Wednesday, June 29, 2005
--Nice Day--
Started off the day with chasing the last bus that would bring me to school before the bell, slept at around 2.30am yesterday. I was working on how to make the music on my blog play more than one track, and the answer was: to mix the two tracks into one. Then I proceeded to try doing that with the audio editing software 'Goldwave' which I have never used before.
I'll skip the details but continued trying it out without checking the time and when I've succeded, walah! it's 2.30am already. Anyway, I took my rest during the first during the first two periods which was chinese lesson, then it was Maths and Ace lesson. I didn't know that our Ace teacher had been changed to Miss Serene and anyway, the lessons after that were pretty... well, smooth and interesting for some. We went for the Motivation talk at 2pm after classes which ended at around 3.45 and we were pretty much feel 'motivated' after that. Anyway, that session wasn't that bad, at least it was interesting.
During extra class for D&T, Mr Khoo brought us some biscuits(which took a really hard bite) and a mug of hot choco when we complained that we were hungry. I thought it was really nice of him to make such a gesture so I washed up the containers for him since we finished his biscuits and hot choco(which tasted really great). Ahh, we were released soon after that and we walked to the bus stop under the rain and took the bus straight home.
Hope that tomorrow would be nice too. No thought of the day today, tune in next time. :)
Then again, i ask myself:
Why was the flame encased in ice so thick?
What was it that froze a flame so wild?
Now that it is frozen, was it for the better?
Or was it for the worse?
5:55 PM
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Tuesday, June 28, 2005
--School Re-opens--
The first day of school, had to drag myself up from the bed cause i got too used to sleeping late during the holidays(the usual). The first thing I did when i reached school was the usual report to the office to sign in, bah, I've been doing this for like four years now but I don't really mind going into the general office to see the friendly staff(with the exception of one) and sometimes stop for a chat(also with the exception of one).
Ah, the first lesson, found out the timetable has been changed as usual, teaching being done but most seem to be still in the holiday mood and not taking in much of what the teacher was saying. Skip : English lesson, presented our group's video which was like very short. I think it was around 8mins or so but well, we did put in effort into producing this film. In overall, I think that it is not too bad for a begginer's production and we got a few laughs out of it.
Ah, after the video ended, it was the dreaded time; the collection of the holiday assignments. Quite a lot of us didn't hand up all the work that was asked of us to complete. Luckily Miss Choong didn't blow her top(I guess she saw this comming) and screemed at us as she used to do so often. But i bet after the June holidays there would be no more excuses for us to slack off in doing our work and she'll repeat the screaming again, hehe actually it ain't that bad hearing her scold us once in a while. And erm, don't mistake that for me being happy not doing the work she assigned us.
Well, I'll end here I guess if you check out the time this was posted, you'll know why I'm ending this here.
Good Night.
Then again, i ask myself:
Why was the flame encased in ice so thick?
What was it that froze a flame so wild?
Now that it is frozen, was it for the better?
Or was it for the worse?
2:57 AM
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Saturday, June 25, 2005
--Back~~--
Finally my com is back and operational, with all the data intact but all at the cost of 50 bucks. Kinda sad that school is going to start very soon and the prelims not long after that. Man, secondary 5 life is like going on fastforward, the holidays are now almost over after what seemed more like only a week or two has passed. Still have the holiday homework to rush, on I go......
Then again, i ask myself:
Why was the flame encased in ice so thick?
What was it that froze a flame so wild?
Now that it is frozen, was it for the better?
Or was it for the worse?
3:41 AM
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Friday, June 17, 2005
--Crashed!@!@$--
Bah, when I returned home that night and anticipating to watch a new episode of an anime, I found that my blardy com could not be used arg@#$@#$. I'll prolly send it over for repairs later, I'm at my friend's place now cause I can't make my entries at home, sad... Don't feel puzzled if you don't find me online that often, i have a feeling that the repairs are not going to be done so soon...zZzZ
Sign off: What if you could turn back time? Will you then be able to promise that repetition will not occur? Forced by the same circumstance, by the same worldly pressure and the same emotions? Will you able to promise then, that the changes you made were for the better and not the worst?
Then again, i ask myself:
Why was the flame encased in ice so thick?
What was it that froze a flame so wild?
Now that it is frozen, was it for the better?
Or was it for the worse?
6:50 PM
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Saturday, June 11, 2005
--Tired...--
I finished watching shutter last night at 3am, I went to sleep soon after that. Around 7.30am, mom woke me to go and help out at the shop at bukit timah with my dad. Business was going slow untill around lunch hour where we worked non-stop untill around 3pm. During that period, I had to simultaneously take the orders, remember all the sitting positions along with the orders, send their food over, collect the money and give them their change. ZzZz.....luckily I am partially adapted to this weekend part time job, or else I would get complained a thousand times over.
We packed up early today due to various factors, anyway after that we took a direct bus from Bukit Timah to Henderson to pass some stuff to my mom. Me and dad took our dinner there and left at around 9pm, and I'm now at home taking my hard earned rest, ahhh.... I still have to go to the shop again tomorrow, sigh... and i actually wanted to go fishing today, zzz....workz....workz...workz....
Then again, i ask myself:
Why was the flame encased in ice so thick?
What was it that froze a flame so wild?
Now that it is frozen, was it for the better?
Or was it for the worse?
