First Days of School

Secret War Journal[28/29 January 2009][Long Post]
--28 Jan 2009--
Well, today is a strange day...

For starters, I was almost late for school. *Shake head*

When the bus stop was in sight, I saw the bus that I was suppose to board leaving the bus stop. Ok...

It was 6:35.

From early to almost late. Awesome! Not.

Waited for like 20 minutes for that bus to re-appear.

Thought for sure I was going to be late on the first day of school. :p

Reached the school at 7+. Thank yer gods!
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Oh, it turned out that I was on the same bus with Bao Lin, Clarissa, and Eunice. Wow, did not see them until I alighted.
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That's when I realise...that I was at the back gate. (oh silly me)

And here's a problem I did not anticipate, the seniors only open one path for us, the hall.

And I told people to meet at General Office, which was at Main Gate. OMG!

Saw Jackie when I was starting to panic.
In the end, I still ran for the General Office. Bad me.

Met up with the rest.

First saw Jia Xin, Cheryl and Marcus. Marcus helped me checked my Admin Group(AG). Thanks!

We're all pretty much split up though. (as expected, so no harm here)

Turns out that I'm in the same group as Cheryl and Lai Yin. O.o
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Mass talks about several stuffs.

Talks about:

1. A Levels
2. Subject Talks (which wasn't of much help since they allocated little time for each subject and there was a time constraint)(at the end, we're all restless from sitting in the hall for so long)
3. Course Registration
4. University Talks (I was assigned to attend the NTU Talk)

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Dilemma

About course registration, I was having trouble deciding between H2 Economics, H1 Economics, H1 History.

My other subjects were decided:

1. Physics H2
2. Chemistry H2
3. Maths H2
4. General Paper H1
5. Project Work H1
6. Mother Tongue Language H1 (I don't want this!)

Decided to consult my parents about this(rare). The Pros and Cons seems to balance each other. Whatever happened to clear choices?

Guess it's just what I deserves for helping so many people pray that we all enter the same school...

Cynthia is going to have operation tomorrow, will return two weeks later. Wish her Fast Recovery.

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Notice that I skipped a hell lot of details for these two days. I apologise but I currently have some personal problems on my side. Some troubling visions appeared before me and given past records, they have a tendency to come true(which for this case I hope not)
I don't wish to discuss what visions because I don't want them to become self-fulfilling.

I mean, if it really happened, I won't be able to forgive myself. Because God have given me prior knowledge, given me several hints and warnings but I did nothing.

Maybe that's why I'm weak, I want to be naive. I just pray that things would sort themselves out even though I know that it probably well never.
I'm an idiot, imbecile, moron.

So many things I turned a blind eye, wishing(willing it) it to be something else.

Delusions, yes, I live in delusions.
So many things I could have done to change my future(in a good way) but I just never got the courage to do so. The PSLE Incident was a good one...

I hope MJC would be the right choice for me. Thinking back now, TJC may not be suited for me because I took too much time to reach there.

But even MJC is sorta far. But that's already one of the nearest available here. :o

So what are those visions trying to tell me? What am I trying to tell myself? I wish I knew..

By the way, I decided to pursue for 4H2 subjects which would be very demanding. I wish I will not regret. I cannot afford to. I came so far to fulfil one of my promises, I just can't be beaten down at the crucial moment.

Must not.

How am I going to face myself in the future if I waver at studies? (My main driving force for studies at work here... - -Guilt)

Maybe that's why the visions came. Threaten to make me more guilty of myself to study harder.

But isn't that too heavy a price to pay?
Isn't two(both dear to me, one that would forever be the one dearest to me) death enough to create boundless guilt and regret in my mind?

Must you add another? Aren't you afraid I would sink so deep that I would never snap out of depression and just give up on studying?

Or is that your work, Satan? If it is, I will do everything to prevent it.
Visions can be averted, that I'm sure. But you have chose a strong case, to avert that would be beyond me, (and normal humans for that matter)

God help me...

Truths and lies would be my undoing, I guess. Such is the path of Destruction, there is no other outcome. Maybe I should distance from everyone else so I will never feel the pain of losing another person I knew.
Good idea, just that being human, I would also die from the social isolation.

"One who trust everyone is a fool. One who trust no one is a fool"

So true. Yet I'm still  a fool. It's all boils down what you meant by "Trust". If I don't even trust myself, how do you expect to trust someone else? Well, maybe that's possible.

But I rather lie or feign ignorance to bury the truth forever.

The Guilt of spending so few time with my love ones will always be ingrained into me...Amen

(So sorry for this sort-of mood dampening Section here :S)

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29 January 2009
Today, I woke up earlier than the first day and took one bus earlier than yesterday.

And surprise, surprise, the passengers from yesterday all came earlier today. The same me, a girl, and a woman took this earlier bus. Jesus.

Once again, the bus got as crowded. LOL.

And surprise! Siew Yan, Bao Lin, Eunice, Clarissa were on the same bus. (again. LOL. Did everyone read my mind to take the earlier bus? Hahas)
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Cut things short, we learnt two dances today.

First One

Second One

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Met a great deal of friends today and attended this Talent Management Unit Talk. O.o

Alright, that's pretty much it. See ya

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Jia Xin is no longer going to be in Meridian but TJC. Congrats to her! :)

Some part of me wish I could enter TJC too but oh well...

Last day before School

Secret War Journal[27 January 2009]
Nope, this post is not about MJC OPen House, will talk about it real soon. Sorry about the delay!

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Tomorrow's School. O.o

And today's the day we know what school we are posted to. (rush Rush!)

I am posted to Meridian JC.

