The Ming Dynasty: November 2004

Job Hunting

0 comments Published Saturday, November 27, 2004 by the superfish.

Hey people, just back home. Alright, today was a job-hunting day followed by a moment of holiness in church. Was stuck in MOS @ Westmall with Cheryl and Clement to find a job from the newspapers, apparently, Clement is just sitting there to spend precious time with Cheryl while the real job-seekers are just me and Cheryl. Okay, as you would have known, for part-timers like us, who does not have any other qualifications besides PSLE, have limited choice of jobs available, and I know this is VERY common, yeah, we chose the Waiter/Waitress job in BISTRO Cafe @ Cineleisure, well, the interview will be either on Monday/Tuesday, hope we do get the job, cos' the pay is NOT a lot yet NOT too little, $5/hr.

Okay, after that, we went to church together with Esther, it was fine, as usual, Pastor Jeremy was hilarious and a great speaker as well. His sermons are never dull. But today, I was so not in the mood for worship, I just hate this feeling, I seldom get such feeling, and I feel bad for it, well, things will be fine really soon! On the bus back to Bukit Batok, it was kinda fun and lively, well, the people are just simply lively, what can I say? Played some word-continuation game, I know that sounded kiddish or kiddo or kidda or kiddy or kiddu, but it wasn't such a bad game afterall! Anyway, essy's bro is as hyper as her, no wonder they are brothers and sisters. On the contrary, Esther Tan's bro don't resemble her at all! What a world! Okay, no offence taken alright? Haha. And the real crapping and trash came into the picture in BK, it was really like CRAZEEY!! Clement used his super 'angelic' fake voice again, haha, it was just too funny.

Anyway, I got some pondering and decision-making business going on later, so gonna stop here now, Ciao!

Graduation Fever

0 comments Published Thursday, November 25, 2004 by the superfish.

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Alright, yesterday was Hillgrove's very FIRST Graduation Nite 2004 of the pioneer batch, which includes me. It was definitely better than I thought, NUS Guild House was kinda cool, looks like some kind of country club, has swimming pool and a mini-ballroom. We had the event held in the ballroom, so it was not too bad, at least we got to sit and dine. The retro theme was fine and fits into the event, however, ironically speaking, I dressed formally, not retro, haha, cos' I've dressed retro once and hated it.

Anyway, guess all of us had fun in there and of course, the teachers' skit was interesting, they dressed in our school uniform which was a RARE sight! The multimedia presentation which flashed many photos of our sec 1 times, was really meaningful and brought many memories back to me. Although its either my face was not facin the cam or my my hair will be facing the cam, in other words, it's hard to spot me although I was featured in one or two photos. It was kinda sad to hear that Mr Oon is retiring next year with effect from Jan 2005, but we are glad and proud to be the LAST class that Mr Oon had taught out of his 30 years of teaching experience, thumbs up to Mr Oon! The part when tonnes of guys (which included me as well) swarmed up to the stage and sang "Peng You/Friends" up there was a touching yet "breathtaking" sight, cos' I was standing at the very last row, and it's super squeezy, I can't breathe!! But it was courageos of the 3 non-chinese to sing a chinese song on stage, good job Aisyah and the rest!

Well, don't wanna comment much cos' I already said alot about my feelings and emotions of the parting in my previous entries, but indeed, memories started to flash back like movie sneak previews, felt kinda emotional at home. Went home straight after the event, that's very unlike of me, well, cos' there's a direct bus home, and most of them wanted to go home, I was kinda tired too, no idea why, but still had fun yesterday.

Thank you and Goodbye Hillgrove!

State of Euphoria

0 comments Published Monday, November 22, 2004 by the superfish.

I hereby announce that the Grand O's are FINALLY OVER!!!!!!!!!! AHHHH!!!!! WOOO!!!!
Confetti please, thanks.

Okay, finally, I've seen the "light"! The Light of freedom has arrived. Finally, we can lose touch with books, homework and exams for a really really really long period of time. But am so free now that I've no idea how to spend the 6 months holiday!! Suddenly feel like there's no aim for the day, cos' studies has just took off to another realm which I will be claiming it back after a long wait. I'm as free as an empty basket now!!

Anyway, Grad. Nite is coming soon, in 2 days' time, not EXTREMELY excited about it but anticipating it. Perhaps the excess stress from the Grand O's previously moulded me into someone with not much drive within, I need to rejevunate myself!!

En passant, Homosapiens are simply far too complicating and complexed, it's not an easy task to predict or make a guess about what he/she is thinking about. I truly agree with this statement "You never know what he is up to behind the curtains, he can very well be a wolf/fox in disguise."

Why must people go around cheating and lying to people for their own pleasure? Sincerity is not so easily attained cos' we are never solely sincere before. What's the aim of engaging in such persistance? We are so vulnerable for each other, the thought of thinking that the other party is really sincere, lures us into becoming the prey and eventually, trapped. Why? Cos' the other party is just a scheming fella who likes to hunt for young, guillible and silly donkey fools through his foolproof conspiracy act.

