AFA X

Secret War Journal[14 November 2010][Long Post][Picture-Heavy]
It's that period of the year again!

Anime, Cosplay, Jpop, Games, Vocaloids!

Wohoo!

Joining us this year are...

1. Johnston
2. Trevor
3. Keller

Zikry couldn't join us due to some unforeseen reasons. Therefore, this year, we have to come slightly earlier to buy the tickets which would be very long queue later in the afternoon.

No matter, Johnston and I came first and helped to purchase tickets for everyone else. Waiting for the rest to arrive but at this moment, I want to comment that there is very almost no crowd right here right now. Wow! I think all of them went to watch the Haruhi movie in there. O.o

Well, I'm not going to pay more for an animie movie which I didn't even watch. Hahas! I mean, I'm not even going to attend the AniSong concert later! T.T

When they arrived after some epic moments of finding us while standing in front of us and using their handphone talking to us (LOL!), we produced the tickets and entered the exhibition!

Okay, the previous post was the old narration-style so it's time to go photostory(not to mention that if I go write out in prose, this post could go on forever)! As I always say, "WIthout further ado" let the pictures do the talking!

Okay, you probably wasn't expecting this picture. I mean, "Where's the AFA pictures! This is not one!" but yeah, I couldn't find any other place to place this. :P

The "chop" to indicate we're allowed to enter the exhibitions.


Look at Trevor's face. So lustful. Joking!

Haruhi Figurines

Nanoha!

Hatsune Miku!!!!

Black Rock Shooter





Final Fantasy Cosplay. Not bad.


  Maid Cafe?! To think Trevor and keller thought there was only Butler Cafe this year. :o


This is one car that is bound to cause car accidents.


I mean, it definitely would distract male drivers, I think. Hahas! Opps?

AFA X Official Car. O.o


Gundam Car. Now this is one Cool car, until you scratch it, of course. XD





Power Ranger? EPIC.


Power Rangers to the Rescue! (Roll on the floor laughing, can't stand myself saying that. Hahas!)


Unglam shot of red ranger. We're so evil. XD


Dolls. Zi Ying has lots of this, I think.


A nicer shot with nicer dolls. O.oOkay, maybe the previous shot was nicer. :p


Domo! Group Picture!


Toradora! Taiga! My favourite character there! Woots!


Taiga and Me. How come she's taller than me!!! O.o Scary.


Johnston and Taiga. Wonder where's Taiga's boyfriend. Never see him. O.o


Animax Station is here, as usual. But the voiceover is..... let's just say I prefer the original japanese version. :p


Eh....


Princess or?


White Princess?


Emm...the princess is nicer. XD (Evil me...)


More of princess


Random Hatsune Miku cosplayer. Hey, where's your leek? XD


Naruto with an epic touch.





Pikachu epic win version. >=D


Black Rock Shooter Cosplayer, look better in reality.


Sorry for the eye issue.





Christmas is here already?! Joking!


You got to admit it's nice though. :)


I should not saying evil. (Like Christmas? ROFL)


Nice right? I hope. XD





Now we have Halloween. XP


Snow white?!





And this year's winner for Cosplaying is..... Trevor for best cosplaying a commoner. Congrats!


Gundam. Sweet!


???!!1





Hatsune Miku Project Dive now has arcade version. Wow!


I wish I could play that game...


Hatsune Miku Green hair version.


Our good friend Wei Siang, who was working there, taught us how to do play a Japanese card game. ^^


Wei Siang VS Keller. Who wins?


Fun with playing cards! :)


Epic Staff. Sakura.





They were fooling with their skirts. Ok...


The traditional epic face pose! XD


This is actually a fail shot but it's so cool though people would had thought we were stalking people. Hahas!



Last picture... Aww...



Finally, to end it off, a compilation of all the pictures taken that day!

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Credits: Johnston and I for the pictures.

Daybreak

Secret War Journal[20 November 2010]
In the seed of darkness lies but a speck of truth...

Maybe I'm better off than others in the same plight as me...

I guess I should count myself lucky that God had taught me to be cautious and careful

Megamind and Résultats

Secret War Journal[12 November 2010]

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Official Promos Results

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Ah, the verdict.

So yeah, I got promoted. For one reason or another, my economics was moderated up. So instead of a sub-pass (S), I have a E grade. Not bad, at least I officially pass...

But I'm still deciding whether I should drop though...I'm like at the opposite spectrum of distinction right now, dropping would be much more wise right now. Hmm....family ain't that much help since they don't even know what advice they giving when they don't even know what JC is... =.=|||

Maybe...

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Megamind: The movie

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Moving on, I recently watched the often-mentioned movie called Megamind!

This was organised by Lai Yin though I doubt she intended to watch a movie. Hahas!

Here's a bit of background information: XD

Well, originally Lai Yin wanted to organise a trip to Jurong Bird park (I still not very sure why...) with Jun Yong, Shi Min, Cynthia and I.

