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Behaviour changed drastically

2007-09-07T19:47:00.000+08:00

I just realised that most had done this assignment but I had not so i thought I would do it now.

Topic: Write about a time when the behaviour of someone you knew/know changed drastically and inexplicably.

My introduction...

"*****Why should i help you?Do it yourself*****......."a whole list of vulgarities were spat out by him. Vulgarites were part of his life now, and he could not talk without saying them. This was so wrong, I never thought he was like that. He ignored me whenever I try to strike a conversation with him, he would scold vulgarites when someone asked him for a little favour and he got into countless fights. What had happened? Why and how did he change so fast?

We met in secondary one. We were good friends and did not hide anything from each other. He was kind, polite, helpful and he had every other good quality that one could have. I thought I knew him well...

When he was in secondary three, everthing changed. He was not the guy I knew. I could sense a great difference in him. How did his behaviour change so drastically? If only I knew...

2007-08-10T15:26:00.000+08:00

I saw a funny soccer video on youtube so I thought I would post it and share with everyone. Here it is...

Added another video because Yu Xun wants it...haha

Topic: Foreign talent are useful

2007-08-10T12:12:00.000+08:00

Speech

Good morning ladies and gentlemen,

It is my pleasure here to address the issue on foreign talent here in Singapore. Singapore has thrived with the introduction of foreign talents and there is no doubt that they have made huge contributions to our society.

Firstly, we are just a small and young nation without many talents. Our 4 million population is not enough to challenge strong countries like China and the USA, so our burden of progressing and developing quickly have to fall in the hands of the foreign talent. China has a population of a few billion. They are better than us in almost everything, even with the help of our foreign talents. Can you imagine what it would be like without our foreign talents?

Secondly, many foreign talents have come to Singapore to ply their trade. They have not only helped us improve in various segments (eg. economic, sports), but their contributions also allowed us to progress from a fishing village to a first world country. An example is our foreign talent scheme in sports. Since this scheme has been adopted, many young talents have flocked over to Singapore to play for us. They have helped greatly in improving our status in sports and raked in many medals for us. Tao Li is a notable example. Last year, she became the first Singaporean to win the gold medal in the Asian Games in 24 years. Without foreign talents like her, are we confident that we can achieve this?

As a small nation, Singapore needs foreign talent in order to progress. There is no doubt that the foreign talents have contributed greatly to our society. Therefore, we should open our doors to foreign talent and this is the only way if we want to move on and achieve great things.

Thank you.

Pictures

2007-07-15T21:16:00.000+08:00

Trying hard to keep up with posting daily so I decided that I would post once a week or more if I have more time. This week is most probably just a normal week, other than the class duck we bought for charity (more like we want to win the race and clinch the $10 000 though its quite impossible). We also bought a miniature duck and persuaded Choon Hwee to take a picture with it (for wishing our duck good luck lol) ..sorry I cannot transfer now, I do not know why...

Friday the 13th: Many say its an unlucky day, but I am not really superstitious so I do not believe in this stuff. But something happened to me as doubts began running through my mind. When I reached home on that day, my mum asked where my table tennis bat was and I realised it was missing (this is no prank), and I was frantically searching for it (I even went back to school to search for it). Just as I thought it would be missing forever, Yu Xun asked me to search for it in the pe office as others who had lost their bat found it there. I found it the next day there, thanks Yu Xun, but is this really an unlucky day for me too?????

Here are some pictures which my brother's friends sent him which he found it totally amusing. ( but for me I only find some funny)...Have a laugh be happy. Do not forget: For every minute that you are angry (or sad), you lose sixty seconds of happiness!

CL 'O" lvl

2007-07-09T22:07:00.000+08:00

Today, 9/7/07, is far from a normal day. Right after school I had my Chinese 'O' level oral together with some of my classmates. We were all worried and silently prayed that our topic would be an easy one, and we were lucky. Our reading passage was quite alright, other than one or two words and it was a great comfort for us. However, as I was waiting "eagerly" for my turn, I began to worry about the conversation. "What if it was something real difficult?", however, (like I said we were quite lucky), we got a topic about recycling. Although this was something that we had not practiced before, most of us were still alright with it and the "LIVE EARTH" concert gave me some inspiration and I even used it as an example! LOL. I managed to hang on for two minutes or so for the conversation, and the one of the teacher's praise made me feel a little relived, maybe she did not expect me to pass..LOL. However, Jie Hui was still the best, taking a total of about 8 minutes before finishing her oral, it was so long... (my time in total is like half of hers lol), and the whole queue was jammed..haha. So the oral was pretty good. However, "all good things come to an end", and this is what happened in training.