As is Johnston
As is Marcus
As is Jackie
As is Darian
As is Siew Yan
As is Bao Lin
As is Cynthia
As is Lai Yin
As is Clarissa
As is Eunice
As is Jia Xin
As is Zhi Ping
As is Cheryl

Keller ended up at TJC.

:) :)

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So how was my holidays
In a way, great!

Most of my goals for this holiday was pretty much fulfilled.

13 out of 17, in fact. See Wishlist

Woots.

Met quite a few times with my 'ld good pals. Only pity was that I missed the stayover because I had to take care of siblings. T.T

LOL.

School's going to start and we're all back in the same school. Wonder what's going to happen there though.

A year of happenings?
A year of fun?
A year of happiness?

Maybe. (I didn't say Perhaps! >=D)

Of course, let us all aim for good grades for A Levels (as Always)

Speaking of which, I will need to write a list of goals I want to achieve for the next two years...=]

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Another Personality Quiz

This is becoming weekly, which would likely continue as long as I read the same papers. :p
Credits to My Paper. As always.

So sorry to readers who can't read Chinese Again.

My answer was C.

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Those posted to Meridian JC, come look for us at General Office tomorrow! ;)

Packed Friday

Secret War Journal[22 January 2010]
Note: Will post about Meridian Junior College Open House when I have more time.

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Down the Memory Lane, Streets of Geylang

Woke up relatively earlier than usual today. Today is going to be going to be busy day.

Woken up by a nightmare. Imagine being woken up via the shock from the a Taser.

=.=

My younger sister was preparing to go to school while I was trying to wake up my brain. My brain is trying to adjust to this change of sleep pattern.

No time to laze around though, I have a busy schedule to keep to today. Best not lag behind in today's plans.
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Words of Thanks and more...
And towards the Ajunied MRT Station did I go...

After getting my results, my father asked me to pay my respects to my mother and tell her my "O" Levels Results.

Quite right. My mother deserves to know my marks.

But I still believe that my mother helped me. I'm not sure in what way but I feel that I should thank her for my good results.


So I thanked her today.
On the way, I paid my respects to my grandfather as well.

I got my shoes dirty on the day after I washed them. Oh well...
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God knows I wanted to cry but I shouldn't. On the bright side, I kept that one side of the promise made ages ago...

But one is yet to be fulfilled...Only time will tell, huh?
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Moving on, I headed towards Johnston's House.

On the way, I passed by the temple I used to worship in. It really bring back many memories, memories that I thought I had forgotten.

How many friends had I forsaken during my difficult time? Perhaps this is one of my biggest regret in life.

Thank you, Johnston, Marcus, Jia Xing, Jackie and many Inner Circle Friends for staying with me despite all odds.
Thank you for tolerating me. Thank you for everything.

P.S: Wonder how's the Aunt who used to take care of me?
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Reaching Johnston's House, Johnston called me.

Sweet Timing! :)

Went to Johnston's House, we played Halo 3.

First time playing Halo 3. Cheered me up considerably, hahas.

Actually, this is the first time I played Halo 3. I bit slow but I don't really mind.

The brutes in Halo 3 are now funnier. =]

Grunts are ever funny. :)

Marines are still moderately funny.

Did I mention I like Arbiter? :)

Played with Johnston until 12PM. Called Jaytii to double-confirm that we're not getting pranked.

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Thai Food much?

Met up with Jaytii and went shopping for my new school bag.

After that, met with Mr Quek(he forgot that he was supposed to join us for lunch. :p) to have lunch at some Thai Food Restaurant.

Talked about quite a number of things.

Had Oriental Fried Rice w/ Chicken there. It's average.

Mr Quek treated me today but I felt bad. Remind me to return him money next time I see him. ;)

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Out of time.

Mr Quek had to return to school, Mr Koh was looking for him. (Opps?)
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Next stop, we went to buy my school bag and said goodbye to Jaytii as we headed back to my school for CCA Recall...

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CCA Return

I'm bringing Johnston along. ;)

Thanks Johnston for keeping me company, I won't be able to have done it without you. ;)

Did planning together with him.

After the CCA ended, I think Mr Goh was impressed with him. Hahas, bet he regretted teaching at NCHS now.
(Too late! Hahas)

So, yeah, we are confident that the CCA will survive with our absence. Woots!

Do your best, people, get more awards for the Club! :)

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Brought John to the MRT and bade goodbye.

Now to fetch my younger bro home...

How big a Liar are you?

Secret War Journal[21 January 2010]
Here's another self-personality check. :)

What's your answer? (Once again, so sorry to those who don't understand Chinese)

Mine was B,A,C. (Ever the sadist ;)

TJC Open House 2010

Secret War Journal[9 January 2010][Long Post]
Time to go back in time. :D

Welcome back to last Saturday, 9 Jan 2010. Mwuhahaha...

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My unexpected visit

Johnston asked me if I was interested to attend Temasek Junior College[TJC] Open House. To be frank, before that I was pretty sure that I would never ever consider TJC since I would never be able to get such good grades.

See I am so realistic. (As ever.) XD

So why did I attend anyway? One, to accompany Johnston. Second, just to see what a good Junior College looked like. (Seeing that my biggest regret from my primary school life was that I never attended any secondary school open house which gave me a shock when I step upon NCHS)

At end of the day, I can't believe I thought I actually had the thought to not attend the open house. Hahas...
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Originally, only Johnston and I were attending, but on the day itself, Darian joined in as he lived near. If I had known that, I would had called Keller. Hahas.

The more the merrier. ;)
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With Darian, the expert, along, we don't need to worry about getting lost. :)

Okay, maybe not. (Joking!)
Hee...
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While waiting for Darian to arrive, (he's walking), we went up from the underground MRT station...

and saw two students conducting flag day.

