Ian's Birthday Dinner at Sizzler
man, sizzler rocks. The food is totally delicious, but now, its getting damn ex lar!okok, now to the JUICY DETAILS HAHA...we went to Sizzler at Suntec to celebrate ian's birthday. And it was quite crowded, actually had to wait for a table of 8 . Anyway, the salad was fantastic. The soups (clam chowder, cream of mushroom and cream of something were hot and thick). Bread crumbs and biscuits lined the sides to add further balance to the soups. Next to it was the tacos! TACOS!! Real TACOS! With salsa and all the other Mexican sauces. Next to dat was the spaghetti(with the rich tomato sauce with beef chunks). There was also a pot of cajun potato skins, fried to a deep golden-brown and they looked simply wonderful. You could just admire the food all day. Ice-cream was beside that with toppings of nuts, rainbow sprinkles and chocolate chips. The main bar was filled with vegs. Romaine lettuce, common lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes, fresh fruit, potatoes and a whole lot of other healthy stuff were on display. But u know what, their portions are getting smaller! i ordered the swiss grilled chicken with bacon with cheese. I was expecting two pieces of those chicken and a plate of fries. Guess what, there was only a handful of spuds(miniature potatoes) and one lousy piece of chicken! ONE LOUSY PIECE! What the!! Anyway, this is what happened at the dinner: joleen is the one of the craziest girl i've ever met.we were at sizzlers and she ordered this medium rare steak.hmm..ok..dat is quite bloody..medium rare. Her steak came with a loaded baled potato with butter. She took her spoon, scooped a big scoop and put it into her mouth and almost immediately she spitted it out. "I THOUGHT IT WAS ICE-CREAM!" LOL!!!!!! then she started eating the steak. The bloody steak. She ate a bit, and her expression changed to one of disgust. So bloody! yuck!! all of us were laughing! You ordered the steak what! We told her to ask the waiter to cook it longer but she dun want, paiseh. er, ok..nothing to be paiseh about but ok..so guess what. The 'a la yen can cook' decided to cook the steak herself! Like how, ok firstly, its a steak! A piece of thick meat from some part of a cow. 2nd, there is no stove in Sizzlers, unless u want to go to their kitchen and cook the steak yourself..which is quite impossible cos they won't let you. So she decided to use SOUP to cook her steak. SOUP!! She went to get a bowl of soup and diped a bit of her bloody steak into the soup. Now, the soup is not hot, its just warm..like duh! When she took the piece out and ate it, she smiled with satisfactio. nice..! !!!!!! er, whats the diff?! the meat is perhaps a little warmer and perhaps a little blood has been mized with the soup. But the steak is still not cooked! After a while, she decided that it was not enough and finaly came to her senses. She asked a waiter if they could cook the steak to medium well.
Friday 25 September
even closer to promos..and i just realised i got like a lot to study for..oh my. Nevermind, will cling on to God. He is always there, no matter what, and he will always assist you in whatever deep hole u drop into.thank god.we had a lit lecture after school today. First major lecture, ever. About Othello. Oh but before that, i was at the bleachers watching a group of j2 kicking soccer at the hockey-D. One guy did a damn nice move la and with only the keeper to beat, he blasted it wide. And his immediate reaction was..F****! It was damn loud la, i heard it from where i was sitting! Damn funnnyy!(whatever happened to attitude-check, praise the lord)It was a truly enriching experience. I was sitting there going, holey holey.., the techniques and self-study reqired is like wow! But its quite fun to study lit haha, at least, dats wad i think :)Decided to go prayer meeting although the lecture finished at 6.30. Mom needs prayer. She's in Taiwan at the moment for business. God bless her.
Thursday 22 September
oh my gosh..promos are in 2 weeks.. arrrgh!! The panicking starts...time to lean on God with all i got..i'll do my best, and he'll do the rest.anyway, school ended real early today..for a change..12.30! haha.you know, i suddenly discovered the fun of reading fanfiction! like oh man, i walked into Times and there was this book on Starcraft,and the story was darn good la! DARN GOOOD!! all about terran marines and goaliths! wooo!
