And College Life Kicks Off

Hey hey, its the 5th day in PJC and the orientations have ended. Notice that I did not use the word "finally" because I really missed the orientations. Just hoped it could be a little longer. The orientations were really fun and I really enjoyed myself. My new class has such a fantastic bunch of people, and thank God some sniffing stucked up guy decided that PJC was too low for him he decided to go to AJC. Good riddance. So my new class has, of course, new classmates! And they are all great. Really interesting and enjoyable people. And we have... hm... 4 boys in the class, 21 girls. Er, so you can really see the ratio is... off balance. Alright, its fine, none of the boys in my class has problems with girls, so we mixed in real well. Ok, today, lessons officially begin. Starts off with an hour of break as we just slack around in the canteen. Had a good chat then went for lit class. Lit class was pretty cool, theres this funky teacher who teaches and it really makes the lesson interesting, although note taking was not easy at the speed he was going. This teacher cracks jokes and all, and, he's the first male teacher I see who tucks out his shirt, like some factory worker. But he's fun, really fun. Then comes geography. Woh, this geo teacher was really on jet mode. He just goes so fast. He doesn't even gives an introduction to whats he's teaching. First thing he said was something about hydrology then went on babbling about floods and all and showed us pictures of some Britain towns that were hit by floods, and its all Britain. He has this heavy british accent and he just talks so fast, goes through slides so fast. He just goes on and on and on and I just have to keep writing and writing. I don't even understand some things he talked about. But well, never mind. Then comes project work time. This time, the teacher was on super sonic mode. She was really really really fast. I thought geo time was bad enough, I was wrong. She just go slide after slide after slide and don't even give us some time to take down notes, promises to give us some notes but did not. Then comes assembly. Ah, funky teacher again, remember my lit teacher? He gives a talk, pretty interesting. I had time to write notes properly, at last. Very motivating and logical, shows us that we have only 13 months left to study(maybe thats why the teacher go so fast) and gave us this manual of surviving in JC. Cool. Now I can survive in JC. *Jumps up in joy and cheers*

Following The Mob?

Today, after a long and tiring race of the amazing east, my friends and I went for dinner then sat down outside a macdonald restaurant and started chatting. One of topics we talked about revolved around "love". This love refers to boy-girl relationship love, not your innocent mother-son or whatever love. And it set me off thinking. Many a times, we see our friends going out with their girlfriends or boyfriends, and we actually get this peer pressure that maybe we should get a girlfriend or boyfriend for ourself too? And many a times, this is pretty wrong. Before we get into a BGR, we shouldn't just follow the mob. We should put into thinking many of the things that will be involved in this relationship. Like the sacrifice of time, the attention, the money, and on and on and on. And we still have to consider whether we can cope with what we are doing or not. Theres so many things to consider because this relationship is one heck of an important thing in our life. We shouldn't just jump into a relationship just because our friends are doing so. Not that I am against having a girlfriend or boyfriend nor am I being high above the rest or anything, I am just trying to say that there many things to weigh out before we do something so serious it could probably impact our life. And we shouldn't follow the mob for every other things as well. Like if many people smoke, it doesn't you should too. If many people drink, it doesn't mean you should too. If many people commit adultery, it doesn't mean you should too. If many people decide to go to hell, it doesn't mean you should too. We shouldn't always follow the mob all the times, althought sometimes, the majority could be right, but that doesn't mean the majority is right all the time. In a race, there is always only one winner and a mob of losers.

College Life - Not Too Much Of A Nightmare, Not A Dream Either

And thats it, I am in college and there ain't a thing I am going to do about it. Appeal options are available in every poly but I am not going to trouble myself, despite of all the advice from some of my friends that perhaps I should appeal for poly. Ok, for two days I was in Pioneer JC and life don't suck there. I really appreciate what they do for the orientation. They try very hard to make the new peeps feel welcomed in the JC, and I can say they pretty much has succeeded. I actually felt this sense of being lost again, the same feeling I felt everytime I get into a new institution. The first day I was in JC, I didn't talk to a single person except for my friends from secondary school who were with me in PJC. The second day, I talked to a boy in my orientation group, and that led us to talk to another boy in the same orientation group. Then thats it, there were only 3 boys in our OG. The rest were all girls. So ok, we talked to the girls, and the girls talked to us. Then our whole OG started talking. Thats great, I have new friends in new college, yeah. Ok, the 1st day in JC was extremely boring, so was the start of the 2nd day. They did nothing but admin stuff, that means speeches after speeches after speeches. I actually paid attention, afraid that I might miss something important that I needed to know in the JC. And then we started opting for subject combinations. The rest could opt, but not me. On my form was "Please see Vice Principle For Subject Combination". And I did as the paper told me. I was posted to a class that has econs, geo, eng lit, general paper and chinese AO. I could not opt, they gave me only one choice and I was approved straight away, great-_-" And the games, helped to know each other. And the dance, pretty interesting. Well, I guess JC life isn't so much of a nightmare afterall.