Leroy(in thought): Oh shit. *Prays hard they never saw us*
Johnston: Erm..maybe we should wait below.
Leroy: Yeah!
Going down,...
Leroy: Did you see the students holding the cans?...
Johnston: Yeah.
Leroy: Well, they could had approached us but it's too late now..we're in the MRT Station. :p
Johnston: They must be saying, "Ah! They're onto us!"
*Laughs*

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O' Glorious Day

Darian arrived and we started off for TJC.

Darian already donated to today's Flag Day's cause! (Good boy!) Hee...

He shall be our shield! Now we do not need to donate. Whenever groups of students come asking for donations, we show him Darian(or his little sticker that proves that he, or 'we' donated)

Yay! Hahas

My, my. I'm so evil...>=D
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Reaching the TJC, we see TJC. (Like duh? Hahas)

Okay, jokes aside, it took me some time to find the main gate. :p

Actually I saw the building before I saw the tracks. Do all JCs have running tracks? OMG?

Anyway, so sad that we did not enter the campus through the revolving door. I really like those. (childhood pastime. Hahas!)

I really laughed when the fun students there told us to collect Goodie Bags. (I certainly did not went there for the goodie bags! Hahas!)

We had a nice student leader to walk us around the campus. I remember we reached a place that is unique in TJC. The lift.

Darian thought that was a 'EMO-Centre'. Hahas.
You know, with its dark surroundings and stuff.

Really had a good laugh there. :)

If we ever enter TJC, we shall create the legend of "EMO-Centre" Ha!
We're so evil..>=D

We're just joking, don't take it to heart. :)

Lectures!

Welcome to the highlights of the Open house, and in actual fact, one of my main reason why I came.

The first lecture was on General Paper.

The beginning of the lecture was rather confusing because they were talking about TJC, not the GP. So we were like, 'are we in the right place?'

I remember Darian asked me, "You sure we're in the GP Sample Lecture?"

I nodded but thinking back, that was funny. :)

The picture on the right was on the picture that the lecturer showed us in one of the slides.

Do you recognise the logo they made? I certainly didn't despite finding it familiar.

Yep, it's the YOG Logo. *Slap myself for not knowing*

Best part? They made that out of used shoes! OMG!

I thought they used paint or something. Turned out it was the 'or something'. =]

Back to GP:

• 2 Papers. Paper 1: 12 Qs(Topics from different genre), Choose 1 [500-800 Words]. Paper 2: Comprehension with 5 types of Questions -- Language Features; Inference; Vocabulary; Summary; Application
• Both papers are of equal weight-age.
• Demands of GP Lectures: You will need to speak up
• Topics: Youth, Discrimination, Population, family and Women, The Mass Media, Poverty, Globalisation, The Environment, Crime and Punishment, Power and Conflict, Science and Technology

How is GP Taught? (In TJC?)

• Tutorials
• Group and Class Discussions
• Resources Packages
• GP Journals
• Vocabulary Excercises
• Oral Presentations
• Project and Research
• Current Affairs Quizzes

Note: There is not Textbook for GP.
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Next up, we had a lecture on the Economics. This time, this sample lecture is straight to the point.


What is Economics?

• Economics is the study of how society manges its scarce resources
• Focuses on Scarcity and Incentives
• Microeconomics -- Individuals, firms, and government
• Macroeconomics -- Economics and Countries
  

Why is Economics Good?

• You learn to think in a way that is applicable to about anything.
• Economics deals with vital current problems at the national level
  

2 Papers.

Paper 1

• Case Study. 40%. 2hrs 15 min
• 2 sets of questions based on 2 condensed write-ups of about 2-3 pages based on a multi-faceted economic issue or policy decision, including a set of data.
• Required to apply economic principles in analysing, synthesising, evaluating, or solving economic problems.
• Each set is 20% of the toal marks.
  

Paper 2

• Essay. 60%. 2hrs 15 min
• Divided into 2 sections
  
• Required to answer at least 1 questions from Section A and B each.
• Each Section has 3 questions

Lesson Methods
Tutorials: Worksheets; News of the Week
Lectures: Notes, Specialisation
Enrichment: Competitions, Current Affairs, Newsletter
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Here's a joke about Economics(by the teacher herself!)

3 people are stranded on an island -- a chemist, an engineer, an economist. They have one box full of food but it is sealed. They decided to each us their expertise to open the food and get the food.

 The Chemist find chemicals found in the island to concoct up a solution to blow off the surface of the box and get the food.

The Engineer set off deeper into the island to look for materials to make a tool to open the box.

The Economist just stood in front of the box and said, "Assuming we had a hammer..."
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After that, we attended the Principal's Talk. The principle is good, I must admit. :)
PDP(CCA) experience in TJC
In TJC, they do not call CCA, CCA. LOL!
They call it PDP(Personal Development Programme).

Wonder why the need to cause this confusion. O.o
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Electrifying Messy Situation
Anyway, we reached this Science Council's booth which had three tables.

One for Chemistry, Biology, and Physics.

Chemical Booth have this cool colour changing experiment.
Biology is about DNA.
Physics was about Static Electricity.

Johnston and Darian was really fascinated by that Electric Tower(whatever you call it) despite having experienced that during their secondary school life.

It was hard not to roll eyes but I must admit, it was amusing.

Johnston and Darian really like sparks, I guess.

They even want to touch the ball to charge themselves and 'electrocute' someone else. (thank god, I was not one. :p)

P.S: To the Physics booth, the spark sound is annoying, please remove it.

Not-so Enthu Students(maybe)

We spent the rest of the time staring at the students dancing at the Atrium. Johnston thinks they're really enthu. Me, being the pessimist for now, thinks otherwise.

I mean c'mon, they're(most) not smiling(I could had sworn one was frowning). How can that be called enthu. I would rather believe they were doing this because they were asked by either the teachers or the student leaders.