God's Name in Your Heart
wow, seriously, i just listened to Strong Tower by Kutless and i stumbled upon this! The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe - Proverbs 18.10When you are confused about the future, go to you Jehovah-raah, you caring shepherd. When you are anxious about provision, talk to Jehovah-jireh, the Lord who provides. Are your challenged too great? Seek the help of Jehovah-shalom, the Lord is peace. Is your body sick, Are your emotions weak? Jehovah-rophe, the Lord who heals you, will see you now. Do you feel like a soldier stranded behind enemy lines? Take refuge in Jehovah-nissi, the Lord my banner.Meditating on the names of God reminds you of the character of god. Take these names and bury them in your heart, God isthe shepherd who guides, the Lord who provides,the voice who brings peace in the storm,the physician who heals the sick, andthe banner that guides the soldier - The Great House of God - Max Lucado
Shi-FUNK??
man, i still cna't get SHI FUNK out of my head! Hafiz's fairy tale is still so damn funy everytime i think about it! Long before your time, in the Southern Province of China, there was a farmer named Shi Qin. Apparently, he got married to 2 wives, Ling Ling and Ying Ying. They have 5 children in total, King King, Bing Bing, Sing Sing, Ding Ding and Ting Ting. First 3 conceived by Ling Ling and the other 2 by Ying Ying. Apparently, all 5 children were boys to the disappointment of Mr Shi Qin and his wives. However, they managed well and raising their kids and grooming them into 4 young havoc men and 1 gentlemen. One day, the empress of China, Tan Yu Yan, decided to organise an Opera singing competition at her palace and the winner will get to marry her. Since she was getting old, she needs to have a son or daughter to take over when she dies. Seeing this as a great opportunity, the 5 men decided to try their luck. Prior to the competition the 4 havoc kids, King King, Bing Bing, Sing Sing and Ding Ding were busy practising singing and also prepared their costumes. They even bullied the poor Ting Ting, their youngest brother to sew them their costumes. As such, Ting Ting was always pre-occupied with his brother's demands, doing everything they asked him to do. Soon enough, the competition night came. Ting Ting had nothing to wear or neither did he trained for the competition.When his brothers left for the palace, Ting Ting felt really really sad. Suddenly out of nowhere, a Fairy God father appeared and his name was Shi-Funk. "Why are you crying Ting Ting?" the Shi-Funk asked."I can't go to the palace for the competition as I haven't prepared anything" replied Ting Ting."Oops, okok, get a green frog and i'll turn it into a horse for you to ride to the palace" answered Shi Funk confidently."Eh boy, you must be back by 12.30am ok?" reminded Shi Funk."Wahlau Eh.. okokok" replied Ting Ting.And so Shi Funk did. He also changed Ting Ting's clothes into a glamourous suite. Without wasting anymore time, Ting Ting left for the palace. Upon arrival, he was greeted by a doorman. And as chivalrously as possible, Ting Ting walked into the palace and participated in the competition. Empress was sure who she wanted to married after listening to Ting Ting sing. "Ding Dong Ding Dong Ding Dong....""oh shyt, gotta go bye" said Ting Ting and left the palace. However, he tripped and his shoe came off. Ting Ting's brothers were of course furious with Ting Ting but said nothing as they wanted to beat him up at home later. Well, they tried but Mr Shi Qin protected Ting Ting and scolded the rest. Meanwhile, Empress Yu Yan was frantically searching for her lover boy. The only evidence she had was his shoe. She went around China looking for her boy. Eventually, reaching Mr Shi Qin's house. She took one look and she knew that the boy was Ting Ting. No doubt about it. She grab him and left the house as she was afraid Mr Shi Qin might be angry with her for taking his best son. Empress Yu Yan got her boy and nothing else matters. Her father in law, Mr Shi Qin was of course angry but his wives became best friends with Empress Yu Yan. A few years later, Empress Yu Yan got her wish, she became a mother of 2. As for Mr Shi Qin...well... he cursed all the way.."WAHLAO EH".-ripped shamelessly from hafiz's blog..