An Island Tale and The Start Of A College Nightmare

Yesterday, 21 March 2005, 5 people, 4 guys and a girl, went on board a ship and went to an island, a sparsely populated island. They bought a camera, went on this bumper ship, then snapped many many photos. When they reach the island, they decided to rent some 'high-end' bikes, but when they found that these bikes cost $10 each, they decided for the more lousier ones, which cost $5 each. So they sped off into the island on a road that has seen less cars than people. They went and went. Then the 5 people became 3 people. The reason being that 2 of them decided that they wanted to rest in some hut. So the 3 people continued their cycling journey around the island, with no clothing for the upper body, leaving it all vulnerable for mosquitoes to attack. They cycled and cycled, sometimes offroad, sometimes on road, sometimes up slope, sometimes down slope. Then there came a point when the 3 peeps were going offroad downslope, when one of them peep's bike got into a problem and he flew out of his bike, landing onto rocks and stones and sand. But that doesn't matter, it didn't stop the 3 crazy boys from cycling. They went on and on, taking photos, looking at quarries, passing by cemetries and feels scared, and getting chased by mosquitoes. When they decided that they had roughly covered most of the island they decided to return to the village as the sun was about to set. So they got back to 'town', or the only village on the whole island, rendevous with the other 2, returned their bikes, looked at people take wedding photographs, then waited a long time for a boat. Then they took a boat and returned to the main island, Singapore, from the sparsely populated island, Pulau Ubin. So the gang of 5, were in this Changi place and they had dinner. Then they went to this Bugis place to watch movie. Then they went home, after such a long day. The next day, one of the boys, Meng Hui went to check which place he got posted to after his O'level exams, hoping he might get into Singapore Poly, which was his first choice. So he logged on, and checked. He almost got a heart attack and died on the spot. To his horror, he realised that the screen read "Posted Institution: Pioneer JC" He almost killed himself. Pioneer JC was his fourth choice, the last of all his choices. But well, nevermind, he shrugged it off and decided that this might be God's will for him. Then he prepared himself for school, the start of his college nightmare.

Aftermath Of A Crash

Its been more than a week since I got my first experience with bike meet car. The wounds have healed extremely fast, and the aches that were all over my body have disappeared. Surely this is the work of God. And now, my bike still remained as it was after the bang. I did not bother to repair it, as the repair works basically could mean changing a whole big part of the bike. It would proabably cost hundreds near a thousand dollars, and I wouldn't go for cheap replacements. So I guess I would just leave it there untill I save enough money for a new frame. The accident is now a past experience, but I still cannot stop thinking about it. Its really a miracle that nothing happened to me except that few grazes. However, I somehow got traumatised by this experience. I get scared by moving cars which are near me nowadays. I prefer to be on the pedestrian walkway rather than on the road. I become very cautious of the traffic. Is it good or bad, that now I am more concious of traffic rules. Haha. I am not going to leave biking life though. Although my bike is now unworkable, I still want to go biking like how I used to be. I'll one day get my bike fixed up and go biking again. My passion for biking ain't gonna get quenched by this crash, its gonna be the same. However, something will definitely be changed. I'll become extra extra careful of the traffic whenever I decide to go on two wheels again. As the chinese saying goes "The Road = Tiger's Mouth", very crude translation, but I suppose you guys can understand.

Car Vs Bicycle

Today is a day when the car actually meets the bicycle. Yes, my bicycle. If you have guessed already, a car hit my bicycle today. By God's grace, I am still alive and kicking. It seems so weird to be just in front of the face of death at that time. I didn't even know I was knocked down by a car. Well, it all starts from yesterday when I cycled to my friend's house for a night of soccer watching. And after the tv session in my friend's house, I proceeded home on my bike. Oh did I mention that it was an overnight at my friend's house, so I didn't get any sleep at all. So I just cycled home, thinking of what wonderful sleep I will get when I reach home. I realised that there were many people on the pedestrian walkway, so I decided to turn into the main road to cycle. I looked for cars, clear. So I went out, and, "BAM!" The next thing I knew I was flying through the air. In my mind was "What the heck just happened?!" Then I dropped on the ground, my bike some metres away from me. I cleared my mind and realised that I was hit by a car. So I stood up and looked at the car. Smashed windows, dented front. Looks serious, I inspected myself, grazed knee and elbow. So I took my bike to the pedestrian walkway, where it is now packed with many pedestrians, of course. They start shooting me with questions like, "Are you all right?" Basic procedure. I told them I was all right and they insisted that I go see a doctor. Ok, so I went with the driver to the doctor. He covered my medical fees, how nice. I was confirmed to be alright. So I took my bike and walked home. The bike is no longer in a workable condition, although it looked fine on the outside. And I reached home. This time, I really want to thank God for saving my life like this. He really protected me this time. I thought I was gonna die but God actually helped me to escape with only extremely minor injuries. Thank You so much God! Damage Report: Car with smashed windows and dented front, $2000 to repair. Bike with broken frame and deformed brake handles, don't feel like repairing. Meng Hui with grazed knee and elbow, $44 of medical fees. Meng Hui with a blue black on his butt, some medicated oil. Winner: Meng Hui And His Bike, Plus the help of his God!!