If it is the student leaders, then woots. If it was the teachers, then Zzz....

No offence intended towards the teachers, I meant that if the teachers were the ones who asked them, then the JC is still pretty teacher-reliant. (which I don't believe that in TJC's culture. ;)

During the watching of the dance/performance, I met Hai Jin and Dylan. Oh hello!

Apparently, Ying Ying, Clarissa and them also came to look around.

Hai Jin and Dylan were also staring at the performance. LOL! Though they shortly left.
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Memory Fragments
Next stop, library!

Somehow or rather, I ended up at the Library. The library was big, for a school. :D

We went upstairs and I met hai Jin, Dylan and Clarissa.

Further ahead, two TJC students approach us. They're KI students.

Those two remind me of someones but...I can't point a finger on either one. But I like them anyway. Hahas. They're enthu students who like KI. ;)

Learned a lot about KI from them. Thanks! ;)

I think I keep a lookout for them if I enter this school. ;)
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Other incidents

The first one concerns Darian.

After the second Lecture, he was going to collapse. Since we saw a Milo Van when we entered TJC, we suggested that he go get a cup and refresh himself.

..Turns out that by the time we had our second lecture, the van was gone(along with the contents)

Poor Darian...

Being nice, he stayed with us until the end. It was appreciated. :)
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I feel really sad for the Water Polo. They had to play in the Canteen. So Johnston and I pretended to give a shocked expression facing them. Darian took a picture of us. Wonder what happened to it? Hahas!

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Separation..:o

Don't go all teary-eyed. :D

Darian left us first after we left TJC since he lived near.

Had KFC with Johnston.

And yes, this is my first KFC Meal for 2010! Take that! (Me being random)

:D

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After that, met with dad to open a new bank account. Woots, now I have credit card. Not that I'm going to use it often anyway. Will see it once in a while though. :p

Homed.

P.P.S: Took me 4 hours to post this. ZOMG?

Brotherarms Meeting 2010

Secret War Journal[12 January 2010]
First meeting for the Brotherarms(in 2010) and the fastest in history. Hahas.

Today I have the time to post this is because my project IWPR is officially BETA with completion of Phase One so I am now back to the Design Phase which gives me time to blog while I'm on the computer. ;)

Oh, in case you're wondering, I haven't forgot about the Temasek Junior College Open House

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Starbucks. Mmm!

Met with Marcus, as usual, at the now empty DeliFrance lot in Compass Point. (Yes, it's really empty there now. LOL.)

Treated Marcus to Starbucks (sort of)
Had Latte while Marcus had Green Tea.

Forgot to return him books (like totally forgotten about it until he was talking about the books?)
Opps?

Now's a good time to share how the Brotherhood scored for this national examinations. (some not listed):
Jackie -- 7
Marcus -- 9
Jia Xing -- 14
Zhi Wen -- 11
Yong Ming -- 12

All scores are raw. (serve hot please. ROFL)

After Starbucks, I went to deposit money and top-up my EZ-Link Card. I used the Ticket Office which was extremely rare for me to do so. (We were running late, okay?!)

I still believe the Customer Service Counter is still faster. XD

Oh well, Marcus still haven't finish his Green Tea. (Okay, sort of.)

Now we have one problem -- We can't bring in drinks onto the bus.

Did I mention there were no dustbins in sight? Zzz *Rolls Eyes* *Hint* *Hint*

Bus 83 arrived. Uh-oh. Thankfully, as usual, it would stop to change driver which gives me time...
to run to the nearest Dustbin(which was outside of the Bus Interchange and back.

I like the expression on Marcus' Face when the Bus 83 arrived and he was trying to get out of the queue because I hadn't came back/ (Actually I was walking back, but still ran back in the end)

All the same, it's comical to watch Marcus' reaction there. :p

(To Marcus: Don't kill me for this! :p)

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Drinks, Food, Decisions. Mmm!

As we were walking, we heard a voice from afar.

Some Random Person(hah! Don't want to kill the fun here :D) : Marcus!.....Leroy!...
*Me looking around* (In thought): Where are you?

Found him.

Leroy: Oh, hi Jackie! Why are you waving to us half-naked! ROFL?!
Jackie: Changing!

You know, despite knowing that Jackie lives somewhere below the 10th Storey, I started searching from the Roof. (Yeah, I am an idiot.)
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Reached Jackie's House.

Marcus: Must Happy.Happy.Happy.
Leroy: LOL...You are crazy.
*Jackie arrives....half-naked*
Leroy: Wa, you change so long still half-naked.
*Jackie gave a reason which I forgot was what. LOL. I think it was something about him changing still. :p*

First time, okay not the first, we're earlier than Jia Xing. Woots!
Zhi Wen not coming, he was going to attend Nan Yang Junior College. (Aww....)

Oh well.

Jackie's Mother came after we greeted her to serves us drinks. Felt kind of bad when that happens.
(Jackie's Mother was not feeling well)

But Jackie's Mother, being a good host, did not rest despite us advising her to rest. She prepared snacks and stufs. Maybe we had organised this meeting on a wrong day?

How can we let someone who is not feeling well to overwork herself, so we tried not to trouble her too much.

Having said that, we(actually Jackie) ordered pizza since Jackie's mother should be resting, not cooking.
Jackie is such a good boy! *Hint* *Hint* LOL!

Jackie's mother provided many insights of how JC works and the subjects.
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In the end, most of us there decided to go for TJC. I need to push for it since my grades is not that good.
Jia Xing is not joining us as he's planning to go polytechnic. :o
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This funny thing happened when we were in a conference.