Well, obviously a lot of people didn't want to go there and Shi Min was not free (not very hard to figure, hahas) so she suggested going to Zoo (don't look at me, I don't know) or Shopping(I don't think Jun Yong will want to go that...)
To cut the story short, she decided to ask the 4D clique for shopping. Since it was so last minute, the couple couldn't make it, and Lai Yin actually didn't ask Guan Hui(so smart of her....=.=). Well, I figure she thought Guan Gui got lessons so she never asked (but we never know....)

Vanessa came and when we met up, (for the record, I tag along because I wanted to buy something, hahas!) she was wondering why a shopping outing out of the blue. (I agree on that but that's because no one wanted to go Bird Park or Zoo. XD)

Vanessa was thinking why not just catch a movie instead which I agreed straight away. (Note: Lai Yin was away during our planning. Heehee.)

We went to discuss what movies were on show right now. Vanessa wanted to watch the Social Network. I was fine with that.
Thus, that was our new plan to hijack Lai Yin's plan:

• Go to Cinema
• See the timeslots
• Buy tickets, regardless of whether Lai Yin approve or not
• Go watch movie
• Continue Shopping

Did I mention Lai Yin was on a media fast? (Another queer thing about her.)

That made the plan not as easy as planned. Hahas. Lai Yin was very against watching movie. (The media fast was so extreme, apparently she did not play PS3 at Laura's house. :O Wow.)

Wonder what prompted her annual media fast. But anyway, we're not going to let a simple media fast interrupt our plans! Hahas!

So began our conquest to drag her to the ticketing booth to buy the tickets. That was the easy part.

However, there was a slight change of plans, the Cinema at Bugis Junction was not airing The Social Network. Vanessa and I made a compromise and went to buy 3 tickets for Megamind instead.
Well, I have heard quite a lot about Megamind from friends and the feedback was rather positive so I figure it would be a nice movie. :)

Here comes the really crazy part, right after we bought our tickets, Lai Yin announced to us that she was going home, we can watch the movies by ourselves.

*Shocked*

At this moment, Lai Yin started some "hide-and-seek" game which was took us in circles in search for her. That made Vanessa sort of pissed. :O
Well, can't blame her, who could had thought there are people so opposed to a simple movie screening? :O

After all those craziness, we managed to convince her to stay at a shop called "Guess".

Guess what? Vanessa and I had no clue where that shop was. Hahas!
Best part? The shop was just near the entrance of Bugis Junction. So epic fail for me man, hahas. I never knew that bag shop there was called "Guess". =.=
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Final compromise after negotiation with Lai Yin (we sort of did this at the Coffee Bean in Illuma):

She would go in with us since we already bought the tickets, don't want to waste that ticket. (and it would be awkward.)
Since she's on a media fast. We provided her with a solution: Just go in, and sleep. Hahahas!

We went for the movie. The rest of them was too full since we going for snacks after luncc but I ordered a medium popcorn with drinks since I felt strange to go into a cinema empty-handed without the usual eating(habits, I guess). They convinced me not to go for the large popcorn, hahas!

So, in the end, our plan succeeded hahas!
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Well, the movie was definitely worth the money spent. :)
The plot was well-written but I'm a sucker for the subtle reenactment tactics(not sure if the rest realised that) so I could be bias, heehee.


Furthermore, Megamind belonged to my favourite genre of movies - Comedy so naturally, if it is able to give me a decent laugh, I would give it an above average rating. ;)
But I must admit, the beginning was like a joke drought, nothing funny happened there. :O Can't really blame them though, the technique they use for the beginning don't really have much room for jokes. But hey, once the jokes comes, the fun begins. ;)

Oh, and Lai Yin? She didn't manage to sleep in the cinema in the end. She ended up watching after skipping the first few parts. (maybe 30 minutes?)

We all knew she would end up watching the movie, no? >=D

Now, shopping resume. Hahas!

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Shopping! (Again?!)

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Well, that day, we bought presents for Pei Shi and Debbie (a bit late, but it's the thought that count. :P)

Lai Yin keep patronise this childish looking shop which Vanessa started to pull Lai Yin away after the third time we ended up at this shop. (Super funny I tell you.)

Vanessa? She spent all on food. Hahas! (P.S: Don't kill me! XD)

After heading home, I bought some stuff for myself. Another off the wishlist for this year. Yes! I think I spent a lot this year though, a bit broke. :(

Seed of Darkness

Secret War Journal[14 November 2010]
I never actually intended to have this post. I have another post in draft mode that was supposed to be published but there has been a turn of events in the past few days.

Amazing, I never expected this. It was never anticipated, I never expected you all to be dragged into this. It was supposed to be some other matters that I personally have to get into terms with.

But at this stage, it's getting hard to ignore. Too much hints dropped everywhere lately, too much implications at such a late stage. Yes, we're all fools. At least I am, that's for sure. Why didn't I foresee it, when I foresee other stuff that I cannot alter. Maybe I did, but it was so obscured, I actually messed up the timing of it. I didn't know it would be something so large a scale, something that would affect so many people, something that would affect people I know. That vision. That vision held people I never met before, how could I had known. How could I known God was trying to warn me. I'm a fool.

I should have known, that the devil moves with me. So my darkness comes, and I knew I had brought sadness and pain to many. I should be ashamed. I will rue this day, the day light turns thin, where many of us who were war-weary have to withstand this.

