里朋友们再聚集
清凉的空气 围绕着你

她
猜中了我的心意 脸蛋微露惊喜
从我那儿接获相机 左眼关闭
在瞬间里那刻写进日记
我俩合照里 我靠着你

拍下了 典礼的华丽 灯火的绚丽
月亮的亮丽 和你的美丽
却拍不到 心中的惋惜 黑夜的孤寂
无形的泪滴 在即的分离

他
与你不只有友谊 上演的情侣戏
至今已到第四季 不必再比
我输给他因为我来不及
将爱情传递 我还爱你

看见了 你与你唯一 怀抱里相依
分享着甜蜜 离开了典礼
却看不到 我靠着墙壁 暗地里哭泣
对你的着迷 我无法抛弃

作词:小飞机
二零零五年三月十日完成

In a nutshell: this song talks about a graduation ceremony and in the first verse, mentions this guy, Z, who in the midst of the ceremony, gazes at a pond and relishes his memories of this girl... in the second verse, the song talks about this girl in question, A... the ceremony ends as the girl enjoys herself and groups of friends gather for a last get-together... in the third verse, another girl is mentioned... this other girl, B, managed to figure out the intention of the guy and helped the guy to take a photo with A... but beyond the great atmosphere of the ceremony and the night, the sad feelings of the guy laid hidden... in the fifth verse, the song mentions A's boyfriend, Y, and how Z was slower in proposing to A than Y... the ending verse talks about how at the end of the day, Z heart-achingly watches A and Y leave the ceremony, hand in hand...

Comments: a pretty long song and one of my other favourite song... very satisfactorily-written... inspiration is drawn from personal experiences...

Gold Award Holders' Alumni http://www.gaha.blogspot.com

actually had a couple of more things to blog about, but i guess it's enough for the day... shall not bore u out further...

have a pletora of stuff to blog about... but first... changed my blog song... the new song, sadness and sorrow (tt's the song name), came from the naruto anime episode 4 (correct espisode?)... played during haku's encounter with naruto... a sad song... u might appreciate the song more if u watched the anime... really brings out the mood of the story...

kk... i've been lambasted from many sides about things concerning me... yes... my blog skin is still this v one tt u are staring at... then again, i'm acutally not really compelled to change it... the black and white contrast works well for me... i love black...

i admit it was not really appropriate for me to wear wat i wore last sat... going along with wat's comfortable for me shouldn't have been applied for the occasion... agreed... i'm guilty... change of wardrobe desperately needed...

to lei^3: are u sure NTI dao3 bi4 liao? the other time i was on my way back to camp and on the mrt when i saw this 2 guys in office attire board the train at raffles place... one of them was carrying this folder with the NTI logo on it... and from their conversations, i highly suspect tt they work for NTI... maybe u want to go check it out?

to huishi: hello! nice to see u here... hmmm... which reminds me tt i haven visited yr blog for some time liao...

to tty: hey, guess who i saw at the PC show @ EXPO? i saw ian! from ncc one... as usual, i wasn't the first to notice my friends... he called out my name and i was like who is this guy? then somehow his name just popped out... he was doing sales there... forgot for which company... enlisting in one month's time... studied in poly...

there's this advertisement playing on the tv lately... the ad on the visa credit card where u see this group of orang utans snatching away this couple's belongings and extorting them for bananas... must watch the full advertisement... really found it funny and v well done... wonder if the ad got nominated for the effie awards (which also have a advertisement of it's own... the one on the indian fire-breather...)

was looking through my hp msgs and wondering wat the ratio of msgs i receive from females compared to males was like... so it came out to be something like 138:24... wow... didn't noe tt it was so imbalanced... haha... ya... i can hear someone screaming: wah! i didn't noe tt songluck is so flirty... lol... hey, it's not tt i only msg the girls k? it's more like the guys seldom msg other guys (wat i'm saying is those friendship msgs)... which is a universal phenomenon i discovered quite a long time ago... so wat's the moral of the story?

my friend was telling me about this National Youth Achievement Award (NYAA)(http://www.nyaa.org) the other day... quickly scanned through the website just now... seems like the things needed to get the award are v much wat the things tt i strive to achieve but have put on hold (see 9/10/2004 post)... taking the first step towards getting the award (my friend suggested i head straight for the gold award... he personally have already gotten the silver) would most certainly get me going and moving... anyone interested to take up this challenge too? u can take a look at the weblink i provided above... would really be great if there are friends to push each other (me? haha) along to move towards this goal... but i guess wat i really need is support from my friends and family if i decide to go for the award...

guess i realised finally y i dread to go for certain outings... culprit identified: the workaholic me... i can't stand doing nothing... feel tt it's a utter waste of time... but i must add at this point tt another important factor for successful outings are the ppl tt actually bother to go for it... many a outing tt i've went to are not well planned out and often, we spend time (a long time) deciding wat to do next...

yesterday's NDP rehearsal was an eventful one... eventful in the bad sense... i just pray future rehearsals be less eventful... for those who want to noe wat happened, can ask me any time...

was flipping through yesterday's lifestyle (i love sunday's papers) and found the article on hitchhiking in singapore interesting... ah hah! not surprisingly my camp easily got into the top 10 most ulu place in singapore... below was the description given: Sungei Gedong Road -- Ask any NSman where this place is and chances are, he will say it's in Siberia. The army camp here is so ulu that army boys say taxi drivers are reluctant to accept even bookings.

how true! but also cannot blame the taxi drivers la... tt place is well, ulu...

specifications of the com tt my parents recently bought from the PC show @ EXPO...