*Marcus was using his Iphone*
*Jackie's phone started to have lots of SMSes, one after one*
Jackie: Eh, Marcus!
Marcus: Not me! My Iphone cannot send SMSes so fast!
Leroy: lol?

It turned out to be Zhi Wen.

Msg#1: Which JC you going
Blah Blah Blah...
Msg#?: Eh, why you nvr repsond?
Msg#?: Oi, repsond leh

Or something like that, you get the message.

Jackie did not even have the time to reply! The SMSes so fast!

So in revenge, Jia Xing, Marcus, Jackie spam Zhi Wen. LOL! (I do not have unlimited SMS and I did not bring phone..Lazy...:p)

Guess, that was the fun part. Hahas.
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After that, we got bored and played card games.

Played Cheat, Go! Fish and Tie-Dee(however u spell it)
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Went home.

BTW, Jackie started GP tuition. So fast! Gahh...Not that I'm going to have tuition anyway...

"O" Levels Results!

Secret War Journal[11 January 2010]
First post about Year 2010! Woots!

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Got my Results from School today!

L1R5: 9
English Language: A2 *Insert Evil Laughter here*
Comb.Humanities: A2 (Oh god no!...T.T)
Pure Geography: B3
E.Mathematics: A1 (yay!)
Add.Mathematics: A1 (yay!)
Pure Physics: A1 (YAY!)
Pure Chemistry: A2 (NO!!!!! *Emo face*)
Chinese: B3 (Rolls eyes)

>=D

Did I mention my target was 11? So obviously, I was hopping with joy because I scored better than expected.

Woots! Who's your daddy?

Okay, finally a happy post. Okay, not really finally but hahas...

(Turns heads to see if any friends are throwing eggs at him)

Okay...anyway...let's start from the beginning...

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Class Meeting before Results

Organised a class meeting before the release of results, you know the sort of celebration since I doubt anyone would want to celebrate after the release of results.

Which was quite true(Duh?)

There was some confusion a few days ago during the planning, with the proper attire to get the results and spreading the message to the rest of the class.

Thankfully, with the help of Darren(thanks! ;), most of the class turned up(with the rest genuinely cannot make it)

Cool. Not bad for my first initiated class meeting (though I passed the natter over to Darren after Saturday.) Hahas!
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Met early on that day to return books. Chanced upon Bao Lin who sneaked up behind me. Met up with Wei Ting and went shopping around for Yvonne's Birthday Gift.

HAPPY (17th) BIRTHDAY YVONNE! ;)

The class sang happy birthday to Yvonne. Wonder if it's a good thing if your birthday falls on this day though. Oh well.

Had lunch at Mac's

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The taking of Results

After lunch, we headed for school.

We went looking for teachers(which were kind of a bad move)

Mr Goh and Mrs Hay played a cruel trick on us. (and it was so obvious!)

Gahh!!!

Oh well, most of us did well for Os with our school becoming Band One school this year.

Average L1R5: 10.9

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Epic-ness! So sad I lost to Lai Yin and Jaytii. (!@#$)

Anyway, tomorrow, I am going to meet up with 6/5 clique to discuss our options. See ya!

Last of 2009

Secret War Journal[31 December 2009]
So distracted by so many things lately that I just could not find time to blog! Oh my god!

Today, close to a New Year, I was chatting with Marcus.

I think it was the first time that I had spent the night, counting down to a new year with a close friend (Best Friend as Marcus would call it)
So sorry that I still keep on to "One Best Friend" ideology ever since I was told so by my Student Care Teachers. (See? I do remember some of their teachings. ;)

Well, don't worry, my other best friends, you're simply called my Inner Circle Friends. :D (As if you don't know that already...)
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Anyway, that night, we shared some of our secondary school life and recall our primary school experiences.(which we have been doing of late)

I bet the readers must be groaning, "Oh man! Not again! Leroy's talking about his primary school history again!"

Hahas! Opps? But seriously, if you went through as I had did, you will no doubt understand why I really enjoyed my days at my primary school.

What fun then! :D

Yes, there were regrets but there were also lots of joy there. I mean, then was when I actually looked forward to school. (Which is so rare. Hahas!)
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*Sigh* How treacherous our lives had become...

To quote someone: "Life is like a stage"

So true...so true...
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It's been some time since I went back to Primary School. (Not thanks to my late dismissal from Secondary School :@)

I heard that Ms Yeo is married now. Wow! What had I missed? Hahas!
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Well, on that night, I came to one conclusion: When you tasted one of the best, everything else seemed bad.

Ha.

Now ain't you glad I'm an optimist. ;)

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P.S: This post is so badly written that I almost wanted to delete this. I really omitted many stuffs as Marcus would be able to tell. Everything here is so...superficial. :p
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Well, I must go celebrate because I finally reach year 2010 on the other side!

HAPPY NEW YEAR guys! Though a bit late. (As Always. Hahas.)

Christmas Celebration

Secret War Journal[28 December 2009][Long Post]
Yo! The king is back, as promised. Hahas! (dont' ask me why I said that. :p)

Technically, this should be Post-Christmas Celebration. O.o

See the date? It screams, "28 DECEMBER 2009!"

Yep, so hold your asses before you scold me 'idiot' (though I think you would still do so anyway...)

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To be frank, this outing required major planning because I could not bring handphone(my second last day of no-Handphone out day!)

Well first off:

1. I need someone to help me take care of my younger sister (my original plan was to bring her along)
2. We need to decide on a decisive meeting place or else we all get lost. (Double bad for me because I am not bringing handphone! But of course, I'm not telling anyone. XD)
3. We need to decide on a place to watch movie(my plan actually, will explain later) but it was settled later anyway. ;)
4. We need to decide on a time to meet without reaching late for Lai Yin's Church Event(will explain later)

>>Okay, stop!

Information over-load? Maybe not. Let me clarify things one by one...