I think it is time to choose a side. Too long had I remained neutral. Too long had I idled. But memories of the past still ache, echoes in me, the consequences of intervening is extremely dire. Must it be so, is my presence that significant anyway?
But, this I cannot ignore. Too much is at stake. Debts need to be repaid. Brotherhood needs to be held. Promises need to be uphold.
Parties will be hurt, whether I like it or not.

Yet I hope to remain neutral after all this, I yearn for peace...there must be a way to resolve this peacefully, there must be a way to achieve a win-win solution.

History has taught us that no one wins a two-front war. Have mercy on my friend, why now? What have we done when we wish for peace? Is it my past sins? Is it my misgivings? Why attack my friends? Why can't you just target me instead. I deserve more blame than anyone else. My sins cannot be atone in this lifetime. God alone knows that. People died, sorrow, disappointment, if you have such hatred, then direct them to me instead.
I cannot win a three-front war, yet it seems part of God's designs that I would be a part of this.
Does anyone ever win a three-front war? I have no wish of finding out.

Nevertheless, I need to prepare. Perhaps the covert war had already begun without me knowing. I must be the slowest among them all...

In the end, no amount of anticipation could prepare us for this, huh?
And darkness rides once more...

Everwinter Land

Secret War Journal[9 November 2010]

The one who rules unseen is many times smarter than one who rules with an iron fist.

I know, I told some of you that I'm not saying this out loud. Well, the intended message is obscured anyway so most people should not be to know what I'm driving at. XD

Besides, what's the point of saying, "Let only the worthy know" when there are no further test(with Google making obsolete one of them O.o).

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Recently, my younger brother Leo, got a piano. (which I suspect is his birthday present. *Shrug*)

Here are the pictures of his piano:

It isn't a grand piano but it's definitely look more grand than my old piano which I still believe was more functional than this. That is, if wasn't for the fact someone threw it away. =.=
I'm pretty sure it was still operational. >:(

Oh well, it's been a long long long time since I played something on the piano anyway. However, my piano served more as a memory of the past. T.T

I absolutely hate it when they throw away my stuff without asking me. This wasn't the first time, as many would know. Haiz... I don't even know when they throw one, just disappeared one day. !@#$

It can't be replaced with another piano. Maybe I should have a safe that keep all my stuff with sentimental value. Hahas, I doubt anyone would let me do that though.

Anyway, the new piano hyped up my interest for piano, though not a lot since I can't really play that piano. It made me realise I forgot how to read basic musical notes....again. *facepalm* One fine day, I should go self-learn those. Hahas!

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Today's a sad day. Today's a day full of disappointment. Today's horrible.

One thing that was worth to be happy about though would be that my juniors over at Nan Chiau won first at this year's National Infocomm Club Awards Competition!

Good job juniors!

Well done people, juniors, teachers and of course the project leaders! ^^ You have made us all proud. You should have seen how we, graduates of NCHS rallied together to support you despite having OP and rehearsals!

Here are their winning entry!

Nan Chiau High School - GreenTips

Entry Format: Website 

GreenTips were created to allow users a convenient and accessible platform for the public to share and search for tips on how people from all walks of life do their part in saving the environment. This will help to create a central repository of innovative and practical ideas that everyone can be involved and play a part to save the environment.

Click here to view

Sadly,  we didn't manage to get the Student's Choice Awards but we were second. We lost by as little as 20 votes to be first. Oh well, winning first for the judging is much more significant than Student's Choice Awards! ;)

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK GUYS! ;)

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Sadly, other dark shadows lurk that day, as though blocking the light that radiate out of goodness...

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Keep in mind, this is posted on 9 Nov. There was some delay. O.o

I talk to the rain

Secret War Journal[6 November 2010]
I actually wanted to post this yesterday but I was out for the entire day so this is a bit late.
Well it helped that today rained again. Hahas!

Remembered this video when I was caught in the rain for the next half an hour. I'm sorry if the song sounds emo-ish. I guess that's my mood then.

That's one reason why I'm not fond of rain, rain reminds me of sadness. Most of the time, rain comes when someone close whom I know is hurt or angry. It's sad and rain brings that out even more.
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Well, on a happier tone, the composer of that song is Yuki Kajiura. I came to know about her through the epic Original Soundtracks she composed for Pandora Hearts.Turns out Joseph is also a big fan of her. Hahas.

Some would comment that her style is the same for most song. If that's the case, I'm okay with it since I like her style anyway. ^^
I think she's one of the few that I actually have so many songs that I liked. I think the second would be Linkin Park. Hahas. All of them serves a certain role for certain situations, I guess.

Another unique feature about her is that she came up with her own language. I'm always a sucker for that, I suppose. One day, maybe someone would decipher it and finally understand her songs and her emotions she was trying to express.

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For most of you, the post ends here, the rest would be pure gibberish already. I doubt you would understand what I'm talking about...

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Rain...

Never once did you fail to respond when I talked...

Never once had you ignored my ranting...

Never had you cast me away as if I was nothing...