It Takes A Team

Today I just strolled down from the MRT station all the way to my home, mp3 plugged in my ears, my mind plugged into some other thoughts. I don't know why, I seem to think alot. Hey, don't come telling me that I am mad. I suppose many people who finished their O'levels and are enjoying their long awaiten break think alot too. I am saying, you can't possibly stop thinking for months, you will lose the ability to use your brain properly! Oh well, back to topic, teamwork. So I got myself thinking and I just thought of teamwork. Yes, teamwork is very important, although many people try to deny this fact. Many people think that they live by themselves all alone in this world, that they can do their job alone, play alone etc etc. Well, theres a little problem here. No one can do anything alone, they need a team. You need 22 players to play a soccer game, 10 players to play a basketball game, a team of architect and engineers and construction workers to build a building, you need teams for almost everything! You know, a single tile can't do much, but if you put many tiles together, you get a little floor. And maybe if you put these floors together, you get a courtyard. One drop of water can't help much, but if you put many drops of water together, maybe you get a drink, then maybe even a whole reservoir. Haha, you see, when you go in teams, you really can achieve alot. And if you try to be solo, no matter how good you are, you can't achieve as much as a team can. Yet, you need teamwork to work in a team, sounds simple huh. Teamwork means to actually coorperate. That means to do what you are supposed to do, sometimes even sacrifice a little. Say a tree, if all the different parts, the leaves, the trunk, the roots all decide that they want to be in the open air to let everyone see, and the roots doesn't want to be in the ground, and they quarrel and quarrel, then the tree will simply die because the root ain't doing its part, the team will simply die if you don't do your part. This society, this nation, this world is a whole team of people, and you have your part to play. It may be a small part, an unrecgonised part, but it is still important. Roots had to touch the soil and get dirty and all, but it still did its part, and thats how trees live.

Something For Nothing

Today I realised something pretty interesting. I typed the word "jellydrink" into the Yahoo search box due to the torture that boredom has made me endured, making me retarded. And I saw the word "youknowlife" amoung the search results. If you are thinking, "Haha, idiot, thats the name of your site, of course it will come up as a search result!" Haha, ya, I am quite an idiot. Hey, you can try this with your blog as well, type in your domain name in the search box and see if your blog comes up. Maybe thats how many strangers come to your blog...haha. Well, it doesn't prove anything but I guess if anyone wants to know how to make a jellydrink, they might accidentally come into my blog, haha! Ok ok, today I feel abit nonsensical, most probably due to all the boredom. Oh ya, I forgot to mention that one of my friend's blog came up on the Yahoo search results when I keyed in "jellydrink", basically because he slightly mentioned the website of my blog in his blog... well that makes 2 blogs in one search. Haha. And I registered for my courses today. Finally completed my registration after days of thinking and praying and waiting. I felt that the choices I made are basically what I wanted, but I am just afraid that I am unable to get into those choices and I get posted to some stupid JCs or some stupid course in some poly. Ah, surely prayer will help. Yesterday, my church had this J-culture event, and I wore this kimono-like costume, which basically means that I wore a dress for the night, not forgetting the clogs. The dress and clogs combination meant that I had a hard time walking around the church. The dress sort of kept me from walking in big steps and the clogs made me lose my balance. But the costume didn't keep me from having fun the whole night. It was really worth it and I had lots of fun. And the best part is my friends came. My buddies actually came! I was so glad. Oh, as for the title, it doesn't really mean anything. Something? Nothing.

The Day I Got My Paper

Well, yesterday, I got my 'O' Level results. Yes, the day of the 'O'. Many of you might be thinking "How much did you get?" Well, I can only say honestly I got 18 points for the 6 subjects I took. Quite an average grade for many people I suppose. Some people might have done alot better and some might have done worse. Then you might ask "Are you disappointed? Happy?" Hm, I didn't really expect much from the day I handed the exam scripts over. When there are no expectations, there will be no disappointments right? Well, i suppose that is very true. I just wanted a grade less than 20 points, criteria for JC admission, so that I am open to many more options, to go JC or to go polytechnic. And I got it. So I am pretty glad with this rather average result. Ok, you don't need to ask me whether I am going to JC or poly, I can only answer that I am still thinking about it. It is a tough choice which I hardly expected myself to face at all. So I am given 5 days to make a choice as to turn into which direction at this fork on the road of my life. If I make no decision, I seriously do not know what to do. No JC, no poly, not even ITE. So I better make a good decision, and fast. To those of you who did very well, good job to you. But don't slack off and think this is the end. No! This is just the beginning of your studying life! Make a wise decision and continue to work hard. And to the rest who met a little problem in this part of your life, don't fret. Don't feel down. Pick yourself up and plan the road ahead. Don't just sit down and cry about this. Everyone faces their down times. Press the play button and move on. Like I said, this is just the beginning, there are so many more stages in your life in which you can perform! I believe that if you believe that you can do well and work hard for it, surely you will succeed! God gives everybody the same chances, it just depends on how you use these chances. So don't give up these chances. Do your best, and God will do the rest. Don't give up, OK?!