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How this pretty outing all started...

True to her name, Lai Yin is a good liar.

Why? Well...

She 'claimed' that this was a class outing. You know me, I wouldn't attend any event church-related (especially since Jian An's Church Aggressive Preaching then)

Brr...*Shiver down my spine*

Back to the point, so why did I attend the outing, because I was told that the class was going. Zzz..

Oh well, thankfully, that lie shattered from within(I mean yeah, when the truth just plain stands out, the lie is so obviously...a lie. :o)

Just F.Y.I., the event is at night so I had nothing on for the whole of afternoon. Great.

Well...unfortunately, I found out too late. I already arranged things to make sure I can definitely head outdoors that day. (And hell no am I going to let my efforts go to waste.)

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Okay, PLAN B!

I already assured(I'm not going to use the word 'promise') my dad that I would take care of Lera so I can head outdoors without getting slammed by "No one is taking care of Lera" crime at home.

Due to the above-mentioned twist of events, there is no really little people coming for the event.

I think that's where the Background Information kicks in...(a bit random but...)

After the outing where we watched the movie, "Bodyguards and Assassins", I wanted to watch Sherlock Holmes and Alvin and Chipmunks. Since I was going out for Lai Yin's event anyway, I might make use of the remaining free time to organise a movie outing beforehand.

Well, the movie outing was supposed to be a class outing too, I mean since the class supposedly would be heading out for the Church later anyway.

That did not went well. Hahas.

Right, PLAN B. Not exactly, plan B actually but let's just call it. ;)

I intended to invite Johnston and his sister to the outing as well but I'm not sure if the class would not mind.

With three-quarter of class out of the picture, calling Johnston over shouldn't be a big problem. Hahas!

So we can say, everything went according to plan.
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Latest twist of events, Yan Zhi is coming as well. As soon as I'm aware of that fact, I invited for the movie.

In the end, he could not make it for the movie since his cousin was 'one month old' which is very important for us, Chinese Race. ;)

So I don't blame him. Just a bit disappointed. That makes even a few of us going for the movie. Oh well.
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Finally, with the discovery of the Cathay Coupons in the Nan Yang Polytechnic Book(you gotta love their advertisement. Hahas!)

We initially wanted to go to Cathay, but the nearest Cathay Cinema(as shown on their website) airs movies at night, which is too late for us to make it.

No matter, we decided on Plaza Singapura, Golden Village. (Well I did, because everyone said anything which wasn't very productive, no?)

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The Big day, yay

Did you notice I had not confirmed the time? (Actually we did, I regretted giving her the option of 12 noon or 1pm. I wanted 12 noon! The earlier the better!)

This morning is going to be super busy, if everything went according to plan. Without telling anyone, except for my aunt, I had decided not bring my younger sister along. To compromise, I asked a favour from my aunt if she could help me take care of younger sister while I was away.


Thank you, Aunt! If it wasn't for you, I may well could not go out at all! ;)

So I was out in the morning, bringing my younger sister to my Aunt's House.
After that, I headed towards the 1st Meeting place: Compass Point.
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I just realise bus 83 is actually very fast. (I thought it was only quite fast, guess I thought wrong) (then again, someone said it was slow...O.o)

I mean, it took me less than 10 minutes for me to reach back to Sengkang from the Punggol Bus Stop. Too fast!

Shocked, because I'm officially very early. The time now at this side is 12:14PM.

*Shake head*. On the bright side, we're meeting at 1PM. I guess!

I was getting bored to tears so I decided to eat lunch myself (since they weren't eating lunch and Johnston is eating beforehand)

After eating Chicken Rice(Mmm!), the time now is 12:30PM+

Gah! Another half-an-hour!
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Actually, not quite. Saved by some miracle. LOL

Before that, thank you for your wonderful present! ;)

(This is directed towards Cynthia, ;) Okay, despite being a super late present. Hahas!)
Can't believe I would live until this day to receive it. (Kidding!)

Back before the randomness...

I was wandering around the Bus Alighting area when Cynthia arrived. (care I mention that she's half-an-hour early?!)
Looks like I'm not the only early-bird here...lols.
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I guess she was rather shocked to see me so early there too. (I mean hell yeah, I don't expect myself to be this early too...You can thank bus 83 for that...)

Since I had nothing else better to do, I followed her. (Unlike me, she's early for a reason)

Well, I'm going to tell you what's she early for, the pattern is intriguing. (Will explain later)

She

1. Went to top-up EZ-Link
2. Went to her workplace to collect something
3. Return library books

Nothing special, right? The fun part is later.

After all that, we went back to the Bus Alighting Area to wait for Wei Ting. (She missed a bus. Oh my god...)

Reminds me whenever I was returning home from Aunt's Home after work. (Miss Bus 75% of the time)

Oh well...You know what's the cool part? Wei Ting arrived but did not see us. (okay not exactly cool, but call me childish...)

I sneaked up behind Wei Ting, waiting for her to turn her head. She was exactly shocked. Haiz...she was just curious where I sprouted from. =.=

Now let's do some comparison. Wei Ting also had a few stuffs to do:

1. Claim stored value of faulty EZ-Link card at Ticket Office (seeing something?)
2. Had to return books. (Still negative? Nevermind...)

Well, since it was getting late and I didn't want Johnston waiting there, Wei Ting decided to return the books later. Meanwhile, Bao Lin came when we were queueing up at the Ticket Office.

Now that all those that's supposed to gather here is here, it's time to head towards Plaza Singapura.
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Turns out that I gave vague information to Johnston, he had no clue where to meet there. So I had to borrow a phone and call him. (Thanks for letting me use phone!)

While I waited for Johnston, the girls went ahead to shop for the Christmas Presents (which was a must for the event later).

