leaving for taiwan soon

Will be leaving for Taipei, Taiwan soon in about 14 hours. The thought of carrying my luggage makes me feel sian.... lol

Saddened by the sudden demise of the 5 dragonboat rowers.
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R.I.P



Alright, gonna have my dinner now...

Till then...

recent happenings

Kinetics test on Mon. As usual, scored low marks cuz I forgot the units of rate, which is mol dm-3 time-1. If not for the units, I wouldn't do such badly. CCA exco meeting after that to discuss about CCA Bazaar next year. Damn it. Gonna put up the exact same performance again as in Open House. And I swear I so don't wanna act anymore! No more acting for the rest of my life! Hope the in-charge will change actors. Better do so...

Anyway, I haven't settled the 5 souvenirs I have to buy for Taiwan students. Must settle it by tomorrow as there's no more time left already. Teacher said that we should give something related to S'pore. Seriously have no idea on what to buy.. Merlion keychains?? that's like so LC... but I can't think of what to buy.... maybe keychains will be my last resort, though I really don't want to buy keychains if I'm able to think of something better and nicer to give. But giving something is definitely better than giving nothing yea......

Have not finished packing my stuff.. Sigh.. I can foresee that I'm going to panic soon. Even so, I'm just too lazy to pack... aarrggghhhh! Serves me right for going to panic.... o_O"

Watched Dou Niu ep 2 already! Nice show! Watched it at tudou.com and it load much faster than youtube.

Assignments left: 2 compos, 5 Lit essays, little questions left for Bio and Math and 80% left for Chemistry revision paper, and 5 articles for GP. =\

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ponder...

何谓“幽默”？它并不等于“好笑”。这是常被人所误解的。小时候，我也以为一个人很幽默就表示他说的话很好笑。以前的我，尤其在小学时期， 总爱说逗趣的活和做滑稽的动作来逗人家笑。所以，当老师问起我觉得自己是个怎样的人时，我都会说我是个蛮幽默的人。但，我错了。

其实，幽默的原来含义是以最深刻、最严肃的态度理解人生中最严肃的课题（像死亡）。在学《茶馆》时，老师就跟我们说过了幽默不是好笑，它是富有反讽意味的。那是我第一次认识到幽默并非好笑。最近，我翻阅了由教育部出版的《印象》，里面的文章是去年参加了北京和台湾文化之旅的语文特选课程学生写的。其中有几篇写了他们在台湾所学到的幽默的真正含义，所以在此想与大家分享。

幽默的目的不是要让人笑。我想幽默是要我们深思、反省，并让我们对于某件事有个更深一层的了解。笑是幽默的终点，其背后必定有幽默的存在，并有能够让你挖掘的内涵。

那位授课老师就举了这个例子：我们明知自己终必一死，却还能坚决地活着。生不带来，死不带去，活着本身即是文学中最大的反讽！但人类就是这般“幽默”，明知道到头来将归零却依然选择坚持着自己的理想和抱负，继续活下去，努力地、拼命地实现它们。

事实虽是如此，但本人认为既然没人能够逃过死亡，那倒不如在有生之中尽量去做让自己快乐的事，这样至少不会虚度一生。古今中外，又有谁是没有理想的呢？杜甫、范仲淹、苏轼都想为国效劳好让国家和人民能够得到安宁。这类的例子不胜枚举，其他的只好省略了。现代的就有深受新加坡人敬佩的李光耀资政。他成功地改变很多人认为新加坡不能生存的看法，把新加坡从第三世界蜕变成现在一个人人都享有高素质生活的国家。他们的共同点是他们都有自己伟大的理想。

死是必然的。但在死之前，即在活着的时候，我们可以选择自己想要如何度过这短暂的一生，而这选择可左右自己的命运。能够选择或许是自然界所赐给我们的一份礼物吧。生命是何尝的珍贵啊！若要真正了解生命有过么珍贵，或许是当一个人接近死亡片刻、或是死里逃生的瞬间吧。

mundane life

Lessons finally ended today, i mean yesterday (blogging after midnight currently~)!
Was late for 2 lessons, one for Chem and the other, Math. Missed some parts, gonna revise them soon, i hope...
Besides new knowlege gained, new assignments have also been given out! claps ... !! =.=" Seriously helped me to plan how I'm going to spend my so-called holidays... thanks so much cuz I don't have to trouble myself over how to spend this long awaited holiday...