Friday 16th September
the J2s got back their prelim results..and all the moaning begins. You know, i'm quite thankful i'm not J2. Thank god honestly, or i'll be dying right now..just dying..thankgodthankgodthankgod for giving me another chance..i'll always be grateful..for all eternity. Now the promos are in 2 weeks, and honestly, i'm not afraid..and why should i be! God's with me! Jeremiah 29.11: For i know the plans i have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and future. That is one line that i really appreciate.
Kutless - Strong Tower
When I wander through the desert
And I'm longing for my home
All my dreams have gone astray
When I'm stranded in the valley
And I'm tired and all alone
It seems like I've lost my way
I go running to Your moutain
Where your mercy sets me free
(chorus)
You are my strong tower
Shelter over me
Beautiful and mighty
Everlasting King
You are my strong tower
Fortress when I'm weak
Your name is true and holy
And Your face is all I seek
In the middle of my darkness
In the nidst of all my fear
You're my refuge and my hope
When the storm of life is raging
And the thunder's all I hear
You speak softly to my soul
- i discovered about this song from woon. very nice
Always - United Life, More Than Life
Did You rise the sun for me?
Or paint a million stars that I might
Know Your majesty?
Is Your voice upon the wind?
Is everything I've known marked
With my maker's fingerprints?
Breathe on me
Let me see Your face
Ever I will seek You
Chorus:
'Cause all You are, is all I want, always
Draw me close in Your arms
Oh God, I wanna be with You
Can I feel You in the rain?
Abandon all I am to have You
Capture me again
Let the earth resound with praise
Can You hear as all creation lives
To glorify one name?
Wedesday 7 September
Happy Birthday Ian! cheers!today was fun. I finally started my studying for promos with 1 hr of doing econs hahaha..still, its something. Met up with the class at Swensens for lunch. Ms Netty is like damn nice lar, and damn generous. She treated the WHOLE CLASS to lunch. Like WOW! Can order anything la!! I ate some breaded chicken, bleh, i'm getting sick of fried food..honestly(this may sound surprising to many of you) but yea, i think i'll go back to eating noodles and porridge hahahha..as if..okok, must compromise, maybe a few times a week lar. Anyway, we went to play pool(i know what i said about pool so dun remind me cos i know i said it cos i said it). Still, it was fun playing with the guys. Then we walked back to Plaza Sing. Went to Trumpet Praise and wow! There is this new PLANETSHAKER's CD!! Its titled EVERMORE! like woah! and its their latest production cos it stated 2005. But i think the best album is United Life: More Than Life! I think the album rocks la! But i dun have it hint*hint* haha. Then we went to Carrefour to get a drink then went to Times. I went to check out the Foxtrot haha! Sadly, no new editions. o ya, JIREH, when u gonna reeturn me my FOXTROT?! haha..
Tuesday 6 September
suppose to go tc today but i realised i had no ezlink card and so i decided to meet Andre to get it back. He was swimming..at 11am in the morning, so i lingered around Great World City McDonald's while reading Regeneration. whee, i'm almost done! Finally met Andre and his younger brother and we all went to play pool at Kim Seng. At that time ar, no point going back to school for tc liao. We played for 3 hrs..sian..i finally got sick of playing pool haha. Knocking balls into holes with sticks are getting boring(now now, this is not a sexual connotation u perverts) and its quite amazing cos i play pool every Sunday and i'm not sick of that. Finally decided to go home to finish Regeneration but got distracted as Ian came over. We lazed around until 5. Time for soccer training!!It was fun, very fun but i didn't score any goals bleh. There was a near miss though haha. Then some of us went to Westmall to eat..Burger King. I tried the new Gourmet Lamb Classic and honestly, it sucks. It doesn't even taste half-nice lar, and if i wasn't for the fries, i probably would be complaining(the fact that i was really really hungry helped too hahha)..