A few more things to clear up:

1. I found out that morning that Guan Hui was coming too(though she did not turn up in the end)
2. The cinema at Plaza Singapura was flooded! And the Alvin and the Chipmunks was fully booked til at night! ZOMG!

Well, here comes our saviour! Johnston Tang! :D

Hahas~! Turns out that the website gave wrong information about the Cathay and it's showing Alvin and the Chipmunks around 2:30PM. (wait, was it 3PM? Forgot.)

Having said that, I think I'm in trouble for giving them wrong information. (Lesson Learnt: Cathay website cannot be trusted)
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Found them at DAISO and done the introduction. But the girls very mean(okay, I meant shy!), don't dare to show their face. Ok....?

:?

Well, as we walked towards the Cathay, the topic was: We forgot your friend's name. What's his name again?

Hahas! I'm sure Johnston don't mind. I mean, you can't really expect people to remember names so easily, right? (I mean, even Johnston couldn't yet. ;)

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Movie: Alvin and the Chipmunks 2

Woots, bought the movie tickets!

As the girls accompany Wei Ting to put on her Contact Lens, Johnston and I chatted.

(Random time! Wei Ting and her number 12 *Roll Eyes*)

We were late for the Movie because the snack bar had this really long queue!

It's definitely a must watch, not that you need me telling you anyway. Hahas!

Well, first of all, it's funny (and cute! As I'm sure many would say ;)
The graphics is not bad too. Hmm...

Sad to say, the plot isn't very engaging. Though the twist were a welcome. Too little singing (AKA Action)? Perhaps that's what is lacking. Hahas.
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Yeah, until now, I have not watched Sherlock Holmes. T.T (I will...one day...)

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Lai Yin's Church -- Victory family Centre?

No offense, but that doesn't sound like a church name. Then again, CityHarvest doesn't sound like one either...

After the movie, we bought the presents (for Yan Zhi, Johnston, and me) and went to Yishun.

Met the tall guy and the liar there. Hee...
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The event turned out to be nothing that I expected. Perhaps I was thinking of something as grand as the CityHarvest celebrations.

So there was no Christmas Carol Singing. So I'm kind of glad that I did not bring my younger sister after all. There's really hardly anything to do.

Frankly, if my friends weren't there, I would be bored to tears. Thank you, guys. Yeah! I'm not alone. So there was laughter. Ironic that I paid $6 for laughter. I could had gotten the laughter part without the $6. (Lesson Learnt: 50% Chance that what's Lai Yin is offering you is a rotten deal. Wait, make that 25%. Wait...)

And I was promised by Lai Yin that there won't be aggressive preaching. =.=

What's with the "no maybe will make it next saturday but MUST"?

What happened to freedom of religious view?
Well, I doubt anyone went next Saturday anyway. (Definitely not me nor Johnston)
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Well, for the sake of memory, we had some games, food and some talk that we hadn't a slightest clue.

Oh and, Johnston won the "Guess the Lyrics: Christmas Edition" and was awarded a Post-it Notes. Zzz...

Well at least, that's as near as Christmas Carolling as it can get.

P.S: And you can know somehow that Lai Yin did not intend this to be a class outing. The venue was so small, it was close to full with just a few of us + the rest of the church members. If the whole class came, there won't be space to breathe. The lie becomes obvious now, huh?
At this aspect, I thoroughly disappointed. What happened to the good old Christians that I used to meet? (like Marcus?)

Tsk Tsk

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Our unlucky journey home...

I mean can you believe? Everytime we reached a bus stop, we miss a bus!

Sad that I couldn't accompany Johnston home, guess the Gods had something else planned for me.

Watching Johnston walking back to the MRT Station made me guilty.
Several thoughts came. "Did he regret coming?" "Was he sad?"...

*Shrug* But he had that sad face look for quite a number of days. It's scary. (Note to Johnston: Cheer up!)

After missing around 2 buses, we decided to wait on one bus stop and wait for the bus to arrive.
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Walked home with Yan Zhi and had a heart-to-heart conversation. (Must more in-depth than the first time. Shocking news indeed)

Of course, the contents are personal so you won't see it here. (yeah I know this is supposedly the 'Secret War Journal' but the contents will only be at the Top-Secret War Journal. So I guess you lucked out, kid.)
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Reached the Lift Lobby at around Midnight and saw my father stationed there.

WTS?!

What was he doing here? He's supposed to be asleep!

Turned out that he needed my help in moving some stuff from the shop back home. (He tried calling me, only to realise I did not bring out phone. Hahas, makes you think twice before not letting me bringing it out. *Insert Evil Laugh here*)

Being the good kid I am (*Puke* I heard that!), I helped.

Slept at 4AM on the next day. Boy was today a busy day. *Snores*

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On the other hand

Sorry peeps, I forgot to talk about 27 December 2009 (I noticed).

On 27 December 2009, two main events happened.

First, I received my Merit Bursary Award from the Ministry of Education. The ceremony was rather dull but the time invested was rather worth it. ($.$ Money Face! LOL..joking)

Secondly, Aunt Michelle came near my house to give my younger sister her Christmas Birthday!

Thank you Aunt Michelle!

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~Finito~

Christmas Eve 2009

Secret War Journal[24 December 2009]
Well, I guess the pictures ain't available yet so you guys just had to bear this post without a single piece of photo until I get them. :p

C'mon, it's not that bad. Is it?

(Okay, I know it's already new year on the other side but still,...I shouldn't skip parts. So yeah! Some serious catching up to do~! Hahas! ;)

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It started like any other day...

Ah....It's Christmas Eve. As of morning, it's no different from any other days. Don't be so alarmed, my family hardly celebrate any holidays after all.