Susi passed me her diary for me to write... It's those book which you wrote on when you were in primary schools yea... Hahax... Made me recall how my primary school friends then were so obsessed in writing such diaries... And now I get a chance to write such diary in JC.... lolx...
Need to wake uo early to hand up my 2 Chinese Lit essays which I've just finished, as well as to return the diary to Susi. Great, I've left 5 more Chi Lit essays! >.<

Briefing for Taiwan trip conducted 'yesterday' afternoon. Last for 2 hours... Was feeling sleepy towards the end of the briefing... nag nag nag...
Anyway, another group of LEP students will be flying to Beijing in like less than 6 hours. Bon voyage!
The taiwan trip will commence on 30th Nov till 14th Dec. Those travelling to Beijing will be back on 30th Nov. So we won't meet for one month. hahax.. and there'll be a few hours when both groups are flying in the air concurrently! that is, students flying back to S'pore from Beijing and the other group flying to Taipei from S'pore. Cool manz... haha...
Looking forward to the really nice food in Shi Lin Ye Shi (士林夜市)!!
But the annoying thing when enjoying is that I have to do 2 reports on the places we're going to visit. aarrgghh...!

Damn loads of assignments to be done. with 2 weeks gone for travelling to taiwan, i'll have lesser time for homework and revision. gonna start doing and get rid of the piles and piles of homework asap!

=( homework... (= friends!

If there's lots of homework to be done during schooling days, then I'll think that it is normal.
But if there's lots of homework to be done during school vacation, then I'll think that it's crazy! Insane! Torturous! whatever you wanna call it!

My homework for this "holiday":

1. GP- read 5 articles related to GP, write 5 facts / claims related to GP, find meanings of 5 new words
2. Bio- 1 set of Bio paper
3. Math - 1 set of Math paper
4. CLL - 7 Lit essays, 1 full Lit revision paper, 3 compos (1 of which at least 1000 words), and quite a number of questions on classical prose
5. Chem - yet to be uploaded on litespeed. gonna be many anyway.....

And all homework to be handed in by first week when school starts next year, some of which even have to be handed in on the very first day of school... >.<
The 7 Chi Lit essays are to be handed in on 16th Nov but I don't think I'll meet the deadline.. =\

CCA on Wednesday. Mr Ng, cca teacher, gave me and hui jun, the secretaries, a 2GB thumbdrive each. The thumbdrives are for us to store all CCA related stuffs, such as minutes, and they are to be passed down to the next generation of secretaries, so that they replace the normal practice of passing down files and papers. Isn't it hi-tech? I feel that even passing down stuffs from one generation to the next has become so advanced now. That's so cooL!

Exco outing just now. Went to eat at Marina Square, then went to KBox! Sang with Seokwei, Jasmine Foo and Hui Jun! The rest couldn't make it... Enjoyed!!!

What's unexpected for me was that I met my primary school mate, Andy, who works in the KBox! It's been more than 5 years since we met and talked. At first I didn't recognize him. On my way to the toilet, he kept looking at me and suddenly asked me if I live at Blk 113. I was almost totally shocked as to how did he know that and who exactly he is. Then he revealed that he remember me, a primary school mate to him. A while later, I recalled that we were never in the same class before but we played basketball together before during recess and after school, which I think was the only interaction we had and thus explained why I didn't quite recognized him at first (it's not an excuse!). It feels so great that there are people, though long time never meet, still recognize you. I am totally glad that Andy remembered me. Well, 5 years passed and he is now taller than me. cuz I remembered that I was taller than him during primary school times... lolx.... >.<

I think I am really crazy over Stardust! Because I like the movie so much, I went to college's library and borrowed Stardust book to read! The author is by Neil Gaiman. And I also borrowed another book written by him - Neverwhere. haha...