Yet all your replies were irrelevant to what I asked...

Your replies came at me, like you wanted me to stop...

Yet we came into contact, something that should be treasured...

For you are water.

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"What are promises to you?"

Criticise me only after I broke my promises.

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MLS

Secret War Journal[31 October 2010]
Rather pissed now.

Just spend the entire afternoon and night, and early morning to InR.

Now have minor bleeding at the forehead, hand pain and blurring of vision. Seirously WTF.
(and I taste blood at my throat too, must be due to spamming of vulgarities.)

Still have many things that needs to be done by this week. All thanks to InR, I'm rushing like some mad cow for the other assignments. Who InR think it is? Demanding that we allocate full-time to you. !@#$

Anyway, A Levels Chinese is coming(P.S: I typing without looking at the screen because I can't see the words already, vision blurring. So sorry if I mis-type anything. O.o). I guess my mood this weekend is rather bad is because of that. I really hate that subject.


Random, but I now have headache too. !@#$ Stupid InR..

Anyway, I think due to the fact that Chinese is on tis coming Monday, simple things can make me mad. I mean InR is supposedly the easiest component of PW yet I'm losing my anger over it even though the rest I did not. Screw Chinese. Screw PW. Screw it. Screw him. Screw her. Screw you. Screw me. Screw everyone.

Did I mention I'm in a bad mood? Probably not. Don't expect me to be in any better mood because it has been rising since yesterday and has not resided.

I suck at OP. Oh by the way, if you have no clue what is PW, InR, and OP, just ignore this freaking post. I'm not in a mood to explain it. It would take the best of one's mood to describe it and it would totally kill that joyful mood. So I guess you get the rough idea.

Hardly practised for  OP so far, and it's coming the week after Chinese. Why is Chinese placed in the middle of nowhere? Why is Chinese even tested? No freaking clue.

I never revise for Chinese. Not that I care but I try to revise tomorrow though it's very unlikely now since InR just ruined my weekend. (Gee, thanks)
I don't know but either it's the school's fault for 'making' us work on PW full-time or the ministry's fault for putting Chinese before OP. Madness. I doubt those people up there (no, not heaven silly, not that high up) even care if we suffer. They're not affected anyway, they still get paid. Life goes on.

Meanwhile, we suffer. No one cares. No one ever did. !@#$

Unto this world, shall there be darkness.

When we were first born, there was darkness.

Trapped in a unknown land, our first emotion was fear.

Saved by our mother who brought life, explaining why our bond is so strong.

For when we were born, there was only darkness and fear.

Rivieria: The Promised Land

Secret War Journal[24 October 2010]
Before I begin, let's sidetrack abit.This week can be described in one word, PW. Life's a misery right now. I can't wait for OP to be over and forget such a subject actually exist. Seriously.

Anyway, I got bored and made a pun from a physics formula. ^^

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Ok, to get some part of life back before school totally rob them all. I started playing a GBA game(I know it's old but it's fun!) called Riviera: The Promised Land

It's a RPG game similar to Final Fantasy. What attracted me to the game is the 'Overdrive' combat system. :)

You play as Ein, the Grim Angel which is the male in the picture. You will try to save the world with the help of your friends. (Note, I cut the storyline by a lot so if it sounds boring, it's not!)

I like Fia, the green hair girl in the picture. But you know what's the sad thing. My GBA never show the special Fia ending! Ahhhhh! Why are they so evil to me!

Supposedly, you get the special ending when she's the closest to you among your friends. I know Fia is in my game because when you fight the final boss, he will kill the girl closest to you. So why didn't I get the special ending?! Ahhh!! (Sorry, I'm just crazily wondering why my efforts was rewarded. LOL)

I went to youtube to look for the video since I didn't get it. *Grumble*

I realise after the video that the Fia ending was one of the hardest to get. But Fia was the closest to Ein! Why! T.T

In the video above, Ein stay behind with Fia in the village and live happily ever after. My GBA ending shown to me was that Ein returned to Asgard. Nooo! Totally different! T.T
The closest to the video would be Fia blushing when talking about Ein. Ahhhh, wasted. XD

Nevermind, I thrashed the final boss in three rounds. Mwuhaha, half-lived him in the first turn. That's for Fia! ROFL.
Wonder why my friend couldn't even defeat the third final boss then, he kept re-trying while I won that guy at the first try. ^^

The game is weird in the sense that I can't tell whether the character is a male or female. I thought Ledah, another grim angel was a female when he's a male. =.=

Then malice looked like a male but she's a female. What the...

Finally, the final boss is even worse, it's a male and a female merged together so I have not idea what gender it is. It has a male voice but have long hair so what gender is it?! *Going crazy*

Ok, before you people say Leroy is crazy, I better end off this post.

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What if I'm crazy?

You're wrong.

I'm not crazy? ^^

You're wrong about the 'if' part.

=.=|||

Post-Promos 2010

Secret War Journal[16 October 2010]

It's been some time since I talked about exams so I guess it is a suitable time to talk about one of the most critical examination in JC, apart from the dreaded A Levels of course.

Without further ado, let's discuss about my results first.