Well, I got work to do too. Thus, I spent the whole of my morning and some of my afternoon earning money! :D

Woots! You see, I can enjoy life as long as I'm the one who make the decesion. Hahas!

Homed soon after, I promised my dad that I would be home before he did. (Best not let him find out that I wasn't very sure that I can achieve that feat so...Shhh!!! ;)

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It turned out to be a special day...

Good news, pal. Johnston just called. Hahas! (Rolling on the floor, laughing.)

Well, since we were all free, we pushed forward our planned outing planned on Saturday.

(Okay, that means my gut feeling that I was going to be busy was not about this outing but something else. Hmm...;)

What's the highlight about our outing, you would ask? Let's find out together, shall we? (Okay, some of you would probably cheat and sift through my calendar beforehand but...)

Let's keep things under wraps for a tad longer huh? ;)

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Back to this place, huh?...

I'm heading towards Clarke Quay now, this would be the second time I'm coming here since 2005. I guess.

Still remember the reason why I first came here? It was part of work, my CCA: Infocoom Club [IDA] then.

How things had changed, finally I came here of my own accord, for entirely different reasons and I came here to learn.

Wow, so serious all of sudden. Hee!
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Well, like I said, my memory sucks. Yeah, I remember bars and stuff but I totally forgot about the details of the MRT Station.

"Woah, how big is this MRT Station," I thought when I reached Clarke Quay.

Actually, it's not that big, as it turns out. It just gave a impression that its rather huge but thankfully it has only one exit so I won't be at the wrong place to meet. Hahas!

Well, while waiting for Johnston and his family to arrive, why not I share with you something?

Do you know I always mispronounce "Clarke Quay" until the previous time I came here? So silly, right?
Hahas!

I'm not sure how to spell out my mispronounced corruption of "Quay" but it's way off from the correct "Quay". Opps?
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Oh! They arrived. ;)

Looks like I couldn't hold the suspense any longer. So!

BEHOLD!

We're going the Body Show in Singapore. There's one held in Singapore Science Centre but today we're heading to another exhibition which is held at Clarke Quay!

Today, we have Johnston's Mother, Emelia, and Johnston with us to take a look at the exhibition. :D

Come to think of it, I think that day was the first time I met them for this holiday. Haiz. So late right? Tells you how busy I had been, in a sense. *Face Down, shaking head*

Anyway...they came via Johnston's Father's Car so yeah, it was pretty redundant for me to wait at the MRT Station Gate. Silly me.(You know, I figured out that it would happen this way but I could not figure out from which way so...yeah I stayed put at the Station. :p

Well, not that that did any harm... :o
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Guess it's time.

Thank you Johnston and Emelia for your Christmas Present though it was really necessary (Now I feel bad that I did not prepare present for you guys. Watch me, I will prepare next year! ;)

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Kindness.

Lunchtime, we decided to eat at Burger King. Mmm!

As usual, BK Chicken for me! O.o

Yeah, it's like I only eat BK Chicken in there. (I had quite a horrible experience eating their turkey so no thanks. Hahs!)

Oh! Here's something funny about the Burger King near Clarke Quay Station. The signs on the glass door is placed incorrectly.
On one occasion, we finished our meals and were heading out.

The sign on the door wrote "Push". Emelia was leading so she pushed the door.

The glass door gave way to a certain extent before refusing to budge.

*Shock* (okay, that was a bit of exaggeration)

Thankfully, there was another exit. (which was the one we used to enter, in case you're wondering)

Johnston and I thought that the other door was just faulty, that's probably why it could not open fully but as we head towards the exhibition, we turned back and noticed a couple succeed in entering the Fast Food Restaurant through that door.

Once again, *Shock* (okay, I lied, we laughed)

Strange that the couple knew that the signs were inverted. Perhaps they patronise that place often or...I don't know.

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Finally...

Ta-Da! The exhibition!

BUT I have no photos to show you! So disappointing. Can I say something like, come check back another day when I get them? LOL!

Well, let's not be so cruel.

In there, you get to see real bodies and yeah, viewer's discretion advised in the sense that it could be slammed with a R21 rating if it wasn't in the name of Science. LOL...

Besides that, (rest assured, there's no revoking smell) not only do you get to know about the various organs about the Human Body and the way it works(the nerves, blah blah blah, you know, this kind of stuffs), they also touch on how the organs looked like when they are suffering from condition. That's the gross part, I guess.

Of course, there's some fun parts too. From the signing of the Guestbook to the various skeletons posing and the History of such studies.

Lastly, (hey there's a photo after all!) you also get to have the chance to have your body compostion thoroughly analysed by this weighing machine. (Well, sort of.)

Here's mine!

Wow! Wow! Wow!

I actually lost weight from the Holidays! Oh my god.

Well on the bright side, I finally know my height. *Nods Head*

And god! Look at my Impedance! F.Y.I, the average of a human body should be around 500.

I'm below average! (as is Johnston) *Grasp*

And Emelia got the record-holder in that exhibition, having a Impedance of 599!

Good Lord.
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Heehee, I like the scene where the assistant exclaim, "God, you're ultra light" when she was getting my result slip from the Machine. :p
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And yes, Biology has lots of difficult words.

The easiest would be Stirrup, White Blood Cell, Red Blood Cell, Tibia?, Biceps?, Triceps?

LOL?!

Okay, information overload. Will update when I have the pictures. :D
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Thank you, Johnston's Mother, Johnston, and Emelia for making my Christmas this year so special! ;)
(Guess I owe you guys one. O.o)

Finally, MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!

P.S: I'm quite aware that message is a bit late, thank you. :) Anyway, the next post about Christmas should be posted around Sunday if I got time but I know definitely not tomorrow because I'm working tomorrow. ;)

Until then. =]