School Days Part 2
Soccer! Our love, our only concern and our only source of fun during sec4! it was always the usual gang, me cooh jas ahwu teh jer sim eric juls farmer ian and sometimes ish. Those were the days man. The whole day, only one thought running through our minds: when is it time to go play soccer. And when it was time, rush down, heck! Go and play! play like siao la den after school, continue playing until 5 plus 6 hahaha! dis happened almost everyday la! Even during prelims we were still playing. After chem prac, whee, take ball and chiong! Sometimes, we almost battered the fence down with our shots haha. Moreover, we spent many a saturday morning just playing soccer in school. No worries. Just play. Those were the days..Amaths! Bah! my teacher(honestly sux). can't teach for peanuts and she is foreign so has a weird accent. even my own parents couldn't undestand her when they came for meet the parents. So it was no surprise that my amaths kept failing..right thru till prelims. i got an F9 for prelims! AMATHS! F9!! Devasted! and my lousy teacher told me, i think you may not be able to cope and not score well in O levels so i advise you to drop the subject. I was shocked, and i HECKED! Continued studying! and ta-da! O levels A2!! No doubt it was divine intervention! THANK YOU GOD! And when i got my results! wah so happy! and well, i didn't go up and thank my teacher hahaha.. our principal Mr Ng always played a part in our amaths. He would come down and call all of us into the learning lab for a math lecture(he was a math teacher). He would go out of his way to teach us vectors properly and he really made the topic simple enough to grasp! Thanks a lot Mr Ng! Now dis is a principal who doesn't sit in his office all day!
School Days part 1
i was feeling very nostalgic on Friday, laying on my bed and thinking about all the times i had back in Barker. Sigh, those were the days. Plenty of memories came back and i felt like writing some of them down here:We were in the science lab in the lower levels and we were all sec4. It was chemistry prac and we were all just fooling around. All our tables had multiple taps and they had hoses on them. So Ish went to connect one hose to another tap. That meant 2 taps had one hose and he astened it tight. Then he turned on both the taps simultaneously. And then pop! The water exploded inside and a whole spray of it hit the ceiling! It was darn funnny! And then the water came down upon Ish and his lab partner hahahhah! They were both drenched la! Stupid! hahhaha and while all of us were laughing, donkey( school dm who is a bio teacher) walked in! HAHAHAHHA! KANNA SENT FOR DC! Bryan Cheong! The highlight of sec4! We were playing street soccer with another class at the street soccer court and the court is next to the tennis court. So all its walls had tennis court fencing and at the back of the court, there was a low wall and after that was a little trench like area, probably a fire escape or what la. Anyway, we played hard and then the ball flew over the wall and dropped inside the hole. No problem, some guy just leapt over the wall into the hole, retrieved the ball and clambered back out. Second time dis happened, Bryan Cheong went to get it. He tired to climb over the wall but he lost his balance on the parapet and fell into the hole. It was damn LOUD la the crash. I was at the other end of the court and i heard it la! Andre said the floor vibrated! Then when we were all wondering what happened, ka-boom, it started to rain hahhahahahah! And my my, it rained hard! We laughed like shit all the way back to class hahhahha!Again Bryan Cheong. We were lingering around outside the chem labs for our pracs and nearby were stone benches. Now the structure of our classrooms was that of a double square, one inside the other. The other square the main classrooms and the inner square was the learning lab(aka mini lecture area with CPUs and stuff) Directly below on the ground floor were stone benches and plants and our friend was playing with his spanking new fancy smancsy chess set on a stone bench. While he was playing, someone from level 5 of the learning lab, spit and it feel down and landed on his chess set!! hahahhahaaa! And my word, he was furious! HE stood up and started shouting at the guy. Then the guy spit again and it landed on his chess set again! hahahaha! all of us were laughing like shit! Then he was damn pissed, started shouting about i win the chess tournament then you know r! and started cow-pehing to his friend hahahha! Nobody cared! we were too busy laughing!P.E was always a very fun affair during sec4. Mrs Tan: Ok boys warm-up. Go run around the courts 3 times. Our p.e sessions were held in the school indoor basketball