• General Papers(GP) AKA English -- 55 (C)
• Chinese, Mother Tongue Language -- 52 (D)
• Chemistry -- 58.5 (C)
• Economics -- 42.3 (S)
• Physics -- 71 (A)
• Mathematics -- 90 (A)

At the last day of Promos, I was sort of 'lectured' by Mr Goh which I sort of deserved because I did not have the motivation to study for Promos at all. As the above picture suggested, I think Promos robs students of social life and I sorta went to rebel against that notion and slacked during Promos. So I sort of deserve the poor results, I guess. But I must THANK GOD because I felt so sure I was going to fail Chemistry when the paper ended. Without God's help, I would had failed GP and Chemistry.

After Promos ended, I was primarily worried for my GP, Chemistry and Economics (as always). Though Econs I still failed in the end bcause it's a sub-pass, at least it wasn't a complete fail which would be ungraded.

Chemistry was difficult because there really wasn't enough time to finish the paper and my brain got cooked by mircowaves in 0.3 seconds when I saw the word "solubility" and my brain just melted on the spot. I could not even attempt another question after I saw that word. Haiz...

Physics was actually the first paper I got back and I was relieved that I secured an A because it was one of two paper I had confidence in. It made me slightly hopeful though it was a bit sad it was a borderline A. O.o

Mathematics was sort of well, I'm slightly disappointed with myself because I was hoping for a full marks. Hahas, arrogant me. Actually, it is partly because it was the paper that I had the most confidence on. I guess when you have too high expectations, it is easier for you to get disappointed. 

So of great concern now is no longer about retaining but whether to drop Economics. It's a painful decision. I think my father hinted that I should not drop today when I told him that my Economics fared the worst. I am also worried if I decide to continue as a H2 Economics, would the struggle be for naught? So many insecurities, so little answers. If only I knew....

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You know what is sad about my life? I had not officially had a post-promos fun activity yet. It's so sad. Everyone's busy even after exams because PW are coming at us at full speed ahead.

This is probably the first time I am doing school work right after examinations. It's totally insane.
I feel so sad, someone please cheer me up now. This instance! Anyway, never-mind because by tomorrow, I will be normal again. XD
(Updated on 18 Oct: I was wrong, got into a worse mood. =.=)

Yesterday, I went back to my secondary school to help out for juniors since their O levels are about to start in 1 weeks' time? Met Leroy, Yiting, Keller, Ian, CaiFeng, Wufong, and many others. Yeah, it was fun to be back there.


Apart from this, hardly anything significant happened after Promos.....

Sometimes, we just want you to be happy even if we don't like the outcome.

Shopping Spree!

Secret War Journal[June 2010][Long Post]
Hey, some forepost here. June Holidays is almost over. So this is really going to be a long post(hence going to take a really long time to finish this). Perhaps the longest post ever. Maybe not. Hahas! As the title goes, this holiday, I bought lots of things. ^^

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Motorola DEXT

Yep! First up, I got a new phone and yes. Rather shockingly, it's a Motorola. It's been eons since it produced a noteworthy phone and when they started to produce smartphones, I'm such a kind soul to support them. ;)

It's not bad though it's pretty reliant on internet usage since its the phone with 'socialising skills'. Hee!

Full Tech Specs here

Since I got the phone, I've been spamming. Now I wonder would the keyboard there break....Well, I hope not. Hahas!

P.S: First month: 1.4k SMSes. Did I spam too much? Hahas!

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Laptop -- Inspiron 14R

I bought it early this holiday so right now I'm not right sure of the technical specs anymore. I mean hell, I'm not even sure if the model name is even correct! Hahas!

Well, it's best suited for surfting the net but I realise it is installed with Microsoft Office 2007. Not only that, it comes with the installation disc. Woots! Maybe I should install on my desktop when the beta for Microsoft Office 2010 ends this October. :)

With this laptop, I don't need an external hard disk for my backups anymore. Hahas! I just need to sync the laptop with my desktop work documents. Woots! Now there is lesser consequences when my desktop dies. ^^

However, this laptop is largely for my step-mum. Hee, I want to get a more heavy duty laptop for my gaming, and to replace my desktop of course (but only when it dies. :)

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Karate Kid, 4D Class Outing

Ah, a Class Outing for the June Holidays just completes the Holidays experience. Hahas!

This time, we went to watch a movie called "Karate Kid".  The main character is cast by Will Smith's Son, Jaden Smith. Jackie Chan looks very old in this movie, maybe time has caught up to him? Hmm... but I think is just the movie because his character is supposed to be sort of depressed and introverted, I guess. :O

Overall, the movie was okay, not really nice nor bad. Just okay. I like the part where Jaden Smith goes with Jackie Chan to drink some sacred water before he could begin his training. That part was fun and cool.;)

It's great to meet classmates again. We will complain about how JC life is tough, how we miss each other and of course, arguing whether JC or Poly is more tough. Hahas! But I think slowly, by slowly, everyone is adapting to our new school. :) At least, that's what I believe anyway. Hahas!