What's this hunting and gobbling about? Not everyone who is 16 years old are nutty nitwits or ignorant fishcakes. This is the modern world where the young are bold enough to carry guns with them and execute a massacre in school.

Your foiled plan is the success of my principles. I'm not a mannequin you see in boutiques that can be manipulated by you. Thank you for allowing me to discover the fact that not everyone are sincere, being extremely cautious and mildly suspicious is what I need to reveal that true identity behind the veil. I've been taken for a ride and regretted terribly.

Once bitten, twice shy.

I'm done for the day, goodbye.

Trip to town AGAIN!

0 comments Published Sunday, November 21, 2004 by the superfish.

Konnichiwa, alright, I'm back to town again yesterday, just me and Cheryl. Cos' I think I've some touch-ups to do for my prom clothes, but the focus is on Cheryl's shopping, she decided to shop around instead of buying prom clothes cos' she thought that she has the outfit at home. As usual, we are in TOPMAN/TOPSHOP. Well, obviously Leandra is not there again, but we did spotted another Singapore Idol Finalist who just got voted out in the latest competition.

Initially we were in Cineleisure, but Cheryl's friend, namely Ming Jun (Ok, his name is just the opposite of my name) kinda called her to tell her he spotted Olinda Cho in Heeren, so we rushed over there just to take a glimpse of her cos I was actually a fan of hers. We only planned to just take a glimpse of her and scram, but we searched for her presence from Level 1 to Level 5 and then back to Level 3, alas, we spotted her. And we were tempted to get a closer look of her but saw many people taking down her autograph and taking pictures with her. Well, you know, we got so tempted that we also felt like taking a picture with her cos Cheryl bought her digicam along. But we were just so shy and afraid of embarassment.

Finally, Cheryl plucked up courage and asked Oli to take a picture with us, obviously she gotta agree with it right? She has no reason to reject us, haha. So she replied casually, "Caaan." Voila! We took a picture with Olinda!!! She really got what it takes to be an idol, well, fate played her out and she had to leave, what a pity.

Cheryl and I had ice milk tea in MOS Burger @ Takashimaya, we fooled around with the digicam and chatted, hehe, simply just wasting time. Then we took bus 174 to Jurong Point to meet up with Clement for dinner, we fooled around in the bus AGAIN with the digicam, haha. I think just me and her can put many people in the bus into a state of annoyance. It was a crazily long journey, I would have stoned throughout the journey if Cheryl wasn't there, haha. We crack stupid lame jokes which sounded exclusively funny to us ONLY, no one will know what the crap we're laughing cos it's just alien stuff to them.

We were terribly late and made cremet wait for our LONG-AWAITED arrival. Had dinner in the food court and cremet ate chicken curry rice surprisingly. To his misfortune, the curry was EXCLUSIVELY SPICY!! Even I can't take that level of spice, but he did it and of course, in front of Cheryl, she must be proud of him, haha! We hanged out till all the shops in JP was closed and we just sat and chat in Coffee Bean and Mac for granted without ordering anything, of course, we were not caught as well, we are just too skillful.

Oh well, tomorrow is the LAST paper for the Grand O's!!!! That really calls for a celebration! Just endure for an hour and we are OFFICIALLY FREE!!! WOOOOOOOOT!

Shopping is a chore too much for me..

0 comments Published Friday, November 19, 2004 by the superfish.

Alright, shopping is like once in a lifetime for me, like now, I have to charge myself to a sudden shopping spree cos of Graduation Nite, I JUST CAN'T TAKE IT!!! It's tiring, tedious, energy-consuming, life-threatening, frustrating, stressful and most of all, I felt like DYING!!

Here goes, I was forced by my dictator-mama to shop the Grad. Nite clothes only with her presence, and not with my friends, nothing that I've said will let her change her mind in letting me go with my friends, okay, but the deal is, she will be paying for me, so in order to be practical, I don't mind getting NAGGED by her for the whole day and agreed to go with her without any conditions. She has absolute control and "rules" the family like a totalitarian state, hehe, I know that sounded kinda exagerrating, but it's pretty true. In a way it is, she is a very good and responsible ruler, I like her!

Well, went to TOPMAN in Wisma Atria with mama today, initially, I wanted to buy a jacket I saw the other day, which was $119, but then, I saw a new arrival, a much more formal coat, and I personally thought that I looked good in it, but the price was far-cry, $156!!! To my surprise, mama agreed and bought it for me! That was very very unlike of her! But she continued saying, "But your inner top must be EXCLUSIVELY CHEAP!" And she picked a red V-cut tee for me, it was priced $16 only, very exclusive indeed. It was an uber plain tee with no pictures/designs, but simplicity works on me well.