Too many outings organized and I'm getting broke. Spent over $20 bucks today. Yet to pay $6.50 for the coming BBQ on Monday and also for CCA fund... T_T"

Okay, I'm damn hungry now~

busy

PW OP exam over on Thurs. Screwed up Q&A session. oh well~ Think only Lily managed to perform well in the Q&A. the rest of us were stumbled by the questions. The assessors didn't ask the questions based on the slides that we presented, instead they asked what the other presenters had presented. i think the questions that were posed to us were the most difficult compared to the other 2 groups. ok, it's all destined to be this way, so be it. i'll stop whining... lolx.... I'm so happy that PW is completely outta my life! Had an enjoyable time with my group members! [=

After our OP exam, we went AMK Hub to celebrate! Went PepperLunch to eat. Because of my damn ulcer that day , i couldn't eat those good stuff, so only ordered a small teriyaki steak sandwich. next we went to watch Stardust! Awesome movie! touched by it. and Zhi Wei cried uncontrollably cos she missed her home (in Sabah) very much. ps. dun worry, u'll meet them very soon. (:

What am I busy with during this holiday?

1. LEP PW =.= another PW....
2. CCA - production
3. Lessons / assignments / revision

Have finished reading 雪山飞狐 on my way home on the bus!

胡斐到底会不会劈下去呢？

Well, i think i'm more on the conventional stance.

胡斐不会劈下去。他自有办法化解这场似乎不是你死就是我亡的斗争。最后，胡斐和苗若兰有情人终成眷属。而苗，胡，范，田四家之间的百年仇怨也就从此结束了。:] haha... quite cliched eh... but this is what i hope it will be.

Watched a play, Living People, at The Necessary Stage in Marine Parade this afternoon. Humorous, i would say.

This play is about whether we should allow patients who have left only 3 months to live to consume drugs to ease their pain. What's the relationship between legal/illegal and right/wrong? It's illegal but it may not be wrong, how should it be handled? Why are some drugs ie. cigarettes and alcohols legalised but not others such as marijuana (when all of them can lead to addiction)? We all know that smokers and alcoholics will not be hanged, even though they are addicted. Is it about ethics and morals, or economy? These are some of the ironies discussed in the play. Quite worth the money to watch (only $10 since we are students. original is about $22). However, i think the ending is rather abrupt. Many of the audiences don't even realised that the play had ended.

Gonna be extremely busy with the my CCA production. I'm in-charge of ticketing and marketing, a job that many people won't take notice of. But it's one of the roles in a production which is the busiest and has the heaviest responsibilities, especially something related to $$$.

Have to make sure that the money collected tally, or I'll meet my doom. Also have to market the production to the public ie. newspaper, emails to schools, radios, contact the alumni etc. It seems easy but there's lots of works to do. o_o

Yet to type the minutes for the latest exco meeting with teacher. gonna type it tomorrow...

Many outings are organised. Class and CCA (one as a whole CCA; another with exco), and SC. But I'm broke. Only a pathetic $2 left in my wallet. v_v"

Went out with yanhong & yukai yesterday to Vivo. They wanted to find holiday part-time jobs, and I went to relax myself.. haha... Watched The Game Plan. I think it's not as good as Stardust. Nonetheless, The Game Plan is quite a funny show, and has portrayed the fatherly love almost perfectly, if not flawlessly. Well, it's not the genre that I like, so perhaps that's the reason I feel that this movie is not quite for me.

There's no real holiday for me until after my GCE A level exam is over. So I'll enjoy as much as I can whenever possible. My CCA teacher told us this too. ENJOY.
JC life is hectic. J1 life has almost come to an end for me. Still have another year to endure! Come on! Test my perseverance! LOLX........

Sometimes looking at other schoolmates who is quite free during the holidays do make me feel jealous since they have the luxury of time to spend on revison, which I myself am deprived of. LEP PW, CCA production - these 2 additional tasks. Life's unfair. It's never fair. Nothing is fair anyway.
Ooops, I see myself whining again. Well, it has sort of become one of my habits already ever since I am in JC. =x