When me, Yu Xun and Matthew reached the table tennis room, our coach already did not seem happy and asked for the reasons why we were late and where the other secondary threes were. For the rest of training there was not a single smile and he began scolding nearly everyone for any mistakes made.(hey no one is perfect..). He also said much more, but I do not wish to elaborate on this as it is really late (lol, great excuse) so if you want to know you can ask me for the details. Thats all for today, I would be writing again soon!

2007-07-07T22:07:00.000+08:00

Since I am really bored right now, (other than watching Live Earth..lol) I decided that I should post again as I have not posted for quite a long time. This week was a really special and different to me.

Firstly, on Monday, which is Youth Day (if you do not know lol) , me, Yu Xun and Shawn went to Orchard Cineplex to watch Goal 2. We arrived 15 minutes late but fortunately got the tickets :). This is the second movie in the trilogy of GOAL! (as according to the book). SPOILER WARNING.Real Madrid FC signed the main character, Santiago Munez from Newcastle United. This movie shows Real Madrid as they attempt to win the Champions League. Santiago started his career brilliantly as a super substitute, scoring whenever he came to play and helping his team to qualify from the group stage. However, things starts to get worse after he was sent off in his first full game for Real Madrid. More problems come along for Santiago when he finds his missing mother and brother, and his relationship with his girlfriend worsens. Can Santiago cope with all these problems...can he help to lead Real Madrid to the Champions League crown? Watch this movie to find out if you are interested . Highly recommended for soccer fanatics like us..LOL.

In this whole week our school played host to the UK students and I was Jon's (UK student) buddy. We were just supposed to guide them around and help them when they were in need..but I think I did not really do my job well...sorry Jon! Many lessons were fun with them around, they seem to really enjoy Singapore a lot (except maybe the lessons).. so when they left we were all sad and they seem reluctant to leave. I only managed to get one photo (but I think it is the funniest) and here it is:
Haha.. lol.. ok now just before I go, I would like to say something to those who are currently upset over something or just angry because of somthing...
For every minute you are angry (or upset), you lose 60 seconds of HAPPINESS. So always be happy!! That's all. Will write again soon.

US trip

2007-06-27T19:05:00.000+08:00

Knowing that I have not posted for a long time, I finaly found some time off my hectic schedule to post my blog. I guess I shall be posting on the US trip since the rest of my life is so boring...(*Nick's life story* as on the advertisement)...but be warned, this is really going to be a boring post so please be careful and not knock your head on the keyboard while dozing off.

Posting every single detail we surely bore you to death so I decided to skip all the uninteresting parts and give just a "short" summary on what happened there.

Some stuff about America and our visit there (all details at time of our visit):
1) Cities went- Los Angeles, Las Vegas and San Fransico
2) Temperature and climate- Season: Summer
- Temperature: Lowest 14 degrees (In Los Angeles) to highest 40 degrees ( In Las Vegas... oh this is no joke ...its real hot!)
3) Food- They have many varieties there including chinese food. However, the food there is generally more expensive (6 to 10 dollars) than Singapore. However, their food portion is much larger...no wonder their size (whoops sorry), but most places allow take away if you cannot finish your food so food will not be wasted. They do not have chilli suace (they do not take chili:( ) as well unless you visit chinese restaurants.
4) You can skip this point because it will be boring. Sports. Most Americans prefer sports like baseball and basketball, so for people like me who love soccer, we find it hard to adapt as there is hardly a channel that shows soocer, newspapers also only show US soccer (which I am not interested in) and most game shops do not sell games like Fifa 07 (a soccer game for those who do not know).
5) The people of USA- The people there are really friendly, kind and helpful or at least much better than Singaporeans. When i first came back I felt Singaporeans were not polite, not hepful at all. Eg. A lady with a pram wanted to go up the stairs. As she moved up slowly, and with a little difficulty, a gentleman suddenly stepped forward from far and helped her carry the pram up. (Oh please do not ask me where i was) There were many such cases where people were kind and helpful and although we were supposed to do that as learnt from the textbook, we hardly see this happening.