This time is a bit special, I think. We met straight away at Plaza Singapura instead of Compass Point. I felt a bit weird going towards there alone to watch a moive. In the past, I don't like to go to Plaza Singapura alone because of the confusing exits from the MRT Station. (They still are confusing, but I'm getting better okay? Hahas!)

So basically, class outing was for us to catch up with each other, as always. Hahas!

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Infocomm Graduation Day 2010

No, don't get the wrong idea, I had already graduated from Infocomm Club last year. ;)

This picture above was taken near the venue. ;)

Before I begin, I'm sure you people must be wondering. If you had already graduated, where are you attending this ceremony then? Well, for starters, we love Infocomm Club! Hahas. Secondly, the Club is using our prize money that we won during our service to Infocomm Club. During the ceremony, Mr Goh even showed us a financial report of how the funds were used. Hahas! That made my day. :)
Thirdly, our batch didn't really had a graduation ceremony partly because there so few of us. 

Alright, let us begin. This graduation party was organised by our juniors, Secondary 3. We're having at Mr Goh's house. So cool! (Coincidentally, Ponti's house is nearby. Hahas! She totally freaked out :)

For this party, I brought along Johnston and Lera. Everyone from my batch came; Keller, Qi Xiang, Christopher, Zi Ying, and Jian Zhong all came. Yay!

I really like to thank the organisers for letting us to have such a fun time there. Good job guys and girls! :)

I remember the first game as that we split into groups and we're supposed to go treasure hunting for fragments of a photo puzzle and we're supposed to piece them up.

We, seniors sort of cheated because we have a larger than allowed group size. In our group, all seniors(that's 5, christopher was not here yet), Johnston, Lera, Mr Goh's Children (that's 2). That's a total of 9 people. Mwuhahas!

So naturally, we're one of the winning team, with the help of juniors of course. Mutual Win! :D

We had more bonding games and I'm sure Lera enjoyed her time there as well. Hahas!

Finally, we watched movies and held the graduation ceremony and many other graduating people were surprised (and touched?) followed by buffet for dinner! Wohoo!

Photo Time! ;)

Johnston and I. We're going to kill this bunny if you don't comply with our demands. ROFL.
*Note: No animal were harmed in the process. XD*

Group shot! Everyone's in here! Try to find Zi Ying. (No offence! :D)

The Epic counter-attack of the Balloon Strike - Another Balloon strike. Hahas!

Not to mention a funny video that Keller has so kindly to help star in this video. Enjoy! ;)

I would also like to thank Johnston and Marcus for their wonderful birthday present. =]

I would like to thank Qi Xiang, Keller, and Zi Ling for buying for my Birthday. Really appreciated!

That's the end of this long post. See ya! :)

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P.S: Sorry, for this super duper late post! I know it's October now and these were supposed to be post by June. Please understand that I had examinations after my holidays which really robbed of my time to post this. Well, anyway, hope you enjoyed this long post. Hahas!

Two Sides, One Choice

Secret War Journal[23 September 2010]

I shall be the blight in the day, light in the night.

I am enemy of friends, friend of their enemies.

I am the scourge of all living, harbinger of all death.

I am the king of the unworthy, commoners among nobles.

I am the blade of Tarrune, shield of Arun.

Just something that I came up with during my usual solitude walk. :)

Life may seem difficult now but there's always a silver lining in every dark cloud.

When every words hurts

Secret War Journal[22 September 2010]

Life is so great, they don't give me peace.
Guess, having this Journal is my only solitude, as I had discovered a mere 15 minutes ago.
Perhaps one day, this place would not be suitable for such things either.
Guess, that's just another reason to make this place more "Secret".

Have not decided whether I would change the URL yet. That depends on who is reading this.
Would tell Aaron of the new URL though. :)

When you cannot tell what's real and what's not, what else is left?

One does not cancel the other

Secret War Journal[20 September 2010]
Ah, I found a place in School to improve efficiency of studying, provided a condition is fulfilled. =)

Good to know that doing the other does not make me inefficient in doing the former (as I had thought)
It was simply because I had grown complacent and perhaps it's now a good time to address that. :)

Not sure I should talk about this... Hmm, maybe a good test for something. >=D

Anyway, today my class had PE and it's really rare to have the whole class play the same game and at the same time.

However, I feel that something is still amiss. Perhaps it is just me. Perhaps the wall that I made around me is still around. It won't be lowered ever because of my dark past. That's on the bright side, and of course we all know... :)

Because God have time and time taught me trust always find a way to hurt you the most...

P.S: I know what you did, Eugene. It doesn't take so much of even 3 minutes. (Or a brain, for that matter). Oh well, it doesn't really matter. If only you only you knew how complex it can be for the generation before us, you would realise that your move was a err... nevermind....

Lied for Simplicity

Secret War Journal[19 September 2010]
You asked if I was an atheist. I replied yes.

I am actually a Polytheist but few people use this term in Singapore.

I believe in God(s). I do, but my past and circumstances has left me to be in the same category as what Singaporeans call "Free-Thinkers". Being a free-thinker doesn't mean you don't believe in God. It's a very complicated term that's hard to explain.