courts(3 of them combined on one arena with air-con). We would run around the courts for warmup but we always cut across when she wasn't looking or cheat a lap haha. Our warm-ups were always damn fast haha! Then, take basketball or soccer ball and play! we could even extend our playing time by letting it eat into our recess! That was so cool! those were the days!geography class was taught by Bulldog(he looks like one) in the learning lab. The lab's exterior resembled a fish tank; the walls were all glass! And the toilet faced one of the walls. Many a time, we saw tissues stuck to the glass walls presumably thrown frm the toilet for target practice. I also remb everyone koping all the com stickers just to paste around. In the learning lab, there were tables with computers below so we each virtually had a com. Now and then, someone would try to on the com for some amusement haha. Anyway, bulldog had a trademark. His drss attire. He always wore a collar shirt. no tie and super baggy grey pants that look like a skirt when he put his legs together. Plus on one of his white shirts, there were yellow blotches the size of egg yolks under the armpit region. Who knows how they became yellow. We all just sat there snickering to ourselves. He has YELLOW ARMPITS!!! hahahahahah! We noticed this one day and it was damn disgusting! ALL of us were in shock hahahha! Yellow armpits...eeww...then anthony had a bright idea. Bulldog was talking about some rubbish and pointing to the projector screen and all the while exposing his 'infamous' yellow armpits.Anthony: er sir, what is that over there(points)Bulldog: har, that one? (points to a high spot on the screen), blah blah blahAnthony: No, the one even higher(points even higher)Bulldog: oh, blah blah blah(points to even higher spot)Anthony:(whips out the cameraphone and click* yellow armpit)We usually had mcq tests for geog and when bulldog went through the answers, he would ask us for the answer. Now when naming letters, sometimes there is a mispronounciation. B can sound like D. So bulldog decided to give acronyms to the letters. e.g C for cat. and when ever it was D, we all would always shout B FOR BULLDOG!SS was taught by Mrs Cecilia Tan. She looks hong-kee i think. Chinese but got some accent. utterly boring. Lets say even our classrep and his gang were sleeping in front of her la while she is talking. The rest of us were stoning..until one day..someone looked out of the window and saw a chiobu in the hostel. Wah, suddenly everyone woke up and there was a mad rush to the window to catch sight of the chiobu changing hahahha!!
4 September
church! was nice. and we had a teacher's day party. Then we went to play pool downstairs at the lanlab. And you know wad, i was wearing jeans, a nice shirt, leather shoes but still, a security guard came n asked me if i was overage..well, he asked joel first and joel had to leave cos he's underage. Then the guy looked around and asked me. I was like WHAT THE! I AM OVER- AGED! The he ask me for proof, argh, so i took out my i/c and there it was, i'll be 18 dis yr! SEE! yeeash! and then, he looked around and left! He didn't even ask the rest lar! Like what the..went to watch pirates of the caribbean with woon at home Ahoy me hearties! Nice show la!
Friday 2th September
Whee! HOLIDAY! okok, self-declared:). Anyway, i went back to Barker to see my tchers...and PLAY SOCCER! Its become a tradition of my class of 4A1 2003 to play soccer everytime we go back to Barker. Everything was all arranged, what time we would reach school, who was bringing the ball..everything! Reached Barker to find the guys eating at the fancy smancsy canteen haha! it brought back memories man! i looked around at the food, all seem so foreign all of a sudden. I finally decided on teriyaki chicken rice but the auntie said dun have, so i had to do with fried chicken rice. O well, better than nothing. Cooh, teh and andre were eating already so i joined them and we chatted. About plenty of stuff, old days, current life, old teachers, all the while disturbing Cooh. I gota admit, dat boy has got pluck. We've been making fun of him since sec1 until now in acjc and he just brushes it aside and hardly retaliates much. Most of the time, he laughs WITH us! Amazing guy. Anyway, after chow, we went to see our teachers and sadly, most of them can't remb us, like Mrs Lam( she was nice but i could tell she was wondering, they do dis every yr, but who r they), Bulldog; cos he looks like one, A Ho, Jane choe, cecilia tan, and ng li eng. We found ms ng in the learning lab with a class. The class was damn rowdy la, some were sweeping the floor, but playing with the dirt at the same time, some were mugging hard..and she looked flustered. We popped in to