By now, many of you here would be close to dozing off or already half-asleep so I think a joke might get you back on track. However, if you are expecting a funny one, you would be really disappointed...

(At a chinese restaurant)
Dad: Could we order tofu?
Waitress: Do you want it fried or steamed? (not really good english and my parents could not understand it)
Dad: Er..we don't get it...can you repeat it again?
Waitress repeats question but my dad still didn't get it.
Waitress: ok...do you want your tofu brown or white? (lol)
Mum: Oh...u mean rice?
...
That's all. Please laugh. Thank you.

Oh now you should have been bored by what I have said so far so I shall change the topic a little and talk about some places (only main ones not shops) I visited (not in order).

!) Grand Canyon (wow great scenery)
2) Hoover Dam (its real large)
3) Yosemite National Park (Some trees are real huge, takes a few people[hugging the tree] to go around it)
4) Fisherman's wharf (sounds familiar?)
5) Universal Studios (theme park but tells us how movies were filmed...in fact some movies were being film but it was out of bounds)
6) Winchester Mystery house (Ms. Winchester went was upset when her whole family died. She thought that the spirit of those who were killed (the Winchester family made guns) by the Winchester's guns were haunting her. She hired some workers to built her house 24/7 (none stop) so that the spirits would not be able to find her. This mansion had doors which led to a wall, or doors which opened to a two foot drop and pillars that were upside-down. ( Many said she didn't know how to build a house or she was trying to confuse spirits). This is a crazy house but its real fun!)
7) San Diego Seaworld (the killer whales are large!)
8) San Diego Wild Animal Park (a safari)
9) Pacific Ocean

I shall finish up with a quote from my Dad. "Learn to plan for your own holiday trips. (I am only 16) You want to be a leader (leading ppl in holidays trips??), not a follower. If you have a clown as a leader, you would only be fooled around. (lol?)"
*bracket denotes my own comments

That's about everything I could remember...anyway most would be bored of it...so for those who are not yet asleep, u SURVIVED. PLease leave your comments. Thank you for your attention. Be posting again soon!

Jun 1 2007

2007-06-02T13:52:00.000+08:00

Under numerous persuasions by several ppl, i decided to get back to posting again(: There's nothing much to talk about really, jus for me to start the ball rolling and maybe i wuld update more often. Btw this is an informal post (Mr Tan pls dun count this post) . Nothing to talk about except maybe the holidays r here and its so boring? I tink i wuld jus end here write again next time. Write again when i finally hav sth to talk abt. Two more days to complete hw...

Feb 20 2007

2007-02-20T14:42:00.000+08:00

Capital Punishment
Capital punishment is the taking of one's life for a major crime that he/she had done. I feel that capital punishment is a form of punishment that is too cruel and it should not be carried out unless it is a very wrong crime is commited AND the criminal does not repent over it.

No one in this world is perfect. Everyone makes mistakes and it is only whether it is major or minor. Those whose wrongdoings are minor usually get away with it while those who commit grave crimes are usually caught and punished. Many who get arrested realise their mistake and turns over a new leaf. However, if capital punishment is practiced in the country, the person who regrets what he/she had done may not have a second chance.

Secondly, some people might have been wrongly accused of their crimes. If an innocent person is executed, it is not possible to compensate them or their family. Who should pay for it and how? In the Green Mile, John Coffrey was wrongly executed for something he had not done.

Another point is that capital punishment is very gruesome and not a "civillised" way to punish criminals. The pain is so cruciating, leaving the criminal to struggle for long before dying. Do the criminals deserves this for a moment off wrongdoing? Is it right to take one's life for the taking of another's life?

Many might say capital punishment is a way to reduce crime rate in a country. It might be true in a way or another but there are many countries in which the crime rate has decreased due to socio-economic developments instead of capital punishment.

Therefore, I am against capital punishment and I believe it should be abolished as i feel it is not right to take someone's life and everyone should be given a chance to repent.

Feb 11 2007

2007-02-11T21:09:00.000+08:00

"My music"

My music? What songs do I listen to? Mostly Chinese songs as I prefer Chinese to English songs, however, i DO listen to english songs...

What song is my favourite song? To me, most of the songs that I listen to are great to me, I do not really have a preference of what song I listen to. Out of the English songs that i have been listening to, I have chosen this...