Dell Dimension 4700
Intel Pentium 4 Processor 530 with HT technology
(3GHz, 1MB L2 Cache, 800MHz FSB)
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (English)
Microsoft Works 7.0 - OEM Version
Intel 915G Express Chipset
19" Flat Panel LCD Monitor (E193)(Analog Only)
512MB (2 x 256MB) NECC Dual Channel DDR-2 400MHz
80GB SATA (7200RPM) Hard Drive -- Hard Drive Partition, Primary Size 40GB in C Drive (60GB)
1.44MB 3.5" Floppy Drive
Dell USB Quietkey Keyboard (English)
48x CD-RW/DVD Combo Drive
Integrated 5.1 Channel (Audio) Capable
Dell A425 Speakers with Subwoofer
128MB PCIe x 16ATI Radeon X300 SE w/TV-Out and DVI
Norton Internet Security 2005 - 15 Months OEM
3 Years Next Business Day (8x5) Onsite Response (Parts + Labour)

Total Cost: $1758

went blog surfing last nite... tomorrow.sg is a very interesting website where u get to view all sorts of singaporean blogs... humourous and witty...

sad... the 1st singapore bloggers convention aka BLOGGERS.SG 2005 will be taking place at woodlands regional library on 16 july... ah!!! why woodlands? so far... alamak... y not at the library beside my house... central location some more... haiz...

the three musketeers are busy recently... either with ndp, special ops or guard duties... sian... nv meet up as a threesome for some time liao... personally for me, it's currently staying in camp, day offs and ndp rehearsals alternately occupying my time...

going to the IT show at expo later... to buy a com? hmmm... this com is still quite functional... haven reach 3 years old yet i think... my previous com lasted me a gd 4 years... ah... but cos my sis keep complaining about this com... saying tt it's becoming more and more CMI... quite true la... i nv did a formatting on this com, maybe tt's y... but i dun have the original windows OS cd! tt's y... if not, i would have formatted the com long time ago liao...

but if really buy new com ah, then can play the latest games... *evil smile*... hehehe...

yo meiwen! long time no see... no la, my blog is not a private one... u're always welcomed to read my blog... i never download naruto for a long long time liao... also stuck/stopped at ~episode 70... did try to download the latest episode but it pissed me off... download until 99% then it somehow didn't complete the download... ya... i waiting for my friend to burn me a dvd of the naruto episodes... from episode 1 to episode 100+... but tt one also dun noe when then he will give me...

meanwhile u could always see the online manga, which is much further down the story line than the anime... didn't noe tt u watch naruto too! naruto rulez!

wow... i couldn't believe it when i saw this on http://sgfairy.blogspot.com/2005/05/how-could-you-do-that-to-my-beloved-jc.html... NYJC to become CCJC? though i'm from cchs ah, but the sound of CCJC really CMI... the following petition was extracted from the above mentioned blog site...


Petition to retain the name of Nanyang Junior College

A school holds many special memories for every student who has set foot on its grounds. And Nanyang Junior College is definitely no exception. This institution has had a long history in Singapore and was just rebuilt to keep pace with the ever increasing standards of education. Many students have laboured to raise funds to rebuild the old school into a state-of-the-art building with projects like Nanyang Homecoming and the 1 Cent coin project. The process of rebuilding the school was a slow one and the students of 2000 – 2004 can attest to that, having to attend lessons while being surrounded by noisy construction works and taking examinations in containers modified to serve as classrooms. When the Nanyang Flag was finally hoisted in the new building in May 2004, those who were present all felt an overwhelming sense of pride in their hearts. I believe that NYJCians all over Singapore, both past and present, felt the same way as well.

However, a recent issue has surfaced which may forever alter the way that students think of Nanyang Junior College. This involves changing the name of Nanyang Junior College to Chung Cheng Junior College. This decision was made by the top echelons of Nanyang Junior College’s management. But one thing is certain. MOE’s current stand encourages schools to establish close links with their alumni so as to cultivate a sense of loyalty and patriotism amongst those who have already graduated. This in turn, will provide the school with a group of unique individuals who are able to raise funds, contribute manpower and organise activities for the school. By changing the name of a school, the affiliation felt by students who have attended that school will undoubtedly diminish. One of the chief reasons that a School Alumni is formed is to promote the school’s reputation and the best way to do so is by making its name known to others. By changing name now, Nanyang Junior College would have to start from a clean slate as many people would not recognize the new name. She would also stand to lose all acknowledgements that she would have achieved using the name of Nanyang. This situation runs parallel to the fact that many people recognize the names of Raffles, Victoria and National as the top junior colleges in Singapore. The development of the name Nanyang has been given a boost recently in the newspapers as an up and coming junior college with a new building and improved teaching curriculum. However, all this would come to naught once the name of Nanyang is changed to another.


Nanyang Junior College’s Alumnus is also a relatively new organisation with plenty of innovation and passion. To change the name of Nanyang would mean that we would potentially lose the competitive edge that we have just achieved after having gone through countless tribulations to form an Alumnus. On a more practical aspect, our school leaving certificates which bear the name of Nanyang Junior College may not even be recognized by potential employers in the future as the name would no longer exist.

We are a group of concerned ex-students who wish to preserve the name of Nanyang Junior College and would like to ask for your support.