say hi and asked her if she could name us. And my word, she did la! She looked hard at us and pointed, Andre, Cavell, John, and..Jonathon. Wow! amazing la! she still remb us, no doubt her best class hahahah. No la, we were her FIRST class. Btw, she changed her look, now her hair is shoulder length and she wears contacts. Decent change and no doubt she looks better.Then we rushed to play soccer. Juls, Chng and eric were already there and we played our hearts out. Long time no play and we really had loads of fun. Plus, we were wowing the crowd hahaha; there was a whole class of onlookers from the secondary sch cheering as we played. Shiok u know! Jason and seetho came soon and we continued. Then al of a sudden, dis teacher came.Ah kwa, he lied to us la! he told us that we cannot play in the street soccer court..unless, we played with his class. like WHAT THE! LIAR! Dun act la! We are all from Barker once in case u duno. But o well, we took up the challenge and whooped his class 3-0 in the first half hahahha! and it was 9 vs 7 somemore la! We still kicked their ass along with their liar teacher(he looks new btw). It was raining by then and the court was wet. Damn slippery la, like iceskating while playing soccer. Thankgod i didn't fall but many of the rest did and each time, it was greeted by a cheer hahahha. After they left, we played with a group of prmary 6ers and dis time, we got our asses kicked! here are the excuses:1: It was wet and the ground was so slippery2: We were tired3: It was unfair, it was 12 vs. 64: It was a street soccer courtAnyway, we got whacked haha but it was still a very very enjoyable day. the sad thing was we didn't see Mrs yau, our sec4 form laoshi..haiz. went to play pool with andre and jason later and it was quite funny. We took a 171 to go there and the bus was crowded. Then the bus driver thought jason didn't pay and ask jason to go tap again. Jason was like, i paid wad! then they argued hahaha and finaly, jason went back to tap his card. And the meter read, entry ok! and jason was like, see, i told you! STUPID! hahhaha! dat boy has guts man. During pool, everytime jason missed a shot he would start cursing hahahha! Damn funny la. The went to eat murtabak chicken and mutton $5 each. We bought 2 of them and shared and talked about the wonderful memories we had during secndary school..
Thursday and Runescape
met jon to get some 'stuff' and then went to eat kfc. it felt so good. i haven't eaten at kfc for a long time and the cheese fries were so delicious. And i gota admit, i like coleslaw now but the coleslaw i had smelt like durians. Hey wait a minute, DURIANS!! Bleh! went back home n while jon was watching Mean Girls, i snuck into the room to play Runescape online. Those who don't know, its a very very old online game where u live in a Medieval World and u can do plenty of things which will train your skills like e.g. combat, fishing, magic, cooking, mining. All sorts. Anyway, i've been playing the game like mad for a couple weeks and i had amassed a lot of stuff. I had decided to give away all my stuff to people cos i wanted to quit. Its called BLESSING OTHERS. Anyway, my policy was, i would give u good items like jewels and lobsters, but you will have to take everything else as well cos my whole item inventory is full. Now, theres a catch. Everyone has a limited item inventory and mine is full. I'm giving all my stuff away to one person. So the person has to either have an empty inventory or drop all his items just to accept mine(which are usually more valuable) and i would not accept any of the other party's items in the trade because i just want to bless the person. There is thus an element of trust as once the guy drops his items, anyone can go and steal them. So the guy has to trust me. Well, dis i felt was a very good experiment on the trust in the world. Its kinda like JESUS. HE will give u Salvation(the most valuable item u can ever receive in the entire world as it will mean u will have eternal life), but u must let go of EVERYTHING else u have. Like money, material possesions. Now many people may not give up everything just for salvation and same here in my experiement. Not many were keen to receive my items but so of them did and my my, we're they happy. One of them asked if she could be my gf. I was like..WHAT?! *ARE YOU NUTS?! hahahaha, but anyway, quite a number turned down my request and did not accept the valuable items i had. Moreover, they went to tell others that i was a cheat. Now how do you think i felt? And how do u think Jesus felt when many mock his act of dying on the cross for Salvation. Some spit at it and mock at his gesture of love while others embraced it and found eternal life. Now what would you have chosen?