So it turns out I still lie, despite my commitment not to. This situation was a stupid reason to lie but it was because of my laziness to explain and just wish certain things to be forgotten. Some past are meant to be past. I guess.


I remember my commitments, my promises, my vows, what I ask for is God's forgiveness.

Yin Yang

Secret War Journal[8 September 2010]

On the bright side of life,

I have friends for every occasion,

I have friends who are willing to go crazy and high with me,

I have friends who are willing to go serious together,

I have friends who are willing to go through the obstacles together,

I have friends who are willing to help me out in difficult times,

I have friends who are willing to hear me out when I'm down,

I have friends who are willing to take effort to cheer me up,

But that's only one side of the story...

On the dark side of life,

I may never will know who are my true friends,

I may have friends who will betray at the slightest turn,

I may have friends who will badmouth me at the slightest chance,

I may have friends who only pretend to be friendly but truly otherwise,

I may have friends who will sell me out for reasons unknown,

I may have friends who will give ill advice to guide my ruin,

I may have friends who can't wait to be rid of me,

But that's only one side of the story...

Whatever the outcome, thanks for being there...

Another Queer Vision

Secret War Journal[10 August 2010]

A vision crashed down on me at the worst possible time. Totally disrupted my concentration on something.

Well, this vision is just as strange as the others.

It makes no sense. Two world unto one.

That is, unless we're talking Combineset here, then it does in a way, I guess.

Nevertheless, the dark rings rotating around in the center was sort of disturbing...

Life goes on...however grim it may be...

A Spirit Messenger

Secret War Journal[2 August 2010]

This morning, 5:45AM, a spirit visited me.

It gave me 3 visions,  all bad.

I don't want to describe reason being I don't wish to and another reason would be that I'm not sure how to describe them.

But I do know that it left me distracted throughout the course of today. By now, I concluded that the visions are too extraordinary to happen.

For one, my dad will never wake up as early as me, much less earlier than me.

Since these events are virtually impossible, this only meant that it is giving another message which I can only comprehend as foretelling of misfortune. :S

Must think positive. Busy week ahead. See ya!

Wish me walking the path of Destruction...

Leroy's Screwed definitions for Grades in JC

Secret War Journal[7 July 2010]
Still working on the post for June Holidays. Meanwhile...

A - Abnormal / Alien-Grade
B - Boast-worthy / Beyond expectations or god-like
C - Crisis Insured / Crash Proof
D - Dominating
E - E for excellence
S - Survived
U - Ultima Death

BizClub Farewell Party

Secret War Journal[4 June 2010][Long Post]
Holidays are here. Well, sort of. I hardly have time left for anything else, after dedicating time for studies.

So you must be wondering how in the world I found time to blog now. Well, for several reasons:

1. I don't have motivation to do work! >.<
2. I was supposed to do Chemistry Tutorial but the elearning was not uploaded as promised!
3. I was supposed to blog last week but was delayed until now....so yeah.

Not to mention the fact that the first week of the holidays were reserved for make-up lectures. (WOW!)

At least it's better (in a way) than secondary school days when almost every single day, we had to return the school though this is definitely more agonizing. There isn't any hope in completing assignments! T.T

Might as well give up. (Joking)

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One of the most interesting that happened during the first week of Holidays was the BizClub Farewell Party. No, not for me! I'm JC1 only!!!

On that day, we still had lessons though it ends at early afternoon (the earliest for that week! :D)

Supposedly, I have CCA after lessons, but I need to attend the PW Group Leaders' Briefing because Dion could not make it (for reasons unknown to me...). Well too bad, did I mention I like briefings on leadership skills? Must really thank Mr Goh for this. Hahas!

After the meeting, I went back for CCA (which just ended). I was informed that our group (Yao Hui, Laura, and me) was shortlisted for the BizClub Challenge. O.o

The comments(as heard from Yao Hui): Good team but idea needs to be worked out.

Hahas, our idea wasn't very feasible, no? Oh well, need to spend some time brainstorming (before it turns into blamestorming, hahas, okay, no office talk here!)

Headed home to rest a bit for the party tonight. Hahas!

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BBQ!

Once again, I found that Pasir Ris Park is big. Huge. Gigantic. I didn't know Pasir Ris Park extends to behind Downtown East (now I do. LOL)

Having said that, that means I walked one big round to BBQ Pit 3. =.= Oh well, I wasn't really late. Just maybe 10 minutes late? Maybe. XD

Well...it's been a long time since I went to the east side of Singapore, really missed it though the culture of the east had changed much since....

Anyway, after much walking, I reached the BBQ Pit. Sweet!

Saw Ting Wei and friends there. Watched Fabion trying to play 'Dai Di'.

Fabian: So what I put now?
(By the way, the card in play right is an 7, if I recall.)
Ting Wei: Put a card bigger than that.
~Fabian puts a 4
Us: How is that bigger than 7?!

Hahas!  Fabian kept trying to put that card. I didn't know Fabian did not how to play that game. Opps?
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Okay, my hands are getting tired from the tapping of the keyboard. Time to let the photos do the talking, yeah?