Snow patrol-Chasing Cars

Oh there is a problem here. The html could not be accepted so I have provided this link...

http://groups.imeem.com/Zt3Zfk35/video/fLwQ2FNY/snow_patrol_chasing_cars/

Hope you enjoy it.
The lyrics for this song is:

We'll do it all
Everything
On our own

We don't need
Anything
Or anyone
If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

I don't quite know
How to say
How I feel

Those three words
Are said too much
they're not enough

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

Forget what we're told
Before we get too old
Show me a garden that's bursting into life

Let's waste time
Chasing cars
Around our heads
I need your grace
To remind me
To find my own

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

Forget what we're told
Before we get too old
Show me a garden that's bursting into life

All that I am
All that I ever was
Is here in your perfect eyes, they're all I can see

I don't know where
Confused about how as well
Just know that these things will never change for us at all

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

Jan 28 2007

2007-01-28T20:53:00.000+08:00

"Nuts"

Thinking about nuts, I really do not know what to write so i came up with this...so we were at the National stadium after a one hour long bus ride that nearly got me nuts...when we reached the entrance it was so full that we had to squeeze like nuts (doesnt make sense) to go into the stadium which was very full. When we finally went in, we found ourselves late so we had sit behind the goalkeeper, and duriong the match we could not really see if the ball went forward or backwards.

So before the match began, most of the Singaporean fan are nuts, doing the kallang wave none stop till the match began. When they started the Malaysian anthem, they were jeering and scolding vulgarities, as though they were going nuts.

During the match, I was eating nuts. cashew nuts, peanuts and other nuts.( fake, added just to increase the number of nuts), so when Malaysia scored the opener, Most of the fans kept qiuet for a moment. Then they started scolding the Singapore players for any mistakes they made, it seems like they really went nuts. So when Singapore scored and gave the fans hope though some could not see it for their view, they all went nuts, cheering madly. All the nutty fans were hoping Singapore could score and this is what they said " Come on lah, we hav only 15 mins, not 55 mins" . When the game eventually came to the penalty shoot-out, everyone was excited, cheering for the Singaporean panelty takers and jeering the opponent.

When Lewius saved a feeble shot by the Malysian panelty taker, all the SIngaporean fans there went nuts, cheering , and folding the posters given before the match into planes before throwing them around. But it did not just end here. On the way out of the stadium, the fans were still nutty and in a joyous mood.

"However, I suddenly woke up and found that it was a dream."

In a nutshell, this is my nutty story about nuts. I must be going nuts to be writing about this.
Nuts count: 21 nuts

Jan 27 2007

2007-01-27T13:46:00.000+08:00

Singapore vs Malaysia

So tonight is the game between Singapore and Malaysia. Finally the day that i had been waiting for have arrived...

"Very excited" would be a good word to describe how I am feeling right now, I just can't wait for the time to come. Today, most of the guys from 2G 06 or 3G 07 would be going, around 13 of us.

This would be the second time I am visiting the National Stadium to watch a soccer match, the onther one being the Singapore Vs China match which ended 0-0. The Singapore Vs China match was very boring with only a few brilliant chances. However, L know this would be a much more exciting game as both sides are deadlocked at 1-1 after the first leg in Malaysia. So both teams will want to score to win instead of playing to a draw...

The stadium would be fully packed today, after most of the tickets have been sold out, and more to be sold out during the door sales. We must relly thank Hong Kai and his sister for it as we could not get the tickets at the Tampines and Bedok stadium because the tickets there were all sold out. Hong Kai's sister went to the Jalan Besar stadium to help us buy the tickets for her family and us. Thanks for your help.

So lets hope the Lions would win this game and the tournament! Be the first side to win it twice in a row! Good luck young lions!

Lions' probable line-up: Lionel Lewis, Daniel Bennett, Precious Emuejeraye, Baihakki Khaizan, Hafiz Osman, Sharil IShak, Mustafic Fahrudin, Riduan Muhd, Shi Jiayi, Noh Alam Shah, Indra Sadhan.

My prediction: Singapore2 Malaysia1.

So thats all I have for now, I need to get ready to meet my friends. Be back with the result!

Jan 24 2007

2007-01-24T20:37:00.000+08:00

hello.hi.welcome.