9:50 PM
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Wednesday, June 08, 2005
--Da production--
I reached the meeting place at around 3pm, turned out that I was the last one to reach. Well, I was the last one to know of the meeting place... anyway, discussions were already underway and a few scenes were already taken.
I won't include the details of the film here to prevent spoilers for tomorrow's show, so I'll just move on to the event of the day.
The cameraman was in place, we started the retake, the gambling started and things were going smoothly and when Benjamin was about to scramble, the police came. LoL. The scene we were taking involved a police car at the back, the police came to get their ride when they saw Daniel and me standing beside their car...hahahahaha. So, all of us got screened, but it was really no big deal since we wern't doing anything wrong. One of the policeman even watched the scene we took with their car together with us.
But after that we continued with our work from where we stopped short, and seemingly most of our enthusiasm were extinguished as the suggestions most of them gave after that were random and flying in different directions. With some 'encouragement' and 'movtiavtion' from Chee Wai after some complications, the filming was completed. Everyone was exhausted and went home soon after.
Haha, it was sooooo long since the last time i got screened. But, that was history. Hmm, I'm looking forward to tomorrow's remedial sessions(with the exclusion of D&T's session tml), I bet it's gonna be interesting(also with the exclusion of D&T's session tml). =D
Little Sign off msg: people always say doing certain things are dangerous and bad. But when they are driven to a corner, forced by circumstance, will the same song be sung?
Then again, i ask myself:
Why was the flame encased in ice so thick?
What was it that froze a flame so wild?
Now that it is frozen, was it for the better?
Or was it for the worse?
8:03 PM
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Monday, June 06, 2005
--A day in the movers' shoes.--
Bah, I actually had made plans for today, to go to beach road for abit and check out the prices of for a new fishing rod that I was planning to get. My old one is pretty worn and is not in what you exactly call 'fishing condition'.
Anyway, my plans were ruined when my mom asked me to stay at home and help her move the stuff to the new stall she's opening somewhere up in henderson. We carried all the stuff down first, stuff such as; stoves, ladles, hell lots of bowls, one long steel table and stuff like that. Our block has no lift, so we have to carry all those stuff down to the first floor ourselves. But luckily, we live on the third =D
Ok, all the lighter stuff(but still heavy) are down to the first floor, the next hurdle would be the steel fridge, the kind hawkers use where the doors, hinges and all are steel...crap, what a load. The fridge is already on the first floor, but we still have to move it next to the carpark where the lorry is gonna park. Even with the three of us, we couldn't move the fridge far, moving it a metre away from its original spot was already like doing a 100 meter dash. Finally the problem was solved, borrowing a durain cart(the L shaped kind, I was surprised how it could hold together under that sorta weight), from a fruit stall near by.
Ahh, finally the lorry was here, and we loaded all the stuff on it, reached the stall, and stuffed everything right in, and yea, including that extra heavy fridge. Unloading was easier, cuz the driver and his (dunno, friend or assistant) was ther to help us unload the stuff and fridge.
Arg, enough of that, damn tired after that torture...I'm back home now, bathed and resting, ahhh, my fan, ahhh...
Then again, i ask myself:
Why was the flame encased in ice so thick?
What was it that froze a flame so wild?
Now that it is frozen, was it for the better?
Or was it for the worse?
6:54 PM
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Friday, June 03, 2005
--Boring Day...("bonus" story inside)--
The day started when i woke up, realising that it was 11.30am, an hour past the starting time of today's maths remedial, crap... The initial plan for today was actually to go fishing with jeremy, but we couldn't think of a good spot, and the sun was blazing. So, we canceled it, and Edmund came over to watch anime for abit instead.
Arg, maybe i'll go out for a walk on my own later when the sun dims little, but for now, i don't really have anyhing to do, so i'll type out what i wrote for my english writing test. It's not all that good but here goes :
"A Secret"
Despite the presence of the roof, moolight found its way into my room through a small pathetic window. I found the name for what was more like a crack in the wall an overkill. Under that moonlight, i pondered over what the beautiful lady who raised me whishpered in my ears before death claimed her soul. The lady told me to vist Rock and carefully look around an be careful not to let the obsessed gambler know of what I was going to do.
My family had always been living in poverty ever since my step father entered our lives. He always took all the family's savings to pay for the mountains of gambling debts he owed. Even after mother was struck with an serious illness, his habit still continued and we did not have money to pay for mother's treatment.
Racking memories from my unpleasent past, the name Rock struck me, it was the pet dog we kept and died soon after father left us. We soon moved out from our old place where Rock was buried and moved to the 'house' that we live in now. Alone in the dark of the night, I crept silently past the gambler's bed. I mounted his bike and rode to our old place under the moonlight's guidence.Finally, when I reached Rock's burial place, the sky was starting to light up and the sun's rays lit up the place. I noticed a small mound which wasn't there when Rock was buried.
I dug at the mound and soon saw what looked like a letter and a booklet enclosed in a transparent air-tight plastic bag. I peeled open the plastic bag and carefully read the contents ; "This booklet is the bankbook of the bank account which I opened under your name, I did not let your step father know about these savings as he would just gamble it away. Use this little fortune I saved up penny and nickel from my low-paying job wisely for your studies and future. Good bye son." After reading, I was reduced to tears.
The End
Then again, i ask myself:
Why was the flame encased in ice so thick?
What was it that froze a flame so wild?
Now that it is frozen, was it for the better?
Or was it for the worse?
5:24 PM
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