Us trying start the fire at a pit. Took a long time to start the fire proper (okay, I'm noob at starting a fire) so I gave up halfway. Hahas!


Food! Yummy! Okay, ignore me...

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Various Group Photos

Yao Hui: LOL@Mr Lim (Our CCA Teacher Advisor)





Walked many rounds around the area of the BBQ Pit. Hahas. even walked backwards on several occasions. :p


Me and Yao Hui(The BizClub Vice-Chair! Hahas)





Random Shot?!

Look at the Lamp Post! Someone was murdered here! OMG! (Sorry, being lame....)
Anyway, did you realise that in this picture, Yao Hui has a evil-looking face? (He's the murderer!) LOL Joking.

Food!

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UNGLAM-Ness

Great, I'm turning bald.

No! I'm not emo, though many people would say otherwise looking at this picture.
I was simply trying to avoid the camera. Serious!

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Went home late at night and luckily, I did not lose my way. Hahas!
Secret War Journal[/4 June 2010]
Secret War Journal[10 June 2010]
Went for the AVA Food and Hygiene Course. :)
Secret War Journal[/10 June 2010]

Iron Man 2

Secret War Journal[3 May 2010]
I should be revising my GP paper now but I have no idea where to start. I should also be revising for Physics and Maths but i still have no motivation to do so...

Oh well, I'm screwed the coming tests unless some miracle befall on me. ;)

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Al-right, let's start this post proper. ;)

As usual, we went to Plaza Singapura, for the movie. This outing was organised by Keller after several compromises because many of us were busy a few days  back. Nevertheless, I'm glad we manage to meet up during the holidays. ;)

Pity Darian couldn't make it that day though.

Had mee sua as a side-order while waiting for the movie to start, since we came rather early. XD

Realised that that was the first time that Johnston tried Mee Sua. O.o

Well, my grandmother's Mee Sua taste better. Ha!

Went to Caesars to look at their beautiful blades.

Here's one!


Like their blades? Click here to visit their website! ;)

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Iron Man 2

The moment has come!

 The movie is definitely a must-watch. I really like the humour inside the movie. :)

One scene you all should look forward to would be the epic fail scene, beautifully demonstrated by War Machine.
In case you people are wondering, "why should I watch a epic fail scene, I'm not going to watch this movie!", allow me to explain. This scene is designed as a comic relief. So one can say this is a intentional 'epic fail' scene.

Some people who watched this movie said the plot wasn't very well-done but personally, it's not bad. It depends on people's perspective, I guess.

So who should really watch this movie? Die-hard Iron Man fans(like keller? Maybe. ;) and people who likes a good laugh, like me. ;)

(Keller predicts that the next Iron Man movie would come next year, so stay tuned! =])

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Mindscafe! :D

After the movie, Keller had tution so he had to leave. Aww...we will meet next time! ;)

So that leaves Johnston, Trevor, and me. We were deciding whether to go home and study for Chemistry(which I hadn't even start revising yet) for tomorrow's test or go to Mindscafe and relieve our stress.

Well, making decisions are too mind-wrecking so we leave it to fate as Johnston will prove to us God's Will!

Behold! The flipping of a single coin! XD

And thus, it was decided we would head to Mindscafe. Here's something funny that happened...

Johnston: Okay, let's go Mindscafe then.
(Johnston and Trevor started walking towards the MRT entry gates)
Me: Hey! Where are you guys going? There's a branch here at Dhoby Ghaut!
Johnston(laughs): I didn't know!
Me: Hahas! No wonder, I was wondering why you say go Mindscafe then you started to go towards the MRT as if you're heading home.
*Laughs*

Walking to the Cafe, we needed to cross several streets and Trevor kept trying to tempt us jaywalk which we didn't. XP

Trevor: This is taking so long! Just jaywalk la!....
(At this moment, the traffic light for the cars turns green)
Me: Okay! You so pro, cross la!
*Laughs*
After a moment,...
Me: Okay, I will cross.
Trevor: Finally, that's what I had been trying to tell you!
(the green man lights)
*laughs*
*Hidden smile*
ROFL! XDXDXD

One of the few priceless moments with friends. ;)
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We reached the first Mindscafe that I patronise, only to realise that the boardgame we want isn't found here. (NO!!!!~!)

That was echoed by Trevor...

Well, my bad for calling you guys to walk all the way here only to walk all the way back to the MRT Station. :(

Sorry!

Rushed to the MRT Station and went to Funan IT Mall to the Mindscafe there which we were very sure there is the boardgame that we wanted.

Ate Oreo Ice Cream for dinner. Mmm!
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Played Munchkin in Mindscafe until 8+ and that's when we rushed home. Hahas!

Trevor's not bad for a beginner. I won only one match, still so noob at this game. Hahas! ;)

And that's all for that day. Anyway, by some miracle, I passed my Chemistry Test the next day though I hardly had time to revise for it. Thank you, God! I know, shouldn't not prepare for tests, will make a note not to go for tests so unprepared in the future. Even if I were to go out the day before, I would commit myself to revise for the test a few days beforehand.

See I learnt a thing or two from experiences. ;)

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Live life without regrets because time waits for no man.