Guess who I saw in TOPMAN today, Leandra Raisiah, that's how Gurmit always announce her name for her performance, haha. Kinda saw her face-to-face, she was with this Eurasian-looking FAT friend, that FAT friend of hers is always featured on SI, her best pal i guess. And of course, with many other of her friends too, she looks the same in person, not too much of a difference. I notice ever since she was 'kicked' OUT from the competition, you won't see an abundance of people asking for her signatures anymore, the people who saw her in TOPMAN were kinda cold, just walked past her like a breeze, haha. Guess Oli's fate and many others will be the same as Lea ever since.

Okay, back to the shopping craze, this is my first time to be stuck in the fitting room with TONNES of apparel to fit on. Well, as for my bottom, I already got a pair of jeans and an executive style black pants at home, most probably, I'll wear the black pants, it suits the outlook bettter. Got myself a wristband in TOPMAN as well, it looks great to me. As I'd thought, my top will look pretty dull and empty, so I bought a cross-necklace/choker or whatever you call it, just for accesories purpose on that night. As for my footwear, I went to BATA in Anchorpoint and bought a black shoe, it's not leather, just some smart casual type of shoes, at least, after the grad. nite, I can wear that shoe out to town or anywhere I want. Leather shoes aren't worth it for a 16 year old.

In case you might be wondering why am I in Anchorpoint when I was in Orchard intially, cos' my papa wanted to change the furniture at home, living room's sofa (cos it collapsed), living room's TV plus hi-fi stand, living room's glass display cabinet, my wardrobe (cos it collapsed again), and my sister's bed (cos it collapsed too), and most probably, a new TV. Hey, PLEASE don't misunderstand, am not trying to show off here, but you can very much see and understand if you've been to my house, my sis has no bed for a year, I don't have a normal wardrobe for months, my living room has no sofa for years, and my TV is here for more than 5 years. My house certainly and desperately needs a COMPLETE makeover.

Okay, I spent about $213 today just for my grad.nite clothes, please shut up if you are gonna say that I'm rich, loaded or something. I'm NOT RICH NOR LOADED! It just happens that I seldom shops, that's why, when I do shop, it's a tremendous amount. And because my coat was uber expensive, other than that, all my stuff are very cheap, even my inner top is only $16! And I don't wear leather shoes.

But all these shopping is really dehydrating the hell out of me, It's VERY VERY TIRING! Thanks to this grad.nite, hope I'm not too scantily-dressed or over-dressed on that night. My eyes are shutting, good day everyone, Goodbye.

The Grand O's has become a Legend!

0 comments Published Thursday, November 18, 2004 by the superfish.

Yes, the Grand O's is a legend, a myth and a phantasy now, the hallucination has ended. But I'm VERY VERY GLAD NOW!!! Such a heavy burden is off my back now! I feel so free and casual now. But the sudden burden which made its way to cloud 9, created a sudden inhabitant in me, just not used to such "freedom" now, need time to adjust and adapt. Anyway, I'm free from mugging over secondary school stuff, isn't that great?

We had a great feast with Miss Yanti in KFC yesterday, she treated us for it, that's so nice and generous of her, isn't it? In case you might be wondering who are "We", it consists of me, Cheryl, Clement, Jason, Weida, Xinzhi, Yonghwee and Daniel. It was fun and you know, those jokers, are always cracking hilarious jokes out of yanti, haha. Reached home at about 8 pm, felt so tired and lethargic cos I slept at 3 plus in the morning during the previous night.

1 more paper for Monday, and we are OFFICIALLY FREE from the Grand O's!!! That paper is such a perfect ending for Monday and that paper lasts for only an hour, can't wait for that day! Well, I'm clueless about what to carry on next, so I shall end my entry here first, will blog more when I've more inspirations and ideas? Hehe, come back for more okay? Whoo...

Leaving On A Jet Plane

0 comments Published Saturday, November 13, 2004 by the superfish.

As stated on my title, yeah, this song "Leaving On A Jet Plane" by Chantal Kreviazuk is truly an awesome song. Well, I never got tired after listening countless of times. Anyway, O's are ending real soon and like I've said for several times, I CAN'T WAIT!!! Can't believe time actually flies as fast as a jet plane, or a Concorde perhaps. 4 years of endurance and memories will all come to a halt soon, I've been traveling on this same old jet plane for 4 years, and the clouds on the cerulean blue sky which accompanied me throughout the flight of 4 years illustrates vivid memories. Though the clouds may seem to look identical, yet behind that white veil uncovers different colourful portraits of memories. The clouds on the sky are just like powerful trails of recall.

[ Korintojin he no daini no tegami 3:17 ] Shu wa mitamadesu. Soshite, Shu no mitamano arutokoroni wa jiyu ga arimasu.

[ 2 Corinthians 3:17 ] Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

Circle of Friends

0 comments Published Saturday, November 06, 2004 by the superfish.

<---Me !

Oh well, this is just a brief collage of my circle of friends, I know it's not very fantastic nor magnificent, cos' I did this in a rush, sorry for the messy outlook. Will improve on it after my O's. Ciao!